JP2005192891A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine where the difference of ball put-out between players is made to be appropriate without reducing skill intervention. <P>SOLUTION: The game machine is provided with: a main control board 100 which controls the progress of a game and monitors establishment or non-establishment of a put-out condition for putting out balls from the pachinko game machine 1; and a put-out control board 108 which performs put-out processing of the balls when the main control board 100 detects forming of the put-out condition. The main control board 100 and the put-out control board 108 are constituted so that the number of put-out balls based on establishment of one put-out condition changes according to the number of times of establishment of the put-out condition. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine and a slot machine.

Pachinko machines currently on the market have a configuration in which a winning device corresponds to the number of winning balls. That is, if one ball wins a specific winning device, a prescribed number of balls are paid out. The slot machine is almost the same, and when a specific symbol is aligned on the active line, a prescribed number of medals are paid out. However, such a configuration is a problem in the standard of a gaming machine, and a technique for changing the number of winning balls of one winning device is known (Patent Document 1 below).
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-075546

  However, the technique described in Patent Document 1 is intended to increase the number of symbol fluctuations while keeping the number of winning balls low, and makes the player feel a sense of accomplishment or include room for skill intervention. I do not expect to do.

  Further, in the case of a pachinko gaming machine in which a jackpot is generated when three identical characters are gathered, a so-called “hamari” situation in which a jackpot does not come no matter how many balls are thrown in often occurs. Comparing a player in such a situation with a player with frequent jackpots, the former situation is so severe that if the situation lasts for a long time, the player's stress will increase rather than be eliminated As a result, the original purpose of pachinko gaming machines to relieve stress cannot be achieved. The presence or absence of jackpots is usually determined by the complete probability method, except for some models (spotted items, etc.), and it is difficult to take measures to prevent the occurrence of “hamari” directly. is there.

  In another aspect, there are the following problems. In the conventional slot machine, although the internal flag is established, it is well known that there is a role of winning or not winning depending on the skill of the player. These roles can surely be won by advanced players (same patterns), but beginners often do not. As a result, there is a difference in the total payout rate between the advanced and the beginners. In order to correct this, it is conceivable that the pull-in rate of all the roles is set to 100%, but there is a problem that the skill intervention that is one of the best aspects of the slot machine is impaired.

  In addition, if you are an advanced player, it is more desirable to have a configuration that produces a difference in the number of skills depending on your skills. For this reason, some slot machines for advanced players may intentionally adopt a configuration in which there is a difference in skills due to skill. As described above, it is also a fact that a slot machine that emphasizes the achievement and satisfaction of the player rather than equality is desired.

  In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that enhances the game interest by making the player feel a sense of accomplishment and incorporating room for skill intervention. Another object is to provide a gaming machine in which the gap between players is optimized without reducing skill intervention.

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a game machine having a control means for performing a game medium grant process when a winning occurs due to a game using a game medium. The main feature is that the control means is configured so that the number of game media granted based on the winnings of each degree changes stepwise.

  As one specific aspect, the control means is provided so that the number of game media granted based on the establishment of a single prize increases stepwise, and when the predetermined release condition is met, the number of granted is returned to the initial value. Can be shown.

  According to the present invention, the number of game media such as balls and medals (the number of payouts) is increased according to the number of winnings, so that the player can feel a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction due to the accumulation of winnings. Is possible. In addition, the player comes to consider turning around a gaming machine with a larger number of grants in an actual game store, and new skill intervention occurs here. Further, if the number of grants is large, the player shows a tendency to continue the game. Even in a state where the number of grants is small, it is conceivable to play a game in order to achieve a state where the number of grants is larger, which ultimately contributes to the promotion of the operation of the gaming machine. In addition, in the case of a configuration in which the number of grants continues to increase during “Humari”, the player can be rescued in an indirect manner by increasing the number of grants. It becomes possible to achieve optimization.

  More preferably, every time a winning is established a predetermined number of times, a configuration can be shown in which the given number is increased by a certain number. Further, every time a winning is established a predetermined number of times, an increasing lottery process for randomly determining the amount of game media to be increased may be performed by the control means. According to the former, since the number of grants increases constantly, it is convenient to maintain the stability of the balls. According to the latter, it is possible to vary the amount of increase in the number of grants. In other words, it contributes to the realization of a thrilling game by depriving the predictability of the game.

  As another specific aspect, the number of game media granted based on the establishment of a single prize decreases stepwise, and the number of grants returns to the initial value when a predetermined release condition is met, The case where a control means is comprised can be shown. According to this configuration, since the number of balls and medals awarded (the number of payouts) is reduced according to the number of winnings, a player with a high skill to win a prize and a player with a low skill to win It is possible to adjust the output gap between them.

  Further, the present invention can be configured as a pachinko gaming machine including a game board that forms a game area where game balls are fired, and a winning device that is arranged on the game board and has a winning opening for the game balls. In this case, the above-described control means includes a storage unit for storing the number of winnings, and determines that winning is achieved when a game ball is won in the winning device, and the winning is established at that time. The number of balls may be referred to in the storage unit, and a prize ball process for paying out a quantity of balls to be given to the player based on the reference result may be performed. That is, every time a game ball wins a specific winning device, the number of winning balls of the winning device increases or decreases. Nail adjustment that changes the winning rate by adjusting the launching strength of the game ball creates skill intervention, such as adjusting the firing strength to increase the winning rate, and can widen the range of winning balls It becomes.

  Specifically, the winning device can be configured as a start winning device that generates an opportunity to execute the lottery process. In this case, the pachinko gaming machine can further be provided with a display means for displaying the lottery result of the lottery process. The control means performs a first storage update process for incrementing the number of established winnings in the storage unit when a game ball is won in the start winning device, while a display to be derived to the display means is determined in advance. In the case of the release display, the second storage update processing for clearing the number of established winnings in the storage unit can be performed. In this configuration, for example, when a big hit occurs, the number of grants is reset to the initial value. For example, when the number of grants is increased, the number of prize balls is increased even if no jackpot is generated, so the speed at which game balls decrease gradually decreases. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately rescue a player who is in a “spot” situation where a jackpot does not occur for a long time. In addition, even if no jackpots occur, the number of winnings may be cleared, so even if no jackpots occur, there will be an appropriate difference in the profit / disadvantage of the player, so Can be granted.

  Examples of the release display include a jackpot symbol and a release symbol different from the jackpot symbol. In addition, a display mode different from the design, for example, the appearance of a character unrelated to the design or the change of the background can be shown as a type of release display. These specific examples are employed alone or in combination.

  In addition, the above-mentioned control means determines whether or not a jackpot will be generated in the lottery process, and when it is determined that the jackpot is won in the lottery process, the display means displays a jackpot symbol that also serves as a release display. In addition, it can be configured to perform predetermined jackpot processing. That is, the lottery process for deriving the release display is also used for the lottery process for determining whether or not the jackpot has occurred. Compared with separate lottery processing, hardware resources such as the memory of the pachinko gaming machine can be effectively used, and the number of instructions executed by the CPU can be reduced.

  It is also preferable to limit the increase / decrease in the number of payouts to a jackpot. That is, the winning device can be configured as a variable winning device that changes to an open state in which a game ball can win when a big hit occurs in the pachinko gaming machine. The control means performs a predetermined jackpot process according to the establishment of a predetermined jackpot occurrence condition, executes a process for changing the variable winning device to an open state as part of the jackpot process, and the variable prize that is in the open state When a game ball is won in the device, the memory update process is performed to increment the number of established winnings in the storage unit, thereby changing the number of winning balls of the variable winning device during the period in which the jackpot processing is continued it can. According to this, since the number of winning balls in the jackpot is increased or decreased, even if there is an upper limit in the number of winning prizes, it is possible to provide a difference in the number of balls at the time of jackpot, which can contribute to the improvement of game play. .

  In a preferred embodiment, the time until the variable winning device changes from the closed state to the open state and then changes from the open state to the closed state can be defined as one round. The control means repeats the round a plurality of times as the big hit process, and when changing from one round to the next round, the variable winning device is changed from the open state to the closed state, and the number of established winnings is cleared in the storage unit. 2 storage update processing can be performed. Since the number of prize balls increases or decreases in round units, it is possible to provide the player with a very varied gaming ability. When adopting a configuration that increases the number of winning balls, the following effects can be considered. In other words, one round ends when time is up or when a certain number of game balls are won, but in situations where the end of the round is approaching, there is a possibility that it will not be possible to win a prize due to time up etc. Instead of getting higher, you can get more prize balls than at the beginning of the round, so there is an unprecedented interest in whether to win or not. When winning a prize, the player will be satisfied with a very high sense of accomplishment and satisfaction.

  The present invention can also be configured as a slot machine having a plurality of reels on which a plurality of types of characters are drawn. In this case, the control means described above performs drive control of a plurality of reels, and when the game is started and the plurality of reels are stopped and a predetermined character combination is displayed on the effective line, the combination is displayed. It is determined that the winning combination corresponding to is won and a medal payout process is performed based on the determination. Further, in the slot machine, a payout number change small combination in which the payout number of medals changes stepwise according to the number of winnings is set as one of the combinations corresponding to the combination of characters. Further, the above-mentioned control means includes a storage unit that stores the number of times that the payout increase small combination has won, and in response to determining that the payout number change small combination is a win, establishment of a win at that time The number of times is referred to in the storage unit, and a medal payout process based on the reference result is performed.

  That is, the more a specific combination wins, the more the number of payouts for that combination increases or decreases. In addition, if the configuration is such that the change of the number of payouts can be aimed at or removed, the skill intervention is further enhanced. For example, in a configuration in which the number of payouts increases, the higher the skill for acquiring the payout number change small role, the more medals can be acquired. As a result, it is possible to realize a slot machine with high skill intervention that emphasizes the achievement and satisfaction of the player.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a pachinko gaming machine 1 according to the present invention. The pachinko gaming machine 1 has a front glass door 5 attached to the underframe and a game board 3 that is arranged inside the underframe and is covered by the glass door 5. The game board 3 forms a circular game area. Below the game board 3, a ball supply tray 6 is provided. The game balls (pachinko balls) prepared on the ball supply tray 6 are fired toward the game board 3 by a launching device including a handle 7 and the like. The game balls that have reached the game board 3 through the rails jump out of the hitting ball launcher and fall by their own weight while being played by a number of nails drilled in the game board 3.

  The game board 3 is provided with a liquid crystal display unit 11 (variable display unit) near its center. A display device using a light emitting diode instead of a liquid crystal or a reel type display device can also be adopted. Three characters (multiple digits) such as Arabic numerals are displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 11. A start winning device 18 having a start port 17 is disposed below the liquid crystal display unit 11. An award ball number display unit 14 is provided directly above the liquid crystal display unit 11. The award ball number display unit 14 is constituted by a display device using LEDs, for example. Of course, it is also possible to provide a prize ball number display unit 14 in the liquid crystal display unit 11. The winning ball number display unit 14 displays the number of winning balls of the start winning device 18. This is because the number of winning balls of the start winning device 18 is increased or decreased by a winning ball changing process described later. However, not only the current number of winning balls may be displayed, but the average number of winning balls (total number of payouts / total number of payouts) for a certain period (for example, one day) or the maximum number of winning balls may be displayed. In the modified example described later, the number of winning balls of the attacker 16 is displayed on the winning ball number display unit 14.

  Also, below the start winning device 18, there are provided an attacker 16 that opens in response to the occurrence of a jackpot (also called a special prize), and an out ball collecting unit 15 for collecting out balls. The attacker 16 is configured as a variable winning device whose movable door opens and closes. Also, on the left and right sides of the start winning device 18, special winning devices 20 and 22 having special winning ports 21 and 23, respectively, are arranged. The role of these special winning devices 20, 22 will be described later.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the game control device 300 of the pachinko gaming machine 1. The game control device 300 is arranged on the back side of the game board 3. As shown in FIG. 2, the game control device 300 of the pachinko gaming machine 1 includes a main control board 100 (main control part), a display control board 105 (display control part), a voice control board 106 (voice control part), and lamp control. It is configured to include a substrate 107 (lamp control unit), a payout control substrate 108 (prize ball control unit), and a firing control substrate 109 (launch control unit). A configuration in which each substrate individually includes a CPU and a memory is common, but is omitted in FIG. Each substrate is supplied with a predetermined voltage of power generated by the power supply circuit unit 110.

  The display control board 105 performs processing for displaying an image on the liquid crystal display unit 11 in accordance with a display control signal input from the main control board 100, and the winning ball number display unit 14 at that time of the start winning device 18 at that time. A process for displaying the number of winning balls or the number of winning balls of the attacker 16 is executed. The sound control board 106 outputs sound from the speaker 116 according to the input sound control signal. The lamp control board 107 controls blinking of the lamps 117 according to the input lamp control signal. The payout control board 108 controls the payout device 118 according to the input prize ball signal. Thereby, a predetermined amount of prize balls are paid out to the player. The launch control board 109 activates the launch device 119 provided corresponding to the handle 7 in response to the player operating the handle 7 (operation unit). Depending on the amount of operation of the handle 7, it is possible to adjust the ball launching strength (ball flight distance). The main control board 100 includes a CPU 50, a ROM 51 for storing a program, a RAM 52 to which a work area and various counters are assigned, and an input / output port 53, which communicate with each other via a bus. It has become.

  On the main control board 100, a start winning detection unit 170 included in the start winning device 18, an attacker winning detection unit 160 included in the attacker 16, and special winning detection units 210 and 202 included in the special winning devices 20 and 22 are not shown. It is electrically connected via. That is, each detection unit can be configured by a contact type or non-contact type sensor. Further, opening and closing of the attacker 16 configured as a variable winning device is performed by switching excitation / de-excitation of the attacker solenoid 161. The attacker solenoid 161 can be connected to the main control board 100 via a drive circuit (not shown).

  When a ball is awarded to the start winning device 18, the attacker 16, and the special winning devices 20, 22, a winning detection signal is generated in each winning detection unit 170, 160, 201, 202. The CPU 50 of the main control board 100 acquires a start winning detection signal from the start winning detection unit 170 and executes predetermined electrical processing according to the signal acquisition timing (input timing). The electrical processing includes a lottery process for determining whether or not to generate a jackpot in the pachinko gaming machine 1, a display process for deriving and displaying a lottery result in the lottery process on the liquid crystal display unit 11, and The process includes a process of outputting a prize ball signal to the payout control board 108 in order to cause the prize ball 118 to be paid out, and a prize ball fluctuation process described later. The CPU 50 of the main control board 100 monitors whether or not a payout condition for paying out the balls from the pachinko gaming machine 1 is satisfied, that is, whether or not there is a winning.

  As shown in the schematic cross-sectional view of FIG. 11, the dispensing device 118 includes a casing 55 that forms ball flow passages 55 a and 55 b, a sprocket 56, and a motor M that is driven and controlled by a drive circuit 57 and has a main shaft coupled to the sprocket 56. And is configured. The drive circuit 57 can be provided on the payout control board 108. In the upstream flow passage 55a in the casing 55, balls can be stopped in a row. The sprocket 56 is formed with a plurality of recesses 56a having a size enough to fit just one ball at equal angular intervals in the circumferential direction. When a drive signal is input to the drive circuit 57 and the motor M is driven, the sprocket 56 connected to the main shaft of the motor M rotates. As a result, only one ball that is parked in the upstream flow passage 55a of the casing 55 is fitted into the recess 56a of the sprocket 56, and the ball is guided to the downstream flow passage 55b as the sprocket 56 rotates. At the same time, the sprocket 56 is removed by its own weight from the recess 56b and discharged to the ball supply tray 6 (FIG. 1). When the sprocket 56 is continuously rotated, balls are successively fitted into the recesses 56a and sequentially guided to the downstream flow passage 55b. The rotation speed and the stationary angle position of the sprocket 56 can be controlled by driving the motor M, whereby an arbitrary number of prize balls can be paid out.

  In addition, the CPU 50 is a main body that executes a lottery determination process for determining whether or not to generate a jackpot (winning lottery means). In response to the result of the lottery process, a symbol to be derived and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 11 is determined, and a display control signal (control command) based on the determination is input to the display control board 105. The display control board 105 displays a design, a background, etc. on the liquid crystal display unit 11 according to the input display control signal. When it is determined that the jackpot will be generated by the winning / losing lottery process, the jackpot symbol (for example, a doublet such as “777”) is derived and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 11 after a predetermined fluctuation time. . Similarly, each control board performs control based on a control signal (control command) sent from the main control board 100 for voice output and blinking of the lamp. A program for performing such control is stored in the ROM 51 of the main control board 100 and the ROM (not shown) of each control board.

  The jackpot winning lottery method in the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be described. In the game control device 300 (specifically, the main control board 100) of the pachinko gaming machine 1, the CPU 50 acquires a random number value from the random number generation means in accordance with the timing when the ball wins the start winning device 18, and the random value Jackpot lottery is performed by determining whether or not matches the jackpot random number. A technique related to such a lottery method is well known, and by setting a counter (a jackpot winning lottery counter) as shown in the conceptual diagram of FIG. 3 in a predetermined area of the RAM 52 of the main control board 100, this is randomized. It is used as a generation means. The “random number value” described in the present specification refers to a value that is extracted with an equal probability from the number in a predetermined range.

  The jackpot winning lottery counter indicates any integer value within a certain numerical range such as “0 to 360”, for example, and is updated every time the CPU 50 receives a timer interrupt (specifically, “+1”). After reaching “360”, it is counted up from “0” again. In this way, the jackpot winning lottery counter is defined as a counter in which a random value that can be taken changes cyclically within a certain numerical range. In a normal gaming state, a ball is won in the start winning device 18, a random value is acquired from the jackpot winning lottery counter in accordance with the winning, and a jackpot is generated when the random value is “7”.

  The timer interrupt of the CPU 50 can be set to occur approximately every 2 msec using a counter / timer circuit unit (not shown) provided on the main control board 100. Then, with this timer interruption, a program for controlling the operation of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is started.

  As described above, the number of winning balls of the start winning device 18 increases or decreases. Specifically, in the present embodiment, when 20 balls are won in the start winning device 18, the number of winning balls is increased one by one, while winning a jackpot or an unlucky symbol is derived and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 11. In such a case, the number of prize balls is returned to a preset initial value (1 or 4). Hereinafter, a specific procedure will be described with reference to a flowchart.

  First, FIG. 4 is a flowchart of main processing executed by the main control board 100. After the power to the pachinko gaming machine 1 is turned on, known initialization processing such as interrupt mode setting and RAM check is executed (S1). This initialization process includes a process of setting the number of winning balls of the start winning device 18 to 4 (initial value). Although there are a plurality of initial values (in this embodiment, one and four are two), it may be set to either one. After the timer interruption in S3, interruption processing (S5) is executed. In addition, the non-constant speed counter addition process (S2) is executed using the remaining time of the interrupt process. This non-constant speed counter is a counter used for determining a symbol to be derived and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 11, for example. If a timer interrupt is confirmed, the timer interrupt flag that was turned on when the timer interrupt occurred is cleared (S4).

  Next, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the interrupt processing of FIG. This interrupt process is started based on the occurrence of a timer interrupt in the CPU 50. The interrupt process includes a start winning process (S6), a symbol variation process (S7), a prize ball variation process (S8), and a jackpot process (S9). Actually, well-known subroutines (not shown) such as error check processing, data output processing to the management device, solenoid processing for opening and closing the attacker 16 and the like are included, but are omitted in this specification.

  The start winning process (S6) will be described. As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6, the start winning process is executed in response to the winning of a ball in the start winning device 18 after the game is started. Specifically, the CPU 50 reads the state of a predetermined port of a switch circuit (not shown) to which a signal from the start winning detection unit 170 shown in FIG. Determine whether or not. When the CPU 50 of the main control board 100 detects that a ball has won (start winning) in the start winning device 18 in S20 of the flowchart, the payout control is performed to pay out N prize balls from the pachinko gaming machine 1. A prize ball signal (prize ball command) to be sent to the board 108 is set and transmitted (S21).

  As described above, the initial value of the number of winning balls of the start winning device 18 is 1 or 4. However, every time 20 balls are won, the number of winning balls increases by one. Then, when an unlucky random number is sampled in the jackpot winning lottery process executed in response to the occurrence of a jackpot or a ball winning in the start winning device 18, the number of winning balls so far is cleared and the initial value Return to. In the present embodiment, the initial value is varied by returning to 1 when a jackpot occurs and returning to 4 when an unlucky random number is sampled. Details regarding sampling of the unlucky random number will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  The number of winning balls of the start winning device 18 at a certain point in time is stored in the winning ball number memory 52a (FIG. 2) allocated to the RAM 52, and the CPU 50 refers to (reads) this to win a prize to be paid out. In addition to recognizing the number of balls, if the conditions for increasing the number of prize balls are satisfied (20 balls are won), the prize ball number memory 52a is rewritten. Similarly, the number of winnings of the starting winning device 18 is stored in the starting winning number memory 52b allocated in the RAM 52. When a ball wins the starting winning device 18, the storage update of the starting winning number memory 52b is updated. Processing, that is, processing for incrementing (+1) the number of winning winnings is performed (S22). The RAM 52 (start winning number memory 52b) functions as a storage unit that stores the number of times the ball payout condition is satisfied. When the CPU 50 detects that a ball has been won in the start winning device 18, the CPU 50 determines that the payout condition is satisfied, refers to the number of fulfillment of the payout condition (winning number) at that time in the RAM 52, and In order to perform the prize ball processing based on the reference result, an instruction according to the number of prize balls to be paid out is given to the payout control board 108 configured as the prize ball control means.

  Next, in S23, it is determined by reading the RAM 52 whether or not the number of holdings (the number of holding balls) matches 4, and when it is determined that they do not match, the number of holdings is incremented (+1). In S25, a random number is sampled from the jackpot winning lottery counter shown in FIG. The sampled random numbers are stored in the reserved ball memory 52 c of the RAM 52.

  The symbol variation process (S7) will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, when S30 to 33 are not a big hit, the liquid crystal display unit 11 is not changing, and the holding number is not zero, the holding number is decremented by rewriting the RAM 52, and the following processing is performed. To do. First, in S34, a random number sampled in response to the winning of a ball in the start winning device 18 is read from the RAM 52, and it is determined whether or not the random number (corresponding random number) matches the jackpot random number. If it matches the jackpot random number, the jackpot symbol to be derived and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 11 is determined, and a display control signal (display control command) to be sent to the display control board 105 is generated and transmitted to start symbol variation. (S35).

  When the read random number is a non-big hit random number and matches the unlucky random number (cancellation random number), as described above, display processing for deriving and displaying the unlucky symbol on the liquid crystal display unit 11 is performed (S36, S37). As already described, the number of winning balls of the start winning device 18 increases step by step every time there is a certain number of winnings, but when an unlucky symbol is derived and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 11, the initial value ( Return to 4). Even if a big win is won, the number of prize balls will return to the initial value (1), so in any case there is a lack of predictability as to whether the number of prize balls will return from a large number to a small one, which makes thrilling The game is given a special game. Further, even when a big hit does not occur, an appropriate difference occurs in the profit / disadvantage of the player, so that it is possible to give the game sharpness.

  An unlucky symbol can be represented by a special character combination such as “Oh Wa Ri”. In the present embodiment, an unlucky symbol is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 11 when a winning combination lottery process performed in response to a winning of the start winning device 18 acquires a non-winning and pre-set unlucky random number. Display processing is performed. That is, the lottery process for canceling the one-sided increase and returning the number of winning balls to the initial value is also used for the lottery process for determining whether or not the jackpot is won, thereby reducing the processing load on the CPU 50. . As shown in FIG. 3, in this embodiment, the unlucky random number is set to “9” and the jackpot random number is set to “7”.

  After the symbol variation starts, the symbol variation timer is started (S39). When the symbol change timer expires, the symbol change is stopped (output of the change stop command). When the jackpot symbol is derived and displayed, the jackpot flag is set and when the unlucky symbol is derived and displayed. A lucky flag is set (S40 to S45). If the random number referenced in the RAM 52 does not match either the jackpot random number or the unlucky random number, a display process for deriving and displaying the lost symbol is performed (S38).

  Next, the prize ball variation process (S8) will be described. As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8, the winning ball variation process is executed after confirming that the jackpot is not being hit, that is, that the jackpot flag is OFF (S50). First, in S51, it is determined whether or not the unlucky flag is turned off. When the random number acquired from the big win / hit lottery counter is an unlucky random number and an unlucky symbol is derived and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 11, the unlucky flag is turned on in S45 of FIG. If the number of prize balls at that time is not four (initial value), the storage update process of the prize ball number memory 52a of the RAM 52 is performed, and the number of prize balls is set to four. According to the flowchart of FIG. 8, since the unlucky flag remains ON, the number of prize balls does not increase (fixed to 4) until the next big hit occurs.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S51 that the unlucky flag is OFF, it means that a normal losing symbol has been derived and displayed. Therefore, in S52, the RAM 52 (starting winning number memory 52b) is read and the starting winning prize is read. It is determined whether or not the cumulative number of times a ball has won in the device 18 (starting winning number) matches 20. When the number of winning prizes is 20, the storage update processing of the RAM 52 (prize ball number memory 52a) is performed in order to increment (+1) the number of prize balls. At the same time, a storage update process for clearing the start winning number memory 52b to zero is performed. In the present embodiment, the upper limit of the number of prize balls is not provided, but an upper limit may be provided. For example, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which the upper limit value of the winning ball is set to “20”, and the number of winning balls is returned to the initial value of “1” when starting winning is made 20 times after reaching “20”. In addition, after the number of prize balls is returned to one, the number of prize balls can be increased again until a big hit occurs. In addition, when an upper limit is set for the number of winning balls, the number of winning balls is fixed when the upper limit is reached, and the same number of winning balls is held until an unlucky symbol is displayed or a big win is displayed. It may be.

  Further, the increase in the number of winning balls can be determined randomly by an increasing lottery process performed by the CPU 50 in addition to the case where the number of winning balls is incremented by 1 every 20 winnings. This increase lottery process may be performed when the start winning number memory 52b of the RAM 52 becomes "20" to "20 × n". In this case, it becomes impossible to predict how many pieces will increase, so it becomes possible to make the game surprising. Further, even when the increase quantity is determined in advance, the size can be increased gradually. Specifically, in the state where the number of prize balls is an initial value (1 or 4), the number is increased by the smallest, for example, one. Next, when the number increases, the number is 2, the next is 4, the next is 7, the next is 11, and so on. That is, the increase quantity is programmed so as to form a difference number sequence. According to this, since the increase in the number of prize balls increases as the jackpot must be generated, it is also a relief for the player in the “hamari” where the jackpot does not occur for a long time.

  The jackpot process (S9) will be described. As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 9, the jackpot process includes a known mid-jacket process (S60). At the end of the big hit, it is necessary to return the number of prize balls to the initial value. Therefore, if it is determined in S61 that the big hit is over, the big hit flag and the unlucky flag are turned off (S62, S63). Then, storage update processing of the RAM 52 (prize ball number memory 52a) is performed, and the number of prize balls is set to one which is an initial value immediately after the occurrence of the big hit (S64). Although not shown, a storage update process for clearing the start winning number memory 52b may be performed together.

  By the way, the number of winning balls of the start winning device 18 can adopt not only a pattern that increases according to the number of winnings but also a pattern that decreases according to the number of winnings. That is, the number of prize balls is reduced stepwise, and the number of prize balls is reset to the initial value when a predetermined release condition is satisfied. In this case, for example, an initial value may be set to about 15, and a configuration may be shown in which the number of prize balls decreases by one every time 20 balls are won. However, since it is unreasonable that there are no prize balls, the lower limit is set to about four. Immediately after the big hit, since the number of winning balls of the start winning device 18 is large, it becomes a very advantageous state for the player. Then, immediately after the end of the jackpot, it is difficult to stop the game, so that an effect of increasing the operation of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is produced. Further, in the case of a configuration in which the number of winning balls gradually decreases, the aforementioned unlucky symbol can function as a lucky symbol. This is because, in response to the lucky symbol being derived and displayed, the state returns from a state where the number of prize balls is small to a state where the number of prize balls is large (initial value).

  In the above description, the number of winning balls of the start winning device 18 itself varies depending on the number of wins of the start winning device 18. However, as shown in FIG. 1, the special prize provided separately from the start winning device 18. A configuration may be adopted in which the number of balls won in the winning devices 20 and 22 is counted in the RAM 52, and when the counted number of balls reaches a predetermined value, the number of winning balls of the start winning device 18 is increased. Further, the number of winning balls of the start winning device 18 may be increased each time a ball is won in the special winning devices 20 and 22. Of course, the number of prize balls of the special prize-winning devices 20 and 22 themselves may be increased or decreased. Further, the number of winning balls of the start winning device 18 may be increased according to the fluctuation of the liquid crystal display unit 11.

  In addition, the following example can also be shown as a structure for returning the number of prize balls to the initial value. First, the number of unlucky winnings is determined in advance. Specifically, five unlucky winning numbers “1”, “50”, “100”, “300”, and “1000” are determined, and random numbers “1” to “5” corresponding to the winning numbers are sampled at the end of the jackpot. And determine the number of unlucky prizes. Then, when the number of winnings of the start winning device 18 from the end of the jackpot becomes the above unlucky winning number, the number of winning balls is returned to the initial value. Since the unlucky winning number is determined immediately after the jackpot, the player may be notified or may not be notified at that time. However, since it is immediately known whether or not the number of prize balls has become unlucky, a configuration for informing is desirable. It is also possible to give a notice effect that the number of unlucky winnings is approaching before the number of winnings of the start winning device 18 reaches the number of unlucky winnings.

  In addition, when a symbol displayed by symbol variation (displayed by acquiring a symbol random number different from the jackpot random number) stops for a predetermined number of times (for example, when the last stop symbol is “9” 10 times), a random number is acquired. Accordingly, the number of winning balls may be returned to the initial value. Further, the unlucky symbol lottery process and the jackpot winning lottery process may be performed as separate lottery processes using different random number counters. Further, depending on the jackpot symbol (super jackpot and normal jackpot), a jackpot that clears the number of winning balls may be distinguished from a jackpot that is not cleared. Further, depending on the jackpot symbol, a jackpot that inherits the number of prize balls that has changed at the time of the jackpot may be provided.

  In addition, even for money that doesn't require jackpot winning lottery processing like Seven machines, a configuration is adopted in which the number of winning balls is increased until the jackpot is generated or until a predetermined number of winnings are given to the starting winning device (so-called starting chucker). Is possible.

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So far, the embodiment has been described in which the number of winning balls of the start winning device 18 is increased or decreased. However, the number of winning balls of the attacker 16 that is opened when the jackpot is increased may be used. Since the attacker 16 is kept in a closed state except for the big hit, and the ball cannot win, the variation process of the number of winning balls is performed together with the big hit process. This embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. As shown in FIG. 10, when it is determined in S70 that the jackpot flag is ON, the following processing is performed.

  When the jackpot processing is started, it is determined whether or not the attacker 16 is closed. If the attacker 16 is closed, the number of prize balls of the attacker 16 is set to 6 and the attacker 16 is closed. Solenoid processing (not shown) for changing to the open state is performed, and the attacker release timer is started (S72 to S74). The number of winning balls of the attacker 16 during the big hit is stored using the winning ball number memory 52a of the RAM 52. The attacker release timer is a RAM that measures the upper limit of the release time of the attacker 16, for example, 10 seconds.

  Next, in S75, it is determined whether or not the above-mentioned attacker release timer has timed up. If not, the process proceeds to S76. When a ball is won in the opened attacker 16, the CPU 50 determines that the payout condition is satisfied (S76), and refers to the RAM 52 (prize ball number memory 52a) for the number of winning balls for the winning. And a ball process for paying out balls is performed (S77). At the same time, the RAM 52 performs a storage update process for incrementing the attacker winning number memory (corresponding to the start winning number memory 52b of the previous embodiment) and a storage update process for incrementing the prize ball number memory 52a (S78, 79). ). In other words, in this embodiment, the number of award balls of the attacker 16 is 6 at an initial value, and increases by 1 for every winning. However, as in the embodiment described above, it is possible to randomly determine by lottery or to gradually increase the increased quantity itself. Then, the winning immediately before the end of the round means that a much larger number of winning balls can be obtained, and the player in that case feels very good, so it can be said that the pachinko gaming machine has high gaming characteristics.

  As described above, the upper limit (for example, 10 seconds) of the opening time of the attacker 16 and the maximum possible number of the attackers 16 in one round are determined (for example, 10). Therefore, when the CPU 50 detects that the time is up in S75 or that ten balls have been won in S80, the CPU 50 executes a solenoid process for changing the attacker 16 from the open state to the closed state. One round can be defined as a period until the attacker 16 changes from the closed state to the open state and then changes from the open state to the closed state.

  Normally, in the pachinko gaming machine of the type shown in FIG. 1, so-called seven machines, such a round is repeated a plurality of times, and when proceeding from one round to the next, the attacker 16 changes from the open state to the closed state. That is, if the attacker 16 is closed in S81 of the flowchart, a memory update process for clearing the attacker winning number to zero is performed on the RAM 52, and the round number is incremented (S82 to S83). When it is determined that the number of rounds has reached a predetermined number (for example, 15 rounds), the jackpot flag is turned off and the jackpot is terminated (S84, 85). Although not shown, since the number of prize balls of the attacker 16 is displayed on the prize ball number display section 14, the display of the prize ball number display section 14 is updated every time the number of prize balls changes. As mentioned above, although the example which increases the number of prize balls stepwise was shown about the attacker 16 opened only at the time of big hit, it may be incorporated in the example which increases the number of prize balls of the start winning device 18 at the time of non-hit game. . Of course, it is also possible to apply the principal part of an Example to a blade. In this case, the open state of the attacker 16 corresponds to an operation state in which the blades of the accessory device are repeatedly opened and closed, and the opening time of the attacker 16 corresponds to the number of opening of the blades (for example, 8 times).

  As in the present embodiment, a more thrilling game can be realized if the opening time is made shorter than the upper limit of the conventional opening time. Also, instead of setting the upper limit of the opening time small, even if the winning rate of the attacker 16 itself (the nail arrangement on the top of the attacker 16 or the size of the attacker 16 itself is made difficult to win a ball, etc.) Similarly, more thrilling game play can be provided. Further, even at the time of a big hit, the number of winning balls may be increased for each specific winning number (for example, five) or for each round without resetting the winning number for each round. Specifically, for example, the first round can be 9 prize balls, the number of prize balls can be increased by 1 for each round, and the 15th round can be 23 prize balls. In this way, if the structure is easy to puncture in the middle of the jackpot (for example, feathers), the game will vary depending on whether the jackpot continues until the end of the jackpot, so thrilling gameplay throughout the jackpot Can be provided.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the number of winning balls of the start winning device 18 is displayed on the winning ball number display unit 14, but the number of winnings to the starting winning device 18 can also be displayed together with this. By displaying the number of winnings, you can produce a number that increases each time you win, and you can capture the Japanese habit of storing tricks well, especially for the Japanese who are playing games. Will increase dramatically. In addition, since most of the winning winning devices 18 lead to symbol variation, the number of winning balls may be changed according to the symbol variation number. In such a case, since the number of symbol variations (number of times) is generally displayed on a per-game game information display device corresponding to the gaming machine, the number of winnings or symbol variation is displayed on the gaming machine itself. Even if it is not, the achievement level can be easily confirmed.

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Next, an embodiment in which the main part of the present invention is applied to a slot machine will be described.
FIG. 12 is a schematic front view of the slot machine 90 of the present invention. The slot machine 90 includes a housing 91 whose front portion is configured by an openable door. Inside the housing 91, three reels 26L, 26C, and 26R (hereinafter simply referred to as reels) are arranged in parallel to each other. Each reel 26L, 26C, 26R has a cell in which a plurality of types of characters such as “7”, “watermelon”, and “bell” are drawn. Each reel 26L, 26C, 26R is provided with a stepping motor for rotating the reels 26L, 26C, 26R at the center of the ring. The casing 91 has a transparent display window 78 on the front side where the player is located, from which the reels 26L, 26C, and 26R are visible. In addition to the display window 78, a medal slot 70, stop switches 80 L, 80 C, 80 R, a start switch 71, a MAXBET switch 75, a settlement switch 76, a payout display unit 82, a credit display unit 81, Speakers 77, 77, a liquid crystal display unit 79, and the like are provided. When the reels 26L, 26C, 26R are stopped as shown in the winning mode on the effective lines 72, 73, 74, the winning combination is won.

  FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the control device 500 of the slot machine 90. As shown in FIG. 13, the control device 500 of the slot machine 90 includes a main board 400 that is a main control section and a sub board 401 that is a sub control section. The main board 400 includes a CPU 30, a ROM 31 for storing programs, and a RAM 32 for work. These devices are connected to each other by a bus. On the main board 100, detection signals from operation units such as a start switch 71 and stop switches 80L, 80C, and 80R, or detection units such as an insertion medal detection unit 70a and a reel position detection unit 27 attached to the medal insertion slot 70. Is entered. Each detection signal input to the main board 400 is input to the CPU 30. By driving the medal payout unit 28, a number of medals unique to the combination is paid out to the player. The medal payout unit 28 is configured with known parts such as a hopper and a motor, and the process for paying out medals includes a motor control process for driving a motor to pay out medals from the hopper. Further, blinking of the lamp unit 29 is controlled via a lamp circuit (not shown).

  The left motor 25L (stepping motor) and the left reel 26L constitute a display device capable of variably displaying characters. The same applies to the middle and right sides. The operations of the motors 25L, 25C, and 25R are controlled by drive pulse signals output from the CPU 30. Each time a predetermined number of drive pulse signals are output from the CPU 30 to the motors 25L, 25C, 25R, a symbol counter provided in a predetermined area in the RAM 32 is counted up (incremented). The value of the symbol counter corresponds to each of the 21 characters held by one reel. The reels 26L, 26C, and 26R have their reference positions detected for each rotation by the reel position detector 27. As a result, the reel reference position detection signal is fed back to the main board 400, and the symbol counter in the RAM 32 is cleared. After the counter is cleared, counting up is started again according to the output of the drive pulse signal. That is, the symbol counter is reset every time each reel 26L, 26C, 26R makes one round. With such a mechanism, the CPU 30 can always accurately know which character is at which angular position by reading the symbol counter for all the reels 26L, 26C, and 26R, and consequently the reels 26L, 26C, and 26R. The stop position can be accurately controlled.

  In the main board 400, after confirming the insertion of the medal, in response to the game start signal being input from the start switch 71, any one of a plurality of predetermined types such as a big win or a small role is won. A lottery process for determining whether or not. Of course, there may be a loss that won no part. Such lottery processing is performed by sampling a random number generated on the main board 400 and determining which of a plurality of types of winning combination is lost based on the sampling random number. The CPU 30 of the main board 400 functions as a lottery means for determining success or failure of flags corresponding to each combination. Further, the RAM 32 functions as a storage unit that stores a flag corresponding to the winning combination when the winning combination is won in the lottery process. When the flag is established, a winning combination corresponding to the established flag can be won.

  On the other hand, the liquid crystal display unit 79 and the amplifier 44 are controlled by the sub board 401 (sub control unit). The sub board 401 controls the display control board 402 and the audio control board 403 based on the input of a control signal (control command) by one-way communication from the main board 400. As a result, an image is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 79 and sound is output from the speaker 77. In addition, the liquid crystal display unit 79 displays the medal payout number of one small role in which the payout number increases or decreases step by step.

  In such a slot machine 90, the number of medals to be paid out at the time of winning a specific small role can be increased step by step. Specifically, the slot machine 90, as one of the combinations corresponding to the combination of characters, has won or lost a prize depending on the operation timing of the stop button for stopping the rotating reel even if the internal flag is established. A payout increasing small combination (specific small combination) in which the number of medals to be paid out increases in accordance with the number of winnings is set. Of course, the increase in the number of payout medals for a specific small role can be limited to a non-hit (normal state), it can be limited to a small role game for a big win, and more It is also possible to carry out a combination of both. Basically, since the winning of the ball is simply replaced with the winning of the specific small role, the explanation in the pachinko gaming machine 1 can be used. Hereinafter, processing performed on the main substrate 400 will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the slot machine 90 performs a game process in response to a medal being inserted and a start switch 71 (start lever) is turned on. Each game is first divided into a bonus game and a normal game, and further divided into a jack game and a small role game during the bonus game (T1 to T10).

  FIG. 15 shows a normal winning process. After the reels stop, the CPU 30 determines whether or not a winning combination has been won. When it is determined in T20 that the specific small role is a prize, the first payout number memory 32a (FIG. 13) of the RAM 32 is referred to and the number of medals stored in the first payout number memory 32a is paid. In addition, the first payout number memory 32a is incremented (T22). In other words, at a normal time, each time a specific small role wins, the payout number of that specific small role increases by one, and as described later, when a BIG bonus occurs, the initial value is returned. Yes. The initial value of the number of medals to be paid out at the time of winning a specific small role is set to, for example, one. Of course, as in the case of the pachinko gaming machine 1, the increase / decrease number of the number of medals to be paid out may be determined randomly by a known random number lottery. Of course, as described above, the increased quantity may form a difference number sequence. Alternatively, the number of payouts may be increased for each specific number of winnings, for example, the number of payouts is incremented by 1 every time a specific small combination is arranged five times.

  As described above, the main board 400 stores the number of times that the specific small role has been won in the RAM 32, and determines that the payout condition is satisfied when it is detected that the specific small role has been won. In order to perform the medal payout process based on the reference result by referring to the number of established payout conditions in the RAM 32, an instruction corresponding to the number of medals to be paid out is issued to the medal payout unit 28. If it is determined that bonus characters such as “7” are aligned on the active line, the BIG bonus flag is turned on to start the BIG bonus (T23, 24).

  At the start of the BIG bonus, the BIG bonus start process shown in FIG. 16 is performed. That is, the initial value (1 in this embodiment) of the payout number when the specific small role is won in the small role game in the BIG bonus is set in the second payout number memory 32b. Also, the number of jack-ins and the number of small games are cleared at T31 and T32. That is, the number of medals to be paid out for a specific small role is distinguished between the normal time and the BIG bonus time.

  FIG. 17 shows a flowchart of the small role game process during the BIG bonus. In the small role game, the number of small role games is incremented (+1) when the reels are stopped, and it is determined whether or not a specific small role is won (T40, 41). In the case of a specific small role winning, referring to the RAM 32 (second payout number memory 32b), a process of paying out the memorized number of medals is performed, and the second payout number memory 32b is incremented (T42, 43). ). Thus, each time a specific small role wins during the small role game, the payout number of the specific small role is increased by one. If it is determined at T44 that the number of small role games has reached the upper limit of 30, the BIG bonus end flag is turned ON. On the other hand, when the jack-in small combination is established, the jack-in flag is turned on, the number of jack-ins is incremented, the number of jack games is set to zero, and the number of jack small winnings is set to zero.

  FIG. 18 shows a flowchart of the jack game process. In the jack game, the number of times of the jack game is incremented (+1) when the reel is stopped, and it is determined whether or not the jack small role winning is made (T70, 71). In the case of the small jack prize winning, the second payout number memory 32b is referred to, and a process of paying out the number of medals stored therein is performed (T72). That is, the number of payouts for a specific small role in the small role game is directly transferred to the number of payouts for the jack small role won in the jack game. Therefore, in the small role game, it is advantageous for the player to win a specific small role as much as possible and then play the jack game. Therefore, the player tries to avoid the winning of the jack-in small role at T46 in FIG. 17 (so-called replay hoshi). In this way, it is possible to provide a player with skill intervention and gameability that could not be obtained with a conventional slot machine.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the number of jack small winnings has been incremented and the number of jack small winnings has reached eight (T73, 74). When the number of jack small winnings reaches eight times, the jack-in flag is turned off, whether or not the number of small role games has reached 30 times, and whether or not the number of jack-in times has reached three times. If the determination is YES, the BIG bonus end flag is turned ON, and the process proceeds to the BIG bonus end process of FIG. 19 (T75 to T78). Note that the jack-in flag is also turned off when the jack game is played 12 times with one jack-in (T79).

  At the end of the BIG bonus, the BIG bonus end process shown in FIG. 19 is performed. That is, a process of turning off the BIG bonus flag and the BIG bonus end flag and returning the number of payouts when a specific small role wins to the initial value (1 in the present embodiment), that is, storage update processing of the second payout number memory 32b To do.

  As in the case of the pachinko gaming machine 1, the payout number may be increased only during normal times, or the payout number may be increased only during bonuses. In addition, the number of payouts may be increased not only for the small role game and the jack game at the time of bonus but also for the small role game or only for the jack game. Alternatively, the payout number may be increased only during the small role game, and the increase in the small role game may be inherited during the jack game, but the increase in the payout number may not be performed. Conversely, the payout number may be increased only during the jack game, and during the small role game, the amount increased during the jack game may be inherited, but the increase in the payout number may not be performed. In addition to the example where the specific small role in the small role game and the jack small role in the jack game are the same small role, both are different small roles, but the example of inheriting the number of payouts is also adopted it can.

  As another modification, the payout number of the winning first small role itself is maintained (for example, always zero), and the payout number of other second small roles can be changed. For example, when the first small combination wins, if the payout number when the second small combination wins is reduced, the player plays the game so that the first small combination is not aligned as much as possible. Moreover, you may further provide the 3rd small combination in which the payout number of a 2nd small combination increases. Examples of the small combinations that are missed include not only the timing of pressing the stop button, but also include small combinations that are not aligned unless the stop buttons are placed in a predetermined order (forward hit, reverse hit). That is, the main part of the present invention can be applied to a slot machine capable of generating a special game state (AT) for navigating the established small combination (including the pushing order).

The front schematic diagram of the pachinko game machine of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the pachinko gaming machine of FIG. The conceptual diagram of the jackpot winning lottery counter. The flowchart of the main process performed with a main control board. The flowchart of an interruption process. The flowchart of a start winning process. The flowchart of a symbol variation process. The flowchart of a prize ball variation process. The flowchart of jackpot processing. The flowchart of the jackpot process in another Example. The schematic diagram of a payout apparatus. The front schematic diagram of the slot machine of this invention. FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the slot machine of FIG. 12. The flowchart which shows a game process. The flowchart of a normal time winning process. The flowchart of a BIG bonus start process. The flowchart of the small part game process in a BIG bonus. The flowchart of a jack game process. The flowchart of a BIG bonus end process.

Explanation of symbols

1 Pachinko machine 3 Game board 11 Liquid crystal display unit 16 Attacker (variable winning device)
18 Start winning device 32, 52 RAM (storage unit)
100 main control board 108 payout control board 26L, 26C, 26R reel 28 medal payout section 90 slot machine 300 game control device (control means)
400 Main board 500 Control device (control means)

Claims (11)

  In the case where a prize is generated by a game using a game medium, in the gaming machine provided with a control means for performing a process for giving the game medium, the game medium based on the one prize according to the number of times the prize is established A gaming machine, characterized in that the control means is configured so that the number of bonuses changes stepwise.   The control means is configured so that the number of the game media to be awarded based on the establishment of the one-time winning is increased stepwise, and the given number is returned to the initial value when a predetermined release condition is established. The gaming machine according to claim 1.   The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein each time the winning is established a predetermined number of times, the given number is increased by a certain number.   3. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein an increase lottery process for randomly determining the amount of game media to be increased is performed by the control means every time the winning is established a predetermined number of times. .   The control means is configured so that the number of the game media to be awarded based on the establishment of the one-time winning is reduced stepwise and the given number is returned to the initial value when a predetermined release condition is established. The gaming machine according to claim 1. The gaming machine is configured as a pachinko gaming machine including a gaming board that forms a gaming area where a gaming ball is fired, and a winning device that is arranged on the gaming board and has a winning opening for the gaming ball,
The control means includes a storage unit that stores the number of times the winning has been established, and determines that the winning has been established when the game ball has won the winning device, and the winning at that time is determined. 6. The prize ball processing according to claim 1, wherein the number of established balls is referred to in the storage unit, and a prize ball process for paying out a quantity of balls to be given to the player based on the reference result is performed. The gaming machine described. The winning device is configured as a start winning device for generating a lottery process execution opportunity, and includes a display means for displaying a lottery result of the lottery process,
The control means performs a first memory update process for incrementing the number of established winnings in the storage unit when the game ball is won in the start winning device, while a display derived to the display means is displayed. 7. A gaming machine according to claim 6, wherein when the display is a predetermined release display, a second storage update process for clearing the number of established winnings in the storage unit is performed.   The control means determines whether or not a jackpot is generated in the lottery process, and when determining that the jackpot is won in the lottery process, the control means displays a jackpot symbol that also serves as the release display. 8. The gaming machine according to claim 7, wherein the gaming machine displays and performs a predetermined jackpot process. The winning device is configured as a variable winning device that changes to an open state in which the game ball can win when a big hit occurs in the pachinko gaming machine,
The control means performs a predetermined jackpot process according to establishment of a predetermined jackpot occurrence condition, executes a process of changing the variable winning device to an open state as part of the jackpot process, and enters an open state. In addition, when the game ball is won in the variable winning device, the storage unit performs a memory update process for incrementing the number of times the winning is established, thereby allowing the variable winning device to continue during the period in which the jackpot processing is continued. The gaming machine according to claim 6, wherein the number of prize balls is changed. When the variable winning device changes from the closed state to the open state, and then defines the time from the open state to the closed state as one round,
The control means repeats the round a plurality of times as the jackpot processing, and when changing from one round to the next round, changes the variable winning device from an open state to a closed state, and the storage unit The gaming machine according to claim 9, wherein a second storage update process for clearing the number of establishment is performed. The gaming machine is configured as a slot machine having a plurality of reels on which a plurality of types of characters are drawn,
The control means controls the driving of the plurality of reels, and when the game is started and the plurality of reels are stopped, and a predetermined combination of characters is displayed on the active line, the control unit responds to the combination. A winning combination is determined, and a medal payout process is performed based on the determination.
As one of the combinations corresponding to the combination of the characters, a payout number change small combination in which the payout number of medals changes stepwise according to the number of winnings is set.
In addition, the control means includes a storage unit that stores the number of times the payout increase small combination has won, and in response to determining that the payout number change small combination is a win, the winning at that time The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the storage unit is referred to in the storage unit and a medal payout process is performed based on the reference result.

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