JP2008245963A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pinball game machine with a configuration capable of saving space for installation, simplifying the configuration and eliminating the need of a special member for shielding light or the like. <P>SOLUTION: The pinball game machine includes a game board and a decorative member inserted to a hole formed on the game board, wherein a light source 101 for illuminating light from the back surface side of a decoration part 6b is provided to the rear side of the game board 3; and part of a lamp house 100 for guiding the light from the light source 101 to the decoration part 6b is constituted of the inner wall surface of a hole 3A for loading a liquid crystal display device, the hole 3A being formed on the game board 3 beforehand. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine, and more particularly, to a mounting structure of a lamp housing provided with an illumination light source.

As is well known, in a pachinko game, when a pachinko ball wins in various winning holes provided in the game area of the gaming board surface provided in the gaming machine, a predetermined number of prize balls set in the winning hole. Is to be paid out.
Some pachinko machines have a symbol change display device using a liquid crystal panel or the like at the center of the game board, and it is now possible to change and display symbols such as lottery status and lottery results according to winnings. Yes.
A display device for displaying the design is provided with a decorative member surrounding the periphery, and some of the decorative members are provided with a flashing lamp or a moving decorative member according to the contents of the effect. In addition to the symbol variation display device, there is a device provided with a liquid crystal panel for production.

The lamp that flashes according to the contents of the presentation may be inserted into the perforations formed on the game board if it is a single one, but it is simply perforated when the presentation is performed by combining multiple lamps. Dealing with increasing numbers is disadvantageous in processing costs.
Therefore, a lamp house that accommodates the lamp and prevents light from leaking is used on the back of the game board, and a lamp housing having a light source disposed therein is attached to the back of the game board as the lamp house. (For example, patent document 1).
JP 2005-87503 A

Although the lamp house is located on the rear side of the game board, there is a case where it is difficult to obtain a space for arranging a plurality of light sources because this part is a space where equipment necessary for the game is arranged. Moreover, in order to prevent light from leaking from the lamp house, it is necessary not only to seal the lamp house itself, but also to provide a light-shielding part around the lamp house. It is necessary to prepare a special member, and there is a possibility that the cost is increased and the assembling property is deteriorated.
The object of the present invention is to reduce the space for installation, simplification of the configuration, and special members for light shielding in view of the problems in the above conventional ball game machines, particularly the problems in the lamp house. An object of the present invention is to provide a ball game machine having a configuration to be completed.

In order to achieve this object, the present invention has the following configuration.
(1) A ball game machine comprising a game board and a decorative member inserted into a hole formed in the game board,
Provided on the back side of the game board, having a light source that shines light from the back side of the decorative member,
A bullet ball game machine, wherein a part of a lamp house for guiding light from the light source to a decorative member is constituted by an inner wall surface of a hole.

  (2) The ball game machine according to (1), wherein the light source is accommodated in a lamp housing located on the back of the game board.

  (3) There is a shielding part that shields light between the hole and the lamp housing, and the shielding part is provided in advance to support the game board and the equipment on the back of the game board on the back of the game board. The bullet ball game machine according to (1) or (2), characterized in that it is constituted by a part of a member.

  (4) The ball game machine according to any one of (1) to (3), wherein the decorative member is used as a holding member that holds a liquid crystal display device.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the part of the lamp house is constituted by the inner wall surface of the hole provided in the game board which is an existing structure, the game board is merely used as the attachment member for the decoration member. Instead, it can be used as a component of a lamp house. As a result, the configuration of the lamp house can be simplified, and the light emitted from the lamp house can be prevented from leaking around the hole by the game board itself, so that it is not necessary to provide a special member for shielding light. .
According to the second aspect of the present invention, the lamp housing can be used as the lamp house that houses the light source. In this case as well, like the first aspect of the invention, a part of the lamp housing is provided on the game board. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide a special member for shielding light from the lamp housing.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the light shielding portion is provided between the hole and the lamp housing, the light shielding portion uses the support member which is an existing member provided on the back of the game board. An increase in cost can be prevented without requiring a special structure for the light shielding portion.
According to the invention described in claim 4, since the decorative member inserted into the hole of the game board is used as the holding member of the liquid crystal display device, only the hole for loading the liquid crystal display device of the game board having the existing structure is used. Thus, a part of the lamp house can be configured, and light can be shielded around the hole, so that a special hole or the like for providing the lamp house can be eliminated.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described based on the embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an overall front view of a ball game machine 1000 such as a pachinko game machine. In FIG. 1, the ball game machine 1000 is an outer frame that forms a vertically long fixed holding frame formed in an outer rectangular frame size. 1 is provided with a front frame 2 that can be freely opened and closed on the front face of the opening.
The front frame 2 is attached to the outer frame 1 so as to be openable and closable by hinge fittings 3A and 3B attached to the upper right and lower sides of the front side of the outer frame 1, and further, by a locking device 4 provided on the front left side of the outer frame 1. It is held in a closed state.

  A game board 3 is accommodated and supported inside the front frame 2.

The game board 3 uses a decorative board in which cells are attached to the back side of a laminated plywood with a predetermined thickness and processed with a router (an accessory attachment hole), and a guide rail that is annularly attached to the front side of the board, although not shown. A substantially circular gaming area 6 is provided surrounded by the circle.
In the game area 6, a display unit 6a is provided at a substantially central portion, and a liquid crystal display device (hereinafter, a liquid crystal display device is denoted by reference numeral 6a) is used as the display unit 6a.

Around the liquid crystal display device 6a used as the display unit, a decoration unit 6b, a start winning port 6c, a special winning port 6d, and the like are arranged. An out port 6e for collecting the out ball is also provided at the lower part of the game area, and the out ball that has fallen without winning in the start winning port 6c and the special winning port 6d can be discharged from the back side of the game board 3 to the outside. It is like that.
Further, the front frame 2 is integrally provided with a transparent plate support frame 220 to which a transparent plate (not shown) such as glass, which is a covering member, is attached, and can be opened and closed via the hinge fittings 3A and 3B described above. ing.

A tray unit DU constituting a ball tray is provided on the back plate (not shown) below the transparent plate support frame 220 on the lower front side of the front frame 2, and the back plate is connected to the front frame 2. And is normally held in a closed state by a locking device (not shown).
In the dish unit DU, not only the dish part 8 in which game balls are present, but also a launching handle 9 is provided at the lower right front part of the dish part, and an ashtray 10 is provided at the lower left part of the front part.

In FIG. 1, a lighting device LU that can blink according to the contents of the effect is arranged on a part of the decoration portion 6b provided in the game area on the upper side of the decoration portion 6b.
As shown in FIG. 2, the lighting device LU includes a lamp house having a light source on the rear side of the decorative portion 6 b located on the front side of the game board 3. A box-shaped lamp housing 100 having an open side is used.

In FIG. 2, a lamp housing 100 used as a lamp house is driven by being positioned in front of a light source substrate 101 having a plurality of LEDs as light sources and a light source substrate 101 corresponding to the game board 3 side of the light source substrate 101. A light guide plate 102 that can be rotated by a motor M and a diffuser plate 103 that is integrated with a part of the lamp housing 100 are provided inside.
The lamp housing 100 is divided in the light emission direction from the light source substrate 101, and the rear surface side of the illumination substrate 101 is directed to the opaque portion 100 </ b> A, and in other words, the light emission from the illumination light source is performed. The sides are formed in the light transmitting part 100B.

The light source substrate 101 is fastened and attached to a stud portion (not shown) having a center coaxial with the light guide plate 102 and provided in the lamp housing 100.
The light guide plate 102 includes a transparent body and a light guide surface PS that is positioned on the surface and changes the emission direction of light incident from the light source, and a boss that is integrated with the output shaft MS of the drive motor M at the center of rotation. Is provided. For the light guide surface, a member having a characteristic of changing an optical path such as a prism, a diffraction grating, or a beam splitter is used.
The diffuser plate 103 has a configuration in which the light exit surface is a lens cut surface.

  On the other hand, the decorative portion 6b in the present embodiment has a structure in which a plurality of resin decorative plates are stacked at a predetermined interval, and among these decorative plates, a decorative plate located on the side facing the lamp housing 100. 2 (indicated by reference numeral 6b1 in FIG. 2 for the sake of convenience) is inclined toward the player's viewpoint, in other words, the upper part is inclined toward the player side. Therefore, the back surface of the decorative board 6b1 also follows the inclination, and the upper part is inclined to the player side.

The reason for adopting such an inclined structure is to increase the area exposed to light without increasing the number of light sources when increasing the area of the decorative member illuminated from the rear side of the game board in order to increase the production effect. is there. That is, when the decorative member perpendicular to the light from the light source is tilted, the illumination range of the light along the surface of the decorative member inclined based on the tilt angle is expanded. Moreover, the effect of widening the illumination range of the inclined decorative member can also be achieved by directing the light toward the decorative member by reflecting the light on the surface of the inclined decorative member.
A lamp housing 100 that is a lamp house that illuminates the decorative portion 6 b having such a configuration is configured by an inner wall surface of a hole 3 </ b> A formed in a part of the game board 3.

That is, as described above, the diffuser plate 103 is integrated with the lamp housing 100 so as to be positioned on the rear side of the decorative portion 6b, and the liquid crystal display device is supported by the decorative portion 6b. It is arrange | positioned in the hole 3A used for insertion. Thereby, the part located in the front side of the translucent part 100B in the lamp housing 100 is covered with the inner wall surface of the hole 3A.
The hole 3 </ b> A is an existing component since the decorative portion 6 b is used as a holding portion of the liquid crystal display device, and is a portion that can obtain an effect of avoiding a special hole as an installation portion of the lamp housing 100.
On the other hand, a light blocking portion is provided between the hole 3A and the lamp housing 100.

In the present embodiment, the light-shielding portion uses a support member 104 provided in advance on the back of the game board 3 to support the game board 3 on the front frame or to support equipment such as a storage tank for game balls. .
The support member 104 has a piece 104A that protrudes in the depth direction along the upper surface of the lamp housing 100, and the piece 104A has a size that covers the entire area of the translucent part 100B in the depth direction of the lamp housing 100. ing.

The shape of the support member 104 shown in FIG. 2 is such that the inclined piece 104B that covers the upper surface of the light transmitting portion 100B of the lamp housing 100 and faces the rear surface of the game board 3 is substantially perpendicular to the traveling direction of the reflected light from the decorative board 6b1. The angle is set. Accordingly, the inclined piece 104B can face and shield the reflected light from the decorative plate 6b1. In addition, if the piece part along the back surface of the game board 3 is provided in a state where the lower end of the game board 3 slightly enters the opening 3A, it can also function to prevent light leakage through the opening 3A.
Further, the surface of the support member 104 that faces the upper surface of the lamp housing 100 is separated from the upper surface of the lamp housing 100 by about 3 to 5 mm so that a gap is formed, whereby the lamp housing 100 is opened 3A. So that it does not interfere when inserted into the gaming machine.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the supporting member 104 is configured in a depth direction from the back surface of the game board 3 by omitting a piece 104 </ b> A projecting in the depth direction on the upper surface of the lamp housing 100 in the bowl shape. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which only the inclined piece 104B ′ projecting over is formed, or a stepped configuration capable of covering the light transmitting portion 100 as shown in FIG. In any form, a form is set that can prevent light incident on the bowl-shaped support member 104 from leaking to the rear of the lamp housing above the translucent part 100B. In FIG. 4, an abutting portion 100 </ b> A <b> 1 that protrudes from the upper surface of the opaque portion 100 </ b> A of the lamp housing 100 is provided. When the lamp housing 100 is inserted into the hole 3 </ b> A from the front side, the corresponding contact portion 100 </ b> A <b> 1 contacts the support member 104. Further, in this case, even when there is a gap between the lamp housing 100 and the support member 104, the contact portion 100A1 is blocked, and the light shielding effect is ensured.

Since the present embodiment is configured as described above, the lamp housing 100 is integrated with the decorative portion 6b, and then the lamp housing 100 is inserted from the hole 3A formed in the game board 3, so that the game board 3 The decorative portion 6b is attached to the side.
The lamp housing 100 integrated with the decorative portion 6b attached to the game board 3 is in a state in which the diffusion plate 103 as a part thereof is covered with the inner wall surface of the hole 3A of the game board 3, and a part of the lamp housing 100 is played. It is constituted by the hole 3A of the board 3. Thereby, since the game board 3 can be used also as a structural member of the lamp housing used as a lamp house, the structure of a lamp housing can be simplified.

On the other hand, since the supporting member 104 used as the light shielding portion of the lamp housing 100 inserted into the hole 3A is an existing member provided in advance in the game board 3, it is not necessary to prepare a light shielding member again, and this also causes the lamp The configuration related to the house can be simplified.
Furthermore, since the hole 3A uses what is previously formed on the game board 3 side as the attachment portion of the decoration portion 6b, there is no need to newly manufacture a structure for installing the lamp house. Also, the configuration can be simplified.
The lighting device LU included in the light source substrate 101 is controlled to be turned on by game control means described later.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of game control means for performing game control in this gaming machine, and has the following configuration.
In FIG. 5, the game control means 200 is a means for performing overall control of the entire ball and ball game machine 1000 including the progress and effects of the game. The game control means 200 includes a CPU that performs calculations, a ROM that stores programs necessary for the progress of the game, data for production, and the like, and data that is captured when the CPU performs various controls. RAM and the like that are temporarily stored.

  The game control means 200 is provided on a control board provided on the back side of the game board 3. Here, the game control means 200 is not limited to one control board, and may be provided over a plurality of control boards. For example, a main control board that is mainly responsible for controlling the part directly related to the progress of the game, and a part that is electrically connected to the main control board and mainly related to the production (image display, lighting of lamps, sound output, etc.) And a sub-control board in charge of control). In this case, the liquid crystal display device 6a that functions as the symbol variation display device described above is electrically connected to the sub-control board. In addition, the main control board and the sub control board may be connected via a relay board or the like.

In the present embodiment, the game control means 200 includes the following means.
(Winning ball detection means)
The winning ball detecting means 21 detects a winning when a game ball wins the winning port sensor 5s, the starting winning port 6c and the special winning port 6d. The start winning opening 6c and the special winning opening 6d are respectively provided with a starting winning opening sensor 6cs and a special winning opening sensor 6ds, and are electrically connected to the winning ball detecting means 21, respectively.

  The start winning opening sensor 6cs is a sensor that is provided at the entrance of the starting winning opening 6c and constantly monitors the winning of a game ball to the starting winning opening 6c. When a game ball wins the start winning opening 6c, it passes through the start winning opening sensor 6cs. Thereby, the detection signal at that time is transmitted to the winning ball detecting means 21 from the start winning hole sensor 6cs. When receiving this detection signal, the winning ball detecting means 21 detects that a game ball has won the start winning port 6c.

  Similarly, the special winning opening sensor 6ds is a sensor that is provided at a predetermined position of the special winning opening 6d and constantly monitors the winning of a game ball to the special winning opening 6d. When a game ball wins the special winning opening 6d, it passes through the special winning opening sensor 6ds. Accordingly, the detection signal at that time is transmitted from the special winning opening sensor 6ds to the winning ball detecting means 21. When receiving this detection signal, the winning ball detecting means 21 detects that a game ball has won the special winning opening 6d.

(Lottery means)
The lottery means 22 performs a lottery concerning a stop symbol displayed on the liquid crystal display device 6a which is a variable display means, on condition that the winning ball detecting means 21 detects the winning of the game ball to the start winning opening 6c. In the present embodiment, “1” winning / non-winning presence, “2” stop display after the change display of the symbols on the liquid crystal display device 6a, and “3” the change pattern during the change display of the symbols are drawn. Do. The lottery means 22 includes a winning lottery means 22a, a stop symbol lottery means 22b, and a variation pattern lottery means 22c in order to perform the lottery of “1” to “3”.

(Winning lottery means)
In this embodiment, the winning lottery means 22a includes a winning determination random number generating means, a winning determination random number acquiring means, and a winning determination means.
The hit determination random number generating means generates a hit determination random number having a predetermined cycle (for example, a cycle of 0 to 65535 by a 16-bit random number) by a control program or the like. The hit determination random number obtaining means detects one hit determination random number among the hit determination random numbers generated by the hit determination random number generation means, at a predetermined time, in the present embodiment, a detection signal transmitted from the start winning opening sensor 6cs. Is acquired when the winning ball detecting means 21 receives the.

The winning determination means determines whether the winning is determined or not based on the winning determination random number acquired by the winning determination random number acquiring means. Of the random numbers for hit determination of a predetermined period generated by the random number generator for hit determination, a random number corresponding to winning is determined in advance. Then, when the winning determination random number acquired by the winning lottery random number acquisition means matches the random number corresponding to winning, it is determined to be winning, and when it does not match, it is determined not to win.
When it is determined that the game is won, a command is sent to effect image control means 27 described later.

(Stop symbol lottery means)
The stop symbol lottery means 22b draws a stop symbol to be stopped and displayed on the liquid crystal display device 6a based on the determination result of the hit determination means of the hit lottery means 22a. Here, if the winning determination means of the winning lottery means 22a determines that the winning is made, any one winning symbol is selected by lottery from a plurality of winning symbols.
The stop symbol lottery means 22b is used when the winning determination means of the winning lottery means 22a determines that the winning symbol is selected. The winning symbol selection random number generation means, the winning symbol selection random number acquisition means, and the winning symbol selection means. ◎ with.

  The winning symbol selecting random number generating means generates a winning symbol selecting random number having a predetermined period by a control program or the like. Then, the winning symbol selection random number acquisition means acquires one winning symbol selection random number among the winning symbol selection random numbers generated by the winning symbol selection random number generation means. Next, the winning symbol selecting means selects a winning symbol corresponding to the winning symbol selecting random number acquired by the winning symbol selecting random number acquiring means.

  In this embodiment, stop symbols as identification information to be stopped and displayed on the liquid crystal display device 6a are composed of three symbols (numbers) of left, middle and right, and 1000 patterns from “000” to “999”. Have. Then, a combination of three predetermined symbols is set as a winning symbol (for example, “777”, “331”, “531”, etc.).

In addition, the stop symbol lottery means 22b is used when the winning determination means of the winning lottery means 22a is determined not to win, the non-winning symbol selection random number generating means, and the non-winning symbol selection random number acquiring means; And a non-winning symbol selection means.
The non-winning symbol selection random number generating means generates a non-winning symbol selection random number having a predetermined cycle by a control program or the like. Then, the non-winning symbol selection random number acquisition means acquires one non-winning symbol selection random number among the non-winning symbol selection random numbers generated by the non-winning symbol selection random number generation means. Next, the non-winning symbol selecting means selects a non-winning symbol corresponding to the non-winning symbol selecting random number acquired by the non-winning symbol selecting random number acquiring means.

(Variation pattern lottery means)
The variation pattern lottery means 22c is for drawing a variation pattern of symbols to be displayed on the liquid crystal display device 6a.
The fluctuation pattern lottery means 22c includes a fluctuation pattern selection random number generation means, a fluctuation pattern selection random number acquisition means, and a fluctuation pattern selection means.
The variation pattern selection random number generation means generates a variation pattern selection random number having a predetermined period by a control program or the like. Then, the variation pattern selection random number acquisition unit acquires one variation pattern selection random number among the variation pattern selection random numbers generated by the variation pattern selection random number generation unit. Next, the variation pattern selection means stores the variation patterns of a plurality of types of symbols based on the variation pattern selection random number acquired by the variation pattern selection random number acquisition means and the determination result by the hit determination means of the winning lottery means 22a. One variation pattern is selected with reference to the data table.

In this embodiment, two data tables (for variation pattern selection) for winning and non-winning are provided, and when the winning determination means determines that the winning is made, the data table for winning is selected. The variation pattern corresponding to the obtained variation pattern selection random number is selected. Similarly, when it is determined that the winning determination means does not win, a variation pattern corresponding to the acquired random number for variation pattern selection is selected using the data table for non-winning.
Here, in this example, at the start of the variable display of the symbols, after all the three symbols are displayed in a variable manner, the left symbol, the right symbol, and the middle symbol are stopped and displayed in this order, and finally all the three symbols are displayed. To stop display.

(Design display control means)
The symbol display control means 23 performs variable display and stop display of the symbols on the liquid crystal display device 6a on the condition that the winning ball detection means 21 has received a detection signal due to the winning of a game ball in the start winning opening 6c. To control.
The symbol display control means 23 controls the change display and stop display of symbols based on the lottery result of the lottery means 22. That is, the symbol display control means 23 performs control so as to perform symbol change display and stop display according to the stop symbol selected by the stop symbol lottery means 22b and the variation pattern selected by the variation pattern lottery means 22c.

(Special game control means)
In the special game control means 24, the winning determination random number acquired by the winning determination random number acquiring means of the winning lottery means 22a matches the winning random number, and the symbol stopped and displayed by the liquid crystal display device 6a is the winning symbol (for example, “ 777 "), the game is shifted to a special game, and the special game is executed until the end condition is satisfied. Here, “special game” means that a state in which a game ball is more likely to win than a normal game is created. Specifically, the special game port 6d is opened and a game ball is easily received. This is a game that can be expected to win prize balls.
During the special game, the special game control means 24 controls the driving of the special prize port driving device 6dd for opening and closing the special prize port 6d.

  The special game control means 24 controls the driving of the special prize opening driving device 6dd to open the special prize opening 6d, and performs the opening time of the special prize opening 6d, the number of balls won in the special prize opening 6d, and the like. . When it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied, the driving of the special prize opening driving device 6dd is controlled so as to temporarily close the special prize opening 6d.

When it is determined again that the special winning opening 6d opening condition is satisfied, the special winning opening 6d is opened by controlling the driving of the special winning opening driving device 6dd, and the special winning opening 6d is opened. The number of balls won in the winning opening 6d is counted.
Specifically, one open state is maintained until a predetermined number (for example, 10) of game balls wins the special winning opening 6d or until a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) elapses. This operation is set to continue up to a predetermined number of times (for example, 15 times).

(Ball carry-out control means)
The ball carry-out control means 25 controls the drive of the ball carry-out device 25d for paying out a prize ball. As described above, when the winning ball detecting means 21 receives the detection signals from the start winning port sensor 6cs and the special winning port sensor 6ds, the ball unloading device pays out the number of winning balls corresponding to the winning ball. 25d is controlled. When driven, the ball carry-out device 25d pays out the ball to the tray part 8 of the ball game machine 1000.

(Normal design control means)
The normal symbol control means 26 is for controlling the fluctuation display and stop display of the above-described normal symbol fluctuation display device 264d, and includes the following means.
(Entry detection means)
The incoming ball detecting means 262 detects when a game ball passes through the activated normal symbol starting port 6i.
Here, the normal symbol start port sensor 6is is a sensor that is arranged in at least a part of the passing area of the game ball of the normal symbol start port 6i and constantly monitors the passing of the game ball of the normal symbol start port 6i. is there.
When the game ball passes through the normal symbol start port 6i, a detection signal at that time is transmitted from the normal symbol start port sensor 6is to the ball detection means 262. When this detection signal is received, the incoming ball detecting means 262 detects that the game ball has passed through the normal symbol starting port 6i.

(Normal symbol lottery means)
The normal symbol lottery means 263 determines a symbol to be stopped and displayed on the normal symbol variation display device 264d by lottery on the condition that the game ball has passed through the valid normal symbol start port 6i.
The normal symbol lottery means 263 includes a hit determination random number generation means, a hit determination random number value acquisition means, and a hit determination means, in the same manner as the above-described winning lottery means 22a.

(Normal design fluctuation control means)
When the game ball passes through the normal symbol start port 6i, the normal symbol variation control means 264 performs the symbol variation display and stop display of the normal symbol variation display device 264d based on the lottery result of the normal symbol lottery means 263. Is to control.
The normal symbol fluctuation control means 264 changes the symbol of the normal symbol fluctuation display device 264d for a predetermined time, and finally causes the normal symbol fluctuation display device 264d to stop-display the symbols determined by the normal symbol lottery means 263. .

(Sphere guidance device control means)
The ball guidance device control means 265 controls the operation of the ball guidance device 265d based on the lottery result of the normal symbol lottery means 263. Specifically, when winning is made by lottery by the normal symbol lottery means 263, the ball guiding device 265d is controlled to operate. On the contrary, when the normal symbol lottery means 263 is not selected in the lottery, the ball guiding device 265d is not operated.
The timing of operation is immediately after the symbol of the normal symbol fluctuation display device 264d fluctuates for a predetermined time and the symbol determined by the normal symbol lottery means 263 is stopped and displayed on the normal symbol fluctuation display device 264d.
When the normal symbol lottery means 263 is selected, the symbol “7” is finally stopped and displayed on the normal symbol fluctuation display device 264d. Immediately thereafter, the ball guidance device control means 265 operates the ball guidance device 265d to enlarge the entrance portion of the start winning opening 6c.

(Production image control means)
The effect image control means 27 controls the effect image displayed on the liquid crystal display device 6a.
When the effect image control means 27 receives a winning command from the winning lottery means 22a, the effect image control means 27 selects the effect image displayed on the liquid crystal display device 6a and displays it.

(Light source lighting position selection control means)
The light source lighting state selection control means 28 is a part that operates together with the effect image control means 27, and is a means for selecting the lighting timing, lighting order, and the like of the light emitting diodes (LEDs) used for the light source in the illumination device LU. .
In this embodiment, at the time of lottery, the number of light emission and the light emission order are changed in accordance with the occurrence of a so-called reach state, which is different from the case of a big win.

1 is an overall front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention. It is a fragmentary sectional view for demonstrating the structure of the attachment part of the decoration part and lamp housing of the pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG. It is a fragmentary sectional view for demonstrating the modification regarding the structure of the attachment position of the lamp housing shown in FIG. It is a fragmentary sectional view for demonstrating another modification regarding the structure of the attachment position of the lamp housing shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a game control means.

Explanation of symbols

1000 Pachinko machine 1 Outer frame 12 Locking device 2 Front frame 3 Game board 6 Game area 6a Liquid crystal display device (display unit)
6b Decoration portion 6c Start winning opening 6d Special winning opening 100 Lamp housing 100A Non-light-transmitting portion 100B Light-transmitting portion 101 Light source substrate 102 Rotating light guide plate 104 Support member 104A One piece in the protruding direction 104B Inclined piece 200 Game control means LU lighting device

Claims (4)

A ball game machine comprising a game board and a decorative member inserted into a hole formed in the game board,
Provided on the back side of the game board, having a light source that shines light from the back side of the decorative member,
A bullet ball game machine, wherein a part of a lamp house for guiding light from the light source to a decorative member is constituted by an inner wall surface of a hole.   2. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the light source is accommodated in a lamp housing located on the back of the game board.   There is a shielding part that shields light between the hole and the lamp housing, and the shielding part is a support member provided in advance to support the game board and the equipment on the back of the game board on the back of the game board. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the ball game machine is constituted by a portion.   The ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the decorative member is used as a holding member for holding a liquid crystal display device.

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