JP2006212213A - Game machine, program and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To put on a variety of performances without imparing the efficiency of a game. <P>SOLUTION: The game machine moves into a freeze condition when a player wins a performance lottery carried out in response to the depression of a start lever and performs the first step of a continuous performance. The first step of the continuous performance ends at the same time as the release of the freeze condition. When a first stop button is depressed, the game machine shifts into a freeze condition and performs a second step of the continuous performance. The second step of the continuous performance ends at the same time as the release of the freeze condition. When a second stop button is depressed, the machine shifts into the freeze condition and performs a third step of the continuous performance and ends the third step of the continuous performance at the same time as the release of the freeze condition. When a third stop button is depressed, the machine shifts into the freeze condition and performs a fourth step of the continuous performance and the fourth step of the continuous performance ends at the same time as the release of the freeze condition. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine that is installed and used in a game hall such as a pachinko parlor.

  In this specification, a pachislot machine is described as an example of one of the gaming machines. Therefore, a description will be given using a medal as a gaming medium for playing a game, but the gaming medium may be other media such as a pachinko ball. Including. In addition, “inserting a medal” includes not only actually inserting a medal into the medal insertion slot but also inserting (betting) a credited medal with a bet button or the like. In addition, a lottery that determines either a loser or multiple types of winning roles is selected as a winning role lottery, and the symbols that make up the winning roles are aligned on the winning line, and the winning role is selected by winning the winning role lottery. The state until winning a prize is considered as an internal prize.

  Slot machines installed in amusement halls such as pachinko parlors are called pachislot machines. In the pachislot machine, for example, a plurality of operations are performed during one game such as insertion of medals, depression of a start lever for starting the rotation of the reel, and depression of a stop button for stopping the reel. Therefore, the pachislot machine is operated according to the player's operation. Is required to operate correctly. For this reason, for example, Patent Document 1 proposes that the operation of the start lever is invalidated (the reel does not start rotating in response to pressing of the start lever) immediately after the medal is inserted. This prevents the start lever from being detected before the detection of the inserted medal is completed, and the game is prevented from being started in a state where the number of medals contrary to the player's intention is bet. .

In the pachislot machine, whether or not the winning combination is determined is determined by the winning combination lottery, and the number of medals that the player can acquire is determined by the type of the winning combination selected in the winning combination lottery. Recent pachislot machines, for example, use a device such as a liquid crystal panel, sound, or lamp to produce an effect that suggests the result of the winning role lottery, and even if a player loses the winning role, Things that have a sense of expectation have become mainstream. In addition, by performing the performance, even a beginner with little game knowledge can detect the winning combination won in the winning combination lottery, thereby preventing the beginner from feeling unfair to the game. And what kind of production will be performed is one of the important factors when a player chooses a pachislot machine to play a game, and each manufacturer provides pachislot machines that have devised a method of production Tend to. One of the ingenuity in the production is one in which a continuous production in which the content is completed over a plurality of games is performed. With pachislot machines that perform continuous production, it is possible to maintain the player's expectation, and it is possible to prevent the player from canceling the game, so it is possible to increase the operating rate of the pachislot machine Become.
Japanese Patent No. 3224148

  By the way, in pachislot machines, in order to make it easier for the player to detect the winning combination lottery result, most of the winning combination lottery results are reported by a combination of symbols stopped on the winning line, so-called reach eyes. is there. In addition, it is possible to speed up the detection that the winning combination has been won by the effect and reach of the device as described above, and to suppress the loss of the player's medal. However, if the reach appears before the completion of the continuous performance, the result of the continuous performance will be known in advance. In such a case, the player cancels the performance (starts the next game) and plays the game. In most cases, the player continues, that is, the player starts the next game without waiting for the completion of the continuous performance. Thus, the lack of expectation for the player's performance is one of the factors for stopping the game, and the operating rate of the pachislot machine may decrease accordingly.

  In addition, a pachislot machine that disables the pressing of the stop button is provided until a predetermined time has elapsed after the start lever is pressed. However, the operating rate of the pachislot machine may be significantly reduced.

  In order to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine, a program, and a recording medium that can perform various effects without reducing the efficiency of the game.

  In order to achieve the above object, the gaming machine of the present invention is a gaming machine in which a plurality of operations are individually performed during one game, and an effect is executed according to the result of a lottery of whether or not the game is won, Operation invalidation means for shifting each operation to an operation invalid state in which all the operations are invalidated until a predetermined time set in advance is passed, and executing the effect in the operation invalid state Production control means to be provided.

  Note that “one game” can be set as appropriate as long as a plurality of operations are performed. For example, from the pressing of the start lever to the insertion of a medal, or from the pressing of the start lever, all reels rotate. For example, until the stop or the rotation of all reels from the insertion of medals. Further, “operation” indicates an operation necessary for playing a game, and includes, for example, insertion of medals (including pressing of a bet button), pressing of a start lever, pressing of a stop button, and the like. Further, “invalidation” of an operation indicates that the function is not operated even if the operation is performed. For example, when the inserted game medium cancels the operation signal or puts the operation signal on hold. It is possible by an appropriate method such as returning the game medium to the player before being detected.

  The production control means preferably executes a continuous production whose contents are completed by a plurality of the productions each time the operation is shifted to the operation invalid state.

  In addition, an effect lottery means for determining any of the plurality of continuous effects by lottery is provided, and the operation invalidation means sets the predetermined time according to the type of the continuous effects determined by the effect lottery means. It is preferable to set.

  It should be noted that the program of the present invention is an operation invalidation that shifts to the operation invalid state in which all operations performed during one game are invalidated until a predetermined time elapses in advance. And a computer of the gaming machine is made to function as an effect control means for executing an effect corresponding to the result and a lottery result indicating whether or not the operation is invalid.

  In addition, the recording medium of the present invention is an operation invalidation that is shifted every time the operation is performed to an operation invalid state in which all operations performed during one game are invalidated until a preset predetermined time elapses. And a computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing the computer of the gaming machine to function as an effect control means for executing an effect according to the result of the lottery whether or not the game is invalid in the operation invalid state.

  According to the present invention, each operation is shifted to an operation invalid state in which all operations performed during one game are invalidated until a predetermined time set in advance is passed. Because the performance according to the result of the lottery of winning or not is executed, it is possible to execute the performance more than once in one game, and perform various effects without reducing the efficiency of the game. be able to.

  In addition, since a continuous production whose contents are completed by a plurality of the productions is executed every time the operation is shifted to the operation invalid state, the continuous production can be completed in one game, and the continuous production is canceled. Can be prevented. Thereby, the expectation for continuous production can be enhanced.

  In addition, since the operation invalid state time is set according to the type of the continuous effect determined by the lottery, it is not necessary to unify the time when the continuous effect is executed, and various continuous effects can be performed.

  FIG. 1 shows an appearance of the slot machine 10, and first, an outline of a game flow of the slot machine 10 will be described. In the slot machine 10 shown in FIG. 1, two types of game modes, that is, a normal mode and a BB mode are set. When the BB that gives the right to shift to the BB mode is won by the winning combination lottery in the normal mode and the BB is awarded, the mode shifts from the normal mode to the BB mode. The BB mode includes an RB mode in which it is determined whether or not to win a predetermined winning combination (not won in the normal mode) and an RB introduction mode that is shifted before the RB mode. In the RB mode, a game is played by betting one medal, and the winning probability is set so that a specific winning combination is won in most games. Thereby, the payout rate is higher in the RB mode than in the normal mode, and the player is more advantageous. The RB mode ends when 12 games are played or the specific winning combination wins 8 times. In the RB introduction mode, a game is played by betting three medals. If the winning combination lottery in the RB introduction mode is won, the RB introduction mode is changed to the RB mode. The BB mode ends when the number of medals paid out reaches a specified number (for example, a maximum of 465).

  The slot machine 10 is provided with a housing 10 a including a storage box 11 and a front door 12. A display window 13 is provided on the front door 12. A first reel 14a, a second reel 14b, and a third reel 14c are rotatably incorporated in the back of the display window 13. A plurality of types of symbols are arranged at regular intervals on the outer circumferences of the first to third reels 14a to 14c. When the first to third reels 14a to 14c are stopped, three symbols per reel can be observed through the display window 13. A total of five straight winning effect lines 15 in which the symbols of each reel are combined one by one and three by two are set.

  When one medal is inserted from the medal slot 16, the middle winning effective line 15 is activated. When two medals are inserted, the three horizontal winning effective lines 15 obtained by adding the upper and lower winning effective lines 15 to the middle winning effective line 15 are activated. When three medals are inserted, a total of five winning active lines 15 are activated by adding two diagonal lines to the upper, middle and lower tiers. Note that inserting a medal into the medal insertion slot 16 is one of “operations” in the claims regardless of the number of inserted coins.

  In the slot machine 10, it is possible to credit (store) medals up to 50. The number of credited medals is displayed on the credit number display unit 17.

  When the start lever 18 is pressed, the first to third reels 14a to 14c start to rotate all at once. The operation of the stop buttons 19a to 19c is validated after a certain time has elapsed since the rotation of the first to third reels 14a to 14c has started. When the operation of the stop buttons 19a to 19c is validated, the corresponding first to third reels 14a to 14c are individually stopped in response to pressing of the stop buttons 19a to 19c. Note that pressing the start lever 18 and pressing each of the stop buttons 19a to 19c is one of "operations" in the claims.

  A medal tray 20 is provided below the front door 12. When the winning combination wins the medal tray 20, the number of medals corresponding to the type of the winning combination is paid out from the payout slot 21.

  A liquid crystal panel 22 is provided above the display window 13. From the liquid crystal panel 22, for example, an effect suggesting the result of the winning combination lottery is executed by displaying characters or characters. As will be described in detail later, from the liquid crystal panel 22, a continuous effect whose contents are completed by a plurality of (step) effects is executed, and the continuous effect is executed during one game. The aspect of the continuous effect is set so that when the final step is executed, the player is notified whether or not the winning combination lottery has been won. In the present embodiment, one game is performed from when the start lever 18 is pressed until a medal is inserted. In the present embodiment, an example in which a plurality of types of 4-step continuous effects are set will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the operation of the slot machine 10 is basically controlled by a main control unit 30 including a CPU (operation invalidating means) 30 a and a memory 31. In addition to the CPU 30 a and the memory 31, the main control unit 30 is provided with a winning combination determination unit 39 that performs a winning combination lottery, an effect lottery unit (production lottery means) 40 that performs an effect lottery, a timer 41, and the like.

  The medal sensor 32 detects an appropriate medal inserted from the medal slot 16, and inputs a medal detection signal to the CPU 30a. The CPU 30a counts the number of inserted 1 to 3 medals based on the detection signal from the medal sensor 32, and determines the number to activate the winning effective line 15.

  The start signal sensor 33 detects that the start lever 18 has been pressed. When pressing of the start lever 18 is detected, a game start signal is input from the start signal sensor 33 to the CPU 30a. The CPU 30a rotates the first to third reels 14a to 14c in response to the game start signal, and starts game processing according to the program stored in the ROM area of the memory 31.

  The drive and stop control of each reel is performed by the CPU 30a and the reel drive controller 34. The CPU 30a and the reel drive controller 34 constitute reel stop control means. The first to third reels 14a to 14c are attached to the drive shafts of the stepping motors 35a to 35c, respectively. And control of the 1st-3rd reels 14a-14c is performed by controlling the drive of each stepping motor 35a-35c. The RAM area of the memory 31 is used for temporary storage or rewriting of flags and data used for each game.

  The stepping motors 35a to 35c rotate at a rotation angle corresponding to the number of drive pulses supplied from the CPU 30a. For this reason, the CPU 30a controls the rotation angle of the first to third reels 14a to 14c by controlling the number of drive pulses supplied to the stepping motors 35a to 35c, and stops the reels by stopping the supply of the drive pulses. Determine the position. The first to third reels 14a to 14c are integrally formed with reflection signal portions 36a to 36c at their reference positions. Each time the first to third reels 14a to 14c make one rotation, the photosensors 37a to 37c detect the passage of the respective reflection signal portions 36a to 36c. Detection signals from the photosensors 37a to 37c are input to the CPU 30a as a reset signal indicating the reference position of the reel.

  The CPU 30a is provided with a pulse counter that counts the number of drive pulses supplied to each of the stepping motors 35a to 35c. When a reset signal is input from the photosensors 37a to 37c, the CPU 30a clears the count value of the corresponding pulse counter. Therefore, the number of drive pulses corresponding to the rotation angle within one rotation of each reel is stored in each pulse counter while being sequentially updated.

  A symbol table is stored in the ROM area of the memory 31. In the symbol table, the number of drive pulses corresponding to the rotation angle from the reference position of each reel is associated with symbol codes indicating symbols arranged on the first to third reels 14a to 14c. The CPU 30a can identify, for example, which symbol has moved on the winning winning line 15 in the middle stage by monitoring the count value of the pulse counter for each reel while referring to this symbol table, and which If the reel is rotated to some extent, it can be predicted whether the target symbol will move on the winning effective line 15.

  When the rotation of the first to third reels 14a to 14c is started and the rotation speed of the first to third reels 14a to 14c reaches a steady speed, the CPU 30a validates the operation of the stop buttons 19a to 19c. When the stop buttons 19a to 19c are pressed and a stop signal is input, the CPU 30a and the reel drive controller 34, based on the winning combination lottery result, the first to third reels 14a to 14c corresponding to the stop buttons 19a to 19c. Perform stop control. Stop control of the first to third reels 14a to 14c is performed by a table system using a stop table.

  The outer peripheral surfaces of the first to third reels 14a to 14c are partitioned into a plurality of frames for each predetermined range. One symbol is assigned to each frame. In the ROM area of the memory 31, a plurality of stop tables referred to by the CPU 30a are stored.

  The stop table is referred to one of a plurality of times each time the stop buttons 19a to 19c are pressed. In the stop table, when the stop buttons 19a to 19c are pressed, the symbol code of the symbol located on the winning winning line 15 and the number of frames required for the first to third reels 14a to 14c to stop at this time are shown. Are associated. Then, when the stop buttons 19a to 19c are pressed, the CPU 30a refers to the stop table and determines the type of symbols to be stopped on the winning winning line 15.

  In the stop table, the number of frames required until the first to third reels 14a to 14c are stopped ranges from 0 to 4 frames for 5 symbols including symbols on the winning winning line 15, that is, a range of 5 frames (hereinafter referred to as “ (Referred to as “retraction range”). For this reason, stop control of the first to third reels 14a to 14c is performed within a range of five frames. When the stop buttons 19a to 19c are pressed, the winning symbol (the symbol corresponding to the winning combination won in the winning combination lottery) is included in the four consecutive frames from the frame positioned on the winning winning line 15. If so, the stop table is selected so that the winning symbol can be stopped on the winning winning line 15. In this way, the stop control for stopping the symbol located within the drawing range on the winning winning line 15 is referred to as drawing control.

  In the stop table, the pull-in range changes depending on the type of the winning combination won, the order in which the first to third reels 14a to 14c are stopped, and the type of symbols already stopped on the winning pay line 15. A stop table is selected.

  Further, when the stop buttons 19a to 19c are pressed so that the winning combination wins when the winning combination is not won, the stop table is selected so that no winning is generated. That is, a stop table is selected that stops symbols that are not won in combination with symbols that have already stopped. As a result, the winning combination that has not been won in the winning combination lottery cannot be won. Thus, the stop control for stopping the symbol on the winning winning line 15 so that the winning combination does not win is referred to as kicking control.

  The stop control of the first to third reels 14a to 14c is performed by, for example, determining the priority order of symbols to be stopped on the winning winning line 15 according to the type of the winning combination won and the timing when the stop buttons 19a to 19c are pressed. An appropriate method such as a control method to be determined may be used. In this case, when the stop buttons 19a to 19c are pressed, the symbol having the highest priority within the pull-in range is stopped on the winning pay line 15.

  When a game start signal is input from the start signal sensor 33, the CPU 30a operates the winning combination determining unit 39. The winning combination determination unit 39 includes a random number generator and a random value sampling circuit, and draws one random value every time a game start signal is input. The winning combination determining unit 39 includes a plurality of lottery tables corresponding to each game mode (including a table for determining a winning combination in a state where the BB has won an internal prize). Then, the winning combination determining unit 39 determines whether or not the winning combination is to be won by collating the lottery random value with the lottery table.

  The effect lottery unit 40 is activated each time the start lever 18 is pressed. In the effect lottery unit 40, an effect lottery is performed. In the effect lottery, it is determined whether or not a continuous effect is to be executed. Further, when a continuous effect is to be executed, which of a plurality of continuous effects is to be executed is determined.

  When the effect lottery ends, the CPU 30a identifies the type of continuous effect determined in the effect lottery and identifies the execution time of the effect at each step. Then, the CPU 30 a writes an effect flag indicating the execution time of the effect at each step in the RAM area of the memory 31.

When the effect lottery is won, the CPU 30a invalidates all operations every time each operation is performed between the following operations performed during one game. In other words, the CPU 30a is in an operation invalid state (hereinafter referred to as "freeze state") in which all operations are invalidated, and each of a maximum of four times indicated by "1" to "4" below in one game. Transition between operations. Note that the stop buttons 19a to 19c are individually pressed in an arbitrary order.
1. From pressing of the start lever 18 to pressing of the first stop buttons 19a-19.
2. From pressing the first stop button 19a-19 to pressing the second stop button 19a-19.
3. From pressing of the second stop button 19a-19 to pressing of the third stop button 19a-19.
4. From pressing the third stop button 19a to 19 to inserting a medal.

  In the frozen state, the CPU 30a cancels all the operation signals input when operating each operation unit. Further, when a medal is inserted in the frozen state, the CPU 30a controls the operation of the medal selector so that the medal selector guides the medal to the payout slot 21 before the inserted medal is detected by the medal sensor 32. To do. For this reason, in the frozen state, the inserted medal is returned to the player.

  The CPU 30a reads the effect flag from the RAM area of the memory 31 every time the CPU 30a shifts to the freeze state between operations. The effect flag is read in order for each step of the continuous effect. Then, the CPU 30a identifies the execution time of the continuous effect at the step corresponding to the read effect flag, and determines the time to shift to the freeze state based on the identified execution time of the continuous effect. The determined time is set in the timer 41 by the CPU 30a. When the timer 41 is activated, the set time is subtracted, and the freeze state is canceled when the time of the timer 41 reaches “0”. Thereby, it transfers to a freeze state, while the continuous production is performed at each step.

  The hopper device 42 pays out a prescribed number of medals to the medal tray 20 when winning a winning combination with paying out medals. A payout table that determines the number of medals to be paid out is stored in the ROM area of the memory 31. The CPU 30a reads the payout number from the payout table and drives the hopper device 42.

  A sub control unit 45 is connected to the CPU 30a. The sub control unit 45 performs display control of an image displayed from the liquid crystal panel 22. The sub control unit 45 includes a CPU (production control means) 46 that controls the operation of the sub control unit 45, and an effect memory 47 in which graphic data for displaying an image from the liquid crystal panel 22 is stored.

  The effect memory 47 stores a plurality of graphic data corresponding to each step of all the continuous effects, and a head address is assigned to each data. When each step is started in the continuous effect, a start signal for the continuous effect is input from the CPU 30a to the CPU 46. The start signal includes data indicating the type of continuous effect and the step to be executed. Based on the input start signal, the CPU 46 determines the top address of the graphic data to be read. Thereafter, the CPU 46 retrieves the head address from the effect memory 47 and reads the graphic data to which the determined start address is assigned from the effect memory 47. Then, the CPU 46 performs display control of the liquid crystal panel 22 based on the graphic data, and executes an effect on the liquid crystal panel 22.

  Next, the operation of the slot machine configured as described above will be described. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, in the slot machine 10, a game in the normal mode is first performed. When 1-3 medals are inserted prior to the start of the game, the number of inserted medals is counted by the CPU 30a. When the player operates the start lever 18, a game start signal is input from the start signal sensor 33 to the CPU 30a. When the game start signal is input, the CPU 30a starts rotating the first to third reels 14a to 14c.

  In response to this, the effect lottery unit 40 performs effect lottery and determines the type of continuous effect to be executed. When the effect lottery is won, the CPU 30 a writes an effect flag indicating the execution time of the effect in each step of the continuous effect in the RAM area of the memory 31. Thereby, the freeze time in each step is set.

  Then, the CPU 30a reads the effect flag corresponding to the first step of the continuous effect, and identifies the execution time of the first step of the continuous effect from the read effect flag. The identified execution time is set in the timer 41. Thereafter, the CPU 30a activates the timer 41 and shifts to the freeze state. At the same time, the CPU 30a inputs the result of the effect lottery to the CPU 46 of the sub-control unit 45.

  Under the freeze state, the operation signal of each operation unit is canceled and the time set in the timer 41 is subtracted. In the sub-control unit 45, the CPU 46 reads the graphic data of the first step of the continuous effect determined by the effect lottery from the effect memory 47, and causes the liquid crystal panel 22 to execute the first step of the continuous effect. The CPU 30a monitors the time of the timer 41, and releases the freeze state at the same time as the time of the timer 41 becomes “0”. Since the execution time of the first step of the continuous effect is set in the timer 41, when the time of the timer 41 becomes “0”, the first step of the continuous effect ends simultaneously with the release of the freeze state.

  When the freeze state is released, the operation of the stop buttons 19a to 19c is validated. Thereafter, when any one of the first stop buttons 19a to 19c is pressed, the CPU 30a performs the same process as described above and shifts to the freeze state. At this time, the second step of continuous performance is executed. When the second step of the continuous effect ends and one of the second stop buttons 19a to 19c is pressed, the third step of the continuous effect ends and one of the third stop buttons 19a to 19c The same processing is performed when is pressed. When the fourth step of the continuous effect ends, the continuous effect is completed. Thereby, the player is notified of the result of the winning combination lottery. After the fourth step of the continuous performance is completed, the medal insertion is validated and the next game can be performed.

  FIG. 5 shows an example in which a recording medium (CD, flexible disk, IC memory, MO, etc.) 60 is installed in the slot machine 10, and the recording medium 60 has means as shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. A program to be realized by the computer 61 including the CPU 30a and the memory 31 is stored. In this case, for example, an operation invalidating unit that shifts each time the operation is performed to an operation invalid state in which all operations performed during one game are invalidated until a predetermined time elapses, A program for causing the computer 61 to function as an effect control means for executing an effect corresponding to the result of the lottery whether or not the operation is invalid is recorded in the recording medium 60. Then, the recording medium 60 is loaded into the reading device 62 and the program is installed in the slot machine 10.

  The program can be distributed to the slot machine 10 using the Internet instead of being installed via the recording medium 60. It is also possible to install the distributed program of the present invention or the program of the present invention read from the recording medium 60 in a personal computer and play a slot machine game on a monitor.

  In the above embodiment, the effect lottery is performed with a certain probability, but for example, by providing a plurality of effect lottery tables having different probabilities of winning in the effect lottery, and switching them according to the state of the game, The winning probability may be changed. As the state of the game, for example, if the winning combination (especially BB) is won in the winning combination lottery, an effect lottery table with a high probability of winning is used, and if lost, an effect lottery table with a low winning probability is used. It is preferable to set the result. Thereby, the expectation with respect to the result of a player's winning combination lottery can be enhanced by executing the continuous performance.

  In the above embodiment, the type of continuous effect to be executed by the effect lottery is determined, but it is not necessarily limited to the continuous effect, either the continuous effect or the effect completed in one step is determined by lottery, or, for example, You may set suitably the aspect of the effect determined by effect lottery, such as determining the kind of intermittent effect which performs an effect in the frozen state of the 1st step and the 3rd step. Further, each operation for shifting to the freeze state is not limited to the four steps of the above embodiment, and may be set as appropriate.

  In the above embodiment, display control of the liquid crystal panel 22 is performed by the sub-control unit 45 and an effect is executed using the liquid crystal panel 22, but the effect to be executed is an appropriate device such as voice, lamp, vibration of each operation unit, for example. May be performed by. Note that the sub-control unit 45 is also preferably used when a device other than the liquid crystal panel 22 is used. Thereby, the processing burden on the main control unit 30 can be reduced.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to a reel drive type slot machine, but can be equally applied to other gaming machines such as a slot machine using a liquid crystal panel or a pachinko machine in which a symbol is stopped and displayed by pressing a stop button. .

It is an external view of the slot machine using the present invention. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical schematic configuration of the slot machine shown in FIG. 1. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process accompanying execution of a continuous production. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process accompanying execution of a continuous production. FIG. 26 is an explanatory diagram when a recording medium storing a program is installed in a slot machine.

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10 Slot machines (gaming machines)
22 Liquid crystal panel 30 Control unit 30a CPU (operation invalidation means)
40 production lottery section (production lottery means)
41 timer 46 CPU (production control means)
60 recording medium 61 computer

Claims (5)

In a gaming machine in which a plurality of operations are individually performed during one game, and an effect is executed according to a lottery result of whether or not the game is won,
Operation invalidation means for shifting each operation to an operation invalid state in which all the operations are invalidated until a predetermined time set in advance elapses;
An amusement machine comprising: an effect control means for executing the effect in the operation invalid state.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the effect control means executes a continuous effect whose contents are completed by a plurality of the effects each time the operation is shifted to the operation invalid state. An effect lottery means for determining any of the plurality of continuous effects by lottery is provided,
The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the operation invalidating means sets the predetermined time according to the type of the continuous effect determined by the effect lottery means. An operation invalidating means for shifting each time the operation is performed to an operation invalid state in which all the operations performed during one game are invalidated until a predetermined time set in advance elapses;
A program for causing a computer of a gaming machine to function as an effect control means for executing an effect corresponding to a result of a lottery whether or not the operation is invalid. A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to claim 4 is recorded.

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