| 摘要 |
There is provided a gaming machine capable of providing new gaming characteristics: the number of active lines is changeable to vary a winning probability. A slot machine controls a lower image display panel having a symbol display area in which some of symbols arranged in symbol arrays are respectively rearranged in display blocks in accordance with the game. The slot machine rearranges, on a one to one basis, the symbols in the display blocks arranged in a matrix of M columns by N rows. When a predetermined condition is satisfied, the slot machine adds display blocks to the matrix in the symbol display area to form a matrix of M columns by N+α rows, and sets additional active lines in the expanded display frame, the number of the additional active lines being calculated by multiplying the number of the added rows α by a predetermined value. |
| 主权项 |
1. Gaming machine comprising:
a symbol display device including a plurality of variable display areas and being configured so that symbol arrays each of which is constituted by arranged symbols are variably displayed in the variable display areas respectively, and then some of the symbols of the symbol arrays are respectively rearranged, on a one to one basis, in a plurality of blocks arranged in a matrix of M columns by N rows in the plurality of variable display areas; and a controller configured to execute a game and to control the symbol display device so that the symbols are rearranged in accordance with the game, the controller configured to execute the following steps of: determining whether a predetermined condition is satisfied before the rearrangement of the symbols; when the predetermined condition is not satisfied, setting a plurality of active lines in a display frame defined by the blocks in the matrix of M columns by N rows, each of the active lines being a combination of blocks made by selecting one block from the blocks in each of the variable display areas; when the predetermined condition is satisfied, adding blocks to the blocks in the display frame to form a matrix of blocks of M columns by N+α rows, and setting, in the expanded display frame, additional active lines, the number of which is calculated by multiplying the number of the added rows, α, by a predetermined value; and when a combination of a predetermined number of more of the symbols of a kind is achieved on any of the active lines, awarding a line payout in accordance with the type of the combination achieved. |
