JP2011172724A - Rotary drum type game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rotary drum type game machine for enhancing a player's interest in a game further in a bonus game state. <P>SOLUTION: During a BB game, internal winning of a BB role is performed and the BB role which wins internal drawing is in stock until the BB game is over. When BB roles are in stock when the BB game is over, the BB roles are released. In the BB game, the BB roles win internal drawing overlapping a specific role which is not a target of internal drawing while a normal game is playing. Thus, the player comes to play a game while aiming at winning the specific role. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention provides a game in which a predetermined privilege is given to a player in accordance with a symbol combination when a plurality of drums having a plurality of types of symbols drawn on an outer peripheral surface thereof are rotated and the plurality of drums are stopped. It is related with the rotary type game machine which performs.

  Insert game media such as game medals and game balls and operate the rotation starter (start lever, start button, etc.) to rotate multiple cylinders, then operate the stop button provided for each cylinder When the combination of symbols is established that results in the winning of the game player being obtained, a revolving game machine that performs a game of paying out a number of game media according to the game player is known. It has been. In addition to the game combination (small role, etc.) from which game medals are paid out, the bonus combination for starting a bonus game state, which is a game state that is very advantageous for the player, is provided as the game combination for which a winning is achieved. It has been.

  In such a spinning-type game machine, it is possible to establish a winning combination with a high frequency after the start of the bonus gaming state, and a predetermined number of game media are obtained by repeating the winning establishment several times. When paid out, there is one that ends the bonus game state (Patent Document 1).

JP 2008-22903 A

  However, in such a swivel type gaming machine, a predetermined number of game media can be surely given to the player, but simply paying out the predetermined number of game media lacks the fun of the bonus game state.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and provides a rotary gaming machine that can further enhance the player's gaming interest in a bonus gaming state. Objective.

In order to solve at least a part of the above-described problems, the rotating game machine of the present invention employs the following configuration. That is,
The combination of symbols obtained when the plurality of spinning cylinders are rotated by operating the rotation start member after the game medium is inserted and the plurality of spinning cylinders are stopped is a symbol combination that establishes a prize for the game player. In this case, a game for deriving a game result corresponding to the game player is performed,
A game combination storage means for storing a plurality of game combinations including a bonus combination for starting a bonus game state that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game state;
Internal lottery means for performing an internal lottery as to which of the plurality of gamers is won, or which is not allowed to be won by any of the gamers, triggered by the operation of the rotation start member;
Stop control means for performing stop control of the plurality of cylinders so that a winning combination of the game player won in the internal lottery can be established;
If the bonus combination is not established despite the winning of the bonus combination in the internal lottery, the bonus combination carry-over means for carrying over the winning of the bonus combination to the next game;
Bonus gaming state execution means for starting the bonus gaming state when the winning of the bonus combination is established and ending the bonus gaming state when a predetermined condition is established;
In the rotary type gaming machine provided with
The internal lottery means
In the bonus game state, the internal lottery is performed so that a specific combination of the plurality of game combinations is won in combination with the bonus combination, and the winning probability value of the specific combination in the internal lottery is determined. Set to a value different from the winning probability value in the internal lottery in the normal gaming state,
The stop control means includes
During the bonus game state, when the bonus combination and the specific combination are won in the internal lottery, the plurality of times are determined so that a winning can be established for the specific combination selected in duplicate with the bonus combination. Perform a stop control of the cylinders, and perform a stop control of the plurality of cylinders so that a winning is not established until the bonus game state is finished for the selected bonus combination,
After the bonus game state is over, the plurality of spinning cylinders are stopped so that a winning combination can be established for the bonus combination won during the bonus game state.

  Such a swivel type gaming machine of the present invention includes a normal game state and a bonus game state that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game state. This bonus game state is started when a bonus combination is won by internal lottery and a winning combination is established, and ends when a predetermined condition such as paying out a predetermined number of game media is established. . In the present invention, even in this bonus game state, the bonus combination is subject to internal lottery. When winning a bonus combination in the bonus game state, the winning probability value different from the winning probability value in the internal lottery in the normal gaming state "The specified role set to" is duplicated and won. When the bonus combination and the specific combination are won in succession, each cylinder is stopped and controlled so that a winning combination can be established for the specific combination. On the other hand, for the bonus combination won in duplicate with the specific combination, each cylinder is stopped and controlled so that the bonus combination winning is not established until the bonus game state being executed is completed, so that the normal gaming state is obtained. The winning winning Bonus role will be carried over (so-called stock). Here, “a specific role set to a winning probability value different from the winning probability value in the internal lottery in the normal gaming state” means “a gaming role that is not subject to the internal lottery in the normal gaming state (normal gaming state) The winning probability in the internal lottery in the game may be zero), or “a game player who is subject to the internal lottery in the normal gaming state but has a lower winning probability in the internal lottery than in the normal gaming state”. May be. For example, a specific small role or a specific replaying game in which a winning is achieved only during a bonus gaming state, or a specific small role or a specific replaying game in which the winning probability is lower in a bonus gaming state than in a normal gaming state. The role etc. are mentioned.

  In this way, when the specified combination and bonus combination are duplicated and the internal lottery is won, a winning combination for the specified combination is established during the bonus game state, and the bonus combination selected for the specified combination is added to the bonus gaming state. You can stock (carry over) until the end. In addition, since the specified role is a special game player who wins the internal lottery in duplicate with the bonus role, if the winning of the specified role is established in the bonus game state, the player's expectation is given to the internal winning of the bonus role. Can be attracted. As a result, in addition to simply paying out a predetermined number of game media in the bonus game state, a novel game that makes the player have the expectation that if the winning of a specific role is established, the internal winning of the bonus role will be stocked. Therefore, it is possible to greatly improve the interest of the player in the bonus game state.

  Moreover, the following advantages are provided by performing an internal lottery in which a bonus combination and a specific combination are won in a bonus game state. For example, in the internal lottery in the bonus game state, when a bonus combination and a specific combination are selected and a case where only a specific combination is selected alone is set, `` When a special combination win is established In other words, it is possible to realize a gameability in which an internal winning of a bonus combination is stocked or not stocked. In this case, the “expected value that the bonus combination and the specified combination are won in duplicate (the probability that the internal winning of the bonus combination is stocked when the winning of the specified combination is won)” is won by the specified combination alone. It can be easily changed by changing the setting value of the designer for the probability value or the probability value for winning the bonus combination and the specified combination overlappingly (change of the design value for the so-called “game combination lottery table”). It is possible to easily design various playability with different “expected values to be won by overlapping the specific role”.

  In the internal lottery in the bonus game state, a part of the random number range corresponding to the winning of the bonus combination may overlap with the random number range corresponding to the winning of the specific combination. According to this, even in the bonus game state, there is a case where an internal winning is made for the bonus combination alone (that is, without overlapping with the specific combination). However, in this case, it is desirable that the probability that the bonus combination is won internally is larger than the probability of winning the bonus combination alone, because the game of the present invention can be utilized. Further, the bonus game state of the present invention may be a game state that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game state, so-called big bonus game state (BB game), regular bonus game state (RB game), challenge A time gaming state (CT game) or the like can be set.

In the above described spinning cylinder type gaming machine of the present invention,
The game player storage means
As the bonus combination, a first bonus combination in which the first bonus gaming state is started and a second bonus combination in which a second bonus gaming state that is more advantageous to the player than the first bonus gaming state is stored are stored. And
As the specific combination, a first specific combination and a second specific combination are stored,
The internal lottery means
In the bonus game state, an internal lottery is performed so that the first bonus combination is won in duplicate with the first specific combination, and the second bonus combination is won in duplicate with the second specific combination. An internal lottery may be held.

  In this way, the bonus combination won in the internal lottery is different between when the first specified combination is won and when the second specified combination is set, and as a result, the bonus combination to be stocked The type of can be different. For this reason, when a bonus game is started, the game is advanced by paying attention to which type of specific combination winning is achieved (which type of bonus combination is stocked), and the winning specific combination ( It is possible to realize a novel gameability in which the player recognizes the type of bonus combination stocked according to the type of the first specific combination or the second specific combination). As a result, it is possible to greatly excite the gaming interest of the player in the bonus gaming state.

  Note that the bonus game state started when the first bonus combination is won and the bonus game state started when the second bonus combination is won differ in the privilege given to the player (the number of payouts is small or large). , An advantageous period (such as the length of RT) after the bonus game state ends may be shortened). In this way, the degree of improvement in the game entertainment will change depending on whether the first specified combination or the second specified combination is won during the bonus game, and it is possible to further enhance the game entertainment in the bonus game state. It becomes.

In addition, in the above described spinning cylinder type gaming machine of the present invention,
The bonus gaming state execution means starts either the first bonus gaming state or the second bonus gaming state as the bonus gaming state when the winning of the bonus combination is established,
The internal lottery means differs in the type of the specific combination to be won in duplicate for the bonus combination between the case where the internal lottery is performed in the first bonus gaming state and the case where the internal lottery is performed in the second bonus gaming state. It is also possible to make it.

  In this way, it is possible to differentiate the specific winning combination by the case where the bonus combination is won in the internal lottery in the first bonus gaming state and the case where the bonus combination is won in the internal lottery in the second bonus gaming state. . Therefore, the player can play a game in expectation of winning of a different specific combination depending on the bonus game state, and can greatly increase the game interest of the player in the bonus game state.

  When the bonus game state executing means shifts the game state to the bonus game state, the game state of the first bonus game state or the second bonus game state can be determined by lottery. Alternatively, as a bonus combination, a bonus combination (first bonus combination) that shifts to the first bonus gaming state and a bonus combination (second bonus combination) that shifts to the second bonus gaming state are stored, and any bonus is stored. Depending on whether the winning combination of the combination is established, the game may be shifted to the first bonus game state or the second bonus game state. In addition, in the case where a plurality of types of bonus combinations are provided in this way, the types of game combinations (specific combinations) to be selected in duplicate according to the bonus game state may be different for all bonus combinations. However, only some bonus combinations may have different types of game combinations (specific combinations) to be won in duplicate.

In addition, in the above described spinning cylinder type gaming machine of the present invention,
The bonus game state is started when a JAC combination which is one of the game players can win a prize, and when a JAC role win is established, and a bonus greater than the general game state is given to the player. It consists of the JAC gaming state that is given,
The internal lottery means performs the internal lottery for the bonus combination in the general gaming state and the JAC gaming state, and performs the internal lottery in the general gaming state and the internal lottery in the JAC gaming state. The type of the specific combination to be won in duplicate with the bonus combination may be different depending on the lottery.

  In this way, during a single bonus game, the winning combination is different between the case where the bonus combination is won in the internal lottery in the general gaming state and the case where the bonus combination is won in the internal lottery in the JAC gaming state. Can be made. Therefore, the player can play a game in expectation of winning of a specific combination different in the general game state and the JAC game state during one bonus game. That is, since the contents of the bonus game state can be diversified, it is possible to greatly increase the game interest of the player in the bonus game state.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a swivel-type gaming machine that can further enhance the gaming interest of a player in a bonus gaming state.

It is a front view which shows the external appearance of the game machine of a present Example. It is the perspective view which opened the front door and showed the internal structure of the gaming machine. It is explanatory drawing which shows the arrangement | sequence of the symbol displayed on the outer peripheral surface of three spinning cylinders. It is explanatory drawing which shows the electrical structure of the game machine of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which showed the winning line set to the gaming machine of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which matched and showed the game combination set to the gaming machine of a present Example with the symbol combination which establishes a prize of a game combination, and the privilege provided by winning establishment. It is a flowchart which shows the first half part of the game control process which a main control board performs in order to control progress of a game in the gaming machine of a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the second half part of the game control process which a main control board performs in the gaming machine of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the structure of the internal winning flag in the game machine 1 of a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the rotation rotation stop process which a main control board performs in the gaming machine of a present Example. It is the flowchart which showed the flow of the rotation stop control process which a main control board performs in the gaming machine of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated one of the 1st stop tables set to the gaming machine 1 of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated a mode that the left cylinder was stopped as a 1st cylinder. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally the relationship between a 1st stop table and a 2nd stop table. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the data structure of the area | region for 1 byte in which a game state flag is set. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the internal lottery process which a main control board performs in the gaming machine of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally the lottery table for normal games of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally the BB game lottery table of a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the game state setting process which a main control board performs in the gaming machine of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated a mode that a game state switches with progress of time as a result of a game being performed by the player in a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which showed notion | gameability in a present Example notionally. It is explanatory drawing which matched and showed the game combination set to the swivel type game machine of 2nd Example with the symbol combination which establishes the winning of a game player, and the privilege provided by winning establishment. It is a flowchart which shows the first half part of the game control process which CPU201 of the main control board 200 performs in order to control progress of a game in the gaming machine 1 of 2nd Example. It is a flowchart which shows the latter half part of the game control process which CPU201 of the main control board 200 performs in the gaming machine 1 of 2nd Example. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the structure of the internal winning flag in 2nd Example. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the data structure of the area | region for 1 byte in which the game state flag in 2nd Example is set. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the game state setting process performed with the gaming machine 1 of 2nd Example. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally the lottery table for normal games used during the normal game of 2nd Example. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally the lottery table for BB general games used during the BB game of 2nd Example. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally the lottery table for JAC games of 2nd Example. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated a mode that a game state switches with progress of time as a result of a game being performed by the player in 2nd Example. It is explanatory drawing which showed notion | gameability in 2nd Example notionally. It is explanatory drawing which shows the arrangement | sequence of the symbol drawn on the outer peripheral surface of the three winding cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c of 3rd Example. It is explanatory drawing which matched and showed the game combination set to the swivel type game machine of 3rd Example with the symbol combination which establishes the winning of a game player, and the privilege provided by winning establishment. It is a flowchart which shows the first half part of the game control process which CPU201 of the main control board 200 performs in order to control progress of a game in the gaming machine 1 of 3rd Example. It is a flowchart which shows the second half part of the game control process which CPU201 of the main control board 200 performs in order to control progress of a game in the gaming machine 1 of 3rd Example. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the structure of the internal winning flag in the gaming machine 1 of the third embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the data structure of the area | region for 1 byte in which the game state flag of 3rd Example is set. It is explanatory drawing which shows the area | region which memorize | stores that the 1st BB combination and the 2BB combination were elected internally in RAM mounted in the main control board of 3rd Example. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the internal lottery process performed with the gaming machine 1 of 3rd Example. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally the lottery table for normal games used during the normal game of 3rd Example. It is a flowchart which shows the first half part of the game state setting process which the gaming machine 1 of 3rd Example performs. It is a flowchart which shows the latter half part of the game state setting process which the gaming machine 1 of 3rd Example performs. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally the 1BB game lottery table of 3rd Example. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally 2nd BB game lottery table of 3rd Example. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated a mode that the BB combination currently stocked by the stock area | region of 3rd Example was shifted to the address of a low-order side. It is explanatory drawing which showed notionally the lottery table for RT games of 3rd Example. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated a mode that a game state switches with progress of time as a result of a game being performed by the player in 3rd Example. It is explanatory drawing which showed notion | gameability in 3rd Example notionally.

Hereinafter, in order to clarify the contents of the present invention described above, examples will be described in the following order.
A. First embodiment:
A-1. Equipment configuration of the spinning machine:
A-1-1. overall structure:
A-1-2. Electrical configuration:
A-2. Outline of the game of the first embodiment:
A-3. Control contents of the first embodiment:
A-3-1. Game control processing:
A-3-2. Internal lottery processing:
A-3-3. Game state setting process:
A-4. Gameability obtained by the first embodiment:
B. Second embodiment:
B-1. Control contents of the second embodiment:
B-1-1. Game control processing:
B-1-2. Game state setting process:
B-2. Gameability obtained by the second embodiment:
C. Third embodiment:
C-1. Control contents of the third embodiment:
C-1-1. Game control processing:
C-1-2. Internal lottery processing:
C-1-3. Game state setting process:
C-2. Playability obtained by the third embodiment:
D. Variations:

A. Device configuration of a spinning machine:
A-1-1. overall structure :
FIG. 1 is a front view showing an external appearance of a swivel-type gaming machine 1 (hereinafter abbreviated as “gaming machine 1”). As shown in FIG. 1, the gaming machine 1 is provided with a housing 3 formed in a box shape and a front door 2 provided so as to cover the front side of the housing 3. The front door 2 has three main areas: a middle area where the game is actually played, an upper area 2u where various effects are performed according to the progress of the game, and a lower area 2d where game medals are paid out. The middle region is configured by a game state display unit 2ma for displaying a game state and an operation unit 2mb for playing a game.

  In the upper region 2u, an effect display device 10 is provided in the center, speakers 14 are provided on the left and right of the effect display device 10, and various lamps 12 are provided above the effect display device 10 and the speaker 14. It has been. The effect display device 10 is configured by a so-called liquid crystal display device, and can produce effects by displaying various symbols according to the progress of the game.

  A large display window 20 is provided in the center of the game state display section 2ma provided in the middle of the front door 2, and it is possible to visually recognize the rotation of the three cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c provided therein. It has become. Various display panels 22 for displaying the game state are provided on the left and right and below the display window 20.

  The operation part 2mb provided in the lower middle part of the front door 2 is formed in a shape protruding toward the front, and a game medal insertion slot 30 for inserting game medals is stored on the upper surface as credits. An insertion button 34 and the like are provided for inserting the number of game medals required for one game. The storage of game medals means that when the number of game medals inserted into the game medal slot 30 exceeds a prescribed number (the upper limit of the number of game medals required for one game), the excess is stored as data. Alternatively, instead of actually paying out game medals, the number of medals paid out is stored as data. Further, on the front surface of the operation unit 2mb, a start lever 36 for starting rotation of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c after the game medals are inserted and rotation of the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped. The rotating cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c and the like are provided.

  In addition, the operation unit 2mb is provided with a settlement button 40 on the upper surface and a return button 42 on the front surface. Here, the settlement button 40 is a button operated when paying out game medals stored inside the gaming machine 1 to the outside. Even after the game medals are inserted, the game medals that have been inserted are paid out by operating the settlement button 40 until the start lever 36 is operated and the rotation of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c is started. Is possible. The return button 42 is a button that is operated in order to clear a jammed medal when the inserted game medal is jammed inside the gaming machine 1.

  In the lower region 2d of the front door 2, there are provided a game medal payout outlet 50 through which game medals are paid out, a tray 52 for receiving the game medals paid out, and the like.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an internal configuration of the gaming machine 1 with the front door 2 opened. An effect display device 10 is attached to the upper part on the back side of the front door 2, and a pair of speakers 14 are attached to the left and right thereof. A display window 20 is provided substantially at the center of the front door 2, and a door substrate 240 described later is provided below the display window 20. Further, below the door substrate 240, the rotating cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c and the start lever 36 are attached.

  A medal selector 106 serving as a passage for inserted game medals is provided on the left side of the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c, and below that is for guiding game medals to the game medal payout port 50. A coin shooter 108 and the like are provided. The medal selector 106 has a function of selecting game medals inserted from the game medal slot 30 mainly based on dimensions and receiving only game medals that conform to the standard dimensions. When a player inserts a game medal before operating the start lever 36, the game medal is selected by the medal selector 106, and only those satisfying the standard are inserted into the hopper 116, and medals that do not satisfy the standard are selected. Through the coin shooter 108, the game medal payout exit 50 is returned. On the other hand, when a game medal is inserted after the start lever 36 is operated, the passage in the medal selector 106 is switched, and the inserted game medal passes through the coin shooter 108 and the game medal payout opening 50. Returned to. In addition, a medal sensor (not shown) is provided inside the medal selector 106, and when a game medal that has been accepted to satisfy the dimensional standard passes, the medal sensor detects the signal, and a signal thereof is described later in a main control board 200. To be supplied.

  Three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are provided in the approximate center of the casing 3 to which the front door 2 is attached, and a plurality of types of symbols are provided on the outer circumferential surface of each spinning cylinder as described later. It is drawn. A main control board unit 110 storing a later-described main control board 200 for controlling the entire game is provided above the spinning cylinders. Behind the spinning cylinders are described later for driving the respective spinning cylinders. A rotating substrate unit 112 in which the rotating substrate 260 to be stored is stored is provided. Further, a sub-control board 220 (to be described later) for controlling various effects performed using the effect display device 10 shown in FIG. 1, various lamps 12, the speaker 14, and the like is stored on the left side of the rotating drum. A sub-control board unit 111 is provided.

  A rear speaker 114 is provided below the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c, and further below that, a hopper 116 that collects inserted game medals, a medal payout device 118 that pays out game medals, and games A power supply unit 120 in which a power supply board 280 to be described later for supplying power to the entire machine 1 is stored is mounted. The game medals paid out from the medal payout device 118 pass through the coin shooter 108 and are paid out from the game medal payout outlet 50. A power switch 120 s for turning on the gaming machine 1 is also provided on the front surface of the power supply unit 120.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an arrangement of symbols drawn on the outer peripheral surfaces of the three drums 20a, 20b, and 20c. In each spinning cylinder, 21 symbols are drawn on the outer peripheral surface. In addition, the types of the drawn symbols are the same for any of the spinning cylinders, but the arrangement of the symbols is set to be different for each spinning cylinder.

A-1-2. Electrical configuration:
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an electrical configuration of the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the sub-control board 220, door board 240, rotor board 260, power supply board 280, relay board 300, etc. are connected to the gaming machine 1 so that data can be exchanged, with the main control board 200 as the center. Has been configured.

  The main control board 200 is a board that manages the progress and production of the entire game performed in the gaming machine 1. On the main control board 200, a CPU 201, a ROM 202, a RAM 203 and the like are mounted so as to be able to exchange data with each other via a bus. Then, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 receives a signal indicating that the start lever 36 has been operated from the door board 240 mounted on the front door 2, and performs sub-control while executing a game control process described later. The operation of these various substrates is controlled by outputting control commands (or control signals) toward the substrate 220, the door substrate 240, the rotating substrate 260, and the like.

  Similarly to the main control board 200 described above, the sub-control board 220 is configured by connecting a CPU 221, a ROM 222, a RAM 223, and the like so as to exchange data with each other via a bus. In addition, various lamps 12, various speakers 14 and 114, the effect display device 10, a rotating backlight 20 </ b> L, and the like are connected to the sub control board 220. Here, the spinning cylinder backlight 20L is a light that is provided inside each spinning cylinder 20a, 20b, 20c and illuminates a pattern (see FIG. 3) drawn on the surface of the spinning cylinder from the back side. The sub control board 220 analyzes the control command received from the main control board 200, and outputs drive signals to the various lamps 12, the various speakers 14, 114, the effect display device 10, and the rotary backlight 20L, respectively. Various performances are performed.

  On the door board 240, the medal selector 106, the insertion button 34 for inserting the stored game medals, the start lever 36 for starting the rotation of the rotating drum, and the stopping of the rotating rotating drum The spinning stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c, the settlement button 40 for paying out the stored game medals or the inserted game medals and ending the game, various display panels 22 for displaying the game status, etc. are connected. ing. The door board 240 is connected so as to exchange data with the main control board 200 described above. For this reason, when the start lever 36 provided on the front door 2, the rotating cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c, the closing button 34, the adjustment button 40, etc. are operated, the signal is transmitted via the door board 240 to the main control board. 200 is supplied. In addition, a signal that the medal selector 106 detects the passage of the game medal by the built-in medal sensor is also supplied to the main control board 200 through the door board 240.

  On the rotating board 260, the rotating motors 24a, 24b, 24c for rotating the three rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c, respectively, and the rotating sensors 26a, 26b for detecting the rotational positions of the respective rotating cylinders. , 26c, etc. are connected. The rotating substrate 260 detects the rotational positions of the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c by the rotating sensors 26a, 26b, and 26c, and drives the rotating motors 24a, 24b, and 24c, thereby rotating the rotating cylinders 20a. , 20b, 20c can be stopped at desired positions. In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, so-called stepping motors (stepping motors) are used for the spinning motors 24a, 24b, and 24c.

  The medal payout device 118 is connected to the main control board 200 via the relay board 300, and performs an operation of paying out a predetermined number of game medals based on a control signal from the main control board 200.

  These various control boards and power consumed by the boards are supplied from a power supply board 280. In FIG. 4, a state in which power is supplied from the power supply board 280 is represented by a dashed arrow. As shown in the figure, power is directly supplied from the power supply board 280 to the main control board 200 and the sub control board 220, and various boards (door board 240, rotor board 260, relay board 300) are Electric power is supplied via the main control board 200. An AC voltage of 100 V is supplied to the power supply board 280, and this electric power is converted into a DC voltage of a specified voltage and then supplied to each control board and board.

A-2. Outline of the game of the first embodiment:
In the following, the contents of the control performed in order to advance the game in the rotary type gaming machine 1 having the above-described configuration will be described, but as an preparation, an outline of the game performed in the rotary type gaming machine will be described. Keep it.

  When starting a game, a game medal is inserted from the game medal insertion slot 30 and a bet of game medals of a required number (a prescribed number) is required to start the game. In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the prescribed number is fixed to “3”, and when three game medals are bet, the operation of the start lever 36 is validated. When game medals are stored in advance as credits, a predetermined number of game medals can be bet by pressing the insertion button 34.

  When a specified number of game medals are bet and the start lever 36 is operated, the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c start to rotate all at once. As described above with reference to FIG. 3, since a plurality of symbols are drawn on each of the spinning cylinders, when the spinning cylinder rotates, these symbols are displayed in a variable manner on the display window 20. Further, as described above with reference to FIG. 1, three turning cylinder stop buttons 38 a, 38 b, and 38 c are provided on the front surface side of the front door 2 corresponding to each turning cylinder. When the rotating cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c are pressed while the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c are rotating, the rotating cylinders corresponding to the pressed buttons stop rotating, and accordingly, the display window 20 displays a variable display. The displayed symbol is stopped and displayed as any symbol. In this way, when the rotation of the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c is stopped, one of the symbols is stopped and displayed on each of the spinning cylinders. In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the size of the display window 20 is set such that three symbols are displayed for each cylinder. Eventually, when the three drums 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped and displayed, a total of nine symbols in three rows and three columns are displayed on the display window 20. In addition, a plurality of pay lines are set in advance at positions where these nine symbols are displayed.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a winning line set in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment. As shown in the drawing, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the upper prize line L1, the middle prize line L2, the lower prize line L3, the diagonally upward winning line L4, and the diagonally lower right. A total of five pay lines are set for the pay line L5 in the direction. When the three cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped, some symbol combinations are obtained on these winning lines. If the symbol combination on the winning line is a symbol combination corresponding to one of the game actors, the winning of the game officer is established, and a privilege corresponding to the game officer is given to the player. The

  FIG. 6 shows the types of gaming combinations set in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the symbol combinations that establish the winning of the gaming actor, and the benefits that are given to the player when the winning of the gaming actor is established. It is explanatory drawing shown correspondingly. It should be noted that the symbol combinations for winning these game combinations and the bonuses for the game combinations are stored in the ROM 202 mounted on the main control board 200. Accordingly, the ROM 202 mounted on the main control board 200 of this embodiment corresponds to the “game combination storage means” in the present invention.

  In FIG. 6, the type of gamer is displayed in the leftmost column, the symbol combination that establishes the winning of the gamer is displayed in the middle column, and the player when the winning of the gamer is established in the rightmost column. The privilege granted to is displayed. For example, the game combination called “Big Bonus” (hereinafter referred to as “BB”) shown in the uppermost row is associated with a combination of symbols called “Red Seven”. As a result, a game state called a big bonus game (BB game) that is very advantageous to the player is started. The BB game of this embodiment is a gaming state in which the number of game actors to which a game medal is paid out as a bonus is increased as compared to a normal game, and winning of the increased game officer (increased role) is established with a high probability. This is continued until a predetermined number (for example, 400) of game medals are paid out after the start of the BB game. Therefore, when the BB game is started, the player can acquire a large amount of game medals. In the present embodiment, for the winning combination, the combination of the symbol of “replay” for the left cylinder 20a, the symbol of “replay” for the middle cylinder 20b, and the symbol of “bell” for the right cylinder 20c (hereinafter referred to as “replay”). "-" Replay "-" bell ").

  In addition, a so-called “small role” game role is also provided. First, a game combination called a bell small role is set with a combination of symbols in which the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are all arranged in a “bell” pattern. Is set so that 15 game medals are paid out to the player. Next, a game combination called a watermelon small role is set with a combination of symbols in which all three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are arranged in the pattern of "watermelon". One game medal is paid out to the player. And, for a game role called a cherry small role, as long as the design of the left spinning cylinder 20a is a "cherry" design, the design of the middle spinning cylinder 20b and the right spinning cylinder 20c may be any design. The symbol combination is set, and two game medals are paid out to the small part of cherry.

  In addition, the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment is also provided with a re-playing role A and a re-playing role B, and when the re-playing role A or the re-playing role B is established, a new game medal is bet. It is possible to play a game again (that is, re-playing) without playing. Among these re-game players, re-game player A can win during the normal game and BB game, but re-game player B does not win during the normal game and can win only during the BB game. It has become. In the present embodiment, a combination of symbols in which the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are all arranged in a “replay” pattern is set for the re-game player A, A combination of symbols called “” is set.

  Of course, when the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped, a winning combination of any game player is not necessarily established. In this case, after betting a specified number of game medals again, the next game is played by operating the start lever 36 and rotating the spinning cylinder. In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the game progresses by repeatedly performing these operations. The progress of such a game is controlled by the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200. Below, the processing content which CPU201 of the main control board 200 is performing in order to control progress of a game is demonstrated.

A-3. Control contents of the first embodiment:
A-3-1. Game control processing:
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the first half of a game control process performed by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 for controlling the progress of the game in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the second half of the game control process performed by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 in the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment. This game control process is a process that is executed after the gaming machine 1 is powered on and a power-on process described later is performed.

  As shown in FIG. 7, when the game control process is started, a game state setting process (step 100. Steps are hereinafter abbreviated as “S”) is first performed. Although details of the game state setting process will be described later, in this process, the following process is roughly performed. As described above, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, as a gaming state, in addition to a normal gaming state (hereinafter referred to as “normal game”), a big bonus gaming state (hereinafter referred to as “BB game”). It is provided, and the ease of winning a winning combination of a gaming combination, the type of gaming combination that can be winning, and the like differ depending on the gaming state. In the game state setting process, it is determined whether the game state is set or the end condition of the current game state is satisfied. If the end condition is satisfied, the game state is ended and the game state is changed. Perform the switching process. By switching the game state in this way, it becomes possible to avoid the game becoming monotonous.

  Following the game state setting process, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 performs a medal insertion confirmation process (S102). In the medal insertion confirmation process, it is confirmed whether or not a game medal has been inserted from the game medal insertion slot 30 or whether or not the insertion button 34 has been operated when the game medal is stored as credit. As described above, the inserted game medal is detected by the medal sensor built in the medal selector 106, and the detection signal is supplied to the main control board 200. When the input button 34 is operated, the operation signal is supplied to the main control board 200. The CPU 201 of the main control board 200 can determine whether or not a game medal has been inserted based on these signals. When a prescribed number of game medals are inserted, the game can be started. When the insertion button 34 is operated, a process of subtracting the inserted number from the stored number of game medals is also performed at the same time.

  If the insertion of the game medal can be confirmed as described above, it is possible to start the game at any time by operating the start lever 36, but before that, it is confirmed whether or not the settlement button 40 has been operated. (S104). That is, even after betting game medals, it is possible to settle the medals including the bet game medals before the start lever 36 is operated and the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c are rotated. It has become. If the settlement button 40 has been operated (S104: yes), a settlement process is performed to perform a process of paying out game medals stored as credits and inserted game medals (S106). The payout of game medals is performed by outputting a control signal indicating the number of game medals to be paid out from the main control board 200 to the medal payout device 118. When the game medal is paid out in this way, the state returns to the state before the game is started, and the subsequent processing is performed.

  On the other hand, if the settlement button 40 has not been operated (S104: no), it is determined whether or not the start lever 36 has been operated (S108). As described above, when the player operates the start lever 36, the operation signal is supplied to the main control board 200. Therefore, the main control board 200 operates the start lever 36 based on the operation signal of the start lever 36. It can be determined whether or not. If the start lever 36 is not operated (S108: no), it is determined that the player has not started the game yet, so confirming whether or not the settlement button 40 is operated (S104), Wait until the start lever 36 is operated. On the other hand, when the start lever 36 is operated (S108: yes), the internal lottery process is started (S110).

  In the internal lottery process, a process of determining by lottery whether or not winning of any of the game combinations described above with reference to FIG. It should be noted that even if one of the game actors is won in this lottery (the winning is permitted), the winning of the gaming actor is not immediately established, but by operating the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c. If the symbol combinations corresponding to the winning game combination are not arranged on the effective winning line, it is not possible to establish a prize for the game combination. On the other hand, unless it is a game player who has won the lottery, the corresponding symbol combinations cannot be arranged on the effective pay line regardless of the timing at which the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c are operated. It is like that. In this sense, this lottery is called an “internal lottery” because it is an internal lottery as a precondition for establishing a combination of symbols and winning a gamer's prize. This state is called an internal winning state (or simply an internal winning state). In the internal lottery process, when an internal winning is made for any game combination, an internal winning flag corresponding to the game combination is set to ON. Here, the internal winning flag is a flag used for storing the result of the internal lottery, and is set to a predetermined address of the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200.

  FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the configuration of the internal winning flag in the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in the drawing, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, it is divided into an internal winning flag (internal winning flag such as a small role) for a small role, a replaying role, and an increasing role, and an internal winning flag for a BB role. An area of 1 byte (8 bits) is secured for each. FIG. 9A is an explanatory view exemplifying a data structure of a 1-byte area in which an internal winning flag such as a small role is set. As shown in the figure, the lower 6 bits of 1-byte data are used as an internal winning flag such as a small role. The first bit in these 6 bits is a bit for memorizing the internal winning of the bell small part, and the next bit is for memorizing the internal winning of the watermelon small part Is a bit. Similarly, the following four bits are bits used for storing the internal winning of the small role of cherry, the replaying role A, the replaying role B, and the increasing role, respectively.

  FIG. 9B is an explanatory view exemplifying the data structure of an area for 1 byte in which the internal winning flag of the BB combination is set. As shown in the figure, the least significant bit of 1-byte data is used as an internal winning flag for BB. The internal winning flag such as the small role and the internal winning flag of the BB role described above are set to ON when the corresponding game combination is won internally.

  In connection with the internal winning of the BB combination, the “stock function” installed in the gaming machine of this embodiment will be described. As will be described in detail later, the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment can be used during the BB game or during the time when the BB role is won internally until the BB role is won (while the BB role is being carried over). An internal lottery is performed, and as a result, there is a case where the BB combination is won internally during the BB game or even when the BB combination is carried over. The internal winning of the BB role that occurred during the BB game or during the carry-over of the BB role is until the BB game ends (in the case of the BB role being carried over, the BB game corresponding to the BB role being carried over is Until the end of the game, the internal winnings are accumulated, and the BB winning combination cannot be established (stock state). In this way, when the internal winning of the BB combination occurs during the BB game or the carry-over of the BB combination, the function of stocking the internal winning is called “stock function”. After the end of the BB game, the stocked state of the internal winning combination of the BB combination that has been stocked is canceled and the BB combination can be established.

  As shown in FIG. 7, when the internal lottery process is completed, the main control board 200 subsequently starts the rotating cylinder rotation starting process (S112). In the rotation rotation starting process, it is determined whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied. If the condition is satisfied, a process of rotating the three rotation cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c is performed. In the rotating cylinder rotation starting process of the present embodiment, when a predetermined time (for example, 4.1 seconds) has elapsed since the start lever 36 was operated and the rotation of the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c was started last time. In order to start the rotation of the rotating cylinder, the driving signals are output to the rotating motors 24a, 24b, and 24c provided in the respective rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c. Rotate 20c.

  When the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are thus rotated, the main control board 200 performs a process of stopping the rotation of the spinning cylinder (rotating cylinder rotation stopping process) (S114). However, if the spinning cylinder is stopped based solely on the timing, the result of irrelevant to the result of the internal lottery (whether or not to which internal player has won the game) will be displayed. It is possible that a symbol combination corresponding to a non-playing game player is stopped and displayed on the winning line. Therefore, when stopping the spinning cylinder, it corresponds to a game player who has not won an internal winning while stopping the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c at the timing when the player operates the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c. It is necessary to stop the symbol combinations so that they are never aligned on the winning line. In order to realize this, the following control is performed in the rotating drum rotation stop process.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a flow of the rotating cylinder rotation stop process shown in S114 of FIG. When the spinning rotation stop process is started, first, a process of extracting the first stop table is performed according to the result of the internal lottery (S110 in FIG. 7) performed prior to this process (S200).

  Here, the stop table is a dedicated table that is referred to when stopping the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c. As will be described in detail later, when the player operates the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c, any of the symbols drawn on the outer peripheral surface of the spinning cylinder (see FIG. 3) is displayed on the display window 20. Whether to display and stop the cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c is preset in the stop table. As described above, when a game player is won by an internal lottery and winning is permitted (the internal winning flag is set to ON), the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c at an appropriate timing. When the is operated, it is necessary to stop the respective cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c so that the symbol combinations corresponding to the game combination are aligned on the winning line. In addition, when the internal winning flag of the BB combination and the internal winning flag of the other gaming combination are set to ON, each time the symbol combination corresponding to the gaming combination other than the BB combination is preferentially aligned on the winning line. It is necessary to stop the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c. On the other hand, for gamers whose internal winning flag is set to OFF, the corresponding symbol combination is aligned on an effective winning line regardless of the timing at which the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c are operated. It is necessary to stop each cylinder 20a, 20b, 20c so that there is no. Therefore, different stop tables are provided depending on which game player's internal winning flag is set to ON.

  In addition, such a stop table includes a first stop table that is referred to when all of the rotating drums 20a, 20b, and 20c are rotating, and a second stop table that is referred to when any one of them has already stopped. And are set. Therefore, the first stop table is selected immediately after the rotation rotation stop processing is started and in the state where no rotation has been stopped yet. In addition, if the internal winning flag of any game combination is set to ON, a table is selected so that the symbol combinations corresponding to the game combination can be prepared, and conversely, any internal winning flag is set to ON. If not, the first stop table is selected according to the internal lottery result because it is necessary to select a table in which no symbol combination corresponding to any game combination is available. For example, when the internal winning flag of “Bell small role” is set to ON, the first stop table set for “Bell small role” winning is extracted. Of course, if no game combination is won, the first stop table set for losing is extracted.

  When the first stop table is selected in this way, it is determined whether or not the rotational speed of the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c has reached a predetermined value (S202). Immediately after the rotating cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c start to rotate, it is determined that the rotational speed is increasing and has not yet reached the predetermined rotational speed (S202: no) until the rotational speed reaches a predetermined value. , And enters a standby state while repeating the determination. If it is determined that the rotational speed has reached the predetermined speed (S202: yes), the operation of the rotating cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c is validated (S204).

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not any one of the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c that has been activated has been operated (S206). As described above, when the player operates the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c, the operation signal is supplied to the main control board 200. Therefore, the main control board 200 stops the spinning cylinder based on the operation signal. It can be determined whether or not the buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c have been operated. If none of the spinning cylinder stop buttons is operated (S206: no), the process waits until it is operated.

  On the other hand, if any of the rotation stop buttons is operated (S206: yes), the operated rotation stop button is invalidated (S208), and when the rotation stop button is operated, It is detected at which rotational position the corresponding rotating cylinder was located (S210). As described above, the rotation sensors 26a, 26b, and 26c are provided corresponding to the rotation cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c (see FIG. 4), and the rotation positions of the rotation cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c can be detected. It is. Further, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the number of symbols among a plurality of symbols (see FIG. 3) drawn on the corresponding rotating cylinder is set to a predetermined “reference position” when the rotating cylinder stop button is operated. Based on the displayed information, the rotational position of the rotating drum is detected. Here, the reference position is a special position predetermined in order to relatively detect the rotational position of each spinning cylinder. In the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment, any spinning cylinder is located in the middle of the display window 20. The position is set to the reference position.

  In this way, when the rotational position of the rotating cylinder where the rotating cylinder stop button has been operated is detected, a process (rotating cylinder stop control process) for stopping the rotating cylinder at an appropriate position is started (S212). The detailed contents of the rotating cylinder stop control process will be described later.

  When the spinning cylinder stop control process is performed to stop the spinning cylinder for which the spinning cylinder stop button has been operated, it is determined whether or not all of the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c have been stopped (S214). If there is a rotating spinning cylinder without operating the spinning cylinder stop button yet (S214: no), the process returns to S206 and waits until an effective rotating cylinder stop button is operated. Then, the series of processes described above are executed. If it is determined that all the spinning cylinders have been stopped while repeating these processes (S214: yes), the spinning cylinder rotation stopping process of FIG. 10 is terminated and the process returns to the game control process shown in FIGS. To do.

  Here, when the rotation stop button is operated in the above-described rotation rotation stop processing (FIG. 10), the rotation stop control processing (S212) performed to stop the corresponding rotation cylinder at an appropriate position. ) Will be explained.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the flow of the rotation stop control process executed in the rotation rotation stop process. When the rotation stop control process is started, first, it is determined whether or not the rotation cylinder to be stopped is the first rotation cylinder (S300). Here, the first spinning cylinder refers to the spinning cylinder that stops first among the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c. That is, since the three spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c may be operated in any order, the order in which the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped can take various orders. Therefore, among the three spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c, the first spinning cylinder that stops is referred to as a “first spinning cylinder”, and the second spinning cylinder that stops second is the “second spinning cylinder” and stops third. The cylinder is called the “third cylinder” for distinction. And when it is determined to stop the first cylinder (S300: yes), referring to the first stop table extracted immediately after the start of the cylinder rotation stop process (S200 in FIG. 10), The stop position of the first cylinder is determined based on the rotation position (S210 of FIG. 10) of the first cylinder at the time of the detected rotation stop button operation (S302). In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the symbol (stop symbol) to be stopped and displayed at the reference position is determined as the stop position of the rotating drum.

  FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating one of the first stop tables set in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment. In the stop table, the relationship between the rotation position of the rotating cylinder when the rotating cylinder stop button is operated and the time from when the rotating cylinder stop button is operated until the rotating cylinder is stopped (stop time) is set. Has been. As described above, in the present embodiment, the rotational positions of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are detected based on the symbols displayed at the reference position. Therefore, in FIG. The numbers of symbols drawn on the outer peripheral surfaces 20b and 20c (corresponding to the numbers assigned to the symbol array in FIG. 3) are set. Further, as described above, when the operation of the rotating cylinder stop button is validated, the corresponding rotating cylinder is rotating at a constant speed (S202: yes in FIG. 10). During that time, it is also determined how many frames will be rotated in the pattern drawn on the rotator. Therefore, in the example shown in FIG. 12, instead of the stop time, the “sliding frame number” indicating how many frames are rotated (slid) to stop the rotating cylinder after the rotating cylinder stop button is operated. "Is set. Therefore, by referring to such a stop table, the number of sliding symbols corresponding to the symbol displayed at the reference position when the rotating cylinder stop button is operated can be read to determine the stop symbol.

  As an example, a case where the left cylinder 20a is stopped as the first cylinder will be described. When the player operates the left rotation stop button (left stop button) 38a, as shown in FIG. 13, the 10th “white seven” symbol is displayed at the middle position (reference position) of the display window 20. Suppose that it is displayed. In this case, referring to the first stop table in FIG. 12, the number of sliding symbols is set to “2” for the 10th “white seven” symbol. For this reason, the symbol “Bell” of No. 12 is slid for two frames and determined as the stop symbol to be displayed at the reference position. In FIG. 13, the rotating direction of the rotating drum is indicated by a white arrow, and the symbol surrounded by a broken-line circle represents a stop symbol.

  Here, the stop time set in the stop table is 190 msec at the maximum, and during this 190 msec, the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are rotated by four frames as a pattern. In other words, when the rotating cylinder stop button is operated, it stops from the symbols (5 symbols including the symbol at the reference position) within 4 frames at the maximum from the symbol displayed at the reference position at that time. The design will be determined. Correspondingly, in the stop table (FIG. 12), a numerical value of 0 to 4 is set as the number of sliding symbols according to the design of the reference position.

  Thus, the stop position of the rotating drum is determined by the stop time (number of sliding frames) set in the stop table. Therefore, if the stop table is set appropriately in advance, the symbol combinations corresponding to the game players whose internal winning flag is set to ON can be relatively easily aligned on the effective winning line. Each combination 20a, 20b, and 20c can be stopped so that the symbol combinations of game players whose internal winning flag is not set to ON are never aligned on a valid winning line.

  When the stop position of the first cylinder is determined as described above, the first cylinder is stopped at the determined position (S304 in FIG. 11). After that, when the second stop table is extracted according to the symbol stopped and displayed on the first cylinder (S306), the cylinder stop control process of FIG. 11 is temporarily ended, and the cylinder rotation stop process shown in FIG. Return to. Here, the relationship between the first stop table and the second stop table will be supplementarily described.

  FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the first stop table and the second stop table. As described above, the first stop table is a table that is referred to when the first cylinder is stopped, that is, when all of the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are rotating. It is set as a target. On the other hand, the second stop table is a table that is referred to when stopping the second cylinder and the third cylinder, and the first cylinder already stopped has three cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c. Depending on which of the two, the remaining two drums except the first drum are set as targets. In addition, as described above, in order to establish a winning combination for a game player who has won an internal winning, the corresponding symbol combinations must be aligned on the winning line. It is necessary not to align with any of the lines. For this reason, which symbol is stopped and displayed on the second or third cylinder may be influenced by the symbols displayed on the already stopped first cylinder. Accordingly, a plurality of second stop tables are prepared according to the symbols stopped and displayed on the first cylinder, and in S306 of FIG. 11, an appropriate one is displayed depending on which symbol is stopped and displayed on the first cylinder. The second stop table is extracted. As described above, the stop position of each of the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c depends on the game player who is won internally, so that both the first stop table and the second stop table are internally won. Each is set according to the role.

  In the above, the process performed when the turning cylinder to be stopped is the first rotating cylinder (S300: yes in FIG. 11) has been described. However, when the rotating cylinder to be stopped is not the first rotating cylinder, that is, already If any of the spinning cylinders is stopped (S300: no), it is determined whether or not the rotating cylinder to be stopped is the second spinning cylinder (S308). And when it is judged that it is the 2nd cylinder (S308: yes), referring to the 2nd stop table extracted by S306, rotation of the 2nd cylinder at the time of the rotation stop button operation detected previously Based on the position (S210 in FIG. 10), the stop position of the second cylinder is determined similarly to the case of the first cylinder described above (S310). After that, when the second cylinder is stopped at the determined position (S312), the rotation stop control process of FIG. 11 is once ended and the process returns to the rotation rotation stop process of FIG.

  On the other hand, if the symbol to be stopped is not the second cylinder (S308: no), it is determined that the first cylinder and the second cylinder are already stopped and the third cylinder is stopped. Therefore, referring to the second stop table, the stop position of the third cylinder is determined based on the rotation position (S210 in FIG. 10) of the third cylinder when the cylinder stop button is detected previously. (S314). As shown in FIG. 12, stop information (stop time) for both the second and third cylinders is set in the second stop table. The second stop table is also referred to when making the determination. When the third cylinder is stopped at the position thus determined (S316), the cylinder stop control process of FIG. 11 is terminated and the process returns to the cylinder rotation stop process shown in FIG.

  As described above, in the spinning rotation stop process, an appropriate stop table is extracted according to the game player who is won internally, and any of the spinning stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c is operated. The stop corresponding to the operated rotation stop button is stopped at an appropriate position by determining the stop position while referring to the stop table based on the rotation position at the time of operating the corresponding rotation button. It has become. Then, every time the spinning cylinder is stopped, it is determined whether or not all the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped (S214). If all the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are not stopped (S214). : No), the process returns to S206 again, and it is determined whether or not any of the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c has been operated. If it is determined that all of the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c have been stopped by repeating these processes (S214: yes), the spinning cylinder rotation stopping process shown in FIG. 10 is terminated.

  The process for controlling the stop positions of the cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c is such that only the game combination won in the internal lottery process can be won, and the game combination that has not been won internally cannot be won. This is performed by the above-described spinning cylinder rotation stopping process. Accordingly, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 of the present embodiment that executes the rotation rotation stop processing corresponds to the “stop control means” in the present invention.

  When the three cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped in this manner, the process returns to the game control process, and it is determined whether or not any game player has won a prize (S114 in FIG. 7). Here, “a winning combination of a game combination is established” means that the symbol combinations corresponding to the game combination are stopped and displayed on the winning line. As described above, in the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, even if the internal winning flag is set to ON in any of the game winning combinations in the internal lottery process (S110) and the internal winning flag is set to ON, , 38c, the combination of symbols corresponding to the game combination may not be aligned on the winning line. Therefore, the main control board 200 determines whether or not a winning combination of the game player has been established after stopping the rotation of the spinning cylinder.

  If it is determined that no winning combination has been established (S116: no), the game ends, and the process returns to the beginning of the game control process of FIG. 7 to perform the game state setting process ( S100). In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the winning combination BB is set in the internal lottery process (S110) described above and the internal winning flag of the BB winning is set to ON, but the symbol combination corresponding to the winning line is stopped. Only when the winning combination of the BB combination is not established and the internal winning flag is set to ON, it is carried over to the next game, and after the next game, the internal winning flag of the BB combination is ON. The game is played in the state set to. On the other hand, if another winning combination such as a small role or re-playing role is won internally, if the symbol combination corresponding to the winning winning role cannot be stopped and displayed on the winning line, the internal winning The flag is set to OFF without being carried over after the next game.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that a winning combination of any game combination has been established (S116: yes), first, it is determined whether or not the gaming combination in which the winning combination has been established is a BB combination (FIG. 8). S118). As described above with reference to FIG. 6, the BB combination is a game combination in which a winning combination is established when “red seven” symbols are arranged on the winning line. If it is determined that the winning combination of the BB combination is established (S118: yes), the internal winning flag of the BB combination set to ON is returned to OFF (S120), and the BB game flag is set to ON. (S122). Here, the BB gaming flag is a flag indicating that the gaming state is switched to the BB gaming when the winning of the BB combination is established, and is a kind of a dedicated flag called a “gaming state flag” for representing the current gaming state. It is. As will be described in detail later, the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment is provided with a gaming state flag corresponding to each of the gaming states such as BB gaming and re-gaming, and setting (ON / OFF) of these gaming state flags. The game progresses while switching the game state accordingly. Such a game state flag is set at a predetermined address of the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200.

  FIG. 15 is an explanatory view exemplifying the data structure of an area for 1 byte in which the game state flag is set. In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the lower two bits of 1-byte data at a predetermined address on the RAM 203 are used as the gaming state flag. The leading bits of these 2 bits are set in the BB game flag. In S122 of the game control process shown in FIG. 8, the BB game flag is set to ON (the bit is set to “ON”) in order to start the BB game by the BB role winning establishment upon receiving the winning of the BB role winning (S118: yes). 1 ”).

  When the game state setting process (S100) is started by returning to the beginning of the game control process with the BB game flag set to ON, it is detected that the BB game flag is ON and the game state is BB game. Will be switched to. Details of the game state setting process (S100) will be described later.

  When the BB combination is won, the corresponding BB game flag is set to ON, and the process for starting and ending the BB game is performed by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 performing the above-described game control process. Is done by that. Therefore, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 of this embodiment corresponds to the “bonus game state execution means” in the present invention. In addition, the process for carrying over the internal winning of the BB role when the winning of the BB role cannot be established despite the internal winning of the BB role is also realized by the game control process described above. . Therefore, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 of this embodiment corresponds to the “bonus bonus carryover means” in the present invention.

  In the above description, the processing performed when the winning winning game combination is the BB combination (S118: yes in FIG. 8) has been described. However, when the winning winning game combination is not the BB combination (S118). : No), it is determined whether or not the winning game player is any re-game player (re-game player A or re-game player B) (S124). If a winning combination has been established for the re-gamer (S124: yes), the internal game flag of the re-gamer is returned to OFF (S126), and the re-game flag is set to ON (S128). Here, the re-playing flag is a flag for storing that a winning of any re-playing combination (re-playing combination A or re-playing combination B) is established. If this re-game flag is set to ON, in the next game medal insertion confirmation process (S102 in FIG. 7), a game medal is automatically inserted even if it is not inserted by the player. Further, after the medal insertion confirmation process automatically reintroduces game medals, the setting of the regame flag is returned to OFF. Such a re-game flag is also set to a predetermined address of the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200, similarly to the game state flag described above. In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 15, the second bit from the beginning of the bit data for 2 bits indicating the gaming state is set in the re-gaming flag. In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the same replay is performed as described above, regardless of whether the regame player A is won or the replay player B is won. Set the replay flag to ON without distinction.

  On the other hand, when the winning game player is not a re-playing game player (S124: no), although a winning game player has been won (S116: yes in FIG. 7), Since it is neither a BB combination nor a replay combination, it is determined to be a small combination or an increase combination. Therefore, a process of paying out the number of game medals corresponding to the winning game player is performed (S130). That is, if the winning small role is a bell small role, 15 game medals will be paid out, if it is a watermelon small role, 10 game medals will be paid out, if it is a cherry small role, Process to pay out game medals. Further, when a winning combination of winning combination is established, a process of paying out 15 game medals is performed. This process is performed by obtaining the number of game medals to be paid out inside the main control board 200 and then outputting a control signal from the main control board 200 to the medal payout device 118.

  When the game medals are paid out in this way, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 performs a payout number counting process (S132). Since the BB game of this embodiment is set to end when the upper limit number (for example, 400) of game medals is paid out, the number of game medals paid out after the start of the BB game (payout number) ) Must be counted. Therefore, in the payout number counting process, first, it is determined whether or not the current gaming state is a BB game. If it is determined that the game is in the BB game, the number of game medals paid out in the process of S130. Is added to the number of payouts (the number of payouts). On the other hand, if it is determined that the game is not BB game, the payout number counting process is terminated without performing the process of adding the payout number. When the payout number counting process is thus performed, the process returns to the beginning of the game control process shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, and a new game is started.

  As described above, in the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment, after setting the gaming state based on the setting of the gaming control flag shown in FIG. 15 (S100 in FIG. 7), the insertion of the gaming medal and the start lever When the operation is confirmed (S102, S108 in FIG. 7), an internal lottery is performed to rotate the rotary drums 20a, 20b, 20c (S110, S112), and the rotary drums 20a, 20b, 20c are stopped according to the result of the internal lottery. (S114). When the symbol combination corresponding to any game combination is stopped and displayed (S116: yes), a game in which the player acquires a privilege is performed according to the game combination. In particular, when the symbol combination corresponding to the BB combination is stopped and displayed, the above-described game is performed in a game state that is very advantageous for a player called a BB game.

  Further, in the BB game started in this way, the gaming state is already in a state advantageous to the player, and therefore, it is naturally impossible to start the BB game while being overlapped with the BB game. However, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the BB combination can be won internally even during the BB game (or during the BB carryover). If the BB combination is won internally during the BB game (or during BB carryover), the symbol combination corresponding to the BB combination is not stopped and displayed until the end of the BB game (stock state). When the BB game is stored (stocked) and the BB game is ended, the stocked state of the internal winning of the stocked BB combination is canceled, and the symbol combination corresponding to the BB combination can be stopped and displayed. As a result, if many internal winnings of the BB role can be stocked during the BB game, after the BB game is finished, the BB role is continuously awarded according to the stocked internal winnings. It becomes possible, and it becomes possible to greatly excite a player's entertainment interest.

  In addition, in the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, when a specific symbol combination is stopped and displayed during the BB game, the internal winning of the BB role is stocked, so that the player can play the BB game. When the game is started, a special game is realized in which a game is played aiming to stop and display the specific symbol combination. Since such gaming is mainly realized by the internal lottery process (S110) and the game state setting process (S100) performed in the game control process, the internal lottery process (S110) and the game state will be described below. After describing the detailed contents of the setting process (S100), the special game characteristics realized in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment will be described in detail.

A-3-2. Internal lottery processing:
FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the flow of the internal lottery process performed in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment. As described above, the internal lottery process is executed by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 in the game control process shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 (S110 in FIG. 7).

  When the internal lottery process (S110) is started, first, an internal lottery is performed using a lottery table (S300). The internal lottery is a lottery performed in order to determine whether or not any of the above-mentioned winning combinations of the game actors described above with reference to FIG. 6 is permitted or not. . The lottery table is a dedicated table used for performing an internal lottery. In the lottery table, a game combination and a random value are set in association with each other. If the randomly acquired random number value is a random value associated with a game combination, the winning combination of the game combination is permitted, and conversely, it is associated with any game combination. If there is no random number value, it is possible to perform an internal lottery by determining that winning of any game combination is not permitted. Therefore, depending on what kind of game combination is associated with what random number range in the lottery table, the type of game combination that can be won and the easiness of winning can be made different.

  The gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment is provided with a normal game lottery table used during normal game and a BB game lottery table used during BB game, and a gaming state performed prior to the internal lottery process In the setting process (S100 in FIG. 7), any one lottery table is selected in advance.

  FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing a normal game lottery table used during a normal game. FIG. 17A collectively shows the range of random numbers assigned to each game combination, and FIG. 17B shows a rough ratio of the random number ranges allocated to each game combination. It is shown. The random number used for the internal lottery is called an internal lottery random number and is acquired when the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 receives the operation signal of the start lever 36. In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the internal lottery random number is 2-byte data and can take a random value in the range of 0-65535. The random numbers for lottery can be generated in hardware using a dedicated random number generation circuit mounted on the main control board 200, or generated in software using a program for generating random numbers. Is also possible.

  As shown in FIG. 17, in the lottery table for normal games, a random number value of 0 to 11999 is set for “bell small part”. This means that if the acquired random number value is within this range, the small part of the bell is won internally. Similarly, a random value of 12000 to 15999 is set for “Watermelon small character”, a random value of 16000 to 19999 is set for “Cherry small character”, and 20000 for “Re-game character A”. A random value of ˜28999 is set. In addition, among random numbers set for “re-playing combination A”, random values of 20000 to 20399 are also set redundantly for “BB combination”. This indicates that when the obtained random number value is within this range, the re-game combination A and the BB combination overlap and win internally. It should be noted that no game combination is set in the random number values of 2900 to 65535, and therefore, when the acquired random number value is within this range, it is “lost”.

  FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing a lottery table for BB games used during BB games. FIG. 18 (a) shows the range of random numbers assigned to each game combination, and FIG. 18 (b) shows a rough ratio of the random number range assigned to each game combination. ing. FIG. 18C also shows a rough random number range ratio of each game combination set in the normal game lottery table described above with reference to FIG. As is apparent from a comparison between FIG. 18B and FIG. 18C, the BB game lottery table has a BB combination in the same range as the random number range in which the BB combination is set in the normal game lottery table. Is set. Accordingly, when an internal lottery is performed using the BB game lottery table shown in FIG. 18B, the BB game is played with a certain probability as in the case of using the normal game lottery table shown in FIG. You will be able to win the role internally.

  In addition, the random number range in which the re-playing combination A in the BB game lottery table is set is narrowed to 1/10 or less compared with that in the normal game lottery table. For this reason, the BB combination is set to be overlapped in more than half of the random number range in which the re-game combination A is set. Further, in the BB game lottery table, the re-game combination B that has not been set in the normal game lottery table is set in a state of being completely overlapped with the BB combination. As described above, since the BB role overlaps with a part of the replay A, when the internal lottery is performed using the lottery table for the BB game, the BB role is replayed with the replay role A and the replay role. Duplicate with B and will be won internally. In addition, while the BB role only overlaps with a part of the re-playing role A, the BB role and the re-playing role B completely overlap, so the re-playing role A is won alone. However, the re-playing combination B is not independently won internally, and the BB combination and the re-playing combination A are always won. Further, in the BB game lottery table, an increasing combination is set for half or more random values. Therefore, when an internal lottery is performed using the BB game lottery table, an internal winning combination is won with a very high probability.

  If the re-gamer A and the re-gamer B are both in the internal winning combination, both the re-gamer A and the re-gamer B will win both by setting the internal winning flag to ON. Is allowed. In this state, when the spinning cylinder rotation stop process (FIG. 10) is started, the re-game player B is won only when the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c are operated at a specific timing. A stop table (see FIG. 12) is extracted so that the re-gamer A can win a prize when operated at a timing other than. Further, when stopping the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c with the internal winning flags of both the BB combination and the replaying combination A set to ON, in the rotation rotation stopping process (FIG. 10), First, a stop table set so that the re-game player A wins is extracted, and when no game player is won in the next game or later (when lost in the internal lottery process), A stop table set to win is extracted.

  Note that the re-game player B is not a target of the internal lottery during the normal game, and is a game player who wins in duplicate with the BB game during the BB game. Accordingly, the re-playing combination B corresponds to the “specific combination” in the present invention.

  In the internal lottery process shown in FIG. 16, the internal lottery is performed by referring to any of the lottery tables described above (S400). As a result, depending on the internal lottery random number acquired when the start lever 36 is operated and the lottery table referred to, the internal lottery result (which game player has been won internally or which game player has been won internally) It was decided).

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not an internal winning combination is won for the BB combination (S402). For example, if the normal game lottery table shown in FIG. 17 is selected, if the internal lottery random number is in the range of 20000 to 20399, the BB combination and the re-game combination A are internally won. It is judged. In addition, when the internal winning of the BB role is carried over (when the internal winning flag of the BB role is ON), it is determined that the BB role has been won internally. As a result, when the BB combination is not won internally (S402: no), it means that a game combination other than the BB combination is won internally, or no game combination is won internally. Therefore, in accordance with the result of the internal lottery, if any of the game combinations is won internally, a process of setting the corresponding internal winning flag to ON is performed. Prior to this process, since it is determined that the internal winning combination for the BB combination is not made (S402: no), the internal winning flag for the BB combination is not set to ON in the processing of S414. If no internal winning is made for any game combination, no internal winning flag is set to ON in S414. In this way, when the BB combination is not internally won (S402: no), after setting the internal winning flag according to the internal lottery result (S414), the internal lottery process shown in FIG. Return to 7 game control processing.

  On the other hand, when the internal winning combination is won for the BB combination (S402: yes), first, the internal winning flag of the gaming combination that has been won in duplicate for the BB combination is set to ON (S404). That is, as described with reference to FIGS. 17 and 18, the BB combination always wins the internal repetitive combination with the re-playing combination A during the normal game, and the re-playing combination A and the re-playing are always performed during the BB game. Duplicate internal winnings for Gamer B. In addition, in the state where the internal winning of the BB combination is carried over, another game combination may be internally won. Therefore, when the BB combination is won internally, the internal winning flag of the game combination won for the BB combination is set to ON. For example, when the internal winning is repeated for the re-gamer A and the re-gamer B, the internal winning flags corresponding to the re-gamer A and the re-gamer B are both set to ON.

  Here, as described above, in the rotation rotation stopping process (FIG. 10), the stop table that can be won by a game player whose internal winning flag is set to ON is extracted to stop the rotation of the rotation cylinders 20a, 20b, 20c. I do. Therefore, as soon as the internal winning flag is set to ON, the winning combination of the game combination corresponding to the internal winning flag is permitted (in the next spinning rotation stop process). In the present embodiment, with respect to the game combination other than the BB combination, even if the internal winning combination is overlapped with the BB combination, the winning establishment is permitted regardless of the gaming state. Therefore, if the internal winning is made, the internal winning flag is set to ON as it is (S404). When the internal winning flag is set to ON in this way, as described above with reference to FIG. 10, in the rotation rotation stop processing, a stop table is extracted from which a winning combination can be established for a game combination with the internal winning flag set to ON. . As a result, when the player operates the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c at an appropriate timing, it is possible to establish a winning combination for a game combination with the internal winning flag set to ON.

  On the other hand, for the BB combination, before the internal winning flag is set to ON, it is determined whether or not the current gaming state is BB gaming (S406). If it is determined that the BB game is not being played (S406: no), this time, whether or not the internal winning flag of the BB role is already set to ON, in other words, the BB role is being carried over. Whether or not (S408). As a result, if it is determined that the current gaming state is not BB gaming (S406: no) and the BB combination is not being carried over (S408: yes), the internal winning flag of the BB combination is set to ON (S410). ). On the other hand, if the current gaming state is determined to be BB gaming (S406: yes), or if it is determined that the BB role is being carried over (S408: yes), the internal winning flag of the BB role is turned ON. Instead, “1” is added to the stock counter (S412). Here, the stock counter is a counter for storing the number of internal winnings of the BB role stored without turning on the internal winning flag, and the area is secured in the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200. Has been.

  In this way, when the BB combination is won internally during the BB game (or while the BB combination is being carried over), the internal winning is stored in the stock counter and the internal winning flag of the BB combination is not turned ON. . Accordingly, if the current gaming state is BB gaming, the rotation table rotation stop processing (FIG. 10) performed thereafter will extract a stop table in which the BB role cannot be established, and the player Even when the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c are operated at any timing, the symbol combination for winning the BB combination is not stopped and displayed. In addition, when the BB combination is being carried over, the internal winning flag of the BB combination is already set to ON, so that in the subsequent rotation rotation stop processing (FIG. 10), a stop where the BB combination can be established. The table is extracted, and eventually a BB winning combination is established and the BB game is started. At this time, as described above with reference to FIG. 8, since the internal winning flag of the BB combination that was set to ON is turned OFF, thereafter, the player can turn the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, 38c at any timing. Even when the button is operated, the symbol combination for winning the BB combination is not stopped and displayed.

  As described above, in the internal lottery process of the present embodiment, the internal lottery including the BB role is also performed during the BB game (or during the carry-over of the BB role), and the BB game (or the carry-over of the BB role is also carried out). In the middle), when the internal winning is won for the BB combination, after performing the process of stocking the internal winning in the stock counter, the process returns to the game control process of FIG. As a result of stocking the internal winning of the BB role in this way, even if the BB role is won internally during the BB game (or during the carry-over of the BB role), the BB role cannot be established and the BB winning can not be established. When the game is completed, the game state setting process described below is performed, so that the stocked BB combination can be established.

  Note that the internal lottery process for determining which of the game actors to win or whether to lose any of the game actors is performed by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 executing the game control process described above. ing. Therefore, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 of this embodiment corresponds to the “internal lottery means” in the present invention.

A-3-3. Game state setting process:
FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the flow of the game state setting process performed in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment. As described above, the game state setting process is executed by the main control board 200 in the game control process shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 (S100 in FIG. 7).

  When the game state setting process (S100) is started, first, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 determines whether or not the BB game flag shown in FIG. 15 is set to ON (S500). As described above, the BB game flag is a game state flag indicating that the game state is set to BB game. As a result, when it is determined that the BB game flag is not set to ON (S500: no), since the normal game is being performed, the normal game lottery table shown in FIG. 17 is selected (S502).

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the BB game flag is set to ON, it is determined whether or not the BB game end condition is satisfied (S504). In this embodiment, the number of game medals paid out after the start of the BB game is set as the BB game end condition. When the number of game medals paid out reaches a predetermined number (for example, 400), the BB game is played. It is set to end. In the game control process described above with reference to FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, the number of game medals paid out is counted (S132 in FIG. 8). Then, it can be detected immediately. When it is determined that the BB game end condition is not satisfied (S504: no), after selecting the BB game lottery table to continue the BB game, the game state setting process shown in FIG. Returning to the game control process of FIG.

  As described above, in the game state setting process, a process of selecting either the normal game lottery table (see FIG. 17) or the BB game lottery table (see FIG. 18) is performed according to the setting of the BB game flag (S502). Or S514). In the internal lottery process (FIG. 16) performed following the game state setting process, the internal lottery is performed using the lottery table selected in this way. As a result, depending on the selected lottery table, the internal winning of the game player and the type of the game player to be won internally will be switched, so that the game is played in either the normal game or the BB game state. It will be.

  Further, as described above with reference to FIG. 8, during the BB game, the number of game medals paid out is counted (S132 in FIG. 8). Then, when the number of medals paid out after the start of the BB game reaches a predetermined number, it is determined that the BB game end condition is satisfied in the game state setting process (S504 of FIG. 19: yes). In order to end, the BB game flag is set to OFF (S506). Furthermore, after setting the BB game flag to OFF, it is checked whether or not the internal winning of the BB combination is stocked. If there is an internal winning of the stocked BB winning (S508: yes) ), Processing for making the internal winning combination of the stocked BB combination possible to win the BB combination. That is, as described above, in the internal lottery process (FIG. 16), when an internal winning is made to the BB role during the BB game or the carry-over of the BB role, the internal winning is stocked in the stock counter, and according to the internal winning. It is in a stock state where the BB role cannot be won. Therefore, when the BB game is completed, the internal winning of the BB combination stocked so far is processed so that the BB combination can win. In this specification, from the state in which the internal winning combination of the BB combination is stocked in the stock counter to the state where the BB winning combination can be won according to the internal winning, “release the BB combination” or It shall be referred to as “canceling the stock state”.

  Whether or not the internal winning combination of the BB combination is stocked (S508) can be determined by referring to the value of the stock counter described above. If the value of the stock counter is other than “0”, it is determined that the internal winning of the BB combination is stocked (S508: yes), and the internal winning flag of the BB combination is set to ON (S510). . When the internal winning flag for the BB role is set to ON in this way, as described above, in the rotation rotation stop processing, a stop table that can establish a winning combination for the BB role is extracted, and the rotating drums 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped. It becomes possible to make a winning combination for the BB combination.

  If the internal winning flag of the BB combination is set to ON (S510), one BB combination that has been stocked is released. Therefore, in order to reduce the number of stocks of the BB combination, the value of the stock counter is “1”. Is subtracted (S512). After subtracting “1” from the value of the stock counter, the game state setting process shown in FIG. 19 is performed after selecting the normal game lottery table shown in FIG. 17 in order to end the B game and start the normal game. Is finished, and the process returns to the game control process of FIG.

  As described above, in the gaming state setting process according to the present embodiment, the BB gaming lottery table or the normal gaming lottery table is selected according to the setting of the BB gaming flag, and at the end of the BB gaming, If the winning combination is stocked, the internal winning flag of the BB combination is set to ON, and the process of releasing the BB combination is performed.

  As a result of the internal lottery process (FIG. 16) and the game state setting process (FIG. 19) described above, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, even during the BB game (or during the carry-over of the BB role) The internal winning can be generated, and the internal winning of the generated BB combination is in a stocked state until the BB game ends. When the BB game ends, the stocked BB combination is released, and the BB combination can be established. In addition, as is clear from the BB game lottery table shown in FIG. 18, when the BB combination is won internally during the BB game, the internal combination is always duplicated with the re-game combination B. Moreover, as is clear from the normal game lottery table shown in FIG. 17, the re-game player B is a game player that never wins a prize during the normal game. When the BB combination is won internally during the BB game, the re-playing combination B is set to win a prize with priority over the BB combination. As a result, in the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to further enhance the player's gaming interest by utilizing the fact that the internal lottery of the BB role is performed even during the BB game (and during the carry-over of the BB role). It is possible. Hereinafter, this point will be described in detail.

A-4. Gameability obtained by the first embodiment:
FIG. 20 is an explanatory view exemplifying how the gaming state is switched over time as a result of the game being played by the player. For example, it is assumed that, by operating the start lever 36 at the timing of “a”, the re-game combination A and the BB combination are internally won. In this case, the internal winning flag for the BB combination in (d) is set to ON, and the internal winning flag for the re-game combination A in (f) is set to ON. At this time, the BB combination internal winning flag in (d) is also set to ON because the BB gaming flag in (c) is set to OFF (normally playing). As described above, since the internal winning flag and the BB internal winning flag of the re-gamer A are set to ON, the winning of the re-gamer A who wins preferentially is established. At this time, the player expects that the re-gamer A has won, so it is expected that he will also win the BB player internally, but as shown in the normal game lottery table of FIG. In many cases, the re-gamer A is won alone (because only 1/10 or less of the re-gamer A is won in combination with the BB player), so there is no great expectation.

  Subsequently, at the timing of “I”, the player operates the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c in a timely manner, so that the winning of the BB role that has already been won internally at the timing of “A” has been established. . With this winning, the BB game flag in (c) is set to ON and the BB game is started.

  At the timing of “c”, the re-game player A and the re-game player B are internally won in duplicate with the BB game. Since this timing is during the BB game, the internally won BB combination is stocked, and the value of the stock counter in (e) is “1”. Further, the internal winning flags of the re-gamer A and the re-gamer B are set to ON even during the BB game. In this case, if the player operates the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c at a timing corresponding to the re-game player B, the re-game player B is awarded a prize, and if it is operated at other timings, the re-game player A Won a prize. In the example shown in FIG. 20, the re-game player B has won a prize at the timing of “U”.

As shown in the BB game lottery table in FIG. 18, the re-game player B is a game player who always wins an internal winning combination with the BB game, and when the player wins the re-game game B, the player plays the BB game Increased expectations that the internal winning of the stock was stocked. Further, since the re-game player B is a special game player who does not win a prize during a normal game, the player's attention will be attracted when the re-game player B wins a game. Therefore, during the BB game, it is possible to improve the player's interest in establishing the re-gamer B and winning the game, and as a result, the BB game can be excited.
Here, the fact that the winning of the re-gamer B is established means that the re-gamer B has been won internally. Then, as shown in the BB game lottery table in FIG. 18, the re-game combination B is a game combination that always wins an internal winning combination with the BB combination. Therefore, at the time of “c”, the fact that the re-gamer B has won a prize indicates that the re-gamer B has won the internal winnings at the same time as the re-players B, and the internal winning of the BB It represents that it was done. In addition, as described above, the re-game player B is a special game player who never wins a prize during a normal game. Therefore, if a re-game player B wins a prize during a BB game, the player's attention will be given to the player. attract. As a result, if the player can win the re-playing role B during the BB game (if the white seven symbols can be aligned), the player will feel that the internal winning of the BB role will be stocked. Some games will be aimed at the white seven as much as possible. As a result, it is possible to greatly improve the interest of the player, exceeding the effects of simply performing an internal lottery for the BB role even during a BB game.

  Of course, as shown in FIG. 18, when the BB combination is won internally, not only the re-playing combination B but also the re-playing combination A is won internally. Accordingly, even when the re-gamer A is won instead of the re-gamer B, the internal winning of the BB player may be stocked. However, unlike re-playing role B, re-playing role A is only partially won internally by overlapping with BB role. The role is not always won internally. For this reason, when the BB game is started, the player plays the game with the aim of stocking the internal winning of the BB combination by aligning the white seven symbols.

  At the timing of “D”, similar to the timing of “U”, during the BB game, the replaying role A and the replaying role B are internally won in duplicate with the BB role. As a result, the re-game player B wins. In addition, since the BB combination was won internally during the BB game, the value of the stock counter in (e) is further incremented by “1” to become “2”.

  At the timing of “o”, the BB game flag is set OFF to end the BB game because the BB game end condition is satisfied. In addition, since the BB game is ended in a state where the value of the stock counter is not “0” (“2”), in order to release the stock and allow the winning of the BB role, the BB role internal winning flag of (d) Set to ON. Further, since the stock is released by setting the internal winning flag to ON, the value of the stock counter in (e) is subtracted from “2” by “1” to become “1”.

  At the timing of “K”, at the timing of “O”, the winning of the BB role based on the internal winning flag of the BB role set to ON is established, and the BB game flag is set to ON to start the BB game. is doing. That is, by releasing the stock after the end of the previous BB game, the next BB game is started with almost no interval from the previous BB game.

  At the “ki” timing, the same processing as the “o” timing is performed. However, the value of the stock counter in (e) is “0” by subtracting “1” from “1”. As a result, all the stocked BB roles are released. At the “ku” timing, the same process as the “ka” timing is performed to start the BB game.

  FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing the game as shown in FIG. During the normal game, as shown in the timing of “A” in FIG. 20, a part of the re-playing role A and the BB role are internally won, so when the re-playing role A is won, I hope that the BB role is also won internally. However, as shown in the normal game lottery table of FIG. 17, the re-game player A often wins alone, and there is no great expectation.

  On the other hand, during the BB game, as shown in the timings “c” and “d” in FIG. In addition, since the re-game player B is a special game player who never wins a prize during a normal game, if the re-game player B wins a game during the BB game, the player will naturally draw attention. As a result, if the player can establish the re-gamer B during the BB game, the player will feel that the internal winning of the BB player will be stocked, and the re-player B will be established as much as possible during the BB game. Aiming to play games. As a result, it is possible to greatly improve the interest of the player, exceeding the effects of simply performing an internal lottery for the BB role even during a BB game.

B. Second embodiment:
In the first embodiment described above, in the BB game, it has been described that the internal lottery is performed using one type of lottery table (BB game lottery table). However, the BB game uses the different lottery tables. And JAC games. Hereinafter, the second embodiment will be described focusing on the differences from the first embodiment.

  FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram showing the game combination set in the swivel type gaming machine of the second embodiment in association with the symbol combination that establishes a winning combination of the game combination and the privilege that is given when the winning combination is established. is there. It should be noted that the symbol combinations for winning these game combinations and the bonuses for the game combinations are stored in the ROM 202 mounted on the main control board 200. Accordingly, also in the second embodiment, the ROM 202 mounted on the main control board 200 corresponds to the “game combination storage means” in the present invention.

  As is apparent from the comparison with the game combination of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 6, a game combination called a JAC combination is set in the second embodiment. As shown in the second row from the top in FIG. 22, the symbol combination for winning the JAC role is set to the symbol combination “Bell”-“Replay”-“Bell”. When established, the player can start an advantageous game state called JAC game as a privilege. Further, in the second embodiment, two types of winning combinations, “Increasing combination A” and “Increasing combination B”, are provided as increasing combinations, and “Replay” − The symbol combination of “white seven” is set as the symbol combination of “Replay”-“Bell” as a symbol combination for winning the winning combination B. Then, when any of these winning combinations is established, 15 game medals are paid out as a privilege for the player. Further, in the first embodiment, two types of re-game players, “re-game player A” and “re-game player B”, are set, but in the second embodiment, only one type of re-game player is set. Not.

B-1. Control contents of the second embodiment:
B-1-1. Game control processing:
FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing the first half of a game control process performed by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 for controlling the progress of the game in the gaming machine 1 of the second embodiment. FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing the second half of the game control process performed by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 in the gaming machine 1 of the second embodiment. As described above, in the second embodiment, the BB game is composed of the BB general game and the JAC game. Correspondingly, the process after the determination that the winning of the BB role is established, and the game The game state setting process performed for switching the state is greatly different from the first embodiment. Hereinafter, the game control process of the second embodiment will be described focusing on these differences.

  As shown in FIG. 23, when the game control process is started, a game state setting process (S600) is first performed. Although the details of the game state setting process will be described later, in the game state setting process (S100) of the first example, a process of switching between the two game states of the normal game and the BB game is performed, but in the second example, As described above, since the BB game is composed of two states of the BB general game and the JAC game, a process of switching between the three game states of the normal game, the BB general game, and the JAC game is performed.

  Subsequent to the game state setting process, the medal insertion confirmation process is performed (S602) in the same manner as the processes of S102 to S108 (FIG. 7) of the first embodiment, and it is confirmed whether or not the settlement button 40 is operated ( S604). If the settlement button 40 has been operated (S604: yes), the settlement process is performed (S606), the state before the start of the game is returned, and the subsequent processes are performed. On the other hand, when the settlement button 40 is not operated (S604: no), it is determined whether or not the start lever 36 is operated (S608).

  When the start lever 36 is operated (S608: yes), the internal lottery process is started (S610). Also in the internal lottery process of the second embodiment, a process for determining whether or not any game player is allowed to win is performed by lottery, and if any game player is won internally, the game player will correspond to that game player. Set the internal winning flag to ON.

  FIG. 25 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the configuration of the internal winning flag in the second embodiment. Similarly to the internal winning flag of the first embodiment described above, the internal winning flag of the second embodiment is also provided with an internal winning flag such as a small part and an internal winning flag such as a bonus part. However, as described above with reference to FIG. 22, since the types of game combinations set in the second example and the first example are different, the internal winning flag such as a small combination and the bonus combination internal The winning flag is also different. FIG. 25A is an explanatory view exemplifying a data structure of an area for 1 byte in which an internal winning flag such as a small role is set. As shown in the figure, in the internal winning flag such as a small role in the second embodiment, an internal winning is given to a bell small part, a watermelon small part, a cherry small part, a replaying part, an increasing part A, and an increasing part B. A bit is set for storing the information. FIG. 25B illustrates a data structure of an area for 1 byte in which an internal winning flag such as a bonus combination is set. As shown in the figure, the bonus combination internal winning flag of the second embodiment stores a bit for storing the internal winning combination for the BB combination and the internal winning combination for the JAC combination. And bits are provided.

  As shown in FIG. 23, when the internal lottery process is completed, the rotation rotation start process is started (S612), and then the rotation rotation stop process (rotation rotation stop process) is performed (S614). When the three cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped, a game number counting process is performed (S616). As described above, in the second embodiment, unlike the first embodiment, a JAC game is provided. As will be described later, the JAC game ends when a predetermined number of games (for example, 12 games) are performed. Is set. Therefore, in the game number counting process, it is determined whether or not the current game state is a JAC game, and when it is determined that a JAC game is being performed, a process for counting the number of games is performed. On the other hand, if it is determined that the JAC game is not being played, the game number counting process is terminated without counting the number of games.

  Following the game count process, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 determines whether or not any game combination has been won (S618). If it is determined that a winning combination of any game combination has been established (S618: yes), first, it is determined whether or not the winning gaming combination is a BB combination (FIG. 24). S620). If it is determined that the winning combination of the BB combination is established (S620: yes), the internal winning flag of the BB combination is returned to OFF (S622), and the BB game flag is set to ON (S624). As described above, the BB game flag is a flag indicating that the game state is switched to the BB game.

  FIG. 26 is an explanatory diagram exemplifying the data structure of an area for 1 byte in which the game state flag is set. In the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, among the 1-byte data at a predetermined address on the RAM 203, the lower 3 bits are used as the gaming state flag. The leading bits of these 3 bits are set in the BB game flag, and the JAC game flag and the re-game flag are set in the subsequent 2 bits. In S624 of the game control process shown in FIG. 24, in response to the winning of the BB combination (S620: yes), the BB gaming flag is set to ON (the bit “ 1 ”).

  On the other hand, when the winning game combination is not the BB combination (S620: no), it is determined whether or not the winning game combination is a JAC combination (S626). As described above with reference to FIG. 22, a JAC combination is established when a symbol combination of “bell”-“replay”-“bell” is aligned on the winning line. If it is determined that the JAC combination has won (S626: yes), the internal winning flag of the JAC combination is returned to OFF (S628), and then the above-mentioned JAC game flag is set to ON (S630). . In the second embodiment, since the JAC game is performed in the BB game, even if the JAC game flag is set to ON, the BB game flag remains set to ON. When the JAC game flag (and BB game flag) is set to ON and the game control process is started and the game state setting process (S600) is started, the JAC game flag (and BB game flag) is turned ON. JAC game is started.

  On the other hand, if the winning game player is not a JAC player (S626: no), it is determined whether or not the winning game player is a re-game player, as in the first embodiment. (S632) If a winning combination is established for the re-gamer (S632: yes), the internal winning flag of the re-gamer is returned to OFF (S634), and then the re-game flag is set to ON (S636). If a winning combination has not been established for the re-gamer (S632: no), a medal payout process (S638) and a payout number counting process (S640) are performed, and then a winning number counting process that is not performed in the first embodiment is performed. (S642). As will be described in detail later, the JAC game of this embodiment returns to the BB general game when a winning combination is established for each game player a predetermined number of times. Therefore, in the winning number counting process, it is determined whether or not the current gaming state is a JAC game. If it is determined that a JAC game is being performed, a process of counting the number of winnings is performed. On the other hand, if it is determined that the game is not in JAC game, the winning number counting process is terminated without counting the winning number. When the winning number counting process is thus performed, the game control process shown in FIGS. 23 and 24 is returned to the beginning, and a new game is started.

B-1-2. Game state setting process:
FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing the flow of the game state setting process performed in the gaming machine 1 of the second embodiment. As described above, the game state setting process is executed by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 in the game control process shown in FIGS. 23 and 24 (S600 in FIG. 23). When the game state setting process is started, first, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 refers to the game state flag shown in FIG. 26 to determine whether or not the BB game flag is set to ON (S700). . As described above, the BB game flag is a game state flag indicating that the game state is set to BB game. As a result, if the BB game flag is not set to ON (S700: no), the normal game lottery table is selected (S702).

  FIG. 28 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing the base game lottery table used during the base game of the second embodiment. FIG. 28 (a) collectively shows a range of random numbers assigned to each game combination, and FIG. 28 (b) shows a rough ratio of the random number ranges assigned to each game combination. It is shown. The base game lottery table of the second embodiment shown in FIG. 28 is substantially the same table as the base game lottery table of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 17, with the only difference being the first embodiment. In the example, “re-gamer” is set in the random number range in which “re-gamer A” is set, in the second embodiment. As described above, this is because, in the first embodiment, two types of re-game players, “re-game player A” and “re-game player B”, are provided, whereas in the second embodiment, 1 This is due to the fact that only “re-game players” of a kind are provided.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the BB game flag is set to ON in the process of S700 of the game state setting process shown in FIG. 27 (S700: yes), the process for the BB game described below is performed. Start. In the process for the BB game, first, it is determined whether or not the BB game end condition is satisfied (S704). Also in the second embodiment, the number of game medals paid out after the start of the BB game (for example, 400) is set as the BB game end condition, as in the first embodiment. In the game control process described above with reference to FIG. 23 and FIG. 24, the number of game medals paid out is counted (S640 in FIG. 24). Then, it can be detected immediately.

  Immediately after starting the BB game, the condition for ending the BB game is not satisfied (S704: no), and then it is determined whether the JAC game flag is set to ON (S714). As described above with reference to FIGS. 23 and 24, the JAC game flag is a flag that is set to ON when a JAC combination (see FIG. 22) is established during the BB game (S630 in FIG. 24). Immediately after the start of the BB game, no winning combination has been established yet, including the JAC combination. Naturally, since the JAC gaming flag is not set to ON, it is determined as “no” in S714. The BB general game lottery table is selected (S716). In this way, when the BB game is started, first, the BB general game lottery table is selected.

  FIG. 29 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing a BB general game lottery table used during a BB game. FIG. 29 (a) shows the range of random numbers assigned to each game combination, and FIG. 29 (b) shows a rough ratio of the random number range assigned to each game combination. ing. FIG. 29 (c) also shows a rough random number range ratio of each game combination set in the base game lottery table described above with reference to FIG. As is clear from a comparison between FIG. 29B and FIG. 29C, the BB general game lottery table has a random number range in which the re-game combination is set to 5 compared to the normal game lottery table. It is narrowed to less than 1 / minute. Further, a JAC combination is set in a range that is half of the random number range in which the re-game combination is set in the normal game lottery table.

  In the BB general game lottery table, the BB combination is set in the same range as the random number range in which the BB combination is set in the normal game lottery table. Therefore, when the internal lottery is performed using the BB general game lottery table shown in FIG. 29B, as in the case of using the normal game lottery table of FIG. 29C, with a certain probability. You can win the BB role internally. In addition, the BB combination is set to be duplicated in one third or more of the random number range in which the re-game combination is set. Therefore, when the internal lottery is performed using the BB general game lottery table shown in FIG. 29B, one third or more of the re-games will be won in duplicate with the BB combination.

  While a game is continued using the BB general game lottery table as described above, when a JAC winning combination is eventually established, the JAC game flag is set to ON in the above-described game control process (S630 in FIG. 24). . Further, even if the JAC combination is won during the BB game, the BB game flag remains ON unless the BB game end condition is satisfied, so the game state setting process shown in FIG. 23 is executed next. Sometimes, it is determined that the JAC game flag is ON (S714 in FIG. 27: yes).

  If it is determined that the JAC game flag is ON (S714: yes), it is then determined whether or not the JAC game end condition is satisfied (S718). The JAC game end condition is that either a predetermined number (8 times) of winnings is established for a game player other than the re-gamer or a predetermined number of times (12 times) is played. Is established. Immediately after the JAC game flag is set to ON and the JAC game is started, the end condition is of course not satisfied. Therefore, in S718, it is determined as “no” and the lottery table for JAC games is selected (S722). ).

  FIG. 30 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing a JAC game lottery table. FIG. 30A shows a range of random numbers assigned to each game combination, and FIG. 30B shows a rough ratio of the random number ranges assigned to each game combination. ing. FIG. 30 (c) also shows a rough random number range ratio of each game combination set in the base game lottery table described above with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 30 (b), in the JAC game lottery table, an increasing combination A is set for most random numbers. Therefore, when an internal lottery is performed using the JAC game lottery table, an internal winning combination is won with a very high probability.

  Similarly to the BB general game lottery table shown in FIG. 29, the BB combination is also set in the JAC game lottery table. Accordingly, even when an internal lottery is performed using the JAC game lottery table, any of the BB winning combinations is won internally. Further, in the JAC game lottery table, an increasing combination B that is not set in the normal game lottery table or the BB general game lottery table is set completely overlapping with the BB combination. Therefore, if an internal lottery is performed using the JAC game lottery table, the BB combination will always win the internal winning combination with the increasing combination B.

  Note that the bonus combination B is not a target of internal lottery during normal games, and is a game combination that is won in duplicate with the BB combination during BB games. Therefore, in the second embodiment, the increasing combination B corresponds to the “specific combination” in the present invention.

  While continuing the JAC game while performing the internal lottery using such a JAC game lottery table, it is determined that the JAC game end condition is satisfied (S718: yes), so that the JAC game is ended. After turning off the JAC game flag (S720), the above-mentioned BB general game lottery table is selected (S716). As a result, the gaming state shifts from JAC gaming to BB general gaming.

  Thus, while the JAC game and the BB general game are repeatedly performed, the number of game medals paid out eventually reaches a predetermined number (for example, 400), so in the game state setting process, the BB game end condition (S704 of FIG. 27: yes). Then, in order to end the BB game, the BB game flag is turned OFF and the JAC game flag is also turned OFF (S706). It should be noted that not only the BB game flag but also the JAC game flag is set to OFF because the end condition of the BB game may be satisfied during the JAC game. This is because it is set.

  In addition, when any BB combination is won, the corresponding BB game flag is set to ON, and the process for starting and ending the BB game is performed by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 as described above. Is done by running Therefore, also in the second embodiment, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 corresponds to the “bonus gaming state execution means” in the present invention. In addition, the above-described game control process also realizes the process of carrying over the internal winning of the BB role when the winning of the BB role could not be established despite any internal winning of the BB role. Has been. Therefore, also in the second embodiment, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 corresponds to the “bonus bonus carryover means” in the present invention.

  As described above, when the BB game flag and the JAC game flag are set to OFF in order to end the BB game, as shown below, the BB role is determined according to the internal winning of the BB role accumulated so far (stock). The process to make it possible to win a prize is performed. That is, as described above, in the internal lottery process (S610 in FIG. 23), when an internal winning is made to the BB role during the BB game or the carry-over of the BB role, the internal winning is stocked in the stock counter, so the BB game When is finished, a process is performed to make the BB combination available for winning according to the internal winning of the BB combination that has been stocked so far. In addition, as described above, changing the state where the internal winning of the BB combination is stocked in the stock counter to the state where the BB winning can be awarded according to the internal winning is referred to as “releasing the BB”. And

  When the BB game flag and the JAC game flag are set to OFF (S706), it is determined whether or not the internal winning of the BB combination is stocked (S708). This determination is made by referring to the same value of the stock counter as in the first embodiment. When the value of the stock counter is other than “0”, it is determined that the internal winning combination of the BB combination is stocked. When it is determined that the internal winning of the BB combination is stocked (S708: yes), the internal winning flag of the BB combination is set to ON (S710). As described above, in the rotation rotation stop process, the stop table that can establish a winning combination for the game combination whose internal winning flag is set to ON is extracted and the rotation units 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped. BB winning combination can be established by setting the internal winning flag of ON. When the internal winning flag of the BB combination is set to ON (S710), “1” is subtracted from the value of the stock counter to reduce the number of stocks (S712). After subtracting “1” from the value of the stock counter or after determining that the internal winning of the BB role is not stocked (S708: no), in order to end the BB game and start the normal game, FIG. After selecting the normal game lottery table shown in FIG. 27, the game state setting process shown in FIG. 27 is terminated, and the process returns to the game control process shown in FIG.

  As described above, in the game state setting process, the BB general game lottery table is selected during the BB general game, the JAC game lottery table is selected during the JAC game, and the normal game lottery table is selected during the normal game. Process. At the end of the BB game, if the internal winning combination of the BB combination is stocked, the internal winning flag of the BB combination is set to ON (the BB combination is released) in order to allow the winning of the BB combination.

  The gaming machine 1 according to the second embodiment performs an internal lottery for the BB combination even during the BB game or while the BB combination is being carried over. The BB game includes a BB general game and a JAC game, and an internal lottery is performed using different lottery tables (BB general game table and JAC game table) during the BB general game and during the JAC game. In the BB general game lottery table, since the BB combination is set to be more than one third of the random number range in which the replay combination is set, during the BB general game, the replay combination 3 minutes One or more of these will overlap with the BB combination and win internally. Therefore, the player expects the internal winning of the BB combination when the winning of the re-game combination is established during the BB general game. Further, during the JAC game, the BB combination always wins an internal winning combination with the increasing combination B. Accordingly, when the player wins the winning combination B during the JAC game, the player is convinced of the internal winning of the BB winning combination, or at least greatly expects the internal winning of the BB winning combination. Further, since the winning combination B is won internally only during the JAC game, it is possible to improve the player's attention to the winning combination of the increasing combination B. As described above, it is possible to further enhance the player's gaming interest by utilizing the internal lottery of the BB role during the BB game. Below, including this point, the gaming property obtained by the gaming machine of the second embodiment will be described.

B-2. Gameability obtained by the second embodiment:
FIG. 31 is an explanatory view exemplifying how the gaming state is switched over time as a result of the game being played by the player. For example, it is assumed that, by operating the start lever 36 at the timing of “A”, the re-game combination and the BB combination are internally won. In this case, the internal winning flag of the BB combination in (e) is set to ON, and the internal winning flag of the re-game combination in (g) is set to ON. At this time, the reason why the BB combination internal winning flag in (e) is also set to ON is because the BB gaming flag in (c) is set to OFF (normally playing). As described above, since the internal winning flag and the internal winning flag of the BB combination are set to ON, the winning of the regame combination to win preferentially is established. At this time, the player expects that the re-game role has been won, so it is expected that the BB role is also won internally, but as shown in the normal game lottery table of FIG. Gamers are often won by themselves (because only one-twentieth or less of all regame players are won in combination with BB), so there is no great expectation. At the timing of “A”, the player operates the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c in a timely manner, and the winning of the BB combination that has already been internally won at the timing of “A” has been established. With this winning, the BB game flag in (c) is set to ON and the BB game is started.

  As described above, the BB game is started from the BB general game, and the timing of “U” is during the BB general game. At this timing, the re-playing combination is won internally by overlapping with the BB combination. Since the BB combination won internally during the BB general game is stocked, the value of the stock counter in (f) is added to “1”. In addition, the internal winning flag of the re-gamer is set to ON even during the BB general game, and the re-gamer is awarded a prize. As shown in the BB general game lottery table in FIG. 29, during the BB general game, one third or more of the re-games are won in duplicate with the BB combination. Therefore, unlike the case where the re-gamer is won during the normal game, when the re-gamer wins during the BB general game, the player expects that the internal winning of the BB player has been stocked. Increase

  At the timing of “d”, the JAC role is won internally during the BB general game, the JAC role internal winning flag of (f) is set to ON, and the winning of the JAC role is established. When the winning of the JAC combination is established, the JAC game flag in (d) is set to ON, and the JAC game is started.

  At the timing of “o”, the BB combination and the increasing combination B are internally won during JAC game. Since this timing is during the BB game (in the JAC game), the value of the stock counter in (f) is incremented by “1” to become “2” in order to stock the BB combination. Further, since the internal winning flag of the increasing winning combination B is set to ON even during JAC, the increasing winning combination B has been won. As shown in the JAC game lottery table of FIG. 30, the winning combination B always wins the internal winning combination with the BB combination. Therefore, when the player wins the winning combination B internally, the player expects a large internal winning of the BB winning or is convinced of the internal winning of the BB winning. Also, since the winning combination B is won internally only during JAC games (because it is a special gaming player that does not win a prize during normal games and BB general games), if the winning combination B is won, the player's attention Will be attracted. Therefore, during the JAC game, it is possible to improve the player's interest in establishing the winning combination B and winning the BB game.

  Here, the fact that the winning combination of the increasing combination B is established means that the increasing combination B was won internally. Then, as shown in the JAC game lottery table in FIG. 30, the winning combination B is a gaming combination that always wins an internal winning combination with the BB combination. Therefore, at the time of “O”, the winning combination of the increasing role B was established, and at the same time as the internal winning of the increasing role B, the internal winning of the BB role was stocked and the internal winning of the BB role was stocked. Represents that. In addition, as described above, the bonus combination B is a special game player that is awarded only during the JAC game, and therefore, when the bonus combination B is awarded during the JAC game, the player's attention is naturally drawn. As a result, if the player can win the winning combination B during the JAC game (if the white seven symbols can be aligned), the player will feel that the internal winning of the BB role will be stocked, As soon as possible, the game will be aimed at white seven symbols. As a result, it is possible to greatly improve the interest of the player, exceeding the effects of simply performing an internal lottery for the BB role even during a BB game.

  At the timing of “K”, the BB game flag is set OFF to end the BB game because the BB game end condition is satisfied. In addition, since the BB game is finished in a state where the value of the stock counter is not “0” (“2”), in order to release the stock and allow the winning of the BB role, the BB role internal winning flag of (e) Is set to ON. Further, since the stock is released by setting the internal winning flag to ON, the value of the stock counter in (f) is subtracted from “2” to “1” to become “1”.

  At the timing of “K”, the winning of the BB role based on the internal winning flag of the BB role set to ON is established at the timing of “K”, and the BB game flag is set to ON to start the BB game is doing. That is, by releasing the stock after the end of the previous BB game, the next BB game is started with almost no interval from the previous BB game.

  At the timing of “K”, the same processing as that of “K” is performed. However, the value of the stock counter in (e) is further subtracted by “1” to become “0”. At the timing “K”, the same processing as the timing “K” is performed to start the BB game.

  FIG. 32 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing the game as shown in FIG. During the normal game, as shown in the timing of “a” in FIG. 31, a part of the replaying role and the BB role are overlapped and the player wins the internal winning combination. I hope that the BB role is also elected internally. However, as shown in the normal game lottery table of FIG. 28, since the re-playing combination A is set to be less than 1/20 as the duplication of the BB combination, the re-playing combination A can be won alone. Many have no great expectations.

  Further, during the BB general game, as shown in the timing of “c” in FIG. 31, one-third or more of the re-game combination and the BB combination are won internally. Accordingly, the player expects that when the re-game combination is won, the player is more likely to have won the BB combination internally than during the normal game.

  On the other hand, during the JAC game, as in the timing of “O” in FIG. In addition, since the winning combination B is a special gaming player who never wins a prize during the normal game and the BB general game, when the winning prize of the increasing role B is established during the JAC game, the player's attention is naturally drawn. . As a result, if the player can make the winning combination B during the JAC game, the player will feel that the internal winning of the BB role will be stocked, and aim for the winning combination of the increasing role B as much as possible during the JAC game. To play games. As a result, it is possible to greatly improve the interest of the player, exceeding the effects of simply performing an internal lottery for the BB role even during a BB game.

  The BB game of the second embodiment is composed of a BB general game and a JAC game. The BB game won in duplicate with the BB role during the BB general game, and overlaps with the BB role during the JAC game. The winning gamer is different. Therefore, since the player will be different in the JAC game and the BB game, the player who aims to establish a prize, it is possible to greatly improve the interest of the player during the BB game.

C. Third embodiment:
In the first embodiment described above, there is one type of BB game, but two types of BB games with different benefits may be set. In the following, the third embodiment will be described focusing on the differences from the first embodiment, but for the sake of convenience of understanding, first, an outline of the game in the third embodiment will be described. deep.

  FIG. 33 is an explanatory diagram showing the arrangement of symbols drawn on the outer peripheral surfaces of the three cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c of the third embodiment. As shown in FIG. 33, the symbol arrangement of the third embodiment is the left winding cylinder No. 16, the middle winding cylinder No. 3, among the symbol arrangements of the first embodiment described with reference to FIG. The design of “Red Seven”, which was drawn on the first of the reel, has been changed to a design called “Blue Seven”.

  FIG. 34 is an explanatory view showing the game combination set in the swivel type gaming machine of the third embodiment in association with the symbol combination that establishes a winning combination of the game combination and the privilege that is given when the winning combination is established. is there. It should be noted that the symbol combinations for winning these game combinations and the bonuses for the game combinations are stored in the ROM 202 mounted on the main control board 200. Accordingly, also in the third embodiment, the ROM 202 mounted on the main control board 200 corresponds to the “game combination storage means” in the present invention.

In FIG. 34, the type of gamer is displayed in the leftmost column, the symbol combination that establishes the winning of the gamer is displayed in the middle column, and the player when the winning of the gamer is established in the rightmost column. The privilege granted to is displayed. For example, the game combination called the first big bonus combination (hereinafter referred to as the first BB combination) shown in the uppermost row is associated with the symbol combination of the “Red Seven” symbols in the same manner as the BB combination in the first embodiment. It has been. In addition, a game combination called a second big bonus combination (hereinafter referred to as a second BB combination) shown in the second row from the top is associated with a combination of symbols called “blue seven”. When these symbol combinations are arranged, a gaming state called a big bonus game (BB game) that is very advantageous for the player is started as a privilege.

  Similarly to the BB game of the first embodiment, the BB game of the third embodiment also increases the types of game actors to which game medals are paid out as benefits as compared to the normal game. This is a gaming state in which a winning in A) is established with a high probability, and is continued until a predetermined number (for example, 400) of game medals are paid out after the BB game is started. Therefore, when the BB game is started, the player can acquire a large amount of game medals. In the third embodiment, an increasing combination A and an increasing combination B are set as game combinations. In the increasing combination A, as in the increasing combination in the first embodiment, the left rotating cylinder 20a has a “replay” symbol, the middle rotating cylinder 20b has a “replaying” symbol, and the right rotating cylinder 20c has a “bell” symbol. Combinations (hereinafter referred to as “Replay”-“Replay”-“Bell”) are associated with each other, and for the increasing combination B, the left rotating cylinder 20a has a pattern of “Red Seven”, and the intermediate rotating cylinder 20b has A symbol combination of “blue seven” and a design in which the right cylinder 20c is “blue seven” (hereinafter referred to as “red seven” — “blue seven” — “blue seven”) are associated with each other. In addition, as in the first embodiment, the small role is provided with a bell small role, a watermelon small role, and a cherry small role. A game player A and a re-game player B are provided.

C-1. Control contents of the third embodiment:
C-1-1. Game control processing:
FIG. 35 is a flowchart showing the first half of a game control process performed by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 for controlling the progress of the game in the gaming machine 1 of the third embodiment. FIG. 36 is a flowchart showing the second half of the game control process performed by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 in the gaming machine 1 of the third embodiment. Hereinafter, the game control process of the third embodiment will be described focusing on the differences from the game control process of the first embodiment described with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 36, when the game control process is started, a game state setting process is first performed (S800). Details of the game state setting process of the third embodiment will be described later. In this process, the following process is roughly performed. As described above, in the third embodiment, instead of the BB game of the first embodiment, the first BB game and the second BB game are provided as the gaming state, and the winning of the game player is established according to the gaming state. The easiness of winning and the types of gamers that can win a prize are different. In the game state setting process, it is determined whether the game state is set or the end condition of the current game state is satisfied. If the end condition is satisfied, the game state is ended and the game state is changed. Perform the switching process. By switching the game state in this way, it becomes possible to avoid the game becoming monotonous.

  Subsequent to the game state setting process, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 performs a medal insertion confirmation process (S802, corresponding to S102 in FIG. 7), as in the first embodiment, and whether or not the settlement button 40 has been operated. If the checkout button 40 is operated (S804, equivalent to S104 in FIG. 7: yes) after confirming (S804, equivalent to S104 in FIG. 7), the game stored as credit by performing the checkout process Processing for paying out medals and inserted game medals is performed (corresponding to S806 and S106). On the other hand, as in the first embodiment, when the settlement button 40 is not operated (S804, equivalent to S104 in FIG. 7: no), it is determined whether or not the start lever 36 is operated (S808, FIG. 7). If the start lever 36 is not operated (S808, equivalent to S108 in FIG. 7: no), the process waits until the start lever 36 is operated, and if the start lever 36 is operated (S808, FIG. 7). S108 equivalent: yes), the internal lottery process is started (S810).

  As will be described in detail later, in the internal lottery process of the third embodiment, the game combination that is the subject of the internal lottery is different from that of the first embodiment. That is, in this process, the process of determining whether or not winning of any of the gaming actors described above with reference to FIG. 34 is permitted is determined by internal lottery. The internal winning flag corresponding to is set to ON. Along with the fact that the game combination that is the subject of the internal lottery is different from that of the first embodiment, the configuration of the internal winning flag is also different from that of the first embodiment.

  FIG. 37 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the configuration of the internal winning flag in the third embodiment. As shown in the drawing, in the third embodiment, internal winning flags (small winning combination etc. internal winning flags) for the small combination, replaying combination, and increasing combination, and internal winning flags for the first BB combination and the second BB combination ( And an internal winning flag such as bonus combination), and an area of 1 byte (8 bits) is secured for each of them. FIG. 37A is an explanatory view exemplifying a data structure of a 1-byte area in which the internal winning flag such as a small role is set. As shown in the figure, the lower 7 bits of 1-byte data are used as an internal winning flag such as a small role. The first bit in these 7 bits is a bit for memorizing the internal winning of the small part of Bell, and the next bit is for memorizing the internal winning of the small part of watermelon Is a bit. Similarly, the following five bits are used to store the internal winning combination of the cherry small part, replaying part A, replaying part B, increasing part A, and increasing part B, respectively. .

  FIG. 37B is an explanatory view exemplifying the data structure of an area for 1 byte in which an internal winning flag such as a bonus combination is set. As shown in the figure, the upper bits in these two bits are bits for storing the internal winning combination for the first BB combination, and the lower bits are internally winning for the second BB combination. Is a bit for storing. The internal winning flag such as a small role and the internal winning flag such as a bonus role described above are set to ON when the corresponding game combination is won internally.

  As shown in FIG. 35, when the internal lottery process is completed, as in the first embodiment, the rotation rotation start process is started (S812, equivalent to S112 in FIG. 7), and the rotation rotation stop process is performed ( S814, FIG. 7 S114 equivalent). When the spinning rotation stop process is performed, a game number counting process is performed (S816). Here, as will be described in detail later, in the third embodiment, a replay time game (hereinafter referred to as an RT game) is provided as a gaming state. In RT games, a re-game player can be established with a high probability. For this reason, it is possible to continue the game aiming at the winning of the BB role without inserting too many game medals. Therefore, RT game can be said to be an advantageous game state for the player. The RT game of the third embodiment is set to be started after the second BB game is finished and finished when a predetermined number of games (for example, 100 games) are performed. Therefore, in the game number counting process, it is determined whether or not the current gaming state is an RT game, and if it is determined that an RT game is being performed, a process of counting the number of games is performed. On the other hand, when it is determined that the RT game is not being played, the game number counting process is terminated without counting the number of games.

  When the number-of-games counting process is completed, it is determined whether or not a winning combination for a gaming combination is established (S818, equivalent to S116 in FIG. 7), and any winning combination is established as in the first embodiment. If it is determined that there is not (S818, equivalent to S116 in FIG. 7: no), the game is ended, and the process returns to the top of the game control process in FIG. 35 to perform the game state setting process (S800). In the gaming machine 1 of the third embodiment, the internal winning flag of the first BB combination or the second BB combination is set to ON by winning the first BB combination or the second BB combination in the internal lottery process (S810) described above. Only when the corresponding symbol combination on the winning line is not stopped and the winning combination of the first BB combination or the second BB combination is not established, the internal winning flag is set to ON and is carried over to the next game. Thereafter, the game is performed in a state where the internal winning flag of the first BB combination or the second BB combination is set to ON. On the other hand, if another winning combination such as a small role or re-playing role is won internally, if the symbol combination corresponding to the winning winning role cannot be stopped and displayed on the winning line, the internal winning The flag is set to OFF without being carried over after the next game.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that a winning combination of any game combination has been established (S818: yes), first, it is determined whether or not the gaming combination in which a winning combination has been established is the first BB combination (FIG. 36). S820). As described above with reference to FIG. 34, the first BB combination is a game combination in which a winning combination is established when “red seven” symbols are arranged on the winning line. If it is determined that the first BB combination winning is established (S820: yes), the internal winning flag of the first BB combination is turned off (S822), and the first BB game flag is set to ON (S824). ), All other game state flags are set to OFF (S826). Here, the first BB gaming flag is a flag indicating that the gaming state is switched to the BB gaming when the winning of the first BB combination is established, and a dedicated flag called “gaming state flag” for representing the current gaming state. It is a kind of. As will be described in detail later, in the third embodiment, game state flags corresponding to the respective game states such as the first BB game, the second BB game, the re-game, and the RT game are provided, and setting of these game state flags (ON) / OFF), the game progresses while switching the game state. Such a game state flag is set at a predetermined address of the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200.

  FIG. 38 is an explanatory diagram exemplifying the data structure of an area for 1 byte in which the game state flag is set. In the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment, the lower 4 bits of 1-byte data at a predetermined address on the RAM 203 are used as the gaming state flag. The leading bits of these 4 bits are set in the first BB game flag. In S820 of the game control process shown in FIG. 35, the first BB game flag is set to ON in order to start the BB game by the first BB combination winning establishment upon receiving the first BB combination winning establishment (S820: yes). Set the bit to “1”). In addition, when a winning combination of the first BB combination or the second BB combination is established, the game is switched to the BB game in any gaming state. Therefore, when the first BB game flag is set to ON, game state flags other than the BB game flag are set to OFF (that is, “0” is set to all the game state flag bits except the BB game flag).

  On the other hand, when the winning game combination is not the first BB combination (S820: no), it is determined whether or not it is the second BB combination (S828). As described above with reference to FIG. 34, the second BB combination is awarded when the “blue seven” symbol is aligned on the winning line. As a result, if a winning combination is established for the second BB combination (S828: yes), the internal winning flag of the second BB combination is returned to OFF (S830), and the second BB game flag is set to ON (S832). The second BB game flag is a flag indicating that the gaming state is switched to the BB game when the winning of the second BB combination is established. Even when the second BB game flag is set to ON (S832), all the other game state flags are set to OFF (S826), similarly to the case where the first BB game flag is set to ON.

  Thus, when one of the BB game flags is set to ON and the game state setting process (S800) is started by returning to the beginning of the game control process, it is detected that any of the BB game flags is ON. The gaming state is switched to BB gaming, and the above-described series of processing is performed. Details of the process of switching the gaming state to the BB game based on the BB game flag in S800 will be described later.

  In addition, when any BB combination is won, the corresponding BB game flag is set to ON, and the process for starting and ending the BB game is performed by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 as described above. Is done by running Therefore, also in the third embodiment, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 corresponds to the “bonus gaming state execution means” in the present invention. In addition, the above-described game control process also realizes the process of carrying over the internal winning of the BB role when the winning of the BB role could not be established despite any internal winning of the BB role. Has been. Therefore, also in the third embodiment, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 corresponds to the “bonus bonus carryover means” in the present invention.

  In the above description, the processing performed when the winning game winning combination is any BB winning combination (S820: yes or S828: yes in FIG. 36) has been described. When it is not a BB combination (S820: no and S828: no), it is determined whether or not the winning winning game combination is a re-playing combination (S840, S124 in FIG. 8). Equivalent). If a winning combination has been established for the re-gamer (S840, equivalent to S124 in FIG. 8: yes), the internal winning flag of the re-gamer is returned to OFF (S842, equivalent to S126 in FIG. 8). The flag is set to ON (S844, corresponding to S128 in FIG. 8).

  On the other hand, even when the winning game player is not a re-game player (S840, equivalent to S124: no), the number corresponding to the winning game players other than the BB role and the re-game player is the same as in the first embodiment. The game medal is paid out (S846, equivalent to S132 in FIG. 8), and the payout number counting process is executed (S848, equivalent to S132 in FIG. 8). When the payout number counting process is thus performed, the process returns to the beginning of the game control process shown in FIGS. 35 and 36, and a new game is started.

By the way, the gaming machine 1 of the third embodiment has a “stock function” similar to the “stock function” of the first embodiment. As will be described in detail later, the difference between the stock function of the first embodiment and the stock function of the third embodiment is that the stock function of the first embodiment adds the stock counter that the BB combination is won internally. In contrast, the stock function of the third embodiment is stocked so that the CPU 201 can identify the first BB combination and the second BB combination and can grasp the order of winning internally. There is a point.
FIG. 39 is an explanatory diagram showing an area (hereinafter, a stock area) for accumulating and storing the internal winning of the first BB combination and the second BB combination in the RAM 203 mounted on the main control board 200. As shown in FIG. 39, the stock area stores the internal winning combination of the first BB combination and the second BB combination from the lower address to the higher address in the winning order. Hereinafter, the above-described internal lottery process will be described in detail including a process for realizing the stock function.

C-1-2. Internal lottery processing:
FIG. 40 is a flowchart showing the flow of the internal lottery process performed in the gaming machine 1 of the third embodiment. As described above, the internal lottery process is executed by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 in the game control process shown in FIGS. 35 and 36 (S810 in FIG. 35).

When the internal lottery process (S810) is started, first, an internal lottery is performed using a lottery table (S900). The internal lottery is a lottery performed in order to determine whether or not any of the gaming actors described above with reference to FIG. 34 is allowed to be established, or which of the gaming actors is not allowed to establish a winning. . The lottery table is a dedicated table used for performing an internal lottery. In the lottery table, a game combination and a random value are set in association with each other. If the randomly acquired random number value is a random value associated with a game combination, the winning combination of the game combination is permitted, and conversely, it is associated with any game combination. If there is no random number value, it is possible to perform an internal lottery by determining that winning of any game combination is not permitted. Therefore, depending on what kind of game combination is associated with what random number range in the lottery table, the type of game combination that can be won and the easiness of winning can be made different.
The random number used for the internal lottery is an internal lottery random number similar to that in the first embodiment, and is acquired when the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 receives an operation signal for the start lever 36.

  FIG. 41 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing a base game lottery table used during a base game. FIG. 41 (a) collectively shows the range of random numbers assigned to each game combination, and FIG. 41 (b) shows a rough ratio of the random number range assigned to each game combination. It is shown. As shown in the drawing, in the lottery table for a normal game, a random number value of 0 to 11999 is set for “bell small part”. This means that if the acquired random number value is within this range, the small part of the bell is won internally. Similarly, random numbers of 12000 to 15999 are set for “watermelon small role”, random values of 16000 to 19999 are set for “cherry small role”, and 20000 to “regame role”. A random number value of 28999 is set. Furthermore, among the random number values set for the “replaying combination”, the random number values 20000 to 20199 are also set for the “first BB combination”, and the random number values 20200 to 20399 are The “second BB combination” is also set redundantly. This indicates that when the acquired random number value is within this range, the re-game combination and the first BB combination or the re-game combination and the second BB combination are internally won. It should be noted that no game combination is set in the random number values of 2900 to 65535, and therefore, when the acquired random number value is within this range, it is “lost”.

  When the internal lottery process shown in FIG. 40 is started, first, the internal lottery random number acquired when the start lever 36 is operated and the lottery table selected in the gaming state setting process (S800 in FIG. 35) are used. The internal lottery is executed by determining which game player has won the game internally or which game player has not won the game (S900).

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not any BB combination is won internally (S902). For example, if the lottery table for normal games shown in FIG. 41 is selected, if the random number for internal lottery is in the range of 20000-20199, the first BB combination and re-game combination are won internally. It is judged. As a result, if none of the BB roles have been won internally (S902: no), it means that a game role other than the BB role has been won internally, or no game role has been won internally. . Therefore, in accordance with the result of the internal lottery, if any of the game combinations has been won internally, a corresponding internal winning flag is set to ON (S914). Prior to this process, since it is determined that the internal winning combination for the BB combination is not made (S902: no), the internal winning flag for the BB combination is not set to ON in the processing of S914. Further, if no game winning combination has been won internally, no internal winning flag is set to ON in S914. As described above, when the BB combination is not internally won (S902: no), after setting the internal winning flag according to the internal lottery result (S914), the internal lottery process shown in FIG. Return to 35 game control processing.

  On the other hand, if any of the BB winning combinations is won internally (S902: yes), first, the internal winning flag of the gaming winning combination overlapping with the BB winning combination is set to ON (S904). That is, as described with reference to FIGS. 35 and 36, if the BB role is in the normal game, the internal winning flag is overlapped with the re-playing role, so the internal winning flag of the redundantly won gaming role is turned ON. Set to.

  Here, as described above, in the rotation rotation stop processing (corresponding to FIG. 10), a stop table that can be won by a game player whose internal winning flag is set to ON is extracted to stop the rotation cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c. Take control. Therefore, as soon as the internal winning flag is set to ON, the winning combination of the game combination corresponding to the internal winning flag is permitted (in the next spinning rotation stop process). Even in the third embodiment, as in the first embodiment, a winning combination other than the BB combination is permitted regardless of the gaming state even if the winning combination is duplicated with any BB combination. Therefore, if the internal winning is made, the internal winning flag is set to ON as it is (S904).

  On the other hand, for the BB role, as in the first embodiment, when winning a prize is not allowed during BB game or BB carryover, and when BB role is won internally during BB game or BB carryover Stocks its internal winnings. In order to realize this, the following processing is performed. When the internal winning flag of a game combination that has been won in duplicate for any BB combination is set to ON (S904), it is determined whether any BB game is in progress (S906). Whether any BB game is in progress is determined with reference to the first BB game flag and the second BB game flag shown in FIG. If it is determined that any of the BB games is in progress (S906: yes), the first BB combination and the second BB combination can be recognized in the stock area described above with reference to FIG. Are stored so that they can be identified (S912). As described above, when any of the BB combinations is won internally during any of the BB games, the internal winning flag of the BB combination is stored in the stock area without setting the internal winning flag of the BB combination to ON.

  If any BB combination is won (S902: yes), but BB game is not in progress (S906: no), it is determined whether the internal winning flag of any BB combination is set to ON (S908). ). That is, it is determined whether the BB carryover is in progress. If it is determined that the internal winning flag for the BB combination has already been set to ON (S908: yes), the internal winning for the BB combination is stored in the stock area (S912). Here, BB carryover means, in other words, in a gaming state that is neither the first BB game nor the second BB game (during a normal game or an RT game, which will be described later), a winning combination of any BB role is already allowed. However, the player has not yet established the BB winning combination without stopping the spinning cylinders 20a, 20b, and 20c in a timely manner. In this state, even if the internal winning flag for the BB role is set to ON even if the internal winning flag for the BB role is newly set, the internal winning flag for the BB role is already set to ON before the internal winning is performed. As a result, for the player, the situation won't change. Therefore, as described above, when the internal winning of the BB combination is made during BB carryover, the internal winning flag of the BB combination is stored in the stock area without performing the process of newly setting the internal winning flag of the BB combination to ON. Thereafter, the internal lottery process shown in FIG. 40 is terminated, and the process returns to the game control process of FIG.

On the other hand, if the internal winning flag of any BB combination is not set to ON when the internal winning flag is set to ON in any of the BB combinations during the normal game or the RT game described later (S908: no), the internal winning is made. In order to allow the winning of the BB combination, the internal winning flag of the BB combination won this time is set to ON (S910), and then the internal lottery process shown in FIG. 40 is terminated and the game control process of FIG. 35 is resumed. To do.
As described above, in the internal lottery process, when a new internal winning is made for any BB role during BB gaming or during BB carryover, the internal winning flag is set for a gaming role that is duplicated for the BB role. Since it is set to ON, it is possible to establish a winning immediately, and for a newly won internal winning BB role, the internal winning flag of the BB role will be stocked without setting the internal winning flag ON, so the winning will be immediately It cannot be established. In the game state setting process (S800 in FIG. 35), which will be described in detail below, a process for turning on the internal winning flag of the BB role based on the stocked internal winning of the BB role to allow winning of the BB role is performed. Done.

  Note that the internal lottery process for determining which of the game actors to win or whether to lose any of the game actors is performed by the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 executing the game control process described above. ing. Accordingly, also in the third embodiment, the CPU 201 mounted on the main control board 200 corresponds to the “internal lottery means” in the present invention.

C-1-3. Game state setting process:
FIG. 42 is a flowchart showing the first half of the game state setting process performed by the gaming machine 1 of the third embodiment. FIG. 43 is a flowchart showing the latter half of the game state setting process performed by the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment. When the game state setting process is started, first, the CPU 201 of the main control board 200 refers to the game state flag shown in FIG. 38 and determines whether any BB game flag is set to ON. (S1000). As described above, the BB game flag (first BB game flag or second BB game flag) is a game state flag indicating that the game state is BB game. As a result, when it is determined that any BB game flag is set to ON (S1000: yes), processing for BB game described below is started.

  In the process for the BB game, first, it is determined whether or not the BB game end condition is satisfied (S1014 in FIG. 43). In this embodiment, the number of game medals paid out after the start of the BB game is set as the BB game end condition. When the number of game medals paid out reaches a predetermined number (for example, 400), the BB game is played. It is set to end. In the game control process described above with reference to FIGS. 35 and 36, the number of game medals paid out is counted (S848 in FIG. 36). Therefore, the number of game medals paid out after the start of the BB game reaches a predetermined number. Then, it can be detected immediately.

  Immediately after starting the BB game, the BB game end condition is of course not satisfied (S1014: no), and then it is determined whether or not the first BB game flag is set to ON (S1016). . That is, it is determined whether the current gaming state is during the first BB game or the second BB game. As a result, if the current gaming state is the first BB game, the first BB game lottery table is selected (S1018), and if the current game state is the second BB game, the second BB game lottery table is selected (S1020). ). The first BB game lottery table and the second BB game lottery table selected in this way will be described in detail below.

  FIG. 44 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing the first BB game lottery table. FIG. 44 (a) shows the range of random numbers assigned to each game combination, and FIG. 44 (b) shows a rough ratio of the random number ranges assigned to each game combination. ing. FIG. 44 (c) also shows a rough random number range ratio of each game combination set in the normal game lottery table described above with reference to FIG. As apparent from comparing FIG. 44 (b) and FIG. 44 (c), the first BB game lottery table includes a random number range in which the first BB combination and the second BB combination are set in the normal game lottery table. The first BB combination and the second BB combination are set in the same range. Therefore, when the internal lottery is performed using the first BB game lottery table shown in FIG. 44B, as in the case of using the normal game lottery table of FIG. 44C, with a certain probability. The first BB combination and the second BB combination can be won internally.

  In addition, the random number range in which the re-playing combination A in the first BB game lottery table is set is narrowed to 1/10 or less as compared with that in the normal game lottery table. For this reason, the first BB combination or the second BB combination is set to be overlapped in more than half of the random number range in which the re-playing combination A is set. Further, in the first BB game lottery table, the re-game combination B that has not been set in the normal game lottery table is set in a state where it overlaps with any one of the first BB combination and the second BB combination. . As described above, since the first BB combination and the second BB combination overlap with a part of the re-playing combination A, when the internal lottery is performed using the first BB gaming lottery table, the first BB combination and the second BB combination The 2BB combination will be won internally by overlapping with the re-playing combination A and the re-playing combination B. In addition, since the re-playing combination A is only partially overlapped with the first BB combination or the second BB combination, the re-playing combination B overlaps with the first BB combination or the second BB combination. Re-Gamer A may be elected alone, but Re-Gamer B will not be elected internally alone, and will always win either Re-Gamer A with either the First BB or Second BB It becomes. Further, in the first BB game lottery table, an increasing combination A is set for a random number value of half or more. Therefore, when the internal lottery is performed using the first BB game lottery table, the winning combination A is won internally with a very high probability.

  FIG. 45 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing the second BB game lottery table. FIG. 45 (a) shows the range of random numbers assigned to each game combination, and FIG. 45 (b) shows a rough ratio of the random number ranges assigned to each game combination. ing. FIG. 45 (c) also shows a rough random number range ratio of each game combination set in the normal game lottery table described above with reference to FIG. As is clear from a comparison between FIG. 45 (b) and FIG. 45 (c), the second BB game lottery table includes a random number range in which the first BB combination and the second BB combination are set in the normal game lottery table. The first BB combination and the second BB combination are set in the same range. Therefore, when the internal lottery is performed using the first BB game lottery table shown in FIG. 45 (b), as in the case of using the normal game lottery table of FIG. 45 (c), with a certain probability. The first BB combination and the second BB combination can be won internally.

  In addition, the random number range in which the re-playing combination A of the second BB game lottery table is set is narrowed to 1/10 or less compared to that of the normal game lottery table. For this reason, the first BB combination is set to overlap with half of the random number range in which the re-game combination A is set. Further, in the second BB game lottery table, the re-game player B that has not been set in the normal game lottery table is set in a state of being completely overlapped with the first BB role. In addition, since the re-gamer A is only partially overlapped with the first BB, the re-gamer A is entirely overlapped with the first BB, so the re-gamer A is elected alone. However, the re-game player B does not win an internal winning independently, and always wins the first BB and the re-game player A in duplicate.

  Further, in the second BB game lottery table, the increasing combination B that has not been set in the normal game lottery table is set to overlap completely with the second BB combination. Therefore, the winning combination B is not won by an internal winning alone, and is always won by overlapping with the second BB winning combination.

  Further, in the second BB game lottery table, an increasing combination A is set for a random number value of half or more. Therefore, when the internal lottery is performed using the BB game lottery table, the winning combination A is won internally with a very high probability.

  If the re-gamer A and the re-gamer B are both in the internal winning combination, both the re-gamer A and the re-gamer B will win both by setting the internal winning flag to ON. Is allowed. In this state, when the rotation rotation stop processing (corresponding to FIG. 10) is started, the re-game player B is won only when the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c are operated at a specific timing. When operated at other timings, a stop table (see FIG. 12) is extracted so that the re-gamer A is awarded. In addition, in the state where the internal winning flag of both the first BB combination and the second BB combination and the other game combination (re-play combination A, re-play combination B, increase combination B) is set to ON, When stopping 20a, 20b, and 20c, in the rotation rotation stopping process (corresponding to FIG. 10), first, a stop table set so that other game players win is extracted, and in the next game turn The stop table set so that the 1BB combination or the second BB combination wins is extracted.

  The first BB combination and the first BB game correspond to the “first bonus combination” and the “first bonus game state” in the present invention. "Corresponds to" second bonus game state ". In addition, the re-game combination B and the increase combination B are not subject to internal lottery during the normal game, and are the game combinations that are won in duplicate with the BB combination during the BB game. Therefore, in the third embodiment, the replaying combination B and the increasing combination B correspond to the “specific combination” in the present invention.

  Since the number of game medals paid out eventually reaches a predetermined number (for example, 400) while continuing to play using the first BB game lottery table or the second BB game lottery table as described above, the game state In the setting process, it is determined that the BB game end condition is satisfied (S1014 in FIG. 43: yes). Then, in order to end the BB game, the BB game flag (the flag in which the first BB game flag and the second BB game flag are ON) is turned OFF (S1022). Further, after the BB game flag is set to OFF, it is checked whether or not the internal winning of the BB combination is stocked. If there is an internal winning of the stocked BB winning (S1024: yes) ), Processing for making the internal winning combination of the stocked BB combination possible to win the BB combination. In other words, as described above, in the internal lottery process (FIG. 40), when an internal winning is made to the BB role during the BB game or the carry-over of the BB role, the internal winning is stored in the stock area shown in FIG. According to the internal winning, the BB combination is in a stock state where a winning cannot be achieved. Therefore, when the BB game is completed, the internal winning of the BB combination stocked so far is processed so that the BB combination can win. In the present specification, the state where the internal winning of the BB role is stocked in the stock area and the BB role can be awarded according to the internal winning is referred to as “releasing the BB role” or It shall be referred to as “canceling the stock state”.

  Whether or not the internal winning of any BB combination is stocked (S1024) can be determined by referring to the stored contents of the stock area. Then, if it is stored in the stock area that any of the BB winning combinations is stored, it is determined that the internal winning of the BB winning combination is stocked (S1024: yes). It is determined whether or not the first internal winning combination stocked is the first BB combination (S1026). This determination can be made by referring to the internal winning stored in the lowest address of the stock area (the address for storing the internal winning first). If the first internal winning combination stocked is the first BB combination (S1026: yes), the internal winning flag of the first BB combination is set to ON (S1028), otherwise (the first stocked) If the internal winning is the second BB combination (S1026: no), the internal winning flag of the second BB combination is set to ON (S1030). Thus, when the internal winning flag of the first BB combination or the second BB combination is set to ON, as described above, in the rotation rotation stop process, a stop table capable of winning the first BB combination or the second BB combination is extracted, Since 20a, 20b, and 20c are stopped, it is possible to establish a winning combination of the first BB combination or the second BB combination.

  If the internal winning flag of the BB combination is set to ON (S1028 or S1030), one BB combination stocked at the lowest address in the stock area (see FIG. 39) is released. The combination is deleted from the stock area (S1032). After deleting the BB combination from the lowest address in the stock area, if any BB combination is still stocked at the higher address in the stock area, the BB combination is shifted to the lower address (S1034). .

  FIG. 46 is an explanatory diagram exemplifying how the BB combination stocked in the stock area is shifted to the lower address. In the example shown in FIG. 46A, three BB roles (first BB role, second BB role, and first BB role) are stocked from the lowest address of the stock area to the higher order. Represents. In such a state, the first BB combination stocked at the lowest address, which is the BB combination stocked first, is deleted (S1032), and the second BB combination stored at the higher address is stored. When the first BB combination is shifted to the lowest position (S1034), the state shown in FIG. 46B is obtained. As described above, the internal winning flag of the BB role stocked at the lowest address is set to ON, the BB role stocked at the lowest address is erased, and the BB stocked at the higher side By performing the process of shifting the winning combination to the lowest position, the stocked BB winning features are released in the order in which they are stocked (internal winning).

  When the stocked BB combination is shifted (S1034), it is determined whether or not the BB game flag that has been turned “OFF” because the BB game end condition is satisfied is the first BB game flag (S1036). If it is the first BB game flag (S1036: yes), after selecting the normal game lottery table to bring the game state to the normal state (S1012 in FIG. 42), the game shown in FIG. 42 and FIG. The state setting process is terminated, and the process returns to the game control process of FIGS.

  On the other hand, when the BB game flag set to OFF because the BB game end condition is satisfied is not the first BB game flag, that is, the second BB game flag (S1036: no), The RT game flag is set to ON (S1038). Here, the RT gaming flag is a kind of gaming state flag described above with reference to FIG. 38, and is a flag indicating that the gaming state is changed to a gaming state called RT gaming. As shown in FIG. 38, the least significant bit is used as the RT gaming flag among the four bits used as the gaming state flag. Further, as will be described later, in the RT game, a re-game player can be established with a high probability. For this reason, it is possible to continue the game aiming at the winning of the BB role without inserting too many game medals. Therefore, RT game can be said to be an advantageous game state for the player. As described above, by setting the RT game flag to ON when the second BB game flag is set to OFF, the RT game is always performed after the end of the second BB game.

  When the RT game flag is turned ON (S1038), an initial value (eg, “100”) is set in the RT game counter according to the re-game counter (S1040), and then the RT game lottery table is selected (S1042). As will be described later, the RT game counter is a counter indicating the number of remaining RT games. In order to determine the RT game end timing depending on whether the value of the RT game counter has reached “0” or not. Used. Further, the RT game lottery table is a lottery table used to change the gaming state to an RT game.

  FIG. 47 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing an RT game lottery table. FIG. 47A shows the range of random numbers assigned to each game combination, and FIG. 47B shows a rough ratio of the random number ranges assigned to each game combination. ing. FIG. 47 (c) also shows a rough random number range ratio of each game combination set in the normal game lottery table described above with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 47 (a), the RT game lottery table has a larger range of random numbers for re-games than the normal game lottery table. Along with this, in the RT game lottery table, the random number range of the loss is greatly reduced. The RT game lottery table is also set with a first BB combination and a second BB combination as in the normal game lottery table. Therefore, after selecting such an RT game lottery table (S1042 in FIG. 43), the game state setting process in FIGS. 42 and 43 is terminated and the game control process in FIGS. 35 and 36 is resumed. In the game, an RT game is started in which a re-game combination is established with a very high probability, and the game is continued with almost no game medals being inserted while the first BB combination or the second BB combination is established.

  As a result of the processing (S1036 to S1042, S1012) as described above in the gaming state setting processing of FIG. 42 and FIG. 43, after the end of the BB game started by the winning of the first BB combination, transition to the normal game, After the end of the BB game due to the winning of the second BB combination, the RT game is started.

  The case where it is determined in the game state setting process that any BB game flag is set to ON (S1000: yes) has been described. On the other hand, if no BB game flag is set to ON (S1000: no), the following processing is performed.

  First, it is determined whether or not the RT game flag is set to ON (S1002). As described above, in the third embodiment, when the second BB game ends, the RT game flag is set to ON (S1038 in FIG. 43). On the other hand, even if the first BB game is finished, the RT game flag is not set to ON, and the game is shifted to the normal game as it is. If the RT game flag is set to ON (S1002: yes), whether or not the RT game counter value has reached “0” after subtracting “1” from the RT game counter described above (S1004)? It is determined whether or not (S1006). As a result, if the RT game counter has not reached “0” (S1006: no), it can be determined that the RT game is to be continued, so the RT game lottery table described above with reference to FIG. 47 is selected (S1008). .

  On the other hand, when the RT game counter reaches “0” (S1006: yes), it can be determined that the duration of the RT game has ended, so after turning off the RT game flag (S1010), FIG. The normal game lottery table shown in 41 is selected (S1012). That is, when the second BB game is finished, when the game is performed by the number of times corresponding to the initial value set in the RT game counter and the game state setting process is executed, the selected lottery table is changed from the RT game lottery table. Switch to the normal game lottery table. In the first place, if the RT game flag is not set to ON (S1002: no), the normal game lottery table is selected without performing the processing (S1004, S1006) regarding the RT game counter (S1012). . As described above, when it is determined in the gaming state setting process that none of the BB game flags is set to ON (S1000: no), the lottery table of either the RT game lottery table or the normal game lottery table is selected. After selecting (S1008, S1012), the game state setting process is terminated, and the process returns to the game control process shown in FIGS.

  As described above, in the game state setting process (S800) that is performed first after the game control process is started, a process for selecting an appropriate lottery table according to the setting of the game state flag is performed. As a result, when the first BB game flag or the second BB game flag is set to ON, either the first BB game lottery table or the second BB game lottery table is selected and the BB game is performed. In addition, when the second BB game flag is set to ON, after the BB game is ended, the RT game lottery table is selected and the RT game is performed, and when the RT game is ended, the normal game lottery is performed. The table is selected and the game returns to the normal game.

  As a result of the internal lottery process (FIG. 40) and the game state setting process (FIGS. 42 and 43) described above being performed, in the third embodiment, during the first BB game, during the second BB game, during the RT game (or BB) Even during the carryover of the winning combination, the internal winning of the first BB winning combination and the second BB winning can be generated, and the internal winning of the generated BB winning combination is stocked until the BB game is finished. When the BB game ends, the stocked BB combination is released, and the BB combination can be established. In addition, as is clear from the first BB game lottery table shown in FIG. 44, when the first BB combination or the second BB combination is won internally during the first BB game, the internal winning is always duplicated with the re-game combination B. Furthermore, as is clear from the normal game lottery table shown in FIG. 41, this re-game player B is a game player who never wins a prize during the normal game. . When the BB combination is won internally during the first BB game, the re-playing combination B is set to win a prize with priority over the BB combination.

Furthermore, as is clear from the lottery table for the second BB game shown in FIG. 45, during the second BB game, when the first BB combination is won internally, the re-game combination B is always duplicated and the second BB combination is played. In the case of internal winning, the internal winning is always overlapped with the increasing role B. Moreover, as is clear from the normal game lottery table shown in FIG. 41, these re-game bonus B and increase bonus B are game players that never win a prize during the normal game. During the second BB game, when the first BB combination is won internally, the re-playing combination B is preferentially won, and during the second BB game, the second BB combination is won internally. A is set so that winning is achieved with priority.
As a result, in the third embodiment, it is possible to further enhance the player's gaming interest by utilizing the fact that the internal lottery of the BB role is performed even during the BB game (and during the carry-over of the BB role). ing. Hereinafter, this point will be described in detail.

C-2. Gameability obtained by the third embodiment:
FIG. 48 is an explanatory view exemplifying how the gaming state is switched over time as a result of the game being played by the player. For example, it is assumed that, by operating the start lever 36 at the timing of “a”, the re-game combination A and the first BB combination are internally won. In this case, the internal winning flag of the first BB combination in (f) is set to ON, and the internal winning flag of the re-gamer A in (i) is set to ON. At this time, the first BB combination internal winning flag in (f) is also set to ON because both the first BB gaming flag in (c) and the second BB gaming flag in (d) are set to OFF (normally This is because the game is in progress. As described above, since the internal winning flag of the re-game player A and the first BB game player is set to ON, the winning of the re-game player A who wins preferentially is established. At this time, the player expects that since the re-gamer A has been won, the player may expect that the first BB player or the second BB player will also win internally, but the normal game lottery table of FIG. As shown in the above, re-players A often wins alone (because only 1/10 or less of all re-players A are won in combination with the first BB or second BB), so much expectation I will not embrace you.

  Subsequently, at the timing of “I”, the player operates the spinning cylinder stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c in a timely manner, and the winning of the first BB role that has already been won internally at the timing of “A” is established. Yes. As the winning is established, the first BB game flag in (c) is set to ON, and the BB game is started.

  At the timing of “c”, the re-game player A and the re-game player B are internally elected to overlap the second BB role. Since this timing is during the first BB game, the second BB winning combination is stored in the stock area of (h). Further, the internal winning flags of the re-gamer A and the re-gamer B are set to ON even during the BB game. In this case, if the player operates the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c at a timing corresponding to the re-game player B, the re-game player B is awarded a prize, and if it is operated at other timings, the re-game player A Won a prize. In the example shown in FIG. 48, the re-game player B has won a prize at the timing of “U”.

As shown in the first BB game lottery table of FIG. 44, the re-game player B is a game player who always wins the internal combination of the first BB game or the second BB game, and the player wins the re-game game B prize. If is established, the expectation that the internal winning of any BB combination is stocked will be increased. Further, since the re-game player B is a special game player who does not win a prize during a normal game, the player's attention will be attracted when the re-game player B wins a game. Therefore, during the BB game, it is possible to improve the player's interest in establishing the re-gamer B and winning the game, and as a result, the BB game can be excited.
Here, the fact that the winning of the re-gamer B is established means that the re-gamer B has been won internally. Then, as shown in the first BB game lottery table in FIG. 44, the re-game combination B is a game combination that always wins an internal winning combination with any BB combination. Therefore, at the time of “C”, the winning of the re-gamer B is established, and at the same time as the re-gamer B ’s internal winning, any of the BB roles will be won internally, This means that the winning stock has been stocked. In addition, as described above, the re-game player B is a special game player who never wins a prize during a normal game. Therefore, if a re-game player B wins a prize during the first BB game, the player's attention Attract. As a result, the player feels that the internal winning of any of the BB roles will be stocked if the re-playing role B can be won during the first BB game (if the white seven symbols can be aligned). Thus, during the first BB game, the game is aimed at the white seven symbol as much as possible. As a result, it is possible to greatly improve the interest of the player, exceeding the effects of simply performing an internal lottery for the BB role even during a BB game.

  Of course, as shown in FIG. 44, when any of the BB combinations is won internally, not only the replay combination B but also the replay combination A is internally won. Accordingly, even when the re-game player A is won instead of the re-game player B, the internal winning of any BB role may be stocked. However, unlike re-playing role B, re-playing role A only partially wins internally with any of the BB roles, just because re-playing role A is won internally. , It is not always the case that the BB role is also won internally. For this reason, when the BB game is started, the player plays the game with the aim of stocking the internal winning of the BB combination by aligning the white seven symbols.

  The timing of “d” is in the first BB game like the timing of “c”, but this time, the first BB combination is won internally by the re-gaming combination A and the re-playing combination B. As a result, the re-game player B wins. Also, the first BB combination won internally during the BB game is stored in the stock area of (h). Even at the timing of “d”, since the winning of the re-gamer B is established, the effect as described at the timing of “c” can be achieved. The newly won BB combination (here, the first BB combination) is stored in the upper address of the previously won internal BB combination (here, the second BB combination won internally at the timing of “c”). Is done.

  At the timing of “o”, the first BB game flag is set to OFF in order to end the first BB game because the end condition of the first BB game is satisfied. Also, since the BB game has ended with the internal winning of the second BB combination stored in the lowest address of the stock area, the second BB in (g) is to be allowed to release the stock and allow the second BB combination to win. Set the internal winning flag to ON. Also, since the stock was released by setting the internal winning flag to ON, the second BB combination is erased from the lowest address in the stock area, and the BB combination stored in the upper side is shifted to the lower side. (Here, the first BB combination is shifted as indicated by the dotted arrow).

  At the timing of “K”, at the timing of “O”, the winning of the BB role based on the internal winning flag of the second BB role set to ON is established, and the second BB game flag is set to start the second BB game. It is set to ON. That is, by releasing the stock after the end of the previous first BB game, the next second BB game is started with almost no interval from the previous first BB game.

  At the timing of “ki”, the re-game player A and the re-game player B are internally elected to overlap the first BB role. Since this timing is during the second BB game, the first BB winning combination is stored in the stock area (h). Further, the internal winning flags of the re-gamer A and the re-gamer B are set to ON even during the BB game. In this case, if the player operates the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c at a timing corresponding to the re-game player B, the re-game player B is awarded a prize, and if it is operated at other timings, the re-game player A Won a prize. In the example shown in FIG. 48, the re-game player B has won a prize at the timing of “ki”.

As shown in the second BB game lottery table in FIG. 45, the re-game player B is an internal game player who always wins the first BB game, and when the player wins the re-game game B, The expectation that the internal winning of the 1st BB role is stocked is increased. Further, since the re-game player B is a special game player who does not win a prize during a normal game, the player's attention will be attracted when the re-game player B wins a game. Therefore, during the BB game, it is possible to improve the player's interest in establishing the re-gamer B and winning the game, and as a result, the BB game can be excited.
Here, the fact that the winning of the re-gamer B is established means that the re-gamer B has been won internally. Then, as shown in the second BB game lottery table in FIG. 45, the re-game player B is a game player who always wins an internal winning combination with the first BB game. Therefore, at the time of “ki”, the fact that the winning of the re-playing role B is established means that the internal winning of the first re-playing role B and the internal winning of the first BB role will be the same. Represents being stocked. In addition, as described above, the re-game player B is a special game player who never wins a prize during a normal game. Therefore, if a re-game player B wins a prize during the second BB game, the player's attention Attract. As a result, if the player can win the re-gamer B during the second BB game (if the white seven symbols can be aligned), the player will feel that the internal winning of the first BB will be stocked, During the second BB game, the game is aimed at the white seven symbol as much as possible. As a result, it is possible to greatly improve the interest of the player, exceeding the effects of simply performing an internal lottery for the BB role even during a BB game.

  At the timing of “Ku”, the increasing combination B is won internally by overlapping with the second BB combination. Since this timing is during the second BB game, the second BB winning combination is stored in the stock area of (h). Further, the internal winning flag of the increasing combination B is set to ON even during the BB game. In this case, if the player operates the rotation stop button 38a, 38b, 38c at the timing corresponding to the increasing combination B, the increasing combination B is established, and if it is operated at any other timing, it corresponds to any gaming combination. The combination of symbols that are not to be displayed is stopped. In the example shown in FIG. 48, the winning combination B is won at the timing of “ku”.

As shown in the second BB game lottery table of FIG. 45, the winning combination B is a game combination that always wins an internal winning combination with the second BB combination, and if the player wins the winning combination of the increasing combination B, the second BB Increasing expectations that the internal winning of the role has been stocked. Further, since the winning combination B is a special gaming combination that is not established during a normal game, when the increasing combination B is established, the player's attention is attracted. Therefore, during the BB game, it is possible to improve the player's interest in establishing the re-gamer B and winning the game, and as a result, the BB game can be excited.
Here, the fact that the winning combination of the increasing combination B is established means that the increasing combination B was won internally. Then, as shown in the second BB game lottery table in FIG. 45, the winning combination B is a game combination that always wins an internal winning combination with the second BB combination. Therefore, at the time of “Ku”, the winning combination of the increasing role B is established, and at the same time as the internal winning of the increasing role B, the internal winning of the second BB role is stocked and the internal winning of the second BB role is stocked. It represents that. In addition, as described above, the winning combination B is a special gaming player who never wins a prize during a normal game. Therefore, when the winning prize of the increasing bonus B is established during the second BB game, the player's attention is naturally drawn. . As a result, if the player can win the winning combination B during the second BB game (if the symbol combination of “Red Seven”-“Blue Seven”-“Blue Seven” can be stopped and displayed) Feeling that the internal winning of 2BB combination is stocked, during the second BB game, the game is played aiming at the symbol corresponding to the increasing combination B as much as possible. As a result, it is possible to greatly improve the interest of the player, exceeding the effects of simply performing an internal lottery for the BB role even during a BB game.

  At the timing of “K”, the second BB game end condition is satisfied, so that the second BB game flag is set OFF and the RT game flag is set ON to end the second BB game and start the RT game. is doing. In addition, since the BB game is finished with the first BB internal win stored in the lowest address of the stock area, the first BB combination in (f) is allowed to release the stock and allow the first BB combination to win. Set the internal winning flag to ON. Also, since the stock was released by setting the internal winning flag to ON, the first BB combination is erased from the lowest address in the stock area, and the BB combination stored in the upper side is shifted to the lower side. (Here, the first BB combination and the second BB combination are shifted as indicated by dotted arrows).

  At the timing of “K”, at the timing of “K”, the first BB game flag is set so that the winning of the first BB role based on the internal winning flag of the first BB role set to ON is established and the first BB game is started. Is set to ON.

Here, in the gaming machine of the third embodiment, the RT game is performed after the end of the second BB game. Also, if there is a stock of any BB combination after the end of the second BB game, the internal winning flag of the corresponding BB combination is set to ON. Therefore, in this case, as shown also between the timings “ke” to “ko” in FIG. 48, the internal winning flag of the BB role is set to ON during the RT game, in other words, the BB role Winning is allowed. During RT games, if the internal winning flags of both the BB role and the other game characters are set to ON, the other game characters are preferentially established, but the other game characters are internally won. If not, the BB combination can be established. Therefore, when the player has not won the other game combination internally (in the case of losing), the player can establish a winning BB combination that has been released even during the RT game. However, if the player intentionally operates the rotation stop buttons 38a, 38b, and 38c at a timing at which the symbol combination of the BB role is not stopped and displayed, it is possible to prevent the BB role from being established and the RT game. It is also possible to continue.
As described above, in the third embodiment, an internal lottery of the BB combination is performed even during the RT game, and if the internal winning is performed for the BB combination, the internal winning is stocked. Therefore, since the player can get the chance of the internal lottery without reducing the game medals during the RT game, the player will try to advance the RT game while avoiding the winning of the BB role, It is possible to increase the interest of the player in RT games.

  FIG. 49 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing the game as shown in FIG. During the normal game, as shown in the timing of “a” in FIG. 48, since one-twentieth or less of the re-playing combination A and any BB combination are internally won, the player When A wins, the team expects that any of the BB roles will be won internally. However, as shown in the normal game lottery table in FIG. 41, the re-gamer A often wins alone, and there is no great expectation.

  Also, during the first BB game, as shown in the timings “c” and “d” in FIG. 48, the re-game player B always wins the internal winning combination with the first BB role or the second BB role. In addition, since the re-game player B is a special game player who never wins a prize during a normal game, when the re-game player B wins a game during the first BB game, the player's attention is naturally drawn. As a result, if the player can win a re-gamer B during the first BB game, the player feels that the internal winning of any BB player will be stocked, and replays as much as possible during the first BB game. A game is played aiming at winning the winning combination of the role B. As a result, it is possible to greatly improve the interest of the player, exceeding the effects of simply performing an internal lottery for the BB role even during a BB game.

  On the other hand, during the second BB game, as shown in the timing of “K” in FIG. 48, the re-game player B always wins the internal winning combination with the first BB role. Further, during the second BB game, the winning combination B always wins the internal winning combination with the second BB combination as shown in the timing of “K” in FIG. In addition, since the re-gamer B and the increaser B are special gamers who never win a prize during the normal game, if the re-gamer B or the increaser B wins a prize during the second BB game, the game Attract the attention of the person. As a result, the player feels that the internal winning of the first BB combination will be stocked if the re-playing combination B can be established during the second BB game, and the second BB combination if the winning combination B can be established. In the second BB game, the player is made to aim for the winning of the re-gamer B or the increased player B as much as possible during the second BB game. As a result, it is possible to greatly improve the interest of the player, exceeding the effects of simply performing an internal lottery for the BB role even during a BB game. Furthermore, since the first and second BB roles have different internal winning combinations, the player predicts which BB role will be won internally, and the specific combination corresponding to the BB role. A game is played aiming at (re-game player B or increase player B). As a result, when the winning combination of the specific combination is established, the satisfaction of the prediction is also taken into consideration, so that it is possible to greatly increase the player's gaming interest.

  Also, in the internal lottery during the first BB game, the second BB combination wins the re-playing combination B, and in the internal lottery during the second BB game, the second BB combination wins the overlapping combination B, so the BB game It is possible to aim for the establishment of winnings of different game actors depending on the game, and it is possible to greatly excite the player's gaming interest.

D. Modified example:
In the first to third embodiments described above, when the “special role” is won internally, information capable of identifying that fact is transmitted from the main control board 200 side to the sub-control board 220 side, and an effect display is performed. You may make it perform the production | presentation which alert | reports that "specific combination" was won internally by the apparatus 10. FIG. In this way, the player can recognize that the “specific combination” has been won internally, and can cause the player to aim for winning the “specific combination”.

  In the first to third embodiments described above, during the BB game, the BB combination is internally won by overlapping with “a specific combination having a symbol combination that is not stopped and displayed in a normal game as a winning combination condition”. did. In place of this, the same symbol combination as the symbol combination that is stopped during the normal game is used as the winning condition, but the symbol combination is stopped during the bonus game, and the symbol combination is stopped during the normal game. Thus, a game combination set to be stopped and displayed on a different winning line may be set as a “specific combination”. For example, in the case where “Bell Minor” is won during normal game, the symbol combination (Bell-Bell-Bell) corresponding to “Bell Minor” is selected as the winning line L1 to L4 (hereinafter referred to as a normal game winning line). ) Stop control is performed so as to stop display on any of the above, and the winning of the small role of the bell is established. On the other hand, when a “bell bell (special role)” is won in combination with the BB role during a BB game in which “bell bell” is set as the specific role, the symbol combination corresponding to the specific role (Bell-Bell-Bell) is set so that the winning of the specific role is established by performing stop control to stop display on a winning line L5 (hereinafter referred to as a winning line during BB gaming) different from the normal gaming winning line. To do. In this way, when the specific combination is won internally during the BB game, overlapping with the BB combination, the corresponding symbol combination is stopped and displayed on the winning line in the BB game that is not stopped and displayed in the normal game. Therefore, it is possible to draw the player's attention and realize a new gameability that can be expected to stop and display a symbol combination corresponding to a specific role (a symbol combination that is stopped and displayed even during normal games) on the winning line during the BB game. It is possible to excite the gaming interest during BB gaming.

In the second embodiment described above, during the BB game, the internal lottery of the BB role is performed during the JAC game and during the BB general game. However, during either the JAC game or during the BB general game, Only an internal lottery of the BB combination may be performed. If it carries out like this, it will become possible to make the game nature of a JAC game and BB general game differ greatly, and it will become possible to excite BB game by extension.
In the third embodiment described above, the BB combination can be established even during RT games. However, the BB combination may not be established during RT games. In this way, the player does not have to worry about the RT game being finished halfway, and expects a BB role winning after the RT game ends, and it is possible to increase the interest in the game while playing the game with peace of mind. It becomes.

Although the case where the bonus game state is the BB game has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and the bonus game state may be a regular bonus game (RB game) or a challenge time game (CT game). In this case, a lottery for the RB combination is performed during the RB game, and a lottery for the CT combination is performed during the CT game.
In addition, during the various bonus games, the internal winnings that overlap with the bonus winnings are not limited to replays or increasing winnings, and the winning probabilities differ from the winning probabilities in the internal lottery performed during normal games. If it is a game combination set in the middle, another small role, a JAC role that triggers the start of JAC game, an SB role that triggers the start of single bonus game, a zero-card role without payout (zero-card role) ) Etc. may be used.

  In addition, the winning probability for the bonus combination in the bonus game state may be the same as or different from the normal game state. For example, if the winning probability for the bonus combination in the bonus game state is higher than that in the normal game state, the game interest of the player in the bonus game state can be particularly enhanced. On the other hand, if the probability of winning a bonus combination in the bonus gaming state is lower than that in the normal gaming state, the player's gaming interests will be enhanced compared to the conventional case (when the bonus combination lottery is not performed in the bonus gaming state) The sex can be suppressed appropriately.

  While various embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited thereto, and is not limited to the wording of each claim unless it departs from the scope described in each claim. Improvements based on the knowledge that a person skilled in the art normally has can also be added as appropriate to the extent that those skilled in the art can easily replace them.

  The present invention can be used for a swing type game machine used in a game hall.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Revolving type game machine (game machine), 20 ... Display window, 20a, 20b, 20c ... Revolving unit,
38a, 38b, 38c ... rotating cylinder stop button, 200 ... main control board,
201 ... CPU (internal lottery means, stop control means, bonus carryover means, bonus game state execution means),
202 ... ROM (game player storage means)

Claims (4)

The combination of symbols obtained when the plurality of spinning cylinders are rotated by operating the rotation start member after the game medium is inserted and the plurality of spinning cylinders are stopped is a symbol combination that establishes a prize for the game player. In this case, a game for deriving a game result corresponding to the game player is performed,
A game combination storage means for storing a plurality of game combinations including a bonus combination for starting a bonus game state that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game state;
Internal lottery means for performing an internal lottery as to which of the plurality of gamers is won, or which is not allowed to be won by any of the gamers, triggered by the operation of the rotation start member;
Stop control means for performing stop control of the plurality of cylinders so that a winning combination of the game player won in the internal lottery can be established;
If the bonus combination is not established despite the winning of the bonus combination in the internal lottery, the bonus combination carry-over means for carrying over the winning of the bonus combination to the next game;
Bonus gaming state execution means for starting the bonus gaming state when the winning of the bonus combination is established and ending the bonus gaming state when a predetermined condition is established;
In the rotary type gaming machine provided with
The internal lottery means
In the bonus game state, the internal lottery is performed so that a specific combination of the plurality of game combinations is won in combination with the bonus combination, and the winning probability value of the specific combination in the internal lottery is determined. Set to a value different from the winning probability value in the internal lottery in the normal gaming state,
The stop control means includes
During the bonus game state, when the bonus combination and the specific combination are won in the internal lottery, the plurality of times are determined so that a winning can be established for the specific combination selected in duplicate with the bonus combination. Perform a stop control of the cylinders, and perform a stop control of the plurality of cylinders so that a winning is not established until the bonus game state is finished for the selected bonus combination,
After the bonus game state has ended, the plurality of revolving game machines are controlled so that a winning can be established for the bonus combination won during the bonus game state. . In the rotary type gaming machine according to claim 1,
The game player storage means
As the bonus combination, a first bonus combination in which the first bonus gaming state is started and a second bonus combination in which a second bonus gaming state that is more advantageous to the player than the first bonus gaming state is stored are stored. And
As the specific combination, a first specific combination and a second specific combination are stored,
The internal lottery means
In the bonus game state, an internal lottery is performed so that the first bonus combination is won in duplicate with the first specific combination, and the second bonus combination is won in duplicate with the second specific combination. A swing type game machine characterized by an internal lottery. In the rotary type gaming machine according to claim 1,
The bonus gaming state execution means starts either the first bonus gaming state or the second bonus gaming state as the bonus gaming state when the winning of the bonus combination is established,
The internal lottery means differs in the type of the specific combination to be won in duplicate for the bonus combination between the case where the internal lottery is performed in the first bonus gaming state and the case where the internal lottery is performed in the second bonus gaming state. A swing-type game machine characterized by In the rotary type gaming machine according to claim 1,
The bonus game state is started when a JAC combination which is one of the game players can win a prize, and when a JAC role win is established, and a bonus greater than the general game state is given to the player. It consists of the JAC gaming state that is given,
The internal lottery means performs the internal lottery for the bonus combination in the general gaming state and the JAC gaming state, and performs the internal lottery in the general gaming state and the internal lottery in the JAC gaming state. The revolving type gaming machine characterized in that the type of the specific combination that is won in combination with the bonus combination differs depending on whether the lottery is performed.

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