JP2010063794A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine whose operation rate does not decline for a game hall and which is interesting to a player by notifying the player of a holding ball winning, in the pinball game machine in which various predetermined game states are set. <P>SOLUTION: Predetermined game contents are notified as well by a determination means 114 for determining that a holding ball displayed at a holding ball display means 315 possesses a winning random number to be a predetermined predetermind symbol, and a holding ball display change means 121 for changing the display relating to the holding ball displayed at the holding ball display means 315 to a display form capable of notifying the player of the predeterminde game contents corresponding to the holding ball display position when determining that the holding ball possesses the winning random number. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, and more particularly to a notice display of a reserved ball that has won a jackpot.

The bullet ball game machine has a special symbol display means, and the special symbol display means starts the variable display by winning the game ball at the special symbol start winning opening, and the variable symbol stops at a predetermined symbol. In some cases (that is, in the case of a big hit), it is known that the game state is shifted to a specific game state that is advantageous to the player.
During the operation of the special symbol display means (that is, the display symbol is fluctuating) or in the specific game state described above, the game balls that won the special symbol start winning opening are treated as reserved balls up to four, The random number given at the time of winning is stored, and the number of the reserved balls is displayed in a liquid crystal at a predetermined position on the game board.
When the variation display of the special symbol display means in operation is finished, the hold symbol is subjected to the variation display of the special symbol display unit corresponding to the random number given at the time of winning in the order of winning.

  In such a ball game machine, when it is in a specific gaming state, it is determined whether or not a big hit random number is given in the holding ball, and if there is a big hit random number, It has been proposed to display a notice that there is a big hit in the holding ball during the specific game state or at the end of the specific game. (Patent Document 1)

On the other hand, when the display by the special symbol display means becomes a predetermined specific symbol, a ball game that is controlled to one of the specific gaming states among a plurality of specific gaming states having different profit rates for the player The machine is also known.
Since this type of gaming machine can set various specific gaming states, even if it is a big hit, it can give interest to the player such as what kind of profit rate the big hit.
JP 2007-143827 A

In such a conventional example, in the above-described ball game machine in which the specific game state is set in various ways, it is not considered to give an interest to the game because no consideration is given to displaying a notice for hitting the reserved ball.
In addition, if the jackpot of the holding ball is simply displayed in advance, the player interrupts the launch of the game ball from the stage where the notice is displayed until the jackpot is actually displayed, It becomes a factor that the operating rate of the machine is lowered.
The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and in a ball game machine in which a specific game state is set in various ways, an operation rate for a game hall will not decrease, and an interesting game machine for a player will be provided. It is what.

As a means for achieving the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a start winning opening, a special symbol display means for variably displaying a winning game ball in the starting winning opening, and a winning game ball in the starting winning opening. And holding ball display means for displaying up to a certain number of reserved balls for which variable display by the special symbol display means has not been executed at a predetermined display position, and the display by the special symbol display means is predetermined. In a ball game machine that is controlled to one of the specific game states among a plurality of specific game states having different profit ratios for the player when it becomes a specific symbol,
Determination means for determining that the reserved ball displayed on the reserved ball display means has a winning random number that becomes the predetermined specific symbol in a drawing based on a winning, and the determination unit determines that the reserved ball is the specific symbol A holding ball display changing means for changing each holding ball display displayed on the holding ball display means to a winning content notice display according to game content when it is determined that the winning ball random number is held. The display changing means has a configuration in which game content to be notified in advance corresponding to each display position of the holding ball is set in advance.

  In addition, the winning content notification display is configured to display different game content corresponding to the display position of the holding ball.

  Moreover, after the said holding ball display change means determines with the said determination ball | bowl the said holding ball holding the said winning random number, the variable display of the said special symbol display means concerning the holding ball holding the said winning random number is complete | finished. It was set as the structure made into object the display which concerns on the holding ball which will be newly displayed on the said holding ball display means by the end.

  In addition, the holding ball display changing means is intended for display related to the holding ball already displayed on the holding ball display means when the determining means determines that the holding ball has the winning random number; did.

  Furthermore, it has the structure which has the notification lottery means which draws | lots whether the said notification is performed, and makes the said notification by hitting the said notification lottery means.

In the present invention, when a holding ball having a jackpot winning random number is generated, the game content to be notified in advance corresponding to the display position of the holding ball is changed to a predetermined winning content notification display. Thus, the contents of the big hit can be notified in advance, and various effects using the display form of the reserved balls can be made. Therefore, an interesting gaming machine can be provided to the player.
In addition, a player who wants to know the contents of the jackpot quickly will continue to launch the game ball in order to display the hold ball display to the maximum, which can contribute to maintaining the operating rate of the gaming machine.

A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings when the present invention is applied to a pachinko gaming machine.
FIG. 1 is an overall explanatory diagram of a game board according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the accessory device, FIG. 3 is an overall configuration diagram thereof, and FIG. Example of display, FIG. 5 is an operation flow diagram thereof, FIGS. 6 to 9 are explanatory diagrams for changing display of a reserved ball display according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 10 is a display of a reserved ball display according to the second embodiment. It is a change display explanatory view.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 50 is provided with a main body frame 51 and a window frame (not shown) including a transparent window such as glass on the front surface of the main body frame 51 so as to be freely opened and closed. 1 is visible, and the game board 1 is protected from the outside.
Below the game board 1, an upper plate 53 for temporarily storing game balls to be launched on the game board is provided. The upper plate 53 is provided with a prize ball payout exit (not shown), from which game balls paid out as prize balls are discharged.
A lower plate 54 is provided below the upper plate 53, and prize balls that could not be stored in the upper plate 53 are discharged to the lower plate 54. An operation handle 55 is attached to the right side of the lower plate 54, and when a player puts his hand on the operation handle 55 and rotates it to the right, a launching device (not shown) is operated and stored in the upper plate 53. The played game balls are guided to the launching device while being arranged on the right side of the upper plate 53, and fired one by one.
The launched game balls are injected into the game area, and the game balls that have not won any winning holes arranged in the gaming area are collected in the out port 58.
An accessory device 300 made up of a liquid crystal display element or the like is provided at a substantially central portion of the game board 1, and an effect image display means 310 made up of a liquid crystal display element and a special symbol display means are provided in the accessory device 300. 311 are provided. The effect image display means 310 provides an interesting effect display for the player in association with the variable display or the like in the special symbol display means 311.
Further, a normal symbol display means 312 made of a liquid crystal display element is provided at the lower right portion of the game board 1.
Further, the pachinko machine 50 is provided with a lamp device 316 composed of an electric decoration device 56 and the like, and a sound effect output device 313 composed of a speaker 57 and the like, and various effects are produced by sound and light according to the progress of the game. Is going. The game board 1 is also provided with a number of obstacle nails, windmills and the like.
Note that the special symbol display means 311 and the normal symbol display means 312 are not limited to the positions described above, but can be appropriately arranged at a place where the player can visually recognize the game board.

Further, in order to display the special symbol display means 311 in a variable manner, a first start winning opening 41 and a second starting winning opening 42 made of an electric tulip therebelow are provided.
A predetermined number of prize balls are paid out and a variable symbol display means 311 starts to be displayed when a game ball is awarded to the first start prize slot 41 or the second start prize slot 42.

A normal symbol start opening (through chucker) 43 is provided on the left and right of the game area of the game board 1, and a normal symbol drawing is performed by entering a game ball into the normal symbol start opening 43. Is displayed on the normal symbol display means 312. When the display result is a predetermined display result, the electric tulip, which is the second start winning opening 42, is opened for a certain period of time so that a game ball can be won.
Also, below the electric tulip 42, there is provided a large winning opening (attacker) 44 that is opened so that a game ball can win in a specific gaming state.
Further, a general winning opening 40 is appropriately arranged at a predetermined location on the game board.
The number of game balls to be paid per winning ball is set in advance for each of these winning ports (the general winning port 40, the first starting winning port 41, the second starting winning port 42, and the big winning port 44). Has been. The number of winning balls in each winning opening is detected by a sensor provided in each winning opening, and based on the setting, game balls are paid out by the winning ball payout device 317.

In addition, the time from when the game ball wins the first start winning opening 41 to the second start winning opening 42 until the time when the special symbol display means 311 finishes the variable display, or in the special symbol display means 311 the big winning opening. The game ball wins the first start winning opening 41 or the second starting winning opening 42 from the time when the combination of symbols that will be activated 44 is displayed until the end of the operation of the grand prize winning opening 44. With respect to the game balls that have been set, up to a preset upper limit number, up to four in the present embodiment, are displayed by the hold ball display means 315 as so-called hold balls.
As shown in FIG. 2, the reserved ball display means 315 is constituted by a liquid crystal display element below the effect image display means 310, and each of the four reserved ball display positions (P1 to P4) described above. It is set in advance.
Then, the holding balls are displayed so as to increase sequentially from the leftmost display position (P1) in FIG. 2 toward the rightmost display position (P4) in the order in which they are generated. It is displayed so that it may decrease in order from the one of the position.
Further, the reserved ball display means 315 is configured to be able to express a plurality of states by changing its form such as shape or color.
Of course, the display of the reserved ball display means 315 is not limited to this, and can be provided separately from the effect image display means 316 using a liquid crystal display element, a light emitting diode, or the like.

In the present embodiment, a specific game content is selected from a plurality of game content having different profit ratios for the player by jackpot.
For this reason, a plurality of jackpots having different profit ratios are provided in the random number lottery table in the jackpot determining means 114, and which jackpot random number provided in the random number lottery table corresponds to the lottery random number acquired by the random number acquiring means 113 at the time of winning a prize To determine which game content the game state has been won. In addition, when the winning random number acquired by the big hit determining means 114 is “big hit”, it is drawn using a lottery table different from the random number lottery table to determine which game content is to be set. Also good.
As means for making the profit rate different for the player, (1) different the number of jackpot rounds to be performed in the specific gaming state, (2) to increase the probability of winning the jackpot in the game after the end of the specific gaming state (So-called probable hits), (3) The special symbol display means and normal symbol display means after the end of the specified gaming state will shorten the fluctuation display time from the normal state, increase the probability of winning in the normal symbol lottery, and win The opening time of the second start winning opening 42 in the case of the game is also increased (a so-called time-short state is added after the big hit ends), (4) a difference in the number of games that can be played in the time-short state, etc. Means can be employed.
And various specific game contents can be set by combining such means for varying the profit rate.

Here, the means (1) to (4) will be described.
The number of rounds in the above (1) is the number of times the big winning opening 44 is opened, and the predetermined winning opening 44 is opened and a predetermined number (for example, 10) of game balls wins or a predetermined time ( For example, the operation of closing when 30 seconds) elapses or any state is set as one round, and the upper limit of the number of rounds is set to 15, 6, or 1 time.
As for the winning of game balls to the big winning opening, a predetermined number (for example, 15) of game balls is paid out for each winning ball, so that a big hit with a large number of rounds has a higher profit rate for the player.
The probability change hit of (2) is a probability that a big hit will be made by the next big hit after the jackpot is finished (for example, the big hit probability in the normal gaming state is 1/400, while the big hit probability at the time of probability change) 1/40.) In effect, let the player determine the next jackpot. Therefore, being a probable hit has a high profit margin for the player.
The short time state of (3) means that the fluctuation display time in the special symbol display means and the normal symbol display means is shortened from the normal state (for example, in the special symbol, 2.3 seconds in the short time state compared to 8.3 seconds in the normal state). In normal symbols, 30 seconds in the normal state and 2 seconds in the short time state.) In addition to increasing the probability of winning in the normal symbol lottery, the opening time of the second start winning opening 42 in the case of winning is also increased. (For example, the winning probability is 28/31 in the short-time state with respect to 10/31 in the normal state. The opening time is 2 seconds in the short-time state with respect to 0.2 seconds in the normal state).
Therefore, in the short-time state, the game balls can easily win the second start winning opening 42, so that the special symbol drawing is easily performed, and the winning to the second starting winning opening 42 is frequently performed. The player's profit rate is high because the decrease of the player's possession is reduced due to the payment of the prize ball accompanying the game.
The number of games that can be played in the short-time state in (4) means that an upper limit is placed on the number of games that can be played in the short-time state after the big hit, with the number of special symbol variations displayed as a parameter. The time reduction state is set to end when the number of times (number of time reductions) reaches 100, 60, or 20 (if a big hit is made during that time, the time reduction state is ended at that point). Of course, the number of short times can be set to zero. Therefore, if the number of games that can be played in the short time state is large, the profit rate is high for the player.

Therefore, for a player, even if it finally becomes a big hit, which big hit has become a serious concern, and willingness to know the specific game content will work.
Therefore, in the present embodiment, when a holding ball having a big hit winning random number is generated, the holding ball display displayed on the holding ball display means 315 is changed to a display for notifying the specific game content hit by the big hit.

  For this reason, the pachinko gaming machine according to the first embodiment includes the control device 11 configured as shown in FIG. 3 in addition to the input device 21 and the output device 31 described above.

The input device 21 includes a game ball winning sensor or a sensor for detecting a winning ball. As described above, the plurality of general winning hole sensors 210, the first starting winning hole sensor 211, and the second starting winning hole sensor 212 are provided. In addition to the special prize opening sensor 213, it is a well-known configuration including a normal symbol starting opening ball sensor 214 and the like.
The normal symbol start port entrance sensor 214 is a sensor that detects a game ball entering the normal symbol start port (through chucker) 43.

The output device 31 is an image display device or the like controlled by the control device 11. As described above, the effect image display means 310, the special symbol display means 311, the normal symbol display means 312, the sound effect output device 313, the large sound output device 313, and the like. In addition to the winning opening operating device 314, the reserved ball display means 315, the lamp device 316 and the prize ball payout device 317, there is a reserved ball hitting notice means 318.
The holding ball hitting notice means 318 displays a notice for each holding ball in cooperation with the holding ball display means 315 and the like.
The sound effect output device 313 outputs various sound effects and sounds from the speaker 57 and the like during the game. The lamp device 316 turns off the lighting device 56 during the game, so This is an effect that gives the player an interest according to the game state. The special winning opening operating device 314 is for operating the special winning opening 44, and in conjunction with a specific gaming state, the front plate covering the special winning opening 44 is operated by a solenoid or the like. The holding ball display means 315 opens or closes the big prize opening, and the holding ball display control means 119 or the holding ball display change means 120 displays the number of the holding balls or displays the holding ball display form. By changing, it will be a notice of the jackpot content (specific game content).

The control device 11 is a means for receiving a signal input from the input device 21 and controlling the pachinko gaming machine. In addition to the CPU 110, the ROM 111, and the RAM 112, the random number acquisition means 113, the big hit determination means 114, and the variable display control means 115, effect image display control means 116, specific game control means 117, reservation ball random number storage means 118, reservation ball random number big hit determination means 119, reservation ball display control means 120, reservation ball display change means 121, reservation ball digestion means 122, A notice data memory 123, notice lottery means 124 and the like are provided.
Here, random number acquisition means 113, jackpot determination means 114, variation display control means 115, specific game control means 117, hold ball random number storage means 118, hold ball random number big hit determination means 119, hold ball display control means 120, hold ball display The changing means 121, the reserved ball digesting means 122, the notice lottery means 124, etc. function as the CPU 110 reads and executes various programs and data for game control stored in the ROM 111 as described below. The RAM 112 is used as a work area when the program is executed.

The random number obtaining means 113 confirms that the game ball has won the first start winning opening 41 or the second starting winning opening 42 and the number of reserved balls stored in the reserved ball random number storing means is three or less by the CPU 110. Then, a winning random number for the big hit lottery is given to the winning ball.
The big hit determination means 114 determines whether or not the winning random number assigned in this way corresponds to a winning random number that is stored in the ROM 111 and has a predetermined specific symbol.
The fluctuation display control means 115 is a means for controlling the fluctuation display of the special symbol display means 311 or the normal symbol display means 312 based on the determination of the jackpot determination means 114 or the reserved ball random number big hit determination means 119.
The effect image display control means 116 controls the effect image display by the effect image display means 316 in synchronization with the fluctuation display control means 115.
The specific game control means 117 controls the special prize opening device 314 and the like in the specific game state.

The holding ball random number storage means 118 stores the winning random numbers related to the holding balls up to four. The winning random number (holding ball random number) given to each holding ball is stored so that it can be seen what number the holding ball won. That is, the reserved ball random number that is the first reserved ball is stored in the first storage area p1 of the reserved ball random number storage means 118, and the second reserved ball random number that is the reserved ball is the first stored number in the reserved ball random number storage means 118. In the second storage area p2, the reserved ball random number that is the third reserved ball is stored in the third storage area p3 of the reserved ball random number storage means 118, and the fourth reserved ball random number is the reserved ball Stored in the fourth storage area p4 of the random number storage means 118.
The reserved ball random number big hit judging means 119 is configured such that when the earliest reserved ball random number stored in the reserved ball random number storage means 118 is digested by the reserved ball digesting means 122 described later, the reserved ball random number is determined in advance. The special symbol display means 311 and the effect image display means 310 are variably displayed based on the lottery result by the determination means.
The reserved ball display control means 120 controls the display of the reserved ball display means 315 as the reserved balls are digested or generated.
The holding ball display changing means 121 controls to change the display related to the holding ball by the holding ball display means 315 from the normal holding ball display to the winning content notice display expressing the specific game content.

The reserved ball digesting means 122 selects the big hit effect image display when the reserved ball random number is a big hit, and selects the lost effect image display when the random number is off, and the selected effect image display is the effect image display control means 116. By the effect image display means 310, erase the reserved ball random number stored in the reserved ball random number storage means 118, and shift the storage position of each reserved ball random number forward by one. is there.
For example, when three holding balls are displayed on the holding ball display means 315, that is, when the holding balls are displayed from the left P1 to P3 among the four holding balls display positions (P1 to P4). Furthermore, when the special symbol display means 311 stops displaying the variable and the jackpot determination result is displayed as out of place, the reserved ball random number displayed at the left end P1 with the earliest winning time, that is, stored in the first storage area p1. The reserved ball random number is read out, and it is determined whether or not it is a big hit by the above-mentioned reserved ball random number big hit determination means 119, and based on the determination result, the special symbol display means 311 is subjected to the next variable display. Accordingly, the reserved ball random number stored in the second storage area p2 is in the position of the first storage area p1, and the reserved ball random number stored in the third storage area p3 is in the second storage area p2. The storage position is sequentially shifted to the position. In this way, the reserved balls digesting means 121 digests the reserved balls in the order of winning, and the storage positions thereof are shifted forward one by one.
Therefore, in this case, since the storage ball random number is not stored in the storage area p3, the display of the storage ball displayed at the corresponding display position P3 disappears.

The notice data memory 123 stores the data used when changing the normal hold ball display to the winning content notice display by the hold ball display changing means 121, and stores the hold ball random number storage positions (first storage areas p1 to 4). Corresponding to the storage area p4).
For example, display data a for the first storage area p1, display data b for the second storage area p2, display data c for the third storage area p3, and fourth storage area p4. Display data d corresponding to each storage position is stored in advance like the display data d, and each specific game content is expressed by using these display data a to d. Specific forms (displays A to D) can be displayed.
And these display data ad are read suitably by the holding ball display change means 121, and are utilized for the change of the holding ball display in each display position (P1-P4) of the holding ball display means 315.

The display form (displays A to D) of the specific game content displayed by the display data a to d can be changed, for example, by changing the character itself so that the player can clearly distinguish it from the normal holding ball display form. Or it is set as the display form which changes the color and shape of a part of character, and more specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, in the reserved ball display position P1, the young bud mark (display A), the reserved ball In the display position P2, the wrinkle mark (display B), the flowering mark (display C) in the reserved ball display position P3, the full bloom mark (display D) in the reserved ball display position P4, and the display form are different. The display color can also be changed in three stages of green, pink, and red according to the specific game content.
Then, the young bud mark (display A) displayed at the P1 position is displayed per holding ball, the wrinkle mark (display B) displayed at the P2 position is displayed in large and short times, and the flowering mark displayed at the P3 position. (Display C) is a round size display, and the full-open mark (display D) displayed at the P4 position is a display of the presence or absence of a certain change.
Therefore, the display of the reserved ball at the P1 position is changed from the normal held ball display to the young bud mark (display A), so that the occurrence of the big hit reserved ball is predicted, and the reserved ball display at the P2 position is similarly It is changed to the mark (display A), and the display color is displayed in green, pink, or red, so that the number of times can be reduced (green is 20 times), pink is 60 times, red is 100 times, and red is 100 times. In advance, the reserved ball display at the P3 position is similarly changed to the flowering mark (display C), and the display color is displayed in green, pink or red so that the number of rounds is large (green is one round) , Pink is the same 6 times, red is the same 15 times), and the reserved ball display at the P4 position is similarly changed to the full bloom mark (display D), and it is predicted that it is a probable hit.
As described above, in this embodiment, the display content at the holding ball display position is set in advance, and the display position is set to P1 display A so as to delay the display of the specific game content in which the player is interested. → P2 display B → P3 display C → P4 display D

  The notice lottery means 124 performs a lottery of whether or not to display a winning content notice, and the winning content notice display is performed by winning the lottery.

  Next, with respect to the operation of the pachinko gaming machine according to the first embodiment configured as described above, with reference to the notice operation per reserved ball that is a feature of the present invention, the flowchart shown in FIG. 5 will be used. explain.

When the game ball wins the first start winning port 41 or the second start winning port 42 and the winning is detected by the first start winning port sensor 211 or the second start winning port sensor 212, the CPU 110 stores the reserved ball random number. It is determined whether or not the number of winning random numbers (holding ball random numbers) stored in the means 118 is <4. If the determination result is the number of storages <4, the random number obtaining means 113 is determined for the winning. The winning random number for jackpot judgment is given by. When the stored number is 4 or more, the winning random number is not given, and only the winning ball payout device 317 performs the winning ball payout.
Next, the jackpot determining means 114 determines whether or not the corresponding random number assigned in this way matches a predetermined jackpot value. S01

If it is determined in S01 that it is not a big hit, it will be determined whether or not the ball will be held depending on whether or not the special symbol display means 311 is fluctuating without performing the notice display operation for the held ball. A known process such as S01-NO
That is, when the special symbol display means 311 is variably displayed by the fluctuation display control means 115, the winning ball is a holding ball, so that the corresponding random number is limited to four in the holding ball random number storage means 118. Are stored in order of winning. At that time, the winning random number (holding ball random number) given to each holding ball is stored so that it can be understood what number the holding ball won.
In this way, when the holding ball is generated, the holding ball display control unit 120 displays the generation of the holding ball on the holding ball display unit 315. For example, when three reserved balls are generated, the reserved balls are displayed in order from a predetermined left display position P1 every time the reserved balls are generated, and the reserved balls are displayed up to the third (P3). Done.
If it is not fluctuating, there is no holding ball random number stored in the holding ball random number storage means 118, so that the fluctuation display is immediately started based on the winning random number related to the winning, and in synchronization with the fluctuation display Then, the effect image display control means 116 starts the effect image display of the effect image display means 310 (in this case, the off effect image display).
When the special symbol display means 311 stops changing the display for a predetermined time, the predetermined effect image display by the effect image display means 310 is also terminated, and the determination result of the big hit determination means 114 is the effect image display means 310 and the special symbol display means. 311 is displayed to the player that it is “out”.
For a player, what happens to the determination result of the winning game sphere is that even if the result is disappointing display by gazing at various effect images developed on the effect image display means 310 It will be intriguing.

On the other hand, if it is determined at S01 that the game is a big win, it is determined at S02 whether or not the winning is the one in which the special symbol display means 311 is fluctuating. When the ball is not a holding ball), a normal jackpot process is immediately performed without performing a notice display operation for the holding ball. (S02-NO)
In S02-NO, the fluctuation display control means 115 starts the fluctuation display of the special symbol display means 311. In synchronism with the fluctuation display, the effect image display control means 116 causes the effect image display means 310 to display the effect image display ( In this case, the big hit effect image display) is started.
When the special symbol display means 311 stops changing the display for a predetermined time, the predetermined effect image display by the effect image display means 310 is also terminated, and the determination result of the big hit determination means 114 is the effect image display means 310 and the special symbol display means. 311 is displayed and a big hit is presented to the player. At this time, the jackpot game content is also usually displayed together.
When the jackpot display is executed in this way, the specific game control means 117 performs a sound effect and a light effect informing the jackpot by the sound effect output device 313 and the lamp device 316, and enters the specific game state. Transition.

  In S02-YES, the holding ball processing for performing the winning notice display and winning content notice display concerning the winning is continuously performed from S03.

In S03, the notice lottery means 124 performs a lottery to determine whether or not to make a notice display for each holding ball (winning notice display and winning content notice display) with respect to the winning having such a big hit winning random number. S03
The notice lottery means 124 performs a lottery with a predetermined probability, for example, a winning probability of 20%, and makes a notice display for each holding ball by winning the lottery (in the case of S03-YES).
The notice lottery means 124 is not necessarily required. However, the provision of the lottery means is performed when the notice for holding balls is not necessarily displayed (in the case of S03-NO). This is preferable because it will further double the interest of the player.

After winning the lottery by the notice lottery means 124, the operation of changing the hold ball display form is started for the advance notice display for the hold ball. S04
First, the holding ball display changing unit 121 determines whether or not the holding ball random number storage unit 118 has a holding ball random number storage. S05
If there is no storage of random numbers for the reserved balls random number storage means 118 (S05-NO), the winning is displayed on the reserved balls display means 315 as the first reserved balls on the reserved balls display means 315. While being displayed at the position P1, the display form is changed from the normal reserved ball display to the young leaf mark (display A) by the reserved ball display changing means 121, and it is predicted that the reserved ball has been a big hit. S12

In the case of S05-YES, the number of reserved balls random numbers stored in the reserved ball random number storage means 118 is three or less as described above, and therefore the mode of the notice display for each reserved ball varies depending on the number.
If there are three hold balls, the answer is S06-YES, so the hold ball display change is performed in S09 to S12.
At the time of S06, as shown in FIG. 6, among the four reserved ball display positions (P1 to P4), the reserved balls are displayed in the order of the reserved balls in P1 to P3 (displayed on P1). The hold ball that is being held is the earliest hold ball). The holding ball display changing means 121 displays the holding ball at the display position of P4, and displays the holding ball display (P1 to P3) that are already holding balls at this time, informing the specific game contents. To change. That is, a new hold ball display related to the winning is added as a display D at the position of P4 (in this embodiment, the display D is added only when the hit is a probable hit, Alternatively, the display D may be a display that distinguishes whether it is a probability hit or a normal hit.) At the same time, the display mode of the holding ball display located at P1 is changed to display A (S09), and P2 is displayed in the same manner. B (S10) and P3 are changed to display C, respectively.
At that time, as described above, the display B of P2 is distinguished by green, pink or red (green corresponds to 20 times of time reduction, pink corresponds to 60 times, and red corresponds to 100 times), and the display C of P3 is also green. By distinguishing between pink and red (green corresponds to 1 round, pink corresponds to 6 times, and red corresponds to 15 times), the specific game content is announced in detail.

If there are two holding balls, the answer is S07-YES, so the holding ball display is changed in S10 to S12.
At the time of S07, as shown in FIG. 7, the holding balls are displayed at P1 and P2 among the four holding ball display positions (P1 to P4). The holding ball display changing means 121 changes the display mode of the holding ball display located at P1 among these holding ball displays that are already holding balls at this time to display A (S09), and the holding ball located at P2 The display form of the ball display is changed to display B (S10). Then, a new reserved ball display related to the winning is added to the position of P3.

When there is one holding ball, the holding ball is changed by S11 and S12 (S08).
At the time point of S08, as shown in FIG. 8, the holding ball is displayed at P1 among the four holding ball display positions (P1 to P4).
The holding ball display changing means 121 changes the display form of the holding ball display located in the P1 that has already become a holding ball at this time to display A (S11).
Then, a new reserved ball display related to the winning is added to the position of P2, and the display is set to display B as described above.
When the number of the holding balls is 0, the same as S05-NO, and as shown in FIG. 9, the holding ball display relating to the winning is displayed as the display A at the position P1.

As described above, the display of the reserved ball displayed in advance is changed to a display form showing the specific game content (this is called advance display change), and the specific game content is notified to the player. When there are three hold balls displayed in advance, as shown in FIG. 6, the three hold balls displayed in advance are displayed and a new hold ball is displayed. At the time of being changed and displayed, all of the specific game content is notified to the player, but in the case shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, not all of the specific game content is notified.
For this reason, in this first embodiment, by using the hold ball display of the newly held ball until the end of the change display of the special symbol of the hold ball related to the winning notice display, The remaining specific game content is notified (this is called subsequent display change).
For example, as shown in FIG. 7, when the preceding display is changed, P1 and P2 are changed to display A and display B, respectively, and when display C is displayed as a holding ball on P3, the holding ball is displayed on P4. When the displayed hold ball is generated, the hold ball display is changed to display D.
Alternatively, in the case of (S05-NO) in the flow of FIG. 5, the display A is displayed as a holding ball at the P1 position, and the special symbol variation display related to the holding ball ends after it is predicted that the holding ball is a big hit. In the meantime, when a new holding ball is generated and displayed on P1 to P4, the holding ball display is displayed as the display A to D, respectively, and the specific game content is predicted from the display. It will be.

According to the advance display change in the first embodiment, when a plurality of notices are displayed at the same time, they are simultaneously performed. However, they can be configured to be performed sequentially.
For this reason, when changing the preceding display, for example, if the notice lottery means 124 is won, the number of the reserved ball winning random numbers stored in the reserved ball random number storing means 118 is confirmed by the reserved ball display changing means 121, A special symbol variation display time by the variation display control means 115 is added by the time corresponding to the number of the items, and within that time, the time is sequentially increased in the order of display A → display B → display C → display D. To change the preceding display.
Alternatively, the special symbol variation display remaining time is calculated by the reserved ball display changing means 121 at the time when it hits the notice lottery means 124, and the preceding display change required in that time is sequentially performed.
If comprised in this way, since the reserved ball change display which influences more on a player's profit rate will be postponed, it can give a player a further interest.

In addition, when a plurality of jackpot holding ball random numbers are stored in the holding ball random number storage means 118, the winning content notice display relating to the earliest jackpot holding ball random number is given priority, and the earliest jackpot holding ball is selected. When the special symbol fluctuation display related to the random number is completed, the winning content notice related to the next jackpot holding ball random number is displayed.
For this reason, if the special symbol variation display related to the jackpot holding ball is completed, the next holding bonus ball display is returned to the normal holding ball display mode if there is no next jackpot holding ball.

  In the first embodiment described above, the holding ball display that has already been set as a holding ball when a big hit holding ball is generated has been changed to a display that expresses the specific game content (winning content notice display). If there are three reserved balls displayed in advance, as shown in FIG. 6, all the displays A to D will be displayed at the time of displaying the winning content advance notice, so the player There is little incentive to continue the game.

For this reason, in the second embodiment, as described above, after the jackpot notice is displayed, it is displayed as a holdball until the special symbol fluctuation display related to the holdball displayed by the jackpot notice is ended. The display form is changed by the holding ball display changing means 121 using only the game, and the specific game content is notified in advance.
The second embodiment has substantially the same configuration as the configuration shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 in the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted.
As shown in FIG. 10, when there are three preceding holding balls, if a holding ball display having a winning random number is made at the position of P4, the holding ball display is displayed after P4, after FIGS. As shown in 4), as the indications that have already been reserved balls are digested in sequence, the hold ball display relating to the hold ball holding the corresponding random number moves to the left as P3 → P2 → P1, and then When the hold ball display occurs, the display of the hold ball is subsequently changed as displays A to D according to the display position. In this way, when the holding balls are generated at the display positions P1 to P4 until the special symbol variation display related to the holding ball displayed in the winning announcement is completed, the subsequent display is changed as the displays A to D. The

  In this second embodiment, since the display change is made only for the subsequent display change, that is, only the hold ball display after the display of the hold ball having the winning random number in this way, the player can change the specific game content. If the player tries to know, the game will be continued, so that the player can be given an incentive to continue the game.

In the first embodiment, the advance notice is displayed using both the preceding display change and the subsequent display change. In the second embodiment, the advance notice is displayed using only the subsequent display change. It is also possible to configure the advance display change and the subsequent display change to be displayed in advance by appropriately combining them. By combining in this way, it is possible to display a variety of notices of the game content, provide a more interesting gaming machine to the player, and can greatly contribute to maintaining the operating rate of the gaming machine. .
Of course, it is also possible to configure using only the preceding display change.

Further, in the above embodiment, the short game advance notice, the round advance notice and the probability change notice are used as the elements for the specific game contents, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the specific game state with different profit ratios for the player. It is sufficient if the notice content represents.
In addition, it is preferable for the display position for notifying the specific game content to be followed by the specific game content that the player is most interested in, which is an incentive for the player to continue the game to display the reserved ball.
Furthermore, the display form to be changed is not limited to the example shown in FIG. 4, and a display form that can appropriately suggest the specific game content to the player can be adopted as appropriate.

  Alternatively, in addition to changing the display mode of the reserved ball display in the reserved ball display means 315, the sound effect output device 313 or the lamp device 316, and the effect image display means 310, etc. are used by the reserved ball hitting notice means 318. Can also be configured to provide such advance notice.

  As described above, the present invention sets in advance a plurality of notice contents having different profit ratios and their notice positions that can appropriately express specific game contents, and precedes or follows those notice contents. By presenting to the player together with the display of the reserved ball to be performed, it is possible to provide a more interesting gaming machine to the player and contribute to maintaining the operating rate of the gaming machine in the store.

1 is an overall explanatory diagram of a game board according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. The structure of the accessory apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. 1 is an overall configuration of a gaming machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The display change example which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. The operation | movement flow of the game machine which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. The display change explanatory drawing which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. The display change explanatory drawing which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. The display change explanatory drawing which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. The display change explanatory drawing which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. The display change explanatory drawing which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

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1 Game board 40 General winning opening 41 First starting winning opening 42 Second starting winning opening 43 Normal symbol starting opening
44 Big prize opening 113 Random number acquisition means 114 Big hit determination means 118 Reservation ball random number storage means 119 Reservation ball random number big hit determination means 120 Reservation ball display control means 121 Reservation ball display change means 122 Reservation ball digestion means 123 Memory for notice data 124 Notice lottery Means 300 Equipment item 310 Production image display means 311 Special symbol display means 312 Normal symbol display means
315 Reservation ball display means

Claims (5)

A starting symbol, a special symbol display means for variably displaying the winning game balls at the starting winning port, and the variable symbol display by the special symbol displaying means is not executed even when the gaming balls are won at the starting winning port. A holding ball display means for displaying a predetermined number of the holding balls at a predetermined display position, and when the display by the special symbol display means becomes a predetermined specific symbol, the profit margin for the players In a ball game machine controlled to any one of a plurality of specific game states different from each other,
Determination means for determining that the reserved ball displayed on the reserved ball display means has a winning random number that becomes the predetermined specific symbol in a drawing based on a winning, and the determination unit determines that the reserved ball is the specific symbol A holding ball display changing means for changing each holding ball display displayed on the holding ball display means to a winning content notice display according to game content when it is determined that the winning ball random number is held. The bullet change game machine according to claim 1, wherein the display changing means presets game contents to be notified in advance corresponding to each display position of the holding ball.   2. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the winning content advance notice display is a display of different game content corresponding to the display position of the holding ball.   3. The variable of the special symbol display means according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the holding ball display changing means determines that the holding ball has the winning random number by the determining means and then determines the holding symbol holding the winning random number. A bullet ball game machine that is intended for a display related to a holding ball that is newly displayed on the holding ball display means until the display is finished.   In Claims 1-3, when the said holding ball display change means determines with the said holding ball having the said winning random number by the said determination means, the display which concerns on the holding ball already displayed on the said holding ball display means. A ball game machine characterized by being targeted.   5. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 1, further comprising: advance notice lottery means for drawing whether or not the advance notice is to be performed, wherein the advance notice is performed by hitting the advance notice lottery means.

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