JP2000037526A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine of offering a new interest for player. SOLUTION: Those are arranged in lengthwise line so that the ball would passes through the second passing type starting prize winning port 22 and the third passing type starting prize winning port 23 after the ball passes the first passing type starting prize winning port 21. A symbol changing means 81 executes the symbol changing game on the each position, when the ball passes through the first passing type starting prize winning port 21, on the first variable display part 31, when it passes through the second passing type starting prize winning port 22, on the second variable display part 32 and when it passes through the third passing type starting prize winning port 23, on the third variable display part 33. When the hit symbol, '7' is stepped and displayed on the first variable display part 31, a switching control means 82 releases a variable prize winning port 41 to make it possible to be the prize winning condition. In the same way, when it makes the hit on the second variable display part 32, it releases an second variable prize winning port 42, when it makes the hit on the third variable display part 33, it releases a third variable prize winning port 43.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine which competes for a prize of a ball hit on a game board to a predetermined winning opening.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional gaming machines include a liquid crystal display as variable display means for displaying various screen games.
When a ball is awarded in the starting winning opening, screen games such as a symbol matching game that looks like a slot machine are expanded and displayed on the liquid crystal display, and when a specific pattern such as "777" is aligned, a special game that is advantageous to the player Generate value,
There is a so-called fever machine.

[0003] In general, when a ball wins a winning opening provided only on a game board, a plurality of symbols displayed on a liquid crystal display are scrolled cyclically to change the fever. After the display, the scrolling operation of the symbols is stopped one by one in order, and it becomes a hit when a specific symbol such as “777” appears, thereby giving a special value advantageous to the player.

[0004] As a special value, usually, a large variable winning prize opening provided only on the game board surface for about 30 seconds is 16 times.
The ball is opened and closed repeatedly to form a state in which the ball can easily win.

[0005]

However, in the conventional gaming machine as described above, even if the model is different, only the content of the screen game changes, and a plurality of symbols are formed based on the winning in one starting winning opening. They were common in that they were displayed all at once. For this reason, there was no significant difference in the game content between all models, and lacked freshness.

[0006] The present invention has been made in view of such problems of the conventional technology, and has as its object to provide a gaming machine that can provide a player with fresh fun.

[0007]

The gist of the present invention to achieve the above object lies in the following inventions. [1] In a gaming machine that competes for a prize in a predetermined winning opening of a ball launched on the game board surface (12), the first to Nth (where N is 2)
Above-mentioned positive integers) pass-type start winning openings (21 to 23);
First to N-th variable display means (3) for displaying at least one of a plurality of predetermined symbols in a switchable manner.
1 to 33) and a first state in which the state of the winning opening can be switched between a first state in which the ball is easy to win and a second state in which the ball is hard to win.
To the N-th variable winning opening (41 to 43), a symbol changing means (81) for changing and displaying a symbol on each of the variable display means (31 to 33), and a variable winning opening (41 to 43).
43) to switch between the first state and the second state. The switching control means (82) includes at least each of the passing start winning openings (21 to 23) and each of the variable winning openings (41 to 41).
43) are arranged on the game board surface (12), and the balls that have passed through the first pass-type starting winning port (21) are sequentially passed to the N-th passing-type starting winning port (23). And each of the variable display means (31-33) is
Each of the variable winning openings (41 to 43) is associated with the first to Nth pass-type starting winning openings (21 to 23) in one-to-one correspondence.
Is associated with the first to N-th variable display means (31 to 33) in one-to-one correspondence, and the symbol changing means (81) determines that the ball struck on the game board surface (12) is the first ball. When sequentially passing through the N-th pass-type start winning opening (21 to 23) from the variable display means (31 to 33) associated with each pass-type start winning opening (21 to 23), A symbol changing game in which the symbol is fluctuated over a predetermined period of time and then stopped and displayed at an arbitrary symbol is sequentially executed in accordance with the passage of the ball, and the switching control means (82) includes a variable display means (31). 33) When the predetermined winning symbol is stopped and displayed on the variable winning means (4) associated with the variable display means (31 to 33) in which the winning symbol is stopped and displayed.
A gaming machine for switching the state from 1 to 43) from the second state to the first state for a predetermined period.

[2] In a gaming machine which competes for a prize in a predetermined prize port of a ball hit on the game board surface (12), the first to Nth (N is a positive integer of 2 or more) pass-type start prize ports ( 21
To 23), first to N-th variable display means (31 to 33) for displaying at least one of a plurality of predetermined symbols in a switchable manner, First to N-th variable winning ports (41 to 43) capable of switching the state of the winning port to a second state that is difficult to win;
A symbol changing means (81) for changing and displaying a symbol on each of the variable display means (31-33), and switching each of the variable winning openings (41-43) between the first state and the second state. Switching control means (82), and at least the pass-type starting winning ports (21-23) and the variable winning ports (41-43) are arranged on the game board surface (12); 1 so that the balls that have passed through the first pass-type winning prize port (21) pass through the N-th pass-type starting prize-winning port (23) in a line in a row. 23), a guideway (26) is formed by an obstacle nail (27) between the outlets and the entrances, and the variable display means (31-33) are connected to the first through N-th pass-types. One-to-one correspondence with starting winning openings (21-23) Each of them is arranged side by side with a corresponding passing-type starting winning opening (21-23), and each of the variable winning openings (41-43) is connected to the first through N-th variable display means (31-33). One-to-one correspondence and the corresponding variable display means (31 to 33) are arranged side by side, and the symbol changing means (81) is provided on the game board surface (1).
2) When the ball hit upward passes through the first to N-th pass-type starting winning openings (21 to 23) sequentially, it is associated with each passing-type starting winning opening (21 to 23). A symbol changing game in which an arbitrary symbol is fluctuated over a predetermined period on the variable display means (31 to 33) and then stopped and displayed with an arbitrary symbol is sequentially executed in accordance with the passage of the ball. The means (82) includes the variable display means (31 to 3).
3) When the predetermined hit symbol is stopped and displayed above,
The variable display means (31 to 31) in which the hit symbol is stopped and displayed.
Variable winning openings (41 to 43) associated with 33)
Is switched from the second state to the first state over a predetermined period.

[3] The variable winning openings (41-43)
The gaming machine according to [1] or [2], wherein the gaming machine rotates between a state where a ball can be won and a state where a ball cannot be won.

[4] Each pass-type starting winning port (21 to 2)
The variable display means (31-33) associated with 3) and the variable winning openings (41-43) associated therewith are divided into left and right around the passing-type starting winning opening (21-23). The gaming machine according to [1], [2], or [3], wherein the gaming machine is arranged in a vertical position.

[5] The N-th pass-type starting winning port (2)
3) A non-passing prize hole (25) is provided at a position where a ball passing through always wins [1], [2],
The gaming machine according to [3] or [4].

[6] The N-th pass-type starting winning port (2)
The gaming machine according to [1], [2], [3] or [4], wherein a non-passing winning port is used in place of 3).

The present invention operates as follows. On the game board surface (12), first to N-th pass-type starting winning prize holes (21 to 23) are arranged so that the balls sequentially pass through them. First to Nth variable display means (31 to 33)
Are in one-to-one correspondence with the first to N-th pass-type starting winning ports (21 to 23), and are assigned to the first to N-th variable winning ports (4 to 23).
1 to 43) are first to Nth variable display means (31 to 3).
3) and one-to-one.

For example, the first to N-th pass-type starting winning ports (21 to 23) are arranged in a line in a vertical line, and the first to N-th passing-type starting winning ports (21 to 23) are located between the exit and the entrance of the adjacent passing-type starting winning ports (21 to 23). The guideway (26) is formed by the obstacle nail (27). In addition, the passing start winning ports (21 to 23), the variable display means (31 to 33), and the variable winning ports (41 to 43) which have a corresponding relationship.
Are arranged on the game board surface (12) such that they are aligned horizontally with the passing-type starting winning opening (21-23) as a center, and the passing-type starting winning opening (21-23) and the variable display means ( 31 to 33) and the variable winning openings (41 to 43) are set so that the player can easily recognize them.

When the ball hit on the game board surface (12) wins the first pass-type start winning opening (21), the ball passing therethrough passes through the N-th pass-type start winning opening (22, 2).
Wins 3) sequentially. When the ball hit on the game board surface (12) sequentially passes through the first to N-th pass-type start winning openings (21 to 23), the symbol changing means (81) sets each pass-type start winning opening ( On the variable display means (31-33) associated with (21-23), the symbol change game is sequentially executed in accordance with the passage of the ball.

That is, when the ball has passed the first pass-type starting winning opening (21 to 23), the symbol change game is started to be executed on the first variable display means (31 to 33), and then the ball is changed. When the player has passed through the second pass-type starting winning opening (21-23), the symbol variation game is started to be executed on the second variable display means (31-33).

When the predetermined winning symbol is stopped and displayed on each of the variable display means (31-33), the switching control means (82) changes the variable display means (31-33) in which the hit symbol is stopped and displayed. Variable winning opening (4
1 to 43) are switched over from the second state in which the ball is hard to enter to the first state in which the ball is easy to win over a predetermined period. For example, the first state is continued until ten balls are won or 30 seconds elapse, and then the state is returned to the second state.

As described above, the first pass-type start winning port (2)
When the ball winning in 1) sequentially wins up to the N-th pass-type starting winning opening (23), a symbol change game is sequentially developed on each of the variable display means (31 to 33) in accordance with the passage of the ball. Therefore, it is possible to provide the player with fresh fun for the conventional machine in which all the symbols are changed based on the winning in one starting winning opening. In addition, the variable display means (31 to 31)
33) Each time a win occurs and the corresponding variable winning opening (41-43) changes to a state in which the ball can easily win, the win appears only when all the symbols are aligned in the screen game, and the large variable Excitement due to the appearance of a hit can be given to the player more frequently than in the conventional machine in which the winning opening is opened and closed. In addition, the ball held by the player is maintained, and it is possible to enjoy the game for a long time with a small investment.

A variable winning opening (41-43) that switches between a state in which the ball can win and a state in which the ball cannot win by rotating can be used to simply open and close the winning opening as in the prior art. Compared with, it is more interesting and can attract more customers.

Further, an N-th pass-type starting winning port (23)
When a non-passing type winning port (25) is provided at a position where a ball that has passed through always wins, the winning ball is placed on the game board surface (12).
It is possible to prevent the player from entering the out mouth at the bottom, which is effective in managing the number of winning balls and the number of non-winning balls. The same effect can be obtained by replacing the N-th pass-type start winning port (23) with a non-pass-type winning port.

[0021]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Each drawing shows an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, a gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment is a pachinko machine in which a player hits a ball on a game board surface 12 by rotating a handle 11 and enjoys winning of the hit ball.

At the center of the game board surface 12, first through third pass-type starting winning ports 21-23 are arranged at predetermined intervals in a vertical line. Immediately below the third pass-type starting winning port 23 disposed at the bottom of these, a non-pass-type winning port 25 is disposed. A guide path 26 for guiding a ball passing through the upper pass-type starting winning opening to a lower passing-type starting winning opening is formed by obstacle nails 27 between the vertically passing pass-type starting winning openings.

A first variable display portion 31 is provided on the right side of the first pass-type starting winning opening 21 and a first variable winning opening 41 is provided on the left side thereof.
Are arranged respectively. Second pass-type start winning opening 2
A second variable display section 32 is arranged on the right side of the second and a second variable winning opening 42 is arranged on the left side of the second. A third variable display portion 33 is disposed on the right side of the third pass-type starting winning opening 23, and a third variable winning opening 43 is disposed on the left side thereof.

The first to third variable display sections 31 to 33 are for displaying any one of a plurality of predetermined symbols in a switchable manner. 7-segment type liquid crystal display device capable of displaying the following characters is used. Note that a seven-segment LED (light emitting diode) display or the like may be used instead of the liquid crystal display.

As shown in FIG. 3, the first to third variable winning ports 41 to 43 respectively have a winning port section 51 opened upward.
And a cell plate portion 52 which is a cylindrical lid that covers the winning opening 51 and has a cutout 53 formed in accordance with the winning opening 51 housed therein. Cell plate 52
Is rotatably supported by the support shaft 54 so as to cover the winning opening 51. The cell plate portion 52 has its notch 53
Is in the first state with the notch 53 facing upward.
Thus, the ball can enter the winning opening portion 51 through the game. On the other hand, in the second state in which the cell plate portion 52 rotates and the notch portion 53 faces downward, the opening of the winning opening portion 51 is covered by the peripheral wall of the cell plate portion 52, and the ball cannot be won. Is formed.

In addition, on the game board surface 12, in addition to various winning ports and windmills not shown, obstacle nails 13 for playing balls and an out port 14 are arranged. Further, a front plate 15 for storing a ball to be used for a game and a lower plate 16 for receiving and storing a ball overflowing from the front plate 15 are provided in front of the gaming machine 10 and below the game board surface 11. Have been. On the right side of the lower plate 16, there is provided a handle 11, which is an operation unit of a firing mechanism that shoots a ball onto the game board surface 12. In addition, the control unit 80 that controls various operations of the gaming machine 10 is attached to the inside of the machine such as the back surface of the game board 11.

FIG. 1 shows a circuit configuration of the gaming machine 10. The control unit 80 includes the first through third pass-type starting winning prize ports 2
1 to 23, first to third variable display portions 31 to 33, and first to third variable winning ports 41 to 43 are connected,
Illumination lamps and the like (not shown) are also connected.

First through third pass-type starting winning ports 21-23
Are provided with ball passing sensors 21a to 23a for detecting passing balls, respectively. Ball passage sensor 21a-
The sensor 23a can use various sensors such as a mechanical switch, an optical sensor that detects passage of light when the light is blocked by a sphere, and a magnetic sensor that detects a change in a magnetic field due to the passage of a sphere. First to third variable display sections 31 to 31
Reference numeral 33 denotes a 7-segment liquid crystal display capable of displaying an arbitrary number among the numbers 0 to 9 as described above.

The first to third variable winning openings 41 to 43 are provided with a cell plate portion 52 which rotates to switch between a first state in which the ball can win and a second state in which the ball cannot win, a cell, Plate 5
2 is provided with a solenoid 55 as a driving means for rotating 2.

The control unit 80 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory) and a RAM (not shown).
(Random access memory), and performs at least the functions of the symbol changing means 81 and the switching control means 82.

When the ball passes through the first to third pass-type start winning openings 21 to 23, the symbol changing means 81 changes the variable display unit 3 associated with each of the pass-type start winning openings 21 to 23.
The symbols fluctuating game is sequentially executed on 1-33 in accordance with the passage of the ball. Here, the symbol variation game is
After changing the symbol for a certain period of time, any number selected by random lottery etc. is stopped and displayed,
When "7" is stopped and displayed, it is a hit.

The switching control means 82 controls the rotation of the cell plate portion 52 of the first to third variable winning ports 41 to 43. As shown in FIG. 4A, the switching control means 82 normally controls each of the cell plate portions 52 of the variable winning openings 41 to 43.
Is set to the second state in which the cutout portion 53 faces downward so that the ball cannot win. And each pass type start winning opening 2
When a predetermined number of “7” appears as a symbol on the variable display portions 31 to 33 associated with 1 to 23, the cell plate portion 52 is moved to 18 as shown in FIGS.
By rotating the cutout 53 upward by 0 degrees, the ball is switched to the first state in which the ball can win.

After switching to the first state, when ten balls are won in the pass-type start winning port, the switching control means 8
2, the cell plate portion 52 is further rotated by 180 degrees as shown in FIGS. 4d to 4e, so as to return to the second state in which the cutout portion 53 faces downward.

Next, the operation will be described. FIG. 5 shows the gaming machine 10.
An example of the progress of the game performed above is shown. FIG.
As shown in a, the ball hit on the game board surface 12 is:
Until the first pass-type start winning opening 21 is entered, the first to third
The symbols on the variable display sections 31 to 33 are stopped and displayed. Also, the first to third variable winning ports 41 to 43 are all
The state is set to the second state where the ball cannot be won.

When the ball passes through the first pass-type starting winning opening 21, the symbol change game is started on the first variable display section 31 as shown in FIG. 5b. The symbol "-" in the figure indicates that the symbol is changing. The ball that has passed through the first pass-type starting winning port 21 is guided to a guide path 26 formed by obstacle nails 27, enters the second passing-type starting winning port 22, and passes there. At this time, the symbol change game starts on the second variable display section 32 associated with the second pass-type start winning port 22 (FIG. 5c).

The ball that has passed through the second pass-type starting winning port 22 is guided by the guide path 26 and is passed through the third passing-type starting port 2.
3 (FIG. 5d), and at this time, the symbol change game starts on the third variable display section 33 associated with the third pass-type starting winning port 23. Further, in this example, the symbol change game on the first variable display section 31 which has been started first ends when the ball passes through the third pass-type start winning opening 23, and the winning symbol "7" is displayed. Is stopped. When a symbol is stopped and displayed on any of the variable display portions 31 to 33, the variable winning opening 41 associated with the variable display portion changes from the second state to the first state. In FIG. 5D, since the number “7” is stopped and displayed on the first variable display section 31, the first variable winning opening 41 is switched to the first state.

The ball that has passed through the third pass-type starting winning port 23 wins a non-passing type winning port 25. Here, five balls are paid out to the front plate 15 as prize balls by winning in the non-passing type prize port 25. Then, the second variable display unit 3
The symbol change game ends in the order of the second and third variable display sections 33, and any symbols are stopped and displayed, respectively (FIGS. 5e and 5f).

In the example shown in FIG. 5, the symbol stopped on the second variable display section 32 is removed and the symbol is "5", so that the second variable winning opening 42 does not rotate and remains in the second state. Has become.
On the other hand, the hit symbol “7” is displayed on the third variable display section 33.
Has stopped (FIG. 5f), the third variable winning opening 43 associated with the third variable display section 33 is rotated, and the cutout 53 is set to the first state with the cutout 53 facing upward. I have.

The pass-type start winning port that has been switched to the first state is, when 10 balls are won in the pass-type start winning port,
The cell plate 52 is rotated to return to the original second state. 1
If ten balls are awarded by winning three balls in the pass-type start winning holes 41 to 43, the number "7" is stopped and displayed, so that the player has 100 balls as the prize balls. You will be paid out balls.

The first to third variable display sections 31 to 33
Since the above symbol variation game is executed independently, the symbol “7” may naturally stop on all the variable display portions 31 to 33, and in this case, the first to third symbols may be used.
Will be switched to the first state, and a total of 300 balls will be paid out.

As described above, the first pass-type starting winning port 21
When the ball that has passed through the N-th pass-type starting winning opening 23 sequentially passes through the variable display units 3 in accordance with the passage of the ball.
Since the symbol change game is developed sequentially on 1-33,
It is possible to provide the player with a fresh and interesting feature that is not present in the conventional machine in which all symbols are changed based on winning in one start winning opening.

Further, a hit occurs independently for each of the variable display portions 31 to 33, and the corresponding variable winning openings 41 to 43 change to the first state in which the ball can easily win, so that all the symbols are aligned in the screen game. As compared with the conventional machine in which a winning appears only when a hit occurs and a large variable winning opening is opened and closed, the excitement due to the appearance of the winning can be given to the player more frequently. In addition, since it is possible to hit frequently, it is difficult for the number of possessed balls to decrease, and the player can enjoy the game for a long time with a small investment.

Further, since the first to third variable winning ports 41 to 43 are rotated, the state is switched between the first state in which the ball can be easily won and the second state in which the ball cannot be won. Compared to those that only open and close the winning opening, it is more interesting and can attract more customers.

Further, since the ball passing through the third pass-type starting winning port 23 always wins the non-passing-type winning port 25,
Even if no hits appear in the symbol variation game, the player can acquire a certain number of prize balls. In addition, it is possible to eliminate the unnaturalness that the ball that has started the symbol variation game enters the out mouth 14 last. In addition, since the ball passing through the first pass-type starting winning port 21 or the like does not enter the out port 14 at the end, the number of balls that have won and the number of balls that have not won can be managed. It is valid.

In the embodiment described above, the first to third
Although the variable winning openings 41 to 43 of which the cell plate portion 52 rotates are used, the variable winning openings are not limited to such, and the opening and closing plate may be opened and closed. In addition, the number of passing start winning ports 21 to 23 is not limited to three, and may be changed to an appropriate number. In the embodiment, the non-passing-type winning opening 25 is provided below the third passing-type starting winning opening 23. However, the third passing-type starting winning opening 23 is replaced with the non-passing-type winning opening 23. Even if it replaces, the same effect can be obtained.

In addition, in the embodiment, the first to third variable winning ports 41 to 43 are switched to the first state, and then, when ten balls are won, the state is returned to the second state. , The first state may be maintained for only 30 seconds. Alternatively, the state may be returned to the second state when a predetermined number of prizes such as ten and a predetermined time such as 30 seconds have elapsed, whichever is earlier.

Further, in the embodiment, the obstacle nails 27 constituting the guideway 26 are configured so that a prize-winning opening other than the first variable display section 31 cannot be awarded halfway. May be set appropriately so that a prize can be won from an intermediate pass-type start winning port such as the second pass-type start win port 22.

As shown in FIGS. 6A to 6D, the symbols on the first to third variable display portions 31 to 33 are constantly changed, and when the ball passes through the passing start winning opening, the corresponding The symbols on the variable display unit may be sequentially stopped and displayed in accordance with the passage of the ball.

[0049]

According to the gaming machine of the present invention, the balls that have won the first pass-type start winning opening sequentially win the N-th pass-type start winning opening. Since the symbol change game is developed sequentially on each variable display means,
It is possible to provide the player with fresh fun that is not available in the conventional machine.

In addition, a hit occurs for each variable display means, and the corresponding variable winning opening changes to a state in which the ball can easily win, so that the winning appears only when all the symbols are aligned, and a large variable winning opening is obtained. Can give the player more excitement due to the appearance of hits than the conventional machine that opens and closes, keeps the player's possession ball, and can enjoy the game for a long time with a small investment I do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a gaming machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the gaming machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a pass-type start winning port of the gaming machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a pass-type start winning port of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is switched from a second state in which a ball cannot be won to a first state in which a ball can be won, and returns to the second state again. FIG.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a progress state of a game on a gaming machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of the progress of the game on the gaming machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Game machine 12 ... Game board surface 13, 27 ... Obstacle nail 21-23 ... First through third pass-type starting winning prize openings 21a-23a ... Ball passing sensor 25 ... Non-passing prize opening 26 ... Guiding path 31- 33 ... first to third variable display portions 41 to 43 ... first to third variable winning openings 51 ... winning opening portions 52 ... cell plate portions 53 ... cutout portions 54 ... support shafts 55 ... solenoids 80 ... control portions 81: Symbol changing means 82: Switching control means

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine for competing for a prize of a ball hit on a game board surface to a predetermined prize port, wherein: a first to an N-th (N is a positive integer of 2 or more) pass-type start prize ports; First to Nth variable display means for displaying any of the plurality of symbols in a switchable manner, and states of the winning opening in a first state in which the ball is easy to win and a second state in which the ball is hard to win. Switchable from 1st to Nth
A variable winning opening, a symbol changing means for changing and displaying a symbol on each of the variable display means, and a switching control means for switching each of the variable winning openings between the first state and the second state, At least each pass-type start winning port and each variable win port are arranged on the game board surface, and the balls passing through the first pass-type start win port are sequentially shifted to the Nth pass-type start win port. The variable display means is set so as to pass, and each of the variable display means is associated with the first to Nth pass-type starting winning prize openings on a one-to-one basis. When the ball hit on the game board sequentially passes through the first through N-th pass-type starting winning awards, each symbol-changing means includes a corresponding one of the passing-type starting winning awards. Place an arbitrary symbol on the variable display means associated with A symbol changing game that is stopped and displayed at an arbitrary symbol after being changed over a period of time is sequentially executed in accordance with the passage of the ball, and the switching control means includes a predetermined symbol on each variable display means. When the stop symbol is displayed, the variable winning opening associated with the variable display means in which the hit symbol is stopped and displayed is switched from the second state to the first state over a predetermined period. A gaming machine. 2. A gaming machine which competes for a prize of a ball hit on a game board into a predetermined prize port, wherein: a first to an Nth (N is a positive integer of 2 or more) pass-type start prize ports; First to Nth variable display means for displaying any of the plurality of symbols in a switchable manner, and states of the winning opening in a first state in which the ball is easy to win and a second state in which the ball is hard to win. Switchable from 1st to Nth
A variable winning opening, a symbol changing means for changing and displaying a symbol on each of the variable display means, and a switching control means for switching each of the variable winning openings between the first state and the second state, At least each pass-type start winning port and each variable win port are arranged on the game board surface, and the balls passing through the first pass-type start win port are sequentially shifted to the Nth pass-type start win port. These are arranged in a line in a row so as to pass and a guide path is formed by an obstacle nail between an exit portion and an entrance portion of adjacent pass-type starting winning openings, and each of the variable display means is provided from the first One-to-one correspondence with the N-th pass-type start winning opening and arranging each side-by-side with the corresponding pass-type start winning opening, each variable win-win opening being one-to-one with the first to N-th variable display means. Correspond to 1 and each Are arranged side by side with the corresponding variable display means, the symbol changing means, when the ball hit on the game board sequentially passes through the first to N-th pass-type starting winning prize holes, each pass type A symbol changing game in which an arbitrary symbol is fluctuated over a predetermined period on a variable display means associated with a starting winning opening and then stop-displayed with an arbitrary symbol is sequentially executed in accordance with the passage of the ball. The switching control means, when a predetermined winning symbol is stopped and displayed on each variable display means, changes the variable winning opening associated with the variable display means on which the winning symbol is stopped and displayed in the second state. A gaming machine for switching from the first state to the first state for a predetermined period. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the variable winning opening rotates between a state where the ball can be won and a state where the ball cannot be won. 4. A variable display means associated with each pass-type starting winning opening and a variable winning opening associated therewith,
The gaming machine according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the game machine is arranged on the right and left sides of the pass-type starting winning opening. 5. A game according to claim 1, wherein a non-passing winning port is provided at a position where a ball passing through said N-th passing starting winning port always wins. Machine. 6. A non-passing winning port is used in place of the N-th starting winning port.
3. The gaming machine according to 3 or 4.