JP5483613B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  It relates to gaming machines.

  Conventionally, among the various gaming machines, a so-called first type pachinko gaming machine displays a plurality of symbols in a display area such as a liquid crystal display provided substantially at the center of the gaming board while varying the symbols. (Hereinafter, such display is referred to as “symbol change” or “change display”). This gaming machine shifts to a special game called so-called big hit, in which more prize balls can be obtained than a normal game when the combination of symbols when a plurality of rows of symbol variations are stopped becomes a specific aspect. It is known as a thing (for example, refer patent document 1). The variable display of symbols in the display area is not limited to simply displaying multiple symbols in a variable manner, but the time required for the variable display to be a big hit if one more symbols are aligned, such as the so-called reach screen. For example, an effect is made to increase the player's expectation, such as making it longer. In addition, a character image, background image, etc. can be used to create a story with a variation display of the symbol, probability variation to increase the efficiency of transition to special games, shortening the variation time, and ease of entering the starting prize opening. The player's expectation is also enhanced by the control to shift to the easy entry state.

JP 2003-230714 A

  On the other hand, in recent markets, in order to strengthen customer attraction by improving services in the presentation aspect of such gaming machines, the image and sound of gaming machines can be customized to the player's preference according to the continuation status of the game, Attempts have also been made to provide a part of the image and sound to the player. Even if you can't get the big hit as you wish, you will be able to satisfy the player with the secondary service of providing your favorite images and sounds, thereby strengthening the ability to attract customers. However, since the provision of such a service is intended to improve the operating rate of the gaming machine by each player, in general, user registration is performed to identify individual players. However, there are players who feel troublesome in user registration procedures, and there is room for improvement toward further popularization of gaming machines that provide such services.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to effectively disseminate gaming machines that provide services based on game results on the premise of user registration.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a gaming machine according to an aspect of the present invention is a gaming machine that executes a success / failure lottery for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to a player than a normal game. The game board in which the game area is formed, the start opening provided in the game area, the winning / not determining lottery means for executing the winning / not determining lottery upon entering the starting opening, and the result of the winning / not determining lottery An effect display device that displays a predetermined effect image including a change display, and a new entry when a pattern change corresponding to the previous entry is displayed when there is a new entry at the start opening The holding control means for holding the result of winning / failing lottery up to a predetermined number up to the start of variable display of the symbol corresponding to the lottery, and controlling the progress of the game according to the result of winning / losing lottery, Game that executes special game when it becomes Control means, an effect determining means for determining the effect content to be displayed together with the symbol variation display according to the result of the lottery determination, an effect display control means for controlling the effect display according to the determined effect content, and the player's operation Input control means for acquiring input information by input through predetermined input means, and storing a predetermined game result from the time when registration information as a condition for starting a game is input to the input means until information indicating the end of the game is input Game result storage means, code generation means for generating encoded information obtained by encoding game result data indicating the stored game result, and output for outputting the generated encoded information to the player through a predetermined output means Control means. The winning / losing lottery means produces information indicating the result of the winning / losing lottery corresponding to the incoming ball, regardless of whether or not the symbol variation display corresponding to the incoming ball ball is immediately started. Transmitting to the determining means, the effect determining means stores the game result to be achieved during the game as a condition for the player to acquire a privilege prepared in advance, and receives information indicating the result of the lottery determination Whether or not the achievement condition is achieved according to the result of the success / failure lottery regardless of whether or not the symbol variation display corresponding to the entry is started immediately. If it is determined that the registration information is not yet input, the display of the special effect prompting the input of the temporary registration that can be input is determined, and the game result storage means When registration information is entered in Holding the game result stored in the input register to the input of the information indicating the game end as the game result data.

  Another aspect of the present invention is a gaming system. This gaming system transmits and receives data between a gaming machine that executes a lottery to determine whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, and the player's mobile terminal A gaming system including a gaming history server, wherein a gaming machine executes a lottery by using a game board in which a gaming area is formed, a starting port provided in the gaming area, and entering a starting port Winning lottery means, an effect display device that displays a predetermined effect image including a variation display of a symbol for indicating the result of the pass / fail lottery, and a previous entry when there is a new entry at the start opening When the corresponding symbol variation is displayed, depending on the result of the lottery control means for holding the lottery result for the new entry up to a predetermined number up to the start of the symbol variation display corresponding to the lottery To control the progress of the game Game control means for executing a special game when the result of the winning / failing lottery wins, effect determining means for determining the effect content to be displayed together with the symbol display according to the result of the winning / losing lottery, and the determined effect content The display control means for controlling the effect display according to the above, the input control means for acquiring input information by the player's operation input through the predetermined input means, and after the registration information as a condition for starting the game is input to the input means Game result storage means for storing a predetermined game result until information indicating the end of the game is input, code generation means for generating encoded information obtained by encoding game result data indicating the stored game result, and generation Output control means for outputting the encoded information to the player through predetermined output means. The game history server includes an information output means for outputting to the player information having a game result to be achieved during the game as a condition for acquiring a privilege prepared in advance through the portable terminal, and the player's portable terminal Receiving the game result data restored from the encoded information by the predetermined decoding process from the mobile terminal via the network, and recording the game result indicated by the game result data for each mobile terminal; It is determined whether or not the achievement condition is achieved based on the game result, and when the achievement condition is achieved, a privilege granting means for granting a privilege to the player is provided. The winning / losing lottery means produces information indicating the result of the winning / losing lottery corresponding to the incoming ball, regardless of whether or not the symbol variation display corresponding to the incoming ball ball is immediately started. When the information indicating the result of the pass / fail lottery is received, the effect determining unit transmits the result of the pass / fail lottery regardless of whether or not the symbol variation display corresponding to the entry is started immediately. If the registration information is in the uninput state when it is determined that the achievement condition is achieved, the display of the special effect that prompts input of temporary registration that can be entered is determined. The game result storage means stores the game results stored from the provisional registration to the input of information indicating the end of the game when the registration information is inputted after that. Stored as game result data.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements, and the constituent elements and expressions of the present invention are mutually replaced between a method, an apparatus, a system, a computer program, a recording medium storing the computer program, a data structure, and the like This is effective as an embodiment of the present invention.

  According to the gaming machine and gaming system of the present invention, it is possible to effectively spread gaming machines that provide services based on gaming results on the premise of user registration.

It is a figure showing an example of composition of a game system roughly. 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 typically the example of a screen in a portable terminal. It is a figure which shows typically the example of a screen in an effect display apparatus. It is a figure which shows typically the example of a screen of a portable terminal after transferring a game result to a game history server. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the pachinko game machine in a present Example. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a log | history processing means in detail. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a game history server in detail. It is a figure which shows typically a success / failure determination table. It is a figure which shows typically the prior success determination table referred by prior advance determination. It is a figure which shows a symbol determination table typically. It is a figure which shows typically the prior symbol determination table referred by prior symbol determination. It is a figure which shows a fluctuation pattern table typically. It is a figure which shows the fluctuation pattern table for deviation in detail. It is a figure which shows typically the prior pattern determination table referred by prior pattern determination. It is a figure which shows typically the notice determination table used when determining a notice effect pattern. It is a flowchart which shows the basic operation | movement process in a pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart which shows the winning process of S10 in FIG. 18 in detail. FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing in detail a preliminary determination process in S28 in FIG. 19. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the whole process of the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the prefetch process of S250 in FIG. 21 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the special symbol fluctuation | variation process of S252 in FIG. 21 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the decoration design change process of S254 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the control processing regarding the demonstration screen of S15 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the result display process of S224 in FIG. 25 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the special game control process of S16 in FIG. 18 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the release process of S100 in FIG. 27 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the closing process of S102 in FIG. 28 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the small hit game control process of S17 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the release process of S160 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the closing process of S162 in FIG. 30 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the process in a game history server. It is a flowchart which shows the accumulation | storage determination processing of S310 in FIG.

  In the present embodiment, as a prerequisite technology, information on the gaming result in the gaming machine is displayed on the gaming machine screen in the form of a two-dimensional code image, and the player takes a picture using the camera function of his / her portable terminal. Information can be read. The read information is transmitted to a dedicated web server and stored as a game history. When a player plays a game with the same type of gaming machine again, when accessing the dedicated web server with his / her mobile terminal, a character string (hereinafter referred to as an encoded game history information associated with the identification information of the mobile terminal) , This character string is called “password”) is displayed on the screen of the portable terminal. When the player inputs the password to the gaming machine, the player can start the game in a form that is a continuation of the previous game result.

  The gaming machine regards the input of the password as a game start instruction, and starts recording a game result targeted in advance. In other words, password entry deserves user registration and is a condition for receiving services in this gaming system. The game result to be recorded becomes an acquisition factor of the player's profit. For example, the number of winning / failing lotteries, the number of symbol changes, the number of jackpots, the number of transitions to a specific game such as a probability variation game (“probability change” described later), the number of times of display of a specific effect, etc. are set. The player's profits include services and benefits provided by a dedicated web server, in addition to those associated with money such as payouts. The gaming system of this embodiment has a function that can collect mission achievement records as a service function corresponding to a kind of item collection for the player.

  The mission here is a condition for obtaining an item and a plurality of achievement conditions on the game displayed on the mobile terminal from the dedicated web server. For example, there is an achievement condition whose content is the appearance of a specific notice effect, and an achievement condition whose content is that the number of consecutive games per day reaches a specific number. For example, 100 types of missions are prepared in advance, and the player can enjoy a secondary game in which achievement records are collected. When all missions or specific missions are achieved, privilege data such as illustration images and voices prepared in advance in the dedicated web server is transmitted to the portable terminal in response to the player's request. That is, even if the jackpot cannot be obtained as desired, the player can be satisfied by the secondary service of providing favorite images and sounds, and the ability to attract customers at the game store can be enhanced.

  The gaming machine stores the game result until an end instruction is input by the player, and when there is an end instruction, the stored game result information is displayed on the gaming machine screen in the form of a two-dimensional code image. When the player reads it with the portable terminal, the information is transmitted to the dedicated web server and added to the game history as a new game result. By accessing the dedicated web server, the player can display the game history up to that time on the screen of his / her mobile terminal, and can grasp the profit acquisition tendency regarding the model. That is, the player can evaluate the gaming machine of the corresponding model from the gaming history accumulated in the dedicated web server, and can determine whether or not to play the game again with the gaming machine. However, since the provision of the service by the dedicated web server described above is intended to improve the operating rate of the gaming machine by each player, it is also necessary to avoid confusion with the game results of others. For this reason, the game result is deleted after the two-dimensional code image indicating the final result is displayed.

  The gaming machine of this embodiment has a so-called prefetch function. In other words, the winning winning opening is awarded, and temporary winning / failing determination, symbol determination, and variation pattern determination based on the winning / losing lottery value are executed before the start of the symbol variation display corresponding to the reserved winning / failing lottery value. At this time, if it is found that a specific mission is achieved according to the result of provisional success / failure determination, symbol determination, variation pattern determination, and the player has not registered the password in the gaming machine, Inform the player of the advance notice of mission completion. On the other hand, since it is difficult in time for the player to input the password before the mission achievement timing, the gaming machine regards the password as being temporarily registered only by pressing the button. After that, if the symbol change stops and the lottery value is no longer held and the password is officially entered when the demo screen is displayed, the game result that goes back to the timing of temporary registration is output at the end of the game. It is reflected in the result. That is, simple provisional registration is validated afterwards and treated as main registration. Since this is a post-registration registration after a profit is actually obtained, even a player who feels troublesome in the registration procedure is expected to perform the main registration. That is, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to effectively disseminate gaming machines that provide services based on game results on the premise of user registration.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration example of a gaming system. The gaming system 320 includes a pachinko gaming machine 10 that is an example of a “gaming machine” and a gaming history server 314 that is an example of a “dedicated web server”. Pachinko gaming machine 10 and game history server 314 exchange information via portable terminal 310 owned by the player. First, a player captures and reads a two-dimensional code image 316 displayed on the liquid crystal screen of the pachinko gaming machine 10 by using a camera function built in his portable terminal 310, and the two-dimensional code image 316 is data such as a character string. To decrypt. The two-dimensional code image 316 is an image formed by two-dimensionally encoding data, and is displayed in a manner that can be captured by an imaging unit for executing a predetermined decoding process for restoring the encoded content. Encoding information to be generated. The two-dimensional code image 316 has various standards such as QR code (registered trademark), for example, and since the technology for converting various two-dimensional code images into character strings is well known, the description thereof is omitted. The decrypted character string information includes URL (Uniform Resource Locator) information as the network address information of the game history server 314, and the game history server 314 via the network 312 through the browser function of the mobile terminal 310 or dedicated application software. To access.

  In order for the pachinko gaming machine 10 and the game history server 314 to exchange information via the player's mobile terminal 310, it is assumed that the player's mobile terminal 310 is registered as a user in the game history server 314. However, a player who has not registered yet operates the pachinko gaming machine 10 to instruct execution of new user registration, and displays an initial two-dimensional code image 316 on the gaming machine screen. The two-dimensional code image 316 basically includes only the URL of the game history server 314. When the mobile terminal 310 accesses the game history server 314 indicated by the URL, an individual identification number that is unique identification information uniquely assigned to the mobile terminal 310 is transmitted to the game history server 314. The game history server 314 performs user registration using the individual identification number. The game history server 314 issues a new password to the mobile terminal 310. This password is data in which the game history is encoded, and when the player who confirms this on the screen inputs it with the button operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10, the player starts the game in the pachinko gaming machine 10 from that point. Is considered. The initial game history includes a parameter indicating that the game performance is zero.

  When the player tries to finish the game after the game time has elapsed, the player operates the pachinko gaming machine 10 to display the two-dimensional code image 316 on the screen. In the two-dimensional code image 316, information on game results from the start to the end of the game is encoded and included. When the player captures and reads the two-dimensional code image 316 with the mobile terminal 310, the mobile terminal 310 accesses the game history server 314 via the network 312 based on the URL obtained by the conversion, and information on the game results. Send. The game history server 314 stores the received game result information as game history data in association with the individual identification number of the mobile terminal 310. The game history server 314 can collect information on game results from a plurality of players, that is, a plurality of portable terminals 310, and obtain an actual frequency for each game result by statistical processing.

  When a player newly starts a game on the pachinko gaming machine 10, when the mobile terminal 310 accesses the game history server 314, the mobile terminal 310 is recognized by the game history server 314 based on the individual identification number transmitted at the same time. The game history server 314 refers to the game history corresponding to the individual identification number and issues a new password. The player can start the game from the state in which the previous game history is reflected by inputting the password to the pachinko gaming machine 10.

  The two-dimensional code image 316 may include an error content indicating that a malicious fraud has been performed in the pachinko gaming machine 10. Since the game history server 314 accumulates the content of the error together with the game result, the game history server 314 can also estimate that the player who has exceeded the predetermined number of errors is a regular cheating agent. . For a player who the game history server 314 presumes to be a cheating agent, a measure for deleting the player's game history, a measure for displaying a warning on the player's mobile terminal 310, and a notification to the game store or manufacturer. Countermeasures such as measures can be taken.

  The plurality of types of errors that are notified when any malfunction occurs in the pachinko gaming machine 10 include an error that does not cancel the notification until the power is turned off, in view of affecting the progress of the game. In that case, for a player who is concerned about the damage or disappearance of the game result up to that point by turning off the power, the pachinko gaming machine 10 displays a two-dimensional code image 316 in which the game result up to that point is encoded on the screen. May be. In principle, the two-dimensional code image 316 is displayed in response to the input of the end instruction when the player intends to end the game. However, the display of the two-dimensional code image 316 at the time of error notification is Even if there is no termination instruction by the user, it is automatically displayed exceptionally. When the player shoots the two-dimensional code image 316 and the game result data is sent to the game history server 314, the data is stored as a backup, and the game result at the end of the official game is finally stored in the game history server. Discarded or combined when sent to 314.

  The output instruction of the two-dimensional code image 316 by the player to the pachinko gaming machine 10 may include a midway display instruction in the middle of the game in addition to the end instruction instructed at the end of the game. In the case of an end instruction, the pachinko gaming machine 10 displays the two-dimensional code image 316 and erases the stored game result information after a predetermined time, for example, 3 minutes have elapsed. On the other hand, in the case of a midway display instruction, the pachinko gaming machine 10 is premised on that the game continues after the two-dimensional code image 316 is displayed, and therefore the stored game result information is not erased. The player who gives the midway display instruction can check the game result at that time on the screen of the portable terminal 310 as an intermediate result. For example, this function is suitable for a purpose of confirming how many times the symbol variation display is currently in progress during a mission of repeating symbol variation display 5000 times a day.

  The plurality of missions prepared in the pachinko gaming machine 10 may include missions that have an achievement condition of displaying the two-dimensional code image 316 and shooting the image during the game. The two-dimensional code image 316 in this case is a special image displayed as a mission achievement condition, and is different from the two-dimensional code image 316 showing a normal game result. The display time of the two-dimensional code image 316 as a condition for accomplishing the mission is selected from a plurality of time lengths according to the gaming situation. If the display time is short, there is a high possibility that it will not be in time for shooting. For example, by adopting a configuration in which a longer display time is selected as the number of jackpots as a game result is increased, it is possible to realize a gameability such that a mission is easier to achieve as the jackpot is repeated.

  The two-dimensional code image 316 may include information on the symbol type when a big hit occurs and information on the number of symbol fluctuation display times until the big hit that occurs next. In this case, even if a big hit occurs, whether or not the big hit is accompanied by a probability variation is not clearly stated in the production, and it is assumed that it is indicated by a number of special symbols prepared. Some players recognize which types of jackpots are associated with fluctuations in probability based on knowledge gained from magazines, the Internet, and their own experience, but for newly launched models, which symbol types Information about whether the big hit with probability fluctuation is not widespread. Here, the information of the symbol type and the symbol variation display count is accumulated in the game history server 314 and is aggregated together with the symbol type and symbol variation display count information transmitted by other players. The average symbol variation display count is calculated. The game history server 314 causes the portable terminal 310 to display the average symbol variation display count for each symbol in response to a display request from the player. Thereby, the player can obtain statistical information from the game history server 314 and use it as a judgment material when estimating a jackpot symbol with a probability variation.

  The pachinko gaming machine 10 may incorporate a real-time clock, and may generate a specific performance at a specific date and time based on date and time information based on the real-time clock. In particular, when the product of the pachinko gaming machine 10 is shipped, information on the shipping date or the amusement store introduction date is registered in the pachinko gaming machine 10 in advance, and the shipping date such as “a specific effect is generated on the third day from the shipping or introduction” Or the production | generation of the production | generation based on a game shop introduction date is realizable. The occurrence of such a specific production may be one of the missions.

  Among the plurality of missions prepared for the pachinko gaming machine 10, it is determined that the mission has been achieved when the time from the password input time to the display time of the two-dimensional code image 316 at the end of the game exceeds a predetermined time. Missions may be included. The mission may be further conditional on the password input time being within a predetermined time from the first reference time set as the opening time of the amusement store. In addition, the display time of the two-dimensional code image 316 at the end of the game may be further conditional on being within a predetermined time from the second reference time set as the closing time of the game store. Further, the condition may be that the number of symbol variation display times from the password input time to the display time of the two-dimensional code image 316 at the end of the game exceeds a predetermined number of times.

  Among the multiple missions prepared for pachinko gaming machine 10, there are cases where a game is played continuously on the same machine across two days, or an advantageous gaming state over two days. A mission may be included that is determined to have been achieved when the game is continued. The mission is saved in the backup memory that it was in an advantageous gaming state when the power was turned off the day before, etc., and when the advantageous gaming state was continued when the gaming machine was turned on, a password was entered It may be a condition that it is done. Further, the condition may be that the information stored in the backup memory of the gaming machine matches the information that can identify the player included in the password that is input first after the power is turned on.

  The pachinko gaming machine 10 may be capable of changing the appearance probability of each effect set at the design and development stage even after the product is shipped. For example, by inputting a password including predetermined adjustment data as a password to be input to a gaming machine, the selection probability or appearance frequency of the effect specified by the adjustment data in the gaming machine may be changed. . The adjustment data here is data configured in a predetermined format as data that is referred to in order to change the selection probability of any production. Specifically, the dedicated web server extracts an effect whose appearance frequency is lower than the design assumption based on the player's game history, generates adjustment data for increasing the selection probability of the effect, and issues it to the player To be included in the password. Since the adjustment data is also input to the gaming machine at the same time when the player inputs the password issued by the dedicated web server to the gaming machine, the selection probability of a specific effect on the gaming machine is changed afterwards. be able to. This is because the player may be able to advance the appearance timing of an effect that is unlikely to appear unfortunately for a player, and for a player who wants to make all kinds of effects appear like a collection of items. It can be expected to avoid leading to decline. In addition, developers can optimize the selection probability or appearance frequency for each performance in a form that matches the actual game results without having to collect the gaming machine itself and modify the program. It can be appropriately reflected in the game, and the cost for the adjustment can be kept low.

  For example, as described above, in a gaming system in which a number of missions are prepared in advance and the player collects the achievement records and enjoys a secondary game, the achievement condition is to make a specific effect appear. When a mission is included, it is difficult to achieve the mission if the appearance frequency of the specific performance is low. Therefore, when a mission that cannot be achieved over a long period is detected from the game history, adjustment data instructing to increase the selection probability of a specific effect specified in the mission is generated and included in the password. As a result, it is possible to optimize the appearance probability of the specific performance, and to maintain the operating rate of the game and the gaming machine well.

  FIG. 2 shows a basic structure on the front side of the 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 as a game medium, 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 the game balls to the launch rail, extracting the game balls to the lower ball tray 16, and the like. 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 or the like is output by means for controlling an effect described later.

  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 starting port 62 is a starting port that triggers the entrance of a game ball to perform a lottery determination. The starting port 62 is provided in the starting port 62 and a start winning detection device 74 for detecting the entrance of a game ball. A normal electric accessory solenoid 76 for expanding the expansion mechanism 63 (so-called electric tulip) is provided. The expansion mechanism 63 is composed of two blade members provided at the upper part of the opening of the start port 62, and has a narrow opening width that allows only a game ball falling from just above the start port 62 to enter when closed. Become. On the other hand, when the expansion mechanism 63 is expanded and opened, the opening width of the start port 62 is widened, and not only the start port 62 but also a game ball falling in the vicinity thereof can be guided to the start port 62 and can enter. Ease is improved. This lottery determination is a lottery for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, and is executed every time there is a ball entering the start port 62. 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 opening 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” in a special game that starts when the special symbol 192 stops in a predetermined manner. The big winning opening 66 is provided at a position above the out opening 58, for example. The number of the big winning openings 66 is not limited to a single arrangement, and a plurality of large winning openings 66 may be installed and used depending on the gaming state or 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. Changes in the effect image including the pattern 190 are displayed. Hereinafter, such display is referred to as “design variation” or “variation display”.

  The special symbol display device 61 is a display device composed of, for example, 7 segment LEDs. The special symbol 192 is a symbol corresponding to the result of the lottery performed when the game ball falls into the start port 62. When the symbol mode when the variable symbol 192 is stopped is a symbol that is determined in advance as the winning symbol, the timing at which the symbol is displayed becomes the big hit occurrence timing. The stop symbol is a symbol to be displayed at the end of symbol variation. The special symbol 192 in the present embodiment is represented by numbers, characters, symbols such as “0” to “9” that are hit symbol patterns, or a symbol “−” that is an off symbol pattern. These numbers or symbols are replaced one after another at a high speed and displayed on the special symbol display device 61, whereby the symbol variation display of the special symbol 192 is realized. Note that the special symbol 192 is not limited to the above numbers or symbols, and may be letters such as English letters, or may be a generally meaningless symbol formed by a combination of segments constituting a 7-segment LED. May be. Further, the 7-segment LED may be composed of 8 segments including 7 segments forming “eight-letter shape” and 1 segment representing “dot”. In this case, a numerical value for 8 bits can be expressed by combining 8 segments. Further, the special symbol display device 61 may be an LED dot array that is not a 7-segment LED, and a plurality of types of special symbols 192 may be expressed by combinations of lighting patterns and lighting colors.

  The effect display device 60 is a display device configured by a liquid crystal display that displays the decorative symbol 190 in a variable manner in conjunction with the variable symbol 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, for example, a moving image that fluctuates a plurality of rows of symbols simulating a game of a slot machine as a decorative symbol 190 in the central area of the screen. In this embodiment, symbols composed of numbers “0” to “9” are displayed and varied in three columns, and hit or miss is indicated by three symbol combinations that are finally stopped and displayed. Each of the plurality of symbols constituting the decorative symbol 190 is composed of numbers, characters, or symbols that are decorated with colors or patterns, but these symbols, characters, or symbols are common to all symbols. You may comprise in the form which adds a different pattern for every and integrates them. This pattern is a pattern on which a motif related to the theme of decoration or production set for the model of the pachinko gaming machine 10 is drawn, and for example, a pattern on which a character of a person or an animal is drawn may be used. The decorative pattern 190 is switched according to the development of the effect between the case where the design that includes the design is variably displayed and the case where the design is separated and only the numbers, characters, and symbols are variably displayed. It may be a configuration. On the background of the variation display of the decoration symbol 190, a moving image having a staging effect related to the theme of decoration or production set for the model of the pachinko gaming machine 10 is displayed in conjunction with the symbol variation.

  The effect display device 60 is configured by a high-definition dot matrix type display device such as a liquid crystal display in this embodiment, but may be configured by a mechanical display unit such as a drum rotation type or a display unit such as an LED matrix type. Good. Since the special symbol 192 does not necessarily have a role of production, in this embodiment, the special symbol display device 61 on the lower left side of the production display device 60 is displayed in an inconspicuous size. However, in the case of adopting a technique in which the special symbol itself has an effect role to express without using the decorative symbol, the special symbol may be displayed on the liquid crystal display instead of the 7-segment LED.

  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 that determines whether or not the expansion mechanism 63 is expanded. 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. Therefore, the open lottery is also called “ordinary symbol lottery”. The normal symbol display device 59 in this embodiment is composed of two lamps for convenience, and the display state of the normal symbols is expressed by which of these lamps is lit. For example, when the first lamp is turned off and the second lamp is hit, the normal symbol fluctuation display is expressed by alternately turning on and off, and finally one of the lights is turned on. A stop symbol of a normal symbol is expressed by being stopped in the state. The normal symbol display device 59 is provided on the lower right side of the effect display device 60. After a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the change, the normal symbol change display stops. At this time, in the normal state, the normal symbol stops at the winning symbol with a low probability of, for example, about 1/256, and in the easy entry state described later, the normal symbol is in the winning symbol with a high probability of, for example, about 250/256. Stop. When the normal symbol stops at the winning symbol, the expansion mechanism 63 is expanded for a predetermined time. The opening time of the spreading mechanism 63 is, for example, 0.1 seconds in the normal state, and 6 seconds in the easy entry state.

  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 effect display device 60, and decoration. The special symbol hold display device 20 is provided at the lower left portion of the game area 52, and the normal symbol hold display device 22 is provided below the normal symbol display device 59 at the lower right portion of the game area 52, which is the symmetrical position. ing.

  The special symbol hold display device 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. When the number of lottery holds is three, the symbol variation time in the case of a loss is shortened from the normal time in order to increase game efficiency (hereinafter also referred to as “shortening variation”). Similarly, when the number of pending lottery holds is 4, in order to further increase the game efficiency, the symbol variation time in the case of losing is further shortened than in the case of the above 3 (hereinafter also referred to as “super shortened variation”). ).

  The normal symbol hold display device 22 is also composed of four lamps, and displays the number of normal symbol fluctuation hold depending on the number of lights. The number of normal symbol fluctuations held is the number of game balls that have passed through the operating port 68 during the normal symbol fluctuation, and indicates the number of normal symbol lotteries for which the normal symbol fluctuation has not yet been executed.

  Game effect lamps 90 are respectively provided above and below the effect display device 60. The decision button 82 is an input means that is operated by the player to input a predetermined instruction to the gaming machine. In the present embodiment, for example, the player presses the decision button 82 as an instruction for starting the display of the two-dimensional code image 316 or the input of a password. The cross button 84 is an input means that is operated by the player to indicate each of the up, down, left, and right directions, and either the up, down, left, or right directions are indicated by the direction indicated by the pressed button. For example, when a character string of a password is input, a direction instruction for moving the cursor position in the screen is given by pressing the cross button 84. The enter button 82 and the cross button 84 are provided at positions adjacent to each other on the outer wall surface near the upper ball tray 15. The movable accessory 140 is a movable object whose operation is controlled in conjunction with the effect, and plays an effect role by the operation.

  An outline of a game method and a control flow performed in the above configuration will be described. 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 variation display of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is stopped after the lapse of the variation display time determined prior to the display. The special symbol 192 is variably displayed in accordance with a variation pattern in which a variation mode from the variation start to the stop is determined. The decorative symbol 190 is variably displayed according to a variation effect pattern in which a variation mode from the start to the end of the variation is determined. A plurality of types of variation patterns and variation production patterns are prepared, and each has various variation times. While the special symbol 192 is variably displayed according to the variation pattern, the decorative symbol 190 is variably displayed according to the variation effect pattern having the same variation time. In the variation pattern, a variation display time is determined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is stopped when the variation display time elapses.

  As a variation display of the decorative symbol 190, first, as the variation starts, the symbols are varied in all three columns like the reel rotation of the slot machine, and when it approaches the variation end timing, it is stopped one by one as a final stop mode. The symbol combination is displayed. When the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 at the time of the stop are in a stop mode 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. The The stop mode of the decorative symbol 190 indicating a big hit is, for example, a combination mode in which the types of three symbols match.

  The variation effect pattern includes a normal loss effect pattern, a reach failure effect pattern, and a reach jackpot effect pattern. The normal off effect pattern is an effect pattern for displaying a normal off symbol combination. The reach out effect pattern is an effect pattern for displaying an out symbol combination through a reach state, which is a big win if one more symbols are arranged. The reach jackpot effect pattern is an effect pattern when displaying a jackpot symbol combination through the reach state. In particular, the patterns when reaching the reach state include patterns with various long and short fluctuation times. Reach patterns with relatively short fluctuation times are called “normal reach”, and reach patterns with long fluctuation times are called “super reach”. ".

  The special game is started by displaying an effect screen called start demonstration time. After the start demonstration time is displayed on the screen, the grand prize winning opening 66 is opened, and after the opening lasts for about 30 seconds, or after nine or more game balls have dropped in, it is temporarily closed. From such opening to closing of the big prize opening 66 is basically called a unit game, but it may be repeated a plurality of short-time opening during one unit game. After the opening / closing of the special prize opening 66 or the unit game is repeated a predetermined number of times, for example, 15 times, the special game is ended by displaying an effect screen called an end demo time. On the other hand, when the winning lottery corresponds to a result called “small hit”, the small hit game is executed. The small hit is a result included as a result of the lottery. The small hit game is a unit game executed in a manner similar to some types of special games. However, the unit game executed as a small hit game is only one time, which is different from a special game in which a plurality of unit games are executed.

  In the normal game after the end of the special game, the fluctuation time of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190, which are one of the specific games, is started (hereinafter referred to as “time reduction” as appropriate). The time shortening of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is a state in which the variation time of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is shortened from the normal state. The variation time of the special symbol 192 and the decoration symbol 190 is returned to the original variation time after a predetermined variation number, for example, 100 variation display, but if the big hit occurs before the variation number is reached, the time is shortened. Also ends. Due to the shortening of time, the variation time of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is shortened, so that it is possible to shorten the time until the big hit occurs compared to the normal state where the symbol variation is performed with the normal variation time. Therefore, it is possible to relatively increase the jackpot acquisition ease.

  During the time shortening of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190, the easy entry state which is one of the specific games is performed. The easy entry state is a state in which the ease of entering the starting port 62 is enhanced by executing the short time of the normal symbol, the probability variation of the open lottery, and the open extension of the expansion mechanism 63. The normal symbol time reduction is a state in which the variation time of the normal symbol is shortened from the normal state. The probability variation of the open lottery is a state in which the winning probability of the open lottery is higher than the normal state. The opening extension of the spreading mechanism 63 is a state in which the opening time of the spreading mechanism 63 is longer than the normal state. As described above, in the easy entry state, the possibility that the number of fluctuations of the normal symbol per certain time increases as compared to the normal state increases, and the ease of entering the start opening 62 also increases. There is a high possibility that the number of entering will increase. Therefore, due to the shortened time of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 and the easy entry state, the chance to obtain a winning ball by entering the starting port 62 increases during that period, and as a result, the player can play the game with little decrease in possession. It is possible to continue.

  Note that the easy entry state in the present embodiment increases the ease of entering the starting port 62 by using three functions such as a short time for a normal symbol, a probability variation of an open lottery, and an open / extended extension of the expansion mechanism 63. However, as a modification, it is good also as a structure which improves the entrance ease to the starting port 62 using one or two functions among these three functions. Thus, even if only a part of the three functions is used, it is possible to improve the ease of entering the starting port 62. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which switches according to a gaming state at least any one of three functions by the period to implement and the period which does not implement.

  When a special game occurs and the winning stop pattern at that time is in a specific mode, the probability variation game of the winning lottery (hereinafter referred to as “probability change” as appropriate) that is one of the specific games after the end of the special game ) Is further started. During the chance change of the winning / failing lottery, the winning / failing lottery with a higher probability of winning than the normal probability state is performed, and a new special game can be generated relatively early. The probability change of the success / failure lottery is continued until the next big hit occurs, but as a modification, it may be configured to end when a predetermined limited number of symbol changes are made. In this embodiment, the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 are started at the same time as when the probability change is started, and the easy entry state is also started. May be executed.

  FIG. 3 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 back setting mechanism 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. 4 is a diagram schematically illustrating a screen example on the mobile terminal 310. The mobile terminal screen 300 of (a) is a screen content when the two-dimensional code image 316 displayed on the screen of the pachinko gaming machine 10 is captured by the camera function of the mobile terminal 310. The portable terminal 310 has a function of reading the two-dimensional code image 316 and converting it into a character string. The two-dimensional code image 316 includes a maximum of about 3 kilobytes of information. In addition to the URL of the game history server 314 corresponding to the game model that issued the two-dimensional code image 316, the number of games, that is, Game results such as the number of jackpots and the number of missions cleared are included.

  The mobile terminal screen 300 of (b) is an example of a screen for prompting the player to perform user registration when accessing the game history server 314 from the mobile terminal 310 in a state where user registration is not performed. A user registration button 322 is displayed on the mobile terminal screen 300 of (b). Since the individual identification number of the portable terminal 310 is sent to the access to the game history server 314 by the portable terminal 310, when the player selects the user registration button 322, the user registration associated with the individual identification number in the gaming history server 314 is performed. Is executed.

  The mobile terminal screen 300 of (c) is an example of a screen when the player instructs the game history server 314 to issue a new password. A password issue button 324 is displayed on the portable terminal screen 300 in (c), and when the player selects the password issue button 324, the following screen (d) is displayed.

  The mobile terminal screen 300 of (d) is an example of a screen on which a password 326 encoding a game history held in the game history server 314 corresponding to the individual identification number of the mobile terminal 310 is displayed. This password 326 is composed of 32 characters or symbols of 5 digits and has an information amount of 25 bits at the maximum. In other words, in the present embodiment, the game history updated last time is encoded in this manner, so that even if the same player (the same mobile terminal 310) is issued, a different password is issued each time the game is started (the password is changed). Will be updated). The player inputs this 5-digit password 326 into the pachinko gaming machine 10.

  FIG. 5 schematically shows a screen example in the effect display device 60. (A) shows a menu screen, (b) shows a password input screen, and (c) shows a two-dimensional code image display screen. If the player presses the enter button 82 when the game is interrupted and a demo screen (not shown) is displayed, a menu screen as shown in FIG. 5A is displayed. On this menu screen, four menu candidates “member registration”, “password input”, “result display”, and “end” are displayed, and one of them is highlighted. The player can select the highlighted item by operating the cross button 84 up and down to move the highlight display and pressing the enter button 82.

  “Member registration” is pressed when the player performs user registration. When this “member registration” is pressed, a two-dimensional code image 316 as shown in FIG. 5C is displayed. At this time, the game result is not included in the two-dimensional code image 316 but the URL of the game history server 314 is included. When the player takes the two-dimensional code image 316 with the mobile terminal 310 and accesses the game history server 314 indicated by the URL, the individual identification number of the mobile terminal 310 is transmitted to the game history server 314 as described above. Is done. The game history server 314 performs user registration processing using the individual identification number. The game history server 314 issues a password to the mobile terminal 310.

  “Password input” is pressed when the use of the gaming system of this embodiment is started. When the “password input” is pressed, an input screen as shown in FIG. 5B is displayed. As described above, every time a game is started, a new password is issued by the game history server 314 and displayed on the portable terminal 310 of the player. This password includes game result information accumulated in the game history server 314. In the present embodiment, the mission presented from the dedicated web server includes a mission with an achievement condition of displaying a specific notice effect. For this reason, the password includes information on whether or not the notice effect display related to the mission has been achieved.

  When the player inputs the password along the screen shown in the figure, it is regarded as a game start in the pachinko gaming machine 10 and recording of the game result is started. The player operates the cross button 84 to move the cursor 336 up, down, left and right on the character symbol candidate 334, and when the enter button 82 is pressed, the character or symbol indicated by the cursor 336 is input to the password input field 332 and displayed. Is done. In this way, a 5-digit character string as a password is input.

  “Result display” is pressed when the player ends the game. When this “result display” is pressed, as shown in FIG. 5C, a two-dimensional code image 316 encoded with the game result at that time is displayed. The two-dimensional code image 316 is generated by encoding game result data indicating a game result. When the player captures the two-dimensional code image 316 with the camera function of the portable terminal 310, the two-dimensional code image 316 is read and decoded into data such as a character string in the portable terminal 310 and transmitted to the game history server 314. The The game history server 314 transmits a web page indicating the game result to the mobile terminal 310. Thereby, the player can see his game result.

  “End” is pressed when the player ends the illustrated menu screen. When this “end” is pressed, the demo screen is displayed again.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically illustrating a screen example of the mobile terminal 310 after the game result is transferred to the game history server 314. The mobile terminal screen 300 of (a) is a screen example when the game result is transferred to the game history server 314. On the portable terminal screen 300 of (a), numerical values of various parameters indicating the result of the game played by the player on that day are displayed. For example, as in “Number of games: 2549G”, the number of winning / failing lotteries or the number of symbol fluctuation display times executed from the start of the game to the end of the game is displayed. Also, the number of jackpots allocated on the day is displayed as “number of jackpots: 8”, and the number of missions achieved on the day is displayed as “number of missions completed: 3”. In addition, the number of jackpots with probability variation acquired from the start of the game to the end of the game is displayed, such as “Number of probability variation: 6 times”. The values indicating these game results are included in the information encoded in the two-dimensional code image 316 displayed on the gaming machine screen 330 in FIG. 5C, and the mobile terminal 310 that has received this information Is transferred to the game history server 314.

  The mobile terminal screen 300 of (b) is a screen example when the total game history is displayed. The game history server 314 stores the total game results for each portable terminal 310 as a game history. When the player gives an instruction to display the game history (b), the total game as shown in FIG. The history is displayed. For example, like “Total number of games: 52813G”, the total number of executions of the lottery or symbol variation display is displayed. Further, the total number of jackpots is displayed as “total jackpot number: 172”, and the total number of missions achieved is displayed as “total mission achievement number: 31”. In addition, the number of jackpots with probability variation obtained, such as “total probability variation number: 131 times”, is displayed.

  The mobile terminal screen 300 of (c) is a screen example when the achievement status of the mission is displayed. On the mobile terminal screen 300, a plurality of missions are displayed in a list, and a circle is displayed on the left side of missions that have already been achieved. The player can enjoy a game such as item collection that aims to display a circle for all of the listed missions. In addition, although the figure which illustrated the mission with the achievement condition to make a specific notice effect appear in the figure, the rare effect with a low appearance probability (that is, selection probability) is included in the notice effect. There is also. In such a case, whether or not the rare notice effect can be displayed greatly affects whether or not the privilege is acquired.

  FIG. 7 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 a decision button 82. The cross button 84, 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 is a ball determination unit 110, a winning / failing lottery unit 112, a symbol determination unit 114, a variation pattern determination unit 115, a hold control unit 116, a main display control unit 118, a special game control unit 120, a specific game. An execution unit 122 and an opening / closing control unit 124 are provided. The sub-board 104 in this embodiment includes a pattern storage unit 130, a design mode determination unit 131, an effect determination unit 132, an effect display control unit 134, an accessory control unit 136, and a history processing unit 138. 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.

  However, since data transmission / reception between the main board 102 and the sub board 104 is unidirectional from the main board 102 to the sub board 104, each operation is performed so that the entire operation is realized by such data transmission / reception in one direction. The configuration is arranged on the main board 102 and the sub board 104. In this way, since the unidirectionality of data transmission from the main board 102 to the sub board 104 is maintained, data cannot be transmitted from the configuration included in the sub board 104 to the configuration included in the main board 102. It is not possible to request data transmission. Therefore, the information generated on the main board 102 cannot be referred to from the sub board 104 unless the main board 102 unilaterally transmits the information to 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 obtains, as a success / failure lottery value, a random number value for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game when the starting hole 62 is entered. To do. 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 value acquired as the success / failure lottery value by the success / failure lottery means 112 is temporarily held by the hold control means 116. However, the lottery value is held within a range not exceeding the predetermined holding upper limit number.

  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, determination results of big hits, small wins, and misses are associated with the success / failure lottery values, and the success / failure probabilities are determined according to the associated jackpot range settings. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to the success / failure table based on the normal probability at the normal time, and refers to the success / failure table whose probability of winning is higher than the normal probability when the probability changes. 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 success / failure lottery means 112 acquires a lottery value as an open lottery for determining a normal symbol when the game ball passes through the operation port 68. The success / failure lottery means 112 holds a success / failure table in which the correspondence between the lottery value of the open lottery and the success / failure result is determined, and determines the success / failure result of the open lottery with reference to the success / failure table. In the normal state, the winning / failing table with a probability of 1/256 is referred to, and in the easy entry state, the winning / failing table with a probability of 250/256 is referred to. The lottery value of the normal symbol is temporarily held by the hold control means 116. However, the lottery value is held only when the predetermined hold upper limit number held by the hold control means 116 is not exceeded.

  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 success / failure lottery means 112 transmits the lottery result corresponding to the symbol variation to the symbol mode determining unit 131 and the effect determining unit 132 together with the symbol variation control command at the timing of starting the symbol variation.

  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. The symbol determination means 114 holds a symbol range table to be referred to in order to determine a special 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 means 114 determines the stop symbol of the normal symbol to be displayed on the normal symbol display device 59 according to the result of the open lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112. The symbol determination means 114 determines the stop symbol of the normal symbol according to the result of the open lottery in order to display the result of the open lottery in the normal symbol display device 59 in the form of a normal symbol. When the determined stop symbol becomes a predetermined symbol, it is determined that the normal symbol is a hit, and after the change display of the normal symbol is stopped at the stop symbol, the opening / closing control means 124 expands the start port 62. The opening mechanism 63 is expanded for a predetermined time.

  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 variation pattern determination means 115 selects any variation pattern from a plurality of types of variation patterns according to the result of the success / failure lottery. The variation pattern determining means 115 holds a variation pattern table to be referred to in order to determine the variation pattern. 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 determination unit 115 stores a plurality of types of variation patterns. 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 determining means 115 determines the variation display time of the normal symbol. In the normal state, the variable display time is determined to be 60 seconds, and in the easy entry state, the variable display time is determined to be 6 seconds.

  When there is a new entry at the start port 62 and a new winning / failing lottery is executed, the holding control means 116 displays a new entry when a symbol change corresponding to the previous entry or lottery is displayed. The result of the success / failure lottery based on is suspended until the start of variable display of the symbol corresponding to the lottery. In the present embodiment, as a result of the lottery determination, the number of the lottery is held as a holding ball with an upper limit of four. The success / failure lottery value here includes a success / failure lottery value, a symbol lottery value, and a variation pattern lottery value. The holding control means 116 further holds the usual lottery value acquired by the success / failure lottery means 112 as a holding ball. These numbers of holdings are represented by the number of lighting or blinking numbers of the special symbol holding display device 20 and the normal symbol holding display device 22, respectively.

  The main display control means 118 causes the special symbol display device 61 to display the lottery result by the success / failure lottery means 112 as a variation display of the special symbol 192 according to the variation pattern determined by the variation pattern determination unit 115. The main display control means 118 sets a new symbol variation start condition that the symbol variation display corresponding to the success / failure lottery performed before that has ended. The main display control means 118 transmits a change start command and a change stop command to the effect display control means 134 at the timing for starting and stopping the change display of the special symbol 192. When the variation start command is transmitted, values indicating the determined determination result, the stop symbol, and the variation pattern are transmitted to the effect display control means 134 together with the variation start command. When transmitting the variation stop command, a value indicating the stop symbol is transmitted to the effect display control means 134 together with the variation stop command. Thereby, the fluctuation display by the main display control means 118 and the effect display control means 134 is synchronized, and the interlock is maintained. The main display control means 118 displays the result of the normal symbol lottery on the normal symbol display device 59 as a normal symbol variation display.

  The special game control means 120 indicates that the special game operation condition is established when the special symbol 192 is stopped in a predetermined big hit mode when the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112 results in the transition to the special game. A special game is executed by determining and opening the special winning opening 66. 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 configured by a plurality of unit games with one opening / closing as a unit. Special games include a 15R jackpot that repeats a unit game 15 times and a 2R jackpot that repeats a unit game that has a shorter opening time than the 15R jackpot only twice. In the case of 15R jackpot, in principle, the big winning opening 66 is opened for about 30 seconds in one unit game. In the case of 2R big hit, the big winning opening 66 is opened for about 0.5 seconds in one unit game. The special game control means 120 ends the special game when the set round number of unit games is exhausted. Even in the case of 2R big hit, if the predetermined condition is satisfied, the big winning opening 66 may be opened in the same manner as the 15R big hit.

  The specific game executing means 122 controls the normal game in the probability changing state, the short time state, and the easy-to-enter state. The specific game execution means 122 shifts the game state to the time-saving state and the easy-to-enter state after the end of the special game. On the other hand, the transition to the probability variation state after the end of the special game is limited to the case where the symbol determined by the symbol determination means 114 is a big hit symbol accompanied by the transition to probability variation. The short-time state and the easy-to-enter state are continued until the number of times that the special symbol 192 is changed from the end of the special game reaches a predetermined number of end conditions, for example, 100 times. However, when the state changes to the probability changing state at the same time, as long as the probability changing state continues, the short time state and the easy entry state are continued. That is, it continues until the next big hit occurs. Thus, the end of the short time state and the easy entry state is determined according to the gaming state. In the short time state, the fluctuation pattern determining means 115 selects a fluctuation pattern having a short fluctuation time so that the fluctuation display time of the special symbol 192 is substantially shortened. However, in a normal state, a variation pattern table corresponding to the number of holds of the result of lottery determination by the hold control unit 116 is referred to, and a change pattern with a long variation time is likely to appear as the number of hold by the hold control unit 116 decreases. In the easy entry state, the normal symbol time is shortened, the normal symbol probability change, and the expansion mechanism 63 is opened and extended. On the other hand, the probability variation state is continued until a special game with the next jackpot is executed. During the probable change state, the probability that the success / failure determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 is a big hit is maintained at a high value.

  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 special winning opening solenoid 80 during the special game, and opens the special winning opening 66.

  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 variable effect patterns in which the change process from start to stop of the change and the change process in the change display of the decorative pattern 190 and the change display of the decorative pattern are displayed, and the degree of expectation for the jackpot And a plurality of notice effect patterns that suggest the height of the notice before the change display stops.

  The effect determining means 132 determines the contents of the effect displayed on the effect display device 60 by the effect display control means 134 according to the result of the success / failure lottery received from the success / failure lottery means 112. The effect determining means 132 selects one of a plurality of change effect pattern data corresponding to the change pattern of the special symbol determined by the change pattern determining means 115, reads out the data from the pattern storage means 130, and obtains information on the change effect pattern. This is sent to the effect display control means 134. The effect determining means 132 holds a pattern table that should be referred to in order to select a variable effect pattern.

  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 an 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 of stop symbols of the decorative symbol 190 and their arrangement according to the result of the lottery by the winning / failing lottery means 112, the special symbol stop symbol, the special symbol variation pattern, and the decorative symbol variation effect pattern. decide. The symbol form determination unit 131 transmits information indicating the determined combination of stop symbols to the effect display 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 190 is formed as a combination of three symbols. For example, when the determination result of the success / failure lottery means 112 indicates a transition to a special game of 15R jackpot, a specific combination such as “777” or “ A combination of three symbols such as “111” is selected. In this case, it is preferable that the same numbers as the special symbols 192 are selected as the numbers to be arranged as the decorative symbols 190, but the numbers may not necessarily be the same. For example, when the special symbol 192 is “7”, the decorative symbol 190 is “777”. A specific combination, for example, a predetermined combination such as “357” is also selected when the result of the determination is a 2R big hit or a small hit, but the specific combination is not necessarily a combination of three symbols. It does not have to be. When the determination result is neither big hit nor small hit, it is a combination in which three symbols such as “312” and “946” are not arranged, and a specific combination selected at the time of 2R big hit or small hit A combination that does not apply is selected. When the determination result is not 15R big hit, and a variation pattern indicating a loss with reach is selected, a combination with only one symbol such as “191” or “727” is selected. .

  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 that the symbol variation is highly expected to stop in the big hit mode. For example, a comment notice effect in which only a character string as a comment is displayed, a character notice effect in which only one character image is displayed on the screen, and a group of many characters are allowed to pass from one end of the screen to the other. There are group notice effects to be displayed. Further, the display process of the notice effect is divided into a plurality of stages, and the number of stages to be displayed is made variable, and a step-up notice effect that is set such that the greater the number of stages is, the higher the degree of expectation for the big hit is included. It is also possible to include a code notice effect that displays a two-dimensional code image during the effect and prompts the player to capture the image.

  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, makes a pre-effect setting, and determines the notice effect pattern to be displayed. To do. 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 determination table is set so that different columns are referred to depending on the result of the success / failure lottery and the type of the variation pattern. For example, the correspondence relationship between whether or not to display the notice lottery result and the notice effect is determined so that the notice effect is displayed with a higher probability when the winning lottery is a win than when it is missed. Also, the correspondence between the selection result of the variation pattern and whether or not the announcement effect is displayed so that the announcement effect is displayed with a higher probability when the variation pattern that suggests that the probability of a big hit is relatively high. Is determined. With these correspondences, individual selection probabilities are determined for each notice effect pattern. Thereby, the high expectation degree to the big hit can be suggested by displaying the notice effect itself.

  The effect determining unit 132 holds a plurality of types of mission patterns in which a plurality of mission achievement conditions are defined. Each time the effect determining means 132 selects a variable effect pattern or a notice effect pattern, it is determined whether there is a mission pattern that satisfies the achievement condition. If there is a mission pattern that satisfies the condition, its type and The effect display control means 134 displays the effect to the effect on the screen.

  The effect display control means 134 displays the effect image including the decorative pattern on the effect display device 60 according to the selected change effect pattern data as a result of the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112. The effect display control means 134 starts a new symbol variation when a variation start command for the decorative symbol 190 is received.

  When it is determined by the effect determining unit 132 that the notice effect is displayed, the effect display control means 134 superimposes the notice effect in accordance with the selected notice effect pattern on the effect of symbol variation to the effect display device 60. Display. The effect display 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 display control means 134, the accessory control means 136 causes the movable accessory 140 to act 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. The history processing means 138 processes game result output and password input.

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing in detail the configuration of the history processing means 138. The history processing unit 138 includes an input control unit 142, a data extraction unit 144, a game history storage unit 146, a code generation unit 148, and an output control unit 150. The input control means 142 acquires instructions and character string information input by the player operating the enter button 82 and the cross button 84 as input means. More specifically, the instruction content and the character string are specified based on the selection signals received from the enter button 82 and the cross button 84. The instruction content includes, for example, an instruction to display the two-dimensional code image 316 on the screen and an instruction to display a password input screen. As a method for specifying a character string, a five-digit character string as a password is recognized by specifying each character or symbol designated by the player from among a plurality of character symbol candidates based on a selection signal. To do.

  The data extraction means 144 receives the password character string from the input control means 142, and extracts the game history data of the player in the gaming machine model from the 25-bit data obtained by decoding the character string according to a predetermined decoding method. . For example, it is predetermined as a data configuration specification that a bit string in a predetermined range of 25-bit data indicates a game history, and the game history is extracted according to the specification. The extracted game history data is sent to the game history storage means 146.

  The game history storage means 146 includes a volatile memory also called RWM (Read Write Memory) and a backup memory that can hold the memory even when the pachinko gaming machine 10 is turned off. The backup memory may be configured so that the memory can be retained even if the pachinko gaming machine 10 is turned off by providing a dedicated backup power source for energizing the volatile memory, or configured by a nonvolatile memory such as an EEPROM. May be. When a backup power source is provided, a volatile memory different from the RWM may be used as the backup memory, or a configuration may be adopted in which a backup power source is provided in a single RWM and used as both the RWM and the backup memory. The game history storage unit 146 receives the extracted game history data from the data extraction unit 144 and stores it in the RWM until an instruction to end the game is received, or another game history data when a new password is input. Is stored in the RWM until it is received. The game end instruction here is an instruction for the player to operate the enter button 82 and the cross button 84 to display the two-dimensional code image 316 on the screen. When a game end instruction is given, or after a predetermined time has elapsed from the instruction, the game history storage means 146 erases the game history data and the game result data from the RWM. The game history storage means 146 overwrites the old game history data if it remains in the RWM when a new password is input and another game history data is received, regardless of whether or not there is an instruction to end the game. To do.

  When there is an input of a password, which is an instruction to start a game in effect, the effect determining means 132 counts the number of winning / successful lotteries or the number of symbol fluctuations as the number of subsequent games, and the number of big wins, the number of small hits, the probability change big hit Count the number of times. Also, the number of selections for each type of variation effect pattern and the number of selections for each type of notice effect pattern are counted. In addition, identify the type of mission pattern achieved. The counted results and the types of mission patterns are accumulated in the RWM of the game history storage means 146 as game results after the password input time. This game result is also erased from the RWM after being encoded by the game end instruction or after a predetermined time has elapsed from the instruction. Regardless of whether or not there is an instruction to end the game, when a new password is input and another game history data is received, the game result data is deleted if it remains in the RWM.

  When the achievement determining unit 132 determines the achievement of each mission, the mission pattern described in the game history data or the game result stored in the game history storage unit 146 is excluded from the achievement determination target. Only unsuccessful mission patterns are judged.

  When the code generation unit 148 receives an instruction to display the two-dimensional code image 316 from the input control unit 142, the code generation unit 148 reads data indicating the game result after the password is input from the RWM of the game history storage unit 146, and encodes this. To generate a two-dimensional code image 316. In addition to the URL of the game history server 314, the data indicating the game result includes, for example, a value indicating the number of winning / successful lottery or symbol variation display, the number of jackpots, the type of mission achieved, and the number of probability changes that have occurred. The generated two-dimensional code image 316 is sent to the output control means 150.

  The output control means 150 causes the generated two-dimensional code image 316 to be displayed on the screen of the effect display device 60 as an output means by the effect display control means 134.

  FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the game history server 314 in detail. The game history server 314 in this figure is exemplified as a dedicated web server for a specific pachinko gaming machine 10 model. In this regard, the game history server 314 may be designed to have different URLs by constructing physically different servers for each type of gaming machine, or physically providing a data storage function for a plurality of models on the same server. The URL may be different. The game history server 314 includes data transmission / reception means 152, data storage means 154, encoding processing means 156, information output means 155, and privilege grant means 157.

  The data transmission / reception means 152 receives data such as game result data and individual identification numbers from the mobile terminal 310 via the network 312. The network 312 is, for example, a cellular phone packet communication network or the Internet. The data transmission / reception means 152 receives a request from the browser of the mobile terminal 310 by HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) communication, and transmits a web page to the mobile terminal 310 as a response to display the request on the screen of the mobile terminal 310. The web page may be a page that is dynamically generated by receiving a request and an argument from the mobile terminal 310. The data transmission / reception means 152 sends the game result data and the individual identification number received from the portable terminal 310 to the data storage means 154. The individual identification number is unique identification information uniquely assigned to each terminal of the mobile terminal 310, and the game history server 314 identifies the player using the individual identification number. The individual identification number is included in the HTTP header in communication from the mobile terminal 310.

  The data accumulating unit 154 functions as a “reception result recording unit” and accumulates the game result data received from the data transmitting / receiving unit 152 for each player based on the received individual identification number. Is stored as game history data.

  When receiving the password generation request from the mobile terminal 310, the encoding processing unit 156 generates a password that encodes at least a part of the game history data stored in the data storage unit 154 and transmits the password to the mobile terminal 310. . The encoding processing means 156 extracts the game history necessary for determining whether or not the achievement condition of each mission is satisfied in the pachinko gaming machine 10 from the game history data stored in the data storage means 154 and encodes it. And generate a password. For example, parameters such as a value indicating the type of mission already achieved or a type of unachieved mission, a value indicating the number of games, and a value indicating the number of jackpots are encoded.

  When the information output unit 155 receives a condition confirmation request regarding a mission from the mobile terminal 310, the information output unit 155 outputs an achievement condition as a preset mission to the mobile terminal 310. That is, in the game history server 314 of this embodiment, data such as illustration images and voices of characters appearing in the production are stored in advance for each model of the gaming machine as a privilege, and the player performs a given mission. By achieving this, those benefits can be acquired through the mobile terminal 310 of the user. In other words, the mission uses the conditions for the player to acquire these benefits as achievement conditions. For example, as shown in FIG. 6C, a plurality of types of missions are prepared in this embodiment, and the privilege content varies depending on the achievement of a specific type of mission, the number of missions achieved, and the like.

  The privilege granting means 157 holds the correspondence relationship between the game results accumulated by the data accumulation means 154 and the predetermined privilege provision criteria, and when the game results accumulated for each portable terminal 310 satisfy the privilege provision criteria, The privilege is output to the portable terminal 310 via the data transmission / reception means 152.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram schematically showing the success / failure determination table. The success / failure determination table in this figure associates determination results of big hits, small hits and misses, and winning / failing lottery values. Depending on the respective range settings, the hit / failure probabilities of big hits and small hits are determined. Is determined. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to the success / failure determination table of FIG. In the success / failure lottery performed by the success / failure lottery means 112, a big hit is made only when the success / failure lottery value falls within the range of 0 to 399 as shown in FIG. At the time of certain change, as shown in FIG. 5B, the big hit 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 2999. Thus, the range corresponding to the big hit changes according to the gaming state. In the case of hitting a big hit, whether it is a 15R big hit or a 2R big hit and whether or not there is a probability change is determined separately according to the stop symbol of the special symbol. In this figure, the single hit / fail judgment table shows the big hit range for both normal time and probability change, but the success / fail judgment table may be prepared separately for normal time and for probability change.

  In the present embodiment, even if the winning / raising lottery value does not correspond to the big hit range, that is, a so-called out of range, it becomes a small hit if it falls within the predetermined range. In the example of this figure, when the success / failure lottery value acquired by the success / failure lottery means 112 falls within the range of 65000 to 65535, it is a small hit. In this way, if it does not correspond to the big hit, it is all “out”, but in the example in this figure, the winning lottery value range when it does not correspond to the small hit out of the cases where it does not correspond to the big hit Is expressed as “displacement”. In addition, although the example which implement | achieved the determination table of whether it is a big hit and the determination table of whether it is a small win in the figure in the form of a single winning / nothing determination table was shown in this figure, each may be implement | achieved as a separate table. Good.

  The winning / failing lottery means 112 executes a pre-winning determination as to which lottery value corresponds to the winning / failing determination as a pre-determination process at the timing of entering the starting port 62, and the determination result is used as the lottery result. Is transmitted to the symbol form determining means 131 and the effect determining means 132. The result of the preliminary determination process is temporarily stored, and then transmitted to the symbol mode determination unit 131 and the effect determination unit 132 regardless of whether or not the symbol variation display corresponding to the lottery is immediately started. Therefore, for the sub-board 104 side, a process called so-called “prefetching” is realized in which the success / failure result can be presumably recognized in advance before the symbol variation start order is reached. As described later, the pre-reading process may be configured to transmit all the information of the determination result of the success / failure determination, the symbol determination, and the pattern determination to the sub-board 104 and use it as the pre-reading process. Alternatively, the sub-board 104 may use only one or two determination results among the received information. In addition, the presence / absence of the received information and the type of information to be used may be determined according to the gaming state such as probability change, time reduction, and easy entry state. Further, as processing in the main board 102, whether or not advance determination is possible, whether or not prior determination results are transmitted, and the type of information for performing prior determination or prior determination result transmission may be appropriately set according to the state of the game.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram schematically illustrating a prior success / failure determination table referred to in prior advance / failure determination. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to this prior success / failure determination table, and when the success / failure lottery value is “0 to 399”, sets a value of “1” indicating a big hit in the success / failure range as a determination result. In the case where the winning / losing lottery value is “400 to 2999”, a value of “2” indicating that it is out of the normal state but is a big hit if it is in a probable variation state is set as the determining range. When the winning / failing lottery value is “3,000 to 64999”, a value “3” indicating a deviation is set as a determination result. When the winning / losing lottery value is “65000 to 65535”, a value of “4” indicating a small hit is set as the winning / incoming range as a determination result. Each time the success / failure lottery means 112 sets the success / failure range as described above, the value is sent to the symbol form determining means 131 and the effect determining means 132 together with the number of suspension.

  The symbol determination means 114 determines the stop symbol at the start of symbol variation based on the symbol lottery value acquired separately and the result of the success / failure determination, and prior symbol determination as to which symbol range the symbol lottery value corresponds to Execute. The symbol determination means 114 holds a plurality of symbol determination tables and a prior symbol determination table that are referred to in order to determine a special symbol stop symbol. The symbol determination means 114 refers to a symbol determination table that differs depending on the determination result. In addition, in order to distinguish the symbol determination performed in starting symbol variation especially from prior symbol determination, it is also referred to as “symbol determination as the main determination” as appropriate.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram schematically showing a symbol determination table. This figure (a) is a table to be referred to when the result of the success / failure determination is a big hit, FIG. 10 (b) is a table to be referred to when the result of the determination of success / failure is not, and FIG. This table is referred to when the determination result is a small hit. The symbol determination means 114 refers to the symbol determination table of this diagram in symbol determination. In each symbol determination table, the correspondence between the special symbol represented by the numbers “0” to “9” and the symbol “−” and the symbol lottery value is defined. Each type of special symbol is associated with the result of determining whether or not the big hit, small hit, or missed, the odd number corresponds to the big hit, the even number corresponds to the small hit, and the symbol “-” is out. Correspond.

  As shown in the figure (a), special symbols “1”, “3”, “5”, “7”, and “9”, which are odd numbers among the special symbols “0” to “9”, are associated with the jackpot. . Among them, the special symbol “7” indicates a 15R jackpot with certainty and is associated with a symbol lottery value range “0 to 99”. The special symbol “3” indicates a 2R jackpot with certainty and is associated with a symbol lottery value range “100 to 149”. Special symbols “1”, “5”, and “9” indicate 15R big hits without any probability change, the special symbol “1” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “150 to 189”, and the special symbol “190 to 229”. “5” is associated with, and “230 to 255” is associated with the special symbol “9”.

  As shown in the figure (b), the special symbol “-” is associated with the entire range of symbol lottery values in the case where the determination result is wrong.

  As shown in the figure (c), special symbols “0”, “2”, “4”, “6”, and “8” that are even numbers among the special symbols “0” to “9” are associated with the small hits. Yes. The special symbol “0” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “0 to 49”, and the special symbol “2” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “50 to 99”. The special symbol “4” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “100 to 149”, the special symbol “6” is associated with the symbol lottery value range “150 to 199”, and the special symbol “8” is the symbol lottery. Corresponding to the value range “200 to 255”.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram schematically illustrating a prior symbol determination table referred to in prior symbol determination. The symbol determination means 114 refers to this pre-symbol determination table when the success / failure lottery value corresponds to the jackpot. When the symbol lottery value is “0 to 99”, the value “1” indicating that is set in the symbol range as the determination result, and when the symbol lottery value is “100 to 149” “2” indicating that fact "Is set in the symbol range as the determination result. When the symbol lottery value is “150 to 255”, the value “3” indicating that is set in the symbol range as the determination result. Each time the symbol determining unit 114 sets the symbol range as described above, the value is transmitted to the symbol mode determining unit 131 and the effect determining unit 132 together with the number of holds. Note that when the winning / no-win lottery value falls out or hits a small hit, the table in this figure is not referred to, and a value of “4”, for example, may be set in the symbol range as a value indicating a loss or a small hit. Alternatively, even if the winning / losing lottery value falls outside or corresponds to a small hit, the symbol range is set according to the table of this figure, and it is later determined whether the determination result should be taken into consideration based on the setting of the winning / failing range on the sub-board 104 side. Good. Or nothing may be set.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram schematically illustrating the variation pattern table. The variation pattern determining means 115 refers to the variation pattern table for removal shown in FIG. 4A when the result of the determination is wrong. When the determination result is a 15R jackpot, the fluctuation pattern table for 15R jackpot shown in FIG. When the determination result is 2R big hit or small hit, the variation pattern table for 2R big hit and small hit shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 9A, the pattern lottery values 0 to 10 are associated with a super reach “super 1”, and the pattern lottery values 11 to 20 are associated with a super reach “super 2”. The pattern lottery values 21 to 255 are associated with any variation pattern of “normal 1”, “normal 2”, and “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 the variation pattern table for detachment, when a variation pattern of “no reach” is selected, a different table is referred to so that a variation pattern having a shorter variation time than the normal state is selected in the short time state. Further, the deviation variation pattern table is defined so that the column to be referred to is different depending on the number of holdings. The details of the normal state will be described with reference to FIG.

  In this figure (b), the super lot of “Super 1” is associated with the pattern lottery values 0 to 120, and the super reach of “Super 2” is associated with the pattern lottery values 121 to 240. The pattern lottery values 241 to 250 are associated with the reach of “normal 1”, and the pattern lottery values 251 to 255 are associated with the reach of “normal 2”. As described above, when the determination result is 15R big hit, the variation pattern with reach is selected.

  In FIG. 5C, the pattern lottery values 0 to 122 are associated with the super reach “super 3”, and the pattern lottery values 123 to 255 are associated with the normal reach “normal 3”. As described above, when the determination result is 2R big hit or small hit, “Super 3” or “Normal 3” is selected with a probability of about 50%.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram showing in detail a variation pattern table for detachment. In the variation pattern table 210 of this figure, the range of the pattern lottery value associated with the variation pattern is different for each number of holds. Specifically, the smaller the number of holds, the wider the range of pattern lottery values assigned to variation patterns with relatively long variation times, and the probability that variation patterns with long variation times will be selected is increased. . Therefore, the average fluctuation time becomes longer as the number of holdings by the holding control means 116 is smaller. Accordingly, when the number of holds by the hold control unit 116 is less than a predetermined number, for example, 1 to 2, the selection probability of the change pattern having a long change time becomes higher than usual, and the change time tends to be relatively long.

  The first column 212 shows the correspondence between the pattern lottery value range and the variation pattern when the number of holds as a result of the lottery determination by the hold control means 116 is one. Similarly, in the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218, the correspondence between the pattern lottery value range and the variation pattern in the case where the number of holdings as a result of the lottery determination by the holding control means 116 is 2, 3, and 4, respectively. The relationship is shown. That is, it can be considered that the first column 212, the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218 indicate the variation pattern table for each number of holds. In this figure, an example will be described in which a plurality of variation patterns that can be selected at the time of deviation are classified into five types according to variation time, but actually, a plurality of variation effect patterns are prepared for each of these classifications. This is equivalent to the fact that dozens of types of variation effect patterns are associated with the lottery value ranges for each category. In order to compare the ratio of each pattern lottery value range in the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218 in this figure with the ratio of the pattern lottery value range in the first column 212, Broken lines indicating the ratio of the pattern lottery value range are drawn in the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218.

  The first range 222 includes any of the first column 212, the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218 as a variation pattern when the lottery value corresponds to a pattern lottery value from 0 to 10. A super reach variation pattern of “super 1” is associated. The second range 224 includes any of the first column 212, the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218 as a variation pattern when the lottery value corresponds to a pattern lottery value from 11 to 20. A super reach variation pattern of “super 2” is associated. Thus, in the case of the pattern lottery value with the lottery value from 0 to 10 and the pattern lottery value with the lottery value from 11 to 20, the variation pattern having the same variation time is selected regardless of the number of holdings.

  The third range 226 includes normal reach in the first column 212, the second column 214, the third column 216, and the fourth column 218 as a variation pattern when the lottery value corresponds to a pattern lottery value from 21 to 255, respectively. “Normal 1”, “Normal 2”, and “Reach without reach” are associated with each other. However, the range of pattern lottery values associated with each variation pattern varies depending on the number of holds. In the first column 212, the sizes of the lottery value ranges to which “normal 1”, “normal 2”, and “no reach” are associated are approximately equal, and the ranges obtained by dividing 21 to 255 into approximately three equal portions are associated with each other. Yes. In contrast, in the second column 214, the size of the lottery value range associated with each of “normal 1” and “normal 2” is smaller than the lottery value range associated with “no reach”. Further, in the third column 216 and the fourth column 218, the size of the lottery value range associated with each of “normal 1” and “normal 2” is further reduced.

  The fluctuation time of “Normal 1” and “Normal 2” may be longer than the fluctuation time of “Out of reach”, and in the case of “Out of reach”, the fluctuation time may be shortened like a short time state. Depending on the setting contents of the third range 226, the average variation time varies. The pattern lottery value range for “Normal 1” and “Normal 2” decreases as the number of holds increases from 0 to 1, 2, 3, 4, and conversely the pattern lottery value range for “out of reach” increases. Therefore, the average fluctuation time becomes shorter as the number of holds increases, and conversely, the average change time becomes longer as the number of holds decreases. In this way, by using a variation pattern table in which the correspondence between the pattern lottery value range and the variation pattern is different for each number of holdings, control that makes it easy to select a variation pattern with a long variation time when the number of holdings decreases is realized. be able to.

  The variation pattern of “out of reach” associated with the third column 216 has a shorter variation time than the “out of reach” associated with the first column 212 and the second column 214, so-called “shortening variation”. This is the fluctuation pattern. Further, the fluctuation pattern of “out of reach” associated with the fourth column 218 has a shorter variation time than the “out of reach” associated with the first column 212 and the second column 214, and the third column This is a fluctuation pattern of so-called “super-shortening fluctuation” in which the fluctuation time is shorter than “216 shortening fluctuation”.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram schematically illustrating a prior pattern determination table referred to in prior pattern determination. The variation pattern determination means 115 refers to the table of FIG. 5A when the result is not successful, and when the pattern lottery value is “0 to 10”, the value “1” indicating that is used as the determination result. Set to the pattern range. When the pattern lottery value is “11 to 20”, the value “2” indicating that is set in the pattern range as the determination result. When the pattern lottery value is “21 to 255”, the value “3” indicating that is set in the pattern range as the determination result.

  The variation pattern determining means 115 refers to the table of FIG. 7B when the result of the success / failure is 15R big hit, and when the pattern lottery value is “0 to 120”, the value “4” indicating that is determined as the determination result. Set the pattern range as. When the pattern lottery value is “121 to 240”, the value “5” indicating that is set in the pattern range as the determination result. When the pattern lottery value is “241 to 250”, the value “6” indicating that is set in the pattern range as the determination result. When the pattern lottery value is “251 to 255”, the value “7” indicating that is set in the pattern range as the determination result.

  The variation pattern determining means 115 refers to the table of FIG. 7C when the result is a 2R big hit or a small hit, and when the pattern lottery value is “0 to 122”, a value of “8” indicating that fact. Is set to the pattern range as the determination result. When the pattern lottery value is “123 to 255”, the value “9” indicating that is set in the pattern range as the determination result. Whenever the pattern range is set as described above, the variation pattern determination unit 115 transmits the value to the symbol mode determination unit 131 and the effect determination unit 132 together with the number of holdings.

  FIG. 17 is a diagram schematically illustrating a notice determination table used when determining the notice effect pattern. (A) shows a table that is referred to when the result of the lottery is a big hit, and (b) shows a table that is referenced when the result of the lottery is out of date. In addition, the numerical range shown in the figure shows the range of the notice lottery value.

  The effect determining means 132 determines whether to execute the notice effect using the notice determination table shown in the figure, and the type of the notice effect. This notice determination table also serves as a notice type table. That is, the effect determination means 132 acquires a random value in the range of “0 to 255” as the notice lottery value. The notice lottery value is assigned so that the presence / absence of the notice effect is executed and the contents of the effect when the notice effect is executed are determined based on the result of the determination of lottery, the determination result of the variation pattern, and the notice lottery value. As shown in the figure, the type of the notice effect is determined by the notice lottery using the variation pattern as a parameter for each of the case where the result of the winning / failing lottery is a win and the case where the result is not. The notice effect is set as an effect that can be executed within the variation time of the symbol variation effect corresponding to each variation pattern.

  In the present embodiment, the group notice and the step-up notice are set as effects with a particularly high degree of expectation, so they are not selected when no reach effect is involved. When the result of the lottery determination is a big hit, a notice effect with a high expectation level is easily selected, and when it is off, a notice effect with a low expectation value is easily selected. In addition, the character notice B and the group notice A are rare notice effects with a low appearance frequency by setting the selection probability to be considerably lower than other notice effects, and when these are not accompanied by reach effects, It is out of selection. In the present embodiment, a mission for displaying the character notice B and the group notice A with low appearance frequency is also included, and if either of them can be displayed, a privilege that is usually difficult to obtain is given to the player. To be granted. By providing such a privilege, it is possible to expect an improvement in the operating rate of the gaming machine by continuation of the game of each player at the gaming store.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a basic operation process in a pachinko gaming machine. First, processing is performed when a game ball enters the start port 62, the general winning port 72, the big winning port 66, etc. (S10). Game control processing is executed (S14), and control related to the demo screen is processed (S15). If the game is not in a normal game (N in S12), a special game control process (S16) or a small hit game control process is executed (S17). Based on the number of winning balls set in the winning process of S10, award ball payout according to various winnings is processed (S18).

  FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing in detail the winning process of S10 in FIG. When there is a ball in the starting port 62 (Y in S20), the number of prize balls corresponding to the starting port 62 is set (S22), and it is referred to whether or not the holding number by the holding control means 116 is less than 4. If it is in a state where further hold is possible (Y in S24), the winning / not-lotting value is acquired (S26). A pre-judgment process for determining whether or not to win is executed based on the winning or failing lottery value (S28), and the winning or failing lottery value is held in the holding control means 116 (S30). If there is no ball entering the starting port 62 in S20, the processing from S22 to S30 is skipped (N in S20). If the number of holds reaches the upper limit in S24 and further holding is impossible, the processing from S26 to S30 is skipped (N in S24).

  If there is a winning at the general winning opening 72 (Y of S32), the number of winning balls corresponding to the general winning opening 72 is set (S34), and if there is no winning at the general winning opening 72, S34 is skipped. (N in S32). If there is a ball in the big prize opening 66 (Y of S36), the number of prize balls corresponding to the big prize slot 66 is set (S38), and if there is no ball in the big prize slot 66, S38 is skipped. (N in S36).

  FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing in detail the advance determination process of S28 in FIG. First, a preliminary success / failure determination is performed with reference to the preliminary design determination table (S40), a value indicating the target range is set as the determination result (S42), and a preliminary design determination is performed with reference to the preliminary design determination table. (S44), a value indicating the symbol range is set as the determination result (S46), the preliminary pattern determination is executed with reference to the preliminary pattern determination table (S48), and a value indicating the pattern range is set as the determination result. (S50). The value of the pre-determination result set as described above is temporarily stored together with the number of suspensions, and is transmitted to the symbol form determining means 131 and the effect determining means 132 of the sub-board 104 (S52).

  FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing an overall process of the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. In this normal game control process, the pre-reading process in the sub-board 104 is executed (S250), the special symbol changing process in the main board 102 (S252), and the decorative symbol changing process in the sub-board 104 (S254) are repeated. It is processed.

  FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing in detail the prefetching process of S250 in FIG. In the present embodiment, whether or not to display a special effect that prompts temporary registration is determined based on pre-determination information obtained by so-called prefetching. That is, in the present embodiment, as described above, when the mission presented by the game history server 314 is achieved, the privilege data prepared in advance is provided to the portable terminal 310 of the player. However, in order for the player to receive the offer, in principle, registration processing such as member registration and password input for using this gaming system must be completed in advance. However, it may be assumed that some players happen to have forgotten such registration processing or start the game without recognition. Therefore, in this embodiment, a remedy is provided for cases where registration is not limited to missions that are relatively difficult to achieve, such as displaying rare notice effects.

  In other words, if it is found that a specific mission is achieved by prior determination and the player has not registered the password in the gaming machine, the player will be notified of the mission completion and provisionally registered Prompt. The temporary registration can be completed by a simple operation such as pressing the enter button 82. After that, if the player officially inputs a password using the cross button 84 or the like when the demonstration screen is displayed, the game result traced back to the temporary registration timing is reflected in the game result output at the end of the game. The That is, simple provisional registration is validated afterwards and treated as regular registration, and the player can accomplish missions that are difficult to achieve later.

  The effect determination means 132 determines whether or not to display a special effect that prompts temporary registration based on the information on the success / failure range, the symbol range, and the number of reservations received together with the prior determination result. In other words, when the effect determination unit 132 receives a pre-determination result from the main board 102 (Y in S256), the effect determination unit 132 pre-determines the notice effect pattern based on the pre-determination information (S258). At this time, if the determined notice effect pattern is a rare notice effect (character notice B or group notice A in this embodiment) and the display is designated as a mission (Y in S260), If the registration process by the player has not been performed yet (Y in S262), the start of the special effect is determined (S263). The effect display control means 134 displays, as the special effect, a message that the mission of the rare notice effect is achieved and the type of the rare notice effect, and a screen that prompts the user to press the enter button 82 for temporary registration. .

  The effect determining means 132 also executes a temporary registration process for receiving an operation input for temporary registration of the player (S264). That is, when the player presses the enter button 82 during a waiting time set in advance according to the screen, it is regarded as provisional registration. When temporary registration is completed in this way (Y in S265), a temporary registration flag indicating that is turned on (S266). The flag may be set in the present embodiment by setting the bit value in a predetermined area of the memory from 0 to 1, or from 1 to 0. At this time, the previously determined notice effect pattern is stored (S267). Here, the pre-determined notice effect pattern is stored in order to finalize the notice effect in this determination, as will be described later. Then, a special game provisional start process is executed (S268). The “special game tentative start process” here is a process of temporarily starting a game for which a service is provided by accumulating and updating the game result, and the game result count and game history storage means by the effect determination means 132. Storage of the game result by 146 is started. When the final registration is made later, the game results after the temporary registration are validated.

  If the player has not made a temporary registration (N in S265), the process from S266 onward is skipped. If the registration process has already been performed by the player (N in S262), the processes after S263 are skipped. If the pre-determined notice effect pattern is not a rare notice effect related to the mission (N in S260), the processing after S262 is skipped. If the prior determination result is not received (N in S256), the processing after S258 is skipped.

  FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing in detail the special symbol variation process of S252 in FIG. If the symbol variation display has not yet started (N in S60), if the winning / notting lottery value is being held by the holding control means 116 (Y in S70), the winning / notifying lottery means 112 is determined from the holding control means 116 to be the winning / not-winning lottery value. Is read again to determine whether or not the special symbol 192 is correct (S72), the symbol determining unit 114 determines the special symbol 192 (S74), and the variation pattern determining unit 115 determines the variation pattern of the special symbol 192 (S76). A variation start command is transmitted to the sub-board 104 together with the determined result, and the symbol variation (that is, the variation) of the special symbol 192 is started (S77). If the lottery value is not held by the hold control means 116, the processing from S72 to S77 is skipped (N in S70).

  When the symbol variation display has already been started (Y in S60), the symbol variation display of the special symbol is processed (S78), and when the predetermined variation time has passed and the symbol display stop timing is reached (S80) Y) A variation stop command is transmitted to the sub-board 104, and the symbol variation being displayed is stopped at a predetermined stop symbol (S82), and the flow of this diagram ends. If the symbol display stop timing has not been reached, the process of S82 is skipped and the flow of this figure is terminated (N in S80).

  FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing in detail the decorative symbol variation process of S254 in FIG. When the effect determining means 132 of the sub-board 104 receives the change start command from the main board 102 (Y in S270), the decorative pattern stop mode is determined according to the received determination result and the special symbol stop pattern (S272). ). Further, the variation effect pattern is determined according to the received determination result and variation pattern (S274). For the notice effect pattern, the pattern predetermined in S258 is set.

  Subsequently, the effect display control means 134 starts displaying a symbol variation effect, a notice effect, a game explanation effect, etc. by the decorative symbol 190 (S286). When the change start command has not been received (N in S270), the processing from S272 to S286 is skipped. If the decorative symbol variation display has already been started (Y in S288), the effect display process is executed (S290). When a variation stop command is received from the main board 102 (Y in S292), S272 is performed. The symbol variation display is stopped by stopping and displaying the decorative symbols in the stop mode determined in (S294). When the change stop command is not received from the main board 102 (N in S292), the process of S294 is skipped. When the variable display has not been started (N in S288), the processing from S290 to S294 is skipped.

  FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing in detail the control processing related to the demo screen of S15 in FIG. If the symbol is not changing (N in S200) and there is no hold of the winning / failing lottery value (N in S202), a demonstration screen is displayed on the effect display device 60 (S204). At this time, if provisional registration has been performed (if the provisional registration flag is on), a display prompting the main registration is performed on the demonstration screen. If the player presses the enter button 82 while displaying the demo screen (Y in S206), a menu for entering a password or displaying the two-dimensional code image 316 is displayed on the effect display device 60 (S208). If the symbol is changing (Y in S200), there is a hold of the lottery value (Y in S202), or if the player does not press the enter button 82 (N in S206), the subsequent flow skip.

  When there is an operation input of the enter button 82 and the cross button 84 by the player in accordance with the display of the menu screen in S208, processing according to the input is executed. That is, if there is a member registration request (Y in S210), the user registration process already described is executed (S212). If there is a password input request (N in S210, Y in S214), a process for accepting a password is executed (S216). At this time, when a password is input by the player (Y in S218), the password is decrypted (S219), and a special game start process is executed (S220). The “special game start process” here is a process for starting a game in which a service is provided by accumulating and updating the game result. First, the game history extracted from the password is stored in the game history storage means 146. To do. Then, counting of the game results by the effect determining means 132 and storage of the game results by the game history storage means 146 are started. If there is no password input (N in S218), the processing after S219 is skipped.

  On the other hand, when there is a result display request (N in S214, Y in S222), a result display process for displaying the game result is executed (S224). If there is an end request (N in S222, Y in S226), the menu screen is closed and the demo screen is restored (S228). If there is no operation input from the player (N in S226), this process is temporarily terminated.

  FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing in detail the result display process of S224 in FIG. First, if the registration process (main registration) by the player has already been performed (Y in S230), the game history storage means 146 reads out the data indicating the game result that has been stored in S220 in FIG. The two-dimensional code is displayed by encoding (S232). At this time, the game result data stored in the game history storage means 146 is erased (S244). Then, after a waiting time (for example, 3 minutes) set for shooting by the player has elapsed (Y in S245), the two-dimensional code is deleted (S246).

  On the other hand, although the main registration has not been completed (N in S230), if the temporary registration flag is on (Y in S234), a screen prompting the main registration is displayed and a registration procedure is requested (S236). Then, the player's operation input for the main registration is accepted (S238). For example, FIGS. 5A and 5B may be displayed as the main registration screen. That is, processing similar to the processing from S208 to S220 may be performed.

  When the main registration is completed in this way (Y in S240), the temporary registration flag is turned off (S241), and the game history storage means 146 stores data indicating the game result that has been stored in S268 in FIG. And is encoded to display a two-dimensional code (S242). Then, the game result data stored in the game history storage means 146 is erased (S244). After the set waiting time has elapsed (Y in S245), the two-dimensional code is deleted (S246). On the other hand, if the main registration is not completed, such as the player does not perform the registration procedure according to the screen (N in S240), the temporary registration flag is turned off (S247), and the game history storage means 146 The game result stored in is discarded (erased) (S248). If the temporary registration flag is off (N in S234), an error display indicating that the result display request by the player is invalid is executed (S249).

  FIG. 27 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 S90), the special game has already started (Y in S92), and the big prize opening 66 has not been opened (N in S98), the big prize opening The release process 66 is executed (S100). At this time, display of the set jackpot effect is also started. If the big prize opening 66 has been opened (Y of S98), the closing process of the big prize opening 66 is executed (S102). As a result, if the special winning opening 66 is closed (Y in S104), the process proceeds to S106. If it is not in the closed state (N in S104), the process after S106 is skipped, and this process is temporarily ended. On the other hand, if the special game has not started in S92 (N in S92), the special game is started (S94), the display of the start demonstration effect is started (S96), and this process is temporarily ended.

  In S106, it is determined whether or not a demonstration production, which is a production during a special game, is being performed. Note that the “demonstration effect” here includes a start demonstration effect and an end demonstration effect. If the demonstration is not in progress (N in S106), it is determined whether or not a special game end condition is satisfied with reference to an end flag described later (S110), and if the special game end condition is satisfied (S110). Y) After the end flag is turned off (S112), display of the end demonstration effect is started (S114). If the special game end condition is not satisfied (N in S110), this process is temporarily ended. If it is determined in S106 that the demonstration effect is being performed (Y in S106), and the end demonstration effect is completed (Y in S116), the special game is terminated (S118), and the specific game, that is, the probability change, the time reduction, and the entry The easy state is started (S120). If the end demonstration effect has not ended (N in S116), the processes in S118 and S120 are skipped. If it is not a big hit (N in S90), the flow after S92 in this figure is skipped.

  FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing in detail the release processing of S100 in FIG. When the opening timing of the special winning opening 66 based on the set opening / closing pattern is reached (Y in S122), the opening / closing control means 124 uniformly turns off the passage flag and sets the operation of the opening / closing pattern (S124). The special winning opening 66 is opened (S126). In addition, a big hit effect corresponding to the number of repetitions of the current unit game or a big hit effect corresponding to the number of repetitions being different is set and started. When it is not the opening timing (N of S122), the processes of S124 and S126 are skipped.

  FIG. 29 is a flowchart showing in detail the closing process of S102 in FIG. When the closing timing of the special winning opening 66 based on the set opening / closing pattern is reached, the open / close control means 124 closes the special winning opening 66. That is, during a special game, whether the end condition based on the number of balls is satisfied (Y in S130) or the end condition based on the number of balls is not satisfied (N in S130), the end condition based on the opening time is satisfied ( (Y of S132), the special winning opening 66 is closed (S134). If the termination condition based on the opening time is not satisfied (N in S132), the flow after S134 is skipped.

  The end condition based on the number of balls in the 15R jackpot is 10 or more balls entering the grand prize opening 66, and the end condition based on the opening time is a set time according to the opening / closing pattern from the opening start of the big prize opening 66. It is progress. In the case of 15R big hit, 30 seconds have elapsed since the start of opening, and in the case of 2R big hit, 0.5 seconds have elapsed since the start of opening. However, since the opening for 0.5 seconds is extremely short, it is difficult to enter more than 10 balls as well as to enter the ball itself. Even if a game ball is launched at the same time as the opening of the grand prize opening, it is difficult to enter the game, so it is predicted that the 2R big hit will be opened before the grand prize opening 66 is opened. It is necessary to launch a game ball. On the other hand, the end condition based on the number of balls in the 15R jackpot is 10 or more balls entering the grand prize opening, and the end condition based on the opening time is 30 seconds from the start of opening the big prize opening 66. At this time, if the maximum number of continuations has been reached (Y in S136), the end flag is turned on (S138). If the maximum number of continuations has not been reached (N in S136), the process in S138 is skipped. In this embodiment, the upper limit number of continuations is 15 times. If neither the end condition based on the number of entered balls nor the end condition based on the opening time is satisfied (N in S130, N in S132), the processes after S134 are skipped.

  FIG. 30 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 hit (Y in S150), the small hit game has already started (Y in S152), and the big winning opening 66 has not been opened (N in S158). A process for opening the winning opening 66 is executed (S160), and if it is already opened (Y in S158), a closing process for the big winning opening 66 is executed (S162). As a result, if the special winning opening 66 is closed (Y in S164), the process proceeds to S166. If it is not in the closed state (N of S164), the process after S166 is skipped and this process is temporarily ended. On the other hand, if the small hit game has not started in S152 (N in S152), the small hit game is started (S154), and the display of the start demonstration effect similar to the 2R big hit is started (S156). Exit once.

  In S166, it is determined whether or not a demonstration effect which is an effect during the small hit game is being performed. If the demonstration effect is not in progress (N in S166), it is determined whether or not the small hit game end condition is satisfied. Here, if an end flag, which will be described later, is on, the small hit game end condition is satisfied. If the small hit game end condition is satisfied (Y in S170), the end flag is turned off (S172), and the display of the end demonstration effect is started (S174). If the small hit game ending condition is not satisfied (N in S170), this process is temporarily ended. When it is determined in S166 that the demonstration effect is being performed (Y in S166) and the end demonstration effect is completed (Y in S176), the small hit game is terminated (S178). If the end demonstration effect has not ended (N in S176), the process of S178 is skipped. If it is not a small hit (N in S150), the flow after S152 in this figure is skipped.

  FIG. 31 is a flowchart showing in detail the release process of S160 in FIG. When it is the opening timing of the big winning opening 66 based on the set opening / closing pattern (Y in S180), the opening / closing control means 124 sets the operation of the opening / closing pattern (S182) and starts opening the big winning opening 66. (S184). When it is not the opening timing (N of S180), the processing of S182 and S184 is skipped.

  FIG. 32 is a flowchart showing in detail the closing process of S162 in FIG. When the end timing of the special winning opening 66 based on the set opening / closing pattern is reached (Y in S190), the end flag is turned on (S192), and the special winning opening 66 is closed (S194). This closing timing is the timing when 0.5 seconds have elapsed since the opening of the special winning opening 66. If it is not the closing timing (N of S190), the processes of S192 and S194 are skipped.

  FIG. 33 is a flowchart showing processing in the game history server 314. When the data transmission / reception means 152 of the game history server 314 receives an access start request from the portable terminal 310 (Y in S300), a model screen for each model of the portable terminal 310 is generated and displayed based on the individual identification number (S302). ). If there is no access start request, S302 is skipped (N in S300). When access is from a new user and a user registration request is received from the portable terminal 310 (Y in S304), user registration is executed based on the individual identification number (S306). If there is no user registration request, S306 is skipped (N in S304). When game result data is received from the portable terminal 310 (Y in S308), the game result is accumulated as game history data, and an accumulation determination process is performed to determine whether or not the privilege provision criteria are satisfied (S310). ). If no game result is received, S310 is skipped (N in S308). When a display request such as a game result, game history, mission content, mission achievement status, etc. is received from the mobile terminal 310 (Y in S312), the requested information is transmitted to the mobile terminal 310 for display (S314). . If there is no display request, S314 is skipped (N in S312). When the password generation request is received from the portable terminal 310 (Y in S316), the encoding processing unit 156 generates a password by encoding the game history data (S318), and transmits the password to the portable terminal 310 for display. (S320). If there is no password generation request, S318 and S320 are skipped (N in S316).

  FIG. 34 is a flowchart showing the accumulation determination process of S310 in FIG. The game history server 314 accumulates data indicating game results as game history data (S332). At this time, if any of the privilege provision criteria is satisfied (Y in S332), information indicating that the corresponding privilege can be granted is transmitted to the mobile terminal 310 (S334). In response to this, when there is an input requesting acquisition of a privilege from the mobile terminal 310 (Y in S336), the corresponding privilege data is output to the mobile terminal 310 (S338). At this time, the game result targeted for the privilege acquisition is deleted (S340). If there is no privilege acquisition request (N in S336), the processing of S338 and S340 is skipped. If the privilege provision standard is not satisfied (N in S332), the processing from S334 to S340 is skipped.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A component can be deform | transformed and embodied in the range which does not deviate from a summary. In addition, various inventions may be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of components disclosed in the above embodiment, or some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the above embodiment. . Furthermore, it is possible to appropriately combine the constituent elements over a plurality of embodiments.

  In the above-described embodiment, the configuration is illustrated in which provisional registration is permitted when a mission that achieves the display of a rare notice effect is achieved. In a modification, it is good also as a structure which permits provisional registration, when the mission which makes display the display of a rare variation | change effect is achieved. Or, for example, multiple types of jackpots with different numbers of unit games, probability of transition to a specific game, etc. are provided, and among them, a mission is set that achieves the occurrence of a jackpot that is relatively difficult to occur, and the mission is achieved In some cases, provisional registration may be permitted. In that case, the number of occurrences of the jackpot may be included in the achievement condition. Alternatively, a mission that is difficult to achieve may be set based on other game results, and provisional registration may be permitted when the mission is achieved.

  Although not described in the above embodiment, when the provisional registration is urged through the prefetching, the player may be informed of what mission is likely to be achieved. For example, a character string such as “may the mission effect of S rank appear after 4 fluctuations” or “may produce the A effect” may be displayed.

  Although not described in the above embodiment, if the player does not perform the operation input for the main registration in accordance with the real registration on the demonstration screen, it is accumulated after the temporary registration. The played game result may be deleted. In this case, since it is assumed that the player misses an operation mistake or an instruction for main registration, even if the operation input for main registration is not performed on the demonstration screen, the allowable setting number of times (for example, two times) ) Until this is allowed, and the accumulated game result is retained, and when the set allowable number of times is exceeded (for example, when this registration is not made even in the third demonstration screen), the game result may be deleted. Good.

  In the above embodiment, an example is shown in which a notice effect is determined in advance by pre-determination based on pre-reading (S258 in FIG. 22 and the like), which is stored and taken over as it is at the start of symbol variation (S267 in FIG. 22, FIG. 24). S286 etc.). This is because, as shown in FIG. 17, even if any variation pattern of super 1 to normal 3 is selected, each notice effect including a rare notice effect is provided so as to correspond to all of them. This is because the notice effect can be displayed regardless of which variation pattern is selected as the main determination. In addition, as the notice effect, an effect that can be displayed within the variation time of the symbol variation effect corresponding to each variation pattern is set.

  In the above embodiment, an example is shown in which when the temporary registration is performed, the main registration is performed at the end of the game. In the modified example, a timing for performing the main registration before the end of the game may be provided. Then, when the main registration is performed, the total game result may be calculated by adding the game results from the temporary registration to the main registration and the game results from the main registration to the end. That is, the game result storage means adds the game result stored from the provisional registration input to the registration information input and the game result stored from the registration information input to the information indicating the game end. You may make it hold | maintain a result as game result data.

  In the above embodiment, the pachinko gaming machine has been described as an example. However, in a modified example, a spinning-type gaming machine may be used as the gaming machine. In this case, for example, the game history data may be accumulated as a game result of the number of so-called big bonuses, the number of regular bonuses, the number of replays, the total number of rotations, and the like. Further, the number of hits with a specific symbol (watermelon, cherry, bell, etc.) may be recorded as a game result. Then, as the mission, an achievement condition based on any game result may be set.

  In the above embodiment, the means for inputting a character or the like by pressing a button has been described as an input means. However, in a modified example, a two-dimensional code image is captured and decoded into original data in the same way as the output means. It is good also as a means using the means to do. As another input means, a means for receiving game result data from the portable terminal by a short-range wireless communication or a proximity communication technique or an infrared communication technique may be used. As the output means, the means for displaying a two-dimensional code image has been described. However, in the modification, a means for transmitting game result data to a portable terminal by using short-range wireless communication or near-field communication technology or infrared communication technology is used. May be.

  In the above embodiment, the gaming result output as a two-dimensional code image in the gaming machine is once transmitted to the gaming history server via the portable terminal, and the gaming result acquired by the gaming history server is carried as a web page. An example of transmitting to a terminal was shown. In a modified example, the game result stored in the gaming machine may be directly displayed on the mobile terminal that has captured the two-dimensional code image.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the game history server holds the privilege provision standard, determines whether or not the privilege provision criterion is satisfied based on the game result sent from the mobile terminal, and if the privilege is satisfied, Was added. In the modification, the gaming machine holds the privilege provision standard, determines whether or not the privilege provision criterion is satisfied based on the game result to be stored and updated, and grants the privilege to the mobile terminal via the two-dimensional code image You may make it do. That is, the two-dimensional code image may include an image or audio data as a privilege and may be directly acquired and reproduced by the mobile terminal. For example, it is good also as a privilege provision reference | standard for the imaging itself of the two-dimensional code image in a game. The two-dimensional code image may include image or sound data as a privilege, and if the player succeeds in imaging, the privilege may be acquired through the portable terminal. The two-dimensional code image displayed during the game does not need to include information on the game result unlike the end of the game, so there is an advantage in that there is room for recording privilege data such as images and sounds.

  10 pachinko gaming machine, 60 effect display device, 82 decision button, 84 cross button, 112 hit / fail lottery means, 120 special game control means, 130 pattern storage means, 132 effect determination means, 134 effect display control means, 142 input control means, 144 data extraction means, 146 game history storage means, 148 code generation means, 150 output control means, 154 data storage means, 156 encoding processing means, 310 mobile terminal, 312 network, 314 game history server, 316 two-dimensional code image, 320 gaming system.

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A gaming machine that executes a lottery for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game,
A game board in which a game area is formed;
A start opening provided in the game area;
A winning / losing lottery means for executing the winning / failing lottery upon entering the starting opening;
An effect display device for displaying a predetermined effect image including a variable display of symbols for indicating the result of the success / failure lottery;
If there is a symbol change corresponding to the previous entry when there is a new entry at the starting hole, the lottery result for the new entry will be handled up to a predetermined number. Holding control means for holding until the start of the variable display of the symbol to be
Game control means for controlling the progress of the game according to the result of the winning / not-winning lottery, and executing the special game when the result of the winning / not-winning lottery is a win,
Effect determining means for determining the effect contents to be displayed together with the variation display of the symbol according to the result of the success / failure lottery,
Effect display control means for controlling the effect display according to the determined effect content;
Input control means for obtaining input information by a player's operation input through predetermined input means;
A game result storing means for storing a predetermined game result since registration information is inputted to the input means to the information indicating the game end is inputted,
Code generating means for generating encoded information obtained by encoding the game result data indicating the stored game result;
Output control means for outputting the generated encoded information through a predetermined output means,
The success / failure lottery means, when there is a new entry, information indicating the result of the acceptance / rejection lottery corresponding to the entry regardless of whether or not the symbol variation display corresponding to the entry starts immediately. Is transmitted to the effect determining means,
The effect determining means stores, as a condition for the player to obtain a special benefit prepared in advance, as an achievement condition that a specific effect appears as a game result to be achieved during the game, and the result of the success / failure lottery Whether or not the achievement condition is achieved according to the result of the lottery determination, regardless of whether or not the symbol variation display corresponding to the entry is immediately started. If it is determined that the registration information is not yet input, it is a special effect that prompts the user to input temporary registration that can be entered as an effect to be displayed before the specific effect actually appears . Decide the display,
The game result storage means starts the game result when the temporary registration is input , and when the registration information is input after the temporary registration is input , A gaming machine that stores game results stored from input of provisional registration to input of information indicating the end of the game as the game result data.

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