JP5311562B2 - Bullet ball machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pinball game machine sufficiently executing a performance even in the short period of a 2R jackpot or a small winning or the like. <P>SOLUTION: In a Pachinko game machine 10, a performance determination means 132 determines the execution of a state suggestion performance for suggesting whether or not a game state after the end of a short-term opening game is a specified game state according to a ball entry to a jackpot pocket 66 in the short-term opening game. A performance operation control means 134 executes a state suggestion performance from a performance start timing during the execution of the short-term opening game to a performance end timing during the variable display of symbols performed after the end of the short-term opening game. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko game machine, and more particularly to a technique for controlling the progress of a game and production in a ball game machine.

  Conventionally, among the various ball game machines, a so-called first type pachinko game machine is used while changing a plurality of symbols in a display area such as a liquid crystal display provided substantially at the center of the game board. Display (hereinafter, such display is referred to as “symbol change” or “change display”). In this gaming machine, when a combination of symbols when a plurality of rows of symbol fluctuations is stopped, a special winning combination is opened a predetermined number of times to obtain more prize balls than a normal game. It is known to shift to a special game called jackpot (see, for example, Patent Document 1). The variable display of symbols in the display area is not only a variable display of multiple symbols, but the time of variable display is usually reduced in a state where it is a big hit if one more symbols are aligned, as in the so-called reach screen. For example, an effect is made to increase the player's expectation, such as making it longer. In addition, the player's expectation is enhanced by controlling the specific game such as the probability variation that changes the probability of transition to special games by giving the story to the variation display using characters on the image such as symbols Yes.

JP 2003-230714 A

  In recent years, a jackpot technique called so-called 2R jackpot is adopted in which the winning prize opening is opened only for a very short time, and then it shifts to a profit state after a special game while generating virtually no profit of the winning ball. The model is known. In addition, there is a case where a technique called small win is used in combination with a special game such as 2R jackpot, in which the big winning opening is opened only for a short time in a manner very similar to the appearance, but does not shift to the profit state. The purpose is to raise the player's expectation in a form that is clearly indistinguishable in terms of appearance, whether 2R jackpot or small hit has occurred. In such a model, it is normal to not indicate as much as possible whether or not the transition to the profit state has been made, but only to give an indication. However, even if it is desired to make such a suggestion effect during 2R jackpot or jackpot, it is difficult to ensure a sufficient stage time because the opening time is too short. On the other hand, if the 2R big hit or small hit time is lengthened, it will not be able to be accommodated, but it will take more time to resume the symbol fluctuation, which is preferable from the viewpoint of improving the symbol fluctuation efficiency or the gaming machine operating rate. I can't say that.

  The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and the object thereof is to achieve sufficient play time by realizing more efficient control of the progress of the game in a ball game machine, thereby realizing new game playability. There is.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a ball game machine according to an aspect of the present invention is provided with a game board on which a game area is formed, and a predetermined position in the game area. A winning lottery means for executing a winning lottery for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, triggered by entering the starting prize port, Transition to a special prize opening that is provided at a predetermined position in the game area and is opened when the result of the lottery is a win, and as a special game, the special prize opening is opened for a predetermined opening reference time or longer. Long-term operation condition holding means for maintaining the long-term operation condition, which is a condition for performing, and short-term operation, which is a condition for shifting to a short-term open game that is a game in which the opening of the big prize opening is made for less than the open reference time Short-term operating conditions that maintain conditions Holding means, long-term opening game control means for executing a long-term opening game when a long-term operating condition is established as a result of the fact that the winning / losing lottery indicates a transition to a long-term opening game, If the short-term release game control means for executing the short-term release game when the short-term operation condition is satisfied, and the winning lottery corresponds to a specific result, the game from the normal state in the normal game after the end of the special game Whether the game state after the end of the short-term open game is the specific game state, depending on the specific game execution means for shifting to the specific game state which is advantageous to the player and the ball entering the big prize opening in the short-term open game An effect determining means for determining the execution of the state suggestion effect for suggesting whether or not, and during the variation display of the symbols made after the end of the short-term open game from the effect start timing during the execution of the short-term open game And a presentation operation control means for performing a condition suggesting effect until the effect end timing of definitive.

  Here, “long-term open game” is a form of special game, while “short-term open game” may be composed of games other than special games, or is a form of games other than special games and special games. There may be cases where both games are included. The “opening reference time” may be a reference time when, for example, the special winning opening is opened only during the long-term opening game among the special games. In other words, the opening of the big winning opening during the short-term opening game is only opened less than the opening reference time, and the opening of the big winning opening beyond the opening reference time is not made during the short-term opening game. Therefore, the opening less than the opening reference time may be a relatively short opening. In addition, a special game or a long-term open game may be configured by repeating a unit game in which a special winning opening is opened a plurality of times, while a game in which a unit game is repeated a plurality of times may be limited to a special game. The “opening reference time” may be the total opening time of the big prize opening in one unit game. Short-term open games can consist of one unit game or multiple unit games. In either case, the total opening time of the big prize opening in those unit games is open. Less than the reference time. If a short-term release game is executed while already in a specific game state, if the short-term release game is not a game of a special game, the specific game state does not return to the normal state, and the specific game state May be maintained.

  In this aspect, when it is unclear from the appearance whether the gaming state after execution of the short-term opening game is a specific gaming state, information indicating whether or not the specific gaming state will be provided through a state suggestion effect is provided to the player To do. Moreover, only a short presentation time can be secured during the short-term opening game where only the opening of the big prize opening that is less than the opening reference time can be ensured, but since the period of symbol variation immediately after that can also be produced, there is enough production time. Can be secured. Therefore, a sufficient suggestion effect can be implemented with a time margin, and the effect as the effect can be further enhanced. In addition, when special games and non-special games are mixed in short-term open games, it is difficult for the player to distinguish between the two due to the common external appearance that the opening time of the big prize opening is very short. . In this aspect, the player can be provided with information that contributes to distinguishing between the two by suggesting whether or not the specific game state is to be obtained after the short-term open game through the state suggestion effect.

  It is also possible to provide a ball entry timing detecting means for detecting a ball entry timing when a ball is entered into the big winning opening opened in the short-term open game. The effect determining means may determine the effect start timing of the state suggestion effect according to the timing of entering the big winning opening in the short-term open game. For example, if the length of the state suggestion effect and the content of the effect change according to the difference in the start timing of the effect, the player is best suited to the big prize opening in order to make the state suggestion effect of the desired content appear. It is possible to realize a new gameability for hitting a ball with a good timing for entering the ball.

  The effect determining means may determine the suggested content of the state suggestion effect according to the result of the winning / losing lottery so that the reliability of the suggestion as to whether or not the specific game state is reached varies depending on the difference in the effect start timing. In this case, the speed of the start timing of the state suggestion effect may correspond to the high reliability of the suggestion. According to this aspect, it is possible to realize a new gameability in which the player hits the ball at the optimal timing for entering the big winning opening in order to produce a highly reliable state suggestion effect.

  Holds multiple pattern selection tables with different relationships as the correspondence between multiple variation patterns with a variation process from variation start to stop in symbol variation display and lottery values, and according to the game state A variation pattern determining means for determining a symbol variation pattern according to the pattern selection table may be further included. The variation pattern determining means determines a variation pattern as a pattern selection table in accordance with the normal pattern selection table at normal times, and the symbol variation time required for executing the state suggestion effect in a predetermined period after the end of the short-term open game. The variation pattern may be determined according to a special pattern selection table associated with the secured variation pattern. According to this aspect, by referring to the special pattern selection table after executing the short-term open game, it is possible to secure the symbol variation time necessary for the state suggestion effect and appropriately execute the state suggestion effect.

  The effect determining means determines the effect start timing of the state suggestion effect to be earlier as the timing of entering the grand prize opening in the short-term open game is earlier, while the effect end timing is constant regardless of the entrance timing. In this way, the state suggestion effect is determined, and the variation pattern determination means associates a variation pattern that ensures a certain symbol variation time regardless of the timing of entering the big winning opening in the short-term open game as a special pattern selection table. The variation pattern may be determined according to the special pattern selection table. According to this aspect, the earlier the entry timing to the grand prize opening, the longer the state suggestion effect can be executed, while the symbol variation time required for the state suggestion effect at any entry timing Since it can be made constant, it is possible to always secure the symbol variation time necessary for the state suggestion effect by referring to the same special pattern selection table.

  The effect determining means determines a state suggestion effect that is executed at a constant execution time regardless of the timing of entering the big winning opening in the short-term opening game, and the variation pattern determining means is a short-term opening as a special pattern selection table. The variation pattern may be determined in accordance with a special pattern selection table associated with a variation pattern in which a shorter symbol variation time is secured as the timing of entering the big winning opening in the game is earlier. According to this aspect, the state suggestion effect for a certain time can be executed regardless of the timing of entering the big winning opening, but the symbol variation time required for the state suggestion effect differs depending on the entry timing. The symbol variation time required for the state suggestion effect can be ensured by referring to a different special pattern selection table according to the timing of entering the ball.

  The effect determining means may determine the suggestion contents of the state suggestion effect so that the reliability of the suggestion as to whether or not the specific game state is reached is increased as the timing of entering the big winning opening in the short-term open game is earlier. . According to this aspect, it is possible to realize a new gameability in which a player hits and hits the ball so that the timing of entering the big winning opening is advanced in order to make a state suggestion effect with high reliability appear. However, for example, if you are aiming to enter the ball immediately after the opening of the grand prize opening, it will be lost later if you start hitting after seeing the opening action, so you need to predict and start hitting before the opening action starts Sex occurs. In that case, the player can hit the ball before opening the special winning opening, so that the waiting time can be reduced and the operating rate of the gaming machine can be increased, which is also preferable for the game store. Moreover, since the difficulty is likely to increase as the player enters the ball intentionally at an earlier timing, the correspondence between the difficulty of entering and the suggestion reliability can be optimized.

  The short-term opening game control means opens a plurality of times so that the total opening time of the big prize opening is less than the opening reference time within the period of the short-term opening game. The effect start timing may be determined so that the state suggestion effect is started at the timing associated with the opening at which the ball is detected among the times of opening. In this case, the production start timing of the state suggestion production corresponds to the opening timing of the special winning opening. Therefore, even if the number of types of state suggesting effects is defined as many as the number of timings assumed as the production start timing, the number of types is limited to the number of timings assumed as the opening timing of the big prize opening. Become. Thereby, it can prevent that the number required as a definition of a state suggestion production increases excessively, and can reduce the burden of development.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements, or the constituent elements and expressions of the present invention may be mutually replaced between methods, apparatuses, systems, computer programs, recording media storing computer programs, data structures, etc. This is effective as an embodiment of the present invention.

  According to the ball game machine of the present invention, it is possible to secure a sufficient performance time by further improving the efficiency of the control of the game progress and to realize a new game.

It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the front side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the back side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the pachinko game machine in a present Example. It is a figure which shows the example of a success / failure table typically. It is a figure which shows the example of a pattern selection table typically. It is a time chart which shows the correspondence with the opening and closing timing of the big prize opening, the effect period of the state suggestion effect, and the symbol change period after the short-term open game. In a state suggestion effect, it is a figure of the table which shows typically the relationship between whether it is a probable change state, a entrance timing, an effect lottery value, and suggestion contents. It is a flowchart which shows the basic operation | movement process in a pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart which shows the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. 8 in detail. 10 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process of S34 in FIG. 9. 10 is a flowchart illustrating in detail the variation display start process of S36 in FIG. 9. It is a flowchart which shows the fluctuation | variation display process of S40 in FIG. 8 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the special game control process of S16 in FIG. 8 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the release process of S76 in FIG. 13 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the closing process of S78 in FIG. 13 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the small hit game control process of S17 in FIG. It is a time chart which shows the correspondence with the opening / closing timing of the big prize opening in Example 2, the production | presentation period of a state suggestion effect, and the symbol change period after completion | finish of a short-term open game.

Example 1
FIG. 1 shows a basic structure on the front side of a pachinko gaming machine. Hereinafter, a so-called first type pachinko gaming machine, which is conventionally known as a bullet ball gaming machine, will be described as an example. The pachinko gaming machine 10 is mainly composed of a gaming machine frame and a gaming board. The gaming machine frame of the pachinko gaming machine 10 includes an outer frame 11, a front frame 12, a transparent plate 13, a door 14, an upper ball dish 15, a lower ball dish 16, and a launch handle 17. The outer frame 11 has an opening and is a frame for fixing the pachinko gaming machine 10 to a position where it should be installed. The front frame 12 is a frame body that aligns with the opening portion of the outer frame 11, and is attached to the outer frame 11 so as to be opened and closed by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The front frame 12 includes a mechanism for launching a game ball, a mechanism for detachably storing a game board, a mechanism for guiding or collecting the game ball, and the like.

  The transparent plate 13 is made of glass or the like and is supported by the door 14. The door 14 is attached to the front frame 12 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The upper ball tray 15 has a mechanism for storing game balls, sending out the game balls to the launch rail, and extracting the game balls to the lower ball tray 16. The lower ball tray 16 has a mechanism for storing and extracting game balls. A speaker 18 is provided between the upper ball tray 15 and the lower ball tray 16, and a sound effect corresponding to the gaming state is output.

  The game board 50 has an out port 58, a special symbol display device 61, an effect display device 60, and a start winning port (hereinafter referred to as “start port”) 62 on a game area 52 defined by the outer rail 54 and the inner rail 56. , A center ornament 64, a grand prize opening 66, an operation opening 68, and a general prize opening 72. Furthermore, in the game area 52, a plurality of mechanisms such as a game nail and a windmill (not shown) are installed. The start port 62 includes a start winning detection device 74 for detecting the entrance of a game ball and a normal electric accessory solenoid 76 for expanding the expanding mechanism of the start port 62. When the expansion mechanism of the start port 62 is expanded, the opening width of the start port 62 is expanded and the ease of entering the ball is improved. The start winning detection device 74 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the start port 62, and generates start win information indicating the winning at the time of entering. The general winning opening 72 includes a general winning detecting device 73 for detecting the entering of a game ball. The general winning detection device 73 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the general winning opening 72, and generates general winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning. The special winning opening 66 includes a winning detection device 78 for detecting the entry of a game ball and a special winning opening solenoid 80 for expanding the special winning opening 66. The winning detection device 78 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the big winning opening 66, and generates big winning opening winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning.

  The big winning opening 66 is a horizontal rectangular winning opening that is opened as a “big hit” or “small win” when the special symbol 192 stops in a predetermined manner. The big winning opening 66 is provided above the out opening 58 and the like. The winning detection device 78 of the big winning opening 66 includes a sensor that detects the passage of a game ball.

  The special symbol display device 61 provided on the left side of the game area 52 and the effect display device 60 provided in the approximate center of the game area 52 have a variation of the special symbol 192 on each screen and a decoration linked to the special symbol 192. The variation of the effect image including the symbol 190 is displayed (hereinafter, such display is referred to as “symbol variation” or “variation display”). Here, the special symbol 192 is a symbol corresponding to the result of the lottery performed when the game ball is dropped into the start port 62. If the symbol pattern when the variation display of the special symbol 192 is stopped is a symbol determined to be a big hit or a small hit, the timing at which the stopped symbol is displayed becomes the occurrence timing of a big hit or a small hit. The special symbol display device 61 is display means composed of, for example, 7 segment LEDs.

  The effect display device 60 is a liquid crystal display that variably displays the decorative symbol 190 in a manner interlocked with the variation display of the special symbol 192. The decorative symbol 190 is a symbol for visually rendering the lottery result display indicated by the special symbol 192. The effect display device 60 displays, as the decorative symbol 190, for example, a plurality of rows of moving images of symbol variation simulating a slot machine game in the central area of the screen. The effect display device 60 is constituted by a liquid crystal display in this embodiment, but may be constituted by a mechanical rotating device such as a drum or other display means such as an LED. Since the special symbol 192 does not necessarily have a role of production, in this embodiment, the special symbol 192 is displayed in an inconspicuous size on the special symbol display device 61 at the lower left of the production display device 60. In the case of adopting a technique in which a decorative role is not displayed and a decorative symbol is not displayed, the special symbol may be displayed on a liquid crystal display such as the effect display device 60. The operation port 68 is provided at the left side position of the game board 50. The operation port 68 includes a passage detection device 69. The passage detection device 69 is a sensor that detects the passage of the game ball to the operation port 68, and generates passage information indicating the passage at the time of passage. The passage of the game ball to the operation port 68 triggers an open lottery for determining whether or not to expand the expansion mechanism of the start port 62. When the game ball passes through the operation port 68, a normal symbol, which is a symbol indicating the result of the open lottery, is variably displayed on the normal symbol display device 59. The normal symbol display device 59 is provided on the lower right side of the effect display device 60. When the normal symbol variation display is stopped after a predetermined time has elapsed, the start port 62 is normally expanded for a predetermined time with a probability of about 50% to 80%.

  A center ornament 64 is provided around the effect display device 60. The center decoration 64 has functions such as a flow path of the game ball, protection of the special symbol display device 61 and the effect display device 60, and decoration. A lottery hold lamp 20 is provided below the effect display device 60, and an operation hold lamp 22 is provided below the normal symbol display device 59 at the lower right of the game area 52, which is a symmetrical position. . The lottery hold lamp 20 is composed of four lamps, and displays the number of lottery holds depending on the number of lights. The number of lottery holds is the number of lottery results won to the start port 62 during symbol variation or special game, and indicates the number of winning balls for which symbol variation has not yet been executed. The operation hold lamp 22 is also composed of four lamps, and displays the number of hold of normal symbol fluctuations depending on the number of lights. The number of normal symbol fluctuations held is the number of game balls that have passed through the operation port 68 during the fluctuation of the normal symbol, and indicates the number of normal symbol lotteries for which the fluctuation of the normal symbol has not yet been executed. Furthermore, game effect lamps 90 are respectively provided above and below the effect display device 60. The operation button 82 is a button that the player operates to input a predetermined instruction to the gaming machine. The operation button 82 is provided on the outer wall surface near the upper ball tray 15.

  When the player turns the launch handle 17 by hand, the game balls stored in the upper ball tray 15 are guided one by one to the inner rail 56 and the outer rail 54 with a strength corresponding to the turning angle, thereby playing the game area. To 52. When the player fixes the rotation position of the firing handle 17 by hand, the game ball is repeatedly fired at regular time intervals. The game ball launched to the upper part of the game area 52 falls in a direction according to the way of hitting while hitting a plurality of game nails and windmills. When a game ball is dropped into each of the general winning port 72, the start port 62, and the big winning port 66, the winning ball corresponding to the type of the winning port is paid out to the upper ball plate 15 or the lower ball plate 16. A game ball dropped into each winning hole such as the general winning hole 72 is processed as a safe ball, and a game ball dropped into the out hole 58 is processed as an out ball. Each winning opening includes a gate type through which a game ball passes. In this application, “incoming”, “entering”, and “winning” include “passing”.

  When the game ball falls into the start port 62, the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 are variably displayed on the special symbol display device 61 and the effect display device 60. The variable display of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is stopped after the elapse of the display time determined prior to the display. When the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 at the time of the stop are symbols indicating a big hit, the game shifts to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, and the opening / closing operation of the big prize opening 66 is started. At this time, the decorative pattern 190 simulating the game of the slot machine takes a display mode in which the three patterns are matched. In the special game, the special winning opening 66 is closed once, for example, after being opened for about 30 seconds or after 9 or more game balls are dropped. Such opening / closing of the big prize opening 66 is repeated a predetermined number of times, for example, 15 times. When the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 at the time of the stop are symbols indicating a small hit, the game shifts to a small hit game, and the opening / closing operation of the big winning opening 66 is performed in a short time.

  In the normal game after the special game is over, in principle, a variable time shortening game (hereinafter referred to as “time reduction” as appropriate), which is one of the specific games, is started. In the variation time shortening game, the variation time of the special symbol and the decorative symbol is shortened from the normal time. The variation time of the special symbol and the decorative symbol is returned to the original variation time after the variation display of a predetermined variation number is performed. When a special game occurs and the winning stop pattern at that time is in a specific mode, a probability variation game (hereinafter referred to as “probability change” as appropriate) that is one of the specific games after the special game ends Be started. In the probability variation game, a lottery with a higher win probability than the normal probability state is performed, and a new special game is generated relatively early.

  FIG. 2 shows a basic structure on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine. The power switch 40 is a switch for turning on / off the power of the pachinko gaming machine 10. The main board 102 controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 and processes all game operations such as a lottery when a winning is made to the start port 62. The sub board 104 includes the liquid crystal unit 42 and controls display contents on the effect display device 60, operations of the plurality of movable objects 140, and lighting of the game effect lamp 90, and in particular, display contents according to the lottery result by the main board 102. And the lighting of the movable accessory 140 and the game effect lamp 90 is activated along with the progress of the production. The main board 102 and the sub board 104 constitute a game control device 100. The set substrate 39 includes a prize ball tank 44, a flow path for prize balls, a payout unit 43 for delivering prize balls. The payout unit 43 pays out the game balls supplied from the winning ball tank 44 to the upper ball tray 15 in accordance with winning in each winning opening. The payout control board 45 controls the payout operation by the payout unit 43. The launching device 46 launches the stored balls in the upper ball tray 15 to the game area 52 one by one. The launch control board 47 controls the launch operation of the launch device 46. The power supply unit 48 supplies power to each part of the pachinko gaming machine 10.

  FIG. 3 shows functional blocks of the pachinko gaming machine 10 in this embodiment. In the pachinko gaming machine 10, the game control device 100 includes a start port 62, a big winning port 66, a general winning port 72, an operating port 68, a special symbol display device 61, an effect display device 60, a normal symbol display device 59, and operation buttons 82. The speaker 18, the game effect lamp 90, and the movable accessory 140 are electrically connected to each other, and can transmit and receive various control signals. The game control apparatus 100 controls not only the basic operation of the game but also the staging operations such as the symbol variation display, the movable accessory 140, and the electric decoration. The game control device 100 is configured in such a manner that functions are shared between a main board 102 that controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 including basic operations of the game, and a sub board 104 that controls design effects and the like. The game control device 100 is configured by hardware including elements such as a ROM and a RAM for storing data and programs, and a CPU used for arithmetic processing.

  In the present embodiment, the main board 102 includes a ball entering determination means 110, a winning / failing lottery means 112, a symbol determining means 114, a variation pattern determining means 115, a hold control means 116, a main display control means 118, a special game control means 120, a small hit. Game control means 121, specific game execution means 122, opening / closing control means 124, entry timing detection means 170, special game operation condition holding means 176, and small hit game operation condition holding means 180 are provided. The sub-board 104 in the present embodiment includes a pattern storage unit 130, a design mode determination unit 131, an effect determination unit 132, an effect operation control unit 134, and an accessory control unit 136. Each functional block included in the main board 102 may be configured such that any one of the functional blocks is mounted on the sub board 104 instead of the main board 102. Similarly, each functional block included in the sub-board 104 may be configured such that any one of them is mounted on the main board 102 instead of the sub-board 104.

  The entrance determination means 110 determines whether or not a game ball has entered each winning opening. When receiving the start winning information, the winning determination means 110 determines that the game ball has won the start opening 62, and when receiving the big winning opening winning information, determines that the game ball has won the big winning opening 66, and the general winning is obtained. When the information is received, it is determined that the game ball has won the general winning opening 72. When receiving the passage information, the ball entering determination unit 110 determines that the game ball has passed through the operation port 68.

  The success / failure lottery means 112 accepts a random number value to determine whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game when the game ball enters the start port 62. Get as a value. For example, the success / failure lottery value is acquired from a value range from “0” to “65535”. The “random number” in the present application may not be a mathematically generated random number, but may be a pseudo-random number generated by a hardware random number, a software random number, or the like. The success / failure lottery means 112 holds a plurality of success / failure tables to be referred to in the success / failure determination. In the plurality of success / failure tables, the determination result of winning or losing is associated with the winning / losing lottery value, and the success / failure probability is determined according to the associated winning range setting.

  The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to a success / failure table for determination of success / failure based on a normal probability in a normal state (hereinafter, referred to as “normally normal / failure table” as appropriate). Refer to the “probability appropriateness determination table”) as appropriate. In this embodiment, in the normal success / failure table, only when the success / failure lottery value falls within the range of 0 to 399 is a big hit. In the probability variation success / failure table, the jackpot range is expanded, and not only when the success / failure lottery value falls within the range of 0 to 399 but also when it falls within the range of 400 to 3999. Thus, the range corresponding to the jackpot changes according to the gaming state.

  In the present embodiment, as a kind of special game, a long-term open game in which a unit game in which the big prize opening 66 is opened for a predetermined open reference time or more is repeated up to 15 times (hereinafter also referred to as “15R special game” as appropriate). There is. In this embodiment, the opening reference time is 2 seconds, and the special winning opening 66 can be opened for 2 seconds or more only during a special game. In addition, as another type of special game, a special game (hereinafter also referred to as “2R special game” as appropriate) that repeats a unit game that opens the large winning opening 66 less than the opening reference time only a minimum of two times is provided. It has been. Further, there is provided a small hit game in which a unit game for opening the special winning opening 66 that is less than the opening reference time is executed only once. Hereinafter, the jackpot that shifts to the 15R special game is referred to as “15R jackpot”, the jackpot that shifts to the 2R special game is referred to as “2R jackpot”, and the jackpot that shifts to the small hit game is referred to as “small jackpot”. The short-term special games and the small hit games are also collectively referred to as “short-term open games”.

  Among the cases in which the winning / failing lottery value does not correspond to the jackpot range, that is, so-called losing, it is a jackpot when the lottery value falls within a predetermined range. In this embodiment, regardless of whether or not it is in a probable change state, the winning lottery value is a small hit when it falls within the range of 65000 to 65535. In this way, if it does not correspond to the jackpot, it is all “out of”, but in this embodiment, among the cases where it does not correspond to the jackpot, especially the winning lottery value range when it does not correspond to the jackpot Expressed as “out”.

  The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to any of the plurality of success / failure tables and determines whether or not the success / failure lottery value is a win. The determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 is variably displayed in a special symbol form on the special symbol display device 61. In addition, a decorative symbol that shows the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 in an effect manner is variably displayed on the effect display device 60.

  The symbol determination means 114 determines the stop symbol of the special symbol to be displayed on the special symbol display device 61 according to the lottery result by the success / failure lottery means 112. Moreover, the symbol determination means 114 determines the stop symbol of the normal symbol displayed on the normal symbol display device 59 by lottery. The stop symbol is a symbol to be displayed at the end of symbol variation. The symbol determination means 114 holds a symbol range table to be referred to in order to determine a special symbol or a normal symbol stop symbol.

  The symbol determination means 114 acquires a symbol determination lottery value for determining a special symbol, and determines the stop symbol of the special symbol according to the determination result of the success / failure lottery means 112 and the symbol determination lottery value. The symbol determination unit 114 sends data indicating the determined stop symbol to the main display control unit 118, the symbol mode determination unit 131, and the effect determination unit 132.

  The symbol determining means 114 acquires a lottery random number for determining a normal symbol when the game ball passes through the operation port 68, and determines a stop symbol of the normal symbol according to the lottery random number. When the stop symbol of the normal symbol is a specific symbol, the opening / closing control means 124 expands the normal electric accessory at the start port 62 for a predetermined time.

  The variation pattern determination means 115 stores a plurality of types of variation patterns in which variation modes from the variation start to the stop when the special symbol is variably displayed are defined. A plurality of types of variation patterns are defined on the assumption that there are various variation times, short and long, and that symbol variation is also performed by a decorative symbol composed of a plurality of symbols in the variation time. In each variation pattern, a variation display time is defined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the special symbol and the decorative symbol is stopped when the variation display time elapses.

  The variation pattern determination unit 115 holds a plurality of pattern selection tables to be referred to in order to determine the variation pattern. In the plurality of pattern selection tables, different relationships are defined as correspondence relationships between the plurality of variation patterns and the lottery values. The variation pattern determination means 115 acquires a pattern lottery value for determining the variation pattern. The variation pattern determining means 115 selects any variation pattern from a plurality of types of variation patterns according to the result of the success / failure lottery and the pattern lottery value in accordance with the pattern selection table corresponding to the gaming state. The variation pattern determination unit 115 sends data indicating the determined variation pattern to the main display control unit 118, the symbol mode determination unit 131, and the effect determination unit 132.

  The variation pattern determining means 115 refers to the pattern selection table for removal when the result of the determination is wrong, and refers to the pattern selection table for 15R jackpot when the result is 15R jackpot. When the determination result is 2R big hit or small hit, the 2R hit / small hit pattern selection table is referred to. These pattern selection tables for detachment, 15R big hit, 2R big hit, and small hit are collectively referred to as “normal pattern selection table”. This normal pattern selection table also includes a pattern selection table that is referred to in the time-short state and a pattern selection table corresponding to the number of reserved lottery results. As a table different from the normal pattern selection table, when the determination result is 2R big hit or small win, the special pattern selection table is referred to for the first time symbol variation for the 2R special game or the small hit game after the game ends. . The special pattern selection table is referred to in order to secure the remaining performance time in order to continue the predetermined performance executed from the period of the short-term open game even after the end of the period. Therefore, the special pattern selection table is a table in which only a variation pattern having a symbol variation time that can secure a necessary performance time can be selected. The special pattern selection table of the present embodiment is associated with a variation pattern that ensures a certain symbol variation time regardless of the timing of entering the big winning opening 66 in the short-term open game.

  In the present embodiment, if the result of the determination is wrong, any variation pattern of super reach, normal reach, or no reach may be selected. In this reach production, when a variation pattern with reach is selected, if one more symbols are arranged by the decorative symbol 190, the symbol variation through the state of winning symbol combination is displayed. This is an effect that increases the player's expectation.

  The hold control means 116 holds the winning / losing lottery value acquired by the winning / failing lottery means 112 as a holding ball. The success / failure lottery value is accumulated until the number of holds reaches a predetermined upper limit. The upper limit of the number of holds is 4.

  The main display control means 118 displays the result of the lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112 as a special symbol variation display as a special symbol variation display according to the stop symbol determined by the symbol determination unit 114 and the variation pattern determined by the variation pattern determination unit 115. It is displayed on the device 61. The main display control means 118 transmits the change start command and the change stop command to the effect operation control means 134 at the timing for starting and stopping the change display of the special symbol, thereby causing the main display control means 118 and the effect operation. The fluctuation display by the control means 134 is synchronized and interlocked. The main display control means 118 displays the normal symbol variation on the normal symbol display device 59.

  The special game operation condition holding unit 176 holds a condition for shifting to a special game including a unit game with opening of the special winning opening 66 a plurality of times. The special game operation condition holding unit 176 includes a long-term operation condition holding unit 178 and a short-term special game operation condition holding unit 179. The long-term operating condition holding means 178 holds a long-term operating condition that is a condition for shifting to a long-term open game. The long-term operating condition is a result indicating that the game is shifted to the 15R special game in the lottery, and the content of the condition is that the symbol variation corresponding to the lottery is stopped.

  The short-term special game operation condition holding means 179 holds a short-term special game operation condition which is a condition for shifting to a 2R special game which is a kind of special game as a short-term open game. The short-term special game operating condition is a result indicating that the game is shifted to the 2R special game in the success / failure lottery, and the content of the condition is that the symbol variation corresponding to the lottery is stopped.

  The special game operation condition holding means 176 holds the long-term operation condition and the short-term special game operation condition as special game operation conditions. The special game operation condition is a result indicating that the game shifts to the special game in the lottery, and the content of the condition is that the symbol variation corresponding to the lottery is stopped.

  The small hit game operating condition holding means 180 holds a small hit game operating condition that is a condition for shifting to a small hit game as a short-term open game. The small hitting operating condition is a result indicating that the game is shifted to the small hitting game in the lottery, and the content of the condition is that the symbol variation corresponding to the lottery is stopped.

  The short-term special game operation condition holding means 179 and the small hit game operation condition holding means 180 are comprehensively positioned as the short-term operation condition holding means 181. The short-term operating condition holding means 181 holds the short-term special game operating condition and the small hit operating condition as a short-term operating condition. The short-term operating condition is a result of shifting to the 2R special game or the small hit game in the validity lottery, and the content of the condition is that the symbol variation corresponding to the lottery is stopped.

  The special game operation condition holding means 176, that is, the long-term operation condition holding means 178 and the short-term special game operation condition holding means 179 hold the probability change special game operation condition for shifting to the probability change state after the end of the special game. Whether or not the probability variation special game operation condition is satisfied is determined based on the result of the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112 and the type of the special symbol determined by the symbol determination means 114.

  The special game control means 120 controls the execution process of the special game when the result of winning / not-winning lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112 is a big hit. The special game is a game in which the opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 66 is continuously performed a plurality of times, and is constituted by a plurality of unit games. If the number of continuations of the unit game has not reached the upper limit number, the special game control means 120 starts the next unit game after the end of the current unit game. The special game is terminated when the unit game has consumed a predetermined number of times.

  The special game control means 120 includes a long-term open game control means 125 and a short-term special game control means 127. The long-term open game control means 125 executes the 15R special game as a long-term open game when the result of the lottery determination indicates a shift to the long-term open game and the long-term operation condition is satisfied. The long-term open game control means 125 repeats the unit game 15 times as a 15R special game, and opens the grand prize opening 66 for about 30 seconds in one unit game.

  The short-term special game control means 127 executes a unit game twice as a 2R special game. In the first unit game, the big prize opening 66 is opened twice for about 0.3 seconds and about 0.6 seconds, and in the second unit game, the big prize opening 66 is opened only once for about 0.9 seconds. Both opening times are less than the opening reference time of 2 seconds, and the total opening time is also below the opening reference time.

  The small hit game control means 121 executes the small hit game as a short-term open game when the winning / notting lottery results in the transition to the small hit game and the small hit operation condition is satisfied. The small hit game control means 121 executes a unit game only once as a small hit game, and in the unit game, the big prize opening 66 is executed three times of about 0.3 seconds, about 0.6 seconds, and about 0.9 seconds. Open over. Both opening times are less than the opening reference time of 2 seconds, and their total time is also below the opening reference time.

  The short-term special game control means 127 and the small hit game control means 121 are comprehensively positioned as the short-term open game control means 126. The short-term opening game control means 126 executes the short-term opening game when the short-term operation condition is satisfied.

  The specific game execution means 122 executes control for shifting the game state from the normal state to the specific game state, and control for returning the specific game state to the normal state. The specific game in the present embodiment has a probability change in which the winning probability of the winning / failing lottery is switched from a normal probability state to a high probability state, and a short time in which the symbol variation time is switched from a normal time to a short time.

  The specific game executing means 122 shifts the gaming state after the special game to the probability changing state when the winning / failing lottery value is a value to be shifted to the probability changing state. The probability variation state is continued until the next jackpot is generated in principle, and during that time, the probability of the hit determination by the success / failure lottery means 112 is maintained at a high value. Whether or not the gaming state is in the probability changing state is not clearly indicated on the appearance as so-called “latent probability changing”. In addition, the specific game executing means 122 shifts the game state to the time-shortened state after the special game regardless of the winning lottery value. The short time is continued until the number of changes in the special symbol after the special game reaches a predetermined number, for example, 100 times. However, the time reduction during the probability change is continued until the next jackpot occurs in the same manner as the probability change. In addition, after the special game is over, the time shifts to a short time in principle regardless of whether or not the state has changed to the probability change state. However, only when a 2R jackpot is generated when the time is not the short time state, Do not move to. Further, even after the end of the small hit game, the transition to time reduction or probability change is not performed, and the game state before the start of the small hit game is maintained. Therefore, if the time is short or probable since the start of the small hit game, the time short or probable state is maintained even if the end condition is not satisfied even after the small hit game ends. In this case, because it appears as if it has shifted to a short time or certainty due to the occurrence of a short-term open game, even if the short-term open game is actually a small hit, was it a 2R big hit on the appearance? It becomes difficult for the player to distinguish between the two.

  The opening / closing control means 124 controls the opening / closing of the ordinary electric accessory at the start opening 62 and the special winning opening 66. When the normal symbol is stopped at a specific symbol, the opening / closing control unit 124 sends an opening instruction to the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 76 to open the start port 62. Further, the opening / closing control means 124 sends an opening instruction to the big prize opening solenoid 80 during the special game or the small hit game, and opens the big prize opening 66.

  The entrance timing detection means detects the entrance timing when there is an entrance to the big winning opening 66 opened in the short-term release game.

  The pattern storage means 130 holds a plurality of effect patterns in which effect image contents to be displayed on the effect display device 60 in the variation of the decorative design 190 and the display process thereof are determined. The effect pattern is displayed separately from a plurality of variation effect patterns in which the variation process from the variation start to the stop in the variation display of the decoration symbol 190 and the effect process are defined, and the variation display of the decoration symbol, and the degree of expectation to the jackpot And a plurality of notice effect patterns suggesting the height of the notice. The pattern storage unit 130 further holds a plurality of types of effect patterns related to state suggestion effects to be described later.

  The effect determining means 132 determines the varying effect pattern according to the result of the lottery by the success / failure lotter means 112, the special symbol stop symbol, and the special symbol variation pattern. The effect determining unit 132 holds a pattern table to be referred to in order to determine the variable effect pattern. The effect determination unit 132 sends information indicating the determined variation effect pattern information and the state suggestion effect effect pattern to the effect operation control unit 134.

  The variation production pattern includes a pattern for displaying a normal out-of-order symbol combination, a pattern for displaying an out-of-order symbol combination after reaching a big win if one more symbols are aligned, and a reach state. A pattern for displaying a jackpot symbol combination is included. In particular, the pattern that passes through the reach state includes patterns having various fluctuation times. Each variation effect pattern has a variation time for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation is stopped when the variation time elapses. The effect determining unit 132 selects a variation effect pattern of the effect image having the same variation time according to the variation pattern of the special symbol.

  The symbol form determining means 131 determines the combination and arrangement of the stop symbols of the decorative symbols in accordance with the result of the lottery by the pass / fail lottery means 112, the special symbol stop symbol, the special symbol variation pattern, and the decorative symbol variation effect pattern. To do. The symbol form determining unit 131 transmits information indicating the determined combination of stop symbols to the effect operation control unit 134. The symbol form determining means 131 holds a symbol range table to be referred to in order to determine the stop symbol of the decorative symbol.

  The stop symbol of the decorative symbol is formed as a combination of three symbols. For example, when the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 indicates a shift to a special game, three symbols such as “777” and “111” are arranged. A combination is selected. In this case, it is preferable that the same numbers as the special symbols are selected as the numbers arranged as the decorative symbols. For example, when the special symbol is “3”, the decorative symbol is “333”. In the case where the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 indicates that the game does not shift to the special game, a combination that does not have three symbols such as “312” and “946” is selected. However, if the determination result is that the game does not shift to the special game, and the variation pattern of the special symbol indicating the detachment with reach or the variation effect pattern of the decorative symbol is selected, “191” or “727” is selected. "A combination that does not have only one symbol, such as"

  The notice effect pattern is an effect pattern for temporarily displaying an image, animation, video, or the like of a specific character or motif, or an effect pattern for outputting a specific sound. The effect by the notice effect pattern is executed in parallel with the symbol variation, and suggests in advance that the symbol variation is highly expected to stop in the big hit mode. For example, there are a normal notice effect in which only one character image is displayed on the screen, and a group notice effect in which a large number of characters are displayed so as to pass from one end to the other end of the screen. Further, the display process of the notice effect is divided into a plurality of stages, and the number of stages to be displayed is variable, and a step-up notice effect that is set such that the higher the number of stages is, the higher the expectation for the big hit is included.

  The notice effect pattern includes a pattern in which the effect is executed at a timing after the display form of the decorative symbol 190 reaches the reach state and the final stop state of the symbol is notified, and no decorative symbol 190 is stopped. There is a pattern in which the performance is executed at the timing and the reach is reached at the same time.

  The effect determining means 132 determines whether or not to display the notice effect on the effect display device 60 according to the result of the lottery determination, and determines the notice effect pattern to be displayed. The effect determining means 132 holds a notice determination table that should be referred to in order to determine whether or not to display the notice effect, and a notice type table that should be referred to when selecting the type of the notice effect pattern. The notice decision table is set so that different columns are referred to depending on the result of the lottery, and if the lottery is a win, the notice lottery will be displayed with a higher probability than if it was missed. Correspondence between whether to display the result and the notice effect is determined. Thereby, the high expectation degree to the jackpot can be suggested by displaying the notice effect itself.

  The effect operation control means 134 causes the effect display device 60 to variably display the effect image including the decorative pattern according to the selected effect effect pattern data as a result of the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112.

  When the effect determining unit 132 determines to display the notice effect, the effect operation control unit 134 causes the effect display device 60 to display the notice effect according to the selected notice effect pattern. The effect operation control means 134 further controls effect processing such as lighting and extinguishing of the game effect lamp 90 and sound output from the speaker 18.

  In accordance with the instruction received from the effect operation control means 134, the accessory control means 136 operates the movable accessory 140 in an effect manner in accordance with the effect contents in the effect display device 60 and the blinking process of the game effect lamp 90.

  In the present embodiment, during the short-term open game, that is, during the 2R special game or the small hit game, a state suggestion effect that is an effect suggesting whether or not the subsequent game state is a probable change state is executed. The state suggestion effect is an effect that starts during a short-term open game and extends to the subsequent symbol variation period. The effect determination means 132 determines the effect start timing of the state suggestion effect according to the timing of entering the big winning opening 66 in the short-term open game.

  However, in order to ensure that the symbol change is made immediately after the short-term opening game, the start of the state suggestion effect and the content of the effect are determined on the condition that the result of the lottery determination is held by the hold control means 116. The pattern selection table is switched to the special pattern selection table. In addition, if one ball does not enter the big prize opening 66 in the short-term opening game, or if the result of the lottery control by the holding control means 116 is not held to the end in the short-term opening game, the player enters the last opening. It may be handled in the same manner as when there is a sphere, or may be set so as not to execute the state suggestion effect. When setting not to execute the state suggestion effect, it may be set to not switch to the special pattern selection table.

  The effect determination means 132 determines the suggestion contents of the state suggestion effect according to the result of the success / failure lottery so that the reliability of the suggestion as to whether or not the specific game state is reached varies depending on the difference in the effect start timing. In this embodiment, the suggested content of the state suggestion effect is determined so that the reliability of the suggestion as to whether or not the specific game state is reached becomes higher as the timing of entering the big winning opening 66 in the short-term open game is earlier. As the short-term open game period is shorter, it is more difficult to intentionally enter the ball as soon as possible, so that the correspondence between the difficulty of entering and the suggested reliability can be optimized.

  On the other hand, the stage start timing of the state suggestion stage is not constant, but the stage end timing is constant regardless of the entrance timing and stage start timing. That is, in the state suggestion effect, the effect period becomes longer as the effect start timing is earlier, and therefore, the suggestion with higher reliability can be effected in a longer time.

  A correspondence relationship is defined between the opening timing of the grand prize opening 66 a plurality of times in the short-term opening game and the production start timing of the state suggestion effect. In the present embodiment, the opening timing next to the opening timing at which the first entry was made and the effect start timing of the state suggestion effect are associated with each other. That is, the production start timing is associated with the opening timing that is made after the first ball entry timing to the big winning opening 66. The effect determining means 132 determines the effect start timing so that the state suggestion effect is started at the timing corresponding to the opening at which the ball is detected among the plurality of times of opening of the big winning opening 66 in the short-term opening game. .

  The opening times of the large winning opening 66 in the short-term opening game are about 1.8 seconds which are less than the opening reference time even if they are summed up. Even if the time of the interval period is added to this, it is about 2.3 seconds, and even if the state suggestion effect is executed during this period, the effect period is extremely short, and it is not long enough to enhance the effect. . Therefore, in the present embodiment, the state suggestion effect is executed using the total time with the short-term open game time by further using the symbol variation period that is performed immediately after the short-term open game. Thereby, it is possible to enhance the effect of the state suggestion effect using a sufficient time. The effect operation control means 134 executes the state suggestion effect from the effect start timing during execution of the short-term open game to the effect end timing during the symbol variation display after the end of the short-term open game.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of the success / failure table. The success / failure table in this figure is a normal success / failure table referred to in a normal state. In the success / failure table, the determination result of the big hit, the small hit, and the loss is associated with the lottery value, and the big success / failure probability or the big hit probability is determined according to each associated range setting. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to the success / failure table of this figure in the determination of success / failure, and when the success / failure lottery value falls within the range of 0 to 399, it is a big hit. When the winning / losing lottery value falls within the jackpot range, the lottery results are distributed according to the symbol lottery value according to 15R jackpot with certainty, 15R jackpot without certainty, 2R jackpot with certainty, and 2R jackpot without certainty. Even if the winning / losing lottery value does not correspond to the big hit range, if it falls within the range of 65000 to 65535, it is a small hit. When it falls in the other range, that is, the range of 400 to 64999, it becomes “out”. Although an example of the probability change success / failure table is not shown, the jackpot winning / raising lottery value range in the figure is expanded to a range of 0 to 3999, for example. The success / failure probability at the time of probability change is determined by the correspondence between the success / failure lottery value and the success / failure determination result.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of a pattern selection table. The variation pattern determination means 115 refers to the pattern selection table for removal shown in FIG. 5A when the result of the determination is wrong. The variation pattern determination means 115 refers to the 15R jackpot pattern selection table shown in FIG. 5B when the result of the determination is a 15R jackpot. When the determination result is 2R big hit or small hit, the 2R big hit and small hit pattern selection table shown in FIG. 5C is referred to. In the symbol variation immediately after the end of the short-term open game, the special pattern selection table shown in FIG. 5D is referred to only once.

  In FIG. 5A, the pattern lottery values 0 to 20 are associated with a variation pattern of super reach, and the pattern lottery values 21 to 255 are associated with a variation pattern of normal reach or no reach. As described above, when the result of the determination is wrong, any one of super reach, normal reach, and no reach may be selected. In addition, in the pattern selection table for detachment, when selecting a variation pattern of “no reach”, a different table is referred so that a variation pattern whose variation time is substantially shorter in the short time state than in the normal state is selected. Further, the pattern selection table for detachment is defined so that the column to be referred to is different for each number of reservations, but detailed illustration is omitted.

  In FIG. 5 (b), the pattern lottery values 0 to 240 are associated with the fluctuation pattern of super reach, and the pattern lottery values 241 to 255 are associated with the fluctuation pattern of normal reach. As described above, when the determination result is a 15R jackpot, a variation pattern with reach is selected.

  In FIG. 5 (c), the pattern lottery values 0 to 122 are associated with the variation pattern of super reach, and the pattern lottery values 123 to 255 are associated with the variation pattern of normal reach. As described above, when the determination result is 2R big hit or small hit, the variation pattern of super reach or normal reach is selected with a probability of about 50%.

  In FIG. 5D, special variation patterns are associated with all pattern lottery values regardless of the result of lottery determination. That is, the special variation pattern is associated with the pattern lottery values 0 to 255. However, as a modification, a variation pattern with a predetermined variation time may be associated only with a deviation, and a variation pattern with a variation time longer than the deviation may be associated with a win.

  FIG. 6 is a time chart showing the correspondence relationship between the opening / closing timing of the special winning opening 66, the effect period of the state suggestion effect, and the symbol change period after the short-term open game. In the short-term opening game of this embodiment, the big prize winning opening 66 is opened three times. The first time is 0.3 seconds, the second time is 0.6 seconds, and the third time is 0.9 seconds. An interval period of 0.5 seconds is provided between each opening. In the case of 2R special games, the first and second releases correspond to the first unit game, and the third release corresponds to the second unit game. In the case of a small hit game, all 1 to 3 releases are included in one unit game.

  Here, when the entrance timing detection means 170 detects the first entrance to the opened big winning opening 66, if there is a holding result of the lottery result, the next winning opening 66 is produced at the next opening timing. The operation control means 134 starts a state suggestion effect. That is, when the winning timing detection means 170 detects a winning at the big winning opening 66, the special game control means 120 or the small hit gaming control means 121 opens the next big winning opening 66 to the effect determining means 132. And information indicating that there has been a ball entry. The effect determining means 132 determines the contents of the state suggestion effect to be started at the opening timing next to the opening timing when the ball is entered, according to the information received from the special game control means 120 or the small hit game control means 121. However, if the state suggestion effect has already been started, it is not necessary to newly restart the state suggestion effect even if there is a ball entering the winning prize opening 66. In addition, if there is a ball at the last opening timing, that is, the third opening timing in this embodiment, there is no further opening, so the state suggests at the end timing of the interval period or the start timing of the end demonstration effect. Start production. The special game control means 120 or the small hit game control means 121 may also transmit information indicating the end timing of the interval period or the start timing of the end demonstration effect to the effect operation control means 134.

  The time chart at the top of the figure shows the opening timing, opening period, and closing period of the special winning opening 66. Below that, three patterns of production periods are shown as state suggestion productions. The first effect pattern is a state suggestion effect in which the effect is started at the second opening start timing when entering the ball during the first opening. In this case, the performance period is 7.5 seconds, of which the first 2.5 seconds are executed during the short-term open game, and the remaining 5 seconds are executed during the short-open game end demonstration effect and immediately after the symbol change. . The second effect pattern is a state suggestion effect in which the effect is started at the third opening start timing when entering the ball during the second opening. The production period in this case is 6.4 seconds, which is slightly shorter than the first production pattern. The first 1.4 seconds out of 6.4 seconds are executed during the short-term release game, and the remaining 5 seconds are executed during the demonstration of the short-term release game and immediately after the symbol change. The third effect pattern is a state suggestion effect in which the effect is started at the end timing of the interval period when entering the ball during the third opening. The effect period in this case is 5 seconds, which is shorter than the first effect pattern and the second effect pattern. All the production periods are included in the end demonstration production of the short-term opening game and the immediately following symbol variation period. The third performance pattern may also be adopted when no ball has entered the grand prize winning slot 66 or when the winning / losing lottery result has never been put on hold. However, as a modification, when no single ball is entered into the grand prize winning slot 66 or when the result of the lottery is not put on hold, a special substitute for the state suggesting effect instead of the third effect pattern is provided. It is good also as performing a production. It should be noted that execution of the state suggestion effect and suggestion contents are processed in the interval period immediately after entering the ball. The lottery value for determining the effect pattern of the state suggestion effect is also acquired in the interval period immediately after entering the ball. However, as a modification, the lottery value acquired in advance in order for the effect determining unit 132 to determine the variation effect pattern and the notice effect pattern may be reused for determining the effect pattern of the state suggestion effect.

  In this way, the earlier the timing of entering the first prize winning slot 66, the earlier the state suggestion effect starts and the longer the state suggestion effect period. However, the symbol variation period, which is performed immediately after the end of the short-term open game as the period necessary for the state suggestion effect, is constant regardless of the entry timing and the effect start timing. Therefore, a special pattern selection table that can select a variation pattern that provides a time longer than a certain symbol variation time regardless of the entry timing and the production start timing is referred to.

  Moreover, since the stage start timing of the state suggestion effect corresponds to the opening timing of the special winning opening 66, it is only necessary to define the types of state suggestion effects as many as the timing assumed as the effect start timing. Therefore, the number of types is limited to the number of timings assumed as the opening timing of the special winning opening 66. Thereby, it can prevent that the number required as a definition of a state suggestion production increases excessively, and can reduce the burden of development. However, as a modification, the state suggestion effect may be started at a timing that is not synchronized with the opening start timing of the special winning opening 66. For example, the effect may be started as soon as a ball is entered.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram of a table schematically showing the relationship between whether or not the state suggestion effect is in a probable change state, the entry timing, the effect lottery value, and the suggestion content. The state suggestion effect in the present embodiment is an effect in which the background color changes many times at regular time intervals within the effect period, and it is highly likely that the background color is in a probable state due to the difference in the background color that is finally displayed. I suggest As the process of change, the background color indicating that the possibility of being in a probable variation state is low may be changed stepwise in the order in which the background color suggests that the possibility is high. Here, it is suggested that the background color “red” has the highest possibility of being in the state of probability change, and the possibility of being in the state of probability change in the order of “yellow”, “green”, and “blue” is suggested to decrease. However, the earlier the first entry timing is, the higher the reliability of the state suggestion effect is. Here, when entering at the first opening, the background color to be finally displayed in the state suggestion effect is determined as 100% reliability. At the second opening, the suggested reliability is lowered in the order of the third opening. In this way, when entering the ball at the first opening, it suggests whether it is definite or not, and when entering the ball at the second opening, it is suggested with a relatively high certainty. It is suggested as relatively uncertain information when entering the ball occasionally. As a modification, it may be configured to produce an effect that does not suggest anything when a ball is entered at the time of the last opening. Further, not only the background color to be finally displayed in the state suggestion effect, but also the background color to be displayed first before the change may be further determined.

  The table in this figure is referred to when determining the contents of the state suggestion effect, and depends on whether or not the game state after the short-term open game is in a promiscuous state and the first entry timing to the big winning opening 66. Different correspondences are referenced. If the first entry to the grand prize winning opening 66 is the first opening time and the gaming state after the short-term opening game is certain, the final lottery value will always be “red”. The suggested content of the state suggestion effect that ends with the background color is determined. Thereby, it can be suggested that the state is “probable change” with a reliability of 100%. On the other hand, when the first entry to the big winning opening 66 is the first release and the game state after the short-term release game becomes an uncertain change state, any production lottery value is always final. The suggested content of the state suggestion effect is such that it ends with a background color of “blue”. Thereby, it can be suggested that “not surely changed” with 100% reliability.

  If the first entry timing to the big winning opening 66 is the second opening time and the gaming state after the short-term opening game is certain, the final background of “red” when the production lottery value is 0 to 149 Since the color is selected, the appearance probability is about 59%. When the production lottery value is 150 to 199, “yellow” is selected, and the appearance probability is about 20%. When the production lottery value is 200 to 239, “green” is selected, and the appearance probability is about 16%. When the production lottery value is 240 to 255, “blue” is selected and the appearance probability is about 6%. As a result, since the appearance probability of “red”, which indicates that the probability of the probability change state is the highest, is the highest compared to other background colors, the reliability of the state suggestion effect that is executed in response to the second opening. It can be set to a relatively high degree. On the other hand, when the first entry timing to the big winning opening 66 is the second opening time, and the gaming state after the short-term opening game is uncertain, when the production lottery value is 0 to 149, “blue ”Is selected, so the appearance probability is about 59%. When the production lottery value is 150 to 199, “green” is selected, and the appearance probability is about 20%. When the production lottery value is 200 to 239, “yellow” is selected, and the appearance probability is about 16%. When the production lottery value is 240 to 255, “red” is selected, and the appearance probability is about 6%. As a result, the appearance probability of “blue”, which suggests that the possibility of being in an uncertain change state is the highest, is the highest compared to other background colors. It can be set to a relatively high reliability.

  If the first entry timing to the big winning opening 66 is the third opening time and the gaming state after the short-term opening game is certain, the final background of “red” when the production lottery value is 0 to 99 Since the color is selected, the appearance probability is about 39%. When the production lottery value is 100 to 149, “yellow” is selected, and the appearance probability is about 20%. When the production lottery value is 150 to 199, “green” is selected, and the appearance probability is about 20%. When the production lottery value is 200 to 255, “blue” is selected, and the appearance probability is about 22%. As a result, the probability of occurrence of “red”, which suggests that the probability of being probable is most likely, is not so high compared to other background colors, and is low compared to the first and second entrances. Therefore, it is possible to set the reliability of the state suggestion effect executed corresponding to the third opening time to be relatively low. On the other hand, when the first entry timing to the big winning opening 66 is the third release time and the game state after the short-term release game is uncertain, when the production lottery value is 0 to 99, “blue "Is selected as the final background color, so the appearance probability is about 39%. When the production lottery value is 100 to 149, “green” is selected, and the appearance probability is about 20%. When the production lottery value is 150 to 199, “yellow” is selected, and the appearance probability is about 20%. “Red” is selected when the production lottery value is 200 to 255, and the appearance probability is about 22%. As a result, the appearance probability of “blue” suggesting that the possibility of being in an indeterminate state is the lowest is not so high compared to other background colors, and even when compared to the first and second entrances. Since it is low, the reliability of the state suggestion effect executed in response to the third opening can be set to be relatively low.

  In this way, when entering the ball at the first opening with the highest level of difficulty, it suggests whether or not it will be in a probable state with the most reliable content, and the more reliable the ball enters at the easier timing It suggests by the content that falls. As a result, it is possible to realize technical intervention of a player who seeks information with higher reliability.

  Note that the change in the background color in the state suggestion effect may be a change that leads to the final background color while continuously changing. Moreover, when changing with a fixed time interval, you may comprise so that the frequency | count of a change may increase, so that a state suggestion effect with relatively long production time. Further, in the state suggestion effect, not only whether or not the state is likely to be changed may be suggested, but also whether or not the winning lottery corresponding to the immediately following symbol variation is true may be suggested.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a basic operation process in the pachinko gaming machine. First, processing is performed when a game ball has won the start port 62, the general winning port 72, the big winning port 66, or the like, or when the game ball has passed through the operation port 68 (S10). (S12 Y), normal game control processing such as winning / failing lottery is executed (S14), and if it is not in the normal game (S12 N), special game control processing (S16) or small hit game control processing (S17), and award ball payout according to various winnings in the processing from S10 to S17 is processed (S18).

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing in detail the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. In the normal game control process, if the winning / losing lottery value is on hold (Y in S30) and the symbol variation is not being displayed (N in S32), the winning / losing lottery means 112 executes the determining process. (S34). In accordance with the determination result, the main display control means 118 starts changing display, transmits a change start command to the effect operation control means 134, and the effect operation control means 134 that receives the command displays the effect image according to the change pattern data. The fluctuation display is started (S36). If the winning or failing lottery value is not held in S30 (N in S30), the processing from S32 to S36 is skipped, and if the symbol variation is being displayed in S32 (Y in S32), S34 and S36 Is skipped. Subsequently, if the symbol variation display has already started (Y in S38), the symbol variation display process is executed (S40). If the symbol variation display has not started (N in S38), S40 is skipped. .

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process of S34 in FIG. First, the success / failure lottery means 112 reads the success / failure lottery value (S42), and determines the success / failure based on the success / failure lottery value (S44). The symbol determining means 114 determines a stop symbol of the special symbol based on the determination result (S46), and selects a variation pattern of the special symbol (S48). At this time, the variation pattern determining means 115 selects the variation pattern of the special symbol with reference to the pattern variation table corresponding to the winning / failing lottery result or the pattern variation table corresponding to the gaming state. For example, immediately after the short-term open game is finished, a special pattern variation pattern is selected with reference to the special pattern selection table. The effect determination means 132 determines the stop symbol combination of the decorative symbols based on the determination result and the special symbol (S50), and selects the variation pattern of the decorative symbol according to the variation pattern of the special symbol (S52).

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing in detail the variation display start process of S36 in FIG. Here, immediately after the end of the short-term open game, it is set to select the variation pattern with reference to the special pattern selection table, but after the symbol variation due to the variation pattern, it is necessary to return to the normal pattern selection table again is there. Accordingly, when the special pattern selection table is set (Y in S54) as in the flow of this figure, switching to the normal pattern selection table (S56), and when the special pattern selection table is not set (S54). N), S56 is skipped. Thereafter, the variable display is started (S58).

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing in detail the variation display process of S40 in FIG. If the symbol variation display has already started, the symbol variation image is displayed (S60). When the predetermined variation time has elapsed and the symbol display stop timing has been reached (Y in S61), the symbol being displayed is displayed. The fluctuation is stopped (S62). In addition, when the state suggestion effect is displayed, the display is also stopped together with the stop of the symbol variation.

  If the winning / losing lottery result corresponding to the stopped symbol variation is 15R big hit (Y in S63), the process proceeds to a special game (S67). If it is not 15R big hit (N of S63), 2R big hit or small hit (Y of S64), it is decided to switch the pattern selection table to the special pattern selection table (S65), and 2R big hit or small hit Transition is made (S66). If it is not 2R big hit or small hit, S65 and S66 are skipped (N in S64). If the symbol display stop timing has not been reached (N in S61), the processing of S62 and after is skipped and the flow of this figure is terminated.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing in detail the special game control process of S16 in FIG. If the result of the lottery is a big hit (Y in S70), the special game has already started (Y in S72), and the big prize opening 66 has not been opened (N in S74), the big prize opening 66 is executed (S76), and if it is already opened (Y in S74), the closing process of the special winning opening 66 is executed (S78). When the opening / closing of the special winning opening 66 is completed a predetermined number of times (Y in S80), and when the special game effect or the end demonstration effect is completed (Y in S82), the special game is ended (S84), and the pattern When the decision to switch the selection table to the special pattern selection table has been made (S65), the pattern selection table is switched and the specific game state of time reduction or probability change is started (S86). When the special game effect or the end demonstration effect is not ended (N in S82), S84 and S86 are skipped, and when the opening / closing of the grand prize winning opening 66 is not completed (N in S80), S82 to S86 are skipped. If the special game has not started in S72 (N in S72), the special game is started, for example, a start demonstration effect is displayed (S88), and S74 to S86 are skipped. If it is not a big hit, the flow after S72 in this figure is skipped (N in S70).

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing in detail the release process of S76 in FIG. When the predetermined opening timing of the special winning opening 66 is reached (Y in S90), the open / close control means 124 opens the special winning opening 66 (S92). When it is not the opening timing (N of S90), the processing after S92 in this figure is skipped. After the grand prize opening 66 is opened, if it is a short-term opening game, that is, a 2R special game (Y in S94), and the state suggestion effect has not started (N in S96), the entry is made at the previous opening. Yes (Y in S97), and if there is one or more lottery values held by the hold control means 116 (Y in S99), the contents of the state suggestion effect associated with the opening timing at which the ball entered was selected ( S101), a state suggestion effect is started (S104). If there is no suspension in S99 (N in S99), S100-104 are skipped. In S97, when there is no entry due to the opening of the last big winning opening 66 (N in S97), if there is no entry until the last opening timing, jump to S99 (Y in S98), In other cases, S99 to S104 are skipped (N in S98). Thereby, even when there is no entry to the end, the state suggestion effect can be executed depending on the holding state. In S99, even if one or more lottery values are not held by the hold control means 116, if there is no hold until the last release timing, the process jumps to S101 (Y in S100), otherwise S101. ~ S104 is skipped (N of S100). Thereby, the state suggestion effect can be executed even when there is no hold until the end. If the state suggestion effect has been started, S97 to S104 are skipped (Y in S96). That is, after entering the big winning opening 66 and starting execution of the state suggestion effect, the state suggestion effect is not determined again by the subsequent entry. If this special game is not a 2R special game, S96 and subsequent steps are skipped (N in S94).

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing in detail the closing process of S78 in FIG. When the big winning opening 66 has not been closed (N in S110), when a ball entering the big winning slot 66 is detected (Y in S112), the fact that there has been a ball is recorded and notified (S114). If no sphere is detected (N in S112), S114 is skipped. When the predetermined closing timing of the big prize opening 66 is reached (Y in S116), the opening / closing control means 124 closes the big prize opening 66 (S118). If it is not the closing timing (N of S116), S118 is skipped. When the big winning opening 66 is closed, S112 and subsequent steps are skipped (Y in S110).

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing in detail the small hit game control process of S17 in FIG. If the result of the lottery is a small win (Y in S120), the small hit game has already started (Y in S122), and the big winning opening 66 has not been opened (N in S124). A process for opening the winning opening 66 is executed (S126), and if it has been opened (Y in S124), a closing process for the big winning opening 66 is executed (S128). When the opening / closing of the special winning opening 66 is completed (Y in S130), the small hit game is ended (S132), and when the opening / closing of the special winning opening 66 is not completed (N in S130). , S132 is skipped. If the small hit game has not been started in S122 (N in S122), the small hit game is started (S134), and S124 to S132 are skipped. If it is not a small hit, the flow after S122 in this figure is skipped (N in S120).

(Example 2)
The state suggestion production in the second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in which the production period is different for each ball entry timing in that the production period is constant regardless of the timing of entering the big winning opening 66 in the short-term open game. . Since other configurations and operations are the same as those in the first embodiment, differences from the first embodiment will be mainly described below, and descriptions of the common points will be omitted.

  The effect determining means 132 determines the state suggestion effect of the same effect time regardless of the timing of entering the big winning opening 66 in the short-term open game. However, the suggestion content of the state suggestion effect is determined so that the reliability becomes higher as the entrance timing is earlier. The variation pattern determination means 115 varies according to a special pattern selection table associated with a variation pattern in which a shorter symbol variation time is secured as the timing of entering a big winning opening in a short-term open game is earlier as a special pattern selection table. Determine the pattern.

  FIG. 17 is a time chart showing the correspondence relationship between the opening / closing timing of the big prize opening 66, the state suggestion effect period, and the symbol variation period after the short-term open game in the second embodiment. The number of times of opening of the big prize opening 66, the opening timing, the opening time, and the interval period in the short-term opening game are all common to the short-term opening game in the first embodiment. Further, the correspondence between the timing of entering the winning prize opening 66 and the stage start timing of the state suggestion effect is also the same as in the first embodiment.

  As shown in the figure, all of the three pattern production periods are 7.5 seconds as the state suggestion production. The first performance pattern is a state suggestion effect that starts at the second opening start timing when entering the ball at the first opening, and is executed during the short opening game for the first 2.5 seconds. 5 seconds are executed in the end demonstration effect and the symbol variation immediately after. The second performance pattern is a state suggestion effect in which the production starts at the third opening start timing when entering the ball at the second opening, and the first half of 1.4 seconds is executed during the short-term opening game, 6.1 seconds are executed in the end demonstration production and immediately after the symbol change. The third effect pattern is a state suggestion effect in which the effect is started at the end timing of the interval period when entering the ball at the third opening, and all the effect periods are included in the end demonstration effect and the immediately following symbol variation period.

  As described above, the earlier the timing of entering the big winning opening 66, the earlier the state suggestion effect starts, but the effect period of the state suggestion effect is constant. Therefore, the symbol variation period that is performed immediately after the short-term opening game as the period necessary for the state suggestion effect differs depending on the entrance timing, and the earlier the entrance timing, the shorter the required symbol variation time. Therefore, the variation pattern determination means 115 determines one of the plurality of special pattern selection tables so that the symbol variation time according to the entry timing or the production start timing is secured. Also, the shorter the variation time, the better the symbol variation efficiency. The earlier the entrance timing, the higher the symbol variation efficiency immediately after the short-term open game ends. As in the first embodiment, the reliability of the production may be different according to the difference in the production start timing of the state suggestion production. Like each production period, each reliability also starts production. It may be constant regardless of the timing.

  Here, in the case where the winning lottery result is not held at that time when a ball is entered at the first opening among a plurality of opening of the big winning opening 66, the symbol changes immediately after the end of the short-term opening game. Since time is secured or not yet determined, it may be decided not to execute the state suggestion effect at that time. For example, the variation pattern determination means 115 determines switching to the special pattern selection table corresponding to the first opening entry timing. Even if there is a ball in the second release, the special pattern selection table is not selected again and switched again. On the side of the effect determining means 132, if the player has been notified of the entry into the big winning opening 66 and is notified of the switch to the special pattern selection table corresponding to the entry timing, the special pattern selection table is determined at that time. May be. In that case, the effect determining means 132 is informed of the entrance to the big winning opening 66 and can also confirm that the result of the lottery result is not held by the information from the hold control means 116. Decide not to start the state suggestion effect. Thereafter, even if there is a ball entering the winning prize opening 66, the effect determining means 132 performs control not to start the state suggesting effect. In addition, as a modification, when it is determined that the state suggestion effect is not started, or when one ball has not entered the winning prize opening 66 or when the result of the lottery result is not suspended, It is good also as performing the special production replaced with the suggestion production. Thereby, when the first symbol variation is selected according to the special pattern selection table, the variation time can be effectively used by a significant representation instead of the state suggestion representation.

  In the above, this invention was demonstrated based on the Example. This embodiment is merely an example, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to the combination of each component and each processing process, and such modifications are within the scope of the present invention. is there.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the example in which the symbol variation that refers to the special pattern selection table is limited to one time immediately after the end of the short-term open game has been described. As a modified example, it may be referred to in a plurality of symbol variations after the end of the short-term open game. In that case, the variation pattern determining means 115 not only determines the switching to the special pattern selection table or the type thereof, but also determines the number of symbol variations to be referred to.

  In the first embodiment, an example in which a single special pattern selection table is referred to has been described. In the second embodiment, an example in which a different special pattern selection table is referred to according to the entrance timing has been described. In a modified example, a different special pattern selection table may be determined according to the number of holds in the lottery result by the hold control means 116 at the time of entering the big winning opening 66.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, whether or not there is a probability change transition even in the case of 2R jackpot is determined by different criteria, and there are two types of 2R jackpot with probability change and 2R jackpot without probability change. May be. Therefore, even if it is 2R jackpot, it is unclear whether or not it will be in a probable state after the short-term open game, and it may be a small hit, so it is unknown whether it will be in a probable state. Become. As a modification, a 2R jackpot may be accompanied by a probability change transition. Even in that case, since it is difficult to determine whether or not it is likely to change at least with a small hit, it is possible to obtain the effect of the state suggestion effect similar to each embodiment. As yet another modification, the specification may not have a small hit game. In that case, by providing a 2R jackpot with probability variation and a 2R jackpot without probability variation and making their distinction in appearance difficult, it is possible to obtain the effect of the state suggesting effect as in each embodiment.

  The special winning opening 66 in each of the above embodiments has been described as having a structure in which the opening time is shorter as the opening timing is earlier. As a modified example, the opening time may be shorter as the opening timing is later, the opening time of an arbitrary opening timing may be shortened, or the opening time may be constant. Moreover, when shortening the opening time of any opening timing, the short opening time for each opening timing and the high suggestion reliability in the state suggestion effect at the time of entering may be associated with each other. As another modification, the suggestion reliability in the state suggestion effect may be higher as the entry timing is later, and the correspondence relationship as to which optimum entry reliability is achieved at which entry timing is a short-term open game. It is good also as a structure determined at random for every.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the configuration has been described in which the execution of the state suggestion effect is started at the opening timing of the special winning opening 66 that is opened after the pitching timing. As a modification, not only the earliest opening timing after the ball entry timing but also a configuration in which execution of the state suggestion effect is started at the subsequent opening timing may be employed.

  10 Pachinko gaming machines, 50 gaming boards, 52 gaming areas, 66 large prize opening, 112 winning / losing lottery means, 115 variation pattern determining means, 122 specific game executing means, 125 long-term opening gaming control means, 126 short-term opening gaming control means, 132 Effect determining means, 134 effect operation control means, 170 entering timing detection means, 178 long-term operating condition holding means, 181 short-term operating condition holding means.

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A game board in which a game area is formed;
A start winning opening provided at a predetermined position in the game area, and a game ball entering is a lottery opportunity;
Triggering lottery means for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, triggered by entering the starting winning opening,
A symbol display device on which a variation of the symbol indicating the result of the lottery is displayed;
A special winning opening that is provided at a predetermined position in the game area and is opened when the result of the success / failure lottery is a win;
Long-term operation condition holding means for holding a long-term operation condition that is a condition for shifting to a long-term open game in which the special winning opening is opened for a predetermined opening reference time or more as the special game;
Short-term operating condition holding means for holding a short-term operating condition that is a condition for shifting to a short-term opening game that is a game in which the opening of the big prize opening is made for a time less than the opening reference time;
A long-term opening game control means for executing the long-term opening game when the long-term operation condition is satisfied as a result of the success / failure lottery indicating a transition to the long-term opening game;
Short-term opening game control means for executing the short-term opening game when the short-term operation condition is satisfied as a result of the success / failure lottery indicating a transition to the short-term opening game;
A specific game execution means for making a transition to a specific game state that is more advantageous to the player than the normal state in the normal game after the end of the special game when the winning / failing lottery corresponds to a specific result;
The execution of the state suggestion effect for suggesting whether or not the game state after the end of the short-term open game is the specific game state is determined according to the ball entering the big winning opening in the short-term open game. Production determination means;
Effect operation control means for executing the state suggestion effect from the effect start timing during execution of the short-term open game to the effect end timing during the variation display of the symbol performed after the end of the short-term open game;
While holding a plurality of pattern selection tables each having a different relationship as a correspondence relationship between a plurality of variation patterns and a lottery value in which a variation process from variation start to stop in the symbol variation display is determined, Variation pattern determining means for determining a variation pattern of the symbol according to a corresponding pattern selection table;
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The variation pattern determination means determines the variation pattern as the pattern selection table in accordance with the normal pattern selection table at normal times, and executes the state suggestion effect for a predetermined period after the short-term release game ends. pinball game machine characterized that you determine the variation pattern according to a special pattern selection table variation pattern is associated to symbol variable time is ensured required.

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