JP6780753B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a game machine.

Pachinko machines, slot machines, and the like are known as a type of game machine. In these game machines, the progress of the game is controlled by executing various controls in the control device. In addition, numerical information is used when executing various controls in the control device.

For example, it is known that an internal lottery is performed based on the establishment of a predetermined lottery condition, and a privilege is given to a player according to the result of the internal lottery. In this internal lottery, when a predetermined lottery condition is satisfied, numerical information is acquired from an updating means for updating the numerical information for the lottery, and whether or not the acquired numerical information corresponds to the winning information. The determination is made (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Further, for example, there is known a configuration in which the execution control of an effect is performed by communicating between a plurality of control devices. As the execution control of this effect, for example, a command is transmitted as numerical information from a predetermined control device to a specific control device, and the content of the effect to be executed from the numerical information included in the received command in the specific control device is Be identified.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2009-261415

Here, when a predetermined control is executed using the numerical information as described above, the predetermined control needs to be performed in a situation where the numerical information is accurately acquired.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-exemplified circumstances and the like, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of executing a predetermined control in a situation where numerical information is accurately acquired. It is a thing.

The invention according to claim 1 is provided with a predetermined control means for executing a predetermined process by using numerical information of a processing unit received through a predetermined signal path in order to solve the above problems.
The numerical information of the processing unit includes a plurality of numerical information of the transmission unit having the same number of bits.
The numerical information of the transmission unit is composed of a plurality of bits.
The predetermined control means
A predetermined arithmetic process is executed for the bits corresponding to the numerical information of the transmission unit received through the predetermined signal path and the numerical information of the transmission unit received through the predetermined signal path prior to the numerical information of the transmission unit. By doing so, a monitoring process execution means for identifying whether or not an event in which the numerical value does not change between the corresponding bits has occurred, and
When the monitoring result by the monitoring process execution means corresponds to an abnormality, the response process execution means for executing the abnormality response process and the response process execution means.
With
The monitoring processing execution means performs the predetermined arithmetic processing on a part of the plurality of bits, and a part of the bits to be executed on the predetermined arithmetic processing is performed on the plurality of bits. It will be changed sequentially,
The corresponding processing executing means executes the abnormal handling processing when an event in which the numerical value does not change between some of the bits that are the execution targets of the predetermined arithmetic processing occurs continuously a specific number of times. It is a feature.

According to the present invention, it is possible to execute a predetermined control in a situation where numerical information is accurately acquired.

It is a perspective view which shows the pachinko machine in 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the main structure of a pachinko machine by disassembling. It is a front view which shows the structure of the game board. It is a vertical cross-sectional view of the collection passage for the operation port and the collection passage for the operation port for explaining the operation port winning detection sensor. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the display content on the display surface of the symbol display apparatus (a)-(j). It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the display content on the display surface of the symbol display apparatus (a), (b). It is a block diagram which shows the electric structure of a pachinko machine. It is a block diagram for explaining a hard random number circuit. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the contents of various counters used for a winning or failing lottery. It is a flowchart which shows the main processing in MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the timer interrupt processing in MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the special figure special electric control processing in MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the acquisition process of the hold information in MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the management operation in a control circuit. It is a timing chart for explaining how the jackpot random number is acquired as hold information. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating various areas used in the monitoring process of acquired random numbers. It is a flowchart which shows the monitoring process of the acquired random number in MPU. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the calculation content in the monitoring process of the acquired random number, and the action by executing the monitoring process. It is a flowchart which shows the monitoring operation of the update circuit in a control circuit. It is a flowchart which shows the monitoring process of the acquired random number in 2nd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the calculation content in the monitoring process of the acquired random number, and the action by executing the monitoring process. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating various areas used in the monitoring process of the acquired random number in 3rd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the monitoring process of the acquired random number in MPU. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the calculation content in the monitoring process of the acquired random number, and the action by executing the monitoring process. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating various areas used in the monitoring process of the acquired random number in 4th Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the monitoring process of the acquired random number in MPU. It is a block diagram for demonstrating the hard random number circuit in 5th Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the acquisition process of the hold information in MPU. It is a flowchart which shows the monitoring process of the acquired random number in the modification.

<First Embodiment>
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine (hereinafter, referred to as a “pachinko machine”), which is a type of gaming machine, will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine 10, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the main configurations of the pachinko machine 10 in an exploded manner. Note that in FIG. 2, the configuration of the pachinko machine 10 in the game area is omitted for convenience.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 10 has an outer frame 11 that forms an outer shell of the pachinko machine 10, and a game machine main body 12 that is rotatably attached to the outer frame 11 in the forward direction. .. The outer frame 11 is formed by connecting wooden plates on all four sides and has a rectangular frame shape. The pachinko machine 10 is installed in the game hall by attaching and fixing the outer frame 11 to the island equipment. The outer frame 11 is not an indispensable configuration for the pachinko machine 10, and the outer frame 11 may be provided on the island equipment of the game hall.

As shown in FIG. 2, the game machine main body 12 includes an inner frame 13, a front door frame 14 arranged in front of the inner frame 13, and a back pack unit 15 arranged behind the inner frame 13. ing. The inner frame 13 of the game machine main body 12 is rotatably supported with respect to the outer frame 11. Specifically, the inner frame 13 can rotate forward with the left side as the rotation base end side and the right side as the rotation tip side in front view.

The front door frame 14 is rotatably supported on the inner frame 13, and is rotatable forward with the left side as the rotation base end side and the right side as the rotation tip side in front view. Further, the back pack unit 15 is rotatably supported on the inner frame 13, and can be rotated rearward with the left side as the rotation base end side and the right side as the rotation tip side in front view.

The game machine main body 12 is provided with a locking device at the rotating tip portion thereof, and has a function of locking the game machine main body 12 with respect to the outer frame 11 so as not to be openable. It has a function of locking the door frame 14 so that it cannot be opened with respect to the inner frame 13. Each of these locked states is released by performing an unlocking operation using the unlocking key on the cylinder lock 17 provided exposed on the front surface of the pachinko machine 10.

Next, the configuration of the front side of the game machine main body 12 will be described.

The inner frame 13 is mainly composed of a resin base 21 having an outer shape substantially the same as that of the outer frame 11. A substantially elliptical window hole 23 is formed in the central portion of the resin base 21. A game board 24 is detachably attached to the resin base 21. The game board 24 is made of plywood, and the game area PA formed on the front surface of the game board 24 is exposed to the front side of the inner frame 13 through the window hole 23 of the resin base 21.

Here, the configuration of the game board 24 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a front view of the game board 24.

An inner rail portion 25 and an outer rail portion 26 are attached to the game board 24 so as to partition a part of the outer edge of the game area PA, and the guiding means is provided by the inner rail portion 25 and the outer rail portion 26. The guide rail is configured as. The game ball launched from the game ball launch mechanism 27 (see FIG. 2) attached below the window hole 23 in the resin base 21 is guided to the upper part of the game area PA by the guide rail.

By the way, the game ball launch mechanism 27 has a launch rail 27a extending toward the guide rail, a ball feeding device 27b for supplying the game ball stored in the upper plate 55a described later onto the launch rail 27a, and the launch rail 27a. It is provided with a solenoid 27c, which is an electric actuator that launches the game ball supplied to the guide rail toward the guide rail. The solenoid 27c is driven and controlled by the rotation operation of the launch operation device (or operation handle) 28 provided on the front door frame 14, and the game ball is launched.

The game board 24 is formed with a plurality of large and small openings penetrating in the front-rear direction. Each opening is provided with a general winning opening 31, a special electric winning device 32, a first operating port 33, a second operating port 34, a through gate 35, a variable display unit 36, a special drawing unit 37, a normal drawing unit 38, and the like. ing.

Even if a ball enters the through gate 35, the game ball is not paid out. On the other hand, when a ball enters the general winning opening 31, the special electric winning device 32, the first operating port 33, and the second operating port 34, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out. Specifically, when the number of prize balls is entered into the first operating port 33 or when the balls are entered into the second operating port 34, three prize balls are paid out. , When a ball is entered into the general winning opening 31, 10 prize balls are paid out, and when a ball is entered into the special electric winning device 32, 15 prize balls are paid out. Will be executed.

The number of prize balls is arbitrary. For example, the number of prize balls in the second operating port 34 may be smaller than that in the first operating port 33, but the specific number of prize balls may be different from the above. The second operating port 34 may have a larger number of prize balls than the first operating port 33.

In addition, an out port 24a is provided at the lowermost portion of the game board 24, and a game ball that does not enter various winning openings or the like is discharged from the game area PA through the out opening 24a. Further, in the game board 24, a large number of nails 24b are planted in order to appropriately disperse and adjust the falling direction of the game ball, and various members such as a windmill are arranged.

Here, the entry ball means that the game ball passes through a predetermined opening, and not only the mode in which the game ball is discharged from the game area PA after passing through the opening, but also from the game area PA after passing through the opening. A mode in which the flow of the game area PA is continued without being discharged is also included. However, in the following description, in order to clearly distinguish the ball from entering the game ball into the out port 24a, the general winning opening 31, the special electric winning device 32, the first operating port 33, the second operating port 34, and the through gate 35 The entry of a game ball into the game is also referred to as a prize.

The first operating port 33 and the second operating port 34 are unitized as an operating port device and installed on the game board 24. Both the first operating port 33 and the second operating port 34 are opened upward. Further, both operating ports 33 and 34 are arranged in the vertical direction so that the first operating port 33 faces upward. The second operating port 34 is provided with a general electric accessory 34a as a guide piece composed of a pair of left and right movable pieces. In the closed state of the general electric accessory 34a, the game ball cannot win the prize in the second operating port 34, and when the general electric accessory 34a is in the open state, the prize can be won in the second operating port 34.

Here, for the first operating port 33 and the second operating port 34, one operating port winning detection sensor common to both operating ports 33 and 34 is provided, and the first operating port 33 is provided with one operating port winning detection sensor. The game ball that has entered is detected by the operating port winning detection sensor, and the game ball that has entered the second operating port 34 is also detected by the operating port winning detection sensor.

With reference to FIG. 4, a configuration for detecting a game ball with the operating port winning detection sensor 45 provided in common to both operating ports 33 and 34 will be described. FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the operating port collection passage 46 and the operating port winning detection sensor 45 for explaining the operating port collection passage 46.

A passage area 46a through which a game ball can pass is formed in the operation port recovery passage 46. The passage area 46a extends in the vertical direction. The passage area 46a allows the passage of one game ball, but the passage width is set so that the passage area 46a does not pass through the same position in a state where a plurality of game balls are lined up.

The operation port winning detection sensor 45 is provided at an intermediate position of the passage area 46a, and detects a game ball passing through the passage area 46a. The operation port winning detection sensor 45 is composed of a magnetic detection type proximity sensor, and includes a detection unit 45a for detecting the passage of a game ball. The detection unit 45a is formed with a through hole 45b penetrating in the thickness direction of the operation port winning detection sensor 45 as a passage portion or a detection region. The through hole 45b is formed so that the cross section in the direction orthogonal to the through direction is circular. Further, the through hole 45b is formed so as to extend in the same direction over the entire surface, and the diameter of the hole is the same or substantially the same over the entire surface. The diameter of the hole is 11.5 mm, which is slightly larger than the diameter of the game ball, which is 11.0 mm. The operation port winning detection sensor 45 is installed so that the axis of the through hole 45b is on the same straight line with respect to the axis of the passage region 46a. As a result, the game ball falling in the passage area 46a passes through the through hole 45b.

The operation port winning detection sensor 45 outputs a detection signal SG1 whose signal form changes when the game ball passes through the through hole 45b. Specifically, the detection unit 45a has a built-in detection coil (not shown) along the outer peripheral side of the through hole 45b, and the operation port winning detection sensor 45 has an oscillation circuit having the detection coil as a part. , A sensor board (not shown) having a detection circuit, a comparator circuit and an output circuit is built in. As a result, when the game ball is present in the through hole 45b, the magnetic flux penetrates the detection coil and the oscillation is stopped.

The operation port winning detection sensor 45 changes the signal form of the detection signal SG1 based on the stop of the oscillation. Specifically, the operation port winning detection sensor 45 outputs a LOW signal, which is a non-detection compatible signal, as a detection signal SG1 in a situation where the game ball does not exist in the through hole 45b (oscillation situation). Then, the operation port winning detection sensor 45 outputs the HI signal, which is a detection corresponding signal, as the detection signal SG1 in the situation where the game ball exists in the through hole 45b (the situation where the oscillation is stopped). That is, when the game ball passes through the through hole 45b, the detection signal SG1 rises. By grasping the rise, it becomes possible to detect the winning of the game ball.

When the game ball does not exist in the through hole 45b, the HI signal which is a non-detection compatible signal is output, and when the game ball exists in the through hole 45b, the LOW signal which is the detection compatible signal is output. It may be configured to output. Further, the winning of the game ball may be detected by grasping the falling edge of the detection signal SG1.

Returning to the description of FIG. 3, a through gate 35 is provided on the upstream side in the flow direction of the game ball from the second operating port 34. The through gate 35 has a through hole (not shown) penetrating in the vertical direction, and the game ball winning the through gate 35 flows down the game area PA after winning the prize. As a result, the game ball that has won the through gate 35 can win the second operating port 34.

Based on the winning of the through gate 35, the general electric accessory 34a of the second operating port 34 is switched from the closed state to the open state. Specifically, an internal lottery is performed triggered by winning a prize in the through gate 35, and a normal map display of the normal map unit 38 provided in the lower right corner, which is an area where the game ball does not pass in the game area PA. The variable display of the pattern is performed in the part 38a. Then, when the result of the internal lottery is the winning of the electric service opening, the stop result corresponding to the result is displayed, and the variable display of the general map display unit 38a is completed, the state shifts to the electric service open state. In the electric service open state, the general electric service object 34a is in the open state in a predetermined mode.

The CRT display unit 38a is composed of a segment display in which a plurality of segment light emitting units are arranged in a predetermined manner, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a liquid crystal display device and an organic EL display device are used. , CRT or other types of display devices such as dot matrix display devices. In addition, as the pattern that is variablely displayed on the general map display unit 38a, a configuration in which a plurality of types of characters are variablely displayed, a configuration in which a plurality of types of symbols are variablely displayed, a configuration in which a plurality of types of characters are variablely displayed, or A configuration in which multiple types of colors are switched and displayed can be considered.

In the normal drawing unit 38, a normal drawing holding display unit 38b is provided at a position adjacent to the normal drawing display unit 38a. The maximum number of game balls that have won a prize in the through gate 35 is reserved, and the reserved number is displayed by lighting the general drawing reservation display unit 38b.

A winning lottery is performed triggered by winning a prize in the first operating port 33 or the second operating port 34. Then, the lottery result is clarified through the display effect on the symbol display device 41 of the special figure unit 37 and the variable display unit 36.

More specifically, the special figure unit 37 is provided with a special figure display unit 37a. The display area of the special figure display unit 37a is narrower than the display surface 41a of the symbol display device 41. In the special figure display unit 37a, a winning lottery is performed triggered by a prize in the first operating port 33 or a winning in the second operating port 34, so that a variable display of the pattern or a predetermined display is performed. Then, the result corresponding to the lottery result is displayed. The special figure display unit 37a is composed of a segment display in which a plurality of segment light emitting units are arranged in a predetermined manner, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a liquid crystal display device and an organic EL display device are used. , CRT or other types of display devices such as dot matrix display devices. Further, as the pattern displayed on the special figure display unit 37a, a configuration in which a plurality of types of characters are displayed, a configuration in which a plurality of types of symbols are displayed, a configuration in which a plurality of types of characters are displayed, or a configuration in which a plurality of types of colors are displayed. Can be considered.

In the special figure unit 37, a special figure holding display unit 37b is provided at a position adjacent to the special figure display unit 37a. The number of winning game balls in the first operating port 33 or the second operating port 34 is reserved up to a maximum of four, and the reserved number is displayed by lighting the special figure reservation display unit 37b.

Regarding the symbol display device 41 In detail, the symbol display device 41 is configured as a liquid crystal display device provided with a liquid crystal display, and the display content is controlled by a display control device described later. The symbol display device 41 is not limited to the liquid crystal display device, and may be another display device having a display screen such as a plasma display device, an organic EL display device, or a CRT, and is a dot matrix display device. You may.

In the symbol display device 41, when the special symbol display unit 37a performs a variable display or a predetermined display of the symbol based on the winning of the first operating port 33 or the winning of the second operating port 34, the symbol is displayed accordingly. A variable display or a predetermined display is performed. In the symbol display device 41, not only the display effect triggered by winning a prize in the first operation port 33 or the second operation port 34, but also the display effect in the opening / closing execution mode, which will be described later, which shifts after winning the prize, etc. Is done.

The display contents when the symbol display device 41 performs variable display of the symbol will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing individual symbols that are variablely displayed by the symbol display device 41, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display surface 41a of the symbol display device 41.

As shown in FIGS. 5 (a) to 5 (j), a pattern which is a kind of a pattern consists of nine kinds of main patterns with numbers "1" to "9" and a shell-shaped pattern. It is composed of sub-designs. More specifically, nine types of character symbols such as an octopus are assigned numbers "1" to "9" to form a main symbol.

As shown in FIG. 6A, on the display surface 41a of the symbol display device 41, three symbol rows Z1, Z2, Z3 of an upper row, a middle row, and a lower row are set as a plurality of display areas. Each symbol row Z1 to Z3 is configured by arranging a main symbol and a sub symbol in a predetermined order. Specifically, in the upper symbol row Z1, nine types of main symbols "1" to "9" are arranged in descending order of numbers, and one sub symbol is arranged between each main symbol. .. In the lower symbol row Z3, nine types of main symbols "1" to "9" are arranged in ascending order of numbers, and one sub symbol is arranged between each main symbol.

That is, the upper symbol row Z1 and the lower symbol row Z3 are composed of 18 symbols. On the other hand, in the middle symbol string Z2, nine types of main symbols "1" to "9" are arranged in ascending order of numbers, and then between the main symbol of "9" and the main symbol of "1". The main symbol of "4" is additionally arranged in the above, and one sub symbol is arranged between each of these main symbols. That is, only in the middle symbol row Z2, 10 main symbols are arranged and composed of 20 symbols. Then, on the display surface 41a, the symbols of each of the symbol rows Z1 to Z3 are variably displayed so as to scroll in a predetermined direction with periodicity.

As shown in FIG. 6B, on the display surface 41a, three symbols are stopped and displayed for each symbol row, and as a result, a total of nine symbols of 3 × 3 are stopped and displayed. It has become like. Further, as shown in FIG. 6A, five effective lines, that is, a left line L1, a middle line L2, a right line L3, a right-down line L4, and a right-up line L5 are set on the display surface 41a. ..

When a variable display of symbols is performed on the display surface 41a based on winning a prize in the first operating port 33 or the second operating port 34, the symbols in the respective symbol rows Z1 to Z3 scroll in a predetermined direction with periodicity. The variable display is started as shown. Then, the variable display is switched to the standby display in the order of the upper symbol row Z1 → the lower symbol row Z3 → the middle symbol row Z2, and finally, the predetermined symbols are statically displayed in the respective symbol rows Z1 to Z3. .. In addition, when the variable display of symbols ends, and if the result of the internal lottery is the most advantageous jackpot result described later, the same odd-numbered symbol combination is formed on one of the effective lines, and the result of the internal lottery. If is a low-accuracy jackpot result described later, the same even-numbered symbol combination is formed on one of the effective lines.

It should be noted that, based on the winning of any of the operating ports 33 and 34, the display is started on the special figure display unit 37a and the symbol display device 41, and the game times 1 until the predetermined result is displayed and ended. Corresponds to times. Further, the mode of variable display of symbols in the symbol display device 41 is not limited to the above, and is arbitrary, such as the number of symbol rows, the direction of variable display of symbols in the symbol row, the number of symbols in each symbol row, and the like. Can be changed as appropriate. Further, the pattern to be variablely displayed by the symbol display device 41 is not limited to the above-mentioned symbol, and for example, only numbers may be variablely displayed as the symbol.

Returning to the explanation of FIG. 3, if a big hit is won in the winning lottery based on the winning of the first operating port 33 or the winning of the second operating port 34, the special electric winning device 32 can be won. Shift to open / close execution mode. The special electric winning device 32 includes a large winning opening (not shown) leading to the back side of the game board 24, and also includes an opening / closing door 32a for opening and closing the large winning opening. The opening / closing door 32a is arranged in either the closed state or the open state. Specifically, the opening / closing door 32a is normally in a closed state in which the game ball cannot win a prize, and is switched to an open state in which the game ball can win a prize when the transition to the opening / closing execution mode is won in the internal lottery. It has become. By the way, the open / close execution mode is a mode in which the transition is made when a hit result is obtained. It should be noted that, although it is not impossible to win a prize in the closed state, it may be configured in a state in which it is more difficult to generate a prize than in the open state.

As shown in FIG. 2, the front door frame 14 is provided so as to cover the entire front surface side of the inner frame 13 formed by attaching the game board 24 having the above configuration to the resin base 21. As shown in FIG. 1, the front door frame 14 is formed with a window portion 51 so that almost the entire area of the game area PA can be visually recognized from the front. The window portion 51 has a substantially elliptical shape, and the window panel 52 is fitted therein. The window panel 52 is formed colorless and transparent by glass, but is not limited to this, and may be formed colorless and transparent by synthetic resin, and the gaming area PA is formed from the front of the pachinko machine 10 through the window panel 52. It may be colored and transparent as long as it is visible.

A display light emitting unit 53 is provided above the window unit 51. Further, a pair of left and right speaker units 54 for outputting sound effects and the like according to the game state are provided. Further, below the window portion 51, an upper bulging portion 55 bulging toward the front side and a lower bulging portion 56 are vertically arranged side by side. An upper plate 55a that opens upward is provided inside the upper bulging portion 55, and a lower plate 56a that also opens upward is provided inside the lower bulging portion 56. The upper plate 55a has a function of temporarily storing the game balls paid out from the payout device described later and guiding them to the game ball launching mechanism 27 side while arranging them in a row. Further, the lower plate 56a has a function of storing excess game balls in the upper plate 55a.

Next, the configuration on the back side of the game machine main body 12 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2, a main control device 60 that controls the main control of the game is mounted on the back surface of the inner frame 13 (specifically, the game board 24). The main control device 60 includes a main control board housed in a board box. In addition, the substrate box may be provided with a trace means for leaving a trace of the opening or a trace structure for leaving a trace of the opening. As the trace means, a plurality of case bodies constituting the substrate box are inseparably bonded to each other, and a predetermined portion must be destroyed at the time of separation, or the adhesive layer remains on the bonding target at the time of peeling. It is conceivable that a sealing sticker that leaves a trace of what has been done is attached so as to straddle the boundary between a plurality of case bodies. Further, as the trace structure, a configuration in which an adhesive is applied to the boundary between a plurality of case bodies constituting the substrate box can be considered.

The back pack unit 15 is installed so as to cover the back side of the inner frame 13 including the main control device 60. The back pack unit 15 includes a back pack 72 formed of a transparent synthetic resin, and a payout mechanism unit 73 and a control device collecting unit 74 are attached to the back pack 72.

The payout mechanism unit 73 includes a tank 75 in which game balls supplied from the island equipment of the game hall are sequentially replenished, and a payout device 76 for paying out the game balls stored in the tank 75. The game ball paid out from the payout device 76 is discharged to the upper plate 55a or the lower plate 56a through the payout passage provided on the downstream side of the payout device 76. The payout mechanism unit 73 is provided with, for example, a back pack board having a power switch for turning on and off the power supply while supplying a main power supply of 24 volts AC.

The control device collective unit 74 generates and outputs predetermined electric power required by the payout control device 77 having a function of controlling the payout device 76 and various control devices, and is accompanied by the operation of the launch operation device 28 by the player. It includes a power supply / launch control device 78 that controls the launch of the game ball. The payout control device 77 and the power supply / launch control device 78 are arranged so as to be stacked in the front-rear direction so that the payout control device 77 is behind the pachinko machine 10.

The back pack 72 is provided with an external terminal plate 79 in addition to the payout mechanism unit 73 and the control device collecting unit 74. The external terminal plate 79 is installed on the back surface of the pachinko machine 10 at the upper corner portion on the rotation base end side of the back pack unit 15. The external terminal board 79 is a substrate for outputting a predetermined signal and inputting a predetermined signal from the management computer of the game hall to the pachinko machine 10 in order to make the management computer of the game hall recognize the state of the pachinko machine 10. Is.

<Electrical configuration of pachinko machine 10>
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10.

The main control device 60 includes a main control board 61 that controls the main control of the game, and a power failure monitoring board 68 that monitors the power supply. The MPU 62 is mounted on the main control board 61. The MPU 62 is a ROM 63 that stores various control programs and fixed value data executed by the MPU 62, and a memory for temporarily storing various data and the like when the control program stored in the ROM 63 is executed. A certain RAM 64 is built in. Further, the MPU 62 is provided with a clock circuit 66 that outputs a clock signal having a predetermined period, and a frequency dividing circuit 65 is provided at an intermediate position of a signal path between the clock circuit 66 and the control unit of the MPU 62. ing.

The frequency dividing circuit 65 functions as a frequency changing means for changing the cycle of the clock signal from the clock circuit 66, and is configured to output a changed clock signal for specifying the start timing of the timer interrupt processing by the MPU 62. There is. Specifically, the frequency dividing circuit 65 outputs a change clock signal at intervals of 4 msec, which is a specific period, to the MPU 62. The MPU 62 executes a process of confirming the occurrence of a specific signal form such as rising or falling of the changed clock signal, and activates periodic processing (timer interrupt processing) with the occurrence of the specific signal form as at least one condition. In this case, the execution cycle of the periodic process is the cycle of the change clock signal (4 msec).

In addition to the above, the MPU 62 has an interrupt circuit, a data input / output circuit, and the like. Further, it is not essential that the ROM 63, the RAM 64, and the like are integrated into one chip with respect to the MPU 62, and each may be individually chipped. This also applies to the MPU of the control device other than the main control device 60.

The MPU 62 is provided with an input port and an output port, respectively. A power failure monitoring board 68 provided in the main control device 60 is connected to the input side of the MPU 62, and a payout control device 77 is also connected to the input side. A power supply / emission control device 78 having a function of supplying operating power is connected to the power failure monitoring board 68, and power is supplied to the MPU 62 via the power failure monitoring board 68.

The operation port winning detection sensor 45 is connected to the input side of the MPU 62, and other winning detection sensors 69a to 69c are also connected. Other winning detection sensors 69a to 69c include detection sensors provided one-to-one with respect to winning portions such as a general winning opening 31, a special electric winning device 32, and a through gate 35. The MPU 62 receives signals from the operation port winning detection sensor 45 and other winning detection sensors 69a to 69c, and determines the winning of each winning unit based on the reception result. In this case, when a prize is specified for the general winning opening 31, the special electric winning device 32, the first operating opening 33, or the second operating opening 34, the game balls corresponding to each winning target are paid out. Perform the process to do so. Further, when the winning of the first operating port 33 or the second operating port 34 is specified, the numerical information of various counters is acquired and stored as the hold information, and when the hold information is stored, the hold information is stored. It is determined whether or not the special electric winning device 32 shifts to the opening / closing execution mode in which the special electric winning device 32 is opened / closed a plurality of times, and the distribution determination for determining the gaming state after the opening / closing execution mode is performed. Then, the game is advanced based on the results of the hit / miss determination and the distribution determination.

A power failure monitoring board 68, a payout control device 77, and a voice emission control device 80 are connected to the output side of the MPU 62. A prize ball command is output to the payout control device 77, for example, based on the winning determination result for the winning unit. Various commands such as fluctuation commands, type commands, and opening commands are output to the voice emission control device 80.

On the output side of the MPU 62, there is a drive unit 32b for special electric power that opens and closes the opening / closing door 32a of the special electric winning device 32, and a drive unit 34b for general electric power that opens and closes the general electric accessory 34a of the second operating port 34. The drawing unit 37 and the drawing unit 38 are connected. Incidentally, the special figure unit 37 is provided with a special figure display unit 37a and a special figure hold display unit 37b, all of which are connected to the output side of the MPU 62. Similarly, the normal drawing unit 38 is provided with a normal drawing display unit 38a and a normal drawing holding display unit 38b, all of which are connected to the output side of the MPU 62. Various driver circuits are provided on the main control board 61, and the MPU 62 executes drive control of various drive units and various display units through the driver circuits.

That is, in the open / close execution mode, the drive control of the special electric drive unit 32b is executed in the MPU 62 so that the special electric winning device 32 is opened / closed. Further, when the open state of the utility accessory 34a is won, the drive control of the drive unit 34b for the utility is executed in the MPU 62 so that the utility accessory 34a is opened and closed. Further, in the game times and the opening / closing execution mode, the display control of the special figure unit 37 is executed in the MPU 62. Further, when the lottery result of whether or not to open the general electric accessory 34a is clearly indicated, the display control of the general drawing unit 38 is executed in the MPU 62.

The power failure monitoring board 68 relays between the main control board 61 and the power supply / emission control device 78, and monitors the DC stable 24 volt voltage which is the maximum voltage output from the power supply / emission control device 78. The payout control device 77 controls the payout of prize balls and rental balls by the payout device 76 based on the prize ball command input from the main control device 60.

The power supply / launch control device 78 is connected to, for example, a commercial power supply (external power supply) in a game hall or the like. Then, based on the external power supplied from the commercial power source, the main control device 60, the payout control device 77, and the like are generated with the required operating power, and the generated operating power is supplied. By the way, the power supply / emission control device 78 is provided with a power supply unit for power failure such as a backup capacitor, and even when the power supply of the pachinko machine 10 is in the OFF state, the power supply unit for power failure is mainly used. Power for storage and holding is supplied to the RAM 64 of the control device 60 and the RAM of the payout control device 77. Further, the power supply / launch control device 78 is responsible for launch control of the game ball launch mechanism 27, and the game ball launch mechanism 27 is driven when predetermined launch conditions are met.

The voice emission control device 80 drives and controls the display light emission unit 53 and the speaker unit 54 based on the command received from the main control device 60, and transmits the command to the display control device 90. The display control device 90 analyzes various commands received from the voice emission control device 80 or performs predetermined arithmetic processing based on the received commands to control the display of the image on the symbol display device 41.

<Structure related to lottery using hard random numbers>
Here, the main control board 61 is provided with a hard random number circuit 67 that operates independently of the timer interrupt processing performed by the MPU 62. The hard random number circuit 67 is for updating and acquiring the numerical information used for the hit / fail determination executed by the MPU 62. The hard random number circuit 67 is connected to the operation port winning detection sensor 45 and the MPU 62. The hard random number circuit 67 updates the numerical information at a timing asynchronous with the timer interrupt processing of the MPU 62, and acquires the numerical information based on the detection of the winning of the game ball by the operation port winning detection sensor 45. The acquired numerical information is transmitted in response to the request of the MPU 62.

The hard random number circuit 67 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a block diagram for explaining the hard random number circuit 67.

As shown in FIG. 8, the hard random number circuit 67 includes an update circuit 101 for updating the jackpot random number used for the hit / fail determination as a random number generation means. The update circuit 101 includes a clock circuit 101a that outputs a clock signal having a predetermined frequency (for example, 16 MHz), and an update buffer 101b that stores a jackpot random number. The update buffer 101b has a 2-byte storage area, and the numerical range of the updatable jackpot random number is set to "0 to 65535". However, as will be described in detail later, the jackpot random number is updated within the numerical range specified by the MPU 62.

The update circuit 101 adds 1 to the jackpot random number stored in the update buffer 101b in synchronization with a predetermined signal mode among the rising and falling edges of the clock signal of the clock circuit 101a. Then, after the jackpot random number reaches the maximum value in the designated numerical range, it is reset to "0". As a result, the jackpot random number is updated asynchronously with the timer interrupt processing of the MPU 62.

The update interval of the jackpot random number is the period of the clock signal of the clock circuit 101a, and is 62.5 nsec in detail. As described above, since the execution cycle of the timer interrupt process executed by the MPU 62 is 4 msec, the update interval of the jackpot random number is sufficiently shorter than the execution cycle of the timer interrupt process.

The hard random number circuit 67 includes a jackpot random number register 102 for latching the jackpot random number updated by the update circuit 101. The jackpot random number register 102 has the same storage area as the update buffer 101b, and in detail, has a storage area of 2 bytes. The jackpot random number register 102 is connected to the update buffer 101b via the first signal line group SL1. The jackpot random number register 102 writes the data stored in each storage area of the update buffer 101b at that time to its own storage area in synchronization with the input of the latch signal. As a result, the jackpot random number of the input timing of the latch signal is acquired.

Here, the first signal line group SL1 includes the same number of signal lines (specifically, eight) as the number of bits of one byte. In this case, as described above, each of the update buffer 101b and the jackpot random number register 102 has a storage area of 2 bytes, and the jackpot random numbers stored in the update buffer 101b and the jackpot random number register 102 are 2 bytes. It is a capacity. Therefore, when the jackpot random number is transmitted from the update buffer 101b to the jackpot random number register 102, the numerical information of the upper 1 byte is first transmitted in parallel among the jackpot random numbers having a capacity of 2 bytes, and the numerical value of the upper 1 byte is transmitted. After the information transmission is completed, the remaining lower 1-byte numerical information is transmitted in parallel.

The hard random number circuit 67 includes a control circuit 103. The control circuit 103 is connected to the operation port winning detection sensor 45, and the detection signal SG1 from the operation port winning detection sensor 45 is input to the control circuit 103. The control circuit 103 outputs a latch signal to the jackpot random number register 102 in synchronization with the rising edge of the detection signal SG1 (synchronizing with winning a prize in any of the operating ports 33 and 34). As a result, the jackpot random number register 102 stores the jackpot random numbers at the winning detection timings (winning timings of the operating ports 33 and 34) when the winning is detected by the operating port winning detection sensor 45.

Explaining the detailed configuration, the control circuit 103 is directly connected to the operating port winning detection sensor 45, and is connected to the input terminal into which the detection signal SG1 of the operating port winning detection sensor 45 is input and the jackpot random number register 102. It is equipped with a control IC having an output terminal. The control IC raises the signal from the output terminal from the LOW signal to the HI signal in synchronization with the detection signal SG1 input to the input terminal rising from the LOW signal to the HI signal. The jackpot random number register 102 latches the data in the update buffer 101b based on the signal from the control IC rising from the LOW signal to the HI signal.

The signal path connecting the operation port winning detection sensor 45 and the hard random number circuit 67 and the signal path connecting the operation port winning detection sensor 45 and the MPU 62 are formed by different systems. As a result, even if noise or the like is mixed in one side, it is possible to avoid a situation in which the influence extends to the other side. Further, the operation port winning detection sensor 45 is connected to the main control board 61 through one signal path, and is branched into two signal paths by a wiring circuit formed on the main control board 61 to operate. The signal of the winning prize detection sensor 45 is received by each of the MPU 62 and the hard random number circuit 67.

The control circuit 103 and the jackpot random number register 102 are connected to the MPU 62. The control circuit 103 controls the jackpot random number register 102 so that when a predetermined request signal is received from the MPU 62, the jackpot random number stored in the jackpot random number register 102 is output to the MPU 62 through the second signal line group SL2. .. As a result, the MPU 62 can acquire the jackpot random number stored in the jackpot random number register 102 by outputting the request signal.

Here, the second signal line group SL2 includes the same number (specifically, eight) of signal lines as the number of bits of one byte. In this case, as described above, the jackpot random number has a capacity of 2 bytes. Therefore, when the jackpot random number is transmitted from the jackpot random number register 102 to the MPU 62, the numerical information of the upper 1 byte of the jackpot random numbers having a capacity of 2 bytes is first transmitted in parallel, and the numerical information of the upper 1 byte is transmitted. After the completion of, the remaining lower 1-byte numerical information is transmitted in parallel.

More specifically about this parallel communication, the hard random number circuit 67 sets the strobe signal to the HI level when the upper 1-byte data is output, waits for the visit signal transmitted from the MPU 62 to reach the HI level, and then waits for the HI level. When the visit signal reaches the LOW level, the strobe signal is returned to the LOW level, and then the data output of the upper 1 byte is terminated. After that, the hard random number circuit 67 starts to output the data of the lower 1 byte, sets the strobe signal to the HI level, waits for the visit signal transmitted from the MPU 62 to reach the HI level, and the visit signal becomes LOW. When the level is reached, the strobe signal is returned to the LOW level, and then the data output of the lower 1 byte is terminated. That is, when each 1 byte of data is output, communication of a predetermined signal indicating a transmission unit is also performed.

The control circuit 103 includes a status flag 103a. The status flag 103a is a flag for grasping the state of the jackpot random number register 102. The control circuit 103 sets the status flag 103a to "1" in synchronization with the fact that the jackpot random number is stored in the jackpot random number register 102. When the status flag 103a is set to "1", the control circuit 103 prohibits latching of the jackpot random number regardless of the signal form of the detection signal SG1. As a result, in the situation where "1" is set in the status flag 103a, the jackpot random number stored in the jackpot random number register 102 is not updated. Therefore, even when chattering occurs, the first latched jackpot random number is maintained.

Explaining the detailed configuration, the control circuit 103 includes a switching element connected in parallel to the output terminal of the control IC. The switching element is composed of, for example, an n-type MOSFET. The drain of the MOSFET is connected to the output terminal of the control IC, and the source is grounded. The gate of the MOSFET is connected to the status flag 103a. According to this configuration, when "1" is not set in the status flag 103a, a LOW signal smaller than the threshold voltage is applied to the gate, so that the MOSFET is turned off. In this case, the output state of the control IC is maintained. On the other hand, when the status flag 103a is set to "1", a HI signal larger than the threshold voltage is applied to the gate of the MOSFET, and the MOSFET is turned on. In this case, the output from the OR circuit is forcibly turned into a LOW signal and does not rise.

When the output of the jackpot random number based on the request signal from the MPU 62 is completed, or when the invalidation signal is received from the MPU 62, the control circuit 103 clears the status flag 103a to "0" and sets the jackpot random number register 102. Clear the stored jackpot random numbers. This makes it possible to latch the jackpot random number based on the winning of the next game ball.

Further, the control circuit 103 is electrically connected to the update circuit 101 so that bidirectional communication is possible, and the control circuit 103 is provided with an error flag 103b. When the control circuit 103 receives a designated signal for designating the numerical range of the jackpot random number from the MPU 62, the control circuit 103 sets the upper limit value of the numerical range for the update circuit 101. As a result, the update circuit 101 updates the jackpot random number within the range of the set upper limit value. Further, the control circuit 103 monitors whether or not the jackpot random number is normally updated in the update circuit 101, and if it is determined that the jackpot random number is not updated normally, the error flag 103b Set to "1". When the error flag 103b is set to "1", the abnormality handling process is executed in the MPU 62.

The MPU 62 uses various numerical information including a jackpot random number in the game to determine whether the game is correct, set the display of the special figure display unit 37a, set the symbol display of the symbol display device 41, set the display of the normal figure display unit 38a, and the like. It is supposed to be. The configurations of various counters will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing the configurations of various counters.

The MPU 62 includes a jackpot random number used for a lottery for generating jackpots, a jackpot type counter C2 used for determining the jackpot type, and a reach used for a reach generation lottery when the symbol display device 41 is displaced and fluctuates. The random number counter C3 and the variable type counter CS for determining the display duration in the special figure display unit 37a and the symbol display device 41 are used. Further, the general electric opening counter C4 used for lottery as to whether or not the general electric accessory 34a of the second operating port 34 is set to the electric service open state is used. The jackpot random number is provided from the hard random number circuit 67 as described above, and the jackpot type counter C2, the reach random number counter C3, the variable type counter CS, and the general electric release counter C4 are provided in various counter areas 64b of the RAM 64. ..

Each of the counters C2, C3, CS, and C4 is a loop counter in which 1 is added to the previous value each time it is updated and returns to 0 after reaching the maximum value. These counters C2, C3, CS, and C4 are Updated at short intervals. The jackpot random number of the hard random number circuit 67 and the numerical information of the jackpot type counter C2 and the reach random number counter C3 are used when a prize is generated in the first operating port 33 or when a prize is generated in the second operating port 34. , It is stored in the hold storage area 64a provided in the RAM 64 as the acquisition information storage means.

The hold storage area 64a includes a hold area RE and an execution area AE. The holding area RE includes a first holding area RE1, a second holding area RE2, a third holding area RE3, and a fourth holding area RE4, and is used in the winning history of the first operating port 33 or the second operating port 34. At the same time, the jackpot random number and the numerical information of the jackpot type counter C2 and the reach random number counter C3 are stored as hold information in any of the hold areas RE1 to RE4.

In this case, in the first holding area RE1 to the fourth holding area RE4, when the first operating port 33 or the second operating port 34 is awarded a plurality of times in succession, the first holding area RE1 → the second Each numerical information is stored in the order of the holding area RE2 → the third holding area RE3 → the fourth holding area RE4 in chronological order. By providing the four holding areas RE1 to RE4 in this way, up to four winning histories of the game balls in the first operating port 33 or the second operating port 34 can be reserved and stored. ..

The number that can be stored on hold is not limited to 4, and may be any other number such as 2, 3, or 5 or more, or may be a single number.

The execution area AE is an area for moving each numerical information stored in the first holding area RE1 of the holding area RE when starting the variable display of the special figure display unit 37a, and is the start of one game. At that time, a hit / fail judgment is performed based on various numerical information stored in the execution area AE.

Each of the above counters will be described in detail.

First, the general electric opening counter C4 will be described. The general electric opening counter C4 has a configuration in which, for example, 1 is added in order within the range of 0 to 250, and after reaching the maximum value, it returns to 0. The general electric opening counter C4 is periodically updated, and is stored in the electric service holding area 64c of the RAM 64 at the timing when the game ball wins the through gate 35. Then, at a predetermined timing, a lottery is performed as to whether or not to control the general electric accessory 34a to the open state according to the value of the stored general electric opening counter C4.

In the pachinko machine 10, a plurality of types of support modes are set so that the modes of support by the general electric accessory 34a are different from each other. Specifically, in the support mode, when the game ball is continuously launched in the same manner with respect to the game area, the general electric accessory 34a of the second operating port 34 is per unit time. A high-frequency support mode and a low-frequency support mode are set so that the frequency of being in the open state is relatively high or low.

In the high-frequency support mode and the low-frequency support mode, the probability of winning the electric role open state in the electric accessory open lottery using the general electric accessory release counter C4 is the same (for example, both are 4/5). In the high frequency support mode, the number of times the general electric accessory 34a is opened when the electric service open state is won is set more than in the low frequency support mode, and one opening time is set longer. ing. In this case, in the high frequency support mode, when the electric service open state is won and the open state of the general electric accessory 34a occurs a plurality of times, from the end of one open state to the start of the next open state. The closing time is set shorter than the one-time opening time. Furthermore, in the high-frequency support mode, the minimum secured time (that is, that is secured for the next electric accessory opening lottery after one electric accessory opening lottery is performed) is secured as compared with the low-frequency support mode. The duration of one display on the normal map display unit 38a) is set short.

As described above, in the high frequency support mode, the probability that a prize is generated in the second operating port 34 is higher than in the low frequency support mode. In other words, in the low frequency support mode, the probability of winning the first operating port 33 is higher than that of the second operating port 34, but in the high frequency support mode, the second operation is higher than the first operating port 33. The probability that a prize will be given to the mouth 34 increases. Then, when a prize is won in the second operating port 34, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out. Therefore, in the high frequency support mode, the player plays a game while not reducing the number of balls held so much. It can be carried out.

The configuration for increasing the frequency of the high-frequency support mode to be in the electric service open state per unit time is not limited to the above, for example, the electric accessory open lottery. It may be configured to increase the probability of winning the electric service open state in. In addition, the secured time secured for the next electric accessory opening lottery after one electric accessory opening lottery is performed (for example, on the general map display unit 38a based on the winning of the through gate 35). In a configuration in which multiple types of variable display times to be executed) are prepared, the high frequency support mode is set so that a shorter reservation time is more easily selected or the average reservation time is shorter than the low frequency support mode. You may be. Furthermore, the number of times of opening is increased, the opening time is lengthened, and the securing time secured for the next electric accessory opening lottery after one electric accessory opening lottery is performed is shortened. The advantage of the high frequency support mode over the low frequency support mode may be enhanced by applying any one of the conditions or any combination of the conditions of shortening the average securing time and increasing the winning probability. ..

Next, the jackpot random number updated by the hard random number circuit 67 will be described. In the hard random number circuit 67, as described above, the jackpot random number can be updated in the range of 0 to 65535. In this case, the hard random number circuit 67 updates the jackpot random number within the numerical range designated by the MPU 62 within the updatable numerical range. Specifically, since the MPU 62 specifies 39999 as the upper limit value of the numerical range, the hard random number circuit 67 updates the jackpot random number within the range of 0 to 39999. That is, the jackpot random numbers are incremented by 1 in order within the range of 0 to 39999, reach the maximum value, and then return to 0. The jackpot random number is stored in the hold storage area 64a based on the fact that the game ball wins the first operating port 33 or the second operating port 34.

The value of the random number that wins the jackpot is stored in the ROM 63 as a winning / failing table. As the pass / fail table, a pass / fail table for the low probability mode and a pass / fail table for the high probability mode are set. That is, in the pachinko machine 10, a low probability mode and a high probability mode are set as the lottery mode in the winning / losing lottery means.

In the gaming state in which the winning / failing table for the low probability mode is referred to in the lottery, the value of the random number that wins the big hit is 100. On the other hand, in the gaming state where the winning / failing table for the high probability mode is referred to in the above lottery, the number of random number values for winning the jackpot is set to be larger than when the winning / failing table for the low probability mode is referred to. Specifically, it is 2000 pieces.

In each lottery mode, the lottery result is out of order except for the value of the random number that is the big hit. If the result is out of order, no transition will occur in all of the open / close execution mode, the winning / failing lottery mode, and the support mode, triggered by the lottery result.

Next, the jackpot type counter C2 will be described. The jackpot type counter C2 is configured to add 1 in order within the range of 0 to 49, reach the maximum value, and then return to 0. The jackpot type counter C2 is periodically updated and is stored in the hold storage area 64a based on the fact that the game ball has won a prize in the first operating port 33 or the second operating port 34.

Here, a plurality of types of jackpot results are set in the pachinko machine 10, and each of these jackpot results includes (1) the contents of the opening / closing execution mode, (2) the contents of the winning / failing lottery mode after the opening / closing execution mode ends, and ( 3) At least one of the three contents of the support mode after the end of the open / close execution mode is different.

The open / close execution mode executed when a big hit is won is a round number-defined mode executed up to a predetermined number of round games. A round game is a game that continues until either a predetermined upper limit duration elapses or a predetermined upper limit number of game balls wins a special electric winning device 32. That is. Further, the number of round games executed in the round number specified mode is the same as the fixed number of rounds regardless of the type of jackpot result that triggered the transition. Specifically, the maximum number of round games is set to 15 rounds regardless of which jackpot result is obtained.

In the round number regulation mode, the high frequency winning mode and the low frequency winning mode are set so that the frequency of winning the special electric winning device 32 from the start to the end of the opening / closing execution mode is relatively high or low. And are set. Specifically, in the pachinko machine 10, a plurality of types of one-time opening mode of the special electric winning device 32 are set with different opening durations from the opening to the closing of the special electric winning device 32. There is. In detail, a long-time mode in which the opening duration is set to 29 sec, which is a long time, and a short-time mode in which the opening duration is set to 0.1 sec, which is shorter than the long time, are set. ing. In the pachinko machine 10, when the launch operation device 28 is operated by the player, the game ball launch mechanism 27 is driven and controlled so that one game ball is launched toward the game area every 0.6 sec. To. In addition, the maximum number of end conditions for round games is set to nine. Then, in the long-time mode of the above-mentioned opening modes, the opening duration is set to be longer than the product of the firing cycle of the game balls and the upper limit number of one round game. On the other hand, in the short-time mode, the opening duration is set to be shorter than the product of the firing cycle of the game ball and the upper limit number of one round game, and more specifically, the opening duration is shorter than the firing cycle of the game ball. ing. Therefore, when the special electric winning device 32 is opened once in a long-time mode, it is expected that the special electric winning device 32 will be awarded the maximum number of prizes in one round game, and the time is short. When the special electric winning device 32 is opened once in the embodiment, there is a high probability that the special electric winning device 32 will not be awarded, or even if a winning is generated, about one will be taken and no winning will be generated. It is expected to become.

In the high-frequency winning mode, the special electric winning device 32 is opened once in each round game in a long-time mode. That is, the special electric winning device 32 is opened 15 times according to the long-time mode. On the other hand, in the low-frequency winning mode, the special electric winning device 32 is opened once in each round game in a short-time mode. That is, the special electric winning device 32 is opened 15 times in a short time mode.

The number of times the special electric winning device 32 is opened and closed in the high-frequency winning mode and the low-frequency winning mode, the number of round games, the opening duration for one opening, and the maximum number in one round game are those in the high-frequency winning mode. Is not limited to the above value and is arbitrary as long as the frequency of winning the special electric winning device 32 from the start to the end of the opening / closing execution mode is higher than that of the low frequency winning mode. Is.

The distribution destination of the type of the jackpot result with respect to the jackpot type counter C2 is stored in the ROM 63 as a distribution table. In the distribution table, low-accuracy jackpot results, explicit high-accuracy jackpot results, and most advantageous jackpot results are set as distribution destinations for the types of jackpot results.

The low-probability jackpot result is a jackpot result in which the open / close execution mode becomes the high-frequency winning mode, and after the open / close execution mode ends, the winning / losing lottery mode becomes the low-probability mode and the support mode becomes the high-frequency support mode. However, this high-frequency support mode shifts to the low-frequency support mode when the number of games reaches the end reference number (specifically, 100 times) after the transition.

The explicit high-accuracy jackpot result is a jackpot result in which the open / close execution mode becomes the low-frequency winning mode, and after the open / close execution mode ends, the win / fail lottery mode becomes the high-probability mode and the support mode becomes the high-frequency support mode. .. These high-probability mode and high-frequency support mode continue until the lottery result in the winning / losing lottery becomes a big hit state and the state shifts to the big hit state.

The most advantageous jackpot result is a jackpot result in which the open / close execution mode becomes the high-frequency winning mode, and after the open / close execution mode ends, the winning / losing lottery mode becomes the high-probability mode and the support mode becomes the high-frequency support mode. These high-probability mode and high-frequency support mode continue until the lottery result in the winning / losing lottery becomes a big hit state and the state shifts to the big hit state.

In the distribution table, among the values of the jackpot type counter C2 of "0 to 29", "0 to 9" corresponds to the low accuracy jackpot result, and "10 to 14" corresponds to the explicit high accuracy jackpot result. "15-29" corresponds to the most advantageous jackpot result.

Next, the reach random number counter C3 will be described. The reach random number counter C3 has a configuration in which, for example, 1 is added in order within the range of 0 to 238, and after reaching the maximum value, it returns to 0. Here, in the pachinko machine 10, an expected effect is set as a kind of display effect in the symbol display device 41. The expected effect is a symbol display device 41 that includes a symbol display device 41 capable of displaying variable symbols, and in a game machine in which a final stop result is given as a result of a game that results in a predetermined jackpot. This is a display state for making the player think that it is a variable display state in which the stop result is derived and displayed after the start of the variable display of the symbol in the above. Specifically, regarding the grant correspondence result, the combination of symbols with the same number on any of the effective lines is stopped and displayed.

Two types of expected effects are set: a reach display and a notice display for expecting the occurrence of the reach display and the occurrence of the grant response result in the stage before the reach display occurs.

In the reach display, a combination of reach symbols is displayed by stopping and displaying a part of the symbol rows among the plurality of symbol rows displayed on the display surface 41a of the symbol display device 41, and the remaining symbol rows are displayed in that state. A display state in which a variable display of symbols is performed in a symbol string is included. In addition, in the state where the combination of reach symbols is displayed as described above, the remaining symbol rows are displayed in a variable manner, and a predetermined character or the like is displayed as a moving image on the background screen to produce a reach effect. , The combination of the reach symbols is reduced or hidden, and then a predetermined character or the like is displayed as a moving image on substantially the entire display surface 41a to perform a reach effect.

In the notice display, after the variable display of the symbol is started on the display surface 41a of the symbol display device 41, the symbol is variablely displayed in all the symbol rows Z1 to Z3, or in some symbol rows. In the situation where the symbols are displayed in a variable manner in a plurality of symbol rows, a mode in which the character is displayed separately from the symbols on the symbol rows Z1 to Z3 is included. In addition, the background screen has a predetermined mode different from the previous mode, and the symbols on the symbol rows Z1 to Z3 have a predetermined mode different from the previous mode. Such a notice display may occur in both the game times when the reach display is performed and when the reach display is not performed, but the case where the reach display is performed is higher than the case where the reach display is not performed. It is set to occur with probability.

The reach display is executed regardless of the value of the reach random number counter C3 in the game times when the combination of the same symbols is finally stopped and displayed. In addition, in the game times corresponding to the jackpot result in which the combination of the same symbols is not stopped and displayed, the game is not executed regardless of the value of the reach random number counter C3. Further, in the game times corresponding to the deviation result, when the reach random number counter C3 acquired at a predetermined timing by referring to the reach table stored in the reach table storage area of the ROM 63 corresponds to the occurrence of the reach display. Is executed.

On the other hand, the determination as to whether or not to display the notice is not performed by the main control device 60, but by the voice emission control device 80. In this case, in the voice emission control device 80, the notice display is more likely to occur in the game times corresponding to any of the jackpot results than in the game times corresponding to the missed result, and the notice display having a low appearance rate is displayed. A lottery process for displaying a notice is executed so as to satisfy at least one of the conditions that are likely to occur. By the way, this lottery result is reflected when the effect for the game round is executed on the symbol display device 41.

Next, the variable type counter CS will be described. The variation type counter CS has a configuration in which, for example, 1 is added in order within the range of 0 to 198, and after reaching the maximum value, it returns to 0. The variation type counter CS is used in the MPU 62 to determine the display duration on the special symbol display unit 37a and the symbol display duration on the symbol display device 41. The variation type counter CS is updated once every time the normal process described later is executed once, and is repeatedly updated even within the remaining time in the normal process. Then, the value of the fluctuation type counter CS is acquired when the fluctuation display is started on the special symbol display unit 37a and when the fluctuation pattern is determined by the symbol display device 41 at the start of fluctuation of the symbol.

<Regarding the prerequisite processing configuration in the MPU 62 of the main control device 60>
Next, each process executed for advancing the game by the MPU 62 of the main control device 60 will be described. The processing of the MPU 62 is roughly divided into a main processing that is started when the power is turned on and a timer interrupt processing that is started periodically (in this embodiment, at a cycle of 4 msec).

<Main processing>
First, the main process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In step S101, the power-on wait process is executed. In the power-on wait process, for example, the process waits without proceeding to the next process until 1 sec elapses after the main process is started. In the following step S102, access to the RAM 64 is permitted, and in step S103, the internal function register of the MPU 62 is set.

After that, in step S104, it is determined whether or not the RAM erasing switch provided in the power supply / firing control device 78 is manually operated, and in the following step S105, whether or not "1" is set in the power failure flag of the RAM 64. Is determined. Further, in step S106, a checksum calculation process for calculating a checksum is executed, and in the following step S107, whether or not the checksum matches the checksum saved when the power is turned off, that is, the validity of the stored data is determined. judge.

In the pachinko machine 10, when the RAM data is initialized when the power is turned on, for example, when the game hall is open for business, the power is turned on while pressing the RAM erase switch. Therefore, if the RAM erase switch is pressed, the process proceeds to step S108. Further, when the power cutoff occurrence information is not set or when an abnormality of the data stored and held by the checksum is confirmed, the process proceeds to step S108 in the same manner. In step S108, the RAM 64 is cleared as the initialization of the RAM 64. After that, the process proceeds to step S109.

On the other hand, when the RAM erase switch is not pressed, step S109 is performed without executing the process of step S108, provided that the power failure flag is set to "1" and the checksum is normal. Proceed to. In step S109, the power-on setting process is executed. In the power-on setting process, a predetermined area of the RAM 64 such as the initialization of the power failure flag is set as an initial value, and a command corresponding to the current gaming state is transmitted to the voice emission control device 80 in order to recognize the current gaming state. To do.

After executing the process of step S109, the numerical range setting process is executed in step S110. In the numerical range setting process, a numerical range designation signal is transmitted to the hard random number circuit 67 in order to specify the numerical range of the jackpot random number updated in the hard random number circuit 67 to the numerical range corresponding to the pachinko machine 10. Specifically, a designated signal for designating "39999" is transmitted as information on the upper limit of the numerical range. As a result, in the hard random number circuit 67, the jackpot random number is updated in the range of 0 to 39999. By the way, by executing the numerical range setting process in the main process in this way, the numerical range is specified for the hard random number circuit 67 every time the supply of the operating power to the MPU 62 of the main controller 60 is started. This makes it possible to eliminate the need to back up the specified information in the numerical range in the hard random number circuit 67.

After that, the process proceeds to the residual processing of steps S111 to S113. That is, although the MPU 62 has a configuration in which timer interrupt processing is periodically executed, a remaining time is generated between one timer interrupt processing and the next timer interrupt processing. The remaining time varies depending on the processing completion time of each timer interrupt processing, and the residual processing of steps S111 to S113 is repeatedly executed by utilizing the irregular time. In this respect, it can be said that the residual processing in steps S111 to S113 is an irregular process that is executed irregularly.

In the residual processing, first, in step S111, interrupt prohibition is set in order to prohibit the occurrence of timer interrupt processing. In the following step S112, the variation counter update process for updating the variation type counter CS is executed. In the update process, the current numerical information is read from the variable type counter CS, a process of adding 1 to the read numerical information is executed, and then a process of overwriting the read source counter is executed. In this case, when the counter value reaches the maximum value, it is cleared to "0" respectively. After that, in step S113, the interrupt enable setting for switching from the state in which the occurrence of the timer interrupt process is prohibited to the state in which the timer interrupt process is permitted is set. After executing the process of step S113, the process returns to step S111, and the processes of steps S111 to S113 are repeated.

<Timer interrupt processing>
Next, timer interrupt processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the power failure information storage process is executed in step S201. In the power failure information storage process, it is monitored whether or not a power failure signal corresponding to the occurrence of power failure is received from the power failure monitoring board, and if the occurrence of a power failure is identified, the power failure processing is executed.

In the following step S202, the lottery random number update process is executed. In the lottery random number update process, the jackpot type counter C2, the reach random number counter C3, and the general electric release counter C4 are updated. Specifically, the current numerical information is sequentially read from the jackpot type counter C2, the reach random number counter C3, and the normal power release counter C4, and after executing the process of adding 1 to each of the read numerical information, the read source counter is used. Execute the process of overwriting. In this case, when the counter value reaches the maximum value, it is cleared to "0" respectively. After that, in step S203, the fluctuation counter update process is executed in the same manner as in step S112.

In the following step S204, a fraud detection process for monitoring whether or not a predetermined event set as a monitoring target for fraud has occurred is executed. In the fraud detection process, the occurrence of a plurality of types of events is monitored, and by confirming that a predetermined event has occurred, an affirmative determination is made in step S206 described later.

After that, in step S205, a random number update monitoring process for monitoring whether or not the jackpot random number is normally updated in the hard random number circuit 67 is executed. The processing content of the monitoring process of the random number update will be described later.

In the following step S206, it is determined whether or not the progress of the game is stopped. The state in which the progress of the game is stopped is set when the occurrence of a predetermined event set as a monitoring target for fraud is confirmed in the fraud detection process in step S204. Further, it is set when it is specified in the random number update monitoring process in step S205 that the jackpot random number is not normally updated in the hard random number circuit 67. Further, it is set when it is specified in the hold information acquisition process (FIG. 13) described later that the jackpot random number is not normally acquired from the hard random number circuit 67. If a negative determination is made in step S206, the processes after step S207 are executed.

In step S207, the port output process is executed. In the port output process, when the output information is set in the previous timer interrupt process, the process for outputting the output corresponding to the output information to the various drive units 32b and 34b is executed. For example, when the information to switch the special electric winning device 32 to the open state is set, the output of the drive signal to the drive unit 32b for the special electric is started, and when the information to switch to the closed state is set. Stops the output of the drive signal. Further, when the information for switching the utility accessory 34a of the second operating port 34 to the open state is set, the output of the drive signal to the drive unit 34b for the utility should be started and the state should be switched to the closed state. If the information is set, the output of the drive signal is stopped.

In the following step S208, the reading process is executed. In the reading process, signals other than the power failure signal and the winning signal are read, and the read information is stored for use in future processing.

In the following step S209, the winning detection process is executed. In the prize detection process, signals received from the operation port prize detection sensor 45 and other prize detection sensors 69a to 69c are read, and the general prize port 31, the special electric winning device 32, the first operation port 33, and the second operation port are read. A process of specifying whether or not a ball has entered the 34 and the through gate 35 is executed.

In the following step S210, a timer update process for collectively updating the numerical information of a plurality of types of timer counters provided in the RAM 64 is executed. In this case, the timer counters whose stored numerical information is subtracted and updated are aggregated and handled, but both the subtraction type timer counter update and the addition type timer counter update are aggregated. It may be configured.

In the following step S211, a launch control process for controlling the launch of the game ball is executed. In a situation where the firing operation is continued for the firing operation device 28, one game ball is fired every 0.6 sec.

In the following step S212, as the input state monitoring process, based on the information read in the reading process of step S208, the operation port winning detection sensor 45 and the other winning detection sensors 69a to 69c are confirmed to be disconnected, and the game machine main body 12 and the front are checked. Confirm the opening of the door frame 14.

In the following step S213, the special figure special electric control process for performing the execution control of the game times and the execution control of the open / close execution mode is executed. The processing content of the special figure special electric control process will be described in detail later.

In the following step S214, the Fuzu Fuden control process is executed. In the Fuzu Fuden control process, when the through gate 35 has won a prize, the process for acquiring the numerical information of the Fuden opening counter C4 is executed, and when the numerical information is stored. An opening determination is made for the numerical information, and the opening determination is used as an opportunity to execute a process for producing an effect for the ordinary drawing on the ordinary drawing display unit 38a. Further, based on the result of the opening determination, a process of opening and closing the general electric accessory 34a of the second operating port 34 is executed.

In the following step S215, based on the processing results of the immediately preceding steps S213 and S214, the output information for reflecting the increase / decrease in the number of reserved information related to the special figure display unit 37a on the special figure reservation display unit 37b is set, and the output information is usually set. Output information is set so that the increase / decrease number of the hold information related to the figure display unit 38a is reflected in the normal figure hold display unit 38b. Further, in step S215, the output information for updating the display contents of the special figure display unit 37a is set based on the processing results of the immediately preceding steps S213 and S214, and the display contents of the normal figure display unit 38a are set. Set the output information to be updated.

In the following step S216, the contents of the command and the signal received from the payout control device 77 are confirmed, and the payout state reception process for performing the process corresponding to the check result is executed. Further, in step S217, a payout output process for setting the prize ball command as an output target is executed. In the following step S218, an external information setting process for controlling the start and end of the output of the external signal according to the processing results of the various processes executed in the timer interrupt process this time is executed.

If an affirmative determination is made in step S206, or after the processes of steps S207 to S218 are executed, the timer interrupt process ends.

<Special figure special electric control processing>
Next, the special figure special electric control process executed in step S213 in the timer interrupt process (FIG. 11) of the MPU 62 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In the special figure special electric control process, a process for acquiring hold information is executed when a prize is generated in the first operation port 33 or the second operation port 34, and when the hold information is stored. A pass / fail judgment is made for the held information, and a process for performing a game rounding effect is executed with the pass / fail judgment as an opportunity. In addition, based on the result of the winning / failing determination, the process of shifting to the open / close execution mode after the effect for the game round is executed, and the process during the open / close execution mode and at the end of the open / close execution mode is executed.

Specifically, first, in step S301, the pending information acquisition process is executed. This will be described later.

After executing the hold information acquisition process in step S301, the process proceeds to step S302. In step S302, a process of reading the information of the special figure special electric counter provided in the RAM 64 is executed. In the following step S303, the special figure special electric address table stored in the ROM 63 is read out. Then, in step S304, the process of acquiring the start address corresponding to the information of the special figure special electric counter is executed from the special figure special electric address table.

Here, the processing contents of steps S302 to S304 will be described.

As described above, the special figure special electric control process includes a process related to the effect for playing the game and a process related to the open / close execution mode. In this case, as the processing related to the effect for the game round, the special figure variation start process (step S306), which is the process for starting the effect for the game round, and the process for advancing the effect for the game round. A certain special figure changing process (step S307) and a special figure finalizing process (step S308), which is a process for ending the effect for the game round, are set.

Further, as the processes related to the open / close execution mode, the special electric start process (step S309), which is a process for controlling the opening of the open / close execution mode, and the special electric, which is a process for controlling the open state of the special electric winning device 32. The opening process (step S310), the special electric closing process (step S311) which is a process for controlling the closed state of the special electric winning device 32, the ending of the open / close execution mode, and the gaming state at the end of the open / close execution mode. The special electric power termination process (step S312), which is a process for controlling the transition of the above, is set.

In such a processing configuration, the special figure special electric counter is a counter for the MPU 62 to grasp which of the above-mentioned plurality of types of processing should be executed, and the special figure special electric address table has a special figure. The start address of the program for executing the above-mentioned plurality of types of processing is set corresponding to the numerical information of the special electric counter.

In this case, the start address SA0 is the start address of the program for executing the special figure change start process (step S306), and the start address SA1 is the start address of the program for executing the special figure change process (step S307). The start address SA2 is the start address of the program for executing the special figure finalizing process (step S308), and the start address SA3 is the start address of the program for executing the special electric start process (step S309). The start address is the start address, the start address SA4 is the start address of the program for executing the special electric power opening process (step S310), and the start address SA5 is the start address of the program for executing the special electric power closing process (step S311). It is a start address, and the start address SA6 is a start address of a program for executing the special electric power termination process (step S312).

The special figure special electric counter controls the special figure special electric power in the next processing time when the condition for updating the numerical information is satisfied when the processing corresponding to the numerical information currently stored is completed. 1 addition, 1 subtraction, or "0" is cleared (initialized) according to the process executed in the process. Therefore, in the special figure special electric control processing in each processing time, it is sufficient to execute the processing according to the numerical information set in the special figure special electric counter. The special figure special electric counter is set to "0" as an initial value.

After executing the process of step S304, in step S305, a process of jumping to the process indicated by the start address acquired in step S304 is executed. Specifically, when the acquired start address is SA0, the process jumps to the special figure variation start process in step S306.

In the special figure fluctuation start process, on the condition that the hold information is held and stored, the hit / fail judgment process for determining whether or not the hold information corresponds to the jackpot winning, and the case where the hold information corresponds to the jackpot winning Executes a distribution determination process for determining which jackpot result the held information corresponds to. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the hold information exists, and if the hold information exists, a process of shifting the hold information is executed. That is, the hold information stored in the first hold area RE1 is shifted to the execution area AE, and the hold information stored in the nth hold area REn (n = 2 to 4) is held on the (n-1) th. Shift to area RE (n-1). Then, as a winning / failing determination process, it is determined whether or not the jackpot random number stored in the execution area AE is numerical information corresponding to the jackpot winning. Further, as the distribution determination process, it is determined whether or not the value of the jackpot type counter C2 corresponds to which jackpot result category.

In addition to the hit / fail judgment process and the distribution judgment process, if the jackpot random number does not correspond to the jackpot winning, the reach judgment process for determining whether or not to generate a reach is executed, and the fluctuation type counter at that time is executed. The duration selection process for selecting the duration of the game round is executed using the numerical information of CS. In the reach determination process, it is determined whether or not the value of the reach random number counter C3 stored in the execution area AE corresponds to the occurrence of reach.

When the duration information is selected, the variation command including the duration information and the type command including the game result information are transmitted to the voice emission control device 80, and the pattern on the special figure display unit 37a is displayed. Start the variable display. As a result, one game round is started, and the special figure display unit 37a and the symbol display device 41 start the effect for the game round.

By the way, when the production for the game round is started in this way, the numerical information of the special figure special electric counter is added by 1 to correspond to the special figure fluctuation start processing. Update to the one corresponding to the processing during special figure change.

If the acquired start address is SA1, the process jumps to the special figure changing process in step S307. In the special figure changing process, a process of determining whether or not the timing is before the finalized display is executed during the duration of the game round, and if it is before the finalized display, the pattern is displayed on the special figure display unit 37a. A process for regularly changing the mode is executed.

By the way, instead of waiting in the special figure changing process until the final display timing is reached, if it is not the final display timing, after executing the above-mentioned regular change processing, the special figure is changing. End the process. Therefore, after the effect for the game round is started, the special figure changing process is started every time the special figure special electric control process is started until it is time to confirm the display. In addition, when it is time to confirm the display, by adding 1 to the numerical information of the special figure special electric counter, the numerical information of the counter can be changed from the one corresponding to the special figure changing process to the special figure fixing process. Update to what you did.

If the acquired start address is SA2, the process jumps to the process of determining the special figure in step S308. In the process of determining the special figure, the symbol display device 41 transmits the final stop command to the voice emission control device 80 in order to display the stop result of the current game round as the final stop, and the symbol display unit 37a displays the symbol. The display mode will be the display mode corresponding to the lottery result of this game. In addition, in the process of confirming the special figure, it is determined whether or not the period during which the confirmation is being displayed has elapsed, and if the period has elapsed, it is determined whether or not the transition to the open / close execution mode occurs. , When a shift to the open / close execution mode occurs, the process for shifting to the open / close execution mode is executed.

By the way, instead of waiting in the special figure finalizing process until the period during the confirmation display elapses, if the period has not passed, the special figure finalizing process is terminated. Therefore, after the confirmation display is started, the special figure confirmation processing is started every time the special figure special electric control process is started until the period during the confirmation display elapses. In addition, when the period during the confirmation display has elapsed, the numerical information of the special figure special electric counter is initialized (that is, "0" is cleared) and the transition to the open / close execution mode is performed in the situation where the transition to the open / close execution mode does not occur. By adding 1 to the numerical information of the special figure special electric counter, the numerical information of the special figure special electric counter is updated from the one corresponding to the special figure finalizing process to the one corresponding to the special electric start process.

If the acquired start address is SA3, the process jumps to the special electric start processing in step S309. In the special electric power start processing, an opening command indicating that the open / close execution mode is started is transmitted to the voice emission control device 80. Further, in the special electric power start processing, it is determined whether or not the opening period of the opening / closing execution mode has elapsed. If the opening period has not passed, the special electric power start process is terminated instead of waiting in the special electric power start process. Therefore, after the opening effect of the opening / closing execution mode is started, the special electric power start process is started every time the special figure special electric power control process is started until the opening period elapses. In addition, when the opening period has passed, by adding 1 to the numerical information of the special figure special electric counter, the numerical information of the special figure special electric counter is changed from the one corresponding to the special electric start processing to the one corresponding to the special electric opening processing. Update to.

If the acquired start address is SA4, the process jumps to the process during opening of the special electric power in step S310. In the processing during the opening of the special electric power, one round game is started, and it is determined whether or not the end condition of the round game is satisfied. If the end condition is not satisfied, the process for monitoring the establishment of the above end condition is executed instead of waiting in the process during the opening of the special electric power, and then the process during the opening of the special electric power is terminated. When the above end condition is satisfied, by adding 1 to the numerical information of the special figure special electric counter, the numerical information of the special figure special electric counter can be changed from the one corresponding to the special electric open processing to the special electric closed processing. Update to what you did.

If the acquired start address is SA5, the process jumps to the process during closing of the special electric train in step S311. In the process of closing the special electric train, a process of ending one round game is executed. Further, in the interval period between round games, it is determined whether or not the interval period has elapsed. If the interval period has not passed, the processing during the closing of the special electric power is terminated instead of waiting in the processing during the closing of the special electric power. Therefore, when the interval period is started, the special electric power closing process is started every time the special electric power control process is started until the period elapses. In addition, when the interval period has elapsed, the numerical information of the special figure special electric counter is subtracted by 1, so that the numerical information of the special figure special electric counter is changed from the one corresponding to the special electric closing process to the special electric opening processing. Update to one.

On the other hand, in the process of closing the special electric power for the last round game, after executing the process of ending one round game, the numerical information of the special figure special electric counter is added by 1 to close the special electric power. Update from the one corresponding to the intermediate processing to the one corresponding to the special train termination processing.

If the acquired start address is SA6, the process jumps to the special electric end processing in step S312. In the special electric power termination process, an ending command indicating that the opening / closing execution mode is terminated is transmitted to the voice emission control device 80. Further, in the special electric power termination process, it is determined whether or not the ending period of the open / close execution mode has elapsed. If the ending period has not passed, the special train end process is terminated instead of waiting in the special train end process. Therefore, after the ending effect of the opening / closing execution mode is started, the special electric power end processing is started every time the special electric power control process is started until the ending period elapses. In addition, when the ending period has elapsed, after executing the process for setting the game state (lottery mode and support mode) after the open / close execution mode, the numerical information of the special figure special electric counter is initialized. The numerical information of the special figure special electric counter is updated from the one corresponding to the special electric end processing to the one corresponding to the special figure fluctuation start processing.

<Acquisition process of pending information>
Next, the process of acquiring the pending information executed in step S301 of the special figure special electric control process (FIG. 12) will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step S401, a prize is generated in the first operating port 33 or the second operating port 34 by determining whether or not the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning is received from the operating port winning detection sensor 45. Judge whether or not it is done.

Here, the monitoring of the detection signal SG1 from the operation port winning detection sensor 45 is executed in the winning detection process of step S209 in the timer interrupt process (FIG. 11). Specifically, in the winning detection process, the LOW signal detection signal SG1 is received in the processing times two times before, and it is determined whether or not the HI signal detection signal SG1 is received in the previous processing time and the current processing time. To do. When such a signal pattern is received, it is specified that a prize has been generated in the first operating port 33 or the second operating port 34. When the operating port winning detection sensor 45 detects the winning of the game ball, the signal corresponding to the winning is at least for a period required for the timer interrupt processing (FIG. 11) to be executed three times. Since it is configured to output the HI signal, the detection omission of the game ball is prevented from occurring.

If a negative determination is made in step S401, the acquisition process is terminated as it is, and if an affirmative determination is made in step S401, the process proceeds to step S402. In step S402, by checking the hold area RE of the hold storage area 64a, it is determined whether or not the number of hold information stored in the hold area RE has reached the upper limit.

If the maximum number has been reached, the invalidation process is executed in step S403, and then the acquisition process ends. In the invalidation process, the invalidation signal is transmitted to the hard random number circuit 67 to clear the jackpot random number acquired by the hard random number circuit 67 by this prize.

If the maximum number has not been reached, it is determined in step S404 whether or not "1" is set in the status flag 103a of the hard random number circuit 67.

When "1" is not set in the status flag 103a, it means that the jackpot random number is not latched by the update circuit 101 in the jackpot random number register 102 of the hard random number circuit 67. In this case, after executing the game stop setting process in step S405, the present acquisition process ends. In the game stop setting process, "1" is set in the game stop flag provided in the RAM 64. As a result, an affirmative determination is made in step S206 of the timer interrupt process (FIG. 11), and the processes of steps S207 to S218 are not executed, so that the execution of the predetermined process for advancing the game is prohibited. To. That is, when the winning detection process (step S209) is not executed, the winning to the winning section is invalidated, and when the firing control process (step S211) is not executed, the launch of the game ball is prohibited, and the special figure special electric control is performed. When the process (step S213) is not executed, the progress of the game times and the open / close execution mode is prohibited, and when the normal power control process (step S214) is not executed, the execution of the normal power open state is prohibited. The state in which the progress of this game is restricted continues until the abnormality release operation is performed. Specifically, after performing a power-off operation for stopping the supply of operating power to the MPU 62, a power-on operation is performed while operating the RAM erase switch of the power / firing control device 78 from the back side of the game machine main body 12. By performing the above, the state in which the progress of the game is restricted as described above is released.

Further, in the game stop setting process, an abnormality occurrence command is transmitted to the voice emission control device 80. As a result, the display light emitting unit 53 starts emitting light for abnormality notification, and the speaker unit 54 starts outputting sound for abnormality notification. Further, when the voice emission control device 80 transmits the abnormality occurrence command to the display control device 90, the symbol display device 41 displays the image for abnormality notification. The abnormality notification is canceled when the power of the pachinko machine 10 is turned off. The mode of abnormality notification is not limited to the above, and may be configured such that only a part of the above notification contents is executed, and in addition to the above notification contents or in the above notification contents. Instead of at least a part thereof, an external output for abnormality may be output to the hall computer of the game hall.

When "1" is set in the status flag 103a, the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning is received from the operation port winning detection sensor 45 in the hard random number circuit 67, and the jackpot random number is updated in the jackpot random number register 102. It means that it is latched from 101. In this case, request processing is executed in step S406. Specifically, the request signal is transmitted to the control circuit 103 of the hard random number circuit 67. As a result, the control circuit 103 transmits the jackpot random number stored in the jackpot random number register 102 to the MPU 62.

After executing the request processing, the acquisition random number monitoring processing is executed in step S407. In the monitoring process of the acquired random number, the jackpot random number received from the hard random number circuit 67 is used to execute an arithmetic process for determining whether or not the jackpot random number provided from the hard random number circuit 67 is normally provided. To do. Then, in step S408, the result of the calculation process is used to determine whether or not the jackpot random number is normally provided, and if it is abnormal, the game already described in step S405. Execute the stop setting process. The processing contents of steps S407 and S408 will be described in detail later.

If the jackpot random number received from the hard random number circuit 67 is normal, a negative determination is made in step S408 and the process proceeds to step S409. In step S409, the 16-bit jackpot random number acquired from the hard random number circuit 67 is stored in the jackpot random number area in the first holding area of the empty holding areas RE1 to RE4 of the holding area RE.

After that, in step S410, the value of the jackpot type counter C2 and the value of the reach random number counter C3 were acquired from the lottery counter area 64b of the RAM 64, and the acquired numerical information was stored in the jackpot random number in step S409. Store in the corresponding area in the hold area. After that, the acquisition process is terminated.

<Management operation in the control circuit 103 of the hard random number circuit 67>
Next, the management operation in the control circuit 103 of the hard random number circuit 67 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When the supply of the operating power is started, the control circuit 103 waits until the designated signal in the numerical range is received from the MPU 62 (step S501). When the designated signal in the numerical range is received, the information of the maximum value included in the designated signal is specified and set in the update circuit 101 as the maximum value in the numerical range of the jackpot random number (step S502).

As described above, since the update buffer 101b of the update circuit 101 has a 2-byte storage area, the jackpot random number can be updated within the range of 0 to 65535. In this case, in the pachinko machine 10, since 39999 is specified as the maximum value, the jackpot random number is updated within the range of 0 to 39999.

By the way, when the maximum value is 39999, all the bits for 2 bytes are used when updating the jackpot random number, and the jackpot random number provided from the update buffer 101b to the jackpot random number register 102 is data for 2 bytes. At the same time, the jackpot random number provided from the jackpot random number register 102 to the MPU 62 is also 2 bytes of data. Here, it is also possible to set 30,000 as the maximum value, and in this case, the jackpot random number to be updated is not 16 bits, which is 2 bytes of data, but 15 bits of data. However, even if the jackpot random number to be updated is less than 16 bits, the jackpot random number is treated as 16 bits in the update buffer 101b and the jackpot random number register 102, and the update buffer 101b is transferred to the jackpot random number register 102. The provided jackpot random number is 16-bit data, and the jackpot random number provided from the jackpot random number register 102 to the MPU 62 is also 16-bit data.

After setting the maximum value, the update start signal is transmitted to the update circuit 101 to start the update of the jackpot random number (step S503). As a result, the update circuit 101 adds 1 to the jackpot random number stored in the update buffer 101b in synchronization with a predetermined signal mode among the rising and falling edges of the clock signal of the clock circuit 101a. Then, when the jackpot random number reaches the maximum value, the update buffer 101b is cleared to "0".

After starting the update of the jackpot random number, the operations shown in steps S504 to S514 are repeated. Specifically, first, it is determined whether or not the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning is received from the operation port winning detection sensor 45 (step S504). When the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning is received, the status flag 103a is set to "1" (step S505), and the latch signal is further transmitted to the jackpot random number register 102 (step S506). As a result, the jackpot random number currently stored in the update buffer 101b is transmitted to the jackpot random number register 102 through the signal line group SL1. In this case, as described above, in the 16-bit jackpot random number, the data for the upper 8 bits as the upper byte is first transmitted to the jackpot random number register 102 in parallel, and then the data for the remaining 8 bits as the lower byte. Is transmitted to the jackpot random number register 102 in parallel.

Further, the control circuit 103 determines whether or not a request signal is received from the MPU 62 (step S507). When the request signal is received, the transmission setting of the jackpot random number is set (step S508). By making this transmission setting, the jackpot random number stored in the jackpot random number register 102 is transmitted to the MPU 62 through the signal line group SL2. In this case, as already explained, in the 16-bit jackpot random number, the data of the upper 8 bits as the upper byte is first transmitted to the MPU 62 in parallel, and then the data of the remaining 8 bits as the lower byte are transmitted in parallel. It is transmitted to MPU62.

When the jackpot random number transmission setting is made, the status flag 103a is cleared to "0" (step S509). Further, the jackpot random number register 102 is cleared to "0" on condition that the transmission of the jackpot random number from the jackpot random number register 102 is completed (step S510).

Further, the control circuit 103 determines whether or not an invalidation signal is received from the MPU 62 (step S511). When the invalidation signal is received, although the first operating port 33 or the second operating port 34 has won a prize, the holding information for the upper limit number is already stored in the holding storage area 64a of the MPU 62. Means that. Therefore, in order to invalidate the jackpot random number acquired when the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the occurrence of winning is received from the operation port winning detection sensor 45, the status flag 103a is cleared to "0" (step S512) and the jackpot is hit. The random number register 102 is cleared to "0" (step S513).

Further, the control circuit 103 monitors whether or not the update circuit 101 is operating normally (step S514). The operation contents for performing the monitoring will be described later.

<How the jackpot random number is acquired as pending information>
Next, a state in which the jackpot random number is acquired as the hold information will be described with reference to the timing chart of FIG.

FIG. 15A shows the execution timing of the hold information acquisition process (FIG. 13) in the MPU 62, FIG. 15B shows the state of the detection signal SG1, and FIG. 15C shows the state of the status flag 103a. 15 (d) shows the state of the jackpot random number register 102, and FIG. 15 (e) shows the setting status of the game stop.

First, a case where the jackpot random number is normally acquired from the hard random number circuit 67 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 15A, the pending information acquisition process stops the game, such as t1 timing, t3 timing, t4 timing, t5 timing, t6 timing, t7 timing, and t9 timing. If the setting is not made, the timer interrupt processing (FIG. 11) is started periodically at the same time.

In this case, FIG. 15 is at the timing of t2, which is the timing after the hold information acquisition process is executed at the timing of t1 and before the hold information acquisition process is executed at the timing of t3. As shown in (b), the detection signal SG1 of the operation port winning detection sensor 45 becomes the HI level corresponding to the occurrence of winning. Therefore, at the timing of t2, the status flag 103a is set to "1" in the hard random number circuit 67 as shown in FIG. 15C, and the jackpot random number register 102 is set as shown in FIG. 15D. The jackpot random number is latched in. After that, at the timing of t3, as shown in FIG. 15A, the hold information acquisition process is executed, so that the jackpot random number latched in the jackpot random number register 102 is transmitted to the MPU 62 and stored as hold information. It is stored in the holding area RE of the area 64a. Further, at the timing of t3, the status flag 103a is cleared to "0" as shown in FIG. 15C, and the jackpot random number register 102 is cleared to "0" as shown in FIG. 15D. To.

As shown in FIG. 15B, the detection signal SG1 that has reached the HI level corresponding to the occurrence of the winning at the timing of t2 is maintained at the HI level for three cycles or more of the pending information acquisition process. , Return to LOW level.

Next, a case where the jackpot random number is not normally acquired from the hard random number circuit 67 will be described.

FIG. 15 (b) shows the timing of t8, which is after the hold information acquisition process is executed at the timing of t7 and before the hold information acquisition process is executed at the timing of t9. As shown, the detection signal SG1 of the operation port winning detection sensor 45 becomes the HI level corresponding to the occurrence of winning. However, the signal path between the operation port winning detection sensor 45 and the hard random number circuit 67 is blocked, or noise is added to the signal path and the detection signal SG1 is not normally received. As shown in (c), the status flag 103a remains “0”, and as shown in FIG. 15 (d), the jackpot random number is not latched in the jackpot random number register 102. In this case, as shown in FIG. 15A, in the hold information acquisition process executed at the timing of t9, the MPU 62 receives the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning from the operation port winning detection sensor 45. By confirming that the status flag 103a remains "0" in the hard random number circuit 67, the game prohibition setting is performed at the timing of t9 as shown in FIG. 15 (e). It is said. As a result, it is possible to prevent the normal progress of the game from being continued even though the jackpot random number latch is not normally performed in the hard random number circuit 67.

<Monitoring process of acquired random numbers>
Next, the monitoring process of the acquired random number executed in step S407 in the pending information acquisition process (FIG. 13) in the MPU 62 will be described.

In the acquisition random number monitoring process, the jackpot random number received from the hard random number circuit 67 is used to monitor whether or not the jackpot random number is normally provided in the hard random number circuit 67. In the monitoring, various areas provided in the RAM 64 of the main control device 60 are used. FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the configuration of the various areas.

FIG. 16A shows the current acquisition area 111 provided in the RAM 64, FIG. 16B shows the previous acquisition area 112 provided in the RAM 64, and FIG. 16C shows the change bit area provided in the RAM 64. 113 is shown, and FIG. 16D shows the change bit storage area 114 provided in the RAM 64.

The current acquisition area 111, the previous acquisition area 112, the change bit area 113, and the change bit storage area 114 are each set to 1 byte, and each is composed of 8 bits. That is, the data capacity × m (m is a natural number of 1 or more) in each of these areas 111 to 114 is the same as the data capacity of the jackpot random number, and m is “2” in the pachinko machine 10. Further, as already described, the jackpot random number is 16 bits as a whole, but when it is transmitted from the jackpot random number register 102 to the MPU 62, it is transmitted in 8 bits each. In this respect, it can be said that the data capacity of each of the areas 111 to 114 is the same as the number of transmission bits at one time in the jackpot random number.

In the configuration in which a 16-bit jackpot random number is transmitted in 8-bit units (hereinafter, 8-bit unit data is also referred to as random number transmission unit data) in the acquisition area 111 this time, the latest random number transmission unit data transmitted. Is stored. The unit data for random number transmission one transmission time before is stored in the previous acquisition area 112. In the change bit area 113, data corresponding to the bit-wise comparison result between the random number transmission unit data stored in the acquisition area 111 this time and the random number transmission unit data stored in the previous acquisition area 112 is stored. It is stored. In the change bit storage area 114, data indicating whether or not data transmission is normally performed for each bit of unit data for random number transmission forms a signal path between the jackpot random number register 102 and the MPU 62. It is stored so as to correspond to each signal line unit of the group SL2.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a monitoring process of acquired random numbers.

First, in step S601, it is determined whether or not the reception of the unit data for random number transmission is completed. If a negative determination is made in step S601, the process waits as it is in step S601. If an affirmative determination is made in step S601, the unit data for random number transmission acquired this time is stored in the acquisition area 111 this time in step S602. In this case, each bit of the acquisition area 111 this time has a one-to-one correspondence with each signal line of the signal line group SL2, and the binary data (“0” or “1”) transmitted from the corresponding signal line. Data) is stored. That is, data from the same signal line is always stored in each bit of the acquisition area 111 this time.

In the following step S603, it is determined whether or not the previous unit data for random number transmission is stored in the previous acquisition area 112. If it is not stored, it means that the previous acquisition area 112 has just been cleared to "0". Therefore, in step S604, the unit data for the current random number transmission stored in the current acquisition area 111 is acquired last time. Copy it to area 112 as it is. In this case, each bit of the previous acquisition area 112 has a one-to-one correspondence with each bit of the current acquisition area 111, and the binary data stored in the corresponding bit is stored. That is, in each bit of the previous acquisition area 112, the data stored in the same bit corresponding to the current acquisition area 111 is always stored.

When an affirmative determination is made in step S603 or when the process of step S604 is executed, the data stored in the acquisition area 111 this time is read and the data stored in the acquisition area 112 last time is read in step S605. Is read, and XOR processing is executed for the corresponding bits of each read data. Then, the result of the XOR processing is stored in the change bit area 113 in step S606. In this case, each bit in the area 113 of the change bit has a one-to-one correspondence with each bit in the acquisition area 111 this time, and the binary data stored in the corresponding bit of the XOR processing result is stored.

After executing the process of step S606, in step S607, the data stored in each bit in the acquisition area 111 this time is shifted to the corresponding bit in the acquisition area 112 last time, and then the acquisition area 111 this time is changed. Clear "0".

In the following step S608, it is determined whether or not the data of the previous change bit area 113 is stored in the change bit storage area 114. If it is not stored, it means that the change bit storage area 114 has just been cleared to "0". Therefore, in step S609, the data stored in the change bit area 113 is used as it is in the change bit storage area 114. make a copy. In this case, each bit in the change bit storage area 114 has a one-to-one correspondence with each bit in the change bit area 113, and binary data stored in the corresponding bit is stored. That is, in each bit of the change bit storage area 114, the data stored in the same bit corresponding to the change bit area 113 is always stored.

When an affirmative determination is made in step S608, or when the process of step S609 is executed, the data stored in the change bit area 113 is read and stored in the change bit storage area 114 in step S610. The existing data is read, and OR processing is executed for the corresponding bits of each read data. Then, the result of the OR processing is overwritten in the change bit storage area 114 in step S611. Further, in step S611, the change bit area 113 is cleared to "0".

After that, in step S612, the data in the change bit storage area 114 is read, and all the bits of the read data are ANDed. Then, in step S613, it is determined whether or not the result of the AND processing is "1". When an affirmative determination is made in step S613, the value of the specified number of times counter provided in the RAM 64 is cleared to "0" and the change bit storage area 114 is cleared to "0" in step S614. The specified number of times counter is a counter for measuring the number of times that the result of the AND process in step S612 is not "1".

After that, in step S615, it is determined whether or not the unit data for random number transmission received this time in step S601 corresponds to the data of the lower byte whose transmission order is the rear side in the 2-byte jackpot random number. If a negative determination is made in step S615, it means that the reception of the jackpot random number has not been completed for the transmission of the request signal this time from the MPU 62, so the process returns to step S601. If an affirmative determination is made in step S615, it means that the reception of the jackpot random number for the transmission of the request signal this time from the MPU 62 has been completed, so that the monitoring process is terminated as it is.

On the other hand, when a negative determination is made in step S613, the value of the specified number of times counter of the RAM 64 is added by 1 in step S616, and the value of the specified number of times counter is determined as a plurality of abnormalities in the following step S617. It is determined whether or not the reference number of times (specifically, "100") or more is reached. If a negative determination is made in step S617, the process proceeds to step S615. The processing content in this case is as described above. If an affirmative determination is made in step S617, the monitoring process ends after setting "1" in the random number abnormality flag provided in the RAM 64 in step S618.

By setting "1" to the random number abnormality flag, an affirmative determination is made in step S408 in the pending information acquisition process (FIG. 13). Then, in step S405, the game stop setting process is executed. By executing the game stop setting process, as described above, the execution of the predetermined process for advancing the game is restricted, and the abnormality notification is executed.

Here, with reference to FIG. 18, the calculation content in the monitoring process of the acquired random number and the action of executing the monitoring process will be described.

First, the calculation contents in steps S605 and S606 will be described with reference to FIGS. 18A to 18C-1.

As shown in FIG. 18A, in the situation where "10100101" is stored in the acquisition area 111 this time and "11001100" is stored in the previous acquisition area 112 as shown in FIG. 18B. By executing the XOR processing for each of the corresponding bits of the current acquisition area 111 and the previous acquisition area 112, "01101001" is stored in the change bit area 113 as shown in FIG. 18 (c-1). To. That is, among the bits of the acquisition area 111 this time, for the bit whose binary data value has changed from the corresponding bit of the previous acquisition area 112, "1" is stored in the corresponding bit of the change bit area 113. For bits that have not changed, "0" is stored in the corresponding bit in the change bit area 113. Therefore, the value of the change bit area 113 makes it possible to identify the bit in which the binary data has changed from the previous unit data for random number transmission to the current unit data for random number transmission.

Next, the calculation contents of steps S610 to S612 and the present monitoring process are executed with reference to FIGS. 18 (c-1) to (e-1) and FIGS. 18 (c-2) to (e-2). The action of being done will be described.

First, a case where the result of the monitoring process is normal will be described with reference to FIGS. 18 (c-1) to 18 (e-1). As shown in FIG. 18 (c-1), “01101001” is stored in the change bit area 113, and “10110111” is stored in the change bit storage area 114 as shown in FIG. 18 (d-1). In this situation, the OR processing is executed for each of the corresponding bits of the change bit area 113 and the change bit storage area 114, so that the change bit storage area 114 has the change bit storage area 114 as shown in FIG. 18 (e-1). , "11111111" is stored. In this case, when the AND process is executed for all the bits in the change bit storage area 114, the calculation result becomes "1". Then, an affirmative judgment is made in step S613 of the acquisition random number monitoring process (FIG. 17), and the game proceeds as usual assuming that the jackpot random number is normally acquired from the hard random number circuit 67. Become.

Next, a case where the result of the monitoring process is abnormal will be described with reference to FIGS. 18 (c-2) to 18 (e-2). As shown in FIG. 18 (c-2), “01101001” is stored in the change bit area 113, and “10101111” is stored in the change bit storage area 114 as shown in FIG. 18 (d-2). In this situation, the OR processing is executed for each of the corresponding bits of the change bit area 113 and the change bit storage area 114, so that the change bit storage area 114 has the change bit storage area 114 as shown in FIG. 18 (e-2). , "11110111" is stored. In this case, when the AND process is executed for all the bits in the change bit storage area 114, the calculation result becomes "0". Then, a negative determination is made in step S613 of the acquisition random number monitoring process (FIG. 17). Then, when the situation in which the calculation result of the AND process becomes "0" occurs more than the abnormal reference number of times (specifically, "100"), the game stop setting is performed.

That is, by executing the XOR processing of the current acquisition area 111 and the previous acquisition area 112, there are bits in which the binary data has not changed from the previous unit data for random number transmission to the current unit data for random number transmission. It is possible to specify whether or not it is. Further, regarding the XOR processing result, by performing OR processing for the current time and the previous time each time the unit data for random number transmission is received, whether or not there is a bit in which the binary data is not continuously changed. It becomes possible to specify. The fact that the result of the AND process does not become "1" over the abnormal reference number of times means that the binary data has not changed over the abnormal reference number of times or more for at least one bit.

Since the data transmitted from the hard random number circuit 67 is a jackpot random number, it is selected irregularly, and the binary data should be selected irregularly in each bit. In this case, the fact that the binary data has not changed in at least one bit over the abnormal reference number of times or more means that the binary data has not changed.
(A) The numerical information of the update buffer 101b is not normally updated in the update circuit 101. (B) A disconnection occurs in the first signal line group SL1 between the update buffer 101b and the jackpot random number register 102. (C) There is a high possibility that an abnormality such as a disconnection has occurred in the second signal line group SL2 between the jackpot random number register 102 and the MPU 62.

In such a situation, it is possible to deal with the occurrence of the above-mentioned abnormality by executing the game stop setting process as described above, limiting the progress of the game, and notifying the abnormality.

Further, according to the above arithmetic processing, by confirming the value of the change bit storage area 114 at the timing when the random number abnormality flag is set to "1", which bit the binary data has not changed, that is, whichever It is possible to identify whether or not an abnormality may have occurred in the signal path of. Therefore, at the time of abnormality notification, the MPU 62 confirms each bit of the change bit storage area 114, and outputs an abnormality occurrence command so that the abnormality notification is performed in a manner capable of identifying the bit set to "0". You may do so. Further, the contents of the change bit storage area 114 may be readable by a reading device owned by the manager of the game hall, and the signal path in which the abnormality has occurred may be identified through the reading operation.

Further, when monitoring the acquired random numbers, the monitoring is not performed in units of the entire 16-bit jackpot random number, but in units of unit data for random number transmission. As a result, when transmitting one big hit random number, it is possible to perform an operation for monitoring the acquired random number a plurality of times, and the frequency of executing the monitoring is increased. In addition, the processing load of the monitoring process can be reduced.

<Monitoring operation of update circuit>
Next, the monitoring operation of the update circuit executed by the control circuit 103 of the hard random number circuit 67 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The control circuit 103 monitors whether or not the numerical information in the update buffer 101b has been updated by monitoring whether or not the numerical information in the update buffer 101b has been updated (step S701). If the numerical information has not been updated, the error flag 103b of the control circuit 103 is set to "1" (step S702).

Further, in the control circuit 103, it is determined in the update circuit 101 whether or not the update of the jackpot random number has made one round (step S703), and if it has made one round, the update cycle is the maximum value specified by the MPU 62. It is determined whether or not the cycle is normal in relation to (step S704). Specifically, the control circuit 103 is provided with a timer circuit capable of measuring the update cycle corresponding to the specified maximum value, and after the time measurement is completed in the timer circuit, the update circuit 101 makes a big hit. When a signal indicating that the random number has been updated once has been received, it is determined that the update cycle is abnormal. If the update cycle is abnormal, the error flag 103b of the control circuit 103 is set to "1" (step S705).

In the MPU 62, the error flag 103b of the control circuit 103 is monitored in the random number update monitoring process in step S205 of the timer interrupt process (FIG. 11), and it is confirmed that "1" is set in the error flag 103b. , Execute the setting process for stopping the game. The processing content of the setting processing is the same as the processing content of the game stop setting processing in the holding information acquisition processing (FIG. 13). Therefore, when the error flag 103b is set to "1", the execution of a predetermined process for advancing the game is prohibited, and the abnormality notification is performed. The release operation of this state is the same as when the game stop setting process is executed.

By the way, in the hard random number circuit 67, when the update of the jackpot random number within the specified numerical range makes one round, the update circuit 101 outputs a signal to the control circuit 103 indicating that the update of the jackpot random number has made one round. , The signal indicating that the update of the jackpot random number has completed one round is not transmitted to the MPU 62, that is, it is not transmitted to the outside of the hard random number circuit 67. Therefore, even if the data transmitted from the hard random number circuit 67 is illegally read to illegally grasp the cycle of one round of the jackpot random number and the timing of one round, it is difficult to do so.

According to the first embodiment described in detail above, the following excellent effects are obtained.

By executing the monitoring process of the acquired random number for the jackpot random number received from the jackpot random number register 102, if the jackpot random number does not change, the game stop setting process is executed. This makes it possible to reduce the possibility that the hit / fail determination process will continue to be executed while using the abnormal jackpot random number.

Further, in the above monitoring process, with respect to the numerical information received from the jackpot random number register 102, whether or not the numerical values of the corresponding bits have changed is monitored, and an event in which the numerical values do not change between the same bits repeatedly occurs. If so, the game stop setting process is executed. This makes it possible to monitor whether or not the same numerical value is provided for each bit. Therefore, as compared with the case of monitoring whether or not the numerical value has changed in the entire numerical information received from the jackpot random number register 102, it is possible to finely monitor the abnormality of the numerical information.

The exclusive OR of the corresponding bits is calculated by the numerical information stored in the acquisition area 111 this time and the numerical information stored in the acquisition area 112 last time, and the operation result and the operation result immediately before it correspond to each other. It is a configuration that calculates the logical sum of the bits to be used. As a result, it is possible to monitor whether or not the numerical value is continuously changed in bit units by a relatively simple calculation method.

In addition, the logical product is calculated for all the bits of the calculation result by the above logical sum, and when the calculation result is "0", it is determined that an event in which the numerical value does not change in bit units has occurred. .. As a result, it is possible to identify that a communication abnormality has occurred in any of the bits by a simple calculation method without checking whether or not an abnormality has occurred in which the numerical value has not changed. It will be possible.

Further, when monitoring the acquired random numbers, the monitoring is not performed in units of the entire 16-bit jackpot random number, but in units of unit data for random number transmission. As a result, when transmitting one big hit random number, it becomes possible to perform an operation for monitoring the acquired random number a plurality of times, and the frequency of executing the monitoring is increased.

The detection signal SG1 of the operation port winning detection sensor 45 is transmitted not only to the MPU 62 but also to the hard random number circuit 67, and the hard random number circuit 67 hits the jackpot random number register 102 at the timing when the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning is received. Latch a random number. As a result, even if the acquisition timing of the jackpot random number is delayed with respect to the transmission timing of the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning from the operation port winning detection sensor 45 in relation to the execution of various processes in the MPU 62. At the transmission timing of the detection signal SG1 from the operation port winning detection sensor 45, a jackpot random number has already been acquired by the hard random number circuit 67 for provision. Therefore, it is possible to execute the winning / failing determination process by using the jackpot random number corresponding to the transmission timing of the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the occurrence of winning in the operating port winning detection sensor 45.

Further, in the hard random number circuit 67, "1" is set in the status flag 103a when the jackpot random number is stored in the jackpot random number register 102. Then, the jackpot random number is acquired from the hard random number circuit 67 when it is confirmed that "1" is set in the status flag 103a of the hard random number circuit 67. Therefore, the jackpot random number is acquired in the MPU 62 on the condition that the jackpot random number is stored in the jackpot random number register 102 for the transmission of the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning, so that the jackpot random number can be accurately acquired. It becomes possible to do.

Further, if "1" is not set in the status flag 103a of the hard random number circuit 67 even though the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning is received in the MPU 62, the game stop setting process is executed. Will be done. As a result, in the configuration in which the detection signal SG1 is transmitted from the operation port winning detection sensor 45 to both the MPU 62 and the hard random number circuit 67, the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning is transmitted to the MPU 62, but the hard random number circuit. When a communication abnormality occurs in which the detection signal SG1 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning is not transmitted to the 67, it is possible to deal with it.

Since the hard random number circuit 67 is configured to update the jackpot random number in the numerical range specified by the MPU 62, the versatility of the hard random number circuit 67 is enhanced. In this case, if one cycle of updating the jackpot random number in the specified numerical range does not correspond to the reference cycle corresponding to the numerical range, the progress of the game is stopped and the abnormality notification is executed. To. As a result, if an abnormality has occurred in updating the jackpot random number within the specified numerical range, it is possible to deal with it.

<Second embodiment>
In the present embodiment, the processing configuration of the acquisition random number monitoring process is different from that of the first embodiment. Hereinafter, the differences from the first embodiment will be described. The description of the same configuration as that of the first embodiment is basically omitted.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing a monitoring process of acquired random numbers in the present embodiment. In the following description, various areas 121 to 124 used in the monitoring process will be described with reference to FIG. 21 as appropriate, and the calculation contents in the monitoring process will be described.

First, in step S801, it is determined whether or not the reception of 16-bit numerical information, that is, the reception of data for all bits of the jackpot random number is completed. That is, in the first embodiment, the amount of data to be monitored is 8 bits, which is the unit data for transmitting random numbers, whereas in the present embodiment, the data to be monitored is the data to be monitored. The amount is 16 bits, which is the total number of bits of the jackpot random number. Therefore, the monitoring process is executed for each bit of the jackpot random number. Further, in response to the fact that the monitoring process is executed for each bit of the jackpot random number in this way, in the present embodiment, the current acquisition area 121, the previous acquisition area 122, the change bit area 123, and the change bit storage area Each of the 124 is a 2-byte storage area.

After that, in step S802, the jackpot random number for which reception has been completed this time is stored in the acquisition area 121 this time. For example, as shown in FIG. 21 (a), the numerical information of the jackpot random numbers "00000001" and "01100101" is stored in the 2-byte current acquisition area 121. Then, in step S803, it is determined whether or not the previous jackpot random number is stored in the previous acquisition area 122, and if a negative determination is made in step S803, it is stored in the current acquisition area 121 in step S804. The data is copied to the previous acquisition area 122.

After that, in step S805, the data stored in the acquisition area 121 this time is read, the data stored in the acquisition area 122 last time is read, and XOR processing is executed for the corresponding bits of the read data. .. Then, the result of the XOR processing is stored in the change bit area 123 in step S806.

For example, as shown in FIG. 21 (a), “00000001” and “01100101” are stored in the current acquisition area 121, and as shown in FIG. 21 (b), “0000000000” and “0000000000” are stored in the previous acquisition area 122. When "0101010" is stored, "00000001" and "00110111" are stored in the change bit area 123 after the XOR processing, as shown in FIG. 21 (c).

After executing the process of step S806, in step S807, the data stored in each bit in the acquisition area 121 this time is shifted to the corresponding bit in the acquisition area 122 last time, and then the acquisition area 121 this time is changed. Clear "0".

In the following step S808, it is determined whether or not the data of the previous change bit area 123 is stored in the change bit storage area 124. If it is not stored, the data stored in the change bit area 123 is copied as it is to the change bit storage area 124 in step S809.

After that, in step S810, the data stored in the change bit area 123 is read, the data stored in the change bit storage area 124 is read, and OR processing is executed for the corresponding bits of the read data. To do. Then, the result of the OR processing is overwritten in the change bit storage area 124 in step S811. Further, in step S811, the change bit area 113 is cleared to "0".

For example, as shown in FIG. 21 (c), “00000001” and “00110111” are stored in the change bit area 123, and “00000001” is stored in the change bit storage area 124 as shown in FIG. 21 (d). When "11011001" is stored, "00000001" and "11111111" are stored in the change bit storage area 124 after the OR processing, as shown in FIG. 21 (e).

The processing content of steps S802 to S811 described above is basically the same as the processing content of steps S602 to S611 in the acquisition random number monitoring process (FIG. 17) in the first embodiment.

After that, in step S812, the data in the change bit storage area 124 is read, and among the read bits, AND processing is executed for all the bits within the numerical range set as the update target of the jackpot random number. That is, in the present embodiment, unlike the first embodiment, “1023” is set as the maximum value of the jackpot random number, so that only the lower 10 bits are updated as shown in FIG. 21 (e). It becomes the target bit. Therefore, in step S812, AND processing is executed for the lower 10 bits. In the case of FIG. 21 (e), since the 10th bit from the lower side is “0”, the result of the AND process is “0”.

In the following step S813, it is determined whether or not the result of the AND process is "1". When an affirmative determination is made in step S813, the value of the specified number of times counter provided in the RAM 64 is cleared to "0" and the change bit storage area 124 is cleared to "0" in step S814. After that, this monitoring process is terminated.

On the other hand, when a negative determination is made in step S813, the value of the specified number of times counter of the RAM 64 is added by 1 in step S815, and in the following step S816, the value of the specified number of times counter is determined as a plurality of abnormalities. It is determined whether or not the number of times is equal to or greater than the reference number (specifically, "100"). If a negative determination is made in step S816, the present monitoring process is terminated as it is. If an affirmative determination is made in step S816, the monitoring process ends after setting "1" in the random number abnormality flag provided in the RAM 64 in step S817. The action when "1" is set in the random number abnormality flag is the same as that of the first embodiment.

According to the second embodiment described in detail above, it is possible to monitor whether or not the event in which the numerical value does not change continues for each bit of the jackpot random number, and it is designated as the hard random number circuit 67 in the MPU 62. It is possible to appropriately monitor communication abnormalities within the range of bits corresponding to the numerical range.

<Third embodiment>
In the present embodiment, the processing configuration of the acquisition random number monitoring process is different from that of the first embodiment. Hereinafter, the differences from the first embodiment will be described. The description of the same configuration as that of the first embodiment is basically omitted.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram for explaining various areas 131 to 134 used in the monitoring process of acquired random numbers.

The RAM 64 of the main control device 60 is provided with the acquisition area 131 this time, the post-shift area 132, the change bit area 133, and the change bit storage area 134 as various areas 131 to 134.

The acquisition area 131, the shift area 132, the change bit area 133, and the change bit storage area 134 each are set to 1 byte each, and each is composed of 8 bits. That is, the data capacity × m (m is a natural number of 1 or more) in each of these areas 131 to 134 is the same as the data capacity of the jackpot random number, and m is “2” in the pachinko machine 10. Further, as already described, the jackpot random number is 16 bits as a whole, but when it is transmitted from the jackpot random number register 102 to the MPU 62, it is transmitted in 8 bits each. In this respect, it can be said that the data capacity of each of the areas 131 to 134 is the same as the number of transmission bits at one time in the jackpot random number.

In the configuration in which a 16-bit jackpot random number is transmitted in 8-bit units (hereinafter, 8-bit unit data is also referred to as random number transmission unit data) in the acquisition area 131 this time, the latest random number transmission unit data transmitted. Is stored. In the post-shift area 132, the post-shift unit data when each bit of the random number transmission unit data stored in the acquisition area 131 is shifted in the same direction by one bit is stored. That is, for the bits other than the most significant bit in the acquisition area 131 this time, the kth bit is shifted to be the k + 1th bit. Further, the 7th bit, which is the most significant bit, is shifted to become the 0th bit.

In the change bit area 133, data corresponding to the bit-wise comparison result between the random number transmission unit data stored in the acquisition area 131 this time and the post-shift unit data stored in the post-shift area 132 is stored. Will be done. In the change bit storage area 134, data for determining whether or not the same binary data continues to be the same between adjacent bits of the unit data for random number transmission is a signal between the jackpot random number register 102 and the MPU 62. It is stored so as to correspond to each signal line unit of the second signal line group SL2 forming the path.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing the monitoring process of the acquired random number in the present embodiment.

First, in step S901, it is determined whether or not the reception of the unit data for random number transmission is completed. If a negative determination is made in step S901, the process waits as it is in step S901. If an affirmative determination is made in step S901, the unit data for random number transmission acquired this time is stored in the acquisition area 131 this time in step S902. It should be noted that these processing contents are the same as the processing contents of steps S601 and S602 in the acquisition random number monitoring process (FIG. 17) in the first embodiment.

In the following step S903, the numerical information stored in the acquisition area 131 this time is read, the read numerical information is shifted bit by bit in the same direction, and the shifted data is stored in the shifted area 132 as post-shift unit data. To do.

After that, in step S904, the data stored in the acquisition area 131 this time is read, the data stored in the post-shift area 132 is read, and the XOR processing is executed for the corresponding bits of the read data. .. Then, the result of the XOR processing is stored in the change bit area 133 in step S905. These processing contents are the same as the processing contents of steps S605 and S606 in the acquisition random number monitoring process (FIG. 17) in the first embodiment. After that, in step S906, the acquisition area 131 this time is cleared to "0".

In the following step S907, it is determined whether or not the data of the previous change bit area 133 is stored in the change bit storage area 134. If it is not stored, it means that the change bit storage area 134 has just been cleared to "0". Therefore, in step S908, the data stored in the change bit area 133 is directly stored in the change bit storage area 134. make a copy.

When an affirmative determination is made in step S907, or when the process of step S908 is executed, the data stored in the change bit area 133 is read out and stored in the change bit storage area 134 in step S909. The existing data is read, and OR processing is executed for the corresponding bits of each read data. Then, the result of the OR processing is overwritten in the change bit storage area 134 in step S910. Further, in step S910, the change bit area 133 is cleared to "0".

After that, in step S911, the data in the change bit storage area 134 is read, and all the bits of the read data are ANDed. In this case, instead of performing AND processing on all the bits, the AND processing may be performed only on the bits in which the data indicating whether or not the binary data has changed between adjacent bits is stored. ..

In the following step S912, it is determined whether or not the result of the AND process is "1". When an affirmative determination is made in step S912, the value of the specified number of times counter provided in the RAM 64 is cleared to "0" and the change bit storage area 134 is cleared to "0" in step S913.

After that, in step S914, it is determined whether or not the unit data for random number transmission received this time in step S901 corresponds to the data of the lower byte whose transmission order is the rear side in the 2-byte jackpot random number. If a negative determination is made in step S914, it means that the reception of the jackpot random number has not been completed for the transmission of the request signal this time from the MPU 62, so the process returns to step S901. If an affirmative determination is made in step S914, it means that the reception of the jackpot random number for the transmission of the request signal this time from the MPU 62 has been completed, so that the monitoring process is terminated as it is.

On the other hand, when a negative determination is made in step S912, the value of the specified number of times counter of the RAM 64 is added by 1 in step S915, and in the subsequent step S916, the value of the specified number of times counter is determined to be a plurality of abnormalities. It is determined whether or not the number of times is equal to or greater than the reference number (specifically, "100"). If a negative determination is made in step S916, the process proceeds to step S914. The processing content in this case is as described above. If an affirmative determination is made in step S916, the monitoring process ends after setting "1" in the random number abnormality flag provided in the RAM 64 in step S917. The processing contents of steps S907 to S917 are the same as the processing contents of steps S608 to S618 in the acquisition random number monitoring process (FIG. 17) in the first embodiment.

Here, with reference to FIG. 24, the calculation contents in the monitoring process of the acquired random numbers and the action of executing the monitoring process will be described.

First, the calculation contents in steps S903 to S905 will be described with reference to FIGS. 24 (a) to 24 (c-1).

As shown in FIG. 24 (a), in the situation where “10100101” is stored in the acquisition area 131 this time, the process of step S903 is executed, so that the acquisition area this time is acquired as shown in FIG. 24 (b). The post-shift unit data "01001011" in which the data of 131 is shifted bit by bit is stored in the post-shift area 132. Then, by executing the XOR processing for each of the corresponding bits of the acquisition area 131 and the post-shift area 132 this time, “11110110” is stored in the change bit area 133 as shown in FIG. 24 (c-1). Will be done. That is, among the bits of the acquisition area 131 this time, for the bit whose binary data value has changed from the corresponding bit of the area 132 after the shift, "1" is stored in the corresponding bit of the change bit area 133. For the bits that have not changed, "0" is stored in the corresponding bits in the change bit area 133. Therefore, the value of the change bit area 133 makes it possible to specify the bits that are the same binary data among the adjacent bits in the unit data for random number transmission acquired this time.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 24 (c-1) to (e-1) and 24 (c-2) to (e-2), the calculation contents of steps S909 to S911 and the present monitoring process are executed. The action of being done will be described.

First, a case where the result of the monitoring process is normal will be described with reference to FIGS. 24 (c-1) to 24 (e-1). As shown in FIG. 24 (c-1), "11101110" is stored in the change bit area 133, and as shown in FIG. 24 (d-1), "10110111" is stored in the change bit storage area 134. In this situation, the OR processing is executed for each of the corresponding bits of the change bit area 133 and the change bit storage area 134, so that the change bit storage area 134 has the change bit storage area 134 as shown in FIG. 24 (e-1). , "11111111" is stored. In this case, when the AND process is executed for all the bits in the change bit storage area 134, the calculation result becomes "1". Then, an affirmative judgment is made in step S912 of the acquisition random number monitoring process (FIG. 23), and the game proceeds as usual assuming that the jackpot random number is normally acquired from the hard random number circuit 67. Become.

Next, a case where the result of the monitoring process is abnormal will be described with reference to FIGS. 24 (c-2) to 24 (e-2). As shown in FIG. 24 (c-2), "11101110" is stored in the change bit area 133, and as shown in FIG. 24 (d-2), "10101111" is stored in the change bit storage area 134. In this situation, the OR processing is executed for each of the corresponding bits of the change bit area 133 and the change bit storage area 134, so that the change bit storage area 134 has the change bit storage area 134 as shown in FIG. 24 (e-2). , "11110111" is stored. In this case, when the AND process is executed for all the bits in the change bit storage area 134, the calculation result becomes "0". Then, a negative determination is made in step S912 of the acquisition random number monitoring process (FIG. 23). Then, when the situation in which the calculation result of the AND process becomes "0" occurs more than the abnormal reference number of times (specifically, "100"), the game stop setting is performed.

That is, is there a bit that is the same binary data between adjacent bits in the unit data for random number transmission acquired this time by executing the XOR processing of the acquired area 131 and the shifted area 132 this time? It is possible to specify whether or not. In addition, by performing OR processing on the XOR processing result between this time and the previous time each time the unit data for random number transmission is received, the state where the same binary data is obtained between adjacent bits continues. It is possible to specify whether or not the existing bit exists. The fact that the result of the AND process does not become "1" over the abnormal reference number of times means that at least one set of adjacent bits has the same binary data over the abnormal reference number of times. Means.

Since the data transmitted from the hard random number circuit 67 is a jackpot random number, it is selected irregularly, and the binary data should be selected irregularly in each bit. In this case, it means that the same binary data is obtained between at least one set of adjacent bits over an abnormal reference number of times or more.
(A) The numerical information of the update buffer 101b is not normally updated in the update circuit 101. (B) A short circuit occurs in the first signal line group SL1 between the update buffer 101b and the jackpot random number register 102. (C) There is a high possibility that an abnormality such as a short circuit occurring in the second signal line group SL2 between the jackpot random number register 102 and the MPU 62 has occurred.

In such a situation, it is possible to deal with the occurrence of the above-mentioned abnormality by executing the game stop setting process as described above, limiting the progress of the game, and notifying the abnormality.

Further, according to the above arithmetic processing, by confirming the value of the change bit storage area 134 at the timing when the random number abnormality flag is set to "1", which bit has the same binary data, that is, It is possible to identify which signal line there is a possibility that an abnormality has occurred. Therefore, at the time of abnormality notification, the MPU 62 confirms each bit in the change bit storage area 134, and outputs an abnormality occurrence command so that the abnormality notification is performed in a manner capable of identifying the bit set to "0". You may do so. Further, the contents of the change bit storage area 134 may be readable by a reading device owned by the manager of the game hall, and the signal path in which the abnormality has occurred may be identified through the reading operation.

Further, when monitoring the acquired random numbers, the monitoring is not performed in units of the entire 16-bit jackpot random number, but in units of unit data for random number transmission. As a result, when transmitting one big hit random number, it becomes possible to perform an operation for monitoring the acquired random number a plurality of times, and the frequency of executing the monitoring is increased. In addition, the processing load of the monitoring process can be reduced.

In particular, since the update circuit 67 is integrated into one chip and the distance between the wirings is narrow, a short circuit is likely to occur. On the other hand, by monitoring the communication abnormality between adjacent bits as described above, in the configuration where the update circuit 67 is integrated into one chip, a short circuit between the wirings is dealt with. It becomes possible.

<Fourth Embodiment>
In the present embodiment, the processing configuration of the acquisition random number monitoring process is different from that of the first embodiment. Hereinafter, the differences from the first embodiment will be described. The description of the same configuration as that of the first embodiment is basically omitted.

FIG. 25 is an explanatory diagram for explaining various areas 140 to 144 used in the monitoring process of acquired random numbers.

The RAM 64 of the main control device 60 is provided with an acquisition area 140, a current determination area 141, a previous determination area 142, a change bit area 143, and a change bit storage area 144 as various areas 140 to 144. ing.

The acquisition area 140 is set to 1 byte and is composed of 8 bits. That is, the data capacity of the acquisition area 140 × m (m is a natural number of 1 or more) is the same as the data capacity of the jackpot random number, and m is “2” in the pachinko machine 10. Further, as already described, the jackpot random number is 16 bits as a whole, but when it is transmitted from the jackpot random number register 102 to the MPU 62, it is transmitted in 8 bits each. In this respect, it can be said that the data capacity of the acquisition area 140 is the same as the number of transmission bits at one time in the jackpot random number.

On the other hand, the present determination area 141, the previous determination area 142, the change bit area 143, and the change bit storage area 144 are composed of bits smaller than the number of bits in the acquisition area 140. Specifically, it is composed of 2 bits. That is, the data capacity × n (n is a natural number of 2 or more) of the current judgment area 141, the previous judgment area 142, the change bit area 143, and the change bit storage area 144 is the same as the data capacity of the acquisition area 140. , In this pachinko machine 10, n is "4".

In the acquisition area 140, in a configuration in which a 16-bit jackpot random number is transmitted in 8-bit units (hereinafter, 8-bit unit data is also referred to as random number transmission unit data), the latest transmitted random number transmission unit data is stored in the acquisition area 140. It is stored.

In the determination area 141 this time, among the 8-bit random number transmission unit data stored in the acquisition area 140, the data for the bits to be determined (specifically, 2 bits) are stored. In this case, the bits to be determined are sequentially changed on condition that the result of the monitoring process is normal, and when all the bits in the acquisition area 140 are to be determined, they are again first to be determined. It is configured to return to the bit. In the previous determination area 142, the data corresponding to the current determination target bit in the random number transmission unit data one transmission time before is stored. In the change bit area 143, data corresponding to the bit-wise comparison result between the judgment data stored in the judgment area 141 this time and the judgment data stored in the previous judgment area 142 is stored. To. In the change bit storage area 144, data indicating whether or not data transmission is normally performed for each bit of the determination data is stored.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing the monitoring process of the acquired random number in the present embodiment.

First, in step S1001, it is determined whether or not the reception of the unit data for random number transmission is completed. If a negative determination is made in step S1001, the process waits as it is in step S1001. When an affirmative determination is made in step S1001, each data of the bits currently to be determined among the unit data for random number transmission acquired this time in step S1002 is stored in the determination area 141 this time. ..

In the following step S1003, it is determined whether or not the previous determination data is stored in the previous determination area 142. If it is not stored, it means that the previous judgment area 142 has just been cleared to "0". Therefore, in step S1004, the current judgment data stored in the current judgment area 141 is determined last time. Copy it to the area 142 as it is. In this case, each bit of the previous determination area 142 has a one-to-one correspondence with each bit of the determination area 141 this time, and the binary data stored in the corresponding bit is stored. That is, in each bit of the previous determination area 142, the data stored in the same bit corresponding to the determination area 141 this time is always stored.

When an affirmative determination is made in step S1003 or the process of step S1004 is executed, the data stored in the determination area 141 this time is read out in step S1005, and the data is stored in the previous determination area 142. The existing data is read, and XOR processing is executed for the corresponding bits of each read data. Then, the result of the XOR processing is stored in the change bit area 143 in step S1006. In this case, each bit in the change bit area 143 has a one-to-one correspondence with each bit in the determination area 141 this time, and the binary data stored in the corresponding bit of the XOR processing result is stored. ..

After executing the process of step S1006, in step S1007, the data stored in each bit of the determination area 141 this time is shifted to the corresponding bit of the determination area 142 last time, and then the determination area this time. Clear 141 to "0".

In the following step S1008, it is determined whether or not the data of the previous change bit area 143 is stored in the change bit storage area 144. If it is not stored, it means that the change bit storage area 144 has just been cleared to "0". Therefore, in step S1009, the data stored in the change bit area 143 is used as it is in the change bit storage area 144. make a copy. In this case, each bit in the change bit storage area 144 has a one-to-one correspondence with each bit in the change bit area 143, and binary data stored in the corresponding bit is stored. That is, in each bit of the change bit storage area 144, the data stored in the same bit corresponding to the change bit area 143 is always stored.

When an affirmative determination is made in step S1008 or the process of step S1009 is executed, the data stored in the change bit area 143 is read out in step S1010, and the data is stored in the change bit storage area 144. The existing data is read, and OR processing is executed for the corresponding bits of each read data. Then, the result of the OR processing is overwritten in the change bit storage area 144 in step S1011. Further, in step S1011, the change bit area 143 is cleared to "0".

After that, in step S1012, the data in the change bit storage area 144 is read, and all the bits of the read data are ANDed. Then, in step S1013, it is determined whether or not the result of the AND processing is "1". When an affirmative determination is made in step S1013, the value of the specified number of times counter provided in the RAM 64 is cleared to "0" and the change bit storage area 144 is cleared to "0" in step S1014.

In the following step S1015, the bit to be determined is shifted to the next two bits. After that, in step S1016, it is determined whether or not the unit data for random number transmission received this time in step S1001 corresponds to the data of the lower byte whose transmission order is the rear side in the 2-byte jackpot random number. If a negative determination is made in step S1016, it means that the reception of the jackpot random number has not been completed for the transmission of the request signal this time from the MPU 62, so the process returns to step S1001. If an affirmative determination is made in step S1016, it means that the reception of the jackpot random number for the transmission of the request signal this time from the MPU 62 has been completed, so that the monitoring process is terminated as it is.

On the other hand, when a negative determination is made in step S1013, the value of the specified number of times counter of the RAM 64 is added by 1 in step S1017, and in the following step S1018, the value of the specified number of times counter is determined as a plurality of abnormalities. It is determined whether or not the number of times is equal to or greater than the reference number (specifically, "100"). If a negative determination is made in step S1018, the process proceeds to step S1016. The processing content in this case is as described above. If an affirmative determination is made in step S1018, the monitoring process ends after setting "1" in the random number abnormality flag provided in the RAM 64 in step S1019. The action when "1" is set in the random number abnormality flag is the same as that of the first embodiment.

According to the fourth embodiment described in detail above, since some bits are monitored at each monitoring processing time, it is possible to reduce the processing load of the monitoring processing.

If it is specified that no communication error has occurred in some of the bits, the monitoring target is changed to some new bits. As a result, in a configuration in which the processing load of the monitoring process is reduced by monitoring some bits at each monitoring process time, it is finally possible to monitor all the bits of the numerical information. This makes it possible to closely monitor communication abnormalities while reducing the processing load of the monitoring process.

<Fifth Embodiment>
In each of the above embodiments, a common operating port winning detection sensor 45 is provided for the first operating port 33 and the second operating port 34, and even if any of the operating ports 33 and 34 wins, it is the operating port winning detection sensor. In the present embodiment, the game ball that has won the first operating port 33 and the game ball that has won the second operating port 34 are detected by different detection sensors. In this case, the hold storage area 64a of the main control device 60 is provided with a hold area for the first operation port 33 and a hold area for the second operation port 34 as the hold area RE, and each operation is performed. Hold information for winning a prize in the mouths 33 and 34 is stored separately. Further, in the hit / fail determination and the distribution determination in the MPU 62 of the main control device 60, the player's advantage is different between the hold information on the first operation port 33 side and the hold information on the second operation port 34 side. Judgment is made. Specifically, the side of the second operating port 34 is more advantageous for the player. The hold information on the second operating port 34 side may be prioritized over the hold information on the first operating port 33 side in the hit / fail determination and the distribution determination.

As described above, with the configuration in which the reserved information is stored separately in the first operating port 33 and the second operating port 34, the configuration for providing the jackpot random number in the hard random number circuit 67 is implemented in each of the above. It is different from the form. Hereinafter, the different configurations will be specifically described. The description of the same configuration as that of the first embodiment is basically omitted.

FIG. 27 is a block diagram for explaining the hard random number circuit 67 in this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 27, the first operating port winning detection sensor 151 for detecting the game ball winning in the first operating port 33 transmits the detection signal SG11 to the MPU 62 of the main control device 60, and the hard random number circuit 67. Is transmitted to the control circuit 103 of. Further, the second operating port winning detection sensor 152 for detecting the game ball winning in the second operating port 34 transmits the detection signal SG12 to the MPU 62 of the main control device 60, and also to the control circuit 103 of the hard random number circuit 67. Send.

When the control circuit 103 receives the detection signal SG11 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning from the first operating port winning detection sensor 151, the control circuit 103 transfers the jackpot random number stored in the updating buffer 101b of the updating circuit 101 to the hard random number circuit 67. It is stored in the first jackpot random number register 153 provided. Further, when the control circuit 103 receives the detection signal SG12 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning from the second operating port winning detection sensor 152, the control circuit 103 converts the jackpot random number stored in the updating buffer 101b of the updating circuit 101 into a hard random number circuit. It is stored in the second jackpot random number register 154 provided in 67. The first jackpot random number register 153 and the second jackpot random number register 154 each have the same storage area as the update buffer 101b, and specifically have a 2-byte storage area.

The first jackpot random number register 153 is connected to the update buffer 101b via the third signal line group SL3. The first jackpot random number register 153 writes the data stored in each storage area of the update buffer 101b at that time to its own storage area in synchronization with the input of the latch signal. As a result, the jackpot random number of the input timing of the latch signal is acquired.

Here, the third signal line group SL3 includes the same number (specifically, eight) of signal lines as the number of bits of one byte. In this case, as described above, each of the update buffer 101b and the first jackpot random number register 153 has a storage area of 2 bytes, and the jackpot random numbers stored in the update buffer 101b and the first jackpot random number register 153. Has a capacity of 2 bytes. Therefore, when the jackpot random number is transmitted from the update buffer 101b to the first jackpot random number register 153, the numerical information of the upper 1 byte of the jackpot random numbers having a capacity of 2 bytes is first transmitted in parallel, and the upper 1 byte is transmitted. After the transmission of the numerical information of is completed, the remaining lower 1-byte numerical information is transmitted in parallel.

The second jackpot random number register 154 is connected to the update buffer 101b via the fourth signal line group SL4. The second jackpot random number register 154 writes the data stored in each storage area of the update buffer 101b at that time to its own storage area in synchronization with the input of the latch signal. As a result, the jackpot random number of the input timing of the latch signal is acquired.

Here, the fourth signal line group SL4 includes the same number (specifically, eight) of signal lines as the number of bits of one byte. In this case, as described above, each of the update buffer 101b and the second jackpot random number register 154 has a storage area of 2 bytes, and the jackpot random numbers stored in the update buffer 101b and the second jackpot random number register 154 are stored. Has a capacity of 2 bytes. Therefore, when the jackpot random number is transmitted from the update buffer 101b to the second jackpot random number register 154, the numerical information of the upper 1 byte of the jackpot random numbers having a capacity of 2 bytes is first transmitted in parallel, and the upper 1 byte is transmitted. After the transmission of the numerical information of is completed, the remaining lower 1-byte numerical information is transmitted in parallel.

The control circuit 103 is provided with a first status flag 155 for indicating that the jackpot random number is stored in the first jackpot random number register 153, and the jackpot random number is stored in the second jackpot random number register 154. A second status flag 156 is provided to indicate the presence. The first status flag 155 is set to "1" by storing the jackpot random number in the first jackpot random number register 153, and in the situation where the first status flag 155 is set to "1", the first operation is performed. Even if the detection signal SG11 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning is transmitted from the mouth winning detection sensor 151 to the control circuit 103, a new jackpot random number is not acquired. Similarly, the second status flag 156 is set to "1" by storing the jackpot random number in the second jackpot random number register 154, and the second status flag 156 is set to "1". Even if the detection signal SG12 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning is transmitted from the second operating port winning detection sensor 152 to the control circuit 103, a new jackpot random number is not acquired.

In the MPU 62, when the detection signal SG11 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning is received from the first operating port winning detection sensor 151, the first status flag 155 of the control circuit 103 is confirmed, and if "1" is set, the first status flag 155 is confirmed. By transmitting the first request signal to the control circuit 103, the jackpot random number is acquired from the first jackpot random number register 153. Specifically, the MPU 62 acquires a jackpot random number from the first jackpot random number register 153 through the fifth signal line group SL5.

Here, the fifth signal line group SL5 includes the same number (specifically, eight) of signal lines as the number of bits of one byte. In this case, as described above, the jackpot random number has a capacity of 2 bytes. Therefore, when the jackpot random number is transmitted from the first jackpot random number register 153 to the MPU 62, the numerical information of the upper 1 byte is first transmitted in parallel among the jackpot random numbers having a capacity of 2 bytes, and the numerical information of the upper 1 byte is transmitted. After the transmission of is completed, the remaining lower 1-byte numerical information is transmitted in parallel.

In the MPU 62, when the detection signal SG12 corresponding to the occurrence of the winning is received from the second operating port winning detection sensor 152, the second status flag 156 of the control circuit 103 is confirmed, and if "1" is set, the second status flag 156 is confirmed. By transmitting the second request signal to the control circuit 103, the jackpot random number is acquired from the second jackpot random number register 154. Specifically, the MPU 62 acquires a jackpot random number from the second jackpot random number register 154 through the sixth signal line group SL6.

Here, the sixth signal line group SL6 includes the same number (specifically, eight) of signal lines as the number of bits of one byte. In this case, as described above, the jackpot random number has a capacity of 2 bytes. Therefore, when the jackpot random number is transmitted from the second jackpot random number register 154 to the MPU 62, the numerical information of the upper 1 byte is first transmitted in parallel among the jackpot random numbers having a capacity of 2 bytes, and the numerical information of the upper 1 byte is transmitted. After the transmission of is completed, the remaining lower 1-byte numerical information is transmitted in parallel.

Next, the process of acquiring the pending information in the present embodiment executed by the MPU 62 of the main control device 60 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 28.

First, in step S1101, it is determined whether or not a prize has been generated in the first operating port 33. If a prize has been generated, in step S1102, it is determined whether or not the number of reserved information on the side of the first operating port 33 and the second operating port 34 on which the winning is occurring this time is the upper limit. To do. If an affirmative determination is made in step S1102, the process proceeds to step S1111 after executing the invalidation process in step S1103. In this invalidation process, if the processing times are based on the winning of the first operating port 33, the first jackpot random number register 153 and the first status flag 155 are cleared to "0", and the second operating port 34 is won. If the processing time is based on, the second jackpot random number register 154 and the second status flag 156 are cleared to "0".

If a negative determination is made in step S1102, it is determined in step S1104 whether or not "1" is set in the corresponding status flags 155 and 156 of the hard random number circuit 67. If a negative determination is made in step S1104, the game stop setting process is executed in step S1105, and then the acquisition process is terminated. The processing content of step S1105 is the same as that of step S405 of the holding information acquisition processing (FIG. 13) in the first embodiment.

If an affirmative determination is made in step S1104, the corresponding request processing is executed in step S1106. Specifically, if the processing time is based on the winning of the first operating port 33, the first request signal is transmitted to the control circuit 103, and if the processing time is based on the winning of the second operating port 34, the control is performed. The second request signal is transmitted to the circuit 103. Therefore, if the processing times are based on the winning of the first operating port 33, the jackpot random number is transmitted from the first jackpot random number register 153, and if the processing times are based on the winning of the second operating port 34, the second jackpot A jackpot random number is transmitted from the random number register 154.

In the following step S1107, the monitoring process of the corresponding acquired random number is executed. In this case, if the processing times are based on the winning of the first operating port 33, the monitoring processing is executed for the jackpot random numbers transmitted from the first jackpot random number register 153, and the processing times based on the winning of the second operating port 34. If so, the monitoring process is executed for the jackpot random number transmitted from the second jackpot random number register 154. In the monitoring process, any of the monitoring processes according to the first to fourth embodiments is executed.

In the following step S1108, as a result of the monitoring process, it is determined whether or not "1" is set in the random number abnormality flag. If an affirmative determination is made in step S1108, the game stop setting process is executed in step S1105, and then the acquisition process is terminated. If a negative determination is made in step S1108, the 16-bit jackpot random number acquired from the hard random number circuit 67 is stored in the holding area RE in step S1109. In this case, if the processing times are based on winning the first operating port 33, they are stored in the area corresponding to the first operating port 33 in the holding area RE, and the processing times based on the winning of the second operating port 34 are performed. If so, it is stored in the area corresponding to the second operating port 34 in the holding area RE.

After that, in step S1110, the value of the jackpot type counter C2 and the value of the reach random number counter C3 were acquired from the lottery counter area 64b of the RAM 64, and the acquired numerical information was stored in the jackpot random number in step S1109. Store in the corresponding area in the hold area.

In the following step S1111, it is determined whether or not a prize has been generated in the second operating port 34. If a prize has been generated in the second operating port 34, the process returns to the process of step S1102. If no prize has been awarded to the second operating port 34, the acquisition process is terminated as it is.

According to the present embodiment described in detail above, the hard random number circuit 67 includes a first jackpot random number register 153 corresponding to the first operating port 33 and a second jackpot random number register 154 corresponding to the second operating port 34. It is provided individually. As a result, even if a prize is generated for each of the operating ports 33 and 34 within the range of one processing of the timer interrupt processing, it is possible to acquire a jackpot random number for each winning timing.

In this case, since the acquisition random number monitoring process is executed for each of the jackpot random number transmitted from the first jackpot random number register 153 and the jackpot random number transmitted from the second jackpot random number register 154, each jackpot random number register From 153 and 154, it is possible to specify whether or not the jackpot random number is normally transmitted.

<Other embodiments>
It should be noted that the description is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and improvements can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, it may be changed as follows. Incidentally, the following configuration of another embodiment may be applied individually or in combination to the configuration of each of the above embodiments. Further, the configurations of the above embodiments may be applied in any combination, and the configurations of the following different embodiments may be individually applied to the configurations applied in the arbitrary combinations, or may be applied in combination. You may.

(1) Instead of the configuration for monitoring the abnormality of the numerical information in bit units as in each of the above embodiments, the configuration for monitoring the abnormality in the entire numerical information may be used.

For example, when the same unit data for random number transmission is continuously received from the hard random number circuit 67 over an abnormal reference number of times, the game stop setting process may be executed. Specifically, when the unit data for random number transmission is received, the data obtained by inverting all the bits of the random number transmission data received immediately before is corresponded to the unit data for random number transmission received this time. Calculate the logical product between bits. Then, the logical sum is calculated for all the bits of the result of the logical product, and when the event whose calculation result is "0" continues over the abnormal reference number of times set as a plurality of times, the game stop setting process is performed. May be configured to execute.

Further, for example, when a jackpot random number is received, it may be configured to monitor whether or not the numerical information is numerical information that cannot be provided by the hard random number circuit 67. In this case, it may be configured to monitor whether or not a jackpot random number outside the numerical range specified in the MPU 62 is received, and execute the game stop setting process when the jackpot random number outside the numerical range is received.

(2) The configuration is such that the presence or absence of a communication abnormality is monitored by calculating the exclusive OR, the logical sum, and the logical product, but if it is possible to monitor the target communication abnormality, a specific calculation is performed. The method is arbitrary.

(3) A configuration in which the game stop setting process is executed when an event in which the result of calculating the exclusive OR, the OR, and the logical product corresponds abnormally occurs continuously over the abnormal reference number of times. The specific value is arbitrary as long as the number of abnormal reference times is 2 or more. In this case, the abnormality reference number is set in a plurality of stages, and when an event resulting from the above abnormality occurs continuously over the first abnormality reference number on the smaller number side, the abnormality notification is executed. When the event that is the result of dealing with the above abnormality occurs continuously over the second abnormality reference number of times on the side of a large number of times, the progress of the game may be restricted.

(4) When the occurrence of a communication abnormality is identified in the monitoring process of the acquired random numbers, the pachinko machine 10 does not notify the abnormality, and the communication abnormality is transmitted to the hall computer of the game hall while not restricting the progress of the game. It may be configured to output externally in response to the occurrence of. In this case, it is possible to deal with the problem in the game hall while preventing the player from knowing that an abnormality has occurred in updating or acquiring the jackpot random number.

(5) As in the third embodiment, the method of logically calculating the received numerical information and the numerical information obtained by shifting the bits of the numerical information by one bit in a predetermined direction in bit units is used as unit data for random number transmission. Instead of the configuration performed in units of, a configuration performed in units of jackpot random numbers may be used.

(6) In the fourth embodiment, when a part of the bits of the unit data for random number transmission is to be monitored in the monitoring process, the part of the bits is not limited to 2 bits and is 3 bits. It may be 4 bits. Further, the number of bits is not limited to a plurality of bits, and may be one bit.

(7) The numerical information to be updated in the hard random number circuit 67 is not limited to the jackpot random number, and instead of or in addition to the jackpot random number, the jackpot type counter C2, the reach random number counter C3, and the public power open It may be a random number to be updated by at least one counter among the counters C4. Even in this case, by executing the monitoring process of the acquired random number in each of the above embodiments for the numerical information transmitted from the hard random number circuit 67, the random number transmitted from the hard random number circuit 67 has a communication abnormality. It is possible to monitor the occurrence.

(8) The monitoring target by the monitoring process of the acquired random number as in each of the above embodiments may be numerical information different from that of each of the above embodiments.

For example, in order to monitor whether or not a communication abnormality has occurred in the numerical information of the command received from the main control device 60 in the voice emission control device 80, monitoring of the acquired random numbers as illustrated in each of the above embodiments. The process may be applied. Further, for example, in order to monitor whether or not a communication abnormality has occurred in the numerical information of the command received from the voice emission control device 80 in the display control device 90, the acquired random numbers as illustrated in each of the above embodiments. Monitoring process may be applied. Further, for example, in order to monitor whether or not a communication abnormality has occurred in the numerical information of the command received from the main control device 60 in the payout control device 77, the acquired random numbers as illustrated in the above embodiments are used. Monitoring processing may be applied.

Further, for example, in the control unit of the MPU 62, the numerical information acquired from the jackpot type counter C2, the reach random number counter C3, the variable type counter CS, or the normal power release counter C4 of the RAM 64 is acquired as illustrated in each of the above embodiments. Random number monitoring processing may be applied.

(9) The communication method for transmitting the jackpot random number from the hard random number circuit 67 to the MPU 62 is not limited to parallel communication, and may be serial communication. In this case, the signal line group for transmitting the jackpot random number from the hard random number circuit 67 to the MPU 62 includes a signal line for serial command data transmission and each unit data (for example, one bit of data) included in the command data. ), And a signal line for a latch signal for recognizing at least one of the transmission start and transmission end of one command are preferably provided. In this configuration, when each 1 byte of data is output, communication of a predetermined signal indicating a transmission unit is also performed. In addition, a signal line for an enable signal for recognizing the start of command transmission may be separately provided.

(10) The hard random number circuit 67 has a configuration in which when the power of the pachinko machine 10 is turned on and the supply of operating power to the hard random number circuit 67 is started, the initial update value of the jackpot random number is determined by lottery. May be. In this case, since the initial value of the jackpot random number is randomly determined each time the supply of the operating power is started, the supply of the operating power to the hard random number circuit 67 is illegally cut off and the update of the jackpot random number is restarted. Even if a fraudulent act is performed, the jackpot random number at that time is random, so that the fraudulent act can be invalidated. Further, by applying the configuration to a configuration in which a signal indicating that the update of the jackpot random number has completed one round is not transmitted from the hard random number circuit 67, the jackpot random number updated in the hard random number circuit 67 becomes a predetermined value. In such a case, even if an attempt is made to illegally transmit the detection signal corresponding to the winning, the transmission timing cannot be specified, and the fraudulent act can be prevented.

(11) A modified example of the monitoring process of the acquired random number will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In the modified example, "0 to 255" is set as a numerical value corresponding to the jackpot result among the 16-bit jackpot random numbers. That is, when the jackpot random number corresponding to the jackpot result is obtained, the upper 1 byte of the jackpot random number is always "00000000000". In this case, in the monitoring process, the communication abnormality of the jackpot random number is detected by monitoring whether or not the event in which the upper 1 byte is "00000000000" is continuous over the abnormal reference number of times (for example, 10 times). Monitor whether or not an event has occurred in which the jackpot random number continues to be a numerical value corresponding to the jackpot result.

Specifically, first, in step S1201, it is determined whether or not the reception of the 16-bit jackpot random number is completed from the hard random number circuit 67. If the reception is not completed, the process proceeds in step S1201, and if the reception is completed, the process proceeds to step S1202. In step S1202, among the 16-bit jackpot random numbers received this time, the bit to be determined is stored in the determination area provided in the RAM 64. Specifically, the numerical information of the upper 1 byte of the jackpot random number is stored in the determination area. In the following step S1203, each bit in the determination area is OR-processed. As a result, if "1" is stored in any of the bits, the processing result becomes "1", and if "0" is stored in all the bits, the processing result becomes "0". Then, in step S1204, the determination area is cleared to "0".

After that, in step S1205, it is determined whether or not the result of the OR processing is "1". If an affirmative determination is made, the monitoring process ends after clearing the specified number of times counter "0" in step S1206. On the other hand, when a negative determination is made, the value of the specified number of times counter is added by 1 in step S1207, and it is determined in the subsequent step S1208 whether or not the value of the specified number of times counter is equal to or greater than the abnormal reference number of times. If a negative determination is made in step S1208, the main monitoring process is terminated as it is, and if an affirmative determination is made in step S1208, the random number abnormality flag is set to "1" in step S1209, and then the main monitoring process is performed. finish. The processing content when "1" is set in the random number abnormality flag is the same as in each of the above embodiments.

According to the above configuration, when an event occurs in which the jackpot random number continues to be a numerical value corresponding to the jackpot result, the game stop setting process is executed, so that the event that the jackpot random number continues to be a jackpot result due to a communication abnormality. When it occurs, it becomes possible to deal with it.

Further, since only a part of the 16-bit jackpot random numbers are to be determined, the processing load of the monitoring process can be reduced.

It should be noted that the above monitoring process may not be performed when the winning / failing lottery mode is the high probability mode, but may be performed when the low probability mode is used.

In addition, the numerical range that results in a big hit is not limited to the above and is arbitrary. When the numerical range is changed and a big hit result is obtained in relation to the numerical range, the bit in which "0" is set may be set as the bit to be monitored. In this case, as the bit of the jackpot random number, if there is a bit that can be "1" in the case of the jackpot random number that is the jackpot result and can be "0", the most significant bit is higher than the bit. Bits that are shifted by 1 bit to the side may be the bits to be monitored, and the number of abnormal reference times may be set to the corresponding number.

Further, it may be configured to monitor an event in which "1" is continuously set in any bit of the upper 1 byte. In this case, it is necessary to set the abnormal reference number of times as the number of times that it is difficult for the event to continue continuously in relation to the jackpot winning probability.

(12) A numerical range when a 16-bit input terminal is provided as an input port in the hard random number circuit 67 and a jackpot random number is updated according to the pattern of the input terminal receiving power equal to or higher than the threshold voltage at the 16-bit input terminal. (Or the upper limit value) may be specified. That is, in the hard random number circuit 67, a 16-bit area is set for updating the jackpot random number, but each of the 16-bit areas is made to correspond one-to-one with the 16-bit input terminal, and is turned on. The jackpot random number is updated by using the bit group area corresponding to the input terminal. For example, when the 8-bit input terminal from the lower side of the 16-bit input terminal is in the ON state, the jackpot is hit by using the 8-bit area from the lower side of the area for updating the jackpot random number. Update the random number. In this case, when the power of the pachinko machine 10 is turned on and the supply of the operating power to the MPU 62 is started, the input terminal set at the design stage of the pachinko machine 10 does not intervene in the control by the MPU 62. By setting the power to be automatically applied to the bit group of the above, it is not necessary to execute the processing in the MPU 62 regarding the designation of the numerical range, and the processing load of the MPU 62 can be reduced. The area for updating the jackpot random number may be a number of bits other than 16 bits, and even in this case, the number of bits of the input terminal should be made to correspond one-to-one with the area for updating the jackpot random number. Therefore, it is possible to achieve the same effect.

(13) In the monitoring process of the acquired random number in each of the above embodiments, instead of the configuration in which the logical product is calculated for the result of calculating the exclusive OR and the logical sum (hereinafter, also referred to as the specific operation result), the specific operation result is obtained. It may be configured to invert all the bits and determine whether or not all the bits of the inversion result are "0". In this case, the logical sum may be calculated for all the bits to determine whether or not the result is "0", or whether or not each bit is "0". May be good. Further, it may be configured to determine for each bit whether or not all the bits of the specific calculation result are "1". Further, it may be configured to subtract "255" in decimal from the specific calculation result and determine whether or not the subtraction result is "0".

(14) In the configuration for monitoring communication abnormalities between adjacent bits as in the third embodiment, the configuration may be such that monitoring is performed for each bit as in the fourth embodiment.

(15) The special electric winning device 32 is completely closed while the special electric winning device 32 is closed, but a part of the special electric winning device 32 may not be closed. In this case, the special electric winning device 32 may be configured so that the game ball can win a prize even when the special electric winning device 32 is closed through a part of the area, and the part of the area is closed because the area is narrower than the game ball. The special electric winning device 32 may not be able to win a prize in the game ball.

(16) Instead of the configuration in which the game ball cannot be awarded to the second operating port 34 while the universal accessory 34a is closed, the second operating port 34 is accessed even when the universal accessory 34a is closed. It may be configured so that a prize can be generated in the game ball. However, the ease of winning the prize needs to be lower than that during the opening of the general electric accessory 34a.

(17) Display control based on the command output from the main control device 60 instead of the configuration in which the display control device 90 is controlled by the voice emission control device 80 based on the command output from the main control device 60. The device 90 may be configured to control the voice emission control device 80. Further, instead of the configuration in which the voice emission control device 80 and the display control device 90 are separately provided, a configuration in which both control devices are provided as one control device may be used, and the function of one of the two control devices may be provided. May be integrated in the main control device 60, and both functions of both control devices may be integrated in the main control device 60. Further, the configuration of the command output from the main control device 60 to the voice emission control device 80 and the configuration of the command output from the voice emission control device 80 to the display control device 90 are also arbitrary.

(18) The device for executing the effect for the game round is not limited to the symbol display device 41, and the effect for the game round is executed by the operation of the decorative member provided movably. Alternatively, the effect for game rounds may be executed by turning on a predetermined light emitting unit, or the effect for game rounds may be executed by combining all or a part of each of the above modes. Good.

(19) In the above embodiment, the special figure display unit 37a is configured to display the stop result corresponding to each game result, but instead of this, the special figure display unit 37a may not be provided. Even if it is a game result, a common stop result may be displayed on the special figure display unit 37a, and the stop result is randomly displayed on the special figure display unit 37a, resulting in the special figure display unit 37a. It may be configured so that it is not possible to identify which game result is from the display of.

(20) Another type of pachinko machine different from the above embodiment, for example, a pachinko machine in which the electric accessory is opened a predetermined number of times when the game ball enters a specific area of the special device, or a game ball in a specific area of the special device. The present invention can also be applied to pachinko machines that generate a right when they enter and become a big hit, pachinko machines equipped with other accessories, arrange ball machines, and game machines such as sparrow balls.

In addition, a non-bullet type gaming machine, for example, a plurality of reels having a plurality of types of symbols attached in the circumferential direction is provided, the reels are started to rotate by inserting medals and operating the start lever, and the stop switch is operated. After the reels have stopped after a predetermined time has passed, if a specific symbol or a combination of specific symbols is established on the effective line that can be seen from the display window, a privilege such as a medal payout is given to the player. The present invention can also be applied to slot machines.

In addition, the game machine main body supported by the outer frame so as to be openable and closable is provided with a storage unit and a take-in device, and the start lever is operated after a predetermined number of game balls stored in the storage unit are taken in by the take-in device. The present invention can also be applied to a gaming machine in which a pachinko machine and a slot machine are fused, which starts the rotation of the reel.

<About the invention group extracted from each of the above embodiments>
Hereinafter, the characteristics of the invention group extracted from each of the above-described embodiments will be described while showing the effects and the like as necessary. In the following, for the sake of easy understanding, the corresponding configurations in the above embodiments are appropriately shown in parentheses or the like, but the present invention is not limited to the specific configurations shown in the parentheses or the like.

<Feature A group>
Features A1. Numerical information (big hit random number) received through a predetermined signal path (second signal line group SL2 in the first to fourth embodiments, fifth signal line group SL5 and sixth signal line group SL6 in the fifth embodiment). A predetermined control means (MPU62) for executing a predetermined process (hit / fail determination process) is provided.
The predetermined control means
A monitoring processing execution means (a function of executing monitoring processing of acquired random numbers in the MPU 62) that executes monitoring processing using numerical information received through the predetermined signal path, and
When the monitoring result by the monitoring process execution means corresponds to an abnormality, the response process execution means (function to execute the game stop setting process in the MPU 62) that executes the abnormality response process, and
A game machine characterized by being equipped with.

According to feature A1, in a configuration in which a predetermined process is executed using numerical information, a monitoring process is executed using the received numerical information, and as a result of the monitoring process, an abnormality is identified. Is executed. As a result, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the predetermined process will continue to be executed while using the abnormal numerical information.

Feature A2. Numerical information (big hit random number) received through a predetermined signal path (second signal line group SL2 in the first to fourth embodiments, fifth signal line group SL5 and sixth signal line group SL6 in the fifth embodiment). A predetermined control means (MPU62) for executing a predetermined process (hit / fail determination process) is provided.
The predetermined control means
Using the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path and the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path before that, a monitoring process for identifying whether or not the numerical information has changed is performed. Monitoring processing execution means to be executed (function to execute monitoring processing of acquired random numbers in MPU62) and
When the monitoring result by the monitoring process execution means corresponds to an abnormality, the response process execution means (function to execute the game stop setting process in the MPU 62) that executes the abnormality response process, and
A game machine characterized by being equipped with.

According to the feature A2, in the configuration in which the predetermined processing is executed using the numerical information, the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path and the numerical information received before the predetermined signal path are used. When the monitoring process is executed and it is specified that the numerical information has not changed as a result of the monitoring process, the abnormality response process is executed. As a result, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the predetermined process will continue to be executed while using the abnormal numerical information.

Feature A3. The monitoring processing execution means is characterized in that when an event in which a plurality of numerical information to be monitored are the same numerical information occurs a specific number of times, a monitoring result corresponding to an abnormality is derived. The gaming machine described in A2.

According to the feature A3, when some abnormality occurs on the side that provides the numerical information and only the same numerical information is provided to the predetermined control means, the abnormality handling process is executed. Can be dealt with.

Feature A4. The numerical information is composed of a plurality of bits.
Whether or not the numerical value of the corresponding bits is changed between the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path and the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path prior to the monitoring process executing means. The gaming machine according to feature A2, wherein the monitoring result corresponding to the abnormality is derived when an event in which the numerical value does not change between the same bits occurs a specific number of times.

According to the feature A4, it is possible to monitor whether or not the same numerical value is provided for each bit. As a result, it is possible to finely monitor the abnormality of the numerical information as compared with the case of monitoring whether or not the numerical value has changed in the entire numerical information.

Feature A5. The monitoring processing execution means derives a monitoring result corresponding to an abnormality when an event in which the numerical value does not change between the corresponding bits occurs a specific number of times in at least one of the bits to be monitored. The gaming machine according to feature A4, which is characterized by being a thing.

According to the feature A5, when an event in which the numerical value does not change in at least one bit occurs a specific number of times, the abnormality handling process is executed, so that it is possible to deal with the abnormality in each bit.

Feature A6. The monitoring processing execution means identifies whether or not an event in which a numerical value does not change between the corresponding bits has occurred by executing a predetermined arithmetic processing on the bit to be monitored. The gaming machine according to feature A4 or A5, wherein the predetermined arithmetic processing is performed on some of the plurality of bits.

According to the feature A6, since all the bits of the numerical information are not always monitored but some bits are monitored, it is possible to reduce the processing load of the monitoring process.

Feature A7. The numerical information is transmitted through the predetermined signal path with the numerical information of the transmission unit composed of a plurality of bits as one unit.
The gaming machine according to feature A6, wherein the monitoring processing executing means performs the predetermined arithmetic processing on a part of a plurality of bits included in the numerical information of the transmission unit. ..

According to the feature A7, since all the bits of the numerical information of the transmission unit are not always monitored but some bits are monitored, it is possible to reduce the processing load of the monitoring process.

Feature A8. The predetermined control means executes the predetermined process by using the numerical information (big hit random number) of the processing unit.
The numerical information of the processing unit includes a predetermined number of numerical information (random number transmission unit data) of the transmission unit having the same number of bits.
The gaming machine according to feature A6, wherein the monitoring processing executing means performs the predetermined arithmetic processing on a bit included in the numerical information of the transmission unit.

According to the feature A8, not all bits of the numerical information of the processing unit are always monitored, but each bit of the numerical information of the transmission unit is monitored, so that the processing load of the monitoring process can be reduced. Is possible.

Feature A9. When the monitoring processing execution means derives a monitoring result corresponding to the fact that no abnormality has occurred in the bit to be monitored, the bit different from the bit to be monitored among the plurality of bits. The device according to any one of features A6 to A8, which comprises a monitoring target setting means (a function of executing the process of step S1015 of the MPU 62 in the fourth embodiment) for setting a new monitoring target. Game machine.

According to feature A9, in a configuration aimed at reducing the processing load of monitoring processing by monitoring some bits at each monitoring processing time, it is possible to finally monitor all bits of numerical information. It will be possible. This makes it possible to monitor abnormalities in detail while reducing the processing load of the monitoring process.

Feature A10. The gaming machine according to any one of features A6 to A9, wherein the bit that can be monitored is a bit that can take different values when the predetermined information is received a plurality of times.

According to the feature A10, it is possible to monitor an abnormality for a bit whose numerical value can change at a predetermined frequency.

Feature A11. The predetermined control means executes a lottery process as the predetermined process by using the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path.
A part of the predetermined bits of the numerical information is a bit in which only one of the binary data is stored when the winning result is obtained in the lottery process.
A6 to A10, wherein the monitoring processing executing means derives a monitoring result corresponding to an abnormality when an event in which the predetermined bit is one of the data occurs a specific number of times. The gaming machine according to any one.

According to the feature A11, when an abnormality that the winning result continues to occur in the lottery process occurs, it is possible to deal with it. Moreover, this monitoring can be performed by using the numerical information for lottery.

Feature A12. The monitoring process execution means
The first arithmetic means (first arithmetic means) for calculating the exclusive OR of the corresponding bits by the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path and the numerical information received earlier through the predetermined signal path. In the embodiment, the function of executing the process of step S605 in the MPU 62, in the second embodiment, the function of executing the process of step S805 in the MPU 62, and in the fourth embodiment, the function of executing the process of step S1005 in the MPU 62).
A second calculation means (in the first embodiment, a step in the MPU 62) for calculating the logical sum of the corresponding bits by the calculation result of the first calculation means and the calculation result of the first calculation means prior to the calculation result. A function of executing the process of S610, a function of executing the process of step S810 in the MPU 62 in the second embodiment, and a function of executing the process of step S1010 in the MPU 62 in the fourth embodiment).
The gaming machine according to any one of features A5 to A11, characterized in that

According to the feature A12, it is possible to monitor whether or not the numerical value is continuously changed in bit units by a relatively simple calculation method.

Feature A13. The monitoring processing execution means is a third calculation means (in the first embodiment, a function of executing the processing of step S612 in the MPU 62, a second embodiment) that calculates a logical product for all the bits of the calculation result of the second calculation means. The embodiment has a function of executing the process of step S812 in the MPU 62, and the fourth embodiment has a function of executing the process of step S1012 in the MPU 62), and an event in which the result of the logical product is "0" occurs the specified number of times. The gaming machine according to feature A12, characterized in that a monitoring result corresponding to an abnormality is derived in the case of the above.

According to the feature A13, it is possible to identify that an abnormality has occurred in any of the bits by a simple calculation method without checking whether or not an abnormality has occurred in bit units.

Feature A14. The predetermined control means executes the predetermined process by using the numerical information (big hit random number) of the processing unit.
The numerical information of the processing unit includes a predetermined number of numerical information (random number transmission unit data) of the transmission unit having the same number of bits.
The monitoring processing execution means uses the numerical information of the transmission unit received through the predetermined signal path and the numerical information of the transmission unit received through the predetermined signal path prior to the numerical information of the transmission unit. The gaming machine according to any one of features A2 to A13, characterized in that it executes a monitoring process.

According to the feature A14, it is possible to increase the execution frequency of the monitoring process by executing the monitoring process for each numerical information of the transmission unit instead of executing the monitoring process for each numerical information of the processing unit. Become. Further, since the numerical information of the transmission unit has the same number of bits, even if the monitoring process is executed for each numerical information of the transmission unit, the monitoring process can be executed in a certain mode.

Feature A15. The predetermined signal path includes a plurality of unit signal paths.
When the monitoring processing execution means receives the numerical information through the predetermined signal path, the numerical value received through one unit signal path of the numerical information and the one unit path of the numerical information It is characterized in that it monitors whether or not the numerical values received through adjacent unit signal paths are the same, and when the same event occurs a specific number of times, the monitoring result corresponding to the abnormality is derived. The gaming machine according to feature A1.

According to the feature A15, when an event in which the numerical value received through the adjacent unit signal paths does not change occurs a specific number of times, the abnormality handling process is executed. As a result, when a short circuit occurs in an adjacent unit signal path, it is possible to deal with it, and it is possible to reduce the possibility that a predetermined process is continuously executed while using abnormal numerical information. It will be possible.

Feature A16. The numerical information is composed of a plurality of bits arranged.
The monitoring process execution means
A storage means (a function of executing the process of step S902 of the MPU 62 in the third embodiment) for storing the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path in the storage area (acquisition area 131 this time), and
A shift means for shifting the value of each bit of the numerical information stored in the storage area by one bit in a predetermined direction in the array direction (a function of executing the process of step S903 of the MPU 62 in the third embodiment) and
The numerical information stored in the storage means and the numerical information shifted by the shift means monitor whether or not the numerical values of the corresponding bits change in the bit arrangement order, and the same arrangement order is used. Monitoring result deriving means for deriving the monitoring result corresponding to the abnormality when an event in which the numerical value does not change between the bits of the above occurs a specific number of times (a function of executing the processes of steps S904 to S917 of MPU 62 in the third embodiment). )When,
The gaming machine according to the feature A15, which is characterized by the above.

According to feature A16, whether or not a short circuit has occurred in adjacent unit signal paths due to a relatively simple processing configuration in which a predetermined arithmetic process is executed bit by bit for numerical information received through a predetermined signal path. It becomes possible to monitor.

Feature A17. The monitoring result derivation means is
The first arithmetic means (third execution) which calculates the exclusive OR of the corresponding bits in the arrangement order of the bits by the numerical information stored in the storage means and the numerical information shifted by the shift means. The function of executing the process of step S904 of the MPU 62 in the form) and
A second arithmetic means (third implementation) in which the arithmetic result of the first arithmetic means and the arithmetic result of the first arithmetic means prior to it are used to calculate the logical sum of the corresponding bits in the bit array order. The function of executing the process of step S909 of the MPU 62 in the form) and
The gaming machine according to the feature A16, which is characterized by the above.

According to the feature A17, it is possible to monitor whether or not the numerical value is continuously changed in the adjacent unit signal paths by a relatively simple calculation method.

Feature A18. The monitoring result deriving means includes a third calculation means (a function of executing the process of step S911 of the MPU 62 in the third embodiment) for calculating a logical product for all the bits of the calculation result of the second calculation means. The gaming machine according to feature A17, wherein a monitoring result corresponding to an abnormality is derived when an event in which the result of the logical product is "0" occurs a specific number of times.

According to the feature A18, it is possible to identify that a short circuit has occurred between any of the unit signal paths by a simple calculation method without checking whether or not an abnormality has occurred in bit units. It becomes.

Feature A19. The predetermined control means executes the predetermined process by using the numerical information (big hit random number) of the processing unit.
The numerical information of the processing unit includes a predetermined number of numerical information (random number transmission unit data) of the transmission unit having the same number of bits.
When the monitoring processing executing means receives the numerical information of the transmission unit through the predetermined signal path, the numerical value received through one unit signal path of the numerical information of the transmission unit and the transmission unit. Of the numerical information of, it was monitored whether or not the numerical value received through the adjacent unit signal path with respect to the one unit path was the same, and when the same event occurred a specific number of times, an abnormality was dealt with. The gaming machine according to any one of features A15 to A18, which is characterized in that a monitoring result is derived.

According to the feature A19, it is possible to increase the execution frequency of the monitoring process by executing the monitoring process for each numerical information of the transmission unit instead of executing the monitoring process for each numerical information of the processing unit. Become. Further, since the numerical information of the transmission unit has the same number of bits, even if the monitoring process is executed for each numerical information of the transmission unit, the monitoring process can be executed in a certain mode.

Feature A20. The corresponding processing executing means executes at least one of a processing for executing the abnormality notification and a processing for limiting the progress of the game as the abnormality handling process. The gaming machine according to any one of A19.

According to the feature A20, when it is identified that an abnormality has occurred, it is possible to deal with it.

Feature A21. The game according to any one of features A1 to A20, wherein the predetermined control means executes a lottery process by using numerical information received through the predetermined signal path as the predetermined process. Machine.

According to the feature A21, if an abnormality occurs in the provision of the numerical information used for the lottery process, the lottery process will not function. In particular, when the lottery process is a lottery for whether or not to give a privilege to the player, the state in which the privilege is not given to the player is unreasonably continuous, or the privilege is given to the player. There is a problem of continuing. On the other hand, by providing the above-mentioned features A1 and the above-mentioned features A2 and the like, it is possible to deal with an abnormality in the provision of numerical information.

Feature A22. Equipped with an update means (hard random number circuit 67) that updates numerical information for lottery every time a predetermined update timing is reached.
The game according to feature A21, wherein the updating means transmits numerical information for lottery to the predetermined control means through the predetermined signal path when a predetermined acquisition condition is satisfied. Machine.

In a configuration in which the lottery process is executed using the lottery numerical information provided by the updating means, it is possible to achieve the excellent effect as described above.

Feature A23. A ball entry portion (first operating port 33, second operating port 34) into which a game ball flowing down the game area can enter, and
Detection means for detecting that a game ball has entered the ball entry portion (actuating opening winning detection sensor 45 in the first to fourth embodiments, first operating opening winning detection sensor 151 and first in the fifth embodiment). 2 operating port winning detection sensor 152) and
With
When the detection means detects that a game ball has entered the ball entry portion, the detection means transmits a detection signal corresponding to the detection signal to the update means and the predetermined control means.
The updating means is an area for transmitting the lottery numerical information at the timing of receiving the detection signal to the predetermined control means (the jackpot random number register 102 in the first to fourth embodiments, and in the fifth embodiment). An update side storage means (control circuit 103) for storing in the first jackpot random number register 153 and the second jackpot random number register 154) is provided.
The predetermined control means
Periodic monitoring means (a function to execute winning detection processing in MPU62) that periodically monitors whether or not the detection signal has been received, and
When it is specified that the detection signal has been received by the periodic monitoring means, the request means (request processing in the MPU 62) for requesting the update means to transmit the lottery numerical information stored in the update side storage means. Function to execute) and
The gaming machine according to feature A22, characterized in that

According to the feature A23, even if the acquisition timing of the lottery numerical information is delayed with respect to the transmission timing of the detection signal from the detection means in relation to the execution of various processes in the predetermined control means, the detection means Numerical information for lottery has already been acquired for provision by the updating means at the transmission timing of the detection signal of. Therefore, it is possible to execute the lottery process by using the lottery numerical information corresponding to the transmission timing of the detection signal in the detection means.

Feature A24. The updating means stores the stored information when the lottery numerical information is stored in the transmission area (status flags 103a, fifth in the first to fourth embodiments). In the embodiment of the above, the first status flag 155 and the second status flag 156) are provided.
When it is specified that the detection signal has been received by the periodic monitoring means and the stored information is stored in the stored storage means, the requesting means is stored in the update side storage means. It requests the update means to transmit the stored numerical information for lottery.
When it is specified that the detection signal has been received by the periodic monitoring means and the stored information is not stored in the stored storage means, the predetermined control means performs an abnormality process corresponding to the case. Abnormal processing execution means to be executed (a function of performing a negative determination in step S404 of the MPU 62 and executing the process of step S405 in the first to fourth embodiments, and a negative determination in step S1104 of the MPU 62 in the fifth embodiment. The gaming machine according to feature A23, wherein the game machine is provided with a function of executing the process of step S1105.

According to the feature A24, in the configuration in which the detection signal is transmitted from the detection means to both the update means and the predetermined control means, the detection signal is transmitted to the predetermined control means, but the detection signal is not transmitted to the update means. When an error occurs, an error process is executed for it. This makes it possible to deal with the abnormality.

Feature A25. The updating means updates the lottery numerical information within a designated numerical range designated by the predetermined control means.
A cycle monitoring means (control circuit 103) for monitoring whether or not one cycle of updating the lottery numerical information in the designated numerical range corresponds to a reference cycle corresponding to the designated numerical range.
When the monitoring result of the cycle monitoring means is the result corresponding to the cycle abnormality, the cycle abnormality handling means (function for executing the process of step S205 in MPU 62) for executing the abnormality processing and
The gaming machine according to any one of features A22 to A24, characterized in that

According to the feature A25, since the updating means is configured to update the lottery numerical information in the numerical range designated by the predetermined control means, the versatility of the updating means is enhanced. Further, if one cycle of updating the lottery numerical information in the designated numerical range does not correspond to the reference cycle corresponding to the numerical range, the abnormality processing is executed. As a result, if an abnormality occurs in updating the lottery numerical information within the specified numerical range, it becomes possible to deal with it.

<Feature B group>
Feature B1. Numerical information (big hit random number) received through a predetermined signal path (second signal line group SL2 in the third embodiment, fifth signal line group SL5 and sixth signal line group SL6 in the fifth embodiment) is used. A predetermined control means (MPU62) for executing a predetermined process (hit / fail determination process) is provided.
The predetermined signal path includes a plurality of unit signal paths.
The predetermined control means
When numerical information is received through the predetermined signal path, the numerical value received through one unit signal path of the numerical information and the numerical value received through the unit signal path adjacent to the one unit path of the numerical information are received. Monitoring processing execution means (acquired random number of MPU62 in the third embodiment) that monitors whether or not the numerical values are the same and derives the monitoring result corresponding to the abnormality when the same event occurs a specific number of times. (Function to execute monitoring process) and
When the monitoring result by the monitoring process execution means corresponds to an abnormality, the response process execution means (function to execute the game stop setting process in the MPU 62) that executes the abnormality response process, and
A game machine characterized by being equipped with.

According to feature B1, in a configuration in which a predetermined process is executed using numerical information, when an event in which the numerical value received through adjacent unit signal paths does not change occurs a specific number of times, an abnormality response process is executed. .. As a result, when a short circuit occurs in an adjacent unit signal path, it is possible to deal with it, and it is possible to reduce the possibility that a predetermined process is continuously executed while using abnormal numerical information. It will be possible.

Feature B2. The numerical information is composed of a plurality of bits arranged.
The monitoring process execution means
A storage means (a function of executing the process of step S902 of the MPU 62 in the third embodiment) for storing the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path in the storage area (acquisition area 131 this time), and
A shift means for shifting the value of each bit of the numerical information stored in the storage area by one bit in a predetermined direction in the array direction (a function of executing the process of step S903 of the MPU 62 in the third embodiment) and
The numerical information stored in the storage means and the numerical information shifted by the shift means monitor whether or not the numerical values of the corresponding bits change in the bit arrangement order, and the same arrangement order is used. Monitoring result deriving means for deriving the monitoring result corresponding to the abnormality when an event in which the numerical value does not change between the bits of the above occurs a specific number of times (a function of executing the processes of steps S904 to S917 of MPU 62 in the third embodiment). )When,
The gaming machine according to the feature B1, which is characterized by the above.

According to feature B2, whether or not a short circuit has occurred in adjacent unit signal paths due to a relatively simple processing configuration in which a predetermined arithmetic process is executed bit by bit for numerical information received through a predetermined signal path. It becomes possible to monitor.

Feature B3. The monitoring result derivation means is
The first arithmetic means (third execution) which calculates the exclusive OR of the corresponding bits in the arrangement order of the bits by the numerical information stored in the storage means and the numerical information shifted by the shift means. The function of executing the process of step S904 of the MPU 62 in the form) and
A second arithmetic means (third implementation) in which the arithmetic result of the first arithmetic means and the arithmetic result of the first arithmetic means prior to it are used to calculate the logical sum of the corresponding bits in the bit array order. The function of executing the process of step S909 of the MPU 62 in the form) and
The gaming machine according to the feature B2, which is characterized by having.

According to the feature B3, it is possible to monitor whether or not the numerical value is continuously changed in the adjacent unit signal paths by a relatively simple calculation method.

Feature B4. The monitoring result deriving means includes a third calculation means (a function of executing the process of step S911 of the MPU 62 in the third embodiment) for calculating a logical product for all the bits of the calculation result of the second calculation means. The gaming machine according to feature B3, wherein when an event in which the result of the logical product is "0" occurs a specific number of times, a monitoring result corresponding to the abnormality is derived.

According to feature B4, it is possible to identify whether a short circuit has occurred between any of the unit signal paths by a simple calculation method without checking whether or not an abnormality has occurred in bit units. It becomes.

Feature B5. The predetermined control means executes the predetermined process by using the numerical information (big hit random number) of the processing unit.
The numerical information of the processing unit includes a predetermined number of numerical information (random number transmission unit data) of the transmission unit having the same number of bits.
When the monitoring processing executing means receives the numerical information of the transmission unit through the predetermined signal path, the numerical value received through one unit signal path of the numerical information of the transmission unit and the transmission unit. Of the numerical information of, it was monitored whether or not the numerical value received through the adjacent unit signal path with respect to the one unit path was the same, and when the same event occurred a specific number of times, an abnormality was dealt with. The gaming machine according to any one of features B1 to B4, which is characterized in that a monitoring result is derived.

According to feature B5, it is possible to increase the execution frequency of the monitoring process by executing the monitoring process for each numerical information of the transmission unit instead of executing the monitoring process for each numerical information of the processing unit. Become. Further, since the numerical information of the transmission unit has the same number of bits, even if the monitoring process is executed for each numerical information of the transmission unit, the monitoring process can be executed in a certain mode.

Feature B6. The corresponding processing executing means executes at least one of a processing for executing the abnormality notification and a processing for limiting the progress of the game as the abnormality handling process. The gaming machine according to any one of B5.

According to the feature B6, when it is identified that an abnormality has occurred, it is possible to deal with it.

Feature B7. The game according to any one of features B1 to B6, wherein the predetermined control means executes a lottery process by using numerical information received through the predetermined signal path as the predetermined process. Machine.

According to the feature B7, if an abnormality occurs in the provision of the numerical information used for the lottery process, the lottery process will not function. In particular, when the lottery process is a lottery for whether or not to give a privilege to the player, the state in which the privilege is not given to the player is unreasonably continuous, or the privilege is given to the player. There is a problem of continuing. On the other hand, by providing the configuration of the above-mentioned feature B1 and the like, it is possible to deal with an abnormality in the provision of numerical information.

Feature B8. Equipped with an update means (hard random number circuit 67) that updates numerical information for lottery every time a predetermined update timing is reached.
The game according to feature B7, wherein the updating means transmits numerical information for lottery to the predetermined control means through the predetermined signal path when a predetermined acquisition condition is satisfied. Machine.

In a configuration in which the lottery process is executed using the lottery numerical information provided by the updating means, it is possible to achieve the excellent effect as described above.

Feature B9. A ball entry portion (first operating port 33, second operating port 34) into which a game ball flowing down the game area can enter, and
Detection means for detecting that a game ball has entered the ball entry portion (actuating opening winning detection sensor 45 in the first to fourth embodiments, first operating opening winning detection sensor 151 and first in the fifth embodiment). 2 operating port winning detection sensor 152) and
With
When the detection means detects that a game ball has entered the ball entry portion, the detection means transmits a detection signal corresponding to the detection signal to the update means and the predetermined control means.
The updating means is an area for transmitting the lottery numerical information at the timing of receiving the detection signal to the predetermined control means (the jackpot random number register 102 in the first to fourth embodiments, and in the fifth embodiment). An update side storage means (control circuit 103) for storing in the first jackpot random number register 153 and the second jackpot random number register 154) is provided.
The predetermined control means
Periodic monitoring means (a function to execute winning detection processing in MPU62) that periodically monitors whether or not the detection signal has been received, and
When it is specified that the detection signal has been received by the periodic monitoring means, the request means (request processing in the MPU 62) for requesting the update means to transmit the lottery numerical information stored in the update side storage means. Function to execute) and
The gaming machine according to the feature B8, which is characterized by the above.

According to the feature B9, even if the acquisition timing of the lottery numerical information is delayed with respect to the transmission timing of the detection signal from the detection means in relation to the execution of various processes in the predetermined control means, the detection means Numerical information for lottery has already been acquired for provision by the updating means at the transmission timing of the detection signal of. Therefore, it is possible to execute the lottery process by using the lottery numerical information corresponding to the transmission timing of the detection signal in the detection means.

Feature B10. The updating means stores the stored information when the lottery numerical information is stored in the transmission area (status flags 103a, fifth in the first to fourth embodiments). In the embodiment of the above, the first status flag 155 and the second status flag 156) are provided.
When it is specified that the detection signal has been received by the periodic monitoring means and the stored information is stored in the stored storage means, the requesting means is stored in the update side storage means. It requests the update means to transmit the stored numerical information for lottery.
When it is specified that the detection signal has been received by the periodic monitoring means and the stored information is not stored in the stored storage means, the predetermined control means performs an abnormality process corresponding to the case. Abnormal processing execution means to be executed (a function of performing a negative determination in step S404 of the MPU 62 and executing the process of step S405 in the first to fourth embodiments, and a negative determination in step S1104 of the MPU 62 in the fifth embodiment. The gaming machine according to feature B9, which comprises a function of executing the process of step S1105).

According to the feature B10, in the configuration in which the detection signal is transmitted from the detection means to both the update means and the predetermined control means, the detection signal is transmitted to the predetermined control means, but the detection signal is not transmitted to the update means. When an error occurs, an error process is executed for it. This makes it possible to deal with the abnormality.

Feature B11. The updating means updates the lottery numerical information within a designated numerical range designated by the predetermined control means.
A cycle monitoring means (control circuit 103) for monitoring whether or not one cycle of updating the lottery numerical information in the designated numerical range corresponds to a reference cycle corresponding to the designated numerical range.
When the monitoring result of the cycle monitoring means is the result corresponding to the cycle abnormality, the cycle abnormality handling means (function for executing the process of step S205 in MPU 62) for executing the abnormality processing and
The gaming machine according to any one of features B8 to B10, characterized in that

According to the feature B11, since the updating means is configured to update the lottery numerical information in the numerical range designated by the predetermined control means, the versatility of the updating means is enhanced. Further, if one cycle of updating the lottery numerical information in the designated numerical range does not correspond to the reference cycle corresponding to the numerical range, the abnormality processing is executed. As a result, if an abnormality occurs in updating the lottery numerical information within the specified numerical range, it becomes possible to deal with it.

<Characteristic C group>
Feature C1. Numerical information (big hit random number) received through a predetermined signal path (second signal line group SL2 in the first to fourth embodiments, fifth signal line group SL5 and sixth signal line group SL6 in the fifth embodiment). A predetermined control means (MPU62) for executing a predetermined process (hit / fail determination process) is provided.
The numerical information is composed of a plurality of bits.
The predetermined control means
It is monitored whether or not the numerical values of the corresponding bits are changed between the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path and the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path before that, and the same bits are used. Monitoring processing execution means (a function of executing monitoring processing of acquired random numbers of MPU62 in the fourth embodiment) for deriving monitoring results corresponding to abnormalities when an event in which numerical values do not change between each other occurs a specific number of times.
When the monitoring result by the monitoring process execution means corresponds to an abnormality, the response process execution means (function to execute the game stop setting process in the MPU 62) that executes the abnormality response process, and
With
The monitoring processing executing means identifies whether or not an event in which a numerical value does not change between the corresponding bits has occurred by executing a predetermined arithmetic processing on the bit to be monitored. , A gaming machine characterized in that the predetermined arithmetic processing is performed on some of the plurality of bits.

According to feature C1, in a configuration in which a predetermined process is executed using numerical information, a monitoring process is executed using the received numerical information, and as a result of the monitoring process, an abnormality is identified. Is executed. As a result, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the predetermined process will continue to be executed while using the abnormal numerical information.

In particular, it is possible to monitor whether or not the same numerical value is provided for each bit. As a result, it is possible to finely monitor the abnormality of the numerical information as compared with the case of monitoring whether or not the numerical value has changed in the entire numerical information.

Further, since the configuration is such that not all bits of the numerical information are constantly monitored but some bits are monitored, it is possible to reduce the processing load of the monitoring process.

Feature C2. The numerical information is transmitted through the predetermined signal path with the numerical information of the transmission unit composed of a plurality of bits as one unit.
The gaming machine according to feature C1, wherein the monitoring processing executing means performs the predetermined arithmetic processing on a part of a plurality of bits included in the numerical information of the transmission unit. ..

According to the feature C2, since all the bits of the numerical information of the transmission unit are not always monitored but some bits are monitored, it is possible to reduce the processing load of the monitoring process.

Feature C3. The predetermined control means executes the predetermined process by using the numerical information (big hit random number) of the processing unit.
The numerical information of the processing unit includes a predetermined number of numerical information (random number transmission unit data) of the transmission unit having the same number of bits.
The gaming machine according to feature C1, wherein the monitoring processing executing means performs the predetermined arithmetic processing on a bit included in the numerical information of the transmission unit.

According to the feature C3, not all bits of the numerical information of the processing unit are always monitored, but each bit of the numerical information of the transmission unit is monitored, so that the processing load of the monitoring process can be reduced. Is possible.

Feature C4. When the monitoring processing execution means derives a monitoring result corresponding to the fact that no abnormality has occurred in the bit to be monitored, the bit different from the bit to be monitored among the plurality of bits. 1 is described in any one of features C1 to C3, which comprises a monitoring target setting means (a function of executing the process of step S1015 of the MPU 62 in the fourth embodiment) for setting a new monitoring target. Game machine.

According to feature C4, in a configuration aimed at reducing the processing load of monitoring processing by monitoring some bits at each monitoring processing time, it is possible to finally monitor all bits of numerical information. It will be possible. This makes it possible to monitor abnormalities in detail while reducing the processing load of the monitoring process.

Feature C5. The gaming machine according to any one of features C1 to C4, wherein the bit that can be monitored is a bit that can take different values when the predetermined information is received a plurality of times.

According to the feature C5, it is possible to monitor an abnormality for a bit whose numerical value can change at a predetermined frequency.

Feature C6. The predetermined control means executes a lottery process as the predetermined process by using the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path.
A part of the predetermined bits of the numerical information is a bit in which only one of the binary data is stored when the winning result is obtained in the lottery process.
A feature C1 to C5, wherein the monitoring process executing means derives a monitoring result corresponding to an abnormality when an event in which the predetermined bit is one of the data occurs a specific number of times. The gaming machine according to any one.

According to the feature C6, when an abnormality that the winning result continues to occur in the lottery process occurs, it is possible to deal with it. Moreover, this monitoring can be performed by using the numerical information for lottery.

Feature C7. The monitoring process execution means
The first arithmetic means (fourth) for calculating the exclusive OR of the corresponding bits by the numerical information received through the predetermined signal path and the numerical information received earlier through the predetermined signal path. In the embodiment, the function of executing the process of step S1005 in the MPU 62) and
The second arithmetic means (in the fourth embodiment, the step in the MPU 62) that calculates the logical sum of the corresponding bits by the arithmetic result of the first arithmetic means and the arithmetic result of the first arithmetic means before that. Function to execute the processing of S1010) and
The gaming machine according to any one of features C1 to C6, characterized in that

According to the feature C7, it is possible to monitor whether or not the numerical value is continuously changed in bit units by a relatively simple calculation method.

Feature C8. The monitoring processing execution means is a third calculation means (in the first embodiment, a function of executing the processing of step S612 in the MPU 62, a second embodiment) that calculates a logical product for all the bits of the calculation result of the second calculation means. The embodiment has a function of executing the process of step S812 in the MPU 62, and the fourth embodiment has a function of executing the process of step S1012 in the MPU 62), and an event in which the result of the logical product is "0" occurs the specified number of times. The gaming machine according to feature C7, characterized in that a monitoring result corresponding to an abnormality is derived in the case of the above.

According to the feature C8, it is possible to identify that an abnormality has occurred in any of the bits by a simple calculation method without checking whether or not an abnormality has occurred in bit units.

Feature C9. The predetermined control means executes the predetermined process by using the numerical information (big hit random number) of the processing unit.
The numerical information of the processing unit includes a predetermined number of numerical information (random number transmission unit data) of the transmission unit having the same number of bits.
The monitoring processing execution means uses the numerical information of the transmission unit received through the predetermined signal path and the numerical information of the transmission unit received through the predetermined signal path prior to the numerical information of the transmission unit. The gaming machine according to any one of features C1 to C8, characterized in that it executes a monitoring process.

According to the feature C9, it is possible to increase the execution frequency of the monitoring process by executing the monitoring process for each numerical information of the transmission unit instead of executing the monitoring process for each numerical information of the processing unit. Become. Further, since the numerical information of the transmission unit has the same number of bits, even if the monitoring process is executed for each numerical information of the transmission unit, the monitoring process can be executed in a certain mode.

Feature C10. The corresponding processing executing means executes at least one of a processing for executing the abnormality notification and a processing for limiting the progress of the game as the abnormality handling process. The gaming machine according to any one of C9.

According to the feature C10, when it is identified that an abnormality has occurred, it is possible to deal with it.

Feature C11. The game according to any one of features C1 to C10, wherein the predetermined control means executes a lottery process by using numerical information received through the predetermined signal path as the predetermined process. Machine.

According to the feature C11, if an abnormality occurs in the provision of the numerical information used for the lottery process, the lottery process will not function. In particular, when the lottery process is a lottery for whether or not to give a privilege to the player, the state in which the privilege is not given to the player is unreasonably continuous, or the privilege is given to the player. There is a problem of continuing. On the other hand, by providing the configuration of the above-mentioned feature C1 and the like, it is possible to deal with an abnormality in the provision of numerical information.

Feature C12. Equipped with an update means (hard random number circuit 67) that updates numerical information for lottery every time a predetermined update timing is reached.
The game according to feature C11, wherein the updating means transmits numerical information for lottery to the predetermined control means through the predetermined signal path when a predetermined acquisition condition is satisfied. Machine.

In a configuration in which the lottery process is executed using the lottery numerical information provided by the updating means, it is possible to achieve the excellent effect as described above.

Feature C13. A ball entry portion (first operating port 33, second operating port 34) into which a game ball flowing down the game area can enter, and
Detection means for detecting that a game ball has entered the ball entry portion (actuating opening winning detection sensor 45 in the first to fourth embodiments, first operating opening winning detection sensor 151 and first in the fifth embodiment). 2 operating port winning detection sensor 152) and
With
When the detection means detects that a game ball has entered the ball entry portion, the detection means transmits a detection signal corresponding to the detection signal to the update means and the predetermined control means.
The updating means is an area for transmitting the lottery numerical information at the timing of receiving the detection signal to the predetermined control means (the jackpot random number register 102 in the first to fourth embodiments, and in the fifth embodiment). An update side storage means (control circuit 103) for storing in the first jackpot random number register 153 and the second jackpot random number register 154) is provided.
The predetermined control means
Periodic monitoring means (a function to execute winning detection processing in MPU62) that periodically monitors whether or not the detection signal has been received, and
When it is specified that the detection signal has been received by the periodic monitoring means, the request means (request processing in the MPU 62) for requesting the update means to transmit the lottery numerical information stored in the update side storage means. Function to execute) and
The gaming machine according to the feature C12, which is characterized by the above.

According to the feature C13, even if the acquisition timing of the lottery numerical information is delayed with respect to the transmission timing of the detection signal from the detection means in relation to the execution of various processes in the predetermined control means, the detection means Numerical information for lottery has already been acquired for provision by the updating means at the transmission timing of the detection signal of. Therefore, it is possible to execute the lottery process by using the lottery numerical information corresponding to the transmission timing of the detection signal in the detection means.

Feature C14. The updating means stores the stored information when the lottery numerical information is stored in the transmission area (status flags 103a, fifth in the first to fourth embodiments). In the embodiment of the above, the first status flag 155 and the second status flag 156) are provided.
When it is specified that the detection signal has been received by the periodic monitoring means and the stored information is stored in the stored storage means, the requesting means is stored in the update side storage means. It requests the update means to transmit the stored numerical information for lottery.
When it is specified that the detection signal has been received by the periodic monitoring means and the stored information is not stored in the stored storage means, the predetermined control means performs an abnormality process corresponding to the case. Abnormal processing execution means to be executed (a function of performing a negative determination in step S404 of the MPU 62 and executing the process of step S405 in the first to fourth embodiments, and a negative determination in step S1104 of the MPU 62 in the fifth embodiment. The gaming machine according to feature C13, wherein the game machine is provided with a function of executing the process of step S1105.

According to the feature C14, in the configuration in which the detection signal is transmitted from the detection means to both the update means and the predetermined control means, the detection signal is transmitted to the predetermined control means, but the detection signal is not transmitted to the update means. When an error occurs, an error process is executed for it. This makes it possible to deal with the abnormality.

Feature C15. The updating means updates the lottery numerical information within a designated numerical range designated by the predetermined control means.
A cycle monitoring means (control circuit 103) for monitoring whether or not one cycle of updating the lottery numerical information in the designated numerical range corresponds to a reference cycle corresponding to the designated numerical range.
When the monitoring result of the cycle monitoring means is the result corresponding to the cycle abnormality, the cycle abnormality handling means (function for executing the process of step S205 in MPU 62) for executing the abnormality processing and
The gaming machine according to any one of features C12 to C14, characterized in that

According to the feature C15, since the updating means updates the lottery numerical information within the numerical range designated by the predetermined control means, the versatility of the updating means is enhanced. Further, if one cycle of updating the lottery numerical information in the designated numerical range does not correspond to the reference cycle corresponding to the numerical range, the abnormality processing is executed. As a result, if an abnormality occurs in updating the lottery numerical information within the specified numerical range, it becomes possible to deal with it.

<Feature D group>
Feature D1. A ball entry portion (first operating port 33, second operating port 34) into which a game ball flowing down the game area can enter, and
Detection means for detecting that a game ball has entered the ball entry portion (actuating opening winning detection sensor 45 in the first to fourth embodiments, first operating opening winning detection sensor 151 and first in the fifth embodiment). 2 operating port winning detection sensor 152) and
An update means (hard random number circuit 67) that updates numerical information for lottery every time a predetermined update timing is reached, and
A predetermined control means (MPU62) that executes a lottery process using the lottery numerical information provided by the update means, and
With
When the detection means detects that a game ball has entered the ball entry portion, the detection means transmits a detection signal corresponding to the detection signal to the update means and the predetermined control means.
The update means
Area for transmitting the lottery numerical information at the timing of receiving the detection signal to the predetermined control means (big hit random number register 102 in the first to fourth embodiments, first jackpot random number register in the fifth embodiment). The update side storage means (control circuit 103) stored in 153 and the second jackpot random number register 154), and
When the lottery numerical information is stored in the transmission area, the stored storage means (status flag 103a in the first to fourth embodiments and the fifth embodiment) in which the stored information is stored. 1 status flag 155 and 2 status flag 156),
With
The predetermined control means
Periodic monitoring means (a function to execute winning detection processing in MPU62) that periodically monitors whether or not the detection signal has been received, and
When it is specified that the detection signal has been received by the periodic monitoring means, and the stored information is stored in the stored storage means, the stored information is stored in the update side storage means. A request means (a function of executing request processing in the MPU 62) that requests the update means to transmit numerical information for lottery, and
A game machine characterized by being equipped with.

According to the feature D1, even if the acquisition timing of the lottery numerical information is delayed with respect to the transmission timing of the detection signal from the detection means in relation to the execution of various processes in the predetermined control means, the detection means Numerical information for lottery has already been acquired for provision by the updating means at the transmission timing of the detection signal of. Therefore, it is possible to execute the lottery process by using the lottery numerical information corresponding to the transmission timing of the detection signal in the detection means. In addition, since the acquisition of the lottery numerical information from the update means is performed when it is confirmed that the stored information is stored in the update means, it is possible to accurately acquire the lottery numerical information. Become.

Feature D2. When it is specified that the detection signal has been received by the periodic monitoring means and the stored information is not stored in the stored storage means, the predetermined control means performs an abnormality process corresponding to the case. Abnormal processing execution means to be executed (a function of performing a negative determination in step S404 of the MPU 62 and executing the process of step S405 in the first to fourth embodiments, and a negative determination in step S1104 of the MPU 62 in the fifth embodiment. The gaming machine according to feature D1, wherein the game machine is provided with a function of executing the process of step S1105.

According to the feature D2, in the configuration in which the detection signal is transmitted from the detection means to both the update means and the predetermined control means, the detection signal is transmitted to the predetermined control means, but the detection signal is not transmitted to the update means. When an error occurs, an error process is executed for it. This makes it possible to deal with the abnormality.

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Feature E1. An update means (hard random number circuit 67) that updates numerical information for lottery every time a predetermined update timing is reached, and
A predetermined control means (MPU62) that acquires the numerical information for lottery and executes the lottery process when a predetermined acquisition condition is satisfied.
With
The updating means updates the lottery numerical information within a designated numerical range designated by the predetermined control means.
The game machine
A cycle monitoring means (control circuit 103) for monitoring whether or not one cycle of updating the lottery numerical information in the designated numerical range corresponds to a reference cycle corresponding to the designated numerical range.
When the monitoring result of the cycle monitoring means is the result corresponding to the cycle abnormality, the cycle abnormality handling means (function for executing the process of step S205 in MPU 62) for executing the abnormality processing and
A game machine characterized by being equipped with.

According to the feature E1, since the updating means is configured to update the lottery numerical information in the numerical range designated by the predetermined control means, the versatility of the updating means is enhanced. Further, if one cycle of updating the lottery numerical information in the designated numerical range does not correspond to the reference cycle corresponding to the numerical range, the abnormality processing is executed. As a result, if an abnormality occurs in updating the lottery numerical information within the specified numerical range, it becomes possible to deal with it.

The basic configuration of the gaming machine to which each of the above features can be applied or applied to each feature is shown below.

Pachinko game machine: An operating means operated by a player, a game ball launching means for launching a game ball based on the operation of the operating means, a ball passage for guiding the launched game ball to a predetermined game area, and a game. A gaming machine that includes each gaming component arranged in an area and gives a privilege to a player when a gaming ball passes through a predetermined passing portion of each gaming component.

Rotating game machines such as slot machines: Equipped with a picture display device that variably displays a plurality of pictures, the variable display of the plurality of pictures is started due to the operation of the start operation means, and is caused by the operation of the stop operation means. A gaming machine in which the variable display of the plurality of symbols is stopped after a lapse of a predetermined time, and a privilege is given to the player according to the symbols after the stop.

10 ... pachinko machine, 33 ... 1st operating port, 34 ... 2nd operating port, 45 ... operating port winning detection sensor, 62 ... MPU, 67 ... hard random number circuit, 101 ... update circuit, 102 ... jackpot random number register, 103 ... Control circuit, 103a ... Status flag, 111 ... This time acquisition area, 112 ... Previous acquisition area, 113 ... Change bit area, 114 ... Change bit storage area, 131 ... This time acquisition area, 151 ... First operation port winning detection sensor, 152 ... 2nd operating port winning detection sensor, 153 ... 1st jackpot random number register, 154 ... 2nd jackpot random number register, 155 ... 1st status flag, 156 ... 2nd status flag, SL1 ... 1st signal line group, SL2 ... 1st 2 signal line group, SL5 ... 5th signal line group, SL6 ... 6th signal line group.

Claims (2)

A predetermined control means for executing a predetermined process by using the numerical information of the processing unit received through the predetermined signal path is provided.
The numerical information of the processing unit includes a plurality of numerical information of the transmission unit having the same number of bits.
The numerical information of the transmission unit is composed of a plurality of bits.
The predetermined control means
A predetermined arithmetic process is executed for the bits corresponding to the numerical information of the transmission unit received through the predetermined signal path and the numerical information of the transmission unit received through the predetermined signal path prior to the numerical information of the transmission unit. By doing so, a monitoring process execution means for identifying whether or not an event in which the numerical value does not change between the corresponding bits has occurred, and
When the monitoring result by the monitoring process execution means corresponds to an abnormality, the response process execution means for executing the abnormality response process and the response process execution means.
With
The monitoring processing execution means performs the predetermined arithmetic processing on a part of the plurality of bits, and a part of the bits to be executed on the predetermined arithmetic processing is performed on the plurality of bits. It will be changed sequentially,
The corresponding processing executing means executes the abnormal handling processing when an event in which the numerical value does not change between some of the bits that are the execution targets of the predetermined arithmetic processing occurs continuously a specific number of times. A featured game machine. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the game is performed by utilizing the gaming value.

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