JP2009045371A5

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Info

Publication number: JP2009045371A5
Application number: JP2007216531A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2007-08-22
Publication date: 2010-09-30
Anticipated expiration: 2027-08-22

Claims

A game board in which game balls driven into the game area flow down,
An opening and closing device operable between a closed state in which it is difficult to receive a game ball driven toward the game area and an open state in which it is easier to receive a game ball than the closed state;
A first receiving port for receiving a game ball flowing down the game area;
First start determining means for determining whether or not a game ball has entered the first receiving port;
Based on the fact that the first start determining means determines that a game ball has entered the first receiving port, the first winning prize and the second winning prize are included in the winning category. Lottery means capable of executing the first lottery process with a predetermined winning probability;
When either the first grand prize or the second grand prize is won, the player can receive a prize ball by facilitating the acceptance of the game ball into the switchgear by the operation of the switchgear. A grand prize game execution means for performing a game per grand prize to provide an opportunity to obtain;
When the first winning prize is won, after the game per winning is performed according to the winning, the predetermined winning probability is controlled to a low probability gaming state set to the first probability. When the second winning prize is won, after the game per winning is performed according to the winning, the predetermined winning probability is set to a second probability higher than the first probability. Gaming state control means for controlling to a certain gaming state;
Display effect control means for performing display effect control in which a plurality of symbols displayed on a predetermined display screen appear as a specific combination when either the first grand prize or the second grand prize is won. And comprising
The display effect control means includes the predetermined combination when the first winning prize is suggested to be won and when the second winning prize is suggested to be won. A gaming machine that makes different the color scheme of the plurality of symbols appearing on the display screen,
A second receiving port provided with an opening that can always receive a game ball flowing down the game area;
A second start determining means for determining whether or not a game ball has entered the second receiving port,
The lottery means
A special lottery for executing the second lottery process for the big win including the prize winning type including the prize winning type in addition to the chance to play the game per grand prize, as well as the small prize not winning the game per prize. Having means,
When it is determined by the second start determining means that a game ball has entered the second receiving port, there is no game ball having entered the first receiving port by the first start determining unit. Unlike when it is determined that, the special lottery means performs a second lottery process for the jackpot,
The gaming state control means includes
Not only after the game per grand prize is performed in which the opening and closing device is operated in a manner that facilitates the reception of the game ball into the opening and closing device in response to the winning of the first grand prize, Even after the switchgear operates in such a manner that it is more difficult to accept a game ball into the switchgear in response to the winning of the winning prize than when the winning prize is won. Control to the low probability gaming state in which the probability is set to the first probability,
The gaming machine is
A movable that allows a game ball flowing down the game area to move between a closed state in which it is difficult to enter the first receiving port and an open state in which the game ball can easily enter the first receiving port than the closed state. Members,
When the low-probability gaming state is controlled, the first ball inlet has a lower probability of entering the game ball than the second ball inlet having an opening that can always accept a game ball. In addition to performing setting control related to the operation frequency of the movable member, and when controlled to the highly probable gaming state, the first receiving port is provided through the second receiving port having an opening that can always receive a game ball. Movable control means for performing setting related to the operation frequency of the movable member so that the entrance probability of the game ball is higher at the entrance; and
When the high-probability game state is controlled, the low-probability game is performed without the game per grand prize being won by winning per small prize through the setting control mode related to the operation frequency of the movable member by the movable control means. After suppressing the possibility of transition control to the state,
The display effect control means includes:
High expectation production means for performing a reach production so as to suggest a color scheme of the plurality of symbols when the plurality of symbols appear as the specific combination, and during the period controlled to the high probability gaming state When the second lottery process is performed by the special lottery means, a warning effect is suggested that suggests that the highly probable gaming state may end despite the absence of the winning game. A state end warning means for performing, and a state end effect means for performing an end effect suggesting that the state transition from the high-probability gaming state to the low-probability gaming state is performed without performing the game per grand prize,
During the period in which the high-probability gaming state is controlled, the winning per prize is won as a result of the game ball entering the second entrance having a lower probability of accepting game balls than the first entrance. In this case, prior to the end effect by the state end effect means, the reach effect by the high expectation effect means and the warning effect by the state end warning means are executed at the same time . A gaming machine characterized in that the plurality of symbols are displayed in a stopped state in a manner that suggests that they have been lost in the lottery process even though they have been won per prize .

  The lottery means
  A random number is acquired when it is determined by the first start determining means that a game ball has entered the first receiving port, and a first lottery process for jackpot is performed based on the acquired random number. Is to be executed
  The gaming machine according to claim 1.

  The lottery means
  A random number is acquired when it is determined by the second start determining means that a game ball has entered the second receiving port, and a second lottery process for jackpot is performed based on the acquired random number. Is to be executed
  The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2.