JP2001239031A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To properly change the priority order of the delivery of prize game mediums for a plurality of game results having different prize game medium numbers according to the situation. SOLUTION: Prize data are added and stored in the memory regions of individual prize ball numbers provided on a delivery table, prize ball numbers are set in sequence on a delivery counter based on the stored data, and prize balls are delivered by a delivering means. The reading order of the memory regions for setting the delivery counter is properly changed. When the memory value in the memory region of the prize ball number 15 is larger than the memory value in the memory region of the prize ball number 5, for example, the memory regions are checked in sequence from the superior position of the layout, the data in the memory region of the prize ball number 15, and '15' is set on the delivery counter (Fig. 4 (a)). When the memory value in the memory region of the prize ball number 5 is larger, the memory regions of the delivery table are checked in sequence from the lower position, the data in the memory region of the prize ball number 5 are read, and '5' is set on the delivery counter (Fig.4 (b)).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine in which the order of paying out award game media can be changed depending on the gaming state for a plurality of game results having different numbers of award game media.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional gaming machine, for example, in the case of a pachinko gaming machine, a prize is generated when a game ball enters a prize hole provided in a game board, and a prize-winning game ball, that is, a prize ball is different. A code corresponding to the number of balls detected by the winning ball detecting means for each number of balls and corresponding to the number of winning balls allocated to each winning port is transmitted as a control command from the main board for main control to the payout control board for prize ball payout control. The payout control board analyzes the control command, sets the number of winning balls in the payout counter, and pays out the set number of winning balls from the winning ball payout device.

In the example shown in Japanese Patent No. 1974230, for example, the order of payout of prize balls is such that prize ball information is stored in a storage area for each number of prize balls, and a predetermined priority order is determined. The award ball is paid out according to the following formulas. For example, Japanese Patent No. 2108567, Japanese Patent No. 2566127, Japanese Patent No. 2852
No. 824, Japanese Patent No. 2615387,
Japanese Patent No. 2617099, Japanese Patent No. 278501
In the example disclosed in the official gazette of No. 2 or the like, the prize ball information of either the one with the larger or smaller number of prize balls is stored, and the stored prize ball number is paid out with priority. In the examples disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 2,070,359, Japanese Patent No. 2,615,388, Japanese Patent No. 2,615,389, etc., the prize ball information with the smaller number of prize balls is stored, and the prize ball information is preferentially paid. Patent No. 268
Japanese Patent Publication No. 4026 discloses that the prize ball information of the one with the larger number of prize balls is stored and the prize ball information is paid out with priority.

[0004] That is, the prize ball payout in the conventional gaming machine is, for example, when the number of prize balls is five or fifteen, for example, when the prize ball information of the winning prize ball of five prize balls is stored in the table. Stored in the prize ball area, or 5 prize balls and 1 prize ball
The winning ball information of each of the five winning balls is stored in each area of the table. Then, for example, when the prize ball information of each of the five prize balls and the fifteen prize balls is stored in each area of the table, for example, the storage of the prize ball number area of five prize balls If the obtained data is 2 and a winning ball with 5 prize balls is detected, the data of the area with 5 prize balls is incremented by 3 to 3. And all the detected prize balls are collected at one place by the collecting gutter,
The prize balls are sent one by one to the prize ball processing device, discharged one by one from the prize processor, and the discharged prize balls are detected. Each time one prize ball is detected, the prize balls are programmed in a predetermined order. The number is retrieved from the table, and the retrieved prize ball number is paid out from the prize ball payout device. And
The search order is, for example, 5 prize balls, 6 prizes, 7 prizes ... 13 prizes, 14 prizes, 1
It is the order of the five prizes. In that case, the winning order is, for example, 15 winning prizes, 15 winnings, 15 winnings,
In the case of 5 prizes, 15 prizes, and 15 prizes, the data of the area with 5 prize balls becomes 1 at the maximum, and the number of prize balls is 1
The data of the five areas becomes 4 at the maximum, and five prize balls are paid out once and fifteen prize balls are paid out four times. Therefore, for example, even if it is desired to continuously pay out 15 prize balls at a jackpot, if a prize with 5 prize balls occurs in the middle, the payout for the 5 prize balls win is prioritized, and 15 prize balls are paid.
The payout of individual items may be interrupted.

[0005]

As described above, in the conventional gaming machine, when there are two types of prize balls, for example, five and fifteen, for example, payout of five prize balls is prioritized. Therefore, even when it is desired to continuously pay out 15 prize balls, payout for winning 5 prize balls is given priority. In other words, in the conventional gaming machine, when a large number of predetermined game results to be won occur at one time, one of the prize balls is paid out with priority in accordance with a predetermined order, and the payout is given with priority. Until the payout of one prize ball is completed, the payout of the other prize ball is not performed. For example, even if it is desired to continue paying out 15 prize balls, a prize of 5 prize balls occurs. Then, the payout of that person will be given priority. For this reason, for example, despite the fact that a large number of winnings with 15 prize balls should have occurred at the jackpot, payout of 15 prize balls does not continue, and unnecessary doubt may be given to the player. Also, in the case where the payout of 15 prize balls is prioritized, the number of prize balls for the 15 prize balls generated later is first, despite the winning of 5 prize balls. It may be paid out, and the player may be doubted that five prize balls generated earlier may not have been paid out.

Accordingly, the priority order of paying out the prize game media for a plurality of game results having different numbers of prize game media is as follows:
It is an issue to be able to appropriately change according to the situation.

[0007]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the order of reading prize game medium data for setting a payout counter is determined by determining a storage value of a plurality of storage areas in a payout table. This can be changed so that a large storage area is prioritized.

In other words, the gaming machine according to the first aspect of the present invention provides a prize game medium determining means for determining a plurality of preset game results as a prize and determining the game result for each prize game medium, and a payout of the prize game media. Payout means for performing, payout detection means for detecting one prize game medium paid out by the payout means, and the number of prize game media to be paid out by the payout means, and the set number of prize game media. And a payout counter that subtracts 1 each time the payout detecting means detects a prize game medium, adds and stores the number of occurrences for each game result, and sets the number of prize game media for the game result in the payout counter. A payout table provided with a predetermined arrangement of a plurality of storage areas for each number of prize game media to be subtracted and stored by one, and a payout table for paying out the number of prize game media set in the payout counter. A payout control means for controlling the means, the payout counter being provided on condition that the value of the payout counter is 0 and that there is a memory relating to the number of occurrences of the game result in any of the plurality of storage areas. In a gaming machine which reads data of a storage area having a storage related to the number of occurrences of a game result in a predetermined order based on an array of a plurality of storage areas in a table, and sets the number of prize gaming media based on the data, an array of storage areas The reading order based on is set so as to be changeable so that a storage area having a larger storage value among a plurality of storage areas in the payout table is given priority.

In this gaming machine, when a prize-winning game result is generated, prize game medium information (such as the number of prize game media) is set, and the number of occurrences is added and stored in a storage area for each prize game medium in the payout table. , On the condition that the value of the payout counter is 0 and that the number of occurrences of the game result is stored in any of the plurality of storage areas in a predetermined order based on the arrangement of the plurality of storage areas in the payout table. The data in the storage area having the number of occurrences of the game results is read, the number of prize game media is set in the payout counter based on the data, and the number of prize game media set in the payout counter is paid out by the payout means. . And
Every time the number of prize game media is set in the payout counter, the value stored in the storage area of the payout table from which the above data is read is subtracted and stored. Then, when the value of the payout counter becomes 0, as long as there is data in the same storage area, the data of the same storage area is read, the payout counter is set again, and the payout of the same number of prize game media is repeated. It is. Then, when there is no more data in the storage area, the data in the storage area having the next storage in the predetermined order is read.

In this manner, the payout is performed in a predetermined order. Then, the order of reading based on the array of the storage areas is set so as to be changeable so that a storage area having a larger storage value among a plurality of storage areas in the payout table is prioritized. Therefore, the priority order of paying out the prize game media for a plurality of game results having different numbers of prize game media can be appropriately changed according to the situation. For example, when it is desired to continuously pay out 15 prize balls at a jackpot. , 5 prize balls on the way
Even if a prize is generated, the payout for the winning of 15 prize balls can be prevented from being interrupted, so that unnecessary doubt is not given to the player. It is possible to give priority to the payout of five persons.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gaming machine, wherein a predetermined game result including a first game result and a second game result is set as a prize, and the number of prize game media is determined for each prize game medium. Determination means, payout means for paying out the prize game medium, and 1 prize game medium paid out by the payout means.
A payout detecting means for detecting the number of prize game media to be paid out from the payout means, and a payout counter for reducing the set number of prize game media by one each time the payout detecting means detects the prize game medium. A first storage area in which the number of occurrences of the first game result is added and stored, and the number of prize game media corresponding to the first game result is subtracted and stored by one each time the payout counter is set; A second storage area for adding and storing the number of occurrences of the result and subtracting and storing one each time the number of prize game media for the second game result is set in the payout counter. A payout table provided in a predetermined arrangement in which the first storage area is higher than the second storage area, and a payout means for controlling payout means to pay out the number of prize game media set in a payout counter. Control means, and the payout counter has a plurality of storages in the payout table, provided that the value of the payout counter is 0 and that there is a storage relating to the number of occurrences of the game result in any of the plurality of storage areas. In a gaming machine that reads data in a storage area having a storage of the number of occurrences of game results in a predetermined order based on the array of areas and sets the number of prize gaming media based on the data, the reading order based on the storage area array When the storage value of the first storage area is larger than the storage value of the second storage area, the highest storage area having storage is traversed sequentially from the top of the array of the plurality of storage areas in the payout table. The data is read, and if the storage value of the second storage area is larger than the storage value of the first storage area, the data is circulated from the lower end of the array of the plurality of storage areas in the payout table. Characterized by changeably configured to read data in the storage area of the lowest with storage.

In this case, the processing by the payout table and the payout counter is basically the same as that of the gaming machine according to the first aspect, and the payout is performed in a predetermined order. In the payout table, the first storage area for adding and storing the number of occurrences of the first game result is provided at a higher position in the array than the second storage area for adding and storing the number of occurrences of the second game result, When the storage value of the first storage area is larger than the storage value of the second storage area, the reading order based on the array of the storage areas is circulated from the top of the array of the plurality of storage areas in the payout table. The data of the uppermost storage area having the stored data is read, and the storage value of the second storage area is changed to the first storage area.
If the storage value is larger than the storage value of the storage area of the payout table, the data is appropriately changed so that the data of the lowest storage area having storage is circulated in order from the bottom of the array of the plurality of storage areas in the payout table.

[0013] In this way, the priority order of paying out the prize game media for a plurality of game results having different numbers of prize game media can be appropriately changed according to the situation. For example, when it is desired to continuously pay out 15 jackpot balls at a jackpot. In addition, even if a prize with five prize balls is generated in the middle, the payout for the prize with 15 prize balls is not interrupted, so that unnecessary doubt is not given to the player. It is possible to give priority to the payout of the one with the highest number of prize balls, for example, five.

[0014] Further, the gaming machine according to claim 3 is a game machine according to claim 1.
In the gaming machine according to the second aspect, a plurality of storage areas in the payout table are prepared for each of the number of prize gaming media from the minimum number of prize gaming media allowed to the maximum number of prize gaming media allowed in the gaming machine. Things. In this case, the same payout table can be used to change the number of prize game media with respect to a predetermined game result, and a quick change can be made simply by changing the program.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a board configuration of a gaming machine (pachinko gaming machine) according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a game board, and approximately at the center of the front face (game board face) thereof,
A special symbol display 2 for variably displaying symbols based on a predetermined detection signal is provided, and a special prize opening 3 is provided at the top of the center of the special symbol display 2. A first-type start port provided with a start switch (a first-type start port switch to be described later) that detects a start signal for starting a symbol change of the special symbol display section 2 almost directly below the special symbol display section 2. A special winning opening 5 is provided immediately below the first-type starting opening 4 and is opened when the symbol of the special display 2 is in a predetermined mode. Furthermore, the first type starting port 4
The left sleeve winning opening 6 and the right sleeve winning opening 7 are on the left and right sides of
A lower left winning opening 8 and a lower right winning opening 9 are provided on both left and right sides of the big winning opening 5.

As shown in FIG. 2, on the back of the game board 1, a first-type start-up switch 11 for detecting a winning ball (winning game medium) flowing (winning) into each of the winning ports on the game board surface, Mouth switch 12, left sleeve winning opening switch 13, right sleeve winning opening switch 14, lower left winning opening switch 15, lower right winning opening switch 1
6. A variety of winning ball detection switches such as a prize hole switch 17; electric devices such as a large winning hole solenoid 18; and a collective plate 20 provided with a passage through which a winning ball passes are provided. All prize balls that have won each prize port, which is a prize area on the game board, are detected by any of the various detection switches provided on the back of the game board 1. Of these detection switches, only the special winning opening switch 12 is used to detect the winning prize ball of paying out 15 prize balls (prize game media), and the remaining first type start-up switch 11 and the left sleeve winning opening are used. Detection switches such as a switch 13, a right sleeve winning opening switch 14, a lower left winning opening switch 15, a lower right winning opening switch 16, and a prize winning opening switch 17 are used to detect a winning prize ball of paying out 5 prize balls. is there. That is, among the above winning ports, the grand winning port 5 is set to have 15 prize balls,
Since the remaining winning prize opening 3, the first kind starting opening 4, the left sleeve winning opening 6, the right sleeve winning opening 7, the lower left winning opening 8 and the lower right winning opening 9 are set to 5 prize balls. is there.

The special winning opening solenoid 5 is provided when the special symbol display 2 has a predetermined design.
The gaming state in which the special winning opening 5 is open is called a jackpot, and the gaming state in which the special winning opening 5 is closed is called a normal gaming state. During the normal game, since the special winning opening 5 is closed, the number of occurrences of the game result (first game result) in which the winning ball of 15 prize balls is detected is small, and the winning of 5 prize balls is paid out. It is highly likely that the number of occurrences of the game result (second game result) in which the ball is detected is relatively increased. On the other hand, during the jackpot, since it is very likely that the gaming ball enters the winning opening 5 with the number of 15 prize balls, the game result in which the winning ball of paying out 5 prize balls is detected (second game result). Although the number of occurrences of is the same as during the normal game, there is a high possibility that the number of occurrences of the game result (first game result) in which a winning ball of 15 payout balls is detected is relatively increased.

The gaming machine includes a prize ball payout device (prize game medium payout device) that pays out a game ball as a prize, ie, a prize ball, to a player when a game ball (game medium) enters a prize area. (Not shown). The prize ball payout device is disposed on a back setting mechanism plate (not shown), and a prize ball payout sensor (not shown) is provided in a discharge passage below its screw.

Various control boards are also provided on the back set mechanism plate of the gaming machine. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a wiring system for these various substrates and the like. In the figure, reference numeral 21 denotes a lamp control board for controlling lighting, blinking, and extinguishing of an LED lamp or the like in accordance with the game content, etc., 22 a voice control board for controlling sound effects or the like in accordance with the game content, and 23, launching of a game medium. Control board for controlling payout and payout, etc., 24 is a symbol control board (special symbol control board) for controlling symbol fluctuation, 25 is a main board for controlling game contents on a game board, and 26 is a power supply for each board. Is a power supply board for supplying the power.

The lamp control board 21, the voice control board 22, the payout control board 23 and the symbol control board 24 receive control commands from the main board 25 and output control signals according to various states. That is, the lamp control board 21 receives a control command from the main board 25, outputs a control signal to the lamp control distribution board 27, and controls lighting, blinking, and extinguishing of all lamps connected to the lamp control distribution board 27. . Then, the voice control board 22
Receives a control command from the main board 25, outputs a control signal to the speaker relay board 28, and controls the sound output of the speaker connected to the speaker relay board 28. Further, the payout control board 23 receives a control command from the main board 25, outputs a control signal to the payout relay board 29, and controls the prize ball payout device (prize game medium payout mechanism) connected to the payout relay board 29. Control.
The payout control board 23 also controls the launching device via the launching device drive board 30. Also, the symbol control board 24 is
5 to control the symbol display.

The prize ball payout device includes the above-described first-type starting port switch 11, large winning port switch 12, left sleeve winning port switch 13, right sleeve winning port switch 14, lower left winning port switch 15, lower right winning port switch 16. The detection signal from various winning ball detection switches such as the prize hole switch 17 is input to the main board 25 via the board relay board 31, and the payout control command is output from the main board 25 to the payout control board 23, Dispensing relay board
Controlled via 29. The specific control and operation of the award ball payout are as follows.

The game balls that have won each of the winning openings (3 to 9)
It is detected by the winning ball detection switches (11 to 17) provided on the back side of the board, and the detection signal is sent to the main board 25 via the relay board (board relay board 31).

Upon receiving detection signals from the winning ball detection switches (11 to 17), the main board 25 uses a code corresponding to winning data (prize game medium information) set for each winning port detection switch as a payout control command. It is transmitted to the payout control board 23.

The payout control board 23 analyzes the received control command for each winning ball, and stores winning data (number of winning balls) based on the control command in a storage area for each winning ball provided in the payout table. It is added to the data (the number of winning balls) and stored.

As shown in FIG. 4, the payout table stores, for example, 15 prize balls (number of payouts), which are the maximum number of prize balls allowed in the gaming machine, the number of prize balls (the number of occurrences of game results). The storage area (first storage area) to be executed is set as the highest order, and thereafter, a storage area of 14 prize balls, a storage area of 13 prize balls ... a storage area of 5 prize balls (second storage area) region)···
Each storage area is arranged in the order of a storage area having two prize balls and a storage area having one prize ball which is the minimum prize ball number.

In the gaming machine of this embodiment, the payout table is provided with 15 types of storage areas for each prize ball number from 15 prize balls to 1 prize ball as described above.
However, the storage area actually used may be a part of the storage area. For example, only the storage area with 15 prize balls and the storage area with 5 prize balls can be used, and can be changed as appropriate.

The number of prize balls to be paid out is sequentially set to the payout counter based on the prize data stored in the payout table, and the payout motor of the prize ball payout device from the payout control board 23 through the payout relay board 29. The driving signal is transmitted to the payout counter, and the number of prize balls set in the payout counter is paid out by the prize ball payout device (payout means). Each time the paid-out prize ball is detected by the prize ball payout sensor (payout detecting means), the payout counter is decremented by one. When the drive signal is transmitted, the payout motor starts its operation after confirming that it is not in a state of a full abnormality or an out of prize ball abnormality. The payout motor is constituted by a stepping motor that makes one rotation in 48 steps. A screw is directly connected to the motor, and the screw holds the game ball flowing from the two ball passages. When the rotation is made / 2 times, the game balls are dispensed one by one to the discharge passage side.

The setting of the payout counter is executed on condition that the value of the payout counter is 0 and there is data stored in any one of the storage areas, and based on the arrangement of the storage areas in the payout table. In a predetermined order, data in a storage area having stored data is read, and the number of prize balls based on the data is set in a payout counter.
Each time the number of prize balls is set in the payout counter, the storage value of the storage area from which the data has been read is subtracted and stored. And when the value of the payout counter becomes 0,
As long as there is data in the same storage area, the data in the same storage area is read, the payout counter is set again, and the payout of the same number of prize game media is repeated. Then, when there is no more data in the storage area, the data in the storage area having the next storage in the predetermined order is read.

In this embodiment, for example, during a big hit, the stored value of the first storage area for adding / subtracting the winning data of 15 prize balls is the addition / subtraction storage of the winning data of 5 prize balls. When the storage value of the second storage area is larger than the storage value of the second storage area, for example, during the normal game, the storage value of the second storage area for storing the winning data of 5 prize balls stores the winning data of 15 prize balls. The order of payout of prize balls is changed as follows depending on whether the value is larger than the storage value of the first storage area.

In other words, if the stored value of the first storage area for storing the winning data of 15 prize balls is large, such as during a big hit, the payout table is stored as shown in FIG. The data is read from the storage area with the number of prize balls of 15, which is the highest storage area having a memory, by sequentially circulating from the top of the area array. Then, “15” is set in the payout counter.

If the stored value of the second storage area for storing the winning data with five prize balls during the normal game is larger, as shown in FIG. The data is read from the storage area with the number of prize balls of 5, which is the lowest storage area having storage, by cycling from the lower order of the array of storage areas. Then, "5" is set on the payout counter.

As described above, the order of reading based on the arrangement of the storage areas can be changed so that the storage area having the larger storage value among the plurality of storage areas in the payout table is prioritized. It is possible to pay out prize balls in an appropriate order according to the situation in accordance with the game result of, for example, when it is desired to continuously pay out 15 prize balls in a jackpot, 5 prize balls are won in the middle. Even if it occurs, the payout for the winning of 15 prize balls is not interrupted, so that unnecessary doubt is not given to the player.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be implemented by appropriately changing the configuration without departing from the technical scope of the invention. . For example, in the above embodiment,
In the payout counter, the number of prize balls (number of prize game media) in the first storage area positioned higher than the number of prize balls (number of prize game media) in the second storage area positioned lower is larger, but the number is lower. The number of prize media in the storage area to be set may be larger than the number of prize media located in the upper rank, and it goes without saying that specific numerical values of 15 and 5 are not limited thereto.

In the above embodiment, the case of the pachinko game machine has been described, but the present invention is not limited to the pachinko game machine, but can be applied to other game machines such as slot machines. .

[0036]

According to the present invention as described above,
By making it possible to change the storage area of the plurality of storage areas in the payout table so that the storage area having the larger storage value is prioritized, a plurality of game results having different numbers of prize balls are displayed in an appropriate order according to the situation. It is possible to pay out, for example, when it is desired to continuously pay out 15 prize balls at a jackpot, even if a prize of 5 prize balls occurs in the middle, the payout for the 15 prize balls win is not interrupted. Thus, it is possible to prevent unnecessary doubt from being given to the player.

When a plurality of storage areas in the payout table are prepared for each prize game medium number from the minimum prize game medium number permitted to the maximum prize game medium number in the gaming machine, a predetermined game The same payout table can be used to change the number of set prize game media for the result, and it is possible to quickly cope with the change by simply changing the program.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a board view of a gaming machine according to an embodiment,

FIG. 2 is a back view of the gaming board of the gaming machine according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an entire control system of the gaming machine according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a data reading process in the winning ball payout control of the gaming machine of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Game board 2 Special symbol display 3 Temporary prize entrance 5 Large prize entrance 6 Left sleeve prize entrance 7 Right sleeve prize entrance 8 Lower left prize entrance 9 Lower right prize entrance 11 Class 1 starting port switch 12 Large entrance prize switch 13 Left sleeve Winner Switch 14 Right Sleeve Winner Switch 15 Lower Left Winner Switch 16 Lower Right Winner Switch 17 Natural Winner Switch 23 Payout Control Board 25 Main Board

Claims (3)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A prize game medium number judging means for judging a plurality of game results set in advance as a prize for each prize game medium number and judging the game results; a payout means for paying out prize game media; Payout detecting means for detecting the paid out prize game media one by one; and setting the number of prize game media to be paid out by the payout means, and determining the set number of prize game media by the payout detecting means. A payout counter for decrementing by one each time a game is detected, and a prize game in which the number of occurrences is added and stored for each game result and the number of prize game media for the game result is decremented and stored by one each time the payout counter is set. A payout table in which a plurality of storage areas for each number of media are provided in a predetermined arrangement; and a payout controlling the payout means to pay out the number of prize game media set in the payout counter. The payout counter, provided that the value of the payout counter is 0 and that the number of occurrences of the game result is stored in any of the plurality of storage areas. A gaming machine which reads data of a storage area having a storage related to the number of occurrences of game results in a predetermined order based on the arrangement of the plurality of storage areas and sets the number of prize gaming media based on the data; A gaming machine characterized in that the order of reading based on is set so that a storage area having a larger storage value among the plurality of storage areas in the payout table can be prioritized. 2. A prize game medium number determining means for determining a predetermined game result including a first game result and a second game result as a prize for each number of prize game media, and paying out a prize game medium. , A payout detecting means for detecting one prize game medium paid out by the payout means, and a number of prize game media to be paid out from the payout means. A payout counter for decrementing the number by one each time the payout detecting means detects a prize game medium, and adding and storing the number of occurrences of the first game result, and calculating the number of prize game media for the first game result. A first storage area for subtracting and storing one each time the payout counter is set, and additionally storing the number of occurrences of the second game result and paying out the number of prize game media for the second game result; A plurality of storage areas for each number of prize game medium and a second storage area for subtracting stored by one each time to set the unter,
A payout table provided in a predetermined arrangement in which the first storage area is higher than the second storage area; and a payout control for controlling the payout means so as to pay out the number of prize game media set in the payout counter. Means, and the payout counter is provided on the condition that the value of the payout counter is 0 and that the number of occurrences of the game result is stored in any of the plurality of storage areas. In a gaming machine which reads data in a storage area having a storage related to the number of occurrences of game results in a predetermined order based on an array of a plurality of storage areas and sets the number of prize gaming media based on the data, The order of reading based on the plurality of payout tables in the payout table is such that the storage value of the first storage area is larger than the storage value of the second storage area. The data in the uppermost storage area having storage is read in order from the top of the array of storage areas, and if the storage value of the second storage area is larger than the storage value of the first storage area, A gaming machine characterized by being set so as to be changeable so that data of the lowest storage area having storage is read in order from the lower order of the arrangement of the plurality of storage areas in the payout table. 3. The plurality of storage areas in the payout table are prepared for each prize game medium number from the minimum prize game medium number to the maximum prize game medium number permitted in the gaming machine. Or the gaming machine according to 2.