JP2004160210A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine which can add an entertainment by displaying not only monotonous win-or-lose images but also informing the player if the count value obtained in a win-or-lose lottery is close to the value for a win, and can be set so that it is difficult for the player, even if the player uses an illegal supporting machine, to grasp the periodicity of placement of winning count values in the win-or-lose lottery, and to illegally obtain a winning game. <P>SOLUTION: The control apparatus of this game machine has a reference-value-setting means 100 for entertaining-effects of informing, a value-difference calculation means 107 and a value-difference-informing setting means 46. The reference-value-setting means 100 for entertaining-effects of informing sets reference values for entertaining-effects of informing so that they include at least one winning count value of a win-or-lose lottery counter 24 corresponding to the win lottery result. The value-difference calculation means 107 calculates the value difference between the reference values and the count value of the win-or-lose lottery counter obtained in the win-or-lose lottery. The value-difference-informing setting means 46 outputs the value difference on an informing apparatus (display 5). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

    The present invention relates to a game machine such as a pachinko machine and a slot machine, and relates to prevention of illegal acquisition of a hit game.

In general, in a pachinko machine, the count value of the hit-and-miss lottery counter is acquired by the winning of the ball to the starting winning part, and the above-mentioned acquisition is performed on the hit-and-miss knowledge associated with the hit-and-miss lottery result for each count value of the hit-and-miss lottery counter. A hit-out lottery is performed in which the hit count values are collated and a hit-out lottery result is extracted, and if a hit lottery result is obtained, a win game is made.
In addition, in the slot machine, the count value of the hit-and-miss lottery counter is acquired at the timing of the operation of the game start operating means, and the hit-and-miss lottery result associated with the count value of the hit-and-miss lottery counter is acquired for each of the hit / miss lottery results. A hit-out lottery is performed in which the count value is collated and a hit-out lottery result is extracted, and when the hit lottery result is obtained, a win game is made.
However, since the player does not know what count value is obtained in the winning lottery in the gaming machine by the operation of the above-mentioned start winning or the game start operation means, the player obtains the count value obtained by the hitting random lottery. I don't know if it was near or far from the hit count value. Therefore, if the timing of the start winning a prize is slightly shifted, it cannot be determined that the hit has been obtained or that the hit has been completely missed. Therefore, the player can only confirm whether or not a win has been obtained simply by determining whether or not the hit symbol that is stopped and displayed on the display device in the internal processing in the gaming machine has been stopped and displayed with the hit symbol, and the game is monotonous. And lacked in interest.
Therefore, not only the display of the monotonous winning / losing symbol, but also the count value of the winning / losing lottery counter to which the winning / lotting result is assigned in the hit / miss knowledge, that is, the count value of the hit is displayed on the display device and shown to the player. There is known a gaming machine which displays a numerical value range including a count value of a hit-out lottery counter acquired in a hit-out lottery on a display unit in units of 10 divisions to show to a player. According to this, the player can know what numerical range the count value obtained by the starting winning prize belongs to by the numerical range display displayed on the display, and the numerical range is displayed on the display. When the count value is close to the winning count, it can be determined that a win may be obtained, and the interest of the game increases (for example, see Patent Document 1).
JP-A-10-213329

In the gaming machine of Patent Literature 1, the hit count value is displayed on the display device and shown to the player, so that the player can know the hit count value. There is a possibility that the periodicity of the arrangement of the hit count values of the hit-and-miss lottery counter can be grasped by using a fraudulent support machine or the like that is called. If the periodicity of the arrangement of the winning count value can be grasped, it becomes possible to grasp the timing of the winning lottery counter performing the counting operation at a certain timing to count the winning count value, and the player By aiming for the start winning at the time when the lottery counter counts the winning count value, it is more likely that a winning lottery result can be obtained, and it becomes easier to illegally obtain a winning game. In addition to displaying the symbols, when the count value obtained in the winning lottery is close to the winning count value, it is displayed to the player so that the game can be interesting, and the player can assist in fraudulent support Even if a machine is used, it is possible to make it difficult to grasp the periodicity It is another object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine that makes it difficult for a player to obtain a winning game illegally.

In the gaming machine according to claim 1 of the present invention, the control device obtains the count value of the winning / losing lottery counter by the start winning of the ball to the starting winning part or the operation of the game start operating means, and counts the hit / missing lottery counter. When the obtained hit value is collated with the hit value obtained by matching the hit value with the hit value obtained by associating the hit value with the hit result, the hit result is obtained, and the obtained hit result is determined to be the hit result. In a gaming machine that performs a hit game, the control device includes a notification effect reference value setting unit, a value difference calculation unit, and a value difference notification setting unit, and the notification effect reference value setting unit is associated with a winning lottery result. The notification effect reference value is set so as to include at least one of the hit values of the hit-and-miss lottery counter. It calculates the value difference between the count value of the lottery counter out per acquired in selection, the value difference announcement setting means outputs a value difference alarm.
In claim 2, the notification effect reference value setting means sets all the hit count values as the notification effect reference values.
In claim 3, the notification effect reference value setting means sets some hit count values and some out-of-out count values as the notification effect reference values.
In claim 4, the value difference calculating means calculates a value difference between the count value of the hit-and-miss lottery counter acquired in the hit-and-miss lottery and the notification value reference value closest to the count value.
According to claim 5, the control device includes a notification lottery means for performing a lottery by a signal based on an operation of the start winning or the game start operation means to determine whether or not to notify the value difference calculated by the value difference calculation means.
In claim 6, the control device includes a difference ball number calculation means, a notification value difference range variable setting means, a value difference range notification determination means, and a value difference notification setting means, and the difference ball number calculation means launches the game area. The difference ball number is calculated by subtracting the ball number paid out to the player by the winning of the ball to the winning part from the given ball number, and the notification value difference range variable setting means is calculated by the difference ball number calculation means. A notification value difference range that permits notification by the number of difference balls is variably set, and the value difference range notification determination means determines that the calculated value difference is a value difference within the set notification value difference range. The notification value difference range and the value difference were transmitted to the value difference notification setting means, and the value difference notification setting means output the value difference to the alarm.
In claim 7, the notification value difference range variable setting means includes notification value difference range setting knowledge in which the number of difference balls is associated with the notification value difference range, and sets the notification value difference range based on the notification value difference range setting knowledge. did.
In claim 8, the notification value difference range setting knowledge is configured by the knowledge that the larger the number of difference balls, the larger the notification value difference range is associated with.
In the ninth aspect, the control device includes a notification value difference range variable setting unit, a value difference range notification determination unit, and a value difference notification setting unit, and the notification value difference range variable setting unit includes a start winning or a game start operation unit. The notification value difference range is variably set by lottery based on the signal based on the operation, and when the value difference range notification determination means determines that the calculated value difference is a value difference within the set notification value difference range, the The notification value difference range and the value difference were transmitted to the value difference notification setting means, and the value difference notification setting means output the value difference to the alarm.
In claim 10, the control device includes a notification value difference range setting unit, a value difference range notification determination unit, and a value difference notification setting unit, and the notification value difference range setting unit sets a notification value difference range in which notification is permitted. Then, when the value difference range notification determining means determines that the value difference is within the notification value difference range, the value difference range and the value difference are transmitted to the value difference notification setting means, and the value difference notification setting means transmits to the alarm. The value difference was output.
In claim 11, the annunciator is configured by one or more of a display, an indicator light, and a sound output device.
In the twelfth aspect, the value difference notification setting means displays the value difference of + and the value difference of-on the display screen of the display device.

According to claim 1, since the value difference between the count value of the hit-out lottery counter acquired in the hit-out lottery and the reference value for the notification effect can be notified, it is possible to add interest to the game, and the hit count value is not notified. Even if the player uses the fraudulent support device, it is possible to make it difficult to grasp the periodicity of the arrangement of the count value of the hit / miss lottery counter, and to make it difficult for the player to illegally obtain the hit game.
According to the second aspect, the value difference is notified, so that the player can judge whether the player has been a little more hit or missed, and the playability is improved.
According to the third aspect, it is possible to notify the difference between the count value obtained in the winning and losing lottery and the count value of the losing, and to give the illusion that the player was a little more hit or missed. Performance can be improved. Further, it is possible to make it difficult to grasp the periodicity of the arrangement of the hit count values as compared with the case where all the hit count values are set as the reference values for the notification effect.
According to the fourth aspect, since the smallest value difference can be notified, it is possible to add information to the player that the player has just hit or missed the game, thereby improving the playability.
According to the fifth aspect, there is a case where the value difference between the count value obtained in the hit-and-miss lottery and the reference value for the notification effect is notified and a case where the value difference is not notified, so that the game performance is improved. Further, it is possible to make it difficult to grasp the periodicity of the arrangement of the count value of the winning lottery counter in comparison with the case where the value difference is always reported.
According to the sixth aspect, the value difference is displayed or not displayed depending on the game situation (the situation of the number of difference balls), so that the playability is improved. Further, compared to the case where the value difference is always displayed, it is possible to make it difficult to grasp the periodicity of the arrangement of the count value per hit of the hit / loss lottery counter.
In the seventh aspect, the setting of the notification value difference range based on the number of difference balls can be set by the notification value difference range setting knowledge, and the setting of the notification value difference range for the number of difference balls can be changed by rewriting the notification value difference range setting knowledge. Therefore, the setting of the notification value difference range for the number of difference balls can be easily changed.
According to the eighth aspect, a gaming machine capable of increasing the chance of showing a value difference to a malfunctioning player is obtained.
According to the ninth aspect, there is a possibility that the chance of showing a value difference to the player increases or decreases due to the lottery, so that the game performance is improved.
According to the tenth aspect, it is possible to obtain a gaming machine that can make the probability of showing a value difference to a player uniform.
According to the eleventh aspect, the value difference can be notified by an image or blinking or sound of an indicator lamp.
According to the twelfth aspect, it is possible to inform the player in detail of the information that the player is almost hit or missed.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a pachinko machine as a gaming machine of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an outline of a control flow of the pachinko machine, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing hit / miss knowledge, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the notification value difference range setting knowledge, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display form of the value difference.
As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine displays a start winning part 4, a winning symbol by a random lottery and a value difference in a gaming area 3 inside a design board surface 1 a which is a front surface of the gaming panel 1 and surrounded by a guide rail 2. Display unit 5 and a variable winning part 6. A ball passage 8 is formed between the outer part and the inner part of the guide rail 2. The starting winning parts 4 include a take-in type that takes in a ball from the game area 3 and discharges it to the back side of the game board 1 and a ball-passing type that takes in a ball from the game area 3 and discharges it to the game area 3. The display 5 is a display such as a liquid crystal display that displays an image whose display form can be electrically changed on the display screen 5a. The variable winning part 6 has a form called an attacker or a large winning opening having an opening / closing body 12 that opens and closes in the front-rear direction. Further, for example, on the back side of the game board 1, a starting winning ball detector 11 for detecting a ball taken into the starting winning component 4, an actuator 13 for electrically opening and closing the opening and closing body 12 of the variable winning component 6 is provided. A variable winning ball detector 14 for detecting a ball captured by the variable winning component 6 while the opening / closing body 12 is open, and the like, and a back side of the gaming board 1 or an unshown gaming machine frame in which the gaming board 1 is stored. The main control device 15 and the display control device 40 are provided on the back side. The main control device 15 and the display control device 40 constitute a control device of the present invention.

  The main control device 15 is configured by a so-called computer having a CPU, a storage device, an input / output port, and the like, and specifically has a functional configuration as described below. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the main control device 15 includes a prize detecting unit 21, a game state setting unit 22, a hit-out lottery means 23, a hit-out lottery counter 24, a hit-out knowledge 25, a symbol variation time measuring timer 26, Out-of-hit lottery result storage unit 27, opening / closing drive unit 28, notification effect reference value setting unit 100, notification effect reference value storage unit 101, acquisition count value storage unit 102, notification lottery unit 103, notification lottery counter 104, notification knowledge 105, notification determination means 106, value difference calculation means 107, value difference storage section 108, difference ball number calculation means 109, difference ball number storage section 110, notification value difference range variable setting means 111, notification value difference range setting knowledge 112, A notification value difference range storage unit 113, a value difference range notification determination unit 114, a value difference information transmission unit 115, and a hit / miss determination unit 116 are provided. Each of the means, the timer, and the counter are embodied by a program and data transferred from the ROM to a main storage device constituted by a RAM, and a CPU that performs processing using the program and data. The main storage device stores programs and data frequently used or frequently used by the CPU at that time. Therefore, the main storage device includes each storage unit. Each piece of knowledge is stored in the ROM, and is read from the ROM into the main storage device when the main control device 15 is started.

  The display of the hit symbol and the display of the value difference by the display 5 are controlled by a display control device 40. The display control device 40 is constituted by a so-called computer having a CPU (central processing unit), a storage device, an input / output port and the like. Specifically, it has the following functional configuration. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the display control device 40 includes a display setting unit 41, a symbol variation time measurement timer 42, an information storage unit 43, an image storage unit 44, an image processing unit 45, and a value difference notification setting unit 46. . Each of the above means and the timer is embodied by a program and data transferred from the ROM to a main storage device constituted by a RAM, and a CPU which performs processing by the program and data. Note that the main storage device stores programs and data frequently used or frequently used by the CPU at that time. Therefore, the main storage device includes the information storage unit 43. The information storage unit 43 stores the symbol change start information (symbol change start command), the missed symbol stop information (the missed symbol stop command), the value difference information, and the like sent from the main controller 15. Further, the image storage unit 44 stores images such as a variation pattern image of a hit / miss pattern, a background image, an indicator image for displaying a value difference, and the like, and the image processing unit 45 is stored in the information storage unit 43. An image display process for extracting an image from the image storage unit 44 based on the obtained information and displaying the image on the display screen 5a of the display unit 5 is performed. Note that the image processing unit 45 may be embodied by information stored in the information storage unit 43 and a dedicated PU (processing device) that performs processing based on the information.

The flow of the game control of the pachinko machine will be described based on FIG. Each unit is embodied in cooperation with a program for instructing the operation of each unit, which will be described later, and a CPU that performs operation processing according to the procedure of the program.
When the main control device 15 is activated by the power supply, the notification effect reference value setting means 100 searches for the hit / miss knowledge 25 stored in the ROM, and counts the hit count value (from the hit / miss knowledge 25). The count value of the hit / miss lottery counter 24 associated with the win lottery result 50A is extracted, and the extracted count value of the hit is stored in the notification effect reference value storage unit 101 as the notification effect reference value (step 1001). ). For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the hit-and-miss knowledge 25 is configured by a table in which hit-and-miss lottery results 50 are assigned for each count value A of the hit-and-miss lottery counter 24. And stoppage information 52. Therefore, the reference value setting means 100 for notification effect determines the hit / miss identifier 51 (for example, bit information “1”) indicating the hit in the hit / miss knowledge 25, and the hit / miss identifier 51 indicating the hit is assigned. The count value (count value per win) of the lottery counter 24 is stored in the notification effect reference value storage unit 101 as the notification effect reference value.

  When a player operates the ball launching operation mechanism 61 provided on the front side of the gaming machine frame in a state where a ball is placed in a saucer (not shown) provided on the front side of the gaming machine frame (not shown), the main controller 15 Drives the ball launching mechanism 62 provided inside the gaming machine frame, and the ball launching mechanism 62 plays the balls supplied from the saucer one by one with the firing force according to the operation amount by the ball launching operation mechanism 61. Fire at. Then, when the ball fired in the game area 3 wins the starting winning part 4, the starting winning ball detector 11 outputs a starting winning detection signal to the winning detecting means 21. On the other hand, the game area 3 is provided with not-shown prize parts other than the start prize part 4 and the variable prize part 6, so that when the ball fired in the game area 3 wins a prize part (not shown). , A ball detector (not shown) that detects a ball that has won the winning component outputs a winning detection signal to the winning detecting means 21. Therefore, the winning detection unit 21 identifies which winning component is the winning detection signal from the ball detector corresponding to the position of the input port to which the winning detection signal is input.

  Therefore, the ball that has won the start winning part 4 is detected by the start winning ball detector 11, and this start winning detection signal is input to the win detection means 21 of the main controller 15 and identified, that is, there is a start win. (Step 1002), the winning detection means 21 outputs a start winning signal, which is a result of the identification of the starting winning detection signal, to the game state setting means 22. As a result, the game state setting means 22 outputs the symbol change start information to the display control device 40, and outputs the start winning signal to the hit-and-miss lottery means 23. As a result, the image processing means 45 of the display control device 40 starts to display the variation of the hit symbol (step 1003), and the hit lottery means 23 performs the hit lottery (step 1004).

  That is, when there is a start winning, the game state setting means 22 transmits the symbol variation start information to the display control device 40, and the display setting means 41 inputs the symbol variation start information (for example, a signal of logic "1"). The lottery is performed at the set timing to obtain the variation pattern image display information (information indicating which variation pattern image is to be displayed from the variation pattern images stored in the image storage unit 44). This lottery may be performed in the same manner as the hit-and-miss lottery described later. That is, in the display control device 40, the display setting unit 41 acquires the fluctuation pattern image display information by inputting the symbol fluctuation start information, and stores the fluctuation pattern image display information in the information storage unit 43. After storing the variation pattern image display information in the information storage unit 43, the display setting unit 41 outputs a symbol variation instruction signal to the image processing unit 45. Upon receiving the symbol variation instruction signal, the image processing means 45 takes out the variation pattern image from the image storage unit 44 according to the variation pattern image display information stored in the information storage unit 43 and displays it on the display screen 5 a of the display 5. That is, a symbol variation display of a winning symbol is performed (step 1003).

  Further, when the game state setting means 22 inputs the start winning signal, a symbol fluctuation time measuring timer 26 for measuring a predetermined symbol fluctuation time is set, and the display setting means 41 transmits the symbol fluctuation instruction signal to the image processing means 45. Is set, and a symbol fluctuation time measurement timer 42 for measuring a predetermined symbol fluctuation time is set. Therefore, at the same time as the start of the timing of the symbol variation time, the image processing means 45 starts the symbol variation of the hit / miss symbol of the display 5.

  The hit-and-miss lottery means 23 performs a counting operation of the hit-and-miss lottery counter 24 formed by, for example, a cyclic counter every 4 ms, which is one processing cycle time of the main controller 15, and the game state setting means 22 At the timing when the start winning signal is input, the count value of the hit-and-miss lottery counter 24 is obtained as a random value, and the obtained count value A is collated with the count value A by matching it with the hit-and-miss knowledge 25 in FIG. The winning / lottery result 50 is extracted. The game state setting means 22 stores the count value of the hit-out lottery counter 24 obtained in the hit-out lottery in the acquisition count value storage unit 102 (step 1005), and also stores the extracted hit-out lottery result 50 in the hit-out lottery result. It is stored in the storage unit 27 (step 1006).

  The notification lottery means 103 is based on a start winning signal, an acquisition count value storage completion signal, a hit / decision lottery result storage completion signal, or the like from the game state setting means 22, that is, a signal based on the operation of the start winning or the game start operation means. A lottery is performed to determine whether or not to notify the value difference. This notification lottery may be performed in the same manner as the above-mentioned hit-and-miss lottery. For example, the notification lottery means 103 performs the counting operation of the notification lottery counter 104 formed of, for example, a cyclic counter, for example, every 4 ms, which is one processing cycle time of the main controller 15, and inputs the above-described signal. At this time, the count value of the notification lottery counter 104 is obtained as a random value, and the obtained count value B is compared with the notification knowledge 105 to extract the notification lottery result 31 associated with the count value B. Just fine. The notification knowledge 105 is, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, a table in which information on whether or not to notify for each count value B, for example, information such as “1” (notify) and “0” (not notify) is associated. What is necessary is just to comprise.

  Then, the notification determination means 106 determines whether the notification lottery result 31 is “1” or “0” (step 1007), and if it is determined to be “1” (notifies) (step 1007). YES), the notification determination means 106 sends the value difference calculation instruction information to the value difference calculation means 107. If the notification determination unit 106 determines that the notification lottery result 31 is “0” (NO in step 1007), the process proceeds to step 1016, where the hit lottery result stored in the hit lottery result storage unit 27 is stored. It is determined whether 50 hits or not. In this case, the value difference will not be reported. As described above, if the value difference is determined by the lottery, whether or not the value difference between the count value acquired in the random hit lottery and the reference value for the notification effect is notified or not is generated. Therefore, playability is improved. Further, it is possible to make it difficult to grasp the periodicity of the arrangement of the count value of the winning lottery counter in comparison with the case where the value difference is always reported.

  Upon receiving the value difference calculation instruction information, the value difference calculation means 107 calculates the values of all the notification effect reference values stored in the notification effect reference value storage unit 101 and the count values stored in the acquired count value storage unit 102. The difference is calculated (step 1008), the calculated value difference is compared, and the smallest value difference is stored in the value difference storage unit 108 (step 1009). In this way, by storing the smallest value difference in the value difference storage unit 108, it is possible to notify the value difference when the count value obtained in the hit / miss lottery is close to the hit count value, and it is interesting for a game. Can be given. That is, since the smallest value difference can be notified, it is possible to give information to the player that the player has just hit or missed the game, thereby improving the playability. For example, when the hit-out lottery counter 24 is a counter that counts up by 1 from 1 to 1000 and goes round, a value obtained when a count value before a hit count value (a reference value for notification effect) is obtained. The difference is referred to as a “−” value difference, and the value difference obtained when a count value after the hit count value (notification effect reference value) is acquired is referred to as a “+” value difference. For example, if the hit count value (notification effect reference value) is “100”, and if the acquired count value is “95”, the value difference from the hit count value is “−5”, and the acquired count value is “5”. If "105", the difference from the hit count value is "+5".

  The value difference calculation means 107 outputs the difference ball number calculation instruction information to the difference ball number calculation means 109 after storing the calculated value difference in the value difference storage unit 108. Thereby, the difference ball number calculation means 109 calculates the difference ball number at that time (step 1010) and stores it in the difference ball number storage unit 110 (step 1011). The difference ball number Z is a number obtained by subtracting the ball number Y paid out to the player for winning the ball in the winning part from the ball number X fired in the game area 3. That is, the number obtained by subtracting the number of fire balls X2 counted by the foul ball counter 72 from the number of fire balls X1 counted by the fire ball counter 71 = the number of balls X fired in the game area. Is calculated by subtracting the number of balls Y counted by the dispensing ball counter 73 for counting the number of balls dispensed by the ball dispensing mechanism 64 from the number of balls X fired on the ball. That is, Z = XY.

The notification value difference range variable setting means 111 uses the notification value difference range setting knowledge 112 in which the difference ball number Z and the notification value difference range H are associated with each other as shown in FIG. The notified difference number is compared with the notification value difference range setting knowledge 112 to set the notification value difference range (step 1012). For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the notification value difference range setting knowledge 112 indicates that the notification value difference range is ± 3 when the number of difference balls is −1000 to −2000 (in a favorable state where many winnings are won). When the difference ball number is -1999 to 3000, the notification value difference range is ± 5, and when the difference ball number is 3001 (the winning state is small and losing), the notification value difference range is ± 10. Knowledge to be. The notification value difference range variable setting means 111 stores the notification value difference range determined by the number of difference balls in the notification value difference range storage unit 113 (step 1013).
Since such a notification value difference range variable setting unit 111 is provided, a value difference is displayed or not displayed depending on a game situation (a situation of the number of difference balls), so that the game performance is improved. Further, since the notification value difference range setting knowledge 112 is provided, the setting of the notification value difference range based on the number of difference balls can be set by the notification value difference range setting knowledge. Since the setting of the notification value difference range can be changed, the setting of the notification value difference range for the number of difference balls can be easily changed. Also, here, the larger the difference ball number (the smaller the prize is, the lower the loss), the larger the notification value difference range is set, so that the probability that the value difference is notified to a malfunctioning player increases, It is possible to increase the chances of showing a value difference to an unsatisfactory player, and it is possible to provide an appropriate fun depending on whether the game is good or bad by each player.

  Then, the value difference range notification determining unit 114 compares the value difference stored in the value difference storage unit 108 with the notification value difference range stored in the notification value difference range storage unit 113 (step 1014). If it is within the notification value difference range (YES in step 1014), a value difference information transmission permission signal is output to value difference information transmission means 115. As a result, the value difference information transmitting unit 115 transmits the value difference stored in the value difference storage unit 108 and the notification value difference range stored in the notification value difference range storage unit 113 to the display control device 40. If the value difference range notification determining means 114 determines that the value difference is not within the notification value difference range (NO in step 1014), the process proceeds to step 1016, in which the winning stored in the winning lottery result storage unit 27 is stored. It is determined whether or not the lottery result 50 has been hit. In this case, no value difference is reported. In this manner, whether or not to display the value difference is determined by whether or not the value difference is within the range of the value difference. It is possible to make it difficult to grasp the periodicity of the value arrangement.

  The display setting means 41 of the display control device 40 stores the received value difference and the value difference range in the information storage unit 43. The value difference notification setting means 46 creates value difference notification instruction information from the value difference range and the value difference, and outputs the information to the image processing means 45. The image processing unit 45 extracts an image corresponding to the value difference range and the value difference from the image storage unit 44 based on the value difference display instruction information, and displays the image on the display screen 5 a of the display 5. For example, if the value difference range is ± 5, as shown in FIG. 6, the image processing means 45 displays an image showing the value difference with an indicator 120 including eleven graduation portions 121 below the display screen 5a of the display device 5. . When the value difference is 0 (when the acquired count value is the reference value for the notification effect, that is, when the count value per hit is obtained by a winning / losing lottery), for example, the first to sixth positions from the left end (or right end) of the indicator 120 are used. The image processing unit 45 stores an image in which the image up to the sixth scale 121 is brightly displayed in order from the left or an image in which only the sixth scale 121 located in the middle of the scale 121 is brightly displayed. Take out from 44 and display. As a result, the fact that the acquired count value is the winning count value is notified, and the winning is announced. In this case, if the value difference is -5, the image for brightly displaying the first scale 121 from the left is displayed. If the value difference is -4, the first scale 121 and the second scale 121 from the left are displayed (see FIG. 6). An image displayed brightly in order from the left (as indicated by arrow F), and an image displayed brightly in order from left to right on the first to third scale portions 121 from the left when the value difference is -3, Is −2, the first to fourth scales 121 from the left are displayed brighter in order from the left, and if the value difference is −1, the first to fifth scales 121 from the left are displayed. The images to be displayed brightly in order from the left are taken out from the image storage unit 44 by the image processing means 45 and displayed. When the value difference is +5, an image in which all the scales 121 are displayed brighter in order from the left, and when the value difference is +4, the first to tenth scales 121 from the left are brightened in order from the left. When the value difference is +3, the image in which the first to ninth graduations 121 from the left are brightly displayed in order from the left is displayed. The image processing unit 45 displays an image in which the graduations 121 are brightly displayed in order from the left, and an image in which the first to seventh graduations 121 from the left are brightly displayed in order from the left when the value difference is +1. It is taken out from the image storage unit 44 and displayed. That is, when the value difference notification setting means 46 outputs the value difference to the display 5 via the image processing means 45, the value difference is displayed on the display screen 5a and is notified to the player (step 1015). It is preferable that the sixth scale section 121 is a scale section larger than the other scale sections 121 so as to be distinguishable from the other scale sections 121 (see FIG. 6), or an image with some mark. FIG. 6 shows an example in which the first to sixth graduations 121 from the left are displayed brightly in order from the left on the display screen 5a of the display unit 5, and are hatched in FIG. The scale portion 121 indicates that the display is bright. In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, it is preferable that the image is displayed with marks 123 indicating the + and-sides of the value difference.

  From the above, the player can see that the indicator is displayed on the display screen of the display unit at the scale portion 121 of the indicator and find that the player was a little more hit or missed, and simply displayed the hit / miss symbol to display the hit / miss. Is improved as compared to a game that notifies the player of. Further, since the value difference of + and the value difference of-are displayed so as to be distinguished on the display screen 5a of the display device 5, it is possible to inform the player in detail of the information that the player is almost hit or missed.

Then, the hit-and-miss determination means 116 determines whether the hit-and-miss lottery result stored in the hit-and-miss lottery result storage unit 27 is a win-or-lot result or an out-of-order lottery result (step 1016).
The game state setting means 22 outputs the winning symbol stop information 52 of the winning random result 50 stored in the winning random result storage unit 27 to the display control device 40. The display setting unit 41 stores the inputted hit symbol stop information 52 in the information storage unit 43, receives a time-up signal from the symbol variation time measurement timer 42, and outputs a time-up signal to the image processing unit 45. Upon receiving the time-up signal, the image processing means 45 takes out an image from the image storage unit 44 in accordance with the hit / miss symbol stop information 52 stored in the information storage unit 44, hits the display screen of the display unit, and stops and displays the hit symbol ( Steps 1017 and 1019).
If the winning lottery result 50 is the winning lottery result 50A (YES in step 1016), the display setting unit 41 receives the time-up signal from the symbol variation time measurement timer 42, and the image processing unit 45 displays the winning lottery result 50A. The winning symbol image is extracted from the image storage unit 44 in accordance with the winning / missing symbol stop information 52, and the winning symbol is stopped and displayed on the display screen 5a of the display 5 (step 1017). On the other hand, the game state setting means 22 of the main control device 15 receives the time-up signal from the symbol variation time measurement timer 26, and instructs the opening / closing drive means 28 to open / close the opening / closing body 12 of the variable winning component 6. As a result, the opening / closing drive unit 28 drives the actuator 13, and the actuator 13 opens and closes the opening / closing body 12 a predetermined number of times or for a predetermined time. That is, a series of games called a hit game by opening and closing the opening and closing body 12 of the variable winning component 6 following the symbol change following the winning start is performed. That is, the game is stopped and displayed so that the symbols are aligned on the display screen 5a of the display device 5, and then the game shifts to a winning game (step 1018).
If the winning lottery result 50 is the outlier lottery result 50B (NO in step 1016), the display setting means 41 receives a time-up signal from the symbol fluctuation time measurement timer 42, and the image processing means 45 turns off the lottery result. In accordance with the hit / miss symbol stop information 52 of 50B, the hit symbol image is taken out from the image storage unit 44, and a symbol other than the hit symbol, that is, the hit symbol is stopped and displayed on the display screen 5a of the display unit 5 (step 1019). On the other hand, the game state setting means 22 receives the time-up signal from the symbol variation time measurement timer 26, and ends a series of controls related to the game associated with the start winning.

For example, the winning symbols are stopped and displayed so as to be aligned with any one of three upper and lower rows and two diagonal rows on the display screen 5a of the display device 5, for example, "1,1,1", "2,3". 2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,5,5,5,6,6,6,7,7,7,8,8, 8 "," 9, 9, 9 "," 1st design, 1st design, 1st design "" 2nd design, 2nd design, 2nd design "" 3rd design, 3rd design 3 symbol, 3rd symbol ", and the winning symbol stop information 52 of the winning lottery result 50A indicates any one of the above winning symbols in the upper, middle, and lower three columns and two diagonal columns of the display screen 5a. This is information for stopping and displaying so as to be aligned with any one of the above.
In the above description, a case is shown in which nine out-of-hit symbols are stopped and displayed on the display screen 5a of the display 5, but three out-of-hit symbols are stopped and displayed, for example, in a row on the display screen 5a of the display 5. Alternatively, one hit symbol may be stopped and displayed on the display screen 5a of the display device 5.

  In the win game, a game in which the opening / closing drive means 28 opens and closes the opening / closing body 12 of the variable winning component 6 a predetermined number of times or for a predetermined time is performed. Then, when the ball fired in the game area 3 wins the variable winning part 6 while the opening / closing body 12 is opened, the variable winning ball detector 14 that detects the winning ball sends a variable winning detection signal to the winning detecting means 21. The winning detection unit 21 outputs a winning ball payout signal based on the variable winning detection signal to the ball payout control unit 63, and the ball payout control unit 63 controls the ball payout mechanism 64. As a result, the ball payout mechanism 64 pays out the number of balls as prize balls corresponding to the winning start to the receiving tray. In the win game, if a specific condition is satisfied by a ball entering the variable winning component 6, the opening and closing body 12 is closed and then reopened, but if the specific condition is not satisfied, the opening and closing body 12 closes and wins. The game is over. For example, a condition that the variable winning part 6 has won a specific winning part outside the drawing before the ball has won a specific number (for example, 10) of the normal winning part outside the drawing of the variable winning part 6, The opening / closing body 12 is closed once each time a specific condition such as a condition that a specific winning section is won within a predetermined time is satisfied. The period up to once closing is called a round, and if a specific condition is satisfied, the round is continued up to a predetermined number of times. Therefore, for example, if the maximum number of rounds is 16, if a specific condition is satisfied, the processing is continued up to 16 rounds. If the specific condition is not satisfied, the round continuation ends in the round in which the condition is not satisfied, and the winning game ends.

  In addition, during a series of games from the symbol change accompanying the start winning to the end of the symbol change based on the lottery result 50B of the loss due to the start winning, or the lottery result by the start winning from the symbol change accompanying the start winning. During a series of games up to the end of the winning game based on 50A, if there is one or more starting prizes by a ball fired in the game area 3 separately from the ball of the starting prize, the lottery will be lost at the timing of the starting prize. A random lottery by means 23 is performed, and after the above series of games is completed, symbols for the starting prize are sequentially changed, and a value difference display is performed or not performed similarly to the above, Finally, the winning symbol is stopped and displayed according to the result of the winning lottery.

  In addition, a lottery that determines whether or not the probability of obtaining a winning lottery result in a winning / losing lottery after a winning game is higher than the probability of a normal game, that is, a probability change lottery is performed. The production reference value is updated. The probability change means that the data of the hit / miss knowledge 25 is increased so that the number of hit / lot results in the hit / miss knowledge 25 in FIG. 3 is increased so that the probability of obtaining the hit lottery result in the hit / miss lottery is higher than the probability of the normal game. Rewriting is a rewriting, and the probable change game is a game played with this data rewritten. Therefore, when the probability change game is determined by the probability change lottery, the notification effect reference value is retrieved from the rewritten hit / miss knowledge 25 and stored in the notification effect reference value storage unit 101. That is, the notification effect reference value is updated. As a result, the value difference is displayed in the probability change game in the same manner as described above.

  According to the above, the value difference between the count value obtained in the winning and losing lottery and the reference value for notification effect (= count value per hit) is notified, so that the player is more or less hit. Can be judged, the playability is improved, the game can be interesting, and the hit count value is not notified, so even if the player uses the fraudulent support machine, the hit count value of the hit / miss lottery counter can be determined. It is possible to make it difficult to grasp the periodicity of the arrangement, and it is possible to make it difficult for the player to illegally acquire the hit game.

Other form 1
In the above description, a different notification value difference range is set according to the difference ball count calculated by the difference ball count calculation means 109, but the notification value difference range may be variably set by lottery. In this case, although not shown, for example, a notification value difference range lottery counter similar to the hit-out lottery counter 24 or the notification lottery counter 104 and a notification value difference range knowledge in which a different notification value difference range is associated with each count value are used. A notification value difference range lottery means for acquiring the notification value difference range by lottery may be provided in the main control device 15. This lottery may be performed in response to some signal based on the winning start.
By doing so, there is a possibility that the chance of showing a value difference to the player increases or decreases due to the lottery, so that the playability is improved.

Other form 2
Further, the notification value difference range may be fixed. That is, if the value difference is within a preset notification value difference range, the value difference may be reported. For example, instead of steps 1010 to 1012, a preset notification value difference range is compared with the value difference, and it is determined whether the value difference is within the notification value difference range. For example, if the notification value difference range is ± 5 and the value difference is within ± 5, the process proceeds to step 1015. In this case, main control is performed on the notification value difference range setting means including a program in which the notification value difference range is set in advance and a notification value difference range setting storage unit that stores the notification value difference range set by the program. What is necessary is just to provide in the apparatus 15. In this way, it is possible to obtain a pachinko machine that can make the probability of showing a value difference to a player uniform.

Other form 3
In the above description, the reference value for the notification effect is all of the hit values. However, the reference value for the notification effect is, for example, a count value of some of the count values per hit and a count value other than the count value per hit, that is, the count value of the outlier. Some may be set. In this case, since the reference value for notification effect cannot be searched, the reference value for notification effect is stored in advance in the ROM, and the reference value for notification effect is stored in the reference value storage unit 101 for notification effect when the main controller 15 is activated. What is necessary is just to provide a reference value setting means for notification effect to be stored. By doing so, it is possible to notify the difference between the count value obtained in the winning and losing lottery and the count value of the losing count, and it is possible to give the player the illusion that it was a little more hit or missed, Playability can be improved. Further, it is possible to make it difficult to grasp the periodicity of the arrangement of the hit count values as compared with the case where all the hit count values are set as the reference values for the notification effect. In this case, the reference value for the notification effect written in the ROM by the ROM writer may be configured to be rewritable.

Other form 4
In the above description, the display is made so that ± of the value difference can be understood. However, the display may be made such that ± of the value difference is not known. For example, when the notification value difference range is ± 5, an image that brightly displays the scale portions 121 in order from the left end of the indicator having the six scale portions may be displayed. In this case, only the first scale from the left is brightly displayed when the count value of the win is obtained in the random lottery, and when the value difference is ± 1, the first and second scales from the left are displayed. Is displayed brightly, and when the value difference is ± 2, the first to third scales from the left are displayed brightly. When the value difference is ± 3, the first to fourth scales from the left are displayed. When the value difference is ± 4, the first to fifth scales from the left are displayed brightly, and when the value difference is ± 5, all scales are displayed brightly. It should just be displayed. In this way, it is possible to make it difficult to grasp the periodicity of the arrangement of the hit count value, as compared with the case where the value difference ± is displayed so as to be understood.

Other form 5
In the above description, the value difference is displayed on the display screen 5a of the display unit 5. However, a small lamp (LED or the like) is arranged on the design board surface 1a below the display unit 5 to constitute an alarm, or the indicator is displayed by a segment display or the like. May be configured. Further, an image indicating the number of the value difference may be displayed on the display screen 5 a of the display 5.

Other form 6
Further, the value difference may be notified by sound, blinking of an indicator lamp, or the like. That is, the annunciator may be configured by an indicator lamp such as the decoration lamp 200 or a sound output device such as the speaker 201. Then, the value difference may be notified by the display 5 or the like, or one or more of the display lamp and the sound output device.

Other form 7
In addition, although the information lottery for notifying the value difference is performed, information for determining whether to notify the value difference is added to each of the hit-out lottery results 50 of the hit-out knowledge 25, and the notification determination means The information on whether or not to notify may be determined at 106 to determine whether or not to notify.

Other form 8
In addition, if it is determined that the notification is to be made by the notification lottery without setting the notification value difference range, the value difference between the count value acquired in the hit-out lottery and the nearest notification effect reference value is always notified. It may be. In this case, since the value difference may be large, the value difference may be displayed by a numeral.

Other form 9
Further, the value difference may be always reported without setting the report value difference range and not performing the report lottery.

Other form 10
In addition, not only the value difference between the count value obtained in the hit-and-miss lottery and the closest reference value for the notification effect, but also the value difference between the count value obtained in the hit-and-miss lottery and the second closest notification effect reference value. The notification may be made. According to this, for example, the position of the acquired count value between the notification effect reference value and the notification reference value can be notified, and the player can be motivated to play.

In the above description, an example has been described in which the display setting unit 41 acquires the change pattern image display information by lottery and the image processing unit 45 starts the symbol change display. In this case, the main controller 15 only needs to send, for example, a signal of logic “1” as the symbol variation start information to the display controller 40 and does not transmit the variation pattern image display information, so that the burden on the main controller 15 can be reduced. .
As the symbol variation control, the variation pattern image display information is added to the hit / miss knowledge 25 in FIG. 3, the symbol variation start information is sent to the display control device 40, and the symbol variation is started with a constant variation image. The hit / miss determination means 116 determines whether or not the hit / miss lottery result obtained in the hit / loss lottery is a hit lottery result. The symbol stop information and the hit notice information may be transmitted so that the image processing means 45 performs an image display process based on the information. In addition, the symbol change start information and the change pattern image display information are added to the hit-and-miss knowledge 25 in FIG. 3 to determine whether or not the hit-and-miss lottery result obtained in the hit-and-miss lottery is a hit or not. After the judgment by the judgment means 116, the main control device 15 transmits the symbol change start information, the change pattern image display information, the hit-miss design stop information, and the hit notice information to the display control device 40, and sends them to the image processing means 45. An image display process based on the information may be performed. In this case, the symbol change time can be changed by including the symbol change time information in the symbol change start information.

  The present invention can be applied to a slot machine, and a similar effect can be obtained. That is, the control device obtains the count value of the hit-out lottery counter by detecting the operation of the game start operation means such as the game start operation lever or the game start operation button or the insertion of the game medium such as a coin, and the hit-out lottery. It is assumed that the obtained count value is obtained by comparing the obtained count value with the hit / miss knowledge that associates the count value of the counter with the hit / miss lottery result, and that the obtained hit / miss lottery result is the hit lottery result. The present invention can also be applied to a slot machine that performs a game when it is determined.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a pachinko machine of the present invention. The figure which shows the outline of the control flow of the pachinko machine. The figure which shows the hit-and-miss knowledge of the pachinko machine. The figure which shows the notification knowledge of the pachinko machine. The figure which shows the notification value difference range setting knowledge of the pachinko machine. The figure which shows the display form of the value difference of the same pachinko machine.

Explanation of reference numerals

4 Start winning parts, 5 display (alarm), 15 main controller,
23 hitting lottery means, 24 hitting lottery counters, 25 hitting knowledge,
46 value difference notification setting means, 100 notification effect reference value setting means, 103 notification lottery means, 107 value difference calculation means, 109 difference ball number calculation means, 111 notification value difference range variable setting means, 112 notification value difference setting knowledge , 113 notification value difference range storage unit,
115 Value difference information transmission means.

Claims (12)

  The control device obtains the count value of the hit / loss lottery counter by starting the winning prize of the ball to the start winning part or operating the game start operating means, and associates the count value of the hit / loss lottery counter with the hit / loss lottery result. In the gaming machine which performs a hit game when the acquired count value is collated with the acquired count value to obtain a hit / miss lottery result, and when the obtained hit / miss lottery result is determined to be a hit lottery result, the control device notifies The effect reference value setting means, the value difference calculation means, and the value difference notification setting means are provided, and the notification effect reference value setting means sets the hit count value of the hit-out lottery counter associated with the hit lottery result to one. The reference value for the notification effect is set so as to include at least one, and the value difference calculation means uses the reference value for the notification effect and the winning lottery Calculates the value difference between the count value of the data, the gaming machine, wherein a value difference announcement setting means outputs a value difference alarm.   2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the notification effect reference value setting means sets all of the winning count values as the notification effect reference value.   2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the notification effect reference value setting means sets some hit count values and some out-of-out count values as the notification effect reference values.   4. The value difference calculating means calculates a value difference between a count value of a hit-and-miss lottery counter obtained in a hit-and-miss lottery and a reference value for the notification effect closest to the count value. The gaming machine according to any one of the above.   The control device further comprises a notification lottery means for determining whether or not to notify the value difference calculated by the value difference calculation means by a signal based on a start winning or a game start operation means. A gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4.   The control device includes a difference ball number calculation unit, a notification value difference range variable setting unit, a value difference range notification determination unit, and a value difference notification setting unit, and the difference ball number calculation unit calculates the difference ball number from the number of balls fired in the game area. The difference ball number is calculated by subtracting the number of balls paid out to the player due to the winning of the ball in the winning part, and the notification value difference range variable setting means reports based on the difference ball number calculated by the difference ball number calculation means. Variably set the notification value difference range to allow, and when the value difference range notification determination means determines that the calculated value difference is a value difference within the set notification value difference range, the notification value difference range and The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the value difference is transmitted to a value difference notification setting means, and the value difference notification setting means outputs the value difference to the alarm.   The notification value difference range variable setting means has notification value difference range setting knowledge in which the number of difference balls and the notification value difference range are associated with each other, and the notification value difference range is set based on the notification value difference range setting knowledge. The gaming machine according to claim 6.   8. The gaming machine according to claim 7, wherein the notification value difference range setting knowledge is constituted by knowledge in which a notification value difference range is associated with a larger number of difference balls.   The control device includes a notification value difference range variable setting unit, a value difference range notification determination unit, and a value difference notification setting unit, and the notification value difference range variable setting unit receives a signal based on an operation of a start winning or a game start operation unit. The notification value difference range is variably set by lottery, and when the value difference range notification determination means determines that the calculated value difference is a value difference within the set notification value difference range, the notification value difference range and The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the value difference is transmitted to a value difference notification setting means, and the value difference notification setting means outputs the value difference to the alarm.   The control device includes a notification value difference range setting unit, a value difference range notification determination unit, and a value difference notification setting unit, and the notification value difference range setting unit sets a notification value difference range in which the notification is permitted, and sets the value difference range. When the notification determination means determines that the value difference is within the notification value difference range, the value difference range and the value difference are transmitted to the value difference notification setting means, and the value difference notification setting means outputs the value difference to the alarm. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein:   The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the annunciator comprises one or more of a display, an indicator light, and a sound output device. 12. The gaming machine according to claim 11, wherein the value difference notification setting means displays the value difference of + and the value difference of-on the display screen of the display device.

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