Gaming machine, method for providing game, and storage medium

A game providing method executed in a gaming machine comprising a display unit having a display region for displaying a symbol in each of cells arranged in a matrix, the display region being provided with a win line composed of a plurality of cells, and symbols including a special symbol associated with a predetermined award amount, and a control unit connected to the display unit, the method comprising:

• spinning and stopping a plurality of reels to cause the symbols to be displayed in the display region;
• determining a reel to be respun if the symbols in the display region satisfy a predetermined condition after the plurality of reels stop;
• when the special symbol is stopped in the display region by the reel to be respun, miniaturizing the special symbol and holding the miniaturized special symbol in a cell where the special symbol has stopped, to allow another symbol to be stopped in the cell;
• respinning and stopping the reel to be respun;
• determining an award based on an award amount associated with the special symbols and the miniaturized special symbols displayed on the win line;
• and
• providing the determined award to a player.

A computer-readable storage medium storing a program executed by a control unit in a gaming machine comprising a display unit having a display region for displaying a symbol in each of cells arranged in a matrix, the display region being provided with a win line composed of a plurality of cells, and symbols including a special symbol associated with a predetermined award amount, and a control unit connected to the display unit, the program causing the control unit to:

• spin and stop a plurality of reels to cause the symbols to be displayed in the display region;
• determine a reel to be respun if the symbols in the display region satisfy a predetermined condition after the plurality of reels stop;
• when the special symbol is stopped in the display region by the reel to be respun, miniaturize the special symbol and hold the miniaturized special symbol in a cell where the special symbol has stopped, to allow another symbol to be stopped in the cell;
• respin and stop the reel to be respun;
• determine an award based on an award amount associated with the special symbols and the miniaturized special symbols displayed on the win line;
• and
• provide the determined award to a player.