JP2008054730A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine in which the enlargement of a casing due to provision of a fourth reel is prevented. <P>SOLUTION: The game machine is provided with a reel unit 73 for variably displaying a plurality of kinds of symbols, a stop button, and the casing provided with the reel unit 73 and the stop button. The reel unit 73 is provided with a plurality of cylindrical reels 3L, 3C and 3R provided with the a plurality of kinds of symbols on the outer circumferential surfaces, a stepping motor for rotationally driving the reels, a cylindrical outer reel 80 whose outer circumferential part is formed of a light transmissive material, an outer reel stepping motor for rotationally driving the outer reel 80, and a reel box 76 for housing the reels, the stepping motor, the outer reel 80 and the outer reel stepping motor. The reels are each provided in the reel box 76 such that the axes are aligned and they are parallel with each other, and the outer reel 80 is provided in the reel box 76 such that the outer circumferential part covers the outer circumferential surfaces of the plurality of reels. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

  For example, a slot machine equipped with a stop button, a so-called pachislot machine, has a variable display device configured by arranging a plurality of mechanical rotating reels that display a plurality of symbols in the front display window, or a symbol on the reel on the screen. It has an electrical fluctuation display device for displaying. This variable display device includes three reels having a plurality of types of symbols drawn on the outer peripheral surface thereof. In response to the player's start operation, the control means drives the variable display device to rotate the reels to display the symbols in a variable manner. After a certain period of time, either automatically or by the player's stop operation, Stop rotation sequentially. At this time, when the symbols of the reels appearing in the display window become a specific combination (winning symbol), a profit is given to the player by paying out game media such as coins and medals.

  Currently, the mainstream model has a plurality of types of winning modes. In particular, when a predetermined winning combination is established, a single coin is not paid out, and the gaming state is better in condition than the normal state for a predetermined period. As such a combination, a combination that can play a game that gives a relatively large profit to the player a predetermined number of times (referred to as “Big Bonus”, hereinafter abbreviated as “BB”) and a relatively small profit to the player There is a role that can play a predetermined number of games (referred to as “regular bonus”, hereinafter abbreviated as “RB”).

  In addition, in the current mainstream models, a combination of predetermined symbols is arranged along an activated formation line (hereinafter referred to as an “effective line”), and in order to achieve a winning in which coins, medals, etc. are paid out, A combination of symbols indicating that the winning combination of the winning combination (hereinafter referred to as “internal winning combination”) and the winning combination of the internal winning combination (hereinafter referred to as “internal winning combination”) is achieved by a standard lottery process (hereinafter referred to as “internal winning combination”) The player is required to perform a stop operation at a timing at which the player can stop at the active line. In other words, no matter how much internal winning is made, if the timing of the stop operation of the player is bad, a winning cannot be established. That is, gaming machines that require skill in the timing of the stop operation (the high importance of technical intervention called “to push”) are currently mainstream.

  Incidentally, in recent years, a gaming machine including a fourth reel has been proposed in addition to the three reels that can be started and stopped by the player as described above (see Patent Document 1). In such a gaming machine, in addition to the display window for displaying the outer peripheral surface of the three reels described above, a display window for displaying the outer peripheral surface of the fourth reel is formed in the housing. The symbols provided on the outer peripheral surface of the fourth reel can be displayed.

Such a fourth reel is controlled to rotate so that, for example, a symbol is displayed according to the game state of the player, and the player can view the symbol of the displayed fourth reel and The game state of can be confirmed.
JP 2004-81432 A

  However, since the fourth reel is provided separately from the three reels as described above, a space for providing the fourth reel must be secured inside the housing. For this reason, there existed a possibility that a housing | casing might enlarge.

  An object of the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and is to provide a gaming machine that can prevent an increase in the size of a housing due to provision of a fourth reel.

  The present invention provides the following.

  (1) Fluctuation display means (for example, a reel unit 73 described later) for variably displaying a plurality of kinds of symbols necessary for the game, operation means (for example, stop buttons 7L, 7C, 7R) operable by the player, Stop control means (for example, a main control circuit 71 described later) for stopping and displaying the variable display of the variable display means in response to an operation of the operation means by the player, and a casing (for example, described later) provided with these means A gaming machine (e.g., gaming machine 1 to be described later), wherein the variation display means is cylindrical and the plurality of types of symbols (e.g., symbols 91S to 96S to be described later) are provided. A plurality of first reels (for example, reels 3L, 3C, 3R described later) provided on the outer peripheral surface, and a plurality of first drive units (for example, a stepping motor described later) for rotating the plurality of first reels, respectively. 49L, 49C, 49R), a second reel (for example, an outer reel 80 described later) having a cylindrical shape and an outer peripheral portion formed of a translucent material, and a second reel that rotationally drives the second reel. A drive unit (for example, an outer reel stepping motor 81), a plurality of first reels, the first drive unit, the second reel, and a storage unit (for example, a reel box described later) in which the second drive unit is stored. 76), and the plurality of first reels are provided in the housing portion with the same central axis and parallel to each other, and the outer periphery of the second reel is the plurality of first reels. A gaming machine that is provided in the housing portion so as to cover the outer peripheral surface of the game machine.

According to the invention of (1), the plurality of first reels are provided in the accommodating portion with the same central axis and parallel to each other, and the second reel is covered with the outer peripheral surface of the first reel. And provided in the accommodating part.
As a result, the second reel can be provided in the housing without providing the space in which the second reel is arranged separately from the space in which the plurality of first reels are arranged. That is, it is possible to prevent an increase in the size of the gaming machine casing by providing the second reel separately from the first reel.

Further, the outer peripheral portion of the first reel was covered with the outer peripheral portion of the second reel, and the outer peripheral portion of the second reel was formed of a translucent material.
Thereby, the player can visually recognize a plurality of types of symbols provided on the outer peripheral surface of the first reel through the outer peripheral portion of the second reel.

  (2) In the gaming machine described in (1), at least a part of the outer peripheral surface of the second reel has a plurality of types of symbols (for example, 91S to be described later) provided on the outer peripheral surface of the first reel. 96S) and symbols (for example, 121S to 126S described later) that are combined in a superimposed manner are provided.

According to the invention of (2), at least a part of the outer peripheral surface of the second reel is provided with a plurality of types of symbols provided on the outer peripheral surface of the first reel and a symbol that can be combined in a superimposed manner.
Thereby, it is possible to perform an effect with an impact according to the combination of the symbols provided on the outer peripheral surface of the first reel and the symbols provided on the outer peripheral surface of the second reel.

  According to the gaming machine of the present invention, the plurality of first reels are provided in the accommodating portion with the same central axis and parallel to each other, and the second reel is covered with the outer peripheral portion of the first reel. And provided in the accommodating part. As a result, the second reel can be provided in the housing without providing the space in which the second reel is arranged separately from the space in which the plurality of first reels are arranged. In addition, the outer peripheral portion of the first reel was covered with the outer peripheral portion of the second reel, and the outer peripheral portion of the second reel was formed of a light-transmitting material. Thereby, the player can visually recognize a plurality of types of symbols provided on the outer peripheral surface of the first reel through the outer peripheral portion of the second reel.

  Hereinafter, the gaming machine of the embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a gaming machine 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The gaming machine 1 is a so-called “pachislot machine”. The gaming machine 1 is a gaming machine that uses a gaming medium such as a card that stores information on gaming value given to or given to a player in addition to coins, medals, gaming balls, tokens, and the like. However, in the following description, medals are used.

  The casing 4 forming the entire gaming machine 1 includes a box-shaped cabinet 60 and a front door 2 that opens and closes the cabinet 60. A panel display portion 2a as a substantially vertical surface is formed on the front surface of the front door 2, and rectangular display windows 4L, 4C, 4R are provided at substantially the center of the panel display portion 2a. The display windows 4L, 4C and 4R are provided with a top line 8b, a center line 8c and a bottom line 8d in the horizontal direction as display lines, and a cross-up line 8a and a cross-down line 8e in an oblique direction.

  These display lines are operated by operating a 1-BET switch 11, a 2-BET switch 12, and a maximum BET switch 13 (hereinafter referred to as “BET operation”), or by inserting medals into the medal insertion slot 22. One, three and five are activated respectively. Which display line is activated is displayed by turning on BET lamps 9a, 9b, and 9c, which will be described later.

  Here, the display lines 8a to 8e are related to the success or failure of the combination. Specifically, the symbols constituting the symbol combination corresponding to the predetermined combination are stopped and displayed side by side at a predetermined position corresponding to one of the active lines (the activated display lines), thereby the predetermined combination. Will be established.

  Inside the cabinet 60, a reel unit 73 is provided as a variation display means for variably displaying a plurality of types of symbols necessary for the game. The reel unit 73 includes a plurality of cylindrical reels 3L, 3C, and 3R, an outer reel 80 that covers the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R, and the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R. And a reel box 76 in which the outer reel 80 is accommodated.

  A plurality of kinds of symbols are provided on the outer peripheral surfaces of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R and the outer reel 80 (see FIG. 3). Further, the reel unit 73 is in a state in which the outer peripheral surfaces of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R and the outer reel 80 are directed to the display windows 4L, 4C, 4R on a table (not shown) provided in the cabinet 60. It is attached with. Thereby, the symbols of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R and the outer reel 80 are visible from the outside of the gaming machine 1 through the display windows 4L, 4C, 4R.

  Further, each of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R and the outer reel 80 rotate at a constant speed rotation (for example, 80 rotations / minute), and the symbols on the outer peripheral surface are variably displayed. Details of the reel unit 73 will be described later with reference to FIGS.

  On the left side of the display windows 4L, 4C, 4R, a 1-BET lamp 9a, a 2-BET lamp 9b, a maximum BET lamp 9c, and an information display unit 18 are provided. The 1-BET lamp 9a, the 2-BET lamp 9b, and the maximum BET lamp 9c are turned on according to the number of medals betted to play one game (hereinafter referred to as “BET number”).

  The 1-BET lamp 9a is turned on when the number of BETs is “1” and one display line is activated (when one effective line is set). The 2-BET lamp 9b is lit when the BET number is “2” and three display lines are activated (when three valid lines are set). The maximum BET lamp 9c is lit when the number of BETs is “3” and all (5) display lines are activated (when all (5) valid lines are set). The information display unit 18 is composed of 7-segment LEDs, and displays the number of stored medals, the number of medals paid out, and the like.

  A substantially horizontal plane base 10 is formed below the display windows 4L, 4C, 4R, and a liquid crystal display device 5 is provided between the base 10 and the display windows 4L, 4C, 4R. On the display screen 5a of the liquid crystal display device 5, various effects are displayed. A medal slot 22 is provided on the right side of the liquid crystal display device 5, and a 1-BET switch 11, a 2-BET switch 12, and a maximum BET switch 13 are provided on the left side of the liquid crystal display device 5.

  The 1-BET switch 11 bets one of the credited medals on the game by a single pressing operation, and the 2-BET switch 12 displays the credited medals by a single pressing operation. Two of them are bet on the game, and the maximum BET switch 13 bets the maximum number of medals that can be bet on one game. By operating these BET switches 11, 12, and 13, a predetermined display line is validated as described above.

  A C / P switch 14 is provided on the left side of the front portion of the pedestal 10 to switch the credit / payout of medals acquired by the player in the game by a push button operation. By switching the C / P switch 14, medals are paid out from the medal payout opening 15 at the lower front, and the paid-out medals are stored in the medal receiving portion 16. On the right side of the C / P switch 14, the reel is rotated by the player's operation, and a start lever 6 for starting the variable display of the symbols in the display window 4C is rotatably attached within a predetermined angle range. It has been.

  Stop buttons 7L, 7C, and 7R as operation means that can be operated by the player are provided at substantially the center of the front surface of the pedestal 10. These three stop buttons 7L, 7C, and 7R are buttons that the player operates to stop the rotation of the three reels 3L, 3C, and 3R, respectively. In the embodiment, one game (unit game) basically starts when the start lever 6 is operated and ends when all the reels 3L, 3C, 3R are stopped.

  In the embodiment, the reel stop operation (stop button operation) performed when all the reels are rotating is “first stop operation”, and the stop operation performed after “first stop operation” is “second stop operation”. The stop operation performed after “stop operation” and “second stop operation” is referred to as “third stop operation”.

  In front of the lower portion of the front door 2, a medal payout opening 15 for paying out medals and a medal receiving portion 16 for storing the payout medals are provided. A waist panel 20 with a design corresponding to the motif of the model is attached to the front surface of the lower part of the front door 2 between the stop buttons 7L, 7C, 7R and the medal receiving part 16. It has been. Speakers 9L and 9R are provided between the waist panel 20 and the medal receiving part 16. The speakers 9L and 9R perform effects such as sound effects and sounds.

The configuration of the reel unit 73 will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the reel unit 73.

  The reel unit 73 includes a plurality of cylindrical reels 3L, 3C, and 3R, an outer reel 80 that covers the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R, a reel 3L, 3C, and 3R, And a reel box 76 for accommodating the outer reel 80.

  Each of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R connects a cylindrical rotating portion 791, a bearing portion (not shown) disposed at the rotation center of the rotating portion 791, and the rotating portion 791 and the bearing portion. And a plurality of arm portions 792. As will be described in detail later with reference to FIG. 3, a plurality of types of symbols are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating section 791.

The outer reel 80 includes a cylindrical rotating portion 801, a bearing portion 802 disposed at the rotation center of the rotating portion 801, and a plurality of arm portions 803 that connect the rotating portion 801 and the bearing portion 802, It is comprised including.
The outer peripheral portion of the outer reel 80, that is, the rotating drum portion 801 is formed of a translucent material. Specifically, the rotating body 801 of this embodiment is formed of a transparent resin.
As shown in FIG. 2, the length of the rotating body 801 is longer than the length over both ends of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R when the three reels 3L, 3C, 3R are arranged in parallel. . Further, the diameter of the rotating body 801 is longer than the diameter of each reel 3L, 3C, 3R.

The reel box 76 includes a substantially box-shaped reel box main body 761 and a rod-shaped reel shaft 762.
The reel box body 761 has an open front surface and upper surface. In addition, one side surface (right side surface in FIG. 2) of the reel box body 761 is also open, and the reels 3L, 3C, 3R and the outer reel 80 can be attached to the reel shaft 762 from the open surface. Yes.
The reel shaft 762 is connected to the bearing portions of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R and the bearing portion 802 of the outer reel 80, and a plurality of supports that rotatably support the reels 3L, 3C, 3R and the outer reel 80. A portion (not shown) is formed. The reel shaft 762 is fixed to a side portion (left side in FIG. 2) of the reel box main body 761.

  The bearing portions of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R and the bearing portion 802 of the outer reel 80 are attached to the plurality of support portions of the reel shaft 762 in order from the left in FIG. Thus, the plurality of reels 3L, 3C, 3R are provided in the reel box 76 with the same central axis and in parallel with each other. The outer reel 80 has the same central axis of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R, and the reel unit 801 covers the outer peripheral surfaces of the plurality of reels 3L, 3C, 3R so that the reel box 76 Will be provided.

  Here, since the rotating part 801 of the outer reel 80 is formed of a transparent resin, the outer peripheral surface of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R is seen from the outside of the reel unit 73 through the rotating part 801 of the outer reel 80. The symbols provided on the can be visually recognized.

  Further, the reel unit 73 includes stepping motors 49L, 49C, and 49R as a plurality of first drive units that respectively rotate and drive reels 3L, 3C, and 3R that are rotatably supported around a reel shaft 762 (see FIG. 4). And an outer reel stepping motor 81 (see FIG. 4) as a second drive unit that rotationally drives the outer reel 80 that is rotatably supported around the reel shaft 762.

  FIG. 3 is a front view showing the configuration of the reel unit 73. Specifically, FIG. 3 is a view of the outer peripheral surfaces of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R and the outer reel 80 of the reel unit 73 as viewed from the display windows 4L, 4C, 4R (see FIG. 1).

  As shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of types of symbols are provided on the outer peripheral surfaces of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R. Specifically, “red 7 (design 91S)”, “tomato (design 92S)”, “cherry (design 93S)”, “watermelon (design 94S)”, “lemon (design 95S)”, and “BAR ( A symbol row composed of a plurality of types of symbols 96S) "is drawn on the outer peripheral surface of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R.

  On the outer peripheral surface of the outer reel 80, that is, on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body 801, a different type of symbol from the above-described symbols 91S to 96S is provided. Specifically, "banana (symbol 121S)", "mandarin orange (symbol 122S)", "grape (symbol 123S)", "peach (symbol 124S)", "apple (symbol 125S)", and "strawberry ( A symbol row composed of a plurality of symbols of symbol 126S) ”is drawn on the outer peripheral surface of the outer reel 80.

  The symbols 121S to 126S drawn on the outer peripheral surface of these outer reels 80 are drawn smaller than the symbols 91S to 96S drawn on the outer peripheral surfaces of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R. In addition, these symbols 121S to 126S are drawn at positions overlapping with a part of the symbols 91S to 96S drawn on the outer circumferential surfaces of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R in the outer circumferential surface of the outer reel 80, respectively.

  By configuring the outer reel 80 as described above, the symbols 121S to 126S drawn on the outer peripheral surface of the outer reel 80 are superimposed on the symbols 91S to 96S drawn on the outer peripheral surfaces of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R. Can be combined and displayed.

According to the reel unit 73 of the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment configured as described above, the plurality of reels 3L, 3C, 3R are provided in the reel box 76 with the central axes being the same and parallel to each other, and the outer reel 80 is provided in the reel box 76 so that the rotating body 801 covers the outer peripheral surfaces of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R.
Accordingly, the outer reel 80 can be provided in the housing 4 without providing a space in which the outer reel 80 is disposed separately from a space in which the plurality of reels 3L, 3C, 3R are disposed. That is, it is possible to prevent the casing 4 of the gaming machine 1 from being enlarged due to the provision of the outer reel 80 separately from the reels 3L, 3C, 3R.

In addition, the outer peripheral surface of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R is covered with the rotating part 801 of the outer reel 80, and the rotating part 801 of the outer reel 80 is formed of a translucent material.
Thereby, the player can visually recognize the symbols 91S to 96S provided on the outer peripheral surfaces of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R through the spinning section 801 of the outer reel 80.

Further, symbols 91S to 96S provided on the outer peripheral surfaces of the reels 3L, 3C and 3R and symbols 121S to 126S which are combined in a superimposed manner are provided on at least a part of the outer peripheral surface of the outer reel 80.
As a result, it is possible to produce an effect with impact according to the combination of the symbols 91S to 96S provided on the outer peripheral surfaces of the reels 3L, 3C, and 3R and the symbols 121S to 126S provided on the outer peripheral surface of the outer reel. .

  4 is based on a main control circuit 71 for controlling the game processing operation in the gaming machine 1, a peripheral device (actuator) electrically connected to the main control circuit 71, and a control command transmitted from the main control circuit 71. 2 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration including a liquid crystal display device 5, speakers 9L and 9R, LEDs 101 and a sub-control circuit 72 for controlling lamps 102. FIG.

  The main control circuit 71 includes a microcomputer 30 disposed on a circuit board as a main component, and is added to a circuit for random number sampling. The microcomputer 30 includes a CPU 31 that performs a control operation according to a preset program, and a ROM 32 and a RAM 33 that are storage means.

  Connected to the CPU 31 are a clock pulse generator 34 and a frequency divider 35 for generating a reference clock pulse, and a random number generator 36 and a sampling circuit 37 for generating a random number to be sampled. As a means for random number sampling, random number sampling may be executed in the microcomputer 30, that is, on the operation program of the CPU 31. In that case, the random number generator 36 and the sampling circuit 37 can be omitted, or can be left as a backup for the random number sampling operation.

  The ROM 32 of the microcomputer 30 has an internal lottery table used for determination of random number sampling performed every time the start lever 6 is operated (start operation), and a reel stop mode according to the operation of the stop buttons 7L, 7C, and 7R. A stop table group for determination, various control commands (commands) for transmission to the sub control circuit 72, and the like are stored. The sub control circuit 72 does not input commands, information, or the like to the main control circuit 71, and communication is performed in one direction from the main control circuit 71 to the sub control circuit 72. Various information is stored in the RAM 33. For example, a flag, an internal winning combination, a carryover combination, information on the current game state, and the like are stored.

  In the circuit of FIG. 4, as the main actuators whose operation is controlled by a control signal from the microcomputer 30, a BET lamp (1-BET lamp 9a, 2-BET lamp 9b, maximum BET lamp 9c) and an information display section 18, a hopper 67 for storing medals and paying out a predetermined number of medals according to a command from the hopper drive circuit 41, stepping motors 49L, 49C, 49R for rotating the reels 3L, 3C, 3R, and an outer reel 80 are rotated. And an outer reel stepping motor 81 to be driven.

  Further, a motor drive circuit 39 for driving and controlling the stepping motors 49L, 49C and 49R and the outer reel stepping motor 81, a hopper driving circuit 41 for driving and controlling the hopper 67, and a lamp driving circuit 45 for driving and controlling the BET lamps 9a, 9b and 9c. And the display part drive circuit 61 which drives and controls the information display part 18 is connected to the output part of CPU31. Each of these drive circuits receives a control signal such as a drive command output from the CPU 31, and controls the operation of each actuator.

  The main input signal generating means for generating an input signal necessary for the microcomputer 30 to generate a control command includes a start switch 6S, a 1-BET switch 11, a 2-BET switch 12, a maximum BET switch 13, There are a C / P switch 14, a medal sensor 22S, a reel stop signal circuit 46, a reel position detection circuit 50, and a payout completion signal circuit 51.

  The start switch 6S detects the operation of the start lever 6 and outputs a game start command signal. The medal sensor 22S detects medals inserted into the medal insertion slot 22. The reel stop signal circuit 46 generates a stop signal (stop command signal) in response to the operation of each stop button 7L, 7C, 7R by the player. The reel position detection circuit 50 receives a pulse signal from a photo interrupter (not shown) provided in the reel unit 73 and outputs a signal for detecting the positions of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R and the outer reel 80 to the CPU 31. Supply. The payout completion signal circuit 51 generates a signal for detecting completion of medal payout when the count value of the medal detection unit 40S (the number of medals paid out from the hopper 67) reaches the designated number data.

  In the circuit of FIG. 4, the random number generator 36 generates a random number belonging to a certain numerical range, and the sampling circuit 37 samples one random number at an appropriate timing after the start lever 6 is operated. By using the random numbers sampled in this way, an internal winning combination or the like is determined based on an internal lottery table or the like stored in the ROM 32, for example. The internal symbol combination (internal symbol combination data) is that the corresponding symbol combination and the profit given to the player are indirectly associated with each other through the stop control mode corresponding to the internal symbol combination I can say that.

  After rotation of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R and the outer reel 80 is started, the number of drive pulses supplied to each of the stepping motors 49L, 49C, 49R and the outer reel stepping motor 81 is counted. Is written in a predetermined area. From the reels 3L, 3C, 3R and the outer reel 80, reset pulses are obtained every rotation, and these pulses are input to the CPU 31 via the reel position detection circuit 50. The count value of the drive pulse counted in the RAM 33 is cleared to “0” by the reset pulse thus obtained. As a result, the RAM 33 stores count values corresponding to the rotational positions within one rotation range for each of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R and the outer reel 80.

  A symbol table (not shown) is stored in the ROM 32 in order to associate the rotational positions of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R and the outer reel 80 with the symbols drawn on the outer peripheral surface of the reel. . In this symbol table, with reference to the rotational position at which the reset pulse is generated as described above, the code number sequentially given for each fixed rotation pitch of each reel 3L, 3C, 3R and outer reel 80, and for each code number A symbol code indicating a symbol provided correspondingly is associated with the symbol.

  Furthermore, a symbol combination table is stored in the ROM 32. In this symbol combination table, a symbol combination corresponding to a combination, a medal payout number corresponding to the symbol combination, and a determination code thereof are associated with each other. The symbol combination table is referred to when the left reel 3L, the center reel 3C, and the right reel 3R are stopped and when the display combination is confirmed after the all reels 3L, 3C, and 3R are stopped. The display combination is a combination (established combination) corresponding to the symbol combination arranged along the display line.

  Based on the lottery process (such as an internal lottery process) based on the random number sampling, the CPU 31 selects the stop signal sent from the reel stop signal circuit 46 at the timing when the player operates the stop buttons 7L, 7C, and 7R, and the selected signal. Based on the stop table, a signal for controlling the reels 3L, 3C, 3R to stop is sent to the motor drive circuit 39 to stop the variable display of the reels 3L, 3C, 3R.

  In the stop mode indicating the winning combination, the CPU 31 supplies a payout command signal to the hopper driving circuit 41 and pays out a predetermined number of medals from the hopper 67. At this time, the medal detection unit 40S counts the number of medals to be paid out from the hopper 67, and when the count value reaches a designated number, a medal payout completion signal is input to the CPU 31. As a result, the CPU 31 stops driving the hopper 67 via the hopper drive circuit 41 and ends the medal payout process.

  As mentioned above, although the Example was described, this invention is not limited to this.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the game machine of one Example of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of a reel unit. It is a front view which shows the structure of a reel unit. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of an electric circuit.

Explanation of symbols

1 gaming machine 4 housing 7L, 7C, 7R stop button (operation means)
71 Main control circuit 73 Reel unit (variation display means)
3L, 3C, 3R reel (multiple first reels)
49L, 49C, 49R Stepping motor (plural first drive units)
80 Outside reel (second reel)
801 Rotating part 802 Bearing part 803 Arm part 81 Outer reel stepping motor (second drive part)
76 Reel box (container)
761 Reel box body 762 Reel shaft

Claims (2)

Fluctuation display means for variably displaying a plurality of types of symbols necessary for the game;
Operation means that can be operated by the player;
Stop control means for stopping and displaying the fluctuation display of the fluctuation display means in response to an operation of the operation means by a player;
A gaming machine provided with a casing provided with these means,
The fluctuation display means includes
A plurality of first reels having a cylindrical shape and the plurality of types of symbols provided on an outer peripheral surface thereof;
A plurality of first drive units that respectively rotate and drive the plurality of first reels;
A second reel having a cylindrical shape and an outer peripheral portion formed of a translucent material;
A second drive unit that rotationally drives the second reel;
A plurality of first reels, the first drive unit, the second reel, and a storage unit that stores the second drive unit;
Each of the plurality of first reels is provided in the housing portion with the same central axis and parallel to each other.
The gaming machine, wherein the second reel is provided in the housing portion such that an outer peripheral portion thereof covers an outer peripheral surface of the plurality of first reels. In the gaming machine according to claim 1,
A gaming machine characterized in that at least a part of the outer peripheral surface of the second reel is provided with a plurality of types of symbols provided on the outer peripheral surface of the first reel and a symbol combined in a superimposed manner. .

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