JP7021940B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

In the conventional gaming machine, for example, as shown in Patent Document 1, the manager of the gaming field can change the internal winning probability of the bonus combination by selecting a set value. In addition, the player wants to play a game on a gaming machine in which a set value having a high winning probability is selected. Therefore, depending on the gaming machine, a suggestion effect that suggests a set value to the player is executed. When the suggestion effect is executed, the player pays attention to the suggestion effect, and as a result, the player's attention to the game can be increased.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2017-6536

However, suggestion effects are being executed on multiple types of gaming machines, and simply executing suggestion effects similar to those in the past lacks novelty, and the effect of raising attention is not so much obtained. It ends up. Therefore, it is desired to develop a new method for suggesting a set value.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of suggesting a set value.

In the gaming machine, the switching mode of the switching means for the second winning unit changes according to the set value, so that the player can infer the set value from the switching mode. As a result, the player pays attention not only to the effect in the effect execution means but also to the switching mode in the second winning unit, and it is possible to prevent the game from becoming monotonous. In this way, it is possible to suggest the set value while suppressing the monotonicization of the game in the gaming machine.

Overall block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention Front view of a gaming machine Enlarged view of the vicinity of the winning prize Block diagram showing the electrical configuration of a gaming machine Block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the management device Explanatory diagram showing the opening time table of the big prize section at the time of small hit Flowchart showing the flow of special figure hold read processing Schematic diagram for explaining the tilt angle of the gaming machine Figure of the payout rate table and the screen showing the operation A screen diagram showing the breakdown of the payout rate table A screen diagram showing a ball ejection rate table arranged in descending order of ball ejection rate

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of the amusement park system. A large number of gaming machines 1 are installed in the game hall, and a gaming device 2 and a gaming information display device 3 are provided corresponding to each gaming machine 1. The game machine 1, the game device 2, and the game information display device 3 are connected to the management device 6 via the relay device 4 and the LAN 5. Further, a POS and a balance settlement machine (both are not shown) are also installed in the amusement park, and these POS and the balance settlement machine are also connected to the management device 6 via the LAN 5. Although not shown in FIG. 1, in reality, for example, several hundred gaming machines 1 are managed by the management device 6.

The management device 6 is installed in, for example, an office in the game hall, and is connected to a keyboard 7 and a monitor 8 operated by the manager of the game hall, as well as a mouse, a printer, and the like (not shown). The management device 6 is configured as a game machine management device that aggregates and manages game information related to the game machine 1 by inputting a game signal output from the game machine side (game machine 1, game device 2, etc.). There is.

The gaming machine 1 shown in FIG. 2 is a CR (card reader) pachinko gaming machine, and has a front door 1b attached to an underframe (not shown) via a hinge 1a and a front door 1b arranged inside the front door 1b. It is equipped with a game board 9 covered with. The game board 9 is formed with a game area 9a surrounded by a substantially circular shape, and the front door 1b is provided with a substantially circular transparent window 1c corresponding to the game area 9a. The direction in which the player is located with respect to the gaming machine 1, that is, the side of the front door 1b in the gaming machine 1 is the front, and the opposite direction is the rear. Further, in the gaming machine 1, the side on which the hinge 1a is located is on the left side, and the opposite side is on the right side. Further, in the game area 9a, the lower part where the ball (pachinko ball, which is a game value) flows down is directed in the vertical direction.

In the gaming machine 1, an upper plate 1d and a lower plate 1e are provided below the gaming area 9a, and a handle 11 is provided located at the lower right of the upper plate 1d, so that the player can operate the handle 11. The ball is fired into the game area 9a according to the above.

The liquid crystal display unit 12 is provided in the center of the game area 9a, and the winning prize 13 and the large winning unit 14 are provided above and below the liquid crystal display unit 12. As will be described in detail later, the winning accessory 13 includes a first winning section 13a and a second winning section 13b (see FIG. 3) in which a ball flowing down the game area 9a can win a prize. When a prize is won in the winning units 13a and 13b, a special drawing lottery is executed. Along with this, the symbol (special symbol) displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 12 changes, and then the symbol variation ends. When a symbol that has stopped after a predetermined time fluctuation on the liquid crystal display unit 12 wins a big hit, a big hit occurs, the big prize unit 14 opens and closes until a predetermined end condition is satisfied, and the ball wins the big prize unit 14. A predetermined number of balls will be paid out. In the present embodiment, the numbers 1 to 9 are displayed in three columns on the liquid crystal display unit 12, and basically, a big hit occurs when the same numbers are stopped and displayed in the three columns.

At the lower left of the game area 9a, there is provided a special figure display unit 16a, which is composed of, for example, an LED, and shows the result of a lottery executed in response to winning each of the winning units 13a and 13b. Further, in the lower part of the liquid crystal display unit 12, the special figure holding display unit 12a, 12b that displays the so-called reserved ball number that causes the above-mentioned special drawing lottery up to the upper limit holding number (4 for each winning unit 13a, 13b). Is provided.

On the left side of the game area 9a, a gate 15 is provided, and for example, a normal drawing display unit 16b and a normal drawing holding display unit 16c composed of LEDs are provided. When the ball fired in the game area 9a passes through the gate 15, a general drawing lottery for whether or not to open the electric chew 17 provided corresponding to the winning prize 13 is executed, and the lottery result is executed. Is displayed on the normal map display unit 16b. The electric chew 17 promotes the inflow of balls into the winning portions 13a and 13b of the winning accessory 13 in the open state, while hinders the inflow of balls into the winning portions 13a and 13b in the closed state. In addition, the upper limit of the reserved balls for the regular drawing lottery is two, and if the ball passes through the gate 15 again during the regular drawing lottery, it is reserved up to the upper limit, and the regular drawing lottery that is sequentially held after the end of the regular drawing lottery is executed. do. At this time, the number of balls on hold is displayed on the hold display unit 16c.

At the bottom of the game area 9a, a ball ejection portion (out hole) 18 opened so as to collect the balls that have flowed down without winning a prize is provided. The gaming machine 1 is also provided with decorative lamps 1L, speakers 1S, and the like for performing various effects.

As shown in FIG. 3, the winning accessory 13 is formed by combining an electric chew 17 having a pair of blades and a trapezoidal member 19 having the winning portions 13a and 13b under the electric chew 17.

The electric chew 17 is in a closed state in which a pair of blades stand so as to face each other with a gap of one ball facing each other (see the two-dot chain line in FIG. 3), and a ball to the through 17s on the base end side of the blades. Rotates between the open state (see the solid line in the figure) that has fallen down like a saucer. As a result, in the closed state of the electric chew 17, only the balls that have passed through the pair of nails p1 located directly above can flow into the through 17s, and in the open state of the electric chew 17, the inflow of the balls into the through 17s is promoted. To increase the winning rate. The space between the through 17s between the electric chews 17 and the upper surface opening 19t of the trapezoidal member 19 is a special gaming area 9s. That is, the special game area 9s constitutes a part of the winning path, and the winning portions 13a and 13b in the trapezoidal member 19 can win a ball that has passed through the special game area 9s in the game area 9a.

The trapezoidal member 19 having a trapezoidal appearance has internal passages 19a and 19b extending from the upper surface opening 19t to the winning portions 13a and 13b. In FIG. 3, the passages 19a and 19b are formed by a first passage 19a leading to the winning section 13a (first winning section) on the left side and a second passage 19b leading to the winning section 13b (second winning section) on the right side. It is a branch passage that forms a shape. At the branch point on the upstream side, which is the central portion of the passages 19a and 19b, a switching member (switching means) 20 for switching the path of the ball to any of the passages 19a and 19b is provided. The switching member 20 integrally has a partition plate 20a and a shaft portion 20b on the base end side thereof, and is rotatable around the shaft portion 20b.

The switching member 20 has a first position (see the broken line in FIG. 3) in which the partition plate 20a rotates clockwise to close the right passage 19b, and the partition plate 20a rotates counterclockwise to close the left passage. It switches over a second position (see the two-dot chain line in FIG. 3) that closes 19a. As a result, the balls that have passed through the special gaming area 9s and flowed in from the upper surface opening 19t of the trapezoidal member 19 are distributed so as to pass through the left passage 19a when the switching member 20 is in the first position, and the first winning portion. It is guided to 13a, and when the switching member 20 is in the second position, it is distributed so as to pass through the right passage 19b and is guided to the second winning portion 13b.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the gaming machine 1. The main control circuit 10 (set value storage means, lottery means, special game state generation means, privilege giving means, hold storage means, reading means, winning / failing determination means) of the game machine 1 is a storage unit 10m such as a CPU 10a, a ROM 10b or a RAM 10c. It is mainly composed of a microcomputer equipped with an I / O 10d or the like including an interface for transmitting and receiving signals, and power is supplied from the power supply circuit 10E. The main control circuit 10 is based on signals input from a gate passage detector 15k, a first winning detector 13ak, a second winning detector 13bk, a large winning detector 14k, a gate passing detector 15k, a setting operation unit 26, and the like. The entire game machine 1 is controlled.

In response to the launch operation in which the player operates the handle 11, the launch device 21 is driven by the launch control circuit 21a to which the operation information is input, and the ball is launched into the game area 9a. A ball launched into the game area 9a may pass through the gate 15 when flowing down the game area 9a. At this time, the gate passage detector 15k detects a ball passing through the gate 15, and outputs a signal to the main control circuit 10 each time the ball passes through the gate 15. When the main control circuit 10 receives a signal from the gate passage detector 15k, the main control circuit 10 executes a general drawing lottery by extracting one of the random numbers generated by the random number generation unit 22 by the random number extraction unit 23. When the normal drawing is won in this general drawing lottery, the electric chew solenoid 24 is driven to open the electric chew 17. Further, the LEDs of the normal figure display unit 16b and the normal figure hold display unit 16c are turned on or off according to the passage of the ball gate 15.

In the normal drawing lottery, the winning probability and the like change depending on the gaming state of the gaming machine 1. As the gaming state, a normal state, a time saving state, and the like are set in the gaming machine 1. Normally, the time saving state after the jackpot state is 50 rotations. The probability of winning a normal figure, which is the probability of winning a normal figure, is set to 1/30 in the normal state and 1/1 in the time saving state. The time required for the normal map lottery, that is, the normal map fluctuation time in which the variation display is performed in the normal map display unit 16b is set to 30 seconds in the normal state and 1 second in the time saving state. Then, when the normal figure is won in the normal figure lottery, the electric chew 17 is opened for 0.2 seconds in the normal state and 1.5 seconds × 3 times in the time saving state. That is, in the short time state, the opening time of the electric chew 17 is long and the number of times is increased, so that the winning units 13a and 13b are promoted to win more than in the normal state.

Further, when the ball fired in the game area 9a flows down the game area 9a, it may win a prize in any of the winning portions 13a and 13b. At this time, the first winning detector 13ak detects the ball that has won the winning section 13a, the second winning detector 13bk detects the ball that has won the winning section 13b, and the signal is mainly controlled each time the ball wins. Output to circuit 10. When the main control circuit 10 receives a signal from the first winning detector 13ak or the second winning detector 13bk, the special drawing lottery is performed by extracting one of the random numbers generated by the random number generation unit 22 by the random number extraction unit 23. Execute.

After executing the special drawing lottery, the main control circuit 10 starts to change the symbol displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 12. In this special drawing lottery, a lottery result of either a small hit, a big hit (the state of the big hit is regarded as a special game state), or a miss is set. Therefore, the main control circuit 10 includes a lottery means for executing a lottery (special drawing lottery) in a special gaming state advantageous to the player when a ball wins in the first winning section 13a or the second winning section 13b. It functions as a special gaming state generating means that generates a special gaming state based on the lottery result, and when it becomes a small hit or a big hit, it drives the big winning solenoid 25 to switch between the open state and the closed state of the big winning unit 14. Take control. In the jackpot, the big prize section 14 is switched between the open state and the closed state during the 10th round (10R) or the 15th round (15R). 1R shall be completed after 10 prizes or 30 seconds have passed. The opening time of the big winning section 14 in a small hit will be described in detail later.

The lottery in the special gaming state described above is executed according to the set value (set value mode) set by the setting operation unit 26. Specifically, the setting operation unit 26 is provided inside the game machine 1 (inside the front door 1b) as shown by the broken line in FIG. 2 as an operation means operated by the manager of the game hall. The set value mode is a set value of a plurality of stages (for example, setting 1, setting 2, and setting 3 of three stages) in which the frequency of occurrence of the special gaming state is different, and the setting value mode is operated by the administrator in the setting operation unit 26. Any one of settings 1 to 3 is selected. In this way, the selected set value mode is stored in its own storage unit 10m by the main control circuit 10 and used.

Here, the jackpot winning probability, which is a jackpot in the special figure lottery, is set to 1/280 in the normal state and the time saving state, 1/290 in the setting 2, and 1/300 in the setting 3, so-called probability variation state. In setting 1, it is set to 1/56, in setting 2, it is set to 1/58, and in setting 3, it is set to 1/60. On the other hand, the small hit winning probability, which is a small hit in the special drawing lottery, is set to 1/1000 which is common to the settings 1 to 3 in the normal state and the time saving state.

The main control circuit 10 displays the result of the special figure lottery by turning on or off the LED of the special figure display unit 16a according to the result of the special figure lottery. Further, the main control circuit 10 controls the display control circuit 27 (effect executing means), which is a sub-control circuit, when the ball wins a prize in any of the winning units 13a, 13b or the large winning unit 14, as described above. The balls are paid out to the player by displaying various effects on the display unit 12 and instructing the payout control circuit 28a to pay out the balls from the payout device 28. For example, if a ball wins in any of the winning sections 13a and 13b, three balls are paid out, and if a big winning section 14 is won, 15 balls are paid out.

Like the main control circuit 10, the display control circuit 27 includes a CPU 27a, a ROM 27b, a RAM 27c, and an I / O 27d. The display control circuit 27 is adapted to execute an effect corresponding to the above-mentioned lottery result by controlling the display of the liquid crystal display unit 12 and the decorative lamps 1L and the drive control of the speaker 1S.

The main control circuit 10 gives the player an out signal (pulse output) capable of specifying out, which is the number of balls fired in the game area 9a, from the signal output unit 30 according to the progress of the game by the player. A safe signal (pulse output) that can specify the safe, which is the number of balls, and a start signal (pulse signal) that can specify the start (start) of the fluctuation display of the symbol generated by winning the winning units 13a and 13b. , A definite signal that can specify the end of the fluctuation display of the symbol, a big hit signal that can specify the big hit (high and low level output), a probability change signal that can specify the probability change state (high and low level output), during the round It outputs a game signal such as a round signal (high and low level output while the large winning unit 14 is open) that can be identified as.

The gaming device 2 shown in FIG. 1 is a so-called lending machine with a counting function for each machine, and is a state indicator lamp 2a indicating the gaming state of the gaming machine 1, a coin slot 31 into which coins are inserted, and a touch panel type liquid crystal display unit. 32, a payout button 33 for paying out balls, a payout nozzle 34 through which the paid balls pass, and a card insertion slot into which an IC card (recording medium (not shown) such as a general card (pachinko ticket) or a membership card is inserted. 35. It has a counting tray 36 and the like located below the lower plate 1e of the gaming machine 1.

The gaming device 2 operates as shown below.
(1) When money is accepted (money acceptance processing), the deposit amount is added to the balance and displayed on both the game machine 1 and the game device 2. When the lending button (not shown) of the gaming machine 1 is pressed (lending operation, granting operation) while there is a balance, the lending balls (value added) for one unit of lending are paid out from the gaming machine 1 (compensation). (Grant processing), the consideration according to the rate is deducted from the balance. Money can be accepted for multiple payments (for example, up to 10,000 yen).

(2) When a counting ball is accepted, the counting ball is specified as a ball, and the ball is refunded in response to the pressing of the payout button 33 (replay processing of the ball) is enabled and refunded. Is subtracted from the number of balls held for that consideration (for example, the same number as the number of balls refunded). When the return button (not shown) of the gaming machine 1 is pressed (the issuance operation is accepted) while the balance and the possessed balls remain, the balance and the possessed balls stocked in the gaming device 2 can be specified. Issuance.

(3) By serial communication with the relay device 4, the management device 6 performs currency reception processing, consideration grant processing, balance and possession balls, number of rented balls, number of refunded balls, deposit amount, number of counting balls, number of rented balls and rented balls. It is possible to specify various information such as the sales amount that is the consideration for the money, and the reception and issuance processing of the ball ticket, but these are pulse signals (for example, 1 pulse for every 1000 yen deposited, 1 pulse for every 100 yen sold, etc.). It may be possible to specify with.

As shown in FIG. 5, the management device 6 has a control unit 40 mainly composed of a microcomputer having a CPU 40a, a ROM 40b, a RAM 40c, and an I / O 40d, and a peripheral part connected to the control unit 40. The control unit 40 (hereinafter, abbreviated as "management device 6" as appropriate) executes various control programs, and is a storage means, a specific means, an output rate display means, a storage table display means, an aggregation means, and an output rate specifying means. , Corresponds to the means of updating the output rate. The ROM 40b and the RAM 40c are storage units 40m of the management device 6.

As a peripheral portion of the management device 6, an I / F unit 41 for transmitting and receiving various signals and various information to and from the gaming machine side is provided. Through the I / F unit 41, the management device 6 can communicate with the gaming machine 1, the gaming device 2, and the like, and based on the gaming signals from the devices on the gaming machine side, for example, out, safe, and difference. It manages game information such as balls, number of starts, number of big hits, and payout rate (outgoing rate).

By the way, the player wants to play a game on the gaming machine 1 in which the setting value mode having a high winning probability is selected, and depending on the gaming machine, a suggestion effect suggesting the setting value mode to the player is executed. Although some are provided, simply performing a suggestion effect similar to the conventional one lacks novelty, and the effect of increasing the attention of the suggestion effect cannot be obtained so much.

On the other hand, the game hall side wants to know the ball ejection rate of the game machine corresponding to the set value mode, but in the case of the pachinko game machine, not only the set value mode but also the tilt angle (degree of tilt) when installed. However, there is a problem that it is difficult for the pachinko game machine to grasp the ball ejection rate on the amusement park side because the ball flow mode changes and the ball ejection rate changes even if the difference is slight.

Based on these issues and actual circumstances, the game machine 1 of the present embodiment can execute the suggestion of the set value mode while suppressing the monotonicization of the game, and in the management device 6, the set value on the game hall side. We have adopted a configuration that makes it easy to grasp the payout rate corresponding to the mode. Such a configuration will be described in detail in the order of “1. Configuration on the gaming machine 1 side” and “2. Configuration on the management device side” with reference to FIGS. 6 and later.

<1. Configuration on the gaming machine side>
The main control circuit 10 of the gaming machine 1 switches the switching member 20 (switching means) of the winning prize 13 shown in FIG. 3 in a switching mode according to the set value mode stored in its own storage unit 10m. , Controls the switching drive motor 20M (shown only in FIG. 4).

Specifically, when the switching member 20 is switched to the second position shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 3 by the control of the switching drive motor 20M connected to the shaft portion 20b, the switching member 20 is attached to the second winning portion 13b. Is in a winning allowable state where winning is possible, and when the position is switched to the first position indicated by the broken line, the winning suppression state in which no ball can be won in the second winning section 13b. That is, in the latter winning suppression state, the ball that has passed through the special gaming area 9s is guided to win the first winning section 13a by the switching member 20, so that the ball that has passed through the area 9s is the second winning section 13b. Will not be able to win the prize, and will win the first prize section 13a. On the other hand, in the former winning allowance state, the ball that has passed through the special gaming area 9s is guided to win the second winning section 13b by the switching member 20, so that the ball that has passed through the area 9s is the first winning section 13a. Will not win a prize.

Further, the closing time of the passage 19a at the second position and the closing time of the passage 19b at the first position by the switching member 20 are made different according to the set value mode, and the set value mode is set 1. For example, the operation of closing the left passage 19a for 0.6 seconds and the operation of closing the right passage 19b for 0.4 seconds are repeated. If the set value mode is setting 2, the operation of closing the left passage 19a for 0.5 seconds and the operation of closing the right passage 19b for 0.5 seconds are repeated, and if the set value mode is setting 3, the operation is repeated. , The switching drive motor 20M is controlled so as to repeat the operation of closing the left passage 19a for 0.4 seconds and the operation of closing the right passage 19b for 0.6 seconds. As described above, in the present embodiment, regardless of the flow of the ball in the winning accessory 13, the switching member 20 repeats the operation according to the set value mode, so that the ball is shaken to the winning portions 13a and 13b. The minute expectation (distribution tendency) changes, and the distribution ratio (first prize unit 13a: second prize unit 13b) is 4: 6 for setting 1, 5: 5 for setting 2, and 6: for setting 3. It is set to 4.

Further, in the present embodiment, the expectation that the 15R jackpot state will occur is higher when the ball wins in the second winning section 13b than when the ball wins in the first winning section 13a. In the latter case, a special gaming state is generated so that the player's advantage is high. Specifically, in the main control circuit 10, the round distribution (10R: 15R) in the jackpot state is 3: 1 when the ball wins in the first winning section 13a, and when the ball wins in the second winning section 13b. It is set to be 1: 3. Further, the average of one ball output (difference ball) in the jackpot state is about 1000 in the jackpot state 10R and about 1500 in the jackpot state 15R (see FIG. 10).

Therefore, from setting 3 to setting 1, not only the above-mentioned jackpot winning probability increases, but also the distribution tendency of the switching member 20 makes it easier for balls to win in the second winning section 13b, resulting in a jackpot. The player's advantage is also high in terms of round distribution or ball output when winning. Further, as a privilege granting means, the main control circuit 10 grants a predetermined number of balls by executing a lottery in a special gaming state according to the set value mode when a ball wins in the second winning section 13b. It can be said that the player is given a privilege by doing so.

The probability variation rate that becomes a probability variation at the time of a big hit is 50% regardless of which of the winning portions 13a and 13b wins a ball (of the 0 to 9 symbols, the odd number symbol corresponds to the occurrence of the probability variation jackpot state). , A part of the 10R jackpot state when the ball wins in the first winning section 13a and the whole 15R jackpot state are set as the probabilistic jackpot state, and the 10R jackpot state when the ball wins in the second winning section 13b. All and a part of the 15R jackpot state are usually set as jackpot states.

In the trapezoidal member 19 of the winning accessory 13 described above, the left and right passages 19a and 19b (a pair of diamond-shaped portions in FIG. 3) through which balls flow toward the first winning portion 13a and the second winning portion 13b are transparent. It is formed by using a transparent resin material so that it can be seen, and the other portion is formed by using a non-transparent resin material so that the switching member 20 and the like cannot be seen through. In this way, the reason why the switching member 20 is not visible to the player is to prevent the set value mode from being inferred from the switching mode of the switching member 20 when the player is not playing the game. It is a device. Further, the passages 19a and 19b are configured to be visible, which is a device for making it easier for the player to grasp the winning rate for each of the winning portions 13a and 13b.

At the time of a small hit, the main control circuit 10 drives the large prize solenoid 25 to switch the large prize unit 14 from the closed state to the open state, so that the ball can be won. The opening time of the large winning unit 14 in this small hit is also defined in association with the set value mode. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, the selection rate (distribution probability) for each setting 1 to 3 is specified for the opening time of the large winning unit 14, and if the setting is 1, the opening time is 1.8 seconds. The selection rate of the opening time is divided, such as "50"% for 1.2 seconds, "25"% for 1.2 seconds, and "25"% for 0.9 seconds. If the setting is 2, the opening time is 1.8 seconds is "25"%, 1.2 seconds is "50"%, 0.9 seconds is "25"%, and if the setting is 3, the opening time is 1. The selection rates of 8 seconds are "25"%, 1.2 seconds are "25"%, and 0.9 seconds are "50"%. In this way, since the opening time of the large winning unit 14 in the small hit is set in a plurality of patterns and the distribution probability is different depending on the set value mode, the player can use the opening time or the opening pattern. It is possible to predict the setting of the set value mode. In this way, the large winning unit 14 has a higher probability that the opening time becomes longer as the setting 1 (high setting) (it is easier to win a ball and is advantageous to the player), so that a privilege is given according to the setting value mode. It can also be grasped as the winning section 14 (second winning section).

The flow of the special figure hold read process executed by the main control circuit 10 will be described with reference to FIG. 7. Here, when the main control circuit 10 detects the winning of the first winning section 13a or the second winning section, the lottery result as the lottery means or the lottery result as the privilege granting means is set as a special figure hold, respectively. It is assumed that the upper limit holding number is stored and the upper limit holding number (4 for each winning section 13a, 13b) is displayed on the special figure holding display units 12a and 12b shown in FIG.

When the main control circuit 10 determines in the special figure hold read process of FIG. 7 that the above special figure hold is stored (S1: YES), the main control circuit 10 determines whether or not a jackpot state is occurring (S2). When the main control circuit 10 determines that the jackpot state is not occurring (S2: NO), it determines whether or not the symbol is changing (special symbol is changing) (S3, that is, the special symbol display unit 16a executes the symbol variation. (Determine whether or not it is done). The main control circuit 10 holds the special figure when the special figure hold is not stored, when the jackpot state is occurring, or when the symbol is changing (S1: NO, S2: YES, or S3: YES). Ends (returns) this process without reading.

When the main control circuit 10 determines that the symbol is not changing (S3: NO), it determines whether or not the special figure hold based on the winning of the first winning section 13a and the second winning section 13b is stored (respectively). S4). When the main control circuit 10 determines that the special figure reservations based on the winnings to the winning units 13a and 13b are stored (S4: YES), the main control circuit 10 reads out the special figure reservations in a predetermined order and specially. Figure The number of holds is reduced according to the reading of the hold (S5). That is, in this case, the order is defined so that the special figure hold based on the winning of the first winning section 13a and the special drawing holding based on the winning of the second winning section 13b are read alternately one by one. The reading of the special figure hold is staggered between the previous time and this time. In addition, after deciding which of the first winning section 13a and the second winning section 13b to read the special drawing hold of the winning section so as to be staggered between the previous time and this time, the special drawing holding of the determined winning section is held. Of these, the oldest special figure hold is read out when it is memorized.

On the other hand, when the main control circuit 10 stores only the special figure reservation based on the winning of the first winning unit 13a (S4: NO), for example, the time when the special figure reservation is stored is the oldest. The figure hold is read, and the number of holds is reduced according to the read of the special figure hold (S6).

After that, the main control circuit 10 determines whether or not the jackpot is correct for the read special figure hold (S7, returns). As a result, the display control circuit 27 executes the effect (design variation processing) corresponding to the determination result by the display control of the liquid crystal display unit 12 (effect execution means). The main control circuit 10 determines the symbol variation time in the special symbol display unit 16a according to the result of the hit / fail determination, and transmits the result of the hit / miss determination and the symbol variation time to the display control circuit 27. The display control circuit 27 is adapted to execute an effect (symbol variation) based on the result of the hit / fail determination and the symbol variation time.

<2. Configuration on the management device side>
FIG. 9 shows data representing the “ball ejection rate table” of the model A and its “operation”, which are stored in the storage unit 40 m (storage means) of the management device 6 and are stored in the storage unit 40 m (storage means) of the management device 6 and are stored in the liquid crystal display unit of the monitor 8. The data represented as a chart on the screen 90 is shown. The screen 90 is provided with a "ball ejection rate ranking" button 90a.

First, in the ball ejection rate table, the setting value mode of the above-mentioned "settings 1 to 3" and the "tilt angle" and the "ball ejection rate" of the gaming machine 1 are associated with each other for each model of the gaming machine 1. It is a memorized storage table. The setting value mode here also includes setting 1 representing a high setting value and settings 2 and 3 representing a low setting value in which the frequency of occurrence of the special gaming state is lower than the high setting value. It can be said that the setting 2 represents a high setting value in relation to the setting 3.

The "tilt angle" in the ball ejection rate table is the angle α formed by the height direction and the vertical direction of the game machine 1, and the schematic diagram of FIG. 8 exaggerates the tilt angle α. The inclination angle α is represented by the inclination angle of the entire game machine 1 with respect to the virtual line segment L1 in the vertical direction in the figure, and corresponds to the degree of inclination when the game machine 1 is installed. FIG. 9 exemplifies the inclination angles α of 0.5 degrees, 0.625 degrees, 0.75 degrees, 0.875 degrees, and 1 degree, and the gaming machine 1 has balls to the winning portions 13a, 13b, etc. according to the inclination angles α. The winning frequency of is changing.

The “ball ejection rate” in the ball ejection rate table corresponds to the ratio of the number of balls given to the player to the number of balls fired in the game area 9a. In other words, the ball output rate is the ratio between the cumulative value of the safe and the cumulative value of the number of balls used by the player (the out) to generate the safe, and is the cumulative safe / cumulative out ×. It corresponds to a value of 100. Therefore, the ball ejection rate values "94.0" to "104.5"% in FIG. 9 tend to be higher as the ball ejection rate is higher by the higher setting 1 and higher as the inclination angle α is larger. It can be said that it is expressed individually and concretely in relation to 3 to the angle α.

In the model A, the ball ejection rate in setting 1 may be lower than the ball ejection rate in setting 2 (maximum value “102.5”) when the inclination angle α is relatively small. Further, the ball ejection rate of setting 2 may also be lower than the ball ejection rate of setting 3 (maximum value "100.5") when the inclination angle α is relatively small. Further, the ball ejection rate of setting 1 may be lower than the ball ejection rate of setting 3 (maximum value “100.5”) depending on the inclination angle α.

Therefore, when the ball ejection rate table is displayed on the screen 90 in the management device 6, the ball ejection rate display column of setting 1 in which the ball ejection rate is lower than that of setting 2 depending on the tilt angle, and the ball ejection rate of the setting 3 are higher than those of setting 3. The background of the ball output rate display column of setting 2 is shaded, and the ball output rate display column of setting 1, which has a lower ball output rate than setting 3, is added to the shaded display. , Enclose in a thick frame to emphasize. As described above, the control unit 40 and the monitor 8 of the management device 6 are used as storage table display means, and the ball ejection rate of the high setting 1 and 2 is lower than the ball ejection rate of the low setting 2 and 3 depending on the inclination angle α. And the value that is higher than the ball ejection rate of the low settings 2 and 3 at any tilt angle α is distinguished on the screen 90 by the shaded display, and the setting 3 that is two steps lower depending on the tilt angle α. The information of the ball ejection rate table is displayed to the manager of the game hall in a state where the value having a lower ball ejection rate is further distinguished by a thick frame.

In the "operation" chart at the bottom of the screen 90, the values in the "tilt angle" and "set value" columns can be set by the game hall administrator by operating the keyboard 7 or the like for each unit number. It is possible to input. By this manual input, the management device 6 has a value of the inclination angle α when the corresponding gaming machine 1 is installed as a specific means, and a value of the setting "1 to 3" selected by the setting operation unit 26 of the gaming machine 1. To identify. At this time, the management device 6 collates the ball ejection rate associated with the value of the specified inclination angle α and the values of the settings 1 to 3 based on the ball ejection rate table, and sets the "ball ejection rate" of "operation". The value of the corresponding payout rate is displayed in the "" column. In this way, the control unit 40 and the monitor 8 of the management device 6 automatically display the corresponding ball ejection rate to the manager of the game hall who has input the inclination angle α and the settings 1 to 3 as the ejection rate display means. do.

When the manager of the amusement park specifies (for example, clicks with the mouse) any of the payout rate columns in the "ball payout rate table" on the upper side of the screen 90, the screen transitions to the screen 100 of FIG. 10 showing the breakdown. .. On this screen 100, the "set value" and the "tilt angle" corresponding to the designated ball ejection rate are displayed in each column 101.

Further, on this screen 100, the management device 6 has previously downloaded each of the "cumulative out", "cumulative safe", and "ball ejection rate" from an external management server (for example, a chain store headquarters, a game machine maker, etc.). The default value for the gaming machine 1 of the model A is displayed in each column 102. Therefore, each ball ejection rate in the "ball ejection rate table" on the screen 90 of FIG. 9 above is also defined in advance as a default value. It should be noted that the "big hit probability", "start (number of symbol fluctuations when 250 balls are fired)", "15R big hit number of balls" and "10R big hit number of balls" on the screen 100 of FIG. 10 are also determined in advance by an external management server. The value downloaded from is displayed in each column 103.

Then, the management device 6 aggregates the game information related to the game results of the game played by the player for the gaming machines 1 of all models, and the player collects the gaming machines 1 based on the aggregated results. Specify the actual ball output rate when playing a game at. In this case, the management device 6 is based on the ball ejection rate of the model A specified after the game machine 1 of the model A is installed in the game hall, and the specific results of the settings 1 to 3 and the inclination angle α. The ball ejection rate associated with the settings 1 to 3 and the inclination angle α in the ball ejection rate table is updated.

Specifically, for the game machine 1 of model A, the default values of the initial cumulative out and cumulative safe are 100,000 and 99500 (see FIG. 10), but after the game machine 1 is installed, the cumulative out 100000 at the game hall. And when the aggregated result of cumulative safe 100500 is obtained, by adding this to the default value respectively, cumulative out 200,000 and cumulative safe 200,000 will be obtained, and the payout rate will be updated to 100%.

In this regard, since the above-mentioned inclination angle α is set in a relatively small value range such as “0.5 to 1” degree, the situation of the island or the like where the game machine 1 is actually installed in each game hall or the actual inclination angle α Even if the flow mode of the ball in the game area 9a changes due to a slight deviation of the ball and affects the ball ejection rate, the management device 6 actually sets the default value of the cumulative out and the cumulative safe to the default value. By accumulating the operation results (out and safe) of the above and updating the payout rate table in Fig. 9 and its breakdown (each column 102 in Fig. 10), it is possible to manage the data more accurately. Has been done.

The screen 100 of FIG. 10 returns to the previous screen 90 when the "back" button 100a provided in the lower right corner of the screen 100 is clicked. Further, when the "ball output rate ranking" button 90a on the screen 90 of FIG. 9 is clicked, the screen 110 of FIG. 11 is displayed.

On the screen 110 of FIG. 11, a ball ejection rate table in which the ball ejection rates are sorted in descending order is displayed.
When displaying this screen 110 on the management device 6, the value having a higher ball ejection rate than the setting 1 and the highest payout rate is specified in the setting 2, and the corresponding display column is displayed. The background is shaded and surrounded by a thick frame. In order to make the display similarly distinct, in setting 3, the value with the higher ball ejection rate than setting 2 and the highest ball ejection rate is specified, and the shaded display and the display surrounded by a thick frame. I do.

Also, in setting 2, specify the value that has a higher ball ejection rate than setting 1 and the second highest ball ejection rate, and the corresponding display column is not surrounded by a thick frame and only the background is netted. Display by hanging. In order to make the display similarly distinct, specify the value in setting 3 that has a higher ball output rate than setting 2 and the second highest ball output rate, and only the background of the corresponding display column. Shaded display. Although not shown, if the high ball ejection rate does not fall below the low ball ejection rate at any tilt angle α, the display surrounded by a thick line is not performed.

According to the above embodiment, the following effects are obtained.
As described in "1. Configuration of the gaming machine 1 side", the switching mode of the switching member 20 with respect to the second winning unit 13b changes according to the set value mode, so that the player can select any set value from the switching mode. You can guess if it is a mode. As a result, the player pays attention not only to the effect on the liquid crystal display unit 12 of the game machine 1 but also to the switching mode of the second winning unit 13b, and it is possible to prevent the game from becoming monotonous. In this way, it is possible to execute the suggestion of the set value mode while suppressing the monotonicization of the game in the gaming machine 1.

Since the balls that have passed through the special game area 9s can win the first winning section 13a and the second winning section 13b, the total number of holdings for the special figure hold is the sum of the first winning section 13a and the second winning section 13b. Can be increased up to. Further, it is possible to predict which set value mode is set by the distribution rate to the first winning unit 13a and the second winning unit 13b, and the game is played against the movement of the ball passing through the special game area 9s. It becomes possible to draw attention to the person.

The player's advantage is higher when the ball wins in the second winning section 13b than when the ball wins in the first winning section 13a. As a result, it is advantageous not only to use it for guessing the set value mode, but also to win a ball in the second winning section 13b. Can be enhanced.

As described in "2. Configuration on the management device side", the ball ejection rate associated with the set value mode of the game machine 1 and the inclination angle α is displayed, so that the set value mode is supported on the game hall side. It becomes easier to grasp the payout rate.

Since the ball ejection rate changes according to the inclination angle α, the ball ejection rate may be lower than the low setting even if the set value mode is set to high. With this configuration, when the high setting is selected, it becomes easier for the game hall side to grasp the inclination angle α for lowering the ball ejection rate than the low setting. This makes it easier to secure profits on the amusement park side while selecting a high setting on the amusement park side.
In addition, the ball ejection rate table can be updated according to the actual value, and it becomes easy for the game hall side to accurately grasp the ball ejection rate corresponding to the set value mode and the inclination angle α.

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The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and may be modified or expanded as follows, each modification may be combined with the above embodiment, or each modification may be combined.

The present invention may be applied to a gaming machine different from the exemplified gaming machine 1. For example, an enclosed pachinko gaming machine in which a ball is enclosed, the score is consumed to shoot the ball, and a score is given as a game value when the ball wins a prize in the winning section can be considered. In this case, the ball ejection rate may be calculated from the ratio between the number of fired balls and the score given. The number of balls fired can also be indirectly specified from the score consumed.

Although the gaming machine 1 in which the set value mode can be selected from the three stages of the settings 1 to 3 is illustrated, the number of selectable set value modes such as two stages and six stages may be changed. Further, the winning probability may be arbitrarily changed according to the set value mode. For example, the jackpot winning probability in the normal state and the high probability state is the same in each set value mode, but the higher the setting, the higher the occurrence rate of the probability change state. By doing so, it is conceivable that a jackpot state is likely to occur.

Although the jackpot state is exemplified as the special gaming state, it is also possible to apply other gaming states such as the probability variation state and the time saving state as the special gaming state in place of or in addition to the jackpot state.
As a privilege to be given to the player when a ball is won in the second winning unit 13b, the execution of a lottery in a special gaming state and the granting of a predetermined number of balls are exemplified. The content of the privilege may be changed, for example, either the special game state or the provision of a predetermined number of balls is granted as the privilege.

The lottery result related to the special game state is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 12, but the content of the effect is appropriately displayed according to the lottery result, such as displaying the lottery result on the 7-segment display device or the drum (reel). You may change it.

The upper limit number of holdings may be one or three instead of the above four. Further, the upper limit number of reservations corresponding to the first winning unit 13a and the second winning unit 13b may be different.

The configuration is such that the special figure reservations based on the winning of the first winning section 13a and the second winning section 13b are read alternately, but the reading order may be arbitrarily changed.
Of the first winning section 13a and the second winning section 13b, the number of rounds in the jackpot state is likely to increase when the ball wins in the second winning section 13b, but the number of rounds in the jackpot state tends to increase. It is not necessary, and the expected degree of the number of rounds when a big hit state occurs may be the same, or the second winning section 13b may be configured to be less likely to be.

The distribution rate of the balls that have passed through the special game area 9s to the first winning section 13a and the second winning section 13b may be arbitrarily changed. For example, in the setting 1, 80% of the balls are distributed to the second winning section 13b. It is conceivable that the distribution will be distributed to the second winning unit 13b at a rate of 50% if the setting is 3.

When the switching member 20 closes the right passage 19b at the first position, the second winning portion 13b is configured so that the ball cannot be won, but the configuration is not limited to this. For example, even if the right passage 19b is closed by the switching member 20, the ball may pass through the passage 19b, but it may be difficult to pass through the passage 19b as compared with the case where the ball is not closed. That is, the winning suppression state includes a configuration in which a ball can be won in the second winning section 13b, but the ball is less likely to be won than in the winning allowable state.

The switching member 20 switches between the winning suppression state and the winning allowable state by closing the passages 19a and 19b, but the method of switching to each state may be arbitrarily changed, for example, a ball by magnetic force or wind power. By sucking the ball, the flow direction of the ball may be changed to the side of the second winning unit 13b, so that the ball may be switched to a winning allowable state in which it is easy to win the second winning unit 13b.

The ball that has passed through the special gaming area 9s is configured to win a prize in either the first winning section 13a or the second winning section 13b, but the configuration is not limited to this. For example, the first winning unit 13a and the second winning unit 13b may be arranged at positions separated to the extent that they do not affect each other.

The configuration is such that the set value mode is suggested by the distribution rate to the first winning unit 13a and the second winning unit 13b when the ball passes through the special gaming area 9s, but the configuration is not limited to this. Instead of this configuration, for example, the large winning unit 14 may be regarded as the second winning unit, and the setting value mode may be suggested by the opening / closing pattern of the large winning unit 14.

The suggestion of the set value mode may be executed by the open pattern of the electric chew 17, for example, there are a plurality of open / close patterns of the electric chew 17, and the selection rate of the open / close pattern is configured to be different according to the set value mode. You may.

Further, as a method of suggesting the set value mode, for example, when the player fires a predetermined number of balls, the liquid crystal display unit 12 executes an effect suggesting the set value mode, or the big prize unit 14 in the jackpot state. When is opened, the set value mode may be suggested by the effect displayed inside the large winning unit 14. As an effect suggesting such a set value mode, a character determined by lottery from a plurality of characters is displayed on the display means of the gaming machine, and the higher the setting, the display of a predetermined character among the plurality of characters. The frequency may be increased.

Further, the suggestion method of the set value mode may be added or changed, and apart from the effect suggested as described above, the suggestion of the set value mode is additionally or substituted when the ball passes through the predetermined area. It is also possible to execute it as a target. For example, a light emitting unit may be provided in the through 17s, and when a ball passes through the through 17s, the light emitting unit may be lit in a color corresponding to the set value mode. As a lighting pattern, for example, when a ball passes through 17s, it emits light in red or blue, and the emission ratio of red and blue (red to blue) is set to 60:40 in the case of setting 1. In the case of 2, it may be set to 50:50, and in the case of setting 3, it may be set to 40:60.

The storage mode of the payout rate table may be arbitrarily changed. That is, if the information that can specify the relationship between the inclination angle α, the set value mode, and the ball ejection rate is stored, it corresponds to storing the storage table. Further, the display mode of the ball ejection rate table may be changed, and for example, a graph or chart for each set value mode in which the horizontal axis is the ball ejection rate and the vertical axis is the tilt angle α may be displayed on the screen.

The ball ejection rate corresponding to the tilt angle α and the set value mode input by the game field administrator is displayed on the same screen 90 as the ball ejection rate table, but it may be configured to be displayed on a separate screen.

When displaying the ball ejection rate table, the ball ejection rate at setting 1 (high setting) is lower than the ball ejection rate at settings 2 and 3 (low setting) depending on the tilt angle α, and any tilt angle. Even if it is, it is configured to display separately from the value that is higher than the low setting ball output rate, but you may change the method of displaying separately, for example, whether or not both values are blinking or bold. It may be distinguished by the presence or absence of display. Further, depending on the level of the ball ejection rate, it is possible to make a configuration that does not distinguish in the display mode.

The payout rate table was downloaded in advance, and based on the payout rate table, the collected data was added to update the payout rate, but only the data collected from the payout rate table instead of this configuration. It is also possible to adopt a configuration created in step 1 or a configuration that does not update from the pre-downloaded ball output rate table. Furthermore, the downloaded payout rate table is referred to until a predetermined amount of data (for example, cumulative out 100000) is collected, and after the predetermined amount of data is collected, the payout rate table based only on the collected data is used. It may be created and referenced.

Although the degree of inclination is displayed as a numerical value as the inclination angle α, the degree of inclination may be expressed by a non-numeric expression such as “large”, “medium”, or “small”. Further, the degree of inclination may be expressed by the amount of horizontal deviation between the lower front end and the upper front end of the gaming machine 1 with respect to the vertical virtual line segment L1 in FIG.

Each of the above numerical values is an example, and for example, the value of the closing time of the specific switching member 20 described above, the value of the selectivity, the default value of the cumulative out and the cumulative safe, etc. are set to appropriate values. Of course, any numerical value may be adopted.

It is also possible to extract the following features from the embodiments exemplified above.
The frequency of occurrence of a special gaming state that is advantageous to the player changes according to the setting value selected by the game field administrator from the setting values of multiple stages, and the winning section is entered according to the degree of inclination at the time of installation. In a gaming machine management device that manages a gaming machine that grants a gaming value, which is a ball or a score, to a player when the winning frequency of the ball changes and the ball wins in the winning portion.
A storage means for storing a storage table in which the set value, the degree of inclination, and the output rate corresponding to the ratio of the number of game values given to the player to the number of fired balls are associated with each other, and the game field. The setting value selected for the gaming machine by the administrator of the above, the specific means for specifying the inclination degree when the gaming machine is installed, and the setting value and the setting value specified by the specific means based on the storage table. It is characterized by comprising a payout rate display means for displaying the payout rate associated with the inclination degree to the manager of the game hall.

The setting value of the plurality of stages includes a high setting value and a low setting value in which the frequency of occurrence of the special gaming state is lower than that of the high setting value, and the inclination of the high setting value with respect to the output rate. The storage means is in a state of distinguishing between a value lower than the output rate of the low set value depending on the degree and a value higher than the output rate of the low set value regardless of the inclination degree. It is characterized by providing a storage table display means for displaying the information of the storage table to be stored to the manager of the game hall.

Based on the aggregation means for aggregating the game information related to the game result in which the player has played the game and the aggregation result of the aggregating means, the actual output rate when the player plays the game on the gaming machine is specified. The output rate specifying means, the output rate updating means for updating the output rate associated with the set value and the inclination degree in the storage table based on the output rate specifying means and the specific result of the specific means, and the output rate updating means. It is characterized by being equipped with.

In the drawing, 1 is a game machine, 6 is a management device (game machine management device, storage means, specific means, output rate display means, totaling means, output rate specifying means, output rate updating means), and 8 is a monitor (output rate display). Means, storage table display means), 10 is a main control circuit (set value storage means, lottery means, special game state generation means, privilege giving means, hold storage means, reading means, hit / miss determination means), 9s is a special game area, 10 m is a storage unit (set value storage means, hold storage means), 12 is a liquid crystal display unit (effect execution means), 13a is a first prize unit, 13b is a second prize unit, 20 is a switching member (switching means), 26. Is a setting operation unit (operation means), 27 is a display control circuit (effect execution means), and 40 m is a storage unit (storage means).

Claims (3)

The first prize-winning section where balls flowing down the game area can win,
The operation means operated by the manager of the amusement park,
A setting value storage means for storing a setting value selected by the administrator by the operation of the operation means from among the setting values of a plurality of stages in which the frequency of occurrence of the special gaming state advantageous to the player is different.
When a ball wins in the first winning section, a lottery means for executing the lottery in the special gaming state according to the set value stored in the set value storage means, and a lottery means.
An effect executing means for executing an effect corresponding to the lottery result of the lottery means, and an effect executing means.
A special gaming state generating means for generating the special gaming state based on the lottery result of the lottery means, and a special gaming state generating means.
The second winning section where the balls flowing down the game area can win,
A privilege granting means for granting a privilege to a player by executing a lottery of the special gaming state according to the set value stored in the set value storage means when a ball wins in the second winning portion. ,
A hold storage means for storing the lottery result by the lottery means and the lottery result by the privilege granting means as a special figure hold up to the set maximum number of holds, respectively.
When the special figure hold based on the winning to the first winning section and the second winning section is stored, the special figure hold is read in a predetermined order, and the special figure hold is read. A reading means that reduces the number of holdings of the holding storage means accordingly,
A hit / fail determination means for determining whether or not the special figure hold read by the read means is provided.
The effect executing means executes an effect corresponding to the determination result of the hit / fail determination means.
In the first winning section and the second winning section, a ball that has passed through the special gaming area can be won in the gaming area, and the ball that has passed through the special gaming area is awarded to the second winning section. A winning allowance state in which a ball can win a prize in the second winning section by guiding the ball, and a winning allowance state in which a ball passing through the special gaming area is guided to win a prize in the first winning section . (2) A switching means for switching between a winning suppression state in which a ball is difficult to win or a ball cannot be won in the winning section in a switching mode according to the set value stored in the set value storage means , and at least a part thereof. A gaming machine characterized in that the switching mode is shielded by making it non-transparent, while the switching means for making the balls winning the first winning section and the second winning section visible . The special gaming state generating means is such that the advantage of the player is higher when the ball is won in the second winning section than when the ball is won in the first winning section. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein a state is generated. The reading means is characterized in that the special figure hold based on the winning of the first winning section and the special drawing holding based on the winning of the second winning section are alternately read one by one. The gaming machine described in 1 or 2 .

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