JP2002058809A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of reliably making a profit when a bonanza occurs and keeping the fairness of a game. SOLUTION: Since the game balls held in a rotor 40 can enter a large winning port 50 below from a first game ball discharge port 46b at the lower end of a rotor cover 46 with the large winning port 50 kept at an opened state when the bonanza occurs, a profit can be reliably made when the bonanza occurs. Game balls are prevented from being left in the rotor 40 by drawing a moving rotor cover 47 constituting part of the rotor cover 46 to a game board side to open a second game ball discharge port 46c, thereby the fairness of a game can be kept.

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 a symbol fluctuates when passing through a starting area and a large winning opening is opened when the symbol is a predetermined symbol.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a first-type gaming machine, when a game ball is awarded at a starting port, a predetermined number (for example, 5) of prize balls are paid out, and at the same time, a symbol on a symbol display device is variably displayed, and a predetermined time elapses. Will be stopped later. When the combination of the symbols stopped and displayed is the big hit symbol, the big winning opening is performed for a predetermined time as a big hit game. Here, if there is a prize in the starting opening during the symbol change of the symbol change device, up to four start memories are stored as the start memory, and the symbols are changed based on the start memory after the symbols stop changing.

[0003] The big winning prize due to the jackpot, after opening, about 3
Closes after 0 seconds or 10 balls. This so-called round from opening to closing is repeated up to a predetermined upper limit number (for example, 15 times). Here, during the opening of the special winning opening, the game proceeds to the next round on condition that at least one ball passes through a specific area in the special winning opening, and when there is no winning of the game ball when the special winning opening is opened, The game associated with the jackpot will end in that round.

[0004]

During a game, there is usually always one or more starting memories. Here, even when the game balls are exhausted, the starting memory often remains, and the player finishes the game after confirming that no symbol change based on the starting memory, that is, a big hit occurs. For this reason,
If the jackpot occurs when the symbols are aligned and the game balls are exhausted, there is no game ball to fire, so no ball can be won in the big winning opening, and without moving to the next round, That is, the jackpot may be completed without receiving any prize balls based on the jackpot.

In order to solve the above problem, the present inventor has provided a rotating body for holding a game ball having passed through a starting area above a special winning opening, and when the large winning opening is opened, holds the rotating body on the rotating body. With the idea of having a game ball enter the big winning opening.

[0006] However, in this case, the game ball is held on the rotating body as long as the big winning opening due to the jackpot does not occur, so that the player leaves the ball shot by himself and leaves the game machine. Become. Also, the next player will play the game with a ball that he does not fire, and it is expected that the fairness of the game cannot be maintained.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to ensure that a player can enjoy a profit in the event of a jackpot and to keep the game fair. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine capable of performing the following.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a first aspect of the present invention is a pachinko machine in which a symbol fluctuates by passing through a starting area and a large winning opening is opened when the symbol is a predetermined symbol. In the above, at the position above the big winning opening, a rotator main body that holds the game ball that has passed through the starting area, an upper receiving port that covers the side surface of the rotator main body and receives the game ball, and discharges the game ball. It is a technical object to provide a rotating body including a rotating body cover having a lower discharge port, and to provide a holding state and a discharging state of a game ball by moving part or all of the rotating body cover. Features.

According to the first aspect, by holding the game ball passing through the starting area on the rotating body, when a big hit occurs,
Since the game balls held on the rotating body can be won in the special winning opening, the benefit can be surely enjoyed when a big hit occurs. By moving a part or all of the rotator cover to discharge the game balls, the game balls do not remain on the rotator, and the fairness of the game can be maintained.

[0010] According to a second aspect of the present invention, in a pachinko machine in which a symbol fluctuates as a result of passing through a starting area and a symbol is a predetermined symbol, the symbol is opened at a position above the symbol. A rotator main body that holds a game ball that has passed through the region, a rotator cover that covers a side surface of the rotator main body and has an upper receiving port for receiving the game ball, and a lower discharge port for discharging the game ball. A technical feature of the present invention is to provide a rotating body comprising: a rotating body cover, a part or the whole of which is movable, and normally holds a game ball and discharges the game ball in a predetermined state.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the game ball that has passed through the starting area is held on the rotating body, so that when a big hit occurs,
Since the game balls held on the rotating body can be won in the special winning opening, the benefit can be surely enjoyed when a big hit occurs. Then, in a predetermined state, for example, in a state in which the symbol change with respect to the passing memory of the starting area is completed, a part or all of the rotating body cover is moved to discharge the gaming balls, so that the gaming balls remain on the rotating body. And the fairness of the game can be maintained.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a pachinko machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following first embodiment, a first-type pachinko machine will be described as a pachinko machine of the present invention. First, the main configuration of the pachinko machine according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 1, which is an explanatory diagram of the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment as viewed from the front.

A center case 20 is provided substantially at the center of the game board 12 of the pachinko machine 10. The center case 20 includes a special symbol display device 22 for displaying a special symbol on a liquid crystal display, and a special symbol storage display LED 24 including four LEDs for indicating the number of times the special symbol display device 22 is started. ing.

A first type starting area 28 for operating the special symbol display device 22 is provided below the center case 20. Below the first type starting area 28, a first type starting area 28 is provided. A rotating body 40 for holding a game ball passing through is provided. Below the rotating body 40, a special winning opening 50 which is activated when the stop symbol of the special symbol display device 22 becomes a predetermined jackpot symbol. Is provided.

The special symbol display device 22 composed of a liquid crystal display (LCD) displays ten types of symbols from 0 to 9 in three places when a game ball enters the first type starting area 28. . Then, after the start of the fluctuation, the fluctuation is stopped when a predetermined fluctuation fixed time elapses, and when the stopped symbol becomes the same numeral symbol, for example, 777, a big hit occurs, and the special winning opening 50 is opened.

Also, when the special symbol display device 22 is operating or in the state of the big hit, the game ball is moved to the first type starting area 2.
When the vehicle has passed 8, the first four are stored as start-up memories, and the number of stored memories is displayed by the special symbol storage display LED 24. And, when the special symbol becomes variable,
The change is started based on the start memory, and one special symbol storage display LED 24 is turned off.

At the left and right of the rotating body 40, winning openings 14, 1
6, 18, and 19 are provided. A ball return prevention device 62 is provided at the tip of the inner firing rail 60 at the upper left of the board.
It is arranged via a fire detection switch 64.

FIG. 2A is a front view showing the rotating body 40 when the special winning opening 50 is closed, and FIG. 3A is a perspective view of the rotating body 40 in this state. FIG. 2B is a front view showing the rotating body 40 in the opening of the special winning opening 50. FIG.
(B) is a perspective view of the rotating body 40 in a state where the game balls are being discharged. As shown in FIG.
Includes four game ball holding units 44. Rotating body 4
A rotating body cover 46 is provided on the side of the second member 2. A game ball receiving port 46a for receiving a game ball is provided above the rotator cover 46, a first game ball discharge port 46b for discharging the game ball is provided below, and a second game ball is provided on the lower right side. A ball discharge port 46c is formed. Second game ball discharge port 46c
Can be closed by the movable cover 47. The rotating body 42 is rotated clockwise by a motor (not shown).

Below the rotator main body 42, a door 50 constituting a special winning opening is provided. The door 50 is provided with a game ball from the first game ball discharge port 46b of the rotator cover 46. A rotating body cover assisting portion 52 for preventing falling is provided.

[Operation Before Large Jackpot] In the normal state, the rotating body 40 has a movable rotating body cover 47 protruding from the game board 12 as shown in FIGS. 2 (A) and 3 (A).
The second game ball discharge port 46c is closed. On the other hand, the rotating body cover assisting portion 52 of the closed special winning opening 50 prevents falling of the game ball from the first game ball discharge port 46b of the rotating body cover 46. For this reason, up to four game balls that have passed through the first-type starting area 28 are provided with the game ball holding portions 44 of the rotating body 40.
Is held.

[Operation at the time of occurrence of a big hit] When the stop symbol of the special symbol display device 22 becomes the same numeral symbol, it becomes a big hit and the big winning opening 50 is opened. With the opening of the special winning opening 50, as shown in FIG.
The first game ball discharge port 46b of the rotating body cover 46 closed by the opening is opened, and the game ball holding portion 4 of the rotating body 42 is opened.
The game ball held at 4 is discharged from the first game ball discharge port 46b, and the large winning opening 50 is won. After 10 balls have been won or 30 seconds have elapsed, the special winning opening 50 is closed, the first round ends, and the process moves to the second round. This jackpot round is repeated up to 15 times to end the jackpot game.

In the present embodiment, since the special winning opening 50 is provided with the cover assisting member 52 for closing the first game ball discharging opening 46b at the lower end of the rotating body cover 46 in the closed state of the special winning opening 50, The game ball that has passed through the first type starting area 28 can be held by the rotating body 40. Therefore, when a big hit occurs, the game ball held by the rotating body 40 is opened from the first game ball discharge port 46b at the lower end of the rotating body cover 46 to the large winning port 50 below with the big winning port 50 opened. It is possible to win a prize, and even if there is no game ball to be fired when a big hit occurs, it is possible to shift to the second round,
In addition, a prize ball can be received by a game ball that has won the special winning opening 50 from the rotating body 40. For this reason, a profit can be surely enjoyed in the event of a jackpot.

[Rotating Game Ball Discharge Operation] In the present embodiment, the launch detection switch 64 (see FIG. 1) detects the launch of a game ball, and the launch of the game ball does not take place for a predetermined time, and
When there is no passing of the seed starting area 28 or a symbol change of the special symbol display device 22 based on the passing memory for a predetermined time, the movable rotator cover 47 is pulled into the game board 12 as shown in FIG. The game balls held by the game ball holding section 44 of the rotating body 42 are discharged from the second game ball discharge port 46c. Thereafter, when the launch of the game ball is detected, or when the set time has elapsed, the movable rotator cover 47 is protruded, and the second game ball discharge port 46c is closed.

In the present embodiment, the movable ball cover 47 constituting a part of the rotary body cover 46 is drawn into the game board side, and the second game ball discharge port 46c is opened, so that the game balls are placed on the rotary body 40. It will not remain, and the fairness of the game can be maintained. In other words, it is possible to prevent the player from leaving the gaming machine leaving the shot ball, and prevent the next player from playing a game with a ball that he does not shoot.

Here, the predetermined time during which there is no symbol fluctuation of the special symbol display device 22 is set in consideration of the time, such as the reach fluctuation time after the symbol stops. Also, as described above, by detecting the firing of the game ball, even if the fluctuation of the symbol is stopped, when the game ball is fired at a predetermined timing, the holding state of the rotating body 40 even when the symbol is stopped. To continue.

Next, a description will be given of a pachinko machine according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The second embodiment differs from the pachinko machine of the first embodiment only in the configuration of the rotating body. That is, in the first embodiment, as described above with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3, a part of the rotating body cover, that is, the movable rotating body cover 47 performs the projecting / storing operation. On the other hand, in the second embodiment, the entire rotating body cover performs the projecting / storing operation. The rotating body of the pachinko machine according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the rotating body 140 in a normal state, FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the rotating body 140 when the special winning opening 150 is open, and FIG. FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the rotating body 140 during operation. As shown in FIG. 4, the rotating body main body 142 includes four game ball holding portions 144. A rotating body cover 146 is provided on a side of the rotating body main body 142.
Are arranged. On the upper side of the rotating body cover 146, a game ball receiving port 146a for receiving a game ball is provided, and on the lower side, a first game ball discharge port 146 for discharging a game ball.
b is formed.

[Operation before a Big Hit Occurs] In a normal state, as shown in FIG.
2 protrudes. On the other hand, the rotating body cover assisting portion 152 of the special winning opening 150 prevents the game balls from dropping from the first game ball discharge port 146b of the rotating body cover 146. For this reason, up to four game balls that have passed through the first-type starting area 28 (see FIG. 1) are provided.
4 is held.

[Operation at the time of occurrence of a big hit] When the stop symbol of the special symbol display device 22 has the same numeral symbol, it becomes a big hit, and the big winning opening 150 is opened. Almost at the same time,
The rotating body cover 146 is stored in the game board 12, and the game ball held by the game ball holding section 144 falls as the rotating body main body 142 rotates as shown in FIG. After 10 balls have been won or 30 seconds have elapsed, the special winning opening 150 is closed and the first round ends, and the second round is completed.
Move to round. This jackpot round is repeated up to 15 times to end the jackpot game. The rotating body cover 146 projects from the game board 12 simultaneously with the end of the jackpot.

In the present embodiment, a cover assisting member 15 for closing the first game ball discharge port 146b at the lower end of the rotating body cover 146 when the special winning port 150 is closed.
Since the second ball is disposed, the game ball that has passed through the first type starting area can be held by the rotating body 140. Therefore, by storing the rotating body cover 146 in the game board 12 when a big hit occurs, it becomes possible to cause the game ball held by the rotating body 140 to win the big winning prize hole 150 below. Even if there is no game ball to be fired at the time of occurrence, the process can shift to the second round, and a prize ball can be received by a game ball that has won a prize hole 150 from the rotating body 140. For this reason, a profit can be surely enjoyed in the event of a jackpot.

[Effect of Rotating Game Ball] In the present embodiment, the launch detection switch 64 (see FIG. 1) detects the launch of a game ball, and the launch of the game ball is not performed for a predetermined period of time, and the first detection is performed.
When the passing of the seed starting area 28 or the symbol change of the special symbol display device 22 based on the passing memory has not been performed for a predetermined time, the rotating body cover 146 is pulled into the game board 12 as shown in FIG. The game balls held by 144 are discharged as the rotating body main body 142 rotates. Thereafter, when the launch of the game ball is detected, or when a set time elapses, the rotating body cover 146 is made to protrude, so that the rotating body 140 can hold the game ball.

In the second embodiment, by pulling the rotating body cover 146 toward the game board, no game balls remain on the rotating body 140, and the fairness of the game can be maintained.

In the above-described embodiment, the rotating body and the special winning opening are provided integrally with each other, but they may be separately provided. In addition, the firing detection switch 6
4, but this can also be detected from the operation of the firing motor.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a game area of a pachinko machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2A is a front view showing the rotating body 40 during closing of the special winning opening 50, and FIG.
It is a front view showing the rotating body 40 in the opening of FIG.

FIG. 3 (A) is a perspective view of the rotating body 40 in the opening of the special winning opening 50, and FIG. 3 (B) is a perspective view of the rotating body 40 in a state where a game ball is discharged. It is.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a rotating body 140 of the pachinko machine according to the second embodiment in a normal state.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the rotating body 140 of the pachinko machine according to the second embodiment while the special winning opening 150 is open.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a rotating body 140 of the pachinko machine according to the second embodiment during a holding ball discharging operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Pachinko machine 12 Game board 20 Center case 22 Special symbol display device 28 First-class starting area 40 Rotating body 42 Rotating body main body 44 Game ball holding part 46a Game ball receiving port 46b First game ball discharge port 46c Second game ball discharge Exit 47 Movable rotating body cover 50 Winning opening (door) 52 Rotating body cover auxiliary part 140 Rotating body 142 Rotating body main body 144 Game ball holding part 146a Game ball receiving port 146b First game ball discharging port 150 Big winning port (door) 152 Rotating body cover auxiliary part

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko machine in which a symbol fluctuates by passing through a starting area and a large winning opening is opened when the symbol is a predetermined symbol, a game ball passing through the starting area is positioned above the large winning opening. A rotator comprising a rotator main body to be held, and a rotator cover that covers a side surface of the rotator main body and forms an upper receiving port for receiving game balls and a lower discharge port for discharging game balls is provided. A gaming machine, wherein a part or all of the rotating body cover is movable to provide a holding state and a discharging state of a game ball. 2. A pachinko machine in which a symbol fluctuates by passing through a starting area and a large winning opening is opened when the symbol is a predetermined symbol, wherein a game ball passing through the starting area is positioned above the large winning opening. A rotator comprising a rotator main body to be held, and a rotator cover that covers a side surface of the rotator main body and forms an upper receiving port for receiving game balls and a lower discharge port for discharging game balls is provided. A gaming machine characterized in that part or all of the rotating body cover is movable, holds a game ball in a normal state, and discharges the game ball in a predetermined state. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined state is a state in which at least a symbol change with respect to passing memory of a starting area has been completed.