JP6524494B2 - Gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a slot machine.

Picture The gaming machine such as answering lot machine is stopped after rotating the plurality of orbiting body, a plurality of picture is applied to the outer peripheral portion of the orbiting body, which is given to each orbiting body through the display unit there is one part of it has become a visible structure. In this type of game machine, the player inserts game media such as medals and operates the start operation means , so that a lottery for a role is performed and each orbiter starts to rotate, and each orbiter rotates. one game each orbiting bodies stop operation means in the operation to Rukoto after the start is sequentially stop is completed. When stopping each orbiter, the symbol combination won by the above lottery can be stopped at the preset effective position , or the symbol combination not won by the internal lottery is stopped at the valid position to prevent, stop control such as stopping after rotation by the number of predetermined pattern from the timing in which the stop operation means is operated is performed. Then, when all of the orbiting body pattern combinations became winning enabled position when stopping the rotation stops, or is paid out game media Tokoro constant, favorable bonus game gaming state in Yu technique's (special Privilege such as you or migrate to the gaming state) Ru is given to the player.

In such gaming machines, there is still room for improvement in aiming to improve the degree of attention to games .

JP 2003-135666 A

The present invention has been made in view of the above illustrated situation such, it is an object to provide a gaming machine which can be suitably improved attention to the game.

The present invention
A plurality of orbiting bodies , in which a plurality of types of patterns are attached in the circumferential direction
For each said orbiting member and a display unit for visible part of the picture of each picture,
Starting operation means operated to start rotation of each of the orbiting members;
Lottery means for performing a lottery on the basis of the operation of the start operation means;
Provided for each of the orbiting body, a driving means for rotating them orbiting body,
A plurality of stop operation means operated to individually stop rotation of each of the orbiting members;
The rotation of each orbiter is started based on the operation of the start operation means, and the rotation of the corresponding orbiter is stopped based on the operation of each stop operation means, and the winning combination is won in this case, a drive control means for a predetermined pattern or a predetermined picture pattern sets combined corresponding to the winning combination was the winning drives controlling the drive means so that can stop the effective position that is visible from the display unit,
In the gaming machine in which the predetermined pattern or a predetermined picture pattern sets suit the effective position and a privilege providing means for providing the Privilege when stopped,
A predetermined hit result is provided as a lottery result by the lottery means,
When the stop control means is operated in the predetermined operation sequence because the drive control means has the predetermined hit result, the rotational position of the corresponding orbiting body when the stop operation means is operated is Each of the orbiting members is stopped so that a predetermined pattern combination corresponding to the predetermined hit result is stopped and displayed at the effective position regardless of the rotational position.
The effective position includes a first effective position and a second effective position that intersect the circumferential direction of the orbiting body,
The drive control means
When the lottery result by the lottery means is the predetermined hit result, the plurality of rounds based on the fact that one of the plurality of stop operation means is operated in the predetermined operation sequence. The rotating stop position corresponding to the stop operation means in the body is the rotation stop position regardless of whether the rotational position of the round body is any of the first rotation position and the second rotation position when the stop operation means is operated. First stop control means for stopping the same so that a predetermined pattern combination corresponding to the predetermined hit result can be formed in any of the first effective position and the second effective position;
The lottery result by the lottery means is the predetermined hit result, and rotation of the plurality of stop operation means in the predetermined operation order under the condition that the first stop control means stops the one revolving body When the rotation position at the time when the stop operation of the first orbiting body is performed is the first rotation position based on the fact that the stop operation means corresponding to the other orbiting bodies in the inside is operated. The other rotating body is stopped at the first rotation stop position where the predetermined pattern combination corresponding to the predetermined hit result is formed at the effective position, and the rotation operation when the stop operation of the rotating body is performed When the position is the second rotation position, the other rotating body is stopped at the second rotation stop position where the predetermined pattern combination corresponding to the predetermined hitting result can be formed at the second effective position. Stop control means,
The lottery result by the lottery means is the predetermined hit result, and the plurality of the plurality in the predetermined operation order under the condition that the two orbiting bodies are stopped by the first stop control means and the second stop control means. Among the stop operation means of the above, based on the fact that the stop operation means corresponding to the last rotating body in rotation is operated, the rotational position of the same orbiting body when the stop operation means is operated is any rotational position Even if there is a pattern which can form a predetermined pattern combination corresponding to the predetermined hit result is stopped and displayed at the first effective position, the predetermined effective result corresponds to the first effective position. The last round body is stopped so that the predetermined pattern combination is formed, and the patterns which can form the predetermined pattern combination corresponding to the predetermined hit result are respectively stopped and displayed at the second effective position. A third stop control means for stopping the end of the orbiting body such that the predetermined pattern combination corresponding to the predetermined contact results in the second effective position is formed in the case
It is characterized by having .

According to the present invention, it is Rukoto is suitably improved attention to the game.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the slot machine in one embodiment. The perspective view of the slot machine which shows the state which closed the front door. The perspective view of a slot machine showing the state where the front door was opened. Rear view of the front door. Front view of a housing. The assembly perspective view of the left reel. The expanded view of the strip | belt-shaped belt which comprises each reel. Block diagram of the slot machine. 5 is a flowchart showing NMI interrupt processing. The flowchart which shows timer interruption processing. The flowchart which shows processing at the time of a power failure. The flowchart which shows main processing. The flowchart which shows normal processing. The flowchart which shows a lottery process. The figure which shows an example of a slip table. 5 is a flowchart showing reel control processing. 6 is a flowchart showing medal payout processing. The flowchart which shows bonus game processing. The flowchart which shows bonus design decision processing. Explanatory drawing which shows the counter setting at the time of RB game initial setting processing. (A) is explanatory drawing which shows the counter setting at the time of BB game initial setting processing, (b) is explanatory drawing which shows the counter setting at the time of JAC game initial setting processing in a BB game. Explanatory drawing which shows the relationship between the operation timing of a stop switch, and the symbol stopped on an effective line. Explanatory drawing which shows the relationship between the operation timing of a stop switch, and the symbol stopped on an effective line. Explanatory drawing which shows the relationship between the operation timing of a stop switch, and the symbol stopped on an effective line. Explanatory drawing which shows an example of a navi production.

  Hereinafter, means etc. effective for solving the above-mentioned subject are explained, showing an effect etc. if needed. In the following, for ease of understanding, the corresponding configuration in the embodiment of the invention is appropriately shown in parentheses or the like, but it is not limited to the specific configuration shown in the parentheses or the like.

Means 1. A plurality of endless belts (reels 42L, 42M, 42R) having a plurality of types of patterns attached in the circumferential direction;
Display windows (display windows 31L, 31M, 31R) that allow visual recognition of part of the patterns of each endless belt;
Starting operation means (start lever 71) operated to start rotation of the endless belts;
Lottery means (lottery processing function of the main control device 131) for performing lottery of a combination based on the operation of the start operation means;
Drive means (stepping motor 61) provided for each of the endless belts and rotating the endless belts;
A plurality of stop operation means (stop switches 72 to 74) operated to individually stop rotation of the endless belts;
The rotation of each endless belt is started based on the operation of the start operation means, and the rotation of the corresponding endless belt is stopped based on the operation of each stop operation means, and the lottery of the part is made Drive control means (drive control means for controlling the drive means so that the predetermined pattern or the combination of the predetermined pattern corresponding to the selected game selection can be stopped at the effective position (effective line) visible from the display window) Reel control processing function of the control device 131),
A privilege giving means (a medal for the main control device 131) for giving a bonus such as paying out a game medium when the predetermined pattern or the combination of the predetermined pattern (combination of small symbol and replay pattern) is stopped at the effective position In the gaming machine provided with the payout processing etc.)
A plurality of stop information groups (slip table) capable of defining the relationship between a passing pattern passing a preset reference position (lower line) and a stop pattern to be stopped at the reference position;
Stop information group selection means (slip table selection processing function S609, S610 of the main controller 131) for selecting one stop information group from the plurality of stop information groups according to the lottery result of the lottery means;
A stop information group storage unit (a slip table storage area 153a of the RAM 153) for storing the stop information group selected by the stop information group selection unit;
The drive control means is configured to drive and control each of the drive means based on the stop information group stored in the stop information group storage means.
further,
Passing pattern confirmation means (symbol number of main control device 131 for confirming a passing pattern passing through the reference position among the patterns attached to the corresponding endless belt) when any of the respective stop operation means is operated Confirmation processing function S703),
After the drive control means drives and controls the corresponding drive means based on the stop information group stored in the stop information group storage means, the drive control means controls the drive according to the lottery result of the lottery means and the check result of the passing pattern check means. And a stop information group changing unit (a slip table change processing function S708 of the main control unit 131) for changing the stop information group stored in the stop information group storage unit.

  According to the means 1, the stop information group stored in the stop information group storage means is changed according to the lottery result of the lottery means and the check result of the passing pattern confirmation means. With this configuration, it is possible to suppress that the pattern arrangement stopped in the range visible from the display window is monotonous. Even if the stop operation means is operated at timing when the endless belt stops at the same position every game, in this configuration, when the lottery result is different or the operation timing of the stop operation means is the same. If not, it is possible to change the stop information group. Furthermore, it is certainly possible to make a lottery to change the stop information group when one of the endless belts has stopped. However, in such a configuration, there is a concern that the processing load associated with the game may increase. On the other hand, in the present configuration in which the change of the stop information group is performed according to the lottery result of the lottery means and the confirmation result of the passing pattern confirmation means, it is possible to view from the display window It becomes possible to suppress that the pattern arrangement which stops in a certain range becomes monotonous. In addition to what actually confirms the pattern that passes through the reference position, “confirmation of the passing pattern” mentioned here detects or calculates the rotation angle of each endless belt, and passes the reference position based on the result. Including those that confirm the pattern to be

  Means 2. In the above means 1, a gaming machine characterized in that each stop information group has a portion where a plurality of passing symbols are set for one stopping symbol.

  According to the means 2, in each stop information group, there are places where a plurality of passing patterns are set for one stop pattern. That is, the endless belt may stop at the same position even though the timing at which the stop operation means is operated is different. By applying the configuration of the above-described means 1 to such a configuration, it is possible to change the stop position of the other endless belt even if one endless belt is stopped at the same position, It becomes possible to suppress that the pattern arrangement which stops in the visible range becomes monotonous.

  Means 3. In the above means 1 or 2, the stop information group changing means changes the stop information group to a stop information group which is uniquely determined from the lottery result of the lottery means and the confirmation result of the passing pattern confirming means.

  According to the means 3, which stop information group is to be changed is uniquely determined from the lottery result of the lottery means and the confirmation result of the passing pattern confirmation means. With such a configuration, it is possible to suppress an increase in control load related to the game and to suppress a monotonous pattern arrangement that stops in a range visible from the display window.

  Means 4. In any one of the above means 1 to 3, the stop information group changing means drives and controls one drive means based on the stop information group selected by the stop information group selection means by the drive control means. A game machine characterized by changing the stop information group stored in the stop information group storage means.

  According to the means 4, the change of the stop information group is performed after one endless belt stops. In the configuration provided with a plurality of endless belts and providing a benefit when the combination of predetermined patterns is stopped at the effective position, another endless belt being rotated is stopped each time the rotating endless belt is stopped. The possible positions of the will be constrained. Therefore, by changing the stop information group after the endless belt of 1 stops, the stop information group under a situation where there is a relative freedom in the position where it can stop the rotating endless belt. Can be changed, and it becomes possible to stop various pattern arrangements within the range that can be seen from the display window.

  Means 5. In any one of the above means 1 to 4, the apparatus is characterized by comprising change determination means (S706 of the main control device 131) for determining whether or not to change the stop information group stored in the stop information group storage means. Gaming machine.

  According to the means 5, the stop information group stored in the stop information group storage means may or may not be changed. By applying the means according to the configuration for selecting and storing one stop information group according to the lottery result of the lottery means, it is possible to visually recognize from the display window while suppressing an increase in control load related to the game. It becomes possible to suppress that the pattern arrangement stopped in the range becomes monotonous. Even if drive control of each drive means is performed based on the stop information group of 1, it is because it is possible to form a predetermined number of pattern arrays to be stopped in the range visible from the display window.

Means 6. In the above means 5, when the stop information group selected by the stop information group selection means is stored in the stop information group storage means, a change pattern setting means for setting a change pattern (slip symbol) based on the stop information group (The slip pattern setting processing function S611 of the main controller 131)
The change determination means determines to change the stop information group when the change pattern set by the change pattern setting means matches the passage pattern confirmed by the passage pattern confirmation means. .

  According to the means 6, when the stop information group selected according to the lottery result is stored, the change pattern based on the stop information group is set, and the set pattern and the passage pattern confirmed by the passage pattern confirmation means If the pattern matches, the stop information group is changed. By setting a change pattern in advance when the stop information group is stored, it is determined whether to change the stop information group or to determine which stop information group to change. It becomes possible to do by comparatively easy processing.

  Means 7. In any one of the means 1 to 6, the gaming machine is capable of setting a plurality of effective positions, and the stop information group changing means corresponds to a winning combination when the lottery result of the lottery means is won. A game machine characterized by changing from a stop information group in which a predetermined pattern or a combination of predetermined patterns can stop at one effective position to a stop information group which can stop in another effective position.

  According to the means 7, when the lottery by the lottery means is won, the predetermined symbol corresponding to the winning combination or the combination of the predetermined symbols is changed to a stop information group having different effective positions at which the combination of the predetermined symbols is stopped. By applying the configuration to a gaming machine capable of setting a plurality of effective positions, it becomes possible to stop various pattern arrangements within the range which can be visually recognized from the display window, even when the lottery means is won, It becomes possible to preferably suppress that the pattern arrangement stopped in the visible range from the display window is monotonous.

  Means 8. In any one of the above means 1 to 7, a gaming machine characterized by comprising suggestion means (auxiliary display unit 15, display control device 111) suggesting a winning combination of 1 when the lottery of the lottery means is won. .

  According to the means 8, when the lottery by the lottery means is won, one winning combination is suggested. By applying such a configuration to any one of the means 1 to 7, even a player who is excellent in the skill of operating the stop operation means aiming at the pattern stops in a visible range from the display window. It is possible to enjoy the pattern arrangement to be done. If a winning combination is indicated in the configuration in which the stop information group is changed according to the lottery result of the lottery means and the confirmation result of the passage pattern confirmation means, the change result of the passage pattern confirmation means, that is, the operation timing of the stop operation means can be grasped. It is possible to predict the stop information group to be Therefore, it becomes possible for the player who is excellent in the skill of operating the stop operation means aiming at the pattern to confirm his or her skill through the pattern arrangement stopped in the range visible from the suggested winning combination and the display window. It is from.

Means 9. In the above-mentioned means 8, when the combination of the specific pattern is stopped at the effective position, the special game state transition means (main control) which shifts the game state to the special game state advantageous to the player until the predetermined termination condition is satisfied. Bonus symbol determination processing and bonus game processing of the apparatus 131);
When the lottery result of the lottery means is a combination of the specific symbol combination (BB symbol, RB symbol combination) and the specific symbol combination winning is won, the specific symbol combination winning is performed until the combination of the specific symbols stops at the effective position. And means for retaining (master controller 131).
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the suggestion means suggests a winning combination of 1 not winning the lottery of the lottery means when the specific symbol combination is won.

  According to the means 9, when the specific symbol combination is won, the one winning combination that has not been won by the lottery means is suggested. With this configuration, it is possible to enhance the interest of the game regardless of the skill of operating the stop operation means aiming at the pattern of the player. That is, if the player is excellent in the skill to operate the stop operation means aiming at the pattern, the specific pattern is changed to the stop information group different from the suggested winning combination and the operation timing of the stop operation means. It is possible to recognize the winning combination. Therefore, it is possible to give the player having excellent skill a superiority over the fact that the skill is excellent and that the specific symbol combination winning can be recognized earlier than the others. On the other hand, even a player who is inferior in skill can expect to have an expectation that it has been changed to a stop information group different from the suggested operation timing of the winning combination and the stop operation means, so endless It is possible to maintain the expectation for the specific pattern winning combination until all of the belts stop.

  Means 10. In any one of the above means 1 to 9, the stop information group changing means changes the stop information group stored in the stop information group storage means when at least the lottery result of the lottery means is not won. A game machine characterized by

  According to the means 10, the stop information group stored in the stop information group storage means is changed if at least the lottery result of the lottery means is not won. In a general gaming machine, the probability of becoming a non-winning is higher than the probability of winning a lottery of lottery means. Therefore, by changing the stop information group when the lottery result of the lottery means is non-winning, it is possible to preferably suppress that the pattern arrangement to stop in the visible range from the display window becomes monotonous. It becomes.

  In addition, as a gaming machine to which each of the above-described means can be applied, "patterns after displaying a series of symbols consisting of a plurality of symbols (specifically, reels with symbols) are variably displayed (specifically, rotation of the reels) A variable display means (specifically, a reel unit) for displaying the columns in a fixed stop display is provided, and fluctuation of the pattern is started due to the operation of the starting operation means (specifically, the start lever). Specifically, the variation of the pattern is stopped due to the operation of the stop button) or when the predetermined time elapses, and the special game which is advantageous to the player as the necessary condition that the determined pattern at the time of the stop is the specific pattern A bonus device such as the occurrence of a state (bonus game, etc.) is given, and further, a ball receiving plate (upper plate, etc.) is provided, and an inserting device for performing an inserting process for taking game balls from the ball receiving plate Payment to pay out balls A gaming machine having a combination of a slot machine and a pachinko machine, such as a gaming machine having a device and configured such that the operation of the starting operation means becomes effective when the gaming ball is inserted by the inserting device. Can also be mentioned.

  DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 is a front view of the slot machine 10, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the slot machine 10 with the front door 12 closed, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the slot machine 10 with the front door 12 opened, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a front view of the case 11.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the slot machine 10 is provided with a housing 11 forming an outer shell thereof. The housing 11 includes a top plate 11a, a bottom plate 11b, a back plate 11c, a left side plate 11d, and a right side plate 11e formed in a wooden plate shape, and adjacent plates 11a to 11e are fixed by fixing means such as adhesion. Thus, it is formed in a box shape having an open front as a whole. Each of the plates 11a to 11e may be formed of a synthetic resin panel or a metal panel in addition to a wooden panel, or may be formed of a synthetic resin material or a metallic material into an integral box shape. You may The housing 11 configured as described above is attached by, for example, striking a so-called island facility at the time of installation in a game hall.

  A front door 12 as a front opening / closing door is attached to the front side of the housing 11 so as to be openable / closable. That is, the left side plate 11 d of the housing 11 is provided with a pair of upper and lower support shafts 25 a and 25 b. The support shafts 25a, 25b are provided with a tapered shaft which protrudes upward. On the other hand, the front door 12 is provided with support fittings 26a and 26b provided with insertion holes into which the shaft portions of the support shafts 25a and 25b are inserted, corresponding to the respective support shafts 25a and 25b. Then, by arranging the support fittings 26a and 26b above the support shafts 25a and 25b and lowering the front door 12, the shaft portions of the support shafts 25a and 25b are inserted into the insertion holes of the support fittings 26a and 26b. It is assumed that the Thereby, the front door 12 is rotatably supported centering on an opening / closing axis extending in the vertical direction connecting the two support shafts 25a and 25b to the housing 11, and the front open side of the housing 11 is opened by its rotation It is configured to be able to be closed or closed.

  The front door 12 is in a non-openable locked state by a locking device provided on its back surface. Further, a key cylinder 20 which is an unlocking operation unit is provided at the upper right end side of the front door 12. The key cylinder 20 is integrated with the locking device, and is configured such that the locked state is released by a predetermined key operation on the key cylinder 20. Therefore, an outline of the lock mechanism including the lock device will be described.

  A locking device is provided on the back of the right end side of the front door 12, that is, the opposite side of the opening / closing axis of the front door 12. The locking device moves in the vertical direction with respect to the base frame, a base frame extending in the vertical direction and fixed to the front door 12, a key cylinder 20 provided to extend from the upper part of the base frame to the front of the front door 12, It has a long interlocking rod 21 assembled as possible. And only the key cylinder 20 is provided in the state which protruded the front of the front door 12 among locking devices. The position where the key cylinder 20 is provided is the thin top position of the front door 12, and as a result, a versatile key cylinder 20 with a short overall length can be employed. In the present embodiment, OMLOCK (trade name) having a high unauthorized unlocking function is used as the key cylinder 20. The interlocking rod 21 is moved downward by operating the key inserted into the key cylinder 20 clockwise. The interlocking hook 21 is provided with a pair of upper and lower hook fittings 22 having a hook shape, and when the front door 12 is closed with respect to the housing 11, the hook fitting 22 is a support fitting 23 on the housing 11 side. It is locked to the locked state. In addition, the wedge member 22 is provided with a biasing member such as a coil spring that biases to the side maintaining the locked state. When the key is operated clockwise with respect to the key cylinder 20, the interlocking rod 21 moves downward, and by moving the rod 22 against the biasing force of the biasing member, the rod 22 and the rod 22 The locked state with the support fitting 23 is released, and the locked state of the front door 12 with respect to the housing 11 is released.

  A game panel 30 for notifying the player of the game state is provided on the upper side of the center of the front door 12. The game panel 30 is formed so that three vertically long display windows 31L, 31M, 31R are arranged side by side. The display windows 31L, 31M, 31R are made of a transparent or semi-transparent material, and the inside of the slot machine 10 is visible through the display windows 31L, 31M, 31R. The display windows 31L, 31M, and 31R may be integrated into one to be a common display window.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the inside of the housing 11 is divided into upper and lower parts by a partition plate 40, and a reel unit 41 constituting variable display means is attached to the upper part of the partition plate 40. The reel unit 41 includes a left reel 42L, a middle reel 42M, and a right reel 42R which are respectively formed in a cylindrical shape (annular shape). Each of the reels 42L, 42M, 42R may be at least configured as an endless belt, and is not limited to a cylindrical (annular) shape. Each of the reels 42L, 42M, 42R is rotatably supported such that its central axis is the rotational axis of the reel. The rotational axes of the reels 42L, 42M, 42R are disposed on the same axis extending substantially in the horizontal direction, and the respective reels 42L, 42M, 42R correspond to the display windows 31L, 31M, 31R in a one-to-one manner. . Therefore, a part of the surface of each of the reels 42L, 42M, 42R is visible through the corresponding display windows 31L, 31M, 31R. When the reels 42L, 42M, 42R rotate forward, the surface of the reels 42L, 42M, 42R is projected as if it were moving from the top to the bottom through the display windows 31L, 31M, 31R.

  The respective reels 42L, 42M and 42R are respectively connected to stepping motors 61L, 61M and 61R, and the respective reels 42L, 42M and 42R are individually, ie, independently, driven by the respective stepping motors 61L, 61M and 61R. And can be rotationally driven. Since each of these reels 42L, 42M, 42R has the same configuration, here, the left reel 42L will be described as an example based on FIG. 6 is an assembly perspective view of the left reel 42L.

  The left reel 42L is provided with a cylindrical frame member 50 forming a cylindrical cage, and a belt-like belt wound endlessly on the outer peripheral surface thereof. And it is stuck on the cylindrical frame member 50 via a pair of seal parts formed along the long side both sides of a belt so that the state where it was rolled may be maintained. A large number of symbols as identification information are printed at equal intervals on the outer peripheral surface of the belt. A boss 51 is formed at the center of the cylindrical frame member 50, and is attached to the drive shaft of the left reel stepping motor 61L via a disc-shaped boss reinforcing plate 52. Accordingly, when the drive shaft of the left reel stepping motor 61L rotates, the cylindrical skeleton member 50 is rotated about its drive shaft so that the left reel 42L revolves along the annular reel surface. It has become.

  The left reel stepping motor 61L is fixed to a side surface of a motor plate 53 disposed upright in the reel unit 41 (FIG. 3) by a screw 54. The motor plate 53 is provided with a reel index sensor (rotational position detection sensor) 55 in which the light emitting element 55a and the light receiving element 55b are held at a predetermined interval. On the other hand, the base end portion 56 b of the sensor cut bun 56 extending in the radial direction is fixed to the boss reinforcing plate 52 integrated with the left reel 42 L by a screw 57. The tip end portion 56 a of the sensor cut bun 56 is bent so as to be substantially perpendicular and aligned so as to be able to pass between the two elements 55 a and 55 b of the reel index sensor 55. Then, every time the left reel 42L makes one rotation, the reel index sensor 55 detects the passage of the front end portion 56a of the sensor cut bun 56, and a detection signal is output to the main control device 131 described later each time. Therefore, the main controller 131 can confirm and correct the angular position of the left reel 42L every one rotation based on this detection signal.

  The stepping motor 61L is set to rotate once by giving a drive signal (also referred to as an excitation signal or an excitation pulse, hereinafter the same) of 504 pulses, for example, and the rotational position of the stepping motor 61L, that is, the left by this excitation pulse. The rotational position of the reel 42L is controlled.

  On each belt of each of the reels 42L, 42M, 42R, a plurality of, specifically, 21 symbols are drawn in the long side direction (surrounding direction). Therefore, it takes 24 pulses (= 504 pulses / 21 symbols) to switch from one symbol to the next symbol at a predetermined position. Then, it recognizes which symbol is in a visible state from the display windows 31L, 31M, 31R by the number of pulses from the time when the detection signal of the reel index sensor 55 is output, or displays an arbitrary symbol as a display window It is possible to perform control to make visible state from 31L, 31M, 31R.

  Of the symbols attached to each of the reels 42L, 42M, 42R, the number of symbols visible in the whole through the display windows 31L, 31M, 31R is mainly determined by the vertical length of the display windows 31L, 31M, 31R It is limited to a predetermined number. In the present embodiment, three reels are provided. Therefore, when all the reels 42L, 42M, 42R are stopped, 3 × 3 = 9 symbols are visible to the player.

  Here, the symbols attached to the respective reels 42L, 42M, 42R will be described. FIG. 7 shows an arrangement of symbols drawn on a belt wound on each of the left reel 42L, the middle reel 42M, and the right reel 42R. As shown in the figure, 21 symbols are provided in a row on each of the reels 42L, 42M, 42R. Further, although numbers 1 to 21 are assigned corresponding to the respective reels 42L, 42M, 42R, these numbers are for the main controller 131 to recognize a symbol in a state of being visible from the display window. It is a number and is not actually attached to the reels 42L, 42M, 42R. However, the following description will be made using the corresponding numbers.

  As a symbol, "7" symbol (for example, the 20th left belt) and "youth" as a first special symbol to shift to a big bonus (hereinafter also referred to as "BB") game which is one kind of bonus game. There is a design (for example, the left belt 19th). In addition, there is a "BAR" symbol (for example, the 14th left belt) as a second special symbol for shifting to a regular bonus (hereinafter also referred to as "RB") game, which is one type of bonus game. In addition, the "watermelon" symbol (for example, the left belt ninth), the "bell" symbol (for example, the left belt eighth), and the "cherry" symbol (for example, the left belt) There is a fourth) and a "Replay" symbol (for example, the left belt number 11) as a replay symbol that enables replay. And as shown in FIG. 7, in the belts wound around the respective reels 42L, 42M, 42R, the number and arrangement order of various symbols are completely different.

  The respective reels 42L, 42M, 42R of the reel unit 41 are an example of variable display means for variably displaying identification information, and constitute a main display portion. However, the variable display means may have a configuration other than this. For example, other mechanical reels may be used, such as rotating the belt instead of rotating it, and liquid crystal displays and dot matrix displays may be used instead of or in addition to the mechanical reels. It is also possible to provide one for variably displaying identification information by means of electrical display such as, and in this case, it is possible to make the display form have rich variations.

  A total of five combination lines, three in parallel in the lateral direction and two in diagonal direction, are attached to the game panel 30 so as to connect the display windows 31L, 31M, 31R. Of course, the maximum number of combination lines may be 6 or more, or may be less than 5, and the maximum number of combination lines may be changed according to a predetermined condition. The effective line display portions 32, 33, 34 are provided on the left side of the display windows 31L, 31M, 31R as viewed from the front corresponding to the respective combination lines. The first effective line display unit 32 is displayed and notified by lighting or the like when the center horizontal line (center line) of the combination lines is activated. The second effective line display unit 33 is displayed and notified by lighting or the like when the upper and lower horizontal lines (upper and lower lines) of the combination lines are activated. The third valid line display unit 34 is displayed and notified by lighting or the like when a pair of oblique lines (down-right line and up-right line) of the combination lines are activated. When a symbol is stopped in a predetermined combination on the activated combination line, that is, the activated line, a winning is achieved, and a payout process of a predetermined number of medals, a transition process to a bonus game, and the like are executed.

  Here, the number of payouts for each symbol when winning will be described. With regard to the small character pattern, if the "watermelon" symbol is aligned with the left, middle and right on the effective line, 15 medals are paid out, and the "bell" symbol is aligned with the left, middle and right on the effective line In the case where eight medals are paid out and the "cherry" symbol on the left reel 42L is stopped on the effective line, two medals are paid out. That is, the "cherry" symbol of the middle reel 42M and the right reel 42R is irrelevant to the medal payout. In addition, in the case of the "cherry" symbol, medals are paid out independently of the combination with other symbols, so a plurality of effective lines of the left reel 42L overlap (specifically, upper or lower) " When the pattern of "cherry" is stopped, medals are paid out by multiplying the number of the overlapping effective lines, and as a result, four medals are paid out in the present embodiment.

  In addition, for other symbols, "7" symbol and "youth" symbol as the first special symbol, "BAR" symbol as the second special symbol were aligned with the left, middle and right symbols on the effective line Even, no medals will be paid out. That is, when the respective symbols are aligned with the left, middle and right on the effective line, only transition to the corresponding bonus game is made. In other words, it can be said that the "7" symbol, the "youth" symbol and the "BAR" symbol are state transition symbols for shifting the gaming state to the bonus game.

  Furthermore, no medals are paid out even when the "replay" symbol as the re-game symbol is aligned with the left, middle and right on the effective line. However, in this case, the player can play the game again without reducing the number of medals owned.

  In other cases, that is, when the "cherry" symbol of the left reel 42L does not stop on the effective line, and when the same symbol as the left, middle or right does not align on the effective line, no medal is paid out.

  On the lower left side of the game panel 30, there is provided a start lever 71 operated to cause the reels 42L, 42M, 42R to start rotating simultaneously (not necessarily simultaneously). The start lever 71 constitutes start operation means or start operation means operated to start rotating the reels 42L, 42M, 42R, that is, to start variable display. The start lever 71 is a lever that the player manually presses to start the game and automatically returns to the original position after the player's hand is released. When the start lever 52 is operated while medals are inserted, the reels 42L, 42M, 42R start to rotate all at once.

  On the right side of the start lever 71, button-like stop switches 72, 73, 74 operated to individually stop the rotating reels 42L, 42M, 42R are provided. The respective stop switches 72, 73, 74 are disposed immediately below the display windows 31L, 31M, 31R corresponding to the reels 42L, 42M, 42R to be stopped. The stop switches 72, 73, 74 constitute stop operation means operated to stop variable display based on the rotation of the reels 42L, 42M, 42R. Each stop switch 72, 73, 74 can be stopped when a predetermined time has elapsed after the left reel 42L starts rotating, and a lamp (not shown) is turned on to display the stop during this state. It is informed that the operation is possible, and is turned off when the rotation is stopped.

  On the lower right side of the display windows 31L, 31M, 31R, a medal insertion slot 75 for inserting a medal as an investment value is provided. The medal insertion slot 75 constitutes an input means for inputting an investment value. Also, focusing on the point that the medal insertion slot 75 involves an operation of inserting the medal directly by the player, it can be said to constitute a direct input means for directly inputting the investment value.

  The medal inserted from the medal insertion slot 75 is guided to either the storage passage 81 or the discharge passage 82 by a selector 84 provided on the back of the front door 12 as passage switching means. That is, the selector 84 is provided with the medal passage switching solenoid 83, which is on the discharge passage 82 side when the medal passage switching solenoid 83 is not excited, and is switched to the storage passage 81 at the time of excitation. The medal led to the storage passage 81 is led to the hopper device 91 housed inside the housing 11. On the other hand, the medal guided to the discharge passage 82 is guided from the medal discharge port 17 provided at the lower front of the front door 12 to the medal receiver 18 and returned to the player.

  The hopper device 91 as a payout means for awarding the medals to the player comprises a storage tank 92 for storing the medals and a payout device 93 for paying out the medals to the player. The payout device 93 discharges the medal to the opening 94 provided at the center right portion of the discharge passage 82 by rotating the medal payout rotary plate (not shown), and the medal to the medal receiver 18 through the discharge passage 82. Is supposed to pay out. Further, on the right side of the hopper device 91, a spare tank 95 is provided to prevent the medals of a predetermined amount or more from being stored in the storage tank 92. Inside the storage tank 92 of the hopper device 91, a guide plate 96 for discharging medals from the storage tank 92 to the spare tank 95 is provided. Therefore, when the medals are stored above the height at which the guide plate 96 is provided, the medals are stored in the spare tank 95.

  Below the medal insertion slot 75, a button-shaped return switch 76 is provided. The return switch 76 is a switch that is pressed when the medal inserted into the medal insertion slot 75 is clogged in the selector 84. When the switch is pressed, the selector 84 is mechanically interlocked to operate. The medals packed in 84 are returned from the medal discharge port 17.

  On the lower left side of the display windows 31L, 31M, 31R, a button-shaped first credit insertion switch 77 for inserting three credited virtual medals as investment value at a time is provided. Further, on the left side of the first credit insertion switch 77, a second credit insertion switch 78 and a third credit insertion switch 79 are provided as button-shaped switches smaller than the switch 77. The second credit insertion switch 78 is for inserting two credited virtual medals at a time, and the third credit insertion switch 79 is for inserting one virtual medal. Each of the credit insertion switches 77 to 79, together with the medal insertion slot 75, constitutes an input means for inputting an investment value. In addition, it should be noted that while the medal insertion slot 75 involves an operation of inserting a medal directly by the player, each of the credit insertion switches 77 to 79 involves an operation of inserting a virtual medal based on storage memory. It can be said that this constitutes an indirect input means for indirectly inputting investment value.

  Note that the first credit insertion switch 77 incorporates a lamp as a light emitting member (not shown) in order to promote that the maximum number of medals (three) that can be inserted per game is not reached. The lamp is turned on in a situation where the switch operation of the first credit insertion switch 77 is effective to urge the operation of the switch 77, but there is no credited virtual medal or there are already three medals inserted. It is turned off under the current situation. Here, instead of the above-mentioned lighting, the player may be made more understandable to prompt the player to insert a medal by blinking.

  On the left side of the start lever 71, a button-like changeover switch 80 is provided. The changeover switch 80 is turned on when it is pressed once, turned off when it is pressed again, and then switched on and off every time a pressing operation is performed. The changeover switch 80 is operated to change the handling type of inserted medals inserted into the medal insertion slot 75 more than necessary, and acquired medals returned to the player as a result of a predetermined game.

  When the changeover switch 80 is in the on state, the “credit mode is set such that surplus inserted medals up to a predetermined maximum value (for example, 50 medals) or medals obtained at the time of winning are stored and stored as credit medals It becomes ". When the change-over switch 80 is in the OFF state, the "direct mode" is set such that a surplus inserted medal or an acquired medal at the time of winning is paid out as a real medal. When the credit mode is switched to the direct mode and there is a credit medal, the credit medal for that amount is paid out as a real medal. Thus, the player can play the game in a format according to his / her preference by switching between the credit mode and the direct mode. The changeover switch 80 constitutes a changeover operation means for switching the handling type of the insertion value and the gaming value. Also, focusing on the function of paying out the credited virtual medal as a real medal, it can be said that the changeover switch 80 constitutes a settlement operation means for actually paying out the stored and stored game value. In addition to being configured to switch between the "credit mode" and the "direct mode" by the operation of the changeover switch 80, it is always set as the "credit mode" and the virtual medal stored and stored is paid out when the changeover switch 80 is operated. It may be made to function as a settlement switch only.

  In the lower part of the display windows 31L, 31M, 31R of the gaming panel 30, the remaining number display unit 35 for displaying the number of medals activated and stored in the credit mode and in the bonus game such as BB game or RB game For example, a game number display unit 36 for displaying the number of remaining games and the like, and an acquired number display unit 37 for displaying the number of acquired medals are respectively provided. These displays 35 to 37 are constituted by 7-segment displays, but it is of course possible to substitute them by liquid crystal displays or the like.

  Here, the procedure of betting medals will be described. In any of the direct mode and the credit mode, when a medal is inserted from the medal insertion slot 75 at the start of the game, a bet is made.

  That is, when the first medal is inserted into the medal insertion slot 75, the first effective line display section 32 is lighted, and the central line corresponding to this is the effective line, and the second medal is the medal insertion slot When it is inserted to 75, the second effective line display section 33 is further turned on, and a total of three combination lines including upper and lower lines corresponding thereto become effective lines, and the third medal is a medal. When it is inserted into the inlet 75, the third effective line display unit 34 is turned on, and all five combination lines including a pair of diagonal lines corresponding thereto are effective lines.

  When four or more medals are inserted into the medal insertion slot 75, extra medals exceeding three are switched to the discharge passage 82 by the selector 84 if the mode at that time is the direct mode, and the medals It is returned from the discharge port 17 to the medal receiver 18. On the other hand, in the case of the credit mode, the money is saved in the slot machine and the number of saved money is displayed on the remaining number display unit 35. The upper limit number of sheets is determined (for example, 50), and when the number of medals exceeding that is inserted, it is returned from the medal discharge port 17 to the medal receiver 18.

  In addition, when a game is played in the credit mode and the number of stored sheets is displayed on the remaining number display unit 35, the virtual is also virtual when any of the first to third credit insertion switches 77 to 79 is pressed. A medal is inserted and it becomes a bet.

  When the third credit insertion switch 79 is pressed, the numerical value displayed on the remaining number display unit 35 is decremented by one as the virtual medal is inserted, and the first valid line display unit 32 It lights up and the center line becomes an effective line. When the second credit insertion switch 78 is pressed, two numerical values displayed on the remaining number display unit 35 are decremented as two virtual medals are inserted, and the first valid line display unit 32 and The second valid line display unit 33 lights up, and a total of three combination lines become effective lines. When the first credit insertion switch 77 is pressed, three numerical values displayed on the remaining number display unit 35 are decremented as three virtual medals are inserted, and all the effective line display units 32 to 32. 34 lights up and a total of five combined lines become effective lines.

  In addition, when the virtual medal which should be inserted when one of the first to third credit insertion switches 77 to 79 is pressed is not stored, for example, when the display of the remaining number display unit 35 is 2, the first When the credit insertion switch 77 is pressed, etc., all numerical values in the remaining number display section 35 are decremented to 0 and bets are made for the virtual medals that can be inserted.

  In the upper part of the front door 12, an upper lamp 13 which lights and blinks with the progress of the game, and a pair of right and left which sound various sound effects and inform the player of the game state with the progress of the game The speaker 14 and the auxiliary display unit 15 for giving various information to the player are provided. In the present embodiment, the auxiliary display unit 15 is configured by a liquid crystal display for the purpose of diversification of display contents and thickening of display effects, but even if other displays such as a dot matrix display are used Good. The auxiliary display unit 15 is for executing various display effects with the progress of the game, and in the present embodiment, since the game by the respective reels 42L, 42M, 42R can be considered to be by the main display unit It is called the auxiliary display unit 15. A display control device 111 for driving the upper lamp 13, the speaker 14, and the auxiliary display unit 15 is provided on the back surface of the auxiliary display unit 15. The positions and numbers of the upper lamps 13 and the speakers 14 are not limited to those described above.

  A lower plate 16 on which a model name and characters related to a game are displayed is mounted above the medal receiver 18. Further, on the left side of the medal receiver 18, an invertible ashtray 19 is provided on the lower side of the front side.

  A power supply box 121 is provided to the left of the hopper device 91 inside the housing 11. The power supply box 121 includes a power switch 122, a reset switch 123, a setting key insertion hole 124, and the like. The power switch 122 is a start switch for supplying power to the main controller 131 and other components.

  The reset switch 123 is a switch for resetting various states of the slot machine 10. The slot machine 10 has a backup function of various data, and maintains the state at the time of a power failure even in the event of a power failure, and returns to the state at the time of a power failure at recovery from power failure (power recovery). It can be done. Therefore, for example, when the power is turned off in the normal procedure as when the operation of the game hall is ended, the state before the interruption is stored and held, but when the power switch 122 is turned on while pressing the reset switch 123, the backup data is reset It has become so. If the reset switch 123 is pressed while the power switch 122 is on, the error state is reset.

  The setting key insertion hole 124 is used by a hole manager or the like to adjust the payout of medals. That is, the hole manager or the like can change the setting state (winning probability setting process) of the slot machine 10 from "setting 1" to "setting 6" by inserting the setting key into the setting key insertion hole 124 and operating it. It has become.

  A main controller 131 is attached to the back plate 11 c of the housing 11 above the reel unit 41. The main control unit 131 has a CPU that controls the main control, a ROM that stores game programs, a RAM that temporarily stores necessary data according to the progress of a game, a port that communicates with various devices, time counting and synchronization. The main substrate is provided with a clock circuit and the like used in the case where it is intended, etc., and the main substrate is housed in a substrate box as a covering means made of a transparent resin material or the like. The substrate box includes a substantially rectangular box base and a box cover covering an opening of the box base. The box base and the box cover are unopenably connected by a sealing unit as sealing means, whereby the substrate box is sealed. The box base and the box cover may be connected unopenably using a key member.

  Next, the electrical configuration of the slot machine 10 will be described based on the block diagram of FIG.

  The main controller 131 is mounted with a microcomputer having a CPU 151 as an arithmetic processing means. In addition to the power supply device 161 provided inside the power supply box 121, the CPU 151 is connected with a clock circuit 154 that outputs a rectangular wave of a predetermined frequency, an input / output port 155, and the like via an internal bus. The main controller 131 functions as a main base incorporated in the slot machine 10.

  On the input side of the main controller 131, a start detection sensor 71a for detecting the operation of the start lever 71, stop detection sensors 72a, 73a and 74a for individually detecting the operations of the respective stop switches 72, 73 and 74, and a medal insertion slot Switch to detect the operation of the inserted medal detection sensor 75a that detects medals inserted from 75, the credit insertion detection sensor 77a, 78a, 79a that individually detects the operation of each of the credit insertion switches 77, 78, 79, and the changeover switch 80 A detection sensor 80a, a reel index sensor 55 for individually detecting the rotational position (origin position) of each reel 42, a payout detection sensor 91a for detecting medals dispensed from the hopper device 91, and a reset detection sensor for detecting the operation of the reset switch 123 123a, set in the setting key insertion hole 124 Chromatography are connected various sensors such as setting the key detection sensor 124a for detecting that it has been inserted, the signals from these various sensors are outputted to the CPU151 through the input and output ports 155.

  The inserted medal detection sensor 75a is actually composed of a plurality of sensors. That is, the storage passage 81 from the medal insertion slot 75 to the hopper device 91 is configured such that medals can pass in one row. Then, the first passage is provided in the storage passage 81, and the second sensor and the third sensor are in proximity to the downstream side further away than the width of the medal (the extent to which the state where the same medal is simultaneously detected in at least one time occurs) And the first to third sensors constitute an inserted medal detection sensor 75a. The main control unit 131 monitors the time from the first sensor to the second sensor, and when the elapsed time exceeds a predetermined time, it is regarded as a medal jam or an error and is regarded as an error. If an error occurs, the error notification is performed and the operation by the player until the error is canceled is invalidated. The main controller 131 also monitors the order in which the second and third sensors are turned on and off, both the second and third sensors are off, only the second sensor is on, and both the second and third sensors are on. It is determined that the medals are taken in normally only when the third sensor is on and the second and third sensors are both off in this order, and the time to shift to each on / off switching is within a predetermined time. Otherwise, it is an error. This is done in order to prevent the fraud in which the medal is reciprocated near the inserted medal detection sensor 75a and misidentified as the medal insertion, in addition to the medal clogging in the storage passage 81.

  Further, a power failure monitoring circuit 161 b provided in the power supply device 161 is connected to the input side of the main control device 131 via the input / output port 155. The power supply unit 161 is mounted with a power supply unit 161a that supplies drive power to each electronic device of the slot machine 10, including the main control unit 131, and the above-described power failure monitoring circuit 161b.

  The power failure monitoring circuit 161b monitors the power-off state and generates a power failure signal at the time of power-off by the power switch 122 as well as at the time of power-off. Therefore, the power failure monitoring circuit 161b monitors the stabilized drive voltage of DC 12 volts in this example output from the power supply unit 161a, and determines that the power is shut off when the drive voltage decreases to, for example, less than 10 volts. And a power failure signal is output. The power failure signal is supplied to each of the CPU 151 and the input / output port 155, and the CPU 151 recognizes the power failure signal to execute power failure processing described later.

  Even when the output voltage drops to less than 10 volts, the power supply unit 161a is configured to output a stabilized voltage of 5 volts that is used as a drive voltage in a control system such as the main controller 131. As the time during which the stabilization voltage is output, a time sufficient to execute the process at the time of a power failure by the main control device 131 is secured.

  On the output side of the main control unit 131, each of the valid line display sections 32, 33, 34, the remaining number display section 35, the number-of-games display section 36, the obtained number display section 37, and the respective reels 42L, 42M, 42R are rotated. External stepping plate 61 capable of transmitting information to each stepping motor 61 (61L, 61M, 61R), medal passage switching solenoid 83 provided in selector 84, hopper device 91, display control device 111, hole management device not shown, etc. Etc. are connected via the input / output port 155.

  The display control device 111 is a control device for driving the upper lamp 13, the speaker 14, and the auxiliary display unit 15, and includes a substrate in which a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like for driving them are integrated. Then, after receiving a signal from the main control device 131, the display control device 111 independently controls driving of the upper lamp 13, the speaker 14 and the auxiliary display unit 15. Therefore, the display control device 111 is a sub-base that executes auxiliary control in relation to the main control device 131 which is the main base that centrally manages the game. That is, by providing sub-bases for sounds, lamps, and displays regarding indirect game play, the burden on the main base is reduced. The display control device 111 may control the various display units 32-37.

  In the CPU 151 described above, a ROM 152 storing various control programs to be executed by the CPU 151 and fixed value data, and an operation of temporarily storing various data in executing the control program stored in the ROM 152 Aside from the RAM 153 for securing an area, although not shown, as well known, various processing circuits necessary in the slot machine 10 such as timer circuits and data transmission / reception circuits including an interrupt circuit as well known, a credit counter for counting the number of credits Etc. are built in. The ROM 152 and the RAM 153 constitute a main memory as storage means, and programs for executing the processes shown in the various flowcharts shown in FIG. 9 and the subsequent figures are stored in the ROM 152 as a part of the control program.

  The RAM 153 is configured to be able to receive (back up) data by being supplied with a backup voltage from the power supply device 161 provided in the power supply box 121 even after the power supply of the slot machine 10 is shut off. A backup area is provided in addition to storage areas such as a memory for temporarily storing various data and the like, a slip table storage area 153a, a slip pattern storage area 153b, and a confirmation pattern storage area 153c described later.

  In the backup area, when the power is shut off due to the occurrence of a power outage, etc., the value of the stack pointer at the time of power shutoff (including the power shutoff by the operation of the power switch 122. The same applies to the following), values of each register, I / O etc. This is an area for storing and when the power failure is canceled (including the power-on by the operation of the power switch 122. The same applies to the following), the state of the slot machine 10 before the power-off is based on the information of the backup area. It is possible to return to the state. The writing to the backup area is executed when the power is shut off by the power failure process (see FIG. 11), and the restoration of each value written to the backup area is executed in the main process (see FIG. 12) when the power is turned on. A power failure signal from the power failure monitoring circuit 161b is input to the NMI terminal (non-maskable interrupt terminal) of the CPU 151 at the time of power failure due to the occurrence of a power failure or the like. NMI interrupt processing as flag generation processing is immediately executed.

  Subsequently, each control process executed by the CPU 151 in the main control device 131 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. The processing of the CPU 151 is roughly divided into main processing activated upon power-on, timer interrupt processing activated periodically (with 1.49 msec cycle in this embodiment), and NMI terminal (non-maskable terminal). In the NMI interrupt process activated by the input of the power failure signal, for convenience of explanation, the NMI interrupt process and the timer interrupt process will be described first, and then the main process will be described.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the NMI interrupt process. When the power is shut off due to the occurrence of a power failure or the like, the power failure monitoring circuit 161 b of the power supply device 161 generates a power failure signal and outputs it to the main control device 131. The main controller 131 that has received the power failure signal via the NMI terminal executes NMI interrupt processing.

  In the NMI interrupt process, first, at step S101, data of a use register provided in the CPU 151 is saved in a backup area provided in the RAM 153. Subsequently, in step S102, a power failure flag is set in the power failure flag storage area provided in the RAM 153. Thereafter, the data saved in the backup area of the RAM 153 in step S103 is restored to the use register of the CPU 151 again. The NMI interrupt processing ends with this return processing. When the power failure flag can be set without destroying the data of the usage register of the CPU 151, the save and return processing to the backup area can be omitted.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the timer interrupt process periodically executed by the main controller 131. The CPU 151 of the main controller 131 generates a timer interrupt every 1.49 msec, for example.

  First, in the register save process shown in step S201, the values of all the registers in the CPU 151 used in the normal process described later are saved in the backup area of the RAM 153. In step S202, it is confirmed whether or not the power failure flag is set. If the power failure flag is set, the process proceeds to step S203 to execute power failure processing.

  Here, the power failure process will be described with reference to FIG. Since the power failure process is performed immediately after the register save process in the timer interrupt process, it can be performed without interrupting the other interrupt processes. Therefore, for example, during transmission processing of various commands, during reading processing of the state of the switch (on / off), etc., the processing upon power failure is not executed by interrupting each processing, and is executed at such timing. There is no need to create a program for power failure processing that also takes into account. As a result, the processing program for power failure processing can be simplified and the program capacity can be reduced. The same applies to a processing program for power recovery processing described later.

  In step S301, it is determined whether command transmission has ended. If the transmission has not ended, the present processing is ended to return to the timer interrupt processing, and the command transmission is ended. As described above, it is determined whether the command transmission is completed at the initial stage of the power failure process, and if the transmission is not completed, priority is given to the transmission process, and the power failure process is executed after the unit command transmission process is completed. By doing this, it is not necessary to construct a power failure processing program which also takes into consideration that power failure processing is to be executed during command transmission. As a result, there is a benefit that the processing program for power failure can be simplified and the capacity of the ROM 152 can be reduced.

  If YES in step S301, that is, if the transmission of the command is completed, the process proceeds to step S302, and the value of the stack pointer of the CPU 151 is stored in the backup area in the RAM 153. Thereafter, in step S303, a RAM determination value, which will be described later, is cleared as stop processing, and the output state of the output port at the input / output port 155 is cleared to turn off all actuators not shown. In step S304, a RAM determination value is calculated and stored in the backup area. Specifically, the RAM determination value is the 2's complement of the checksum at the work area address of the RAM 153. By storing the RAM determination value in the backup area, the checksum of the RAM 153 becomes zero. By setting the checksum of the RAM 153 to 0, the subsequent RAM access is prohibited in step S305. After that, it enters an infinite loop in preparation for completely shutting down the power supply and making processing impossible. In addition, for example, in consideration of the case where the power failure flag is erroneously set due to noise or the like, it is confirmed whether or not the power failure signal is output until the infinite loop is entered. If the power failure signal is not output, it means that the power failure state has been recovered, so writing to the RAM 153 is permitted and the power failure flag is reset to return to the timer interrupt processing. If the output of the power failure signal is continued, it enters an infinite loop as it is.

  The power supply unit 161a of the power supply device 161 holds the output of the stabilized voltage (5 volts) used as the drive voltage of the control system for a sufficient time to execute the above-described NMI interrupt process and power failure process. Are configured to In the present embodiment, the drive voltage is continuously output for 30 msec.

  Returning to the description of the timer interrupt process, when the power failure flag is not set in step S202, various processes after step S204 are performed.

  That is, in step S204, the watchdog timer clear processing is performed to initialize the value of the watchdog timer for monitoring the occurrence of a malfunction. In step S205, interrupt termination declaration processing for issuing an interrupt permission to the CPU 151 itself is performed. In step S206, in order to rotate each of the reels 42L, 42M, 42R, a stepping motor control process of driving the stepping motors 61L to 61R, which are the respective spinning drum drive motors, is performed. In step S207, a sensor monitoring process is performed to monitor the states of various sensors (see FIG. 8) connected to the input / output port 155. In step S208, timer operation processing is performed to reduce the values of the counters and timers. In step S 209, a counter process is performed to output the result of counting the bet number of medals and the payout number to the external concentrated terminal plate 171.

  In step S210, command output processing for transmitting various commands such as a navigation effect command described later to the display control device 111 is performed. In step S211, a segment data setting process is performed to set segment data to be displayed on each of the remaining number display unit 35, the game number display unit 36, and the acquired number display unit 37. In step S212, the segment data set in the segment data setting process is supplied to each of the display units 35 to 37 to perform segment data display process for displaying the corresponding numbers, symbols, and the like. In step S213, port output processing is performed to output data corresponding to the I / O device from the input / output port 155. In step S214, the value of each register saved in the backup area in the previous step S201 is restored to the corresponding register in the CPU 151, respectively. Thereafter, in step S215, an interrupt permitting process for permitting the next timer interrupt is performed, and the series of timer interrupt processes are ended.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing main processing in the main control unit 131 which is executed after the power is turned on. The main process is performed when power is turned on by recovery from a power failure or the on operation of the power switch 122.

  First, in step S401, as initialization processing, the value of the stack pointer is set in the CPU 151, and an interrupt mode for permitting interrupt processing is set, and then various settings for the registers in the CPU 151, I / O devices, etc. Etc.

  When these initialization processes are completed, it is next determined in step S402 whether the reset switch 123 is turned on. If the reset switch 123 is turned on, the process proceeds to step S403, and all data stored in the RAM 153 is cleared as the RAM clearing process.

  After confirming that the reset switch has not been operated in step S402, or after performing the RAM clear process in step S403, it is determined in step S404 whether or not the setting key is inserted into the setting key insertion hole 124. Do. If the setting key is inserted, the process proceeds to step S405 to perform setting change processing. As the setting change process, first, all data stored in the RAM 153 is cleared. Then, after determining which setting state is selected out of six preset setting states (“setting 1” to “setting 6”), internal processing according to the selected setting state is executed. .

  In step S406, it is checked whether the power failure flag is set. If the power failure flag is not set, that is, if the data in the RAM 153 is cleared in the previous step S403 or step S405, the process proceeds to a normal process of step S407 described later, and the present process is ended.

  If it is determined in step S406 that the power failure flag is set, the process proceeds to the power recovery process shown in step S408 and subsequent steps. The fact that the power failure flag is set means that the subroutine processing such as the RAM clear processing of step S403 and the setting change processing of step S405 is not executed at all. Therefore, the data in the RAM 153 is not rewritten at all, and in the power recovery process, it is necessary to confirm whether the data in the RAM 153 or the like is normal.

  For this purpose, first, in step S408, it is checked whether the RAM determination value is normal. Specifically, the value of the checksum in the RAM 153 is checked, and it is confirmed whether the value is normal, that is, the value of the checksum added with the RAM determination value is 0 or not. If the value of the checksum added with the RAM determination value is 0, it is determined that the data in the RAM 153 is normal.

  If the RAM determination value is abnormal at step S408, that is, the checksum value is not 0, there is a high possibility that the data in the RAM 153 is destroyed. Therefore, in such a case, error display processing is performed in step S409. As an error display process, the interrupt process is first inhibited, and all the output ports in the input / output port 155 are cleared to control all the actuators connected to the input / output port 155 in the off state. Thereafter, an error display is provided to notify the hole manager or the like of the occurrence of an error, and this state is maintained until the reset switch 123 is turned on.

  If it is determined in step S408 that the RAM determination value is normal, the process proceeds to step S410, the value of the stack pointer stored in the backup area is written to the stack pointer of the CPU 151, and the state of the stack is cut before the power is shut off. Return to the state. Next, in step S411, a power recovery command for notifying the execution of the power recovery processing is transmitted to the display control device 111. Thereafter, in step S412, the game state is hit down and the automatic settlement setting save process is performed, and in step S413, various sensors such as the start detection sensor 71a are initialized. After the above process is completed, the power failure flag is reset in step S414, and the process returns to the address before the power was turned off. Specifically, the process returns to the timer interrupt process described above, and the watchdog timer clear process (step S204) is executed.

  Next, normal processing for performing main control related to gaming will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in step S501, it is determined whether a medal has been betted. If a medal has been betted, it is then determined in step S502 whether the start lever 71 has been operated. If both steps S501 and S502 are YES, the lottery process of step S503, the reel control process of step S504, the medal payout process of step S505, and the bonus game process of step S506 are sequentially executed, and the process returns to step S501. On the other hand, when the medal is not bet at step S501 or when the start lever 71 is not operated at step S502, the process returns to step S501.

  Next, the lottery process of step S503 will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S601, based on the current setting state of the slot machine 10, the number of betted medals, the high / low probability of the small winning combination probability, and the like, a random number table for determination of success or failure is selected. Here, the setting state of the slot machine 10 is any one of “setting 1” to “setting 6” set using a setting key (not shown), and the random number table with the lowest bonus winning probability in the case of “setting 1”. Is selected, and when "setting 6", a random number table having the highest bonus winning probability is selected. Further, the number of medals betted is any one of 1 to 3, and a random number table is selected such that the winning probability of the winning combination becomes higher as the bet number is larger. For example, the winning probability of the winning combination when 3 bets are higher than three times the winning probability of the winning combination when 1 bet is made. Furthermore, there are two types of high winning and low winning probability regardless of the setting status, and when the current payout rate is lower than a predetermined expected value, a random number table having a high winning combination winning probability is selected, and a predetermined expected value is selected. If it exceeds, a random number table with a low probability of winning a small winning combination is selected. Incidentally, the bonus winning probability is, for example, about 1/240 of the BB winning probability of setting 6 and about 1/360 of the RB winning probability. On the other hand, the small winning combination probability is set higher than the bonus winning probability, for example, the winning probability of the combination of the bell symbol and the corresponding combination is about 1/8 in the state where the small winning probability is high, the small winning probability Is about 1/10 in the low state.

  In step S602, the random number table thus selected is illuminated with the random number latched by the random number counter when the start lever 71 is operated, and a lottery for a winning combination is performed. Then, in step S603, it is determined whether or not one of the winning combinations has been won, and if any of the winning combinations has been won, the winning flag corresponding to that combination is set in step S604 and the valid line for aligning the design is selected. decide. Incidentally, when the winning flag is the small winning combination flag or the re-game winning flag, these winning flags are reset at the end of the game in which the corresponding selection flag is set. On the other hand, when the winning flag is the BB winning flag or the RB winning flag, these winning flags are reset under one of the conditions that the corresponding symbol combination is established on the valid line. That is, the BB winning flag and the RB winning flag may be validated over a plurality of games. In the lottery process after the next game after carrying over the BB winning flag or the RB winning flag, a lottery regarding whether or not a small winning combination or replay is won is performed, but a lottery regarding BB and RB is not performed. In addition, when winning the small winning combination or the re-game while carrying over the BB winning flag or the RB winning flag, the effective line is determined such that the small winning combination or the re-playing is preferentially arranged.

  After the winning flag is set in step S604, or if no winning combination has been won in step S603, it is checked in step S605 whether the winning flag is set. When the winning flag is set, the effect processing at the time of winning shown in steps S606 to S608 is performed. In the effect processing at the time of winning, in step S606, a lottery is performed to determine whether or not navigation effect is to be performed based on the random number latched from the random number counter when the start lever 71 is operated. Here, the navigation effect is a display effect that suggests the role that has been won in the auxiliary display unit 15 when the lottery of the role is won. In the following step S607, it is determined whether or not the navigation effect lottery has been won, and if it is won, the navigation effect command is set in step S608. The navigation effect command is a command transmitted to the display control device 111, and the display control device 111 controls the display of the auxiliary display unit 15 to start the navigation effect corresponding to the winning flag by receiving the command. Do. After the effect processing at the time of winning, in step S609 the hit table as a slide table (stop table) for reel stop control is selected and this is stored in the slide table storage area 153a of the RAM 153. Here, the slip table is a table in which it is determined how much the reel is slipped (rotated) and stopped at the timing when the stop switches 72 to 74 are pressed. More specifically, with the slip table, the relationship between the symbol passing through a predetermined position (for example, on the lower line) when the stop switches 72 to 74 are pressed and the symbol actually stopped at the predetermined position is determined. Stop information group. The hit slip table is a table defined such that the combination of the set winning flag and the corresponding symbol can be stopped on the effective line determined in step S604.

  Here, the slip table will be described more specifically. FIG. 15 shows an example of the slip table stored when the replay winning flag is set and it is determined that the combination of the replay symbols is to be aligned on the lower right line. The symbol of the number whose slip number is 0 is a symbol which actually stops on the lower line. In addition, the symbol of the number whose slip number is not 0 means that the reel slides by the number of the described symbols, and the symbol of slip number 0 stops on the lower line. For example, when the stop switch 72 is pressed when the third symbol ("BAR" symbol) of the left reel 42L passes on the lower line, the left reel 42L slides by two symbols and the fifth symbol ("7") The symbol stops on the lower line. As a result, the "replay" symbol, which is the seventh symbol on the upper line, is stopped. On the other hand, when the stop switch 72 is pressed when the fifth symbol ("7" symbol) of the left reel 42L passes on the lower line, the left reel 42L stops without slipping and the seventh symbol is folded. Stop the "Replay" symbol on the upper line. As described above, in the configuration in which the symbols to be stopped on the lower line are determined based on the slip table, the symbols to be stopped on the lower line are limited regardless of the pressing operation timing of the stop switches 72 to 74. It becomes. That is, when the slip table shown in FIG. 15 is stored, the left reel 42L stops at any one of the fifth, ninth, tenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, and twenty-first symbols on the lower line. The same applies to the middle reel 42M and the right reel 42R.

  However, even if the hit slide table corresponding to the set winning flag is stored, depending on the timing at which the stop switch is pressed, the symbol corresponding to the winning flag may not stop on the activated line. This is because the range that can be slid is predetermined to be up to four patterns from the timing when the stop switch is pressed. For example, when the stop switch 72 is pressed when the sixth symbol ("watermelon" symbol) of the left reel 42L passes over the lower line under the condition that the cherry winning flag is set, the left reel 42L is temporarily Even if the four symbols are slipped, the 10th symbol ("bell" symbol) and the 12th symbol ("7" symbol) will stop on the effective line, and the "cherry" symbol will not stop on the effective line.

  Returning to the description of the lottery process, if the win flag is not set in step S605, the slip table is selected as the slip stop table for reel stop control in step S610, and this is used as the slip table storage area 153a of the RAM 153. Store in Here, the off slip table is a table which is determined so that the combination of winning symbols does not stop on the effective line. For example, when the stop switch 72 is pressed when the fourth symbol ("Cherry" symbol) of the left reel 42L passes on the lower line, the left reel 42L has one symbol so as to avoid that the cherry winning is achieved. Slide only a few minutes and stop the 5th symbol ("7" symbol) on the lower line.

  After the corresponding slide table is set, slide pattern setting processing is performed in step S611, and this processing ends. In the slip symbol setting process, the set slip table is confirmed, and the symbol numbers to be slipped and stopped by 2 symbols in each reel 42L, 42M, 42R and the symbol numbers to be slipped and stopped by 4 symbols are It is stored in the slip pattern storage area 153 b provided in the RAM 153. Referring to the sliding table of FIG. 15, in the left reel 42L, the sliding surface symbols # 1, # 3, # 7, # 11, # 13, # 17, # 19 are stored in the sliding pattern storage area 153b. In the middle reel 42M, the 3rd, 7th, 11th, 15th, 18th and 20th are stored as the sliding symbol in the sliding symbol storage area 153b. Similarly, in the right reel 42R, the fourth, eighth, twelfth, sixteenth, nineteenth, and twenty-first are stored as the sliding symbol in the sliding symbol storage area 153b.

  Next, the reel control process of step S504 will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.

  In the reel control process, first, in step S701, a reel rotation process is performed to rotate each of the reels 42L, 42M, 42R. In the reel rotation process, it is checked whether or not a predetermined time (for example, 4.1 seconds) has elapsed since the start of the reel rotation in the previous game, and a waiting process is performed until the time elapses. The respective reels 42L, 42M, 42R are rotated. For this reason, even if the player bets medals and operates the start lever 71, the reels 42L, 42M, 42R may not start to rotate immediately. In the following step S702, it is determined whether any one of the stop switches 72 to 74 is pressed to generate a reel stop command, more specifically, whether an ON signal from the stop detection sensors 72a to 74a is received. Determine if However, in this embodiment, a period from when each reel 42L, 42M, 42R starts to rotate until it rotates at a constant speed at a predetermined speed is set as an ineffective period, and the stop switch 72 Even when the pressing operation 74 is performed, the ON signals from the stop detection sensors 72a to 74a are invalidated. Incidentally, in the present embodiment, a period from when each of the reels 42L, 42M, 42R starts rotating until 0.5 seconds has elapsed is set as an invalid period.

  When one of the stop switches 72 to 74 is pressed in step S702 and a stop command is generated, the process proceeds to step S703, and symbol number check processing is performed on the reel for which the stop command is generated. In the symbol number confirmation process, at the timing when the ON signal is received from the stop detection sensors 72a to 74a, it is confirmed what number symbol has passed on the lower line, and the confirmation symbol storage area provided in the RAM 153 with the result. Store in 153c. Thereafter, in step S704, reel stop processing is performed. In this reel stop processing, the reel corresponding to the stop switch pressed and operated is stopped based on the slide table stored in the slide table storage area 153a of the RAM 153. Specifically, when the stop switch is pressed while the symbol having a slip number of 0 passes on the lower line, the corresponding reel is stopped as it is. In addition, when the stop switch is pressed while the non-slip pattern is passing over the lower line, the corresponding reel is pressed so that the non-slip pattern stops on the lower line. Stop after rotating by a predetermined number of symbols from the timing.

  After the reel stop processing has been performed, the process proceeds to step S705, and it is determined whether or not the current stop command is the first stop command, that is, whether the stop switch has been pressed when all three reels are rotating. . In the case of the first stop command, the process proceeds to step S706, and it is confirmed whether or not the symbol number stored in the confirmation symbol storage area 153c matches any of the symbol numbers of the corresponding reel stored in the slip symbol storage area 153b. Do. If the two match, the process proceeds to step S 707 to check whether the winning flag is set and the type of the winning flag. Then, in step S708, the previously stored slip table is cleared, and the slip table corresponding uniquely to the check result in step S707 and the symbol number of the slip pattern is stored in the slip table storage area 153a of the RAM 153. In other words, it can be said that the process of changing the slip table in step S 708 is a process of changing the slip table based on the type of the win flag including the disconnection and the operation timing of the stop switch (stop start position of the reel). .

  If the symbol number stored in the confirmation symbol storage area 153c does not match any of the symbol numbers of the corresponding reels stored in the slip symbol storage area 153b (if step S706 is NO), the process proceeds to step S709. Check whether it is necessary to change the activated line determined in the previous lottery process. When there is a need to change the pay line, there are cases where combinations of winning combinations may occur and cases where symbols corresponding to the winning flag have not stopped on the pay line determined in the lottery process. Here, with the combination of the roles, for example, when trying to align the “watermelon” pattern on the upper line, a plurality of roles occur simultaneously, as in the case where the “cherry” pattern on the left reel 42L stops on the lower line. When you say In addition, when the symbol corresponding to the winning flag is not stopped on the effective line determined in the lottery processing, the lottery processing is performed even if the reel is slid by 4 symbols from the timing when the stop switch is pressed and operated. It means the case where the symbol corresponding to the winning flag can not be stopped on the activated line determined in. If it demonstrates based on the slip table shown in FIG. 15, the said slip table is a slip table in which the combination of a "replay" symbol stops on a down slope line. When aligning the combination of the "replay" symbols on the downward sloping line, the left reel 42L needs to stop the "replay" symbol on the upper line. However, when the stop switch 72 is pressed when the 10th symbol ("bell" symbol) of the left reel 42L passes on the lower line, the 10th symbol stops on the lower line as it is, and the "Replay" symbol Stop on the middle line, not on the upper line. This is because it is impossible to stop the "Replay" symbol on the upper line even if the reel is slipped by four symbols. As described above, when it is necessary to change the valid line, the valid line is changed to another valid line in step S710, and the previously stored slip table is cleared and the changed valid line is used. The slide table is stored in the slide table storage area 153 a of the RAM 153. In other words, it can be said that the process of changing the slip table in step S710 is a process of changing the slip table based on the type of the winning flag and the stop position of the reel.

  If it is determined in step S705 that the current stop command is not the first stop command, after the slip table change process in step S708 or step S710, or if it is not necessary to change the valid line in step S709, the process proceeds to step S711. It is determined whether or not all the rotations of the right reels 42L, 42M, 42R have stopped, and if there is a rotating reel, the process returns to step S702.

  If it is determined in step S702 that a stop command has not been issued, the process proceeds to step S712, in which it is determined whether a predetermined maximum rotation time (for example, 40 seconds) of the reels 42L, 42M, 42R has elapsed. If the maximum rotation time has not elapsed, the process returns to step S702. If the maximum rotation time has elapsed, the process proceeds to step S713, and a forced stop process is performed to forcibly stop all reels in rotation sequentially. In this forced stop process, it is considered that a stop command has been generated on the rotating reel, and a series of processes of step S702 to step S711 described above are performed.

  Then, if all rotations of the reels have been stopped in step S711, or after the forced stop process has been performed in step S713, the payout determination process is performed in step S714, and then the present process is terminated. The payout determination process is a process of setting the number of medals to be paid out under the condition that the winning combinations are arranged on the active line as one of the conditions. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the small winning combination is established on the valid line, and when the small winning combination is not established on the effective line, the small winning combination flag is reset and the expected number of payouts stored in the RAM 153 is stored. Set 0 in the area. When the small winning combination is established on the effective line, it is determined whether the small winning combination is the combination of the small winning combination flag and the corresponding symbol, and if it is not coincident, the error display is performed by the upper lamp 13 or the like. At the same time, 0 is set in the planned number-of-delivery storage area. If they match, the small winning combination winning flag is reset, and the winning combination and the number of payouts corresponding to the combination are set in the scheduled payout number storage area of the RAM 153. Further, when the re-game winning combination is established on the activated line, the re-game winning flag is reset and 0 is set in the planned number-of-payouts storage area, and re-playing processing is performed to enable re-playing.

  Next, the medal payout process of step S505 will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.

  In the medal payout process, first, it is determined whether or not the number of payouts counted by the number-of-payouts counter in step S801 matches the planned number of payouts stored in the planned number of payouts storage area. If the number of payouts and the scheduled number of payouts do not match, it is determined in step S802 whether or not a game is being performed in the credit mode. If it is in the credit mode, it is determined in step S803 whether the count value of the credit counter has reached the upper limit (the number of stored medals is 50). If the upper limit has not been reached, the count value of the credit counter and the number of payouts are incremented by one in step S804. As a result, the numbers of the remaining number display unit 35 and the obtained number display unit 37 are respectively incremented by one.

  On the other hand, when the game is being performed in the direct mode, or when the count value of the credit counter has reached the upper limit, the medal payout rotary plate is driven in step S805 to discharge medals from the hopper device 91 to the medal discharge port. Pay out to the medal receiver 18 through 17. At this time, in step S806, the number of payouts is incremented by one in accordance with the medal detection signal of the payout detection sensor 91a attached to the hopper device 91. As a result, the number of acquired number display unit 37 is incremented by one. Then, after incrementing the number of payouts by one in step S804 or step S806, the process returns to step S801 again. If it is determined in step S801 that the number of payouts agrees with the number of payouts, the medal payout rotary plate of the hopper device 91 is stopped in step S807. Thereafter, a payout end process is performed in step S808, and the process is ended. In the payout end process, the value of the planned number of payouts storage area and the number of payouts counter is reset to zero. The value of the acquired number display section 37 is reset when the medal is bet to start the next game.

  Next, the bonus game process of step S506 will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.

  Prior to the description of the bonus game process, the bonus game will be described. The RB game consists of 12 JAC games. The JAC game is a game in which only one bet is permitted, and is a game in which the probability that the JAC symbol (in this case, a replay symbol) is aligned on the effective line, that is, the probability of the JAC symbol being established is very high. When the JAC symbol is established in the JAC game, the maximum number (15 in this case) of medals is paid out. Then, when the JAC symbol is established eight times, the RB game is ended even before the JAC game reaches twelve times. On the other hand, the BB game is composed of 30 small role games and 3 JAC ins. A small role game is a game in which a small role is won with a high probability (a “bell” symbol etc. is aligned on the active line), and JAC-in means transition to 12 JAC games. When the JAC pattern is aligned on the effective line, JAC in is established. The JAC game is similar to the RB game. That is, when the JAC symbol is established eight times, the JAC game ends even before the JAC game reaches twelve times, and the small role game is resumed. Therefore, it can be said that the BB game is composed of 30 small role games and 3 RB games. However, when the third JAC-in JAC game ends, the BB game ends even before the small-combination game reaches 30 times, and when the 30 small-combination games end, before the JAC-in reaches three times Even if there is a BB game is over.

  In the bonus game process, it is first determined in step S901 whether the gaming state is in the bonus game. If the bonus game is not in progress, the process proceeds to step S902, and a bonus symbol determination process is performed.

  In this bonus symbol determination process, as shown in FIG. 19, it is first determined whether or not the RB win flag is set in step S1001. If it is set, the process proceeds to step S1002, and the RB symbol on the current effective line is determined. It is determined whether or not (for example, "BAR" symbol) is aligned, and when the RB symbol is not aligned, the present process is ended as it is. On the other hand, when the RB symbol is aligned on the effective line this time, the RB winning flag is reset in step S1003 and the RB setting flag is set to set it as an RB game which is one kind of bonus game. To finish this process. As a result, the gaming state after the next game shifts to the RB state. If it is determined in step S1001 that the RB hit flag is not set, it is determined whether the BB hit flag is set in step S1004. If it is not set, the present process is terminated. If the BB winning flag is set, the process proceeds to step S1005, and it is determined whether or not the BB symbol (for example, "7" symbol) is aligned on the current effective line. If the BB symbol is not aligned, the present processing is ended as it is . On the other hand, when the BB symbol is aligned on the effective line this time, the BB winning flag is reset in step S1006 and the BB setting flag is set to set the BB game as one type of bonus game, and the BB game initial setting processing shown in FIG. Execute and complete this process. As a result, the gaming state after the next game shifts to the BB state.

  In FIGS. 20 and 21, the remaining small combination game counter represents the number of remaining small combination games (also referred to as the number of remaining small combination games), and the remaining JAC in counter indicates the number of remaining JAC in possible times (the remaining JAC in times). The remaining JAC formation counter represents the number of times the JAC symbol can be established (also referred to as the remaining JAC formation number), and the remaining JAC game counter represents the number of remaining JAC games (also referred to as the remaining JAC game number). Represent. The number of remaining small winning combination games, the number of remaining JAC ins, the number of remaining JACs established, and the number of remaining JAC games are appropriately displayed on the number-of-games display section 36.

  Referring back to FIG. 18, when it is determined in step S901 that the gaming state is a bonus game, it is determined in step S903 whether the bonus game is a JAC game. If it is not a JAC game, it means that a small winning combination game of the BB game is being played, so the processing proceeds to step S904, and it is determined whether or not the JAC symbol is aligned on the effective line. When the JAC symbols are aligned on the effective line, the JAC game is started in step S905, and the JAC game initial setting process in the BB game of FIG. 21 (b) is performed, and this process is ended. On the other hand, when the JAC symbols are not aligned on the effective line in step S904, the small combination game is one game, so the number of remaining small combination games is decremented by 1 in step S906, and in step S907. It is determined whether the number of remaining small winning combination games has become 0 or not. If the number of remaining small winning combination games is not zero, the processing is terminated. If it is zero, the processing proceeds to step S 908, and the bonus game ending processing of appropriately resetting various setting flags, BB setting flags, various counters, etc. and performing ending processing is performed. To complete this process.

  If it is determined in step S903 that the gaming state is a JAC game, the process proceeds to step S909 to determine whether the JAC symbol is aligned on the activated line, and when the JAC symbol is aligned on the activated line, the remaining JAC formation count is determined in step S910. 1 Decrement. Thereafter, or if the JAC symbols are not aligned on the effective line in step S909, it means that one JAC game has been consumed, so the number of remaining JAC games is decremented in step S911. Subsequently, in step S912, it is determined whether or not either the remaining JAC formation number or the remaining JAC game number has become 0, and when none has become 0, that is, the JAC symbol has not yet been established 8 times. If the JAC game has not been digested 12 times, this processing ends. On the other hand, when one of the JAC symbols has been established 8 times, or when the JAC game has been digested 12 times, since the JAC in has been digested once, the remaining JAC in has been dropped in step S913. The number is decremented by one, and it is determined in the following step S914 whether the remaining JAC-in count is zero. When it is 0, the bonus game end processing of step S908 described above is performed, and this processing is ended. Incidentally, if the bonus game is an RB game, the initial remaining number of JAC ins is 1 (see FIG. 20), so it becomes 0 in step S913 and a positive determination is always made in step S914 and the bonus game of step S908. At the end processing, the RB setting flag is reset.

  On the other hand, when the remaining JAC-in count is not zero in step S914, that is, when the JAC-in has not been consumed three times in the BB game, after performing the JAC game end processing of resetting the JAC game setting flag in step S915, the current JAC Since the small role game is consumed by one when the game is in, the number of remaining small portion games is decremented by 1 in step S906, and then it is determined in step S907 whether the number of remaining small portion games has become 0 or not. If it is determined that the number of remaining small winning combination games is 0, the bonus game ending process of step S908 described above is performed, and the present process is ended. On the other hand, when the number of remaining small winning combination games is not 0, since the small winning combination games in the BB game have not reached 30 times and the JAC in has not reached 3 times, this processing ends.

  Next, the relationship between the operation timings of the stop switches 72 to 74 by the player and the symbols actually stopped on the effective line will be described based on a series of stop modes in FIGS. Here, in order to facilitate understanding, a case will be described where the replay winning flag is set and the slip table shown in FIG. 15 is set in step S609 (see FIG. 14) of the lottery process.

  FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a stop mode when the stop switch 72 is pressed at timing when the fifth reel “7” symbol on the left reel 42L passes on the lower line.

  As shown in (a), when the stop switch 72 is pressed at timing when the fifth symbol “7” symbol of the left reel 42L passes on the lower line, the left reel 42L is based on the slip table of FIG. Stop. That is, the left reel 42L stops without slipping, and the fifth symbol "7" symbol is on the lower line, the sixth symbol "watermelon" symbol is on the middle line, and the seventh symbol "Replay" symbol is on the middle line. It will stop on the upper line.

  In such a case, since the left reel 42L that stopped first stopped without slipping by 2 symbols or 4 symbols, processing for changing the slip table is not performed, and the other reels are also shown in FIG. Stop on the basis.

  Subsequently, when the stop switch 73 is depressed at the timing when the middle reel 42M, the "Cherry" symbol, which is the 13th symbol, passes on the lower line, as shown in (b), the middle reel 42M has the slip of FIG. Stop based on the table. That is, the middle reel 42M stops without slipping as it is, and the "Cherry" symbol, the 13th symbol, is on the lower line, and the "Replay" symbol, the 14th symbol, is on the middle line, and the "Cherry" symbol is the 15th symbol. It will stop on the upper line.

  After that, when the stop switch 74 is pressed at the timing when the "BELL" symbol which is the 13th symbol of the right reel 42R passes on the lower line, as shown in (c), the right reel 42R is the slide table of FIG. Stop on the basis of That is, the right reel 42R slides by one symbol and stops, and the 14th symbol "Replay" symbol is on the lower line, and the 15th symbol "watermelon" symbol is on the middle line, and the 16th symbol is "cherry" The symbol will stop on the upper line.

  As a result of the above, when the stop switch 72 is pressed at the timing when the fifth symbol "7" symbol of the left reel 42L passes on the lower line, the "replay" symbol stops on the downward right line It becomes.

  FIG. 23 is a view showing a stop mode when the stop switch 72 is pressed at timing when the third reel "BAR" symbol of the left reel 42L passes on the lower line.

  As shown in (a), when the stop switch 72 is pressed at timing when the third symbol "BAR" symbol of the left reel 42L passes on the lower line, the left reel 42L is based on the slip table of FIG. Stop. That is, the left reel 42L slides by 2 symbols and stops, and the fifth symbol "7" symbol is on the lower line, the sixth symbol "watermelon" symbol is on the middle line, and the seventh symbol "Replay" The symbol will stop on the upper line.

  In this case, since the left reel 42L which stopped first slipped by two symbols and stopped, processing for changing the slip table is performed, and the other reels are stopped based on the newly stored slip table.

  Subsequently, when the stop switch 73 is pressed at the timing when the middle reel 42M symbol "Cherry" symbol passes on the lower line, as shown in (b), the middle reel 42M is newly stored. Stop based on the slip table. That is, the middle reel 42M slides by 4 symbols and stops, and the 17th symbol "watermelon" symbol is on the lower line, the 18th symbol "Replay" symbol is on the middle line, and the 19th symbol is "BAR" The symbol will stop on the upper line.

  After that, when the stop switch 74 is pressed at the timing when the "BELL" symbol which is the 13th symbol of the right reel 42R passes on the lower line, as shown in (c), the right reel 42R is newly stored. Stop based on slip table. That is, the right reel 42R slides by one symbol and stops, and the 14th symbol "Replay" symbol is on the lower line, and the 15th symbol "watermelon" symbol is on the middle line, and the 16th symbol is "cherry" The symbol will stop on the upper line.

  As a result of the above, when the stop switch 72 is pressed at timing when the third symbol "BAR" symbol of the left reel 42L passes on the lower line, the same as in the case shown in FIG. "Replay" symbol stops at. However, since the stop position of the middle reel 42M is changed, the symbol arrangement visually recognized from the display window is different from the case shown in FIG.

  FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a stop mode when the stop switch 72 is pressed at the timing when the first symbol "bell" symbol of the left reel 42L passes on the lower line.

  As shown in (a), when the stop switch 72 is pressed at the timing when the first symbol "bell" symbol of the left reel 42L passes on the lower line, the left reel 42L is based on the slip table of FIG. Stop. That is, the left reel 42L slides by 4 symbols and stops, and the fifth symbol "7" symbol is on the lower line, and the sixth symbol "watermelon" symbol is on the middle line, and the seventh symbol "Replay" The symbol will stop on the upper line.

  In such a case, since the left reel 42L that stopped first slipped by the amount of 4 symbols and stopped, processing for changing the slip table is performed, and the other reels are stopped based on the newly stored slip table.

  Subsequently, when the stop switch 73 is pressed at the timing when the middle reel 42M symbol "Cherry" symbol passes on the lower line, as shown in (b), the middle reel 42M is newly stored. Stop based on the slip table. In other words, the middle reel 42M slides by 3 symbols and stops, and the 16th symbol "BELL" symbol is on the lower line, and the 17th symbol "watermelon" symbol is on the middle line and the 18th symbol "REPLAY." The symbol will stop on the upper line.

  After that, when the stop switch 74 is pressed at the timing when the "BELL" symbol which is the 13th symbol of the right reel 42R passes on the lower line, as shown in (c), the right reel 42R is newly stored. Stop based on slip table. That is, the right reel 42R slides by 3 symbols and stops, and the 16th symbol "Cherry" symbol is on the lower line, and the 17th symbol "Bell" symbol is on the middle line and the 18th symbol "Replay". The symbol will stop on the upper line.

  As a result of the above, when the stop switch 72 is pressed at the timing when the first symbol "bell" symbol of the left reel 42L passes on the lower line, unlike the case shown in FIG. 22 and FIG. "Replay" symbol stops on the line. That is, the effective line to align the "replay" pattern has been changed.

  In the case of a configuration in which the slide table is changed according to the winning flag and the operation timing of the stop switch that the player initially pressed, the player who is excellent in the skill of pressing the stop switch aiming at the symbol is: When the navi effect is performed, it is possible to detect bonus winning earlier than the other players. Therefore, an example of the navi effect in which the bonus winning is suggested will be described based on a series of stop modes in FIG. Incidentally, in FIG. 25, it is assumed that the navigation effect indicating the re-game winning is performed in the auxiliary display unit 15, and the cherry winning flag is not set.

  As shown in (a), when the stop switch 72 is pressed at timing when the third symbol "BAR" symbol of the left reel 42L passes on the lower line, the left reel 42L slides by two symbols and stops The fifth symbol "7" symbol is on the lower line, the sixth symbol "watermelon" symbol is on the middle line, and the seventh symbol "Replay" symbol is on the upper line. This is to avoid that the "cherry" symbol stops on the activated line and becomes a prize.

  Subsequently, when the stop switch 73 is pressed at the timing when the middle reel 42M symbol "Cherry" symbol passes on the lower line, as shown in (b), the middle reel 42M is only for 3 symbols. The slide is stopped and the 16th symbol "BELL" symbol is on the lower line, the 17th symbol "watermelon" symbol is on the middle line, and the 18th "REPLAY" symbol is on the upper line.

  After that, when the stop switch 74 is pressed at the timing when the # 13 "bell" symbol on the right reel 42R passes on the lower line, as shown in (c), the right reel 42R stops without slipping as it is. The symbol pattern "BELL" on the lower line, the symbol pattern "REPLAY" on the lower line, and the symbol "watermelon" on the upper line stop.

  In such a case, if the player is a general player, the bonus winning is recognized from the contradiction that the combination of the "Replay" symbols was not established on the effective line despite the navi effect indicating the replay winning being performed. It becomes possible. That is, it becomes possible to recognize the bonus winning from the contradiction between the navi effect and the stop result when all the reels 42L, 42M, 42R stop. On the other hand, in the case of the player who is excellent in the skill of pressing the stop switch by aiming at the symbol, he recognizes the bonus winning in the stage before all the reels 42L, 42M, 42R stop (when two reels stop). It is possible to The stop switch 72 is depressed at the timing when the left reel 42L's third symbol "BAR" symbol passes on the lower line, and the middle reel 42M's thirteenth symbol "cherry" symbol passes at the lower line. This is because a contradiction has occurred when the "replay" symbol, which is the 17th symbol of the middle reel 42M, does not stop on the middle line despite pressing the stop switch 72 (see FIG. 23).

  According to the present embodiment described above, the following excellent effects can be obtained.

  By changing the slide table based on the type of the winning flag including the disconnection and the operation timing of the stop switch (stop start position of the reel), the symbol array stopped on each effective line is monotonous Can be suppressed. Even if the stop switch is operated at the same time that the reels stop at the same position of each game, if the win flag is different or the operation timing of the stop switch is not the same, the slip table is changed It is because it can. Certainly, even if the configuration is such that the lottery is performed by changing the slip table when one of the reels is stopped, it is possible to suppress that the symbol array stopped on each valid line becomes monotonous. However, while the reel control process is being performed, for example, the process of controlling to rotate at a constant speed, the process of confirming what number symbol is passing on the effective line, etc. , 42R, the control load on the main control unit 131 is large due to only the reel control process. Therefore, when the lottery is performed to change the slip table, there arises a problem that the processing load on the main control device 131 becomes large. On the other hand, in the case of the present configuration in which the slip table is changed based on the type of the win flag including the disconnection and the operation timing of the stop switch, the setting of the win flag and the slip pattern starts the rotation of each reel 42L, 42M, 42R. The process of confirming the symbol at the timing when the stop switch is operated is a process which is necessarily performed when the reel is stopped. Therefore, without increasing the processing load of the main controller 131, it becomes possible to suppress that the symbol array stopped on each effective line becomes monotonous.

  By changing the slip table after one of the reels is stopped, it is possible to stop various symbol arrangements on each valid line. For example, in the case where the slide table is changed after stopping by two reels, the range in which the remaining reels can be stopped is restricted when the two reels stop. This is because it is necessary to stop the game so that the winning combination corresponding to the winning flag is established and the winning combination in which the winning flag is not set is not established. Therefore, changing the slide table by changing the slide table after one of the reels is stopped allows changing the slide table under a situation where there is a relative degree of freedom in the position where it is possible to stop the rotating reel. It becomes possible to stop various symbol arrangements on each effective line.

  A relatively simple process by setting the slip pattern beforehand before starting the reel control processing, and changing the slip table when the symbol number of the slip pattern and the symbol number of the confirmation pattern match. It is possible to change the slip table.

  If the symbol number of the slip symbol and the symbol number of the confirmation symbol do not match, the processing of the main control 131 is performed by not changing the slip table based on the type of the win flag and the operation timing of the stop switch. It becomes possible to suppress that the symbol arrangement stopped on each effective line becomes monotonous while suppressing the load from increasing. This is because even if each reel 42L, 42M, 42R is stopped based on one slip table, it is possible to form a predetermined number of symbol arrays stopped on each effective line.

  When the winning flag is set and the navigation effect lottery is won, the navigation effect is set to be effective even if the player is excellent in the skill of operating the stop switch aiming at the symbol. It becomes possible to enjoy the symbol arrangement which stops on the line. If a winning combination is indicated in the navi effect, it is possible to predict a changed slip table if it is possible to grasp which symbol has passed on the lower line when operating the stop switch. Therefore, the player who is excellent in the skill of operating the stop switch aiming at the symbol can check his / her skill through the suggested winning combination and the symbol array stopped on each effective line.

  When a bonus is won, by providing a suggestive effect suggesting a winning combination in which the winning flag is not set, the interest of the game can be enjoyed regardless of the skill of operating the stop switch aiming at the pattern of the player. It is possible to raise That is, if the player is skilled in operating the stop switch aiming at the symbol, the bonus winning is recognized on the basis of being changed to the slip table different from the suggested winning combination and the operation timing of the stop switch. It is possible. Therefore, it is possible to give a superior skill to a player with superior skill with respect to the superior skill and the recognition of bonus winning earlier than others. On the other hand, even a player who is inferior in skill can expect to have an expectation that it has been changed to a slip table different from the suggested winning combination and the operation timing of the stop switch, so all of the reels It is possible to maintain the expectation for the bonus winning until the rotation is stopped.

  By changing the slide table based on the type of the winning flag including the disconnection and the operation timing of the stop switch (stop start position of the reel), the ability to operate the stop switch aiming at the symbol is excellent. It is possible to make the player actively participate in the game. If it is possible to operate each stop switch 72 to 74 at the timing when the same pattern in each game passes on the lower line, it is possible to change the slide table or the table with the symbol arrangement when the two reels stop. This is because it is possible to play the game while deducing the presence or absence of the winning flag.

  In addition, it is not limited to the description content of embodiment mentioned above, For example, you may implement as follows.

  (A) In the above embodiment, the slide number is stored as a symbol number for sliding 2 symbols or 4 symbols and stopping as a slip symbol, but the configuration is not limited to such a configuration, and the setting mode of the slip symbol is It is optional. That is, only two designs may be slipped, or all designs to be slipped may be set as slip designs.

  (B) In the above embodiment, the configuration is such that the process of changing the slip table is performed after stopping any of the reels, but instead of or in addition to this, after the second reel is stopped, the slip table is It is good also as composition which performs processing which changes.

  (C) In the above embodiment, although the slip symbol is set regardless of the presence or absence of the winning flag, the slip symbol may be set if the win flag is not set. In general slot machines, there are more out of play games than games winning in any of the roles, so the processing load of the main control device 131 is increased if the slip pattern is set in the out of play games. It is possible to suppress that the symbol array stopped on each effective line becomes monotonous while suppressing the.

  (D) In the above embodiment, the navigation display is performed by the auxiliary display unit 15. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and may have a configuration that suggests a winning combination by voice, or a lamp It may be a configuration that suggests a winning combination.

  (E) In the above embodiment, when the BB winning flag or the RB winning flag is set, the drawing for the next game does not perform drawing for BB and RB, but the drawing for BB and RB is performed. It may be Further, when BB or RB is further won with the BB or RB winning flag set, the result may be invalidated, or a plurality of BB or RB winning flags may be set. Good.

  (F) In the above embodiment, when the stop switches 72 to 74 are pressed, the slip table has a defined relationship between the symbol passing on the lower line and the symbol to be actually stopped on the lower line. Although it had composition, it is as composition provided with the slip table which the relation between the design which passes on the lower line when stop switches 72-74 are pushed, and the design actually made to stop on the upper line It is also good. This is because even with this configuration, it is possible to uniquely lead a symbol to be stopped on the lower line from a symbol to be actually stopped on the upper line. That is, the slip table may be configured as long as it can determine the relationship between a symbol passing a predetermined position when the stop switches 72 to 74 are pressed and a symbol actually stopped at the predetermined position.

  (G) In the above embodiment, the slot machine 10 provided with the auxiliary display unit 15 and performing navigation effects in the auxiliary display unit 15 has been described, but in the slot machine 10 without the auxiliary display unit 15, It is good also as composition which performs processing which changes a slip table.

  (H) In the above embodiment, the belt printed with the design is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical frame member 50. However, the cylindrical frame member and the belt are integrally formed, and the outer peripheral surface of the belt May be attached individually. In such a case, the integrally formed outer peripheral surface corresponds to an endless belt.

  (I) In the above embodiment, the medal payout is not performed when the state transition symbols such as the "7" symbol are aligned on the effective line, but the medal payout may be performed.

  (J) In the above embodiment, when the third JAC-in JAC game ends, the BB game ends even before the small-combination game reaches 30 times, and the small-combination game ends after 30 JAC-in Although it was set as the structure which a BB game complete | finishes even before it reaches 3 times, this structure is changed. Specifically, the small game and the JAC game are not restricted in number of times, and the game is terminated on condition that the total number of payouts from the start of the BB game has reached a predetermined number (for example, 450). With this configuration, an upper limit can be given to the number of medals paid out during the BB game, so that the player's shooting feelings can be suppressed, and the soundness of the game can be secured. In addition, in the case of this configuration, the BB game is ended when the total payout number reaches 450 in the middle of the JAC game. There is a fear of having it. Therefore, in addition to setting the total payout number in the BB game as the ending condition, the JAC game is ended at one time. With this configuration, the player is hardly given the impression that the player has been deprived of the opportunity to obtain the above medals, and even if the BB game is ended based on the total number of payouts, the player There is no risk that the sense of superiority or sense of profit will be lost. As described above, it is possible to satisfy both the soundness of the game and the feeling of superiority and profit of the player during the BB game.

  (K) In the above embodiment, a slot machine including three reels arranged in parallel and having five lines as an effective line has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration. For example, five reels arranged in parallel It may be a slot machine provided or a slot machine having seven effective lines.

  (L) In the above embodiment, the so-called A-type slot machine has been described, but it is provided with B-type, C-type, composite type of A-type and C-type, composite type of B-type and C-type, and further CT game. It is apparent that the present invention may be applied to any slot machine, such as a slot type, and in any case, the same effects as those of the above-described embodiment can be obtained. In addition, as a bonus winning in each of these types, BB winning, RB winning, SB winning, CT winning and the like can be mentioned.

  (M) The symbols on each of the reels 42L, 42M, 42R are not limited to pictures, numbers, letters, etc., and may be geometrical lines, figures, etc. Further, it is also possible to configure the symbol by light, color or the like, or the symbol may be configured by a three-dimensional shape or the like, or the symbol may be configured by combining these symbols. That is, the design should just have a function as information (identification information) with distinctiveness.

  (N) In the above embodiment, the slot machine 10 is embodied. However, the present invention may be applied to a gaming machine in which the slot machine and the pachinko machine are integrated. That is, of the slot machines, instead of the medal insertion and medal payout functions, a gaming machine having ball insertion and ball payout functions such as pachinko machines may be used. If such a gaming machine is used in place of a slot machine, only balls can be handled as gaming value in the gaming hall, so the gaming value is found in the current gaming hall where pachinko machines and slot machines are mixed. It is possible to solve the problems such as the burden on equipment due to the separate handling of medals and balls and the restriction on the installation location of gaming machines.

    DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Slot machine as a gaming machine, 11 Casing which constitutes a part of gaming machine body, 12 Front door constituting a part of gaming machine body or opening / closing member of gaming machine body 15 Auxiliary display part Reference Signs List 31 display window 42 reel constituting a spinning drum or endless belt 61 stepping motor as a drive means 71 start lever as a start operation means 72 to 74 stop switch as a stop operation means 111 ... Display control device constituting suggestion presentation means etc. 131 ... Main control device constituting lottery means, reservation means etc. 151 ... CPU constituting various control means such as main control means 152, 153 ... as storage means ROM, RAM, 161: power supply device.

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A plurality of orbiting bodies , in which a plurality of types of patterns are attached in the circumferential direction
For each said orbiting member and a display unit for visible part of the picture of each picture,
Starting operation means operated to start rotation of each of the orbiting members;
Lottery means for performing a lottery on the basis of the operation of the start operation means;
Provided for each of the orbiting body, a driving means for rotating them orbiting body,
A plurality of stop operation means operated to individually stop rotation of each of the orbiting members;
The rotation of each orbiter is started based on the operation of the start operation means, and the rotation of the corresponding orbiter is stopped based on the operation of each stop operation means, and the winning combination is won in this case, a drive control means for a predetermined pattern or a predetermined picture pattern sets combined corresponding to the winning combination was the winning drives controlling the drive means so that can stop the effective position that is visible from the display unit,
In the gaming machine in which the predetermined pattern or a predetermined picture pattern sets suit the effective position and a privilege providing means for providing the Privilege when stopped,
A predetermined hit result is provided as a lottery result by the lottery means,
When the stop control means is operated in the predetermined operation sequence because the drive control means has the predetermined hit result, the rotational position of the corresponding orbiting body when the stop operation means is operated is Each of the orbiting members is stopped so that a predetermined pattern combination corresponding to the predetermined hit result is stopped and displayed at the effective position regardless of the rotational position.
The effective position includes a first effective position and a second effective position that intersect the circumferential direction of the orbiting body,
The drive control means
When the lottery result by the lottery means is the predetermined hit result, the plurality of rounds based on the fact that one of the plurality of stop operation means is operated in the predetermined operation sequence. The rotating stop position corresponding to the stop operation means in the body is the rotation stop position regardless of whether the rotational position of the round body is any of the first rotation position and the second rotation position when the stop operation means is operated. First stop control means for stopping the same so that a predetermined pattern combination corresponding to the predetermined hit result can be formed in any of the first effective position and the second effective position;
The lottery result by the lottery means is the predetermined hit result, and rotation of the plurality of stop operation means in the predetermined operation order under the condition that the first stop control means stops the one revolving body When the rotation position at the time when the stop operation of the first orbiting body is performed is the first rotation position based on the fact that the stop operation means corresponding to the other orbiting bodies in the inside is operated. The other rotating body is stopped at the first rotation stop position where the predetermined pattern combination corresponding to the predetermined hit result is formed at the effective position, and the rotation operation when the stop operation of the rotating body is performed When the position is the second rotation position, the other rotating body is stopped at the second rotation stop position where the predetermined pattern combination corresponding to the predetermined hitting result can be formed at the second effective position. Stop control means,
The lottery result by the lottery means is the predetermined hit result, and the plurality of the plurality in the predetermined operation order under the condition that the two orbiting bodies are stopped by the first stop control means and the second stop control means. Among the stop operation means of the above, based on the fact that the stop operation means corresponding to the last rotating body in rotation is operated, the rotational position of the same orbiting body when the stop operation means is operated is any rotational position Even if there is a pattern which can form a predetermined pattern combination corresponding to the predetermined hit result is stopped and displayed at the first effective position, the predetermined effective result corresponds to the first effective position. The last round body is stopped so that the predetermined pattern combination is formed, and the patterns which can form the predetermined pattern combination corresponding to the predetermined hit result are respectively stopped and displayed at the second effective position. A third stop control means for stopping the end of the orbiting body such that the predetermined pattern combination corresponding to the predetermined contact results in the second effective position is formed in the case
A game machine characterized by having:

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