JP6489532B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine capable of executing a prefetch notice.

  As described in the following Patent Document 1, etc., when notifying a certain determination result, there is a probability that the certain determination result will be a big hit using an effect that notifies the determination result that is notified before that. A look-ahead notice that suggests (so-called jackpot reliability, hereinafter simply referred to as reliability) is known.

JP 2011-62305 A

  Since the type of the pre-reading notice is directly connected to the level of reliability, the player plays in the hope that a pre-reading notice with high reliability will be generated, and the game may become monotonous.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of improving the taste of the game using the prefetch notice.

  A gaming machine according to the present invention made to solve the above-mentioned problem is a gaming machine capable of executing a pre-reading notice that uses an effect for notification, and the pre-judgment judgment result is the above-mentioned preemption decision result. A first look-ahead notice confirming the occurrence of an effect in which the probability of being hit is greater than or equal to the first level, and an effect in which the probability of being hit by the certain determination result is greater than or equal to the second level higher than the first level, or A second look-ahead notice that determines the occurrence of an effect lower than the first level is set.

  The gaming machine according to the present invention has a first look-ahead notice in which the occurrence of an effect in which the probability of winning is equal to or higher than the first level is confirmed, and an effect in which the probability of winning is higher than the second level, Alternatively, a second look-ahead notice that sets the occurrence of an effect lower than the first level is set. In other words, when the first look-ahead notice occurs, there is a certain level of expectation, but when the second look-ahead notice occurs, the expectation that is higher or lower than when the first look-ahead notice occurs may be expected. It is possible to make a pre-fetched notice with high taste that is not.

  The first prefetch notice and the second prefetch notice may be set so as not to occur simultaneously.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to prevent the advance notice from becoming difficult to understand (the advance notice becomes difficult to distinguish) due to the simultaneous occurrence of the first look-ahead notice and the second look-ahead notice.

  When it is decided to execute the pre-reading notice by lottery when a game ball has won a predetermined winning opening, the first pre-reading notice is executed if a predetermined condition is satisfied. It is preferable to determine to execute the second prefetch notice when the predetermined condition is not satisfied.

  By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to easily construct an aspect in which the first prefetch notice and the second prefetch notice do not occur simultaneously.

The first look-ahead notice may include a plurality of kinds of notices having different probabilities that the certain determination result is a hit.
In this case, when a certain first look-ahead notice selected from a plurality of kinds of the first look-ahead notices changes to another first look-ahead notice that is more likely to be the result of the certain advisability than the notice. There should be.

The second look-ahead notice may include a plurality of kinds of notices having different probabilities that the certain determination result is a hit.
In this case, when a certain second look-ahead notice selected from a plurality of types of the second look-ahead notices changes to another second look-ahead notice that is more likely to win the certain determination result than the notice. There should be.

  As described above, if the first look-ahead notice and the second look-ahead notice are likely to change to a suggestion that the probability of becoming a big hit has increased, it is possible to further enhance the preference of the look-ahead notice. is there.

  According to the gaming machine according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the taste of the game using the pre-reading notice.

It is a front view of the gaming machine according to the present embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the flow of the game (effect) when the first look-ahead notice occurs. It is the figure which showed an example of the flow of the game (production) when the second look-ahead notice occurs. It shows the category (each level and the reliability) of effects that notify the determination result. It is a flowchart (the 1) of prefetch notice control processing. It is a flowchart (the 2) of prefetch notice control processing. It is the figure which showed the aspect of the multiple types of notice set as 1st prefetch notice. It is the figure which showed the aspect of the multiple types of notification set as 2nd prefetching notification.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a gaming machine 1 according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, the overall configuration of the gaming machine 1 will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

  The gaming machine 1 includes a game board 90. The game board 90 is formed of a substantially square plywood, and a guide rail 903 that forms a path for guiding a game ball launched by operating the launching device 908 (launching handle) to the gaming area 902 has a substantially arc shape. It is provided as follows.

  In the game area 902, a display device 91, a start winning opening 904, a big winning opening 906, an out opening, and the like are provided. The display area 911 of the display device 91 is an area that can be viewed through an opening 901 formed in the game board 90. 2, 3, 7, and 8 roughly describe the display region 911, the shape and the like can be changed as appropriate (the shape and size of the opening 901, the shape and size of the display device 91 itself, and the like). The shape and the like of the display area 911 can be changed by changing).

  In addition, the game area 902 is provided with a plurality of game nails as obstacles that change the flow-down mode of the game balls when the flow-down game balls collide. The game ball flowing down the game area 902 changes into various modes depending on the condition when it collides with the game nail.

  In such a gaming machine 1, a game ball is launched toward the game area 902 by operating the launching device 908. When a game ball flowing down the game area 902 wins a winning opening such as the start winning opening 904 or the big winning opening 906, a predetermined number of winning balls are paid out by the payout device.

  Note that the description of the components of the gaming machine 1 that are not related to the present invention, such as the frame of the gaming machine 1, the lower plate and the upper plate for storing the game balls, is omitted. About these, the thing of the structure similar to a well-known game machine is applicable.

  The jackpot lottery is executed by a winning determination means provided on a control board (not shown) triggered by winning a game ball in the start winning opening 904 (a plurality of such starting winning openings may be provided). Specifically, a numerical value is acquired from a random number source when a game ball is won at the start winning opening 904, and when the numerical value is the same as a predetermined jackpot number, It will be out of place. As with known game machines, when a big hit is made, it is notified that the identification symbol 80 is a predetermined combination (for example, a triple of the same symbol), and if any other combination is displayed, it is missed. It becomes.

  The gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment can execute a pre-reading notice that is a part of the effect of notifying the result of the determination. Since the pre-reading notice itself is known, detailed description is omitted, but the pre-reading notice has an effect for notifying the result of the determination of validity, and an effect for notifying the result of the determination of the validity that is executed before that. It is an effect that should be used. In other words, the pre-reading notice guarantees a predetermined continuity across the effect (holding) for notifying a plurality of determination results (the player recognizes that the notice (effect) is continued by a certain element). This is a notice that continues in a possible manner.

  The gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment can execute at least two types of the prefetching notice, that is, the first prefetching notice and the second prefetching notice. The first prefetch notice in this embodiment is a prefetch notice using “hold”. In the present embodiment, notification of the success / failure determination results is started in the order in which the numerical values for the determination of success / failure are acquired (so-called fluctuation is started), but when a certain numerical value is acquired, When the success / failure determination result based on the previously acquired numerical value is informed, it is stored in a storage means provided on a control board (not shown) until the notification of the appropriateness determination result based on the certain numerical value is started. . The maximum storage number (maximum hold number) of the numerical values for which notification of the determination result is not yet started (the one corresponding to each numerical value is “pending”) can be set as appropriate. The maximum number of reservations that can be stored by the storage means in the present embodiment is four per kind of start winning award. In this embodiment, it is determined whether or not the acquired numerical value is a big hit at the time when notification of the determination result is started. The determination result itself may be stored. Moreover, the acquired numerical value is also used as a numerical value for determining the specific content of the effect for informing the determination result.

  In the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the holding symbol 10 that is a mark corresponding to each of the acquired numerical values (whether or not determination information) that has not started notification of the determination result or not stored in the storage unit is displayed. It is displayed in the display area of the device. Specifically, the reserved symbols 10 are displayed on the display device 91 so as to be arranged in the order in which the numerical values for performing the determination of success / failure are acquired. In the present embodiment, a normal symbol 11 and a special symbol 12 are set as the reserved symbol 10 (see FIGS. 2A and 2B). In the first look-ahead notice, by displaying the special symbol 12 as the reserved symbol 10, the probability (reliability) that the success / failure determination result corresponding to the special symbol 12 is a big hit (the reliability corresponding to the normal symbol 11) is constant. This suggests that the judgment result has increased (than the probability of being a big hit).

  On the other hand, the second look-ahead notice sets the special background 21 as the changing background of the identification symbol 80 in which the determination result is notified. As long as the player can recognize that the special background 21 is different from the normal background 20 (see FIG. 2), any special background 21 may be used. In the present embodiment, the background image as if lightning is occurring during the variation of the identification symbol 80 is used as the special background 21, and the special background 21 is continuously displayed across the effects of informing a plurality of success / failure determinations. Then, the second pre-reading notice is executed (see FIGS. 3A and 3B). In the present embodiment, in order to make it easy to understand that the second prefetch notice has occurred, characters such as “... Zone” are displayed together.

  There is the following difference between the first prefetch notice and the second prefetch notice. The first look-ahead notice confirms the occurrence of an effect in which the probability that a certain success / failure determination result notified through the look-ahead notice will be the first level or more is determined (FIGS. 2C and 2D). e))), the second pre-reading notice is an effect in which the probability that a certain determination result that is notified through the pre-reading notice is a hit is a second level higher than the first level or lower than the first level. Is determined (see FIGS. 3C, 3D and 3E). It should be noted that the first prefetching notice and the second prefetching notice may include those that end halfway though they occur. In this case, when the pre-reading notice is continued until the notification of the target determination result is started, the occurrence of the effect as described above is determined. If the first look-ahead notice or the second look-ahead notice continues once to the end, the occurrence of the above-mentioned effects must be confirmed at the moment the first look-ahead notice or the second look-ahead notice occurs. It becomes.

  The “level” of the production is set as follows. As shown in FIG. 4, the effects when notifying the success / failure determination result according to the present embodiment are roughly divided into five stages, that is, an outlier effect, a normal reach effect, a first super reach effect, a second super reach effect, and a final effect. being classified. The out-of-direction effect is a reach state (a state in which a part of the identification symbols 80 is stopped and a possibility of being a big hit remains (if the identification symbol 80 being changed is stopped at a specific identification symbol 80, It is determined that it is a deviation. The normal reach production is a super-reach production (which means that the production continues for a predetermined time or more after reaching the reach state. If the time is less than the predetermined time, it is a normal reach production). This is reported. The first super reach production has a higher jackpot reliability than the normal reach production, and has a lower jackpot reliability than the second super reach production. The confirmed effect is to confirm that it will be a big hit when it occurs. Therefore, if the jackpot reliability of each effect is arranged in order from the lowest, the result is the order of the outlier effect, the normal reach effect, the first super reach effect, the second super reach effect, and the final effect.

  In the present embodiment, the first level is set to the normal reach effect, and the second level is set to the first super reach effect. In other words, the above-mentioned “production exceeding the first level” is any one of the normal reach production, the first super reach production, the second super reach production, and the final production (because it is an expression of “above”, Including normal reach production itself). “Direction exceeding the second level” is one of “first super reach production, second super reach production, final production”. “Production lower than the first level” is a disappointing production (because it is not “below”, normal reach production is not included).

  In addition, each production | presentation of a derailment effect, a normal reach production, a 1st super reach production, a 2nd super reach production, and a definite production may contain multiple types of production modes. Productions (groups) that include one or more types of productions that are classified based on the jackpot reliability, each production of the outlier production, normal reach production, first super reach production, second super reach production, and final production It can also be seen. In the case of including a plurality of types of effects, the level of each effect is set with reference to the one having the lowest jackpot reliability. For example, if the first super reach production includes three production modes of the first production mode to the third production mode, and the jackpot reliability is the lowest when the first production mode is executed, The jackpot reliability of one production mode is the reference value of the “second level”. That is, the reliability of the production mode having the lowest reliability among the plurality of production modes included in each of the outlier production, the normal reach production, the first super reach production, the second super reach production, and the final production is one. It is higher than the one with the highest reliability among the plurality of performance modes included in the performance at the lower level.

  An example of processing (prefetching notice control processing) for controlling the prefetching notice (first prefetching notice and second prefetching notice) is shown in FIGS. First, it is determined whether or not conditions for executing the pre-reading notice are satisfied (S1). The conditions can be set as appropriate. For example, if the determination result of the target to be notified through the pre-reading notice is displayed as the third or fourth reserved symbol 10 (three or more holds including the target determination), the target Prior to the determination of whether or not there is no plan to execute an effect such that the pre-reading notice cannot be executed, or there is no other pre-reading notice that has already been set, conditions can be set.

  When it is determined that the pre-reading notice can be executed (S1 “Yes”), it is determined whether or not the target determination is notified through the pre-reading notice (S2). In other words, a lottery is performed to determine whether or not to make a prefetch notice. The winning probability of the lottery may be set as appropriate. When it is determined to execute the prefetching notice (S2 “Yes”), it is determined whether or not the determination result of the prefetching notice is a big hit (S3). After being determined to be a big hit (S3 “Yes”), the means for performing this control process (production control means) receives a predetermined command from another means (such as a main control board (not shown)). It is judged whether or not (S4). The predetermined command is a command for determining whether to execute the first prefetch notice or the second prefetch notice. The conditions under which the command is generated may be anything. As will be described below, the first look-ahead notice is executed when a predetermined command is received (corresponding to “when a predetermined condition is satisfied” in the present invention), and when the predetermined command is not received, the second A pre-reading notice will be executed. That is, the conditions for executing the first look-ahead notice and the conditions for executing the second look-ahead notice are contradictory (there is no condition for both), so the first look-ahead notice and the second look-ahead notice Will not occur at the same time. Note that the conditions for executing the first look-ahead notice (command reception, lottery, etc.) and the conditions for executing the second look-ahead notice (command reception, lottery, etc.) are completely different, and both look-ahead notices are executed simultaneously. It is good also as a structure which does not exclude that.

  When the predetermined command is received (S4 “Yes”), the setting of the second prefetching notice is prohibited (S5), and the first prefetching notice is set (S6). That is, the reserved symbol 10 corresponding to the target determination is determined as the special symbol 12. The timing for the special symbol 12 (the timing at which the first look-ahead notice is generated) or the like can be set as appropriate. And the effect which alert | reports the target determination result is determined by lottery from the effect more than the first level (S7). It will be notified that it will be a big hit through the production of the determined first level or more (it will be notified that it is a big hit in the flow shown in FIGS. 2C and 2D).

  On the other hand, when it is determined in S4 that the predetermined command has not been received (S4 “No”), the setting of the first prefetching notice is prohibited (S8) and the second prefetching notice is set (S9). ). That is, the background image is the special background 21. The timing for setting the special background 21 (the timing at which the second prefetch notice occurs) can be set as appropriate. And the effect which alert | reports the target determination result is determined by lottery from the effect more than a 2nd level (S10). It will be notified that it will be a big hit through the production of the determined second level or higher. As described above, the second look-ahead notice confirms that an effect that is equal to or higher than the second level or an effect that is lower than the first level is generated, but in the present embodiment, “the effect that is lower than the first level” is Since there is only an outlier effect, if the success / failure determination is a big hit (in the case of S3 “Yes”), the effect to be executed is selected from the effect that is equal to or higher than the second level (FIG. 3C). It is notified that it is a big hit in the flow shown in (d)).

  When it is determined in S3 that the determination result of the pre-fetch notice is not a big hit, that is, it is out of place (S3 “No”), a predetermined command is received as in S4. It is determined whether to execute the first prefetching notice or the second prefetching notice depending on whether or not it is present (S11).

  When the predetermined command is received (S11 “Yes”), the setting of the second prefetching notice is prohibited (S12), and the first prefetching notice is set (S13). That is, the reserved symbol 10 corresponding to the target determination is determined as the special symbol 12. And the effect which alert | reports the target determination result is determined by lottery from the effect more than 1st level (S14). After the determined first level or higher effect, it will be notified that there is a deviation (it is notified that there is a deviation in the flow shown in FIGS. 2C and 2E).

  On the other hand, when it is determined in S11 that the predetermined command has not been received (S11 “No”), the setting of the first prefetching notice is prohibited (S15) and the second prefetching notice is set (S16). ). That is, the background image is the special background 21. Then, a lottery to determine whether or not to execute the super reach effect is performed (S17), and when it is won (S17 “Yes”), the effect for notifying the target determination result is determined from the effect of the second level or higher. It is determined by lottery (S18). It will be informed that it will be out of place through the production of the determined second level or higher. On the other hand, if the lottery in S17 is deviated (S17 “No”), an outage effect is executed (notified by the outage effect) (S19) (FIG. 3 (c) ) It is notified that there is a deviation in the flow shown in (e)).

  In this way, the second look-ahead notice is always executed when the target determination result is a big hit, and the second level or higher is performed, and when the target determination result is out of order, An effect that is above the level or an effect that is lower than the first level is executed. For a player who does not know the determination result, the second look-ahead notice is a notice that an effect that is higher than the second level or an effect that is lower than the first level is executed.

  As described above, the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment has the first look-ahead notice in which the occurrence of an effect in which the probability of winning is the first level or more is determined as the look-ahead notice, and the probability of being won is first. It is possible to execute an effect that becomes higher than the second level or higher, or a second look-ahead notice that determines the occurrence of an effect that is lower than the first level. In other words, when the first look-ahead notice occurs, there is a certain level of expectation, but when the second look-ahead notice occurs, the expectation that is higher or lower than when the first look-ahead notice occurs may be expected. It is possible to make a pre-fetched notice with high taste that is not.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the first prefetching notice and the second prefetching notice are set so as not to occur at the same time by the processing of S4 and S11 (whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied). Therefore, it is possible to prevent the advance notice from becoming difficult to understand (the advance notice becomes difficult to discriminate) by simultaneously generating the first look-ahead notice and the second look-ahead notice.

  The prefetch notice may be modified (improved) as follows, for example. The reserved symbol 10 indicating that the first look-ahead notice is being executed may include a plurality of special symbols 12 having different so-called jackpot reliability as the special symbols 12 different from the normal symbols 11. For example, it is assumed that the first special symbol 121 to the third special symbol 123 include three types of special symbols 12, and the probability (reliability) that the corresponding success / failure determination result is a big hit is the lowest in the first special symbol 121. It sets so that the special symbol 123 may become the highest. That is, the first look-ahead notice includes a first weak notice (see FIG. 7A) in which the first special symbol 121 is displayed, and a first medium notice in which the second special symbol 122 is displayed (see FIG. 7B). ), The first strong notice (see FIG. 7C) on which the third special symbol 123 is displayed, including a plurality of kinds of notices with different reliability levels that are big hits.

  In this example, a certain first look-ahead notice selected from a plurality of types of first look-ahead notices may be changed to another first look-ahead notice having a higher so-called jackpot reliability than the notice. That is, a so-called upgrade effect may occur. The first weak notice may change to the first medium notice or the first strong notice, or the first medium notice may change to the first strong notice. The changing timing can be set as appropriate. The changing timing may be determined by lottery or the like.

  Moreover, it is good also as a structure which determines that the production | presentation at the time of alerting | reporting a determination result is more than a predetermined level by the kind of 1st prefetch notice. As described above, since the first look-ahead notice in the present embodiment determines the occurrence of an effect that exceeds the first level, the first weak notice confirms the occurrence of an effect that exceeds the first level. It will be a thing. Therefore, for example, if the first medium notice or the first strong notice is set as the one that determines the occurrence of the production that is higher than the second level, it is possible to further improve the game preference.

  Moreover, as the special background 21 indicating the second prefetch notice, a plurality of types of special backgrounds 21 having different so-called jackpot reliability may be included. For example, as the special background 21 indicating the second prefetch notice, it is assumed that two types of the first special background 211 and the second special background 212 are set, and whether or not to be finally notified through the prefetch notice is determined. The probability that the result is a big hit (reliability) is set to be higher when the second special background 212 is displayed than when the first special background 211 is displayed. That is, the second look-ahead notice includes a second weak notice (see FIG. 8A) in which the first special background 211 is displayed, and a second strong notice in which the second special background 212 is displayed (see FIG. 8B). ), Including multiple types of notices with different reliability levels.

  In this example, a second pre-reading notice selected from a plurality of types of second pre-reading notices may be changed to another second pre-reading notice having higher so-called jackpot reliability than the notice. That is, a so-called upgrade effect may occur. That is, the second weak notice may change to the second strong notice. The changing timing can be set as appropriate. The changing timing may be determined by lottery or the like.

  Moreover, it is good also as a structure which determines that the production | presentation at the time of alert | reporting a determination result of an appropriateness | judgment becomes more than a predetermined level with the kind of 2nd prefetch notice. As described above, since the second look-ahead notice in the present embodiment determines the occurrence of an effect that is higher than or equal to the second level or lower than the first level, the second weak notice is an effect that is lower than the first level. Except for this, the occurrence of effects that are above the second level is confirmed. Therefore, for example, if the second strong notice is set to determine the occurrence of an effect higher than the second level (in the present embodiment, an effect higher than the second super reach), the game preference is increased. Further improvement is possible.

  Furthermore, as another modification (improvement) example, it is conceivable that a certain pre-reading notice that is started is changed to another pre-reading notice. Specifically, it is conceivable that at least one of the first look-ahead notice changing to the second look-ahead notice and the second look-ahead notice changing to the first look-ahead notice may occur. In this case, when an effect of informing the determination result of whether or not to hold the target of the pre-reading notice is started (the target holding becomes the change), the determination of the correctness depends on which pre-reading notice is set. It will be decided what kind of effect will be notified of the result (first level or higher, second level or higher or lower than the first level).

  With such a configuration, even if a certain pre-reading notice is started, the type of the pre-reading notice changes in the middle. It is possible to keep an eye on the game until the game starts, and to improve the game preference.

  In this embodiment, since the first prefetching notice is a notice using the reserved symbol 10 and the second prefetching notice is a notice using the background image, when one prefetching notice changes to the other prefetching notice. The change is easy to understand. On the other hand, if both the first look-ahead notice and the second look-ahead notice are notices using the same symbol or image (for example, both the first look-ahead notice and the second look-ahead notice are notices using the reserved symbol 10). If this is the case, the change becomes difficult to understand, and in some cases, it is possible to improve the game's preference.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

  In the above embodiment, it has been described that the first prefetching notice is a notice using the reserved symbol 10 (special symbol 12) and the second prefetching notice is a notice using the background image (special background 21). The mode of the notice can be changed as appropriate. What is the mode of the pre-reading notice as long as it indicates that there is an increased probability that a certain success / failure determination result will be a big hit while maintaining continuity across multiple notifications (multiple fluctuations) It may be a thing. In other words, the element for “maintaining continuity” is not limited to the reserved symbol 10 or the background image, and any element can be used as long as it can be recognized by the player.

  In the above embodiment, it is described that the effects generated at the time of the first look-ahead notice and the effects generated at the time of the second look-ahead notice are classified based on the so-called jackpot reliability and controlled based on the “level” determined by the classification. However, the way of classifying the effects (the number of stages) and the way of setting the first level and the second level can be changed as appropriate. For example, in the above-described embodiment, it has been described that each effect is classified into five stages according to the jackpot reliability, but the number may be less or more. Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the 1st level was set to the level of a normal reach production and the 2nd level was set to the level of a 1st super reach production, it is 2nd from the production (production group) set to the 1st level. The production (production group) set to the standard may be anything that can be expected from the jackpot. For example, the first level may be set to the level of the first super reach effect, and the second level may be set to the level of the second super reach effect or the final effect. More specifically, in the above embodiment, the second level is set to the level of the definite effect (the effect that the jackpot is determined), and the second look-ahead notice is generated, and the outlier effect is not generated. In such a case, it may be configured to confirm that it will be a big hit through a confirmed effect.

  Although the gaming machine 1 according to the embodiment has been described as being able to execute the first prefetching notice and the second prefetching notice as the prefetching notice, other prefetching notices may be executable. The pre-reading notice may be for confirming the occurrence of an effect of a certain level or higher (a configuration that is not related to the effect to be generated).

1 gaming machine 10 reserved symbol 11 normal symbol 12 special symbol 121 first special symbol 122 second special symbol 123 third special symbol 20 normal background 21 special background 211 first special background 212 second special background

Claims (1)

A game machine capable of performing a pre-reading notice that uses an effect for notifying an effect determination result executed before that effect for informing a certain result of the determination,
As the pre-reading notice,
A first look-ahead notice confirming the occurrence of an effect in which the probability that the certain hit / fail judgment result is hit is equal to or higher than a first level;
And spruce determination result production which is likely to be hit a higher second level higher than said first level, and a second look-ahead warning that either the occurrence of lower effect than the first level is established in the,
A gaming machine characterized by that is set.

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