JP2640246B2 - Gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention performs an auxiliary game by winning a prize in a starting port of an auxiliary game, and ignoring a prize in a starting port during the auxiliary game, and a result mode of the auxiliary game. A gaming machine in which a special game is created.

<Prior Art> In a conventional gaming machine, a special game is performed in which a player performs an auxiliary game by winning a prize at a starting port of the auxiliary game, and a player is provided with a large amount of game profit based on a result mode of the auxiliary game. In the case where an auxiliary game has already been performed (or a special game has been generated), a control is performed such that a new auxiliary game does not start even if the player wins the start opening.

This is because it is difficult to start the auxiliary game when the player wins the starting port during the auxiliary game. It is also conceivable to store the winning signal and start the auxiliary game based on the memory after the end of the auxiliary game. However, depending on the content of the auxiliary game, it is difficult for the player to understand why the auxiliary game was started. In addition to this, if the purpose of storing the winning signal to the starting port or adding a function to display the stored value visually to the player is added to the gaming machine, the manufacturing cost of the gaming machine increases. It is because it becomes.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, the fact that the auxiliary game is not performed by winning the starting port means that a special game in which a large amount of game profit is provided based on the result mode of the auxiliary game is unlikely to occur. Therefore, the fact that this auxiliary game is not performed even though the player has won the starting port is a great dissatisfaction for the player.

That is, if a prize to the starting port, which is a condition for starting the auxiliary game, frequently occurs, the auxiliary game is frequently performed, and the number of times the special game is generated is increased, and the number of the special games is increased. As a result, the amusement store may adjust the nails so that the frequency of winning at the starting opening is kept low. In such a case, the player is dissatisfied because the auxiliary game based on the prize in the starting port is not performed once, even though a plurality of prize balls are generated in the starting port as an extremely rare case. Is exceptionally large.

In addition, if the number of executions of the auxiliary game is small, the possibility that a special game based on the result mode of the auxiliary game is generated is reduced, so that it is not possible to increase a sense of expectation for the generation of the special game.

Therefore, the present invention provides a gaming machine that can prevent a subsequent winning ball from being invalidated as a starting winning even if the winning port is continuously won in the starting opening, and can increase a sense of expectation for the occurrence of a special game. It is the purpose.

<Means for Solving the Problem> The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and has been proposed in the game section (3), and has a specific prize detecting device (for example, a specific prize detecting tool) which generates a prize detection signal when a hit ball is won. 5 etc.))
And the auxiliary game is performed by the prize detection signal from the specific prize device, the prize detection signal from the specific prize device is invalidated during the auxiliary game, and the special game is performed based on the result mode of the auxiliary game. In a gaming machine provided with a game control device (for example, an electrical control device 65 etc.) for generating a hit, the specific winning device is a hit ball receiving port capable of accepting a hit ball (for example, a winning port 12 or the like), The hit ball detector that detects a hit ball and generates a winning detection signal (for example, the first specific winning detector 14 or the like), and the time required for the hit ball received from the hit ball receiving port to stay and be detected by the hit ball detector. Detection delay means (e.g., a slope unit 11) for delaying, so that, when a hit ball continuously wins at the hit ball receiving port of the specific winning device, the interval of generation of the win detection signal is made longer than the win interval. I made it.

<Operation> When a hit ball is continuously received at the hit ball receiving port of the specific prize device, the interval of generation of the prize detection signal is made longer than the prize interval, and the prize detection signal becomes invalid during the auxiliary game by the prize detection signal. Is suppressed.

<Example> Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, a game section 3 surrounded by guide rails 2 is formed on the surface of the game board 1 of the pachinko machine, which is a pachinko machine. Below the variable prize device 4, first specific prize tools (starting port I) 5,5 and second specific prize tool (start port II) 6 as specific prize apparatuses are provided.
Is arranged.

The second specific winning tool 6 is in the shape of a pocket frame, and the second specific winning detector 7 faces the middle of the flow path in which the winning ball flows down.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the first specific prize tool 5 forms a small chamber 9 projecting to the rear side on a base plate 8 attached to the surface of the game board 1 and slightly descends toward a drop port 10. A pocket-shaped frame member 13 having an inclined circular slope portion 11 and a winning opening 12 for introducing a ball into the slope portion 11 is fastened to the front surface of the base plate 8 to position the slope portion 11 in the small chamber 9. Then, the first specific prize detector 14 faces the downstream side of the drop opening 10.

Therefore, when the ball enters the winning opening 12 as a hit ball receiving port capable of receiving the hit ball of the first specific winning tool 5, the ball enters the drop opening 10 after turning several times on the slope portion 11, and
It is detected by a first specific winning detector 14 as a hit ball detector that detects a hit ball and generates a winning detection signal. That is, in the first specific prize tool 5, the slope portion 11
However, it functions as a detection delay unit that delays the time until the first specific prize detector 14 detects the hit ball by staying.

In addition, it is desirable to provide the ramps 15 and 15 to make it easy to see the ball turning on the slope portion 11. In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, the stairs 16 are formed from the winning opening 12 to the slope 11 to increase the movement of the ball flowing down the slope 11, thereby enhancing the appeal to the player. The time required to turn vigorously on the slope portion 11 and fall to the drop opening 10 may be increased.

The variable winning device 4 opens an opening 18 in a mounting board 17 to be mounted on the surface of the game board 1 and mounts the mounting board above the opening 18.
A winning opening 19 is opened on the surface of 17 and a horizontally long armor section 20 is projected below the winning opening 19, and a window 22 is opened on a decorative plate 21a attached to the front of the armor section 20, and the window is opened. Magic mirror 2 for part 22
3 and a printed circuit board 24 larger than the window 22 is attached at an interval behind the magic mirror 23, and a light-emitting display member 25 such as a 7-segment display is attached to the front of the printed circuit board 24. is there. Note that the inside of the armor section 20 on the back side of the magic mirror 23 is desirably a dark box into which other light does not enter. If the light emitting display member 25 does not emit light, the magic mirror 23
Since the back side is dark, the rear side cannot be seen through the magic mirror 23 from the front of the variable winning device 4 and only the mirror surface of the magic mirror 23 can be seen. When the light-emitting display member 25 is energized to emit light, this light is transmitted to the magic mirror.
Go outside through 23. Therefore, when viewing the inside of the window 22 from the front of the variable winning device 4, the display of the light emitting display member 25 on the back side, for example, the display of “3” or the like can be visually recognized through the magic mirror 23.

Opening of mounting board 17 located below armor section 20
A pair of ball bearing members 27, 27 which can tilt around support shafts 26, 26 are axially attached to the left and right upper portions of 18 so as to face each other.
The ball inflow prevention walls 28, 28 are provided below the base end of the shaft 27, and the partition member 2 is provided between the lower ends of the left and right ball inflow prevention walls 28, 28.
By raising 9,29, special winning opening 30, almost in the center,
A ball receiving frame 32 having a general winning opening 31, 31 is provided on the left and right sides thereof, and a decorative plate 2 is provided on the front edge of the ball inflow preventing walls 28, 28 and the ball receiving frame 32.
1b is installed.

Further, a case 33 having fine irregularities formed on the outer surface or the inner surface is provided on the back side of the mounting substrate 17 so that a concave chamber communicating with the opening 18 is provided.
A first solenoid 36 is provided on a mounting plate 35 attached to the rear portion of the case 33 as a driving source for the ball receiving members 27, 27, and an arm 37 attached to a plunger of each first solenoid 36 is provided.
The pin 40 of the crank member 39 is loosely fitted in the long hole 38. The crank member 39 is fixed to the rear end of the support shaft 26 of the ball receiving member 27. Therefore, in the state where the first solenoids 36, 36 are demagnetized, the ball receiving members 27, 27 stand substantially vertically by the bias of the spring, and the upper ends abut against the side surfaces of the armor section 20, and flow down in the game section 3. It stops in the first state in which it does not accept a moving ball. The rotation range of the ball receiving member 27 is regulated by the regulation pin 41 protruding from the rear surface abutting against one end of an arc-shaped long hole 42 formed in the mounting board 17. When the first solenoids 36, 36 are excited, the plunger descends and pivots the crank members 39, 39, so that the support shafts 26, 26 rotate, and the ball receiving members 27, 27 rotate in the direction of tilting the upper ends outward. As shown by the dotted line in FIG. When the ball receiving members 27, 27 are converted from the upright first state to the second state in which the ball receiving members 27, 27 open and stop in a substantially inverted C-shape in this manner, it is easy to receive the ball flowing down in the game section 3 from a state in which the ball does not receive. Convert to state.

Further, in the above-mentioned concave chamber 34, a plate-shaped diversion shelf 43 whose front end is slightly inclined downward toward the back and whose front end is located between the base mounting ends of the ball receiving members 27, 27 is provided. The upper concave room 34a and the lower concave room 3
4b, and a winning ball indicator 45 provided with a plurality of light emitting elements 44, such as light emitting diodes and lamps, on the ceiling of the upper concave chamber 34a.
The upper and lower concave chambers 34a and 34b are provided at the inclined lower end of the diversion shelf 43.
Is formed, and a winning number detector 47 for detecting a ball flowing down in the communicating portion 46 faces, and a ball accelerator 48 is provided downstream of the winning number detector 47.

The ball accelerator 48 widens the lower part of the communication part 46 and opens a ball outlet 50 on the lower concave chamber 34b side of the front surface of the widening part 49,
A movable member 51 having an inclined front surface is provided in the widened portion 49 so as to be movable back and forth, and a rear end of the movable member 51 is connected to a plunger of a second solenoid 52 which is a driving source. In a state where the second solenoid 52 is demagnetized, as shown by a solid line in FIG. 7, the movable member 51 stops in the first state in which the moving member 51 is advanced by the bias of the spring.
In this first state, the inclined upper end portion of the moving member 51 is
Since the gap width of the communicating portion 46 is smaller than the ball diameter in the middle of the ball, the ball flowing down from the upper concave chamber 34a to the communicating portion 46,
Is stopped by the moving member 51 and stops halfway.
On the other hand, when the second solenoid 52 is excited, the moving member 51 retreats to make the gap width of the communicating portion 46 larger than the ball diameter, so that the ball flowing down from the upper concave chamber 34a into the communicating portion 46 or the moving member 51
The ball, which has been prevented from flowing down and stopped, flows down at its natural flow speed due to its own weight, and exits from the ball outlet and enters the lower concave chamber 34b. When the second solenoid 52 is demagnetized, the moving member 51 moves forward by the bias of the spring, so that the ball that has flowed down in a timely manner is suddenly bounced forward by the inclined front surface of the moving member 51, and flows down naturally. Is ejected from the ball outlet 50 into the lower recessed chamber 34b at a speed higher than the falling speed. When the moving member 51 moves forward sufficiently, the moving member 51 returns to the first state in which the gap width of the communication portion 46 is reduced and stops. Therefore, when the ball accelerator 48 repeats the excitation and the demagnetization of the second solenoid 52 at appropriate time intervals, the sphere flowing down from the upper concave chamber 34a through the communicating portion 46 to the lower concave chamber 34b is accelerated. Can be injected.

In the lower concave chamber 34b, a circular concave portion 54 is formed on the bottom surface 53 which is slightly inclined downward toward the opening 18, and the rotating member 55 has an upper surface formed in the lower concave chamber 34b. A gear 57 fixed to a shaft 56 of the rotating member 55 is meshed with a gear 59 fixed to an output shaft of a motor 58 with a reducer as a driving source. A ball discharge port 60 is opened substantially at the center of the inclined upper portion at the bottom of the portion 54, and a position detector 61 is provided on one side of the concave portion 54 lower than the ball discharge port 60 to face the rear surface of the rotating member 55. I do. The rotating member 55 is provided with storage holes 62... Of a size that allows the sphere to pass through the disk with a phase change of approximately 90 degrees, and a projection on the outer edge portion between the storage holes 62, which can lock the sphere. 6
Projections 3a, 63b and 63c are projected at three positions with a phase change of substantially 90 degrees, and a projection-like acting portion 64 acting on the position detector 61 is formed on the back surface. Projections 63a and 63 formed on the rotating member 55
As shown in FIG. 9, the distance between the sphere fitted in the storage hole 62 and supported at the bottom of the concave portion 54 and each projection 63 is the sphere diameter as shown in FIG. It is arranged to be smaller than that. Therefore, when the motor 58 is operated, the rotating member 55
Can be rotated clockwise, for example. Rotating member 55
When the ball enters the lower recessed chamber 34b from the ball outlet 50 while the ball is rotating, the ball may flow down the lower recessed chamber 34b as it is and may win the special winning opening 30 or the general winning opening 31. However, it may fit into the rotating storage hole 62. Storage hole 62
The ball fitted inside rotates with the rotating member 55, and the ball discharge port
When it reaches 60, it falls from the storage hole 62 to the ball outlet 60,
It is discharged to the back side of the game board 1 through a discharge path formed below the bottom of the concave chamber 34, and is processed as a general winning ball. When the action portion 64 of the rotating rotating member 55 acts on the position detector 61, the electric control device 65 stops the operation of the motor 58 based on a signal from the position detector 61, as shown in FIG. To
The rotating member 55 can be stopped in a state where the central projection 63a is closest to the special winning opening 30 and the left and right projections 63b and 63c are located in the width direction of the lower concave chamber 34b. When the rotating member 55 is stopped in this state, the ball that has entered the lower recessed chamber 34b from the ball outlet 50 may flow down as it is and win the special winning opening 30 or the general winning opening 31. During the flow down the upper surface of the rotating member 55, it may fit into the storage hole 62 and be stored. When a sphere enters the storage hole 62 located below, the upper part of the sphere projects from the upper surface of the rotating member 55, and the interval between the sphere 63 and the projection 63 is set to be smaller than the diameter of the sphere.
The ball that has flowed down the upper surface of the rotating member 55 since then is a storage hole
It cannot pass between the sphere in 62 and the projection 63 and stops on the rotating member 55. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 10, the spheres flowing down accumulate on the rotating member 55 one after another.
When the rotating member 55 was rotated again by operating the motor 58 in this state, the balls in the storage holes 62 were sequentially discharged from the discharge port 60 and accumulated on the rotating member 55 as shown in FIG. The ball rolls due to centrifugal force or the like, and comes off the projection 63 to win the special winning opening 30 or the general winning opening 31.

The special winning opening 30 and the general winning opening 31 shown in the drawing are compartment members
29, 29, and both partition members 29, 29
As shown in the figure, the lower end is supported by the tip of each shaft 67 passing through bearings 66, 66 formed in the ball receiving frame 32, and the projection 68 projecting from the back is loosely fitted into the hole of the stay 69. The rotation range is restricted. At the rear end of shaft 67, a crank-shaped operating member
As shown in FIG. 7, a pin 73 of the operating member 70 is loosely fitted in a long hole of an operating portion 72 attached to a plunger of a third solenoid 71 provided as a driving source, as shown in FIG. Therefore,
When the third solenoid 71 is demagnetized, the operating portion 72 is lowered by the bias of the spring, and the operating member 70 is
A state in which the upper end interval between the left and right partition members 29, 29 is narrowed by being urged in the downward direction of 73, that is, a first state in which the winning region of the special winning opening 30 is narrowed and the winning region of the general winning opening 31 is widened. Becomes When the third solenoid 71 is excited, the operating portion 72 moves up, so that the operating member 70 slightly rotates in the direction in which the pin 73 rises. Therefore, the left and right partition members 29,2
9 is slightly rotated in the direction of increasing the upper end interval, and the winning area of the special winning opening 30 is enlarged to convert to the second state in which the winning area of the general winning opening 31 is narrowed. When the winning area of the special winning opening 30 is expanded, the probability of winning the special winning opening 30 increases,
The right to a special game, which will be described later, is likely to be generated, and the probability that the special game condition will be satisfied increases.

Next, a game in a pachinko machine provided with the above-mentioned variable winning device 4 will be described. For convenience of explanation, the first solenoids 36, 36 are demagnetized and the ball receiving members 27, 27 stop in the first state in which the ball is not received, the second solenoid 52 is demagnetized, and the moving member 51 moves forward. It stops in the first state of preventing passage of the ball in the communication part 46, the third solenoid 71 is demagnetized, the winning area of the special winning opening 30 is narrow, the motor 58 is operated, and the rotating member 55 is moved to the lower concave chamber 34b. It is assumed that it is rotating inside.

In this state, when the ball flowing down in the game section 3 enters the winning opening of the first specific prize tool 5, the ball flows into the small chamber 9, and then turns on the slope section 11 several times. To fall exit 10
And is detected by the first specific winning detector 14. First
When the specific winning detector 14 detects a ball, the electric control device 65
, Whereby the auxiliary game is started.

When the ball enters the second specific winning tool 6, the second specific winning detector 7 detects the ball and sends a signal to the electric control device 65, whereby the auxiliary game is started.

When the electric control device 65 receives the signal from the first specific winning detector 14, the first solenoid 36, after a predetermined wait time (for example, 0.8 seconds) elapses as shown in the timing chart of FIG. 36 for a predetermined time (for example, 0.5
For 2 seconds) and excites the second solenoid 52 for a very short time.
The third solenoid 71 is demagnetized for a predetermined time (for example, 2.5
When the signal is received from the second specific winning detector 7 and the predetermined wait time has elapsed, the first solenoids 36 are excited in a predetermined excitation mode (for example, as shown in the timing chart of FIG. 14). , For 0.8 seconds and degaussing for 0.8 seconds are repeated twice).
Is excited / demagnetized at a slightly longer time interval than the winning in the first specific winning tool 5, and the third solenoid 71 is excited for a predetermined time.

When the first solenoids 36, 36 are excited, the ball receiving members 27, 27 change from the first state in which the ball is not received to the second state in which the ball is easily received. Therefore, when the ball flows down when the ball receiving members 27, 27 have just opened, the ball is moved to the ball receiving members 27, 27.
Is received in the upper concave chamber 34a, and enters the communication portion 46,
It is detected by the winning number detector 47 on the way. When the winning number detector 47 detects the ball, it prevents fraudulent acts and assumes that the preconditions for the right to generate special games are satisfied,
A signal is sent to the electric control device 65. Since the moving member 51 moves back and forth in the widened portion 49 of the communicating portion 46, when the moving member 51 moves forward, when the ball flows down, the ball is prevented from flowing down by the moving member 51 and temporarily stopped, When the member 51 retreats, it starts to flow again and enters the lower concave chamber 34b from the ball outlet 50,
If the ball flows down when the moving member 51 retreats, the ball flows down without pause and enters the lower recessed chamber 34b from the ball outlet 50, and the ball moves in the middle while the moving member 51 is moving forward. If it flows down well, this ball will move 51
, And is vigorously ejected from the ball outlet 50 into the lower concave chamber 34b. In the lower concave chamber 34b, the rotating member 55 is rotating, and the ball coming out of the ball outlet 50 may fit into the storage hole 62 of the rotating member 55, or may flow down as it is and the special winning opening 30
Alternatively, the player may enter the general winning opening 31. When the sphere fits into the storage hole 62 of the rotating member 55, the sphere rotates with the rotation of the rotating member 55, and falls from the outlet 60 when the storage hole 62 matches the outlet 60. The ball is discharged to the back of the game board 1 as a general winning ball. Therefore, the ball is a rotating member 55
Prize ball discharging device (not shown)
Is activated and only a predetermined number of balls are given as prize balls,
There is no change in the game state. Even when a ball flows into the general winning opening 31 by flowing down the lower concave chamber 34b without fitting into the storage hole 62, the ball is discharged as a general winning ball on the back side of the game board 1, and the winning ball Only the predetermined number of balls are given to the player as prize balls by operating the ejection device, and there is no change in the playing state.

On the other hand, when the ball enters the special winning opening 30, the ball acts on the special winning detector 74 and is processed in the same manner as a general winning ball. When the special prize detector 74 detects the ball, it sends a signal to the electric control device 65 that a special game right has been generated. In this embodiment, the effective time in which the signal that the special winning detector 74 detects the ball can be accepted by the electric control device 65 is the first solenoid.
A predetermined time (2 seconds) after demagnetization of 36, 36 is set. In this way, the valid time is provided only when the signal from the special winning detector 74 is received within the valid time after receiving the signal from the winning number detector 47 of the communication section 46. Is detected as having occurred, and the winning number detector 47
A special game right is generated only by a signal from the special prize detector 74 without receiving a signal from the prize detector, or a special prize is detected after an unnatural long time after receiving a signal from the prize number detector 47. This is to prevent illegal actions, such as by preventing a signal from the device 74 from generating a right for a special game.

Further, in the present embodiment, when the ball receiving members 27, 27 open and close only once based on the signal from the first specific winning detector 14, the ball receiving members 27, 27 are performing the opening and closing operation. Even if the electric control device 65 receives a signal from the first specific winning detector 14 again, the electric control is performed so that the ball receiving members 27, 27 are not opened or closed (the winning detection signal is invalidated) by this signal. A cancel time is set in the device 65.

This is because it is difficult to open and close the ball receiving members 27 at the intervals when the signal from the first specific winning detector 14 is continuously sent to the electric control device 65. Yes, the signal can be stored in the electrical control device 65 until the opening / closing operation is completed, and the opening / closing operation can be performed again after the opening / closing operation is completed. This is because it is difficult for the player to understand why the ball receiving members 27, 27 have started opening / closing operation again when the ball receiving members 27, 27 are opened / closed again.

In the present embodiment, in order to eliminate such inconvenience as much as possible, when the ball enters the first specific prize tool 5, the ball is turned on the slope portion 11 so as to be visible to the player. The time from when the ball enters the winning opening 12 of the first specific prize device 5 until the first specific prize detector 14 detects the ball and sends a signal to the electric control device 65 is stored. It is configured to be long and out of the cancellation time.

That is, the detection delay means of the first specific prize device 5, which is the specific prize device of the gaming machine in the present embodiment, is constituted by a mechanical timer. In this manner, as shown in the timing chart of FIG. 16, the ball receiving members 27, 27 based on the signal from the first specific winning detector 14 which has detected the first ball entering the first specific winning device 5. 27, when the second ball enters the first specific prize tool 5 during the opening / closing operation,
It takes a certain amount of time before this ball is detected by the first specific prize detector 14, during which the first opening / closing operation of the ball receiving members 27, 27 is completed. The ball receiving members 27, 27 perform the opening and closing operations by the number of times corresponding to the number of entered balls, so that there is no disadvantage to the player. In other words, conventionally it avoids the disadvantages of the player is delayed until S ₂ by the first specific winning device 5 of the signals S ₁ which has been canceled as a mechanical timer.

On the other hand, while the ball receiving members 27, 27 are being opened and closed based on the signal from the first specific prize detector 14, the ball wins the second specific prize tool 6 and the second specific prize detector 7 If a signal is sent to the electric control device 65 from the above, since canceling this signal would be disadvantageous for the player, as shown in the timing chart of FIG. 16, the opening / closing state advantageous to the player,
That is, by giving priority to the signal from the second specific winning detector 7, the ball receiving members 27, 27 are opened and closed twice for 0.8 seconds, and the first solenoids 36, 3 are opened.
The time until 6 completes the second excitation is referred to as a cancel time. After the opening / closing operation of the ball receiving members 27, 27 is completed, the signal from the second specific winning detector 7 is temporarily stored in the electric control device 65, and the ball receiving members 27, 27 are opened and closed twice. It may be configured to operate.

In the case where the ball enters the first specific prize tool 5 while the ball receiving members 27, 27 perform two opening / closing operations after winning the second specific prize tool 6, the timing chart in FIG. As shown in the drawing, the mechanical timer of the first specific prize device 5 delays the time when the first specific prize detector 14 detects the ball and sends a signal to the electric control device 65, thereby deviating from the cancellation time. Therefore, after the ball receiving members 27, 27 complete the two opening / closing operations based on the prize in the second specific prize tool 6, they perform the opening / closing operation once based on the prize in the first specific prize tool 5. The second specific prize tool 6 may be provided with the same detection delay means as the first specific prize tool 5 described above.

As described above, when the ball enters the first specific prize tool 5 and the second specific prize tool 6 within a short time, the control in the electric control device 65 is performed as shown in FIG. The determining means 75
It is determined which specific prize-winning device is in the present control state and the signal processing means 76 determines the signal from the first specific prize detector 14 and the second specific prize detector 14 by this determination. Based on this processing, the output editing means 77 determines the excitation state of the first solenoids 36, 36, based on this processing, and outputs the output means 78 such as a driver based on the result. To give a predetermined action to the ball receiving members 27, 27.

 Next, a special game will be described.

When the ball wins in the special winning opening 30 and the right of the special game is generated, the special game in which the player can play in an advantageous state under the control of the electric control device 65 is started. In this special game, after a predetermined weight time (for example, 1.6 seconds) has elapsed, the first solenoids 36, 36 perform excitation and demagnetization at predetermined time intervals (for example, 0.8 second intervals) a predetermined number of times (for example, 18 times). This can be repeated as one cycle, and can be continued a predetermined number of times (for example, eight times) on condition that the ball wins the special winning opening 30 during this cycle. That is, in the present embodiment, the ball receiving member
As a termination condition, a predetermined number (for example, 10) of balls is detected by the winning number detector 47 when the opening and closing operation of the ball 27 and 27 is performed a predetermined number of times. When the continuation condition of winning the winning opening 30 is satisfied, the cycle can be changed.

The number of cycles, that is, the number of continuations, depends on whether the light emitting display member 25 provided in the window portion 22 of the
It emits light in response to a signal from 65, and is displayed to a player visually from the point when the special game is started. The number of winnings in one cycle is determined by the electric control device 65 counting the signal from the winning number detector 47 of the variable winning device 4, and the result of this calculation is the winning in the upper recessed room 34 a of the variable winning device 4. It is sent to the ball number display 45 and is visually displayed to the player according to the number of lighting or blinking of the light emitting elements 44. Therefore, the player can accurately grasp the progress of the special game by using the light-emitting display members 25 and the light-emitting elements 44 that perform display operations after the special game is started.

When the special game is started and the ball receiving members 27, 27 start opening / closing operation, the second solenoid 52 repeats excitation / demagnetization for a short time almost simultaneously with the start of excitation of the first solenoids 36, 36.
Further, when the special game is started, the electric control device 65 based on the signal from the position detector 61 during the wait time.
Stops the operation of the motor 58, and as shown in FIG. 9, the central projection 63a comes closest to the special winning opening 30 and the other projections 63b, 6b.
The rotating member 55 is stopped in a predetermined state where 3c is located in the width direction of the lower concave chamber 34b. In this state, the balls received by the ball receiving members 27, 27 are successively introduced into the upper concave chamber 34a, and when the balls act on the winning number detector 47 on the way and flow down the communication portion 46,
As described above, the winning number is visually displayed in the window 22 of the variable winning device 4. These spheres are accelerated by the forward and backward movement of the moving member 51, or are moved downward by natural downward force.
34b, and fits and is stored in the storage holes 62 of the stopped rotating member 55, or flows down as it is to enter the special winning opening 30 or the general winning opening 31. Storage hole 62 of rotating member 55
When the balls are fitted into each other, the balls function as a flow-down guide or function as a flow-down preventing member in combination with the protrusions, so that the balls are accumulated on the rotating member 55 one after another. Note that the state in which the balls accumulate in the rotating member 55 is greatly affected by the downward force and direction of the balls flowing out of the ball outlet 50,
It changes depending on whether the ball is accelerated by the action of the ball accelerator 48 or not. In this way, while the balls accumulate on the rotating member 55, when the ball exiting from the ball outlet 50 flows down in the lower recessed room 34b as it is and wins the special winning opening 30, a special winning detector is provided. The signal from 74 causes the electric control device 65 to stop the cycle at that point and update it to the next cycle, but before the ball enters the special winning opening 30 in the cycle, the ball receiving members 27, 27 are opened and closed. Even if the operation reaches a predetermined number of times (for example, nine times), or the winning number detector 47
If the ball does not yet enter the special winning opening 30 even if the ball is detected, that is, if the continuation condition is not satisfied, the third solenoid 71 is excited / demagnetized by a signal from the electric control device 65. By changing the width of the partition members 29, 29, the probability of winning in the special winning opening 30 is increased. When the ball enters the special winning opening 30 in this state, as described above, the ball is updated to the next recycling at that time, but the ball does not yet enter the special winning opening 30 and the ball receiving member 2
When the opening and closing operations of the motors 7 and 27 reach a preset number of times (for example, 17 times), the motor 58
Operates to rotate the rotating member 55. When the rotating member 55 rotates, the balls placed on the rotating member 55 flow toward the special winning opening 30 or the general winning opening 31 of the ball receiving frame 32, and the balls stored in the storage holes 62. When at least one of the balls discharged from the discharge port 60 and flowing down to the ball receiving frame 32 wins the special winning opening 30, the continuation condition is satisfied and the next cycle is updated. In this way, the ball detected by the winning number detector 47 is temporarily stored, and when the ball flows down when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the ball immediately enters the special winning opening 30 during the cycle and is updated to the next cycle. The number of prize balls acquired by the player in the cycle can be increased as compared to the case where there is no storage mechanism, and the temporarily stored balls can be used for an effective time (in this embodiment, Members 27,27 are 18
The possibility of winning the storage ball in the special winning opening 30 is ensured by flowing down the ball within 2 seconds after the end of the opening / closing operation (until two seconds have elapsed).

If no ball enters the special winning opening 30 even if the stored ball is made to flow down as described above, the special game will end at that point regardless of the number of remaining cycles,
If any one of the special winning openings 30 is entered, the continuation condition is satisfied and the next cycle is updated. When the cycle is updated, the display of the light emitting display member 25 in the window 22 of the variable winning device 4 is updated by a signal from the electric control device 65, and the display of the winning ball number display 45 is cleared. You.

In the special game of the second cycle, the position detector 61 is used during the wait time after the signal from the special prize detector 74 is sent.
The electric control device 65 stops the operation of the motor 58 based on the signal from the
a stops when it comes closest to the special winning opening 30 and when the wait time elapses, the ball receiving member 2
The opening and closing operations of the moving members 51 and 27 are started, and the moving member 51 starts moving back and forth. Then, the balls received by the ball receiving members 27, 27 begin to accumulate in the lower recessed chamber 34b, and when the balls enter the special winning opening 30, the process shifts to the next third cycle at that time, and the special winning opening 30
When the ball receiving members 27, 27 perform a preset opening / closing operation before the ball enters, or the winning number detector 47 detects a preset number of balls, the rotating member 55 rotates to remove the stored ball. Let it flow down all at once. If the ball wins the special winning opening 30 and the continuation condition is satisfied, the process moves to the next third cycle. If no ball enters the special winning opening 30, the special game is terminated without being continued. I do.

In this way, as long as the continuation condition that the ball enters the special winning opening 30 is achieved, the game is continued up to a predetermined number of times. The cycle is not updated, and the special game is performed based on the stop condition that has been established, whichever comes first, whether the ball receiving members 27, 27 perform opening and closing operations a predetermined number of times or the winning number detector 47 detects a predetermined number of winning balls, whichever comes first. Ends.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, according to the gaming machine of the present invention,
When a hit ball continuously wins at the hit ball receiving port of the specific prize device, the interval of generation of the prize detection signal is made longer than the prize interval, and the generation of the invalid prize detection signal during the auxiliary game by the prize detection signal is performed. Is suppressed.

Therefore, even if the ball continuously wins a specific winning device with a relatively low winning frequency, a time difference occurs before the succeeding winning ball is detected by the hit ball detector. The possibility that the next prize detection signal will be generated after the end of the auxiliary game based on the prize detection signal is increased, so that the player does not have a useless prize, and the expectation of the occurrence of the special game is also increased.

[Brief description of the drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view of a game board of a pachinko machine, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the first specific prize tool from behind, and FIG. 3 is FIG. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the first specific prize tool, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the first specific prize tool, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the variable prize apparatus, and FIG. 7, FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the variable winning device, FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of a display provided on the armor of the variable winning device, FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the variable winning device with the rotating member stopped. FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the variable winning device in a state where the ball is temporarily stored by the rotating member, and FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the variable winning device in a state where the rotating ball is rotated and the stored ball is allowed to flow all at once. FIG. 12 is a schematic block diagram of the electric control device, and FIGS. 13 to 18 are timing charts. In the figure, 1 is a game board, 4 is a variable winning device, 5 is a first specific winning device, 11 is a slope portion, 12 is a winning opening, 14 is a first specific winning detector, and 65 is an electric control device.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A specific prize device provided in a game section for generating a prize detection signal when a hit ball is won, an auxiliary game is performed by a prize detection signal from the specific prize device, and the specific game is performed during the auxiliary game. A game control device that invalidates a winning detection signal from the winning device and generates a special game based on the result mode of the auxiliary game.The specific winning device can accept a hit ball. A hit ball receiving port, a hit ball detector that detects a hit ball and generates a winning detection signal, a detection delay unit that delays a time until the hit ball detector detects the hit ball received from the hit ball receiving port and detects the hit ball, A gaming machine characterized in that, when a hit ball continuously wins at a hit ball receiving port of the specific winning device, a generation interval of a winning detection signal is made longer than a winning interval.