JP2015204913A - Game machine and game board - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve design ability.SOLUTION: A game area 16 has a winning hole unit 45 comprising: a winning part 33 on which a startup winning hole 28 is opened; a guide part 46 having guide surfaces 46a which are formed into down grades and which are disposed on both sides of the winning part 33; a take-in part 47 for taking a game ball guided by the guide part 46 to out holes 43, 44. The winning hole unit 45 distributes the game balls which did not enter any one of the winning holes to left and right areas of the game area 16 by the guide surfaces 46a, and makes the game balls reach the out holes 43, 44 disposed on the left and right areas. The winning hole unit 45 can define a non-flow down area 57 where the game balls do not flow down, on a lower side of the winning hole unit 45, so that the non-flow down area 57 can be used as a decorative area. For example, the non-flow down area 57 has a three-dimensional decorative member 58.

Description

  The present invention relates to a game board having a game area in which game balls can flow down, and a game machine equipped with the game board.

  A gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine includes a gaming board having a gaming area in which gaming balls can flow down (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2). In the game area of the game board, various parts related to the game such as a winning opening such as a start winning opening and a big winning opening, and a display device for displaying a symbol variation game are arranged. In the game area, out-of-game outlets for discharging game balls that have not been won in the winning opening out of the game balls launched in the gaming area are arranged. The out port is located at the lowermost position on the board surface of the game board.

JP 2013-255721 A JP 2014-4033 A

  By the way, the game board is a part that becomes a main player of the pachinko game, and is a part that a player in the game pays attention to. For this reason, the game board needs to be devised to improve the design by drawing a character image on the board surface or applying various decorations to various parts arranged in the game area.

  An object of the present invention is made by paying attention to the problems existing in the prior art, and an object thereof is to provide a gaming machine and a gaming board capable of improving the design.

  A gaming machine that solves the above problems includes a gaming board having a gaming area in which gaming balls can flow down, and the gaming area includes a plurality of winning holes and an outlet for discharging gaming balls that have not won the winning holes. And a winning opening unit having a specific winning opening, and the winning opening unit includes at least one of a winning portion in which the specific winning opening is opened and left and right of the game area. A guiding part having a descending guiding surface for rolling the game ball in the direction of and guiding it to the out port, and a take-in unit for taking the game ball guided by the guiding unit into the out port The winning portion is located on the upstream side of the guiding portion, and the take-in portion is located on the downstream side of the guiding portion.

  In the gaming machine described above, the out-port is located on each of the left and right sides of the game area across the winning portion, and the specific winning port enters a game ball when establishing the start condition of the symbol variation game. It is a start winning opening for making a ball, and the guiding part and the taking-in part are preferably located on both sides of the winning part.

  In the above gaming machine, the take-in portion receives the game ball rolling on the guide surface and guides it to the out port, and protrudes upward from the ball receiving surface and faces the out port. And an opposing wall.

In the above gaming machine, the facing wall may be a transparent member.
In the above gaming machine, the take-in portion has a ball receiving surface that receives the game ball rolling on the guide surface and guides it to the out port, and the guide surface and the ball receiving surface are stepped. It is good to be connected.

  A game board that solves the above problems has a game area on which the game balls can flow down, and the game area includes a plurality of winning holes and an outlet that discharges game balls that have not won the winning holes. A winning opening unit having a specific winning opening, and the winning opening unit includes a winning portion in which the specific winning opening is opened and at least one of the left and right directions of the gaming area. A guiding portion having a guiding surface with a downward slope for rolling the gaming ball to the out-port and a take-in portion for taking the game ball guided by the guiding portion into the out-port, and A three-dimensional decoration in which the winning portion is located on the upstream side of the guiding portion, the take-in portion is located on the downstream side of the guiding portion, and a three-dimensional decoration is provided on the board area located below the guiding portion. The member is arranged.

  In the gaming board described above, an opening that can be used as an out-out opening is provided in the lowermost part of the board surface area, and the opening is preferably closed by a closing member.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to improve design properties.

The front view of a pachinko machine. The front view of a game board. The partial cross section figure of a winning part. The enlarged front view of the game board around a prize opening unit. The perspective view of a prize mouth unit. The top view of a prize mouth unit. The enlarged front view of an intake part. 7-7 sectional view. (A) is an enlarged view showing the periphery of the out mouth of a game board in another example, (b) is an enlarged view showing a state in which an opening that can be used as an out mouth in another example is closed.

Hereinafter, an embodiment embodied in a pachinko gaming machine will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 1, on the front side of the opening of the outer frame 11 that forms the outer shell of the pachinko gaming machine 10, a vertical rectangular middle frame 12 for setting various game components is assembled in an open and detachable manner. In addition, a front frame 13 is assembled to the front side of the middle frame 12 so as to be openable and detachable. The front frame 13 has a substantially circular window 14 when viewed from the front. The back side of the front frame 13 protects the game board 15 disposed inside the machine and supports a glass of a size covering the window 14 (not shown). The glass support frame is assembled so as to be detachable and tiltable. Thereby, the player can visually recognize the game area 16 of the game board 15 from the front of the pachinko gaming machine 10 through the front frame 13. The game area 16 is an area where game balls can flow down.

  Further, below the pachinko gaming machine 10, there is disposed an operation handle 18 that is operated by the player when the game balls stored in the ball tray 17 are launched into the game area 16. The strength of the launch of the game ball launched into the game area 16 is set according to the amount of operation of the operation handle 18. For example, the game ball increases in firing strength as the operation amount of the operation handle 18 increases, and easily reaches the right side of the game area 16 and easily flows down on the right side. On the other hand, the game ball is reduced in firing strength as the operation amount of the operation handle 18 is reduced, and easily reaches the left side of the game area 16 and easily flows down the left side.

  As shown in FIG. 2, an outer rail member 20, an inner rail member 21, and a corner decoration member 22 are disposed on the board surface of the game board 15. 23 is defined. As will be described later, the game board 15 of this embodiment includes a game area 16 in which a game ball flows down in a part of the board surface area 23. In addition, a launch passage 24 is defined between the outer rail member 20 and the inner rail member 21 to guide a game ball launched by operating the operation handle 18. The launched game ball is guided through the launch passage 24 and reaches the game area 16 by passing through the reverse prevention valve 25 positioned at the tip of the inner rail member 21.

  In the game area 16, a center accessory 26 with various decorations is attached, and a display device 27 having, for example, a liquid crystal image display unit is attached to a set opening 26 a opened in the center accessory 26. Has been. Various effects such as a symbol variation game using decorative symbols are displayed on the image display unit of the display device 27.

The game area 16 is provided with a plurality of winning holes through which game balls can enter. The winning awards include start winning awards 28 and 29, a grand prize award 30 and a normal award 31.
The start winning opening 28 is a winning opening through which a game ball is inserted when the start condition of the symbol variation game is established. In this embodiment, the start winning opening 28 is located below the center bonus 26 and is always open so that a game ball can be entered. In this embodiment, the start winning opening 28 is located on the center line L1 that bisects the game area 16 in the left-right direction. Positioning on the center line L1 is not limited to the case where the center line L1 coincides with the center line of the start winning opening 28, and even if the center line L1 is shifted from the center line L1 of the starting winning opening 28, It is only necessary that the center lines L1 overlap. In the game board 15 of this embodiment, the center line L1 deviates from the center line L2 that bisects the game board 15 in the left-right direction.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the start winning opening 28 is opened to a winning portion 33 having a discharge path 32 through which the game ball that has entered the ball is discharged to the back side of the game board 15. In the middle of the discharge path 32, a sensor or switch for detecting a game ball that has entered the ball is disposed. In this embodiment, the start winning opening 28 opened in the winning portion 33 is the specific winning opening.

  The start winning opening 29 is a winning opening through which a game ball is inserted when the start condition of the symbol variation game is established. In this embodiment, the start winning opening 29 is located in the area on the right side of the game area 16. The start winning opening 29 allows a game ball to enter or is easy to enter when an opening / closing blade (ordinary electric accessory) 34 opens when a predetermined condition is established (when a normal symbol is won). To be released. On the other hand, the start winning opening 29 is closed so that the opening and closing blades 34 cannot enter the game ball or difficult to enter due to the closing operation. The open / close blade 34 operates by receiving power from an actuator (such as a solenoid or a motor). The area on the right side of the game area 16 is an area on the right side of the center line L1 when the game board 15 is viewed from the front as shown in FIG. Incidentally, the left area of the game area 16 is an area on the left side of the center line L1 when the game board 15 is viewed from the front as shown in FIG.

  The big winning opening 30 is a winning opening through which a game ball is inserted when the payout condition of the winning ball is established. In this embodiment, the special winning opening 30 is an area on the right side of the game area 16 and is located below the start winning opening 29. The big winning opening 30 is opened so that a game ball can be entered by opening the big winning opening door 35 when the winning lottery is won. On the other hand, the special winning opening 30 is closed so that the special winning entry door 35 cannot enter the game ball by performing the closing operation. The special prize opening door 35 operates by receiving power from an actuator (solenoid, motor, etc.) (not shown).

  The normal winning opening 31 is a winning opening through which a game ball is inserted when a payout condition for winning balls is established. In this embodiment, there are a plurality of normal winning openings 31 in the game area 16, and are located in each of the left area and the right area of the game area 16. Each normal winning opening 31 is always open so that a game ball can be entered. Note that the number of winning balls obtained by entering the regular winning opening 31 is smaller than the number of winning balls obtained by entering the large winning opening 30.

  The start winning opening 29, the big winning opening 30 and the normal winning opening 31 are opened to winning portions 36, 37, 38 having a discharge path for discharging the entered game balls to the back side of the game board 15. In the middle of the discharge path, a sensor or switch for detecting a game ball that has entered is disposed.

  Further, an operation gate 39 is disposed in the game area 16. In this embodiment, the operation gate 39 is located on the right side of the game area 16 and above the start winning opening 29. The operating gate 39 is opened with a gate port 40 that is open so that a game ball can be always entered. A sensor or switch for detecting a game ball that enters and passes through the gate port 40 is disposed. The gate port 40 of the operation gate 39 is a entrance for allowing a game ball to enter when the start condition of the normal symbol variation game using the normal symbol is established. The opening and closing blades 34 of the start winning opening 29 are closed after winning a normal symbol winning lottery performed by a game ball entering the operation gate 39, and the normal symbol winning symbol is derived in the normal symbol variation game. Operates from state to open state.

  The game area 16 is provided with various game components that change in the direction in which the game balls flow down. The game parts include a game nail 41 and a windmill 42. The game nails 41 are planted around the center accessory 26, around each winning port including the start winning ports 28 and 29, and around the operation gate 39.

  Further, the game area 16 is provided with out ports 43 and 44 for discharging game balls that have not entered the winning ports including the start winning ports 28 and 29. The out ports 43 and 44 are formed so as to penetrate the game board 15 and open to the game area 16. The game balls that have passed through the outlets 43 and 44 are discharged out of the pachinko gaming machine 10 through a discharge basket located on the back side of the game board 15.

  In this embodiment, each of the outlets 43 and 44 is located in each of the left area and the right area of the game area 16. In other words, in this embodiment, the out ports 43 and 44 are shifted from the center line L1 of the game area 16 in the left-right direction. Further, the out ports 43 and 44 are located at the lowermost part of the game area 16. Note that the lowermost part of the game area 16 means the lowest part of the game ball flow path. For this reason, in the game area 16 of the game board 15 of this embodiment, an opening that allows the entry of the game ball is not arranged downstream of the out ports 43 and 44 in the flow path of the game ball. That is, the out ports 43 and 44 are not located in the lowermost region on the board surface of the game board 15, but are located above the lowermost region.

  In addition, the game board 15 is provided with a special symbol display device, a normal symbol display device, and a hold display device. As shown in FIG. 1, these display devices are located in a part that can be seen by the player when the pachinko gaming machine 10 is viewed from the front, that is, a part of the game board 15 that can be seen from the window 14 of the front frame 13. Yes. For example, these display devices are disposed on a decorative member disposed in the game area 16 or a corner decorative member 22 of the game board 15.

  The special symbol display device performs a symbol variation game using the special symbol, and a special symbol corresponding to the lottery result of the winning lottery is derived in the symbol variation game. If a game ball enters the start winning openings 28 and 29 and is detected, the start condition of the symbol variation game using the special symbol is established when the ball is detected. When the start condition is satisfied, a symbol variation game is performed on the special symbol display device in order to derive the lottery result of the winning lottery, and a symbol is derived for a result corresponding to the special symbol derived in the symbol variation game. A variation game is also played on the display device 27 using decorative symbols. The normal symbol display device performs a normal symbol variation game using the normal symbol, and a normal symbol corresponding to the lottery result of the normal symbol winning lottery is derived in the normal symbol variation game. The hold display device includes a hold display device for special symbols and a hold display device for normal symbols. The special symbol hold display device displays the number of symbol variation games using the special symbols whose execution is suspended. The normal symbol hold display device displays the number of normal symbol variation games whose execution is being held.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the game area 16 of the game board 15 is provided with a winning port unit 45 having a winning portion 33 in which a start winning port 28 is opened.
Hereinafter, the configuration of the winning opening unit 45 will be described.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the winning opening unit 45 includes a winning portion 33, a pair of left and right guiding portions 46 connected to the winning portion 33, and left and right connecting portions connected to the end portions of the guiding portions 46. A pair of intake portions 47. In this embodiment, the winning opening unit 45 has a symmetrical shape with the winning portion 33 as the center.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the entire guide portion 46 has a plate shape. In FIG. 6, the guide part 46 and the intake part 47 on one side are illustrated. The guiding portion 46 has a descending guiding surface 46a that flows down the game area 16 and receives and rolls a game ball that has not won any winning opening. The guide surface 46a is a rectangular surface in plan view in which the downward direction is the long side direction, and the length in the short side direction (labeled with “W” in FIG. 6) is slightly larger than the diameter of the game ball. As shown in FIG. 4, when the winning opening unit 45 is viewed from the front, the guiding portion 46 is connected to the winning portion 33 such that the guiding surface 46 a is inclined downward from the winning portion 33 toward the taking-in portion 47. Further, the guiding portion 46 is connected to the winning portion 33 so that the guiding surface 46a is positioned below the start winning opening 28. Further, when the winning slot unit 45 is disposed in the game area 16, the guiding portion 46 has a long side direction along the surface direction of the board surface and a short side direction protruding forward from the board surface.

  As shown in FIGS. 5-7, the taking-in part 47 has the ball receiving surface 47a which receives the game ball which rolled the guide surface 46a. The ball receiving surface 47a is a rectangular surface in a plan view in which the direction along the direction in which the guide surface 46a is lowered is the long side direction. The length of the ball receiving surface 47a in the long side direction (labeled “L” in FIG. 6) is such a length that a plurality of game balls (for example, two to three balls) can be arranged in the long side direction. The length in the short side direction is substantially the same as the length W of the guide surface 46a.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the ball receiving surface 47 a has one end facing in the long side direction connected to the lower end (the tip in the downward direction) of the guide surface 46 a via the first stepped portion 48. The other end portion is connected to the outer guide surface 47 b through the second step portion 49. Thereby, the ball receiving surface 47a is positioned in a state of being lowered by one step with respect to the guiding surface 46a, and the guiding surface 46a and the ball receiving surface 47a are connected in a stepped shape. The ball receiving surface 47a is positioned in a state where it is lowered by one step with respect to the outer guiding surface 47b, and the ball receiving surface 47a and the outer guiding surface 47b are connected in steps. The outer guide surface 47b is a surface located on the outermost side of the left and right sides in the winning opening unit 45, and is a downwardly inclined surface toward the ball receiving surface 47a. The first stepped portion 48 prevents the game ball that has reached the ball receiving surface 47a from flowing back to the guiding surface 46a. On the other hand, the second stepped portion 49 prevents the game ball that has reached the ball receiving surface 47a from flowing back to the outer guiding surface 47b.

  The take-in portion 47 has a rear wall 50 that comes into contact with the board surface when the winning slot unit 45 is disposed in the game area 16. The rear wall 50 protrudes upward from the rear end of each of the guide surface 46a and the outer guide surface 47b. In addition, the rear wall 50 forms a part of the opening edge of the ball receiving surface 47a on the rear wall 50, and an opening that communicates with the outlets 43 and 44 when the winning slot unit 45 is disposed in the game area 16. The part 51 is opened. In addition, the take-in portion 47 protrudes upward from the front end of the ball receiving surface 47a, and a front wall 52 as an opposing wall that faces the out-ports 43 and 44 when the winning slot unit 45 is disposed in the game area 16. Have The front wall 52 faces the rear wall 50 in the short side direction of the ball receiving surface 47 a and also faces a part of the opening 51 of the rear wall 50. The front end and the rear end of the ball receiving surface 47a are opposed to each other in the short side direction of the ball receiving surface 47a. The front wall 52 functions as a member that obstructs access from the outside to the game balls flowing to the out ports 43 and 44 by being positioned in front of the out ports 43 and 44 and the opening 51.

  The rear wall 50 and the front wall 52 are both transparent walls. For this reason, when the winning slot unit 45 is arranged in the game area 16, the pattern on the board can be visually recognized by the transparent rear wall 50, and the ball receiving surface 47 a is reached by the transparent front wall 52, and the outlets 43, 44. The game balls discharged to can be visually confirmed. The front wall 52 is engraved with the characters “OUT”. The character “OUT” displays the position of the outlets 43 and 44 to the player.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the ball receiving surface 47a is a surface that descends from the front end (front wall 52 side) to the rear end (rear wall 50 side). Therefore, the ball receiving surface 47a guides the game ball received from the guide surface 46a to the opening 51 of the rear wall 50, that is, the out ports 43 and 44. Further, a sawtooth-shaped rolling part 53 is connected to the rear end of the ball receiving surface 47a.

  As shown in FIGS. 5, 7, and 8, a rear wall 54 is positioned below the take-in portion 47 so as to hang from the lower side of the rear wall 50. A decorative member 55 is attached to the rear wall 54 to enhance the decorative effect of the winning prize opening unit 45. The outer portion 56 of the winning opening unit 45 including the side surfaces of the outer guiding surface 47b, the rear wall 50, the front wall 52, and the rear wall 54 allows the board surface area 23 to be removed when the winning opening unit 45 is disposed in the game area 16. It is formed so as to face the inner rail member 21 and the corner decoration member 22 that are defined. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the outer portion 56 located on the left side when the winning slot unit 45 is viewed from the front is connected to the inner rail member 21 located on the left side when the game board 15 is viewed from the front. Face. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, the outer side portion 56 positioned on the right side when the winning opening unit 45 is viewed from the front faces the corner decoration member 22 positioned on the right side when the game board 15 is viewed from the front.

  As can be understood from FIG. 4, for example, the winning opening unit 45 has the winning portion 33 positioned on the upstream side of the guiding portion 46 and the guiding portion 46 when the direction in which the guiding surface 46a is lowered is the rolling direction of the game ball. The take-in part 47 is located on the downstream side. Then, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, the winning opening unit 45 disposed in the game area 16 has a guiding portion 46 extending in the left and right directions with the winning portion 33 interposed therebetween, and The intake 47 is positioned so that the opening 51 of the rear wall 50 is aligned. In the gaming board 15 of this embodiment, the out-ports 43 and 44 are located on the left and right sides of the gaming area 16 with the winning portion 33 interposed therebetween.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the winning opening unit 45 is disposed in the board surface region 23 so that the outer portions 56 on both sides face the inner rail member 21 and the corner decoration member 22 with almost no gap therebetween. . Thereby, the game ball does not flow down to the area below the guide part 46 and the take-in part 47 in the board surface area 23. For this reason, the board surface area 23 of the game board 15 in which the winning opening unit 45 is disposed is divided into two areas with the winning opening unit 45 as an upper and lower boundary. More specifically, the area above the winning hole unit 45 becomes the gaming area 16 where the game balls flow down, while the area below the winning hole unit 45 becomes the non-flowing area 57 where the gaming balls do not flow down. The non-flow area 57 defined on the game board 15 is decorated to enhance the decoration effect of the game board 15. This decoration can be performed in three dimensions because it is applied to the area where the game ball does not flow down. For this reason, in the non-flowing area 57, for example, a three-dimensional decorative member 58 formed using a character appearing in an effect or the like performed in the pachinko gaming machine 10 as a motif is arranged. In each drawing, the three-dimensional decorative member 58 is indicated by oblique lines.

Next, the flow of the game ball in the winning opening unit 45 of this embodiment will be described together with its operation.
The game balls launched into the game area 16 flow down from the area above the game area 16 to the area below. At this time, the game ball flows down the area to the left of the game area 16 as shown by the arrow X in FIG. 1 or the right of the game area 16 as shown by the arrow Y in FIG. May flow down the area. Then, among the launched game balls, the game balls that have entered any of the winning holes are discharged to the back side of the game board 15 through the discharge path connected to the winning holes. On the other hand, the game balls that have not entered any winning hole flow down toward the most downstream side of the game area 16.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a game ball (labeled “B” in the figure) that flows down toward the most downstream of the game area 16 is a guide surface 46 a of the guide portion 46 located below the start winning opening 28. Accepted at. Then, the game ball rolls on the guide surface 46a in a direction below the guide surface 46a. Since the winning opening unit 45 of this embodiment has a pair of left and right guide surfaces 46a, the game ball rolling on the guide surface 46a located on the left side when the game area 16 is viewed from the front is directed to the left out port 43. Roll toward you. On the other hand, the game ball rolling on the guide surface 46 a located on the right side when the game area 16 is viewed from the front rolls toward the right outlet 44. The game ball that has reached the most downstream side of the guide surface 46a is received by the ball receiving surface 47a of the take-in portion 47 and then guided to the out ports 43 and 44 by the inclination of the ball receiving surface 47a. The game balls guided to the out ports 43 and 44 are discharged out of the machine through a discharge basket on the back side of the game board 15. The path through which the game ball flows down includes a path that directly reaches the ball receiving surface 47a and a path that is received by the outer guiding surface 47b and reaches the ball receiving surface 47a.

  The game board 15 of this embodiment does not have an out port at the bottom of the board surface area 23, and the out ports 43 and 44 are arranged in the left and right areas of the game area 16, respectively. The game ball is guided to the outlets 43 and 44 by the portion 46. And the board | plate surface area | region 23 is divided into up and down by the guide part 46, and the movement of the game ball from the downward direction of the guide part 46 to the upper direction is controlled. For this reason, it is difficult to perform an illegal act that can be performed when the out port is arranged at the lowermost position of the board surface area 23 as before. Specifically, as indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 4, it is difficult to retain the flow of game balls around the out port, and to accumulate the game balls and win the game ball to the start winning port. .

  In this embodiment, game balls such as the game nail 41 are not implanted in the non-flow region 57 located below the guide portion 46 because the game ball does not flow down as described above. Therefore, by creating an area (space) in which no gaming parts are arranged in the board surface area 23, decoration such as the three-dimensional decoration member 58 can be given, and visibility of the decoration can be improved.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) By configuring the game board 15 so that game balls (out-balls) that have not won the prize opening flow in the left and right directions of the game area 16, the game board where the out-out has conventionally been located is the most The lower area (the area below the winning hole unit 45 in the present embodiment) can be an area where the game ball does not flow. Thereby, the game component for decoration (three-dimensional decoration member 58 in the embodiment) can be arranged also in the area, and the design of the pachinko gaming machine 10 including the game board 15 can be improved.

  (2) Note that the area around the lowermost area of the game board 15 is an out-ball flow path toward the out-port. In particular, a right-hand hit that causes the game ball to flow down to the area to the right of the game area 16 during a hit game or the like. In the case of the specification panel surface configuration, there are few parts arranged around the lowermost region. For this reason, there is a high possibility that the periphery of the lowermost region can be a region that cannot directly contribute to the game. Therefore, by reducing the occupancy ratio of the area that can be the flow path of the out ball on the surface of the game board 15, such an area can be used as an area for improving the design. That is, it is possible to effectively utilize the space of the game board 15 where the size is restricted to some extent in order to improve the design.

(3) The game ball that has not won the prize opening is diverted in the left and right directions of the game area 16 by the prize opening unit 45, so that the visibility of the flow of the game balls can be improved.
(4) The front wall 52 of the take-in portion 47 can inhibit access from the outside to the game balls flowing to the out ports 43 and 44. For this reason, it is possible to prevent an illegal act of causing the game balls to flow to the outlets 43 and 44 and accumulating the game balls.

  (5) Also, since the front wall 52 is positioned between the out ports 43 and 44 and the glass of the front frame 13, a magnet is externally provided to try to retain the game balls flowing to the out ports 43 and 44. Even if is used, it is possible to weaken the magnetic force toward the game ball due to the glass and the front wall 52 being in the way.

(6) Since the front wall 52 of the take-in portion 47 is a transparent wall, the visibility of the game ball flowing to the out ports 43 and 44 can be improved.
(7) Since the rear wall 50 of the take-in portion 47 is a transparent wall, the pattern on the board can be visually recognized. As a result, the designability of the game board 15 can be improved.

(8) Since the guide surface 46a and the ball receiving surface 47a are connected in steps, it is possible to prevent the backflow of the game ball reaching the ball receiving surface 47a.
(9) Since the ball receiving surface 47a and the outer guide surface 47b are connected in a stepped shape, it is possible to prevent the backflow of the game ball reaching the ball receiving surface 47a.

In addition, you may change the said embodiment as follows.
FIG. 9A shows a conventional game board in which an out port 60 is arranged in the lowermost area of the game area 16. In this way, the winning opening unit 45 of the present embodiment can be applied to the game board in which the out port 60 is arranged. FIG. 9B shows the game board 15 in the case where the winning opening unit 45 is applied to the conventional game board. In this case, an opening 62 that can be used as the out port 60 in the conventional game board is located below the winning unit 45, that is, in the non-flowing region 57. When the winning opening unit 45 is used, it is not desirable in design to leave the opening 62 as it is in the non-flowing region 57 because the game ball does not flow down. For this reason, the opening 62 may be closed by the closing member 63. The closing member 63 may be, for example, a plug embedded in the opening 62 or a lid that covers the opening 62. And it can also be made to function as a decoration member which improves the designability by giving decoration to the closing member 63. Note that the application of the winning opening unit 45 can produce an effect in the manufacturing process of the game board 15. For example, when the specification that does not use the winning port unit 45 is changed to the specification that specifies the winning port unit 45, additional processing (opening of the out ports 43 and 44) is performed on the board having the opening 62 that can become the out port 60. Thus, the prize winning unit 45 can be used.

  -The shape of the 1st level | step-difference part 48 which connects the guide surface 46a and the ball | bowl receiving surface 47a can be changed arbitrarily. For example, the shape of the first stepped portion 48 may be set so as to connect the guide surface 46a and the ball receiving surface 47a in a stepped manner. In addition, the shape of the first step portion 48 may be set so that the guide surface 46a and the ball receiving surface 47a are connected obliquely. However, when connecting in an oblique shape, it is necessary to set a gradient so as to prevent backflow from the ball receiving surface 47a to the guide surface 46a, and a steep gradient close to a right angle is preferable. This another example can be similarly applied to the second stepped portion 49.

The rear wall 50 and the front wall 52 may be colorless and transparent walls, or may be colored within a range that does not deteriorate the visibility of the board surface or the game ball.
-The winning opening unit 45 may have a left-right asymmetric shape. That is, the length of the guiding portion 46 is determined by the positions of the out ports 43 and 44. For this reason, the other guide portion 46 may be longer or shorter than the one guide portion 46. Further, the gradient of the guide surface 46a may be different. Further, the left and right capturing parts 47 connected to the guiding part 46 may be different. For example, the shapes of the rear wall 50 and the front wall 52 may be different, or the colors may be different.

  The rear wall 54 and the decorative member 55 located below the take-in portion 47 may not be provided, and only the take-in portion 47 may be provided in the guide portion 46. Further, the shape and color of the rear wall 54 and the decorative member 55 may be different on the left and right.

  The decoration in the non-flowing region 57 located below the winning opening unit 45 can be arbitrarily changed. Not only the case where the three-dimensional decoration member 58 is disposed, for example, a pattern may be applied to the board surface.

  The winning opening unit 45 may be configured by a winning portion 33, a guiding portion 46 on one side, and a take-in portion 47 connected to the guiding portion 46. For example, when one out port is provided in the game area 16, the winning port unit 45 may be configured with one guiding unit 46 and one taking-in unit 47 for the winning unit 33 as described above.

  The winning opening opened to the winning portion 33 may be the start winning opening 29 or the normal winning opening 31. In this case, the start winning opening 29 and the normal winning opening 31 are specific winning openings opened in the winning portion 33. Further, when the winning opening is, for example, the start winning opening 29, the winning portion 33 is provided with an opening / closing blade 34.

The guiding surface 46a of the guiding part 46 is not limited to a flat surface, and may be a stepped surface provided with a single step or a plurality of steps in the middle.
In the game area 16, the position and number of the start winning port 29, the big winning port 30, the normal winning port 31, the operation gate 39, etc. may be changed. For example, in the game area 16, the start winning opening may be only the starting winning opening 28. For example, a plurality (two) of special winning openings 30 may be arranged. Further, the shape of the winning portion where the start winning opening 29, the big winning opening 30, and the normal winning opening 31 are opened can be arbitrarily changed.

  The start winning opening 28 may not be located on the center line L1 of the game area 16. For example, the start winning opening 28 may be located on the center line L2 of the game board 15. Moreover, you may shift | deviate from both centerline L1, L2.

  -The configuration of the winning portion 33 may be changed. For example, a game entrance for entering a game ball, a passage connecting to the entrance and branching into two in the middle, a starting winning opening located at the end of the passage, and a branching portion of the passage It is good also as the winning part 33 which has a distribution member which distributes to one of the start winning openings. The start winning opening is a starting winning opening for the first special symbol and a starting winning opening for the second special symbol, and is a specific winning opening included in the winning portion. Then, the game balls that have entered the entrance are alternately distributed by the allocating member, whereby the symbol variation game of the first special symbol and the variation game of the second special symbol can be alternately performed.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Pachinko machine, 15 ... Game board, 16 ... Game area, 23 ... Board surface area, 28, 29 ... Start prize opening, 30 ... Grand prize opening, 31 ... Normal prize opening, 33 ... Prize winning part, 43, 44 ... Out port, 45 ... winning port unit, 46 ... guide part, 46a ... guide surface, 47 ... take-in part, 47a ... ball receiving surface, 48 ... first step part, 52 ... front wall, 57 ... non-flowing area, 58 ... solid decoration member, 62 ... opening, 63 ... closing member.

Claims (7)

A game board having a game area where game balls can flow down,
The game area includes
Multiple winning gates,
An outlet that discharges the game balls that have not won the prize, and
A prize opening unit having a specific prize opening, and
In the prize opening unit,
A winning section in which the specific winning opening is opened;
A guiding portion having a descending guiding surface that rolls a gaming ball in at least one of the left and right directions of the gaming area and guides the gaming ball to the out port;
A take-in part that takes the game ball guided by the guide part into the out port, and
A gaming machine, wherein the winning portion is located on the upstream side of the guiding portion and the take-in portion is located on the downstream side of the guiding portion. The out mouth is located on each of the left and right sides of the game area across the winning portion,
The specific winning opening is a starting winning opening for entering a game ball when the starting condition of the symbol variation game is established,
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the guide portion and the take-in portion are respectively located on both sides of the winning portion.   The take-in part includes a ball receiving surface that receives the game ball rolling on the guide surface and guides it to the out port, and an opposing wall that protrudes upward from the ball receiving surface and faces the out port. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or claim 2 having.   The gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the facing wall is a transparent member. The take-in portion has a ball receiving surface that receives the game ball rolling on the guide surface and guides it to the out port,
The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the guide surface and the ball receiving surface are connected in steps. In a game board having a game area on the board where game balls can flow down,
The game area includes
Multiple winning gates,
An outlet that discharges the game balls that have not won the prize, and
A prize opening unit having a specific prize opening, and
The winning prize unit is
A winning section in which the specific winning opening is opened;
A guiding portion having a descending guiding surface that rolls a gaming ball in at least one of the left and right directions of the gaming area and guides the gaming ball to the out port;
A take-in part that takes the game ball guided by the guide part into the out port, and
The winning portion is located on the upstream side of the guiding portion and the intake portion is located on the downstream side of the guiding portion,
A game board characterized in that a three-dimensional decoration member with a three-dimensional decoration is arranged in a board surface area located below the guide portion. In the lowermost part of the board surface area, there is an opening that can be used as an out port separately from the out port,
The game board according to claim 6, wherein the opening is closed by a closing member.