Gaming machine and game control method

To provide a gaming machine which can carry out a lizhi effect rich in impact without giving a feeling of boredom. A gaming machine includes: a first display device which displays a plurality of symbols which can be variably displayed and stop displayed; a second display device which, being provided in front of the first display device, can display an image and can be switched to a transmissive condition or a non-transmissive condition; and a control device which controls the first display device and the second display device, the control device, in a case in which a combination of a plurality of symbols reaches a condition in which it lacks one symbol of a prescribed combination, putting at least a portion in front of symbols other than a last stop displayed symbol into the non-transmissive condition. F i g.1 38 36 37-- 32--- ---i4L 14C 14R -'- --'31 23-1 25215 27 15C 15R 22'~1 34-13 19\ 18\ 1 /q2