JP3324543B2 - Pachinko 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 electric prize winning device which is opened when a predetermined game state is established, and a prize ball provided below the electric prize winning device and received by the electric prize winning device. A special prize device for guiding distribution to any of a plurality of passing regions including the special device operation region; and a special prize ball guided to the special prize device starts operating when the ball passes through the special device operation region, and is re-specified. A special device that ends when a winning ball passes through the device operation area or when a predetermined number of hit balls wins the starting winning opening, and a predetermined device is activated each time a hit ball wins the starting winning opening during the operation of the special device. And a variable winning device that is opened and driven in the mode described above.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a prize ball passes through a special device operation area of a special prize device provided on a game board, a special device is activated to generate a right, and a hit ball is started during the right generation state. A large number of pachinko machines have been provided on the market that open the variable prize device until a predetermined time (for example, 10 seconds) elapses or a predetermined number (for example, 10) of prize balls is generated by winning the mouth. . In such a pachinko machine, a predetermined number (for example, 16) of hit balls have passed again to the special device operation area or the starting winning opening.
The right generation state ends when the hit ball is won.

In the meantime, a pachinko machine having the above-mentioned game contents has been proposed in which an electric winning device is arranged above a special winning device in order to easily guide a hit ball to the special winning device. . In this case, the electric winning device is controlled so as to be opened when a predetermined game state is reached, and to be opened until a predetermined time elapses or until one hit ball wins.

[0004]

For this reason, in the prior art, even if a ball is hit in the electric winning device, the number of winning is one, and one winning ball passes through a plurality of special winning devices. If the user is guided to any one of the areas and happens to be guided to the special apparatus operation area, the state of right generation is not established. For this reason, just because the electric winning device is opened does not mean that it is immediately linked to the right generation state,
Rather, if the number of passing areas in the special winning device is large,
There are many cases where the right is not generated, and there is a problem that the interest of the player is reduced by half. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems. It is an object of the present invention to generate a right generation state almost certainly when an electric winning device is opened and a winning ball is guided to a special winning device. To provide a pachinko machine.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided an electric winning device which is opened when a predetermined game state is reached, and an electric winning device which is accepted by the electric winning device. A special prize device for guiding a winning ball to any one of a plurality of passing areas including a special device operating region; and a prize ball guided to the special prize device, which starts operating when passing through the special device operating region and re-starts. A special device which is activated when a winning ball passes through the special device operation area or when a predetermined number of hit balls are won in the starting winning opening, and every time a hit ball wins in the starting winning opening during the operation of the special device. A variable prize device that is opened and driven in a predetermined mode, and a pachinko machine including: a special prize device that includes a distribution member that distributes the prize ball to any of the passing areas, As to when the winning ball has been winning in the serial electric winning apparatus leads to always special equipment operating region winning ball
Control means for controlling a stop position of the distribution member is provided.
Further, in this case, a detecting means for detecting the position of the distribution member is provided, and the control means controls the position of the distribution member in accordance with the detection result of the detection means, so that the winning ball is always a special device. Preferably, it leads to the working area.

[0006]

The electric winning device is opened when a predetermined gaming state is reached. The winning ball accepted by the electric winning device is guided to the special winning device. The special prize device is provided with a distribution member for allocating the prize ball to any of a plurality of passing areas including the special device operation region, and when the prize ball is won in the electric prize device, the distribution unit distributes the prize ball. The stop position of the distribution member is controlled such that the member guides the winning ball to the special device operation area. As a result, as long as the winning prize is won in the electric prize device, the winning prize is almost certainly guided to the special device operating area, and the right is generated. For this reason, the opening drive of the electric winning device and the establishment of the right generation state are closely related, and it is possible to attract the interest of the player.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, a configuration of a game board 1 of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In the figure, a symbol display device 4, a gate passage 7, an electric winning device 8, and a special winning device 10 are arranged in order from the top at a substantially central portion of a game area 3 surrounded by a guide rail 2 of a game board 1. ing. Now, when these relationships are described below, the gate passage 7 is
A symbol display device provided only above the gate passage 7 by passing a ball through the gate passage 7 instead of discharging a prize ball merely by being configured so that a hit ball falling in the game area 3 passes. 4 to control the variable display. In this case, the gate passage 7 is connected to the symbol display device 4.
As well as a prize hole from which a prize ball is discharged. Thus, a gate winning ball detection switch 30 (see FIG. 3) is provided in the gate passage 7, and the variable display of the symbol display device 4 is executed based on the detection signal.

The symbol display device 4 includes a plurality of (three in the illustrated embodiment) symbol displays 5a to 5c (7-segment L
ED) and a gate winning storage display 6. The symbol display devices 5a to 5c start changing display based on the fact that a hit ball has hit the gate passage 7, and after a predetermined time (for example, 6 seconds) elapses, the left symbol display device 5a stops. The central symbol display 5b and the right symbol display 5c are sequentially controlled to be stopped with a slight delay. Also, the symbol display 5a
The symbols displayed on the 5th to 5c are, for example, 0 to 9 and 11 of F
The type of numbers and alphabetic symbols are displayed in a variable manner. And the combination of the symbols when all the symbol indicators 5a to 5c are stopped is “3, 3, 3” or “7, 7,
When the combination is “7”, it is determined that a hit has occurred, and the electric winning device 8 disposed between the gate passage 7 and the special winning device 10 is driven to open. Also,
The symbol displays 5a to 5c are two-color luminescent segment LEDs.
Is used, and when the variable display is performed with a low probability described later,
For example, in the case where the variable display is performed in red and the variable display is performed with high probability, for example, the display is controlled to perform the variable display in green. In this way, the player can immediately know at what probability the symbol display device 4 is variably displaying.

A gate winning storage display 6 provided on the symbol display device 4 passes through the gate passage opening 7 when the symbol display device 4 is displaying a variable display or when the electric winning device 8 is open. This informs that up to four hit balls have been stored, and even if the hit ball passes through the gate passage 7 with all four of the gate winning storage indicators 6 lit, it is treated as invalid. .

By the way, when the combination when the symbol indicators 5a to 5c are stopped is a winning symbol combination, the electric winning device 8 disposed above the special winning device 10 is operated for a predetermined time (for example, 6 seconds). Be released. The illustrated electric winning device 8 is a so-called tulip-type winning device having a pair of opening / closing wing pieces 9a and 9b.
A and 9b are driven to open by a tulip solenoid 36 (see FIG. 3). Then, the tulip solenoid 36 is excited and the electric winning device 8
Is released, the hit ball falling in the game area 3 is easily accepted, and the hit ball received by the electric winning device 8 is
All are guided to the special winning device 10. The number of hit balls in the electric winning device 8 is four (in the case of the present embodiment, four).
When a prize is won, the tulip solenoid 36 is turned off and closed even before a certain time has elapsed. For this reason, the electric winning device 8 includes a tulip detection switch 34 (FIG. 3) for counting the number of winning balls.
Reference). Also, the illustrated electric winning device 8
In the above, there is shown a structure in which a hit ball does not win at all when the electric winning device 8 is closed, but a hit ball may win even when the electric winning device 8 is closed.

As shown in FIG. 2, the special winning device 10 disposed below the electric winning device 8 has a mounting substrate 11 mounted on the surface of the game board 1 and faces the surface of the mounting substrate 11. Is provided with a rotating body 12. The rotating body 12 is rotated in one direction by a rotating body motor 38 (see FIG. 3), and a plurality of concave portions 13 and 14 having two different shapes are formed on the outer peripheral portion. In the case of this embodiment, five concave portions 13 are usually formed, and one special concave portion 14 is formed. Also, the mounting board 11
In front of the prize ball receiving frame 11a so as to surround the rotating body 12.
Is provided at the lowermost part of the winning ball receiving frame 11a.
1b is formed. The winning ball dropped from the electric winning device 8 is received by the winning ball receiving frame 11a, reaches the lowermost portion thereof, enters the recess 11b, and is received by the recesses 13 and 14 of the rotating body 12. ing.

The winning balls received in the recesses 13 and 14 move with the rotation of the rotating body 12 and are guided to either the passing winning area 15 or the special device operating area 16 opened on the mounting board 11. It has become. Specifically, the winning prize ball normally received in the concave portion 13 is the passing prize area 1
The winning prize led to 5 and received in the special recess 14 is
It is guided to the special device operation area 16. The normal prize area 15 is configured as a prize area in which a predetermined number (for example, 15) of prize balls are discharged by guiding the prize balls. In addition, when the winning ball is guided to the special device operation area 16, a predetermined number of prize balls are discharged in the same manner as described above, and the special winning ball detecting switch 31 is also used.
(See FIG. 3). Special winning ball detection switch 3
The 1 ON signal is used as a signal for detecting occurrence and disappearance of the right generation state. Further, the special winning device 10 is provided with a rotating body position detection switch 35 (see FIG. 3) for detecting the stop position of the rotating body 12. In the lower part of the special winning device 10, there is provided a starting winning number display 17 for displaying the number of balls won in the starting winning ports 18 and 21 described below during the right generation state. In many cases, the start winning number display 17 can display a number equal to the number of times the attacker opening / closing plate 23 is opened and closed. This will be described in detail later. The operation of the special device ends when the numerical value displayed on the start winning number display 17 becomes "16".

Returning to FIG. 1, on the right side of the gate passage 7, a starting winning opening device 18 (also referred to as a starting winning opening 18) constituting a starting winning opening is provided, and on the left side of the special winning device 10 is provided. Is provided with a start winning port 21.
The start winning openings 18 and 21 open the attacker opening / closing plate 23 of the variable winning device 22 disposed below one of the starting winning openings 18 based on the fact that the hit ball has been won during the operation of the special device as described above. Is what you do. By the way, in the illustrated embodiment, the starting winning port 21 on the left side of the drawing has the same structure as a normal receiving port for simply receiving a hit ball, but the starting winning port device 18 on the right side of the drawing has one receiving recess. It has a structure in which a rotating disk 19 having 20 is built in. The rotating disk 19 is used for the variable winning device 14.
And a hitting ball receiving mechanism capable of receiving a hitting ball at substantially the same time period as the release time T4 (to be described in detail later) permitted. The starting winning ports 18 and 21 have a starting winning ball detecting switch 32 for detecting a winning of a hit ball.
(See FIG. 3). In addition, the starting winning opening 1
The number of prize balls discharged by hitting a ball at 8, 21 is set to a smaller number (for example, 7) than the number of prize balls discharged by other winning ports.

As described above, one start winning opening device 88 is provided.
The variable winning device 22 is arranged below the. The variable winning device 22 includes an attacker solenoid 37 (FIG. 3).
The attacker opening / closing plate 23 is driven to open and close by the opening / closing operation, and receives a hit ball falling in the game area 3 with the attacker opening / closing plate 23 opened. However, the opening of the attacker opening / closing plate 23 is executed based on the fact that the right generation state is continued and the hitting prize holes 18 and 21 are hit by hit balls, and one opening is performed by a predetermined number (for example, Until 10) winning balls are generated.
Alternatively, the process is continued until a predetermined time T4 (for example, 9.5 seconds) elapses. In order to count the above-mentioned predetermined number, the variable winning device 22 is provided with a winning ball number detection switch 33 (see FIG. 3), and detects the number of winning balls detected by the winning ball number detecting switch 33. A winning number indicator 24 is built in for displaying.

Further, in the game area 3 of the game board 1, in addition to the above-described configuration, a plurality of winning ports 26, 28a to 28d, windmills 25a, 25b, 27a, 27b, and an out port 29 are provided. Of the plurality of winning ports 26, 28a to 28d, the winning ports 26 arranged on the left side of the gate passage 7 are provided with windmills 27a and 27b. Among the windmills 25a, 25b, 27a and 27b, the windmills 25a and 25b arranged on the left and right sides of the symbol display device 4 are so-called windmills with built-in operation lamps 39 (see FIG. 3). is there. The operation lamp 39 informs that the right is in the state of occurrence of a right and that the illustrated display device 4 and the variable winning device 22 are being driven. The special winning device 10 and the starting winning opening 1
The lamps 8 and 21 have lamps and LEDs having almost the same function as the operation lamp 39.

The configuration of a control device for controlling the operation of the symbol display device 4, the special winning device 10, the variable winning device 22 and the like described above will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the control device. The control device uses a microcomputer 40. An external ROM 41 and an external RAM 44 are connected to the microcomputer 40. The ROM 41 has a symbol display 5a in the off mode.
A numerical value table 42 for determining numerical values to be displayed on to 5c, and a numerical value table 43 for determining numerical values to be displayed on the symbol displays 5a to 5c in the hit mode are set.

The RAM 44 has a mode determination counter 45
And a numerical value memory 47 and a numerical value memory 47 are formed, respectively. The numerical value which changes momentarily is stored by the numerical value table 42 and the numerical value table 43. A memory 48 is formed. This confirmation memory 48
Has a memory for the number of reserved winning balls at the gate passage opening +1. The numerical value for mode determination for each reserved winning ball is determined at the time of winning (at the time of passing), and the numerical value is stored in each determination memory 48. The mode determination counter 45
Is changed to change the probability of occurrence of the hit mode.

On the other hand, a gate winning ball detection switch 30 for detecting a passing ball at the gate passing opening 7, a special winning ball detecting switch 31 for detecting a winning ball passing through the special device operation area 16, and a winning at the starting winning openings 18 and 21. Start winning ball detection switch 32 for detecting a ball, attacker opening / closing plate 2
Winning ball number detection switch 3 for detecting a winning ball in 3
3. The tulip detecting switch 34 for detecting a winning ball in the electric winning device 8 and the rotating body position detecting switch 35 in the rotating body 12 of the special winning device 10 include a waveform shaping circuit 49 including a flip-flop for preventing chattering. The microcomputer 40 is connected to the microcomputer 40 via an external device.

The clock generation circuit 51 outputs an external interrupt signal via the frequency divider 50 to the IN of the microcomputer 40.
Output to T terminal. Then, the microcomputer 40 executes the main program of FIGS. 5 to 7 in synchronization with the external interrupt signal. A timing signal output from the timing signal generation circuit 52 is input to the RST1 terminal of the microcomputer 40, and a numerical value generation program (not shown) is started in synchronization with the timing signal, and the value of the mode determination counter 45 is changed. Be updated. As described above, the occurrence probability of the hit mode is changed by changing the maximum value at which the mode determination counter 45 returns to zero. The power supply circuit 5
The reset signal output from the reset signal generation circuit 53 by the ON operation of
The signal is input to the ST2 terminal.
An initial program (not shown) is started.

A display driving circuit 55, a display selection circuit 56, and a driver 57 are connected to each output port of the microcomputer 40. The display drive circuit 55 and the display selection circuit 56 include the above-described symbol displays 5a to 5c,
The gate winning storage display 6, the winning number display 24, and the starting winning number display 17 are connected. These displays are dynamically driven by outputting selected data and display data from the microcomputer 40 at regular intervals. That is, each display unit is selected by the display selection circuit 56 and displayed according to the output signal of the display drive circuit 55 at that time. The driver 57 responds to a signal from the microcomputer 40 by a tulip solenoid 36, an attacker solenoid 37, a rotating motor 38,
The driving of the operation lamp 39 and the motor, lamp display, and lamp group of the rotating disk 19 (not shown) are controlled.

Next, the operation controlled by the above-described control device will be described with reference to a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the microcomputer 40. When the power supply circuit 54 is energized, power is supplied to the microcomputer 40 and
The reset signal generation circuit 53 outputs the reset signal to RST2
Output to terminal. Then, the microcomputer 40
(Hereinafter referred to as CPU 40) sets each register and counter to an initial value. After the initial setting, every time an external interrupt signal output from the frequency divider 50 is input, the CPU 4
0 executes the main program of FIGS. FIG.
In step 100, a timer updating process is performed in step 100, and in step 102, the state signals S1, S
2, S3, S4, S5, and S6 are read. These status signals (except S6) are configured with negative logic,
When the signal is at a low level, the switch is in the ON state, indicating that a winning ball has been detected.

When the falling of the gate winning signal S1 is detected in step 104, step 106
It is determined whether or not the number of pending winning balls is smaller than four. Only when the number is smaller, the gate winning counter C is determined in step 108.
Is updated by 1 and the value of the mode determination counter 45 at that time is stored in the determination memory M (c) 48 at step 110. That is, when a winning in the gate passage 7 is detected in a state where there is no pending winning ball, the gate winning counter C becomes 1, and the value of the mode determination counter 45 at that time is stored in the determination memory M (1). . Also, the gate winning counter C is 1
In the above case, when a further prize is made in the gate passage 7, the prize ball becomes a hold prize ball and the gate prize counter C
Is increased by one. Then, the value of the mode determination counter 45 at the time of winning is stored in the determination memory M (c) corresponding to the pending winning ball. In this way, when the player wins the gate passage 7, the numerical value for determining the hit mode is determined.

In step 112, a special winning signal S2
Is detected, it is determined in step 114 whether or not the right generation flag has been set. If not, the right generation flag is set in step 116. As a result, a right is generated. Then, when the right is generated, step 11 is executed.
If it is determined in step 8 that the probability increase flag is set, the probability increase flag is reset in step 120, and the green flag is reset to indicate that the symbol displays 5a to 5c are to be displayed with a low probability. As a result, the symbols displayed on the symbol displays 5a to 5c are displayed in red, thereby informing the player that the probability that the symbols are displayed is low. Then, thereafter, in step 122, the operation number counter L is incremented by one. On the other hand, when it is determined in step 114 that the right occurrence flag has already been set, the special winning signal S2
Is treated as a signal that should extinguish the entitlement status,
The process proceeds to step 132 described later.

Next, at step 124, the start winning signal S3
Is detected, it is determined in step 126 whether or not the right generation flag is set. If the right generation flag is not set, the following steps 128 to 136 are not performed. On the other hand, when the right occurrence flag is set, the start winning ball counter D is incremented by 1 in step 128, and thereafter, in step 1
At 30, it is determined whether the value of the starting winning ball counter D is greater than 15. If it is larger than 15, the right generation flag is reset in step 132 to end the right generation state, and it is determined in step 134 whether the value of the operation number counter L at that time is an odd number. When the value of the number-of-operations counter L is an odd number, step 136
At the same time, a green flag is set in order to indicate that the subsequent display of the symbol display devices 5a to 5c is to be performed with a high probability. As a result, the symbols displayed on the symbol indicators 5a to 5c are displayed in green, and the player is notified that the probability of the winning symbols being displayed is high.

Steps 112 to 122 described above
In steps 132 to 136, the right generation state is terminated based on the passing of a prize ball to the special device operation area 16 and the predetermined number of hit balls in the start winning openings 18 and 21 in the right generation state. When the end is the odd-numbered end, the probability that the symbol display device 4 will be in the hit mode increases, and the probability increase state is canceled at the start of the next right generation state. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, after the power is turned on, the special device is turned on (right generation flag is set).
The point from the point a to the point b at which the special device is turned off (reset of the right generation flag) is the first right generation state, and the display probability of the hit symbol at this time is controlled at a low probability of 1/220. You. Then, during the period from the point b (the set of the probability increase flag) at which the right generation state ends to the point c (the reset of the probability increase flag) which is the start point of the second right generation state, the winning symbol of the symbol display device 4 is changed. The display probability is controlled with a high probability of 1/22. Also,
At point c, which is the second right generation state, although the probability is low, the special device is turned on and the state is continued up to point d. At the point d, the probability is not changed because the even-numbered right generation state ends. In addition, 3
In the right and fourth right generation states, the above operation is repeated. As described above, in the present embodiment, the game state in which the right is likely to be continuously generated and the game state in which the right is not easily continuously generated tend to occur alternately. We can attract interest.

Further, at step 138, the winning ball number signal S4
Is detected, at step 140, the winning ball counter E is incremented by one. Step 1
When the falling of the tulip winning signal S5 is detected at 42, the tulip winning counter B is incremented by 1 at step 144. When it is determined in step 146 that there is the rotating body position detection signal S6, the stop flag is set in step 150 on the assumption that the hit flag is set in step 148. When the stop flag is set, the driving of the rotating body motor 38 is stopped as described later.

Next, steps 152 to 152 shown in FIGS.
The processing of 190, 222 to 230 is performed by the symbol display device 4
And the processing steps corresponding to the respective states of the electric winning device 8. Steps 192 to 220 and 222 to 230
This is a processing step corresponding to each state of the variable winning device 22 during the right generation state. The processing steps of the symbol display device 4 and the electric winning device 8 are performed irrespective of whether or not the right is being generated.

First, processing steps corresponding to the states of the symbol display device 4 and the electric winning device 8 will be described. (A) Processing when there is no gate winning ball When there is no gate winning ball, that is, when the gate winning counter C is 0, steps 100 to 158 and 19 are performed.
2 to 230 are performed, whereby the symbol display 5
a to 5c, a lamp group, each solenoid, and a motor perform predetermined display or driving.

(B) Variation display processing In step 158, the value of the counter C is determined. If it is 1 or more, the value of the counter C is decremented by 1, and the register F is set to 1 to indicate the variation display state. T1 is set to a predetermined value (for example, 6 seconds) (steps 160 and 16).
2). Then, in step 164, the gate winning counter C
Is subtracted, the content of the determination memory M (c) 48 is incremented by one and updated. Next, step 166
It is determined whether or not the timer T1 has timed out. If it is determined that the time has expired, the hit mode is determined from the numerical value stored in the decision memory M (0) in step 168. For example, when the value of the mode determination counter is “3”, it is determined that a hit has occurred, and when the value is any other value, it is determined that the hit has occurred. And step 1
When it is determined that it is not a hit after moving to 70, the flow proceeds to step 172, and the value of each digit of the outlier numerical value memory 46 storing the display numerical value in the outlier mode is set in the numerical value display register. The symbol displays 5a to 5c include
The display numerical value in the out-of-off mode stored in the out-of-number memory 46 is displayed when the fluctuation is stopped. On the other hand, if it is determined that a hit has occurred, the process proceeds to step 174, where the hit numerical value memory 4 storing the display numerical value in the hit mode is stored.
By setting the value of each digit of 7 in the numerical value display register, the symbol display devices 5a to 5c store the corresponding numerical value memory 4
The display numerical value in the hit mode stored in 7 is displayed when the fluctuation stops.

In this way, the symbol display devices 5a to 5c display the display numerical values generated by the out-of-display numerical value table 42 different from the numerical value generating means for determining the mode and the hit numerical value table 43. Will be displayed. Further, since the maximum value of the mode determination counter 45 is set to, for example, 220 when the probability is low, and to 22 when the probability is high, the probability that the numerical value stored in the memory M (c) is a hit value is When the increase flag is set, it is 1/22, and when the probability increase flag is not set, it is 1/220. Until the timer T1 times out, it is determined that the variable display is being performed in step 152, so steps 100 to 152, 1
66, 192 to 230 are repeated.

(C) Processing at the time of hitting If the result of the determination at step 170 is a hit, at step 176, a hitting flag is set, and an interval timer T2 for setting an interval until the electric winning device 8 is opened is set. The value of the register F is set to 2 to indicate that the interval is in progress. During this interval, it is determined in step 176 whether or not the stop flag is set.
At step 180, a motor flag (hereinafter abbreviated as Mo flag) is reset. When the Mo flag is reset, the driving of the rotating body motor 38 in step 230 is stopped. That is, the rotating body 12 of the special prize device 10 is rotating at a constant speed in normal times, and when the display results of the symbol displays 5a to 5c are hit, the rotating body position is detected during a predetermined interval time. The operation is stopped at a position where the switch 35 is turned on.

When it is determined in step 182 that the interval timer T2 has expired,
In step 184, a tulip solenoid flag (hereinafter abbreviated as a tulip SOL flag) is set, and the status register F is set to 3 to indicate that the tulip is being opened.
And a predetermined time (for example, 6 seconds) is set in the timer T3. Then, the tulip solenoid 36 is excited until it is determined in step 186 that the timer T3 has timed out, or the value of the tulip winning counter B is determined to be greater than 3 in step 188. The device 8 is kept in a state where it is easy to win. Thus, when the predetermined time has elapsed or when the value of the tulip winning counter B becomes greater than 3 (ie, 4), the tulip SOL flag, the stop flag, and the hit flag are reset in step 190, and Mo is reset. The flag is set, and the status register F and the tulip winning counter B are set to 0. When the Mo flag is set, the rotating body motor 38 rotates again. Until the timer T2 expires, it is determined in step 154 that the interval is in progress.
Steps 100 to 154, 178, 180, 182, 1
The processing of 92 to 230 is repeated.

As described above, when it is determined that a hit has occurred, the electric winning device 8 accepts four hit balls or releases the ball until a predetermined time elapses. Winning balls are sequentially received and rotated in 13 and 14, and the winning balls are guided to either the special device operating area 16 or the passing winning area 15. in this case,
Since a larger number of winning balls than the passing areas 15 and 16 formed in the special winning device 10 win the special winning device 10,
The possibility that the winning ball passes through the special device operation area 16 to generate a right is also increased, and the interest of the player can be enhanced. Note that, depending on the position where the rotating body 12 is stopped, the right generation state can be set even when one winning ball is generated. For example, when the rotating body 12 is stopped at the position where the special concave portion 14 corresponds to the intrusion concave portion 11b, the right winning state is always generated as long as the electric winning device 8 receives a hit ball. Thus, the distribution member
Microcomputer 4 as control means for rotating body 12
By performing drive control (position control) with 0, electric winning
The certainty that the right will be generated when the ball is hit in the device 8
Can be improved. Until the timer T3 times out or the value of the tulip winning counter B becomes 1, it is determined that the opening is being performed in step 156. Therefore, steps 100 to 156, 186, 188, and 192 are performed.
To 230 are repeated. In addition, after the open state of the electric winning device 8 is completed, the next variable display of the symbol display device 4 may be started after a predetermined interval.

Next, the processing steps of the variable winning device 22 will be described. (D) Processing in the Right Generation State When it is determined in step 196 and step 198 that the value of the start winning ball counter D is 1 or more and smaller than 17 and larger than the value of the opening counter G, the attacker solenoid is determined in step 200. A flag (hereinafter abbreviated as an attacker SOL flag) is set, and a state register H indicating that the attacker opening / closing plate 23 is being opened is set to 1
After that, at step 202, the release counter G is increased by one. Then, at step 204, a timer T4 for regulating the opening time of the attacker opening / closing plate 23 is set to a predetermined value (for example, 9.7 seconds). The attacker solenoid 37 is excited until E becomes 10. Thereafter, when a predetermined time has elapsed or when the number-of-winning-balls counter E reaches 10, the attacker SOL flag is reset in step 210 to release the excitation state of the attacker solenoid 37, and
The winning ball counter E is set to zero.

When one open / close state of the attacker open / close plate 23 is completed, steps 212 and 214 are performed in order to provide an interval time until the next open / close operation. When the interval time has elapsed, step 2
In step S218, the register H is set to 0, and whether or not the right generation flag is set at that time is determined.
Is determined. If the right occurrence flag is set, the process immediately proceeds to step 222. If not, the value of the starting winning ball counter D and the number of open counter G is set to 0 in step 220, and the process proceeds to step 222. I do.

The processing of steps 220 to 230 is always executed every time the main routine is executed, and includes symbol displays 5a to 5c, lamp indicators and lamps not shown, tulip solenoid 36, attacker solenoid 37, The rotating body motor 38 is driven according to the state of the flag or the register. In addition, the symbol display 5a ~
During the fluctuation display of 5c, the contents of the out-of-place numerical value table 42 are displayed at a speed that cannot be identified in order.

The embodiment has been described above.
In the above embodiment, the segment LEDs are illustrated as the symbol displays 5a to 5c, but other displays may be used.
Also, numerical values of the high probability and the low probability may be arbitrarily set.
In addition, the number of times changed to the high probability is not only at the end of the odd number, but may be at the end of an arbitrary number or a random number. good. Further, the one without changing the probability may be used. In addition, the passing area 15 in the special winning device 10,
The distribution member that distributes the winning balls to 16 may have a configuration other than the rotating body 12.

[0038]

As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, the electric winning device is opened when a predetermined game state is reached, and the winning balls accepted by the electric winning device are special. Guided to the prize device, the special prize device is provided with a distribution member for distributing the prize ball to any of a plurality of passing regions including the special device operation region, and the electric prize device receives the prize ball. Sometimes, the stop position of the distribution member is controlled by the control means such that the distribution member guides the winning ball to the special device operation area. As a result, as long as the winning prize is won in the electric prize device, the winning prize is almost certainly guided to the special device operating area, and the right is generated. For this reason, the opening drive of the electric winning device and the establishment of the right generation state are closely related, and it is possible to attract the interest of the player.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a game board of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a relationship between a special winning device and an electric winning device.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a control device for controlling a game operation.

FIG. 4 is a time chart showing the relationship between the operation of the special device and the occurrence probability of a hit symbol.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a part of the control operation of the control device.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a part of the control operation of the control device.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a part of the control operation of the control device.

[Explanation of symbols]

8 electrostatic dynamic winning device 10 special pay system 15 passes prize area 16 special device operating region 18 starting winning opening device 21 start winning opening 40 microcomputer

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] An electric winning device that is opened when a predetermined gaming state is set, and a winning ball received by the electric winning device is guided to any one of a plurality of passing areas including a special device operating area. A special prize device, and a predetermined number of prize balls guided to the special prize device are activated when the prize ball passes through the special device operation region and again when the prize ball passes through the special device operation region or the starting winning opening. A pachinko machine comprising: a special device that ends operation when a hit ball wins; and a variable winning device that is opened and driven in a predetermined manner each time a hit ball wins in the starting winning port during operation of the special device. In the above, the special prize device is provided with a sorting member for allocating the prize ball to any of the passing areas, and when the prize ball is won by the electric prize device, the prize ball must be specially mounted. Stop position of the sorting member to guide the operating range
Pachinko machine equipped with control means for controlling the machine. 2. A detecting means for detecting a position of the distribution member.
Wherein the control means responds to the detection result of the detection means.
By controlling the position of the distribution member, a winning ball is required.
Claims that lead to the special device operation area
The pachinko machine according to 1.