JP2008029436A5

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Publication number: JP2008029436A5
Application number: JP2006204017A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2006-07-26
Publication date: 2009-09-10
Anticipated expiration: 2026-07-26

Claims

A game board having a game area and into which a game ball is driven toward the game area;
A start opening provided on the surface of the game board and capable of receiving a game ball driven toward the game area;
An acceptance detection device for detecting acceptance of a game ball at the start opening and outputting an acceptance signal in response to detection of acceptance of the game ball;
A game ball giving means for giving a predetermined amount of game balls as a prize to the player;
Game ball giving control means for performing game ball giving control through the game ball giving means;
An acceptance detection means for receiving an acceptance signal output from the acceptance detection device and detecting the received acceptance signal;
A lottery means for performing a lottery process related to a win for a jackpot that is an opportunity to execute a jackpot game advantageous to the player based on the reception of the acceptance signal detected by the acceptance detector;
And a jackpot game executing means for executing a jackpot game advantageous to the player in response to winning the jackpot in the lottery process by the lottery means,
A payout command for transmitting a payout command to the effect that game ball giving control through the game ball giving means should be performed to the game ball giving control means based on detection of reception of an acceptance signal by the acceptance detecting means Transmission means,
A game control means having at least
The game ball grant control means performs game ball grant control through the game ball grant means based on receiving the payout command transmitted from the payout command transmission means,
The start port includes a specific start port having a movable member,
In the direction from the specific start port toward the back side of the game board, a specific start receiving passage serving as a passage for a game ball received from the specific start port is formed,
The movable member is
It is displaceable between an accommodation position accommodated in the specific start receiving passage and a projecting position projecting toward the player side from the board surface of the game board, and when in the projecting position, The game ball that is driven toward the game area can be received, and the received game ball can be guided to the specific start receiving passage, and the received game ball can be received when switching from the protruding position to the accommodation position. Overflowing receiving guide member,
And a narrow position where the opening area of the specific start port is made smaller, and a large area inside the specific start receiving passage than the narrow position and making the opening area of the specific start port larger than when it is in the narrow position When it is in the narrow position, it is impossible to accept the game ball in the specific start port, while in the wide position, it is a game to the specific start port. An anti-acceptance member that can accept a ball,
Have
The specific start port having the movable member is composed of only the specific start port having the movable member having the receiving guide member and the acceptance preventing member as components.
The game control means includes
A receiving guidance movable control means for performing a movable control for displacing the receiving guidance member from the accommodation position to the protruding position;
An acceptance preventing movable control means for performing a movable control for displacing the acceptance preventing member from the narrow position to the wide position;
A gaming machine further comprising:
The game control means includes
Opening of the starting port that allows the game ball to be received at the specific starting port only for a predetermined period by the movement control by the receiving guidance movement control means and the movement control by the reception prevention movement control means according to the establishment of a specific condition. Starting port opening control means for performing control,
A period when the start port opening control is performed by the start port opening control means, and a game ball that has failed to overflow when the receiving guide member is switched from the protruding position to the housing position can be received by the specific start port. An external output means for externally outputting valid period information indicating that the period is in any period, and detection presence / absence information indicating whether or not the reception signal is detected by the reception detection means,
The payout command transmission means is either during a period during which the start opening control is performed by the start opening control means, or during a period during which the overflowing game ball can be received by the specific start opening. The gaming machine is characterized in that the payout command is transmitted to the game ball giving control means only when the game is in the state.

The lottery means acquires a random number based on an acceptance signal detected by the acceptance detection means, and performs the lottery process based on the acquired random number.
The gaming machine according to claim 1.

The winning as a result of the lottery process by the lottery means includes at least the jackpot, and the lottery means increases the probability of winning in the winning than the probability of winning in the winning. Is the one to process
The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2.