JP5981328B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine that is installed and used in a game hall such as a pachinko parlor.

As a general pachinko game machine, what is called a digipachi is known.
In a pachinko game machine called a digipachi, a start winning opening is provided in a game area formed on a game board surface into which a game ball is driven and flows down, and the game ball starts and wins in the start winning opening. In the internal control device, a big win or off lottery is performed, and when the big win is made by the lottery, the attacker provided in the game area is released and the game ball can be awarded to the attacker (special game state) Will occur.

  The lottery result of the jackpot or miss is notified to the player by a variable display game displayed on a special symbol (hereinafter abbreviated as special figure) display device and a variable display device for effects. In addition, the opening / closing operation in which the jackpot gaming state occurs and the attacker opens and closes is repeated on condition that the variable display game for notifying the jackpot ends. One opening / closing operation of the attacker is called a round, and the number of rounds performed in the jackpot gaming state after the variable display game is finished with the jackpot is determined depending on the jackpot type.

  Also, in the type of jackpot, not only the number of rounds, but the game state after the jackpot gaming state is a jackpot that becomes a so-called probability variation gaming state, and a jackpot that does not become a probability variation gaming state but a normal gaming state (non-probability variation gaming state) There is. In the probable gaming state, there is an electric chew support (electric support) state in which the jackpot probability is high and so-called electric tulips (electric chews) provided at the start winning opening are frequently opened.

In a general pachinko gaming machine, the occurrence of a jackpot gaming state, the number of rounds until the jackpot ends when a jackpot gaming state occurs, and the occurrence of the probability change after the jackpot gaming state are all determined by lottery. There is no room for choice.
In general pachinko machines, there is one attacker.
On the other hand, pachinko machines with two attackers are also known (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).

Further, in the pachinko gaming machine described in Patent Document 2, one of the two attackers opens and closes as a normal attacker in each round. On the other hand, the other attacker is formed with a specific region for determining the probability variation gaming state by passing the game ball.
Therefore, even if the probability change is determined by lottery, the probability change does not occur unless the game ball passes through the specific area of the other attacker.

That is, the occurrence of probability change is not determined only by lottery. When the player opens the other attacker, it is necessary for the other attacker to win a game ball and pass a specific area.
Further, although there is only one attacker, there has been proposed one in which the number of rounds that can be selected by lottery differs depending on whether the game ball passes through the first passage port or the second passage port (for example, Patent Document 3). reference).

  In addition, in pachinko machines prior to the current general pachinko machines, a V winning area is provided in the attacker's large winning opening, and a predetermined blocking condition of the opened attacker is satisfied (for example, 29 seconds have elapsed or a game ball If a game ball cannot be passed through the V winning area by 10), the jackpot gaming state is generally terminated at that time regardless of the number of rounds (see, for example, Patent Document 4). .

JP 2006-34626 A Japanese Patent No. 4883820 JP 2011-152160 A JP 2002-155394 A

  By the way, in general, in so-called digipachi, many things other than letting a game ball win a start winning opening are determined probabilistically by lottery. Since the player can intervene in a part of the process of determining the game, the variation of the game increases.

  However, in the gaming machine of Patent Document 3, the player cannot completely select the number of rounds in the jackpot gaming state, and the number of rounds is determined by a combination of player selection and lottery. For example, if the player chooses to pass a game ball through one passing hole, the number of rounds during the jackpot game will be 10 rounds, and if the player chooses to pass the game ball through the other pass hole, the round during the jackpot game The number is set to 4 rounds or 16 rounds by lottery.

  In this case, if the other passage is selected and 16R is selected by lottery, more prize balls can be obtained than in other cases, but if 4 rounds are selected, the prize balls that can be obtained The number will be minimized. Therefore, many players operate to pass a game ball through one passage in order to select 10 rounds as the number of rounds in the jackpot game state so that a certain amount of prize balls can be obtained with certainty.

  In this case, in a game in a pachinko machine, even if several options that can be selected by the player are prepared, if the number of players who select an option that can stably obtain a prize ball increases, The meaning of preparing a plurality of selectable options is lost, and there is a possibility that the player may feel troublesome that the options are provided.

  In such a case, as a choice, the change in the number of prize balls, such as a selection branch that stabilizes the number of prize balls that can be obtained in the game, and a choice branch that greatly changes the number of prize balls that can be obtained in the game In addition to the selection related to the above, for example, the selection in consideration of the convenience of the player is possible, such as an option when there is an allowance for playing time and an option when there is no allowance for playing time If possible, there is a possibility that the selection can be effectively utilized when the player can make a selection related to the game during the game.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is possible to change the game according to the player's preference by combining the occurrence of probability change and the end of the jackpot gaming state before the final round. In addition, an object is to provide a gaming machine that can be changed according to the time of the player.

In order to solve the above problems, a gaming machine according to the present invention includes a gaming board including a gaming area in which gaming balls flow down,
Display means for displaying a variable display game;
A large winning opening that is provided on the game board and allows the game ball to win based on the fact that the variable display game is won,
A variable winning device that can vary between a closed state in which the game ball cannot win a prize winning opening and an open state in which the game ball can easily win a prize winning opening;
Winning lottery means for determining the winning or losing of the variable display game by lottery;
A hit state control means for generating a hit state that repeats opening and closing operations for a predetermined number of times from a normal state in which the variable winning device is closed when the variable display game is won;
Advantageous game state control means for selecting a game state in which the variable display game after the hit state is executed from at least two types of game states having different advantages for a player;
In a gaming machine comprising
The special winning opening includes an advantageous area and an end area through which the game ball flowing into the special winning opening can pass, and the gaming ball flowing into the special prize opening has both the advantageous area and the end area. An area path that passes through, and a non-area path that does not pass through both the advantageous area and the end area,
The advantageous game state control means, when the game ball flowing into the big prize opening passes through the advantageous area, as the game state after the hit state, from a plurality of types of game states to the player Select and generate a more advantageous kind of gaming state,
The hit state control means is configured such that when the game ball flowing into the big winning opening passes through the end area, the number of times the opening / closing operation is performed when the game ball passes through the end area is less than the predetermined number. Even so, the hit state is terminated by the opening / closing operation of the number of executions.

  According to such a configuration, when the game ball passes through the region path of the big winning opening, the game ball passes through the end region and the advantageous region. In this case, regardless of the number of rounds in the winning state, the winning state is ended up to that round without performing the next round (opening / closing operation of the variable winning device), The gaming state is set to a gaming state advantageous to the player such as so-called probability change.

In addition, when the variable winning device is opened and the game ball wins the grand prize opening, if the number of rounds in the winning state does not reach the predetermined number of rounds to end the winning state when passing through the non-regional route, The next round of state will be started.
However, in this case, for example, occurrence of a state advantageous to the player such as probability change is not set.

  From the above, for example, even if it is 16 round big hit, it becomes possible to end the hit state in the round before the 16th round is executed. In this case, since the number of rounds of the variable winning device in the winning state decreases, the number of award balls that can be acquired by the player decreases.For example, if a probabilistic state occurs as an advantageous gaming state, the number of gaming balls is reduced significantly. The possibility that the next hit state can be generated without increasing is increased. That is, a gaming state advantageous to the player occurs after the hit state, and based on this, there is a high possibility that the game can be continued in a state advantageous to the player. Therefore, when a player plays a game for a long period of time, the player may be advantageous.

  On the other hand, if the game balls are allowed to pass through the non-regional route, many game balls can be obtained during the hit state, and even if the game is stopped when the hit state ends, The award ball will remain, which is advantageous to the player when the game is played for a short period of time.

  It is preferable that the player can select whether to guide the game ball to the non-region route or to the region route. In this case, a non-region route or a region route can be selected according to the player's preference.For example, a player who can play for a long time can select a region route to obtain an advantageous game state after the hit state. Based on this advantageous gaming state, the player waits for the next development, and a player who does not have enough time, for example, selects a non-regional route to complete the current hit state to the end, and receives many awards. Acquire a ball so that profits can be secured even if the game ends immediately. That is, not only can the game content be selected according to his / her preference, but also the game content can be selected according to his / her time.

In the above-described configuration of the present invention, at least two of the variable prize devices each having the big prize opening are provided, and the advantageous area and the end area are provided only at the big prize opening of the one variable prize winning device,
The hit state control means causes the game ball to be placed in the advantageous region and the end region by causing the variable winning device of any one of the plurality of variable winning devices to perform the opening / closing operation of each execution count. Set the number of executions of the opening and closing operation that can flow,
The opening / closing operation of the variable prize-winning device is continued from the next time depending on whether or not the game ball is allowed to flow into the big prize opening that is open at the set number of executions and has the advantageous area and the end area. It is preferable that the player can select whether to execute the game, or to terminate the opening / closing operation and generate the game state of a more advantageous type for the player.

  According to such a configuration, if the launch of the game ball is stopped in a state where the special variable winning device that opens and closes the grand prize opening having an end region and an advantageous region therein is opened, the game ball The current hit state is executed until the final round (last opening / closing operation) without passing through the advantageous region, but the advantageous gaming state advantageous to the player does not occur after the winning state, and the game is more advantageous than the advantageous gaming state. It becomes a gaming state disadvantageous to the person. For example, the probability-changing gaming state does not occur and the short-time gaming state or the normal gaming state is entered, or the normal gaming state is entered without entering the time-saving gaming state.

  In addition, if a special variable winning device that opens and closes a grand prize opening having an end area and an advantageous area inside is opened, a plurality of game balls can be awarded to the big prize opening by launching a game ball. In addition, the possibility that the game ball passes through the specific area increases, and the current hit state ends in the current round when the game ball passes through the end area and the specific area. After the end of the hit state, for example, the game state is advantageous to the player such as probability change and time saving.

Further, in the above configuration of the present invention, a guidance destination changing device that switches between a state of guiding the game ball that has flowed into the special winning opening to the region route and a state of guiding the game ball to the non-region route,
Guidance destination control means for controlling the guidance destination changing device,
Based on the control of the opening / closing operation of the variable winning device by the hit state control means and the control of changing the guidance destination of the game ball of the guidance destination changing device by the guidance destination control means, Only in the case of the set number of times of the opening / closing operation, while the large winning opening including the advantageous area and the end area is open, and the guidance destination changing device moves the game ball to the area. Depending on whether or not the game ball is allowed to flow into the big winning opening when guiding to the route, the opening / closing operation of the variable winning device is continuously executed from the next time onward, or the opening / closing operation is ended. It is preferable that the player can select whether to generate the game state of a more advantageous type for the player.

  According to such a configuration, in the state where the special variable winning device that opens and closes the large winning opening having the end region and the advantageous region is open, the guidance destination changing device is a region that is a route passing through the end region and the advantageous region. When the game ball is guided to the route, if the game ball is won by the above-mentioned special variation winning device, the game ball will pass through the end region and the advantageous region, and the hit state ends as described above. Thus, a game state advantageous to the ball player is started.

  In addition, the guidance destination changing device guides the game ball to an area route that is a route passing through the end area and the advantageous area in a state where the special variable prize winning device that opens and closes the big winning opening having the end area and the advantageous area is opened. If the game ball is stopped, the current hit state will continue and the hit state can be performed until the final round, and many winning balls can be obtained. Is not in a gaming state advantageous to the player.

  In addition, when the grand prize winning opening having the end area and the advantageous area is open, and the guidance destination changing device guides the game ball to the non-area route that does not pass through the end area and the advantageous area. Since the hit state does not end even if the game ball flows into the big prize opening, even if the player chooses not to end the hit state, the game ball is being guided to the non-regional route. You can get a prize ball by winning the ball. That is, it is possible to prevent the number of prize balls obtained from decreasing by stopping the launch of game balls in a state where the big prize opening is open.

In the above configuration of the present invention, the winning lottery means selects one type of winning from a plurality of types of winning when the variable display game is won.
Based on the winning type selected by the winning lottery means,
It is preferable to include execution number setting means for setting the number of executions of the opening / closing operation of the variable prize apparatus that allows a game ball to pass through the advantageous area and the end area.

  According to such a configuration, the number of executions of opening and closing of the variable winning device that opens and closes the big winning opening having the advantageous area and the ending area differs depending on the type of winning, so that the winning state is ended and the advantageous game is ended. When the state is generated, the number of prize balls obtained varies depending on the type of winning.

  For example, in the hit state in which the opening / closing operation is performed 16 times, that is, around the 16th round, the special variable winning device that allows the game ball to pass to the advantageous area and the end area opens in the third round, Comparing the case of opening and the case of opening in the 12th round, etc., the number of winning balls that can be obtained during the winning state is higher in the 6th and 12th rounds than in the case of opening in the 3rd round. The number of winning balls that can be acquired during the winning state is greater when the player is released in the 12th round than when the player is released in the sixth round.

  That is, the game content can be varied by changing the number of prize balls obtained when generating an advantageous gaming state depending on the type of winning.

  According to the present invention, for example, in order to generate an advantageous gaming state such as a probability change, the winning state cannot be performed to the end, and the winning state is ended early in exchange for the occurrence of the advantageous gaming state. Therefore, the player can obtain a lot of game balls in the current hit state, or gain during the hit state, for example, to generate an advantageous game state where the hit state is more likely to continue in a short time. You can choose whether to reduce the number of prize balls that are played, not only according to your preference, but also according to the convenience of time.

It is a front view which shows the game area | region on the game board of the pachinko game machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the game ball path | route inside the 2nd special fluctuation prize-winning apparatus of the said pachinko gaming machine. It is a block diagram which shows the control person of the said pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the round continuation end process performed with the main control apparatus of the said pachinko game machine.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, this pachinko gaming machine has a game board 1 having a game area 2 in which a launched game ball flows down.
A variable display device (display means) 3 is provided as an effect display means in the game area 2 on the board surface of the game board 1. The variable display device 3 is provided at a substantially central portion in the game area 2. Further, the variable display device 3 is composed of a liquid crystal display device, and displays various lottery (winning) and off lottery results of lottery performed by a main control device (main control means) 14 as main control means. When displaying the lottery result, a decorative display variation display game as identification information is displayed, and the lottery result is notified by a big hit or miss of the variation display game.

  At the lower part of the game board 1, first and second special figure display devices 4a and 4b are provided. The 1st and 2nd special figure display apparatuses 4a and 4b consist of segment type LED display apparatuses, such as 7 segments, for example. The first and second special-figure display devices 4a and 4b display variation display for a variation display time set as part of a variation pattern of symbol variation in a variation display game (special game). After that, a special symbol (special symbol) as identification information is stopped and displayed.

  Here, in the variable display game of a special figure that stops and displays one type of special figure (stop symbol) from a plurality of types of special figures after the blinking display of the first and second special figure display devices 4a and 4b, There are a first variable display game played on the special figure display device 4a and a second variable display game played on the second special figure display device 4b. The first variation display game and the second variation display game are not played at the same time, and the second variation display game is preferentially started over the first variation display game based on the start condition of the variation display game described later. The

  In other words, when the second variable display game that can be started is put on hold as described later, the start condition for the first variable display game is not satisfied. Also, the decorative symbol variation display game displayed on the variable display device 3 is displayed substantially simultaneously with the first variation display game or the second variation display game being executed of the first variation display game or the second variation display game. At the same time, the game is substantially the same as the first or second variation display game being executed.

  Further, in the variable display device 3, hold number display areas 31a and 31b in which a hold number described later is displayed are set in the peripheral portion of the screen. When the first start winning signal is input from the first starting ball detection sensor 53a, the main controller 14 adds 1 to the first hold number within a range of an upper limit (for example, 4), and this start winning is determined. When the first variation display game and the decorative symbol variation display game are started, 1 is subtracted from the number of holds. This first hold number is displayed as the number of hold display marks in the hold number display area 31a via a sub control device (sub control means) 30 described later.

  Similarly, when the second start winning signal is input from the second start ball detection sensor 53b, the main controller 14 adds 1 to the second hold number within a range of an upper limit (for example, 4). When the second variation display game and the decorative symbol variation display game are started based on the start winning, 1 is subtracted from the number of holds. This second hold number is displayed as the number of hold display marks in the hold number display area 31b via the sub-control device 30. In addition, as will be described later, these hold numbers are also displayed on the status display device 9.

A first start winning opening 52 is provided immediately below the variable display device 3.
In addition, an ordinary variable winning device 5 called an electric tulip (electric tu) having a second starting winning port 54 is provided below the first starting winning port 52.
The normal variation winning device 5 includes a pair of movable pieces 51 and 51 that can be opened and closed, and the movable pieces 51 and 51 that cannot receive a game ball in the second start winning opening 54 are closed (closed state), The movable pieces 51 and 51 are configured to be variable between an open state (open state) so that a game ball can easily win the second start winning port 54.

  In addition, although the space | interval slightly wider than the diameter of the game ball which can pass a game ball is opened between the two movable pieces 51 and 51 of the closed state, in this example, the closed movable pieces 51 and 51 are closed. There is a first start winning opening 52 immediately above the game ball, and the game balls cannot enter the second starting winning opening 54 with the movable pieces 51, 51 closed.

  The first start winning opening 52 is provided with a first start ball detection sensor 53a (shown in FIG. 3) for detecting the winning of a game ball. The first start ball detection sensor 53a is connected to the main controller 14. When the game ball wins the first start winning opening 52, a first start winning signal is output. The second start winning opening 54 is provided with a second start ball detecting sensor 53b (shown in FIG. 3) for detecting the winning of the game ball. The second start ball detecting sensor 53b is provided in the main controller 14. In addition, a second start winning signal is output when the game ball wins the second start winning opening 54. The main controller 14 obtains a random number that determines the big hit and miss of the first variation display game based on the input of the first start winning signal, and acquires the big hit and the second variation display game based on the input of the second start winning signal. Random numbers are acquired to determine the loss. A hard random number generated by a hard random number generation circuit 14e described later is used as a random number used in the jackpot determination of the first variation display game and the second variation display game.

  A first special variable winning device (attacker) 6 having a first big winning port 61 is provided below the normal variable winning device 5. The attacker 6 is provided with a movable door 62 that opens and closes the first grand prize winning opening 61. In the normal gaming state, the movable door 62 is in a closed state where it is stood and closed so that the game ball does not flow into the first grand prize winning opening 61. In addition, when the result of the first variation display game or the second variation display game is a big hit, and the big hit gaming state occurs, the movable door 62 is opened in a state that it is tilted substantially horizontally and opened so that the game ball easily flows in. It becomes a state. In this case, the movable door 62 repeats opening and closing operations for the set number of rounds. The first grand prize opening 61 is provided with a first big prize ball detection sensor 63 (shown in FIG. 3) that detects a game ball won in the first grand prize opening 61.

  In addition, a second special variable winning device 6 a having a configuration substantially similar to that of the first special variable winning device is provided between the normal variable winning device 5 and the first special variable winning device 6. Similar to the first special variable winning device, the second special variable winning device 6a opens and closes the second large winning port 61a, and includes a movable door 62a. The second grand prize opening 61a is provided with a second big prize ball detection sensor 63b (shown in FIGS. 2 and 3) that detects a game ball won in the second grand prize opening 61a.

  In addition, only the first big winning ball detection sensor 63a is arranged in the first big winning port 61 of the first special variable winning device 6, so that the game ball won in the first big winning port 61 is detected. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, in addition to the second large winning ball detection sensor 63b, the second special winning hole 61a of the second special variable winning device 6a detects the advantageous region passing ball. A sensor 63c and an end region passing ball sensor 63d are provided.

  Further, a portion where the game ball of the advantageous region passing ball detection sensor 63c passes is defined as an advantageous region, and a portion where the game ball of the end region passing ball detection sensor 63d passes is defined as the end region. That is, the advantageous area passing ball detection sensor 63c detects a game ball passing through the advantageous area, and the end area passing ball detection sensor 63d detects a game ball passing through the end area.

  Further, it is possible to pass through both the advantageous area (the advantageous area passing ball detection sensor 63c) and the end area (the end area passing ball detection sensor 63d) as the path of the game ball in the second grand prize winning opening 61a. It is separated into a region path 65 and a non-region path 66 that does not pass through both the advantageous region and the end region.

  In addition, a guidance destination changing device 67 is provided at a portion between the inlet of the region path 65 and the inlet of the non-region path 66. The guidance destination changing device 67 includes a closing plate that is movable at the inlet of the region path 65 and the inlet of the non-region path 66, and is configured to close one of these inlets. The closing plate (guide destination changing member) of the guide destination changing device 67 closes the inlet of the region path 65 and guides the game ball to flow into the non-region path 66 as in the case of FIG. It is possible to move between the state and the state of guiding the game ball to flow into the region path 65 by closing the inlet of the non-region path 66.

  The guidance destination changing device 67 includes a region path block driving device 63e (FIG. 3) that moves the block plate between a position that blocks the inlet of the region path 65 and a position that blocks the inlet of the non-region path 66. Is shown). The area path blockage driving device 63e that drives the guidance destination changing device 67 is controlled by the main control device 14 as guidance destination control means. The closing plate is configured to be swingable and guided by a guide capable of supporting the closing plate obliquely, so that the game ball stays on the closing plate when the area path 65 is closed. In the state where the upper surface of the closing plate is inclined downward toward the non-region route 66 so as to go to the non-region route 66 without closing the non-region route 66, the game ball does not stay on the blocking plate. It is preferable that the upper surface of the closing plate is inclined downward toward the region path 65 so as to face the area.

  In the area route 65, in this embodiment, the end area passing ball detection sensor 63d is arranged above the advantageous area passing ball detection sensor 63c, and the game ball has passed the end area passing ball sensor 63d. Later, it will pass through the advantageous area passing sphere detection sensor 63c, but the vertical arrangement may be reversed.

  Further, the region path 65 and the non-region path 66 are joined below the end region passing sphere detection sensor 63d and the advantageous region passing sphere detection sensor 63c. A second major winning ball detection sensor 63b is provided at the joined portion, and both the gaming ball passing through the area path 65 and the gaming ball passing through the non-area path 66 are the second major winning ball detection sensor. 63b is detected.

  The advantageous area passing sphere detection sensor 63c and the end area passing sphere detection sensor 63d may be a single sensor. In this case, the advantageous area passing sphere detection sensor 63c and the end area passing sphere detection sensor 63d also serve as the same. When the game ball passes through the ball sensor, it is determined that the game ball has passed both the end region and the advantageous region.

Further, the advantageous area passing ball detection sensor 63c, the end area passing ball detection sensor 63d, and the second big winning ball detection sensor 63b may be arranged as one sensor on the area path 65 side. By passing the ball, it is detected that the game ball has won and that the game ball has passed through the advantageous area and the end area.
In this case, another second winning ball detection sensor 63b for detecting a game ball passing through the non-region path 66 is required.

  In the jackpot game state, the first special variable winning device 6 or the second special variable winning device 6a performs one round operation as an opening / closing operation in which the closed state is changed from the closed state to the open state, and the set number of rounds. Repeat. At this time, in each round, the first special variable winning device 6 and the second special variable winning device 6a are not opened at the same time, and the first special variable winning device 6 is opened and the second special variable winning device. The round in which the device opens is set for each.

  For example, in this embodiment, the number of rounds in the jackpot gaming state is 16 rounds, the first special variable winning device 6 is opened from 1 round to 6 rounds, and the second special variable winning device 6a is from 7 rounds. It is set to open at 16 rounds. However, as will be described later, in the seventh round, the game ball passes through the above-mentioned end region and advantageous region of the second large winning port 61a of the opened second special variable winning device 6a, and the end region passing ball sensor 63d When a game ball is detected, the jackpot gaming state ends at the seventh round, so the eighth and subsequent rounds are not performed.

  Further, in the first special variable winning device 6 and the second special variable winning device 6a, the closing condition in each round is, for example, the passage of 29 seconds as a predetermined time or the winning of nine game balls. The movable doors 62 and 62a are closed based on the established conditions.

However, in the second special variable winning device 6a, the predetermined time is 29 seconds as the closing condition in the seventh round, but the predetermined time after the eighth round is, for example, 15 seconds.
In addition, the guidance destination changing device 67 at the second large prize winning opening 61a of the second special variable winning device 6a moves the game ball to the non-region path 66 until 15 seconds elapses from when the first special variable winning device 6a is opened. The game ball is guided to the area path 65 from 16 seconds to 29 seconds.

  Therefore, if nine game balls are awarded to the second big prize opening 61a within 15 seconds after the second special variable winning device 6a is opened, all the game balls pass through the non-region path 66, and the end region And the game ball does not pass through the area path 65 with the advantageous area, the probability change as the advantageous gaming state is not set, and after the big hit gaming state becomes the non-probability changing gaming state (here, the short-time gaming state), and after the 8th round The jackpot gaming state will continue.

  At this time, since the second special variable winning device 6a after the eighth round is closed after 15 seconds, the round ends with the guidance destination changing device 67 guiding the game ball to the non-region path 66. . Therefore, in the eighth and subsequent rounds, even if the second special variable winning device 6a is released, the game ball does not pass through the end region and the advantageous region of the region path 65, and from the eighth round to the fifteenth round. During this period, the advantageous gaming state is not set and the jackpot gaming state is not terminated.

  In addition, in the seventh round, at least one game ball is not changed to the second special variation so that nine game balls are not awarded until 15 seconds have elapsed since the opening of the second special variation winning device 6a. When the winning device 6a is released after 15 seconds have elapsed, the guiding destination changing device 67 guides the game ball to the area path 65, and the game ball passes through the end area and the advantageous area.

  As a result, for example, a probable gaming state is set as an advantageous gaming state after the jackpot gaming state, and the jackpot gaming state ends in seven rounds.

  On the left side of the variable display device 3, a normal symbol (abbreviated as a common figure) gate 7 is provided. Further, the passing gate detection sensor 7a (shown in FIG. 3) for detecting a game ball that has passed through the opening gate 7 is provided in the usual game gate 7, and the passing ball detection sensor 7a performs main control when detecting the game ball. A passing ball detection signal is output to the device 14. Based on the input of the passing ball detection signal, the main control device 14 performs a general drawing lottery for drawing the winning when the normal variation winning device 5 is opened and the losing that keeps the normal variation winning device 5 closed. Do. The result of this general drawing lottery is that the variable display game of the normal map (general game: normal game) is displayed on the end portion of the variable display device 3 and the general map display device 8 (see FIG. 3 in the state display device 9 described later). This is notified by displaying on the screen.

  When the normal game is won, the normal variation winning device 5 is opened, the winning rate of the game ball to the second start winning opening 54 is increased, and the start chance of the second variation display game is increased. ing. In addition, on the left side of the game area 2, a plurality of general winning ports 10, 10 are provided. Further, a general winning ball detection sensor 11 (shown in FIG. 3) for detecting a game ball won in the general winning ports 10, 10 is provided corresponding to the general winning ports 10, 10, respectively.

  Further, the game board 1 is obtained in the same manner as the number of rounds based on the type of jackpot in the jackpot gaming state, the number of holds of the first variable display game, the number of holds of the second variable display game, and the number of holds. A state display device 9 including a general diagram display device 8 is provided, as well as the number of general maps held in the variable diagram game.

  It should be noted that the number of pending maps is the upper limit when a game ball passes through the diagram gate 7 by the main controller 14 and a passing ball detection signal is input from the passing ball detection sensor 7a to the main controller 14. In the range of numbers (for example, 4), 1 is added, and 1 is subtracted when the usual variable display game is started. In addition, the start condition of the normal display game is the change of the normal map in which the general figure hold number becomes 1 or is out of the state in which the normal variable display game and the normal variable winning device 5 are not opened. When the display game is completed, or when the normal variable winning game 5 is ended and the normal variable winning device 5 is opened, and when the opening is completed, the number of held general drawings is one or more.

  In addition, at the lowermost end portion of the game area 2 below the first special variable winning device 6, the game ball that has not won any prize opening is discharged to the back of the game board 1 outside the game area 2. A mouth 12 is provided. In addition, on the front surface of the game board 1, a flow regulation changing member such as a game nail 13 (partially shown) or a windmill (not shown) that regulates the flow direction of the game ball and changes the flow direction is provided. .

  Next, the control system of the pachinko gaming machine will be described with reference to the block diagram shown in FIG. The control system of the pachinko gaming machine is roughly divided into a main control unit 15, a sub control unit 16, and a power supply device 18 that supplies power to each of the main control unit 15 and the sub control unit 16. Yes. The power supply device 18 is connected to an AC 24V power source (power supply means) 21 provided outside the gaming machine provided in the game store, and converts AC to DC to supply power.

  The main control unit 15 is provided with a main control device 14 (main control means of a main control board) configured by, for example, a one-chip microcomputer for a gaming machine, and the main control device 14 includes a CPU 14a that executes a program. The ROM 14b that stores the program and data used in the program, the RAM 14c that stores the program read from the ROM 14b, and the data generated based on the execution of the program, the various data read from the ROM 14b, etc. A clock 14d for outputting a clock (frequency) signal for synchronization, a hard random number generation circuit 14e for generating a random number (pseudo-random number) used for jackpot determination of the variable display game, and the like are provided.

  Signals from various sensors provided in the pachinko gaming machine can be input to the main control device 14 (CPU 14a), and the first and second starting ball detection sensors 53a and 53b, the first big winning ball are described above. The detection sensor 63, the second big winning ball detection sensor 63a, the advantageous region passing ball detection sensor 63c, the end region passing ball detection sensor 63d, the passing ball detection sensor 7a, and the general winning ball detection sensor 11 are connected to the pachinko machine. Is connected to an error detection sensor 19 or the like that detects an error (for example, magnetic detection, radio wave detection, etc.).

  The main controller 14 outputs various signals for operating various devices of the pachinko gaming machine. For example, an external information terminal board 40 is connected to the main controller 14, and various data can be output to the hall computer 20 outside the gaming machine via the external information terminal board 40. The hall computer 20 can centrally manage data from each gaming machine and output the operating status of each gaming machine.

The main control device 14 is connected to a sub control device 30 of the sub control unit 16, a payout control device 22 of the main control unit 15, and the like, and a command (control command) can be output thereto.
The sub-control device 30 includes a symbol control unit that controls image display in the variable display device 3, a lamp control unit that controls turning on and off of a lamp (LED) described later for production, various sounds, sound effects, music, and the like. It has a function as a voice control unit for controlling output.
The payout control device 22 has a function as a payout control unit that controls payout of game balls as prize balls, and a function as a fire control unit that controls the release of game balls to the game area 2.

  The main controller 14 is connected to the first and second special-figure display devices 4a and 4b, the general-purpose display device 8, and the status display device 9, and the main controller 14 is connected to the first and second special-figure display devices. 4a and 4b, display control of the first variation display game and second variation display game, display control of the usual variation display game in the ordinary map display device 8, and LEDs indicating the various states described above in the state display device 9. Display control.

The main control device 14 is connected to a normal variable winning drive device 55 that drives the movable pieces 51, 51 of the normal variation winning device 5. The main control device 14 is connected to a first special variable winning drive device 64 that drives the movable door 62 of the first special variable winning device 6. The main control device 14 is connected to a second special variable winning drive device 64a that drives the movable door 62a of the second special variable winning device 6a. The main control device 14 is connected to an area path closing drive device 63e that drives the closing plate of the guidance destination changing device 67.
The main control device 14 controls the opening / closing operations of the ordinary variation winning device 5, the first special variation winning device 6, and the second special variation winning device 6a. Further, the main control device 14 switches the guidance destination of the guidance destination changing device 67 between the area route 65 and the non-area route 66 at the second big prize opening 61a.

  The main control device 14 controls the progress of the game in the pachinko gaming machine. The first and second starting ball detection sensors 53a and 53b, the first large winning ball detection sensor 63, and the general winning ball detection sensor 11 play a game ball. When a detection signal is input, that is, when a game ball wins each winning opening, a command is output to the payout control device 22 to discharge the game ball as a prize ball.

  In addition, when the detection signal of the game ball is input from the passing ball detection sensor 7a, the main control device 14 performs a process of adding 1 to the above-mentioned general-purpose holding number if the normal-number holding number is less than the upper limit. Various random numbers used in the lottery process for determining the hit of the usual game are acquired, and the random numbers are stored. This random number is a soft random number generated by the main controller 14. In addition, the main control device 14 starts the usual game according to the above-described predetermined start condition, and subtracts one from the usual figure holding number. At this time, it is determined whether or not the normal game is missed by random number lottery processing, and based on this determination, the normal game that is hit or missed is displayed on the general map display device 8.

  In addition, the main controller 14 receives the first winning number of the first variation display game and the second variation display game based on the input of the start winning signals from the first and second start ball detection sensors 53a and 53b. 2 When the number of holdings is less than the upper limit, the above-described addition processing of the first and second holdings is performed, and the subtraction process is performed when the variable display game is started. Further, various random numbers (winning determination random number, symbol random number (per-type random number), production random number) as lottery determination information used in the lottery process for determining the big hit loss of the variable display game are acquired, and the random numbers are stored in the RAM 14c. .

  The hit determination random number uses the above-described hard random number, and the other uses the above-described soft random number. In addition, the lottery process determines the big hits and misses of the first and second variable display games based on the hit determination random numbers, and controls the first and second special figure display devices 4a and 4b to control the first and second A variable display game is displayed, and a command is output to the sub-control device 30 for display of a decorative symbol variable display game on the variable display device 3, notification of the result, and presentation.

  The predetermined start condition of the first variation display game set in the main control device 14 is that when the previous first variation display game or the second variation display game ends in an outlier, the first variation display game or the second variation display game. When the variable display game is a big hit, the first special variable winning device 6 is opened to the big hit gaming state, and when the big hit gaming state ends, the second hold number is 0, When the number of one hold is 1 or more, and when it is not any of the first variation display game, the second variation display game, or the big hit game state, the first start winning signal is inputted and the first reservation number is 1 (The second hold number is 0).

  The start condition of the second variation display game set in the main control device 14 is that when the previous first variation display game or the second variation display game ends in an outlier and the first variation display game or the second variation display game. When the game is a big hit, the game is in a big hit gaming state where the first special variable winning device 6 is released, and the second hold number is one or more when the big hit gaming state ends. And when the second start-up winning signal is input and the second hold number becomes 1 when the game is not in any of the first variation display game, the second variation display game, and the big hit gaming state.

  In addition, the main control device 14 displays a special figure (stop symbol) during the fluctuation display time set in the fluctuation pattern determined by the lottery using the above-described production random numbers from the start of the first fluctuation display game or the second fluctuation display game. The first variation display game or the second variation display game is ended when the game time including a predetermined stop display time for stopping display is over.

  The main control device 14 also controls the normal variable prize driving device 55 that drives the movable pieces 51 and 51 of the normal variation winning device 5 to close the normal variation winning device 5 when the normal game is won. Control is performed from the state to the open state. In addition, when the first variation display game or the second variation display game is a big hit, that is, when the first variation display game or the second variation display game is ended with a big hit, the main control device 14 Based on a predetermined condition by controlling the first special variable prize driving device 64 of the movable door 62 of the first special variable prize winning device 6 or the second special variable prize driving device 64a of the movable door 62a of the second special variable prize winning device 6a. Then, the first special variation winning device 6 or the second special variation winning device 6a is changed from the closed state to the opened state to perform control for generating a big hit gaming state.

  In addition, the main control device 14 performs a lottery process for determining whether the first variation display game and the second variation display game are big hits or not based on the start winning signal.

  Further, when the main control device 14 sequentially displays the first variation display game or the second variation display game indicating either the big hit or the loss, the first lottery processing is performed based on the occurrence of the probability variation gaming state or the like. The probability that the variation display game and the second variation display game are big hits is shifted from a low probability state to a high probability state, and the first variation display game and the second variation display game are performed by the lottery process based on the occurrence of the normal gaming state. Transition control is performed to shift the probability of hitting the jackpot to a low probability state lower than the high probability state.

  Further, the main control device 14 as the advantageous game state control means sets the probability of hitting the usual variable display game to a higher probability than usual when the probability variation game state as the high probability state is reached, and displays the fluctuation display of the normal figure. Set to the electronic chew support state (electric support state) in which the fluctuation display time of the game is shorter than usual. Further, in the electric support state, the opening time of the normal variation winning device 5 when the usual variable display game is won is longer than usual (the number of times of opening is larger than usual). The start of the jackpot gaming state is an end condition for the electric support state including the probability variation gaming state and the like. Further, the main control device 14 generates a time-reduced gaming state (time-short gaming state), which will be described later, when the probability-changing gaming state does not occur after the jackpot gaming state.

Further, in the probability variation gaming state, a high probability state in which the jackpot probability of the first and second variation display games is slightly increased, and the variation display time of the first and second variation display games (the decorative design and the special figure are varied). The displayed time) is made shorter than usual, and the above-mentioned electric support state is set.
In the short-time gaming state, the basic solution is the same as the probability variation gaming state except for the jackpot probability, and the power support state is the same as the probability variation gaming state.

  In this embodiment, the probability variation gaming state is ended by executing a predetermined number of variation display games. For example, the first variation display game and the second variation display game are combined 300 times. Probability game state ends when the game is executed. In addition, the short-time gaming state ends, for example, when the first variation display game and the second variation display game are combined and executed 100 times.

  In the high probability state in the probability variation gaming state, generally, the jackpot probability is set to about 10 times higher than the jackpot probability of the normal low probability state (including the short-time gaming state). In this embodiment, for example, , 1.001 times, etc., the jackpot probability is slightly higher than usual. Therefore, looking only at the jackpot probability, there is almost no difference between the probability variation gaming state and the short-time gaming state. The main difference between the probability variation gaming state and the short-time gaming state is not the jackpot probability, but the difference in the number of executions of the variable display game until the above-described probability variation gaming state or the time-short gaming state ends. The jackpot probability of the high probability state as the probability variation gaming state may be set to be slightly lower by about 10 times than the normal low probability state, for example, it is increased by any magnification from several times to about 10 times. It may be a thing.

  In the probability variation game state, the electric support state continues until the 300-time fluctuation display game is executed, whereas in the short-time game state, the electric support state continues until the 100-time fluctuation display game is executed. . Thereby, even if there is almost no difference in the jackpot probability, the probability that the jackpot will occur during the probability-changing gaming state is higher than the probability that the jackpot will occur during the short-time gaming state. Note that the probability variation gaming state and the short-time gaming state are terminated by the occurrence of the jackpot gaming state, and after the jackpot gaming state, the probability-changing gaming state or the hourly gaming state occurs again.

  Further, during the electric support state, game balls are frequently won at the second start winning port 54 of the normally variable winning device 5 and the award balls are paid out. Therefore, even if the same number of game balls are fired, In the electric support state, the number of game balls decreases. In other words, the number of award balls is greater in the electric support state than in the normal gaming state. Therefore, even if there is not much difference in the jackpot probability, the probabilistic gaming state with a long electric support state is more advantageous to the player than the short-time gaming state.

  Further, in this embodiment, the probability variation gaming state is not determined by a lottery of the type of jackpot described later, but the game ball is played by the second special prize winning port of the second special variable winning device 6a during the jackpot gaming state. When the advantageous area passing ball detection signal is input from the advantageous area passing ball detection sensor 63c to the main control device through the advantageous area 61a, it is set so that the promiscuous gaming state is set after the big hit gaming state. In addition, when the jackpot gaming state does not enter the probability variation gaming state, the short-time gaming state is entered.

  In addition, in the second grand prize winning opening 61a, the gaming machine that passes through the advantageous area has a structure that always passes through the end area before or after that, and when the occurrence of the probability variation gaming state is determined, the big hit game When the state ends and a probability variation gaming state occurs, the number of winning balls in the jackpot gaming state decreases. However, as described above, the probability display game state has a larger number of variable display games executed than the short-time game state, so that the electric support state becomes longer, and in the electric support state, the number of prize balls increases as described above. The number of winning balls including the number of winning balls in the jackpot gaming state that ends in the middle and the number of winning balls in the electric support state is the number of winning balls combined with the number of winning balls in the jackpot gaming state and the number of winning balls in the short-time state. More settings are possible.

The sub-control device 30 (sub-control board sub-control means) of the sub-control unit 16 includes a CPU 30a, a ROM 30b, a RAM 30c, and the like as control devices. The sub-control device 30 controls the variable display device 3 as a symbol control unit, and the variable display device 3 is connected via a graphic processor 38.
The sub-control device 30 controls display on the variable display device 3 of the decorative symbol variation display game based on the big hits and misses determined by the main control device 14 and the variation display time as the variation pattern.

  Further, the sub-control device 30 is connected to a board lamp 32 provided on the board of the gaming board 1 as a lamp controller and a glass door lamp 33 provided on the glass door of the pachinko gaming machine. The effect by turning on and off the LED as the glass door lamp 33 is controlled.

  In addition, the sub-control device 30 is connected to a speaker 35 via a sound processor 34 and an amplifier as a voice control unit, and controls output of effect sound, voice, music, etc. for production.

The sub control device 30 is connected with an effect button 36 provided in the vicinity of the upper plate of the pachinko gaming machine and the effect button 36 is operated when the effect button 36 is operated while the effect button 36 is valid. Is sent to the sub-control device 30, and the sub-control device 30 controls the image display and sound output for the effect prepared for the case where the effect button 36 is operated.
In addition, when an effect movable accessory is provided on the game board 1, the sub control device 30 controls the effect movable accessory driving device 37 that operates the effect movable accessory, thereby producing a game effect by the effect movable accessory. To control.

  The payout control device 22 includes a CPU 22a, a ROM 22b, a RAM 22c, and the like as control devices. The payout control device 22 is connected to the payout device 29 as a payout control unit, and controls the payout device 29 in response to a command output from the main control device 14 based on the winning of the game ball as described above. And pay out the prize balls.

  Further, the payout control device 22 includes a door opening switch 41 that detects the opening of the glass door and the inner frame that houses the game board 1, and a tray (for example, an upper plate or a lower plate) that holds the game balls that have been paid out. A dish full tank switch 42 for detecting that the accumulated game balls are full is connected. Based on the signals from the door opening switch 41 and the dish full tank switch 42, the payout from the payout device 29 and the launching device are performed. Launch of game balls from is restricted.

  Further, the payout control device 22 is connected to a payout counting switch 43 for counting the number of game balls to be paid out from the payout device 29, and the number of game balls actually paid out is counted. The payout device 29 is controlled so that a game ball to be paid out is paid out.

In addition, a relay board 23 is connected to the payout control device 22, and the relay board 23 is provided outside the gaming machine and reads the data of the inserted prepaid card (recording medium) to control the rental of the game ball. A CR unit 28 for performing is connected.
The relay board 23 is connected to a ball rental switch 24, a return switch 25, a frequency display device 26, and a ball rental display device 27 provided in the vicinity of the upper plate of the gaming machine.

  The frequency display device 26 displays the frequency that is recorded on the prepaid card read into the CR unit 28 and can be converted into a game ball. When the ball lending switch 24 is operated in a state where there is a remaining frequency, the number of game balls corresponding to the set frequency within the frequency range is paid out under the control of the payout control device 22. In the ball rental display device 27, the LED is turned on when the game ball is paid out. When the return switch 25 is operated in a state where the frequency displayed on the frequency display device 26 remains, the prepaid card inserted in the CR unit 28 is returned.

  Further, the payout control device 22 includes a launch drive device 39 that drives the game ball launch device as a launch control unit, and a ball feed drive device that drives a ball feed device that sends the game ball to the launch position of the game ball of the game ball launch device. 47 is connected. By operating the ball feed drive device 47 and the firing drive device 39, the game ball supplied from the upper plate is controlled to be launched toward the game area 2.

  Also, the payout control device 22 as the launch control unit is connected to a launch volume 44 for changing the power supplied to the launch drive device 39 based on a handle operation for operating the launch of the game ball, By adjusting the firing volume 44 by the player's handle operation, the firing force of the game ball launched from the game ball launching device is adjusted.

Further, when the firing stop switch 45 and the touch sensor 46 are connected to the payout control device 22 and the firing stop switch 45 is operated, and when the touch sensor 46 does not detect the touch of the operator's hand, the ball feeding is performed. By stopping the drive device 47 and the launch drive device 39, the launch of the game ball is stopped.
The payout control device 22 is connected to the hall computer 20 via the external information terminal board 40 so as to be able to output data.

  In such a gaming machine control system, the main controller 14 performs random number acquisition processing when the first start winning signal is input as described above or when the second starting winning signal is input. Done. The main control device 14 acquires a hard random number for the big win of the first or second variable display game from the hard random number generation circuit 14e, and generates and acquires other soft random numbers for the lottery. Note that when a start winning signal is input, a random number is acquired if the corresponding hold number is less than the upper limit, but no random number is acquired if the corresponding hold number is the upper limit.

  Further, the main control device 14 stores the random number acquired as described above in the RAM 14c, and when the start condition of the variable display game corresponding to the random number is satisfied and the lottery process using the stored random number is performed, the random number The random number is erased assuming that the erasure condition is satisfied, and the first or second hold number used in the first or second variable display game is decremented by one.

  The main control device 14 draws lots for displaying the first and second variable display games using the random numbers (hit determination random number, symbol random number, production random number) acquired as described above at the start of the variable display game. Process. In the lottery process, first, as the success / failure lottery process of the main controller 14 as the winning lottery means, the hit determination random number and the hit stored in the set hit determination table (low probability determination table or high probability determination table). The judgment value (lottery element) is compared. The ROM 14b of the main controller 14 stores a hit determination table.

  The winning judgment value is a numerical value determined in advance from a predetermined range of numerical values (integers) to be a winning determination random number, and the big hit probability is (number of winning determination values) / (predetermined range of numerical values to be a hit determination random number) Number). In addition, the hit determination value includes a hit determination value stored in the normal low probability determination table in which the hit probability is low, and a hit determination value stored in the high probability determination table at the time of high probability after the probability variation determination. There is.

If the acquired value of the hit determination random number and the hit determination value match, it is a big hit, and if it does not match, it is shifted.
Whether the low probability determination table or the high probability determination table is used is determined by main controller 14 depending on whether the probability state controlled as described above is a high probability state or a low probability state.
When it is determined that the game is a big win, the main control device 14 generates a big win game state after the end of the variable display game that results in the big win.

  Following the success / failure determination process, a stop symbol lottery process is performed. The symbol random number determines the type of stop symbol (special symbol) that is stopped and displayed on the first and second special symbol display devices 4a and 4b. For example, one type of special figure is determined. In the case of a big win, a plurality of types of special figures are set corresponding to each type of big hit, and one special figure is selected by lottery from these special figures.

  In this embodiment, the jackpot type is only one round of 16 rounds in this embodiment, but a jackpot type of the number of rounds other than 16 rounds may be set. In addition, if the jackpot type that becomes a short-time gaming state and the jackpot type that becomes a probability variable gaming state are set in the jackpot type, even if a jackpot that becomes a probability variable gaming state occurs, the game ball does not pass through the advantage area It is good also as a setting which does not become a probability change game state. Further, as will be described later, the number of rounds in which the second special variable winning device that opens and closes the second big winning opening 61a having the end region and the advantageous region may be changed according to the type of jackpot.

After the symbol lottery process, the main control device 14 performs a variation pattern (effect) lottery process.
The above-mentioned production random number determines the fluctuation pattern including the fluctuation display time of the fluctuation display game, and whether or not it becomes reach in the case of a loss, and in the case of reach, it is normal reach or fluctuation It is determined whether to reach super reach or premium reach with a long display time (type of reach production). In this case, the variation pattern differs for each reach type.

  In addition, in the case of a big hit, it will always reach, so it determines the type of reach production such as normal reach, super reach or premium reach. The main controller 14 selects a variation pattern according to a variation pattern table including a combination of a plurality of variation patterns and a determination value associated with each of the plurality of variation patterns corresponding to the number of lottery probabilities. To select the variation pattern.

  The variation pattern table includes, for example, for big hits and for deviations, and is stored in the ROM 14b of the main controller 14. In each variation pattern table, a determination value is assigned for each variation pattern, and the lottery probability is determined by the number of determination values allocated to each variation pattern. Each judgment value is an integer included in the range of numerical values that will be the production random numbers, and the lottery probability is a judgment assigned to each variation pattern with the number of all integers included in the range of numerical values that will be the production random numbers as the denominator. It is a numerical value with the number of values as a numerator.

  The variation pattern table is further divided into a normal game state and an electric support state such as a probability variation game state. Basically, a variation pattern having a shorter variation display time is stored in the variation pattern table for the out-of-game power support state compared to the variation pattern table for the out-of-game state.

  In such a gaming machine, it is determined whether to end or continue the jackpot gaming state in the middle, and in the case of ending, refer to the flowchart of FIG. 4 for the 16-round jackpot continuation ending process for generating a probability variable gaming state. I will explain. This process is a process repeatedly performed every short period by the main controller 14 as the hit state control means.

  First, it is determined whether or not it is the start timing of the first to sixth rounds in the jackpot gaming state (step S1). In each round from the 1st round to the 6th round, at the start of the round, the first special variable winning device 6 is opened, and a process for allowing the game ball to win the first big winning opening 61 is started (step S2). ). In this case, the closed condition of the opened first special variable winning device 6 is the passage of 29 seconds as the predetermined time or the winning of nine game balls to the second big winning opening 61 as described above. The process during the round of the first special variable winning device 6 is started, and the process ends.

  If it is not the start timing of the first to sixth rounds, it is determined whether it is the start timing of the seventh round (step S3). In the case where the 7th round is started, at the start of the round, the second special variable winning device 6a is opened to start the process of winning the game ball in the second large winning opening 61a (step S4). .

  In this case, the closed condition of the opened second special variable winning device 6a is the passage of 29 seconds as the predetermined time or the winning of nine game balls to the second big winning opening 61 as described above. The second special variation winning device 6a starts processing during the round, and 15 seconds elapses from the start of opening of the second special variation winning device 6a by the guidance destination changing member (blocking plate) of the guidance destination changing device 67. Until this, the process of guiding the game ball to the non-region path 66 having no end region and no advantageous region is started (step S5).

In the process of controlling the guidance destination changing device 67, after 15 seconds, the guidance destination of the game ball by the guidance destination changing device 67 is changed to the area path 65 having the end area and the advantageous area, and the game ball is changed to the end area and Allow to pass into the advantageous area.
Next, a 7-round flag is set (step S6), and this process ends.

If it is not the time to start 7 rounds, it is determined whether or not the 7 round flag is set (step S7).
If the 7-round flag is set, it is determined whether or not the game ball has passed through the end area and an end area passing ball signal is input from the end area passing ball sensor 63d to the main control device 14 (step). S8).

  When the game ball passes through the end area, a process for ending the big hit gaming state (winning state) at the end of the seventh round is set (step S8). As a result, the jackpot gaming state is terminated after the seventh round is over, without displaying the next eight and subsequent rounds, and displaying the jackpot gaming state end effect after the seventh round.

Next, the 7-round flag is reset and the end flag is set, and this process is terminated (step S10).
When the 7 round flag is not set, it is determined whether or not the end flag is set (step S11).

If the end flag is not set, this process is terminated. If the end flag is set, the game ball passes through the advantageous region and the advantageous region passing ball detection sensor 63c passes the advantageous region passing ball signal. Is input to the main control device 14 (step S12).
When the passing ball passes through the advantageous area, the probability variation gaming state is set as the gaming state after the jackpot gaming state, and the probability variation gaming state is generated after the jackpot gaming state ends (step S13). This probability variation game state ends when the variable display game is executed 300 times. Further, when the probability variation gaming state is not set, the short-time gaming state is set. At this time, the short game state ends when the variable display game is executed 100 times.

Next, the end flag is reset and the process ends (step S14).
In this embodiment, since it is set so as to pass through the advantageous area whenever it passes through the end area, the above-described end area passing sphere detection signal from the end area passing sphere detection sensor 63d is input based on the above-described input. It is good also as what performs the process of step S12 and step S13.

  In other words, the advantageous area passing ball detection sensor 63c and the end area passing ball detection sensor 63d can be combined with one sensor (a non-contact or contact type sensor for general game ball detection). In this case, the game ball passes through the end area and the advantage area simultaneously, so when a signal indicating the game ball's advantage area and end area passing from the sensor is input without setting the end flag. Both of the process for ending the jackpot gaming state based on the end of the seventh round and the process for generating the probability variation gaming state based on the end of the jackpot gaming state are set. In that case, the process of step S10, step S11, and step S14 can be abbreviate | omitted. Note that the process of resetting the 7 round flag is necessary.

  When the player chooses to generate a probability-changing gaming state, 15 seconds have elapsed since the opening of the second special variable winning device 6a to be released in the seventh round, and the guidance destination of the game ball of the guidance destination changing device However, after changing from the non-region path 66 through which the game ball does not pass through the end region and the advantageous region to the region route 65 through which the game ball passes through the end region and the advantageous region, the game ball is awarded to the second special variable winning device 6a. Let As a result, when the game ball passes through the end region and the advantageous region of the second big winning opening 61a in the seventh round, the big hit gaming state is ended in the seventh round as described above, and the probability variation gaming state is started. .

On the other hand, if the game ball does not pass through the end area and the advantage area in the seventh round, the big hit gaming state is not ended and the eighth round is started.
Therefore, it is not the start timing of 1st to 6th rounds, the start timing of 7th round, and if the 7th round flag is not set and the end flag is not set, whether or not it is the start timing of 8th to 16th rounds (Step S15),

  In the case of the start timing from the 8th round to the 16th round, a process for opening the second special variable winning device 6a is set (step S16). In this case, the opening time is set to 15 seconds instead of 29 seconds, and the closing condition of the second special variable winning device 6a is 15 seconds from opening or winning of the second big winning opening 61a of nine game balls.

  Basically, the guidance destination changing device 67 performs the same operation every time the second special variable winning device 6a is operated, and from the opening of the second special variable winning device 6a to 15 seconds. The process of guiding the game ball to the non-region route 66 and then changing the guidance destination from the non-region route 66 to the region route 65 is set (step S17). However, since the second special variable winning device 6a is closed 15 seconds after being opened, the process of changing the guidance destination is completed without changing the guidance destination of the game ball.

  As a result, after the 8th round, the second special variable winning device 6a is released, but even if the game ball wins, the game ball does not pass through the end region, and the second special variable winning device 6a is not played until the final round. The winning balls can be increased until the end of the 16-round big hit gaming state by winning the gaming balls. However, since the opening time of the second special variable winning device 6a is shortened, depending on the situation, nine game balls cannot be won and the number of winning balls is larger than when the first special variable winning device 6 is opened. It can also decrease.

  In such a gaming machine, when the player places a game ball in the second special variable prize-winning device that is opened in the seventh round (predetermined round), the game ball is released after 15 seconds from the release. Depending on whether or not to win, the jackpot gaming state is executed to the end to obtain a large number of winning balls, and after the jackpot gaming state is set to a short gaming state over a period of 100 variable display games, or the jackpot gaming state is set to 7 It is possible to select whether to end the round and generate a probable game state over a period of 300 times of the variable display game.

  In this embodiment, since the jackpot probability does not change much between the short-time gaming state and the probability variation gaming state, the selection of whether the number of rounds of the jackpot gaming state is 7 or 16, and whether the electric support state is a variable display game of 100 times. It will be a choice of 300 times of variable display games. That is, whether to select a power support state of 16 rounds of big win and 100 times of variable display game or to select a power support state of 7 rounds of big win and 300 times of variable display game.

  At this time, the number of prize balls including the electric support state may be slightly larger in the electric support state of the seventh round big hit and the variable display game 300 times because the electric support state is as long as 300 times.

  Therefore, a player who wants to play a pachinko for a long time or a player who has enough time is suitable for a long-time game by selecting the power support state of 7 rounds jackpot and 300 variable display games. You can select the situation. That is, in this case, the period of the jackpot gaming state is shortened, but the electric support state over a long period of time is generated, so that the game ball is not reduced so much (without cost) and over a long period of time. It becomes possible to play games. In addition, since the period of the electric support state is long, even if the jackpot probability is not high, the probability that the jackpot will occur in the variable display game during the electric support state is high. This also increases the possibility of being able to play for a long period of time without incurring costs.

  In addition, a player who has no time to spare, or a player who is about to stop playing soon, can quickly round up the game by selecting the 16-round jackpot and 100 times of variable display game. A suitable situation can be selected. In other words, in this case, the number of award balls that can be obtained in the current jackpot gaming state is, for example, more than doubled compared to the case where the jackpot gaming state is finished in 7 rounds. In addition, it becomes a state suitable for stopping the game at the stage at the end of the jackpot gaming state or the stage at which the electric support state with a short period ends.

  Therefore, as a player's preference, even if the number of winning balls that can be obtained in the jackpot gaming state decreases, the player can increase the possibility that the state in which the jackpot will occur during the probable gaming state (electric support state) continues. It is possible to select whether the number of prize balls that can be obtained in the big hit gaming state is better even if the electric support state becomes shorter. In addition, for example, the above-described selection can be performed according to the situation regarding the game time, such as whether the game is about to be rounded up or whether the game is to be continued.

  Here, in the above-described embodiment, the above-described selection can be performed in a predetermined round as described above. As described above, the first large area in which the advantageous region and the end region are not provided before the predetermined round. Opening / closing operation of the first special variable winning device 6 having a winning opening 61, and opening / closing the second special variable winning device 6a having a second large winning port 61a having an end region and an advantageous region after a predetermined round. It has become.

  Further, the guidance destination changing device 67 guides the game ball to the non-region path 66 that does not pass through the end region and the advantageous region after the second special variation winning device 6a is in the open state, and after the predetermined time, the end region And lead to a region path 65 through the advantageous region. Further, in the predetermined round, the opening time of the second special variable winning device 6a is longer than the above-described predetermined time, and it is possible to guide the game ball to the area path 65 and pass the end area and the advantageous area.

  However, in the round after the predetermined round, the opening time of the second special variable winning device 6a is set to be a predetermined time or less so that the game ball won in the second large winning opening 61a is not guided to the end area. If the end of the jackpot gaming state and the occurrence of the probability variation gaming state are not selected in a predetermined round, the jackpot gaming state does not end before the final round, and the jackpot gaming state continues until the final round It has become.

  On the other hand, for example, the second special variable prize winning device 6a having the second large winning opening 61a having the end area and the advantageous area for a predetermined round is opened, and the other rounds are also the advantageous area and the end area after the predetermined round. It is good also as what opens the 1st special fluctuation prize-winning apparatus 6 which is not provided. That is, when the end area and the advantageous area are not passed in a predetermined round, the first special variable winning device 6 is opened, so that the game ball passes through the end area before the final round in a round after the predetermined round. As a result, the jackpot gaming state does not end.

  In this case, since the second special variable winning device 6a is opened only for a predetermined round, for example, the game ball is not provided with the guidance destination changing device 67 as described above, and the game ball is in the non-region path 66, the end region, and the advantageous region. It may have a structure that passes through any one of the region paths 65 provided with. In this case, it is preferable that the game balls easily flow into the area path 65, for example, it is preferable that more game balls flow into the area path 65 than the non-area path 66. .

  In this case, during the predetermined round, while the second special variable winning device 6a is open, the player stops the launch of the game ball or adjusts the launch force of the game ball to open the second special By making the game ball not flow into the variable winning device 6a, it is possible to determine the continuation of the big hit gaming state, and by firing the game ball toward the second variable winning device 6a, Termination and occurrence of a probable gaming state can be selected.

  In this case, when selecting the continuation of the jackpot gaming state, the player operates not to win the game ball in the second big winning opening 61a in a predetermined round, so the number of winning balls can be reduced. Therefore, in consideration of the number of winning balls, the player with the guidance destination changing device 67 can win the game ball in the second big winning opening 61a in the first half of the opening period of the second special variable winning device 6a in a predetermined round. preferable.

  In the above-described embodiment, the game ball is guided to the non-region route 66 in the first half of the seven rounds as the predetermined round, and is guided to the region route 65 in the second half. However, the second special variable winning device 6a is predetermined. When only the round is released, the second special variable winning device 6a is closed even before the closing condition of the second special variable winning device 6a is established based on the fact that the game ball has passed the end region. Except for the case of the configuration, the game ball may be guided to the area path 65 in the first half of the predetermined round, and the game ball may be guided to the non-area path 66 in the second half.

  In addition, there is provided a guidance destination changing device 67 that does not have two special variable prize-winning devices, has an end region and a utility, and switches the path of a game ball between the region route 65 and the non-region route 66. Only a special variable winning device (second special variable winning device 6a) having a large winning opening may be provided. In this case, before the predetermined round and after the predetermined round, similarly to the above-mentioned 8th to 16th rounds, the opening time of the second special variable winning device 6a is set to 15 seconds from the start of the round (opening start), for example, The timing for changing the guidance destination from the non-region route 66 to the region route 65 by the destination changing device 67 is 15 seconds from the start of the round.

Other than the predetermined round, the opening time from the start of the round of the second special variable winning device 6a is 15 seconds.
With such a configuration, in rounds other than the predetermined round, before the game ball starts to be guided to the area path 65 having the end area, the second special variable winning device 6a is closed and the game ball is in the end area. It can be set as the situation which cannot pass.

  In addition, since it is necessary for the player to stop firing the game ball or change the firing force in the predetermined round, it is preferable to notify that the predetermined round is started. In this case, the interval between the round before the predetermined round and the predetermined round (the period during which both of the special variable winning devices 6 and 6a are closed between the rounds) is longer than the interleave between the other rounds. Then, the start of the predetermined round may be notified.

  In addition, after the second special variable winning device 6 is released in a predetermined round, for example, a notification may be given so that the launch of the game ball can be stopped slightly before the game ball guide destination is switched to the area route 65. preferable. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the jackpot gaming state is ended although the jackpot gaming state is to be continued.

Further, as described above, as the jackpot type, the predetermined rounds that allow the game ball to pass through the end area and the game area may be different.
For example, it is assumed that the predetermined rounds are three types of 3 rounds, 7 rounds, and 12 rounds, and the main control device 14 as the execution number setting means sets one round number from these round numbers as the above-mentioned predetermined round. Also good. In this case, the types of jackpots of 16 rounds are jackpot a, jackpot b, and jackpot c. In the case of jackpot a, the predetermined round is 3 rounds, and in the case of jackpot b, the predetermined round is 7 rounds. In the case of jackpot c, the predetermined round may be 12 rounds.

The determination of the jackpot type is made by the above-described symbol lottery and is notified by the type of the special symbol that is stopped and displayed on the special symbol display devices 4a and 4b.
In this case, when it is selected that the jackpot gaming state is terminated and the probability variation gaming state is generated, the number of winning balls that can be obtained differs depending on the type of jackpot. In other words, when the player selects the occurrence of a probable gaming state, the jackpot gaming state is completed in a predetermined round, so the smaller the number of predetermined rounds, the smaller the number of winning balls that can be obtained. When the predetermined round is 3 rounds, the number of winning balls that can be acquired is smaller than that in the case of 7 rounds, and when the predetermined round is 12 rounds, the number of winning balls that can be acquired is larger than that in the case of 7 rounds.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment which applied the invention made by this inventor was described, this invention is not limited by the description and drawing which make a part of indication of this invention by this embodiment. That is, it should be added that other embodiments, examples, operation techniques, and the like made by those skilled in the art based on this embodiment are all included in the scope of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game board 2 Game area 3 Variable display apparatus (display means)
6 First special variable prize device (variable prize device)
6a Second special variable prize device (variable prize device)
14 Main controller (winning lottery means, winning state control means, advantageous gaming state control means, guidance destination control means, execution frequency setting means)
61 1st grand prize opening 61a 2nd big prize opening 63c Advantageous area passing ball detection sensor (advantageous area)
63d End area passing ball detection sensor (end area)
65 Area route 66 Area route 67 Guide destination changing device

Claims (4)

A game board having a game area where game balls flow down;
Display means for displaying a variable display game;
A large winning opening that is provided on the game board and allows the game ball to win based on the fact that the variable display game is won,
A variable winning device that can vary between a closed state in which the game ball cannot win a prize winning opening and an open state in which the game ball can easily win a prize winning opening;
Winning lottery means for determining the winning or losing of the variable display game by lottery;
A hit state control means for generating a hit state that repeats opening and closing operations for a predetermined number of times from a normal state in which the variable winning device is closed when the variable display game is won;
Advantageous game state control means for selecting a game state in which the variable display game after the hit state is executed from at least two types of game states having different advantages for a player;
In a gaming machine comprising
The special winning opening includes an advantageous area and an end area through which the game ball flowing into the special winning opening can pass, and the gaming ball flowing into the special prize opening has both the advantageous area and the end area. An area path that passes through, and a non-area path that does not pass through both the advantageous area and the end area,
The advantageous game state control means, when the game ball flowing into the big prize opening passes through the advantageous area, as the game state after the hit state, from a plurality of types of game states to the player Select and generate a more advantageous kind of gaming state,
The hit state control means is configured such that when the game ball flowing into the big winning opening passes through the end area, the number of times the opening / closing operation is performed when the game ball passes through the end area is less than the predetermined number. Even so, the hit state is terminated by the opening / closing operation of the number of executions. Including at least two of the variable winning devices each having the large winning opening, providing the advantageous region and the end region only at the large winning port of the one variable winning device;
The hit state control means causes the game ball to be placed in the advantageous region and the end region by causing the variable winning device of any one of the plurality of variable winning devices to perform the opening / closing operation of each execution count. Set the number of executions of the opening and closing operation that can flow,
The opening / closing operation of the variable prize-winning device is continued from the next time depending on whether or not the game ball is allowed to flow into the big prize opening that is open at the set number of executions and has the advantageous area and the end area. 2. The game according to claim 1, wherein the player can select whether to execute the game, or to finish the opening / closing operation and generate the game state of a more advantageous type to the player. Machine. A guidance destination changing device that switches between the state of guiding the game ball that has flowed into the special winning opening to the area route and the state of guiding to the non-area route;
Guidance destination control means for controlling the guidance destination changing device,
Based on the control of the opening / closing operation of the variable winning device by the hit state control means and the control of changing the guidance destination of the game ball of the guidance destination changing device by the guidance destination control means, Only in the case of the set number of times of the opening / closing operation, while the large winning opening including the advantageous area and the end area is open, and the guidance destination changing device moves the game ball to the area. Depending on whether or not the game ball is allowed to flow into the big winning opening when guiding to the route, the opening / closing operation of the variable winning device is continuously executed from the next time onward, or the opening / closing operation is ended. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the player can select whether to generate the gaming state of a more advantageous type for the player. The winning lottery means selects one type of winning from a plurality of types of winning when the variable display game is won.
Based on the winning type selected by the winning lottery means,
4. The execution number setting means for setting the number of executions of the opening / closing operation of the variable prize apparatus that allows a game ball to pass through the advantageous area and the end area. Game machines.

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