Gaming machine
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Nov 7, 2000
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May 25, 1999
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A gaming machine has a symbol display arrangement that displays a variation action of a variable plurality of symbols that are necessary for playing a game. A predictive display arrangement performs a predictive display that informs the player of the likelihood of the appearance of a specific symbol display state when the variation action is stopped. A determination whether or not the symbol variation action is to be stopped with the appearance thereon of the specific symbol display state is made by a controller that also determines which predictive display mode from among a plurality of predetermined predictive display modes is to be displayed. In one embodiment, the controller controls the predictive display arrangement so that the probability of the appearance of a specific symbol display state is changeable in conjunction with the change in the game with the passage of time. The player will expect the appearance of the predictive display having a high likelihood, and therefore the player's expectation of the appearance of the specific symbol display state can be sustained from the start of the variation display to the stopping thereof The player's expectation for the 'big hit' is enhanced by changing the predictive display in which the likelihood of the 'big hit' is increased. A second predictive display depicts a second likelihood of the appearance of the specific symbol display state. The controller controls the predictive display arrangement so that the likelihood of the appearance of the specific symbol display state by the second predictive display is changeable with a change in the game resulting from the passage of time.
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- UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Kodachi, Kazuyoshi | Tokyo, JP | 3 | 947 |
Nakano, Humio | Tokyo, JP | 3 | 947 |
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