JP2021100645A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To improve performance when a game ball moves.SOLUTION: A game machine includes: an opening/closing member 28 capable of changing a state from a closed state in which entry of a game ball hit into a game board 4 is impossible to an open state in which entry of the game ball is possible; a sensor 282 for detecting passage of the game ball having entered the opening/closing member 28; design plates 32, 33 provided with designs 32a, 44a suggesting movement of the game ball having entered the opening/closing member 28; and a plurality of backlight light sources 34a that irradiate designs 32a, 33a of the design plates 32, 33 from the rear side when the sensor 282 detects the passage of the game ball, and sequentially light up so as to indicate the movement direction of the game ball flowing down the game board 4.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with an illumination means for producing an illumination effect according to a gaming state.

Conventionally, in a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, there is a configuration described in Patent Document 1, for example, as a configuration that allows a player to easily recognize the entry of a gaming ball into a guide path. The gaming machine described in Patent Document 1 is composed of a movable body that swings in the front-rear direction of the gaming machine about an axis provided along the gaming board, an entrance and an exit of the gaming ball, and a passage that guides between them. By providing a projecting member that projects into each of the plurality of guide passages and interlocks with the movable body, the game ball collides with the projecting member and the movable body moves, so that the game ball has entered the guide path. I am trying to be able to confirm.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2007-283136

However, in the gaming machine described in Patent Document 1, by recognizing that the gaming ball has entered the guide path, the effect of entering the gaming ball at that time is performed, but the effect of illumination is executed. Therefore, when the effect of the ball entering the ball is poor and the falling speed of the ball entered is fast, the player must be surely aware that the ball has entered the guide path. Was difficult.

In view of such a problem, an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of improving the effect when the gaming ball moves.

According to the present invention, the above problems are solved as follows.
According to the present invention, in a gaming machine provided with a gaming board into which a gaming ball is driven and an illumination means attached to the gaming board, the illumination means displays a display suggesting a moving direction of the gaming ball.

Preferably, a plurality of holding lamps composed of a lens and a light source corresponding to the lens are arranged side by side at a position close to an end portion of the design plate in a direction suggesting movement of the game ball of the design.

Preferably, the design is an arrow, and the backlight source lights the arrow so as to indicate the movement of the game ball.

Preferably, the plurality of backlight light sources are sequentially turned on so as to indicate a state suggesting the movement of the game ball so as to be different from the flow speed of the game ball flowing down the game board.

According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the effect of moving the game ball to the player and improve the interest of the game.

It is a front perspective view of the gaming machine which concerns on this invention of the gaming machine which concerns on this invention. It is also a front view of a game board in a game machine. Similarly, it is an exploded front perspective view of the illumination unit. Similarly, it is an enlarged front view of a main part of a gaming machine. FIG. 2 is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view of the VI-VI line in FIG. FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of part A in FIG.

Hereinafter, an embodiment for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims of the present application, and not all combinations of features described in the embodiments are essential for the means for solving the invention. ..

In the following description, the left-right direction of each part of the gaming machine 1 will be described in accordance with the left-right direction for a person facing the front of the gaming machine 1.

(Overall structure of gaming machine 1)
As shown in FIG. 1, the gaming machine 1 opens and closes around a vertical axis by a rectangular frame-shaped outer frame 2 installed in the island equipment of the amusement park and a hinge (not shown) on the left frame portion of the outer frame 2. An inner frame 3 that can be freely attached, a game board 4 that is attached to the inner frame 3 and to which various elements are assembled (see FIG. 2), and a left frame portion of the inner frame 3 on the front side of the game board 4. A glass frame 6 fitted with a glass plate 61, which is a transparent plate that can be seen through by the player, is attached to the upper and lower hinges 5 and 5 so as to be openable and closable around the vertical axis, closes the front surface of the game board 4, and the game. A payout device (not shown) provided on the rear side of the board 4 capable of paying out game balls such as prize balls and rental balls, and a payout device provided on the lower part of the glass frame 6 for storing game balls paid out from the payout device. Launch for introducing the upper saucer portion 7 and the game ball provided on the lower back side of the glass frame 6 and stored in the upper saucer portion 7 and firing toward the game area 41 formed on the front surface of the game board 4. The device (not shown), the lower saucer portion 8 into which the overflow ball can be introduced when the upper saucer portion 7 is full, and the upper saucer portion 7 provided at the lower right front of the glass frame 6 are stored. A launch handle 9 that is operated when launching the game ball into the game area 41, speakers 10L and 10R that are provided above the glass frame 6 and output sound effects according to the game situation, and are provided on the front side of the glass frame 6. The lighting device 11 that turns on, off, and blinks according to the game situation, the display device 12 (see FIG. 2) installed on the rear side of the game board 4, and the back side of the game board 4. , Various control devices (not shown) composed of a microcomputer for controlling the game progress and the game effect. It should be noted that the control device may be provided separately as a main control device that controls the gaming machine 1 in a centralized manner (including a big hit lottery) and a sub control device that controls the production (including the production lottery). Good.

The display device 12 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display, and various characters, left column, middle column, and right, which are information related to the game, are displayed on a display screen 121 (see FIG. 2) that can be visually recognized by the player through the glass plate 61. The effect symbol composed of the numbers in the three columns is changed and stopped, and a moving image corresponding to the game state at that time is displayed to create an exciting effect of the game.

(Game board 4 and related structure)
As shown in FIG. 2, the game board 4 is formed of, for example, a transparent synthetic resin material such as a transparent acrylic material so as to be substantially square in front view, and the front surface is circular surrounded by inner and outer guide rails 13 and 14. A game area 41 (including an ellipse) is formed. The game ball stored in the upper tray portion 7 is launched from the launching device by the rotation operation of the launch handle 9, and is guided diagonally upward to the left by the guide rails 13 and 14 inside and outside, and the game area 41. It is introduced into the game area 41 from the upper left and flows down.

A display window 151 that opens so that the effect pattern displayed on the display screen 121 of the display device 12 installed on the rear side of the game board 4 can be visually recognized is provided in the substantially central portion of the game area 41, and is provided on the surface thereof. The frame-shaped decorative frame 15 is fixed in front view with various patterns.

Further, in the game area 41, a large number of nails (not shown) and a single windmill 16 for changing the flow direction of the game ball driven into the game area 41, and below the display window 151, the game area 41 Of the game balls flowing down the left area (the area on the left side of the decorative frame 15), a warp ball that has entered the warp hole 152 provided on the left side of the decorative frame 15 is introduced, and the warp ball is moved in the left-right and front-back directions. A stage 153 that can be rolled, a start winning opening 17 that is below the stage 153 and can win a game ball that flows down the game area 41 and a warp ball that has fallen from the front side of the stage 153, and a start winning opening 17. The lighting unit 18 on the right side that produces an illumination effect according to the game state, the through chucker 19 on the right area (the area on the right side of the decoration frame 15) through which the game ball can pass, and the game area 41. Out ports 20 that discharge the out balls that did not win (win) out of the game balls that were driven into the game board 4 to the back side of the game board 4, and just below the starting winning opening 17 and on the left side of the lighting unit 18. Therefore, four holding lamps 21 to 24 having a light source and a lens that turn on and off in synchronization with the number of holding balls displayed on the display screen 121 are provided.

By fixing the decorative frame 15 to the game board 4, the game area of the game ball launched from the launcher is placed between the upper surface and the right outer peripheral surface of the decorative frame 15 and the outer guide rail 14 located outside the decorative frame 15. A right-handed passage 411 for guiding to the right region of 41 is formed.

The illumination unit 18, the through chukka 19 and the stage 153 are assembled to the decorative frame 15 in advance before the decorative frame 15 is fixed to the game board 4. As a result, particularly in the illumination unit 18 having a large number of components, as will be described later, the decorative frame 15 is used as a base member, and various components described below are assembled to the base member to form a unitization. be able to.

On the rear side of the stage 153 in the decorative frame 15, a transparent protective plate 25 for preventing the warp ball led out to the stage 153 through the warp hole 152 from falling to the rear side of the stage 153, and a transparent protective plate A transparent light guide plate 26 which is installed on the back surface of the game board 25 and is parallel to the board surface of the game board 4 is provided.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, in the game area 41, a right-handed game ball flowing down the right area of the game area 41 when the game state shifts from the “normal game” to the “big hit” which is advantageous for the player. The attacker 27, which is an opening / closing member that can change from the closed state where the ball cannot enter to the open state where the ball can enter, and when the game state shifts to the "specific game" (for example, "probability fluctuation" or "time reduction"), the right An electric chew (electric tulip) 28, which is an opening / closing member that can change from a closed state in which a hitting game ball cannot enter to an open state in which a ball can enter, and an attacker sensor (an attacker sensor) for detecting a game ball that has entered the attacker 27. A detection sensor) 272 and an electric tulip sensor (detection sensor) 282 for detecting a game ball that has entered the electric tulip 28 are provided.

The detection signal when the game ball passes through the attacker sensor 272 and the electric chew sensor 282 is transmitted to the control device. The control device determines "reach", "big hit", "probability fluctuation", "missing", etc. according to the random number generated internally based on the detection signal, and draws a lottery executed with a predetermined probability. Based on the result of the above, the variation display of the effect symbol displayed on the display screen 121 of the display device 12 is controlled.

The "reach" used in the present specification means, for example, that two of the three columns of left, middle, and right displayed on the display screen 121 are stopped first, and the display is already stopped. The display results of the two columns are a combination of the same symbols, and the final stop symbol is expected to stop. "Probability variation" means a game to the electric chew 28 by opening the electric chew 28 a predetermined number of times for a predetermined time when a small hit is obtained as a result of a lottery executed when the game ball passes through the through chucker 19. In a state where the variable display time of the effect symbol displayed on the display screen 121 is shorter than that of the "normal game" and the probability of becoming a big hit is controlled to be higher than that of the "normal game" while increasing the probability of the ball entering the ball. There is (for example, a jackpot probability of 1/350 in "normal game" and a jackpot probability of 1/60 in "probability variation").

Further, "time reduction" means that when a small hit is obtained as a result of a lottery executed when the game ball passes through the through chukka 19, the electric chew 28 is opened a predetermined number of times for a predetermined time to the electric chew 28. The probability of winning a jackpot is the same as that of the "normal game" in a state where the variable display time of the effect symbol displayed on the display screen 121 is shorter than that of the "normal game" while increasing the probability of the game ball entering the ball. The "normal game" refers to an initial game state different from the game such as "big hit", "probability fluctuation", "reach", and "time reduction".

(Structure of Illuminations Unit 18)
A feature portion of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6. Note that FIG. 4 shows a state in which the transparent light guide plate 29, which will be described later, is omitted in order to clarify the internal structure of the illumination unit 18.
The lighting unit 18 has a decorative frame 15 as a base member, an attacker 27 forming a first opening / closing member, an electric chew 28 forming a second opening / closing member, a front transparent light source plate 29, and electric lights according to a gaming state. A horizontal light source substrate 31 on which a plurality of mode lamp subsystems 30 whose decoration effect can be changed, a plurality of edge light sources 31a forming a first light source facing the lower end surface 29a of the transparent light guide plate 29, and a second light source substrate 31 described later are mounted. It is configured by assembling a vertically installed light source substrate 34 on which a plurality of backlight light sources 34a forming a second light source arranged so as to face the back surface of the front design plate 32, which will be described later, are mounted via a region portion 293.

As described above, the decorative frame 15 is formed by applying a pattern, a color, or the like to a transparent synthetic resin material, and has a frame portion 154 that decorates the periphery of the display window 151, the warp holes 152 and the stage 153 described above, and a frame. The base portion 155, which is located on the lower right side of the portion 154 and to which various elements are assembled, is integrally formed.

The attacker 27 is swingably pivotally supported on the front surface of the base portion 155 of the decorative frame 15 around the axis in the front-rear direction between the closed position shown by the solid line and the open position shown by the virtual line in FIG. 4, and becomes the open position. Allows the game ball to enter, and the closed position makes it impossible to enter the game ball. The electric chew 28 is located below the attacker 27 and is swingably pivotally supported on the front surface of the base portion 155 around the axis in the front-rear direction between the closed position shown by the solid line and the open position shown by the virtual line in FIG. The open position allows the game ball to enter, and the closed position prevents the game ball from entering.

As shown in FIG. 3, the mode lamp subsystem 30 displays information on a transparent synthetic resin material having a display unit 301a (“strong” in the present embodiment) having a design indicating predetermined information from the front side to the front side. It is installed around the body 301, the ball discharge path 302 formed of a transparent synthetic resin material for discharging the game balls that have entered the attacker 27 and the electric chew 28 to the back side of the game board 4, and the information display body 301. A plurality of annular auxiliary lamps 300 that perform an illumination effect according to the game state, and a third light source that irradiates the display unit 301a of the information display body 301 from the back surface side through the auxiliary lamp 300 and the ball discharge path 302. Information The vertical light source substrate 306 on which the irradiation light source 306a and the plurality of auxiliary lamp irradiation light sources 306b which are the fourth light sources for irradiating the auxiliary lamp 300 are mounted, the cover 307 covering the back side of the light source substrate 306, and the attacker 27 are opened and closed. It includes an attacker solenoid 308 for operating, an electric chew solenoid 309 for opening and closing the electric chew 28, and a solenoid cover 310 for supporting the respective solenoids 308 and 309.

The auxiliary lamp 300 sandwiches a lens cover 303 formed of a transparent synthetic resin material having a plurality of arcuate lenses 303a, a reflector 304 fixed to the back side of the lens 303a, and a reflector 304 on the back side of the lens cover 303. It is configured to include a transparent back cover 305 that is fixed in a state. The light from the auxiliary lamp irradiation light source 306b irradiates the back surfaces of the lens cover 303 and the lens 303a through the plurality of openings 305c provided in the transparent back cover 305. The information irradiation light source 306a irradiates the display portion 301a of the information display body 301 from the back surface side through the circular transparent portion 305d in the central portion of the transparent back cover 305, the circular opening 303b of the lens cover 303, and the ball discharge path 302.

The lens cover 303 includes an opaque portion 303c (“ABCD” in this embodiment) formed by characters, symbols, marks, figures, etc. around the plurality of arcuate lenses 303a, and along the contours of the opaque portion 303c. A transparent portion 303d is provided. As a result, the game effect is emphasized together with the lens 303a.

The information display body 301 has a substantially circular shape when viewed from the front, and is fixed to the front side of the ball discharge path 302.
The entire surface of the information display body 301 including the display unit 301a "strong" is printed in black. As a result, the back surface of the first region portion 291 is covered with a dark color by the information display body 301 that contacts the rear surface of the first region portion 291 described later in the transparent light guide plate 29, so that the edge light source 31a is turned on. In this state, the brightness of the reflecting portion 291a of the first region portion 291 becomes clearer. Further, when the edge light source 31a is turned off, the display unit 301a of the information display body 301 can be made difficult for the player to see.
The coloring applied to the surface of the information display body 301 is not limited to black, and may be dark blue, dark green, or the like as long as it is a dark color.

The ball discharge path 302 discharges the attacker discharge path 302a for discharging the game ball entering the attacker 27 to the back side of the game board 4 and the game ball entering the electric chew 28 to the back side of the game board 4. Because the light of the information irradiation light source 306a is diffused at a position facing the back surface of the information display body 301 and the discharge path 302b for electric chew, and the diffused light is irradiated to the back surface of the information display body 301. It has a concavo-convex light diffusing portion 302c.

An attacker sensor 272 and an electric chew sensor 282 for detecting the passage of a game ball entering the attacker 27 and the electric chew 28 are provided on each upstream side of the attacker discharge path 302a and the electric chew discharge path 302b, respectively.

The upstream portion of the attacker discharge path 302a is visible from the front side of the gaming machine 1, and the downstream portion is located behind the information display body 301 and the light diffusing portion 302c and is not visible from the front side of the gaming machine 1. Is. The electric chew discharge path 302b is located on the rear side of the front design plate 32 described later and the rear design plate 33 described later, and is located along the longitudinal direction (lateral direction) thereof.

A plurality of lens covers 303 are fixed to the rear side of the information display body 301 via the ball discharge path 302, and are arranged inside so as to surround the periphery of the information display body 301 (4 in the present embodiment). The reflector 304 into which the lens 303a is fitted is fixed to the back side of the lens cover 303, and has a wall portion 304a for partitioning the outer periphery of the lens cover 303 and the rear side of each lens 303a. As a result, the auxiliary lamp irradiation light source 306b facing the outer circumference of the lens cover 303 and each lens 303a can irradiate only the outer circumference of the target lens cover 303 and the lens, respectively.

The transparent back cover 305 is fixed to the back side of the lens cover 303 with the reflector 304 sandwiched therein, and also has an discharge port 305a connected to a downstream portion of the attacker discharge path 302a in the ball discharge path 302, and an electric chew discharge path. It has an outlet 305b connected to a downstream portion of 302b.

The light source substrate 306 is fixed to the back side of the transparent back cover 305, and the display portion 301a of the information display body 301 is fixed to the central portion via the light diffusing portion 302c of the ball discharge path 302 and the circular transparent portion 305a of the transparent back cover 305. A plurality of information irradiation light sources 306a facing the back side of the lens cover 303 and a plurality of auxiliary lamp irradiation light sources 306b facing each lens 303a are mounted around the information irradiation light source 306a.

The light of the information irradiation light source 306a is diffused by the light diffusion unit 302c of the ball discharge path 302 to irradiate the display unit 301a of the information display body 301 from the back side. As a result, the display unit 301a shines brightly when the information irradiation light source 306a emits light to notify the player of the display content. The light of the auxiliary lamp irradiation light source 306b irradiates the lens cover 303 and each lens 303a from the back side, and illuminates the surface of the lens cover 303 and each lens 303a.

The transparent light guide plate 29 is formed of a plate-shaped transparent synthetic resin material, and is fixed to the front surface of the decorative frame 15 so that the back surface contacts the front surface of the information display body 301 in the mode lamp subunit 30, and the information display body. The first region portion 291 that comes into face-to-face contact with the front surface of the 301 is connected to the lower portion of the first region portion 291 via an inclined portion 292 (particularly specified in FIG. 5) that is inclined rearward and diagonally downward. The second region portion 293 located behind the region portion 291, the attacker covering portion 294 connected diagonally upward to the right of the first region portion 291 and covering the front surface of the attacker 27, and the right side of the first region portion 291. , The electric chew covering portion 295 that covers the front surface of the electric chew 28 is integrally formed. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the transparent light guide plate 29 is located between the glass plate 61 that closes the front surface of the game board 4 and the game board 4, and is bounded by an inclined portion 292 that is inclined with respect to the back surface of the glass plate 61. The glass plate is located on the rear side of the first region portion 291 and the first region portion 291 which is close to the back surface of the glass plate 61 and is parallel to the glass plate 61, via the front design plate 32 described later. A second region portion 293 facing the back surface of the 61 and parallel to the glass plate 61 is integrally formed.

The back surface of the first region portion 291 is formed by a plurality of minute recesses capable of emitting and displaying a predetermined pattern (vortex shape in the present embodiment) by diffusely reflecting the light of the edge light source 31a, and is visually recognizable in the front view. A reflecting portion 291a that emits light as much as possible, for example, imitating a vortex is formed. When the light of the edge light source 31a facing the lower end surface 29a of the second region portion 293 is incident, the reflection portion 291a scatters the light in the first region portion 291 and shines in a spiral shape to form a first region. The display unit 301a of the information display body 301 facing the back surface of the unit 291 is invisible and concealed, and the display unit 301a is made visible when the edge light source 31a is not lit. That is, the reflection unit 291a acts as a curtain that hides the display unit 301a by emitting light from the edge light source 31a.

The reflective portion 291a is not limited to the back surface of the first region portion 291. A silk printing method in which reflective dots are printed on the front surface or the back surface of a transparent synthetic resin material made of, for example, a transparent acrylic material with white ink, a stamper, or the like. It is formed by a molding method in which the transparent synthetic resin surface is made uneven by injection, a processing method in which a concave portion is dug mechanically or by a laser, or the like.

As shown in FIG. 5, on the front side of the second region portion 293, the front side design plate 32 formed of a transparent synthetic resin material which is close to the back surface of the glass plate 61 and substantially on the same surface as the first region portion 291. Is installed. A rear design plate 33 formed of a transparent synthetic resin material parallel to the glass plate 61 is located on the front side of the base portion 155 and at a position facing the lower portion of the first region portion 291 and the back side of the inclined portion 292. Be placed. That is, the front design plate 32 and the rear design plate 33 are fixed so as to be overlapped with each other so as to sandwich the front and rear of the transparent light guide plate 29.

The front design plate 32 and the rear design plate 33 are arranged at positions where the light of the backlight light source 34a can be irradiated from the rear and at a position diagonally downward to the left of the electric chew 28. Further, on the surfaces of the front side design plate 32 and the rear side design plate 33, a design, for example, a design portion 32a and 33a of an arrow pointing to the left is formed. In this way, when the arrows are viewed from the front, the arrows on the surfaces of the front design plate 32 and the rear design plate 33 are overlapped with each other in the front-rear direction, so that a three-dimensional appearance and a powerful display can be performed.

As a result, when the backlight light source 34a is turned on, the designs 32a and 33a forming the arrows suggest the movement of the game ball that has entered the electric chew 28, and the game ball has entered the electric chew 28. Is suggested.

Further, as described above, the through chucker 19, the stage 153, and the lighting unit 18 (attacker 27, electric chew 28, transparent light guide plate 29, mode lamp subunit 30, edge light source) are previously placed on the decorative frame 15 as the base member. By centrally assembling various game elements of the light source substrate 31 having 31a and the light source substrate 34) having the backlight light source 34a, various game elements are united at the work stage before fixing the decorative frame 15 to the game board 4. Therefore, when the decorative frame 15 is fixed to the game board 4, only the decorative frame 15 needs to be fixed to the game board 4, and the work efficiency can be improved.

(Progress of the game and illumination production of the illumination unit 18)
When the game state is "normal game", the firing force of the launching device is adjusted by rotating the launching handle 9 so that the gaming ball stored in the upper saucer portion 7 flows down to the left region of the gaming area 41. ..

Further, when the game state is "normal game", the edge light source 31a emits light. As a result, as shown in FIG. 5, the light L of the edge light source 31a is incident on the lower end surface 29a of the second region portion 293 of the transparent light guide plate 29, reflected in the inclined portion 292, and is reflected to the first region portion 291. Be guided. The light L guided to the first region portion 291 is diffusely reflected by the reflecting portion 291a and shines to display a spiral design. As a result, the reflection unit 291a hides the display unit 301a of the information display body 301 so that it cannot be seen from the front. That is, in the "normal game", the display unit 301a "strong" on the back side of the spiral design is not visible in the state where the spiral design is displayed.

When the game ball led out to the left area of the game area 41 flows down the left side of the decorative frame 15 and wins a prize in the start winning opening 17, a predetermined lottery result executed by the control device is triggered by this. Based on the variation pattern, the effect symbol is displayed and produced on the display screen 121 of the display device 12 in a predetermined effect mode for a predetermined time. Then, when the game state shifts to a game other than the "normal game", for example, "reach" as the variation display of the effect symbol progresses, the edge light source 31a is turned off and the information irradiation light source 306a is turned on at the same time. Or blinks. As a result, the spiral design displayed on the transparent light guide plate 29 disappears, and the display unit 301a “strong” that was not visible during the “normal game” suddenly appears.

Further, when the "reach" progresses and the same symbols are aligned and displayed in the left, middle, and right columns, the game state shifts to the "big hit".

When the game state shifts to "big hit", the launching handle 9 is rotated to adjust the launching force of the launching device to the maximum force so that the gaming ball is hit to the right.

The right-handed game ball passes through the right-handed passage 411 and is guided to the right area of the game area 41, and easily enters the attacker 27 in the open state. The game ball that has entered the attacker 27 passes through the attacker sensor 272 provided inside the illumination unit 18, passes through the attacker discharge path 302a, and is discharged to the back side of the game board 4.

The attacker 27 detects that 10 game balls have entered the attacker sensor 272, or closes 30 seconds after opening, and then opens again after closing. This is repeated up to 15 times. As a result, when a "big hit" occurs, a large number of game balls can enter the attacker 27, and a large number of game balls can be used as prize balls in a short time from a payout device (not shown) capable of paying out the game balls. It is paid out to the upper tray 7.

Further, when the game ball that has entered the attacker 27 passes through the attacker sensor 272, the auxiliary lamp irradiation light source 306b is sequentially turned on according to the game state at that time, so that four game balls are entered according to the entry of the game ball. Each lens 303a is sequentially illuminated, and finally, the transparent portion on the surface of the lens cover 303, which is the entire lens cover 303, and the four lenses 303a are illuminated to notify the player of the gaming state at that time.

After the end of the "big hit", for example, in the case of shifting to the "probability fluctuation", the electric chew 28 is opened when the game ball passes through the through chukka 19, and the game ball is easily moved to the electric chew 28. Enter the ball.
The game ball that has entered the electric chew 28 passes through the electric chew sensor 282 and then is discharged to the back side of the game board 4 through the electric chew discharge path 302b. In this case, almost at the same time when the electric chew sensor 282 detects the passage of the game ball, the backlight light sources 34a on the rear side of the front side design plate 32 and the rear side design plate 33 and arranged in the left-right direction are directed from the right side to the left side. Turn on in sequence. As a result, the arrow design portions 32a and 33a provided on the front side design plate 32 and the rear side design plate 33 move the game ball that has entered the electric chew 28 toward the left side, that is, the holding lamps 21 to 24. Lighting and extinguishing are repeated in sequence in this manner. That is, the design units 32a and 33a repeatedly turn on and off the backlight light source 34a to display a display suggesting the movement of the game ball that has entered the electric chew 28.

Further, the display screen 121 displays four holding lamps 21 to 24 arranged on the left side of the design portion 32a on the front design plate 32, that is, at a position close to the end in the direction suggesting the movement of the game ball at the tip of the arrow. By synchronizing with the number of reserved balls displayed in the above and turning on the lights sequentially from the left side or the right side, it is possible to display that the number of game balls that have entered the electric chew 28 increases. As a result, even if the player visually recognizes the illumination unit 18 and its vicinity without visually recognizing the display screen 121 at the time of "probability fluctuation", the current gaming state can be grasped, and the player can grasp the current gaming state. It is possible to reduce the feeling of fatigue.

Further, not limited to "probability fluctuation", the illumination unit 18, the transparent light guide plate 29, and the holding lamps 21 to 24 are placed in the lower right region of the gaming region 41 (the region on the lower right side of the decorative frame 15) in the gaming machine 1. Due to the centralized arrangement, the game state can be grasped without shifting the line of sight only by visually recognizing a part of the game area 41, and the player's feeling of fatigue can be reduced.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the following modifications and changes can be made to the present embodiment without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
(A) At the time of "big hit", the four hold lamps 21 to 24 are turned on in sequence, and after the fourth hold lamp 21 (or 24) is turned on, the lens cover 303 is turned on and the information display body 301 is turned on. By turning on, the entire illumination unit 18 is made to shine.
(B) The predetermined information given to the information display body 301 is the information "strong" applied to the plate-shaped transparent synthetic resin material in the embodiment of the present invention. By arranging the attacker discharge path 302a, the electric chew discharge path 302b, and the like so as to be visible, the player's interest may be enhanced.
(C) Instead of printing on the information display body 301, a dark-colored sheet is sandwiched between the first region 291 of the transparent light guide plate 29 and the information display body 301.
(D) The transparent light guide plate 29 is assembled to the base member 15 as a part of the illumination unit 18, but is provided on the surface of the gaming machine 1 other than the gaming area 41, and is transparently guided by emitting and extinguishing the light source. An illumination effect may be performed to make the rear side of the light plate 29 invisible and visible.
(E) The predetermined pattern formed in the first region portion 291 forms a "vortex" in the transparent synthetic resin material in the embodiment of the present invention, but may be, for example, characters, figures, symbols, illustrations, or the like. When the edge light source 31a is lit, it may serve as a curtain that hides the display unit 301a of the information display body 301 facing the back surface of the first region unit 291.

1 Game machine 2 Outer frame 3 Inner frame 4 Game board 5 Hinge 6 Glass frame 7 Upper saucer part 8 Lower saucer part 9 Launch handle 10L, 10R Speaker 11 Illuminations 12 Display device 13 Guide rail 14 Guide rail 15 Decorative frame (base) 16 Windmill 17 Start winning opening 18 Illumination unit 19 Through chucker 20 Out opening 21, 22, 23, 24 Holding lamp 25 Transparent protective plate 26 Transparent light guide plate 27 Attacker (1st opening / closing member)
28 Electric chew (electric tulip) (second opening / closing member)
29 Transparent light guide plate 29a Lower end surface 30 Mode lamp Subunit 31 Light source board 31a Edge light source (first light source) 32 Front side design plate 32a Design part 33 Rear side design plate 33a Design part 34 Light source board 34a Backlight light source (second light source) 41 Game area 61 Glass plate 121 Display screen 151 Display window 152 Warp hole 153 Stage 154 Frame 155 Base 272 Attacker sensor (detection sensor)
282 Electric chew sensor (detection sensor) 291 1st area part 291a Reflection part 292 Inclined part 293 2nd area part 294 Attacker cover part 295 Electric chew cover part 300 Auxiliary lamp 301 Information display 301a Display part 302 Ball discharge path 302a For attacker Discharge path 302b Discharge path for electric chew 302c Light diffuser 303 Lens cover 303a Lens 303b Circular opening 304 Reflector 304a Wall 305 Transparent back cover 305a, 305b Discharge port 305c Opening 305d Circular transparent part 306 Light source substrate 306a Information irradiation light source (3rd Light source) 306b Auxiliary lamp irradiation light source (4th light source)
307 Cover 308 Solenoid for attacker 309 Solenoid for electric chew 310 Solenoid cover 411 Right-handed passage

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In a gaming machine equipped with a gaming board into which a gaming ball is driven and an illumination means attached to the gaming board.
The illumination means is a gaming machine characterized in that a display suggesting a moving direction of a gaming ball is performed.

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