Gaming machine, control method for machine, and program for gaming machine
AssigneeKonami Gaming, Inc.
InventorsTomoaki Hirai, Yuji Taniguchi
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Abstract
A gaming machine that provides an operation unit, a display unit, and a control unit. The operation unit receives an operation of a player. The display unit displays a rotating selector device including a plurality of cells arranged in a grid. The grid has a column and a plurality of rows. A reel strip having a plurality of segments is associated with the column. Each segment has a plurality of segment symbol positions. Each segment symbol position having an associated symbol. During a game, the control unit displays and rotates the selector device and establishes a stop segment based on the timing of player input. The control unit select a symbol position of the stop segment to establish an outcome of the game.
Claims1
A gaming machine for providing a game, comprising:
- an operation unit configured to receive an operation of a player;
- a display unit operably coupled to the operation unit and configured to display a rotating selector device, the rotating selector device including a plurality of cells arranged in a grid, the grid having a column and a plurality of rows;
- a reel strip being associated with the column of the grid and having a plurality of segments, each segment having a plurality of segment symbol positions, each segment symbol position having an associated symbol;
- and,
- a control unit operably coupled to the operation unit and the display unit and being configured to initiate a game in response to player operation and to establish an outcome of the game, the control unit, in response to initiation of the game, being further configured to:
- display and rotate the selector device in the grid such that symbols in the reel strip are displayed in the cells of the grid;
- receive player input;
- establish a stop segment of the reel as a function of a timing associated with the player input;
- randomly select one of the symbol positions of the stop segment;
- and,
- establish an outcome of the game as a function of the selected one of the symbol positions of the stop segment;
- and,
- award a payout to the player as a function of the outcome of the game.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.