(19)
(11) EP 1 699 026 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
04.10.2006 Bulletin 2006/40

(43) Date of publication A2:
06.09.2006 Bulletin 2006/36

(21) Application number: 06251004.5

(22) Date of filing: 24.02.2006
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G07F 17/32(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR MK YU

(30) Priority: 04.03.2005 JP 2005061327

(71) Applicant: Aruze Corporation
Tokyo 135-0063 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Okada, Kazuo,
    Tokyo 135-0063 (JP)

(74) Representative: Nicholls, Michael John 
J.A. Kemp & Co. 14 South Square Gray's Inn
GB-London WC1R 5JJ
GB-London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

   


(54) Gaming machine


(57) It is an object to provide the player with an incentive to play the game repeatedly by varying an effect display mode since the effect display mode to notify the information relating to the game can be selected at the player's choice such that the player's taste and wish may be reflected on the mode. A gaming machine 1 comprises: display means 4 for displaying a circumferentially-arranged image; reading means 19 for reading identification information from a game article storing the identification information; change means for conducting array change of symbols in the circumferentially-arranged image as the identification is read by the reading means; and display means for causing the display means 4 to display a changed circumferentially-arranged image after the array change is conducted by the change means.







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