JP2002239069A - Drum type slot machine and presentation announcing method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To announce internal winning so that even an ordinary player can enjoy a game by a drum type slot machine. SOLUTION: In this drum type slot machine, losing or the internal winning of a winning display body is electronically decided when the game is started, the prescribed number of rotary reels are respectively stopped by the pressing of stop buttons and an allotted value determined for the winning display body is put out when the prescribed number of patterns stopped on a winning line correspond to the winning display body. The number of times of being incapable of successively arranging the patterns of the winning display body on the winning line though the internal winning is attained is counted (step S13) and the contents of presentation announcement are changed according to the counted value (step S14).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a spinning type slot machine, and more particularly, to a spinning type slot machine for staging and reporting an internal hit state and a staging method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A rotating drum type slot machine has three rows of rotating reels (rotating drums) on which various designs are printed, and each reel is rotated by a reel driving motor (stepping motor). Stops at the timing when the stop button corresponding to the reel is pressed, for example, when three winning symbols shown in FIG. 5 are aligned on a stop line (winning line), several medals (payout medals) corresponding to the winning symbols are given. It is a game machine that gives refunds and bonus game rights.

[0003] The above-mentioned spinning-type slot machine is electronically controlled. When a medal is inserted and a start lever is operated, the spinning reel starts spinning, and at the same time, whether the current game is a losing or a winning (winning role). , And the hit is a big hit (hereinafter, "BB" indicating a big bonus)
That. ) Or a middle hit (hereinafter referred to as “RB” indicating a regular bonus) or a small win or a small win in a single winning prize, or replay (replay)
It is determined in advance as a random number (this is called "internal hit").

[0005] However, even if the player wins inside the BB, RB, small role, or small winning combination, if the player cannot operate the stop button to align the role symbols shown in FIG. Will be lost. For this reason, the player operates the stop button while watching the symbol on the surface of the rotating reel, but in the spinning slot machine, a predetermined number of symbols passing through the stop line from the moment the stop button is pressed, For example, when a symbol constituting a winning symbol exists in four symbols, the rotating reel is controlled so that the symbol stops on a stop line.

[0005] In addition, since the turning-type slot machine is provided with means for informing the player whether or not the inside has hit, for example, a speaker, a lamp, a liquid crystal display device, etc. If you have the skill to stop the winning symbol, you can surely get the payout medal when you win inside.

[0006]

In a slot machine game, the winning probability is about 1/300 BB or 1/250.
If you hit the RB internally, you can carry it over from the next time onward. Once the RB hits the inside, the right is held until the symbols are actually aligned.) In addition, the inside hit of these BBs and RBs is a specific pattern that the way the symbols are aligned when lost is a so-called reach eye Since the loss pattern is used, a skilled player can infer that the player has hit the BB or RB only by looking at the specific pattern.

[0007] However, there are many ordinary players who do not know the above-mentioned reach eyes, and even though they hit the BB or RB internally, they continue playing or playing the game without knowing them. May stop. At this time, if the player is directly informed of the internal hit by a lamp or the like, the interest in the game is rather lost.

[0008] An object of the present invention is to provide a spinning type slot machine that allows ordinary players to enjoy a game, and a method for informing the effect of the effect.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to electronically determine a losing or a winning inside a winning combination when a game is started, stop a predetermined number of rotating reels by pressing a stop button, and enter a winning line. When the predetermined number of symbols stopped above corresponds to the winning combination, in a spinning-type slot machine that pays out a payout value determined for the winning combination, the winning line is formed on the winning line despite the internal hit. This is achieved by providing a notifying means for counting the number of times that the symbols of the winning combination cannot be continuously aligned and changing the content of the effect notification in accordance with the counted value.

Preferably, when the number of times includes a small number including zero, the notifying means effects a low-reliability information to indicate the internal hit state, and uses the information whose reliability increases as the number of times increases. After the number of times reaches the set number, the state of the internal hit is notified with 100% or a reliability close to 100%. Further, preferably, the notifying unit performs the effect notification by an image on a screen of a liquid crystal display device, and performs the effect notification by outputting a sound effect from a speaker.

The above object is also achieved by electronically determining a losing or a winning combination when a game is started, stopping a predetermined number of rotating reels by pressing a stop button, and stopping on a winning line. When a predetermined number of symbols correspond to the winning combination, in the production notification method of a spinning slot machine that pays out a dividend value determined for the winning combination, the winning combination is displayed on the winning line despite the internal hit. This is achieved by counting the number of times that the symbols in the role cannot be aligned continuously, and changing the content of the effect notification in accordance with the counted value.

[0012] When a player continuously misses the game, the effect is notified according to the number of misses, and the effect of the effect of the effect on the player increases the expectation that the internal hit is a big hit. Even a general player can fully enjoy the game. Further, in the present invention, since the reliability of the effect notification is not always 100%, the interest in the game is not hindered.

[0013]

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

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a turning type slot machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. Slot machine 1
On the front of the vehicle, the viewing windows 2a, 2b, 2 of the three rows of rotating reels.
The liquid crystal display device 3 as a sub-display device and the illuminations 4a and 4b are installed on the upper part of the liquid crystal display device c. Under the viewing windows 2a to 2c of the slot machine 1, there are provided stop buttons 5a, 5b, 5c corresponding to rotating reels, a start lever 6, a bet button 7, and a medal insertion slot 8. A medal tray 10 for storing payout medals discharged from the medal discharge port 9 is provided.

On the surfaces of the viewing windows 2a to 2c of the three rows of rotating reels, a total of five stop lines (prize lines) T1 to T5 of three horizontal lines, right diagonal lines and left diagonal lines are provided. The number of effective stop lines can be increased according to the number (the number of bets).

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a control device provided inside the slot machine 1. The slot machine control device is divided into a main board 20 and a sub board 40, and the main board 20 shares only the progress control of the slot game, and the sub board 40 is based on data acquired from the main board 20. The effect display control on the liquid crystal display device 3 and the sound output control synchronized with the effect display are performed.

The main board 20 has a main CPU 21 for executing arithmetic processing for game progress control, a clock generator 22 connected to the CPU 21, a ROM 23 storing a game program, and a RAM 24 storing various data.
, A random number generator 25, an input port 26, an output port 27, and a data transmission circuit 28, and the data transmission timing of the data
A timing control circuit 29 is provided for controlling independently of U21.

The input port 26 has a start lever 6, a bet button 7, three stop buttons 5a, 5b, and 5c shown in FIG. 1, and medals for detecting inserted medals, paid out medals, and the like. The sensor 30 is connected to a reel sensor 31 for detecting the position of the rotating spinning reel, and is also connected to other buttons and switches operated by the player of the slot machine 1.

The output port 27 has three reel drive motors 32, a medal payout motor 33, and illuminations 4a,
4b, and various lamps attached to the slot machine 1 are connected.

The sub-substrate 40 stores a sub-CPU 41 for performing processing for effect display and sound effect control, a clock generator 42 connected to the CPU 41, a control program, various video data, audio data and the like. A memory 43;
A data input circuit 44 for receiving data sent from the main board 20 side, a display control circuit 45, and a sound output circuit 46 are provided. The liquid crystal display device 3 is connected to the display control circuit 45, and the sound output circuit Speaker 47 at 46
Is connected.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the main board 20 when playing a game with the slot machine having the above-described configuration. When the player inserts a medal through the medal slot 8 in FIG. 1 or presses the bet button 7,
If the decision result in the step S1 is YES, a step S1 is reached.
Proceed to 2 and wait for the operation of the start lever 6. When the start lever 6 is operated by the player, step S
The process proceeds from Step 2 to Step S3.

In step S3, the main CPU 21 performs an internal lottery on what to win in the current game. That is, in the internal lottery, the main CPU 21 determines whether the current game is lost or the winning combination is BB, RB, or small combination shown in FIG. 5 by the output of the random number generator 25 shown in FIG. Is determined in advance based on In this determination, for example, the probability of occurrence of BB is set to about 1/300, the probability of occurrence of RB is set to about 1/250, and the probability of occurrence of small combination is set to about 1/15, but these probabilities can be changed. .

Since BB and RB have a low probability of occurrence,
Once an internal prize is won, the right will be carried over until the player can align the BB or RB symbols (Three “7” or Three “BAR”: see FIG. 5). ing. Therefore, when the process proceeds to step S3 in a state where BB and RB have been carried over from the previous time, a lottery is performed with a winning combination excluding BB and RB.

In this embodiment, when any one of the big hit (BB), the middle hit (RB), and the small hit is internally won, a winning flag is set (ON). Then, when the player cannot actually arrange the winning combination, if the internal hit is a small hit, the winning flag is reset (OF).
F), but if the internal hit is BB or RB, the winning flag is not reset (remains ON) until the player can actually align the symbols.
The value (ON, OFF) of the winning flag is sent from the main board 20 to the sub board 40.

When the internal lottery in step S3 is completed, next, in step S4, the three motors are driven to rotate the respective rotating reels. Then, in step S5, the stop processing of the corresponding rotating reel is performed in accordance with the timing of pressing the three stop buttons 5a, 5b, 5c. At this time, the stop line T
If there is a symbol that constitutes a winning symbol among the four symbols that continuously pass through, the symbol is stopped on the stop line.

When the three spinning reels are stopped and three symbols are aligned, it is determined whether or not the three symbols have the role symbols shown in FIG. 5, that is, whether or not a medal payout or prize has been won (step S1). S6) If there is a prize, the next step S7
, And then proceeds to step S8. If no prize has been won, the process skips step S7 and proceeds to step S8.

In step S8, it is determined whether or not a winning has been achieved but whether or not a replay winning symbol is present. If the symbol is a replay winning symbol, the process returns to step S2 to turn on the replay lamp and notify the player of the replay. At the same time, it waits for the start lever operation again. If it is not a replay winning, the current game processing is ended.

In the above-described game processing using the main board 20, event occurrence data such as pressing of the bet button 7 and the stop buttons 5a, 5b, 5c connected to the main board 20, and internal hit data are shown in FIG. The data is sent from the data sending circuit 28 to the data input circuit 44 of the sub-board 40. This data transmission is performed at substantially the same time as each button press, internal lottery, etc., but the timing is slightly shifted by the timing control circuit 29 so as not to be completely synchronized with the game progress timing.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the effect display process performed by the sub CPU 41 of the sub board 40 that has received the data from the main board 20. The sub CPU 41 determines whether the value of the winning flag in the data sent from the main board 20 is ON (winning) or OFF (step S11). As a result of this determination, the winning flag is turned on.
In the case of (YES), the process proceeds to step S12, and it is determined whether or not the winning combination has been obtained. Acquisition of the winning role is
It means that the player can stop the symbol shown in FIG. 5 on the stop line T by pressing the stop buttons 5a to 5c. If the winning combination has not been obtained, the content of the number-of-misses counter is incremented by "1" (step S13), an effect is displayed for each counter value in the next step S14, and the process is terminated.

If the result of determination in step S11 is that the winning flag is OFF, the flow advances to step S15 to reset the dropout counter and end this processing. When it is determined in step S12 that the winning combination has been acquired, the process proceeds to step S15, the missing counter is reset, and the process ends.

The dropout counter counts the number of times that the winning symbols cannot be aligned in spite of the internal hit. In the present embodiment, the number of times that the winning flag is continuously set (ON) is counted without discriminating whether the internal hit is BB, RB or a small combination. Then, in the next step S14, an effect display corresponding to the counted value is performed on the liquid crystal display device 3.

For example, the memory 4 provided on the sub-board 40
3 (FIG. 2) includes screen data A corresponding to the count values 1 to 3.
And sound effect data a, screen data B and sound effect data b corresponding to the count values 4 to 6, screen data C and sound effect data c corresponding to the count values 7 to 9 are prepared, and Screen data D and sound effect data d corresponding to a numerical value of 10 or more are prepared. Then, the sub CPU 41
Is a dropout counter (in the present embodiment, the sub CPU 4
Although a soft counter is provided in 1, a hard counter may be provided on the sub-board 40. ), The screen data B and the sound effect data b are read out if the count value is “5”, and output to the liquid crystal display device 3 and the speaker 47.

Here, in order to double the enjoyment of the game, instead of directly informing the player of the BB or RB internal hit information, the player is informed of indirect (low reliability) information. preferable. This is because a player who has obtained such notification information can proceed with the game with a sense of expectation that BB or RB has been internally won. For this reason, the screen data A, B, and C described above are screen data that increase the reliability of the internal hit information in that order,
The screen data D is preferably data that directly informs a player of an internal hit with 100% reliability.

According to the above-described embodiment, even if the player hits the inside, the player can obtain information information such as effect display according to the number of times the player has missed, so that the player can proceed with the game with a sense of expectation. . In addition, the processing display on the sub-board side is reduced on the sub-board side, so that the processing load on the main board side is reduced, and the main board side can devote its ability to the game progress processing. .

In the above-described embodiment, the effect display according to the number of times of dropping is performed by using the liquid crystal display device. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the electric decoration provided in the slot machine is provided. The effect notification may be performed by using a lamp or the like. In the embodiment, the effect notification is performed by both the effect sound and the effect display. However, the effect may be notified only by the sound effect or the display.

[0036]

According to the present invention, even a general player can enjoy a game using a spinning slot machine.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a turning type slot machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a control device of the turning-type slot machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a control processing procedure of a main CPU shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an effect notification processing procedure of a sub CPU shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a view showing a general winning combination of the slot machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 time slot machine 2a, 2b, 2c Peep window of rotating reel 3 Liquid crystal display 5a, 5b, 5c Stop button 6 Start lever 7 Bet button 8 Coin slot T1 to T5 Winning line (stop line)

Claims (5)

[Claims] When a game is started, a loss or an internal hit of a winning combination is electronically determined, a predetermined number of rotating reels are stopped by pressing a stop button, and the predetermined number of stopped reels are stopped on a winning line. In a spinning slot machine that pays out a payout value determined for a winning combination when the symbol corresponds to the winning combination, the symbols of the winning combination are continuously arranged on the winning line despite the internal hit. A turning body type slot machine comprising: a notifying unit that counts the number of times that alignment was not possible and changes the content of the effect notification in accordance with the counted value. 2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein when the number of times is small, the internal hit state is informed by information with low reliability, and the reliability gradually increases as the number of times approaches a predetermined set value. The effect notification is performed with information having a higher value, and after the number of times reaches the set value, the effect of the internal hit is notified with higher reliability than the state immediately before reaching the set value. A turning slot machine. 3. The slot machine according to claim 1, wherein the notifying unit notifies the effect by an image on a screen of a liquid crystal display device. 4. The slot machine according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit performs the notification of the effect by outputting a sound effect from a speaker. 5. When the game is started, a loss or an internal hit of a winning combination is electronically determined, a predetermined number of rotating reels are stopped by pressing a stop button, and the predetermined number of stopped reels are stopped on a winning line. In the production notification method of a spinning type slot machine that pays out a dividend value determined for the winning combination when the symbol corresponds to the winning combination, the symbol of the winning combination is displayed on the winning line despite the internal hit. The number of times that it has not been possible to align the number of times is counted continuously, and the content of the effect notification is changed in accordance with the counted value.