Gaming machine

A gaming machine for use by a player, the gaming machine comprising:

• a plurality of mechanical rotatable reels each provided with a plurality of symbols that are arranged to display a stop state when their rotations are stopped and to give a profit to the player when the stop state corresponds to a specific stop state;
• a random number generator for generating a random number;
• a start device for extracting the random number and starting the rotations of the reels in response to manipulation by the player;
• stop devices for stopping respective rotations of the mechanical rotatable reels in response to each manipulation by the player;
• an electrical display arrangement for performing a predictive display to the player irrespective of whether the specific stop state is displayed when the rotations of the reels are stopped;
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• a controller for determining whether or not the display of the specific stop state is to be permitted, and for determining a predictive display mode based on the result of the determination, the controller being arranged to control the plurality of mechanical rotatable reels to perform at least two predictive displays sequentially such that the likelihood of appearance of the specific stop state is changeable in conjunction with a change in the game resulting from the passage of time;
• wherein the change in the game corresponds to a change in the number of rotating reels of the plurality of mechanical rotatable reels that are stopped one-after-another in response to a manipulation by the player, the game being started in response to the manipulation of the start device and ended in response to last manipulation of the stop device by the player.