JP4743489B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, and more particularly to a gaming machine that improves the performance of unit objects such as center decorations.

  Generally, as a game machine, for example, a pachinko machine, a game ball staying in a ball tray is launched into the game area of the game board according to the operation of the launch handle, and then led to obstacle nails or windmills in the game area. However, it is known that the player is configured to flow down the board surface and enter various winning holes, or flow into the outlets at the lower part of the game area without entering (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In such a pachinko machine, when entering a general winning opening, a corresponding number of game balls are paid out. In addition, when entering the starting chucker, the symbol display device provided in the game area is variably displayed so that a three-row variation pattern consisting of numbers 1 to 9 flows, and when stopped. When all three of the same patterns are aligned, such as “777”, the game is a big win (special gaming state), and the opening / closing door of the winning opening of the attacker, etc. is continuously opened, and the game ball is won. It is comprised so that it may become easy to do.

  In addition, in a conventional pachinko machine, when displaying a fluctuation pattern such as numbers on such a symbol display device, seven light emitting diode segments (light emitting elements), so-called 7-segment LEDs, are arranged in an 8-character shape. Then, there is a configuration in which numbers from 0 to 9 can be displayed depending on the combination of lighting. In such a pachinko machine, the brightness when each segment of the 7-segment LED is lit is uniform, and the brightness does not change. Therefore, by gradually changing the ratio of the output time and non-output time of the pulsed light-emitting power supply voltage applied to each segment, the brightness of each segment is gradually changed, and an effect using subtle brightness changes is produced. A pachinko machine to be applied has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2003-236210 A JP 2001-252416 A

  By the way, in the pachinko machine described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 2, by changing the light emission state (shading ratio) of each segment of the 7-segment LED, the number displayed as the fluctuation pattern is changed from, for example, “6”. An effect display that slowly changes to “7” is performed. Thereby, for example, it is possible to produce and display a delicate state such as whether or not the variation pattern is aligned with “777”.

  However, the pachinko machine as described above changes the luminance of one LED as a whole by changing the applied voltage for each LED constituting each segment. Even if the light is emitted at the level, the light from the center to the outer edge of the lighting light is visually recognized as light with uniform brightness.

  Further, in order to change the luminance of the LED as described above, it is necessary to control the light emission power supply voltage applied to the LED, and for that purpose, an electronic control device such as an image control board is required. The effort and cost of preparing this are significant.

  Therefore, the present invention realizes an improvement in light decoration by a light emitting means such as an LED at a low cost, and is configured so that this light appears as a novel and attractive thing to the player, and thus the above-described problems are achieved. The object is to provide a solved gaming machine.

The present invention according to claim 1 (see, for example, FIGS. 1 to 16) is provided with a unit accessory (23) provided with an opening (36) for exposing the symbol display device (35) in the game area (3a). A gaming machine (1) for playing a game ball (Ba) in the gaming area (3a),
An indirect illumination device (57a, 57b) is provided at least partially around the opening (36),
The indirect illumination device (57a, 57b) includes a reflected portion (95a, 95b, 95c) that is illuminated and reflects light, and a plurality of point-like light emitting portions (light emitting decorations) within the reflected portion (95a to 95c) region 151), and
The point light emitting part (151) includes a light emitting member (128a) that emits light when decorating the light, a through hole (h) that emits light when the light emitting member (128a) emits light, and the through hole. A semi-transmissive surface (129) composed of a semi-light transmissive region in the vicinity of the through hole (h) that forms (h) in the region of the reflection portion (95a to 95c) ,
The semi-transmissive surface (129) is chamfered with respect to the surface (127) facing the light emitting member (128a).
The gaming machine (1) is characterized by this.

  Note that the gaming machine according to the present invention releases at least a predetermined number of times when a predetermined time has passed, or a predetermined number, when at least a jackpot lottery triggered by a winning at the start winning opening is won. The so-called first type of special electric accessory is configured to repeatedly perform a predetermined number of rounds to close when the game ball is won by the attacker, and opens and closes based on the winning prize opening in the gaming area and winning in the starting prize opening A special winning device including a specific area to be played, so that a game ball enters when the special winning apparatus is opened, and a jackpot is generated when the gaming ball wins a specific area. The so-called third, in which a special jackpot is generated by winning a prize to a specific winning opening after entering a so-called open chucker provided for a game area and a motorized tulip that is opened when winning a prize. It can be applied to and special electric auditors products.

  The “chamfering” in the present invention includes at least a process of chamfering so as to gradually descend from the outer peripheral edge toward the central through hole, and a step from the outer peripheral edge toward the central through hole. And a process of chamfering so as to be thin.

The present invention according to claim 2 (see, for example, FIG. 4, FIG. 11 to FIG. 14), the light emitting member (128a) emits light emitted from the light emitting member (128a) to the point light emitting portion (151). A tubular guide path (125) is provided which leads to direct to the translucent surface (129) from
The gaming machine (1) according to claim 1 , wherein the gaming machine is (1).

  Note that the reference numerals in the parentheses are for comparison with the drawings, but this is for convenience to facilitate understanding of the invention and has no influence on the description of the claims. It is not a thing.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the indirect illumination device provided in at least a part of the periphery of the opening includes the reflection part and the plurality of point light emitting parts, and the point light emitting part performs the light emission decoration. A semi-transparent surface comprising: a light-emitting member that emits light; a through-hole that emits light when the light-emitting member emits light; and a semi-light-transmitting region in the vicinity of the through-hole that forms the through-hole in the reflecting portion region Therefore, the player can visually recognize a light emitting point (or light emitting surface) with a high luminance as a nucleus, and a light transmitting surface that shines brightly around the light emitting point. As a result, the brightness of the light emitting surface, which is a light source, in a general LED becomes uniform within the surface, but in the present invention, a bright central portion is formed as a light emitting surface in which thin bright light wraps around. In addition, soft luminescent decorations such as after-fired fireworks and fireworks can be applied. In addition, a novel light emitting decoration can be given to the player by using a simple member configuration such as a through hole and a semi-transmissive surface surrounding the through hole as in the point light emitting portion. The increase in cost as a machine can be suppressed.

  In addition, in the indirect lighting device, by having a reflection part that reflects the illuminated light, it has a lighting effect that softens the shadow of the wall surface of the unit object, and the soft light-emitting decoration described above from the reflection part As a result, a soft luminous decoration like fireworks is given in a pure Japanese-like atmosphere, and a noble atmosphere with high decorativeness as a whole can be created.

Further, since the semi-transparent surface is chamfered on the surface facing the light emitting member, the light transmittance is changed from the outer peripheral side toward the through hole located at the center. You can make it. As a result, a stepwise luminance change (so-called gradation) can be given in a direction concentric with the through-hole, and a more delicate decoration can be added by a soft light-emitting decoration such as a firefly. .

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the point light-emitting portion is provided with the tubular guide path that guides the light emitted from the light-emitting member from the light-emitting member to the semi-transmissive surface. Since the light from the light emitting member can be easily incident into the tubular guide path in the vicinity of the light source, it is possible to prevent the light from the light source from being emitted unnecessarily. In addition, since the light incident on the tubular guide path is transmitted to the light transmitting surface and the through hole while reflecting the inner wall surface in the guide path, the direction of the incident light is aligned by the guide path and efficiently. The light is transmitted to the light transmitting surface and the through hole.

  Hereinafter, as an embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention, a pachinko machine installed in a game hall or the like will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing an external structure of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the gaming machine of the present invention is described as a so-called first type special electric accessory pachinko machine, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the so-called second type special electric accessory or so-called third type. Of course, the invention can also be applied to a pachinko machine such as a special electric accessory.

<Outline of pachinko machine 1>
As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment moves a game ball (so-called pachinko ball) toward a game area 3 a of the game board 3 by operation of a launch device (not shown) by operating the launch handle 2. The game is performed while being launched, and is configured to pay out a number of game balls corresponding to the game balls that have entered the attacker 5 in a state where a big hit such as a so-called probability fluctuation has occurred. Per probability fluctuation (also referred to as “probability per change”) means that, when the jackpot of the probability change mode is won as a result of the lottery, it is advantageous to the player at least until the next jackpot is drawn in the game state in the probability change mode. It means a special state that can add value. On the other hand, there is a “normal hit” as a big hit that does not become the special state.

<Details of pachinko machine 1>
The pachinko machine 1 includes a frame-shaped housing 6 having an opening and a front door 7 that is attached to the housing 6 so as to be openable and closable. The glass frame 10 which has is attached so that opening and closing is possible. On the far side of the transparent glass 9, the game board 3 is arranged. Illumination devices 11 for performance are arranged on the left and right and the upper part of the game board 3 in the front door 7, and sound emitting devices 12 having speakers (not shown) are arranged on the upper left and right and the lower part of the front door 7, respectively. Has been.

  In addition, a locking device 13 for locking or releasing the front door 7 on the housing 6 side or locking or releasing the glass frame 10 on the front door 7 side is arranged on the right side of the center portion of the glass frame 10. ing. In addition, the code | symbol 14 in FIG. 1 shows the guide rail which guides the game ball launched by the launcher not shown to the game board 3 side, and the code | symbol 15 has shown the out port. The pachinko machine 1 is provided with an out ball passage (not shown) that guides the game ball that has fallen without winning in the game area 3a during the game and entered the out port 15 to the back side of the pachinko machine. .

  A dish unit 16 is provided at the lower center of the front door 7, and a ball supply port 17 through which game balls including prize balls and rental balls are supplied is provided at the upper right part of the dish unit 16. A ball lending button 19 a and a prepaid card return button 19 b are provided on the upper left wall surface of the unit 16. In the central portion of the dish unit 16, a first ball for discharging the game ball on the dish unit 16 downward from the vicinity of the ball launcher (not shown) through a ball discharge port (not shown) at the bottom of the dish unit. A removal button 20a and a second ball removal button 20b for discharging the game ball on the tray unit 16 from the vicinity of the ball supply port 17 downward through the ball discharge port are disposed.

  A launch handle 2 for operating the ball launching device to launch the game ball toward the game board 3 is provided below the right side of the dish unit 16 in the front door 7. Further, an ashtray 21 and a player participation button 22 are arranged on the lower left side of the dish unit 16. The gaming machine main body is composed of the housing 6 and the front door 7.

  Further, a center ornament (unit accessory) 23 having a game ball stage S is disposed in the central portion of the game area 3a. On the lower left side of the center decoration 23, there are arranged prize winning openings 25 and 26 for performing general winnings that do not contribute to the jackpot lottery. Below the center decoration 23, a starter chuck 27, an attacker 5 and Are sequentially arranged.

  The start chucker 27 receives a prize that can trigger a lottery lottery execution, and is actuated by a start chucker opening / closing solenoid 114 (see FIG. 21) so as to open and close between an open position and a closed position. A pair of obstacle nails 30 as so-called life nails are driven directly above the starting chucker 27.

  The attacker 5 is released when a big hit occurs, and wins a game ball that is struck into the game area 3a of the game board 3 and rolls and falls. For example, ten hits can be made in one release. Is closed at the time of completion, and the opening / closing operation is repeated 15 times. The number of balls entered and the number of opening / closing operations are not limited to 10 or 15 and can be appropriately set as necessary.

  In the game area 3a, a windmill 31 is disposed on the upper left side of the center ornament 23, and a through gate 32 is disposed on the left side of the starter chucker 27 below the game ball stage S. The through gate 32 is an accessory through which a game ball is passed as a trigger for a lottery for opening and closing the starter chucker 27.

  Around the through gate 32, the winning openings 25 and 26, the starting chucker 27, etc. in the game area 3a, the game ball spills from the game ball stage S or falls without being involved in the game ball stage S after being launched. Numerous obstacle nails including the obstacle nail 33 for driving the incoming game ball to be scattered or guided to the incoming ball have been driven.

  The center ornament 23 has an opening 36 exposing the symbol display device 35 fixed to the game board 3 side in the center thereof, and a warp introduction port 37 in the upper left portion. A pair of obstacle nails 39 are driven so as to face the mouth 37. A large number of obstacle nails (not shown) are also driven around the warp introduction port 37 and on the upper side so as to scatter the game balls as appropriate or guide them to the incoming balls. In this pachinko machine 1, the game ball Ba launched into the game area 3 a can enter the starter chucker 27 or the like via the game ball stage S or directly without entering the game ball stage S. The game proceeds.

  Note that the phrase “warp introduction” in the present embodiment means that the game ball launched into the game area 3a is not started through a notch or the like (not shown) positioned relatively below the game area 3a. It is a concept that means to lead on 27. The “road nail” means a row of a plurality of obstacle nails (not shown) driven to the left and right of the starting chucker 27 in the game area 3a. It plays the role of leading to the starting chucker 27 direction.

  Next, the center decoration 23 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 is a perspective view showing the center decoration 23 mounted on the pachinko machine 1 alone, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the center decoration 23 of FIG. 2 slightly rotated in the horizontal direction, and FIG. 3 is a front view of a decoration 23. FIG.

  That is, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the center decoration 23 includes a substantially cylindrical front frame portion 40 having an opening 36 at the center portion, a rear frame portion 42, and a middle frame 41 positioned therebetween. I have. Bracket portions 43 are formed on the peripheral edge portion of the front frame portion 40 so as to project outward from a plurality of locations, and the center ornament 23 is embedded in the game board 3 from the front side in each bracket portion 43. A hole 43a penetrating the front and back is formed for screwing in a shape.

  The center decoration 23 includes a warp introduction port 37 located on the left side of the opening 36, a ball entering effect device 50 located on the lower left side of the opening 36, and a game ball stage S located on the lower right side of the opening 36. The side illumination device 45 located on the left side of the ball effect production device 50, the wheel-type illumination device 46 imitating the wheel of an ox cart located on the right side of the game ball stage S, and the upper portion of the opening 36. And a moon-shaped lighting device 47. The moon-shaped illumination device 47 constitutes a light-emitting illumination device that emits light by itself in the area of the indirect illumination devices 57a and 57b.

  A decoration panel 51 is formed in a cloud shape so as to hang from the moon-shaped lighting device 47 to the left and right and below, and on which petals such as cherry blossoms are drawn, and below the decoration panel 51 is a bamboo-shaped decoration panel 52. Is formed. On the back side of the decorative panel 51 on the left side of the moon-shaped illuminating device 47 and on the back side of the decorative panels 51 and 52 on the right side of the moon-shaped illuminating device 47, there are a plurality of light emission holes h that are scattered in order to emit light in a fluorescent form. Indirect illumination devices 57a and 57b (FIG. 4) are provided.

  In the decorative panel 51 on the left side of the moon-shaped lighting device 47, a big hit lottery hold display device 53 and a special symbol display device 55 for notifying the big hit lottery result are arranged adjacent to each other. The jackpot lottery hold display device 53 performs light emission driving to turn on or off the four light emitting units 56 arranged in a radial pattern (four in the present embodiment), thereby performing a lot of jackpot lottery (this embodiment). Is displayed for 4 times (that is, the result of the big hit lottery is displayed). The special symbol display device 55 displays the result of the jackpot lottery with a special symbol, and is composed of a 7-segment display device. All of the light emitting units 56 are configured such that petals on which Chinese numerals (1, 2, 3, and 4) are drawn emit light in accordance with the theme of the pachinko machine 1, for example, pure Japanese style setting. .

  On the back side of the decorative panel 51, 52 on the lower right side of the moon-shaped illuminating device 47, there are a normal symbol display device 59 composed of a moon-shaped light emitting portion 59 a and a flower-shaped light emitting portion 59 b, and 4 arranged above the normal symbol display device 59. There is provided an open lottery hold display device 60 that performs display corresponding to four open lotteries by light emission of the light emitting units 60a.

  The open lottery means that an open lottery means (not shown) provided on a main board 61 (see FIG. 21), which will be described later, detects the passage of a game ball to the through gate 32 (see FIG. 1) through a through gate ball passage detection sensor ( When a detection signal is input when a detection signal is detected (not shown), the winning time is less than the maximum number of reserved balls (for example, 4). Whether or not the starting chucker 27 is opened only for a period of time (for example, 0.1 to 0.5 seconds) means that a winning random number value is acquired from a lottery memory (not shown). The normal symbol display device 59 displays, as a normal symbol, the result of an open lottery performed for opening the starting chucker 27, which is performed as a trigger for entering the through gate 32 (passing the ball).

  3 denotes a relay board, and reference numerals 64 and 65 respectively connect the relay board 63 to the sub board 62 (see FIG. 21) via a harness (not shown) that is an electrical connection cable. A connector socket is shown.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 5 thru | or FIG. 9, the entrance effect production apparatus 50 with which the center decoration 23 was equipped, the game ball | bowl stage S, etc. are demonstrated. 5 is a plan sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is a side sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. Further, FIG. 7 is a front view showing the entrance effect device 50 alone, FIG. 8 is a perspective view of FIG. 7, and FIG. 9 is a left side view of FIG.

  That is, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the ball entering effect device 50 has a ball introduction path 66 and a ball rotation part 67, and the ball introduction path 66 communicates with the warp introduction port 37, and the ball rotation part 67 is configured to guide a game ball introduced from the warp introduction port 37 through the ball introduction path 66 to the game ball stage S. The sphere rotating portion 67 has a substantially truncated cone shape and has bamboo knot patterns 67a and 67b on the surface for imitating a bamboo shape. That is, the ball rotating unit 67 has a top surface 67e extending substantially parallel to the stage S on the left side of the game ball stage S and a bottom surface 67f having a game ball stage, as can be understood with reference to FIG. It has the structure which inclines so that it may descend | fall toward S gradually. One end of the ball rotation unit 67 is connected to the ball introduction path 66, and the other end is connected to the game ball stage S via the game ball discharge unit 67c. The rotating part 67 is formed of a synthetic resin material that is transparent, translucent, or so-called frosted glass, for the purpose of making it easier to visually recognize a game ball that rotates inward.

  The ball introduction path 66 is formed as a guide path having an inner diameter through which only one game ball Ba can pass simultaneously, and is provided on the left side of the center decoration 23 so as to be substantially vertical. An uppermost portion 66a (see FIGS. 7 to 9) that forms one end of the sphere introduction path 66 is in the center decoration 23 and above the intermediate line Ce shown in FIG. 4, more specifically, the sphere rotation portion 67. It extends to a position where a warp introduction port 37 having a sufficient height (that is, a height at which a sufficient potential energy can be obtained) is provided as compared with the inner diameter. Further, the lowermost portion 66b (see FIGS. 7 to 9) forming the other end of the uppermost portion 66a is connected to the intermediate portion 66c (see FIGS. 8 is smoothly curved in the direction of the arrow X in FIG. 8 so that a predetermined angle α (for example, about 45 degrees) is formed with the arrow V indicating the inner diameter direction of the sphere rotating portion 67 so that the sphere rotating portion 67 is smooth. It is connected to. Further, the lowermost portion 66b is smoothly connected in the direction of the arrow Y in FIGS. 8 and 9 so as to be smoothly connected so as to be a continuous contact surface with respect to the inner peripheral surface of the ball rotating portion 67. Yes.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, the entrance effect device 50 having the above-described configuration is configured such that the game ball launched into the game area 3 a and introduced from the warp introduction port 37 is the uppermost portion that forms one end of the ball introduction path 66. Guidance is made to drop from 66a to the lowermost portion 66b forming the other end. Furthermore, the game ball that has entered the ball rotating portion 67 from the lowermost portion 66b turns a plurality of times along the inner peripheral surface of the ball rotating portion 67 by the momentum at the time of dropping. Then, as the rotational force of the game ball that continues to turn decreases, the turning position of the game ball gradually moves in the direction of the game ball discharge portion 67c toward which the descending inclination of the ball rotation portion 67 having a truncated cone shape is directed. At the same time, it is released onto the game ball stage S via the collar 67d. In this way, the entrance effect device 50 intensively rolls the game balls introduced from the warp introduction port 37 so as to be visible on one side of the game ball stage S in the left-right width direction (left side in the present embodiment). (That is, the inner peripheral surface of the rotating portion 67 is changed while gradually changing the axial position (the horizontal position in FIG. 7) of the cylindrical rotating portion 67 in a relatively short range of less than half of the game ball stage S toward the traveling direction. The ball is made to play by being moved (rolled and moved), and then is operated to be released onto the game ball stage S.

  A game ball receiving surface 69 is provided on the rear side (upper side in FIG. 5) of the ball rotation unit 67 so as to be located between the symbol display device 35 (see FIG. 1). The game ball receiving surface 69 has a stepped portion 69a between the game ball stage S and a height higher than the stage S by a predetermined dimension (for example, about 2 [cm]), and is a game ball stage in the game area 3a. It is inclined so that it can receive a game ball rebound by a road nail (not shown) or the like existing below and roll it to the game ball stage S side.

  In addition, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the game ball stage S is an area surrounded by a stepped portion 69a and a wall portion 68 located between the symbol display device 35 and the right side portion of the center ornament 23. And has an elliptical recess 72 that gradually becomes deeper toward the center. The game ball stage S further includes guide wall portions 70 and 71 inclined toward the concave portion 72 so as to guide the game balls emitted from the game ball discharge portion 67 c to the concave portion 72. A spherical guide groove 74 is formed in the oval concave portion 72 so as to incline so as to descend toward the front of the center ornament 23 from an intermediate portion of two fixed points (focal points) (not shown).

  A ball discharge recess 49 is formed at the center of the front portion of the center ornament 23, that is, at the boundary between the ball rotating portion 67 and the game ball stage S. This ball discharge recess 49 drops the game ball introduced on the game ball stage S from the warp introduction port 37 via the entrance effect device 50 toward the starting chucker 27 (see FIG. 1), and Passing between the obstacle nails 30 (see FIG. 1), the starter chucker 27 can be won almost certainly (that is, with a high probability of 97 to 99%). At the front part of the game ball stage S, the game ball guided from the recess 72 via the ball guide groove 74 is moved to the ball discharge recess 49 side or the drop recess 76 depending on the movement (balance) when moving. A step portion 75a for sorting is provided. The stepped portion 75 a is provided at an end portion of the communication path 75 that extends in the left-right direction of the front portion of the game ball stage S and is connected to the ball discharge recess 49. ing. The drop recess 76 is formed to be lower than the communication path 75 by a predetermined dimension (for example, about 5 to 6 [mm]). A notch 73a is formed on the stepped portion 75a side of the collar portion 73 so that the movement of the game ball can be visually recognized better.

  Reference numeral 80 in the figure denotes a surface that is stepped up from the dropping recess 76 through the stepped portion 77, and this surface 80 is surrounded by a boundary wall 79 and a stepped portion 81 on the side of the recessed portion 72. When a game ball repelled by a not-shown road nail or the like below the ball stage S comes into contact with the boundary wall 79 or the stepped portion 81, the game ball is guided to the drop recess 76 and dropped again into the game area 3a. To function.

  As can be understood with reference to FIG. 5, the stepped portion 75 a is formed to be slightly shifted from the extended line of the ball guide groove 74 toward the ball discharge recess 49, and simply rolls along the ball guide groove 74. It cannot move to the sphere discharge recess 49 only by moving, but the rolling direction (moving direction of the center of gravity) when reaching the stepped portion 75a while rolling left and right in the sphere guide groove 74 is on the sphere discharge recess 49 side. It is comprised so that it can transfer to the ball | bowl discharge | release recessed part 49 side when it faces.

  Subsequently, the illumination system of each part will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4 and FIGS. 17 to 20. FIG. 17 is a side sectional view showing a state cut along the line CC in FIG. FIG. 18 is an exploded view of each member constituting the moon-shaped lighting device 47, and FIG. 18A is a front view showing the transparent member 86 in a state where the semi-transmissive member 87 is disposed on the back surface. FIG. 2B is a front view showing the semi-transmissive member 88, and FIG. FIG. 19 is a perspective view showing the light partition member 89 shown in FIG. 18 as viewed from the diagonally upper right, and FIG. 20 is a front view showing the illumination board 90.

  That is, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the side illumination device 45 has a symbol display exposed from the opening 36 by light emission of a light emitting diode (LED) (not shown) disposed inside the transparent outer wall panel 45p. The apparatus 35 and the structure which illuminates the game ball stage S from the left are provided.

  Further, the moon-shaped illumination device 47 is formed in a three-dimensional modeled shape imitating the moon surface in a form arranged at the upper right of the opening 36 of the rear frame part 42 (that is, the center ornament 23), It is equipped with the structure which produces a light effect by illuminating this three-dimensional molded item in a timely manner. As shown in FIG. 17, the moon-shaped illuminating device 47 is fixed to a mounting portion 85 provided on the center ornament 23, and in order from the front side (left side in FIG. 17), a transparent member 86, a semi-transmissive member 87, A semi-transmissive member 88, a light partition member 89, and an illumination substrate 90 are stacked. Further, the moon-shaped illumination device 47 is disposed so as to be inclined by about 20 ° from the vertical direction to the entire front side so that a player who plays the game facing the center ornament 23 can easily see.

  The transparent member 86 has a hemispherical shape with an uneven pattern of the lunar surface. As shown in FIG. 18A, a pair of fixing brackets 84 are provided on the left and right in the mounted state on the center ornament 23. Each is formed. Each of the brackets 84 is formed with two fixing screw insertion holes 84a at the top and bottom. The semi-transmissive member 87 is formed in a thin and semi-transmissive shape in which the diameter of the semi-transparent member 87 is slightly smaller than that of the transparent member 86 so as to fit in the inner surface of the transparent member 86, and the surface of the moon is copied.

  As shown in FIG. 18B, the semi-transmissive member 88 has a diameter slightly smaller than that of the semi-transmissive member 87 so as to be accommodated in the inner surface of the semi-transmissive member 87, and is formed in a so-called frosted glass spherical surface. ing. The translucent member 88 is further formed with engagement claws 88a to be engaged with a pair of engagement openings 90a (see FIG. 20) provided in the illumination board 90 on the left and right sides of the outer peripheral edge.

  As shown in FIGS. 18C and 19, the optical partition member 89 has a cylindrical base 89a having substantially the same diameter as that of the semi-transmissive member 88. The cylindrical base 89a includes a semi-transmissive member 88. Are formed with two flange portions 89b and 89c each having arcuate outer edge portions 89e and 89f each having a slightly smaller diameter so as to fit within the inner surface of the substrate with a slight gap (for example, 1.0 to 1.5 [mm]). Has been. The flange portions 89b and 89c are formed so as to gradually become thinner from the middle portion on the outer diameter side toward the outer edge portions 89e and 89f, respectively. Note that reference numeral 89d in FIG. 19 is used to determine the position of the light partition member 89 with respect to the semi-transmissive member 88 by engaging with a positioning groove 88c (see FIG. 18B) provided in the semi-transmissive member 88. The engagement protrusion 89d.

  As shown in FIG. 20, the illumination board 90 can be fitted to the back surface of the transparent member 86 (including the semi-transmissive member 87) in a state where the semi-transmissive member 88 and the light partition member 89 are mounted. It is formed in a disk shape that is substantially equal to the inner diameter. Engagement notches 90b to be engaged with engagement rods (not shown) provided on the upper portion of the rear frame part 42 are formed on the left and right sides of the outer peripheral edge of the illumination board 90, respectively. The pair of engagement openings 90a is formed in the vicinity of the joint notch 90b.

  The illumination substrate 90 is partitioned by a light emitting region 91a partitioned by the cylindrical base 89a and the flange 89b of the light partition member 89 shown in FIG. 18C, and by the cylindrical base 89a and the flanges 89b and 89c. Light emitting region 91b, and a light emitting region 91c partitioned by a cylindrical base 89a and a flange 89c. The LEDs 92a, 92b, 92c, 92d, 92e, 92f, 92g, and 92h are mounted in the light emitting area 91a so as to be dotted in the vertical direction. The LEDs 93a, 93b, 93c, 93d, 93e, and 93f are mounted in the light emitting area 91b so as to be dotted in the vertical direction. The LEDs 94a, 94b, 94c, 94d, 94e, and 94f are mounted in the light emitting area 91c so as to be dotted in the vertical direction.

  The moon-shaped illumination device 47 having the above-described configuration is configured such that the illumination substrate 90 is fixed to the mounting portion 85 so that the light partition member 89 is accommodated inside, and the semi-transmissive member 87 is accommodated without gaps inside. A transparent member 86 that covers 88 from the front side is fixed to the mounting portion 85 by inserting a fixing screw (not shown) into the hole 84a. The moon illuminating device 47 attached to the center decoration 23 in this way is changed to a light emission form by a combination of light emission states of the light emitting areas 91a to 91c under the control of a game control means 109 and an effect control means 116 described later. In response to this, it is changed in a timely manner so that the player recognizes the crescent moon, half-moon, and full moon.

  That is, in the moon illuminating device 47, when all or only a part of the LEDs 94a to 94f in the light emitting region 91c are lit (or blinking), the point light from each LED is transmitted through the semi-transmissive member 88, the semi-transmissive member 87, and the transparent member. It becomes planar light through the member 86, and emits light in a crescent shape without much influence on the adjacent light emitting region 91b partitioned by the flange 89c. Further, in addition to the light emission in the light emitting region 91c, when all or only a part of the LEDs 93a to 93f in the light emitting region 91b are lit (or blinking), the spot light from each LED has a planar shape as described above. It becomes light and emits light in a half-moon shape with little influence on the adjacent light emitting region 91a divided by the flange 89b. Furthermore, in addition to the light emission in the light emitting areas 91b and 91c, when all or only a part of the LEDs 92a to 92h in the light emitting area 91a are lit (or blinking), the point light from each LED is in the same manner as described above. The light becomes like a full moon. In these cases, the collar portions 89b and 89c are formed so as to be accommodated with a slight gap from the inner surface of the semi-transmissive member 88 and gradually become thinner toward the outer edge portions 89e and 89f. During the light emission or full moon light emission, it is possible to avoid the inconvenience that shadows of the collar portion 89b and the collar portion 89c appear on the surface of the transparent member 86, and the shape of the moon is naturally changed by combining the irradiation light in each light emitting region. be able to.

  Next, the indirect illumination devices 57a and 57b will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 10 to 16. FIG. 10 is a rear view of the front frame portion 40 as seen from the back side, and FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the illumination board 128 disposed on the back side of the reflection portions 95b and 95c in the indirect illumination device 57b as seen from the oblique back side. 12 is a rear view of the reflecting portions 95b and 95c of FIG. 11 as seen from the back side, and FIG. 13 is a plan sectional view showing an example of a point light emitting portion cut along the line DD in FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional plan view showing another example of the point light emitting section cut along the line DD in FIG. 12, and FIG. 15 is a front view showing the rear frame section 42 with the moon-shaped illumination device 47 and the like attached. FIG. 16 and FIG. 16 are perspective views showing the rear frame portion 42 of FIG.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the indirect illumination device 57a is provided on the upper left side around the opening 36, and the indirect illumination device 57b is provided from the upper right side around the opening 36 to the lower right side thereof. From the front side of the center decoration 23 (facing player side, that is, the front side of the page of FIG. 4) to the back side (back side viewed from the facing player, that is, the back side of the page of FIG. 4). FIG. 10 is a diagram in which the periphery of the opening 36 is illuminated by reflection of light received from the irradiation units 82 to 84 through the gaps between the irradiation units 82, 83, and 84 shown in FIG. 15 (reflecting parts) 95a, 95b, and 95c. Although the gap does not appear in FIG. 4, in the state where the front frame portion 40 of FIG. 10 covers the front side of the rear frame portion 42 of FIG. 15, the space between the irradiation portion 82 and the reflection portion 95a corresponding to each other. Different dimensions (for example, between the irradiation unit 83 and the reflection unit 95b and between the irradiation unit 84 and the reflection unit 95c depending on the unevenness of the irradiation units 82 to 84 and the reflection units 95a to 95c facing each other (for example, 1 to 3 [cm]) is provided. Due to the presence of this gap, the irradiating units 82, 83, and 84 reflect (that is, reflect) light irradiated from the illumination boards 96a, 96b, and 96c, which will be described later, through the semi-transmissive panels 100, 101, and 102, respectively. It shines like a surface emitting light and illuminates the surroundings. In the region of these indirect lighting devices 57a and 57b, the above-described moon-shaped lighting device 47 that emits light is disposed.

  The reflective portions 95a, 95b, and 95c are made of a synthetic resin that has been subjected to “pearl processing” to obtain pearl luster, and are configured as parts that can be removed from the rear frame portion 42 shown in FIG. Has uneven portions 78 having different heights (distances in the depth direction in FIGS. 4 and 15) for each region, such as terraced rice fields arranged in a staircase shape. It is formed into a fluid shape that makes a cloud image. A plurality of discharge holes h are formed in the terraced uneven portion 78 of the reflecting portions 95a to 95c. The above “pearl processing” refers to, for example, a pearl pigment obtained by coating natural mica with a metal oxide such as titanium oxide or iron oxide with a synthetic resin in order to obtain pearl luster due to regular multiple reflection of light. It means a processing technique for inclusion or coating in the formed reflecting portions 95a, 95b, 95c and the like.

  As shown in FIG.15 and FIG.16, the reflection parts 95a, 95b, and 95c are formed in the wall surface shape extended centering on the moon type illuminating device 47 which is a three-dimensional molded item. The above-described illumination boards 96a, 96b, and 96c are disposed on the front frame portion 40 so as to face the reflecting portions 95a, 95b, and 95c of the rear frame portion 42 as shown in FIG. A plurality of LEDs 97, 98, 99 are mounted on each. The transflective panels 100, 101, 102 are positioned and arranged at positions facing the rear frame portion 42 of the irradiation units 82, 83, 84, respectively. These transflective panels 100, 101, and 102 are formed in a so-called frosted glass shape, and diffuse the point-shaped irradiation light of the LEDs 97, 98, and 99 to form a surface light emission. Accordingly, these LEDs 97 to 99 uniformly project almost uniform light from the back surface of the front frame portion 40 toward the reflecting portions 95a to 95c disposed on the back side. As a result, the entire indirect illumination devices 57a and 57b reflect the light emitted from each LED bluntly, so that the periphery of the opening 36 of the center ornament 23 is indirectly illuminated.

  Further, as described above, a plurality of light emission holes h are formed in the reflection portions 95a to 95c of the indirect illumination devices 57a and 57b, and on the back side of the light emission holes h, that is, on the back surfaces of the reflection portions 95b and 95c. As shown in FIG. 13, a projection (guide path) 125 having a cylindrical light guide path 126 is suspended depending on the light emission hole h, and is a bottom surface portion (a semi-light-transmitting region) forming each bottom surface ( A light emission hole h is formed at the center of the semi-transmission surface 129. The bottom surface portion 129 has a thickness t2 (for example, t2 = t1 / 2) where the outer peripheral edge portion of the bottom surface portion 129 (that is, the inner peripheral edge portion of the protrusion 125) is slightly thinner than the thickness t1 of the reflection portions 95b and 95c. Further, a chamfered portion 127 that is chamfered so as to gradually descend from the outer peripheral edge portion toward the light emission hole h located at the center (lower side in FIG. 13) is provided.

  As another example of the chamfering process, in addition to the chamfered portion 127 shown in FIG. 13, as shown in FIG. 14, in a stepped manner from the outer peripheral edge portion of the bottom surface portion 129 toward the light emission hole h located at the center. A chamfered portion 127 provided to descend is also conceivable. As described above, the “chamfering process” in the present embodiment includes at least a process of chamfering so as to gradually descend from the outer peripheral edge portion of the bottom surface portion 129 toward the light emission hole h at the center, And a chamfering process so as to be thinned stepwise from the outer peripheral edge toward the center light emission hole h.

  Incidentally, for example, for each light emitting hole h formed in the reflecting portions 95b and 95c, an illumination board 128 as shown in FIG. 11 is disposed on the back side of the reflecting portions 95b and 95c. On the illumination board 128, a plurality of LEDs (light emitting members) 128a are mounted at positions corresponding to the light emission holes h of the reflecting portions 95b and 95c, and the projection light from the LEDs 128a is directed to the light emission holes h. Supplied. And the point light emission part comprised by these LED128a, the light emission hole h, and the bottom face part 129 is shown as the code | symbol 151 in FIG.4, FIG15 and FIG.16.

  The reflecting portion 95a of the indirect lighting device 57a and the reflecting portions 95b and 95c of the indirect lighting device 57b emit light from each light emitting hole h, although the shapes and the number of each light emitting holes h are different. Since the structure for making the light emission decoration is the same, the description of the reflecting portion 95a is omitted.

  The wheel type illumination device 46 includes, for example, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, a modeling accessory 46 a imitating a wheel of an oxcart, and an LED (not shown) disposed therein. Further, a semi-transparent diffusing lens 46b that covers the wheel frame from the inside is arranged in the modeling accessory 46a. Although not shown in the diffusing lens 46b, Light diffusion dimples and striped light diffusion grooves are formed on the wheel outer peripheral surface portion 46d. Thereby, in the wheel type illumination device 46, the LED illuminates the modeling accessory 46a and the diffusing lens 46b with light emission from the inside in a timely manner, and the front side (the front side in FIG. 4) and the inner side (that is, the symbol display) of the center ornament 23. It is configured to produce a light effect simultaneously in the direction of the device 35).

  As shown in FIG. 6, the illuminating device 120 transmits light from the LED 121 mounted on the illuminating board 122 through the game ball receiving surface 69 and the sphere rotating portion 67 disposed so as to surround the illuminating board 122. It is configured to let you. The illumination board 122 is disposed at an angle of about 20 degrees so that the upper surface of the illumination board 122 is inclined below the game ball receiving surface 69 and on the front side of the center ornament 23 (leftward in FIG. 6). The LED 121 mounted on the illumination board 122 is appropriately in a light emitting state according to various rendering operations. When the LED 121 is in a light emitting state, one of the projection lights passes through the game ball receiving surface 69 having light transmittance and having a stripe-shaped light diffusion groove 123, whereby the center ornament 23. Is illuminated toward the inside (upward in FIG. 6). Further, the other of the projection lights passes through a sphere rotating portion 67 having light transmittance and having a stripe-shaped light diffusion groove 124, so that the front side of the center decoration 23 (on the left side of FIG. 6). ) Is illuminated.

  Next, a control system of the pachinko machine 1 in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The figure is a block diagram showing a control system of the pachinko machine.

  That is, the control system includes a main board 61 and a sub board 62 connected to the main board 61. The main board 61 manages the entire operation of the pachinko machine 1 in an integrated manner, and includes a system program for managing the entire operation of the pachinko machine 1 and a semiconductor memory in which a game execution program is stored in advance. A storage unit (not shown) and a microprocessor (MPU) (not shown) that executes these programs are provided.

  The main board 61 includes a winning determination unit 105, a winning signal output unit 106, a first lottery unit 107, a second lottery unit 108, a game control unit 109, a holding unit 110, an operation control unit 111, an operation determination unit 112, and an operation determination. Means 113 are provided. Further, a start chucker opening / closing solenoid 114 and an attacker opening / closing solenoid 115 are connected to the main board 61.

  The winning determination means 105 is configured such that a game ball launched into the game area 3a by a launching device (not shown) that is operated by operating the launching handle 2 wins any one of the starting chucker 27, the winning openings 25 and 26, the attacker 5, and the like. When it is, it is determined that there has been a prize.

  The winning signal output means 106 outputs a winning signal indicating that winning has been made to the corresponding starter chucker 27, winning openings 25 and 26, attacker 5, etc., when winning is determined by the winning determination means 105.

  The first lottery means 107 is an advantageous addition for the player until the next jackpot is won when the winning signal is input from the winning signal output means 106 and the winning with less than the maximum number of reserved balls (for example, 4) is triggered. Obtain a winning random number from a lottery memory (not shown) so that one of the probability fluctuations that can give value is won and the normal hit that does not become the special state. Run a lottery.

  The second lottery means 108 is a lottery based on a random number of effects stored in an effect memory (not shown) in the case of winning a big hit lottery in the first lottery means 107. The variation pattern that the symbols such as “111”, “333”, and “777” are finally aligned on the jackpot effective line of the symbol display device 35 is determined, and a variation pattern signal indicating that is output. The “big hit effective line” means a position (line) where symbols should be arranged in a row in order to obtain a big hit. The second lottery means 108 is also a lottery based on the production random number value in the case of a normal winning lottery in the big lottery lottery in the first lottery means 107. As a result of fluctuation, “222”, “444” A variation pattern indicating that symbols such as “888” are finally aligned on the jackpot effective line is determined, and a variation pattern signal indicating that is output. Further, when the second lottery means 108 is out of the big hit lottery in the first lottery means 107, it is a lottery based on the production random number value, and “252”, “464”, “838”, etc. corresponding to the outage as a result of fluctuation. The variation pattern that the symbols are finally aligned on the jackpot effective line is determined, and the variation pattern signal to that effect is output.

  The game control means 109 sends a command that triggers the sound emitting device 12, the lighting device 11, the side lighting device 45, the indirect lighting devices 57a and 57b, and the lighting device 120 to emit sound and emit light. It transmits to 62 production control means 116.

  In response to the command, the effect control means 116, for example, causes the moon illuminating device 47 to light (or blink) all or only a part of the LEDs 94a to 94f in the light emitting area 91c, thereby providing a plurality of different brightness (luminance). An effect of emitting light in the shape of a crescent moon, and in addition to the effect, the LEDs 93a to 93f in the light emitting area 91b are all or partly lit (or blinked) to emit light in a plurality of types of half moons having different brightness. To control. Furthermore, in addition to these effects, all or only a part of the LEDs 92a to 92h in the light emitting area 91a are lit (or blinked) to control light emission in a plurality of types of full moons with different brightness. At this time, if a full-color LED is adopted as the LED, the moonlight can be changed to change the color as well as the brightness.

  In addition, the game control unit 109 sends a signal relating to the contents of the effect to be displayed on the symbol display device 35 in accordance with the preset effect data and the lottery results of the first lottery unit 107 and the second lottery unit 108. It transmits to the display control means 118 of the board | substrate 62. FIG.

  The holding means 110 receives the fluctuation pattern signal output from the second lottery means 108, and sequentially stores the fluctuation pattern as a holding ball that is the result of the lottery performed each time the starting chucker 27 is won. The storage status is lit and displayed as a maximum of four hold balls on the big hit lottery hold display device 53 (see FIG. 2). For example, the holding means 110 always determines whether or not the number H of held balls is 0 <H <5. While the number H of four held balls is displayed, it is a big hit regardless of winning the starting chucker 27 There will be no lottery. Note that the number of reserved balls that are lit and displayed as the reserved balls is not limited to the “maximum of four”, but may be set as appropriate, for example, three or less, or five or more.

  The holding means 110 sequentially outputs a signal related to the fluctuation pattern that is held (stored), and prevents the next fluctuation pattern signal from being output until the effect display based on the fluctuation pattern signal ends. A variation prohibition flag is set (turned on), and a symbol variation timer (not shown) for measuring the time for releasing the turned symbol variation prohibition flag is set, and the number of held balls according to the output of the variation pattern signal Is decremented by 1. Further, the holding means 110 indicates the result of the jackpot lottery in response to the winning to the starting chucker 27 performed by the first lottery means 107 when the number H of held balls becomes H <4 according to the consumption of the reserved balls. And the number of reserved balls is incremented by one.

  The operation control unit 111 sends a drive signal to the start chucker opening / closing solenoid 114 based on a signal indicating the start of operation of the operation determination unit 113 to operate the solenoid 114 to open or close the start chucker 27. Further, the operation control means 111 sends a drive signal to the attacker opening / closing solenoid 115 to actuate the solenoid 115, and when the jackpot is generated by the lottery at the first lottery means 107, the attacker 5 is opened and the predetermined number of winnings is finished (or Control is performed so that the closing operation is repeated a predetermined number of times (a predetermined round) every time a predetermined time elapses).

  The operation determination unit 112 determines whether or not a condition for operating the starter chuck opening / closing solenoid 114 and the attacker opening / closing solenoid 115 is satisfied. That is, in the starting chucker opening / closing solenoid 114, the “condition” of opening / closing the starting chucker 27 is a case where the main board 61 is won by a lottery performed separately from the big lottery lottery of the first lottery means 107. . In the attacker opening / closing solenoid 115, when the “conditions” for opening the attacker 5 are satisfied, three big symbols from the state of so-called reach (including so-called super reach and normal reach) are aligned on the jackpot effective line and the jackpot is hit. This is a case where it occurs, and the time when “the condition is satisfied” of the blockage of the attacker 5 is when all winnings at the time of occurrence of the jackpot are completed.

  In response to the determination signal from the operation determination unit 112, the operation determination unit 113 determines the start of operation of the starter chuck opening / closing solenoid 114 and the attacker opening / closing solenoid 115, respectively.

  The start chucker opening / closing solenoid 114 opens and closes the starter chucker 27 by moving a plunger (not shown) forward and backward in response to the drive signal transmitted from the operation control means 111.

  The attacker opening / closing solenoid 115 opens and closes the attacker 5 by moving a plunger (not shown) forward and backward in response to the drive signal transmitted from the operation control means 111.

  On the other hand, the sub-board 62 includes an effect control unit 116 and a display control unit 118. The sub-board 62 includes the sound emitting device 12, the effect lighting device 11, the side lighting device 45, and the moon-shaped lighting device 47. The indirect lighting devices 57a and 57b, the wheel-type lighting device 46, the lighting device 120, and the symbol display device 35 are connected.

  In response to a command from the game control means 109, the effect control means 116 drives the sound emission device 12 to emit sound, and the effect illumination device 11, the side illumination device 45, the indirect illumination devices 57a and 57b, and the illumination device 120. Is driven to emit light and appeal to the player's hearing and vision.

  Further, in response to the command from the game control means 109, the effect control means 116 turns on (or blinks) all or part of the LEDs 94a to 94f of the light emitting area 91c, and brightness (luminance). ) Different types of crescent-shaped lights, and in addition to the effects, all or only part of the LEDs 93a to 93f in the light emitting area 91b are lit (or blinked) so as to have a plurality of kinds of half-moons with different brightness. Make it emit light. Furthermore, in addition to these effects, all or only a part of the LEDs 92a to 92h in the light emitting area 91a are lit (or blinked) to emit light in a plurality of full moons with different brightness, and appeal to the player's vision. I do. These changes in the shape and brightness (luminance) as the crescent, half-moon, and full moon are used to express the difference in reliability (expectation) of the jackpot winning that is separately determined by the main board 61, and the crescent moon, The reliability increases in the order of half-moon and full-moon, and the higher the brightness, the higher the reliability. Further, when a full color LED is used, the reliability of the emission color can be increased in the order of, for example, white, blue, yellow, green, red, and iridescent.

  The display control means 118 drives the symbol display device 35 in accordance with the signal from the game control means 109, and displays the effect of the contents centering on the big win lottery result so as to appeal to the player's vision.

  Next, the operation of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  That is, when a player seated facing the pachinko machine 1 holds the firing handle 2 and rotates it to an appropriate angle (step S1), the game ball is moved for a predetermined time by the operation of the launching device (not shown). Fired continuously toward the game area 3a at intervals. Then, a large number of game balls that are launched into the game area 3a and rolling and falling win the starting chucker 27 and winning holes 25 and 26 in a timely manner, or roll and fall without being involved in the game area 3a. It is discharged from the lowermost outlet 15 to the back side of the game board 3.

  That is, a part of the large number of game balls launched toward the game area 3 a is introduced from the warp introduction port 37. The game ball introduced from the warp introduction port 37 is discharged from the game ball discharge unit 67 c to the game ball stage S via the ball introduction path 66 and the ball rotation unit 67. At this time, the game ball rolls so as to fall on the introduction path 66 and is vigorously introduced into the ball rotation unit 67, so that the game ball effect turns around the inner periphery of the ball rotation unit 67. Is done.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the game ball Ba released to the game ball stage S is guided to the front of the game ball stage along the ball guide groove 74 and its inclination while rolling in the recess 72. If the rolling direction (moving direction of the center of gravity) at the time of reaching the stepped portion 75a is directed to the sphere discharge recess 49 side, it shifts to the sphere discharge recess 49 side. As a result, the game ball Ba enters the ball discharge recess 49 via the connecting path 75, falls from the ball discharge recess 49 along the inclination toward the start chucker 27, and wins the start chucker 27 with a high probability. To do. At this time, however, the starter chucker 27 may not be awarded depending on the contact state with the obstacle nail 30.

  On the other hand, if the rolling direction when reaching the stepped portion 75a from the ball guide groove 74 does not face the ball discharge recessed portion 49 side, the game ball Ba enters the dropping recessed portion 76 from the stepped portion 75a, and the recessed portion 76 Will fall in a direction different from that of the starting chucker 27. At this time, the falling game ball Ba has a falling direction that is different from the direction in which it can pass through between the pair of obstacle nails 30 on the starting chucker 27, but the game ball Ba that has been thrown into the left and right of the obstacle nail 30 It is rebounded by a so-called jump nail shown in the figure or a road nail (not shown) arranged in the left-right direction from the jump nail so that it falls on the obstacle nail 30 and falls between them to enter the starting chucker 27. There is also.

  By the way, as described above, when the game ball Ba wins any of the starting chucker 27 and the winning openings 25 and 26, the winning determination means 105 determines the winning and the winning signal output means 106 outputs a winning signal. (Step S2). At this time, the holding means 110 always determines whether or not the holding ball H satisfies 0 <H <5. When it is determined that 0 <H <5 is satisfied, the holding variation pattern command is It sequentially transmits to the display control means 118 via the game control means 109, turns on the symbol variation prohibition flag, sets a symbol variation timer, and decrements the number of reserved balls by 1 in response to the transmission of the variation pattern command. The holding means 110 holds the result of the big hit lottery according to the winning to the starting chucker 27 performed by the first lottery means 107 when the number H of held balls becomes H <4 according to the consumption of the reserved balls. Store as a sphere and increment the number of held balls by one.

  Then, when winning a lottery lottery (step S3), when the first lottery means 107 turns on the winning flag, the second lottery means 108 is a lottery based on the effect random number stored in the effect memory. That is, the variation pattern corresponding to the probability variation or the normal variation is determined.

  Thereby, in step S4, the winning symbol to be displayed on the symbol display device 35 is set, and the second lottery means 108 outputs a variation pattern command to that effect and the effect display based on the variation pattern command is ended. Until the next variation pattern command is not sent, the symbol variation prohibition flag is turned on, the symbol variation timer for measuring the time to release the turned on symbol variation prohibition flag is set, and the variation pattern command is set. The number of reserved balls is decremented by 1 in response to the transmission of. On the other hand, when the winning is a lottery lottery, a variation pattern is determined in which lottery based on a random number value stored in the effect memory results in the final matching of symbols corresponding to the loss as a result of the variation. Thereby, the off symbol displayed on the symbol display device 35 is set, the second lottery means 108 outputs a variation pattern command to that effect, turns on the symbol variation prohibition flag, sets the symbol variation timer, The number of held balls is decremented by 1 in response to the transmission of the fluctuation pattern command.

  As described above, based on the fact that the game control means 109 transmits a signal relating to the contents of effects to be displayed on the symbol display device 35 to the display control means 118 of the sub-board 62 together with the control command, the display control means 118 The display device 35 is driven in a timely manner, and the contents related to the jackpot lottery result are displayed so as to appeal to the player's vision (step S5).

  In such an effect display, for example, when the game control means 109 develops into super reach, the game lighting control unit 109 may drive the moon-shaped lighting device 47 to emit light in order to further increase the reliability (expected degree) of determining the jackpot. At that time, the production control means 116 drives the sound emission device 12 to emit sound, drives the production illumination device 11, the side illumination device 45, the indirect illumination devices 57 a and 57 b, and the illumination device 120 to emit light, and also moon-shaped illumination. For example, the device 47 emits all or a part of the LEDs 94a to 94f in the light emitting area 91c to produce light in a crescent shape. Thereby, the player recognizes that the reliability of the jackpot winning of the super reach that is currently progressing is not so high (for example, 11 to 30%). At this time, when the luminance of the crescent-shaped light emission is high, the reliability of the jackpot winning is slightly higher (for example, 16 to 35%).

  Alternatively, the effect control means 116 performs the effect of causing the moon-shaped illumination device 47 to emit all or part of the LEDs 93a to 93f in the light-emitting area 91b in addition to the above-described light emission effect of, for example, a crescent moon. . Thereby, the player recognizes that the reliability of the jackpot winning of the super reach that is currently progressing is slightly high (for example, 31 to 50%). At this time, when the luminance of the half-moon light emission is high, the reliability of the jackpot winning is higher (for example, 36 to 55%).

  Alternatively, the effect control means 116 performs the effect of causing the moon-shaped illumination device 47 to emit all or part of the LEDs 92a to 92h of the light emitting area 91a in addition to the half-moon light emission effect, for example, to emit light in a full moon shape. . Thereby, the player recognizes that the reliability of the jackpot winning of the super reach that is currently progressing is quite high (for example, 51 to 80%). At this time, when the brightness of the full moon-like light emission is high, the reliability of the jackpot winning is further increased (for example, 56 to 85%).

  Then, when the lottery result displayed on the screen of the symbol display device 35 is a big hit decision, the operation control means 111 is based on a signal to the effect that the operation decision means 113 decides to start the operation, and the attacker opening / closing solenoid 115 at a predetermined timing. A drive signal is sent to actuate the solenoid 115 to open the attacker 5, and the operation of closing every time a predetermined number of winnings are completed (or a predetermined time elapses) is repeated a predetermined number of times (predetermined rounds). Thereby, a large amount of game balls corresponding to the game balls won in the attacker 5 are paid out from the ball supply port 17 to the dish unit 16 (step S6).

  In the pachinko machine 1 having the above configuration, when the main power supply is turned on with the start of business of the game hall equipped with the pachinko machine 1, the same as the wheel-type lighting device 46 and the like disposed in the center decoration 23 The indirect illumination devices 57a and 57b including the point light-emitting unit 151 are turned on. The point light emitters 151 included in the indirect lighting devices 57a and 57b are seated by the player by the projection light from the LED 128a being emitted from the light emitting hole h and the bottom surface part 129 around the light emitting hole h. The light emission decoration is made on the side (the lower side of the drawing in FIG. 13). At this time, the luminance of the light directly emitted from the light emitting hole h is high, and the luminance of the light emitted through the bottom surface portion 129 is lower than that. As a result, from the player, the light emitting hole h, which is a light emitting point (or light emitting surface) with high brightness, serves as a nucleus, and the bottom surface portion 129 having semi-light transmissivity that shines brightly around the light emitting point is surrounded. It becomes visible.

  As described above, when the periphery of the light emitting hole h having high luminance is surrounded by the bottom surface portion 129 having low luminance, the outer edge portion of the light emitting hole h is defined as the bottom surface portion when they are in a light emitting state. When the 129 is canceled by a faint light, the boundary continues in an ambiguous state and is visually recognized as one light emitting surface as a whole. For this reason, in a general LED, when the light source is considered as a plane, the luminance in the plane becomes uniform. However, as described above, the point light emitting unit 151 in the present embodiment is light and bright. By forming the light-emitting surface so that the light wraps bright light, a soft and beautiful light-emitting decoration such as an afterglow of a sparkler or a fireworks is given.

  And as shown in FIG. 13, the thickness of the bottom face part 129 is formed so that it may become thin gradually toward the light emission hole h located in the center by the chamfering part 127. Since the bottom portion 129 has a smaller amount of transmitted light as its thickness is reduced, the luminance arranged concentrically from the outer peripheral side of the bottom portion 129 toward the light emission hole h is directed toward the inside thereof. Will rise. Thus, a stepwise change in luminance toward the inner diameter direction of the bottom surface portion 129, that is, a subtle shift of light like so-called gradation, is expressed with respect to the light transmitted through the bottom surface portion 129.

  Further, in the example of the chamfering process shown in FIG. 14, regions having the same thickness are formed for each predetermined width in a concentric manner from the light emitting hole h, so that the luminance change is not gentle like the gradation in FIG. 13. The so-called rainbow color changes by arranging the bands with the same brightness in a concentric manner. However, even in the case of FIG. 14, the same effect as the chamfering process shown in FIG. 13 can be obtained, and by generating a change in luminance around the light emitting hole h having high luminance, A simple luminous decoration can be expressed.

  Further, the indirect lighting devices 57a and 57b are provided with reflecting portions 95a to 95c that reflect the illuminated light, so that an illumination effect that softens the shadow on the wall surface of the center ornament 23 is achieved. In the present embodiment, the decoration of the light emission by the above-described point light emitting portion 151 is performed from within the areas of the reflecting portions 95a to 95c, so that the atmosphere such as a firefly appears in a pure Japanese atmosphere. A soft and beautiful light-emitting decoration is applied to create a noble atmosphere with high decorativeness as a whole.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 13, a light guide path 126 is provided by the protrusion 125 from the vicinity of the LED 128a of the point light-emitting portion 151 to the bottom surface portion 129, whereby the light projected from the LED 128a is reflected by the LED 128a. It is easy to enter the light guide 126 in the vicinity. The light incident on the light guide path 126 is transmitted while being reflected on the inner wall surface of the light guide path 126, so that the directivity of the incident light is made uniform by the light guide path 126, and the bottom surface portion 129 and the light emission hole h. The light is efficiently emitted from.

  In the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment described above, the indirect illumination devices 57a and 57b are provided at least partially around the opening 36. The indirect illumination devices 57a and 57b include the reflection units 95a to 95c and the point light emitting unit 151. The point light emitting unit 151 includes an LED 128a that emits light when decorating light, a light emitting hole h that emits light when the LED 128a emits light, and the light emitting hole h that reflects the reflecting parts 95a to 95a. And a bottom surface portion 129 made of a semi-light transmissive region in the vicinity of the light emission hole h formed in the 95c region. Accordingly, the player can visually recognize the light emitting hole h, which is a light emitting point with high luminance, as a nucleus and surround the bottom surface portion 129 that is a light transmitting surface that shines brightly around the light emitting point. Thereby, in a general LED, the luminance of the light emitting surface that is a light source becomes uniform within the surface, but in the present embodiment, the light bottom surface portion 129 surrounds the bright light emission hole h. It is formed as such a light emitting surface, and a soft light emitting decoration such as an afterglow of a sparkler or a fireworks can be applied.

  Further, like the point light emitting portion 151, a novel light emitting decoration can be given to the player by using a simple member configuration such as the light emitting hole h and the bottom surface portion 129 surrounding the light emitting hole h. Therefore, an increase in cost as the pachinko machine 1 can be suppressed.

  In addition, in the indirect lighting devices 57a and 57b, by having the reflecting portions 95a to 95c that reflect the illuminated light, the lighting effect of reducing the shadow of the wall surface of the center ornament 23 is obtained. By making the above-mentioned soft luminous decoration from the area, a soft luminous decoration like firefly is given in a pure Japanese strict atmosphere, and it is possible to create a noble atmosphere with high decorativeness as a whole. It becomes like this.

  Further, since the bottom surface portion 129 is chamfered with respect to the chamfered portion 127 on the side facing the LED 128a, the bottom surface portion 129 transmits light from the outer peripheral side toward the light emission hole h located at the center. The rate can be changed. As a result, a stepwise luminance change (so-called gradation) can be given in a direction concentric with the light emitting hole h, and a soft light emitting decoration like a firefly as a whole is combined with the light emitting hole h. This can be realized, and more delicate decoration can be added.

  In addition, since the point-like light emitting portion 151 is provided with a tubular protrusion 125 that guides the light emitted from the LED 128a from the LED 128a to the bottom surface portion 129, the light from the LED 128a serving as the light source is near the light source. In this case, the light from the light source can be prevented from being emitted unnecessarily. In addition, since the light incident on the tubular protrusion 125 is transmitted to the bottom surface portion 129 and the light emission hole h while reflecting the inner wall surface in the protrusion 125, the direction of the incident light is aligned by the protrusion 125 and the efficiency is improved. Thus, the light propagates to the bottom surface portion 129 and the light emission hole h.

  In the present embodiment, it has been described that the point light emitting unit 151 is always on after the pachinko machine 1 is turned on. However, the light emitting operation such as flashing light emission may be performed in a timely manner. The blinking control may be performed in accordance with the effects of other accessories, etc., and there is no limitation on the change in the lighting and extinguishing state.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated based on the suitable embodiment, the game machine of this invention is not limited only to the structure of the said embodiment, A various correction and change from the structure of the said embodiment. The gaming machine which has been subjected to is also included in the scope of the present invention.

It is a front view which shows the external structure of the pachinko machine in embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the center decoration mounted in this pachinko machine alone. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the center ornament of FIG. 2 in a state slightly rotated in the horizontal direction. It is a front view of a center decoration. It is the plane sectional view cut along the AA line in FIG. It is side surface sectional drawing cut | disconnected along the BB line in FIG. It is a front view which shows a ball effect production device alone. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of FIG. 7. FIG. 8 is a left side view of FIG. 7. It is the rear view which looked at the front frame part from the back side. It is the perspective view which looked at the illumination board arrange | positioned by the back surface of the reflection part in an indirect illumination device from the diagonal back side. It is the rear view which looked at the reflection part of FIG. 11 from the back side. FIG. 13 is a plan sectional view showing an example of a point-like light emitting section cut along a line DD in FIG. 12. FIG. 13 is a plan sectional view showing another example of a point light emitting section cut along a line DD in FIG. 12. It is a front view which shows the rear frame part of the state which mounted | wore with the moon type illuminating device. It is a perspective view shown in the state which looks down at the rear frame part of FIG. 15 from diagonally upward. It is side surface sectional drawing which shows the state cut | disconnected along CC line in FIG. It is the figure which decomposes | disassembles and shows each member which comprises a moon type illuminating device, The figure (a) is a front view which shows the transparent member of the state which has arrange | positioned the semi-transmissive member on the back surface, The figure (b) is half The front view which shows a transmissive member and the figure (c) are front views which show a light division member. It is a perspective view shown in the state which looks down at the optical division member shown in FIG. 18 from diagonally upward right. It is a front view which shows an illumination board | substrate. It is a block diagram which shows the control system of the pachinko machine in this embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the effect | action of this pachinko machine.

Explanation of symbols

1: Game machine (pachinko machine)
3a: Game area 23: Unit character (center decoration)
35: Symbol display device 36: Opening portions 57a, 57b: Indirect illumination devices 95a, 95b, 95c: Reflection portion (reflection portion)
125: Guideway (protrusion)
128a: Light emitting member (LED)
129: Translucent surface (bottom surface)
151: Point-like light emitting part Ba: Game ball h: Through hole (light emission hole)

Claims (2)

A gaming machine comprising a unit role provided with an opening for exposing a symbol display device in a gaming area, and launching a gaming ball in the gaming area,
An indirect lighting device is provided at least partially around the opening,
The indirect illumination device includes a reflection part that is illuminated and reflects light, and a plurality of point light emission parts that emit light in the reflection part region,
The point light emitting portion includes a light emitting member that emits light when the light emitting decoration is performed, a through hole that emits light when the light emitting member emits light, and the through hole that forms the through hole in the reflection portion region. A semi-transmissive surface composed of a semi-light-transmissive region in the vicinity ,
The semi-transmissive surface is chamfered with respect to the surface facing the light emitting member,
A gaming machine characterized by that. The point light emitting part is provided with a tubular guide path that guides light emitted from the light emitting member from the light emitting member to the semi-transmissive surface.
The gaming machine according to claim 1 .

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