JP2003334373A - Game machine, computer program and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a game machine which gives information of an illegal behavior even if an abnormality notifying lamp is hidden. <P>SOLUTION: When a signal of a big prize-winning port opening is sent (S102: Yes), it is judged whether a big win occurs (S104). When the big win does not occur in this case (S104: No), the illegal behavior is performed presently. Then, the detection signal of the illegal behavior is sent to an adjacent pachinko machine (S106) to make a frame lamp 9 emit green light together with adjacent pachinko machines for giving information of the occurrence of the illegal behavior (S108). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine for paying out prize media according to a game result, a computer program for causing the gaming machine to function, and a recording medium having the computer program recorded therein.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a symbol-matching type game machine, a big hit occurs when special symbols displayed in a symbol display device provided in the center of a game area are arranged with three same numbers or the same symbols. When a big hit occurs, a large winning opening, which is a variable winning device provided in the lower part of the game area, is opened to pay out a lot of prize balls to the player at one time.

[0003] Today, there has been a series of fraudulent acts in which a large winning opening, which is a variable winning device, is artificially opened and a large amount of profit is obtained at a time even if no big hit occurs. As a typical technique, a wire or a piano wire or the like is inserted through a gap of a game machine to open a special winning opening which is a variable winning device. . Therefore, in the gaming machine, the control device monitors the abnormality, and when the control device detects the abnormality, the abnormality notification lamp provided in the gaming machine notifies the abnormality.

[0004]

However, recently, in order to deal with abnormality notification lamps and the like, a plurality of people (groups) have engaged in fraudulent acts, instead of one person. That is, one person carries out the wrongdoing such that one person acts as a cheat, one person acts as a watchman, and one person acts as a concealing person of the abnormality notification lamp. When a plurality of people (groups) conduct a fraudulent act, there is a problem that just an alarm notification lamp provided on a gaming machine does not provide sufficient fraud prevention measures.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to realize a gaming machine capable of notifying a fraudulent activity even if an abnormality notifying lamp is hidden.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 is, in the invention according to claim 1, a fraudulent act in a gaming machine for paying out a prize medium according to a game result. A fraud detecting means for detecting a fraudulent activity, a transmitting means for transmitting a signal notifying the detection of fraudulent activity to another gaming machine, a receiving means for receiving the signal from the other gaming machine, and the fraud detecting means. The technical feature is that when an illegal act is detected, and when the receiving unit receives the detection of the illegal act in the other gaming machine, the notifying unit notifies the illegal act.

In the gaming machine of claim 1, the fraud detecting means detects fraud, the transmitting means transmits a signal notifying the detection of fraud to another gaming machine, and the receiving means from the other gaming machine. Receive the signal. Then, the informing means informs the injustice when the injustice detecting means detects the injustice and when the detection of the injustice in the other gaming machine is received. In other words, when a fraudulent activity is performed on one gaming machine, a plurality of people commit the fraudulent activity to notify that a fraudulent activity is being performed on multiple gaming machines including the gaming machine. Even if the abnormality notification lamp (reporting means) is hidden, the reporting means of another gaming machine reports, so that it is possible to inform the player around the player of the illegal activity. or,
Even if there is no employee on the side of the gaming machine in which the fraudulent activity is being performed, it is possible to inform the employee who is away from the fraudulent activity by notifying by using a plurality of gaming machines and take immediate action.
Since the notification by the notification means is not notified by a plurality of gaming machines unless a fraudulent act is performed, it is possible for a plurality of people to confirm that a fraudulent act has been performed by notifying.

In the gaming machine of claim 2, the fraud detecting means detects the fraudulent activity, the transmitting means transmits a signal notifying the fraudulent activity detection to the other gaming machine, and the receiving means records the other fraudulent gaming machine. To receive the signal from. Then, the informing means informs the injustice only when the detection of the injustice in the other gaming machine is received. In other words, when a fraudulent activity is performed on one gaming machine, in order to inform that the fraudulent activity is being performed on a plurality of surrounding gaming machines, the fraudulent activity is performed by a plurality of persons, and one of the groups has an abnormality notification lamp. Even if the (informing means) is hidden, the informing means of another gaming machine informs the player of the illegal activity, so that it is possible to inform the player around the player of the illegal activity. Furthermore,
When a fraudulent activity is performed, the detection of the fraudulent activity is not notified by the gaming machine, but is notified only by another gaming machine.
It becomes possible to notify the wrongdoing without being noticed by the wrongdoer.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the fraudulent activity is notified by the light emission of the lamp / LED or the like.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, an illegal act is notified by the symbol display device.

According to the fifth aspect, the fraudulent activity is notified by the sound from the speaker capable of outputting the sound effect and the sound.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer program for causing a computer to function as a gaming machine for paying out prize media in accordance with a game result, the fraud detecting process for detecting fraud, and fraud. When a process of transmitting a signal notifying the detection of an action to another gaming machine, a receiving process of receiving the signal from the other gaming machine, and a detection of an illegal act in the other gaming machine are received. A technical feature is a computer program that causes a computer to execute a process including a notification process for notifying an illegal act.

That is, the gaming machine according to claims 1 and 2 functions by a CPU (computer) incorporated in a pachinko machine (gaming machine), for example, as described in an embodiment of the invention described later. Therefore, by storing the computer program in a recording medium such as a ROM and causing the CPU (computer) to execute the stored computer program, the pachinko machine (gaming machine) can function.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium on which a computer program for causing a computer to operate a gaming machine for paying out a prize medium in accordance with a game result is recorded, the fraud detecting fraudulent activity. Action detection processing, transmission processing for transmitting a signal notifying the detection of fraudulent activity to another gaming machine, reception processing for receiving the signal from the other gaming machine, and fraudulent activity in the other gaming machine A technical feature is a recording medium having a computer program recorded thereon for causing a computer to execute a process including a notification process for notifying an illegal act when a detection is received.

That is, in a gaming machine in which a game is controlled by a computer, for example, as described in an embodiment of the invention described later, recording is performed on a recording medium such as a ROM provided in a pachinko machine (gaming machine). The CPU (computer) functions by the computer program being executed, so that the game machine according to claim 1 or 2 is realized by using a recording medium such as a ROM in which the computer program is recorded. it can.

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of a gaming machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In each of the embodiments described below, a pachinko machine of the first type will be described as an example of a gaming machine according to the present invention. First Embodiment [Overall Main Configuration] First, a state in which the pachinko machines of this embodiment are connected to each other and a main configuration of the pachinko machines will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which the pachinko machines of this embodiment are connected to each other. FIG. 2 is a detailed view of a part of FIG.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of the connection state shown in FIG. 2 viewed from the back side. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of the pachinko machine shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 as viewed from the front. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a game board provided in the pachinko machine shown in FIG. Figure 6
It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the back set of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. Note that FIGS. 3 and 6 omit the gaming machine external device portion 171 shown in FIG.

(Connection State between Pachinko Machines) As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a plurality of pachinko machines 1 of this embodiment are arranged in the lateral direction.
1-No. Unit numbers of 5 ... Are assigned respectively. Hereinafter, No. 1-No. The pachinko machines 1 to which the machine numbers of 5 ... Are assigned are referred to as 1st to 5th. Adjacent pachinko machines are electrically connected to each other by a communication cable L1, and a signal indicating fraudulent activity detection is transmitted to another platform. At the platform that receives the signal, the fraudulent activity is performed by the adjacent pachinko machine. To inform you that

(Main Structure of Pachinko Machine 1) As shown in FIG. 4, the pachinko machine 1 is provided with a front frame 2 that can be opened and closed, and a glass frame 4 can be opened and closed on the front frame 2. Installed. On the right side of the front frame 2, a keyhole 3 into which a key for opening and closing the glass frame 4 is inserted is provided. A game board 5 is provided inside the glass frame 4, and a firing handle 15 for operating a launching device (not shown) that launches a game ball to the game board 5 is provided on the lower right side of the front frame 2. It is rotatably attached. Below the glass frame 4, a prize ball / ball rental supply port 6a for supplying a prize ball or a ball rental is formed, and on the supply side of the prize ball / ball rental supply port 6a, the prize ball An upper tray 6 for accumulating prize balls or ball rentals supplied from the ball rental supply port 6a is attached. A speaker 79 a is provided inside the upper tray 6. Below the upper tray 6, the upper tray 6 is operated by operating the prize balls and the upper tray ball removing lever 6b that have flowed beyond the number of the upper tray 6 that can be stored.
A discharge port 7a for discharging the game balls and the like discharged from is formed. On the discharge side of the discharge port 7a, the discharge port 7a
Lower tray 7 for storing game balls discharged from
Is provided. A frame lamp 9 is provided above the game board 5, and an ashtray 7 is provided on the left side of the lower tray 7.
b is provided. At the left end of the front frame 2, a device outside game machine portion 171 for reading a prepaid card and displaying the remaining frequency is attached.

(Main Structure of Game Board 5) As shown in FIG. 5, a center case 30 is arranged in the approximate center of the game board 13. In the center case 30, a normal symbol 34f for displaying a normal symbol on the liquid crystal display, a normal symbol storage LED 33 including four LEDs for displaying the number of times the normal symbol 34f is started, and a special symbol for the liquid crystal display Special symbol display L and a special symbol memory L consisting of four LEDs for displaying the number of times this special symbol display 34 is started
An ED 35 is provided.

Below the center case 30, a first type starting port 41 for operating the special symbol display 34 is provided, and a normal electric accessory 40 is provided below the first type starting port 41. It is provided. The normal electric accessory 40 is configured to be opened when the stop symbol of the normal symbol 34f becomes a predetermined hit symbol, and the released normal electric accessory 40 is similar to the first-type starting opening 41. In addition, it has a function to start the operation of the special symbol display 34.

Below the ordinary electric prize 40, a special electric prize 70 in the form of a door having a special winning opening 71 that is opened when a big hit occurs is attached so as to be openable and closable, and inside the special winning opening 71. Has a specific region (not shown) formed therein. On the diagonally upper right of the special electric accessory 70, the normal winning hole 5
4i and 56i are provided, and normal winning openings 55i and 57i are provided diagonally above and to the left of the special electric accessory 70.

On both left and right sides of the center case 30, a normal symbol operating gate 5 for operating a normal symbol 34f.
Wind turbines 52F and 52F are provided below the normal symbol actuation gate 58. Below the game board 13, there is provided an out opening 65 for collecting game balls that have not won as out balls, and on the left side of the out opening 65, guide rails (outer rail 43L and inner rail 44L) are provided. Has been. Top right of the game board 13,
Lamps 20 and 20 are provided on the upper left.

In addition, the normal symbol 34f, or the normal electric accessory 40, the game ball is a normal symbol operation gate 58,
When passing through 58, the first four are the starting memory, and the number of memory is displayed by the number of lighting of the normal symbol storage LED 33. When the normal symbol can be changed, the change is started based on the starting memory. It

The special symbol display 34, which is a liquid crystal display (LCD), displays 10 kinds of symbols 0 to 9 when the game ball wins the first-class starting opening 41 or the opened normal electric accessory 40. The left and right display areas, the middle display area, and the right display area are variably displayed in the three symbol display areas.

After the start of fluctuation, when a predetermined fluctuation fixed time has elapsed, the fluctuation is stopped in the order of the left display area, the right display area, and the middle display area, and the symbols match, for example, as shown in FIG. , 1, 1 are a big hit and the special winning opening 71 is opened.

When the special symbol display 34 is in operation, or when it is in a big hit state, if the game ball wins the first-class start opening 41 or the open ordinary electric auditors product 40, the first four start memories Then, the number of memories is displayed by the special symbol storage LED 35. Then, when the special symbol becomes fluctuable, the variation is started based on the starting memory, and one special symbol storage LED 35 is turned off.

(Structure of the back set) As shown in FIG. 6, a ball tank 21 for storing game balls is provided at the upper part of the back set of the pachinko machine 1, and below the right end of the ball tank 21. A tank rail 22 that guides the game balls flowing out from the ball tank 21 is provided. Tank rail 22
A prize ball unit 62 for paying out game balls that have flowed down the tank rail 22 as a prize ball is provided in the lower part of the, and a game ball that has flowed down the tank rail 22 is lent to the lower part of the prize ball unit 62. A ball rental unit 63 for paying out as is provided. At the bottom of the tank rail 22, a special symbol control device 32 is provided, and at the left end thereof, various L
A lamp control device 300 that controls the light emission of the ED and a voice control device 7 that controls the voice output from the speaker 79a.
9 and are provided. At the bottom of the voice control device 79,
Payout control board 200 for controlling payout of prize balls and lent balls
Is provided, in the lower part of the special symbol control device 32,
A main board 100 that outputs a control command to the lamp control device 300, the voice control device 79, and the payout control board 200 is provided. A firing motor 15e for driving the launching device is provided below the payout control board 200, and a power supply board 74 for supplying power to each board and the apparatus is provided obliquely to the lower right of the main board 100. . Main board 100
Is provided with a communication terminal 80 for communicating with the pachinko machine 1 on the right side and a communication terminal 81 for communicating with the pachinko machine 1 on the left side. The communication terminal 80 is electrically connected to the communication terminal 81 of the pachinko machine 1 on the right side by the communication cable L1, and the communication terminal 81 is electrically connected to the communication terminal 80 of the pachinko machine 1 on the left side by the communication cable L1. It is connected to the. The communication cable is a cable suitable for bidirectional communication. Further, on the main board 100, a switch S for setting an identification code for distinguishing from another table is provided.
W1 is provided. In this embodiment, the switch S
W1 is a dip-type switch and includes five dip-type switches. As a result, "00000" to "1"
A total of 32 types of identification codes "1111" can be set.

[Electrical Configuration of Pachinko Machine 1] Next, the main electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 7, which shows it in blocks. The pachinko machine 1 is provided with a main board 100, and a microprocessor 110 is mounted on the main board 100. In the microprocessor 110, a main CPU 112 that executes main control of the game such as determination of whether or not it is a big hit, calculation of the number of payouts, calculation of an operating rate, count of the number of winnings, control of a round in a big hit game, and the like. A ROM 114 in which a computer program or the like for the main CPU 112 to execute various controls is recorded, and a game ball is the first type starting opening 4
A RAM 116 for temporarily storing a detection result of passing 1 and various data generated during a game such as winning, a computer program read from the ROM 114, and the like is mounted. The following components are electrically connected to the main board 100. The game ball is the first type starting port 4
1st type starting opening switch 27a which detects that the normal electric accessory 40 which opened 1 or both wings is passed, the special design control device 32, the lamp control device 300, the power source board 74, the payout control board 200, the voice control device 79. , A game frame information terminal board 52, a board relay board 51, for transmitting game board information relating to winning, a winning pattern, a big hit occurrence, a big hit pattern, etc. to a computer (not shown) provided in a pachinko hall management room or the like. It is a game frame relay board 53.

The payout control board 200 is equipped with a microprocessor 210 which operates by inputting a control command transmitted from the main board 100. The microprocessor 210 controls the payout of prize balls and lent balls. The sub CPU 212 that performs the control, the ROM 214 in which various control programs for the sub CPU 212 to perform control such as payout of prize balls and lent balls are recorded, and the sub CPU 212 read from the ROM 214 when executing the various control programs. A control program and a RAM 216 for temporarily storing various data such as the number of winnings and the number of prize balls generated during a game are installed. Further, a power supply board 74, a CR connection board 56, a firing motor drive board 15c for driving the firing motor 15e, a game frame information terminal board 52, and a payout relay board 55 are electrically connected to the payout control board 200. There is. A firing switch 15d for outputting a drive signal from the firing motor drive board 15c to the firing motor 15e is connected to the firing motor drive board 15c.

The game frame relay board 53 is electrically connected to a full detection switch 72, award ball detection switches 64 and 65, and a sensor relay board 54. The sensor relay board 54 is electrically connected to the prize ball payout sensors 62a and 62b provided in the prize ball unit 62 and the payout relay board 55. On the payout relay substrate 55, the ball rental switch 61, the prize ball paying motor 62c, and the ball rental unit 63 are provided.
Are electrically connected. The board relay board 51 includes a normal electric accessory solenoid 28 for driving the normal electric accessory 40.
a, the right gate switch 25a for detecting the game ball that has passed through the normal symbol operation right gate 58, the normal symbol operation left gate 5
Left gate switch 26 that detects a game ball that has passed 8
a, a special winning opening switch 41a for detecting a game ball that has won a big winning opening 71, a right winning opening switch 12a for detecting a game ball that has won a right ordinary winning opening 56i, and a game that has won a normal winning opening 57i for the left side Left winning opening switch 13a for detecting a ball, lower right winning opening switch 14a for detecting a game ball winning the lower right ordinary winning opening 54i, lower left ordinary winning opening 55
The lower left winning opening switch 44 for detecting the game ball winning i
a, an opening detection device 77 for detecting the opening of the special winning opening 71,
And the special winning opening relay board 50. A special area switch 42a, a specific area solenoid 42b that drives a member that changes the specific area, and a special winning opening solenoid 41b that drives the opening / closing member 43 are electrically connected to the special winning opening relay board 50. The power supply board 74 is the CR connection board 5.
6, and the CR connection board 56 is electrically connected to the out-of-game machine device portion 171. Further, the power supply board 74 is AC 24V (50Hz / 60H
Power is supplied from the main power supply 170 of z), and necessary power is supplied to each board, device, firing switch 15d, and the like.

[Electrical Configuration of Special Symbol Control Device 32] Next, the main electrical configuration of the special symbol control device 32 will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 11. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing, in blocks, the main electrical configuration of the special symbol control device 32. As shown in FIG. 8, the special symbol control device 32,
It is provided with a special symbol display 32a, a liquid crystal inverter board 32b, a liquid crystal analog board 32c and a special symbol control board 32d. The main board 100 sends an image control command instructing the contents to be displayed by the special symbol display 32a to the sub CPU 32e mounted on the special symbol control board 32d via the line 100a. The sub CPU 32e receives the image control command transmitted from the main board 100, and the content of the received image control command is RO.
Analyze according to the computer program recorded in M32f. The RAM 32r temporarily stores the computer program read from the ROM 32f, the processing result of the sub CPU 32e, and the like. Sub CPU 32e
Sends the analysis result to VDP (video display processor) 32g. Then VDP 32g
An image corresponding to the above analysis result is displayed in the character ROM 32i.
The dot address, display color, rotation, enlargement and reduction of the dots forming the read image are calculated based on the analysis result, and the calculation result is temporarily stored in the built-in palette RAM 32h.

In the character ROM 32i, special symbol image data for displaying 0-9 special symbols, total 5 types of reach effect image data 1-5 for effecting reach state, when a big hit occurs Big hit effect image data for performing the effect, during-round effect image data for displaying the effect image for each round from 1 round to 15 rounds during the big hit, demonstration in a waiting state for customers not playing a game Customer waiting demo image data for displaying images, unit number image data of 0 to 9 for displaying the unit numbers of other units, "base", "de",
"No", "Big hit", "!!", "Number of occurrences",
Image data and the like for displaying “times”, “ball payout rate”, “operating rate”, and “%” are stored.

Subsequently, the VDP 32g is the palette RAM 3
The RGB signals are sent to the liquid crystal analog board 32c based on the calculation result stored in 2h. Subsequently, the liquid crystal analog board 32c performs color correction and brightness adjustment of the fetched RGB signals, and sends the signals to the liquid crystal inverter board 32b. The liquid crystal inverter substrate 32b plays a role of a backlight power source and boosts the captured signal (for example,
12V to 600V), and sends it to the special symbol display device 32a. Then, the special symbol display 32a switches and displays the liquid crystal dots corresponding to the captured signal. As a result, various images are displayed.

[Electrical Configuration of Voice Control Device 79] Next,
The main electrical configuration of the voice control device 79 will be described with reference to FIG. Voice control device 7
Reference numeral 9 denotes a speaker 79a, a speaker relay board 79b, an amplifier 79c, a sound source IC 79d, and a voice control board 79f.
Equipped with. Sub CPU mounted on the voice control board 79f
79g receives the voice control command transmitted from the main CPU 112, analyzes the content of the received voice control command according to the computer program recorded in the ROM 79h, and temporarily stores the analysis result in the RAM 79i.
To store. Subsequently, the sub CPU 79g sends the analysis result to the sound source IC 79d. Then IC79 for sound source
d is the sound source ROM 7 for the sound source data corresponding to the analysis result.
The sound source data is read from 9e and the read sound source data is converted into an analog audio signal. The sound source ROM 79e stores sound source data for outputting sounds such as various instrument sounds, sound effects, and electronic sounds for each scale such as doremifasoraside. The converted analog audio signal is amplified to a predetermined size by the amplifier 79c and output to the speaker 79a via the speaker relay board 79b. As a result, the speaker 79a is connected to the main CPU1.
A voice corresponding to the voice control command transmitted from 12,
For example, it outputs a sound effect when winning a prize or when a big hit occurs.

[Electrical Configuration of Lamp Control Device 300] Next, the main electrical configuration of the lamp control device 300 will be described.
This will be described with reference to FIG. 10 showing it in blocks. The lamp control device 300 includes a special winning opening lamp relay board 301,
Lamp control distribution board 302, frame lamp relay board 30
3. A frame LED board 304 and a lamp control board 305 are provided. The lamp control distribution board 302 has a right side LED board 20a on which LEDs for decorating the right decoration lamp 20 (FIG. 5) are mounted and a left side LED board 20b on which LEDs for decorating the left decoration lamp 20 are mounted. A center upper LED board 316 on which LEDs provided on the upper side of the center case 30 are mounted;
Center L with LED installed on the back of the center
ED board 317 and lower center LED board 318 on which LEDs provided on the lower side of the center case 30 are mounted
, A normal symbol storage display board 35a on which a normal symbol storage LED 33 is mounted, a corner LED board 11a on which an LED for decorating a corner decoration is mounted, and a right ordinary winning opening 5
Right chucker LED with LED for decorating 6i
The board 12b, the left chucker LED board 13b on which the LED for decorating the left ordinary winning opening 56i is mounted, and the right windmill LE on which the LED for decorating the decorative windmill 52F on the right side is mounted.
LE for decorating the D substrate 46a and the left side decorative windmill 52F
The left windmill LED board 46b on which D is mounted, the right gate LED board 25b on which the LED that decorates the normal symbol operating right gate 58 is mounted, and the left gate LED on which the LED that decorates the normal symbol operating left gate 58 is mounted The board 26b is connected.

The special winning opening lamp relay board 301 connected to the lamp control distribution board 302 is equipped with an LED for decorating the right side of the special winning opening 71 (FIG. 5).
ED board 309 and LE to decorate the left side of the special winning opening 71
The special winning opening left LED substrate 310 on which D is mounted, the large winning opening inside LED substrate 311 on which an LED for decorating the center of the special winning opening 71 is mounted, and the LED for decorating under the special winning opening 71 are mounted. Also, the big winning a prize LED board 312 is connected. A frame LED relay board 303 connected to the lamp control distribution board 302 is connected to a frame LED board 304 on which the LEDs provided in the frame lamp 9 (FIG. 4) are mounted. The lamp control board 305 has a sub CPU.
A 306, a ROM 307, and a RAM 308 are mounted. The sub CPU 306 inputs the lamp control command transmitted from the main CPU 112, and the ROM 307
The contents of the lamp control command are analyzed in accordance with the computer program recorded in, and the analysis result is stored in the RAM.
It is temporarily stored in 308. Sub CPU306
Determines an LED to be turned on, a lighting interval, a lighting time, and the like, and sends a signal corresponding to the determination to the lamp control distribution board 302. And a lamp control distribution board 302
A predetermined LED connected to turns on, blinks, or turns off.

In the pachinko machine of this embodiment, the special winning opening 7
1 detects the opening by the opening detection device 77. Prior to the description of the opening detection device, the configuration of the special electric auditors product 70 that opens and closes the special winning opening 71 described above with reference to FIG. 5 will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12. FIG. 11A shows
1 is a front view showing a special electric accessory 70 in a closed state, and FIG.
1B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 11B-11B shown in FIG. 12 (A) is a front view showing the special electric accessory 70 in an open state, and FIG. 12 (B) is shown in FIG.
FIG. 12B is a sectional view taken along line 12B-12B shown in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 11 (A) and 12 (A), the special electric accessory 70 mainly includes a special winning opening 71, an opening / closing member 73, and an opening detection device 77 (FIG. 11 (B) and FIG. 12
(See (B)), a decorative member 78 and the like.

At the center of the special electric accessory 70, there is formed a big winning opening 71 which is made up of an opening formed in a substantially rectangular shape larger than the diameter of the game ball and guides the entered game ball to the back surface of the game board 13. There is. On the surface side of the special winning opening 71, an opening / closing plate 73a formed in a plate shape, two partition plate 73b formed in a plate shape, and a tilt support shaft 73c (FIGS. 11B and 12).
(See (B)) is located.
At both ends of the opening / closing plate 73a in the longitudinal direction, decorative members 7 to be described later
A partition plate 73b that is positioned perpendicularly to 8 is provided, and the opening / closing plate 73a and the partition plate 73b are positioned perpendicular to each other. The base of the opening / closing plate 73a (the lower end of FIG. 11B, the right end of FIG. 12B) is the opening / closing plate 73a.
And the partition plate 73b is connected to a tilt support shaft 73c that can tilt, and both ends of the tilt support shaft 73c are attached to the bottom surface of the special winning opening 71. Around the opening / closing member 73, a decoration member 78 with a predetermined decoration is located. Below the opening / closing member 73, a big winning opening solenoid (not shown) electrically connected to a big winning opening relay substrate (not shown) is arranged. The opening / closing member 7 is provided in the big winning opening solenoid.
The partition wall plate 73b located on the left side of FIG. 3 (the left side of FIGS. 11A and 12A) is connected. Opening / closing member 7
On the back side of the partition plate 73b located on the left side of FIG. 3 (the left side of FIG. 11A and the left side of FIG. 12A), an opening detection device 77 described later is disposed so as to be able to contact the partition plate 73b. ing.

Next, regarding the structure of the opening detection device 77,
This will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 13 (A) shows
FIG. 2 is a side view showing the open state detection device 77 in the off state, and FIG.
FIG. 3B is a side view showing the open state detection device 77 in the on state.

As shown in FIGS. 13 (A) and 13 (B), the opening detection device 77 is mainly composed of a detection plate 77a, a switch 77b, a spring (not shown) and the like. A detection plate 77a formed in a V-shaped plate shape is disposed on the lower left side of the opening detection device 77 in the figure, and the detection plate 77a is tiltable in both directions (left and right directions in the figure). It has a restoring force to return to the state shown in (A). A switch 77b having a quadrangular prism shape having a semicylindrical shape at one end is disposed above the base of the detection plate 77a, and is located inside the opening detection device 77 of the switch 77b. A spring that moves the switch 77b forward and backward in both directions (left and right in the drawing) is connected to the other end while the other end is housed in the opening detection device 77.

With the configuration shown in FIGS. 11, 12 and 13, when the opening / closing member 73 closes the big winning opening 71, as shown in FIGS. 11 (A) and 11 (B), The winning opening solenoid operates, and as shown in FIG.
When the opening / closing plate 73a and the partition plate 73b are tilted toward the front side (counterclockwise in FIG. 12 (B)) about the tilt support shaft 73c, the opening / closing plate 73a opens the closed large winning opening 71, and the partition wall. The plate 73b abuts against the opening detection device 77, and
As shown in FIG. 3 (A) and FIG. 13 (B), the detection plate 77a
Is tilted clockwise in FIG. 13 (A). Detection plate 77a
When tilted, the switch 77b is pushed into the open detection device 77 to turn on the open detection device 77 in the off state.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 12 (A) and FIG. 12 (B), when the opening / closing member 73 opens the special winning opening 71, the special winning opening solenoid is operated, so that FIG. ), The opening / closing plate 73 is centered on the tilt support shaft 73c.
When the a and the partition plate 73b are tilted to the rear surface side (clockwise in FIG. 11B), the opening / closing plate 73a closes the large winning opening 71 in the open state, and the partition plate 73b is in contact with the opening detection device 77. Get away from. The partition plate 73b is the opening detection device 77.
13A and 13B, the detection plate 77a is tilted counterclockwise in FIG. 13B by the restoring force of the detection plate 77a, and the opening detection device is released. The switch 77b is moved from the inside of the opening detecting device 77 toward the detecting plate 77a (leftward in FIG. 13) by the spring provided in the inside of the opening detecting device 77 to turn off the opening detecting device 77 in the on state.

In the first embodiment, the pachinko machine 1 detects an illegal act, specifically, the opening of the special winning opening 71 other than when the big hit occurs, and the detection signal is sent to a nearby pachinko machine via the communication cable L1. And informs that a fraudulent activity is being performed by changing the lighting color of the frame lamp 9 together with a nearby pachinko machine. Here, opening the special winning opening 71 during a game other than when a big hit occurs is unthinkable except for fraud, so open this special winning opening.
Notify as misconduct.

This fraudulent activity notification processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Main CPU 11
2 stands by for a signal from the opening detection device 77 that the special winning opening 71 is open (S102). Here, when a signal for opening the special winning opening 71 is sent from the opening detection device 77 (S
102: Yes), it is determined whether or not a big hit has occurred (S104). Here, when the big hit has not occurred (S104: No), since a fraudulent activity is being performed, first, a fraudulent activity detection signal is sent to an adjacent pachinko machine (S106). For example, when a fraudulent activity is detected in the 3rd unit (No. 3) shown in FIG. 1, the communication terminal 80 (see FIG. 6) is used to connect to the pachinko machine (No. 4) on the right by the communication cable L1. In addition, the communication cable 81 from the communication terminal 81 (see FIG. 6) is used to connect the pachinko machine (N
o. 2) Send a fraud detection signal to. Then, the lighting color of the frame lamp 9 is made different, and for example, by emitting a green light which is not used during the normal game, the occurrence of the illegal act is notified (S108).

Here, when the special winning opening is not opened (S102: No), or during the big hit (S104:
Yes), the main CPU 112 waits to receive a fraud detection signal from an adjacent pachinko machine (S11).
0). Here, when a fraud detection signal is sent from the adjacent pachinko machine (S110: Yes), the fraud detection signal is transferred to the adjacent pachinko machine (S112). Specifically, in the example described above, the pachinko machine (No. 2) on the left side that has received the fraud detection signal from the 3rd unit (No. 3)
Further transfers a fraud detection signal to the pachinko machine (No. 1) side on the left side. Similarly, the pachinko machine on the right side (No. 3) that received the fraud detection signal from the 3rd group (No. 3).
4) further transfers the fraud detection signal to the pachinko machine (No. 5) side on the right side. By repeating this transfer, the fraud detection signal is transferred to all the pachinko machines connected by the communication cable L1. Then, as described above, the lighting color of the frame lamp 9 is made different, and for example, the green light which is not used in the normal game is emitted to notify the occurrence of the misconduct (S108).

When the pachinko machine of the first embodiment performs an illegal act with one pachinko machine, a plurality of persons notify the fact that a plurality of pachinko machines including the pachinko machine are performing an illegal act. Even if one of the groups conducts a fraudulent activity and one of the groups conceals the abnormality notification lamp (frame lamp 9), the fraudulent activity is reported by the frame lamp 9 of another gaming machine, so that the fraudulent activity is detected by the surrounding players,
You can inform the employees in the hall.

Further, even if there is no employee on the side of the gaming machine in which the fraudulent activity is being carried out, it is possible to inform the employee who is away from the fraudulent activity by notifying by means of a plurality of gaming machines and take immediate action. become. Since the notification by the frame lamp 9 is not notified by a plurality of gaming machines unless a fraudulent act is performed, it is possible for a plurality of people to confirm that the fraudulent act has been performed by notifying.

Subsequently, a first modification of the first embodiment will be described. In the above-described first embodiment, when a fraudulent act is performed, the occurrence of the fraudulent act is notified by an adjacent pachinko machine including the pachinko machine on which the fraudulent act is performed.
On the other hand, in the first modified example, the pachinko machine in which the fraudulent activity has been performed does not report the occurrence of the fraudulent activity, but only the neighboring pachinko machines report the occurrence of the fraudulent activity.

The fraudulent activity notification process in the pachinko machine of the first modification will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The main CPU 112 waits for a signal from the opening detection device 77 that the special winning opening 71 is being opened (S10).
2). Here, when a signal for opening the special winning opening 71 is sent from the opening detection device 77 (S102: Yes), it is determined whether a big hit has occurred (S104). here,
If no big hit has occurred (S104: N
o), since a fraudulent activity is being performed, first, a fraudulent activity detection signal is sent to an adjacent pachinko machine (S106),
The process ends.

On the other hand, when the special winning opening is not open (S102: No), or during the big hit (S104:
Yes), the main CPU 112 waits to receive a fraud detection signal from an adjacent pachinko machine (S11).
0). Here, when a fraudulent activity detection signal is sent from an adjacent pachinko machine (S110: Yes), the lighting color of the frame lamp 9 is made different, and, for example, a fraudulent activity is caused by emitting a green light that is not used during normal gaming. Notify the occurrence (S
108). Then, the fraudulent activity detection signal is transferred to the adjacent pachinko machine (S112).

In the pachinko machine of the first modified example, when one pachinko machine conducts an illegal act, it informs that a plurality of surrounding pachinko machines are engaged in an illegal act.
Even if one person in the group hides the anomaly notification lamp (frame lamp 9) even if one person commits the illegal activity, the frame lamp 9 of another pachinko machine will be used to report the illegal activity. Can be informed. Furthermore, when a fraudulent activity is performed, the detection of the fraudulent activity is notified only by the other pachinko machine, not by the pachinko machine concerned, so that the fraudulent person can be notified of the misconduct without being noticed. It will be possible.

Subsequently, a second modification of the first embodiment will be described. In the above-described first embodiment, when a fraudulent act is performed, the occurrence of the fraudulent act is similarly notified by the adjacent pachinko machine including the pachinko machine in which the fraudulent act has been performed. On the other hand, in the second modified example, the method of notification is different between the pachinko machine in which the fraudulent act was performed and the nearby pachinko machine.

The fraudulent activity notification processing in the pachinko machine of the second modification will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The main CPU 112 waits for a signal from the opening detection device 77 that the special winning opening 71 is being opened (S10).
2). Here, when a signal for opening the special winning opening 71 is sent from the opening detection device 77 (S102: Yes), it is determined whether a big hit has occurred (S104). here,
If no big hit has occurred (S104: N
o) Since fraudulent activity is being performed, first, a fraudulent activity detection signal is sent to the adjacent pachinko machine (S10).
6). Then, as described above, the lighting color of the frame lamp 9 is made different, and for example, the green light which is not used in the normal game is emitted to notify the occurrence of the misconduct (S10).
8).

On the other hand, when the special winning opening is not open (S102: No), or during the big hit (S104:
Yes), the main CPU 112 waits for a fraud detection signal from an adjacent pachinko machine (S110).
Here, when the fraudulent activity detection signal is sent from the adjacent pachinko machine (S110: Yes), the lighting color of the frame lamp 9 is made different, and the fraudulent activity is notified by, for example, emitting blue light (S109). . Then, the fraudulent activity detection signal is transferred to the adjacent pachinko machine (S112).

In the pachinko machine of the second modified example, the frame lamp 9 of the pachinko machine adjacent to the pachinko machine in which the fraudulent act has occurred is lit in blue, and the pachinko machine in which the fraudulent act has occurred is lit in green. It is possible to immediately distinguish the pachinko machine in which the fraudulent activity has occurred, while reporting the occurrence of the misconduct in the plurality of pachinko machines.

<Second Embodiment> A pachinko machine according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the above-described first embodiment, the occurrence of fraudulent activity is notified by lighting the lamp. On the other hand, in the pachinko machine of the second embodiment, the special symbol display device 34 notifies the occurrence of fraud. Here, as shown in FIG. 17, when a fraudulent act is performed on the pachinko machine in the center of the figure, the special pattern display device 34 of the pachinko machine displays the word "misconduct occurred". While notifying this, the pachinko machine in the vicinity also similarly displays the character of "misconduct" on the special symbol display device 34 to notify it.

For example, as shown in FIG. 18 (A), while the symbols are changing in the left symbol display area H1, the middle symbol display area H2, and the right symbol display area H3 of the special symbol display device 34, FIG. ), The left symbol display area H1,
The display in the middle symbol display area H2 and the right symbol display area H3 is compressed to the upper half, and the character of "misconduct" is displayed in the lower display area H4. On the other hand, when the symbol has not changed, the characters "misconduct occurred" are displayed in the entire area, as shown in FIG. 18 (C). Main C in the second embodiment
The misconduct notification processing executed by the PU 112 is the same as that in the first embodiment described above with reference to FIG.

When a pachinko machine according to the second embodiment carries out an illegal act with one pachinko machine, a plurality of people will notify the fact that a plurality of pachinko machines including the pachinko machine are carrying out an illegal act. Even if one of the groups hides the special symbol display device 34 (notifying means) by performing a cheating act, the special symbol display device 34 of another gaming machine informs the cheating act, so that the fraudulent acts are played by the surrounding players and employees of the hall. Can be informed.

Subsequently, a first modification of the second embodiment will be described. In the above-described first embodiment, when a fraudulent act is performed, the occurrence of the fraudulent act is notified by an adjacent pachinko machine including the pachinko machine on which the fraudulent act is performed.
On the other hand, in the first modified example, the pachinko machine in which the fraudulent activity has been performed does not report the occurrence of the fraudulent activity, but only the neighboring pachinko machines report the occurrence of the fraudulent activity.

Here, as shown in FIG. 19, when an illegal act is performed by a pachinko machine in the center of the figure, the special symbol display device 34 of the pachinko machine notifies the occurrence of the illegal act. Instead, the special symbol display device 34 is displayed on the nearby pachinko machine to display the character "misconduct" and informs this. The misconduct notification processing executed by the main CPU 112 in the first modified example of the second embodiment is shown in FIG.
The description is omitted because it is the same as the first modification of the first embodiment described above with reference to FIG.

In the pachinko machine of the first modified example, when a fraudulent act is performed by one pachinko machine, in order to notify that a plurality of surrounding pachinko machines are fraudulent,
Even if one person in the group hides the special symbol display device 34 (notifying means) by a plurality of persons performing an illegal act, since the special symbol display device 34 of another pachinko machine informs the illegal act, a player around the hall, a hall You can inform your employees. Furthermore, when a fraudulent activity is performed, the detection of the fraudulent activity is notified only by the other pachinko machine, not by the pachinko machine concerned, so that the fraudulent person can be notified of the misconduct without being noticed. It will be possible.

<Third Embodiment> A pachinko machine according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the above-described first embodiment, the occurrence of fraudulent activity is notified by lighting the lamp. On the other hand, in the pachinko machine according to the third embodiment, a fraudulent activity is notified by the sound output from the speaker. Here, as shown in FIG. 20, when a fraudulent act is performed on a pachinko machine in the center of the figure,
Cheating! Repeats the voice output of ". And, in the neighboring pachinko machine, outputs the voice as" Illegal activity is occurring. "Here, the fraudulent activity was output by voice, but instead of this,
It is also possible to output a sound effect such as a buzzer sound for notifying an illegal act. The misconduct notification processing executed by the main CPU 112 in the first modified example of the third embodiment is
The description is omitted because it is the same as the first modification of the first embodiment described above with reference to FIG. 15.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, for example, forcible opening and closing of the special winning opening is exemplified as the detection of the fraudulent activity, but any fraudulent activity performed on the gaming machine can be performed by any of the above-described embodiments. The configuration can be applied to notify. For example, a detection switch is provided in the vicinity of the glass frame for the act of illegally opening the glass frame provided in the gaming machine and winning the prize in the winning opening, and the opening of the glass frame detected by the detection switch is notified. It is also possible to configure.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which pachinko machines according to an embodiment of the present invention are connected to each other.

FIG. 2 is a detailed view of a part of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of the connection state shown in FIG. 2 viewed from the back side.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of the pachinko machine shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 as viewed from the front.

5 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a game board provided in the pachinko machine shown in FIG.

6 is an explanatory view showing the structure of the back set of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing, in blocks, a main electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing a main electrical configuration of a special symbol control device 32 in blocks.

9 is an explanatory diagram showing, in blocks, a main electrical configuration of a voice control device 79. FIG.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a main electrical configuration of a lamp control device 300 in blocks.

FIG. 11A is a front view showing the variable winning device in the closed state according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 11B is a sectional view taken along line 11B-11B shown in FIG.

FIG. 12 (A) is a front view showing the variable winning device in the open state according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 12 (B) is a sectional view taken along line 12B-12B shown in FIG.

FIG. 13A is a front view showing the off-state detection device according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 13B is a front view showing the on-state detection device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a main CPU 112 according to the first embodiment.
6 is a flowchart showing the main contents of the fraudulent activity notification process executed by.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the main contents of the misconduct notification processing executed by the main CPU 112 in the first modified example of the first embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the main contents of the misconduct notification processing executed by the main CPU 112 in the second modified example of the first embodiment.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of fraudulent activity notification on the pachinko machine of the second embodiment.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram of the misconduct notification on the special symbol display device in the pachinko machine of the second embodiment.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram of misconduct notification in the pachinko machine according to the first modified example of the second embodiment.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram of fraudulent activity notification on the pachinko machine according to the third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Pachinko machine (gaming machine) 9 frame lamp (informing means) 34 Special symbol display device (informing means) 77 Open detection device 80, 81 Communication terminal 79a Speaker (informing means) 112 Main CPU L1 communication cable

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine that pays out a prize medium in accordance with a game result, and a fraud detecting means for detecting fraudulent activity, and a transmitting means for transmitting a signal notifying the fraudulent activity to another gaming machine. Receiving means for receiving the signal from the other gaming machine, and detecting fraud by the fraud detecting means, and
A gaming machine comprising: a notification means for notifying a fraudulent activity when the fraudulent activity detected by the other gaming machine is received by the receiving means. 2. A gaming machine that pays out a prize medium according to a game result, and a fraud detecting means for detecting fraudulent activity, and a transmitting means for transmitting a signal notifying the fraudulent activity to another gaming machine. A receiving means for receiving the signal from the other gaming machine, and an informing means for notifying the injustice only when the receiving means receives the detection of the injustice in the other gaming machine. A gaming machine characterized by. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the notifying unit notifies the cheating by emitting light. 4. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the notifying means notifies a fraudulent act by a symbol display device. 5. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the informing means informs an illegal act by voice. 6. A computer program for causing a gaming machine, which pays out a prize medium according to a game result, to function by a computer, wherein a fraud detecting process for detecting fraud, and a signal for notifying the fraud detection. Transmission processing for transmitting to another gaming machine, a receiving processing for receiving the signal from the other gaming machine, and a notification for notifying the injustice when the detection of the injustice in the other gaming machine is received. A computer program that causes a computer to execute a process including a process. 7. A fraudulent activity detection process for detecting fraudulent activity, which is a recording medium recorded with a computer program for causing a gaming machine that pays out award media according to a game result to function by a computer. A transmission process of transmitting a signal notifying the detection of the other gaming machine, a receiving process of receiving the signal from the other gaming machine, and a reception of the misconduct detection by the other gaming machine, A recording medium having a computer program recorded thereon for causing a computer to execute a process including a notification process for notifying an illegal act.