JP3255780B2 - Video bingo game machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronically controlled video bingo game machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional video bingo game apparatus, a player selects an arbitrary one from several types of bingo sheets in which numbers 1 to 25 are randomly arranged in advance, and then automatically selects a number from 1 to 25. to determine one by one outcome at random, on the bingo sheet the player has to select
Mark the numbers corresponding to the numbers in order ,
Among the at least five or more marked cells, five cells are arranged in a line (a state in which five marked cells are linearly arranged) .
As a player at the time the pattern has occurred becomes the rise, as fast as the case of a rise in the high magnification, that is, the number there is no waste in mass marked on until the 5 and Do
In the less high magnification, it so medals are paid
I am . In addition, there are also cases in which the number of rising roles is not limited to five and the number of rising roles is increased from about three. However, conventionally known roles have few roles, and there is a problem that interest is not maintained.

Further, the conventional bingo game apparatus as described above has a problem that it lacks novelty because it follows the classic rules. In addition, there are many cases in which one must give up the game before all the outcomes are determined, and there is a problem that the player's expectation of the game often does not last.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its object is to provide a novel and diverse role and a high winning rate. An object of the present invention is to provide a video-type bingo game device that is advantageous in business because the player's expectation is maintained.

[0005]

The object of the present invention is to determine five rolls first, and then randomly display numbers from 1 to 25 on the 25 grids of the bingo sheet display. When the arrangement of the five rolls on the sheet matches one of the predetermined positions, the video bingo game device is configured to recognize a winning and to pay out medals according to the position.

More specifically, it is an object of the present invention to provide a device that allows a player to bet a desired number of medals, and five randomly selected numbers from 1 to 25. the outcome display device for automatically displaying numbers, arranged in squares five rows and five columns, to 1 in the slot reel respectively consist indicator for indicating the number of 25, the outcome to the outcome display device Is activated after the is displayed, and the numbers from 1 to 25 are automatically and randomly
And display it on the result display unit.
For cells with the same number as the
A single bingo sheet display for illite display, to 1 are displayed on the bingo sheet indicator of figures 25,
The same number as the number displayed on the result display device is displayed
The arrangement of multiple highlighted cells is
Ri role in determining whether a match, when matching is solved by the video type bingo game apparatus including a device to reimburse medals in payout ratio in accordance with the role, a.

[0007]

With the above arrangement, the game progresses in a different manner from the classic bingo game, so that the number of players who can go up can be greatly increased, and the time required for the game is shortened. It will increase.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The details of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a bingo game apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a control panel of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a control processing system of the apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and FIG.
FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a state in which balls are extracted in an image projected on the display screen of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a state in which all the balls are aligned, and FIG. FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a state in which the arrangement of numbers is determined, FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the winning check state, FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a display screen when a double-up game has been advanced, and FIG.
FIG. 11 is a plan view showing a state in which payouts are arranged when an extra spot ball is selected as a payout, and FIG. 11 is a plan view showing the winning check state.

First, FIG. 1 will be described. In the figure, 1 is a main body, 10 is a display screen provided above the front of the main body 1,
Reference numeral 11 denotes a control panel provided below the display screen 10, reference numeral 12 denotes a title panel provided below the control panel 11, and reference numeral 13 denotes a medal tray provided below the control panel 12.

The display screen 10 displays a game image, and uses a CRT. Control panel 1
1 is provided with various operation buttons and the like necessary for the progress of the game. The title panel 12 describes the name of the game machine, the game method, and the like. Medal tray 13
Receives the paid-out medals.

Next, FIG. 2 will be described. In the figure, 11
0 is a medal slot, 111 is a start button, 112 is a one bet button, 113 is a dual bet button, 1
14 is a double-up button, and 115 is a payout button.

From the medal insertion slot 110, medals required for the game are inserted. One bet button 1
Numeral 12 is used for betting medals. When the key is pressed once, the number of medals bet is set to 1. After that, the number of medals is increased by one each time the key is pressed. When the start button 111 is pressed, the game starts. The dual bet button 113 is used to bet the same number of medals as the number of medals bet in the immediately preceding game. When this button is pressed, the same number of medals as in the immediately preceding game is bet, and the game is automatically started. Start.

The double-up button 114 is used to play a double-up game when a player has won. The payout button 115 is used when paying out medals obtained by the player.

Referring now to FIG. In the figure, 20 is a CPU, 21 is a ROM, 22 is a RAM, 23 is a CRT controller, 24 is a CRT used for the display screen 10 shown in FIG. 1, 25 is a character generator,
6 is a video RAM, 27 is a priority controller, 28 is a color RAM, 29 is a video modulator, 30
Is an input port, 31 is a inserted medal discriminator, 32 is a medal hopper, 33 is a medal dispenser, 34 is an output port, 3
5 is a lamp drive circuit, 36 is a hopper drive circuit, 37 is a counter, 38 is a counter drive circuit, 39 is a speaker, and 40 is a sound drive circuit.

The CPU 20 performs various arithmetic processes and processes input signals and output signals. The ROM 21 stores a program for controlling the whole game, various data related to the game such as characters and design data of the appearance, and a program related to image processing in each dedicated area. The RAM 22 has a memory for storing the number of medals inserted prior to the start of the game, an area for storing data such as a winning combination pattern and the number of medals to be paid out, a bingo sheet display section, an appearance display section, and the like. Memory and several variable areas are allocated.

The CRT controller 23 includes a CPU 20
In response to the control operation, the image pattern data necessary for outputting an image on the screen of the CRT 24 among the character data and the appearance image data stored in the ROM 21 are stored in the character generator 25 and the video R
The AM 26 stores an object code indicating which image is displayed on the screen of the CRT 24 at which position.

The CRT controller 23 includes a CPU 20
, The image pattern data stored in the character generator 25 corresponding to the position data in the video RAM 26 is sent to the priority controller 27. The priority controller 27 determines the priority of the overlapped image, and sends color position data to a color RAM 28, which sends color data for each bit of the image to a video modulator 29.

This video modulator 29 is provided with the color RA
The parallel digital color data sent from M28 is converted into serial data and an analog signal, synchronized with a video signal, sent to the CRT 24, and a predetermined image is displayed. The input port 30 receives signals from a inserted medal discriminator 31, a control panel 11, a medal dispenser 33, and the like for inspecting inserted medals.

From the output port 34, a lamp drive circuit 35 for illuminating a game progress operation button arranged on the control panel 11, respectively, and a medal hopper 3 for paying out a predetermined number of medals when acquiring medals.
Control signals are sent to a hopper drive circuit 36 for driving the second, a counter drive circuit 38 for driving a counter 37 for recording the total number of paid medals and the like, a sound drive circuit 40, and the like.

Next, the flow of the game will be described with reference to FIG. In this game device, a demo video is displayed on the display screen 10 when a game is not being played. The player can insert medals at any time when the demo screen is displayed. In this device, the player inserts medals, determines the number of medals bet with the bet button,
When the game starts, 5 balls are randomly extracted from the 25 numbered bingo balls,
The images are sequentially displayed on the display screen 10. After all the payouts are displayed, the arrangement of the numbers on the bingo sheet is determined as described later, and as soon as the arrangement of the numbers is determined, it is checked whether or not a winning is made.

If no prize is won, the game ends there and the display returns to the demonstration video. If a prize is won, the player selects either a payout or a double-up game at that time. When the payout is selected, the player obtains the number of medals according to the winning, and the game ends. The double-up game is a game in which a winning medal is used as a source and the number can be doubled, but if it fails, all bets are lost. If a double-up game is selected and the game is lost, the number of medals acquired in the game is lost and the game ends.

On the other hand, if the player has won, at this point, either a payout or a double-up game is selected. When the payout is selected, the game is terminated at that point, and the player obtains a medal twice as many as the number obtained in the bingo game. When a double-up game is played, a medal won in the previous double-up game is used as a starting point, and the double-up game is advanced as described above. If this double-up game can be won continuously, it can be repeated until the number of medals acquired in the game reaches a predetermined limit value.

Hereinafter, a method of using the above device will be described with reference to FIG. Except when the bingo game device is used for a game, a demo video is displayed on its screen. In this demonstration video, the bingo game played on this device is automatically progressing.

As shown in FIG. 5, the display screen of this device is displayed on the left side of the upper layer.
The column of S is a column of bingo sheets having a total of 25 squares in five rows and columns in the center (the “Bingo sheet display” in the claims).
A corresponding column is provided on the right side of the column (corresponding to the “Rolling display device” in the claims), and the extracted number is extracted from the 25 numbered bingo balls in the middle layer. A column for displaying five payouts is provided. On the lower left side, a WAGER column indicating the number of bets, a WIN column indicating the number of medals won in the previous game, and a PAY column indicating the number of payouts are displayed below. A CREDIT column indicating the number of medals that can be used in the game is provided on the right side.

When the player inserts medals from the medal insertion slot, the number of inserted medals is displayed in the CREDIT column.
At this time, the numbers of the previous game are arranged on the bingo sheet. Next, the player presses the one bet button to bet an arbitrary number of medals. At this time, the bet amount is W
Although displayed in the AGER column, the number of medals displayed in the CREDIT column decreases as the number displayed in the WAGER column increases. Next, the player starts the game by pressing the start button. When the bet amount reaches 20 of the preset maximum bet amount (MAX BET), the game is automatically started without pressing the start button. Is started.

When the game is started, as shown in FIG. 5, a field for displaying a bingo ball in the middle layer of the screen is displayed.
Five randomly picked-up balls from among the twenty-five bingo balls on which the numbers 1 to 25 are written roll from the right side of the screen and are displayed. Then, as the payout is determined, the same payout as the rolled payout is sequentially displayed in a small display field of the payout at the upper right of the screen. Next, when all the payouts are displayed and the result is determined, as shown in FIG. 6, the numbers displayed in the bingo sheet column at the center of the upper layer of the screen rotate like slot reels, respectively, as shown in FIG. As shown in, after rotating for a certain period of time, the bingo sheet automatically stops from the upper right and sequentially stops in a certain order so that the same number does not appear on the bingo sheet. Filled with numbers.

Thus, the bingo sheet has a number of 1 to 25
In the process of Yuku it is filled with, the numbers are consistent with the outcomes Nitsu
In its, the mass number is being displayed is highlighted, at the same time, the payout indicating the number displayed in the middle layer is slide into sequentially disappear. In addition, numbers are sequentially displayed on the bingo sheet
Is determined and displayed, if the square whose number is determined next is the reach of the winning combination, the way to stop that slot reel is different from other times, for example, it stops slowly And hope for the players
It is designed to increase . All numbers are displayed on the bingo sheet and its configuration are determined, consistent with outcomes Ha
When the arrangement of the cells of the highlighted numbers is
The determination as to whether or not the winning combination has been made , that is, a check for winning is started . If the highlighted cell corresponds to a rising hand pattern described later , as shown in FIG.
To, and numbers that are placed in the mass, the row of rising role to the appropriate fields of the ODDS is highlighted. That is, FIG.
In the case of the array, the numbers “6”, “21”, “2” in the bottom row
Match the numbers on the roll and they continue in a row
Because they are lined up,
E ". Therefore, “3L” in the left ODDS column
The line "INE" is highlighted. Furthermore, the bottom
The number “6” at the left end of the line is the corner at the four corners of the bingo sheet.
Occupy one of the
This corresponds to the role of "1 CORNER". Therefore, on the left
The line of "1 CORNER" in the ODDS column is also highlighted
Is displayed.

When there is a winning combination, the player is awarded a winning number of medals according to the number of medals bet on the winning combination. At this point, the player may end the game and receive the number of wins, or may select the double-up game based on the number of wins. To end the game, the payout button may be pressed, and the winning number is displayed in the WIN column, and the number is added to the CREDIT column and displayed.

To play the double-up game, the user only has to press the double-up button, and the screen is switched as shown in FIG. On this screen, a rotating reel in which LOSE and × 2 are alternately displayed is displayed in a rotating state, and below the rotating reel, a large WIN column indicating the number of medals that can be obtained when winning the double-up game is displayed. Is provided. The rotation of the spinning reel automatically stops after a certain period of time, but can be stopped by the player pressing the double up button.

If the spinning reel stops displaying with x2 at the center, the player can obtain twice as many medals as the winning number in the bingo game, but if he stops at LOSE, he loses all the medals bet on the double-up game. Will be.
The player who has won twice as many medals in the double-up game will press the double-up button again, and the number of medals obtained will continue to be up to 1
You can play the double up game as many times as you want without exceeding 10,000 copies. To end the double-up game, the payout button may be pressed, and the number of medals obtained is displayed in the WIN column at the lower left of the screen, and the number is added to the CREDIT column and displayed.

[0031] When a player makes a bingo game continuously, rather than by repeating the Figure 5 following steps, in order that
It is, press the direct one-bet button or dual-bet button without pressing the payout button when you exit the game
By doing so, it is possible to proceed to the next game. At this time, when the dual bet button is pressed, the same number of bets as in the previous game is bet and the game is started automatically.

In the above apparatus, one extra spot ball is randomly set from 25 bingo balls for each game. As shown in FIG. 10, a star mark is designed on the bingo ball which has become the extra spot ball (display screen).
(See the bingo ball with the number “2” in the middle layer) .
When this ball is selected as a payout, one square of the bingo sheet is randomly selected before the number of the bingo sheet rotates like a slot reel, and the square continues to light until the winning combination is checked ( Top right of bingo sheet
See the corner squares) . At this time, what is selected is a cell at a specific position, not a number displayed on the cell. The arrangement of the numbers on the bingo sheet is determined, and as shown in FIG. 11, the winning is checked. At this time, the cells lit as extra spots (immediately)
The above-mentioned square in the upper right corner has the same effect as the square marked as a roll, so that the player is very advantageous.

During the game, various buttons provided on the control panel are turned on to function effectively according to the progress of the game to assist the player's operation. Means that BGM is usually played from the speaker, and when
Different fanfare is played when a winning combination of a high payout is realized, when an extra spot ball appears, when a double-up game is won, and when 50 or more payouts are made at a time.

Hereinafter, the winning combination of the bingo game will be described. The rising combination is roughly classified into two types, a combination relating to a bingo sheet and a combination relating to an appearance. The hand related to the bingo sheet is an up hand determined by the arrangement of the numbers on the bingo sheet marked in correspondence with the roll.

The pattern of the winning combination in the above-mentioned game style is as follows. 5 LINE …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4 LINEs: Four of the marked squares are aligned vertically or horizontally or diagonally. (For example, the "extra spots" the upper right corner of the bingo sheet of FIG. 11, the numbers on the continued Ku diagonal to the future lower left "25", "18", a total of four of the mass of "4" corresponds to this.) 3 LINEs: Three of the marked squares are arranged vertically or horizontally or diagonally. (E.g., the number "6" in the bottom row of the bingo sheet of FIG. 8, "21" corresponds to Re total of three Masugako "2".) 4BLOCK ···· marked among the column was, four Are arranged in blocks adjacent to two rows and two columns. 5 CROSS: One of the five marked squares is located in the center of the bingo sheet, and the remaining four are adjacent to each other in a cross-like manner in the upper, lower, left, and right directions, or When placed in an X-shape vertically and diagonally. (For example, a square in which the number "18" at the center of the bingo sheet in FIG. 11 is displayed, and numbers "2", "25", "4", and "3" adjacent to each other in an X-shape around the square are displayed. This corresponds to a total of five squares with the four squares that were set.)

4 CORNER: when four of the marked cells occupy all corners of the bingo sheet. 3 CORNER: Three of the marked cells occupy three of the four bingo sheet corners. 2 CORNER: when two of the marked cells occupy two of the four bingo sheet corners. 1 CORNER: when one of the marked cells occupies one of the four corners of the bingo sheet. (For example, trout and the lower left corner of the number "6" is attached bingo sheet of FIG. 8, the mass of "extra spot" in the upper-right corner of the bingo sheet shown in FIG. 11 corresponds to this.) CENTER ···· mark If one of the squares occupies the center of the bingo sheet. (For example, this corresponds to the square in which the number “18” in the center of the bingo sheet in FIG. 11 is displayed.)

On the other hand, the winning combination relating to the payout is a winning combination determined by the type of the number of the payout regardless of the arrangement of the marked cells. The pattern of this winning combination is as follows. STRAIGHT: When all five numbers are consecutive. ALL HIGH… .When all 5 numbers are 14 or more. ALL LOW: when all five numbers to be dispensed are 12 or less. ALL EVEN-When all five numbers are odd numbers. ALL ODD: All five odd numbers are odd numbers. Table 1 shows the payout table corresponding to the above winning combination.

[0038]

[Table 1] This payout table is displayed in the ODDS column on the upper left of the display screen of the bingo game device. In addition, when these winning combinations overlap, in principle, the final winning number of the bingo game is the sum of the winning numbers according to all the winning combinations.

For example, the winning combination of the game shown in FIG. 8 is 3 LINEs of “6, 21, 2” and 1 COR of “6”.
NER and the player has bet 5 medals in this game, so the player's medal count is 3L
11 pieces of INE plus 1 CORNER plus 1
It becomes a sheet. Since 5CROSS and CENTER is to establish a duplicate, when 5CROSS is established, the C E NTER be satisfied (FIG. 11 simultaneously bi
(See Ngo sheet and its ODDS column) .

The following shows combinations of winning combinations that cannot be won repeatedly. (1) 4 LINE and 3 LINE in 5 LINE (2) 3 LINE in 4 LINE (3) 3 LINE in 5 CROSS (4) 3 CORNER in 4 CORNER, 2 CORN
ER and 1 CORNER (5) 2 CORNER and 1 COR in 3 CORNER
NER (6) 1 CORNER in 2 CORNER

When the extra spot is involved in winning, a combination other than the above-mentioned unacceptable combination, for example, 5
The combination of CROSS and 4LINE is valid. For example, the winning combination of the game shown in FIG. 11 is “1, 25,
18, 4 ”and“ 2, 25, 18, 4,
5 ”CROSS of“ 3 ”, 1 CORNER of“ 1 ”,
Since the player has bet 20 medals in this game, the player has a total of 810 medals.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the shape of the main body of the game machine is not limited to the vertical type, and may be a table type, and various buttons provided on the control panel. May be changed, and instead of the dual bet button, a max bet button for betting the maximum number of coins at a time may be provided.

When the winning combination is related to a payout, the row in the ODDS column corresponding to the winning combination is highlighted when the winning combination is determined before the numbers on the bingo sheet are rotated. You may. Further, the mark of the extra spot ball does not have to be a star mark, and various buttons provided on the main body, the display screen, the control panel, and the shape of the bingo sheet and the bingo ball displayed on the screen, etc. The design can be freely changed within the scope of the invention, and the present invention covers all the modifications that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art from the above description.

[0044]

Since the video bingo game apparatus according to the present invention is constructed as described above, the game development according to the present invention differs from the classic bingo game.
Players can hope for the game with fresh feelings,
There are many types of rising roles, the probability of winning is high, and each time the number on the bingo sheet is determined, the expectation of the player increases,
Since the sense of expectation continues until just before the end of the game, a new game machine with high interest can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a video bingo game device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a control panel of the apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a system block diagram showing a control processing system of the apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an extracted ball extraction state in an image displayed on a display screen of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a state in which all payouts are aligned.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a state in which the arrangement of numbers on the bingo sheet is determined.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the winning check state.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a display screen when the game progresses to a double-up game.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a state in which payouts are aligned when an extra spot ball is selected as payouts.

FIG. 11 is a plan view showing the winning check state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Main unit 10 Display screen 11 Control panel 110 Medal slot 111 Start button 112・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ One bet button 113 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Dual bet button 114 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Double up button 115 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Payout button 12 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Title panel 13 ・ ・ ・ ・... Medal receiving tray 20 ... CPU 21 ROM 22 RAM 23 CRT controller 24 ... CRT 25 ... Character generator 26 ... Video RAM 27 ... Priority controller 28 ... Color RAM 29 ... ... Video modulator 30 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Input port 31 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Medal discriminator 32 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Medal hopper 33 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Medal dispenser 34 ・ ・ ・······ Output port 35 ········································································································································································· ... Speaker 40 ... Sound drive circuit

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-62-275482 (JP, A) JP-A-61-113488 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A63F 3/06 B A63F 13/00 M

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A device for allowing a player to bet a desired number of medals, an appearance display device for automatically displaying five numbers randomly selected from 1 to 25, arranged grid lines and five columns, made from each display for displaying numbers of from 1 to slot reel 25, the upper
Serial started from is displayed dice in dice display device, to 1 in the grid as well as automatically arranged displays a number of 25 randomly number displayed on the outcome indicator
Highlight the squares with the same numbers as
A single bingo sheet display to be displayed, and among the numbers 1 to 25 displayed on the bingo sheet display , the same numbers as the numbers displayed on the result display device are displayed.
Shown highlighted plurality of squares in the array determines whether matches the predetermined upward role, anda device to reimburse medals in payout ratio in accordance with the winning combination when matched Video bingo game device.