JP5885184B2 - Bullet ball machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko game machine, and more particularly to a ball game machine showing a result of a lottery determination with a symbol combination when a plurality of rows of reels are rotationally driven and stopped.

  Conventionally, among the various ball game machines, a so-called first type pachinko game machine is displayed while changing a plurality of symbols in a display area of a display device provided substantially at the center of the game board. (Hereinafter, such display is referred to as “symbol change” or “change display”). This gaming machine shifts to a special game called so-called jackpot where more prize balls can be obtained than a normal game when the combination of symbols when a plurality of rows of symbol variations are stopped becomes a specific mode. Known as a thing. In recent years, a display device composed of a liquid crystal display has become the mainstream as a display device for displaying such a plurality of rows of symbol variations, but there are also devices composed of mechanical display means such as a drum rotary type. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1). The variable display of symbols in the display area is not limited to simply displaying multiple symbols in a variable manner, but the time required for the variable display to be a big hit if one more symbols are aligned, such as the so-called reach screen. For example, an effect is made to increase the player's expectation, such as making it longer. In addition, the player's sense of expectation is enhanced by control of changing the probability to increase the efficiency of transition to special games, shortening the variation time, and shifting to the easy-to-enter state to increase the ease of entering the starting prize opening.

  By the way, there is known a gaming machine including a drum rotation type display device in which a plurality of symbols are arranged along the peripheral surfaces of a plurality of rows of reels, and each reel is individually rotated by a driving means such as a stepping motor. (For example, refer to Patent Document 2 or Patent Document 3). In this type of gaming machine, the lottery result is indicated by a combination of symbols that are stopped on a predetermined active line when the reels of the plurality of rows are stopped.

JP 2006-26449 A JP 2004-141682 A JP 2007-244427 A

  Here, a technique is known that suggests that the result of the lottery determination may be a big hit by executing an effect called “notice”. In general, the effect of the advance notice is executed by displaying on the display an image different from the symbol that is variably displayed in a gaming machine provided with a flat panel display such as a liquid crystal display device. However, in a gaming machine that does not have a display for displaying the effect of the advance notice using a plurality of rows of reels as described above, various images cannot be displayed on the display. Such a notice is not easy to execute.

  Furthermore, when the symbols are variably displayed using a plurality of rows of reels as described above, unlike the case where the images of the symbols are variably displayed on a flat panel display such as a liquid crystal display device, the reels having a plurality of masses are actually used. It is necessary to rotate and stop. When the reel is actually rotated, a certain amount of time is required for the rise time until the desired rotation speed is reached. Further, if the stop is too sudden, the durability of the reel will be affected, so it is necessary to slow down to some extent even during deceleration. When symbols are variably displayed using a plurality of rows of reels as described above, it is necessary to start variation of symbols in consideration of restrictions such as hardware output and durability, and to stop at the next symbol combination.

  On the other hand, for example, when the variation time is determined first, and each of the multiple rows of reels is started and stopped in consideration of the hardware constraints within the variation time, the reels are always varied at the same timing. It may be difficult to start and increase the rotational speed with similar acceleration. However, if it is not possible to start a uniform variation in each symbol variation as described above, the result of the winning lottery such as the variation start timing and the rotational acceleration of the reel, etc. There is a possibility that the gameability after that may be predicted from the rotation status of the reels in a plurality of rows. In this case, for example, there is a case where the player is not interested in the stop symbol immediately after the start of the change of the symbol, and the gameability that should be originally intended is to concentrate on the stop symbol of the reels of multiple rows in the hope of reaching reach. May be lost, which may reduce the fun of the game.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and its main purpose is to provide a so-called advance notice in a gaming machine that shows the result of a lottery by combination of symbols when a plurality of rows of reels are rotationally driven and stopped. The realization is to start changing the symbols in a uniform manner for each symbol change.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a bullet ball game machine according to an aspect of the present invention is provided with a game board on which a game area is formed, a predetermined position in the game area, and the entrance of the game ball is a chance to win or fail A main control device that mainly controls the basic operations of the game including the winning lottery, a sub-control device that mainly controls the staging operations of the game, and a plurality of symbols arranged along the outer periphery. The result of the lottery determination is shown by the combination of symbols when the reels of a plurality of rows are rotated and each of the reels of the plurality of rows is rotationally driven and the symbols are variably displayed and then the reels of the plurality of rows are stopped. A symbol display device. The main control device is a lottery means for executing a lottery lottery upon entering the starting port, and a hold control for holding the result of the lottery up to a predetermined number up to the start of variable display of the symbol corresponding to the lottery lottery If the result of the lottery and the result of the winning / losing lottery is a result indicating a transition to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, and the symbol is stopped and displayed with a symbol combination indicating a transition to a special game, A special game control means for executing a game, a stop symbol determination means for determining a combination of symbols indicating the result of the lottery determination, a variation pattern determination means for determining a variation pattern in which a variation time of the symbol is determined, and a plurality of columns After displaying the symbols in a variable manner by controlling the rotational drive of the reel, there is a symbol display control means for stopping and displaying the symbols in the selected symbol combination. The sub-control device has an effect execution means for executing the effect together with the symbol variation display. The stop symbol determination means holds the result of the second winning / failing lottery triggered by entering the starting port before entering the ball when there is a starting ball, and the predetermined notice If the display condition is satisfied, the second winning / failing lottery is determined based on whether or not the result of the first winning / losing lottery is a result of shifting to the special game so as to suggest the possibility of shifting to the special game. It is determined that the symbol is variably stopped in a notice stop mode that is a predetermined stop mode of the symbol indicating the result. When the notice stop mode is determined, the change pattern determining means determines a change pattern for displaying the symbols in a variably manner and stopping the change in the notice stop mode based on the notice stop mode. When the notice stop mode is determined, the symbol display control means displays the symbols in a variation pattern determined to change and stop in the notice stop mode, stops the display in the notice stop mode, and then stops the first display. The symbol is stopped and displayed with the symbol combination indicating the result of the winning / losing lottery.

  Here, the special game control means may execute the special game when the symbol is stopped and displayed on the “active line” with the symbol combination indicating the transition to the special game. Here, the “effective line” means a line in which symbols provided on each reel are arranged when a plurality of rows of reels are stopped, and in order to notify or suggest a result of the lottery by a combination of symbols arranged on the reels. It may be a line used for. One “effective line” may be provided, or a plurality of “effective lines” may be provided. When a plurality of effective lines are provided, three effective lines arranged in parallel to the direction orthogonal to the extending direction of the plurality of rows of reels and two effective lines arranged obliquely with respect to the extending direction of the plurality of rows of reels And five effective lines (fibrin) may be provided. The “design” may be a so-called decorative design.

  The “main control device” may be a device that mainly controls basic operations such as a control relating to the appearance, such as a lottery process and a special symbol display process that directly indicates the lottery result. The “sub-control device” may be a device that mainly controls the staging operation based on information received from the main control device. The communication between the main control device and the sub control device may be configured to be one-way communication from the main control device to the sub control device, and the main control device relates to the progress of the game to the sub control device. Game information may be transmitted. The “game information relating to the progress of the game” may include information indicating a game state in progress, such as probability change and time reduction, which will be described later. Moreover, you may include the information which shows lottery results, such as a success / failure lottery. Furthermore, information on the presence / absence of symbol variation and variation pattern when symbol variation is in progress may be included.

  The “notice stop mode” may be, for example, “123” and “456”, in which numerical symbols are arranged in ascending or descending order. Alternatively, it may be a symbol combination represented by a specific arrangement such as “135” and “246” arranged in an odd number of symbols or an even number of symbols.

  According to this aspect, what is called a notice can be realized using a plurality of rows of reels. In addition, by setting the fluctuation pattern to stop the fluctuation in the notice stop mode in advance so that a uniform fluctuation start can be realized, the result of the lottery or the subsequent playability can be determined by the player. It is possible to avoid being grasped from the aspect.

  The stop symbol determining means has a plurality of notice stop modes and a display order thereof, and continuously stops the symbols in each of the plurality of notice stop modes across a plurality of variations of the symbols according to the display order. There is a possibility that the result of the first success / failure lottery is a result indicating the transition to the special game by holding the notice display pattern and the symbols being fluctuated and stopped in each of the plurality of notice stop modes according to the continuous notice display pattern. Based on whether or not the result of the first winning / failing lottery is a result of shifting to the special game, it is decided to display the symbols in accordance with the continuous notice display pattern. When there is an entry to the ball, the results of the multiple second lottery lottery triggered by multiple balls entering the starting port before the ball is held and a predetermined continuous notice display If the condition is satisfied, it is determined that the symbols are displayed in a variable manner according to the continuous notice display pattern. In a combination of symbols indicating the result of the first winning / failing lottery after each of the plurality of second winning / losing lottery results is displayed by stopping and displaying the symbols in each of the plurality of notice stoppage modes in accordance with the determined display order. The symbol may be stopped and displayed.

  “Multiple notice stop modes” are, for example, “123”, “456”, etc., a first symbol combination in which numerical symbols are arranged in ascending or descending order, and a numerical symbol in ascending or descending order so as to be continuous with the first symbol combination. A second symbol combination may be included. The “display order defined in the continuous notice display pattern” is a display order in which the second symbol combination is displayed from the first symbol combination, for example, “456” is displayed after “123”. Also good.

  According to this aspect, the advance notice can be executed over a plurality of symbol variations. For this reason, the player can be more focused on the advance notice. At this time, for example, in accordance with the continuous notice display pattern based on the result of the lottery for lottery so as to suggest that the more the “several changes of the symbols” in the continuous notice display pattern, the higher the possibility of shifting to the special game. Symbol variation may be performed. Thereby, it is possible to make the player think that “I want the symbols to be stopped more times in the notice stop mode”, and to raise the player when the symbols are suspended in the notice stop mode.

  The variation pattern determining means holds a plurality of variation pattern tables in which the correspondence relationship with the result of the success / failure lottery is determined for each gaming state, and refers to the variation pattern table selected according to the gaming state from the variation pattern table. A variation pattern corresponding to the result of the lottery determination is selected, and a plurality of variation pattern tables are selected in addition to a normal pattern table that is determined to be referred to in a normal state during a normal game. It may further include a special pattern table in which the correspondence relationship is determined so that the tendency is different. When the advance notice stop mode is determined, a special pattern table may be referenced to select a variation pattern for displaying the design in a variably manner and stopping the change in the advance stop mode.

  Since the special pattern table can select a special variation pattern that is not selected when referring to the normal pattern table, the correspondence relationship is defined so that the variation pattern selection tendency differs from that of the normal pattern table. May be. According to this aspect, when the symbol is stopped in the notice stop mode, the notice is realized by selecting, for example, a special variation pattern in which a variation time capable of realizing a uniform change start of the symbol is selected. It is possible to prevent the player from grasping the result of the lottery determination or the subsequent gameability from the rotation mode of the reel.

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

  According to the ball game machine of the present invention, in the gaming machine that shows the result of the lottery determination by the combination of symbols when a plurality of rows of reels are rotationally driven and stopped, a so-called advance notice is realized and each symbol variation is uniform. The pattern can be started to fluctuate in a typical manner.

It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the front side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the back side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the pachinko game machine in a present Example. It is a figure which shows typically a success / failure determination table. It is a figure which shows typically the prior success determination table referred by prior advance determination. It is a figure which shows a symbol determination table typically. It is a figure which shows typically the prior symbol determination table referred by prior symbol determination. It is a figure which shows a fluctuation pattern table typically. It is a figure which shows typically the prior pattern determination table referred by prior pattern determination. It is a figure which shows the fluctuation pattern table for deviation in detail. (A) is a perspective view of a reel unit, and (b) is a perspective view of a reel device constituting the reel unit. It is a disassembled perspective view of a reel apparatus. It is explanatory drawing showing the structure of a reel unit. It is a schematic diagram which shows the detection method by a position detection sensor. It is explanatory drawing which shows the correspondence of the arrangement | sequence of the symbol in each reel, and a symbol number. It is a figure which shows an example of the notice change which concerns on a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the basic operation | movement process in a pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart which shows the winning process of S10 in FIG. 17 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the prior determination process of S28 in FIG. 18 in detail. FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing in detail a notice execution determination process in S54 in FIG. It is a figure which shows a notice execution lottery table. It is a figure which shows the example of a change of a stop symbol combination and a fluctuation pattern in the case of performing a notice. It is a flowchart which shows the whole process of the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the special game control process of S16 in FIG. 17 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the release process of S100 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the closing process of S102 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the small hit game control process of S17 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the release process of S160 in FIG. 27 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows in detail the closing process of S162 in FIG.

  The pachinko gaming machine of the present embodiment has a gaming property equivalent to the conventional type 1 pachinko gaming machine, and in order to realize the gaming property, a start winning opening, a special symbol display device, a holding lamp, and a reel unit are provided. Prepare. That is, this pachinko gaming machine includes a so-called drum rotation type display device, and the display device includes a plurality of rows of reels having a pattern arranged on the peripheral surface, and a motor that can individually drive each reel. It is configured as a unit. When the game ball enters the start winning opening, a winning / losing lottery is executed, and when the winning / losing lottery result is a “hit”, a special game in which the large winning opening is repeatedly opened and closed is started. When a big prize opening is opened and a game ball enters, a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out each time, and the player can obtain a large profit. The result of the lottery determination is displayed as a combination of three symbols.

  In such a gaming machine that is not provided with a display for displaying a notice effect, it is not easy to execute such notice because various images cannot be displayed on the display. Furthermore, when trying to change the symbol combination before the change from the symbol combination before the change within the determined change time to the symbol combination after the change that should be stopped and displayed next, due to the above hardware restrictions, it is uniform. It may be difficult to start changing the symbol in various forms. In this case, depending on the symbol variation start mode, that is, the reel rotation start mode, the result of the winning / losing lottery or the subsequent gameability may be predicted, and the interest of the game may be reduced. For this reason, the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment has been devised to solve such problems. Hereinafter, such a configuration will be described.

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

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

  The game board 50 has an out port 58, a reel unit 60, a start winning port (hereinafter referred to as "start port") 62, a center decoration 64, and a grand prize on a game area 52 defined by an outer rail 54 and an inner rail 56. It includes a port 66, an operation port 68, and a general winning port 72. Furthermore, in the game area 52, a plurality of mechanisms such as a game nail and a windmill (not shown) are installed.

  The starting port 62 is a starting port that triggers the entrance of a game ball to perform a lottery determination. The starting port 62 is provided in the starting port 62 and a start winning detection device 74 for detecting the entrance of a game ball. A normal electric accessory solenoid 76 for expanding the expansion mechanism 63 (so-called electric tulip) is provided. The expansion mechanism 63 is composed of two blade members provided at the upper part of the opening of the start port 62, and has a narrow opening width that allows only a game ball falling from just above the start port 62 to enter when closed. Become. On the other hand, when the expansion mechanism 63 is expanded and opened, the opening width of the start port 62 is widened, and not only the start port 62 but also a game ball falling in the vicinity thereof can be guided to the start port 62 and can enter. Ease is improved. This lottery determination is a lottery for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, and is executed every time there is a ball entering the start port 62. The start winning detection device 74 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the start port 62, and generates start win information indicating the winning at the time of entering.

  The general winning opening 72 includes a general winning detecting device 73 for detecting the entering of a game ball. The general winning detection device 73 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the general winning opening 72, and generates general winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning.

  The special winning opening 66 includes a winning detection device 78 for detecting the entry of a game ball and a special winning opening solenoid 80 for opening the special winning opening 66. The winning detection device 78 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the big winning opening 66, and generates big winning opening winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning. The big winning opening 66 is a horizontal rectangular winning opening that is opened as a “big hit” in a special game started when the special symbol 190 stops in a predetermined manner. The big winning opening 66 is provided at a position above the out opening 58, for example. The number of the big winning openings 66 is not limited to a single arrangement, and a plurality of large winning openings 66 may be installed and used depending on the gaming state or the like. The winning detection device 78 of the big winning opening 66 includes a sensor that detects the passage of a game ball.

  The reel unit 60 is a drum-rotating display device that is provided substantially at the center of the game area 52 and displays the special symbol 190 in a variable manner. The special symbol 190 is a symbol for visually rendering the result display of the winning / failing lottery. The reel unit 60 includes, as the special symbol 190, a plurality of rows of reels that fluctuate a plurality of rows simulating a slot machine game, and a stepping motor as drive means that can individually drive the reels. In this embodiment, three rows of reels are provided to vary the three symbols of the left symbol 191, the middle symbol 193, and the right symbol 195, and "0" to "9" are provided along the outer peripheral surface of each reel. Numeric symbols are arranged. Details of the reel unit 60 will be described later.

  In this embodiment, the surfaces of the three rows of reels 206 are exposed so that only one symbol is visible to the player when stopped. At this time, each of the three rows of reels 206 is arranged so that three symbols are arranged in the horizontal direction. A horizontal line passing through the center of each of these three symbols is an effective line L. The reel unit 60 notifies the player of the result of the lottery by the symbol combination stopped and displayed on the active line L.

  In this embodiment, there is only one effective line as described above, but a plurality of effective lines may be provided. When a plurality of effective lines are provided, three effective lines arranged in parallel to the direction orthogonal to the extending direction of the plurality of rows of reels and two effective lines arranged obliquely with respect to the extending direction of the plurality of rows of reels And five effective lines (fibrin) may be provided.

  The operation port 68 is provided at the left side position of the game board 50. The operation port 68 includes a passage detection device 69. The passage detection device 69 is a sensor that detects the passage of the game ball to the operation port 68, and generates passage information indicating the passage at the time of passage. The passage of the game ball to the operation port 68 triggers an open lottery that determines whether or not the expansion mechanism 63 is expanded. When the game ball passes through the operation port 68, a normal symbol, which is a symbol indicating the result of the open lottery, is variably displayed on the normal symbol display device 59. Therefore, the open lottery is also called “ordinary symbol lottery”. The normal symbol display device 59 in this embodiment is composed of two lamps for convenience, and the display state of the normal symbols is expressed by which of these lamps is lit. For example, when the first lamp is turned off and the second lamp is hit, the normal symbol fluctuation display is expressed by alternately turning on and off, and finally one of the lights is turned on. A stop symbol of a normal symbol is expressed by being stopped in the state.

  The normal symbol display device 59 is provided at the lower right of the reel unit 60. After a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the change, the normal symbol change display stops. At this time, in the normal state, the normal symbol stops at the winning symbol with a low probability of, for example, about 1/256, and in the easy entry state described later, the normal symbol is in the winning symbol with a high probability of, for example, about 250/256. Stop. When the normal symbol stops at the winning symbol, the expansion mechanism 63 is expanded for a predetermined time. The opening time of the spreading mechanism 63 is, for example, 0.1 seconds in the normal state, and 6 seconds in the easy entry state.

  A center ornament 64 is provided around the reel unit 60. The center decoration 64 has functions such as a flow path of the game ball, protection of the reel unit 60, and decoration. The special symbol hold display device 20 is provided at the lower left portion of the game area 52, and the normal symbol hold display device 22 is provided below the normal symbol display device 59 at the lower right portion of the game area 52, which is the symmetrical position. ing.

  The special symbol hold display device 20 is composed of four lamps, and displays the number of lottery holds depending on the number of lights. The number of lottery holds is the number of lottery results won to the start port 62 during symbol variation or special game, and indicates the number of winning balls for which symbol variation has not yet been executed. When the number of lottery holds is three, the symbol variation time in the case of a loss is shortened from the normal time in order to increase game efficiency (hereinafter also referred to as “shortening variation”). Similarly, when the number of pending lottery holds is 4, in order to further increase the game efficiency, the symbol variation time in the case of losing is further shortened than in the case of the above 3 (hereinafter also referred to as “super shortened variation”). ).

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

  Game effect lamps 90 are provided above and below the reel unit 60, respectively. The operation button 82 is an operation input unit that is operated by the player to input a predetermined instruction to the gaming machine, and changes are made to the contents of the effect according to the contents of the operation input. The operation button 82 is provided on the outer wall surface near the upper ball tray 15. Although the operation button 82 in this embodiment is composed of one button, it may be composed of a plurality of buttons and direction instruction buttons such as a cross key.

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

  When the game ball falls into the start port 62, the special symbol 190 is variably displayed on the reel unit 60. The variation display of the special symbol 190 is stopped after the lapse of the variation display time determined prior to the display. The special symbol 190 is variably displayed according to a variation pattern in which a variation mode from the start to the end of the variation is determined. A plurality of types of variable patterns are prepared, each of which has various variable times. In the variation pattern, a variation display time is defined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the special symbol 190 is stopped when the variation display time elapses.

  As a variation display of the special symbol 190, first, as the variation starts, the symbols are varied in all three rows like the reel rotation of the slot machine, and when approaching the variation end timing, it is stopped one by one as a final stop mode. The symbol combination is displayed. When the special symbol 190 at the time of the stop becomes a stop mode indicating a big hit, the game shifts to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, and the opening / closing operation of the big winning opening 66 is started. The stop mode of the special symbol 190 indicating the big hit is, for example, a mode of a combination (hit symbol combination) in which three types of symbols match. Hereinafter, when the symbol “symbol” is simply used, it refers to a symbol which is displayed on the reel 206 and constitutes the special symbol 190.

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

  The special game is started by an effect display called a start demonstration effect. After the start demonstration effect is displayed, the special winning opening 66 is opened, and after the opening lasts for about 30 seconds, or after nine or more game balls are dropped, it is temporarily closed. From such opening to closing of the big prize opening 66 is basically called a unit game, but it may be repeated a plurality of short-time opening during one unit game. After the special winning opening 66 is opened and closed or the unit game is repeated a predetermined number of times, for example, 15 times, the special game is ended by an effect display called an end demo effect. Note that the start demonstration effect and the end demonstration effect in the present embodiment are performed by predetermined lighting and blinking display of the game effect lamp 90 and the reel unit 60, which will be described later, and a specific driving mode of the reel. On the other hand, when the winning lottery corresponds to a result called “small hit”, the small hit game is executed. The small hit is a result included as a result of the lottery. The small hit game is a unit game in which the big winning opening 66 is opened in the same manner as the 2R special game. However, the unit game executed as a small hit game is only one time, which is different from a special game in which a plurality of unit games are executed.

  In the normal game after the special game is ended, the variation time of the special symbol 190 which is one of the specific games (hereinafter referred to as “time reduction” as appropriate) is started. The time shortening of the special symbol 190 is a state in which the variation time of the special symbol 190 is shortened compared to the normal state. The fluctuation time of the special symbol 190 is returned to the original fluctuation time after a predetermined fluctuation number of times, for example, 100 fluctuations are displayed, but if the big hit occurs before the fluctuation number is reached, the time reduction ends. Because the time required to change the special symbol 190 is shortened due to the shorter time, the time until the big hit can be shortened compared to the normal state where the symbol changes without changing the normal time. The ease can be relatively increased.

  During the time shortening of the special symbol 190, the easy entry state which is one of the specific games is performed. The easy entry state is a state in which the ease of entering the starting port 62 is enhanced by executing the short time of the normal symbol, the probability variation of the open lottery, and the open extension of the expansion mechanism 63. The normal symbol time reduction is a state in which the variation time of the normal symbol is shortened from the normal state. The probability variation of the open lottery is a state in which the winning probability of the open lottery is higher than the normal state. The opening extension of the spreading mechanism 63 is a state in which the opening time of the spreading mechanism 63 is longer than the normal state. As described above, in the easy entry state, the possibility that the number of fluctuations of the normal symbol per certain time increases as compared to the normal state increases, and the ease of entering the start opening 62 also increases. There is a high possibility that the number of entering will increase. Therefore, due to the shortened time of the special symbol 190 and the easy entry state, the chance to obtain a prize ball by entering the start port 62 increases during the period, so that it is possible to continue playing with almost no decrease in possession. It becomes.

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

  When a special game occurs and the winning stop pattern at that time is in a specific mode, the probability variation game of the winning lottery (hereinafter referred to as “probability change” as appropriate) that is one of the specific games after the end of the special game ) Is further started. During the chance change of the winning / failing lottery, the winning / failing lottery with a higher probability of winning than the normal probability state is performed, and a new special game may occur relatively early. The probability change of the success / failure lottery is continued until the next big hit occurs, but as a modification, it may be configured to end when a predetermined limited number of symbol changes are made. In the present embodiment, when the probability change is started, the time shortening and easy entry state of the special symbol 190 are also started at the same time, but as a modified example, the probability change that does not involve the time reduction or start easy entry state is executed. There may be.

  FIG. 2 shows a basic structure on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine. The power switch 40 is a switch for turning on / off the power of the pachinko gaming machine 10. The main board 102 (main control device) mainly controls the basic operation of the game including the lottery determination, and processes all game operations such as the lottery when winning the start port 62 in particular. The sub-board 104 (sub-control device) mainly controls the staging operations of the game such as lighting of the game effect lamp 90 and sound output from the speaker 18. The main board 102 and the sub board 104 constitute a game control device 100. The back setting mechanism 39 includes a prize ball tank 44, a flow path for prize balls, a payout unit 43 for delivering prize balls. The payout unit 43 pays out the game balls supplied from the winning ball tank 44 to the upper ball tray 15 in accordance with winning in each winning opening. The payout control board 45 controls the payout operation by the payout unit 43. The launching device 46 launches the stored balls in the upper ball tray 15 to the game area 52 one by one. The launch control board 47 controls the launch operation of the launch device 46. The power supply unit 48 supplies power to each part of the pachinko gaming machine 10.

  FIG. 3 shows functional blocks of the pachinko gaming machine 10 in this embodiment. In the pachinko gaming machine 10, the game control device 100 includes a start port 62, a big prize port 66, a general prize port 72, an operation port 68, a reel unit 60, a normal symbol display device 59, an operation button 82, a speaker 18, and a game effect lamp. 90 and the RAM clear switch 92 are electrically connected to each other, and can transmit and receive various control signals. The game control apparatus 100 controls not only the basic operation of the game, but also staging operations such as symbol variation display and electrical decoration. The game control device 100 has a main board 102 (mainly functioning as a “main control device”) that mainly controls basic operations of the game including winning / failing lottery, and a sub board 104 (“sub-board” that mainly controls the stage operations of the game. Function as a “control device”). The game control device 100 is configured by hardware including elements such as a ROM and a RAM for storing data and programs, and a CPU used for arithmetic processing.

  In the present embodiment, the main board 102 is a ball determination unit 110, a winning / failing lottery unit 112, a symbol determination unit 114, a variation pattern determination unit 115, a hold control unit 116, a main display control unit 118, a special game control unit 120, a specific game. An execution unit 122, an opening / closing control unit 124, a main state storage unit 126, and an initialization execution unit 127 are provided. Is provided. The sub board 104 in this embodiment includes a pattern storage unit 130 and an effect execution unit 134. Each functional block included in the main board 102 may be configured such that any one of the functional blocks is mounted on the sub board 104 instead of the main board 102. Similarly, each functional block included in the sub-board 104 may be configured such that any one of them is mounted on the main board 102 instead of the sub-board 104.

  However, since data transmission / reception between the main board 102 and the sub board 104 is unidirectional from the main board 102 to the sub board 104, each operation is performed so that the entire operation is realized by such data transmission / reception in one direction. The configuration is arranged on the main board 102 and the sub board 104. In this way, since the unidirectionality of data transmission from the main board 102 to the sub board 104 is maintained, data cannot be transmitted from the configuration included in the sub board 104 to the configuration included in the main board 102. It is not possible to request data transmission. Therefore, the information generated on the main board 102 cannot be referred to from the sub board 104 unless the main board 102 unilaterally transmits the information to the sub board 104.

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

  The success / failure lottery means 112 obtains, as a success / failure lottery value, a random number value for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game when the starting hole 62 is entered. To do. For example, the success / failure lottery value is acquired from a value range from “0” to “65535”. The “random number” in the present application may not be a mathematically generated random number, but may be a pseudo-random number generated by a hardware random number, a software random number, or the like. The value acquired as the success / failure lottery value by the success / failure lottery means 112 is temporarily held by the hold control means 116. However, the lottery value is held within a range not exceeding the predetermined holding upper limit number.

  The success / failure lottery means 112 holds a plurality of success / failure determination tables referred to in the determination of success / failure. In the plurality of success / failure determination tables, determination results of big hits, small hits and misses, and winning / failing lottery values are associated with each other, and the success / failure probabilities are determined according to the associated jackpot range settings. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to the success / failure determination table based on the normal probability at the normal time, and refers to the success / failure determination table whose winning probability is higher than the normal probability when the probability changes. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to any of the plurality of success / failure determination tables, and determines whether or not the success / failure lottery value is a win.

  The success / failure lottery means 112 acquires a lottery value as an open lottery for determining a normal symbol when the game ball passes through the operation port 68. The success / failure lottery means 112 holds a success / failure table in which the correspondence between the lottery value of the open lottery and the success / failure result is determined, and determines the success / failure result of the open lottery with reference to the success / failure table. In the normal state, the winning / failing table with a probability of 1/256 is referred to, and in the easy entry state, the winning / failing table with a probability of 250/256 is referred to. The lottery value of the normal symbol is temporarily held by the hold control means 116. However, the lottery value is held only when the predetermined hold upper limit number held by the hold control means 116 is not exceeded.

  The success / failure lottery means 112 determines whether or not to shift to the special game or the small hit game based on the success / failure lottery value, and whether or not the lottery value range in the success / failure determination corresponds to the prior / presence Make a decision. The success / failure lottery means 112 holds a success / failure determination table and a prior / failure determination table to be referred to in the determination of success / failure. In addition, in order to distinguish especially the prior / failure determination performed when starting the symbol variation, it is also referred to as “predetermined whether or not the main determination is appropriate”.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing the success / failure determination table. The success / failure determination table in this figure associates determination results of big hits, small hits and misses, and winning / failing lottery values. Depending on the respective range settings, the hit / failure probabilities of big hits and small hits are determined. Is determined. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to the success / failure determination table of FIG. In the success / failure lottery performed by the success / failure lottery means 112, in the normal state, as shown in FIG. 4 (a), only when the success / failure lottery value falls within the range of 0 to 399 is a big hit. At the time of certainty change, as shown in FIG. 4B, the range of the big hit is expanded, and not only when the winning / losing lottery value falls within the range of 0 to 399 but also when the lottery falls within the range of 400 to 2999. Thus, the range corresponding to the big hit changes according to the gaming state. In the case of hitting a big hit, whether it is a 15R big hit or a 2R big hit and whether or not there is a probability change is determined separately according to the stop symbol of the special symbol. In this figure, the single hit / fail judgment table shows the big hit range for both normal time and probability change, but the success / fail judgment table may be prepared separately for normal time and for probability change.

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

  Returning to FIG. 3, the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 is variably displayed on the reel unit 60 in the form of a special symbol. In addition, a special symbol 190 that shows the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 is variably displayed on the reel unit 60. The success / failure lottery means 112 transmits the lottery result corresponding to the symbol fluctuation to the effect execution means 134 together with the symbol fluctuation control command at the timing of starting the symbol fluctuation.

  The winning / failing lottery means 112 executes a pre-winning determination as to which lottery value corresponds to the winning / failing determination as a pre-determination process at the timing of entering the starting port 62, and the determination result is used as the lottery result. To the effect execution means 134. The result of the preliminary determination process is temporarily stored and then transmitted to the effect execution means 134 regardless of whether or not the symbol variation display corresponding to the lottery is immediately started. Therefore, for the sub-board 104 side, a so-called “prefetch” process is realized in which the result of the success / failure can be presumably recognized in advance before the order of the start of symbol variation comes around. As described later, the pre-reading process may be configured to transmit all the information of the determination result of the success / failure determination, the symbol determination, and the pattern determination to the sub-board 104 and use it as the pre-reading process. Alternatively, the sub-board 104 may use only one or two determination results among the received information. In addition, the presence / absence of the received information and the type of information to be used may be determined according to the gaming state such as probability change, time reduction, and easy entry state. Further, as processing in the main board 102, whether or not advance determination is possible, whether or not prior determination results are transmitted, and the type of information for performing prior determination or prior determination result transmission may be appropriately set according to the state of the game.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a prior success / failure determination table referred to in prior advance / failure determination. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to this prior success / failure determination table, and when the success / failure lottery value is “0 to 399”, sets a value of “1” indicating a big hit in the success / failure range as a determination result. In the case where the winning / losing lottery value is “400 to 2999”, a value of “2” indicating that it is out of the normal state but is a big hit if it is in a probable variation state is set as the determining range. When the winning / failing lottery value is “3,000 to 64999”, a value “3” indicating a deviation is set as a determination result. When the winning / losing lottery value is “65000 to 65535”, a value of “4” indicating a small hit is set as the winning / incoming range as a determination result. Every time the hit / no-go lottery means 112 sets the hit / no-go range, the value is sent to the effect execution means 134 together with the number of holds. As a modified example, a relationship in which a plurality of determination results are associated with a single range of success / failure lot values may be defined as a correspondence relationship between the range of success / failure lottery values and the determination result. In this case, there is a possibility that the determination result is different from the actual determination result, but it may be a correspondence that may intentionally set an incorrect determination result that does not necessarily match the actual determination result.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the symbol determination unit 114 determines the stop symbol at the start of symbol variation based on the symbol lottery value acquired separately and the result of the determination of success / failure, and the symbol lottery value corresponds to any symbol range. The prior symbol determination is executed. The symbol determination means 114 holds a plurality of symbol determination tables and a prior symbol determination table that are referred to in order to determine a special symbol stop symbol. The symbol determination means 114 refers to a symbol determination table that differs depending on the determination result. In addition, in order to distinguish the symbol determination performed in starting symbol variation especially from prior symbol determination, it is also referred to as “symbol determination as the main determination” as appropriate.

  The symbol determining unit 114 includes a special symbol determining unit 150 and a general symbol determining unit 152. The special figure determination means 150 determines the symbol combination to be variably stopped on the active line by the reels 206 in three rows according to the result of the lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112. The special symbol determination means 150 holds a symbol determination table to be referred to in order to determine a special symbol stop symbol. The special symbol determination means 150 acquires a symbol lottery value for determining a special symbol, and determines a stop symbol of the special symbol according to the determination result of the success / failure lottery means 112 and the symbol lottery value.

  The normal symbol determining means 152 determines the stop symbol of the normal symbol to be displayed on the normal symbol display device 59 according to the result of the open lottery by the winning / failing lottery means 112. The normal symbol determining means 152 determines the stop symbol of the normal symbol in accordance with the result of the open lottery in order to display the result of the open lottery on the normal symbol display device 59 in the form of a normal symbol. When the determined stop symbol becomes a predetermined symbol, it is determined that the normal symbol is a hit, and after the change display of the normal symbol is stopped at the stop symbol, the opening / closing control means 124 expands the start port 62. The opening mechanism 63 is expanded for a predetermined time. The symbol determining unit 114 sends data indicating the determined stop symbol to the effect executing unit 134.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing a symbol determination table. FIG. 6A is a symbol determination table that is referred to when the determination result is a big hit, and FIG. 6B is a symbol determination table that is referred to when the determination result is a small hit. The special figure determination means 150 holds FIG. 6 (a), FIG. 6 (b), and a symbol determination table (not shown) to be referred to when the determination result is not correct. The special symbol determining means 150 refers to these symbol determination tables in symbol determination. Each symbol determination table defines a correspondence between a special symbol represented by a combination of numbers such as “111” and “331” and a symbol lottery value. The types of special symbols are respectively associated with determination results of big hits, small hits, and missed hits.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, combinations of numbers “111” to “999” of the special symbol 190 are associated with the jackpot. Among them, “odd combination of odd-numbered eyes” of “111”, “333”, “555”, “777”, and “999” is associated with a 15R jackpot with probability variation. In addition, “222”, “444”, “666”, and “888” “odd odd combinations” of the special symbol 190 are associated with 15R jackpots that are not accompanied by a probability change. In addition, “331”, “553”, and “775” are associated with 2R jackpots with certainty.

  As shown in FIG. 6B, the special symbols “331”, “553”, and “775” are associated with the small hits. In this way, the special symbol 190 associated with the small hit is the same as the special symbol 190 associated with the 2R big hit with certainty. This is in order to avoid determining whether 2R big hit or small hit with certainty is confirmed by checking the special symbol 190. The special symbol 190 associated with the small hit may not be the same as the special symbol 190 associated with the 2R big hit with certainty.

  The special figure determining means 150 also holds a table (not shown) that is referred to when the result of the determination is wrong. In the symbol determination table, for example, symbol combinations other than those of the doublet and the reach mode, such as “138” and “592,” and combinations other than those associated with the 2R big hit and small hit, It is associated with a lottery value. In this embodiment, since there are three rows of reels 206 on which symbols of numbers 1 to 9 are arranged, the number of symbol combinations is 9 × 9 × 9 = 729, from which 15R big hit, 2R big hit Even if the combination of symbols for small hits is excluded, the number is more than 256 which is the number of symbol lottery values. For this reason, the special figure determination means 150 holds a symbol determination table in which the correspondence between more than 256 symbol lottery values and each symbol combination is determined in the case where the result of the winning / failing lottery is out of place. Also good. The special figure determination means 150 may execute a lottery that can acquire more than 256 symbol lottery values if the result of the lottery determination is unsuccessful, and further determine a symbol combination by referring to this symbol determination table. Good.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically illustrating a prior symbol determination table referred to in prior symbol determination. The symbol determination means 114 refers to this pre-symbol determination table when the success / failure lottery value corresponds to the jackpot. When the symbol lottery value is “0 to 99”, the value “1” indicating that is set in the symbol range as the determination result, and when the symbol lottery value is “100 to 149” “2” indicating that fact "Is set in the symbol range as the determination result. When the symbol lottery value is “150 to 255”, the value “3” indicating that is set in the symbol range as the determination result. Each time the symbol determining unit 114 sets the symbol range as described above, the symbol determining unit 114 transmits the value to the effect executing unit 134 together with the number of suspensions. Note that when the winning / no-win lottery value falls out or hits a small hit, the table in this figure is not referred to, and a value of “4”, for example, may be set in the symbol range as a value indicating a loss or a small hit. Alternatively, even if the winning / losing lottery value falls outside or corresponds to a small hit, the symbol range is set according to the table of this figure, and it is later determined whether the determination result should be taken into consideration based on the setting of the winning / failing range on the sub-board 104 side. Good. Or nothing may be set.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the variation pattern determining means 115 determines the main variation pattern from among a plurality of variation patterns in which the variation time of the special symbol 190 is determined, based on a separately obtained pattern lottery value. This is sent to the display control means 118. The variation pattern determination means 115 determines a variation pattern of the symbol variation with reference to the variation pattern table when the symbol variation is started. In addition, the variation pattern determination unit 115 performs a prior pattern determination as to which variation pattern range the pattern lottery value corresponds to. The variation pattern determination means 115 holds a variation pattern table and a prior pattern determination table that are referred to for determining a variation pattern. In the variation pattern, a variation time from a variation start to a stop when the special symbol is variably displayed is determined, and has various variation times depending on the type. That is, for each variation pattern, a variation display time is defined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the special symbol is stopped when the variation display time elapses. It should be noted that the variation pattern determination executed when starting the symbol variation is also referred to as “variation pattern determination as the main determination” as appropriate in order to distinguish it from the prior pattern determination.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the special figure determining means 150 determines a symbol combination to be variably stopped on the active line by the three rows of reels 206. This determination method will be described later.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically showing the variation pattern table. The variation pattern determining means 115 refers to the variation pattern table of this figure in the variation pattern determination as the main determination. The variation pattern determining means 115 refers to the variation pattern table for removal shown in FIG. 8A when the result of the determination is wrong. When the determination result is a 15R jackpot, the fluctuation pattern table for 15R jackpot shown in FIG. 8B is referred to. When the determination result is 2R big hit or small hit, the 2R big hit and small hit variation pattern table shown in FIG. 8C is referred to.

  In FIG. 8A, the pattern lottery values 0 to 10 are associated with a super reach “super 1”, and the pattern lottery values 11 to 20 are associated with a super reach “super 2”. The pattern lottery values 21 to 255 are associated with any variation pattern of “normal 1”, “normal 2”, and “no reach”. As described above, when the result of the determination is wrong, any one of super reach, normal reach, and no reach may be selected. In the variation pattern table for detachment, when a variation pattern of “no reach” is selected, a different table is referred to so that a variation pattern having a shorter variation time than the normal state is selected in the short time state. Further, the deviation variation pattern table is defined such that the column to be referred to is different for each number of reservations, and details of the normal state will be described with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 8B, the super lot of “super 1” is associated with the pattern lottery values 0 to 120, and the super reach of “super 2” is associated with the pattern lottery values 121 to 240. The pattern lottery values 241 to 250 are associated with the reach of “normal 1”, and the pattern lottery values 251 to 255 are associated with the reach of “normal 2”. As described above, when the determination result is 15R big hit, the variation pattern with reach is selected. In FIG. 8C, all pattern lottery values 0 to 255 are associated with “no reach”.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically illustrating a prior pattern determination table referred to in prior pattern determination. The variation pattern determining means 115 refers to the table of FIG. 9A when the result is wrong, and when the pattern lottery value is “0 to 10”, the value “1” indicating that is used as the determination result. Set to the pattern range. When the pattern lottery value is “11 to 20”, the value “2” indicating that is set in the pattern range as the determination result. When the pattern lottery value is “21 to 255”, the value “3” indicating that is set in the pattern range as the determination result.

  The variation pattern determination means 115 refers to the table of FIG. 9B when the result is a 15R big hit, and when the pattern lottery value is “0 to 120”, the value “4” indicating that is determined as the determination result. Set the pattern range as. When the pattern lottery value is “121 to 240”, the value “5” indicating that is set in the pattern range as the determination result. When the pattern lottery value is “241 to 250”, the value “6” indicating that is set in the pattern range as the determination result. When the pattern lottery value is “251 to 255”, the value “7” indicating that is set in the pattern range as the determination result.

  The variation pattern determining means 115 refers to the table of FIG. 9C when the result is a 2R big hit or a small hit, and indicates whether the pattern lottery value is “0 to 255”. The value “8” shown is set in the pattern range as the determination result. Whenever the pattern range is set as described above, the fluctuation pattern determination unit 115 transmits the value to the effect execution unit 134 together with the number of the suspension.

  The variation pattern determining means 115 determines a variation pattern in which a variation time for variably displaying the symbols arranged on the reel 206 on the effective line is defined. A method for determining the variation pattern will be described later. Further, the fluctuation pattern determining means 115 determines the fluctuation display time of the normal symbol. In the normal state, the variable display time is determined to be 60 seconds, and in the easy entry state, the variable display time is determined to be 6 seconds.

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

  The main display control means 118 includes special figure display control means 156 and general figure display control means 158. The special figure display control means 156 controls the rotational driving of the reels 206 in a plurality of rows, thereby variably displaying the symbols on the reel 206 as the fluctuation display of the special symbol 190 according to the fluctuation pattern determined by the fluctuation pattern determination means 115. After that, the reel unit 60 stops and displays the symbols in the selected symbol combination, and displays the lottery result by the winning / failing lottery means 112. The special symbol display control means 156 sets a new symbol variation start condition that the symbol variation display corresponding to the success / failure lottery made before that time has ended. The special figure display control means 156 transmits a fluctuation start command and a fluctuation stop command to the effect execution means 134 at the timing of starting and stopping the fluctuation display of the special symbol 190. When transmitting the variation start command, the values indicating the determined determination result, stop symbol, and variation pattern are transmitted to the effect execution means 134 together with the variation start command. When transmitting the variation stop command, a value indicating the stop symbol is transmitted to the effect execution means 134 together with the variation stop command. Thereby, the fluctuation display by the special figure display control means 156 and the effect operation by the effect execution means 134 are synchronized, and the interlock is maintained. The normal symbol display control means 158 causes the normal symbol display device 59 to display the result of the normal symbol lottery as a normal symbol variation display.

  The special game control means 120 indicates that the special game operation condition is established when the special symbol 190 is stopped in a predetermined big hit mode when the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112 results in the transition to the special game. A special game is executed by determining and opening the special winning opening 66. The special game is a game in which the opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 66 is continuously performed a plurality of times, and is configured by a plurality of unit games with one opening / closing as a unit. Special games include a 15R jackpot that repeats a unit game 15 times and a 2R jackpot that repeats a unit game that has a shorter opening time than the 15R jackpot only twice. In the case of 15R jackpot, in principle, the big winning opening 66 is opened for about 30 seconds in one unit game. In the case of 2R big hit, the big winning opening 66 is opened for about 0.5 seconds in one unit game. The special game control means 120 ends the special game when the set round number of unit games is exhausted. Even in the case of 2R big hit, if the predetermined condition is satisfied, the big winning opening 66 may be opened in the same manner as the 15R big hit.

  The specific game executing means 122 controls the normal game in the probability changing state, the short time state, and the easy-to-enter state. The specific game execution means 122 shifts the game state to the time-saving state and the easy-to-enter state after the end of the special game. On the other hand, the transition to the probability variation state after the end of the special game is limited to the case where the symbol determined by the symbol determination means 114 is a big hit symbol accompanied by the transition to probability variation. The short-time state and the easy-to-enter state are continued until the number of times of display of the special symbol 190 reaches a predetermined number of end conditions, for example, 100 times from the end of the special game. However, when the state changes to the probability changing state at the same time, as long as the probability changing state continues, the short time state and the easy entry state are continued. That is, it continues until the next big hit occurs.

  Thus, the end of the short time state and the easy entry state is determined according to the gaming state. In the short time state, the fluctuation pattern determining means 115 selects a fluctuation pattern having a short fluctuation time so that the fluctuation display time of the special symbol 190 is substantially shortened. However, in a normal state, a variation pattern table corresponding to the number of holds of the result of lottery determination by the hold control unit 116 is referred to, and a change pattern with a long variation time is likely to appear as the number of hold by the hold control unit 116 decreases. In the easy entry state, the normal symbol time is shortened, the normal symbol probability change, and the expansion mechanism 63 is opened and extended. On the other hand, the probability variation state is continued until a special game with the next jackpot is executed. During the probable change state, the probability that the success / failure determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 is a big hit is maintained at a high value.

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

  The main state storage unit 126 functions as an “information storage unit”, and stores a game state including a control state by the main board 102. Specifically, the results of the lottery results, the information on the determined variation pattern, the current gaming state, such as during symbol variation, during special games or during specific games (probability variation, during short time), and progress of symbol variation The fluctuation remaining time representing the information is stored in a predetermined area of the backup RAM described later. Even if the power is shut off during symbol changes due to an external factor or the like, necessary information is read from the backup RAM and transmitted to the sub-board 104 side when the power is turned on again.

  The pattern storage unit 130 holds an effect pattern that is executed in accordance with the symbol variation display by the reel unit 60. In the effect pattern, lighting timing of the game effect lamp 90, sound output from the speaker 18, and the like are defined. The effect executing means 134 selects an effect pattern to be executed based on the result of lottery determination or symbol lottery received from the main board 102 and the variation pattern.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing in detail a variation pattern table for detachment. In the variation pattern table of this figure, the range of the pattern lottery value associated with the variation pattern is different for each pending number. Specifically, the smaller the number of holds, the wider the range of pattern lottery values assigned to variation patterns with relatively long variation times, and the probability that variation patterns with long variation times will be selected is increased. . Therefore, the average fluctuation time becomes longer as the number of holdings by the holding control means 116 is smaller. Accordingly, when the number of holds by the hold control unit 116 is less than a predetermined number, for example, 1 to 2, the selection probability of the change pattern having a long change time becomes higher than usual, and the change time tends to be relatively long.

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

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

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

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

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

  11 to 13 are explanatory diagrams showing the configuration of the reel unit. In each figure, the reel unit 60 extracted from the game board 50 is shown for convenience. FIG. 11A is a perspective view of the reel unit 60, and FIG. 11B is a perspective view of a reel device that constitutes the reel unit 60. FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view of the reel device. FIG. 13A is a front view of the reel device, and FIG. 13B is a side view of only the detected member 231 shown in FIG. 13A.

  As shown in FIG. 11A, the reel unit 60 is configured to accommodate a left reel device 201, a middle reel device 203, and a right reel device 205 in a rectangular case 200. Each reel device includes an individual reel and an actuator such as a motor for driving the reel. The case 200 contains an actuator for individually rotating each reel, and a sensor for detecting the position of each reel in the rotational direction. The drive current is supplied to the actuator, and the output of the sensor. A harness (not shown) for taking out a signal is drawn out to the outside. The harness is connected to the sub board 104 and the power supply unit 48.

  That is, the left reel device 201 includes a left reel 206a on which a left symbol 191 is disposed, the middle reel device 203 includes a middle reel 206b on which a middle symbol 193 is disposed, and the right reel device 205 includes a right symbol 195. It includes a right reel 206c provided. The three reels of the left reel 206a, the middle reel 206b, and the right reel 206c are arranged side by side in the case 200, and a part thereof is supported so as to be exposed from the opening 211 on the front side of the case 200. . That is, each reel is arranged so that a part of its peripheral surface can be presented to the player. In the following description, the left reel 206a, the middle reel 206b, and the right reel 206c are collectively referred to as “reel 206” as appropriate unless otherwise distinguished. As described above, the reel unit 60 (the symbol display device) includes the three rows of reels 206 in which a plurality of symbols are arranged along the outer periphery.

  As shown in FIG. 11B, each reel device (left reel device 201, middle reel device 203, right reel device 205) has a reel 206 rotatably supported on a rotation shaft of a motor fixed to a base member 213. It is configured as described. Then, by fixing the base member 213 to the case 200, the left reel 206a, the middle reel 206b, and the right reel 206c are supported by the case 200 so that the rotation axes thereof are arranged on the same axis. Each reel device includes a position detection sensor 215 for detecting the position of each reel in the rotation direction.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the base member 213 is provided with a motor 217, a backlight 219, and a position detection sensor 215. The motor 217 is composed of a stepping motor, and is driven forward or backward by switching its energization direction. The backlight 219 has a main body with an arc-shaped cross section, and is configured to be lit or blinking in a plurality of colors when energized. The backlight 219 is disposed on the inner side of the reel 206, and is lit or blinked when a specific effect is performed to illuminate the reel 206 from the inner side. The position detection sensor 215 detects a detection piece, which will be described later, fixed to the reel 206. As will be described later, by detecting a plurality of detection pieces provided on the reel 206, it is possible to detect the position of the reel 206 in the rotational direction, and thus the symbol presented to the player.

  The reel 206 has a cylindrical reel body 207 having translucency, and is formed by being stuck so as to wind a reel tape 208 along the outer peripheral surface of the reel body 207. As will be described later, a plurality of symbols (numerical symbols “1” to “6” and six blank symbols “*”) are printed on the reel tape 208 along the longitudinal direction. The plurality of symbols are printed at equal intervals (every 30 degrees) along the outer peripheral surface of the reel body 207. The reel 206 is provided with a cross-shaped beam 220 so as to bridge one opening in the diametrical direction, and a cylindrical shaft 221 is formed at the center of the beam 220. The reel 206 is rotatably supported by the motor 217 by fixing the cylindrical shaft 221 to the rotation shaft of the motor 217. The reel 206 is disposed so as to surround the motor 217 and the backlight 219. Since the reel body 207 has translucency, the lighting or blinking mode of the backlight 219 is provided in a form that decorates the reel 206.

  Three detected members 231, 232, and 233 are attached to the reel 206. Each detected member is formed by processing a plate-like member into a cross shape. The detected member is provided with arms 234 extending radially outward from the center thereof every 90 degrees, and a detection piece 235 is projected on one side surface of the tip of each arm 234. That is, each detection member is provided with four detection pieces 235, and the detection member 231, the detection member 232, and the detection member 233 are assembled to the reel body 207 in this order.

  As shown in FIG. 13A, the detected member 231 is assembled to the reel body 207 along the beam 220. The four detection pieces 235 of the member to be detected 231 extend to the position detection sensor 215 side through insertion holes that penetrate the beam 220 in the thickness direction. The detected member 232 is attached so as to be shifted by 30 degrees with respect to the detected member 231, and the detected member 233 is attached so as to be further shifted by 30 degrees with respect to the detected member 232. As a result, as shown in the drawing, twelve detection pieces 235 provided on the three detection target members 231, 232, and 233 are arranged at equal intervals (every 30 degrees) along the circumference where the position detection sensor 215 is located. Be placed.

  As shown in FIG. 13B, the position detection sensor 215 includes a transmissive photosensor having a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion, and each detection piece 235 is positioned between the light emitting portion and the light receiving portion to receive light. When the light reception by the unit is interrupted, the corresponding detection piece 235 is detected. Since the twelve detection pieces 235 have shapes having different light shielding positions, the special-figure display control unit 156 can determine which detection piece 235 is detected, that is, the position of the reel 206 in the rotation direction. . On the other hand, since the positional relationship is set such that one of the symbols is positioned on an effective line, which will be described later, when each detection piece is detected, the special figure display control means 156 detects the detection information of the position detection sensor 215. Thus, it can be determined which symbol placed on the reel 206 is positioned on the effective line. In the modified example, the widths of the twelve detection pieces 235 are made different so that the respective light shielding times with respect to the rotation speed of the motor 217 are different, and which detection piece 235 is detected based on the light shielding time, and thus You may make it determine which symbol was located on the effective line.

  FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram illustrating a detection method using a position detection sensor. (A)-(c) is explanatory drawing which shows the specific example of the detection method by the position detection sensor 215, respectively. That is, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 14 (a), the fact that the symbol of symbol number 1 to detect that the symbol of symbol number 1 has reached the effective line has reached the effective line. A total of twelve detection pieces 235 of detection pieces 235 for detection are provided, and the length of each detection piece (the length of the portion that blocks the light from the light emitting portion: also referred to as “light shielding length”). Is different. As illustrated, the position detection sensor 215 includes 12 light emitting elements and 12 light receiving elements corresponding thereto. Since light is emitted from each light emitting element toward the opposite light receiving element, the light receiving element can receive the light unless the light is blocked. For this reason, for example, when the detection piece corresponding to the symbol of symbol number 1 is positioned on the effective line, the light from one light emitting element is shielded, and when the detection segment corresponding to the symbol of symbol number 3 is positioned on the effective line, 3 is detected. Light from the two light emitting elements is shielded. The special figure display control means 156 determines which symbol is located on the effective line by determining the light shielding state (or the light receiving state) when the detection piece 235 reaches the effective line from the detection state of the light receiving element. Can be determined.

  In the modification, a different detection method may be employed. For example, as shown in FIG. 14B, through holes are provided in different modes in the length direction of each detection piece so that the light-shielding mode (combination of light-shielding positions: also referred to as “light-shielding pattern”) by each detection piece is different. May be. In the illustrated example, the position detection sensor 215 includes four light emitting elements and four corresponding light receiving elements. The through hole in each detection piece is provided in accordance with any of a plurality of optical paths connecting the light emitting element and the light receiving element. For this reason, for example, when the detection piece corresponding to the symbol of symbol number 1 is positioned on the effective line, all the light from the four light emitting elements is detected on the light receiving element side. Further, when the detection piece corresponding to the symbol of symbol number 3 is positioned on the effective line, light from the three light emitting elements is received (light at a specific one position is blocked). The special figure display control means 156 determines which pattern is located on the effective line by determining the pattern of the light shielding position (or the light receiving position) when the detection piece 235 reaches the effective line from the detection state of the light receiving element. Can be determined.

  Or as shown in FIG.14 (c), what has a different transmittance | permeability of light may be used as each detection piece, and the transmittance | permeability by each detection piece may differ. Even in this case, the special figure display control means 156 determines which pattern is detected by determining the transmittance (light transmission amount or light intensity) when any one of the detection pieces 235 reaches the effective line. It can be determined whether it is located on the effective line.

  FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing the correspondence between the symbol arrangement and symbol number in each reel. The special symbol determining means 150 manages the symbol of each reel by the symbol number, and specifies the stop symbol of the special symbol 190 by the combination of the symbol numbers. In the present embodiment, symbol numbers “1” to “9” are set. When the reel 206 is normally rotated in the normal symbol variation control, the symbols are displayed on the effective line in the order of symbol numbers “1” to “9”.

  As shown in the figure, for the left symbol 191, the numeric symbols “1” to “9” are associated with the symbol numbers “1” to “9”. In the middle symbol 193, the numeric symbols “4” to “9” are associated with the symbol numbers “1” to “6”, and the numeric symbols “1” to “3” are associated with the symbol numbers “7” to “9”. It is attached. In the right symbol 195, the symbol numbers “1” to “3” are associated with the numeric symbols “7” to “9”, and the symbol numbers “4” to “9” are associated with the numeric symbols “1” to “6”. It is attached. Of course, the arrangement of symbols in the left symbol 191, middle symbol 193, and right symbol 195 is not limited to this.

  In the reel unit 60, after the symbols are variably displayed by each of the three rows of reels 206 being rotated, the symbols of the symbols that are stopped and displayed on the active line when the three rows of reels 206 are stopped are displayed. The result of the lottery is shown by combination. The special symbol display control means 156 controls the rotational driving of the reels 206 in three rows to display the symbols in a variable manner, and then changes the symbols on the effective line so that the symbols are stopped and displayed in the selected symbol combination. Control the display.

  Here, the stop symbol of the special symbol 190 is formed as a combination of three symbols. In this embodiment, when the result of the success / failure determination by the success / failure lottery means 112 indicates a transition to a special game with 15R jackpot, a specific combination in which three symbols are aligned on the active line, such as “777”, is selected. The In the present embodiment, if the result of lottery determination is a big hit with a probable transition (also referred to as “probable big hit”), any one of “111”, “333”, “555”, “777”, and “999” is selected. That is, a combination in which three symbols are arranged in odd numbers is selected. On the other hand, if the winning / losing lottery result is a big hit (also referred to as “ordinary big hit”) with no change in probability, any one of “222”, “444”, “666”, “888”, that is, three symbols are even symbols. The combination that is aligned with is selected. When the determination result is 2R big hit or small hit, a specific combination such as “331” or “553” is selected. That is, the specific combination of 2R big hit and small hit in the present embodiment is not a combination of three symbols. When the determination result is neither big hit nor small hit, it is a combination in which three symbols such as “312” and “546” are not arranged, and a specific combination selected at the time of 2R big hit or small hit A combination that does not apply is selected. When the determination result is not 15R big hit, and a variation pattern indicating a loss with reach is selected, a combination with only one symbol such as “151” or “323” is selected. The

  Here, since the pachinko gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment is not provided with a display for displaying the notice effect, various images cannot be displayed on the display, and it is not easy to execute the notice. Also, for example, if the symbol combination for which the variation time is determined first and then the symbol combination for which the variation is to be stopped next is determined without considering the symbol combination that is currently stopped and displayed, three columns are considered in consideration of the hardware constraints described above. Since each of the reels 206 starts and stops rotating, there is a possibility that a uniform variation start mode cannot be realized in each symbol variation. However, if the symbol cannot be started to change in a uniform manner in this way, the change is a change at the time when the change will no longer reach due to the change start timing, the rotational acceleration of the reel 206, etc. The result of the lottery and the subsequent playability are predicted from the rotation status of the reels 206 in the three rows, and there is a risk that the fun of the game will be reduced.

  For this reason, in the present embodiment, the special figure determining means 150, when there is a ball entering the start port 62, regardless of whether or not the symbol variation display corresponding to the ball is started immediately, The symbol combination indicating the result of the first winning / losing lottery with the ball as an opportunity is determined. Further, the special figure determination means 150 holds the second notice of lottery that is triggered by the entry to the starting port 62 before the entry and if the predetermined notice display condition is satisfied, A notice stop mode which is a predetermined stop mode of a symbol indicating the result of the lottery determination is determined. This notice stop mode is a combination of symbols that is not selected except when it is determined to variably stop symbols in the notice stop mode. For this reason, the player can grasp that there is a possibility that it has been a big hit of 15R by confirming that the symbol has been variably stopped in the notice stop mode.

  The special figure determining means 150 determines that the probability of the 15R big hit after the symbol is fluctuated and stopped in this notice stop mode is higher than the probability that the result of the first success / failure lottery is a 15R big hit. Based on the result of the lottery determination, it is determined whether or not to variably stop the symbol in the notice stop mode. For this reason, it is possible to suggest in advance that there is a possibility that the result of the first success / failure lottery will be a 15R big hit when the symbol is suspended in a notice stop mode.

  When the advance notice stop mode is determined, the change pattern determining means 115 determines a change pattern for displaying the symbols in a variable manner and stopping the change in the advance stop mode based on the advance stop mode. When the notice stop mode is determined, the special figure display control means 156 variably displays the symbols in the change pattern determined to stop the change in the notice stop mode, and stops the display in the notice stop mode. The symbols are stopped and displayed with the symbol combination indicating the result of the first winning / losing lottery. Thereby, the possibility that the result of the success / failure lottery is 15R big hit can be indicated in advance using three reels through the symbol variation corresponding to the success / failure lottery value held before that. In addition, by setting the fluctuation pattern to stop the fluctuation in the notice stop mode in advance so that a uniform fluctuation start can be realized, the result of the lottery or the subsequent playability can be determined by the player. It is possible to avoid being grasped from the aspect.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a notice change according to the present embodiment. In this example, the special symbols shown on the reels 206 in three rows are displayed in a variable manner, and before the change stops at “647”, the winning / losing lottery and the symbol determining lottery are executed with the entrance to the starting port 62 as an opportunity, It shows the case of 15R big hit with certainty. The 15R big hit with certainty is the “result of the first winning / losing lottery”. Further, in this example, three success / failure lottery values are held before the first success / failure lottery. Each of the three winning / failing lottery values corresponds to “the result of the second winning / losing lottery”. Hereinafter, the result of the lottery determination executed when the ball enters the starting port 62 is referred to as “first result lottery result” as necessary, and the ball enters the starting port 62 before that time. The result of the successful / incorrect lottery that has been held by the hold control means 116 is referred to as “second successful / incorrect lottery result” as necessary.

  When the predetermined notice display condition is satisfied, the special figure determining means 150 decides to stop the change in the notice stop mode in each of the symbol changes for indicating the results of the three winning / failing lotteries. At this time, the special figure determination means 150 sets a notice stop mode for each of the pending results of the second winning / losing lottery. In this embodiment, for example, when there are three results of the second winning / failing lottery being held, the symbol combination of “123”, “456”, and “789” is added to each of the three winning / losing lottery values. Determine as. For this reason, when the symbols are suspended in the order of “123”, “456”, and “789”, there is a notice that there is a possibility that the next combination of symbols to be suspended is in a mode indicating the transition to the special game. It is possible to suggest.

  At this time, for example, the continuous notice display pattern based on the result of the first success / failure lottery indicates that the more “several changes in the symbols” in the continuous notice display pattern, the higher the possibility of shifting to the special game. The symbol variation according to the above is executed. For example, in the case where the state of reach is reached after sequentially stopping with the symbol combinations of “123”, “456”, and “789”, the change of “789” is made after sequentially stopping with the symbol combinations of “123” and “456”. It is provided to suggest that the result of the first winning / losing lottery is more likely to be a 15R big hit than in the case where the reach state is reached without changing and stopping by the symbol combination. In addition, when a state of reach is reached after sequentially stopping with the symbol combination of “123” and “456”, the reach is reached without stopping with the symbol combination of “456” after stopping with the symbol combination of “123”. It is provided so as to suggest that there is a high possibility that the result of the first success / failure lottery is a 15R big hit than the case where the state is reached. Thereby, it is possible to make the player think that “I want more symbols to stop in the notice stop mode”.

  When the advance notice stop mode is determined, the change pattern determining unit 115 selects the special change pattern as the change pattern for stopping the change in the advance stop mode such as “123”, “456”, and “789”. When the advance notice stop mode is determined, the special figure display control means 156 displays the special symbol in a special variation pattern, displays the stop in the advance stop mode, and then displays the final winning / failing lottery combination. Press to stop the symbol display. Accordingly, it is possible to suggest in advance that there is a possibility that the result of the winning / losing lottery is a 15R big hit using the symbol variation by the reel 206. In addition, by selecting a special variation pattern as the variation pattern for stopping the change in the notice stop mode, it is possible to realize a uniform change start in the symbol change for stopping the change in the notice stop mode. This avoids a situation in which the result of the lottery is predicted from the fluctuation mode. Hereinafter, this technique will be described in detail with reference to flowcharts and tables.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a basic operation process in the pachinko gaming machine. First, processing is performed when a game ball enters the start port 62, the general winning port 72, the big winning port 66, etc. (S10). A game control process is executed (S14), and if it is not in a normal game (N in S12), a special game control process (S16) or a small hit game control process is executed (S17), and a winning process in S10 In accordance with the number of prize balls set at, prize ball payout according to various winnings is processed (S18).

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing in detail the winning process of S10 in FIG. When there is a ball in the starting port 62 (Y in S20), the number of prize balls corresponding to the starting port 62 is set (S22), and it is referred to whether or not the holding number by the holding control means 116 is less than 4. If it is in a state where further hold is possible (Y in S24), the winning / not-lotting value is acquired (S26). A pre-judgment process for determining whether or not to win is executed based on the winning or failing lottery value (S28), and the winning or failing lottery value is held in the holding control means 116 (S30). If there is no ball entering the starting port 62 in S20, the processing from S22 to S30 is skipped (N in S20). If the number of holds reaches the upper limit in S24 and further holding is impossible, the processing from S26 to S30 is skipped (N in S24).

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

  FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing in detail the advance determination process of S28 in FIG. First, a preliminary success / failure determination is performed with reference to the preliminary design determination table (S40), a value indicating the target range is set as the determination result (S42), and a preliminary design determination is performed with reference to the preliminary design determination table. (S44), a value indicating the symbol range is set as the determination result (S46), the preliminary pattern determination is executed with reference to the preliminary pattern determination table (S48), and a value indicating the pattern range is set as the determination result. (S50). Next, the special figure determination means 150 sets a stop mode of the special symbol 190 by the reel unit 60 for indicating the result of the success / failure lottery with respect to the acquired success / failure lottery value (S52). In this way, the special figure determining means 150 is triggered by the entry of the ball into the starting port 62 regardless of whether or not the symbol variation display corresponding to the ball is immediately started. The symbol combination indicating the result of the winning / failing lottery is determined. Next, the special figure determining means 150 executes a notice execution determination process for determining whether or not to execute a notice display for variably stopping the symbol in the notice stop mode (S54).

  FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing in detail the notice execution determination process of S54 in FIG. The special figure determining means 150 is a symbol indicating the result of the result of the second pass / fail lottery that is already held when the result of the pass / fail lottery is held before the entry and the predetermined notice display condition is satisfied. A notice stop mode which is a predetermined stop mode is determined. In the present embodiment, all the conditions shown in the following determinations of S220, S224, and S226 are satisfied, and when the notice display is executed in the notice lottery process shown in S228, the above notice display condition is satisfied. judge.

  First, the special figure determining means 150 determines whether the variation pattern selected in the variation pattern lottery executed due to the current entry into the starting port 62 is the variation pattern of the super reach of “Super 1” or “Super 2”. It is determined whether or not (S220). If it is not a super reach variation pattern (N in S220), it is determined that it is not necessary to execute a notice display for stopping the display in the notice stop mode, the following processing in this flowchart is skipped, and the decision of the notice stop mode is not performed. Avoided.

  Note that instead of determining whether or not it is a super-reach fluctuation pattern in S220, it may be determined whether or not it is a super-reach or normal reach fluctuation pattern. Furthermore, instead of determining whether or not it is a super-reach variation pattern in S220, for example, it is determined whether or not the variation pattern is a specific variation pattern that reaches a reach state, such as “Super 1”. In addition, it may be avoided that the symbols are fluctuated and stopped in the notice stop mode. Thereby, for example, the notice stop mode can be set only when the variation pattern of “Super 1” is selected.

  In the case of the super reach variation pattern (Y in S220), the special figure determination means 150 determines whether or not there is a result of the second lottery determination being held (S222). The hold control means 116 holds the result of the success / failure lottery with the upper limit of 4 until the start of the variable display of the symbol corresponding to the success / failure lottery. Since the processing in this flowchart is executed when S24 in FIG. 18 can be held, that is, when the result of the second winning lottery being held is 0 to 3, the result of the second winning lottery being held is It will be one of 0-3. When there is no result of the second winning lottery being held (N in S222), the notice stopping mode cannot be determined as the symbol stopping mode indicating whether or not the result of the second winning lottery is held, The following processing in this flowchart is skipped, and the determination of the notice stop mode is avoided.

  When there is a result of the second successful lottery being held (Y of S222), that is, when there are 1 to 3 results of the second successful lottery being held, the special figure determining means 150 is all on hold. It is determined whether or not it is off (S224). When all the results of the second successful lottery that are held are not missed (N in S224), that is, when the result of the second successful lottery that is held includes 15R big hit, 2R big hit, or small hit It is necessary to stop variability with a specific symbol combination indicating the result of these winning / losing lotteries. For this reason, in such a case, since the advance notice stop mode cannot be determined, the following processing in this flowchart is skipped, and the advance stop mode determination is avoided.

  When the notice stop mode is set by superimposing, for example, “123” and “456” are sequentially stopped and displayed in the notice stop mode, and then the symbol is stopped and displayed again in the notice stop mode as “123” without entering the reach state. There is a risk that the symbol will fluctuate and stop with an unforeseen notice display pattern. For this reason, when all of the results of the second winning / failing lottery being held indicate a failure (Y in S224), the special figure determining means 150 displays a notice in the result of the second winning / failing lottery being held. By determining whether or not the notice display information indicating that is set is attached, it is determined whether or not the notice display is set for the result of the second winning lottery held ( S226). When the setting for displaying the advance notice is already made in the result of the second lottery determination that is on hold (N in S226), the following processing in this flowchart is skipped in order to avoid the setting of the superimposed notice stop mode. Thus, the determination of the notice stop mode is avoided.

  When the setting for displaying the notice in advance is not made in the result of the second winning / failing lottery held (Y in S226), the special figure determining means 150 executes the notice lottery process (S228). When the notice lottery process is performed, the special figure determination unit 150 determines whether or not the result of the notice lottery is to execute the notice display (S230). When the result of the notice lottery is not the result of executing the notice display (N in S230), the following processing in this flowchart is skipped, and the determination of the notice stop mode is avoided.

  When the result of the notice lottery is the result of executing the notice display (Y in S230), the special figure determining means 150 displays the stop mode of the symbol associated with the second result of the lottery determination, All are changed to the notice symbol combination (S232). At this time, the special figure determining means 150 adds the notice display information to the result of the second winning lottery and the result of the first winning lottery that are held in order to avoid further change to the notice stopping mode. To do.

  When the advance notice stop mode is determined, the change pattern determining means 115 determines a change pattern for displaying the symbols in a variable manner and stopping the change in the advance stop mode based on the advance stop mode. Specifically, the variation pattern determination means 115 holds a plurality of variation pattern tables in which the correspondence relationship with the result of the success / failure lottery is determined for each gaming state. The variation pattern determination means 115 refers to the variation pattern table selected according to the gaming state from the variation pattern table, and selects a variation pattern corresponding to the result of the winning / failing lottery. The plurality of variation pattern tables include a special pattern table in addition to the normal pattern table determined to be referred to in the normal state during the normal game. The special pattern table can be selected as a special variation pattern that cannot be selected when referring to the normal pattern table. Correspondences are determined so that the selection tendency of the variation pattern is different.

  The variation pattern determination means 115 changes the variation pattern associated with the second result of the lottery determination that is reserved to the special variation pattern (S234). As described above, when the notice stop mode is set in association with the result of the second winning / failing lottery that is held, the change pattern determining means 115 refers to the special pattern table and displays the symbols in a variable manner to stop the notice. A special variation pattern is selected as a variation pattern for stopping variation in the mode.

  FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a notice execution lottery table. As the result of the first lottery lottery results in the 15R jackpot and off, the notice display will be executed and the notice will be displayed so that the suspension of symbol changes in the notice stop mode will suggest the possibility of transition to the 15R special game. The notice execution lottery values are associated with each other. When there is a result of the second lottery decision on hold and the above notice display condition is satisfied, the special figure determining means 150 indicates that the change suspension of the symbol in the notice stop mode may shift to the 15R special game. Whether or not to variably stop the symbol in a notice stop mode is determined with reference to the notice execution lottery table so as to suggest in advance.

  As described above, the notice stop mode is selected when the super reach variation pattern is selected, that is, when the result of the lottery is 15R big hit or miss. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 21, in the notice execution lottery table, whether or not the notice display is executed and the notice execution lottery value are associated with each of the cases where the result of the success / failure lottery is 15R big hit and off. ing.

  If the result of the lottery result is out of place, regardless of the number of results of the second successful lottery that is held, the notice display lottery is associated with the notice execution lottery value of 0 to 49 and there is no notice display. Is associated with a notice execution lottery value of 50 to 255. On the other hand, when the number of results of the second winning / failing lottery held is 3, all the notice execution lottery values from 0 to 255 are associated with the execution of the notice display. That is, when the result of the first success / failure lottery is 15R big hit and the number of the second success / failure lottery results held is 3, each of the results for indicating the results of the three second success / failure lotteries held The notice stop mode is always set as the symbol combination. In addition, when the number of results of the second winning / failing lottery held is two, the notice execution lottery values 0 to 159 are associated with the execution of the notice display, and 160 to 160 without the notice display. The notice execution lottery value of 255 is associated. Further, when the number of results of the second winning / failing lottery being held is 1, the execution of the notice display is associated with the notice execution lottery value of 0 to 79, and 80 ~ The notice execution lottery value of 255 is associated.

  In this way, when the number of results of the second winning / failing lottery being held is larger, that is, the more times the symbols are continuously fluctuated and stopped in the notice stop mode, the notice display execution is determined. The number of pending second lottery results and the notice execution lottery value are associated with each other so that the probability that the result of the first success / failure lottery is 15R big hit (hereinafter referred to as “expected degree”) becomes high. ing. When the notice stop mode is set as the result of the second winning / failing lottery being held, the symbol is stopped and displayed in the notice stopping manner so as to indicate the result of the second winner / lottery being held. For this reason, when the number of results of the second winning / failing lottery being held is three and the notice stop mode is set for each, the symbols are stopped and displayed in the notice stop mode three times in succession. When the number of results of the second winning / failing lottery being held is two, it is continuous twice, and when the number of results of the second winning / boring lottery being held is 1, it is only once.

  The special figure determining means 150 determines a plurality of notice stop modes and their display order, and variably stops the symbols in each of the plurality of notice stop modes across a plurality of changes of the symbols according to the display order. Holds the continuous notice display pattern. The special figure determining means 150 may cause the result of the first winning / losing lottery to be a result indicating a shift to a special game by the symbols being fluctuated and stopped in each of the plurality of notice stop modes according to the continuous notice display pattern. Based on whether or not the result of the first winning / losing lottery is a result of shifting to the special game as suggested in advance, it is determined to display the symbols in a variable manner according to the continuous notice display pattern.

  Specifically, the special figure determining means 150 holds the notice stop mode of “123” and “456” as the continuous notice display pattern, and the display order is “123” and “456”. Further, as the continuous notice display pattern, the notice stop modes of “123”, “456”, and “789” are held in the order of “123”, “456”, and “789”. Further, the special figure determination means 150 holds the notice stop modes “987” and “654” as the continuous notice display patterns, with the display order as “987” and “654”. In addition, as the continuous notice display pattern, the notice stop mode of “987”, “654”, and “321” is held in the order of “987”, “654”, and “321”. Of course, the continuous notice display pattern is not limited to these.

  When the number of results of the second winning / failing lottery pending is 3 and the execution of the notice display is decided, the special figure determining means 150 is in the order of the notice stop mode of “123”, “456”, “789”. The continuous notice display pattern in which the symbols are sequentially stopped in a variable manner or the continuous notice display pattern in which the symbols are successively changed in a stop order in the order of “987”, “654”, and “321” is selected. The special figure determination means 150 sets the notice stop mode for each of the results of the three second success / failure lottery so that the symbols are fluctuated and stopped in the notice stop mode in the display order of the continuous notice display pattern. For example, when the continuous notice display pattern in which the symbols are sequentially changed and stopped in the order of the notice stop modes of “123”, “456”, and “789” is selected, the special figure determination unit 150 holds the second Of the results of the winning / failing lottery, the second winning / losing lottery result in which the first symbol variation starts is set to “123” in advance, and the second winning / losing lottery in which the symbol variation starts second. For the result, a notice stop mode of “456” is set, and for the result of the second success / failure lottery where the symbol variation is started third, a notice stop mode of “789” is set. Accordingly, after the symbols are sequentially fluctuated and stopped in the order of the notice stop modes of “123”, “456”, and “789”, the symbols can be fluctuated and stopped in a stop mode indicating the result of the first winning / losing lottery.

  The special figure determining means 150, when the number of results of the second winning / failing lottery pending is 2 and the execution of the notice display is decided, the symbols sequentially change in the order of the notice stop mode of “123” and “456”. The continuous notice display pattern to be stopped, or the continuous notice display pattern in which the symbols are sequentially changed and stopped in the order of the notice stop mode of “987” and “654” is selected. The special figure determination means 150 sets the notice stop mode for each of the results of the two second success / failure lottery so that the symbols are fluctuated and stopped in the notice stop mode in the display order of the continuous notice display pattern. For example, when the continuous notice display pattern in which the symbols are sequentially changed and stopped in the order of the notice stop mode of “123” and “456” is selected, the special figure determining means 150 results in the second lottery result determination being held. Among these, the result of the second success / failure lottery in which the symbol variation starts first is set to “123” in advance, and the second success / failure lottery in which the symbol variation starts secondly is 456 "is set. As a result, after the symbols are sequentially fluctuated and stopped in the order of the notice stop mode of “123” and “456”, the symbols can be fluctuated and stopped in the stop mode indicating the result of the first lottery lottery.

  Furthermore, the special figure determining means 150, when the number of the results of the second winning lottery pending is 1 and the execution of the notice display is decided, the figure changes in the notice stop mode of “123” or “987”. Select the single notice display pattern to be stopped. The special figure determination means 150 sets the notice stop mode in the result of one second winning / failing lottery so that the symbol is fluctuated and stopped in the notice stop mode of the single notice display pattern. For example, when a single-time notice display pattern in which a symbol is variably stopped is selected as the notice stop mode of “123”, the special figure determination unit 150 displays “123” as a result of the second winning / failing lottery held. Set the notice stop mode. As a result, after the symbols are fluctuated and stopped in the notice stop mode of “123”, the symbols can be fluctuated and stopped in the stop mode indicating the result of the first winning / losing lottery.

  Thus, the notice stop mode of the single notice display pattern is set to “123” and “987”, and is set to be the same as the notice stop mode that is first stopped and displayed in the continuous notice display pattern. As described above, a higher expected value is suggested as the number of continuous variable stops in the notice stop mode increases. For this reason, for example, when the symbol is fluctuated and stopped in the notice stop mode of “123”, it is possible to make the player think that “I want the symbol to fluctuate and stop in the next notice stop mode of“ 456 ””.

  Further, the special figure determining means 150 holds a plurality of continuous notice display patterns having different numbers of notice stop modes to be variably stopped. Specifically, the special figure determining means 150 holds the first continuous notice display pattern and the second continuous notice display pattern having a larger number of notice stop modes to be variably stopped than the first continuous notice display pattern. To do. The second continuous notice display pattern includes the notice stop mode and the display order of the first continuous notice display pattern, and the symbols are variably stopped in the same notice stop mode and display order as the first continuous notice display pattern. After that, it is further provided that the symbols are variably stopped in a notice stop mode. For example, in the present embodiment, “123” and “456” are set as the first continuous notice display pattern, and the display stop order and the display order are defined, and “123” and “456” are used as the second continuous notice display pattern. ”And“ 789 ”, the notice stop mode and display order are defined. As described above, a higher expected value is suggested as the number of continuous variable stops in the notice stop mode increases. For this reason, for example, when the symbol is suspended in the notice stop mode of “123” and “456”, the player is made to think that “I want the symbol to change and stop in the next stop state of“ 789 ”again”. be able to.

  FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating an example of changing the stop symbol combination and the variation pattern when the advance notice is executed. When the notice stop mode of the single notice display pattern is determined, the special figure display control means 156 displays the symbols in a variation pattern determined to stop the change in the notice stop mode and displays the symbols in the notice stop mode. After the stop display, the symbols are stopped and displayed with the symbol combination indicating the result of the first winning / losing lottery. When it is determined that the symbols are variably displayed according to the continuous notice display pattern, the special figure display control means 156 stops and displays the symbols in each of the plurality of notice stop modes according to the display order set in the continuous notice display pattern. After each of the plurality of results of the second success / failure lottery is shown, the symbols are stopped and displayed with the symbol combination indicating the result of the first success / failure lottery.

  22 (a) and 22 (b), the result of the first success / failure lottery is out of date, but because the super-2 super reach variation pattern is selected, the advance notice lottery is executed, and “123” and “456” are executed. ”And“ 789 ”, the symbol stop mode is illustrated when the continuous preview display pattern in which the display stop order and the display order are determined is selected. FIG. 22A shows a state before the continuous notice display pattern is selected. At this time, the symbol combination indicating the result of the second winning / losing lottery held first is set to “148”, and a variation pattern without reach is set. Further, the symbol combination indicating the result of the second winning / losing lottery held second is set to “565”, and the variation pattern of normal 1 is set. Further, the symbol combination indicating the result of the second winning / losing lottery held third is set to “932”, and a variation pattern without reach is set.

  In FIG. 22 (a), since the result of the first winning / losing lottery executed with the ball entering the starting port 62 as a trigger is out of the range, the variation pattern of the super-2 super reach is selected. The determination unit 150 executes an advance notice lottery and shows an example when a continuous notice display pattern in which the notice stop mode and display order of “123”, “456”, and “789” are determined is selected. At this time, as shown in FIG. 22 (b), the symbol stop mode set in the result of the second successful lottery held first among the three results of the second successful lottery held is: It is changed from “148” to “123” which is a notice stoppage mode. In addition, the symbol stop mode set in the result of the second winning / losing lottery held second is changed from “565” to “456”, which is the notice stop mode. In addition, the symbol stop mode set in the result of the second winning / losing lottery held third is changed from “932” to “789” which is a notice stop mode.

  Furthermore, the variation patterns set in the results of the three second lottery determinations that are held are all the special variation patterns without reach from the variation patterns of “no reach”, “normal 1”, and “no reach”. Changed to In this special variation pattern, a variation time in which a uniform variation start of the symbol can be started is defined. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the player from predicting the result of the lottery such as the fact that the fluctuation does not reach the reach state, for example, due to the pattern fluctuation mode for stopping in the notice stop mode.

  As described above, the game control device 100 is provided so that data is not transmitted from the sub board 104 to the main board 102. For this reason, for example, when the special figure determining means 150 is on the sub-board 104, the fluctuation pattern determining means 115 is on the main board 102, so that the fluctuation pattern determining means is in accordance with the notice stop mode determined by the special figure determining means 150. It is difficult for 115 to determine the variation time. Thus, by providing the special figure determination means 150 on the main board 102, the fluctuation pattern determination means 115 can determine the fluctuation pattern based on the special figure determination means 150, and the result of the lottery determination is predicted to the player. It is connected to avoiding being done.

  The result of the first success / failure lottery that triggered the determination of the notice stop mode is held fourth as shown in FIG. Therefore, after the symbols are fluctuated and stopped in accordance with the notice stop mode and the display order according to the continuous notice display pattern, the symbols are finally fluctuated and stopped in a mode indicating the result of the first winning lottery. In this example, after a reach state in which the left symbol and the right symbol are finally aligned at 7, the change is stopped at the off symbol combination of “787”.

  FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing an overall process of the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. The special figure display control means 156 determines whether or not the symbol variation by the three rows of reels 206 has been started (S260). If the change has already started (Y in S260), the special figure display control means 156 executes a change display process (S262). Next, the special figure display control means 156 determines whether or not the elapsed time from the start of fluctuation has reached the fluctuation time set in the fluctuation pattern, thereby determining whether or not it is the timing to stop changing the symbols by the three rows of reels 206. Is determined (S264). In the case of the stop timing (Y in S264), the special figure display control means 156 stops the rotation of the reel 206 so that the symbol is stopped and displayed in the stop mode set in the result of the success / failure lottery (S266). Therefore, when the notice stop mode is set in the result of the lottery determination, the special figure display control means 156 stops the rotation of the reel 206 so that the symbols are stopped and displayed in the notice stop mode. At this time, a change stop command is transmitted to the sub-board 104. When the effect execution means 134 receives the change stop command, the effect execution means 134 ends the execution of the effect by lighting the game effect lamp 90 or the sound output from the speaker 18, and ends the execution of the effect integrated with the change display of the reel unit 60. . When it is not the stop timing (N of S264), the process of S266 is skipped.

  If the change has not been started (N in S260), the special figure display control means 156 determines whether or not there is a result of the winning / failing lottery being held (S268). In the case of the fluctuation start timing (Y in S268), the special figure display control means 156 starts the rotation of the reel 206 according to the fluctuation pattern set in the result of the lottery determination and starts the fluctuation display of the symbol (S270). At the same time, a change start command is transmitted to the sub-board 104. When the effect execution means 134 receives the change start command, the effect execution means 134 starts executing the effect by turning on the game effect lamp 90 or outputting sound from the speaker 18, and executes an effect integrated with the change display of the reel unit 60. If it is not the fluctuation start timing (N of S268), the process of S270 is skipped.

  FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing in detail the special game control process of S16 in FIG. If the result of the lottery is a big hit (Y in S90), the special game has already started (Y in S92), and the grand prize opening 66 has not been opened (N in S98), the big prize opening The release process 66 is executed (S100). At this time, display of the set jackpot effect is also started. If the big prize opening 66 has been opened (Y of S98), the closing process of the big prize opening 66 is executed (S102). As a result, if the special winning opening 66 is closed (Y in S104), the process proceeds to S106. If it is not in the closed state (N in S104), the process after S106 is skipped, and this process is temporarily ended. On the other hand, if the special game has not started in S92 (N in S92), the special game is started (S94), the display of the start demonstration effect is started (S96), and this process is temporarily ended.

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

  FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing in detail the release process of S100 in FIG. When the opening timing of the special winning opening 66 based on the set opening / closing pattern is reached (Y in S122), the opening / closing control means 124 uniformly turns off the passage flag and sets the operation of the opening / closing pattern (S124). The special winning opening 66 is opened (S126). In addition, a big hit effect corresponding to the number of repetitions of the current unit game or a big hit effect corresponding to the number of repetitions being different is set and started. When it is not the opening timing (N of S122), the processes of S124 and S126 are skipped.

  FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing in detail the closing process of S102 in FIG. When the closing timing of the special winning opening 66 based on the set opening / closing pattern is reached, the open / close control means 124 closes the special winning opening 66. That is, during a special game, whether the end condition based on the number of balls is satisfied (Y in S130) or the end condition based on the number of balls is not satisfied (N in S130), the end condition based on the opening time is satisfied ( (Y of S132), the special winning opening 66 is closed (S134). If the termination condition based on the opening time is not satisfied (N in S132), the flow after S134 is skipped.

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

  FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing in detail the small hit game control process of S17 in FIG. If the result of the lottery is a small hit (Y in S150), the small hit game has already started (Y in S152), and the big winning opening 66 has not been opened (N in S158). A process for opening the winning opening 66 is executed (S160), and if it is already opened (Y in S158), a closing process for the big winning opening 66 is executed (S162). As a result, if the special winning opening 66 is closed (Y in S164), the process proceeds to S166. If it is not in the closed state (N of S164), the process after S166 is skipped and this process is temporarily ended. On the other hand, if the small hit game has not started in S152 (N in S152), the small hit game is started (S154), and the display of the start demonstration effect similar to the 2R big hit is started (S156). Exit once.

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

  FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing in detail the release processing of S160 in FIG. When the opening timing of the special winning opening 66 based on the set opening / closing pattern is reached (Y in S180), the open / close control means 124 sets the operation of the opening / closing pattern (S182) and starts opening the special winning opening 66. (S184). When it is not the opening timing (N of S180), the processing of S182 and S184 is skipped.

  FIG. 29 is a flowchart showing in detail the closing process of S162 in FIG. When the end timing of the special winning opening 66 based on the set opening / closing pattern is reached (Y in S190), the end flag is turned on (S192), and the special winning opening 66 is closed (S194). This closing timing is the timing when 0.5 seconds have elapsed since the opening of the special winning opening 66. If it is not the closing timing (N of S190), the processes of S192 and S194 are skipped.

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

(Modification 1)
For example, according to the continuous notice display pattern, when changing the symbols from “123” to “456”, “456” to “789”, the combination of symbols before and after the change is determined. By appropriately setting the variation time, it is possible to start uniform variation of symbols. However, it is difficult to predict the symbol combination that has been suspended and stopped before “123”, which is the first notice stop mode.

  For this reason, the special figure determination means 150 stops the notice after the change that should be stopped and displayed in order to show the result of the lottery after the combination of the combination of the pattern before the change that is displayed before the change and the display of the change. You may hold | maintain the stop symbol selection table in which the correspondence with the aspect was defined. When the special figure determining means 150 decides to stop changing the symbol in the notice stop mode, the special figure determining means 150 may select the notice stop mode after change associated with the symbol combination before change in the stop symbol selection table. The variation pattern determining means 115 holds a plurality of variation patterns corresponding to each of a plurality of correspondence relationships between the symbol combination before variation and the notification stop mode after variation, and when the notification stop mode after variation is selected, A variation pattern corresponding to the symbol combination before variation and the selected notice stop mode after variation may be selected.

  In the stop symbol selection table, a plurality of notice stop modes that are candidates for the next variable stop may be associated with the previous stop symbol combination. For example, “123” or “987” may be set as a candidate for the first notice stop mode, and the symbol combination before the change may be associated with one of the notice stop modes that are candidates. The plurality of candidate notice stop modes that are candidates may be a combination of symbols other than the reach mode that is aligned with the combination of symbols indicating a win. A plurality of candidate notice stop modes that are candidates may have the same variation time from the variation start to the variation stop.

  As a result, it is possible to select a notice stop mode to be next suspended in accordance with the currently stopped symbol, and it is possible to determine the variation time in accordance with the symbol to be subsequently varied. For this reason, for example, in consideration of the hardware restrictions as described above, a plurality of notice stop modes that are candidates for the next variable stop for various stop symbol combinations are set in advance, and further, the symbol combination before the change and the change By determining the fluctuation time that can be changed in a uniform manner corresponding to each correspondence relationship with the subsequent notice stop mode, the result of the lottery and the subsequent playability can be determined by the player. It is possible to avoid being grasped from the aspect.

  In addition, when there is a pre-change symbol combination that is difficult to uniformly change in any of the candidate notice stop modes, the symbol combination may not be associated with the candidate notice stop mode. . In this case, when the change is stopped with such a pre-fluctuation symbol combination, the special figure determination means 150 may avoid determining the advance notice stop mode on the assumption that the advance notice display condition is not satisfied. Thereby, it is possible to avoid the symbols starting to fluctuate in a non-uniform manner.

  The special figure display control means 156 may hold a plurality of drive patterns for rotationally driving a plurality of reels corresponding to each of the plurality of variation patterns. The special figure display control means 156 may rotationally drive the reels in a plurality of rows according to the drive pattern corresponding to the selected variation pattern. This reduces the load of calculation processing for determining the rotational drive mode as compared with the case where the appropriate reel rotational drive mode is determined for each symbol variation according to the variation time and the next symbol combination to be variably stopped. be able to. For this reason, it is possible to quickly determine a drive pattern for rotationally driving a plurality of rows of reels.

  The variation pattern determination unit 115 may hold a plurality of individual variation pattern tables each having a corresponding relationship between the result of the lottery determination and the variation pattern for each symbol combination before the variation. The variation pattern determining means 115 may select a variation pattern until the symbols are suspended in the notice stop mode with reference to the individual variation pattern table corresponding to the symbol combination before the variation. By referring to the individual variation pattern table in which the variation time according to the symbol combination before the change is defined in consideration of the hardware restrictions described above, the notice stop mode after the variation from the symbol combination before the variation The design can be changed smoothly. For this reason, even when the symbols are varied using a plurality of rows of reels, it is possible to appropriately prevent the player from grasping the result of the lottery or the gameability.

(Modification 2)
A special symbol display device may be provided in the pachinko gaming machine 10 separately from the reel unit 60. The special symbol display device may be provided at a predetermined position in the game area 52, for example. The special symbol display device is a display device that variably displays a special symbol indicating the result of the success / failure lottery, and includes, for example, a 7-segment LED. Accordingly, in this case, the symbol combination displayed on the reel unit 60 functions as a decorative symbol for effectively displaying the result of the lottery. Even in this case, the special symbol displayed on the special symbol display device is a symbol corresponding to the result of the lottery performed when the game ball falls into the start port 62. If the symbol pattern when the special symbol variation display is stopped is a symbol that is determined in advance, the timing at which the stopped symbol is displayed is the jackpot occurrence timing. The stop symbol is a symbol to be displayed at the end of symbol variation. For example, the special symbol may be represented by numbers, characters, symbols such as “0” to “9” that are the winning symbol patterns, or “−” that is a deviating symbol pattern. By changing these numbers or symbols one after another at a high speed and displaying them on the special symbol display device, the symbol variation display of the special symbols is realized.

  Note that the special symbol is not limited to the above numbers or symbols, and may be letters such as English letters, or symbols that are generally meaningless formed by combinations of the segments constituting the 7-segment LED. Also good. Further, the 7-segment LED may be composed of 8 segments including 7 segments forming “eight-letter shape” and 1 segment representing “dot”. In this case, a numerical value for 8 bits can be expressed by combining 8 segments. Furthermore, the special symbol display device may be an LED dot array that is not a 7-segment LED, and a plurality of types of special symbols may be expressed by combinations of lighting patterns and lighting colors.

  When the special symbol display device is provided in this manner, the decorative symbol displayed on the reel unit 60 takes a role of production, and therefore the special symbol does not necessarily have to have a role of production. In the example, the special symbol display device is arranged so as to be inconspicuous position and size in the game area 52.

  10 Pachinko machines, 50 game boards, 52 game areas, 62 start port, 102 main board, 104 sub-board, 112 winning / failing lottery means, 114 symbol determining means, 115 variation pattern determining means, 116 hold control means, 118 main display control Means, 120 special game control means, 134 effect execution means, 150 special figure determination means, 156 special figure display control means, 191 left symbol, 193 middle symbol, 195 right symbol, 206 reel, 206a left reel, 206b middle reel, 206c Right reel 2.

Claims (2)

A game board in which a game area is formed;
A starting port provided at a predetermined position in the gaming area, and the entrance of the game ball is a chance for winning or failing lottery;
A main control device that mainly controls the basic operation of the game including the lottery,
A sub-control device that mainly controls the staging of the game;
A plurality of reels having a plurality of symbols arranged along the outer periphery are provided, and the reels of the plurality of rows are stopped after the symbols are variably displayed by rotating each of the plurality of reels. A symbol display device showing the result of the winning or failing lottery according to the combination of symbols at the time,
With
The main controller is
A winning / losing lottery means for executing the winning / failing lottery upon entering the starting opening;
A hold control means for holding the result of the success / failure lottery up to a predetermined number until the start of variable display of the symbol corresponding to the success / failure lottery,
When the result of the success / failure lottery results in a transition to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, and the symbol is stopped and displayed in a symbol combination indicating the transition to the special game, Special game control means for executing a special game;
Stop symbol determining means for determining a combination of the symbols indicating the result of the success / failure lottery,
Variation pattern determining means for determining a variation pattern in which the variation time of the symbol is determined;
A symbol display control means for controlling the rotational driving of the reels in the plurality of rows to display the symbols in a variable manner and then to stop and display the symbols in a selected symbol combination;
The sub-control device
It has an effect execution means to execute an effect with variable display of the symbols,
When the stop symbol determining means has entered the starting port, the result of the second winning / losing lottery triggered by entering the starting port before entering the ball is held, and If the predetermined predictive display condition is satisfied, the notice to suggest so the migration potential for special game, based on whether the result of the first spruce lottery has resulted in moves to the special game, Determining that the symbol is fluctuated and stopped in a notice stop mode which is a predetermined stop mode of the symbol indicating the result of the second success / failure lottery,
When the notice stop mode is determined, the change pattern determining means determines a change pattern for changing the display of the symbol and stopping the change in the notice stop mode based on the notice stop mode.
The symbol display control means, when the notice stop mode is determined, after the symbol is variably displayed in the variation pattern determined to variably stop in the notice stop mode and is stopped and displayed in the notice stop mode. , The symbol is stopped and displayed in a symbol combination indicating the result of the first winning / failing lottery ,
The variation pattern determination means holds a plurality of variation pattern tables in which a correspondence relationship with the result of the success / failure lottery is determined for each gaming state, and the variation pattern table selected according to the gaming state from the variation pattern table To select a variation pattern corresponding to the result of the success / failure lottery,
In addition to the normal pattern table that is determined to be referred to in the normal state during the normal game, the correspondence relation is determined so that the selection pattern of the variable pattern is different from the normal pattern table. A special pattern table
The special pattern table holds a plurality of variation patterns corresponding to each of a plurality of correspondence relationships between a symbol combination before variation and a notice stop mode after variation,
The variation pattern determining means refers to the special pattern table when the notice stop mode is determined, and displays the symbol as a variation pattern for variably displaying the symbol and stopping the change in the notice stop mode. A bullet ball game machine , wherein a variation pattern corresponding to the combination and the selected notice stop mode after variation is selected . The stop symbol determining means includes
A plurality of notice stop modes and their display order are defined, and a continuous notice display pattern for changing the symbols in each of the plurality of notice stop modes across the plurality of changes of the symbols in accordance with the display order. Hold and
According to the continuous notice display pattern, the symbol may be suspended in each of the plurality of notice stop modes so that the result of the first winning / losing lottery may be a result indicating the transition to the special game. As suggested, based on whether or not the result of the first winning / losing lottery is a result of shifting to the special game, it is determined that the symbol is variably displayed according to the continuous notice display pattern,
When there is a ball entering the starting port, the results of a plurality of second success / failure lotteries triggered by a plurality of times of entering the starting port before the ball is held, and a predetermined number If the continuous notice display condition is satisfied, it is determined that the symbol is variably displayed according to the continuous notice display pattern,
When it is determined that the symbols are variably displayed according to the continuous notice display pattern, the symbol display control means is configured to display the symbols in each of the plurality of notice stop modes according to a display order determined in the continuous notice display pattern. The symbol is stopped and displayed by a symbol combination indicating the result of the first winning / failing lottery after each of the plurality of second winning / losing lottery results is displayed by stopping and displaying the symbol. The ball game machine described in 1.

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