JP2013202233A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of changing an execution mode of a game performance while suppressing an amount of performance data.SOLUTION: In an element frequency determination process for respective performance elements constituting a specific performance, when either one performance number candidate of performance elements of processing objects is defined as the performance number of performance elements of processing objects, a performance control means 180 executes a pattern number acquiring process for acquiring the pattern number of the performance number candidates that can be determined as the performance number of respective unset performance elements, for respective performance number candidates of the performance element of the processing object, and determines either one performance number candidate as the performance number of the performance elements of processing objects at a selection rate according to the pattern number acquired for respective performance number candidates of the performance element of the processing object.

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a gaming machine (rotational gaming machine, slot machine) having a plurality of reels having symbols arranged on an outer peripheral surface is known. This type of gaming machine gives a certain game value to a game medium such as a medal or a pachinko ball and performs a game for acquiring such a game medium. In addition, this type of gaming machine performs an internal lottery that determines whether or not a winning combination is made based on the player's operation, and based on the result of the internal lottery, the game result is displayed using a combination of symbols arranged on a reel. In addition, when the displayed symbol combination is a symbol combination indicating a winning combination of a combination, a function of determining that the winning combination has been won and paying out a game medium is provided.

  In this type of gaming machine, various game effects such as display effects for displaying images on a liquid crystal display, light effects for blinking lamps and LEDs, or sound effects for outputting sound effects from speakers are executed. There are many models. In addition, in this type of gaming machine, there is also known a model that executes a game effect continuously or continuously over a plurality of times in order to effectively increase the player's sense of expectation (see Patent Document 1). .

JP 2003-79801 A

  Here, in this type of gaming machine, the execution mode of the game effect is changed to prevent the player from getting bored, and the effect data is stored in advance in the storage means for each execution mode of the game effect. Therefore, in such a gaming machine, when the execution mode of the game effect is increased, the amount of effect data is also increased.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of changing the execution mode of a game effect while suppressing the amount of data.

  (1) The present invention is a gaming machine that displays a result of a lottery for each game and pays out a game medium according to the result of the lottery, and an effect control unit that causes the effector to execute a specific effect in a specific effect section; And an effect storage means for storing variation range data in which a variation range of the number of effects is set for each of the plurality of effect elements constituting the specific effect, and the effect control means determines the number of effects in the specific effect section. Correspondingly, the number of effects is determined by determining one effect number candidate as the number of effects of each effect element among the effect number candidates that are the number of effects within the change range of each effect element set in the change range data. A process is performed for each effect element, and in the effect number determination process, one effect element is set as an effect element to be processed in the effect number determination process. In the case where any one of the effect number candidates of the effect elements of the processing target is set as the effect number of the effect elements of the process target, each unset effect that has not yet been set as the process target A pattern number acquisition process for acquiring the number of effects candidate patterns that can be determined as the element effect number is performed for each effect number candidate of the processing effect element, and each effect number candidate of the effect element to be processed is obtained. In addition, the present invention relates to a gaming machine characterized in that any one production number candidate is determined as the number of productions of the processing target production element at a selection rate corresponding to the number of patterns.

  In the present invention, it is possible to correspond to the number of effects in the specific effect section in correspondence with the number of effects in the specific effect section without preparing in advance a plurality of types of combination patterns for the number of effects in each effect element. Since the number of effects can be varied, the execution mode of a specific effect can be changed while suppressing the amount of data, and according to the number of patterns obtained for each effect number candidate of each effect element, The number of performances can be determined.

  (2) In the gaming machine of the present invention, in the pattern number acquisition process, the effect control means selects any one effect number candidate from among the effect number candidates of the effect elements to be processed in the pattern number acquisition process. The remaining number of effects obtained by subtracting the number of effects to be processed is subtracted from the number of effects determined to be determined by subtracting the number of effects of the effect elements already determined from the number of effects in the specific effect section. Acquired and obtains the number of effect number candidates for which the total of the selected effect number candidates is equal to the remaining effect number when any one of the effect number candidates of the unset effect elements is selected. You may make it do.

  In this way, in the case where any one effect number candidate of the effect elements to be processed is set as the effect number of the effect elements to be processed, an effect number candidate that can be determined as the effect number of each effect element that is not set. The number of patterns can be obtained.

  (3) In the gaming machine of the present invention, in the effect number determination process, the effect control means sets a number value corresponding to the number of patterns acquired for each effect number candidate of the effect element to be processed. A random value is extracted from a number corresponding to the total number of patterns acquired for each effect number candidate in the effect elements to be processed, and a value corresponding to the extracted random value is set. The effect number candidate that has been made may be determined as the effect number of the effect elements to be processed.

  In this way, it is possible to determine any one of the effect number candidates as the effect number of the effect element to be processed at a selection rate corresponding to the number of patterns obtained for each effect number candidate of the effect element to be processed.

  (4) In the gaming machine of the present invention, the effect control means may determine the effect element that has already been determined from the effect number in the specific effect section when the unset effect element does not exist in the effect number determination process. An undetermined number of effects excluding the number of effects may be determined as the number of effects of the effect elements to be processed.

  If it does in this way, about the effect element made into the last processing object among a plurality of effect elements, the number of effects can be determined, without performing pattern number acquisition processing.

  (5) In the gaming machine of the present invention, the effect control means determines the number of effects in the specific effect section under a predetermined condition, and performs the effect number determination process in correspondence with the determined number of effects in the specific effect section. You may make it perform about each effect element.

  In this way, even if the number of effects in the specific effect section is changed, the specific effect is prepared without preparing in advance a plurality of types of combination patterns for the number of effects of each effect element corresponding to the number of effects in the specific effect section. Since the number of effects of each effect element can be changed in correspondence with the number of effects in the section, it is possible to diversify the change in the execution mode of the specific effect while suppressing the data amount.

  (6) In the gaming machine of the present invention, the effect storage means stores a plurality of types of variation range data set in different ranges of the variation range, and the effect control means includes the effect number determination process, One of the variation range data of the plurality of types of variation range data is selected, and any one of the effects number candidates within the variation range of each effect element set in the selected variation range data The number candidate may be determined as the number of effects of each effect element.

  In this way, it is possible to further diversify the change in the execution mode of the specific effect while suppressing the data amount by increasing the types of the fluctuation range data with a small data amount.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance structure of the game machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the functional block of the game machine concerning the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure explaining the structure of the internal lottery table in the game machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the symbol arrangement | sequence of the reel in the gaming machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the relationship between the winning combination in the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention, the order of the stop operation, and the symbol combination displayed on the active line. It is a figure explaining the relationship between the winning combination in the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention, the order of the stop operation, and the symbol combination displayed on the active line. It is a figure explaining the relationship between the winning combination and symbol combination in the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a state transition diagram of the gaming state in the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure explaining the change of the execution mode of the specific effect in the gaming machine concerning the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure explaining the structure of the scenario table of the specific effect in the gaming machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the control method in the game machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the control method in the game machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the control method in the game machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the control method in the game machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the control method in the game machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the control method in the game machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining the control method in the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure explaining the structure of the pattern number table in the game machine which concerns on the modification of this invention.

  Hereinafter, this embodiment will be described. In addition, this embodiment demonstrated below does not unduly limit the content of this invention described in the claim. In addition, all the configurations described in the present embodiment are not necessarily essential configuration requirements of the present invention.

1. Configuration FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The gaming machine according to the present embodiment is a so-called slot machine or spinning-type gaming machine, and is a type of gaming machine that performs games using medals as gaming media.

  In the gaming machine according to the present embodiment, a reel unit including a first reel R1 to a third reel R3 (a plurality of reels) is housed in a box-shaped casing including a storage box BX, a front upper door UD, and a front lower door DD. It has been. A hopper unit (not shown) as a medal payout device is housed in the lower portion of the reel unit in the housing. In the gaming machine casing of the present embodiment, a CPU, ROM (an example of an information storage medium), RAM, and the like are mounted, and a control board for controlling the operation of the gaming machine is also housed.

  Each of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 shown in FIG. 1 is divided into 21 regions (each region is referred to as “frame”) at regular intervals on the outer peripheral surface, and each frame has a plurality of types of symbols. One is arranged. The first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are pivotally supported by a step motor (reel driving means: not shown), and are each driven to rotate around the axis of the step motor. By controlling the width or the like, it is possible to stop in units of frames (a predetermined rotation angle unit, a predetermined rotation amount unit). That is, in the gaming machine of the present embodiment, when the step motor rotates and drives the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 in accordance with the drive pulse supplied from the control board, and the supply of the drive pulse from the control board is interrupted, As the rotation of the step motor stops, the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 stop.

  The front upper door UD and the front lower door DD are provided so as to be individually openable and closable, and the front upper door UD has a display window DW that allows observation of the rotation state and the stop state of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3. Is provided. In the stopped state of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3, the plurality of types of symbols arranged at regular intervals on the outer peripheral surfaces of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are continuously arranged on the outer peripheral surface. The three symbols (the upper symbol, the middle symbol, and the lower symbol) can be observed from the front of the gaming machine through the display window DW.

  In the gaming machine of the present embodiment, the upper, middle, and lower stages are provided for each reel as display positions for observing the symbol through the display window DW, and the effective line L1 is determined depending on the combination of the symbol display positions for each reel. ~ L4 is set. Specifically, the effective line L1 is set by a combination of the upper stage of the first reel R1, the middle stage of the second reel R2, and the upper stage of the third reel R3, and the upper stage of the first reel R1, the middle stage of the second reel R2, The effective line L2 is set by the combination of the lower stage of the third reel R3 and the effective line L3 is set by the combination of the lower stage of the first reel R1, the middle stage of the second reel R2, and the upper stage of the third reel R3. An effective line L4 is set by a combination of the lower stage of the reel R1, the middle stage of the second reel R2, and the lower stage of the third reel R3. In the gaming machine of the present embodiment, the middle stage of the first reel R1, the upper and lower stages of the second reel R2, and the middle stage of the third reel R3 are not display positions on any effective line. That is, in the gaming machine of this embodiment, a part of the display position of each of the first reel R1 and the third reel R3 is excluded from the display position on the effective line.

  The game result is determined by the symbol combination stopped and displayed on any of the four effective lines L1 to L4 in the display window DW, and the symbol combination on the effective line is a symbol combination corresponding to a predetermined role. In such a case, a medal is paid out from the hopper unit as the winning combination. In the gaming machine of the present embodiment, the number of medals required for one game, the so-called prescribed insertion number is set to three, and four valid medals are inserted based on the insertion of the prescribed insertion number of medals. Lines L1 to L4 are set. Note that the prescribed number of throws may differ depending on the gaming state, and when multiple types of prescribed throws are set, the number of active lines set varies depending on the prescribed throws. Also good.

  The front upper door UD is provided with a game information display section DS. The game information display section DS is composed of an LED, a lamp, a 7-segment display, etc., and displays various game information such as the number of medal credits, the number of medals paid out or earned in one game, and the remaining number of bonus games. The

  In addition, the front upper door UD is provided with a liquid crystal display LCD for performing game effects. On the liquid crystal display LCD, various videos (or images) for assisting the game or for exciting the game are displayed. Further, in the gaming machine of the present embodiment, a plurality of speakers (not shown) for performing a game effect are provided for the front upper door UD and the front lower door DD. From the speaker, various sounds for assisting the game or for exciting the game are output.

  The front lower door DD is provided with various operation means. As the operation means, an operation that triggers the start of the game by rotating the bet button (insertion operation means) B0 and the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 for performing an operation of inserting a credited (stored) medal. A start lever (rotation start operation means) SL for performing the operation, and a stop button (stop operation means for performing an operation to stop each of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 that is rotationally driven by the step motor. ) B1-B3 and the like are provided.

  In the gaming machine of the present embodiment, the player starts rotation control of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 by inserting a medal into the medal insertion slot MI or performing an operation of pressing the bet button B0. Is set (enabled) in a ready state. When the player depresses the start lever SL, the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are started to rotate on the control board by driving the step motor, and an internal lottery using a random number value is performed, so that the first reel R1 On the condition that the rotation speed of the third reel R3 has increased to a predetermined speed, the pressing operation of the stop buttons B1 to B3 is permitted (validated).

  Thereafter, when the player presses down the stop buttons B1 to B3 at an arbitrary timing, stop switches (stop signal output means: for example, a photo sensor, a continuity sensor, a pressure) built in each of the stop buttons B1 to B3 A sensor or the like) performs an ON operation, and changes a reel stop signal input to the control board from the OFF state to the ON state.

  When the player releases the stop buttons B1 to B3 that are in the pressed state at an arbitrary timing, the stop switch of each button is turned off, and the reel stop signal input to the control board is changed from the on state to the off state. .

  And the control board is at a stop position according to the result of the internal lottery based on the change from the off state to the on state of the reel stop signal whose signal state changes according to the pressing timing and release timing of the stop buttons B1 to B3. The first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are stopped.

  Further, a medal payout opening MO and a medal tray MP are provided at the lower part of the front lower door DD, and a number of medals according to the game result are paid out from the medal payout opening MO to the medal tray MP. Yes.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the gaming machine of the present embodiment.

  The gaming machine of this embodiment is controlled by a game control means (control board) 100. The game control means 100 receives input signals from input means such as the medal insertion switch 210, the bet switch 220, the start switch 230, the stop switch 240, etc., and performs various calculations for executing the game, and based on the calculation results. The operation control of the output means such as the reel unit 310, the hopper unit 320, the display device 330, the acoustic device 340 is performed. The functions of the game control means 100 are stored in advance in various processors (CPU, DSP, etc.), ASIC (gate array, etc.), ROM (an example of an information storage medium), or hardware such as RAM, ROM, etc. It is realized by software consisting of a given program.

  The game control means 100 includes an insertion acceptance means 105, a random number generation means 110, an internal lottery means 120, a reel control means 130, a winning determination means 140, a payout control means 150, a replay processing means 160, a game state transition control means 170, a replay. Probability changing means 175, effect control means 180, and storage means 190 are included.

  The insertion accepting means 105 accepts the insertion of medals for each game, and based on the insertion of medals corresponding to the prescribed number of insertions, the first reel R1 to the third reel with respect to the start lever (rotation start operation means) SL. Processing for permitting (validating) the rotation start operation of R3 is performed. In the gaming machine of the present embodiment, the pressing operation of the start lever SL is an opportunity to start the rotation of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 and an opportunity to execute the internal lottery.

  Further, in the gaming machine of this embodiment, when a medal is inserted into the medal insertion slot MI, the medal insertion switch 210 is activated, and the insertion accepting means 105 is limited to a predetermined number of three, Set the inserted medal to the inserted state. Further, in the gaming machine of the present embodiment, when the bet button B0 is pressed in a state where medals are credited to the gaming machine, the betting switch 220 is activated, so that the loading accepting means 105 has a predetermined number of throwing. The credited medals are set to the inserted state up to a certain number of three.

  The random number generation means 110 is a means for generating random numbers for lottery. The random value can be generated based on, for example, a count value of an increment counter (a counter that counts numerical values so as to circulate a predetermined count range). In this embodiment, the “random number value” is not only a value that is randomly generated in a mathematical sense, but even if the generation itself is regular, the acquisition timing and the like are irregular. Includes a value that can function as a random number.

  The internal lottery means 120 is a means for performing an internal lottery for determining whether or not a winning combination is made based on a start signal from a start switch 230 that is operated by a player pressing a start lever (rotation start operation means) SL. A lottery table selection process, a random number determination process, a lottery flag setting process, and the like are performed.

  In the lottery table selection process, it is determined which internal lottery table is used for the internal lottery table among the plurality of internal lottery tables stored in the internal lottery table storage unit 1911 of the storage unit 190. In the gaming machine of this embodiment, the internal lottery table storage unit 1911 stores six types of internal lottery tables A to F as shown in FIG. In each internal lottery table, for each of a plurality of random values (for example, 65536 random values from 0 to 65535), replay (Replay A, Replay B, Replay C, Replay D), small role (bell, Various roles such as watermelon A, watermelon B, watermelon C, watermelon D, special small combination A, special small combination B), and big bonus (BB) are associated with each other.

  In the gaming machine of this embodiment, replay A, replay B, replay C, and replay D are prepared as replays. In the internal lottery table A, replay A, replay B, and replay C are won in duplicate. In the internal lottery table B to the internal lottery table E, the correspondence between the combination and the random number value is set so that there is a case where the replay B, the replay C, and the replay D are won in duplicate. Correspondence between a combination and a random number value is set so that there is a case where Replay A wins alone.

  In the gaming machine of this embodiment, bells, watermelon A, watermelon B, watermelon C, watermelon D, special small roles A, and special small roles B are prepared as small roles, and an internal lottery table A to an internal lottery table. In each of F, specifically, there is a case where a bell and two kinds of watermelons are won in duplicate, specifically, a case where bell, watermelon A, and watermelon B are won in duplicate, and a bell and watermelon C. , And watermelon D won in duplicate, bell, watermelon A, and watermelon D won in duplicate, bell, watermelon B, and watermelon C won in duplicate, bell, watermelon Correspondence between the combination and the random number value is set so that there are a case where A and watermelon C are won in duplicate and a case where bell, watermelon B and watermelon D are won in duplicate.

  In the gaming machine of the present embodiment, the normal state, the bonus establishment state, and the bonus state can be set as the gaming state, and further, the replay lottery state, the replay non-lottery state, the first replay low probability state, the second state The replay low probability state, the first replay high probability state, and the second replay high probability state can be set. In the lottery table selection process, the internal lottery table A to the internal lottery table F are selected according to the gaming state and the replay lottery state. Is selected as an internal lottery table to be used in the internal lottery.

  In the random number determination process, a random value (lottery random number) is acquired from the random number generator 110 for each game based on the start signal from the start switch 230, and the internal lottery table storage unit 1911 of the storage unit 190 for the acquired random number value. It is determined whether or not the winning combination is won with reference to the internal lottery table stored in the table.

  In the lottery flag setting process, the lottery flag corresponding to the winning combination determined to be won based on the result of the random number determination process is changed from the non-winning state (first flag state, off state) to the winning state (second flag state). , ON state). In the gaming machine of the present embodiment, when two or more types of winning combinations are won, a lottery flag corresponding to each of the two or more types of winning winning combinations is set to a winning state. The lottery flag setting information is stored in the lottery flag storage unit 1912 of the storage unit 190.

  In addition, in the gaming machine of this embodiment, a lottery flag (carry-over possible flag) that can carry on the winning state for the next game until winning, and a non-winning state without carrying the winning state on the next game regardless of winning. A lottery flag (a carry-over impossible flag) that is reset to the winning state is prepared. As a combination with which the former carry-over possible flag is associated, there is a big bonus (BB), and other combinations (for example, small combination, replay) are associated with the latter carry-over impossible flag. That is, in the lottery flag setting process, when the big bonus (BB) is won by internal lottery, the winning state of the lottery flag of the won big bonus (BB) is carried over until the won big bonus (BB) wins. At this time, the internal lottery means 120 performs an internal lottery for determining whether or not a role (small role and replay) other than the big bonus (BB) is won even in a game in which the winning state of the big bonus (BB) lottery flag is carried over. Is going. That is, in the lottery flag setting process, in a game in which the winning state of the big bonus (BB) lottery flag is carried over, if a role other than the big bonus (BB) is won in the internal lottery, the big that has already been won A lottery flag corresponding to two or more types of combinations consisting of a bonus (BB) lottery flag and a lottery flag other than the big bonus (BB) won in the internal lottery is set in a winning state.

  The reel control means 130 controls the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 based on a start signal from a start switch 230 that is actuated by a player pressing a start lever (rotation start operation means) SL (rotation start operation). Corresponding to a reel that is rotating in a state in which the rotational speed of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 reaches a predetermined speed (about 80 rpm: a rotational speed that is about 80 revolutions per minute). Control is performed to permit the pressing operation (stop operation) of the stop buttons B1 to B3, and the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 that are rotationally driven by the step motor are set to the lottery flag setting state (result of the internal lottery). Control to stop accordingly.

  Then, the reel controller 130 allows the player to press the stop buttons B1 to B3 when the player presses the stop buttons B1 to B3 in a state where the pressing operations (stopping operations) on the stop buttons (stop operation means) B1 to B3 are permitted (validated). When 240 is activated, the supply of drive pulses (motor drive signal) to the step motor of the reel unit 310 is stopped based on the reel stop signal from the stop switch 240, whereby the first reel R1 to the third reel R3. Control to stop each reel.

  That is, the reel controller 130 determines the stop position of the reel corresponding to the pressed button of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 each time the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed. The reel is stopped at the stop position. In the gaming machine of the present embodiment, pressing the stop button B1 corresponds to the stop operation of the first reel R1, and pressing the stop button B2 corresponds to the stop operation of the second reel R2, and the stop button B3 Pressing corresponds to a stop operation of the third reel R3. That is, in the gaming machine of this embodiment, when the pressing order of the stop buttons B1 to B3 is changed, the stopping order of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 is changed.

  In the gaming machine of the present embodiment, the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 stop the rotating reel corresponding to the pressed stop button within 190 ms from the time when the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed. Control state is set. That is, the stop position of each rotating reel is determined within the range of 0 frame to 4 frames (predetermined pull-in range) from the time when the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed until each reel R1 to R3 stops. Is done. The reel control means 130 displays the symbol corresponding to the winning combination in the internal lottery on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating reel corresponding to the stop button that has been pressed among the stop buttons B1 to B3. When the button is pressed, the symbol corresponding to the winning combination is displayed at the display position on the active line when it is located within the range of 0 frame to 4 frames with respect to the display position on the active line. In this way, control is performed to stop the rotating reel corresponding to the stop button that has been pressed.

  More specifically, the reel control means 130 is a process for obtaining a stop position of a rotating reel by logic calculation (logic calculation process), and a stop control table stored in the stop control table storage means 1913 of the storage means 190. And a process of determining the stop position of the rotating reel (table reference process).

  First, in the logic calculation process, 0 to 4 frames from the pressing detection position that is the position of the reel at the time of operation of the stop switch 240 (when the pressing operation of the stop button is detected) according to the priority order data determined for each combination. Priorities are obtained for the stop position candidates for five frames existing in the range. Then, the stop position candidate with the highest priority among the priorities of the respective stop position candidates is determined as the actual stop position. However, in logic calculation processing, the same priority may be obtained for a plurality of stop position candidates depending on the result of the internal lottery, the pressed detection position, etc., and there are a plurality of stop position candidates with the highest priority. In such a case, the actual stop position is determined by a table reference process described later.

  In particular, in the gaming machine of this embodiment, in the order of “replay (replay A to replay D)> small role (bell, watermelon A to watermelon D, special small role A, special small role B)> big bonus (BB)”. In the logic calculation process, when the lottery flags regarding two or more types of winning combinations are set to the internal winning state, the role with the lower priority order is assigned according to the priority assigned to each winning combination. The priority is calculated so that the priority of the stop position candidate including the symbol constituting the winning form of the role having a higher priority than the candidate of the stop position including the symbol constituting the winning form is higher.

  In the gaming machine according to the present embodiment, the priority for the stop position candidates when a plurality of types of small roles are won in the internal lottery is determined according to a predetermined payout for the small roles, and the small amount of the payout is large. The priority is obtained for the stop position candidates for five frames so that the priority becomes higher as the stop position can win the winning combination. However, when a small combination with the same payout is won in duplicate, the priorities of the stop position candidates that can win each small combination are treated as the same.

  In this embodiment, the bell and two types of watermelons are won in duplicate. However, since the payouts of the respective small roles are the same, each small role is treated with the same priority, and the bell winning form is obtained. The priority of the candidate for the stop position for displaying the symbol constituting the symbol on the effective line and the priority for the candidate for the stop position for displaying the symbol constituting one of the two types of watermelon on the valid line are the same. Priority.

  In the logic calculation process, so-called pull-in process and kick-out process are performed as processes for obtaining candidate reel stop positions. The pull-in process is a process of obtaining reel stop position candidates so that a winning combination whose lottery flag is set to the winning state can be won as much as possible. On the other hand, the kicking process is a process of obtaining reel stop position candidates so that a combination whose lottery flag is set to a non-winning state cannot be won. In this way, the reel control means 130 can stop the symbol of the winning combination with the lottery flag set in the winning state while winning the symbol of the winning combination with the lottery flag set in the non-winning state. Logic calculation processing is performed to obtain a candidate stop position of the reel so as not to stop.

  In the gaming machine of the present embodiment, the reel unit 310 includes a reel index 315 made of a photosensor, and the reel control means 130 is based on a reference position signal detected by the reel index 315 every time the reel makes one revolution. Thus, the current rotation state of the reel can be monitored by obtaining the rotation angle (the number of rotation steps of the rotation axis of the step motor) from the reel reference position (the frame detected by the reel index). ing. That is, the reel control unit 130 can obtain the position of the reel when the stop switch 240 is operated by obtaining the rotation angle from the reference position of the reel.

  In the table reference process, when a plurality of stop position candidates with the highest priority are obtained as a result of the logic operation process, the stop control table storage means of the storage means 190 indicates which position is set as the stop position. This is determined with reference to the stop control table stored in 1913.

  Here, in the stop control table, according to the setting state of the lottery flag, the pressing detection position, which is the position of the reel at the time of operation of the stop switch 240 (when the pressing operation of the stop button is detected), and the actual stop position, The correspondence of is set. In the stop control table, a correspondence relationship between the press detection position and the number of sliding symbols indicating the rotation amount from the press detection position to the actual stop position may be set according to the setting state of the lottery flag.

  Here, in the gaming machine of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of bell symbols “BL” are arranged at intervals of 6 frames on the outer peripheral surfaces of the first reel R1 and the third reel R3. The bell symbol “BL” can be drawn into the display position on the active line regardless of the pressing timing of the stop buttons B1 and B3.

  A plurality of bell symbols “BL” are arranged at intervals of 4 frames or less on the outer peripheral surface of the second reel R2, and the bell symbol “BL” is placed on the effective line regardless of the timing of pressing the stop button B2. It can be pulled into the display position.

  On the outer peripheral surface of each of the first reel R1 and the third reel R3, a red 7 symbol “red 7”, a black 7 symbol “black 7”, and a white 7 symbol “white 7” are arranged at intervals of 6 frames. Depending on the pressing timing of the stop buttons B1 and B3, one of the red 7 symbol “red 7”, the black 7 symbol “black 7”, and the white 7 symbol “white 7” is set to the display position on the effective line. It can be pulled in.

  A plurality of replay symbols “RP” are arranged at intervals of 6 frames or less on the outer peripheral surfaces of the first reel R1 and the third reel R3, and the replay symbol “RP” is displayed regardless of the timing of pressing the stop button B2. RP "can be drawn to the display position on the active line.

  A plurality of replay symbols “RP” are arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the second reel R2 at intervals of 4 frames or less, and the replay symbol “RP” is placed on the active line regardless of the timing of pressing the stop button B2. It can be pulled into the display position.

  Further, on the outer peripheral surface of the first reel R1, two watermelon symbols A “WMA” and one watermelon symbol B “WMB” are arranged, the interval between the watermelon symbols A “WMA”, and the watermelon symbol A Since the interval between “WMA” and watermelon symbol B “WMB” is 6 frames, either watermelon symbol A “WMA” or watermelon symbol B “WMB” is selected according to the timing of pressing the stop button B1. The display position on the effective line can be selectively drawn.

  Further, one watermelon symbol A “WMA” and two watermelon symbols B “WMB” are arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the third reel R3, and the interval between the watermelon symbols B “WMB” and the watermelon symbol A Since the interval between “WMA” and watermelon symbol B “WMB” is 6 frames, either watermelon symbol A “WMA” or watermelon symbol B “WMB” is selected according to the timing of pressing the stop button B3. The display position on the effective line can be selectively drawn.

  A plurality of watermelon symbols A “WMA” are arranged at intervals of 4 frames or less on the outer peripheral surface of the second reel R2, and the watermelon symbol A “WMA” is an effective line regardless of the timing of pressing the stop button B2. It can be pulled into the upper display position.

  Further, in the gaming machine of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, in the stop control table that is referred to when the bell, watermelon A, and watermelon B are won in the internal lottery, the stop button B1 is first pressed. When the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the order, the bell wins while avoiding winning of the watermelon A and watermelon B regardless of the timing of pressing the stop buttons B1 to B3, and the stop button B2 or the stop button B3 is the first. When the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the order of pressing, the watermelon A wins and the watermelon B wins according to the pressing timing of the stop buttons B1 to B3 while avoiding the bell winning. In case, neither Bell, Watermelon A or Watermelon B won the prize, but the special symbol combination “WMA / WMA / BL” or “WMB / The stop position with respect to the pressing detection position is set so that there is a case where “MA.BL” or “BL.WMA.WMA” or “BL.WMA.WMB” is displayed on any of the effective lines L1 to L4. Yes.

  Also, in the stop control table that is referred to when the bell, watermelon C, and watermelon D are won in the internal lottery, when the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the order in which the stop button B1 is pressed first, the stop is stopped. The bell wins while avoiding winning of the watermelon C and watermelon D regardless of the pressing timing of the buttons B1 to B3, and the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the order in which the stop button B2 or the stop button B3 is pressed first. While avoiding the winning of the bell, depending on the timing of pressing the stop buttons B1 to B3, when the watermelon C wins, when the watermelon D wins, and all of the bell, the watermelon C and the watermelon D are won. Without any of the four special symbol combinations being displayed on any of the active lines L1 to L4. Stop position with respect to the lower detection position is set.

  In addition, in the stop control table that is referenced when the bell, watermelon A, and watermelon D are won in the internal lottery, when the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the order in which the stop button B2 is pressed first, the stop is performed. The bell wins while avoiding winning of the watermelon A and watermelon D regardless of the pressing timing of the buttons B1 to B3, and the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the order in which the stop button B1 or the stop button B3 is pressed first. While avoiding the winning of the bell, depending on the pressing timing of the stop buttons B1 to B3, when the watermelon A wins, when the watermelon D wins, and all of the bell, the watermelon A and the watermelon D are won. Without any of the four special symbol combinations being displayed on any of the active lines L1 to L4. Stop position with respect to the lower detection position is set.

  Further, in the stop control table that is referred to when the bell, watermelon B, and watermelon C are won in the internal lottery, when the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the order in which the stop button B2 is pressed first, the stop is stopped. The bell wins while avoiding winning of the watermelon B and watermelon C regardless of the pressing timing of the buttons B1 to B3, and the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the order in which the stop button B1 or the stop button B3 is pressed first. While avoiding the winning of the bell, depending on the pressing timing of the stop buttons B1 to B3, when the watermelon B wins, when the watermelon C wins, and all of the bell, the watermelon B and the watermelon C are won. Without any of the four special symbol combinations being displayed on any of the active lines L1 to L4. Stop position with respect to the lower detection position is set.

  Also, in the stop control table that is referenced when the bell, watermelon A, and watermelon C are won in the internal lottery, when the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the order in which the stop button B3 is pressed first, the stop is stopped. The bell wins while avoiding winning of the watermelon A and watermelon C regardless of the pressing timing of the buttons B1 to B3, and the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the order in which the stop button B1 or the stop button B2 is pressed first. While avoiding the winning of the bell, depending on the timing of pressing the stop buttons B1 to B3, the case where the watermelon A wins, the case where the watermelon C wins, and the bell, watermelon A and watermelon C are all won. Without any of the four special symbol combinations being displayed on any of the active lines L1 to L4. Stop position with respect to the lower detection position is set.

  In addition, in the stop control table that is referred to when the bell, watermelon B, and watermelon D are won in duplicate in the internal lottery, when the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the order in which the stop button B3 is pressed first, the stop is stopped. The bell wins while avoiding winning of the watermelon B and watermelon D regardless of the pressing timing of the buttons B1 to B3, and the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the order in which the stop button B1 or the stop button B2 is pressed first. While avoiding the winning of the bell, depending on the pressing timing of the stop buttons B1 to B3, when the watermelon B wins, when the watermelon D wins, and all of the bell, the watermelon B and the watermelon D are won. Without any of the four special symbol combinations being displayed on any of the active lines L1 to L4. Stop position with respect to the lower detection position is set.

  As described above, in the gaming machine of the present embodiment, the reel control means 130 determines the stop position with reference to the stop control table described above in the game in which the bell and two types (plural types) of watermelons are won. Thus, the control for stopping the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 (first stop control) so as to win the bell regardless of the pressing timing of the stop buttons B1 to B3, and the bell while avoiding the winning of the bell. The first reels R1 to R3 are selected so that one of the two types of watermelons won in duplicate is selected based on the timing of pressing the stop buttons B1 to B3 according to the selected watermelon. The control for stopping the reel R3 (second stop control) is switched according to the pressing order of the stop buttons B1 to B3.

  In the gaming machine of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, in the stop control table that is referred to when replay A, replay B, and replay C are won in duplicate in the internal lottery, the stop button B1 is the first. When the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the order in which they are pressed, the replay C wins while avoiding the replay A and replay B winning regardless of the pressing timing of the stop buttons B1 to B3, and the stop button B2 is the first. When the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the pressing order, the replay B wins while avoiding the replay A and replay C winnings regardless of the pressing timing of the stop buttons B1 to B3, and the stop button B3 is the first. When the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the pressing order, the pressing timing of the stop buttons B1 to B3 Stop position with respect to the depression detection position is set to the replay C to win while avoiding winning replay A and replay B regardless.

  Further, in the stop control table that is referred to when replay B, replay C, and replay D are won in duplicate in the internal lottery, when stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the order in which stop button B1 is pressed first. Regardless of the timing of pressing the stop buttons B1 to B3, when the replay B wins while avoiding the replay C and the replay D, the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the order in which the stop button B2 is pressed first. Regardless of the timing of pressing the stop buttons B1 to B3, when the replay C wins while avoiding the replay B and the replay D, the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the order in which the stop button B3 is pressed first. , Replay C and Replay D win regardless of the timing of pressing the stop buttons B1 to B3 Avoid stopping position with respect to the depression detection position so replay B is winning while is set.

  As described above, in the gaming machine according to the present embodiment, the reel control means 130 determines the stop position with reference to the stop control table described above in the game in which a plurality of types of replays are won, thereby winning the replay. The control (third stop control) for stopping the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 so as to win the replay B or the replay C according to the mode is switched according to the pressing order of the stop buttons B1 to B3.

  The winning determination means 140 performs a process for determining whether or not a winning combination has been won based on the stop mode of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3. Specifically, while referring to the winning determination table stored in the winning determination table storage unit 1914 of the storage unit 190, when all of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 are stopped, on the effective lines L1 to L4. It is determined whether or not the symbol combination displayed in is a winning combination of a predetermined combination.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the red 7 symbol “red 7”, the black 7 symbol “black 7”, the outer peripheral surfaces of the first reel R1 to the third reel R3 constituting the reel unit 310, A white 7 symbol “white 7”, a bell symbol “BL”, a watermelon symbol A “WMA”, a watermelon symbol B “WMB”, a replay symbol “RP”, and a dummy symbol “DUM” are arranged. Then, depending on the symbol combinations displayed on the effective lines L1 to L4 in the state where each reel is stopped, as shown in FIG. 7, the big bonus (BB), replay A, replay B, replay C, replay D, bell, watermelon A winning determination table is prepared so that it can be determined whether or not A, watermelon B, watermelon C, watermelon D, special small combination A, and special small combination B have been won.

  That is, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, when the symbol combination “red 7, red 7, red 7” is displayed on the active line, it is determined that the big bonus (BB) has been won, and the effective When the symbol combination “RP / RP / RP” is displayed on the line, it is determined that Replay A has won, and when the symbol combination “BL / RP / RP” is displayed on the active line, When it is determined that Replay B has won and the symbol combination “RP / RP / BL” is displayed on the active line, it is determined that Replay C has won and “Red 7 / BL / Red” is displayed on the active line. "7" or "Red 7, BL, Black 7" or "Red 7, BL, White 7" or "Black 7, BL, Red 7" or "Black 7, BL, Black 7" or "Black 7, BL, White" 7 "or" White 7, BL, Red 7 "or" White 7, BL, Black 7 "or When the symbol combination “White 7, BL, White 7” is displayed, it is determined that Replay D has won, and when the symbol combination “BL, BL, BL” is displayed on the active line, Is determined to have won, and when the symbol combination “WMA / WMA / WMA” is displayed on the active line, it is determined that watermelon A has won, and the symbol “WMA / WMA / WMB” is displayed on the active line. When the combination is displayed, it is determined that watermelon B has won, and when the symbol combination “WMB / WMA / WMA” is displayed on the active line, it is determined that watermelon C has won, When the symbol combination “WMB / WMA / WMB” is displayed on the screen, it is determined that the watermelon D has won, and the symbol combination “Black 7 / Black 7 / Black 7” is displayed on the active line. , Special small role A enters It is the determined and, symbol combination of "white 7-White 7-White 7" on the activated line when displayed, it is determined that the special Small Win B has been won.

  In the gaming machine of the present embodiment, the winning process is executed based on the determination result of the winning determination means 140. As the winning process, for example, when a small role (bell, watermelon A to watermelon D) wins, the payout control means 150 performs a medal payout control process, and replay (replay A to replay D) wins. In this case, a replay process is performed by the replay processing unit 160, and when the big bonus (BB) is won, a game state transition control process for shifting the game state is performed by the game state transition control unit 170.

  The payout control means 150 performs payout control processing relating to the payout of medals according to the game result. Specifically, when a small combination wins, the number of medals to be paid out in the game is determined based on a predetermined payout for each combination, and the medals corresponding to the determined number of payouts are assigned to the hopper unit 320 ( The payout device is controlled to pay out. When a plurality of types of small combinations wins, the total number of medals paid out based on the payout of each winning small combination is obtained as the number of medals paid out in the game.

  Further, in the gaming machine of this embodiment, when one type of small role is won in a plurality of active lines, the payout control means 150 determines the effective line that the small role has won in the payout of the winning small role. The result of multiplying the number is determined as the number of medals to be paid out in the game. Further, in the gaming machine of the present embodiment, an upper limit is set on the number of medals paid out in one game, and specifically, nine is the upper limit on the number of medals paid out. Then, when the number of medals to be paid out for winning a small role is 9 or more, the payout control means 150 obtains the number of medals paid out in the game as 9 corresponding to the upper limit.

  The hopper unit 320 performs an operation of paying out medals of the payout number instructed by the payout control means 150. The hopper unit 320 is provided with a payout medal detection switch 325 that operates every time a medal is paid out. The payout control means 150 is actually operated from the hopper unit 320 based on an input signal from the payout medal detection switch 325. It is configured to be able to manage the number of medals paid out.

  If credits (internal storage) of medals are permitted, instead of actually paying out medals by the hopper unit 320, the number of credits stored in a credit storage area (not shown) of the storage unit 190 (not shown) A credit addition process for adding the number of payouts to the number of credited medals is performed to virtually pay out medals. As a result of the game, when a replay (Replay A to Replay D) or a big bonus (BB) is won, as shown in FIG. 7, the replay (Replay A to Replay D) and the big bonus (BB) are won. Since no payout is set, medals are not paid out from the hopper unit 320, but processing (0-sheet processing) is performed in which 0 medals are paid out formally.

  When the replay (replay A to replay D) wins, the replay processing means 160 does not require insertion of medals owned by the player for the next game and sets the same preparation state as the previous game ( Replay processing). That is, in the gaming machine of the present embodiment, when replay (Replay A to Replay D) wins, the same number of medals as the previous game are not used without the player's medals (including credit medals). An automatic insertion process for automatic insertion is performed, and the next game start operation (operation of pressing the start lever SL by the player) is waited with the same winning determination line as that of the previous game being validated.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the gaming state transition control means 170 performs a gaming state transition control process for shifting the gaming state between the normal state, the bonus establishment state, and the bonus state based on the establishment of a predetermined transition condition. . As the game condition transition condition, one condition may be defined, or a plurality of conditions may be defined. In the case where a plurality of conditions are determined, the gaming state is determined based on the fact that one of the plurality of predetermined conditions is satisfied or all of the plurality of predetermined conditions are satisfied. It is possible to shift to another gaming state.

  The normal state is a game state corresponding to the initial state among a plurality of types of game states, and a transition from the normal state to the bonus establishment state is possible. In the normal state, the internal lottery table A to the internal lottery table F shown in FIG. 3 is referred to as an internal lottery table A to an internal lottery table D in which a big bonus (BB) is set as a lottery target. A lottery will be held.

  In the gaming machine of this embodiment, an internal lottery table that is referred to in the internal lottery in the normal state is selected according to the lottery state of replay. Specifically, when the replay lottery state is the first replay high probability state in the normal state, the internal lottery is performed with reference to the internal lottery table A, and the replay lottery state is the second replay in the normal state. When it is in the high probability state, the internal lottery is performed with reference to the internal lottery table B. When the replay lottery state is the first replay low probability state in the normal state, the internal lottery table A and the internal lottery When the internal lottery is performed with reference to the internal lottery table C having a lower replay win probability than the table B and the replay lottery state is the second replay low probability state in the normal state, the internal lottery table A and the internal lottery table A The internal lottery is performed with reference to the internal lottery table D having a lower replay win probability than the lottery table B.

  The bonus establishment state is a gaming state that shifts when the big bonus (BB) is won in the internal lottery. In the bonus establishment state, the replay lottery state is set to the third replay low probability state, and among the internal lottery table A to the internal lottery table F shown in FIG. An internal lottery is performed with reference to the internal lottery table E in which the big bonus (BB) is excluded from the lottery targets.

  In the bonus establishment state, the lottery flag corresponding to the big bonus (BB) is maintained in the winning state until the big bonus (BB) is won, and the symbol combination “red 7 / red 7” indicating the winning form of the big bonus (BB) is held. When “Red 7” is displayed on the active line, the gaming state transition control means 170 performs control to shift the gaming state from the bonus establishment state to the bonus state.

  The bonus state is a gaming state in which a transition is made when the symbol combination “red 7, red 7, red 7” indicating the big bonus (BB) winning pattern is displayed on the active line in the bonus establishment state. In the bonus state, among the internal lottery table A to the internal lottery table F shown in FIG. 3, the big bonus (BB) and the replay (replay A to replay D) are excluded from the internal lottery, and the winning probability of the small role is internal. An internal lottery is performed with reference to the internal lottery table F set higher than the lottery table A to the internal lottery table E. That is, in the bonus state, the game state is more advantageous to the player than the normal state and the bonus establishment state in that the small role is won more frequently than the other game states.

  Further, in the bonus state, it is determined whether or not the end condition is satisfied based on the total number of medals paid out by the bonus game, and a predetermined payout upper limit number (for example, 300) is determined according to the type of bonus won. When medals exceeding are paid out, the gaming state transition control means 170 performs control to end the bonus state and return the gaming state to the normal state.

  The replay probability changing means 175 performs control to change the winning probability of the replay (replay A to replay D) in the internal lottery under a predetermined condition. In the gaming machine of the present embodiment, the replay lottery state is set so that all of Replay A to Replay D are excluded from the internal lottery, and the probability that Replay A will win is set to about 1 / 7.4. The first replay low probability state to be played, the probability that the replay A is won is set to about 1 / 7.3, the second replay low probability state and the third replay low probability state, and any one of replay A to replay D is won A plurality of lottery states, a first replay high probability state in which the probability of winning is set to about 1 / 1.5 and a second replay high probability state in which the probability of winning Replay A is set to about 1 / 1.5. As shown in FIG. 8, the replay probability changing means 175 changes the replay lottery state, thereby winning the replay (replay A to replay D) in the internal lottery. Varying the rate.

  More specifically, the replay probability varying means 175 sets the replay lottery state as the first replay high probability state as the initial state, and the symbol combination indicating the replay B winning pattern in the first replay high probability state is the effective line. The replay lottery state is set to the second replay high probability state based on the above display, and the replay lottery state is set to the first replay based on the fact that Replay C has won in the first replay high probability state. Set to low probability state.

  Further, the replay probability changing means 175, when the replay lottery state is set to the second replay high probability state, when any of the special symbol combination A to the special symbol combination D is displayed on the effective line, The lottery state is returned to the first replay high probability state.

  The replay probability changing means 175 corresponds to a predetermined number of games (for example, 1000) in the RT end determination counter 1915 of the main RAM 191 when the lottery state of replay is set to the first replay low probability state. Decrement by writing a value (for example, 1000) and subtracting a value (for example, 1) corresponding to the number of games for one time from the stored value of the RT end determination counter 1915 every time a game in the first replay low probability state is performed. Update. When the stored value of the RT end determination counter 1915 reaches a threshold value (for example, 0), the gaming state is returned to the first replay high probability state.

  Further, the replay probability changing means 175 determines whether the replay lottery state is set to the first replay high probability state, the second replay high probability state, the first replay low probability state, or the second replay low probability state. When the big bonus (BB) is won, the replay lottery state is set to the third replay low probability state, and when the big bonus (BB) is won, the replay lottery state is set to the non-replay lottery state.

  Further, the replay probability changing means 175 changes the replay lottery state to the second replay low state when the big bonus state (BB state) ends based on the payout of medals exceeding the predetermined upper limit number of payouts in the bonus game. Set the probability state.

  The replay probability changing means 175, when the replay lottery state is set to the second replay low probability state, when any of the special symbol combination A to the special symbol combination D is displayed on the effective line, The lottery state is returned to the first replay high probability state.

  The effect control means 180 uses the display effect performed using the display device 330 (an example of the effect device) or the audio device 340 (an example of the effect device) based on the effect data stored in the effect data storage means 1921. Control related to the sound production to be performed. For example, a lamp or LED is turned on or blinked according to the occurrence of a gaming event such as insertion of a medal, an operation on the bet button B0, the start lever SL, the stop buttons B1 to B3, or a change in the gaming state, and the display on the liquid crystal display LCD By changing the content or outputting sound from the speaker, the game is excited or the execution control of the effect for assisting the game is performed.

  In particular, in the gaming machine of this embodiment, the effect control unit 180 changes the effect state among a plurality of types of effect states (control states), and sets the AT flag in the effect flag storage unit 1922 under predetermined conditions. Thus, the effect state is set to the assist time state (AT state: special effect state, advantageous control state), and the AT state is ended by clearing the AT flag when the AT state end condition is satisfied.

  More specifically, the effect control means 180 performs an AT lottery when the special small role A is won in the internal lottery. In the AT lottery, any of 32768 random values from 0 to 32767 is acquired, and the acquired random number value is compared with the AT lottery table stored in the effect lottery table storage unit 1923, and according to the comparison result. Then, it is determined whether or not the AT lottery is won, and the AT flag is set in the effect flag storage unit 1922 based on the fact that the AT lottery is won. In the AT lottery table stored in the effect lottery table storage unit 1923, each of the 32768 random values from 0 to 32767 is associated with either winning or losing, and is acquired by AT lottery. If the random number value associated with winning in the AT lottery table is determined to have won the AT lottery.

  Specifically, the effect control means 180 is triggered by the fact that the AT lottery is won, and a value (for example, 50) corresponding to a predetermined number of games (for example, 50 times) in the stored value of the AT end determination counter 1924 of the storage means 190. ) Is set. Then, triggered by the fact that the replay lottery state has shifted to the first replay high probability state, an AT flag is set in the effect flag storage means 1922, and the stored value of the AT end determination counter 1924 is played every time an AT state game is played. The decrement update for subtracting a value (for example, 1) corresponding to the number of games for one time is started. In the present embodiment, the effect control means 180 subtracts “1” from the stored value of the AT end determination counter 1924 every time processing for determining whether or not a winning combination has been won in an AT state game is performed.

  Further, the effect control means 180 is triggered by further winning the AT lottery when the stored value of the AT end determination counter 1924 is not 0, and the stored value of the AT set number counter 1925 of the storage means 190 is set to a predetermined set number (for example, 1 value) (for example, 1) is added. When the stored value of the AT end determination counter 1924 reaches a threshold value (for example, 0), the effect control means 180 checks the stored value of the AT set number counter 1925, and the stored value of the AT set number counter 1925 is not 0. The value corresponding to one set (for example, 1) is subtracted from the value stored in the AT set number counter 1925, and the value stored in the AT end determination counter 1924 corresponds to a predetermined number of games (for example, 50 times). Add a value (for example, 50) (perform processing for extending the AT state). On the other hand, as a result of checking the stored value of the AT set number counter 1925, if the stored value of the AT set number counter 1925 is 0, the AT state is stored by clearing the AT flag stored in the effect flag storage means 1922. Control to end the. That is, the effect control means 180 sets an AT game section (special game section) that is a game section in the AT state with 50 games as one set.

  In the present embodiment, when the big bonus (BB) is won in the internal lottery, even if the stored value of the AT end determination counter 1924 does not reach a threshold value (for example, 0), it is set in the effect flag storage means 1922. The AT state is terminated by clearing the AT flag. However, when the AT state ends without the stored value of the AT end determination counter 1924 reaching the threshold value, the stored value of the AT end determination counter 1924 may be reset to an initial value (for example, 0). Then, the stored value of the AT end determination counter 1924 at the end of the AT state may be held.

  Further, the effect control means 180 notifies the pressing order of the stop button that can win the bell when the bell and two types of watermelons are won in the internal lottery in the game where the effect state is set to the AT state. Control is performed so that the display device 330 and the audio device 340 selectively execute the first special effect to be performed. As the first special effect, various effects can be adopted. For example, an effect image for informing the type of the stop button to be first pressed to win the bell is displayed on the liquid crystal display LCD, or the bell is displayed. A lamp that informs the type of stop button that should be pressed first to win a prize, or a sound that informs the type of stop button that should be pressed first to win a bell may be output from a speaker. it can.

  Further, the effect control means 180 is used when the replay A, the replay B, and the replay C are won in the internal lottery in the game in which the effect state is set to the AT state, and when the replay B, the replay C, and the replay D are performed. When the winning is repeated, the display device 330 or the audio device 340 is controlled to selectively execute the second special effect that notifies the pressing order of the stop button that can win the replay B. As the second special effect, various effects can be adopted. For example, an effect image for informing the type of the stop button to be pressed first in order to win the replay B is displayed on the liquid crystal display LCD, or the replay is performed. A lamp that informs the type of stop button that should be pressed first to win B is turned on, or a voice that informs the type of stop button that should be pressed first to win Replay B is output from the speaker. can do.

  Note that the functional block configuration of the present embodiment can also be applied to a computer system (including a game system). In these systems, the function is realized by downloading a program that causes the computer to function as the game control means 100 of the present embodiment from an information storage medium such as a CD or DVD or a Web server on the Internet via a network. be able to. In the above computer system, the medal insertion switch 210, the bet switch 220, the start switch 230, the stop switch 240 and the like virtually function their functions with respect to operation means such as a keyboard, a pointing device (mouse, etc.), or a controller. This can be realized by assigning. In the above computer system, the reel unit 310, the hopper unit 320, and the like are not indispensable constituent elements. These device units virtually control their functions by controlling images displayed on the display (display device 330). Can be realized.

2. Control Method of this Embodiment Hereinafter, the control method of this embodiment will be described. In the present embodiment, when the AT game section is started, the effect control means 180 causes the liquid crystal display LCD to display an image indicating “50 times” that is the remaining number of games in one set of AT game sections. Then, the image indicating the remaining number of games in one set of AT gaming sections is also decremented in correspondence with the stored value of the AT end determination counter 1924 that is decremented each time a game in the AT gaming section is performed. When the stored value of the AT end determination counter 1924 reaches “0”, “50” is added to the stored value of the AT end determination counter 1924 because the stored value of the AT set number counter 1925 is not “0”. Then, the image showing the remaining number of games in one set of AT game sections is also restored to an image showing “50 times”.

  Here, in the present embodiment, the player is not notified that the AT lottery has been won, and the image indicating the remaining number of games in one set of AT game sections is an image indicating “0”. It is possible to determine whether or not the AT game section is extended depending on whether or not an image indicating “50 times” is restored later. Therefore, in this embodiment, several games including the last game (the 50th game) in one set of AT game sections are game sections in which a player's sense of expectation for extending the AT game section is increased. Become.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9A, the effect control means 180 sets the game section including the last game in one set of AT game sections as the specific effect section, and in the specific effect section, The display device 330 and the audio device 340 are caused to execute a specific effect for increasing the player's expectation that the AT game section will be extended. Here, in this embodiment, in order to enhance the effect of the specific effect, the number of games in the specific effect section (the number of effects in the specific effect section) is set to be variable between “1” and “8”. .

  Specifically, the production control means 180 starts the number of games in the specific production section from “1” when the start lever SL is pressed while the stored value of the AT end determination counter 1924 is “9”. A section number determination process is performed in which “8 times” is determined by lottery. Then, the effect control means 180 sets a value corresponding to the number of games in the specific effect section determined by the section number determination process as a threshold for determining a game that starts the specific effect section, and stores it in the AT end determination counter 1924. The specific effect section is started when the value reaches the threshold value.

  Further, in the present embodiment, effect elements A to C are prepared as effect elements constituting the specific effect, and the player's expectation as effect data of effects belonging to effect element A is stored in effect data storage means 1921. A weak effect image 1 to a weak effect image 3 in which a series of stories are formed so as to be gradually increased are stored, and a series of stories are provided as the effect data belonging to the effect element B so as to further enhance the player's expectation. The strong effect images 1 to 4 are stored, and as the effect data belonging to the effect element C, a series of stories are formed so as to maximize the player's expectation. -Gekiatsu production image 2 is stored.

  And in this embodiment, although the effect which belongs to any effect element is performed for every game in a specific effect area, the number of games (1st to perform the effect which belongs to effect element A among the number of games of a specific effect area) The number of effects of the effect element), the number of games that execute the effect belonging to the effect element B (number of effects of the second effect element), and the number of games that execute the effect belonging to the effect element C (the number of effects of the third effect element) Is also set to be variable.

  Then, when the specific effect section is started, the effect control means 180 displays the effects belonging to each effect element in the order of the effect element A, the effect element B, and the effect element C each time the start lever SL is pressed. Or the audio device 340. Here, in each effect element, according to the number of games determined for each effect element, effects belonging to each effect element are displayed on display device 330 in order from effect image 1.

  Here, the weak effect image 1 to the weak effect image 3 are further strengthened image 1 to strong effect image 4 so that there is no sense of incongruity even if any one of weak effect image 1 to weak effect image 3 continues to strong effect image 1. The story is formed so that there is no sense of incongruity even if one of the strong effect image 1 to the strong effect image 4 continues to the intense effect image 1, and the number of games of each of the effect elements A to C is any Even so, the effects belonging to each effect element are executed so that there is no sense of incongruity.

  In the example of FIG. 9A, the number of games in the specific effect section is determined as “4 times”, the number of games in effect element A is “1”, and the number of games in effect element B is “2”. The number of games of the production element C is determined as “1 time”. Accordingly, in the example of FIG. 9A, in the game where the remaining number of games in the AT game section is “4 times”, the weak performance image 1 among the effects belonging to the performance element A is displayed, and the remaining number of games in the AT game section. In a game whose game is “3 times”, the strong effect image 1 is displayed among the effects belonging to the effect element B, and in games where the remaining number of games in the AT game section is “2 times”, the effect belonging to the effect element B is displayed. Among them, the strong effect image 2 is displayed, and in the game in which the number of remaining games in the AT game section is “1”, the intense hot effect image 1 among the effects belonging to the effect element C is displayed.

  In the example of FIG. 9B, the number of games in the specific effect section is determined as “5 times”, the number of games in effect element A is “0”, and the number of games in effect element B is “3”. The number of games of the production element C is determined as “twice”. Therefore, in the example of FIG. 9B, in the game in which the number of remaining games in the AT game section is “5”, the strong effect image 1 among the effects belonging to the effect element B is displayed, and the remaining number of games in the AT game section. In a game where “4 times” is shown, strong effect image 2 is displayed among the effects belonging to effect element B, and in games where the remaining number of games in the AT game section is “3 times”, effects belonging to effect element B are displayed. In a game in which the strong effect image 3 is displayed and the remaining number of games in the AT game section is “twice”, the intense game effect image 1 among the effects belonging to the effect element C is displayed, and the remaining number of games in the AT game section. In a game where is “once”, the super hot effect image 2 among the effects belonging to the effect element C is displayed.

  Thus, in the present embodiment, the specific effect is executed so that the number of games in the specific effect section and the number of games of each effect element can be changed, thereby changing the execution mode of the specific effect and after the end of one set of AT game sections. It is intended to effectively increase the player's expectation that another set of AT gaming sections will start.

  However, in the present embodiment, as described above, the number of games in the specific effect section varies between “1” and “8”, so the number of games in the specific effect section is “1” to “8”. For each case, if a combination pattern of the number of games of each of the effect elements A to C is prepared in advance, the amount of data increases because there are many patterns. Furthermore, when there are a plurality of types of patterns in the combination of the number of games of each of the effect elements A to C corresponding to the number of games in the specific effect section, any one pattern is selected by lottery. If it is going to determine by this, since the lottery selection number compared with a random number value for each of many patterns is needed, the amount of data will increase further.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, the start lever SL is pressed in a state where the stored value of the AT end determination counter 1924 is “9” without preparing a pattern of the number of games for each of the effect elements A to C in advance. When the number of games in the specific effect section is determined by the section number determination process, the effect control means 180 determines that the total number of games of the effect elements A to C is the number of games in the specific effect section. As described above, an element number determination process (effect number determination process) for determining the number of games for each effect element is performed.

  Here, in this embodiment, according to the stored value of the AT set number counter 1925 when the stored value of the AT end determination counter 1924 becomes “9”, that is, according to whether or not the AT gaming section is extended. The section number determination process is performed so that the selection rate of the number of games in the specific effect section is different, and the element number determination process is performed so that the selection ratio of the number of games of the effect element C is different. Specifically, the effect control means 180 determines that when the stored value of the AT set number counter 1925 is “1” or more when the stored value of the AT end determination counter 1924 is “9”, that is, the AT game section is When it is extended, the number of times of the element is determined so that the number of games of the effect element C is increased and the number of times of the game of the effect element C is increased, while the probability of increasing the number of games of the specific performance section is increased. Perform decision processing.

  In the present embodiment, scenario data 1 and scenario table 2 (variable range data) are set in the effect data storage means 1921, as shown in FIG. The effect control means 180 performs element number determination processing using the scenario table 1 or the scenario table 2 in accordance with the number of games in the specific effect section, so that the effect element within the variation range of each effect element set in the scenario table. Any one of the plurality of game number candidates (effect number candidates) is determined as the number of games of each effect element.

  As shown in FIG. 10, in the scenario table 1, the minimum value of the number of games of the effect element A is set to “0” and the maximum value is set to “3”, and the minimum value of the number of games of the effect element B is “3”. The maximum value is set to “4 times” for “once”, and the variation range of the number of games is not set for the effect element C, whereby the minimum value of the total number of games for each effect element is set to “1 time”. The maximum value is set to “7 times”. On the other hand, in the scenario table 2, the minimum value of the number of games of the effect element A is set to “0” and the maximum value is set to “3”, and the minimum value of the number of games of the effect element B is set to the maximum value “0”. Is set to “3 times”, the minimum value of the number of games of the effect element C is set to “1 time”, and the maximum value is set to “2 times”. The maximum value is set to “8 times” for “once”. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the element count determination process is performed using the scenario table 1, the number of games of the effect element C is always “0”, and the element count determination process is performed using the scenario table 2. When played, the number of games of the production element C is always “once” or “twice”.

  Then, the effect control unit 180 increases the selection rate of the scenario table 1 as the number of games in the specific effect section decreases, and increases the selection rate of the scenario table 2 as the number of games in the specific effect section increases. The scenario determination process for determining the scenario table used in the above by lottery is performed. In the scenario table 1, the maximum value of the total number of games for each effect element is “7 times”, whereas in the scenario table 2, the maximum value of the total number of games for each effect element is “8”. When the number of games in the specific effect section is determined to be “8 times”, the scenario table 2 is always selected in the scenario determination process.

  In this way, in this embodiment, according to the stored value of the AT set number counter 1925, the specific effect is executed so that the number of games of the specific effect section and the number of games of each effect element can be changed, thereby one set of AT game sections. This effectively increases the player's expectation that another set of AT gaming sections will start after the end of the game.

  Here, in the present embodiment, for example, when the number of games in the specific effect section is determined as “4 times” in the section number determination process and the scenario table 2 shown in FIG. 10 is selected in the scenario determination process, There are seven types of patterns as shown in FIG. Specifically, in the scenario table 2 shown in FIG. 10, the minimum value of the number of games of the effect element C is “1”, and therefore, of the four games in the specific effect section, the effect element C is always at least once. By assigning the number of games of each of the effect elements A to C to the remaining three games in the specific effect section within the variation range of the number of games of each effect element, seven types of games are assigned. A combination pattern exists.

  Of these seven types of patterns, the pattern in which the number of games of the production element A is “0” is “two types” of the fourth pattern “BBBC” and the seventh pattern “BBCC”. The pattern in which the number of games of element A is “1” is “2 types” of “ABBC” in the third pattern and “ABCC” in the sixth pattern, and the number of games in effect element A is “2”. The second pattern “AABC” and the fifth pattern “AACC” are “two types”, and the pattern in which the number of games of the production element A is “3 times” is the first pattern “AAAC”. Is "one type".

  Therefore, in this case, when performing the element count determination process for the production element A, the selection ratio of 0: 1 selection ratio: 2 selection ratios: 3 selection ratios = 2: 2: 2: 1. It is considered that the number of games of the production element A can be determined so as not to be extremely biased by performing the element number determination process so that

  Then, when the number of games of the production element A is determined to be “1 time”, for example, the number of games that have not been determined to be assigned to any of the performance elements “4 times” of the specific performance section is “3 times”. " Then, there are two types of patterns, “BBC” and “BCC”, as the patterns of the number of games for each of the effect elements B to C assigned to the “3 times” game that has not been decided. The pattern in which the number of games of the effect element B is “0” is “0 type”, and the pattern in which the number of games of the effect element B is “1” is “1 type” of “BCC”. The pattern in which the number of games of the production element B is “2” is “1 type” of “BBC”, and the pattern in which the number of games of the production element B is “3” is “0”. .

  Therefore, in this case, when performing the element count determination process for the production element B, the selection ratio of 0: 1 selection ratio: 2 selection ratios: 3 selection ratios = 0: 1: 1: 0. It is considered that the number of games of the production element B can be determined so as not to be extremely biased by performing the element number determination process so that

  Then, when the number of games of the production element B is determined to be “2 times”, for example, the game frequency that has not been determined as to which of the production elements “4 times” in the specific production section is assigned to “1 time”. " Then, if “undecided” “one time” is determined as the number of games of the production element C, the total number of games of the production elements A to C is equal to the number of games in the specific production section, and the production element A It is considered that the combination pattern of the number of games of each of the production elements C can be determined so that there is no extreme bias.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, the effect control means 180 first sets the effect element A as an effect element to be processed in the element count determination process, and selects any one game number candidate from among the plurality of game number candidates of the effect element A. When the number of games of the effect element A is set, the number of patterns of game number candidates that can be determined as the number of games of each of the effect elements B to C, which are unset effect elements not yet set as processing targets, is obtained. The pattern number acquisition process is performed for each game number candidate of the effect element A. Then, any one game number candidate is determined as the number of games of the effect element A at a selection rate corresponding to the number of patterns obtained for each game number candidate of the effect element A.

  More specifically, the effect control means 180, in the pattern number acquisition process of the effect element A, selects any one game number candidate among the plurality of game number candidates of the effect element A as a game number candidate to be processed in the pattern number acquisition process. The remaining game number is obtained by subtracting the game number candidate to be processed from the undetermined game number obtained by subtracting the game number of the effect element already determined from the number of games in the specific effect section. Then, any one of the plurality of game number candidates of the effect element B that is an unset effect element and any one of the plurality of game number candidates of the effect element C that is an unset effect element. When the number of combinations of game number candidates in which the total number of game number candidates is equal to the remaining number of game times is obtained, the effect element B to the effect element C when the game number candidate to be processed is the game number of the effect element A The number of patterns of game frequency candidates that can be determined as the number of games of the respective games is obtained.

  Note that at the stage where the effect element to be processed is set to the effect element A, the effect elements that have not been set are the effect element B and the effect element C, so which of the plurality of game frequency candidates for each effect element that has not been set. The total of one game number candidate is the sum of any one game number candidate among the plurality of game number candidates of the effect element B and one game number candidate among the plurality of game number candidates of the effect element C. It has become.

  Then, the number of lotteries selected corresponding to the number of patterns obtained for each game number candidate of the effect element A is set as the number of lotteries for each game number candidate of the effect element A. Then, a random number is extracted at a predetermined opportunity from a count value corresponding to the total number of patterns obtained for each game number candidate of the effect element A, and the lottery number corresponding to the extracted random value is set. The game frequency candidate is determined as the game frequency of the production element A.

  Specifically, when the number of games in the specific effect section is determined as “4 times” in the section number determination process and the scenario table 2 shown in FIG. 10 is selected in the scenario determination process, for example, In the pattern element acquisition process of the effect element A, in the scenario table 2, since the minimum value of the number of games for the effect element A is set to “0” and the maximum value is “3”, first, as shown in FIG. The candidate number of games to be processed is set to “0”, and the remaining number of games in the specific effect section is obtained when “0” is set as the number of games of the effect element A. Here, at the stage where the effect element to be processed is set to the effect element A, the number of games of the effect element that has already been determined is “0”. Therefore, the number of games of the specific effect section is already determined from “4 times”. The number of undecided games excluding the number of games “0” for the effect element that has been made is “4”. Accordingly, by subtracting the game number candidate “0 times” to be processed from the “undecided number of games” “4 times”, “4 times” is obtained as the remaining number of games in the specific effect section.

  Here, in the scenario table 2 shown in FIG. 10, the minimum value of the number of games of the effect element B, which is an effect element that has not been set, is set to “0” and the maximum value is set to “3”. Since the minimum value of the number of games of the effect element C is set to “1” and the maximum value is set to “2 times”, any one game among a plurality of game frequency candidates for each unset effect element The candidate pattern number is any one of “0 times” to “3 times” as the game number candidate of the effect element B, and any of “1 time” to “2 times” as the game number candidate of the effect element C. It becomes one pattern.

  Then, among the game number candidate patterns, the number of game number candidate patterns in which the sum of the game number candidates of the effect element B and the game number candidates of the effect element C is equal to the remaining game number “4 times” is obtained. Specifically, any one of “0 times” to “3 times” that is each game number candidate of the effect element B and “1 time” to “2 times” that is each game number candidate of the effect element C The sum is obtained for all combinations, and the number of patterns for which the sum is “4 times”, which is the number of remaining games, is obtained. In this example, as shown in FIG. 12, when the candidate number of games to be processed is “0”, the number of games candidate of the effect element B is “3 times” and the number of game times of the effect element C is “1”. A pattern that is “twice” (corresponding to the fourth pattern shown in FIG. 11), a pattern in which the number of games for the effect element B is “twice” and the number of games for the effect element C is “twice” (see FIG. 11). “Two types” (corresponding to the seventh pattern shown in FIG. 11) is the number of patterns in which the total of the game number candidates for the effect element B and the game number candidates for the effect element C is equal to the remaining game number “4 times”.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 13, in the element number lottery table used in the element number determination process of the production element A, two lottery placements corresponding to “two types” that are the number of patterns obtained for the game number candidate “0” The numbers “0” and “1” are set for the game number candidate “0”.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 12, the number of games to be processed is set to “1”, and the remaining number of games in the specific effect section when “1” is set as the number of games of the effect element A is not set. This is obtained by subtracting the number of games to be processed “1” from the determined number of games “4”. In this example, “3 times” is calculated as the remaining number of games in the specific effect section.

  The game element candidate of the production element B is any one of “0” to “3”, and the game frequency candidate of the production element C is any one of “1” to “2”. Among the patterns, the number of patterns of the game number candidates for which the total of the game number candidates for the effect element B and the game number candidates for the effect element C is equal to the remaining game number “3 times” is obtained. In this example, as shown in FIG. 12, when the candidate number of games to be processed is “1”, the number of games candidate for the effect element B is “2” and the number of games for the effect element C is “1”. A pattern of “times” (corresponding to the third pattern shown in FIG. 11), a pattern in which the number of games for the effect element B is “1” and the number of games for the effect element C is “2 times” (see FIG. 11). “Two types” (corresponding to the sixth pattern shown in FIG. 11) is the number of patterns in which the total of the number of games for the effect element B and the number of games for the effect element C is equal to the remaining number of games “3”.

  Then, in the element number lottery table of the production element A shown in FIG. 13, two lottery numbers “2” and “3” corresponding to “2 types” which are the number of patterns obtained for the game number candidate “1 time” are obtained. The game number candidate is set to “1 time”.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 12, the number of games to be processed is set to “2”, and the remaining number of games in the specific effect section when “2” is set as the number of games of the effect element A is not set. This is obtained by subtracting the number of games to be processed “2 times” from the determined number of games “4 times”. In this example, “twice” is calculated as the remaining number of games in the specific effect section.

  The game element candidate of the production element B is any one of “0” to “3”, and the game frequency candidate of the production element C is any one of “1” to “2”. Among the patterns, the number of patterns of the game number candidates for which the total of the game number candidates for the effect element B and the game number candidates for the effect element C is equal to the remaining game number “2 times” is obtained. In this example, as shown in FIG. 12 when the number of game candidates to be processed is “twice”, the game number candidate for the effect element B is “1” and the game number candidate for the effect element C is “1”. A pattern that is “times” (corresponding to the second pattern shown in FIG. 11), a game number candidate for the effect element B is “0”, and a game number candidate for the effect element C is “twice” (see FIG. 11). 11 (corresponding to the fifth pattern shown in FIG. 11) is the number of patterns in which the total of the game number candidates for the effect element B and the game number candidates for the effect element C is equal to the remaining game number “2 times”.

  Then, in the element number lottery table of effect element A shown in FIG. 13, two lottery numbers “4” and “5” corresponding to “2 types” which are the number of patterns obtained for the game number candidate “2 times” are set. This is set for the game number candidate “twice”.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 12, the number of games to be processed is set to “3 times”, and the remaining number of games in the specific effect section when “3 times” is set as the number of games of effect element A is not set. This is obtained by subtracting the number of games to be processed “3 times” from the determined number of games “4 times”. In this example, “1 time” is obtained as the remaining number of games in the specific effect section.

  The game element candidate of the production element B is any one of “0” to “3”, and the game frequency candidate of the production element C is any one of “1” to “2”. Among the patterns, the number of patterns of game number candidates in which the sum of the game number candidates for the effect element B and the game number candidates for the effect element C is equal to the remaining game number “1” is obtained. In this example, as shown in FIG. 12 when the candidate number of games to be processed is “3 times”, the number of games of the effect element B is “0” and the number of games of the effect element C is “1”. Is “one type” of the pattern (corresponding to the first pattern shown in FIG. 11), the total of the number of games for the effect element B and the number of games for the effect element C is equal to the remaining number of games “1”. The number of patterns.

  Then, in the element number lottery table of effect element A shown in FIG. 13, one lottery number “6” corresponding to “one type” which is the number of patterns obtained for the game number candidate “3 times” is obtained as the number of game candidates. Set for “3 times”.

  Thus, as shown in FIG. 13, when the lottery number is set for each game number candidate for the effect element A in the element number lottery table for the effect element A, the effect control means 180 causes the number of games for the effect element A to be played. “0-6”, which is the number corresponding to “7 types”, which is the total (2 + 2 + 2 + 1) of the number of patterns obtained for the candidate, is set as the count value from which the random number value is extracted. Then, one random number value is extracted from “0 to 6” at a predetermined opportunity, and the game number candidate in which the lottery number corresponding to the extracted one random number value is set is determined as the number of games of the effect element A. Here, for example, when “3” is extracted as a random value from the count value “0 to 6”, the game number candidate corresponding to the lottery number “3” in the element number lottery table of the production element A is “1 time”. Is determined as the number of games of the production element A. Then, the effect control means 180 registers the number of games of the effect element A as “1” in the game number array, as shown in FIG.

  Then, the effect control means 180 sets the effect element B as the effect element to be processed in the element number determination process, and selects one game frequency candidate of the effect element B from the effect element B as the effect element B. In the case of the number of games, the pattern number acquisition process for obtaining the number of patterns of game number candidates that can be determined as the number of games of the effect element C that is an unset effect element that has not yet been set as the processing target This is done for each game number candidate. Then, any one game number candidate is determined as the number of games of the effect element B at a selection rate corresponding to the number of patterns obtained for each game number candidate of the effect element B.

  Specifically, in the pattern number acquisition process, the effect control unit 180 sets any one game number candidate among the plurality of game number candidates of the effect element B as a game number candidate to be processed in the pattern number acquisition process. A remaining number of games is obtained by subtracting a game number candidate to be processed from an undecided number of games obtained by subtracting the number of games of the effect element already determined from the number of games in the effect section. Then, the game target to be processed is obtained by obtaining the number of patterns of game number candidates in which any one of the plurality of game number candidates of the effect element C that is an unset effect element is equal to the remaining game number. When the number-of-times candidate is the number of games of the effect element B, the number of game candidate candidates that can be determined as the number of games of the effect element C that is an unset effect element is obtained.

  Note that at the stage where the effect element to be processed is set to the effect element B, the effect element that has not been set is only the effect element C, and therefore any one of a plurality of game frequency candidates for each effect element that has not been set. The total number of game number candidates is one of the plurality of game number candidates of the effect element C.

  Then, a lottery number corresponding to the number of patterns obtained for each game number candidate of the effect element B is set as a lottery number of each game number candidate of the effect element B. Then, a random number is extracted at a predetermined opportunity from a count value corresponding to the total number of patterns obtained for each game frequency candidate of the effect element B, and the lottery number corresponding to the extracted random value is set. The game frequency candidate is determined as the game frequency of the production element B.

  Specifically, in the pattern number acquisition process of the effect element B in this example, in the scenario table 2, the effect element B is set to “0 times” as the minimum number of games and “3 times” as the maximum value. As shown in FIG. 15, first, the game number candidate to be processed in the pattern number acquisition process is set to “0”, and if “0” is set as the number of games of the effect element B, the remaining games in the specific effect section Find the number of times. Here, at the stage where the effect element to be processed is set to the effect element B, the number of games of the effect element A that has already been determined is “1” as described above, so the number of games “4” in the specific effect section. The number of undetermined games excluding the number of games “1” of the production element A already determined from “times” is “3”. Therefore, by subtracting the game number candidate “0 times” to be processed from the “undecided number of games“ 3 times ”,“ 3 times ”is obtained as the remaining number of games in the specific effect section.

  Here, in the scenario table 2 shown in FIG. 10, the minimum value of the number of games of the effect element C that is an effect element that has not been set is set to “1” and the maximum value is set to “2”. The pattern of any one of the plurality of game frequency candidates for each effect element is a pattern in which the game frequency candidate for the effect element C is “1” or the game frequency candidate for the effect element C is “twice”. It becomes the pattern which is.

  Then, among the number of game number candidates, the number of game number candidate patterns in which the game number candidate of the effect element C is equal to the remaining game number “3 times” is obtained. In this example, as shown in FIG. 15 when the processing target number of games is “0”, the pattern in which the effect number candidate for the effect element C is “1” and the effect number candidate for the effect element C are In any of the patterns that are “2 times”, the game number candidate is not equal to the remaining game number “3 times”. Therefore, the number of patterns in which the game number candidate of the effect element C is equal to the remaining game number “3 times” is “0 types”. "

  Then, as shown in FIG. 16, in the element number lottery table used in the element number determination process of the effect element B, the game number candidate “0” is obtained according to the “0 type” which is the number of patterns obtained for the game number candidate “0 times”. The number of lotteries is not set for “0 times”.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 15, the candidate number of games to be processed is set to “1”, and the remaining number of games in the specific effect section when “1” is set as the number of games of the effect element B is not set. This is obtained by subtracting the number of games to be processed “1” from the determined number of games “3”. In this example, “twice” is calculated as the remaining number of games in the specific effect section.

  Then, among the pattern in which the game number candidate of the effect element C is “1” and the pattern in which the game number candidate of the effect element C is “2”, the game number candidate of the effect element C is the remaining game number “2 times”. ”Is obtained as the number of patterns of game frequency candidates equal to“ ”. In this example, as shown in the case where the game frequency candidate to be processed in FIG. 15 is “1”, the pattern in which the game frequency candidate of the effect element C is “2” (the sixth pattern shown in FIG. 11). “One type” corresponds to the number of patterns in which the number of games for the effect element C is equal to the number of remaining games “2”.

  Then, in the element number lottery table of the effect element B shown in FIG. 16, one lottery number “0” corresponding to “one type” which is the number of patterns obtained for the game number candidate “1 time” is set as the game number candidate. Set for “once”.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 15, the candidate number of games to be processed is set to “2”, and the remaining number of games in the specific effect section when “2” is set as the number of games of the effect element B is not set. This is obtained by subtracting the number of games to be processed “2 times” from the determined number of games “3 times”. In this example, “1 time” is obtained as the remaining number of games in the specific effect section.

  Then, among the pattern in which the game number candidate of the effect element C is “1” and the pattern in which the game number candidate of the effect element C is “2”, the game number candidate of the effect element C is the remaining game number “1 time”. ”Is obtained as the number of patterns of game frequency candidates equal to“ ”. In this example, as shown in the case where the candidate number of games to be processed in FIG. 15 is “twice”, a pattern in which the number of games candidate of the effect element C is “1” (the third pattern shown in FIG. 11). “One type” corresponds to the number of patterns in which the number of games for the effect element C is equal to the number of remaining games “1”.

  Then, in the element number lottery table of the effect element B shown in FIG. 16, one lottery number “1” corresponding to “one type” which is the number of patterns obtained for the game number candidate “2 times” is obtained as the game number candidate. Set for “twice”.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 15, the candidate number of games to be processed is set to “3 times”, and the remaining number of games in the specific effect section when “3 times” is set as the number of games of the effect element B is not set. This is obtained by subtracting the number of games to be processed “3 times” from the determined number of games “3 times”. In this example, the game number candidate of the effect element C is the remaining game number “both” in both the pattern in which the effect number candidate of the effect element C is “1” and the pattern in which the game number candidate of the effect element C is “twice”. Since it is not equal to “0”, the number of patterns in which the game number candidate of the effect element C is equal to the remaining game number “0” is “0”.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 16, in the element number lottery table used in the element number determination process of the production element B, the game number candidate “0” is the number of patterns obtained for the game number candidate “3 times”. The number of lotteries is not set for “3 times”.

  Thus, as shown in FIG. 16, when the lottery number is set for each game number candidate of the effect element B in the element number lottery table of the effect element B, the effect control means 180 causes the number of games of the effect element B to be played. “0-1”, which is a value corresponding to “two types”, which is the total (1 + 1) of the number of patterns obtained for the candidate, is set as a random value extraction source count value. Then, one random number value is extracted from “0 to 1” at a predetermined opportunity, and a game number candidate in which a lottery number corresponding to the extracted one random number value is set is determined as the number of games of the effect element B. Here, for example, when “1” is extracted as a random number value from the count value “0 to 1”, “2 times” which is the game number candidate corresponding to the lottery number “1” in the element number lottery table of the effect element B. Is determined as the number of games of the production element B. Then, the effect control means 180 registers the number of games of the effect element B as “2” in the game number array, as shown in FIG.

  Then, the effect control means 180 sets the effect element C as the effect element to be processed next in the element number determination process, but at the stage where the effect element to be processed is set to the effect element C (the effect element to be processed is If it is the maximum value), since there is no unset effect element, the pattern number acquisition process is not performed, and the number of games that have not been determined by excluding the number of games of the effect element already determined from the number of games in the specific effect section Is determined as the number of games of the production element C.

  Specifically, in the element number determination process of the effect element C in this example, the game number “1” of the effect element A already determined from the game number “4 times” of the specific effect section and the game number of the effect element B are determined. Since the undetermined number of games excluding “2” is “1”, the undetermined number of games “1” is determined as the number of games of the effect element C. Then, the effect control means 180 registers the number of games of the effect element C as “1” in the game number array, as shown in FIG.

  In this way, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 14C, the total number of games of each of the effect elements A to C is equal to the number of games in the specific effect section, and Each of the effect elements A to C can be determined so that there is no extreme bias in the number of games that can be taken. Then, when the specific effect section is started, each time the effect control means 180 is pressed, each time the start lever SL is pressed, each effect element 180 according to the number of games of each effect element registered in the game number array shown in FIG. The effects belonging to the effect element are executed in order from the effect image 1.

  Specifically, when the game frequency array is determined as shown in FIG. 14C, weak effect image 1 is selected from effects belonging to effect element A as effects to be executed in the specific effect section, The strong effect image 1 and the strong effect image 2 are selected from the effects belonging to B, and the intense hot effect image 1 is selected from the effects belonging to the effect element C. When the specific effect section is started, as shown in the example of FIG. 9A, the weak effect image 1 is displayed in the game in which the remaining number of games in the AT game section is “4 times”, and the remaining AT game section is displayed. In a game where the number of games is “3 times”, a strong effect image 1 is displayed, and in a game where the number of remaining games in the AT game section is “2”, a strong effect image 2 is displayed, and the remaining number of games in the AT game section In a game in which the game is “once”, a super hot effect image 1 is displayed.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the effect control unit 180 selects any one game number candidate from among a plurality of game number candidates of a processing target effect element in the element number determination process for each effect element. In the case where the number of games of the production element is set, the number-of-patterns acquisition process for obtaining the number of patterns of the game number candidates that can be determined as the number of games of each production element that has not been set is performed for each number of game times of the production element to be processed One game number candidate is determined as the number of games of the processing element effect element at a selection rate corresponding to the number of patterns obtained for each game number candidate of the processing element effect element.

  Thus, in the present embodiment, each effect corresponding to the number of games in the specific effect section is prepared without preparing a plurality of types of combination patterns in advance for the number of games in each effect element corresponding to the number of games in the specific effect section. Since the number of games of an element can be changed, the execution mode of a specific effect can be changed while suppressing the amount of data, and the selection according to the number of patterns obtained for each game frequency candidate of the effect element to be processed Since one of the game frequency candidates is determined as the game frequency of the effect element to be processed at a rate, the game frequency of each effect element can be determined so as not to be extremely biased.

3. Processing of this embodiment Next, an example of processing for realizing the control method of this embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing an example of processing performed in the gaming machine of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 17, in the present embodiment, first, when the stored value of the AT end determination counter 1924 is “9” (Y in Step S10), the start lever SL is pressed (Y in Step S12). ), The effect control means 180 determines the number of games in the specific effect section and the number of games in the determined specific effect section by performing the section number determination process according to the stored value of the AT set number counter 1925 at that time. Is set as the undetermined number of games N (step S14).

  For example, when the number of games in the specific effect section is determined to be 4, the game number N that has not yet been determined is set to “4”.

  Then, the scenario determination process is performed according to the determined number of games in the specific effect section, thereby determining the scenario table used in the element count determination process (step S16). Then, the effect element X to be processed in the element count determination process is set to the minimum value (effect element A) (step S18), and the game frequency candidate I to be processed in the pattern number acquisition process of the effect element X to be processed is minimized. A value is set (step S20).

  For example, when the scenario table 2 of FIG. 10 is determined, the game number candidate I to be processed in the pattern number acquisition process of the effect element A is set to “0” which is the minimum value.

  When the processing target game number candidate I is equal to or less than the undetermined game number N (Y in step S22), that is, the processing target game number candidate I is the number of games in the specific effect section to be determined. If it is within the range, pattern number acquisition processing is performed (step S24). Specifically, in the pattern number calculation process, when one of the plurality of game number candidates in each effect element is selected for the effect element X + 1 (effect element B), which is an unset effect element, is selected. The total number of the selected game number candidates is obtained as the number of patterns p that becomes the remaining number of games (N−I) obtained by subtracting the game number candidate I to be processed from the number of games N yet to be determined.

  For example, if the number N of undecided games is set to “4” and the candidate number of games I to be processed is “0”, the number of games to be processed “0” is the number of games to be determined “4”. Therefore, the remaining game count “4” is obtained by subtracting the game count candidate “0” to be processed from the undetermined game count “4”. Then, any one of “0 times” to “3 times” that is a game frequency candidate of the effect element B that is an unset effect element, and a game frequency candidate of an effect element C that is an effect element that is not set “ The sum is obtained for all combinations of any one of “1 time” to “2 times”, and the number of patterns “p” where the sum is “4 times” which is the number of remaining games is obtained. In this example, as shown in FIG. 12, when the candidate number of games to be processed is “0”, the number of games candidate of the effect element B is “3 times” and the number of game times of the effect element C is “1”. A pattern that is “twice” (corresponding to the fourth pattern shown in FIG. 11), a pattern in which the number of games for the effect element B is “twice” and the number of games for the effect element C is “twice” (see FIG. 11). “Two types” (corresponding to the seventh pattern shown in FIG. 11) is the number of patterns in which the total of the game number candidates for the effect element B and the game number candidates for the effect element C is equal to the remaining game number “4 times”.

  Then, in the element number lottery table for the processing effect element X, p lottery numbers are set for the processing target game number candidate I (step S26). Then, p is added to the total number of patterns for which “0” is set as the initial value (step S28).

  For example, when the number of patterns “2 types” is obtained for the game number candidate “0” of the effect element A, two lottery values are assigned to the game number candidate “0” in the element number lottery table of the effect element A. The numbers “0 and 1” are set, and “2” is added to the total number of patterns for which “0” is set as the initial value.

  If the processing target game number candidate I is not the maximum value (N in step S30), the processing target game number candidate I is updated by adding “1” to the processing target game number candidate I. (Step S32), the process returns to Step S22.

  For example, since the game number candidate “0” is not the maximum value in the effect element A, the game number candidate to be processed is updated to “1”, and the game number candidate “1” of the effect element A is updated in steps S22 to S30. Repeat the process up to. Then, as shown in FIG. 12, the number of patterns “2” is obtained for the game element candidate “1” of the effect element A, and as shown in FIG. 13, the game number candidate “1” in the element number lottery table of the effect element A. 2 lottery value numbers “2 and 3” are set, and “2” is further added to the total number of patterns already set to “2”.

  Since the game number candidate “1” is not the maximum value in the effect element A, the game number candidate to be processed is updated to “2”, and the game number candidate “2” of the effect element A is step S22 to step S30. Repeat the process up to. Then, as shown in FIG. 12, the number of patterns “2” is obtained for the game element candidate “2” of the effect element A, and the game number candidate “2” in the element number lottery table of the effect element A as shown in FIG. 2 lottery value numbers “4 and 5” are set, and “2” is further added to the total number of patterns already set to “4”.

  And in the effect element A, the game frequency candidate “2” is not the maximum value, so the game frequency candidate to be processed is updated to “3”, and the game frequency candidate “3” of the effect element A is step S22 to step S30. Repeat the process up to. Then, as shown in FIG. 12, the number of patterns “1” is obtained for the candidate number of games “3” of the effect element A, and the number of games candidate “3” in the element number lottery table of the effect element A as shown in FIG. One lottery value number “6” is set for “1”, and “1” is further added to the total number of patterns for which “6” has already been set.

  Then, when the processing target game number candidate I is the maximum value (Y in step S30), or when the processing target game number candidate I is updated and becomes less than the undetermined game number N (step S22). N), that is, when the number of game candidates I to be processed is no longer within the range of the number of games in the specific effect section to be determined, the value corresponding to the total number of patterns is set as the random number extraction source. The count value is set (step S33). Then, one random number value is extracted from the number of count values corresponding to the total number of patterns at a predetermined opportunity (step S34), and the game number candidate corresponding to the extracted one random number value is the game of the effect element X to be processed. The number of times is registered as n (step S36).

  For example, in the effect element A, the game number candidate “3” is the maximum value, and therefore, the number “0-6” corresponding to the total number of patterns “7” at this time is set as the count value from which the random number value is extracted. Then, one random number value is extracted from the count value “0 to 6” at a predetermined opportunity, and when “3” is extracted as the random value, for example, the lottery setting is performed in the element number lottery table of the effect element A shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 14A, “1”, which is a game frequency candidate corresponding to the number “3”, is registered as the game frequency of the effect element A in the game frequency array.

  Then, the game number N is updated by subtracting the game number n from the game number N that has not been decided (step S38), and “1” is added to the effect element X to be processed, thereby producing the effect to be processed. The element X is updated (step S40). If the updated effect element X to be processed is not the maximum value (effect element C) (N in step S42), the process returns to step S20.

  For example, when “1” is registered as the game count n of the production element A, the game count “1” is subtracted from the game count “4” and the game count “3” is updated to “3”. Then, the effect element to be processed is updated to the effect element B by adding “1” to the effect element A to be processed. Since the effect element B to be processed after the update is not the effect element C having the maximum value, the process returns to step S20, and the processes from step S22 to step S30 are repeated for each game frequency candidate of the effect element B. When the game frequency candidate to be processed is updated to the game frequency candidate “3” which is the maximum value in the effect element B, the processing from step S33 to step S36 is performed, for example, as shown in FIG. Then, “2” is registered as the number of games of the effect element B in the game number array.

  If the updated effect element X to be processed is the maximum value (effect element C) (Y in step S42), the number N of undecided games is processed without performing the pattern number acquisition process. It registers as the number of games n of the production element X (step S44).

  For example, as shown in FIG. 14 (B), when “1” is registered as the number of games of the effect element A and “2” is registered as the number of games of the effect element B in the game number array, Since 4-1-2 = 1, as shown in FIG. 14C, the undetermined number of games “1” is registered as the number of games of the effect element C.

4). Modifications The present invention is not limited to those described in the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made. Modifications will be introduced below. Note that the above-described embodiment and various methods described below as modified examples can be appropriately combined and employed as a control method for realizing the present invention.

4-1. Modification 1
In the above embodiment, the example in which the number of games in the specific effect section is changed by the section number determination process has been described. However, the number of games in the specific effect section may be determined in advance. Even in this case, the execution mode of the specific effect can be changed by changing the number of games of each effect element according to the predetermined number of games of the specific effect section.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example in which a plurality of types (two types) of scenario tables are prepared has been described. However, one type of scenario table may be prepared. Even in this way, the execution mode of the specific effect can be changed by changing the number of games of each effect element in one type of scenario table.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the specific effect is configured by three types of effect elements has been described, but the specific effect may be configured by four or more types of effect elements.

  Moreover, although the said embodiment demonstrated and demonstrated the example which determines the game number of undecided games as the game frequency of the effect element C, without performing the pattern number acquisition process about the effect element C finally processed. Also, the number of games may be determined by performing the pattern number acquisition process for the effect elements to be processed.

  In the above embodiment, the example has been described in which the minimum value and the maximum value of the number of games of all effect elements are set to different values. However, the minimum value and the maximum value of the number of games of some effect elements are described. May be set to the same value. In this way, it is possible to ensure that the number of games of such effect elements is determined as the number of games set as the minimum value and the maximum value.

  Further, in the above embodiment, when the game number candidate I to be processed in the pattern number acquisition process is set from the minimum value and the game number candidate I to be processed is updated, “1” is set to the game number candidate I to be processed. Although an example of adding is described, when the processing target game frequency candidate I of the pattern number acquisition process is set from the maximum value and the processing target game frequency candidate I is updated, the processing target game frequency candidate I is “1” may be subtracted.

  In the above embodiment, the number of lotteries (for example, 0 and 1) equal to the number of patterns (for example, two types) obtained for each game number candidate is set as the number of lotteries for each game number candidate, and the total number of patterns is set. Although an example in which a value equal to (for example, 7 types) (for example, 0 to 6) is set as the count value of the random value extraction source has been described, the count value of the random value extraction source is set to 0 to 32767, 32768 Lottery of each game number candidate so that the ratio of the number of lotteries for each game number candidate becomes equal to the ratio of the number of patterns obtained for each number of game number candidates while setting the value to 65536 values from 0 to 65535, etc. A numerical value may be set.

  In addition, the ratio of the number of lotteries for each game number candidate is not equal to the ratio of the number of patterns obtained for each game number candidate, but each game number candidate is weighted according to the number of patterns obtained for each game number candidate. The number of lotteries for each game number candidate is set so that the difference between the number of lottery numbers for each game number candidate increases or decreases with respect to the difference between the number of patterns obtained for The number of games of each effect element may be determined so as to have a predetermined bias.

  In the above embodiment, the effects of each effect element form a series of stories and the order is set for each effect element while the order is set for each effect element. The example in which the effects of each effect element are executed according to the order according to the determined number of games of each effect element has been described, but the effects of each effect element form an individual story and each effect element and each effect element The order belonging to the effects may not be set, and the effects belonging to each effect element may be executed regardless of the order according to the number of games of each effect element determined by the element count determination process.

4-2. Modification 2
Moreover, although the said embodiment demonstrated and demonstrated the example in which the production | presentation control means 180 performs the specific production | presentation for raising a player's expectation with respect to an AT game area being extended, AT game area is started. A specific effect may be executed as an effect to increase the player's expectation of the situation. In this case, when the effect control means 180 wins the AT lottery, the number-of-intervals determination process for determining whether the number of games in the specific effect section is “1” or “8” by lottery. The value corresponding to the number of games in the specific effect section determined by the section number determination process is set as a threshold for determining the game that starts the AT game section, and the AT is triggered by the end of the specific effect section. You may make it start a game area. In this example, a specific effect is executed in the game section from when the AT lottery is won until the AT game section is started, thereby effectively increasing the player's expectation for the AT game section to start. Can be increased.

  In addition, the AT game section is started while the AT game section is started when the big bonus (BB) is not won in the internal lottery while the game in the bonus state is ended 1000 times. A specific effect may be executed as an effect to increase the player's expectation for the event.

  In this example, the effect control means 180 sets “1000” as the stored value of the AT start determination counter in response to the end of the bonus game, and from the stored value of the AT start determination counter every time a game is performed. 1 "is subtracted. Then, the effect control unit 180 performs the section number determination process, the scenario determination process, and the element number determination process when the start lever SL is pressed while the stored value of the AT start determination counter is “9”. A value corresponding to the number of games in the specific effect section determined by the section number determination process is set as a threshold for determining a game that starts the specific effect section. Then, the specific effect section may be started when the stored value of the AT start determination counter reaches the threshold value, and the specific effect may be executed according to the number of games of each effect element determined in the element number determination process. .

  In this example, the effect control means 180 starts the specific effect section when the stored value of the AT start determination counter reaches a value corresponding to the number of games in the specific effect section determined by the section number determination process. In addition, when the stored value of the AT start determination counter reaches a given value before reaching “9”, the section number determination process, the scenario determination process, and the element number determination process are performed, and the specific effect section is immediately set. The specific effect may be executed according to the number of games of each effect element determined by the element number determination process. In this way, even if the specific effect is executed, it is possible to enhance the effect of the specific effect by preventing the AT game section from starting.

  In addition, when the specific effect is executed as an effect for enhancing the player's expectation that the AT game section is started, the effect control means 180 starts the AT game section even if the specific effect section ends. Whether or not to start a specific performance section that is not performed may be drawn by a predetermined opportunity.

  Further, the effect control means 180 may execute a specific effect as an effect for enhancing the player's expectation that the big bonus (BB) lottery flag is set to the winning state. In this example, the effect control means 180 performs the section number determination process, the scenario determination process, and the element number determination process immediately after the big bonus (BB) is won in the internal lottery, and immediately starts the specific effect section. A specific effect may be executed according to the number of games of each effect element determined in the number-of-times determination process.

  In this example, the production control means 180 starts the specific production section when the big bonus (BB) is won by the internal lottery, and also the section when the special small role 2 is won by the internal lottery. The number-of-times determining process, the scenario determining process, and the number of element determining processes may be performed to immediately start the specific effect section, and the specific effect may be executed according to the number of games of each effect element determined in the element number determining process. In this way, even if the specific effect is executed, it is possible to enhance the effect of the specific effect by not determining that the big bonus (BB) is set to the winning state.

4-3. Modification 3
In the above embodiment, an example in which an effect belonging to any one of the effect elements is executed for each game in the specific effect section has been described. However, the pressing operation of the bet button B0 enabled in the specific effect section or the effective An effect belonging to any one of the effect elements may be executed every time the activated start lever SL is depressed or the activated stop buttons B1 to B3 are each depressed. In other words, in this example, an effect belonging to any one of the effect elements is executed a maximum of 5 times in one game.

  In this example, the number of executions of the specific effect section (the number of effects of the specific effect section), which is the number of executions of the effect in the specific effect section, is changed, and execution assigned to each effect element according to the number of executions of the specific effect section. The number of times (the number of effects of each effect element) may be changed. That is, the effect control means 180 may cause the display device 330 or the audio device 340 to execute a specific effect so that the number of executions of each effect element can be varied. In this example, every time the start lever SL or the stop button B1 to B3 is pressed in the specific effect section, the effect belonging to each effect element is executed according to the number of executions of each effect element determined by the element number determination process. To do.

  In this example, as in the above embodiment, the order is set for each effect element, and the order of each effect element is set for the effect belonging to each effect element, according to the order of the effect in each effect element. The effects of each effect element may be executed, and the order of the effects belonging to each effect element and each effect element is not set, and the effects of each effect element are executed regardless of the order. May be.

4-4. Modification 4
In the above embodiment, when performing the pattern number acquisition process for each game number candidate of the effect element A, any one of the game number candidates of the effect element B which is an unset effect element and an unset effect element When the sum is obtained for all combinations of any one of the game number candidates for C, the number of patterns for which the sum is the remaining number of games is obtained, and when the pattern number acquisition process is performed for each game number candidate for the production element B, Although an example of obtaining the number of patterns in which any one of the number of game times of the effect element C that is an unset effect element is the remaining number of games has been described, obtaining the number of patterns for each game number candidate of each effect element In the processing, as shown in FIG. 18, the number of patterns may be obtained by referring to a pattern number table in which the number of patterns corresponding to the number of remaining games is set.

  Here, the pattern number table shown in FIG. 18 is a pattern number table that is referred to when the scenario table 2 described in the above embodiment is selected. In the above embodiment, the number of games in the specific effect section is “ It is set to be variable between “1” and “8”, and in the scenario table 2, the minimum value of the number of games of the production element A is set to “0” and the maximum value is set to “3”. When the scenario table 2 is selected, the remaining number of games obtained for each game number candidate of the effect element A varies between “1” and “5”.

  Therefore, in the pattern number table shown in FIG. 18, for each of the cases where the number of remaining games obtained for each game number candidate of the effect element A is “1” to “5”, an unset effect element The number of patterns of the number of game candidates in which the total of any one of the game number candidates among the plurality of game number candidates of each of the effect elements after the effect element B (the effect element B and the effect element C) is equal to the remaining game number is It is set in advance.

  For example, when the remaining number of games obtained for each game number candidate of the production element A is “1”, the number of patterns is “1 type” (the number of game times of the production element C is “1”). If the remaining number of games obtained for each game number candidate of the production element A is “2 times”, the number of patterns is “two types” (the game number candidate of the production element B is “2”). A pattern in which the number of games for the effect element C is “twice” and a candidate for the number of games in the effect element B is “1” and the number of games in the effect element C is “1”. ) When the remaining number of games obtained for each game number candidate of the production element A is “3 times”, the number of patterns is “2 types” (the number of game times of the production element B is “1 time”). And the pattern of the play element candidate of the production element C is “twice” (The pattern in which the number of games for the effect element B is “2” and the number of games for the effect element C is “1”)), and the remaining number of games obtained for each game number candidate for the effect element A is “4 times”. , The number of patterns is “two types” (the pattern number of the effect element B is “twice” and the pattern number of the effect element C is “twice” and the effect element B The game number candidate of “3 times” and the game element number of the effect element C is “1 time”), and the remaining game number obtained for each game number candidate of the effect element A is “5 times”. In this case, the number of patterns is set to “one type” (a pattern in which the number of games for the effect element B is “3 times” and the number of games for the effect element C is “2 times”). .

  In the above embodiment, the number of games in the specific effect section is set to be variable between “1 time” and “8 times”. In the scenario table 2, the minimum value of the game number of the effect element C is “1 time”. Since the maximum value is set to “twice”, when the scenario table 2 is selected, the remaining number of games required for each game number candidate of the production element B is changed from “1” to “2 times”. Fluctuates between.

  Therefore, in the pattern number table shown in FIG. 18, an unset effect element for each of the cases where the remaining number of games obtained for each game number candidate of effect element B is “1” to “2”. The number of game frequency candidate patterns in which any one game frequency candidate among the plurality of game frequency candidates of each effect element (effect element C) after the effect element C is equal to the remaining game frequency is preset.

  For example, when the remaining number of games obtained for each game number candidate of the effect element B is “1”, the number of patterns is “1 type” (the game number candidate of the effect element C is “1 time”). ), When the remaining number of games obtained for each game number candidate of the effect element B is “2 times”, the number of patterns is “one type” (the game number candidate of the effect element C is “ The pattern is “twice”.

  In this example, in the pattern number acquisition process shown in step S24 of FIG. 17, the remaining game number (N-I) obtained by subtracting the game number candidate I to be processed from the undetermined game number N is obtained and shown in FIG. With reference to the pattern number table, the number of patterns corresponding to the obtained number of remaining games is acquired as the number of patterns of the game frequency candidate I to be processed.

  Therefore, according to this example, it is necessary to prepare a pattern number table for each scenario table, but the processing load of the pattern number acquisition process can be reduced.

  It should be noted that for some effect elements among a plurality of effect elements, the number of patterns is obtained by calculation as in the above embodiment, and for other effect elements, the number of patterns is referred to the pattern number table as in this example. May be requested.

BX storage box, UD front upper door, DD front lower door, DW display window,
L1-L4 winning decision line, DS game information display part, LCD liquid crystal display,
R1 first reel, R2 second reel, R3 third reel,
B0 bet button, SL start lever, B1-B3 stop button,
MI medal slot, MO medal outlet, MP medal tray,
100 game control means, 105 input acceptance means, 110 random number generation means,
120 internal lottery means, 130 reel control means, 140 winning determination means,
150 payout control means, 160 replay processing means, 170 gaming state transition control means,
175 replay probability variation means, 180 effect control means, 190 storage means,
1911 internal lottery table storage means, 1912 lottery flag storage means,
1913 stop control table storage means, 1914 winning determination table storage means,
1915 RT end determination counter, 1921 effect data storage means,
1922 effect flag storage means, 1923 effect lottery table storage means,
1924 AT end determination counter, 1925 AT set number counter,
210 medal insertion switch, 220 bet switch, 230 start switch,
240 stop switch, 310 reel unit, 315 reel index,
320 hopper unit, 325 payout medal detection switch,
330 display device, 340 acoustic device

Claims (6)

A gaming machine that displays a lottery result for each game and pays out game media according to the lottery result,
Production control means for causing the production device to execute a specific production in the specific production section;
Effect storage means for storing variation range data in which a variation range of the number of effects is set for each of the plurality of effect elements constituting the specific effect;
The production control means includes
Corresponding to the number of effects in the specific effect section, one effect number candidate of each effect element is selected from among the effect number candidates that are the number of effects within the change range of each effect element set in the change range data. Perform the production number determination process to determine the production number for each production element,
In the production number determination process,
One of the plurality of effect elements is set as an effect element to be processed in the effect number determination process,
In the case where any one of the effect number candidates of the effect elements of the processing target is set as the effect number of the effect elements of the processing object, each of the unset effect elements that have not yet been set as the process target Perform pattern number acquisition processing for acquiring the number of patterns of the effect number candidates that can be determined as the number of effects for each effect number candidate of the processing element effect element
A game machine characterized in that any one of the number of effects is determined as the number of effects of the effect element to be processed at a selection rate corresponding to the number of patterns obtained for each effect number candidate of the effect elements to be processed. . In claim 1,
The production control means includes
In the pattern number acquisition process,
One of the production number candidates for the production target production element is set as the production number candidate for the processing target of the pattern number acquisition process,
Obtaining the number of remaining effects obtained by subtracting the number of effects to be processed from the number of effects determined from the number of effects already determined from the number of effects in the specific effect section,
Obtaining the number of patterns of the effect number candidates in which the total of the selected effect number candidates is equal to the remaining effect number when any one of the effect number candidates of the unset effect elements is selected. A featured gaming machine. In claim 1 or 2,
The production control means includes
In the production number determination process,
A value corresponding to the number of patterns acquired for each effect number candidate of the effect elements to be processed is set in association with each effect number candidate,
A random number value is extracted from a value corresponding to the total number of patterns acquired for each effect number candidate in the effect element to be processed, and the effect number candidate in which a value corresponding to the extracted random number value is set is processed. A game machine characterized by being determined as the number of effects of the target effect element. In any one of Claims 1-3,
The production control means includes
In the production number determination process,
When the unset effect element does not exist, an undecided effect number excluding the effect element effect number already determined from the effect number of the specific effect section is determined as the effect number of the effect element to be processed. A gaming machine characterized by that. In any one of Claims 1-4,
The production control means includes
A gaming machine, wherein the number of effects in the specific effect section is determined under a predetermined condition, and the effect number determination process is performed for each effect element in correspondence with the determined number of effects in the specific effect section. In any one of Claims 1-5,
The production storage means
Storing a plurality of types of the fluctuation range data set in different ranges of the fluctuation range;
The production control means includes
In the production number determination process,
One of the variation range data of the plurality of types of variation range data is selected, and any one of the effects number candidates within the variation range of each effect element set in the selected variation range data A gaming machine characterized in that number candidates are determined as the number of effects of each effect element.

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