Gaming machine and control method thereof

A gaming machine comprising:

• a display capable of displaying a playing card in a predetermined card display area, the playing card having a predetermined marking drawn on the front and not having the predetermined marking drawn on the back;
• a touch panel which is provided on the front of the display and which, upon contact thereon, transmits a contact detection signal carrying coordinate information corresponding to the position of the contact;
• a memory storing address information on one or more card display areas, for each card display area;
• and
• a controller,
• the controller programmed to execute the processing of:
• (A) displaying at least one playing card in a card display area of the display in a display mode displaying each playing card face down, based on the address information stored in the memory;
• (B) determining, upon reception of a contact detection signal from the touch panel, whether or not a position on the touch panel, corresponding to coordinate information carried by the received contact detection signal, is within an area of the touch panel corresponding to anyone of the one or more card display areas shown by the address information stored in the memory;
• and
• (C) changing the display mode of a playing card, displayed in one card display area corresponding to an area of the touch panel which includes the position on the touch panel corresponding to the coordinate information carried by the received contact detection signal, to a display mode enabling a part of the front of the playing card to be viewable, when the controller determines in the processing (B) that the position on the touch panel is within an area of the touch panel corresponding to any one of the one or more card display areas shown by the address information stored in the memory.

A control method of a gaming machine,

• wherein
• the gaming machine comprises:
• a display capable of displaying a playing card that has a predetermined marking drawn on the front and does not have the predetermined marking drawn on the back;
• a touch panel provided on the front of the display;
• and
• a controller,
• the control method comprising the steps of:
• (A) the controller displaying on the display at least one playing card in a display mode that displays each playing card face down;
• and
• (B) the controller changing the display mode of one of the at least one playing card displayed in the step (A) to a display mode enabling a part of the front of the playing card to be viewable, upon contact on any position within an area of the touch panel corresponding to an area of the display where the one of the at least one playing card is displayed.