JP2008073159A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (3)

A game area formed on the front surface of the game board and into which a game ball fired from the launching means is driven, a plurality of types of prize holes provided in the game area, and a game in a start prize port of the plurality of types of prize holes Profit grant determining means for determining whether or not to control to a profit grant state that gives a predetermined profit to the player based on the ball entering, and the profit grant by performing variable display of multiple types of symbol information A variable display device capable of deriving and displaying a display result according to the determination result of the determination unit, and specifying the variable display device based on the determination that the profit grant determination unit controls the profit grant state. A gaming machine that derives and displays a display result,
The variable display device starts variable display of the plurality of types of symbol information based on the game ball entering the start winning opening, and when the predetermined period has elapsed, Display control means for deriving and displaying the corresponding display results;
Variable display time determination means for determining a variable display time from the start of variable display of the plurality of types of symbol information by the display control means to the time when the display result is derived and displayed;
A prize opening opening / closing device disposed in the game area and capable of changing between an open state in which a game ball can be received and a closed state in which it is difficult to receive the game ball;
A time measuring means for measuring an elapsed time since the large winning opening and closing device is controlled to the open state;
Time determination means for determining whether or not the elapsed time measured by the time measurement means has reached a predetermined time;
Counting means for counting the number of times of opening and closing of the special prize opening and closing device within a predetermined period;
Open / close count determination means for determining whether the open / close count counted by the counting means has reached a predetermined count;
Profit granting state control means for repeatedly executing the process for controlling the opening and closing of the prize winning opening and closing device a plurality of times,
The profit grant determination means determines either the high profit grant state when controlling to the profit grant state, or the low profit grant state having a lower profit value than the high profit grant state, Profit value determination that determines either the first low profit granting state or the second low profit granting state that has a higher profit value than the first low profit granting state when it is determined to be in the low profit granting state With means,
The profit grant state control means includes:
A process for controlling opening / closing of the prize opening opening / closing device is executed based on the profit value determining means being determined to be in the high profit granting state, and the opening / closing frequency determining means has reached the first number of times. When it is determined that the high profit granting state is terminated,
The elapsed time has reached the first time by the time determination means after controlling the large winning opening / closing device to the open state based on the profit value determining means being determined to be in the first low profit granting state. When the open / close control is performed, the open / close control for controlling the special prize opening / closing device to the closed state is executed, and the open / close count determining means determines that the open / close count has reached the second count smaller than the first count. When the first low profit granting state is terminated,
Based on the profit value determining means determining the second low profit granting state, the winning opening opening / closing device is controlled to be in an open state, and then the elapsed time is set to be less than the first time by the timing determination means. When it is determined that a long second time has been reached, an opening / closing control is performed to control the large winning opening / closing device in a closed state, and the opening / closing number determination means causes the second number of opening / closing to be less than the first number. A gaming machine, wherein the second low-profit granting state is terminated when it is determined that the number of times has been reached. The high-probability state control means for controlling the probability that it is determined that the profit-giving state is controlled to the profit-giving state by the profit-giving state after completion of the profit-giving state is high. The gaming machine described. The profit grant determination means controls whether or not to control to a special game state which is different from the profit grant state based on the game ball entering the start winning opening and gives a predetermined profit to the player. Including a special game determination means for determining
The profit value determining means includes
When controlling to the special gaming state, the first special gaming state and the second special gaming state having a higher profit value than the first special gaming state are determined,
The profit grant state control means executes the same control as the first low profit grant state when the profit value determination means determines the first special gaming state, and the profit value determination means performs the second control. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the same control as that in the second low profit granting state is executed when the special gaming state is determined.