JP2020116426A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a game machine capable of executing a prescribed control under a situation where numerical information is accurately acquired.SOLUTION: In an updating circuit 101, a jackpot random number stored in an updating buffer 101b is sequentially updated in synchronization with a clock signal from a clock circuit 101a. Then, when a detection signal SG1 corresponding to an occurrence of a winning is transmitted from an operation port winning detection sensor 45, the jackpot random number in the updating buffer 101b is stored in a jackpot random number register 102. The detection signal SG1 from the operation port winning detection sensor 45 is also received in an MPU 62. By receiving the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning, the MPU 62 obtains the jackpot random number from the jackpot random number register 102. In this case, the MPU 62 utilizes the received jackpot random number to monitor presence or absence of a communication abnormality.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Description

The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

As a kind of gaming machine, a pachinko machine, a slot machine, etc. are known. In these gaming machines, the progress of the game is controlled by executing various controls in the control device. Numerical information is used when executing various controls in the control device.

For example, there is known a configuration in which an internal lottery is performed based on the establishment of a predetermined lottery condition, and a bonus is given to the player according to the result of the internal lottery. In this internal lottery, when the predetermined lottery conditions are satisfied, the numerical information is acquired from the updating means for updating the numerical information for the lottery, and whether or not the acquired numerical information corresponds to the winning information. A determination is made (for example, refer to Patent Document 1).

Further, for example, a configuration is known in which performance control is performed through communication between a plurality of control devices. As the execution control of this effect, for example, a command is transmitted from a predetermined control device to a specific control device as numerical information, and the content of the effect to be executed is calculated from the numerical information included in the received command in the specific control device. Specified.

JP, 2009-261415, A

Here, when the predetermined control is executed by using the numerical information as described above, the predetermined control needs to be performed under the condition that the numerical information is accurately acquired.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-illustrated circumstances and the like, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of executing predetermined control under a situation where numerical information is accurately acquired. It is a thing.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 is provided with a predetermined control means for executing a predetermined process by using the numerical information received through a predetermined signal path,
The numerical information is composed of a plurality of bits,
The predetermined control means,
Numerical information is received between the corresponding bits by performing a predetermined arithmetic operation on corresponding bits between the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path and the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path before that. Monitoring process execution means for identifying whether or not an event that does not change,
Response processing execution means for executing abnormality response processing when the monitoring result by the monitoring processing execution means corresponds to the abnormality,
Equipped with
The monitoring processing execution means performs the predetermined arithmetic processing on some bits of the plurality of bits, and in the plurality of bits, some of the bits to be executed of the predetermined arithmetic processing are executed. It will be changed sequentially,
The predetermined control means may perform a lottery process as the predetermined process by using the numerical value information received through the predetermined signal path.

According to the present invention, it is possible to execute the predetermined control under the situation where the numerical information is accurately acquired.

It is a perspective view showing a pachinko machine in the first embodiment. It is a perspective view which decomposes|disassembles and shows the main structures of a pachinko machine. It is a front view showing a configuration of a game board. FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a working passage collection passage and a working mouth winning passage detection sensor. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the display content on the display surface of (a)-(j) symbol display device. (A), (b) It is an explanatory view for explaining the display contents on the display surface of the symbol display device. It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution of a pachinko machine. It is a block diagram for explaining a hard random number circuit. It is an explanatory view for explaining the contents of various counters used for win/win lottery. It is a flow chart which shows the main processing in MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the timer interruption process in MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the special figure special electric power control processing in MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the acquisition process of the hold information in MPU. It is a flow chart which shows management operation in a control circuit. It is a timing chart for explaining how a jackpot random number is acquired as pending information. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating various areas utilized by the monitoring process of the acquired random number. It is a flowchart which shows the monitoring process of the acquired random number in MPU. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the calculation content in the monitoring process of an acquired random number, and the effect|action by performing the said monitoring process. 7 is a flowchart showing the monitoring operation of the update circuit in the control circuit. 9 is a flowchart showing a process of monitoring an acquired random number in the second embodiment. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the calculation content in the monitoring process of an acquired random number, and the effect|action by performing the said monitoring process. FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram for explaining various areas used in a process of monitoring an acquired random number in the third embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the monitoring process of the acquired random number in MPU. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the calculation content in the monitoring process of an acquired random number, and the effect|action by performing the said monitoring process. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the various areas utilized by the monitoring process of the acquired random number in 4th Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the monitoring process of the acquired random number in MPU. It is a block diagram for explaining a hard random number circuit in a 5th embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the acquisition process of the hold information in MPU. 9 is a flowchart showing a process of monitoring an acquired random number in a modified example.

<First Embodiment>
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine, which is a type of gaming machine (hereinafter referred to as "pachinko machine"), will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine 10, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the main components of the pachinko machine 10. Note that, in FIG. 2, for convenience, the configuration in the game area of the pachinko machine 10 is omitted.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 10 has an outer frame 11 forming an outer shell of the pachinko machine 10 and a gaming machine body 12 rotatably attached to the outer frame 11 forward. .. The outer frame 11 is formed by connecting wooden plate members to four sides and has a rectangular frame shape. The pachinko machine 10 is installed in the game hall by attaching and fixing the outer frame 11 to the island facility. The outer frame 11 is not an essential component of the pachinko machine 10, and the island frame of the game hall may be equipped with the outer frame 11.

As shown in FIG. 2, the gaming machine main body 12 includes an inner frame 13, a front door frame 14 arranged in front of the inner frame 13, and a back pack unit 15 arranged behind the inner frame 13. ing. An inner frame 13 of the gaming machine body 12 is rotatably supported with respect to the outer frame 11. Specifically, the inner frame 13 is rotatable forward when the left side is the rotation base end side and the right side is the rotation front end side when viewed from the front.

A front door frame 14 is rotatably supported by the inner frame 13, and can be turned forward with the left side as a rotation base end side and the right side as a rotation front end side in a front view. A back pack unit 15 is rotatably supported by the inner frame 13, and is rotatable rearward with the left side being the rotation base end side and the right side being the rotation front end side in front view.

In addition, the gaming machine main body 12 is provided with a locking device at its rotating front end, and has a function of locking the gaming machine main body 12 with respect to the outer frame 11 in a locked state, and The door frame 14 has a function of locking the inner frame 13 so that the door frame 14 cannot be opened. Each of these locked states is released by performing an unlocking operation on the cylinder lock 17 exposed on the front surface of the pachinko machine 10 using an unlocking key.

Next, the configuration of the front side of the gaming machine body 12 will be described.

The inner frame 13 is mainly composed of a resin base 21 whose outer shape is substantially the same as that of the outer frame 11. A substantially elliptical window hole 23 is formed in the center of the resin base 21. A game board 24 is detachably attached to the resin base 21. The game board 24 is made of plywood, and the game area PA formed on the front surface of the game board 24 is exposed to the front surface side of the inner frame 13 through the window hole 23 of the resin base 21.

Here, the configuration of the game board 24 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a front view of the game board 24.

An inner rail portion 25 and an outer rail portion 26 are attached to the game board 24 so as to partition a part of the outer edge of the game area PA, and the inner rail portion 25 and the outer rail portion 26 guide the means. The guide rail as is configured. The game ball launched from the game ball launching mechanism 27 (see FIG. 2) attached below the window hole 23 in the resin base 21 is guided by the guide rail to the upper part of the game area PA.

By the way, the game ball launching mechanism 27 includes a launch rail 27a extending toward the guide rail, a ball feeding device 27b for supplying game balls stored in an upper plate 55a described later onto the launch rail 27a, and a launch rail 27a. And a solenoid 27c which is an electric actuator for firing the game ball supplied to the guide rail toward the guide rail. By rotating the firing operation device (or operation handle) 28 provided on the front door frame 14, the solenoid 27c is drive-controlled, and the game ball is fired.

The game board 24 is formed with a plurality of large and small openings penetrating in the front-rear direction. A general winning opening 31, a special electricity winning device 32, a first operating opening 33, a second operating opening 34, a through gate 35, a variable display unit 36, a special drawing unit 37, a universal drawing unit 38, etc. are provided in each opening. ing.

Even if the ball enters the through gate 35, the payout of the game ball is not executed. On the other hand, when the general winning opening 31, the special electric winning device 32, the first operating opening 33 and the second operating opening 34 occur, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out. Regarding the number of prize balls, specifically, when a ball enters the first operation port 33 or a ball enters the second operation port 34, three prize balls are paid out. , When 10 balls are paid to the general winning opening 31, 15 prize balls are paid out, and when 15 balls are paid to the special electric prize winning device 32, 15 prize balls are paid out. To be executed.

The number of prize balls is arbitrary. For example, the second operation port 34 may have a smaller number of prize balls than the first operation port 33, but the specific number of prize balls may be different from that described above. The number of prize balls in the second operating port 34 may be larger than that in the first operating port 33.

In addition, an out port 24a is provided at the bottom of the game board 24, and game balls that have not entered various winning ports are discharged from the game area PA through the out port 24a. Further, on the game board 24, a large number of nails 24b are planted in order to appropriately disperse and adjust the falling direction of the game balls, and various members such as a wind turbine are provided.

Here, the entry ball means that the game ball passes through a predetermined opening, and not only the mode in which the game ball is discharged from the game area PA after passing through the opening, but also the game area PA after passing through the opening. A mode in which the game area PA continues to flow down without being discharged is also included. However, in the following description, in order to be clearly distinguished from the game ball entering the outlet 24a, a general prize hole 31, a special electric prize winning device 32, a first operating port 33, a second operating port 34, and a through gate 35. Entering a game ball into is also referred to as a prize.

The first operating port 33 and the second operating port 34 are unitized as an operating port device and installed on the game board 24. Both the first operating port 33 and the second operating port 34 are open upward. Further, the both operating ports 33, 34 are arranged in the vertical direction so that the first operating port 33 faces upward. The second working port 34 is provided with a general electric accessory 34a as a guide piece composed of a pair of left and right movable pieces. In the closed state of the universal electric accessory 34a, the game ball cannot enter the second operating port 34, and when the universal electric object 34a is in the open state, it is possible to enter the second operating port 34.

Here, for the first operating port 33 and the second operating port 34, one operating port winning detection sensor common to both operating ports 33, 34 is provided, and the first operating port 33 has The game ball that entered the ball is detected by the actuation opening winning detection sensor, and the game ball that entered the second actuation opening 34 is also detected by the actuation opening winning detection sensor.

With reference to FIG. 4, a configuration for detecting a game ball by the operation port winning detection sensor 45 provided in common to both the operation ports 33, 34 will be described. FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the working port collecting passage 46 and the working port winning detection sensor 45 for explaining the working port collecting passage 46.

A passage area 46a through which a game ball can pass is formed in the working opening recovery passage 46. The passage area 46a extends in the vertical direction. The passage area 46a allows passage of one game ball, but its passage width is set so as not to pass through the same position in a state where a plurality of game balls are lined up.

The working opening winning detection sensor 45 is provided at an intermediate position of the passage area 46a and detects a game ball passing through the passage area 46a. The working opening winning detection sensor 45 is composed of a magnetic detection type proximity sensor, and includes a detection unit 45a for detecting passage of a game ball. The detection portion 45a is formed with a through hole 45b as a passage portion or a detection region, which penetrates in the thickness direction of the working opening winning detection sensor 45. The through hole 45b is formed so that the cross section in the direction orthogonal to the through direction is circular. Further, the through holes 45b are formed so as to extend in the same direction over the whole, and the diameters of the holes are the same or substantially the same throughout. The diameter of the hole is 11.5 mm, which is slightly larger than the diameter of the game ball, which is 11.0 mm. The working opening winning detection sensor 45 is installed such that the axis of the through hole 45b is on the same straight line as the axis of the passage region 46a. As a result, the game ball falling in the passage area 46a passes through the through hole 45b.

The working opening winning detection sensor 45 outputs a detection signal SG1 whose signal form changes as the game ball passes through the through hole 45b. More specifically, the detection unit 45a has a built-in detection coil (not shown) along the outer peripheral side of the through hole 45b. Further, the working opening winning detection sensor 45 further includes an oscillation circuit including the detection coil as a part. A sensor substrate (not shown) having a detection circuit, a comparator circuit and an output circuit is built in. Thereby, when the game ball exists in the through hole 45b, the magnetic flux penetrates the detection coil, and the oscillation is stopped.

The working opening winning detection sensor 45 changes the signal form of the detection signal SG1 based on the stop of the oscillation. Specifically, the working opening winning detection sensor 45 outputs a LOW signal which is a non-detection corresponding signal as the detection signal SG1 in a situation where the game ball does not exist in the through hole 45b (a situation where it is oscillating). Then, the working opening winning detection sensor 45 outputs a HI signal which is a detection corresponding signal as the detection signal SG1 in the situation where the game ball is present in the through hole 45b (the situation where the oscillation is stopped). That is, the detection signal SG1 rises when the game ball passes through the through hole 45b. By grasping the rising, it is possible to detect the winning of the game ball.

In addition, in the situation where the game ball does not exist in the through hole 45b, the HI signal which is the non-detection corresponding signal is output, and in the situation where the game ball exists in the through hole 45b, the LOW signal which is the detection corresponding signal is output. It may be configured to output. In addition, the winning of the game ball may be detected by grasping the fall of the detection signal SG1.

Returning to the description of FIG. 3, the through gate 35 is provided on the upstream side in the flow-down direction of the game ball with respect to the second operating port 34. The through gate 35 has a through hole (not shown) penetrating in the vertical direction, and the game ball winning the through gate 35 flows down in the game area PA after winning. As a result, the game ball that has won the through gate 35 can enter the second operating port 34.

Based on the winning of the through-gate 35, the general electric accessory 34a of the second operating port 34 is switched from the closed state to the open state. Specifically, an internal lottery is triggered by winning the prize in the through gate 35, and a public figure display of the general figure unit 38 provided in the lower right corner, which is an area in the game area PA where the game balls do not pass. The variable display of the pattern is performed in the section 38a. Then, when the result of the internal lottery is the electric power combination open winning, the stop result corresponding to the result is displayed, and the variable display of the universal figure display portion 38a is ended, the electric power combination is released. In the electric role open state, the general electric utility object 34a is opened in a predetermined manner.

The universal figure display section 38a is composed of a segment display in which a plurality of segment light emitting sections are arranged in a predetermined manner, but the invention is not limited to this, and a liquid crystal display device or an organic EL display device is provided. , Other types of display devices such as CRTs or dot matrix displays. Further, as the pattern variably displayed on the universal figure display unit 38a, a configuration in which a plurality of types of characters are variably displayed, a configuration in which a plurality of types of symbols are variably displayed, a configuration in which a plurality of types of characters are variably displayed, or A configuration in which a plurality of colors are switched and displayed can be considered.

In the universal figure unit 38, a universal figure hold display section 38b is provided at a position adjacent to the universal figure display section 38a. The maximum number of game balls that have won in the through gate 35 is four, and the number of reserved balls is displayed by lighting the universal figure reservation display section 38b.

A winning lottery is carried out with the winning of the first working opening 33 or the second working opening 34 as a trigger. Then, the lottery result is clearly shown through the display effect on the symbol display device 41 of the special drawing unit 37 and the variable display unit 36.

More specifically, the special drawing unit 37 is provided with a special drawing display portion 37a. The display area of the special figure display portion 37a is narrower than the display surface 41a of the symbol display device 41. In the special figure display portion 37a, a winning or lottery is performed with the winning of the first operating opening 33 or the winning of the second operating opening 34 as a trigger, whereby a variable display or a predetermined display of the design is performed. Then, the result corresponding to the lottery result is displayed. The special figure display portion 37a is composed of a segment display in which a plurality of segment light emitting portions are arranged in a predetermined manner, but the invention is not limited to this, and the liquid crystal display device and the organic EL display device are not limited thereto. , Other types of display devices such as CRTs or dot matrix displays. As the picture displayed on the special figure display portion 37a, a plurality of types of characters are displayed, a plurality of types of symbols are displayed, a plurality of types of characters are displayed, or a plurality of types of colors are displayed. A configuration in which is displayed is conceivable.

In the special figure unit 37, a special figure reservation display section 37b is provided at a position adjacent to the special figure display section 37a. The maximum number of game balls that have won in the first operating port 33 or the second operating port 34 is reserved, and the reserved number is displayed by turning on the special figure pending display portion 37b.

In detail about the symbol display device 41, the symbol display device 41 is configured as a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display, and the display content is controlled by a display control device described later. The symbol display device 41 is not limited to the liquid crystal display device, and may be another display device having a display screen such as a plasma display device, an organic EL display device or a CRT, and is a dot matrix display device. May be.

In the symbol display device 41, when the variable display or the predetermined display of the symbol is performed on the special symbol display portion 37a based on the winning of the first operating port 33 or the winning of the second operating port 34, the symbol is displayed in accordance with the variable display. A variable display or a predetermined display is performed. In addition, in the symbol display device 41, not only the display effect triggered by the winning of the first operation opening 33 or the second operation opening 34, but also the display effect in the opening/closing execution mode which will be described later after the winning is won, etc. Is done.

Display contents when the variable display of the symbols is performed on the symbol display device 41 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing individually the symbols variably displayed on the symbol display device 41, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display surface 41 a of the symbol display device 41.

As shown in FIGS. 5(a) to 5(j), a design, which is a kind of design, is composed of nine types of main designs to which the numbers "1" to "9" are respectively attached and shell-shaped design designs. It is composed of sub-patterns. More specifically, the numbers of "1" to "9" are respectively attached to nine types of character designs such as octopus to constitute the main design.

As shown in FIG. 6(a), on the display surface 41a of the symbol display device 41, three symbol rows Z1, Z2, Z3 of the upper stage, the middle stage and the lower stage are set as a plurality of display areas. Each of the symbol rows Z1 to Z3 is configured by arranging a main symbol and a sub symbol in a predetermined order. Specifically, in the upper symbol row Z1, nine types of main symbols “1” to “9” are arranged in descending order of numbers, and one sub symbol is arranged between each main symbol. .. In the lower symbol row Z3, nine types of main symbols “1” to “9” are arranged in ascending order of numbers, and one sub symbol is arranged between each main symbol.

That is, the upper symbol row Z1 and the lower symbol row Z3 are composed of 18 symbols. On the other hand, in the middle symbol row Z2, nine types of main symbols "1" to "9" are arranged in ascending order of numbers, and then between the main symbol "9" and the main symbol "1". The main symbols of "4" are additionally arranged, and one sub-symbol is arranged between these main symbols. That is, only in the middle symbol row Z2, 10 main symbols are arranged and configured by 20 symbols. Then, on the display surface 41a, the symbols in each of the symbol columns Z1 to Z3 are variably displayed so as to scroll in a predetermined direction with periodicity.

As shown in FIG. 6B, on the display surface 41a, three symbols are stopped and displayed for each symbol row, and as a result, a total of 9 symbols of 3×3 are stopped and displayed. It is like this. Further, as shown in FIG. 6A, five effective lines, that is, a left line L1, a middle line L2, a right line L3, a right downward line L4, and a right upward line L5 are set on the display surface 41a. ..

When the variable display of the symbols is performed on the display surface 41a based on the winning of the first operation port 33 or the second operation port 34, the symbols of each of the symbol columns Z1 to Z3 scroll in a predetermined direction with periodicity. The variable display is started. Then, the variable display is switched to the standby display in the order of the upper symbol row Z1 → the lower symbol row Z3 → the middle symbol row Z2, and finally the state ends with the predetermined symbols still displayed in each of the symbol rows Z1 to Z3. .. In addition, when the variable display of the symbols ends, if the result of the internal lottery is the most advantageous jackpot result described later, the same odd symbol combination is formed on any of the activated lines, and the result of the internal lottery If the result is a low-probability jackpot, which will be described later, the same combination of even symbols is formed on any of the activated lines.

It should be noted that, based on the winning of any one of the operating ports 33, 34, the display is started on the special figure display portion 37a and the symbol display device 41, and a predetermined result is displayed and ended until one of the game times. Equivalent to times. Further, the manner of variable display of the symbols in the symbol display device 41 is not limited to the above, but is arbitrary, and the number of symbol columns, the direction of variable display of symbols in the symbol column, the number of symbols in each symbol column, etc. Can be changed as appropriate. Further, the picture variably displayed on the picture display device 41 is not limited to the above-mentioned picture, and for example, only numbers may be variably displayed as the picture.

Returning to the description of FIG. 3, when the big hit is achieved in the winning lottery based on the winning in the first working opening 33 or the winning in the second working opening 34, it is possible to win the special electricity winning device 32. Switch to open/close execution mode. The special electric winning device 32 is provided with a big winning opening (not shown) leading to the back side of the game board 24, and an opening/closing door 32a for opening and closing the big winning opening. The open/close door 32a is arranged in either a closed state or an open state. Specifically, the opening/closing door 32a is normally in a closed state in which game balls cannot be won, and when the game is transferred to the open/close execution mode in the internal lottery, the game balls can be switched to an open state in which prizes can be won. It has become. By the way, the opening/closing execution mode is a mode to be shifted to when a winning result is obtained. It should be noted that in the closed state, the winning is not impossible, but the winning state may be less likely to occur than in the opened state.

As shown in FIG. 2, the front door frame 14 is provided so as to cover the entire front surface side of the inner frame 13 in which the game board 24 having the above configuration is attached to the resin base 21. As shown in FIG. 1, the front door frame 14 is provided with a window portion 51 that allows almost the entire game area PA to be viewed from the front. The window 51 has a substantially elliptical shape, and a window panel 52 is fitted therein. The window panel 52 is made of glass and is colorless and transparent, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it may be made of synthetic resin and is colorless and transparent, and the game area PA is provided from the front of the pachinko machine 10 through the window panel 52. If it is visible, it may be formed to be colored and transparent.

A display light emitting portion 53 is provided above the window portion 51. Further, a pair of left and right speaker units 54 for outputting a sound effect according to the game state are provided. Further, below the window portion 51, an upper bulge portion 55 and a lower bulge portion 56 which bulge toward the front side are arranged in parallel vertically. An upper plate 55a that opens upward is provided inside the upper bulging portion 55, and a lower plate 56a that also opens upward is provided inside the lower bulging portion 56. The upper plate 55a has a function of temporarily storing the game balls paid out from a payout device described later and guiding them to the game ball launching mechanism 27 side while aligning them in a line. In addition, the lower plate 56a has a function of storing game balls that have become redundant in the upper plate 55a.

Next, the configuration of the back side of the gaming machine body 12 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2, on the back surface of the inner frame 13 (specifically, the game board 24), a main controller 60 that controls the main control of the game is mounted. The main controller 60 has a main control board housed in a board box. It should be noted that the substrate box may be provided with a trace means for leaving a trace of the opening, or may be provided with a trace structure for leaving a trace of the opening. Examples of the trace means include a structure of a joint portion that inseparably joins a plurality of case bodies that form a substrate box and requires destruction of a predetermined portion at the time of separation, and peeling off when an adhesive layer remains on an object to be adhered during peeling. It is conceivable that a sealing sticker that leaves a trace of being stuck is attached so as to straddle the boundary between a plurality of case bodies. Further, as the trace structure, it is conceivable that an adhesive is applied to a boundary between a plurality of case bodies forming the substrate box.

The back pack unit 15 is installed so as to cover the back surface side of the inner frame 13 including the main controller 60. The back pack unit 15 includes a back pack 72 formed of a synthetic resin having transparency, and a payout mechanism section 73 and a control device assembly unit 74 are attached to the back pack 72.

The payout mechanism unit 73 includes a tank 75 to which game balls supplied from the island facility of the game hall are sequentially replenished, and a payout device 76 for paying out the game balls stored in the tank 75. The game ball paid out from the payout device 76 is discharged to the upper plate 55a or the lower plate 56a through a payout passage provided on the downstream side of the payout device 76. The payout mechanism unit 73 is provided with a main power supply of, for example, 24 V AC, and a back pack substrate having a power switch for performing ON and OFF operations of the power supply.

The control device gathering unit 74 generates and outputs a payout control device 77 having a function of controlling the payout device 76, a predetermined electric power required by various control devices and the like, and accompanies the player's operation of the firing operation device 28. It is provided with a power supply/launching control device 78 for controlling the launch of a game ball. The payout control device 77 and the power supply/launch control device 78 are arranged in front and back so that the payout control device 77 is behind the pachinko machine 10.

The back pack 72 is provided with an external terminal board 79 in addition to the payout mechanism section 73 and the control device assembly unit 74. The external terminal board 79 is installed on the back corner of the back pack unit 15 on the back surface of the pachinko machine 10 and in the upper corner portion. The external terminal board 79 is a board for outputting a predetermined signal so that the gaming hall management computer can recognize the state of the pachinko machine 10, and for inputting a predetermined signal to the pachinko machine 10 from the gaming hall management computer. Is.

<Electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10>
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10.

The main control device 60 includes a main control board 61 that controls the main game, and a power failure monitoring board 68 that monitors the power supply. An MPU 62 is mounted on the main control board 61. The MPU 62 includes a ROM 63 that stores various control programs executed by the MPU 62 and fixed value data, and a memory that temporarily stores various data when executing the control program stored in the ROM 63. A certain RAM 64 is built in. Further, the MPU 62 is provided with a clock circuit 66 that outputs a clock signal of a predetermined cycle, and a frequency divider circuit 65 is provided at an intermediate position of the signal path between the clock circuit 66 and the control unit of the MPU 62. ing.

The frequency dividing circuit 65 functions as a frequency changing unit that changes the period of the clock signal from the clock circuit 66, and is configured to output a changed clock signal for specifying the activation timing of the timer interrupt process in the MPU 62. There is. Specifically, the frequency dividing circuit 65 outputs to the MPU 62 a changed clock signal having an interval of 4 msec which is a specific period. The MPU 62 executes a process of confirming the occurrence of a specific signal form such as the rising or falling of the changed clock signal, and activates a periodic process (timer interrupt process) with the occurrence of the specific signal form as at least one condition. In this case, the execution cycle of the regular processing is the cycle (4 msec) of the changed clock signal.

In addition to the above components, the MPU 62 contains an interrupt circuit, a data input/output circuit, and the like. Further, it is not essential that the ROM 63, the RAM 64, and the like are integrated into one chip for the MPU 62, and each may be configured into an individual chip. This also applies to MPUs of control devices other than the main control device 60.

The MPU 62 is provided with an input port and an output port, respectively. To the input side of the MPU 62, a power failure monitoring board 68 provided in the main control device 60 is connected, and a payout control device 77 is connected. A power supply/launch control device 78 having a function of supplying operating power is connected to the power failure monitoring board 68, and power is supplied to the MPU 62 via the power failure monitoring board 68.

To the input side of the MPU 62, the actuation opening winning detection sensor 45 is connected, and the other winning detection sensors 69a to 69c are also connected. The other prize detection sensors 69a to 69c include detection sensors provided one-to-one with respect to the winning part such as the general winning opening 31, the special electric winning device 32, and the through gate 35. The MPU 62 receives signals from the operation opening winning detection sensor 45 and the other winning detection sensors 69a to 69c, and based on the reception result, the winning determination to each winning portion is performed. In this case, when the winning to the general winning opening 31, the special electric winning device 32, the first working opening 33 or the second working opening 34 is specified, the payout of the game ball corresponding to each winning target is executed. Perform the processing to do so. In addition, when the winning of the first operation opening 33 or the second operation opening 34 is specified, numerical information of various counters is acquired and stored as the hold information, and when the hold information is stored, Whether or not the special electric prize winning device 32 is switched to the open/close execution mode in which it is opened and closed a plurality of times is determined, and the distribution determination for determining the game state after the open/close execution mode is performed. Then, the game is allowed to proceed on the basis of the results of the hit/no hit judgment and the distribution judgment.

A power failure monitoring board 68, a payout control device 77, and a sound emission control device 80 are connected to the output side of the MPU 62. To the payout control device 77, for example, a prize ball command is output based on the result of the winning determination to the winning portion. Various commands such as a variation command, a type command, and an opening command are output to the sound emission control device 80.

On the output side of the MPU 62, a special electric drive unit 32b that opens and closes the opening and closing door 32a of the special electric prize winning device 32, a general electric drive unit 34b that opens and closes the general electric officer 34a of the second operation port 34, and The drawing unit 37 and the universal drawing unit 38 are connected. By the way, the special figure unit 37 is provided with a special figure display section 37a and a special figure reservation display section 37b, all of which are connected to the output side of the MPU 62. Similarly, the universal figure unit 38 is provided with a universal figure display section 38a and a universal figure hold display section 38b, all of which are connected to the output side of the MPU 62. Various driver circuits are provided on the main control board 61, and the MPU 62 executes drive control of various drive units and various display units through the driver circuits.

That is, in the opening/closing execution mode, the MPU 62 executes drive control of the drive unit 32b for special electricity so that the special electricity winning device 32 is opened and closed. Further, when the general electric outlet 34a is in the open state, the MPU 62 performs drive control of the general electric drive unit 34b so that the general electric outlet 34a is opened and closed. Further, during the game times and the opening/closing execution mode, the display control of the special drawing unit 37 is executed in the MPU 62. Further, when the lottery result indicating whether or not to open the general electric accessory 34a is clearly indicated, the MPU 62 executes the display control of the general purpose drawing unit 38.

The power failure monitoring board 68 relays between the main control board 61 and the power supply/launch control device 78, and also monitors the voltage of DC stable 24V which is the maximum voltage output from the power supply/launch control device 78. The payout controller 77 controls the payout device 76 to pay out prize balls or loan balls based on the prize ball command input from the main controller 60.

The power supply/launch control device 78 is connected to, for example, a commercial power supply (external power supply) in a game hall or the like. Then, based on the external power supplied from the commercial power supply, the operating power required for each of the main control device 60 and the payout control device 77 is generated, and the generated operating power is supplied. By the way, the power supply/launch control device 78 is provided with a power supply unit for power interruption such as a backup capacitor, and even when the power of the pachinko machine 10 is in the OFF state, the power supply unit for power interruption is mainly used. Electric power for storage is supplied to the RAM 64 of the control device 60 and the RAM of the payout control device 77. The power supply/launch control device 78 is responsible for the launch control of the game ball launch mechanism 27, and the game ball launch mechanism 27 is driven when a predetermined launch condition is satisfied.

The sound emission control device 80 drives and controls the display light emitting unit 53 and the speaker unit 54 based on the command received from the main control device 60, and transmits the command to the display control device 90. The display control device 90 analyzes various commands received from the sound emission control device 80 or performs predetermined arithmetic processing based on the received various commands to control the display of images on the symbol display device 41.

<Configuration related to lottery using hard random numbers>
Here, the main control board 61 is provided with a hard random number circuit 67 that operates independently of the timer interrupt processing performed by the MPU 62. The hard random number circuit 67 is for updating and acquiring numerical value information used for the hit/miss determination executed by the MPU 62. The hard random number circuit 67 is connected to the working opening winning detection sensor 45 and the MPU 62. The hard random number circuit 67 updates the numerical value information at a timing asynchronous with the timer interrupt processing of the MPU 62, and acquires the numerical value information based on the fact that the game opening winning detection sensor 45 has detected the winning of the game ball, The acquired numerical information is transmitted according to the request of the MPU 62.

The hard random number circuit 67 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a block diagram for explaining the hard random number circuit 67.

As shown in FIG. 8, the hard random number circuit 67 includes, as a random number generating means, an update circuit 101 for updating the jackpot random number used for the hit/miss determination. The update circuit 101 includes a clock circuit 101a that outputs a clock signal of a predetermined frequency (for example, 16 MHz), and an update buffer 101b that stores a jackpot random number. The update buffer 101b has a storage area of 2 bytes, and the numerical range of updateable jackpot random numbers is set to "0 to 65535". However, as will be described later in detail, the update of the jackpot random number is performed within the range of the numerical value designated by the MPU 62.

The update circuit 101 adds one to the jackpot random number stored in the update buffer 101b in synchronization with a predetermined signal mode of rising and falling of the clock signal of the clock circuit 101a. After the jackpot random number reaches the maximum value in the designated numerical range, it is reset to "0". As a result, the jackpot random number is updated asynchronously with the timer interrupt process of the MPU 62.

The update interval of the jackpot random number is the cycle of the clock signal of the clock circuit 101a, and is 62.5 nsec in detail. As already described, since the execution cycle of the timer interrupt processing executed by the MPU 62 is 4 msec, the update interval of the jackpot random number is sufficiently shorter than the execution cycle of the timer interrupt processing.

The hard random number circuit 67 includes a jackpot random number register 102 for latching the jackpot random numbers updated by the update circuit 101. The jackpot random number register 102 has the same storage area as the update buffer 101b, and specifically has a storage area of 2 bytes. The jackpot random number register 102 is connected to the update buffer 101b via the first signal line group SL1. The jackpot random number register 102 writes the data stored in each storage area of the update buffer 101b at that time into its own storage area in synchronization with the input of the latch signal. As a result, a big hit random number of the input timing of the latch signal is obtained.

Here, the first signal line group SL1 includes the same number of signal lines as the number of bits of 1 byte (specifically, 8). In this case, as described above, each of the update buffer 101b and the jackpot random number register 102 has a storage area of 2 bytes, and the jackpot random number stored in the update buffer 101b and the jackpot random number register 102 is 2 bytes. It has become a capacity. Therefore, when the jackpot random number is transmitted from the update buffer 101b to the jackpot random number register 102, the numerical information of the upper 1 byte is first transmitted in parallel among the jackpot random numbers having a capacity of 2 bytes, and the numerical value of the upper 1 byte is increased. After the transmission of information is completed, the remaining numerical information of the lower 1 byte is transmitted in parallel.

The hard random number circuit 67 includes a control circuit 103. The control circuit 103 is connected to the working opening winning detection sensor 45, and the detection signal SG1 from the working opening winning detection sensor 45 is input to the control circuit 103. The control circuit 103 outputs a latch signal to the jackpot random number register 102 in synchronization with the rising edge of the detection signal SG1 (in synchronization with the winning of one of the operation ports 33 and 34). As a result, the jackpot random number register 102 stores the jackpot random number of the winning detection timing (the winning timing of each of the working openings 33 and 34) at which the winning is detected by the working opening winning detection sensor 45.

To describe the detailed configuration, the control circuit 103 is directly connected to the working opening winning detection sensor 45, and is connected to the jackpot random number register 102 and an input terminal to which the detection signal SG1 of the working opening winning detection sensor 45 is input. And a control IC having an output terminal. The control IC raises the signal from the output terminal from the LOW signal to the HI signal in synchronization with the rise of the detection signal SG1 input to the input terminal from the LOW signal to the HI signal. The jackpot random number register 102 latches the data in the update buffer 101b based on the signal from the control IC rising from the LOW signal to the HI signal.

Note that the signal path connecting the actuation port winning detection sensor 45 and the hard random number circuit 67 and the signal path connecting the actuation port winning detection sensor 45 and the MPU 62 are formed in different systems. As a result, even if noise or the like is mixed in one side, it is possible to avoid the situation in which the influence is exerted on the other side. In addition, the operation opening winning detection sensor 45 is connected to the main control board 61 through one signal path, and is branched by the wiring circuit formed on the main control board 61 into two signal paths, thereby operating. The signal of the mouth winning detection sensor 45 is received by each of the MPU 62 and the hard random number circuit 67.

The control circuit 103 and the jackpot random number register 102 are connected to the MPU 62. When receiving a predetermined request signal from the MPU 62, the control circuit 103 controls the jackpot random number register 102 so that the jackpot random number stored in the jackpot random number register 102 is output to the MPU 62 through the second signal line group SL2. .. As a result, the MPU 62 can obtain the jackpot random number stored in the jackpot random number register 102 by outputting the request signal.

Here, the second signal line group SL2 includes the same number of signal lines as the number of bits of 1 byte (specifically, eight). In this case, the jackpot random number has a capacity of 2 bytes as described above. Accordingly, when the jackpot random number is transmitted from the jackpot random number register 102 to the MPU 62, the numerical information of the upper 1 byte is first transmitted in parallel among the jackpot random numbers having a capacity of 2 bytes, and the numerical information of the upper 1 byte is transmitted. After the above is completed, the remaining lower 1-byte numerical information is transmitted in parallel.

In detail about this parallel communication, the hard random number circuit 67 sets the strobe signal to the HI level when the upper 1-byte data is output, waits for the busy signal transmitted from the MPU 62 to reach the HI level, and When the busy signal becomes the LOW level, the strobe signal is returned to the LOW level, and then the data output of the upper 1 byte is completed. After that, the hard random number circuit 67 starts outputting the data of the lower 1 byte, sets the strobe signal to the HI level, waits for the busy signal transmitted from the MPU 62 to reach the HI level, and the busy signal is LOW. When it becomes the level, the strobe signal is returned to the LOW level, and then the data output of the lower 1 byte is completed. That is, when each 1-byte data is output, communication of a predetermined signal indicating a transmission unit is also performed.

The control circuit 103 includes a status flag 103a. The status flag 103a is a flag for grasping the state of the jackpot random number register 102. The control circuit 103 sets "1" to the status flag 103a in synchronization with the big hit random number being stored in the big hit random number register 102. When “1” is set in the status flag 103a, the control circuit 103 prohibits the jackpot random number latching regardless of the signal form of the detection signal SG1. As a result, in the situation where the status flag 103a is set to "1", the jackpot random number stored in the jackpot random number register 102 is not updated. Therefore, even if chattering occurs, the jackpot random number initially latched is maintained.

To describe the detailed configuration, the control circuit 103 includes a switching element connected in parallel to the output terminal of the control IC. The switching element is composed of, for example, an n-type MOSFET. The drain of the MOSFET is connected to the output terminal of the control IC, and the source is grounded. The gate of the MOSFET is connected to the status flag 103a. According to this configuration, when "1" is not set in the status flag 103a, the LOW signal smaller than the threshold voltage is applied to the gate, so that the MOSFET is turned off. In this case, the output state of the control IC is maintained. On the other hand, when the status flag 103a is set to "1", the HI signal higher than the threshold voltage is applied to the gate of the MOSFET, and the MOSFET is turned on. In this case, the output from the OR circuit is forced to be the LOW signal and does not rise.

When the output of the jackpot random number based on the request signal from the MPU 62 is completed, or when the invalidation signal is received from the MPU 62, the control circuit 103 clears the status flag 103a to “0” and stores the jackpot random number register 102 in the jackpot random number register 102. Clear the stored jackpot random numbers. As a result, it is possible to latch a big hit random number based on the winning of the next game ball.

The control circuit 103 is electrically connected to the update circuit 101 so as to be capable of bidirectional communication, and the control circuit 103 is provided with an error flag 103b. When the control circuit 103 receives a designation signal for designating a numerical range of the jackpot random number from the MPU 62, it sets an upper limit value of the numerical range to the update circuit 101. As a result, the update circuit 101 updates the jackpot random number within the set upper limit value. Further, the control circuit 103 monitors whether or not the jackpot random number is normally updated in the update circuit 101, and when it is determined that the jackpot random number is not normally updated, the error flag 103b. Set "1" to. When the error flag 103b is set to "1", the MPU 62 executes the abnormality handling processing.

The MPU 62 uses a variety of numerical information including a big hit random number in a game to determine whether or not it is valid, set the display of the special symbol display portion 37a, set the symbol display of the symbol display device 41, and set the display of the public figure display portion 38a. I have decided. The configuration of various counters will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of various counters.

MPU62, in various kinds of lottery, jackpot random numbers used for lottery of big hit occurrence, big hit type counter C2 used when judging big hit type, and reach used for reach generation lottery when the symbol display device 41 fluctuates. The random number counter C3 and the fluctuation type counter CS that determines the display duration time in the special figure display unit 37a and the symbol display device 41 are used. Furthermore, the universal electric open counter C4 used in the lottery for determining whether or not to open the universal electric accessory 34a of the second operation port 34 is used. The jackpot random number is provided from the hard random number circuit 67 as described above, and the jackpot type counter C2, the reach random number counter C3, the variation type counter CS, and the universal power release counter C4 are provided in various counter areas 64b of the RAM 64. ..

Each of the counters C2, C3, CS, C4 is a loop counter in which 1 is added to the previous value each time it is updated, and after reaching the maximum value, it returns to 0. These counters C2, C3, CS, C4 are Updated at short intervals. The jackpot random number of the hard random number circuit 67, and the numerical information of each of the jackpot type counter C2 and the reach random number counter C3 are obtained when the winning of the first operating opening 33 or the winning of the second operating opening 34 occurs. , Is stored in a reserved storage area 64a provided in the RAM 64 as acquisition information storage means.

The hold storage area 64a includes a hold area RE and an execution area AE. The holding area RE includes a first holding area RE1, a second holding area RE2, a third holding area RE3, and a fourth holding area RE4, and the winning history of the first working opening 33 or the second working opening 34 is recorded. In addition, the jackpot random numbers and the numerical information of the jackpot type counter C2 and the reach random number counter C3 are stored in any of the holding areas RE1 to RE4 as holding information.

In this case, in the first holding area RE1 to the fourth holding area RE4, when the winnings to the first working opening 33 or the second working opening 34 occur successively a plurality of times, the first holding area RE1→the second holding area RE1 Numerical information is stored in chronological order in the order of the holding area RE2→the third holding area RE3→the fourth holding area RE4. Since the four holding areas RE1 to RE4 are provided in this way, the winning history of the game balls to the first working opening 33 or the second working opening 34 can be held and stored up to a maximum of four. ..

Note that the number that can be reserved and stored is not limited to four and may be any number, and may be another number such as two, three, or five or more, or may be a single number.

The execution area AE is an area for moving each numerical value information stored in the first holding area RE1 of the holding area RE when starting the variable display of the special figure display portion 37a, and starts one game time. At that time, a win/fail judgment is made based on various numerical information stored in the execution area AE.

Each of the above counters will be described in detail.

First, the general electric open counter C4 will be described. The normal power open counter C4 is configured to be incremented by 1 in the range of 0 to 250, for example, and return to 0 after reaching the maximum value. The ordinary electric open counter C4 is updated periodically and is stored in the electric power holding area 64c of the RAM 64 at the timing when the game ball wins the through gate 35. Then, at a predetermined timing, a lottery is performed as to whether or not to control the universal electric accessory 34a to be in the open state based on the stored value of the universal electric open counter C4.

In this pachinko machine 10, a plurality of types of support modes are set so that the modes of support by the general electric accessory 34a are different from each other. Specifically, in the support mode, when compared with the situation in which the game balls are continuously fired in the same manner in the game area, the universal electric object 34a of the second working port 34 per unit time is compared. The high frequency support mode and the low frequency support mode are set so that the frequency of the open state is relatively high and low.

In the high-frequency support mode and the low-frequency support mode, the probability of winning the electric-role open state in the electric role opening lottery using the ordinary electric open counter C4 is the same (for example, both are 4/5), In the high-frequency support mode, the number of times that the ordinary electric utility product 34a is in the open state when the electric-role open state is won is set to a larger number than in the low-frequency support mode, and the opening time of one time is set longer. ing. In this case, in the high-frequency support mode, when the electric power combination open state is elected and the general electric utility object 34a is opened a plurality of times, from the time when one open state ends to the time when the next open state starts. The closing time is set shorter than one opening time. Furthermore, in the high-frequency support mode, as compared with the low-frequency support mode, the minimum secured time required for the next electric auditors product open lottery after one electric auditors game open lottery is performed (that is, The one-time display duration time on the public figure display portion 38a is set to be short.

As described above, in the high frequency support mode, the probability of winning the second operation opening 34 is higher than in the low frequency support mode. In other words, in the low frequency support mode, the probability of winning a prize in the first operation port 33 is higher than in the second operation port 34, but in the high frequency support mode, the second operation is performed more than the first operation port 33. The probability of winning a prize in the mouth 34 increases. Then, when a winning is generated in the second operating port 34, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out, so in the high frequency support mode, the player plays the game while not reducing the number of balls that he or she holds. It can be carried out.

In addition, the configuration for increasing the frequency of being in the electric power open state per unit time in the high frequency support mode is higher than that in the low frequency support mode, and is not limited to the above-mentioned one. It may be configured such that the probability of winning the electric role open state in is increased. In addition, a secured time that is secured when the next electric accessory release lottery is performed after one electric accessory release lottery is performed (for example, on the public figure display portion 38a based on the winning of the through gate 35). In a configuration in which multiple types of variable display time to be executed) are prepared, in the high frequency support mode, a shorter securing time can be selected more easily or the average securing time is set shorter than in the low frequency supporting mode. May be. Furthermore, the number of times of opening is increased, the opening time is lengthened, and the securing time that is secured when the next electric accessory release lottery is performed after one electric accessory release lottery is performed is concerned. The advantage of the high-frequency support mode over the low-frequency support mode may be increased by applying any one condition or a condition of any combination of shortening the average time of securing time and increasing the winning probability. ..

Next, the jackpot random number updated by the hard random number circuit 67 will be described. As described above, the hard random number circuit 67 can update the jackpot random number in the range of 0 to 65535. In this case, the hard random number circuit 67 updates the jackpot random number within the numerical range specified by the MPU 62 within the above-mentioned numerical range that can be updated. Specifically, since the MPU 62 specifies 39999 as the upper limit value of the numerical range, the hard random number circuit 67 updates the jackpot random number within the range of 0 to 39999. That is, the jackpot random numbers are sequentially incremented by 1 within the range of 0 to 39999, and after reaching the maximum value, return to 0. The jackpot random number is stored in the reserved storage area 64a based on the fact that the game ball has won the first operating opening 33 or the second operating opening 34.

The value of the random number that wins the jackpot is stored in the ROM 63 as a win/loss table. As the win/loss table, a win/loss table for the low probability mode and a win/loss table for the high probability mode are set. That is, in the pachinko machine 10, the low-probability mode and the high-probability mode are set as the lottery modes in the win/loss lottery means.

In the gaming state where the win/loss table for the low probability mode is referred to in the above-mentioned lottery, the value of the random number for the jackpot is 100. On the other hand, under the gaming state in which the win/loss table for the high probability mode is referred to in the lottery, the number of random number values for the jackpot is set to be larger than that in the win/loss table for the low probability mode. The number is specifically 2000.

In each lottery mode, the lottery result is a result other than the value of the random number that is a big hit. In the case of a disengagement result, no transition occurs in all of the open/close execution mode, win/loss lottery mode, and support mode triggered by the lottery result.

Next, the jackpot type counter C2 will be described. The jackpot type counter C2 is configured to be incremented by 1 in order within the range of 0 to 49, and return to 0 after reaching the maximum value. The jackpot type counter C2 is regularly updated and is stored in the reserved storage area 64a based on that the game ball has won the first operating opening 33 or the second operating opening 34.

Here, in the pachinko machine 10, a plurality of types of jackpot results are set, and these jackpot results are (1) the contents of the opening/closing execution mode, (2) the contents of the winning/missing lottery mode after the opening/closing execution mode, 3) At least one of the three contents of the support mode after the end of the opening/closing execution mode is different.

The opening/closing execution mode executed when the jackpot is won is a number-of-rounds specifying mode executed with a predetermined number of round games as the upper limit. A round game is a game that continues until a predetermined upper limit duration time elapses, or a predetermined upper limit number of game balls are won in the special electric prize winning device 32 until either one of the conditions is satisfied. That is. Further, the number of round games executed in the round number defining mode is the same as the number of fixed rounds regardless of which type of jackpot result triggered the transition. Specifically, no matter which jackpot result is obtained, the upper limit number of round games is set to 15 rounds.

The number-of-rounds mode includes a high-frequency winning mode and a low-frequency winning mode so that the frequency of winning the special electric winning device 32 from the start to the end of the opening/closing execution mode is relatively high. And are set. Specifically, in the pachinko machine 10, a plurality of types of opening mode of the special electric prize winning device 32 are set with different opening continuation times from the opening of the special electric prize winning device 32 to the closing. There is. Specifically, a long time mode in which the open duration time is set to 29 sec, which is a long time, and a short time mode in which the open duration time is set to 0.1 sec, which is a time period shorter than the above long time, are set. ing. In the pachinko machine 10, when the firing operation device 28 is being operated by the player, the game ball firing mechanism 27 is drive-controlled so that one game ball is fired toward the game area in 0.6 sec. It Further, the upper limit number of end conditions for the round game is set to nine. Then, in the long time mode of the above-mentioned opening modes, the opening continuation time that is longer than the product of the firing cycle of the game ball and the upper limit number of one round game is set. On the other hand, in the short time mode, a time shorter than the product of the firing cycle of the game ball and the upper limit number of one round game, more specifically, an opening duration of a time shorter than the firing cycle of the game ball is set. ing. Therefore, when the special electric prize winning device 32 is opened once in a long time mode, it is expected that the special electric prize winning device 32 will receive the upper limit number of prizes in one round game, which is short. When the special electric prize winning device 32 is opened once in a mode, there is no chance that the special electric prize winning device 32 will win, or even if a prize occurs, it takes about one, and there is a high probability that no prize will occur. Is expected to become.

In the high frequency winning mode, the special electric winning device 32 is opened once for a long time in each round game. That is, the special electric winning device 32 is opened 15 times in the long time mode. On the other hand, in the low frequency winning mode, the special electric winning device 32 is opened once in each round game in a short time mode. That is, the special electric winning device 32 is opened 15 times in a short time.

In addition, the number of times the special electric winning device 32 is opened/closed in the high frequency winning mode and the low frequency winning mode, the number of round games, the opening duration for one opening, and the upper limit number of one round game are the ones in the high frequency winning mode. Is not limited to the above value, as long as the frequency of winning the special electric prize winning device 32 from the start to the end of the opening/closing execution mode is higher than that in the low frequency winning mode. Is.

The distribution destination of the kind of the big hit result to the big hit type counter C2 is stored in the ROM 63 as a distribution table. In the distribution table, a low-probability jackpot result, an explicit high-probability jackpot result, and a most advantageous jackpot result are set as the distribution destinations for the types of jackpot results.

The low-probability jackpot result is a jackpot result in which the opening/closing execution mode becomes the high-frequency winning mode, and after the opening/closing execution mode ends, the winning/winning lottery mode becomes the low-probability mode and the support mode becomes the high-frequency support mode. However, the high frequency support mode shifts to the low frequency support mode when the number of games reaches the end reference number (specifically, 100 times) after the shift.

The explicit high certainty jackpot result is a jackpot result in which the opening/closing execution mode becomes the low frequency winning mode, and after the opening/closing execution mode ends, the win/loss lottery mode becomes the high probability mode and the support mode becomes the high frequency support mode. .. These high-probability mode and high-frequency support mode are continued until the lottery result in the win/loss lottery becomes a big hit state win, and the big hit state due to this is achieved.

The most advantageous jackpot result is a jackpot result in which the opening/closing execution mode becomes the high-frequency winning mode, and after the opening/closing execution mode ends, the win/loss lottery mode becomes the high-probability mode and the support mode becomes the high-frequency support mode. These high-probability mode and high-frequency support mode are continued until the lottery result in the win/loss lottery becomes a big hit state win, and the big hit state due to this is achieved.

In the distribution table, among the values of the jackpot type counter C2 of “0 to 29”, “0 to 9” correspond to the low-probability jackpot result, and “10 to 14” correspond to the explicit high-probability jackpot result. "15-29" corresponds to the most advantageous jackpot result.

Next, the reach random number counter C3 will be described. The reach random number counter C3 is configured to be sequentially incremented by 1 in the range of 0 to 238, for example, and then returned to 0 after reaching the maximum value. Here, in the pachinko machine 10, an expected effect is set as a kind of display effect in the symbol display device 41. The expected effect is provided with a symbol display device 41 capable of performing variable display of symbols, and in a game machine in which a final stop result is a given response result in a game time that is a predetermined jackpot result, the symbol display device 41 The display state for making the player think that the variation display state is likely to be the above-mentioned assignment correspondence result in the stage before the stop result is derived and displayed after the variable display of the symbol is started. In addition, as for the assignment correspondence result, specifically, a combination of symbols having the same number is stopped and displayed on any of the activated lines.

Two types of expected display are set: a reach display and a notice display for expecting the occurrence of the reach display or the result of the assignment response in the stage before the reach display occurs.

In the reach display, the symbols are stopped and displayed for a part of the plurality of symbol columns displayed on the display surface 41a of the symbol display device 41, thereby displaying a combination of the reach symbols, and the remaining symbols are displayed in that state. A display state in which a variable display of symbols is performed in the symbol column is included. Also, in the state where the reach symbol combination is displayed as described above, while performing the variable display of the symbols in the remaining symbol columns, the reach effect is displayed by displaying a predetermined character or the like as a moving image on the background screen. , Which includes reducing or displaying a combination of reach patterns and displaying a predetermined character or the like as a moving image on substantially the entire display surface 41a to perform a reach effect.

In the notice display, in a situation where the symbols are variably displayed in all the symbol columns Z1 to Z3 after the variable display of the symbols is started on the display surface 41a of the symbol display device 41, or in a part of the symbol columns. In a situation in which the symbols are variably displayed in a plurality of symbol columns, a mode in which the character is displayed separately from the symbols on the symbol columns Z1 to Z3 is included. Further, the background screen may be a predetermined mode different from the previous modes, or the symbols on the symbol rows Z1 to Z3 may be a predetermined mode different from the previous modes. Such advance notice display can occur at both game times when the reach display is performed and when the reach display is not performed, but the reach display is higher than the case where the reach display is not performed. It is set to occur with a probability.

The reach display is executed regardless of the value of the reach random number counter C3 in the game time when the same symbol combination is finally stopped and displayed. Moreover, in the game times corresponding to the big hit result in which the same symbol combination is not stopped and displayed, it is not executed regardless of the value of the reach random number counter C3. Further, in the game times corresponding to the miss result, when the reach random number counter C3 acquired at a predetermined timing by referring to the reach table stored in the reach table storage area of the ROM 63 corresponds to the occurrence of the reach display. To be executed.

On the other hand, the decision as to whether or not to display the advance notice is made not by the main control device 60 but by the sound emission control device 80. In this case, in the sound emission control device 80, the notice display is more likely to occur in the game times corresponding to any of the jackpot results, and the notice display with a lower appearance rate is generated, as compared with the game times corresponding to the deviation results. The lottery process for displaying the advance notice is executed so as to satisfy at least one of the conditions that is likely to occur. By the way, this lottery result is reflected when the effect for game use is executed on the symbol display device 41.

Next, the fluctuation type counter CS will be described. The variation type counter CS is configured to be incremented by 1 in the range of 0 to 198, for example, and return to 0 after reaching the maximum value. The variation type counter CS is used when the MPU 62 determines the display duration time in the special figure display unit 37a and the symbol display duration time in the symbol display device 41. The variation type counter CS is updated once every time a normal process described later is executed once, and is repeatedly updated even within the remaining time in the normal process. Then, the value of the fluctuation type counter CS is acquired at the time of starting the fluctuation display on the special figure display portion 37a and when determining the fluctuation pattern at the start of the fluctuation of the symbol by the symbol display device 41.

<Prerequisite processing configuration in MPU 62 of main controller 60>
Next, each process executed by the MPU 62 of the main control device 60 to advance the game will be described. The processing of the MPU 62 is roughly classified into a main processing that is started when the power is turned on and a timer interrupt processing that is started periodically (in this embodiment, at a cycle of 4 msec).

<Main processing>
First, the main process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In step S101, power-on wait processing is executed. In the power-on wait process, for example, the process waits for 1 sec after the main process is activated without proceeding to the next process. In the following step S102, access to the RAM 64 is permitted, and in step S103, the internal function register of the MPU 62 is set.

After that, in a step S104, it is determined whether or not the RAM erasing switch provided in the power supply/launch control device 78 is manually operated, and in a succeeding step S105, whether or not "1" is set in the power failure flag of the RAM 64. Determine whether. In step S106, a checksum calculation process for calculating a checksum is executed. In the following step S107, it is determined whether or not the checksum matches the checksum saved at the time of power-off, that is, the validity of the stored data. judge.

In the pachinko machine 10, when the RAM data is initialized when the power is turned on, for example, when the game hall is opened, the power is turned on while pressing the RAM erase switch. Therefore, if the RAM erase switch is pressed, the process proceeds to step S108. Also, when the power-off occurrence information is not set, or when an abnormality in the stored and held data is confirmed by the checksum, the process similarly proceeds to step S108. In step S108, the RAM 64 is cleared as initialization of the RAM 64. Then, it progresses to step S109.

On the other hand, if the RAM erasing switch is not pressed, on condition that the power failure flag is set to "1" and the checksum is normal, the process of step S108 is not executed and step S109 is executed. Proceed to. In step S109, power-on setting processing is executed. In the power-on setting process, a predetermined area of the RAM 64 such as initialization of a power failure flag is set to an initial value, and a command corresponding to the current game state is transmitted to the voice emission control device 80 in order to recognize the current game state. To do.

After executing the process of step S109, the setting process of the numerical range is executed in step S110. In the setting process of the numerical range, in order to specify the numerical range of the jackpot random numbers updated in the hard random number circuit 67 to the numerical range corresponding to the pachinko machine 10, a numerical range designation signal is transmitted to the hard random number circuit 67. Specifically, a designation signal for designating "39999" is transmitted as information on the upper limit value of the numerical range. As a result, in the hard random number circuit 67, the jackpot random number is updated within the range of 0 to 39999. By the way, by executing the setting process of the numerical range in the main process as described above, the numerical range is specified to the hard random number circuit 67 every time the supply of the operating power to the MPU 62 of the main control device 60 is started. Therefore, it becomes unnecessary to back up the designation information of the numerical range in the hard random number circuit 67.

After that, the process proceeds to the residual process of steps S111 to S113. That is, the MPU 62 is configured to periodically execute the timer interrupt process, but there is a remaining time between one timer interrupt process and the next timer interrupt process. This remaining time will vary depending on the processing completion time of each timer interrupt processing, but the remaining processing of steps S111 to S113 is repeatedly executed using this irregular time. In this respect, it can be said that the residual process of steps S111 to S113 is an irregular process that is irregularly executed.

In the residual processing, first, in step S111, interrupt prohibition is set in order to prohibit the occurrence of timer interrupt processing. In a succeeding step S112, a fluctuation counter updating process for updating the fluctuation type counter CS is executed. In the update process, the current numerical value information is read from the fluctuation type counter CS, the read numerical value information is incremented by 1, and then the reading source counter is overwritten. In this case, when the counter value reaches the maximum value, it is cleared to "0". After that, in step S113, an interrupt permission setting for switching from the state in which the generation of the timer interrupt processing is prohibited to the state in which the timer interrupt processing is permitted is set. After executing the process of step S113, the process returns to step S111, and the processes of steps S111 to S113 are repeated.

<Timer interrupt processing>
Next, the timer interrupt processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step S201, a power failure information storage process is executed. In the power failure information storage processing, it is monitored whether or not a power failure signal corresponding to the occurrence of power interruption is received from the power failure monitoring board, and when the occurrence of power failure is identified, the power failure processing is executed.

In a succeeding step S202, lottery random number updating processing is executed. In the lottery random number update process, the jackpot type counter C2, the reach random number counter C3, and the universal electric open counter C4 are updated. Specifically, after the current numerical value information is sequentially read from the jackpot type counter C2, the reach random number counter C3, and the universal electric power open counter C4, and the read numerical value information is incremented by 1, the reading source counter Execute the overwrite process. In this case, when the counter value reaches the maximum value, it is cleared to "0". After that, in step S203, the fluctuation counter updating process is executed as in step S112.

In a succeeding step S204, fraud detection processing for monitoring whether or not a predetermined event set as a fraudulent monitoring target has occurred is executed. In the fraud detection process, the occurrence of a plurality of types of events is monitored, and by confirming that a predetermined event has occurred, a positive determination is made in step S206 described below.

Then, in step S205, a random number update monitoring process for monitoring whether or not the jackpot random number is normally updated in the hard random number circuit 67 is executed. The processing content of the monitoring process for updating the random number will be described later.

In a succeeding step S206, it is determined whether or not the progress of the game is stopped. The state where the progress of the game is stopped is set when the occurrence of a predetermined event set as a fraud monitoring target is confirmed in the fraud detection processing in step S204. Further, it is set when the hard random number circuit 67 identifies that the big hit random number is not normally updated in the random number update monitoring process in step S205. In addition, it is set when it is specified that the jackpot random number is not normally acquired from the hard random number circuit 67 in the reservation information acquisition process (FIG. 13) described later. When a negative determination is made in step S206, the processing of step S207 and thereafter is executed.

In step S207, port output processing is executed. In the port output process, when the output information has been set in the previous timer interrupt process, a process for outputting to the various driving units 32b and 34b corresponding to the output information is executed. For example, when the information to switch the special electric prize winning device 32 to the open state is set, the output of the drive signal to the special electric drive unit 32b is started, and the information to switch to the closed state is set. Stops the output of the drive signal. Further, when the information for switching the universal electric accessory 34a of the second operation port 34 to the open state is set, the output of the drive signal to the drive unit 34b for the general electric power is started to switch to the closed state. When the information is set, the output of the drive signal is stopped.

In the following step S208, a reading process is executed. In the reading process, signals other than the power failure signal and the winning signal are read, and the read information is stored for use in future processes.

In a succeeding step S209, a winning detection process is executed. In the winning detection process, the signals received from the working opening winning detection sensor 45 and the other winning detection sensors 69a to 69c are read, and the general winning opening 31, the special electricity winning device 32, the first working opening 33, and the second working opening are also read. A process for specifying whether or not there is a ball entering the 34 and the through gate 35 is executed.

In a succeeding step S210, a timer updating process for collectively updating the numerical information of a plurality of types of timer counters provided in the RAM 64 is executed. In this case, the configuration is such that the timer counters that are updated by subtracting the stored numerical value information are aggregated and handled, but both the subtraction timer counter update and the addition timer counter update are aggregated and performed. It may be configured.

In a succeeding step S211, a shooting control process for controlling the shooting of the game ball is executed. In the situation where the firing operation is continued for the firing operation device 28, one game ball is fired in 0.6 seconds.

In a succeeding step S212, as input state monitoring processing, based on the information read in the reading processing of step S208, disconnection confirmation of the working opening winning detection sensor 45 and the other winning detection sensors 69a to 69c, the gaming machine main body 12 and the front. Confirm that the door frame 14 is open.

In a succeeding step S213, a special figure special power control process for performing game time execution control and opening/closing execution mode execution control is executed. The processing contents of the special figure special power control processing will be described in detail later.

In the following step S214, a universal figure/general electric power control process is executed. In the normal/universal electric power control processing, processing for acquiring the numerical information of the general electric power open counter C4 is performed when a prize is generated in the through gate 35, and when the numerical information is stored. The opening determination is performed on the numerical information, and the processing for performing the effect for the general figure is executed on the general figure display unit 38a triggered by the opening determination. In addition, based on the result of the open determination, a process of opening and closing the universal electric accessory 34a of the second operating port 34 is executed.

In a succeeding step S215, based on the processing results of the immediately preceding steps S213 and S214, setting of output information for reflecting the increased/decreased number of the hold information related to the special figure display unit 37a in the special figure hold display unit 37b, and the normal operation. The output information for reflecting the increased/decreased number of the hold information on the figure display section 38a on the general figure hold display section 38b is set. In step S215, the output information for updating the display content of the special figure display portion 37a is set based on the processing results of the immediately preceding steps S213 and S214, and the display content of the general figure display portion 38a is changed. Set the output information for updating.

In a succeeding step S216, the contents of the command and the signal received from the payout control device 77 are confirmed, and a payout state receiving process for performing a process corresponding to the confirmation result is executed. In step S217, payout output processing for setting the prize ball command as an output target is executed. In a succeeding step S218, an external information setting process for controlling the start and the end of the output of the external signal according to the processing results of the various processes executed in the current timer interrupt process is executed.

When a positive determination is made in step S206 or after the processes of steps S207 to S218 are executed, the timer interrupt process is ended.

<Special map special power control processing>
Next, the special figure special power control processing executed in step S213 in the timer interrupt process (FIG. 11) of the MPU 62 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In the special diagram special electric power control process, a process for acquiring the holding information is executed when a winning is generated in the first operating opening 33 or the second operating opening 34, and when the holding information is stored. The hold information is judged as to whether or not the information is held, and the processing for performing the effect for game use is executed when the judgment of whether or not to hold is made. In addition, based on the result of the hit/miss judgment, the process of shifting to the open/close execution mode after the game use effect is executed, and the process during the open/close execution mode and at the end of the open/close execution mode is executed.

Specifically, first, in step S301, a process of acquiring hold information is executed. This will be described later.

After executing the acquisition processing of the hold information in step S301, the process proceeds to step S302. In step S302, a process of reading the information of the special figure special power counter provided in the RAM 64 is executed. In a succeeding step S303, the special figure special electric address table stored in the ROM 63 is read. Then, in step S304, a process of acquiring the start address corresponding to the information of the special figure special telephone counter from the special figure special telephone address table is executed.

Here, the processing contents of steps S302 to S304 will be described.

As described above, the special figure special electric power control process includes a process related to the game turning effect and a process related to the opening/closing execution mode. In this case, as the process related to the game turn effect, there are a special figure variation start process (step S306) for starting the game turn effect and a process for advancing the game turn effect. A certain special figure changing process (step S307) and a special figure fixing process (step S308), which is a process for ending the effect for game play, are set.

Further, as the process related to the opening/closing execution mode, a special electricity start process (step S309) that is a process for controlling the opening of the opening/closing execution mode, and a special electricity that is a process for controlling the open state of the special electricity winning device 32. Opening process (step S310), special electric closing process (step S311) that is a process for controlling the closed state of the special electric prize winning device 32, and ending of opening and closing execution mode and game state at the end of opening and closing execution mode The special electric power ending process (step S312), which is a process for controlling the shift of No. 3, is set.

In such a processing configuration, the special figure special telephone counter is a counter for the MPU 62 to know which of the above-described plural types of processing should be executed. The start address of the program for executing the above-described plural kinds of processing is set in correspondence with the numerical information of the special electric counter.

In this case, the start address SA0 is the start address of the program for executing the special figure fluctuation starting process (step S306), and the start address SA1 is the program address for executing the special figure changing process (step S307). The start address SA2 is the start address of the program for executing the special figure finalizing process (step S308), and the start address SA3 is the program for executing the special electric power start process (step S309). The start address SA4 is the start address of the program for executing the special electric power releasing process (step S310), and the start address SA5 is the program for executing the special electric power closing process (step S311). The start address SA6 is a start address of a program for executing the special electric power termination process (step S312).

The special map special electric counter controls the special figure special electric control at the next processing time when the condition for updating the numerical information when the processing corresponding to the currently stored numerical information is completed is triggered. One addition, one subtraction or "0" is cleared (initialized) corresponding to the processing executed in the processing. Therefore, in the special figure special power control processing at each processing time, it is only necessary to execute the processing according to the numerical information set in the special figure special power counter. It should be noted that the special map special electric counter is set to "0" as an initial value.

After executing the process of step S304, a process of jumping to the process indicated by the start address acquired in step S304 is executed in step S305. Specifically, if the acquired start address is SA0, the process jumps to the special figure variation start process of step S306.

In the special figure variation start process, on condition that the pending information is stored in a pending state, whether or not the pending information corresponds to the jackpot win, and if the jackpot win is supported Executes a distribution determination process for determining which jackpot result the pending information corresponds to. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the hold information is present, and when the hold information is present, a process of shifting the hold information is executed. That is, the hold information stored in the first hold area RE1 is shifted to the execution area AE, and the hold information stored in the nth hold area REn (n=2 to 4) is held in the (n-1)th hold. Shift to area RE(n-1). Then, as a winning/judging determination process, it is determined whether or not the jackpot random number stored in the execution area AE is numerical information corresponding to the jackpot winning. Further, as the distribution determination process, it is determined whether the value of the jackpot type counter C2 corresponds to which category of the jackpot result.

In addition to the win/loss judgment process and the distribution judgment process, when the jackpot random number does not correspond to the jackpot win, the reach judgment process for determining whether to generate the reach is executed and the fluctuation type counter at that time A duration time selection process of selecting a duration time of a game is executed by using the numerical information of CS. In the reach determination process, it is determined whether or not the value of the reach random number counter C3 stored in the execution area AE corresponds to the occurrence of reach.

When the information on the duration is selected, the variation command including the information on the duration and the type command including the information on the game result are transmitted to the voice emission control device 80, and the pattern on the special figure display portion 37a is displayed. Start variable display. As a result, one game time is started, and the effect for game time is started on the special figure display unit 37a and the symbol display device 41.

By the way, when the production for game use is started in this way, by adding 1 to the numerical information of the special map special electric counter, the numerical information of the special figure special electric counter corresponds to the special figure fluctuation start process. To the one corresponding to the special figure changing process.

If the acquired start address is SA1, the process jumps to the special figure changing process in step S307. In the special figure changing process, the process of determining whether or not it is the timing before the fixed display during the duration of the game time is performed, and if it is before the fixed display, the display of the pattern on the special map display portion 37a A process for regularly changing the mode is executed.

By the way, instead of waiting in the special figure changing process until the fixed display timing comes, if it is not the fixed display timing, after performing the process for regularly changing the above, this special figure changing The process ends. Therefore, after the effect for game use is started, the special figure changing process is started each time the special figure special power control process is started until the fixed display timing comes. Also, when it is the time to confirm and display, by adding 1 to the numerical information of the special map special electric counter, the numerical information of the counter corresponds to the special figure changing process from the special figure changing process. Update to what you did.

If the acquired start address is SA2, the process jumps to the special figure fixing process in step S308. In the special figure finalizing process, in order to display the final stop display of the stop result of the current game on the symbol display device 41, a final stop command is transmitted to the sound emission control device 80, and at the same time, the symbol on the special symbol display portion 37a is displayed. The display mode is a display mode corresponding to the lottery result of the current game. In the special figure finalizing process, it is determined whether or not the period during the finalized display has elapsed, and if the period has elapsed, it is determined whether or not the transition to the open/close execution mode occurs. When the shift to the open/close execution mode occurs, the process for shifting to the open/close execution mode is executed.

By the way, instead of waiting in the special figure finalizing process until the fixed display period elapses, if the special period finalizing process has not elapsed, this special figure finalizing process ends. Therefore, after the fixed display is started, the special figure fixing process is started every time the special drawing special power control process is started until the period of the fixed display is elapsed. In addition, when the period during the fixed display has elapsed, if the transition to the open/close execution mode does not occur, the numerical information of the special figure special electricity counter is initialized (that is, "0" is cleared), and the transition to the open/close execution mode is performed. In such a situation that the value of the special figure special power counter is incremented by 1, the numerical information of the special figure special power counter is updated from the value corresponding to the special figure fixing process to the value corresponding to the special power start process.

If the acquired start address is SA3, the process jumps to the special power start process in step S309. In the special power start process, an opening command indicating that the opening/closing execution mode is started is transmitted to the sound emission control device 80. Further, in the special electric power starting process, it is determined whether or not the opening period of the opening/closing execution mode has elapsed. When the opening period has not elapsed, the special electric power start processing is ended instead of waiting in the special electric power start processing. Therefore, after the opening effect in the opening/closing execution mode is started, the special electric power start processing is activated each time the special figure special electric power control processing is activated until the opening period elapses. When the opening period has elapsed, the numerical information of the special map special electric power counter is incremented by 1, so that the numerical information of the special electric map special electric power counter corresponds to the special electric power start processing to the special electric power open during processing. To update.

When the acquired start address is SA4, the process jumps to the special electric power releasing processing of step S310. In the special electric current open process, one round game is started and it is determined whether or not the ending condition of the round game is satisfied. When the termination condition is not satisfied, the processing for opening the special electricity is not waited, but the processing for monitoring the satisfaction of the termination condition is executed, and then the processing for opening the special electricity is terminated. When the above termination condition is satisfied, the numerical information of the special map special electric power counter is incremented by 1, so that the numerical information of the special electric power supply special electricity counter corresponds to the special electric power open during processing to the special electric close during processing. Update to what you did.

When the acquired start address is SA5, the process jumps to the special electric power closing process in step S311. In the special electricity closing process, a process of ending one round game is executed. In the interval period between round games, it is determined whether the interval period has elapsed. When the interval period has not elapsed, the special electric power closing process is terminated instead of waiting in the special electric power closing process. Therefore, when the interval period is started, the special electricity closing process is activated every time the special figure special electricity control processing is activated until the period elapses. Further, when the interval period has elapsed, the numerical information of the special map special electric power counter is decremented by 1, so that the numerical information of the special electric power supply special electric counter corresponds to the special electric power closing during processing from the special electric power closing during processing. Update to stuff.

On the other hand, in the special electric power closing process for the last round game, after executing the processing for ending the round game of 1, the numerical information of the special electric power special electric counter is incremented by 1, and the numerical information of the special electric power special electric counter is closed. Update from the one that corresponds to the medium processing to the one that corresponds to the special telephone end processing.

If the acquired start address is SA6, the process jumps to the special electric power termination process in step S312. In the special power end processing, an ending command indicating that the opening/closing execution mode is ended is transmitted to the sound emission control device 80. Further, in the special electric power termination processing, it is determined whether or not the ending period of the opening/closing execution mode has elapsed. If the ending period has not elapsed, the special electric power ending processing is ended instead of waiting in the special electric power ending processing. Therefore, after the ending effect in the opening/closing execution mode is started, the special electric power ending process is activated every time the special figure special electric power control process is activated until the ending period elapses. In addition, when the ending period has elapsed, by executing the process for setting the game state (lottery mode and support mode) after the opening/closing execution mode, by initializing the numerical information of the special map special electric counter, The numerical information of the special map special electric power counter is updated from the value corresponding to the special electric power termination processing to the value corresponding to the special electric power fluctuation start processing.

<Reservation information acquisition process>
Next, the reservation information acquisition process executed in step S301 of the special diagram special power control process (FIG. 12) will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 13.

First, in step S401, it is determined whether or not the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning is received from the working opening winning detection sensor 45, so that the winning of the first working opening 33 or the second working opening 34 is generated. It is determined whether or not.

Here, the detection of the detection signal SG1 from the actuation opening winning detection sensor 45 is executed by the winning detection processing of step S209 in the timer interrupt processing (FIG. 11). Specifically, in the winning detection process, it is determined whether or not the detection signal SG1 of the LOW signal has been received in the process number of two times before, and the detection signal SG1 of the HI signal has been received in the previous process number and the current process number. To do. When such a signal pattern has been received, it is specified that a prize has been paid to the first working opening 33 or the second working opening 34. When the game opening winning detection sensor 45 detects the winning of the game ball, the signal corresponding to the winning is provided for at least the period required for the timer interrupt processing (FIG. 11) to be executed three times. Since it is configured to output a HI signal that is, the omission of detection of the game ball does not occur.

When a negative determination is made in step S401, the main acquisition processing is ended as it is, and when an affirmative determination is made in step S401, the process proceeds to step S402. In step S402, the holding area RE of the holding storage area 64a is checked to determine whether the number of pieces of holding information held and stored in the holding area RE has reached the upper limit number.

If the upper limit number is reached, the invalidation process is executed in step S403, and then the present acquisition process is ended. In the invalidation processing, by transmitting an invalidation signal to the hard random number circuit 67, the jackpot random number acquired by the hard random number circuit 67 by the winning this time is cleared.

If the upper limit number has not been reached, it is determined in step S404 whether the status flag 103a of the hard random number circuit 67 is set to "1".

When "1" is not set in the status flag 103a, it means that the jackpot random number is not latched from the update circuit 101 in the jackpot random number register 102 of the hard random number circuit 67. In this case, after executing the game stop setting process in step S405, this acquisition process is ended. In the game stop setting process, the game stop flag provided in the RAM 64 is set to "1". As a result, an affirmative determination is made in step S206 of the timer interrupt process (FIG. 11), and the processes of steps S207 to S218 are not executed, so that execution of a predetermined process for advancing the game is prohibited. It That is, since the winning detection process (step S209) is not executed, the winning of the winning portion is invalidated, and the firing control process (step S211) is not executed, the launch of the game ball is prohibited, and the special figure special power control is performed. Since the process (step S213) is not executed, the game times and the opening/closing execution mode are prohibited from progressing, and the universal figure normal power control process (step S214) is not executed, so that the normal power open state is prohibited from being executed. The state in which the progress of the game is limited is continued until an abnormal cancellation operation is performed. Specifically, after the power OFF operation for stopping the supply of the operating power to the MPU 62 is performed, the power ON operation is performed while operating the RAM erasing switch of the power supply/launch control device 78 from the rear side of the gaming machine body 12. By doing, the state in which the progress of the game is limited as described above is canceled.

Further, in the game stop setting process, an abnormality occurrence command is transmitted to the voice emission control device 80. As a result, the display light emitting unit 53 starts emitting the abnormality notification light, and the speaker unit 54 starts outputting the abnormality notification sound. Further, by transmitting the abnormality occurrence command from the sound emission control device 80 to the display control device 90, the image for abnormality notification is displayed on the symbol display device 41. The abnormality notification is canceled by turning off the power of the pachinko machine 10. In addition, the mode of the abnormality notification is not limited to the above, it may be configured to execute only a part of the content of the notification, in addition to the content of the notification, or of the content of the notification Instead of at least a part, a configuration may be adopted in which an external output for abnormality is output to the hall computer in the game hall.

When the status flag 103a is set to "1", the hard random number circuit 67 receives the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning from the working opening winning detection sensor 45, and the jackpot random number register 102 updates the jackpot random number. It means that it is latched from 101. In this case, the request process is executed in step S406. Specifically, the request signal is transmitted to the control circuit 103 of the hard random number circuit 67. As a result, the control circuit 103 transmits the jackpot random number stored in the jackpot random number register 102 to the MPU 62.

After executing the request process, in step S407, a process of monitoring the acquired random number is executed. In the monitoring process of the obtained random number, the jackpot random number received from the hard random number circuit 67 is used to execute an arithmetic process for determining whether or not the jackpot random number is normally provided from the hard random number circuit 67. To do. Then, in step S408, it is determined whether or not the jackpot random number is normally provided by using the result of the arithmetic processing, and if it is abnormal, in step S405, the game already described. Execute the stop setting process. The processing contents of these steps S407 and S408 will be described in detail later.

When the jackpot random number received from the hard random number circuit 67 is normal, a negative determination is made in step S408 and the process proceeds to step S409. In step S409, the 16-bit jackpot random number acquired from the hard random number circuit 67 is stored in the jackpot random number area in the first holding area of the free holding areas RE1 to RE4 of the holding area RE.

Then, in step S410, the value of the jackpot type counter C2 and the value of the reach random number counter C3 are acquired from the lottery counter area 64b of the RAM 64, and the acquired numerical information is stored in the jackpot random number in step S409. Store in the corresponding area in the hold area. Then, this acquisition processing is ended.

<Management Operation in Control Circuit 103 of Hard Random Number Circuit 67>
Next, the management operation of the control circuit 103 of the hard random number circuit 67 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When the supply of operating power is started, the control circuit 103 waits until it receives a designation signal in the numerical range from the MPU 62 (step S501). When the designation signal of the numerical value range is received, the maximum value information included in the designated signal is specified and set to the update circuit 101 as the maximum value of the numerical value range of the jackpot random number (step S502).

As described above, since the update buffer 101b of the update circuit 101 has a 2-byte storage area, the jackpot random number can be updated within the range of 0 to 65535. In this case, in the pachinko machine 10, since 39999 is designated as the maximum value, the big hit random number is updated within the range of 0 to 39999.

By the way, when the maximum value is 39999, all bits of 2 bytes are used when updating the jackpot random number, and the jackpot random number provided from the update buffer 101b to the jackpot random number register 102 is 2 bytes of data. The jackpot random number provided from the jackpot random number register 102 to the MPU 62 is also data of 2 bytes. Here, it is also possible to set 30000 as the maximum value, and in this case, the jackpot random number to be updated is not 15 bits which is 2 bytes of data but 15 bits of data. However, even if the jackpot random number to be updated is less than 16 bits, the jackpot random number is treated as 16 bits in the update buffer 101b and the jackpot random number register 102, and the update buffer 101b transfers to the jackpot random number register 102. The jackpot random number provided is 16-bit data, and the jackpot random number provided from the jackpot random number register 102 to the MPU 62 is also 16-bit data.

After setting the maximum value, the update start signal is transmitted to the update circuit 101 to start updating the jackpot random number (step S503). As a result, the update circuit 101 adds 1 to the jackpot random number stored in the update buffer 101b in synchronization with a predetermined signal mode of rising and falling of the clock signal of the clock circuit 101a. When the jackpot random number reaches the maximum value, the update buffer 101b is cleared to "0".

After the update of the jackpot random number is started, the operations shown in steps S504 to S514 are repeated. Specifically, first, it is determined whether or not the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning is received from the working opening winning detection sensor 45 (step S504). When the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the generation of the winning is received, the status flag 103a is set to "1" (step S505), and the latch signal is transmitted to the jackpot random number register 102 (step S506). As a result, the jackpot random number currently stored in the update buffer 101b is transmitted to the jackpot random number register 102 through the signal line group SL1. In this case, as described above, in the 16-bit jackpot random number, the upper 8-bit data as the upper byte is first transmitted in parallel to the jackpot random number register 102, and then the remaining 8-bit data as the lower byte. Are transmitted in parallel to the jackpot random number register 102.

Further, the control circuit 103 determines whether or not the request signal is received from the MPU 62 (step S507). When the request signal is received, the jackpot random number transmission setting is performed (step S508). By performing this transmission setting, the jackpot random number stored in the jackpot random number register 102 is transmitted to the MPU 62 through the signal line group SL2. In this case, as described above, in the 16-bit jackpot random number, the upper 8-bit data is transmitted in parallel as the upper byte to the MPU 62, and then the remaining 8-bit data is parallel as the lower byte. It is transmitted to the MPU 62.

When the jackpot random number transmission is set, the status flag 103a is cleared to "0" (step S509). Further, the jackpot random number register 102 is cleared to “0” on condition that the jackpot random number register 102 has completed transmitting the jackpot random number (step S510).

Further, the control circuit 103 determines whether or not the invalidation signal is received from the MPU 62 (step S511). When the invalidation signal is received, although the winning of the first operation opening 33 or the second operation opening 34 has occurred, the reservation information for the upper limit number is already stored in the reservation storage area 64a of the MPU 62. Means that. Therefore, the status flag 103a is cleared to "0" in order to invalidate the jackpot random number acquired when the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the occurrence of the prize is received from the actuation opening winning detection sensor 45 (step S512), and the jackpot is also won. The random number register 102 is cleared to "0" (step S513).

Further, the control circuit 103 monitors whether the update circuit 101 is operating normally (step S514). The operation contents for performing the monitoring will be described later.

<A big hit random number is acquired as pending information>
Next, with reference to the timing chart of FIG. 15, how the jackpot random number is acquired as the hold information will be described.

15A shows the execution timing of the hold information acquisition process (FIG. 13) in the MPU 62, FIG. 15B shows the state of the detection signal SG1, and FIG. 15C shows the state of the status flag 103a. 15D shows the state of the jackpot random number register 102, and FIG. 15E shows the setting state of the game stop.

First, a case where the jackpot random number is normally acquired from the hard random number circuit 67 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 15(a), the suspension information acquisition processing is such that the game is stopped at the timing of t1, the timing of t3, the timing of t4, the timing of t5, the timing of t6, the timing of t7, the timing of t9. In the situation where the setting is not made, the timer interrupt process (FIG. 11) is activated at regular intervals.

In this case, at the timing of t2, which is after the holding information acquisition processing is executed at the timing of t1 and before the holding information acquisition processing is executed at the timing of t3, the timing of FIG. As shown in (b), the detection signal SG1 of the actuation opening winning detection sensor 45 becomes the HI level corresponding to the occurrence of winning. Therefore, at the timing of t2, "1" is set to the status flag 103a in the hard random number circuit 67 as shown in FIG. 15C, and the jackpot random number register 102 is set as shown in FIG. 15D. The jackpot random numbers are latched on. After that, as shown in FIG. 15A, at the timing of t3, the holding information acquisition process is executed, so that the jackpot random number latched in the jackpot random number register 102 is transmitted to the MPU 62 and is held and stored as holding information. It is stored in the holding area RE of the area 64a. At the timing of t3, the status flag 103a is cleared to "0" as shown in FIG. 15C, and the jackpot random number register 102 is cleared to "0" as shown in FIG. 15D. It

As shown in FIG. 15B, the detection signal SG1 which has become the HI level corresponding to the occurrence of winning at the timing of t2 is maintained at the HI level for three cycles or more of the acquisition processing of the hold information, as shown in FIG. , LOW level.

Next, a case where the jackpot random number is not normally acquired from the hard random number circuit 67 will be described.

15B at the timing of t8, which is after the processing for acquiring the suspension information is executed at the timing of t7 and before the processing for acquiring the suspension information is executed at the timing of t9. As shown, the detection signal SG1 of the actuation opening winning detection sensor 45 becomes the HI level corresponding to the occurrence of winning. However, because the signal path between the working opening winning detection sensor 45 and the hard random number circuit 67 is blocked, or noise is added to the signal path and the detection signal SG1 is not normally received, FIG. The status flag 103a remains "0" as shown in (c), and the jackpot random number is not latched in the jackpot random number register 102 as shown in FIG. 15(d). In this case, as shown in FIG. 15A, the MPU 62 receives the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning from the actuation opening winning detection sensor 45 in the acquisition processing of the hold information executed at the timing of t9. Despite that, it is confirmed that the status flag 103a remains “0” in the hard random number circuit 67, so that the game prohibition setting is performed at the timing of t9 as shown in FIG. 15(e). Be seen. This makes it possible to prevent the normal progress of the game from continuing even though the jackpot random number is not normally latched in the hard random number circuit 67.

<Monitoring process of acquired random numbers>
Next, the process of monitoring the acquired random number, which is executed in step S407 in the process of acquiring pending information (FIG. 13) in the MPU 62, will be described.

In the monitoring process of the acquired random number, the jackpot random number received from the hard random number circuit 67 is used to monitor whether or not the jackpot random number is normally provided in the hard random number circuit 67. Various areas provided in the RAM 64 of the main controller 60 are used for the monitoring. FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the configuration of the various areas.

16A shows the current acquisition area 111 provided in the RAM 64, FIG. 16B shows the previous acquisition area 112 provided in the RAM 64, and FIG. 16C shows the changed bit area provided in the RAM 64. 113, and FIG. 16D shows a change bit storage area 114 provided in the RAM 64.

The present acquisition area 111, the previous acquisition area 112, the changed bit area 113, and the changed bit storage area 114 are each set to 1 byte, and each of them is composed of 8 bits. That is, the data capacity of each of the areas 111 to 114×m (m is a natural number of 1 or more) is the same as the data capacity of the big hit random number, and in the pachinko machine 10, m is “2”. Further, as already described, the jackpot random number is 16 bits as a whole, but when it is transmitted from the jackpot random number register 102 to the MPU 62, it is divided into 8 bits and transmitted. In this respect, it can be said that the data capacity of each of the areas 111 to 114 is the same as the number of once-transmitted bits in the jackpot random number.

In a configuration in which a 16-bit jackpot random number is transmitted in 8-bit units to the acquisition area 111 this time (hereinafter, 8-bit unit data is also referred to as random number transmission unit data), the latest transmitted random number transmission unit data Is stored. In the previous acquisition area 112, unit data for random number transmission one transmission number before is stored. In the change bit area 113, data corresponding to the comparison result in bit units of the random number transmission unit data stored in the present acquisition area 111 and the random number transmission unit data stored in the previous acquisition area 112 is stored. Is stored. In the change bit storage area 114, data indicating whether or not data transmission is normally performed for each bit of the random number transmission unit data forms a signal line that forms a signal path between the jackpot random number register 102 and the MPU 62. It is stored so as to correspond to each signal line unit of the group SL2.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the monitoring process of the acquired random numbers.

First, in step S601, it is determined whether or not reception of the random number transmission unit data has been completed. When a negative determination is made in step S601, the process stands by in step S601. When a positive determination is made in step S601, the random number transmission unit data acquired this time is stored in the current acquisition area 111 in step S602. In this case, each bit of the present acquisition area 111 corresponds to each signal line of the signal line group SL2 in a one-to-one correspondence, and the binary data (“0” or “1” of the binary data transmitted from the corresponding signal line is transmitted. Data) is stored. That is, data from the same signal line is always stored in each bit of the current acquisition area 111.

In a succeeding step S603, it is determined whether or not the previous random number transmission unit data is stored in the previous acquisition area 112. If it is not stored, it means immediately after the previous acquisition area 112 has been cleared to “0”. Therefore, in step S604, the current random number transmission unit data stored in the current acquisition area 111 is previously acquired. It is copied to the area 112 as it is. In this case, each bit in the previous acquisition area 112 has a one-to-one correspondence with each bit in the current acquisition area 111, and the binary data stored in the corresponding bit is stored. That is, each bit of the previous acquisition area 112 always stores the data stored in the same corresponding bit in the current acquisition area 111.

If an affirmative decision is made in step S603 or if the processing of step S604 is executed, in step S605 the data stored in the current acquisition area 111 is read and the data stored in the previous acquisition area 112 is read. Are read out, and XOR processing is executed for the corresponding bits of the read-out data. Then, the result of the XOR processing is stored in the change bit area 113 in step S606. In this case, each bit of the change bit area 113 has a one-to-one correspondence with each bit of the current acquisition area 111, and the binary data stored in the corresponding bit of the XOR processing result is stored.

After executing the process of step S606, in step S607, the data stored in each bit in the current acquisition area 111 is shifted to the corresponding bit in the previous acquisition area 112, and then the current acquisition area 111 is changed. Clear "0".

In a succeeding step S608, it is determined whether or not the previous data of the change bit area 113 is stored in the change bit storage area 114. If it is not stored, it means that the change bit storage area 114 has just been cleared to "0", and therefore the data stored in the change bit area 113 is directly stored in the change bit storage area 114 in step S609. make a copy. In this case, each bit of the change bit storage area 114 has a one-to-one correspondence with each bit of the change bit area 113, and the binary data stored in the corresponding bit is stored. That is, the data stored in the same corresponding bit in the change bit area 113 is always stored in each bit of the change bit storage area 114.

If an affirmative decision is made in step S608, or if the processing of step S609 has been executed, the data stored in the change bit area 113 is read out and stored in the change bit storage area 114 in step S610. Existing data is read, and OR processing is performed on the corresponding bits of each read data. Then, in step S611, the change bit storage area 114 is overwritten with the result of the OR processing. Further, in step S611, the changed bit area 113 is cleared to "0".

Then, in step S612, the data in the changed bit storage area 114 is read, and all the bits of the read data are AND-processed. Then, in step S613, it is determined whether or not the result of the AND process is "1". If an affirmative decision is made in step S613, the value of the specified number of times counter provided in the RAM 64 is cleared to "0" and the change bit storage area 114 is cleared to "0" in step S614. The stipulated number counter is a counter for counting the number of times that the result of the AND process in step S612 is not "1".

Then, in step S615, it is determined whether the unit data for random number transmission received this time in step S601 corresponds to the data of the lower byte whose transmission order is the rear in the 2-byte big hit random number. When a negative determination is made in step S615, it means that the reception of the jackpot random number has not been completed with respect to the transmission of the request signal this time from the MPU 62, and therefore the process returns to step S601. If an affirmative decision is made in step S615, this means that the reception of the jackpot random number for the transmission of the request signal this time from the MPU 62 has been completed, so the present monitoring processing is terminated.

On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in step S613, the value of the specified number of times counter in the RAM 64 is incremented by 1 in step S616, and in the following step S617, the specified number of times of specified counter is determined to be plural. It is determined whether or not the number of times is equal to or greater than the reference number of times (specifically, “100”). If a negative decision is made in step S617, the operation proceeds to step S615. The processing contents in this case are as already described. When an affirmative determination is made in step S617, the random number abnormality flag provided in the RAM 64 is set to "1" in step S618, and then this monitoring process ends.

When the random number abnormality flag is set to "1", an affirmative determination is made in step S408 in the reservation information acquisition process (FIG. 13). Then, the game stop setting process is executed in step S405. By executing the game stop setting process, as described above, the execution of the predetermined process for advancing the game is restricted and the abnormality notification is executed.

Here, with reference to FIG. 18, description will be given of the contents of calculation in the monitoring process of the obtained random number and the action by the execution of the monitoring process.

First, the contents of the calculation in steps S605 and S606 will be described with reference to FIGS.

In the situation where “10100101” is stored in the current acquisition area 111 as shown in FIG. 18A and “11001100” is stored in the previous acquisition area 112 as shown in FIG. 18B, By executing the XOR processing for each bit corresponding to the present acquisition area 111 and the previous acquisition area 112, “011101001” is stored in the changed bit area 113 as illustrated in FIG. 18C-1. It In other words, among the bits of the current acquisition area 111, for the bit whose binary data value has changed from the corresponding bit of the previous acquisition area 112, “1” is stored in the corresponding bit of the changed bit area 113. For bits that have not changed, “0” is stored in the corresponding bit of the changed bit area 113. Therefore, the value of the changed bit area 113 makes it possible to specify the bit in which the binary data has changed in the unit data for random number transmission this time from the unit data for random number transmission last time.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 18(c-1) to (e-1) and FIGS. 18(c-2) to (e-2), the calculation contents of steps S610 to S612 and the main monitoring process are executed. The effect of the action will be described.

First, the case where the result of the monitoring process is normal will be described with reference to FIGS. 18(c-1) to 18(e-1). As shown in FIG. 18(c-1), "011101001" is stored in the changed bit area 113, and "10110111" is stored in the changed bit storage area 114 as shown in FIG. 18(d-1). In the above situation, the OR processing is performed on the corresponding bits of the change bit area 113 and the change bit storage area 114, so that the change bit storage area 114 is stored in the change bit storage area 114 as shown in FIG. , “11111111” are stored. In this case, when the AND process is executed for all the bits of the changed bit storage area 114, the operation result becomes "1". Then, an affirmative judgment is made in step S613 of the monitoring process of the acquired random number (FIG. 17), and it is assumed that the jackpot random number is normally acquired from the hard random number circuit 67, and the game proceeds as usual. Become.

Next, a case where the result of the monitoring process is abnormal will be described with reference to FIGS. 18(c-2) to 18(e-2). As shown in FIG. 18C-2, “01101001” is stored in the change bit area 113, and “10101111” is stored in the change bit storage area 114 as shown in FIG. 18D-2. In this situation, the OR processing is performed on the corresponding bits of the change bit area 113 and the change bit storage area 114, so that the change bit storage area 114 is stored in the change bit storage area 114 as shown in FIG. , “11101111” is stored. In this case, when the AND process is executed for all the bits in the changed bit storage area 114, the operation result becomes "0". Then, a negative determination is made in step S613 of the monitoring process of the acquired random number (FIG. 17). Then, when the situation in which the calculation result of the AND process becomes “0” occurs in the abnormal reference number of times (specifically, “100”) or more, the game stop setting is performed.

That is, there is a bit in which the binary data has not changed from the previous random number transmission unit data to the current random number transmission unit data by performing the XOR processing of the present acquisition area 111 and the previous acquisition area 112. It is possible to specify whether or not Further, regarding the XOR processing result, by performing the OR processing on the current time and the previous time each time the random number transmission unit data is received, it is determined whether or not there is a bit in which the binary data has not continuously changed. Can be specified. The fact that the result of the AND processing does not become "1" over the abnormal reference number of times means that the binary data has not changed over the abnormal reference number of times for at least one bit.

Since the data transmitted from the hard random number circuit 67 is a big hit random number, it is irregularly selected, and binary data should be irregularly selected in each bit. In this case, the fact that the binary data has not changed in at least one bit over the abnormal reference number of times means that
(A) The updating circuit 101 does not normally update the numerical information of the updating buffer 101b. (b) A disconnection occurs in the first signal line group SL1 between the updating buffer 101b and the jackpot random number register 102. (C) There is a high possibility that an abnormality such as a break has occurred in the second signal line group SL2 between the jackpot random number register 102 and the MPU 62.

In such a situation, it is possible to deal with the occurrence of the abnormality by executing the game stop setting process as described above to limit the progress of the game and notify the abnormality.

Further, according to the above-mentioned arithmetic processing, by confirming the value of the changed bit storage area 114 at the timing when the random number abnormality flag is set to “1”, which bit does not change the binary data, that is, It is possible to specify whether or not there is a possibility that an abnormality has occurred in the signal path of. Therefore, at the time of the abnormality notification, the MPU 62 confirms each bit of the changed bit storage area 114 and outputs an abnormality occurrence command so that the abnormality notification can be performed in a manner in which the bit that is "0" can be specified. You may do it. Further, the contents of the change bit storage area 114 may be read by a reading device owned by the manager of the game hall, and the signal path in which the abnormality has occurred may be specified through the reading operation.

Further, when monitoring the acquired random numbers, the 16-bit jackpot random numbers are not monitored as a unit, but as a unit of random number transmission unit data. As a result, when transmitting one jackpot random number, the calculation for monitoring the acquired random number can be performed a plurality of times, and the frequency of monitoring is increased. Moreover, the processing load of the monitoring processing can be reduced.

<Monitoring operation of update circuit>
Next, the monitoring operation of the update circuit executed by the control circuit 103 of the hard random number circuit 67 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The control circuit 103 monitors whether or not the numerical information in the updating buffer 101b has been updated, thereby monitoring whether or not the numerical information is updated in the updating circuit 101 (step S701). If the numerical information has not been updated, "1" is set to the error flag 103b of the control circuit 103 (step S702).

In addition, the control circuit 103 determines whether or not the big hit random number has been updated once in the update circuit 101 (step S703), and if it has made one round, the update cycle is further set to the maximum value designated by the MPU 62. From this, it is determined whether the cycle is normal (step S704). Specifically, the control circuit 103 is provided with a timer circuit capable of measuring the update cycle corresponding to the specified maximum value, and after the time measurement is completed in the timer circuit, the update circuit 101 makes a big hit. When the signal indicating that the random number has been updated once has been received, it is determined that the update cycle is abnormal. If the update cycle is abnormal, the error flag 103b of the control circuit 103 is set to "1" (step S705).

When the MPU 62 monitors the error flag 103b of the control circuit 103 in the monitoring process of the random number update in step S205 of the timer interrupt process (FIG. 11) and confirms that "1" is set in the error flag 103b. , Executes the setting process for stopping the game. The processing content of the setting processing is the same as the processing content of the game stop setting processing in the reservation information acquisition processing (FIG. 13). Therefore, when "1" is set to the error flag 103b, execution of a predetermined process for advancing the game is prohibited and the abnormality is notified. The release operation in this state is the same as when the game stop setting process is executed.

By the way, in the hard random number circuit 67, when the big hit random number within the designated numerical range is updated once, the update circuit 101 outputs a signal indicating that the big hit random number is updated once to the control circuit 103. The signal indicating that the big hit random number has been updated once is not transmitted to the MPU 62, that is, is not transmitted to the outside of the hard random number circuit 67. Therefore, even if the data transmitted from the hard random number circuit 67 is illegally read and the period of one round of the jackpot random number and the timing of one round are illegally grasped, it becomes difficult to do so.

According to the first embodiment described in detail above, the following excellent effects are exhibited.

By executing the monitoring process of the obtained random number for the jackpot random number received from the jackpot random number register 102, if the jackpot random number does not change, the game stop setting process is executed. As a result, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the success/failure determination processing will continue to be executed while using the abnormal jackpot random number.

Further, in the above-mentioned monitoring process, with respect to the numerical value information received from the jackpot random number register 102, it is monitored whether or not the numerical values of the corresponding bits have changed, and the event that the numerical values of the same bits do not change repeatedly occurs. In the case, the game stop setting process is executed. This makes it possible to monitor whether or not the same numerical value is provided in bit units. Therefore, it is possible to finely monitor the abnormality of the numerical information as compared with the case of monitoring whether or not the numerical value has changed in the entire numerical information received from the jackpot random number register 102.

The exclusive OR of corresponding bits is calculated by the numerical information stored in the present acquisition area 111 and the numerical information stored in the previous acquisition area 112, and the arithmetic result and the immediately preceding arithmetic operation result are associated with each other. This is a configuration for calculating the logical sum of the bits to be processed. As a result, it becomes possible to monitor whether or not the numerical value continuously changes in bit units by a relatively simple calculation method.

Further, a logical product is calculated for all bits of the calculation result by the above logical sum, and when the calculation result is "0", it is determined that an event in which the numerical value does not change in bit units has occurred. .. As a result, it is possible to identify the occurrence of a communication error in any of the bits by a simple calculation method without checking in bit units whether or not there is an error in which the numerical value has not changed. It will be possible.

Further, when monitoring the acquired random numbers, the 16-bit jackpot random numbers are not monitored as a unit, but as a unit of random number transmission unit data. This makes it possible to perform the calculation for monitoring the acquired random number a plurality of times when transmitting one jackpot random number, and the frequency of monitoring is increased.

The detection signal SG1 of the working opening winning detection sensor 45 is transmitted to the hard random number circuit 67 as well as the MPU 62, and the hard random number circuit 67 hits the jackpot random number register 102 at the timing when the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning is received. Latch a random number. As a result, due to the fact that the MPU 62 executes various processes, even if the jackpot random number acquisition timing is delayed with respect to the transmission timing of the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the generation of the winning from the working opening winning detection sensor 45. The jackpot random number has already been acquired by the hard random number circuit 67 for providing at the transmission timing of the detection signal SG1 from the working opening winning detection sensor 45. Therefore, it is possible to execute the hit/miss determination process by using the jackpot random number corresponding to the transmission timing of the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning in the working opening winning detection sensor 45.

Further, in the hard random number circuit 67, when the jackpot random number register 102 stores the jackpot random number, "1" is set to the status flag 103a. The jackpot random number is obtained from the hard random number circuit 67 when it is confirmed that the status flag 103a of the hard random number circuit 67 is set to "1". Therefore, since the jackpot random number is acquired in the MPU 62 on condition that the jackpot random number is stored in the jackpot random number register 102 in response to the transmission of the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning, the jackpot random number is accurately acquired. It becomes possible to do it.

Further, when the status signal 103a of the hard random number circuit 67 is not set to "1" even though the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning is received by the MPU 62, the game stop setting process is executed. To be done. Accordingly, in the configuration in which the detection signal SG1 is transmitted from the actuation opening winning detection sensor 45 to both the MPU 62 and the hard random number circuit 67, the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning is transmitted to the MPU 62, but the hard random number circuit. When a communication abnormality occurs in which the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning is not transmitted to 67, it is possible to deal with it.

Since the hard random number circuit 67 is configured to update the big hit random number in the numerical range designated by the MPU 62, the versatility of the hard random number circuit 67 is enhanced. In this case, if one cycle of updating the jackpot random numbers in the specified numerical range does not correspond to the reference cycle corresponding to the numerical range, the progress of the game is stopped and the abnormality notification is executed. It This makes it possible to deal with an abnormality in updating the jackpot random number within the specified numerical range.

<Second Embodiment>
In the present embodiment, the processing configuration of the monitoring processing of the acquired random numbers is different from that of the first embodiment. Hereinafter, differences from the first embodiment will be described. The description of the same configuration as that of the first embodiment is basically omitted.

20. FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the monitoring process of the acquired random numbers in this embodiment. Note that, in the following description, various areas 121 to 124 used in the monitoring process will be described and the calculation contents in the monitoring process will be described with reference to FIG. 21 as appropriate.

First, in step S801, it is determined whether the reception of 16-bit numerical information, that is, the reception of data for all bits of the jackpot random number is completed. That is, in the first embodiment, the amount of data to be monitored is 8 bits, which is the unit data for random number transmission. In contrast, in the present embodiment, the data to be monitored is in this embodiment. The amount is 16 bits, which is the whole bit of the big hit random number. Therefore, the monitoring process is executed in units of all bits of the big hit random number. In addition, in this embodiment, the monitoring process is executed in units of all bits of the jackpot random number, and in the present embodiment, the present acquisition area 121, the previous acquisition area 122, the changed bit area 123, and the changed bit storage area. Each of 124 is a storage area of 2 bytes.

Then, in step S802, the jackpot random number that has been received this time is stored in the present acquisition area 121. For example, as shown in FIG. 21A, numerical information of the jackpot random numbers “00000001” and “01100101” is stored in the 2-byte current acquisition area 121. Then, in step S803, it is determined whether or not the previous jackpot random number is stored in the previous acquisition area 122. If a negative determination is made in step S803, the current acquisition area 121 is stored in step S804. The acquired data is copied to the previous acquisition area 122.

After that, in step S805, the data stored in the current acquisition area 121 is read out, the data stored in the previous acquisition area 122 is read out, and the XOR processing is executed for the corresponding bits of the read out data. .. Then, the result of the XOR processing is stored in the changed bit area 123 in step S806.

For example, as shown in FIG. 21A, “00000001” and “01100101” are stored in the current acquisition area 121, and as shown in FIG. 21B, “00000000” and “00000000” are stored in the previous acquisition area 122. When "0101010" is stored, "00000001" and "001101111" are stored in the changed bit area 123 after the XOR processing, as shown in FIG.

After executing the processing of step S806, in step S807, the data stored in each bit of the current acquisition area 121 is shifted to the corresponding bit of the previous acquisition area 122, and then the current acquisition area 121 is changed. Clear "0".

In a succeeding step S808, it is determined whether or not the data of the previous change bit area 123 is stored in the change bit storage area 124. If not stored, the data stored in the change bit area 123 is copied to the change bit storage area 124 as it is in step S809.

Then, in step S810, the data stored in the changed bit area 123 is read out, the data stored in the changed bit storage area 124 is read out, and the OR processing is performed on the corresponding bits of the read out data. To do. Then, the result of the OR processing is overwritten in the changed bit storage area 124 in step S811. In step S811, the changed bit area 113 is cleared to "0".

For example, as shown in FIG. 21C, “00000001” and “001101011” are stored in the change bit area 123, and as shown in FIG. 21D, “00000001” is stored in the change bit storage area 124. When "11011001" is stored, "00000001" and "11111111" are stored in the changed bit storage area 124 after the OR processing as shown in FIG.

The processing contents of steps S802 to S811 described above are basically the same as the processing contents of steps S602 to S611 in the monitoring process (FIG. 17) of the acquired random numbers in the first embodiment.

After that, in step S812, the data in the changed bit storage area 124 is read out, and AND processing is executed for all the bits within the numerical range set as the update target of the jackpot random number among the read out bits. That is, in the present embodiment, unlike the first embodiment, “1023” is set as the maximum value of the jackpot random numbers, so that only the lower 10 bits are updated, as shown in FIG. It is the target bit. Therefore, in step S812, an AND process is performed on the lower 10 bits. In the case of FIG. 21E, since the 10th bit from the lower side is “0”, the result of the AND process is “0”.

In a succeeding step S813, it is determined whether or not the result of the AND processing is "1". If an affirmative decision is made in step S813, the value of the specified number of times counter provided in the RAM 64 is cleared to "0" and the change bit storage area 124 is cleared to "0" in step S814. Then, this monitoring process is ended.

On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in step S813, the value of the specified number of times counter in the RAM 64 is incremented by 1 in step S815, and in the following step S816, the specified number of times counter is determined to be plural. It is determined whether or not the number of times is equal to or greater than the reference number of times (specifically, “100”). When a negative determination is made in step S816, this monitoring process is ended as it is. When an affirmative determination is made in step S816, in step S817, the random number abnormality flag provided in the RAM 64 is set to "1", and then this monitoring process is terminated. The operation when the random number abnormality flag is set to "1" is the same as that in the first embodiment.

According to the second embodiment described in detail above, it is possible to monitor whether or not an event in which the numerical value does not change continues for every bit of the jackpot random number, and specify the hard random number circuit 67 in the MPU 62. It is possible to appropriately monitor the communication abnormality within the range of bits corresponding to the numerical range.

<Third Embodiment>
In the present embodiment, the processing configuration of the monitoring processing of the acquired random numbers is different from that of the first embodiment. Hereinafter, differences from the first embodiment will be described. The description of the same configuration as that of the first embodiment is basically omitted.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the various areas 131 to 134 used in the monitoring processing of the acquired random numbers.

The RAM 64 of the main controller 60 is provided with a current acquisition area 131, a post-shift area 132, a change bit area 133, and a change bit storage area 134 as various areas 131 to 134.

The current acquisition area 131, the post-shift area 132, the changed bit area 133, and the changed bit storage area 134 are each set to 1 byte, and each of them is composed of 8 bits. That is, the data capacity of each of the areas 131 to 134×m (m is a natural number of 1 or more) is the same as the data capacity of the big hit random number, and in the pachinko machine 10, m is “2”. Further, as already described, the jackpot random number is 16 bits as a whole, but when it is transmitted from the jackpot random number register 102 to the MPU 62, it is divided into 8 bits and transmitted. In this respect, it can be said that the data capacity of each of the areas 131 to 134 is the same as the number of transmission bits at one time in the jackpot random number.

In a configuration in which a 16-bit jackpot random number is transmitted in 8-bit units to the acquisition area 131 this time (hereinafter, 8-bit unit data is also referred to as random number transmission unit data), the latest transmitted random number transmission unit data Is stored. The after-shift area 132 stores after-shift unit data when each bit of the random number transmission unit data stored in the current acquisition area 131 is shifted by one bit in the same direction. That is, with respect to the bits other than the most significant bit in the current acquisition area 131, the kth bit is shifted to be the (k+1)th bit. Further, the 7th bit, which is the most significant bit, is shifted to be the 0th bit.

The changed bit area 133 stores data corresponding to the result of bit-by-bit comparison between the random number transmission unit data stored in the current acquisition area 131 and the shifted unit data stored in the shifted area 132. To be done. In the change bit storage area 134, data for determining whether or not the adjacent binary bits of the random number transmission unit data continue to be the same binary data is a signal between the jackpot random number register 102 and the MPU 62. It is stored so as to correspond to each signal line unit of the second signal line group SL2 forming the path.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing the monitoring process of the acquired random number in this embodiment.

First, in step S901, it is determined whether the reception of the random number transmission unit data has been completed. When a negative determination is made in step S901, the process stands by in step S901. When a positive determination is made in step S901, the random number transmission unit data acquired this time is stored in the current acquisition area 131 in step S902. Note that these processing contents are the same as the processing contents of steps S601 and S602 in the acquired random number monitoring processing (FIG. 17) in the first embodiment.

In a succeeding step S903, the numerical information stored in the present acquisition area 131 is read, the read numerical information is shifted bit by bit in the same direction, and the shifted data is stored in the shifted area 132 as shifted unit data. To do.

Then, in step S904, the data stored in the current acquisition area 131 is read out, the data stored in the after-shift area 132 is read out, and the XOR processing is performed on the corresponding bits of the read out data. .. Then, the result of the XOR processing is stored in the change bit area 133 in step S905. These processing contents are the same as the processing contents of step S605 and step S606 in the acquired random number monitoring processing (FIG. 17) in the first embodiment. Then, in step S906, the current acquisition area 131 is cleared to "0".

In a succeeding step S907, it is determined whether or not the data of the previous change bit area 133 is stored in the change bit storage area 134. If it is not stored, it means that the change bit storage area 134 has just been cleared to “0”. Therefore, in step S908, the data stored in the change bit area 133 is directly stored in the change bit storage area 134. make a copy.

If an affirmative decision is made in step S907, or if the processing of step S908 is executed, the data stored in the change bit area 133 is read out and stored in the change bit storage area 134 in step S909. Existing data is read, and OR processing is performed on the corresponding bits of each read data. Then, the result of the OR processing is overwritten in the changed bit storage area 134 in step S910. In addition, in step S910, the changed bit area 133 is cleared to "0".

Then, in step S911, the data in the changed bit storage area 134 is read, and all the bits of the read data are AND-processed. In this case, instead of performing an AND process on all the bits, the AND process may be performed only on a bit in which data indicating whether binary data is changed between adjacent bits is stored. ..

In a succeeding step S912, it is determined whether or not the result of the AND processing is "1". When an affirmative determination is made in step S912, the value of the specified number of times counter provided in the RAM 64 is cleared to "0" and the change bit storage area 134 is cleared to "0" in step S913.

Then, in step S914, it is determined whether the random number transmission unit data received in step S901 this time corresponds to the data of the lower byte whose transmission order is the rear in the 2-byte big hit random number. If a negative determination is made in step S914, it means that the reception of the jackpot random number has not been completed for the transmission of the request signal this time from the MPU 62, and therefore the process returns to step S901. If an affirmative decision is made in step S914, this means that the reception of the jackpot random number for the transmission of the request signal this time from the MPU 62 has been completed, and therefore this monitoring process is ended immediately.

On the other hand, when a negative determination is made in step S912, the value of the specified number of times counter of the RAM 64 is incremented by 1 in step S915, and in the following step S916, the specified number of times counter is determined to be plural. It is determined whether or not the number of times is equal to or greater than the reference number of times (specifically, “100”). If a negative decision is made in step S916, the operation proceeds to step S914. The processing contents in this case are as already described. When an affirmative determination is made in step S916, in step S917, the random number abnormality flag provided in the RAM 64 is set to "1", and then this monitoring process is ended. The processing content of steps S907 to S917 is the same as the processing content of steps S608 to S618 in the monitoring processing (FIG. 17) of the acquired random number in the first embodiment.

Here, with reference to FIG. 24, description will be given of the contents of calculation in the monitoring process of the acquired random number and the action resulting from the execution of the monitoring process.

First, with reference to FIGS. 24(a) to 24(c-1), the contents of the calculation in steps S903 to S905 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 24A, in the situation where “10100101” is stored in the current acquisition area 131, the process of step S903 is executed, so that the current acquisition area is displayed as shown in FIG. The post-shift unit data “01001011” in which the data of 131 is shifted by 1 bit is stored in the post-shift area 132. Then, the XOR processing is executed for each corresponding bit in the currently acquired area 131 and the post-shift area 132, so that “11101110” is stored in the changed bit area 133, as shown in FIG. 24(c-1). To be done. That is, of the bits in the currently acquired area 131, “1” is stored in the corresponding bit in the changed bit area 133 for the bit whose binary data value has changed from the corresponding bit in the post-shift area 132. For bits that have not changed, "0" is stored in the corresponding bit of the changed bit area 133. Therefore, it is possible to specify the bit that has become the same binary data between adjacent bits in the unit data for random number transmission acquired this time based on the value of the changed bit area 133.

Next, referring to FIGS. 24(c-1) to (e-1) and FIGS. 24(c-2) to (e-2), the calculation contents of steps S909 to S911 and the main monitoring process are executed. The effect of being performed will be described.

First, a case where the result of the monitoring process is normal will be described with reference to FIGS. 24(c-1) to 24(e-1). As shown in FIG. 24(c-1), "11101110" is stored in the changed bit area 133, and "10110111" is stored in the changed bit storage area 134 as shown in FIG. 24(d-1). In the above situation, the OR processing is performed on the corresponding bits of the change bit area 133 and the change bit storage area 134, so that the change bit storage area 134 is stored in the change bit storage area 134 as shown in FIG. , "11111111" are stored. In this case, if the AND process is executed for all the bits of the changed bit storage area 134, the operation result becomes "1". Then, an affirmative determination is made in step S912 of the monitoring process of the acquired random number (FIG. 23), and it is assumed that the jackpot random number is normally acquired from the hard random number circuit 67 and the game proceeds as usual. Become.

Next, a case where the result of the monitoring process is abnormal will be described with reference to FIGS. 24(c-2) to 24(e-2). As shown in FIG. 24(c-2), “11101110” is stored in the change bit area 133, and “10101111” is stored in the change bit storage area 134 as shown in FIG. 24(d-2). In the above situation, the OR processing is performed on the corresponding bits of the change bit area 133 and the change bit storage area 134, so that the change bit storage area 134 is stored in the change bit storage area 134 as shown in FIG. 24(e-2). , “11101111” is stored. In this case, when the AND process is executed for all the bits in the changed bit storage area 134, the operation result becomes "0". Then, a negative determination is made in step S912 of the acquired random number monitoring process (FIG. 23). Then, when the situation in which the calculation result of the AND process becomes “0” occurs in the abnormal reference number of times (specifically, “100”) or more, the game stop setting is performed.

That is, by performing the XOR processing on the currently acquired area 131 and the after-shifted area 132, there is a bit that is the same binary data between adjacent bits in the unit data for random number transmission acquired this time. It becomes possible to specify whether or not. Further, the XOR processing result is OR-processed for each of the present time and the previous time each time the random number transmission unit data is received, so that the state where the adjacent binary data is the same binary data continues. It is possible to specify whether or not there is an existing bit. The fact that the result of the AND processing does not become "1" over the abnormal reference number of times or more means that at least one set of adjacent bits has the same binary data over the abnormal reference number of times or more. Means

Since the data transmitted from the hard random number circuit 67 is a big hit random number, it is irregularly selected, and binary data should be irregularly selected in each bit. In this case, at least one set of adjacent bits has the same binary data over the abnormal reference number of times,
(A) The update circuit 101 does not normally update the numerical information of the update buffer 101b. (b) A short circuit occurs in the first signal line group SL1 between the update buffer 101b and the jackpot random number register 102. (C) There is a high possibility that an abnormality such as a short circuit has occurred in the second signal line group SL2 between the jackpot random number register 102 and the MPU 62.

In such a situation, it is possible to deal with the occurrence of the abnormality by executing the game stop setting process as described above to limit the progress of the game and notify the abnormality.

Further, according to the arithmetic processing, by checking the value of the changed bit storage area 134 at the timing when the random number abnormality flag is set to “1”, which bit has the same binary data, that is, It is possible to specify which of the signal lines may have an abnormality. Therefore, at the time of the abnormality notification, the MPU 62 confirms each bit of the changed bit storage area 134 and outputs an abnormality occurrence command so that the abnormality notification can be performed in a manner in which the bit that is "0" can be specified. You may do it. Further, the contents of the change bit storage area 134 may be read by a reading device owned by the manager of the game hall, and the signal path in which the abnormality has occurred may be specified through the reading operation.

Further, when monitoring the acquired random numbers, the 16-bit jackpot random numbers are not monitored as a unit, but as a unit of random number transmission unit data. This makes it possible to perform the calculation for monitoring the acquired random number a plurality of times when transmitting one jackpot random number, and the frequency of monitoring is increased. Further, it becomes possible to reduce the processing load of the monitoring processing.

In particular, since the update circuit 67 is integrated into one chip and the distance between the wirings is narrow, a short circuit easily occurs. On the other hand, by monitoring the communication abnormality between the adjacent bits as described above, it is possible to cope with a short circuit between the wirings in the configuration in which the update circuit 67 is integrated into one chip. It becomes possible.

<Fourth Embodiment>
In the present embodiment, the processing configuration of the monitoring processing of the acquired random numbers is different from that of the first embodiment. Hereinafter, differences from the first embodiment will be described. The description of the same configuration as that of the first embodiment is basically omitted.

FIG. 25 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the various areas 140 to 144 used in the monitoring processing of the acquired random numbers.

The RAM 64 of the main control device 60 is provided with an acquisition area 140, a current determination area 141, a previous determination area 142, a change bit area 143, and a change bit storage area 144 as various areas 140 to 144. ing.

The acquisition area 140 is set to 1 byte and consists of 8 bits. That is, the data capacity of the acquisition area 140×m (m is a natural number of 1 or more) is the same as the data capacity of the big hit random number, and in the pachinko machine 10, m is “2”. Further, as already described, the jackpot random number is 16 bits as a whole, but when it is transmitted from the jackpot random number register 102 to the MPU 62, it is divided into 8 bits and transmitted. In this respect, it can be said that the data capacity of the acquisition area 140 is the same as the number of transmission bits at one time in the jackpot random number.

On the other hand, the present determination area 141, the previous determination area 142, the changed bit area 143, and the changed bit storage area 144 are composed of bits smaller than the number of bits of the acquisition area 140. Specifically, it is composed of 2 bits. That is, the data capacity of the current determination area 141, the previous determination area 142, the changed bit area 143, and the changed bit storage area 144 (n is a natural number of 2 or more) is the same as the data capacity of the acquisition area 140. In the pachinko machine 10, n is “4”.

In the acquisition area 140, in a configuration in which a 16-bit jackpot random number is transmitted in 8-bit units (hereinafter, 8-bit unit data is also referred to as random number transmission unit data), the latest transmitted random number transmission unit data is stored. Is stored.

In the determination area 141 this time, of the 8-bit random number transmission unit data stored in the acquisition area 140, the data for the determination target bit (specifically, for 2 bits) is stored. In this case, the bits to be determined are sequentially changed on the condition that the result of the monitoring process is normal, and when all the bits in the acquisition area 140 are to be determined, they are the first to be determined again. It is configured to return to the bit. In the previous determination area 142, the data corresponding to the current bit to be determined in the random number transmission unit data before one transmission is stored. The change bit area 143 stores data corresponding to the result of bit-by-bit comparison between the determination data stored in the current determination area 141 and the determination data stored in the previous determination area 142. It The change bit storage area 144 stores data indicating whether or not data transmission is normally performed for each bit of the determination data.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing the monitoring process of the acquired random number in this embodiment.

First, in step S1001, it is determined whether or not reception of the random number transmission unit data has been completed. When a negative determination is made in step S1001, the process stands by in this step S1001. If an affirmative decision is made in step S1001, then in the step S1002, among the random number transmission unit data obtained this time, each bit data that is the subject of the present decision is stored in the present decision area 141. ..

In a succeeding step S1003, it is determined whether or not previous determination data is stored in the previous determination area 142. If it is not stored, it means that the previous determination area 142 has just been cleared to “0”. Therefore, in step S1004, the current determination data stored in the current determination area 141 is previously determined. It is directly copied to the use area 142. In this case, each bit in the previous determination area 142 has a one-to-one correspondence with each bit in the current determination area 141, and the binary data stored in the corresponding bit is stored. That is, the data stored in the same corresponding bit in the current determination area 141 is always stored in each bit of the previous determination area 142.

If an affirmative judgment is made in step S1003 or if the processing of step S1004 is executed, the data stored in the judgment area 141 this time is read out and stored in the judgment area 142 last time in step S1005. Existing data is read out, and XOR processing is executed for the corresponding bits of the read out data. Then, the result of the XOR processing is stored in the change bit area 143 in step S1006. In this case, each bit of the change bit area 143 has a one-to-one correspondence with each bit of the present judgment area 141, and the binary data stored in the corresponding bit of the XOR processing result is stored. ..

After executing the processing of step S1006, in step S1007, the data stored in each bit of the current determination area 141 is shifted to the corresponding bit of the previous determination area 142, and then the current determination area 141 is cleared to "0".

In a succeeding step S1008, it is determined whether or not the data of the previous change bit area 143 is stored in the change bit storage area 144. If it is not stored, it means that the change bit storage area 144 has just been cleared to "0", and therefore the data stored in the change bit area 143 is directly stored in the change bit storage area 144 in step S1009. make a copy. In this case, each bit in the change bit storage area 144 has a one-to-one correspondence with each bit in the change bit area 143, and the binary data stored in the corresponding bit is stored. That is, the data stored in the same corresponding bit in the change bit area 143 is always stored in each bit of the change bit storage area 144.

If an affirmative decision is made in step S1008, or if the processing of step S1009 has been executed, the data stored in the change bit area 143 is read out and stored in the change bit storage area 144 in step S1010. Existing data is read, and OR processing is performed on the corresponding bits of each read data. Then, the result of the OR processing is overwritten in the changed bit storage area 144 in step S1011. In step S1011, the changed bit area 143 is cleared to "0".

Then, in step S1012, the data in the changed bit storage area 144 is read, and all the bits of the read data are AND-processed. Then, in step S1013, it is determined whether the AND processing result is "1". If an affirmative decision is made in step S1013, in step S1014 the value of the specified number of times counter provided in the RAM 64 is cleared to "0" and the change bit storage area 144 is cleared to "0".

In the following step S1015, the bit to be determined is shifted to the next 2 bits. After that, in step S1016, it is determined whether or not the random number transmission unit data received in step S1001 this time corresponds to the data of the lower byte whose transmission order is the rear side in the 2-byte big hit random number. If a negative determination is made in step S1016, it means that the reception of the jackpot random number has not been completed with respect to the transmission of the request signal this time from the MPU 62, and therefore the process returns to step S1001. If an affirmative decision is made in step S1016, this means that the reception of the jackpot random number for the transmission of the request signal this time from the MPU 62 has been completed, and therefore this monitoring process is ended immediately.

On the other hand, when a negative determination is made in step S1013, the value of the specified number of times counter in the RAM 64 is incremented by 1 in step S1017, and in the following step S1018, the specified number of times counter is determined to be plural. It is determined whether or not the number of times is equal to or greater than the reference number of times (specifically, “100”). If a negative decision is made in step S1018, the operation proceeds to step S1016. The processing contents in this case are as already described. If an affirmative decision is made in step S1018, then in step S1019 the random number abnormality flag provided in the RAM 64 is set to "1", and then this monitoring process is terminated. The operation when the random number abnormality flag is set to "1" is the same as that in the first embodiment.

According to the fourth embodiment described in detail above, since some bits are monitored at each monitoring processing time, it is possible to reduce the processing load of the monitoring processing.

Further, when it is specified that no communication error has occurred in some of the bits, the monitoring target is changed to a new part of the bits. As a result, in the configuration in which the processing load of the monitoring process is reduced by monitoring some bits at each monitoring processing time, all bits of the numerical information can be finally monitored. This makes it possible to monitor the communication abnormality in detail while reducing the processing load of the monitoring processing.

<Fifth Embodiment>
In each of the above-described embodiments, the common working port winning detection sensor 45 is provided for the first working port 33 and the second working port 34, and whichever working port 33, 34 wins, it is the working port winning detection sensor. Although it is configured to be detected by 45, in the present embodiment, the game balls that have won the first operating port 33 and the game balls that have won the second operating port 34 are detected by different detection sensors. In this case, the holding storage area 64a of the main control device 60 is provided with a holding area for the first working port 33 and a holding area for the second working port 34 as holding areas RE. Suspension information for winning in the mouths 33 and 34 is stored separately. In addition, in the MPU 62 of the main control device 60, in the determination of win or failure and the determination of distribution, the holding information on the side of the first operating port 33 and the holding information on the side of the second operating port 34 are set so that the player's advantage is different. A decision is made. Specifically, the second working port 34 side is more advantageous to the player. It should be noted that the hold information on the second operation port 34 side may be prioritized over the hold information on the first operation port 33 side in the win/fail judgment and the distribution determination.

As described above, the hard random number circuit 67 provides a jackpot random number in accordance with the configuration in which the hold information is separately stored in the first operating port 33 and the second operating port 34 as described above. The form is different. Hereinafter, the different configuration will be specifically described. The description of the same configuration as that of the first embodiment is basically omitted.

FIG. 27 is a block diagram for explaining the hard random number circuit 67 in this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 27, the first operating port winning detection sensor 151 for detecting the game ball that has won the first operating port 33 transmits the detection signal SG11 to the MPU 62 of the main control device 60 and the hard random number circuit 67. To the control circuit 103. In addition, the second operation opening winning detection sensor 152 for detecting the game ball winning the second operation opening 34 sends the detection signal SG12 to the MPU 62 of the main control device 60 and to the control circuit 103 of the hard random number circuit 67. Send.

When the control circuit 103 receives the detection signal SG11 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning from the first working opening winning detection sensor 151, it outputs the jackpot random number stored in the updating buffer 101b of the updating circuit 101 to the hard random number circuit 67. It stores in the provided 1st jackpot random number register 153. In addition, when the control circuit 103 receives the detection signal SG12 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning from the second working opening winning detection sensor 152, it outputs the jackpot random number stored in the updating buffer 101b of the updating circuit 101 to the hard random number circuit. It stores in the 2nd jackpot random number register 154 provided in 67. Each of the first jackpot random number register 153 and the second jackpot random number register 154 has the same storage area as the update buffer 101b, and specifically has a storage area of 2 bytes.

The first jackpot random number register 153 is connected to the update buffer 101b via the third signal line group SL3. The first jackpot random number register 153 writes the data stored in each storage area of the update buffer 101b at that time into its own storage area in synchronization with the input of the latch signal. As a result, a big hit random number of the input timing of the latch signal is obtained.

Here, the third signal line group SL3 includes the same number of signal lines as the number of bits of 1 byte (specifically, 8). In this case, as described above, each of the update buffer 101b and the first jackpot random number register 153 has a storage area of 2 bytes, and the jackpot random numbers stored in the update buffer 101b and the first jackpot random number register 153 are stored. Has a capacity of 2 bytes. Therefore, when the jackpot random number is transmitted from the update buffer 101b to the first jackpot random number register 153, the numerical information of the upper 1 byte is transmitted first in parallel among the jackpot random numbers having a capacity of 2 bytes, and the upper 1 byte is transferred. After the transmission of the numerical information of 1 is completed, the remaining lower 1-byte numerical information is transmitted in parallel.

The second jackpot random number register 154 is connected to the update buffer 101b via the fourth signal line group SL4. The second jackpot random number register 154 writes the data stored in each storage area of the update buffer 101b at that time into its own storage area in synchronization with the input of the latch signal. As a result, a big hit random number of the input timing of the latch signal is obtained.

Here, the fourth signal line group SL4 includes the same number of signal lines as the number of bits of 1 byte (specifically, eight). In this case, as described above, each of the update buffer 101b and the second jackpot random number register 154 has a storage area of 2 bytes, and the jackpot random numbers stored in the update buffer 101b and the second jackpot random number register 154 are stored. Has a capacity of 2 bytes. Therefore, when the jackpot random number is transmitted from the update buffer 101b to the second jackpot random number register 154, numerical information of the upper 1 byte is transmitted first in parallel among the jackpot random numbers having a capacity of 2 bytes, and the upper 1 byte is transferred. After the transmission of the numerical information of 1 is completed, the remaining lower 1-byte numerical information is transmitted in parallel.

The control circuit 103 is provided with a first status flag 155 for indicating that the jackpot random number is stored in the first jackpot random number register 153, and the jackpot random number is stored in the second jackpot random number register 154. A second status flag 156 is provided to indicate that the status is present. When the jackpot random number is stored in the first jackpot random number register 153, the first status flag 155 is set to "1", and when the first status flag 155 is set to "1", the first operation is performed. Even if the detection signal SG11 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning is transmitted from the mouth winning detection sensor 151 to the control circuit 103, the jackpot random number is not newly acquired. Similarly, the second status flag 156 is set to "1" by storing the jackpot random number in the second jackpot random number register 154, and the second status flag 156 is set to "1". Even if the detection signal SG12 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning is transmitted from the second working opening winning detection sensor 152 to the control circuit 103, the jackpot random number is not newly acquired.

In the MPU 62, when the detection signal SG11 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning is received from the first working opening winning detection sensor 151, the first status flag 155 of the control circuit 103 is confirmed, and when “1” is set, The jackpot random number is acquired from the first jackpot random number register 153 by transmitting the first request signal to the control circuit 103. Specifically, the MPU 62 acquires a jackpot random number from the first jackpot random number register 153 through the fifth signal line group SL5.

Here, the fifth signal line group SL5 includes the same number of signal lines as the number of bits of 1 byte (specifically, eight). In this case, the jackpot random number has a capacity of 2 bytes as described above. Therefore, when the jackpot random number is transmitted from the first jackpot random number register 153 to the MPU 62, the numerical information of the upper 1 byte is transmitted first in parallel among the jackpot random numbers having the capacity of 2 bytes, and the numerical information of the upper 1 byte is transmitted. After the transmission of the above is completed, the numerical information of the remaining lower 1 byte is transmitted in parallel.

In the MPU 62, when the detection signal SG12 corresponding to the occurrence of winning is received from the second working opening winning detection sensor 152, the second status flag 156 of the control circuit 103 is confirmed, and when “1” is set, The jackpot random number is acquired from the second jackpot random number register 154 by transmitting the second request signal to the control circuit 103. Specifically, the MPU 62 acquires a jackpot random number from the second jackpot random number register 154 through the sixth signal line group SL6.

Here, the sixth signal line group SL6 includes the same number of signal lines as the number of bits of 1 byte (specifically, eight). In this case, the jackpot random number has a capacity of 2 bytes as described above. Therefore, when the jackpot random number is transmitted from the second jackpot random number register 154 to the MPU 62, the numerical information of the upper 1 byte is transmitted first in parallel among the jackpot random numbers having the capacity of 2 bytes, and the numerical information of the upper 1 byte is transmitted. After the transmission of the above is completed, the numerical information of the remaining lower 1 byte is transmitted in parallel.

Next, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 28, a description will be given of a process of acquiring the hold information in the present embodiment, which is executed by the MPU 62 of the main control device 60.

First, in step S1101, it is determined whether or not a prize has been paid to the first operating opening 33. If a winning has occurred, it is determined in step S1102 whether or not the hold information of the first operating port 33 and the second operating port 34 on which the current winning occurs is the upper limit number. To do. If an affirmative decision is made in step S1102, the invalidation processing is executed in step S1103 and then the operation proceeds to step S1111. In this invalidation process, if it is the processing time based on the winning of the first operating port 33, the first jackpot random number register 153 and the first status flag 155 are cleared to "0", and the winning of the second operating port 34 is won. If it is the processing time based on the above, the second jackpot random number register 154 and the second status flag 156 are cleared to “0”.

When a negative determination is made in step S1102, it is determined in step S1104 whether or not “1” is set in the corresponding status flags 155 and 156 of the hard random number circuit 67. If a negative determination is made in step S1104, the game stop setting process is executed in step S1105, and then the present acquisition process is ended. The processing content of step S1105 is the same as step S405 of the reservation information acquisition processing (FIG. 13) in the first embodiment.

If an affirmative decision is made in step S1104, then a corresponding request process is executed in step S1106. Specifically, if the processing time is based on the winning of the first operating port 33, the first request signal is transmitted to the control circuit 103, and if the processing time is based on the winning of the second operating port 34, the control is performed. The second request signal is transmitted to the circuit 103. Therefore, if it is the processing time based on the winning of the first operating port 33, the jackpot random number is transmitted from the first jackpot random number register 153, and if the processing time is based on the winning of the second operating port 34, the second jackpot. The jackpot random number is transmitted from the random number register 154.

In a succeeding step S1107, monitoring processing of the corresponding acquired random number is executed. In this case, if it is the processing time based on the winning of the first operating port 33, the monitoring processing is executed for the jackpot random number transmitted from the first jackpot random number register 153, and the processing time based on the winning of the second operating port 34. Then, the monitoring process is executed for the jackpot random number transmitted from the second jackpot random number register 154. In the monitoring process, any one of the monitoring processes in the first to fourth embodiments is executed.

In a succeeding step S1108, it is determined whether or not "1" is set in the random number abnormality flag as a result of the above-mentioned monitoring process. If an affirmative determination is made in step S1108, the game stop setting process is executed in step S1105, and then the present acquisition process is ended. When a negative determination is made in step S1108, the 16-bit jackpot random number acquired from the hard random number circuit 67 is stored in the holding area RE in step S1109. In this case, if the processing time is based on the winning of the first operating port 33, the processing time based on the winning of the second operating port 34 is stored in the area corresponding to the first operating port 33 of the holding area RE. If so, it is stored in the area corresponding to the second operating port 34 in the holding area RE.

After that, in step S1110, the value of the jackpot type counter C2 and the value of the reach random number counter C3 are acquired from the lottery counter area 64b of the RAM 64, and the acquired numerical information is stored in the jackpot random number in step S1109. Store in the corresponding area in the hold area.

In a succeeding step S1111, it is determined whether or not a winning for the second operating port 34 has occurred. If a prize has been awarded to the second operating port 34, the process returns to step S1102. If no prize has been paid to the second working port 34, the main acquisition process is ended as it is.

According to the present embodiment described in detail above, the hard random number circuit 67 includes the first jackpot random number register 153 corresponding to the first operating port 33 and the second jackpot random number register 154 corresponding to the second operating port 34. It is provided individually. As a result, even if a prize for each of the operation ports 33, 34 occurs within the range of one processing of the timer interrupt process, it is possible to obtain a big hit random number of each prize timing.

In this case, the obtained random number is monitored for each of the jackpot random numbers transmitted from the first jackpot random number register 153 and the jackpot random numbers transmitted from the second jackpot random number register 154. From 153 and 154, it is possible to specify whether or not the jackpot random number is normally transmitted.

<Other Embodiments>
It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the description of each of the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and improvements can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, you may change as follows. By the way, the configurations of the following different modes may be applied individually or in combination with the configurations of the above respective embodiments. Further, the configurations of the above embodiments may be applied in any combination, and the configurations of the following different configurations may be applied individually or in combination to the configurations applied in any combination. You may.

(1) Instead of the configuration in which the abnormality of the numerical information is monitored on a bit-by-bit basis as in each of the above-described embodiments, the configuration may be such that the entire numerical information is monitored for the abnormality.

For example, when the same random number transmission unit data is continuously received from the hard random number circuit 67 for the abnormal reference number of times, the game stop setting process may be executed. Specifically, when the unit data for random number transmission is received, the data obtained by inverting all the bits of the data for random number transmission received immediately before is corresponded to the unit data for random number transmission received this time. Calculates the logical product of bits. Then, the logical sum is calculated for all the bits of the result of the logical product, and when the phenomenon that the calculation result is “0” continues for the abnormal reference number of times set as a plurality of times, the game stop setting process May be configured to be executed.

Further, for example, when a jackpot random number is received, it may be configured to monitor whether or not the numerical value information is numerical value information that cannot be provided from the hard random number circuit 67. In this case, the MPU 62 may be configured to monitor whether or not a jackpot random number outside the specified numerical range is received, and to execute the game stop setting process when the jackpot random number outside the specified numerical range is received.

(2) Although it is configured to monitor the presence/absence of a communication abnormality by calculating an exclusive OR, a logical sum, and a logical product, if the target communication abnormality can be monitored, a specific calculation is performed. The method is arbitrary.

(3) A configuration in which the game stop setting process is executed when an event, which is a result obtained by calculating the exclusive OR, the logical sum, and the AND, is a result corresponding to the abnormality occurs continuously over the abnormality reference number of times In, the specific value is arbitrary as long as the abnormality reference number is 2 or more. In this case, the abnormality reference number is set in a plurality of stages, and when the event that is the result corresponding to the abnormality occurs continuously over the first abnormality reference number that is the smaller number side, the abnormality notification is executed, It may be configured such that the progress of the game is limited when the event, which is a result corresponding to the abnormality, continuously occurs over the second abnormality reference number, which is the high number side.

(4) When the occurrence of a communication abnormality is identified in the monitoring process of the acquired random numbers, the pachinko machine 10 does not notify the abnormality and further restricts the progress of the game, and the hall computer in the game hall has a communication abnormality. It may be configured to perform external output corresponding to the occurrence of In this case, it becomes possible to deal with the abnormality in updating or acquisition of the jackpot random number in the game hall while keeping the player from being aware of the abnormality.

(5) As in the third embodiment, a method of logically operating in bit units the received numerical information and the numerical information obtained by shifting the bits of the numerical information by one bit in the predetermined direction is used as the unit data for random number transmission. In place of the configuration performed in units of, the configuration may be performed in units of jackpot random numbers.

(6) In the fourth embodiment, when a part of the bits of the random number transmission unit data is set as a monitoring target in the monitoring process, the part of the bits is not limited to 2 bits, but is 3 bits. Yes, it may be 4 bits. Further, it is not limited to a plurality of bits and may be 1 bit.

(7) The numerical information to be updated by the hard random number circuit 67 is not limited to the jackpot random numbers, but instead of or in addition to the jackpot random numbers, the jackpot type counter C2, the reach random number counter C3, and the universal communication opening. It may be a random number that is an update target by at least one of the counters C4. Even in this case, the random number transmitted from the hard random number circuit 67 is monitored for abnormal communication by performing the monitoring process of the acquired random number in each of the above-described embodiments on the numerical information transmitted from the hard random number circuit 67. It is possible to monitor the occurrence.

(8) The monitoring target by the monitoring process of the acquired random numbers as in each of the above embodiments may be numerical information different from that in each of the above embodiments.

For example, in order to monitor whether or not a communication error has occurred in the numerical information of the command received from the main control device 60 in the voice light emission control device 80, the monitoring of the acquired random numbers as exemplified in each of the above embodiments. Processing may be applied. Further, for example, in order to monitor whether or not a communication abnormality has occurred in the numerical information of the command received from the sound emission control device 80 in the display control device 90, the acquired random number as exemplified in each of the above embodiments. You may apply the monitoring process of. Further, for example, in order to monitor whether or not a communication abnormality has occurred in the numerical information of the command received from the main control device 60 in the payout control device 77, the acquisition random number as exemplified in each of the above embodiments is used. Monitoring processing may be applied.

In addition, for example, in the control unit of the MPU 62, the numerical information acquired from the jackpot type counter C2, the reach random number counter C3, the variation type counter CS, or the universal communication open counter C4 of the RAM 64 is obtained as exemplified in each of the above embodiments. Random number monitoring processing may be applied.

(9) The communication method for transmitting the jackpot random number from the hard random number circuit 67 to the MPU 62 is not limited to parallel communication, and may be serial communication. In this case, the signal line group for transmitting the jackpot random number from the hard random number circuit 67 to the MPU 62 includes a signal line for transmitting serial command data and each unit data included in the command data (for example, 1-bit data). It is preferable to provide a signal line for a clock signal for identifying) and a signal line for a latch signal for recognizing at least one of transmission start and transmission end of one command. In this configuration, when each 1-byte data is output, communication of a predetermined signal indicating a transmission unit is also performed. A signal line for an enable signal for recognizing the start of command transmission may be provided separately.

(10) A configuration in which the hard random number circuit 67 determines the update initial value of the jackpot random number by lottery when the pachinko machine 10 is powered on and the supply of operating power to the hard random number circuit 67 is started. May be In this case, the initial value of the jackpot random number is randomly determined every time the supply of the operating power is started, and thus the supply of the operating power to the hard random number circuit 67 is illegally cut off and the update of the jackpot random number is restarted. Even if a fraudulent act is performed, the jackpot random number at that time is random, so that the fraudulent act can be nullified. Further, by applying the configuration to a configuration in which the signal indicating that the update of the jackpot random number has completed one round is not transmitted from the hard random number circuit 67, the jackpot random number updated in the hard random number circuit 67 becomes a predetermined value. In such a case, even if an attempt is made to illegally transmit the detection signal corresponding to the winning, it becomes impossible to specify the transmission timing, and it becomes possible to prevent the illegal act.

(11) A modified example of the monitoring process of the acquired random numbers will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In the modification, "0 to 255" of the 16-bit jackpot random number is set as a numerical value corresponding to the jackpot result. That is, when the jackpot random number corresponding to the jackpot result is obtained, the upper 1 byte of the jackpot random number is always “00000000”. In this case, in the monitoring process, by monitoring whether or not the event in which the upper 1 byte is “00000000” is continuous for the abnormal reference number of times (for example, 10 times), the communication error of the jackpot random number is detected. It is monitored whether or not the phenomenon that the jackpot random numbers continue to be a numerical value corresponding to the jackpot result has occurred.

Specifically, first, in step S1201, it is determined whether the 16-bit jackpot random number has been received from the hard random number circuit 67. If the reception is not completed, the process stands by in step S1201. If the reception is completed, the process proceeds to step S1202. In step S1202, of the 16-bit jackpot random number received this time, the bit to be determined is stored in the determination area provided in the RAM 64. Specifically, the numerical information of the upper 1 byte of the jackpot random number is stored in the determination area. In a succeeding step S1203, each bit in the determination area is OR-processed. Accordingly, if "1" is stored in any bit, the processing result is "1", and if "0" is stored in all bits, the processing result is "0". Then, in step S1204, the determination area is cleared to "0".

Then, in step S1205, it is determined whether or not the result of the OR processing is "1". When an affirmative determination is made, in step S1206, the specified number counter is cleared to "0", and then this monitoring process ends. On the other hand, if a negative determination is made, the value of the specified number of times counter is incremented by 1 in step S1207, and it is determined in the following step S1208 whether the value of the specified number of times counter is greater than or equal to the abnormal reference number of times. When a negative determination is made in step S1208, the main monitoring process is ended as it is, and when a positive determination is made in step S1208, the random number abnormality flag is set to "1" in step S1209, and then the main monitoring process is performed. finish. The processing contents when the random number abnormality flag is set to "1" are the same as those in the above-described embodiments.

According to the above configuration, when an event occurs in which the jackpot random number continues to be a numerical value corresponding to the jackpot result, the game stop setting process is executed, and therefore the jackpot random number continues to result in the jackpot result. In case of occurrence, it becomes possible to deal with it.

Further, since only some of the 16-bit jackpot random numbers are targeted for determination, the processing load of the monitoring process can be reduced.

The monitoring process may be performed not in the high probability mode but in the low probability mode.

Further, the numerical range that results in the big hit is not limited to the above range and is arbitrary. When the numerical range is changed, if a big hit result is obtained in relation to the numerical range, the bit to which “0” is set may be the monitored bit. In this case, as a bit of the big hit random number, if there is a bit that can be "1" in the case of the big hit random number that is a big hit result and can be "0", the most significant bit is higher than the bit. The bits up to one bit shifted to the side may be the bits to be monitored, and the abnormality reference number may be set to a number corresponding thereto.

Further, it may be configured to monitor the event that "1" is continuously set to any bit of the upper 1 byte. In this case, the abnormality reference number needs to be set as the number of times that it is unlikely that the event will continue to occur in relation to the jackpot winning probability.

(12) Numerical range when updating the jackpot random number according to the pattern of the input terminal of the hard random number circuit 67, which is provided with a 16-bit input terminal as an input port, and which receives power at a threshold voltage or higher (Or the upper limit value) may be specified. That is, in the hard random number circuit 67, a 16-bit area is set for updating the jackpot random number, but each 16-bit area is made to correspond to the above 16-bit input terminal in a one-to-one manner and turned on. The jackpot random number is updated using the area of the bit group corresponding to the input terminal. For example, when the 8-bit input terminal from the lower side of the 16-bit input terminal is in the ON state, the jackpot is made using the 8-bit area from the lower side of the area for updating the jackpot random numbers. Update the random number. In this case, when the power of the pachinko machine 10 is turned on and the supply of the operating power to the MPU 62 is started, the input terminal set at the design stage of the pachinko machine 10 without the control of the MPU 62. With the configuration in which the power is automatically turned on to the bit group of, it becomes unnecessary to execute the processing in the MPU 62 for the specification of the numerical range, and the processing load of the MPU 62 can be reduced. Note that the jackpot random number updating area may have a bit number other than 16 bits, and even in this case, the number of bits of the input terminal should correspond to the jackpot random number updating area on a one-to-one basis. Thus, it is possible to achieve the same effect.

(13) In the process of monitoring the acquired random numbers in each of the above-described embodiments, instead of the configuration of calculating the logical product of the exclusive OR and the result of calculating the logical sum (hereinafter, also referred to as the specific calculation result), the specific calculation result The configuration may be such that all bits are inverted and it is determined whether or not all the bits of the inversion result are “0”. In this case, the logical sum of all bits may be operated to determine whether or not the result is “0”, or the configuration to determine whether or not each bit is “0”. Good. In addition, it may be configured to determine, for each bit, whether or not all the bits of the specific calculation result are "1". Further, it may be configured to subtract “255” in decimal from the specific calculation result and determine whether or not the subtraction result is “0”.

(14) In the configuration for monitoring the communication abnormality between the adjacent bits as in the third embodiment, the configuration for performing monitoring for each part of the bits as in the fourth embodiment may be adopted.

(15) While the special electric prize winning device 32 is closed, the special electric prize winning device 32 is completely closed. However, a part of the special electric prize winning device 32 may not be closed. In this case, a game ball may be awarded to the special electric prize winning device 32 through a part of the area even if it is closed, and the part of the area is closed because the area is narrower than the game ball. The game ball may not be awarded to the special electric prize winning device 32.

(16) Instead of the configuration in which the winning of the game ball to the second operating port 34 is not possible while the universal electric object 34a is closed, the second operating port 34 is opened even when the universal electric object 34a is closed. The game ball may be won. However, the easiness of winning the prize needs to be lower than that during the opening of the general electric accessory 34a.

(17) Instead of the configuration in which the display control device 90 is controlled by the sound emission control device 80 based on the command output from the main control device 60, the display control is performed based on the command output from the main control device 60. The device 90 may control the audio emission control device 80. Also, instead of the configuration in which the sound emission control device 80 and the display control device 90 are separately provided, both control devices may be provided as one control device, and the function of one of the both control devices may be provided. May be integrated in the main control device 60, and both functions of the both control devices may be integrated in the main control device 60. The configuration of the command output from the main control device 60 to the audio emission control device 80 and the configuration of the command output from the audio emission control device 80 to the display control device 90 are also arbitrary.

(18) The device for executing the game use effect is not limited to the symbol display device 41, and the configuration for executing the game use effect is performed by the operation of the movable decorative member. Alternatively, the game light effect may be executed by turning on a predetermined light emitting unit, or the game time effect may be executed by a combination of all or some of the above aspects. Good.

(19) In the above embodiment, the special result display portion 37a is configured to display the stop result corresponding to each game result. However, instead of this, the special effect display portion 37a may be omitted. A common stop result may be displayed on the special figure display unit 37a even if it is a game result, and the stop result is randomly displayed on the special figure display unit 37a, resulting in a special figure display unit 37a. It may be configured such that the game result cannot be identified from the display.

(20) Another type of pachinko machine different from the above embodiment, such as a pachinko machine in which an electric accessory opens a predetermined number of times when a game ball enters a specific area of a special device, or a game ball in a specific area of a special device. The present invention can also be applied to a pachinko machine that gives a big hit when entering, a pachinko machine provided with another accessory, an arrangement ball machine, and a game machine such as a sparrow ball.

Further, a non-ball-ball type gaming machine, for example, provided with a plurality of reels provided with a plurality of types of symbols in the circumferential direction, the rotation of the reel is started by inserting a medal and operating the start lever, and the stop switch is operated. After the reels stop after a predetermined time has elapsed, if a specific symbol or a combination of specific symbols is established on the effective line visible from the display window, a bonus such as payout of medals is given to the player. The present invention can be applied to a slot machine.

In addition, the game machine main body that is openably and closably supported by the outer frame is provided with a storage unit and a loading device, and the start lever is operated after a predetermined number of game balls stored in the storage unit are loaded by the loading device. The present invention can also be applied to a gaming machine in which a pachinko machine and a slot machine are integrated, in which the reel starts to rotate.

<Regarding invention groups extracted from the above embodiments>
The features of the invention group extracted from each of the above-described embodiments will be described below, showing effects and the like as necessary. It should be noted that, in the following, for ease of understanding, the configurations corresponding to the above-described embodiments are appropriately shown in parentheses or the like, but the present invention is not limited to the specific configurations shown in brackets or the like.

<Feature A group>
Features A1. Numerical information (big hit random number) received through a predetermined signal path (the second signal line group SL2 in the first to fourth embodiments, the fifth signal line group SL5 and the sixth signal line group SL6 in the fifth embodiment) Is provided with a predetermined control unit (MPU62) for executing a predetermined process (appropriateness determination process),
The predetermined control means,
A monitoring process executing unit (a function of executing a monitoring process of an acquired random number in the MPU 62) that executes a monitoring process by using the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path;
When the monitoring result by the monitoring processing executing means corresponds to the abnormality, the corresponding processing executing means for executing the abnormality handling processing (the function of executing the game stop setting processing in the MPU 62),
A gaming machine characterized by being equipped with.

According to the characteristic A1, when the predetermined process is executed by using the numerical information, the monitoring process is executed by using the received numerical information, and when an abnormality is identified as a result of the monitoring process. , The abnormality handling processing is executed. This makes it possible to reduce the possibility that the predetermined process will continue to be executed while using the abnormal numerical value information.

Feature A2. Numerical information (big hit random number) received through a predetermined signal path (the second signal line group SL2 in the first to fourth embodiments, the fifth signal line group SL5 and the sixth signal line group SL6 in the fifth embodiment) Is provided with a predetermined control unit (MPU62) for executing a predetermined process (appropriateness determination process),
The predetermined control means,
Using the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path and the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path before that, a monitoring process for specifying whether or not the numerical information has changed is performed. Monitoring processing executing means (a function of executing monitoring processing of the acquired random number in the MPU 62) for executing;
When the monitoring result by the monitoring processing executing means corresponds to the abnormality, the corresponding processing executing means for executing the abnormality handling processing (the function of executing the game stop setting processing in the MPU 62),
A gaming machine characterized by being equipped with.

According to characteristic A2, in the configuration in which the predetermined process is executed by using the numerical information, the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path and the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path before that are used. When the monitoring process is executed and it is determined that the numerical information has not changed as a result of the monitoring process, the abnormality handling process is executed. This makes it possible to reduce the possibility that the predetermined process will continue to be executed while using the abnormal numerical value information.

Features A3. The monitoring process executing means is for deriving a monitoring result corresponding to an abnormality when a plurality of numerical information items to be monitored have the same numerical value information for a certain number of times. A game machine described in A2.

According to the characteristic A3, when some abnormality occurs on the side providing the numerical information and only the same numerical information is provided to the predetermined control means, the abnormality handling processing is executed. Can be dealt with.

Features A4. The numerical information is composed of a plurality of bits,
The monitoring processing execution means determines whether or not the numerical values of corresponding bits have changed between the numerical value information received through the predetermined signal path and the numerical value information received through the predetermined signal path before that. The game machine according to the feature A2, wherein the game result is monitored and the monitoring result corresponding to the abnormality is derived when the event in which the numerical value does not change between the same bits occurs a specific number of times.

According to the feature A4, it is possible to monitor whether or not the same numerical value is provided in bit units. As a result, it becomes possible to finely monitor the abnormality of the numerical information as compared with the case of monitoring whether or not the numerical value has changed in the entire numerical information.

Features A5. The monitoring processing execution means derives a monitoring result corresponding to an abnormality when at least one of the monitored bits has a certain number of events in which the numerical value does not change between the corresponding bits. The game machine according to feature A4, which is characterized by being a thing.

According to the characteristic A5, when the event in which the numerical value does not change in at least one bit occurs the specified number of times, the abnormality handling processing is executed, and thus the abnormality can be dealt with for each bit.

Features A6. The monitoring process executing means specifies whether or not an event in which a numerical value does not change between the corresponding bits occurs by executing a predetermined arithmetic process on the monitored bit. The gaming machine according to the feature A4 or A5, wherein the predetermined arithmetic processing is performed on some of the plurality of bits.

According to the characteristic A6, a part of the bits of the numerical information is not constantly monitored, but a part of the bits is monitored, so that the processing load of the monitoring process can be reduced.

Features A7. Numerical information of a unit for transmission composed of a plurality of bits as one unit, the numerical information is transmitted through the predetermined signal path,
The gaming machine according to Feature A6, wherein the monitoring process executing unit performs the predetermined arithmetic process on a part of a plurality of bits included in the numerical information of the transmission unit. ..

According to the characteristic A7, since all bits of the numerical information of the transmission unit are not constantly monitored but a part of the bits are monitored, the processing load of the monitoring process can be reduced.

Feature A8. The predetermined control means executes the predetermined processing by using numerical information (big hit random number) of a processing unit,
The numerical information of the processing unit includes a predetermined number of numerical information of the transmission unit (random number transmission unit data) having the same number of bits,
The gaming machine according to feature A6, wherein the monitoring process executing means performs the predetermined arithmetic process on bits included in the numerical information of the transmission unit.

According to the characteristic A8, all bits of the numerical information of the processing unit are not always monitored, but are monitored for each bit of the numerical information of the transmission unit. Therefore, the processing load of the monitoring process can be reduced. Is possible.

Feature A9. When the monitoring process execution means derives a monitoring result corresponding to that no abnormality has occurred in the monitored bit, a bit different from the monitored bit among the plurality of bits. A monitoring target setting means (a function for executing the process of step S1015 of the MPU 62 according to the fourth embodiment) for setting as a new monitoring target is included in any one of the features A6 to A8. Amusement machine.

According to the characteristic A9, by monitoring a part of the bits at each monitoring processing time, all bits of the numerical information can be finally monitored in a configuration intended to reduce the processing load of the monitoring processing. It will be possible. This makes it possible to monitor the abnormality in detail while reducing the processing load of the monitoring processing.

Feature A10. The gaming machine according to any one of features A6 to A9, wherein the bits that can be monitored are bits that can take different values when the predetermined information is received a plurality of times.

According to the characteristic A10, it is possible to monitor an abnormality for a bit whose numerical value can change at a predetermined frequency.

Feature A11. The predetermined control means, as the predetermined process, executes a lottery process by using the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path,
Part of the predetermined bits of the numerical information is a bit in which only one of the binary data is stored when the winning result is obtained in the lottery process.
The monitoring processing execution means derives a monitoring result corresponding to the abnormality when the event in which the predetermined bit is the one data occurs a specific number of times, the characteristics A6 to A10. The gaming machine according to any one of the above.

According to the characteristic A11, when an abnormality occurs in which the winning result continues in the lottery process, it is possible to cope with it. Moreover, this monitoring can be performed using the numerical information for lottery.

Feature A12. The monitoring processing execution means,
First arithmetic means (first arithmetic means) for calculating an exclusive OR of corresponding bits between the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path and the numerical information received before the predetermined signal path. A function of executing the process of step S605 in the MPU 62 in the embodiment, a function of executing the process of step S805 in the MPU 62 in the second embodiment, and a function of executing the process of step S1005 in the MPU 62 in the fourth embodiment).
Second operation means for calculating the logical sum of corresponding bits between the operation result of the first operation means and the operation result of the first operation means before that (step in the MPU 62 in the first embodiment). A function of executing the process of S610, a function of executing the process of step S810 in the MPU 62 in the second embodiment, a function of executing the process of step S1010 in the MPU 62 in the fourth embodiment),
The gaming machine according to any one of the features A5 to A11, characterized in that the gaming machine is provided.

According to the characteristic A12, it is possible to realize whether or not the numerical value is continuously changed bit by bit by a relatively simple calculation method.

Feature A13. The monitoring process executing means calculates a logical product of all bits of the calculation result of the second calculating means (third calculating means (function of executing step S612 of the MPU 62 in the first embodiment, second embodiment). Form has a function of executing the process of step S812 in the MPU 62, and a function of executing the process of step S1012 in the MPU 62 in the fourth embodiment), and the event that the result of the logical product is “0” occurs the specific number of times. The gaming machine according to feature A12, which is for deriving a monitoring result corresponding to the abnormality in the case of performing.

According to the characteristic A13, it is possible to specify that an abnormality has occurred in any of the bits by a simple calculation method without checking whether or not an abnormality has occurred in bit units.

Feature A14. The predetermined control means executes the predetermined processing by using numerical information (big hit random number) of a processing unit,
The numerical information of the processing unit includes a predetermined number of numerical information of the transmission unit (random number transmission unit data) having the same number of bits,
The monitoring processing execution means uses the numerical information of the transmission unit received through the predetermined signal path and the numerical information of the transmission unit received through the predetermined signal path before that, and The gaming machine according to any one of features A2 to A13, characterized in that the gaming machine executes a monitoring process.

According to the characteristic A14, it is possible to increase the frequency of execution of the monitoring process by executing the monitoring process for each numerical value information of the transmission unit instead of performing the monitoring process for each numerical value information of the processing unit. Become. Further, since the numerical information of the transmission unit has the same number of bits, even if the monitoring process is executed for each numerical information of the transmission unit, it is possible to execute the monitoring process in a certain manner.

Feature A15. The predetermined signal path includes a plurality of unit signal paths,
The monitoring process executing means, when receiving the numerical information through the predetermined signal path, with respect to the numerical value received through one unit signal path of the numerical information and the one unit path of the numerical information. It is characterized by monitoring whether or not the numerical values received through the adjacent unit signal paths are the same and deriving a monitoring result corresponding to the abnormality when the same event occurs a specific number of times. The gaming machine described in Feature A1.

According to the characteristic A15, the abnormality handling processing is executed when the event in which the numerical value received through the adjacent unit signal paths does not change occurs the specified number of times. This makes it possible to cope with a short circuit occurring in adjacent unit signal paths, and reduce the possibility that predetermined processing will continue to be executed while using abnormal numerical information. It will be possible.

Feature A16. The numerical information is configured by arranging a plurality of bits,
The monitoring processing execution means,
Storage means for storing numerical information received through the predetermined signal path in a storage area (currently acquired area 131) (function of executing step S902 of MPU 62 in the third embodiment);
Shift means for shifting the value of each bit of the numerical information stored in the storage area by 1 bit in the predetermined direction of the array direction (function of executing the process of step S903 of the MPU 62 in the third embodiment);
With the numerical information stored in the storage means and the numerical information shifted by the shift means, it is monitored whether or not the numerical values of corresponding bits in the bit arrangement order change, and the same arrangement order Monitoring result deriving means for deriving a monitoring result corresponding to an abnormality when a number of events in which the numerical value does not change between the bits occurs (a function of executing the processing of steps S904 to S917 of the MPU 62 in the third embodiment). )When,
A gaming machine according to feature A15, which is provided with.

According to the characteristic A16, whether or not a short circuit has occurred in the adjacent unit signal paths is made possible by the relatively simple processing configuration in which the predetermined arithmetic processing is performed in bit units on the numerical information received through the predetermined signal paths. It becomes possible to monitor that.

Features A17. The monitoring result derivation means,
First arithmetic means (third embodiment) which calculates an exclusive OR of corresponding bits in the bit arrangement order based on the numerical information stored in the storage means and the numerical information shifted by the shift means. Function of executing the process of step S904 of the MPU 62 in the embodiment),
Second arithmetic means (third embodiment) that calculates a logical sum of corresponding bits in the bit arrangement order between the arithmetic result of the first arithmetic means and the arithmetic result of the first arithmetic means before that. Function of executing the process of step S909 of the MPU 62 in the embodiment),
A gaming machine according to feature A16, which is provided with.

According to the characteristic A17, it is possible to realize whether or not the numerical value is continuously changed in the adjacent unit signal paths by a relatively simple calculation method.

Feature A18. The monitoring result deriving unit includes a third arithmetic unit (a function of executing the process of step S911 of the MPU 62 in the third embodiment) that calculates a logical product of all bits of the arithmetic result of the second arithmetic unit. The gaming machine according to feature A17, which is for deriving a monitoring result corresponding to an abnormality when the event that the result of the logical product is “0” occurs the specific number of times.

According to the feature A18, it is possible to specify that a short circuit has occurred between any of the unit signal paths by a simple calculation method without checking whether or not an abnormality has occurred in bit units. Becomes

Features A19. The predetermined control means executes the predetermined processing by using numerical information (big hit random number) of a processing unit,
The numerical information of the processing unit includes a predetermined number of numerical information of the transmission unit (random number transmission unit data) having the same number of bits,
The monitoring process executing means, when receiving the numerical information of the transmission unit through the predetermined signal path, the numerical value received through one unit signal path of the numerical information of the transmission unit and the transmission unit. It is monitored whether the numerical value received from the unit signal path adjacent to the one unit path is the same among the numerical value information of 1., and when the same event occurs a specified number of times, the abnormality is handled. The gaming machine according to any one of features A15 to A18, which is for deriving a monitoring result.

According to the characteristic A19, it is possible to increase the frequency of execution of the monitoring process by executing the monitoring process for each numerical value information of the transmission unit instead of performing the monitoring process for each numerical value information of the processing unit. Become. Further, since the numerical information of the transmission unit has the same number of bits, even if the monitoring process is executed for each numerical information of the transmission unit, it is possible to execute the monitoring process in a certain manner.

Feature A20. Features A1 to A1, characterized in that the handling process execution means performs at least one of a process for performing an abnormality notification and a process for limiting the progress of the game as the abnormality handling process. The gaming machine according to any one of A19.

According to the characteristic A20, when it is specified that an abnormality has occurred, it is possible to deal with it.

Feature A21. A game according to any one of features A1 to A20, characterized in that the predetermined control means executes the lottery process by using the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path as the predetermined process. Machine.

According to the characteristic A21, if an abnormality occurs in the provision of the numerical value information used in the lottery process, the lottery process will not function. In particular, when the lottery process is to perform a lottery on whether or not to give a privilege to the player, the state in which the privilege is not given to the player is unreasonably continuous, or the privilege is given to the player. There will be a problem of continuing. On the other hand, by providing the configuration of the characteristic A1 and the characteristic A2, it becomes possible to deal with the case where an abnormality occurs in the provision of the numerical information.

Feature A22. An update unit (hard random number circuit 67) is provided for updating the lottery numerical information each time a predetermined update timing is reached,
The update means transmits the lottery numerical value information to the predetermined control means through the predetermined signal path when a predetermined acquisition condition is satisfied, and the game according to the feature A21. Machine.

In the configuration in which the lottery process is executed by using the lottery numerical value information provided from the updating means, it is possible to achieve the excellent effect as already described.

Feature A23. A ball entry portion (first operation port 33, second operation port 34) into which a game ball flowing down the game area can enter,
Detecting means for detecting that a game ball has entered the ball entering portion (the working opening winning detection sensor 45 in the first to fourth embodiments, the first working opening winning detection sensor 151 and the fifth embodiment in the fifth embodiment) 2 working opening winning detection sensor 152),
Equipped with
When the detection means detects that a game ball has entered the ball entering portion, it sends a detection signal corresponding thereto to the update means and the predetermined control means,
The updating means is an area for transmitting the lottery numerical information at the timing when the detection signal is received to the predetermined control means (the jackpot random number register 102 in the first to fourth embodiments, and the fifth embodiment in the fifth embodiment). An update-side storage means (control circuit 103) for storing in the first jackpot random number register 153 and the second jackpot random number register 154,
The predetermined control means,
A regular monitoring unit (a function of executing a winning detection process in the MPU 62) for regularly monitoring whether or not the detection signal is received;
When it is determined by the regular monitoring means that the detection signal has been received, request means (request processing in the MPU 62 that requests the update means to transmit the lottery numerical value information stored in the update-side storage means. Function to execute)
A gaming machine according to feature A22, characterized by comprising:

According to the characteristic A23, even if the acquisition timing of the lottery numerical value information is delayed with respect to the transmission timing of the detection signal from the detection means, the detection means causes the detection processing means to perform various processes in the predetermined control means. The numerical value information for lottery has already been acquired for providing by the updating means at the transmission timing of the detection signal. Therefore, the lottery process can be executed using the lottery numerical value information corresponding to the transmission timing of the detection signal in the detection means.

Feature A24. The update means stores the stored information when the lottery numerical value information is stored in the transmission area (stored storage means (status flags 103a, 5th in the first to fourth embodiments). Embodiment of the present invention comprises a first status flag 155 and a second status flag 156),
The requesting means, in the case where it is specified that the detection signal has been received by the regular monitoring means, and the stored information is stored in the stored storage means, is stored in the update side storage means. Requesting the update means to transmit the stored lottery numerical information,
If the predetermined control means specifies that the detection signal has been received by the regular monitoring means, and the stored information is not stored in the stored storage means, the predetermined control means performs an abnormal process corresponding to that. Abnormal process executing means for executing (a function of performing a negative determination in step S404 of the MPU 62 in the first to fourth embodiments to execute the process of step S405, a negative determination in step S1104 of the MPU 62 in the fifth embodiment). The gaming machine according to feature A23, which is provided with a function of performing the processing of step S1105).

According to Feature A24, in the configuration in which the detection signal is transmitted from the detection unit to both the update unit and the predetermined control unit, the detection signal is transmitted to the predetermined control unit, but the detection signal is not transmitted to the update unit. When an abnormality occurs, abnormality processing is executed for it. This makes it possible to deal with the abnormality.

Feature A25. The updating means is for updating the lottery numerical value information in a specified numerical value range specified by the predetermined control means,
Cycle monitoring means (control circuit 103) for monitoring whether or not one cycle of updating the lottery numerical information in the designated numerical range corresponds to a reference cycle corresponding to the designated numerical range;
When the monitoring result of the cycle monitoring means is a result corresponding to a cycle abnormality, a cycle abnormality handling means (function of executing the process of step S205 in the MPU 62) for performing abnormality processing,
The gaming machine according to any one of the features A22 to A24, which is characterized by comprising:

According to the characteristic A25, since the updating means is configured to update the lottery numerical value information within the numerical range designated by the predetermined control means, the versatility of the updating means is enhanced. If one cycle of updating the lottery numerical information in the designated numerical range does not correspond to the reference cycle corresponding to the numerical range, the abnormal process is executed. This makes it possible to deal with an abnormality in updating the lottery numerical information within the designated numerical range.

<Feature B group>
Feature B1. The numerical information (big hit random number) received through a predetermined signal path (the second signal line group SL2 in the third embodiment, the fifth signal line group SL5 and the sixth signal line group SL6 in the fifth embodiment) is used. And a predetermined control unit (MPU 62) for executing a predetermined process (reward/failure determination process).
The predetermined signal path includes a plurality of unit signal paths,
The predetermined control means,
When numerical information is received through the predetermined signal path, a numerical value received through one unit signal path of the numerical information and a numerical value received through a unit signal path adjacent to the one unit path of the numerical information. The monitoring process execution means for observing whether the same numerical value is the same and deriving a monitoring result corresponding to the abnormality when the same event occurs a specific number of times (the acquisition random number of the MPU 62 in the third embodiment. Function that executes the monitoring process of
When the monitoring result by the monitoring processing executing means corresponds to the abnormality, the corresponding processing executing means for executing the abnormality handling processing (the function of executing the game stop setting processing in the MPU 62),
A gaming machine characterized by being equipped with.

According to the characteristic B1, in the configuration in which the predetermined process is executed by using the numerical information, the abnormality handling process is executed when the event that the numerical value received through the adjacent unit signal paths does not change occurs a specific number of times. .. This makes it possible to cope with a short circuit occurring in adjacent unit signal paths, and reduce the possibility that predetermined processing will continue to be executed while using abnormal numerical information. It will be possible.

Feature B2. The numerical information is configured by arranging a plurality of bits,
The monitoring processing execution means,
Storage means for storing numerical information received through the predetermined signal path in a storage area (currently acquired area 131) (function of executing step S902 of MPU 62 in the third embodiment);
Shift means for shifting the value of each bit of the numerical information stored in the storage area by 1 bit in the predetermined direction of the array direction (function of executing the process of step S903 of the MPU 62 in the third embodiment);
With the numerical information stored in the storage means and the numerical information shifted by the shift means, it is monitored whether or not the numerical values of corresponding bits in the bit arrangement order change, and the same arrangement order Monitoring result deriving means for deriving a monitoring result corresponding to an abnormality when a number of events in which the numerical value does not change between the bits occurs (a function of executing the processing of steps S904 to S917 of the MPU 62 in the third embodiment). )When,
The gaming machine described in the feature B1 characterized by being provided with.

According to feature B2, whether or not a short circuit has occurred in the adjacent unit signal paths is achieved by a relatively simple processing configuration in which predetermined arithmetic processing is performed in bit units on the numerical information received through the predetermined signal paths. It becomes possible to monitor that.

Feature B3. The monitoring result derivation means,
First arithmetic means (third embodiment) which calculates an exclusive OR of corresponding bits in the bit arrangement order based on the numerical information stored in the storage means and the numerical information shifted by the shift means. Function of executing the process of step S904 of the MPU 62 in the embodiment),
Second arithmetic means (third embodiment) that calculates a logical sum of corresponding bits in the bit arrangement order between the arithmetic result of the first arithmetic means and the arithmetic result of the first arithmetic means before that. Function of executing the process of step S909 of the MPU 62 in the embodiment),
A gaming machine according to feature B2, which is provided with.

According to the characteristic B3, it is possible to realize whether or not the numerical value is continuously changed in the adjacent unit signal paths by a relatively simple calculation method.

Feature B4. The monitoring result deriving unit includes a third arithmetic unit (a function of executing the process of step S911 of the MPU 62 in the third embodiment) that calculates a logical product of all bits of the arithmetic result of the second arithmetic unit. The gaming machine according to feature B3, which is for deriving a monitoring result corresponding to an abnormality when the event of which the result of the logical product is “0” occurs the specific number of times.

According to the feature B4, it is possible to specify that a short circuit has occurred between any of the unit signal paths by a simple calculation method without checking whether or not an abnormality has occurred in bit units. Becomes

Feature B5. The predetermined control means executes the predetermined processing by using numerical information (big hit random number) of a processing unit,
The numerical information of the processing unit includes a predetermined number of numerical information of the transmission unit (random number transmission unit data) having the same number of bits,
The monitoring process executing means, when receiving the numerical information of the transmission unit through the predetermined signal path, the numerical value received through one unit signal path of the numerical information of the transmission unit and the transmission unit. It is monitored whether the numerical value received from the unit signal path adjacent to the one unit path is the same among the numerical value information of 1., and when the same event occurs a specified number of times, the abnormality is handled. The gaming machine according to any one of features B1 to B4, which is for deriving a monitoring result.

According to feature B5, it is possible to increase the frequency of execution of the monitoring process by executing the monitoring process for each numerical value information of the transmission unit instead of performing the monitoring process for each numerical value information of the processing unit. Become. Further, since the numerical information of the transmission unit has the same number of bits, even if the monitoring process is executed for each numerical information of the transmission unit, it is possible to execute the monitoring process in a certain manner.

Feature B6. Features B1 to B1, characterized in that the handling process execution means performs at least one of a process for performing an abnormality notification and a process for limiting the progress of the game as the abnormality handling process. The gaming machine according to any one of B5.

According to the characteristic B6, when it is specified that an abnormality has occurred, it is possible to deal with it.

Feature B7. The game according to any one of features B1 to B6, characterized in that the predetermined control means executes the lottery process by using the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path as the predetermined process. Machine.

According to the feature B7, if an abnormality occurs in the provision of the numerical value information used in the lottery process, the lottery process will not function. In particular, when the lottery process is to perform a lottery on whether or not to give a privilege to the player, the state in which the privilege is not given to the player is unreasonably continuous, or the privilege is given to the player. There will be a problem of continuing. On the other hand, by providing the configuration of the above feature B1 and the like, when an abnormality occurs in the provision of the numerical information, it is possible to cope with it.

Feature B8. An update unit (hard random number circuit 67) is provided for updating the lottery numerical information each time a predetermined update timing is reached,
The game device according to feature B7, wherein the updating means transmits the lottery numerical value information to the predetermined control means through the predetermined signal path when a predetermined acquisition condition is satisfied. Machine.

In the configuration in which the lottery process is executed by using the lottery numerical value information provided from the updating means, it is possible to achieve the excellent effect as already described.

Feature B9. A ball entry portion (first operation port 33, second operation port 34) into which a game ball flowing down the game area can enter,
Detecting means for detecting that a game ball has entered the ball entering portion (the working opening winning detection sensor 45 in the first to fourth embodiments, the first working opening winning detection sensor 151 and the fifth embodiment in the fifth embodiment) 2 working opening winning detection sensor 152),
Equipped with
When the detection means detects that a game ball has entered the ball entering portion, it sends a detection signal corresponding thereto to the update means and the predetermined control means,
The updating means is an area for transmitting the lottery numerical information at the timing when the detection signal is received to the predetermined control means (the jackpot random number register 102 in the first to fourth embodiments, and the fifth embodiment in the fifth embodiment). An update-side storage means (control circuit 103) for storing in the first jackpot random number register 153 and the second jackpot random number register 154,
The predetermined control means,
A regular monitoring unit (a function of executing a winning detection process in the MPU 62) for regularly monitoring whether or not the detection signal is received;
When it is determined by the regular monitoring means that the detection signal has been received, request means (request processing in the MPU 62 that requests the update means to transmit the lottery numerical value information stored in the update-side storage means. Function to execute)
A gaming machine according to Feature B8, which is provided with.

According to characteristic B9, even if the acquisition timing of the lottery numerical information is delayed with respect to the transmission timing of the detection signal from the detection means, the detection means causes the various processing to be executed by the predetermined control means. The numerical value information for lottery has already been acquired for providing by the updating means at the transmission timing of the detection signal. Therefore, the lottery process can be executed using the lottery numerical value information corresponding to the transmission timing of the detection signal in the detection means.

Feature B10. The update means stores the stored information when the lottery numerical value information is stored in the transmission area (stored storage means (status flags 103a, 5th in the first to fourth embodiments). Embodiment of the present invention comprises a first status flag 155 and a second status flag 156),
The requesting means, in the case where it is specified that the detection signal has been received by the regular monitoring means, and the stored information is stored in the stored storage means, is stored in the update side storage means. Requesting the update means to transmit the stored lottery numerical information,
If the predetermined control means specifies that the detection signal has been received by the regular monitoring means, and the stored information is not stored in the stored storage means, the predetermined control means performs an abnormal process corresponding to that. Abnormal process executing means for executing (a function of performing a negative determination in step S404 of the MPU 62 in the first to fourth embodiments to execute the process of step S405, a negative determination in step S1104 of the MPU 62 in the fifth embodiment). The gaming machine according to feature B9, which is provided with a function of performing the processing of step S1105).

According to Feature B10, in the configuration in which the detection signal is transmitted from the detection unit to both the update unit and the predetermined control unit, the detection signal is transmitted to the predetermined control unit, but the detection signal is not transmitted to the update unit. When an abnormality occurs, abnormality processing is executed for it. This makes it possible to deal with the abnormality.

Feature B11. The updating means is for updating the lottery numerical value information in a specified numerical value range specified by the predetermined control means,
Cycle monitoring means (control circuit 103) for monitoring whether or not one cycle of updating the lottery numerical information in the designated numerical range corresponds to a reference cycle corresponding to the designated numerical range;
When the monitoring result of the cycle monitoring means is a result corresponding to a cycle abnormality, a cycle abnormality handling means (function of executing the process of step S205 in the MPU 62) for performing abnormality processing,
The gaming machine according to any one of the features B8 to B10, which is characterized by comprising:

According to the characteristic B11, since the updating means is configured to update the lottery numerical value information within the numerical range designated by the predetermined control means, the versatility of the updating means is enhanced. If one cycle of updating the lottery numerical information in the designated numerical range does not correspond to the reference cycle corresponding to the numerical range, the abnormal process is executed. This makes it possible to deal with an abnormality in updating the lottery numerical information within the designated numerical range.

<Characteristic C group>
Feature C1. Numerical information (big hit random number) received through a predetermined signal path (the second signal line group SL2 in the first to fourth embodiments, the fifth signal line group SL5 and the sixth signal line group SL6 in the fifth embodiment) Is provided with a predetermined control unit (MPU62) for executing a predetermined process (appropriateness determination process),
The numerical information is composed of a plurality of bits,
The predetermined control means,
The numerical information received through the predetermined signal path and the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path before that are monitored to see if the numerical values of corresponding bits change, and the same bit A monitoring process execution means for deriving a monitoring result corresponding to the abnormality when a phenomenon in which the numerical value does not change between the devices occurs a specific number of times (a function for executing the monitoring process of the acquired random numbers of the MPU 62 in the fourth embodiment);
When the monitoring result by the monitoring processing executing means corresponds to the abnormality, the corresponding processing executing means for executing the abnormality handling processing (the function of executing the game stop setting processing in the MPU 62),
Equipped with
The monitoring process executing means specifies whether or not an event in which a numerical value does not change between the corresponding bits occurs by executing a predetermined arithmetic process on the monitored bit. A gaming machine, wherein the predetermined arithmetic processing is performed on some of the plurality of bits.

According to the characteristic C1, in the configuration in which the predetermined process is executed by using the numerical information, the monitoring process is executed by using the received numerical information, and when an abnormality is identified as a result of the monitoring process. , The abnormality handling processing is executed. This makes it possible to reduce the possibility that the predetermined process will continue to be executed while using the abnormal numerical value information.

In particular, it becomes possible to monitor whether or not the same numerical value is provided in bit units. As a result, it becomes possible to finely monitor the abnormality of the numerical information as compared with the case of monitoring whether or not the numerical value has changed in the entire numerical information.

Further, since the configuration is such that not all bits of the numerical information are constantly monitored but some bits are monitored, it is possible to reduce the processing load of the monitoring processing.

Feature C2. Numerical information of a unit for transmission composed of a plurality of bits as one unit, the numerical information is transmitted through the predetermined signal path,
The gaming machine according to Feature C1, wherein the monitoring process executing unit performs the predetermined arithmetic process on a part of a plurality of bits included in the numerical information of the transmission unit. ..

According to the characteristic C2, a part of the bits of the numerical information of the transmission unit is not always monitored, but a part of the bits is monitored, so that the processing load of the monitoring process can be reduced.

Feature C3. The predetermined control means executes the predetermined processing by using numerical information (a big hit random number) of a processing unit,
The numerical information of the processing unit includes a predetermined number of numerical information of transmission units (random number transmission unit data) having the same number of bits,
The gaming machine according to feature C1, wherein the monitoring process executing means performs the predetermined arithmetic process on bits included in the numerical information of the transmission unit.

According to the characteristic C3, since all bits of the numerical information of the processing unit are not always monitored, but are monitored for each bit of the numerical information of the transmission unit, the processing load of the monitoring process can be reduced. Is possible.

Feature C4. When the monitoring process execution means derives a monitoring result corresponding to that no abnormality has occurred in the monitored bit, a bit different from the monitored bit among the plurality of bits. A monitoring target setting unit (a function of executing the process of step S1015 of the MPU 62 according to the fourth embodiment) for setting a new monitoring target as described in any one of the features C1 to C3. Amusement machine.

According to the characteristic C4, by monitoring a part of the bits at each monitoring processing time, all bits of the numerical information can be finally monitored in the configuration in which the processing load of the monitoring processing is reduced. It will be possible. This makes it possible to monitor the abnormality in detail while reducing the processing load of the monitoring processing.

Feature C5. The gaming machine according to any one of features C1 to C4, wherein the bits that can be monitored are bits that can take different values when the predetermined information is received a plurality of times.

According to the characteristic C5, it is possible to monitor an abnormality for a bit whose numerical value can change at a predetermined frequency.

Feature C6. The predetermined control means, as the predetermined process, executes a lottery process by using the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path,
Part of the predetermined bits of the numerical information is a bit in which only one of the binary data is stored when the winning result is obtained in the lottery process.
The monitoring processing execution means derives a monitoring result corresponding to an abnormality when an event in which the predetermined bit is the one data occurs a specific number of times, the characteristics C1 to C5. The gaming machine according to any one of the above.

According to the characteristic C6, when an abnormality occurs in which the winning result continues to occur in the lottery process, it is possible to deal with it. Moreover, this monitoring can be performed using the numerical information for lottery.

Feature C7. The monitoring processing execution means,
First computing means (fourth computing means) for computing an exclusive OR of corresponding bits between the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path and the numerical information received before the predetermined signal path. In the embodiment, the function of executing the process of step S1005 in the MPU 62),
Second operation means for calculating the logical sum of corresponding bits between the operation result of the first operation means and the operation result of the first operation means before that (step in MPU 62 in the fourth embodiment). Function for executing the process of S1010),
The gaming machine according to any one of the features C1 to C6, which is characterized by comprising:

According to the characteristic C7, it is possible to realize whether or not the numerical value is continuously changed bit by bit by a relatively simple calculation method.

Feature C8. The monitoring process executing means calculates a logical product of all bits of the calculation result of the second calculating means (third calculating means (function of executing step S612 of the MPU 62 in the first embodiment, second embodiment). Form has a function of executing the process of step S812 in the MPU 62, and a function of executing the process of step S1012 in the MPU 62 in the fourth embodiment), and the event that the result of the logical product is “0” occurs the specific number of times. The gaming machine according to Feature C7, wherein in the case of doing, a monitoring result corresponding to the abnormality is derived.

According to the characteristic C8, it is possible to specify that an abnormality has occurred in any of the bits by a simple calculation method without checking whether or not an abnormality has occurred in bit units.

Feature C9. The predetermined control means executes the predetermined processing by using numerical information (big hit random number) of a processing unit,
The numerical information of the processing unit includes a predetermined number of numerical information of the transmission unit (random number transmission unit data) having the same number of bits,
The monitoring processing execution means uses the numerical information of the transmission unit received through the predetermined signal path and the numerical information of the transmission unit received through the predetermined signal path before that, and The gaming machine according to any one of features C1 to C8, characterized in that the gaming machine executes a monitoring process.

According to the characteristic C9, it is possible to increase the execution frequency of the monitoring process by executing the monitoring process for each numerical value information of the transmission unit instead of performing the monitoring process for each numerical value information of the processing unit. Become. Further, since the numerical information of the transmission unit has the same number of bits, even if the monitoring process is executed for each numerical information of the transmission unit, it is possible to execute the monitoring process in a certain manner.

Feature C10. Characteristic C1 to Characteristically characterized in that the coping process executing means executes at least one of a process for executing anomaly notification and a process for limiting the progress of the game as the anomaly handling process. The gaming machine according to any one of C9.

According to the characteristic C10, when it is specified that an abnormality has occurred, it can be dealt with.

Feature C11. The game according to any one of the features C1 to C10, wherein the predetermined control means executes the lottery process by using the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path as the predetermined process. Machine.

According to the characteristic C11, if an abnormality occurs in the provision of the numerical value information used in the lottery process, the lottery process will not function. In particular, when the lottery process is to perform a lottery on whether or not to give a privilege to the player, the state in which the privilege is not given to the player is unreasonably continuous, or the privilege is given to the player. There will be a problem of continuing. On the other hand, by providing the configuration of the above-mentioned feature C1 and the like, when an abnormality occurs in the provision of numerical information, it is possible to cope with it.

Feature C12. An update unit (hard random number circuit 67) is provided for updating the lottery numerical information each time a predetermined update timing is reached,
The update means is for transmitting the lottery numerical value information to the predetermined control means through the predetermined signal path when a predetermined acquisition condition is satisfied, and the game according to the characteristic C11. Machine.

In the configuration in which the lottery process is executed by using the lottery numerical value information provided from the updating means, it is possible to achieve the excellent effect as already described.

Feature C13. A ball entry portion (first operation port 33, second operation port 34) into which a game ball flowing down the game area can enter,
Detecting means for detecting that a game ball has entered the ball entering portion (the working opening winning detection sensor 45 in the first to fourth embodiments, the first working opening winning detection sensor 151 and the fifth embodiment in the fifth embodiment) 2 working opening winning detection sensor 152),
Equipped with
When the detection means detects that a game ball has entered the ball entering portion, it sends a detection signal corresponding thereto to the update means and the predetermined control means,
The updating means is an area for transmitting the lottery numerical information at the timing when the detection signal is received to the predetermined control means (the jackpot random number register 102 in the first to fourth embodiments, and the fifth embodiment in the fifth embodiment). An update-side storage means (control circuit 103) for storing in the first jackpot random number register 153 and the second jackpot random number register 154,
The predetermined control means,
A regular monitoring unit (a function of executing a winning detection process in the MPU 62) for regularly monitoring whether or not the detection signal is received;
When it is determined by the regular monitoring means that the detection signal has been received, request means (request processing in the MPU 62 that requests the update means to transmit the lottery numerical value information stored in the update-side storage means. Function to execute)
A gaming machine according to feature C12, which is provided with.

According to the characteristic C13, even if the acquisition timing of the lottery numerical value information is delayed with respect to the transmission timing of the detection signal from the detection means, the detection means causes the various processing to be executed by the predetermined control means. The numerical value information for lottery has already been acquired for providing by the updating means at the transmission timing of the detection signal. Therefore, the lottery process can be executed using the lottery numerical value information corresponding to the transmission timing of the detection signal in the detection means.

Feature C14. The update means stores the stored information when the lottery numerical value information is stored in the transmission area (stored storage means (status flags 103a, 5th in the first to fourth embodiments). Embodiment of the present invention comprises a first status flag 155 and a second status flag 156),
The requesting means, in the case where it is specified that the detection signal has been received by the regular monitoring means, and the stored information is stored in the stored storage means, is stored in the update side storage means. Requesting the update means to transmit the stored lottery numerical information,
If the predetermined control means specifies that the detection signal has been received by the regular monitoring means, and the stored information is not stored in the stored storage means, the predetermined control means performs an abnormal process corresponding to that. Abnormal process executing means for executing (a function of performing a negative determination in step S404 of the MPU 62 in the first to fourth embodiments to execute the process of step S405, a negative determination in step S1104 of the MPU 62 in the fifth embodiment). The gaming machine according to feature C13, which is provided with a function of executing the processing of step S1105.

According to the characteristic C14, in the configuration in which the detection signal is transmitted from the detection means to both the update means and the predetermined control means, the detection signal is transmitted to the predetermined control means, but the detection signal is not transmitted to the update means. When an abnormality occurs, abnormality processing is executed for it. This makes it possible to deal with the abnormality.

Feature C15. The updating means is for updating the lottery numerical value information in a specified numerical value range specified by the predetermined control means,
Cycle monitoring means (control circuit 103) for monitoring whether or not one cycle of updating the lottery numerical information in the designated numerical range corresponds to a reference cycle corresponding to the designated numerical range;
When the monitoring result of the cycle monitoring means is a result corresponding to a cycle abnormality, a cycle abnormality handling means (function of executing the process of step S205 in the MPU 62) for performing abnormality processing,
The gaming machine according to any one of the features C12 to C14, which is characterized by comprising:

According to the characteristic C15, since the updating means is configured to update the lottery numerical value information within the numerical range designated by the predetermined control means, the versatility of the updating means is enhanced. If one cycle of updating the lottery numerical information in the designated numerical range does not correspond to the reference cycle corresponding to the numerical range, the abnormal process is executed. This makes it possible to deal with an abnormality in updating the lottery numerical information within the designated numerical range.

<Feature D group>
Feature D1. A ball entry portion (first operation port 33, second operation port 34) into which a game ball flowing down the game area can enter,
Detecting means for detecting that a game ball has entered the ball entering portion (the working opening winning detection sensor 45 in the first to fourth embodiments, the first working opening winning detection sensor 151 and the fifth embodiment in the fifth embodiment) 2 working opening winning detection sensor 152),
Update means (hard random number circuit 67) for updating the lottery numerical value information each time a predetermined update timing is reached,
A predetermined control means (MPU62) for executing a lottery process using the lottery numerical value information provided from the updating means;
Equipped with
When the detecting means detects that a game ball has entered the ball entering portion, it sends a detection signal corresponding to it to the updating means and the predetermined control means,
The updating means is
An area for transmitting the lottery numerical information to the predetermined control means at the timing of receiving the detection signal (the jackpot random number register 102 in the first to fourth embodiments, the first jackpot random number register in the fifth embodiment). 153 and a second jackpot random number register 154), and update side storage means (control circuit 103),
When the lottery numerical value information is stored in the area for transmission, the stored storage means stores the stored information (the status flag 103a in the first to fourth embodiments, and the storage unit in the fifth embodiment. 1 status flag 155 and second status flag 156),
Equipped with
The predetermined control means,
A regular monitoring means for periodically monitoring whether or not the detection signal is received (a function of executing the winning detection processing in the MPU 62);
When it is specified that the detection signal is received by the regular monitoring means, and when the stored information is stored in the stored storage means, the update side storage means stores the stored information. Requesting means for requesting the updating means to transmit lottery numerical information (function for executing request processing in the MPU 62);
A gaming machine characterized by being equipped with.

According to the feature D1, even if the acquisition timing of the lottery numerical value information is delayed with respect to the transmission timing of the detection signal from the detection means, the detection means causes the various processing to be executed by the predetermined control means. The numerical value information for lottery has already been acquired for providing by the updating means at the transmission timing of the detection signal. Therefore, the lottery process can be executed using the lottery numerical value information corresponding to the transmission timing of the detection signal in the detection means. Further, since the lottery numerical information is obtained from the updating means when it is confirmed that the stored information is stored in the updating means, it is possible to accurately obtain the lottery numerical information. Become.

Feature D2. If the predetermined control means specifies that the detection signal has been received by the regular monitoring means, and the stored information is not stored in the stored storage means, the predetermined control means performs an abnormal process corresponding to that. Abnormal process executing means for executing (a function of performing a negative determination in step S404 of the MPU 62 in the first to fourth embodiments to execute the process of step S405, a negative determination in step S1104 of the MPU 62 in the fifth embodiment). The gaming machine according to feature D1 having a function of performing the processing of step S1105).

According to the characteristic D2, in the configuration in which the detection signal is transmitted from the detection unit to both the update unit and the predetermined control unit, the detection signal is transmitted to the predetermined control unit, but the detection signal is not transmitted to the update unit. When an abnormality occurs, abnormality processing is executed for it. This makes it possible to deal with the abnormality.

<Feature E group>
Feature E1. Update means (hard random number circuit 67) for updating the lottery numerical value information each time a predetermined update timing is reached,
A predetermined control means (MPU 62) for acquiring the lottery numerical value information and executing a lottery process when a predetermined acquisition condition is satisfied;
Equipped with
The updating means is for updating the lottery numerical value information in a specified numerical value range specified by the predetermined control means,
The gaming machine is
Cycle monitoring means (control circuit 103) for monitoring whether or not one cycle of updating the lottery numerical information in the designated numerical range corresponds to a reference cycle corresponding to the designated numerical range;
When the monitoring result of the cycle monitoring means is a result corresponding to a cycle abnormality, a cycle abnormality handling means (function of executing the process of step S205 in the MPU 62) for performing abnormality processing,
A gaming machine characterized by being equipped with.

According to the characteristic E1, since the updating means is configured to update the lottery numerical value information within the numerical range designated by the predetermined control means, the versatility of the updating means is enhanced. If one cycle of updating the lottery numerical information in the designated numerical range does not correspond to the reference cycle corresponding to the numerical range, the abnormal process is executed. This makes it possible to deal with an abnormality in updating the lottery numerical information within the designated numerical range.

The following is a basic configuration of a gaming machine to which each of the above features can be applied or applied to each feature.

Pachinko gaming machine: operating means operated by a player, game ball launching means for launching a game ball based on the operation of the operating means, a ball passage for guiding the launched game ball to a predetermined game area, and a game A gaming machine that includes each game component arranged in the area, and gives a bonus to a player when a game ball passes through a predetermined passage portion of each of the game components.

Rotating type gaming machine such as slot machine: equipped with a pattern display device for variably displaying a plurality of patterns, the variable display of the plurality of patterns is started due to the operation of the starting operation means, and due to the operation of the stop operation means In addition, or after a lapse of a predetermined time, the variable display of the plurality of patterns is stopped, and a gaming machine which gives a privilege to the player according to the stopped patterns.

10... Pachinko machine, 33... 1st operating port, 34... 2nd operating port, 45... Operating port winning detection sensor, 62... MPU, 67... Hard random number circuit, 101... Update circuit, 102... Jackpot random number register, 103... Control circuit, 103a... Status flag, 111... Current acquisition area, 112... Previous acquisition area, 113... Change bit area, 114... Change bit storage area, 131... Current acquisition area, 151... First working opening winning detection sensor, 152 ... 2nd operation mouth winning detection sensor, 153... 1st jackpot random number register, 154... 2nd jackpot random number register, 155... 1st status flag, 156... 2nd status flag, SL1... 1st signal line group, SL2... 2 signal line group, SL5... 5th signal line group, SL6... 6th signal line group.

Claims (2)

A predetermined control means for executing a predetermined process using numerical information received through a predetermined signal path;
The numerical information is composed of a plurality of bits,
The predetermined control means,
Numerical information is received between the corresponding bits by performing a predetermined arithmetic operation on corresponding bits between the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path and the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path before that. Monitoring process execution means for identifying whether or not an event that does not change,
Response processing execution means for executing abnormality response processing when the monitoring result by the monitoring processing execution means corresponds to the abnormality,
Equipped with
The monitoring processing execution means performs the predetermined arithmetic processing on some bits of the plurality of bits, and in the plurality of bits, some of the bits to be executed of the predetermined arithmetic processing are executed. It will be changed sequentially,
The predetermined control means uses the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path to execute a lottery process as the predetermined process. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein the game is played using the game value.

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