Gaming machine and method for controlling the same

A gaming machine comprising:

• an input device configured to receive a bet for each of unit games;
• a display having three rows and five columns of display regions;
• a memory configured to store data on five symbol arrays;
• and
• a controller, wherein
• each of the five symbol arrays has S rows of symbol regions,
• each of the symbol regions includes anyone of multiple types of normal symbols and a special symbol other than the normal symbols, and
• the five symbol arrays meet following conditions (A) to (D):
• (A) S is larger than 3,
• (B) when the symbol regions on an upper end and a lower end of each symbol array are connected in a loop, for each symbol array, the symbol regions within two rows above and below a symbol region including a certain normal symbol in the symbol array do not include a same type of normal symbol as the certain normal symbol,
• (C) each of at least two of the symbol arrays include the special symbol, and
• (D) when the symbol regions on the upper and lower ends of each symbol array are connected in a loop, same types of normal symbols as normal symbols included in the symbol regions within two rows above and below the symbol region including the special symbol of one of the symbol arrays are not included in the symbol regions within two rows above and below the symbol region including the special symbol of the other symbol array, and
• the controller is configured to
• (a) execute a unit game in which the symbol arrays are displayed in the display regions while being scrolled in a loop pattern and then stopped and displayed so that symbols are displayed in all the respective display regions, and
• (b) generate a payout based on a combination of same type of normal symbols and special symbols stopped and displayed in the respective display regions.

A method for controlling a gaming machine, the method comprising:

• by a controller,
• displaying N symbol arrays being scrolled in a loop pattern in M rows and N columns of display regions;
• after displaying the symbol arrays being scrolled, stopping and displaying the symbol arrays so that symbols are displayed in all the respective display regions;
• and
• generating a payout based on a combination of normal symbols and special symbols other than the normal symbols stopped and displayed in the respective display regions, wherein
• each of the N symbol arrays has S rows of symbol regions, and
• the N symbol arrays meet following conditions (A) to (D):
• (A) S is larger than M,
• (B) when the symbol regions on an upper end and a lower end of each symbol array are connected in a loop, for each symbol array, the symbol regions within (M−1) rows above and below a symbol region including a certain normal symbol in the symbol array do not include a same type of normal symbol as the certain normal symbol,
• (C) each of at least two of the symbol arrays include the special symbol, and
• (D) when the symbol regions on the upper and lower ends of each symbol array are connected in a loop, same types of normal symbols as normal symbols included in the symbol regions within (M−1) rows above and below the symbol region including the special symbol of one of the symbol arrays are not included in the symbol regions within (M−1) rows above and below the symbol region including the special symbol of the other symbol array.

A method for controlling a gaming machine, the method comprising:

• by a controller,
• displaying five symbol arrays being scrolled in a loop pattern in three rows and five columns of display regions;
• after displaying the symbol arrays being scrolled, stopping and displaying the symbol arrays so that symbols are displayed in all the respective display regions;
• and
• generating a payout based on a combination of normal symbols and special symbols other than the normal symbols stopped and displayed in the respective display regions, wherein
• each of the five symbol arrays has S rows of symbol regions, and
• the five symbol arrays meet following conditions (A) to (D):
• (A) S is larger than 3,
• (B) when the symbol regions on an upper end and a lower end of each symbol array are connected in a loop, for each symbol array, the symbol regions within (M−1) rows above and below a symbol region including a certain normal symbol in the symbol array do not include a same type of normal symbol as the certain normal symbol,
• (C) each of at least two of the symbol arrays include the special symbol, and
• (D) when the symbol regions on the upper and lower ends of each symbol array are connected in a loop, same types of normal symbols as normal symbols included in the symbol regions within two rows above and below the symbol region including the special symbol of one of the symbol arrays are not included in the symbol regions within two rows above and below the symbol region including the special symbol of the other symbol array.