JP5799274B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball-type game machine, and more particularly to a game machine in which the winning rate of a game ball changes due to the influence of the arrangement and posture of a plurality of nails erected in a game area. .

Many gaming machines (pachinko machines) receive a winning ball from a player when a gaming ball enters a winning opening provided in the gaming area (also referred to as “entering a winning opening” or simply “entering a ball”). A payout or a lottery to determine whether or not to generate a game state advantageous to the player (such as a big hit game) is performed. Therefore, it is advantageous for the player to frequently enter the winning opening. In order to achieve this, a sphere-like game ball pool is created in the vicinity of the winning opening to increase the frequency of entering the ball, or a sensor that detects the incoming wave using radio waves or the like is erroneously detected, resulting in excessive winning balls. In some cases, fraudulent acts such as earning money or generating a gaming state such as a big hit game at a low cost may be performed.
In order to prevent these, in Patent Document 1, if a winning detection exceeding a predetermined value is performed in a predetermined unit time at the start winning opening, it is regarded as an illegal winning due to fraud or abnormality and an instruction is given to notify that. Technology is disclosed. In addition, when this notification is performed, a prize ball due to winning at the start winning opening is not paid out.

JP 2003-47742 A

However, some of the frauds do not cause a large amount of start-up prizes in a short period of time, such as those described above. For example, a plurality of nails are erected in the game area of a pachinko machine, and the behavior of the game ball changes depending on the arrangement and posture of these nails (tilting, bending, etc.), and therefore easy to enter. However, by changing the arrangement and posture of these nails (referred to as nail adjustment. The act of removing a nail or adding a nail is considered a kind of nail arrangement change). It is to make it easier to enter the ball. Such frauds due to nail adjustments were not fraudulent, although the frequency of winnings was small compared to the frauds that caused the accumulation of grape-like game balls and the sensor using the radio waves to make false detections. Chronically, the winning rate continues to be higher than the case. It is difficult to detect such a state with the technique described in Patent Document 1. In order to detect this fraud with the technique described in Patent Document 1, it is conceivable to lower the threshold value used as a criterion for judging whether or not it is fraudulent. Is likely to be detected by mistake. It is to be noted that fraud due to nail adjustment may be made to a winning opening other than the start opening or a gate.
The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object thereof is to enable detection of fraud due to nail adjustment.

As a first modification of the present invention made to solve the above problems, a plurality of nails are erected in the game area, and when the game ball injected into the game area enters the entrance, the player receives a prize ball. In a gaming machine that pays out, a game machine in which the ease of entering the ball is affected by the arrangement and posture of the plurality of nails, and a predetermined number or more of game balls are received within a predetermined time. The entrance abnormality determining means for determining whether or not an entrance abnormality to enter the entrance has occurred, and the number of times that the entrance abnormality has been determined by the entrance abnormality determining means are determined in advance. A gaming machine characterized by comprising a nail adjustment abnormality determining means for determining that an injustice due to nail adjustment has occurred after continuing for a predetermined number of times.
The “entrance” includes a gate. In this case, “entrance” means that a game ball passes through the gate.

  As a second variation of the present invention, a plurality of nails are erected in the game area, and when a game ball enters the entrance, a random number is generated, and a jackpot game advantageous to the player is generated based on the random number. A game control means for drawing whether or not, and an effect control means for performing an effect operation according to the result of the lottery, wherein the ease of entering the ball is affected by the arrangement and posture of the plurality of nails In the above, the game control means determines whether or not an entrance abnormality has occurred in which a predetermined number or more of game balls enter the entrance in a predetermined time. The effect control means includes a nail adjustment that determines that an injustice due to the nail adjustment has occurred if the number of times that the entrance abnormality is determined by the entrance abnormality determination means continues for a predetermined number of times or more. Featuring an abnormality judgment means A gaming machine that can be mentioned.

  As a third variation of the present invention, a plurality of nails are erected in the game area, and when a game ball enters the entrance, a random number is generated, and a jackpot game advantageous to the player is generated based on the random number. A game control means for drawing whether or not, and an effect control means for performing an effect operation according to the result of the lottery, wherein the ease of entering the ball is affected by the arrangement and posture of the plurality of nails The effect control means determines whether or not an entrance abnormality has occurred in which a predetermined number or more of game balls enter the entrance in a predetermined time. And a nail adjustment abnormality determining means for determining that an irregularity caused by the nail adjustment has occurred if the number of times that the ball abnormality has been determined by the entry abnormality determining means continues for a predetermined number of times or more. List of gaming machines characterized by Door can be.

  A gaming machine according to claim 1 of the present invention is a game comprising a plurality of nails standing in a game area, and a ball detection means for detecting a game ball that is injected into the game area and enters a ball entrance. In a gaming machine in which the ease of entering the ball is affected by the arrangement and posture of the plurality of nails, a predetermined number or more of game balls are received in the entrance slot within a predetermined time. An entrance abnormality determining means for determining whether or not an entrance abnormality to enter the ball has occurred, and the number of times that the entrance abnormality has been determined by the entrance abnormality determining means is equal to or greater than a predetermined number of times. If it continues, the nail adjustment abnormality determining means for determining that the illegality due to the nail adjustment has occurred, and if the nail adjustment abnormality determining means determines that the illegality due to the nail adjustment has occurred, the gaming machine is disabled. Impossible state generation means and magnetic field lines or radio waves are detected. And a fraud warning means for warning that a magnetic field line or radio wave has been detected when the magnetic field line or radio wave is detected by the fraud detection sensor. When the magnetic field lines or radio waves are detected by the detection sensor, the determination by the incoming ball abnormality determination means is not executed.

  A gaming machine according to claim 2 of the present invention is a gaming machine comprising a plurality of nails standing in a gaming area, and having a ball entry detecting means for detecting a gaming ball that is injected into the gaming area and enters the ball entrance. In a gaming machine in which the ease of entering the ball is affected by the arrangement and posture of the plurality of nails, a predetermined number or more of gaming balls are received at the entrance in a predetermined time. Entry abnormality determining means for determining whether or not an entry abnormality has occurred, and the number of times that the entry abnormality has been determined by the entry abnormality determining means continues for a predetermined number of times or more. Then, an incoming ball abnormality flag setting means for setting an incoming ball abnormality flag, an impossible state generating means for making the gaming machine unable to play when the incoming ball abnormality flag is set, and a magnetic field line or radio wave are detected. Fraud detection sensor and fraud detection sensor A fraudulent game flag setting means for setting a fraudulent game flag when a magnetic field line or radio wave is detected, and the processing by the fraudulent game flag setting means has priority over the processing by the entrance abnormality determining means. And

A variation 4 of the present invention is a gaming machine in which a plurality of nails are erected in a game area, and a game ball ejected into the game area pays out a prize ball to a player when entering the entrance. In a gaming machine in which the ease of entry is affected by the arrangement and posture of the plurality of nails, a predetermined number or more of game balls enter the entrance in a predetermined time. When a ball abnormality determination unit that determines whether or not a ball abnormality has occurred and the number of times that the ball abnormality abnormality has been determined by the ball abnormality determination unit continues for a predetermined number of times or more, the nail adjustment is performed. Nail adjustment abnormality determining means for determining that fraud has occurred, a fraud detection sensor for detecting a magnetic field line or radio wave irradiated to the gaming machine, and a magnetic field line or radio wave when the fraud detection sensor detects the magnetic field line or radio wave. Warning that radio waves have been detected Fraud warning means for performing a warning operation, and when the warning operation by the fraud warning means is being performed, the incoming ball abnormality determining means determines whether or not the incoming ball abnormality has occurred. A gaming machine characterized by the fact that it is not available.
Here, the fraud detection sensor may detect only the magnetic lines of force, may detect only the radio waves, or may detect both the magnetic lines of force and the radio waves. In addition, a game machine that detects only lines of magnetic force and a machine that detects only radio waves may be provided in the gaming machine.

  As a modified example 5 of the present invention, when a game ball enters the entrance, a random number is generated, and based on the random number, a game control means for drawing whether or not to generate a big hit game advantageous to the player; An gaming machine comprising: an image display device that displays an effect image according to the lottery result; and an effect image control unit that outputs the effect image according to the lottery result to the image display device. Including a fraud detection sensor for detecting magnetic field lines or radio waves irradiated to the game control means, wherein the game control means has a ball entry abnormality in which a predetermined number or more of game balls enter the entrance in a predetermined time And the effect image control means determines in advance that the number of times the entrance abnormality is determined to have occurred by the entrance abnormality determination means is determined in advance. More than a specified number of times Then, the nail adjustment abnormality determination means for determining that the fraud due to the nail adjustment has occurred, and the fraud that performs a warning operation to warn that the line of magnetic force or the radio wave is detected when the line of force or the radio wave is detected by the fraud detection sensor. Warning means, and the incoming ball abnormality determining means does not determine whether or not the incoming ball abnormality has occurred when the warning operation by the fraud warning means is performed. A gaming machine characterized by the above can be cited.

  As a sixth modified example of the present invention, when a game ball enters the entrance, a random number is generated, and based on the random number, a game control means for drawing whether or not to generate a big hit game advantageous to the player; An gaming machine comprising: an image display device that displays an effect image according to the lottery result; and an effect image control unit that outputs the effect image according to the lottery result to the image display device. A fraud detection sensor for detecting magnetic field lines or radio waves irradiated on the ball, and the effect image control means is configured to receive a predetermined number or more of the game balls entering the entrance in a predetermined time. A ball abnormality judging means for judging whether or not an abnormality has occurred, and if the number of times that the ball abnormality is judged to have occurred by the ball abnormality judging means exceeds a predetermined number of times, Fraud occurred A nail adjustment abnormality determining means for determining, and a fraud warning means for performing a warning operation to warn that a magnetic line of force or a radio wave has been detected when a magnetic field line or a radio wave is detected by the fraud detection sensor, The gaming machine according to the present invention is characterized in that, when the warning operation by the fraud warning unit is performed, the gaming abnormality judging unit does not judge whether or not the gaming abnormality has occurred. Can be mentioned.

  As a modified example 7 of the present invention, a gaming machine in which a plurality of nails are erected in a game area, and a game ball ejected into the game area pays out a prize ball to a player when entering the entrance, In a gaming machine in which the ease of entry is affected by the arrangement and posture of the plurality of nails, a predetermined number or more of game balls enter the entrance in a predetermined time. When a ball abnormality determination unit that determines whether or not a ball abnormality has occurred and the number of times that the ball abnormality abnormality has been determined by the ball abnormality determination unit continues for a predetermined number of times or more, the nail adjustment is performed. Nail adjustment abnormality determining means for determining that fraud has occurred, a fraud detection sensor for detecting a magnetic field line or radio wave irradiated to the gaming machine, and a magnetic field line or radio wave when the fraud detection sensor detects the magnetic field line or radio wave. Warning that radio waves have been detected A fraud warning means for performing a warning operation, and the ball abnormality determination means is configured to detect the ball abnormality when the warning operation by the fraud warning means is within a predetermined time. There may be mentioned a gaming machine characterized in that the determination is resumed when the period during which the warning operation is performed exceeds the predetermined time without determining whether or not it has occurred. .

  As a modification 8 of the present invention, when a game ball enters the entrance, a random number is generated, and based on the random number, a game control means for lottery whether to generate a big hit game advantageous to the player, An gaming machine comprising: an image display device that displays an effect image according to the lottery result; and an effect image control unit that outputs the effect image according to the lottery result to the image display device. Including a fraud detection sensor for detecting magnetic field lines or radio waves irradiated to the game control means, wherein the game control means has a ball entry abnormality in which a predetermined number or more of game balls enter the entrance in a predetermined time And the effect image control means determines the number of times the entrance abnormality is determined to have occurred by the entrance abnormality determination means. More than a predetermined number of times Subsequently, a nail adjustment abnormality determining means for determining that a fraud due to a nail adjustment has occurred, and a warning operation for warning that a magnetic line of force or a radio wave has been detected when a magnetic field line or a radio wave is detected by the fraud detection sensor. A fraud warning means, and the incoming ball abnormality determining means generates the abnormal incoming ball when the warning operation period by the illegal warning means is within a predetermined time period. An example is a gaming machine in which the determination is resumed when the period during which the warning operation is performed exceeds the predetermined time without determining whether or not the operation has been performed.

  As a ninth modified example of the present invention, when a game ball enters the entrance, a random number is generated, and based on the random number, a game control means for lottery whether to generate a big hit game advantageous to the player; An gaming machine comprising: an image display device that displays an effect image according to the lottery result; and an effect image control unit that outputs the effect image according to the lottery result to the image display device. A fraud detection sensor for detecting magnetic field lines or radio waves irradiated on the ball, and the effect image control means is configured to receive a predetermined number or more of the game balls entering the entrance in a predetermined time. A ball abnormality judging means for judging whether or not an abnormality has occurred, and if the number of times that the ball abnormality is judged to have occurred by the ball abnormality judging means exceeds a predetermined number of times, Fraud occurred A nail adjustment abnormality determining means for determining, and a fraud warning means for performing a warning operation to warn that a magnetic line of force or a radio wave has been detected when a magnetic field line or a radio wave is detected by the fraud detection sensor, When the warning operation by the fraud warning means is within a predetermined time, the ball abnormality determination unit does not determine whether or not the ball abnormality has occurred, An example is a gaming machine characterized in that the determination is resumed when a period during which a warning operation is performed exceeds the predetermined time.

  As a tenth modification of the present invention, there is a gaming machine in which a plurality of nails are erected in a game area, and a game ball ejected to the game area pays out a prize ball to a player when entering the entrance. In a gaming machine in which the ease of entry is affected by the arrangement and posture of the plurality of nails, a predetermined number or more of game balls enter the entrance in a predetermined time. When a ball abnormality determination unit that determines whether or not a ball abnormality has occurred and the number of times that the ball abnormality abnormality has been determined by the ball abnormality determination unit continues for a predetermined number of times or more, the nail adjustment is performed. And a nail adjustment abnormality determining means for determining that fraud has occurred, and a nail adjustment warning means for performing a warning operation when the nail adjustment abnormality determining means determines that an abnormality has occurred due to nail adjustment. Can be mentioned.

  As a modified example 11 of the present invention, a plurality of nails are erected in the game area, and when a game ball enters the entrance, a random number is generated, and a jackpot game advantageous to the player is generated based on the random number. A game control means for drawing whether or not, and an effect control means for performing an effect operation according to the result of the lottery, wherein the ease of entering the ball is affected by the arrangement and posture of the plurality of nails In the above, the game control means determines whether or not an entrance abnormality has occurred in which a predetermined number or more of game balls enter the entrance in a predetermined time. And the nail adjustment abnormality determining means for determining that the fraud due to the nail adjustment has occurred when the number of times that the ball abnormality is determined by the ball abnormality determining means continues for a predetermined number of times or more, The effect control means includes the nail adjustment error. If an incorrect by nails adjustment is determined to have occurred by determining means can include a gaming machine characterized by comprising a nail adjustment warning means for performing a warning operation.

  As a twelfth modification of the present invention, a plurality of nails are erected in the game area, and when a game ball enters the entrance, a random number is generated, and a jackpot game advantageous to the player is generated based on the random number. A game control means for drawing whether or not, and an effect control means for performing an effect operation according to the result of the lottery, wherein the ease of entering the ball is affected by the arrangement and posture of the plurality of nails The effect control means determines whether or not an entrance abnormality has occurred in which a predetermined number or more of game balls enter the entrance in a predetermined time. A nail adjustment abnormality determining means for determining that an irregularity caused by the nail adjustment has occurred if the number of times that the ball abnormality is determined by the ball abnormality determining means continues for a predetermined number of times or more, and the nail By adjusting the nail using the adjustment abnormality judgment means If it is determined that fraud has occurred, it can be mentioned game machine characterized by comprising a nail adjustment warning means for performing a warning operation.

  As a modified example 13 of the present invention, there is a gaming machine in which a plurality of nails are erected in a game area, and a game ball ejected to the game area pays out a prize ball to a player when entering the entrance. In a gaming machine in which the ease of entry is affected by the arrangement and posture of the plurality of nails, a predetermined number or more of game balls enter the entrance in a predetermined time. When a ball abnormality determination unit that determines whether or not a ball abnormality has occurred and the number of times that the ball abnormality abnormality has been determined by the ball abnormality determination unit continues for a predetermined number of times or more, the nail adjustment is performed. The nail adjustment abnormality determining means for determining that the illegality by the nail has occurred, and when the nail adjustment abnormality determining means determines that the illegality due to the nail adjustment has occurred, the fact that the illegality due to the nail adjustment has occurred outside the gaming machine is indicated. Nail adjustment to send information to the outside of the game machine Further comprising a multi-address transmission means can be given gaming machine according to claim.

  As a fourteenth modification of the present invention, a plurality of nails are erected in the game area, and when a game ball enters the entrance, a random number is generated, and a jackpot game advantageous to the player is generated based on the random number. A game control means for drawing whether or not, and an effect control means for performing an effect operation according to the result of the lottery, wherein the ease of entering the ball is affected by the arrangement and posture of the plurality of nails In the above, the game control means determines whether or not an entrance abnormality has occurred in which a predetermined number or more of game balls enter the entrance in a predetermined time. The effect control means includes a nail that determines that an injustice due to nail adjustment has occurred if the number of times that the entrance abnormality is determined by the entrance abnormality determination means continues for a predetermined number of times or more. Adjustment abnormality determination means and nail adjustment A nail adjustment information transmitting means for transmitting information indicating that a fraud due to the nail adjustment has occurred outside the gaming machine to the outside of the gaming machine when the fraud due to the nail adjustment is determined by the normal judging means; A gaming machine characterized by being provided can be listed.

  As a fifteenth modification of the present invention, a plurality of nails are erected in the game area, and when a game ball enters the entrance, a random number is generated, and a jackpot game advantageous to the player is generated based on the random number. A game control means for drawing whether or not, and an effect control means for performing an effect operation according to the result of the lottery, wherein the ease of entering the ball is affected by the arrangement and posture of the plurality of nails The effect control means determines whether or not an entrance abnormality has occurred in which a predetermined number or more of game balls enter the entrance in a predetermined time. Nail adjustment abnormality determining means for determining that an irregularity due to nail adjustment has occurred if the number of times the entry abnormality has been determined by the entry abnormality determining means continues for a predetermined number of times or more, Nail adjustment by nail adjustment abnormality judgment means And nail adjustment information transmitting means for transmitting information indicating that fraud has occurred due to nail adjustment to the outside of the gaming machine when it is determined that fraud has occurred. A gaming machine to play.

In the gaming machine of the first modification, the entrance abnormality determining means only enters a predetermined number or more of the game balls into the entrance in a predetermined time (that is, an entrance abnormality has occurred). ), It is not determined that the nail adjustment has been fraudulent, and only when it is determined that the number of times that the ball entry abnormality has occurred has continued for a predetermined number of times. The nail adjustment abnormality determining means determines that it has occurred. According to the gaming machine configured in this way, the number of winnings is not a goto action using radio waves or magnets, which causes a tremendous damage due to a dramatic increase in the number of winnings in a short period of time. It is possible to detect fraud due to adjustment.
In recent years, the gaming machine generates a random number when a game ball enters the entrance, and based on the random number, a game control means for drawing whether or not to generate a big hit game advantageous to the player; Effect control means for performing an effect operation according to the lottery result. The result of the lottery performed by the game control means is indicated by displaying a special symbol corresponding to the result on a special symbol display device provided in the gaming machine. Since the game control means may perform processing for fraud detection in addition to the lottery and special symbol display, it is conceivable that the game control means also includes a ball entry abnormality determination means and a nail adjustment abnormality determination means. . On the other hand, you may comprise like the modification 1 and the modification 2.

  The gaming machine described in the second modification is the gaming machine described in the first modification, and includes a game control means and an effect control means, and the game control means includes an incoming ball abnormality determination means. The production control means includes nail adjustment abnormality determination means. As a result, the game control means needs to perform processing corresponding to the ball entry abnormality determination means, but does not need to perform processing corresponding to the nail adjustment abnormality determination means. Therefore, the processing load on the game control means is reduced.

  The difference between the gaming machine described in Modification 3 and the gaming machine described in Modification 2 is that the effect control means includes not only the nail adjustment abnormality determination means but also the ball entry abnormality determination means. As a result, the processing load on the game control means can be further reduced.

In the gaming machine according to claim 1, when a predetermined number or more of the game balls enter the entrance in a predetermined time, the entrance abnormality determining means determines that the entrance abnormality has occurred. If the number of times it is determined that the entry abnormality has occurred exceeds a predetermined number of times, the entry abnormality flag is set. If the entry abnormality flag is set , the disabled state generating means The game is incapable of being disabled. Therefore, it is possible to automatically give a penalty that a game is impossible to a person who has made a fraud by adjusting the nail. Furthermore, a fraud detection sensor for detecting magnetic lines of force or radio waves is provided, and fraud warning means performs a warning operation when the lines of magnetic force or radio waves are detected by the fraud detection sensor. When the fraud warning means performs a warning operation, the ball abnormality determination means does not determine whether or not a ball abnormality has occurred.
Therefore, according to the gaming machine of the first aspect, since fraud using a radio wave or a magnet that may cause more damage than tampering with nail adjustment is detected preferentially, nail adjustment Can be prevented from being handled incorrectly and incorrectly.

The gaming machine according to claim 2 determines that an entrance abnormality has occurred in which a predetermined number or more of game balls enter the entrance in a predetermined time by the entrance abnormality judging means. When the number of times it is determined that the entry abnormality has occurred exceeds a predetermined number of times, the entry abnormality flag is set, and if the entry abnormality flag is set, the gaming machine cannot be played by the disabled state generation means. Although it is disabled, priority is given to processing for setting an illegal game flag when magnetic field lines or radio waves are detected, over processing by the entrance abnormality determining means.
Thus, the invention according to claim 2 gives priority to the processing for setting the fraudulent game flag when the magnetic field lines or the radio waves are detected over the processing by the entrance abnormality determining means. , The abnormal ball entry due to magnetic field lines or radio waves will be excluded. As a result, if the incoming ball abnormality flag is set, it is possible to determine that the nail adjustment is illegal, and the gaming machine can be disabled.

The gaming machine described in Modification 4 includes a fraud detection sensor that detects magnetic field lines or radio waves applied to the gaming machine in the gaming machine described in Modification 1, and detects the magnetic field lines or radio waves by the fraud detection sensor. If it is, the fraud warning means performs a warning operation. When the fraud warning means performs a warning operation, the ball abnormality determination means does not determine whether or not a ball abnormality has occurred.
Therefore, according to the gaming machine described in the modified example 4, since fraud using a radio wave or a magnet that may cause more damage than tampering with nail adjustment is detected preferentially, nail adjustment Can be prevented from being handled incorrectly and incorrectly.

  In the gaming machine described in Modification 5, the gaming machine described in Modification 4 is provided with game control means and effect control means, and the game control means further includes entry abnormality determination means, and effect control. The means includes nail adjustment abnormality determining means and fraud warning means. As a result, it is necessary for the game control means to perform processing corresponding to the entrance abnormality determining means, but it is not necessary to perform processing corresponding to the nail adjustment abnormality determining means and the fraud warning means. Therefore, the processing load on the game control means can be reduced.

  The difference between the gaming machine described in the modification 6 and the gaming machine described in the modification 5 is that the effect control means also includes an entry abnormality determining means. As a result, the processing load on the game control means can be further reduced.

The difference between the gaming machine described in the modified example 7 and the gaming machine described in the modified example 4 is that if the period during which the warning operation by the fraud warning means is performed exceeds a predetermined time, the ball entering abnormality determination This is the point at which the determination as to whether or not a ball entry abnormality has occurred is resumed.
Therefore, according to the gaming machine described in the modified example 7, if a warning for fraud using radio waves or magnets is given for a predetermined time (the predetermined time), fraud due to nail adjustment can be detected.

  In the gaming machine described in the modification 8, the gaming machine described in the modification 7 includes a game control means and an effect control means, and the game control means includes an entry abnormality determining means, and the effect control. The means includes a nail adjustment abnormality judging means and a fraud warning. As a result, it is necessary for the game control means to perform processing corresponding to the entrance abnormality determining means, but it is not necessary to perform processing corresponding to the nail adjustment abnormality determining means and the fraud warning means. Therefore, the processing load on the game control means can be reduced.

  The difference between the gaming machine described in the modified example 9 and the gaming machine described in the modified example 8 is that the effect control means also includes a landing abnormality determining means. As a result, the processing load on the game control means can be further reduced.

  The gaming machine described in Modification 10 includes the gaming machine described in Modification 1 provided with nail adjustment warning means, and when the nail adjustment abnormality determination means determines that an irregularity has occurred due to nail adjustment. The nail adjustment warning means performs a warning operation. Therefore, according to the gaming machine described in the modified example 10, it is possible to give a warning to a person who has performed fraud by adjusting the nail.

  In the gaming machine described in Modification 11, the gaming machine described in Modification 10 is provided with a game control means and an effect control means, and the game control means includes a ball entry abnormality determination means and a nail adjustment abnormality determination means. And the effect control means includes a nail adjustment warning means. As a result, the game control unit needs to perform processing corresponding to the ball entry abnormality determination unit and the nail adjustment abnormality determination unit, but does not need to perform processing corresponding to the nail adjustment warning unit. Therefore, the processing load on the game control means can be reduced.

  The difference between the gaming machine described in the modified example 12 and the gaming machine described in the modified example 11 is that the effect control means also includes a ball entry abnormality judging means and a nail adjustment abnormality judging means. As a result, the processing load on the game control means can be further reduced.

The gaming machine described in the modified example 13 includes the gaming machine described in the modified example 1 provided with a nail adjustment information transmitting unit, and the nail adjustment abnormality determining unit determines that an injustice has occurred due to the nail adjustment. The nail adjustment information transmitting means transmits information (referred to as abnormality information) indicating that fraud has occurred due to the nail adjustment to the outside of the gaming machine. Therefore, according to the gaming machine described in the modified example 13, by transmitting abnormality information to a person at a location away from the gaming machine, it is possible to notify that a fraud due to nail adjustment has occurred.
If the gaming machine is configured to include the game control means and the effect control means as described above, the game control means includes the ball abnormality determination means, the nail adjustment abnormality determination means, and the nail adjustment information transmission means. It is conceivable to have a configuration provided. Contrary to this, it is also conceivable to adopt a configuration as in Modification 14 or Modification 15.

  The gaming machine described in the modified example 14 is the gaming machine described in the modified example 13 and includes a game control means and an effect control means, and the game control means includes an entry abnormality determining means, and the effect control. The means includes nail adjustment abnormality determining means and nail adjustment information transmitting means. As a result, the game control means need to perform processing corresponding to the entrance abnormality determination means, but does not need to perform processing corresponding to the nail adjustment abnormality determination means and the nail adjustment information transmission means. Therefore, the processing load on the game control means can be reduced.

  The difference between the gaming machine described in the modified example 15 and the gaming machine described in the modified example 14 is that the effect control means also includes a landing abnormality determining means. As a result, the processing load on the game control means can be further reduced.

Front view of the pachinko machine 50 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Front view of game board 1 of pachinko machine 50 Rear view of pachinko machine 50 Electrical configuration diagram of pachinko machine 50 The block diagram which shows the detailed electric structure of the principal part of the pachinko machine 50 Flowchart of processing executed by the CPU of the main control device constituting the pachinko machine 50 when the power is turned on. The flowchart which shows the outline | summary of the main routine performed with the main control apparatus 80 of the pachinko machine 50. Flow chart of start winning confirmation process performed by main controller 80 Flowchart 1 of the success / failure determination process executed by main controller 80 Flowchart 2 of the success / failure determination process executed by main controller 80 Flowchart 3 of the success / failure determination process executed by main controller 80 Flowchart 4 of the success / failure determination process executed by main controller 80 Flowchart 1 of special game processing executed by main controller 80 Flowchart 2 of special game processing executed by main controller 80 Flowchart 3 of special game processing executed by main controller 80 Flowchart 1 of the small hit game process executed by the main controller 80 Flowchart 2 of the small hit game process executed by the main controller 80 Flow chart of entrance abnormality monitoring process executed by main controller 80 Flowchart of winning abnormality monitoring process executed by main controller 80 of pachinko machine 50 of the second embodiment of the present invention. Flowchart of processing executed by the CPU of the sub integrated control device 85 constituting the pachinko machine 50 when the power is turned on. Flow chart of winning abnormality handling process executed by sub integrated control device 85 The block diagram which shows the detailed electric structure of the principal part of the pachinko machine 50 Flowchart of start winning confirmation process executed by main controller 80 of pachinko machine 50 of the third embodiment of the present invention. Flow chart of winning abnormality monitoring process executed by sub integrated control device 85 constituting pachinko machine 50 Electrical configuration diagram of pachinko machine 50 of the fourth embodiment of the present invention Flow chart of fraud notification processing executed by main controller 80 Flowchart of fraud notification end processing executed by main controller 80 Flow chart of winning abnormality monitoring process executed by main controller 80 Explanatory drawing which shows a mode that abnormality information is transmitted outside the pachinko machine 50 in the pachinko machine 50 of the other Example of this invention. The block diagram which shows the detailed electrical structure of the principal part of the pachinko machine 50 of the other Example of this invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described. The embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the following examples, and can take various forms belonging to the technical scope of the present invention, and the contents described in the respective examples are appropriately combined. It goes without saying that it is possible.
[Example 1]

  As shown in FIG. 1, a pachinko machine 50, which is a kind of ball game machine, has a structure in which each part of the configuration is held by an outer frame 51 that forms a vertically long fixed outer frame. A hinge 53 is provided on the left and upper sides of the outer frame 51, and an inner frame 70 shown in FIG. 3 is attached to the other side of the hinge 53. The inner frame 70 opens and closes with respect to the outer frame 51. It has a possible configuration. A plate glass 61 is detachably provided on the front frame 52, and the game board 1 shown in FIG. 2 is attached to the inner frame 70 at the back of the plate glass 61.

  Speakers 66 are provided on the upper left and right sides of the front frame 52, and the game sound generated from the pachinko machine 50 is output to improve the player's preference. In addition, in order to improve the player's preference, a plurality of frame side decorative lamps 65 that emit light according to the gaming state are provided in the front frame 52. An upper plate 55 and a lower plate 63 are integrally formed below the front frame 52. A launch handle 64 is attached to the right side of the lower plate 63, and the launch device (not shown) is moved by rotating the launch handle 64 in the clockwise direction, so that the game ball supplied from the upper plate 55 is moved. Fired towards the game board 1.

  An effect button 67 that can be operated by the player is provided in the approximate center of the upper plate 55, and this effect button 67 has a jog dial 68 around it. When the player operates the effect button 67 and the jog dial 68 during a predetermined period, the content displayed on the effect symbol display device 6 to be described later changes, or the game sound output from the speaker 66 changes. The pachinko machine 50 is a so-called CR machine, and includes a prepaid card unit (CR unit) 56 for reading and writing the prepaid card, and a lending button 57 is provided on the upper plate 55 of the pachinko machine 50. A CR settlement display device having a settlement button 58 and a balance display 59 is provided.

  FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 1 of the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment. In addition, since the whole structure of this pachinko machine is based on a well-known technique, illustration and description are abbreviate | omitted. As shown in FIG. 2, the game board 1 is provided with a substantially circular game area 3 surrounded by known guide rails 2a and 2b. A large number of game nails 4 are nailed in the game area 3.

A center case 5 is disposed at a substantially central portion of the game area 3. The center case 5 is provided with a warp entrance, a warp passage, a stage, a window for directing the screen of the effect symbol display device 6 (which is a liquid crystal display device and displays a pseudo symbol), and the like, as in the known case.
A state notification device 15 having a plurality of 7-segment display devices and a plurality of LEDs is installed slightly to the left of the center case 5. A first start port 11 is disposed under the center case 5, and a composite winning device in which the gate 17 and the second start port 12 are unitized is disposed on the right side of the center case 5. The second starting port 12 includes a normal electric accessory provided with a wing piece that can be opened and closed. The game ball cannot enter the second starting port 12 unless the wing piece is opened.

  In the lower right part of the game area, a normal symbol display device 7 composed of a plurality of LEDs, a normal symbol hold number display device 8, a first special symbol hold number display device 18, and a second special symbol hold number display device 19 are provided. And a first special symbol display device 9 and a second special symbol display device 10 composed of a 7-segment display device.

  An attacker type big winning opening 14 is arranged below the second start opening 12. Further, on the left side of the first start port 11, a first left winning port 31, a second left winning port 32, a third left winning port 33, and a fourth left winning port 34 are provided. Note that the first left winning port 31, the second left winning port 32, the third left winning port 33, and the fourth left winning port 34 are normal winning ports in which the winning rate does not always change.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the inner frame 70 on which the above-described game board 1 is detachably attached is housed in the aforementioned outer frame 51 on the back surface of the pachinko machine 50. The inner frame 70 is provided with a ball tank 71, a tank rail 72, and a dispensing device 73 from above. With this configuration, if there is a winning game ball at the winning slot on the game board 1, a predetermined number of gaming balls can be discharged from the ball tank 71 via the tank rail 72 to the above-described upper plate 55 by the payout device 73. . Also, on the back side of the pachinko machine 50 (see also FIG. 4), a main control device 80, a payout control device 81, a production symbol control device 82, a sub integrated control device 83, a launch control device 84, and a power supply board 85 are provided. It has been. The production symbol control device 82 and the sub integrated control device 83 correspond to the sub control device.

  The main control device 80, the production symbol control device 82, and the sub integrated control device 83 are provided on the game board 1, and the payout control device 81, the launch control device 84, and the power supply board 85 are provided on the inner frame 70. In FIG. 3, the launch control device 84 is not drawn, but the launch control device 84 is provided below the payout control device 81. Further, an external connection terminal 78 is provided on the right side of the ball tank 71, and a signal indicating a game state and a game result is sent from the external connection terminal 78 to a hall computer (not shown). Conventionally, the external connection terminal 78 for transmitting a signal to the hall computer includes a board (a terminal for outputting a signal output from the game board side to the hall computer) and a frame (the frame side (front frame). 52, a terminal for outputting a signal output from the inner frame 70 and the outer frame 51) to the hall computer). In this embodiment, the hall computer is connected via one external connection terminal 78. A signal indicating a game state and a game result is transmitted to.

  As shown in the block diagram of FIG. 4, the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 50 is configured with a main controller 80 as a center. In this block diagram, a so-called relay board and power supply circuit for merely relaying signals are not described. Although not shown in detail, all of the main control device 80, the payout control device 81, the production symbol control device 82, and the sub integrated control device 83 include a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, an input port, an output port, and the like. However, in this embodiment, the launch controller 84 is not provided with a CPU, ROM, or RAM. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the launch control device 84 may be provided with a CPU, ROM, RAM, and the like.

  The main controller 80 includes a first start port switch 11a that detects a game ball that has entered the first start port 11, a second start port switch 12a that detects a game ball that has entered the second start port 12, and a normal A normal symbol operation switch 17a for detecting a game ball that has entered the gate 17 that activates the symbol, a first count switch 14a for counting game balls that have entered the big winning port 14, a first left winning port 31, a second Detection signals such as a left winning port switch 31a for detecting a game ball that has entered the left winning port 32, the third left winning port 33, and the fourth left winning port 34 are input.

  The main control device 80 operates in accordance with the installed program, generates various commands related to the progress of the game based on the above-described detection signals and outputs them to the payout control device 81 and the sub integrated control device 83. The main controller 80 also displays the first special symbol display device 9, the second special symbol display device 10, and the normal symbol display device 7 connected via the symbol display device relay terminal board 90, and the first special symbol hold. The lighting of the number display device 18, the second special symbol hold number display device 19, and the normal symbol hold number display device 8 is controlled.

  Further, the main controller 80 controls the opening / closing of the special winning opening 14 by controlling the special winning opening solenoid 14b, and controls the ordinary electric accessory solenoid (denoted as a general electric accessory solenoid in FIG. 4) 12b. Thus, the opening and closing of the second start port 12 is controlled. In addition to being output to the test signal terminal, the output signal from the main controller 80 is also output to the external connection terminal 78 for management such as symbol variation and big hit (also called special game) and sent to the hall main computer 87. It is done. The main control device 80 and the payout control device 81 can perform bidirectional communication.

  The payout control device 81 operates the payout motor 20 in accordance with a command sent from the main control device 80 and pays out a prize ball. In this embodiment, the detection signal of the payout switch 21 for counting game balls to be paid out as prize balls is input to the payout control device 81, and the payout control device 81 counts the prize balls. In addition, it is also conceivable to use a configuration in which the detection signal of the payout switch 21 is input to the main control device 80 and the payout control device 81 and both the main control device 80 and the payout control device 81 count the prize balls.

  The payout control device 81 receives signals from the glass frame opening switch 35, the inner frame opening switch 36, the full switch 22, and the ball break switch 23, and a signal indicating that the lower plate 63 is full by the full switch 22. And when a signal indicating that there are few or no game balls in the ball tank is input by the ball break switch 23, the payout motor 20 is stopped and the payout operation of the prize ball is stopped. Note that the full switch 22 and the ball break switch 23 are also configured to continue outputting signals until the state is cleared, and the payout control device 81 causes the payout motor 20 to stop being output. Restart the drive.

  Also, the payout control device 81 operates the payout motor 20 by communicating with the prepaid card unit via the CR unit terminal plate 24, and discharges the rental balls. The paid-out lending ball is detected by the payout switch 21, and the detection signal is input to the payout control device 81. The CR unit terminal board 24 is also connected to the checkout display board 25 so as to be capable of two-way communication. The checkout display board 25 has a ball rental button for requesting rental of game balls and a return for requesting checkout. Button and balance indicator are connected.

  Also, the payout control device 81 transmits information relating to the winning ball, information indicating the open / closed state of the frame (inner frame, front frame), etc. to the hall computer via the external connection terminal 78, and also to the launch control device 84. Send a fire stop signal. In this embodiment, the game balls are paid out. However, the game balls generated in accordance with winnings or the like may be stored without being paid out.

  The launch control device 84 controls the launch motor 30 to launch the game ball into the game area 3. In addition to the payout control device 81, the launch control device 84 receives a rotation amount signal from the launch handle, a touch signal from the touch switch 28, and a launch stop signal from the launch stop switch 29. The rotation amount signal is output when the player operates the launch handle, the touch signal is output when the player touches the launch handle, and the launch stop switch signal is generated when the player presses the launch stop switch 29. Is output. If the touch signal is not input to the launch control device 84, the game ball cannot be launched, and if the launch stop switch signal is input, the game ball cannot be launched even if the player touches the launch handle. It has become.

  The sub-integrated control device 83 corresponds to the sub-control device, receives data and commands transmitted from the main control device 80, distributes them to data for effect display control, sound control and lamp control, The display control command and the like are transmitted to the effect design control device 82, and the sound control and lamp control are distributed to each control part (function unit as a sound control device and a lamp control device) included in the display control command 82. Then, the function unit as the sound control device controls the sound output from the speaker by operating the sound LSI based on the data for sound control, and the function unit as the lamp control device is based on the data for lamp control. The various LED and lamp 26 are controlled by operating the lamp driver. The sub integrated control device 83 is connected with an effect button 67 and a jog dial 68. When the player operates the effect button 67 or the jog dial 68, the signal is input to the sub integrated control device 83. .

  Bi-directional communication is possible between the sub integrated control device 83 and the production symbol control device 82. The effect symbol control device 82 displays the effect symbol display based on the data and commands received from the sub integrated control device 83 (both those transmitted from the main control device 80 and those generated by the sub integrated control device 83). The device 6 is controlled to display effect images such as effect symbols on the screen 6 a of the effect symbol display device 6.

  FIG. 5 shows the power supply and signal system between the power supply board 85 and each part of the pachinko machine 50 including the main control board 80 and the payout control board 81. The power supply board 85 of each pachinko machine 50 receives the AC 24V power provided on the pachinko parlor side via the power switch 671, and the power generation circuit 672 receives the main controller 80 and the payout control shown in the figure. Power is supplied to each part of the pachinko machine 50 including the device 81. The power switch 671 is of a type that maintains its state when turned on or off. In this figure, the main control device 80 and the payout control device 81 are shown as a main control board and a payout control board, respectively. However, this is applied to the board constituting each control device and the electronic components mounted on the board. It is a focused name and is not substantially different from the main control device 80 and the payout control device 81, respectively.

  The full-wave 24V output in the power generation circuit 672 is input to the power supply voltage monitoring circuit 673, and the reset signal generation circuit 674 outputs or cancels the reset signal based on the detection result of the presence / absence of the full-wave 24V output by the power supply voltage monitoring circuit 673. . That is, the power supply voltage monitoring circuit 673 determines that the full-wave 24V output is stopped if the non-output state higher than the predetermined reference voltage is maintained for a predetermined time, and the reset signal generation circuit 674 responds to the determination that the full-wave 24V output is stopped. Output a reset signal. On the other hand, when full wave 24V output is started, the reset signal is canceled. Here, the output of the reset signal is to output a low level signal, and the release is to change from the low level to the high level. Note that the reset signal is released with a delay from the point of detection of the full-wave 24V output.

  The output of the reset signal generation circuit 674 is output to the reset terminals of the CPUs 611 and 621 of the main controller 80 and the payout controller 81, respectively.

  A power failure signal generation circuit 675 is provided with the output of the power supply voltage monitoring circuit 673 as an input, and a power failure signal is output to the NMI terminals of the control board CPUs 611 and 621 when the power is interrupted such as a power failure. The power failure signal is a signal that changes from a high level to a low level when the power is cut off, and the output timing is set so that it is output before the reset signal is output.

  The power supply board 85 is configured to generate a DC5V backup power supply (VBB) by a backup power supply generation circuit 678 including a capacitor, and the backup power supply (VBB) output is the backup of each control board CPU611, 621. The data is output to the terminal (VBB), and the contents stored in the RAM of each control board CPU 611 and 621 are retained in the event of a power failure, as will be described later.

  The power supply board 85 also includes a RAM clear switch 676. The RAM clear switch 676 is provided to clear the contents stored in the RAM 615 of the CPU 611 and the RAM 625 of the CPU 621. Note that the CPU 611 of the main controller 80 has a RAM 615 and a RAM 616, but only the RAM 615 clears the stored contents by a RAM clear operation to be described later, and the RAM 616 stores the RAM even if the RAM clear operation is performed. Content is preserved.

  The RAM clear switch 676 is a push button type that is turned on only when pressed, and if the RAM clear switch 676 is turned on when the reset signal is released, the RAM clear signal generation circuit 677 is a high level signal. The RAM clear signal is output to the input ports 613 and 623 of the main control board 80 and the payout control board 81 for a predetermined time (described later). That is, the RAM clear signal is output only when the power is turned on when the reset signal is released. Here, the delay time Ta from turning on the power switch 671 to releasing the reset signal is set to 100 ms, for example. To generate the RAM clear signal, the power switch 671 is turned on while the RAM clear switch 676 is depressed. This is a RAM clear operation. The control board CPUs 611 and 621 monitor the presence or absence of a RAM clear signal at the input ports 613 and 623 via the data bus.

  Processing executed by the CPU 611 of the main control board 80 when the power is turned on will be described with reference to FIG. When the power switch 671 is operated, the pachinko machine 50 is energized, the reset signal is released, and when the security check of the CPU 611 itself is completed, this process is started and an initial process of turning on the power is executed (S5). Then, it is determined whether or not the RAM clear signal is on (S10). As described above, since the RAM clear signal is H (on) if the RAM clear switch 676 is in the on state when the reset signal is released, this is substantially the RAM clear switch 676 in the on state when the power is turned on. It is determined whether or not it was.

  When the RAM clear signal is not on (S10: no), the pachinko machine 50 is restored to the state when the power is turned off. Therefore, first, it is determined whether or not the occurrence information at the time of power-off is normal (S15). If normal (S15: yes), the RAM determination value is calculated (S20), and whether or not the determination value is normal. Is determined (S25). Here, the determination value of the RAM is a value stored in the RAM when the power is turned off. In S25, it is determined whether or not the value calculated in S20 matches the value stored in the RAM. If the determination value is normal, that is, if the determination value matches the stored value (S25: yes), the process at the time of power recovery (for example, the information generated when the power is turned off is cleared or the sub integrated control device 83 is A command for returning to the gaming state when the power is turned off is transmitted (S30), and the process proceeds to S55.

  When the RAM clear signal is on (S10: yes), the pachinko machine 50 is returned to the initial state. For this purpose, first, it waits for the RAM clear signal to be turned off in the infinite loop of S35. When it is turned off, all of the RAM 615 is cleared to 0 (S40), and an initial value random number setting process is executed (S45). If it is determined in S25 that the values stored in the RAM do not match (S25: no), the process also proceeds to S40. When the initial value random number setting process is thus completed, the RAM is initialized (S50), and the process proceeds to S55.

  In S55, it is determined whether or not the abnormality flag is 1. If the abnormality flag is 1 (S55: yes), a game impossible process (S60) is performed. The abnormality flag and the game impossible process will be described later. When the game impossibility process (S60) is executed, an interrupt is set (S65), and the process proceeds to the main routine. If the abnormality flag is not 1 (S55: yes), the process goes straight to S65.

  The main routine will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 6, the main routine is shown as if it is a process that is executed following the process when the power is turned on. In practice, however, the main routine executes the process up to S65, and then about every 2 ms. Repeatedly executed by hard interrupt. In the present embodiment, a process that is executed only once from S100 to S160 every time the main routine is activated is referred to as “main process”, and the time of the time remaining within the remaining time after executing this main process is described. The process of S165 that is repeatedly executed as long as it is allowed is referred to as “residual process”. The “main process” is periodically executed by the interrupt.

  When a hardware interrupt is executed by the microcomputer, it is first determined whether or not the interrupt is a normal interrupt (S100). This determination process is performed by determining whether or not the value of a predetermined area of the RAM as a memory is a predetermined value. When the process executed by the microcomputer shifts to this process, the normal process is executed. It is for judging whether it is okay. If the interrupt is not normal, microcomputer runaway due to noise or the like may be considered when power is turned on. However, microcomputer runaway may be considered to be almost impossible due to recent technological improvements, and is usually when power is turned on. When the power is turned on, the value of the predetermined area of the RAM is different from the predetermined value.

  When it is determined that the interrupt is not normal (S100: no), initial setting (for example, writing a predetermined value to the predetermined area of the memory and setting a special symbol and a normal symbol as an initial symbol to each initial to the working area of the memory. Value is written (S105), and the process proceeds to a residual process (S165).

  If an affirmative determination is made with a normal interrupt (S100: yes), an initial value random number update process is executed (S110). This process is an increment process that increments the initial random number value by 1 each time this process is executed. The initial random number value before this process is incremented by +1, but the random number value before this process is executed is the maximum. When the value is “299”, it returns to the initial value “0” in the next processing, and 300 integers from “0” to “299” are repeatedly generated in ascending order.

  The jackpot determination random number update process (S115) following S110 is an increment process that is incremented by 1 each time the process is executed, as in the initial value random number update process. When the maximum value is "299", the next process starts with the next process. Returning to the value of “0”, 300 integers from “0” to “299” are repeatedly generated in ascending order. Note that the initial value of the jackpot determination random number is the value set in the initial value random number setting process. If this value is 250, the jackpot determination random number is updated as “250” “251” “252”... “299” “0” “1”.

  When the big hit determining random number is updated once (300 times), the initial value random number at that time is set as the initial value of the big hit determining random number, and the big hit determining random number is +1 from the initial value. Increment processing is performed. Then, when the big hit determining random number makes one round again, the initial value random number at that time is changed to the initial value of the big hit determining random number. That is, this series of operations is repeated. In the above example, when the big hit determination random number reaches “249”, it is one round, so the next value after “249” is the value of the initial value random number. If the value of the initial random number is “87”, “249” “87” “88”... “299” “0” “1”. Next to is a new initial random number value. The jackpot symbol determination random number update process (S120) is configured as a counter that repeatedly creates ten integers “0” to “9”, and is incremented by +1 for each process and is the initial value “0”. Return to.

  The hit determination random number update process (S125) following S120 is configured as a counter that repeatedly creates six integers “0” to “5”, and is incremented by +1 for each process. Return to a certain “0”. The number of values to be won is 3 in both the normal probability state and the high probability state, and the values are “0”, “3”, and “5”. This winning determination random number update process is used for lottery of normal symbols, and other initial value random numbers, big hit determination random numbers, big hit symbol determination random numbers, reach determination random numbers, and fluctuation pattern determination random numbers are drawn special symbols. Used for.

  The reach determination random number update process (S130) is configured as a counter that repeatedly creates 229 integers from “0” to “228”, and is incremented by +1 for each process and is the initial value “0”. Return to. In the normal probability state, the number of values won when the variable time shortening function is not activated is 21, and the values are “0” to “20”. The number is 5, the values are “0” to “4”, the number of values to be won in the high probability state is 6, and the values are “0” to “5”.

  The variation pattern determination random number update process (S135) is configured as a counter that repeatedly creates 1021 integers “0” to “1020”, and is incremented by 1 for each process and is the first value when the maximum value is exceeded. Return to "0".

In the subsequent winning confirmation process (S140), confirmation of winning of the first start port 11 and second start port 12 and input processing of each switch provided in the pachinko machine 50 and connected to the main control board 80 are executed.
In this embodiment, when a game ball wins the first start port 11 and the second start port 12, a plurality of random numbers such as a big hit determination random number, a big hit symbol determination random number, a variation pattern determination random number, a reach determination random number, etc. are acquired. However, the number of memories that can be reserved is limited to four each for the first start port 11 and the second start port 12, and when the reserved memory is full, the game balls are stored in the first start port 11 or the first start port 11. (2) Even if a winning is made at the start port 12, only a prize ball is paid out, and the plurality of random numbers are not stored on hold.

  Subsequently, a success / failure determination process (S145) as condition establishment determination means for determining whether or not a big hit is made. When this success / failure determination process (S145) is completed, the fraud monitoring process (S150) is followed by an ordinary winning opening (first left winning opening 31, second left winning opening 32, third left winning opening 33, fourth left winning prize). Mouth 34) is a process for monitoring whether or not fraud is performed, and it is determined whether or not the number of game balls entering the winning opening in a predetermined time is larger than a predetermined number. In this case, it is determined to be fraudulent, and this is a process for notifying that effect. That is, the fraud determination means is provided on the main control board 80. In S155, a winning abnormality monitoring process is performed. The winning abnormality monitoring process (S155) will be described later.

  In each output process (S160) such as the subsequent image output process, the main control board 80 is an effect symbol control device 82, a payout control board 81, a launch control device 84, a sub-integrated control device 83, a grand prize opening as the game progresses. Output processing is executed for each of the solenoids 14b and the like. That is, when it is detected by the winning confirmation process (S140) that there is a winning game ball at each winning slot on the game board 1, the winning ball data is output to the payout control board 81 so as to pay out the gaming ball as the winning ball. In the process of outputting sound data corresponding to the gaming state to the sub-integrated control device 83, an error signal is output to the production symbol control device 82 to notify that there is an error when the pachinko machine 50 is abnormal. Each process is executed.

  The remaining process subsequent to this process is composed of the initial value random number update process (S165), which is exactly the same process as S110 described above. This process forms an infinite loop and is repeated as long as time is allowed until the next interrupt is executed. The time required to execute this processing from S100 to S160 described above differs for each interrupt depending on whether or not to execute the jackpot processing, the difference in the display mode of special symbols, and the like. As a result, the number of times the remaining process is executed is different for each interrupt, and the value updated to the initial random number by executing the interrupt process once is not uniform. Thereby, the possibility that the initial value random number is synchronized with the big hit determination random number becomes extremely small. If the value of the initial random number (300 values from 0 to 299) when the big hit determination random number makes one round, the probability of synchronization is only 1/300. The hit determination random number update process (S125) described above may also be executed in the remaining process.

  The winning confirmation process of S140 is as shown in FIG. 8, and the main controller 80 determines whether or not a game ball has entered the first starting port 11 based on the detection signal of the first starting port switch 11a. Judgment is made (S200). If the determination is affirmative (S200: yes), the jackpot determination random number, the jackpot symbol determination random number, the reach determination random number, the fluctuation pattern determination random number, the fall determination random number, etc. are read from the corresponding counters, and the first reserved memory is stored. It is determined whether or not it is full (four in this embodiment) (S205).

  If the first reserved memory is not full (S205: no), the above random numbers are stored as the first reserved memory, and the number of lighting of the first special symbol reserved number display device 18 is increased by 1 (S210). When each random number is stored in this way, the process proceeds to S215. If it is determined in S205 that there are already four first reserved memories, the process proceeds directly to S215.

  If it is determined that no game ball has entered the first start port 11 (S200: no), the process also proceeds to S215, and based on the detection signal of the second start port switch 12a, the game ball is input to the second start port 12. It is determined whether or not a ball has entered. If the determination is affirmative (S215: yes), the jackpot determination random number, the jackpot symbol determination random number, the reach determination random number, the variation pattern determination random number, etc. are read from the corresponding counters, and the second reserved memory is full (this embodiment) (S220).

  If the second reserved memory is not full (S220: no), each random number is stored as the second reserved memory, the number of lighting of the second special symbol reserved number display device 19 is increased by 1 (S225), and this process End (return). If there are already four second reserved memories (S220: yes), this process is terminated. Moreover, this process is complete | finished also when the game ball has not entered into the 2nd starting port 12 (S215: no).

  The determination process of S145 is as shown in FIGS. 9 to 12, and the main controller 80 determines whether or not the special electric accessory is operating based on the big hit flag (S250). If the determination in S250 is negative, the special symbol is not changing (S255: no), and the confirmed symbol is not being displayed (S260: no), the process proceeds to S300 in FIG. 10, and the second hold storage (hold by S225) It is determined whether or not there is a memory.

  If there is this reserved memory (S300: yes), the second reserved memory number is decremented (S305), and the process proceeds to S320. If there is no second reserved memory (S300: no), it is determined whether or not there is a first reserved memory (held memory by S210) (S310). If there is a first reserved memory (S310: yes), the first reserved memory number is decremented (S315), and the process proceeds to S320. That is, when there are both the first reserved memory and the second reserved memory, the second reserved memory number is decremented first (selected). This is called priority digestion of the second reserved memory.

  In S320, the oldest one of the second hold memories (the first hold memory when the process is shifted from S315) is read (the hold memory is erased), and the probability variation flag is set (that is, 1) or not. Determine. Here, the probability variation flag of 1 means that the current pachinko machine 50 is in a high probability gaming state. If the determination is affirmative (S256: yes), the read big hit determination random number is collated with the hit value recorded in the probability variation table (S325). Here, the number of hit values is 10 and is 7 to 16. That is, the hit probability is 1/30. If a negative determination is made in S320 (S320: no), the hit determination random number is collated with the hit value recorded in the normal table in S325. Here, the hit value is only 7. That is, the hit probability is 1/300.

  When the determination of S325 or S330 is made, it is determined whether or not a big hit is made in S335 (whether or not), and if it is affirmative (S335: yes), a winning symbol is determined by a big hit symbol determining random number (S340). . When the jackpot symbol is determined in this way, the variation pattern is determined by the variation pattern determination random number (S345), and the jackpot setting process is performed (S350).

  If it is determined in S335 that the player has come off, it is determined whether or not a small hit is made (S335). Here, when the big hit determining random number is 30 to 31, it is assumed to be a small hit. That is, the small hit probability is 1/150. If the determination is affirmative (S355: yes), a small hit symbol is determined (S360). In the pachinko machine 50, there is only one kind of small hit symbol. In S360, the small hit symbol is determined as a specific symbol. Subsequently, the variation pattern is determined by the variation pattern determination random number (S365), and the loss setting process (S375) is performed. In the loss setting process, the number of times of probability change is decremented (when the probability change flag is 1) and the number of time reductions is decremented (when the time reduction flag is 1).

  When the small hit is also out (S355: no), the variation pattern is determined based on the reach determination random number and the variation pattern determination random number (S370), and the process goes to S375.

  Subsequent to S350 or S375, data indicating the above-mentioned lottery result, specifically, any one of the normal big hit, the probable big hit, the out of reach (with out, but with reach display), the out of reach with small hit, or no reach display And a change start command (display control command) including change pattern data specifying change time and the change time are output to the sub integrated control device 83 (S380). The effect symbol display device 6 sets an effect symbol by the process of S380 and starts its variable display, but the main controller 80 also starts to change the special symbol almost simultaneously.

  If it is determined in FIG. 9 that the special symbol is changing (S255: yes), the process proceeds to S390 in FIG. 11 and whether the symbol change time (based on the change pattern in S345, S365, or S370) has elapsed. Determine whether. If the determination is negative (S390: no), the special game process is performed. If the determination is affirmative, the confirmed symbol display process (S395) is performed, and then the special game process is performed.

  If it is determined in FIG. 9 that the confirmed symbol is being displayed (S260: yes), the process proceeds to S400 in FIG. 12, and it is determined whether or not the display time of the confirmed symbol has ended. If the determination is negative (S400: no), a special game process is performed. If the determination is affirmative, a final symbol display end process (S405) is performed, and then it is determined whether the combination is a big hit (S410). If the determination is affirmative, it is determined whether or not the probability change flag is 1 (S415). If the determination is affirmative (S415: yes), the probability change flag is set to 0 (S420), and the process proceeds to S425. If a negative determination is made (S415: no), the process proceeds to S425 as it is.

  In S425, it is determined whether or not the time reduction flag is 1. If the hour / hour flag is 1 (S425: yes), the hour / hour flag is set to 0 in S430, and the process proceeds to S435. If the time reduction flag is not 1 (S425: no), the process proceeds to S435 as it is.

  In S435, the big hit flag is set by the condition device operation start processing. In step S440, the accessory continuous operation device is activated, and in step S445, a big hit start effect process is performed. In the jackpot start effect process, a command for starting the jackpot game and information related to the jackpot game (such as the jackpot opening time, release pattern, jackpot ending time, number of rounds, etc.) are transmitted to the sub integrated control device 83. When the big hit start effect process ends, a special game process is performed.

  If it is determined in S410 that the special symbol that has been confirmed and displayed is not a big win, the process proceeds to S450 to determine whether or not the probability variation flag is 1. If the determination is affirmative (S450: yes), it is determined whether or not the probability variation number is 0 (S455). If the probability variation count is 0 (S455: yes), the probability variation flag is set to 0 in S460, and the process proceeds to S465. When the probability variation flag is not 1 (S450: no) or when the probability variation number is not 0 (S455: no), the processing proceeds to S465 as it is. In S465, it is determined whether or not the time reduction flag is 1. If it is 1 (S465: yes), it is determined whether or not the time reduction count is 0 (S470). If the number of time reductions is 0 (S470: yes), the time reduction flag is set to 0 in S475 and the process proceeds to S480. When the time reduction count is not 0 (S470: no) or when the time reduction flag is not 1 (S465: no), the process proceeds to S480 as it is.

  In S480, a state designation command indicating whether the current gaming state is in a probable change, whether the time is short, or the like is transmitted to the sub-integrated control device 83, and in the subsequent S485, the special display that is confirmed and displayed. It is determined whether or not the symbol is a symbol that is a small hit. If the symbol is a small hit (S485: yes), a special electric accessory start process (S490) is performed, and a small hit start effect process is performed in S495. In the small hitting start effect process, a command for starting a small hitting game (also referred to as a small hitting) and information relating to the small hitting game (such as a small hitting opening time and a small hitting ending time) are transmitted to the sub integrated control device 83. . When the small hit start effect process ends, the special game process is executed. If it is determined in S485 that the symbol is not a small hit, the special game process is executed as it is.

  In the special game process shown in FIGS. 13 to 15, the main control device 80 determines whether or not the accessory continuous operation device is operating based on the jackpot flag (S <b> 500). If the accessory continuous operation device is operating (S500: yes), it is determined whether or not the special winning opening 14 is open (S505). If the big prize opening 14 is not being opened (S505: no), it is determined whether the big prize opening 14 is closed during the interval between rounds (S510). If it is not during the interval (S510: no), it is determined whether the big hit end effect is being performed (S515). If this is also a negative determination (S515: no), it is determined whether or not the time required for the production to start the big hit game has passed (S520). When the big hit start effect time has elapsed (S520: yes), the big winning opening opening process (S525) is performed and this process is ended (return).

  If it is determined in S505 that the big prize opening 14 is open, the process proceeds to S550 in FIG. 14 and it is determined whether or not ten big prize openings 14 have been won. In the present embodiment, the number is 10, but it may be 9 or 8, and is not particularly limited. When ten winning prize openings 14 are won (S550: yes), the process proceeds to S560, and the closing prize closing process is performed. Then, a big hit interval process (S565) is performed, and the special game process is terminated. If ten winning prize openings 14 have not been won (S550: no), the process proceeds to S555, and it is determined whether or not the opening time of the special winning opening 14 has ended. In this embodiment, in the case of a big hit in 15 rounds, the maximum opening time of each round is set to 30 seconds. In addition, the maximum open time of each round in the case of two rounds of big hit is set to 0.9 seconds. Of course, it is not limited to these seconds. When the opening time is over (S555: yes), the process merges with S560, and when it is not over (S555: no), the special game process is finished.

  If it is determined in S510 in FIG. 13 that the interval is in progress, the process proceeds to S570 in FIG. 14 to determine whether or not the big hit interval time has elapsed. When the interval time has elapsed (S570: yes), it is determined whether or not the last round was the last winning opening 14 opened (S575). If it is the final round (S575: yes), a big hit end effect process (S580) is performed, and the special game process is ended. If it is not the final round (S575: no), the process of opening the special winning opening 14 is performed again (S585), and the special game process is terminated. When it is determined that the big hit interval time has not elapsed (S570: no), the special game process is terminated as it is. In the process of opening / closing the special winning opening 14, a signal is also transmitted to the sub integrated control device 83. Based on the signal, the sub integrated control device 83 grasps the current round and performs an effect corresponding to the round.

  If it is determined in S515 in FIG. 13 that the big hit end effect is being performed, the process proceeds to S600 in FIG. 15 to determine whether or not the big hit end effect time has elapsed. When the big hit end effect time has elapsed (S600: yes), the operation of the accessory continuous operation device is stopped (S605), and the operation of the condition device is stopped (S610). Then, it is determined whether or not to shift to probabilistic after the big hit (S615). When shifting to probability variation, the number of probability variation (10,000 times) is set (S620), the probability variation flag is set to 1 (S625), and the procedure proceeds to S630. When the process does not shift to the probability change (S615: no), the process proceeds to S630 as it is.

  In S630, it is determined whether or not to shift to a short time after the big hit. In the case of an affirmative determination (S630: yes), the number of time reductions (100 times) is set (S635), the time reduction flag is set to 1 (S640), and the process proceeds to S645. When the hour / short flag is set to 1, in this embodiment, the special symbol average fluctuation time reduction, the normal symbol average fluctuation time reduction, the normal electric accessory release extension function are set, and the hour / times counter value is set. If the time does not change quickly (S630: no), the process goes straight to S645. In S645, a big hit end command is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 83, and a state designation command indicating the current gaming state is being changed or whether the time is being shortened is sent to the sub integrated control device 83. The transmission process (S650) is performed and the special game process is terminated. The above is the special game process.

  If it is determined in FIG. 13 that the accessory continuous operation device is not operating (S500: no), the small hit game process shown in FIG. 16 is executed. When this process is activated, it is determined in S700 whether or not the special electric accessory is in operation. If it is in operation (S700: yes), it is determined whether or not the special winning opening 14 is open (S705). In the case of negative determination (S705: no), it is determined whether it is during the interval between the small hit games (S710). If it is not the interval between the small hit games (S710: no) and is not in the end effect of the small hit game (S715: no), it waits for the time required for the start effect of the small hit game to elapse (S720: yes). Then, the special winning opening 14 is opened (S725), and this process is terminated. If it is determined that the special electric accessory is not operating (S700: no) or that the time required for the small hit start effect has not elapsed (S720: no), the present process is terminated. .

  If it is determined in S705 in FIG. 16 that the big prize opening 14 is open, the process proceeds to S750 in FIG. 17, and it is determined whether or not ten big prize openings 14 have been won. When it is determined that ten winning prize openings 14 have not been won (S750: no), the process proceeds to S755, and it is determined whether or not the opening time of the big winning opening 14 has ended. In the present embodiment, in the case of a small hit, the maximum time for each opening is set to 0.9 seconds. Of course, it is not limited to this number of seconds. When the opening time is over (S755: yes), a special winning opening closing process is performed in S760. Then, a small hit interval process (S765) is performed, and the small hit game process is terminated. If ten winning prizes 14 are won (S750: yes), the process goes directly to S760, and if the opening time of the big winning opening 14 has not ended (S755: no), the small hit game processing is ended.

  If it is determined in S710 in FIG. 16 that the small hit interval is in progress, the process proceeds to S770 in FIG. 17 to determine whether or not the small hit interval time has elapsed. When the small hit interval time has elapsed (S770: yes), it is determined in S775 whether the large winning opening 14 has been opened a predetermined number of times (here, twice) or 10 have been won. If the determination is affirmative (S775: yes), a small hit end effect process (S780) is performed to end the small hit game process. In the case of a negative determination (S775: no), the big prize opening 14 is opened once for 0.9 seconds by the big prize opening process (S785), and the small hit game process is ended. In other words, in the small win, the big winning opening 14 is basically opened twice for 0.9 seconds, but if there are 10 or more winnings in one opening, the small winning ends only by one opening. To do. Actually, it is rare that 10 or more winnings are generated in one opening.

  If it is determined in S715 in FIG. 16 that the small hit end effect is being performed, the process proceeds to S790 in FIG. 17 to determine whether or not the small hit end effect time has elapsed. When it is determined that the small hit end effect time has elapsed (S790: yes), the process proceeds to S795. In S795, the operation of the special electric accessory is stopped, and in S800, a small hit end command is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 83, and the small hit game processing is ended. If it is determined that the small hit end effect time has not elapsed (S790: no), the small hit game processing is ended as it is.

  FIG. 18 shows an outline of the winning abnormality monitoring process (S155 in FIG. 7). When this process is started, first, in S900, it is determined whether or not the abnormality flag is 0. If the abnormality flag is not 0 (S900: no), the process is terminated (returned). If the abnormality flag is 0 (S900: yes), an abnormality measurement counter update process (S905) is performed. The abnormality measurement counter is a value counted for measuring time, and the count value is updated in the abnormality measurement counter update process. In subsequent S910, it is determined whether or not 10 minutes have elapsed based on the count value updated in the abnormality measurement counter update process (S905). If the determination is negative (S910: no), the process proceeds to S915. It is determined whether or not there is a winning at the one start port 11, and in the case of an affirmative determination (S915: yes), the winning counter is incremented (S920), and this process ends. The winning counter indicates the number of times the first start port 11 has been won, and indicates the number of times the first start port 11 has been won in 10 minutes by not being cleared until S965 described later. In the case of a negative determination (S915: no), this process is terminated as it is.

  If it is determined in S910 that 10 minutes have passed (S910: yes), it is determined in S925 whether or not the winning counter exceeds 150. If the determination is affirmative (S925: yes), the process proceeds to S955. The process proceeds and the abnormality flag is set to 1. The abnormality flag is stored in the RAM 616 (see FIG. 5). Then, the game impossible process (S960) is performed, the winning counter is cleared (S965), and the process is terminated. Here, the game impossibility processing (S960) is a processing that makes a game substantially impossible by not issuing a command to cause the payout control device 81 to pay out a prize ball even if a ball enters the winning opening. It is.

  When it is determined in S925 that the winning counter is 150 or less (S925: no), the process proceeds to S930, and it is determined whether or not the winning counter exceeds 100. If the determination is negative (S930: no), the abnormal counter is cleared (S935), the process is merged with S965, the winning counter is cleared (S965), and the process ends. When the winning counter exceeds 100 (S930: yes), the abnormality counter is incremented in S940, and it is determined whether or not the abnormality counter is 3 in S945. If the determination is affirmative, that is, if the abnormality counter is not 3 (S945: yes), the abnormality warning command is transmitted to the sub-integrated control device 83 in the abnormality warning command transmission process (S950), and the process proceeds to S965, where the winning counter Is cleared (S965), and the process is terminated. The sub integrated control device 83 that has received the abnormality warning command displays on the effect symbol display device 6 that a winning abnormality (100 to 150 winnings in the first start port 11 has occurred in 10 minutes) has occurred.

If the abnormality counter is 3 (S945: no), the process goes to S955 to set the abnormality flag to 1, performs a game impossible process (S960), clears the winning counter (S965), and ends the process.
According to the winning abnormality monitoring process as described above, if the number of winnings (winning counter) to the first start port 11 generated in 10 minutes exceeds 150 times when the abnormality flag is 0, an abnormality is detected. A flag is set (S955), and the pachinko machine 50 is disabled (S960). When the number of winnings to the first start port 11 generated in 10 minutes is 100 times or less, the abnormality counter and the abnormality flag are cleared. If the number of winnings to the first start port 11 that occurred in 10 minutes is more than 100 times and 150 times or less (hereinafter also referred to as 100 to 150 times), the abnormality counter is incremented and the sub integrated control device 83 Send an error warning command. However, if a state where the number of winnings to the first start port 11 generated in 10 minutes is 100 to 150 consecutively occurs, an abnormality flag is set, and the pachinko machine 50 is in a game impossible state. Note that the abnormality counter, abnormality measurement counter, and winning counter are stored in the RAM 615, which is an area that is cleared when the RAM clear signal is received.

  According to the pachinko machine 50 configured as described above, the game is disabled when the number of winnings to the first starting port 11 that has occurred in 10 minutes exceeds 150, but not only that, but it occurs in 10 minutes. The game is also disabled when the period in which the number of winnings to the first start port 11 is 100 to 150 continues three times. Accordingly, it is possible to detect an illegal nail adjustment in which the state where the number of winnings to the first start port 11 generated in 10 minutes is about 100 to 150 times continues three times. It is also possible to detect fraud in which the number of winnings to the first start port 11 that has occurred in 10 minutes exceeds 150 times, such as fraud using radio waves.

Further, when such a fraud is detected, the payout of the game ball is stopped by the game impossibility process, so that a large penalty can be given to those who have performed such a fraud. Further, since the abnormality flag is stored in the RAM 616, which is an area that is not cleared even when the RAM clear signal is received, an operation such as clearing the abnormality flag and releasing the game impossible state by performing the RAM clear operation is prevented. be able to. On the other hand, since the abnormality counter is stored in the RAM 615 which is an area to be cleared when the RAM clear signal is received, if the winning frequency increases due to a mistake in nail adjustment, the RAM is cleared. It is possible to prevent the game from being disabled.
In addition, the number of winnings per unit time to the first starting port 11 is set as a determination target of fraud, and the unit time to the second starting port 12 in which the number of winnings per unit time increases dramatically during the short period of time. Since the number of winning prizes per game is not subject to determination of the presence or absence of fraud, fraud can be detected appropriately. In other words, even a gaming machine such as the pachinko machine 50 having a time-shortening function can appropriately detect fraud.

Here, the correspondence between the configuration of the present embodiment and the configuration requirements of the present invention is shown. The first starting port 11 corresponds to the “entrance entrance” of the present invention, and the processing of S910 to S920 and S930 corresponds to the “entrance abnormality determining means” of the present invention, and a negative determination is made in S945 to reach S955. The process corresponds to the “nail adjustment abnormality determining means” of the present invention, the process of S960 corresponds to the “impossible state generating means” of the present invention, and the process of S950 corresponds to the “entrance abnormality warning means” of the present invention. The RAM 615 corresponds to the “first storage area” of the present invention, the RAM 616 corresponds to the “second storage area” of the present invention, the main controller 80 corresponds to the “game control means” of the present invention, and the sub-integration The control device 83 corresponds to “production control means” of the present invention. Note that the process from S945 to which the determination is negative and which leads to S955 corresponds to the “abnormal flag setting means” of the present invention. The abnormality counter corresponds to the “warning flag” of the present invention, and doubles as a flag by counting the number of times that an affirmative determination is made in S930. Therefore, the process of S940 that is affirmed in S930 corresponds to the “warning flag setting means” of the present invention.
[Example 2]

A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Since the present embodiment has much in common with the first embodiment, only different points will be described mainly.
The winning abnormality monitoring process (S155) of the second embodiment is as shown in the flowchart of FIG. That is, when this processing is started, first, abnormality measurement counter update processing (S1005) is performed. Subsequently, it is determined whether or not 10 minutes have passed in S1010. If the determination is negative (S1010: no), it is determined whether or not there is a winning at the first start port 11 in S1030, and the determination is affirmative. In (S1030: yes), the winning counter is incremented (S1035), and this process is terminated. In the case of a negative determination (S1030: no), this process is terminated as it is.

  If it is determined in S1010 that 10 minutes have passed (S1010: yes), it is determined in S1015 whether or not the winning counter exceeds 100. If the determination is affirmative (S1015: yes), the process proceeds to S1020. Then, the abnormality warning command is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 83, and this process is terminated. If the winning counter does not exceed 100, a winning normal command is transmitted to the sub-integrated control device 83, and this process is terminated.

  FIG. 20 shows processing executed by the CPU 631 of the sub integrated control device 83 when the power is turned on. When the power switch 671 is operated, the pachinko machine 50 is energized, the reset signal is released, and when the security check of the CPU 631 itself is completed, this processing is started and the initial setting of the sub integrated control device 83 is performed (S1050). . Then, it is determined whether or not the abnormality flag is 1 (S1055). In the second embodiment, the abnormality flag is set / released / stored in the sub integrated control device 83. If the abnormality flag is 1 (S1055: yes), display disable processing (S1060) is executed, and after waiting for a command from the main controller 80 in S1065, this processing is terminated (returned). The display impossibility process (S1060) is a process in which no effect operation using the effect symbol display device 6 is performed. By executing this processing, for example, even if a change start command is sent from the main control device 80, the effect symbol does not change, and the effect operation (for example, reach action) associated with this change is not performed. If the abnormality flag is not 1 (S1055: no), the process goes straight to S1065, waits for a command from the main controller 80, and then the process is terminated.

  FIG. 21 shows a winning abnormality handling process executed by the CPU 631 of the sub integrated control device 83. This process is started periodically by a timer interrupt. When this processing is started, first, in S1100, it is determined whether or not the abnormality flag is 0. If the abnormality flag is not 0 (S1100: no), the process is terminated (returned). If the abnormality flag is 0 (S1100: yes), it is determined whether an abnormality warning command (transmitted by the main controller 80 in S1020) has been received. If the determination is affirmative, the abnormality measurement counter is incremented in S1110. In step S1115, it is determined whether or not the abnormality measurement counter has reached 3. If the abnormality measurement counter is not 3 (S1115: no), a warning notification process is performed (S1120), and this process is terminated. When the abnormality measurement counter is 3 (S1115: yes), display disable processing is performed (S1125), the abnormality flag is set to 1 (S1130), and this processing ends. The warning notification process (S1120) is a display (warning display) indicating that a winning abnormality (the winning to the first starting port 11 is 101 or more in 10 minutes) has occurred on the effect symbol display device 6. is there. When the abnormality measurement counter reaches 3, display disable processing (S1125) is performed, so that warning display is performed twice. The display disable process (S1125) is the same as S1060.

  Here, the correspondence between the configuration of the present embodiment and the configuration requirements of the present invention is shown. However, those having the same correspondence as the first embodiment are omitted. The processing of S1010, S1015, S1030, and S1035 corresponds to the “entrance abnormality determining means” of the present invention, the processing from S1115 to S1130 corresponds to the “nail adjustment abnormality determining means” of the present invention, and the processing of S1120 is performed. This corresponds to the “entrance abnormality warning means” of the present invention, and the processing of S1125 corresponds to the “impossible state generation means” of the present invention. Note that the processing of S1130 also corresponds to “abnormal flag setting means” of the present invention.

  That is, in the pachinko machine 50 of the second embodiment, a configuration corresponding to the nail adjustment abnormality determining means of the present invention is realized by the sub integrated control device 83. In order to prevent unauthorized programs and data from being mixed in, the main control device 80 is often adopted with a small processing capacity and storage capacity, and even performs processing such as determination of success / failure, winning confirmation, and unauthorized monitoring. It is not preferable to further increase the processing load of the main controller 80 to be repeated. When the sub integrated control device 83 executes the processing corresponding to the nail adjustment abnormality determining means as in the second embodiment, the processing load on the main control device 80 can be reduced.

The power supply and the signal system between the power supply board 85 and each part of the pachinko machine 50 including the main control board 80, the payout control board 81, and the sub-integrated control device 83 are as shown in FIG. The abnormal flag is stored in the RAM 635 of the sub integrated control device 83. The sub integrated control device 83 also has a backup function, and even if the power is cut off, the data stored in the RAM 635 of the sub integrated control device 83 before the cut off is restored after energization. That is, the value of the abnormality flag is restored after the power is turned on even if the power is turned off. Moreover, since the RAM clear signal from the power supply board 85 is not input to the sub integrated control device 83, the RAM 635 of the sub integrated control device 83 is not cleared to zero even if the RAM clear operation is performed, and therefore the value of the abnormality flag remains unchanged. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the act of clearing the abnormality flag and releasing the game impossible state by performing the RAM clear operation. Further, even if the production operation using the production symbol display device 6 is not performed due to the inability to play the game, the main control device 80 is still in operation. The game can be continued by viewing the display on the first special symbol display device 9 and the like. It is also possible to re-use parts other than the sub integrated control device 83 by clearing the abnormality flag by replacing the sub integrated control device 83 or the CPU 631 of the sub integrated control device 83. Note that it may be possible to clear the abnormality flag without replacing the sub integrated control device 83 or the like by waiting for the backup function of the sub integrated control device 83 to be turned off. Since it becomes impossible to play a game for a long time until it falls, a penalty that it cannot be operated as a gaming machine during this time can be given. On the other hand, if the person who made the fraud or the manager of the gaming machine accepts the situation where the game can not be played for a long time, all the configurations can be reused, so waste of resources (for example, sub-integration) Exchange of control device 83) can be suppressed.
[Example 3]

A third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Since this embodiment also has many common points with the first embodiment, only different points will be described mainly.
FIG. 23 shows a winning confirmation process (corresponding to S140 in FIG. 7) of the third embodiment. Note that the main routine (not shown) in the third embodiment does not perform the winning abnormality monitoring process (see S155 in FIG. 7). The starting winning confirmation process of the third embodiment shown in FIG. 23 is different from the starting winning confirmation process of the third embodiment shown in FIG. 8 in that the first extracted random number is stored on hold in S210 or S205. When it is determined that the first reserved memory is full, a winning command transmission process is performed. In the winning command transmission process, a signal for instructing the sub integrated control device 83 that there has been a winning at the first starting port is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 83. It does not matter whether or not is stored on hold.

  The start winning confirmation process is changed in this way, and further, the winning abnormality monitoring process does not exist in the main routine, so that the sub integrated control device 83 executes the winning abnormality monitoring process shown in FIG. This process is similar to the winning abnormality monitoring process (FIG. 18) executed by the main controller 80 in the first embodiment. First, the difference is that after the abnormality measurement counter update process (S1260) is performed, it is determined whether or not 10 minutes have elapsed in S1260, and if this is negatively determined (S1260: no), S1320 is performed. It is a point to determine whether or not a winning command (transmitted by the main controller 80 in S1200) has been received. The second difference is that after the abnormal flag is set to 1 in S1305, the display disabled process (S1310) is performed instead of the game disabled process (S960). The contents of the disabling process (S1310) are the same as the disabling process (S1060, S1125) of the second embodiment. The third difference is that an abnormality warning notification process (S1300) is performed when it is determined that the value of the abnormality counter is not 3 (S1295: yes). Unlike the abnormality warning command transmission process (S950) in FIG. 18, the abnormality warning notification process (S1300) controls the effect symbol control device 82 by itself and displays on the effect symbol display device 6 that a winning abnormality has occurred. To do.

  Here, the correspondence between the configuration of the present embodiment and the configuration requirements of the present invention is shown. However, those having the same correspondence as the first embodiment are omitted. The processing of S1260, S1280, S1320, and S1325 corresponds to the “entrance abnormality determination means” of the present invention, the processing that is negatively determined in S1295 and reaches S1305 corresponds to the “nail adjustment abnormality determination means” of the present invention, The process of S1300 corresponds to the “incoming ball abnormality warning means” of the present invention, the process of S1310 corresponds to the “impossible state generating means” of the present invention, and the process of S1290 until an affirmative determination is made in S1280. This corresponds to “warning flag setting means”. Note that the process from S1295 to which a negative determination is made until S1305 corresponds to the “abnormal flag setting means” of the present invention.

That is, in the pachinko machine 50 of the third embodiment, the sub integrated control device 83 performs not only the nail adjustment abnormality determining means but also the processing of the ball entry abnormality determining means. Therefore, the processing load of the main control device 80 can be further reduced than the processing load of the main control device 80 in the pachinko machine 50 of the second embodiment.
[Example 4]

A fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Since this embodiment also has many common points with the first embodiment, only different points will be described mainly.
FIG. 25 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine according to the fourth embodiment. This figure is different from the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 50 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 4 in that the radio wave detection switch 38 for detecting the radio wave applied to the game board surface and the magnetic field lines applied to the game board surface. This is a point provided with a magnet detection switch 37 for detection. Both the radio wave detection switch 38 and the magnet detection switch 37 are provided on the back side of the game board 1, and the radio wave detection switch 38 is connected to the main controller 80 via the back wiring relay terminal plate 75 to detect the magnet. The switch 37 is connected to the main controller 80 via a game board relay terminal board 74.

  With the provision of these detection means, the main controller 80 performs the fraud notification process shown in FIG. 26 and the fraud notification end process shown in FIG. 27, and the winning abnormality monitoring process (S155) is as shown in FIG. It will be something. The fraud notification process is started by a timer interrupt. When the fraud notification process is started, first, in S1400, it is determined whether or not the radio wave detection switch 38 has detected a radio wave. If the determination is affirmative (S1400: yes), the radio wave fraud notification is performed. A signal is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 83 (S1405), the radio wave flag is set to 1 (S1410), and the process proceeds to S1415. In addition, in the sub integrated control device 83 that has received the radio wave fraud notification signal, the speaker 66 is ringed to notify the surroundings that fraud due to the radio wave is being performed. If no radio wave is detected (S1400: no), the process goes straight to S1415.

  In S1415, it is determined whether or not the magnet detection switch 37 has detected a magnet (line of magnetic force). If the determination is affirmative (S1415: yes), a magnet fraud notification signal is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 83 (S1420). The magnet flag is set to 1 (S1425), and the process is terminated (returned). The sub integrated control device 83 that has received the magnet fraud notification signal rings the speaker 66 to notify the surroundings that fraud by the magnet is being performed. The sound output from the speaker 66 at this time is different from the sound output when the sub integrated control device 83 receives the radio wave fraud notification signal.

  The fraud notification ending process is also started by a timer interrupt, and when it is started, first, in S1450, it is determined whether or not the radio wave flag is 1, and if the determination is affirmative (S1450: yes), radio wave counter update processing is performed (S1455). ). The radio wave counter indicates a period during which the radio wave flag is 1. In the radio wave counter update process (S1455), the period during which the radio wave flag is 1 is measured by updating the value of the radio wave counter. In subsequent S1460, based on the value of the radio wave counter, it is determined whether or not the period during which the radio wave flag is 1 has elapsed for one minute or longer. If the determination is affirmative (S1460: yes), a radio wave fraud notification stop signal is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 83 (S1465), the radio wave flag is cleared (0) (S1470), and the process proceeds to S1475. In addition, the sub integrated control device 83 that has received the radio fraud notification stop signal stops the sound output from the speaker 66 in order to notify the surroundings that the radio fraud has been performed. If the radio wave flag is not 1 (S1450: no), or if the radio wave flag is 1 and 1 minute has not passed yet (S1460: no), the process goes straight to S1475.

  In S1475, it is determined whether or not the magnet flag is 1. If the determination is affirmative (S1475: yes), magnet counter update processing is performed (S1480). The magnet counter indicates a period during which the magnet flag is 1, and in the j-scale counter update process (S1480), the period during which the magnet flag is 1 is measured by updating the value of the magnet counter. In subsequent S1485, based on the value of the magnet counter, it is determined whether or not the period during which the magnet flag is 1 has elapsed for one minute or longer. In the case of an affirmative determination (S1485: yes), a magnet fraud notification stop signal is transmitted to the sub-integrated control device 83 (S1490), the magnet flag is cleared (0) (S1495), and this process is terminated (returned). The sub integrated control device 83 that has received the magnet fraud notification stop signal stops the sound output from the speaker 66 in order to notify the surroundings that fraud by the magnet has been performed. If the magnet flag is not 1 (S1475: no), or if the magnet flag is 1 and 1 minute has not passed yet (S1485: no), the process is terminated.

The winning abnormality monitoring process shown in FIG. 28 differs from the winning abnormality monitoring process (FIG. 18) of the first embodiment in that it is first determined whether or not both the radio wave flag and the magnet flag are 0 when activated. . When an affirmative determination is made (S1500: yes), that is, when both the radio wave flag and the magnet flag are 0, the same process as the winning abnormality monitoring process (FIG. 18) of the first embodiment is performed. If a negative determination is made (S1500: no), that is, if at least one of the radio wave flag and the magnet flag is 1, this process is terminated. In other words, when there is a high possibility that fraud by radio waves or fraud by magnets is being performed, the fraud notification processing shown in FIG. Although fraud due to radio waves or fraud due to magnets may cause much more damage than fraud due to nail adjustment, by performing the winning abnormality monitoring process shown in FIG. 28, fraud due to nail adjustment is handled incorrectly. Can be prevented. If there is a low possibility that fraud due to radio waves or fraud due to magnets is being performed, fraud due to nail adjustment can be detected in the same manner as the pachinko machine 50 of the first embodiment.
In addition, when one minute has passed the operation of notifying the fraud by radio waves or the fraud by magnets, the notification operations are stopped by the fraud notification end processing, so that the fraud due to nail adjustment can be detected again.

Here, the correspondence between the configuration of the present embodiment and the configuration requirements of the present invention is shown. However, those having the same correspondence as the first embodiment are omitted. The processes of S1510, S1515, S1520, and S1530 correspond to the “entrance abnormality determination means” of the present invention, and the process that is negatively determined in S1545 and reaches S1555 corresponds to the “nailing adjustment abnormality determination means” of the present invention. The process of S1315 corresponds to the “impossible state generating means” of the present invention, the process of S1550 corresponds to the “intrusion abnormality warning means” of the present invention, and the processes of S1405 and S1420 are “illegal” of the modification of the present invention. The processing of S1540 corresponding to “warning means” and affirmatively determined in S1530 corresponds to “warning flag setting means” of the present invention, and the radio wave detection switch 38 and the magnet detection switch 37 are “illegal” of the modification of the present invention. It corresponds to “detection sensor”. Note that the process from S1545 to which a negative determination is made and to S1555 corresponds to the “abnormal flag setting means” of the present invention.
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  In the first embodiment, the third embodiment, and the fourth embodiment, the abnormal flag is set to 1 when the winning counter for 10 minutes exceeds 150. However, the abnormal flag is set to 1 for 10 minutes. It may be only when the state where the winning counter is 100 to 150 times continues three times. In this way, it is possible to detect only fraud due to nail adjustment. Of course, the values such as 10 times, 3 times (threshold value of abnormal counter value), 100 times, and 150 times should be changed according to the specifications of the pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied.

  In the second embodiment, when the winning counter for 10 minutes exceeds 100, an abnormal warning command is transmitted to the sub integrated control device 83 (S1015: yes to S1020). If the winning counter for 10 minutes exceeds 150, the sub integrated control device 83 may be changed to a process for issuing a command for performing the display disable process.

  In the fourth embodiment, the fraud notification operation (S1405, S1420) is performed when fraud due to radio waves or magnets occurs. In the prize abnormality monitoring process (FIG. 28), the prize counter is more than 150 in 10 minutes. If the value exceeds a larger value (for example, 200), it may be configured that the fraud notification operation is performed on the assumption that the fraud caused by radio waves or magnets has occurred. In addition, the radio wave fraud notification operation performed when radio fraud is being performed is a sound output from the speaker 66. Instead of this (or in addition to this), the lamp 26 is blinked or light is emitted. The color may be changed, or the warning image may be displayed on the effect symbol display device 6. The magnet fraud notification operation performed when the magnet fraud is being performed may be similarly changed.

  In any of the above embodiments, the period for counting the winning counter is fixed at 10 minutes, but it may be changed according to the specifications of the gaming machine and the game situation. The game situation can include, for example, while the reserved memory is full, during reach fluctuation, during suspension of suspension, or during suspension of launch. If these situations occur, it is conceivable to stop counting for 10 minutes. In these gaming situations, there is a high possibility that the game ball will not be fired. In this way, even if fraud due to nail adjustment occurs, the increase in the winning counter can be suppressed, so there is a possibility that fraud due to nail adjustment cannot be detected. When configured as described above, the measurement of the predetermined time is stopped during a period when the game ball is not being fired (or a period when the game ball is not likely to be fired), so it is possible to reliably detect excessive winnings due to incorrect nail adjustment. It becomes possible.

  In any of the above-described embodiments, the abnormality flag is stored in an area that is not cleared even if the RAM clear operation is performed. However, it is also conceivable that the abnormality flag can be cleared by the RAM clear operation. This makes it possible to clear the set abnormality flag in the case where the winning rate is increased due to an incorrect nail adjustment. Further, the abnormality flag may be cleared by an operation other than the RAM clear operation. In this way, it is possible to deal with a case where the user wants to clear the RAM but does not want to clear the abnormality flag, and conversely, the user does not want to clear the RAM but wants to clear the abnormality flag. Such means for clearing the abnormality flag can be called impossible state canceling means. In addition, it is desirable to seal such a disabled state canceling unit like the main control device 80, rather than making it easily operable. When the disabled state canceling means is operated, it is preferable to leave a trace indicating that the operation has been performed. Moreover, it is good also as a thing provided with the structure (impossible state cancellation | release count means) which counts the frequency | count that this operation was performed. The count result by the disabled state canceling means is configured not to be cleared even if the RAM clear operation is performed, and the disabled state canceling unit is configured not to operate when the counted result reaches a predetermined value. Good. In this way, even if the impossible state canceling means can be operated without leaving the trace by any method, it becomes impossible to cancel the disabled state when the counting result reaches the predetermined value. Therefore, abnormal nail adjustment can be prevented.

  In the first embodiment and the second embodiment, when the abnormality flag becomes 1, a notification impossible operation is performed in the pachinko machine 50 by generating an inoperable state. Instead, (or in addition to the pachinko machine 50), the notification operation may be performed outside the pachinko machine 50. This embodiment is shown in FIG. When the abnormality flag is set to 1 in the main controller 80 (or when it is determined that an irregularity due to nail adjustment has occurred by a configuration or method other than those described above), an external connection terminal is connected from the main controller 80. Abnormal information is transmitted to the hall computer 87 via the board 78. The abnormality information includes information for identifying the transmitted pachinko machine 50 (for example, a unique number that can identify each pachinko machine 50 such as a machine number). The hall computer 87 determines from which pachinko machine 50 the abnormality information has been transmitted, performs a notification operation to the pachinko hall manager, and indicates that the abnormality information has been generated, together with the time at which the abnormality information was received. Or record. With this configuration, fraud using nail adjustment can be centrally managed by the hall computer 87.

  Furthermore, the abnormality information thus transmitted to the hall computer 87 may be transmitted to the external organization 100 outside the pachinko hall using a network such as a telephone line, a wireless line, and the Internet. In this case, it is preferable to include in the abnormality information information identifying which pachinko hall is abnormal information. Note that the abnormality information may be transmitted directly from the pachinko machine 50 to the external engine 100 without using the hall computer 87. Examples of external organizations include the National Police Agency and companies that operate pachinko halls. With this configuration, the external engine 100 can detect fraud using nail adjustment. Here, the process of transmitting the abnormality information to the hall computer 87 corresponds to the “nail adjustment information transmitting unit” of the modification of the present invention. In addition, since the process itself of transmitting this abnormality information to the hall computer 87 can be regarded as a warning operation, it corresponds to the “nail adjustment warning means” of the modification of the present invention.

  In 2nd Example and 3rd Example, it comprised so that no production | presentation operation | movement using the production | presentation symbol display apparatus 6 might be performed by the display impossibility process (S1060, S1125, S1310), but only the production | presentation symbol is displayed. It may be configured not to display or to display other people's attention. In other words, it may be configured not to be displayed or warning by software, but to be unable to be displayed on the effect symbol display device 6 by hardware. An example of this is shown in FIG. In the configuration shown in FIG. 30, an overcurrent control circuit 638 is provided in the sub integrated control device 83, and the voltage supplied to each part of the sub integrated control device 83 is increased based on a command from the CPU 631 of the sub integrated control device 83. The fuse 639 is configured to allow an excessive current to flow. When the display disable process (S1060 or S1125) of the second embodiment or the display disable process (S1310) of the third embodiment is executed, an overcurrent control circuit 638 is instructed to cause an excessive current to flow through the fuse 639. Fuse 639 is blown. The power supply to the sub integrated control device 83 itself is cut off. Even if configured in this way, the effect image cannot be output to the effect symbol display device 6, and the effect operation using the effect symbol display device 6 becomes impossible at all. It becomes difficult to be established. Therefore, a big penalty can be given to the dishonesty using the nail adjustment.

  Some game machines are called encapsulated, and this encapsulated game machine detects the number of game balls that have been fired (also called the number of fires) and subtracts it from the data on the number of balls, For example, the number of balls is added to the data of the number of balls. The present invention may be applied to such enclosed game machines. In this case, it may be possible to stop determining whether or not a ball entry abnormality has occurred based on the number of start winnings that occurred during a predetermined time (10 minutes in the above embodiment). Instead, it is conceivable to determine whether or not a ball entry abnormality has occurred based on a predetermined number of starting prizes per number of shots. By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to eliminate a state in which a game is not being performed (a vacant seat or a state where only sitting and resting), and it is more accurate whether or not the entry abnormality has occurred. It becomes possible to judge. In addition, since the frequency of game machine launches is defined as 100 shots per minute, detecting the number of balls entered per shot is indirectly based on the number of balls entered within a predetermined time period. (It is assumed that a game ball that cannot reach the game area 3 due to insufficient launch intensity is not considered).

6: Production symbol display device 11: First start port 37: Magnet detection switch 38: Radio wave detection switch 50: Pachinko machine 80: Main control device 83: Sub integrated control device 611: CPU of main control device
615: RAM 1 of the main control device
616: RAM 2 of main controller
635: RAM of the sub integrated control device

Claims (2)

A gaming machine comprising a plurality of nails erected in a game area, and having a ball detection means for detecting a game ball that is injected into the game area and enters the entrance, wherein the ease of entering the ball is improved. In the gaming machine affected by the arrangement and posture of the plurality of nails,
An entrance abnormality determining means for determining whether or not an entrance abnormality has occurred in which a predetermined number or more of game balls enter the entrance in a predetermined time, and
When the number of times it is determined that the entrance abnormality has occurred is more than a predetermined number of times, the entrance abnormality flag setting means for setting the entrance abnormality flag ;
When the entrance abnormality flag is set , an inability state generating means for making the gaming machine in an inaccessible state;
A fraud detection sensor that detects magnetic field lines or radio waves;
A fraud warning means for warning that a magnetic field line or radio wave is detected when the magnetic field line or radio wave is detected by the fraud detection sensor;
With
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the incoming ball abnormality determining means does not execute the determination by the incoming ball abnormality determining means when a line of magnetic force or a radio wave is detected by the fraud detection sensor. A gaming machine comprising a plurality of nails erected in a game area, and having a ball detection means for detecting a game ball that is injected into the game area and enters the entrance, wherein the ease of entering the ball is improved. In the gaming machine affected by the arrangement and posture of the plurality of nails,
An entrance abnormality determining means for determining whether or not an entrance abnormality has occurred in which a predetermined number or more of game balls enter the entrance in a predetermined time, and
When the number of times it is determined that the entrance abnormality has occurred is more than a predetermined number of times, the entrance abnormality flag setting means for setting the entrance abnormality flag;
A disabled state generating means for setting the gaming machine to a disabled state when the entry abnormality flag is set;
A fraud detection sensor that detects magnetic field lines or radio waves;
A fraudulent game flag setting means for setting a fraudulent game flag when magnetic field lines or radio waves are detected by the fraud detection sensor;
With
A gaming machine characterized in that the processing by the illegal game flag setting means is prioritized over the processing by the incoming ball abnormality determining means.

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