JP2015186758A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve smoothness of a game progress when an approaching flow-down state occurs, without neglecting a measure against a fraudulent act, in a game machine.SOLUTION: In a game machine which determines whether or not a game medium flows down abnormally on the basis of change in combinations of detection states of the game medium by upstream side detection means and downstream side detection means, the change in combinations of detection states of the game medium by the upstream side detection means and downstream side detection means is detected and, on the basis of the detection, it is determined whether or not the change in combinations of the detection states is a change in accordance with a predetermined permissive state change corresponding to a normal state change and an approaching flow-down state.

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine represented by a swivel type gaming machine.

  In a typical conventional gaming machine, when a game medium necessary for playing a game is inserted, the receipt of the game medium is confirmed. For example, it is provided with a set of medium detection sensors that are spaced apart by less than one game medium along the game medium input path, and confirms the sensing order of the set of medium detection sensors as the game medium flows down Thus, a gaming machine (see, for example, Patent Document 1) configured to count the number of inserted gaming media has been proposed. Specifically, from the first state in which both the upstream and downstream medium detection sensors are not sensing, the second state in which only the upstream medium detection sensor is sensing, the upstream and downstream medium detection. The third state detected by the sensor and the fourth state detected only by the downstream medium detection sensor in this order, and the first state where both the upstream and downstream medium detection sensors are not detecting When the process returns to step S1, it is assumed that the game medium has been normally inserted, and the number of game media that have been input is increased by one. In the conventional typical gaming machine, when a plurality of gaming media are inserted, after the gaming media have substantially passed through a set of media detection sensors, a pair of gaming media following that gaming media are paired. It is configured to start passing the medium detection sensor. Specifically, after detection of the game medium by the downstream medium detection sensor is completed, detection of the subsequent game medium by the upstream medium detection sensor is started. With this configuration, by reciprocating the game medium or the pseudo game medium in the vicinity of the set of medium detection sensors, the game medium can be inserted even though the game medium is not actually inserted normally. It is possible to suppress fraudulent acts that are detected by a set of medium detection sensors as if they were performed normally.

JP 2005-261778 A

  Like the conventional typical gaming machine, after the detection of the game medium by the downstream medium detection sensor is completed, the detection of the subsequent game medium by the upstream medium detection sensor is started. However, since the game medium does not flow down at a constant interval or speed along the insertion path, the subsequent game by the upstream medium detection sensor is completed before the detection of the game medium by the downstream medium detection sensor is completed. The case where the detection of the medium is started occurs. Such a case is called an approaching flow-down state. When the close-in state is generated, it is determined that the input is abnormal by the control for suppressing the illegal act as described above, and as a result, the progress of the game is stopped.

  Therefore, in the gaming machine of the present invention, the game is suitably advanced while taking measures against fraud.

In order to solve the above problems, a gaming machine according to the present invention is:
A flow control means for controlling the flow of a predetermined number of game media in a predetermined path, an upstream detection means for detecting a game medium flowing down the predetermined path, and a downstream side of the predetermined path from the upstream detection means A game machine including medium detection means including downstream detection means for detecting game media,
A state in which no game medium is detected by both the upstream side detection means and the downstream side detection means, a game medium is detected by the upstream side detection means, and a game medium is detected by the downstream side detection means. There is no first detection state, a game medium is detected by both the upstream detection means and the downstream detection means, and a second detection state where no game medium is detected by the upstream detection means and the downstream detection Through the third detection state in which the game medium is detected by the means in this order, the state change of the medium detection means that becomes the non-detection state is a normal state change,
From the non-detection state to the first detection state, the second detection state, the third detection state, the second detection state, the first detection state, the second detection state, and the third detection state in this order. Through, the state change of the medium detection means that becomes the non-detection state as an allowable state change,
The flow-down control means temporarily prohibits the flow of game media in the predetermined passage when the medium detection means shifts from the third detection state to the second detection state,
When the state change of the medium detection means is the normal state change, the number of downflows is counted as the flow of one game medium in the predetermined passage, and the state change of the medium detection means is the allowable state change A flow number counting means for counting the flow number as the flow of at least one game medium in the predetermined passage.
It is characterized by that.

  With the gaming machine of the present invention, it is possible to suitably advance the game while taking measures against fraud.

The front side perspective view showing an example of a ball-type spinning machine. The perspective view represented in the state which opened an example of the ball-type spinning machine in block unit. The perspective view showing an example of a selector. The partial exploded perspective view showing an example of a selector. The principal part expansion longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows an example of a selector and an upper plate ball stop part in the insertion prohibition state of an insertion flicker, and the return prohibition state of a return shutter. FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating an example of a selector and an upper dish ball removing operation unit in a charging flicker insertion prohibition state and a return shutter return prohibition state. The principal part expansion longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows an example of a selector and an upper plate ball stop part in the insertion prohibition state of an insertion flicker, and the return permission state of a return shutter. FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating an example of a selector and an upper dish ball removing operation unit in a charging flicker insertion prohibition state and a return shutter return permission state. The partial exploded perspective view showing an example of a payout block. It is the longitudinal cross-sectional view showing an example of a payout apparatus, (A) The figure represents the state which is not paying out, (B) The figure represents the state which is paying out, (C) The figure is a ball extraction The figure showing the state which is operating. The partial exploded perspective view showing an example of a game block. The front view showing an example of a game panel. The partial exploded perspective view showing an example of a rotating drum unit. It is a development view showing an example of a symbol seal, (A) the figure represents the left symbol seal, (B) the figure represents the middle symbol seal, (C) the figure represents the right symbol seal. The block diagram showing an example of the electrical structure of a ball-type spinning machine. The flowchart showing an example of the timer interruption process in a main control board. The flowchart showing an example of the sensor monitoring process in the timer interruption process of a main control board. The flowchart showing an example of the auxiliary | assistant insertion number count process in the sensor monitoring process of a main control board. The flowchart showing an example of the main process of a main control board. The flowchart showing an example of the normal game process of a main control board. The flowchart showing an example of the fluctuation waiting process in the normal game process of the main control board. The flowchart showing an example of the return process in the fluctuation | variation waiting process of a main control board. The flowchart showing an example of the game ball betting process in the fluctuation waiting process of the main control board. The flowchart showing an example of the insertion monitoring process in the game ball betting process of the main control board. It is a timing chart for demonstrating the change of the detection phase according to a normal phase transition. The flowchart showing an example of the 1st article throwing-in control processing in the game ball betting processing of the main control board. The timing chart showing an example of the injection | throwing-in operation in which re-input is not performed. The timing chart showing an example of the throwing-in operation | movement in which re-throwing by a ball break is performed. The flowchart showing an example of the rotation control process in the normal game process in the main control board. The flowchart showing an example of the timer interruption process in a payout control board. The flowchart showing an example of the main process in the payout control board. The flowchart showing an example of the game ball payout process in the main process of the payout control board. The flowchart showing an example of the main process in a sub control board. The flowchart showing an example of the reception command confirmation process in the main process of a sub control board. The flowchart showing an example of the period timer process in the main process of a sub control board. FIG. 36A is a timing chart showing the change of the detection phase in the single ball state, and FIG. 36B is a timing chart showing the change of the detection phase in the multiple ball state. It is explanatory drawing showing an example of normal phase transition information. Explanatory drawing which represented in detail the control operation | movement for every interruption in case a detection phase changes according to a normal phase transition pattern. Explanatory drawing which represented in detail the control operation | movement for every interruption in case a detection phase changes according to a partial continuous ball phase shift pattern after detection of a continuous ball state. 6 is a flowchart for explaining a change example of the making control operation according to the first embodiment. 9 is a timing chart showing a change in detection phase according to an additional continuous ball phase transition pattern according to the second embodiment. 9 is a flowchart for explaining a closing control operation according to the second embodiment. 10 is a flowchart for explaining a change example of the making control operation according to the second embodiment.

Like the conventional typical gaming machine, after the detection of the game medium by the downstream medium detection sensor is completed, the detection of the subsequent game medium by the upstream medium detection sensor is started. However, since the game medium does not flow down at a constant interval or speed along the insertion path, the subsequent game by the upstream medium detection sensor is completed before the detection of the game medium by the downstream medium detection sensor is completed. The case where the detection of the medium is started occurs. Such a case is called an approaching flow-down state. Specifically, when the close-down flow state occurs, the normal state is mainly obtained after going through the first state, the second state, the third state, and the fourth state in this order as in the case of normal charging. Unlike the case of normal input, the third state, the second state, the third state, and the fourth state are further passed in this order, and then the first state is returned. In particular, the approaching flow-down state is likely to occur when a predetermined number of game media are to be input at a high speed. This is because it is necessary to reduce the insertion interval of game media. Specifically, in the case of a configuration in which game media is continuously input by one reciprocal change of the width of the entrance of the input passage by inserting / removing the tip of a regulating member such as flicker, rotation for transferring the game medium to the input passage Compared with the case where the game medium is sent out one by one by driving the body and the game medium is inserted, the flow interval of the game medium in the normal time is reduced, so that a predetermined number of game media can be input at a high speed, An approaching flow-down state is likely to occur.
In the conventional typical gaming machine, when an approaching throwing state occurs, it is determined that the throwing abnormality is caused by the control for suppressing the illegal act as described above, and as a result, the progress of the game is stopped. As a configuration in which the game progress is not stopped even if the close-down flow state occurs, when it can be estimated that the close-down flow state occurs, specifically, from the first state to the second state as in the case of normal input After passing through the third state and the fourth state in this order, when the transition is made to the third state instead of the first state, which is the transition destination in the case of normal normal throwing, the game is not determined as throwing abnormality. A configuration that immediately stops the insertion of a medium, or a configuration that immediately stops the insertion of a game medium, waits until two game media pass through the input path, and then automatically restarts the input of the remaining game media. Can be considered. Smooth game progress can be realized compared to conventional typical gaming machines, but since the introduction of a predetermined number of game media is completed after the interruption of the game media input, the smoothness of the game media input is improved. There is room for improvement from the viewpoint. In addition, although it is not determined that the throwing is abnormal, the two game media are not normally thrown in. Therefore, the two game media constituting the approaching flow-down state are not counted as the number of thrown game media. There is room for improvement in the counting method. In addition, since it is not possible to interrupt the insertion of the game medium under the same conditions as the case where the input of the game medium is terminated, there is room for further improvement from the viewpoint of simplifying the control of the insertion of the game medium. In addition, since the change in the detection state of the upstream and downstream medium detection sensors differs between the case of the close-up flow and the normal flow, the upstream and downstream of the close-flow state Further information for determining a change in the detection state of the medium detection sensor is necessary. Furthermore, since two types of information must be referred to by switching or overlapping in order to confirm the change in the detection state of the upstream and downstream medium detection sensors, the processing load related to the control increases. Therefore, there is room for improvement from the viewpoint of control processing in terms of simplification of the program and reduction of processing load.
Therefore, in the gaming machine of the present invention, the smoothness of the game progress when the approaching flow-down state occurs is improved.
The gaming machine according to the present invention has the following configuration.
Means 1.
The transition of the game medium from the input standby path (for example, the selector storage path) to the input path communicating with the input standby path (for example, the selector input path) is performed between the input prohibited state and the input permitted state. Input restriction means for controlling (for example, input flicker and input solenoid);
An upstream detection means (for example, an upstream element of a passage sensor) for detecting a game medium flowing down the input passage, and a game medium flowing down the input passage along the flow direction from the upstream detection means Medium detection means (for example, a passage sensor) including downstream detection means (for example, a downstream element of the passage sensor) for detecting on the downstream side by less than one;
Phase detection for detecting a detection phase substantially corresponding to a detection state of the medium detection means specified by a combination of a detection state of the game medium by the upstream detection means and a detection state of the game medium by the downstream detection means Means (for example, switch reading processing of the main control board);
In response to detection of the detection phase by the phase detection means, a detection phase update means for updating the current detection phase to the previous detection phase and updating the current detection phase to the detection phase detected by the phase detection means;
An input instruction input means (for example, a maximum bet button switch and a minimum bet button switch) for inputting an input instruction,
An insertion permission number determining means for determining the number of permitted insertions of game media in response to the input of the input instruction (for example, a process for determining the number of permitted inputs for the main control board)
A number-of-inputs measurement unit that measures the number of inputs based on detection of the detection phase by the phase detection unit (for example, a total input number update process or a total input permission remaining number update process of the main control board);
An input restriction control means (for example, an input solenoid drive control process and a passage restriction information change process of the main control board) for controlling the input restriction means to input the number of gaming media permitted to be input,
A gaming machine including
A phase substantially corresponding to a state in which no game medium is detected by both the upstream detection means and the downstream detection means in the medium detection means is set as a non-passing phase, and the game medium is detected by the upstream detection means. The phase substantially corresponding to the state in which no game medium is detected by the downstream detection means is defined as the first passing phase, and the game medium is substantially reduced by both the upstream detection means and the downstream detection means. The phase substantially corresponding to the detected state is set as the second passing phase, and the game medium is not detected by the upstream detection means and the game medium is detected by the downstream detection means. The phase corresponding to is the third passing phase,
From the non-passing phase, after passing through the first passing phase, the second passing phase and the third passing phase in this order, the transition of the phase transition returning to the non-passing phase is a normal phase transition transition,
From the non-passing phase, the first passing phase, the second passing phase, and the third passing phase are passed in this order, and at least once, the second passing phase, the first passing phase, and the second passing phase. After passing through the phase and the third passing phase in this order, the transition of the phase transition returning to the non-passing phase is an allowable phase transition transition,
A predetermined one of the first pass phase, the second pass phase, and the third pass phase is set as a prohibition transition phase.
Normal phase transition information storage means for storing normal phase transition information corresponding to a sequence of passing phases in the normal phase transition, and
Phase shift detection means for detecting a phase shift of a detection phase based on a difference between the previous detection phase and the current detection phase updated in the detection phase update means;
Further including
The number-of-inputs measurement unit is configured to detect the phase shift according to the normal phase shift transition based on the normal phase shift information in the normal phase shift information storage unit in response to detection of the phase shift by the phase shift detection unit. And when detecting that the detected phase has made a round of the normal phase shift transition based on the detection of the phase shift a plurality of times by the phase shift detection means and for detecting the phase shift by the phase shift detection means. Accordingly, based on the normal phase transition information, the detected phase shifts according to the allowable phase shift transition, and the detected phase is detected based on detection of the phase shift a plurality of times by the phase shift detection means. When the transition transition is completed, it is counted in the number of inputs as the completion of the input of one game medium,
The throwing restriction control means shifts the throwing restriction means from the throwing-inhibited state to the throwing-permitted state in accordance with the determination of the throwing-permitted number, and starts throwing. When the detected phase shifts to the prohibition transition phase in the transition process of the phase transition according to the normal phase transition transition when only 1 is different, the prohibition means is shifted from the prohibition state to the prohibition state. To finish
The gaming machine further includes a game progress stopping means for stopping the game progress in response to the phase shift of the detected phase not following at least one of the normal phase transition transition and the allowable phase transition transition.
It is characterized by that.

“Phase” can be expressed as “ON state, OFF state” by expressing the permutation of the detection state of the upstream detection means and the detection state of the downstream detection means as [detection state of the upstream detection means, detection state of the downstream detection means]. State], [ON state, OFF state], [ON state, ON state], and [OFF state, ON state]. The on state means a state in which a game medium is detected, while the off state means a state in which no game medium is detected. Further, according to this notation, “non-passing phase” is “off state, off state”, “first passing phase” is “off state, off state”, and “second passing phase” is “on state, on state”. The “third passing phase” is “OFF state, ON state”.
“A detection phase substantially corresponding to a detection state specified by a permutation of a detection state of a game medium by an upstream detection unit and a detection state of a game medium by a downstream detection unit” refers to a game medium by an upstream detection unit Not only strictly corresponding to the detection state of the downstream detection means and the detection state of the game medium of the downstream detection means, but the permutation of the substantial detection state of the upstream detection means and the substantial detection state of the downstream detection means Is implied. For example, as a substantial detection state, a game medium is detected when a state in which a game medium is detected continuously for a predetermined period of time is detected multiple times from a state in which no game medium is detected. No game medium is detected when a state in which a game medium is detected, or conversely, a state in which no game medium is detected for a predetermined period of time continues continuously from a state in which a game medium is detected. The state to certify.
“Regular phase transition transition” means a transition of phase transition that changes as “non-passing phase → first passing phase → second passing phase → third passing phase → non-passing phase”. Further, “allowable phase transition transition” means “non-passage phase → first pass phase → second pass phase → third pass phase → (second pass phase → first pass phase → first pass phase”. “2 pass phase → third pass phase) n → non-pass phase” means a phase transition that changes. However, “(...) N” is a positive number representing the number of repetitions of the transition group described in parentheses. For example, the allowable passage phase transition in the case of n = 2 is “non-passing phase → first passage phase → second passage phase → third passage phase → (second passage phase → first passage phase → second passage phase → 3rd passing phase) → (2nd passing phase → 1st passing phase → 2nd passing phase → 3rd passing phase) → non-passing phase ”. “Phase shift” means a shift from one pass phase to another pass phase. Therefore, the detected phase detected by the medium detecting means is, for example, “(non-passing phase) s → (first passing phase) t → (second passing) when a gaming medium is inserted in accordance with the normal phase transition transition. (Phase) u → (third pass phase) v → non-pass phase ”. Here, each of “s”, “t”, “u”, and “v” represents a positive number. (Non-passing phase) s means that the non-passing phase is detected s times. Similarly, (first pass phase) t, (second pass phase) u, and (third pass phase) v are respectively the first pass phase t times, the second pass phase u times, and the third pass phase. Is detected v times. Note that when the medium detection means determines the phase shift in hardware or software and outputs information corresponding to the passing phase, “s”, “t”, “u”, “v” "Is" 1 ".
“Stopping the progress of the game” means stopping the insertion so that the subsequent progress of the game cannot be continued. Note that the game progress stopping means may be configured to further notify that the insertion has been stopped. In this case, even if the game progress is stopped, the notification is continued.

  With the above configuration, when the detected phase does not shift according to the normal phase transition transition but transitions according to the allowable phase transition transition, that is, even when an approaching flow-down state occurs, the game progress is not stopped. The number of game media to be thrown (number of allowed passages) can be thrown smoothly. In addition, by limiting the passing phase transition transition in which the detection phase is different from the normal phase transition transition and the game progress is not stopped to the allowable passing phase transition transition, the game medium can be stored without neglecting countermeasures against fraud. Can be thrown in. In addition, when an approaching flow-down state occurs, it is possible to limit the timing of shifting the loading regulation means from the loading permission state to the loading prohibition state at the time of transition to the loading prohibition transition phase by regarding the input of one game medium. The processing program for the input control can be simplified and the processing load can be reduced. In addition, when an approaching flow-down state occurs, it is considered that one game medium is inserted, so that the game medium is swallowed more than all the game media input in the approaching flow-down state is not considered to be the input of the game medium. Can be reduced. Here, the swallowing of the game medium means that it is not counted as the number of thrown-in, even though it is actually thrown in. Furthermore, since the phase shift of the detection phase can be determined based on the current detection phase and the previous detection phase, the phase shift transition accompanying the phase shift can be confirmed by referring only to the normal phase shift information in counting the number of inputs. As a result, it is not necessary to hold information corresponding to the sequence of passing phases with respect to the allowable phase shift transition different from the normal phase shift transition, and the processing load necessary for checking the phase shift transition can be reduced. In addition, not only when two game media are thrown in the close-down flow state, but even when three or more game media are thrown in the close-down flow state, the game progresses with the occurrence of the close-down flow state. It can be prevented from being stopped.

Mean 2.
In the gaming machine described in the above means 1,
The input passage is composed of a plurality of distribution input passages that guide the game media independently of each other,
The input restriction means performs restriction of inflow of game media into the plurality of distribution input passages for each distribution input passage;
The upstream detection means and the downstream detection means detect the game media passing through the plurality of distribution input passages for each distribution input passage,
The detection phase is a combination of a detection state of the game medium in each of the plurality of distribution insertion passages by the upstream detection means and a detection state of the game medium corresponding to the same distribution insertion passage by the downstream detection means. Including a distribution detection phase for each distribution input passage substantially corresponding to the detection state of the specified medium detection means;
The gaming machine distributes the input permission number to the plurality of distribution input passages, and determines a distribution input permission number for each distribution input passage (for example, an input control board input number distribution process). )
The detection phase update unit updates the current distribution detection phase to the previous distribution detection phase according to the detection of the distribution detection phase by the phase detection unit for each distribution input path, and sets the current distribution detection phase to Update to the distribution detection phase detected by the phase detection means,
The current detection phase includes a current distribution detection phase for each distribution input path,
The previous detection phase includes a previous distribution detection phase for each distribution input path,
The phase shift detection means detects the phase shift of the detection phase based on the difference between the previous detection phase updated in the detection phase update means and the current distribution detection phase for each distribution input path,
The number-of-inputs measuring means includes a case where the distribution detection phase corresponding to any of the plurality of distribution input passages makes a phase transition according to the normal phase transition and makes a round of the normal phase transition transition and the allowable phase transition transition When the phase shift is performed and the allowable phase shift transition is completed, the number of inputs is counted as the completion of the input of one game medium, and the distribution detection phase corresponding to each of the plurality of distribution input passages is When a transition is made in accordance with the normal phase transition transition and when the normal phase transition transition has been completed, and when a transition has been made in accordance with the allowable phase transition transition and the allowable phase transition transition has been completed, one game medium is input in the same distribution input path. As completed, it is counted in the number of sorting inputs by sorting channel,
The input restriction control means shifts the inflow control corresponding to each of the plurality of distribution input passages from the input prohibition state to the input permission state according to the determination of the number of distribution input permission, and In the transition process according to the normal phase transition transition when the distribution input number and the distribution input permission number are substantially different from each other by the inflow regulation corresponding to each of the distribution input passages, the distribution detection phase is When transitioning to the input prohibition transition phase, transition from the input permission state to the input prohibition state,
The game progress stopping means is configured to stop the game progress according to the shift of the distribution detection phase corresponding to any of the plurality of distribution input passages that do not follow at least one of the normal phase transition transition and the allowable phase transition transition. It is configured to stop.
In the case of the above configuration, the number of game media to be inserted in order to individually control the game media input in each of the plurality of distribution input passages and cooperate to input the game media in the plurality of distribution input passages. It is possible to insert (number of allowed inputs) gaming media at high speed. In addition, as described above, with respect to the input in each of the plurality of distribution input passages, smooth input without neglecting countermeasures against fraud, simplification of input control, and reduction in swallowing of game media Is realized.

Means 3.
In the gaming machine described in the above means 2,
The input number measuring means is
When the phase shift detection means detects that the phase shift of the distribution detection phase corresponding to any of the plurality of distribution input passages, the distribution detection phase of the plurality of distribution input passages. A normal phase shift for detecting whether the phase shift of the distribution detection phase corresponding to the detected phase change passage is a normal phase shift in accordance with at least one of the normal phase shift transition and the allowable phase shift transition Detection means;
When the normal phase shift is detected by the normal phase shift detection means, the phase shift of the distribution detection phase corresponding to the distribution input path is a regression phase shift to the first passing phase. A regression phase shift detection means for detecting
When it is detected by the regression phase shift detection means that the regression phase shift has occurred, as the completion of the insertion of one game medium, the input number is updated, and the distribution input corresponding to the distribution input path Input number update processing to update the number,
Including
The game progress stop means is configured to stop the game progress when the normal phase shift detection means detects that the normal phase shift is not detected.

  With the above configuration, when it is detected that the distribution detection phase has shifted, at least one of the normal phase transition and the allowable phase transition is the transition of the distribution detection phase with respect to the distribution input passage where the shift is detected. By detecting whether the normal phase shift conforms to the above, it is possible to easily monitor the change in the distribution detection phase for each input passage. In addition, when the normal phase shift detection unit does not determine that the phase shift is not normal, the shift of the distribution detection phase corresponding to the distribution input path detected by the phase shift detection unit returns to the non-pass phase. By detecting whether it is a transition, the change in the distribution detection phase can be easily monitored for each input passage. In addition, when a return to the non-passing phase is detected, it is considered that one game medium has been inserted, and is counted as the number of distribution inputs. The number of throws and the number of sorts thrown can be measured in common with the case of throwing in the approaching flow-down state according to the above.

Means 4.
In the gaming machine described in the above means 3,
The input regulation control means is
Whether the phase shift of the distribution detection phase corresponding to the distribution input path is a phase shift to the input prohibition transfer phase when the normal phase shift detection means detects the normal phase shift. Input prohibition transition detection means for detecting
The number of inputs corresponding to the distribution input path and the distribution input corresponding to the distribution input path when the input prohibition shift detection unit detects that the phase is shifted to the input prohibition transition phase. Final medium input determining means for determining whether or not the final medium input state is substantially different from the permitted number by one;
A prohibition transfer control means for shifting the inflow regulation corresponding to the sorting input path from the input permission state to the input prohibition state when the final medium input determination means determines that the final medium input state is present;
Is included.
With the above-described configuration, the number of game media to be thrown in each sorting throw path can be thrown reliably and at high speed.

Means 5.
In the gaming machine according to the above means 3 or 4,
The normal phase shift detection means is
When the normal phase shift detection means detects that the normal phase shift is not detected, an approach flow state in which the shift of the distribution passing phase corresponding to the distribution input path shifts to the second passing phase occurs. An approaching flow detection means for detecting whether there is,
When it is detected that the normal phase transition is detected by the normal phase transition detecting means when the occurrence of the approaching downstream state is not detected by the approaching downstream detection means, with reference to the normal phase transition information, According to the normal phase transition transition, any one of the non-passing phase, the first passing phase, the second passing phase, and the third passing phase is selected as a reference phase, and the approaching flow detection state is set by the proximity flow detection means. When the occurrence is detected, the first passing phase in the normal phase transition information is forcibly set as a reference phase, and the normal phase transition detection unit detects the occurrence of the approaching flow state by the proximity flow detection unit. When the normal phase shift is detected, the normal phase transition information is referred to, the first passing phase according to the normal phase shift transition, the first When any one of the passing phase and the third passing phase is selected as a reference phase and the regression phase shift detecting means detects that the phase shift is the regression phase shift, the reference phase is changed in the normal phase shift transition. Reference phase selection means for forcibly setting the non-passing phase;
Is further included.
If it is said structure, it can be detected simply and reliably whether each phase transition is a normal phase transition by referring normal phase transition information and partial allowable phase transition information.

Means 6.
In the gaming machine according to the above means 5,
The normal phase shift detection means is
In response to detection of the occurrence of the approaching flow-down state by the approaching flow-down detection means, the approaching flow identification information for identifying whether or not the approaching flow-down state is occurring is changed to a value representing the approaching flow-down state, In accordance with the detection of the regression phase transition by the regression phase transition detection means, further comprising an approaching downstream identification means for changing the approaching downstream identification information to a value representing non-approaching downstream,
When the reference phase selection means detects that the normal phase transition is detected by the normal phase transition detection means when the approaching downstream identification information is not a value indicating that the approaching downstream is flowing, refer to the normal phase transition information. The partial allowable phase when the normal phase shift is detected by the normal phase shift detection means when the reference phase is selected and the approaching flow identification information is not a value representing the non-closed flow. The reference phase is selected with reference to transition information.
If it is said structure, it can be detected simply and reliably whether each phase shift is a normal phase shift by the means including whether it is under approaching flow.

Mean 7
In the gaming machine according to the above means 3-6,
The phase shift detection unit detects the phase shift of the detection phase by comparing the detection phase detected by the phase detection unit with the reference phase selected by the reference phase selection unit.
If it is said structure, the detection of a phase transition and the detection of a normal phase transition can be simply performed based on a detection phase and a reference phase.

Means 8.
In the gaming machine according to the above means 1 to 6,
An auxiliary medium detecting means for detecting a game medium flowing down the charging passage;
Auxiliary input number measuring means for measuring the auxiliary input number based on detection of the game medium by the auxiliary medium detection means,
An input number comparison means for detecting whether the auxiliary input number is greater than or equal to the input number measured by the input number measuring means;
Further including
The game progress stopping means is configured to stop the game progress when the insertion number comparing means determines that the auxiliary insertion number is not equal to or more than the insertion number.
In the case of the above configuration, in order to judge whether or not the insertion is normal by comparing the number of insertions (the number of insertions and the number of auxiliary insertions) counted by the two types of medium detection means, Can be further strengthened.

Means 9.
In the gaming machine according to the above means 8,
The input number comparing means further detects whether the auxiliary input number measured by the auxiliary input number measuring means is equal to or less than an allowable number obtained by adding a predetermined number to the input number measured by the input number measuring means. And
When the game progress stopping means detects that the number of auxiliary insertions is not equal to or greater than the number of insertions by the number-of-inputs comparison means, and when it is detected that the number of auxiliary insertions is not less than the allowable number, It is configured to stop.
With the above configuration, since it is possible to strictly determine whether or not it is a normal insertion based on the number of inputs (the number of inputs and the number of auxiliary inputs) counted by the two types of medium detection means, Measures can be further strengthened.

Means 10.
In the gaming machine according to the above means 8-9,
The auxiliary input number measuring means is configured to correct the auxiliary input number when the detected phase shifts according to the allowable phase shift transition and completes the allowable phase shift transition.
If it is said structure, it can suppress that the injection | throwing-in number shifts | deviates from the auxiliary | assistant injection | throwing-in number with generation | occurrence | production of an approach flow-down state. Thereby, it is possible to further strengthen countermeasures against fraudulent acts using fraudulent tools.

  The best mode of the gaming machine according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Here, a case where the gaming machine is a spinning-type gaming machine using a gaming sphere as a gaming medium (hereinafter referred to as a “ball-type spinning gaming machine”) is described. Applicable to general machines. Moreover, even if it is a rotating type game machine, it is not limited to the specific form demonstrated below, You may change the design suitably, unless it deviates from the main point of this invention.

[First Embodiment]
The configuration of the ball-type spinning machine of the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a front view showing an example of a ball-type spinning game machine, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an internal configuration of the ball-type spinning game machine opened in units of blocks.

  As shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2, the ball-type spinning machine 1010 is supported by an outer frame 1011 that forms an outer shell of the ball-type spinning machine 1010 and one side of the outer frame 1011 so that it can be opened and closed. Door block 1012. The door block 1012 is attached to the outer frame 1011 by a hinge 1013 so that the door block 1012 can be opened and closed. The door block 1012 can be sufficiently opened to the front side with an opening / closing axis extending vertically on the left side when viewed from the front of the ball-type spinning machine 1010. As shown in FIG. 2, the door block 1012 includes a front block 1020 that constitutes the front surface of the ball-cylinder gaming machine 1010, a payout block 1030 that is attached to the front block 1020 so as to be openable and closable rearward, The game block 1040 is attached to the front block 1020 so as to be openable and closable rearward and is encapsulated by the front block 1020 and the payout block 1030.

(Configuration of front block)
As shown in FIG. 2, the front block 1020 includes a front panel 1100, a front block frame 1200, a rotating display panel 1022, a display panel presser frame 1024, an upper plate unit 1300 (see FIG. 1), and a selector 1400 ( Game ball throwing device).
As shown in FIG. 1, the front panel 1100 includes a window portion 1102 for exposing a game area provided on the front surface of the game block 1040 (see FIG. 2), and an upper portion provided above the window portion 1102. The effect light emitting unit 1104, a pair of upper acoustic units 1106 provided at the left and right ends of the upper effect light emitting unit 1104, a right middle effect light emitting unit 1108 and a left middle effect light emitting unit provided below the pair of upper acoustic units 1106 1110, a center panel portion 1112 and an operation panel portion 1122 are disposed.

  The upper effect light emitting unit 1104, the right middle effect light emitting unit 1108, and the left middle effect light emitting unit 1110 each include a light emitting device such as a light emitting diode (LED) covered with a scattering cover that scatters light. The top effect light-emitting unit 1104, the right middle effect light-emitting unit 1108, and the left middle effect light-emitting unit 1110 turn on or flash the light-emitting device as the game progresses, thereby visualizing the game and visualizing the occurrence of an abnormality. Systematic notifications. By sounding various sound effects from the pair of upper sound units 1106 as the game progresses, an audible presentation of the game, an audible notification of the gaming state, and an audible notification of the occurrence of an abnormality are performed.

  The central panel portion 1112 is provided on the back side of an information posting panel (not shown) for displaying the predetermined number of winning conditions, the number of game balls to be paid out (number of winning balls) and the game method, and the information posting panel. Fluorescent lamp 1041k (see FIG. 12) for making the display contents easy to see, a minimum bet button switch 1114 provided at the left end of the central panel portion 1112, and a general purpose button provided at the right end portion of the central panel portion 1112 Switches 1116 and 1118 are provided. In accordance with the operation of the general-purpose buttons 1116 and 1118, for example, switching of the game mode, switching of the display mode on the liquid crystal screen, and the like can be performed. A key cylinder insertion hole 1120 that exposes the front surface (key hole) of the door key cylinder 1202 for opening and closing the front block is provided on the right side of the general-purpose button switch 1116 and the like.

  The operation panel portion 1122 is provided so as to protrude forward under the central panel portion 1112. In the operation panel unit 1122, the start lever switch 1124 for starting rotation of the later-described rotating cylinders L, M, and R (see FIG. 13) and the rotation of the left rotating cylinder L are stopped in order from the left side of FIG. A left-turn cylinder stop button switch 1126L for stopping the rotation of the middle cylinder M, and a right-turn cylinder stop button switch 1126R for stopping the rotation of the right cylinder R A small window hole 1130 for exposing an upper dish ball return lever 1386 for moving a game ball from the upper dish 1302 to the lower dish 1128 is provided. The start lever switch 1124 includes a lever that is operated when the player starts the game, a detection switch that detects the operation of the lever by the player, and an urging unit that automatically returns to the original position after the operation. When the start lever switch 1124 is operated while a predetermined number of game balls are betted, the spinning cylinders L, M, and R start to rotate all at once. Above the base end of the start lever switch 1124, the rotation cylinders L, M, and R are ready for rotation, that is, a predetermined number of game balls are taken in by the selector 1400 (see FIG. 2). A start permission display unit is provided for informing the state in which the operation can be accepted. Further, around each of the spinning cylinder stop button switches 1126L, 1126M, and 1126R, the spinning cylinder stop button switches LED 1134L, 1134M, and 1134R for informing the state where the operation can be accepted are embedded. Each spinning cylinder stop button switch LED 1134L, 1134M, 1134R is lit when the corresponding spinning cylinder L, M, R is rotating at a constant speed, and is extinguished when the rotation of the corresponding spinning cylinder L, M, R is stopped. . A lower tray 1128 for storing game balls is disposed below the operation panel unit 1122.

  On the inner surface of the lower plate 1128, there is a lower speaker cover unit 1136 that covers the lower speaker unit 1204 (see FIG. 2) provided on the front block frame 1200, and an outlet for game balls flowing from the upper plate 1302 to the lower plate 1128. In addition, there is provided a lower tray payout outlet 1138 in which game balls may be directly paid out from a payout device 1033 (see FIG. 9) described later. In addition, a lower plate ball removal lever 1140 for performing an operation of dropping a game ball from a lower plate 1128 to a game ball housing case (a so-called dollar box) (not shown) disposed below the lower plate 1128 is provided at the lower front portion of the lower plate 1128. Is provided. The game ball can be dropped from the lower plate 1128 by sliding the closing plate 1144 with the lower plate ball removing lever 1140 to open the opening 1142. An ashtray 1146 is provided on the left side of the lower plate 1128. A left lower effect LED cover portion 1148 and a lower right effect LED cover portion 1150 are provided on both sides of the operation panel portion 1122 and the lower plate 1128, respectively. The lower left effect LED cover portion 1148 and the lower right effect LED cover portion 1150 cover a light emitting device such as a light emitting diode (not shown) attached from the back side of the front panel 1100.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the front block frame 1200 is a rectangular frame that is slightly smaller than the front panel 1100, and is screwed to the back side of the front panel 1100. A lower speaker unit 1204 for auditory performance is attached to the lower part of the front block frame 1200. By providing the speaker unit 1106 (see FIG. 1) and the speaker unit 1204 above and below, an auditory effect full of realism can be performed. The front block frame 1200 is provided with a door opening / closing mechanism 1208. When a key (not shown) is inserted into the door key cylinder 1202 (see FIG. 1) constituting the door opening / closing mechanism 1208 and rotated to the right side, the locking claws 1210 and 1210 that are locked to the outer frame 1011 rotate downward. Then, the locking to the outer frame 1011 is released. Conversely, when a key (not shown) is inserted into the door key cylinder 1202 and rotated to the left, the locking claws 1212 and 1212 that are locked to the dispensing block 1030 rotate downward, and the locking to the dispensing block 1030 is locked. Canceled. In addition, the front block frame 1200 is provided with a guide passage 1214 that continues to the lower tray discharge outlet 1138.

  The rotating display panel 1022 is a colorless and transparent glass plate and has a substantially trapezoidal shape corresponding to the shape of the window hole 1102 of the front panel 1100. The display panel presser frame 1024 is screwed to the front block frame 1200 with a rotating display panel 1022 interposed between the display panel presser frame 1024 and the front panel 1100. The display panel presser frame 1024 has a substantially trapezoidal shape corresponding to the shape of the rotary display panel 1022 and is formed with a predetermined depth. That is, the window hole 1102 of the front panel 1100 protrudes forward from the central panel portion 1112 and is formed with a depth corresponding to the protruding length.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the upper plate unit 1300 is a member having an upper plate 1302 for storing game balls, and the operation panel unit is configured to close the opening between the central panel unit 1112 and the operation panel unit 1122. It is attached to the back side of 1122. The upper plate unit 1300 includes an upper plate unit main body 1320, a CR operation unit 1350, an upper plate ball stopper 1360 (see FIG. 5), and an upper plate ball removal operation unit 1380.

  The upper plate unit main body 1320 is a member having the upper plate 1302 as described above, and is formed with a desired depth and an inclination from the left side to the right side in the drawing. A game ball guide path 1322 (see FIG. 5) branched into a plurality (for example, three) is provided in a downstream portion of the upper plate 1302 (below the CR operation unit 350). The game ball guide path 1322 aligns the game balls and sequentially guides them to the selector 1400 (see FIG. 5).

  The CR operation unit 1350 includes a frequency display unit 1352, a ball lending button 1306, a ball lending button LED (not shown), a ball lending switch (not shown), a card return button 1308, and a card return switch (not shown). . The frequency display unit 1352 displays a frequency corresponding to the remaining amount of the card by inserting the card into a CR unit (not shown) arranged adjacent to the ball-type spinning game machine 1010. A ball lending button 1306 is a button for performing a game ball lending operation. The ball lending switch 1356 is a switch that detects a lending operation by the ball lending button 1306. The ball lending button LED 1354 notifies the player by lighting that the game ball can be lent, and when the game ball is lent, the ball lending button LED 1354 blinks to lend the game ball. To inform you that you are in the middle of When the ball lending button 1306 is operated while the ball lending button LED 1354 is lit, a predetermined number of game balls are lended to the upper plate 1302. Note that the operation of the ball lending button 1306 is not accepted when the ball lending button LED 1354 is blinking. The card return button 1308 is a button for performing a return operation of the card inserted in the CR unit. The card return switch is a switch that detects a return operation by the card return button 1308. When the card return button 1308 is operated, the card is returned from the CR unit.

  The upper dish ball removal operation unit 1380 includes a ball removal lever 1386 (see FIG. 6) exposed on the front side of the ball-type spinning game machine 1010 and a lever operation provided on the inner side of the ball-type spinning machine 1010. A transmission mechanism. In response to the operation of the ball removal lever 1386, the lever operation transmission mechanism moves the return shutter 1420 (see FIG. 6) of the selector 1400. As a result, the game balls stored in the upper plate 1302 are paid back to the lower plate 1128.

  The upper plate ball stopper 1360 is attached to the lower side of the game ball guide path 1322 and opens and closes the entrance from the game ball guide path 1322 to the selector 1400. Specifically, the upper tray ball stopper 1360 prevents the gaming ball from falling from the upper tray 1302 even if the selector 1400 is removed when the selector 1400 needs to be replaced due to a failure or the like.

  The selector 1400 stores a predetermined number of game balls stored on the upper plate 1302 and the upper surface of the selector 1400 according to the operation of the minimum bet button switch 1114 (see FIG. 1) and the maximum bet button switch 1304 (see FIG. 1). It is taken into the inside of the ball-type rotating game machine 1010 or paid back to the lower plate 1128 (see FIG. 1) in accordance with the operation of the upper plate ball removal operation unit 1380. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an example of the selector, and FIG. 4 is a partially exploded perspective view showing an example of the selector. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the selector 1400 includes a plurality of game ball insertion units 1410 a corresponding to the plurality of game ball guide paths 1322 (see FIG. 5) of the upper plate 1302 one by one. , 1410b, 1410c, a return shutter 1420 for restricting the flow of game balls from the upper tray 1302 to the lower tray 1128, and a return switch board provided with a return switch 1441 for detecting translational movement of the return shutter 1420 from the reference position 1440, a substrate cover 1450 including the hollow protrusion 1408 and one end of the return shutter 1420 and the return switch substrate 1440, and a coil spring (not shown) disposed inside the hollow protrusion 1480 to return the return shutter 1420 to the reference position Between the main control board 1045a and the plurality of game ball throwing portions 1410a, 1410b, 1410c And a selector relay apparatus 1460 including a relay terminal plate cover 1464 which covers the selector relay terminal plate 1462 and the selector relay terminal plate 1462 relays transmission of electrical signals. The selector 1400 disperses a predetermined number of game balls according to a bet operation into a plurality of game ball insertion units 1410a, 1410b, and 1410c and simultaneously inputs them, so that only a single game ball insertion unit is provided. This makes it possible to quickly perform a throw-in operation (bet operation).

  Here, the upper plate ball removal operation unit 1380, the upper plate ball stopper 1360, and the selector 1400 will be described in detail. FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of an example of the selector 1400 and the upper bowl stopper 1360 as seen from the rear side. FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view of an example of the selector 1400 and the upper dish ball removal operation unit 1380. FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of an example of the selector 1400 and the upper bowl stopper 1360 as seen from the rear side. FIG. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view of an example of the selector 1400 and the upper dish ball removal operation unit 1380. 5 and 6 show a case where the input flicker is in the input prohibited state and the return shutter is in the return prohibited state, and FIGS. 7 and 8 show that the input flicker is in the input prohibited state and the return is in the return prohibited state. A case where the shutter is in a return permission state is shown. In the following, the game ball throwing units 1410b and 1410c have substantially the same configuration as the game ball throwing unit 410a, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, the upper plate ball stopper 1360 includes a casing 1361, a shaft member 1362 that is rotatably provided in the casing 1361 within a rotation range of 90 degrees, and a shaft member 1362. An operating handle (not shown) provided at the end and an opening / closing member 1363 that can move according to the rotation of the shaft member 1362 are provided. The shaft member 1362 includes pressing portions 1375a and 1375b formed at a tip opposite to the operation handle at intervals of about 90 degrees in the circumferential direction. Each pressing portion 1375a, 1375b is formed in a tongue-like shape, and protrudes in the radial direction of the shaft member 1362, respectively. The opening / closing member 1363 includes a plurality of closed portions 1376 for closing each of the plurality of storage passages 1402 and pressed portions 1378a and 1378b that receive stress that moves the opening / closing member.

  The state shown in FIGS. 5 and 7 is a state in which the pressing portion 1375a presses the pressed portion 1378a and the opening / closing member 1363 is moved to the right side. In this state, each of the plurality of storage passages 1402 is shown. Inflow of game balls to is allowed. When the shaft member 1362 is rotated clockwise as viewed from above in FIG. 5 and FIG. 7 by operating the operation handle from the state shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, the pressing portion 1375b opens and closes in a substantially horizontal direction. The pressed portion 1378b of the member 1363 is pressed. As a result, the opening / closing member 1363 moves to the left, and the size of the inlet of the storage passage 1402 is narrowed by the closing portion 1376. In this state, the inflow of game balls into each of the plurality of storage passages 1402 is prohibited. In this state, even if the selector 1400 is removed in a state where the game balls are stored in the upper plate 1302 and the game ball guide path 1322, those game balls will not be dropped. Conversely, when the shaft member 1362 is rotated counterclockwise by the operation of the operation handle from this state, the inflow of game balls into each of the plurality of storage passages 1402 is permitted.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 and 8, the upper plate ball removing unit 1380 is a base attached to the lower side of the upper plate unit main body 1320 (see FIG. 1) via the CR operation display unit 1350 (see FIG. 1). A portion 1381, a rotating piece 1384 and a pressing piece 1385 that rotate around support shafts 1382 and 1383 erected on the base portion 1381, and an upper dish ball return lever 1386 that slides along the front surface of the base portion 1381. Have. A connecting portion 1384 b that is pivotally attached to the upper dish ball return lever 1386 is provided on the base portion 1384 a of the rotating piece 1384. In addition, the base portion 1384 a of the rotating piece 1384 is connected to the base portion 1381 via a coil spring 1387. A bifurcated grip 1384 c is provided at the tip of the rotating piece 1384. The grip portion 1384c is a portion that slidably grips the convex portion 1385b provided on the base portion 1385a of the pressing piece 1385. A pressing portion 1385 c that presses the return shutter 1420 of the selector 1400 is provided at the tip of the pressing piece 1385. The hollow protrusion 1408 of the selector 1400 stores a coil spring that presses the return shutter 1420 toward the pressing piece 1385 side.

  The state shown in FIG. 6 is a state in which the upper dish ball return lever 1386 is not operated. That is, the rotating piece 1384 is pulled counterclockwise by the coil spring 1387, and the pressing piece 1385 is pulled clockwise by the rotating piece 1384, so that the pressing portion 1385c is separated from one end of the return shutter 1420. State. In this state, the return shutter 1420 is at the reference position by the urging force of the coil spring 1430 disposed inside the hollow protrusion 1408. If the upper tray ball return lever 1386 is picked from this state and moved downward in the figure (actually, from the right side to the left side when viewed from the front of the ball-type spinning machine 1010), as shown in FIG. The rotating piece 1384 rotates clockwise in association with the ball return lever 1386, and the pressing piece 1385 is rotated counterclockwise by the rotating piece 1384, and the pressing portion 1385c presses the return shutter 1420. As a result, the return shutter 1420 moves. When the hand is released from the upper tray ball return lever 1386 in this state, the return shutter 1420 is pressed forward by the urging force of the coil spring disposed in the hollow protrusion 1408, and the state shown in FIG. 6 is restored.

  As described above with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, the selector 1400 includes a plurality of game ball insertion portions 1410 a, 1410 b, 1410 c, a return shutter 1420, a return switch board 1440, a board cover 1450, and a return A coil spring (not shown) for returning the shutter 1420 to the reference position and a selector relay device 1460 are provided.

  As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the game ball insertion portion 1410 a of the selector 1400 includes a resin casing including a casing 1411 and a cover 1412. The outer surface of the casing 1411 is an attachment surface for the cover 1412 of the adjacent game ball insertion portion 1410b, and the outer surface of the cover 1412 of the game ball insertion portion 1410a is an attachment surface for the substrate cover 1450. When the casing 1411 and the cover 1412 are assembled, a bowl-shaped portion 1417 constituting the storage passage 1402 is formed. As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 7, the game ball throwing unit 1410 a has a throwing flicker 1413 a (a kind of throwing restriction means), a throwing solenoid 1414 a (a kind of throwing restriction means), and A passage sensor 1415a and a count sensor 1416a are provided. Further, inside the game ball throwing portion 1410a, a return passage 1404a extending obliquely downward and a throwing passage 1406a extending substantially vertically downward are formed on the downstream side of the storage passage 1402a.

  The input flicker 1413a regulates the inflow of game balls from the storage passage 1402a to the input passage 1406a. The insertion flicker 1413a has a proximal end portion 1413a1 and a distal end portion 1413a2 that are rotatably connected by a support shaft 1413a3. The proximal end side portion 1413a1 and the distal end side portion 1413a2 of the input flicker 1413a are rotatably supported by the support shafts 1411a1 and 1411a2 of the casing 1411a, respectively. A gripping portion 1413a4 for gripping the tongue piece 1414a1 of the closing solenoid 1414a is provided at the proximal end portion of the closing flicker 1413a. In addition, an opening / closing portion 1413a5 for opening / closing the making passage 1406a is provided at the tip of the making flicker 1413a.

  The closing solenoid 1414a is energized and operated by operating the bet button switches 1114 and 1304, and contracts the piston (plunger) 1414a2 upward. A knob 1414a3 is attached to the tip of the piston 1414a2. The knob portion 1414a3 has the tongue piece 1414a1 extending in the radial direction of the piston 1414a2. The piston 1414a2 is provided with a coil spring 1414a4. The coil spring 1414a4 biases the main body portion 1414a5 of the closing solenoid 1414a and the knob portion 1414a3 in the direction of separating them. That is, when the energization to the closing solenoid 1414a is cut off, the piston 1414a2 extends downward by the biasing force of the coil spring 1414a4.

  When the bet button switch 1114 or 1304 is pressed, the closing solenoid 1414a is energized, and the piston 1414a2 contracts to rotate the proximal end portion 1413a1 of the closing flicker 1413a counterclockwise in the drawing. At the same time, the tip end side portion 1413a2 of the throwing flicker 1413a rotates clockwise in the drawing to open the throwing passage 1406a, so that the game ball waiting in the storage passage 1402a is in a state where it can naturally fall (putting permission state). On the contrary, when the energization of the closing solenoid 1414a is cut off, the piston 141a2 is extended by the urging force of the coil spring 1414a4 and the proximal end portion 1413a1 of the closing flicker 1413a is rotated clockwise in the drawing. At the same time, the tip side portion 1413a2 of the throwing flicker 1413a rotates counterclockwise in the drawing and closes the throwing passage 1406a at the opening / closing portion 1413a5, so that the game ball is in a state where it cannot fall naturally (the throwing-in prohibited state).

  The passage sensor 1415a is disposed in the insertion passage 1406a and immediately downstream of the opening / closing portion 1413a5 of the insertion flicker 1413a, and detects whether or not the game ball has been normally taken in. The passage sensor 1415a has a substantially U-shaped cross section so as to surround the tip end portion 1413a2 of the input flicker 1413a, and a light emitting element is provided on either the front side or the back side of the input flicker 1413a, and on the other side. The light receiving element is provided. In addition, the light emitting element and the light receiving element are provided as a pair in the upper and lower directions and at an interval shorter than the diameter of one game ball. When a game ball is detected by the upstream element 1415a1 and then the upper and downstream elements 1415a1 and 1415a2 detect the game ball at the same time, and then only the downstream element 1415a2 is detected within a predetermined time. It is determined that the game ball has been properly taken in. Conversely, when the downstream element 1415a2 does not detect the game ball even after a predetermined time has elapsed after the game element is detected by the upstream element 1415a1, or after the game element is detected by the downstream element 1415a2, the upstream element 1415a1. When the game ball is detected at the same time by the downstream element 1415a2 and then only the upstream element 1415a1 is detected, it is determined that the game ball has been thrown in by unauthorized means, and the ball-type spinning game machine 1010 Notifying that an error has occurred, the game is prohibited. Therefore, for example, it is possible to prevent an illegal act such as using a fraudulent tool as if a game ball is taken in. The upstream side element in a state where the number of game balls detected by the passage sensor 1415a is one less than the number of allowances thrown by the game ball throwing unit 1410a (for example, 4, 9, or 14) When 1415a1 detects the final game ball, the energization of the making solenoid 1414a is cut off, the opening / closing part 1413a5 of the making flicker 1413a projects into the making passage 1406, and the structure of the gaming ball from the storage passage 1402 to the making passage 1406 is achieved. ing.

  The count sensor 1416a counts the game balls thrown in by the game ball throwing unit 1410a separately from the passage sensor 1415a. The count sensor 1416a detects the passage of the game ball by an action different from that of the passage sensor 1415a. If the number of game balls counted by the count sensor 1416a is less than the number of game balls determined to have passed normally by the passage sensor 1415a, a bet error will occur. This further prevents fraud. Specifically, the passage sensor 1415a is an optical sensor, but the count sensor 1416a is a magnetic sensor. When a magnetic sensor is used as the count sensor 1416a, it can be determined whether or not the material that has passed is an iron material. Thereby, an illegal act of playing a game can be prevented even better by inserting an inexpensive resin game ball or the like that is different from a normal game ball.

The return shutter 1420 has a plurality of window holes 1422, one corresponding to each of the plurality of game ball guide paths 1322, and the storage passages 1402 and return passages 1404 a, 1404 b, and 1404 c are formed on the sides of the window holes 1422. Blocking walls 1424a, 1424b and 1424c for blocking are provided. In addition, tongue pieces 1426a, 1426b, and 1426c extending to the storage passages 1402a, 1402b, and 1402c are provided below the respective window holes 1422a, 1422b, and 1422c. Each tongue piece 1426a, 1426b, 1426c is a part for guiding a game ball from the storage passages 1402a, 1402b, 1402c to the respective window holes 1422a, 1422b, 1422c. When the upper plate ball return lever 1386 is not operated, the return shutter 1420 is at the reference position, and the game balls from each of the plurality of storage passages 1402 to the plurality of return passages 1404 at the blocking wall 1424 of the return shutter 1420. Inflow is prohibited. On the other hand, when the upper tray ball return lever 1386 is operated and the pressing portion 1385c of the return shutter 1420 is pressed, the return shutter 1420 moves from the reference position and passes through the window holes 1422a, 1422b, and 1422c of the return shutter 1420. Inflow of game balls from the storage passage 1402 to the return passage 1404 is permitted. Thereby, the game ball flows from the upper plate 1302 to the lower plate 1128 through the return passages 1404a, 1404b, and 1404c. At this time, the movement of the return shutter 1420 from the reference position is detected by the return switch 1441 (see FIG. 4) of the return switch board 1440, and the minimum bet button switch 1114 and the maximum bet button switch 1304 are operated based on the detection result. A condition that disables acceptance occurs.
The selector relay terminal plate 1462 transmits the detection results of the passage sensor 1415a and the count sensor 1416a to the main controller 1045 described later.

(Composition of withdrawal block)
As shown in FIG. 2, the payout block 1030 is attached to the front block 1020 so that it can be opened and closed. The opening / closing axis of the payout block 1030 is set so as to extend up and down on the left side when viewed from the front of the ball-cylinder gaming machine 1010, and the payout block 1030 can be sufficiently opened rearward with the opening / closing axis as an axis. It has become. The payout block 1030 is locked to the front block 1020 by a door opening / closing mechanism 1208. Specifically, the locking claws 1212 and 1212 of the door opening / closing mechanism 1208 are locked to the engaging portions 1031a and 1031a of the payout block 1030. The door key (not shown) is inserted into the door key cylinder 1202 and rotated to the left to lock. The latches 1212 and 1212 are unlocked. The payout block 1030 has a one-touch type stopper 1031b, and is connected to the front block 1020 by this stopper 1031b.

  FIG. 9 is a partially exploded perspective view showing an example of the payout block 1030. As shown in FIG. 9, the payout block 1030 includes a game ball tank 1032 for storing game balls for lending and winning balls, a payout device 1033 for paying out game balls, and a game. A tank rail 1034 and a case rail 1035 for guiding the game ball from the ball tank 1032 to the payout device 1033, a payout relay terminal plate 1036, a payout control device 1037 for controlling the payout operation of the game ball, and a power supply of the game ball And a CR unit connection terminal plate 1039 for connecting the ball-type rotating game machine 1010 to the CR unit.

  The payout block main body 1031 protrudes rearward in the center to cover a game block 1040 (see FIG. 2), and a game ball tank 1032 and a tank rail 1034 so as to surround the protective cover portion 1031c. A case rail 1035, a payout device 1033, a payout relay terminal plate 1036, a CR unit connection terminal plate 1039, a payout control device 1037, and a power supply control device 1038 are mounted. The payout block main body 1031 has an upper plate guide passage 1031d for guiding game balls from the payout device 1033 to the upper plate 1302, a lower plate guide passage 1031e for guiding game balls from the payout device 1033 to the lower plate 1128, and a payout device 1033. A discharge passage 1031f is formed for discharging the game ball from the outside to the outside of the ball-type spinning game machine 1010. In the lower dish guide passage 1031e, when the upper dish guide passage 1031d overflows with game balls, the game balls are introduced from the payout device 1033. The upper plate guide passage 1031d and the lower plate guide passage 1031e communicate with the upper plate discharge port 1312 and the lower plate discharge port 1138, respectively.

  The payout block main body 1031 is provided with a pair of upper and lower rotating shaft portions 1031g. In each rotating shaft portion 1031g, a bracket 1031h extends from the payout block main body 1031 in a substantially horizontal direction, and protrudes downward from the bracket 1031h. The front block 1020 is provided with an annular bearing portion (not shown) into which the rotary shaft portion 1031g is dropped, so that the front block 1020 and the dispensing block 1030 can be easily attached and detached.

  The game ball tank 1032 is a horizontally long box-shaped container that opens upward, and game balls supplied from the game ball circulation facility in the game machine installation island are sequentially replenished. The bottom of the game ball tank 1032 is gently inclined. The downstream end of the bottom of the game ball tank 1032 is opened to send the game ball to the tank rail 1034.

  The tank rail 1034 is attached below the game ball tank 1032 and has four rows of bowl-shaped passages (not shown) in the horizontal direction. The bowl-shaped passage is gently inclined toward the downstream side. On the tank rail 1034, four pendulums 1034a and 1034b that rectify the game balls so as not to flow due to being stacked are attached in two rows and two columns. A ball stop lever 1034c for preventing the game ball from flowing from the tank rail 1034 to the case rail 1035 is attached to the downstream side of the pendulums 1034a and 1034b.

  The case rail 1035 is arranged vertically on the downstream side of the tank rail 1034. The case rail 1035 has a ball passage 1035a that is curved to the left and right with wavy undulations so that the game ball does not flow vigorously, and a ball breakage detection device 1035b is assembled to the upper portion thereof. The ball breakage detecting device 1035b has a case in which there are not enough game balls inside the case rail 1035, that is, a ball is clogged upstream from the case rail 1035 and the game balls are not sufficiently supplied to the case rail 1035. Is detected. Based on the detection result of the ball break detection device 1035b, a ball clogging error is notified. Note that a plurality of case rails 1035 (for example, four) are connected in the front-rear direction corresponding to the number of bowl-shaped passages of the tank rail 1034.

  The payout device 1033 is for paying out a predetermined number of game balls by satisfying a predetermined winning condition or by pressing a ball lending button 1306 with a card inserted in a CR unit (not shown). In this embodiment, the maximum number of prize balls of the pachinko machine is 15 balls, whereas the maximum number of prize balls of the ball-type spinning game machine 1010 is 75, which is a ball-type spinning machine compared to the pachinko machine. In view of the fact that the maximum number of prize balls of the gaming machine 10 is large, more payout devices 1033 are provided than pachinko machines so that prize balls can be quickly paid out. In other words, if the pachinko machine has two payout devices 1033, the game can proceed quickly, but in the case of the ball-type spinning game machine 1010, the number of prize balls is large and all the prize balls are not paid out. In this embodiment, four payout devices 1033 are provided in the front-rear direction to speed up the payout of the winning ball so that the game can proceed without delay.

  The mounting bases 1036a and 1036b are divided into two parts, and have ball passages 1036a1 and 1036b1 connected to the upper plate guide passage 1031d and the lower plate guide passage 1031e, and ball passages 1036a2 and 1036b2 connected to the discharge passage 1031f on the right side. Have. The upper parts of one of the ball paths 1036a1 and 1036b1 are slightly inclined toward the upper dish guide path 1031d, respectively, so that it is easier to guide the game ball to the upper dish guide path 1031d than the lower dish guide path 1031e. Further, the lower part of one of the ball passages 1036a1 and 1036b1 has a tapered shape so as to straddle the upper plate guide passage 1031d and the lower plate guide passage 1031e. The other spherical passages 1036a2 and 1036b2 are configured such that the spherical passage 1036a2 on the back side merges with the spherical passage 1036b2 on the front side and continues to the discharge passage 1031f on the front side.

  10A to 10C are longitudinal sectional views showing an example of the configuration of the dispensing device. FIG. 10A shows that the game ball is being paid out, FIG. 10B shows that the game ball is being paid out to the upper plate, and FIG. 10C shows the case where the game ball is being discharged to the outside of the gaming machine. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 10A, the payout device 1033 has a resin casing including a casing 1033a and a cover (not shown). Inside the casing, a payout flicker 1033b, a payout solenoid 1033c, , And a switching piece 1033g. Formed inside the casing 1033a are a ball passage 1033d, a discharge passage 1033e extending substantially vertically downward on the downstream side of the ball passage 1033d, and a discharge passage 1033f extending from the middle of the discharge passage 1033e and extending obliquely downward. Yes. The switching piece 1033g is disposed at a branch portion from the payout passage 1033e to the discharge passage 1033f. Normally, since the switching piece 1033g is maintained substantially vertically upward, the game ball does not flow into the discharge passage 1033f.

  The payout flicker 1033b is a member for opening and closing the ball passage 1033d. The payout flicker 1033b includes a base end side portion 1033b1 and a tip end side portion 1033b2 that are rotatably connected by a support shaft 1033b3. The proximal end portion 1033b1 and the distal end portion 1033b2 of the payout flicker 1033b are rotatably supported by the spindles 1033a1 and 1033a2 of the casing 1033a, respectively. A gripping portion 1033b4 for gripping the tongue piece 1033c1 of the payout solenoid 1033c is provided at the base end portion of the payout flicker 1033b. An opening / closing portion 1033b5 for opening / closing the ball passage 1033d is provided at the tip of the payout flicker 1033b.

  The payout solenoid 1033c is energized by pressing a ball lending button 1306 while satisfying a predetermined winning condition or by inserting a card into a CR unit (not shown), and contracts the piston (plunger) 1033c2 upward. Is. A knob portion 1033c3 is attached to the tip of the piston 1033c2. The knob portion 1033c3 has the tongue piece 1033c1 extending in the radial direction of the piston 1033c2. The piston 1033c2 is provided with a coil spring 1033c4. The coil spring 1033c4 biases the main body portion 1033c5 of the payout solenoid 1033c and the knob portion 1033c3 in a direction to separate them. That is, when the power supply to the dispensing solenoid 1033c is turned off, the piston 1033c2 moves downward by the urging force of the coil spring 1033c4.

  As shown in FIG. 10 (A), in a state where the ball passage 1033d is closed by the opening / closing portion 1033b5 of the payout flicker 1033b, a predetermined winning condition is satisfied, or there is a remaining number in the frequency display portion 1352. When the ball lending button 1306 is pressed, the dispensing solenoid 1033c is energized. Then, as shown in FIG. 10 (B), the piston 1033c2 is contracted, and the proximal end portion 1033b1 of the payout flicker 1033b is rotated counterclockwise in the drawing. At the same time, the tip end portion 1033b2 of the payout flicker 1033b rotates clockwise in the drawing to open the ball passage 1033d, so that the game ball can fall naturally. On the contrary, when the discharge solenoid 1033c is deenergized, the piston 1033c2 is extended by the urging force of the coil spring 1033c4 to rotate the proximal end portion 1033b1 of the discharge flicker 1033b clockwise in the drawing. At the same time, the tip end portion 1033b2 of the payout flicker 1033b rotates counterclockwise in the drawing to close the ball passage 1033d, and the game ball returns to the state where it cannot fall naturally, that is, the state shown in FIG.

  The payout device 1033 is equipped with a count sensor 1033h having a substantially U-shaped cross section. The count sensor 1033h is arranged immediately downstream of the opening / closing portion 1033b5 of the payout flicker 1033b, and is for counting the game balls falling in the ball passage 1033d. When the number of game balls detected by the count sensor 1033h reaches a predetermined value (for example, 35, 75, 125, or 250), the payout solenoid 1033c is de-energized and the payout flicker 1033b passes through the ball path 33d. It is configured to close.

  A substantially L-shaped pressing piece 1033i for moving the knob portion 1033c3 up and down is provided below the payout solenoid 1033c. The pressing piece 1033i is rotatably attached to the support shaft 1033a3 of the casing 1033a, and presses the knob portion 1033c3 upward at the distal end portion 1033i1.

  A substantially fan-shaped operation lever 1033j (see FIG. 9) is disposed outside the casing 1033a. 10A to 10C, the operation lever 1033j can rotate around the rotation shaft 1033a4. The operating lever 1033j is connected to a protrusion 1033g1 provided at the intermediate portion of the switching piece 1033g and a protrusion 1033i2 provided at the base end of the pressing piece 1033i. That is, when the operation lever 1033j is rotated, the switching piece 1033g and the pressing piece 1033i are configured to be interlocked. When the operation lever 1033j is operated counterclockwise in the drawing, as shown in FIG. 10C, the payout passage 1033e is closed by the switching piece 1033g and the ball passage 1033d and the discharge passage 1033f are communicated. On the other hand, the knob 1033c3 of the dispensing solenoid 1033c is pushed up by the pressing piece 1033i, and the dispensing flicker 1033b opens the ball passage 1033d. When the operation lever 1033j is operated as described above while preventing the game ball from flowing with the ball stop lever 1034c provided on the tank rail 1034, the game ball on the downstream side of the ball stop lever 1034c is It is discharged outside. When the payout device 1033 or the case rail 1035 fails, the payout device 1033 or the case rail 1035 is discharged in a state where the downstream game ball is discharged from the ball stop lever 1034c to the outside of the ball-type rotating game machine 1010 as described above. (See FIG. 9) can be replaced.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the payout control device 1037 controls the payout of prize balls and loaned balls. As is well known, the payout control device 1037 is a payout including a central control unit, ROM, RAM, various ports, and the like. A control board 1037a (see FIG. 15) is provided.

  The power supply control device 1038 generates and outputs a predetermined power supply voltage required by various control devices. The power control device 1038 is provided with a power control board 1038 ′, a power switch 1038a, a RAM erasing reset switch 1038b, a stop switch 1038c, and a setting change key cylinder (not shown). Yes. When the power switch 1038a is turned on, it supplies power to each unit including the CPU. When the reset switch 1038b is pressed and the power switch 1038a is simultaneously turned on, the contents of the RAM are reset. When the reset switch 1038b is pressed while the power switch 1038a is turned on, the error state is reset. The stop switch 1038c is for switching whether or not to temporarily stop the game at the end of the big bonus. The setting change key cylinder 1038d constitutes a setting change device. In the setting change device, the ball turnout rate of the ball-type spinning game machine 1010 is determined in advance in a plurality of steps (for example, 6 steps), and the ball turnout rate is set in any step. The procedure for changing the setting is as follows. First, with the power switch 1038a turned off, a setting change key (not shown) is inserted into the setting change key cylinder and rotated 90 degrees clockwise. When the power switch 1038a is turned on in this state, the current ball-out rate (setting) is set to numerical values “1” to “6” on the 7-segment LED display 1041g (see FIG. 12) on the front surface of the game block 1040 described later. Displayed either. Next, when the reset switch 1038b is pushed, the number displayed on the 7-segment LED display unit 1041g changes and increases by 1 (however, in the case of “6”, it returns to “1”). When the start lever switch 1124 (see FIG. 1) is pressed in a state where any number from “1” to “6” is displayed on the 7-segment LED display portion 1041g, the exit rate (setting) is determined.

The CR unit connection terminal plate 1039 is electrically connected to the ball lending button 1306 (see FIG. 1) on the front surface of the ball-type spinning game machine 1010 and a CR unit (not shown), and receives a ball lending operation command from the player. This is output to the payout control apparatus 1037. Note that the CR unit connection terminal plate 39 is unnecessary in a cash machine in which game balls are rented directly from the ball lending device or the like to the upper plate 1302 (see FIG. 1) without using a CR unit.
The payout control device 1037 and the power supply control device 1038 are configured such that a control board is accommodated in a substrate case made of a transparent resin material or the like.

(Game block configuration)
As shown in FIG. 2, the game block 1040 is attached to the front block 1020 so as to be freely opened and closed. The opening / closing axis of the game block 1040 is the same as the opening / closing axis of the payout block 1030, and, like the payout block 1030, the game block 1040 is attached to be openable and detachable by a drop structure. The game block 1040 has a one-touch type stopper 1040a, and is connected and fixed to the payout block 1030 by the stopper 1040a. A stopper 1031i for hooking the stopper 1040a is fixed to the payout block 1030 side. In other words, the game block 1040 is integrated with the payout block 1030 and is opened and closed with respect to the front block 1020, and after being disconnected from the payout block 1030, the game block 1040 is configured to rotate forward with respect to the payout block 1030. The The game block 1040 is a main block that forms the core of the ball-type spinning game machine 1010, and the game block 1040 can be replaced by making such a game block 1040 easy to attach and detach as described above. By replacing the gaming block 1040, it is possible to change to a gaming machine having completely different gaming characteristics, and to reduce the cost of replacing a new gaming machine.

  FIG. 11 is a partially exploded perspective view showing an example of the game block. As shown in FIG. 11, the game block 1040 has a game panel 1041 that is visually recognized through a window hole 1102 (see FIG. 1) of the front panel 1100. The gaming panel 1041 includes a pair of upper and lower window holes 1041a and 1041b. A liquid crystal display device 1042 is attached to the back side of the game panel 1041 corresponding to the upper window hole 1041a, and the display screen of the liquid crystal display device 1042 can be viewed through the upper window hole 1041a. In addition, the spinning unit 1043 is attached to the back side of the game panel 1041 corresponding to the lower window hole 1041b, and the symbol display by the spinning unit 1043 can be visually recognized through the lower window hole 1041b. Further, on the back side of the game panel 1041, a main control device 1045 is attached to one side of the spinning unit 1043 via a main mounting base 1044, and a sub-control is provided behind the liquid crystal display device 1042 via a sub mounting base 1046. A device 1047 is attached. The main controller 1045 is arranged in a vertically long shape so as to be orthogonal to the game panel 1041.

  FIG. 12 is a front view of the game block 1040. FIG. 12 shows a state in which a plurality of (for example, 21) symbols in a row are removed from the rotating drum unit 1043 for convenience and strip-shaped symbol seals 1043L, 1043M, and 1043R (see FIG. 13) are removed.

  From the lower window hole 1041b of the game panel 1041, three of the symbols of the symbol seals 1043L, 1043M, and 1043R attached to each of the spinning cylinders L, M, and R are exposed from the lower window hole 1041b. In FIG. 12, nine pairs of left and right LEDs 1043L1, 1043M1, and 1043R1 are exposed in three rows and three columns.

  An effective line display portion 1041c is provided on the left side of the lower window hole 1041b of the game panel 1041. The active line display unit 1041c includes a 1-bet display unit 1041c1, 2-bet display units 1041c2 and 1041c2 arranged above and below, and 3-bet display units 1041c3 and 1041c3 arranged at the uppermost and lowermost levels. The predetermined bet display portions 1041c1 to 1041c3 are lit according to the number of bets on the game balls.

  On the both sides of the upper window hole 1041a of the game panel 1041, there are provided the electric actors 1041d and 1041e. In addition, on the right side of the lower window hole 1041b, an electric accessory 1041f, a 7-segment LED display unit 1041g, and an LED display unit 1041h are arranged in this order from the top. These electric actors 1041d, 1041e, and 1041f are used for game effects, big bonus or regular bonus confirmation notifications, and the like. The 7-segment LED display unit 1041g is a part for displaying the number of game balls bet and the number of payouts, an error code, the total number of payouts in the bonus, and six levels of settings when the settings are changed. The LED display unit 1041h is provided with four LEDs. Among them, the upper three LEDs constitute a bet number display portion 1041h1. The bet number display section 1041h1 displays the bet number within a range of 1 to 3 by turning on the number of LEDs corresponding to the number of game balls inserted into the selector 1400. The remaining one LED is a re-game display unit 1041h2. The replay display portion 1041h2 is lit when the replay symbols (the symbols displayed as “re” in a substantially fan-shaped frame) of the symbol stickers 1043L, 1043M, and 1043R shown in FIG. 14 are aligned on the active line. This notifies that the next unit game can be played without a betting of a game ball. If the start lever switch 1124 is pressed after a predetermined time has elapsed after the replay symbols are aligned on the active line, the replay display portion 1041h2 is turned off as the rotating cylinders L, M, and R are rotated.

  Further, an information posting panel (not shown) exposed from the center panel portion 1112 is attached below the lower window hole 1041b. A certificate 1041i and a model name sticker 1041j are affixed to one end of the information posting panel. Further, as shown by a broken line, a fluorescent lamp 1041k for illuminating the information posting panel from the rear side is disposed inside the information posting panel.

  The liquid crystal display device 1042 provides a notification effect for winning a small role during a normal game, a suggestion effect for suggesting that the game state transitions from a normal game state to a bonus state, an effect during a big bonus or a regular bonus, Display of the number of small role games and the number of JAC games, the effect of notifying that a specific gaming state (for example, an RT state in which replay is easy to win), the timing and pressing of the rotation stop button switches 1126L, 1126M, 1126R Produce the order.

  FIG. 13 is a partial exploded perspective view of an example of the rotating drum unit 1043. As shown in FIG. 13, the rotating drum unit 1043 has three rotating drums (so-called reels) L, M, and R, and each of the rotating drums L, M, and R is housed in the rotating drum unit frame 1043a. is there. Since each of the spinning cylinders L, M, and R has substantially the same configuration, the right spinning cylinder R will be described as an example.

  The right drum R is obtained by winding a symbol seal 1043R in which 21 symbols (identification elements) are drawn at equal intervals around the outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical skeleton member 1043R2 forming a cylindrical cage, and the cylindrical skeleton member 1043R2 Is attached to the rotating shaft 1043R5 of the stepping motor 1043R4 for the right turn cylinder via the disk-shaped reinforcing plate 1043R3.

  The stepping motor 1043R4 for the right swirl is screwed to a motor plate 1043R6 that is suspended from the swivel unit frame 1043a. The motor plate 1043R6 has a pair of light emitting elements and light receiving elements. A position detection sensor 1043R7 is installed. A pair of photosensor elements (not shown) that constitute the rotation position detection sensor 1043R7 are arranged in the sensor casing while maintaining a predetermined interval.

  A sensor cut van 1043R9 extending in the axial direction is attached to one of the five vehicle radii 1043R8 of the cylindrical skeleton member 1043R2. The sensor cut bang 1043R9 is aligned so that it can pass through the gap between both elements of the rotation position detection sensor 1043R7. Then, every time the right cylinder R makes one rotation, the cylinder position detection sensor 1043R7 detects the passage of the tip of the sensor cut bang 1043R9, and outputs a detection signal to the main controller 1045 each time it is detected. Based on this detection signal, main controller 1045 can check and correct the angular position of right cylinder R every rotation.

  The stepping motor 1043R4 is set so that the right cylinder R makes one round by a drive signal of 504 pulses (also referred to as an excitation signal or an excitation pulse; the same applies hereinafter), and the rotational position is controlled by this excitation pulse. That is, when the right turn R makes one round, 21 symbols are sequentially exposed from the lower window hole 1041b of the gaming panel 1041, so 24 pulses (= 504 pulses / 21 symbols) are required to switch from one symbol to the next. ). Then, based on the number of pulses from when the detection signal of the rotating drum position detection sensor 1043R7 is output, it is recognized which symbol is exposed from the window hole 1041b, or an arbitrary symbol is exposed from the window hole 1041b. Control can be performed. In this embodiment, a hybrid (HB) type two-phase stepping motor employing a 1-2 phase excitation method is used as the stepping motor 1043R4. The stepping motor 1043R4 is not limited to a hybrid type or two-phase, and various stepping motors such as a three-phase stepping motor and a five-phase stepping motor can be used. A drive signal (drive signal data) for the stepping motor 1043R4 is given to the motor driver 1070 (see FIG. 15) as excitation data.

  The main controller 1045 is responsible for the main control of the ball-type spinning game machine 1010. Specifically, the main controller 1045 receives a signal from the start lever switch 1124 and receives a winning combination (big bonus, regular bonus, small combination, replay). ) And a command signal is issued to the sub-control device 1047 and the payout control device 1037 based on the lottery result. As shown in FIG. 15, the main controller 1045 has a configuration in which a CPU 1045a1 that controls the main control, a ROM 1045a2 that stores a game program, a RAM 1045a3 that stores necessary data according to the progress of the game, and various devices are connected. A main control board 1045a including an output port 1045a4, a random number generation circuit 1045a5 used for various lotteries, a clock circuit 1045a6 used for time counting and synchronization, and a transparent resin that accommodates the main control board 1045a A substrate case 1045b (1045b1, 1045b2) (see FIG. 11) made of a material or the like is used.

  The sub-control device 1047 is based on a command signal (command) issued from the main control device 1045, and a light-emitting device for game effect (not shown) that is covered with various LED cover portions such as the LED cover portion 1104 (see FIG. 1). LED) is turned on and blinking, sound effects emitted from the upper and lower speakers 1106 and 1204 (see FIG. 1), and the display mode displayed on the liquid crystal display device 1042 are controlled. The configuration of the sub-control device 1047 is the same as that of the main control device 1045. The sub-control including the CPU for controlling the various LEDs, the upper and lower speakers 1106, 1204, and the liquid crystal display device 1042, and other ROM, RAM, input / output ports, and the like. A substrate 1047a and a substrate case 1047b (1047b1, 1047b2) made of a transparent resin material or the like for accommodating the sub-control substrate 1047a.

(Control system for ball-type spinning machine)
A control system of the ball-type spinning machine 1010 will be described. FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing an example of an electrical configuration of a ball-type spinning machine.
As shown in FIG. 15, the main control board 1045a functions as a control unit configured as a microcomputer centering on a CPU 1045a1 that is an arithmetic processing unit, and a ROM (or flash memory) 1045a2 that stores a processing program, temporarily A working RAM 1045a3, an input / output port 1045a4, and the like for storing data are connected to the CPU 1045a1 via an internal bus.

  The input / output port 1045a4 of the main control board 1045a has a reset signal from the reset switch 1038b, a setting signal from the setting key switch 1038d1, a minimum bet signal from the bet button switch 1114, a maximum bet signal from the maximum bet button switch 1304, Auxiliary passage detection signals from count sensors 1416a1, 1416b1, and 1416c1 that detect game balls taken into selector 1400, and upstream elements 1415a1, 1415b1 in passage sensors 1415a, 1415b, and 1415c that detect game balls taken into selector 1400 , 1415c1 and upstream passage detection signals from downstream elements 1415a2, 1415b2, and 1415c2 in the passage sensors 1415a, 1415b, and 1415c. , A fluctuation start signal from the start lever switch 1124, stop signals from the respective turning stop button switches 1126L, 1126M, 1126R, detection signals from the turning position detection sensors 1043L7, 1043M7, 1043R7, and game balls to be paid out from the payout device 1033 A count signal based on the count switch signal from the count sensor 1033h to be detected, a game ball detection signal from the ball break detection device 1035b for detecting the game ball in the case rail 1035, a paying out signal representing the payout period, and the like are input. .

  Also, from the input / output port 1045a4 of the main control board 1045a, the input signals based on the drive signals of the input solenoids 1414a, 1414b, 1414c based on the bet signals from the bet button switches 1114, 1304 and the input based on the count values of the passage sensors 1415a, 1415b, 1415c Driving of the stepping motors 1043L4, 1043M4, 1043R4 for the rotating cylinder based on the driving stop signal of the solenoids 1414a, 1414b, 1414c, the fluctuation start signal from the start lever switch 1124, and the stop command signal from the rotating cylinder stop button switches 1126L, 1126M, 1126R A signal is output. Control signals for controlling the contents of effects displayed on the liquid crystal display device 1042, sound effects emitted from the speakers 1106 and 1204, lighting and blinking of various light emitting devices (LEDs) covered with the upper LED cover 1104, etc. Is output to the sub-control board 1047a.

  The above-described CPU 1045a1 includes a ROM 1045a2 that stores various control programs executed by the CPU 1045a1 and fixed value data, and a work area that temporarily stores various data when executing the control program stored in the ROM 1045a2. In addition to the working RAM 1045a3 for securing the above, various processing circuits necessary for the ball-type spinning machine 1010 such as a timer circuit and a data transmission / reception circuit such as an interrupt circuit as well known are incorporated, although not shown. ing.

  The ROM 1045a2 and the RAM 1045a3 constitute a main memory, and a processing program (including an output control information generation processing program) for executing various processes is stored in the ROM 1045a2 described above as a part of the processing program. In the RAM 1045a3, a plurality of work areas are secured functionally. As is well known, in addition to a stack memory (stack memory area) for storing the value of the program counter provided in the CPU 1045a1, in this example, a power failure flag memory for storing a power failure flag and a stack for storing a stack pointer Pointer storage memory, checksum correction value memory for storing correction values related to the checksum of data stored in the RAM 1045a3, and memory such as a power recovery command buffer and power recovery command counter used during power recovery Area is secured.

  In addition to I / O devices such as the sub-control board 1047a, the input / output port 1045a4 is an external device capable of transmitting information to a gaming machine management device (not shown) such as a computer for a hall manager, an external information display device, etc. The centralized terminal board, the power failure monitoring circuit 1038f provided on the power supply control board 1038 ′, the closing solenoids 1414a, 1414b, 1414c, the payout control board 1037a, and the like are electrically connected.

  The power supply control board 1038 ′ is equipped with a power supply unit 1038 e that supplies driving power to each electronic device of the ball-type spinning machine 1010 including the main control board 1045 a, the power failure monitoring circuit 1038 f described above, and the like. The power failure monitoring circuit 1038f monitors the power-off state, and generates a power failure signal not only at the time of power failure but also at the time of power-off by the power switch 1038a. For this reason, the power failure monitoring circuit 1038f monitors the stabilized drive voltage of 24 VDC output from the power supply unit 1038e, and determines that the power has been disconnected when the drive voltage drops below, for example, 22 volts. A signal is output. The power failure signal is supplied to each of the CPU 1045a1 and the input / output port 1045a4, and the CPU 1045a1 recognizes this power failure signal to execute the power failure process. The power supply unit 1038e is configured to output a stabilized voltage of 5 volts used as a drive voltage in a control system such as the main control board 1045a even when the output voltage is reduced to less than 22 volts. As a time during which the stabilization voltage is output, a sufficient time is secured to execute the power failure process by the main control board 1045a.

  Further, when the reset signal is transmitted from the reset switch 1038b at the same time when the stabilization drive voltage is supplied from the power supply unit 1038e, the main control board 1045a erases the information written in the RAM 1045a3 and stabilizes from the power supply unit 1038e. When a reset signal is transmitted from the reset switch 1038b in a state where the drive voltage is supplied, the error state is reset.

  Furthermore, when the power is turned on after the setting key switch 1038d1 is turned on when the power is turned off, that is, when the power is turned on after the setting key is inserted into the setting change key cylinder 1038d and rotated. A state in which the exit rate of the trunk game machine 10 can be changed occurs. In this state, when a reset signal is transmitted from the reset switch 1038b, the bonus probability and the small role probability of the ball-type spinning game machine 1010 are changed, and the change result is represented by the numbers “1” to “6”. It outputs to 7 segment LED display part 1041g (refer FIG. 12). Then, when a setting confirmation signal is received from the start lever switch 1124 in a state where any number from “1” to “6” is displayed on the 7-segment LED display unit 1041g, the ball-turning game machine 1010 exits. Confirm the rate (setting).

  The payout control board 1037a has a configuration substantially similar to that of the main control board 1045a, and includes a CPU, a ROM (or flash memory) for storing a processing program, a working (working) RAM for temporarily storing data, Input / output ports and the like are connected to the CPU via an internal bus.

  A control process executed on the main control board 1045a will be described. The control processing of the main control board 1045a is roughly divided into main processing that is activated in response to power recovery by external power supply restart or power switch 1038a being turned on, and interrupt processing that interrupts the main processing. The For convenience of explanation, after describing the interrupt process, the main process will be described. As interrupt processing, there are power failure interrupt processing for interrupting in response to reception of a power failure signal at the NMI terminal, and timer interrupt processing for periodically interrupting by measuring time with a timer.

  First, the power failure interrupt process will be described. When a power failure occurs, a power failure signal is generated by the power failure monitoring circuit 1038f of the power control board 1038 'and output to the main control board 1045a. In main control board 1045a, the NMI terminal of CPU 1045a1 receives a power failure signal, and an interrupt process (not shown) (hereinafter referred to as “power failure interrupt process”) is executed in which a power failure flag is set in response to the reception of the power failure signal. In the power failure interrupt process, first, the register data currently used is saved in a backup area in the RAM 1045a3 ("register save process"). After the register saving process, the power failure flag is set (“power failure flag setting process”). The power failure flag is information indicating the occurrence of a power failure state held in a specific area in the RAM 1045a3. After the power failure flag setting process, the CPU 1045a1 is notified of the end of the process in its own interrupt ("interrupt end declaration process"). After the interrupt end declaration process, the register data saved in the backup area of the RAM 1045a3 in the register saving process is restored to the register of the CPU 1045a1 ("register restoration process"). After the register restoration process, a new interrupt is permitted (“interrupt permission process”). The power failure interrupt process ends when the interrupt permission process is completed. If the power failure flag setting process can be performed without destroying the data in the register in use, the register saving process and the register restoring process can be omitted.

  Next, timer interrupt processing will be described. FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing an example of timer interrupt processing in the main control board 1045a. In the main control board 1045a, timer interrupt processing is periodically performed. In this embodiment, the timer interrupt process is substantially performed at a period of 1.49 ms [milliseconds].

  In the timer interrupt process, first, information on all registers used in the normal process in the main process described later is stored in the backup area of the RAM 1045a3 ("interrupt start process" S1101). After the interrupt start process S1101, it is confirmed whether or not a power failure flag is set (S1102). When the power failure flag is set, the backup process S1103 is executed.

  In the backup process S1103, first, it is determined whether or not the transmission of various commands stored in the ring buffer has been completed. If the transmission of these commands has not ended, the backup process S1103 is temporarily ended and control returns to the timer interrupt process. This is control for completing the transmission of the command before starting the backup process S1103. On the other hand, when the transmission of these commands is completed, the value of the stack pointer of the CPU 1045a1 is saved in the backup area in the RAM 1045a3 ("stack pointer saving process"). After the stack pointer saving process, a RAM determination value, which will be described later, is cleared and the output state of the output port in the input / output port 1045a4 is cleared, and all actuators (not shown) are turned off ("stop process"). After the stop process, a new RAM determination value is calculated and stored in the backup area (“RAM determination value storage process”). The RAM determination value is a 2's complement of the checksum value in the work area of the RAM 1045a3. Here, the 2's complement of the tick sum value is a value generated when each digit (bit) of the check sum value is inverted in binary representation. In this case, the value obtained by adding 1 to the exclusive OR (“FFFF”) of the checksum value of the RAM 1045a3 and the RAM determination value is “0”. In this embodiment, the complement of the checksum value is used as the RAM determination value. However, in the present invention, the checksum value itself may be used as the RAM determination value. After the RAM determination value storage process, access to the RAM 1045a3 is prohibited ("RAM access prohibition process"). Thereafter, an infinite loop is entered in preparation for the case where the processing cannot be executed due to complete interruption of the internal power. Note that, for example, when the power failure flag is erroneously set due to noise or the like, although not shown, it is confirmed whether the power failure signal is still input before entering the infinite loop. If the power failure signal is not output, the internal power supply is restored, so that writing to the RAM 1045a3 is permitted, the power failure flag is released, and the process returns to the timer interrupt process. On the other hand, if the power failure signal is continuously input, an infinite loop is entered (not shown).

  As described above, it is determined whether or not the command transmission has been completed at the initial stage of the backup processing S1103, and when those transmissions are incomplete, the transmission processing is prioritized. By adopting a configuration in which the backup process S1103 is executed after the command transmission process is completed, it is not necessary to construct a power failure processing program considering that the backup process is executed during the command transmission. As a result, it is possible to simplify the program related to the processing at the time of power failure and to reduce the capacity of the ROM 1045a2. The power supply unit 1038e of the power supply control board 1038 ′ outputs backup power used as drive power for the control system for a sufficient time to complete the power failure interrupt process and the backup process even after a power failure occurs. . With this backup power, backup processing of power failure interrupt processing and timer interrupt processing is performed. In this embodiment, backup power is continuously output for 30 ms [milliseconds] after the occurrence of a power failure.

  If it is determined in the determination process S1102 that the power failure flag is not set, a watchdog timer for monitoring the occurrence of malfunction is initialized, and an interrupt permission is issued to the CPU 1045a1 itself ("interrupt end declaration"). Process "S1104).

  After the interrupt termination declaration process S1104, the left turning cylinder stepping motor 1043L4 for rotating the left rotating cylinder L, the intermediate rotating cylinder stepping motor 1043M4 for rotating the intermediate rotating cylinder M, and the right rotating cylinder R are rotated. Of the right-turn cylinder stepping motor 1043R4 is controlled ("left-turn cylinder motor control process" S1105, "middle-turn cylinder motor control process" S1106, "right-turn cylinder motor control process" S1107).

  After various spinning motor control processes S1105 to S1107, the states of various switches and sensors connected to the input / output port 1045a4 are monitored ("switch reading process" S1108). The RAM 1045a3 includes information on the on / off state detected by the current timer interrupt, information on the on / off state detected by the previous timer interrupt, and information on the on / off state detected by the previous timer interrupt. Information on state changes (rising and falling) based on on / off states detected by previous and current timer interrupts, and state changes based on on / off states detected by current and previous and previous timer interrupts Such information is also held, and in the switch read process S1108, the information is updated for each timer interrupt.

  After the switch reading process S1108, the state of the sensors in various devices connected to the input / output port 1045a4 is monitored ("sensor monitoring process" S1109). In the sensor monitoring process S1109, the number of game balls passing through the count sensor is measured. In the sensor monitoring process S1109, the occurrence of an error is detected according to the state of various sensors and other related information. Note that specific error control and error notification control are performed during a variation waiting process of a normal game process (to be described later, for example, an insertion error process and a payout error process). In the sensor monitoring process S1109, not only the sensors connected to the main control board 1045a are monitored, but also information based on some sensors connected via the payout control board 1037a (for example, based on the payout count sensor). The payout count signal and the payout signal indicating the payout period) are also substantially monitored.

  Here, the sensor monitoring process S1109 will be described. FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the sensor monitoring process. In the sensor monitoring process S1109, as shown in FIG. 17, it is first determined whether or not a payout operation is being performed (S801), and whether or not the receipt of a payout count signal from the payout control board 1037a is detected. It is determined whether or not (S802). Specifically, whether or not the payout operation is being performed is determined as a payout operation when reception of a payout signal from the payout control board 1037a is detected, and a payout operation when it is not detected. Judge that it is not in. If the payout count signal is received even though the payout operation is not in progress, it is determined that the game ball has not passed through normal payout, and an out-of-period payout error flag is set (“out-of-period payout error” Flag setting process "S803). When the out-of-period payout error flag is set, an error process is executed and an error is notified in a payout error process described later.

  Thereafter, it is determined whether or not a closing operation is being performed (S804), and it is determined whether or not a passing sensor signal is detected (S805). Specifically, whether or not the closing operation is in progress is determined as a closing operation when the closing operation period flag is set, and is not in the closing operation when the closing operation period flag is not set. Is determined. If the upstream passage detection signal or the downstream passage detection signal from the passage sensors 1415a to 1415c is received even though the throwing operation is not being performed, it is determined that the game ball does not pass due to normal throwing, and the time is out of period. The input error flag is set ("out-of-period input error flag setting process" S808). When the out-of-period input error flag is set, error processing is executed and the occurrence of a number error is notified in input error processing (see S1403 in FIG. 21) described later. Next, when the signal states from various sensors have changed, the sensor detection information is updated ("sensor detection information update process" S809).

  After the sensor detection information update process S809, the number of game balls that normally pass through the count sensors 1416a to 1416c (auxiliary throwing number) is counted ("auxiliary throwing number counting process" S810). Here, the auxiliary input number counting process S810 will be described in detail. FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an example of the auxiliary input number counting process. In the auxiliary throwing number counting process S810, first, if the falling of the auxiliary passage detection signal from any of the strips is detected, the value of the auxiliary thrown number is added by the number of strips in which the falling is detected. ("Auxiliary input number addition process" S901). After the auxiliary addition number adding process S901, it is determined whether or not the number comparison timer for determining the timing for comparing the value of the input number and the value of the auxiliary input number is set (S902). Specifically, when the value of the number comparison timer is larger than “0”, it is determined that the number comparison timer is set, and when it is “0”, the number comparison timer is released. Determined. The number comparison timer is a software timer set to a predetermined value (in this embodiment, “203” corresponding to about 300 ms) in accordance with the operation of the start lever switch 1124 by the player. If the number comparison timer is not set, the auxiliary insertion number counting process S810 ends. On the other hand, if the number comparison timer is not set, the value of the number comparison timer is updated to a value obtained by subtracting “1” from the current value (“number comparison timer update process” S903). After the number comparison timer update process S903, it is determined whether or not the number comparison timer has been released (S904). When the number comparison timer is released, the auxiliary insertion number counting process S810 ends. On the other hand, if the number comparison timer has not been released, it is determined whether or not the game is in a re-game state (S905), and if it is in the re-game state, the auxiliary insertion number counting process S810 ends. If it is determined in the determination process S905 that the game is not in the replaying state, it is determined whether or not the auxiliary inserted number is equal to or greater than the inserted number (number error determination process: S906). If the number of auxiliary inputs is equal to or greater than the number of inputs, the auxiliary input number counting process S810 ends. If the number of auxiliary inputs is less than the input number, a number error flag is set (“number error flag setting process” S907). Thereafter, the auxiliary input number counting process S810 ends. As described above, the auxiliary input number counting process S810 includes the auxiliary input number adding process S901 to the number error flag setting process S907.

  After the auxiliary input number counting process S810, as shown in FIG. 17, it is determined whether the state to be notified has occurred or changed (S811), and if there is no change in the state to be notified, the sensor The monitoring process S1109 ends. On the other hand, if the determination is affirmative, a sensor detection command corresponding to the state to be notified is set (“sensor detection command setting process” S812), and the sensor monitoring process S1109 ends. The set sensor detection command is output in a command output process (S1112 in FIG. 16) described later. As described above, the sensor monitoring process S1109 includes the determination process S801 to the sensor detection command setting process S812.

  After the sensor monitoring process S1109, various counter values and various timer values are subtracted ("timer subtraction process" S1110). After the timer subtraction process S1110, the bet number and the acquired number of balls are output to an external concentration terminal board (not shown) in order to count the number of difference balls (difference between the total number of bets and the total number of bets) ("difference balls" Count process "S1111). After the difference ball counting process S1111, various commands accumulated in the ring buffer are transmitted to the sub control board 1047a (“command output process” S1112). After the command output process S1112, segment data displayed on the 7-segment LED display unit 1041g and the like is set ("segment data setting process" S1113). The segment data set in the segment data setting process S1113 is transmitted to a predetermined segment data display device in the 7-segment LED display unit 1041g or the like (“segment data display process” S1114). Accordingly, the 7-segment LED display unit 1041g and the like display numbers, characters, symbols, and the like corresponding to the received segment data. Data is output from the input / output port 1045a4 to the I / O device ("port output processing" S1115). After the port output process S1115, the data of each register saved in the backup area in the interrupt start process S1101 is restored to a predetermined register in the CPU 1045a1, and the next timer interrupt is permitted ("interrupt end process" S1116). . A series of timer interrupt processing is completed through the above processing.

  The main process in the main control board 1045a will be described. FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing main processing of the main control board 1045a. The main process of the main control board 1045a is executed when returning from the power failure state.

  In the main processing of the main control board 1045a, first, an initial value of the stack pointer is set, an interrupt mode that permits interrupt processing is set, and various settings for the register group and I / O device in the CPU 1045a1 are performed. ("Start-up process" S1201). After the register setting process S1201, a setting key is inserted into the setting key switch 1038d1, and it is determined whether or not a predetermined operation (right rotation operation or the like) is performed (on state or off state) (S1202). If it is determined that the setting key switch 1038d1 has been operated, 1 is selected from a predetermined plurality of types of probability settings (in this embodiment, six-stage settings from “Setting 1” to “Setting 6”). Data in all areas of the RAM 1045a3 excluding a predetermined area that holds the set values of the two probability settings is forcibly cleared ("forced RAM clear processing" S1203). After the forced RAM clear process S1203, the current setting value can be reset (setting re-setting) ("probability setting selection process" S1204). In changing the set value, the operation of the reset switch 1038b and the operation of the start lever switch 1124 are used. After the probability setting selection process S1204, the process proceeds to the normal game process.

  If it is determined in the determination process S1202 that the setting key switch 1038d1 is not operated, whether or not the set value of the selected probability setting is a value within a predetermined range (“1” to “6”). Is determined (S1205). It should be noted that the set value takes only a value within a predetermined range unless an abnormal situation such as mechanical or electrical destruction of the RAM 1045a3 occurs between the occurrence of the power failure state and the return from the power failure state. Absent. If the set value is within a predetermined range, it is determined whether or not a power failure flag is set (S1206). When the power failure flag is set, the checksum value of the work area of the RAM 1045a3 is newly calculated, and it is determined whether or not the new checksum value is normal (S1207). The new checksum value is normal means that the new checksum value and the checksum value before the occurrence of the power failure state are the same, that is, the new checksum value and the RAM determination held in the backup area of the RAM 1045a3. It means that the value obtained by adding 1 to the exclusive OR with the value is “0”. This value is “0” when the new checksum value and the checksum value before the occurrence of the power failure are the same, and other than “0” when they are different. This value is not other than “0” unless an abnormal situation such as mechanical or electrical destruction of the RAM 1045a3 occurs between the occurrence of the power failure state and the return from the power failure state. If it is determined in the determination process S1205 that the set value of the probability setting is not a value within the predetermined range, it is determined in the determination process S1206 that the power failure flag is not set, or a new checksum is determined in the determination process S1207. If it is determined that the value obtained by adding 1 to the exclusive OR of the value and the RAM determination value is other than “0”, the interrupt is prohibited, all the output ports of the input / output port 1045a4 are cleared, All the actuators connected to the input / output port 1045a4 are turned off, and error processing and error notification processing for notifying the occurrence of the error are performed ("recovery error processing" S1208). The error state and the error notification state are continued until the reset switch 1038b is operated.

  If it is determined in the determination process S1207 that the new checksum value is normal, the value of the stack pointer stored in the backup area is written to the stack pointer of the CPU 1045a1, and the value of the stack pointer is before the occurrence of the power failure state. ("Program return process" S1209). As a result, after returning from the power failure state, it is possible to resume from the process interrupted by the occurrence of the power failure state. After the program recovery process S1208, a power recovery command indicating recovery from the power failure state is set ("power recovery command setting process" S1210). As a result, the power recovery command is transmitted to the payout control board 1037a and the sub control board 1047a. After the power recovery command setting process S1210, the state of the stop changeover switch 1038c is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 1045a3 (“game form setting process” S1211). After the game form setting process S1212, the sensor states of various devices are initialized ("sensor initialization process" S1212). After the sensor initialization process S1212, the power failure flag is canceled ("power failure flag cancellation process" S1213). After the power failure flag release process S1213, when there is a game ball to be paid out as in the case where a power failure occurs during payout, a payout command is set to resume payout that has been completed halfway (“ Midway payout completion processing ”S1214). After the midway payout completion processing S1214, the processing is resumed from the processing at the address before the occurrence of the power failure indicated by the stack pointer. Specifically, an interrupt end declaration process S1104 (see FIG. 16) after the backup process S1103 (see FIG. 16) in the timer interrupt process described above is executed.

The normal process for performing the main control related to the game at the normal time will be described. FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing an example of a normal game process executed on the main control board 1045a. The normal game process of the main control board 1045a is executed after the end of the probability setting process S1204 (see FIG. 19) in the main process. Further, after the completion of the midway payout completion process S1214 (see FIG. 19), the normal game process is executed halfway.
In the normal game process, as shown in FIG. 20, first, interrupt permission is set (“interrupt permission setting process” S1301). After the interrupt permission setting process S1301, the state of the stop switch 1038c for determining the game form is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 1045a3 (“game form setting process” S1302). The game form setting process S1302 is the same process as the game form setting process S1211 (see FIG. 19) in the main process. After the game form setting process S1302, the process proceeds to the loop process described below. In the following, a case where a continuous game is in progress will be described.

  In the loop processing, first, data in an area holding information that changes for each game in the RAM 1045a3 is cleared (“game information clear processing” S1303). Specifically, information related to the previous game is cleared. The information to be cleared includes, for example, information related to random numbers, information related to control of the reels L, M, and R, information related to winning, and information related to errors. Information related to winning includes information such as winning symbols, winning lines, and number of game balls to be won.

  After the game information clear process S1303, it waits while performing a predetermined process until a change start signal is input ("change wait process" S1304). Here, the variable standby process S1304 will be described in detail. FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the variation standby process.

  In the variation waiting process S1304, first, a game monitoring timer is set (“game monitoring timer setting process” S1401). Here, the setting of the game monitoring timer means that the value of the timer is reset and a new time measurement by the timer is started. The game monitoring timer is a software timer for measuring a game interval, and when a predetermined period of time has not elapsed by the player, the image on the liquid crystal display device 1042 is transferred to a predetermined image (demonstration image). Used to make

  After the game monitoring timer setting process S1401, it is determined whether or not a re-game player has won in the previous unit game. If the re-game player has won a game, the bet number of the previous unit game is automatically set. To the same number of bets ("automatic betting process" S1402).

  After the automatic betting process S1402, it is confirmed whether an error has occurred in the selector 1400. If an error has occurred, the error process is executed and the speakers 1106, 1204, light emitting devices 1132, 1134L1. A throw error command for notifying the LED covered with various LED cover portions, the liquid crystal display device 1042, etc. of the error is stored in the ring buffer (“fill error processing” S1403). For example, a case where an upstream passage detection signal or a downstream passage detection signal is received from the passage sensors 1415a, 1415b, 1415c outside the game ball insertion period can be given. Specifically, these detections are performed in the sensor monitoring process S1109 (see FIG. 16) in the timer interrupt process, and various processes are executed based on the detection. The input error command stored in the ring buffer is output to the sub control board 1047a in the command output process S1112 of the timer interrupt process executed after the storage. Also, in the following, various commands stored in the ring buffer are the same as in the case of the input error command, in the command output process S1112 of the timer interrupt process executed after the storage of these commands, the payout control board 1037a and the sub control board 1047a. Is output.

  After the insertion error process S1403, it is determined whether or not an error has occurred in the payout device 1033. If an error has occurred in the payout device 1033, error processing is executed and the speakers 1106 and 1204 emit light. A payout error command for notifying the liquid crystal display device 42 and the like such as the devices 1132 and 1134L1 is stored in the ring buffer (“payout error processing” S1404). For example, it is determined whether or not a paying-in signal from the payout board 1037a is in an on state and whether or not it is in an on state. Although the payout signal is not in the on state (during the payout period), the count signal from the payout substrate 1037a based on the count switch signals from the various count sensors 1033h is in the on state. Note that the same payout error process is executed in a state waiting for some input from the player even during other processes, for example, in a waiting state for a rotation stop during rotation of the rotation.

  After the payout error processing S1404, it is determined whether or not the upper tray ball return lever 1386 has been operated. If it is being returned, input by the operation of other buttons or the like is prohibited, and a game ball that has already been inserted. If there is a game ball, the same number of game balls that have been inserted (the number of games that have been inserted) are returned after completion of the operation of the upper tray ball return lever 1386 ("return processing" S1405).

  Here, the return process S1405 will be described in detail. FIG. 22 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the return process. In the return process S1404, it is first determined whether or not it is in a return state (S101). Specifically, the determination is made based on information indicating whether or not the return switch 1441 that detects the movement of the return shutter 1420 from the reference position by the operation of the return lever 1386 is in the ON state. Note that the actual detection of whether or not the return switch is in the ON state is executed in the switch reading process S1108 of the timer interrupt process. If it is not in the return state, the return process S1404 ends without performing any substantial process. On the other hand, when it is in the return state, it is determined whether or not the downstream catching of the suspended ball has occurred (S102). A suspension ball related notification stop command for stopping the suspension ball related notification to be notified is stored in the ring buffer (“suspended ball related notification stop process” S103), and whether or not occurrence of downstream capture of the suspension ball is detected is detected. The downstream capture detection information that is represented is released ("suspended ball detection information release process" S104). Specifically, the downstream capture detection information includes, for example, a downstream capture flag that is “1” when the occurrence of the downstream capture of the hanging ball is detected and “0” when it is not detected. It is done.

  After the processing S102 to S104 related to the hanging ball, it is detected that the vehicle has escaped from the return state and waits until a predetermined time (for example, about 370 ms corresponding to 248 interrupts) has elapsed since the end of the return state (“top plate” “Storage ball return completion waiting process” S105).

  After the upper-plate storage ball return completion waiting process S105, it is determined whether or not the game is in the re-playing state. Specifically, it is determined whether or not a replay flag (a kind of internal state flag) is set (S106). The re-game flag is set in the re-game process S1312 (see FIG. 18) of the normal game process described later when the re-game player is won in the previous unit game, and in the game information clear process S1303 in the current unit game. Is not released.

  If it is determined in the determination process S106 that the game is not in the re-gaming state, there is a case where a game ball has already been thrown in, so it is judged whether or not there is a thrown game ball (S107). When there is a game ball that has been played, a switch lighting flag indicating whether or not the maximum bet button switch 1304, the start lever switch 1124, etc. can be operated is initialized ("switch lighting flag initialization process" S108), and the inserted game ball Is executed to cause the same number of game balls to be paid out from the payout device 1033 ("injected ball payout process" S109), and the number of passes (auxiliary input number) counted by the count sensor 1033h is set to the initial value "0". Once set ("auxiliary input number initialization process" S110), the return process S1405 is completed. On the other hand, when there is no inserted game ball, the switch lighting flag initialization process S108 and the inserted ball payout process S109 are skipped, the auxiliary throw number initializing process S110 is executed, and the main return process S1405 is completed.

  If it is determined in the determination process S106 that the game is in the re-gaming state, it is not necessary to return the thrown ball because the player cannot throw the game ball in the current unit game. And the determination process S107 to the auxiliary input number initialization process S110 associated therewith are skipped, and the return process S1405 ends. As described above, the return process S1405 includes the determination process S101 to the auxiliary input number initialization process S110.

  After the return process S1405, a process for betting a game ball and a process associated with the bet are executed according to the operation of the minimum bet button switch 1114 or the maximum bet button switch 1304 ("game ball bet process" S1406).

  Here, the game ball betting process S1406 will be described in detail. FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing an example of the game ball betting process. In the game ball betting process S1406, first, the light emission of a light emitting device (not shown) for notifying whether or not the maximum bet button switch 1304 can be operated and the light emitting device 1132 for notifying whether or not the start lever switch 1124 can be operated are controlled (“switch LED”). Light emission control process "S201). Specifically, light emission is controlled according to the setting of the switch lighting flag.

  After the switch LED light emission control process S201, it is determined whether or not the input operation is permitted (S202). Specifically, it is determined whether or not a light-emitting device lighting flag indicating whether or not the maximum bet button switch 1304 can be operated is set. If it is not in the insertion operation permission state (the insertion operation prohibited state), the game ball betting process S1406 ends. On the other hand, if it is in the making operation permission state, it is determined whether or not making operation is started (S203). Specifically, it is determined whether or not the minimum bet signal or the maximum bet signal according to the operation of the minimum bet button switch 1114 or the maximum bet button switch 1304 is in the rising state (transition from the off state to the on state). . Note that the actual on / off state of the minimum bet signal or the maximum bet signal is monitored by the switch reading process S1108 (FIG. 16) of the timer interrupt process, and is acquired by the switch reading process S1108 in the determination process S203. Referencing information. If the minimum bet signal or the maximum bet signal is not in the rising state, the present game ball bet process S1406 is terminated.

  When the minimum bet signal or the maximum bet signal is in the rising state, it is determined whether or not downstream catching of the suspended ball has occurred (S204). If the suspended ball has occurred, the suspended ball is released. In order to start the suspension ball related notification for informing the method on the liquid crystal display device 1042, a suspension ball related notification start command is stored in the ring buffer ("suspended ball related notification start process" S205), while the suspended ball When the downstream catching has not occurred, the hanging ball related notification start process S205 is skipped because it is not necessary to execute the hanging ball related notification.

  Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the betting has been completed. Specifically, it is determined whether or not 1 bet (5 balls has been inserted) has been completed in the case of the JAC game state in the special game state, and 3 bets (15 balls in the other game state). Is determined) (S206). If the bet has not been completed, the number of game balls to be inserted (the number of permitted inputs) is determined ("permitted number determination process" S207). Specifically, referring to the number of game balls that have already been inserted (the number of inserted balls), the type of bet signal, and the type of gaming state (whether or not it is a JAC game state), the number of allowed insertions Is determined. For example, when the inserted number is “0” and the rising edge of the maximum bet signal is detected, the number of allowed insertions is set to “5” in the JAC game state, and the permitted to be inserted in other than the JAC game state. The number is set to “15”. Also, when the minimum bet button switch 1114 is operated and 5 balls are inserted, or when only 5 balls can be inserted in the previous insertion operation due to a ball breakage or the like despite the operation of the maximum bet button switch 1304. When the rising of the maximum bet signal is detected, “10”, which is obtained by subtracting the number of inserted “5” from “15”, is set as the permitted number of inputs. After the throw-in permission number determination process S207, a process for substantially managing the throwing-in of game balls is executed ("insertion monitoring process" S208).

  Here, the input monitoring process S208 will be described in detail. FIG. 24 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the input monitoring process. In the insertion monitoring process S208, first, the total number of allowed throws, which is the total number of game balls to be thrown in the current throwing control operation, is set as the remaining number of throws (a kind of [number of allowed throws]) Determination process "S301), the first article game ball throwing section 1410a (hereinafter abbreviated as" first article "), the second article game ball throwing section 1410b (hereinafter abbreviated as" second article "), and Setting of permission for the throwing operation is performed in all of the game ball throwing section 1410c of the third article (hereinafter, abbreviated as "article 3") ("all-row throwing action permission setting process" S302). Specifically, in the all-item insertion permission setting process S302, an input operation permission flag for each item is set. When the throwing operation permission flag in Article 1 is “1” (when set), it is a throwing operation permission state in which the making operation may be performed in Article 1, and when it is “0” (released) Case) is a closing operation prohibition state in which the closing operation in Article 1 must not be performed. In the following, an article that is in the making operation permission state is also referred to as a making operation permission article.

  After the all-items input permission setting process S302, the input monitoring information is initialized ("input monitoring information initialization process" S303). In the input monitoring information initialization process S303, the total number of permitted inputs ([number of permitted allocations]) is set to “0”, and the inflow restriction flag for all items (a type of input restriction information) is set. When the inflow restriction flag of Article 1 is “0” (when released), the insertion flicker 1413a is substantially in a state of prohibiting insertion, and when it is “1” (when set), it is substantially reduced. This indicates that the input flicker 1413a is in the input permission state. Note that the state transition of the inflow regulation state by the specific charging flicker 1413a is performed by changing the driving state of the first charging solenoid 1414a by the all-loading solenoid driving process S321 described later. The same applies to Article 2 and Article 3. Further, in the input monitoring information initialization process S303, the passage permission time information indicating the passage permission remaining time ([assignment passage permission time]) corresponding to the remaining time of the passage permission period of each article is set to “0”. . If the passage permission remaining time information in Article 1 is “0”, it means outside the passage permission period in Article 1. If the passage permission remaining time information in Article 1 is not “0” (“1” or more ) Means during the passage permit period of Article 1. The same applies to Article 2 and Article 3.

  After the input monitoring information initialization process S303, a loop process (S304 to S322) that is executed at the time of the first input operation that is the first input operation, and that is executed at the time of the re-input operation performed after the initial input operation as necessary. Migrate to

  In the loop processing, first, it is determined whether or not the insertion control operation (a series of operations including the initial insertion operation and the re-injection operation) is terminated, and whether or not the insertion of the total number of permitted insertions is completed ( Judgment is made based on (S304) and determination (S305) of whether or not an input permission article exists. Specifically, when the total number of remaining insertions is “0”, it is determined that the total number of allowed gaming balls has been inserted, and when the total number of remaining insertions is other than “0”, the total number of permitted insertions It is determined that the game ball has not been inserted. In addition, it is determined that there is an input permission condition when the input operation permission flag of any item is set, and it is determined that there is no input permission item when the input operation permission flag of all items is released. . If the throwing-in permitted number of game balls has not been thrown in and there is a throwing permission condition, the throwing control operation is continued. On the other hand, in other cases, that is, when the insertion of the permitted number of game balls is completed, the insertion monitoring process S208 is completed because the insertion is completed normally, and the insertion permission is also given. When the number of game balls has not been inserted, but there is no throwing permission condition, the throwing operation cannot be continued, so the throwing monitoring process S208 is terminated and the throwing control operation is terminated.

  After the determination process S305, it is determined whether or not it is an initial input operation (S306). In the case of the first insertion operation, the process proceeds to an insertion permission number distribution process S310 described later. On the other hand, when the operation is not the first input operation (when the operation is a re-input operation), the operation waits for a predetermined waiting time (in this embodiment, about 80 ms corresponding to 54 timer interruptions) (“re-input start waiting process” S307). ). After the re-insertion start standby process S307, it is determined whether or not the downstream catching of the hanging ball has occurred in any of the strips (S308). If downstream catching of the hanging ball has occurred, a downstream catching flag (a kind of medium catching information) is set (S311), and the input monitoring process S208 ends. Here, the suspended ball means a game ball captured in the insertion passages 1406a to 1406c by the insertion flickers 1413a to 1413c. Moreover, the downstream capture of the suspended ball means a state in which the suspended ball is detected by the downstream elements 1415a2, 1415b2, and 1415c2 for each strip. On the other hand, when the downstream capture of the hanging ball has not occurred, it is determined whether or not the upstream capture of the hanging ball has occurred (S309). If upstream catching of the hanging ball has not occurred, the process proceeds to the throw-in permission number distribution process S310. Here, upstream capture means a state in which the upstream elements 1415a1, 1415b1, 1415c1 detect the hanging balls and the upstream elements 1415a2, 1415b2, 1415c2 on the same side do not detect the hanging balls for each item. .

  In the allowance number allocation process S310 (a kind of [distribution control process]), the allowance numbers are distributed substantially evenly so that the number of the allowance items does not differ by two or more. The number of game balls to be thrown ([number of sorting throws allowed]) is determined and each of the other throw monitoring information is set as predetermined throwing start information. Specifically, in the determination of the number of allocation allowances, the game balls that flow into the upper plate 1302 are structurally easy to flow into the third game ball insertion portion 1410c, and the first game balls Since it is most difficult to flow into the insertion portion 1410a, the number of game balls allocated to the third article is equal to or greater than the number of game balls allocated to the first article and the second article, and is distributed to the second article. The number of game balls to be assigned is assigned with priority so that the number of game balls to be assigned is more than the number of game balls assigned to the first article. In addition, the inflow restriction flag of all the articles whose distribution input permission number is “0” is cancelled. In addition, “203” is set in the passage permission remaining time information of all the articles whose distribution input permission number is “1” or more. Since the passage permission remaining time information is decremented by “1” for each timer interrupt at 1.49 ms intervals, approximately 300 ms is set as the passage permission remaining time. In this embodiment, in each of the strips, the first game ball passes through the sensors 1415a to 1415c ([medium detection] after the passage from the storage passages 1402a to 1402c to the insertion passages 1406a to 1406c is opened by opening the input flickers 1413a to 1413c. Mean) time to reach the upstream side elements 1415a1, 1415b1, 1415c1 of about 10 ms, and the upstream side elements 1415a1, 1415b1, 1415c1 of the game balls flowing down the input passages 1406a to 1406c Since the average time from the start of the detection by the downstream element 1415a2, 1415b2, 1415c2 to the end of the detection by the downstream side elements 1415a2, 1415b2, 1415c2 is about 40 ms, the passage permission time is set to about 300 ms with sufficient allowance for those times Has been. In addition, in the allowance number distribution process S311, the reference phases of all the articles whose distribution allowance number is “1” or more are set to the first pass phase that is the second pass phase in the normal phase transition transition. The Since a specific reference phase selection method is a part of the characteristic part of the present invention, it will be described in detail later in [Description of characteristic part].

  Here, the normal phase shift transition will be briefly described. FIG. 25 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the change of the detected phase according to the transition of the normal phase. As shown in FIG. 25, the normal phase shift transition is 0th after the phase shift in the order of the first pass phase, the second pass phase, and the third pass phase from the 0th pass phase ([non-pass phase)]. It is the transition of the phase transition that returns to the passing phase. Each passing phase includes a detection state (on state or off state) based on an upstream detection signal from an upstream element 1415a1, 1415b1, 1415c1 (a kind of [upstream detection means]) and a downstream element 1415a2 in the same line. , 1415b2 and 1415c2 (a kind of [upstream detection means]) are specified in a permutation with a detection state (on state or off state) based on the downstream detection signal, and each passing phase is expressed as [upstream detection signal , Detection state of downstream detection signal], the 0th pass phase is [off state, off state], the first pass phase is [on state, off state], and the second pass phase. Is [ON state, ON state], and the fourth passing phase is expressed as [OFF state, ON state]. The normal phase shift transition information that defines the normal phase shift transition stored in a predetermined area (a kind of [normal transition information storage unit]) of the ROM 1045a3 is commonly referred to for all the sections. The reference phases vary individually.

  As shown in FIG. 24, when it is determined in the determination process S309 that upstream catching of a suspended ball has occurred, an upstream captured flag (a kind of medium captured information) is set (“suspended ball detection”). Information setting process "S312). After the hanging ball detection information setting process S312, each of the throwing monitoring information is set as initial information for starting the throwing of the hanging ball ("loading monitoring information setting process" S313). Specifically, the remaining passage permission remaining time of the strip in which the upstream capture of the hanging ball is generated is set to “203”, and the inflow restriction flag of the strip in which the upstream capture of the hanging ball is generated is set. As a result, the throwing operation is executed only in the line where the upstream of the hanging ball is generated, and in the throwing operation, the phase transition is monitored not from the normal 0th passing phase but from the first passing phase. Is done.

  After the input permission number distribution process S310 and the input monitoring information setting process S313, it waits until a timer interrupt is executed ("timer interrupt wait process" S314), and a return operation is started in response to the completion of the timer interrupt. It is determined whether or not (S315). When it is determined that the return operation is started, a process for canceling the input is executed ("input cancel process" S316). Specifically, it is determined that the return operation is started in accordance with the transition of the return switch signal from the return switch 1441 to the ON state based on the player's operation of the upper tray ball return lever 1386. In this case, when there is a game ball that has already been inserted, the same number of game balls that have been inserted are paid out from the payout device 1033.

  If it is determined in the determination process S315 that the return operation is not started, a throwing operation flag (a kind of throwing operation information) indicating that any of the articles is in the pass permission period is canceled (" “In-load information initialization process” S317). The throwing-in-operation flag is set when the passage permission period of each article has not ended in the first article throwing control process S318, the second article throwing control process S319, and the third article throwing control process S320 described later. . After the throwing operation information initialization process S315, the throwing control process for the first article, the throwing control process for the second article, and the throwing control process for the third article are executed ("first article throwing control process" S318, " Article 2 input control process "S319," Article 3 input control process "S320). The in-loading information initialization process S315 and the first to third input control processes S318 to S320 are executed once within the timer interrupt interval. The details of the first input control process S318, the second input control process S319, and the third input control process S320 will be described after the overall description of the input monitoring process S208.

  After the third feed control process S320, the driving of all the feed solenoids 1414a to 1414c is controlled with reference to the inflow restriction flag of each strip ("all feed solenoid drive process" S321). Specifically, the closing solenoids 1414a to 1414c having the inflow restriction flag newly set are changed to the on state, and the closing solenoids 1414a to 1414c having the inflow restriction flag already set are maintained in the on state. The closing solenoids 1414a to 1414c of the strips for which the restriction flag is newly released are changed to the off state, and the closing solenoids 1414a to 1414c of the strips for which the inflow restriction flag has already been released are maintained in the off state. The inflow restriction flag of each item may be changed from release to setting in the allowance number distribution process S310, and the first article input control process S318, the second article input control process S319, and the third article input control process S320. May be changed from setting to releasing.

  After the all-throw-in solenoid driving process S321, it is determined whether or not the current full-throwing-in operation has been completed (S322). Specifically, when the throwing operation in-progress flag is not set, it is determined that all the present throwing operations have been completed. If the throwing operation flag is not set, it means that the passage permission period of each article has been completed.

  Here, the first article throwing control process S318, the second article throwing control process S319, and the third article throwing control process S320 will be described in detail. In addition, since the 2nd article throwing control process S319 and the 3rd article throwing control process S320 are substantially the same as the 1st article throwing control process S318, in the explanation of the 1st article throwing control process S318, The term "" is read as "Article 2" in the second article input control process S319 and "Article 3" in the third article input control process S320, and the detailed description thereof is omitted. FIG. 26 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the first article insertion control process.

  In the first article insertion control process S318, it is first determined whether or not it is during the first article passage permission period. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the passage permission remaining time information of the first article is “0” (S401). After the determination process S401, it is determined whether or not the detection phase of the first article has changed (S402). Specifically, the current detection phase of the first article (abbreviated as current phase in the figure) read in the switch reading process S1108 of the previous timer interrupt process is the previous detection phase of the first article (previous time in the figure). It is determined whether or not the phase is abbreviated.

  If it is determined in the determination process S402 that there is no change in the detection phase of the first article (when the current detection phase and the previous detection phase are the same passage phase), the passage permission period of the first article is the current passage permission period. It is determined whether or not it will expire in the single entry control process S318 (S403). Specifically, the determination is made based on whether the value obtained by subtracting “1” from the current value of the passage permission remaining time information in Article 1 is “0”. Here, the passage permission remaining time information in Article 1 is not updated. When it is determined that the passage permission period of the first article expires, the passage permission remaining time information of the first article is updated to a value obtained by subtracting “1” (“passage permission time update process” S404). On the other hand, if it is determined that the first passage permission period does not end, it is determined whether or not the first insertion flicker 1413a is in a prohibited state (S405). Specifically, it is determined whether or not the first inflow restriction flag is set.

  In addition, when the inflow restriction flag of Article 1 is set, it means whether the throwing flicker 1413a of Article 1 has already prohibited the flow of the game ball or is moving to prohibit it. If the first inflow restriction flag is not set, it means that the first flickering flicker 1413a permits the flow of the game ball or is moving to allow it. As a case where an affirmative determination is made in the determination process S403, for example, (1) for the first game ball that flows down (hereinafter also abbreviated as “first ball”) is set in the throw-in permission number distribution process S311 Games that flow down to the number 1 (final number) of the distribution permission when the detection by the upstream element 1415a1 of the first article is not started (when the ball is out of ball), or (2) within the permitted passage period of the first article For game balls that flow down before the ball (hereinafter also referred to as “final ball”), within the first passage permission period extended in the passage permission period extension process S420 described later, When detection by both the side element 1415a1 and the downstream element 1415a2 is not completed (in the case of a ball clogging), or (3) a game ball (hereinafter also referred to as "preceding ball") that flows down in advance is an upstream element of the first article Detected by 1415a1 For a game ball (hereinafter also referred to as a “follower ball”) that should be thrown into the preceding ball within the passage permission period of the first article that has been extended (passing permission period extension process S420 described later) The case where the detection by the upstream element 1415a1 in the first article is not started (in the case of a broken ball) is mentioned.

  If it is determined in the determination process S405 that the first article is not in the throwing-in prohibition state, the throwing operation permission flag in the first article is canceled in order to prohibit the re-feeding action according to the first article ("re-insertion prohibition setting" Process "S406). In addition, when the passage permission period of the first article is scheduled to expire, it is in an insertion-permitted state, that is, at least one game ball (hereinafter referred to as “final ball”) that should have been thrown in the first article. If it is not completed, the re-input operation according to Article 1 will not be performed. However, the re-input operation as a whole is executed.

  After the reintroduction prohibition setting process S406, it is determined whether or not the game ball is passing the first passage sensor 1415a (S407). Specifically, when at least one of the upstream element 1415a1 and the downstream element 1415a2 detects a game ball, it is determined that the vehicle is passing. When the game ball is passing through the first passage sensor 1415a, the first game ball is within the passage permission period of the first due to a clogged ball or an illegal act using an unauthorized insertion device (not shown). Since the passage of the strip passage sensor 1415a has not been completed, the passage time error command is a ring to stop the progress of the game of the ball-cylinder gaming machine 1010 and notify the occurrence of an error (passage time error). It is stored in the buffer ("passing time error processing" S408). The passing time error process S408 is an infinite loop, and continues until the ball-type spinning gaming machine 1010 is reset according to the operation of the reset switch 1038b. On the other hand, when the game ball is not passing, the inflow restriction flag of the first article is canceled without causing an error because the first article passage permission period due to the dead ball in the first article is scheduled to expire (" “Pass Control Information Change Process” S409), and by setting “140” in the passage permission remaining time information of the first article, the passage permission period of the first article is extended by a time substantially corresponding to about 200 ms (“pass”). Permit period extension process "S410).

  After the passage permission time update process S404 of the first article and the passage permission period extension process S410, it is determined whether or not the passage permission period of the first article has ended (S411). Specifically, when the passage permission remaining time information in Article 1 is “0”, it is determined that the passage permission period in Article 1 has ended (outside the passage permission period), and it is “0”. If not, it is determined that the passage permission period of Article 1 has not ended (within the passage permission period). When the passage permission period of the first article has ended, the first article insertion control process S313 ends, and when the passage permission period of the first article has not ended, the flag during the insertion operation is set. ("In-operation information setting process" S412), and then the first article insertion control process S313 ends.

  If it is determined in the determination process S402 that there is a change in the detection phase of the first article, is the current detection phase of the first article (abbreviated as current phase in the figure) the same as the reference phase of the first article? It is determined whether or not (S413). If it is determined that the current detection phase of Article 1 is not the same as the reference phase of Article 1, the reference phase of Article 1 is the next from the currently selected passing phase according to the order in the normal phase transition pattern. The passing phase is updated ("reference phase updating process" S414). When the current detection phase of the first article is the third pass phase, the first pass phase is updated. Specifically, the reference phase of Article 1 is the first pass phase when the currently selected pass phase is the 0th pass phase, and the second pass phase when it is the first pass phase. When it is the second pass phase, it is updated to the third pass phase, and when it is the third pass phase, it is updated to the 0th pass phase.

  When it is determined in the determination process S413 that the current detection phase of the first article is not the same as the reference phase, it is determined whether or not the first reference phase is the zeroth passing phase (S415). That is, it is determined whether there is a possibility that a continuous ball state (close-flowing state) has occurred. In addition, when a continuous ball state occurs, it always shifts from the third pass phase to a pass phase that does not follow the normal phase shift pattern. Here, the occurrence of a joint ball state means that the phase transition from the third pass phase to the second pass phase is performed after passing through the first pass phase, the second pass phase, and the third pass phase from the non-pass phase. . In the end, when a ball-joint state occurs, “non-pass phase → first pass phase → second pass phase → third pass phase → second pass phase → first pass phase → second pass phase → 3rd passing phase → non-passing phase ”. If the reference phase of Article 1 is not the 0th passing phase, the game progress of the ball-type spinning game machine 1010 is stopped and a passing order error command (error) is issued to notify the occurrence of an error (passing order error) A kind of command) is stored in the ring buffer ("passing order error processing" S418). The passing order error process S435 is an infinite loop and continues until the ball-turning game machine 1010 is reset according to the operation of the reset switch 1038b. As a result, once an error occurs due to some fraud, it is possible to prevent the fraud from continuing. On the other hand, if the reference phase of the first article is the zeroth passage phase, whether or not a ball-joining state has occurred is determined by whether or not the current detection phase of the first article is the second passage phase. (S416). If the current detection phase of the first article is not the second passage phase, the phase transition does not occur according to the normal phase transition pattern, and it is not the occurrence of a continuous ball state, so the passage order error process S418 is executed.

  In the determination process S416, when it is determined that the current detection phase of the first article is not the second passing phase, based on the determination results of the determination process S413 and the determination process S415, the occurrence of the joint ball state is determined. The reference phase is set to the second passing phase ("reference phase setting process" S417).

  After the reference phase update process S414 or the reference phase setting process S417, it is determined whether or not one game ball has passed and whether or not a game ball has started to pass (passing completion determination process S419, start of passing). Determination process S420). Specifically, in the determination process S419, it is determined that the passage is completed when the current detection phase of the first article is the 0th passing phase, and the passage is completed when the first passing phase is not the 0th passing phase. It is determined that it is not. In this determination, the determination may be made based on whether or not the first reference transition is the 0th pass phase instead of the 1st pass phase. Further, in the determination process S420, it is determined that the passage is started when the current detection phase of the first article is the first passage phase, and the passage is not started when the current detection phase of the first article is not the first passage phase. Determined.

  If it is determined in the determination process S420 that the game ball has started to pass, it is determined whether or not the game ball that has started to pass through the first passage sensor S1415a is the first ball of the first ball ( Final sphere determination S421). Specifically, if the value obtained by subtracting the number of remaining inputs in Article 1 by “1” is “0”, it is determined that the game ball that has started passing is the final ball of Article 1, and the value If is not "0", it is determined that the game ball that has started to pass is not the final ball of the first article. At this time, the value of the number of remaining inputs in Article 1 is not updated. When the passage of the final ball of the first article is started, the inflow restriction flag of the first article is canceled in order to prohibit the inflow by the first flickering flicker 1413a ("passing regulation information changing process" S422). Then, “203” is set in the passage permission remaining time information of the first article, and the passage permission period of the first article is extended (“passage permission period extension process” S423). The state transition from the inflow permission state to the inflow prohibition state of the first flicker 1413a is the first in the all-throw-in solenoid driving process S318 (see FIG. 24) executed after the release of the first inflow restriction flag. This is performed in association with the driving of the strip feeding solenoid 1414a. On the other hand, if it is not the start of the passage of the first ball of the first article, the passage restriction information changing process S422 is skipped, and the passage permission period extending process S423 is executed. Thereafter, the process proceeds to determination process S411.

  If it is determined in the determination process S420 that the first passage of the game ball is not started, it is determined whether or not the suspended ball generation flag is set and whether or not the detected phase is the third passing phase. (S430, S431). Here, the suspension ball generation flag (a kind of suspension ball detection information) is information for identifying whether or not the upstream capture of the suspension ball has occurred, and when the suspension ball generation flag is set This means that a suspended ball is generated and the suspended ball is detected only by the upstream element 1415a1. When the hanging ball generation flag is set and the current detection phase of the first article is the second passing phase, the inflow restriction flag of the first article is canceled ("passing regulation information changing process" S432). In other cases, the passage restriction information changing process S432 is skipped. Thereafter, similarly to the case where it is determined in the determination process S402 that there is no change in the detection phase of the first article, the passage determination process S403 to the in-operation information setting process S412 are executed.

  If it is determined in the determination process S419 that the passing of the game ball in the first article is completed, the total remaining number is updated to a value obtained by subtracting “1” from the current value (“total remaining number updating process”). S424), the total number of inserted coins is updated to a value obtained by adding “1” to the current value (“total number of coins inserted updating process” S425), and the display of bet information such as the number of coins inserted and the number of bets is updated as necessary. ("Bet information update process" S426), the number of remaining inputs in the first article is updated to a value obtained by subtracting "1" from the current value ("item-by-item input number update process" S427). After the number-by-section insertion number update processing S427, it is determined whether or not the game ball that has passed through the first passage sensor S1415a is the final ball of the first section (S428). Specifically, when the number of remaining throws in the first article is “0”, it is determined that the game ball that has passed is the final ball of the first article, and the remaining number of throws in the first article is “0”. Otherwise, it is determined that the game ball that has passed is not the final ball of the first article. When it is determined in the determination process 430 that the passage of the first ball of the first article is completed, “0” is set in the passage permission remaining time information of the first article. As a result, the passage permission period of the first article ends ("passage permission period end process" S429). On the other hand, when the passage of the first ball of the first sphere is not completed, the passage determination processing S403 to the in-operation information setting processing are performed as in the case where it is determined in the determination processing S402 that the passage phase of the first sphere has not changed. S412 is executed.

  Whether or not the passage permission period of Article 1 has ended after the processing related to the passage permission period of Article 1 (passage permission time update process S404, passage permission period extension process S412, S423, and passage permission period end process S429) Is determined (S411). Specifically, when the passage permission remaining time information of Article 1 is “0”, it is determined that the passage permission period of Article 1 is over (outside the passage permission period), and the value is “0”. If not, it is determined that the passage permission period of Article 1 has not ended (during the passage permission period). When the passage permission period of the first article has ended, the first article insertion control process S318 ends, and when the passage permission period of the first article has not expired, a closing operation flag is set. ("In-operation information setting process" S412), then, the first article insertion control process S318 ends.

  After the insertion monitoring process S208, as shown in FIG. 23, when it becomes necessary to change the setting of the bet button switch LED and the start lever switch LED in accordance with the control in the above-described monitoring process S208. In order to change these displays, the settings of various LEDs are updated ("switch lighting flag update process" S209). After the switch lighting flag update process S211, it is determined whether or not it is in the on-state return state (S <b> 210). Specifically, when the return switch signal from the return switch 1441 based on the player's operation of the upper bowl return lever 1386 is in the on state, the return switch signal is determined to be in the on-loading state, and the return switch signal is in the on state. In this case, it is determined that the return state is not simply a throwing-in state. If it is in the return state while being thrown in, it waits until the return switch signal shifts to the OFF state, and also waits for a predetermined time after shifting to the OFF state ("top tray storage ball return completion waiting process"). "S211). When the waiting is completed, if game balls have already been thrown in, specifically, if the number of thrown balls is not “0”, the same number of game balls are thrown out. The thrown ball payout command is set in the “filled ball return process” S212. The throwing ball return process S212 is the same process as the return process S1405. The thrown ball payout command is transmitted to the payout control board 1037a, and the payout control board 1037a pays out the same number of game balls as the number of thrown balls from the payout device 1033 in response to receiving the thrown ball payout command.

  After that, even when various bet button switches 1114 and 1304 are operated, an insertion prohibition timer for determining a period during which processing corresponding to the operation is not executed is set (“insertion prohibition timer setting process” S213). As a result, the operations of various bet button switches are invalidated until a predetermined time elapses. After the insertion prohibition timer setting process S213, an auxiliary passage permission period is set ("auxiliary passage permission period setting process" S214). Specifically, “203” (corresponding to about 300 ms) is set in the auxiliary passage permission remaining time information. Note that the auxiliary passage permission remaining time information is a value obtained by subtracting “1” every time the timer interruption process is executed when the auxiliary passage permission time information exceeds “0” in the sensor monitoring process in the timer interruption process. Updated to The auxiliary passage permission period is a period in which the passage of the game ball is permitted as a normal passage and the number of passages (the number of auxiliary throws) is counted. During the throwing operation, the game ball is allowed to pass normally and the number of passes is counted. After the auxiliary passage permission period setting process S214, when the throwing is being performed or the throwing period is being returned, the throwing flag and the returning flag during the throwing period are canceled, and the throwing period is completely terminated ("ball processing" State update process "S215). As described above, the game ball bet process S1406 includes the switch LED light emission control process S201 to the ball process state update process S215.

  After the game ball betting process S1406 ends, as shown in FIG. 21, it is determined whether or not the bet number is less than the minimum prescribed number (S1407). If the bet number is less than the minimum prescribed number, the insertion error process S1403 to the determination process S1407 are repeated. On the other hand, if the bet number is not less than the minimum prescribed number, it is determined whether or not a variation start signal corresponding to the operation of the start lever switch 1124 has been received (S1408). If the variation start signal has not been received, the process from the insertion error process S1403 to the determination process S1408 is repeated. On the other hand, when the fluctuation start signal is received, the fluctuation waiting process S1304. As described above, through the processing steps (S1401 to S1408), the fluctuation waiting process S1304 is completed.

  Here, the throwing-in operation according to the flowchart of the above-described game ball betting process S1406 will be described with reference to a substantially chronological order. A case where the throwing-in control operation is completed without performing the re-throwing operation and a case where the re-throwing operation due to the occurrence of the ball break is performed will be described. FIG. 27 is a timing chart illustrating an example of a closing operation in which the closing control is completed without performing the reclosing operation. FIG. 28 is a timing chart illustrating an example of throwing control in which a refilling operation due to ball breakage or the like is executed.

  In response to the detection (ta) of the rising of the maximum bet operation signal (a kind of “bet instruction”) based on the button operation of the maximum bet button switch 1304 by the player in the insertion operation permission state (S203: Y) (S203: Y ) First, in the case of the normal gaming state, the value obtained by subtracting the number of inserted games from “15”, while in the case of the JAC game in the special gaming state, the value obtained by subtracting the number of inserted games from “5”. The permitted number is set (S207). Note that if the insertion permission number has been inserted in the previous insertion control, no substantial processing is performed even if the maximum bet operation signal is detected. The number of inputs allowed is allocated to the items that can be input (hereinafter referred to as “input permission items”) out of Articles 1, 2 and 3, and the remaining number of inputs (number of inputs allowed by item) The value is determined. In addition, since the downstream catch of the suspended ball does not occur (S204: N), the suspended ball related notification is not started (S205 is skipped).

  After completion of the allocation of the number of allowed inputs, the update of the passage permission remaining time information in Article 1 is substantially started (tb). Specifically, a value corresponding to a predetermined permission time (in this embodiment, “203” corresponding to about 300 ms in this embodiment) is set as the value of the passage permission remaining time information in the first article. Note that the value of the passage permission remaining time information is subtracted by “1” for each timer interruption, that is, substantially every 1.49 ms when the value is “0” or more (S404). Further, according to the setting of the first inflow restriction flag, energization to the first insertion solenoid 1414a is started and the first insertion flicker 1413a is activated (S320), and the game in the storage passage 1402a is performed. The passage of the ball is permitted and the insertion of the game ball in the first article is actually started. It should be noted that energization of the first entry solenoid 1414a is maintained until the first entry restriction flag is released. Similarly, the first throwing-in operation of the game balls in Article 2 and Article 3 is actually started. In the following, as shown in FIG. 27, a case will be described in which the values of the number of remaining inputs in Article 1, Article 2 and Article 3 are “5”.

  When the game ball is allowed to flow down, the game ball starts to flow from the storage passage 1402a to the insertion passage 1406a. The output state of the upstream passage detection signal and downstream passage detection signal in Article 1 is regularly monitored (S1108), and the current detection phase in Article 1 and the previous detection in Article 1 are detected at each timer interrupt. The phase is updated. Specifically, the previous detection phase of Article 1 that had retained the detection phase of Article 1 in the previous interrupt was changed to the detection phase of Article 1 in the previous interrupt, and The current detection phase of the first article that holds the detection phase is changed to the first detection phase of the first article in the current interruption.

  When the game ball starts to flow down, the first article insertion control process (S318) is executed at each timer interrupt interval until the detection condition of the first article changes (S402: Y), and the passage permission is made each time. The value of the remaining time information is subtracted by “1” (S404). Further, since the value of the passage permission remaining time information of the first article is not “0” (S411), the making operation flag (in making operation information) is set. The throwing operation flag is not information unique to Article 1, but is information common to Articles 2 and 3. If the throwing operation flag is “0” at the time of determination (S322), all items are set. This means that the value of the passage permission remaining time information at “0” is “0”. In addition, the in-operation flag is initialized to “0” in accordance with one cycle of the input control processing S318 to S320 for all items. In the first to third embodiments, this flag is not used. After the charging operation flag is set, the state of the first charging solenoid 1414a does not change because the inflow restriction flag is not released in the current first charging control process (S318) (S321). In addition, since the in-operation flag is set, it is not determined that the passage permission period in all the sections has ended (S322: N), and the next first-introduction control process is waited for the execution of the timer interrupt process. (S318) is executed.

  Unlike FIG. 27, the detection phase of the first article remains unchanged (S402: N), and the passage permission period of the first article ends (when the value of the passage permission remaining time information is “1”). ) (S403), since the throwing flicker 1413a of the first article is not in the throwing prohibition state, it is determined that there is no gaming ball to be thrown in the first article storage passage 1402a, and processing when a ball breaks, which will be described later, is performed. Is executed. Details of the processing when the ball is cut will be described later. In addition, when the value of the passage permission remaining time information in the first article is “0” (S411: Y), the making operation flag is not set (S412 skip). Further, when the first inflow restriction flag is released (S409), the first entry solenoid 1414a shifts to the entry prohibited state (S321). If the throwing operation flag is not set, it is determined that the passage permission period in all the sections has ended (S322: Y), and the initial charging operation period ends. When the predetermined condition is satisfied (S304: Y, S305: N), the operation is shifted to the re-input operation, and when the predetermined condition is not satisfied, the input operation is terminated.

  Within the first passage permission period (S401: Y), the first upstream passage detection signal shifts from the OFF state to the ON state (t11), and this phase change is a normal phase change (S413: Y). ), The first reference phase is updated from the first passing phase to the second passing phase (S414). In addition, since it is not the final ball (S421: N) and the first ball has started to pass (S420: Y), the value of the passage permission remaining time information in the first article is set to a value corresponding to the predetermined time Ta (about 300 ms). It is reset (S422). The period until the value of the passage permission remaining time information becomes “0” after the start of passage of the first ball is the passage permission period of the first article. This period also serves as the maximum allowable period from the start of passage of the first sphere in the first article to the start of passage of the second sphere passage sensor 1415a in the first article. Since the value of the passage permission remaining time information of the first article is not “0” (S411: N), the making operation flag is set (S412).

  Unlike FIG. 27, when it is finally determined that the detected phase is not normal even though there is a phase change in the detected phase (S415: N, S416: N), the passing order error process S418 is performed. Is executed (S418).

  Thereafter, within the first passage permission period (S401: Y), the first downstream passage detection signal shifts from the off state to the on state (t12), and this phase change is a normal phase change (S413). : Y), the first reference phase is updated from the second passing phase to the third passing phase (S414). In addition, since the passage of the first passage sensor 1415a is not started or completed (S419: N, S420: N) and the passage permission period is not over (S403: N), the passage permission remaining time of the first portion The value of information is subtracted by “1” (S404). In addition, since the value of the passage permission remaining time information of the first article after the subtraction is not “0” (S411), the in-operation flag is set (S412).

  Thereafter, within the first passage permission period (S401: Y), the first upstream detection signal shifts from the on state to the off state (t13), and this phase change is a normal phase change (S413). : Y), the first reference phase is updated from the third pass phase to the 0th pass phase (S414). In addition, since the passage sensor 1415a does not start to pass or complete (S419: N, S420: N) and does not end the passage permission period (S403: N), the value of the passage permission remaining time information in the first article is Only “1” is subtracted (S404). In addition, since the value of the passage permission remaining time information of the first article after the subtraction is not “0” (S411), the in-operation flag is set (S412).

  Unlike FIG. 27, when it is finally determined that the phase change is not normal (S413: N, S415: N, S416: N), a passing order error process is executed (S414). If it is determined that the passage permission period is over (S403: Y), the insertion operation permission flag is canceled because the first article is not used as the insertion permission article (S409), and the first passage sensor is detected. 1415a is being passed (S407: Y), so the transit time error process is executed (S408).

  Thereafter, within the first passage permission period (S401: Y), the first downstream passage detection signal shifts from the on state to the off state (t14), and this phase change is a normal phase change (S411). : Y), the first reference phase is updated from the fourth passing phase to the first passing phase (S414). At this time, the second sphere has not yet reached the first element upstream element 1415a1, and the first element upstream passage detection signal remains off. In addition, since the completion of the passage of the first ball passage sensor 1415a is detected (S416: Y), the number of remaining inputs common to all items is subtracted by "1" (S421), and the number of inputs already common to all items is obtained. Only “1” is added (S422), and the value of the number of remaining inputs in the first article is subtracted by “1” (S424). Further, the bet number and the bet number display are updated as necessary (S423). Thereafter, since the first ball is not the final ball (S425: N) and is not the end of the first passage permission period (S403: N), the value of the remaining passage permission time information of the first article is “ 1 "is subtracted (S404). In addition, since the value of the passage permission remaining time information of the first article after the subtraction is not “0” (S411), the in-operation flag is set (S412).

  Unlike FIG. 27, even if it is determined that the first passage permission period has ended (S403: Y), the first flickering flicker 1413a is already in the throwing prohibition state. The value of the passage permission remaining time information of the first article is subtracted by “1” without executing the passage time error process (S408). In addition, when the first sphere is the final sphere in the first article (S421: Y), the value of the passage permission remaining time information in the first article is forcibly set to “0” (S423). The Article 1 permission period ends. As a result, the first throwing operation (the throwing operation) in Article 1 is completed.

  The first sphere that has completed the passage of the first passage sensor 1415a further flows down the insertion passage 1406a toward the first count sensor 1416a. When the passage of the first count sensor 1416a is started, the count sensor signal shifts from the off state to the on state (t15). When the completion of passage of the first count sensor 1416a is detected by the transition of the count sensor signal from the on state to the off state (t16), the auxiliary input number is incremented by "1" (S901). In the present embodiment, the number of game balls passing through the count sensors 1416a to 1416c is not measured according to the item, but only the total number of game balls passing through the count sensors 1416a to 1416c is measured.

  For Article 2 and Article 3, the introduction of the first ball to Article 2 and Article 3 is completed through substantially the same process as in Article 1 (t14 ', t14 "). The second ball to the fourth ball with respect to the first, second and third balls are completed by performing the same process as the first ball of the first ball (t24 to t44, t14 'to t44). ', T14 "to t44") In the following, only the processing that is different from the case where the fifth sphere, which is the final sphere, is inserted will be described in detail.

  Within the first passage permission period (S401: Y), the first upstream passage detection signal shifts from the OFF state to the ON state (t51), and this phase change is a normal phase change (S413: Y). ), The first reference phase is updated from the first passing phase to the second passing phase (S414). In addition, since the first ball passing start (S420: Y) is the final ball (S421: Y), after the first inflow restriction flag is released (S422), the first passage permission remaining time The value of the information is reset to a value corresponding to the predetermined time Ta (S423), and the in-operation flag is set (S412).

  Thereafter, as in the case of the first ball, the first-pass downstream detection signal shifts from the OFF state to the ON state (t52) within the first-pass passage permission period (S401: Y). Within the passage permission period (S401: Y), the first passage upstream detection signal shifts from the on state to the off state (t53), and then within the passage permission period of the first section (S401: Y). The downstream passage detection signal of the first article shifts from the on state to the off state (t54). Similar to the case of the first ball, in accordance with the detection of the completion of the passage of the fifth ball passage sensor 1415a (S419: Y), the update of the total number of remaining inputs common to all items (S424), the input of all items common The number is updated (S425), the bet number and the bet number display are updated as necessary (S426), and the number of remaining inputs in the first article is updated (S427). Further, since the fifth ball is the final ball (S428: Y), the value of the passage permission remaining time information in the first article is forcibly set to “0” (S429), and the throwing operation flag is cleared. This state is maintained (S412).

  At the time when the first throwing operation in Article 1 is completed, as shown in FIG. 27, the first throwing operation in Article 2 and Article 3 has already been completed. In S319 and the third article throwing control processing S320, since the throwing operation flag is not set, it is determined that the passage permission period for all the articles has ended (S322: Y). As a result, the initial input operation period ends, and at the same time, the input operation period flag is canceled and the input operation period ends (tc; S215). Prior to the end of the throwing-in period, a throwing-in prohibition period in which processing corresponding to the operation of the maximum bet button switch 1304 is not performed is provided (S213), and the number of game balls passing through the count sensor 1416a of the first article In order to extend the period for counting the time by a predetermined time Tb, an auxiliary passage permission period is set (S214). Since the fifth ball of the first ball has passed through the first count sensor 1416a after the closing operation period has ended (t56) is within the auxiliary passage permission period (S806: Y), the period The outsourcing error flag is never set (S808 skip).

  A number comparison timer is set in accordance with the operation (te) of the start lever switch 1124 after the insertion of the predetermined number of allowed game balls is completed, and a predetermined time Tc from the operation (te) of the start lever switch 1124 is set. When the time has elapsed (tf), it is determined whether the number of inputs and the number of auxiliary inputs satisfy a predetermined condition (the number of inputs ≦ the number of auxiliary inputs) (S906), and if the predetermined condition is not satisfied Then, it is determined that the number error has occurred, and a number error flag is set (S907). When the number error flag is set, the progress of the game is forcibly stopped and the number error is notified after the end of the current unit game (S1403).

  Here, the difference between the case where the re-throwing operation is not performed and the case where the re-throwing operation is performed due to the occurrence of a ball break or the like will be described. FIG. 28 is a timing chart showing an example of a throwing operation in the case where a refilling operation is performed due to the occurrence of a ballless state. In FIG. 28, in the second article, a case where a ball break occurs due to the insertion of the second ball is shown.

  As shown in FIG. 28, the second ball of the second sphere does not start passing through the second passage sensor 1415a within the second passage permission period (corresponding to S401: Y). When the time from the start of passage of the strip passage sensor 1415a reaches a predetermined time Ta (t27 ′; equivalent to S403: Y), the second row throwing operation permission flag is set so that the second row is not regarded as a throwing permission clause. Is released (S406). After the release operation permission flag of the second article is released, since the third ball is not passing the passage sensor 1415b in the second article (S407: equivalent to N), the second insertion flicker 1413b is returned to the insertion prohibited state. Therefore, the inflow restriction flag in Article 2 is released. After the release of the second flow restriction flag, the second passage permission remaining time information is reset to a value (“75”) corresponding to a predetermined ball-out waiting time Td (about 200 ms in this embodiment). . As a result, the passage permission period in Article 1 is extended by the ball waiting time. Since the passage permission period in Article 2 ends after a predetermined ball-out waiting time Td (corresponding to S403: Y), and the inflow restriction flag in Article 2 has already been released (S405: Y), Of the 5 balls allocated to Article 2, only 2 balls have been thrown in, and since Articles 1 and 3 are throwing permission clauses, it is determined that the throwing operation has not been completed ( S304: N, S305: Y). In addition, since the hanging ball generation flag is not set (S307: N) and the second article is not the entry permission article (S307: Y), after waiting for a predetermined time Te (S5508), the re-insertion operation is performed. It will start (th).

  The number of game balls that should have been thrown in Article 2 but not thrown in the first throwing-in period ("3" in FIG. 28) is distributed only to Article 1 and Article 3 which are throwing permission articles ( S5509). Specifically, in consideration of the priority of each item in the distribution, two balls are assigned to the third item, and one ball is assigned to the first item. In this case, the second ball in Article 3 and the first ball in Article 1 are final balls. When the re-insertion operation is started (th), two game balls are inserted in the third article and one game ball in the first article in the same manner as in the first insertion operation. In the re-insertion operation, when the passage permission period of the first article ends (t64) and the passage permission period of the third article ends (t74 "), the re-insertion operation period ends. Since the insertion of the permitted number of game balls has been completed (S5504: Y), the insertion operation period flag is substantially canceled at the same time, and the insertion operation ends (tc; S213).

  After the variable waiting process S1304, as shown in FIG. 20, the value of the random number counter latched by hardware when the start lever switch 1124 is operated is read and stored in the RAM 1045a3 (“random number”). Creation process "S1305). When the start lever switch 1124 is operated, the random number counter is latched in hardware, so that the operation of the start lever switch 1124 and the acquisition of the random number value are synchronized in time. Although the value of the random number counter can be read out by software, in this case, the time from the operation of the start lever switch 1124 to the acquisition of the random number value becomes more uneven than in the case of latching in hardware.

  After the random number generation process S1305, the winning combination corresponding to the random value acquired in the random number generation process S1305 is determined with reference to the random number table corresponding to the probability setting, the number of bets, and the gaming state, and according to the type of the winning combination Winning flags (for example, Big Bonus Winning Flag, Regular Bonus Winning Flag, Cherry Winning Flag, Bell Winning Flag, Watermelon Winning Flag, Replay Winning Flag) are set. A set value command representing a value is set ("internal lottery process" S1306). Winning roles include, for example, a big bonus role (hereinafter also referred to as “BB”), a regular bonus role (hereinafter also referred to as “RB”), and various small roles (in this embodiment, a cherry role, a bell role, and a watermelon role) , A re-playing role and a loser role. A plurality of types of winning combinations may be selected in the unit game.

  After the internal lottery processing S1306, based on the winning combination, the number of bets and the gaming state, one manual stop control table used for controlling each of the cylinders L, M, R from the manual stop control table group held in the ROM 1045a2 is reference-controlled. The table is selected as a table, and the table number of the reference control table is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 1045a3 ("rotation initialization process" S1307). When the winning combination is other than losing, slip control is performed in accordance with this reference control table to rotate the rotating cylinder extra within a predetermined range (5 symbols) in order to win the winning combination as much as possible. When the winning combination is lost, the same slip control is performed in order to prevent other winning combinations from winning. This reference control table is reselected from the manual stop control table group as necessary. Details will be described in a rotation control process S1309 described later.

  After the rotation initialization process S1307, a symbol variation standby process S1308 is executed. In the symbol variation standby process S1308, first, it is determined whether or not the measurement time by the symbol variation monitoring timer is equal to or longer than a predetermined specified time (for example, 4.1 seconds). Here, the “symbol fluctuation monitoring timer” is a timer that measures the elapsed time from the time of the last symbol display fluctuation start. If the measurement time of the symbol fluctuation monitoring timer is less than a predetermined specified time, a symbol fluctuation waiting command (internal state) indicating that the specified time has elapsed (hereinafter referred to as “symbol fluctuation waiting state”). A kind of command) is stored in the ring buffer. Note that the player is informed of the symbol variation standby state by a variation standby state display device (not shown). After that, until the measurement time of the symbol fluctuation monitoring timer reaches a predetermined specified time or more, whether or not the measurement time by the symbol fluctuation monitoring timer is not less than a predetermined specified time while the symbol fluctuation standby state is being notified. The determination is repeated. On the other hand, when the measurement time of the symbol fluctuation monitoring timer is equal to or longer than the predetermined specified time, the symbol fluctuation monitoring timer is reset and started, the notification of the standby state for the specified time is stopped, and the predetermined specified time has elapsed. A specified time lapse command (a kind of internal state command) indicating this and a bet number command for outputting to the external concentration terminal board are stored in the ring buffer. Thereafter, information related to drive control of each of the stepping motors 1043L4, 1043M4, and 1043R4 of the rotating drum unit 1043 in a predetermined area of the RAM 1045a3 is initialized for starting rotation. For example, the value of the wait timer is set to “0”, and the value of the acceleration counter is set to “26”. The actual driving of the stepping motors 1043L4, 1043M4, and 1043R4 is controlled by various rotary motor control processes S1105 to S1107 (see FIG. 16) of the timer interrupt process.

  After the symbol variation standby process S1308, a rotation control process S1309 for controlling the rotation of each of the spinning cylinders L, M, R in the spinning cylinder unit 1043 is executed. Here, the rotation control process S1309 will be described in detail. FIG. 29 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the rotation control process.

  In the rotation control process S1309, information on the rotation of each of the spinning cylinders L, M, R in a predetermined area of the RAM 1045a3 is initialized, and an all-rotating cylinder rotation command indicating that all the spinning cylinders L, M, R are rotating. (A type of spinning rotation information command) and a symbol variation state command (a type of internal state command) indicating the symbol display variation state in the spinning unit 1043 are stored in the ring buffer ("rotation start process" S1601). ). After the rotation start process S1601, the process waits until a predetermined stop standby time elapses ("design stop standby process" S1602). The “predetermined stop standby time” in the symbol stop standby process S1602 is substantially the same as the average time required from the start of rotation of each of the cylinders L, M, and R to the steady rotation at a constant speed. After the symbol stop standby process S1602, it is determined whether or not the rotations of all the spinning cylinders L, M, and R are steady rotations (S1603). Specifically, whether or not these rotations are steady rotations is determined by whether or not a detection signal is received from the rotating cylinder position detection sensor 1043R7 corresponding to the rotating cylinder that has started rotating last. If the detection signal is received, it is determined that the rotations are steady rotations. If the detection signal is not received, it is determined that the rotation of any of the rotating cylinders is not steady rotations. . If these rotations are not steady rotations, the determination process S1603 is repeatedly executed. In this embodiment, all the spinning cylinders L, M, R start to rotate simultaneously.

  If it is determined in the determination process S1603 that the rotations of all the cylinders are steady rotations, an automatic stop timer for measuring the fluctuation time of the symbol display until the automatic stop is set ("automatic stop timer setting process" S1604). ). After the automatic stop timer setting process S1604, it is determined whether or not the time measured by the automatic stop timer exceeds the specified rotation time (S1605). If the measurement time by the automatic stop timer does not exceed the specified rotation time, the following process for manually stopping the symbol display fluctuation is executed.

  It is determined whether or not a left stop signal corresponding to the operation of the left cylinder stop button switch 1126L is received (S1606). If the left stop signal has not been received, it is determined whether or not a middle stop signal corresponding to the operation of the middle cylinder stop button switch 1126M has been received (S1607). If the middle stop signal is not received, it is determined whether a right stop signal corresponding to the operation of the right-turn cylinder stop button switch is received (S1608). When the right stop signal is not received, that is, when none of the left stop signal, the right stop signal, and the right stop signal is received, the determination process S1606 is executed.

  If it is determined in the determination process S1606 that a left stop signal has been received, it is determined whether a left stop flag is set (S1609). The “left stop flag” is a flag for identifying whether the left cylinder L is rotating or stopped, and is canceled in the rotation initialization process S1307. When the left stop flag is set, it indicates that the left cylinder L has already stopped, and when the left stop flag is released, it indicates that the left cylinder L is rotating. When the left stop flag is set, the determination process S1606 is executed. On the other hand, when the left stop flag is canceled, the left turn cylinder stop process S1610 is executed. In the left turning cylinder stop processing S1610, first, the left turning stepping motor 1043L4 that rotates the left turning cylinder L is stopped with reference to the reference control table. After the left-turning stepping motor 1043L4 is stopped, a left-stop flag is set, the number of stop-turning cylinders is incremented, and a left-turning cylinder stop command (rotational rotation information command 1 type) and a left turn symbol command (a kind of stop design command) representing a stop symbol of the left turn cylinder L are stored in the ring buffer. The “number of stopped spinning cylinders” represents the number of stopped spinning cylinders, and is reset to “0” in the rotation start process S1601.

  Here, the left cylinder stop process S1610 will be described in detail. In the left-turn cylinder stop process S1610, first, with reference to the current symbol number held in the RAM 1045a3, the stop reference symbol number is set to a value obtained by adding 1 to the current symbol number. After the stop reference symbol number is set, if the left cylinder L is the second cylinder that has been stopped, the currently selected reference control table is changed to another control table as necessary. . If the left turn cylinder L is not the second stop, the control table is not changed. Thereafter, referring to the reference control table, a slip amount corresponding to the stop reference symbol number is extracted, and a value obtained by adding the slip amount to the stop symbol number is set as the stop symbol number. When the stop symbol number exceeds 20 (maximum symbol number), the stop symbol number is changed to a value obtained by subtracting 21 from the current value. After the stop symbol number is set, the stop interval timer is set. The stop interval timer is a timer that measures a period during which a stop instruction for the next spinning cylinder is not accepted. Note that the value of the stop interval timer is set to a predetermined time exceeding the maximum time in consideration of the time required for the rotation corresponding to the slip amount and the subsequent stop of the spinning cylinder. Thereafter, when the measurement time of the stop interval timer exceeds a predetermined time, a left stop flag is set, and the left cylinder stop process S1610 is ended.

  After the left turning cylinder stop processing S1610, it is determined whether or not the number of stopping cylinders is 3 (S1611). If the number of stop cylinders is not 3, that is, if at least one of the cylinders is rotating, it is determined whether or not the reference control table needs to be changed (S1612). When it is necessary to change the reference control table when stopping the unstopped cylinder, the reference control table is changed to another manual stop control table selected from the manual stop control table group ("control table change process"). S1613). In the control table change process S1613, the stop position of the already-rotated cylinder of the middle and right cylinders M and R is referenced together with the stop position of the left cylinder L. As a case where it is necessary to change the reference control table, for example, there is a case where a combination other than the winning combination wins.

  If it is determined in the determination process S1607 that an intermediate stop signal has been received, it is determined whether or not an intermediate stop flag is set (S1614). As in the case of the left stop flag, the “intermediate stop flag” is a flag for identifying whether the middle cylinder M is rotating or stopped, and is canceled in the rotation start process S1601. If the middle stop flag is set, determination processing S1606 is executed. On the other hand, when the middle stop flag is released, it is determined whether or not the number of stop rotations is 0 (S1615). When the number of stop cylinders is not 0, the middle cylinder stop process S1617 is executed. On the other hand, when the number of stop rotations is 0, a predetermined manual stop control table in the manual stop control table group is reset as a reference control table (“control table resetting process” S1616), and the control table is reset. After the process S1616, the middle cylinder stop process S1617 is executed. Note that the middle cylinder stop process S1617 is the same process as the case of the left cylinder stop process S1610. In the middle cylinder stopping process S1617, first, the middle cylinder stepping motor 1043M4 that rotates the middle cylinder M is stopped with reference to the reference control table. The control for stopping the stepping motor for the middle cylinder is substantially the same as the control for stopping the stepping motor 43L4 for the left cylinder. After stopping the stepping motor 1043M4 for the middle cylinder, an intermediate stop flag is set, the number of stop cylinders is incremented, and a middle cylinder stop command (rotation rotation information indicating that the middle cylinder M is stopped) A kind of command) and a medium-torso drum design command (a kind of stop symbol command) representing a stop symbol of the middle drum M are stored in the ring buffer.

  After the middle cylinder stop process S1617, it is determined whether or not the number of stop cylinders is 3 (S1618). If the number of stop cylinders is not 3, it is determined whether or not the reference control table needs to be changed when stopping the unrotated cylinder (S1619). When the reference control table needs to be changed, the reference control table is changed to another manual stop control table selected from the manual stop control table group ("control table change process" S1620). In the control table changing process S1620, the stop symbol numbers of all the rotating cylinders that have already stopped among the left rotating cylinder L and the right rotating cylinder R are referred to together with the stopping position of the intermediate rotating cylinder M.

  If it is determined in the determination process S1608 that a right stop signal has been received, it is determined whether a right stop flag is set (S1621). The “right stop flag” is a flag for identifying whether the right cylinder R is rotating or stopped, as in the case of the left stop flag and the middle stop flag, and is canceled in the rotation start process S1601. If the right stop flag is set, determination processing S1606 is executed. On the other hand, when the right stop flag is released, it is determined whether or not the number of stop rotations is 0 (S1622). If the number of stop rotations is not 0, right rotation stop processing S1624 is executed. On the other hand, when the number of stop rotations is 0, a predetermined manual stop control table in the manual stop control table group is reset as the reference control table (“control table resetting process” S1623), and the control table is reset. After the process S1623, a right cylinder stop process S1624 is executed. Note that the right crotch stop processing S1617 is the same processing as the left crotch stop processing S1610. In the right turn cylinder stop processing S1617, first, the right turn stepping motor 1043R4 for rotating the right turn cylinder R is stopped with reference to the reference stop control table. The control for stopping the stepping motor for the right turn cylinder is substantially the same as the control for stopping the stepping motor for the left turn cylinder 1043L4. After the stepping motor 1043R4 for the right turn is stopped, a right stop flag is set, the number of stop turns is incremented, and a right turn stop command (rotation rotation information indicating that the right turn R is stopped) A kind of command) and a right turn design command (a kind of stop design command) representing a stop design of the right turn case are stored in the ring buffer.

  After the right turn stopping process S1624, it is determined whether or not the number of stop turnings is 3 (S1625). If the number of stop rotations is not 3, it is determined whether or not the reference control table needs to be changed when stopping the unrotated rotation (S1626). When the reference control table needs to be changed, the reference control table is changed to another manual stop control table selected from the manual stop control table group ("control table change process" S1627). In the control table changing process S1627, the stop symbol numbers of all the rotating cylinders that have already stopped among the left rotating cylinder L and the middle rotating cylinder M are referred to together with the stop position of the right rotating cylinder R.

  In the determination process S1605, when the time measured by the automatic stop timer exceeds the specified rotation time, the rotation of all the cylinders L, M, R currently rotating is stopped (“automatic stop process” S1628). After the automatic stop process S1628 and when it is determined in the determination process S1611, the determination process S1618, and the determination process S1625 that the number of stop rotations is “3”, the automatic stop timer is canceled.

  Here, the automatic stop process S1628 will be described in detail. In the automatic stop process S1628, first, one table is set as a reference control table from the automatic stop control table group held in the ROM 1045a2 by referring to the stop symbol number (stop position) of the rotating cylinder that has already stopped. . Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the left stop flag is set. If the left stop flag is not set, the rotation of the left cylinder L is stopped. Next, it is determined whether or not the intermediate stop flag is set. If the intermediate stop flag is not set, the rotation of the intermediate drum M is stopped. Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the right stop flag is set. If the middle stop flag is not set, the rotation of the middle cylinder R is stopped.

  After the rotation control process S1309, as shown in FIG. 20, a winning confirmation process S1310 is executed. In the winning confirmation process S1310, first, the pattern pattern for each activated line is confirmed, and if any winning combination other than the winning combination has been won, an error process for notifying the occurrence of a winning error is executed. The On the other hand, if only the winning combination is winning, a winning flag corresponding to all winning winning combinations (for example, big bonus winning flag, regular bonus winning flag, cherry winning flag, bell winning flag, watermelon winning flag, A replay winning flag) is set. Further, the number of acquired game balls corresponding to each winning combination won is added within a range not exceeding the maximum number of acquired game balls, so that the number of acquired game balls is finally determined. Further, in the winning confirmation processing S1310, a winning combination command including information on the type of winning combination, a winning line command including information on the type of winning line, and a winning combination error command including information on winning errors are stored in the ring buffer. .

  After the winning confirmation process S1310, a payout command including information on the number of acquired game balls is set ("acquired ball payout process" S1311). After the acquired game ball payout process S1311, a re-game process S1312 is performed. In the re-game process S1312, when the re-game winning flag is set in the winning confirmation process S1310, various processes such as setting the internal state to re-game are performed. Further, a re-game command (a kind of internal state command) indicating that the next game is a re-game is stored in the ring buffer.

  After the re-game process S1312, an accessory operating process S1313 is performed. In the process of operating a bonus item S1313, a process during actives such as a big bonus (BB) combination and a regular bonus (RB) combination is performed. When the internal state is the big bonus game state, control during the small role game, transition control from the small role game to the JAC game, control during the JAC game, transition control from the JAC game to the small role game, and the big bonus Game state end control and the like are performed. The end determination of the big bonus game state is determined by whether or not the total number of game balls acquired during that state is greater than or equal to a predetermined number. When the total number of acquisitions is equal to or greater than the predetermined number of acquisitions, a big bonus end process is performed. On the other hand, when the total number of acquisitions is less than the predetermined number of acquisitions, the big bonus end process is skipped. On the other hand, when the internal state is a regular bonus, control during the JAC game, end control of the regular bonus game state, and the like are performed. The termination condition for the regular bonus is also determined by whether or not the total number of acquisitions is equal to or greater than the predetermined number of acquisitions.

  After the accessory operating process S1313, an accessory operating determination process S1314 is performed. In the bonus operation determining process S1314, a winning flag for the big bonus combination indicating that the big bonus combination is won is set, and a winning flag for the big bonus combination indicating that the big bonus combination is won is set. If so, a process for starting the big bonus is executed ("BB start process"). In addition, when the regular bonus combination winning flag indicating that the regular bonus combination is won is set and the regular bonus winning flag indicating that the regular bonus combination is won is set, the regular bonus combination is set. Is executed ("RB start process").

  A game progress display process S1315 is executed after the accessory operation determination process S1314. In the game progress display processing S1315, when the internal state is a big bonus game state or a regular bonus game state, data for displaying the number of remaining JAC games, the total number of acquired game balls in one big bonus, and the like. Is set. In addition, after the end of the big bonus or regular bonus, the internal state is changed to the specific game state when the winning probability of replay is shifted to a specific game state such as a replay time (“RT”) higher than the normal game state. The specific game state command (a kind of internal state command) indicating the specific game state is set and stored in the ring buffer.

  After the game progress display process S1315, it is determined whether or not the number error flag is set (S1316). If the number error flag is set, the game progress is stopped (“number error process” S1316). ). The number error state is maintained until the reset switch 1038b (see FIGS. 9 and 15) is operated. When the reset switch 1038b is operated, the process returns to the game information clear process S1303, and the game progress is resumed. On the other hand, if the number error flag is not set, the number error process S1316 is skipped and the process returns to the game information clear process S1303.

  A control process executed by the payout control board 1037a will be described. The control processing of the payout control board 1037a is roughly divided into main processing that is activated in response to power recovery by external power supply restart or power switch 1038a being turned on, and interrupt processing that interrupts the main processing. The For convenience of explanation, after describing the interrupt process, the main process will be described. The interrupt process includes a command interrupt process for interrupting in response to reception of various commands from the main control board 1045a and a timer interrupt process that is periodically and repeatedly executed (2 ms in this embodiment). For convenience of explanation, the interrupt process will be described first, followed by the main process.

  First, command interrupt processing will be described. The command interruption process is executed when the payout control board 1037a receives a command from the main control board 1045a. When the command interrupt process is executed, first, the received command is stored in the data buffer for reception ("received command storage process"). After the command reception process, a command reception flag is set (“command reception flag setting process”). When the command reception flag setting process ends, the external interrupt process ends.

  Next, timer interrupt processing will be described. FIG. 30 is a flowchart showing an example of timer interrupt processing of the payout control board 1037a. In the timer interrupt process, as shown in FIG. 31, it is first determined whether or not a command reception flag is set (S3121). When the command reception flag is set, the command stored in the data buffer for reception is read (“command reading process” S3122). After the command reading process S3122, the command reception flag is canceled ("command reception flag cancellation process" S3123). After the command reception flag release processing S3123, it is determined whether or not the read command is a payout command (S3124). If it is a payout command, the number of winning balls (the number of payouts) corresponding to the type of payout command is set in the winning ball number counter (“prize ball number counter setting process” S3125). On the other hand, when the read command is not a payout command, the winning ball number counter setting process S3125 is skipped. When it is determined in the determination process S3121 that the command reception flag is not set, the command reading process S3122 to the prize ball number counter setting process S3125 are skipped.

  Next, the state of the detection signal from the overflow detection switch (not shown) is confirmed, and setting control of the lower pan full state is performed based on the reception state ("lower pan full state setting process" S3126). . Specifically, when the overflow detection switch is continuously detected for about 200 ms, “bottom pan is full”, the lower pan full state is set, and in other cases, the lower pan is full. The full tank state is released.

  After the lower plate full state setting process S3126, the reception state of the game ball detection signal from each ball break detection device 1035b is confirmed, and setting control of the ball presence state is performed based on the reception state (“ball presence state”). Setting process "S3127). Specifically, setting control for the presence of a sphere is performed as follows. First, it is determined whether or not all the game ball detection signals are in the ON state, that is, it is determined whether or not a predetermined number or more of game balls are stored in all of the ball paths 1033d and 1035a. When all the game ball detection signals are in the on state, it is confirmed whether or not the state continues for 2000 ms. When the on-state of the game ball detection signal has elapsed for about 2000 ms, a predetermined number (20 in this embodiment) or more of game balls exist in all the ball passages 1035a, so that a ball presence flag is set. Then, the ball presence state setting process S4007 ends, and if the on state of the gaming ball detection signal has not elapsed about 2000 ms, the ball presence state setting process S3126 ends. On the other hand, when at least one of the game ball detection signals is in the off state, it is determined whether or not the state continues for about 200 ms. Is released and the sphere presence state setting process S3127 ends, and if the state does not continue for about 200 ms, the sphere presence state setting process S3127 ends as it is.

  After the ball presence state setting process S3127, when the state in the lower pan full state setting process S3126 or the ball presence state setting process S3127 is a state to be notified, the state is notified ("state notification process" S3128). . Specifically, in the case of “full of lower tray ball”, the player is informed by the sound from the speakers 1106 and 1204, or the player is informed by the image by the liquid crystal display device 1042. . Further, when the game ball is not stored in the game ball tank 1032 (when the flag with a ball is released), the player is similarly notified of the fact.

  After the state notification process S3128, it is determined whether or not the prize ball payout state is disabled (S3129). The prize ball payout disabled state is a case where a payout of a ball is currently being executed. If the prize ball payout state is not disabled, it is determined whether the value of the prize ball number counter is “0” (S3130). If the value of the prize ball number counter is “0”, there is no game ball to be paid out based on the payout command, so the process proceeds to S 3132, and if the value of the prize ball number counter is not “0”, Since there is a game ball to be paid out based on the payout command, “1” is set in the payout state counter (“payout state counter setting process” S3131). If it is determined in the determination process S3129 that the prize ball cannot be paid out or if the value of the prize ball number counter is “0” in the determination process S3130, the process proceeds to the next process S3132.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the rental ball payout state is disabled (S3132). Note that the rental ball payout disabled state is a case where the payout of the winning ball is currently being executed. If it is not in the lend-out status, it is determined whether or not a lend-out request signal is received from the card unit (S3133). If the rental ball payout request signal has been received, “2” is set in the payout state counter in order to pay out the winning ball (“payout state counter setting process” S3134). On the other hand, when the lending payout request signal is not received, the payout state counter setting process S3134 is skipped. If it is determined in S3132 that the rental ball payout is disabled, the determination process S3133 and the payout state counter setting process S3134 are skipped. Thereafter, a payout timer interrupt execution flag is set ("payout timer interrupt execution flag setting process" S3135).

  The main process in the payout control board 1037a will be described. FIG. 31 is a flowchart showing an example of the main process of the payout control board. In the main process, first, as shown in FIG. 32, various settings are made for a register group around the CPU, an I / O device, and the like ("initial setting process" S3221). After the initial setting process S3221, access to the RAM 1037a3 is permitted ("RAM access permission process" S3222), and an external interrupt vector is set ("external interrupt vector setting process" S3223). After the external interrupt vector setting process S3223, all areas of the RAM 1037a3 are cleared to “0” (S3224), and then initial values are set in the RAM 1037a3 (“RAM initial setting process” S4105), and other peripheral devices of the CPU 37a1. Initial setting is performed ("CPU peripheral device initial setting process" S3226). After the CPU peripheral device initial setting process S3226, the interrupt permission is set (S3227), and the game ball payout process S3228 is repeatedly executed. In a normal game, in response to receiving a payout command from the main control board 1045a, pay out game balls with the number of winning balls based on the type of payout command, and pay out 25 game balls when a lending payout request is made. It is processing to issue.

  Here, the game ball payout process S3228 will be described in detail. FIG. 32 is a flowchart showing an example of the game ball payout process. In the game ball payout process S3228, as shown in FIG. 33, it is first determined whether or not the value of the payout state counter is “0” (S3301). When the payout state counter is “0”, that is, when no payout command is received, it is determined whether or not reception of a count switch signal from the count sensor 33h is detected (S3302). When reception of the count switch signal is detected, processing for outputting the count signal to the main control board 1045a is performed (“count signal output processing” S3303). On the other hand, when the reception of the count switch signal is not detected, the count signal output process S3303 is skipped. If it is determined in the determination process S3301 that the value of the payout state counter is other than “0”, the determination process S3302 and the count signal output process S3303 are skipped.

  Next, it is determined whether or not a sphere presence flag is set (S3304). When the ball presence flag is not set, the game ball payout process S3228 is not performed because the game balls cannot be paid out because a predetermined number or more of the game balls are not stored in the ball passage 1035a of the case rail 1035. finish. On the other hand, when the ball presence flag is set, the process proceeds to S3305 and subsequent steps in order to pay out the game ball.

  If it is determined in the determination processing S3304 that the ball presence flag is set, the value of the payout state counter is confirmed (S3305, S3307), and if the value is neither “1” nor “2”. Since it is not the situation of paying out the game ball, the game ball payout process S3228 ends. When the value of the payout state counter is “1”, the game ball is paid out based on the payout command, so the value of the prize ball number counter is set in the total payout number counter (“total payout number”). Counter setting process "S3306). On the other hand, when the value of the payout state counter is “2”, “25” is set as the value of the total payout number counter (“total payout number counter setting process” S3308). The reason why “25” is set as the value of the total payout number counter is that, in this embodiment, 25 game balls are paid out each time a lending payout request signal is received.

  When the value of the total payout number counter is set in the total payout number counter setting processing S3306, S3308, the first to fourth payout retry flags are set ("retry flag setting processing for all items" S3309). Initial setting is performed so that the payout process is performed for all four ball passages 1033d. After the all-item payout retry flag setting process S3309, the output of the payout signal to the main control board 1045a is started ("payout signal output start process" S3310).

  After the payout signal output start process S3310, it is determined whether or not any payout retry flag is set (S3311). If all the payout retry flags are not set, error processing is executed to It is notified that the payout has become impossible in a state where the ball has not been paid out ("error processing" S3312). The error process S3312 is an infinite loop, and the error can be eliminated by resetting the ball-type spinning gaming machine 10. On the other hand, if any one of the payout retry flags is set, it is determined whether or not the value of the total payout number counter is “0” (S 3313), and if the value of the total payout number counter is “0”. Then, it is determined whether or not the value of the payout state counter is “2” (S3314). If the value of the payout state counter is “2”, a lending end signal is output to the CR unit (“lending end signal output process” S3315). Since the payout is not based on the payout request signal, the loan end signal output process S3315 is skipped. Next, the value of the payout state counter is set to “0” (“payout state counter initialization process” S3316), the output of the payout signal is stopped (“payout signal output stop process” S3328), and the game ball The payout process S3308 ends. When the value of the payout state counter is set to “0”, the winning ball payout is prohibited and the lending payout is prohibited.

  Before the determination process S3313, it is confirmed whether or not the payout retry flag of any of the articles is released. If the payout retry flag is not set even in one of the articles, an abnormality such as a ball clogging occurs. Therefore, error processing may be performed. That is, if even one of the ball paths 1033d of the payout device 1033 is clogged, even if 80 or more game balls are stored in the ball path 1035a of the case rail 1035, the game balls cannot be paid out reliably. In some cases, the game ball can be paid out reliably by urging the user to cancel the abnormality by executing error processing.

  If the value of the total payout number counter is not “0” in the determination process S3313, it is determined whether or not the payout retry flag for all items is set (S3317). If one of the payout retry flags is canceled in the determination process 3317, the payout of the game ball is delayed in any of the articles as will be described later. ("Wait process" S3318), and thereafter, the process proceeds to a payout number distribution process S3319. In this embodiment, the wait time in the wait process S4218 is 80 ms. This wait process S4218 is provided to suppress fluttering of the game ball on the upstream side of the payout passage 1033e when the ball passage 1033d of the game ball is closed by the payout flicker 1033b. Further, it is provided to accurately determine the transient response of the voltage in driving the dispensing solenoid 1033c that operates the dispensing flicker 1033b. On the other hand, when the all-item payout retry flag is set, the process proceeds to the payout number distribution process S3319 without performing the wait process S3318.

  In order to pay out game balls evenly in the four ball passages 1033d from which game balls are paid out, the number of payouts to be paid out by each ball passage is distributed ("paid out number distribution process" S3319). ). After the payout number distribution process S3319, it is determined whether or not a payout timer interrupt execution flag is set (S3320). If the payout timer interrupt execution flag is set, the maximum value “4” is set in the payout item pointer (“payout item pointer maximum value setting process” S3321). After the payout item pointer maximum value setting process S3321, the number of game balls that are distributed to each ball path by the payout number distribution process S3319 and started to be paid out in each ball path 33d are counted and the payout is performed. Is executed (“payout execution process” S3322). After the payout execution process S3322, it is determined whether or not the payout item pointer is the minimum value “1” (S3323). If the payout item pointer is not “1”, the value of the payout item pointer is decreased by “1” (“payout item pointer subtraction process” S3324), and the process returns to the payout execution process S4222. On the other hand, if the payout line pointer is “1”, each payout solenoid 1033c is driven based on each payout solenoid operation flag (“all line payout solenoid operation control process” S3325). Specifically, in each article, when the payout solenoid operation flag is newly set, the payout solenoid 1033c is changed to an on state, and when the payout solenoid operation flag is already set, the payout solenoid 1033c is turned on. When the state is maintained and the payout solenoid operation flag is newly released, the payout solenoid 1033c is changed to an off state, and when the payout solenoid operation flag is already released, the off state of the payout solenoid 1033c is maintained. The

  After all payout solenoid operation control processing S3325 for all items, it is determined whether or not the value of the payout game ball counter for all payouts is “0” (S3326). If all the payout game ball counter values are “0”, the process returns to the determination process S3311. On the other hand, if the value of any payout game ball counter is not “0”, the payout timer interrupt execution flag is canceled (“payout timer interrupt execution flag release process” S3328), and the process returns to the determination process S3320. As described above, the game ball payout process S3228 is realized by the determination process S3301 to the payout signal transmission stop process S3328.

  A control process executed by the sub control board 1047a will be described. The control process of the sub control board 1047a is roughly divided into a main process that is activated when the external power is restored from a power failure or a power is restored by turning on the power, and an interrupt process that interrupts the main process. For convenience of explanation, after describing the interrupt process, the main process will be described. As interrupt processing, there are timer interrupt processing that is internal interrupt processing that periodically interrupts, and command interrupt processing that is external interrupt processing based on command transmission from the main control board 1045a.

  The timer interrupt process is executed with a period of approximately 1 ms. In the timer interrupt processing, first, an interrupt flag is read, and if it is a timer interrupt among various interrupts, the value of the timer interrupt timer counter is updated to a value obtained by adding “1” to the current value (“ Interrupt timer counter update processing ").

  The command interruption process is executed in response to reception of a strobe signal related to command transmission from the main control board 1045a. Since the command transmission in the main control board 1045a is performed with a period of approximately 1.49 ms, this processing is performed with a period of approximately 1.49 ms. In the command interrupt process, various commands transmitted following the strobe signal are received (“command reception process”).

  The main process executed by the sub control board 1047a will be described in detail. FIG. 33 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the main process of the sub control board.

  In the main processing, first, in response to the supply of internal power from the power supply control board 1038 ′, initialization of the sub control board 1047a itself and initialization of peripheral devices such as the liquid crystal display device 1042 connected to the sub control board 1047a are performed. Is performed ("initialization process" S4101). After the initialization process S4201, it is determined whether or not the system state is a voltage drop state (S4102). Here, the system state includes a voltage drop state indicating that the supply voltage is equal to or lower than a predetermined voltage, and an initialization indicating that the sub-control board 1047a and the peripheral device connected to the sub-control board 1047a are being initialized. It implies a state and a normal state indicating that the supply voltage is a predetermined voltage and normal game can be performed. Note that the initialization state is selected during the execution of the initialization process S4101.

  If the system state is not a voltage drop state, it is determined whether or not the value of the interrupt timer counter has changed (S4103). When there is a change in the value of the interrupt timer counter, the value of the interrupt timer counter is updated to a value obtained by subtracting “1” from the current value (“interrupt timer counter update processing” S4104). After the interrupt timer counter update process S4104, a periodic timer process S4105 described later is performed. After the cycle timer process S4105, it is determined whether or not the system state is a voltage drop state (S4106). If the system state is not a voltage drop state, any command from the main control board 1045a is received in the command interrupt process. It is determined whether or not it has been performed (S4107). If a command has been received, the base value of the random number that determines the details of the effect is updated after receiving command confirmation processing S4108 described later ("random number base value update processing" S4109), while the command is received. If not, the received command confirmation process S4108 is skipped and the random number base value update process S4109 is executed. After the random number base value update process S4109, the process returns to the determination process S4102.

  If it is determined in the determination processing S4102 and the determination processing S4106 that the system state is a voltage drop state, register data and stack data are stored in the external RAM ("backup processing" S4110). After the backup process S4110, it is determined whether or not the system state is a voltage drop state (S4111). If the system state is a voltage drop state, the determination process S4111 is repeatedly executed. On the other hand, if it is not in the voltage drop state, it waits for a predetermined time (in this embodiment, 30 ms) to confirm that the cancellation of the voltage drop state is not a malfunction due to noise or the like ("wait process" S4112). After the wait process S4112, it is determined again whether or not the system state is a voltage drop state (S4113). If the system state is a voltage drop state, the process returns to the determination process S4111. On the other hand, if the system state is not a voltage drop state, it is determined that the supply of internal power has been resumed normally, and a process for starting the main process is performed ("start process" S4114). After the startup process S4114, the process returns to the initialization process S4101 and the main process is resumed.

  Here, the received command confirmation processing S4108 will be described in detail. FIG. 34 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a received command confirmation process. In the received command confirmation process S4108, first, the type of the received command is determined (S4201). Specifically, the command identification information included in the upper byte (8 bits) is extracted from the command stored in the reception buffer, and the process proceeds to processing according to the extracted command identification information. When a plurality of commands are stored in the reception buffer, the commands are sequentially processed according to the reception order. In the following, processing according to each command identification information will be described.

  When it is determined in the determination process S4201 that the received command is a stop symbol command, the lower byte information of the stop symbol command is extracted and the stop symbol of each reel is determined based on the information. Based on the combination pattern based on the stop symbol, the type of effect by the various peripheral devices connected to the sub-control board 1047a is selected ("stop symbol command processing" S4202). For example, when two turning cylinders of the left turning cylinder L, the middle turning cylinder M, and the right turning cylinder R are stopped and a predetermined symbol pattern is stopped on at least one effective line, various sound effects are produced. From the predetermined sound effects and various light emission effects, a predetermined light emission effect is selected. As the predetermined symbol pattern, for example, two sets of “7” symbol and “youth” symbol of the same type and “BAR” symbol are listed.

  If it is determined in the determination process S4201 that the received command is an error command such as a payout error command or a throw-in error command, information on the lower bytes of the error command is extracted, and errors by various peripheral devices based on the information are extracted. The type of notification is determined ("error command processing" S4203).

  When it is determined in the determination process S4201 that the received command is an initialization command such as a power recovery command and a reset command, information on the lower byte of the initialization command is extracted, and based on the value of the extracted lower byte The sub-control board 1047a itself and various peripheral devices connected to the sub-control board 1047a are initialized ("initialization command processing" S4204).

  If it is determined in the determination process S4201 that the received command is an internal state command such as a replay command, a big bonus command, or a regular bonus command, information in the lower byte (internal state type) of the internal state command is extracted. Based on the information, the types of effects by various peripheral devices are determined ("Internal state command processing" S4205).

  If it is determined in the determination process S4201 that the received command is a lottery result command such as a big bonus combination winning command, a regular bonus combination winning command, a re-playing player winning command, or a winning command for various small roles, a lottery result command The lower byte information (type of winning combination) is extracted, and the types of effects by various peripheral devices are determined based on the lottery result based on the information and random numbers ("lottery result command processing" S4206).

  If it is determined in the determination process S4201 that the received command is a winning symbol command such as a re-game winning command, a big bonus winning command, a regular bonus winning command, or a winning command for various small roles, the lower byte of the winning symbol command Information (winning symbol type) is extracted, and based on the information, the types of effects by various peripheral devices are determined ("winning symbol command processing" S4207).

  If it is determined in the determination process S4201 that the command is a setting change command, the type of notification by various peripheral devices is determined ("probability setting value process" S4208).

  If it is determined in the determination process S4201 that the received command is a winning line command corresponding to the active line on which the winning symbol pattern is displayed, the information on the lower byte of the winning line command (the type of the winning line) is extracted, Based on the information, the types of effects by various peripheral devices are determined ("winning line command processing" S4209).

  When it is determined in the determination process S4201 that the received command is a rotation rotation information command such as a stop command for various rotation cylinders L, M, and R, information in the lower byte of the rotation rotation information command (stop rotation cylinder) Type) is extracted, and based on the information, the types of effects by various peripheral devices are determined ("rotating cylinder rotation information command process" S4210).

  If it is determined in the determination process S4201 that the received command is an acquired ball number command, information (acquired ball number) of the lower byte of the acquired ball number command is extracted, and effects by various peripheral devices based on the information are extracted. Are determined ("acquired ball number command processing" S4211).

  If it is determined in the determination process S4201 that the received command is a bet command such as a maximum bet command, information (the number of bets) of the lower byte of the bet command is extracted, and effects by various peripheral devices based on the information are extracted. Is determined ("bet command process" S4212).

  If it is determined in the determination process S4201 that the received command is a JAC maximum game number command, information in the lower byte (JAC maximum game number) of the JAC maximum game number command is extracted, and various peripherals are based on the information. The type of effect produced by the device is determined ("JAC maximum game number command process" S4213).

  If it is determined in the determination process S4201 that the received command is a JAC round number command, information of the lower byte (JAC round number) of the JAC round number command is extracted and notified by various peripheral devices based on the information. Is determined ("JAC round number command processing" S4214).

  If it is determined in the determination process S4201 that the received command is a set value command, lower byte information (established set value) of the set value command is extracted, and the types of notification by various peripheral devices based on the information Is determined ("probability setting value information processing" S4215).

  If it is determined in the determination process S4201 that the received command is a ball release command such as an acquired ball payout start command or an award ball acquisition ball payout end command set at the start of payout of the winning ball, the lower order of the ball release command Byte information (numerical value indicating start or end) is extracted, and based on the information, the type of notification and the notification period by various peripheral devices are determined ("ball release command processing" S4216).

  When it is determined in the determination process S4201 that the received command is an effect information command related to the effect determined by the main control board 1045a, information in the lower byte (effect information type) of the effect information command is extracted. Based on the lottery results using the information and random numbers, the types of effects by various peripheral devices are determined (“effect information command processing” S4217).

  If it is determined in the determination process S4201 that the received command is a ball information command such as a bet number command, the lower byte information (final bet number) of the ball information command is extracted, and various peripherals are based on the information. The type of effect produced by the device is determined ("ball information command processing" S4218).

  Here, the periodic timer process S4105 in the main process of the sub control board 1047a will be described in detail. FIG. 35 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a periodic timer process. By executing the timer interrupt process substantially every 1 ms, the periodic timer process S4105 is also executed substantially every 1 ms.

  In the periodic timer process 4105, first, it is confirmed whether or not any command is received from the main control board 1045a within 2 seconds after the execution of the start process S4114 (see FIG. 33), and any command is received from the main control board 1045a. Is not received, it is determined that the main control board 1045a has not been normally activated, and a process of notifying the occurrence of an error is performed ("activation command confirmation process" S4301).

  After the startup command confirmation processing S4301, the liquid crystal display device 1042, the speakers 1106, 1204, and various effect LED cover sections 1104 according to various commands confirmed to be received in the reception command confirmation processing S4108 (see FIG. 34). Actual drive control of a light emitting device (not shown) covered with 1108 and 1110, various light emitting devices 1132 and 1134L1, etc. is performed ("device control process" S4302).

  After the device control process S4302, it is determined whether or not the system state has changed, and an initialization flag indicating the initialization state is set or canceled according to the determination result ("system state change process" S4303). . When the voltage drop flag and the initialization flag are canceled, the system state is regarded as a normal state. After the system state changing process S4303, it is determined whether or not the voltage of the internal power supplied from the power supply board 1038 ′ is equal to or lower than a predetermined voltage. If the internal voltage is equal to or lower than the predetermined voltage, a voltage drop flag is set. If the voltage drop flag is set, the voltage drop flag is set. On the other hand, if the internal voltage is not equal to or lower than the predetermined voltage, the voltage drop flag is released if the voltage drop flag is set ("voltage monitoring process" S4304). . After the voltage monitoring process S4304, the long cycle timer counter is updated to a value obtained by adding the value of the cycle timer counter to the current value ("long cycle timer counter update process" S4305).

  After the long cycle timer counter update processing S4305, it is determined whether or not the value of the long cycle timer counter is “10” or more (S4306). By the determination process S4305, the following processes (S4307 to S4312) are executed approximately every predetermined number of times (in the present embodiment, 10 times) of the periodic timer counter. In this embodiment, since the periodic timer counter is updated approximately every 1 ms, the following processing (S4307 to S4312) is executed approximately every 10 ms.

  If it is determined in the determination process 2402 that the value of the long-period timer counter is less than the specified thinning number (in this embodiment, “10”), this process ends. On the other hand, when the value of the long cycle timer counter is “10” or more, the value of the long cycle timer counter is updated to a value obtained by subtracting the specified thinning number “10” from the current value (“long cycle timer counter”). Specified thinning-out number subtraction process "S4307). After the specified thinning number subtraction process S4307, during the light emission effect or the light emission notification, the light emission unit data constituting the selected light emission effect pattern or the light emission notification pattern is selected, and the selected light emission unit data is for output. Are stored in the data buffer ("light emission data update process" S4308). Here, each light emission effect pattern includes a plurality of light emission unit data. The light emission unit data constituting each light emission effect pattern is stored in the ROM of the sub control board 1047a and is selected in the reception command confirmation processing S4108. The stored light emission unit data is output to a desired light emitting device in device control processing 4302. By repeatedly executing the light emission notification changing process, the light emission unit data is sequentially changed, and a light emission effect or light emission notification of a predetermined light emission pattern is performed.

  After the light emission data update process S4308, a process for synchronizing the display effect, the light emission effect, and the sound effect is performed ("notification synchronization process" S4309).

  After the light emission / acoustic synchronization process S4309, in a situation where an audio effect is being performed, when the player is left for a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds in this embodiment) without any input. The sound volume of the BGM in the sound effects and various special game states is changed to a low sound volume (“acoustic fade-out process” S4310).

  After the acoustic fade-out process S4310, whether or not to shift to demonstration notification (customer waiting effect) is determined for a predetermined time (this embodiment) without any input operation such as a bet operation, a start operation, or a stop operation performed by the player. In this case, the demonstration notification is substantially started when the predetermined time has elapsed ("demonstration notification transition process" S4311). Specifically, in the demonstration notification transition processing S4311, a display notification pattern for performing demonstration notification is selected, and a demonstration flag is set. Here, the demonstration notification pattern is composed of a plurality of light emission notification unit data, similarly to the light emission effect pattern. Demonstration effects are started in a predetermined peripheral device such as the liquid crystal display device 1042.

  After the demonstration notification transition processing S4311, the volume setting of the volume adjustment switch (not shown) in the volume changing operation device (not shown) is confirmed, and the reference volume for the speakers 106 and 204 is updated (“reference volume setting”). Process "S4312).

  In order to control the liquid crystal display device 1042 and the speakers 1106 and 1204 after ending the reference volume setting process S4312 and when it is determined in the determination process S4306 that the value of the long-period timer counter is less than the prescribed thinning-out number. Are updated ("sound / display notification changing process" S4313).

[Main configuration related to the present invention]
The structure of the main characteristic part of the ball-type cylinder game machine 1010 of the present invention will be described. The ball-type spinning gaming machine 1010 has the number of gaming balls to be thrown in cooperation with the first to third throwing systems (gaming ball throwing units 1410a to 1410c: see FIG. 3) substantially simultaneously with the first. The first to third feeding passages 1406a to 1406c (see FIGS. 5 and 6) are used. Since the structure of the input system and the input operation in Articles 1 to 3 are substantially the same, only the first item will be described in detail below.

  As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 7, the ball-type spinning machine 1010 of the present invention includes the first flickering flicker 1413 a (part of an example of the “loading restricting means”) and the first flaking solenoid. 1414a (a part of an example of [input restriction means]), a first upstream element 1415a1 ([upstream detection means]) arranged in the flow direction of a game ball (an example of [game medium]), and A pair of first passage sensors 1415a (an example of [medium detection means]) composed of downstream elements ([downstream detection means]) 1415a2 and an example of a first count sensor 1416a (an example of [auxiliary medium detection means]) Part of).

  The inflow of game balls from the first article storage passage (an example of [input standby passage]) 1402a into the first article insertion passage 1406a is caused by the tip 1413a5 of the first article insertion flicker 1413a being the first article storage passage. By shifting between a prohibition state (see FIG. 5) arranged in the passage near the boundary between 1402a and the first entry passage 1406a and a permission state (see FIG. 7) arranged outside the introduction passage. It is regulated by a change in the passage width of the first entry passage 1406a. The first article storage passage 1402a and the first article insertion passage 1406a are inclined with respect to the horizontal direction, and the game ball is placed in the first entry storage flicker 1413a by its own weight in the introduction permission state of the first article insertion flicker 1413a. It flows from 1402a into the first entry passage 1406a, and then flows down the first entry passage 1406a and is discharged out of the gaming machine. The first entry passage 1406a is substantially the same as the vertical direction and is substantially inclined by 90 degrees with respect to the horizontal direction. In the prohibition state of the first insertion flicker 1413a, the upstream element 1415a1 and the downstream element 1415a2 of the first passage sensor 1415a are disposed on the downstream side of the tip portion 1413a5 of the first insertion flicker 1413a. ing.

  Each of the upstream element 1415a1 and the downstream element 1415a2 of the first article is a photosensor, and includes a light emitting part (not shown) for emitting inspection light and a light receiving part (not shown) for detecting inspection light. The presence of the game ball is detected based on whether or not the inspection light to the light receiving unit is blocked by the game ball. On the other hand, the count sensor 1416a of the first article is a magnetic sensor, and detects the presence of the game ball based on whether or not the induced electromotive voltage accompanying the passage of the game ball is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold and passes at a normal speed. In this case, it is detected whether or not it is made of a substance that generates an induced electromotive voltage that is equal to or higher than a threshold value. As a result, in the case of a regular iron game ball, the game ball is detected, and in the case of a resin-made sphere of the same shape that is cheaper than the iron game ball, the sphere is not detected.

  When the maximum bet switch 1304 is pressed, an ON-state maximum bet signal is output to the main control board 1045a ([unit game start instruction] is input). The main control board 1045a detects the transition of the maximum bet signal from the OFF state to the ON state, determines that the insertion control operation is started (S203: Y), and starts the insertion control operation (S204 to S215).

  Here, the transition of the detection phase will be described almost in time series. In the following, only Article 1 will be described, but the same applies to Article 2 and Article 3. If necessary, the wording of Article 1 may be read as Article 2 or Article 3. FIG. 36 is a timing chart showing a transition example of a detection phase when a joint ball state occurs. FIG. 36A shows a single joint ball state in which two game balls form a joint ball state. FIG. 36 (B) shows a multiple ball state in which three or more game balls form a ball state. FIG. 36B shows a case where three game balls form a continuous ball state. FIG. 37 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of normal phase transition information.

  When a game ball is thrown in when a game ball is thrown in, as shown in FIG. 36 (A) and FIG. 36 (B), the third pass through the first pass phase and the second pass phase from the 0th pass phase. The phase shift to the phase is the same as the case where the ball-joint state does not occur, but after that, the second pass phase, the first pass phase, and the second pass do not return from the third pass phase to the zeroth pass phase. After passing through the phase and the third pass phase at least once in this order, the phase returns to the 0th pass phase. The occurrence of the continuous ball state is detected when the detected phase shifts from the third passing phase to the second passing phase.

  The normal phase transition information is stored in a predetermined continuous area (a kind of [normal phase transition information storage means]) of the ROM 1045a2 of the main control board 1045a. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 37, the phase value “0” as information corresponding to the zeroth passage phase (the zeroth passage phase information) is used as the head address, and the phase value as the first passage phase information. “2”, a phase value “3” as the second passing phase information, and a phase value “1” as the third passing phase information are sequentially stored. In this case, the first bit in each address indicates the ON detection state or OFF detection state of the upstream side element 1415a1, and the 0th bit indicates the ON detection state or OFF detection state of the downstream side element 1415a2. Note that “0” indicates the off detection state, and “1” indicates the on detection state.

  38 and 39 are explanatory diagrams showing in detail the control operation for each interrupt. FIG. 38 shows the case where the detected phase changes according to the normal phase shift pattern, and FIG. The case where a detection phase changes according to a spherical phase shift pattern is shown. When the closing control operation is started (I (0)), the reference phase is set to the first passing phase until the next timer interruption (S310). Specifically, as information for selecting the first reference phase, the first pointer information specifying the second address of the normal phase transition information is held in a predetermined area of the RAM 1045a3. As a result, the reference phase of the first article can be read out as necessary. At this time, the current detection phase and the previous detection phase of the first article are the 0th passing phase. In the column of the detected phase in FIG. 38, the number of the passing phase is shown instead of the phase value. After the first interruption (I (1)), the first charging solenoid 1414a is driven (excited), and the first charging flicker 1413a starts a state transition from the charging prohibited state to the charging permitted state. Accordingly, since the first ball has not yet flowed into the charging passage 1406, the current detection phase of the first article maintains the zeroth passing phase, so the current detection phase of the first article is the previous one of the first article. It is determined that the phase is the same as the detection phase (S402: Y). Thereafter, until the game ball is detected by the upstream element 1415a1, the current detection phase and the previous detection phase of the first article maintain the 0th passing phase, and after the p-1th interruption from the second interruption. In step S402, it is determined that the current detection phase of the first article is the same as the previous detection phase (S402: Y).

  In the p-th interruption (I (p)), when the first upstream element 1415a1 detects the first sphere, the current detection phase of the first article is updated to the first passing phase. The previous detection phase in Article 1 is not updated. Therefore, in the p-th interruption, the current detection phase of Article 1 is different from the previous detection phase of Article 1 (S402: N), and the current detection phase of Article 1 is the same as the reference phase of Article 1. It is determined whether there is any. In this determination, it is determined that the current detection phase of the first article and the reference phase of the first article are the same (S413: Y). Since the phase shift is normal, the first reference phase is updated to the second passing phase (S414), and the closing control operation continues. In updating the reference phase, specifically, it is determined whether or not the address pointed to by the pointer information of the first article is a tail address. In this case, since it is not the tail address, The address pointed to by the pointer information is incremented by “1”. As a result, the pointer information of the first article points to the address where the second passing phase information is stored. When the first ball is the final ball, the driving (excitation) of the first throwing solenoid 1414a is stopped, and the first throwing flicker 1413a shifts from the throwing permission state to the throwing prohibition state. Start. Thereafter, in the interrupt of the (p + 1) th to the (q-1) th interrupt until the first sphere is detected by the downstream element 1415a2 of the first article, the current detection phase and the previous detection phase of the first article are the first passing phase. (S402: Y), the input control operation continues.

  In the q-th interruption (I (q)), when the first downstream element 1415a2 detects the first sphere, the current detection phase of the first article is updated to the second passing phase. The previous detection phase in Article 1 is not updated. Therefore, in the q-th interruption, the current detection phase of Article 1 is different from the previous detection phase of Article 1 (S402: N), and the current detection phase of Article 1 is the same as the reference phase of Article 1. It is determined whether there is any. In this determination, it is determined that the current detection phase of the first article and the reference phase of the first article are the same (S413: Y). Since this phase shift is a normal phase shift, the reference phase of the first article is updated to the third passing phase (S414), and the making control operation is continued. In addition, from the q + 1-th interrupt to the (r-1) -th interrupt, the first control phase and the previous detection phase of the first article maintain the second passing phase (S402: Y), and the making control operation continues.

  Similarly, in the r-th interruption (I (r)), when the first sphere is no longer detected by the first upstream element 1415a1, the current detection phase of the first article is updated to the second passing phase. The previous detection phase in Article 1 is not updated. Therefore, in the r-th interruption, the current detection phase of Article 1 is different from the previous detection phase of Article 1 (S402: N), and the current detection phase of Article 1 is the same as the reference phase of Article 1. It is determined whether there is any. In this determination, it is determined that the current detection phase of the first article and the reference phase of the first article are the same (S413: Y). Since this phase shift is a normal phase shift, the first reference phase is updated to the 0th pass phase (S414), and the making control operation continues. In updating the reference phase, the address pointed to by the first article pointer information is the tail address where the normal phase transition information is stored, so the address pointed to by the first article pointer information is stored as the normal phase transition information. Set to the first address. In addition, from the r + 1th interrupt to the s-1th interrupt, the current control phase and the previous detection phase of the first article maintain the third passing phase (S402: Y), and the making control operation continues.

  In the s-th interruption (I (s)), when the first sphere is no longer detected by the first downstream element 1415a2, the current detection phase of the first article is updated to the zeroth passing phase. The previous detection phase in Article 1 is not updated. Therefore, in the s-th interruption, the current detection phase of Article 1 is different from the previous detection phase of Article 1 (S402: N), and the current detection phase of Article 1 is the same as the reference phase of Article 1. It is determined whether there is any. In this determination, it is determined that the current detection phase of the first article and the reference phase of the first article are the same (S413: Y). Since this phase shift is a normal phase shift, the first reference phase is updated to the first passing phase (S414), and the making control operation continues. In addition, since the normal phase shift pattern makes a round due to the phase shift from the third pass phase to the 0th pass phase, the total number of inputs is increased by 1, and the number of remaining inputs in the first article is decreased by 1. Further, in the interruption from the s + 1th interruption until the second sphere is detected by the first upstream element 1415a1, the current detection phase and the previous detection phase of the first article maintain the 0th passing phase. (S402: Y), the input control operation continues. Thereafter, the same processing as described above is repeated, and the insertion control operation continues until the same number of gaming balls as the number of permitted insertions in the first article are completed.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 39, in the s-th interruption (I (s)), before the first sphere is not detected by the downstream element 1415a2 of the first sphere, the second sphere is When detected by the upstream element 1415a1, it is determined whether the current detection phase of the first article is the same as the reference phase of the first article, but the current detection phase of the first article is the previous passing phase of the first article. Therefore, it is determined that they are not the same (S414: N). Next, refer to Article 1 so that the possibility of the occurrence of a continuous ball state is determined and phase shift patterns other than the normal phase shift pattern and the continuous ball phase shift pattern are not determined to be normal phase shift transitions. It is determined whether the phase is the 0th pass phase. In addition, you may determine by the last detection phase of 1st article | item being a 3rd passage phase. In this case, it is determined that the first reference phase is the 0th pass phase (S415: Y). Thereafter, in order to determine the occurrence of the ball-joining state, it is determined whether or not the current detection phase of the first article is the second passing phase, and it is determined that the current detection phase of the first article is the second passing phase. (S416: Y). Thereafter, the first reference phase is set to the first passing phase (S417). Thereafter, in the interruption from the s + 1th to the t−1th interruption, the making control operation is continued in order to maintain the second detection phase and the current detection phase of the first article (S402: Y).

  In the t-th interruption (I (t)), when the first sphere is not detected by the first downstream element 1415a2 while the second sphere is detected by the first upstream element 1415a1, One current detection phase is updated to the second passing phase. The previous detection phase in Article 1 is not updated. Therefore, in the t-th interruption, the current detection phase of Article 1 is different from the previous detection phase of Article 1 (S402: N), and the current detection phase of Article 1 is the same as the reference phase of Article 1. It is determined whether there is any. In this determination, it is determined that the current detection phase of the first article and the reference phase of the first article are the same (S413: Y). Since this phase shift is a normal phase shift, the reference phase of the first article is updated to the second passing phase (S414), and the making control operation is continued. Further, in the interrupt from the (t + 1) -th interrupt to the (u-1) -th interrupt, the closing control operation continues in order to maintain the first detection phase and the previous detection phase of the first article (S402: Y).

  In the u-th interruption (I (u)), when the second sphere is no longer detected by the first upstream element 1415a1, the current detection phase of the first article is updated to the second passing phase. The previous detection phase in Article 1 is not updated. Therefore, in the u-th interruption, the current detection phase of Article 1 is different from the previous detection phase of Article 1 (S402: N), and the current detection phase of Article 1 is the same as the reference phase of Article 1. It is determined whether there is any. In this determination, it is determined that the current detection phase of the first article and the reference phase of the first article are the same (S413: Y). Since this phase shift is a normal phase shift, the reference phase of the first article is updated to the second passing phase (S414), and the making control operation is continued. Further, in the interrupt from the (u + 1) -th interrupt to the (w-1) -th interrupt, the closing control operation is continued in order to maintain the second detection phase and the previous detection phase of the first article (S402: Y).

  In the v-th interruption (I (v)), when the second sphere is no longer detected by the first upstream element 1415a1, the current detection phase of the first article is updated to the third passing phase. The previous detection phase in Article 1 is not updated. Therefore, in the v-th interruption, the current detection phase of Article 1 is different from the previous detection phase of Article 1 (S402: N), and the current detection phase of Article 1 is the same as the reference phase of Article 1. It is determined whether there is any. In this determination, it is determined that the current detection phase of the first article and the reference phase of the first article are the same (S413: Y). Since this phase shift is a normal phase shift, the reference phase of the first article is updated to the second passing phase (S414), and the making control operation is continued. In addition, from the (v + 1) -th interrupt to the (w-1) -th interrupt, the current control phase and the previous detection phase of the first article maintain the third passing phase (S402: Y), and the making control operation continues.

  In the w-th interruption (I (w)), when the second sphere is not detected by the first downstream element 1415a2, the current detection phase of the first article is updated to the second passing phase. The previous detection phase in Article 1 is not updated. Therefore, in the w-th interruption, the current detection phase of Article 1 is different from the previous detection phase of Article 1 (S402: N), and the current detection phase of Article 1 is the same as the reference phase of Article 1. It is determined whether there is any. In this determination, it is determined that the current detection phase of the first article and the reference phase of the first article are the same (S413: Y). Since this phase shift is a normal phase shift, the first reference phase is updated to the first passing phase (S414), and the making control operation continues. Note that the regular phase shift pattern shown in FIG. 25 has made a round because the phase shift from the third passing phase to the zeroth passing phase of the current detection phase of this Article 1 makes a round. As in the case, the total number of inputs is increased by 1, and the number of remaining inputs in Article 1 is decreased by 1. In the interruption from the w + 1th interruption until the third ball is detected by the first upstream element 1415a1, the current detection phase and the previous detection phase of the first article maintain the 0th passing phase (S402). : Y), the closing control operation continues. After that, the same processing as in the case shown in FIG. 39 or the case shown in FIG. 38 is repeated, and the insertion control operation continues until the same number of gaming balls as the number of permitted insertions in the first article are completed.

  Although only the case where the current detection phase of the first article is determined to be a normal transition transition has been described with reference to FIGS. 38 and 39, the detection phase of the first article is the normal phase transition pattern illustrated in FIG. When two or more game balls transition according to a phase transition pattern different from the continuous ball phase transition pattern in the case of forming a continuous ball state, it is determined that a passing order error occurs when the phase transition deviates from those phase transition patterns. Then, error processing is executed (S418).

  In the above description, the transition of the detection phase in the first article has been described, but the same control in the second and third articles is executed substantially in parallel and independently. In addition, in the throwing control operations in Article 2 and Article 3, the same normal phase transition information is referred to in common with the throwing control operation in Article 1. However, since the pointer information is held separately, Separately, reference phase selection control can be performed.

  In the ball-type spinning machine 1010 of this embodiment, it is determined that the throwing operation is normal and the throwing control operation is performed only when the detected phase is the same phase shift pattern as the normal phase shift pattern or the continuous ball shift pattern. If it is another phase transition pattern different from any of them, it can be determined that the input is abnormal, the input control operation can be stopped, and error processing can be performed. Thereby, the number of game balls to be thrown can be smoothly thrown in without fraudulent acts using fraud throwing tools or the like.

  Further, in the ball-type spinning game machine 1010 of this embodiment, when a continuous ball state occurs, two game balls are actually thrown in, but it is regarded as throwing in one game medium. Thus, the timing of shifting the input flickers 1413a to 1413c from the inflow permission state to the inflow prohibition state can be limited to the transition to the first passage phase, so that the processing program of the input control operation can be simplified and the processing load can be reduced. If a game ball thrown in a continuous ball state is considered to be two game balls thrown, according to the phase shift from the third pass phase to the second pass phase, which is different from the case of following the normal phase shift pattern. The input flickers 1413a to 1413c must be shifted from the input permission state to the input prohibition state. This is because a case where the succeeding ball becomes the final ball among the two game balls thrown in the continuous ball state occurs, and when the upstream side elements 1415a1 to 1415c1 start detecting the succeeding ball, the throwing flicker 1413a. This is because it is necessary to shift ˜1413c from the input permission state to the input prohibition state.

  In addition, since the ball-type spinning machine 1010 of this embodiment has a configuration in which only normal phase transition information that defines a normal phase transition pattern is stored, a continuous ball phase that defines a continuous ball phase transition pattern. The processing program of the making control operation can be simplified as compared with the case where the transition information is stored individually, and the processing load can be reduced as compared with the case where a plurality of types of phase transition information are selectively referred to.

  Further, in the ball-type spinning game machine 1010 of this embodiment, when a continuous ball state occurs, it is considered that a single game ball is inserted, so that all game balls thrown in the continuous ball state are played. The swallowing of the game ball can be reduced as compared with the case where the ball is not considered to be thrown in.

  Further, in the ball-type spinning game machine 1010 according to the present embodiment, the game balls are individually controlled in each of the three distribution input passages, and the game media are cooperated in the plurality of distribution input passages. In order to perform the insertion, the number of game balls to be inserted (the number of allowed inputs) can be inserted at high speed.

  Further, in the case of the ball-type spinning game machine 1010 of this embodiment, when the number of auxiliary inputs measured by the count sensors 1416a to 1416c is equal to or less than the total number of inputs already measured by the passage sensors 1415a to 1415c, In order to stop the progress of the game by determining that the number of thrown-in errors, measures against fraudulent acts can be strengthened.

  In the above, the case where an arbitrary number of game balls form a continuous ball state has been described, but when a predetermined number forms a continuous ball state, that is, a second passing phase as shown in FIG. The number of repetitions (multiplicity) of the transition transition of the order of the first pass phase, the second pass phase, and the third pass phase may be limited.

  Here, the example of a change which restrict | limits multiplicity is demonstrated. FIG. 40 is a flowchart for explaining an example of change in the closing control operation. Note that FIG. 40 shows only the part related to the determination of the normal phase shift, which is different from the first article input control process S318 shown in FIG. 26, and points A, B and C in FIG. , Meaning the same place as point A, point B and point C in FIG. In the first entry control process of this variation, the multiplicity determination process S2105, the multisphere multiplicity update process S2108 for counting the multiplicity, and the multiplicity setting process for setting the allowable multiplicity (not shown) Except for including, the case shown in FIG. 26 is the same.

  In this variation, the type of continuous ball phase shift pattern that is considered to be normal input is limited by monitoring the multiplicity of the joint ball and limiting the multiplicity. In FIG. 26, for example, in the continuous ball multiplicity setting process added between the determination process S428 after the affirmative determination (S419: Y) in the determination process S419, the continuous ball multiplicity is set to a predetermined maximum multiplicity. As shown in FIG. 40, in this variation, the phase shift of the current detection phase that changes from the third pass phase to the second pass phase from the state in which the multi-ball multiplicity is set to the maximum multiplicity is detected. Each time (S2102: Y), the multiplicity of the ball is reduced by “1” (S2108). In addition, when the phase shift from the third passing phase is detected after the multisphere multiplicity becomes “0” (S2504: Y), the multisphere multiplicity exceeds the allowable multiplicity. (S2105: Y), passage order error processing S2509 is executed. It should be noted that flag information (for example, 1-bit information) can also be used in the case of limiting to a continuous ball state with two game balls.

[Second Embodiment]
The ball-type spinning game machine according to the second embodiment has a continuous ball phase transition pattern in the first embodiment (hereinafter referred to as the first continuous ball phase transition pattern for convenience, and the continuous ball state according to the pattern is the first. In addition to the continuous ball state, the second continuous ball phase transition pattern is regarded as a normal input. In the following, only differences from the first embodiment will be described in detail, and descriptions of common parts will be omitted.

  First, the second continuous ball phase shift pattern (a kind of [additional continuous ball phase shift transition]) will be described. In the following, the continuous ball phase transition pattern in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 38 is referred to as a first continuous ball phase transition pattern for convenience. FIG. 41A is a timing chart showing changes in the detection phase according to the second continuous ball phase transition pattern.

  When a second ball state (when the second ball phase transition pattern is shown) different from the first ball state (the state showing the first ball phase transition pattern) occurs when the game ball is inserted As shown in FIG. 43, the phase shift from the 0th pass phase to the 3rd pass phase through the 1st pass phase and the 2nd pass phase is the same as the case where the ball-joint state does not occur. Thereafter, the first pass phase, the second pass phase, and the third pass phase are returned to the zeroth pass phase without returning from the third pass phase to the zeroth pass phase. Accordingly, when the detected phase shifts from the third passing phase to the first passing phase, the occurrence of the second continuous ball state is detected. Note that the two game balls forming the second connected ball state are assumed to be the preceding ball and the following ball, and the upstream elements 1415a1 to 1415c1 are substantially simultaneously detected when the downstream elements 1415a2 to 1415c2 are detected. This is an extremely rare case where detection of the following sphere is started. However, as long as there is a possibility of the occurrence of the first continuous ball state, the second continuous ball state may necessarily occur although its occurrence frequency is extremely low. FIG. 43 shows a case of a single ball state in which the first ball state is formed by two game balls. However, similarly to the case shown in FIG. A multi-joint state may be used in which the two-pass phase and the third pass phase are repeated a plurality of times in this order.

  A throw-in control process in the ball-type spinning machine of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 42 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the first article insertion control process of the present embodiment. Note that FIG. 42 shows only the part related to the determination of the normal phase shift, which is different from the first article insertion control process S318 shown in FIG. 26, and points A, B and C in FIG. , Meaning the same place as point A, point B and point C in FIG. In the first entry control process of this embodiment, except for further including a determination process S2408 and a reference phase resetting process S2409, the determination process S402 to the reference phase resetting process S419 and the passing order error process S435 shown in FIG. Is the same process.

  If the current detection phase is not the second passing phase (S1406: N), it is not the occurrence of the first continuous ball state, so it is determined whether or not the second continuous ball state has occurred (S2208). . It is confirmed that the phase shift is not in accordance with the normal phase shift pattern (S2203: N). Specifically, in this determination, it is determined that the second connected ball state has occurred when the current detection phase is the first passing phase. If it is determined in this determination that the state is not the second continuous ball state, there is no permissible type of phase transition, and therefore the same pass order error process S2211 as the pass order error process S418 (FIG. 26) is executed. The On the other hand, when the second continuous ball state is generated, the reference phase is set to the first passing phase which is the second passing phase of the second partial continuous ball phase transition pattern (S2209).

  In the case of the ball-type spinning machine of this embodiment, the detected phase becomes the same phase transition pattern as the second continuous ball phase transition pattern in addition to the normal phase transition pattern and the first continuous ball phase transition pattern. Only when it is determined that the input is normal, the input control operation is continued, and when the phase shift pattern is different from any of them, it is determined that the input is abnormal and the input control operation is stopped and error processing is performed. be able to. As a result, even in the second continuous ball state, which is extremely low in frequency compared to the first continuous ball state, it is possible to prevent an error process from being performed due to the occurrence of the game ball being stopped due to the occurrence. In addition, the number of game balls to be thrown can be thrown more smoothly without neglecting countermeasures against fraudulent acts using fraud throwing tools.

  In addition, in the case of the ball-type spinning machine of this embodiment, since only the normal phase transition information that defines the normal phase shift pattern is stored, the first continuous ball phase shift pattern and the second It is possible to simplify the processing program of the throw-in control operation than in the case of the configuration that individually stores the continuous ball phase transition information that defines the continuous ball phase transition pattern, and more than to selectively refer to multiple types of phase transition information. Processing load can be reduced.

  It may be a case where the combined continuous ball phase shift pattern shown in FIG. 36 or 41 is repeated in a mixed continuous ball phase shift pattern. For example, as a compound continuous ball phase pattern, a non-pass phase → first pass phase → second pass phase → third pass phase → [(second pass phase → first pass phase → second pass phase → third pass phase ) OR (first passing phase → second passing phase → third passing phase)] n → non-passing phase ”. [(Second pass phase → first pass phase → second pass phase → third pass phase) OR (first pass phase → second pass phase → third pass phase)] n is (second pass phase → second pass phase 1 pass phase → second pass phase → third pass phase) or (first pass phase → second pass phase → third pass phase) is repeated n times. However, n is an arbitrary integer of 2 or more.

  In the above description, the case where an arbitrary number of game balls form a continuous ball state has been described. However, as described as a variation of the first embodiment, only a predetermined number of game balls form a continuous ball state. Also good. Specifically, for example, a configuration that limits only the number of repetitions of (second pass phase → first pass phase → second pass phase → third pass phase), (first pass phase → second pass phase → third The configuration that limits only the number of repetitions of (passing phase), the number of repetitions of (second passing phase → first passing phase → second passing phase → third passing phase) and (first passing phase → second passing phase → third) A configuration that limits both the number of repetitions of (pass phase), (second pass phase → first pass phase → second pass phase → third pass phase) or (first pass phase → second pass phase → third pass phase) ) To limit the total number of repetitions. One of (second pass phase → first pass phase → second pass phase → third pass phase) or (first pass phase → second pass phase → third pass phase) is repeated only once. It can also be limited to cases.

  Here, the total number of repetitions of (second pass phase → first pass phase → second pass phase → third pass phase) or (first pass phase → second pass phase → third pass phase) is limited. Will be described. FIG. 43 is a flowchart for explaining a change example of the making control operation. Note that FIG. 43 shows only the part related to the determination of the normal phase shift that is different from the first article insertion control process S318 shown in FIG. 26, and points A, B, and C in FIG. , Meaning the same place as point A, point B and point C in FIG. In the first entry control process of this variation, a multiplicity determination process S2305, a continuous multiplicity update process S2308 for counting multiplicity, and a multiplicity setting process for setting an allowable multiplicity (not shown) Except for including, the case shown in FIG. 26 is the same.

  In the above description, the case where each phase information defining the normal phase shift pattern is held in the unit memory area has been described. However, a part of the bit area of the unit memory area may be used. For example, the 0th pass phase information is stored as 2-bit information of the 7th and 6th bits, and similarly, the 1st pass phase information is the 2nd bit information of the 5th and 4th bits, and the 2nd pass phase information is the 3rd And 2 bit information of the 2nd bit and 2 bit information of the 1st and 0th bits. In this case, information (mask information) for specifying predetermined bit information may be used instead of or in addition to the information for specifying the address of the unit memory. Similarly, a case has been described in which each piece of phase information defining a continuous ball phase shift pattern is held in the unit memory area, but it may be a partial bit area of the unit memory area. Further, although the case where the pointer information of each item is held in the unit memory area has been described, it may be a bit area that is a part of the unit memory area.

  In this variation, the type of continuous ball phase shift pattern that is considered to be normal input is limited by monitoring the multiplicity of the joint ball and limiting the multiplicity. In FIG. 26, for example, in the continuous ball multiplicity setting process added between the determination process S428 after the affirmative determination (S419: Y) in the determination process S419, the continuous ball multiplicity is set to a predetermined maximum multiplicity. As shown in FIG. 40, in this variation, the phase shift of the current detection phase that changes from the third pass phase to the second pass phase from the state in which the multi-ball multiplicity is set to the maximum multiplicity is detected. Each time (S2302: Y), the multiply multiplicity is decreased by “1” (S2308). In addition, when the phase shift from the third passing phase is detected after the multisphere multiplicity becomes “0” (S2504: Y), the multisphere multiplicity exceeds the allowable multiplicity. (S2305: Y), passage order error processing S2509 is executed.

  In the above, the case where the present invention is applied to a ball-type spinning game machine has been described. However, the present invention can also be applied to a medal-type spinning machine.

  The present invention is suitable for a gaming machine such as a swivel type gaming machine.

1045a: Main control board 1045a2: ROM
1045a3: RAM
1114: Minimum Bet Button Switch 1124: Start Lever Switch 1304: Maximum Bet Button Switch 1402: Storage Path 1406: Input Path 1410a, 1410b, 1410c: Game Ball Input Parts 1413a, 1413b, 1413c: Input Flicker 1414a, 1414b, 1414c: Input Solenoid 1415a, 1415b, 1415c: Passing sensor 1415a1, 1415b1, 1415c1: Upstream element 1415a2, 1415b3, 1415c2: Downstream element 1416a, 1416b, 1416c: Count sensor

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A flow control means for controlling the flow of a predetermined number of game media in a predetermined path, an upstream detection means for detecting a game medium flowing down the predetermined path, and a downstream side of the predetermined path from the upstream detection means A game machine including medium detection means including downstream detection means for detecting game media,
A state in which no game medium is detected by both the upstream side detection means and the downstream side detection means, a game medium is detected by the upstream side detection means, and a game medium is detected by the downstream side detection means. There is no first detection state, a game medium is detected by both the upstream detection means and the downstream detection means, and a second detection state where no game medium is detected by the upstream detection means and the downstream detection Through the third detection state in which the game medium is detected by the means in this order, the state change of the medium detection means that becomes the non-detection state is a normal state change,
From the non-detection state to the first detection state, the second detection state, the third detection state, the second detection state, the first detection state, the second detection state, and the third detection state in this order. Through, the state change of the medium detection means that becomes the non-detection state as an allowable state change,
The flow-down control means temporarily prohibits the flow of game media in the predetermined passage when the medium detection means shifts from the third detection state to the second detection state,
When the state change of the medium detection means is the normal state change, the number of downflows is counted as the flow of one game medium in the predetermined passage, and the state change of the medium detection means is the allowable state change A flow number counting means for counting the flow number as the flow of at least one game medium in the predetermined passage.
A gaming machine characterized by that.

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