JP2007089947A - Game machine, program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of preventing a player from feeling announcement bothersome, and to provide a program, and a recording medium. <P>SOLUTION: When a prize is won in a group role in a role lottery and an AT flag is written in a memory, a sub-board drives a liquid crystal panel to display an image which shows the prize is won in a small role. When the prize is won in the group role, a control part and a reel driving controller performs the drawing control of SB patterns when a stop button is depressed. The SB patterns are arrayed so as to stop on a prize winning effective line regardless of the depression timing of the stop button, so that SB is acquired when the prize is won in the group role to depress the stop button. When the prize is won in the group role in a state where the AT flag is written in the memory, the sub-board shifts a game into an AT game from the succeeding game. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine 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.

A slot machine that is installed and used in a game hall such as a pachinko parlor is called a pachislot machine, and a medal is given a certain value, and a medal obtained by playing a game can be exchanged for various prizes. Most players who play a game with a pachislot machine play a game in the normal mode while raising a sense of expectation for a bonus mode that makes it easier to obtain medals than in the normal mode. The bonus mode is shifted to when a bonus is won in a winning combination lottery performed for each game in the normal mode, and these are further awarded. For this reason, it is an important factor for raising the interest of the player in the game to give the player a sense of expectation as to whether or not the bonus has been won. In view of this, in recent pachislot machines, as shown in Patent Document 1, for example, a combination of symbols that informs that a bonus is won using a liquid crystal panel or the like, or stops on a winning line In other words, notifications are given in various manners, such as notifying that the bonus has been won by displaying reach eyes, thereby increasing the expectation of winning the bonus.
JP 2002-346048 A

  By the way, as one mode for notifying that a bonus has been won, there is known a mode for notifying that a winning combination different from the bonus is won when a bonus is won. According to this, even if the reel stop operation is performed so that the notified winning combination wins, the winning combination does not win, so that the tension when performing the reel stop operation when the notification is performed is increased. Can do. However, in a situation where the above-mentioned reach is displayed before the notification is made, or the player wins a bonus without following the notification, the player will receive the bonus even if the notification is not made. Since it was possible to detect that he was won, there was a case where the notification was bothersome.

  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 prevent the user from feeling bothered by the notification.

  In order to achieve the above object, a gaming machine according to claim 1 includes a reel that rotates in response to a game start operation, and determines one of a plurality of types of winning combinations or loses by lottery. In a gaming machine that stops the symbols on the winning line when the reel is operated when the symbol corresponding to the determined winning combination is within the pull-in range, the random numbers constituting each other are different. Random values extracted in the lottery, in which random numbers extracted in the lottery are grouped into a plurality of random value groups, and a group combination in which a plurality of winning combinations are grouped is assigned to at least one of the random number groups. If the random number extracted in the lottery is a value belonging to the random number group to which the group combination is assigned, the group combination is configured. Stop control means for performing stop control of the reels so that any one of the winning combinations to win wins, and the random value extracted in the lottery is a value belonging to the random value group to which the group combination is assigned. In the event that the winning combination constituting the group combination and the winning combination different from the winning combination to be won is notified, the random number extracted in the lottery is the group When the value belongs to the random value group to which a combination is assigned, a privilege granting means for granting a game privilege is provided.

  In addition, it is preferable to include a main board that performs the lottery and the reel stop control, and a sub board that grants the privilege in response to winning the group role in the lottery on the main board. As a result, it is possible to store the privilege grant processing data in a separate memory from the lottery processing data and reel stop control data, and to allow the privilege grant processing to be performed independently. As a result, it is possible to diversify the benefits and increase the processing speed. Thereby, the contents of the game can be varied.

  In addition, it is preferable to arrange the symbols corresponding to the winning combination to be won in the case of winning the group combination on the reels such that the mutual interval is within the pull-in range.

  Further, the winning combination constituting the group combination is classified into the notification target combination to be notified and the winning target combination to be awarded, and the random value group to which the group combination is assigned and the notification target It is preferable that the random number group to which a combination is assigned independently is set in the lottery table, and the notification means performs notification even when any random number in the random value group is extracted in the lottery.

  In the game machine program of the present invention, a random number extracted in a lottery for determining one of a plurality of types of winning combinations or a lottery is checked against a lottery table, and this random number groupes a plurality of winning combinations. Stop control means for performing reel stop control so that any one of the winning combinations constituting the group combination wins when the value belongs to the random value group to which the assigned group combination is assigned, in the lottery When the extracted random value is a value belonging to the random value group to which the group combination is assigned, the winning combination constituting the group combination and a winning combination different from the winning combination subject to the winning An informing means for informing that the player has won, when a random value extracted in the lottery is a value belonging to the random value group to which the group combination is assigned, gives a gaming privilege It is intended to function the game machine of the computer as a privilege granting means.

  Further, the recording medium of the present invention is a group role in which one of a plurality of types of winning combinations or a random value extracted in a lottery for determining a loss is collated with a lottery table, and the random number groups a plurality of winning combinations. If the value belongs to a random value group to which the group combination is assigned, the stop control means for controlling the stop of the reel so that any one of the winning combinations constituting the group combination wins, extracted by the lottery When the random value is a value belonging to the random value group to which the group combination is assigned, the winning combination that constitutes the group combination and that is different from the winning combination that is the target of the winning prize is won. An informing means for informing a bonus, a bonus granting hand for granting a gaming bonus when the random number extracted in the lottery is a value belonging to the random number group to which the group role is assigned Those computer-readable recording a program to function a game machine computer as.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the group combination is won, the reel stop control is performed so that any one of the winning combinations constituting the group combination wins, and the winning combination to be won Since it is informed that the winning role other than has been won and a gaming privilege is further granted, it is possible to prevent whether or not the privilege is granted from being detected by elements other than this notification, and bothering the notification You can prevent it from feeling.

  According to the invention described in claim 2, since the symbols corresponding to the winning combination to be won in the winning of the group role are arranged on the reels such that the distance between the winning combinations is below the pull-in range, the winning combination that has been notified of the winning winning combination is notified. It is possible to make the roles different from each other reliably, and to make the notification clear.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, since it is informed that the same winning combination has been won in the winning of the group combination or in the independent selection, it is identified whether or not the privilege is granted even if the notification is performed. It becomes impossible, and the expectation for privilege provision can be raised.

  First, an external view of the slot machine 10 is shown in FIG. 1, and an outline of a game flow in the slot machine 10 will be described. In the slot machine 10 shown in FIG. 1, two types of game modes, a normal mode and a single bonus (SB) mode, are set, and an assist time (AT) game is set. The normal mode and the SB mode are switched according to the result of the winning combination lottery, and the AT game is obtained by winning the AT lottery performed separately from the winning combination lottery (the board for executing the lottery / game is also available) separate). For this reason, the AT game is executed regardless of whether the mode is shifted to the normal mode or the SB mode. In the normal mode, only a group role, a small role (notification target role) in which a small role with a medal payout (notification target role) and an SB (winning target role) for which the right to shift to the SB mode is obtained, One of the losers will be determined by lottery. The small role is awarded when the type of small character determined in the lottery (the symbol corresponding to the small character) stops on the winning line. For example, three types of cherry blossoms, cherry, plum, and bell are set, and a red cherry symbol, a blue plum symbol, and a yellow bell symbol are set as corresponding symbols. When the SB symbol corresponding to SB wins, the SB mode is entered. In the SB mode, whether or not to win a small role is determined with the same winning probability as in the normal mode. The SB mode ends with one game. In AT games, a small role symbol to be stopped on the winning line when a small role is won is notified from among three types. If an AT game wins an AT lottery executed for each game, the right to transfer is obtained. In a state where the right to shift to AT gaming is obtained, winning the group role is a condition for shifting to AT gaming.

  The slot machine 10 includes 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.

  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 (game start operation), the first to third reels 14a to 14c start to rotate all at once. When a certain time has elapsed since the rotation of the first to third reels 14a to 14c has started, the operation of the stop buttons 19a to 19c (reel stop operation) is validated. 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 the press of the stop buttons 19a to 19c.

  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 (notification means) 22 is provided above the display window 13. The liquid crystal panel 22 is activated when a group role or a small role is won in the normal mode, and also when a small role is won in an AT game. In the normal mode, an image indicating that the small role is won is displayed from the liquid crystal panel 22, and an image indicating the type of the small role symbol is displayed in the AT game.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the operation of the slot machine 10 is basically controlled by the main board 30. The main board 30 includes a CPU 31 and a memory 32. In addition to the control unit 31a that controls the operation of the CPU 31, the CPU 31 is provided with an electronic lottery unit 39, a winning combination determining unit 40, and a stop symbol lottery unit 41, which will be described later.

  The medal sensor 33 detects an appropriate medal inserted from the medal insertion slot 16, and inputs a medal detection signal to the control unit 31a. The control unit 31a counts the number of inserted 1 to 3 medals based on the detection signal from the medal sensor 33, and determines the number to activate the winning effective line 15.

  The start signal sensor 34 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 34 to the control unit 31a. The control unit 31 a rotates the first to third reels 14 a to 14 c in response to the game start signal, and starts game processing according to the program stored in the ROM area of the memory 32.

  The drive and stop control of each reel is performed by the control unit 31a and the reel drive controller 35. The control unit 31a and the reel drive controller 35 constitute stop control means described in the claims. The first to third reels 14a to 14c are attached to the drive shafts of the stepping motors 36a to 36c, respectively. The first to third reels 14a to 14c are controlled by controlling the driving of the stepping motors 36a to 36c. The RAM area of the memory 32 is used for temporary storage and rewriting of flags and data used for each game.

  The stepping motors 36a to 36c rotate at a rotation angle corresponding to the number of drive pulses supplied from the control unit 31a. For this reason, the control unit 31a 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 36a to 36c, and cuts the supply of the drive pulses to the reels. Determine the stop position. The first to third reels 14a to 14c are integrally formed with reflection signal portions 37a to 37c at their reference positions. Each time the first to third reels 14a to 14c make one rotation, the photosensors 38a to 38c detect passage of the respective reflection signal portions 37a to 37c. Detection signals from the photosensors 38a to 38c are input to the control unit 31a as a reset signal indicating the reference position of the reel.

  The control unit 31a is provided with a pulse counter that counts the number of drive pulses supplied to each of the stepping motors 36a to 36c. When the reset signal is input from the photosensors 38a to 38c, the control unit 31a 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 32. 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 control unit 31a can identify which symbol has moved on, for example, the middle prize winning effective line 15 by monitoring the count value of the pulse counter for each reel while referring to the symbol table, Further, it is possible to predict how much the reel is rotated to move the target symbol onto the winning pay 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 control unit 31a validates the operation of the stop buttons 19a to 19c. . When the stop button 19a-19c is pressed and a stop signal is input, the control unit 31a and the reel drive controller 35, based on the winning combination lottery result, the first to third reels 14a corresponding to the stop buttons 19a-19c. -14c stop control is performed. 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 (21 frames are described as an example in this embodiment) for each predetermined range. One symbol is assigned to each frame. In the ROM area of the memory 32, a plurality of stop tables referred to by the control unit 31a are stored.

  Each time the stop buttons 19a to 19c are pressed, one of the plurality of stop tables is referred to. 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 control unit 31a 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. The stop table is such that 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. Is selected. 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.

  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.

  Further, 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. It may be performed by an appropriate method such as determining. 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 34, the control unit 31a activates the electronic lottery unit 39. The electronic lottery unit 39 includes a random number generator and a random value sampling circuit, and extracts one random value every time a game is started. The extracted random number value is input to the winning combination determination unit 40.

  The winning combination determining unit 40 includes a lottery table 40a for determining a winning combination in the normal mode and the SB mode. In the lottery table 40a, a plurality of random value groups are set in which all random number values extracted by the electronic lottery unit 39 are grouped so that the random number values constituting each are different. Each random value group is assigned one of a group role, a small role, and a loser in which a small role and an SB are grouped. In addition, the small role constituting the group role and the small role assigned independently are the same winning role.

  Then, the random number value extracted by the electronic lottery unit 39 is checked against the lottery table 40a, and depending on which random number value group the checked random number value belongs to, one of the group role, the small role, or the loss It is determined.

  In addition, when winning the group role, since both the small role and the SB are won, both the small role and the SB are targeted for winning, but the control unit 31a is the first so that the SB wins. -Stop control of the third reels 14a to 14c is performed. The SB symbol corresponding to the SB is such that the interval between the SB symbols is within four symbols, that is, the SB symbol is always within the pull-in range regardless of the rotational position of the first to third reels 14a to 14c. Is arranged. For this reason, if SB is won, SB wins regardless of the timing when the stop buttons 19a to 19c are operated. In addition, for the small role symbol corresponding to the small role, the interval between the small role symbols is 7 frames, that is, three small role symbols per reel (one each of the above-mentioned cherry symbol, plum symbol, bell symbol) ), A plurality of small role symbols are arranged so as not to be located within the pull-in range at the same time. Then, when the small combination symbol determined by the stop symbol lottery described later is located within the pull-in range, the small combination is won by pressing the stop buttons 19a to 19c.

  The stop symbol lottery unit 41 is activated when a small role is won. In the stop symbol lottery unit 41, the type of the small role symbol for which the pull-in control is performed is determined by lottery from the three types described above. The result of the lottery is fed back to the control unit 31a. The controller 31a and the reel drive controller 35 identify the symbol code corresponding to the symbol determined by the stop symbol lottery, perform the stop control of the first to third reels 14a to 14c, and determine the symbol determined by the lottery. Pull-in control is performed.

  The hopper device 42 pays out a prescribed number of medals to the medal tray 20 when winning a small role, or adds the prescribed number to the credit counter. A payout table that determines the number of medals to be paid out is stored in the ROM area of the memory 32. The control unit 31a reads the payout number from the payout table and drives the hopper device 42.

  A sub substrate 45 that controls the driving of the liquid crystal panel 22 is connected to the main substrate 30. The sub board 45 operates in response to a signal input for each game from the control unit 31a. The signal input from the control unit 31a includes a signal indicating the winning combination lottery result, a signal indicating the lottery result in the stop symbol lottery unit 41, and the like. The sub board 45 includes a memory 46, and graphic data for displaying an image from the liquid crystal panel 22 is stored in the memory 46. In the sub-board 45, the graphic data in the memory 46 is read in response to the input of the signal described above, and display control of the image on the liquid crystal panel 22 is performed based on the read data.

  In addition, the sub board 45 includes an AT lottery unit 47. The AT lottery unit 47 is activated each time a game is played. The AT lottery unit 47 performs an AT lottery to determine whether or not to grant the right to shift to an AT game. When the AT lottery is won, the AT flag is written in the memory 46. This gives the player the right to transition to AT gaming.

  Next, a description will be given of the flow of game processing when a group combination is won in the slot machine 10. As shown in FIG. 3, in the slot machine 10, a game in the normal mode is first performed. When the start lever 18 is pressed after the medal is inserted, the first to third reels 14a to 14c start rotating, and the electronic lottery unit 39 extracts a random number value. In the winning combination determination unit 40, the random number extracted by the electronic lottery unit 39 is checked against the lottery table 40a, and the winning combination lottery is performed. In addition, in the sub-board 45, the AT lottery unit 47 executes the AT lottery in response to pressing of the start lever 18. When the AT lottery is won, the AT flag is written in the memory 46. This gives the player the right to transition to AT gaming.

  When the small combination is won in the winning combination lottery, regardless of whether or not the AT flag is written in the memory 46, the sub board 45 drives the liquid crystal panel 22 to display an image indicating that the small combination is won. In addition, when the small combination is won, the stop symbol lottery unit 41 is operated, and the type of the small combination symbol for which the pull-in control is performed is determined. Then, when the player presses the stop buttons 19a to 19c and the small combination symbol of the type determined by the lottery stops on the winning winning line 15, the small combination is won and medals are paid out. Thereby, one game is completed.

  When the group combination is won in the winning combination lottery, if the AT flag is written in the memory 46, the sub board 45 drives the liquid crystal panel 22 to display an image indicating that the small combination is won. When the group combination is won, the control unit 31a and the reel drive controller 35 perform SB symbol pull-in control when the stop buttons 19a to 19c are pressed. Since the SB symbol is arranged to stop on the winning line regardless of the timing when the stop buttons 19a to 19c are pressed, when the winning combination is selected and the stop buttons 19a to 19c are pressed, the SB wins. When SB wins, the control unit 31a causes the next game to be performed under the SB mode. In the SB mode, only whether or not to win a small role is determined. When the SB mode ends, the game in the normal mode is performed again.

  When the group combination is won while the AT flag is written in the memory 46, the sub board 45 shifts to the AT game from the next game. When the small game is won in the AT game, the sub board 45 identifies the type of the small role determined by the stop symbol lottery unit 41 and displays an image indicating the type of the symbol from the liquid crystal panel 22. For this reason, the player can identify the type of the small role symbol to be stopped on the winning effective line 15 without relying on intuition, and the AT game can easily increase the number of acquired medals. The sub-board 45 ends the AT game in response to a predetermined number of games being played in the AT game.

  When the group combination is won in the winning combination lottery and the AT flag is not written in the memory 46, the sub board 45 does not drive the liquid crystal panel 22 and does not execute the small combination notification on the liquid crystal panel 22. . For this reason, in this case, the small role is not notified and the SB wins and the game ends. Also, if the group combination is not won in the state where the AT flag is written in the memory 46, the AT flag is carried over to the next and subsequent games, and the above processing is performed when the group combination is won and the AT game is performed. Migrate to

  In the above embodiment, the SB and the small combination are grouped. For example, the 0 combination (a kind of small combination) that does not pay out medals and the small combination are grouped, or two types of small combinations with different payout numbers are used. An appropriate winning combination may be grouped, such as by grouping a combination or by grouping three or more types of winning combinations. If three or more types of winning roles are grouped, the drawing corresponding to any one winning role is controlled, and one or all of the other winning roles are notified. Good. In addition, as for the winning combination that is the target of winning in the group combination, the interval between the symbols may not necessarily be less than or equal to the drawing range. Furthermore, the group combination is not limited to one type, and a plurality of types may be set.

  In the above-described embodiment, the privilege given to the player when winning the group role is an AT game. However, as the privilege, for example, at least one of the first to third reels 14a to 14c is in an uncontrolled state (reel The challenge time (CT) mode, in which the stop control is not performed and the stop button is pressed according to the timing when the stop button is pressed), the replay time (RT) mode in which the winning probability of replay is higher than the normal mode, If the player has an advantage, such as shifting to a game mode in which the player has an advantage, such as a stock time (ST) mode for storing the winning combination, or releasing the stored winning combination. Appropriate benefits may be granted.

  In the above embodiment, the stop symbol lottery unit 41 determines the type of the small role symbol to be subjected to the pull-in control by lottery, but the interval between the small role symbols is the symbol 4 in each of the first to third reels 14a to 14c. Within the number, that is, the small role symbols are arranged so that the mutual small role symbols are located within the pull-in range, and the stop order of the first to third reels 14a to 14c in which the small role wins (stop buttons 19a to 19c) May be determined by lottery.

  FIG. 4 shows an example in which a recording medium (CD, flexible disk, IC memory, MO, etc.) 50 is installed in the slot machine 10, and the recording medium 50 is provided with means as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 32, and a program to be realized by the computer 51 is stored. In this case, for example, a random value extracted from a lottery for determining one of a plurality of winning combinations or a lottery is checked against a lottery table, and the random value is assigned a group combination in which a plurality of winning combinations are grouped. When the value belongs to a group, stop control means for performing reel stop control so that any one of the winning combinations constituting the group combination wins, and the random value extracted in the lottery is the group Informing means for notifying that a winning combination that is a constituent of the group combination and is different from the winning combination to be won is won when the value belongs to the random value group to which a combination is assigned When the random value extracted in the lottery is a value belonging to the random number group to which the group role is assigned, the bonus granting means for granting a gaming privilege is provided. A program for causing a computer 51 for recording on the recording medium 50. Then, the recording medium 50 is loaded into the reading device 52 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 50. 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 50 in a personal computer and play a slot machine game on a monitor.

  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 a game. FIG. 26 is an explanatory diagram when a recording medium storing a program is installed in a slot machine.

Explanation of symbols

10 Slot machines (gaming machines)
22 Liquid crystal panel (notification means)
30 Main board 31 CPU
31a control unit 35 reel drive controller 39 electronic lottery unit 40 winning combination determining unit 40a lottery table 45 sub-board 47 AT lottery unit 50 recording medium 51 computer

Claims (5)

When a reel that rotates in response to a game start operation is provided, one of a plurality of types of winning combinations or lose is determined by lottery, and the symbol corresponding to the winning combination determined in the lottery is within the pull-in range In the gaming machine that stops the symbol on the winning line when the reel is stopped,
Random values extracted in the lottery are grouped into a plurality of random value groups so that the random values constituting each other are different, and a group combination in which a plurality of winning combinations are grouped is assigned to at least one of the random value groups A lottery table with which the random number extracted in the lottery is checked,
When the random value extracted in the lottery is a value belonging to the random value group to which the group combination is assigned, the winning combination of the reels is selected so that any one of the winning combinations constituting the group combination wins. Stop control means for performing stop control;
If the random value extracted in the lottery is a value belonging to the random number group to which the group combination is assigned, the winning combination constituting the group combination and different from the winning combination to be the winning target Informing means for notifying that the winning role has been won,
A gaming machine comprising: a bonus granting means for granting a gaming bonus when the random value extracted in the lottery is a value belonging to the random value group to which the group combination is assigned.   2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein symbols corresponding to the winning combination to be won when the group combination is won are arranged on the reels such that the distance between them is within the pull-in range. The winning combination that constitutes the group combination is classified into the notification target combination that is the target of the notification and the winning combination that is the target of the prize,
The random value group to which the group combination is assigned and the random value group to which the notification target combination is assigned independently are set in the lottery table,
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the notification means performs notification even when any random number of the random value group is extracted by the lottery. A random value extracted in a lottery that determines one of multiple types of winning roles or a lottery is checked against the lottery table, and this random value is a value that belongs to a random value group to which a group role that groups multiple winning roles is assigned. A stop control means for performing reel stop control so that any one of the winning combinations constituting the group combination wins,
If the random value extracted in the lottery is a value belonging to the random number group to which the group combination is assigned, the winning combination constituting the group combination and different from the winning combination to be the winning target Notification means for notifying that the winning role has been won,
A program for causing a computer of a gaming machine to function as a privilege granting means for granting a gaming privilege when the random value extracted in the lottery is a value belonging to the random value group to which the group combination is assigned. A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to claim 4 is recorded.

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