JP2699064B2 - Game prediction notification device for gaming machines - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game prediction notifying device for a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, an arrangement ball machine, a rotary game machine and other various game machines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in various types of ball game machines, for example, pachinko machines, a variable symbol display means having a plurality of symbol display portions on a game board, and a variable symbol display means for detecting a game ball and changing the symbol pattern. Starting means for changing the symbol of the display unit for a certain period of time, and when the starting means detects entering or passing of the game ball, the symbol of each symbol display unit of the variable symbol display means is changed, and after the change When the stop symbol becomes a predetermined combination of winning symbols, the special winning means is opened a predetermined number of times, or after the game ball which has won another winning means passes through the special operation area therein, a specific On condition that a game ball wins on the starting means, every time a game ball wins on the starting means, the other large winning means is opened and closed a predetermined number of times, etc. I tried to return profits There is.

In this type of ball game machine, the probability of hitting is electronically controlled by random number control or the like, but the hitting generation characteristics of each ball game machine are substantially constant, and There is a great difference in the hit occurrence characteristics between individual ball-and-ball game machines. Therefore, as a part of the in-store service for players, some game stores install and store in the store data storage and display devices that individually store the past data for each ball-and-ball game machine, and when the player needs it, By operating the keys, data such as the hit occurrence characteristics of the individual ball game machines is displayed on the screen.

[0004]

With this data storage and display device, when a player selects a ball-and-ball game machine, the characteristics of the ball-and-ball game machine can be obtained from the data of the individual ball-and-wall game machines.
In particular, since a slump or the like can be grasped by the wave of the hit occurrence or the way of the wave, there is an advantage that the ball game machine can be easily selected and the game can be advantageously performed. Therefore, it is most desirable that all players, regardless of age or gender, can easily operate and easily understand the contents of this data storage and display device.

However, in practice, since each player operates a key and displays data on a screen in a graph or the like for each specific ball-and-ball game machine, even among a large number of players, it is easy to use. There are very few players who can easily understand the contents of the game, and only a limited number of players are targeted.

In addition, this data storage and display device stores and stores past data, and if there is a player who wants to view the data, he or she operates the keys to view the data. It is impossible to predict and think about future hits while referring to the data. The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and a gaming machine capable of predicting the occurrence of a hit based on a hit occurrence characteristic of a gaming machine and notifying by sound, and enabling a player to play a game while referring to the prediction result. It is an object of the present invention to provide a game prediction notification device.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gaming machine provided with a hit generating means 38 which is in a hitting state advantageous to a player when a predetermined condition is satisfied. A data storage means 48 for storing data of occurrence characteristics, a data storage means 50 for storing data during a game, and a hit at that time based on the data from the data storage means 48 and the data from the data storage means 50 And a voice notifying unit 56 for notifying the player of the prediction result of the predicting unit 51 by voice.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, a variable symbol display means 22 having a plurality of symbol display portions 29, 30, and 31 in which the display symbols vary, and It is provided with a hit generating means 38 which becomes a hit state advantageous to the player after the stop symbol after the change of the display means 22 becomes a predetermined hit symbol.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the data storage means 48 stores a hitting situation with respect to the number of operating game balls, and the data storage means 50 stores the number of game balls. The number of operation is accumulated.

The present invention described in claim 4 is the first and second aspects of the present invention.
Or, in the invention described in 3, the data storage means 48 stores the difference sphere between the out ball and the safe ball with respect to the number of operating game balls, and the data storage means 50 stores the number of operating game balls. is there.

[0011] The present invention described in claim 5 is based on claim 1,
In the invention described in 2, 3, or 4, the data storage means
A probability predicting means 52 for predicting a hit probability at that time based on data from 48 and data from data storing means 50 is provided.

[0012] The present invention described in claim 6 provides the following.
The invention according to 2, 3, 4 or 5, further comprising a number prediction means 53 for predicting the number of hits at that time based on the data from the data storage means 48 and the data from the data storage means 50. It is.

[0013] The present invention described in claim 7 is based on claim 1,
In the invention described in 2, 3, 4, or 5, a voice notification means 56 is provided which is activated when a stop symbol of the variable symbol display means 22 is in a reach state where one symbol is hit.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 6 illustrate a first embodiment of the present invention. Figure 1 shows the ball game equipment in a game store, 1 is an island structure, 2 is a pachinko machine, and 3 is an automatic ball rental machine. The island structure 1 is provided with an upper frame 4 and a lower frame 5 which are arranged vertically at an interval, and a plurality of pachinko machines 2 and automatic ball rental machines 3 are provided between the upper frame 4 and the lower frame 5. Are alternately arranged and detachably mounted.

Each pachinko machine 2 is configured as shown in FIGS. That is, in FIG. 2 and FIG.
Is a front frame, which is pivotally attached to the pachinko machine 2 main body 11 by a pair of upper and lower hinges 12 on the left end side so as to be freely opened and closed. A glass door 13 and a front plate 14 are attached to the front frame 10, and a game board 15 is detachably attached to the rear side thereof. The front frame 10 has a first display means 7 and a second display means 8 on the left side of the game board 15.
The first display means 7 is mounted on the front frame 10 via the support member 6. Pachinko machine 2 main body 11
Is the upper frame 4 and lower frame of the island structure 1 between the left and right automatic ball rental machines 3
5 is detachably fitted.

An upper plate 16 is mounted on the front plate 14.
A ball sweeping lever is provided at the front edge of the sixteen. A lower plate 17 and an operation handle 19 of the firing means 18 are provided at a lower portion of the front frame 10. When the operation handle 19 is operated, game balls are supplied from the upper plate 16 one by one to the launching unit, and the game balls are provided. Is fired toward the game board 15 by the operation of the firing motor. At the top of the front frame 10, a hit display lamp 20 is provided.

On the front surface of the game board 15, a guide rail 21 for guiding the shot game balls is provided in an annular shape. On the inside of the guide rail 21, there is a variable symbol display means.
22, a start gate 23, winning ports 24 and 25, a specific winning means 26, a third type starting port 27, a large winning means 28, and the like are mounted.

The variable symbol display means 22 includes three symbol display sections 29, 30, and 31 in the left and right directions. When the game ball passes the starting gate 23, the symbol display sections 29, 30, and 31 are processed by random number processing. The display symbol is configured to fluctuate for a predetermined time. In addition, each symbol display part 29,30,31 displays the numerical symbol of 0-9, for example.

The specific winning means 26 is opened when the stop symbol of each of the symbol display sections 29, 30, 31 of the variable symbol display means 22 becomes a winning symbol of a predetermined combination such as "7.7.7". It has become. The inside of the specific winning means 26 is divided into three parts, and the center thereof is a special operation area 32.

The pachinko machine 2 has a control function as shown in FIG. That is, 33 is an out ball detecting means, and a firing means.
A game ball fired on the upper side of the game board 15 at 18 is detected and can be extracted as out-ball information. Numeral 34 denotes a random number generating means which generates a random number from 0 to 159 when the hit occurrence probability is 1/160. The random numbers generated by the random number generation means 34 include a hit random number and an outlier random number, and the outlier random numbers include a reach random number and a random number other than the reach random number.

Numeral 35 is a random number judging means which reads a random number at the time of detection from the random number generating means 34 when the starting gate 23 detects the passage of the game ball, and judges the random number.
It has a function of determining whether or not the random number is a hit random number, a reach random number, and an out-of-range random number, so that the reach information can be extracted to the outside at the time of the reach random number.

Numeral 36 designates a fluctuation processing means, in which a stop symbol of each symbol display unit 29, 30, 31 of the fluctuation symbol display means 22 is designated in advance in accordance with each random number. The variable symbol display means 22 is controlled so that each symbol display unit 29, 30, 31 stops at the symbol specified by the random number at that time.
Are used to change the symbols of the symbol display sections 29, 30, and 31 for a fixed time. Further, the fluctuation processing means 36 stops the symbols in the symbol display sections 29, 30, 31 in the order of left, right, and middle.

The variation processing means 36 includes a random number determination means.
When 35 is determined to be a winning random number, the symbols of the symbol display portions 29, 30, 31 of the variable symbol display means 22 are stopped at a predetermined combination of winning symbols, such as "7.7.7",
When it is determined that the symbols are reach random numbers, the three symbol display units are arranged so that the symbols on the two symbol display units 29 and 31 on the left and right sides of the variable symbol display unit 22 match, and only the symbol on the middle symbol display unit 30 differs. Two
The symbols 9, 30, and 31 are stopped, and at the time of other random numbers other than these, each symbol display unit 29, 30, 31 of the variable symbol display means 22
Are stopped at different symbols.

Numeral 37 designates a symbol determining means, which determines a stop symbol of each of the symbol display sections 29, 30, 31 of the variable symbol display means 22 from a random number at the time of the variation processing by the variation processing means 36, and the stop symbol is hit. The specific winning means 26 is opened at the time of winning the symbol. 38 is a hit generating means, a symbol determining means 37
Is determined to be a winning symbol, the specific winning means 26 is opened, and when the game ball passes through the special operation area 32, a winning state advantageous to the player is generated. That is, if the game ball passes through the special operation area 32 of the specific winning means 26, thereafter, every time the game ball enters the third type starting port 27, the hit generating means 38 opens the special winning means 28 for a certain time. The opening and closing operation of the special winning means 28 is repeated up to 16 times. The hit generating means 38 can take out the hit information to the outside.

The automatic ball lending machine 3 has a card insertion slot 39 as shown in FIG. 4, and after inserting a magnetic card into the card insertion slot 39, a ball lending switch mounted on the upper plate 16 of the pachinko machine 2. When the player operates (not shown), the game balls corresponding to the operation are paid out to the upper plate 16 from the prize ball payout device (not shown) in the pachinko machine 2 main body 11, and the settlement switch (not shown) Is operated, the magnetic card is returned from the card insertion slot 39.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, each support member 6 is a hollow body having a trapezoidal cross section with an open rear side, and a front frame above the card insertion slot 39 of the automatic ball lending machine 3. It is mounted on the left side of 10 vertically. Each support member 6 includes a front end protruding surface 41, and a pair of left and right inclined surfaces 42 and 43 formed so as to spread to both left and right sides as moving from the left and right ends to the rear side of the front end protruding surface 41. Of the two inclined surfaces 42, 43 of each support member 6, the inclined surface 43 on the pachinko machine 2 side has a smaller inclination on a plane than the inclined surface 42 on the automatic ball rental machine 3 side, and The angle is set to be perpendicular to or close to the line of sight.

As shown in FIG. 4, the first display means 7
A level meter 44 that is long in the vertical direction is employed, and the level meter 44 is vertically mounted on the inclined surface 43 side of the support member 6 disposed on the left side of the pachinko machine 2. The level meter 44 includes a large number of light emitting units 45 finely divided at equal intervals in the vertical direction, and each of the light emitting units 45 emits light continuously from a lower side to a predetermined position. Each light-emitting part 45 of the level meter 44 is colored green, yellow, red, or the like in a required number from the lower side. Each light emitting section 45 is constituted by a light emitting diode or the like.

As the second display means 8, a seven-segment display is used, which is mounted on the support member 6 near the lower side of the first display means 7. On the front side of the upper frame 4, an upper decorative cover 46 is attached so as to connect the upper ends of the support members 6 on both sides of each pachinko machine 2 in a gate shape. And
The upper decorative cover 46 is provided with a hit display means 47.

FIG. 6 shows a predictive control system provided for each pachinko machine 2. Numeral 48 denotes data storage means, which is provided for each pachinko machine 2 and has predetermined characteristics such as a hit occurrence characteristic, a hit occurrence probability, an average expected pitching value, and the number of changes. Is stored. For example,
In the case where the hitting characteristics of the particular pachinko machine 2 in the past several days are as shown in FIG. 6, the hitting condition with respect to the operating number of the game balls, that is, the difference ball between the out ball and the safe ball with respect to the operating number is The information is stored in a line graph or other manner. In addition, the hit occurrence characteristics of the change symbol display means 22 with respect to the number of changes are also stored.

Reference numeral 49 denotes a microcomputer, which is a game board 14
In addition to having a control function of controlling the game operation of the pachinko machine, the data storage means 50 for storing the game data of the pachinko machine 2 and the data from the data storage means 48 and the data from the data storage means 50 And a predicting means 51 for predicting the hit occurrence probability at that time so as to correspond to each of the pachinko machines 2.

The data storage means 50 inputs the out-ball information, reach information, hit information, etc. of the pachinko machine 2, counts out-ball information, calculates the number of out-ball operations, and accumulates it. It has a function of storing and accumulating the reach information when a reach occurs, and a function of accumulating the number of hits for counting and accumulating the number of occurrences when a hit state occurs.

The prediction means 51 includes a probability prediction means 52 for predicting the probability of occurrence of a hit, and a number prediction means 53 for predicting the number of times of a hit. Probability prediction means 52
Calculates the difference between the data stored in the data storage means 48 and the operation number data of the data storage means 50 every time a reach occurs, and predicts the probability of occurrence of a hit according to the degree of the difference. ing.

For example, when the difference between the number of game balls on the stored data and the number of running games in the actual game is ± 50,
When 100, ± 300, ± 600, ± 1
000, ± 2000, ± 3000,
In the case of ± 5000, ± 10,000, and the like, the probability of occurrence of a hit is predicted in ten stages according to the degree of the difference. The number-of-times estimating means 53 calculates the number of hits occurring afterwards by calculating the data stored in the data storage means 48 and the data on the number of operations of the data storage means 50 when a hit occurs.

The first display means 7 is for displaying the prediction probability of the probability prediction means 52.
Each light emitting section 45 of the level meter 44 blinks and lights at a level proportional to the 10-step predicted probability, and the blinking position of each light emitting section 45 moves up and down irregularly at times other than the display of the predicted probability. I have. The first display means 7 can select one of a plurality of types of display modes by using a selection switch. The first display means 7 may blink on and off at a fixed time interval, at a fixed number of out-balls, or each time a fixed input signal is input.

The second display means 8 is for displaying the number of predictions made by the number prediction means 53, and at a certain time interval after a hit, at a certain number of out-balls, at a variable symbol display means.
The predicted number of times is displayed on the second display means 8 every time a certain number of fluctuations of 22 occur or every time a certain input signal is input.

Reference numeral 55 denotes a voice storage means such as a ROM. The voice storage means 55 stores all voice data necessary for notifying the predicted probability of hit occurrence and the predicted number of hit occurrence times. That is, in the voice storage means 55, for example, "the hit prediction probability is 90%.", "Chance! Chance!", "Reach occurrence! Hit prediction probability is 90%!", "I'm hit right now. The predicted number of hits is four. "And the like, and audio data suitable for motivating the player to play the game are digitally stored.

Reference numeral 56 denotes a sound notifying means, which broadcasts the prediction probability, the number of predictions, and the like to many players in the store and notifies them in a sound manner, and outputs sound effects and the like according to the progress of the game. An amplifier, a speaker, and the like for generating the power are used. Reference numeral 57 denotes a voice extracting unit which extracts voice data from the voice storage unit 55 in accordance with an output from the predicting unit 51 when the prediction result of the predicting unit 51 becomes, for example, a hit occurrence probability of 50% or more and when a hit occurs. Then, the extracted voice is sent to the voice notifying means 56 with the prediction probability and the number of predictions.

Next, the operation of the pachinko machine 2 will be described. In the game, first, a magnetic card is inserted into the card insertion slot 39 of the automatic ball lending machine 3 and the ball lending switch is operated. Then, the number of game balls according to the operation of the ball lending switch is paid out to the upper plate 16 from the prize ball payout device.

When the operation handle 19 of the firing means 18 is operated after the payout of the game balls, the game balls on the upper plate 16 are supplied one by one to the firing position of the firing rail in conjunction with the firing operation of the firing means 18, The game balls are hit with a hitting hammer and sequentially fired along the guide rails 21 on the upper side of the game board 15.

Then, while the game ball fired on the upper side of the game board 15 falls along the surface of the game board 15 and the game ball enters the starting gate 23, the change processing means 36 operates to change the game ball. The symbol of each symbol display section 29, 30, 31 of the symbol display means 22 is varied, and when a predetermined variation time elapses, each symbol display section 29, 3 is changed.
The symbols 0, 31 are stopped in the order of left, right, and middle.

That is, the random number generating means 34 always sets 0 to 1
When the starting gate 23 detects a game ball, the random number at the time of detection is read and determined by the random number determination means 35, and the fluctuation processing means 36 performs the fluctuation processing according to the determination result of the random number. Then, the symbols in the symbol display sections 29, 30, 31 of the variable symbol display means 22 are varied for a certain period of time. The stop symbol of each symbol display part 29,30,31 after this change is "7.7 / 7" in case of hit random number, and the symbol of two right and left symbol display parts 29,30,31 in case of reach random number. Are both "7", and when it is a non-reach random number other than the reach random number, it becomes a non-hit symbol and a non-reach symbol other than the reach symbol.

When the fluctuation processing means 36 starts the fluctuation processing,
Each of the symbol display units 2 of the variable symbol display unit 22
The 9,30,31 stop symbols are determined. And each symbol display part 2
If the stopped symbols at 9, 30, and 31 are other than the winning random number that becomes a winning symbol, the symbol determining means 37 determines that the symbol is off, and the specific winning means 26 is not opened.

Each of the symbol display sections 29, 30,
When 31 stops at the winning symbol, the specific winning means 26 is opened by a signal from the symbol determining means 37, and when the game ball passes through the special operation area 32, the hit generating means 38 works,
Generate a winning state that is advantageous to the player. That is, if the game ball passes through the special operation area 32 of the specific winning means 26, thereafter, every time the game ball enters the third type starting port 27, the special winning means 28
Is opened for a certain period of time, and the large winning means 28 repeats the opening and closing operation up to 16 times, so that a large number of game balls enter the large winning means 28 continuously, and a great profit is returned to the player.

When a specific pachinko machine 2 has the hit occurrence characteristics as shown in FIG. 6, the hit occurrence characteristics of the pachinko machine 2 are stored in the data storage means 48 of the central control device 49. I have. For example, in the pachinko machine 2, there is one hit at the point a where the number of operating machines is about 2300 pieces, and no hit occurs between about 15,000 pieces thereafter. Then, if a hit occurs at the point b after about 15,000 pieces, c
There are four consecutive hits between the points, d, e, and f and just under 6000. After that, there is no hit at all up to about 32500 pieces, and if a hit occurs at about 32500 g points, h
A hit occurs at point, i point, and j point.

During the game, when the player operates the firing means 18 to sequentially fire game balls, every time one game ball is fired,
The out-ball information is transmitted to the microcomputer 49 and the data storage means 50 in the microcomputer 49
Sequentially counts and accumulates the number of operations. Note that this accumulation is a total value from the start of business on one day, regardless of the change of players.

When the number of operating game balls reaches a considerable number, for example, every 100 shots, the prediction means 51 sets the data storage means.
The stored data from 50 are sequentially read, the difference between the number of operations at the time of occurrence of hitting of the stored data in the data storage means 48 is calculated, the probability of hitting is predicted by the probability predicting means 52, and the result is displayed. 7 and 8, and is notified by the voice notification means 56.

Now, if the number of data stored in the data storage means 50 is 12,000, the data storage means 48
Since the number of stored data is about 15,000 at the point b, the difference between the two is 3,000. Therefore, the probability predicting means 52 predicts the probability of occurrence of the hit at the present time from about 3,000 to about three from the bottom of the ten steps from the 3000 difference, and the predicted probability is as low as 50%. The level meter 44 of the display means 7 flashes from the bottom to about three levels.

Then, the game ball is further fired for 130
If the number is about 00, the difference between them is about 2000, so the probability prediction means 52 predicts the current occurrence probability at the present time to be about 4 from the bottom of the 10 stages, and sets the level meter 44 to 4 from the bottom. Blink to about the level. Less than,
As the number of operating game balls increases, the probability prediction means 52 predicts the probability at that time.
It is only displayed by the level meter 44 of the display means 7.

Therefore, aside from whether or not a hit actually occurs, the player can use the first display means on the left side of the pachinko machine 2.
If you look at the level display of the level meter 44 of 7, you can know the prediction probability of hit occurrence according to the hit occurrence characteristics of the pachinko machine 2, and play the game happily and thinking while taking into account the guess of the player himself be able to.

The probability of hitting is predicted by the probability predicting means 52 and displayed by the level meter 44. The displayed content is a prediction based on past stored data and is different from whether or not a hit actually occurs. Therefore, the game is not immediately captured by this display, and the thinking ability of the player can be aroused. Moreover, since the level meter 44 does not always display the prediction result, but displays the prediction result during irregular blinking lighting, the display of the level meter 44 itself becomes a thoughtful display, and the player Since the meaning and content cannot be immediately detected from the display of the level meter 44, the thinking ability of the game is also improved in this respect.

If the prediction probability exceeds 50% while the probability of occurrence of a hit is being predicted by the probability prediction means 52 of the prediction means 51, the probability prediction means 52 outputs an output indicating what percentage the prediction probability is. Since a signal is output, the sound extraction means 57 extracts the sound data of the sound storage means 56 based on the output signal, and the sound notifying means 56 notifies the player of the prediction probability at that time by sound.

For example, the prediction probability at this time is 70%, 80
% Or 90%, the voice extraction means 57 extracts voice data corresponding to the predicted probability of 70%, 80% or 90% from the voice storage means 56 and sends the voice data to the voice notification means 56. Therefore, a voice such as “probability 70%! Probability 70%!”, “Probability 80%! Probability 80%!” Or “probability 90%! Chance!

At this time, of course, at this time, the display level of the level meter 44 of the first display means 7 is changed corresponding to the predicted probability of 70%, 80% or 90%. Is displayed. Thus, the first display means 7
In addition to the visual display by the level meter 44, if the predicted probability is audibly notified by the audio notifying means 56, the player in the game knows that the display of the level meter 44 indicates that the player is in the high probability state. At the same time, it is possible to know that the state is in the high-probability state by the sound of the sound notifying means 56. For this reason, the player can be motivated to capture the game both visually and audibly, and the player can play the game with a sense of expectation.

In particular, in order to notify the player of the predicted probability audibly from the sound notifying means 56 by sound, the first display means 7 is used.
It is not necessary for the player to see and confirm as in the case of visualization by the player, and the player can easily confirm. When a hit occurs during the game, the hit display lamp 20 and the like are turned on to indicate the hit, and at the same time, the hit information is used by the hit count predicting means 53 via the data storage means 50, and the hit occurrence count at that time is stored in the data storage means 48 And the number of times of prediction is displayed on the second display means 8.

For example, in the pachinko machine 2 having the hit generation characteristic as shown in FIG. 6, when a hit occurs at about 14,500 operation times, the hit information at that time is stored and stored in the data storage means 50. Then, the number prediction unit 53 of the prediction unit 51 predicts the number of subsequent hits from the data stored in the data storage unit 48 and the data stored in the data storage unit 50.

In this stored data, if it is assumed that a hit occurs at the point b in accordance with the stored data of the data storage means 48, the stored data thereafter becomes the point c,
Since occurrence of hits at points d, e and f is conceivable, the number prediction means 53 predicts that there will be four more hits based on the stored data. Then, the second display means 8
Works, and the number of predictions “4” is displayed. Accordingly, if a hit occurs at this point, the player is expected to hit four times thereafter, regardless of whether or not the hit actually occurs, so that the player can play the game with a sense of expectation.

On the other hand, the number predicting means 53 outputs an output signal of the number of predictions of 4, and based on this output signal, the voice extracting means 57 extracts the voice data of the voice storing means 55 and outputs the voice notification means 56.
Voice notification means 56, for example, `` hit!
The predicted number of hit occurrences is four times, "and the like, and the player is notified by voice of the predicted hit occurrence probability. For this reason, the player in the game can feel the occurrence of the hit by notifying the occurrence of the hit by voice and returning a large profit by successive winning of the game balls, and greatly predict the occurrence of the hit thereafter. You can play games with great expectations.

Since the voice notifying means 56 notifies the predicted probability of hit occurrence and the expected number of hit occurrences by voice,
Not only the player playing the game with the pachinko machine 2 but also the player playing the game with another nearby pachinko machine 2 can be notified of them. For this reason, a player who has not yet won a hit will be hit by another pachinko machine2,
The game can be played while referring to such information while being stimulated by hearing the predicted number of times. Hereinafter, similarly, each time a hit occurs, the number of predictions at that time is sequentially displayed.

FIG. 7 exemplifies a second embodiment of the present invention, in which data is stored in the data storage means 50 every time out-ball information is entered, and prediction is performed every time the variable symbol display means 22 reaches the reach state. The probability predicting means 52 of the means 51 predicts the probability of the hit at that time, and the voice extracting means 57 is triggered to notify the predicted probability by voice by the voice notifying means 56.

That is, the player who is playing the game can enhance the sense of expectation most not only when the variable symbol display means 22 is disengaged,
This is when the variable symbol display means 22 is in the reach state. Therefore, in this embodiment, the out-ball information is sequentially accumulated in the data accumulation means 50, and the game state is always grasped.
Then, when the reach state of the variable symbol display means 22 occurs, the probability prediction means 52 predicts the probability of the hit occurrence at that time and outputs its output signal.

On the other hand, when the probability prediction means 52 outputs an output signal of the prediction probability, the voice extraction means 57 is triggered by the reach information and extracts voice data corresponding to the output signal from the data stored in the voice storage means 55. Then, the voice data is sent to voice notification means 57. For this reason, each time the vehicle enters the reach state, the audio notifying means 57 operates to notify the player of what percentage the predicted probability at that time is by voice. Therefore, every time the player in the game enters the reach state, the expectation for the occurrence of a hit is raised while the fluctuation operation of the fluctuation symbol display means 22 is completed and the symbol is stopped,
The interest of the player in the game can be significantly improved.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. For example, in the pachinko machine 2 provided with the variable symbol display means 22, the relationship between the number of fluctuations of the variable symbol display means 22 and the occurrence of hits is stored as data in the data storage means 48, and the number of fluctuations during the actual game is stored. The probability and the number of hits may be predicted based on the relationship. Further, other data may be stored.

Each pachinko machine 2 uses the first display means 7 and the second display means 8 in addition to the audio notifying means 57, but these display means 7, 8 are omitted and only the audio notifying means 57 is provided. It is good. The condition of the hit occurrence and the profit of the player at the time of the hit occurrence are not particularly problematic. Further, the present invention can also be implemented in a mechanical pachinko machine 2 such as a so-called airplane, which is not provided with any random number generating means 34 or the like and operates by winning a game ball in the winning means. In addition, the present invention can be similarly applied to a ball game machine such as an arrangement ball machine other than the pachinko machine 2 or a rotary game machine using coins.

[0064]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gaming machine provided with a hit generating means 38 which is in a hit state advantageous to a player when a predetermined condition is satisfied. Data storage means 48 for storing data of the hit occurrence characteristics, data storage means 50 for storing data of the gaming machine 2 at the time of the game, and data based on the data from the data storage means 48 and the data from the data storage means 50. Prediction means for predicting the hit occurrence at that time
51 and a voice notifying means 56 for notifying the player of the prediction result of the predicting means 51 by voice, so that at the time of an actual game, the occurrence of a hit is predicted according to the hit occurrence characteristics and notified by voice. be able to. Therefore, the player can understand the prediction result and play the game interestingly.

In particular, since the voice notifying means 56 is provided to notify the player of the prediction result by voice, the player does not have to be troubled to check the prediction result.
The prediction result can be easily known. In addition, since the notification is given by voice, it is possible to notify a player playing a game on a nearby gaming machine of the prediction result, so that players playing a game on a nearby gaming machine can mutually recognize each other based on the prediction result. The game is played while receiving the stimulus, and the interest in the game is improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the variable symbol display means 22 having a plurality of symbol display portions 29, 30, and 31 in which the display symbols vary, and Since the stop symbol after the change of the variable symbol display means 22 becomes a predetermined hit symbol and a hit generating means 38 which becomes a hit state advantageous to the player, the variable symbol display means 22 is provided. In spite of the gaming machine 2, the hit occurrence according to the hit occurrence characteristics of the gaming machine 2 can be predicted and notified.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the data storage means 48 stores a hit state with respect to the number of operating game balls, and the data storage means 50 stores the game. Since the number of operating balls is accumulated, it is possible to predict and notify the hitting occurrence state based on the number of operating balls.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first, second or third aspect of the present invention, the data storage means is provided.
48 stores the difference sphere between the out ball and the safe ball with respect to the number of game balls operated, and the data storage means 50 stores the number of game balls operated. Predict the occurrence situation and be notified.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first, second, third or fourth aspect of the invention, the data based on the data from the data storage means 48 and the data from the data storage means 50. Since the probability predicting means 52 for predicting the hit probability at the time is provided, it is possible to easily notify the prediction result of the hit probability at the time.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, in the first, second, third, fourth or fifth aspect of the present invention, the data from the data storage means 48 and the data from the data storage means 50 are used. In addition, since the number of hits occurrence means 53 for estimating the number of hits at that time is provided, the result of prediction of the number of hits at that time can be easily notified.

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 7, in the invention as set forth in claim 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, the stop symbol of the variable symbol display means 22 hits and the reach symbol in which one symbol is missing from the symbol. Since the sound notification means 56 that operates at the time is provided,
The prediction result can be announced each time the reach state occurs, the expectation of the player is enhanced, and the interest in the game is significantly improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an island structure side showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the pachinko machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the pachinko machine showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a display unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a control system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a characteristic diagram of a hit occurrence according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a control system showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Pachinko machine (ball game machine) 22 Fluctuating symbol display means 29, 30, 31 Symbol display section 38 Hit generation means 48 Data storage means 50 Data storage means 51 Prediction means 52 Probability prediction means 53 Number prediction means 54 Selection means 56 Voice Notification means

Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] In a gaming machine having a hit generating means (38) which is in a hit state advantageous to a player when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a data storing means (48) for storing data of a hit generating characteristic. ), Data storage means (50) for storing data during the game, and data storage means (48)
Prediction means (51) for predicting the occurrence of a hit at that time based on the data from the storage means and the data from the data storage means (50), and a sound for notifying the player of the prediction result of the prediction means (51) by voice A game prediction notification device for a gaming machine, comprising a notification means (56). 2. A plurality of symbol display portions whose display symbols are varied.
(29) (30) (30) and (31) a variable symbol display means (22), which is advantageous to the player after the stop symbol after the variation of the variable symbol display means (22) becomes a predetermined hit symbol 2. The game prediction notifying device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising a hit generating means (38) for setting a hit state. 3. A data storage means (48) for storing a hit occurrence state with respect to the number of operating game balls, and a data storage means (5).
3. The game prediction notifying device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein 0) stores the number of operating game balls. 4. The data storage means (48) stores a difference ball between an out ball and a safe ball with respect to the number of game balls operated, and the data storage means (50) stores the number of game balls operated. The game prediction notifying device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein: 5. Probability predicting means for predicting a hit probability at that time based on data from a data storing means (48) and data from a data storing means (50).
The method according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, wherein (52) is provided.
3. A game prediction notification device for a gaming machine according to claim 1. 6. A number prediction means for predicting the number of hits at that time based on data from a data storage means (48) and data from a data storage means (50).
The game prediction notification device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein (53) is provided. 7. A voice notification means (56) which is activated when a stop symbol of the variable symbol display means (22) is in a reach state in which one symbol is hit and one symbol is missing.
6. The game prediction notification device for a gaming machine according to 4 or 5.