JP2005052674A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To fluctuate the probability that the display result of a variable display device becomes a specified display form and to enable a player to easily recognize that the probability is fluctuated by effectively utilizing the variable display device. <P>SOLUTION: Two or more kinds of winning symbols of the variable display device are set, and in the case that the display result of the variable display device becomes a probability improving symbol among the two or more kinds of the winning symbols, control is performed to a probability fluctuation state in which the probability that the display result of the variable display device has the combination of the winning symbol is improved (S107-S118). By increasing the number of winning judgement values for deciding winning and losing by judging matching with the value of a random 1 counter for deciding winning and losing, the probability fluctuation state is attained, the value of the random 1 counter is extracted and stored in the corresponding area of start winning storage at the time of start winning, and the matching of the stored value and the winning judgement value at the time is judged at the time of starting variation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine represented by a pachinko gaming machine, a coin gaming machine, a slot machine, or the like, and more specifically, includes a variable display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of types of identification information, and when the variable display device is variably stopped. The present invention relates to a gaming machine that can be controlled to a specific gaming state on condition that the display result of is in a specific display mode.

In this type of gaming machine, what is conventionally known is, for example, that the variable display device is variably started based on the establishment of a predetermined variable start condition, and variable based on the establishment of a predetermined stop condition. On the condition that the display device is controlled to stop and the display result when the variable display device is stopped has become a predetermined display mode (for example, 777), the variable winning ball device is advantageous for the player. There is one configured to be in a state that can be controlled to a specific gaming state such as controlling to a state of 1 (for example, Patent Document 1).
JP-A-3-73180

  However, in this type of conventional gaming machine, the display result when the variable display device is stopped is configured to have the specific display mode with a certain probability, and the display when the variable display device is stopped Since the probability that the result becomes a specific display mode is not controlled to fluctuate, there is a disadvantage that the game is poor in change.

  In view of this, it is conceivable that the probability that the display result when the variable display device is stopped becomes a specific display mode is subjected to variation control based on the establishment of a predetermined probability variation condition. However, even if configured in this way, if the player does not realize that the probability has changed, for example, the player cannot make a game operation in consideration of the probability variation state. Inconvenience that the player cannot fully recognize the interestingness that is rich in change due to the probability variation occurs.

  The present invention has been conceived in view of such circumstances, and its purpose is to enable the variable display device to change the probability that the display result of the variable display device becomes a specific display mode. The player can easily recognize that the probability variation has occurred by effectively using the variable display device, paying attention to the fact that the player may have a specific display mode. It is to provide a gaming machine.

Specific examples of means for solving the problems and their effects

(1) A variable display device (variable display device 14) having a plurality of variable display portions capable of variably displaying a plurality of types of identification information (symbols), and a plurality of display results of the plurality of variable display portions are predetermined. A specific gaming state (for example, “7,7,7”) that is advantageous to the player when a combination of specific identification information defined in plural types in any one of the winning lines (for example, “7, 7, 7”) It is a gaming machine (pachinko machine 60) that can be controlled in a jackpot state)
Specific gaming state determination numerical value updating means (S13, S20) for updating numerical information used to determine whether or not to control to the specific gaming state;
Numerical information storage means (S87 to S89) for storing numerical information updated by the specific game state determining numerical value update means;
Specific game state determination means (S103 to S132) for performing a match determination using the numerical information stored in the numerical information storage means and the hit determination value, and determining that the specific game state is generated when they match. ,
Identification information type determination numerical value updating means (S13, S20) for updating numerical information used to determine which of the plurality of types of specific display modes is the display result;
When the specific gaming state determining means determines to enter the specific gaming state (when YES is determined in S124), the numerical information updated by the identification information type determining numerical updating means is used. Specific display mode type determining means (S128, S133) for determining which of the plurality of types of specific display modes is the display result;
When the specific gaming state determining unit determines to enter the specific gaming state, a hit line determining unit (S78) that determines a hit line that establishes the combination of the specific identification information from the plurality of hit lines. To S86, S128),
Special display mode for determining whether or not the display result of the variable display device determined by the specific display mode type determination means is a predetermined special display mode among the plurality of types of specific display modes. Determination means (S153);
When the special display mode determination means determines that it is the special display mode (when YES is determined in S153), the probability is improved by increasing the number of hit determination values (S154). The flag is set, YES is determined in S175, the probability mode is high in S176, YES is determined in S107, and the number of determination values is 10. The display result of the variable display device is the specific display. Probability variation control means (S107 to S117) for controlling to a probability variation state in which the hit probability that becomes an aspect is improved,
The display results are derived and displayed at different times after the variable display sections are variably started, and a reach occurs in which the display results of the already stopped variable display sections satisfy a part of the specific identification information. Variable display control means (S134, S138, S147 to S150) for performing variable display at the time of variably displaying the final variable display section for deriving and displaying the display result at the end.
The numerical information storage means stores numerical information that is updated by the specific gaming state determination numerical updating means when detecting a starting ball that has entered a starting area provided in the gaming area,
The specific gaming state determination means is configured to start the variable display of the variable display device according to the detection of the start ball that has entered the start area, and the numerical information stored according to the detection and the start of the variable display. Using the hit determination value corresponding to the state of the hit probability of
The identification information type determination numerical value updating means is repeatedly executed by the central processing unit (CPU 91) after a game control program repeatedly executed periodically (for example, every 2 msec) until the next program execution. The numerical information is updated in the numerical information updating step (S13) provided in the middle of the program other than the infinite loop,
The plurality of types of identification information includes hit identification information (symbol numbers 08, 06, 04, 02, 00, 10, 0E, 0C, a combination of the specific identification information depending on the combination displayed on the hit line. 0A left, middle, and right symbols), and identification information configured to be smaller than the corresponding identification information, and when displayed on the hit line, it is not a combination of the specific identification information. Identification information (design numbers 07, 05, 03, 01, 11, 0F, 0D, 0B, 09, left, middle, and right symbols),
The hit identification information includes special identification information (“7” “F”) which is a combination of the special identification information depending on the combination displayed on the hit line, and when displayed on the hit line. Non-specific identification information that is not a combination of the special identification information (hit identification information other than “7” and “F”),
The reach generated on the hit line determined by the hit line determining means includes a plurality of reaches on which the reach of the special identification information and the non-special identification information is simultaneously established on the hit line (FIGS. 1 and 4),
The variable display control means variably displays the last variable display section in which the special identification information and the special rejection identification information are continuously displayed with the rejection identification information in between (FIG. 4). And

  According to such a configuration, when the display result of the variable display device is a combination of predetermined special identification information among the combination of the plurality of types of specific identification information, the display result of the variable display device However, since the probability variation state in which the probability that the combination of the specific identification information is improved is improved, the player's expectation for establishment of the combination of the specific identification information can be increased and the interest can be improved. Also, an identification information type determination numerical value updating means for updating numerical information used to determine the type of identification information displayed as a display result when a combination of specific identification information is used is provided for game control. In order to update the numerical information by the numerical information updating step provided in the middle of the program other than the infinite loop that is repeatedly executed after the program is executed until the next program execution, it takes time for game control to Even if the control does not reach the endless loop location, the numerical information is updated by the update step in the middle of the program. Therefore, the type of identification information displayed as the display result when the specific identification information is combined is determined. As a result, the randomness of the probability variation state is improved.

  Since the final variable display unit that can continuously display the special identification information and the negative special identification information across the failure identification information is controlled to be variably displayed at the time of the reach, the player can make multiple reach. In a state where a specific gaming state is established, the special identification information indicating whether or not a specific gaming state is generated and the special identification information capable of generating not only the special gaming state but also a probability variation state are continuously inserted across the rejection identification information so that a hit line of multiple reach It is variably displayed on the top and led to a large excitement state, and the interest at the time of occurrence of multiple reach can be further improved.

  Further, even if the hit identification information is configured to be conspicuously large, the failure display identification information is so small that it is not necessary to make the entire variable display portion so large.

  (2) The variable display device includes a rotary drum type variable display device that variably displays a plurality of types of identification information by rotating the drum.

  According to such a configuration, it is not necessary to make the drum so large due to the small failure identification information, and processing of the combined dimensions of the variable display device is facilitated.

  (3) The probability variation means includes a probability variation determination step (S153, S175) for determining whether or not to control the probability variation state in the game control program executed by the central processing unit (CPU 91), During probability change state (while probability mode is high probability) and normal probability when not in probability change state (when probability mode is low probability) In any of the above, it is characterized in that it is determined whether or not to control to the probability variation state by the same probability variation determination step for each specific gaming state.

  According to such a configuration, the probability variation is performed by the same probability variation determination step for each specific gaming state both during the probability variation state and during the normal probability when the probability variation state is not achieved. In order to determine whether or not to control the state, there are provided both determination steps for the middle probability variation determination step in the probability variation state and the middle probability variation determination step for the normal probability The program is simplified because it is not necessary.

  (4) The combination of the special identification information is the same combination of identification information (“7” “F”) in the probability variation state and the normal probability that is not the probability variation state, and the specific identification information The probability that the combination of the special identification information among the combinations is selected is the same probability in the probability variation state and the normal probability that is not the probability variation state (both “7” and “F” depending on the values of random 2 and random 4). "Probability of matching").

  According to such a configuration, the combination of special identification information is the same combination of identification information in the probability variation state and the normal probability that is not in the probability variation state, and the special identification information among the combination of specific identification information The probability that the combination is selected is the same in the probability variation state and the normal probability that is not in the probability variation state.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, a pachinko gaming machine will be described as an example of a gaming machine. However, the present invention is not limited to this and may be a coin gaming machine or a slot machine.

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing a pachinko gaming machine 60 and a card processing machine 62 as an example of the gaming machine according to the present invention.

  A card processor 62 is provided on one side of the pachinko gaming machine 60 in the left-right direction (left side in the drawing) so as to be separable from the pachinko gaming machine 60. In the figure, reference numeral 130 denotes a processor usable indicator, which is lit to indicate that the card processor 62 is in operation and usable. In addition, various error states are displayed on the processor availability indicator 130. The card processor 62 is provided with a card reader / writer control unit 134 provided with a card reader / writer. When a card is inserted from the card insertion / ejection port 133, recorded information recorded on the card is read by this card reader. Read by writer. The remaining card amount at the time of insertion included in the read card information is displayed by a remaining amount display device (card balance display device) 50. The card processor 62 is provided with a card processor controller 135 having a built-in CPU, ROM, RAM and the like. The card processor controller 135 controls the entire card processor 62.

  When a player wants to play a game with the pachinko gaming machine 60, a card as an example of a recording medium in which the player's valuable value such as the remaining amount of the card is recorded is inserted into the card insertion / ejection slot 133. When the inserted card is appropriate and the remaining amount of the card remains, and the ball lending operation is possible, the control signal for turning on the ball lending LED is sent from the card processor control unit 135 to the pachinko gaming machine 60 side. The ball lending LED (ball lending indicator) 48d that is output and provided in the ball storage tray 59 as an example of the hitting ball waiting unit is turned on. This ball lending LED (ball lending indicator) 48d lights to indicate that a ball lending operation can be performed. The player confirms that the ball lending LED (ball lending indicator) 48d is lit and presses the ball lending button 44c. Then, a ball payout command signal is output from the card processing machine 62 side to the payout control microcomputer 730 on the pachinko gaming machine 60 side, and a ball amount setting switch 137 (see FIG. 2) including a rotary switch or the like which will be described later is used in advance. The game balls (pachinko balls) for the amount of lent out balls (hereinafter simply referred to as the lent amount) are paid out into the hitting ball supply tray 59 by one set ball lending operation. The ball lending LED (ball lending indicator) 48d is turned off and the lending indicator 46d is blinked until the payout for the amount of lending is completed. Then, when the payout of the pachinko balls for the amount of the lent is completed, the remaining amount of the card inserted into the card processing machine 62 is updated by the reduced amount of the lent. The card processing machine 62 constitutes a recording medium processing device that reads the recording information of the recording medium on which information capable of specifying the valuable value owned by the player is recorded.

  In the figure, 42c is a return button, which is effective during the period when the ball lending LED (ball lending indicator) 48d is lit. When the return button 42c is pressed by the player, the card inserted in the card processor 62 is returned from the card insertion / discharge port 133 to the player side. The card insertion / discharge port 133 is provided with a protrusion on the outer periphery of the groove portion where the card is inserted / discharged, and the protrusion 133b on the left side has a larger protrusion than the protrusion 133a on the right side of the figure. A player who plays a game in a pachinko gaming machine (not shown) installed on the left side of the card processing machine 62 is mistakenly inserted into the card insertion / extraction port 133 of the card processing machine 62. The inconvenience of inserting can be prevented as much as possible. In the figure, reference numeral 132 denotes a card insertion lamp, which lights up while being held at a predetermined position where a card is inserted into the card insertion / discharge port 133.

  A remaining amount indicator (card balance indicator) 50 provided in the hitting ball supply tray 59 displays the remaining amount of the card when the card is inserted and the remaining amount of the card after the ball lending is performed and the amount of money is updated. If the player operates the hitting operation handle 121 in a state where the pachinko balls are paid out in the hitting ball supply tray 59, the pachinko balls are shot into the game area 120 one by one. In the game area 120, a variable display device 14 capable of variably displaying a plurality of types of identification information is provided. The game area 120 is further provided with start winning ports 1a, 1b, 1c, and the winning balls that have won the start winning ports 1a, 1b, 1c are detected by the start winning ball detection switches 2a, 2b, 2c. . Based on the detection signals of the start winning ball detection switches 2a, 2b, and 2c, the variable display device 14 starts variably, and symbols of examples of a plurality of types of identification information are variably displayed by the variable display portions 14a, 14b, and 14c. Is controlled to stop. If the hitting ball wins again in any of the start winning openings 1a to 1c during the variable display of the variable display device 14, the start winning is stored and the start winning record display unit 10 displays the winning record value. Is done. This start winning memory is configured to store, for example, a maximum of four start winnings, and with the upper limit being four, every time there is a starting win, “1” is added and stored, and the variable display device 14 is variable. Every time it is started, “1” is subtracted and updated. In this embodiment, the variable display device 14 is a rotary drum type variable display device. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a 7-segment display, a liquid crystal display, a fluorescent display tube, an LED, an electroluminescence display, and the like. A display device may be used, or a dot matrix type variable display device may be used. Further, it may be one that is variably displayed during normal times, and in such a case, it is desirable that the brightness or variable display speed is changed by the start winning so that it can be seen that the variable display is made again.

  The variable display device 14 has a total of three hit lines (combination effective columns) defined in the central horizontal row and on the diagonal diagonal line. When the variable display device 14 is stopped, there is a certain one of the three hit rows. When a combination of specific identification information (for example, 777) is arranged on the winning row, it becomes a big hit, the solenoid 5 of the variable winning ball apparatus 3 is excited, the opening / closing plate 4 is opened, and a player who easily wins a hit ball This is the first state that is advantageous to the user. If the pachinko ball that is driven into the game area 120 wins in the variable winning ball apparatus 3 when the opening / closing plate 4 is opened, the winning ball is detected by the 10-count detection switch 8. The first state of the variable winning ball apparatus 3 is the earlier of either a predetermined number (for example, 10) of hit balls or a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) after the first state is reached. When this condition is satisfied, the process is terminated, and the opening / closing plate 4 is closed, and a second state is obtained which is disadvantageous for a player who does not win a hit ball. If a pachinko ball that has won a prize in the variable winning ball device 3 wins a specific winning opening (V pocket) 6, the specific winning ball is detected by the specific winning ball detection switch 7, and based on the detection output, the variable winning ball is detected. After the first state of the ball device 3 is finished, the opening / closing plate 4 is opened again, and the repeated control of the first state is performed. The upper limit number of the repeated continuation control is set to 10 times, for example. The number of times of repeated continuation control is displayed by a 7-segment display 11 as a lucky number / number display LED. The 7-segment display 11 also displays a jackpot occurrence probability and a lucky number, which will be described later. Further, the second state of the variable winning ball apparatus 3 may be a state where the hit ball is not won at all but the hit ball can be won but it is difficult to win. Further, when a hitting ball is won in the start winning opening 1a, 1b, 1c, for example, 5 prize balls are paid out into the hitting ball supply tray 59 for each start winning ball. On the other hand, when a hitting ball is won in a winning opening other than the starting winning holes 1a to 1c or in the variable winning ball apparatus, 15 prize balls are paid out into the hitting ball supply tray 59 for each winning. During the payout of the prize balls, the payout lamp 126 is lit or blinked.

  The prize balls dispensed in the hitting ball supply tray 59 are stored in a ball tank 151 (see FIG. 2), which will be described later, and when the stored balls in the ball tank 151 are exhausted, the tank ball sensor 150 receives the balls. When the ball is no longer detected, the out-of-ball indicator 127 is lit or blinked to indicate that there is no stored ball. The hit ball supply tray 59 is filled with premium balls and surplus balls that can no longer be stored are dispensed into the surplus ball storage tray 122. When the surplus ball storage tray 122 is also full, a credit score indicator for storing and displaying the number of prize balls or the amount corresponding to the prize balls when a prize ball to be paid out thereafter is generated. May be provided in the hit ball supply tray 59. In that case, after the number of pachinko balls in the hit ball supply tray 59 and the surplus ball storage tray 122 is reduced, the prize balls displayed on the credit score display are paid out. The remaining amount indicator (card balance indicator) 50 is a seven-segment indicator, but instead, a plurality of light emitting diodes may be provided corresponding to the rent amount or 100 yen unit. In addition, the remaining amount indicator (card balance indicator) 50 may display the amount of rented balls, or another indicator may be provided to display the amount of lentable balls that is lent by one ball lending operation. Alternatively, a sticker on which the amount of lentable balls is printed may be pasted. In the figure, reference numeral 15 denotes a speaker, which produces a sound effect or the like at the time of a big hit.

  A fraction display switch 136 is provided on the front side of the card processor 62. This fraction display switch 136 is a display digit when a fraction less than a predetermined unit number (for example, 100 yen) is generated in the current remaining amount of the inserted card displayed by the remaining amount indicator (card balance indicator) 50. Is used to display a fractional number less than a predetermined unit number (for example, 100 yen). In other words, this fraction display switch when there is a card balance less than a predetermined number of units (for example, 100 yen) due to a change in the monetary equivalent value of a pachinko ball to be rented by changing the ball lending rate. When switching 136, if there is a remaining amount in units of 10,000 yen, the fraction is rounded down and flashed on the remaining amount indicator (card balance indicator) 50, and automatically when the remaining amount in 10,000 units is exhausted. The indicator is switched to lit up to a fraction of less than 100 yen. The remaining amount indicator (card balance indicator) 50 may be provided on a curtain plate or the like. In the figure, 18 is a game effect lamp, 19 is a rail decoration lamp, 20 is a windmill lamp, 21 is a shoulder lamp, 22 is a side lamp, 23 is an attacker lamp, 24 is a sleeve lamp, 17 is a drum decoration lamp, and 26 is a decoration LED. (A) and 27 are decoration LEDs (B), and 28 is a V prize display LED.

  FIG. 2 is a rear view showing a partial internal structure of the card processing machine and the pachinko gaming machine.

  A wiring 70 as an example of an information transmission medium connected to the card processor control unit 135 of the card processor 62 is connected to a relay terminal board 138 provided in the pachinko gaming machine 60 by a connector 139, and the card processor control unit 135 and the relay terminal board 138 are configured to transmit and receive information to and from each other via the wiring 70. Further, the relay terminal board 138 includes a game control board 148 ′ as an example of a game control means housed in the payout concentration control board 730 and the game control board box 148 housed in the payout control board box 145. , The gaming machine terminal box 149, and the payout motor 63a of the ball dispenser 63 are connected via connectors 141, 144, 143, 142, respectively. Furthermore, the above-described various indicators and various operation button switches provided on the hitting ball supply tray 59 are connected to the relay terminal board 138 via the connector 140. It should be noted that the card processor control unit 135, various displays provided on the hitting ball supply tray 59, various operation button switches, and the payout concentration control board 730 in the payout control board box 145 do not pass through the relay terminal board 138. The payout concentration control board 730 and the payout motor 63a may be connected via the relay terminal board 138 by direct connection. Further, the card processor control unit 135 and the payout concentration control board 730 may be directly connected by a connector.

  On the back side of the card processor 62, there is provided a lent amount setting switch 137 for inputting and setting a lent amount to be paid out by one lent operation. Five types of amounts of 200 yen, 300 yen, 400 yen, and 500 yen can be input and set. For example, if the rent amount is set to 300 yen as shown in the figure by an attendant at a game hall, the 300 yen amount is stored as a lent amount in a microcomputer (not shown) of the card processor control unit 135. Then, when the player inserts the card into the card insertion / discharge port 133 and presses the ball lending button 44c, the ball lending amount (300 yen) is automatically paid out into the hitting ball supply tray 59. Will be deducted from the remaining card amount. In the figure, reference numeral 134 denotes a card reader / writer control unit including a card reader / writer and its control circuit.

  The payout control board box 145 is provided with an error cause indicator 146 so that when an abnormality occurs in the payout of the pachinko balls by the ball dispenser 63, the type of the cause of the abnormality can be displayed. Then, when the attendant at the game hall repairs the abnormality that has occurred, the reset button 147 is operated to reset the ball payout control program. Instead of providing the error cause indicator 146 in the payout control board box 145, the cause of the error is displayed by the remaining amount indicator (card balance indicator) 50 provided in the ball storage tray 59, or on the front side of the gaming machine. An error cause indicator may be provided separately, or it may be dealt with by changing the blinking mode of the payout lamp 126 depending on the cause, or may be displayed on the hall management computer. The ball dispenser 63 and the dispensing control board in the dispensing control board box 145 constitute a ball dispensing apparatus. The ball dispenser 63 is provided with a ball feeding member 63b that is rotated by a dispensing motor 63a. The ball feeding member 63b is provided with a spiral protrusion for lateral ball feeding on the outer periphery of a cylindrical rotating member. The pachinko ball supplied from the tank rail 67 is temporarily received by the outer peripheral surface of the ball feeding member 63b. When the ball feeding member 63b rotates, the pachinko balls received on the outer peripheral surface are moved in the lateral direction and paid out one by one to the hitting ball supply tray 59 side. The ball dispenser 63 is detachably attached to the mechanism plate 751 of the pachinko gaming machine 60 with screws or the like. Note that the attachment method is not limited to screw fixing, and any attachment method may be used as long as it is a detachable attachment method such as locking by a locking bracket or elastic holding using an elastic holding member.

  A tank ball sensor 150 is provided in the middle of the tank rail 67, and it is detected by this tank ball sensor 150 that there is no stored ball in the ball tank 151, and the detection signal is used as a game terminal box 149, a relay terminal. This is input to the payout concentration control board 730 in the payout control board box 145 via the board 138. When the tank ball sensor 150 no longer detects a ball, the ball break indicator 127 is turned on and only the pachinko ball payout operation by ball lending is disabled.

  A pachinko ball is supplied to the ball tank 151 from a supply basket 152 provided on the island via a supply device 153 including a supply ball detector. The supply balls supplied to the ball tank 151 are detected by the supply ball detector of the supply device 153, and it is detected that a predetermined number a (for example, 10) of pachinko balls have been supplied and one pulse is detected. A signal is output from the supply ball detector. This output signal is transmitted to the connector 154. The ball lending request signal from the card processing machine 62 is received and the pachinko balls in the ball tank 151 are not paid out to the hitting ball supply tray 59, but the balls that the player has purchased from the ball lending device are stored in the hitting ball supply tray 59. In the case of a conventional pachinko gaming machine that is put into the game and connected to a connector 155 connected to the connector 154 and the hall management computer, the detection signal from the supply ball detector is managed for the hall. The hall management computer counts the number of disadvantageous balls that are disadvantageous for the game hall based on the transmitted detection signal. However, as in the present embodiment, in a pachinko gaming machine that pays out a part of the stored balls in the ball tank 151 into the hitting ball supply tray 59 based on the ball lending request signal from the card processing machine 62, The rented ball that does not have any disadvantageous ball count for the game hall is supplied from the replenishment basket 152 to the ball tank 151, and the supplied rented ball is detected by the replenishment ball detector, and the disadvantaged ball is detected. The number information is input to the hall management computer, which causes a disadvantage that the number of disadvantageous balls cannot be accurately counted by the hall management computer. Therefore, in the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment, the connector 155 connected to the hall management computer is disconnected from the connector 154 connected to the supply ball detector of the supply device 153 and connected to the terminal box 149 for gaming machine. Connected to the connector 156. Each time the number of prize balls paid out based on the winning of the pachinko ball reaches a predetermined number a (for example, 10), a predetermined pulse signal is output from the payout concentration control board 730, and the predetermined pulse signal is used for the gaming machine. The data is transmitted to the hall management computer via the terminal box 149, the connector 156, and the connector 155. With this configuration, no pulse signal as disadvantageous ball count information is output to the hall management computer for lending pachinko balls, and the pulse signal is only used for halls when paying out prizes for winning. The information is sent to the management computer, and the hall management computer can accurately count the disadvantage ball count information.

  The winning ball that has been driven into the game area 120 and won at the winning port and the out ball that has been collected at the out port merge and fall into the driving ball tank 159, and the driving ball is detected as a driving ball detector (driving). The ball is dropped on the ball collecting basket 161 provided on the rear island detected by the ball counter) 160. In the figure, 180 is a ball removal solenoid. When this ball discharge solenoid is excited by a control signal from the payout concentration control board 730, a predetermined on-off valve (not shown) is opened and stored in the ball tank 151. The pachinko balls that are present are discharged out of the machine through the ball discharge rod 420. This on-off valve is configured to be opened by manual operation. In the present embodiment, the output of the driving ball detector 160 is configured to be directly input to the hall management computer as in the prior art. It may be configured to be input to the board 730 and input from the payout concentration control board 730 to the hall management computer on condition that the ball removal process based on the payout abnormality is not performed. In this way, accurate profit ball number information can be tabulated. Instead, a pachinko ball that has been balled out may be configured not to fall into the driving ball tank. In the figure, reference numerals 158 and 157 denote connectors for connecting the gaming machine terminal box 149 and the hall management computer, and a unit sales signal is transmitted to the hall management computer via the connectors 158 and 157. This unit amount sales signal is a unit sales amount when a ball is loaned using the remaining card amount recorded on the card inserted in the card processor 62. This unit amount sales signal is transmitted to the hall management computer every time the remaining card amount corresponding to the amount (for example, 100 yen) is used, and the hall management computer can collect the sales amount by ball lending.

  In the figure, reference numeral 830 denotes a unit box, which has both a power supply function for a card processing machine and a transmission function for a unit sales signal. The unit box 830 is provided with an outlet 1001 for AC 100V, and the voltage of AC 100V is supplied to the unit box 830 via the outlet 831, and the voltage transformed to a predetermined voltage by the unit box 830 is supplied. , And supplied to the card processor control unit 135 via the connection cable 837. Further, the unit sales data and the like are transmitted from the card processor control unit 135 to the unit box 830 through the connection cable 837. In the unit box 830, the transmitted unit sales signal is transmitted to the hall management computer via the wiring 834, and is also transmitted to the card processing machine terminal box via the wiring 838. As described above, the unit sales signal is transmitted from both the pachinko gaming machine 60 and the card processing machine 62 to the hall management computer. As a result, if one unit breaks down or malfunctions and one unit sales signal goes wrong, it can be immediately judged that an abnormality has occurred because it conflicts with the other unit sales signal. Accurate management of sales becomes possible. This unit box 830 is provided with an energization indicator 833 for displaying the energization state, and a reset switch 832 for restarting the power supply by manual operation when an abnormality occurs in the card processing machine 62 or the like. It has been. When the unit sales signal is transmitted to the hall management computer, the ID data such as the card processor number is also transmitted to the hall management computer in order to identify the card processor in which the sales are made. It is desirable to do. When the ID data is transmitted from the unit box 830 to the hall management computer, it is stored in the card processor control unit 135 every time the card processor 62 is connected to the pachinko gaming machine 60 or whenever the power is turned on. ID data is transmitted to the pachinko gaming machine 60 side, the transmitted ID data is stored in the payout central control board 730 and the game control board 148 ′, and the stored ID data is stored in the unit box 830. Send to hall management computer.

  The game control board 148 'is connected to the relay terminal board 13 of the drum unit 42 (see FIG. 3) of the variable display device 14 and the relay terminal board 81 to which various lamps, LEDs, sensors, and the like are connected by wiring. Yes. A locking device 77 is provided on the right rear side of the game control board box 148. This locking device 77 is for locking the lid 77 ′ and covering the key switch 75 with the lid 77 ′ so that the key switch 75 cannot be operated. By inserting and releasing a special key possessed by a game hall manager or the like into the locking device 77, the lid 77 'is released and the key switch 75 can be operated. The key switch 75 is used to variably set the probability that the display result when the variable display device 14 is variably stopped is a combination of specific identification information (for example, 777). It can be switched to three positions. The probability can be changed and set by inserting a predetermined key into the key switch 75 and switching at the set position, and different probabilities can be set according to the number of switching operations to the set position. Instead of the key switch 75, for example, a slide switch, a push button switch, a snap switch, a push-pull switch, a rotary switch, a digital switch, or the like may be used. In the figure, reference numeral 88 denotes a hitting ball launcher, which includes a hitting motor 612.

  FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view for explaining the structure of the drum unit constituting the variable display device.

  Rotating drums 36a, 36b, and 36c (36b and 36c are omitted from the reference numerals) are provided in the drum mechanism housing portion 33 of the drum unit 32. The rotating drums 36a, 36b, and 36c are configured to be rotated by stepping motors 35a, 35b, and 35c (35b and 35c omit reference numerals), respectively. The stepping motors 35a to 35c are attached to motor attachment plates 34a, 34b, and 34c, respectively. The rotating drums 36a to 36c are formed with non-reflective portions 38a to 38c for detecting the drum position, respectively. Through holes 39a to 39c are formed at positions corresponding to the non-reflective portions 38a to 38c of the drum mechanism storage box 33, and drum sensors 51a to 51c made of reflective photosensors are formed in the through holes 39a to 39c, respectively. Each inserted. The drum sensors 51 a to 51 c are provided on the sensor substrate 50 fixed to the drum mechanism storage unit 33 together with the relay terminal substrate 13. Then, by detecting the non-reflective portions 38a to 38c by the drum sensors 51a to 51c, the rotation angles from the reference positions of the respective rotary drums 36a to 36c can be controlled. Drum seals 37a, 37b, and 37c on which a plurality of types of identification information (designs) are drawn are attached to the outer circumferences of these rotating drums 36a, 36b, and 36c.

  FIG. 4 is a development view showing a state where the figures drawn on the drum seals 37a, 37b, and 37c attached to the outer periphery of each rotary drum are developed.

  Eighteen symbols including nine types of left big hit symbols 53a to 61a are drawn on the drum seal 37a of the left rotating drum 36a. On the drum seal 37b of the central rotary drum 36b, 18 symbols including nine types of medium and large hit symbols 53b to 61b are drawn. Eighteen symbols including nine types of right big hit symbols 53c to 61c are drawn on the drum seal 37c of the right rotating drum 36c. The numbers and alphabets shown in the leftmost column in FIG. 4 are symbol numbers represented in hexadecimal numbers. For example, the left big hit symbol 53a is the symbol number “08”, and the middle big hit symbol 54b The symbol number of the symbol indicated by “06” is “06”, and the symbol number of the symbol indicated by the right big hit symbol 59c is “0C”. If the same kind of symbols among these jackpot symbols are aligned on the three hit lines, as described above, the variable winning ball apparatus 3 is driven and controlled to the first state, and a jackpot state is generated.

  In the case of the symbol arrangement as shown in FIG. 4, there are three hit lines and 18 symbols can be displayed in each column, of which nine symbols are hit symbols (specific identification information). For this reason, the display probability that the same type of hit symbols are aligned on the three hit lines is 9 × 3/183 = 1/216.

  Of the winning symbols shown in FIG. 4, “7” and “F” are probability-improving symbols (special identification information), and the symbol “7” is aligned on any of the three winning lines. If the “F” symbol is aligned on the middle hit line, not only will the big hit occur, but the probability that the display result at the next stop of the variable display device will be a combination of specific identification information Improved high probability state control is performed. The probability that this high probability state will occur is 4/27 = 1 / 6.75.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a control circuit used in a pachinko gaming machine.

  A part of the control circuit of the pachinko gaming machine is provided on the game control board 148 ', and has a basic circuit 64 including a microcomputer that operates in accordance with a program for controlling various devices. The basic circuit 64 includes a CPU 91, a RAM 92, a ROM 93, an I / O port 90, a sound generator 94, and a clock generation circuit 95. Further, the control circuit of the pachinko machine has an initial reset circuit 97 for giving a reset pulse to the basic circuit 64 when the power is turned on, and a clock signal supplied from the basic circuit 64 by dividing the frequency periodically (for example, every 2 msec). A periodic reset circuit 98 composed of a pulse frequency dividing circuit for supplying a reset pulse to the basic circuit 64 and address data from the basic circuit 64 are decoded, and the RAM 92, ROM 93, I / O port 90, and sound generator 94 in the basic circuit 64 are decoded. Includes an address decode circuit 96 for supplying a chip select signal. The basic circuit 64 is given the following signal as an input signal. Connection information is input from the card processor control unit 135 to the card processor connection information input circuit 854 via the relay terminal board 138 and is input to the basic circuit 64. This connection information is a signal indicating that the card processor control unit 135 and the relay terminal board 138 are connected by the wiring 70. If the hit ball is won and processed by the winning ball processor 400 (see FIG. 2) and the winning ball is detected by the winning ball sensors 170a and 170b (see FIG. 6), the payout concentration control board 730 and the relay terminal board 138 are detected. , Winning information is input to the basic circuit 64 via the winning information input circuit 853. When a hit ball is won in the variable winning ball apparatus 3 and detected by the 10-count detection switch 8, the detection signal is input to the basic circuit 64 via the switch / sensor input circuit 109. If the pachinko ball that has entered the variable winning ball apparatus 3 wins the specific winning opening (V pocket) and is detected by the specific winning ball detection switch 7, the detection signal is sent to the basic circuit via the switch / sensor input circuit 109. 64. When the pachinko ball wins the start winning opening 1a, 1b, 1c, the start winning ball is detected by the start winning ball detection switches 2a, 2b, 2c, and the detection signal is passed through the switch / sensor input circuit 109. 64. The stepping motors 35a to 35c rotate to rotate the rotating drums 36a to 36c, and the non-reflective portions 38a to 38c formed on the rotating drums 36a to 36c are provided on the sensor substrate 50. If detected by 51 c, the detection signal is input to the basic circuit 64 via the switch / sensor input circuit 109. The game control board 148 ′ is provided with an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) 99, a data input circuit 100, and a data output circuit 101, which are stored in the EEPROM 99 when the pachinko gaming machine 60 is turned on. The big hit occurrence probability data is input to the basic circuit 64 via the data input circuit 100. The input probability data is loaded into the RAM 92 via the I / O port 90 and the CPU 91. The probability data includes three types of first probability data (setting 1) that is slightly higher, second probability data that is medium (setting 2), and third probability data that is slightly lower (setting 3). Any one probability data is stored in the EEPROM 99. Assuming that the probability data loaded in the RAM 92 is the first probability data (setting 1), and the key switch 75 is operated once in the setting mode in this state, the first loaded in the RAM 92 is the first. The probability data (setting 1) is updated to the second probability data (setting 2). In this state, when the key switch 75 is operated again to the setting mode, the second probability data (setting 2) loaded in the RAM 92 is updated to the third probability data (setting 3). In this state, when the key switch 75 is operated again in the setting mode, the third probability data (setting 3) loaded in the RAM 92 is updated to the first probability data (setting 1). When the operation of switching the key switch 75 to the normal mode is performed, the probability data currently loaded in the RAM 92 is input to the EEPROM 99 via the CPU 91, the I / O port 90, and the data output circuit 101 and stored in the EEPROM 99. The probability data is rewritten with the input new probability data. As will be described later, when the key switch 75 is in the normal mode when the power is turned on, the probability data cannot be rewritten by operating the key switch 75. The key switch 75 constitutes a setting operation means for manually setting in advance the probability that the display result when the variable display device is stopped becomes the specific identification information. The EEPROM 99 constitutes electrical storage means for storing the setting operation contents by the setting operation means. Since the probability data is stored and held by the EEPROM 99 as in this embodiment, it is possible to flexibly cope with the increase / decrease of the set value of the probability as compared with the mechanical storage holding and to store it in, for example, a RAM or the like. Compared to this, there is an advantage that a backup power source is not required, and it is advantageous when the storage period becomes longer. The setting operation means is not limited to the key switch 75 provided in each pachinko gaming machine, and may be, for example, a keyboard connected to a hall management computer, or each pachinko game in a game room management room or the like. It is also possible to specify the machine so that the probability setting operation can be performed.

  Next, a control signal is output from the basic circuit 64 to various circuits and devices described below.

  A control signal for generating sound is output to the speaker 15 via the sound circuit 68. Prize ball number information, which is information for designating the number of prize balls to be paid out to the payout concentration control board 730, is output via the prize ball number information output circuit 104 and the relay terminal board 138. Through the segment / LED circuit 105, display control signals are output to the 7-segment display 11, the start winning memory display 10, the winning number display 16, the decorative LEDs 27 and 26, and the V display LED 28, respectively. Lamp control signals are output to the drum lamps 25a to 25g via the drum lamp circuit 106, respectively. A solenoid excitation control signal is output to the solenoid 5 via the lamp / solenoid big hit information circuit 107, and the drum decoration lamp 17, game effect lamp 18, rail decoration lamp 19, windmill lamp 20, shoulder lamp 21, side lamp 22, Control signals for lamp lighting (flashing) are output to the center lamp (attacker lamp) 23 and the sleeve lamp 24, respectively. Control signals for driving the stepping motors 35 a to 35 c are output via the motor drive circuit 108. In the figure, reference numeral 71 denotes an output line for outputting jackpot occurrence information to a hall management computer or the like.

  A predetermined DC voltage is supplied from the power supply circuit 102 to these control circuits and various devices.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a circuit for transmitting and receiving prize ball payout number data and the like between the payout concentration control board and the game control board.

  When the pachinko gaming machine 60 and the card processing machine 62 are connected via the wiring 70 and the connector 139 (see FIG. 2), a voltage VL (+ 18V) is applied to the photocoupler 852, and the game control board 148 ′. A signal is input to the basic circuit (see FIG. 5) via the card processor connection information input circuit 854 provided in The pachinko gaming machine 60 can be operated only when a signal is input to the basic circuit 64 via the card processor connection information input circuit 854. This will be described in detail later. The basic circuit 64 of the game control board 148 ′ stores the number of premium balls to be paid out according to the pachinko ball winning mode. That is, when the hit ball wins the start winning opening 1a, 1b, 1c (see FIG. 1), n (five), when the winning ball other than the starting winning openings 1a to 1c or a winning ball apparatus wins. The number of payouts is stored so as to pay out m (15). Then, the winning balls that have won the starting winning holes 1a to 1c are guided to the winning ball processor 400 and detected by the winning ball sensor 170a, and the detection signal is input through the winning ball sensor circuit 860 and the photocoupler 859a. The input information is input to the circuit 853 and the input information is input to the basic circuit 64. A winning ball that has won a winning port other than the starting winning ports 1a to 1c or a winning ball apparatus is guided to the winning ball processor 400 and detected by the winning ball sensor 170b, and the detection signal is a winning ball sensor circuit 860, a photocoupler. It is input to the winning information input circuit 853 via 859b, and the input information is input to the basic circuit 64. The basic circuit 64 outputs a prize ball number signal to the prize ball number information input circuit 110 of the payout control board using the four output ports D0, D1, D2, and D3 based on the inputted winning information. That is, since the 4-bit prize ball number signal (the prize ball payout quantity signal) can be output from the four output ports D0 to D3, 15 kinds of 15 to 15 prize ball number signals are output. It is possible. The signal output from the output port D0 is once converted into an optical signal by the photocoupler 855 of the prize ball number information input circuit 110, then converted into an electric signal again, and input to the input circuit 851. Similarly, the award ball number signals output from the output ports D1, D2, and D3 are once converted into optical signals by the photocouplers 856, 857, and 858, and then converted into electric signals again. The electric signals are input to the input circuit 851. Is input. Based on the prize ball number data input to the input circuit 851, the payout concentration control board 730 controls the ball dispenser 63 so as to pay out a predetermined number of prize balls. Each of the photocouplers 855 to 858 is supplied with a coupler power supply Vp supplied from the game control board 148 'side, and signals from the output ports D0 to D3 are input to the corresponding photocouplers 855 to 858. Thus, the input signal from the photocoupler is input to the input circuit 851 of the payout concentration control board 730. As described above, since data transmission / reception between the payout concentration control board 730 and the game control board 148 'is performed via the photocoupler, the boards are electrically insulated from each other, The inconvenience that the failure of the substrate adversely affects the other substrate can be prevented.

  7 to 31 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG.

  FIG. 7 shows the main routine, which is executed once every 2 msec, for example. First, in step S (hereinafter simply referred to as S) 1, stack set processing is performed, and in S2, it is determined whether or not a RAM error has occurred. This determination is made by reading the contents of a predetermined address in the RAM 92 in the basic circuit 64 shown in FIG. 5 and checking whether the value is equal to the predetermined value. Immediately after the program runs away or immediately after the power is turned on, the data stored in the RAM 92 is indefinite. Therefore, the answer to the determination is NO and the control advances to S3. In S3, it is determined whether or not the power is turned on. If not, the process proceeds to S5 to determine whether or not the probability setting flag is set. This probability setting flag is set by S32 to be described later and cleared by S40, and is used for storing that a probability setting operation by the key switch 75 (see FIG. 2) is being performed. If the probability setting flag is not set, the process proceeds to S7, and initial data is written in the RAM. At this time, the identification information of the variable display device 14 is displayed with the probability that the set value, which is the probability data of the jackpot occurrence stored in the EEPROM 99, is read and loaded into the RAM, and then determined according to the read value. To be controlled. Thereafter, the control proceeds to S13. Since the initial data is written in S7, when the main routine is executed thereafter, the answer to the determination in S2 is YES, and the control proceeds to S8.

  In S8, data output processing from the input / output port is performed, and control signals are output to the various circuits and devices shown in S5. Next, in S9, it is determined whether there is a 10 count error, whether there is a drum error, and whether there is a connection error. The 10 count error is a case where the specific winning ball detection switch 7 or the winning number detection switch 8 is short-circuited or disconnected, and specifically, the output of the specific winning ball detection switch 7 or the 10 count detection switch 8. When a signal is derived over a predetermined time (for example, 2.9 seconds) or when no winning ball is detected during one opening of the variable winning ball apparatus 3, it is determined that there is a 10 count error. The The drum error is a case where the rotating drums 36a to 36c (see FIG. 3) stop during rotation or cannot rotate. This is a connection error and the case where the card processor controller 135 and the game control board 148 ′ are not connected, and the card processor controller 135 and the relay terminal board 138 are connected via the connector 139 and the wiring 70. It is conceivable that the tangent wiring from the card processor control unit 35 to the game control board 148 'is broken. If there is no 10 count error and there is no drum error and no connection error, the process proceeds to S10. After the program processing is performed, the process proceeds to S11. However, if there is a 10 count error, a drum error or a connection error, The process directly proceeds to S11 to perform a winning / connection information input process, and then proceeds to S12 to perform a switch input process and proceeds to S13.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S3 that the power is turned on, the process proceeds to S4, where it is determined whether or not the key switch 75 is in the normal mode position, and in the normal mode, the process proceeds to S7. On the other hand, if the key switch is not in the normal mode, the process proceeds to S6, a probability setting process is performed, and a periodical reset is awaited. When the probability setting process is performed in S6, as described above, the probability setting flag is set in S32, and this probability setting flag is cleared when the key switch is switched to the normal mode. . As a result, even if NO is determined in S3, YES is determined in S5 and the probability setting process in S6 is continued until the key switch is switched to the normal mode. If the key switch is in the normal mode position when the power is turned on, the process proceeds to S7 without performing the probability setting process in S6. Therefore, the probability data without changing the probability is loaded from the EEPROM to the RAM. Therefore, the display of the variable display device is controlled according to the loaded probability.

  Next, in S13, update processing of the random 1 counter, random 2 counter, and random 4 counter is performed. The random 1 counter is a primary lottery counter. The random 2 counter is a counter for secondary lottery and winning symbol determination. Whether or not to generate a big hit must be determined first per result of the primary lottery based on the random 1 counter, and further determined per result of the secondary lottery based on the random 2 counter. The random 4 counter is a counter for selecting a hit line for determining which hit line out of the three hit lines is used to establish a combination of symbols when it is determined to generate a big hit. is there. The winning symbol is determined based on the count value of the random 2 counter. When the key switch 75 is operated, the upper limit of the count value of the random 1 counter changes. That is, in the case of setting 1 with a low probability (a state in which the above-described combination of probability improvement symbols is not established), the random 1 counter counts within a range of 0 to 41. When the setting is 1 and the probability is high, the count is in the range of 0 to 44. In the case of setting 2, it counts within the range of 0-44. In the case of setting 3, it counts within the range of 0-49. On the other hand, the random 2 counter counts in the range of 0-49. The random 4 counter counts within a range of 0 to 2. When the picked-up count value is 0, the middle hit line is selected and determined. In some cases, a diagonally slanting line that falls to the right is selected and determined.

  Next, in S14, it is determined whether the number of resets is 0 or 4, or 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, or 7. The number of resets means the number of times the basic circuit 64 is reset by a reset signal input from the periodic reset circuit 98 (see FIG. 5) to the basic circuit 64, and from “0” to “1” each time it is reset. By adding one by one and reaching “7”, by further adding “1” in that state, it becomes “0” and is counted up again from “0”. If the reset count is 0, the process proceeds to S15, where sound data is output and a predetermined sound is emitted from the speaker 15. On the other hand, if the number of resets is 4, the process proceeds to S17, the output data table selection and drum lamp data set processing is performed, and the process proceeds to S18. The set data is output and the drum lamp is controlled to be lit. . On the other hand, if the number of resets is 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, the process proceeds to S16, the decoration LED and lamp data are set, and the set data is output in S18. The lamps 18 to 24 are turned on or blinked. Next, the process proceeds to S19, where a winning storage area storing process is performed, and the process proceeds to S20, where a random 1 counter, a random 2 counter, a random 3 counter, and a random 5 counter are updated. In the processing in S20, the count value is repeatedly updated by using the periodic reset waiting time until the basic circuit 64 is reset based on the reset signal from the periodic reset circuit 98. The random 3 counter is a counter for deciding which off-line symbol to stop control when it is decided not to generate a big hit, and is counted up within a range of 0-5831. The random 5 counter is a counter for determining a lucky number symbol (described in detail later), and counts up within a range of 0 to 99.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a subroutine program of the process processing shown in S10. S21 determines what value the process flag has. This process flag is a flag necessary for controlling the pachinko gaming machine according to a predetermined order, and is added and updated or set to a predetermined value according to the control state of the pachinko gaming machine as will be described later. . If this process flag is set to “0”, the process proceeds to S22, and the normal processing shown in FIG. 17 is performed. If the process flag is set to “1”, the process proceeds to S23, and the random 2 check process shown in FIG. 18 is performed. If the process flag is set to “2”, the process proceeds to S24, and the jackpot symbol set process shown in FIG. 19 is performed. If the process flag is set to “3”, the process proceeds to S25, and the off-set symbol set process shown in FIG. 20 is performed. If the process flag is set to “4”, the process proceeds to S26, and drum rotation start processing shown in FIG. 21 is performed. When the process flag is set to “5” or “6”, the process proceeds to S27 and the drum rotation process shown in FIG. 22 is performed. When the process flag is set to “7” or “8”, the process proceeds to S28 and the big hit check process shown in FIG. 23 is performed. When the process flag is set to “9” or “10”, the process proceeds to S29, and the releasing process shown in FIG. 24 is performed. When the process flag is set to “11” or “12”, the process proceeds to S30, and post-release processing shown in FIG. 25 is performed.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the probability setting subroutine program shown in S6.

  In S31, it is determined whether or not the power is turned on. If the power is not turned on, the process proceeds directly to S33. The process is performed and the process proceeds to S33 after the probability setting flag is set. In S33, a signal input process is performed from the port to which the operation signal of the key switch 75 is input. As shown in FIG. 32, ports 1 and 2 are allocated to these ports, and both the ports 1 and 2 are turned OFF when the key switch 75 or the like is out of order. When the key switch 75 is operated in the confirmation mode, the port 1 is turned off and the port 2 is turned on. When the key switch 75 is operated in the normal mode, the port 1 is turned on and the port 2 is turned off. When the key switch 75 is operated in the setting mode, both the port 1 and the port 2 are turned on. The operation state of the key switch 75 can be determined by the combination of ON and OFF of the two ports 1 and 2. Then, the process proceeds to S34, in which it is determined whether or not the key switch is operated to the position of the normal mode. A determination is made whether or not If not switched, the process proceeds to S39, where the current probability setting data is displayed on the 7-segment display 11. On the other hand, when the key switch 75 is switched from the confirmation mode to the setting mode, the process proceeds to S36, the probability setting data is incremented by "1", and whether or not the setting data is "4" is determined by S37. If it is not “4”, the process proceeds to S39. If it is “4”, the process proceeds to S38, and after the setting data is updated to “1”, the process proceeds to S39. There are three types of setting data: setting 1, setting 2, and setting 3. In the present embodiment, the key switch is operated to the normal mode position to return to the normal game control, but within a predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds) after being operated to the normal mode position. Alternatively, it may be possible to return to normal game control because the setting operation has not been performed again. In that case, the setting data may be updated by switching from the normal mode to the setting mode.

  Next, a subroutine program for winning / connection information input processing will be described with reference to FIG.

  This winning / connection information input process includes a winning determination process when a pachinko ball is won, a determination process as to whether or not the pachinko gaming machine and the card processing machine are electrically connected, and the like. First, port input is performed in S41. In S42, it is determined whether or not there is connection information input based on the port input data from the card processor connection information input circuit 854. If the card processing machine control unit 135 of the card processing machine 62 and the relay terminal board 138 of the pachinko gaming machine 60 are electrically connected, and the card processing machine connection information is input to the game control board, the process proceeds to S43. The error counter is cleared and the connection error flag is cleared, and the process proceeds to S48. On the other hand, if the card processor control unit 135 and the relay terminal board 138 are not connected, an ON determination is made in S42 and the process proceeds to S44 to determine whether or not the error counter is maximized. If it has already reached the maximum, the process proceeds to S48, but if it has not yet reached the maximum, the error counter is incremented by "1" by S45. Next, the process proceeds to S46, where it is determined whether or not the error counter has reached the maximum in the stepped state. If the error counter has not yet reached the maximum, the process proceeds to S48, but if it has reached the maximum, the process proceeds to S47. The process proceeds to S48 after the connection error flag is set. As described above, the error counter indicates whether the card processor control unit 135 and the relay terminal board 138 are not connected or the disconnection of the wiring from the card processor control unit 135 to the game control board 148 ′ has continued for a predetermined time. This is for checking whether or not the unconnected state or disconnection has continued for a predetermined time, and it is determined that the electrical connection between the card processing machine 62 and the pachinko gaming machine 60 is definitely disconnected. Is. Note that the connection error flag may be set immediately if NO is determined in S42.

  In S48, it is determined whether or not the prize ball data output flag is set. This prize ball data output flag is set in S52 and S57, which will be described later, and is cleared in S61. Based on the determination of winning of a pachinko ball, the number of prize balls to be paid out based on the prize ball This flag is necessary for outputting the prize ball data to the payout central control board side. If the prize ball data output flag is not set, the process proceeds to S49, where it is determined whether or not there is information input corresponding to the sensor A from the payout concentration control board, and it corresponds to the winning ball sensor 170a (see FIG. 6). If the winning information signal to be received is input from the photocoupler 859a, the process proceeds to S50, and after the sensor A input counter is incremented by "1", it is determined whether or not a winning determination value (for example, "3") is reached by S51. Done. If the count value of the sensor A input counter has not reached the winning determination value, NO is determined in S51. In the next execution of this subroutine program, if it is determined again in step S49 that sensor A information has been input, the sensor A input counter is further incremented by "1" in step S50, and the count value of the sensor A input counter is increased. The processes of S49 and S50 are repeated until the winning determination value is reached. Then, when the count value of the sensor A input counter reaches the winning determination value, the process proceeds to S52, the winning ball data output flag is set, the winning ball data is set to “5”, and the winning ball data output counter is cleared. Is done. On the other hand, there is a case where a noise signal due to amusement park noise or the like is input from the line from the winning ball sensor A to the winning information input circuit 853, but the noise signal is generated for a moment with a pulse width almost close to zero. Since it is a signal, even if the determination of YES is made in S49 due to the noise signal, the determination of NO is made in S49 because the noise signal disappears at the next execution of this subroutine program. Therefore, the inconvenience that the process of S52 is erroneously performed based on the noise signal without causing the count value of the sensor A input counter to reach the winning determination value due to the noise signal can be prevented. This noise countermeasure is similarly applied to the sensor B. That is, if there is no sensor A information input, the sensor A input counter is cleared in S53, and then whether or not sensor B information is input is determined in S54. In step S55, the sensor B input counter is incremented by "1". In step S56, it is determined whether or not the count value of the sensor B input counter has reached the winning determination value. Only when it reaches, the processing of step S57 is performed. It is. If there is no sensor B information input, the sensor B input counter is cleared from S58.

  If the prize ball data output flag is set in S52 or S57, the next time the subroutine program is executed, a determination of YES is made in S48 and the process proceeds to S59, where the prize ball data (“5” in the case of S52, In the case of S57, “15”) is output from the game control board to the payout concentration control board side. Further, the output counter is incremented by “1” in S59, and it is determined in S60 whether or not the count value of the output counter has reached the maximum value. At the time of execution, the prize ball data output process and the process of incrementing the output counter by “1” are performed again in S59. The process of S59 is repeated until the count value of the output counter reaches the maximum value. When the maximum value is reached, the process proceeds to S61, and the prize ball data output flag is cleared. Thus, when the prize ball data output flag is set, the prize ball data continues to be output from the game control board to the payout concentration control board until the output counter reaches the maximum value. Based on the prize ball data continuously input for a predetermined time until the output counter reaches the maximum value, the payout control of the number of prize balls corresponding to the prize ball data is performed.

  When the connection error flag is set in S47, it is determined that there is a connection error in S9 described above, and the process state of S10 is not performed. As a result, the gaming state control of FIGS. 17 to 31 is not performed at all, and the game of the pachinko gaming machine 60 is disabled. By this S9, S41 to S47, when the information cannot be transmitted between the recording medium processing device and the gaming machine, it becomes impossible to transmit information. Means is configured. Even if the connection error flag is set once, if the electrical connection between the card processing machine 62 and the pachinko gaming machine 60 is restored, the determination of YES is made in S42 and the connection error flag is determined in S43. Therefore, it is determined in S9 that there is no connection error. If there is no 10 count error and no drum error, the process proceeds to S10 and the process is resumed. The At that time, since the value of the process flag executed immediately before it is determined that there is an error in S9 is stored and held, the game control state corresponding to the stored and held process flag is restored, The game is resumed again from the game control state. As a result, the disabling means includes game interruption means for interrupting game control by the game control means, and when the recording medium processing device and the gaming machine return from a disconnected state to a connected state, Has a function of returning to the game control state. If the recording medium processing device and the gaming machine are in the transmission state, the ball lending operation is not performed. When there are not enough balls, there is an inconvenience that balls cannot be lent.

  Next, a subroutine of switch input processing will be described based on FIG. A switch port input process is performed in S62. In this processing, detection signals from various detectors are input to the basic circuit 64 via the switch / sensor input circuit 109 (see FIG. 5). Next, a 10 count switch error check process is performed in S63, and a V switch error check process is performed in S64. This 10 count switch error check results in an error when the detection signal from the 10 count detection switch 8 (see FIG. 1) is continuously derived for a predetermined time (for example, 2.9 seconds). Similarly, the V switch error check also becomes an error when the detection output of the specific winning ball detection switch 7 (see FIG. 1) is continuously derived for a predetermined time (for example, 2.9 seconds). Next, in S65, it is determined whether or not there is a 10 count error, a drum error, or a connection error. If it is determined that there is an error in S65 or S9, an alarm flag is set and a warning display or a warning sound is generated (not shown).

  If it is determined in S65 that there is no error, the process proceeds to S66, and it is determined whether or not the start winning ball detection switch is ON. In this embodiment, the start winning ball detection switch includes three switches, that is, the start winning ball detection switches 2a, 2b, and 2c shown in FIG. 1, and one of the three start winning ball detection switches. First, the starting winning ball detection switches are checked, and when the check is completed, the other winning ball detection switches are checked, and when the check is completed, the other winning ball detection switches are further checked. First, a state where the start winning ball detection switch 2a is checked will be described. Since no detection signal is derived from the start winning ball detection switch 2a when no pachinko ball has been won at the start winning port 1a, NO is determined in S66 and the process proceeds to S67, and the corresponding ON counter, that is, the start winning ball is determined. The ON counter corresponding to the detection switch 2a is cleared, and the process proceeds to S71. The ON counter is incremented by “1” when the switch input subroutine program is executed every 2 msec and a YES determination is subsequently made in S66. If the pachinko ball wins in the start winning opening 1a and is detected by the start winning ball detection switch 2a, a detection pulse having a predetermined pulse width is derived, and YES is determined by S66 as many times as the pulse width. Each time, the ON counter is counted up. When the value of the ON counter reaches a predetermined value (for example, “3”), a determination of YES is made in S68, and a determination is made that a start winning ball has been detected. On the other hand, if the start winning ball detection switch 2a is erroneously detected due to noise, even if the detection signal is instantaneously derived and YES is determined in S66, the next execution of this switch input subroutine program is executed. At this time, since the detection pulse from the start winning ball detection switch 2a has already fallen, the process proceeds to S67, the ON counter is cleared, and the ON counter does not become a predetermined value (for example, “3”). , NO is determined in S68, and the erroneous determination of the start winning ball due to noise can be prevented.

  If YES is determined in S68, the process proceeds to S69, in which it is determined whether the start winning memory is maximized. The upper limit of the start winning memory is set to, for example, “4”. If it has not been reached yet, there is still a margin, so the process proceeds to S70, and the starting memory number and the starting winning memory number are incremented by “1” respectively. Then, the process proceeds to S71. On the other hand, if the start memory number has already reached the maximum (for example, 4), it cannot be stored any more, so a determination of YES is made in S69, and the process proceeds to S71 without performing the stepping process in S70. In S71, it is determined whether or not all the start checks have been completed. If they have been completed, the subroutine program is terminated as it is. If it has not been completed yet, the process proceeds to S66 and has not been completed. The starting winning ball detection switch, that is, the starting winning ball detection switch 2b (see FIG. 1) is checked. The check of the start winning ball detection switch 2b is also performed in the same manner as the check of the start winning ball detection switch 2a described above, and the check of the start winning ball detection switch 2c is performed in the same manner after the check is completed. .

  Next, a subroutine for the drum lamp data set will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, in S72, it is determined whether or not there is a 10 count error, a drum error, or a connection error. If there is, the process proceeds to S74, where data at the time of alarm is set and data for turning off the solenoid is set. Is done. These set data are output by S18, an alarm sound is emitted from the speaker 15, the excitation of the solenoid 5 (see FIG. 1) is released, and the variable winning ball apparatus 3 is closed, which is disadvantageous for the player. Switch to state 2.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S72 that there is no error, the process proceeds to S73, and drum lamp control data at the corresponding address is set according to the value of the process flag. The set drum lamp control data is output in S18, and the drum lamps 25a to 25g are controlled to be lighted as described later with reference to FIG.

  Next, a subroutine program for the decoration LED / lamp data set will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, in S75, it is determined whether there is a 10 count error, a drum error, or a connection error. If there is, an alarm time data set and a solenoid OFF data set are made in S77. If it is determined that there is no error, the process proceeds to S76, and the LED / lamp control data of the corresponding address is set according to the value of the process flag, and the set data is output by S18 to output various LEDs and lamps. Is controlled as shown in FIG.

  Next, a subroutine program for updating the random 1 counter, random 2 counter, and random 4 counter will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, in S78, the random 4 counter is incremented by "1", and it is determined in S74 whether or not the increment result is larger than the maximum value. The random 4 counter is counted up within a range of 0 to 2, and if it is determined that it is not larger than the maximum value, that is, “2”, the process proceeds to S82, but if it is determined that it is larger than the maximum value. In step S80, the value of the random 4 counter is updated to “0”, and then the process proceeds to step S81. In S81, a process of adding “1” to the value of the random 1 counter is performed, and it is determined whether or not the count value is larger than the maximum value in S82. As described above, this random 1 counter has a different probability setting state and a range to be counted up at a low probability or a high probability, and it is not larger than the above-mentioned maximum count-up value according to each state. The subroutine program ends as it is, but if it is determined that the value is larger than the maximum value, the process proceeds to S83, where a process of incrementing the random 2 counter by “1” is performed. Is made. As described above, the count up range of the random 2 counter is 0 to 49, and if it is greater than the maximum value of 49, the count value of the random 2 counter is updated to “0” by S85, and then S86. Proceed to If it is determined that the value of the random 2 counter is not greater than the maximum value, the process proceeds directly to S86. In S86, the value of the random 1 counter is updated to “0”.

  Next, a subroutine program for winning storage area storage processing will be described with reference to FIG. By S87, it is determined whether or not the number of start winnings is “0”. The starting winning number is incremented by “1” by S70 and decremented by “1” by S89 described later. If the number of winning prizes is “0”, the subroutine program ends. If it is not “0”, the process proceeds to S88, and the values of the random 1 counter and random 2 counter are stored in the corresponding areas of the winning storage area. The process is performed, the start winning number is decremented by “1” in S89, the process returns to S87 again, and the processes of S87 to S89 are repeated until the start winning number becomes “0”. Note that the number of start winning prizes is “3” at the maximum even if all the start winning ball detection switches are simultaneously determined to be ON.

  The “corresponding area of the winning storage area” has four start winning numbers 1 to 4, and 4 in order to store the value of the random 1 counter and the value of the random 2 counter in each of the starting winning numbers. Eight areas of × 2 = 8 are secured.

  Next, a subroutine program for updating the random 1 counter, random 2 counter, random 3 counter, and random 5 counter will be described with reference to FIG.

  In S90, update processing of the random 1 counter and the random 2 counter is performed. Specific contents of this update processing are shown in S81 to S86. Next, the process proceeds to S91, in which the lower digit of the random 3 counter is incremented by “1”, and the process proceeds to S92, in which it is determined whether or not the lower digit of the random 3 counter is greater than the maximum value. . If the lower digit of the random 3 counter is not larger than the maximum value, the process proceeds to S100. If larger, the process proceeds to S93, and a process of incrementing the middle digit of the random 3 counter by “1” is performed. Next, in S94, it is determined whether or not the middle digit of the random 3 counter is larger than the maximum value. If it is not larger, the process proceeds to S99, where the lower digit of the random 3 counter is updated to “0”. It is. As a result, when the low-order digit of the random 3 counter reaches the maximum value, the low-order digit of the random 3 counter is set to “0” and the middle digit that is one level higher is set to “1” steps. The carry processing is performed. If it is determined in S94 that the middle digit of the random 3 counter is larger than the maximum value, the process proceeds to S95, and a process of adding “11” to the upper digit of the random 3 counter is performed. Then, in S96, it is determined whether or not the upper digit is larger than the maximum value. If not, the process proceeds to S98 to update the middle digit of the random 3 counter to “0”, and in S99, the random 3 counter is updated. The lower digits of are also updated to “0”. On the other hand, when it is determined that the upper digit of the random 3 counter is larger than the maximum value, the process proceeds to S97, and after the maximum value is subtracted from the upper digit of the random 3 counter, the processing after S98 is performed. By this control, the random 3 counter is updated in the range from 0 to 5831.

  Next, in S100, a process of incrementing the random 5 counter by “1” is performed. In S101, it is determined whether or not the value of the random 5 counter is larger than the maximum value. As described above, this random 5 counter counts up in the range of 0 to 99, and if it is not larger than the maximum value, that is, 99, the subroutine is terminated as it is. It is updated to “0”.

  Next, the normal processing subroutine program will be described with reference to FIG.

  In S103, it is determined whether or not there is a winning memory. If there is no winning memory in the winning memory area (see S88), the process proceeds to S104, the primary lottery flag is set to “off”, and the subroutine program ends. To do. On the other hand, if there is a winning memory, the process proceeds to S105, and processing for adding the value of the random 1 counter in the winning memory area 1 and the current value of the random 1 counter is performed. Next, in S106, the determination data is set to “1” and the number of determinations is set to “1”. Next, in S107, it is determined whether or not the probability mode is a high probability state. This high probability state is a state in which the probability that a big hit will occur after that is improved as a result of the occurrence of a big hit when the probability improving symbols described in FIG. 4 are aligned on a predetermined hit line. If it is not a high probability state, the process proceeds to S108, and it is determined whether or not the addition result in S105 matches the determination data “1” in S106. If not, the process proceeds to S119, and the primary lottery flag is set to “off”. Is set. On the other hand, if it is determined that the addition result matches the determination data, the process proceeds to S118, and the primary lottery flag is set to “win”.

  On the other hand, if the probability mode is in the high probability state, the process proceeds to S109, where it is determined whether or not the addition result matches the determination data, that is, “1”. Is set to “win”, but if they do not match, the process proceeds to S110. In S110, a process of incrementing the number of determinations (see S106) by “1” is performed, and then the process proceeds to S111 where it is determined whether or not the number of determinations has reached “6”. In S112, the determination data is incremented by “1”, and then the determination in S119 is performed again. At this stage, since the determination data is “2”, it is determined whether or not the addition result of S105 matches “2”. If they match, the primary lottery flag is set to “win”. The The processes from S109 to S112 are repeated until the number of determinations is “5”. If the addition result in S105 is not 1 to 5, the process proceeds to S113.

  In S113, the determination data is set to “18”, and in S114, it is determined whether or not the addition result in S105 matches the determination data, that is, “18”. Is made. If they do not match, the number of determinations is incremented by “1” in S115, and whether or not the number of determinations has reached “11” is determined in S116. If not, the process proceeds to S117, where determination data Is incremented by "1" and the determination in S114 is performed again. At this stage, since the determination data is “19”, it is determined whether or not the addition result of S105 matches “19”. If they match, the “win” set by S118 is set. Made. The processes from S114 to S117 are repeated until the number of determinations reaches “11”. As a result, if the addition result of S105 does not fall within the range of 18 to 22, a determination of YES is made in S116, and the process proceeds to S119, and the primary lottery flag is set to “out”. In step S120, the process flag is set to “1”. As a result, when executing the next program, the subroutine program for the random two-check process shown in S23 is executed. In addition, it is determined whether the addition result by S105 exists in the range of 1-5 first, and when it does not exist, it is judged whether the addition result exists in the range of 18-22, Based on the determination result, the first lottery hit is determined and the comparison results of the addition results are dispersed as 1 to 5 and 18 to 22, so that the first lottery hit determination result is The advantage of not being biased arises.

  Next, a subroutine program for random 2 check processing will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, in S121, it is determined whether or not the primary lottery flag is “winning”. If not, the process proceeds to S130. On the other hand, if it is “winning”, the process proceeds to S122, and processing for extracting the value of the random 2 counter stored in the area 1 (see S88) of the prize storage area is performed. Next, the process proceeds to S123, where the determination data is set to “2” and the determination count is set to “1”, and the process proceeds to S124. In S124, it is determined whether or not the value of the random 2 counter taken out in S122 matches the determination data, that is, “1”. If they match, the process proceeds to S128, and on the hit line determined according to the value of the random counter. In addition, the big hit symbol number is set so that the winning symbol determined by the value taken out in S122 is aligned, and the process flag is set to “2”. As a result, the variable display device is controlled so as to stop at the big hit symbol corresponding to the set big hit symbol number, and a big hit occurs. S78 to S86, S128 constitute a combination effective column determining means for determining a combination effective column that establishes a combination of specific identification information from the plurality of combination effective columns.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S124 that the retrieved value does not match the determination data, the process proceeds to S125, the determination count is incremented by "1", the process proceeds to S126, and it is determined whether the determination count has reached "10". It is. At this stage, since the number of determinations is “2”, the process proceeds to S127, the process of adding “5” to the determination data is performed, and the determination of S124 is performed again. At this stage, since the determination data is “7”, it is determined whether or not the value of the random 2 counter extracted in S122 matches “7”. Is made to control the generation of the big hit. If they do not match, the process of incrementing the determination count by “1” is performed again in S125, and it is determined whether or not the determination count has reached “10” in S126. The processes from S124 to S127 are repeatedly executed until the number of determinations reaches “10”. As a result, when N is defined as an integer of 1 to 9, if the value of the random 2 counter extracted in S122 matches 2 + 5 (N−1), the process proceeds to S128 to generate a big hit. Control is performed, otherwise, the process proceeds to S129, the primary lottery flag is set to “out”, and control for generating a big hit is not performed. Since the value of the random 2 counter is compared with the discrete numerical value such as 2 + 5 (N−1), there is an advantage that the result of the secondary lottery is not biased. If the primary lottery flag is set to “out”, the process flag is set to “3” in S130. Next, in S131, the starting storage number is decremented by "1", and in S132, a process for shifting the winning storage area is performed. For example, the data stored in area 1 is erased, and instead the data stored in area 2 is shifted to area 1 and stored, and the data stored in area 3 is shifted to area 2 The storage area is shifted one by one, such as storing and shifting the data stored in area 4 to area 3 and storing the data.

  As described above, the primary lottery based on the value of the random 1 counter is determined to win only when the value of the random 1 counter is “1” at the low probability. As a result, when the probability is set to 1 when the probability is low, the random 1 counter counts up the range from 0 to 41, so the hit probability is 1/42. In the case of setting 2, since the random 1 counter counts up the range of 0 to 44, the hit probability is 1/45. In the case of setting 3, since the random 1 counter counts up the range of 0 to 49, the hit probability is 1/50. Next, in the case of a high probability state, it is determined that the value of the random 1 counter is a win when it is in the range of 1 to 5 or the range of 18 to 22. As a result, in the case of setting 1, the hit probability is 10/45 because the random 1 counter counts up the range of 0 to 44, and in the case of setting 2, the random 1 counter has the range of 0 to 44. In order to count up, the hit probability is 10/45. In the case of setting 3, the hit probability is 10/50 because the random 1 counter counts up the range from 0 to 49.

  On the other hand, in the case of the secondary lottery based on the value of the random 2 counter, the value of the random 2 counter is hit when the value is 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27, 32, 37, 42. As a result, since the random 2 counter counts up the range of 0 to 49, the hit probability is 9/50.

  As described above, the jackpot probability that the jackpot is generated when both the first lottery and the second lottery are determined to be wins is as follows.

In the case of setting 1, when the probability is low, 1/42 × 9 / 50≈1 / 2333.3 When the probability is high, 1/25
The average of the low probability and the high probability is 1 / {233.3 × (1-1 / 6.75) + 25 × 1 / 6.75} ≈1 / 202.5
In the case of setting 2, at low probability, 1/45 × 9/50 = 1/250, at high probability, 1/25
The average of the low probability and the high probability is 1 / {250 × (1-1 / 6.75) + 25 × 1 / 6.75} ≈1 / 216.7.
In the case of setting 3, when the probability is low, 1/50 × 9 / 50≈1 / 2777.8 When the probability is high, 1 / 27.78
The average of the low probability and the high probability is 1 / {277.8 × (1-1 / 6.75) + 27.78 × 1 / 6.75} ≈1 / 240.7
It becomes.

  When the jackpot symbol number is set by S128 and control is performed so that a jackpot is generated, the process flag is set to “2”. Will be done.

  Next, a subroutine program for the big hit symbol set process will be described with reference to FIG. In S133, the jackpot symbol corresponding to the jackpot symbol number (the number of symbol combination to be a jackpot, 27 in this embodiment) set based on S128, the symbol number corresponding to each of the left, right, and middle 4) is set. Next, the process proceeds to S134, in which the process of setting the hit line ramp data, reaching the jackpot flag, setting the jackpot, and setting the rotation increase counter to “2” is performed, and the process flag is set to “4” by S135. . This rotation increase counter is used to rotate the drum more than usual when controlling the variable display device so that it stops with a combination of big hit symbols compared to the control to stop with the off symbol. It is. Further, the hit line lamp data is displayed by lighting the drum lamps 25a to 25g, which is determined on which hit line the combination of winning symbols is established based on the count value of the random 4 counter. Based on this data, the drum lamp located on the hit line is lit or blinked, and the hit line is displayed. S78 to S135 constitute a predetermining unit that predetermines the contents related to the display result when the plurality of variable display units are stopped. In addition, when winning is determined at the stage of the second lottery, for example, the winning value of the secondary lottery, the determination of the winning symbol, and further the winning line using the count value of one random counter such as a random 2 counter Therefore, in order to increase the number of hits, the maximum value of the random counter must be increased, resulting in an inconvenience that the count-up cycle of the random counter becomes longer. As a result, the time from when the random number value corresponding to the previous hit is picked up to the timing when the random value corresponding to this time is picked up becomes longer, and the player senses the period at which the random number is picked up. Only when a random number is picked up, the ball hitting operation is performed, which causes a disadvantage that the operation rate is lowered. However, such inconvenience does not occur when the winning symbol and the hit line are determined using separate counters as in the present embodiment.

  Next, when the result of the primary lottery flag is determined to be “out” in S129, the process flag is set to “3” in S130. Processing is performed.

  Next, based on FIG. 20, the subroutine program for the off-set symbol set will be described. In S136, a symbol out of sync with the count value of the random three counter is set, and in S137, it is determined whether or not the left symbol and the right symbol match. If they do not match, the process flag is set to “4” in S141. On the other hand, if left = right, the process proceeds to S138 where the hit line ramp data is set, the big hit flag is set to reach, and the rotation increase counter is set to “2”. In other words, if the symbols set in S136 are the same for the left and right, and if the left drum and the right drum are stopped, another middle drum will stop at the same symbol as the left and right. A so-called reach state occurs in which a big hit occurs. In that case, hitting ramp data is set to display the hitting row in which the reach is established, and the rotation increase counter is set to “2” to control the rotation of the drum more than usual and the player It is controlled to enliven the expectation of. Next, proceeding to S139, if the left symbol, middle symbol and right symbol coincide with each other by chance, S140 adds "1" to the middle symbol and forcibly shifts the middle symbol to another symbol so that no big hit occurs. It is controlled like this. In other words, even if it was decided that the results of the primary lottery and the secondary lottery were different, the left symbol, the middle symbol, and the right symbol accidentally matched and a big hit occurred. Since the stopped contents of the stopped variable display device are different from each other, the control is forcibly controlled by S140. In step S141, the process flag is set to “4”.

  At the next execution of the program, since the process flag is set to “4”, the drum rotation start process of S26 is performed.

A subroutine program for drum rotation start processing will be described with reference to FIG.
In S142, values representing acceleration / deceleration are set in the left / middle / right motor control flags. Subsequently, in S143, the head of the left / middle / right drum control address table is set. Further, in S144, “1” is set for the left symbol, “6” for the right symbol, and “11” for the middle symbol as the number of constant speed feed symbols. As a result, when reach is not reached, when the drum control table (18 types) is finished, the left drum displays the symbol one symbol before the stop symbol, the right drum displays the symbol six symbols before the stop symbol, The drum displays 11 symbols before the stop symbol on the center line. In S145, a drum control table address is selected and set in each motor control area prepared on the software, and a one-step timer and step number data are similarly set in each motor control area. In step S146, the process flag is set to “5”. As a result, in the next process, the drum rotation process of S27 is performed.

  FIG. 22 shows a subroutine for drum rotation processing shown in S27. By S147, control processing of the stepping motors 35a to 35c is performed. This stepping motor control process is for accelerating / decelerating the stepping motors 35a to 35c or rotating them at a constant speed according to the values of the left, middle and right motor control flags described later. Details will be described later. S147 constitutes a variable display control means capable of performing stop control after variably displaying the variable display section. Next, in S148, it is determined whether or not the big hit flag is set to “reach”. When the big hit flag is set to “reach” in S134 or S138, the process proceeds to S149, and after the process flag is set to “6”, the process proceeds to S150. On the other hand, if the big hit flag is not set to “reach”, the process proceeds to S150.

  In S150, it is determined whether or not all the drums are stopped. When all the drums are stopped, the process proceeds to S151. In S151, it is determined whether or not the big hit flag is “big hit”. If it is not “”, the process proceeds to S154, but if it is “big hit”, the process proceeds to S153, where it is determined whether or not the stop symbol is a probability improvement symbol (see the explanation of FIG. 4), and the probability is improved. If it is not a symbol, the process proceeds to S155, but if it is a probability improvement symbol, the probability improvement flag is set in S154 and then the process proceeds to S155. In S155, the process of switching the probability mode to low probability, setting the stop symbol for lucky number based on the value of the random 5 counter, setting the process flag to “8”, and setting the time before the first release in the process timer And the subroutine ends. The time before the first opening is about 4 seconds. During the set time before the first opening, a NO determination is made in S156 to be described later, and the drum is kept stopped while the variable winning ball apparatus 4 is turned on. Control for drive control to the first state is delayed. On the other hand, in S152, the process flag is set to “7”, the process timer is set to set a delay time, and the subroutine ends. This loss delay time is about 1 second. During this set delay time, NO is determined in S156 described later, and all the drums are held in a stopped state. Confirmation can be made.

  There are 10 types of lucky number stop symbols set in S155, and each lucky number stop symbol is determined based on the count value of a random 5 counter. For example, the probability that 0 is determined is 10/100, the probability that 1 is determined is 16/100, the probability that 2 is determined is 6/100, the probability that 3 is determined is 10/100, and 4 is determined. 4/100, 5 is determined to be 10/100, 6 is determined to be 8/100, 7 is determined to be 10/100, 8 is determined to be 14/100 , 9 is determined to be 12/100. S142 to S155 constitute variable display control means for performing stop control after variably starting the plurality of variable display units.

  Next, when the process flag is set to “7” or “8”, the big hit check process of S28 is performed.

  FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing a subroutine program for the big hit check process in S28. In S156, it is determined whether or not the process timer has expired. If not, the process proceeds to S157, in which it is determined whether or not the process flag is “8”. As a result, rotation of the lucky number symbol is started and variable display on the 7-segment display 11 is started. On the other hand, if the process timer ends, the process proceeds to S159, where output data for turning off the stepping motor is set, and the set data is output in S8, so that the stepping motors 35a to 35c are turned off. Next, the process proceeds to S160, where it is determined whether or not the big hit flag is “big hit”. If it is not “big hit”, the process goes to S161, the process flag is set to “0” and the process is again performed. The normal process of S22 is started. On the other hand, if the big hit flag is “big hit”, the process proceeds to S162, the display symbol displayed by the 7-segment display 11 is set to the lucky number stop symbol determined in S155, and the V winning flag is cleared. The process flag is set to “9”, the release time (30 seconds) is set to the process timer, and the release number counter is set to “1”. The V winning flag is set when a pachinko ball is won in the specific winning area 6 and is detected by the specific winning ball detection switch 7. If the V winning flag is set, the V winning flag is variable. After the first state of the winning ball apparatus is completed, repeated continuation control is performed to drive and control the variable winning ball apparatus to the first state again. The number of times of repeated continuation control is counted up by an opening number counter, and control is performed so that further repeated continuation control is not performed when the count value reaches a predetermined value (for example, “16”). Furthermore, since the opening time (30 seconds) is set in the process timer by this S162, the solenoid 5 is excited for a maximum of 30 seconds and the open / close plate 4 of the variable winning ball apparatus 3 is in the open state for a maximum of 30 seconds. During that time, if a predetermined number (for example, 10) of pachinko balls win in the variable winning ball apparatus and are detected by the 10 count detection switch 8 or the specific winning ball detection switch 7, the excitation of the solenoid 5 is stopped at that time. Thus, the opening / closing plate 4 is closed.

  Next, since the process flag is set to “9” in S162, the opening process in S29 is performed when the next program is executed. Next, a subroutine program for processing during opening will be described with reference to FIG. First, in S163, the jackpot information and the output for turning on the solenoid are set. The set jackpot information is output from the output line 71 to the hall management computer. Further, the solenoid ON output is set, and based on this, the solenoid 5 is excited and the variable winning ball apparatus 3 is driven to the first state. Next, a check process of the V switch and the 10 count switch is performed in S164, and it is determined in S165 whether or not the number of wins is maximized. If it is maximized (for example, 10), S167 is determined. Then, the process flag is set to “11” and the V reception time (for example, 2 seconds) is set to the process timer. When “11” is set in this process flag, the control shifts to the post-opening control in S30 when the next program is executed, and the variable winning ball apparatus is controlled to the second state by the processing in S168. On the other hand, even if the number of winnings has not reached the maximum (for example, 10), if the process timer (see S162) has ended, YES is determined in S166 and the process proceeds to S167, and the variable winning ball apparatus is It is converted to the second state.

  Next, since the process flag is set to “11” in S167, the control after opening in S30 is performed when the next program is executed.

  Next, a subroutine program for post-release processing will be described with reference to FIG. In S168, an output for turning off the solenoid is set. As a result, excitation of the solenoid 5 (see FIG. 1) is terminated, and the variable winning ball apparatus 3 is closed to enter the second state. In step S169, the V switch and the 10 count switch are checked. Next, in S170, it is determined whether or not the process timer has expired. This process timer is the V reception time set in S167. The V reception time is an effective time when the pachinko ball that has entered the variable winning ball apparatus enters the specific winning area (V pocket) when the variable winning ball apparatus is closed. It is a waiting time for detecting as. If the V reception time has not ended, NO is determined in S170 and the subroutine program ends. On the other hand, if the V reception time has expired, the process proceeds to S171, where it is determined whether or not the V winning flag is set. The V winning flag is set in S197, which will be described later, based on the fact that the pachinko ball that has entered the variable winning ball apparatus 3 has won a specific winning opening (V pocket), and is cleared in S179, which will be described later. If the V winning flag is set, the process proceeds to S172 to determine whether or not the number of times of opening is the maximum. The number of times of opening is the upper limit number of repeated continuation control in which the variable winning ball apparatus can be repeatedly controlled to the first state again. If it has not reached the maximum, the process proceeds to S173 and the process flag is set to “9”. The release time is set in the process timer, and the release number counter is incremented by “1”. Since the process flag is set to “9” again, the next time the program is executed, the process during releasing of S29 is performed, and the variable winning ball apparatus is repeatedly controlled again to the first state. If the number of times of repeated continuation control reaches the upper limit, a determination of YES is made in S172, and the process proceeds to S174. On the other hand, when the variable winning ball apparatus is in the first state, if no pachinko ball that has entered the variable winning ball apparatus has won a specific winning opening (V pocket), NO is determined in S171. Is made and the process proceeds to S174.

  In S174, the opening number counter is cleared, the big hit information OFF output is set, the primary lottery flag is cleared, and the process flag is set to “0”. When the process flag is set to “0”, the normal process in S21 is performed at the next program execution, and the big hit control is terminated at this stage. Next, proceeding to S175, it is determined whether the probability improvement flag is set. This probability improvement flag is set in S154. If the probability improvement flag is not set, the process proceeds directly to S177. If the probability improvement flag is set, the process proceeds to S176, the probability mode is set to the high probability state, and the probability improvement flag is cleared. The process proceeds to S177. When the probability mode is set to the high probability state, the range in which the random 1 counter is counted up is changed as described above (in the case of setting 1), and YES is determined in S107, and the next time In the variable control of the variable display device, the display result at the time of stop is controlled so as to improve the probability that it becomes a combination of specific identification information. When the display result of the variable display device becomes predetermined special identification information by S107 to 117, S153, S154, S175, and S176, the display result of the variable display device becomes specific identification information. Probability changing means for changing the probability is configured.

  Next, in S177, it is determined whether or not the number of winning prizes is “0”. If none of the pachinko balls wins in the variable winning ball apparatus while the variable winning ball apparatus is in the first state, a YES determination is made in S177, and a 10 count error occurs in S178. Is made. This is because it is normally not considered that no single pachinko ball wins in the variable winning ball device while a big win occurs and the variable winning ball device is in the first state. A failure such as disconnection or short of the 10 count detection switch or an abnormal situation such as the 10 count switch being pulled out is assumed, and in that case, a 10 count error is set. Next, proceeding to S179, the number of winning prizes is cleared, the V winning flag is cleared, and the subroutine program ends.

  FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing a program for calculating how many symbols a stepping motor should actually be rotated to send a symbol after the preparation for variable display is completed by the program shown in FIG. Details of S145 are shown.

  In S180, the left moving symbol number calculation process is performed. The number of moving symbols is obtained by subtracting the sum of the currently displayed symbol number and the constant-speed feed symbol number determined in S144 from the stop symbol number determined in S133 or S136. The right movement symbol number calculation and middle movement symbol number calculation performed in S182 and S185, which will be described later, are similarly performed. Subsequently, in S181, address calculation is performed based on the number of moving symbols obtained by the calculation in S180, and processing for selecting a drum control table address and setting it in each motor control area is performed. Subsequently, in S184, it is determined whether or not the jackpot flag is a value representing reach. If the jackpot flag represents reach, the process proceeds to S187. Otherwise, the process proceeds to S185.

  In S185, the middle moving symbol number calculation process is performed. This calculation is also performed according to the same method as S180 described above. Subsequently, in S186, address calculation is performed according to the calculation result performed in S185, and the control table address of the middle drum is selected and set in the middle motor control area.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S184 that the big hit flag is a value representing reach, the process proceeds to S187, where processing for selecting and setting an address corresponding to the number of symbols of medium movement “0” is performed.

  FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing a program for performing rotation stop control of the variable display device performed in S147 of FIG. The processing shown in FIG. 27 is executed for each of the left, middle, and right drums. First, in S188, it is determined whether or not a value indicating stop is set in the motor control flag. If it is set, the subroutine is terminated because the motor is stopped. In the case, the process proceeds to S189. In S189, processing for inputting and checking signals from the drum sensors 51a to 51c is performed, and the process proceeds to S190. In S190, it is determined whether or not the motor is at a constant speed based on whether or not the constant speed flag is set in the motor control flag. If it is determined that the motor is in constant speed, control of the motor constant speed is performed in S192.

  Next, a subroutine program for checking the V switch and the 10 count switch will be described with reference to FIG. In S193, it is determined whether or not the V switch is ON timing. If it is not the ON timing, the process proceeds to S198, and it is determined whether or not the 10 count switch is ON timing. The program ends. Whether or not it is the ON timing of S193 and S198 is determined by inputting the detection signal from the switch several times as in the above-described S66 to S68. Control is performed so that erroneous detection due to noise is not performed.

  If it is determined in S193 that the V switch is ON timing, the process proceeds to S194, and the winning number is incremented by "1". In S195, it is determined whether the number of times of opening is the maximum. The number of times of opening is the upper limit number of repeated continuation control in which the variable winning ball apparatus which is in the first state is repeated again to be in the first state. Since the continuous control cannot be performed, the process proceeds to S198 as it is. On the other hand, if the maximum number of times has not been reached, there is still room, so the process proceeds to S196, where it is determined whether or not the V winning flag is set. Is advanced by “1”, the V winning flag is set, and the V winning sound is set. By the setting of the V winning flag, repeated continuation control is performed in which the variable winning ball apparatus is driven and controlled again to the first state after the variable winning ball device is in the second state. If it is determined in S198 that the 10-count switch is at the ON timing, the process proceeds to S199, the winning number is incremented by "1", and the subroutine program ends.

  FIG. 29 is a subroutine program showing the specific contents of the program shown in S191 of FIG. The “one-step timer” shown in S200 is a timer that measures the time for determining the timing for sending the stepping motor to the next step. This timer is set in S203 described later. In S200, a determination is made as to whether or not this one-step timer has expired. If the determination result is NO, it means that it is not the timing to send the stepping motor to the next step. Therefore, the control directly proceeds to S210. If the determination result is YES, a step check process is performed in S201. This step check process will be described later with reference to FIG.

  Subsequently, in S202, it is determined whether or not there is a 10 count drum connection error. If there is an error, the control proceeds directly to S210. Otherwise, a one-step timer is set in S203. The value set here is a time for determining the timing of sending the stepping motor to the next step as described above, and four types of time of 4 msec, 6 msec, 8 msec, and 10 msec are set. Subsequently, in S204, a determination is made as to whether or not the stepping motor has completed the necessary number of steps. If not completed, the control of the stepping motor is continued at the same rotational speed, so control proceeds to S210, and if completed, the process proceeds to S205.

  In S205, it is determined whether or not the control by the above-described control table for controlling the stepping motor has been completed. If completed, the process proceeds to S207, otherwise proceeds to S206. . In S206, in order to change the rotation speed of the stepping motor according to acceleration / deceleration, the next stepping motor control data is set. Similarly, the address of the control data is updated. After S206, the control proceeds to S210.

  If it is determined in S205 that the control by the control table has been completed, a determination is made in S207 as to whether or not the rotation increase counter is zero. If it is not zero, the process proceeds to S208, where one rotation increase data (216 steps) is set to the number of steps, the rotation increase counter is decremented by 1, and the rotation control of the stepping motor in the reach state described above is performed. The control after S208 proceeds to S210.

  If it is determined in S207 that the value of the rotation increase counter is zero, the process proceeds to S209, where “constant speed” is set in the motor control flag, and “initial check” is performed. In the initial check, it is determined whether or not the system is in the initial state. If it is in the initial state, control is performed so that the stop symbol number = current symbol number + 1.

  FIG. 30 is a flowchart showing specific contents of the subroutine shown in S192 of FIG. First, in S211, it is determined whether or not the one-step timer has ended. If it has not ended, this subroutine is immediately ended. When the timer ends, the process proceeds to S212. In S212, step check processing is performed. In the step check process, it is determined whether or not an error has occurred in the rotation control of the rotating drum. In the subsequent S213, it is determined whether or not a 10 count drum connection error has occurred. If so, the subroutine ends. If it is determined in S213 that an error has not occurred, the process proceeds to S214, and it is determined whether or not it is in the middle of the symbol. If it is in the middle of the symbol, the process proceeds directly to S216, otherwise The process proceeds to S215. In S215, it is determined whether or not the current symbol number matches the stop symbol number. If they match, the process proceeds to S218, otherwise the process proceeds to S216. In S218, “stop” is set in the motor control flag, sound data representing a stop sound is set, and the subroutine ends. In S216, a one-step timer (10 msec in the present embodiment) is set, and in S217, the motor output is set and the subroutine ends.

  The specific contents of S201 of FIG. 29 and S212 of FIG. 30 are shown in the subroutine program of FIG. The “motor reference pattern” shown in S219 of FIG. 31 is an excitation reference pattern for exciting the coil of the stepping motor. Since the stepping motor of the present embodiment is 1-2 phase excitation, the excitation pattern is There are eight patterns including the reference pattern. Since one rotation of the drum corresponds to 216 steps of the stepping motor, the number of reference excitation patterns during one rotation of the drum is 216/8 = 27, and YES is 27 times by S219 during one rotation of the drum. Judgment is made. If YES is determined in S219, the process proceeds to S220, and it is determined whether or not the drum sensor is ON. As shown in FIG. 3, the drum sensor detects the non-reflective portions 38a to 38c of the drum, and is determined to be ON once every time the drum rotates once. If it is determined that the drum sensor is ON, since the drum has reached the reference position, a process of setting the step number in one symbol to 0 and setting the current symbol number to 0 is performed as shown in S223. . The relationship between the step number in one symbol and the current symbol number will be briefly described. Since the number of steps corresponding to one symbol is 12, the step number in one symbol can take a value of 0 to 11. Further, since the number of symbols drawn on the drum is 18, the current symbol number can take a value of 0-17. When the value of the step number in one symbol reaches 12, 1 is added to the value of the current symbol number and the value of the step number in one symbol is set to 0. As a result of the addition, the value of the current symbol number When the value reaches 18, the value of the current symbol number is also set to 0. These processes are performed in the motor output data set process (details omitted) in S210 and S217. If it is determined that the drum sensor is ON when the motor reference pattern is reached, the state of the motor output data set process is determined. Regardless of whether or not both are set to 0 in S223.

  Next, in S224, it is determined whether or not the value of the sensor ON counter is “0” or more. The initial value of this sensor ON counter is set to “−20”. This is because if “0” is set, an error determination may be made in S227 at power-on or recovery. The initial setting value may be a value other than “−20” as long as it is smaller than the setting value of S227. The sensor ON counter is counted down by S221 every time the drum sensor is turned OFF in S220 from the initial set value “−20” when the power is turned on or restored. Further, during variable display, the value of the sensor ON counter when determined to be ON in S220 is “−26” when normal. Therefore, as long as the operation is normal, NO is determined in both S224 and S227 including when the power is turned on and when the power is restored, and the value of the sensor ON counter is updated to “0” in S228.

  On the other hand, if the sensor ON counter is equal to or larger than “−12” in S227, the process proceeds to S229 and the drum error flag is set. That is, if it is determined that the drum sensor is ON before the drum is half rotated, a drum error flag is set in S229. The cause of this error may be, for example, a case where dust adheres to the drum or a symbol is drawn and the symbol sticker attached to the outer periphery of the drum is peeled off. The set value of S227 is not limited to “−12”, but may be any value between −1 and −25, but is preferably set to a value between −12 and −25.

  Next, if YES is determined in S220 and the value of the sensor ON counter is “0” or more, the sensor ON counter is incremented by “1” in S225, and the sensor ON counter is less than “5” in S226. A determination is made whether or not. If it is equal to or greater than “5”, the process proceeds to S229 and the drum error flag is set. In other words, if the drum sensor has been turned on for more than five reference patterns, the drum sensor may be out of order or the drum sensor connector may be disconnected. Is done. Note that the set value of S226 is not limited to “5” and may be any value equal to or greater than “1”.

  If the drum sensor is not determined to be ON when the motor reference pattern is reached, the sensor ON counter is decremented by “1” in S221. That is, S221 counts down how many times the motor reference pattern has been set between when the drum sensor is switched off and when it is switched on again. In normal times, if the motor reference pattern is generated 27 times, the drum is rotating once, so this sensor ON counter takes a value of 0 to 26. If it is determined in S222 that the value of the sensor ON counter is equal to or less than “−60”, that is, if the non-reflective portion is not detected even if the drum rotates more than two rotations, the process proceeds to S229, where the drum error flag is set. Is set. An error in this case may be that the stepping motor does not rotate due to a failure or a forced stop due to an external force. The reason why the error processing of S229 is not performed when the non-reflective portion is not detected when the drum is rotated more than one rotation with the set value of S222 being an arbitrary value of “−27” or less is to turn on the power In some cases, the non-reflective part is not detected at the drum sensor at the time of recovery or recovery. In this case, the initial value of the sensor ON counter is set to “−20”. This is to prevent the inconvenience that the error processing is performed in S229 when the drum is set to “60” and the drum does not rotate once. The set value in S222 may be an arbitrary value equal to or less than “−27” on condition that the initial set value is taken into consideration.

  FIG. 33 is a table showing various operation states of the pachinko gaming machine, display control modes of various display devices corresponding thereto, and types of sound effects emitted from the speakers. In FIG. 33, in the column representing the operation state, “when setting is changed” means when the key switch 75 is operated to change the jackpot occurrence probability. In addition, after the variable display device is stopped, the operation state is broadly shown for cases other than big hit and big hit. Further, in the case of a big win, there are three cases: a case before the first opening of the variable winning ball apparatus, a case where the variable winning ball apparatus is opened, and a case after the variable winning ball apparatus is opened. Further, when the ball is open, the pachinko ball that has entered the variable winning ball apparatus is divided into cases before and after winning a specific winning opening (V pocket).

  In FIG. 33, (a), (a ′), and (b) show the types of blinking display states of various display devices. That is, (a) means that the blinking control is performed at a timing when it is turned off for 128 ms after being turned off for 128 ms, and (a ′) is first turned on for 128 ms and then turned off for 128 ms. It means that blinking control is performed at the timing of entering the state. (B) is blinking controlled at a timing when it is turned on for 256 ms and then turned off for 256 ms. (B ′) is blinked at a timing when it is first turned off for 256 ms and then turned on for 256 ms. Means that (C) means that blinking control is performed at a timing when the switch is turned on for 512 ms and then turned off for 1536 ms. (C ′) means that the blinking control is performed at a timing when it is first turned on for 1536 ms and then turned off for 512 ms.

  When the operation state is “when setting is changed”, C is displayed on the left display portion of the 7-segment display 11 which is the lucky number / number display LED, and the probability set value is displayed on the right display portion. As for the set value of this probability, a dedicated display may be provided on the back side of the gaming machine (for example, on the board). The 7-segment display 11 is lit by FO when the power is turned on, when a pachinko ball is awarded to the start winning opening, or after the variable display device is stopped (other than a big hit). Furthermore, before the first big opening of the variable winning ball apparatus after the big win occurs, F is displayed in the left display portion, and the right display portion is variably displayed. In addition, the stop symbol and the number of times of opening are alternately displayed during the opening of the variable winning ball apparatus and the opening of the variable winning ball apparatus at the big hit. This stop symbol is a lucky number symbol determined based on the count value of the random four counter. If the symbol for the lucky number displayed on the 7-segment display 11 matches the lucky number determined in advance at the game hall, it is possible to continue the game without exchanging the valuable value such as a prize ball obtained by the occurrence of the big hit. Benefits such as being able to be used are given. Further, when an abnormality occurs, the cause of the abnormality is displayed as a code. For example, if the 10 count detection switch is disconnected, shorted, or clogged, E1, if no pachinko ball is won in the variable winning ball device in the first state, E2, drum error If an error occurs, E3 is used, and if a card processor connection error occurs, it is EC or the like. When this abnormality occurs, the shoulder lamp 21, the side lamp 22, and the attacker lamp 23 are turned on, and the sleeve lamp 24, the drum decoration lamp 17, the decoration LED 27, the decoration LED 26, and the V prize display LED 28 are in a state before the abnormality occurs. Keep the display. The windmill lamp 20 is lit when the power is turned on (normal time), when a pachinko ball is awarded to the start prize opening, after the variable display device is stopped (in the case other than the big hit), and when the probability mode is high probability. The A to I in the sound effect column indicate the types of sound effects. It should be noted that A is generated during variable display, B is variable when the variable display portion is stopped, C is reached, and G is generated at the first V winning in each open (except the final round).

  FIG. 34 is a circuit diagram showing another embodiment of a circuit for transmitting and receiving data shown in FIG. Differences from FIG. 6 will be mainly described. When the card processor control unit 135 and the relay terminal board 138 on the pachinko gaming machine 60 side are electrically connected, the voltage VL (+18 V) is applied to the photocoupler 852 and the signal is processed by the card processing. It is input to the input circuit 851 on the payout concentration control board 730 side via the machine connection information input circuit 854. On the other hand, when the card processor control unit 135 and the relay terminal board 138 are not connected (information cannot be transmitted), the signal from the photocoupler 852 is not input. Then, it is determined that a connection error with the card processing machine has occurred, and based on the determination result, the relay 611 is operated to cut off the supply of current to the ball motor 612 so that the ball is not fired. . At the same time, a signal indicating that a connection error with the card processor has occurred is transmitted to the card processor connection information input circuit 614 via the photocoupler 613, and the above-mentioned S42, S47, S9 are transmitted on the game control board. , S10 is executed so that the game interruption control when an error occurs is performed. When an error occurs, only the ball hitting motor 612 is disabled and the photocoupler 613 and the card processor connection information input circuit 614 need not be provided.

  Next, the variation condition of the jackpot occurrence probability may be varied even when other conditions are satisfied, as long as the display symbol of the variable display device 14 is used. In this case, the following probability variation conditions can be considered.

  The probability may be improved when the display result of the variable display device 14 is a combination of a probability improvement symbol different from the jackpot symbol. Further, the probability may be improved when the above reach state occurs.

  As a method of improving the probability, as described above, instead of expanding the hit range at the time of the first lottery, the number of combinations of display results for opening the variable winning ball apparatus 3 may be increased.

  Next, the following conditions can be considered as conditions for terminating the probability improvement state.

  (1) The display may be terminated when the display result of the variable display device 14 becomes predetermined identification information. The predetermined identification information may be a predetermined display other than the winning display or a predetermined display other than the winning symbol display. Alternatively, the process may be terminated when the reach state described above occurs.

  (2) When the value of the random counter extracted when the hit ball is won in the variable winning ball apparatus 3 or the start winning holes 1a to 1c is a predetermined value, the process may be terminated.

  (3) A specific winning area may be terminated when one hit ball or a predetermined number of winning balls are won. The specific winning area may be one formed in the game area or one formed in the variable winning ball apparatus 3.

  (4) After the start of the probability improvement state, (a) when a predetermined time elapses, (b) when variable display of the variable display device 14 is performed a predetermined number of times, (c) elapse of the predetermined time or variable display device If the earlier condition among the 14 predetermined number of variable displays is satisfied, (d) when the hit of the variable display device 14 occurs a predetermined number of times, the probability improvement state may be terminated. In the cases (a) to (d), the probability improvement state may be repeatedly and continuously controlled when a predetermined repeated continuation condition is satisfied.

  (5) For example, when the number of winning balls during the opening of the variable winning ball apparatus 3 is 0 or a predetermined number or more, or when the number of winning balls does not reach a predetermined number, or a specific winning opening (V pocket) It may be terminated when the hit ball does not win.

  (6) The process may be terminated when there is no longer a record of the number of hit balls for the start winning ports 1a to 1c.

  (7) It may be terminated when the number of difference balls or the payout rate reaches a predetermined value. In addition, this difference number of balls and the rate of appearance may be from the time of opening the store, may be from a predetermined time, or may be from the beginning of the probability improvement state other than that Good.

  Whether or not the predetermined probability variation condition is satisfied may be determined by a hall management computer provided in the game hall, and the probability variation condition may be changed and registered in the hall management computer. You may do it.

  In the present embodiment, as an example of a gaming machine, a ball game machine in which a player purchases a pachinko ball and plays a game with the pachinko ball is shown, but instead, there is information that can specify a predetermined valuable value. It may be a game machine such as a ball game machine or a slot machine capable of playing using a recording medium such as a recorded card. The probability variation may be varied not only on the software but also on the display. In the above-described embodiment, a backup power source is not provided, but a backup power source may be provided as necessary. Moreover, in the pachinko gaming machine of the above-described embodiment, the locking device 77 is provided, but the locking device is not necessarily provided.

It is a front view which shows the card processor of an example of the pachinko game machine of an example of the game machine which concerns on this invention, and a recording-medium processing apparatus. It is a rear view which shows a partial internal structure of a pachinko gaming machine and a card processing machine. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the structure of the drum unit which comprises the variable display apparatus. It is an expanded view of the various symbols displayed on each display part of a variable display apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the control circuit used for a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the circuit for performing transmission / reception of predetermined data, such as prize ball payout number data, between a payout concentration control board and a game control board. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5. It is a figure showing the table | surface for demonstrating the signal input state and various modes of each port. It is the figure showing the table | surface which shows the various operation state of a pachinko game machine, the display control aspect of the various display apparatuses corresponding to it, and the kind of sound effect emitted from a speaker. It is a figure which shows the control circuit which concerns on another embodiment of this invention.

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  60 is a pachinko machine, 62 is a card processor, 14 is a variable display device, 3 is a variable winning ball device, 120 is a game area, 148 'is a game control board, 730 is a payout concentration control board, 63 is a ball dispenser , 70 is a wiring, 138 is a relay terminal board, 14a, 14b and 14c are variable display sections, 99 is an EEPROM, 64 is a basic circuit, and 612 is a ball hitting motor.

Claims (4)

Including a variable display device having a plurality of variable display units capable of variably displaying a plurality of types of identification information, wherein a plurality of types of display results of the plurality of variable display units are determined in any one on a predetermined hit line A gaming machine that can be controlled to a specific gaming state that is advantageous to the player when it becomes one of a combination of specific identification information,
Numerical value updating means for determining a specific gaming state for updating numerical information used to determine whether or not to control to the specific gaming state;
Numerical information storage means for storing numerical information updated by the specific gaming state determination numerical update means;
Specific game state determination means for performing a match determination using the numerical information stored in the numerical information storage means and the hit determination value, and determining that the specific game state is generated when they match,
Identification information type determination numerical value updating means for updating numerical information used to determine which of the plurality of types of specific display modes is the display result;
Of the plurality of types of specific display modes, the numerical information updated by the identification information type determination numerical value updating means when the specific gaming state determination means determines to be the specific gaming state. A specific display mode type determining means for determining which is to be the display result;
A hit line determination means for determining a hit line for establishing a combination of the specific identification information from the plurality of hit lines when the specific game state determination means determines to be the specific game state;
Special display mode for determining whether or not the display result of the variable display device determined by the specific display mode type determination means is a predetermined special display mode among the plurality of types of specific display modes. A determination means;
When the special display mode determining means determines that the special display mode is selected, the number of the hit determination values is increased so that the display result of the variable display device becomes the specific display mode. A probability variation control means for controlling the probability variation state with improved probability;
The display results are derived and displayed at different times after the variable display sections are variably started, and a reach occurs in which the display results of the already stopped variable display sections satisfy a part of the specific identification information. And variable display control means for performing variable display at the time of variably displaying the final variable display section for deriving and displaying the display result at the end,
The numerical information storage means stores numerical information that is updated by the specific gaming state determination numerical updating means when detecting a starting ball that has entered a starting area provided in the gaming area,
The specific gaming state determination means is configured to start the variable display of the variable display device according to the detection of the start ball that has entered the start area, and the numerical information stored according to the detection and the start of the variable display. Using the hit determination value corresponding to the state of the hit probability of
The identification information type determining numerical value updating means is provided in the middle of a program other than an infinite loop that is repeatedly executed after a game control program that is periodically executed repeatedly by the central processing unit and before the next program execution. The numerical information is updated by the numerical information updating step provided at the location,
The plurality of types of identification information are hit identification information that is a combination of the specific identification information depending on the combination displayed on the hit line, and identification information configured to be smaller than the corresponding identification information. When displayed on the hit line, it includes the failure identification information that is not a combination of the specific identification information,
The hit identification information is a combination of special identification information that is a combination of the special identification information depending on the combination displayed on the hit line, and the special identification information when displayed on the hit line. Special identification information that must not be
The reach that has occurred on the hit line determined by the hit line determination means includes a plurality of reach in which the reach of the special identification information and the non-special identification information is simultaneously established on the hit line,
The variable display control means variably displays the final variable display section in which the special identification information and the special rejection identification information are continuously displayed with the rejection identification information in between, during reach. Machine.   2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the variable display device is a rotary drum type variable display device that variably displays a plurality of types of identification information by rotating the drum.   The probability variation means includes a probability variation determination step for determining whether or not to control to the probability variation state in the game control program executed by a central processing unit. Whether or not to control to the probability variation state by the same probability variation determination step for each specific gaming state at any time during the normal probability that is not in the probability variation state, characterized in that The gaming machine according to claim 1 or claim 2.   The combination of the special identification information is a combination of the same identification information in the probability variation state and the normal probability not in the probability variation state, and the combination of the special identification information among the combination of the specific identification information is 4. The gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the selected probability is the same probability in the probability variation state and the normal probability that is not in the probability variation state.

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