JP2018130504A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To change an expectation level for continuous winnings of a specific game state such as an ART, according to a type of an acquired item, and thereby to provide a game machine capable of preventing games from becoming monotonous.SOLUTION: In a continuation presentation to be performed during a specific game state, it is so configured that a slot machine performs a control to indicate that the specific game state is to be continued at a prescribed ratio, if a first item is consumed and when a first continuation presentation is performed, performs a control to indicate that the specific game state is to be continued at a ratio higher than the prescribed ratio, if the first item is consumed and a second continuation presentation is performed, performs a control to indicate that the specific game state is to be continued at a ratio higher than the prescribed ratio, if a second item is consumed and when the first continuation presentation is performed, and performs a control to indicate that the specific game state is to be continued at a ratio lower than the prescribed ratio, if the second item is consumed and when the second continuation presentation is performed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine having a gaming state advantageous to a player.

There is a slot machine as this type of gaming machine. The slot machine has a gaming state advantageous to a player called, for example, RT, AT, ART, etc. (for example, Patent Document 1).
RT is an abbreviation for replay time, and usually refers to a gaming state in which the winning rate of the replay role that enables the next game without inserting medals is high.
AT is an abbreviation for assist time. When winning a small role or a replay role, for example, a symbol that serves as a guide for pressing or a stop button operation order is notified. It is a gaming state that assists winning such as a combination and a replay combination.
ART is an abbreviation for assist / replay time, and a combination of RT and AT allows a winning ratio for a replay role to be set while a winning rate for a small role or a replay role is assisted. It has become.

  Such an advantageous gaming state is executed over a predetermined number of games, and a continuous lottery is performed during the gaming state. If the winning state is not won, the advantageous gaming state ends after the predetermined number of games are executed. Then, the game state is shifted to a disadvantageous game state such as a normal game state. On the other hand, when the continuous lottery is won, an advantageous gaming state is continuously executed again after the predetermined number of games are executed.

JP 2015-213709 A

  However, such conventional gaming machines have room for improvement.

  In order to solve the above problems, a gaming machine according to the present invention is a gaming machine that performs a lottery based on a player's starting operation and controls a specific gaming state advantageous to the player based on the result of the lottery. Item management means for managing items given based on the establishment of the condition, and a continuation effect is executed in relation to the consumption of the item, and the specific gaming state is continued at a predetermined rate in the continuation effect. Continuation effect control means for controlling so as to indicate, the type of the continuation effect includes a first continuation effect and a second continuation effect, and the item type includes the first item and the second continuation effect. And when the first item is consumed and the first continuous effect is executed, the specific gaming state is continued at a predetermined rate. Show If the first item is consumed and the second continuation effect is executed, the specific gaming state continues at a rate higher than the predetermined rate. If the second item is consumed and the first continuation effect is executed, the specific gaming state continues at a rate higher than the predetermined rate. If the second item is consumed and the second continuation effect is executed, control is performed to indicate that the specific gaming state continues at a rate lower than the predetermined rate. It is as composition to do.

  Further, the gaming machine of the present invention is based on the establishment of a predetermined condition in a gaming machine that performs a lottery based on a player's start operation and controls a specific gaming state advantageous to the player based on the result of the lottery. An item management means for managing the items to be granted, and a continuation effect in which the continuation effect is executed in relation to the consumption of the item, and the continuation effect is controlled to indicate that the specific gaming state continues at a predetermined rate Control means, wherein the type of continuation effect includes a first continuation effect and a second continuation effect, the type of item includes a first item and a second item, and the continuation The effect control means indicates that, when the first item is consumed, the specific gaming state continues at a higher rate when the second continuation effect is executed than the first continuation effect. System When the second item is consumed, control is performed to indicate that the specific gaming state continues at a higher rate when the first continuous effect is executed than when the second continuous effect is executed. It can also be set as the structure to do.

It is a schematic front view which shows the external appearance of a gaming machine. It is a schematic perspective view which shows the internal structure of a game machine. It is a block diagram which shows the control structure of a gaming machine. It is a figure for demonstrating the kind of game state. It is a chart which shows the characteristic of each game state. It is a figure for demonstrating the state in ART. It is a chart which shows the kind of item. It is a chart which shows the feature of an item. It is a graph which shows the relationship between an item and a continuation effect. It is a chart for demonstrating the provision form of an item. It is a figure for demonstrating the structure of the normal part in ART. It is a figure for demonstrating the structure of the continuation production part in ART. It is a figure for demonstrating the structure when using a some item in one continuous production. It is a figure at the time of performing the mission effect which applied item acquisition in the normal part. It is a figure at the time of performing the other mission effect which applied item acquisition in the normal part. It is a flowchart which shows ART continuous lottery processing.

  A preferred embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

The slot machine 1 is an embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention, and includes a casing 1b having an opening on the front surface and a front door 1a that covers the opening so as to be opened and closed, as in a normal slot machine. Yes.
The front door 1a is configured to be able to identify three consecutive symbols (identification information) represented on the reels 41a to 41c from the outside of the machine, and a plurality of operation means (2a, 3, 3) operated by the player. 5), the housing 1b includes a plurality of devices such as a drum unit 4 that rotationally drives the reels 41a to 41c, a medal payout device 7 that pays out medals, a main control unit 10 that operates as a computer, a sub control unit 20, and the like. It has.

  Such a slot machine 1 is configured such that the following slot machine game can be executed by the main control unit 10 operating as a game state control means or the like.

At the start of the game, a multiplier is set using medals (including credit medals).
There are two methods for setting the multiplier: a method in which a medal is directly inserted from the medal insertion slot 2 and a method in which the bet button 2a is pressed.

In the method of inserting medals from the medal insertion slot 2 and setting the multiplier, the inserted medals are detected by the medal selector 2b (medal detection means) provided on the back surface of the front door 1a. A multiplier corresponding to the number of sheets (however, a multiplier “3” corresponding to three medals) is set as an upper limit).
The upper limit of the multiplier may be “1”, “2”, or “4” or more.

The bet button 2a is an example of an operation unit that can accept the player's operation related to the setting of the multiplier. When the bet button 2a is pressed, a predetermined number (for example, a credit medal is internally stored as data). 3) medals are subtracted, and the subtracted amount is set as a multiplier.
The bet buttons are not limited to the bet buttons 2a, and a plurality of bet buttons having different set multipliers may be provided. The credit medals are added when a medal is inserted from the medal insertion slot 2 or a prize is received. For example, up to 50 medals can be credited (stored).

In this way, the multiplier set by direct insertion from the medal insertion slot 2 or by pressing the bet button 2a is stored in a storage means such as a RAM provided in the main control unit 10.
When the multiplication number reaches a predetermined number (for example, three), the game can be started with the right to execute one game.

In a state where the game can be started, the operation of the start lever 3 is in a valid state. In this effective state, when the start lever 3 is tilted, the game is started, and the reels 41a to 41c represented by a plurality of symbols start to fluctuate, and a plurality of replay combinations, small combinations, bonus combinations, etc. An “internal lottery process” is executed in which the lottery result of the current game is determined in advance before the reels 41 are stopped from among the winning combinations (including disparities).
In the “internal lottery process”, the winning combination of the current game is determined by lottery based on a predetermined winning probability among a plurality of winning combinations.
In the present embodiment, the “internal lottery process” is completed before the reels 41a to 41c reach steady rotation, but may be completed before the reels 41a to 41c start rotating. .

Each of the reels 41a to 41c is an example of variable display means, and on the peripheral surfaces of the reels 41a to 41c, for example, “replay”, “bell”, “Watermelon”, “Cherry”, “7”, “BAR”, and the like are respectively represented, and after reaching a steady rotation that rotates at a constant speed after gradually increasing the rotation speed from the stopped state.
When such steady rotation is reached, the stop buttons 5a to 5c provided corresponding to the reels 41a to 41c are in a state in which they can be pressed (enabling the operation of the stop button 5).

  The stop buttons 5a to 5c are an example of operation means for performing a stop operation of the reel 41. For example, when the light emitting means such as an LED built in the stop buttons 5a to 5c is turned on, the stop buttons 5a to 5c can be pressed. When each stop button 5 is pressed in such a state, the reels 41a to 41c are stopped so as to stop at a combination of symbols permitted by the operation timing and the lottery result of the “internal lottery process”. Be controlled.

In the stop state, the three symbols continuous in the vertical direction shown on the reels 41a to 41c are stopped so as to face the outside from the display window 6 (sometimes referred to as stop display). Based on this, it is determined whether or not there is a prize.
The determination of winning is based on a combination of symbols stopped on a predetermined winning line. For example, the winning is stopped on any one of five winning lines including three upper, middle, and lower lines and two diagonal lines. It is determined based on the combination of symbols.
Note that the number of winning lines is not limited to five, but may be an arbitrary number of lines such as one.

The combinations of symbols to be determined include “bell bell bell” (bell role) in the order of “left reel 41a, middle reel 41b, right reel 41c” as symbol combinations corresponding to “small role”, There are "cherry, ANY, ANY" (acting as cherry, where ANY is any symbol), "watermelon, watermelon, watermelon" (serving as watermelon).
In addition, the “bell role” includes 6 types of pressing order (for example, “5a → 5b → 5c”, “5c → 5b → 5a”, etc.) as the operating order (referred to as pressing order) for the stop buttons 5a to 5c. It is also possible to provide a “push order bell” in which the combination of symbols corresponding to “bell bell bell” is stopped by a single push order. The “push order bell” provides “push order bells 1 to 6” corresponding to each of the six push orders, and notifies the push order corresponding to each of the “push order bells 1 to 6”. Is performed during ART (including during AT).

Further, as a combination of symbols corresponding to the “replay role”, there are “replay / replay / replay” (usually replay), “replay / replay / bell” (chance replay), and the like.
In addition, the “replay combination” has a symbol corresponding to “replay / replay / replay” depending on one of the six pressing orders as the operating order (referred to as pressing order) for the stop buttons 5a to 5c. A “push order replay” that stops the combination can also be provided. “Push order replay” provides “push order replays 1 to 6” corresponding to each of the six push orders, and also notifies the push order corresponding to each of the “push order replays 1 to 6”. Is performed during ART (including during AT).
In addition, the “replay combination” includes “promotion replay” corresponding to a combination of symbols related to transition from the normal state to RT, and “falling replay” corresponding to a combination of symbols related to the transition from RT to the normal state. . These winning combinations are also associated with the push order. For example, with regard to “promotion replay”, “promotion replay” related to the transition from the normal state to the RT by one of the six push orders. The corresponding symbol combination is stopped, and for “falling replay”, there is a symbol combination corresponding to “falling replay” related to the transition from RT to the normal state by five of the six pressing sequences. Stop.

  In addition, there are “BIG Bonus” (Big Bonus) and “REG Bonus” (Regular Bonus) in “Bonus Bonus”, and “7/7/7” is a combination of bonus symbols corresponding to “BIG Bonus”. As a combination of bonus symbols corresponding to “REG bonus”, there are “7 · 7 · BAR” and the like.

  Then, as a result of determining the combination of symbols stopped on the winning line, when the symbol combination is a combination of symbols corresponding to each of the above, a game value corresponding to the symbol combination is given.

For example, when a combination of symbols corresponding to a small role such as a bell role, a cherry role, and a watermelon role is stopped, a small role winning is determined, and the medal payout device 7 is driven and controlled, whereby a hopper 7a in which medals are stored is stored. A predetermined number of medals are paid out through the medal payout opening 7b.
Specifically, when the combination of symbols corresponding to the “bell role” (“bell bell bell”) is stopped, eight medals are paid out, and the combination of symbols corresponding to the “watermelon role” (“watermelon · 5 medals are paid out according to the stop indication “Watermelon / Watermelon”).
In the “cherry role”, the number of medals to be paid out differs depending on the position of “cherry” stopped on the left reel 41a. When “cherry” stops at “upper” or “lower” (upper cherry or lower cherry) When two medals are paid out and “cherry” stops at “middle stage” (called middle stage cherries), one medal is paid out.
The winning probability of each winning combination is “normal replay”> “bell role”> “upper / lower cherry role”> “watermelon role” in each gaming state described later except for “BIG bonus” and “REG bonus”. It is assumed that the relationship of “chance replay”> “middle row cherry role” is set, that is, “normal replay” is most likely to be won, and “middle row cherry role” is most difficult to win.
Further, the “bell role” may be set to a winning probability such that two medals per game increase during ART.
In addition, the payout of medals can be configured so that only the amount exceeding the maximum number of credit medals is paid out, but each time a winning occurs by operating a predetermined setting button (not shown) in advance, It is also possible to configure so that medals corresponding to the are paid out.

In addition, when a combination of symbols corresponding to the “replay role” (for example, “replay / replay / replay”, etc.) is stopped, a replay winning is determined, and a medal is spent without inserting a medal in the next game. It will be in a state that can be played without.
In addition, when a combination of bonus symbols corresponding to “BIG bonus” and “REG bonus” (for example, “7 · 7 · 7”, “7 · 7 · BAR”, etc.) is stopped, a predetermined small role (bell role) Move to a bonus game with a high probability of winning.
Each “bonus combination” mentioned above preferably carries over the winning right as long as the combination of the corresponding symbols in the game won and the game after that game is not stopped.

  As shown in FIG. 3, in the slot machine game in which such a series of operations is performed once, the main control unit 10 operates the operation means such as the bet button 2a, the start lever 3 and the stop button 5, and the medal selector 2b. This is realized by controlling output means such as the drum unit 4 including the reels 41a to 41c and a pulse motor for rotationally driving the reels 41a to 41c, the medal payout device 7, and the like based on input information from the input means.

In the slot machine 1, a game effect synchronized with such a slot machine game is also performed. For example, an image effect indicating a transition to ART, a fanfare sound, a lamp effect, and the like are respectively notified of a display 8 such as a liquid crystal TV (item display means), a speaker 9, and a lamp 11 including a light emitting means such as an LED. Is output via the means.
Such notification means is controlled by the sub-control unit 20. Further, the sub-control unit 20 controls these based on a control command received from the main control unit 10 at every predetermined game timing.

The sub control unit 20 is an example of an effect control unit, and is configured to be able to execute an operation according to a command from the main control unit 10.
For example, the sub-control unit 20 uses a receiving unit such as an input port provided in the sub-control unit 20 to receive a control command transmitted at a predetermined game timing from a transmission unit such as an output port provided in the main control unit 10. The control means decodes the received control command and controls the notification means such as the display 8 so as to produce an effect according to the control command.

  In the slot machine 1, in addition to such a configuration, the main control unit 10 operates as a continuation effect control unit, an item management unit, and an item granting effect control unit, and the sub-control unit 20 operates as the main control unit 10. By operating as item granting effect control means in cooperation with, the following characteristic game characteristics can be realized.

The slot machine 1 according to the present embodiment has a plurality of types of gaming states shown in FIG.
The gaming state of the present embodiment is roughly divided into a “normal state” and an “advantageous state”.
The “normal state” can be classified into “normal mode” and “chance mode”.
The “advantageous state” is roughly divided into “ART” and “bonus”.
Furthermore, “ART” can be classified into “normal ART”, “add-on ART”, “bonus ART”, and the like. Further, as described above, “bonus” can be divided into “BIG bonus” and “REG bonus”.
In addition, there are a plurality of RTs classified according to the winning probabilities of “replay roles” drawn in the “internal lottery process”, and each of the RTs overlaps with a part of the above gaming state. Or may appear alone.

Further, during the “advantageous state” of “ART” and “bonus” and during the “chance mode”, it is defined as an advantageous interval. During this advantageous interval, the advantageous state lamp 13 shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 blinks or lights up. Let
Further, in the non-advantageous sections other than the advantageous sections, in the six-stage probability setting function of the slot machine 1, there is no difference in the winning ratio for each of the six-stage settings, or there is no difference in the winning ratio (for each stage). Depending on the type of bonus, such as whether the winning probability is the same) or not, the lighting / non-lighting of the advantageous state lamp 13 during the bonus can be controlled. In particular, if the bonus won during the non-advantageous section is a bonus that does not perform any lottery regarding ART, the advantageous state lamp 13 may be turned off.
Instead of this, the advantageous state lamp 13 may be, for example, a 7-segment “dot” portion constituting a payout number display section for displaying the number of payout medals.
Each gaming state is controlled (hereinafter also referred to as transition) by the main control unit 10 operating as a gaming state control means, and has the following characteristics.

“Normal mode” and “chance mode” are game states in the normal state, and as shown by “x” in the table of FIG. 5, the game state is disadvantageous for a player who cannot expect an increase in game media. Yes.
The difference between the “normal mode” and the “chance mode” is the difference in the winning probability in the “ART transfer lottery process” that determines the shift to ART by lottery. The “chance mode” is more than the “normal mode” The winning probability is high, and it is set to easily shift from “normal state” to “ART”.
This “ART shift lottery process” is preferably executed in the main control unit 10 when a predetermined winning combination is won in the “internal lottery process”.

Examples of winning roles include "bell role", "upper / lower cherry role", "watermelon role", "chance replay role", and "middle cherry role". “ART transfer lottery processing” is executed.
In this case, when the same winning combination is won in the “normal mode” and the “chance mode”, the “chance mode” sets the winning probability higher than the “normal mode”.
For example, when the “watermelon combination” is the winning combination, the “chance mode” can set the winning probability of the “ART shift lottery process” higher than the “normal mode”.
In addition, the winning probability of the “ART transfer lottery process” is “middle cherry role”> “chance replay role”> “watermelon role”> “upper / lower cherry role” in each of “normal mode” and “chance mode”. > It has the relationship of “bell role”. That is, the winning probability can be set higher for the “middle cherry role” than the “bell role”.

The transition between “normal mode” and “chance mode” is, for example, the transition from “normal mode” to “chance mode” when winning in the “promotion lottery process” executed during “normal mode”. When winning in the “falling lottery process” executed during the “chance mode”, the mode shifts from the “chance mode” to the “normal mode”.
The “promotional lottery process” and the “falling lottery process” are executed by the main control unit 10 when a predetermined winning combination such as “bell role” is won in the “internal lottery process”.
In addition, the game states having different winning probabilities in the “ART transfer lottery process” are not limited to two “normal mode” and “chance mode”, and the winning probabilities in the “ART transfer lottery process” are different from each other. Two or more gaming states can be provided.

“ART” is a game state advantageous to a player who can expect an increase in game media as indicated by “◯” in the table of FIG.
The “ART” includes an AT that shifts by winning in the “ART shift lottery process” and an RT that shifts when the combination of symbols corresponding to “promotion replay” is stopped by the push order notification during the AT. It is a combined gaming state.
In this ART, an RT (for example, 1/3) in which the winning probability of the “replay role” (normal replay) selected in the “internal lottery process” is higher than the normal state (for example, 1 / 7.3); When “Push Order Bells 1 to 6” and “Push Order Replays 1 to 6” are won, the game state is overlapped with ATs that notify the corresponding push order.

As an example of notification of the push order, for example, when “push order bell 1” is selected among “push order bells 1 to 6” in “ART”, the stop button 5 is operated in the order of “5a → 5b → 5c”. Then, when the combination of symbols corresponding to “push order bell 1” (“bell bell bell”) stops, the display 8 displays “left → middle → right” and the like. Each sound is output in the order of “left”, “middle”, and “right”.
At this time, the navigation lamp 12 controlled by the sub-control unit 20 shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 is turned on in the order of “12a → 12b → 12c” according to the operation of the stop button 5.
That is, the operation on the stop button 5 is navigated through the operation information notification means such as the display 8, the speaker 9, and the navigation lamp 12.
As a result, when the player operates the stop button 5 in accordance with this navigation (notification), the combination of symbols corresponding to “push order bell 1” is stopped, and eight prescribed medals are paid out.
On the other hand, when the “push order bells 1 to 6” are selected and the stop button is operated without following the above navigation, the combination of symbols corresponding to the “push order bells 1 to 6” is determined. It will not be stopped, and the prescribed 8 medals will not be paid out.
The notification of the pushing order is the same when “Push order replays 1 to 6” are won in “ART”.
In addition to the navigation lamp 12 described above, a navigation lamp controlled by the main control unit 10 can be provided. This navigation lamp displays a specific symbol on a payout number display section (for example, 7 segments) that displays the payout number of medals so that it can be visually recognized, or the payout number display section is composed of 7 digits of 3 digits and is “123”. “213” or the like is displayed to notify the pressing order of the order in which the left middle right reel should be stopped.

In “ART”, “normal ART” shifts from “normal state”, and “add-on ART” shifts from “normal state” or “normal ART”.
When shifting from “normal state” to “add-on ART”, it is preferable to shift to “normal ART” after completion of “add-on ART”.
Further, the “bonus ART” shifts from any one of “normal state”, “normal ART”, and “add-on ART”.
In addition, when executing “ART transfer lottery processing” in which “normal ART”, “add-on ART”, and “bonus ART” are transferred to “ART”, it is preferable that the winning percentages related to the transfer are different. .

“Normal ART” in the present embodiment is an example of a specific gaming state, and as shown in FIG. 6, one set (series) of “normal part” and “continuous effect part” executed thereafter is paired. It is structured as a game. In the “normal part”, an “item acquisition game” is executed in which items are acquired over a predetermined number of games (initial number of games).
This “item acquisition game” involves execution of “item acquisition lottery processing” for determining item acquisition by lottery.
The “item acquisition lottery process” is executed by the main control unit 10 when a predetermined winning combination is won in the “internal lottery process”.
The winning roles in this case include “Bell role” (including the push order bell, the same applies below), “Upper / Lower cherry role”, “Watermelon role”, “Chance replay role”, and “Middle cherry role” The item acquisition lottery process is executed when these items are won.
Items that can be easily acquired have the following relationship: “Cherry role”> “Chance replay”> “Watermelon role”> “Upper / lower cherry role”> “Bell role”> “Push order or normal replay” And For example, if you win the role of “middle tier cherry” rather than “watermelon role”, items are set to be easier to acquire, and if you win the role of “middle tier cherry” than “watermelon role” It is assumed that a large number of items are set.

In the “continuous production part”, an “ART continuous lottery game” is executed in which “normal ART” is run continuously (also referred to as continuation) according to the number of items acquired in the “normal part”.
Although this “ART continuous lottery game” will be described in detail later, it involves execution of “ART continuous lottery processing” for determining the success or failure of the next ART continuation (continuous chain) by lottery.

In “Add-on ART”, an “item mass acquisition game” in which a large amount of items are acquired is executed.
Specifically, the “item mass acquisition game” involves execution of “item mass acquisition lottery processing” in which item acquisition is determined by lottery.
The “item mass acquisition lottery process” is executed by the main control unit 10 when a predetermined winning combination is won in the “internal lottery process”.
The winning roles in this case include “push order or normal replay”, “bell role” (including push order bells, the same applies hereinafter), “upper / lower cherry role”, “watermelon role”, “chance replay”, and All winning combinations such as “middle cherry role” can be selected, and when these are won, “item mass acquisition lottery process” is executed.
Items that can be easily acquired have the following relationship: “Cherry role”> “Chance replay”> “Watermelon role”> “Upper / lower cherry role”> “Bell role”> “Push order or normal replay” And For example, if you win the role of “middle tier cherry” rather than “watermelon role”, items are set to be easier to acquire, and if you win the role of “middle tier cherry” than “watermelon role” Many items are set.
In addition, the winning probability of “item mass acquisition lottery processing” is set higher than the winning probability of “item acquisition lottery processing” executed during “normal part”. In other words, when the same winning combination is won for “normal part” of “normal ART” and “add-on ART”, the winning probability of “add-on ART” is set higher than that of “normal part”.
For example, when “chance replay” is a winning combination, “add-on ART” is set to have a higher winning probability of “item acquisition lottery processing” than “normal part”.
In addition, the “add-on ART” guarantees execution of a predetermined number of games, but after executing the predetermined number of games, the transition from “add-on ART” to “normal ART” is determined by lottery. It is preferable. This lottery process is called “falling lottery process”. In the “internal lottery process”, the main control unit 10 executes “falling lottery process” when a predetermined winning combination such as “bell role” is won. When winning, the program shifts from “add-on ART” to “normal ART”, and when it is not won, it stays at “add-on ART”.
Further, after a predetermined number of games have been executed, a continuous lottery process may be executed in which the success of “add-on ART” is determined by lottery for each game.

The “bonus ART” continues until a predetermined number of games, a predetermined number of “bell roles” wins (winning is acceptable), or a condition such as acquisition of a predetermined medal number is satisfied. “ART”.
In addition, during the “bonus ART” transferred from the “normal state”, the “ART transfer lottery process” in which the shift to the “normal ART” or “add-on ART” after the “bonus ART” ends is executed.
The winning probability in this “ART shift lottery process”, that is, the ease of shifting to “normal ART” or “add-on ART” is set higher than “normal mode” and lower than “chance mode”.
On the other hand, during “Bonus ART” transferred from “Normal ART” or “Add-on ART”, “Item acquisition lottery processing” for determining the acquisition of items to be used in “Continuous production part” after the end of “Bonus ART” by lottery Execute.
The winning probability in this “item acquisition lottery process”, that is, the ease of item acquisition, is set higher than “normal ART” (normal part) and lower than “add-on ART” (“item mass acquisition lottery process”). Has been.
Further, instead of executing the “item acquisition lottery process”, a predetermined number of items may be given.

In addition, the “BIG bonus” and “REG bonus” can be changed to a predetermined small role by stopping the combination of the corresponding bonus symbols (for example, “7-7.7”, “7-7.BAR”, etc.). Transition to a bonus game with a high probability. This bonus game ends when, for example, the total number of medals to be paid out reaches the preset maximum number of medals in each of the “BIG bonus” and “REG bonus”. The upper limit medal number has a relationship of “BIG bonus”> “REG bonus”.
“BIG Bonus” and “REG Bonus” are set as the winning combination of “Internal Lottery Processing” in “Normal State” and “ART”, and when these are won, “Replay” (Normal Replay) is selected. The probability shifts to RT (for example, 1/3) higher than the normal state (for example, 1 / 7.3). This RT is continued until the combination of symbols corresponding to each “bonus combination” selected is stopped.

In addition, after the “BIG bonus” and “REG bonus” are completed, the game state when the “bonus combination” is won is restored.
In addition, during the “BIG bonus” or “REG bonus” transferred from the “normal state”, an “ART transfer lottery process” is performed in which the shift to “normal ART” or “add-on ART” after the completion of the “bonus” is performed. Run.
The winning probability in this “ART transition lottery process”, that is, the ease of transition to “normal ART” or “add-on ART” is set higher than “normal mode” and equal to or lower than “chance mode” It is assumed that
In particular, it is assumed that “BIG bonus” is set equal to “chance mode”, and “REG bonus” is set lower than “chance mode”.
On the other hand, during the “BIG Bonus” and “REG Bonus” transitioned from “Normal ART” or “Add-on ART”, the item acquisition lottery that determines the acquisition of items to be used in the “continuation effect part” after the bonus ends "Process" is executed.
The winning probability in this “item acquisition lottery process”, that is, the ease of item acquisition, is higher than “normal ART” (normal part), and is equivalent to or higher than “add-on ART” (“item mass acquisition lottery process”). Is set lower.
In particular, it is assumed that “REG bonus” is set equal to “add-on ART” and “BIG bonus” is set lower than “add-on ART”.
Further, instead of executing the “item acquisition lottery process”, a predetermined number of items may be given.

The slot machine 1 having such a plurality of types of gaming states has the following characteristic game characteristics in the “item acquisition game” and “ART continuous lottery game” executed during the “normal ART” described above. It has.
The contents related to the “item acquisition game” described below can be applied to the “item mass acquisition game” described above, although there is a difference in the winning probability of the “item acquisition lottery process”.

[Item acquisition game and ART continuous lottery game]
As shown in FIG. 6, the “item acquisition game” is performed in the “normal part” of the “normal ART”, and “item acquisition effect” is performed as a game in which the item acquisition is successful.
The “item acquisition effect” is an effect in which an image displayed on the display 8, a sound output from the speaker 9, and a light emission effect by the lamp 11 are integrated.
The success or failure of item acquisition in the “item acquisition effect” is determined based on the lottery result of the “item acquisition lottery process”.
The “item acquisition lottery process” is executed when a predetermined winning combination is won in the “internal lottery process”. When the number of games that can be executed in the “normal part” (however, the initial number of games) is “30 games”, for example, “internal lottery processing” is executed 30 times during the “normal part”. Up to 30 “item acquisition effects” can be executed.

The winning items in the “Item Acquisition Lottery” are “Bell”, “Upper / Lower Cherry”, “Watermelon”, “Chance Replay”, and “Center Cherry”. The relationship is “middle cherry role”> “chance replay”> “watermelon role”> “upper / lower cherry role”> “bell role”. Further, there is a positive correlation between this relationship and the number and types of items that can be acquired. In other words, it is easier to win more items if you win the “Berry Cherry” role than “Bell”, and continue in the “ART Continuous Lottery Process” executed in the “ART Continuous Lottery Game”. It is set to make it easy to acquire items with a high winning rate.
In addition, there are a plurality of types of items to be acquired, and each item has its own characteristics.
Furthermore, the acquired item is operated by the main control unit 10 as an item management unit, and is stored and managed by acquisition order and type in a storage unit such as a RAM.

Then, the “ART continuous lottery game” is executed according to the number of items acquired in the “item acquisition game”.
As shown in FIG. 6, the “ART continuous lottery game” is performed in the “continuation effect part” after the end of the “normal part”, and is executed as a game in which success or failure of the next “normal ART” series is continued. .
The “ART continuous lottery game” is performed in synchronization with the slot machine game, and one “ART continuous lottery game” is executed for one game of the slot machine game, except for the exception described later.
In addition, this “ART continuous lottery game” is performed in such a form that the acquired items are consumed one by one for each game in the order of acquisition, that is, one “ART continuous lottery game” is executed for each item. The game corresponding to the number of items acquired at the maximum can be executed.
During the “ART continuous lottery game”, a “continuation effect” in which an image displayed on the display 8, a sound output from the speaker 9, and a light emission effect by the lamp 11 is performed.
This “continuation effect” has a story characteristic that is completed for each game in principle, and there are a plurality of kinds of effects, each of which has an association with an item.

The type of “continuation effect” is determined by lottery prior to execution of one “ART continuous lottery game”. This lottery process is called “continuous effect lottery process”. The type of “continuous effect” determined in the “continuous effect lottery process” is related to the winning combination in the “internal lottery process”, and is consumed when the “continuous effect” is executed. The item type and relevance provided.
In addition, types of “continuous effects” include “continuous effects” that are easily determined in “continuous effects lottery processing” and “continuous effects” that are difficult to determine. When the “continuation effect” that is difficult to determine is executed, the continuation of the next ART is set to be easier to determine in the “ART continuous lottery game” than when the “continuation effect” that is easily determined is executed.
Further, as a result of the “continuation effect”, the success or failure of the continuation is notified (displayed) in an identifiable manner. As described above, the success or failure of the continuation is determined by a lottery that determines the success or failure of the next ART. It is determined based on the lottery result of “continuous lottery process”.

Here, the types of items and continuous effects and their relevance will be described.
The item is a right to execute the “ART continuous lottery game”, and there are a plurality of items each having its own characteristic as its type.
For example, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, five types of items “normal”, “special 1”, “special 2”, “special 3”, and “confirmed” are provided.
In these items, the ease of acquisition in the “item acquisition lottery process” is set to have a relationship of “normal”> “special 1”> “special 2”> “special 3”> “confirmed”. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and “normal”> “special 2”> “special 1”> “special 3”> “confirmed” or “normal”> “special 1”> “special 3”> “special 2” ">" Determined ".
Then, when an item that is difficult to acquire in the “ART continuous lottery game” is consumed, the continuation of the next ART is set more easily than the item that is easy to acquire is consumed.
Also, items that are difficult to acquire are configured to be easier to identify than items that are easy to acquire. For example, FIG. 7 shows the types of items displayed on the display 8 as the item display means, and an item that is difficult to acquire has a larger outer shape than an item that is easy to acquire ("normal" (first item)) Also, items that are difficult to acquire, such as “special 1” (second item), “special 3”, and “confirmed” are larger, etc.) It has a configuration with higher discrimination power.
For example, if the “item” is a so-called “battle game” in which the “ART continuous lottery game” is a so-called “battle game” in which a hero character who is the main character of a manga and an enemy character fight, May be associated with the type of “technique” that the player gives out to the enemy character, the type of “weapon” to be used, the type of “moving body” such as a vehicle or tank to be boarded.

Moreover, there are a plurality of types of continuous effects, each of which has a unique relationship with each item.
For example, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, at least three types of “continuous effects” of “continuous effects 1”, “continuous effects 2”, and one or more “other continuous effects” are provided. .
The “continuation effect” may be associated with, for example, the person of the enemy character (enemy characters A to C) in the “battle game”, the type of background of the battle scene, and the like.

Due to the characteristics of “item” and “continuation effect”, the success / failure determination of the continuous game in the “ART continuous lottery game” means the determination of “win / loss” in the “battle game”. In addition, the decision to “continue” means “win” or “win” in “battle game”, and the decision “do not continue” means “defeat” or “defeat” in “battle game”. To do.
From such a meaning, in the following explanation, instead of the determination of success / failure of the continuous change in the “ART continuous lottery game”, the determination of “continuous change”, and the determination of “no continuous change”, “win / lose”, “ Words such as “win”, “win”, “lose”, and “defeat” may be used.

Next, the characteristics of each item and the continuous winning rate for each “continuous effect” of each item will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9.
The feature of each item indicates the relevance with “continuation effect” and is embodied based on the continuous winning rate in the “ART continuous lottery process” shown in FIG.
For example, “normal” is an example of the first item, and is set as a general item that does not have a special advantage with respect to each “continuation effect” type.
For example, when “continuation effect 1” (first continuation effect) is determined as the “continuation effect” when this “normal” is consumed, as shown in FIG. 1) and is set to win in the “ART continuous lottery process”. When “continuation effect 2” (second continuation effect) is determined, “ART continuation lottery with a higher probability of“ 30% ”than when“ continuation effect 1 ”(first continuation effect) is determined. It is set to win in “Process”. Furthermore, when “other continuation effect” is determined, it is won in the “ART continuation lottery process” with a probability of “20-30%” according to the type of “other continuation effect” (third continuation effect). It is set to be.
In other words, “normal” is set as an item whose continuation winning rate depends on the type of continuation effect, but for “continuation effect 1” (first continuation effect), other “continuation effect” In comparison, since the continuous winning rate is low, when the item consumed in the “ART continuous lottery game” is “normal”, the player desires that “continuous effect 1” (first continuous effect) is not determined. While playing games.

“Special 1” is an example of a second item, which has an advantage over relatively all “continuous effects”, and is set as an item that is particularly advantageous for “continuous effects 1”.
When “continuation effect 1” (first continuation effect) is determined as “continuation effect” when this “special 1” is consumed, a probability of “70%” in the “ART continuation lottery process” (the first effect) Is set to win. Further, when “continuation effect 2” (second continuation effect) is determined, the “ART continuous lottery process” is set to win with a probability of “50%”. Furthermore, when “other continuation effects” is determined, according to the type of “other continuation effects” (third continuation effects), the “ART continuation lottery process” wins with a probability of “50-60%” It is set to be.
That is, “Special 1” is set as an item having a relatively high continuous winning rate for each continuous performance. In particular, for “continuous effect 1” (first continuous effect), “normal” is won with a low probability (first ratio) of “10%”, but “special 1” is “70%”. Since the winning is performed with the probability (second ratio), the ART 1 is set more easily for “Special 1” than for “Normal”.
Then, in the “item acquisition game”, as described above, since “normal” is set more easily than “special 1”, many items consumed in the “ART continuous lottery game” are “ Since “normal” occupies the majority, in the usual “ART continuous lottery game”, the player plays the game while hoping that “continuation effect 1” (first continuous effect) is not determined, but “ART continuous lottery game” When the item to be consumed is “special 1”, the game is played while hoping that “continuation effect 1” (first continuation effect) is determined, contrary to the usual case.
In addition, for “continuous effect 2” (second continuous effect), “normal” wins with a probability of “30%” (third ratio) and “special 1” with a probability of “50%” ( Since the winning is performed at the third ratio), the ART is set to continuously change with a probability corresponding to each item.
In particular, when the item consumed in the “ART continuous lottery game” is “special 1”, the player determines “continuation effect 1” (first continuation effect) rather than determining “continuation effect 2” (second continuation effect). (Direction) will be determined.

“Special 2” is an example of another second item, and an item with a continuous winning rate for “continuous effect 1” is higher than “normal” and a continuous winning rate for “continuous effect 2” is lower than “normal”. Is set as
Specifically, when “continuation effect 1” (first continuation effect) is determined as “continuation effect” when this “special 2” is consumed, “normal” is determined in the “ART continuous lottery process”. It is set to win with a probability of “80%” higher than “10%”. In addition, when “continuous effect 2” (second continuous effect) is determined, the “ART continuous lottery process” is set to win with a probability of “10%” lower than “30%” of “normal”. Has been. Furthermore, when “other continuous effects” is determined, in “ART continuous lottery process”, winning is selected with a probability of “40-50%” depending on the type of “other continuous effects” (third continuous effect). It is set to be.
That is, “special 2” is set as an item in which the continuous winning rate for “continuous effect 1” is higher than “normal” and the continuous winning rate for “continuous effect 2” is lower than “normal”. .
With this setting, in the “item acquisition game”, as described above, “normal” is set easier to acquire than “special 2”, so items consumed in the “ART continuous lottery game” Most of the games are mostly “normal”, so in the usual “ART continuous lottery game”, the player is determined to have “continuous production 2” (second continuous production) with a high continuous winning rate for “normal”. However, when the item consumed in the “ART Continuous Lottery Game” is “Special 2”, the “Continuous Performance 1” (No. 1) with a low continuous winning rate for “Normal” is contrary to the usual case. The game is played while hoping to be determined.

“Special 3” is an aggregate of a plurality of items, and is set as an item that advantageously acts on all types of “continuous effects”.
Specifically, when “continuation effect 1”, “continuation effect 2”, and “other continuous effects” are determined as “continuation effects” when this “special 3” is consumed, “ART continuation” In the “lottery process”, the winning is set with a probability of “80%”.
In this example, it is set to win with a uniform probability of “80%”. However, if it is higher than the “normal” continuous winning rate, the continuous winning rate may be different depending on the type of “continuous performance”.
As described above, “special 3”, which is an aggregate of a plurality of items, is set as an item having a higher continuous win rate than single items such as “normal”, “special 1”, and “special 2”. .

“Confirmed” is set as an item for which the next “normal ART” continuous chain is guaranteed in the “ART continuous lottery game”.
That is, “determined” is an item set to win with a probability of “100%” in the “ART continuous lottery process”. Because of this “determined” feature, in the “ART continuous lottery game” when the “determined” is consumed, the “continuous ART lottery process” is not executed, and the next “normal ART” series is determined. Also good.
Further, when “confirmed” is acquired as an item, it is consumed preferentially over other items in the “ART continuous lottery game”. In other words, when items other than “confirmed” are acquired, the “ART continuous lottery game” is performed regardless of the order of item acquisition in the “item acquisition game” and without consuming items other than “confirmed”. "Confirm" will be consumed in the first game.

Here, the screen configurations of the “item acquisition game” and the “ART continuous lottery game” displayed on the display device 8 will be described with reference to FIGS.
The “item acquisition game” is executed in the “normal part” shown in FIG.
During the “normal part”, the remaining number of games 81 (upper left of the screen) continued for the “normal part”, the total number of medals acquired during ART (upper right of the screen) 82, and acquired in the “normal part”. The number of acquired items 83a (lower right of the screen) is displayed. In addition, the item type acquired in the “normal part” can be displayed (see the lower left of the screen in FIG. 15).
In addition, as a screen during the “item acquisition game”, the “normal effect screen 84” of FIG. 11A displayed as a standard, and the “item” of FIG. 11B displayed when an item is acquired are displayed. Acquisition effect screen 85 "and the like.
In addition, in the “item acquisition effect screen 85” of FIG. 11B, “+1” indicating the number 86 of items acquired as a result of performing the effect is displayed (first grant effect).

The “ART continuous lottery game” is executed in the “continuation effect part” shown in FIG.
During the “continuous production part”, the number of consecutive chunks 87 indicating the number of consecutive “normal ART” at the current time (upper left of the screen), the total number of acquired medals 82 acquired during ART (upper right of the screen), In the “ART continuous lottery game”, a part or all of the items currently held are displayed in an identifiable manner in the item display areas 830 to 834 (below the screen), other than being displayed in the item display areas 830 to 834 The number of items 83b indicating the number of remaining items is displayed together at a specific location.
Further, as the screen during the “ART continuous lottery game”, a “continuous effect screen 88” indicating the content of the “continuous effect” is displayed.
In this way, during the “continuous production part”, the information displayed is different before the “continuous production part” is executed (“normal part”) and when the “continuous production part” is executed. Yes.
For example, in the “continuous effect part”, instead of the remaining number of games 81 displayed in the “normal part”, the consecutive number of times 87 is displayed, and item display areas 830 to 834 are additionally displayed.

In addition, the item display areas 830 to 834 are displayed side by side in the order (order) in which some or all of the possessed items are consumed during the “ART continuous lottery game”.
For example, items to be consumed in the current (first) “ART continuous lottery game” are displayed in the specific area 830, and the second “ART continuous lottery when the current time is the first” is displayed in the area 831. Items scheduled to be consumed in the “game” are displayed. In the area 832, items scheduled to be consumed in the third “ART continuous lottery game” are displayed. In the area 833, the fourth “ART continuous lottery game” is displayed. The item scheduled to be consumed is displayed, and an item scheduled to be consumed in the fifth “ART continuous lottery game” is displayed in the area 834. Then, the number of items 83b indicating the number of remaining items scheduled to be consumed in the sixth and subsequent “ART continuous lottery games” is displayed together in a specific place.
In other words, the item display areas 830 to 834 are displayed so that the player can recognize the order of items consumed by some or all of the possessed items.
Further, when “losing”, that is, “do not continue” is determined in one “ART continuous lottery game”, the items in the item display areas 832 to 834 shift so as to shift one by one from the right to the left on the screen. At the same time, the item in the region 831 moves to the region 830 so as to shift one item from the bottom to the top of the screen. As a result of this movement, the number of items 83b held outside the item display areas 830 to 834 is decremented by one. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 12, the number of items 83b is changed from “14” to “13”. Subtracted.

In this way, although one item is consumed in one “ART continuous lottery game”, a plurality of items are once in one “ART continuous lottery game” as in “Special 3” described above. Can also be consumed.
Specifically, when consuming a plurality of items in one “ART continuous lottery game”, as shown in FIG. 13A, the number of items 83b (for example, “14”) displayed together at a specific location is displayed. Are subtracted, and the item generated when the subtraction is performed forms a “special 3” form as shown in FIG. 13B, and is a numerical value indicating the number of a plurality of items (For example, “× 3”) is displayed in an identifiable manner.
Such a generation timing of “special 3” can also be set when winning by a predetermined lottery process. This lottery process is preferably executed when the remaining number of items 83b is a predetermined number (for example, five) or more. Further, “special 3” may be generated by the player's operation instead of or in addition to the lottery. In this case, it can be generated based on the timing of the start lever 3 operation, the stop button 5 operation, etc. before operating the bet button 2a.
In addition to generating from the number of items 83b, “special 3” may be generated by combining or combining two or more arbitrary items among the items displayed in the item display areas 830 to 834.
When such “special 3” is consumed, in one “ART continuous lottery game”, a plurality of “techniques”, “weapons”, etc. are sequentially delivered or combined to execute a continuous effect that is delivered at once.

In addition, one item including “special 3” is consumed in one “ART continuous lottery game”, and one item is consumed over a plurality (two or more) “ART continuous lottery games”. May be.
Specifically, in the case where a dedicated item that is consumed over three “ART continuous lottery games” is provided, three “ART continuous lottery games” can be executed without consuming other items. it can. At this time, the continuous winning rate may be different from other “ART continuous lottery games” in each of the first to third times or in part. It is preferable that the continuous winning rate is higher when three “ART continuous lottery games” are executed using this dedicated item than when at least one “normal” item is used. .
In addition, by dividing each continuous winning rate of existing “special 1” and “confirmed” with relatively high continuous winning rate so that it can be consumed by multiple “ART continuous lottery games”, individual “ART continuous lottery” It is also possible to provide a modified item that has a continuous winning rate corresponding to “game” and that can be consumed over a plurality of “ART continuous lottery games”. For example, by dividing “Confirm” by “2” so that it can be consumed by two “ART continuous lottery games”, it is also possible to generate “Confirm” modified items each having a continuous winning rate of 50%.
When such dedicated items and deformed items are consumed over a plurality of (two or more) “ART continuous lottery games”, the current game among the plurality of “ART continuous lottery games” that consume them The eye can be displayed in an identifiable manner. In addition, among the plurality of “ART continuous lottery games”, it is possible to provide a gap such that a predetermined privilege is more easily given as “winning” the previous game.
In this case, as a privilege, the winning probability in the “item acquisition lottery process” executed in the “item acquisition game” after consecutive chang is set high, or the “normal part” executed in “normal ART” after consecutive chan The number of games can be increased (added), or it can be given a benefit such as making it easier to shift to “add-on ART” after consecutive chanting.

The “ART continuous lottery game” having the above-described screen configuration is performed over the number of times corresponding to the number of items acquired in the “normal part”, with some exceptions such as “special 3”. . However, for the player, it is preferable that “win” is determined, that is, a continuous chain is determined without consuming all the items held.
Without consuming all the items held, the remaining items when “Victory” is determined will be carried over to the “Continuous Production Part” (“ART Continuous Lottery Game”) to be executed at the next consecutive time.

  In the “ART continuous lottery game”, the “ART continuous lottery process” is executed based on the continuous winning rate (see FIG. 9) for each “continuous effect” of each item to be consumed. Depending on the progress status of the “game” and the like, it is possible to change the continuous winning rate for each “continuous effect” of each item shown in FIG.

For example, in the “ART continuous lottery game”, even if the ART does not end due to the consumption of the item, when “losing” continues for a predetermined number of times in the “battle game”, the following continuous effects are shown in FIG. It is also possible to provide a relief process for increasing the continuous winning rate for each “continuous effect” of each item. Specifically, when “losing” continues for 20 consecutive times in the “battle game”, each “continuation effect” of each item shown in FIG. 9 in the “ART continuous lottery game” executed for the 21st time thereafter. It is also possible to increase the continuous winning rate by 30%. That is, when the control is performed so as not to indicate that the ART continues in the continuous effect for a predetermined number of times, the first ratio (for example, “continuous effect 1” of the “normal” item in the next continuous effect). Control is performed to indicate that ART continues at a rate higher than the continuous winning rate (10%) (continuous winning rate 40%). And this up can be continued until "winning" in the "battle game".
In the above example, when “ART” is continued to be “defeated” for a predetermined number of times (for example, 20 times) and the ART is terminated due to the consumption of items, the “ART continued lottery game” (21st game) ), The continuous winning rate for each “continuation effect” of each item shown in FIG. 9 may be increased until “winning” the “battle game”.

  Further, for example, when the next consecutive game is determined for a predetermined number of times in the “ART continuous lottery game”, that is, when “winning” is continued for a predetermined number of times in the “battle game”, the predetermined number of continuous channels are determined. In the ART that occurs later, one or more “confirmed” items are given, or in the ART that occurs after a predetermined number of consecutive churns, it is different from the normal “ART continuous lottery game”. For example, for each item shown in FIG. It is also possible to execute a special “ART continuous lottery game” in which the continuous winning rate for each “continuous effect” increases (for example, increases by 30% uniformly). That is, when the control is performed so as to indicate that the ART continues in the continuous effect for a predetermined number of times, the continuous winning rate for the “continuous effect 1” of the “normal” item in the first ART (for example, the “normal” item). 10%) can also be controlled to indicate that ART continues at a higher rate (continuous winning rate 40%).

In addition, an item can also be given in a case where control is performed so as not to indicate that ART continues in a continuation effect.
For example, in the “ART continuous lottery game”, when all the items that are held are consumed and there are no more items to be consumed, that is, when ART ends without the next consecutive change being determined, It is also possible to provide a relief pattern such as giving the same type of item or adding one or more items regardless of the type of item.
In addition, as described above, not only when all of the possessed items are consumed and the items to be consumed are exhausted, but at any timing after one “losing” occurs in the “battle game”, 1 You may give the above item.

In addition, when the predetermined condition is satisfied, the rank of the item displayed in the item display areas 830 to 834 (which may include 83b) may be upgraded. For example, “Normal” can be upgraded to “Special 1”, “Special 1” to “Special 2”, “Special 2” to “Special 3”, and “Special 3” to “Confirm”.
In addition, among items displayed in the item display areas 830 to 834 (which may include 83b), only items in the item display area 830 consumed in the game this time are used as another item having a higher rank. It can also be changed.

In addition, in the “item acquisition effect screen” executed in the “normal part”, as shown in FIG. 11B, a case where one item is given (first grant effect) is illustrated. A plurality of items can also be given in the “acquisition game”.
In principle, the item is assigned when a predetermined winning combination is won in the “internal lottery process” in the “normal part”. As described above, the winning roles of the “item acquisition lottery process” are “bell role”, “upper / lower cherry role”, “watermelon role”, “chance replay role”, and “middle cherry role”, etc. The ease of acquiring the item has the relationship of “middle cherry role”> “chance replay”> “watermelon role”> “upper / lower cherry role”> “bell role”. It is preferable to determine the number and type of items to be given while maintaining this relationship and correlation.
The number of items to be given and the type of items to be given are set in advance in a lottery table provided for each winning combination. In particular, when a rare role such as “middle stage cherry role”, “chance replay”, or “watermelon role” is won, two or more items can be given in one win.
As an item provision form, three forms can be provided as shown in FIG.
Specifically, “normal” for giving one item in one game, “multiple 1” for giving a plurality of items in one game, and giving a plurality of items through effects (notice effects) over a plurality of games “Multiple 2” can be provided.
Here, the screen configuration of an “item acquisition game” illustrating “plurality 2” will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 14 is an example of a second grant effect, which is an example of an “item acquisition game” in which a plurality of items are given through effects over a plurality of games. In these examples, a game is adopted in which a player is assigned a mission, a plurality of items are assigned when the mission is achieved, and no item is assigned when the mission is not achieved.
The mission shown in FIG. 14 is “to win the cherries (upper, middle, lower cherries) within a specific period of 10 games”, as shown in FIG. , A message 84a (notice effect) of “If you win a cherry within 10 games, get 5 items!” Is displayed. Then, when “Cherry is won within 10 games”, as shown in FIG. 14 (b), a message 85 b (granting effect) of “Cherry Win!” Is displayed and an acquired item showing five items Expression 86 (giving effect) is displayed. Further, by providing five items, the number 83a of items acquired (lower right of the screen) is changed from “11” in FIG. 14A to “16” in FIG. 14B.
With such a mission, it is possible to realize a “plurality 2” giving form in which a plurality of items are given through effects over a plurality of games.

Moreover, the pattern which provides one item through the production over multiple games (notice production) can also be provided. The mission shown in FIG. 15 is “to make a watermelon win within a specific period of 10 games”. As shown in FIG. 15A, the screen of the display 8 shows “to make a watermelon within 10 games”. A message 84a (notice effect) of “Continue confirmed item get if won” is displayed. Then, when “the watermelon is won within 10 games”, as shown in FIG. 15B, the message 85b (granting effect) of “watermelon winning!” Is displayed and the item 86 (screen) is displayed. Lower left, grant effect) is displayed.
By such a mission, it is possible to realize a grant form in which one item is given through effects over a plurality of games.
In addition, such “multiple games” effects are more than the remaining number of games 81 (upper left of the screen), and lottery for determining the execution of the “multiple games” by lottery. It is preferable to be performed based on the establishment of conditions such as winning in the process.

In addition, the item is given when winning in the “item acquisition lottery process” executed during the “normal part”, but instead of or in addition to this, a predetermined winning combination in the “internal lottery process” is given. It is also possible to employ a “point subtraction method” in which at least one item is given when a specific value subtracted every time a winning is made becomes “zero”.
For example, the initial value of the specific value is determined by lottery after the transition to the “normal part” (however, the initial value is controlled by the ART level and ART stage described later), and this specific value is determined in the “internal lottery process” by a predetermined value. Every time you win a winning role, you will subtract the number of points determined by lottery.
For example, when the initial value of the specific value is set to “100 points” and “replay role” is won in “normal part”, “5 points” is awarded, and when “bell role” is won, “10 points”, “ "20 points" when winning the upper and lower cherries, "40 points" when winning the "watermelon role", "50 points" when winning the "chance replay", "100 points when winning the middle cherries""Point" is subtracted from the specific value.
Also, when winning a rare role such as “Chance Replay”, “Watermelon Role”, or “Middle Stage Cherry”, in addition to the lottery of the number of subtraction points, the specific value zero lottery processing to force the specific value to “zero” Can also be done.
And when a specific value becomes "zero", at least 1 item can be provided, or 2 or more items can also be provided by lottery.
Furthermore, if the specific value becomes “zero” and the remaining number of games “81” of “normal part” is one game or more, a new specific value is determined by lottery. Thereafter, the number of remaining games 81 of the “normal part” is “subtraction every time the winning combination is won, item addition when the specific value becomes“ zero ”, and determination by lottery of a new specific value. Repeat until “zero”. Further, the type of item to be given may be determined by lottery at the timing when the specific value becomes “zero”.

In giving to items by such “point subtraction method” or “item acquisition lottery process”, the ease of item acquisition is “internal lottery process” referred to in “point subtraction method” or “item acquisition lottery process”. Is set in a lottery table provided for each winning combination.
In other words, a lottery table is provided for each “winning role” such as “replay role”, “bell role”, “upper / lower cherry role”, “watermelon role”, “chance replay role”, and “middle cherry role”. Lottery table for “middle cherry role”> “chance replay” lottery table> “watermelon role” lottery table> “upper and lower cherry role” lottery table> “bell role” lottery table> “replay role” The items are set in the order of the lottery tables (the point subtraction method makes it easy to subtract many points).
A plurality of these lottery tables are also provided for each winning combination.
The plurality of lottery tables for each winning combination are set such that the items are easily acquired.
For example, a lottery table corresponding to each of the ART levels (for example, levels 1 to 5) determined by lottery when entering the ART for the first time is provided for each winning combination, and each lottery table has a larger ART level value. , Items are set for easy acquisition.
Each lottery table has a lottery table corresponding to each ART stage (for example, stages 1 to 5) determined by lottery for each set of ART, and each lottery table gets an item as the ART stage value increases. Easy to set. Note that the value of the ART stage is governed by the ART level. For example, it is preferable that the larger the value of the ART level, the easier the stage with a larger value is selected.
Note that in the above example, the ease of acquiring an item includes the ease of acquiring an item of a type that is advantageous to the articulated chain of ART.
The initial value of the specific value in the “point subtraction method” is also determined by lottery at the start of the “normal part” or every time the specific value becomes “zero”, but is controlled by the ART level. That is, as the ART level value increases, a small initial value is easily determined. The initial value is set such that a small initial value is easily determined as the value of the ART stage controlled by the ART level increases.

In addition, during the “normal part”, “addition” that increases the remaining game number 81 can be performed. The number of games to be “added” is determined when a lottery process called “additional game number lottery process” is won. This “additional game number lottery process” is executed when a predetermined winning combination is won in the “internal lottery process”.
In addition, the number of games to be added is set to be more likely to win a role that is difficult to win than to win a role that is easy to win in the “internal lottery process”.
Note that the remaining game number 81 shown in FIG. 11 or the like is displayed as a value obtained by adding the additional game number to the remaining game 81 as a result of winning in the “additional game number lottery process”.

The storage means such as a ROM provided in the main control unit 10 stores a program and data for controlling the procedure of the “ART continuous lottery process”, and the CPU provided in the main control unit 10 refers to the data while referring to the data. By executing, the characteristic operation as described above is realized.
FIG. 16 shows a flowchart of this program, and the characteristic operation described above will be described with reference to this flowchart.

In this process, first, the number of items acquired in the “normal part” is set (S1).
Next, an ART level and an ART stage are acquired (S2).
Subsequently, “continuation effect lottery processing” is executed (S3). With this execution, the continuous production for each item executed during the “ART continuous lottery game” is determined.
Subsequently, the type of item to be consumed is acquired (S4).
Then, the “ART continuous lottery process” is executed based on the continuous winning rate shown in FIG. 9 specified from the determined continuous effect and the type of the acquired item (S5).
When continuation is determined in the “ART continuous lottery process” (S6-Yes), the process is terminated, and the process proceeds to a process of continuously switching the next ART.
On the other hand, when continuation is not determined in the “ART continuous lottery process” (S6-No), the number of set items is updated by −1 (S7).
Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the number of items is “0” (S8). If “0”, the process is terminated without continuously changing the next ART, and if it is not “0”, the “continuation effect” of S3 is again performed. "Lottery process" is executed. Then, the processes from S3 to S7 are repeated until the number of items becomes “0”.
In the above flowchart, the “continuous effect lottery process” is executed before acquiring the type of the item to be consumed, but may be executed after acquiring the type of the item to be consumed. Thereby, it is possible to provide a relationship between the type of item to be consumed and the type of continuous production to be determined, and it is possible to control the success, that is, success or failure of the continuous change according to the combination thereof.

As described above, according to the slot machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the expectation of a continuous game in a specific game state such as ART changes according to the type of the acquired item, thereby preventing the game from becoming monotonous. In addition, the interest can be improved.
In addition, since a plurality of items can be consumed together in one continuation effect, the game can be prevented from being monotonous and the entertainment can be improved.

On the other hand, Patent Document 1 discloses a slot machine that executes a continuous lottery for the number of rights (ART points) for executing a continuous lottery of ART, but it is difficult to win an item without winning the continuous lottery. In some cases, the player may be exhausted and run into a continuous lottery. As a result, the game becomes monotonous, and it is difficult to keep the player's expectations sharp.
Thus, according to the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, all or a part of such problems that the conventional gaming machine should improve can be solved.

  The preferred embodiment of the gaming machine of the present invention has been described above, but the gaming machine according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention. Needless to say.

For example, in the present embodiment, the specific gaming state is ART, but it may be AT or RT.
In the present embodiment, RB (regular bonus) and BB (big bonus) are provided. However, either one of RB or BB may be provided, or none may be provided.
In the present embodiment, “addition” in which the number of remaining games increases during “normal part” is possible, but the number of games in “normal part” may be fixed.

In this embodiment, the number of items acquired in the “normal part” is visible. However, an “normal part” that cannot be visually recognized can be provided. In this case, the number of items acquired during the “normal part” can be visually recognized when shifting to the “continuous lottery part” or before and after the shift. Note that switching between the “normal part” that cannot be visually recognized and the “normal part” that is visible is preferably performed based on an operation by the player, but may be automatically switched by lottery or the like.
In addition, in the “normal part” that cannot be visually recognized, switching to the visible “normal part” is preferably prohibited, but switching may be permitted based on the player's operation.

In the present embodiment, the main control unit 10 performs operations as various means such as the continuous effect control means, but the sub control unit 20 performs part or all of the operations, and the sub control unit 20 operates as various means. You can also
Conversely, the operation performed by the sub-control unit 20 may be partly or entirely performed by the main control unit 10 and the main control unit 10 may operate as various means.

Although the present invention is applied to the slot machine, it can also be applied to other gaming machines such as a pachinko machine (for example, ball slot).
The present invention can also be applied to a so-called enclosed game machine that can execute a game using a pseudo game medium in a data format without using actual game media such as medals and game balls.

  In each embodiment, a reel that is driven and controlled by a motor is used as the variable display means. Instead of or in addition to this, an image in which the design of the reel or the like fluctuates is displayed on a display such as a liquid crystal display. By displaying it, the display device can be used as a variable display means of identification information.

  Further, the inventions of the following gaming machines (1) and (2) can be extracted from the slot machine 1 according to the present embodiment.

(1) In a gaming machine that performs a lottery based on a player's starting operation and controls a specific gaming state that is advantageous to the player based on the result of the lottery, An item management means to manage, a continuation effect control means for executing a continuation effect in relation to consumption of the item, and controlling the continuation effect to indicate that the specific gaming state is continued at a predetermined rate; The continuous effect type includes a first continuous effect and a second continuous effect, the item type includes a first item and a second item, and the continuous effect control means Is a case where the first item is consumed, and when the first continuation effect is executed, control is performed to indicate that the specific gaming state continues at a first rate, and the first item 2 items And when the first continuation effect is executed, control is performed to indicate that the specific gaming state continues at a second rate higher than the first rate, Whether the first item or the second item is consumed, when the second continuous effect is executed, the specific gaming state is continued at the third rate. A gaming machine characterized by controlling.

(2) In a gaming machine that performs a lottery based on a player's start operation and controls a specific gaming state advantageous to the player based on the result of the lottery, an item that is given based on the establishment of a predetermined condition An item management means to manage, a continuation effect control means for executing a continuation effect in relation to consumption of the item, and controlling the continuation effect to indicate that the specific gaming state is continued at a predetermined rate; The continuation effect control means performs control so as to indicate that the specific gaming state continues at a predetermined rate when the continuation effect is executed based on consumption of one item. When the continuation effect is executed based on the consumption of the item, control is performed to indicate that the specific gaming state continues at a rate higher than the predetermined rate. That the gaming machine.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Slot machine 2 Medal insertion slot 2a Bet button 3 Start lever 5 Stop button 8 Indicator 9 Speaker 10 Main control part 11 Lamp 20 Sub control part 41 Reel

Claims (9)

In a gaming machine that performs a lottery based on a player's start operation and controls a specific gaming state advantageous to the player based on the result of the lottery,
Item management means for managing items given based on establishment of a predetermined condition;
A continuation effect control means for executing a continuation effect in relation to the consumption of the item and performing control so as to indicate that the specific gaming state is continued at a predetermined rate in the continuation effect;
With
The types of continuous effects include a first continuous effect and a second continuous effect,
The item types include a first item and a second item,
The continuous production control means is
When the first item is consumed and the first continuation effect is executed, control is performed to indicate that the specific gaming state continues at a predetermined rate,
When the first item is consumed and the second continuation effect is executed, control is performed to indicate that the specific gaming state continues at a rate higher than the predetermined rate,
When the second item is consumed and the first continuation effect is executed, control is performed to indicate that the specific gaming state continues at a rate higher than the predetermined rate,
When the second item is consumed and the second continuation effect is executed, control is performed to indicate that the specific gaming state continues at a rate lower than the predetermined rate. A featured gaming machine. In a gaming machine that performs a lottery based on a player's start operation and controls a specific gaming state advantageous to the player based on the result of the lottery,
Item management means for managing items given based on establishment of a predetermined condition;
A continuation effect control means for executing a continuation effect in relation to the consumption of the item and controlling the continuation effect so as to indicate that the specific gaming state is continued at a predetermined rate;
With
The types of continuous effects include a first continuous effect and a second continuous effect,
The item types include a first item and a second item,
The continuous production control means is
When the first item is consumed, control is performed to indicate that the specific gaming state continues at a higher rate when the second continuation effect is executed than the first continuation effect;
When the second item is consumed, control is performed to indicate that the specific gaming state continues at a higher rate when the first continuation effect is executed than when the second continuation effect is executed. A gaming machine characterized by Item display means for displaying a predetermined number of the items among the plurality of items managed by the item management means,
The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the item display means displays the order of the items to be consumed in a recognizable manner. The game according to claim 3, wherein the item display means collectively displays the items other than the predetermined number of items among the plurality of items managed by the item management means at a specific location. Machine. The gaming machine according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the item display means changes the display size of the first item and the second item. The game machine according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein the item display means displays the item consumed in the current game in a specific area. The said item display means controls the number of the said items managed by the said item management means to an unrecognizable state based on a player's operation. The gaming machine described in 1. The continuous effect control means is configured such that when the continuous effect is controlled so as not to indicate that the specific game state continues in the continuous effect for a predetermined number of times, the next continuous effect has a higher rate than the predetermined rate. It controls so that a specific game state may continue. The gaming machine as described in any one of Claims 1-7 characterized by the above-mentioned. Comprising information display means for displaying information relating to the specific gaming state;
The said information display means changes the kind of the said information displayed before the said continuous effect is performed, and when the said continuous effect is performed. The any one of Claims 1-8 characterized by the above-mentioned. The gaming machine according to the item.

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