JP2003024545A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pachinko game machine in which a game property in a stage face of a struck ball leading portion for leading a struck ball to a starting prize port or the like is raised and which is rich in taste. SOLUTION: This pachinko game machine is provided with a struck ball leading portion 21 for catching a struck ball and leading it to a starting prize port above a starting prize port 15 arranged in a predetermined place of a game face 2a. The struck ball leading portion has a stage face for catching a struck ball, in this stage face, a struck ball releasing port 31 for releasing a struck ball from the upper part of the starting prize port is placed and at least one hole for receiving a struck ball before a struck ball reaches this struck ball releasing port is placed, and a struck ball received in this hole is released from struck ball releasing ports 34 and 35 different from the struck ball releasing port in the stage face via a guiding path. Moreover, this different struck ball releasing port is placed at a position which is right above the starting prize port and is nearer the starting prize port than the struck ball releasing port in the stage face.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko game machine, and more particularly, to improvement of a pachinko game machine having a hitting ball guiding portion (so-called stage) for guiding a hitting ball to a starting winning opening or a starting passage gate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a pachinko game machine has various winning holes and passage gates arranged at predetermined places on the game surface, and a large number of obstacle nails around the prize hole, which are shot on the game surface by operating a handle. The game is played by avoiding or using obstacle nails and winning the hit ball at the winning opening. In recent years, pachinko gaming machines are equipped with a variable symbol display unit such as a liquid crystal display, a cathode ray tube or a reel device capable of displaying multiple symbols in the approximate center of the game surface, and a start winning opening below this variable symbol display unit. When a ball hits this starting winning hole, a predetermined number of pachinko balls are paid out as prize balls, and it is determined by random number lottery whether or not to be a big hit, and when the big hit is fluctuating the symbol of the variable symbol display section After that, a big hit is displayed with a combination of specific symbols, and for example, a special game state that is advantageous to the player is mainstream, for example, opening the opening / closing door of the special winning opening for a predetermined time to facilitate winning a ball. . Incidentally, as the starting winning opening, there is also a passage gate type in which prize balls are not paid out.

In this type of pachinko gaming machine, as disclosed in, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10-85395, the horizontal direction is vertically located between the variable symbol display portion on the game surface and the starting winning opening. A stage is provided as an extended hitting ball guiding unit, which catches hit balls that have hit the obstacle nails and sneak into the lower side of the variable symbol display section, and releases the hit balls from the hit ball discharge port of the stage located directly above the starting winning opening. Therefore, it is performed to make it easier to win the starting winning opening. In addition, taxiway (so-called warp route)
It is also practiced that the inlets of the above are provided in the upper peripheral portion of the variable symbol display portion, the outlets are provided at the positions facing the stage, and the hit ball entering the inlet is guided to the stage through the guideway. .

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional one, when the hit ball hits an obstacle nail or the like and wraps around the lower side of the variable symbol display portion and enters the stage, or is guided onto the stage through the guideway. In either case, the stage only discharges the hit ball from one hit ball discharge port, and it is up to the momentum of the hit ball whether or not the discharged hit ball wins the starting winning opening. The game on the stage became monotonous, and there was little change.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and its object is to enhance the playability of a stage for guiding a hit ball to a starting winning hole or the like as described above, and to provide a pachinko game with a lot of interest. Machine.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 receives a hit ball and guides it to a starting winning opening above a starting winning opening arranged at a predetermined position on a game surface. In a pachinko gaming machine provided with a hitting ball guiding unit (so-called stage) for, the hitting ball guiding unit has a stage surface for receiving a hitting ball, and on this stage surface,
A hitting ball discharge hole is provided for discharging the hitting ball from above the starting winning opening, and at least one hole for receiving the hitting ball on the way of reaching the hitting ball is provided in the hitting ball discharging port, and the hitting ball received in this hole is guided through the guide path. It is configured to discharge from a hitting ball discharge port different from the above-mentioned hitting ball discharging port on the stage surface, and this another hitting ball discharging port is directly above the starting winning port and from the hitting ball discharging port on the stage surface. Is also provided near the starting winning opening. In this configuration, the hit ball received on the stage surface of the hit ball guiding portion is discharged from the hit ball discharge port on the stage surface, or through the guide path from the hole provided on the stage surface, and the hit ball discharge port on the stage surface is Since the probability of winning a ball at the starting winning hole of the ball is different depending on whether the ball is discharged from another ball discharging port, the player becomes interested in the motion of the ball on the stage surface of the ball guiding section, and the ball is guided. The playability of the club is enhanced.

The invention according to claim 2 is basically the same as the invention according to claim 1, and instead of the starting winning opening having the starting function of the variable symbol display portion, a pachinko game using a starting passage gate. Applied to the machine. That is,
In a pachinko gaming machine in which a hitting ball guiding unit for receiving a hitting ball and guiding it to the starting passing gate is provided above a starting passing gate arranged at a predetermined position on the game surface, a stage surface on which the hitting guiding unit receives the hitting ball. The stage surface is provided with a hitting ball discharge port for discharging the hitting ball from above the starting passage gate, and at least one hole for receiving the hitting ball while the hitting ball reaches the hitting ball discharging port is provided in this hole. The received hitting ball is configured to be discharged from a hitting ball discharging port different from the hitting ball discharging port on the stage surface through the guide path, and the another hitting ball discharging port is
It is arranged directly above the starting passage gate and at a position closer to the starting passage gate than the hitting ball discharge port on the stage surface.

According to a third aspect of the invention, in the pachinko gaming machine according to the first or second aspect, the starting winning opening or the starting passage gate is provided below a variable symbol display portion provided in a substantially central portion of the game surface. It is arranged and has a starting function of the variable symbol display portion, and the hitting ball guiding portion is arranged at a vertically intermediate position between the variable symbol display portion and the starting winning opening or the starting passage gate on the game surface. In this configuration, since the variable symbol display unit and the hitting ball guiding unit are close to each other, the symbol variation game on the variable symbol display unit and the game on the stage surface of the hitting ball guiding unit have a synergistic effect with each other, and pachinko. The interest of gaming machines becomes even higher.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an external appearance of a pachinko gaming machine A according to a first embodiment of the present invention. This pachinko gaming machine A has a game board 2, a pachinko ball throwing tray 3, and a hitting ball launching operation on the front side of its main body 1. It is provided with a handle 4, a pachinko ball payout opening 5, a tray 6 and a surplus ball discharge opening 7.

A plurality of obstacle nails 11 (most of which are not shown), a winning opening 12, a tulip accessory 13 and the like are placed at predetermined positions on the game surface 2a which is a game area of the surface of the game board 2. It is arranged. Further, in the center of the game surface 2a, a variable symbol display unit 1 including a liquid crystal display
4 are arranged, and this variable symbol display portion 14
Starting prize hole 15 and big prize hole 16 with opening and closing door
And the outlets 17 for taking in the out balls are arranged in a substantially vertical row.

The variable symbol display unit 14 displays three screens in a row in a row when the hit ball fired on the game surface 2a wins the starting winning opening 15, and each of these screens has a plurality of symbols such as numbers. After the variable display, the display is stopped after a lapse of a predetermined time, and any one of the symbols is displayed. The control of the variable symbol display unit 14 is a control that is made up of a microcomputer built in the pachinko gaming machine main body 1. Part (not shown). This control unit performs a lottery when the hit ball wins the starting winning opening 15, and when the result of the lottery is “win”, a combination of specific symbols on the variable symbol display unit 14 (for example, “7” “7”). "7") is displayed, and a special game state that is advantageous to the player, such as opening the open / close door of the special winning opening 16 for a predetermined period of time to facilitate winning the ball is configured.

In addition, a center stage as a hitting ball guiding portion for receiving a hitting ball and guiding it upward near the starting winning opening 15 at an intermediate position in the vertical direction between the variable symbol display portion 14 and the starting winning opening 15 on the game surface 2a. 21 is provided. As shown in detail in FIGS. 2 to 7, the center stage 21 is unitized with the variable symbol display portion 14, and the box-shaped unit frame body 22 has one side surface thereof as the game surface 2a.
It is attached in a state of being flush with, and the variable symbol display portion 14 is provided on the bottom surface of the concave portion 22a of the unit frame 22 over substantially the entire surface except the lower portion thereof, and the unit frame body is provided. Center stage 21 on the lower side of 22
Is provided.

The center stage 21 includes a first stage portion 23 formed on the lower side wall surface of the concave portion 22a of the unit frame body 22, and a second stage vertically formed below the first stage portion 23. It has a section 24 and a third stage section 25. The first stage portion 23 receives the hit ball that has hit the obstacle nail 11 or the like and has fallen under the variable symbol display portion 14 on the bottom surface of the concave portion 22a of the unit frame body 22 and is formed in the central portion (that is, above the start winning opening 15 side). An inclined surface-shaped guide path that leads to the hit ball discharge port 31 is configured. Further, the second and third stage parts 24 and 25 respectively receive a hit ball plunged through a slit-shaped opening 32 or 33 formed on the lower outer surface of the unit frame 22 and form a hit ball discharge opening formed in the central part. An inclined surface guide path that leads to 34 or 35 is formed. In other words, the center stage 21 has three guide paths 23, 24, 25 for individually guiding the hit balls upward toward the start winning opening 15, and the hit ball discharge ports of these three guide paths 23-25. 31, 34,
35 are located right above the starting winning opening 15 and are positioned side by side in the vertical direction with different distances from the starting winning opening 15, and the larger the distance from the starting winning opening 15, the wider the width is set. There is.

The unit frame 22 has a guide path (so-called warp route) for guiding a hit ball to the back side of the recess 22a.
41 are formed. The guideway 41 uses the winning opening 12 (so-called top hole) on the upper side of the unit frame 22 as an inlet, and the hit ball that has won the top hole 12 is formed on the lower side of the bottom surface of the recess 22a of the unit frame 22. The outlet 42 guides it onto the first stage portion 23 of the center stage 21.

Further, the center stage 21 corresponds to the outlet 42 of the guide path 41, and has two disc-shaped rotating bodies 5 concentrically arranged in the central portion of the first stage portion 23.
It has 1,52. The inner rotating body 51 includes a plurality of (three in the figure) obstacle walls 5 protruding upward on the outer peripheral edge of the upper surface.
0, ... Are provided at equal intervals in the circumferential direction, and the taxiway 4
The direction of the hit ball discharged from the first discharge port 42 is made random. On the other hand, the outer rotary body 52 is rotatably arranged in the storage portion 53 formed in the unit frame body 22, and the front side portion of the storage portion 53 includes the first stage portion 23 and the second stage portion 24. It is formed so as to penetrate therethrough and face the upper side of the third stage portion 25. The outer rotary body 52 is formed with a storage recess 54 in the center thereof for rotatably storing the inner rotary body 51, and two first passages are formed around the storage recess 54 as communication passages.
The communication holes 55, 55 and the four second communication holes 56, 56, ... Are equidistant in the circumferential direction (specifically, the first communication hole 55 is 18
The second communication holes 56 are formed at intervals of 0 degrees and two second communication holes 56 at equal intervals therebetween.

The first communication hole 55 penetrates the rotating body 52 in the up-down direction, and the rotation of the rotating body 52 causes the storage section 5 to move.
When located in the front part of the third stage part 25
The ball can be guided to the third stage portion 25 from above the upper surface of the rotating body 52 in communication with. The second communication hole 56 is formed in a substantially L shape between the upper surface and the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body 52, and is located in the front portion inside the storage portion 53 by the rotation of the rotating body 52. At times, the ball can be guided to the second stage portion 24 from the upper surface of the rotating body 52 by communicating with the second stage portion 24. Rotating body 52
Of the outer peripheral edge are provided with obstacle walls 57, 57, ... Which project upward only at positions corresponding to the communication holes 55, 56, and the communication holes 5 are formed from the central portion side of the rotating body 52.
The hitting balls rolling to the 5, 56 side are received by the obstacle wall 57 and dropped into the communicating holes 55, 56, while the hitting balls rolling from the central portion side of the rotating body 52 to the outer peripheral edge without the communicating holes 55, 56 are counted. It is designed to be guided to the 1-stage unit 23 as it is. Therefore, of the outer peripheral edge of the upper surface of the rotating body 52, the portion 52 without the obstacle wall 57 (that is, the communication holes 55 and 56).
a, 52a, ... When the rotor 52 is rotated, they are located in front of the bottom surface of the concave portion 22a of the unit frame 22.
The rotary body 52 is provided with a function as a communication path that communicates with the stage unit 23 and guides a hit ball to the first stage unit 23.
Has a plurality of communication passages 52a, 56, 55 that communicate with the first to third stage portions 23 to 25, respectively. Further, the upper surfaces of the rotating bodies 51 and 52, together with the upper surface of the first stage portion 23, constitute a stage surface according to the present invention,
The communication holes 55 and 56 are holes provided on the stage surface for receiving the ball, and the ball received in each of the communication holes 55 and 56 is hit on the stage surface via the guide path 25 or 24. The ball is discharged from a hitting ball discharge port 35 or 34 different from the discharge port 31.

A concentric first rotating shaft 61 and a second rotating shaft 62 are provided in the housing portion 53 of the unit frame body 22 and the outer rotating body 52 so as to vertically penetrate through the center line of the rotating body 52. The first rotary shaft 61 is attached to the inner rotary body 51 by the second rotary shaft 51.
The rotating shafts 62 are connected to the outer rotating bodies 52 so as to rotate together. The rotational force of the motor 63 is transmitted to the first and second rotary shafts 61 and 62 in opposite rotational directions via the speed reducer 64, so that the inner rotary body 51 and the outer rotary body 52 are rotated.
And are designed to rotate in opposite directions about the rotary shafts 61 and 62 as vertical shafts. Therefore, the two rotating bodies 5
1, 52 have a function as a movable member that selectively distributes a hit ball to any of the first to third stage parts 23 to 25.

Next, to explain the operation and effect of the first embodiment, when the hit ball shot on the game surface 2a by the operation of the handle 4 wins the top hole 12, the hit ball is guided. It is discharged through the passage 41 from the discharge port 42 on the lower side of the variable symbol display portion 14 onto the inner rotating body 51 in the center stage 21. Thereafter, the hit ball rolls down on the inner rotary body 51 and the outer rotary body 52, and is guided to the first stage portion 23 through the portion 52a on the upper surface of the outer rotary body 52 where the communication holes 55 and 56 are not provided. Outer rotating body 5
It is guided to the second stage portion 24 through the second second communication hole 56, or is guided to the third stage portion 25 through the first communication hole 55 of the outer rotating body 52. These 3
Hitting ball discharge ports 31, 34, 3 of the two stage parts 23 to 25
All of 5 are located above the starting winning opening 15, but the distances to the starting winning opening 15 are different, and the farther the distance is, the larger the lateral widths of the hitting ball discharge openings 31, 34, 35 are set. Therefore, the starting winning opening 15 for the hit ball to be released
The odds of winning a prize differ greatly. Therefore, the player is strongly interested in the movement of the hit ball on the center stage 21, and the playability on the center stage 21 can be improved.

Further, since the center stage 21 is near the variable symbol display portion 14 where the player's viewpoint is easily gathered, the variable symbol game of the variable image display portion 14 and the game on the center stage 21 are synergistic with each other. As a result, an interesting pachinko game can be provided. Moreover, the two rotating bodies 51 and 52 have the vertical shaft 6
1, 62 are rotated in opposite directions, and the movement of the hit ball rolling on them is varied, so that the playability on the center stage 21 can be further enhanced.
The interest in pachinko games can be further enhanced.

The hit ball shot on the game surface 2a hits the obstacle nail 11 or the like, wraps around the lower side of the variable symbol display portion 14 and rides on the first stage portion 23, and further from there, the rotating body 5
Even when the ball rolls up to 2, 51, the hit ball wins the top hole 12, and the rotating body 51 is discharged from the discharge port 42 of the taxiway 41.
A game similar to the case of being discharged above is performed.

FIG. 8 shows the vicinity of the variable symbol display portion of the pachinko gaming machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and 71 is a box-shaped unit frame provided substantially in the center of the gaming surface 2a of the pachinko gaming machine. This unit frame body 71 is attached in a state where one side surface thereof is flush with the game surface 2a like the unit frame body 22 in the first embodiment, and the unit frame body 71 has a concave portion 71a. A variable symbol display portion 72 is provided facing the outside at the center of the bottom surface.

Below the unit frame 71 on the gaming surface 2a of the pachinko gaming machine, there are three starting winning holes 73a, 73b, 73.
b are provided side by side. Start winning hole 73a in the center
When a hit ball is won, a predetermined number (for example, 15) of pachinko balls are paid out as prize balls, and the right and left start winning holes 73
When the hit ball is won in b and 73b, the starting winning opening 73 in the center
A smaller number (for example, 7) of pachinko balls than when a prize is awarded to a is paid out as a prize ball.
Further, when a hit ball is won in any of the starting winning openings 73a, 73b, three screens are displayed in a horizontal row on the variable symbol display portion 72, and each of these screens can change a plurality of types of symbols such as numbers. After the display, if the combination of symbols stopped after a lapse of a predetermined time is a specific combination, a special game state that is advantageous to the player is set.

The lower portion of the unit frame 71 (that is, the vertical intermediate position between the variable symbol display portion 72 and the starting winning openings 73a, 73b) receives a hit ball and starts the winning opening 73.
A center stage 75 is provided as a hitting ball guiding unit for guiding the ball toward the upper side near a and 73b. This center stage 75, as shown in detail in FIG.
The lower surface 71a of the concave portion 71a of the stage surface 7 that receives a hit ball
The stage surface 76 is formed in the shape of an inclined surface which is inclined toward the hitting ball discharge port 77 located right above the starting winning port 73a. A guiding path 81 is formed in the unit frame 71 on the back surface side of the recess 71 a, and the guiding path 81 is a unit for hitting a ball 80 entering an inflow port 82 formed at the upper edge of the unit frame 71. Frame 7
The discharge port 83 is formed in the lower portion of the bottom surface of the concave portion 71a of No. 1 and is guided onto the stage surface 76.

The guide path 81 is formed on the stage surface 76.
, And four first guide holes 87, 8 in a substantially symmetrical manner with the axis passing through the discharge port 83 of each of them as a symmetrical axis.
, And two second guide holes 88, 88 are provided. All of the four first guide holes 87, 87, ... The hit ball is guided to the hit ball discharge port 91 from above and discharged. Also, each second guide hole 88
Communicates with the hitting ball discharge port 92 formed of an elliptical hole provided above the corresponding start winning hole 73b, and guides and discharges the hit ball from the stage surface 76 to the hitting ball discharge port 92. . Therefore, the center stage 75
In addition to discharging the hit ball received on the stage surface 76 from the hit ball discharge port 77 of the stage surface 76, the hit ball is received from the first guide hole 87 or the second guide hole 88, and these holes 8
7 and 88 themselves are used as guide paths to guide and discharge the hit balls to the hit ball discharge ports 91 and 92, and the three hit ball discharge ports 77, 91 and 92 respectively correspond to the corresponding starting winning holes 73a or 73b. Are different from each other, and in particular, the hitting ball outlet 91 is provided right above the starting winning hole 73a and closer to the starting winning hole 73a than the hitting hole 77 on the stage surface 76.

Therefore, also in the second embodiment,
When a hit ball flows into the inflow port 82 of the guide path 81 and is discharged from the discharge port 83 of the guide path 81 onto the stage surface 76 of the center stage 75, the hit ball is moved to the stage surface 76.
The hitting ball discharge port 77 does not fall into the guide holes 87 and 88 above.
From the ball, from the hitting ball discharge port 91 through the first guide hole 87, or from the hitting ball discharge port 92 through the second guide hole 88. These hitting ball outlets 77, 91, 92 are all starting winning holes 73.
It is located above a and 73b, but the starting winning opening 73
Since the distances to a and 73b are different and the shapes are different,
The probabilities of winning the starting winning holes 73a and 73b of the discharged hit balls are different. Further, the number of prize balls to be paid out when a hit ball is won at the start winning holes 73a and 73b is also different. Therefore, as in the case of the first embodiment, the player is strongly interested in the movement of the hit ball on the center stage 75, and the playability on the center stage 75 can be improved.

FIG. 10 shows a center stage structure of a pachinko gaming machine according to a third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, as in the case of the center stage 75 in the second embodiment, the lower side wall surface of the concave portion 101a of the unit frame body 101 is the stage surface 102 that receives a hit ball. Body 101
A discharge port 104 of the guide path 103 is formed on the surface of the guide surface 103 facing the stage surface 102.

A recess 101a is formed on the stage surface 102.
Two first guide holes 110, 110 and three second guide holes 111, 111, 111 are formed in a portion near the bottom surface, and a pair of ball reflection levers 112, 112 are provided in a portion near the game surface. ing. The first guide hole 110 is a hitting ball discharge opening (first
Hitting ball discharge port 3 of the third stage unit 25 in the embodiment of
5 and the hitting ball discharge port 91 in the second embodiment)
In addition, the second guide path 111 is a hitting ball outlet opening at a position second closest to the starting winning opening (the hitting ball outlet 34 of the second stage portion 24 in the first embodiment and the hitting ball outlet in the second embodiment). (Corresponding to 92) respectively, the hitting ball 80 is guided and emitted from the stage surface 102.

The pair of ball reflection levers 112, 112
Are arranged so as to close one side which is continuous with the game surface of the stage surface 102 except for the hitting ball discharge port 113 at the center thereof, and support shafts 114 as vertical axes are connected to opposite ends thereof. There is. In the support shaft 114,
Although not shown, the rotational force of the motor is transmitted through the speed reducer, and the pair of ball reflection levers 112,
Receiving the rotational force, each of the 112 is provided so as to horizontally swing around the support shaft 114 along the stage surface 102 in a predetermined angle range in a predetermined cycle. Therefore, the center stage 100, like the center stage 75 in the second embodiment, in addition to discharging the hit ball received on the stage surface 102 from the hit ball discharge port 113 of the stage surface 102, the first guide hole 110 or the second guide hole 110. The hit balls are received from the guide holes 111, and these hit holes 110 and 111 themselves are used as guide paths to guide the hit balls to different hit ball discharge ports for discharge, and a pair of ball reflection levers 112 and 1 are provided.
The numeral 12 exerts a function as a movable member which selectively distributes a hit ball on the stage surface 102 to these three hit ball discharge ports 113 (only one is shown in the figure).

In the third embodiment, too,
As in the case of the first and second embodiments, the player is strongly interested in the movement of the hit ball 80 on the center stage 100, and of course the playability on the stage 100 can be improved. is there.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned first to third embodiments, but includes various other forms. For example, in each of the above-described embodiments, the start winning opening 15, 73 is provided below the variable symbol display portion 14, 72.
a, 73b are provided, and the case where the center stage 21, 75, 100 is provided at an intermediate position in the vertical direction between the variable symbol display portions 14, 72 and the starting winning holes 15a, 73a, 73b on the game surface 2a is described. The invention can be similarly applied to the case where a hitting ball guiding portion for guiding a hitting ball to the starting passing gate is provided above the starting passing gate arranged at a predetermined position on the game surface instead of the starting winning hole. You can

In the first and second embodiments,
As the variable symbol display portions 14 and 72, the case where a liquid crystal display is used has been described, but it goes without saying that a cathode ray tube, a reel device or the like may be used instead of this liquid crystal display.

Further, in the third embodiment, the ball reflecting lever 112 as a movable member for selectively distributing the hit balls on the stage surface 102 to the three hit ball ejection openings 113 is automatically swung in a predetermined cycle. However, the present invention is
The ball reflection lever 112 may be swung by the player's operation so that the player can selectively distribute the hit balls on the stage surface 102 to the three hit ball discharge ports 113. In this case, Can further enhance the playability on the stage.

[0033]

As described above, according to the pachinko gaming machine of the present invention, the hit ball received on the stage surface of the hit ball guiding portion is discharged from the hit ball discharge port of the stage surface or on the stage surface. The probability of winning the ball at the starting winning opening or the starting passage gate is different depending on whether the ball is discharged from the hole provided through the guide path from a different hitting hole on the stage surface. You will be interested in the movement of the ball hit in the, you can enhance the playability of the stage, it can be a lot of fun.

In particular, in the invention according to claim 3, since the variable symbol display portion and the stage surface are close to each other, the pachinko is caused by the synergistic effect of the symbol variation game on the variable symbol display portion and the game on the stage surface. The interest of the gaming machine can be further enhanced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the outer appearance of a pachinko gaming machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a central portion of a game surface of the gaming machine.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the central portion of the game surface.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line KK of FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line LL in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line MM in FIG.

7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line NN of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a view corresponding to FIG. 2 showing a second embodiment.

9 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a view corresponding to FIG. 9 showing a third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

A Pachinko machine 2a Game side 14,72 Variable symbol display 15,73a, 73b Start winning hole 21,75,100 center stage (hit ball guide) 23 1st stage section (guideway) 24 Second stage section (guideway) 25 Third Stage Section (Guideway) 31, 34, 35 ball discharge outlet 51,52 Rotating body (movable member) 52a Part of outer peripheral edge of upper surface of rotating body (communication path) 55 1st communication hole (communication passage) 56 Second communication hole (communication path) 76,102 Stage surface (guideway) 77,91,92,113 Ball discharge outlet 87,110 First guide hole (guide path) 88,111 Second guide hole (guide path) 112 Ball reflection lever (movable member)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko gaming machine comprising a hitting ball guiding portion for receiving a hitting ball and guiding the ball to the starting winning opening above a starting winning opening arranged at a predetermined position on the game surface. , Has a stage surface for receiving a hit ball, and this stage surface is provided with a hit ball discharge hole for discharging the hit ball from above the starting winning opening, and accepts the hit ball while the hit ball reaches the hit ball discharge port. At least one hole is provided, and the hit ball received in this hole is discharged from the hit ball discharge port different from the hit ball discharge port on the stage surface through the guide path. The pachinko gaming machine is characterized in that the outlet is provided directly above the starting winning opening and closer to the starting winning opening than the hitting opening on the stage surface. 2. A pachinko gaming machine comprising a hitting ball guiding portion for receiving a hitting ball and guiding the ball to the starting passing gate above a starting passing gate arranged at a predetermined position on the game surface. , Has a stage surface for receiving a hit ball, and this stage surface is provided with a hit ball discharge port for discharging the hit ball from above the starting passage gate, and accepts the hit ball while the hit ball reaches the hit ball discharge port. At least one hole is provided, and the hit ball received in this hole is discharged from the hit ball discharge port different from the hit ball discharge port on the stage surface through the guide path.
The pachinko gaming machine is characterized in that the another hitting ball discharge port is provided right above the starting passing gate and closer to the starting passing gate than the hitting ball discharging port on the stage surface. 3. The starting winning opening or the starting passage gate,
It is arranged below the variable symbol display portion provided in the substantially central part of the game surface and has a starting function of this variable symbol display portion, and the hitting ball guiding portion is the variable symbol display portion and the start prize on the game surface. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the pachinko gaming machine is arranged at an intermediate position in the vertical direction with respect to the mouth or the starting passage gate.