JP6151563B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine that uses a ball as a gaming medium to play a game.

  Traditional pachinko machines that use balls to play games when the ball wins the winning section, or a bonus that is advantageous to the player is generated by playing the bonus. Are granted to For example, Patent Document 1 below describes a pachinko gaming machine in which a big hit is generated when a ball wins a so-called V zone.

  Further, in the pachinko gaming machine described in Patent Document 1, the V zone moves. This document describes a configuration in which when the ball passes through a predetermined location and the V zone is located at a place where it is easy to win a prize, an effect to notify that effect is executed.

JP 2008-183125 A

  However, whether or not a ball wins a winning portion such as a V zone greatly varies depending on the movement of the ball, and even if the ball passes a predetermined location on the winning path to the winning portion, the winning portion is actually The ball does not always win the club. For example, even if a ball passes through the same part, the expected winning degree as to whether or not to win the winning portion greatly varies depending on the speed of the ball and the direction in which the ball rolls. For this reason, when performing the effect of whether or not it is easy to win according to the position of the V zone as in Patent Document 1, there is a problem that the accuracy of the effect is lowered.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and is an invention for providing a pachinko gaming machine with improved performance accuracy representing the ease of winning a ball in a winning portion.

The present invention includes a winning portion where a ball that has passed a predetermined special area can win,
A privilege granting means for granting a privilege to a player when a ball is awarded to the winning part;
Imaging means for imaging a ball passing through the special area;
Action information specifying means for specifying action information that is information corresponding to the movement of a ball including at least one of the passing direction of the ball and the passing speed of the ball from the imaging result of the imaging means;
Special performance executing means for executing a special performance that is an effect corresponding to the ease of winning a ball to the winning portion, an effect corresponding to the motion information specified by the motion information specifying means;
Special information table storage means for storing a special information table in which the operation information is associated with special information which is information corresponding to the ease of winning a ball to the winning portion;
Production information storage means for storing production information which is information of special production corresponding to the special information;
A winning specifying means for specifying whether or not the ball imaged by the imaging means has won the winning portion;
A winning rate calculating means for calculating a winning rate to the winning portion according to the motion information;
Special information table updating means for updating the special information associated with the operation information of the special information table according to the winning rate calculated by the winning rate calculating means ,
The special effect execution means executes a special effect corresponding to the special information specified from the motion information (claim 1).

  The gaming machine according to the present invention can notify a player of the ease of winning a winning portion in accordance with ball movement information that is the result of imaging the movement of the ball. This gaming machine executes a special effect, which is an effect corresponding to the ease of winning a prize, according to the ball motion information. Therefore, even if the balls pass through the same place, it is possible to change the special effect to be executed according to the passing speed and the passing direction of the balls. By using the ball motion information in this way, it is possible to determine the ease of winning a prize with high accuracy, thereby improving the reliability of special effects corresponding to the ease of winning a prize in the winning portion.

  As described above, the gaming machine according to the present invention is a gaming machine that has improved the accuracy of the effect representing the ease of winning a ball to the winning portion.

  The gaming machine of the present invention may be of a type that pays out balls according to winnings, and is a so-called enclosed pachinko gaming machine that uses points to fire balls and is awarded points according to winnings. There may be. Further, it may be a parrot (R) that uses balls as game media.

According to the present invention, the special information corresponding to the operation information can be specified by referring to the special information table storage unit. The special effect corresponding to the special information executed by the special effect executing means is an effect corresponding to the operation information.

Because there may be individual differences in the installation position of parts such as nails for each gaming machine, even if the movement of the ball is the same, the winning rate in the winning portion varies depending on the gaming machine due to this individual difference . Therefore, if the actual winning rate according to the operation information is calculated as in the present invention and the special information in the special information table is updated according to the winning rate, it depends on the individual difference of the winning rate for each gaming machine. The influence can be suppressed and the reliability of the special performance can be maintained high.

In the gaming machine according to a preferred aspect of the present invention, the special area includes the winning portion and a general betting portion where a privilege given when a ball enters is less than the winning portion or a privilege is not given. , And the guided ball is provided to enter either the winning portion or the general winning portion,
A guide passage for guiding balls to the special area;
A first state in which a ball can win a prize in the guide passage, and an opening / closing member that can be switched to one of a second state in which the ball is harder to win or cannot win than the first state,
The imaging means images a ball guided to the special area or the guided ball from the guide passage (claim 2 ).
In this case, it is possible to increase the reliability of the special effect by specifying the movement of the ball in the place having a large influence on whether or not to win the winning portion.

The front view which shows the pachinko game machine in Example 1. FIG. The front view which shows the accessory with which the pachinko game machine in Example 1 is provided. Explanatory drawing which shows the open state of the warp hole in Example 1. FIG. The front view which shows the production | presentation screen at the time of V zone winning in Example 1. FIG. The front view which shows the production | presentation screen in jackpot in Example 1. FIG. Explanatory drawing which illustrates the special effect in Example 1. FIG. Explanatory drawing which illustrates the special effect in Example 1. FIG. Explanatory drawing of the angle which a warp ball advances in Example 1. FIG. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a winning expectation degree table in the first embodiment. Explanatory drawing which shows the kind of special production in Example 1. FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the production | presentation table in Example 1. FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the warp ball total table in Example 1. FIG. The flowchart which shows the flow of the internal process performed when the warp ball | bowl generate | occur | produces in Example 1. FIG. Explanatory drawing of a winning expectation degree table update process in Example 1. FIG.

The embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the following examples.
Example 1
This example is an example of a so-called feather pachinko gaming machine (game machine) 1 that generates a jackpot when a ball wins a V zone (winning part). The jackpot generated by the pachinko gaming machine 1 is a gaming state in which the round process in which the big winning opening 16 is opened is repeated.

  The pachinko gaming machine 1 in FIG. 1 is a gaming machine that is played by launching a ball, which is a gaming medium, toward the gaming area 130. A game area 130 is formed on the front surface of the pachinko gaming machine 1 so as to face the player. Below the game area 130, an upper plate 135 that supplies balls to the launching device 150 and a lower plate 137 that stores balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate 135 are provided. Further, on the lower right of the upper plate 135, an operation handle 15 that is operated by the player to launch a ball is provided.

  The game area 130 is an area where balls, which are game media, flow down. The game area 130 is mainly composed of an accessory 19 including a V zone (winning part) 170 (FIG. 2) which is a jackpot.

  The accessory 19 shown in FIG. 2 includes a resin-shaped substantially square frame 191 having movable blades (opening / closing members) 199 attached to both outer sides. On both side surfaces of the frame body 191, a notch hole for allowing balls to flow, which is opened when the movable blade 199 is opened, is formed. A warp route outlet 193 which is a ball outlet is opened on the inner peripheral side surfaces of the frame body 191 facing each other. The warp route outlet 193 is an outlet through which a ball (referred to as a warp ball as appropriate) flows out through a warp route (guide passage) (not shown) after flowing into the warp hole 192.

  The movable blade 199 can be switched between a first state rotating to both outer sides of the frame body 191 as shown in FIG. 3 and a second state along the outer surface of the frame body 191 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, when the movable blade 199 is rotated outward, the warp hole 192 is opened, and the ball easily enters the warp route. On the other hand, when the movable blade 199 is positioned along the outer surface of the frame body 191 as shown in FIG. 2, the warp hole 192 is sealed, and the ball cannot flow into the warp route.

  In the second state of this example, there is a possibility that the inflow path to the warp hole 192 is completely blocked by the movable blade 199 positioned along the outer surface of the frame body 191 as shown in FIG. There is no state at all. Instead of this configuration, a configuration is adopted in which the inflow path to the warp hole 192 is not completely closed even when the movable blade 199 is positioned on the outer surface of the frame body 191, and the inflow path is narrowed. May be. In this case, the ball may flow into the warp hole 192 even in the second state, but in the second state where the inflow path to the warp hole 192 becomes narrower, the ball enters the warp hole 192 than in the first state. The possibility of inflow is low. Further, for example, in addition to the first inflow path to the warp hole 192 that is blocked when the movable blade 199 is positioned along the outer surface of the frame body 191, the second that is not blocked by the movable blade 199. An inflow path may be provided. In the second state where the balls can flow into the warp hole 192 only through the second inflow path, the ball can flow into the warp hole 192 compared to the first state where both the first and second inflow paths are opened. Low.

  A display screen of the liquid crystal display 190 is arranged at a deep position inside the frame body 191, and a slope-shaped stage (special) where the warp ball rolls down toward the player side below the display screen. Region) 195 is provided. The traveling direction of the warp ball that has come out of the warp route to the stage 195 varies from the one that travels almost horizontally to the one that travels almost right (front side). Further, an obstacle 195B is erected on the stage 195. The warp ball that has rolled onto the stage 195 falls on the near side while colliding with the obstacle 195B and changing the traveling direction.

  The warp ball of the stage 195 finally wins the prize opening 17 on the near side. The winning opening 17 is formed in a groove shape across the entire left and right direction of the stage 195. The groove-shaped winning opening 17 is divided into a central V zone 170 divided by a partition, and a lost winning opening (general winning portion) 173 formed on both sides of the V zone 170. It should be noted that the number of payout balls when winning in the lose prize opening 173 is set to five.

  The liquid crystal display 190 displays various effect screens in order to produce a game. When a prize is awarded to the V zone 170 (V prize), an effect screen for notifying the number of executions of the big hit round process (10 rounds in the figure) is displayed together with the message “V prize !!” as shown in FIG. To do. In addition, during the occurrence of the jackpot triggered by the V prize, an effect screen for notifying information on the jackpot is displayed together with the message “jackpot” as shown in FIG. The information about the jackpot exemplified in the figure is the number of end rounds, the current number of rounds, and the number of winnings in the current round from the left side.

  Further, the liquid crystal display 190 of this example has a function as a special effect execution means for executing a special effect according to the expected winning degree to the V zone 170. The special effect is an effect of notifying the winning expectation degree to the V zone 170 of the warp ball rolled out on the stage 195. As an effect screen by a special effect, for example, the effect screen of FIG. 6 that notifies that the winning expectation level is high by a “hot heat” message, or the message that “the expectation of winning a prize is low” may be notified by a message “may not be expected”. There is an effect screen of FIG.

  An imaging camera (imaging means) 198 is disposed in a horizontally long space corresponding to the gap between the display screen of the liquid crystal display 190 and the stage 195. The imaging cameras 198 are arranged at two places on the left and right, and constitute a stereo camera for three-dimensional measurement. The imaging camera 198 images the warp ball that has rolled from the warp route exit 193 to the stage 195 at a constant cycle (60 times / second). In the pachinko gaming machine 1 of this example, the position information of the warp ball is acquired every moment using the captured image of the imaging camera 198. Then, based on the temporal position change of the warp ball, motion information representing the movement of the warp ball is specified.

  On the lower side of the accessory 19, a first prize opening (type 1 start prize opening) 11 and a second prize opening (type 2 start prize opening) 12 are arranged. One first prize opening 11 is arranged directly under the accessory 19, and the second prize opening 12 is arranged on both the left and right sides of the first prize opening 11. At the bottom of the game area 130, an out hole 138 is opened for collecting balls that have flowed down without winning. Further, in the space corresponding to the gap between the first winning opening 11 and the upper side of the out hole 138, the large winning opening 16 that is opened by the round process during the big hit is arranged.

  The first winning port 11 and the second winning port 12 are winning ports that trigger the opening operation of the movable blade 199 of the accessory 19. When a ball wins the first prize opening 11, the movable blade 199 operates once, and when a ball wins the second prize opening 12, the movable blade 199 operates twice, and the warp hole 192 is opened.

The pachinko gaming machine 1 includes a control unit 10 configured by a control board (not shown) on which a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like are mounted. The control unit 10 realizes functions as the following means.
(1) Bonus granting means: means for granting a bonus by generating a jackpot when a winning (V winning) to the V zone 170 occurs. In the big hit, the round process in which the big winning opening 16 is opened is repeated 10 times. One round process ends when 30 seconds elapse or when the number of winnings reaches 10.

(2) Motion information identifying means: means for identifying motion information corresponding to the movement of the ball by performing image processing or the like on the captured image (imaging result) of the warped ball acquired by the imaging camera 198. In this example, the ball angle (passing direction) and speed (passing speed) are specified as motion information. When the horizontal direction is defined as zero degrees and the front direction (depth direction) is defined as 90 degrees as shown in FIG. 8, the ball angles are 0 to 5 degrees, 5 to 10 degrees, 10 to 15 degrees, 15 to 20 degrees, It is classified into seven stages of 20 to 25 degrees, 25 to 30 degrees, and 30 to 90 degrees. The speed is classified into three stages: less than 10 cm / second, 10 cm / second to less than 20 cm / second, and 20 cm / second to less than 30 cm / second.

(3) Special information table storage means: winning expectation degree shown in FIG. 9 in which the operation information of the ball (warp ball) and the winning expectation degree (special information) corresponding to the ease of winning the V zone 170 are associated with each other Means for storing a table (special information table). The winning expectation degree in this example is expressed in three stages of “high”, “medium”, and “low” corresponding to the ease of winning in the V zone 170.

(4) Effect information storage means: means for storing effect information of special effects corresponding to the winning expectation degree. The effect information storage means stores the effect table of FIG. 11 in which the winning expectation levels of “high”, “medium”, and “low” are associated with five types of special effects (FIG. 10) of effects 1 to 5. Yes. In this effect table, the selection rate of each effect is defined for each winning expectation level of “high”, “medium”, and “low”. For example, if the winning expectation is “high”, the selection rate of each effect such that effect 1 is 0%, effect 2 is 20%, effect 3 is 20%, effect 4 is 30%, and effect 5 is 30%. Is allocated.

(5) Winning specifying means: means for detecting whether or not a ball (warp ball) picked up by the imaging camera 198 has won the V zone 170 by detecting a winning ball in the V zone 170.
(6) Winning rate calculation means: means for calculating the winning rate for the V zone 170 according to the operation information. The winning rate calculation means counts the number of V winning balls and the number of lost winning balls for each operation information using the warp ball totaling table of FIG. 12, and uses the total data of the warp ball totaling table for each operation information. Calculate the winning rate. In the warp count table of FIG. 12, a specific example of the number of balls is omitted.

(7) Special information table updating means: means for updating the winning expectation degree associated with the operation information of the winning expectation degree table in accordance with the winning rate calculated by the winning rate calculating means. The winning expectations of “low”, “medium”, and “high” correspond to a winning rate of less than 5%, a winning rate of less than 5 to 20%, and a winning rate of 20% or more, respectively. When the winning expectation degree in the winning expectation degree table no longer matches the actual winning ratio, the winning expectation degree is updated to match the winning ratio.

Next, the flow of internal processing executed when a warp ball is generated will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
The control unit 10 of the pachinko gaming machine 1 attempts to detect the warped ball by performing image processing on the captured image acquired by the imaging camera 198 (S101). When the warp ball can be detected (S102: YES), the control unit 10 executes a process of specifying the operation information (angle, speed) (S103).

  The control unit 10 refers to the winning expectation degree table (FIG. 9) based on the identified operation information, and identifies the winning expectation degree (S104). Furthermore, one of the special effects (see FIG. 10) of effects 1 to effect 5 is selected according to the selection rate of the effect table (FIG. 11) corresponding to the winning expectation degree (S105), and the effect is executed as the special effect. (S106). This effect is continued until the warp ball is discharged from the accessory 19, and ends according to the discharge from the accessory 19.

  When a plurality of warp balls are generated at the same time and the winning expectation level of each warp ball is different, the higher winning expectation degree is given priority. For example, if a warp ball with a winning expectation of “low” and a warp ball with a winning expectation of “high” occur at the same time, a special effect is selected depending on the selection rate of the effect table according to the winning expectation of “high”. The type is determined.

  After the warp ball has won the winning port 17, the control unit 10 determines whether the winning destination is the V zone 170 or the lost winning port 173 (S107). When the control unit 10 wins the V zone 170 (S107: YES), the controller 10 adds and updates the number of V winning balls corresponding to the operation information specified in the previous step S103 in the warp ball totaling table of FIG. (S108). When winning the lost winning slot 173 (S107: NO), the number of lost winning balls is added and updated (S118).

  For example, in the case where a winning to the V zone 170 is detected after one warp ball is detected and motion information at an angle of 13 degrees and a speed of 8 cm per second is specified, the angle in the warp ball totaling table of FIG. The number of V winning balls corresponding to the operation information of 10 to 15 degrees and less than 10 cm per second is added and updated. On the other hand, when a winning at the lost winning opening 173 is detected, the number of lost winning balls corresponding to the operation information is added and updated.

  The control unit 10 calculates the winning rate for the V zone 170 using the number of V winning balls and the number of lost winning balls corresponding to the motion information specified in the previous step S103 in the warp ball totaling table of FIG. (S109). Specifically, the ratio of the number of V winning balls to the total number of V winning balls and the number of lost winning balls is calculated as the winning rate.

  When a plurality of warp balls are generated at the same time and one of them wins the V zone 170, the warp ball counting is executed as if all the warp balls have won the V zone 170. For example, the number of V prizes corresponding to motion information of less than 20 cm / second and an angle of 10 degrees or more and less than 15 degrees is one of 50 times, less than 30 cm / second and an angle of 10 degrees or more and less than 15 degrees. It is assumed that the number of V prizes corresponding to the operation information is 1 out of 100. Under this condition, a warp ball with a speed of less than 20 cm per second and an angle of 10 degrees or more and less than 15 degrees and a warp ball with a speed of less than 30 cm per second and an angle of 10 degrees or more and less than 15 degrees are detected at the same time. When the ball wins the V zone 170, warp ball totaling is executed assuming that both warp balls win the V zone 170. Specifically, the number of V prizes corresponding to motion information of less than 20 cm / second and an angle of 10 degrees or more and less than 15 degrees is 2 out of 51 times, less than 30 cm / second and an angle of 10 degrees or more and less than 15 degrees. The number of V prizes corresponding to the operation information is 2 out of 101 times.

  Thereafter, the control unit 10 compares the winning expectation level corresponding to the motion information specified in the preceding step S103 in the winning expectation degree table with the winning rate calculated in the previous step S109 (S110). Then, it is determined whether or not the winning rate matches the expected winning degree (S111). For example, if the winning expectation is “medium” and the calculated winning rate is 14%, it is determined that the winning rate is suitable for the winning expectation, the winning expectation is “medium”, If the calculated winning rate is 21%, it is determined that the winning rate does not match the expected winning rate.

  When the winning rate matches the winning expectation degree (S111: YES), the control unit 10 ends the series of processes as it is. On the other hand, if both are incompatible (S111: NO), a process of updating the winning expectation degree in the winning expectation degree table is executed (S112). For example, as shown in the top winning expectation table in FIG. 14, the winning expectation corresponding to the motion information (angle 13 degrees, 8 cm per second) specified in step S103 is “medium”, and the warped ball is V When winning in the zone 170 and the winning rate reaches 20% or more, the control unit 10 sets the expected winning degree corresponding to the operation information corresponding to the angle of 10 to 15 degrees and the speed less than 10 cm per second as shown in the lower part of FIG. Update from medium to high.

  The pachinko gaming machine 1 configured as described above can notify the player of the ease of winning in the V zone 170 according to the operation information based on the result of imaging the movement of the ball (warp ball). is there. If a special effect corresponding to the ease of winning a prize is executed according to the movement information of the ball, even if the ball passes the same place, it is possible to change the special effect to be executed depending on the passing speed and passing direction of the ball. . If the ball motion information is used, it is possible to determine the ease of winning a prize with high accuracy, thereby increasing the reliability of special effects.

  In this way, the pachinko gaming machine 1 of this example is a gaming machine that has improved the accuracy of the effect representing the ease of winning a ball to the V zone 170.

Note that the following configuration may be employed instead of or in addition to the configuration of the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present example. Furthermore, it is also possible to employ a combination of the following configurations as appropriate.
In this example, the expected winning degree for the V zone 170 is specified. In place of or in addition to the V zone 170, the prize-winning part for giving a ball to a player when a ball wins, the prize-winning part for drawing whether or not a special game state advantageous to the player is generated, and the like are targeted. Whether or not a ball is likely to enter may be specified from the imaging result of the ball. In other words, it is sufficient that the ball wins and a privilege is given to the player based on the winning, and the position and shape of the winning portion and the content of the privilege are not limited. For example, the present invention can be applied to a pachinko gaming machine configured such that the winning portion moves and the position of the winning opening varies with time. When the winning portion moves, the ease of winning the ball may be specified from the imaged result of the ball and the position of the winning portion. The present invention may be applied to a pachinko gaming machine provided with an accessory including a disk-shaped croon provided with three winning openings including a V winning opening. The winning expectation can be specified from the rotation position of the rotating Kroon V winning opening and the movement information (speed, angle) of the ball that has flowed into the accessory.

This example is an example of a configuration in which the degree of expectation that a warp ball wins the V zone 170 is notified from a combination of an angle representing a flow direction and a speed. Instead of this, it is also possible to specify the expected winning degree of the ball based on one of the angle and the speed representing the flow direction.
Further, in this example, a configuration is adopted in which a winning expectation degree to the V zone 170 is updated by using a ratio (winning rate) in which the warp ball actually wins the V zone 170. A configuration in which the winning expectation degree to the V zone 170 is not updated may be used. In this case, it is only necessary to set in advance a winning expectation degree table in which the ball imaging result is associated with the ease of winning (winning expectation degree).

About the content of the image display (effect 1-effect 5) in the case of performing a special effect, you may change arbitrarily. The winning expectation degree to the V zone 170 may be notified by voice or light.
In this example, a plurality of effects are assigned at a predetermined selection rate for each of the winning expectation degrees of “high”, “medium”, and “low”. Therefore, it is impossible to uniquely identify the expected winning degree according to the type of production. Instead of this configuration, it may be configured such that a winning expectation degree can be specified according to the type of effect by assigning a specific effect to each winning expectation degree.

In this example, a stage 195 through which a ball winning in the V zone 170 passes is set as a special area for imaging the ball. The special area for imaging the ball may be in any location as long as it is upstream of the winning portion such as the V zone 170. For example, the warp ball may be imaged in front of the warp route exit 193 instead of imaging the warp ball at the place where the warp route exit 193 exits.
In this example, the number of balls to be paid out when winning a loser winning port 173 is set to five, but the payout when a ball is winning into the loser winning port 173 may be set to zero. That is, when a ball enters the lose prize opening 173, the privilege may not be given.

  As described above, specific examples of the present invention have been described in detail as in the embodiments. However, these specific examples merely disclose an example of the technology included in the scope of claims. Needless to say, the scope of the claims should not be construed as limited by the configuration, numerical values, or the like of the specific examples. The scope of the claims includes techniques in which the specific examples are variously modified, changed, or appropriately combined using known techniques and knowledge of those skilled in the art.

1 Pachinko machine (game machine)
10 Control part 17 Prize opening 170 V zone (winning part)
173 Lost prize opening (general ball club)
19 character 190 liquid crystal display (special effect execution means)
191 Frame 192 Warp hole 193 Warp route exit 195 Stage (special area)
198 Imaging camera (imaging means)
199 Movable blade (opening / closing member)

Claims (2)

A winning section where a ball that has passed a predetermined special area can win a prize;
A privilege granting means for granting a privilege to a player when a ball is awarded to the winning part;
Imaging means for imaging a ball passing through the special area;
Action information specifying means for specifying action information that is information corresponding to the movement of a ball including at least one of the passing direction of the ball and the passing speed of the ball from the imaging result of the imaging means;
Special performance executing means for executing a special performance that is an effect corresponding to the ease of winning a ball to the winning portion, an effect corresponding to the motion information specified by the motion information specifying means;
Special information table storage means for storing a special information table in which the operation information is associated with special information which is information corresponding to the ease of winning a ball to the winning portion;
Production information storage means for storing production information which is information of special production corresponding to the special information;
A winning specifying means for specifying whether or not the ball imaged by the imaging means has won the winning portion;
A winning rate calculating means for calculating a winning rate to the winning portion according to the motion information;
Special information table updating means for updating the special information associated with the operation information of the special information table according to the winning rate calculated by the winning rate calculating means ,
The gaming machine characterized in that the special effect executing means executes a special effect corresponding to the special information specified from the motion information . The special area is provided with the winning portion and the general winning portion where the privilege given when the ball enters is less than the winning portion or the privilege is not given, and the guided ball Is provided to enter either the winning portion or the general winning portion,
A guide passage for guiding balls to the special area;
A first state in which a ball can win a prize in the guide passage, and an opening / closing member that can be switched to one of a second state in which the ball is harder to win or cannot win than the first state,
The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein the imaging unit images a ball guided to the special area or the guided ball from the guide passage.

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