JP2002126300A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To feed saved balls in an upper tray so that these balls can be hit with suitable timing. SOLUTION: Since a lift mechanism 2000 is driven depending on the detected result of an out ball detecting sensor 1130 detecting an out ball, the saved balls in the upper tray can be fed so that these balls can be hit with suitable timing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in a gaming machine having an upper plate for receiving a prize ball to be paid out.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a pachinko game, it is often the case that a hit ball is awarded to a winning opening just before a ball is lost. For this reason, in the conventionally proposed gaming machines, a storage space for storing prize balls is provided in the upper plate to store prize balls, and if necessary, it can be fired as a hit ball Was manually supplied by the player.

However, such a manual operation is troublesome, and for a player who plays a game while watching the winning state, the manual operation is much more troublesome.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a conventional problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine which supplies a storage ball of an upper plate so that the ball can be fired at an appropriate timing.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a game having an upper plate for receiving a prize ball paid out from a ball outlet and supplying the ball to a ball inlet so that the ball can be fired. An elevating mechanism for allowing a bottom member (2014) of a prize ball storage unit (1100) provided on the upper plate to store a prize ball to be able to move up and down, and a detecting means for detecting an out ball;
Control means for driving the elevating mechanism according to the detection result of the detection means.

According to the present invention, since the lifting mechanism is driven in accordance with the detection result of the detecting means for detecting the out-ball, it is possible to supply the stored balls of the upper plate so that they can be fired at an appropriate timing. .

When the number of out-balls detected by the detection means is less than a predetermined value within a predetermined period, the control means drives the elevating mechanism so as to raise the bottom member (2014) at the retracted position. It can be a means.

Further, the control means may be means for driving the lifting mechanism in a drive pattern corresponding to the number of out-balls detected by the detection means within a predetermined period. Further, the control means may be provided with a means for notifying when the lifting mechanism is driven.

[0007] The lifting mechanism comprises a bottom member (2014).
A crank mechanism (2011, 2012) connected to a fixing member (2013) provided on the lower surface of the drive source (210)
0) to drive the bottom member (201).
4) can be configured to slide with respect to the guide members (2020) on both sides thereof.

The above control can be realized by recording the operation procedure on a computer-readable recording medium, and reading and executing the operation procedure recorded on the recording medium by a computer. Examples of such a recording medium include a semiconductor recording medium such as a ROM and a semiconductor IC, and a DV.
Examples of the optical recording medium include a DROM and a CDROM, a magnetic recording medium such as a flexible disk, and a magneto-optical recording medium such as an MO.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the general configuration and operation of the gaming machine 1 will be described, and then the main parts of the present invention will be described to facilitate understanding. FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view of a game board 100 constituting a part of a game machine (pachinko machine).

On the game board 100, there is formed a circular game area 103 surrounded by a substantially circular outer guide rail 101 and a substantially circular inner guide rail 102 having a smaller radius. A game is played by a game ball fired from a firing device (not shown) by operation and rolling in the game area 103. In the game area 103, a large number of game nails for contacting game balls and rolling them in a plurality of directions are provided, but for simplicity of illustration, the game nails are not shown. I have.

At a substantially central position of the game board 100, there is provided a display area in which identification information composed of figures and characters can be stopped and variably displayed in an array pattern such as a horizontal line or a vertical line. The special symbol display device 104 provided is provided. Above the special symbol display device 104, a normal symbol display device 107 is provided. Directly below the special symbol display device 104 is a special symbol opening 105
, And normal symbol operation gates 106 are arranged on both sides of the special symbol display device 104.

A variable prize device 108 is provided below the special symbol starting port 105, and the variable prize device 108 is provided.
A large winning opening 109 in which the wide movable member 116 rotates toward the drawing side during the jackpot period and a game ball can win a prize until the movable member 116 rotates in the returning direction.
The normal electric role in which the narrow movable member 117 rotates toward the drawing side during the small hit, and the game ball can enter the prize until the movable member 117 rotates in the direction to return to the original position. Thing 1
And 10.

In the game area 103, four windmills 111 for changing the rolling direction of the game ball together with a game nail (not shown), two windmills 112 with lamps, and lighting control according to the game state of the game machine. Lamp display device 114, 1
15. An out port 113 and the like for discharging game balls that are not won to the back side of the game board 100 are provided.

When a game ball is won in the special symbol starting port 105 and a random number generated by a loop counter for generating a big hit random number is drawn, and when the drawn random number is a big hit value, After the identification information of the display area is changed to the variable display state, a predetermined pattern (for example, “7, 7,
7)) is performed by the special symbol display device 104, and the special winning opening 109 is controlled to be opened and closed in a predetermined opening and closing pattern, so that the variable winning device 108 is changed from a disadvantageous state to an advantageous state for the player.

When the symbol operating gate 106 detects the passing of the game ball, random numbers generated by a loop counter for generating small hit random numbers are randomly selected. When the random numbers thus selected are small hit values, Has an ordinary symbol display device 10
With the display of 7 as a predetermined one (for example, “7” or “3”), the ordinary electric accessory 110 is opened (small hit state), and if a game ball is won during this opening period, a big hit lottery is performed. .

If the lottery results in a big hit, the identification information is variably displayed in the display area in the same manner as described above, and the display in a predetermined pattern is performed by the special symbol display device 104. Is controlled to open / close in a predetermined opening / closing pattern to change the variable winning device 108 from a disadvantageous state to an advantageous state for the player. Game balls that are not awarded are discharged through the out port 113. In addition, this gaming machine is configured to have a probability variation function of increasing the probability of the next big hit if a specific symbol has been hit and a big hit has occurred.

The above description has been made on each device provided in the game board 100. The operation of the main devices among these devices is controlled by the microcomputer system, and these devices will be described with reference to the control block diagram. explain. FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of main devices provided in the game board 100. Note that control units such as a launching device and a prize ball discharging device (not shown) are not shown.

The main control unit 200 includes a microprocessor having a built-in CPU, a table area 215 described later is formed, and a ROM 201 for storing a control program and control data describing a series of control procedures;
A counter area 216, which will be described later, and a RAM 202 in which various work areas are formed are provided, and are an integrated one-chip microcomputer. Counter area 216
Can be configured by using a register group (not shown) inside the CPU instead of the RAM 202.

The main control unit 200 has a special symbol start switch 204 disposed inside the special symbol start port 105 through the input port 203 for detecting a winning of the game ball into the special symbol start port 105, a normal symbol operation. A normal symbol operation switch 205 disposed inside the gate 106 for detecting a game ball passing through the gate, a large winning opening switch 206 arranged inside the large winning opening 109 and detecting a winning of the gaming ball to the large winning opening 109, and , A normal electric accessory switch 207 that is arranged inside the ordinary electric accessory 110 and detects a winning of a game ball to the ordinary electric accessory 110 is connected, and the main control unit 200 can receive each detection signal. .

The main control unit 200 has an output port 2
08, a special symbol display device 10 having a display device, such as an LCD, capable of variably or stoppedly displaying identification information composed of numerals and characters.
4, for example, a normal symbol display device 107 realized by a 7-segment display device, a special winning opening operating solenoid 209 for controlling the rotation of the wide movable member 116 of the special winning opening 109 to open and control the special winning opening 109, Ordinary electric 11
0 movable member 117 to control the rotation of the ordinary electric accessory 110.
Electric accessory actuation solenoid 21 for opening control of
0, lamp display device 11 for controlling lighting of lamps and LEDs
4 (115) and a sound effect output device 211 for outputting a staging sound effect, and the main control unit 200 is capable of transmitting control signals for controlling these devices.

A power supply circuit 212 for supplying power and a reset circuit 213 for outputting a reset signal every predetermined time are connected to the main control unit 200. The reset circuit 213 further includes a main circuit A pulse signal generated by the periodic timer counter is input from the control unit 200, and a monitor signal for monitoring a current supply state from the power supply circuit 212 is input.

Next, a main random number generation counter used by the gaming machine will be described with reference to FIG. Various random numbers are counted up one by one in a predetermined cycle (for example, 4 msec) sequentially from the value “0” until reaching the upper limit value, and when the count value exceeds the upper limit value, the initial value “ Generated using so-called infinite loop counters that are cleared to "0" and repeat the counting operation, these infinite loop counters are formed in the RAM 202, and the main control unit 200 controls the counting operation.

As shown in FIG. 4, the main counts are a big hit state determination random number counter (count value: 0 to 239) 401, a reach selection counter (count value: 0 to 99) 402, and a big hit symbol selection A random number counter (count value: 0 to 8) 403, a left symbol selection random number counter (counter value: 0 to 8) 404, a missing symbol selection random number counter (counter value: 0 to 8) 40
5 and a right symbol selection random number counter 406 (counter value: 0 to 8).

The big hit determination counter 401 is a counter used to determine whether or not a big hit state occurs. In the normal game state (normal probability state), the counter value is "7" to generate a special prize state, and otherwise, the special prize state is not generated. In the high probability state, the counter values “7”, “39”, “1”
A special prize state is generated at "39", and otherwise, no special prize state is generated. Thus, the total count value is changed to "24
If it is set to "0", the special prize state can be generated with a probability of 1/240 in the normal gaming state, and the special prize state can be generated with a probability of 1/80 in the high probability state.

The reach selection random number counter 402 is a counter used to select a reach pattern, and a reach effect pattern corresponding to a counter value extracted by lottery by this counter is selected.

The big hit symbol selection random number counter 403 is
This counter is used to select a special symbol to be used when the same symbol is stopped and displayed in the display area of the special symbol display device 104 so that, for example, three are aligned in a row when the big hit state occurs, and the counter value is randomly selected. Then, each display unit of the special symbol display device 104 is displayed in a symbol pattern corresponding to the selected counter value.

When the counter value is "0", "1", "2",
In the case of "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", respectively, "1", "2", "3", "4",
Numerical symbols "5", "6", "7", "8", "9" are selected and displayed. Missing left symbol selection random number counter 4
04, random symbol counter 405 for symbol selection during departure, and
The off-right symbol selection random number counter 406 is a counter used to select a special symbol to be stopped and displayed in the display area of the special symbol display device 104 when a big hit state does not occur. The left, middle, and right symbols corresponding to the selected counter value are displayed on the special symbol display device 104. In addition, there are counters related to normal symbol display etc. other than these,
These are stored in the counter area 216.

Next, the control operation performed by the main control unit 200 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. FIG.
It is a flowchart for explaining the game operation of the gaming machine. The series of processing shown in FIG. 3 is executed by the main control unit 200.
The process is executed from step S100, which is the first step, with a reset signal supplied every msec) as a trigger.

First, when the power supply circuit 212 is activated by a power switch (not shown), the main control unit 200 is activated. It is determined whether or not the first processing after power-on is performed. A determination is made (step S100). In the case of the first processing after turning on the power, (Y
es) The process proceeds to step S102, while otherwise (No) the process proceeds to step S108.

In step S102, a clear process of the RAM 202 is executed to clear at least a predetermined area including the counter area 216. Then, in step S1
In 04, data for performing initial control processing is stored in RAM
The area is set to the predetermined area 202 and the process proceeds to step S106.

On the other hand, in step S108, the counter values of the various random number counters 401 to 407 described above are counted up by one to update the counter values. Next, in step S110, the detection signals output from the special symbol start switch 204, the ordinary symbol activation switch 205, the special winning opening switch 206, and the ordinary electric accessory switch 207 are transferred to an internal register (not shown) via the input port 203. Port input processing for reading and storing, special symbol display device 10
4. In order to control the operation of the normal symbol display device 107, the special winning opening operation solenoid 209, the normal electric accessory operation solenoid 210, the lamp display device 114 (115), and the sound effect output device 211, control in each step described later is performed. In the process, a port output process of outputting control data stored in an output buffer (not shown) of the RAM 202 to a corresponding device via an output port 208, and storing control data output by the port output process. Output buffer clear processing for clearing the output buffer,
In addition, it executes “common processing 1” including various timer processing for updating timer values of various timers (not shown) used for gaming machine operation control.

Next, in step S112, it is checked whether or not each of the switches 204, 205, 206, 207, etc. is disconnected or short-circuited. If it is determined that any of these faults has occurred (Yes), the process proceeds to step S112. The flow shifts to S116, executes an error process for storing an error flag in a predetermined area of the RAM 202 and performs control or the like necessary for notifying that it is in an abnormal state, and shifts to S126. If it is determined that has not occurred (No), the process proceeds to step S118 (step S114).

Next, in step S118, a special symbol start switch 204, a normal symbol operation switch 205,
Big winning opening switch 206, ordinary electric accessory switch 207
Outputs a detection signal of detecting a winning ball, from the various random number counters updated in step S108,
The random number value corresponding to the output detection signal is randomly selected and stored in the RAM.
The stored random number is stored in a predetermined area 202, and a hit determination, a symbol determination, and the like are performed with reference to the stored random number value.

Specifically, the special symbol start switch 204
Or, when the ordinary design electric accessory switch 207 outputs a winning ball detection signal, the table area 2 described above is used.
With reference to the information stored in No.15, it is determined whether or not the extracted random number value (big hit state determination random number counter 401) causes a big hit, and the big hit state symbol selection random number counter 403 and the off symbol selection are selected. Random number counter 404
406 and the information stored in the table area 215 to perform processing such as determination of a special symbol to be displayed, and store necessary control data in a predetermined position of the output buffer.

When the normal symbol actuation switch 205 outputs a detection signal, the small hit is determined by referring to the random number generated by a random number counter (not shown) and the small hit value stored in the ROM 201 in advance. In addition to deciding whether or not to cause a state, a normal symbol to be displayed is determined, and necessary control data is stored in a predetermined area of the output buffer.

Next, in step S120, symbol display control such as symbol change and stop is performed on the special symbol display device 104 and the ordinary symbol display device 107, and in step S11.
The control data necessary for performing the control for displaying the symbol selected in step 8 and the control for displaying the animation image during the big hit period is stored in a predetermined area of the output buffer.

Next, in step S122, during the big hit state or the small hit state, the special winning opening 109
And control data for controlling the opening and closing of the ordinary electric accessory 110 in a predetermined opening pattern is stored in a predetermined area of an output buffer. The various control data stored in the output buffer as described above is transmitted to the corresponding device by the port output process in step S110, and the device that has received the control data performs operation control based on the received control data.

Then, the flow shifts to step S126, where external game information output setting processing for storing various game data in a predetermined area of an output buffer in a game machine management device (not shown) and prize ball command data for a prize ball discharge device (not shown). , A lamp display control process for storing control data necessary for controlling the lighting of the lamp device 114 (115) in a predetermined area of the output buffer, and a control data necessary for driving and controlling the speaker 211. Common processing 2 "including sound effect control processing for storing in a predetermined area of the output buffer
Execute

In step S106, a reset standby process is performed until a reset signal is input from the reset circuit 213. When a reset signal is input, the process proceeds to step S100 to control the operation of the gaming machine. continue. In addition, as this reset waiting process,
Updating the counter value for generating random numbers of various random numbers described above, and the like can be mentioned. As described above, a series of operation control of the pachinko machine is performed.

(Main parts of the present invention) (Structure) FIG. 6 is an external view of the gaming machine 1, and FIG.
2 is a plan view (view from above the gaming machine 1). The gaming machine 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention has a ball exit 1003
An upper plate 1000 is provided for receiving a prize ball paid out from the company and supplying the prize ball to the ball entrance 1004 so that it can be fired. Then, a prize ball storage unit 1100 for providing a storage space for storing a prize ball in a part of the upper plate 1000 is formed. A predetermined number of reserved balls 1 are stored in the prize ball storage unit 1100.
001 is stored. The prize balls P that are not stored in the prize ball storage unit 1100 are, as shown by reference numeral Z in the drawing, the ball exit 100
The upper plate 1000 is guided from 3 to the ball entrance 1004.
Is formed. The prize ball that has entered the ball entrance 1004 is guided to a launching device (not shown) by a guideway (not shown) so that it can be launched.

As shown in FIG. 8, this prize ball storage unit 110
0 is configured such that its upper surface is opened and four sides are surrounded by a guide member 2020 having a rectangular cross section. The bottom member 2014, which is a thick rectangular member, is slidable with respect to the guide member 2020.
A fixing member 2013 is provided at the center of the lower surface of the 014.

A crank member 2 having one end fixed to a rotating shaft 2050 of a motor 2010 as a driving source.
011 and a crank member 2012 having one end fixed to a fixing member 2013 are pivotally connected to form a crank mechanism. Then, the rotation axis 2
When 050 is rotated, the crank mechanism is driven to move the fixing member 2013 downward (in the figure, in the direction of Y), so that the bottom member 2014 is located in the downward direction in the drawing, and the storage space becomes large. On the other hand, when the rotating shaft 2050 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction (reference numeral B in the drawing), the crank mechanism is driven to move the fixing member 2013 upward (reference numeral X in the drawing). And the storage space becomes smaller.

The rise of the bottom member 2014 is maximized.
Driving is regulated so that the member forming the upper plate 1000 and the upper surface of the bottom member 2014 are formed as an integrated flat surface.
Further, the drive of the motor 2010 is controlled so that the bottom member 2014 is normally positioned at the lowest position (retracted state).

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a main part of the present invention. The main control unit 200 includes the out ball detection sensor 11
In addition to being connected so as to be able to input a signal from the display unit 30, the display unit 1120 and the elevating mechanism 2000 shown in FIG. This out ball detection sensor 1130
Is configured to output a detection signal each time one out ball is detected.

(Operation Example 1) The operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in step S900, main controller 200 obtains a detection signal from out-of-ball detection sensor 1130 for a predetermined period, for example, one minute. Step S
At 910, it is determined whether this is less than a number a. If smaller (Yes), step S920
If not, the process ends. In the case of this small value, the number of out-balls detected is decreasing, and the number of possessed balls is considerably reduced.

Therefore, in step S920, FIG.
0, a message to the effect that the bottom member 2014 is raised is displayed on the display area 1121 of the display unit 1120, and then, in step S930, the bottom member 2014 is displayed.
Is controlled. At this time, the rotating shaft 2050 is rotated in a counterclockwise direction so that the member forming the upper plate 1000 and the upper surface of the bottom member 2014 become an integrated flat surface. As a result, the stored prize balls are discharged, and the prize balls are moved toward the ball entrance 1004 to be supplied so that they can be fired.

Then, in step S940, the rotation shaft 2050 is rotated clockwise, the bottom member 2014 is lowered, and the control is terminated in a retracted state.

Therefore, according to the first operation example, the lifting mechanism 2000 is driven in accordance with the detection result of the out ball detection sensor 1130 for detecting the out ball.
The storage ball of 0 can be supplied so as to be fired at an appropriate timing. In addition, the main control unit 200 outputs the out-of-ball detection sensor 113 within a predetermined period, for example, one minute.
If the number of out balls detected by 0 is less than a (predetermined value), the lifting mechanism 2000 is driven so as to raise the bottom member 2014 at the retreat position. When the number of balls is significantly reduced, the storage balls can be automatically fired.

In addition, the main control unit 200 includes the lifting mechanism 20
When driving 00, a message to that effect is given, so that the player can easily understand that the raising operation of the bottom member 2014 will be performed.

(Operation Example 2) FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of Operation Example 2. The main control unit 200 drives the motor 2010 in a drive pattern corresponding to the number of outgoing balls per minute. For example,
In the case of “0 to 5”, it is determined that the number of balls to be held is extremely reduced, and the member forming the upper plate 1000 and the bottom member 20 are set.
14 until the upper surface of the base member 14 becomes an integral flat surface.
4 is raised to automatically enable the storage ball to be fired.

On the other hand, in the case of “20 or more”, it is determined that a large number of balls are held, and the bottom member 2014 is retracted. In the case of “11 to 19”, it is determined that the number of balls to be reduced is smaller than that, the rotation shaft 2050 is rotated counterclockwise by a predetermined angle, and the bottom member 2014 is slightly raised. Furthermore,
In the case of “6 to 10”, it is determined that the number of balls to be held is further reduced, and the rotation shaft 2050 is further rotated counterclockwise by a predetermined angle to further raise the bottom member 2014. In this manner, by controlling the drive of the motor 2010 so that the position of the bottom member 2014 is set to a position corresponding to the number of outgoing balls per minute, more appropriate opening control of the stored balls can be performed.

Therefore, according to the second operation example, the main control unit 200 drives the lifting mechanism 1300 in a drive pattern corresponding to the number of out balls detected by the out ball detection sensor 1130 within a predetermined period, for example, one minute. Therefore, more appropriate opening control of the storage balls can be performed. Also in this operation example 2, if a message to that effect is given when driving the elevating mechanism 2000, the player can easily understand that the ascent operation of the bottom member 2014 will be performed. it can.

Further, the lifting mechanism 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention
0 is a fixing member 20 provided on the lower surface of the bottom member 2014.
Since the bottom member (2014) is configured to slide with respect to the guide member 2020 by driving the crank mechanisms 2011 and 2012 connected to the motor 13 by the motor 2100, the lifting mechanism is realized by such a simple mechanism. it can.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, various modifications and changes can be made to the above embodiment without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, the shape of the bottom member 2014 can be changed. Even if various modifications or changes are made, such as using another shape such as a disk shape, setting the calculation interval in step S900 to a time interval other than 1 minute, changing the lifting mechanism 2000 to another, etc. good.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain an effect that the storage balls in the upper plate can be supplied so as to be fired at an appropriate timing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view of the front of a gaming machine.

FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the gaming machine.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating operation control of the gaming machine.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of various counters.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of information stored in a table area 215.

FIG. 6 is a schematic plan view of the upper plate 1000.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a main part of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic explanatory view of a lifting mechanism 2000 and a prize ball storage unit 1100.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing main processing of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a message display process.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of an operation example 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Game board 101 Outer guide rail 102 Inner guide rail 103 Game area 104 Special symbol display device 105 Special symbol start-up port 106 Ordinary symbol operation gate 107 Ordinary symbol display device 108 Variable winning device 109 Large winning opening 110 Ordinary electric auditorium 111 Windmill 112 Windmill with lamp 113 Out port 114, 115 Lamp display device 116 Movable member 117 Movable member 200 Main control unit 201 ROM 202 RAM 203 Input port 204 Special design start switch 205 Normal design operation switch 206 Large winning opening switch 207 Normal electric switch 208 Output port 209 Large winning opening operating solenoid 210 Ordinary electric accessory operating solenoid 211 Speaker 212 Power supply circuit 213 Reset circuit 401 Random number counter for prize state determination 402 Over switch selection random number counter 403 jackpot symbol selected random number counter 404 off left symbol selection counter 405 out of symbol selection counter 406 off right symbol selection counter

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine having an upper plate for receiving a prize ball paid out from a ball outlet and supplying the ball to the ball inlet so that the ball can be fired, wherein the prize ball provided on the upper plate is stored. Reservoir (110
0) a lifting mechanism that allows the bottom member (2014) to freely move up and down, a detecting means for detecting an out ball, and a control means for driving the lifting mechanism in accordance with the detection result of the detecting means. A gaming machine characterized by: 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to, when the number of out-balls detected by the detection unit within a predetermined period is less than a predetermined value, set the bottom member at the retreat position. (2014) a gaming machine, which is means for driving the elevating mechanism so as to raise the game machine. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein said control means is means for driving said lifting mechanism in a drive pattern corresponding to the number of out balls detected by said detection means within a predetermined period. A gaming machine characterized by the following. 4. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the control means includes means for notifying when the elevation mechanism is driven. A gaming machine. 5. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the elevating mechanism comprises a fixing member provided on a lower surface of the bottom member. The crank mechanism (2011, 2
012) by the drive source (2100) to move the bottom member (2014) to its guide member (20).
20) A gaming machine configured to slide with respect to the gaming machine.