JP5773175B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine represented by a swivel type gaming machine.

  A spinning machine (slot machine) uses a medal as a game medium (hereinafter referred to as a medal-type spinning machine) and a game ball as a game medium (hereinafter referred to as a ball-type spinning game). It is roughly divided into two. Traditionally, a slewing game machine refers to a medal-type slewing game machine, but as a spinning slewing game machine that can be installed on the existing island facilities of a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, The machine was developed in recent years.

These swivel-type gaming machines are lined up in the direction of the rotation axis by operating the starting operation means in a state where a player bets a predetermined number of game media (for example, 3 medals or 15 game balls). Three or more spinning cylinders are rotated, and then each of the spinning cylinders is stopped in sequence by operating the stop operation means corresponding to each of the spinning cylinders. The combination of symbols attached to the surface of each spinning cylinder is visible from the display window. The profit is returned to the player in accordance with the combination of symbols stopped in the effective display area. In addition, for a role that will return profits to the player, a small role that returns a predetermined number of game media to the player, or a replay that allows the next game to be performed without betting any game media There are a game state transition role that triggers the occurrence of a game state that is more advantageous than the normal game state for the player, such as a role and a player can acquire a large amount of game media.

Oite a conventional gaming machine, a first advantageous combination of only the combination or character symbols in the symbol pattern, for example, "7" symbols only corresponding to the first gaming state transition role as a transition trigger to game state, the For example, the symbol pattern corresponding to the second gaming state transition combination that is a trigger for the transition to the advantageous gaming state of 2 is, for example, the combination of only the “BAR” symbol, the “7” symbol of the left hip, or “7” of the middle drum When the combination of the symbol and the “BAR” symbol of the right lap is selected and one of the game state transition combinations is won, at the stage where two of the three rotator are stopped, the first game state transition combination And a double tempering state in which the second gaming state transition combination can be established alternatively, and other combinations other than the first gaming state transition combination , the second gaming state transition combination, and the gaming state transition combination Duplicate standby symbol display such as possible triple tempered state is not performed Is, any winning combination whether established by wavers between hope and fear to the player have been proposed to enhance the enjoyment of the game (for example, see Patent Documents 1 and 2 below). For example, in the double tempered state, as shown in FIGS. 73 (A) and 73 (B), the “7” symbol of the left rotating cylinder L and the “7” symbol of the middle rotating cylinder M are along any effective line. As shown in FIG. 5 (C), the “7” symbol of the left turn cylinder L stops in the upper effective display area (or the lower effective display area) visible from the display window 41b and the right A state in which the portion where the “7” symbol and “BAR” symbol of the rotating drum R are separated by one symbol is displayed from the display window 41b, or as shown in FIG. "7" symbols state "7" symbols and "BAR" symbols one minute separated by placing the portion of the design is displayed through the display window 41b of the right times body R can be used to stop the effective display area of the middle as the triple Tenpai state, as shown by (E), the left once cylinders L and Chukaido M " The symbols stop in the effective display area in the upper stage, the “BAR” symbols in the left spinning cylinder L and the middle spinning cylinder M stop in the effective display area in the middle stage, respectively, and the left spinning cylinder L and the middle spinning cylinder M There are states in which the constituent symbols (for example, star symbols) of other combinations (for example, the small combination or the re-game combination) other than the game state transition combination are stopped in the lower effective display area.

JP 2003-236068 A JP 2005-152617 A

In conventional gaming machines, in the normal gaming state where none of the gaming state transition combinations are elected, a duplicate standby symbol display in which both the gaming state transition combination and the small role and the re-playing combination are in a standby state, both small prize is performing the reel stop control so that both redundant standby symbol display is established standby state does not occur between the overlapping standby symbol display or small win and replay combination is established standby state, overlap those waiting symbol display is to highlight the winning of the game state transition role when that occurred many, a game of when the overlapping waiting symbol display is Ru been made is a problem that it is difficult to entertain the player in order to unify is there.

The present invention was been made in view of such problems, the gaming machine of the present invention to improve the game of when duplicate standby symbol display is Ru made.

In order to solve the above problems, a gaming machine according to the present invention is:
A symbol display means for displaying symbols by a plurality of symbol sequences;
A symbol display control means for controlling the symbol display;
Starting operation means operated to start the variation of the symbol display;
Stop operation means operated to individually stop the plurality of symbol rows by the symbol display means;
Based on the operation to the starting operation means , a lottery means for lottery of a plurality of types of profits ,
An effect lottery means for determining a winning effect by lottery from a plurality of types of effects with reference to a lottery result by the lottery means,
Production execution means for executing the winning production,
A gaming machine equipped with
Each of the plurality of symbol rows includes a plurality of first specific symbols arranged at a predetermined interval or less ,
One symbol sequence of the plurality of symbol sequences includes a plurality of second specific symbols arranged at the predetermined interval or less ,
The plurality of types of profit combinations are associated with a set of patterns of the first specific symbols across the plurality of symbol rows, and can be awarded regardless of the operation timing of the stop operation means , It is associated with a predetermined combination pattern of the first specific symbol and the second specific symbol over the plurality of symbol rows, and can be won regardless of the operation timing of the stop operation means. Including a profit game state transition role that becomes a profit game state more advantageous than the normal game state ,
Symbol sequences in the plurality of symbol columns is transferable to both an established standby state with respect to overlapping standby symbol display of the previous SL specific combinations and the profit gaming state transition role irrespective of the operation timing of the stop operation means Is a simple symbol arrangement,
The plurality of types of effects include a specific series of effects that produce effects that may progress stepwise based on the stop of the symbol sequence that constitutes the symbol sequences,
In the lottery of the production by the production selection means, the selection rate of the production group of the specific series when the lottery result by the lottery means is the winning of only the specific combination, the lottery result by the lottery means is the specific combination and the The selection rate of the specific group effect group when the lottery result by the lottery means is a winning including the profit gaming state transition combination is larger than the case where only the combination different from both of the profit gaming state transition combination is won. The lottery result by the lottery means is larger than the case where only the specific role is won,
In the effect execution means, when the lottery result by the lottery means is other than the losing that has not been won by any of the plurality of types of profits, the duplicate standby symbol display is caused by the stop of the plurality of symbol rows If the design progresses after the symbol sequence that may be transferred to is stopped, and the lottery result by the lottery means is the loss, the suspension of the plurality of symbol sequences causes the duplicate standby symbol display to be displayed. The production does not progress after the symbol sequence that may be transferred is stopped,
It is characterized by that.

According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the game of when duplicate standby symbol display is performed.

It is a front view of a ball-type spinning machine. It is a front side perspective view of a ball-type swivel game machine. It is a perspective view which shows the state which open | released the door block with respect to the outer frame. It is a perspective view which shows the state which open | released the payout block and the game block with respect to the front block. It is a disassembled perspective view of a front block. It is a perspective view of an upper plate unit. (A) The figure is a top view of an upper plate unit, (B) The figure is a bottom view of an upper plate unit. It is a disassembled perspective view of an upper plate unit. It is a disassembled perspective view of an upper plate ball stop part. It is a principal part expansion longitudinal cross-sectional view of an upper plate ball stop part and a taking-in apparatus, Comprising: It is a figure which shows the state which connected the game ball guide path and the ball path. It is a principal part expansion longitudinal cross-sectional view of an upper plate ball stop part and a taking-in apparatus, Comprising: It is a figure which shows the state which interrupted | blocked the game ball guide path and the ball path. It is a principal part expanded vertical sectional view which shows the state which removed the taking-in apparatus from the upper plate unit. It is a partial cross-sectional view of the upper dish ball removal operation unit and the take-in device, and shows a state where the ball passage and the guide passage are blocked by a return shutter. It is a partial cross-sectional view of the upper dish ball removal operation section and the take-in device, and shows a state in which the ball passage and the guide passage are communicated. It is a disassembled perspective view of a taking-in apparatus. It is the perspective view seen from the back side of the taking-in apparatus. It is a rear view of a payout block. It is a rear view which shows the state which removed the payout control apparatus and the power supply control apparatus from the payout block. It is the perspective view seen from the front side of the payout block. It is a principal part expansion longitudinal cross-sectional view of the case rail which shows the structure of a ball | bowl piece detection apparatus, Comprising: It is a figure which shows the state in which sufficient number of game balls are replenished in a case rail. It is a principal part expansion longitudinal cross-sectional view of the case rail which shows the structure of a ball | bowl piece detection apparatus, Comprising: It is a figure which shows the state in which sufficient number of game balls are not replenished in a case rail. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the state which removed the mounting base of the dispensing device and the dispensing relay terminal board from the dispensing block. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the payout apparatus, and shows a state where no payout operation is performed. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a payout apparatus, and is a figure which shows the state which is paying out. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a payout apparatus, and is a figure which shows the state which is performing ball extraction operation of the payout apparatus. It is a disassembled perspective view of a game block. It is a front view of a game panel. It is a partial exploded perspective view of a rotating drum unit. It is a figure which shows the operation principle of a stepping motor. It is a connection diagram which shows the drive system of a stepping motor. (A) The figure thru | or (C) figure is an expanded view of the symbol seal | sticker which comprises each spinning cylinder. It is a figure which shows the combination of the symbol which comprises each combination, and the number of game ball payout corresponding to each small combination. It is a block circuit diagram which shows the electrical structure of a ball-type spinning machine. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of an NMI interruption process. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of a timer interruption process. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of the process at the time of a power failure. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of a main process. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of a normal process. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of a lottery process. It is a figure which shows an example of the data content of the lottery table for normal game states. It is a figure which shows an example of the data content of the lottery table for RT game states. It is a figure which shows an example of the data content of the carry over state and the lottery table for CB game states. It is a figure which shows an example of the data content of the lottery table for bonus game states. It is the block diagram which showed notionally the several stop control table stored in the stop control table storage area of ROM. FIGS. (A) to (C) are diagrams showing an example of a stop control table for a re-gamer. FIG. (A) is a basic stop control table for a re-game player, and (B) is a re-game player. (C) is an auxiliary stop control table for re-game players. FIGS. (A) and (B) are diagrams showing an example of a stop control table to be referred to in stop control when the CB role is won, and FIG. (A) shows the common stop control table for CB role and the loss. It is a figure which shows an example of the service auxiliary stop control table. It is a figure which shows an example of the change determination table after a 1st stop. It is a figure which shows an example of a stop operation time change determination table. It is a figure which shows an example of the change determination table after a 2nd stop. It is a figure which shows an example of the transfer table after a 1st stop. It is a figure which shows an example of the transfer table at the time of stop operation. It is a figure which shows an example of the transfer table after a 2nd stop. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of a rotation control process. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of a 1st stop control table change process. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of a 2nd stop control table change process. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of the payout setting process. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of a game ball payout process. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of a bonus game state process. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of a bonus game transfer process. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of CB game state process. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of RT process. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of the timer interruption process of a sub board | substrate. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of the command interruption process of a sub board | substrate. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of the main process of a sub board | substrate. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of the reception command confirmation process of a sub board | substrate. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of the period timer process of a sub board | substrate. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of the lottery result command process of a sub board | substrate. It is the figure which showed notionally an example of the effect lottery table referred in the effect lottery of a sub board | substrate. It is a figure which shows notionally an example of the data structure of the display effect of a sub board | substrate. It is the figure which showed notionally an example of the effect control information table referred in the effect control of a sub board | substrate. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of a rotation rotation information command process. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of a bet command process. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of a sound and a display alert change process. (A) A figure is a figure which shows an example of transition of the symbol display when a re-game player is elected, and (B) figure is a transition of a stop control table referred to when a re-game player is elected. It is a figure which shows an example, (C) The figure is a figure which shows an example of the transition of the symbol display when the CB combination is won, (D) The figure is referred when the CB combination is won It is a figure which shows an example of transition of a stop control table. It is a figure which shows an example of the lottery probability of an expansion system display effect. It is a figure which shows an example of transition of an expansion system display effect. It is a figure which illustrates the duplication standby symbol display in the conventional game machine.

  Hereinafter, effective forms and the like will be described while showing operational effects and the like as necessary. Specific examples are shown in parentheses after each component of the present invention, but each component of the present invention is not limited to such a specific example, and may be appropriately selected as long as it can exhibit substantially the same function as the specific example. Can be changed.

Mean 1:
The gaming machine according to the present invention is
A symbol display means (for example, a spinning cylinder L, M, R) for displaying symbols by a plurality of symbol rows (for example, symbol stickers 43L, 43M, 43R);
Symbol changing means (for example, stepping motor 43L4) that drives the symbol display means to individually circulate the symbols displayed in each symbol display area constituting any of the plurality of combination lines in each of the plurality of symbol rows. , 43M4, 43R4),
Start operation means (for example, a start lever 124) for performing an input for starting the fluctuation of the symbol display by the symbol display means;
Stop operation means (for example, stop buttons 126L, 126M, 126R) for performing an input for individually stopping the plurality of symbol strings by the symbol display means;
Bet means (for example, a five bet button 114 and a max bet button 304) for activating the plurality of combination lines in accordance with a bet of a game medium provided for a unit game;
Lottery means (for example, lottery processing S504 of the main board 45a) for determining at least one kind of winning combination by lottery according to the input by the start operation means;
The symbol changing means is controlled according to the input by the starting operation means, the symbol display of each of the plurality of symbol rows by the symbol display means is changed, and the symbol display is changed according to the input by the stop operating means. By controlling the symbol variation means, the symbol display variation in the symbol display means is changed to a symbol display corresponding to the input of the plurality of symbol sequences from a predetermined standard movement amount (for example, The symbol variation control means (for example, the spinning control process S505 of the main board 45a and the stepping motor control) are stopped by the symbol display moved cyclically within the range of the maximum slip amount of five symbols in the normal gaming state. Processing S206),
In accordance with the display of the symbol pattern corresponding to the profit gaming state transition combination along any of the plurality of combination lines activated by the betting means in accordance with the stop of the variation of the symbol display in the normal gaming state, Game state changing means (for example, winning combination determination processing S1406 to CB game initial setting processing S1408 of the main board 45a) for shifting from the gaming state to a profitable gaming state that is more advantageous than the normal gaming state for the player;
In a gaming machine equipped with
Each of the plurality of symbol sequences includes a plurality of first specific symbols (for example, replay symbols), and an interval between two first specific symbols in the vicinity of the plurality of first specific symbols is Less than a predetermined standard travel distance,
One of the plurality of symbol sequences is a specific symbol sequence (for example, the right symbol seal 43R), and the plurality of second specific symbols (for example, bell symbols) in which the specific symbol sequence is different from the first specific symbol. An interval between two second specific symbols in an arbitrary neighborhood among the plurality of second specific symbols is equal to or less than the predetermined standard movement amount,
The plurality of types of combinations in the normal gaming state that are the targets of the lottery in the lottery means include a first specific combination and the profit gaming state transition combination,
The design pattern corresponding to the first specific combination is a set of patterns of the first specific design in each of the plurality of design sequences,
The symbol pattern corresponding to the profit gaming state transition combination is the first symbol and the second symbol in the specific symbol sequence in each of the other symbol sequences different from the specific symbol sequence among the plurality of symbol sequences. A permutation pattern corresponding to an arrangement order of the plurality of symbol sequences with a specific symbol;
The symbol arrangement in the plurality of symbol sequences is different from any one symbol sequence in the plurality of symbol sequences to at least one of all the other symbol sequences from any symbol display by all other symbol sequences The arbitrary symbol display is established for both the first specific combination and the profit game state transition combination by cyclically moving one symbol sequence within the same range as the predetermined standard movement amount. It is a symbol array that shifts to a duplicate standby symbol display (so-called double template, triple template, etc.) that is in a standby state (so-called template),
When the at least one winning combination based on the lottery by the lottery means is only the first specific combination, the symbol fluctuation control means determines the change in the symbol display by the symbol display means as the bet Stopping at the symbol display in which the symbol pattern corresponding to the first specific combination along any of the plurality of combination lines activated by the means is displayed;
When the at least one winning combination based on the lottery by the lottery means is only the profit gaming state transition combination, the symbol variation control means determines the change in the symbol display by the symbol display means as the bet The symbol display corresponding to the profit gaming state transition combination along any one of the plurality of combination lines validated by the means is stopped at the symbol display on which the symbol pattern is displayed.
The “combination line” is a set of effective display areas arranged linearly or a set of effective display areas arranged linearly. The combination line activated by betting is also abbreviated as an effective line below. Each symbol is established (winning) by displaying a symbol pattern corresponding to each symbol along one of the active lines, and the player can enjoy the profit corresponding to each symbol.
The “first specific combination” means, for example, a re-playing combination in which a next unit game can be performed without newly betting a gaming medium or a small combination in which the gaming medium is returned. The “profit gaming state transition combination” is, for example, a big bonus combination (hereinafter also referred to as a BB combination) or a regular bonus gaming state (hereinafter also referred to as a BB gaming state) or a regular bonus gaming state (which is also referred to as a BB gaming state). Hereinafter, a regular bonus role (hereinafter also referred to as RB role), a challenge bonus role (hereinafter also referred to as CB role) and a winning role (especially a small role that is an incomplete pull-in role). ) To assist the transition to the assist time gaming state (hereinafter also referred to as AT gaming state) that makes it easy to obtain profits according to the winning role, Replay time role (hereinafter also referred to as RT role) for shifting to a re-game probability fluctuation state (hereinafter also referred to as RT game state) in which the winning probability is higher than the normal gaming state Taste.
The “second specific symbol” may be a dedicated symbol for the profit gaming state transition combination, or may be a symbol constituting any of the combinations to be selected in the normal gaming state.
“Established standby state” means a symbol corresponding to an arbitrary profit along any one of a plurality of activated combination lines when a symbol column other than an arbitrary symbol column is stopped. The pattern is partially displayed except for one symbol, and the symbol pattern can be completed when the symbol sequence that has not stopped is stopped.
“The interval between two neighboring symbols in a plurality of first specific symbols is equal to or smaller than a predetermined standard movement amount” means that any two neighboring first first specific symbols are out of a plurality of first specific symbols. Even if attention is paid, it means that the interval is not more than a predetermined standard movement amount. Note that “neighboring” means two first specific symbols out of a plurality of first specific symbols, and means that no other first specific symbols are included between them. When there are no symbols other than the first specific symbol between two neighboring first specific symbols, or other symbols other than the first specific symbol are included between two neighboring first specific symbols It implies the case. “The interval between two neighboring symbols of a plurality of second specific symbols is equal to or less than a predetermined standard movement amount” is also the same as in the case of the first specific symbol described above.

With the above configuration, the design pattern corresponding to the first specific combination and the design pattern corresponding to the profit gaming state transition combination are different only in the specific design sequence (arbitrary design sequence), When the first specific combination and / or profit game state transition combination is elected, the duplicate standby symbol display is always performed by stopping the change of the symbol display by the specific symbol sequence last. As a result, the frequency with which the overlapping standby symbol display is performed can be increased. Therefore, it is possible to improve the game playability by the overlapping standby symbol display. In addition, if the change of the symbol display by the specific symbol sequence is stopped at the end, the duplicate standby symbol display can be freely generated as long as one of the first specific combination and profit game state transition combination is won. it can.
Also, with the above configuration, if the first specific combination is won, the first specific combination must be established when the variable stop means stops the change display of all symbol sequences. it can. In the following, a role such as the first specific role is also referred to as a fully drawn symbol. Similarly, the profit game state transition combination is also a complete drawing symbol. Therefore, when the first specific combination and the profit gaming state transition combination are won, and when those overlapping standby symbols are displayed, either of them will be established regardless of the skill of the player. . As a result, it is possible to improve the playability when the overlapping standby symbol display is made.
In the above description, the symbol arrangement in each of the plurality of symbol sequences is configured so as to be able to always display a duplicate standby symbol display by moving any two symbol sequences within a predetermined standard movement amount range. In the present invention, the control may be performed so that the duplicate standby symbol display is always displayed when any two symbol sequences are stopped, or may not be necessarily the duplicate standby symbol display.

Mean 2:
In the gaming machine described in the above means 1,
The plurality of symbol sequences in the symbol display means includes a left symbol sequence, a middle symbol sequence arranged on the right side of the left symbol sequence, and a right symbol sequence arranged on the right side of the middle symbol sequence. ,
The plurality of combination lines include a middle combination line along the arrangement direction of the three symbol rows, and one symbol in a direction opposite to the cyclic movement direction of each of the plurality of symbol rows from the middle row combination line. Corresponding to the shifted upper combination line, the lower combination line shifted by one symbol in the same direction as the cyclic movement direction from the middle combination line, and the left symbol row constituting a part of the lower combination line A symbol display area corresponding to the middle symbol row constituting a part of the middle combination line and a symbol display area corresponding to the right symbol row constituting a part of the upper combination line. A diagram corresponding to a combination line, a symbol display area corresponding to the left symbol row constituting a part of the upper combination line, and the middle symbol row constituting a part of the middle combination line. And a downhill combined line consisting of the symbol display areas corresponding to the right symbol sequence constituting a part of the display area lower combined line,
The specific symbol sequence is the left symbol sequence;
In the left symbol row, the plurality of second specific symbols are separated from an arbitrary first specific symbol among the plurality of first specific symbols by two symbols in the same direction as or in the opposite direction to the cyclic movement direction. One of the specific symbols is arranged.

  In the case of the above configuration, in a gaming machine in which the number of general combination lines is 5 and the standard movement amount is less than the interval of 5 symbols, the symbol arrangement in each of the plurality of symbol rows is any two By moving the symbol row within the range of the predetermined standard movement amount, the symbol arrangement can be surely displayed as an overlapping standby symbol.

Mean 3:
In the gaming machine described in the above means 1,
The plurality of symbol sequences in the symbol display means includes a left symbol sequence, a middle symbol sequence arranged on the right side of the left symbol sequence, and a right symbol sequence arranged on the right side of the middle symbol sequence. ,
The plurality of combination lines include a middle combination line along the arrangement direction of the three symbol rows, and one symbol in a direction opposite to the cyclic movement direction of each of the plurality of symbol rows from the middle row combination line. Corresponding to the shifted upper combination line, the lower combination line shifted by one symbol in the same direction as the cyclic movement direction from the middle combination line, and the left symbol row constituting a part of the lower combination line A symbol display area corresponding to the middle symbol row constituting a part of the middle combination line and a symbol display area corresponding to the right symbol row constituting a part of the upper combination line. A diagram corresponding to a combination line, a symbol display area corresponding to the left symbol row constituting a part of the upper combination line, and the middle symbol row constituting a part of the middle combination line. And a downhill combined line consisting of the symbol display areas corresponding to the right symbol sequence constituting a part of the display area lower combined line,
The specific symbol sequence is the right symbol sequence;
In the right symbol row, the plurality of second specific symbols are separated from an arbitrary first specific symbol among the plurality of first specific symbols by two symbols with respect to the same or opposite direction as the cyclic movement direction. One of the specific symbols is arranged.

  If it is said structure, the symbol arrangement | sequence in each of a some symbol row | line | column will be a symbol arrangement | sequence which can always be made into a duplicate standby symbol display by moving arbitrary two symbol row | line | columns within the range of predetermined standard movement amount.

Mean 4:
In the gaming machine described in the above means 1,
The plurality of symbol sequences in the symbol display means includes a left symbol sequence, a middle symbol sequence arranged on the right side of the left symbol sequence, and a right symbol sequence arranged on the right side of the middle symbol sequence. ,
The plurality of combination lines include a middle combination line along the arrangement direction of the three symbol rows, and one symbol in a direction opposite to the cyclic movement direction of each of the plurality of symbol rows from the middle row combination line. Corresponding to the shifted upper combination line, the lower combination line shifted by one symbol in the same direction as the cyclic movement direction from the middle combination line, and the left symbol row constituting a part of the lower combination line A symbol display area corresponding to the middle symbol row constituting a part of the middle combination line and a symbol display area corresponding to the right symbol row constituting a part of the upper combination line. A diagram corresponding to a combination line, a symbol display area corresponding to the left symbol row constituting a part of the upper combination line, and the middle symbol row constituting a part of the middle combination line. And a downhill combined line consisting of the symbol display areas corresponding to the right symbol sequence constituting a part of the display area lower combined line,
The specific symbol sequence is the middle symbol sequence;
In the specific symbol sequence, the plurality of second specific symbols are separated from any first specific symbol among the plurality of first symbols by one symbol in the same direction as or in the opposite direction to the cyclic movement direction. One of the symbols is arranged.

  If it is said structure, the symbol arrangement | sequence in each of a some symbol row | line | column will be a symbol arrangement | sequence which can always be made into a duplicate standby symbol display by moving arbitrary two symbol row | line | columns within the range of predetermined standard movement amount.

Mean 5:
In the gaming machine described in the above means 2,
All the symbol sequences different from the specific symbol sequence in the plurality of symbol sequences further include a plurality of specific symbols of the same type as the second specific symbol, and the specific symbol sequence in the plurality of symbol sequences and The interval between two neighboring symbols of the plurality of specific symbols in all the other different symbol sequences is equal to or less than the standard movement amount,
The plurality of types of combinations in the normal gaming state that are the targets of the lottery in the lottery means include a second specific combination,
The design pattern corresponding to the second specific combination is a set of patterns of the second specific design in each of the plurality of design sequences,
When the at least one winning combination based on the lottery by the lottery means is only the second specific combination, the symbol variation control unit is configured to change the symbol display variation by the symbol display unit. The symbol display corresponding to the second specific combination along any one of the plurality of combination lines validated by the means is stopped at the symbol display on which the symbol pattern is displayed.
The “second specific combination” is, for example, a re-playing combination that allows the next unit game to be played without newly betting gaming media, or a small combination in which the gaming medium is returned, and is different from the first small combination. Means a role. Specifically, when the first specific combination is a re-playing combination, the second specific combination is a small combination, and when the first specific combination is a small combination, the second specific combination is set. It is a small combination of a different type from the re-playing combination or the first specific combination.

  With the above configuration, the first specified combination and profit game state transition combination as well as the second specified combination become full pull-in combinations, and the lottery target combination in the normal gaming state includes three types of full pull-in combinations, Since there are two types of symbols to be constructed, the number of complete pull-in combinations can be increased without reducing the degree of freedom of arrangement patterns for those two types of symbols and other types of symbols in each symbol row Can do. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the symbol display from becoming monotonous due to an increase in the frequency of the same symbol display.

Mean 6:
In the gaming machine according to the above means 1 to 5,
The symbol variation control means, when the at least one winning combination based on the lottery by the lottery means is only the first specific combination, any one symbol sequence of the plurality of symbol sequences The symbol display corresponding to all the other symbol sequences different from the first specific role according to a combination of different stop orders for the plurality of symbol sequences and different stop timings for each of the plurality of symbol sequences. Is in the established standby state, and the profit game state transition combination is selectively stopped in a stand-by symbol display different from the established standby state or in the overlapping standby symbol display.

  If it is said structure, it can suppress that the symbol display in the case where the 1st specific combination is elected becomes monotonous. From the viewpoint of increasing the appearance frequency of the duplicate standby symbol display, when the first specific role is won, the ratio of the appearance of the duplicate standby symbol display to the appearance of the single standby symbol display is larger than 1. Is preferred. More preferably, the ratio is larger than 4 and larger. In addition, when adjusting the appearance ratio, it may be controlled to increase the number of patterns in the stopping order to be completely stopped by the overlapping standby symbol display, or the overlapping standby symbol display is completely performed within the predetermined stopping order. The ratio of stopping at may be controlled to increase according to the stop timing. In these cases, the algorithm in the stop control is changed. For example, in the case of table-type stop control, the contents of the stop control table are changed, or the algorithm for selecting the stop control table is changed.

Mean 7:
In the gaming machine according to the above means 1 to 5,
The symbol variation control means, when the at least one winning combination based on the lottery by the lottery means is only the first specific combination, any one of the plurality of symbol strings The symbol display corresponding to all the other symbol sequences different from the above is only the overlapping standby symbol display for a combination of an arbitrary stop order for the plurality of symbol sequences and an arbitrary stop timing for each of the plurality of symbol sequences. It is characterized by being stopped.

  In the case of the above configuration, when only the first specific combination is won, the final stop symbol display is always performed through the duplicate standby symbol display regardless of the stop order and stop timing. The appearance frequency of the standby symbol display is maximized. Thereby, the gameability based on the overlapping standby symbol display can be improved to the maximum.

Mean 8:
In the gaming machine according to the above means 1 to 5,
The symbol variation control means, when the at least one winning combination based on the lottery by the lottery means is the profit gaming state transition combination, any one symbol sequence of the plurality of symbol sequences and The symbol display corresponding to all the different symbol sequences is displayed in accordance with combinations of different stop orders for the plurality of symbol sequences and different stop timings for each of the plurality of symbol sequences. It is characterized in that it is selectively stopped in the stand-by symbol display or the duplicated stand-by symbol display in which the profit game state transition combination is in a stand-by state and different from the stand-by state.

  If it is said structure, it can suppress that the symbol display in the case of winning a profit game state transition combination becomes monotonous. In addition, from the viewpoint of increasing the appearance frequency of the overlapping standby symbol display, the ratio of the appearance of the overlapping standby symbol display to the appearance of the single standby symbol display is larger than 1 in the case of winning the profit gaming state transition role. Is preferred. More preferably, the ratio is larger than 4 and larger. In addition, when adjusting the appearance ratio, it may be controlled to increase the number of patterns in the stopping order to be completely stopped by the overlapping standby symbol display, or the overlapping standby symbol display is completely performed within the predetermined stopping order. The ratio of stopping at may be controlled to increase according to the stop timing. In these cases, the algorithm in the stop control is changed. For example, in the case of table-type stop control, the contents of the stop control table are changed, or the algorithm for selecting the stop control table is changed.

Mean 9:
In the gaming machine according to the above means 1 to 5,
The symbol variation control means, when the at least one winning combination based on the lottery by the lottery means is the profit gaming state transition combination, any one symbol sequence of the plurality of symbol sequences and Stop the symbol display corresponding to all the different symbol sequences only by the overlapping standby symbol display for any combination of the arbitrary stop order for the plurality of symbol sequences and the arbitrary stop timing for each of the plurality of symbol sequences. It is characterized by letting.

  With the above configuration, if only the winning game state transition player is elected, the final stop symbol display is always performed through the duplicate standby symbol display regardless of the stop order and stop timing, The appearance frequency of the standby symbol display is maximized. Thereby, the gameability based on the overlapping standby symbol display can be improved to the maximum.

Mean 10:
In the gaming machine according to the above means 1 to 9,
The profit game state transition role is a special bonus role,
In the profit gaming state, the symbol variation control means changes the symbol display variation of any of the plurality of symbol strings in the symbol display means within a predetermined special movement amount range smaller than the predetermined standard movement amount. It is characterized by stopping at the symbol display moved cyclically.

  In the special bonus game state (CB game state) that is shifted when the special bonus combination (CB combination) is established, the amount of movement of the symbol when the symbol display is stopped by at least one of the symbol columns However, since it becomes smaller than the normal gaming state, it is difficult to establish various small roles, and there is a difference in profit reception depending on the skill of the player. In addition, if the special bonus combination is not a fully drawn combination, such as a normal bonus combination, an extra unit is required to establish a special bonus combination rather than a highly skilled player even when establishing a special bonus combination. Profits and losses occur due to the need for games, etc., and when a special bonus combination is won, profits and losses between players with different skills become even greater. However, with the above configuration, since the special bonus combination is a full pull-in combination, it is possible to at least reduce profits and losses when establishing it, so that the fairness of profit enjoyment among players with different skills can be further improved. Can do.

Mean 11:
In the gaming machine according to the above means 1 to 10,
Production lottery means for determining a lottery effect from lots of types with reference to the at least one kind of winning combination based on the lottery by the lottery means,
Effect notification means for notifying the winning effect;
Effect control means for controlling the notification of the winning effect by the effect notification means;
Further comprising
The multiple types of effects include a specific series of effects,
When the at least one type of winning combination based on the lottery by the lottery means is only the first specific combination, the selection rate of the specific group of production groups is such that the at least one type of winning combination is the normal game The specific series in the case where the at least one winning combination includes the profit gaming state transition combination is larger than the case where only the combination different from both the first specific combination and the profit gaming state transition combination according to the state is included. The selection ratio of the performance group is larger than that in the case where the at least one winning combination is only the first specific combination.

  In the case of the above configuration, when the first specific role or profit gaming state transition role is won, the winning rate of the specific group of production groups is higher than in other cases, so the specific series By producing any one of the production groups, it is possible to notify that there is a high possibility that the duplicate standby symbol display is performed before the display is performed. As a result, the gameability based on the overlapping standby symbol display can be further improved.

Means 12:
In the gaming machine according to the above means 10 and 11,
The specific group of production groups is selected in some unit games when the at least one type of winning combination includes the profit gaming state transition combination, and notifies the winning of the profit gaming state transition combination. Profit gaming state transition finalizing effect and the at least one type of winning combination based on the lottery by the lottery means are selected in some unit games when the first specific combination is included, and the profit gaming state transition finalizing effect And at least an effect having the same effect content before the stop of the symbol sequence before the final stop of the plurality of symbol sequences.

  With the configuration of the means 12 described above, since the specific series of effects continues immediately before the overlapping standby symbol display is performed, the gameability based on the overlapping standby symbol display can be further improved.

Mean 13:
In the gaming machine according to the above means 10-12,
The specific group of production groups is selected in some unit games when the at least one type of winning combination includes the profit gaming state transition combination, and notifies the winning of the profit gaming state transition combination. Profit gaming state transition finalizing effect and the at least one type of winning combination based on the lottery by the lottery means are selected in some unit games when the first specific combination is included, and the profit gaming state transition finalizing effect And an effect in which the effect content is the same before the stop of the symbol sequence that is finally stopped among the plurality of symbol sequences.

  With the configuration of the means 13 described above, it is impossible to determine whether the first specific combination is won or the profit gaming state transition combination is won immediately after the duplicate standby symbol display is performed. The playability when the display is made can be further improved.

Mean 14:
In the gaming machine according to the above means 1 to 13,
The gaming machine is a slot machine.

  According to said structure, a slot machine can be provided. The basic configuration of the slot machine is as follows: “Variable display means for confirming and displaying the identification information after dynamically displaying an identification information string made up of a plurality of identification information, and for operating the starting operation means (for example, an operation lever). As a result, the dynamic display of the identification information is started, and the dynamic display of the identification information is stopped due to the operation of the operation means for stopping (for example, the stop button) or after a predetermined time has elapsed. The game machine is provided with special game state generating means for generating a special game state advantageous to the player on the condition that the confirmed identification information at that time is the specific identification information. In this case, examples of valuable objects include coins and medals.

Means 15:
In the gaming machine according to the above means 1 to 13,
The gaming machine is a combination of a pachinko machine and a slot machine.

According to said structure, the fusion machine of a pachinko machine and a slot machine can be provided.
As a basic configuration of this multi-function apparatus, it is provided with variable display means for confirming and displaying identification information after dynamically displaying an identification information string composed of a plurality of identification information, and resulting from the operation of the starting operation means (for example, an operation lever) Then, the dynamic display of the identification information is started, and the dynamic display of the identification information is stopped due to the operation of the operation means for stop (for example, the stop button) or when a predetermined time elapses. Special game state generating means for generating a special game state advantageous to the player on the condition that the confirmed identification information is specific identification information, and using a ball as a valuable object and moving the identification information The game machine is configured so that a predetermined number of balls are required at the start of the target display, and many balls are paid out when the special gaming state occurs.

  The basic configuration of a pachinko machine is provided with an operation handle, and a ball, which is an example of a valuable object, is launched into a predetermined game area in accordance with the operation of the operation handle, and the ball is disposed at a predetermined position in the game area. As a necessary condition for winning the winning operation opening (or passing through the operation gate), identification information (such as a symbol) dynamically displayed on the display device is fixedly stopped after a predetermined time. In addition, when a special gaming state occurs, a variable winning device (specific winning opening) disposed at a predetermined position in the gaming area is opened in a predetermined manner so that a ball can be won, and a value corresponding to the number of winnings is obtained. Examples include values to which values (including not only premium spheres but also data written on a magnetic card, etc.) are given.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a gaming machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a ball-type spinning game machine will be described. However, the present invention is also applied to other gaming machines such as a medal-type spinning machine using a medal as a game medium. it can. Even if it is a ball-type spinning machine, it is not limited to a specific form of the ball-type spinning machine described below, and its design is changed as appropriate without departing from the gist of the present invention. May be.

  FIG. 1 is a front view of a ball-type spinning machine 10 according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of the ball-type spinning machine 10, and FIG. 3 is a door block 12 with respect to the outer frame 11. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which the payout block 30 and the game block 40 are opened with respect to the front block 20. FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the ball-type spinning machine 10 is openable and closable on an outer frame 11 that forms an outer shell of the ball-type spinning machine 10 and on one side of the outer frame 11. And a door block 12 supported by the door. The outer frame 11 is formed in a rectangular shape as a whole by a wooden plate material, and each plate material is assembled by a detachable fastener such as a small screw. The outer frame 11 may be made of light metal such as resin or aluminum in order to reduce the weight. The door block 12 is attached to the outer frame 11 by hinges 13 and 13 so that the door block 12 can be opened and closed. The opening and closing axis of the door block 12 is set so as to extend vertically on the left side when viewed from the front of the ball-type rotary gaming machine 10. The door block 12 can be sufficiently opened to the front side with the opening / closing axis as the axis. The outer frame 11 and the door block 12 constitute a casing of the ball-type spinning machine 10.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the door block 12 includes a front block 20 that constitutes the front surface of the ball-cylinder gaming machine 10, a payout block 30 that is attached to the front block 20 so as to be openable and closable rearward, The game block 40 is attached to the front block 20 so as to be openable and closable rearward, and is encapsulated by the front block 20 and the payout block 30.

(Configuration of front block)
FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the front block 20. As shown in FIG. 5, the front block 20 includes a front panel 100, a front block frame 200, a rotating display panel 22, a panel presser frame 24, an upper plate unit 300, and a take-in device 400 (game ball take-in device). .

  As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 5, the front panel 100 has a window hole 102 for exposing a game area provided on the front surface of the game block 40, and surrounds the window hole 102 with an upper effect LED. A cover portion 104, upper speaker portions 106 and 106, a right middle effect LED cover portion 108, a left middle effect LED cover portion 110, and a central panel portion 112 are disposed.

  The upper effect LED cover part 104, the right middle effect LED cover part 108, and the left middle effect LED cover part 110 each cover a light emitting device such as a light emitting diode (LED) (not shown) attached from the back side of the front panel 100. The light-emitting device functions as an effect means for performing a visual effect of the game by turning on or flashing as the game progresses, and also functions as an informing means for notifying the player of a game state, an error state, etc. To do.

  The upper speaker units 106 and 106 function as rendering means for performing auditory effects of the game, such as sounding various sound effects as the game progresses, in addition to notifying the player of the game state, error state, and the like, which will be described later. It also functions as notifying means for notifying the operation timing and operation order of the rotating cylinder stop buttons 126L, 126M, 126R.

  The central panel portion 112 is made of colorless and transparent glass, and includes information not shown in which a predetermined winning condition, the number of game balls to be paid out when the winning condition is satisfied (the number of winning balls), a game method, and the like are described. This is a part for exposing the panel. In order to make it easy to see the display contents of the information posting panel, a fluorescent lamp 41k (see FIG. 27) is installed inside the central panel portion 112. A five bet button 114 (see FIG. 1) constituting a betting means is disposed on the left side of the central panel portion 112. General-purpose buttons 116 and 118 (see FIGS. 1 and 2) are arranged on the right side of the central panel portion 112. The general-purpose buttons 116 and 118 are buttons whose usage can be set as appropriate for each model of the gaming machine, such as switching of the gaming mode and switching of the display mode on the liquid crystal screen. A key cylinder insertion hole 120 that exposes the front surface (key hole) of the door key cylinder 202 for opening and closing the front block is provided further to the right of the general-purpose button 116 and the like of the central panel portion 112. Further, below the center panel portion 112, an operation panel portion 122 protruding forward is disposed.

  The operation panel 122 is operated in order from the left side of the drawing to start a unit game, and a start lever that functions as a start operation means for starting rotation of a spinning cylinder L, M, R (see FIG. 27) described later. 124, a left-turn cylinder stop button 126L, which is operated to end the unit game, and functions as a stop operation means for individually stopping the rotation of the left cylinder L, the middle cylinder M, and the right cylinder R, A trunk stop button 126M and a right-turn cylinder stop button 126R, and a small window hole 130 for exposing the upper tray ball removal lever 386 for allowing the game ball to flow from the upper tray 302 to the lower tray 128 are provided. . The start lever 124 is a lever that is pressed and operated by the hand when the player starts a unit game, and automatically returns to the original position after the hand is released. When the start lever 124 is operated in a state where a predetermined number of game balls are bet, each of the spinning cylinders L, M, and R starts to rotate. The cylinders L, M, and R may be rotated all at once or in a predetermined order. Above the base end portion of the start lever 124, each cylinder L, M, R is ready for rotation, that is, a predetermined number of game balls are taken in by the take-in device 400, and operation of the start lever 124 can be accepted. A start lever LED 132 for informing the state is embedded. The starting operation means can also be configured by a starting button (not shown) instead of the starting lever 124. Further, around each of the spinning cylinder stop buttons 126L, 126M, and 126R, the spinning cylinder stop buttons LEDL, 134M, and 134R for notifying the state in which the operation of each of the spinning cylinder stop buttons 126L, 126M, and 126R can be accepted are embedded. . Each spinning cylinder stop button LED 134L, 134M, 134R is lit when the corresponding spinning cylinder L, M, R starts rotating, reaches a predetermined speed, and rotates at a constant speed, and the corresponding spinning cylinder L, M, R When R rotation is stopped, it turns off. A lower tray 128 for storing game balls is disposed below the operation panel unit 122.

  On the back surface of the lower tray 128, there is a lower speaker cover portion 136 that covers the lower speaker portion 204 provided on the front block frame 200, and an outlet for game balls flowing from the upper tray 302 to the lower tray 128, which will be described later. A lower tray discharge outlet 138 in which game balls may be directly paid out from the payout device 33 (see FIG. 17) is provided. Also, a lower tray ball removal lever 140 for performing an operation of dropping a game ball from a lower tray 128 into a game ball housing case (a so-called dollar box) (not shown) disposed below the lower tray 128 is provided at the lower front portion of the lower tray 128. Is provided. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the opening 142 is provided on the bottom surface of the lower tray 128, and the opening 142 is normally closed by the closing plate 144. By sliding the closing plate 144 with the lower dish ball removal lever 140, the opening 142 is opened and the game ball is dropped from the lower tray 128. An ashtray 146 is provided on the left side of the lower tray 128. A lower left effect LED cover portion 148 and a lower right effect LED cover portion 150 are provided on both sides of the operation panel portion 122 and the lower tray 128, respectively. The lower left effect LED cover portion 148 and the lower right effect LED cover portion 150 cover light emitting devices such as light emitting diodes (not shown) attached from the back side of the front panel 100, respectively. The front panel 100 is made of synthetic resin, for example, ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene) resin. By doing so, the advantages of high viscosity and high impact resistance and low cost production are exhibited.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the front block frame 200 is a rectangular frame that is slightly smaller than the front panel 100, and is screwed to the back side of the front panel 100. A lower speaker unit 204 for audio production covered with a lower speaker cover unit 136 is attached to the lower part of the front block frame 200. Similarly to the upper speaker unit 106, the lower speaker unit 204 also functions as a rendering unit and a notification unit. In addition, by providing the speaker units 106 and 204 above and below, an auditory effect full of realism can be performed.

  A rotation shaft 206 is provided on the left side of the front block frame 200, and a door opening / closing mechanism 208 is provided on the right side. Reference numeral 202 in the figure denotes a key cylinder constituting the door opening / closing mechanism 208. When a key (not shown) is inserted into the door key cylinder 202 and rotated to the right, the locking claws 210 and 210 that are locked to the outer frame 11 rotate downward, and the locking to the outer frame 11 is released. . Conversely, when a key (not shown) is inserted into the door key cylinder 202 and rotated leftward, the locking claws 212, 212 that lock against the payout block 30 rotate downward, and the lock against the payout block 30 is locked. Canceled. In addition, the code | symbol 214 in a figure is the induction | guidance | derivation channel | path connected to the lower tray discharge outlet 138. FIG.

  The rotating display panel 22 is a colorless and transparent glass plate, and has a substantially trapezoidal shape corresponding to the shape of the window hole 102 of the front panel 100. Further, the rotating display panel 22 is formed with sufficient strength so that it does not break even if a person passing through the gaming machine installation island crashes and collides.

  The display panel retainer frame 24 is screwed to the front block frame 200 with the rotating display panel 22 interposed between the display panel retainer frame 24 and the front panel 100. The display panel presser frame 24 has a substantially trapezoidal shape corresponding to the shape of the rotary display panel 22 and is formed with a predetermined depth. That is, the window hole 102 of the front panel 100 projects forward from the center panel portion 112, and is formed with a depth corresponding to this projecting length.

  The upper plate unit 300 is a member having an upper tray 302 for storing game balls, and is attached to the back side of the operation panel unit 122 so as to close the opening 152 between the central panel unit 112 and the operation panel unit 122. The upper tray 302 is formed with a desired depth and an inclination that descends from the left side to the right side in the drawing. On the upper surface of the front wall of the upper plate unit 300, a max bet button 304 constituting a betting means is arranged on the left side, and a ball lending button 306 and a card return button 308 are arranged on the right side. A max bet button LED (not shown) is embedded in the max bet button 304. The max bet button LED is for informing the player of a possible betting state of the game ball.

  The upper plate unit 300 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of the upper plate unit 300, FIG. 7A is a plan view of the upper plate unit 300, FIG. 7B is a bottom view of the upper plate unit 300, and FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a unit 300. FIG. However, in FIG. 8, illustration of the hood part 310 shown in FIG.6 and FIG.7 (A) is abbreviate | omitted.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, an upper plate discharge outlet 312 is provided at the left end of the upper surface of the upper plate unit 300. In this embodiment, the number of prize balls to be paid out at one time is larger in the ball-type spinning game machine 10 than in a pachinko machine, and the width of the upper tray payout outlet 312 is increased from the viewpoint of instantly paying out a large number of prize balls. Largely set. In this embodiment, the lateral width H1 at the back of the upper tray payout outlet 312 is not less than the width (about 44 mm) in which four game balls are arranged and not more than the width (about 55 mm) in which five game balls are arranged. The upper dish payout exit 312 has a tapered shape that expands from the back side to the front side, and the lateral width H2 on the front side thereof is a width (about 77 mm) in which approximately seven game balls are arranged.

  Moreover, the upper plate unit 300 includes a hood portion 310 that covers the rear side of the substantially central portion in the front-rear direction. The hood part 310 constitutes an upper part of the back wall of the upper tray 302 and is also a member constituting the bottom part of the central panel part 112. That is, in the present embodiment, a front portion of a later-described spinning drum unit 43 attached to the game block 40 protrudes forward, and the lower portion is covered with the hood portion 310. The rear wall of the upper tray 302 is formed at a position deeper than the central panel portion 112, and is located below the rotating drum unit 43. In this way, even if the forward protrusion length of the upper tray 302 with respect to the outer frame 11 is set to the same level as that of the conventional gaming machine, the depth of the upper tray 302 is increased by the conventional amount. It is configured such that a larger amount of game balls can be stored in the upper receiving tray 302 than in the above game machines.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the upper plate unit 300 includes an upper plate unit main body 320, a hood portion 310 (see FIGS. 6 and 7A) screwed to the upper plate unit main body 320, and a ball lending button 306. A card return button 308, an inner cover 330, an outer cover 340, a CR operation display unit 350, an upper plate ball stopper 360, and an upper plate ball removal operation unit 380.

  The upper plate unit main body 320 is a member having the upper tray 302 as described above, and a plurality of (for example, three) game ball guide paths 322a, 322b, and 322c are provided in the downstream portion of the upper tray 302. . The game ball guide paths 322a, 322b, and 322c are portions that sequentially guide the game balls to the take-in device 400 in an aligned state. At the front side of the game ball guide paths 322a, 322b, and 322c, there is provided an attachment portion 323 for mounting the upper dish ball removal operation portion 380 via the CR operation display portion 350 from the lower side. A rectangular window hole 324, a circular window hole 325, and a pair of recesses 328 and 329 having through holes 326 and 327 at the center are provided on the front side of the mounting portion 323 in order from the left side. The rectangular window hole 324 is for exposing the frequency display portion 352 including a plurality of (for example, three) 7-segment LEDs of the CR operation display portion 350. The circular window hole 325 is for exposing the ball lending button LED 354. The pair of recesses 328 and 329 are portions where the ball lending button 306 and the card return button 308 are attached.

  The inner cover 330 and the outer cover 340 have a pair of holes 332, 334, 342, and 344 for exposing the ball lending button 306 and the card return button 308, respectively. The inner cover 330 is for attaching the buttons 306 and 308 to the recesses 328 and 329 by pressing the flanges 306a and 308a of the buttons 306 and 308 at the peripheral edge portions of the pair of holes 332 and 334, respectively. The outer cover 340 is for restricting the push allowance of each button 306,308, and it is comprised so that the front-end | tip part of each button 306,308 may protrude a little from a pair of holes 342,344. By restricting the allowance of the buttons 306 and 308, the ball lending switch 356 and the card return switch 358 of the CR operation display unit 350 can be prevented from being damaged.

  The CR operation display unit 350 includes the frequency display unit 352, a ball lending button LED 354, a ball lending switch 356, and a card return switch 358. The frequency display unit 352 is a part that displays a frequency corresponding to the remaining amount of the card by inserting the card into a CR unit (not shown) arranged adjacent to the ball-type spinning game machine 10. For example, the value of 1/100 of the remaining amount of the card is displayed as the frequency. The ball lending button LED 354 is a part that notifies the player by lighting that a game ball can be lent. That is, when there is a remaining amount in the card inserted into the CR unit, the ball lending button LED 354 is turned on to inform that the game ball can be lent, and the remaining amount is left in the card inserted into the CR unit. When there is no card or when no card is inserted in the CR unit, the ball lending button LED 354 is turned off to notify that the game ball cannot be rented. In addition, when the game ball is lent, the ball rental button LED 354 blinks to notify that the game ball is rented, and the operation of the ball rental button 306 is not accepted even in this blinking state. It is supposed to be configured. The ball lending switch 356 is for lending a game ball by pressing a ball lending button 306. The card return switch 358 is for returning a card from the CR unit by pressing the card return button 308.

  The upper bowl stop portion 360 is attached to the lower side of the game ball guide paths 322a, 322b, and 322c, and the ball path 402a (402b, 402c) that leads from the game ball guide paths 322a, 322b, and 322c to the take-in device 400 ( (See FIGS. 10, 11, and 13). Specifically, when it is necessary to replace the take-in device 400 due to a failure of the take-in device 400 or the like, the ball path 402a (402b, 402c) is closed so that the game ball does not fall from the upper tray 302. belongs to.

  FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the upper plate ball stopper 360. 10 and 11 are longitudinal sectional views of the upper plate ball stopper 360 and the take-in device 400 viewed from the rear side, and FIG. 10 shows a state in which the entrance of the ball passage 402a (402b, 402c) is opened. FIG. 11 shows a state in which the entrance of the ball passage 402a (402b, 402c) is closed. As shown in FIG. 9, the upper dish ball stopper 360 includes a casing 361, a shaft member 362, and a ball stopper member 363363.

  The casing 361 is a hollow rectangular parallelepiped box having an open top, and flanges 364 and 365 for screwing to the upper plate unit main body 320 are provided on both sides thereof. A front receiving portion 367 that rotatably supports the distal end of the shaft member 362 is provided on the front wall portion 366 of the casing 361, and a base receiving portion 369 that receives the proximal end side of the shaft member 362 is provided on the rear wall portion 368. It is provided. Further, on the inner bottom surface of the casing 361, intermediate receiving portions 370 and 371 that receive an intermediate portion of the shaft member 362 are provided. Reference numeral 372 in the figure is a stopper protruding rearward from the rear wall 368. The stopper 372 is a part that restricts the rotation of the shaft member 362.

  The shaft member 362 is for sliding the ball stopper member 363363 with respect to the casing 361. An operation handle 373 disposed on the back side of the casing 361 is provided at the base end portion of the shaft member 362. On the front side of the operation handle 373, an arcuate protrusion 374 that is locked by a stopper 372 is provided. Three pairs of pressing portions 375a and 375b are provided at a distal end portion of the shaft member 362 housed in the casing 361 at an interval of approximately 90 degrees in the circumferential direction. Each of the pressing portions 375a and 375b is formed in a tongue shape, and protrudes in the radial direction of the shaft member 362.

  The ball stopper member 363 has blocking portions 376, 376, and 376 for closing the ball passages 402a, 402b, and 402c. In this embodiment, since three game ball guide paths 322a, 322b, and 322c are provided in the downstream portion of the upper tray 302, the same three closed portions 376 as the number of game ball guide paths 322a, 322b, and 322c are provided. 376 and 376 are provided. The ball stopper member 363363 includes a main body portion 377 slidably fitted to the casing 361, and a pair of pressed portions 378a and 378b provided to straddle the shaft member 362 on the lower side of the main body portion 377, The arm 379 has three arms 379, 379, and 379 that protrude from the main body 377 to one side, and a closing portion 376, 376, and 376 that protrudes upward is provided at the tip of each arm 379, 379, and 379.

  In a state where the protruding portion 374 of the shaft member 362 is in contact with the stopper 372 of the casing 361, as shown in FIG. 10, one pressing portion 375a faces substantially in the horizontal direction and one pressed portion of the ball stopper member 363363. Press 378a. At this time, the other pressing part 375b is maintained substantially downward in the vertical direction. When the operation handle 373 is rotated clockwise as viewed from the back of the ball-type spinning game machine 10 from the state shown in FIG. 10, the other pressing portion 375b faces the substantially horizontal direction as shown in FIG. The other pressed portion 378b of 363363 is pressed, and the ball stopper member 363363 slides toward the ball passage 402a (402b, 402c). As a result, the closing portion 376 reduces the size of the entrance of the ball passage 402 and prevents the game ball from passing therethrough. When the operation handle 373 is rotated counterclockwise from the state of FIG. 11, the game ball returns to a state where it can flow into the ball passage 402 as shown in FIG. 10.

  When the entrance of the ball passage 402 is narrowed as shown in FIG. 11, the take-in device 400 can be removed with the game balls stored in the game ball guide path 322a (322b, 322c) as shown in FIG. .

  8 has an upper dish ball removal lever 386 exposed from the small window hole 130 of the operation panel part 122 to the front surface of the ball-type rotary gaming machine 10, and this lever operation causes the upper dish ball removal operation part 380 to move upward. This is for flowing a game ball from the receiving tray 302 to the lower receiving tray 128. As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the take-in device 400 is operated by operating the guide passages 404 a, 404 b, 404 c for guiding the game balls from the upper tray 302 to the lower tray 128 and the bet buttons 114, 304. And take-in passages 406a, 406b, and 406c for collecting the game balls from the ball and discharging them to the outside of the ball-type spinning gaming machine 10. The upper dish ball removing operation unit 380 moves the return shutter 420 shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 to connect or block the ball passage 402a (402b, 402c) and the guide passage 404a (404b, 404c). is there.

  FIGS. 13 and 14 are partial cross-sectional views of the upper dish ball removing operation unit 380 and the take-in device 400. FIG. 13 shows a ball path 402a (402b, 402c) and a guide path 404a (404b, 404c). FIG. 14 shows a state where the ball passage 402a (402b, 402c) and the guide passage 404a (404b, 404c) communicate with each other.

  As shown in FIG. 13 and FIG. 14, the upper dish ball removing operation unit 380 is erected on the base part 381 and a base part 381 attached to the lower side of the upper dish unit main body 320 via the CR operation display part 350. It has a rotating piece 384 and a pressing piece 385 that rotate about the support shafts 382 and 383, and an upper dish ball removal lever 386 that slides along the front surface of the base portion 381. A connecting portion 384 b that is pivotally attached to the upper dish ball removing lever 386 is provided on the base portion 384 a of the rotating piece 384. Further, the base portion 384 a of the rotating piece 384 is connected to the base portion 381 via the coil spring 387. A bifurcated grip 384 c is provided at the tip of the rotating piece 384. The grip portion 384 c is a portion that slidably grips the convex portion 385 b provided on the base portion 385 a of the pressing piece 385. A pressing portion 385 c that presses the return shutter 420 is provided at the tip of the pressing piece 385. In FIG. 13 and FIG. 14, a coil spring 430 (see FIG. 15) that presses the return shutter 420 toward the pressing piece 385 is stored in the hollow protrusion 408 of the capture device 400. Further, as shown in FIG. 15, the return shutter 420 has a number of window holes 422a, 422b, 422c corresponding to the game ball guide paths 322a, 322b, 322c, and the side of each window hole 422a, 422b, 422c. Are provided with blocking walls 424a, 424b, 424c that block the ball paths 402a, 402b, 402c and the guide paths 404a, 404b, 404c. In addition, tongue pieces 426a, 426b, and 426c extending toward the spherical passages 402a, 402b, and 402c are provided below the window holes 422a, 422b, and 422c. Each tongue piece 426a, 426b, 426c is a part for guiding a game ball from the ball passages 402a, 402b, 402c to the respective window holes 422a, 422b, 422c.

  The state of FIG. 13 is a state where the upper dish ball removing lever 386 is not operated. That is, the rotating piece 384 is pulled counterclockwise by the coil spring 387, and the pressing piece 385 is pulled clockwise by the rotating piece 384, so that the pressing portion 385c is separated from one end portion of the return shutter 420. State. In this state, the ball passages 402a, 402b, and 402c and the guide passages 404a, 404b, and 404c are blocked by the blocking walls 424a, 424b, and 424c of the return shutter 420, and the guide passages 404a and 404b are cut from the ball passages 402a, 402b, and 402c. , 404c cannot pass the game ball. When the upper plate ball removal lever 386 is picked from the state of FIG. 13 and is moved downward in the drawing (actually, from the right side to the left side when viewed from the front of the ball-type rotary gaming machine 10), as shown in FIG. The rotation piece 384 rotates clockwise along with the ball removal lever 386, and the pressing piece 385 is rotated counterclockwise by the rotation piece 384, and the pressing portion 385c presses the return shutter 420. When the return shutter 420 is pressed by the pressing portion 385c, the ball passages 402a, 402b, and 402c and the guide passages 404a, 404b, and 404c communicate with each other through the window holes 422a, 422b, and 422c of the return shutter 420. A game ball can pass from the passages 402a, 402b, and 402c to the guide passages 404a, 404b, and 404c. When the hand is released from the upper dish ball removing lever 386 in the state of FIG. 14, the return shutter 420 is pressed forward by the coil spring 430, and the state returns to the state of FIG.

  FIG. 15 is an exploded perspective view of the capture device 400 (capture means), and FIG. 16 is a perspective view of the capture device 400 viewed from the back side. The take-in device 400 is a device that is attached obliquely below the upper plate ball stopper 360 and takes a predetermined number of game balls stored in the upper plate 302 based on the operation of the bet buttons 114 and 304 by the player. Each time a predetermined number (for example, 15) of game balls are taken in, a start condition for the unit game is established each time, and preparations for starting the unit game are made. At this time, a predetermined number of game balls are taken in, and then discharged to the outside of the ball-type spinning gaming machine 10 through the intake passages 406a, 406b, and 406c.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the take-in device 400 includes a plurality of (for example, three) game ball take-in portions 410a, 410b, 410c corresponding to the game ball guide paths 322a, 322b, 322c, and the return shutter described above. 420, a coil spring 430, a return switch substrate 440, a spring / substrate cover 450 having a hollow projecting portion 408 and covering the coil spring 430 and the return switch substrate 440, and a take-in relay terminal plate 462 as a relay terminal plate cover A take-in relay device 460 covered with 464. The take-in device 400 is configured so that a plurality of game ball take-in portions 410a, 410b, and 410c are provided, so that game balls can be taken in quickly. Note that the game ball take-in portions 410a, 410b, and 410c have substantially the same structure as each other, and the description thereof is duplicated. Therefore, only the backmost game ball take-in portion 410a will be described here.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the game ball take-in section 410a has a resin-made housing made up of a casing 411a and a cover 412a, and takes-in flicker that opens and closes a take-in passage 406a formed inside the housing. 413a, an intake solenoid 414a serving as an opening / closing driving means for driving the intake flicker 413a, an intake main sensor 415a and an intake sub sensor 416a for detecting a game ball introduced into the intake passage 406a. The outer surface of the casing 411a is an attachment surface for the cover 412b of the adjacent game ball take-in portion 410b, and the outer surface of the cover 412a is an attachment surface for the spring / board cover 450. Further, when the casings 411a, 411b, 411c and the covers 412a, 412b, 412c are assembled, as shown in FIG. 16, bowl-shaped portions 417a, 417b, 417c constituting the spherical passages 402a, 402b, 402c are formed at the upper part thereof. The That is, the ball passages 402a, 402b, and 402c are configured by covering the upper portions of the bowl-shaped portions 417a, 417b, and 417c with the bottom portion 320a of the upper plate unit main body 320 as shown in FIGS. On the downstream side of the spherical passages 402a, 402b, and 402c, there are branched portions of guide passages 404a, 404b, and 404c that extend obliquely downward and intake passages 406a, 406b, and 406c that extend in the vertical direction. The intake passages 406a, 406b, and 406c of this embodiment are formed to extend vertically downward, but may be formed to be inclined with respect to the vertical direction.

  The intake flicker 413a is a member for opening and closing the intake passage 406a as shown in FIGS. More specifically, the take-in passage 406a is opened by operating the bet buttons 114 and 304 so that game balls can be introduced into the take-in passage 406a, and when a predetermined number of game balls are introduced into the take-in passage 406a, It is a member that blocks the entrance passage 406a and prevents the game ball from being introduced into the entrance passage 406a. In the take-in flicker 413a, a base end side portion 413a1 and a tip end side portion 413a2 are rotatably connected by a support shaft 413a3. The proximal end portion 413a1 and the distal end portion 413a2 of the take-in flicker 413a are rotatably supported by the support shafts 411a1 and 411a2 of the casing 411a, respectively. A grip portion 413a4 for gripping the tongue piece 414a1 of the take-in solenoid 414a is provided at the base end portion of the take-in flicker 413a. In addition, an opening / closing portion 413a5 for opening / closing the intake passage 406a is provided at the leading end of the intake flicker 413a. Note that reference numerals 413b5 and 413c5 in FIG. 13 and FIG. 14 indicate the opening / closing portions of the take-in flicker of the game ball take-in portions 410b and 410c, respectively.

  As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the intake solenoid 414a is energized by operation of the bet buttons 114 and 304, and contracts the piston 414a2 upward. A knob 414a3 is attached to the tip of the piston 414a2. The knob portion 414a3 has the tongue piece 414a1 extending in the radial direction of the piston 414a2. The piston 414a2 is provided with a coil spring 414a4. The coil spring 414a4 biases the main body portion 414a5 of the take-in solenoid 414a and the knob portion 414a3 in the direction of separating them. That is, when the energization to the intake solenoid 414a is cut off, the piston 414a2 extends downward by the biasing force of the coil spring 414a4.

  When the bet buttons 114 and 304 are pressed, the take-in solenoid 414a is energized, and the piston 414a2 contracts to rotate the proximal end portion 413a1 of the take-in flicker 413a counterclockwise in the drawing. At the same time, the leading end portion 413a2 of the take-in flicker 413a rotates clockwise in the drawing to open the take-in passage 406a, and the game ball waiting in the ball passage 402a can be naturally dropped. Conversely, when a predetermined number of game balls are introduced into the intake passage 406a and the energization of the intake solenoid 414a is interrupted, the piston 41a2 is extended by the urging force of the coil spring 414a4 and the proximal end portion of the intake flicker 413a 413a1 is rotated clockwise in the drawing. At the same time, the leading end portion 413a2 of the take-in flicker 413a rotates counterclockwise in the drawing and closes the take-in passage 406a at the opening / closing part 413a5, so that the game ball cannot fall naturally.

  The take-in main sensor 415a is disposed in the take-in passage 406a and immediately downstream of the opening / closing portion 413a5 of the take-in flicker 413a, and detects a game ball introduced into the take-in passage 406a. The main take-in sensor 415a has a substantially U-shaped cross section so as to surround the front end portion 413a2 of the take-in flicker 413a, and a light emitting element is provided on either the front side or the back side of the take-in flicker 413a. The photosensor is a kind of optical sensor provided with a light receiving element on the other side. In addition, the light emitting element and the light receiving element are provided as a pair in the upper and lower directions and at intervals shorter than the diameter of one game ball. That is, the upper photosensor 415a1 is configured by the upper light emitting element and the light receiving element, the lower photosensor 415a2 is configured by the lower light emitting element and the light receiving element, and the upper and lower photosensors 415a1 and 415a2 are configured. The intake main sensor 415a is configured. The game ball detection result of the take-in main sensor 415a is used for take-in error control and drive control of the take-in flicker 413a. It is within a predetermined period that a game ball is detected by the upper photosensor 415a1 and then detected simultaneously by the upper and lower photosensors 415a1 and 415a2, and then only the lower photosensor 415a2 detects the game ball. If it is performed at this time, it is determined that the game ball has been taken in normally. Conversely, when the upper photosensor 415a1 detects a game ball after the predetermined time has elapsed, the lower photosensor 415a2 does not detect the game ball, or the lower photosensor 415a2 detects a game ball. After that, when the game balls are detected simultaneously by the upper and lower photosensors 415a1 and 415a2, and then only the upper photosensor 415a1 is detected, it is determined that there is an abnormality in taking in the game balls. If it is determined that there is an abnormality, take-in error control is performed so that the unit game cannot be started. In addition, when the number of game balls detected by the take-in main sensor 415a reaches a predetermined number (for example, 5, 10, or 15), the take-in solenoid 414a is de-energized and taken in by the take-in flicker 413a. The entrance passage 406a is closed.

  The take-in sub sensor 416a is disposed below the take-in main sensor 415a by one game ball or more, and detects the game ball introduced into the take-in passage 406a. The take-in sub sensor 416a is composed of, for example, a magnetic proximity sensor formed in an annular shape. More specifically, a magnetic field is generated by passing a current through a coil formed so as to surround the hollow portion of the intake passage 406a, and electromagnetic induction generated when a magnetic body such as a game ball passes through the coil. The passage of the game ball is detected by detecting a change in the voltage applied to the coil. That is, even if the capture device 400 intercepts the light of the light emitting element that constitutes the capture main sensor 415a using an unauthorized means and shows that the game ball has passed through the capture main sensor 415a, the unauthorized means does not play the game. If the magnetic body is not substantially the same as the ball, the game ball detection result by the take-in sub sensor 416a cannot be obtained. The number of game balls detected by the take-in sub sensor 416a is compared with the number of game balls detected by the take-in main sensor 415a, and when both values match, it is determined that the game ball has been normally taken in. If they do not match, it is determined that there is an abnormality in taking in the game ball, and take-in error control is performed. Therefore, it is possible to prevent an illegal act of playing a unit game for free while making it appear as if a game ball has been captured by the capture device 400.

  The take-in device 400 also assembles a plurality of game ball take-in portions 410a, 410b, and 410c and inserts a return shutter 420 into each game ball take-in portion 410a, 410b, and 410c, and takes it into the backmost cover 412a. The attached return switch board 440 is covered with a spring / board cover 450.

  As described above, when the upper tray ball removal lever 386 is operated, the return shutter 420 slides, and the game ball flows from the upper tray 302 to the lower tray 128 through the guide paths 404a, 404b, and 404c. At this time, the return shutter 420 is detected by the return switch board 440, and a state in which the operation reception of the bet buttons 114 and 304 is disabled is generated based on the detection signal. At this time, the bet button LED (not shown) is turned off, and the player is informed that the operation of the bet buttons 114 and 304 cannot be accepted.

  The take-in device 400 has a structure in which a plurality of game ball take-in portions 410a, 410b, 410c are assembled and a take-in relay terminal plate 462 attached to one side thereof is covered with a relay terminal plate cover 464. . The take-in relay terminal plate 462 relays signals output from the take-in main sensor 415a and the take-in sub sensor 416a and transmits them to the main board 45a described later.

(Composition of withdrawal block)
As shown in FIG. 4, the payout block 30 is attached to the front block 20 so as to be freely opened and closed. The opening / closing axis of the payout block 30 is set so as to extend vertically on the left side when viewed from the front of the ball-cylinder gaming machine 10, and the payout block 30 can be sufficiently opened to the rear side with this opening / closing axis as the axis. It has become.

  The payout block 30 is locked to the front block 20 by a door opening / closing mechanism 208. Specifically, the locking claws 212, 212 of the door opening / closing mechanism 208 are locked to the engaging portions 31a, 31a of the payout block 30, and are locked by inserting a door key (not shown) into the door key cylinder 202 and rotating it to the left. The latches 212 and 212 are unlocked. Further, the payout block 30 has a one-touch type stopper 31b (see FIGS. 3 and 4), and is also connected to the front block 20 by this stopper 31b.

  FIG. 17 is a rear view of the payout block 30. As shown in the figure, the payout block 30 includes, in the payout block main body 31, a game ball tank 32 for storing game balls for lending and winning balls, a payout device 33 for paying out game balls, and a game ball tank. A tank rail 34 and a case rail 35 for guiding the game ball from the 32 to the payout device 33, a payout relay terminal plate 36, a payout control device 37 for controlling the payout operation of the game ball, and a power source for controlling the power supply of the game ball The control device 38 and a CR unit connection terminal plate 39 for connecting the ball-type rotary gaming machine 10 to the CR unit are attached.

  The payout block main body 31 has a protective cover portion 31c that protrudes rearward at the center and encloses the game block 40. Game ball tank 32, tank rail 34, case rail 35, payout device 33 (payout means), payout relay terminal plate 36, CR unit connection terminal plate 39, payout control device 37 (payout) so as to surround this protective cover portion 31c Control means) and a power supply control device 38 are mounted.

  18 is a rear view showing a state in which the payout control device 37 and the power supply control device 38 are removed from the payout block 30, and FIG. 19 is a perspective view of the payout block 30 as seen from the front side. The broken line in FIG. 18 shows the flow of the game ball from the game ball tank 32. As shown in the figure, the payout block main body 31 has an upper plate guide path for guiding the game ball from the payout device 33 to the upper tray 302. 31d, a lower tray guiding passage 31e for guiding the game ball from the payout device 33 to the lower tray 128, a discharge passage 31f for discharging the game ball from the payout device 33 to the outside of the ball-type rotating game machine 10, and a take-in device And a discharge bowl 31g for discharging the game ball taken into the machine 400 to the outside of the machine. In the lower dish guide passage 31e, when the upper dish guide passage 31d overflows with game balls, the game balls are introduced from the payout device 33. Further, as shown in FIG. 19, the upper plate guide passage 31 d has an outlet portion 31 d 1 opened on the front side of the discharge block 30, and this outlet portion 31 d 1 is connected to the upper plate discharge port 312 of the upper plate unit 300. Yes. Similarly, the lower dish guide passage 31e has an outlet 31e1 that is open on the front side of the dispensing block 30, and the outlet 31e1 is connected to the lower dish discharging outlet 138 of the front block 20.

  In FIG. 19, reference numeral 31 h denotes a rotating shaft provided at the left end as viewed from the front side of the payout block main body 31. The rotating shaft portion 31h is provided as a pair of upper and lower sides. In each rotating shaft portion 31h, a bracket 31i extends from the payout block main body 31 in a substantially horizontal direction, and protrudes downward from the bracket 31i. The front block 20 is provided with an annular bearing (not shown) into which the rotating shaft portion 31h is dropped, so that the front block 20 and the payout block 30 can be easily attached and detached.

  The game ball tank 32 is a horizontally long box-shaped container that opens upward, and game balls supplied from the game ball circulation facility in the game machine installation island are sequentially replenished. The bottom of the game ball tank 32 is gently inclined. The downstream end of the bottom of the game ball tank 32 is opened to send the game ball to the tank rail 34.

  As shown in FIGS. 17 and 18, the tank rail 34 is attached below the game ball tank 32 and has, for example, four rows of bowl-shaped passages (not shown). The bowl-shaped passage is gently inclined toward the downstream side. On the tank rail 34, four pendulums 34a and 34b (see FIG. 22) that rectify the game balls so as not to flow due to stacking are attached in two rows and two columns. A ball stop lever 34c for preventing the game ball from flowing from the tank rail 34 to the case rail 35 is attached to the downstream side of the pendulums 34a and 34b.

  As shown in FIGS. 17 and 18, the case rail 35 is arranged vertically on the downstream side of the tank rail 34. The case rail 35 has a ball passage 35a that is curved to the left and right with wavy undulations so that the game ball does not flow vigorously, and a ball breakage detection device 35b is assembled to the upper portion thereof. The ball breakage detecting device 35b has a case in which there are not enough game balls inside the case rail 35, that is, the ball is clogged upstream from the case rail 35 and the game balls are not sufficiently supplied to the case rail 35. Is detected. Based on the detection signal of the ball break detection device 35b, a ball clogging error is notified. Note that a plurality of case rails 35 (for example, four) are connected in the front-rear direction corresponding to the number of the bowl-shaped passages of the tank rail 34 (see FIG. 22).

  20 and 21 are longitudinal sectional views of the main part of the case rail 35 showing the configuration of the ball breakage detecting device 35b. FIG. 20 shows a state where a sufficient number of game balls are present on the case rail 35, and FIG. Each of the rails 35 shows a state where there is not a sufficient number of game balls.

  As shown in FIGS. 20 and 21, the broken ball detection device 35b includes a switch piece 35b1 and a broken ball detection switch board 35b2. The switch piece 35b1 is rotatably attached to the case rail 35 by a support shaft 35c. The switch piece 35b1 has a plate-like swinging portion 35b11 that extends downward in the radial direction from the support shaft 35c and can close the ball passage 35a in the case rail 35. Have. The switch piece 35b1 has an eccentric portion 35b12 that is above the support shaft 35c and is biased to one side of the support shaft 35c, and further has a switch portion 35b13 that protrudes to the one side from the eccentric portion 35b12. The ball break detection switch board 35b2 is installed on one side of the switch piece 35b1, and is configured to detect the switch portion 35b13 following the rotation of the switch piece 35b1.

  As shown in FIG. 20, when there are enough game balls in the case rail 35, the swinging portion 35b11 is pushed by the game balls and becomes substantially vertically downward to become a side wall of the ball passage 35a. In this case, the switch part 35b13 is not detected by being separated from the ball break detection switch board 35b2. On the other hand, when ball clogging has occurred on the upstream side of the case rail 35, the game ball is not replenished to the case rail 35 and only the game ball is paid out. As shown in FIG. The game balls will run out. In the case of FIG. 21, the switch piece 35b1 rotates due to the weight of the eccentric part 35b12 and the switch part 35b13, and the ball passage 35a is closed by the swing part 35b11. At this time, the switch part 35b13 is detected by the ball break detection switch board 35b2, and a ball break error is notified based on this detection signal. When the ball clogging on the upstream side of the case rail 35 is eliminated, the game ball flows into the case rail 35, the swinging portion 35b11 is pressed, and the normal state where the switch portion 35b13 is not detected by the broken ball switch board 35b2 is restored.

  FIG. 22 is an exploded perspective view showing a state in which the payout device 30 and the mounting bases 36 a and 36 b of the payout relay terminal plate 36 disposed below the payout device 33 are removed from the payout block 30. The payout device 33 is for paying out a predetermined number of game balls by satisfying a predetermined winning condition or by pressing a ball lending button 306 with a card inserted in a CR unit (not shown). In this embodiment, the maximum number of prize balls of the pachinko machine is 15 balls, whereas the maximum number of prize balls of the ball-type spinning game machine 10 is 75, which is a ball-type spinning machine compared to the pachinko machine. From the viewpoint that the maximum number of prize balls of the gaming machine 10 is large, more payout devices 33 are provided than pachinko machines so that the prize balls can be quickly paid out. In other words, if the pachinko machine is equipped with two payout devices 33, the game can proceed quickly, but in the case of the ball-type spinning game machine 10, if the number of prize balls is large and all the prize balls are not paid out, In this embodiment, the four payout devices 33 are provided in the front-rear direction to speed up the payout of the winning ball so that the game can proceed without delay.

  The mounting bases 36a and 36b shown in FIG. 22 are divided into two parts, and have ball passages 36a1 and 36b1 connected to the upper plate guide passage 31d and the lower plate guide passage 31e on the left side when viewed from the back side. On the right side, ball passages 36a2 and 36b2 are connected to the discharge passage 31f. The upper part of one of the ball passages 36a1 and 36b1 is slightly inclined toward the upper plate guide passage 31d, so that it is easier to guide the game ball to the upper plate guide passage 31d than the lower plate guide passage 31e. Further, the lower part of one of the ball passages 36a1 and 36b1 is tapered so as to straddle the upper plate guide passage 31d and the lower plate guide passage 31e. The other spherical passages 36a2 and 36b2 are configured such that the spherical passage 36a2 on the back side merges with the spherical passage 36b2 on the front side and continues to the discharge passage 31f on the front side.

  FIG. 23 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the configuration of the dispensing device 33. As shown in the figure, the payout device 33 has a resin housing including a casing 33a and a cover (not shown), and is provided with a payout flicker 33b and a payout solenoid 33c. A spherical passage 33d is formed inside the casing 33a, and on the downstream side thereof, there is a branching portion of a discharge passage 33e extending substantially vertically downward and a discharge passage 33f extending obliquely downward. A switching piece 33g is disposed at the branch portion, and normally the gaming piece passes through the payout passage 33e while maintaining the switching piece 33g substantially vertically upward.

  The payout flicker 33b is a member for opening and closing the ball passage 33d as shown in FIG. More specifically, when a predetermined number of game balls are returned to the player by satisfying a predetermined winning condition, the ball path 33d is opened so that the game balls can pass through the ball path 33d, and a predetermined number of game balls are This is a member that closes the ball passage 33d so that the game ball cannot pass through the ball passage 33d when it passes through the ball passage 33d and is returned to the player. The payout flicker 33b includes a base end portion 33b1 and a tip end portion 33b2 that are rotatably connected by a support shaft 33b3. The proximal end portion 33b1 and the distal end portion 33b2 of the payout flicker 33b are rotatably supported by the support shafts 33a1 and 33a2 of the casing 33a, respectively. A gripping portion 33b4 for gripping the tongue piece 33c1 of the payout solenoid 33c is provided at the base end portion of the payout flicker 33b. An opening / closing portion 33b5 for opening / closing the ball passage 33d is provided at the tip of the payout flicker 33b.

  The payout solenoid 33c is energized by pressing a ball lending button 306 when a predetermined winning condition is satisfied or a card is inserted into a CR unit (not shown), and contracts the piston 33c2 upward. . A knob 33c3 is attached to the tip of the piston 33c2. The knob portion 33c3 has the tongue piece 33c1 extending in the radial direction of the piston 33c2. The piston 33c2 is provided with a coil spring 33c4. The coil spring 33c4 biases the main body portion 33c5 of the payout solenoid 33c and the knob portion 33c3 in the direction of separating them. That is, when the energization to the dispensing solenoid 33c is cut off, the piston 33c2 extends downward by the urging force of the coil spring 33c4.

  As shown in FIG. 23, in a state where the ball passage 33d is closed by the opening / closing portion 33b5 of the payout flicker 33b, a ball lending button is established in a state where a predetermined winning condition is satisfied or there is a remaining number in the frequency display portion 352. When 306 is pushed, the dispensing solenoid 33c is energized. Then, as shown in FIG. 24, the piston 33c2 contracts to rotate the proximal end portion 33b1 of the payout flicker 33b counterclockwise in the drawing. At the same time, the tip end portion 33b2 of the payout flicker 33b rotates clockwise in the drawing to open the ball passage 33d, so that the game ball can fall naturally. On the other hand, when the discharge solenoid 33c is de-energized, the piston 33c2 is extended by the urging force of the coil spring 33c4, and the proximal end portion 33b1 of the discharge flicker 33b is rotated clockwise in the drawing. At the same time, the tip end portion 33b2 of the payout flicker 33b rotates counterclockwise in the drawing to close the ball passage 33d, and the game ball returns to the state where it cannot fall naturally, that is, the state shown in FIG.

  The payout device 33 is provided with a payout detection sensor 33h having a substantially U-shaped cross section. The payout detection sensor 33h is arranged immediately downstream of the opening / closing portion 33b5 of the payout flicker 33b, and is for counting the game balls falling in the ball passage 33d. When the number of game balls detected by the payout detection sensor 33h reaches a predetermined value (for example, 35, 75, 125, or 250), the payout solenoid 33c is de-energized, and the ball passage 33d is turned off by the payout flicker 33b. It is configured to close.

  A substantially L-shaped pressing piece 33i for moving the knob portion 33c3 up and down is provided below the dispensing solenoid 33c. The pressing piece 33i is rotatably attached to the support shaft 33a3 of the casing 33a, and presses the knob portion 33c3 upward at the tip end portion 33i1.

  As shown in FIGS. 17, 18, and 22, a substantially fan-shaped operation lever 33j is disposed outside the casing 33a. In FIGS. 23 and 24, reference numeral 33a4 denotes a rotation shaft of the operation lever 33j. The operating lever 33j is connected to a protrusion 33g1 provided at the intermediate portion of the switching piece 33g and a protrusion 33i2 provided at the base end of the pressing piece 33i. That is, when the operation lever 33j is rotated, the switching piece 33g and the pressing piece 33i are configured to be linked. When the operation lever 33j is operated counterclockwise in the drawing, as shown in FIG. 25, the discharge passage 33e is closed by the switching piece 33g and the ball passage 33d and the discharge passage 33f are communicated. On the other hand, the knob 33c3 of the payout solenoid 33c is pushed up by the pressing piece 33i, and the payout flicker 33b opens the ball passage 33d. When the operation lever 33j is operated as described above while preventing the game ball from flowing with the ball stop lever 34c provided on the tank rail 34, the game ball on the downstream side of the ball stop lever 34c is It is discharged outside. When the payout device 33 or the case rail 35 breaks down, the payout device 33 or the case rail 35 is discharged in a state in which the downstream game ball is discharged from the ball stop lever 10 from the ball stop lever 34c as described above. Can be replaced.

  Returning to FIG. 17, the payout control device 37, the power supply control device 38, and the CR unit connection terminal plate 39 will be described. The payout control device 37 controls the payout of prize balls and lending balls, and includes a payout control board 37a including a central control CPU, ROM, RAM, various ports and the like as is well known.

  The power supply control device 38 generates and outputs a predetermined power supply voltage required by various control devices. In addition to the power switch 38a, the power controller 38 is provided with a RAM erasing reset switch 38b, a stop changeover switch 38c, and a setting change key cylinder 38d. When the power switch 38a is turned on, it supplies power to each unit including the CPU. When the reset switch 38b is pressed and the power switch 38a is turned on at the same time, the contents of the RAM are reset, and when pressed while the power switch 38a is turned on, various errors are reset. The stop switch 38c is for switching whether or not the game is temporarily stopped at the end of the big bonus. The setting change key cylinder 38d constitutes a setting change device. In the setting change device, the ball turnout rate of the ball-type spinning game machine 10 is determined in advance in a plurality of steps (for example, 6 steps), and the ball turnout rate is set in any step. The procedure for changing the setting is as follows. First, with the power switch 38a turned off, a setting change key (not shown) is inserted into the setting change key cylinder 38d and rotated 90 degrees clockwise. In this state, when the power switch 38a is turned on, the current turn-out rate (setting) of the 7-segment LED display 41g (see FIG. 27) on the front of the gaming block 40 described later is a numerical value “1” to “6”. Displayed either. Next, when the reset switch 38b is pushed, the number displayed on the 7-segment LED display unit 41g changes and increases by 1 (however, in the case of “6”, it returns to “1”). When the start lever 124 is pressed in a state where any number from “1” to “6” is displayed on the 7-segment LED display portion 41g, the exit rate (setting) is determined.

  The CR unit connection terminal board 39 is electrically connected to the ball lending button 306 on the front surface of the ball-type rotating game machine 10 and a CR unit (not shown), and relays a command signal based on a ball lending operation by the player to control payout. This is output to the device 37. Note that the CR unit connection terminal plate 39 is not necessary in a cash machine in which game balls are rented directly from the ball lending device or the like to the upper tray 302 without using a CR unit.

  The payout control device 37 and the power supply control device 38 are configured such that the control substrates are accommodated in substrate cases made of a transparent resin material or the like.

(Game block configuration)
As shown in FIG. 4, the game block 40 is attached to the front block 20 so as to be openable and closable. The open / close axis of the game block 40 is the same as the open / close axis of the payout block 30, and, like the payout block 30, the game block 40 is attached by a drop structure so as to be freely openable and closable. The game block 40 has a one-touch type stopper 40a, and is connected and fixed to the payout block 30 by the stopper 40a. A stopper 31j for hooking the stopper 40a is fixed to the payout block 30 side. That is, the game block 40 is configured to be integrated with the payout block 30 and to be opened and closed with respect to the front block 20 and to be rotated forward with respect to the payout block 30 after being disconnected from the payout block 30. The The game block 40 is a main block that forms the core of the ball-type spinning gaming machine 10, and the game block 40 can be replaced by making such a game block 40 easy to attach and detach as described above. By replacing the gaming block 40, it is possible to change to a gaming machine having completely different gaming characteristics, and it is possible to reduce the cost of replacing a new gaming machine.

  FIG. 26 is an exploded perspective view of the game block 40. As shown in the figure, the game block 40 has a game panel 41 exposed from the window hole 102 of the front panel 100. The game panel 41 has a window hole 41a that exposes the display screen of the liquid crystal display device 42 attached to the back side of the game panel 41, and a display window 41b that exposes the cylinder unit 43 attached to the back side of the game panel 41. A main controller 45 is attached to the back side of the game panel 41 on one side of the spinning unit 43 via a main mounting base 44, and a sub-control is provided behind the liquid crystal display device 42 via a sub mounting base 46. A device 47 is attached. The main controller 45 is arranged in a vertically long shape so as to be orthogonal to the game panel 41. The reason for this arrangement is to save space by effectively using the lateral position of the rotating drum unit 43 formed with a certain depth as the mounting position of the main controller 45. The sub-control device 47 is disposed behind the liquid crystal display device 42 and tilted above the rotating drum unit 43. That is, the upper rear side of the rotating drum unit 43 is inclined, and space can be saved by arranging the sub-control device 47 obliquely along this inclination.

  FIG. 27 is a front view of the game block 40. 27 shows a state in which strip-shaped symbol seals 43L, 43M, and 43R (see FIG. 31) in which a plurality of (for example, 21) symbols are attached in a row are removed from the rotating drum unit 43 for convenience.

  As shown in FIG. 27, the three spinning cylinders L, M, and R of the spinning cylinder unit 43 are exposed from the display window 41 b of the game panel 41. Specifically, a predetermined number of symbols, which are continuous among the symbols on the symbol stickers 43L, 43M, and 43R attached to the respective drums L, M, and R, are exposed from the display window 41b. In the present embodiment, three symbols for each of the spinning cylinders L, M, and R are displayed from the display window 41b, and 3 × 3 = 9 symbols are displayed in a state where each of the spinning cylinders L, M, and R is stopped. It will be in a state visible to the player from the window 41b. In the figure, a pair of left and right nine LEDs 43L1, 43M1, which individually illuminate the nine symbols from the back side of the symbol stickers 43L, 43M, 43R so that the nine symbols displayed from the display window 41b can be easily seen. 43R1 is arranged in 3 rows and 3 columns, and the symbols of the spinning cylinders L, M, and R are stopped at positions corresponding to the LEDs 43L1, 43M1, and 43R1. The symbol stop position visible from the display window 41b is hereinafter referred to as an effective display area.

  Further, in the ball-type spinning game machine 10, in order to specify the combination of symbols stopped in the effective display area, three effective display areas arranged in the horizontal direction parallel to the rotation axis direction of each of the rotating cylinders L, M, R Two horizontal lines (upper right line, upper line, middle line, lower line) and two diagonal lines (upper right line) that connect three effective display areas arranged in an oblique direction. , Right down line), a total of 5 combination lines are set. The combination line is not limited to a straight line such as a horizontal line or an oblique line, and may be a broken line. Further, the number of combination lines may be six or more, or may be less than five, and may be a predetermined state such that the gaming state is a predetermined gaming state or the stopping order of the spinning cylinder is a predetermined order. You may make it change the number of combination lines according to conditions.

  On the left side of the display window 41b of the game panel 41, there is provided an effective line display section 41c for notifying a player of an activated combination line (hereinafter referred to as an effective line) among a plurality of combination lines. . The active line display unit 41c includes a five bet display unit 41c1, ten bet display units 41c2 and 41c2, and max bet display units 41c3 and 41c3. Specifically, if the bet number is 0 to 4 balls, no combination line is activated, so all the bet display portions 41c1 to 41c3 are turned off, and if the bet number is 5 to 9 balls, the five bet display is performed. Only part 41c1 is lit to notify that only one middle stage line has been activated. If the number of bets is 10 to 14 balls, the five bet display part 41c1 and tenbet display parts 41c2 and 41c2 are turned on. Notifies that the three middle and lower horizontal lines are activated, and if the number of bets is 15 balls, lights all the bet display portions 41c1 to 41c3 to inform that all the combination lines are activated. It is like that. That is, when the five bet button 114 is pressed, a maximum of five game balls stored in the upper tray 302 are taken into the take-in device 400, and the five bet display portion 41c1 is turned on when five game balls are taken in. . When the five bet button 114 is further pressed, the ten bet display portions 41c2 and 41c2 are turned on when five game balls are similarly taken in. Further, when the five bet button 114 is pressed, the maximum bet display portions 41c3 and 41c3 are turned on when five game balls are similarly taken in. On the other hand, when the max bet button 304 is pressed, a maximum of 15 game balls stored in the upper tray 302 are taken into the take-in device 400, and each time five game balls are taken in, the five bet display part 41c1 and the ten bet display part Lights up in the order of 41c2, 41c2, and the maximum bet display portions 41c3, 41c3. When the combination of symbols stopped along the active line becomes a combination that constitutes a predetermined combination, a predetermined profit corresponding to the predetermined combination is given to the player.

  On both sides of the upper window hole 41a of the game panel 41, there are provided accessory spaces 41d and 41e for arranging an electric accessory (not shown). Further, on the right side of the display window 41b, an accessory space 41f, a 7-segment LED display unit 41g, and an LED display unit 41h are provided in order from the top. The electric accessories arranged in these accessory spaces 41d, 41e, and 41f are used for game effects, confirmation of big bonus or regular bonus, and the like. The 7-segment LED display unit 41g is a part that displays the number of game balls paid out in a unit game, an error code, six-stage settings at the time of setting change, and the like. The LED display unit 41h is provided with four LEDs. Among them, the upper three LEDs constitute a bet number display portion 41h1. The bet number display unit 41h1 displays a bet number within a range of 1 to 3 by turning on LEDs corresponding to the number of game balls taken into the take-in device 400. The remaining one LED is a re-game display unit 41h2. The replay display portion 41h2 is lit when the replay symbols (for example, the 20th symbol of the left symbol seal 43L) among the symbols of the symbol seals 43L, 43M, and 43R shown in FIG. This means that the unit game can be performed free of charge without any betting of the game ball. If the start lever 124 is pressed after a predetermined time has elapsed after the re-game symbols are aligned along the active line, the re-game display portion 41h2 is turned off as the rotating cylinders L, M, and R are rotated.

  Further, the information posting panel (not shown) exposed from the central panel portion 112 is attached below the display window 41b. A stamp 41i and a model name sticker 41j are attached to one end of the information posting panel. Further, as indicated by a broken line, a fluorescent lamp 41k for illuminating the information posting panel from the rear side is disposed inside the information posting panel.

  The liquid crystal display device 42 gives an effect corresponding to the combination and notifies the player that the combination can be established by winning any combination in the unit game in the non-bonus game state, In addition to functioning as a directing means to give the player a sense of expectation as if any of the roles can be established even if the player is defeated, the game state is either from the normal game state Notifying that it is possible to shift to the bonus gaming state, notifying the total number of game balls to be paid out in the bonus gaming state, or being in a specific gaming state (for example, an RT gaming state that is easy to win a re-gamer) Informing means for informing, informing the number of unit games performed in a specific gaming state, or informing the operation timing and operation order of the rotation stop buttons 126L, 126M, 126R Functional.

  FIG. 28 is a partially exploded perspective view of the rotating drum unit 43. The rotating drum unit 43 has three rotating drums (so-called reels) L, M, and R, and each of the rotating drums L, M, and R is housed in the rotating drum unit frame 43a. Since each of the spinning cylinders L, M, and R has the same configuration, the right spinning cylinder R will be described as an example here.

  The right cylinder R is obtained by winding a symbol seal 43R on which 21 symbols (identification elements) are drawn at equal intervals around the outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical skeleton member 43R2 forming a cylindrical cage, and the cylindrical skeleton member 43R2 Is attached to a rotating shaft 43R5 of a stepping motor 43R4 for a right turn cylinder, which is a rotation drive means, via a disk-shaped reinforcing plate 43R3.

  The stepping motor 43R4 for the right swirl is screwed to a motor plate 43R6 suspended from the swivel unit frame 43a, and the motor plate 43R6 has a pair of light emitting elements and light receiving elements. A position detection sensor 43R7 is installed. A pair of photosensors (not shown) constituting the rotation position detection sensor 43R7 are arranged in the sensor casing while maintaining a predetermined interval.

  A sensor cut van 43R9 extending in the axial direction is attached to one of the five vehicle radii 43R8 of the cylindrical skeleton member 43R2. The sensor cut van 43R9 is aligned so that it can pass through the gap between both elements of the rotating cylinder position detection sensor 43R7. Each time the right cylinder R makes one rotation, the cylinder position detection sensor 43R7 detects the passage of the tip of the sensor cut van 43R9 and outputs a detection signal to the main board 45a. Based on this detection signal, the main board 45a can confirm and correct the rotation angle position of the right cylinder R every rotation.

  The stepping motor 43R4 is set so that the right cylinder R makes one round by a drive signal of 504 pulses (also referred to as an excitation signal or an excitation pulse, the same applies hereinafter) output from the main board 45a, and is rotated by this excitation pulse. The position is controlled. That is, since the 21 symbols are sequentially displayed from the display window 41b of the game panel 41 when the clockwise cylinder R makes one round, 24 pulses (= 504 pulses / 21 symbols) are required to switch from the predetermined symbol to the next symbol. Drive signal is required. Then, it is possible to recognize which symbol is displayed from the display window 41b or to display an arbitrary symbol from the display window 41b based on the number of pulses from when the detection signal of the rotation position detection sensor 43R7 is output. In addition, it is possible to perform stop control of the rotating drum.

  FIG. 29 is a connection diagram showing the operation principle of the stepping motor 43R4. In this embodiment, a hybrid (HB) type two-phase stepping motor employing a 1-2 phase excitation method is used as the stepping motor 43R4. The stepping motor 43R4 is not limited to a hybrid type or two-phase, and various stepping motors such as a four-phase or five-phase stepping motor can be used.

  As is well known, the hybrid stepping motor 43R4 includes a rotor (rotor) 60 disposed in the center and first to fourth poles 601 to 604 disposed around the rotor 60.

  The rotor 60 is composed of a front rotor 60a magnetized at the N pole and a back rotor 60b magnetized at the S pole, and between the teeth (small teeth) provided around the front rotor 60a and the teeth. Furthermore, it is attached to the rotating shaft 43R5 in a state where it is relatively shifted by ½ pitch so that the teeth provided around the back rotor 60b are positioned. A cylindrical magnet (not shown) is attached between the front rotor 60a and the back rotor 60b.

  As shown in FIG. 30, the exciting coils L1 and L3 are bifilar wound around the first pole 601 and the third pole 603, and the winding end of the exciting coil L1 and the winding start of the exciting coil L3 are connected. A predetermined DC power source + B (for example, +24 volts) is applied here. Similarly, the excitation coils L2 and L4 are bifilar wound around the second pole 602 and the fourth pole 604, and the winding end of the excitation coil L2 and the winding start end of the excitation coil L4 are connected to each other. Power supply + B is applied.

  Here, as described above, an excitation signal is applied to the first excitation coil L1 to excite the first pole 601 to the S pole and the phase to excite the third pole 603 to the N pole as the A phase. On the contrary, an excitation signal is applied to the third excitation coil L3 to excite the first pole 601 to the N pole, the phase for exciting the third pole 603 to the S pole is set to the A-phase, and the second The excitation signal is applied to the excitation coil L2 to excite the second pole 602 to the S pole, the phase for exciting the fourth pole 604 to the N pole is set to the B phase, and the excitation signal is applied to the fourth excitation coil L4. When applied, the second pole 602 is excited to the N pole, and the phase in which the fourth pole 604 is excited to the S pole is referred to as a B-phase.

  In the case of the one-phase excitation drive method, the rotor 60 can be driven to rotate clockwise in the drawing by sequentially applying excitation signals to the A-phase, B-phase, A-phase and B-phase. .

  That is, for example, when the A phase is first energized, the protrusion of the first pole 601 and the teeth of the front rotor 60a that become the S pole, and the protrusion of the third pole 603 that becomes the N pole and the teeth of the back rotor 60b, respectively. When attracting by force and then energizing the B phase, the projection of the second pole 602 and the teeth of the front rotor 60a that become the S pole, the projection of the fourth pole 604 that becomes the N pole and the teeth of the back rotor 60b When attracting each other by the attractive force and then energizing the A-phase, the projection of the first pole 601 that becomes the N pole and the teeth of the back rotor 60b, the projection of the third pole 603 that becomes the S pole, and the projection of the front rotor 60a When the teeth attract each other by the attraction force and then the B-phase is energized, the projection of the second pole 602 and the teeth of the back rotor 60b that become the N pole, the projection and the front side of the fourth pole 604 that becomes the S pole With the teeth of the rotor 60a Each attracted by the suction force. By exciting in this order, the rotor 60 rotates clockwise in FIG. 29 (one-phase excitation drive).

  On the other hand, this embodiment employs 1-2 phase excitation drive that alternately performs one-phase excitation and two-phase excitation. In the 1-2 phase excitation drive, excitation is performed according to the following excitation sequences (excitation order) (1) to (8).

That is, since excitation of only one phase is one-phase excitation, and exciting two phases simultaneously is two-phase excitation, as shown in FIG.
(1) Energize Phase A (1-phase excitation)
(2) Energize both A phase and B phase (2 phase excitation), (3) Energize B phase in the same way,
(4) Energize both B and A-phases,
(5) Energize the A-phase,
(6) Energize both A-phase and B-phase,
(7) Energize the B-phase,
(8) Energize both B-phase and A-phase,
Thereafter, the driving method returns from (8) to (1). By adopting this 1-2 phase excitation drive, the angle change per step is about 0.714 ° per step of 1 phase excitation drive.

  A drive signal (drive signal data) for the stepping motor 43R4 is given to the motor driver 70 as excitation data. This excitation data is stored in the RAM 53 of the main board 45a, and appropriate excitation data is output to the input / output port 54 based on a command from the CPU 51 (see FIG. 33). The excitation data determines the excitation phase for the stepping motor 43R4, and an excitation signal (current) is supplied to the excitation phase.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 31 (A) thru | or (C) and FIG. 32, the design and each combination of each spinning cylinder L, M, R are demonstrated. 31A to 31C are development views of the design seals 43L, 43M, and 43R wound around the cylinders L, M, and R. It is a figure which shows the arrangement | sequence of the design of a kind. 31A to 31C, numbers 0 to 20 are assigned to the symbols of the symbol stickers 43L, 43M, and 43R, but these numbers are given for convenience of explanation. The seals 43L, 43M, and 43R are not actually attached. However, in the following description, the number is used for explanation. The left symbol sticker (symbol row) 43L as the left symbol row, the middle symbol sticker (symbol row) 43M as the middle symbol row, and the right symbol sticker (symbol row) 43R as the right symbol row each have a predetermined number of symbols. Twenty-one symbols are arranged in a line at equal intervals.

  Each of the symbol seals 43L, 43M, and 43R has a different arrangement order of the symbols, and some of the plural types of symbols have different numbers arranged on the symbol seals 43L, 43M, and 43R. . In the ball-type spinning game machine 10 of the present embodiment, each symbol seal 43L, 43M, 43R includes a “7” symbol (for example, the 18th symbol of the left symbol seal 43L) and a BAR symbol (for example, the left symbol seal 43L). 6th symbol), a replay symbol as the first specific symbol (for example, the 20th symbol of the left symbol seal 43L), and a bell symbol as the second specific symbol (for example, the 19th symbol of the left symbol seal 43L) ), Watermelon symbol (for example, the fifth symbol of the left symbol seal 43L), cherry symbol (for example, the tenth symbol of the left symbol seal 43L), and first blank symbol (for example, 9 of the left symbol seal 43L) The second symbol (for example, the 0th symbol of the left symbol seal 43L) is attached, and only the left symbol seal 43L has a third blank symbol (for example, the left symbol symbol). It is denoted by the second symbol) Le 43L. Here, various blank symbols are symbols that are not substantially involved in the configuration of all the combinations.

  As shown in FIG. 32, there are a small role in which a predetermined number of game balls are returned and a re-playing role in which the next unit game can be performed without further betting the game ball, as shown in FIG. In addition, there is a bonus combination for shifting to a bonus game state in which a large number of game balls are easily returned and advantageous to the player.

  The small role includes a bell role formed by a combination of symbols consisting only of a bell design, a watermelon role formed by a combination of symbols consisting only of a watermelon design, and a cherry role consisting of a combination of symbols including a cherry design of the left swirl L There is. The bell role is a role in which, for example, 55 game balls are returned to the player, the watermelon role is, for example, a role in which 25 game balls are reduced, and the cherry role is, for example, 10 game balls are reduced. It is a role.

  However, only the symbol of the left spinning cylinder L is effective for the cherry role, and the other spinning cylinders M and R are established even for other symbols other than the cherry symbol. Therefore, an effective display area in which a plurality of effective lines overlap, specifically, an upper display line and a lower right combination line, or an effective display area in which a lower combination line and an upper right combination line overlap, a cherry pattern of the left symbol seal 43L. Is stopped, the number of game balls obtained by multiplying the number of the overlapping active lines is returned, and in this embodiment, 10 (pieces) × 2 (pieces) = 20 game balls are paid out. It is. Such a cherry role is a corner cherry role in which the cherry symbol of the left turning cylinder L stops at the upper or lower corner of the display window 41b and 20 game balls are returned, and a left turning cylinder in the middle of the display window 41b. The cherry pattern of L stops and is roughly divided into a middle-tier cherry role in which 10 game balls are reduced. Note that there is no middle cherry role in the normal gaming state of this embodiment.

  The re-game player is formed by a combination of symbols composed only of the re-game symbols of the respective cylinders L, M, and R, and is a role that gives the player the right to play the next unit game without betting a game ball.

  As a bonus combination, a big bonus combination (hereinafter referred to as a BB combination) which is formed by a combination of symbols composed of only “7” symbols and which shifts the gaming state to a big bonus game (hereinafter referred to as a BB gaming state); A regular bonus combination (hereinafter referred to as an RB combination) that is formed by a combination of symbols consisting only of BAR symbols and that changes the gaming state to a regular bonus game, a re-playing symbol of the left-handed cylinder L and the middle-cylinder M, and a right-handed game. A combination of bell symbols on the torso R and a challenge bonus combination (hereinafter referred to as a CB combination) as a profit gaming state transition combination that shifts the gaming state to a challenge bonus state (hereinafter referred to as a CB gaming state) as a profit gaming state. ) If any bonus combination is established, the game ball is not paid out, and a transition is made to a bonus game state corresponding to the bonus combination.

  The BB gaming state and the RB gaming state are terminated on condition that, for example, a small role is won in almost every unit game, and a predetermined number or more of game balls are paid out. In the present embodiment, the BB gaming state ends with a total of 2250 game balls being paid out, and the RB gaming state ends with a total of 650 game balls being paid out. As a small combination in the BB gaming state or the RB gaming state, a small combination effective only in the bonus gaming state may be provided separately from each of the above small combinations. In the present embodiment, for example, in other game states except the BB gaming state and the RB gaming state, only the horn cherry role is established as the cherry role, and in the BB gaming state and RB gaming state, only the middle cherry role is provided as the cherry role. It is supposed to be established. Note that the BB game state and the RB game state are not limited to the above-described modes, and any game balls can be used as long as a large number of game balls are returned to the player. For example, a replay game that is easy to win a re-game player and a small game that wins one of the small games in each unit game are alternately repeated, and a predetermined number or more of game balls are paid out. You may make it complete | finish. A transition from a replay game to a small role game is made on condition that a game transition combination is established internally. The game ball is not paid out even if the game transition role is established. When the small role is established (winning) a predetermined number of times (for example, 8 times) in the small role game, the small role game is terminated and the game is shifted to the replay game.

  On the other hand, the CB gaming state of the present embodiment is terminated on condition that a predetermined number (for example, a total of 1500) of gaming balls are paid out, as in the BB gaming state. It differs from the BB gaming state and the like in that an arbitrary small combination can be established regardless of the lottery result of the combination. In the CB gaming state, the predetermined maximum slip amount (special movement amount) of the left turn cylinder L is set to two symbols, and the allowable slip amount is set to less than two symbols. In this embodiment, the bell combination is preferentially established. Further, if the stop operation of the left turn cylinder L is performed at the timing when the cherry pattern of the left turn cylinder L stops in the lower effective display area, a combined role of the bell role and the cherry role can be established. When such a combined role is established, the number of game balls paid out based on the establishment of the bell role (55) and the number of game balls paid out based on the establishment of the cherry role (20) is the total number (75) of game balls. Will be paid out. After the end of the CB gaming state, the winning probability of the re-gamer becomes high, and the player enters the RT game state advantageous to the player who can aim to win the bonus role while suppressing the decrease of the game ball. Yes.

  The bell symbol and the replay symbol are fully drawn symbols arranged at intervals not exceeding the maximum slip amount (standard movement amount) in each of the cylinders L, M, and R, respectively. Even if a stop operation is performed at the timing when it passes through a predetermined effective display area, the fully retracted symbol is rotated by rotating each of the cylinders L, M, R within the maximum sliding amount. It is a symbol that can be stopped in a predetermined arbitrary effective display area. In this embodiment, the maximum slip amount is an interval for five symbols, and the maximum slip allowance is set to be less than five symbols, so the symbols arranged between the bell symbols and between the replay symbols. The maximum number is 4 each. A combination of only a fully drawn symbol such as a bell symbol and a replay symbol, and a role that is controlled so as to be established if a winning lottery is won is assumed to be a fully drawn symbol, in the present embodiment, The CB role is a full pull-in role. Among bonus bonuses, the CB role is composed of a combination of re-playing symbols and bell symbols, and since it is a complete pull-in role that is always established if a lottery is won, players who are unfamiliar with the operation of stopping the reels L, M, R It is possible to avoid a situation where the CB combination is won and the game is stopped without being able to establish the CB combination, and it becomes easier for a player who is unfamiliar with the stop operation of the spinning cylinders L, M, and R to play the game.

  On the other hand, the watermelon symbol, the “7” symbol, and the BAR symbol are incompletely drawn symbols arranged at intervals exceeding the maximum slip amount on each of the cylinders L, M, and R, respectively. The cherry symbol is also an incompletely drawn symbol arranged in the left lap trunk L at an interval exceeding the maximum slip amount. If these incompletely drawn symbols are stopped at the timing when they pass through the predetermined effective display area, the incompletely drawn symbols will become the predetermined effective even if the rotating cylinder is excessively rotated within the range of the maximum sliding amount. It is a symbol that cannot be stopped in the display area. In the present embodiment, the “7” symbol of the left cylinder L is arranged next to each other, but the stop operation is performed when the 18th “7” symbol of the left cylinder L passes a predetermined effective display area. If this is done, the 17th “7” symbol of the left cylinder L cannot be stopped in the predetermined effective display area even if the counterclockwise cylinder L is rotated excessively within the range of less than five symbols. The “7” symbols in the left cylinder L are arranged at intervals exceeding the maximum slip amount. Even if the incomplete pull-in combination (for example, the role of cherry, watermelon, special small role, BB and RB) with such an incomplete pull-in symbol is selected, each of the cylinders L, M, R It may not be established depending on the stop operation timing. In the present embodiment, the configuration symbol of the incomplete pull-in combination is arranged in each of the spinning cylinders L, M, and R at intervals exceeding the maximum sliding amount. If it is arranged at an interval exceeding the slip amount, it cannot be established depending on the stop operation timing of the rotating cylinder, so that it becomes an incomplete pull-in combination.

  In the present embodiment, the first blank symbol (for example, the eleventh symbol of the left symbol seal 43L), the second blank symbol (for example, the zeroth symbol of the left symbol seal 43L), and the third blank symbol (for example, The second symbol of the left symbol seal 43L) is handled as a symbol that does not constitute any symbol, but it is also possible to provide a symbol with these symbols as constituent symbols. However, in this embodiment, only in the state where the BB role or the RB role is won, the first blank symbols of each of the cylinders L, M, and R are aligned along the effective line, and the first blank symbol Is a so-called reach-eye display pattern.

  The revolving unit 43 is configured as described above, and is an example of a symbol display means for variably displaying a symbol for informing the player of the establishment / non-establishment of a combination. It may be a configuration. For example, a flexible design belt (one type of design row) with a plurality of types of symbols attached around a pair of pulleys is wound around the pulley, and the design belt is rotated instead of rotating (circulation) It is also possible to adopt a mechanical swirl configuration such as a kind of simple movement), or in addition to or in addition to the mechanical swirl configuration by an electrical display such as a liquid crystal display device or a dot matrix display device. It is possible to adopt a rotating drum configuration in which symbols are variably displayed. In this case, it is possible to give abundant variations in the display form.

  Returning to FIG. 26, a main controller 45 is attached to the side of the rotating drum unit 43. The main control device 45 includes a CPU that controls the main control, a ROM that stores game programs and various data, a RAM that temporarily stores data necessary as the game progresses, an input / output port that communicates with various devices, The main board 45a includes a clock circuit and the like used for time counting and synchronization, and a main board case 45b made of a transparent resin material or the like that accommodates the main board 45a.

  The main board case 45b is divided into two parts consisting of a board box 45b1 and a box cover 45b2, and accommodates the main board 45a for controlling the main game balls. Since the main board 45a is likely to be a target for unauthorized modification, the main board case 45b is irreversibly sealed by a sealing mechanism, and once opened, it can be easily determined that it has been opened. A plurality of (for example, four) cover side sealing portions 45c provided on the box cover 45b2 and a plurality of (for example, four) sealing mechanisms provided on the main mount 44 so as to align with the plurality of cover side sealing portions 45c. ) Base side sealing portion 44a, and cover side sealing portion 45c and base side sealing portion 44a are irreversibly connected to a sealing pin (not shown). The sealing process by the sealing mechanism prevents unauthorized opening after the sealing and makes it possible to detect such a situation quickly and easily even if the unauthorized opening is performed. It is possible to perform the opening / sealing process again even after the operation. That is, the sealing process of the main substrate case 45b is performed by using the pair of sealing portions 44a and 45c in the sealing mechanism. When the main substrate case 45b is opened due to a failure of the accommodated main substrate 45a, the sealing portions 44a and 45c provided for sealing are destroyed. Thereafter, when the sealing process is performed again, the other pair of sealing portions 44a and 45c that are not used for sealing are connected by the sealing pin. A configuration in which the history of opening the main board case 45b is left depending on the number of the sealing portions 44a and 45c destroyed, and it can be easily found that the unauthorized opening has been performed by looking at the main board case 45b. It is said.

  In addition to the main control device 45, the payout control device 37 is also subject to fraud. In this embodiment, the substrate case of the payout control device 37 has a sealing mechanism similar to that of the main substrate case 45b of the main control device 45. It is provided. Here, since the description overlaps, the description regarding the substrate case of the payout control device 37 is omitted.

  A sub-control device 47 is attached to the rear side of the rotating drum unit 43. The sub-control device 47, like the main control device 45, is a sub-board 47a including a CPU for controlling the various LEDs, the upper and lower speaker units 106 and 204, and the liquid crystal display device 42, and other ROM, RAM, input / output ports, and the like. And a sub-board case 47b made of a transparent resin material or the like that accommodates the sub-board 47a. The sub board 47a is an effect control means for independently controlling the effect means (the light emitting device (LED), the upper and lower speaker units 106 and 204, the liquid crystal display device 42 not shown) based on the command signal output from the main board 45a. Function. The burden on the main board 45a is reduced by causing the sub board 47a to control each effect means by the sub board 47a. Similar to the main board case 45b, the sub board case 47b has a two-piece structure including a board box 47b1 and a box cover 47b2. In this embodiment, the sub-board 47a is unlikely to be a target for unauthorized modification. Therefore, the sub-board case 47b is not provided with a sealing mechanism, but the sub-board case 47b may be provided with a sealing mechanism.

(Electric configuration of ball-type spinning machine)
Next, with reference to the block diagram of FIG. 33, the electrical configuration of the main ball-type spinning machine 10 will be described.

  On the main board 45a, a microcomputer including a CPU 51 functioning as arithmetic processing means and a ROM 52 and RAM 53 functioning as storage means are mounted. In addition to the power supply unit 38e provided in the power supply control device 38, the CPU 51 is connected to an input / output port 54, a clock circuit 55 that outputs a rectangular wave of a predetermined frequency, a random number counter 56, and the like via an internal bus. .

  On the input side of the main board 45a, a start detection sensor 124 ′ that detects the operation of the start lever 124, and stop detection sensors 126L ′, 126M ′, and 126R ′ that individually detect the operation of each of the rotating cylinder stop buttons 126L, 126M, and 126R. In addition, the main sensors 415a, 415b, 415c and sub sensors 416a, 416b, 416c for detecting the game balls taken into the take-in device 400, and the bet operation detection sensors for individually detecting the operations of the bet buttons 114, 304 are detected. 114 ′, 304 ′, rotation position detection sensors 43 L 7, 43 M 7, 43 R 7 for individually detecting the rotational positions (origin positions) of the rotation cylinders L, M, R, and payout detection sensors for detecting game balls paid out from the payout device 33 33h, a reset detection sensor 38b ′ for detecting the operation of the reset switch 38b, Various sensors such as a setting key detection sensor 38d ′ for detecting that a setting key inserted in the constant change key cylinder 38d has been operated are connected, and signals from these various sensors are connected to the CPU 51 via the input / output port 54. To be output.

  In addition, a power failure monitoring circuit 38 f provided in the power supply control device 38 is connected to the input side of the main board 45 a through the input / output port 54. The power supply control device 38 is equipped with a power supply unit 38e for supplying driving power to the electronic devices of the ball-type rotating game machine 10 including the main board 45a, the power failure monitoring circuit 38f described above, and the like.

  The power failure monitoring circuit 38f monitors the power-off state, and generates a power failure signal at the time of power-off by the power switch 38a as well as at the time of power failure. Therefore, the power failure monitoring circuit 38f monitors the stabilized drive voltage (for example, DC 24 volts) output from the power supply unit 38e, and when the stabilized drive voltage falls below a predetermined value (for example, less than 22 volts), the power is turned off. It is configured that a power failure signal is output based on the judgment that it has been interrupted. The power failure signal is output to each of the CPU 51 and the input / output port 54, and the CPU 51 recognizes this power failure signal, and executes a power failure process described later (see FIG. 36).

  The power supply unit 38e is configured to output a drive voltage (for example, 5 volts) in a control system such as the main board 45a even when the output voltage is reduced to a value less than a predetermined value (for example, less than 22 volts). As a drive voltage output period, a period sufficient to execute the power failure process by the main board 45a is secured.

  On the output side of the main board 45a, an effective line display unit 41c, a 7-segment LED display unit 41g functioning as a payout number display unit, an LED display unit 41h functioning as a bet number display unit, and each of the spinning cylinders L, M, and R are rotated. Stepping motors 43L4, 43M4, 43R4 for each cylinder, and take-in solenoids 414a, 414b, 414c, a payout solenoid 33c, a sub-board 47a, an external concentration terminal board 57 that can transmit information to a hall management device (not shown), etc. The output port 54 is connected.

  The above-described CPU 51 includes a ROM 52 that stores various control programs and fixed value data executed by the CPU 51, and an operation for temporarily holding various data when executing the control program stored in the ROM 52. In addition to the RAM 53 for securing the area, various processing circuits necessary for the ball-type spinning machine 10 such as an interrupt circuit, a timer circuit, and a data transmission / reception circuit, as well known, but not shown, and a clock circuit 55 The counter which counts the output signal from is built in. The ROM 52 and the RAM 53 constitute a main memory as storage means, and a program for executing the processing shown in various flowcharts in FIG. 34 and thereafter is stored in the ROM 52 as a part of the control program. As shown in FIG. 33, the RAM 53 is provided with storage areas 52a to 52e for various data.

  The RAM 53 is configured to retain (backup) data by supplying a backup voltage from the power supply control device 38 even after the power supply of the ball-cylinder gaming machine 10 is cut off. As shown, backup areas 53a and storage areas 53b to 53m for temporarily storing various data are provided. Note that FIG. 33 shows only some of the storage areas 53a to 53m provided in the RAM 53, and various storage areas are provided in addition to these storage areas.

  The backup area 53a includes a stack pointer, each register, I / O, etc. when the power is shut down due to the occurrence of a power failure or the like (including power shut-down by operating the power switch 38a; the same applies hereinafter). This is an area for storing values, and when the power failure is resolved (including power-on by operating the power switch 38a; the same applies hereinafter), the ball-type spinning gaming machine 10 is based on the information in the backup area 53a. The state can be restored to the state before the power cut-off. Writing to the backup area 53a is executed when the power is cut off by the power failure process (see FIG. 36), and the restoration of each value written in the backup area 53a is executed in the main process (see FIG. 37) when the power is turned on. Note that a power failure signal from the power failure monitoring circuit 38f is input to the NMI terminal (non-maskable interrupt terminal) of the CPU 51 when the power is interrupted due to the occurrence of a power failure or the like. NMI interrupt processing as flag generation processing is immediately executed.

(Control of ball-type spinning machine)
Next, each control process executed by the CPU 51 in the main board 45a will be described with reference to flowcharts in FIG. The processing of the CPU 51 is roughly divided into a main processing that is started when the power is turned on, a timer interrupt processing that is started periodically (in this embodiment, a cycle of 1.49 msec), and a power failure to the NMI terminal (non-maskable terminal). There is an NMI interrupt process activated by signal input. For convenience of explanation, the NMI interrupt process and the timer interrupt process will be described first, and then the main process will be described.

  FIG. 34 is a flowchart showing an example of the NMI interrupt process. When the power is shut off due to the occurrence of a power failure or the like, a power failure monitoring circuit 38f of the power control device 38 generates a power failure signal and outputs it to the main board 45a. In the main board 45a that has received the power failure signal via the NMI terminal, NMI interrupt processing is executed.

  In the NMI interrupt processing, first, in step S 101, the data in the used register provided in the CPU 51 is saved in the backup area 53 a provided in the RAM 53. Subsequently, in step S102, a power failure flag is set in a power failure flag storage area provided in the RAM 53. Thereafter, the data saved in the backup area 53a of the RAM 53 in step S103 is restored to the use register of the CPU 51 again. With this return processing, the NMI interrupt processing ends. If the power failure flag can be set without destroying the data in the register used by the CPU 51, the saving and restoring processing to the backup area 53a can be omitted.

  FIG. 35 is a flowchart of timer interrupt processing periodically executed by the main board 45a. This timer interrupt process is executed at a predetermined cycle by the CPU 51 of the main board 45a. Here, the time required for one rotation when the rotational speed of each of the cylinders L, M, R is constant is T, and each cylinder stepping motor 43L4 is used to rotate each cylinder L, M, R once. When the number of pulses output to 43M4 and 43R4 is F, the execution period of the timer interrupt process is T / F. In this embodiment, the required time T is set to 750 msec, and the number of drive pulses supplied to the stepping motors 43L4, 43M4, and 43R4 for the rotating cylinder is set to 504 per rotation of the rotating cylinder. Executed.

  In the timer interrupt process, first, a register saving process is performed in step S201. In the register saving process, the values of all the registers in the CPU 51 used in the normal process described later are saved in the backup area 53 a of the RAM 53. In step S202, it is confirmed whether or not a power failure flag is set. If the power failure flag is set, the process proceeds to step S203, and a power failure process is executed.

  Here, the power failure process will be described with reference to FIG. Since the power failure process is performed immediately after the register saving process in the timer interrupt process, other interrupt processes can be executed without interruption. Therefore, for example, during the process of transmitting various commands, during the process of reading the switch state (on / off), the process at the time of power failure is not executed by interrupting each process. It is no longer necessary to create a power failure processing program that also takes into account This simplifies the processing program for power failure processing and reduces the program capacity. This also applies to a processing program for power recovery processing described later.

  In step S301, it is determined whether command transmission has been completed. If transmission has not been completed, the system waits until transmission is completed. In this way, it is determined whether or not the command transmission is completed at the initial stage of the power failure process, the transmission process is prioritized when the transmission is incomplete, and the power failure process is executed after the unit command transmission process is completed. By doing so, it is no longer necessary to construct a power failure processing program that takes into account that power failure processing is executed during command transmission. As a result, the power failure processing program can be simplified and the ROM 52 can be reduced in capacity.

  If the command transmission has been completed (step S301: Y), the process proceeds to step S302, and the value of the stack pointer of the CPU 51 is stored in the backup area 53a in the RAM 53. Thereafter, in step S303, a RAM determination value, which will be described later, is cleared as a stop process, the output state of the output port in the input / output port 54 is cleared, and all actuators (not shown) are turned off. In step S304, a RAM determination value is calculated and stored in the backup area 53a. The RAM determination value is specifically the complement of “2” of the checksum at the work area address of the RAM 53. By storing the RAM determination value in the backup area 53a, the checksum of the RAM 53 becomes “0”. By setting the checksum of the RAM 53 to “0”, subsequent RAM access is prohibited in step S305. After that, an infinite loop is entered in preparation for the case where the power supply is completely shut down and processing cannot be executed.

  The power supply unit 38e of the power supply control device 38 holds the output of the stabilization voltage (5 volts) used as the drive voltage of the control system for a sufficient time to execute the above-described NMI interrupt processing and power failure processing. It is configured to be. In the present embodiment, the drive voltage is continuously output for 30 msec.

  Returning to the description of the timer interrupt process in FIG. 35, if the power failure flag is not set in step S202, various processes in step S204 and subsequent steps are performed.

  In step S204, a watchdog timer clearing process for initializing the value of the watchdog timer for monitoring the occurrence of malfunction is performed. In step S205, an interrupt end declaration process for giving an interrupt permission to the CPU 51 itself is performed. In step S206, a stepping motor control process for driving each of the spinning cylinder stepping motors 43L4, 43M4, 43R4 is performed to rotate the spinning cylinders L, M, R. In step S207, sensor monitoring processing is performed to monitor the state of various sensors (see FIG. 33) connected to the input / output port. In step S208, timer calculation processing for subtracting the value of each counter or timer is performed. In step S209, a counter process is performed to count the number of game balls bet and the number of payouts.

  In step S210, command output processing for outputting a command signal or the like to the sub-board 47a is performed. In step S211, a segment data setting process for setting segment data displayed on the 7-segment LED display unit 41g is performed. In step S212, segment data display processing is performed in which the segment data set in the segment data setting processing is supplied to the 7-segment LED display unit 41g to display corresponding numbers, symbols, and the like. In step S213, port output processing for outputting data corresponding to the I / O device from the input / output port 54 is performed. In step S214, the value of each register saved in the backup area 53a in the previous step S201 is restored to the corresponding register in the CPU 51. Thereafter, in step S215, an interrupt permission process for permitting the next timer interrupt is performed, and this series of timer interrupt processes is terminated.

  FIG. 37 is a flowchart showing main processing in the main board 45a executed after power-on. The main process is executed when power is turned on by recovery from a power failure or by turning on the power switch 38a.

  First, in step S401, as initialization processing, the value of the stack pointer is set in the CPU 51, and an interrupt mode for permitting interrupt processing is set. Thereafter, various settings for register groups in the CPU 51, I / O devices, and the like are set. And so on.

  When these initialization processes are completed, it is next determined in step S402 whether or not the reset switch 38b has been turned on. If the reset switch 38b has been turned on, the process proceeds to step S403, and all data stored in the RAM 53 is cleared as a RAM clear process.

  After confirming in step S402 that the reset switch 38b has not been operated, or after performing RAM clear processing in step S403, whether or not the setting key has been inserted into the setting change key cylinder 38d and operated in step S404. Determine whether. If the setting key has been operated, the process proceeds to step S405 to perform setting change processing. In the setting change process, the setting information stored in the setting information storage area 53b of the RAM 53 is cleared, and which setting state is selected from six predetermined setting states (“setting 1” to “setting 6”). After that, the setting information corresponding to the selected setting state is set in the setting information storage area 53b of the RAM 53.

  In step S406, it is confirmed whether or not a power failure flag is set. If the power failure flag is not set, that is, if the data in the RAM 53 is cleared in the previous step S403 or step S405, the process proceeds to a normal process in step S407 described later, and the main process is terminated.

  When the power failure flag is set in step S406, the process proceeds to the power recovery process shown in step S408 and thereafter. The fact that the power failure flag is set means that subroutine processing such as RAM clear processing in step S403 and setting change processing in step S405 is not executed at all. Accordingly, the data in the RAM 53 is not rewritten at all, and the power recovery process requires confirmation processing such as whether or not the data in the RAM 53 is normal.

  For this purpose, first, in step S408, it is confirmed whether or not the RAM determination value is normal. Specifically, the checksum value in the RAM 53 is checked to check whether the value is normal, that is, whether the checksum value including the RAM determination value is 0 or not. When the checksum value including the RAM determination value is “0”, it is determined that the data in the RAM 53 is normal.

  If the RAM determination value is abnormal in step S408, that is, if the checksum value is not “0”, there is a high possibility that the data in the RAM 53 has been destroyed. Therefore, in such a case, an error display process is performed in step S409. As error display processing, first, interrupt processing is prohibited, and all output ports in the input / output port 54 are cleared, thereby controlling all actuators connected to the input / output port 54 to an off state. Thereafter, an error display for notifying the occurrence of an error to the hall manager or the like is performed, and the off state is maintained until the reset switch 38b is turned on.

  If it is determined in step S408 that the RAM determination value is normal, the process proceeds to step S410, the stack pointer value stored in the backup area 53a is written to the stack pointer of the CPU 51, and the stack state is changed to before the power is shut off. Return to the state. Next, in step S411, a power recovery command for transmitting the power recovery process is transmitted to the sub-board 47a. Thereafter, in step S412, the game state is stopped and automatic settlement setting storage processing is performed. In step S413, various sensors such as the start detection sensor 124 'are initialized. After the above processing is completed, the power failure flag is reset in step S414, and the processing returns to the address before the power is shut off. Specifically, the process returns to the timer interrupt process described above, and the watchdog timer clear process (step S204) is executed.

  Next, normal processing for performing main control related to the unit game will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in step S501, a bet determination process for determining whether or not a predetermined number (for example, 5 or 15) of game balls necessary for performing a unit game is bet is performed. If a predetermined number of game balls are bet, a start operation determination process is performed in step S502 to determine whether the start lever 124 has been operated. When the start lever 124 is operated with a predetermined number of game balls bet (step S501: Y and step S502: Y), the lottery process in step S503, the spinning control process in step S504, and the process in step S505 The game ball payout process, the bonus game state process in step S506, the CB game state process (challenge bonus process) in step S507, and the RT process in step S508 are sequentially executed, and the process returns to step S501. On the other hand, if a predetermined number of game balls are not betted in step S501 or if the start lever 124 is not operated in step S502, the process returns to step S501.

  The lottery process in step S504 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S601, lottery information initialization processing is performed. In the lottery information initialization process, various types of information related to the lottery performed in the previous unit game are returned to the initial information. Specifically, the winning combination information stored in the winning combination information storage area 53c provided in the RAM 53 and the lottery table temporarily held in the lottery table storage area 53d are returned to the initial information. However, in step S601, winning combination information regarding the small combination and replaying combination is returned to the initial information, and winning combination information regarding the bonus combination is not returned to the initial information. That is, when any winning combination is won and the winning combination information related to the winning combination is updated from the initial information “0” to the winning information “1”, Regardless of whether or not the winning combination is established in the game, the winning combination information regarding the small combination or re-playing combination is changed from the winning information “1” to the initial information “0” in the lottery information initialization process of the next unit game. On the other hand, if the winning combination is the BB combination or the RB combination, the winning combination information regarding the bonus combination is not reset until the bonus combination is established, and the winning information “1” is maintained. As described above, the bonus combination cannot be established in the unit game won for the BB combination or the RB combination, and the winning combination information regarding the bonus combination is carried over to the subsequent unit games with the winning information “1”. Hereinafter, the gaming state is referred to as a carryover state. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, if the configuration symbol of the CB combination is composed of a fully retracted symbol and the CB combination is won, the CB combination is established regardless of the stop operation timing of the rotating cylinders L, M, R. Similarly to the winning combination information regarding the small combination and the re-playing combination, the winning combination information regarding is also returned to the initial information in step S601. On the other hand, when an incompletely drawn symbol is included in the CB role configuration symbol, the winning combination information regarding the CB role is carried over until the CB role is established, as is the winning role information regarding the BB role and the RB role. .

  Subsequently, it progresses to step S602 and a lottery table selection process is performed. In the lottery table selection process, a lottery table corresponding to the current setting state and game state of the ball-type spinning machine 10 is selected from a plurality of lottery tables stored in advance in the lottery table storage area 52a of the ROM 52. This is a process of temporarily holding the lottery table storage area 53d of the RAM 53. Specifically, the ROM 52 stores the normal gaming state lottery table, the RT gaming state lottery table, and the carryover for each setting state from “Setting 1” to “Setting 6”, for example, as shown in FIGS. A lottery table for state and CB game state is stored, and a bonus game state lottery table common to each setting state is stored, and which setting state is stored in a setting information storage area 53b provided in the RAM 53 With reference to the set information, the game state is specified by referring to the state specifying information stored in the state specifying information storage area 53e provided in the RAM 53, and is referred to at the time of lottery drawing. Select a lottery table.

  “Setting information” includes information corresponding to each setting state. For example, information indicating a value corresponding to the setting number of each setting state (for example, “setting x” indicates setting information “x” (x = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)).

  In the present embodiment, as “state specifying information” for specifying the gaming state, for example, information “0” that indicates the normal gaming state, information “1” that indicates the BB gaming state, RB Any one of the information “2” indicating the gaming state, the information “3” indicating the CB gaming state, and the information “4” indicating the RT gaming state is used as the state specifying information. It is stored in the storage area 53e, and based on these pieces of information, it is specified which of the four gaming states is the gaming state. The carryover state is specified by whether or not the winning combination information regarding the BB combination or the RB combination is the winning information “1”.

  In the ball-type spinning game machine 10 according to the present embodiment, the number of bets necessary to play a unit game in the non-bonus game state is limited to only 15; In some cases, a unit game can be played with any number of bets of 5, 10, and 15. In this case, for example, the winning probability of the winning combination when five game balls are bet is set to be three times lower than the winning probability of winning combination when 15 gaming machines are bet. It is necessary to change the winning probability of the role according to. Then, a lottery table for five bets, ten bets and max bets is set in each of the lottery table for the normal gaming state, the lottery table for the RT gaming state, and the flag carry-over state lottery table, and further, step S602. In the lottery table selection process, since the lottery table is selected by specifying the bet number, the data capacity of the lottery table and the program capacity of the lottery table selection process increase. In the ball-type spinning game machine 10 of the present embodiment, the number of bets necessary for playing a unit game in a non-bonus game state is limited to only 15, so the data capacity and program capacity of the lottery table increase. Can be suppressed.

  On the other hand, in the BB gaming state and the RB gaming state, it is not necessary to limit the number of bets necessary for performing the unit game to 15 and can be set to less than 15. For example, in the present embodiment, the number of bets necessary for playing a unit game in the BB gaming state or the RB gaming state is set to five, and the effective line is set to be only the middle stage line. On the other hand, in the CB game state, the number of bets necessary for performing the unit game is set to 15 as in the non-bonus game state.

  Here, the normal gaming state lottery table, the RT gaming state lottery table and the carry-over state and CB gaming state lottery table in a predetermined setting state are common to all the setting states, and are used in the BB gaming state and the RB gaming state. FIG. 40 to FIG. 43 show bonus game state lottery tables.

  As shown in each drawing, in each lottery table, a combination identification value IV and a random number addition value PV are set corresponding to the lottery combination. The lottery combination is a combination to be a lottery target, and is not limited to one combination, and it is allowed to set a plurality of combinations. In other words, a plurality of winning combinations (for example, a cherry role and a BB role or an RB role, a watermelon role and a BB role or an RB role, etc.) can be won in a single unit game. The combination identification value IV is a value for identifying the lottery combination. In each lottery table, the same combination identification value IV is set for the same lottery combination. The random number addition value PV is set according to the winning probability of each lottery combination, and is set to a larger value as the winning probability is higher. The winning probability P of each lottery is given by P = (random number addition value PV) / (number of random numbers R), where R is the number of random numbers that can be generated. In this embodiment, R = 65536. Yes.

  In addition, in the lottery table for the normal gaming state and the lottery table for the RT gaming state, the lottery of each bonus combination, small role and replaying combination is performed, but in the carryover state and CB gaming state lottery table, Since the game state has already won the BB role or the RB role or is in the CB game state, lottery for each bonus role is not performed. In addition, the random number addition value PV of the watermelon role and the cherry role in the carry-over state and CB gaming state lottery table overlaps the random number addition value PV corresponding to the single lottery of each role in the normal gaming state lottery table and the like with the bonus combination. It is a value obtained by adding the random number addition value PV corresponding to the lottery, and the winning probability of each small role in the normal gaming state lottery table, the RT gaming state lottery table, and the carryover state and CB gaming state lottery table is It has the same probability. In the bonus game state lottery table, the winning probability of each small role is higher than that of the normal game state lottery table.

  Returning to FIG. 39, in steps S <b> 603 to S <b> 609, determination processing for determining whether or not each lottery combination is successful is performed. First, in step S603, a combination identification value initialization process for initializing the combination identification value IV temporarily stored in the RAM 53 is performed. In this embodiment, determination of success / failure is made in order from a lottery with a small combination identification value IV. Therefore, when the combination identification value IV is initialized in step S603, it is updated to IV = 1. In step S604, a random number addition value PV (IV) corresponding to the combination identification value IV is added to the random value DV (IV) latched from the random number counter 55 and temporarily stored in the RAM 53 when the start lever 124 is operated. Are added, and a random value update process for updating the random value DV (IV) to DV (IV + 1) is performed. In step S605, a go / no-go determination process is performed to determine whether or not the random number value DV (IV + 1) updated in step S604 exceeds a win / no-go determination reference value (for example, the number of random numbers R = 65536). If it is determined in the success / failure determination process of step S605 that the updated random number value DV (IV + 1) exceeds the determination criterion value, the process advances to step S606 to win the lottery combination corresponding to the combination identification value IV. As a result, a winning combination information update process for updating the winning combination information related to the winning combination stored in the winning combination information storage area 53c of the RAM 53 to the winning information “1” is performed, and the process proceeds to step S611. The winning combination information storage area 53c is divided into storage areas for each combination. The storage area corresponding to each combination includes either winning information (for example, “1”) or initial information (for example, “0”). Is stored. On the other hand, if it is determined that the updated random number value DV (IV + 1) does not exceed the success / failure determination reference value in the success / failure determination process of step S605, it is determined that the lottery combination corresponding to the combination identification value IV is lost. In step S607, a combination identification value update process is performed in which the combination identification value IV is incremented by 1 and updated to (IV + 1), and the process proceeds to step S608. In step S608, a non-lottery combination determination process for determining whether or not there is a non-lottery combination that has not been determined whether the combination has been determined based on whether the combination identification value (IV + 1) incremented in step S607 is provided in the lottery table. Done. In step S608, if there is an incremented combination identification value (IV + 1) in the lottery table and it is determined that there is an unlotted combination, the process returns to step S604, and the processes in steps S604 to S608 are performed. The lottery combination corresponding to the combination identification value (IV + 1) is determined. If there is no incremented combination identification value (IV + 1) in the lottery table in step S608 and a determination result that there is no unlotted combination is obtained, the success / failure determination process is terminated, and the process proceeds to step S609. In step S609, the lost combination information for updating the lost combination information stored in the lost combination information storage area assigned to the winning combination information storage area 53c as winning combination to the winning information (for example, “1”). Update processing is performed, and the process proceeds to step S610. In step S610, a lottery result command setting process for setting a lottery result command corresponding to the winning combination won in the current lottery is performed, and the process proceeds to step S611. The lottery result command is a 2-byte data string, the upper byte is a predetermined value for identifying the lottery result command and other commands, and the lower byte is a role identification value. In step S611, a stop control table corresponding to the lottery result of the winning combination is selected from a plurality of stop control tables stored in the stop control table storage area 52b provided in the ROM 52, and the selected stop control table is stored in the RAM 53. A stop control table setting process to be temporarily held in the provided stop control table storage area 53f is executed, and the lottery process is terminated. The stop control table set in step S610 is hereinafter referred to as a temporary stop control table.

  Here, the stop control table is a data table for performing stop control of the spinning cylinders L, M, and R, and assists the establishment of the winning combination and prevents the establishment of the winning combination. , R used for stop control. Specifically, even if a stop operation is performed when the constituent symbol of the winning combination is slightly shifted from the predetermined effective display area, the constituent symbol is stopped in the predetermined effective display area to assist the establishment of the winning combination. Or stop the rotating cylinder after a rotating operation has been performed in order to stop a predetermined symbol from being shifted from a predetermined effective display area so as not to establish a combination that does not correspond to the lottery result. The amount of rotation (moving amount) allowed so far, the so-called slip amount is determined. The amount of sliding is determined for each symbol of each cylinder L, M, R, that is, for each unit range of one symbol. The maximum amount of slip is defined as the maximum amount of slip, and in this embodiment, the amount of rotation is less than 5 symbols attached to the rotating cylinders L, M, and R. That is, when any one of the spinning cylinders L, M, R is stopped, the driving signal of 119 pulses at the maximum is output from the main board 45a to the spinning stepping motors 43L4, 43M4, 43R4. The rotating cylinders L, M, and R are stopped. As a result, a maximum of three symbols is separated from a symbol that first reaches a predetermined effective display area (for example, an effective display area that constitutes the lower combination line) after the stop operation of the rotating cylinder (hereinafter, referred to as an operation time arrival pattern). The symbols (the fourth symbol from the operation arrival symbol) can be drawn into a predetermined effective display area.

  FIG. 44 shows a plurality of stop control tables stored in the stop control table storage area 52 b of the ROM 52. As shown in the figure, the stop control table has multiple types of stop control tables according to its use, such as basic stop control table, irregular stop control table, common stop control table, and auxiliary stop control table. At least one type of stop control table is set in the table. The temporary stop control table set in the stop control table setting process in step S610 is either the basic stop control table or the common stop control table. The basic stop control table is a so-called forward push when the stop operation is performed in the order of the left turning cylinder L, the middle turning cylinder M, and the right turning cylinder R or in the order of the left turning cylinder L, the right turning cylinder R, and the middle turning cylinder M. Used when an operation or pinching operation is performed. The irregular stop control table is used when the stop operation is performed in an order other than the above-described forward pressing operation and pinching operation. The common stop control table is used regardless of the stop operation order of the rotating cylinders L, M, and R. If the auxiliary stop control table only follows the basic stop control table, irregular stop control table, or common stop control table corresponding to each role under the specified conditions, it will maximize the winning each role. This is referred to when the control to be established is not performed, or when the control for not establishing each winning combination is not possible.

  A part of the stop control tables among the plurality of stop control tables shown in FIG. 44 will be described with reference to FIGS. 45 and 46. 45 and 46, the “reaching symbol number” is a symbol number corresponding to the reaching symbol, and a sliding amount (0 to 4) is set for each reaching symbol of each of the cylinders L, M, and R. Specifically, when the amount of slip is X (= 0 to 4), the stop is accompanied by a slip of not less than X symbols and less than (X + 1) symbols.

  45 (A) to 45 (C) show a stop control table for a re-game player used when a re-game player is won. FIG. 45 (A) shows a basic stop control table for a re-game player (table). (02), (B) is an irregular stop control table for re-game combination (table number 03), and (C) is an auxiliary stop control table for re-game combination (table number 04). When a re-game player is won, stop control is performed with reference to only these stop control tables.

  46 (A) and 46 (B) show a stop control table used when CB combination is won. FIG. 46 (A) is a basic stop control table for CB (table number 16). B) Loss auxiliary stop control table 2 (table number 04). When the CB combination is won, stop control is performed with reference to at least these stop control tables. Although details will be described later, when a predetermined combination is won, other than the stop control table for the predetermined combination may be referred to in order to reduce the data capacity of the overall stop control table.

  A case where the temporary stop control table is changed to another stop control table will be described. First, when any of the spinning cylinders L, M, and R is first stopped, the stop control table selected during the stop operation may be changed to another stop control table. Specifically, when the basic stop control table is selected as the temporary stop control table, and the left turning cylinder L is not stopped first, the first stopping cylinder is stopped. Before stopping, it is changed to the irregular stop control table corresponding to the winning combination. Secondly, after one of the spinning cylinders L, M, R is first stopped (after the first spinning cylinder stop), the stop control table referred to stop the first spinning cylinder is the other stop. May be changed to control table. Thirdly, when any of the spinning cylinders L, M, and R is stopped for the second time (at the time of the stop operation), the stop control table selected at the time of the stop operation is changed to another stop control table. Sometimes. Fourth, after any of the spinning cylinders L, M, R is stopped second (after the second spinning cylinder stop), the stop control table referred to stop the first spinning cylinder is May be changed to stop control table. Whether or not to change the stop control table after the second cylinder stop at the time of the second cylinder stop operation after the first cylinder stop is determined with reference to the corresponding change determination table and transition table.

  Here, various change determination tables and various migration tables will be described. 47A, 47B, and 47C are diagrams illustrating an example of a change determination table for determining a change in the stop control table. FIG. 47A is a first post-stop change determination table, and FIG. 47B is a second stop. FIG. 47C is a second after-change change determination table. 48A to 48C are diagrams showing various transition tables. FIG. 48A is an example of the first post-stop transition table, FIG. 48B is the operation transition table, and FIG. 48C is the second post-stop transition table. It is.

  As shown in FIG. 47A, the first post-stop change determination table includes the identification values of the first and last stop cylinders L, M, and R, and the stop control table number referenced in the stop. When the combination of these values (judgment condition) is met, the first post-stop transition table corresponding to the type of combination is referred to. The determination condition number is the same as the identification number in the first post-stop transition table. In FIG. 47A, the names of the first post-stop transition tables are listed for convenience of explanation below, but these names are not stored. Each first post-stop transition table, as shown in FIG. 48A, is stopped in a predetermined effective display area (lower effective display area) in the two cylinders L, M, and R that have already stopped. The table number (stop control table number) of the destination stop control table is determined for each symbol number (also referred to as stop symbol) (first stop symbol number). Note that “−1” in FIG. 48A indicates a maintenance symbol to be maintained without changing the stop control table. Hereinafter, a symbol for which a value other than “−1” is determined as the table number of the stop control table at the migration destination is referred to as a change stop symbol.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 47B, the change determination table at the time of operation shows the identification values of the first and second rotating cylinders L, M, and R that are stopped first. Including the identification value and the stop control table number selected at the time of the stop operation of the second turning cylinder, and corresponding to the combination of these values (judgment condition), depending on the type of combination The operation-time migration table is referenced. The determination condition number is the same as the identification number in the operation time transfer table. In FIG. 47B, for convenience of explanation below, the names of the operation time transition tables are listed, but these names are not stored. As shown in FIG. 48B, each operation time transition table defines the table number of the stop control table of the transfer destination for each symbol number of the operation time arrival symbols of the rotating cylinders L, M, and R that have been subjected to the second stop operation. ing. Note that “−1” in FIG. 48B indicates a maintenance symbol to be maintained without changing the stop control table. Hereinafter, a symbol for which a value other than “−1” is defined as the table number of the stop control table at the migration destination is referred to as a change reaching symbol.

  In addition, the second post-stop change determination table includes winning combination information (combination identification value) and identification values of the two stopped spinning cylinders L, M, and R, and a combination of these values ( When the determination condition is met, the second post-stop transition table corresponding to the type of combination is referred to. As shown in FIG. 48C, the second post-stop transition table has a symbol (stop) in a predetermined effective display area (lower effective display area) in the two rotating cylinders L, M, and R that have already stopped. The table number of the stop control table of the transfer destination is determined for each combination of symbol numbers.

  Next, the spinning cylinder control process in step S504 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In the RAM 53, stop symbol information for storing stop symbol information relating to symbols (hereinafter referred to as stop symbols) of the respective cylinders L, M, and R stopped in a predetermined effective display region (lower effective display region) for each unit game. A storage area 53g and a stop operation information storage area 53h for storing stop operation information relating to the stop operation of the rotating cylinders L, M, R are provided. In the rotating cylinder control process, first, in step S701, the stop symbol information and Stop information initialization processing for updating the stop operation information to the initial information is performed. The stop operation information storage area 53h includes a first stop operation information storage area (not shown) for storing first stop operation information that suggests to which rotating cylinder the first stop operation has been performed, 2 is provided with a second stop operation information storage area (not shown) for storing second stop operation information that suggests to which cylinder the stop operation has been performed. In step S701, stop symbol information is provided. At the same time, the first stop operation information and the second stop operation information are initialized.

  Next, in step S702, a spinning cylinder rotation process for rotating the spinning cylinders L, M, and R is performed. In this spinning rotation process, when the start lever 124 is operated to start the unit game, a wait period (for example, about 4 seconds) elapses after the start lever 124 is operated to start the previous unit game. Wait period without waiting for the rotation of each of the cylinders L, M, R until the wait period elapses, and increase the rotation speed after each of the cylinders L, M, R starts rotating. A steady rotation standby process is performed in which it is determined whether or not the predetermined rotation speed has been reached and the steady rotation has been reached, and the standby until the steady rotation is reached. Since each of the cylinders L, M, and R is not rotated until the wait period elapses, depending on the game situation, even if the player bets a game ball and operates the start lever 124, each cylinder L, M, R is immediately May not rotate. The reason for performing such a wait period waiting process is to limit the number of times that a unit game can be performed per unit time in order to suppress excessive gambling. The reason for performing the steady rotation standby process is to ensure the fairness of the stop operation of the rotating cylinders L, M, and R.

  When each of the spinning cylinders L, M, and R starts to rotate and reaches a steady rotation, the process proceeds to step S703, and stop detection sensors 126L ′, 126M ′, and 126R ′ that detect that the spinning cylinder stop buttons 126L, 126M, and 126R are operated. On the basis of the output signal from, a stop operation determination process for determining whether or not the rotating cylinder stop buttons 126L, 126M, 126R corresponding to the rotating rotating cylinders L, M, R have been operated is performed. If the stop operation has not been performed, the process proceeds to step S704, and the rotation for determining whether or not the rotation period of each of the cylinders L, M, R has passed a predetermined rotation allowable period (for example, 40 seconds from the start of rotation). Period determination processing is performed. If the allowable rotation period has not elapsed, the process returns to step S703, and if the allowable rotation period has elapsed, the process proceeds to step S705 to forcibly stop all the rotating cylinders L, M, R during rotation. Stop processing is performed. In the forcible stop process in step S705, stop control of each of the cylinders L, M, and R is performed so that even if a winning combination is won in the lottery process, the winning combination is not established. It should be noted that the rotating cylinders L, M, and R that have not been stopped may be continuously rotated without performing the forced stop process even after the allowable rotation period has elapsed. In such a case, instead of the forced stop process in step S705, a rotation period display process for displaying the rotation periods of the rotating cylinders L, M, and R on the liquid crystal display device 42 when the rotation allowable period has elapsed is performed. May be.

  On the other hand, if any of the spinning cylinder stop buttons 126L, 126M, and 126R is stopped in step S703, the process advances to step S706 to rotate the spinning cylinder corresponding to the rotating cylinders L, M, and R that have been stopped. A rotating drum rotation information command setting process for setting an information command is performed. The rotating drum rotation information command is a 2-byte data string, the upper byte is a predetermined value for identifying the rotating drum rotation information command and other commands, and the lower byte is a rotating drum identification value (for example, the left rotating drum L Is “1 (= 01H)”, the middle cylinder M is “2 (= 02H)”, and the right cylinder R is “3 (= 03H)”. After the spinning cylinder rotation information command setting process in step S706, a stop operation determination process is performed in step S707 to determine whether the operation is the third stop operation with reference to the stop operation information. As described above, the stop operation information includes first stop operation information and second stop operation information. In the first stop operation information storage area, for example, “0” is stored as initial information when all the spinning cylinders L, M, and R are rotating and the first stop operation is not performed. When the stop operation is performed on the left cylinder L, the first stop operation information is updated to “1”, and when the stop operation is performed on the middle cylinder M, the first stop operation information is “2”. And the first stop operation information is updated to “3”. The same applies to the second stop operation information storage area. For example, when the first stop operation information is “1” and the second stop operation information is “3”, the stop operation suggests that the stop operation has been performed in the order of the left cylinder L and the right cylinder R. Become information. In step S707, whether the second stop operation information is the initial information “0” determines whether it is the third stop operation.

  If it is determined in step S707 that the operation is not the third stop operation, the process proceeds to step S708, the first stop control table change process is performed, and then the process proceeds to step S709 while it is determined that the operation is the third stop operation. In this case, step S708 is skipped and the process proceeds to step S709. Details of the first stop control change process in step S708 will be described later. In step S709, the symbol of the operation time arrival symbol that reaches the predetermined effective display area (lower effective display area) first after the stop operation is performed on the rotating cylinders L, M, and R that have been operated to stop. An at-arrival symbol confirmation process for confirming whether the symbol is a number is performed. In the operation arrival symbol confirmation processing, for example, the number of pulses of the drive signal output to the stepping motors 43L4, 43M4, 43R4 for the rotating cylinder after the detection results of the rotating position detection sensors 43L7, 43M7, 43R7 are obtained is counted. This is performed based on the value of the pulse counter. In step S710, referring to a stop control table (hereinafter also referred to as a reference stop control table) stored in the stop control table storage area 53f, a slip amount corresponding to the operation arrival design confirmed in step S709 is searched. A slip amount search process is performed, and the process proceeds to step S711. In step S711, a scheduled stop symbol determination process is performed in which the scheduled stop symbol to be stopped in the predetermined effective display area is determined based on the operation arrival design and the slip amount searched in step S710, and the process proceeds to step S712. In step S712, a symbol determination process for determining whether or not the symbol that has reached the predetermined effective display area matches the symbol that is scheduled to stop is performed. If the symbols do not match, this process is performed. repeat. If the arrival symbol and the scheduled stop symbol coincide with each other, the process proceeds to step S713, where a stop signal is output to the stepping motors 43L4, 43M4, 43R4 for the rotating cylinders corresponding to the stopped rotating cylinders L, M, R, A spinning cylinder stop process for stopping is performed, and the process proceeds to step S714. In step S714, stop symbol information update processing for storing stop symbol information related to the stop symbol stopped in the predetermined effective display area in the stop symbol information storage area 53g provided in the RAM 53 is performed, and the process proceeds to step S715. In step S715, an all-rotation cylinder stop determination process for determining whether or not all the rotation cylinders L, M, and R are stopped is performed. If any of the rotation cylinders L, M, and R is rotating, Then, the process proceeds to step S716, the second stop control table change process is performed, and then the process returns to step S704. The spinning cylinder control process ends. The second stop control table change process in step S716 and the payout setting process in step S717 will be described later.

  As shown in FIG. 50, in the first stop control table changing process in step S708, first, in step S801, referring to the stop operation information, it is determined whether or not it is the first stop operation. Is done. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the operation is the first stop operation based on whether or not the initial information is “0” with reference to the first stop operation information. If it is the first stop operation, the process proceeds to step S802, and the stop operation information update process is performed. In the stop operation information update process in step S802, it is determined whether the signal output from each stop detection sensor 126L ′, 126M ′, 126R ′ and input to the input / output port 54 is a stop command signal or a standby command signal. Then, assuming that the turning operation corresponding to the stop detection sensor that has output the stop command signal has been performed, the first stop operation information corresponds to the turning device in which the stop operation has been performed from the initial information “0”. Information is updated (any one of “1”, “2”, and “3”), and the process proceeds to step S803. In step S803, a left-turn cylinder stop operation determination process is performed to determine whether the first stop operation is a stop operation of the left-turn cylinder L with reference to the first stop operation information. Specifically, whether or not the first stop operation information is a stop operation of the left cylinder L is determined based on whether or not the first stop operation information is information “1” corresponding to the left cylinder L. If it is a stop operation of the left cylinder L, the first stop control table changing process is ended while maintaining the temporary stop control table stored in the stop control table storage area 53f in step S608. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S803 that the first stop operation is not a stop operation of the left turn cylinder L, the process proceeds to step S804, and the winning combination is determined with reference to the winning combination information storage area 53c. Stop control to confirm and change the stop control table from the provisional stop control table to the irregular push stop control table corresponding to the winning combination and used when the turning stop operation is the irregular push operation A table change process is performed, and the first stop control table change process is terminated. If it is determined in step S801 that the operation is not the first stop operation, the process proceeds to step S805 to perform a stop operation information update process. In the stop operation information update process in step S805, as in step S802, the second stop operation information is changed from the initial information “0” to information corresponding to the spinning cylinder where the stop operation has been performed (“1”, “2”, “ 3 "), and the process proceeds to step S806. In step S806, based on the operation change determination table (see FIG. 47B), an operation time corresponding to the stop operation table stored in the stop control table storage area 53f and the stop operation information stored in the stop operation information storage area 53h. An on-operation migration table determination process is performed to determine whether or not the migration table (see FIG. 48B) is stored in the on-operation migration table storage area 52 c provided in the ROM 52.

  If the desired operation time transition table is stored in step S806, the process proceeds to step S807, where the operation of the rotating cylinders L, M, R for which the second stop operation has been performed based on the second stop operation information. An operation time symbol confirmation process for confirming the hour arrival symbol is performed, and the process proceeds to step S808. In step S808, with reference to the operation time transition table stored in the operation time transition table storage area 52c, it is determined whether or not the operation time arrival symbol confirmed in step S807 is a changed symbol. Judgment processing is performed. If it is a changed symbol, the process proceeds to step S809 to stop control for changing the stop control table stored in the stop control table storage area 53f to a stop control table determined by the operation change determination table and the operation shift table. Table change processing is performed. If the desired operation time transition table is not stored in step S806, or if the operation time arrival symbol is not a change symbol in step S808, the first stop control table changing process is terminated.

  In the second stop control table change process in step S716, first, a stop operation determination process is performed in step S901 as shown in FIG. In the case of the first stop operation, the process proceeds to step S902, and the stop control table and stop operation information stored in the stop control table storage area 53f based on the first post-stop change determination table (see FIG. 47A). First stop for determining whether or not the first post-stop transition table (see FIG. 48A) corresponding to the stop operation information stored in the area 53h is stored in the first post-stop transition table storage area 52d provided in the ROM 52. Post migration table determination processing is performed. If the desired first post-stop transition table is stored in step S902, the process proceeds to step S903, where the first stop symbol is a changed symbol based on the first post-stop transition table and the stop symbol information. A first stop symbol determination process for determining whether or not there is is performed. If the first stop symbol is a changed symbol, the process proceeds to step S904, where the stop control table stored in the stop control table storage area 53f is changed to the stop control table determined by the first post-stop transition table. Control table change processing is performed, and the second stop control table change processing is terminated. If the desired transition table after the first stop is not stored in step S902, or if the first stop symbol is not a changed symbol in step S903, the second stop control table change process is terminated as it is.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S901 that the operation is not the first stop operation, the process proceeds to step S905 and is stored in the stop control table storage area 53f based on the second post-stop change determination table (see FIG. 47C). Whether the second post-stop transition table (FIG. 48C) corresponding to the stop control table and the stop operation information stored in the stop operation information storage area 53h is stored in the second post-stop transition table storage area 52e provided in the ROM 52. A second post-stop transition table determination process is performed to determine whether or not. When the desired second post-stop transition table is stored in step S905, the process proceeds to step S906, and the symbol number of the first stop symbol is determined based on the second post-stop transition table and the stop symbol information. A stop symbol combination determination process for determining whether or not the combination of symbol numbers of the second stop symbols is a change combination is performed. If it is a change combination, the process proceeds to step S907, and the stop control table change process for changing the stop control table stored in the stop control table storage area 53f to the stop control table defined in the second post-stop transition table is performed. The second stop control table changing process is finished. If the desired first post-stop transition table is not stored in step S905, or if it is not a change combination in step S906, the second stop control table change process is terminated. The stop control table change process in step S907 is performed in order to set a final effective line to one by the second stop operation and to stop a desired symbol on the final effective line by the third stop operation. Specifically, if there is a winning combination, the process shifts to a stop control table that can establish a winning combination, and if there is no winning combination, the process shifts to a stop control table that does not establish any combination.

  As shown in FIG. 52, in the payout setting process in step S717, first, in step S1001, whether or not the combination of stop symbols suggested by the stop symbol information is a combination that constitutes any small role. A stop symbol combination determination process is performed, and if it is a combination that does not constitute any small role, the payout setting process is terminated, and if it is a combination that constitutes any small role, the process proceeds to step S1002. . In step S1002, a small combination establishment determination process for determining whether or not the winning combination matches the small combination determined in step S1001 with reference to the winning combination information is performed. If they do not match, the process proceeds to step S1003, and a game state determination process for determining whether or not the game state is the CB game state with reference to the state specifying information is performed. If it is not in the CB gaming state, the process proceeds to step S1004 and error control processing is performed. If it is in the CB gaming state, the process proceeds to step S1005. On the other hand, if it is determined in the small combination establishment determination process in step S1002 that the two match, the process skips steps S1003 and S1004 and proceeds to step S1005. The RAM 53 is provided with a planned payout number information storage area 53 i for storing payout number information regarding the expected payout number of game balls to be paid out when a small combination is established. In step S1005, a payout number information update process for updating the payout number information corresponding to the small combination for which the payout number information has been established is executed, and the payout setting process ends.

  Next, the game ball payout process in step S505 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

  In the game ball payout process, first, in step S1101, the payout number information stored in the payout number information storage area 53j provided in the RAM 53 and the planned payout number information stored in the payout number information storage area 53i are referred to. Thus, a payout number determination process is performed to determine whether or not the payout number of game balls actually paid out suggested by the payout number information matches the planned payout number. If the number of payouts does not match the planned payout number, the process proceeds to step S1102, a payout process is performed in which the payout device 33 is driven to pay out the game balls to the receiving tray 302, and the process proceeds to step S1103. In step S1103, a payout number information update process for incrementing the payout number information by 1 in accordance with the output signal of the payout detection sensor 33h is performed. Based on the payout number information update process, the payout number displayed on the 7-segment LED display unit 41g functioning as the payout number display unit is incremented by one. After updating the number-of-payout information in step S1103, the process returns to step S1101 again. If the number of payouts matches the planned number of payouts in step S1101, a payout stop process for stopping the payout device 33 is performed in step S1104, and the game ball payout process ends. The payout number information and the payout number information are initialized when the start lever 124 is operated next time.

  Next, the bonus game state process in step S506 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the bonus game state process, first, in step S1201, a game state determination process for determining whether or not the game state is a bonus game state with reference to the state specifying information is performed. If it is determined that the game state is not in the bonus game state, the process proceeds to step S1206, a bonus game transition process is performed, and the bonus game state process is terminated.

  As shown in FIG. 55, in the bonus game transition processing, first, in step S1301, with reference to the winning combination information, an RB combination winning determination process for determining whether or not the RB combination is won is performed. If it is elected, the process proceeds to step S1302. In step S1302, an RB role establishment determination process is performed to determine whether or not the BAR symbols that make up the RB role are aligned on the active line. The process ends. On the other hand, if the RB symbols are aligned on the active line and the RB combination is established, the winning combination information regarding the RB combination is updated from the winning information “1” to the initial information “0” in step S1303, and the state specifying information Is updated to the state specifying information “2” suggesting the RB gaming state, and the RB gaming transition process is performed to shift the gaming state to the RB gaming state. Next, in step S1304, an RB game initial setting process is executed, and the bonus game transition process is terminated. The RB game initial setting process will be described later. If it is determined in step S1301 that the RB role has not been won, the process proceeds to step S1305, and a BB role winning determination process is performed to determine whether or not the BB role has been won with reference to the winning role information. If not, the bonus game transfer process is terminated. If the BB combination is won, the process proceeds to step S1306, and the BB combination establishment determination process is performed to determine whether or not the “7” symbols constituting the BB combination are aligned on the active line. If the BB combination is not established without being aligned, the bonus game transition process is terminated. On the other hand, if “7” symbols are aligned on the active line and the BB combination is established, the winning combination information regarding the BB combination is updated from the winning information “1” to the initial information “0” in step S1307, and the state BB game transition processing is performed in which the specific information is updated to state identification information “1” indicating the BB gaming state and the gaming state is shifted to the BB gaming state. Next, in step S1308, a BB game initial setting process is executed, and the bonus game transition process is terminated.

  In the RB game initial setting process in step S1304 and the BB game initial setting process in step S1308, various types of information stored in the bonus game information storage area 53k provided in the RAM 53 are updated to initial settings. In the bonus game information storage area 53k, cumulative payout information relating to the total number of game balls paid out in each bonus game state, and end condition information relating to the payout number of game balls serving as conditions for ending each bonus game state, In each initial setting process of step S1304 and step S1308, the cumulative payout number information is updated to 0 which is the initial information, and the end condition information is set to a predetermined numerical value (for example, 650 in the RB game initial setting process). In the BB game initial setting process, the process is updated to 2250.

  Returning to FIG. 54, when it is determined in step S1201 that the gaming state is the BB gaming state or the RB gaming state, in step S1203, it is determined whether or not the gaming ball has been paid out. Is done. If it is determined in step S1203 that the game ball has not been paid out, the bonus game state process is terminated. If it is determined that the game ball has been paid out, the process proceeds to step S1204. In step S1204, a cumulative payout number information update process is performed to update the payout scheduled number information to information obtained by adding the payout number in the current unit game to the cumulative payout number in the unit game up to the previous time, and the process proceeds to step S1205. In step S1205, an end determination process for determining whether or not the cumulative payout number is equal to or greater than the game ball payout number M (for example, M = 650, 2250) is performed with reference to the cumulative payout number information and the end condition information. If the cumulative payout number is equal to or greater than M, the process proceeds to step S1206 to execute the normal game transition process, and then the bonus game state process is terminated. If the cumulative payout number is less than M, step S1206 is skipped. Then, the bonus game state process is terminated. The normal game transition process is a process for updating the state specifying information to information “0” indicating the normal game state and shifting the game state from the BB game state or the RB game state to the normal game state.

  Next, the CB gaming state process (challenge bonus process) in step S508 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the CB gaming state process, first, in step S1401, a gaming state determination process for determining whether or not the gaming state is a CB gaming state with reference to the state specifying information is performed. If it is determined that the player is in the CB gaming state, the process proceeds to step S1402, and payout determination processing is performed to determine whether or not the game ball has been paid out with reference to the payout number information. When it is determined that the game ball has not been paid out, the CB gaming state process is terminated, and when it is determined that the game ball has been paid out, the process proceeds to step S1403. In step S1403, cumulative payout number information update processing is performed in which the cumulative payout number information is updated to information obtained by adding the payout number in the current unit game to the cumulative payout number in the unit game up to the previous time, and the process proceeds to step S1404. In step S1404, an end determination process is performed to determine whether or not the cumulative payout number is equal to or greater than a predetermined number (eg, 1500) with reference to the cumulative payout number information and the end condition information. If the cumulative payout number is greater than or equal to the predetermined number, the process proceeds to step S1405 to execute the RT game transition process and then the CB game state process is terminated. If the cumulative payout number is less than the predetermined number, step S1405 is performed. Is skipped and the CB gaming state process is terminated. The RT game transition process is a process for updating the state specifying information to information “4” indicating the RT game state and shifting the game state from the CB game state to the RT game state. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S1401 that the player is not in the CB gaming state, the process proceeds to step S1406, and a winning combination determination process for determining whether or not the CB combination is won with reference to the winning combination information regarding the CB combination is performed. Done. If the CB combination is not won, the CB gaming state process is terminated. If the CB combination is won, the process proceeds to step S1407. In step S1407, the winning combination information regarding the CB combination is initialized from the winning information “1” to the initial information “0”, the state specifying information is updated to information “3” indicating the CB gaming state, and the gaming state is changed to CB gaming. A CB game transition process for shifting to a state is performed. Next, in step S1408, the CB game initial setting process similar to the RB game initial setting process in step S1304 and the BB game initial setting process in step S1308 is performed. Specifically, a process is performed in which the cumulative payout number information stored in the bonus game information storage area 53k is updated to 0, which is initial information, and the end condition information is updated to information suggesting a predetermined numerical value (for example, 1500). .

  Next, the RT process in step S509 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the RT process, first, a game state determination process for determining whether or not the gaming state is the RT gaming state with reference to the state specifying information is performed in step S1501. If the gaming state is the RT gaming state, the process proceeds to step S1502, and is stored in the gaming number information storage area 531 provided in the RAM 53, and the gaming number information relating to the number of unit games performed in the RT gaming state is incremented by one. The number information update process is performed. Next, in step S1503, a game number determination process is performed to determine whether or not the game number has reached a predetermined number (for example, 100 times) with reference to the game number information. When the number of games played in the RT gaming state is 100, the process proceeds to step S1504, and a normal game transition process is performed. In the normal game transition process, the state specifying information is updated to information “0” indicating the normal game state and the game state is shifted from the RT game state to the normal game state, and the process proceeds to step S1505. If it is determined in step S1501 that the gaming state is not the RT gaming state, or if it is determined in step S1503 that the number of games in the RT gaming state is less than 100, the process proceeds to step S1505. In step S1505, a re-game winning combination determination process for determining whether or not the re-playing game is won with reference to the winning combination information is performed. If the player is selected as a re-gamer, the process proceeds to step S1506, the bet information storage area 53m provided in the RAM 53 is stored and the bet information relating to the bet number of game balls provided for the unit game is referred to. A re-game process is performed in which the same number of game balls as the number of game balls bet in the game are betted, the RT process is terminated, and the process returns to step S501 in the normal process. If the re-game player has not been won, the process proceeds to step S1507 to execute a bet information initialization process that initializes bet information and updates it to “0”, ends the RT process, and returns to step S501. If the re-game player is won, the bet information is not initialized and the bet information of the unit game is maintained, and the process returns to step S501. Therefore, the next unit game is not performed without newly betting a game ball. Will be able to.

  Next, each control process executed by the CPU in the sub-board 47a will be described. The processing of the CPU is roughly divided into a main processing that is started when the power is turned on, a timer interrupt processing that is started periodically (in this embodiment, a cycle of 1 msec), and a command signal received from the main board 45a. For convenience of explanation, the timer interrupt process and the command interrupt process will be described first, and then the main process will be described.

  FIG. 58 is a flowchart showing an example of timer interrupt processing of the sub-board. In the timer interrupt process, first, an interrupt flag read process for reading an interrupt flag is performed in step S2001, and the process proceeds to step S2002. In step S2002, an interrupt flag determination process is performed to determine whether or not the interrupt flag is valid. If it is determined that the interrupt flag is valid, the process proceeds to step S2003, while it is determined that the interrupt flag is not valid. If so, the process proceeds to step S2005. In the interrupt flag determination process in step S2002, specifically, it is confirmed that it is a timer interrupt among various interrupts to the CPU. In step S2003, an interrupt timer counter update process for updating the interrupt timer counter by incrementing the interrupt timer counter is performed, and the process proceeds to step S2004. In step S2004, timer counter update processing for updating various timer counters that perform time control in the sub-board 47a is performed, and the process proceeds to step S2205. In step S2005, an interrupt flag release process for releasing an interrupt flag related to the timer interrupt is performed, and the timer interrupt process is terminated.

  FIG. 59 is a flowchart showing an example of command interruption processing of the sub-board. In the command interrupt processing, first, in step S2101, strobe signal confirmation processing for determining whether or not the strobe signal from the main board 45a is normal is performed. If it is determined that the strobe signal is normal, the process proceeds to step S2102. On the other hand, if it is determined that the strobe signal is not normal, the retry counter value is changed to a predetermined maximum retry number in step S2106. Then, the process proceeds to step S2108. In step S2102, command data acquisition processing for acquiring command data is performed, and the flow advances to step 2103. In step 2103, it is determined whether the content (format) of the command data is normal. If it is determined that the content of the command data is normal, the process proceeds to step S2104. On the other hand, if it is determined that the content of the command data is not normal, the retry counter value is increased by 1 in step S2107. After performing the retry counter update process for updating the retry counter value, the process advances to step S2108. In step S2104, command reception processing for receiving a command is performed, and the flow advances to step S2105. The command received by the command reception process is stored in the reception buffer. In step S2105, retry counter value maximization processing is performed to change the retry counter value to a predetermined maximum retry value, and the flow advances to step S2108. In step S2108, a retry counter value determination process is performed to determine whether the retry counter value is the maximum value. If it is determined that the retry counter value is the maximum value, the process proceeds to step S2109. If it is determined that the retry counter value is not the maximum value, the command interrupt process is terminated. In step S2109, an interrupt flag reading process for reading an interrupt flag is performed, and the process proceeds to step S2110. In step S2110, retry counter clear processing for setting the value of the retry counter to an initial value (“0”) is performed, and the flow proceeds to step S2111. In step S2111, the interrupt flag indicating whether or not the command interrupt process is in progress is canceled, and the command interrupt process ends.

  FIG. 60 is a flowchart showing an example of the main process of the sub-board. In the main process, first, in step S2201, initialization processing for initializing the sub-board 47a itself and peripheral devices connected to the sub-board 45a in accordance with the supply of internal power from the power control device 38. Then, the process proceeds to step S2202. In step S2202, system state determination processing for determining whether or not the system state is a voltage drop state is performed. If it is determined that the system state is a voltage drop state, the process proceeds to step S2210. On the other hand, if it is determined that the system state is not a voltage drop state, the process proceeds to step S2203. In step S203, an interrupt timer counter change determination process is performed to determine whether or not there is a change in the value of the interrupt timer counter that counts the number of times the timer interrupt process is executed. If it is determined that there is a change in the value of the interrupt timer counter, an interrupt timer counter update process for updating the value of the interrupt timer counter by reducing the value of the interrupt timer counter by “1” is performed, and the process proceeds to step S2205. move on. In step S2205, a timer process described later is performed, and the flow proceeds to step S2206. In step S2206, system state determination processing is performed. The system state is changed in the internal process of the timer process in step S2206. If it is determined that the system state is a voltage drop state, the process proceeds to step S2210. If it is determined that the system state is not a voltage drop state, the process proceeds to step S2207. If it is determined in step S2203 that the value of the interrupt timer counter has not been changed, steps S2204 to S2206 are skipped. In step S2207, command reception determination processing is performed to determine whether any command is received from the main board 45a. In the command reception determination process, specifically, it is determined whether or not the command is stored in the command reception ring buffer. If a command has been received, a received command confirmation process (to be described later) is performed in step S2208 and then the process proceeds to step S2209. On the other hand, if it is determined that a command has not been received, step S2208 is skipped. Then, the process proceeds to step S2209. In step S2209, random number base value update processing for updating the base value of the random number that determines the details of the effect is performed, and the process returns to step S2202. Thereafter, steps S2202 to S2209 are repeatedly executed.

  If it is determined in step S2202 that the system state is a voltage drop state, backup processing is performed in which register data and stack data in the CPU in the sub-board 47a are stored in the external RAM, and the flow advances to step S2211. In step S2211, a wait process for waiting for a predetermined time (30 msec in the present embodiment) is performed to confirm that the cancellation of the voltage drop state is not a malfunction due to noise or the like, and the flow proceeds to step S2212. In step S2212, the system state determination process is performed again. If it is determined that the system state is a voltage drop state, the process returns to step S2211, and steps S2211 and step are performed until it is determined that the system state is not a voltage drop state. S2212 is repeatedly executed. On the other hand, if it is determined that the system state is not a voltage drop state, it is determined in step S2213 that the supply of internal power has resumed normally, and after starting processing for resuming the main process, the process proceeds to step S2201. Return and resume main processing.

  Here, the received command confirmation process in step S2208 in the main process of the sub-board 47a will be described in detail. FIG. 61 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the received command confirmation process. In the received command confirmation processing in step S2208, first, in step S2301, command type discrimination processing for discriminating the type of received command is performed. Specifically, the command identification information of the upper byte (8 bits) is extracted in accordance with the reception order of the commands stored in the reception buffer, and processing corresponding to the command identification information is executed. In the following, processing according to each command identification information will be described.

  If it is determined in step S2301 that the received command is a stop symbol command, in step S2302, the lower byte of the stop symbol command is extracted, and the stop symbol of each reel is determined based on the value of the lower byte. Then, stop symbol command processing for selecting the type of effect by various peripheral devices connected to the sub-board 47a based on the combination pattern of all stop symbols is performed. For example, when two turning cylinders of the left turning cylinder L, the middle turning cylinder M, and the right turning cylinder R are stopped and a predetermined symbol pattern is stopped on at least one effective line, various sound effects are produced. From the predetermined sound effects and various light emission effects, a predetermined light emission effect is selected. As the predetermined symbol pattern, for example, two sets of “7” symbol and “youth” symbol of the same type and “BAR” symbol are listed.

  If it is determined in step S2301 that the received command is an error command such as a payout error command or a throw-in error command, in step S2303, information on the lower byte of the error command is extracted and the lower byte of the extracted lower byte is extracted. Error command processing for determining the type of error notification by various peripheral devices connected to the sub board 47a based on the value is performed.

  If it is determined in step S2301 that the received command is an initialization command such as a power recovery command and a reset command, the value of the lower byte of the initialization command is extracted in step S2304, and the lower byte of the extracted lower byte is extracted. An initialization command process for initializing the sub-board 47a itself and / or various peripheral devices connected to the sub-board 47a based on the value is performed.

  If it is determined in step S2301 that the received command is an internal state command such as a replay command, big bonus command, regular bonus command, etc., in step S2305, the value of the lower byte of the internal state command (type of internal state) ), Internal state command processing for determining the type of effect by various peripheral devices connected to the sub-board 47a is performed.

  If it is determined in step S2301 that the received command is a lottery result command such as a big bonus combination winning command, a regular bonus combination winning command, a replay winning combination winning command, or a winning command for various small roles, in step S2306 The lottery result command processing for determining the type of effect based on the value of the lower byte of the lottery result command (role identification value: type of winning combination) and the lottery result based on random numbers is performed.

  If it is determined in step S2301 that the received command is a winning symbol command such as a re-game winning command, a big bonus winning command, a regular bonus winning command, a winning command for various small roles, or the like, a winning symbol is determined in step S2307. The lower byte value (winning symbol type) of the command is extracted, and the winning symbol command processing for determining the type of effect by various peripheral devices connected to the sub-board 47a based on the extracted lower byte value. Is done.

  If it is determined in step S2301 that the command is a setting change command, in step S2308, probability setting value processing for determining the type of notification by various peripheral devices connected to the sub board 47a is performed.

  If it is determined in step S2301 that the received command is a winning line command corresponding to the active line on which the winning symbol pattern is displayed, in step S2308, the lower byte value of the winning line command (type of winning line) And a winning line command process for determining the effect type by various peripheral devices connected to the sub-board 47a based on the extracted lower byte value.

  If it is determined in step S2301 that the received command is a rotation rotation information command such as a stop command for various rotation cylinders L, M, and R, the value of the lower byte of the rotation rotation information command is determined in step S2310. (Rotation type) is extracted, and rotation type rotation information command processing for determining the type of production by various peripheral devices connected to the sub board 47a based on the extracted lower byte value is performed.

  If it is determined in step S2301 that the received command is the acquired ball number command, in step S2311, the lower byte value (acquired ball number) of the acquired ball number command is extracted, and the extracted lower byte value Based on the above, acquired ball number command processing for determining the type of effect by various peripheral devices connected to the sub-board 47a is performed.

  If it is determined in step S2301 that the received command is a bet command such as a maximum bet command, the lower byte value (bet type) of the bet command is extracted in step S2312, and the lower byte of the extracted lower byte is extracted. Based on the value, bet command processing for determining the type of effect by various peripheral devices connected to the sub-board 47a is performed.

  If it is determined in step S2301 that the received command is the JAC maximum game number command, the lower byte value of the JAC maximum game number command is extracted in step S2313, and the extracted lower byte value (JAC maximum Based on the number of games), JAC maximum game number command processing for determining the type of effect by various peripheral devices connected to the sub-board 47a is performed.

  If it is determined in step S2301 that the received command is a JAC round number command, in step S2314, the lower byte value (JAC round number) of the JAC round number command is extracted, and the extracted lower byte value is extracted. Based on the above, JAC round number command processing for determining the type of notification by various peripheral devices connected to the sub-board 47a is performed.

  If it is determined in step S2301 that the received command is a set value command, in step 2315, the lower byte value (set value) of the set value command is extracted, and based on the extracted lower byte value. Probability setting value information processing for determining the type of notification by various peripheral devices connected to the sub-board 47a is performed.

  If it is determined in step S2301 that the received command is a ball release command such as an acquired ball payout start command or a winning ball payout end command set at the start of payout of prize balls, in step S2316, Based on the value of the lower byte of the release command (numerical value indicating start or end), a ball release command process for determining the type and period of notification by various peripheral devices connected to the sub-board 47a is performed.

  If it is determined in step S2301 that the received command is an effect information command related to the effect determined on the main board 45a, in step S2317, the lower byte value (effect information type) of the effect information command is set. An effect information command process is performed for determining the type of effect by the various peripheral devices connected to the sub-board 47a based on the extracted low-order byte value and the lottery result using the random number.

  If it is determined in step S2301 that the received command is a ball information command such as a bet number command, the lower byte value (final bet number) of the ball information command is extracted in step S2318, and the extracted lower order Based on the value of the byte, a ball information command process for determining the type of effect by various peripheral devices connected to the sub-board 47a is performed.

  Here, the cycle timer process in step S2205 in the sub-board 47a will be described. FIG. 62 is a flowchart showing an example of the cycle timer process. By executing the timer interrupt process substantially every 1 ms, the periodic timer process is also executed substantially every 1 ms.

  In the periodic timer process 2205, first, in step S2401, a startup command confirmation process for confirming whether any command is received from the main board 45a within 2 seconds after the activation process in step S2213 is executed. . When no command is received from the main board 45a, it is determined that the main board 45a has not been normally activated, and processing for notifying the occurrence of an error is performed. On the other hand, if any command is received from the main board 45a, the process proceeds to step S2402. In step S2402, device control processing for performing control for driving various peripheral devices connected to the sub-board 47a is performed. Specifically, a control signal based on the control data stored in the output data buffer in the light emission notification changing process in step S2408 and the sound / display notification changing process in step S2413 described below is transmitted to a predetermined peripheral device. . After step S2402, in step S2403, it is determined whether or not the system state has changed, and a voltage drop flag indicating a voltage drop state and an in-initialization flag indicating an initialization state are set or canceled according to the determination result. System state change processing is performed. If there is a change in the system state, processing corresponding to the change is executed. When the voltage drop flag and the initialization flag are canceled, the system state is regarded as a normal state, and this process ends without performing a substantial process. After step S2404, in step S2404, it is determined whether the voltage of the internal power supplied from the power supply control device 38 is equal to or lower than a predetermined voltage. If the voltage of the internal power is equal to or lower than the predetermined voltage, the voltage is On the other hand, if the voltage drop flag is set, and if it is not less than the predetermined voltage, a voltage monitoring process for canceling the voltage drop flag is performed, and the process proceeds to step S2405. In step S2405, the value of the cycle timer counter is added to the value of the long cycle timer counter to perform a long cycle timer counter addition process for updating the long cycle timer counter, and the process proceeds to step S2406. In step S2406, a long cycle timer counter determination process for determining whether or not the value of the long cycle timer counter is equal to or greater than a specified thinning number (for example, 10) is performed.

  If it is determined in step S2406 that the value of the long cycle timer counter is greater than or equal to the specified thinning number, the process proceeds to step S2407. If it is determined that the value of the long cycle timer counter is less than the specified thinning number, the process proceeds to step S2413. In step S2406, the following processes in steps S2407 to S2412 are executed approximately every time the periodic timer process is performed 10 times (every time the periodic timer counter is updated 10 times). Since the periodic timer counter is updated approximately every 1 msec, the processing from step S2407 to step S2412 is executed approximately every 10 msec. In step S2407, a long cycle timer counter subtraction process is performed in which the value of the long cycle timer counter is updated by subtracting the specified decimation number “10” from the value of the long cycle timer counter, and the flow proceeds to step S2408. In step S2408, during the light emission effect or the light emission notification, the selected light emission unit data constituting the predetermined light emission effect pattern or the light emission notification pattern is selected, and the selected light emission unit data is stored in the output data buffer. The light emission notification changing process is performed. Here, each light emission effect pattern is composed of at least one light emission data block, and each light emission data block is further composed of a plurality of light emission unit data. The light emission data blocks constituting each light emission effect pattern are stored in the ROM of the sub-board 47a and are selected in each command process of the received command confirmation process in step S2208. The stored light emission unit data is output to the predetermined light emitting devices 104a, 108a, 110a by the device control process 2402 in the periodic timer process in step S2205. By repeatedly executing the light emission notification changing process, the light emission unit data is sequentially changed, and a light emission effect or light emission notification of a predetermined light emission pattern is performed in the predetermined light emitting devices 104a, 108a, 110a.

  After the light emission notification changing process in step S2408, a notification synchronization process for synchronizing the display effect, the light emission effect, and the sound effect is performed in step S2409, and the process proceeds to step S2410. In step S2410, in a situation where an audio effect is being performed, if the player has been left for a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds in this embodiment) without any input, An acoustic fade-out process for changing the volume of the BGM in various special game states to a low volume is performed, and the process proceeds to step S2411. In step S2411, whether or not to shift to demonstration notification (customer waiting effect) is determined for a predetermined time (50 seconds in this embodiment) without any input operation such as a bet operation, a start operation, or a stop operation performed by the player. ) It is determined whether or not the above has elapsed, and when the predetermined time has elapsed, a demonstration notification transition process is performed in which demonstration notification is substantially started. Specifically, in the demonstration notification notification transition process in step S2411, the first display notification data block in the demonstration notification data field is selected, and the demonstration flag is set. A display notification pattern for performing demonstration notification is selected. Here, the demonstration notification pattern includes a plurality of display notification data blocks, and the display notification pattern further includes a plurality of light emission notification unit data. A predetermined demonstration effect is started in the liquid crystal display device 42. After step S2411, in step S2412, the volume setting of a volume control switch (not shown) in the volume changing operation device (not shown) is confirmed, and a reference volume setting process for updating the reference volume for the speakers 106 and 204 is performed. Done. After step S2407 to step S2412 are completed, and if the value of the long-period timer counter is less than the specified thinning number in step S2406, the liquid crystal display device 42 and the speakers 106 and 204 are controlled in step S2413. Sound / display notification change processing for updating display notification unit data, display effect unit data, and the like is performed. The sound / display notification changing process will be separately described in detail because it is related to the characteristic part of the present invention.

  Here, the lottery result command process in step S2306 in the received command confirmation process (see FIG. 61) in step S2208 will be described in detail. FIG. 63 is a flowchart showing an example of the lottery result command process. In the lottery result command process in step S2306, first, in step S1501, a winning combination flag update process for updating various winning combination flags is performed. Specifically, the value of the lower byte of the lottery result command is extracted to detect the winning combination of the current unit game. For example, if the detected combination is a bell combination, a bell combination winning flag is set. The winning combination flag once set is reset with the end of the current unit game. However, with regard to the BB winning combination flag and the RB winning flag, until they are established (winning), specifically, the BB game indicating the start of the BB gaming state in the internal state command processing of S2305 (see FIG. 60). The flag is carried forward until reception of a status command or an RB gaming status command indicating the start of the RB gaming status is detected. After step S1501, it is determined in step S2502 whether the game is in the normal game state. If it is determined that the game is in the normal game state, the process proceeds to step S2503. The process proceeds to S2522.

  In steps S2503 to S2505, preparations for notifying the start sound indicating the start of the current unit game are made. In step S2503, the first data block of the start sound data field storing start sound notification data is selected as a reference notification block. Specifically, the value of the sound notification data pointer is set to the start address of the start sound data field (the address of the start data block is the same). The data field for the start sound notification is composed of a plurality of data blocks, and each data block is composed of a block header, a plurality of unit data, and a block trailer. The block header includes information such as the configuration of the block header itself, the configuration of unit data in the data block, and control information such as when output of the unit data included in the data block is started. Here, the unit data is data that is processed at one time by the sound / display notification changing process of step S2413. In step S2504, the control information of the reference notification block is set while incrementing the acoustic notification data pointer. Since the start sound notification is set to start notification immediately, a start flag is set. In the case of sound notification and sound production set so as not to start notification immediately, the initial value corresponding to the standby time until the start is set in the notification standby time counter, and the time is measured by the notification time monitoring counter. To start. The notification waiting time counter measures the time in software by counting the number of executions of the periodic timer interruption process (1-msec interval) in the counter update process (see FIG. 57) in step S2004. Whether or not the notification standby time has passed is determined by the notification synchronization processing in step S2409. If the determination is affirmative, various sound notification flags and sound effect flags are set to start notification. After step S2505, the sound notification data pointer is incremented and the value of the sound notification data pointer is set to the head address of the head unit data. This completes the preparation for the start sound notification.

  After step S2505, in step S2506, it is determined whether a fixed display is being performed. Here, the fixed display means a BB combination fixed display or an RB combination fixed display. Once the confirmation display is made, the display continues until the winning BB combination or RB combination is established. In other words, various new effects (display effects, sound effects, and light emission effects) are not performed. If it is determined that the bonus confirmation display is being performed, the lottery result command process is terminated and the process returns to the received command confirmation process. If it is determined that the bonus confirmation display is not being performed, the process proceeds to step S2507. In step S2507, it is determined whether the continuous performance is continuing. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the number of consecutive productions is 1 or more. If it is determined that the continuous production is not continued, the process proceeds to step S2508 in order to be able to perform various new productions. On the other hand, if it is determined that the continuous production is being continued, In order to advance the determined effect, the process proceeds to step S2515.

  In steps S2508 to S2514, it is determined whether or not to produce an effect and what kind of effect is to be performed, and preparations for performing the effect are made. In step S2508, an effect lottery data selection process for selecting one effect lottery data group from the effect lottery table is performed with reference to the information of the lower byte of the lottery result command and various winning combination flags. Here, the effect lottery table will be described. FIG. 64 is a diagram conceptually illustrating an example of the effect selection table. The effect lottery table is composed of an effect lottery data group (one row of data group) for determining the winning probabilities of various effects for each set status of the lottery result flag and various winning combination flags. In the winning combination type, the “RB combination & watermelon combination” is selected by the lottery of the main board 45a for the current unit game, and the RB combination and the watermelon combination are simultaneously selected, and the RB combination selection flag and the watermelon combination selection flag are set. Means that the RB role has already been won before the previous unit game and the RB role winning flag and the watermelon role winning flag are set at the same time because the watermelon role has been won in this unit game. . The same applies to the winning combination types including other “&” symbols. In FIG. 63, for the convenience of explanation, the contents of effects are described in the rightmost column. Hereinafter, only the three main display effects will be described, but the game machine 10 of the present embodiment also includes various other effects.

  The three main display effects include an optional notification display effect that is completed within a unit game, an expanded display effect that is completed within a unit game, and a continuous display effect that is completed over a plurality of consecutive unit games. Can be mentioned. In the optional announcement system display effect, the information corresponding to the winning combination, for example, the design of the winning combination, the color or character (animal, etc.) associated with the winning combination is stopped before the first torso is stopped. After that, after the stop of the second cylinder, the winning combination is notified by displaying after the stop of the third cylinder, or the bonus combination is notified implicitly. In advanced display effects, when the display continues to develop until after the third torso stoppage, the display effects are made easier to make visible and flashy as the game progresses in the unit game. The winning combination is announced by displaying information corresponding to the winning combination. For example, the display effect after the first torso stop is more flashy than before the first torso stop, the display effect after the second torso stop is more flashy than after the first torso stop, and the second torso The display effect after the third torso stop is more flashy than after the stop, and the effect that the symbol of the winning combination is finally displayed can be mentioned. In continuous display effects, continuous display effects such as fighting effects and problem solving effects are performed according to the progress of the game over a plurality of unit games, and finally when the maximum number of unit games is completed (in the fighting effects) When winning, the winning combination of the bonus combination is confirmed when the assignment is solved). Normally, in the continuous system display effect, a bonus combination is displayed after the third body stop or when a game ball is bet for the next unit game.

  Returning to the description of the lottery result command process of FIG. 63, the effect lottery process is performed for referencing the effect lottery data group selected in step S <b> 2508 to determine whether or not various effects are appropriate, and the process proceeds to step S <b> 2510. The lottery method in step S2508 is substantially the same as steps S601 to S609 in the lottery process on the main board 45a shown in FIG. In step S2510, if any of the effects is not won as a result of the lottery and there is a loss (when there is no effect), there is no need to prepare for the effect, so the lottery result command processing in step S2306 is terminated. On the other hand, if any of the effects is won, the process proceeds to step S2511. In step S2511, block control information setting processing for setting block control information with reference to the effect control information table is performed in order to control the winning effect. Here, the configuration of block control information and data fields for the above three main display effects will be described. FIG. 65 conceptually shows an example of the data structure of the data field, and FIG. 66 conceptually shows an example of the effect control information table.

  As shown in FIG. 65 (A), the data field of the optional notification system display effect corresponds to the common sign block and the loss before the first cylinder stop that notifies in advance that the optional notification system effect is started. Lost role block that displays information, replay role block that displays information corresponding to the replay role, cherry role block that displays information corresponding to the cherry role, watermelon role block that displays information corresponding to the watermelon role, bell Bell role block for displaying information corresponding to the role, RB role block for displaying information corresponding to the RB role, BB role block for displaying information corresponding to the BB role, CB role block for displaying information corresponding to the CB role , And a bonus combination block for displaying common information corresponding to the RB combination or the BB combination. Each block includes a block header, a plurality of unit data, and a block trailer. The block header identifies each block and represents the block header identification value indicating the beginning of the block, the size of the block header (in bytes), the size of the entire block (in bytes), the size of the unit data (in bytes), Is included. When an effect is performed, a predetermined block is transferred to another predetermined block. The information in the block header is used for simple processing and for other effects with different data structures. But it is used to execute with a common program. The unit data is information that defines the effect, and is the amount of data that is processed in the sound / display notification changing process in step S2413. The block trailer includes a block trailer identification value and a return value that identify each block and represents the end of the block. The return value defines whether to repeat from the beginning, repeat from the middle, or keep the still image displayed at the end when the reporting of the unit data in the block is completed. As the return value, “−1” is set when the display is repeated from the beginning, the number of unit data to be returned and the number of bytes to be returned are set when the display is repeated from the middle, and “0” is set when the display is held. . The same applies to the blocks constituting the data fields for other display effects and display notifications. In addition, for each block constituting the data field of each sound effect and sound notification, the block header further includes time information until the start of the effect, and the same except that the unit data includes a pair of audio data and volume data. It is a configuration. Further, each block constituting each light emission effect and the data field for light emission notification has the same configuration except that the block header further includes time information until the start of the effect.

  As shown in FIG. 65 (B), the data field of the development system display effect is a common predictor block before the first cylinder stop, informing in advance that the development system effect is started, by the first cylinder stop. The first end block that ends, the first development block that develops by the first cylinder stop, the second end block that ends by the second cylinder stop, the second development block that develops by the second cylinder stop, the third cylinder It consists of a third end block and a third development completion block that end by stopping. It should be noted that blocks corresponding to each combination such as a bell combination block display information corresponding to each combination after being developed by stopping the third drum. If the CB role is not won, the production of the third development completion block will not be performed. Further, in the advanced display effect, information corresponding to each combination is not specifically displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 65 (C), the data field of the continuous system display effect includes a 1G end block when ending with the first unit game, a 1G continuation block when continuing to at least the second unit game, The 2G end block that ends with the second unit game, the 2G end block that continues with at least the 3rd unit game, the 2G end block that ends with the 3rd unit game, and continues with at least the 4th unit game 3G continuation block, a 4G end block that ends in the fourth unit game, and a fourth determination block in which the bonus combination is determined in the fourth unit game. In the continuous display effect, the fourth confirmed block effect is not performed unless the bonus combination is won. Also, in the continuous display effect, information corresponding to each combination is not specifically displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 66, the effect control information table includes the number of consecutive effects, the number of block transitions, the first stop flag, the second stop flag, the third stop flag, the in-effect display combination, and the final notification flag for each effect. Contains block control information. As the number of continuous effects, “−1” is set in the case of an effect completed in a unit game, and the number of continuous unit games is set in the case of straddling a plurality of continuous unit games. The number of block transitions is the number of transitions between blocks constituting the data field corresponding to the selected effect, “1” is set for the optional notification system display effect, and “1” is set according to the number of developments for the development system display effect. The value of “3” is set, and in the continuous display effect, a value that is at least the number of effect continuations is set. The first stop flag, the second stop flag, and the third stop flag respectively determine whether or not to perform block transition when the first cylinder is stopped, when the second cylinder is stopped, and when the third cylinder is stopped. For example, if the 1st stop flag is set, it will transfer to a predetermined block according to the stop of the 1st cylinder. The effect displaying middle combination is combination identification information of the combination displayed during the production. Specifically, “0” is displayed when the information corresponding to the lost role or the specific role is not displayed, “1” when the information corresponds to the re-playing role, and “2” when the information corresponds to the cherry role. ”,“ 3 ”for information corresponding to the watermelon role,“ 4 ”for information corresponding to the bell role,“ 5 ”for information corresponding to the RB role, and information corresponding to the BB role “6”, “7” is set for information corresponding to the CB role, and “8” is set for common information corresponding to the RB role or the BB role. The confirmation display transition flag is shifted to a bonus confirmation display (RB combination or BB combination is confirmed), RB combination determination display, or BB combination determination display when betting a game ball for the next unit game after the end of the production. Determine whether or not. If the confirmation transition flag is set, the process proceeds to one of the above three confirmation displays. Which confirmation display is to be performed is determined in step S2710 described later in the bet command process in step S2313. It is determined by the display lottery process.

  Returning to FIG. 63, after step S2511, a reference effect block setting process is performed in which the first block of the data field of the winning effect is selected as the reference block. Specifically, when the winning effect includes an effect by display, the display effect data pointer is set to the top address of the first block of the data field of the winning display effect and the display effect flag is set. When the winning effect includes a sound effect, the sound effect data pointer is set at the head address of the head block of the data field of the winning sound effect and the sound effect flag is set. When the winning effect includes an effect due to light emission, the light emitting effect data pointer is set to the head address of the first block of the data field of the winning light emitting effect and the light emitting effect flag is set. After step S2512, in step S2513, reference effect information setting processing is performed in which various types of information included in the block header of the first block are extracted and set as reference effect block information. The predetermined effect data pointer is incremented, the size of the block header is extracted, all the other information included in the block header is extracted with reference to the size of the block header, and the information is sub-board 47a. Stored in a RAM (not shown). In step 2513, if the display effect change flag is set and the sound effect should be immediately executed based on the block header information, the effect data pointer is set in step S2514 after step S2513. Effect data pointer setting processing is set to set the first unit data of a plurality of unit data, and the lottery result command processing is terminated. Specifically, in step S2514, it is only necessary to increment a predetermined effect data pointer.

  If it is determined in step S2507 that the continuous effect is being continued, an effect continuous number update process for reducing the effect continuous number by 1 and updating it to a new value is performed in step S2515. After step S2507, in step 2516, a reference effect block update process is performed in which the block next to the currently selected block is set as a reference effect block. Specifically, the predetermined various effect data pointers are sequentially incremented in units of unit data size until the currently selected block trailer is detected, and when a block trailer is detected, the header of the block header of the next block Increment sequentially until identification information is detected. After step S2516, in step S2517, in the same manner as in step S2513, various types of information included in the block header of the first block are extracted, and reference effect information update processing for updating and setting as reference effect block information is performed. After step S2517, in step 2518, effect data pointer update processing for setting the effect data pointer to the head unit data of the plurality of unit data is performed in the same manner as in step S2514. After step 2518, in step S2519, it is determined whether or not the continuous effect number is “0”. If it is determined that the continuous effect number is not “0”, the lottery result command processing is terminated. On the other hand, when it is determined that the number of consecutive effects is “0”, the process proceeds to step S2520. In step 2520, it is determined whether or not the fixed display shift flag is set. If the fixed display shift flag is set, the fixed display flag is set in step S2521, and the fixed effect shift flag is set. If not, step S2521 is skipped and the lottery result command process is terminated.

  If it is determined in step 2502 that the game state is not the normal gaming state, the reference effect block update process in step S2522, the reference effect block information update process in step S2523, and the effect data pointer update process in step S2524 are sequentially performed. It should be noted that the reference effect block update process of step 2522 and step 2516 is substantially the same process, the reference effect block information update process of step 2523 and step 2517 is substantially the same process, and The effect data pointer update process is substantially the same process. However, the selection of the data field corresponding to the type of gaming state when not in the normal gaming state has already been performed in the internal state command processing (see FIG. 60) in step S2306, although not shown.

  Here, the spinning cylinder rotation information command processing (see FIG. 61) in step S2310 will be described in detail. FIG. 67 is a flowchart showing an example of the spinning wheel rotation information command process. In the rotation rotation information command processing, first, the number of stop rotations is updated in step S2601, and it is determined in step S2602 that the game is not in the normal gaming state, or all the various effect flags are not set in step S2603. If there is no block transition such that the number of block transitions is determined to be “0” in step S2604, the rotation rotation information command processing is terminated. On the other hand, if it is in the normal gaming state, any of various effect flags is set, and an effect whose block transition number is not 0 is included, the process proceeds to step S2605. In step S2605, it is determined whether or not the number of stop cylinders is 3 (third cylinder stop). If the number of stop cylinders is not 3, the process proceeds to step S2609, and the number of stop cylinders is determined in step S2606. If it is 3, it is determined whether there is a block shift at the time of the third cylinder stop. If it is determined in step S2606 that there is no block transition at the time of the third cylinder stop, the rotating cylinder rotation information command process is terminated. After the reference effect block is updated to the next block, the process proceeds to step S2613. In S2608, it is determined whether or not the number of stop cylinders is 2 (second cylinder stop). If the number of stop cylinders is not 2, the process proceeds to Step S2611, and the number of stop cylinders is 2 in Step S2609. If it is, it is determined whether there is a block shift at the time of the second cylinder stop. If it is determined in step S2609 that there is no block transition when the second cylinder stop is performed, the rotation information command process is terminated, while if it is determined that there is a block transition when the second cylinder is stopped. Then, after performing the reference effect block update process for updating the reference effect block to the next block, the process proceeds to step S2614. In step S2611, it is determined whether there is a block shift at the time of the first cylinder stop. If it is determined in step S2612 that there is no block transition when the first cylinder is stopped, the rotating rotation information command process is terminated. Then, after performing the reference effect block update processing for updating the reference effect block to the next block, the process proceeds to step S2613. In step S2606, step S2609, and step S2611, specifically, it is determined whether the third stop flag, the second stop flag, and the first stop flag are set, respectively.

  In step S2613, block transition number update processing for updating the block transition number to a value obtained by subtracting the block transition number by 1 is performed, and the process proceeds to step S2614. In step S2614, it is determined whether or not the number of block transitions is “0”. If it is determined that the number of block transitions is not “0”, the rotation rotation information command processing is terminated, If it is determined that the number is “0”, the process advances to step S 2615. In step S2615, the reference effect block is updated to a predetermined block with reference to the display combination in effect. Specifically, the predetermined effect data pointer is shifted to the previous block by the value of the identification information of the display indicator during the effect. After step S2615, reference effect block information setting processing is performed in step S2616, and effect data pointer setting processing is performed in step S2617. After step 2617, it is determined in step S2618 whether or not the fixed display transition flag is set. If the fixed display transition flag is set, the fixed display flag is set in step S2619, If the confirmation display transition flag is not set, step S2619 is skipped, and the spinning wheel rotation information command process is terminated.

  Here, the bet command processing in step S2312 will be described in detail. FIG. 68 is a flowchart showing an example of a bet command process. In the bet command process, first, in step S2701, it is determined whether or not the gaming state is the normal gaming state. If it is determined that the gaming state is the normal gaming state, the process proceeds to step S2702, while the normal gaming state is determined. If it is determined not to go out, the process proceeds to step S2711. In step S2702, a bet sound notification block control process for preparing bet sound notification is performed in the same manner as the start sound notification preparation in steps S2503 to S2505 in the lottery result command processing in step S2306, and the process proceeds to step S2703. In step S2703, a bet notification flag setting process for setting a bet notification flag is performed. Since the bet sound notification is set to be executed immediately upon detection of reception of a bet command, a bet notification change flag is set together with the bet notification flag in step S2703.

  After step S2703, it is determined in step S2704 whether or not the continuous effect is being continued, and in step S2705, whether or not the final effect is being displayed is determined. If it is in a state where it is possible to reset the effect or the like in the previous unit game, there is a notification / effect related flag release process for resetting various flags for controlling the notification and the effect in the previous unit game in step S2706. Done. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S2704 that the continuous effects are being continued or the final display is being performed in step S2705, the bet command process is terminated in order to continue these effects. After step S2707, it is determined whether or not the fixed display flag is set. If it is determined that the fixed display flag is set, a fixed display selection process for determining the type of fixed display by lottery is performed. After that, the bet command process is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S2707 that the confirmation display flag is not set, it is determined in step S2708 whether or not the BB winning combination flag or the RB winning flag is set. If the BB role winning flag or the RB role winning flag is set in step S2708, a confirmed display lottery process for performing a lottery for determining whether or not to shift to the confirmed display is executed in step S2709. If both the winning flag and the RB winning flag are not set, step S2709 is skipped and the bet command process is terminated.

  If it is determined in step S2701 that the gaming state is not the normal gaming state, it is determined in step S2711 whether or not the CB gaming state is started, and the processing in steps S2712 to S2715 is performed in the CB gaming state. Preparations for the start of production are performed. The processing from step S2712 to step S2715 is the processing of step S2511 to step S2514 in the lottery result command processing of step S2306 (see FIG. 62), except that the data field corresponding to the effect in the CB gaming state is referenced. Since they are substantially the same, detailed description thereof is omitted. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S2711 that the CB gaming state is not started, the data field corresponding to the gaming state is referred to in the same manner as the processing in steps S2522 to S2524 in the lottery result command processing in step S2306. Block transfer.

  In the above, the lottery result command processing in step S2306, the spinning wheel rotation information command processing in step S2310, and the bet command processing in step S2312 will be described in detail, so that the blocks in the data field for a predetermined effect in the normal gaming state Although the transition has been described, in the following, the handling of the unit data in the currently selected reference effect block in the sound / display notification changing process in step S2413 will be described. FIG. 69 is a flowchart for explaining an example of the sound / display notification changing process. As shown in FIG. 69, in the sound / display notification changing process, first, it is determined whether or not an error flag is set. If the error flag is set, in step S2802, the error sound notification is handled. One unit audio data and unit volume data included in the reference notification block selected from the data field to be stored is stored in the output data buffer, and the reference notification block selected from the data field corresponding to the error display notification is stored in the reference notification block. One unit data included is stored in an output data buffer. The error flag is set in response to detection of reception of the error command in the error command processing of the received command confirmation processing, and one data field of processing is selected from the data field according to the type of error command.

  If the error flag is not set in step S2802, it is determined in step S2803 whether or not the bet notification flag is set. If it is determined that the bet notification flag is set, the process proceeds to step S2804. On the other hand, if it is determined that it is not set, the process skips step S2804 and proceeds to step S2805. In step S2804, unit audio data and unit volume data are selected and stored in the output data buffer by substantially the same method as in steps S2817 to S2824 described below.

  In step S2805, it is determined whether the start notification flag is set. If it is determined that the start notification flag is set, the process proceeds to step S2806. On the other hand, if it is determined that the start notification flag is not set, step S2806 is performed. Is skipped and the process proceeds to step S2807. In step S2806, unit audio data and unit volume data are selected from the reference notification block and stored in the output data buffer by substantially the same method as in steps S2817 to S2824 described below.

  In step S2807, it is determined whether or not the stop notification flag is set. If it is determined that the stop notification flag is set, the process proceeds to step S2808. On the other hand, if it is determined that the stop notification flag is not set, step S2808 is performed. Is skipped and the process proceeds to step S2809. In step S2808, unit audio data and unit volume data are selected from the reference notification block and stored in the output data buffer by substantially the same method as in steps S2817 to S2824 described below.

  In step S2809, it is determined whether or not the tempai notification flag is set. If it is determined that the flag is set, the process proceeds to step S2810. On the other hand, if it is determined that it is not set, step S2810 is performed. Is skipped and the process proceeds to step S2811. In step S2810, unit audio data and unit volume data are selected from the reference notification block and stored in the output data buffer by substantially the same method as in steps S2817 to S2824 described below.

  In step S2811, it is determined whether or not the ball discharge notification flag is set. If it is determined that the flag is set, the process proceeds to step S2812, while if it is determined that the flag is not set, step S281 is performed. S2812 is skipped and the process proceeds to step S2813. In step S2812, unit audio data and unit volume data are selected from the reference notification block and stored in the output data buffer by substantially the same method as in steps S2817 to S2824 described below. The ball release notification flag is set in the ball release command setting process in step S2316 of the reception command confirmation process in step S2208.

  In the above, since the bet sound notification, the start sound notification, the stop sound notification, the tempo sound notification, and the ball discharge notification are not performed at the same time, the unit sound data and the unit volume data are set by the same notification data pointer. Is selected.

  In step S2813, it is determined whether or not the sound effect flag is set. If it is determined that the sound effect flag is set, the process proceeds to step S2814. On the other hand, if it is determined that the sound effect flag is not set, step S2814 is performed. Is skipped and the process proceeds to step S2815. In step S2814, unit audio data and unit volume data are selected from the reference notification block and stored in the output data buffer by substantially the same method as in steps S2817 to S2824 described below. Since the sound effect and the various notifications may be selected at the same time, an effect data pointer different from the notification data pointer is used in selecting the sound effect unit data. In addition, when the above various notifications are performed, the unit data for the sound effect is not stored in the output data buffer.

  In step S2815, it is determined whether or not the BGM flag is set. If it is determined that the BGM flag is set, the process proceeds to step S2816. On the other hand, if it is determined that the BGM flag is not set, step S2816 is performed. Skip to step S2817. In step S2816, unit audio data and unit volume data are selected from the reference notification block and stored in the output data buffer by substantially the same method as in steps S2817 to S2824 described below. Since BGM and sound effects or various notifications may be selected at the same time, BGM data pointers that are different from both the notification data pointer and the effect data pointer are used in selecting BGM unit data. . Further, when various kinds of sound notification and sound effects are performed, the unit data of BGM is not stored in the output data buffer.

  After step S2816, it is determined whether or not the display effect flag is set in step S2817. If the display effect flag is set, the process proceeds to step S2818, and if the display effect flag is not set. Advances to step S2825. Here, the display effect flag indicates whether or not a display effect is performed in the current unit game. In step S1818, it is determined whether or not the display update flag is set. If the display update flag is not set, the sound / display notification changing process is terminated, and the display update flag is set. Advances to step S2819. Here, the display update flag represents whether or not unit data is sequentially selected in order to update the display. That is, even if the display effect flag is set, the display is not updated unless the display update flag is set. In step S2819, display effect unit data storage processing is performed in which unit data at the address pointed to by the display effect data pointer is stored in the output data buffer. When the unit data spans a plurality of bytes, the data is sequentially stored by incrementing the display effect data pointer while referring to the size of the unit data until all the unit data is stored in the output data buffer. After step S2819, display effect data pointer advance processing for incrementing the display effect data pointer is performed in step S2820, and in step 2821 whether the data at the address indicated by the current display effect data pointer is the identification value of the block trailer. Determine whether or not. If it is determined in step 2821 that the identification value is not the block trailer, the sound / display notification changing process is terminated. If it is determined that the identification value is the block trailer, the display effect data pointer is determined in step S2822. It is determined whether or not the return value is “0” with reference to the return value of the next address pointed to. If the return value is not “0” in step S2822, the display effect data pointer retreat process for decrementing the display effect data pointer by the value of the return value is performed, and then the sound / display notification change process is terminated, and step S2822 is completed. If the return value is “0”, the display update flag release process for resetting the display update flag is performed, and then the sound display notification change process is terminated.

  If the display effect flag is not set in step S2817, it is determined in step S2825 whether the demonstration update flag is set. The demonstration update flag is set when a predetermined condition is satisfied in the demonstration notification transition process (see FIG. 61) in step S2311. If the demonstration update flag is set in step S2825, the demo display display unit data control process substantially the same as in steps S2819 to S2824 is performed, and then the sound / display notification change process is terminated. If the data update flag is not set, the normal display unit data control process substantially the same as that in steps S2819 to S2824 is performed, and then the sound / display notification changing process is terminated. In the demonstration display unit data control process and the normal display unit data control process, unit data is selected from reference blocks selected from the demonstration display data field and the normal display data field, respectively.

  The overall configuration of the ball-type spinning machine 10 according to the present embodiment has been described above, but the features of the present invention will be described in detail below.

  As shown in FIG. 31, the ball-cylinder spinning machine 10 has a pattern sticker (design row) 43L, 43M, 43R on which 21 (predetermined number) symbols are printed at predetermined equal intervals. The body L, M, and R are provided. In the normal gaming state, as a role to be drawn by the lottery process shown in FIG. 39, as shown in FIG. 40, a re-game role (first specific role) and a bell role (second specific role) And a CB combination (profit gaming state transition combination). As shown in FIG. 32, the symbol pattern corresponding to the re-gamer is the re-game symbol (first specific symbol) in the left symbol seal 43L, the re-game symbol in the middle symbol seal 43M, and the symbol in the right symbol seal 43R. A set of game patterns. The symbol pattern corresponding to the bell role is a set of patterns including a bell symbol (second specific symbol) on the left symbol seal 43L, a bell symbol on the middle symbol seal 43M, and a bell symbol on the right symbol seal 43R. In addition, the symbol pattern corresponding to the CB combination is a permutation pattern composed of a replay symbol on the left symbol seal 43L, a replay symbol on the middle symbol seal 43M, and a bell symbol on the right symbol seal 43R. The symbol pattern of the re-game combination and the symbol pattern of the CB combination differ only in the configuration symbols in the right symbol seal (specific symbol sequence) 43R. The symbol pattern of the re-game combination and the symbol pattern of the CB combination differ only in the configuration symbols in the right symbol seal (specific symbol sequence) 43R.

  In the ball-type spinning machine 10, a plurality of combination lines are set, and the plurality of combination lines includes only the upper combination line, the middle combination line, the lower combination line, the upper right combination line, and the lower right combination line. It is the composition which includes.

  The maximum interval between two adjacent replay symbols in the left symbol seal 43L is the interval of 5 symbols (the interval between the replay symbols of symbol numbers 8 and 13 and the replay symbol of numbers 20 and 4). Interval). The interval between the No. 20 symbol and the No. 1 symbol is one symbol. Therefore, the replay symbol in the left symbol seal 43 is a complete drawing symbol. Note that the maximum slip amount (standard movement amount) in the normal gaming state in this embodiment is 5 symbols, and in stop control, slips of less than 5 symbols are allowed. In addition, the maximum interval between two adjacent bell symbols on the left symbol seal 43L is the interval of 5 symbols (the interval between the replay symbols of No. 8 and No. 13 and the replay symbol of No. 20 and No. 4). Interval). Therefore, the bell symbol in the left symbol seal 43L is a fully retracted symbol. Similarly, in the middle symbol seal 43M, the maximum interval between two adjacent replay symbols is the interval for five symbols (the interval between No. 6 and No. 11 and the interval between No. 14 and No. 19). The maximum interval between two bell symbols in the vicinity of 5 is the interval for 5 symbols (the interval between No. 7 and No. 12, the interval between No. 15 and No. 20, and the interval between No. 20 and No. 4). Therefore, in the middle symbol seal 43M, each of the re-game symbol and the bell symbol is a complete drawing symbol. Similarly, in the right symbol seal 43R, the maximum interval between two neighboring replay symbols is the interval for five symbols (the interval between No. 7 and No. 12). Is the interval for 5 symbols (the interval between No. 5 and No. 10). Therefore, in the right symbol seal 43R, each of the re-game symbol and the bell symbol is a complete drawing symbol.

  Further, in the right symbol seal 43R having different configuration symbols in the re-game symbol pattern and the CB symbol pattern, two symbols are provided below each re-game symbol (in the same direction as the circulation direction of the symbol row). Bell symbols are arranged separately.

  Here, by moving at least one of the two symbol sequences of any two symbol sequences by less than 5 symbols, the symbol display in which the re-game combination and the CB combination are in a double tempered state from the arbitrary symbol display (duplicate standby symbol display) ) Is explained. Note that this description is for explaining the symbol arrangement, and is not an explanation of the stop control in this embodiment. In the left symbol seal 43L, the re-playing symbol is a fully drawn symbol, so that the re-playing symbol is not displayed in any of the effective display areas of the upper, middle, and lower tiers corresponding to the left symbol seal 43L by not moving or moving less than five symbols. Can be placed. Similarly, in the middle symbol seal 43M and the right symbol seal 43R, the replay symbols can be arranged in any of the effective display areas of the upper, middle and lower stages.

  First, the symbol display of the double template state by the left symbol seal 43L and the middle symbol seal 43M will be described. In the left symbol seal 43L, the replay symbols are arranged in any one of the effective display areas of the upper, middle and lower levels. When the replay symbol is arranged in the upper effective display area in the left symbol seal 43L, if the replay symbol is arranged in the upper or middle effective display area in the middle symbol seal 43M, the left symbol seal 43L and the middle symbol seal 43M are arranged. Arbitrary symbol display by and becomes a symbol display in a double tempering state. Further, when the re-playing symbol is arranged in the middle effective display area in the left symbol sticker 43L, if the re-playing symbol is arranged in the middle effective display area in the middle symbol sticker 43M, the left symbol sticker 43L and the middle symbol sticker 43M are arranged. Arbitrary symbol display by and becomes a symbol display in a double tempering state. In addition, when the replay symbol is arranged in the lower effective display area in the left symbol seal 43L, if the replay symbol is arranged in the lower or middle effective display area in the middle symbol seal 43M, the left symbol seal 43L and the middle symbol are arranged. An arbitrary symbol display by the seal 43M becomes a symbol display in a double-tempered state. On the contrary, when the re-playing symbols are arranged in the upper, middle and lower effective display areas in the middle symbol seal 43M, and the re-gaming symbols are arranged in the upper effective display area in the middle symbol seal 43M. In the left symbol sticker 43L, the replay symbol is arranged in the upper effective display area. In the middle symbol sticker 43M, when the replay symbol is arranged in the middle effective indicator area, the replay symbol is placed in the left symbol sticker 43L. If it is arranged in the middle or lower effective display area, and the re-game symbol is arranged in the lower effective display area in the middle symbol seal 43M, the re-game symbol is arranged in the lower effective display area in the left symbol seal 43L. Any symbol display by the left symbol seal 43L and the middle symbol seal 43M becomes a symbol display in a double tempering state.

  Next, the symbol display of the double template state by the left symbol seal 43L and the right symbol seal 43R will be described. In the left symbol sticker 43L, the replay symbols are arranged in the upper or lower effective display area. When the replay symbol is arranged in the upper effective display area in the left symbol seal 43L, the replay symbol is arranged in the upper effective display area and the bell symbol is arranged in the lower effective display area in the right symbol seal 43R. Or if the symbol is arranged in the effective display area in the upper stage and the replay symbol is arranged in the effective display area in the lower stage, any symbol display by the left symbol seal 43L and the right symbol seal 43R is performed. Is a symbol display in a double-tempered state. If a re-game symbol is arranged in the upper effective display area and a bell symbol is arranged in the lower effective display area in the right symbol seal 43R, the re-game player is tempered along the upper combination line, and A symbol display of a double tempering state in which the CB combination is tempered along the right-down combination line. On the other hand, when the bell symbol is arranged in the upper effective display area and the replay symbol is arranged in the lower effective display area in the right symbol seal 43R, the CB combination is tempered along the upper combination line and A symbol display of a double tempering state in which a game player has tempered along the right-down combination line is displayed. Similarly, when the replay symbol is arranged in the lower effective display area in the left symbol seal 43L, the replay symbol is arranged in the upper effective display area and the bell is displayed in the lower effective display area in the right symbol seal 43R. If the symbol is arranged or if the bell symbol is arranged in the upper effective display area and the replay symbol is arranged in the lower effective display area, the left symbol seal 43L and the right symbol seal 43R An arbitrary symbol display by means of a symbol display in a double tempering state. Conversely, in the right symbol seal 43R, the replay symbol is arranged in the upper effective display region and the bell symbol is arranged in the lower effective display region, or the bell symbol is arranged in the upper effective display region and the lower If the replay symbol in the left symbol seal 43L is moved to the effective display area of the left and the replay symbol in the left symbol seal 43L is arranged in the upper or lower effective display area, the left symbol seal 43L and the right symbol seal 43R Any symbol display becomes a symbol display in a double tempering state.

  Finally, the symbol display in the double tempered state by the middle symbol seal 43M and the right symbol seal 43R will be described. In the middle symbol seal 43M, the replay symbol is arranged in the middle effective display area, and in the right symbol seal 43R, the regame symbol is arranged in the upper effective display area and the bell symbol is arranged in the lower effective display area. If the bell symbol is arranged in the upper effective display area and the replay symbol is arranged in the lower effective display area, an arbitrary symbol display by the middle symbol seal 43M and the right symbol seal 43R is performed. The symbol display is in the double-tempered state. Conversely, in the right symbol seal 43R, the replay symbol is arranged in the upper effective display region and the bell symbol is arranged in the lower effective display region, or the bell symbol is arranged in the upper effective display region and the lower symbol is displayed. If the replay symbol is arranged in the middle display sticker 43M in the middle display sticker 43M by moving so that the replay symbol is arranged in the effective display area, any symbol by the middle symbol sticker 43M and the right symbol sticker 43R The display becomes a symbol display in a double tempering state.

  Here, based on a specific example, the transition of the symbol display based on the stop of each turn in the unit game and the change of the stop control table referred to at the stop of each turn will be described. FIG. 70 (A) is a diagram showing an example of the transition of the symbol display when the re-gamer is won, and FIG. 70 (B) is a stop control table that is referred to when the re-game player is won. FIG. 70 (C) is a diagram showing an example of the transition of symbol display when winning the CB role, and FIG. 70 (D) is winning the CB role. It is a figure which shows an example of transition of the stop control table referred in the case. 70 (A) to 70 (D), the order of stopping the spinning cylinder is the left spinning cylinder L for the first, the middle spinning cylinder M for the second, and the right spinning cylinder R for the third. In addition, the operation arrival symbols in the stop operation of the left turning cylinder L, the middle turning cylinder M, and the right turning cylinder R represent the case of the symbol number 9, the symbol number 11, and the symbol number 2, respectively.

  First, the case where the re-game player is won will be described. After the start lever 124 is operated, the re-game player basic stop control table (table number 02) (see FIGS. 44 and 45A) is provisionally selected with reference to the winning combination information at time T0. (Step S611 in FIG. 39), the table number is stored as a reference table number in the stop control table storage area 53f. The stop control table specified by the reference table number is also referred to as “reference stop control table” below. Thereafter, all the spinning cylinders L, M, R start to rotate (M0) (step S702 in FIG. 49).

  When the first stop operation is performed on the left spinning cylinder L (step S703: Y), a left spinning cylinder stop information command (a type of spinning cylinder rotation information command) indicating that the left spinning cylinder L has been stopped is set. . Since the current stop operation is the first stop operation (step S801 in FIG. 50: Y), the first stop operation information is changed to “1” indicating the stop of the left cylinder L (step S802). After that, at time T1, it is determined whether or not to change the reference stop control table (step S803). However, since the turning cylinder on which the first stop operation has been performed is the left turning cylinder L, the reference stop control table is changed. Is not performed (step S804 is skipped). With reference to the re-game player basic stop control table, the left turning cylinder L is stopped (steps S709 to S714). When the left-handed cylinder L is stopped, first, it is confirmed that the operation reaching symbol is the symbol of symbol number 9 (step S709). After confirming the operation arrival symbol, the left-handed cylinder slip amount is determined to be “2” (a rounded number in FIG. 45A) with reference to the re-gamer basic stop control table (step S710). After the counterclockwise slip amount is determined, the symbol to be stopped is set to the symbol number 11 which is a number obtained by adding the counterclockwise slip amount to the number of symbols reached during operation. Waiting for the symbol number 11 to reach the lower effective display area (step S712), the left cylinder L is stopped (step S713). As a result, the symbol number 11 stops in the lower effective display area, that is, the replay symbol number 13 stops in the upper effective display area (M1). Since it is the first rotation stop (step S715: N), it is determined whether or not to change the stop control table (step S716). In this determination, first, since the stop of the left cylinder L is the first stop operation (step S901: Y), at time T2 after the stop of the left cylinder L, the first stop operation information “1” and the current Whether or not the first post-stop operation change determination table includes the left 02 table is determined based on the reference table number “02” (step S902) (see FIG. 47A). Since the left 02 table (determination condition number 01) exists (step S902: Y), the stop control table corresponding to the first stop symbol is determined as a new reference stop control table with reference to the left 02 change determination table. . Although not shown based on the left 02 change determination table, the reference stop control table is the re-gamer irregular stop control table (table number 03) only when the first stop symbol is the symbol of symbol number 18. Changed to Therefore, in the case of the present example in which the first stop symbol is symbol number 11, the reference stop control table is not changed.

  When the second stop operation is performed on the middle cylinder M (step S703), a middle cylinder stop information command (a kind of the revolution rotation information command) indicating that the middle cylinder M is stopped is set. Since the current stop operation is not the first stop operation (step S801: N), the second stop operation information is changed to “2” indicating the stop of the middle drum M (step S805). Thereafter, at time T3, it is determined whether or not to change the reference stop control table (step S806). In this determination, it is determined whether or not the operation change determination table includes the left middle 02 table (see FIG. 47B). Since the left middle 02 table (judgment condition number 01) exists (step S806: Y), the operation arrival symbol is confirmed (step S807), and the operation left arrival symbol is referred to by referring to the left middle 02 table. The stop control table (re-gamer irregular stop control table: see FIG. 44 and FIG. 45 (B)) corresponding to the symbol number 11 corresponding to the table number 03 (circled number in FIG. 48B) is determined as a new reference stop control table. To do. Thereafter, the middle drum M is stopped with reference to the re-gamer irregular stop control table (table number 03) (steps S709 to S714). When the middle cylinder M is stopped, first, it is confirmed that the operation time reaching symbol is the symbol of symbol number 11 (step S709). After confirming the at-operation reaching symbol, the middle cylinder slip amount is determined to be “2” (the circled number in FIG. 45B) with reference to the re-gamer irregular stop control table (step S710). After the middle cylinder slip amount is determined, the symbol to be stopped is set to the symbol of symbol number 13 which is a number obtained by adding the middle cylinder slip amount to the number of symbols reached during operation. Waiting for the symbol number 13 to reach the lower effective display area (step S712), the middle drum M is stopped (step S713). As a result, the symbol number 13 stops in the lower effective display area, that is, the replay symbol number 14 stops in the middle effective display area (M2). At this time, the symbol display is a double tempering state in which both the re-game combination and the CB combination are tempered along the right down combination line. Since it is the second rotation stop (step S715: N), it is determined whether or not to change the reference stop control table (step S716). In this determination, first, since the stop of the middle cylinder M is not the first stop operation (step S901: Y), at time T4 after the stop of the middle cylinder M, the winning combination information (replaying player), the first Based on 1 stop operation information “1”, 2nd stop operation information “2”, and current reference table number “03”, whether or not the second post-stop operation change determination table includes a re-gamer remaining right table Determination is made (step S902) (see FIG. 47C). Since there is no replaying game remaining right table) (step S902: Y), the reference stop control table is not changed.

  When the third stop operation is performed on the right rotating drum R (step S703), a right rotating drum stop information command (a kind of rotating drum rotation information command) indicating that the left rotating drum L is stopped is set. Referring to the re-gamer irregular stop control table of table number 03, the right cylinder R is stopped (steps S709 to S714). In stopping the right turn cylinder R, first, it is confirmed that the symbol reached at the time of operation is the symbol of symbol number 2 (step S709). After confirming the operation arrival symbol, the right-handed cylinder slip amount is determined to be “1” (the number with a circle in FIG. 45B) with reference to the re-gamer irregular stop control table (step S710). After the right swirl slip amount is determined, the symbol to be stopped is set to a symbol of symbol number 3 which is a number obtained by adding the right swirl slip amount to the number of symbols reached during operation. Waiting for the symbol number 3 to reach the lower effective display area (step S712), the right cylinder L is stopped (step S713). As a result, the re-game symbol of symbol number 3 stops in the lower effective display area (M3), and a re-game combination is established along the right-downward combination line. Since it is the third turning cylinder stop (step S715: Y), the stopping control of the turning cylinder is ended by the completion of the stop of the right rotating cylinder R.

  Next, the case where the CB combination is won will be described. After the start lever 124 is operated, at time T0 ', the winning combination information (CB combination) is referred to, and the CB combination common stop control table (table number 16) (see FIGS. 44 and 46A) is obtained. Temporarily selected (step S611 in FIG. 39), the table number is stored as a reference table number in the stop control table storage area 53f. Thereafter, all the spinning cylinders L, M, R start to rotate (M0 ′) (step S702 in FIG. 49).

  When the first stop operation is performed on the left spinning cylinder L (step S703: Y), a left spinning cylinder stop information command (a type of spinning cylinder rotation information command) indicating that the left spinning cylinder L has been stopped is set. . Since the current stop operation is the first stop operation (step S801 in FIG. 50: Y), the first stop operation information is changed to “1” indicating the stop of the left cylinder L (step S802). Thereafter, at time T1 ′, it is determined whether or not the reference stop control table is to be changed (step S803). However, since the turning cylinder on which the first stop operation has been performed is the left turning cylinder L, the reference stop control table includes: No change is made (skip step S804). Thereafter, the left cylinder L is stopped with reference to the CB combination basic stop control table of table number 16 (steps S709 to S714). When the left-handed cylinder L is stopped, first, it is confirmed that the operation reaching symbol is the symbol of symbol number 9 (step S709). After confirming the operation arrival symbol, the left-handed cylinder slip amount is determined to be “2” (the circled number in FIG. 46A) with reference to the CB combination common stop control table (step S710). After the counterclockwise slip amount is determined, the symbol to be stopped is set to the symbol number 11 which is a number obtained by adding the counterclockwise slip amount to the number of symbols reached during operation. Waiting for the symbol number 11 to reach the lower effective display area (step S712), the left cylinder L is stopped (step S713). As a result, the symbol number 11 stops in the lower effective display area, that is, the replay symbol number 13 stops in the upper effective display area (M1 '). Since it is the first rotation stop (step S715: N), it is determined whether or not to change the stop control table (step S716). In this determination, first, since the stop of the left cylinder L is the first stop operation (step S901: Y), at time T2 ′ after the stop of the left cylinder L, the first stop operation information “1” and Based on the current reference table number “16”, it is determined whether or not the first post-stop operation change determination table includes the left 16 tables (step S902) (see FIG. 47A). Since there are 16 tables on the left (judgment condition number 5: circled numbers in FIG. 47A) (step S902: Y), the left 16 change judgment table is referred to correspond to the symbol number 11 of the first stop symbol The stop control table with the table number 13 (loss assist stop control table 2: see FIGS. 44 and 46A) is determined as a new reference stop control table.

  When the second stop operation is performed on the middle cylinder M (step S703), a middle cylinder stop information command (a kind of the revolution rotation information command) indicating that the middle cylinder M is stopped is set. Since the current stop operation is not the first stop operation (step S801: N), the second stop operation information is changed to “2” indicating the stop of the middle drum M (step S805). Thereafter, at time T3 ', it is determined whether or not to change the reference stop control table (step S806). In this determination, it is determined whether or not the operation change determination table includes the left middle 02 table (see FIG. 47B). Since the left middle 02 table (judgment condition number 01) does not exist (step S806: N), the reference stop control table is not changed. Thereafter, referring to the loss assist stop control table 2 (table number 13), the intermediate drum M is stopped (steps S709 to S714). When the middle cylinder M is stopped, first, it is confirmed that the operation time reaching symbol is the symbol of symbol number 11 (step S709). After confirming the at-operation reaching symbol, the middle cylinder slip amount is determined to be “2” (the circled number in FIG. 45B) with reference to the re-gamer irregular stop control table (step S710). After the middle cylinder slip amount is determined, the symbol to be stopped is set to the symbol of symbol number 13 which is a number obtained by adding the middle cylinder slip amount to the number of symbols reached during operation. Waiting for the symbol number 13 to reach the lower effective display area (step S712), the middle drum M is stopped (step S713). As a result, the symbol number 13 stops in the lower effective display area, that is, the re-playing symbol number 14 stops in the middle effective display area (M2 '). At this time, the symbol display is a double tempering state in which both the re-game combination and the CB combination are tempered along the right down combination line. Since it is the second rotation stop (step S715: N), it is determined whether or not to change the reference stop control table (step S716). In this determination, first, since the stop of the middle cylinder M is not the first stop operation (step S901: Y), at time T4 after the stop of the middle cylinder M, the winning combination information (replaying player), the first Based on 1 stop operation information “1”, 2nd stop operation information “2”, and current reference table number “03”, whether or not the second post-stop operation change determination table includes a re-gamer remaining right table Determination is made (step S902) (see FIG. 47C). Based on the winning combination information, the first stop operation information “1”, and the second stop operation information “2”, it is determined whether or not the second post-stop operation change determination table includes the CB role remaining right table ( Step S902) (see FIG. 47C). Since there is a CB role remaining right table (judgment condition number 11: a number with a circle in FIG. 47C) (step S902: Y), referring to the CB role remaining right table (see FIG. 48C), the first stop symbol A new reference stop control table based on the stop control table of table number 04 corresponding to the symbol number 11 of the second stop symbol and the symbol number 13 of the second stop symbol (see FIG. 44 and FIG. 46C). Determine as.

  When the third stop operation is performed on the right cylinder R (step S703), the right cylinder R is stopped with reference to the re-gamer auxiliary stop control table (steps S709 to S714). When the right cylinder R is stopped, first, it is confirmed that the operation time reaching symbol is the symbol of symbol number 2 (S709). After confirming the operation arrival symbol, the right cylinder slip amount is determined to be “3” (circled number in FIG. 45C) by referring to the re-game player auxiliary stop control table of table number 04 ( Step S710). After the right swirl slip amount is determined, the symbol to be stopped is set to the symbol number 5 which is a number obtained by adding the right swirl slip amount to the number of the operation reaching symbol. Waiting for the symbol number 5 to reach the lower effective display area (step S712), the right cylinder L is stopped (step S713). As a result, the bell symbol of symbol number 5 stops in the lower effective display area (M3 '), and the CB combination is established along the right-downward combination line. Since it is the third turning cylinder stop (step S715: Y), the stopping control of the turning cylinder is ended by the completion of the stop of the right rotating cylinder R.

  A description will be given of a specific effect that is selected more preferentially than when a re-playing role or another role different from the CB role is won when the re-playing role or CB role is won. FIG. 72 is a diagram showing an example of a part of a lottery table for eruption effects (development effects). FIG. 72 is a diagram showing an example of transition of eruption effects.

  As shown in FIG. 71, in the lottery table for various eruption effects, winning probabilities are set so that various eruption effects can be easily selected when the re-game role or CB role is won. . Furthermore, the winning probability when the CB combination is won is set to be extremely large. Also, in the event of a loss, the winning probability is set to be extremely small. In FIG. 71, the denominator of probability is 65536. In the following, the transition of effects when various eruption effects are won will be described.

  When the start lever 124 is operated, if the effect numbers 30 to 35 are won, an indication block (see FIG. 64B) is selected (step S2512), and an effect data pointer is set. In response to this, the effect P0 corresponding to the data of the sign block is performed by sequentially moving the effect data pointer within the sign block (steps S2817 to S2824). In addition, since progress of the production in an arbitrary block is substantially the same, in the following, overlapping descriptions are omitted. Specifically, an effect in which an earthquake occurs is performed. The production of the production number 34 and the production number 35 are the same production except that the production by sound is different. In the productions of production numbers 30 to 34, the start sound block including the sound data of the same start sound as that in the normal time is selected (step S2503), and the sound notification data pointer is set (step S2505). In response to this, the start sound notification corresponding to the data of the start sound block is performed by sequentially moving the sound notification data pointer in the start sound block (step S2806). On the other hand, in the effect of the effect number 35, a similar start sound block is selected, but the start sound notification notification timing is delayed by delaying the setting of the start sound flag (steps S2513 and S2409).

  When the first stop operation is performed, if the effect number 30 is won, the first end block is selected (step S2612 and step S2617), and the effect numbers 31, 32, and 33 are won. If the first development block is selected (steps S2612 and S2617), and the production numbers 34 and 35 are won, selection of the predictive block is continued. When the first end block is selected, an effect P1 'corresponding to the first end block is performed. The production P1 'continues until the unit game ends (until the next bet). When the first development block is selected, an effect P1 corresponding to the first development block is performed. The production P1 continues until the second stop operation is performed. In the effect P1, an effect in which a stronger earthquake occurs than in the case of the effect P0 is performed.

  When the second stop operation is performed, if the effect number 31 is won, the second end block is selected (steps S2610 and S2617), and the effect numbers 32 and 33 are won. The second development block is selected (steps S2610 and S2617), and when the production numbers 34 and 35 are won, selection of the predictor block continues. When the second end block is selected, an effect P2 'corresponding to the second end block is performed. The production P2 'continues until the unit game ends (until the next bet). When the second development block is selected, an effect P2 corresponding to the second development block is performed. The production P2 continues until the third stop operation is performed. In the effect P2, an effect in which a stronger earthquake occurs than in the case of the effect P1 is performed.

  When the third stop operation is performed, accordingly, if the effect number 32 is won, the third end block is selected (step S2606 and step S2617), and the effect numbers 33, 34, and 35 are won. If so, the third development completion block is selected (steps S2606 and S2617). When the third end block is selected, an effect P3 'corresponding to the third end block is performed. The production P3 'continues until the unit game ends (until the next bet). When the third development completion block is selected, the effects P3 and P4 corresponding to the third development completion block are performed. The production P4 continues until the unit game ends. In the effect P3, an effect in which a stronger earthquake occurs than in the case of the effect P2 is performed, and then an effect in which the volcano erupts is performed in the effect P4.

  The third development completion block is selected only when the CB combination is won as can be seen from FIG. In addition, since the CB combination is a complete pull-in combination, it is always established by the third stop operation, and the CB gaming state is entered. Therefore, an effect representing the entry of the CB gaming state is started when the next unit game is betted (steps S2712 to S2715). Note that the effects in the CB gaming state continue after the entry of the effects in the CB gaming state (steps S2716 to S2718).

  In the case of the above-described ball-type spinning game machine 10, the symbol pattern corresponding to the re-playing role and the symbol pattern corresponding to the CB role differ only in the symbol on the right symbol seal 43R. In the case where is won, the symbol display of the re-game combination and the CB combination is always performed by stopping the change of the symbol display by the right cylinder R last. Therefore, it is possible to increase the frequency with which the symbol display in the double-tempered state is performed. Thereby, the gameability based on the symbol display of a double tempering state can be improved. Further, if the right cylinder R is stopped last, the double tempering state can be freely generated as long as either the re-game combination or the CB combination is won.

  In addition, in the case of the above-mentioned ball-type spinning game machine 10, if the re-playing role is won, the re-playing role is always established when all of the spinning times L, M, R are stopped by the stop operation. Can be made. The same applies to the CB role. Therefore, when the re-game combination and the CB combination are won and the symbols of the double temper are displayed, one of them is established regardless of the skill of the player. Thereby, it is possible to improve the playability when the symbol display of the double tempering state is made.

  Further, in the CB gaming state that shifts when the CB combination is established, the amount of symbol movement when the symbol display is stopped by at least one of the plurality of times of the spinning cylinders L, M, R is the normal gaming state. Therefore, it becomes difficult to establish various small roles, and there is a difference in profit reception depending on the skill of the player. Furthermore, if the CB combination is not a fully drawn combination, such as a normal bonus combination, an extra unit game is required to establish the CB combination more than a highly skilled player even when establishing the CB combination. Profits and losses are generated by becoming, and in the case of winning the CB role, profits and losses between players with different skills become even greater. However, in the case of the above-mentioned ball-type spinning game machine, since the CB role is a complete pull-in role, at least the profit and loss when establishing it can be reduced. Further improvement can be achieved.

  In the above-mentioned ball-type spinning game machine 10, the symbol pattern corresponding to the CB role is composed of the re-playing role and the bell symbol corresponding to the bell role which is the full pulling role. May be a symbol corresponding to, or a symbol dedicated to the CB role.

  In the above-mentioned ball-type spinning game machine 10, the case where the symbol pattern corresponding to the re-game combination and the symbol pattern corresponding to the CB combination differ only in the symbol on the right symbol seal 43 </ b> R has been described. Only the symbol in the left symbol seal 43R and the symbol in the middle symbol seal 43M may be different. When different symbols are used for the left symbol sticker, as in the case of the right symbol sticker 43R described above, the same direction as the cyclic movement direction from the replay symbol for the replay symbol in the left symbol row or in the opposite direction. For example, the bell symbols are arranged apart from each other by two symbols. Further, in the middle symbol seal, a bell symbol is arranged with respect to an arbitrary regame symbol by one symbol away from the replay symbol in the same direction as the cyclic movement direction or in the opposite direction. .

  In the above, the plurality of combination lines is a configuration including five lines of an upper combination line, a middle combination line, a lower combination line, an upper right combination line and a right lower combination line, but if the above symbol arrangement is adopted, The same effect can be achieved even when the plurality of combination lines include only the upper combination line and the upper right combination line or when the plurality of combination lines include only the lower combination line and the lower right combination line.

  In the above-mentioned ball-type spinning game machine 10, even if the re-game combination or the CB combination is won by the stop of any two rotation cylinders L, M, R, it is not necessarily displayed in a double tempered state. However, in the present invention, when the re-game combination or CB combination is elected due to the stop of any of the two spinning cylinders, the re-game combination and the CB combination double tempered pattern You may control so that a display may be made. Even in this case, it is not necessary to change the symbol arrangement of the symbol seals 43L, 43M, 43R.

  The present invention may be implemented in a type of spinning-type game machine or the like different from the above-described ball-type spinning machine 10. For example, as a different type of spinning machine, there is a slot machine. As a specific example of the slot machine, after the insertion of a predetermined amount of medals based on a predetermined operation (button operation), for example, the variation of the symbol is started due to the operation of the operation lever, for example, due to the operation of the stop button. Or when a predetermined time elapses, the fluctuation of the symbol is stopped, and a jackpot state advantageous to the player is generated on the condition that the confirmed symbol at the time of stoppage is a so-called jackpot symbol display. A large amount of medals are paid out to the lower tray.

  The present invention can be used for a gaming machine such as a swivel type gaming machine.

10: Ball-type spinning machine 42: Liquid crystal display device (production notification means)
43L, 43M, 43R: Symbol seal (design indicator)
43L4, 43M4, 43R4: Stepping motor (design variation means)
45a: Main board (lottery means, rotation control means, special game transfer means)
114: Five bet buttons (betting means)
124: Start lever (start operation means)
126L, 126M, 126R: Stop button (stop operation means)
304: Max bet button (bet means)
L, M, R: Cylinder (design display means)
S504: Lottery processing (lottery means)
S206: Stepping motor control process (design variation control means)
S505: Cylinder control processing (design variation control means)

Claims (1)

A symbol display means for displaying symbols by a plurality of symbol sequences;
A symbol display control means for controlling the symbol display;
Starting operation means operated to start the variation of the symbol display;
Stop operation means operated to individually stop the plurality of symbol rows by the symbol display means;
Based on the operation to the starting operation means , a lottery means for lottery of a plurality of types of profits ,
An effect lottery means for determining a winning effect by lottery from a plurality of types of effects with reference to a lottery result by the lottery means,
Production execution means for executing the winning production,
A gaming machine equipped with
Each of the plurality of symbol rows includes a plurality of first specific symbols arranged at a predetermined interval or less ,
One symbol sequence of the plurality of symbol sequences includes a plurality of second specific symbols arranged at the predetermined interval or less ,
The plurality of types of profit combinations are associated with a set of patterns of the first specific symbols across the plurality of symbol rows, and can be awarded regardless of the operation timing of the stop operation means , It is associated with a predetermined combination pattern of the first specific symbol and the second specific symbol over the plurality of symbol rows, and can be won regardless of the operation timing of the stop operation means. Including a profit game state transition role that becomes a profit game state more advantageous than the normal game state ,
Symbol sequences in the plurality of symbol columns is transferable to both an established standby state with respect to overlapping standby symbol display of the previous SL specific combinations and the profit gaming state transition role irrespective of the operation timing of the stop operation means Is a simple symbol arrangement,
The plurality of types of effects include a specific series of effects that produce effects that may progress stepwise based on the stop of the symbol sequence that constitutes the symbol sequences,
In the lottery of the production by the production selection means, the selection rate of the production group of the specific series when the lottery result by the lottery means is the winning of only the specific combination, the lottery result by the lottery means is the specific combination and the The selection rate of the specific group effect group when the lottery result by the lottery means is a winning including the profit gaming state transition combination is larger than the case where only the combination different from both of the profit gaming state transition combination is won. The lottery result by the lottery means is larger than the case where only the specific role is won,
In the effect execution means, when the lottery result by the lottery means is other than the losing that has not been won by any of the plurality of types of profits, the duplicate standby symbol display is caused by the stop of the plurality of symbol rows If the design progresses after the symbol sequence that may be transferred to is stopped, and the lottery result by the lottery means is the loss, the suspension of the plurality of symbol sequences causes the duplicate standby symbol display to be displayed. The production does not progress after the symbol sequence that may be transferred is stopped,
A gaming machine characterized by that.

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