JP2003126468A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To more simplify the structure of a pachinko game machine. SOLUTION: A fill-up switch 43, a supply switch 44, an winning ball putout switch 51, an other winning hole switch 52, and a reset switch 53 are connected to an input side of an winning ball control board 43, and a first kind of start hole switch 36a and a count switch 40b are also connected to the input side through a main control board 30. A ball run-out motor 54 and an error display LED (7 segments LED) are connected to an output side, and a prepaid card unit 13 and a CR account display board 42 are connected in two ways.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball game machine,
More specifically, the present invention relates to an invention of prize ball control for paying out game balls to a player as prize balls.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a gaming machine, for example, a pachinko gaming machine, when a game ball that is fired enters a starting opening or passes through a passing opening, a symbol is displayed for a predetermined time on the screen and then statically displayed (stopped display), If this statically displayed symbol is a combination of predetermined symbols, the game content is in an advantageous state for the player. When the player is in an advantageous state, a control for opening or enlarging an accessory, which is called a continuous accessory or a normal electric accessory, is executed so that the launched game ball can be won very easily. Whether or not the game contents are advantageous to the player, and the control of the opening operation of the accessory is executed by a control board called a main control board. When a game ball wins at each prize hole arranged on the game board surface of the above-mentioned accessory, all the won game balls are collected in the safe ball tank as a prize ball,
If there is a winning ball, it is detected by a sensor provided in the safe ball tank, and a predetermined number (usually 5 to 15) is set for one winning ball.
The payout of the individual game balls is performed, and after the payout, the prize balls are discharged one by one from the safe ball tank.
Also, when the game balls are won in the winning opening as the starting opening, they are collected in the safe ball tank, but the winning is detected by a sensor provided in the starting opening, and a predetermined number (usually 5 to 6) is detected. After paying out the game balls, discharge them one by one from the safe ball tank. This prize ball payout control is generally executed by a control board called a prize ball control board or the like. As an invention relating to the above-mentioned control of payout of prize balls,
A "ball discharge control device for a game machine" and the like shown in JP-A-6-71027 are known.

[0003]

However, the following problems have been considered in the ball game machine having the above-mentioned safe ball tank. (1) The mechanism is bulky because a safe ball tank is required.
Especially in recent stochastic machines, big hits may occur continuously, so it is necessary to configure the capacity of the safe ball tank to be large. (2) For winning balls that have won prize holes with different numbers of prize balls The control becomes complicated because everything gathers in the safe ball tank. (3) The number of winning balls won in the starting opening or the big winning opening is counted, and the counted data is used in the winning ball control board (ball discharging control device). Issues such as the need to send it were considered. In order to solve this problem, it is conceivable to execute the prize ball payout control on the main control board, but the control load on the main control board becomes heavy. The ball game machine of the present invention is made for the purpose of suitably solving the above-mentioned problems while reducing the control load of the main control board.

[0004]

[Means and Effects for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems, the gaming machine according to claim 1 is such that a game ball shot on the surface of the game board wins a specific winning opening or passes through a specific passing opening. A main control board that determines whether or not the game content is advantageous to the player according to the random number value that is extracted due to the timing, and a prize ball control board that controls the prize ball payout device that pays out the prize balls, Prize ball detecting means for outputting a prize ball detection signal when detecting a prize ball discharged from the prize ball paying device, and prize detecting means for outputting a prize detection signal when detecting a prize ball to each prize hole on a game board surface. And a ball game machine configured to include, on the prize ball control board, further, detection signal acquisition means for directly acquiring each detection signal output by the prize ball detection means and the prize detection means, The prize inspection obtained by the detection signal obtaining means. The award ball data corresponding to the number of award balls that have not been paid out by the award ball payout device is added and calculated based on the signal, and the award ball data is subtracted and calculated based on the award ball detection signal acquired by the detection signal acquisition means. Award ball data calculating means, a memory holding means for storing and holding the award ball data calculated by the award ball data calculating means, and an award ball paying device according to the award ball data stored by the memory holding means. And a prize ball instruction means for instructing to pay out the ball.

Here, when it is determined whether or not the game content advantageous to the player is determined due to the timing at which the game ball shot on the game board surface wins a specific winning opening or passes through a specific passing opening. Of course, it is naturally included that a player wins directly to a specific winning opening or is directly advantageous to the player by the value of a random number extracted due to the timing of passing through a specific passing opening. A predetermined specific winning opening is opened by the value of a random number extracted due to the timing of winning a prize or passing a specific passing opening, and when the game ball passes through the specific area within the opened specific winning opening, the player is informed. It also includes the game contents that the game machine such as a so-called “third-class game machine (property object)” that is in the advantageous state indirectly has in the player's advantageous state.
In addition, the state that is advantageous to the player is not only the so-called "big hit game" in which the big winning opening on the game board surface is continuously opened, but also when it is only opened once without being continuous, or is usually electrically driven. An opening of a character or the like that has an opening of 55 mm or less that electrically opens or expands is also included, and is extracted due to the timing at which a game ball wins a specific winning opening or passes through a specific passing opening. It includes all the configurations that are advantageous to the player by the value of the random number.

The prize ball detecting means may be any means that outputs a prize ball detection signal when a prize ball discharged from the prize ball paying device is detected. A switch or a sensor is provided on the downstream side of the prize ball paying device. Naturally, the configuration for detecting the game balls as the prize balls to be discharged is included, and a switch or a sensor is provided on the upstream side of the prize ball discharging device to provide a game ball corresponding to the game balls discharged from the prize ball discharging device. It also includes a configuration for detecting.

The winning detection means may be any means that outputs a winning detection signal when a winning ball to each winning opening on the game board surface is detected, and a switch or a sensor is provided at each of the winning openings on the playing board surface. The configuration may be adopted, or the winning spheres may be collected by a collecting gutter for each of the winning openings having different payout numbers, and the winning spheres may be detected for each difference in the number of prize balls. The point is that the configuration is such that at least the difference in the number of prize balls can be determined.

The detection signal acquisition means may be any means that directly acquires the respective detection signals output by the prize ball detection means and the prize detection means. Here, the direct acquisition means the prize ball detection means and the prize detection. This means that each detection signal output by the means is obtained as it is, and even a configuration in which the detection signal is obtained through another circuit board such as the main control board may be obtained. The point is that it is not necessary that the data is once acquired by another circuit board, the acquired detection signals are aggregated, some data is processed, and the processed data is acquired.

The prize sphere data calculation means adds and calculates prize sphere data corresponding to the number of prize spheres that have not been paid out by the prize sphere payout device based on the winning detection signal acquired by the detection signal acquisition means. It may be any means that subtracts the prize ball data based on the prize ball detection signal acquired by the detection signal acquisition means, and more specifically, prize ball data corresponding to the number of prize balls that have not been paid out by the prize ball payout device. Based on the winning detection signal acquired by the detection signal acquisition means, the data of the number of award balls set for each winning opening is added and calculated, and the award ball data corresponding to the number of award balls not yet paid out by the award ball payout device is calculated. It suffices if the configuration is such that data corresponding to the number of prize balls paid out based on the prize ball detection signal acquired by the detection signal acquisition means is subtracted.

The memory holding means may be any means for storing and holding the prize ball data calculated by the prize ball data calculating means, and is configured so that the calculated prize ball data is not lost due to a temporary power failure. However, a battery backup is preferable so that prize ball data is not lost even after a long power outage. This battery backup configuration may be a configuration in which a condenser or the like is mounted on the prize ball control board,
It is also possible to mount a capacitor or the like on a power supply circuit board which is another board and supply power from this board to back up.

In the ball game machine according to the first aspect, the prize ball control board for controlling the prize ball payout device for paying out the prize balls detects the respective detection signals outputted by the prize ball detecting means and the prize detecting means. The award ball data obtained directly by the signal obtaining means, and the award ball data corresponding to the number of award balls not yet paid out by the award ball payout device based on the award detection signal and the award ball detection signal directly obtained by the detection signal obtaining means are award ball data. The addition / subtraction calculation is performed by the calculation means, and the added / subtracted award ball data is stored and held by the storage / holding means, and the award ball instructing means instructs the award ball payout device to pay out the award ball according to the stored and held award ball data.

Thus, in the ball game machine according to the first aspect, the prize ball control board for controlling the prize ball payout device for paying out the prize balls detects each of the prize ball detecting means and the prize detecting means. It is possible to directly acquire the signal, calculate and store the prize ball data to be paid out based on the acquired detection signal. Therefore, it is possible to omit the processing of calculating the prize ball data corresponding to the winning ball that the main control board has won in the starting opening and transmitting the calculated prize ball data as in the conventional case, and the processing load of the main control board is reduced. It has an excellent effect that it can be further reduced. Further, since the respective detection signals output by the prize ball detecting means and the prize detecting means are directly acquired and the prize ball data to be paid out can be calculated and stored based on the acquired detection signals, as in the conventional case, It is not necessary to hold the winning ball until there is a ball, immediately discharge if the winning ball is detected, in reality it is not necessary to temporarily hold it for detection,
It also has an excellent effect that it can be in a drip state. As a result, it is possible to eliminate the conventional safe ball tank for temporarily holding all the winning balls, and the winning ball discharging device for discharging one winning ball each time there is a winning ball from the safe ball tank. There is also an excellent effect that the configuration of the gaming machine can be further simplified.

According to another aspect of the ball game machine of the present invention, the game contents advantageous to the player according to the random number value extracted due to the timing at which the game ball shot on the game board surface wins a specific winning opening. A main control board for determining whether or not, and a prize ball control board for controlling the prize ball payout device for paying out prize balls,
Prize ball detecting means for outputting a prize ball detection signal when detecting a prize ball discharged from the prize ball paying device, and prize detecting means for outputting a prize detection signal when detecting a prize ball to each prize hole on a game board surface. And a ball game machine configured to include the prize ball control board, further, to the specific winning opening for extracting the random number value from the winning detection signal output by the winning detection means. The winning detection signal corresponding to the winning ball is directly obtained through the main control board, and the winning detection signal corresponding to the winning ball other than the specific winning opening is directly obtained without passing through another control board. At the same time, the award ball detection signal output by the award ball detection means is directly obtained without using another control board, and the award ball is obtained based on the winning detection signal obtained by the detection signal acquisition means. Number of prize balls not yet paid out by the payout device The corresponding prize balls data addition operation,
Prize ball data calculation means for subtracting calculation of the prize ball data based on the prize ball detection signal acquired by the detection signal acquisition means, and memory for storing and holding prize ball data calculated by the prize ball data calculation means The present invention is characterized by comprising holding means and a prize ball instruction means for instructing a prize ball payout device to pay out the prize balls according to the prize ball data stored by the storage holding means.

Here, the detection signal acquiring means is a winning detection signal corresponding to a winning ball to a specific winning opening for extracting a random number value from the winning detection signals output by the winning detection means. Directly through the other, and the winning detection signal corresponding to the winning ball other than the specific winning opening directly through the other control board, the winning ball detection signal output by the winning ball detection means other Any means may be used as long as it is a means for directly acquiring without passing through the control board. Here, the direct acquisition has the same meaning as described in claim 1, and the direct acquisition of the winning detection signal corresponding to the winning ball to the specific winning opening through the main control board means the main control board. It means that the winning detection signal is acquired as it is by relaying, and further, the direct acquisition without the other control board is compared with the acquisition of the winning detection signal corresponding to the winning ball to the specific winning opening. The above-mentioned configuration means a configuration in which the detection signal is obtained as it is without relaying another control board. It should be noted that, here, it suffices that the other control boards are not relayed, and there is no problem even if the configuration is simply via another relay board that transmits and receives signals.

The ball-ball game machine according to claim 2 is a ball-game machine according to claim 1.
In addition to having the same effect as the ball game machine described in 1, the detection signal acquisition means corresponds to the winning ball to a specific winning opening for extracting a random number value from the winning detection signal output by the winning detection means. The winning detection signal is directly obtained through the main control board, and the winning detection signal corresponding to the winning ball other than the specific winning opening is directly obtained without passing through another control board, and the winning ball detection means outputs it. Since it is configured to directly obtain the winning ball detection signal that does not go through another control board, the detection signal corresponding to the winning ball to the specific winning opening as the starting opening can also be used in the main control board. It has an effect that extraction of random numbers can be executed. Thereby, in the ball game machine according to claim 2, the detection signal corresponding to the winning ball to the specific winning opening as the starting opening is used only for the random number extraction in the main control board, and the winning ball control board is the prize. It has an extremely excellent effect of being able to execute all the control related to the sphere.
Further, since the winning detection signal and the winning ball detection signal other than the detection signal corresponding to the winning ball to the specific winning opening are directly acquired without passing through another control board, they are related to the control of the winning ball in the ball game machine. There is also an effect that the structure can be further simplified without making it complicated.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The embodiment of the present invention is
It is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the following examples and various forms can be adopted as long as they are within the technical scope of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 10 of the present embodiment includes a roughly rectangular outer frame 11 and a front frame 12, and a known card reader 13 is provided on the left side of the outer frame 11. The front frame 12 is rotatably attached to the outer frame 11 by a hinge 14 at the upper and lower left ends. An upper plate 15 is provided below the front frame 12, and this upper plate 15
A lending button 16, a settlement button 17, and a balance display section 18 are provided in the. When the prepaid card is inserted into the card slot 19 of the card reader 13, the stored balance is displayed.
8, the game ball is rented out when the lending button 16 is pressed, and the game ball is discharged from the payout opening of the upper plate 15. A window-shaped metal frame 20 is releasably attached to the front frame 12 with respect to the front frame 12. A plate glass 21 is doubly fitted in the metal frame 20. Plate glass 21
A game board 22 is stored in the back of the. A lower plate 23 is provided below the front frame 12 of the upper plate 15, and a firing handle 24 is attached to the right side of the lower plate 23. A rotation ring (not shown) is provided on the outer circumference of the firing handle 24, and the game ball can be fired onto the game board 22 by rotating clockwise. The upper plate 15 and the lower plate 23 are connected to each other, and are configured to guide the game ball to the lower plate 23 when the upper plate 15 is filled with the game balls.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the pachinko machine 10 as viewed from the back side. As shown in the figure, a mechanism board 26 to which the above-mentioned game board 22 is detachably attached is housed in the above-mentioned outer frame 13. The mechanism board 26 is provided with a ball tank 27, a guide gutter 28, and a payout device 29 from above. With this configuration, if there is a prize for a game ball in the prize hole on the game board 22, a predetermined number of game balls are dispensed from the ball tank 27 through the guide gutter 28 by the dispenser 29.
Can be discharged to. In addition, the main control board 30 and the prize ball control board 31 can be attached to and detached from the mechanism board 26.
2, the special symbol display device 32, the launch control board 33 is attached to the lower left portion of the front frame, and the external connection terminal board 50 is attached to the left side of the special symbol display device 32, respectively. Since the structure regarding the payout of the game balls centering on the mechanism board 26 is the same as the conventional configuration, its detailed description will be omitted.

Next, the game board 22 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the game board 22 has an LCD panel unit (hereinafter, referred to as “LCD”) 32a that constitutes a special symbol display device 32 in the center, and a normal electric accessory as a first-class starting opening at the bottom thereof. 36, the normal symbol display device 37 on the LCD 32a upper part, the normal symbol operation gates 38 and 39 on the left and right of the LCD 32a used for starting the fluctuation of the symbol displayed on the normal symbol display device 37, the large winning opening 40 on the lower part of the normal electric auditors' product 36 There are provided an outlet 41 at the bottom of the board, various other winning openings, a windmill, and a game nail (not shown). With this configuration, when the above-mentioned firing handle 24 is rotated, the firing motor 33a driven by the firing control board 33 is driven, and the game ball on the upper plate 15 is fired on the game board 22 via the guide rail. . If the launched game ball wins each prize hole, the game ball is taken into the back surface of the board as a safe ball, and if not won, it is taken into the back surface of the board like an out ball through the out opening 41.

Next, the electrical construction of the aforementioned pachinko machine 10 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. Pachinko machine 1
The electric circuit of 0 is, as shown in the figure, the main control board 30, the prize ball control board 31, the special symbol display device 32, the launch control board 33, the lamp control board 34, and the sound control board 35 described above.
Etc. The circuit diagram does not include a so-called relay board or the like for transferring signals.

The main control board 30 is a ROM that stores a game control program and a RAM that works as a work area for operations and the like.
It is configured as a logical operation circuit centering on a built-in 8-bit one-chip microcomputer, and in addition to this, an external input / output circuit for performing input / output to / from each substrate or various switches and various actuators is also provided. On the input side of the main control board 30, there are a first-type starting opening switch 36a, ordinary symbol operation switches 38a and 39a, a accessory continuous operation switch (hereinafter simply referred to as "V switch") 40a, a count switch 40b, and the like. It is connected. On the output side, a special winning opening solenoid 40c, a V solenoid 40d,
The normal accessory solenoid 36b, the external connection terminal board 50, etc. are connected. Here, as shown in FIG. 5, the input side of the main control board 30 is composed of an input buffer 30a and an input port 30b, and the input buffer 30a guarantees that data cannot be output from the input port 30b.

The first-type starting opening switch 36a is in the normal electric auditors product 36 on the game board 22, the normal symbol operating switches 38a and 39a are in the normal symbol operating gates 38 and 39, respectively, and the V switch 40a is the large winning opening. Within a specific area within 40, similarly, the count switch 40b is within the special winning opening 40,
Attached to each. Here, the V switch 40a
Indicates that the game balls that have won in the special winning opening 40 have passed through the special device operating area (hereinafter referred to as "special area"), and the count switch 40b indicates all the game balls that have won in the special winning opening 40. Each is for detection. Further, the special winning opening solenoid 40c connected to the output side is used for the special winning opening 40, the V solenoid 40d is used for opening and closing the normal electric accessory 36, and the normal accessory solenoid 36b is used for opening and closing the normal electric accessory 36, respectively. It is a thing. V solenoid 40d
Is for closing the special area when one game ball passes through the special area.

The special symbol display device 32 is the LCD described above.
32a and a symbol display device control board (hereinafter, simply referred to as "symbol control board") 32 for driving and controlling the LCD 32a.
b and an auxiliary unit 32c such as a backlight and an inverter board. The symbol control board 32b is configured as a logical operation circuit centering on an 8-bit one-chip microcomputer like the main control board 30 described above.

Similar to the main control board 30, the prize ball control board 31 is a logical operation centered on an 8-bit one-chip microcomputer having a ROM storing a program for paying out prize balls and a RAM working as a work area for operations and the like. In addition to this, an external input / output circuit configured to perform input / output with various switches and various actuators is also provided. On the input side of the prize ball control board 31, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a full tank switch 43, a replenishment switch 44,
Prize ball payout switch 51, other prize opening switch 5
2. In addition to the reset switch 53, the first-type starting opening switch 36a and the count switch 40b are connected via the main control board 30, and the ball cutting motor 54 and the error display LED (7-segment LED) are provided on the output side. 55 is connected,
Further, the prepaid card unit 13 and the CR settlement display board 42 described above are also connected bidirectionally. The full tank switch 43 is in the lower plate 23, and the replenishment switch 44 is the ball tank 2
7, the prize ball payout switch 51 is the payout device 29.
The reset switch 53 is provided on the downstream side of the ball cutting motor 54 in the payout device 29. The full tank switch 43 indicates that the lower bowl 23 is filled with game balls, the replenishment switch 44 indicates that there are game balls in the ball tank 27, and the prize ball payout switch 51 indicates that the payout device 29 is off. The game balls paid out as prize balls by the motor 54 are for detecting each, and the reset switch 53 is a switch operated by a clerk in the pachinko hall.

Here, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the first-type starting opening switch 36a and the count switch 40b are connected to the input buffer 30a of the main control board 30 and in front of the input buffer 30a. It is branched and connected to the input buffer 31a of the prize ball control board 31. In addition, the other winning opening switches 52 are arranged for each difference in the number of prize balls in the present embodiment, and the winning opening switch 52a for the winning opening of 15 payouts and the winning opening switch for the winning opening of 10 payouts. 52b, and a winning opening switch 52c for a payout opening for paying out five pieces. It should be noted that the other winning opening switches 52 may be individually provided in all the winning openings without any problem. In addition, the first-type starting opening switch 36a and the count switch 40b may be connected to the input buffer 31a of the prize ball control board 31, and branched before the input buffer 31a to be connected to the input buffer 30a of the main control board 30. No problem whatsoever. The CR settlement display board 42 is composed of the lending button 16, the settlement button 17, and the balance display section 18 of the upper plate 15 described above.

The firing control board 33 drives and controls the firing motor 33a in accordance with the amount of rotation of the firing handle 24 operated by the player, and when the player presses the firing stop switch 24b, the firing is stopped. Alternatively, the touch lamp 45 is turned on when the touch switch 24a built in the firing handle 24 is in the ON state. The touch switch 24a is built in the firing handle 24 and is for detecting that the player is touching the firing handle 24. Here, as shown in FIG. 6, the input side of the launch control board 33 is composed of an input buffer 33a and an input port 33b, and the full tank switch 43 and the complement ball switch 44 are input to the prize ball control board 31. In addition to being connected to the buffer 31a, the firing control board 33 branches off before the input buffer 31a and is also connected to the input buffer 33a. The full tank switch 43 and the complementary ball switch 44 may be connected to the input buffer 33a, and branched before the input buffer 33a and connected to the input buffer 31a. By arranging the branch before the input buffer 31b, the microcomputer of the prize ball control board 31 operates in the input port 3
It is guaranteed that data cannot be output to the outside via 1b.

The lamp control board 34 is mainly composed of a driving element such as a transistor, and receives a command from the main control board 30, and usually a symbol display device 37, a lamp such as a jackpot lamp, an error lamp, and various LEDs. This is for turning on and displaying the lamps.

The sound control board 35 is composed of a sound source IC, an amplifier, etc., and is for driving and controlling the speaker 46 in response to a command from the main control board 30.

The above-mentioned special symbol display device 32, prize ball control board 31, firing control board 33, lamp control board 34, and sound control board 35 can be transmitted only from the main control board 30 in one direction. It is configured as a communication circuit. Further, power is supplied to each of these control boards 30 to 35 by a power supply circuit PS. A large-capacity capacitor is mounted on this power supply circuit, and one of the control boards 30 to 32 is installed.
The RAM of the chip microcomputer adopts a configuration in which the battery is backed up.

The processing executed by the 8-bit one-chip microcomputer (hereinafter simply referred to as "microcomputer") in the main control board 30 of the pachinko machine 10 having the circuit configuration described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. To The flow chart shown in FIG.
The main processing executed by the microcomputer is a processing executed periodically by a hard interrupt every 2 ms. In this embodiment, steps S100 to S are performed.
Each process up to 200 is a process that is executed only once in the interrupt process, and is referred to as "main process", and steps S210 and S220 are repeatedly executed within the time left after executing this main process as long as time permits. This process is called "residual process".

When the hard interrupt is executed by the microcomputer, it is first judged whether or not it is a normal interrupt (step S100). This determination process is performed by R as a memory.
This is performed by determining whether or not the value of the predetermined area of AM is the predetermined value. When the processing executed by the microcomputer shifts to the main processing, it is judged whether or not normal processing can be executed. Because of. In an unusual case, the microcomputer may run away due to noise or the like, but when the microcomputer runs out, the value in the predetermined area of the RAM is different from the predetermined value. When it is judged that it is not normal, a predetermined value is written in a predetermined area of the memory, each initial value is written in the work area of the memory such as a special symbol and an ordinary symbol as an initial symbol, that is, an initial setting is performed. (Step S1
10).

When a positive determination is made as to normal, the initial random number updating process is first executed (step S120). This process is an increment process in which the value of the initial random number is incremented by 1 every time this process is executed. The value of the initial random number before executing this process is incremented by 1, but the random number value before executing this process is the maximum value. When there is a certain "329", the initial value "0" is returned in the next process, and 330 from "0" to "329" is returned.
Create integers in ascending order. Step S120
The success / failure random number updating process (step S130) that follows is an incrementing process that increments by 1 each time the process is executed similarly to the initial random number updating process. However, when the maximum value "329" is reached, the next process is The initial random number value of is set as an initial value (hereinafter, referred to as “update initial value”), and the process of incrementing by 1 for each interrupt is continued to be “1” from the update initial value.
If a small value (hereinafter referred to as "update maximum value") is reached, in the next process, the initial random number value at that time is used as an initial value, and 330 integer values from "0" to "329" are repeatedly created. To do. That is, +1 is added for each interrupt process and the elements forming the random number are set to 330 integer values from “0” to “329”, which is no different from the initial random number, but the updated maximum value is set. In the next interrupt process, the update initial value at that time is set as the initial value, and +1 is added for each interrupt until the update maximum value is reached, and the next update initial value is set as the initial value. As a result, the success / failure random number has the elements constituting the random number as 330 integer values from “0” to “329”, and is incremented by 1 for each interrupt process, but when the update maximum value is reached, the next interrupt process Since the value is changed to the value determined by the initial random number at that time, the value of the success / failure random number can be made unpredictable. Also, the constituent elements of the random number determined by the update initial value and the update maximum value are the same as the conventional pass / fail random number, and are the same as the 330 integer values of "0" to "329". The appearance rate of is uniform.

Big hit design random number update processing (step S14
0) is configured as a counter that repeatedly creates 15 integers from “0” to “14”, and is incremented by 1 for each main processing and returns to the initial value “0” when the maximum value is exceeded. Each of the 15 random number values “0” to “14” is displayed on the screen and has the same three digits “111”, “222”, “333”, “44”.
4 "," 555 "," 666 "," 777 "," 88 "
8 ”,“ 999 ”,“ AAA ”,“ BBB ”,“ CC
It corresponds to "C", "DDD", "EEE", and "FFF", respectively. The deviation symbol random number updating process (step S150) is
It consists of a random number for the left symbol, a random number for the medium symbol, and a random number for the right symbol, and is used as a deviating symbol when it is not a big hit.
The random number for the left symbol is configured as a counter that repeatedly creates 15 integers from "0" to "14", and + for each main process
When it is incremented by 1 and exceeds the maximum value, it returns to the initial value "0". The medium symbol random number is configured as a counter that repeatedly creates 15 integers from “0” to “14”, and when the left symbol random number returns to “0”, the process is incremented by 1 and exceeds the maximum value. Return to 0 ". The random number for the right symbol is 1 from "0" to "14"
It is configured as a counter that repeatedly creates five integers, and is 1 for each main process when the medium symbol random number returns to "0" and returns to "0" when the maximum value is exceeded. Ordinary symbol random number update processing (step S160) is configured as a counter that repeatedly creates seven integers from "0" to "6", and if this processing is incremented by 1 and exceeds the maximum value, the initial value is set to "0". Return.

Each random number updating process described above (step S12)
0 to S160), the initial random number, the winning and failing random number, the big hit symbol random number, the deviation symbol random number and the ordinary symbol random number are respectively updated, but in the subsequent process (step S170), the gaming machine 10 is connected to the main control board 30. Input processing of each switch is executed. In the present embodiment, the above-described full tank switch 43, replenishment switch 44, first-type starting port switch 36a, V switch 40a, count switch 40b,
Processing for checking the operating status of each switch such as the normal symbol operation switches 38a and 39a is executed.

When there is an input to the first type starting opening switch 36a by this input processing, it means that the game ball has won in the ordinary electric auditors product 36 as a starting opening, and the winning / discarding random number at the time of this interrupt processing. The value is extracted and compared with the success / failure determination value (step S180). Gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment
Is a stochastic variability machine, the judgment value is "1" at normal probability, and "1", "3" at high probability,
These are "5", "7", "9", and "11". As described above, the appearance rate of each of the 330 integer values of "0" to "329" that constitute the random number is uniform, and is extracted at the timing when the game ball wins the ordinary electric auditors product 36 as the starting port. The value of the winning / discarding random number is a value randomly selected because the winning timing cannot be adjusted in minute time units, as compared with 2 ms which is the minute time of the hard interrupt, and the winning / failing random number functions as a complete random number. Therefore, the probability that the extracted value of the winning / discarding random number coincides with the winning / damaging determination value to be a big hit is 1/330 at the normal probability and 1/55 (= 6/330) at the high probability. The probability that this big hit will shift from a low probability state to a high probability state is
In the present embodiment, the value of the above-mentioned big hit symbol random number in the interrupt processing when the big hit occurs is “1”, “3”,
"5", "7", "9", "11" and "13", that is, big hit symbols are "111", "333", "55"
5 ”,“ 777 ”,“ 999 ”,“ BBB ”and“ DD ”
D ”(hereinafter referred to as“ high probability pattern ”),
There is a probability of 7/15 when a big hit occurs and it shifts to a high probability. Then, during the high probability, if the big hit symbol when the big hit is generated again is a high probability symbol, the high probability state continues.

When the winning / judgment determination process (step S180) is completed, the main control board 30 displays a predetermined image on the special symbol display device 32 in order to display an image according to the result of the winning / prohibition determination process on the LCD 32a of the special symbol display device 32. Send a command. As a result, the special symbol display device 32 executes a process of statically displaying an image that informs the player of the result of winning / decision determination after the image is variably displayed for a predetermined time.

Each subsequent output process (step S200)
In accordance with the progress of the game, the main control board 30, the predetermined symbol display device 32, the firing control board 33, the lamp control board 34, the sound control board 35, each predetermined output processing to various solenoids such as the special winning opening solenoid 40c To execute.

The remaining process following the above-mentioned process is composed of a deviation pattern random number updating process (step S210) and an initial random number updating process (step S220), which are exactly the same as the above-mentioned step S150 and step S120, respectively. is there. These two processes form an infinite loop and are repeatedly executed until time is allowed until the next interrupt is executed. The time required to execute the main processing of steps S100 to S200 described above differs for each interrupt depending on whether or not the big hit processing is executed, the display mode of the special symbol, and the like. As a result, the number of times the residual process is executed also differs for each interrupt, and the values of the deviation symbol random numbers and the initial random numbers updated (added) are not uniform by the interrupt process shown in FIG. 7 being executed once. Disappear. As a result, there is no possibility that the initial random number and the out-of-design random number will be synchronized with the random number. In this embodiment, since the update of the random number is changed by the value of the initial random number, there is no possibility of synchronization. Further, the normal symbol random number updating process (step S160) described above may be executed in the residual process.

By executing the above-mentioned processes, the gaming machine 10 executes the following operation. A game ball is launched onto the game board 22 by the launch motor 33a in accordance with the amount of rotation of the launch handle 24 operated by the player, and the launched game ball wins the ordinary electric accessory 36 as the first-class starting opening. If so, it is detected by the first-type starting port switch 36a, and the special symbol is displayed on the screen of the LCD 32a of the special symbol display device 32 for a predetermined period of time after being variably displayed. When this special symbol displayed statically is displayed with a predetermined specific symbol, for example, a three-digit identical symbol such as "777", it is provided as a jackpot state with advantageous game contents for the player.
Whether or not to be a big hit state is determined by whether or not the value of the winning / deciding random number extracted when the game ball is detected by the first type starting opening switch 36a is a predetermined value. When the jackpot state is reached, the special winning opening 40 is opened for about 30 seconds or until the count switch 40b detects that 10 gaming balls have been won, whichever comes first, and at this time, the special winning opening 40 is held. When it is detected by the V switch 40a that the winning game ball has passed through the special area, the special winning opening 40 is once closed and then opened again, and this opening operation is repeated up to 16 times. Normally, the big prize hole 40
Since 15 game balls are paid out as prize balls for one winning of the game ball to, when one big hit state occurs, about 2400 (= 15 × 10 × 16) Game balls can be won as prize balls. This prize ball discharging operation is executed by the prize ball control board 31, and next, the processing performed by the prize ball control board 31 will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. The control executed by the lamp control board 34 and the sound control board 35 during the game has the same configuration as the conventional one, and the description thereof will be omitted.

The flowcharts shown in FIGS. 8 to 10 are as follows.
It shows the processing executed by the microcomputer of the prize ball control board 31, which is periodically executed by a technique such as a hard interrupt. Here, the "prize ball addition routine" shown in FIG. 8 will be described first. When the processing executed by the microcomputer of the prize ball control board 31 shifts to this routine, it is determined whether or not there is a game ball prize at each prize hole on the game board surface (steps S300 and S310). Specifically, the states of the first type starting opening switch 36a, the ten-count switch 40b, and the other winning opening switches 52a, 52b, and 52c are scanned to determine whether or not there is a winning. If it is determined that there is a prize, the payout incomplete data P
The addition process of D is executed (step S320). The addition process is executed for each number of prize balls. That is, if there is one gaming ball in the winning opening where the payout number as the number of prize balls is 5, the value of the unpaid data PD1 is incremented (+
1) is performed, and if the winning number of the game ball is 1 in the payout opening of 10 payouts, the value of the payout incomplete data PD2 is incremented (+1), and the winning of the game ball is won in the payout opening of 15 payouts. If there is one, the value of the payout incomplete data PD3 is incremented (+1). Therefore, in this embodiment,
The value of the unfinished payout data PD is composed of unfinished payout data PD1 representing five prize balls, PD2 representing 10 prize balls, and PD3 representing 15 prize balls. Further, in the present embodiment, the number of prize balls is set to 5 in the first type starting port 36, and the number of prize balls is set to 15 in the special winning opening 40. The value of unpaid data PD is a specific number of data P
The data P may be added to D1 to PD3.
There is no problem even if the specific number is directly added to D.

In the "prize sphere subtraction routine" shown in FIG. 9, first, the respective data PD1 to PD3 of the payout incomplete data PD.
It is determined whether the value of is not zero (step S35).
0). When it is determined that any one of the data PD1 to PD3 is not zero, the ball-slicing motor 54 is drive-controlled to instruct payout of prize balls (step S36).
0). In this embodiment, if two or more data out of the three data PD1 to PD3 are not zero, the payout of the prize balls is instructed from the one having the larger number of prize balls. When the prize ball payout instruction is executed (step S360), the state of the prize ball payout switch 51 is detected and it is checked whether or not the instructed number of prize balls is actually paid out (step S37).
0). When an affirmative determination is made that the instructed number of prize balls have been paid out, the values of the corresponding data PD1 to PD3 of the unpaid data PD are decremented (-1) (step S380). By repeatedly executing the processing of steps S350 to S380, the payout incomplete data P
The payout of prize balls is executed until the values of the respective data PD1 to PD3 of D all become zero. In the present embodiment, since the payout of the prize balls corresponding to the next data is executed after the data of the one having the larger number of prize balls becomes zero, it is said that the payout of the prize balls is executed to the player earlier. It has the effect of giving a feeling.

The contents of the payout incomplete data DP (DP1 to DP3), which are added in the step S320 and subtracted in the step S380, are updated.
Written and stored in AM. In this embodiment, the RAM mounted on each of the main control board 30, the prize ball control board 31, and the symbol control board 32b of the special symbol display device 32 is backed up by the capacitor of the power supply circuit PS. Therefore, even if a power failure occurs, the payout incomplete data DP (D
The contents of P1 to DP3) are not erased. If the payout of the prize balls is not detected in the step S370, and this non-detection state continues for a predetermined time (step S370).
390), and error processing is executed because there is an abnormality in the prize ball payout system (step S400). In this embodiment,
The character "1" is displayed on the error display LED (7-segment LED) 55, and the process of turning on the error lamp is executed. The error display processing of the error display LED 55 and the like is executed until the store clerk at the pachinko hall releases the cause of the error such as a ball clogging and operates the reset switch 53. Even if the reset switch 53 is operated, the payout incomplete data PD
The value of is not cleared. In addition, when the payout of the prize balls is detected by the prize ball payout switch 51 (step S410), even though the value of the payout incomplete data PD is zero in the step S350, the game may be broken down or the cheating may occur. It is determined that there is an excessive prize ball payout process, and error processing is executed (step S420). In this error processing, the character "2" is displayed on the error display LED 55, the error lamp is turned on, and the ball cutting motor 5
4 is forcibly stopped. This error processing is not canceled until the reset switch 53 is operated.

When the process executed by the microcomputer of the prize ball control board 31 shifts to the "ball out / full routine" shown in FIG. 10, it is first checked that the error flag is not set (step S450). . If a positive decision is made that the error flag is not set,
Subsequently, it is determined whether the supply switch 44 is on (step S460) or the full tank switch 43 is on (step S470). If a negative determination is made that both are not turned on, it is determined that there is no abnormality and the process directly exits to "return". Here, if an affirmative determination that one of them is on is made, the process proceeds to error processing (step S480). In the error processing, when the supply switch 44 is turned on, an error flag is set, the error display LED 55 displays the character "3", and an error lamp is turned on to notify.
When the full tank switch 43 is on, the error flag is set, the error display LED 55 displays the character "4", the error lamp is turned on to inform the user, and the ball cutting motor 54 is driven and controlled. If it is, the control to stop the driving is executed. If a negative determination is made in step S450 that the error flag is set, then in this case it is determined whether an error is occurring and whether the replenishment switch 44 or the fill switch 43 is still on ( Steps S490 to S500). If one of them is turned on, the error is not cleared and the process directly exits to "return". If it is determined that both are not turned on, the error flag is reset and "0" is displayed on the error display LED 55. Is displayed, and the error lamp is turned off (step S510). When the full tank switch 43 is turned on, the firing control board 33 executes a process of stopping the operation of the firing motor 33a.

According to this embodiment described in detail above,
The prize ball control board 31 detects the prize balls that have won the prize holes arranged on the game board 22.
6a, the V switch 40a, the count switch 40b, the other winning openings 52a to 52c, and the winning ball payout switch 51 for detecting the winning balls discharged from the ball cutting motor 54 are directly obtained, and the obtained detection signals are obtained. Unfinished payout data D as prize ball data to be paid out based on the signal
P (DP1 to DP3) can be calculated and stored and held. Therefore, as in the prior art, the main control board 30 calculates prize ball data corresponding to the winning balls that have won the first type starting opening 36a and the count switch 40b, and transmits the calculated prize ball data to the prize ball control board 31. This has an excellent effect that the processing can be omitted and the processing load on the main control board 30 can be further reduced.

In addition, addition processing (step S32 in FIG. 8)
0) and subtraction processing (step S380 in FIG. 9) are executed to update and store the payout incomplete data DP (DP1 to DP).
Since 3) can be held in memory, it is not necessary to hold the winning ball until the winning ball is present, and the winning ball can be discharged out of the machine immediately after the winning ball is detected. . As a result, it is possible to eliminate the conventional safe ball tank for temporarily holding all winning balls, a device for discharging one winning ball each time there is a winning ball from the safe ball tank, and the like. There is also an excellent effect that the configuration can be further simplified.

Further, in the present embodiment, the payout incomplete data DP is associated with the number of prize balls of each winning opening, and the payout uncompleted data DP1 of 15 prize balls and the payout uncompleted data D of 10 prize balls.
P2 and 5 prize balls unpaid data DP3 are separated and incremented if a prize is won, and decremented if a prize ball is paid out, which also has the effect of reducing the RAM usage area. There is. Further, in the present embodiment, the RAM of the one-chip microcomputer mounted on each of the main control board 30, the prize ball control board 31, and the symbol control board 32b adopts a structure in which the power supply circuit SP backs up the battery. Even if occurs, the problem that the game can be restarted after the power failure is recovered from the game state before the power failure and an unexpected disadvantage is given to the player has been solved.

Further, in the present embodiment, the first type starting opening switch 36a and the count switch 40b are connected to the input buffer 30a of the main control board 30, and the prize ball control board 31 is branched before the input buffer 30a. Since it is configured to be connected to the input buffer 31a, the detection signal corresponding to the winning ball to the ordinary electric accessory 36 serving as the first-class starting port and the winning ball to the special winning port 40 are handled. The detection signal can also be used in the main control board 30 to extract a random number, and when 10 game balls are won in the special winning opening 40, the special winning opening solenoid 40c is driven to drive the big winning opening 40. It has the effect that it can be used to close the. As a result, the main control board 30 uses the detection signal corresponding to the winning ball to the ordinary electric accessory 36 only for extracting the random number, and the detection signal corresponding to the winning ball to the special winning opening 40. Then, it is used for closing the special winning opening, and the award ball control board 31 has an extremely excellent effect that it can directly input any detection signal related to the award ball.

Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. The second embodiment is one in which the other winning opening switches 52 used in the first embodiment are individually provided in all winning openings other than the ordinary electric auditors product 36 and the big winning opening 40. As the addition processing (step S320 in FIG. 8) that is the increment processing of the payout incomplete data DP (DP1 to DP3) adopted in the example, the “payout incomplete data writing routine” shown in FIG. 11 is executed, and the payout incomplete data DP ( 1 as a subtraction process (step S380 in FIG. 9) which is a decrement process of DP1 to DP3).
It is configured to execute the “payout incomplete data erasing routine” shown in FIG.

In the second embodiment, the scanning operation of the winning opening SW provided corresponding to all the winning openings is executed, and when it is judged that there is a winning, the winning number counter CN for one winning ball CN Is incremented (+1) (step S550), and the prize ball number code is written in a predetermined area of the RAM (step S560). A 1-byte memory is easily used as the winning number counter CN.
It is memorized that there was a maximum of 256 prizes depending on N. The value of the prize ball number code is "01" when it is detected that the prize hole of 5 prize balls has been won, and "10" when the prize code of 10 prize balls is detected. Value of 1
When it is detected that a prize has been won in the prize hole of the five prize balls, “1
The value "1" is written in a predetermined area of the RAM. This RA
In writing the prize ball number code into M, as illustrated in the memory map of FIG. 13, the prize ball number code for one winning ball is written in units of 2 bits in the memory of 1 byte.

In the present embodiment, the memory area of the prize ball number code is facilitated from the memory from the address "E000" to the address "E07F" H. For example, the number of prize balls that have not yet been paid out is determined. When it is detected that there are 96 prizes in the prize hole of the 5 prize balls, the prize number counter CN
Value is incremented and the value of "97" is counter C
In the present embodiment, in the memory area of the address stored as N and converted from the value of "97", the first bit and the second bit of the 8-bit memory which constitutes 1 byte of the address "E018" H
A code of "01" is written in the area of the bit position, and when it is detected that 10 winning balls have been won in this state, the value of the counter CN is incremented to "9".
The value of “8” is stored as the counter CN, and the memory area of the address “E01” is converted from the value of “98”.
8 "" 1 "in the area of the 3rd and 4th bits of the H address
The code "0" is written. That is, the code written in 2-bit units from the "E000" H address to the "E07F" H address memory area indicates the number of prize balls that have won earlier as the code written in the lower address of the memory address,
The code written in the higher address indicates the latest number of winning balls.

In the prize ball payout processing, the prize ball control board 3
The microcomputer of 1 is the first bit and 2 of the address "E000"
Instructing to pay out the number of prize balls corresponding to the code written in the area of the bit position, the ball cutting motor 54 is driven and controlled, and the designated number of prize balls is paid out.
When it is detected by 1, the value of the prize number counter CN is decremented (-1) and stored as the latest prize number counter CN (step S600 in FIG. 12), and the process of erasing the paid prize ball number code is executed ( Step S61
0). In the present embodiment, the payout prize number code is erased by executing the right shift instruction twice for shifting the data of the memory area in which the prize count code is written from the left to the right by 2 bits twice in the 1-byte memory. Processing is performed.

More specifically, the data written in the 3rd and 4th bits of the address "E000" H is 1
The data written to the 5th bit and the 6th bit is changed to the 3rd bit and the 4th bit, and the data of the 7th bit and the 8th bit is 5 bits. A code was written so that the data of the 1st and 2nd bits of the address "E001" H migrated to the 7th and 8th bits of the address "E000" H of the "E001" H. This shift processing is sequentially executed for all areas. As a result, each time the processing executed by the microcomputer of the prize ball control board 31 shifts to this routine, the prize ball number code corresponding to the first and second bits of the address "E000" corresponds to the prize ball number code. The control of paying out the number of game balls is executed until the value of the winning number counter CN becomes zero.

According to the second embodiment, in addition to having the same effect as the first embodiment, the prize ball control board 31 is set in the order in which the prize balls are paid out in the game ball winning opening. It has an excellent effect that the number can be paid out. Thereby, the prize balls having different numbers of prize balls to the starting opening etc. are executed in preference to the prizes to the other prize holes, and the total number of prize balls finally paid out to the player is executed. Unlike the conventional technology of matching, the number of prize balls corresponding to the prize hole is always paid out to the player in real time, so "Isn't there a prize ball corresponding to the prize hole?"
It is possible to eliminate problems such as giving the player the question. In the second embodiment, the number of prize balls corresponding to the unpaid prize balls is stored in time series in the order of winning, but the number of prize balls is encoded and stored. Therefore, there is also an effect that the used area of the memory can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a gaming machine 10 adopting the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the gaming machine 10 seen from the back side.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a configuration of a game board 22 of the game machine 10.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the gaming machine 10.

5 is a block diagram showing an electrical connection relationship between a main control board 30 and a prize ball control board 31. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an electrical connection relationship between a prize ball control board 31 and a launch control board 33.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a process executed in a “main routine”.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a process performed in a “prize ball addition routine” executed by the prize ball control board 31.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a process performed in a “prize ball subtraction routine” executed by the prize ball control board 31.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a process performed in a “ball out / full routine” executed by the prize ball control board 31.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a process executed in a “payout incomplete data writing routine” executed by the prize ball control board 31.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a process performed in a “payout incomplete data erasing routine” executed by the prize ball control board 31.

FIG. 13 is a memory map showing a writing area of a prize ball number code.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Pachinko machine 22 ... Game board 24 ... Launch handle 24a ... Touch switch 30 ... Main control board 31 ... Prize ball control board 32 ... Special symbol display device 32a ... LCD panel unit (LCD) 32b ... Symbol display device control board (design) Control board) 33 ... Launch control boards 30a, 31a, 33a ... Input buffers 30b, 31b, 33b ... Input port 34 ... Lamp control board 35 ... Sound control board 36 ... Ordinary electric accessory (starting port) 36a ... First type start Mouth switch 37 ... Ordinary pattern display device 40 ... Large winning opening 40a ... Object continuous operation switch (VSW) 40b ... Ten count switch (count SW) 43 ... Full switch 44 ... Replenishment switch 51 ... Prize ball payout switch 52 (52a, 52b, 52c) ... Other winning hole switch 53 ... Reset switch 54 ... Ball cutting motor 5 ... Error display L
ED PS ... Power supply circuit

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[Submission date] December 19, 2002 (2002.12.
19)

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[0004]

[Means and Effects for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems, the gaming machine according to claim 1 is such that a game ball shot on the surface of the game board wins a specific winning opening or passes through a specific passing opening. A main control board that determines whether or not the game content is advantageous to the player according to the random number value that is extracted due to the timing, and a prize ball control board that controls the prize ball payout device that pays out the prize balls, Prize ball detecting means for outputting a prize ball detection signal when detecting a prize ball discharged from the prize ball paying device, and prize detecting means for outputting a prize detection signal when detecting a prize ball to each prize hole on a game board surface. And a ball game machine configured to include, on the prize ball control board, further, detection signal acquisition means for directly acquiring each detection signal output by the prize ball detection means and the prize detection means, The prize inspection obtained by the detection signal obtaining means. The award ball data corresponding to the number of award balls that have not been paid out by the award ball payout device is added and calculated based on the signal, and the award ball data is subtracted and calculated based on the award ball detection signal acquired by the detection signal acquisition means. Award ball data calculating means, a memory holding means for storing and holding the award ball data calculated by the award ball data calculating means, and an award ball paying device according to the award ball data stored by the memory holding means. Prize ball instruction means for instructing to pay out balls, and the game board
Play the game ball that wins the big prize hole of each prize hole on the surface
And a count switch for counting
The switch is connected to the main control board and the prize ball
It is characterized in that it is also connected to the control board .

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A game content advantageous to a player according to a random value extracted due to a timing at which a game ball shot on a game board surface wins a specific winning opening or passes through a specific passing opening. A main control board that determines whether or not to win, a prize ball control board that controls a prize ball payout device that pays out prize balls, and a prize ball detection signal that is output when a prize ball discharged from the prize ball payout device is detected. A ball game machine configured to include a ball detection means, and a prize detection means for outputting a prize detection signal when detecting a prize ball to each prize opening on the game board surface, wherein the prize ball control board has: Further, a detection signal acquisition means for directly acquiring each detection signal output by the prize ball detection means and the prize detection means, and a payout by the prize ball payout device based on the prize detection signal acquired by the detection signal acquisition means. Corresponds to the number of outstanding balls Prize ball data calculation means for performing addition calculation of prize ball data and subtraction calculation of the prize ball data based on the prize ball detection signal acquired by the detection signal acquisition means, and prize ball calculated by the prize ball data calculation means Storage holding means for storing data, and a prize ball instructing means for instructing a prize ball payout device to pay out a prize ball according to the prize ball data stored by the memory holding means. Ball game machine to do. 2. A main control for determining whether or not the game content is advantageous to a player according to a random number value extracted due to a timing at which a game ball shot on a game board surface wins a specific winning opening. A board, a prize ball control board for controlling a prize ball payout device for paying out prize balls, a prize ball detection means for outputting a prize ball detection signal when a prize ball discharged from the prize ball payout device is detected, and a game board surface A ball game machine configured to include a winning detection means that outputs a winning detection signal when detecting a winning ball to each of the above winning openings, and the winning ball control board, further, the winning detection means Among the winning detection signals to be output, a winning detection signal corresponding to the winning ball to the specific winning opening for extracting the random number value is directly obtained via the main control board, and to a place other than the specific winning opening. The winning detection signal corresponding to the winning ball of A detection signal acquisition unit that directly acquires the award ball detection signal output by the award ball detection unit without passing through another control substrate, and a signal acquired directly by the detection signal acquisition unit. The prize ball data corresponding to the number of prize balls that have not been paid out by the prize ball payout device is added and calculated based on the prize detection signal, and the prize ball data is obtained based on the prize ball detection signal acquired by the detection signal acquisition means. Prize ball data calculating means for performing subtraction calculation, memory holding means for storing and holding prize ball data calculated by the prize ball data calculating means, and prize ball payout device according to the prize ball data stored by the memory holding means. A ball game machine, comprising: a prize ball instructing means for instructing the player to pay out a prize ball.