JP2002078852A - Slot machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a slot machine capable of displaying to a player the information related to a game by use of the game remaining time, when the actual game consumption time is shorter than the set consumption time per game, and to increase the interest of the game. SOLUTION: This slot machine A comprises a game consumption time measuring means 30 for measuring the consumption time of the game and an information display means 5 for displaying the information effective for the game by use of the game remaining time when the measured actual game consumption time is shorter than the set consumption time per game.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a slot machine having a function of providing information related to a game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a slot machine, a player
A medal is inserted, a start lever is operated, a reel on which symbols in three rows are written is rotated, and each reel is stopped with a stop button. If the stopped symbol combination is a winning, a medal can be obtained. It is a configuration that can be done.

[0003] In this type of slot machine, the setting time for one game is regulated by related laws and regulations, and it is not possible to shift to the next game unless the setting time for one game has elapsed. No matter how early you end the game operation, you can't immediately move on to the next game.

Generally, a start button is operated,
One game set time is set from the start of the game in which the reels start spinning, and even if the current game ends and the start button of the next game is operated, the specified one game set time elapses. If not, the reel does not start rotating.

[0005] In order to eliminate the waiting time until the rotation of the reels is started, if there is a waiting time, when the start button is operated, all the reels are sequentially rotated with a time difference without being rotated all at once. In some models, the waiting time is absorbed so that the game progresses smoothly.

[0006]

However, in the former case, the player has to wait for the reel to rotate, and in the latter case, even if the game progresses smoothly, From the player's perspective, there is no substitute for waiting time that has nothing to do with the content of the game, and the reels rotate sequentially only when there is a waiting time. It has been pointed out that there is a problem that the fun of the game is reduced in any of the former and the latter, and there is a problem to be solved somehow.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of the above situation, and its main problem is that the actual game consumption time is reduced.
An object of the present invention is to provide a slot machine that can display information related to a player by using surplus game time when the consumption time is shorter than a set consumption time per game, thereby increasing the fun of the game.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a slot machine comprising: a plurality of symbol display means for sequentially displaying a plurality of types of symbols with respect to a display window;
When a start operation unit that outputs a start signal for normally starting these plurality of symbol display units, a stop operation unit that outputs a stop signal for stopping each of the symbol display units after starting, and when the start operation unit is operated, A slot machine provided with a lottery means for randomly selecting a symbol combination of a symbol display means stopped on a winning line of a display window, wherein the game consumption time measuring means for measuring the consumption time of the game, When the actual game consumption time is shorter than the set consumption time per game, an information display means for displaying information related to the game using the extra game time is provided.

According to the above-described characteristic configuration, the shorter the game operation time of the player, the longer the waiting time between the game and the next game is. By obtaining, the extra game time can be used for the information acquisition time that enhances the playability.

[0010] Therefore, the extra game time, which was conventionally the waiting time of the game and was nothing but the time for the player, is used as the time for the player to obtain information related to the game. As a result, it is possible to give the player a continuous game feeling and to double the fun of the game.

Here, the game consumption time means a period of one cycle from the time when the game is started to the time when it is finished, and from the time point of the middle operation of the first game to the time point of the same middle operation of the next game. Means the time of the period. Therefore, if the game consumption time measured by the game consumption time measuring means is adopted in the period from the time point of the middle operation of the first game to the time point of the same middle operation of the next game, the reference time is used in the first game. The remaining game time cannot be set because there is no game, but the game time can be set from the second and subsequent games to be continuously performed, so that the remaining game time can be calculated and the second and subsequent games can be calculated. There is a possibility that the effect of the effect display unit will be performed from the game.

[0012] The characteristic structure of the slot machine according to the second aspect of the present invention is that, as the information display means subtracts the previous game consumption time from the set consumption time per game, the longer the remaining game time, the longer the game time. The effect is that it is configured to produce effective information related to.

According to the above-mentioned characteristic configuration, the more the player performs the game operation, the longer the extra time of the game. However, the more effective information related to the game, the shorter the extra time of the game. It is possible to vary the quality of information in proportion to the length of the extra game time, such that the quality becomes lower, and conversely, the longer the extra game time, the higher the quality. Therefore,
From the viewpoint of the player, the faster the game operation tempo, the more effective information related to the game can be obtained, so that it is more interesting and the gambling can be further improved.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a slot machine, wherein a plurality of patterns of information display forms having a possibility of winning by the information display means are set, and a lottery symbol combination is selected after the lottery means lottery. In this case, an effect form selecting means for randomly selecting one effect form from the plurality of effect forms is provided.

[0015] According to the above-mentioned characteristic configuration, information that has a possibility of winning can be provided to the player in the form of effect, so that the player's interest in the game can be promoted, and the playability in the extra time can be further improved. Can be enhanced.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the slot machine, a plurality of effects are set based on a symbol arrangement lottery result of the lottery means.
It is equipped with the production lottery means to draw one from among these productions, and if the extra game time is within the set time, the production lottery means either the production drawn by the production lottery means, or no production. If the time is equal to or longer than the set time, the special lottery means for selecting one of a special effect that enhances the information value of the effect drawn from the effect lottery means or no effect is provided. .

According to the above-mentioned characteristic configuration, the more the player performs the game operation, the longer the remaining time of the game is. However, the more effective information on the game is, the shorter the remaining time of the game is. The amount of information can be varied in proportion to the length of the extra game time, as if the extra game time is long, and conversely, if the extra game time is longer than the set time, the extra game time is the set time Effective information that is more valuable than the information content within can be obtained. Therefore, the longer the extra game time, the more effective information related to the game can be obtained. Therefore, the more the player makes an effort to increase the extra game time, the more the game performance is improved. Therefore, it is possible to provide a slot machine which is preferred by a wide range of players, from players who are accustomed to the game to beginners.

[0018]

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a slot machine A which is an example of the gaming machine of the present invention. The structure of the slot machine A will be described. As shown in FIG. The unit 1A includes three first to third symbols for aligning and displaying a plurality of types of symbols in a matrix of three rows and three columns.
, And the reels 3A, 3B, and 3C displayed on the first to third display windows 2A, 2B, and 2C, respectively.
Each of the upper symbol, the central symbol, and the lower symbol of the 3C has five pay lines L, which represent three horizontal pay lines connecting the horizontal direction and two oblique pay lines connecting diagonally. It has been added.

In the slot machine A of this embodiment, when one medal is inserted into the medal insertion section 4, only the central winning line L of the horizontal winning lines is activated and two medals are inserted. When the player inserts, all three pay lines L, L, L are activated, and when three medals are inserted, all five pay lines L are activated. It is controlled by. The display of the activated pay line L is indicated by 5 provided for each pay line.
This is performed by turning on the lamps La of the two pay line display sections L1.

The front panel 1B has a large number of LEs.
D lamps 5a are arranged in rows and columns in a matrix, and each LED lamp 5a is turned on and off to constitute a dot matrix type variable display unit capable of displaying a plurality of symbols such as numbers, characters, and designs. Information display means 5 is provided.

An operation panel section 1B connected to the lower portion of the display panel section 1A has three first to first patterns for sequentially displaying a plurality of types of symbols in the display windows 2A, 2B, and 2C in the vertical direction. Third symbol display means 6A, 6B, 6C;
A start lever 7 serving as a start operation section for outputting a start signal for simultaneously starting the first to third symbol display means 6A, 6B, 6C;
Three stop buttons 8A, 8B, 8C as first to third stop operation units for outputting stop signals for stopping A, 6B, 6C, respectively, and internal instead of inserting medals into the medal insertion unit 4. A 1BET button 10 and a MAXBET button 11 for playing a slot machine game using the reserved medals, and a inserted medal cancel button 12 are provided, and the operation panel section 1B
A medal tray 14 provided with a medal discharge port 13 is provided below the decorative panel section 1C connected to the lower part.

As shown in FIG. 2, the slot machine body 1 has a CPU (central processing unit), a ROM (read-only storage), a RAM (random access storage), a clock 15, a reset circuit 16, and an input port circuit. 17, a control device B having a microcomputer configuration including an output port circuit 18 and the like is provided.

In the slot machine body 1, when the start lever 7 is swung and a start signal from the start switch 7a is output to the control device, the first to third stop buttons 8A, 8B, 8C are turned on. A stop signal is output from the stop switches 8a, 8b, 8c to the control device B by the pressing operation, and all the reels 3A, 3B, 3C stopped based on the stop signal.
, A lottery means 20 for drawing a symbol combination (combination generally called a winning combination) on the winning line L, and all the reels 3A stopped on the winning line L by pressing the stop buttons 8A, 8B, 8C. , 3B, and 3C are determined to be winning combinations, and if the winning combination is a winning combination, the winning symbol determining means 21 for paying out a corresponding number of payout medals is provided. When the winning symbol combination determined by the symbol determining means 21 is a symbol combination corresponding to the specific winning, a big bonus game (hereinafter, referred to as BB) to be described later from a normal game.
And a shift means 22 for shifting to a special game such as a regular bonus game (hereinafter referred to as RB), and the CPU of the control device B executes these means.

The types of prizes include a general prize in which the number of payout medals according to the type of the winning symbol combination is paid out, and a special prize in which a prize is likely to be generated when specific symbols are aligned. BB and RB exist and CP
It is stored in the storage device B of U so as to be able to be called.

The first to third symbol display means 6A, 6
Each of B, 6C has first to third reels 3A, 3B, 3C provided with a plurality of types of symbols such as "7", "BAR", "Cherry", "Orange", etc. on the outer peripheral surface. Each reel 3
A, 3B, 3C, a stepping motor 3a,
3b, 3c, and the first to third reels 3
Each of the reels 3A, 3B, 3C rotates around the same horizontal axis with the driving rotation of the corresponding first to third stepping motors 3a, 3b, 3c.
By stopping the 3B, 3C, the symbols of the reels 3A, 3B, 3C are displayed on the first to third display windows 2A, 2B, 2C. The symbol display means 6A, 6B, 6C includes:
Each time the reels 3A, 3B, 3C make one rotation, the protrusions 3d, 3e, 3f provided at the rotation reference positions of the reels are detected,
Position detection sensors 3g, 3h, 3i for outputting this detection signal to the control device B are provided.

The RB starts, for example, when a specific symbol is completed in a base game, and can perform 12 games in which one medal is inserted, and obtains up to 15 medals when the winning symbols are completed in each game. Can do
Even if two games have not been played, the game is terminated when the winning symbols have been won eight times, and the game is controlled so as to return to the normal game.

In the BB, for example, when a specific symbol is completed in the base game, the game starts, and a base game in which up to three medals can be inserted is performed in 30 base games,
Control is performed so that the game ends when the RB game is performed three times and returns to the normal game.

The above-mentioned general winning symbol combinations include:
For example, all the reels 3A, 3A stopped on the pay line L
The arrangement of the symbols B and 3C is "orange", and the symbol of the first reel 3A stopped on the winning line L is "cherry". Is a state in which the symbols of all the reels 3A, 3B, 3C that stop on the pay line L are aligned in "BAR". All reels 3A,
This is a state where the symbols 3B and 3C are aligned at “7”.

The first to third symbol display means 6A, 6B, 6
C has a reel band on each outer peripheral surface of which 21 symbols are provided at equal intervals along the rotation direction, and the stepping motors 3a and 3a are provided by the driver circuit 27 of the control device B.
Each of the stepping motors 3a, 3b, 3c is configured to rotate in a single direction by the drive pulses output to b, 3c, thereby rotating each reel.

For example, “7,
Even if a winning symbol combination of “7, 7” or “BAR, BAR, BAR” is won, each stop button 8A, 8B,
8C, the timing of the pressing operation is shifted, and the stop switch 8
When a symbol to be won cannot be stopped on the winning line L within 190 ms after the stop signal is output from the controllers a, 8b and 8c to the control device B until the stepping motors 3a, 3b and 3c stop. The reels 3A and 3A stop on the pay line even if the win flag is established.
The symbols B and 3C may not be a winning symbol combination.

In such a case, the symbol combination of the winning lottery is retained until the flag is established as the symbol combination of the reels 3A, 3B and 3C stopped on the winning line in the game after the next game. State, and the state is described as "BB / RB internal hitting".

The display panel 1A has a pay line L
A payout number display window 24 having a 7-segment LED structure for displaying the number of payout medals to be paid out when the winning symbols are aligned, and a reserved number display window having a 7-segment LED structure for displaying the number of reserved medals held internally. 25 are formed. In this embodiment, the medal loading path (not shown) in the medal insertion section 4 holds the internal storage of the medal from the fourth inserted medal to the 50th medal, and when the internal reserved number exceeds 50. And the medals after the 51st are forcibly discharged to the medal tray 14.

The input port circuit 17 of the control device B includes a start switch 7a for the start lever 7 and a stop switch 8 for the first to third stop buttons 8A, 8B, 8C.
a, 8b, 8c, 1BET button 10 and MAXBET button 11 internal reserve medal insertion switches 10a, 11
a, the cancel switch 12a of the inserted medal cancel button 12, the inserted medal sensor 4A, and the position detection sensors 3g, 3h, 3i are connected.

In the output port circuit 18 of the control device B, a medal payout hopper (see FIG. 1) for paying out a predetermined number of payout medals to the LED lamp 5a of the information display means 5, the stepping motors 3a, 3b, 3c, and the medal tray 14 is provided. (Not shown), a medal payout motor 26, a payout number display unit 24, a reserved number display unit 25, and a lamp La of each pay line display unit L1 are connected via a driver circuit 27.

In the ROM, a winning symbol array storage unit serving as a winning symbol array storing means for storing a winning symbol array and a payout number corresponding to the winning symbol array, and a program for executing a slot machine game are written. Program storage unit.

The CPU operates the input port circuit 1 according to a program written in a program storage section of the ROM.
7 fetches the required external detection signal (external information), reads necessary data from ROM, or executes predetermined processing while transmitting / receiving data to / from RAM. Output port circuit 1 if necessary
8 through a driver circuit 27, the LED lamp 5a of the information display means 5, the stepping motors 3a, 3b,
3c, medal payout motor 26, payout number display section 2
4. Hold number display 25, lamp L for each winning line L display
a, and outputs a control signal to each of them.

Further, in the control device B, a plurality of information display forms having a possibility of winning by the information display means 5 are set, and if a winning symbol is won after the lottery means 20 draws, the information is displayed. In accordance with the winning symbol, an effect form selecting means 28 for selecting one effect form from among a plurality of effect forms is provided.

As shown in FIG. 8, the effect form selecting means 28 selects "BB / RB inside hit" or "BB / RB inside" selected based on the lottery result of the lottery means 20.
In response to the "base game not an internal hit", one effect is drawn out from the plurality of effects corresponding to the winning symbol stored in the storage device B in advance via the effect drawing means 29, and the effect is drawn. Is output to the information display means 5.

As a specific example, as shown in FIG. 8, the "BB / RB inside hit" in the storage device of the CPU corresponds to a winning symbol such as a winning symbol such as "7" or "BAR". Therefore, in the "base game not inside BB / RB", "cherry", "lemon", "orange",
Corresponding to the winning symbols consisting of winning symbols such as "missing symbols", there are four types of effects, staging 1, staging 2, staging 3, and no staging, and the appearance of each staging as shown in the figure. The rate has been set.

In the case of the effect 1, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, four still images are displayed on the information display means 5, and the first frame displaying a closed box and the open box are displayed. The total display time of the second frame to be displayed is set to 1 second, the display time of the third frame in which the winning symbol is projected above the empty box is set to 0.2 second, and the closed box is displayed. The frame is set to the remaining time.

As will be described later, when one extra game time is over, the display is terminated. Therefore, when the extra game time is short, frames which cannot be seen may appear and information may not be acquired. is there.

In the case of the effect 2, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, four still images are displayed on the information display means 5, and the first frame displaying a closed box and the open box are displayed. The total display time with the second frame to be displayed is set to 0.5 seconds, the display time of the third frame in which the winning symbol is flying above the empty box is set to 0.2 seconds, and the closed box is displayed Do 4
The frame is set to the remaining display time.

In the effect 2 as well, as in the effect 1, the display of the information display means 5 is terminated when the extra game time is over. Therefore, when the extra game time is short, some frames cannot be seen. In some cases, information may not be available.

In the case of the effect 3, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, four still images are displayed on the information display means 5, and the first frame displaying a closed box and the open box are displayed. The total display time of the second frame to be displayed is set to 0.5 seconds, and the display time of the third frame in which the “?” Mark protrudes above the empty box is set to 0.2 seconds, and the frame is closed. The fourth frame for displaying the box is set to the remaining display time. The “?” Symbol mark indicates a state in which the winning or the missing is hidden.

In the case where there is no effect, no information is displayed on the information display means 5, but a pattern or a character which is not related to the content of the game may be displayed. By the effect lottery means 29 having such a configuration, effective information can be provided to the player.

When the remaining time of one game is 1.5 seconds or more, the lottery is switched via the special effect lottery means 31 to the effect 4 or to the effect selected by lottery among the effects 1 to 3 above. After performing the determination of “Yes” or “No” for the switching, if the switching is “Yes”, the effect 4
Is output to the information display means 5, and in the case of “none”, effects 1 to
3 is a control configuration for outputting the effect selected by lottery to the information display means 5.

In the case of the effect 4, for example, when the effect selected by lottery among the effects 1 to 3 is the effect 1 or the effect 2, the winning symbol is displayed by the corresponding symbol display time of the effect 1 or 2. This is an effect that is displayed longer so that the player can surely recognize the winning symbol. In the case of effect 3, the breakdown of “?” Is not a vague display such as “?” But an internal lottery. In the case of winning in the above, the winning symbol is displayed for a longer time than the symbol display time of the corresponding effect 3, and the effect is upgraded to information that has increased the reliability of the information that was ambiguous in the effect 3,
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, in the “during normal game”, the winning symbols such as “cherry”, “lemon”, “orange”, and “losing” are set to be displayed on the information display means 5. In the case of “BB / RB inside hit”, winning symbols such as “7” and “BAR” are set to be displayed on the information display means 5 only in the effects 1 and 2.

Further, in the effect 4, as shown in FIG. 9, the appearance rates of "Yes" and "No" of the switching are set.
In this embodiment, the probability of switching “Yes” is set higher for “BB / RB internal hit” than for “Normal game”, so that high-value information can be advantageously given to the player. I have.

If a specific example of the effect 4 is shown, as shown in FIG. 7, three frames of still images are displayed on the information display means 5, and in detail, one frame displaying a closed box is displayed. The total display time of the eyes and the second frame that displays the open box is set to 0.5 seconds, and the remaining time for the third frame in which the winning symbol is flying out of the empty box is 1 second or more And the third frame will disclose the information for a longer time than the effects 1 to 3 above, so that the player can surely recognize and obtain effective information with high information value. Can be.

When the effects 1 to 3 are selected, for example, as shown in FIG.
A program similar to that of FIG. 6 is executed.

In the slot machine A, when a medal is inserted or a medal is reserved internally, the 1BET button 10 or the MAXBET button 11 is operated and the start lever 7 is operated. To rotate the reels 3A, 3B, and 3C in three rows.
B, 3C are stopped by operating the stop buttons 8A, 8B, 8C, and if the stopped symbol combination is a winning, a medal can be obtained.
The consumption time of the game in this embodiment means the time for one cycle from the time when the game starts to the time when it ends, but the time from the midway operation time of the first game to the same halfway operation time of the next game. It also means the time of the period.

In this embodiment, the start buttons 8A, 8B and 8C of the first game are operated and the reels 3 in three rows are operated.
One game consumption time from the time when A, 3B, 3C starts to rotate to the time when the start buttons 8A, 8B, 8C are operated and the three rows of reels 3A, 3B, 3C start to rotate in the next game. It is configured to measure by the consumption time measuring means 30.

When the actual game consumption time measured by the game consumption time measuring means 30 is shorter than the set consumption time per game (4.1 seconds), the surplus time becomes the remaining game time. For this reason, the player
By performing the stop operation of A, 3B, and 3C, the medal insertion operation, and the like quickly, extra time for the game can be created.

Next, the operation of the slot machine configured as described above will be described.

First, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3, an appropriate number of medals are inserted into the medal insertion section 4,
Alternatively, when there is a medal that is reserved internally, when the 1 BET button 10 or the MAXBET button 11 is operated to detect that a medal has been inserted, the output of a start signal from the start switch is validated and the medal is output. Pay line L is activated according to the number of cards inserted. (# 1) Then, the start lever 7 is turned on by the swing operation of the start lever 7, and a start signal is output from the start switch 7A. (# 2) When the start signal is output, the lottery means 20 selects a symbol combination of all the reels 3A, 3B, 3C stopped on the winning line. (# 3)

Here, in the game up to the previous time, "BB / RB
In the case of the "winning flag OFF" state, if the lottery result of the lottery means 20 is "BB / RB winning", the state is set to the "BB / RB winning flag ON" state, and the selection is made based on the lottery result of the lottery means 20. In response to the “BB / RB inside hit”, one effect is selected from a plurality of winning symbols stored in the storage device B in advance and a plurality of effects corresponding to the symbols. (# 3 to # 7)

Alternatively, in the previous game, "BB / RB
In the case of the “winning flag OFF” state, if the lottery result of the lottery means 20 is “non-winning BB / RB”, “during the normal game” selected based on the lottery result of the lottery means 20
, One effect is selected from a plurality of winning symbols stored in the storage device B in advance and a plurality of effects corresponding to the symbols. (# 3 to # 8)

Alternatively, in the previous game, “BB / RB
In the case of the "winning flag ON" state, that is, in the case of the internal hit holding state, it is stored in the storage device B in advance corresponding to the "BB / RB internal hitting" selected based on the lottery result of the lottery means 20. One effect is selected from a plurality of winning symbols and a plurality of effects corresponding to the symbols. (# 4, # 7)

As shown in FIG. 8, in the effects drawn by the effect lottery means 29, effects 1 to which a winning symbol is displayed are displayed.
Since the effect of the effect 3 and the effect of no effect with no display of information are also included, an instruction of not displaying the effect of the information display means 5 is output in the case of no effect. (# 9, # 10)

At this point, if the remaining time of one game is 1.5 seconds or more, the effect 4 is an effect obtained by upgrading any one of the effects 1 to 3 or the effect 1 to 1
Any one of the effects 3 or no effect is selected, and a display instruction is given to the information display means 5. (# 11
＃# 15) Then, it is determined whether one game time has elapsed, and upon the end of the game time, the display on the information display means 5 is stopped. (#
16, # 17) In response to the display stop, the timer as the game consumption time measuring means 30 for one game time is set again. (# 1
8)

In response to this setting, the first to third stepping motors 3a, 3b, 3c are driven to rotate, and each reel 3
A, 3B, and 3C rotate simultaneously. (# 19)

Next, the first to third stop buttons 8A,
When 8B and 8C are turned on, the stepping motors 3a, 3b and 3c are stopped based on the lottery result, and the rotation of the reels 3A, 3B and 3C is stopped. (# 20 ~
# 22) Each reel in the stopped state is moved to the position detection sensors 3g, 3h, 3
By i, it is determined whether the combination of the symbols located on the activated winning line L is a symbol combination corresponding to a loss, a symbol combination corresponding to a general winning, or a symbol combination corresponding to a specific winning. Is performed. (# 23 to # 2
6)

In the case of a miss, the game returns to the initial state of a normal game. In the case of a general winning, the game returns to the initial state of the normal game after a predetermined number of medals corresponding to the winning symbol combination have been paid out. In the case of a specific prize, the above-mentioned consecutive operation of the accessory is activated, and after a predetermined number of medals corresponding to the symbol combination of the prize are paid out, the process proceeds to the RB game.
When the B game ends, the game returns to the initial state of the normal game. In the case of shifting to the BB game with a special prize, for example, the game starts when a specific symbol is completed in the normal game, and performs 30 normal games in which up to three medals can be inserted or three times of the RB game. The control is configured to end at the point in time when the game is completed and return to the normal game. [Another embodiment]

1) Information display means 5 in the above embodiment
Has described the LED lamp 5a configuration, but the present invention is not limited to this, and may have a liquid crystal display configuration, a CRT configuration, or the like.

As the information display means 5, a roulette body or a dice body on which a winning symbol is written is mechanically
Alternatively, even in the case of a display structure for rotating and displaying images, a winning symbol is described in a horizontal line on a translucent panel, and a lamp is arranged on the back of the panel corresponding to each winning symbol, and selected. Even if the display structure can recognize the winning symbol by turning on the lamp corresponding to the winning symbol, the display structure where many plate plates on which information is displayed is automatically replaced It may be.

Further, as the information disclosure method, in the above-described embodiment, the example using the frame-divided image has been described, but a moving image such as an animation may be used.

Further, an information providing configuration combining voice information may be adopted. The information on the information display means 5 is not limited to the contents of the above-described embodiment, but may be the number of BBs today, the number of BB inside balls, or the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a slot machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of the slot machine.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation sequence of the game;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of production 1

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the effect 2

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the effect 3

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of the effect 4

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between a winning symbol and an effect by setting an appearance rate.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram in which the appearance rate of whether or not there is a change in the effect 4 is set.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A slot machine 2A, 2B, 2C display window 5 information display means 7 start operation part 8A, 8B, 8C stop operation part 20 lottery means 28 effect form selection means 29 effect lottery means 30 game time consumption measuring means 31 special lottery means

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of symbol display means for sequentially moving and displaying a plurality of types of symbols with respect to a display window, a start operation unit for outputting a start signal for normally starting the plurality of symbol display means, A stop operation unit that outputs a stop signal for stopping each of the symbol display units, and a lottery unit that randomly selects a symbol combination of the symbol display units that stop on the winning line of the display window when the start operation unit is operated. A game machine for measuring the game consumption time, and if the measured actual game consumption time is shorter than the set consumption time per game, the remaining game time A slot machine provided with information display means for displaying information related to a game using the game. 2. The information display means according to claim 1, wherein the longer the remaining game time when the previous game consumption time is subtracted from the set consumption time per game, the more effective information related to the game is obtained. The slot machine according to claim 1, wherein 3. An information display form having a possibility of winning by the information display means is set in a plurality of patterns, and after the lottery by the lottery means, one effect form is selected from among the plurality of effect forms. 3. The slot machine according to claim 1, further comprising a form selection unit. 4. The effect form selecting means, wherein a plurality of effects are set based on a symbol arrangement lottery result of the lottery means, and an effect lottery means for selecting one of the effects is provided. If the time is within the set time, either an effect drawn by the effect lottery means or no effect is drawn, and if the time is longer than the set time, information on the effect drawn by the effect lottery means 4. The slot machine according to claim 3, further comprising a special lottery means for performing a lottery of a special effect with a higher value or no effect.