JPH07178249A - Video type bingo game device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To advance a game in development different from that of a classic bingo game, to improve a rate of winning a prize, and to reduce a required time by displaying numerals in a specific range arranging them at random so as to match a cast numeral after a specific numeral is displayed on a cast numeral display device. CONSTITUTION:A device in which a player can bet the desires number of medals is provided. Also, the cast numeral display device which displays five numerals selected at random from the numerals 1-25 is provided. Furthermore, a bingo sheet display arranged in the squares of five rows/five columns and consisting of a display device which displays the numerals 1-25 in a slot reel type, respectively, and started after the cast numeral is displayed on the cast numeral display device, and arranging and displaying the numerals 1-25 at random on the squares is provided. A device which judges winning a prize when the numeral of the bingo sheet display matches that of the cast numeral display device, and pays back the medals at magnification corresponding to the role. In other words, the game is advanced so as to match the cast numeral with the numerals 1-25 after five cast numerals are determined in advance.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an electronically controlled video bingo game machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional video bingo game apparatus, after a player selects an arbitrary one from several kinds of bingo sheets in which numbers 1 to 25 are randomly arranged in advance, one of them is randomly selected. Each decides the outcome,
Mark the numbers corresponding to the appearance of the squares on the bingo sheet that you have selected in order, and when the marked squares are in a row of 5 (5 marked squares are in a straight line) The player wins, the winning is determined by the number of marked squares when the number is 5, and the medals are paid back at a predetermined multiplying factor. Further, there are some cases where the number of rising hands is not limited to 5 and three rising hands are provided, but there is a problem that the hitherto known ones have few winning roles and the interest does not last.

Further, the conventional bingo game machine as described above has a problem that it lacks novelty because it follows the classical rules. In addition, there are many cases in which players have no choice but to give up the game before all the outcomes are decided, and there is a problem that the player's expectations for the game often do not last.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to provide a novel and various winning combination, which has a high winning rate. It is an object of the present invention to provide a video-type bingo game device which is advantageous in business, because the player's expectations continue.

[0005]

The above-mentioned object is to first determine five outcomes, and then to randomly display the numbers 1 to 25 in the 25 squares of the bingo sheet display unit, and to display the bingo. When the arrangement of the five rolls on the sheet matches any of the predetermined winning combinations, the winning combination is recognized, and the video-based bingo game apparatus is configured to pay back the medals corresponding to the winning combinations.

More specifically, the above object of the present invention is to provide a device which allows a player to bet a desired number of medals and five randomly selected numbers from 1 to 25. Number display device for displaying numbers and 5 lines 5
They are arranged in the squares of the row, and each slot reel type has 1
It is composed of an indicator for displaying the numbers from 25 to 25, and is activated after the result is displayed on the result display device.
The bingo sheet indicator that randomly arranges and displays the numbers 1 to 25, and the numbers 1 to 25 displayed on the bingo sheet display match the arrangement of the numbers displayed on the result display device to a predetermined role. This is solved by a video bingo game device having a device for determining whether or not a prize is won and paying out medals at a payout rate according to the winning combination.

[0007]

With the above-described structure, the game progresses with a development different from that of the classic bingo game, the number of rising hands can be increased significantly, and the time required for the game is shortened. It will improve.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a bingo game apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a control panel of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a control processing system of the apparatus shown in FIG. 5 is a system block diagram shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the operation of the apparatus shown in FIG.
Is a plan view showing a state in which a payout is extracted in the image displayed on the display screen of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a state in which all the payouts are aligned, and FIG. 7 is the bingo sheet. 10 is a plan view showing a state in which the arrangement of the numbers is determined, FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the winning check state, FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a display screen when the double-up game is advanced, and FIG.
FIG. 11 is a plan view showing a state in which the payout is complete when the extra spot ball is selected as the payout, and FIG. 11 is a plan view showing the winning check state.

First, FIG. 1 will be described. In the figure, 1 is a main body, 10 is a display screen provided above the front of the main body 1,
Reference numeral 11 is a control panel provided below the display screen 10, 12 is a title panel provided below the control panel 11, and 13 is a medal tray provided below the control panel 12.

The display screen 10 is for displaying a game image, and a CRT is used. Control panel 1
1 is provided with various operation buttons and the like necessary for the progress of the game. The title panel 12 describes the name of the game machine, the game method, and the like. Medal saucer 13
Receives the paid out medals.

Next, FIG. 2 will be described. 11 in the figure
0 is a medal slot, 111 is a start button, 112 is a one bet button, 113 is a dual bet button, 1
Reference numeral 14 is a double-up button, and 115 is a payout button.

From the medal insertion slot 110, medals necessary for the game are inserted. One bet button 1
12 is used when betting medals, and when pressed once, the bet number of medals becomes 1, and after that, the bet number increases by 1 each time it is pressed, after betting the desired number of medals When the start button 111 is pressed, the game starts. The dual bet button 113 is used to bet the same number of medals as the bet in the immediately preceding game. When this button is pressed, the same number of medals as in the immediately previous game is bet and the game is automatically started. To start.

The double-up button 114 is used to play a double-up game when a player wins a prize. The payout button 115 is used when paying out medals acquired by the player.

Next, FIG. 3 will be described. In the figure, 20 is a CPU, 21 is a ROM, 22 is a RAM, 23 is a CRT controller, 24 is a CRT used for the display screen 10 shown in FIG. 1, 25 is a character generator, 2
6 is a video RAM, 27 is a priority controller, 28 is a color RAM, 29 is a video modulator, 30
Is an input port, 31 is an input medal discriminator, 32 is a medal hopper, 33 is a medal payout device, 34 is an output port, 3
5 is a lamp drive circuit, 36 is a hopper drive circuit, 37 is a counter, 38 is a counter drive circuit, 39 is a speaker, and 40 is a sound drive circuit.

The CPU 20 carries out various arithmetic processes and processes input signals and output signals. The ROM 21 stores a program for controlling the entire game, various data related to the game such as characters and design data for the result of the game, and a program related to image processing in each dedicated area. The RAM 22 has a memory for storing the number of medals inserted prior to the start of the game, an area for storing data such as a rising hand pattern and the number of medals to be paid back, and arrangement positions of a bingo sheet display portion, a result display portion, and the like. Area of memory and some variables are allocated.

The CRT controller 23 is the CPU 20.
Corresponding to the control operation of, the image pattern data necessary for displaying the image on the screen of the CRT 24, out of the image data of the characters and the patterns stored in the ROM 21, is stored in the character generator 25, and the video is generated. R
The AM 26 stores an object code indicating which image is displayed at which position on the screen of the CRT 24.

The CRT controller 23 is the CPU 20.
The image pattern data stored in the character generator 25 corresponding to the position data in the video RAM 26 is sent to the priority controller 27 in response to the control operation of. The priority controller 27 determines the priority of the superimposed images and sends the color position data to the color RAM 28, which sends the color data for each bit of the image to the video modulator 29.

The video modulator 29 has the color RA
The parallel digital color data sent from M28 is converted into serial data and an analog signal, synchronized with the video signal, and sent to the CRT 24 to display a predetermined image. Signals from the inserted medal discriminator 31, the control panel 11, the medal payout device 33, and the like for inspecting inserted medals are input to the input port 30.

From the output port 34, a lamp drive circuit 35 for illuminating operation buttons for game progression arranged on the control panel 11, and a medal hopper 3 for paying out a predetermined number of medals when winning medals.
Control signals are sent to a hopper drive circuit 36 for driving 2, a counter drive circuit 38 for driving a counter 37 for recording the total number of paid-out medals, a sound drive circuit 40, and the like.

Next, the flow of the game will be described with reference to FIG. In this game device, a demo video is displayed on the display screen 10 when the game is not played. Players can insert medals at any time when the demo screen is displayed. The player inserts medals into this device, and the bet button determines the number of medals bet,
When you start the game, 5 balls are randomly extracted from the 25 numbered bingo balls,
It is sequentially displayed on the display screen 10. After all the payouts have been displayed, the arrangement of the numbers on the bingo sheet is determined as will be described later, and as soon as the arrangement of the numbers is determined, it is immediately checked whether or not the prize is won.

If no prize has been won, the game ends there and the demo image is displayed again. When winning, a payout or a double-up game is selected at that time. When the payout is selected, the player acquires the number of medals according to the winning, and the game ends. The double-up game is a game in which a winning medal is used as a starting point and can be doubled, but if it fails, all the bet medals are lost. If you select a double-up game and lose, the number of medals acquired in that game will disappear and the game will end.

On the other hand, when the player wins, either a payout or a double-up game is selected at this point. When a payout is selected, the game ends at that point, and the player wins twice as many medals as he or she obtained in the bingo game. When a double-up game is played, the winning medal in the previous double-up game is used as a starting point, and the double-up game is advanced in the same manner as described above. If the double-up game can continue to win, it can be repeated until the number of medals acquired in the game reaches a predetermined limit value.

Hereinafter, a method of using the above device will be described with reference to FIG. This bingo game device displays a demo video on its screen except when it is used for a game. In this demo video, the bingo game played on this device is automatically proceeding.

As shown in FIG. 5, the display screen of this device goes up to the left side of the upper layer and goes up to the ODD indicating the payout for the winning combination.
There is a column for S, a column for a bingo sheet with a total of 5 rows and 5 columns in the center, and a column for displaying the extracted balls in a small size on the right side, and 25 bingo balls numbered in the middle layer. There is a column that displays the five payouts extracted from the
An R column, a WIN column showing the number of medals won in the previous game, and a PAY column showing the number of payouts are provided, and a CREDIT column showing the number of medals that can be used in the game is provided on the lower right side.

When the player inserts medals through the medal insertion slot, the number of inserted medals is displayed in the CREDIT column.
At this time, the numbers of the previous game are arranged on the bingo sheet. Next, the player presses the one-bet button to bet an arbitrary number of medals. At this time, the bet number is W
Although displayed in the AGER column, the number of medals displayed in the CREDIT column decreases as the number displayed in the WAGER column increases. Next, the player presses the start button to start the game, but when the bet amount reaches the preset maximum bet amount (MAX BET) of 20, the game is automatically started without pressing the start button. Is started.

When the game is started, as shown in FIG. 5, in the column for displaying the output of bingo balls in the middle layer of the screen,
From the 25 bingo balls marked with the numbers 1 to 25, five randomly picked balls are displayed rolling from the right side of the screen. Then, as the payout is determined, the same payout as the rolled payout is displayed in order in the small display column for the payout on the right side of the upper screen. Next, when all the payouts are displayed and the payout number is determined, as shown in FIG. 6, the numbers displayed in the bingo sheet column in the center of the upper layer of the screen rotate like slot reels, respectively. As shown in, after rotating for a certain period of time, the numbers are automatically selected in order from the upper right in a random order so that the same numbers are not on the bingo sheet at random, and the bingo sheet's squares become 1 to 25. Filled with numbers.

When the number on the bingo sheet coincides with the rolled number, the square displaying that number is highlighted, and at the same time, the rolled ball showing that number displayed in the middle layer disappears. Also, when the next number to be determined on the bingo sheet is the reach of the rising hand,
The method of stopping the slot reel is different from the other cases, and for example, the slot reel is slowly stopped. When all the numbers are displayed on the bingo sheet and the arrangement is decided, the winning check starts. As shown in FIG.
If the marked square corresponds to a rising hand pattern, which will be explained later, the number placed in the square and the ODDS
The line of the corresponding rising hand in the column is highlighted.

When there is a winning combination, the number of medals according to the winning combination and the number of medals bet is awarded to the player as the winning number. At this point, the player may finish the game and receive the number of wins, but the player can also select the double-up game based on the number of wins. To end the game, press the payout button. Then, the winning number is displayed in the WIN column, and the number is added and displayed in the CREDIT column.

To play the double-up game, the double-up button should be pressed, and the screen is switched as shown in FIG. On this screen, the rotating reel with LOSE and × 2 alternately displayed is rotated, and below the rotating reel, there is a large WIN column showing the number of medals that can be obtained when the player wins the double-up game. Is provided. The rotation of the rotating reel automatically stops after a certain period of time, but the player can also stop the rotation by pressing the double-up button.

When the spinning reel is displayed with x2 at the center and stopped, the player can win the number of medals twice the number of wins in the bingo game, but when stopped at LOSE, all the medals bet on the double-up game are lost. It will be.
The player who has doubled the medals in the double-up game can press the double-up button again and the maximum number of medals that can be obtained will continue to be 1 at maximum.
You can play double-up games as many times as you want without exceeding 10,000. To end the double-up game, the payout button may be pressed, and the number of medals thus obtained is displayed in the WIN column at the lower left of the screen, and the number is added and displayed in the CREDIT column.

When the player continues to play the bingo game, the above procedure may be repeated. However, when the player finishes the game, even if he directly presses the one bet button or the dual bet button without pressing the payout button, the next game is started. You can move on. At this time, when the dual bet button is pressed, the same number of bets as the previous game is bet and the game is automatically started.

Further, in the above apparatus, one extra spot ball is randomly set from 25 bingo balls for each game. As shown in FIG. 10, star marks are designed on the bingo ball that has become the extra spot ball. When this ball is selected as a payout ball, before the number on the bingo sheet rotates like a slot reel, one square on the sheet is randomly selected, and the square continues to light up until the winning combination is checked. Note that the cell selected at this time is the cell at a specific position, not the number displayed in that cell. The arrangement of the numbers on the bingo sheet is determined, and the winning is checked as shown in FIG. 11, but at this time, the square that is lit as the extra spot has the same effect as the square marked as a roll. So the player will be very advantageous.

During the game, various buttons provided on the control panel that function effectively according to the progress of the game are lit to assist the operation of the player. When BGM is usually played from the speaker and the winning combination is achieved,
Different fanfares are thrown when a winning combination of a high payout is established, when an extra spot ball appears, when a player wins a double-up game, and when 50 or more coins are paid out at one time.

The winning combination of the bingo game will be described below. The rising combination is roughly classified into two types, that is, a combination relating to a bingo sheet and a combination relating to a roll. The winning combination related to the bingo sheet is a rising combination determined by the arrangement of the numbers on the bingo sheet marked corresponding to the outcome.

The pattern of the winning combination in the above game is as follows. 5LINE: When 5 marked cells are arranged in any one of vertical, horizontal and diagonal directions. 4LINE: When four of the marked squares are aligned vertically or horizontally or diagonally. 3LINE: When three of the marked squares are aligned vertically or horizontally or diagonally. 4BLOCK ...- When four of the marked squares are arranged in a block adjacent to each other in two rows and two columns. 5CROSS ...- One of the five marked squares is located in the center of the bingo sheet, and the remaining four are adjacent to each other in a cross shape in the vertical and horizontal directions, or diagonally up and down. When placed adjacent to each other in an X shape.

4CORNER: 4 of the marked squares occupy all corners of the bingo sheet. 3CORNER: 3 of the marked squares occupy 3 of the 4 corners of the bingo sheet. 2CORNER: Two of the marked squares occupy two of the four corners of the bingo sheet. 1CORNER: When one of the marked squares occupies one of the four corners of the bingo sheet. CENTER: When one of the marked squares occupies the center of the bingo sheet.

On the other hand, the winning combination is a rising combination determined by the type of the number of the discharged coin, regardless of the arrangement of the marked squares. The pattern of this rising hand is as follows. STRAIGHT ··· When all 5 numbers in the ball are continuous. ALL HIGH ... When the number of all 5 balls is 14 or more. ALL LOW ... When all 5 numbers on the ball are 12 or less. ALL EVEN --- When all 5 numbers in the payout are even numbers. ALL ODD ... When the five numbers in the payout are all odd numbers. The payout table corresponding to the above winning combinations is shown in Table 1.

[0038]

[Table 1] This payout table is displayed in the ODDS column at the upper left of the display screen of this bingo game machine. Further, in the case where these winning combinations are duplicated, in principle, the final winning number of the bingo game is the sum of the winning numbers corresponding to all the winning combinations.

For example, the winning combination of the game shown in FIG. 8 is 3LINE of "6, 21, 2" and 1COR of "6".
It is NER, and the player is betting 5 medals in this game, so the number of medals earned by the player is 3L.
11 in total, including 10 INEs and 1 CORNER
It becomes a sheet. Note that 5CROSS and CENTER are overlapped and established, so when 5CROSS is established, CNTER is also established at the same time.

The combinations of winning combinations that cannot be won in duplicate are shown below. (1) 4LINE and 3LINE in 5LINE (2) 3LINE in 4LINE (3) 3LINE in 5CROSS (4) 3CORNER in 2CORNER, 2CORN
ER and 1CORNER (5) 2CORNER and 1COR in 3CORNER
NER (6) 1CORNER in 2CORNER

When the extra spots are involved in winning, a combination other than the above-mentioned unacceptable combination, such as 5
The combination of CROSS and 4LINE is valid. For example, the winning combination of the game shown in FIG. 11 is “1, 25,
4LINE of "18,4" and "2,25,18,4,
5CROSS of "3" and 1CORNER of "1",
It is the CENTER of "18", and since the player bets 20 medals in this game, the player obtains 810 medals in total.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and for example, the shape of the game machine body is not limited to the vertical type, but may be a table type, and various buttons provided on the control panel. The arrangement may be changed, and instead of the dual bet button, a max bet button that can bet the maximum number of sheets at one time may be provided.

When the rising hand is related to a payout, the line in the ODDS column corresponding to the rising hand is highlighted when the rising hand is determined before the number on the bingo sheet is rotated. May be. Furthermore, the mark of the extra spot ball does not have to be an asterisk, and the shape of the bingo sheet, bingo ball, etc. displayed on the main body, the display screen, the control panel and the screen, etc. The invention can be freely modified within the scope of the object of the invention, and the invention includes all modified embodiments that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art from the above description.

[0044]

Since the video bingo game device according to the present invention is constructed as described above, the game development according to the present invention is different from that of a classic bingo game.
Players can feel fresh about the game,
There are many types of winning hands, the probability of winning is high, and each time the number on the bingo sheet is determined, the player's expectation increases,
Since the expectation continues until the end of the game, it is possible to provide a highly entertaining new game machine.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a video bingo game machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a control panel of the apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a system block diagram showing a control processing system of the apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the apparatus shown in FIG.

5 is a plan view showing a payout extraction state in an image displayed on the display screen of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a state in which all of the payouts are aligned.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a state in which the arrangement of numbers on the bingo sheet is determined.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the winning check state.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a display screen in the case of proceeding to a double-up game.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a state in which payouts are aligned when an extra spot ball is selected as a payout.

FIG. 11 is a plan view showing the winning check state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 --- Main body 10 --- Display screen 11 --- Control panel 110 --- Medal slot 111 --- Start button 112・ ・ ・ ・ One bet button 113 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Dual bet button 114 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Double up button 115 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Payout button 12 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Title panel 13 ・ ・···················· CPU 21 ····· ROM 22 ···· RAM 23 ···· CRT controller 24 ···・ ・ ・ CRT 25 ・ ・ ・ ・ Character generator 26 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Video RAM 27 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Priority controller 28 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Color RAM 29 ・ ・ ・... Deo modulator 30 ... Input port 31 ... Inserted medal discriminator 32 ... Medal hopper 33 ... Medal dispenser 34 ...・ ・ ・ ・ Output port 35 ・ ・ ・ ・ Lamp driving circuit 36 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Hopper driving circuit 37 ・ ・ ・ ・ Counter 38 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Counter driving circuit 39 ・ ・・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Speaker 40 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Sound driving circuit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A device for allowing a player to bet a desired number of medals, a display device for displaying 5 numbers randomly selected from the numbers 1 to 25, and a 5 × 5 matrix. It is arranged in each square and is composed of indicators for displaying the numbers 1 to 25 in a slot reel type, respectively, and is activated after the numbers are displayed on the result display device, and the numbers 1 to 25 are displayed in the squares. The bingo sheet indicator randomly arranged and displayed, and it is determined whether or not the arrangement of the numbers displayed on the result display device among the numbers 1 to 25 displayed on the bingo sheet display match the predetermined winning combination. However, when a prize is won, a video-type bingo game device provided with a device for paying out medals at a payout rate according to the winning combination.