JP5553321B1 - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a gaming machine that can increase the chances of a transition lottery and can easily expand game playability.
SOLUTION: In response to winning of replay, bell, watermelon or cherry in the role lottery, the corresponding individual counting means 56A to 56D or the corresponding counting value areas 57A to 57D of the whole counting means 57 The count values are added to each other and the respective accumulated values are stored. Then, when one cumulative value of the individual counting means 56A to 56D reaches the first reference value, or when all the cumulative values in the count value areas 57A to 57D reach the second reference value, the AT which is the transfer lottery A lottery will be held. As a result, the number of roles that can trigger the AT lottery increases, so the number of AT lottery can be increased, and the gameability can be easily expanded.
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Description

  In the present invention, when a plurality of reels having a plurality of types of symbols on the outer peripheral surface are stopped, if a combination of symbols corresponding to the winning combination in the winning lottery is stopped and displayed, the corresponding combination is made. The present invention relates to a gaming machine configured to pay out a quantity of gaming media.

Conventionally, pachinko machines, slot machines, and the like have been used as gaming machines that provide entertainment for people.
For example, a slot machine has a plurality of types of symbols, a plurality of rotating reels that are driven to rotate, a start switch that rotates these rotating reels, and a stop switch that stops the corresponding rotating reels And.
In addition, a game control device is provided inside the slot machine. The game control device includes a winning lottery means for determining whether or not a winning combination in a game is a winning lottery and a reel rotation control means for stopping the rotation of the rotating reel.

In such a slot machine, when the start switch is operated by the player, the rotating reel starts rotating, and the winning lottery means performs the winning lottery. When the stop switch is operated by the player after the rotation reel has started rotating, the reel rotation control means stops the rotation of the rotation reel based on the result of the role lottery by the role lottery means. Then, when all the rotating reels stop rotating, if a combination of symbols corresponding to the winning combination is stopped and displayed side by side on the effective pay line, a number of game media corresponding to the winning combination, for example, medals, are given to the player. It is to be paid out.
Also, if a special gamer such as a big bonus is won in the role lottery, and the combination of symbols corresponding to the special gamer is stopped and displayed along the effective pay line, the probability of winning a small role is higher than in the normal game state. Transition to a high special gaming state.

Furthermore, as a gaming machine, in order to produce an effect for exciting the game, a display device such as a liquid crystal display device capable of displaying various effect images, and an effect control for controlling the operation of the display device And some means.
If such a display device and effect control means are provided in the slot machine, when a winning combination is won by the winning lottery means, an effect image for notifying the player of the winning combination is displayed on the display device. A notification effect displayed on the screen can be performed, and by performing such a notification effect, the game can be enlivened, so that the interest of the game is improved.

In the slot machine that performs the notification effect, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the state shifts from a normal state where the notification effect is not performed to an assist time state (hereinafter referred to as an “AT state”) where the notification effect is frequently performed. The thing is common (refer patent document 1 grade | etc.,).
Here, in order to shift from the normal state to the AT state, it is necessary to win a specific predetermined role, for example, cherry in the role lottery, and further win in the transfer lottery that determines the shift to the AT state. is there.

  In the AT state, generally, when a role such as a small role is won in the role lottery, a notification effect is given to notify the player of the operation order of the stop switch. Here, when the stop switch is operated according to the operation order notified in the notification effect, the combination of symbols corresponding to the winning combination is displayed in a stopped manner regardless of whether the operation timing of the stop switch is appropriate or not. For this reason, even if it cannot be pushed, medals can be paid out and medals can be increased. Therefore, it can be said that such an AT state is an advantageous state that is more advantageous for the player than a normal state in which a notification effect is not performed.

JP 2013-70942 A

  In conventional gaming machines, whether or not to make a transition lottery is determined uniformly depending on whether or not a particular role is won in the role lottery, so increase the variation in transition from the normal state to the advantageous state Has become difficult. For this reason, there is a demand to increase the gameability by increasing the chances of the transfer lottery.

  Accordingly, each invention described in each claim has been made in view of the problems of the background art described above, and the purpose of the invention is to increase the chances of the transition lottery, It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine that can be easily expanded.

Each invention described in each claim is made to achieve the above-mentioned object. The features of each invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments of the invention shown in the drawings.
In addition, a code | symbol shows the code | symbol used in embodiment of this invention, and does not limit the technical scope of this invention.

(Claim 1)
(Feature point)
The invention described in claim 1 is characterized by the following points.
That is, the invention described in claim 1 is, firstly, a plurality of rotating reels (3A) having a plurality of kinds of symbols on the outer peripheral surface, a start switch (16) for rotating these rotating reels, and the rotation A plurality of stop switches (13) that are provided corresponding to the reels (3A) and stop the corresponding rotating reel (3A), and a combination lottery means (32) that determines whether or not a plurality of types of combinations are successful by lottery drawing Stop control means (33) for stopping the rotating reel (3A) that is rotating based on the result of the role lottery by the role lottery means (32) and the operation timing of the stop switch (13), When the combination of symbols corresponding to the winning combination in the winning lottery means (32) is stopped and displayed, it is formed so as to pay out a quantity of game media corresponding to the winning combination, and the normal state and this normal If an advantageous state that is more advantageous to the player than the state is set In addition, the gaming machine (1) is configured to shift from the normal state to the advantageous state based on a predetermined lottery, and is a combination that can be won by the combination lottery by the combination lottery means (32), A plurality of types of determination triggers that can be used as a trigger for determining whether or not to shift from the normal state to the advantageous state are provided.
2ndly, invention of Claim 1 performs either one of addition processing and subtraction processing with the count value determined based on the determination opportunity combination elected by the combination lottery of the combination lottery means (32) The counting means (51, 61, 71) for storing the cumulative value that is the result of the counting processing is provided, and the counting means (51, 61, 71) includes a plurality of roles corresponding to the roles that are determined as triggers. An individual counting means (56, 62, 63) that adds a count value determined based on a determination triggering role won in the role lottery of the role lottery means (32) for the corresponding one of the corresponding roles to the accumulated value. ), And a count value area (57A to 57D) corresponding to the combination determined as a determination trigger combination, based on the determination trigger combination won in the combination lottery of the combination lottery means (32) for the corresponding one combination Total counting means (57, 64, 65) for adding the determined count value to the corresponding accumulated value in the count value area (57A to 57D) is provided.
Thirdly, the invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that the individual counting means (56, 62, 63) and the total counting means (57, 64) when the winning combination of the winning combination lottery means (32) is won. , 65) is not added, only the individual counting means (56, 62, 63) is added, and only the total counting means (57, 64, 65) is added. And counting enable / disable determining means for determining one of the individual counting means (56, 62, 63) and the total counting means (57, 64, 65). 52) and the counting availability determination means (52) determine that the counting means (51, 61, 71) is to perform the counting process, a numerical range determined based on the determination trigger combination won in the winning lottery Among them, a count value determining means (53) for determining a count value to be counted by the counting means (51, 61, 71) is provided, and the count value determining means (53) determines whether the counting is possible or not. Means (52 ), The individual counting means (56, 62, 63) should be added, and it should be added from the numerical range determined based on the judgment trigger combination won in the combination lottery. When the individual count value determining means (53A) for determining the count value and the count availability determining means (52) determine that the total counting means (57, 64, 65) is to perform addition, And a total count value determining means (53B) for determining a count value to be added from a numerical value range determined based on a determination trigger winning in the lottery.
Fourth, the invention according to claim 1 is provided with arrival determination means (54) for determining whether or not the cumulative value of the counting means (51, 61, 71) has reached a reference value, and the arrival determination The means (54) has a cumulative value of at least one of the individual counting means (56, 62, 63) among the plurality of individual counting means (56, 62, 63) that has reached the first reference value. Whether or not the cumulative value of all the count value areas (57A to 57D) in the individual counting means (54A) and the total counting means (57, 64, 65) has reached the second reference value. And a whole judging means (54B) for judging whether or not.
Fifth, the invention according to claim 1 determines that the cumulative value of at least one of the individual counting means (56, 62, 63) has reached the first reference value, and the total counting means (57 , 64, 65) when one of the determinations that the accumulated values of all the count value areas (57A to 57D) have reached the second reference value, the transfer lottery means for performing the transfer lottery ( 42) is provided.

  In the invention according to claim 1, the counting process of the counting unit is performed in response to winning of one of a plurality of types of determination triggering roles in the lottery drawing. When the cumulative value reaches the reference value, the transition lottery by the transition lottery means is performed, so that the role that can be the trigger for the transition lottery is extended from a specific role to a plurality of types of determination trigger roles. , Increase the chances of the transfer lottery, so that the game can be easily expanded.

In the invention according to claim 1 , a plurality of individual counting means and a whole counting means are provided as the counting means, and the accumulated value of one individual counting means among the plurality of individual counting means reaches the first reference value. Or the fact that the cumulative value of all the count value areas of the total counting means has reached the second reference value, the transition lottery is performed, thereby increasing the chance of the transition lottery, Can be easily extended.

(Claim 2 )
(Feature point)
The invention described in claim 2 is the invention described in claim 1 , and has the following characteristic points.
That is, the invention according to claim 2 determines that the cumulative value of at least one of the individual counting means (56, 62, 63) has reached the first reference value as the transition lottery means (42), and If both the determination that the accumulated value of all the count value areas (57A to 57D) in the total counting means (57, 64, 65) has reached the second reference value is made at the same time, one determination is made. The thing which gives priority to is adopted.

(Claim 3 )
(Feature point)
The invention described in claim 3 is the invention described in claim 1 or claim 2 having the following characteristic points.
That is, according to the third aspect of the present invention, the first category and the second category having different numerical ranges that can be determined by the count value determining means (53) are provided as the determination trigger categories. The numerical value range that can be determined by the count value determining means (53) by the winning of the trigger is different from the numerical range that can be determined by the count value determining means (53) by the winning of the determination trigger of the first category It is characterized by being.

(Claim 4 )
(Feature point)
The invention described in claim 4 is the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 3 described above, and has the following characteristic points.
That is, the invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that, when the transfer lottery is performed by the transfer lottery means (42), the counting lottery means (42) is based on the determination trigger that triggered the transfer lottery. An initialization means (55) for initializing the accumulated value of the means (51, 61, 71) is provided.

(Claim 5 )
(Feature point)
The invention described in claim 5 is the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 4 described above, and has the following characteristic points.
That is, the invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that the first reference value of the individual determination means (54A) and the second reference value of the overall determination means (54B) are set to different values. And

(Claim 6 )
(Feature point)
The invention according to claim 6 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 5 described above, and has the following characteristic points.
That is, the invention according to claim 6 adds a predetermined addition value until the counting availability determining means (52) determines that the counting means (51, 61, 71) performs the counting process, A ceiling counting means (58) for storing the accumulated value, and a ceiling arrival judging means (54C) for judging whether or not the accumulated value of the ceiling counting means (58) has reached the third reference value, The transfer lottery means (42) performs a transfer lottery when the ceiling arrival determination means (54C) determines that the accumulated value of the ceiling counting means (58) has reached the third reference value. It is characterized by being.

(Effect of Claim 1)
The invention described in claim 1 has the following effects.
That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of types of determination triggers that trigger the transition lottery are provided, and the counting process is performed with the count value determined based on the determination trigger combination won in the role lottery. Since the counting means, the count availability determining means for determining whether or not the counting means performs the counting process, and the count value determining means for determining the count value to be counted by the counting means are provided, it is possible to use the lottery as a determination trigger. When winning and determining that the counting means is allowed to perform the counting process, the counting permission determination means determines a count value, and the counting means performs the counting process with the determined count value. When a cumulative value as a result is stored and a determination trigger is won as the game progresses, the cumulative value of the counting means gradually accumulates and increases or decreases.
When the accumulated value of the counting means reaches the reference value, the arrival determining means determines that the accumulated value has reached the reference value, and based on this determination, the transition lottery performs the transition lottery. The role that can be the opportunity of the expansion is expanded from the conventional specific role to a plurality of types of determination trigger role, thereby increasing the opportunity for the transition lottery, it becomes possible to easily expand the game, the above, The objective is achieved.

In addition, according to the invention described in claim 1, as the counting means, a plurality of individual counting means provided corresponding to each of a plurality of types of determination triggers and each of a plurality of types of determination triggers are supported. Provided with a total counting means having a plurality of count value areas, and when winning the determination trigger role in the lottery, whether or not to perform the addition processing by the count availability determination means, if the addition processing is performed, the individual counting means and When it is determined which of the total counting means is to be performed and the addition determination process is performed by the counting availability determination means, the determination of the counting availability determination means among the individual count value determination means and the overall count value determination means is determined. The one corresponding to 1 determines the count value to be added, and among the individual counting means and the whole counting means, the corresponding count value is added.
When the accumulated value of one of the individual counting means reaches the first reference value, a determination to that effect is made by the individual determining means, and the accumulated values of all the counting value areas of the entire counting means are the second reference value. When the total determination means is reached, a determination to that effect is made, and based on the determination made by the individual determination means or the overall determination means, the transfer lottery means performs the transfer lottery. Therefore, it is possible to easily expand the gameability.

(Effect of claim 2 )
According to the invention described in claim 2 , in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1 , the following effect is obtained.
That is, according to the second aspect of the present invention, it is determined that the accumulated value of at least one individual counting means has reached the first reference value, and the accumulated values of all the counting value areas in the entire counting means are second. If both of the determinations that the reference value has been reached are made at the same time, even if there is a risk that processing will be complicated, the transition lottery means gives priority to one of the determinations. Based on this, the transfer lottery means will perform the transfer lottery, and the occurrence of problems due to the increase in the chances of the transfer lottery is prevented in advance, and from this point, the game can be easily expanded. .

(Effect of claim 3 )
According to invention of Claim 3 , in addition to the effect of the invention of Claim 1 or Claim 2 described above, the following effect is obtained.
That is, according to the invention described in claim 3, the first category and the second category having different numerical ranges that can be determined by the count value determining means are provided, and the count value determining means is selected by winning the determination trigger of the second category. Since the numerical range that can be determined is different from the numerical range that the count value determination means can determine by winning the determination trigger of the first category, the winning probability in the role lottery of the determination trigger of the first category is When it is lower than the determination trigger for the two categories, the count value that can be determined by winning the determination trigger for the first category is larger than the count value that can be determined by winning the determination trigger for the second category. Both numerical ranges can be set. As a result, with regard to the determination trigger for the first category, since the cumulative value of the counting means can reach the first reference value with fewer winning lottery wins, the determination trigger for the first category that is difficult to win in the winning lottery However, it becomes possible to become an opportunity for the transfer lottery. From this point, the opportunity for the transfer lottery can be increased, and the game can be easily expanded.

(Effect of claim 4 )
According to invention of Claim 4 , in addition to the effect of the invention in any one of Claim 1 to Claim 3 , there exists the following effect.
That is, according to the invention described in claim 4 , when the transfer lottery is performed by the transfer lottery means, the initialization means accumulates the counting means based on the determination trigger that triggered the transfer lottery. Since the value is initialized, the counting means can resume the counting process by the initialization once the accumulated value reaches the reference value. As a result, the cumulative value of the counting means can reach the reference value over and over again, and the transition lottery is performed each time the cumulative value reaches the reference value. Therefore, it is possible to easily increase the playability.

(Effect of Claim 5 )
According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the invention according to any one of claims 1 described above to Claim 4, provides the following advantages.
That is, according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the first reference value of the individual determination unit and the second reference value of the overall determination unit are set to different values. If the cumulative value is more easily reached than the first reference value, all of the total counting means can be used even if there are determination triggers with a low probability of winning in the role lottery among the multiple types of determination triggers The cumulative value of the count value area reaches the second reference value, so that the cumulative result of the total counting means can become a trigger for the transfer lottery. By providing the kind of counting means, it is possible to surely increase the chances of the transfer lottery, and therefore it is possible to easily expand the game.

(Effect of claim 6 )
According to the invention described in claim 6 , in addition to the effect of the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 5 , the following effect is provided.
That is, according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the ceiling counting means for adding the predetermined addition value and storing the accumulated value until the counting possibility determining means determines that the counting means performs the counting process. Since the ceiling arrival determination means for determining whether or not the cumulative value of the ceiling counting means has reached the third reference value is provided, the cumulative value of the ceiling counting means reaches the third reference value and the ceiling arrival determination When a determination to that effect is made by the means, a transfer lottery is performed, and from this point also, the opportunity for the transfer lottery increases, and the game can be easily expanded.

It is a front view showing the whole slot machine concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the symbol arrangement | sequence of the rotating reel which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the control apparatus which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the AT lottery opportunity control means which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the counting means which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the count value determination means which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the range of the count value which the individual count value determination means which concerns on the said embodiment can determine. It is a figure for demonstrating the range of the count value which the whole count value determination means which concerns on the said embodiment can determine. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the arrival determination means which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the addition process of the separate counting means which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the addition process of the whole counting means which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the transition of the game state in the said embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the main control process by the game control apparatus which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the sub control process by the production | presentation control apparatus which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the count setting execution process of FIG. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the AT lottery execution effect process of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the counting means which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the addition process of the separate counting means which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the addition process of another separate counting means which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the addition process of the whole counting means which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the addition process of another whole counting means which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the modification which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating operation | movement of the modification which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the counting means which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Embodiments that are embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
[First Embodiment]
(Schematic configuration of slot machine 1)
As shown in FIG. 1, a slot machine 1 that is a gaming machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention includes a housing 2 formed as a hexahedral box having a rectangular front shape. The casing 2 is a front door 2A that is rotatably provided to open and close a front opening.
Inside the housing 2, a reel unit 3 having three rotating reels 3A formed in a cylindrical shape, a hopper unit 4 for paying out medals to the player, and the suitability of the inserted medals are determined. Devices such as a medal selector 5 are provided.
In addition, although not shown in FIG. 1, a control device 6 that controls operations of the reel unit 3, the hopper unit 4, and the like is provided inside the housing 2.

Here, the three rotating reels 3A have a plurality of kinds of symbols on their outer peripheral surfaces, and in FIG. 1, with their rotating shafts laid in the horizontal direction, in the left-right direction in FIG. Are lined up.
A symbol display window 2B for exposing the symbol of the rotating reel 3A to the outside of the housing 2 is provided at the substantially central portion of the front door 2A as shown in FIG.

The symbol display window 2B is formed to display a total of nine symbols arranged in three rows and three when the rotation of all three rotary reels 3A is stopped.
Specifically, when the rotation of the left rotating reel 3A is stopped, a total of three symbols are displayed, one for each of the upper, middle and lower portions of the left portion of the symbol display window 2B. Similarly, with respect to the central and right rotating reels 3A, a total of three symbols are displayed, one for each of the upper, middle and lower stages. As a result, when the rotation of all three rotary reels 3A is stopped, the symbol display window 2B can display a total of nine symbols in the vertical and horizontal directions.

Above the symbol display window 2B, there is provided a display device 2C such as a liquid crystal display device for displaying various effect images including moving images on the screen.
In the upper part of the display device 2C in FIG. 1, an upper part on which a combination of symbols constituting each of a plurality of winning combinations determined in the winning lottery and the number of medals to be paid out when winning the winning combination is described. A panel 2D is provided.
Further, upper audio output units 2E that output audio for production are provided on both the left and right sides of the display device 2C in FIG.
Further, an upper effect lamp 2F that performs continuous lighting operation and blinking operation at the time of production is provided above the upper panel 2D in FIG.

On the other hand, in the lower part of the symbol display window 2B, in other words, in the central part in the vertical direction of the slot machine 1, there is provided an operation unit 10 in which operation devices necessary for a player to play a game are concentrated. It has been.
Specifically, in FIG. 1, a medal insertion slot 11 into which a medal is inserted is provided in the vicinity of the right end of the operation unit 10. The medal insertion slot 11 is provided below the medal insertion slot 11 at the end of the game. A settlement switch 12 is provided to allow settlement of stored medals.

Further, three stop switches 13 are provided in the central portion of the operation unit 10 in FIG. 1 corresponding to the three rotary reels 3A. These stop switches 13 are for stopping the rotation of the corresponding rotary reel 3A.
Further, a bet switch 14 for inserting stored medals one by one is provided at the left end portion of the operation unit 10 in FIG. A maximum bet switch 15 for inserting the maximum number of stored medals is provided on the right side of the bet switch 14. Below the bet switch 14 and the max bet switch 15, a start switch 16 for starting the rotation of the rotary reel 3A is provided.

A lower panel 2G on which the model name of the slot machine 1 and the like is written is provided below the operation unit 10 in FIG. 1, and a lower effect that performs continuous lighting operation and blinking operation at the right and left of the lower panel 2G. A lamp 2H is provided.
Also, below the lower panel 2G in FIG. 1, there are provided payout openings 2J through which medals paid out at the time of winning a prize are discharged, and lower audio output units for outputting production sound on the left and right sides of the payout openings 2J. 2K is provided.
Further, a tray 2L for receiving medals discharged from the payout port 2J is provided below the payout port 2J in FIG.

On the outer peripheral surface of each rotary reel 3A provided in the reel unit 3, as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of symbol notation positions numbered from “0” to “20” are provided. A symbol is written at each of the symbol notation positions.
The symbols shown in the symbol notation positions are “Replay”, “Bullet”, “Yellow Seven” “Watermelon 1”, “Watermelon 2”, “Bell”, “Bar”, “Cherry”, “Blue Seven” and “ There are 10 types of “Red Seven”.

(Control device 6)
The control device 6 is a CPU that is connected to the I / O port of the device related to the game and the device related to the effect, and performs various digital arithmetic processes, and controls the operation of the device related to the game and the device related to the effect. To do.
That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the control device 6 includes the operation of a game-related device, for example, a game control device 30 that controls the operation of the reel unit 3, and an effect-related device, for example, a display device 2C. An effect control device 40 for controlling is provided.

The medal selector 5, the max bet switch 15, the bet switch 14, the settlement switch 12, the start switch 16, and the stop switch 13 are connected to the input unit of the I / O port of the control device 6.
On the other hand, the reel unit 3, the hopper unit 4, the audio output units 2E and 2K, the display device 2C, and the effect lamps 2F and 2H are connected to the output unit of the I / O port of the control device 6.

(Game control device 30)
The game control device 30 is configured to include a CPU that can perform various types of digital arithmetic processing. In addition to the CPU, ROM and RAM as storage elements, and an I / O that inputs and outputs signals to and from the outside. O port etc. are provided. As the CPU, one constituted by one chip can be adopted, but the present invention is not limited to this, and one constituted by two or more chips may be adopted.
The game control device 30 controls the game control means 31 for controlling the game operation of the slot machine 1, the role lottery means 32 for performing a lottery determination for determining whether or not a plurality of types of matches are appropriate, and the operation of the reel unit 3. A reel rotation control means 33, a game state transition control means 34 for controlling the transition of the game state in accordance with the result of the part lottery of the part lottery means 32, and a payout control means 35 for controlling the operation of the hopper unit 4. Is provided.

The game control means 31 controls the operation of devices such as the reel unit 3 so that a game operation according to the game state of the slot machine 1 is performed.
Here, in the slot machine 1, the gaming state relating to the gaming control means 31 includes a normal gaming state, a special gaming state, and a replay time (hereinafter abbreviated as “RT”) in which the winning probabilities of the small roles are different from each other. .) State is provided.

Among these, the special gaming state is a lottery drawing in the special gaming state, and the winning probability of a small role or the like is higher than that in the normal gaming state, so that more medals can be paid to the player than in the normal gaming state. It is a highly gaming state.
The special gaming state includes, for example, a premium big bonus (hereinafter abbreviated as “PBB”) gaming state, a regular big bonus (hereinafter abbreviated as “RBB”) gaming state, a regular bonus (hereinafter abbreviated as “art state”). “RB” is abbreviated and a single bonus (hereinafter abbreviated as “SB”) gaming state is provided.

  In the RT state, after winning a combination lottery, if the corresponding symbol combination is stopped and displayed, the probability of winning a re-gamer who can start the next game without betting medals is normal game Unlike the state, in many cases, the game state has a higher probability of winning a re-gamer than the normal game state. The slot machine 1 is provided with a plurality of types of RT states having different winning probabilities for the re-gamer.

  The game control means 31 includes a normal game control means 31A for controlling a game operation in a normal game, a special game control means 31B for controlling a game operation in a special game state such as an RBB game state, and a game operation in an RT state. RT control means 31C for controlling

  In order to perform the lottery, the lottery means 32, as shown in FIG. 3, random number generating means 32A for generating random numbers for pass / fail lottery, and random number extraction for extracting the random numbers generated by the random number generating means 32A under predetermined conditions Means 32B, lottery table storage means 32C for storing a lottery table to be referred to for the winning area at the time of the determination of success / failure, and a validity determination means 32D for making a success / failure determination based on the lottery table of the lottery table storage means 32C. It has become a thing.

The reel rotation control means 33 controls the rotation operation of the rotary reel 3A provided in the reel unit 3.
More specifically, the reel rotation control means 33 performs control when starting the rotation operation for all the rotation reels 3A when the start switch 16 is operated.
Further, the reel rotation control means 33 performs control when stopping the rotation of the corresponding rotary reel 3A based on the result of the winning lottery by the winning lottery means 32 when one stop switch 13 is operated. It is also a stop control means to be performed.

  The game state transition control means 34 depends on the lottery result of the role lottery of the role lottery means 32 and the combination of symbols displayed when all the rotating reels 3A are stopped (hereinafter referred to as “stop symbols”). In addition, it is determined whether or not to shift from the gaming state at that time to another gaming state, and in the case of shifting to another gaming state, based on the aforementioned lottery result and stop symbol, etc. Is to determine.

Here, in the slot machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the RT1 state, the RT2 state, and the RT3 state are provided as the RT state in which the winning probability of the re-gamer is higher than the normal gaming state (RT0 state or RT4 state). Yes. Among these, the RT3 state is an RT state that can be an ART state as a specific gaming state.
In addition, the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment receives a transition during the stay in the RT2 state, and as a transition role for transitioning from the RT2 state to the RT3 state when the corresponding symbol combination is stopped and displayed. A replay is provided.

Then, the gaming state transition control means 34 transitions to the RT1 state when the combination of symbols corresponding to the SB is not stopped and displayed when the SB is won in the role lottery while staying in the normal gaming state. (See FIG. 12).
In addition, the game state transition control means 34 shifts to the RT2 state when the promotion replay is won in the role lottery while staying in the RT1 state and the corresponding symbol combination is stopped and displayed. (See FIG. 12).
Further, the game state transition control means 34 makes a transition to the RT3 state in response to staying in the predetermined game section in the RT2 state, winning the transition replay in the role lottery, and displaying the stop symbol. (See FIG. 12).

  If the combination of symbols corresponding to the winning combination in the winning lottery of the winning lottery means 32 is stopped and displayed when the three rotary reels 3A are stopped, the payout control means 35 determines whether or not the winning / non-winning determination means 32D has made a pass / fail determination. As a result, when it is determined that the player has won, a prize is awarded. Based on the determination result, the payout operation of the hopper unit 4 is controlled so that the number of medals corresponding to the combination is paid out to the player. is there.

(Production control device 40)
Like the game control device 30, the effect control device 40 is configured to include a CPU that can perform various types of digital arithmetic processing. In addition to the CPU, ROM and RAM as storage elements, and external devices An I / O port for inputting and outputting signals is provided. As the CPU, either a single chip or two or more chips can be used.
Such an effect control device 40 controls the operations of the display device 2C, the effect lamps 2F and 2H, and the audio output units 2E and 2K according to the result of the role lottery and the progress of the game, thereby producing the game. The effect operation to perform is performed. The production control device 40 also serves as display control means for controlling the operation of the display device 2C.
Specifically, the production control device 40 displays a specific image on the display device 2C, lights or blinks the production lamps 2F and 2H, and outputs a predetermined sound from the audio output units 2E and 2K. By doing so, an effect that excites the game is executed.

Here, the slot machine 1 has a plurality of types of production states set according to the progress stage of the game, and the production control device 40 makes a transition from one production state to another production state. It has become.
As the effect state in the slot machine 1, there are provided a normal effect state in which a normal effect for exciting the game is performed and an AT state in which a notification effect is provided to notify a player that a certain role has been won in the role lottery. . Here, the normal effect state is a normal state in the effect state.
As one of a plurality of types of RT states in the slot machine 1, a game state in which the AT state as the effect state stays simultaneously, a so-called ART state is provided.
In this ART state, during the stay, the winning probability for the re-playing role is higher than the normal performance state, and a notification effect is provided to notify the player of the winning character in the role lottery. The specific game state is more advantageous to the player than the normal performance state. Here, the ART state is an advantageous state in the production state.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the effect control device 40 includes effect control means 41 for controlling the effect operation of the slot machine 1, AT lottery means 42 for determining whether or not to shift from the normal effect state to the AT state, and the effect state. Effect state transition control means 43 for controlling the transition of the game, continuous lottery means 44 for determining whether or not to continue the ART state, and superposition control for controlling the setting and effect relating to the addition of the number of medals that can be acquired in the ART state Means 45 and AT lottery opportunity control means 50 for controlling an AT lottery execution opportunity by the AT lottery means 42 are provided.

The effect control means 41 includes a normal effect control means 41A for controlling the effect operation while staying in the normal effect state, and an AT effect control means 41B for controlling the notification effect operation performed while staying in the AT state.
The normal effect control means 41A controls the operations of the display device 2C, the effect lamps 2F and 2H, and the audio output units 2E and 2K, and executes an effect operation for exciting the game.
The AT effect control means 41B controls the operation of the display device 2C to execute a notification effect that notifies the winning combination in the winning lottery.
Specifically, when the AT effect control means 41B wins the small role in the role lottery, the combination of symbols corresponding to the winning combination in the six operation sequences of the three stop switches 13 is stopped and displayed. When performing a notification effect to display the correct answer push order on the screen of the display device 2C, a notification effect to display the push order in which the combination of symbols corresponding to the winning combination is not stopped and displayed on the screen of the display device 2C, etc. It controls the operation of each device.

The AT lottery means 42 performs an AT lottery to determine whether or not to shift to the AT state when a predetermined combination is won or a combination of predetermined symbols is stopped and displayed. It is.
The AT lottery means 42 is provided with a high-accuracy mode having a high winning probability of AT lottery and a low-accuracy mode having a low winning probability. The AT lottery means 42 first performs the first AT lottery in the low-accuracy mode after the slot machine 1 is activated, and determines whether or not to shift from the low-accuracy mode to the high-accuracy mode after executing this AT lottery. The high-precision mode shift lottery is performed.

Then, the AT lottery means 42 performs the AT lottery in the high-accuracy mode when the AT lottery is performed between the time of winning in the high-precision mode transition lottery and the elapse of a predetermined number of games. It has become.
The AT lottery means 42 returns to the low-accuracy mode when a predetermined number of games have passed since winning in the high-accuracy mode transition lottery, and the next AT lottery is performed in the low-accuracy mode. ing.

  Here, the slot machine 1 according to the present embodiment, after winning in the AT lottery, moves to the RT2 state, and during the stay in the RT2 state, wins the transition replay in the role lottery, and the corresponding symbol combination is stopped and displayed. As a result, the state transitions to the RT3 state. And if it transfers to RT3 state, it will stay in the ART state as a specific game state.

  The production state transition control means 43 has won a role for which a winning in the role lottery is determined to be a trigger for the transition, a predetermined combination of symbols is stopped or displayed, or a predetermined role The effect state is shifted to another effect state when the winning combination and the corresponding symbol combination is not stopped and displayed.

Here, as the production state of the slot machine 1, the normal production state and the AT state described above are provided, and among these, a plurality of states in which the internal state of the production control means 41 is different are provided in the AT state. ing.
That is, during the period of staying in the AT state, the addition operation AT state in which the addition operation is executed and the notification effect is performed in a limited manner as a plurality of states with different internal states of the effect control means 41, and the notification The AT state where the performance is performed entirely is performed.
Among these, during the period of staying in the addition execution AT state, the addition production latent state where the production related to the addition is not performed and the addition production execution state where the production related to the addition is performed are performed. .
Here, the slot machine 1 can play a game in the ART state as the specific game state by changing the effect state to the AT state and the game state to the RT3 state.

Then, the production state transition control means 43, when triggered by the AT lottery in the normal production state, shifts from the normal production state to the implementation AT state, more specifically, from the normal production state to the addition production latent state. Transition is made (see FIG. 12).
Further, the production state transition control means 43 is configured to make a transition from the addition production latent state to the addition production execution state when the number of games played in the addition production latent state has reached a predetermined number of times ( (See FIG. 12).
Further, the production state transition control means 43 is made to shift from the additional execution AT state to the ART state when the combination replay is won in the combination lottery in the additional execution AT state and the corresponding symbol combination is stopped and displayed. (See FIG. 12).

  The continuous lottery means 44 determines that the ART state is continued when a winning is made in the internal continuous lottery. The continuation rate, which is the winning probability of the continuous lottery performed by the continuous lottery means 44, is set in advance prior to the continuous lottery.

The addition control means 45 is an effect state before the transition to the ART state, and in the addition execution AT state in which an addition process is performed for adding the number of end triggers that define the end trigger of the ART state. It controls operations and effects related to the processing.
More specifically, the ART state is terminated when the number of medals paid out in the ART state reaches a predetermined number. In short, the number of medals paid out is the trigger for the end of the ART state.
Here, the amount added (added) to the end trigger number, which is the number of payout medals that triggers the end of the ART state, is referred to as an additional number.

Then, the addition control means 45 performs an addition process for determining the number of additions to be added and the effect process thereof with respect to the number of completion triggers of the ART state in the addition execution AT state.
That is, the addition control means 45 determines whether or not to perform the addition every time a predetermined combination is won in the combination lottery in the addition execution AT state, and determines that the addition is performed as a result of the lottery. The extra number is decided by lottery. Then, the addition control means 45 cumulatively adds the number of additions determined by lottery and stores the cumulative value.

In addition, in the added performance implementation state, as the internal state, there are provided a plurality of types of interfaces with different winning probabilities for determining whether or not to add, specifically, a blue interface, a red interface, and a flame interface. It has been.
The winning probability in the lottery for determining whether or not to add is the lowest in the blue interface that stays first, the highest in the flame interface that stays last, and the red interface has an intermediate value.

And while staying in the added effect implementation state, the background of the effect image displayed on the screen of the display device 2C is colored in a color (blue, red, flame) corresponding to the interface at that time. Yes.
Here, the addition control means 45 draws whether or not to move from one interface to the next interface every time a predetermined combination is won in the combination lottery, as in the case of determining whether or not to perform addition. It comes to decide in.

  The AT lottery opportunity control means 50 determines the count value to be counted based on the result of the role lottery by the role lottery means 32, and based on the accumulated value obtained by counting the determined count value The AT lottery execution opportunity is determined.

That is, as a combination that can be won in the combination lottery by the combination lottery means 32, there are provided a plurality of types of determination trigger combinations that can be used to determine whether or not to shift from the normal performance state to the ART state. Specifically, four types of roles, “Replay”, “Bell”, “Watermelon”, and “Cherry”, are provided as determination triggers.
These determination triggers are classified into two categories, a first category and a second category. Specifically, “strong replay”, “strong bell”, “strong watermelon”, and “strong cherry” are provided as determination triggers belonging to the first category. On the other hand, “weak replay”, “weak bell”, “weak watermelon”, and “weak cherry” are provided as determination triggers belonging to the second category.

  Here, the AT lottery opportunity control means 50 includes, as shown in FIG. 4, a counting means 51 that performs a counting process with a count value determined based on the determination opportunity combination won in the role lottery of the role lottery means 32; Countability determining means 52 for determining whether or not to cause the counting means 51 to perform counting processing, a count value determining means 53 for determining a count value to be counted by the counting means 51, and a cumulative value of the counting means 51 is a reference value An arrival determining means 54 for determining whether or not the counter has reached and an initializing means 55 for initializing the counting means 51 are provided.

The counting means 51 performs a counting process with the count value determined by the count value determining means 53, and stores an accumulated value as a result of the counting process.
As shown in FIG. 5, the counting means 51 includes a plurality of individual counting means 56 provided corresponding to each of “replay”, “bell”, “watermelon”, and “cherry” that are determination triggers, A total counting means 57 having a plurality of count value areas 57A to 57D provided corresponding to each of "Replay", "Bell", "Watermelon" and "Cherry", and an addition process until winning in the AT lottery, Ceiling counting means 58 for storing the accumulated value is provided.

The individual counting means 56 is capable of adding the count value when the corresponding determination trigger is won in the role lottery.
That is, among the individual counting means 56, the replay individual counting means 56A corresponding to “Replay” is triggered by the winning of “Replay” in the role lottery, and the bell individual counting means 56B corresponding to “Bell” is In response to the winning of “Bell” in the lottery, the individual counting means for watermelon 56C corresponding to “Watermelon” is triggered by the winning of “Watermelon” in the role lottery, and the individual counting means 56D for cherry corresponding to “Cherry” is The count values can be added when the “cherry” is selected in the role lottery. Such individual counting means 56 will be described in more detail later.

Each of the count value areas 57A to 57D provided in the overall counting means 57 can perform addition of the count value when the corresponding determination triggering role is won in the role lottery.
That is, the replay count value area 57A corresponding to “Replay” is triggered by the “Replay” win in the role lottery, and the bell count value area 57B corresponding to “Bell” is the “Bell” win in the role lottery. As a result, the watermelon count value area 57C corresponding to "Watermelon" is triggered by the winning of "Watermelon" in the role lottery, and the cherry count value area 57D corresponding to "Cherry" is the "Cherry" in the role lottery. Each count value can be added at the time of winning. Such a total counting means 57 will be described in more detail later.

  In the present embodiment, addition is adopted as the counting process of the individual counting means 56 and the whole counting means 57, but the present invention is not limited to this, and subtraction can also be adopted. In addition, the individual counting means 56 and the total counting means 57 are not limited to simply performing addition as a counting process, and when a corresponding determination trigger role is won in a role lottery, a combination of symbols corresponding to the determination trigger role In the case where the player cannot stop and display, a value determined by lottery or a value obtained by subtracting a preset value from the accumulated value may be employed.

  The ceiling counting means 58 counts a fixed value until winning is made in the AT lottery by the AT lottery means 42. Specifically, the ceiling counting means 58 counts the number of lost times in the AT lottery until winning in the AT lottery and stores the continuous number of lost times as a cumulative value. It should be noted that instead of the number of loses, the number of games until winning in the AT lottery may be counted.

Countability determination means 52, when the winning lottery of the role lottery means 32, a determination trigger role, specifically, "Replay", "Bell", "Watermelon" and "Cherry" are won, the counting means 51 It is determined whether or not the counting process is performed.
Countability determination means 52, when winning the determination opportunity combination in the role lottery, do not add any of the individual counting means 56 and the overall counting means 57, let only the individual counting means 56 perform the addition, and Of these, only one of the total counting means 57 performs addition, and one of them is determined by lottery. The lottery performed by the counting possibility determination unit 52 is the same as the above-described combination lottery unit 32 using a random number, and a description thereof will be omitted.
In the present embodiment, the addition of both the individual counting unit 56 and the total counting unit 57 is not a determination target of the count availability determination unit 52, but this can also be a determination target. .

When the count value determining means 53 determines that the counting enable / disable determining means 52 causes the counting means 51 to perform counting processing, the counting means 51 determines whether the counting means 51 is out of the numerical range determined based on the determination trigger combination won in the winning lottery. A count value to be counted is determined by lottery. The lottery performed by the count value determining means 53 is the same as the above-described combination lottery means 32 using random numbers, and the description thereof is omitted.
As shown in FIG. 6, the count value determination means 53 includes an individual count value determination means 53A for determining a count value to be counted by the individual count means 56, and a total value to be counted by the overall count means 57. Total count value determining means 53B for determining a numerical value is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the individual count value determining means 53A is a determination trigger that belongs to the first category in the role lottery, specifically “strong replay”, “strong bell”, “strong watermelon”, and “strong cherry”. In the case of winning, the range of the count value that can be determined by the lottery is “3, 4”, and the count value is determined from either “3” or “4”.

  On the other hand, the individual count value determining means 53A, as shown in FIG. 7, is a determination trigger that belongs to the second category in the role lottery, specifically “weak replay”, “weak bell”, “weak watermelon”, and “weak cherry”. In the case of winning, the range of the count value that can be determined by the lottery is “1-4”, and one count value is determined from “1”, “2”, “3”, and “4”. It has become.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the overall count value determining means 53B determines by a lottery when a winning combination is determined by a role lottery, specifically, “Replay”, “Bell”, “Watermelon” and “Cherry” are won. The range of possible count values is “1, 2”, and the count value is determined from either “1” or “2”. Note that the total count value determining means 53B does not categorize “replay”, “bell”, “watermelon”, and “cherry”, and sets “strong” and “weak” to the same type of determination trigger. It is to be handled as.

  The arrival determination means 54 determines whether or not the accumulated value of the counting means 51 has reached a reference value. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, the arrival determination means 54 performs determination on the accumulated value of the individual counting means 56 and the total counting means 57, which are determined for the accumulated value of the plurality of individual counting means 56. There are provided overall determination means 54B for performing and ceiling arrival determination means 54C for determining the cumulative value of the ceiling counting means 58.

  The individual determination means 54A includes a plurality of individual counting means 56, namely, a replay individual counting means 56A, a bell individual counting means 56B, a watermelon individual counting means 56C, and a cherry individual counting means 56D. It is determined whether or not at least one accumulated value has reached the first reference value “4”.

The overall determination means 54B is configured to store all the accumulated values of the replay count value area 57A, the bell count value area 57B, the watermelon count value area 57C, and the cherry count value area 57D provided in the overall count means 57. It is determined whether or not the second reference value “1” has been reached.
Here, the first reference value of the individual determination means 54A and the second reference value of the overall determination means 54B are set to different values.

  The ceiling arrival determination means 54C determines whether or not the cumulative value of the ceiling counting means 58 has reached an upper limit value (for example, 100 times) that is the third reference value.

At this time, if the AT determination means 54 determines that the cumulative value has reached the reference value, the AT lottery means 42 performs an AT lottery to determine whether or not to shift from the normal performance state to the AT state. It is a lottery means.
More specifically, the AT lottery means 42 performs an AT lottery when any one of the following determinations (1) to (3) is made.
(1) Among the replay individual counting means 56A, the bell individual counting means 56B, the watermelon individual counting means 56C, and the cherry individual counting means 56D, at least one stored cumulative value has reached “4”. Judgment.
(2) All the accumulated values of the replay count value area 57A, the bell count value area 57B, the watermelon count value area 57C and the cherry count value area 57D provided in the whole counting means 57 have reached "1". Judgment that it is.
(3) Determination that the cumulative value of the ceiling counting means 58 has reached the upper limit value.

  When the AT lottery is performed by the AT lottery means 42, the initialization means 55 initializes the cumulative value of the counting means 51 based on the determination trigger that triggered the AT lottery 42 to perform the AT lottery. is there.

  Specifically, the initialization means 55, when the AT lottery means 42 performs the AT lottery when the accumulated value of one of the individual counting means 56 reaches "4", the AT lottery means Based on the determination trigger that triggered the AT lottery, the individual count is calculated by subtracting the same value “4” as the first reference value from the accumulated value of the individual counting means 56 corresponding to the determination trigger. The means 56 is initialized.

  In addition, the initialization means 55, when the AT lottery means 42 performs the AT lottery when all the accumulated values of the count value areas 57A to 57D provided in the total counting means 57 have reached "1". The total counting means 57 is initialized by subtracting the same value “1” as the second reference value from all the accumulated values in the count value areas 57A to 57D.

  Furthermore, when the AT lottery is performed by the AT lottery means 42 when the cumulative value of the ceiling counting means 58 reaches the upper limit value, the initialization means 55 sets the cumulative value of the ceiling count means 58 to “0”. By doing so, the ceiling counting means 58 is initialized.

Hereinafter, the individual counting means 56 will be described in more detail.
The individual counting means 56 receives the individual counting unit 56 when the corresponding determination triggering role is won by the role lottery means 32, and when the counting possibility determining means 52 determines that the individual counting means 56 performs the counting process. The count value determined by the numerical value determination means 53A is added.

Here, among the individual counting means 56, the addition is performed only for those corresponding to the determination opportunity combination won in the role lottery by the role lottery means 32.
Specifically, as described above, among the individual counting means 56, when “Replay” is won in the role lottery, the replay individual counting means 56A is compared to the Bell individual counting means when the “Bell” is won in the role lottery. For 56B, if “Watermelon” is won in the role lottery, the counter value is added to the individual counting means 56D for the watermelon. Is to be done.

The operation of the individual counting means 56 will be described with reference to FIG.
That is, after the delivery state or setting change processing, when the power switch is turned on and the slot machine 1 starts operating, in other words, when the number of games is "0", the replay individual counting means 56A, the bell individual The accumulated values of the counting means 56B, the watermelon individual counting means 56C and the cherry individual counting means 56D are "0" as shown in FIG. In FIGS. 10, 11, and 18 to 21, the numbers on the right side of “/” are reference values. In FIG. 10, “4”, which is the first reference value related to the accumulated value of the individual counting means 56, is indicated.

At the time when the number of games is “j”, the result of the role lottery by the role lottery means 32 was lost. At this time, the individual count means for replay 56A, the individual count means for bell 56B, the individual count means for watermelon Assume that the cumulative values of 56C and cherry individual counting means 56D are "1", "3", "0", and "3".
Then, at the time when the next game is executed, that is, when the number of games is “j + 1”, the weak watermelon is won by the role lottery by the role lottery means 32, and the individual count means 56 is determined by the countability determination means 52. When “2” is determined as the count value to be added by the individual count value determination means 53A, the cumulative value of the watermelon individual count means 56C is changed to “0”. 2 ”is added, and the accumulated value becomes“ 2 ”.

After this, when the number of games was “k”, the result of the role lottery by the role lottery means 32 was lost, but at this time the replay individual counting means 56A, the bell individual counting means 56B, the watermelon individual counting It is assumed that the accumulated values of the means 56C and cherry individual counting means 56D are “1”, “3”, “2” and “3”, respectively.
Then, at the time when the next game is executed, that is, when the number of games is “k + 1”, a strong replay is won by the role lottery by the role lottery means 32, and the individual count means 56 is determined by the count availability determination means 52. When “3” is determined as the count value to be added by the individual count value determining means 53A, the accumulated value of the replay individual count means 56A is changed to “1”. 3 ”is added, and the accumulated value becomes“ 4 ”.

Then, it is determined by the individual determination means 54A that the cumulative value of the replay individual counting means 56A has reached the first reference value "4", and the AT lottery means 42 performs AT lottery.
When the AT lottery is performed, the initialization unit 55 performs initialization by subtracting “4” from the cumulative value of the replay individual counting unit 56A.
Next, at the time when the number of games was “k + 2”, the result of the role lottery by the role lottery means 32 was lost. At this time, the individual counting means for replay 56A, the individual counting means for bell 56B, the individual counting means for watermelon The accumulated values of 56C and cherry individual counting means 56D are “0”, “3”, “2” and “3”, respectively.
After that, until the cumulative value of any one of the replay individual counting means 56A, the bell individual counting means 56B, the watermelon individual counting means 56C, and the cherry individual counting means 56D reaches "4", the combination by the combination lottery means 32 is performed. Each time the determination trigger is won in the lottery and the count determination unit 52 decides to add to the individual count unit 56, the count value determined by the individual count value determination unit 53A becomes the determination trigger. It is added to the individual counting means 56 corresponding to the combination.

Subsequently, the whole counting means 57 will be described in more detail.
The overall counting means 57 determines the overall count value when the determination triggering role is won by the role lottery by the role lottery means 32 and when the count determining unit 52 determines that the overall counting means 57 performs the counting process. The count value determined by the means 53B is added.

Here, among the count value areas 57A to 57D of the total counting means 57, only those corresponding to the determination trigger combination won in the role lottery by the role lottery means 32 are added.
Specifically, as described above, when “Replay” is won in the role lottery among the count value areas 57A to 57D, the “Bell” is selected in the role lottery when “Bell” is won in the role lottery. If “Watermelon” is won in the role lottery for the numerical value area 57B, if “Cherry” is won in the role value lottery for the watermelon count value region 57C, the count value for the cherry count value region 57D is counted. Is added.

The operation of the whole counting means 57 will be described with reference to FIG.
That is, after the delivery state or setting change processing, when the power switch is turned on and the slot machine 1 starts to operate, in other words, when the number of games is “0”, the replay count value area 57A, the bell meter The accumulated values of the numerical value area 57B, the watermelon count value area 57C, and the cherry count value area 57D are “0” as shown in FIG. Note that “1”, which is the second reference value related to the accumulated value of the individual counting means 56, is written to the right of “/” in FIG.

At the time when the number of games is “j”, the result of the role lottery by the role lottery means 32 was lost. At this time, the replay count value area 57A, the bell count value area 57B, the watermelon count value area Assume that the accumulated values of 57C and cherry count value area 57D are “0”, “0”, “2”, and “3”, respectively.
Then, at the time when the next game is executed, that is, when the number of games is “j + 1”, the winning lottery means 32 wins the weak bell and the counting possibility determining means 52 determines the total counting means 57. When “1” is determined as the count value to be added by the overall count value determining means 53B, the cumulative value of the bell count value area 57B is set to “0”. 1 ”is added, and the accumulated value becomes“ 1 ”.

Thereafter, when the number of games is “k”, the result of the lottery by the role lottery means 32 was lost, but the replay count value area 57A, the bell count value area 57B, the watermelon count value at this time Assume that the accumulated values of the region 57C and the cherry count value region 57D are “0”, “1”, “2”, and “3”, respectively.
Then, at the time when the next game is executed, that is, when the number of games is “k + 1”, a strong replay is won by the role lottery by the role lottery means 32, and the individual count means 56 is determined by the count availability determination means 52. When “1” is determined as the count value to be added by the overall count value determining means 53B, “0” which is the cumulative value of the replay count value area 57A is set to “0”. 1 ”is added, and the cumulative value becomes“ 1 ”.

Then, it is determined that all the accumulated values of the replay count value area 57A, the bell count value area 57B, the watermelon count value area 57C, and the cherry count value area 57D have reached the second reference value “1”. The whole determination means 54B makes the AT lottery by the AT lottery means 42.
When the AT lottery is performed, the initialization means 55 calculates “1” from all the accumulated values of the replay count value area 57A, the bell count value area 57B, the watermelon count value area 57C, and the cherry count value area 57D. ”Is subtracted.
Next, at the time when the number of games is “k + 2”, the result of the role lottery by the role lottery means 32 was lost. At this time, the replay count value area 57A, the bell count value area 57B, the watermelon count value area The cumulative values of 57C and cherry count value area 57D are “0”, “0”, “1”, and “2”, respectively.
After that, until the cumulative value of the replay count value area 57A, the bell count value area 57B, the watermelon count value area 57C, and the cherry count value area 57D reaches “1”, the role lottery means 32 In each of the count value areas 57A to 57D, the one corresponding to the determination trigger role is determined each time the determination trigger role is won and the count enable / disable determination unit 52 determines to add to the total count unit 57. On the other hand, the count value determined by the total count value determining means 53B is added.

In the slot machine 1 as described above, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, it is determined to shift from the normal gaming state to the ART state which is the specific gaming state.
In such a slot machine 1, when it is decided to shift to the ART state, an internal game that is a game for shifting from the internal game mode used for the normal game state to the internal game mode used for the ART state. A specific game preparation section including at least one mode is provided.

FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining the transition of the gaming state in which the transition control is performed by the game control device 30 and the transition of the rendering state in which the transition control is performed by the rendering control device 40.
Hereinafter, the transition of the game state from the normal performance state, which is a non-additional state, to the ART state will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 12, the internal game mode of the slot machine 1 starts from the normal performance state arranged at the lowest position in FIG. 12 and starts from the bottom to the ART state in FIG. ing.
Between the normal performance state and the ART state, in order from the lower side to the upper side in FIG. 12, an additional production latent state, an additional production execution state, an additional chance state, and an ART preparation state are provided as internal game modes. ing. Then, during the transition from the normal performance state to the ART state, these states are sequentially routed.

In the normal performance state, the AT lottery is not performed unless a predetermined condition is satisfied.
That is, in the normal production state, when the winning combination lottery means 32 wins any of replay, bell, watermelon, and cherry, and when the winning count determination means 52 wins, the count value determining means 53 The count value is determined. When one count value is determined, the process of adding the count values is performed by the individual counting means 56 or the total counting means 57. Then, when the cumulative value of one individual counting means 56 reaches the first reference value, or when all the cumulative values of the whole counting means 57 reach the second reference value, AT lottery is performed.
And if it wins by AT lottery performed while staying in the normal production state, the production state shifts from the normal production state to the addition production latent state. This additional effect latent state is the first internal game mode of the additional execution AT state.

  Here, even when transitioning from the normal performance state to the additional performance latent state, or even transitioning to the internal game mode above the additional performance latent state, when staying in the internal game mode of the transition destination When a fall replay that becomes a fall opportunity in the combination lottery is won and a combination of symbols corresponding to the fall replay is stopped and displayed, the player falls to the normal performance state as shown in FIG.

  In addition, in any of the internal game modes of the normal performance state, the additional performance latent state, the additional performance implementation state, the additional chance state, and the ART preparation state, winning a bonus role such as PBB, RBB, RB, etc. When the corresponding symbol combination is stopped and displayed, the state is shifted to the bonus state. When a predetermined end condition is satisfied while staying in the bonus state, the bonus state is returned to the original state. Note that the internal game mode in the bonus state is not closely related to the present invention, and a description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, in any of the add-on effect latent state, the add-on effect execution state, the add-on chance state, and the ART preparation state, an additional number that is the number of medals that is added to the medal payout number that triggers the end of the ART state. An additional process is performed.
Among these, in the additional effect execution state, the additional chance state, and the ART preparation state, when the additional processing is performed, the effect processing according to the additional processing is performed, and an image corresponding to the determined additional number is displayed on the display device. An effect such as being displayed on the 2C screen is executed.

  On the other hand, the gaming state in which the game of the slot machine 1 can stay includes a normal gaming state (RT0 or RT4) in which the winning probability of the re-gamer is lower than the other gaming states, and the winning probability of the re-gamer is the normal gaming state Higher RT1 state, RT2 state in which the winning probability of the re-gamer is higher than the RT1 state, RT3 state in which the winning probability of the re-gamer is the same level as the RT2 state, and the winning probability of the small role in other games A bonus state higher than the reception is provided.

After the performance state transitions from the normal performance state to the AT state, while staying in the normal game state, a single bonus is won in the role lottery, and the combination of symbols corresponding to the single bonus is not stopped and displayed. When the spilled eye is stopped and displayed, the gaming state shifts from the normal gaming state to the RT1 state.
While staying in the RT1 state, when the promotion replay is won by the role lottery and the combination of symbols corresponding to the promotion replay is stopped and displayed, the gaming state shifts from the RT1 state to the RT2 state.
While staying in the RT2 state, when the transition replay is won in the role lottery and the symbol combination corresponding to the transition replay is stopped and displayed, the gaming state shifts from the RT2 state to the RT3 state.

  In addition, as an effect state that can be stayed in the game of the slot machine 1, a predetermined number of medals that can be obtained by the player during a predetermined period from the start to the end of the ART state. There are provided an extra process for adding, a normal effect state in which a notification effect for notifying the winning combination in the role lottery cannot be executed, and an AT state in which the addition process and the notification effect can be executed.

In the above, the non-added state is an internal game mode in which the game state is the normal game state and the effect state is the normal effect state.
In this non-additional state, since the effect state is the normal effect state, the addition process and the notification effect are not executed.

When the AT lottery is performed during the stay in the non-additional state and the winning is made, the effect state shifts from the non-additional state to the add-on effect latent state. This additional effect latent state is an additional execution AT state that is an AT state in which the additional processing is executed.
However, in this additional effect latent state, the additional processing is executed, but the effect related to the additional processing is in the latent state. For this reason, for example, an effect such as displaying an additional expectation icon that suggests the additional number at that time on the screen of the display device 2C is not executed. In addition, the notification effect is not executed in the added effect latent state.
When the number of games played during the stay in the added effect latent state reaches the predetermined number of preparatory games, the internal game mode shifts from the added effect latent state to the added effect execution state. Yes.

The additional effect execution state is an internal game mode in which the game state is the normal game state and the effect state is the additional execution AT state.
In the added effect implementation state, in addition to the added process, an effect related to the added process is performed. An effect or the like displayed on the screen of the display device 2C is performed.
In addition, in the added effect implementation state, when a single bonus is won in the role lottery, a notification effect for notifying the operation order of the three stop switches 13 is executed. When the three stop switches 13 are operated in the notified operation order, the stop display of the symbol combination corresponding to the single bonus is avoided, and the spilled eyes are stopped and displayed instead. Thereby, the gaming state shifts from the normal gaming state to the RT1 state.

The extra chance state is an internal game mode in which the gaming state is the RT1 state and the production state is the additional execution AT state.
In the extra chance state, an extra process and an effect related to the extra process are performed. An effect to be displayed on the screen is performed.
Here, in the extra chance state, the gaming state is the RT1 state, the winning probability of the re-game is slightly higher than the additional effect implementation state, and the probability of winning in the extra lottery is slightly higher than the additional effect implementation state. .
In addition, in the added effect implementation state, when the promotion replay is won in the role lottery, a notification effect for notifying the operation order of the three stop switches 13 is executed. When the three stop switches 13 are operated in the notified operation order, the combination of symbols corresponding to the promoted replay is stopped and displayed. Thereby, the gaming state shifts from the RT1 state to the RT2 state.

The ART ready state is an internal game mode in which the game state is the RT2 state and the effect state is added to the execution AT state.
In the ART preparation state, an addition process and an effect related to the addition process are performed. An effect to be displayed on the screen is performed.
Here, in the ART ready state, the gaming state is the RT2 state, and the winning probability of the re-game is higher than the RT1 state, so the probability of winning in the extra lottery is also higher than the RT1 state, and that is more efficient. The number of extras can be increased.
Also, in the ART ready state, after the number of games executed reaches the predetermined number of games in preparation from the start of the ART ready state, in other words, after the number of games in preparation is exhausted, transition is made by a lottery drawing. When the replay is won, a notification effect that notifies the operation order of the three stop switches 13 is executed. When the three stop switches 13 are operated in the notified operation order, the combination of symbols corresponding to the transition replay is stopped and displayed. Thereby, the gaming state shifts from the RT2 state to the RT3 state, that is, the ART state.

The ART state is an internal game mode in which the game state is the RT3 state and the effect state is added to the execution AT state.
In the ART state, for the ART state that may be continued next, an addition process and an effect related to the addition process are performed. Note that the addition processing and effects in the ART state may be the same as those in the above-mentioned ART preparation state, or may be a dedicated setting.
Here, in the ART state, the gaming state is the RT3 state, and the winning probability of the re-game is as high as the RT2 state.
Further, in the ART state, when a re-playing role or a small role is won in the role lottery, a notification effect for notifying the operation order of the three stop switches 13 is executed. When the three stop switches 13 are operated in the notified operation order, the combination of symbols corresponding to the winning combination is stopped and displayed. As a result, when a re-playing role is won in the role lottery, replay is activated with a high probability, whereas when a small role is won in the role lottery, medals are paid out with a high probability. Thereby, the player can increase the net number of medals earned in the game.

(Operation of the slot machine 1 in the first embodiment)
Hereinafter, an outline of the operation of the slot machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 to 16. First, a main control process that is a process in the game control device 30 of the slot machine 1 will be described.

When the slot machine 1 is powered on, as shown in FIG. 13, the game control device 30 first determines in step MS2000 whether or not a medal has been bet by operating the bet switch 14 or the like. If it is determined in step MS2000 that a medal is bet, the process proceeds to the next step MS2100. On the other hand, if it is not determined in step MS2000 that a medal has been bet, a standby process is performed in which step MS2000 is repeated until a medal is bet.
In step MS2100, it is determined whether or not the start switch 16 has been operated. If it is determined in step MS2100 that the start switch 16 has been operated, the process proceeds to the next step MS2200. On the other hand, if it is not determined in step MS2100 that start switch 16 has been operated, standby processing is performed in which step MS2100 is repeated until start switch 16 is operated.

In step MS2200, a role lottery is performed by the role lottery means 32. Note that lottery result data indicating the result of the role lottery is transmitted to the effect control device 40. When the role lottery is completed, the process proceeds to the next step MS2300.
In step MS2300, a process for starting the rotation operation of all three rotary reels 3A is performed. When all three rotary reels 3A start rotating in this step MS2300, the process proceeds to the next step MS2400.

  In step MS2400, it is determined whether or not the stop switch 13 has been operated. If it is determined in step MS2400 that the stop switch 13 has been operated, the process proceeds to the next step MS2500. On the other hand, if it is not determined in step MS2400 that the stop switch 13 has been operated, standby processing is performed in which step MS2400 is repeated until the stop switch 13 is operated.

In step MS2500, stop processing of the rotating reel 3A corresponding to the operated stop switch 13 is performed. When the rotating reel 3A stops, the process proceeds to next step MS2600.
In step MS2600, it is determined whether or not all the rotation reels 3A have stopped rotating. If it is determined in step MS2600 that the rotation of all the rotating reels 3A has stopped, the process proceeds to the next step MS2700, whereas if it is not determined that the rotation of all the rotating reels 3A has stopped, the process returns to step MS2400. .
In step MS2700, stop display symbol determination processing for determining a combination of symbols stopped and displayed on the effective winning line is performed, and data indicating the determination result is transmitted to the effect control device 40. When the stop display symbol determination process is completed in step MS2700, the process proceeds to next step MS2800.

In step MS2800, processing according to the combination of symbols that are stopped and displayed is performed.
For example, when a combination of symbols corresponding to a small combination such as a bell combination or a watermelon combination is stopped and displayed, in step MS2800, the number of medals corresponding to the combination is paid out.
In addition, when the combination of symbols corresponding to the re-game player is stopped and displayed on the active winning line, in step MS2800, the same number as the number of bets in the previous game is processed in order to execute the re-game. Processing for automatically betting medals is performed.

Here, when the combination of symbols corresponding to the transition combination is stopped and displayed, a process of shifting to the gaming state corresponding to the transition combination is performed.
For example, when the symbol combination corresponding to the promoted replay is stopped and displayed while staying in the RT1 state, in step MS2800, a process for shifting the gaming state to the RT2 state is performed.
Further, when the symbol combination corresponding to the transition replay is stopped and displayed while staying in the RT2 state, in step MS2800, a process for shifting the gaming state to the RT3 state is performed.
As described above, when the process of step MS2800 is completed, the main control process is completed.

Next, sub control processing by the effect control device 40 will be described with reference to FIG.
When the slot machine 1 is turned on and the game control device 30 is activated, the effect control device 40 is also activated, and the effect control of the effect control device 40 proceeds so as to follow the progress of the game control of the game control device 30. It is supposed to be.
When the production control device 40 starts the sub-control process, first, in step SS1000, it is determined whether or not the production state is a normal production state. If it is determined in step SS1000 that the effect state is the normal effect state, the process proceeds to step SS2000. If the effect state is not determined to be the normal effect state, the process proceeds to step SS5000.

  In step SS2000, a count setting execution process including a count process determination process by the count determination unit 52 and a count value determination process by the count value determination unit 53 is performed. When this count setting execution process is completed, the process proceeds to the next step SS3000. The count setting execution process will be described in detail later.

  In step SS3000, an AT lottery execution process including an AT lottery execution process for determining whether or not to shift to the AT state is performed. When this AT lottery execution process is completed, the process proceeds to the next step SS4000. The AT lottery execution process will be described in detail later.

  In step SS4000, a normal effect according to the progress of the game, in other words, an effect process according to the normal effect state is performed. Note that in step SS4000, an extra process for adding an amount to a predetermined number of times and a notification effect process for notifying the player of the result of the lottery are not performed. When the effect process according to the normal effect state is completed, the sub control process is also completed.

In step SS5000, it is determined whether or not it is an additional performance execution AT state.
If it is determined in this step SS5000 that the state is the additional performance execution AT state, the process proceeds to the next step SS5100.
In step SS5100, effect processing according to the added effect execution AT state is performed. When the effect process according to the added effect execution AT state is completed, the sub control process is also completed.

  On the other hand, if it is not determined in step SS5000 that the current state is the additional performance execution AT state, the process proceeds to step SS5200. In step SS5200, an effect process according to the ART state, that is, a notice effect process for notifying the player of the result of the role lottery is performed. When the effect process according to the ART state is completed, the sub control process is also completed.

Next, the count setting execution process in step SS2000 of the sub control process will be described with reference to FIG.
When the count setting execution process is started, as shown in FIG. 15, first, in step SS2100, it is determined whether or not the winning combination is won by the role lottery by the role lottery means 32 provided in the game control device 30. Is done.
If it is determined in step SS2100 that the determination trigger is won, the process proceeds to next step SS2200. On the other hand, if it is not determined in step SS2100 that the determination trigger is won, the count setting execution process ends.

  In step SS2200, neither the individual counting unit 56 nor the total counting unit 57 performs addition, only the individual counting unit 56 performs addition, and only the total counting unit 57 performs addition. Of these, a process of determining one by lottery is performed. In other words, in step SS2200, whether or not to perform the counting process and if the counting process is performed, the counting means to be counted is determined to be either the individual counting means 56 or the total counting means 57. The counting process target counting means determination process to be performed is performed. When this process ends, the process proceeds to next Step SS2210.

In step SS2210, in response to the determination made in step SS2200, the next process to be performed is determined.
That is, when it is determined in step SS2200 that neither the individual counting unit 56 nor the total counting unit 57 performs addition, in step SS2200, a determination is made to end the count setting execution process. This step SS2200 Thus, the count setting execution process ends.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step SS2200 that addition is performed to the individual counting means 56, in step SS2210, it is determined to proceed to step SS2300, and based on this determination, the process proceeds to step SS2300.
If it is determined in step SS2200 that the total counting means 57 is added, in step SS2210, it is determined that the process proceeds to step SS2400, and based on this determination, the process proceeds to step SS2400.

In step SS2300, individual count means count value lottery processing is performed in which the count value to be added to the individual count means 56 is determined by lottery. When the count value is determined in this process, the process proceeds to next Step SS2310.
In step SS2310, an individual counting means count value addition process is performed to cause the individual counting means 56 to perform addition processing for adding the count value determined in step SS2300 to the accumulated value. move on.
In step SS2320, a determination trigger combination storage process for storing the determination trigger combination that triggered the addition process performed in step SS2310 is performed. When the determination trigger combination storage process is completed, the count setting execution process ends.

On the other hand, when the process proceeds from the above-described step SS2210 to step SS2400, in step SS2400, a total counting means count value lottery process for determining a count value to be added to the total counting means 57 by lottery is performed. When the count value is determined in this process, the process proceeds to the next step SS2410.
In step SS2410, the total counting means count value addition processing is performed to cause the total counting means 57 to perform addition processing for adding the count value determined in step SS2400 to the accumulated value. When this processing is completed, the process proceeds to the next step SS2420. move on.
In step SS2420, a determination trigger combination storage process for storing the determination trigger combination that triggered the addition process performed in step SS2410 is performed. When the determination trigger combination storage process is completed, the count setting execution process ends.

Next, the AT lottery execution effect process in step SS3000 of the sub control process will be described with reference to FIG.
When the AT lottery execution effect process is started, as shown in FIG. 16, first, in step SS3100, it is determined whether or not the gaming state is RT0 or RT4.
If it is not determined in step SS3100 that the gaming state is RT0 or RT4, the AT lottery execution effect process is completed. On the other hand, if it is determined in step SS3100 that the gaming state is RT0 or RT4, Proceed to step SS3200.

In step SS3200, by that time, the PBB is won, it is determined that the cumulative value of the ceiling counting means 58 has reached the upper limit value, and the cumulative value of at least one individual counting means 56 has reached the first reference value. And the determination that all the accumulated values of the total counting means 57 have reached the second reference value, it is determined whether or not the state can be shifted to the ART state. The
More specifically, in other words, when a PBB is won in the role lottery, “1” is added to the ART stock (S), which is the number of times that the player can make a transition to the ART state per winning.
Similarly, the determination that the cumulative value of the ceiling counting means 58 has reached the upper limit value, the determination that the cumulative value of at least one individual counting means 56 has reached the first reference value, and the total counting means 57 “1” is added to the ART stock (S), which is the number of times that the transition can be made to the ART state for each determination, regardless of which determination is made that all the accumulated values of the two have reached the second reference value. Is done.

Based on the above, in step SS3200, it is determined whether or not the value of ART stock (S) is “1” or more, in other words, whether or not the value of ART stock (S) is greater than “0”. Made.
If it is determined in step SS3200 that the value of the ART stock (S) is greater than “0”, the AT lottery execution effect process is completed, while the value of the ART stock (S) is “0” in step SS3200. If it is not determined that the value is larger, the process proceeds to the next step SS3210.
In step SS3210, a process of subtracting “1” from the number of high-accuracy mode games (G) described later is performed. When this process is completed, the process proceeds to step SS3300.

In Step SS3300, it is determined whether or not all the accumulated values of the total counting means 57 have reached the second reference value at that time.
If it is not determined in step SS3300 that all the accumulated values of the total counting means 57 have reached the second reference value, the process proceeds to step SS3400.
On the other hand, if it is determined in step SS3300 that all the accumulated values of the total counting means 57 have reached the second reference value, the process proceeds to the next step SS3310, and the total counting means 57 is initialized in this step SS3310. The whole counting means initialization process is performed. When this process is completed, the process proceeds to next Step SS3500.

In step SS3400, it is determined whether or not the cumulative value of at least one individual counting means 56 has reached the first reference value at that time.
If it is not determined in step SS3400 that the cumulative value of at least one individual counting means 56 has reached the first reference value, the AT lottery execution effect process is completed.
On the other hand, if it is determined in step SS3400 that the cumulative value of at least one individual counting means 56 has reached the first reference value, the process proceeds to next step SS3410. In step SS3410, an individual counting means initialization process for initializing the individual counting means 56 is performed. When this process is completed, the process proceeds to step SS3500.

  Here, since the determination process of step SS3300 is performed before the determination process of step SS3400, the determination that the accumulated value of one individual counting means 56 has reached the first reference value, and the whole When both the determination that all the accumulated values in the counting means 57 have reached the second reference value are made simultaneously, the AT lottery means 42 determines that the latter (all the accumulated values in the whole counting means 57 are the second reference value). Priority is given to (determining that this has been reached). In other words, the AT lottery means 42 performs the latter first when the former (determination that the accumulated value of one individual counting means 56 has reached the first reference value) and the latter can be performed simultaneously, and then To do the former.

In step SS3500, an AT lottery process for performing an AT lottery to determine whether or not to shift to the AT state is performed. When the AT lottery process is completed, the process proceeds to the next step SS3600.
In step SS3600, it is determined whether or not the result of the AT lottery is a win. If it is not determined in step SS3600 that the result of the AT lottery is a win, the process proceeds to the next step SS3610. On the other hand, if the result of the AT lottery is determined to be a win, the process proceeds to step SS3700.

In step SS3610, it is determined whether or not the cumulative value of at least one individual counting means 56 has reached the first reference value, and whether or not all the cumulative values of the overall counting means 57 have reached the second reference value. Is made.
In step SS3610, it is determined that the cumulative value of at least one individual counting means 56 has reached the first reference value, and all the cumulative values of the overall counting means 57 have reached the second reference value. When both determinations are not made, the process proceeds to next step SS3620.

In step SS3610, determination is made that the cumulative value of at least one individual counting means 56 has reached the first reference value, and determination that all cumulative values of the total counting means 57 have reached the second reference value If at least one of the above is done, the process returns to step SS3300.
Thereby, even if the result of the AT lottery performed immediately before is lost, the cumulative value of at least one individual counting means 56 has reached the first reference value, or all the cumulative values of the total counting means 57 When the value reaches the second reference value, the AT lottery is performed again.

In step SS3620, it is determined whether or not the number of high-accuracy mode games (G) is “0”.
In other words, in the normal performance state, one of the two mode games of the high probability mode game with a high AT lottery winning probability and the low probability mode game with a low AT lottery winning probability is played. It has become. Of these modes, the low probability mode game is the default game, the game is started from the low probability mode game, and the low probability mode game is performed until a lottery is performed in step SS3630.
Then, when the lottery for determining the number of high-precision mode games (G) is performed in step SS3630, the value of the determined number of high-precision mode games (G) is set, and the number of times corresponding to the set value is increased. You can play certain mode games.
If it is determined in step SS3620 that the number of high probability mode games (G) is “0”, the process proceeds to the next step SS3630, while the number of high probability mode games (G) is determined to be “0”. If not, the process skips Step SS3630 and proceeds to Step SS3800.

  In step SS3630, as described above, a high-precision mode game number (G) lottery determination process for determining the high-precision mode game number (G) by lottery is performed, and this process determines the high-precision mode game number (G). If so, go to Step SS3800.

On the other hand, when proceeding from step SS3600 described above to step SS3700, in step SS3700, initialization processing for resetting the high-precision mode game number (G) to “0” is performed. Proceed to step SS3710.
In step SS3710, stock addition processing is performed in which “1” is added to the value of the ART stock (S). When this stock addition process is completed, the process proceeds to step SS3800.
Although not shown in FIG. 16, every time the production state shifts from the normal production state to the added AT state (see FIG. 12), “1” is subtracted from the value of the ART stock (S). Subtraction processing is performed.

In step SS3800, it is determined whether the counting means that triggered the last AT lottery is the individual counting means 56 or the total counting means 57.
In other words, in step SS3800, whether the AT lottery was performed when the cumulative value of at least one individual counting means 56 reached the first reference value, or all the cumulative values of the total counting means 57 are It is determined whether the AT lottery has been performed when the two reference values are reached.
If it is determined in step SS3800 that the total counting means 57 is triggered, the process proceeds to step SS3810, whereas if it is determined that the individual counting means 56 is triggered, the process proceeds to step SS3820.

In step SS3810, when it is determined that all the cumulative values of the total counting means 57 have reached the second reference value, the determination process is a presentation process corresponding to the determination opportunity that was won in the final lottery. A role corresponding effect process is performed.
Note that a character corresponding to each determination trigger is set for each of the plurality of types of determination triggers. In the determination trigger role corresponding effect process, a moving image of a character corresponding to the determination trigger role finally won in the role lottery is displayed as an effect image on the screen of the display device 2C. When such an effect process for determining a triggering role is completed, the AT lottery execution effect process is completed.

In step SS3820, when it is determined that the cumulative value of one individual counting means 56 has reached the first reference value, the determination trigger is a presentation process corresponding to the determination trigger that was won in the last lottery. A role corresponding effect process is performed.
In the determination trigger role corresponding effect processing at step SS3820, a character animation corresponding to one individual count means 56 that has finally reached the first reference value by lottery drawing among the plurality of individual count means 56 corresponding to the determination trigger role. The effect image is displayed on the screen of the display device 2C. When this determination triggering effect processing is completed, the AT lottery execution processing is completed.

(Effect of 1st Embodiment)
According to this embodiment as described above, the following effects can be obtained.
That is, a counting means 51 that provides a plurality of types of determination triggers that trigger an AT lottery, and that performs a counting process with a count value determined based on a determination trigger that has been won in the role lottery, Since the count availability determination means 52 for determining whether or not to process and the count value determination means 53 for determining the count value to be counted by the counting means 51 are provided, winning the determination trigger role in the role lottery, and When the count enable / disable determining unit 52 determines that the counting unit 51 performs the counting process, the count value determining unit 53 determines the count value, and the counting unit 51 performs addition processing as the counting process with the determined count value. When the cumulative value that is the result of the addition process is stored and the determination trigger is won as the game progresses, the cumulative value of the counting means 51 gradually accumulates and increases.
When the accumulated value of the counting means 51 reaches the reference value, the arrival determining means 54 determines that the accumulated value has reached the reference value, and the AT lottery means 42 performs AT lottery based on this determination. The role that can be used as an AT lottery is expanded from a conventional specific role to a plurality of types of determination triggers, thereby increasing the AT lottery and facilitating game expansion. it can.

Further, as the counting means 51, a plurality of individual counting means 56A to 56D provided corresponding to each of a plurality of types of determination triggers, and a plurality of count value regions 57A to 57D corresponding to each of a plurality of types of determination triggers. When the winning combination is determined by the combination lottery, the counting determination unit 52 determines whether or not to perform addition processing, and if addition processing is performed, the individual counting unit 56A to When it is determined which of 56D and the whole counting means 57 is to perform, and the count availability determination means 52 determines to perform the addition processing, the count value to be added is determined, and the individual counting means 56A to 56D are determined. And any one of the whole counting means 57 performs the addition processing of the determined count value.
When one cumulative value of the individual counting means 56A to 56D reaches the first reference value, the individual determination means 54A makes a determination to that effect, and all the count value areas 57A of the overall counting means 57 are obtained. When the cumulative value of .about.57D reaches the second reference value, the overall determination means 54B makes a determination to that effect, and based on the determination made by the individual determination means 54A or the overall determination means 54B, the AT lottery means 42 Since the lottery is performed, the opportunity for the AT lottery is further increased, so that the game can be easily expanded.

  Furthermore, both the determination that the accumulated value of one individual counting means 56 has reached the first reference value and the determination that all the accumulated values in the total counting means 57 have reached the second reference value are both If it can be performed simultaneously, the AT lottery means 42 gives priority to the determination that all the accumulated values in the total counting means 57 have reached the second reference value, and the AT lottery means 42 performs AT lottery based on the priority determination. As a result, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of problems caused by increasing the chances of AT lottery, and from this point, it is possible to easily expand the game.

  Also, a first category and a second category having different numerical ranges that can be determined by the count value determining means 53 are provided, and the numerical value range that the count value determining means 53 can determine by winning the determination trigger of the second category is “1”. 4 ”, and the numerical value range that can be determined by the count value determining means 53 by winning the first category determination trigger role is“ 3, 4 ”, so that the winning probability in the role lottery of the first category determination trigger role is Even if it is set lower than the determination trigger of the second category, the count value determined by winning the determination trigger of the first category is higher than the count value determined by winning of the determination trigger of the second category As a result, the cumulative value of the individual counting means 56 can reach the first reference value with a smaller number of winning lottery wins for the determination trigger of the first category. Role drawing In even determine trigger role of the first category not easily won, now it can be a trigger for transition lottery, from this point, it is possible to increase the opportunity for migration lottery, it is possible to easily achieve expansion of game properties.

  Further, when the AT lottery is performed by the AT lottery means 42, the initialization means 55 initializes the accumulated value of the counting means 51 based on the determination trigger that triggered the AT lottery. Once the accumulated value reaches the reference value, the counting process can be resumed by initialization. As a result, the accumulated value of the counting means 51 can reach the reference value over and over again, and every time the accumulated value reaches the reference value, an AT lottery is performed. Therefore, it is possible to easily increase game playability.

  Further, since the second reference value “1” of the overall determination means 54B is smaller than the first reference value “4” of the individual determination means 54A, the accumulated value of the second reference value reaches the first reference value. Even if there are judgment triggers with a low probability of winning in the role lottery among the multiple types of judgment triggers, the cumulative values of all count value areas 57A to 57D of the total counting means 57 are the first ones. 2 is likely to reach the reference value, so that the cumulative result of the total counting means 57 can be an opportunity for AT lottery, and the two types of counting means 51 of the individual counting means 56 and the total counting means 57 are The two kinds of counting means 51 can be operated effectively, and the chances of AT lottery can be surely increased. Therefore, the game can be easily expanded.

  Further, the number of times that the AT lottery has been lost is added until winning in the AT lottery, and the ceiling count means 58 for storing the cumulative value, and whether or not the cumulative value of the ceiling count means 58 has reached the upper limit value. Ceiling arrival determining means 54C for determining whether or not the cumulative value of the ceiling counting means 58 reaches the upper limit value, the ceiling arrival determining means 54C makes a determination to that effect. From this point, the opportunity for AT lottery increases, and the gameability can be easily expanded.

[Second Embodiment]
FIG. 17 shows a schematic configuration of the counting means 61 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In the second embodiment, instead of the count value areas of the individual counting means 56A to 56D and the whole counting means 57 that are separately provided for each combination that is determined as a determination triggering role, each combination that is determined as a determination triggering role is separately provided. In addition, there are provided count value areas of the individual counting means 62 and 63 and the whole counting means 64 and 65 which are separated according to the first category and the second category.

  That is, the counting means 61 according to the second embodiment corresponds to the plurality of individual counting means 62 corresponding to the determination trigger of the first category and the determination trigger of the second category as shown in FIG. A plurality of individual counting means 63, an overall counting means 64 corresponding to the determination trigger of the first category, an overall counting means 65 corresponding to the determination trigger of the second category, and the same as those of the first embodiment The ceiling counting means 58 is provided.

  Among these, the individual counting means 62 is an individual counting means 62A for strong replay corresponding to each of “strong replay”, “strong bell”, “strong watermelon”, and “strong cherry” which are the determination triggers of the first category. The strong bell individual counting means 62B, the strong watermelon individual counting means 62C, and the strong cherry individual counting means 62D are provided.

  In addition, as the individual counting means 63, individual counting means 63A for weak replay corresponding to each of “weak replay”, “weak bell”, “weak watermelon” and “weak cherry” which are judgment triggers of the second category, Weak bell individual counting means 63B, weak watermelon individual counting means 63C, and weak cherry individual counting means 63D are provided.

  On the other hand, among the total counting means 64, 65, the strong overall counting means 64 includes “strong replay”, “strong bell”, “strong watermelon”, and “strong cherry” which are judgment triggers of the first category. A strong replay count value area 64A, a strong bell count value area 64B, a strong watermelon count value area 64C, and a strong cherry count value area 64D are provided.

  In addition, the weak use total counting means 65 includes a weak replay count value area corresponding to each of “weak replay”, “weak bell”, “weak watermelon”, and “weak cherry” which are determination triggers of the second category. 65A, a weak bell count value area 65B, a weak watermelon count value area 65C, and a weak cherry count value area 65D are provided.

Next, the operation of the individual counting means 62 will be described with reference to FIG.
That is, after the delivery state or setting change processing, when the power switch is turned on and the slot machine 1 starts to operate, in other words, when the number of games is “0”, the strong replay individual counting means 62A, The accumulated values of the individual counting means 62B, the strong watermelon individual counting means 62C and the strong cherry individual counting means 62D are "0" as shown in FIG. The first reference value related to the accumulated value of the individual counting means 62 is “4”.

At the time when the number of games is “j”, the result of the role lottery by the role lottery means 32 was lost. At this time, the strong replay individual counting means 62A, the strong bell individual counting means 62B, the strong watermelon use Assume that the accumulated values of the individual counting means 62C and the strong cherry individual counting means 62D are “0”, “3”, “0”, and “0”, respectively.
Then, at the time when the next game is executed, that is, when the number of games is “j + 1”, the strong watermelon is won by the role lottery by the role lottery means 32, and the individual count means 62 is determined by the count availability determination means 52. When “3” is determined as the count value to be added by the individual count value determining means 53A, the accumulated value of the strong watermelon individual count means 62C is set to “0”. “3” is added, and the cumulative value becomes “3”.

Thereafter, when the number of games is “k”, the result of the lottery by the lottery means 32 is lost. At this point, the strong replay individual counting means 62A, the strong bell individual counting means 62B, the strong watermelon It is assumed that the accumulated values of the individual counting means 62C and the strong cherry individual counting means 62D are “0”, “3”, “3”, and “0”.
Then, at the time when the next game is executed, that is, when the number of games is “k + 1”, a strong replay is won by the role lottery by the role lottery means 32, and the individual count means 56 is determined by the count availability determination means 52. When “4” is determined as the count value to be added by the individual count value determining means 53A, the accumulated value of the strong replay individual count means 62A is set to “0”. “4” is added, and the accumulated value becomes “4”.

Then, it is determined by the individual determination means 54A that the cumulative value of the strong replay individual counting means 62A has reached the first reference value “4”, and the AT lottery means 42 performs the AT lottery.
When the AT lottery is performed, the initialization unit 55 performs initialization to subtract “4” from the cumulative value of the strong replay individual counting unit 62A.
Next, at the time when the number of games was “k + 2”, the result of the role lottery by the role lottery means 32 was lost, but at this point the strong replay individual counting means 62A, the strong bell individual counting means 62B, the strong watermelon use The accumulated values of the individual counting means 62C and the strong cherry individual counting means 62D are “0”, “3”, “3” and “0”, respectively.
Thereafter, until the cumulative value of any one of the strong replay individual counting means 62A, the strong bell individual counting means 62B, the strong watermelon individual counting means 62C and the strong cherry individual counting means 62D reaches "4" The count value determined by the individual count value determining means 53A every time the determination triggering role is won in the role lottery by the means 32 and every time the count availability determining means 52 determines to add to the individual count means 62 Is added to the individual counting means 62 corresponding to the determination trigger.

Next, the operation of the individual counting means 63 will be described with reference to FIG.
That is, after the delivery state or setting change processing, when the power switch is turned on and the slot machine 1 starts to operate, in other words, when the number of games is "0", the weak replay individual counting means 63A, the weak bell The accumulated values of the individual counting means 63B, the weak watermelon individual counting means 63C, and the weak cherry individual counting means 63D are "0" as shown in FIG. The first reference value related to the accumulated value of the individual counting means 63 is “4”.

At the time when the number of games is “j”, the result of the role lottery by the role lottery means 32 was lost. At this time, the weak replay individual counting means 63A, the weak bell individual counting means 63B, the weak watermelon Assume that the accumulated values of the individual counting means 63C and the weak cherry individual counting means 63D are "3", "2", "0", and "1".
Then, at the time when the next game is executed, that is, when the number of games is “j + 1”, the weak watermelon is won by the role lottery by the role lottery means 32, and the individual count means 63 is determined by the count availability determination means 52. When “2” is determined as the count value to be added by the individual count value determining means 53A, the accumulated value of the weak watermelon individual count means 63C is set to “0”. “2” is added, and the accumulated value becomes “2”.

Thereafter, when the number of games is “k”, the result of the lottery by the lottery means 32 was lost, but at this point, the weak replay individual counting means 63A, the weak bell individual counting means 63B, the weak watermelon It is assumed that the accumulated values of the individual counting means 63C and the weak cherry individual counting means 63D are "3", "2", "2", and "1".
Then, at the time when the next game is executed, that is, when the number of games is “k + 1”, a weak replay is won by the role lottery by the role lottery means 32, and the individual count means 63 is determined by the count availability determination means 52. When “1” is determined as the count value to be added by the individual count value determining means 53A, the accumulated value of the weak replay individual count means 63A is set to “3”. “1” is added, and the cumulative value becomes “4”.

Then, it is determined by the individual determination means 54A that the cumulative value of the weak replay individual counting means 63A has reached the first reference value "4", and the AT lottery means 42 performs AT lottery.
When the AT lottery is performed, the initialization unit 55 performs initialization to subtract “4” from the cumulative value of the weak replay individual counting unit 63A.
Next, at the time when the number of games was “k + 2”, the result of the role lottery by the role lottery means 32 was lost, but at this point the weak replay individual counting means 63A, the weak bell individual counting means 63B, the weak watermelon use The accumulated values of the individual counting means 63C and the weak cherry individual counting means 63D are “0”, “2”, “2” and “1”, respectively.
Thereafter, until the cumulative value of any one of the weak replay individual counting means 63A, the weak bell individual counting means 63B, the weak watermelon individual counting means 63C and the weak cherry individual counting means 63D reaches "4" The count value determined by the individual count value determining means 53A every time the determination triggering role is won in the role lottery by the means 32, and each time the count availability determining means 52 determines to add to the individual count means 63 Is added to the individual counting means 63 corresponding to the determination trigger.

Next, the operation of the total counting means 64 will be described with reference to FIG.
That is, after the delivery state or setting change processing, when the power switch is turned on and the slot machine 1 starts operating, in other words, when the number of games is "0", the strong replay count value area 64A, strong bell The accumulated values of the counter value area 64B, the counter value area 64C for strong watermelon, and the counter value area 64D for strong cherry are “0” as shown in FIG. The second reference value relating to the accumulated value of the total counting means 64 is “1”.

At the time when the number of games is “j”, the result of the role lottery by the role lottery means 32 was lost. At this time, the strong replay count value area 64A, the strong bell count value area 64B, the strong watermelon use Assume that the accumulated values of the count value area 64C and the strong cherry count value area 64D are "0", "1", "1", and "3".
Then, at the time when the next game is executed, that is, when the number of games is “j + 1”, the strong watermelon is won by the role lottery by the role lottery means 32 and the total counting means 64 is determined by the count availability determination means 52. When “1” is determined as the count value to be added by the overall count value determining means 53B, the accumulated value of the strong watermelon count value area 64C is set to “1”. “1” is added, and the cumulative value becomes “2”.

Thereafter, at the time when the number of games is “k”, the result of the role lottery by the role lottery means 32 was lost, but at this time the strong replay count value area 64A, the strong bell count value area 64B, the strong watermelon Assume that the cumulative values of the counter value area 64C and the counter value area 64D for strong cherry are “0”, “1”, “2”, and “3”.
Then, at the time when the next game is executed, that is, when the number of games is “k + 1”, a strong replay is won by the role lottery by the role lottery means 32, and the total count means 64 is determined by the count availability determination means 52. When “2” is determined as the count value to be added by the total count value determining means 53B, the total value in the strong replay count value area 64A is set to “0”. “2” is added, and the accumulated value becomes “2”.

Then, all the accumulated values of the strong replay count value area 64A, the strong bell count value area 64B, the strong watermelon count value area 64C, and the strong cherry count value area 64D have reached the second reference value “1”. A determination to that effect is made by the overall determination means 54B, and the AT lottery means 42 performs the AT lottery.
When the AT lottery is performed, the initializing means 55 accumulates all of the strong replay count value area 64A, the strong bell count value area 64B, the strong watermelon count value area 64C, and the strong cherry count value area 64D. Initialization is performed by subtracting “1” from the value.
Next, at the time when the number of games is “k + 2”, the result of the role lottery by the role lottery means 32 was lost, but at this point the strong replay count value area 64A, the strong bell count value area 64B, The accumulated values of the count value area 64C and the strong cherry count value area 64D are “1”, “0”, “1”, and “2”, respectively.
Thereafter, until all the accumulated values of the strong replay count value area 64A, the strong bell count value area 64B, the strong watermelon count value area 64C, and the strong cherry count value area 64D reach “1”, the winning lottery means Each time the determination trigger combination is won in the combination lottery by 32, and every time it is determined by the count availability determination means 52 that addition to the overall count means 64 is made, the count value determined by the overall count value determination means 53B is Of the count value areas 64A to 64D, the value corresponding to the determination trigger is added.

Next, the operation of the total counting means 65 will be described with reference to FIG.
That is, after the delivery state or setting change processing, when the power switch is turned on and the slot machine 1 starts to operate, in other words, when the number of games is "0", the weak replay count value area 65A, the weak bell The accumulated values of the count value area 65B, the weak watermelon count value area 65C, and the weak cherry count value area 65D are “0” as shown in FIG. The second reference value relating to the accumulated value of the total counting means 65 is “1”.

At the time when the number of games is “j”, the result of the role lottery by the role lottery means 32 was lost. At this point, the weak replay count value area 65A, the weak bell count value area 65B, the weak watermelon use Assume that the accumulated values of the count value area 65C and the weak cherry count value area 65D are “0”, “1”, “0”, and “3”, respectively.
When the next game is executed, that is, when the number of games is “j + 1”, the weak watermelon is won by the winning lottery by the winning lottery means 32, and the total counting means 65 is determined by the counting possibility determining means 52. When “2” is determined as the count value to be added by the total count value determining means 53B, the total value of the weak watermelon count value area 65C is set to “0”. “2” is added, and the accumulated value becomes “2”.

Thereafter, when the number of games is “k”, the result of the role lottery by the role lottery means 32 was lost, but at this point the weak replay count value area 65A, the weak bell count value area 65B, the weak watermelon Assume that the accumulated values of the counter value area 65C and the counter value area 65D for weak cherry are “0”, “1”, “2”, and “3”.
Then, at the time when the next game is executed, that is, when the number of games is “k + 1”, a weak replay is won by the role lottery by the role lottery means 32, and the total counting means 65 is determined by the count availability determination means 52 When “1” is determined as the count value to be added by the overall count value determining means 53B, the cumulative value of the weak replay count value area 65A is set to “0”. “1” is added, and the accumulated value becomes “1”.

Then, all the accumulated values of the count value area 65A for weak replay, the count value area 65B for weak bell, the count value area 65C for weak watermelon and the count value area 65D for weak cherry reached the second reference value “1”. A determination to that effect is made by the overall determination means 54B, and the AT lottery means 42 performs the AT lottery.
When the AT lottery is performed, the initialization means 55 causes the weak replay count value area 65A, the weak bell count value area 65B, the weak watermelon count value area 65C, and the weak cherry count value area 65D to be accumulated. Initialization is performed by subtracting “1” from the value.
Next, at the time when the number of games is “k + 2”, the result of the role lottery by the role lottery means 32 was lost, but at this point the weak replay count value area 65A, the weak bell count value area 65B, and the weak watermelon use The cumulative values of the count value area 65C and the weak cherry count value area 65D are “0”, “0”, “1”, and “2”, respectively.
Thereafter, until all the accumulated values of the weak replay count value area 65A, the weak bell count value area 65B, the weak watermelon count value area 65C, and the weak cherry count value area 65D reach “1”, the winning lottery means Each time the determination trigger combination is won in the role lottery by 32, and every time it is determined by the count availability determination means 52 that addition to the overall count means 65 is made, the count value determined by the overall count value determination means 53B is Of the count value areas 65A to 65D, it is added to the one corresponding to the determination trigger.

(Effect of 2nd Embodiment)
According to the present embodiment as described above, the same effects as the first embodiment can be obtained, and the following effects can be added.
That is, as the individual counting means, since the individual counting means 62 and 63 separated according to the category of the determination trigger role as well as the type of the determination trigger role are adopted, without increasing the type of the determination trigger role, The number of the individual counting means 62 and 63 can be increased. And even if one of the individual counting means 62 and 63 whose number has increased, when the accumulated value reaches the first reference value, the AT lottery will be performed, so the opportunity for AT lottery will be further increased. As a result, the game can be easily expanded and the fun of the game can be improved.

(Modification according to the second embodiment)
In the second embodiment, both the individual counting means and the whole counting means are provided separately corresponding to the first category and corresponding to the second category, but correspond to the first category. Only one of the individual counting means and the whole counting means may be provided separately for those corresponding to the second category.
For example, as the individual counting means, the one of the first embodiment can be adopted, and as the whole counting means, the one of the second embodiment can be adopted.
In the second embodiment, the strong overall counting means 64 corresponding to the role of the first category and the weak overall counting means 65 corresponding to the role of the second category are separately provided. As shown in FIG. 22, one total counting means 66 corresponding to both the roles of the first category and the second category may be adopted.

In this case, the total counting means 66 is provided with a total of eight count value areas, that is, count value areas 64A to 64D corresponding to the role of the first category and count value areas 65A to 65D corresponding to the role of the second category. For this reason, it is difficult to make all the accumulated values stored in these eight count value areas reach the second reference value, and the chance of AT lottery may not be increased.
Therefore, as the internal state of the count value area, even if the cumulative value does not actually reach the second reference value, a free state that assumes that it has reached is set, and every time it is won in the AT lottery, From these 8 count value areas, one or several count value areas are selected in order or by lottery, the internal state of the selected count value area is set to the free state, and the accumulated value reaches the second reference value. It is preferable to reduce the number of count value areas to be generated. In this way, when all the accumulated values in the count value area other than the free state reach the second reference value, the AT lottery is performed, and the opportunity for the AT lottery can be increased.

  Explaining with a specific example, for example, when winning by AT lottery, a lottery for determining a count value region to be set in a free state is performed. In this lottery, the count value area 64C and the count value area 65D are selected from the count value areas 64A to 64D and the count value areas 65A to 65D. As shown in FIG. 23A, these two count values are selected. The internal state of the area is set to the free state “F”. Then, the number of count value areas in which the accumulated value should reach the second reference value is reduced from 8 to 6. Therefore, when the cumulative value of the six count value areas reaches the second reference value, the AT lottery is performed, and the opportunity for the AT lottery can be increased.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 23 (B), a matrix in which a total of nine ridges are arranged in a three-column pattern in a vertical and horizontal direction is set, and the cumulative value is always the second reference value for the central region of this matrix. The free state “F” considered to have reached the value is set in advance, and the count value areas 64A to 64D and the count value areas 65A to 65D are arranged around the free state “F”.
Then, in the manner of a so-called bingo game, when all cumulative values reach the second reference value for the three regions arranged vertically, horizontally and diagonally, if the AT lottery is performed, the accumulated value is calculated. The number of count value areas that should reach the second reference value is reduced to two or three, thereby increasing the chance of AT lottery.
Moreover, if the matrix in which the accumulated values are arranged in this way is displayed on the screen of the display device 2C, it is possible to make the player visually recognize the situation in which the AT lottery execution requirement is satisfied, and thereby, The property can be further improved.

[Third Embodiment]
FIG. 24 shows a schematic configuration of the counting means 71 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. In the third embodiment, the total counting means 57 that corresponds to a plurality of types of determination triggers in the first embodiment is replaced with a plurality of total counts corresponding to each of the plurality of types of determination triggers. Means 72A to 72D are used.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 22, the counting means 71 includes an individual counting means 56 similar to that of the first embodiment, an overall counting means 72 respectively corresponding to a plurality of types of determination triggers, and the first counting means. A ceiling counting means 58 similar to that of the embodiment is provided.

Here, as the total counting means 72, the replay total counting means 72A, the bell total counting means 72B, the watermelon total counting means 72C corresponding to "replay", "bell", "watermelon" and "cherry", respectively. , And an overall counting means 72D for cherry.
Then, the total judging means 54B is configured such that the accumulated values of the replay total counting means 72A, the bell total counting means 72B, the watermelon total counting means 72C, and the cherry total counting means 72D are the second reference values. It is determined whether or not “1” has been reached.

(Effect of the third embodiment)
According to this embodiment as described above, the same operational effects as those of the first and second embodiments can be obtained.
In the third embodiment, although a plurality of overall counting means 72A to 72D are provided corresponding to only a plurality of determination triggers, the first category and the second category are not supported. In addition to the individual counting means 62 and 63 of the second embodiment, a plurality of overall counting means are separately provided for each of the plurality of determination triggers of the first category, and A plurality of total counting means may be provided separately for each of the determination triggers.

1 Slot machines as gaming machines
2C display device
3A rotating reel
13 Stop switch
16 Start switch
32 Role lottery means
33 Reel rotation control means as stop control means
42 AT lottery means as transfer lottery means
51 Counting means (first embodiment)
52 Means for counting availability
53 Count value determination means
53A Individual count value determination means
53B Overall count value determination means
54 Arrival determination means
54A Individual judgment means
54B Overall judgment means
54C Means for reaching the ceiling
55 Initialization method
56 Individual counting means (first embodiment)
57 Total counting means (first embodiment)
57A to 57D count value area (first embodiment)
58 Ceiling counting means
61 Counting means (second embodiment)
62 Individual counting means (second embodiment)
63 Individual counting means (second embodiment)
64 Total counting means (second embodiment)
64A to 64D count value area (second embodiment)
65 Whole counting means (second embodiment)
65A to 65D count value area (second embodiment)
66 Total counting means (modified example of the second embodiment)
71 Counting means (third embodiment)
72 Total counting means (Third embodiment)

Claims (6)

A plurality of rotating reels having a plurality of types of symbols on the outer peripheral surface, a start switch for rotating these rotating reels, a plurality of stop switches provided corresponding to the rotating reels and stopping the corresponding rotating reels, Role lottery means for determining whether or not a plurality of types of roles are to be determined by role lottery, and stop control means for stopping the rotating reel that is rotating based on the result of the role lottery by the role lottery means and the operation timing of the stop switch And when a combination of symbols corresponding to the winning combination in the winning lottery means of the winning lottery means is stopped and displayed, the game medium of a quantity corresponding to the winning combination is paid out, and in a normal state An advantageous state that is more advantageous to the player than the normal state is set, and the normal state is changed to the advantageous state based on a predetermined lottery. A gaming machine are,
A role that can be won in the role lottery by the role lottery means, provided with a plurality of types of determination triggers that can be used to determine whether to shift from the normal state to the advantageous state,
Counting means for performing a counting process of either addition or subtraction with a count value determined based on a determination trigger winning in the role lottery of the role lottery means, and storing a cumulative value as a result of the counting process Provided, and the counting means includes
A plurality of combinations corresponding to the combination determined as the determination opportunity combination are added, and the count value determined based on the determination opportunity combination selected in the combination lottery of the combination lottery means for the corresponding combination is added to the accumulated value. Individual counting means to
It has a count value region corresponding to the combination determined as the determination trigger combination, and the count value determined based on the determination trigger combination selected in the combination lottery of the combination lottery means for the corresponding combination is the count value A total counting means for adding to the corresponding cumulative value of the region;
With
When the winning combination of the combination lottery means wins the determination opportunity, neither the individual counting unit nor the total counting unit performs addition, only the individual counting unit performs addition, the total counting Counting enable / disable determining means for determining any one of making only the means perform addition, and causing both the individual counting means and the overall counting means to perform addition, and
When the counting enable / disable determining unit determines that the counting unit performs the counting process, a counting value to be counted by the counting unit is selected from the numerical range determined based on the determination trigger combination won in the winning lottery. Count value determining means for determining is provided, and the count value determining means includes:
When it is determined by the counting enable / disable determining means that the individual counting means performs addition, a count value to be added is selected from a numerical range determined based on a determination trigger combination won in the winning lottery. Individual counting value determining means for determining;
When it is determined by the counting availability determination means that the total counting means performs addition, a count value to be added is selected from a numerical range determined based on a determination trigger combination won in the winning lottery. An overall count value determining means for determining;
With
An arrival determination means for determining whether or not the cumulative value of the counting means has reached a reference value is provided.
Individual determination means for determining whether or not the cumulative value of at least one of the individual counting means among the provided individual counting means has reached a first reference value;
Overall determination means for determining whether or not a cumulative value of all the count value areas in the overall counting means has reached a second reference value;
With
It is determined that the cumulative value of at least one of the individual counting means has reached the first reference value, and the cumulative value of all the count value areas in the overall counting means has reached the second reference value A gaming machine characterized in that a transition lottery means for performing a transition lottery when any one of the determinations is made is provided. The transfer lottery means determines that the cumulative value of at least one of the individual counting means has reached the first reference value, and the cumulative value of all the count value areas in the overall counting means is the second reference value 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein when both of the determinations that the number of times has reached are made at the same time, priority is given to one determination. A first category and a second category having different numerical ranges that can be determined by the count value determining means are provided as categories of determination triggers, and the count value determining means is determined by winning the determination trigger of the second category. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein a numerical value range that can be determined is different from a numerical value range that can be determined by the count value determining means by winning the determination trigger of the first category. When the transfer lottery is performed by the transfer lottery means, there is provided an initialization means for initializing the accumulated value of the counting means based on a determination trigger that triggered the transfer lottery to perform the transfer lottery. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , characterized in that: First reference value of the individual determining means and a second reference value of the whole determination means according to claim 1, characterized in that it is set to different values to claim 4 Gaming machine. A ceiling counting unit that adds a predetermined addition value and stores the accumulated value until the counting availability determination unit determines to cause the counting unit to perform a counting process;
Ceiling arrival determination means for determining whether or not the cumulative value of the ceiling counting means has reached the third reference value;
Is provided,
The transfer lottery means performs a transfer lottery when the ceiling arrival determination means determines that the accumulated value of the ceiling counting means has reached a third reference value. A gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5 .

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