JP2018157883A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce difference of a putout number depending on whether or not there is notification when terminating an advantageous section.SOLUTION: A slot machine includes an advantageous section composed of a chance zone, an AT mode, and a termination preparation section, shifts to an AT mode when an AT lottery is won in the chance zone, and terminates the advantageous section via the termination preparation section without winning the AT lottery when the chance zone is over. The slot machine is provided with common bells 1 to 6 as winning areas. The common bells 1 to 6 are winning areas where a first winning combination of maximum allotment and a second winning combination of allotment between a regulation number and the maximum allotment are won overlapped and where which of the first winning combination and the second winning combination is won depends on a game method. In the slot machine, when one of the common bells 1 to 6 is won in the termination preparation section, the game method for having the first winning combination won is notified and the advantageous section is terminated.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a slot machine installed in a game hall such as a pachinko parlor.

  Slot machines are widely known as gaming machines installed in pachinko parlors. In the slot machine, as the game starts, a reel having a plurality of types of symbols arranged on its outer periphery starts rotating and an internal lottery is performed. In the internal lottery, one of a plurality of types of winning areas is determined, and a winning combination (winning winning combination) assigned to the determined winning area is determined. When the winning combination wins by displaying the symbol combination corresponding to the winning combination when the reel rotation stops, processing corresponding to the winning winning combination is executed.

  In the slot machine, as a gaming method for winning the winning combination, for example, the AT mode (special gaming state) in which the reel stop order is notified (instructed) and the right to move to the AT mode compared to other gaming states. Various ideas have been made to excite the fun of the game, such as providing a chance zone that is easy to acquire (see Patent Documents 1 and 2 below).

  In the AT mode, the number of game media to be paid out (the number of dividends) paid out when winning a prize exceeds the specified number that is the number of game media necessary for starting the game (correct answer), and the number of payouts is the specified number. A game method for winning a correct answer combination is notified when a combination of less than 1 (unauthorized answer) is won in the internal lottery. Thereby, in AT mode, a game can be advanced more advantageously than a case where there is no information by performing a game according to information.

  A winning area that is subject to a lottery that determines whether or not to shift to the AT mode when a game machine that performs the AT mode performs a lottery that determines whether or not to shift to the AT mode according to the result of the internal lottery Conventionally, a setting difference is provided in the probability of determining. However, there is a social demand to avoid such a setting difference.

  Therefore, for example, among the sections having the performance related to the instruction function, that is, the maximum payout combination (the combination in which the game method for winning a game is notified, the number of payouts obtained when the game is performed according to the notification (of the game medium) The section in which the gaming method for winning the winning combination) is won is determined as the advantageous section that is advantageous to the player, and the transition to the advantageous section is determined based on the winning area with no setting difference It is considered to be.

  However, in the configuration in which the AT mode is always performed when entering the advantageous section, the interest of the game is not rich. Therefore, a chance zone is provided in the advantageous section, and the mode is changed to the AT mode based on the game result in the chance zone. Or a configuration of falling from an advantageous section is considered. However, even when the advantageous section falls due to the failure of the chance zone, the gaming method for winning the maximum payout is not notified even though the advantageous section is a section having a performance related to the instruction function. In other words, not giving a game profit to a player despite being set as a section for giving a game profit to a player is against the purpose of the advantageous section. It has been proposed to notify the game method for winning the maximum payout combination once when entering.

JP 2005-204772 A JP2015-077276

  However, in the configuration in which the correct answer combination is set as the maximum payout combination and the game method for winning the prize is notified to terminate the advantageous section, as in Patent Document 2, the number of correct answer combinations and the number of payouts is 8 except in the AT mode. When the base (the number of games that can be played with a predetermined number of game media) is calculated based on the fact that either one of the illegal answering or overshooting has been calculated, the correct answerer with 8 payouts can always win Based on this, the base other than the AT mode is calculated, leading to an increase in the base compared to the conventional mode, and the base in other states must be suppressed. In particular, as shown in Patent Document 2, if the difference between the number of payouts between correct answerers and illegal answerers is large, the AT is based on the fact that the correct answerer with eight payouts, the incorrect answerer with one payout number, or the oversight. This leads to more influence on the difference between the base other than the AT mode and the base other than the AT mode in consideration of the case where the correct combination with the payout number of 8 can always win.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a gaming machine capable of suppressing an increase in base by reducing a difference in the number of payouts (number of payouts) depending on whether or not there is a notification when ending an advantageous section. The purpose is to provide.

  In order to achieve the above object, in the gaming machine of the present invention, an internal lottery is performed at the start of the game, and one of a plurality of types of winning areas is determined, and a plurality of types of symbols are arranged on the outer periphery. When the reel starts to rotate and the reel stops rotating, the winning combination is won by displaying the symbol combination corresponding to the winning combination that is assigned to the winning area determined by the internal lottery. In the case of a gaming machine in which processing corresponding to the winning winning combination is executed, it is possible to instruct a normal section not instructing a gaming method for winning the winning combination and a gaming method for winning the winning combination. Advantageous section control means for controlling the transition between the advantageous section and the advantageous section control means, when the predetermined transition condition is satisfied, To shift to a special gaming state that is more advantageous to the player than the gaming state, and to end the advantageous section without shifting to the special gaming state, in order to win the first combination that is a kind of the combination Instructing the game method to finish the advantageous section, the number of payouts, which is the number of game media to be paid out when the first winning combination is won, is the number of payouts of winning combinations when playing according to the instructions Is set to the maximum payout number that is the maximum, is allocated to a common winning area with the second combination, which is a kind of the combination, and wins the internal lottery overlapping with the second combination, The number of payouts is set to be equal to or less than the maximum number of payouts and to a specified number that is the number of game media necessary to start a game.

  A selection winning area, which is a winning area to which the first winning combination and the third winning combination with the number of dividends less than the prescribed number are allocated, is provided, and the common winning area is determined when the advantageous section ends. In the game of the time of winning the internal lottery, the advantageous section may be terminated by instructing a game method for winning the first combination.

  As the winning combination, the gaming state is shifted to the bonus establishment state based on winning in the internal lottery in the normal state, and the gaming state is set to the bonus state based on winning by maintaining the bonus establishment state until winning The common winning area may be a winning area that is won in the normal state.

  As the winning combination, the gaming state is shifted to the bonus establishment state based on winning in the internal lottery in the normal state, and the gaming state is changed to the bonus state based on winning by maintaining the bonus establishment state until winning. When a transition is made to the bonus state, a challenge bonus is provided for all the small roles including the first role and the second role to win the internal lottery, and the common winning area is In the case where all the small roles overlap with the winning combination assigned to the common winning area and the internal lottery is won, and the advantageous section ends, the common bonus area is changed to the challenge bonus. In the game of winning the internal lottery, the game method for winning the first combination is instructed and the advantageous section is ended. It may be.

  As the winning combination, a replay is provided that allows the next game to be played without inserting a new game medium when winning, and the game is performed in a plurality of replay states with different probabilities of winning in the internal lottery. The common winning area may be assigned a winning combination that triggers a transition to a different replay state.

  In the common winning area, the number of game methods for winning the first combination may be set larger than the number of game methods for winning the second combination.

  In the present invention, when the maximum payout combination (first combination) and the combination (second combination) in which the number of payouts (dividend number) is set to the maximum number of dividends or less and the specified number or more (second combination) are duplicated, An advantageous section is ended by informing (instructing) a game method for winning a payout. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is advantageous to notify the game method for winning the maximum payout combination when the maximum payout combination and a combination with the number of payouts set equal to or less than the predetermined number are won. Compared with the configuration for ending the section, the difference in the number of payouts depending on the presence / absence of notification when ending the advantageous section can be reduced, and the increase in the base can be suppressed.

It is an external view of a slot machine. It is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that an advantageous area is complete | finished through an completion preparation area. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the slot machine. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating a common bell and a selection bell. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating RT2 transfer replay. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating RT3 transfer replay. It is a flowchart which shows a mode that the alerting | reporting of the game method for winning a choice bell is performed in AT mode. It is a flowchart which shows a mode that the advantageous method is complete | finished by alert | reporting the game method for winning a largest payout in a completion | finish preparation area.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a slot machine (game machine) 10 of the present invention includes a storage box 11 and a front door 12. The storage box 11 stores a reel unit in which the first to third reels 20a to 20c are unitized, a hopper device that pays out medals to the medal tray 28 through a payout port 27 described later, and the like. The front door 12 is divided into an upper door 12a and a lower door 12b. The upper door 12a and the lower door 12b are pivotally attached to the storage box 11 and supported so as to be freely opened and closed.

  The upper door 12a is provided with an effect device such as a liquid crystal display 13 and a speaker 14, and a display window 16. The liquid crystal display 13 displays various effect images. The speaker 14 outputs various effect sounds. The slot machine 10 produces a game by controlling the liquid crystal display 13 and the speaker 14. The rendering device is not limited to a liquid crystal display or a speaker. An electric decoration device such as a lamp, a movable accessory driven by an actuator, a motor, or the like may be provided as a production device, and these may be used for production.

  In the back of the display window 16, a rotatable first reel 20a, second reel 20b, and third reel 20c are provided. Plural kinds of symbols are arranged on the outer peripheral surfaces of the reels 20a to 20c, and three symbols per reel are displayed through the display window 16 when the reels 20a to 20c are stopped. When all the reels 20a to 20c are stopped, if a symbol combination corresponding to the winning combination is displayed, the winning combination is won, and processing corresponding to the winning winning combination is performed.

  A main display 17 is provided on the upper door 12a. The main display unit 17 includes, for example, a 7-segment display device, a notification lamp, and the like, and displays an error display and the number of medals paid out as a result of the game. The main display 17 also notifies (instructs) a game procedure for winning a maximum payout combination (eight-piece combination) described later.

  The lower door 12b has a medal slot 22 for inserting medals, a 1-bet button 23a for betting credited medals one by one, and a MAX for betting collectively up to the maximum number of credited medals that can be bet. The bet button 23b, the start lever 24 that is operated when starting the game, the stop buttons 26a to 26c for stopping the rotating reel, the payout port 27 for paying out medals, and the medals paid out from the payout port 27 A medal tray 28 is provided.

  In the slot machine 10, a medal is inserted into the medal insertion slot 22 and a bet is placed on this medal, or a credited medal is bet by operating the 1 bet button 23 a or the MAX bet button 23 b, and the number of bets (bet When the number reaches a specified number, the operation of the start lever 24 is activated. When the activated start lever 24 is operated, the game is started. In this embodiment, an example in which the specified number is 3 (sheets) will be described, but the specified number may be 2 (sheets) or less, or 4 (sheets) or more.

  When the game is started, an internal lottery using the internal lottery table is performed. In the internal lottery table, random numbers are associated with each of a plurality of types of winning areas assigned to lose or at least one combination. In the internal lottery, a random number is generated by a random number generator and the generated random number is generated. The winning area corresponding to is won (the role assigned to this winning area is the winning (winning role)).

  Further, when the game is started, the reels 20a to 20c start to rotate. The reels 20a to 20c that have started to rotate are accelerated until the rotational speed reaches a constant speed, and when the rotational speed reaches a constant speed, the reels 20a to 20c become a constant rotation that continuously rotates at the constant speed. When the reels 20a to 20c are in a steady rotation, the operation of the stop buttons 26a to 26c is activated, and the reel corresponding to the operated stop button is stopped by operating the activated stop buttons 26a to 26c. Can do. Then, when the winning combination is won when all the reels 20a to 20c are stopped, processing corresponding to the winning combination is performed.

  In the slot machine 10, three types of replay, small role, and bonus are provided. When the replay wins, the re-game process is executed. The re-game process is a process for betting a prescribed number of medals automatically for the next game, that is, without inserting a medal into the medal insertion slot 22 or operating the 1-bet button 23a or the MAX bet button 23b. . Further, when a small combination wins, a payout process for paying out medals corresponding to the type of winning small combination (the number of payouts and the number of payouts) is performed. Further, when a bonus is won, a game state transition process for shifting to a bonus state advantageous to the player is performed.

  Even if the bonus cannot be won in the game won in the internal lottery, the right to win is carried over to the next and subsequent games. On the other hand, if the small role cannot be won in the game of the time of winning the internal lottery, the right to win will be lost and so-called losing. In addition, the replay is designed so as not to be missed (the arrangement of symbols and the content of stop control described later are determined).

In the slot machine 10, a normal state in which the bonus is not won in the internal lottery, a bonus formation state in which the bonus is won in the normal state based on the winning in the internal lottery, and a bonus in which the bonus is transferred in accordance with the winning of the bonus A game is played with the state.
Further, in the slot machine 10, two types of bonuses, a normal bonus and a challenge bonus (CB), are provided. When the normal bonus is won, the game proceeds to the normal bonus mode as a bonus state, and the CB wins. In this case, the CB mode is entered as a bonus state.
The normal bonus mode is a gaming state in which a winning combination of a small role is set higher than in other gaming states, and ends when a predetermined number of medals are paid out. On the other hand, the CB mode is a gaming state in which all the small combinations are in the established state (the same state as when winning in the internal lottery), and in this embodiment, the CB mode ends when a single game is performed. .

Further, in the slot machine 10, a game is performed in a plurality of game states (replay states) having different replay winning probabilities.
In the present embodiment, an example in which a game is played in four replay states of non-RT, RT1, RT2, and RT3 will be described.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, in the slot machine 10, a game is played in two game sections, a normal section and an advantageous section.
The normal section is a game section where most of the games in the slot machine 10 are performed, and the expected value of the number of payouts for each game is set to a predetermined number or less, which is a disadvantageous game section for the player. It has become.
The advantageous section is provided with a case where a notification (instruction) of a gaming method for winning the winning combination is performed, and in this respect, it is a gaming section that is more advantageous to the player than the normal section.

  The advantageous section includes a plurality of gaming states, and in this embodiment, a chance zone, an AT mode (special gaming state), and an end preparation section are provided as the gaming state of such an advantageous section.

The chance zone is a gaming state in which the probability of acquiring the right to shift to the AT mode is set higher than that in the normal section, and the transition is made during the normal section based on winning the advantageous section transition lottery. The advantageous section transition lottery is for winning the advantageous section, that is, the maximum payout combination (the combination having the largest number of payouts among the combinations in which the game method for winning a prize is performed, and in this embodiment, eight combinations). This is a process for determining whether or not to shift to a section where a notification (instruction) of a game method (in this embodiment, the operation order of the stop buttons 26a to 26c (stop order of the reels 20a to 20c)) is possible. Therefore, the process is executed based on winning (internal winning) in a winning area with no setting difference (the winning probability is common regardless of the setting). In addition, when a lottery for advantageous section shift is executed based on the fact that one kind of replay is won internally, there is no setting difference for this replay, and the winning probability (probability of winning internally) in any replay state Are required to be equal.
In addition, the chance zone is set in advance, for example, by satisfying a preset end condition such that a predetermined number of games (for example, 10 times) are executed, or by winning an AT lottery described later before the end condition is satisfied. Exit by meeting the transition conditions.

  The AT mode is a game method (in this embodiment) for winning a winning combination (8 in this embodiment) that is advantageous to the player when selection bells 1 to 6 described later in the internal lottery are won. This is a gaming state in which notification (instruction) of the operation order of the stop buttons 26a to 26c (stop order of the reels 20a to 20c) is performed, and transition is made when an AT lottery is won in a normal section or a chance zone. The AT lottery is a process for determining whether or not to shift to an AT mode, that is, whether or not to shift to a section where a notification (instruction) of a gaming method for winning a winning combination that is advantageous to the player is performed. It is executed based on winning in a winning area with no setting difference.

  The end preparation section is a game state for preparing for the end of the advantageous section, and when the transition to the chance zone has failed, but the transition condition described above cannot be satisfied in the chance zone (the AT lottery is not won and the AT is not won) (If the right to enter the mode could not be acquired). Then, during the end preparation section, the maximum payout combination (the combination with the largest number of payouts in the combination in which the game method for winning a prize is performed, which is 8 in this embodiment) is won, and this maximum payout combination is selected. When the notification (instruction) of the gaming method for winning is performed, the end preparation section (advantageous section) ends and the process returns to the normal section.

  Note that the gaming state of the advantageous section, the transition condition to each gaming state, and the termination condition are not limited to this embodiment and can be changed as appropriate. For example, in this embodiment, when the advantageous zone shift lottery is won, the game moves to the chance zone, and based on the game result in the chance zone, the AT mode or the end preparation zone is described as an example. You may make it transfer to AT mode or an end preparation area directly (simultaneously with the transfer to an advantageous area) without going through. In this case, when winning the advantageous section transition lottery, the timing at which it is decided to shift to the advantageous section, such as determining whether to shift to the AT mode by performing the AT lottery following the advantageous section transition lottery At the same time (or almost at the same time) as to whether or not to shift to the AT mode, and if it is decided to shift to the AT mode, the mode is shifted to the AT mode along with the shift to the advantageous section, and the AT When it is decided not to shift to the mode, it can be considered to shift to the end preparation zone with the shift to the advantageous zone.

  Further, in the present embodiment, an example has been described in which a game as an advantageous section is executed from the next game when it is determined to shift to an advantageous section. For example, when a bonus is won by an internal lottery For example, a period until the bonus is won may be set as a waiting section, and the waiting section may be shifted to an advantageous section after the end of the waiting section.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, when the advantageous section is terminated without shifting to the AT mode, an explanation has been given of an example in which notification (instruction) of a gaming method for winning the maximum payout combination (eight-piece combination) is performed. For example, in the case where the upper limit number of games (1500 games) in the advantageous section has been reached, or when a profit can be given to the player by shifting to the bonus mode during the advantageous section, the maximum payout The advantageous section may be terminated without notifying (instructing) the game method for winning (eight winning combinations).

  As shown in FIG. 3, the slot machine 10 includes a main control board (advantageous section control means) 30 for controlling the progress and execution of the game and a sub-control board 40 for controlling the progress and execution of the effects. It has been. Further, the main control board 30 includes a bet processing section 32 that performs bet processing of medals, a payout control section 34 that performs payout of medals, a main display control section 36 that performs display control of the main display 17, and a sub control board 40. A notification unit 38 for notifying various information, a reel controller 42 for controlling the rotation of the reels 20a to 20c, and an internal lottery unit 50 for performing internal lottery are provided.

  The bet processing unit 32 receives a medal detection signal input from a medal sensor (not shown) that detects a medal inserted into the medal insertion slot 22, and an operation signal input from the 1 bet button 23a and the MAX bet button 23b. Based on this, a betting process for placing (betting) a medal on the game is performed. Further, the bet processing unit 32 also performs the above-described re-game process when the symbol combination stopped and displayed upon completion of the game corresponds to the replay, that is, when the replay is won in the game. .

  The payout control unit 34 performs payout processing for paying out medals of the number of payouts (number of dividends) corresponding to the winning combination when the winning combination is won. The relationship between each combination and the number of medals to be paid out when winning each combination is defined in a not-shown payout table, and the payout control unit 34 refers to the payout table when the winning combination wins a prize. The number of payouts corresponding to the winning combination won is detected. Until the maximum number of credits (in this embodiment, “50”), the number of payouts is credited to the slot machine 10 (added to a credit counter (not shown)), and the maximum number of credits is For the excess, the hopper device is driven and paid out to the medal tray 28.

  The main display control unit 36 controls the main display 17 to display an error display, the display of the number of medals paid out as a result of the game, and the notification of the game procedure for winning the maximum payout combination (eight winning combinations). (Instruction).

  The notification unit 38 notifies the sub-control board 40 of various information (hereinafter referred to as game information) obtained in the process of progress and execution of the game by the main control board 30 such as the result of the internal lottery and the stop position of the reel.

  The sub-control board 40 is provided with an effect data storage (not shown) in which various effect images and various effect sound data (effect data) are stored. When the game is started, the sub control board 40 performs an effect lottery based on the current game state and determines an effect to be executed. Then, the effect data corresponding to the determined effect is read from the effect data storage unit and reproduced and output from the liquid crystal display 13 and the speaker 14 to produce the game.

  In addition, the sub control board 40 controls the liquid crystal display 13 and the speaker 14 when the selection bells 1 to 6 are selected in the AT mode under the control of the main control board 30 and is advantageous to the player as part of the production. A notification (instruction) of a gaming method (in this embodiment, the operation order of the stop buttons 26a to 26c (stop order of the reels 20a to 20c)) for winning the winning combination (in this embodiment, 8 winning combinations) Do. It should be noted that images and sounds based on information displayed on the main display control unit 36, such as a game procedure for winning the maximum payout combination (eight winning combinations), may be reproduced and output from the liquid crystal display 13 or the speaker 14.

  The reel controller 42 starts the rotation of the reels 20a to 20c in response to the operation of the start lever 24, and stops the reel corresponding to the operated stop button in response to the operation of the stop buttons 26a to 26c. I do. In the stop control, the reel controller 42 stops the rotation of the reels 20a to 20c so that a combination (winning combination) associated with the winning area won by the internal lottery wins.

  Further, the reel controller 42 is a winning area to which a plurality of types of roles are assigned such as common bells 1 to 6, selection bells 1 to 6, RT2 transition replays 1 to 6, RT3 transition replays 1 to 6, which will be described later in the internal lottery. Is determined (winned), that is, when a plurality of types of roles are assigned to the determined winning area, and when these multiple types of winning combinations are duplicated, the game method (this book In the embodiment, the stop control of the reels 20a to 20c is performed so that the winning combination corresponding to the stop order of the reels 20a to 20c (the operation order of the stop buttons 26a to 26c) wins.

  Note that the stop control is performed so that the winning combination wins, when the stop button is operated, the symbols (winning symbols) that constitute the symbol combination that the winning combination wins are the winning winning lines (the winning symbols are This indicates that the winning symbol is drawn on the active line and stopped when the winning combination is within a predetermined drawing range from the line where the winning combination is won). For this reason, even if stop control is performed so that the winning combination wins, it may be determined whether or not the winning combination wins depending on the operation timing of the stop button (stop control is performed so that the winning combination wins). Even if you do, the winning role does not necessarily win.) However, as described above, the replay is designed so that it will not be missed (the arrangement interval of the symbols is adjusted), and if the stop control is performed so that a prize is awarded, the prize will always be won. ing.

  The internal lottery unit 50 performs an internal lottery using the internal lottery table as the game starts. As described above, the internal lottery table is a table in which random numbers are associated with each of a plurality of winning areas to which a loss or at least one combination is assigned. For example, 65536 random numbers are prepared, and each random number is associated with any winning area. Then, in the internal lottery, a random number generated by a random number generator (not shown) is checked against an internal lottery table to determine which winning area corresponds to the winning lottery (winning a prize corresponding to the corresponding winning area) Role).

In the slot machine 10, a plurality of types of internal lottery tables with different replay winning probabilities are provided, and the types of internal lottery tables used for the internal lottery are varied according to the gaming state.
In this embodiment, four types of internal lottery tables, a non-RT table, an RT1 table, an RT2 table, and an RT3 table, are provided, a non-RT table is used in the normal section, and an RT1 table, an RT2 table, and an RT3 are used in the advantageous section. An internal lottery is performed using one of the tables.
In the following description, a gaming state in which a non-RT table is used in internal lottery may be simply referred to as non-RT. In addition, in the internal lottery, the gaming state in which the RT1 table is used may be referred to as RT1, the gaming state in which the RT2 table is used may be referred to as RT2, and the gaming state in which the RT3 table is used may be referred to as RT3.

  Also, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, in the slot machine 10, as the winning areas, common bells 1 to 6 (common winning areas), selection bells 1 to 6 (selected winning areas), RT2 transition replays 1 to 6 RT3 transition replays 1 to 6 are provided. These are winning areas where multiple types of roles are assigned and multiple types of roles assigned when determined by internal lottery are duplicated, and a game method (in this embodiment, reels 20a to 20c). This is a winning area in which the types of winning combinations that win among the winning combinations that have been won repeatedly (stop control of the reels 20a to 20c is performed so as to win) differ depending on the stopping order (operation order of the stop buttons 26a to 26c). .

<All RTs>
As shown in FIG. 4, the common bells 1 to 6 and the selection bells 1 to 6 are winning areas used in all RTs (RT1 to RT3). That is, these common bells 1 to 6 and selection bells 1 to 6 are winning areas provided in the RT1 table, the RT2 table, and the RT3 table among the internal lottery tables.
In the state where the common bell 1 has won the internal lottery (the state in which the internal winner has been won), the game is performed in the batting order 1 (the operation order of the stop button for stopping the reels in the order of left → middle → right). The reel stop control is performed so that the winning combination (corresponding to the second winning combination of the present invention and the payout when winning is 7 winning combinations) is won. The reel stop control is performed so that a winning combination (equivalent to the first winning combination of the present invention and eight winning combinations (maximum paying combination) in which the payout when winning is the maximum payout number) is won.
In addition, when the common bell 2 is won internally, when the game is played in the batting order 2 (the operation order of the stop button for stopping the reel in the order of left → right → middle) The stop control of the reels is performed so that when a game is played in a game other than the batting order 2, the winning combination of 8 sheets is won.
In addition, when the common bell 3 is won internally, when the game is played in the batting order 3 (stop button operation order for stopping the reel in the order of middle → left → right) The stop control of the reels is performed so that when the game is played in other than the batting order 3, the winning combination of 8 sheets is won.
In addition, when the common bell 4 is elected internally, when the game is played in the batting order 4 (stop button operation order for stopping the reels in the order of middle → right → left) The stop control of the reels is performed so that when the game is played in other than the batting order 4, the winning combination of 8 sheets is won.
In addition, when the common bell 5 is won internally, when the game is played in the batting order 5 (stop button operation order for stopping the reels in the order of right → left → middle) The stop control of the reels is performed so that when the game is played in a place other than the batting order 5, the winning combination of 8 sheets is won.
In addition, when the common bell 6 is won internally, when the game is played in the striking order 6 (stop button operation order for stopping the reel in the order of right → middle → left) The stop control of the reels is performed so that when the game is played in other than the batting order 6, the winning combination of 8 sheets is won.

On the other hand, in the state where the selection bell 1 is won internally, when the game is played in the batting order 1, the reel stop control is performed so that the winning combination of 8 sheets is won, and when the game is performed other than the batting order 1 The reel stop control is performed so that one winning combination is won or a 0 winning combination is won (displays a blank symbol (a symbol that is displayed when none of the winning combinations is won)). In addition, the 1-sheet combination and the 0-sheet combination (blank symbol) correspond to the third combination of the present invention.
Further, in the state where the selection bell 2 is won internally, the batting order 2; in the state where the selection bell 3 is internally elected, the batting order 3; when the option bell 4 is internally elected, the batting order 4; In the state where the selection bell 6 is won internally, when the game is played in the batting order 6, the reel stop control is performed so that 8 winning combinations are won, and when the game is played in the other batting order, 1 The reel stop control is performed so that a winning combination or a winning combination is won.

  In the CB mode (during CB) in which all the small combinations are in the established state (the same state as when winning in the internal lottery), as described later, RT2 transition replays 1 to 6 and RT3 transition replays 1 to 6 are performed. When the player wins, the same reel stop control as described above is performed (see FIGS. 5 and 6). However, when the replays such as RT2 transition replays 1 to 6 and RT3 transition replays 1 to 6 are not won. Regardless of the game method, reel stop control is performed so that eight winning combinations are won.

<RT1>
As shown in FIG. 5, RT2 transition replays 1 to 6 are winning areas used in RT1. That is, the RT2 transition replays 1 to 6 are winning areas provided in the RT1 table among the internal lottery tables.
When the RT2 transition replay 1 is internally won, if the game is played in the batting order 1, the reel stop control is performed so that the RT2 transition replay wins, and the game is performed outside the batting order 1. The reel stop control is performed so that the RT1 transition (maintenance) replay wins.
In addition, the batting order 2 when the RT2 transition replay 2 is won internally, the batting order 3 when the RT2 transition replay 3 is internally elected, the batting order 4 when the RT2 transition replay 4 is internally elected, and the RT2 transition replay 5 the internal winning state Then, when the game is played in the batting order 5 and the RT2 transition replay 6 is internally won, the reel stop control is performed so that the RT2 transition replay wins, and the game is performed in the other batting order. In such a case, the reel stop control is performed so that the RT1 transition (maintenance) replay wins.

Note that in the CB mode (in CB), all the small roles are established, and since the transition to the CB mode (CB operation) is not an opportunity to change the replay state, lottery is normally performed for replay. . For this reason, when the winning area to which replay is assigned during the CB mode wins, this replay and all the small roles are won in a duplicated state, and only all the small roles are won (established). Since the winning combination is different, the reel stop control can be made different. Utilizing this, in the slot machine 10, when the RT2 transition replays 1 to 6 are selected during the CB mode, the same reel stop control as that for the common bells 1 to 6 is performed.
That is, during the CB mode, batting order 1 when RT2 transition replay 1 is internally won, batting order 2 when RT2 transition replay 2 is internally won, batting order 3 when RT2 transition replay 3 is internally won, RT2 transition replay 4 When the game is played in the batting order 4, when the RT2 transition replay 5 is won internally, the batting order 5 when the RT2 transition replay 6 is internally won, and when the game is played in the batting order 6 The reel stop control is performed so that when a game is played in any other order, the reels are controlled so that eight winning combinations are won.
As described above, the RT2 transition replays 1 to 6 function as a winning area in which the same reel stop control as that of the common bells 1 to 6 described above is performed during the CB mode, that is, a common winning area of the present invention.

<RT2, RT3>
As shown in FIG. 6, RT3 transition replays 1 to 6 are winning areas used in RT2 and RT3. That is, RT3 transition replays 1 to 6 are winning areas provided in the RT2 table and the RT3 table in the internal lottery table.
And in the state where RT3 transition replay 1 is won internally, when a game is played in batting order 1, reel stop control is performed so that RT3 transition replay wins, and a game is performed outside batting order 1 The reel stop control is performed so that the RT1 transition replay wins.
In addition, the batting order 2 when the RT3 transition replay 2 is won internally, the batting order 3 when the RT3 transition replay 3 is elected internally, the batting order 4 when the RT3 transition replay 4 is elected internally, and the RT3 transition replay 5 an internal prize Then, when the game is played in the batting order 5 and the RT3 transition replay 6 in the internal winning state, when the game is performed in the batting order 6, the reel stop control is performed so that the RT3 transition replay wins, and the game is performed in the other batting order. In such a case, the reel stop control is performed so that the RT1 transition replay wins.

Furthermore, the RT3 transition replays 1 to 6 are for the same reason as the RT transition replays 1 to 6 described above (the transition to the CB mode is not a trigger for changing the replay state, but the replays are drawn as usual during the CB mode. So, if the replay is won during CB mode, this replay and all the small roles will be in the same state, and since the winning combination is different from the state where only all the small roles are won, the reels will stop. The control of the reels is the same as that of the common bells 1 to 6 when winning is made during the CB mode.
That is, during the CB mode, batting order 1 when RT3 transition replay 1 is internally won, batting order 2 when RT3 transition replay 2 is internally won, batting order 3 when RT3 transition replay 3 is internally won, RT3 transition replay 4 When the game is played in the batting order 4, when the RT3 transition replay 5 is won internally, the batting order 5 when the RT3 transition replay 6 is internally won, and when the game is played in the batting order 6 The reel stop control is performed so that when a game is played in any other order, the reels are controlled so that eight winning combinations are won.
Thus, the RT3 transition replays 1 to 6 function as a winning area in which the same reel stop control as that of the common bells 1 to 6 described above is performed during the CB mode, that is, a common winning area of the present invention.

Thus, in the slot machine 10, the common bells 1 to 6, the selection bells 1 to 6, the RT2 transition replays 1 to 6, and the RT3 transition replays 1 to 6 are used as winning areas having different types of winning combinations to be won depending on the gaming method. Is provided.
Further, in the slot machine 10, the common bells 1 to 6, the RT2 transition replays 1 to 6 in the CB mode, and the RT3 transition replays 1 to 6 in the CB mode are divided into eight combinations and 7 according to the game method. A configuration in which one of the winning combinations wins (stop control is performed so as to win), that is, a configuration in which a difference in the number of payouts due to a difference in the gaming method becomes one is configured.
On the other hand, in the slot machine 10, for the selection bells 1 to 6, one of the 8 winning combinations and the 1 winning combination (or 0 winning combination) wins depending on the game method (stop control is performed so that winning). The configuration, that is, the difference in the number of payouts due to the difference in the gaming method is 7 (or 8).

  Then, as shown in FIG. 7, in the AT mode, when any of the selection bells 1 to 6 is won, a game method for winning the 8 winning combination is notified (instructed), and games other than the AT mode are played. In the state, even if any one of the selection bells 1 to 6 is won, the notification is not performed. Thereby, in the slot machine 10, the game can be advantageously advanced by performing the game according to the notification in the AT mode.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 8, during the end preparation section, that is, although the player entered the chance zone, the right to enter the AT mode could not be acquired during the chance zone (the chance zone ended without winning the AT lottery). ), When any of the common bells 1 to 6 is elected, a game method for winning the eight winning combination which is the maximum payout combination is notified. Then, the advantageous section is terminated based on the notification.

  In addition, when the transition to the CB mode is made during the end preparation section, and either of the RT2 transition replays 1 to 6 or the RT3 transition replays 1 to 6 is won in the CB mode, the eight winning combination that is the maximum payout is won. Notification of the game method for this. Then, the advantageous section is terminated based on the notification.

  As described above, in the slot machine 10, the difference in the number of payouts according to the game method is the smallest unit, such as the common bells 1 to 6, RT2 transition replays 1 to 6, and RT3 transition replays 1 to 6. A winning area is provided, and when the winning area is won, a game method for winning the maximum payout is informed and the advantageous section is ended. That is, the slot machine 10 is configured such that the difference in the number of payouts depending on the presence / absence of notification (instruction) when ending the advantageous section is one, which is the smallest unit. Thus, for example, when any of the selection bells 1 to 6 is won during the end preparation section, the advantage section is ended such that a game method for winning a winning combination is notified and the advantage section is ended. The difference in the number of payouts due to the presence / absence of notification (instruction) when ending the advantageous section is compared with the configuration in which the difference in the number of payouts due to the presence / absence of notification (instruction) when ending the game is 7 (or 8) Can be reduced and the rise of the base can be suppressed.

  Further, the slot machine 10 is provided with RT2 transition replays 1 to 6 and RT3 transition replays 1 to 6 for transitioning the RT state, and during the CB mode, these RT2 transition replays 1 to 6 and RT3 transition replays 1 to 6 are provided. It functions as a common winning area of the present invention. For this reason, compared with the case where a dedicated winning area for functioning as a common winning area of the present invention is provided during the CB mode, the number of winning areas is reduced and the load on the memory and processing such as internal lottery is reduced. Can be reduced.

In other words, due to the change in the type test, it is required that the payout rate be 55% or more regardless of the game method (stop button pressing order). Important roles (for example, the first role (eight) and the third role (one or zero)) are only won. As described above, it is difficult to provide a bias in a game method for winning an advantageous combination.
For this reason, the slot machine 10 is configured such that an advantageous combination can be won regardless of the batting order so that there is no bias in the gaming method for winning an advantageous combination (common bell 1 in FIG. 4). To 6).
On the other hand, in the CB mode in which all the small combinations are established, as described above, when the replay is not won, the reel stop control is performed so that eight combinations are won regardless of the game method. Is called. That is, in the CB mode, the common bells 1 to 6 cannot function as a common winning area of the present invention. In order to function as a common winning area of the present invention during the CB mode, the replay is won except for the CB mode, and during the CB mode, the winning area where the replay and all the small roles are redundantly won is the common winning area of the present invention. It needs to function as a winning area.
However, if a dedicated winning area that functions as a common winning area of the present invention is separately provided during the CB mode as described above, the load on the memory and the processing load such as internal lottery increase. For this reason, in the slot machine 10, the winning areas (RT2 transition replays 1 to 6 and RT3 transition replays 1 to 6) for shifting the RT state function as a common winning area of the present invention during the CB mode. Structure, that is, the correspondence relationship between the batting order and the combination corresponding to each batting order (RT2 transition replay 1 to 6 RT2 transition replay and RT1 maintenance replay, RT3 transition replay 1 to 6 RT3 transition replay and RT1 transition replay) Determined (see Fig. 5 and Fig. 6)
In this way, the winning area for transitioning the RT state (in this embodiment, the RT2 transition replays 1 to 6 and the RT3 transition replays 1 to 6) is made to function as a common winning area of the present invention during the CB mode. Thus, compared with the case where a dedicated winning area for functioning as a common winning area of the present invention is provided during the CB mode, the number of winning areas is reduced, reducing the load on the memory and processing such as internal lottery. it can.

  In the present invention, it is only necessary to reduce the difference in the number of payouts depending on the presence / absence of notification when the advantageous section is terminated, and therefore, the detailed configuration is not limited to the above embodiment and can be changed as appropriate. For example, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the difference in the number of payouts depending on the presence / absence of notification when ending the advantageous section is 1 (sheet) has been described. The difference may be 2 (sheets) or more.

  In the above embodiment, the example in which the maximum number of payouts (maximum payout number) is 8 (sheets) has been described. However, the maximum number of payouts may be 9 (sheets) or more. Sheets) or less.

  In the above embodiment, when the common bells 1 to 6 are provided and one of the common bells 1 to 6 wins when waiting for any of the common bells 1 to 6 to finish the advantageous section, A configuration (hereinafter, configuration 1) for informing a game method for winning the maximum paying combination (eight winning combinations) and terminating the advantageous section, and RT2 transition replays 1 to 6 and RT3 transition replays 1 to 6 are provided. A game method for winning the maximum payout when waiting for the transition to the CB mode when ending the advantageous section and either of the RT2 transition replays 1 to 6 or the RT3 transition replays 1 to 6 is won in the CB mode. However, only one of the configurations 1 and 2 may be provided.

  Further, for example, after the transition to the end preparation section, the advantageous section is terminated by the configuration 1 until a predetermined number of games are performed, and after the predetermined number of games are performed, both the configuration 2 (or both the configurations 1 and 2) are performed. The advantageous section may be switched according to the gaming state, in either of the configurations 1 and 2 (or both).

  Further, in the above embodiment, the selection bells 1 to 6 have been described as examples that are not involved in the end of the advantageous section, but when the selection bells 1 to 6 are elected, a game method for winning eight winning combinations is notified. Then, a configuration (hereinafter, configuration 3) for ending the advantageous section may be provided, and the selection bells 1 to 6 may be involved in the end of the advantageous section. Of course, similarly to the configurations 1 and 2 described above, whether or not the configuration 3 functions according to the gaming state (whether or not the advantageous section is terminated by the configuration 3) may be switched.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the example (see FIG. 2) in which only the normal section is shifted from the end preparation section has been described, but, for example, when the predetermined pullback condition is satisfied during the end preparation section, the AT mode is set. There may be provided a case of transition from the end preparation section to the AT mode, such as transition.

  In the above embodiment, the explanation is omitted. However, since the winning probability of each of the common bells 1 to 6 can be freely set, the winning probability of each of the common bells 1 to 6 may be equal or different. Good. Also, for example, if the common bell 1 is won, the reel stop control is performed so that when the game is played in the batting orders 1 and 2, the winning combination of 7 sheets is won, and when the game is performed in the other batting order, 8 cards It is possible to freely set the relationship between the batting order of common bells 1 to 6 and stop control so that the winning combination is won. Similarly, for RT2 transition replays 1 to 6 and RT3 transition replays 1 to 6 in the CB mode, the relationship between the winning probability, batting order, and stop control can be freely set.

  In the above embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to a gaming machine that identifies six batting orders has been described. For example, left push (the batting order in which the left reel is stopped first (the center and right reels are stopped). There is no limitation on the stopping order), middle pressing (batting order in which the center reel is stopped first), right pressing (batting order in which the right reel is stopped first), and so on. The invention may be applied.

  In the above embodiment, the present invention is applied to a gaming machine that notifies the stop order of reels as a notification for ending an advantageous section (notification of a gaming method for winning the maximum payout). Although described, the present invention may be applied to a gaming machine that notifies the type of winning combination. In this case, for example, a winning area is provided in which a red bell (first role) with 8 payouts (maximum payout) and a blue bell (second hand) with 7 payouts are overlapped, and in the end preparation section When the winning area is won, the fact that the red bell has been won is notified (the player is instructed to play a game aiming for the red bell winning) and the advantageous section is terminated.

10 Slot machines (gaming machines)
17 Main display 20a, 20b, 20c Reel 26a, 26b, 26c Stop button 30 Main control board (advantageous section control means)
36 Main display control unit 40 Sub control board 42 Reel controller 50 Winning lottery unit

Claims (6)

An internal lottery is performed at the start of the game, and one of a plurality of types of winning areas is determined, and when a reel with a plurality of types of symbols arranged on the outer periphery starts rotating and the reel stops rotating When the winning combination wins by displaying the symbol combination corresponding to the winning combination assigned to the winning area determined in the internal lottery, the process corresponding to the winning winning combination is executed. In gaming machines,
Advantageous section control means for controlling a transition between a normal section not instructing a game method for winning a winning combination and an advantageous section capable of instructing a gaming method for winning a winning combination ,
The advantageous section control means includes:
When a predetermined transition condition is satisfied, a transition is made to a special gaming state that is more advantageous to the player than other gaming states among a plurality of gaming states included in the advantageous section,
In the case of ending the advantageous section without shifting to the special gaming state, an instruction is made to indicate a gaming method for winning the first combination which is a kind of the combination, and the advantageous section is ended.
The first role is
The number of payouts, which is the number of game media to be paid out when winning a prize, is set to the maximum payout number that is the maximum of the number of payouts for the winning combination when playing according to the instruction,
Assigned to a common winning area with the second combination that is a kind of the combination, overlapping the second combination and winning the internal lottery,
The second role is
A gaming machine, wherein the number of payouts is set to be equal to or less than the maximum number of payouts and a specified number that is the number of game media necessary to start a game. A selection winning area, which is a winning area to which the first winning combination and the third winning combination with the number of payouts smaller than the prescribed number are assigned, is provided;
When ending the advantageous section, in the game of the times when the common winning area is won in the internal lottery, a game method for winning the first combination is instructed to end the advantageous section. The gaming machine according to claim 1. As the winning combination, the gaming state is shifted to the bonus establishment state based on winning in the internal lottery in the normal state, and the gaming state is set to the bonus state based on winning by maintaining the bonus establishment state until winning There is a bonus to move to
The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the common winning area is a winning area that is won in the normal state. As the winning combination, the gaming state is shifted to the bonus establishment state based on winning in the internal lottery in the normal state, and the gaming state is changed to the bonus state based on winning by maintaining the bonus establishment state until winning. When a transition is made and a bonus state is entered, a challenge bonus is provided in which all the small combinations including the first combination and the second combination win the internal lottery,
The common winning area is the winning combination assigned to the common winning area in the challenge bonus and all the small roles are duplicated to win the internal lottery,
In the game where the common winning area is won in the internal lottery when the advantageous section is ended and the common winning area is won in the internal lottery, a game method for winning the first combination is instructed. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the section is ended. As the winning combination, there is a replay that allows the next game without the introduction of a new game medium when winning,
The game is performed in a plurality of replay states with different probabilities of winning the replay in the internal lottery,
The gaming machine according to claim 4, wherein a winning combination that triggers a transition to a different replay state is assigned to the common winning area.   2. The common winning area is characterized in that the number of game methods for winning the first combination is set larger than the number of game methods for winning the second combination. The gaming machine according to any one of?

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