JP6476427B2 - Slot machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a slot machine installed in a game arcade, and more particularly to a slot machine that performs a predetermined hit notification.

  A slot machine usually has a plurality of reels (usually three reels) on which an outer peripheral surface is displayed with a plurality of symbols consisting of pictures, numbers, letters, etc. by inserting medals as game media and operating a start lever. ) Starts rotating, and after rotating at a constant speed, if the stop button is operated at an arbitrary timing, it will stop at the combination of symbols according to the lottery result of the internal lottery process performed at the operation timing of the start lever. Each of the reels is controlled to stop, and a number of game media according to the combination of symbols on the stopped reels are paid out.

Such a slot machine has a hit notification function for notifying the outside of the machine that a predetermined hit has been won in the internal lottery process, and for example, a shift to a bonus game such as a big bonus or a regular bonus is confirmed. When the bonus combination is won in the internal lottery process, a hit notification effect for notifying the winning is performed.
Such a hit notification effect is performed through display means such as a liquid crystal display, an LED, a lamp, and a sound output means such as a speaker, which are provided in the slot machine. It is output in various expressions combining character display, lamp lighting, voice output, etc.

Further, such a hit notification effect by the effect means is performed continuously or over a predetermined period between the time of winning a predetermined hit and the transition to the gaming state corresponding to that hit.
For example, a bonus combination is usually a winning combination that can be carried over after the next game as long as the reel does not stop with a combination of bonus symbols even if it is won. The production is performed continuously from the winning game won for the bonus combination to a combination of bonus symbols corresponding to the bonus combination, that is, continuously until a transition to bonus game, or part of it.

In recent years, there are an increasing number of players who shoot such a hit notification effect with a camera provided in a mobile phone, post it on a video site, share it with friends, and enjoy watching the captured image by themselves. .
However, such a notification effect is a one-time effect that disappears with the progress of the game, so it is often missed or the shooting with the camera is not in time, so miss the shutter chance There was a case.
In particular, in slot machines that have variations in the start timing of notification production, the output start timing itself, such as the start timing of the notification lamp that notifies the bonus winning, is a must-see value in return for spending a lot of investment funds. So, while playing the game while watching the notice lamp, in the end I missed it.

Therefore, a slot machine that can reproduce such a notification effect has been proposed (for example, Patent Document 1).
In this slot machine, the effect that has already been notified can be reproduced based on the player's operation, and the effect that the player has overlooked can be confirmed again after the notification.

JP 2005-185780 A

It is an object of the present invention to provide a slot machine that performs a predetermined hit notification .

In order to achieve the above object, the slot machine of the present invention is a slot machine that displays a hit notification effect for notifying the outside of the machine that a predetermined hit has been won in an internal lottery process, and is used for gaming. A first operating means operated to set the display, a second operating means operated to start the variable display of the identification information on the variable display means, and the identification information to be displayed in a variable manner on the variable display means. a third operating means is operated to, a different display means and the variable display unit, and a effect display means for displaying the per notification effect, the effect display means, the first operation means, it is constituted can display further notification effect per predetermined time after a player operations on the different operating means and the second operating means and said third operating means

  According to the slot machine of the present invention, although there is a possibility that the internal winning state becomes indistinguishable from the appearance, it is possible to accurately determine whether or not the player who has claimed the internal winning due to misunderstanding or the like is in the internal winning state. In addition, it is possible to quickly determine the failure of the effect means related to the hit notification effect.

It is a schematic front view showing the appearance of the slot machine according to one embodiment of the present invention. It is a schematic perspective view which shows the internal structure of the slot machine which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control configuration of the slot machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view of the 7 segment indicator with which the slot machine which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention is equipped.

A preferred embodiment of the slot machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the slot machine 1 according to the present embodiment receives a signal by operating the bet button 2a from the number of medals actually inserted from the medal insertion slot 2, or from the credit medal stored internally. According to the number of medals inserted in the form, a game is possible, and when the start lever 3 is operated in this state, the plurality of reels 41a to 41c start rotating and correspond to the respective reels 41a to 41c. When the stop buttons 5a to 5c to be pressed are pressed, the reels 41 are controlled to stop at a combination of symbols corresponding to the lottery result of the lottery process performed at the operation timing of the start lever 3, and the symbols of the stopped symbols are stopped. It has a configuration capable of realizing a normal slot machine game in which medals are paid out from the medal payout device 7 according to the combination.

  Such a slot machine game is configured as a computer including a central processing unit such as a CPU, a ROM that stores programs and data related to the slot machine game, a RAM that temporarily stores data related to the progress of the game, and the like. In addition, the main control unit 10 also performs a lottery process that is controlled by the main control unit 10 so as to determine whether or not the winning / losing is true.

The lottery process is a process of selecting a lottery object for each game by lottery from a plurality of lottery objects including a plurality of types of game value to which some game value is given and a lose to which no game value is given. The winning value set for each lottery object is compared with the random value acquired at the operation timing of the start lever 3, and the lottery object having the winning value that matches the random value is selected as the winning object of the current game. It is processing.
For a plurality of lottery targets, the bonus value that will be transferred to bonus games such as big bonus and regular bonus as the game value to be given, the small role where a predetermined number of medals will be paid out, the next time without inserting medals There are replay roles that can be played, and loses that are not given any game value.
Each of these lottery objects corresponds to a combination of symbols when each reel 41 is stopped. For example, when a bonus combination is won, a combination of bonus symbols (for example, a triple of “7”), a small symbol combination, etc. Each reel 41 is stopped by a combination of small role symbols (for example, a set of three “bells”) when winning a combination, and by a combination of replay symbols (for example, a triple of “replay”) when winning a replay role. Is controlled to stop.

Even if the bonus combination is won, as long as the reel 41 does not stop with a combination of bonus symbols, the right is a lottery object that can be carried over after the next game, so it is necessary to store such a state. . Therefore, the main control unit 10 wins the bonus combination until it stops with a combination of symbols corresponding to the bonus combination after winning the bonus combination so that such a state can be distinguished from other states. Until the transition to the bonus game, the bonus is applied to the storage means such as the RAM that operates as the internal winning storage means when the bonus combination is won in order to be recognized as the internal winning state in which the right to transition to the bonus game is held. A flag is set, and by referring to this bonus flag, it is possible to determine whether or not the state of the slot machine 1 is an internal winning state.
Hereinafter, the internal winning state means a state in which a bonus flag is set in a storage means such as a RAM, and the main control unit 10 refers to the bonus flag for operations, effects, etc. executed in the internal winning state. It is assumed that this is performed by itself or by causing the sub-control unit 20 to execute it.

The main control unit 10 also controls a predetermined notification effect. This notification effect can be performed by the main control unit 10 directly controlling a predetermined effect unit, or can be performed indirectly by controlling the sub control unit 20.
As the production means, for example, a display means such as a liquid crystal display 8a, a notification lamp 8b incorporating a light emitting means such as a light bulb / LED, a 7-segment display 8c, and a sound output means such as a speaker 8d that emits sound. There is.
For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the 7-segment display 8c is directly controlled by the main control unit 10, and the liquid crystal display 8a, the notification lamp 8b, and the speaker 8d are sub-controls that receive a command from the main control unit 10. Controlled by the unit 20.
Similar to the main control unit 10, the sub control unit 20 is configured as a computer including a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like. For example, the sub control unit 20 includes a VDP, a VRAM, an image ROM, a liquid crystal driver circuit and the like. A liquid crystal display control circuit for controlling, an LED drive circuit configured by a transistor and the like for controlling the notification lamp 8b, a sound control circuit configured by a sound source IC, a sound ROM, an amplifier and the like for controlling the speaker 8d are provided.

  The slot machine 1 configured as described above performs a hit notification effect for notifying the outside that the bonus combination is won as a predetermined winning in the lottery process, and corresponds to the bonus combination after winning the bonus combination. In the internal winning state indicating the state until the transition to the bonus game which is a gaming state, the hit notification effect can be reproduced. Further, in the internal winning state, notification in a predetermined output mode that makes it possible to identify the internal winning state is performed based on an operation related to opening the front door 1 a that covers the front surface of the slot machine 1.

The winning notification effect is performed based on the winning when a bonus combination is won as a predetermined winning in the lottery process described above.
The winning notification effect is performed via the liquid crystal display unit 8a, the notification lamp 8b, and the speaker 8d that operate as the effecting means. For example, in the liquid crystal display unit 8a as the winning notification effect related to the bonus winning, In the display / notification lamp 8b, the LED is turned on, and a sound such as “bonus confirmation” is output from the speaker 8d.

These winning notification effects are in a state where the bonus flag is set in a storage means such as a RAM, that is, in an internal winning state, for example, during a game in which a lottery process related to the winning is performed, or after that game From the game until the reel stops at a combination of symbols corresponding to the bonus combination, that is, until the transition to the bonus game in the gaming state corresponding to the bonus combination, from any timing during that period Or, it can be performed continuously until it shifts to a bonus game.
The hit notification effect is triggered by the player's operation such as the operation timing of the start lever 3, the operation timing of each of the stop buttons 5a to 5c, the operation timing of the bet button 2a, and the timing of inserting a medal from the medal insertion slot 2. Can start.

Further, if the hit notification effect is being notified, for example, the effect can be forcibly ended based on the player's operation (notification effect end means). Moreover, when it is performed over the predetermined period, it can be ended (automatically ended) before the transition to the bonus game regardless of whether or not the player has operated (notification effect ending means).
When the hit notification effect is forcibly ended based on the player's operation, the slot machine 1 can be provided with operation means for canceling the effect. As this operation means, a dedicated operation section (for example, a cancel button) can be provided, or a permanent operation section such as a bet button 2a, a start lever 3, a stop button 5 or the like can be substituted.

Further, such a hit notification effect can be reproduced in the internal winning state.
To reproduce the hit notification effect, which effect means (for example, the notification lamp 8b) is operated in what output mode (for example, lighting) and from which start timing (for example, the operation timing of the stop button 5c). The main control unit 10 and the sub control unit 20 store the notification history data shown in the storage means such as the respective RAMs and the main control unit 10 and the sub control unit 20 after the winning notification effect based on the winning is finished. By operating as the notification effect reproducing means, it can be realized by controlling the effect means while referring to the stored notification history data.

For example, the case where an effect of lighting the notification lamp 8b from the operation timing of the start lever 3 related to the winning game will be described as a winning notification effect based on the winning.
Thereafter, when the winning combination of the bonus combination is carried over after the next game without stopping the reel 41 with the combination of bonus symbols in the game, for example, forcibly ending based on the player's operation, or last in the game The notification lamp 8b is turned off at the operation timing of the stop button 5 operated in the above manner.
Notification history data indicating that the effect means operated as the winning notification effect based on the winning was the notification lamp 8b, the output mode was lighting, and the start timing was the operation timing of the start lever 3. Is stored in the RAM of the sub-control unit 20, for example.
When the start lever 3 is operated in the next game and an operation signal indicating that the start lever 3 has been operated is received from the main control unit 10, the sub control unit 20 operates as a notification effect reproduction means and is stored in the RAM. With reference to the notification history data, the notification lamp 8b is turned on from the reception timing of the operation signal, that is, the operation timing of the start lever 3.
Thereby, the same production means as the winning notification effect based on the winning will operate in the same output mode from the same start timing, and the winning notification effect based on the winning will be faithfully reproduced. In addition, since the winning notification effect based on the winning is reproduced, it is possible to shoot with the camera without missing the timing.
In addition, the notification history data indicating the effect means operated in the winning notification effect based on the winning, the output mode, the start timing, and the like, each time the winning notification effect based on the winning is performed, the main control unit 10 or the sub control unit 20 or the like. Are updated and stored in predetermined storage means (RAM). The notification history data can also include the end timing of the output mode (for example, the turn-off timing).

In addition, the reproduction of the winning notification effect is automatically performed after a predetermined time from the end of the winning notification effect based on the winning regardless of the start timing of the winning notification effect based on the winning (regardless of faithfully reproducing the start timing). It can also be started automatically or based on a predetermined operation that the player wants to reproduce.
For example, the automatic reproduction of the hit notification effect that is performed can be started after the hit notification effect based on the winning is finished, and can be started after a predetermined time has elapsed.
In addition, for the reproduction of the hit notification effect performed based on a predetermined operation desired to be reproduced by the player, the slot machine 1 is provided with operation means related to the reproduction of the effect and immediately after the operation means is operated or after the operation. The reproduction can also be started after a predetermined time has elapsed. As an operation means related to this reproduction, a dedicated operation unit (for example, a reproduction start button) can be provided, or a permanent bet button 2a, start lever 3, and stop button 5 can be substituted.
For example, a description will be given of a case where the hit notification effect that is turned on from the operation timing of the start lever 3 related to the game for which the notification lamp 8b is won is reproduced during the game. Before the operation on is finished, the hit notification effect is forcibly ended by the operation of the operation means related to the cancellation of the effect. Next, the stop button 5 that is operated last is operated as an operation means for reproduction, and the notification lamp 8b is turned on at the operation timing, so that the hit notification effect can be reproduced.
In the case of this example, although the lighting timing of the notification lamp 8b is not faithfully reproduced, the winning notification effect based on the winning and the reproduction thereof can be completed in one game.

Also, the reproduction start timing can be notified in advance.
Specifically, the main control unit 10 and the sub control unit 20 operate the liquid crystal display 8a and the speaker 8d as a prior notification unit, so that the remaining time until the start of reproduction can be identified as a predetermined notification, for example, The remaining time until the start of reproduction can be displayed on the liquid crystal display 8a as a count-down or count-up display, or the remaining time until the start of reproduction can be output by voice from the speaker 8d.
As a specific example of a winning notification effect based on winning, the case where the notification lamp 8b is turned on at the operation timing of the stop button 5 operated last in the winning game will be described as an example. The notification lamp 8b is turned on for a predetermined period. As the operation means related to reproduction, for example, the player operates the stop button 5 after the light is turned off later or the player turns off based on the operation of the operation means related to the player's effect cancellation. The countdown display (displays a number obtained by subtracting 1 from 10 every 1 second) is performed on the liquid crystal display 8a, and when it becomes 0, the notification lamp 8b can be turned on again. At this time, in synchronization with the countdown display of the liquid crystal display 8a, a countdown sound ("ju" to "zero") can be output from the speaker 8d as a sound.
Thus, by notifying the reproduction start timing in advance, it is possible to take a picture with the camera without missing the reproduced hit notification effect.
The remaining time until the start of reproduction can be omitted based on the player's operation (for example, operation of the cancel button), and can be reproduced immediately based on this operation.

Reproduction of the above-mentioned winning notification effect is preferably performed in the internal winning state, but if the winning notification effect based on winning is performed again after the winning notification effect based on winning is performed, The game state corresponding to the winning, that is, the bonus game can be reproduced.
In addition, if it is a reproducible period, it can be reproduced any number of times. However, if the automatic notification effect is reproduced, automatic reproduction is canceled to avoid repeated automatic reproduction. Possible operation means (for example, a cancel button) can also be provided.

Thus, in reproducing the hit notification effect, the hit notification effect based on the winning can be temporarily ended. Since such an end state is a normal state that is not a special state such as a bonus game in appearance, it is an internal winning state in which a bonus combination is internally won, or such an internal winning state. It is not possible to distinguish from the appearance whether it is a normal state that is not.
In the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, the hit notification effect can be reproduced in the internal winning state, but the period that can be reproduced even in the internal winning state is limited (for example, it can be reproduced only in the winning game). Etc.), and there are cases where the operation means related to the reproduction fails. If it does so, even if it is an internal winning state, it will have a possibility of becoming a normal state on appearance. In this way, in the case of a slot machine having an indistinguishable state that cannot be distinguished from the appearance in spite of the internal winning state, it is difficult to prove afterwards that the hit notification effect has already been performed. May cause problems. For example, a player who mistakes another notification effect during a game as a hit notification effect claims that the slot machine 1 should be in an internal winning state because he has performed a hit notification effect. Therefore, it cannot be clearly explained that it is a mistake.
Therefore, the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment is provided with state notifying means for notifying the internal winning state in a predetermined output manner independently of the liquid crystal display unit 8a, the notification lamp 8b, and the speaker 8d that operate as effect means. It is.
Further, the notification by the state notification means is configured to be identifiable based on an operation related to opening the front door 1a covering the front surface of the slot machine.

As an example of such state notification means, for example, a 7-segment display 8c, which is an effect means directly controlled by the main control unit 10, can be employed.
As shown in FIG. 2, the 7-segment display 8c is provided on the back side of the front door 1a that covers the opening of the housing 1b so that it can be opened and closed. Illuminated (may be blinking), unlit in other states, and cannot be distinguished from the outside of the slot machine 1 as to whether it is lit or unlit.
Thereby, only the manager of the game hall such as a store clerk who has the authority to open the front door 1a can confirm whether the 7-segment display 8c is turned on or off. That is, it becomes possible to identify whether or not the player is in the internal winning state only by an operation related to opening the front door 1a by the manager of the game hall.
In addition, the 7-segment display 8c can be turned off when the front door 1a is closed, and can be turned on when the front door 1a is opened, in order to reduce power consumption.
This is because a door sensor capable of detecting the open / closed state of the front door 1a is provided, and a detection signal from the door sensor is input to the main control unit 10 so that the main control unit 10 can detect 7 based on the presence or absence of the detection signal. This can be realized by controlling turning on / off of the segment display 8c.
In this way, the 7-segment display 8c is provided separately from the liquid crystal display unit 8a, the notification lamp 8b, and the speaker 8d, and the notification of the internal winning state by the 7-segment display 8c is made to open the front door 1a. By making the identification possible based on such an operation, only the game hall manager can confirm it, and thus has the following effects.

For example, by providing the 7-segment display 8c separately from the liquid crystal display unit 8a, the notification lamp 8b, and the speaker 8d that operate as effect means, even if these effect means fail, whether or not the internal winning state is present. Can be identified. That is, even if it is confirmed that the segment indicator 8c is turned on, even if it is attempted to reproduce the hit notification effect, it can be determined that these failures occur when the effect means does not operate.
Furthermore, since the 7-segment display 8c is controlled by the main control unit 10 and the rendering means is controlled by the sub-control unit 20, it is possible to identify whether or not the internal winning state is present even if the sub-control unit 20 breaks down.

In addition, the game hall manager who fully understands the specifications of the slot machine 1 can check the output mode of the 7-segment display 8c, so that the player who claims internal winning due to misunderstandings, etc. Can also be explained clearly.
In addition, the indistinguishable state that cannot be distinguished from the appearance despite the internal winning state is actually a favorable state for the player who is internally won for the bonus role, and is not known to the game hall manager. In addition, although the slot machine 1 is intentionally shifted to such an advantageous state and may be misused to provide a profit only to a specific player, only a game hall manager can confirm it. By doing so, it is possible to discover such benefits in advance.

In addition, the 7-segment display 8c that has already been used for other purposes can be used as a status notification means.
For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the 7-segment display 8c includes a general 7-segment LED having 7 segments a to g and 8 light-emitting segments including one dot point (dp). 7 segments a to g that can be displayed and displayed, such as numbers, etc., for example, a stage display section related to a setting change function capable of setting and changing the winning probability of a bonus (any one of 6 setting probabilities is displayed as a number) And the dot point (dp) can be operated as the state notification means.

The control of lighting (1) and turning off (0) of the seven segments a to g and one dot point (dp) can be controlled by 8-bit data composed of 1 or 0.
The CPU included in the main control unit 10 is configured by, for example, an 80-series CPU capable of processing data in units of 8 bits, similarly to the CPU included in a general slot machine, and controls the lighting of the 7-segment display 8c. Since normally the dot point (dp) is not used and is controlled as being turned off (0), the upper or lower bit corresponding to the dot point (dp) in the 8-bit control data is set to 0, for example. By outputting this control data through the output port of the CPU, lighting control of the 7-segment display 8c is performed.
When the dot point (dp) is operated as the status notification means, normally, the upper or lower bits controlled by turning off the light (0) are only controlled as 1 or 0, so that the data capacity is increased. There is no need to control lighting.
As described above, the dot point (dp) of the 7-segment display 8c that is already used as another function is operated as the state notification unit, so that the lighting control can be performed without increasing the data capacity.
Furthermore, the secrecy of the function is maintained due to the unexpectedness of adopting the dot point (dp) as the state notification means, and the administrator who teaches the function can be limited.

As described above, according to the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment, the hit notification effect can be reproduced in the internal winning state, so that the camera can take a picture without missing the timing.
On the other hand, by making it possible to reproduce the hit notification effect, it is possible to accurately determine whether or not the internal winning state is in the internal winning state for a player who asserts the internal winning due to misunderstanding or the like although the internal winning state cannot be identified from the appearance. In addition, it is possible to quickly determine the failure of the effect means related to the hit notification effect.
For example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1 described above, in order to reproduce a hit notification effect in a conventional slot machine, a hit notification effect performed based on the fact that a predetermined winning is internally won. Must be terminated once.
Since such an end state is a normal state that is not a special state such as a bonus game in appearance, it may be an internal winning state that is internally won per predetermined or such a state. Whether it is a normal state that is not an internal winning state cannot be identified from the appearance.
In addition, even if the function of reproducing the winning notification effect is not provided, the specification that the winning notification effect is ended before the game state (for example, bonus game) related to the winning (for example, bonus game) is ended (for example, notification is made only for a part of the winning game period). In the case of a slot machine having), such an end state is an internal winning state in which a predetermined hit is won internally as in the above case, or is not such an internal winning state. Whether it is a normal state cannot be identified from its appearance.
In this way, in the case of a slot machine having an indistinguishable state that cannot be distinguished from the appearance despite the internal winning state that has been won internally for a predetermined hit, it is proved afterwards that the hit notification effect has already been performed. Since it is difficult to do so, the following adverse effects occur.
For example, a player may make a complaint by mistaking another notification effect during a game as a hit notification effect. In this case, it was difficult to clearly explain to the player who claimed that the slot machine should be in the internal winning state because the hit notification effect was given.
In addition, even in a gaming machine that continuously performs a hit notification effect from when a predetermined hit is won until it shifts to the gaming state related to the win, the hit notification effect ends in the middle due to some mechanical or electrical malfunction ( In such a state, whether or not such a state is a failure in which a hit notification effect is not performed due to a malfunction of the directing means in spite of the internal winning state that has been won internally for a predetermined hit, Or it could not be distinguished from the appearance whether it was a normal state that was not such a failure.
In this way, in the slot machine that informs the outside that it has won a predetermined hit in the internal lottery process, there is a possibility that the internal winning state may be indistinguishable from the appearance. There is a need for a means to reliably identify the winning state, and in particular, in the case of a slot machine that needs to temporarily stop the winning notification effect based on the internal winning in order to be able to reproduce the winning notification effect Since the state must be created artificially, various problems may occur.
In the present invention with respect to this, it is possible to solve the problems described above of the conventional slot machine has, whether internal winning state, whether in a failure of the effect means, the clerk having an open permission door body It is possible to identify the state of the gaming machine accurately to the player who claims internal winning, and to quickly determine the failure of the production means related to the hit notification effect. Slot machine can be realized.

  The preferred embodiment of the slot machine of the present invention has been described above. However, the slot machine according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention. Needless to say.

For example, in the present embodiment, a bonus is won as a predetermined hit, but a transition to replay time (RT) which is a gaming state in which replay is won with a high probability (including loss), a predetermined small combination or replay When winning, the transition to assist time (AT), which is a gaming state that informs the operation sequence of the stop button so that the reel can be stopped with the combination of symbols corresponding to this small role and replay (including loss) ), A transitional role (including loss) to the assist / replay time (ART), which is a gaming state in which the replay time (RT) and the assist time (AT) are combined, can also be a predetermined hit. The internal winning state in these cases is a state from when the winning combination is won until the game state corresponding to the transferring combination is reached.
The internal lottery process includes not only the lottery process performed by the main control unit 10 but also the lottery process performed by the sub-control unit 20. For example, the main control unit 10 performs the lottery for the replay time transition role. In addition, after winning the replay time transition combination, the sub-control unit 20 can perform a lottery for assist time transition, and the final winning of the assist time transition can be a predetermined win.

Moreover, although the state notification means is the 7-segment display 8c, in addition to or instead of this, presentation means such as the liquid crystal display portion 8a and the speaker 8d can be used as the state notification means. In this case, the rendering means performs identifiable notification based on the operation related to opening of the front door 1a. For example, when the front door 1a is opened in the internal winning state (indistinguishable state), the speaker 8d. Will sound to notify you of the internal winning status (for example, “Internally winning” voice). Further, when the front door 1a is opened, a message indicating the internal winning state can be displayed on the liquid crystal display 8a.
Moreover, it can also comprise so that these may operate | move based on operation which unlocks the locking state of the front door 1a as operation which concerns on opening of the front door 1a.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the slot machine that needs to temporarily end the winning notification effect based on the internal winning is applied, but the slot machine that performs the winning notification effect in the internal winning state, that is, the internal winning state from the appearance. Any slot machine that has a possibility of being indistinguishable and indistinguishable can be applied.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Slot machine 2 Medal slot 3 Start lever 41 (41a, 41b, 41c) Reel 5 (5a, 5b, 5c) Stop button 8a Liquid crystal display (production | presentation means, prior notification means)
8b Notification lamp (Direction means)
8c 7-segment display (status notification means)
8d speaker (production means, prior notification means)
10 Main control part (notification production reproduction means)
20 Sub-control unit (notification effect reproduction means)

Claims (3)

A slot machine that displays a hit notification effect for notifying the outside of the machine that a predetermined hit has been won in an internal lottery process,
A first operation means operated to set a game value used for a game;
Second operating means operated to start the variable display of the identification information in the variable display means;
Third operating means operated to stop and display the identification information variably displayed on the variable display means;
A display means different from the variable display means, an effect display means for displaying the hit notification effect,
With
The effect display means, said first operating means, the said second operating means and said third operating means is capable of displaying further notification effect per after a predetermined time has elapsed from the player's operation to the different operating means A featured slot machine. An internal winning storage means for storing an internal winning state indicating a state from winning the predetermined hit to shifting to a gaming state corresponding to the winning;
State notifying means for notifying the internal winning state in a predetermined light emission mode based on the storage by the internal winning storage means,
The notification by the state notification unit becomes identifiable by the state notification unit changing from a light-off state to a light-emitting state based on an operation related to opening the front door that covers the front surface of the slot machine,
The effect display means can end the hit notification effect based on a player's operation to an operation means different from the first operation means, the second operation means, and the third operation means. The slot machine according to claim 1. The effect display means performs a countdown display while counting a predetermined time in accordance with a player's operation to an operation means different from the first operation means, the second operation means, and the third operation means, and the countdown display when the display becomes 0, according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the slot machine, characterized in that can display per notification effect a previously run again.

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