JP2009045374A5

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Info

Publication number: JP2009045374A5
Application number: JP2007216539A
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 acceptance information extracting means for extracting acceptance information based on acceptance of a game ball at the first acceptance port;
First acceptance information storage means for storing acceptance information extracted by the first acceptance information extraction means up to a first upper limit;
When a predetermined start condition is established, based on the reception information stored in the first reception information storage means, the first lottery process for the big prize including the first big prize and the second big prize as the winning types Lottery means that can be executed 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. In a gaming machine in which the color scheme of the plurality of symbols appearing on the display screen is different,
A second receiving port provided above the first receiving port and having an opening that can always receive a game ball flowing down the game area;
Second acceptance information extracting means for extracting acceptance information based on acceptance of a game ball at the second acceptance port;
Second acceptance information storage means for storing the acceptance information extracted by the second acceptance information extraction means up to a second upper limit value,
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. In the second lottery process by the special lottery means, the acceptance information is not stored in the first acceptance information storage means although the predetermined start condition is satisfied. Only on the basis of the reception information stored in the second reception information storage means,
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 control 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 gaming state is controlled, the setting control mode according to the operation frequency of the movable member by the movable control means and the execution condition of the second lottery process by the special lottery means are combined, It is possible to avoid from the player side that the transition to the low-probability gaming state is performed without the game per grand prize being won by winning,
The display effect control means includes:
When the second lottery process is performed by the special lottery means during the period in which the plurality of symbols appear in a reach state and perform a reach effect, and during the period in which the high probability game state is controlled, State end warning means for performing a warning effect that suggests that the highly probable gaming state may end despite the fact that no game per grand prize is performed, and the game without performing the game per grand prize 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;
When the second winning lottery process is performed by the special lottery means while winning in the high-probability gaming state, and the winning per prize is won. In addition to the warning effect by the state end warning means, the reach effect by the high expectation effect means, when the plurality of symbols appear as the specific combination prior to the end effect by the state end effect means A gaming machine characterized in that the color scheme of these multiple symbols is suggested.

The first upper limit value is “4”.
The gaming machine according to claim 1.

The second upper limit value is “4”.
The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2.