JP6017934B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko machine that uses a game ball to play a game, and more particularly, to display control of game information during a jackpot game.

  In general, a pachinko machine has a special symbol display device that displays a special symbol, an effect display device that displays a predetermined effect, a starting point that triggers an electronic lottery related to the special symbol, and an electronic symbol that relates to a normal symbol. There are through-chuckers that trigger the lottery, electric tulips that open and close at the entrance of the start opening, and when a game ball launched toward the game area wins the start opening, an electronic lottery related to a special symbol is performed. In addition, the special symbol display device displays the mode in which the special symbol is changed and then stopped to notify the result of the electronic lottery. When the jackpot is won, a jackpot game advantageous to the player is provided. In this jackpot game, the player can acquire a lot of prize balls because the attacker device opens and closes a predetermined number of times (a predetermined number of rounds) and the game ball enters the winning prize opening.

  During the jackpot game, various types of game information such as the number of game balls won in the big prize opening and the number of rounds are displayed recently. For example, Patent Document 1 is known as this type of pachinko machine. In this Patent Document 1, during a specific gaming state (during jackpot game), first, a predetermined winning number (specified number) corresponding to a round number (expected number of rounds) smaller than the total number of rounds (specified number of times) is calculated as an expected winning number. As a first effect, the first effect is reported. When the number of winnings counted by winning the variable winning ball device (attacker device) during execution of the first effect reaches the expected number of winnings notified by the first effect, the first effect is ended. In addition, the fact that the specific gaming state is continued is notified, and the second effect is performed in which the specified number of winnings corresponding to the number of remaining rounds that are not executed out of the total number of rounds can be specified as the expected number of winnings. Is done. When a game ball wins a variable winning device, the number of winning balls is displayed.

  In addition, there is a case where a game ball wins in a single round exceeding the prescribed number of winnings in a variable winning device (so-called over winning). In such a case, in Patent Document 1, the display is as follows: Is going. That is, when the number of wins won in the variable winning ball apparatus in the round executed during the execution of the first effect is greater than the prescribed number of wins in the round, counting of the number of wins is stopped by the number of wins. It is configured to be.

  According to Patent Document 1 configured as described above, when notification that the specific gaming state is continued is made, the player is informed about the relationship between the expected expected number of winnings and the displayed winning number. It is said that it can be made uncomfortable.

JP 2007-268103 A (paragraphs 0019, 0020, etc.)

  A pachinko machine will play a predetermined time when a predetermined time elapses (for example, 30 seconds) from the start of the round game while the number of game balls won in the grand prize opening in each round game does not reach a specified number (for example, 10). With the progress, the end condition of the round game is established, and the round game ends. In addition, there may be a case where no game balls are won during the round game (so-called puncture) due to some trouble such as game balls clogging in the game area. When such a specific situation occurs, it is necessary to correct the display of the number of winning game balls and the expected number of winning games, but Patent Document 1 makes no mention of this.

  Therefore, the present invention is a pachinko machine that displays various game information during a jackpot game, even if a specific situation occurs such that the round game ends before the game balls reach the specified number. The object is to prevent the game information displayed during the game from feeling uncomfortable.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a game board having a game area in which a game ball flows down, a start opening and a big prize opening provided in the game area, and an attacker device for opening and closing the big prize opening, A special symbol lottery means for performing a lottery to determine whether or not a special symbol is won when a game ball is won at the start opening, and a special bonus lottery game is provided when the special symbol lottery unit wins a special symbol lottery. A jackpot game control means, an effect display device provided on the game board, an effect display control means for performing display control of the effect display device, and a game ball detection means for detecting a game ball won in the big prize opening The jackpot game is configured such that the attacker device opens the big winning opening and is allowed to win a game ball, and a predetermined number of gaming balls have won the big winning opening or other termination conditions. In a pachinko machine that is configured to repeatedly execute a round game with the content that the attacker device closes the big prize opening when established, the effect display control means starts the jackpot game. And the expected number of winnings, which is the number obtained by multiplying the prescribed number by the expected number of rounds that is equal to or less than the prescribed number of times executed in the jackpot game, and the detection signal from the game ball detecting means Based on this, the information on the number of game balls that have been won at the grand prize opening from the start of the jackpot game is displayed in a predetermined manner, and the game ball detection means detected by the game ball detection means during the round game is displayed. If a specific situation occurs in which the end condition is satisfied and the round game ends before the number reaches the specified number, the stage table The control means corrects and displays the number information or the expected number of winning prizes to a value reflecting the number of winning prizes corresponding to the difference between the number of winning game balls detected by the gaming ball detecting means and the prescribed number. It is characterized by doing so.

  According to the present invention, even when a specific situation occurs, game information corrected to a numerical value reflecting the number of unwinned prizes is displayed, so that it is possible to prevent the player from feeling uncomfortable. .

  Further, in the above configuration, the effect display control means cumulatively adds the winning number of game balls by one each time the detection signal is input, and uses the cumulatively added numerical value as the number information and the expected winning number. Are displayed separately, and when the specific situation occurs in the round game of this time, a numerical value corrected by adding the non-winning number to the cumulatively added numerical value is used as the new piece information. It is preferable to display in the next round game.

  According to this configuration, when there is an unwinned number, it can be considered that the unwinned portion has been won, and the display can be made by adding the unwinned number to the number information. Even in this case, the number information can be displayed in the next round game as in the normal case. Therefore, the player does not feel uncomfortable. That is, according to the present invention configured as described above, it is possible to display as if the number of unwinned prizes has not occurred, thereby preventing the player from feeling uncomfortable. .

  In the above configuration, the presentation display control means displays the number information in such a manner that the displayed expected number of winnings is decremented by one each time the detection signal is input, and the current round When the specific situation occurs in the game, a numerical value corrected by subtracting the number of unpaid from the expected number of winnings displayed at the end of the current round game is set as the new expected winning number. The round game may be displayed.

  According to this configuration, since the number information is displayed by the expected number of winnings, the information to be displayed can be combined into one. Therefore, the display area can be small. In addition, since the number of unwinned items is reflected in the expected number of winnings, the number information can be displayed in the same manner as in a normal case even when a specific situation occurs. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the player from feeling uncomfortable.

  Further, in the above configuration, the effect display control means cumulatively adds the winning number of game balls by one each time the detection signal is input, and uses the cumulatively added numerical value as the number information and the expected winning number. Are displayed separately, and when the specific situation occurs in the round game of this time, a numerical value corrected by subtracting the number of unpaid from the expected number of winning is the new expected winning number. The round game can be displayed.

  According to this configuration, if there is an unwinned number, the expected number of winnings is subtracted by that amount and changed to a numerical value that can be actually expected to be acquired, so there is no contradiction in the expected number of winnings. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the player from feeling uncomfortable.

  Further, in the above configuration, when the game ball detection means does not detect any game ball during the round game, the effect display control means determines the prescribed from the expected number of winnings displayed in the round game. It is preferable that the numerical value corrected by subtracting the number is displayed as the new expected winning number in the next round game.

  According to this configuration, the expected number of winnings is subtracted by the number of round games for which no game balls have been detected, and the number is changed to a value that can be expected to be actually obtained, so there is no contradiction in the expected number of winnings. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the player from feeling uncomfortable.

  According to the present invention, since the above-described configuration is provided, it is possible to prevent the game information displayed during the jackpot game from feeling uncomfortable.

1 is an external perspective view of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is an external appearance perspective view of the state which opened the glass door of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. It is a rear view of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical structure of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the detail of the special figure lottery process part shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the detail of the 1st, 2nd special figure low probability determination table and the 1st, 2nd special figure high probability determination table shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the detail of the special figure kind determination process part shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the detail of the special figure kind determination table shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the detail of the common figure lottery process part shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the jackpot classification, the electric support number of times, the number of rounds, and the attacker release pattern with respect to the kind of special figure shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the detail of the attacker open | release pattern shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the detail of the special figure fluctuation pattern command determination part shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the detail of the special figure common fluctuation pattern command table shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the relationship between each variation pattern table shown in FIG. 13, main variation time, reach probability, and variation time at reach. It is a block diagram which shows the detail of the production | presentation control process part shown in FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of game control when a game ball wins a first start winning opening in the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 1. In Example 1, it is a figure which shows the screen structure displayed on an effect display apparatus during a jackpot game. In Example 1, it is a figure which shows the relationship between the numerical value of the expected number of winnings displayed during a jackpot game, the number of rounds, and the kind of special symbol. In Example 1, it is a figure which shows the specific example of the screen structure displayed on an effect display apparatus during a jackpot game. In Example 1, it is a figure which shows the specific example of the screen structure displayed on an effect display apparatus during a jackpot game. In Example 1, it is a figure which shows the specific example of the screen structure displayed on an effect display apparatus in case there exists a non-winning number in jackpot game. In Example 1, it is a figure which shows the specific example of the screen structure displayed on an effect display apparatus when puncture generate | occur | produces during the jackpot game. In Example 2, it is a figure which shows the screen structure displayed on an effect display apparatus during a jackpot game. In Example 2, it is a figure which shows the relationship between the numerical value of the expected number of winnings displayed during a jackpot game, the number of rounds, and the kind of special symbol. In Example 2, it is a figure which shows the specific example of the screen structure displayed on an effect display apparatus during a jackpot game. In Example 2, it is a figure which shows the specific example of the screen structure displayed on an effect display apparatus during a jackpot game. In Example 2, it is a figure which shows the specific example of the screen structure displayed on an effect display apparatus in case there exists a non-winning number in jackpot game. In Example 2, it is a figure which shows the specific example of the screen structure displayed on an effect display apparatus when puncture generate | occur | produces during the jackpot game. In Example 3, it is a figure which shows the specific example of the screen structure displayed on an effect display apparatus in case there exists a non-winning number in jackpot game.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.For the sake of convenience, the word “special symbol” is abbreviated as “special symbol” and the term “ordinary symbol” is “ It will be abbreviated as “common figure”. Unless otherwise specified, the term “game” refers to a game that is performed when a game ball wins a prize at the first start winning opening 37a or the second starting winning opening 37b.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a pachinko machine P according to an embodiment of the present invention has a vertically-rectangular machine casing 1 installed in an island facility of a game arcade, and a door-like opening and closing to the machine casing 1. A body frame 2 that is freely attached, a game board 3 that is housed inside the body frame 2, and a glass that is attached to the front surface of the body frame 2 so as to be openable and closable, with a large opening 8 formed in the center. A door 4, a transparent glass plate 10 attached to the opening 8 of the glass door 4, and a front board 6 having a tray 5 which is disposed on the lower side of the main body frame 2 so as to be freely opened and closed and accommodates a game ball. A launching device 9 provided at the lower part of the main body frame 2 and a handle 7 attached to the front board 6 are provided. Furthermore, the speaker 20 is attached to the upper part of the glass door 4 one each right and left, and the various sound effects regarding a game are emitted. As shown in FIG. 3, the pachinko machine P includes a main control processing unit 100, a payout / launch control processing unit 105, a sub control processing unit 200, a prize ball payout device 14, and the like on the back side. Next, the configuration of the pachinko machine P according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the game board 3 has a game area 31 on the board surface, and the game area 31 can be observed through the glass plate 10 after being attached to the main body frame 2. The game area 31 is partitioned and formed into a substantially circular shape by a guide rail 32 for sliding the game ball and the game ball regulating rail 33, and the game ball launched by the launching device 9 passes through the game area 31. Flow down. Further, in the game area 31, the effect display device 34, the through chucker 21, the electric tulip 49, the stage (not shown), the first start winning opening (start opening) 37 a and the second starting winning opening ( A start opening 37b, a general winning opening 38, an out opening 39, a game nail (not shown), a windmill (not shown), a big winning opening 42, an attacker device 41 and the like are provided. A special figure display device 17 and a general figure display device 22 are provided at the lower right position of the game board surface.

  In the present embodiment, the first start winning opening 37a and the second starting winning opening 37b are provided with an interval in the vertical direction, and when the launching intensity of the launching device 9 is weak to medium (so-called “bukko” When the game ball is launched aiming at the target), the game ball may flow down the left side of the effect display device 34 and win the first start winning port 37a or the second start winning port 37b. However, since the electric tulip 49 is provided in the second start winning opening 37b, it is almost impossible to win a game ball in the second starting winning opening 37b unless the electric tulip 49 is opened.

  The effect display device 34 is provided in a substantially central portion of the game board 3 and is the result of the electronic lottery relating to the first special drawing performed when the game ball wins the first start winning opening 37a or the second start. A predetermined rendering mode is displayed based on the result of the electronic lottery according to the second special drawing that is performed when a game ball wins the winning opening 37b. In this embodiment, a liquid crystal display device is used. ing. In addition to the background image being displayed on the entire screen, the effect display device 34 synchronizes with the first special figure or the second special figure that is variably displayed on the special figure display device 17 as a part of the predetermined effect mode. As a result, the dummy symbol (effect symbol) is displayed in a variable manner.

  The effect display device 34 is a display for performing a hold display (display that the hold ball random number is stored) when the hold ball random number is stored in the hold ball random number storage (memory) 115a, 115b. A region is defined. Specifically, a first reserved ball display area 34a for displaying that the reserved ball random number is stored in the first special figure reserved ball random number storage unit 115a is provided on the lower left side of the effect display device 34. In addition, a second reserved ball display area 34b for displaying that the reserved ball random number is stored in the second special figure reserved ball random number storage unit 115b is provided. A command output from the main control processing unit 100 when a game ball wins the first start winning opening 37a or the second start winning opening 37b, and the special figure random number acquired by the winning is stored as a holding ball random number. When received, the reserved balls are displayed in white in these reserved ball display areas 34a and 34b.

  The special figure display device 17 is a result of the electronic lottery related to the first special figure performed when the game ball wins the first start winning opening 37a, or the game ball wins the second start winning opening 37b. This is for displaying the result of the electronic lottery related to the second special drawing performed at the opportunity. More specifically, the special figure display device 17 displays the lottery result relating to the special figure in such a manner that the lottery result is stopped after the first special figure or the second special figure (for example, a number or a picture) is changed. In the present embodiment, a 7-segment display is used as the special figure display device 17. The special figure display device 17 is provided apart from the lower right portion of the game board 3 so as not to enter the field of view of the player watching the effect display device 34 at the same time. Then, the special figure fluctuates by causing the 7-segment display to blink, and the blinking stops and the fluctuation of the special figure stops by changing to a lighting display. This blinking time is the fluctuation time of the special figure (first special figure, second special figure).

  In the present embodiment, the game based on the game ball winning in the first start winning port 37a and the game based on the game ball winning in the second start winning port 37b are performed according to the winning order. (In order of winning). Therefore, the lottery results of both the first start winning opening 37a and the second starting winning opening 37b are not displayed simultaneously. Therefore, the special drawing display device 17 displays the result of the lottery based on the winning of the game balls in the two start winning ports 37a and 37b. Of course, it goes without saying that two special figure display devices 17 may be provided separately.

  The through chucker 21 has a gate structure through which a game ball can pass, and a magnetic sensor type through chucker detection sensor 46 that detects that the game ball has passed is incorporated therein. In addition, a general-purpose display device 22 for displaying the result of the electronic lottery related to the general diagram performed when the game ball passes through the through chucker 21 is provided next to the special-purpose display device 17. . In the present embodiment, the general-purpose display device 22 is composed of two LED lamps, and one LED lamp is lit when hitting a common figure, and the other LED lamp is lit when lost. ing. In addition, the usual figure fluctuates by alternately displaying the two LED lamps in a blinking manner, and the blinking stops and the ordinary figure fluctuates by changing to a lighting display. This blinking time is the usual fluctuation time.

  The display control of the special figure display device 17 is performed by the first special figure display control unit 101a and the second special figure display control unit 101b of the main control processing unit 100, and the display control of the general figure display device 22 is the main control. This is performed by the general-purpose display control unit 102 of the control processing unit 100 (see FIG. 4).

  The electric tulip 49 is provided at the entrance of the second start winning prize opening 37b, and includes a pair of blade members that rotate about an axis orthogonal to the surface of the game board 3. When the solenoid is energized, The blade members are rotated in directions away from each other, and the entrance of the second start winning prize opening 37b is enlarged. Then, when the electric tulip 49 is opened, the game ball easily wins the second start winning opening 37b.

  Further, the stage 36 is a structure that is disposed below the effect display device 34 so that the game ball stays temporarily while rolling. A groove is formed at the center of the stage 36, and a first start winning opening 37a is arranged at a position directly below the groove. Therefore, the game ball dropped from the groove is guided to the first start winning opening 37a with a high probability.

  If the attacker device 41 becomes a big win (per special figure) as a result of the electronic lottery related to the first special figure performed when the game ball wins the first start winning opening 37a, And as a result of the electronic lottery related to the second special figure performed when the game ball wins at the second start winning opening 37b, it becomes a big hit (per special figure) and a predetermined number of times when it shifts to the big hit game The device to be opened. That is, the attacker device 41 operates in accordance with the lottery results at both start winning ports 37a and 37b.

  The attacker device 41 includes a plate-like lid member that opens and closes in the front-rear direction about a horizontal axis, and the lid member rotates around the horizontal axis by driving a solenoid (not shown). ing. In the state where the lid member is opened, the big prize opening 42 provided at the lower part of the game area 31 is exposed, so that the player can win the game ball in the big prize opening 42.

  That is, in the attacker device 41, since the lid member normally closes the big winning opening 42, the game ball does not win the big winning opening 42. However, as described above, when the player shifts to the jackpot game, the lid member Is opened for a predetermined number of rounds, and the grand prize opening 42 is exposed, so that it is possible to make a game ball enter the big prize opening 42. When a game ball wins the big winning opening 42, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out to the player as prize balls. That is, the player can win a game by winning a game ball in the big winning opening 42. The special winning opening 42 is a horizontally long rectangular opening, and the lid member of the attacker device 41 has substantially the same shape as the special winning opening 42.

  In addition, when a game ball wins the general winning opening 38, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out to the player as prize balls. The game balls that have not entered any of the first start winning opening 37 a, the second starting winning opening 37 b, the general winning opening 38, and the attacker device 41 are collected from the out opening 39. It should be noted that sensors 43a, 43b, 44, and 45 for detecting the passage of game balls are respectively provided in the first start winning opening 37a, the second starting winning opening 37b, the general winning opening 38, and the large winning opening 42 (FIG. 4). Reference) is provided. Here, the special winning opening detection sensor 45 corresponds to the “game ball detecting means” of the present invention. In addition, although mentioned later in detail, in this embodiment, when the big prize opening detection sensor 45 detects a game ball, the number information of the game balls won in the big prize opening 42 is displayed on the screen of the effect display device 34. It is configured as follows.

  The front board 6 is provided with a receiving tray 5 that accommodates game balls and can be discharged to the outside. This tray 5 can accommodate not only game balls thrown by the player but also game balls paid out as prize balls from the prize ball payout device 14. A launching device 9 for launching game balls toward the game area 31 is attached to the lower part of the main body frame 2, and the game balls accommodated in the tray 5 are supplied to the launching device 9 one by one. The Then, when the handle 7 attached to the lower right of the front board 6 is rotated, the launching device 9 can launch the game ball to the game area 31 with a launch intensity corresponding to the turning amount. Yes. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, an effect touch button 60 that is pressed by the player is provided on the side of the tray 5.

  The main control processing unit 100 is provided on the back surface of the game board 3 via a support member or the like. The main control processing unit 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory) that stores a predetermined control program, a RAM (Random) that temporarily stores generated processing information and deletes the stored information. Access Memory) and the like. When the CPU reads and executes various programs and data stored in the ROM, main processing relating to the game is performed.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the main control processing unit 100 is a special drawing lottery processing unit that performs lottery related to whether or not a special drawing is successful when a game ball wins a winning winning opening 37a, 37b. Special symbol lottery means) 110, and special symbol type determination processing unit 120 that determines the type of special symbol related to the winning by lottery when the big winning (per special symbol) is won by lottery by the special symbol lottery processing unit 110 A special pattern fluctuation pattern command determination unit 130 for determining a fluctuation pattern command that is a command including information regarding the fluctuation time of the special figure, and a game state and a general condition related to the special figure based on the fact that the predetermined condition is satisfied. When the determination of the lottery result by the gaming state setting unit 140 and the special drawing lottery processing unit 110 that respectively set the gaming state shown in FIG. And a bonus game controller (jackpot game control means) 160 that actuates the attacker device 41 (solenoid) moves to jackpot gaming according to the class.

  In addition, the main control processing unit 100 has a general drawing lottery processing unit 170 for performing lottery related to whether or not a normal drawing is triggered when a game ball passes through the through chucker 21, and a normal drawing for determining a fluctuation time of the normal drawing. The figure variation time determination unit 190, the electric tulip operation control unit 180 that controls the operation of the electric tulip 49, the first special figure display control unit 101a that performs display control of the first special figure display device 17a, and the second special figure. A second special-figure display control unit 101b that performs display control of the display device 17b and a general-figure display control unit 102 that performs display control of the general-purpose display device 22 are provided.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the special drawing lottery processing unit 110 updates the counter value one by one within a predetermined range (for example, a range from 0 to 65535) based on a clock signal periodically input. The special figure success / failure determination random number generator 111 for generating hardware random numbers and the first special figure success / failure for performing the lottery related to the success / failure of the first special figure when a game ball is won in the first start winning opening 37a. A lottery section 119a and a second special figure success / failure lottery section 119b for performing a lottery related to the success / failure of the second special figure in response to the winning of a game ball in the second start winning opening 37b are configured.

  In this embodiment, the update speed for generating a random number of hardware random numbers is faster than the update speed of software random numbers described later, and the randomness of the extracted counter value (so-called pseudo-random number) is increased. It is improving.

  The first special figure winning / losing lottery section 119a is triggered by a game ball winning in the first start winning opening 37a (at the timing when the detection signal from the start winning opening detecting sensor 43a is input to the main control processing section 100). The first special figure success / failure determination random number acquisition unit 112a for acquiring (latching) one special figure success / failure determination random number generated by the special figure success / failure determination random number generation unit 111, and the first special figure success / failure determination random number A first special figure determination unit 113a that determines whether or not the random number acquired by the acquisition unit 112a is a big hit with reference to the first special figure high probability determination table 116a or the first special figure low probability determination table 117a; If the first special figure or the second special figure is changing when the first special figure success / failure determination random number obtaining unit 112a obtains the random number, the obtained random number is used as the reserved ball random number according to the first special figure. As a maximum of 4 If, includes four up to the upper limit) and the first Japanese diagram for pending ball random number memory unit 115a for storing a predetermined number.

  Here, the first special figure high probability determination table 116a has a higher probability of being a big hit than the first special figure high probability determination table 117a, and more specifically, the first special figure high probability determination table 116a is The jackpot winning probability is approximately 1/40, and the first special figure low probability determination table 117a has a jackpot winning probability of approximately 1/400 (so-called Max spec). That is, the first special figure high probability determination table 116a is set to have a 10 times larger probability of winning than the first special figure low probability determination table 117a.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, when the first special figure low probability determination table 117a is referred to, the result of the first special figure success / failure determination is 0 to 163. Is a big hit, and loses when the value is between 164 and 65535. Further, when the first special figure high probability determination table 116a is referred to, the result of the success / failure determination is a big hit when the value of the special figure success / failure determination random number is from 0 to 1630, and the value is from 1631 to 65535. When you lose.

  Similarly to the first special figure success / failure lottery section 119a, the second special figure success / failure lottery section 119b is triggered by the fact that a game ball is won at the second start prize winning opening 37b (the detection signal from the start winning opening detection sensor 43b is the main signal). The second special figure success / failure determination random number acquisition unit 112b that acquires (latches) one special figure success / failure determination random number generated by the special figure success / failure determination random number generation unit 111 (at the timing input to the control processing unit 100). Whether the random number acquired by the second special figure success / failure determination random number acquisition unit 112b is a big hit (per special figure), whether the second special figure high probability determination table 116b or the second special figure low probability determination table When the first special figure or the second special figure is changing when the second special figure success / failure determination unit 113b determined with reference to 117b and the second special figure success / failure determination random number acquisition unit 112b acquire the random number The obtained random number Up to 4 or as a holding balls random number according to Japanese view and a (in other words, four to the upper limit is a predetermined number) and a second especially diagram for pending ball random number memory unit 115b for storing.

  Here, the second special figure high probability determination table 116b has a higher probability of jackpot than the second special figure high probability determination table 117b, and more specifically, the second special figure high probability determination table 116b is The jackpot winning probability is approximately 1/40, and the second special figure low probability determination table 117b has a jackpot winning probability of approximately 1/400. That is, the second special figure high probability determination table 116b is set to have a 10 times larger probability of winning than the second special figure low probability determination table 117b. The configurations of the second special figure high probability determination table 116b and the second special figure high probability determination table 117b are the same as those of the first special figure high probability determination table 116a and the first special figure low probability determination table 117a. Therefore, the detailed description of each table is omitted.

  Further, for convenience of explanation, in the following explanation, the first special figure win / fail lottery unit 119a refers to the first special figure low probability determination table 117a and performs lottery related to the success / failure of the first special figure. The game state in which the lottery unit 119b performs the lottery related to whether or not the second special figure is successful with reference to the second special figure low probability determination table 117b is simply referred to as “special figure low probability”. The lottery unit 119a refers to the first special figure high probability determination table 116a to perform a lottery regarding the success or failure of the first special figure, and the second special figure determination lottery unit 119b refers to the second special figure high probability determination table 116b. The gaming state in which the lottery related to whether or not the second special figure is true is simply referred to as “special figure high accuracy”.

  Next, the special figure type determination processing unit 120 will be described. The special figure lottery processing unit 110 determines whether or not the jackpot is won (whether or not the special figure is won), whereas the special figure type determination processing unit 120 determines the type of the special figure. Is for. In other words, in this embodiment, the jackpot / losing decision regarding the special figure is performed by the special figure lottery processing unit 110, but the contents of the jackpot (type, number of rounds, number of electric supporters, attacker release pattern) are special figure type decision processing. The configuration is determined by the unit 120. Details of the above jackpot contents will be described later.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the special figure type determination processing unit 120 sets the value of the loop counter to a predetermined range (for example, 0 to 399) based on an interrupt signal periodically input (for example, every 4 milliseconds). The special figure type determining random number generator 121 for generating software random numbers by updating the range one at a time and the type of the first special figure by lottery when the game ball is won in the first start winning opening 37a The first special figure type lottery section 129a for determining the second special figure type for determining the type of the second special figure by lottery when the game ball wins the second start winning opening 37b And a lottery section 129b.

  The first special figure type lottery unit 129a is triggered by a game ball winning in the first start winning port 37a (at the timing when the detection signal from the start winning port detection sensor 43a is input to the main control processing unit 100). The first special figure type determination random number acquisition unit 122a that acquires (latches) one special figure type determination random number generated by the special figure type determination random number generation unit 121, and the first special figure type determination random number A first special figure type determination unit 123a that determines the type of the first special figure from the random numbers acquired by the acquisition unit 122a with reference to the first special figure type determination table 125a, and a first special figure type determination random number acquisition unit If the first special figure or the second special figure is changing when the random number is acquired by the 122a, the obtained random number is up to 4 (in other words, up to the upper limit of 4 which is a predetermined number). Random number storage unit 12 for determining the first special figure type to be stored It has a, and a.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the first special figure type determination table 125a has a table configuration in which a random number for determining a special figure type and the type of the first special figure are associated in advance. Specifically, a total of 10 types of first special charts of 16R specific short-lived symbols 1 to 7 and 16R normal short-lived symbols 1 to 3 are stored in the first special graphic type determination table 125a. Values of special figure type determination random numbers 0 to 399 are associated with each of the first special figures. Since the range of the special figure type determination random value assigned to each first special figure is different, the probability that each first special figure is selected by the first special figure type determining unit 123a is It will be different.

  More specifically, among the ten types of first special charts stored in the first special figure type determination table 125a, the special figure type determination random number value of 0 to 19 is “16R specific time reduction”. The “symbol 1” is associated with “16R specific short time symbol 2” for the random value 20 to 79, and the “16R specific short time symbol 3” is associated with the random value 80 to 119, respectively. ing. Similarly, the special figure type determination random numbers after the random number value 120 are also associated with predetermined special figure types as shown in FIG.

  As will be described in detail later, among the types of special figures, “16R” means that the number of rounds of the jackpot game is 16 rounds, “specific” means so-called probability variation, and “normal” means so-called normal hit. “Time short-lived” indicates that a gaming state in which the electric tulip 49 is opened with high probability (so-called electric support) is given over a predetermined number of games. In this embodiment, all the jackpot games are composed of 16 rounds, but the number of rounds that can actually win a prize ball (that is, the actual number of rounds) is set differently depending on the type of special figure. Yes.

  As is apparent from FIG. 8, since the total number of random numbers associated with “16R specified short time symbol 1” is 20 out of 400 special figure type determining random numbers, The probability that “design 1” is selected is 20/400 × 100 = 5%. The selection probabilities of the other first special figures are obtained in the same manner, and the selection probabilities are as shown in FIG.

  Similarly to the first special figure type lottery section 129a, the second special figure type lottery section 129b is triggered by the fact that a game ball has won the second starting prize opening 37b (a detection signal from the start winning opening detection sensor 43b). Is acquired at the main control processing unit 100), and the second special figure type determination random number is acquired (latched) for one special figure type determination random number generated by the special figure type determination random number generation unit 121. 122b and a second special figure type determination unit that determines the type of the second special figure from the random numbers acquired by the second special figure type determination random number acquisition unit 122b with reference to the second special figure type determination table 125b. 123b and when the first special figure or the second special figure is changing when the second special figure type determining random number obtaining unit 122b obtains the random number, up to four random numbers obtained (another word) (Up to the upper limit of 4) A second special symbol types determination random number storage unit 124b for 憶, and a.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the second special figure type determination table 125b has a table configuration in which a random number for determining the special figure type and the type of the second special figure are associated in advance. Since it is the same as the first special figure type determination table 125a, description thereof is omitted here. As is apparent from FIG. 8, the probability of selecting the type of each special figure is the same regardless of which of the first special figure type determination table 125a and the second special figure type determination table 125b is referred to. Therefore, there is no advantage / disadvantage between Special Figure 1 and Special Figure 2.

  Next, the general drawing lottery processing unit 170 will be described. As shown in FIG. 9, the ordinary drawing lottery processing unit 170 performs a lottery relating to the ordinary drawing when the game ball passes through the through-chucker 21 and the random number generating unit 171 for determining whether or not to generate a random number. It is configured to include a general-purpose winning / failing lottery section 177 for determining whether or not to go. The random number generation unit 171 for determining whether or not to determine a normal figure has the same configuration as the random number generation unit 111 for determining whether or not a special figure has been determined. In addition, the normal winning / not determining lottery unit 177 is triggered by the passing of the game ball through the through chucker 21 (at the timing when the detection signal from the through chucker detection sensor 46 is input to the main control processing unit 100). A random number acquisition unit 172 for determining whether or not to determine whether or not a common figure has been generated by the random number generation unit for determination 171 and a random number acquired by the random number acquisition unit 172 for determining whether or not a common figure has been determined When the universal figure is changing when the universal figure success / failure determination unit 173 that determines whether or not it is per common figure and the random number acquisition unit 172 for universality / probability determination obtains random numbers In addition, the reserved figure random number memory unit 174 for storing the acquired random numbers up to four as the reserved sphere random numbers according to the common figure, and the low probability decision of the common figure having a low probability of winning per common figure as the decision table Table 1 6, the probability of winning per Hiroshi view than the Prussian diagram low probability determination table 176 and a high Hiroshi view high-probability determination table 175.

  Here, the probability of hitting a normal figure is higher in the general figure high probability determination table 175 than that in the normal figure low probability determination table 176. More specifically, the normal figure high probability determination table 175 is higher than the normal figure high probability determination table 175. The win probability of 1 / 1.1 and the ordinary low probability determination table 176 are set such that the win probability per ordinary figure is 1/20. In other words, the ordinary high probability determination table 175 is set so that the probability of winning per ordinary figure is significantly higher than the ordinary low probability determination table 176. If lottery is performed with reference to the ordinary high probability determination table 175, in most cases, it will be won per ordinary figure.

  In addition, for convenience of explanation, in the following explanation, the game state in which the lottery drawing lottery unit 177 refers to the usual figure low probability determination table 176 and draws lottery related to the usual figure is simply referred to as “general figure low probability”. The game state in which the lottery drawing lottery unit 177 refers to the usual figure high probability determination table 175 and performs the lottery related to the usual figure is simply referred to as “normal figure high probability”.

  Next, the electric tulip operation control unit 180 shown in FIG. 4 performs control so that the solenoid of the electric tulip 49 is energized to open and close based on the result of winning a lottery by the lottery processing unit 170. Yes. The electric tulip operation control unit 180 opens the electric tulip 49 twice with an opening time of 1.2 seconds (interval 0.8 seconds) for each time of normal drawing in the high accuracy of the normal drawing (that is, an interval of 0.8 seconds). , 1.2 seconds open → 0.8 seconds closed → 1.2 seconds open in this order). It is controlled to open once in 0.2 seconds. Therefore, as shown above, when the lottery is performed by the ordinary drawing lottery processing unit 170, the ordinary tuition wins almost every time the drawing is held, and the electric tulip 49 is opened for 1.2 seconds x 2 times. Therefore, the player can win the game ball in the electric tulip 49 relatively easily. Therefore, the game can be performed without much reduction of the game balls during the normal high accuracy.

  Now, the pachinko machine P according to the present embodiment is prepared in advance with three states of “low accuracy mode”, “time reduction mode”, and “probability change mode” as gaming states. The “low accuracy mode” consists of a gaming state with a special figure low probability and a normal figure low probability. It consists of a game state with high accuracy and normal accuracy.

  In this embodiment, when the type of the special figure (the first special figure or the second special figure) described above is determined, the jackpot type and the number of rounds (substantially) from the special figure and each of the above game states. In addition, the number of times of electric support and the attacker opening pattern are determined. This will be described in detail below with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 10, each special figure type is associated in advance with a jackpot pattern that prescribes a jackpot type, the number of rounds, the number of electric supporters, and an attacker release pattern.

  Here, the “big hit type” indicates whether the game state related to the special figure after the big hit game is “normal hit” that makes the special figure low probability, or “probable hit” that makes the special figure highly accurate. It is determined. In the case of a normal win, the game state after that becomes a special low probability, so it is not easy to win the next jackpot, but in the case of a probable change until the next jackpot wins after the next jackpot game (Specifically, after the big hit game until 10,000 games are played), the special figure becomes highly accurate. For this reason, the probability variation is essentially the moment when the next jackpot is fixed.

  “Number of rounds” defines how many round games are executed during the jackpot game. In the present embodiment, the number of round games during the jackpot game is all set to 16 rounds (R). However, as will be described later, because the attacker release pattern differs depending on the type of special figure, the number of rounds that can actually win a prize ball is 16 rounds (although all rounds are 16 rounds) There are three patterns: R), 11 rounds (R), and 5 rounds (R).

  The “attacker opening pattern” defines a pattern of opening operation of the attacker device 41 during the jackpot game. Specifically, in the “full release”, in one round game, the attacker device 41 is opened once after the round game starts, and 10 (prescribed number) game balls are won in the exposed big winning opening 42. This is an attacker release pattern in which the round game is ended when any end condition (round end condition) that 30 seconds have passed since the start of the round game is satisfied. In the present embodiment, the attacker device 41 is opened in a “full open” pattern for a predetermined number of rounds according to the type of special figure.

  In addition, “RUB” is the above-mentioned “full release” from the fifth release operation after repeating the operation in which the attacker device 41 opens for 0.2 seconds four times after the start of the round game in one round game. Similarly, it is an attacker opening pattern that is kept open for a long time (see FIG. 11B). In this pattern, in the opening operation up to the fourth time after the start of the round game, the time for which the big winning opening 42 is exposed is extremely short. Since the grand prize opening 42 is exposed for a long time in the opening operation of the second time, it is possible to win the game ball into the big prize opening 42.

  “RUB” is an end condition (round end condition) in which 10 (specified number) of game balls have won a prize winning opening 42 or 30 seconds have passed since the start of the round game. ) Is the same as the above “full release” in that the round game ends. In the present embodiment, depending on the type of special figure, it is determined in advance how many times the number of rounds is to be operated with the “RUB” pattern (details will be described later).

  In addition, “high speed” means that in one round game, the attacker device 41 is opened once after the start of the round game, and 10 (prescribed number of) game balls are won in the exposed big winning opening 72, or round game This is an attacker release pattern in which the process ends when any end condition (round end condition) that 0.2 seconds have passed since the start of is started. Therefore, at “high speed”, when the attacker device 41 is opened and 0.2 seconds elapses, it is immediately closed and it is difficult for the game ball to actually win the big winning opening 42.

  In the present embodiment, the “fast” pattern is used in combination with the “full open” and “RUB” in one jackpot game. That is, all the round games of one jackpot game are not configured in the “high-speed” pattern. In other words, in the present embodiment, a winning ball is always obtained in the jackpot game.

  However, the number of prize balls that can be acquired differs depending on the type of special figure, and specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, it is approximately 500, approximately 1100, or approximately 1600. Note that the jackpot game control unit 160 controls the operation of the attacker device 41 to provide a jackpot game with an attacker opening pattern corresponding to the type of special figure.

  Here, details of the attacker release pattern will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 11 for each type of special figure. FIG. 11 (a) shows the breakdown of the attack release pattern of all 16 rounds of the jackpot game for each type of special figure. As shown in the figure, “16R specified short-time symbol 1” is associated with jackpot games in the “full open” pattern in all rounds 1R to 16R. “16R specified short time symbol 2” is associated with a jackpot game in which 9R and 12R are “RUB” patterns, and the other rounds are “full open” patterns.

  When a jackpot game based on the “16R specified short-time symbol 2” is played, the round game ends or continues at the start of 9R and 12R (at the start of the “promotion” round) on the effect display device 34 An effect that inspires the player's expectation and anxiety is displayed, and then an effect (addition effect) with the content that the continuation of the predetermined number of rounds is confirmed is displayed in a predetermined display mode. . More specifically, when the 9R round game starts, an additional effect is displayed that continues for another 3 rounds including the 9th round. In the 12R round game, 5 extras including the 12th round are displayed. An extra effect of continuing for the round is displayed. A specific example of the extra effect will be described later with reference to FIG.

  “16R specified time short symbol 3” is associated with a jackpot game in which 3R, 6R, and 12R are “RUB” patterns, and the other rounds are “full open” patterns. In addition, “16R specified short time symbol 4” is associated with a jackpot game in which 3R and 6R are “RUB” patterns, 12R to 16R are “fast” patterns, and other rounds are “full open” patterns. . In other words, when a jackpot game based on the “16R specific time short symbol 4” is played, the open time of the attack device 41 is extremely short in the round game after 12R, and therefore a prize ball cannot be expected in the round game after 12R. become. Therefore, out of all 16 rounds, the number of rounds that can be won is 11 rounds. The “16R specified short time symbol 5” is associated with a jackpot game in a pattern in which 9R is “RUB”, 12R to 16R are “high speed”, and the other rounds are “full open”.

  “16R specified short time symbol 6” is associated with a jackpot game in which 3R is a “RUB” pattern, 6R to 16R are “fast” patterns, and the other rounds are “full open” patterns. In other words, when a jackpot game based on “16R specific time short symbol 6” is performed, the open time of the attack device 41 is extremely short in the round game after 6R, and therefore it is not possible to expect a prize ball in the round game after 6R. become. Therefore, out of all 16 rounds, the number of rounds in which a prize ball can be acquired is 5. “16R specific short time symbol 7” is associated with a jackpot game in a pattern in which 1R to 5R is “full open” and 6R to 16R is “high speed”.

  In addition, “16R normal time short symbol 1” is associated with a jackpot game where all rounds 1R to 16R are “full open”, and “16R normal short time symbol 2” is 1R to 11R “full” "Releasing", 12R-16R is associated with a jackpot game with a pattern of "High Speed". "16R Normal Time Shorted Symbol 3" is 1R-5R is "Full Open" and 6R-16R is "High Speed" Corresponding to the jackpot game in the pattern.

  As described above, in this embodiment, there are three types of rounds (substantial number of rounds) that can be expected to appear in both cases where the jackpot type is probable per unit and normal per unit, 5R, 11R, and 16R. Only in some cases, a “RUB” pattern is present (additional production occurs when viewed from the production side).

  Then, the “RUB” pattern will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 11 (b), from the start of the round game, the attack device 41 is opened for 0.2 seconds and closed for 0.8 seconds four times. This is repeated, and the open state continues for a maximum of 26 seconds (if there are 10 winnings) from the fifth opening operation.

  Returning to FIG. 10, the “number of times of electric support” is the number of games that can be played while receiving support from the electric tulip 49, and more specifically, the game state is usually in a highly accurate state. The number of times that the special drawing lottery processing unit 110 can perform the lottery (the number of games). In the present embodiment, the number of electric support is either 100 times or 10,000 times.

  Here, in this embodiment, the winning probability when the special figure is low is 1/400, and the winning probability when the special figure is high is 1/40. , Almost certainly win the jackpot. In other words, the number of games until winning the next jackpot never exceeds 10,000. Therefore, it can be said that the fact that the power support count is given 10,000 times is equivalent to the fact that the “general plan high accuracy” continues until the next big hit win. Then, when the number of electric support is determined to be 10,000, it is substantially determined that the jackpot will be extended without reducing the game balls so much.

  In this way, the jackpot pattern is composed of the contents that define the jackpot type, the number of rounds, the attacker opening pattern, and the number of power support, and when the type of special figure is determined, it depends on the type The game is controlled according to the jackpot pattern, and the subsequent game state (including the number of times of electric support) is controlled according to the type of special figure. The correspondence between the types of special maps and the jackpot pattern is as follows.

  “16R specific short-time symbol 1” is a probability per unit that shifts to a probability variation mode of 10,000 times (until next time) after a big hit, and the gaming state at the time of the big hit is “low probability mode”, “short time mode”, “probability variation mode” In any of the cases, the number of electric support is 10,000 times (until next time), the number of rounds is 16 rounds (the number of rounds with a lot of balls is also 16 rounds), and the pattern of opening the attacker in the jackpot game is in all round games The prize ball that can be earned in a single jackpot game corresponds to approximately 1600 jackpot patterns.

  Note that “16R specified short time symbol 2” and “16R specified short time symbol 3” have the same contents as the jackpot pattern except that the attacker release pattern is different from “16R specific time short symbol 1”. The contents defined in the jackpot pattern other than the “16R specified short-lived symbol 7” are different from the “16R specific short-lived symbol 4” to “16R specific short-lived symbol 7” except that the actual number of rounds differs from “16R specific short-lived symbol 1” Therefore, the description here is omitted.

  In addition, “16R normal time shorted symbol 1” is a normal hit that shifts to a short time mode 100 times after a big hit, and the gaming state at the big hit is any of “low-accuracy mode”, “short-time mode”, and “probability change mode”. Even in this case, the number of electric support is 100 times. And the number of rounds is 16 rounds (the number of rounds with a lot of balls is also 16 rounds), and the pattern of opening the attackers in the jackpot game becomes “full open” in all round games, and a prize ball that can be obtained in one jackpot game Corresponds to approximately 1600 jackpot patterns.

  In addition, “16R normal time short symbol 1” to “16R normal time short symbol 2” are defined as jackpot patterns other than the attacker opening pattern and the actual round number differing from “16R normal time short symbol 1”. Since it is the same, description here is abbreviate | omitted.

  Further, the correspondence relationship between the types of special figures and the jackpot pattern is the same when the game ball wins the first start winning opening 37a and when the game ball wins the second start winning opening 37b. . That is, regardless of the start winning opening, if the type of special figure determined by the winning is the same, the corresponding jackpot pattern will be the same.

  Next, a process for determining the fluctuation time of the special figure will be described. The fluctuation time of the special figure is included in a command called a fluctuation pattern command. When the special figure fluctuation pattern command determination unit 130 determines the fluctuation pattern command at the start of the game, the fluctuation time of the special figure related to the game is determined. It has come to be decided.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the special figure fluctuation pattern command determination unit 130 includes a special figure fluctuation pattern random number generation unit 131 for generating a fluctuation pattern random number used for determination of the fluctuation pattern command, and a first start winning opening 37a. A first special figure variation pattern lottery unit 130a for determining a first variation pattern command based on a winning game ball and a second variation based on a winning game ball in the second start winning opening 37b. And a second special figure variation pattern lottery unit 130b for determining a pattern command.

  The special figure variation pattern random number generator 131 updates the value of the loop counter by 1 within a predetermined range (for example, from 0 to 999) based on an interrupt signal periodically input (for example, every 4 milliseconds). The software random number is generated.

  The first special figure fluctuation pattern lottery unit 130a includes the random numbers for the special figure fluctuation pattern generated by the special figure fluctuation pattern random number generation unit 131 when the game ball wins the first start winning opening 37a. From the first special figure fluctuation pattern random number acquisition unit 132a for obtaining one random number from the first random number and the random number obtained by the first special figure fluctuation pattern random number acquisition unit 132a, refer to the special figure common fluctuation pattern command table 134 Random numbers acquired by the first special figure fluctuation pattern random number acquisition unit 132a when the first special figure fluctuation pattern determination unit 135a for determining the first fluctuation pattern command and the first special figure or the second special figure are changing And a random number storage unit 133a for the first special figure variation pattern that stores up to four at the upper limit. The first special figure variation pattern lottery unit 130a, when one game ball wins the first start winning opening 37a, similarly to the first special figure success / failure lottery unit 119a, for one special figure variation pattern per winning. Get a random number.

  Similarly to the first special figure fluctuation pattern lottery part 130a, the second special figure fluctuation pattern lottery part 130b also has a special figure fluctuation pattern random number generation part 131 triggered by the winning of a game ball in the second start winning opening 37b. From the random number obtained by the second special figure fluctuation pattern random number acquisition unit 132b for obtaining one random number from the random numbers for the special figure fluctuation pattern generated in this manner, A second special figure fluctuation pattern determining unit 135b that determines a second fluctuation pattern command with reference to the special figure common fluctuation pattern command table 134, and when the first special figure or the second special figure is changing, the second special figure And a second special figure variation pattern random number storage unit 133b for storing up to four random numbers acquired by the figure variation pattern random number acquisition unit 132b. Note that the second special figure variation pattern lottery unit 130b, when one game ball wins the second start winning opening 37b, similarly to the second special figure success / failure lottery unit 119b, for one special figure variation pattern per winning. Get a random number.

  The special figure common fluctuation pattern command table 134 is a table used in common by both the first special figure fluctuation pattern lottery part 130a and the second special figure fluctuation pattern lottery part 130b, and as shown in FIG. A normal variation pattern table 134a and a shortened variation pattern table 134b are provided. The normal variation pattern table 134a is referred to when the gaming state is “low probability mode”, and the shortened variation pattern table 134b is referred to when the gaming state is “time reduction mode” and “probability variation mode”. In the initial state after power-on or when the RAM is cleared, the gaming state is in the low probability mode, so the normal variation pattern table 134a is referred to.

  In the fluctuation pattern tables 134a and 134b, the fluctuation times of the special figure 1 (first special figure) and the special figure 2 (second special figure) are defined (that is, the first special figure and the second fluctuation time table). The special figure 1 and the special figure 2 are set to have unique fluctuation times, respectively. Therefore, the characteristics of the variation time of each table will be described below with reference to FIG.

  First, the normal variation pattern table 134a is set so that the main variation time in FIG. 1 differs according to the number of reserved memories (the number of reserved ball random numbers). Specifically, when the number of reserved storages stored in the first special figure reserved ball random number storage unit 115a is 0 and 1, the main variation time of the special figure 1 is set to 12.5 seconds, When the number of memories is two, the main fluctuation time of Fig. 1 is set to 12.5 seconds, and when the number of reserved memories is three, the main fluctuation time of Fig. 1 is set to 7 seconds. When there are four, the main fluctuation time in FIG. 1 is set to 4 seconds. That is, the main variation time is set to be shorter as the number of reserved memories increases. Further, the normal fluctuation pattern table 134a is defined such that the main fluctuation time for the special figure 2 is exactly the same as that of the special figure 1. The main fluctuation time is a normal loss fluctuation time in which reach is not established (or is not handled as reach).

  The normal variation pattern table 134a is set such that the probability of reaching in the case of a loss is set to 10% for both of FIG. 1 and FIG. Furthermore, regardless of whether it is a loss or a big hit, the fluctuation time at the time of reach is set to 20 seconds to 120 seconds for both FIG. 1 and FIG.

  The shortening variation pattern table 134b is set so that the main variation time in FIG. Specifically, when the number of reserved memories stored in the first special figure reservation sphere random number storage unit 115a is 0 and 1, the main variation time of the special figure 1 is set to 7 seconds, When the number is two, the main fluctuation time of FIG. 1 is set to 4 seconds, and when the number of reserved storage is 3 and 4, the main fluctuation time of FIG. 1 is set to 2 seconds. Also in the shortened variation pattern table 134b, the main variation time is set to be shorter as the number of reserved storage increases. Further, the shortened fluctuation pattern table 134b defines that the main fluctuation time for the special figure 2 is exactly the same as that for the special figure 1.

  Further, the shortened variation pattern table 134b is set such that the probability of reaching in the case of a loss is set to 5% for both the special figure 1 and the special figure 2, and the reach is always made in the case of a big hit. Furthermore, regardless of the loss and the big hit, the fluctuation time at the time of reach is set to 60 seconds to 120 seconds for both the special figure 1 and the special figure 2.

  If the fluctuation pattern command is analyzed, it is related to the fluctuation of the special figure such as which command is determined with reference to either the normal fluctuation pattern table 134a or the shortened fluctuation pattern table 134b, or how many seconds the fluctuation time is. All information is understood. The pachinko machine according to the present embodiment controls to perform various effects based on the analysis result of the variation pattern command.

  Returning to FIG. 4, the usual figure change time determining unit 190 determines whether the game state of the usual figure at the beginning of the usual figure change is the usual figure high probability or the usual figure low probability. In response to this, the predetermined fluctuation time is determined. Specifically, in the case of the normal figure high accuracy (in the case of the time reduction mode and the probability variation mode), the normal figure fluctuation time determination unit 190 determines the fluctuation time related to the normal figure to 2 seconds, and in the case of the normal figure low accuracy ( In the low-accuracy mode), the normal time change time determination unit 190 determines the change time related to the normal time as 30 seconds.

  The payout / launch control processing unit 105 is connected to the main control processing unit 100 so as to be able to communicate with each other, and is also connected to the CR unit so as to be able to communicate with each other via a relay board. By controlling the driving of the payout motor, a predetermined number of prize balls or balls are paid out, or the driving motor of the launching device 9 (a firing rotary solenoid may be used) according to the value of the firing volume By controlling the control, the game ball can be launched at a predetermined launch intensity, or the control of the ball feeding solenoid of the rectifier allows the game balls to be sent to the launching device 9 one by one. Is responsible. When the CR unit is not electrically connected to the payout / launch control processing unit 105, control is performed so that the game ball is not launched from the launching device 9.

  Up to this point, each process performed mainly by the main control processing unit 100 has been described, but from here on, the sub control processing unit 200 for receiving various commands and performing various effects will be described. The sub-control processing unit 200 controls the effect control processing unit 201 (described later in detail), the lamp control processing unit 202 for controlling various lamps such as a frame lamp and a panel lamp, and the control of the speaker 20 and the sound processor. And a voice control processing unit 203 for performing, and is provided on the back surface of the game board 3 via a support member or the like as shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the effect control processing unit 201 displays an effect mode determining unit 210 for determining the effect mode and the effect mode determined by the effect mode determining unit 210 on the effect display device 34 as a processing unit. An effect display control unit (effect display control means) 220 that controls the reservation ball and a reservation ball display control unit 230 that performs control to display the reservation ball in the reservation ball display areas 34a and 34b. Furthermore, the effect control processing unit 201 includes a storage unit. In this storage unit, effect tables 260, 270, and 280 storing a plurality of types of effect modes (effect image data) are stored.

  Based on the first variation pattern command or the second variation pattern command (variation pattern command) sent at the start of the game, the production mode determination unit 210 stores the production tables 260, 270, and 280 stored in the storage unit. With reference to any table, the effect mode (effect image data to be used) to be used this time is determined. The normal effect table 260 is referred to when a variation pattern command based on the normal variation pattern table 134a is input, that is, when the gaming state is in the low probability mode. The chance effect table 270 is referred to when a variation pattern command based on the shortened variation pattern table 134b is input in the time reduction mode. The special effect table 280 is referred to when a variation pattern command based on the shortened variation pattern table 134b is input in the probability variation mode.

  The effect display control unit 220 controls the effect display device 34 to display the effect pattern determined by the effect mode determination unit 210. In addition, the effect display control unit 220 performs display control of effects during the jackpot game. In addition, upon receiving a command indicating that the reserved ball random number is stored from the main control processing unit 100, the reserved ball display control unit 230 displays white in the first reserved ball display area 34a or the second reserved ball display area 34b. It controls to display the holding ball of.

  Next, the procedure of the game process of the pachinko machine P according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 16, and the game process and the second process when the game ball wins the first start winning opening 37a. The game process is the same when a game ball wins the start winning opening 37b. Therefore, in the following, a description will be given of a game process when a game ball has won the first start winning opening 37a, and a description of a case where a game ball has won the second start winning opening 37b will be omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 16, the main control processing unit 100 determines whether or not the game ball has won the first start winning opening 37a (step S1). When winning (Yes in step S1), the first special figure success / failure determination random number acquiring unit 112a acquires a special figure success / failure determination random number, and the first special figure type determination random number acquiring unit 122a is a special figure type. The random number for determination is acquired, and the first special figure fluctuation pattern random number acquisition unit 132a acquires the random number for the special figure fluctuation pattern (step S2).

  When the first special figure or the second special figure is changing (Yes in step S3), the special figure success / failure determination random number acquired in step S2 is stored in the first special figure reservation sphere random number storage unit 115a. The type determination random number is stored in the first special figure type determination random number storage unit 124a, and the special figure variation pattern random number is stored in the first special figure variation pattern random number storage unit 133a (step S4). At this time, the holding ball display control unit 230 displays the white holding ball in the first holding ball display area 34a. Then, the process returns to the position before step S3 and waits until the game order related to the current winning comes. Needless to say, when the four reserved ball random numbers as the upper limit are already stored in the first special figure reserved ball random number storage unit 115a, the process of step S4 is not performed.

  On the other hand, when neither the first special figure nor the second special figure has changed, that is, when the game order has come (No in step S3), a special figure hit determination process is performed in step S5. . That is, the first special figure success / failure determination unit 113a determines whether the special figure success / failure random number acquired in step S2 is a big hit / losing.

  Next, in step S6, special figure type determination processing is performed. Specifically, when it is determined that the jackpot is determined as a result of the special figure hit determination process in step S5, the first special figure type determination unit 124a is based on the special figure type determination random number acquired in step S2. Determine the type of special figure for that jackpot. That is, referring to FIG. 8, one of the ten types from “16 specified short time symbol 1” to “16R normal time short symbol 3” is determined in this step S6. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S5 that there is a loss, the process of step S6 ends without determining the type of the first special figure.

  Next, a special figure variation pattern command determination process is performed in step S7. In the special figure variation pattern command determination process, based on the special figure variation pattern random number acquired in step S2, the first special diagram variation pattern determination unit 135a selects the normal variation pattern table 134a or the shortened variation pattern according to the gaming state. The first variation pattern command is determined with reference to the table 134b.

  Next, an effect mode determination process is performed in step S8. In this effect mode determination process, the effect mode determination unit 210 refers to any of the effect tables 260, 270, and 280 to determine an effect pattern corresponding to the first variation pattern command as an effect pattern used for the current game. . Next, in step S9, the first special figure display control unit 101a causes the special figure display device 17 to start the variable display of the first special figure, and the production display control unit 220 causes the production display device 34 to determine the production determined in step S8. Start displaying the pattern.

  Next, in step S10, the first special figure display control unit 101a causes the special figure display device 17 to stop display the first special figure. At this time, if the symbol that is stopped and displayed on the special symbol display device 17 is determined to be a big hit in step S5, the symbol corresponding to the type of the first special symbol determined in step S6, If it is determined in step S5 that the game has been lost, a lost symbol corresponding to the loss is obtained. In step S10, the display of the effect pattern is stopped in synchronization with the change stop of the first special figure, and the predetermined effect symbol is stopped and displayed on the effect display device 34.

  Next, when the stopped first special figure is confirmed with the jackpot combination (Yes in step S11), the jackpot game control unit 160 determines a predetermined attacker release pattern according to the type of the first special figure (FIG. 11). In step S12, the attacker device 41 is opened and a jackpot game is provided. At this time, the effect display control unit 220 performs display related to the expected number of winnings in the jackpot game, information on the number of winning game balls, and other game information in a predetermined manner according to the type of special figure (details will be described later). Next, in step S13, the game state setting unit 140 sets the special figure and the normal game state in the next game to a high probability state or a low probability state.

  When the game state in the next game is set in step S13, the process related to one game is completed. In the case of No in step S11, the game state of the next game is set by proceeding to step S13 without providing the jackpot game. If the answer is No in step S1, the game ends without playing the game.

  Next, representative examples 1 to 3 will be described below with respect to display control of effects during the jackpot game executed in step S12.

"Example 1"
FIG. 17 shows a screen configuration of the effect display device 34 during the jackpot game. As shown in FIG. 17, during the jackpot game, the character C is displayed in the upper left area of the screen, and the number of rounds is displayed in the lower left area RND in the form of “1R, 2R... Various jackpot effect images are displayed in the center. Then, in the game information display area TA (hereinafter referred to as “area TA”) in the upper right part of the screen, the information on the number of game balls won in the big winning opening 42 during the round game is cumulatively added. ”And the“ expected number of winnings ”during a single jackpot game are displayed separately.

  Here, the expected number of winnings is a predetermined number of times (rounds) equal to or less than the number of rounds (substantial number of rounds) in which a winning ball can be obtained in a prescribed number (10 in this embodiment) that can be won in one round game. It is a numerical value obtained by multiplying the expected number). It is predetermined for each kind of special figure how the expected number of winnings is displayed during each round game. This is summarized in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 18, when the type of special figure at the time of the big hit is “16R specified short-time symbol 1”, since all 16 rounds are “full open”, the area TA of the effect display device 34 is defined. The number 10 × 16R (expected number of rounds) = 160 is displayed as the expected winning number from the 1st R. From this display, the player can know from 1R that the current jackpot game is a content that can win a prize ball in all 16 rounds. That is, when the expected number of winnings is “160”, it is determined that all 16Rs are “full open”.

  When the type of special figure at the time of the big hit is “16R specific short time symbol 2”, the attack release pattern is “RUB” for 9R and 12R. Therefore, at the 1Rth, the prescribed number 10 × 8R (expected number of rounds) = 80 is displayed in the area TA of the effect display device 34 as the expected winning number. From this display, the player can know that the jackpot game this time is a content that can win eight rounds of prize balls.

  Then, an additional effect (see FIG. 20A) is performed on the 9R effect display device 34, and “+30” is displayed on the screen, and 30 is added to the expected number of winnings for a total of 110. Is displayed. From this display, the player can know from the expression of 30 pieces (addition) / 10 pieces (specified number) = 3 that the round game for three more rounds has been added. In other words, 8 rounds are determined as a jackpot game at the 1R, and 3 rounds are continued at the 9R. Similarly, “+50” is displayed on the 12th screen and 50 is added to the expected number of winnings to display a total of 160.

  As described above, “16R specified short-time symbol 2” is the content of the jackpot game that can acquire the prize ball in all 16 rounds, but the effect display control unit 220 has the jackpot game in the 9R and 12R eyes. The effect of whether or not to continue is performed, so that the player feels anxiety and expectation.

  When the type of the special figure at the time of the big hit is “16R specified short time symbol 3”, the attack release pattern becomes “RUB” at 3R, 6R, and 12R. Therefore, at the 1Rth, the prescribed number 10 × 2R (expected number of rounds) = 20 is displayed as the expected winning number in the area TA of the effect display device 34. From this display, the player can know that the current jackpot game is a content that can win two rounds of prize balls. In each of the 3R, 6R, and 12R, an extra effect is generated, the value of the expected number of winnings is added as appropriate, and the number of round games that can win a prize ball is notified to the player by the number of expected winning numbers. The

  In the same way as above, when the type of special figure at the time of the big hit is “16R specified short-time symbol 3” to “16R specific short-time symbol 6”, an additional effect is performed when the attacker release pattern is “RUB”. The predetermined numerical value is added to the expected number of winnings. However, since it is difficult to acquire a prize ball in a round game in which the attacker release pattern is “high speed”, a message “END” is displayed on the effect display device 34 in the round indicated as “END” in the figure.

  On the other hand, if the type of special figure at the time of the big hit is “16R normal short symbol 1”, “16R normal short symbol 2”, or “16R normal short symbol 3”, the winning ball will be obtained in the 1R respectively. A numerical value obtained by multiplying the number of possible round games by the specified number is displayed in the area TA as the expected winning number. That is, “16R normal short symbol 1” has 160 expected wins in 1R, “16R normal short symbol 2” has 110 expected wins in 1R, and “16R normal short symbol 3” has 1R. The expected number of winnings is displayed to the eye. In addition, in the case of the above three special types that are normal hits, the attacker opening pattern may not be “RUB”, and therefore no additional effects are performed.

  A specific example of the display control according to the first embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 19 and 20. FIG. 19 and FIG. 20 show specific examples of display of game information during a jackpot game when the type of special chart determined at the time of winning the jackpot is “16R specific short time symbol 2”.

  As shown in FIG. 19A, when the jackpot game is started, “1R” meaning the first round is displayed in the lower left area RND of the screen, and the sun and cloud characters C are displayed on the upper left of the screen. Then, the message “Start of the first round” is displayed in the center of the screen, and the expected number of winnings “80” is displayed in the area TA in the upper right of the screen. By this display, it is determined that at least 8 rounds in which a prize ball can be acquired will be performed. Further, although the cumulative number of winnings is displayed in the area TA, since the game ball has not yet won at the big winning opening 42 at the start of the 1Rth, the cumulative number of winnings “0” is displayed.

  When the 1R-th is started and three game balls are won in the big winning opening 42, as shown in FIG. 19B, the cumulative number of winning “3” is displayed. It should be noted that the timing at which the display of the cumulative winning number changes is the timing at which the special winning opening detection sensor 45 detects the game ball. That is, every time a detection signal from the big prize opening detection sensor 45 (see FIG. 4) is input to the effect control processing unit 201, the effect display control unit 220 changes the cumulative number of winnings from “0” → “1” → “2”. "→" 3 "is displayed in a mode of adding one by one.

  When the number of game balls won in the 1R big winning opening 42 reaches the prescribed number of 10, as shown in FIG. 19C, a message indicating the end of the first round is displayed, and the area TA is displayed. , “Cumulative winning number“ 10 ”/ expected number of winnings“ 80 ”” is displayed. This display means that for the 80 expected winning numbers corresponding to the specified number for 8 rounds, 10 that is the specified number for 1 round have already won the big winning opening 42. Such display is performed from the 2nd to the 7th eyes.

  Since the eighth round corresponds to the final round for the expected number of winnings “80”, a message “Last!” Is displayed at the center of the screen as shown in FIG. At the start of the 8th R, “cumulative winning number“ 70 ”/ expected winning number“ 80 ”” is displayed in the area TA. Then, when the 8R round game advances and, for example, when the 4th game ball is won in the big winning opening 42 in the 8R round game, as shown in FIG. Based on the input of the detection signal from the big prize opening detection sensor 45 relating to the winning of the prize, the effect display control unit 220 displays the cumulative winning number “74” in the area TA.

  Then, when the number of game balls won in the big winning opening 42 from the 1R start of the jackpot game reaches 80, as shown in FIG. 19 (f), the cumulative number of wins “80” with respect to the expected number of wins “80”. 80 ”indicating that the expected number of winnings was obtained. Then, the end of the jackpot game is displayed on the screen for the time being. However, in the jackpot game corresponding to “16R specific short-time symbol 2”, the attack opening pattern of the 9R is “RUB”, and an extra effect is performed at the start of the 9R round game, and the expected number of winnings is added. Are configured in advance.

  Therefore, when the 9R round game is started, as shown in FIG. 20A, “+30” (PT) as an additional number of expected winning numbers is displayed in the heart-shaped mark on the screen. At the same time, the expected number of winnings in the area TA that was “80” at the end of the 8th R is added to “110” through the 9R additional effect. By this display, it is determined that the number of rounds for which a prize ball can be acquired is added by three rounds. At the same time, a message “Still More!” Is displayed in the lower right corner of the screen. In addition, the display of “+30” is performed while the attacker device 41 repeats the release for 0.2 seconds four times (see FIG. 11B) in the 9R round game.

  When the round game progresses and enters the 11th round, the 11th round corresponds to the final round with respect to the expected number of winnings “110”. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 20B, the message “Last!” Is displayed at the center of the screen. Is displayed. At the start of the 11th R, “cumulative winning number“ 100 ”/ expected winning number“ 110 ”” is displayed in the area TA. Then, when the 11R round game progresses, and in the 11R round game, for example, when the 6th game ball wins the big winning opening 42, as shown in FIG. Based on the input of the detection signal from the big prize opening detection sensor 45 relating to the winning of the prize, the effect display control unit 220 displays the cumulative winning number “106” in the area TA.

  Then, when the cumulative number of game balls won in the big prize opening 42 from the 1R start of the jackpot game reaches 110, as shown in FIG. The number becomes “110”, and it is notified that the expected number of winnings has been obtained. Then, the end of the jackpot game is displayed on the screen for the time being. However, in the jackpot game corresponding to “16R specified short-time symbol 2”, the 12R attack opening pattern is “RUB”, and the 12R round game starts at the start of the round game, and the expected number of winnings is added. Are configured in advance.

  Therefore, when the 12R round game is started, although not shown, “+50” is displayed as an additional number of expected winning numbers as in FIG. 20A, and the expected number of winnings in the area TA is 11R. What was “110” at the end of the eye is added to “160” through the 12R extra effect. With this display, it is determined that the number of rounds that can be won is added by 5 rounds. In other words, at the start of the 12th R, it is determined that the jackpot game of this time has contents that can win all 16 rounds.

  Then, when the 16th round is started, as shown in FIG. 20 (e), the fact that it is the final round is displayed, and “cumulative winning number“ 150 ”/ winning expected number“ 160 ”” is displayed in the area TA. Is displayed. Then, when there is a predetermined number of 10 winnings, the round game ends. At that time, as shown in FIG. 20 (f), “cumulative winning number“ 160 ”/ winning expected number“ 160 ”” is displayed in the area TA. That is, it is displayed that the game ball can be won in the large winning opening 42 as much as the expected number of winnings (not missed).

  Up to this point, the display mode of the expected number of winnings and the cumulative number of winnings has been described on the assumption that ten game balls, which are the prescribed number, will win the big winning opening 42 without any trouble during each round game. However, in an actual game, for example, a ball clogging occurs during a big hit game or a trouble of the launching device occurs, so that 10 game balls, which are the prescribed number, are awarded to the big prize opening 42. There may be a case where a round game end condition (30 seconds elapses) (a specific situation occurs). In other words, there may be a difference between the specified number and the number of game balls actually won in the big winning opening 42 (hereinafter, the number corresponding to this difference is referred to as “no-winning number”). .

  In this way, when there is an unwinned number, displaying the cumulative number of winnings as it is will cause the player to feel uncomfortable because the round game will end even though the expected number of winnings has not been reached yet. I can not. Therefore, in the first embodiment, control is performed so that the numerical value of the cumulative winning number is corrected and displayed. Hereinafter, this correction will be described with reference to FIGS. 21 and 22.

  As shown in FIG. 21 (a), when the 1st R is started, the cumulative number of winnings “0” / expected number of winnings “80” is displayed in the area TA. As shown in FIG. 21B, the cumulative number of winning prizes is counted up to “3”. The steps so far are the same as those in FIGS. 19 (a) and 19 (b).

  In the 1R round game, due to troubles and the like, when the 1R round game ends (a specific situation occurs) with only 8 game balls winning in the grand prize winning opening 42, a specific situation is shown in FIG. Thus, the cumulative number of winnings is still displayed as “8”. In other words, the round game is completed in a state where two non-winning numbers are generated. In this case, if you proceed to the next round with the cumulative number of winnings displayed as “8”, the round game will proceed to the next despite the two expected winnings remaining. A sense of incongruity arises between the game information (the meaning of display of the cumulative winning number and the expected winning number).

  Therefore, in the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 21 (d), at the start of the 2R round game, two non-winning numbers are added to the cumulative winning number “8”, and a new cumulative winning number “10” is added. "Is corrected and displayed. By doing so, the display becomes normal, and there is no sense of incongruity in the relationship between the cumulative winning number and the expected winning number. Therefore, for example, when the 2R round game starts, the expected number of winnings is displayed as “80” and the cumulative number of winnings is displayed as “10”, so that there are 7 rounds of round games corresponding to the difference “70”. The player can recognize this without a sense of incongruity.

  Although not shown, when the 8R round game is started, a message “Last!” Is displayed in the center of the screen, and “cumulative winning number“ 70 ”/ expected winning number“ 80 ”” is displayed in the area TA. Is done. Then, in the middle of the 8R, as shown in FIG. 21 (e), the cumulative winning number is counted up to “74”, and when the 8R-th is finally finished, as shown in FIG. The cumulative number of winnings is “80” for the number “80”, and it is displayed that the number of winnings as expected is obtained after taking into account the number of unwinning items.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, when the number of unwinned items is generated, the effect display control unit 220 corrects the numerical value so as to add the number of unreceived items to the cumulative number of winning items in the next round. Since the value is displayed in the area TA, the player does not feel discomfort with respect to the display of the cumulative winning number and the expected winning number. Furthermore, at the end of the final round of the jackpot game, the cumulative number of wins and the expected number of wins can be set to the same value, so there is no contradiction in the display of game information.

  In addition, due to some trouble or the like, there may be a situation in which no single game ball is won in the big winning opening 42 during one round game. In this case, if the value of the expected number of winnings is not corrected, the jackpot game will end in a state where the cumulative number of winnings is one round less than the expected number of winnings, and the player will feel uncomfortable. . For example, as shown in FIG. 22 (a), by displaying the expected number of winnings “80”, it is possible to notify the player that the number of rounds that can be won is 8 rounds. If none of the round games of the eye can win the big prize opening 42, as shown in FIGS. 22B and 22C, the display of the area TA at the end of the 1R round is “cumulative winning number”. 0 ”/ expected number of winnings“ 80 ”.

  If this display is continued for the 2R round game, the expected number of winnings is “80”. Therefore, even if only this display is viewed, the number of winnings in the 1R will be zero. This means that the game balls can be won in the 80 large winning openings 42 (that is, the continuation of another eight rounds has been confirmed despite the puncture of the 1R eye). Therefore, the player feels uncomfortable.

  Therefore, in the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 22 (d), at the start of the next round game, a correction value obtained by subtracting 10 which is the prescribed number for one round from the numerical value of the expected number of winnings (in this case, 80-10 = 70) is displayed as the new expected number of winnings. In other words, when the presentation display control unit 220 receives a command to the effect that the 1R round game has ended without receiving any detection signal from the special winning opening detection sensor 45, it displays it on the 1R basis. Control is performed so that the expected number of winnings “80” is subtracted from the expected number of winnings “80”, and the expected number of winnings “70” is displayed in the area TA. Finally, when the 8R-th is finished, as shown in FIG. 22F, the cumulative number of winnings is “70” with respect to the expected number of winnings “70”, and so-called puncture is taken into consideration, and as expected. It is displayed that the number of winnings has been obtained.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, since the game ball is not won at the big winning opening 42 in one round game, it is configured to correct the value of the expected number of winnings. The player does not feel uncomfortable with the display of the cumulative winning number and the expected winning number.

"Example 2"
Subsequently, the control of the effect display during the jackpot game according to the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 23 shows a screen configuration of the effect display device 34 during the jackpot game. As shown in FIG. 23, in the area TA in the upper right part of the screen, the expected number of winnings in one big hit game is displayed. In the first embodiment, the cumulative number of winnings and the expected number of winnings are displayed in the area TA. However, in the second embodiment, only the expected number of winnings is displayed in the area TA. Other displays are the same as those in the first embodiment.

  Here, it is determined in advance for each type of special figure how the expected winning number is displayed during each round game. This is summarized in FIG. As shown in FIG. 24, when the type of special figure at the time of the big hit is “16R specified short-time symbol 1”, since all 16 rounds are “full open”, the area TA of the effect display device 34 is defined. The number 10 × 16R (expected number of rounds) = 160 is displayed in the 1R as the expected winning number. From this display, the player can know from 1R that the current jackpot game is a content that can win a prize ball in all 16 rounds. That is, when the expected number of winnings is “160”, it is determined that all 16Rs are “full open”.

  Each time a round game is played, the expected number of winnings is subtracted by 10 and displayed. That is, “160” is displayed for the 1R, “150” for the 2R,..., “10” for the 16R. As described above, in the second embodiment, the number information of the game balls won in the big winning opening 42 is displayed using the numerical value of the expected number of winnings. In other words, in the second embodiment, the expected number of winning numbers includes a role of notifying the number of rounds (substantial number of rounds) in which a winning ball can be obtained, and a role of notifying how many game balls have won at the big winning opening 42. Doubles as

  When the type of special figure at the time of the big hit is “16R specific short time symbol 2”, the attack release pattern is “RUB” for 9R and 12R. Therefore, at the 1Rth, the prescribed number 10 × 8R (expected number of rounds) = 80 is displayed in the area TA of the effect display device 34 as the expected winning number. From this display, the player can know that the jackpot game this time is a content that can win eight rounds of prize balls. Each time the round game progresses, the expected winning number is subtracted by 10.

  An additional effect (see FIG. 26A) is performed on the 9R effect display device 34, "+30" is displayed on the screen, and 30 is added to the expected number of winnings. From this display, the player can know from the expression of 30 pieces (addition) / 10 pieces (specified number) = 3 that the round game for three more rounds has been added. In other words, 8 rounds are determined as a jackpot game at the 1R, and 3 rounds are continued at the 9R. Similarly, “+50” is displayed on the 12th screen, and 50 is added to the expected number of winnings.

  As described above, “16R specified short-time symbol 2” is the content of the jackpot game that can acquire the prize ball in all 16 rounds, but the effect display control unit 220 has the jackpot game in the 9R and 12R eyes. The effect of whether or not to continue is performed, so that the player feels anxiety and expectation.

  When the type of the special figure at the time of the big hit is “16R specified short time symbol 3”, the attack release pattern becomes “RUB” at 3R, 6R, and 12R. Therefore, at the 1Rth, the prescribed number 10 × 2R (expected number of rounds) = 20 is displayed as the expected winning number in the area TA of the effect display device 34. From this display, the player can know that the current jackpot game is a content that can win two rounds of prize balls. In each of the 3R, 6R, and 12R, an extra effect is generated, the value of the expected number of winnings is added as appropriate, and the number of round games that can win a prize ball is notified to the player by the number of expected winning numbers. The

  In the same way as above, when the type of special figure at the time of the big hit is “16R specified short-time symbol 3” to “16R specific short-time symbol 6”, an additional effect is performed when the attacker release pattern is “RUB”. The predetermined numerical value is added to the expected number of winnings. However, since it is difficult to acquire a prize ball in a round game in which the attacker release pattern is “high speed”, a message “END” is displayed on the effect display device 34 in the round indicated as “END” in the figure.

  On the other hand, if the type of special figure at the time of the big hit is “16R normal short symbol 1”, “16R normal short symbol 2”, or “16R normal short symbol 3”, the winning ball will be obtained in the 1R respectively. A numerical value obtained by multiplying the number of possible round games by the specified number is displayed in the area TA as the expected winning number. That is, “16R normal short symbol 1” has 160 expected wins in 1R, “16R normal short symbol 2” has 110 expected wins in 1R, and “16R normal short symbol 3” has 1R. The expected number of winnings is displayed to the eye. Each time the round game progresses, the expected winning number is subtracted by 10 and displayed. In addition, in the case of the above three special types that are normal hits, the attacker opening pattern may not be “RUB”, and therefore no additional effects are performed.

  A specific example of the display control of the second embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 25 and 26. FIG. FIG. 25 and FIG. 26 show specific examples of display of game information during a jackpot game when the type of special chart determined at the time of winning the jackpot is “16R specific time short symbol 2”.

  As shown in FIG. 25 (a), when the jackpot game is started, “1R” meaning the first round is displayed in the lower left area RND of the screen, and the sun and cloud character C are displayed on the upper left of the screen. Then, the message “Start of the first round” is displayed in the center of the screen, and the expected number of winnings “80” is displayed in the area TA in the upper right of the screen. By this display, it is determined that at least 8 rounds in which a prize ball can be acquired will be performed.

  When 1R is started and three game balls are won in the big winning opening 42, as shown in FIG. 25 (b), “3” is subtracted from “80”, and “77” is displayed. Is done. It should be noted that the timing at which the display of the cumulative winning number changes is the timing at which the special winning opening detection sensor 45 detects the game ball. That is, every time a detection signal from the big prize opening detection sensor 45 (see FIG. 4) is input to the effect control processing unit 201, the effect display control unit 220 sets the expected number of winnings from “80” → “79” → “78”. "→" 77 "is displayed in a mode of subtracting one by one.

  Then, when the number of winning game balls in the 1R big winning opening 42 reaches the prescribed number of 10, as shown in FIG. 25 (c), a message indicating the end of the first round is displayed, and the area TA is displayed. The expected winning number “70” is displayed. This display means that for the 80 expected winning numbers corresponding to the specified number for 8 rounds, 10 that is the specified number for 1 round have already won the big winning opening 42. Such display is performed from the 2nd to the 7th eyes.

  Since the eighth round corresponds to the final round for the expected number of winnings “10”, a message “Last!” Is displayed at the center of the screen as shown in FIG. At the start of the 8th R, the expected number of winnings “10” is displayed in the area TA. Then, when the 8R round game progresses, and in the 8R round game, for example, when the fourth game ball wins the big winning opening 42, as shown in FIG. Based on the input of the detection signal from the big prize opening detection sensor 45 relating to the winning of the prize, the effect display control unit 220 displays the expected winning number “6” in the area TA.

  Then, when the number of game balls won in the big winning opening 42 from the 1R start of the jackpot game reaches 80, an expected winning number “0” is displayed as shown in FIG. As a result, the expected number of winnings was obtained. Then, the end of the jackpot game is displayed on the screen for the time being. However, in the jackpot game corresponding to “16R specific short-time symbol 2”, the attack opening pattern of the 9R is “RUB”, and an extra effect is performed at the start of the 9R round game, and the expected number of winnings is added. Are configured in advance.

  Therefore, when the 9R round game is started, as shown in FIG. 26A, “+30” (PT) as an additional number of expected winning numbers is displayed in a heart-shaped mark on the screen. At the same time, the expected number of winnings in the area TA that was “0” at the end of the 8th R is added and displayed to “30” through the 9R extra effect. By this display, it is determined that the number of rounds for which a prize ball can be acquired is added by three rounds. At the same time, a message “Still More!” Is displayed in the lower right corner of the screen. In addition, the display of “+30” is performed while the attacker device 41 repeats the release for 0.2 seconds four times (see FIG. 11B) in the 9R round game.

  When the round game progresses and enters the 11th round, the 11th round corresponds to the final round for the expected number of winnings “10”. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 26B, the message “Last!” Is displayed at the center of the screen. Is displayed. At the start of the 11th R, the expected number of winnings “10” is displayed in the area TA. Then, when the 11R round game progresses and, for example, when the 6th game ball wins the big winning opening 42 in the 11R round game, as shown in FIG. Based on the input of the detection signal from the big winning opening detection sensor 45 relating to the winning of the prize, the effect display control unit 220 displays the expected winning number “4” in the area TA.

  Then, when the number of game balls won from the 1R start of the big hit game reaches 110, the expected number of winnings “0” is displayed as shown in FIG. As a result, the expected number of winnings was obtained. Then, the end of the jackpot game is displayed on the screen for the time being. However, in the jackpot game corresponding to “16R specified short-time symbol 2”, the 12R attack opening pattern is “RUB”, and the 12R round game starts at the start of the round game, and the expected number of winnings is added. Are configured in advance.

  Therefore, when the 12R round game is started, although not shown, “+50” is displayed as an additional number of expected winning numbers as in FIG. 26A, and the expected number of winnings in the area TA is 11R. What was “0” at the end of the eye is added to “50” through the 12R extra effect. With this display, it is determined that the number of rounds that can be won is added by 5 rounds. In other words, at the start of the 12th R, it is determined that the jackpot game of this time has contents that can win all 16 rounds.

  Then, when the 16Rth is started, as shown in FIG. 26E, the fact that it is the last time is displayed, and the expected number of winnings “10” is displayed in the area TA. Then, when there is a predetermined number of 10 winnings, the round game ends. At that time, as shown in FIG. 20 (f), the expected winning number “0” is displayed in the area TA. That is, it is displayed that the game ball can be won in the big winning opening 42 without missing all the expected winning numbers.

  Next, display control when a non-winning number has occurred will be described. If there is an unachieved number, the expected number of winnings after subtracting the actual number of winnings will be displayed as it is, but the round game will end even though the expected number of winnings still remains. A sense of incongruity appears in the display. Therefore, in the second embodiment, control is performed so that the expected number of winnings is corrected and displayed as follows.

  As shown in FIG. 27 (a), when the 1R-th is started, the expected number of winnings “80” is displayed in the area TA, and when the three large winning holes 42 are won in the middle, the result is shown in FIG. 27 (b). In this way, the expected number of winnings is counted down to “77”. The steps so far are the same as those in FIGS. 25 (a) and 25 (b).

  In the 1R round game, due to a problem or the like, when the 1R round game ends (a specific situation occurs) with only 8 game balls having won the big prize opening 42, a situation shown in FIG. 27 (c) is shown. Thus, the expected number of winnings is still displayed as “72”. In other words, the round game is completed in a state where two non-winning numbers are generated. In this case, when proceeding to the next round with the expected number of winnings displayed as “72”, the expected number of winnings is displayed as 72 even though only 70 can actually be expected after the 2nd round. Therefore, a sense of incongruity remains. Eventually, the jackpot game ends with the expected number of winnings displayed as “2”, resulting in display inconsistencies.

  Therefore, in the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 27 (d), “70” is a value obtained by subtracting the two non-winning numbers from the expected winning number “72” at the start of the 2R round game. Is displayed as the new expected number of winnings. By doing this, it is possible to display a realistic expected number of winnings after the next round. In other words, there is no contradiction in display between the number of game balls that can actually win the big winning opening 42 and the value of the expected winning number.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 27 (e), when the 8R round game is started, the message “Last!” Is displayed in the center of the screen, and the expected number of winnings “10” is displayed in the area TA. When the specified number of game balls are won and the 8R-th is finally completed, as shown in FIG. 27 (f), the expected number of winnings is “0”, which is as expected after considering the unwinned portion. It is displayed that the number of winnings has been obtained.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, when an unwinned number is generated, the effect display control unit 220 corrects the numerical value so as to subtract the unreceived number from the expected winning number, and the corrected value is set to the next round. Is displayed in the area TA as a new expected number of winnings, so that the player does not feel uncomfortable with respect to displaying the expected number of winnings. Furthermore, there is no contradiction that the jackpot game ends at the end of the final round of the jackpot game, even though the expected number of winnings is not “0”.

  In addition, due to some trouble or the like, there may be a situation (a specific situation) in which no game ball is won in the big winning opening 42 during one round game (see FIG. 28C). In this case, if the numerical value of the expected number of winnings is not corrected, the number that can be actually won and the expected number of winnings do not match.

  Therefore, in the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 28 (d), at the start of the next round game, a correction value obtained by subtracting 10 which is the prescribed number for one round from the numerical value of the expected number of winnings (in this case, 80-10 = 70) is displayed as the new expected number of winnings. In other words, when the presentation display control unit 220 receives a command to the effect that the 1R round game has ended without receiving any detection signal from the special winning opening detection sensor 45, it displays it on the 1R basis. Control is performed so that the expected number of winnings “80” is subtracted from the expected number of winnings “80”, and the expected number of winnings “70” is displayed in the area TA. When the 8R-th is finally finished, as shown in FIG. 28 (f), the expected number of winnings is “0”, and so-called puncture is taken into consideration, indicating that the expected number of winnings has been obtained. Is done.

  As described above, the second embodiment is configured to correct the numerical value of the expected number of winnings even when the game ball does not win the big winning opening 42 in one round game. The player does not feel uncomfortable with the display of the expected number of winnings.

"Example 3"
In the case where there is an unwinned number, the numerical value of the cumulative winning number is corrected in the first embodiment, but in the third embodiment, an example of display control for correcting the numerical value of the expected winning number will be described. As shown in FIG. 29 (a), when the first round is started, the cumulative number of winnings “0” / expected number of winnings “80” is displayed in the area TA. As shown in FIG. 29B, the cumulative number of winning prizes is counted up to “3”.

  In the 1R round game, due to a problem or the like, when the 1R round game is finished (a specific situation occurs) while only 8 game balls are won in the big winning opening 42, a specific situation is shown in FIG. 29 (c). Thus, the cumulative number of winnings is still displayed as “8”. In other words, the round game is completed in a state where two non-winning numbers are generated. In this case, if you proceed to the next round with the cumulative number of winnings displayed as “8”, the round game will proceed to the next despite the two expected winnings remaining. A sense of incongruity arises between the game information (the meaning of display of the cumulative winning number and the expected winning number).

  Therefore, in the third embodiment, as shown in FIG. 29 (d), at the start of the round game of the 2R, two unwinned numbers are subtracted from the expected number of winnings “80”, and a new expected number of winnings “78” "Is corrected and displayed. By doing this, the expected number of winning matches the number that can be actually won, so there is no display inconsistency or discomfort.

  Although not shown, when the 8R round game is started, the message “Last!” Is displayed in the center of the screen, and “cumulative winning number“ 68 ”/ expected winning number“ 78 ”” is displayed in the area TA. Is done. In the middle of the 8R, as shown in FIG. 29 (e), the cumulative winning number is counted up to “74”, and when the 8R-th is finally finished, as shown in FIG. The cumulative number of winnings is “78” for the number “78”, and it is displayed that the number of winnings as expected is obtained in consideration of the number of unwinning items.

  As described above, in the third embodiment, when an unwinned number is generated, the effect display control unit 220 corrects the numerical value so as to subtract the unwinned number from the expected number of winning in the next round, and the correction. Since the value is displayed in the area TA, there is no contradiction between the display of the cumulative winning number and the expected winning number. Further, at the end of the last round of the jackpot game, the cumulative number of winnings and the expected number of winnings can be set to the same value, so that there is no contradiction in the display of game information. In the third embodiment, it is needless to say that the display may be controlled in the same manner as in the first embodiment during so-called puncturing.

  Here, in the pachinko machine according to the above-described embodiment, it is determined in advance which round game is to be used for the extra effect according to the type of special figure. A lottery may be performed at the start to provide an extra effect. For example, the 1R winning expectation number “20” is displayed, and a lottery is performed for each round from the 2R, and if the lottery is won, the effect of whether or not to continue after the 3R is performed. Also good. In this case, as a matter of course, the expected number of winnings is added only when the number of rounds from which the third and subsequent rounds can be won remains, otherwise the expected number of winnings is not added as a result of the adding effect. It is necessary to configure as follows. Even with such an effect configuration, the player can be interested in the effect during the jackpot game. Further, the timing of performing the extra effect may be performed not only at the start of the round game but also immediately before the end of the round game immediately before the round to which the expected number of winnings is added.

3 gaming board 31 gaming area 34 effect display device 37a first start winning opening (starting opening)
37b Second starting prize opening (starting port)
41 Attacker device 42 Grand prize opening 45 Grand prize opening detection sensor (game ball detection means)
110 Special drawing lottery processing part (Special symbol lottery means)
160 jackpot game control unit (jackpot game control means)
220 Production display control unit (production display control means)

Claims (1)

A game board having a game area in which game balls flow down, a starting opening and a large winning opening provided in the gaming area, an attacker device for opening and closing the large winning opening, and a game ball winning in the starting opening A special symbol lottery means for performing a lottery regarding whether or not a special symbol is a chance, a jackpot game control means for providing a jackpot game when a special symbol lottery is won by a lottery by the special symbol lottery means, and provided in the game board And a display device for controlling the display of the display device, and a game ball detecting unit for detecting a game ball won in the big winning opening, wherein the jackpot game is the attacker. When the apparatus opens the grand prize opening and game balls are allowed to be won, and when a specified number of game balls have won the big prize opening or other termination conditions are met, the attacker apparatus In the configuration as has been pachinko machine repeatedly executes the round game stating, closing the special winning hole to the prescribed number of times,
The effect display control means, when the jackpot game is started, the winning expected number is the number obtained by multiplying the specified number round the expected number is a number equal to or less than the predetermined number of times to be executed in the bonus game Based on the detection signal from the game ball detection means, and based on the detection signal from the game ball detection means , the second numerical information based on the number information of the game balls won in the big winning opening counting from the start of the jackpot game. Display in a predetermined manner,
Further, when a specific situation occurs in which the end condition is satisfied and the round game ends before the winning number of game balls detected by the game ball detecting means during the round game reaches the specified number The presentation display control means uses the second numerical information or the first numerical information as an unwinned number corresponding to the difference between the number of winning game balls detected by the gaming ball detecting means and the specified number. Correct and display based on the reflected value ,
The effect display control means cumulatively adds the number of winning game balls by one each time the detection signal is input, and information based on the cumulatively added numerical value is used as the second numerical information as the first numerical information. Are displayed separately, and when the specific situation occurs in the round game this time, information based on the numerical value corrected by adding the non-winning number to the cumulatively added numerical value is newly updated. A pachinko machine that is displayed as the second numerical information in the next round game .