Gaming device for determining a re-drawing group for following games
AssigneeKonami Gaming, Inc.
InventorEiji Aida
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Abstract
To display a plurality of symbols in a plurality of display regions, upon starting a game, and in a case where trigger symbols are stop displayed in any of the plurality of display regions, to draw for specific display regions where trigger symbols are displayed, from a plurality of types of symbols so that the symbols are displayed having a predetermined relationship among the symbols in at least game units, and at the same time, to draw for general display regions that have symbols other than the trigger symbol displayed, from a plurality of types of symbols so that arbitrary symbols are independently displayed.
Claims19
A gaming machine comprising:
- an acceptor device configured to accept physical media indicated a monetary value to establish a credit balance;
- a display unit having a plurality of display regions, each display region adapted to display one of a plurality of symbols;
- a control unit coupled to the acceptor device and the display unit, the control unit configured to:
- allow a player to place a wager on a game, via an input device, the wager being deducted from the credit balance;
- initiate the game, the game including a symbol to be displayed in each of the plurality of display regions,
- group at least two of the display regions into a re-drawing group;
- determine a single symbol to be displayed in all of the display regions within the re-drawing group from the plurality of symbols;
- and
- synchronize movement of the symbols within the re-drawing group;
- and,
- provide an award to the player based on an outcome of the game, the award being added to the credit balance.
A method of providing a game to a player with a gaming machine including a display unit, the display unit having a plurality of display regions, each display region adapted to display one of a plurality of symbols, and a control unit, the method including the steps of:
- accepting, via an acceptor device of the gaming machine, physical media indicating a monetary value to establish a credit balance;
- allowing a player to place a wager on a game, via an input device of the gaming machine, the wager being deducted from the credit balance;
- initiating the game, through the control unit, the game including a symbol to be displayed in each of the plurality of display regions,
- grouping, on the display unit, at least two of the display regions into a re-drawing group;
- determining, through the control unit, a single symbol to be displayed in all of the display regions within the re-drawing group from the plurality of symbols;
- and
- synchronizing, through the control unit, movement of the symbols within the re-drawing group;
- and,
- providing an award to the player based on an outcome of the game, the award being added to the credit balance.
A non-transitory information recording medium on which a computer readable program is recorded that causes a computer to function as a game machine for providing a game to a player, comprising:
- an acceptor device configured to accept physical media indicated a monetary value to establish a credit balance;
- a display unit having a plurality of display regions, each display region adapted to display one of a plurality of symbols;
- a control unit coupled to the acceptor device and the display unit, the control unit configured to:
- initiate the game, the game including a symbol to be displayed in each of the plurality of display regions,
- group at least two of the display regions into a re-drawing group;
- determine a single symbol to be displayed in all of the display regions within the re-drawing group from the plurality of symbols;
- and
- synchronize movement of the symbols within the re-drawing group;
- and,
- provide an award to the player based on an outcome of the game, the award being added to the credit balance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.