JP2016146971A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine where a display lamp can be reused and information indicated by the display lamp can easily be grasped by a player.SOLUTION: A game machine comprises an inner frame 23, a game board sharing part 80 having a round lamp 204, and a game board constitution part 40 where a game area 5 for game balls to flow down thereon is formed. The game board constitution part 40 comprises a round number display part 55 indicating information of the round lamp 204. The game board constitution part 40 is fitted detachably to the inner frame 23 with the game board sharing part 80 fitted thereto, and combined with the game board sharing part 80.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine in which a display lamp can be reused.

  Patent Document 1 listed below describes a gaming machine that can reuse an image display. In this gaming machine, a display device is fixed to the gaming machine frame, a gaming board is detachably attached to the gaming machine frame, and is arranged in front of the display device. The following Patent Document 1 does not describe a display lamp such as a round lamp, but in the paragraph 0029 “the lower set 21 is a printed circuit board 42 on which LEDs for illuminating the front of the game board 5 are mounted. According to the description of “Attached” and FIGS. 4 and 5, the indicator lamp is provided outside the game area on the lower right side of the game board and is exchanged together when the game board is exchanged. Presumed to be. That is, the indicator lamp is exchanged with the game board and is not reusable.

JP 2008-132259 A (paragraphs 0022, 0023, 0029, FIGS. 2, 4, 5)

  However, there is a desire to reuse the display lamp. On the other hand, for example, in the case of a round lamp, the information indicated by the display lamp may be different depending on the model, such as 16 rounds for some models and 8 rounds for other models even in the same lighting state. Therefore, when the display lamp is reused for different models, there is a problem that the information indicated by the display lamp is difficult for the player to understand.

  The present invention solves the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide a gaming machine in which a display lamp can be reused and a player can easily grasp information indicated by the display lamp.

The gaming machine of the present invention is
A frame,
A game board shared section having an indicator lamp;
A game board component in which a game area where game balls flow down is formed;
With
The game board component includes a display unit indicating information on the display lamp,
The game board constituting part is detachably attached to the frame body to which the game board shared part is attached, and is connected to the game board shared part.

  According to the present invention, the display lamp can be reused and the player can easily grasp the information indicated by the display lamp.

1 is a front view of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a schematic perspective view of the state where the frame of the gaming machine is opened. It is a schematic perspective view of the state which rotated the game board coupling body with respect to the inner frame in FIG. It is a front view of the game board coupling body of the same gaming machine. It is the front view (a) and perspective view (b) of the round number display part of the same gaming machine. It is a schematic perspective view of the game board coupling body of the same gaming machine. It is the perspective view seen from the back side of the game board coupling body of the same gaming machine. It is a schematic front view of the game board component of the same gaming machine. It is a schematic perspective view of the game board component of the same gaming machine. It is a rear view of the game board component of the same gaming machine. It is a perspective view of the image display arrangement | positioning part of the game board structure part of the same gaming machine. It is a schematic perspective view in the middle of attaching the game board structure part of the same gaming machine. It is a principal part schematic perspective view in the middle of attaching the game board structure part of the same gaming machine. It is the principal part schematic perspective view seen from the back side in the middle of attaching the game board structure part of the same gaming machine. It is a schematic perspective view of the state which pushed the game board structure part with respect to the support member from the state of FIG. It is a principal part schematic perspective view of the state which pushed the game board structure part with respect to the supporting member from the state of FIG. It is a principal part schematic perspective view of the state which pushed the game board structure part with respect to the support member from the state of FIG. It is the principal part schematic perspective view which looked at the state of FIG. 15 from the back side. FIG. 4 is a partially broken perspective view including a stopper member of the gaming machine, before the stopper member gets over the restricting portion (a), over the restricting portion (b), after overcoming the restricting portion (c ). It is a principal part perspective view containing the locking member and to-be-latched member on the game machine, (a) shows before connection, (b) shows after connection. It is a principal part perspective view containing the locking member and to-be-latched member under the game machine, (a) shows before connection, (b) shows after connection. It is a block diagram of the electric system of the gaming machine. (A) is a jackpot random number determination table in the normal gaming state or the short-time gaming state, (b) is a jackpot random number determination table in the probability variation gaming state or the latent probability gaming state, and (c) is based on entering the first starting port The acquired jackpot symbol random number determination table, (d) is a diagram showing the contents of the jackpot symbol random number determination table acquired by entering the second start opening. It is a flowchart of a main side timer interruption process. It is a flowchart of a start port SW process. It is a flowchart of a gate SW process. It is a flowchart of special symbol processing. It is a flowchart of jackpot determination processing. It is a flowchart of a fluctuation pattern selection process. It is a flowchart of a process during a stop. It is a flowchart of a normal symbol process. It is a flowchart of a big prize opening process. It is a flowchart of a game state setting process. It is a flowchart of an electric Chu process. It is a flowchart of a sub timer interruption process. It is a flowchart of a command reception process. It is a principal part schematic perspective view of the game machine which concerns on a 1st reference example. It is a principal part schematic perspective view of the inner frame to which the image display of the game machine was attached. It is a principal part schematic perspective view before attaching a game board structure part to the inner frame of the same gaming machine. It is a principal part schematic perspective view in the middle of attaching the game board structure part to the inner frame of the same gaming machine. FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a main part before the game board component is housed in the inner frame after the game board component is attached to the inner frame of the gaming machine. It is a principal part schematic perspective view of the gaming machine concerning the 2nd reference example. It is a principal part schematic perspective view before attaching a game board structure part to the inner frame of the same gaming machine. It is a principal part schematic perspective view in the middle of attaching the game board structure part to the inner frame of the same gaming machine. It is a principal part schematic perspective view before returning a rotation part to an original state after attaching a game board structure part to the inner frame of the same gaming machine. It is a principal part schematic perspective view of the game machine which concerns on a 3rd reference example. It is a principal part schematic perspective view of the inner frame to which the image display of the game machine was attached. It is a principal part schematic perspective view before attaching a game board structure part to the inner frame of the same gaming machine. It is a principal part schematic perspective view in the middle of attaching the game board structure part to the inner frame of the same gaming machine. FIG. 50 is a main portion schematic perspective view in the middle of attaching the game board component to the inner frame of the gaming machine, and is a continuation of FIG. 49; FIG. 50 is a schematic perspective view of a main part in the middle of attaching the game board component to the inner frame of the gaming machine, and is a continuation of FIG. 50. FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a main part before the game board component is housed in the inner frame after the game board component is attached to the inner frame of the gaming machine.

  A gaming machine P1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The gaming machine P1 is a pachinko gaming machine, and is configured by arranging a gaming board 1 and an image display 11 inside a gaming machine frame 2 as shown in FIGS. Here, the game board 1 includes game nails (not shown), wind turbines 20, inner rails 60, outer rails (first outer rail 61 and second outer rail 62) and so-called board surface parts. As a result, the game area 5 which is an area that can be won at various prize openings described later while the game ball rolls, and the game ball introduction passage 63 for introducing the game ball fired from the launching device 28 into the game area 5 are provided. A plate-like portion formed on the front surface is assumed. However, the game board 1 is not necessarily made of one member or an independent member, and in this embodiment, the game board 1 is a game area attached to the base portion 42 as described later. It comprises a part 41 and a game board shared part 80 attached to the support member 81. In the present specification, “upper and lower” means the upper and lower sides in a state where the gaming machine P 1 is erected to perform a game, and the “left and right” mean the left and right toward the game area 5. Further, the side facing the player (the game area 5 side) is the front, and the opposite side is the rear.

  The gaming machine frame 2 includes an outer frame 22, an inner frame 23 disposed inside the outer frame 22, and a glass door frame 24 disposed on the front side of the outer frame 22. The outer frame 22 is a substantially rectangular frame that is an outer portion of the gaming machine P1. The inner frame 23 is a frame on which the game board coupling body 3 is arranged. As will be described later, the game board linking body 3 includes a game board constituting part 40, a game board common part 80, and an image display 11, and the game board common part 80 and the image display 11 are attached to the inner frame 23 in advance. In this state, the game board constituting part 40 is attached to the inner frame 23 and connected to the game board common part 80. In addition, when the game board configuration unit 40 and the game board sharing unit 80 are connected, the game area unit 41 provided in the game board configuration unit 40 and the game board sharing unit 80 are connected, and the game area unit 41 and the game board are shared. The game board 1 is formed with the part 80. The inner frame 23 is provided with a launching device 28 that launches game balls. The glass door frame 24 is a front frame that protects the game board 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the glass door frame 24 is rotatable with respect to the outer frame 22 and the inner frame 23 by hinges 29, and the inner frame 23 is movable with respect to the outer frame 22 and the glass door frame 24. The hinges 29 are respectively rotatable.

  The glass door frame 24 includes a transparent glass portion 25 and a dish unit portion 26 disposed below the glass portion 25, and the game area 5 and the display provided on the front surface of the game board 1 through the glass portion 25. 19 is visible. The dish unit 26 is provided with a launching handle 4 for operating the launching device 28, a ball receiving tray 27, an effect button 7, and the like. A speaker 9 and a frame lamp 8 are disposed on the front side of the upper portion of the glass door frame 24. By unlocking a lock (not shown) provided on the glass door frame 24, the glass door frame 24 is rotatable (openable) with respect to the outer frame 22 and the inner frame 23, and the inner frame 23 is The outer frame 22 and the glass door frame 24 can be rotated.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the game board connector 3 can be rotated with respect to the inner frame 23 by releasing the restriction by the restriction member 21 attached to the inner frame 23. The restricting member 21 includes an upper restricting member 211 and a lower restricting member 212 that can be turned up and down, respectively, and the upper restricting member 211 and the lower restricting member 212 are turned so that the distal end portions thereof are close to each other. Canceled.

  As shown in FIGS. 4, 6, 7, and 15, the game board constituting part 40 is detachably attached to the inner frame 23, and the game area part 41 provided in the game board constituting part 40 is a game board common part. 80. Since the game area portion 41 includes a different portion for each model of the game board 1, it is a portion that cannot be shared between different models. On the other hand, the game board sharing unit 80 is a part that can be shared between different models of the game board 1, and includes a first outer rail 61 and a display 19 disposed on the outer side of the first outer rail 61. . Locking members 67 are respectively attached to the left side edge portions of the upper end surface and the lower end surface of the game area portion 41, and the locking members 67 are respectively connected to the upper end surface and the right side edge portion of the lower end surface of the game board shared portion 80. A locked member 68 that can be locked is attached. The locking member 67 and the locked member 68 constitute connection means for connecting the game board constituting part 40 and the game board common part 80.

  As shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, the game board constituting unit 40 includes a game area part 41, a base part 42 attached to the game area part 41, and a main control board 30 attached to the base part 42. ing. The base portion 42 is a portion referred to as a so-called liquid crystal base, but may be a portion referred to as a liquid crystal base as long as it is a mounting base for the main control board 30.

  The game area portion 41 includes a plate body 50 made of synthetic resin, and includes a long plate-like inner rail 60 and a second outer rail 62 provided to protrude forward on the front side of the plate body 50 respectively. Further, two upper and lower game area forming members 65 and 66 are provided. 1, 4, and 8, the game area forming members 65 and 66 and various parts provided in the game area 5 (start winning device 15, grand prize device 16, gate 17, normal winning port 18, etc.) ) Is omitted. The plate body 50 has a shape in which a left side portion of a substantially rectangular plate-like member bulges out in an arc shape and an opening portion 51 which is a hole penetrating in the front-rear direction is formed in the central portion. The inner rail 60 is made of synthetic resin and extends in an arc shape along the left side edge of the plate body 50 from the lower center of the plate body 50 to the upper left side through the left side portion, and the second outer rail 62 is made of metal. It is manufactured and extends in an arc shape from the upper left side to the upper right side of the plate body 50, and the game area forming members 65, 66 protrude from the front side of the plate body 50 forward from the right side portion to the lower right side of the plate body 50. It is attached to become. The game area 5 is formed by being surrounded by the inner rail 60, the second outer rail 62, and the game area forming members 65 and 66. A board lamp 10 is disposed in the game area forming member 66.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, in the game area 5, a large number of game nails (not shown) and a windmill 20 for guiding a game ball project, and a main control board (main control board) 30. A start winning device 15 and a big winning device 16 which are controlled components controlled by the above are arranged. A ball return prevention member 64 is attached to the tip (upper end) of the inner rail 60, and a game ball driven into the game area 5 is formed between the inner rail 60 and a first outer rail 61 described later. It is prevented from returning to the game ball introduction passage 63.

  The opening 51 is formed at the center of the plate body 50, that is, at the center of the game area 5. A center accessory device 12 is disposed at the peripheral edge of the opening 51, and the movable accessory device 13 is attached via an accessory base member (not shown). As will be described later, when the game board constituting unit 40 is attached to the inner frame 23, the display screen 111 of the image display 11 can be viewed from the opening 51.

  The start winning device 15 is provided at the lower center of the game area 5 in the left-right direction. The start winning device 15 is opened and closed by a first start port 151 that is always opened and the ease of entering a game ball does not change at all times and a second start port opening / closing member 156, so that the game ball can be easily entered. A second start port 152 that is variable in a state where it is difficult to enter the ball is provided. The second start opening / closing member 156 corresponds to a so-called electric chew. In addition, a ball entering the first start port 151 and a ball entering the second start port 152 are referred to as a “first start award” and a “second start award”, respectively, and a first start award and a second start award. These are referred to as “start-up prizes”.

  A gate 17 through which a game ball can pass is provided on the right side of the game area 5, and a big winning device 16 is provided below the gate 17. The special winning device 16 includes a special winning opening 161 that is opened and closed by a special winning opening / closing member 164 and is variable between a state in which a game ball can be entered and a state in which a game cannot be entered.

  Further, the game area 5 is provided with a plurality of normal winning openings 18. If a game ball that has been driven into the game area 5 enters the first start port 151, the second start port 152, the big winning port 161, and the normal winning port 18 in the process of flowing down (wins). A predetermined number of prize balls corresponding to the winning place are paid out by a payout device (not shown), but the game balls that are not won (so-called out balls) are passed through the out port 14 provided at the lower end of the game area 5. And discharged from the game area 5. Both the game balls won in each winning port and the game balls discharged from the out port 14 are counted by a switch.

  As shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, the base portion 42 is fixed to a substantially rectangular frame-shaped main body portion 43 made of a synthetic resin having a width in the front-rear direction and opened in the front-rear direction, and a rear surface of the main body portion 43. And an image display arrangement unit 45 having a substantially rectangular frame shape made of metal. A movable accessory device 13 (see FIG. 8) is attached to the main body 43 via an accessory base member (not shown). As shown in FIG. 11, the image display unit 45 has an upper end edge and a lower end edge that are bent rearward, an upper end edge is bent downward, and a lower end edge is bent upward to face each other. Rail portions 451 and 452 having a U-shaped cross-section with open sides are formed. Moreover, the upper part and the lower part of the main body part 43 have projecting parts 431 and 432 projecting rearward, respectively, and the rail parts 451 and 452 are fixed to the projecting parts 431 and 432. As will be described later, when the image display 11 is arranged on the base portion 42, the image display fixing portion 82 (see FIG. 14) to which the image display 11 is fixed slides relative to the rail portions 451 and 452. Thus, the image display 11 is arranged at a predetermined position of the base portion 42 by being guided by the rail portions 451 and 452. The right end edge portion 453 of the image display arrangement portion 45 is configured to bend backward and receive the right end edge of the image display fixing portion 82 inserted between the rail portions 451 and 452.

  As shown in FIG. 10, a main control board 30 housed in a rectangular box-like board case 37 made of transparent synthetic resin is attached to the base portion 42. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the main body 43 has a metal plate-like main board base 47 that rises from the rear surface side of the rail 452 below the image display unit 45. The main control board 30 is attached to the rear surface of the main board base portion 47 in a state of being housed in the board case 37. The main control board 30 is connected to the controlled components (the start winning device 15 and the big winning device 16) in the game area 5 by a harness. The main body 43 is provided with a plate-like sub board base 44 on the upper right side of the main board base 47, and the sub control board 32 (see FIG. 22) is attached to the rear surface of the sub board base 44. It has been. In addition, a plate-like member 48 having a restricting portion 481 described later is attached to the front surface of the sub-board base portion 44. A back cover 49 is rotatably attached to the main body 43, and the back cover 49 is disposed so as to cover the upper end portion of the substrate case 37 and the sub control board 32.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the image display 11 is attached to the inner frame 23 and can be rotated in the front-rear direction with respect to the inner frame 23. Specifically, a metal plate support member 81 is pivotally attached to the inner frame 23 so as to be pivotable in the front-rear direction with respect to the inner frame 23, and the image display 11 is attached to the support member 81. As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the support member 81 has a width in the front-rear direction in a state where the support member 81 does not rotate with respect to the inner frame 23 (the state shown in FIGS. 1 and 2). A mounting base 83 having a length in the direction, and an image display fixing portion 82 extending rightward from the rear end of the mounting base 83 so as to be orthogonal to the mounting base 83 in plan view. It is formed in a substantially L shape in plan view. The image display fixing portion 82 has a substantially rectangular plate shape with a hole 821 provided in the center. Shafts 87, 87 are provided at the front end of the mounting base portion 83, and the support member 81 is pivotally attached to the inner frame 23 by the shafts 87, 87.

  The image display 11 includes a rectangular plate-shaped screen portion 112 having a display screen 111 formed on the front surface, and a control board portion 114 provided on the rear side of the screen portion 112 and including a control board, and is fixed to the image display. The screen unit 112 is arranged on the front side of the unit 82, the control board unit 114 is arranged on the rear side of the image display fixing unit 82 through the hole 821, and the image display unit 11 is fixed to the image display fixing unit 82. Has been. The control board included in the control board 114 is connected to the sub-control board 32, and the image display 11 is controlled by the sub-control board 32 to change the customer waiting effect and the decorative design, which are demonstration displays for waiting for customers. Various effect images are displayed on the display screen 111, such as a variable effect that is stopped and displayed, and a jackpot effect performed in parallel with the jackpot game. Fluctuation effect is an effect that is composed of decorative symbols such as numbers and effect images other than decorative symbols, stops after changing the decorative symbols, and notifies the result of the jackpot determination by the stopped decorative symbols . This variation effect is performed in parallel with the special symbol variation described later.

  The lower end edge and the right end edge of the image display fixing portion 82 are bent forward and are in close contact with the lower end surface and the right end surface of the screen portion 112 of the image display 11, and the upper end edge of the image display fixing portion 82 is downward. The protection part 84 is formed by bending forward and bending the front end edge downward so as to form an open U-shaped cross section. The protection unit 84 is provided so as to substantially cover the upper end surface of the screen unit 112 with a gap between the protection unit 84 and the upper end surface of the screen unit 112 of the image display device 11, and the game board constituting unit 40 is attached to the inner frame 23. When attached, it plays a role of protecting the weight of the game board component 40 from being directly applied to the screen unit 112.

  As shown in FIG. 18 and FIG. 19A, a stopper member 113 urged rearward by a built-in spring is disposed at the upper right end portion, which is the upper end portion on the free end side of the screen portion 112. Yes. The stopper member 113 is for restricting the gaming board component 40 from being detached from the inner frame 23 when the gaming board component 40 is attached to the inner frame 23. On the other hand, a hole 421 is formed in the upper right portion of the base portion 42, and a restricting portion 481 that is provided at the upper end portion of the plate-like member 48 and bends forward and protrudes is disposed in the hole 421, as will be described later. In addition, the stopper member 113 comes into contact with the restricting portion 481 to restrict the disengagement of the game board constituting portion 40.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the game board shared portion 80 is attached to the front end portion of the attachment base portion 83 of the support member 81 so as to be parallel to the screen portion 112. The game board shared portion 80 is formed in a shape in which the right side portion of the substantially rectangular plate-like member is recessed in an arc shape corresponding to the arc shape of the left edge of the plate body 50, and the right side portion thereof is formed on the front surface. An arc-shaped metal first outer rail 61 is attached so as to be substantially parallel to the concave portion 88 of the first metal. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, when the game board shared part 80 and the game board constituting part 40 are connected, the first outer rail 61 and the inner rail 60 provided in the game area part 41, the launching device 28. A game ball introduction passage 63 for introducing the game ball launched from the game area 5 into the game area 5 is formed. The first outer rail 61 extends from the vicinity of the game ball outlet 91 to the vicinity of the entrance 57 of the game area 5 (the left side at the top of the game area 5) beyond the upper end of the inner rail 60. An injection port forming member 90 that protrudes forward is attached to the right side of the lower portion of the game board shared portion 80, and a game ball is injected between the injection port forming member 90 and the lower portion of the first outer rail 61. The injection port 91 is the same.

  The game ball launched from the launching device 28 usually moves up the game ball introduction passage 63 along the first outer rail 61 until halfway, contacts the valve body 641 of the ball return prevention member 64 and enters the game area 5. enter. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 4, the boundary line L between the game board shared portion 80 and the game area 41 in the game ball introduction passage 63 is immediately below the inner rail 60 until a position slightly below the ball return prevention member 64. The outer side (the right side edge of the game ball introduction passage 63) is made so as not to appear at the center or the left side (the side close to the first outer rail 61) of the game ball introduction passage 63. The rising game ball is not affected by the boundary line L. And the boundary line L is away from the inner rail 60 in the vicinity of the upper end of the inner rail 60 and in the vicinity of the entrance 57 of the game area 5, away from the inner rail 60, and the first outer rail 61. The boundary line L does not affect the movement of the game ball when entering the game area 5.

  A display 19 that is controlled by the main control board 30 is arranged on the outer side of the first outer rail 61 (on the opposite side to the game ball introduction passage 63 side) below the game board shared portion 80. The display 19 has a first special symbol display 191, a second special symbol display 192, a normal symbol display 193, a first special symbol hold lamp 201, and a second special symbol hold on the front side of the game board shared section 80. A lamp 202, a normal symbol holding lamp 203, and a round lamp 204 (corresponding to a display lamp) are provided, and a connection terminal (not shown) is provided on the rear side of the game board shared portion 80.

  Each of the first special symbol indicator 191 and the second special symbol indicator 192 includes a plurality of lamps. The first special symbol indicator 191 is a first start prize and the second special symbol indicator 192 is a second start prize. The result of the jackpot determination performed at the timing is notified by a special symbol (that is, the lighting state of the lamp) that is stopped and displayed through the variation display (this is referred to as “special symbol variation”). If the symbol stopped and displayed on the first special symbol indicator 191 or the second special symbol indicator 192 is a jackpot symbol (that is, a lighting state indicating a jackpot), the opening time is set to a long time or a short time, and a big prize opening If the jackpot game (special game) with 161 being opened multiple times is performed, and if it is a small hit symbol (that is, a lighting state indicating a small hit), the winning prize port 161 is opened multiple times with a short opening time A small hit game is performed. The jackpot game and the jackpot game are collectively referred to as a hit game.

  When the game ball starts and wins during the special symbol change or the winning game, the main control board 30 acquires the determination information such as the jackpot random number acquired for the start winning and if it is the first start winning If the second starting prize is stored in the first holding storage unit 301 (see FIG. 22) provided in the RAM, it is stored in the second holding storage unit 302 (see FIG. 22) provided in the RAM. The jackpot determination based on the determination information until the special symbol variation based on the determination information can be executed (that is, all of the special symbol variation and the winning game based on the determination information stored before the determination information are all Hold until finished. Then, when the special symbol variation becomes executable, it is determined whether or not it is a big hit based on the stored determination information, the special symbol variation is executed, and the stored determination information Erase. Hereinafter, the held jackpot determination is simply referred to as “hold”, and the number of holds is referred to as “hold number”. Further, the hold for the first start winning is referred to as “first hold”, and the hold for the second start winning is referred to as “second hold”.

  The first special symbol hold lamp 201 and the second special symbol hold lamp 202 are each composed of a plurality of lamps. The first special symbol hold lamp 201 is the first hold, and the second special symbol hold lamp 202 is the second hold number. Is shown. Since the upper limit of the number of the first hold and the number of the second hold is 4 each, the game ball wins the first start port 151 with the number of the first hold being four. When the game ball wins the second start port 152 in the state where the number of the second hold is four, the determination information such as the big hit random number is not acquired for the win.

  The round lamp 204 is composed of a plurality of (here, eight) lamps, and is turned on when a jackpot game is being executed. The number of rounds of the jackpot game being executed is indicated in the lighting state (specifically, , Which of the plurality of lamps is turned on and which is turned off). The round refers to the opening period of the big prize winning opening 161. If the result of the big hit determination is a big hit, a big hit game in which a plurality of rounds are provided is performed. In the gaming machine P1, there are 15 long hit games and 2 short hit games as the jackpot game, and the round lamp 204 is lit in different states depending on the number of rounds of the jackpot game.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the game area 5 is provided with a round number display section 55. The round number display unit 55 corresponds to a display unit that displays information on the round lamp 204. Here, the information of the round lamp 204 is information indicating the lighting state of the round lamp 204, and in the embodiment, is the number of rounds indicated by the lighting state of the round lamp 204. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5A, a sticker 56 that describes the correspondence between the lighting state of the round lamp 204 and the number of rounds is affixed to the round number display portion 55. A lighting state indicated by 561 indicates a 2-round jackpot game, and a lighting state indicated by the right side 562 indicates a lighting state of the round lamp 204 when a 15-round jackpot game is being executed. Further, as shown in FIG. 5B, the round number display portion 55 is formed as a substantially rectangular parallelepiped projecting portion projecting forward from a flat plate-like base portion 54 attached to the plate body 50, and an upper surface thereof is formed. The game ball is inclined so that it can flow down, and the above-described seal 56 is attached to the front surface. In FIG. 5, a black square (actually a color similar to the light emission color of the lamp) indicates that the lamp is lit, and the round lamp 204 is, for example, shown on the left side 561. Furthermore, from the left, if one is off, two are on, one is off, two are on, one is off, and one is on, it indicates that a two-round jackpot game is in progress. Therefore, the player can know the number of rounds by looking at the round number display section 55 when the round lamp 204 is lit.

  The round number display part 55 is provided on the side close to the round lamp 204 in the game area 5. Specifically, the round number display unit 55 is provided so as to be in the same area as the round lamp 204 when the front surface of the game board 1 is divided into four in the vertical and horizontal directions. More specifically, as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 4, the front surface of the game board 1 is divided into four virtual regions by a virtual line L1 extending up and down through the center and a virtual line L2 extending left and right in the front view. When divided, it is provided in the same virtual area as the round lamp 204. Thus, since the round number display part 55 is provided at a position close to the round lamp 204, the player can easily check the round lamp 204 and the description of the seal 56, and easily grasp the number of rounds. It will be possible.

  The normal symbol display 193 includes a plurality of lamps, and the result of the normal symbol determination (ordinary symbol lottery) performed when the game ball passes to the gate 17 is displayed as a normal symbol that is stopped and displayed via a variable display (that is, , The lighting state of the lamp). If the stop-displayed normal symbol is a winning symbol (that is, a winning lighting state), the second starting port opening / closing member 156 is opened for a predetermined time and a predetermined number of times to enter the second starting port 152. An auxiliary game that facilitates the game is performed.

  When the game ball passes through the gate 17 during the normal symbol fluctuation display or the auxiliary game, the main control board 30 acquires and stores a random number for the passage. Then, when the normal symbol variation display can be started, the stored random number is used to determine whether or not the symbol is a hit, and the normal symbol variation display is started. The normal symbol indicating is stopped and displayed. The normal symbol holding lamp 203 indicates the number of hit random numbers stored in this way, and is composed of a plurality of lamps. Note that the maximum number of hit random numbers stored is four, so even if the game ball passes through the gate 17 with four hit random numbers stored, acquisition of the hit random numbers for that pass is not performed. I will not.

  Next, attachment to the inner frame 23 of the game board structure part 40 is demonstrated. When the game board component 40 is attached to the inner frame 23, as shown in FIG. 12, with the support member 81 rotated forward with respect to the inner frame 23, as shown in FIGS. The image display fixing portion 82 is inserted between the rail portions 451 and 452, and the game board constituting portion 40 is moved along the image display fixing portion 82 (that is, along the display screen 111) on the attachment base 83 side of the support member 81. Push into. In other words, the game board configuration unit 40 moves while the rail portions 451 and 452 are in sliding contact with the upper end surface (that is, the upper end surface of the protection unit 84) and the lower end surface of the image display fixing unit 82. Since the part 40 slides with respect to the image display fixing part 82, it can be said that the image display fixing part 82 serves as a guide when the game board constituting part 40 is attached to the inner frame 23.

  When the game board constituting section 40 is pushed in until the left edge 411 (see FIG. 16) of the game area 41 abuts on the right edge 801 of the game board shared section 80, the state shown in (b) and (c) of FIG. As shown, the stopper member 113 gets over the restricting portion 481 and is restored, and the stopper member 113 and the restricting portion 481 come into contact with each other, so that the game board constituting portion 40 is moved to the right side (that is, from the inner frame 23). Movement in the direction of detachment is restricted. The position at which the left edge 411 of the game area 41 abuts the right edge 801 of the game board shared section 80 (in other words, the position at which the game board component 40 is regulated by the stopper member 113) is the game board component. The display screen 111 is arranged at a position where the player can properly view the display screen 111 from the opening 51 when the game board configuration unit 40 is at the proper arrangement position. The boundary line L is closed, and the movement of the game ball is not affected.

  As shown in FIGS. 20 and 21, when the game board component 40 is pushed in until the left edge 411 of the game area 41 abuts on the right edge 801 of the game board shared part 80, the upper end face and the lower end face The locked members 68, 68 can be locked to the locking members 67, 67 on the upper end surface and the lower end surface, respectively, and when these are locked, the game board constituting part 40 including the game area 41 is a game. The game board connecting unit 3 is formed by the game board composing part 40 and the game board common part 80. 20 (a) and 20 (b) show before and after connection of the locking member 67 on the upper end surface of the game area 41 and the locked member 68 on the upper end surface of the game board shared portion 80, respectively. FIGS. 21A and 21B respectively show before and after connection of the locking member 67 on the lower end surface of the game area portion 41 and the locked member 68 on the lower end surface of the game board shared portion 80. As shown in FIG. 20A, the left edge 411 is provided with a protrusion 412, the right edge 801 is provided with a recess 802, and the protrusion 412 enters the recess 802, whereby the left edge 411 contacts the right edge 801. Thus, when the game board structure part 40 and the game board shared part 80 are connected, it will be in the state shown in FIG.

  After connecting the game board configuration part 40 and the game board shared part 80, by connecting the harness connected to the main control board 30 to the connection terminal of the display 19, the display 19 (that is, the first special symbol display) 191, second special symbol display 192, normal symbol display 193, first special symbol hold lamp 201, second special symbol hold lamp 202, normal symbol hold lamp 203, and round lamp 204), the main control board Connect to 30. Further, the control board of the image display 11 and the image control board 34 are connected by a harness. However, wireless connection such as infrared communication may be used. That is, communication between the image display 11 and the control board provided in the game board configuration unit 40 may be wireless communication. Furthermore, the parts that are not provided in the game board configuration unit 40, such as the frame lamp 8, the speaker 9, and the effect button detection SW 71, and the sub control board 32 (see FIG. 22) provided in the game board configuration unit 40. Connect.

  After these connections are made, the game board coupling body 3 is rotated backward so as to be stored in the inner frame 23 so that the state shown in FIG. The body 3 is regulated so as not to rotate with respect to the inner frame 23. When the inner frame 23 is housed in the outer frame 22 and the glass door frame 24 is closed, the state shown in FIG. 1 is obtained. It should be noted that the controlled components provided in the game board configuration unit 40 and controlled by the main control board 30 are connected to the main control board 30 in advance before the game board configuration unit 40 is attached to the inner frame 23, and the game board configuration unit The controlled components (for example, the panel lamp 10 and the movable accessory device 13) provided in 40 and controlled by the sub-control board 32 are connected to the sub-control board 32 in advance before the game board component 40 is attached to the inner frame 23. Has been.

  On the other hand, when removing the game board component 40 from the inner frame 23, the procedure is the reverse of the above. That is, first, as shown in FIG. 3, the game board assembly 3 is rotated forward with respect to the inner frame 23, and the harness is removed from the connection terminal of the display 19 and the control board of the image display 11. Then, the locking between the locking members 67 and 67 and the locked members 68 and 68 is released, and the connection between the game board constituting unit 40 and the game board shared unit 80 is released. Then, the stopper member 113 is pushed forward with a finger or the like so as not to come into contact with the restricting portion 481, and the game board constituting portion 40 is pulled to the side opposite to the hinge 29 side. Then, the game board constituting unit 40 slides with respect to the image display fixing unit 82 (see FIG. 15), the image display fixing unit 82 comes out from the image display arranging unit 45, and the game board constituting unit 40 is brought into the inside. It is removed from the frame 23.

  Next, the electrical system of the gaming machine P1 of the embodiment will be described based on FIG. The gaming machine P1 includes a main control board 30, a payout control board 31, and a sub control board 32. The sub control board 32 includes an effect control board 33, an image control board 34, and a lamp control board 35. The payout control board 31 and the effect control board 33 are connected to the main control board 30, and the image control board 34 and the lamp control board 35 are connected to the effect control board 33. Each control board includes a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM, and the effect control board 33 includes an RTC (real time clock). The RTC measures the date and time, and continues the measurement operation with a backup power source (not shown) even when the power of the gaming machine P1 is shut off. A first reservation storage unit 301 and a second reservation storage unit 302 are provided in the RAM of the main control board 30.

  The main control board 30 performs control mainly related to profits (in other words, related to games) such as jackpot lottery and game state transition. The main control board 30 includes a first start port SW (switch) 154 that detects a game ball that has entered the first start port 151, and a second start port SW 155 that detects a game ball that has entered the second start port 152. , A second start opening solenoid 153 that opens and closes the second start opening 152, a gate SW 171 that detects a game ball that has passed through the gate 17, a large winning opening SW 163 that detects a gaming ball that has entered the large winning opening 161, and a large winning opening Large winning opening solenoid 162 that opens and closes the opening and closing member 164, normal winning opening SW181 that detects a game ball that has entered each normal winning opening 18, first special symbol holding lamp 201, second special symbol holding lamp 202, normal symbol The hold lamp 203, the first special symbol display 191, the second special symbol display 192, the normal symbol display 193, and the round lamp 204 are connected respectively. As shown by arrow 22, from the switch signal is input to the main control board 30, the solenoids and lamps signal is output from the main control board 30. The first start port SW154, the second start port SW155, the second start port solenoid 153, the gate SW171, the big winning port SW163, the big winning port solenoid 162, and the normal winning port SW181 are provided in the game board component 40. It has been.

  The main control board 30 transmits various commands to the payout control board 31 and receives signals from the payout control board 31 for payout monitoring. A payout drive motor 36 that drives a payout device (not shown) is connected to the payout control board 31, and the payout control board 31 operates the payout drive motor 36 in accordance with a command received from the main control board 30 to pay out a prize ball. Let it be done.

  Further, the main control board 30 transmits various commands to the effect control board 33, and the effect control board 33 transmits and receives commands and signals to and from the image control board 34. The effect control board 33 is connected to an effect button detection SW 71 that is provided on the effect button 7 and detects that the effect button 7 is operated (pressed here). The image display board 11 and the speaker 9 are connected to the image control board 34, and the image control board 34 displays an image such as a decorative design or a hold display on the display screen 111 of the image display 11 in accordance with a command received from the effect control board 33. Is displayed, and sound is output from the speaker 9. The effect control board 33 transmits and receives commands and signals to and from the lamp control board 35. The lamp control board 35 is connected to the frame lamp 8, the panel lamp 10, and the movable accessory device 13, and the lamp control board 35 displays the frame lamp 8 and the panel lamp 10 according to the command received from the effect control board 33. Turns on and off and operates the movable accessory device 13.

  Next, the gaming state and the like of the gaming machine P1 will be described. The gaming machine P1 has a normal gaming state, a short-time gaming state, a probability variation gaming state, a latent probability gaming state, and a jackpot gaming state in which a jackpot gaming is being performed.

  In the short-time gaming state, the game ball is more likely to win the second starting port 152 than in the normal gaming state, but the ease of winning the jackpot is equivalent to the normal gaming state. In the normal gaming state, the normal symbol determination The winning probability is about 1/10, the normal symbol variation time is 25 seconds, the opening time of the second start port 152 is 0.1 second, and the number of times of opening is one, while in the short-time gaming state, the normal symbol The winning probability of determination is about 9/10, the normal symbol variation time is 2 seconds, the opening time of the second start port 152 is 0.3 seconds, and the number of times of opening is 5. The jackpot winning probability is about 1/300 in both the normal game state and the short-time game state, but the short-time game state has a shorter average variation time of the special symbol than the normal game state.

  The probable gaming state is a state where it is easier to win a big hit than the normal gaming state and a game ball is likely to win the second starting port 152. In the normal gaming state, the probability of winning a big hit is about 1/300. Thus, in the probability variation gaming state, the jackpot winning probability is about 1/30. In the probability variation gaming state, as in the short-time gaming state, the winning probability of the normal symbol determination is about 9/10, the normal symbol variation time is 2 seconds, the opening time of the second start port 152 is 0.3 seconds, and the number of times of opening is The average variation time of the special symbol is shorter than that in the normal gaming state.

  In the latent game state, it is easier to win a big hit than in the normal game state, but the ease of winning the game ball to the second start port 152 is the same as the normal game state, and in the latent game state, Similar to the probable gaming state, the jackpot winning probability is about 1/30. In the latent game state, as in the normal game state, the winning probability of the normal symbol determination is about 1/10, the normal symbol fluctuation time is 25 seconds, and the opening time of the second start port 152 is 0.1 second. Is one time, and the average variation time of the special symbol is equivalent to the normal gaming state.

  The gaming state of the gaming machine P1 is a normal gaming state in the initial state when the power is turned on, and if a jackpot is generated in the jackpot determination, the jackpot game (jackpot gaming state) is passed through and the gaming state according to the type of jackpot is reached. Transition. In this embodiment, there are 2R (round) latent big hits as short hits where winning of a prize ball is almost impossible to expect as the types of jackpots, and 15R normal big hit and 15R as long hits that can win many prize balls. There is a promising jackpot. The jackpot game at the time of short hit is called a short hit game, and the jackpot game at the long hit is called a long hit game. In the 2R latent big win, after performing a short hit game in which the big winning opening 161 is opened twice with a short opening time, the game proceeds to the latent gaming state, and in the 15R normal big winning, the big winning opening 161 is set to 15 in a long opening time. After playing a long-peripheral game that is opened once, transition to the short-time gaming state, and in 15R probability variable big hit, after performing a long-peripheral game that opens the big prize opening 161 15 times with a long opening time, transition to the probability variable gaming state . Further, when a special symbol change is performed a predetermined number of times (in this embodiment, 100 times) without causing a big hit in the middle of the short-time game state, the game state transitions to the normal game state, and the probability change game state or the latent probability game state When a special symbol change is performed a predetermined number of times (10000 times in the present embodiment) without generating a big hit on the way, a transition is made to the normal gaming state. In addition, the small hit is an operation that apparently does not change from the 2R latent big hit, and a small hit game in which the big winning opening 161 is opened twice in a short opening time is performed, but the game state does not change.

  As shown in FIGS. 23 (a) and 23 (b), the jackpot random number takes a value in the range of 0 to 299. In the jackpot determination, the winning probability of jackpot is 1 in the normal gaming state or the short-time gaming state. / 300, so that the probability of winning per jackpot is 3/300, so that the probability of winning jackpot is 10/300 and the winning probability per jackpot is 3/300 in the probability variation gaming state or the latent chance gaming state, In each case, a random value to be won is determined. As shown in FIGS. 23 (c) and 23 (d), the jackpot symbol random number takes a value in the range of 0 to 249. For the first start winning, the winning probability of 15R normal jackpot is 100 / The winning probability for the 15R normal jackpot is 100/250, 15R for the second starting prize so that the winning probability for the 250, 15R probability variable jackpot is 75/250, and the winning probability for the 2R latent likelihood jackpot is 75/250. Random values for winning are determined so that the winning probability per probability variation jackpot is 125/250, and the winning probability per 2R latent likelihood jackpot is 25/250. Therefore, the jackpot determination based on the second start winning is more likely to hit the jackpot advantageous to the player than the jackpot determination based on the first starting winning.

  Next, the operation of the main control board 30 will be described. Each counter described later is provided in the RAM, and is cleared to zero when the gaming machine P1 is powered on.

  [Main-side timer interrupt process] The main control board 30 repeats the main-side timer interrupt process shown in FIG. 24 at a short cycle of, for example, 4 msec. First, the main control board 30 is a jackpot random number used for jackpot determination, a jackpot symbol random number for determining the type of jackpot, a reach random number for determining whether or not to perform reach effect in the variation effect, and a variation for determining the variation pattern A random number update process for updating pattern random numbers, hit random numbers used for normal symbol determination, and the like is performed (step S101).

  Next, the main control board 30 performs a start port SW process (S102), a gate SW process (S103), a big prize port SW process (S104), and a normal prize port SW process (S105). The start port SW process and the gate SW process will be described later. In the big winning opening SW process, if the big winning opening SW 62 is ON, it is determined whether or not a winning game (a winning game flag described later is ON) is determined. In this process, 1 is added to C and 1 is added to the value of the big prize counter. The normal winning opening SW process is a process of adding 1 to the value of the normal winning opening counter if the normal winning opening SW 181 is ON. Subsequently, the main control board 30 performs a special symbol process (S106), a normal symbol process (S107), a big prize opening process (S108), and an electric chew process (S109). These processes will be described later.

  Then, the main control board 30 has the number of prize balls according to the value of the start prize counter, the number of prize balls according to the value of the big prize counter, and the number of prizes according to the value of the normal prize counter. A command for paying out a ball is set, a prize ball process (S110) for clearing the counters to zero is performed, and the command set in each of the above processes is output to the payout control board 31 and the effect control board 33. Processing (S111) is performed.

  [Starting Port SW Process] As shown in FIG. 25, in the starting port SW process, the main control board 30 determines whether or not the first starting port SW154 is turned on (S201). If the value is ON, the value U1 of the first start port hold counter that counts the number of pieces of determination information stored in the first hold storage unit 301 by adding 1 to the value of the start winning port counter is It is determined whether it is less than the upper limit value (here, 4) (S202). If it is not less than the upper limit value, the process proceeds to step S208. If it is less than the upper limit value, 1 is added to the value U1 (S203), and determination information used for jackpot determination (in this embodiment, the jackpot random number, jackpot symbol random number) , Reach random number, and fluctuation pattern random number) are acquired and stored in the first reserved storage unit 301 (S204). Then, a preliminary determination (so-called prefetching) process is performed using the acquired determination information (S205). In the advance determination process, the main control board 30 refers to the jackpot determination table (see FIGS. 23A and 23B) according to the current gaming state, as in the jackpot determination process described later (see FIG. 28). Whether or not the jackpot random number is a jackpot, if it is determined to be a jackpot, refer to the symbol determination table at the time of the jackpot (see FIG. 23 (c) (d)), based on the jackpot symbol random number Determine the type of jackpot. Further, in the same manner as the variation pattern selection process (see FIG. 29) described later, the variation pattern of the special symbol is selected including the presence or absence of the reach effect. Then, the main control board 30 sets the first hold number increase command including the result of the advance determination by the advance determination process in the RAM (S206). The prior determination result includes information indicating a variation pattern including whether or not the jackpot is large, the type of jackpot in the case of the jackpot, and the presence or absence of the reach effect. Then, the main control board 30 changes the lighting state of the first special symbol reservation lamp 201 to indicate the number of reservations one more than before (S207).

  In step S208, the main control board 30 determines whether or not the second start port SW155 is turned on. If not, the main control board 30 returns from the start port SW process. If it is turned on, the main control board 30 sets the value of the start winning port counter. 1 is added, and it is determined whether or not the value U2 of the second start port hold counter that counts the number of pieces of determination information stored in the second hold storage unit 302 is less than the upper limit value (here, 4). (S209). If it is not less than the upper limit value, the process returns from the start port SW process. If it is less than the upper limit value, 1 is added to the value U2 (S210), and the determination information used for the jackpot determination is obtained to obtain the second hold. The data is stored in the storage unit 302 (S211). The main control board 30 performs the pre-determination process as described above using the acquired determination information (S212), and sets the second pending number increase command including the pre-determination result by the pre-determination process in the RAM. (S213) The lighting state of the second special symbol holding lamp 202 is changed to one indicating the number of holdings one more than before (S214), and the process returns from the start port SW process. When the main control board 30 returns from the start port SW process, the main control board 30 proceeds to the gate SW process.

  [Gate SW Processing] As shown in FIG. 26, in the gate SW processing, the main control board 30 determines whether or not the gate SW 171 is turned on (S301), and if not turned on, returns from the gate SW processing. The process proceeds to the next big prize opening SW process, and if it is ON, it is determined whether or not the value G of the gate hold counter is less than the upper limit value (here, 4) (S302). If it is not less than the upper limit value, the process returns from the gate SW process, and if it is less than the upper limit value, 1 is added to the value G (S303), and a normal symbol random number used for normal symbol determination to be described later is obtained and stored in the RAM. It is stored in a predetermined storage area (S304), the lighting state of the normal symbol hold lamp 203 is changed to one indicating a hold number one more than before (S305), and the process returns from the gate SW process. That is, up to four normal symbol random numbers are stored in the predetermined storage area.

  [Special Symbol Processing] As shown in FIG. 27, in the special symbol processing, the main control board 30 makes a winning game flag indicating whether or not a winning game is being played (that is, a small winning game flag, a long winning game flag, or a short game flag). It is determined whether or not (winning game flag) is ON (S401). If it is ON, the special symbol variation cannot be started, so return from the special symbol processing. If it is not ON, it is determined whether the special symbol variation is in progress. (S402). If it is determined that the main control board 30 is changing in step S402, the process proceeds to step S411. If it is determined that the main control board 30 is not changing, the special symbol change can be started. It is determined whether or not the number of holds is 1 or more (S403). If it is determined that the special symbol is on hold, it is determined whether or not the first special symbol hold (hold based on the earliest start prize) is based on the second start prize (S404). If it is based on a prize, 1 is subtracted from U2 (S405), and the lighting state of the second special symbol holding lamp 202 is changed to one indicating the number of holdings one less than before (S405-3). . On the other hand, if it is not based on the second starting prize, it is based on the first starting prize, so 1 is subtracted from U1 (S405-1), and the lighting state of the first special symbol holding lamp 201 is changed so far. The number is changed to one indicating the number of holdings less than one (S405-2).

  The main control board 30 that has performed the processing of step S405-2 or S405-3 turns off the customer waiting flag (S406), and based on the hold of the first special symbol, that is, the first hold storage unit first. A jackpot determination process (S407) and a variation pattern selection process (S408) to be described later are performed using the determination information stored in 301 or the second hold storage unit 302. When the determination information stored in the first reserved storage unit 301 is used, the first special symbol display 191 is used. When the determination information stored in the second reserved storage unit 302 is used, the second information is displayed. The special symbol display 192 starts special symbol variation (S409), sets a variation start command (S410), and proceeds to step S411. The variation start command includes information indicating the current gaming state, information indicating the symbol set in the jackpot determination process, and information indicating the variation pattern set in the variation pattern selection process. Thus, the information for determination memorize | stored in the 1st reservation memory | storage part 301 or the 2nd reservation memory | storage part 302 is used for jackpot determination in order from the thing memorize | stored previously, and the 1st reservation memory | storage part 301 or the 1st 2 is erased from the reserved storage unit 302. In step S411, it is determined whether or not the variation time of the special symbol has elapsed. If not, the process returns from the special symbol processing. If it has elapsed, the variation of the special symbol is stopped and the jackpot determination processing is performed. A special symbol is stopped and displayed with the set symbol (S412), a variable stop command is set (S413), a stop process (S414) described later is performed, and the process returns from the special symbol process.

  If it is determined in step S403 that there is no hold, the main control board 30 determines whether the customer waiting flag is ON (S415). If it is ON, the main control board 30 returns from the special symbol processing. The customer waiting command is set (S416), the customer waiting flag is turned ON (S417), and the process returns from the special symbol processing. When the main control board 30 returns from the special symbol process, it proceeds to the normal symbol process.

  [Big hit determination processing] As shown in FIG. 28, in the big hit determination processing, the main control board 30 determines whether or not the big hit random number is a big hit using the big hit determination table shown in FIG. 23 (S501). If it is a jackpot (YES in S502), it is determined which jackpot symbol the jackpot symbol random number indicates using the symbol determination table shown in FIG. 23 (S503), and the jackpot symbol is a special symbol stop symbol. Is set as (S504). The type of jackpot is determined by the jackpot design. On the other hand, if the jackpot random number is not a jackpot (NO in S502), but if the jackpot is small (YES in S505), the jackpot symbol is set as a special symbol stop symbol (S506), and if it is not a jackpot (NO in S505) ), The lost symbol is set as a special symbol stop symbol (S507).

  [Variation Pattern Selection Processing] As shown in FIG. 29, in the variation pattern selection processing, if the main control board 30 determines that the big hit is determined in the immediately preceding big hit determination processing (YES in S601), the random value and the fluctuation pattern If the jackpot table is set as a variation pattern table indicating the correspondence between the two (S602), and if it is determined that a small hit (NO in S601, YES in S603), the table for small hits is set as the variation pattern table (S604) . If neither big win nor small win (NO in S603), the reach random number determination table is referred to determine whether the reach random number indicates the presence of reach (S605). (YES in S606), a reach deviation table is set as the variation pattern table (S607), and if there is no reach (NO in S606), a rose deviation table is set as the variation pattern table (S608). Reach out means that the decorative symbol is in a reach state (for example, when three decorative symbols, left, middle, and right are displayed, the left and right decorative symbols are the same symbol, etc.) Is a variation effect that stops and displays in a manner of losing after being set to the same design), and the loss of rose is a variation effect that causes the decorative symbols to be stopped and displayed in a manner of losing without entering the reach state. Next, the main control board 30 refers to the variation pattern table set as described above to determine which variation pattern the variation pattern random number indicates (S609), and the variation pattern indicated by the variation pattern random number Is set (S610).

  [In-stop processing] As shown in FIG. 30, in the in-stop processing, the main control board 30 determines whether or not the short-time game flag indicating whether or not the short-time game state is ON (S701). Proceed to step S705, but if it is ON, the value J of the hour fluctuation counter that counts the number of special symbol fluctuations in the hourly gaming state is decremented by 1 (S702). The time-saving game flag is turned off (S703, 704), and the process proceeds to step S705.

  In step S705, the main control board 30 determines whether or not a probability change game flag indicating whether or not a probability change game state or a latent probability game flag indicating whether or not a latent probability game state is ON. If this is the case, the process proceeds to step S709. If either is ON, the value X of the high probability variation counter for counting the number of special symbol variations in the probability variation gaming state or the latent probability gaming state is subtracted by 1 (S706). If it is 0, in order to finish the probability variation gaming state or the latent probability gaming state, the probability variation gaming flag or the latent certainty gaming flag that was ON is turned OFF (S707, 708), and the process proceeds to step S709.

  In step S709, it is determined whether or not the jackpot (that is, whether or not the stopped special symbol is a jackpot symbol) (S709). ), The round lamp 204 is turned on to indicate 15R (S711-1). If it is not long hit, the short hit game flag is turned on (S710, 712), and the round lamp 204 is turned on to indicate 2R (S712-1). Then, the time variation counter value J and the high probability variation counter value X are set to 0 (S713), the time variation game flag, the probability variation game flag, and the latent probability game flag are turned off (S714), and the opening starts ( S717), an opening command is set (S718), and the process returns from the stop process.

  On the other hand, if it is not a big hit (NO in S709), the main control board 30 determines whether or not it is a small hit (S715). The small hit game flag is turned on (S716), the opening is started (S717), the opening command is set (S718), and the process returns from the stopped process. When returning from the stopped process, the main control board 30 returns from the special symbol process and proceeds to the normal symbol process.

  [Normal Symbol Processing] As shown in FIG. 31, in the normal symbol processing, the main control board 30 determines whether or not an auxiliary game flag indicating whether or not an auxiliary game is in progress (S801). Returning from the normal symbol processing, if it is not ON, it is determined whether or not the normal symbol is changing (S802). If it is changing, the process proceeds to step S809. If it is not changing, it is determined whether or not the value G of the gate hold counter is 1 or more (S803). If G is not 1 or more, normal symbol processing is started. Returning, if G is 1 or more, 1 is subtracted from G (S804), and the lighting state of the normal symbol holding lamp 203 is changed to one indicating the number of holdings one less than before (S804-1). ). Further, the main control board 30 uses the normal symbol determination table stored in advance to determine whether or not the first one of the normal symbol random numbers stored in the predetermined storage area in step S304 is hit. A hit random number determination process is performed (S805), and if it is a win, a winning symbol is selected, and if it is not a hit, a lost symbol is selected and set in the RAM (S806). In the normal symbol determination table, a table that is easier to hit is used in the short-time gaming state or the probability-changing gaming state than in the normal gaming state or the latent probability gaming state. The normal symbol random number used for the normal symbol determination is erased from the predetermined storage area. Then, the main control board 30 performs a variation time selection process for selecting and setting the normal symbol variation time according to the current gaming state (S807), starts the normal symbol variation (S808), and proceeds to step S809. move on. In step S809, the main control board 30 determines whether or not the variation time has elapsed. If the variation time has not elapsed, the main control board 30 returns from the normal symbol processing. The symbol set in S806 is stopped and displayed on the normal symbol display 193 (S810). If the stopped symbol is a winning symbol (YES in S811), the auxiliary game flag is turned ON (S812), and if it is a lost symbol (NO in S811), the auxiliary game flag is not turned ON and the normal symbol processing is performed. Return from. When the main control board 30 returns from the normal symbol process, the main control board 30 proceeds to the big prize opening process.

  [Big prize opening process] As shown in FIG. 32, in the big prize opening process, the main control board 30 first determines whether or not the winning game flag is ON (S901). If it is ON and it is ON, it is determined whether or not opening is in progress (S902). The opening refers to the period from the start of the winning game to the start of the first round. If it is determined that the opening is in progress, the main control board 30 determines whether or not the opening time has elapsed (S903). If the time has not elapsed, the main control board 30 returns from the big prize opening process. A maximum R number (round number) and an operation pattern are set in accordance with the type (S904). Then, the value C of the winning number counter is cleared to zero (S905), 1 is added to the value R of the round counter (S906), the operation (opening) of the big winning opening 161 is started (S907), and a round start command is issued. Set (S907-1).

  Next, the main control board 30 determines whether or not the operating time (opening time) of the big prize opening 161 has passed (S908), and if it has passed, closes the big prize opening 161 (S910). If not, it is determined whether or not the value C of the winning number counter is the specified number (S909). If it is not the specified number, the process returns from the big winning opening process. Close (S910). Then, the main control board 30 determines whether or not the value R of the round counter is the maximum number of Rs (S911). If it is determined that the value is not the maximum number of Rs, the main control board 30 returns from the big prize opening process and the maximum number of Rs. If it is determined that there is, the round lamp 204 is turned off (S911-1), ending is started (S912), an ending command is set (S913), and the value R of the round counter is cleared to zero (S914). Ending refers to the period from the end of the final round to the end of the winning game. Next, the main control board 30 determines whether or not the ending time has passed (S917). If the ending time has not elapsed, the main control board 30 returns from the big prize opening process, and if it has elapsed, the game state setting process described later is performed. (S918), the winning game flag is turned OFF (S919), and the process returns from the big prize opening process. When the main control board 30 returns from the big prize opening process, it proceeds to the electric chew process.

  If the main control board 30 determines that it is not opening in step S902, it determines whether it is ending (S915). If it is ending, it proceeds to step S917, and if it is not ending. It is determined whether or not the big prize opening is in operation (S916). If not in operation, the process proceeds to step S905, and if in operation, the process proceeds to step S908.

  [Game State Setting Process] As shown in FIG. 33, in the game state setting process, the main control board 30 does not change the game state if the winning game just ended is YES (YES in S1001). Returning from the game state setting process, if it is a normal jackpot (15R normal jackpot) (YES in S1002), in order to shift to the short-time game state, the short-time game flag is turned ON (S1003), the value J of the short-time fluctuation counter is set to 100 (S1004), the process returns from the gaming state setting process. If NO in step S1002, it is determined whether or not the probability variation jackpot (15R probability variation jackpot). If the probability variation jackpot (YES in S1005), the game state is shifted to the probability variation gaming state. The flag is turned on (S1006), and if it is not the probability variation big hit, since it is the 2R latent big hit, the latent game flag is turned on in order to transition the gaming state to the latent gaming state (S1007). Then, the value X of the high probability variation counter is set to 10000 (S1008), and the process returns from the gaming state setting process.

  [Electric Chu Process] As shown in FIG. 34, in the electric chew process, the main control board 30 determines whether or not the auxiliary game flag is ON (S1101). . On the other hand, if it is determined to be ON, it is determined whether or not the second start-up solenoid 153 is operating (S1102). If it is in operation, the process proceeds to step S1105. If it is not in operation, the operation pattern of the second start port solenoid 153 (that is, the opening pattern of the second start port 152) corresponding to the current gaming state is set. An operation pattern setting process is performed (S1103), the operation of the second start port solenoid 153 according to the operation pattern is started (S1104), and the process proceeds to step S1105. In step S1105, the main control board 30 determines whether or not the operation time corresponding to the set operation pattern has elapsed. If not, the main control board 30 returns from the electric chew process, and if it has elapsed, the auxiliary game flag is set. Turn off (S1106), and return from the electric Chu process. When the main control board 30 returns from the electric chew process, the main control board 30 proceeds to the prize ball process.

  In parallel with the processing in the main control board 30 described above, the effect control board 33 performs processing as shown in FIGS. Hereinafter, the operation of the effect control board 33 will be described.

  [Sub-side timer interrupt process] The effect control board 33 repeats the sub-side timer interrupt process as shown in FIG. 35 every predetermined short time (for example, 4 msec). In the sub timer interruption process, a command reception process (S2101), which will be described later, is performed, and then it is determined whether or not the effect button 7 or the like has been operated based on the presence or absence of a signal input from the effect button 7 or the like. (S2102) When it is determined that an operation has been performed, an operation command for notifying that is set in the RAM (S2103). Then, command transmission processing (S2104) is performed. The command transmission process is a process of transmitting the command reception process and the command set in step S2103 to the image control board 34 and the lamp control board 35. Based on the command received from the effect control board 33, the image control board 34 and the lamp control board 35 are effect means (image display 11, speaker 9, frame lamp 8, panel lamp 10, and movable accessory device 13). To execute various effects (variation effect, jackpot effect, customer waiting effect, etc.).

  [Command Receiving Process] As shown in FIG. 36, in the command receiving process, the effect control board 33 receives a hold number increase command (first hold number increase command or second hold number increase command) from the main control board 30. (S2201), and if it is received, a hold number addition process is performed (S2202). In the hold number addition process, 1 is added to the hold number stored in the predetermined storage area, and a hold display command for increasing the hold image displayed on the display screen 111 is set in the RAM.

  Next, the effect control board 33 determines whether or not a change start command has been received (S2203), and if received, performs a change effect selection process (S2204). In the change effect selection process, the effect control board 33 analyzes the change start command received from the main control board 30, selects a change effect pattern, and causes the image control board 34 to execute the change effect based on the change effect pattern. The change production start command is set, the stored hold number is decremented by 1, and a hold erase command for reducing the hold image displayed on the display screen 111 by 1 is set.

  Next, the effect control board 33 determines whether or not a change stop command has been received (S2205), and if it has been received, performs a change effect end process (S2206). In the variation effect end process, the effect control board 33 analyzes the variation stop command and sets a variation effect end command for ending the variation effect being executed.

  Next, the effect control board 33 determines whether or not an opening command has been received (S2207), and if received, performs an opening effect selection process (S2208). In the opening effect selection process, the effect control board 33 analyzes the opening command, selects an opening effect pattern, and sets an opening effect start command for causing the image control board 34 to execute the opening effect based on the opening effect pattern. To do.

  Next, the effect control board 33 determines whether or not a round start command has been received (S2209), and if received, performs a round effect selection process (S2210). In the round effect selection process, the effect control board 33 analyzes the round start command, selects an effect pattern during the round, and causes the image control board 34 to execute the effect during the round based on the selected effect pattern. Set the production start command.

  Next, the effect control board 33 determines whether or not an ending command has been received (S2211), and if received, performs an ending effect selection process (S2212). In the ending effect selection process, the effect control board 33 analyzes the ending command, selects an ending effect pattern, and sets an ending effect start command for causing the image control board 34 to execute the ending effect according to the selected effect pattern. To do.

  Further, the effect control board 33 performs a customer waiting command reception process (S2213) and returns from the command reception process. In the customer waiting command reception process, the effect control board 33 determines whether or not the customer waiting command has been received, and if received, starts measuring the time until execution of the customer waiting effect, and measures the time being measured. When a predetermined time set as the time until execution of the customer waiting effect is reached, a customer waiting effect start command for starting the customer waiting effect is set on the image control board 34. When the effect control board 33 returns from the command reception process, the process proceeds to the command transmission process described above.

  As described above, the gaming machine P1 has a gaming board in which a gaming machine common area 80 having a frame (inner frame 23), a display lamp (round lamp 204), and a gaming area 5 in which gaming balls flow down are formed. And a game board configuration section 40 on a frame body provided with a display section (round number display section 55) indicating information on a display lamp and having a game board shared section 80 attached thereto. 40 is detachably attached and connected to the game board sharing unit 80.

  In the gaming machine P1, the image display 11 can be reused by exchanging the game board constituting unit 40. And since the game board structure part 40 has the game area | region part 41 by which controlled components, such as the start winning apparatus 15, etc. were arrange | positioned, and the main control board 30 which controls these controlled components, a game area | region The unit 41 and the main control board 30 can be exchanged at a time. That is, since the game area part 41 and the main control board 30 depending on the model can be exchanged at a time, the complexity of the exchange work can be reduced.

  In the gaming machine P1, the image display 11 is disposed between the integrated gaming area 41 and the main control board 30. That is, the main control board 30 is arranged on the rear side of the image display 11 and the main control board 30 can be viewed from the rear without being obstructed by the image display 11. It is easy to confirm whether or not

  Further, the game board constituting unit 40 is detachably attached along the display screen 111 of the image display 11. That is, since the display screen 111 serves as a guide for positioning when the game board component 40 is attached, the game board component 40 can be easily positioned. Note that “along” does not necessarily mean contact (sliding contact).

  Further, in the gaming machine P1, the game board sharing unit 80 is reused in addition to the image display device 11, so that the reusable part can be increased.

  The game board sharing unit 80 includes a display 19 that is controlled by the main control board 30. Therefore, the display device 19 can be reused.

  Further, in the gaming machine P1, since the display lamp is provided in the game board shared section 80, the display lamp can be reused, and the display section showing the information of the display lamp is provided in the game board configuration section 40. Therefore, even when the game board configuration unit 40 is replaced, the player can view the information on the display lamp according to the model after the replacement, and can easily grasp the information indicated by the display lamp. is there. Specifically, the game board shared unit 80 includes a round lamp 204, and information about the round lamp 204 (specifically, the number of rounds indicated by the lighting state of the round lamp 204) includes the game board configuration unit 40. This is indicated by the round number display section 55. Even if the lighting state is the same, the information indicated by the round lamp 204 may be different depending on the model, such as 15R for some models but 8R for other models. By displaying this information on the unit 40, even if the round lamp 204 is reused for different models, the player can easily grasp the information indicated by the round lamp 204.

  It is not always necessary to provide the round number display portion 55 in the game area 5. For example, the round number display portion 55 may be provided outside the second outer rail 62, that is, outside the game area 5. What is necessary is just to provide in a possible position. However, as described above, if it is provided on the side closer to the round ramp 204, it becomes easier for the player to grasp the information of the round ramp 204. Further, in the present embodiment, the round number display unit 55 is configured to display the information of the round lamp 204 in an invariable manner (that is, the display does not change) by using the sticker 56. For example, a lamp is used. Thus, the display may be variably displayed (that is, the display may be changed). Further, information on display lamps other than the round lamp 204 may be indicated on a display unit included in the game board configuration unit 40. However, it is preferable to display the information on the display lamp controlled by the main control board 30 on the display unit included in the game board configuration unit 40 because it is easy to grasp information related to the interest that is of interest to the player.

  In addition, the outer rail is not divided into the first outer rail 61 and the second outer rail 62, and by providing a boundary line L between the game board constituting part 40 and the game board shared part 80 on the outer side of the outer rail, The game board component 40 may include an outer rail and a game ball introduction passage 63. Conversely, a boundary line L may be provided inside the inner rail 60, and the game board shared portion 80 may include the inner rail 60 and the game ball introduction passage 63. This is because, if the inner side of the inner rail 60 is the boundary line L, the game ball is less likely to be affected by the boundary line L. As described above, the boundary line L may appear in the game area 5 if there is little possibility that the game ball is affected by the boundary line L. In short, the part that can be shared without including the part depending on the model is referred to as the game board shared part 80, and the part that includes the part depending on the model and cannot be shared is referred to as the game board constituting part 40. Is not limited to the above-described method.

  Further, the mounting structure of the game board component 40 to the inner frame 23 is not limited to the above. Like the upper guide portion 85 and the lower guide portion 86 of the first reference example which will be described later, a support portion different from the image display fixing portion 82 is provided as a support portion for supporting the game board constituting portion 40, and a game board configuration is provided. It is good also as attaching the part 40, and inserting the game board structure part 40 from the right side part of the inner frame 23, without rotating the image display 11 like a 2nd reference example, and image display 11 It may be inserted into the game board constituting part 40 and the game board constituting part 40 may be attached to the inner frame 23. Further, as in a third reference example to be described later, the game board constituting unit 40 is configured to be openable and closable so that the image display 11 is sandwiched between the game board constituting unit 40 and the game board constituting unit 40 is attached to the inner frame 23. You may make it attach.

  In the first reference example to the third reference example, the game board 1 is not divided into the game area part 41 and the game board shared part 80, that is, the game board shared part 80 is not provided, but in these reference examples, The game board 1 is divided into a game area part 41 and a game board shared part 80, the game board shared part 80 is attached to the inner frame 23, and the game board constituting part 40 including the game area part 41 is attached to the inner frame 23. The game board sharing unit 80 may be connected. And it is good also as providing a display lamp in the game board shared part 80, and providing the display part which shows the information of the display lamp in the game board structure part 40. FIG.

  Hereinafter, the first to third reference examples will be described. In addition, about the component corresponding to the component of game machine P1 of this embodiment, the same code | symbol is used and the description is abbreviate | omitted suitably. 37 to 52, various components such as the glass door frame 24, the outer frame 22, and the start winning device 15 disposed in the game area 5 are omitted.

<First Reference Example>
The gaming machine P2 of the first reference example will be described based on FIGS. In the first reference example, in the same manner as in the above-described embodiment, the game board constituting unit 40 is aligned with the display screen 111 with respect to the support member 81 in a state where the support member 81 and the image display 11 are rotated forward. It is so-called slide type that it is pushed in and attached, pulled out and removed.

  As shown in FIGS. 37 to 39, in the gaming machine P2, the image display 11 is attached to the inner frame 23 via a support member 81. The support member 81 includes an attachment base 83 and an image display fixing part 82, and the image display 11 is fixed to the image display fixing part 82. Further, the support member 81 includes an upper guide portion 85 extending rightward from the upper end portion of the front end portion of the attachment base portion 83, and a lower guide portion 86 extending rightward from the lower end portion of the front end portion of the attachment base portion 83. . The upper guide portion 85 and the lower guide portion 86 are extended in parallel with each other and in parallel with the display screen 111 of the image display 11. The upper guide part 85 has a U-shaped cross-section with the lower part opened. The lower guide portion 86 has a U-shaped cross-section in which the top end (free end portion) 861 is open at the top so that it faces the U-shaped cross-section formed by the upper guide portion 85, and the center portion 862 has a front end portion. The rising cross section is L-shaped.

  The game board configuration unit 40 of the gaming machine P2 includes a game area unit 41, a base unit 42 attached to the game area unit 41, and a main control board 30 attached to the base unit 42. The game area portion 41 includes a substantially rectangular plate body 50, and an outer rail 69 and an inner rail 60 disposed on the front side of the plate body 50. The outer rail 69 is made of metal and extends in a circular arc shape from the lower left side of the plate body 50 to the upper portion of the plate body 50, and the inner rail 60 extends from the lower center portion of the plate body 50 to the upper left side of the plate body 50. ing. In the plate 50, a game ball introduction passage 63 is formed between the outer rail 69 and the inner rail 60, and the game area 5 surrounded by the outer rail 69, the inner rail 60 and a game area forming member (not shown). Is formed. In addition, the indicator 19 is disposed outside the outer rail 69 in the plate body 50. The base unit 42 includes an image display unit arrangement unit 45.

  When the game board component 40 is attached to the inner frame 23, the image display 11 is rotated forward together with the support member 81 as shown in FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 40, the plate body 50 of the game board constituting part 40 is inserted between the upper guide part 85 and the lower guide part 86, and the game board constituting part 40 is pushed toward the mounting base 83 side. The vertical distance between the upper guide portion 85 and the lower guide portion 86 is adjusted to the vertical length of the plate body 50, and the width in the front-rear direction of the upper guide portion 85 and the lower guide portion 86 (a U-shape). The opening width is adjusted to the thickness of the plate 50. Therefore, the plate body 50 moves to the mounting base 83 side while the upper end surface and the lower end surface are in sliding contact with the upper guide portion 85 and the lower guide portion 86, respectively. With this movement, the image display 11 and the image display fixing unit 82 are inserted into the game board configuration unit 40 along the image display arrangement unit 45 of the game board configuration unit 40. Then, as with the gaming machine P1, when the game board constituting unit 40 is pushed in until the stopper member 113 of the screen part 112 gets over the regulating part 481 (see FIG. 19) of the game board constituting unit 40, as shown in FIG. Then, the game board component 40 is attached to the inner frame 23 via the support member 81, and the game board component 40 is rotated backward together with the support member 81 and the image display 11 from the state shown in FIG. When it is moved and stored in the inner frame 23, the state shown in FIG. 37 is obtained. When the game board component 40 is removed from the inner frame 23, it is removed in the reverse order of attachment.

  As described above, even with the gaming machine P2, it is possible to attach and detach and replace only the game board component 40 while the image display 11 is attached to the inner frame 23, so that the image display 11 is removed from the inner frame 23. Can be reused without Further, the game board constituting unit 40 is detachably attached along the display screen 111 of the image display 11. That is, since the display screen 111 serves as a guide for positioning when the game board component 40 is attached, the game board component 40 can be easily positioned. Moreover, since the game area part 41 and the main control board 30 which depend on a model can be exchanged at once, the complexity of exchange work can be reduced.

<Second Reference Example>
Based on FIGS. 42-45, the gaming machine P3 of the second reference example will be described. The gaming machine P3 can open the right side of the inner frame 23 without rotating the support member 81 and the image display 11 forward, and the game board constituting unit 40 is displayed on the display screen from the right side of the inner frame 23. 111 is a slide type that is inserted into the support member 81 so as to be along 111 and is pulled out and removed.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 43, a support member 81 is attached to the inner frame 23 of the gaming machine P3, and the support member 81 includes an attachment base 83 and an image display fixing portion 82, and is fixed to the image display. The image display 11 is fixed to the part 82. The support member 81 is not rotatable with respect to the inner frame 23. The right vertical member 234 that constitutes the right side portion of the inner frame 23 and extends in the vertical direction is provided with a rotating portion 231. The rotating part 231 has an elongated shape that is long in the vertical direction, and can be rotated in the front-rear direction about a shaft 232 along the vertical direction. The rotating portion 231 is interlocked with a lock provided on the glass door frame 24 so that the glass door frame 24 can be rotated with respect to the outer frame 22 and the inner frame 23, and the inner frame 23 is moved to the outer frame 22. And the lock part 233 for enabling rotation with respect to the glass door frame 24 is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 43, the gaming board configuration unit 40 of the gaming machine P3 includes a gaming area unit 41, a base unit 42 attached to the gaming area unit 41, and a main control board 30 attached to the base unit 42. I have. The game area 41 includes an outer rail 69, an inner rail 60, a game ball introduction passage 63, a game area 5, and a display 19 as in the first reference example. The base unit 42 includes an image display unit arrangement unit 45.

  When the game board constituting unit 40 is attached to the inner frame 23, as shown in FIG. 43, the turning unit 231 of the inner frame 23 is turned forward. This rotation prevents the right vertical member 234 of the inner frame 23 from interfering with the insertion of the game board component 40 into the inner frame 23. Then, as shown in FIG. 44, the game board constituting unit 40 is placed in the inner frame so that the image display fixing unit 82 slides along the rails 451 and 452 (see FIG. 11) of the image display disposing unit 45. 23, and is moved by pushing toward the mounting base 83 side. With this movement, the image display 11 and the image display fixing unit 82 are inserted into the game board configuration unit 40. When the game board constituting unit 40 is pushed in until the right end edge of the image display fixing portion 82 hits the right end edge 453 (see FIG. 11) of the image display arrangement portion 45, the state shown in FIG. By rotating the moving portion 231 backward, the game board constituting portion 40 is attached to the inner frame 23 as shown in FIG. When the game board component 40 is removed from the inner frame 23, it is removed in the reverse order of attachment.

  As described above, even with the gaming machine P3, it is possible to attach and detach and replace only the game board constituting unit 40 while the image display 11 is attached to the inner frame 23. Therefore, the image display 11 is removed from the inner frame 23. Can be reused without Further, the game board constituting unit 40 is detachably attached along the display screen 111 of the image display 11. That is, since the display screen 111 serves as a guide for positioning when the game board component 40 is attached, the game board component 40 can be easily positioned. Moreover, since the game area part 41 and the main control board 30 which depend on a model can be exchanged at once, the complexity of exchange work can be reduced.

<Third reference example>
A third reference example will be described with reference to FIGS. In the third reference example, with the support member 81 and the image display 11 being rotated forward, the game board constituting unit 40 is opened and the image display fixing part 82 and the image display 11 of the support member 81 are sandwiched. In other words, it is a sandwich type.

  As shown in FIGS. 46 and 47, in the gaming machine P4, the image display 11 is attached to the inner frame 23 via a support member 81. The support member 81 includes an attachment base portion 83 and an image display fixing portion 82, and further includes bearing portions 89 and 89 above and below the front end portion of the attachment base portion 83. The bearing portions 89 and 89 have a cylindrical shape in which a cutout portion along the axial direction is formed in the peripheral wall portion so that the cross section is C-shaped.

  The game board constituting part 40 of the gaming machine P4 includes a game area part 41, a base part 42 attached to the game area part 41, and a main control board 30 (see FIG. 49) attached to the base part 42. Yes. The game area 41 includes an outer rail 69, an inner rail 60, a game ball introduction passage 63, a game area 5, and a display 19 as in the first reference example. In addition, the game board component 40 includes a shaft 58 that is fixed to the left side of the game area 41 and extends in the vertical direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 48 and 49, the base portion 42 of the gaming machine P4 includes a main body portion 43 and a rotating portion 59, and the rotating portion 59 is located at the right end portion (image display fixing unit) with respect to the main body portion 43. The end portion corresponding to the free end side of the portion 82 is hinged and can be rotated with the vertical direction as the axial direction. That is, the base part 42 can be opened and closed. The base portion 42 is provided with a locking portion (not shown), and when the base portion 42 is closed, the main body portion 43 and the rotating portion 59 are locked to each other, and when the base portion 42 is opened, the main body portion 43 and the rotating portion. 59 can be unlocked. A sub-control board 32 (see FIG. 22), a main control board 30 housed in a board case 37, and a panel back cover 49 are attached to the rear surface of the rotating portion 59.

  When the game board component 40 is attached to the inner frame 23, as shown in FIG. 48, the image display 11 is rotated forward by rotating the support member 81. In addition, as shown in FIG. 49, the game board constituting unit 40 rotates the rotating unit 59 with respect to the main body unit 43 so that the base unit 42 is opened. Then, as shown in FIG. 50, the image display 11 is arranged between the main body 43 and the rotation unit 59, and both ends of the shaft 58 are moved from the notches of the bearings 89 and 89 to the bearings. It inserts in the parts 89 and 89. Next, as shown in FIG. 51, the image display 11 is rotated with respect to the main body portion 43 and disposed in the opening 46 formed in the rear end portion of the main body portion 43, as shown in FIG. As described above, the rotating portion 59 is rotated with respect to the main body portion 43, the base portion 42 is closed, and the main body portion 43 and the rotating portion 59 are locked. Then, the game board constituting unit 40 is attached to the inner frame 23 via the support member 81, and the image display 11 is arranged between the main body 43 and the rotating unit 59. From the state shown in FIG. 52, when the game board component 40 is rotated backward together with the support member 81 and the image display 11 and stored in the inner frame 23, the state shown in FIG. 46 is obtained. When the game board component 40 is removed from the inner frame 23, it is removed in the reverse order of attachment.

  As described above, even with the gaming machine P4, it is possible to attach and detach and replace only the game board constituting unit 40 while the image display 11 is attached to the inner frame 23. Therefore, the image display 11 is removed from the inner frame 23. Can be reused without Further, the game board constituting unit 40 is attached to the inner frame 23 so that the image display 11 is disposed in the opening 46 which is a predetermined part of the game board constituting unit 40. That is, since the image display 11 serves as a positioning reference (guideline) when the game board component 40 is attached to the inner frame 23, the game board component 40 can be easily positioned. Moreover, since the game area part 41 and the main control board 30 which depend on a model can be exchanged at once, the complexity of exchange work can be reduced.

  [Modification] Modifications including those described above will be described below.

  The base part 42 only needs to be a mounting base for the main control board 30 and may not be a part called a liquid crystal base.

  The controlled component may be anything controlled by the main control board (main control board 30), and is not limited to the start winning device 15 and the big winning device 16 described above, and may include a lamp and a switch.

  The frame body is not limited to the inner frame 23 as long as the image display 11 can be attached thereto, and may be the glass door frame 24 or the outer frame 22. Note that the glass door frame 24 does not have to be formed by integrating the upper part having the glass part 25 and the lower part having the dish unit part 26 as shown in FIG. The lower part which has the part 26 may be separated, and can be opened and closed separately. The shape of the frame is not limited to a rectangular shape, but may be any shape such as a housing (box) shape, a U shape, or a rod shape.

  The outer rail may not be divided into the first outer rail 61 and the second outer rail 62, and a boundary line L between the game board constituting part 40 and the game board shared part 80 may be provided outside the outer rail. Conversely, the boundary line L may be provided inside the inner rail 60. That is, the boundary line L may appear in the game area 5. In short, the part that can be shared without including the part depending on the model is referred to as the game board shared part 80, and the part that includes the part depending on the model and cannot be shared is referred to as the game board constituting part 40. Is not limited to the above-described method.

  In the gaming machine P1, the mounting base 83 is disposed on the left side of the image display 11, and the image display 11 is a frame (inner frame 23) on the shafts 87, 87 provided on the mounting base 83 along the vertical direction. The rotation axis when rotating with respect to the image display 11 (that is, the rotation axis is provided on the left side of the image display 11). It may be along the left-right direction, or may be provided on the right side of the image display 11 along the vertical direction. That is, the attachment base 83 may be disposed on the upper side of the image display 11, may be disposed on the lower side, or may be disposed on the right side.

  The structure for attaching the game board component 40 to the frame (inner frame 23) is not limited to that described above. A thing other than the slide type and the sandwiching type described above may be used as long as the game board constituting unit 40 can be attached to and detached from the frame body.

  The direction of movement of the game board constituting unit 40 when the game board constituting unit 40 is attached along the display screen 111 is also arbitrary. As described above, in addition to moving the game board constituting unit 40 from the right side to the left side of the display screen 111, it may be moved from the upper side to the lower side of the display screen 111 or may be moved from the lower side to the upper side. When the rotation axis for rotating the image display 11 with respect to the frame is provided on the right side of the image display 11, the game board constituting unit 40 is moved from the left to the right of the display screen 111. It may be moved to. In other words, the direction in which the image display 11 is inserted into the game board constituting unit 40 is not limited to the left side of the game board constituting unit 40, but from the upper side, the lower side, the right side, and the oblique direction. It may be from.

  The round number display portion 55 does not need to be provided in the game area 5 and may be provided outside the game area 5. For example, you may provide in the outer side of the 2nd outer rail 62, the outer side of the 1st outer rail 61, and the game area formation members 65 and 66. FIG. In short, what is necessary is just to provide in the position which a player can visually recognize in the game board structure part 40. FIG.

  In addition to the round lamp 204, the display lamps possessed by the game board shared unit 80 include special symbol display lamps (first special symbol display 191 and second special symbol display 192) indicating the result of the special symbol lottery (hit determination). Normal symbol display lamp (normal symbol display 193) indicating the result of the normal symbol lottery, Reservation lamp indicating the number of holdings (first special symbol holding lamp 201, second special symbol holding lamp 202, normal symbol holding lamp 203) There may be a status lamp that indicates a gaming state, a right-handed lamp that indicates that the player is to be right-handed, and the like.

  The display section (round number display section 55) indicating the information of the display lamp (round lamp 204) can display the information of the display lamp invariably by attaching the sticker 56 or directly printing the information as described above. The display lamp information may be variably displayed using a liquid crystal display, a 7-segment lamp, a lamp for performing dot display, or the like. Further, information on display lamps other than the round lamp 204 as described above may be displayed.

  The display 19 controlled by the main control board (main control board 30) includes a first special symbol display 191, a second special symbol display 192, a normal symbol display 193, a first special symbol holding lamp 201, a second The present invention is not limited to having all of the special symbol holding lamp 202, the normal symbol holding lamp 203, and the round lamp 204. Only one of these may be included, or any two or more may be included. In addition, the above-described status lamp and right-handed lamp may be included, or a liquid crystal display may be used.

  [Others] Hereinafter, the gaming machine P1 will be described from other viewpoints.

The gaming machine P1 can be described as described below with the object of providing a gaming machine that can reuse the image display and can reduce the complexity of the exchange work.
A gaming area 5 in which a gaming ball flows down is formed, a controlled part (start winning device 15 or the like) is provided, and an opening 51 is formed in the gaming area 5, and attached to the gaming area 41 A game board configuration unit 40 including a base unit 42 and a main control board (main control board 30) that is attached to the base unit 42 and controls a controlled component;
A frame (inner frame 23);
An image display 11 having a display screen 111;
A gaming machine comprising: a game board component 40 detachably attached to a frame body to which the image display 11 is attached, and the display screen 111 is disposed so as to be visible through the opening 51. P1.

  According to this, the image display 11 can be reused by exchanging the game board component 40, and the main control board is exchanged together with the game area 41 in which the game area 5 is formed. Can be reduced.

The gaming machine P1 can be described as follows with the problem of increasing the reusable part.
A game area 41 in which a game area 5 in which a game ball flows down is formed and a controlled component (start winning device 15 or the like) is disposed, a base section 42 attached to the game area section 41, and a base section 42 A game board component 40 including a main control board (main control board 30) that is attached and controls a controlled component;
A frame (inner frame 23);
A game board shared section 80 attached to the frame,
The gaming machine P1 is characterized in that the game board component 40 is detachably attached to the frame and is connected to the game board shared unit 80.

  According to this, since the game board shared part 80 can be reused, the reusable part can be increased.

In addition, the gaming machine P1 is described as follows with the object of providing a gaming machine in which the image display can be reused to reduce the complexity of the exchange work and the positioning at the time of replacement is easy. be able to.
A game area 41 in which a game area 5 in which a game ball flows down is formed and a controlled component (start winning device 15 or the like) is disposed, a base section 42 attached to the game area section 41, and a base section 42 A game board component 40 including a main control board 30 that is attached and controls a controlled component;
A frame (inner frame 23);
An image display 11 having a display screen 111;
The gaming machine P1 is characterized in that the game board component 40 is detachably attached along the display screen 111 to the frame body to which the image display 11 is attached.

  According to this, the image display 11 can be reused by exchanging the game board component 40, and the main control board is exchanged together with the game area 41 in which the game area 5 is formed. The game board constituting unit 40 is attached so as to follow the display screen 111 of the image display 11, so that positioning at the time of replacement is easy.

In addition, the gaming machine P1 can be described as follows with the object of providing a gaming machine that can reuse the display controlled by the main control board.
A display 19 that is controlled by a main control board (main control board 30) that controls the game is attached to the frame (inner frame 23),
A gaming machine P1 in which a gaming area 5 in which a gaming ball flows down is formed and a gaming board component 40 having a main control board is detachably attached to a frame.

  According to this, the display 19 controlled by the main control board can be reused.

P1 ... gaming machine 5 ... gaming area 23 ... inner frame (frame)
30 ... Main control board (control board)
40 ... Game board component 55 ... Number of rounds display (display)
80 ... Game board shared section 204 ... Round lamp (indicator lamp)

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A frame,
A game board shared section having an indicator lamp;
A game board component in which a game area where game balls flow down is formed;
With
The game board component includes a display unit indicating information on the display lamp,
A gaming machine, wherein the game board constituting part is detachably attached to the frame body to which the game board shared part is attached, and is connected to the game board shared part.

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