JP7315246B2 - game machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to gaming machines.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a game machine (a reel-type game machine, a slot machine) having a plurality of reels with patterns arranged on the outer peripheral surface thereof is known. This type of gaming machine imparts a certain game value to game media such as medals and pachinko balls, and performs games to acquire such game media. In addition, this type of gaming machine performs internal lottery and starts the rotation of a plurality of reels with a player's rotation start operation as a trigger, and controls to stop the plurality of reels in a mode according to the internal lottery result with a player's stop operation as a trigger. The result of the game is determined by the combination of symbols displayed on the winning determination line when the plurality of reels are stopped, and medals or the like are paid out according to the result of the game.

In the above-described gaming machine, there is known a configuration in which the probability of winning a role can be changed to make it easier to obtain game media by shifting to an assist time state as an effect state for executing a winning assistance effect for assisting the winning of a role (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2011-245157 A

Here, in recent years, in the gaming machine, in order to prevent the constant execution of the winning assistance effect due to the fraudulent act (goto act) to the sub control board, the main control board that controls the progress of the game is configured to perform control related to the auxiliary game, and the display device controlled by the main control board is configured to perform the notification of the winning assistance. However, in the gaming machine, it is difficult to perform various notifications using a large amount of data on the display device controlled by the main control board.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of preventing a player from judging the result of an internal lottery based on the content of notification in an auxiliary game.

The present invention provides a plurality of reels,
a plurality of stop buttons respectively corresponding to the plurality of reels;
Internal lottery means for performing an internal lottery;
Auxiliary game control means for performing control related to the auxiliary game,
In the internal lottery, the propriety of multiple types of winning modes is determined,
The plurality of types of winning modes include a first winning mode and a plurality of types of second winning modes,
The first winning mode is associated with duplicate winning of a first payout small win and a second payout small win,
duplicate winning of a third payout small win and a fourth payout small win are associated with the plurality of types of second winning modes, respectively ;
In the first winning mode, a first operation mode is set in advance as an operation order of the plurality of stop buttons,
when the first winning mode is won and the plurality of stop buttons are operated in the first operation mode, a small combination of the first payout can be won;
when the first winning mode is won and the plurality of stop buttons are operated in an operation mode different from the first operation mode, a small combination of the second payout can be won;
A second operation mode is preset for each of the plurality of types of second winning modes as an operation order of the plurality of stop buttons,
In the plurality of types of second winning modes, a third operation mode common to the plurality of types of second winning modes is set in advance as an operation order of the plurality of stop buttons,
when one of the plurality of types of second winning modes is won and the plurality of stop buttons are operated in the second operation mode, a small combination of the third payout can be won;
when one of the plurality of types of second winning modes is won and the plurality of stop buttons are operated in the third operation mode, a small combination of the fourth payout can be won;
Said auxiliary game control means is capable of notifying said first operation mode in said first notification mode when said first winning mode is won,
Said auxiliary game control means is elected in one of the plurality of types of second winning mode, and when it is in the first state, it is possible to notify said second operation mode in a second notification mode,
Said auxiliary game control means wins one of the plurality of types of second winning modes, and when it is a second state different from said first state, said third operation mode is different from said second notification mode It is possible to report in a third notification mode suggesting ,
The first notification mode and the second notification mode include the same mode.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a gaming machine capable of preventing a player from judging the result of an internal lottery based on the content of notification in an auxiliary game.

1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of a gaming machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. It is a figure explaining the functional block of the gaming machine of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing winning areas that can be won in an internal lottery, winning combinations included in each winning area, and lottery values associated with each winning area in the gaming machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention; It is a figure explaining the pattern arrangement|sequence of the reel in the gaming machine of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining symbol combinations showing winning modes of Bell A to Bell L and 1-card combination A1 to 1-card combination A4 in the gaming machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining symbol combinations showing winning forms of one-card combinations B1 to one-card combination E4 in the gaming machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining symbol combinations showing winning forms of one-card hand F1 to one-card hand G4, rare hand A, special small hand A, and special small hand B in the gaming machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention; It is a state transition diagram of a game state in the gaming machine of the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a transition diagram relating to a normal section and an advantageous section controlled by AT control means in the gaming machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and an effect state during the advantageous section. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing winning combinations in each batting order when the winning area ``batting order bell 1A'' to winning area ``batting order bell 12A'' and the winning area ``batting order bell 1B'' to winning area ``batting order bell 12B'' are won in the non-RT state in the gaming machine of the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing winning combinations in each batting order when a winning area ``batting order bell 1A'' to a winning area ``batting order bell 12A'' and a winning area ``batting order bell 1B'' to a winning area ``batting order bell 12B'' are won in a bonus establishment state in the gaming machine of the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing winning combinations in each batting order when the winning area "batting order chance 1A" to winning area "batting order chance 4A" are won in the gaming machine of the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a diagram showing a low-probability period lottery table used in the low-probability period lottery in the gaming machine of the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a diagram showing a low-probability period lottery table used in the low-probability period lottery in the gaming machine of the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a diagram showing a first end mode lottery table used in the first end mode lottery in the gaming machine of the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a diagram showing a first end mode lottery table used in the first end mode lottery in the gaming machine of the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a display mode displayed on the main control display device when winning a minor winning mode in batting order in the gaming machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing winning areas that can be won in an internal lottery, winning combinations included in each winning area, and lottery values associated with each winning area in the gaming machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining symbol combinations showing winning modes of Bell A to Bell L and one-card combination A to one-card combination D in the gaming machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining symbol combinations showing winning modes of one-card hand E to one-card hand T in the gaming machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining symbol combinations showing winning forms of one-card hand U, one-card hand V, rare hand B, chance hand, special small hand A, and special small hand B in the gaming machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing winning combinations in each batting order when the winning area ``batting order bell white 1'' to the winning area ``batting order bell white 12'' and the winning area ``batting order bell red 1'' to the winning area ``batting order bell red 12'' are won in the non-RT state in the gaming machine of the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing winning combinations in each batting order when a winning area ``batting order bell white 1'' to a winning area ``batting order bell white 12'' and a winning area ``batting order bell red 1'' to a winning area ``batting order bell red 12'' are won in the gaming machine of the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing reel stop control executed during a second stop operation according to the timing of the first stop operation and a winning combination when a winning area “Battering order bell white 1” to a winning area “batting order bell white 12” and a winning area “Bating order bell red 1” to a winning area “Bating order bell red 12” are won in the gaming machine of the second embodiment of the present invention, and the stop button is pressed in the correct hitting order. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing winning combinations in each batting order when the winning area "batting order chance 1B" to winning area "batting order chance 3B" are won in the gaming machine of the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining a display mode displayed on the main control display device when winning a minor winning mode in batting order in the gaming machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing winning areas that can be won in an internal lottery, winning combinations included in each winning area, and lottery values associated with each winning area in the gaming machine according to the third embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 13 is a diagram showing winning combinations in each batting order when winning areas "batting order chance 1C" to winning area "batting order chance 4C" are won in the gaming machine of the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining a display mode displayed on the main control display device when winning a small winning mode in batting order in the gaming machine according to the third embodiment of the present invention;

[First Embodiment]
A first embodiment will be described below. It should be noted that the first embodiment described below does not unduly limit the content of the present invention described in the claims. Moreover, not all the configurations described in the first embodiment are essential constituent elements of the present invention.

1. Outline of Configuration of Gaming Machine FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the external configuration of a slot machine 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The slot machine 1 of the first embodiment is a so-called reel-type gaming machine, and is a type of gaming machine in which games are played using medals as game media.

In the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, a reel unit 310 (see FIG. 2) composed of left reels R1 to right reels R3 as a plurality of reels is accommodated in a box-shaped housing composed of a housing BX, an upper front door UD, and a lower front door DD. A hopper unit 320 (see FIG. 2) as a medal dispensing device is housed below the reel unit 310 in the housing. In addition, a CPU, a ROM (an example of an information storage medium), a RAM, etc. are installed in the housing of the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, and a control board for controlling the operation of the slot machine 1 is also housed.

The left reel R1 to the right reel R3 shown in FIG. 1 are each divided into 20 regions (each region is hereinafter referred to as a “frame”) at regular intervals on the outer peripheral surface, and each frame has one of a plurality of types of patterns arranged.

The front upper door UD and the front lower door DD are provided so as to be individually openable and closable. A front upper door UD is provided with a display window DW for observing the rotation state and stop state of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3. When the left reel R1 to the right reel R3 are stopped, three patterns (upper stage pattern, middle stage pattern, and lower stage pattern) continuously arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the plurality of types of symbols arranged at regular intervals on the outer peripheral surface of each of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3 can be observed from the front of the slot machine 1 through the display window DW.

Further, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, as display positions for observing symbols through the display window DW, upper, middle and lower stages are provided for each reel, and an effective line L1 is set as an effective line by combining the display positions of the reels. In the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, the number of medals required for one game, the so-called prescribed number of inserted medals, is set to three in any game state, and when medals corresponding to the prescribed number of inserted medals are inserted, the activated line L1 composed of the upper stage of the left reel R1, the middle stage of the middle reel R2, and the lower stage of the right reel R3 is activated.

The game result is determined by the combination of symbols stopped and displayed on the effective line L1 in the display window DW, and when the combination of symbols on the effective line L1 is a combination of symbols corresponding to a predetermined combination, the winning combination is regarded as winning, and medals are paid out from the hopper unit 320.例文帳に追加

In addition, a display device 330 for effecting is provided on the front upper door UD. The display device 330 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display, and displays various videos and images for assisting the game or making the game more lively. In addition, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, a plurality of acoustic devices 340 are provided for producing effects for the front upper door UD and the front lower door DD. The sound device 340 is composed of a speaker, and outputs various sounds for assisting the game or making the game more lively.

A game information display section DS is provided on the upper front door UD. The game information display part DS is composed of an LED, a lamp, a 7-segment display, etc., and displays various game information such as the number of credits of medals, the number of payouts or wins of medals in one game, the total number of payouts or wins of medals in a bonus state, information on winning combinations in the current game, information indicating how to press the stop button B1, stop button B2, and stop button B3 related to payout of medals.

The game information display unit DS includes a main control display device 500 composed of a 7-segment display. When a specified number of medals are inserted and a start lever SL is operated, a notification display corresponding to a winning combination command, which is a control signal created based on winning information, which is information on a winning combination in the current game, is displayed. . In the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, a notification display is executed in which each segment of the main control display device 500 lights up and goes out in a display mode according to the winning combination command.

In addition, the main control display device 500 is provided with a section notification section 500A, which is a dot of a 7-segment display and lights up when an advantageous section is started by the AT control means 200 (see FIG. 2), which will be described later, and the expected medal acquisition value is 1 or more by assisting the winning of a small winning combination. In addition, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, a plurality of acoustic devices 340 for producing effects using sound are provided on the front upper door UD and the front lower door DD. The audio device 340 outputs various sounds for assisting the game or making the game more lively.

Various operating means are provided on the lower front door DD. The operating means includes a single bet button BT for inserting one medal and a max bet button MB for inserting a specified number of medals as input operation means for performing an operation for inputting credited (stored) medals, a start lever SL as a game start operation means for causing the player to execute a start operation as a trigger for starting the game by rotating the left reel R1 to the right reel R3, and a stop as a trigger for stopping each of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3 rotated by the stepping motor. There are also provided stop buttons B1 to B3 as stop operation means for causing the player to execute operations, and a settlement button BS for settlement of credited medals.

A medal pay-out port MO and a medal tray MP are provided at the lower part of the lower front door DD, and the number of medals according to the result of the game is paid out from the medal pay-out port MO to the medal tray MP. When the settlement button BS is pressed while the credited medals are stored in the game machine, settlement processing for paying out the number of medals corresponding to the number of credits (the number of credited medals) is executed from the hopper unit 320 in accordance with the depression of the settlement button BS, and the medals are paid out from the medal payout opening MO to the medal receiving tray MP.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment. The slot machine 1 of the first embodiment is controlled by game control means 10 as a control board. The game control means 10 receives input signals from the input means of the medal insertion switch 210, the bet switch 220, the start switch 230, the stop switch 240, the setting change permission switch 250, and the setting change switch 260 as a plurality of operation detection means, performs various calculations for executing the game, and controls the operation of the output means such as the production device 300, the reel unit 310, the hopper unit 320, and the main control display device 500 based on the calculation results.

The game control means 10 includes a setting change means 100, an input reception means 105, a random number generation means 110, an internal lottery means 120, a reel control means 130, a prize determination means 140, a payout control means 150, a replay processing means 160, a game state transition control means 170, an effect control means 180, a storage means 190, and an assist time control means (AT control means) 200. Each means constituting the game control means 10 reads and executes each control program stored in advance in the storage means 190 when executing each control process.

The setting change means 100 performs control (setting change control) to change the setting values stored in the setting value storage means 191 of the storage means 190 . The setting change means 100 cyclically changes the setting values stored in the setting value storage means 191 in the order of setting 1 → setting 2 . . . setting 6 → setting 1 → . Further, in the slot machine 1, based on the start signal from the start switch 230 operated by the operation of the start lever SL in the setting change permission state, the setting value stored in the setting value storage means 191 is determined and the setting change permission state is terminated. In the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, the winning probability of a part of the winning areas that can be won in the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120 is changed according to the set value determined in the set value storage means 191.例文帳に追加In other words, the setting change means 100 is configured to be able to change the set value, which is a value capable of changing the winning probability of the combination in the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120 .

In the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, when the setting change control by the setting change unit 100 is executed, the control related to the game state executed by the game state transition control unit 170 and the control related to the advantageous section executed by the AT control unit 200 are initialized, the game state is set to a non-replay time (hereinafter, replay time is also referred to as "RT") state described later, and a normal section is set. For this reason, the slot machine 1 is configured so that the control relating to the auxiliary game executed by the AT control means 200 before the setting change is also initialized. On the other hand, in the slot machine 1, when the power supply to the game control means 10 is interrupted (power cutoff) and then the power supply is restarted, the control related to the game state executed by the game state transition control means 170 and the control related to the advantageous section executed by the AT control means 200 are restarted from the state before the power cutoff. Therefore, in the slot machine 1, when the power is cut off and the power supply is restarted after that, the state before the power cut is maintained for the control of the auxiliary game executed by the AT control means 200 before the power cut.

An input reception means 105 performs a process of validating a game start operation for a start lever SL based on the insertion of medals corresponding to a specified number of insertions (three) within an insertion reception period for receiving the insertion of medals. Specifically, when medals are inserted into the medal insertion slot MI (see FIG. 1), the medal insertion switch 210 is activated, and the insertion receiving means 105 sets the inserted medals to the inserted state within the limit of the specified number of inserted medals. Further, when a bet operation is performed by pressing a single bet button BT or a max bet button MB with medals credited, the bet accepting means 105 sets the credited medals to be in a state of being put in, with the bet switch 220 being operated, within a prescribed number of throwing-in.

In the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, the first depression of the start lever SL, which is activated based on the insertion of medals equivalent to the prescribed number of insertions, is accepted as a game start operation by the player, and serves as a trigger for starting the rotation of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3, as well as triggering the internal lottery means 120, which will be described later, to execute an internal lottery.

The random number generating means 110 is a means for generating random numbers for lottery. In the first embodiment, the term “random number” includes not only values that are generated randomly in a mathematical sense, but also values that, even if they are generated regularly, can substantially function as random numbers due to irregular acquisition timing or the like.

The internal lottery means 120 is a means for performing an internal lottery for determining the suitability of a winning combination based on a start signal outputted when a player performs a start operation on a start lever SL and a start switch 230 detects the start operation, and performs lottery table selection processing, random number determination processing, lottery flag setting processing, and the like.

In the lottery table selection processing, which of a plurality of internal lottery tables stored in an internal lottery table storage means 192 of a storage means 190 is used for internal lottery selection is selected based on the current game state. In each internal lottery table, a plurality of random numbers (for example, 65536 random numbers from 0 to 65535) are associated with various winnings such as replays, small winnings and bonuses, and non-winning (losing).

In the following description, the term "bonus" refers to a winning combination that activates the accessory or the continuous activation device, the activation of the bonus refers to the activation of the bonus and the activation of the activation device or the continuous activation device, and the bonus state refers to the state in which the accessory or the continuous activation device is activated.

In the random number determination process, based on the start signal output from the start switch 230, a random number (random number for lottery) generated by the random number generating means 110 for each game is acquired, the acquired random number is compared with the internal lottery table selected in the lottery table selection process, and it is determined whether or not the winning combination is won based on the comparison result.

In the lottery flag setting process, the lottery flag corresponding to the winning combination determined to be won is set from the non-formed state (first flag state, OFF state) to the formed state (second flag state, ON state) based on the result of the random number judging process. In the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, when two or more winning combinations are won in duplicate, a lottery flag corresponding to each of the two or more winning combinations in duplicate is set to be established. In addition, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, a lottery flag (carryover possible flag) capable of carrying over the established state to the next and subsequent games until a prize is won and a lottery flag (carryover impossible flag) reset to a non-established state without carrying over the established state to the next and subsequent games regardless of whether or not a prize is won are prepared. Also, the lottery flag setting information is stored in the lottery flag storage means 193 of the storage means 190 .

The reel control means 130 starts rotating the left reel R1 to the right reel R3 and executes reel rotation control for controlling the rotation mode of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3, based on the output of a start signal from the start switch 230 which is operated by the player performing a start operation on the start lever SL. In addition, when the left reel R1 to right reel R3 are rotating at a predetermined speed (for example, about 80 rpm), the reel control means 130 activates the stop operation detected by the stop switch 240 by pressing the stop button B1 to stop button B3 corresponding to each reel. Then, when a reel stop signal is output from the stop switch 240 that has detected the stop operation, the reel control means 130 performs control (reel stop control) to stop each reel of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3 corresponding to the stop switch 240 that has detected the stop operation.

In the following description, when the left reel R1 to right reel R3 are started to rotate by the reel control means 130 and the player presses the valid stop buttons B1 to B3, the first press is also referred to as the first stop operation, the second press as the second stop operation, and the third press as the third stop operation.

In the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, for the left reel R1 to the right reel R3, the rotating reel corresponding to the pressed stop button is stopped from the time when the stop button B1 to the stop button B3 is pressed (when the stop switch 240 detects the stop operation) until a predetermined period of 190 ms elapses. Here, when the spinning reels are stopped within 190 ms from the point at which the stop button is pressed, the stop position of each rotating reel is configured so that it can rotate by a maximum of 4 frames from the point at which the stop button is pressed until the reel stops, depending on the diameter and rotation speed of each reel.

Therefore, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, a total of 5 frames from the frame displayed on the activated line L1 at the time of pressing the stop button to 4 frames rotated from the left reel R1 to the right reel R3 constitute a range (retraction range) in which the symbols can be drawn onto the activated line L1.

When the reel stop control is executed, the reel control means 130 obtains the stop position of the rotating reel based on the priority set in advance by the logic operation including the pull-in process of stopping the spinning reels so that the winning combination with the lottery flag set in the established state can be won as much as possible, and the kicking process of stopping the spinning reel so as not to win the combination with the lottery flag set in the non-established state, and the stop control table storage means 194 of the storage means 190. and a table reference process for determining the stop position of the rotating reel by referring to the stop control table stored in , and stopping the rotating reel and displaying the symbols on the effective line L1 (hereinafter, stopping the rotating reels by the reel stop control and displaying the symbols on the effective line L1 is also referred to as "stop display").

In the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, there are two methods for determining the priority of the stop position candidates when a plurality of types of minor wins are won in the internal lottery: a method of determining the priority according to the number of symbol combinations that can be displayed on the activated line L1 (number priority control), and a method of determining the priority according to the number of medals to be paid out based on the payout predetermined for the minor win (number priority control). However, when the number priority control is executed, if the small combination with the same payout is won more than once, the priority of the candidate of the stop position capable of winning each small combination is treated as the same.

The winning determination means 140 performs a winning determination process for determining whether or not a combination has been won, based on the stop state of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3. Specifically, while referring to a prize determination table stored in a prize determination table storage means 195 of a storage means 190, it is determined whether or not the combination of symbols displayed on the activated line L1 at the time when all the left reels R1 to right reels R3 are stopped is a winning mode of a predetermined winning combination. Then, a winning determination table is prepared so as to determine whether or not a bonus, replay, or small combination wins (hereinafter referred to as 'winning determination') based on the combination of symbols displayed on the activated line L1 in the state where each reel is stopped. In the following description, the symbol combination indicating the winning form of the role is also referred to as "winning symbol combination".

In the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, each process is executed based on the determination result of the winning determination means 140 in the winning determination process. For example, when a minor winning combination is won, the payout control means 150 determines the number of medals to be paid out, and when a replay wins, the replay processing means 160 is caused to execute the next game without consuming medals. .

The payout control means 150 performs payout processing relating to payout of medals according to the game result. Specifically, when a small win is won, the payout number of medals in the game is determined based on the payout predetermined for each win, and the medals corresponding to the determined payout number are paid out to a hopper unit 320 as a payout device.

The hopper unit 320 pays out the number of medals to be paid out as instructed by the payout control means 150 . The hopper unit 320 is provided with a paid-out medal detection switch 325 that operates each time one medal is paid out. The payout control means 150 is configured to manage the number of medals actually paid out from the hopper unit 320 based on the input signal from the payout medal detection switch 325 . When medal credits are permitted, instead of actually paying out medals by the hopper unit 320, credit addition processing is performed to add the number of credits (the number of credited medals) stored in a credit storage area (not shown) of a storage means 190 to virtually pay out medals.

A replay processing means 160 performs replay processing (replay processing) for setting a ready state for executing a game without requiring the insertion of medals for the next game when it is determined by a winning determination means 140 that a combination of symbols indicating winning of one of a plurality of replay combinations to be described later is stopped and displayed on the effective line L1 and when the replay wins. That is, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, when a replay wins, an automatic insertion process is performed to automatically insert a specified number of medals (including credit medals) without using the medals (including credit medals) held by the player, and the next start operation for the start lever SL is awaited while the same effective line L1 as in the previous game is set.

The game state transition control means 170 performs a process of transitioning the game state between a plurality of game states, and a process of activating and ending a bonus. Here, one condition may be defined as the transition condition for each game state, or a plurality of conditions may be defined. When a plurality of conditions are determined, the game state can be shifted to another game state based on the establishment of any one of the plurality of predetermined conditions or the establishment of all of the plurality of predetermined conditions.

Based on the performance data stored in the performance control data storage means 196, the performance control means 180 controls the performance related to the game, for example, the image and video performance performed using the display device 330 as the performance display device, the sound performance performed using the sound device 340, and the like. Specifically, when the player operates each component of the slot machine 1 such as inserting medals, operating the single bet button BT, the max bet button MB, the start lever SL, and the stop buttons B1 to B3, or when a game event such as a change in the game state occurs, the left reel R1 to the right reel R delays the start of rotation of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3 in a state in which the lamps and LEDs light up or flash, sound is output from the sound device 340, and a start signal is output from the start switch 230. By executing the performance using 3, the execution control of the performance to liven up the game and the performance to assist the game is performed.

In addition, the effect control means 180 causes each component of the effect device 300 to execute effects based on each effect state. In the first embodiment, the performance control means 180 acquires a random number from the random number storage area of the random number generation means 110 for each lottery processing using random numbers, and executes each lottery processing using the performance lottery table necessary for each lottery processing among the plurality of performance lottery tables stored in the performance control data storage means 196.例文帳に追加

In the first embodiment, when the AT control means 200 executes the prize winning assistance, the performance control means 180 executes the prize winning assistance performance for notifying the contents notified by the winning assistance (for example, the notification of the correct batting order when winning the winning area "batting order bell 1A") by the performance using the performance device 300. - 特許庁

An AT control means 200 uses data stored in an AT control data storage means 197 to control the transition between an advantageous interval (advantageous period), which is an interval (period) in which an auxiliary game capable of executing winning assistance for assisting winning of a specific combination is executed, and a normal interval (non-advantageous period, non-advantageous interval), which is an interval (period) in which a game is not executed for control of the auxiliary game based on the result of internal lottery by an internal lottery means 120. The AT control data storage means 197 stores an advantageous interval transition lottery table used in an advantageous interval transition lottery for determining whether or not to start an advantageous interval in a normal interval, and data (various flags, counters, etc. that are set to an ON state or an OFF state in a predetermined control process) used in various controls related to a plurality of types of effect states including the AT state and normal state executed in the advantageous interval.

The AT control means 200 sets the performance state to the AT state (assist time state) under a predetermined condition in an advantageous section, and displays information (an example of operation instruction information) corresponding to the operation order (correct hitting order) of the stop button B1 to the stop button B3 that enables the winning of the specific winning combination on a main control display device 500 consisting of a 7-segment display, thereby performing winning assistance (correct hitting order notification) for assisting the winning of the specific combination. Also, in the slot machine 1, when the AT control means 200 executes the prize winning assistance, the performance control means 180 executes the winning assistance performance of displaying the index corresponding to the correct hitting order on the display device 330. - 特許庁As described above, in the slot machine 1, in the AT state, an auxiliary game (AT game, notification game) advantageous to the player is executed by notifying the operation mode of the stop buttons B1 to B3 by winning assistance.

The AT control means 200 executes predetermined end processing for ending the advantageous interval and starting the normal interval from the next game when a predetermined ending condition for ending the advantageous interval described in more detail later is established, and predetermined initialization processing for initializing information related to the advantageous interval, such as various flags and numerical values set in the advantageous interval. In addition, the AT control means 200 lights the section notification unit 500A when the expected medal acquisition value becomes 1 or more by starting the advantageous section and executing the prize winning assistance. For this reason, the AT control means 200 is configured to be able to turn off the section notification section 500A even when the advantageous section has started, in the case of the effect state in which the prize winning assistance is not executed.

The AT control means 200 sets the value "1500" as an initial value in the first advantageous interval counter 197a in the game in which the advantageous interval is started, subtracts the value "1" corresponding to one game from the value (stored value) stored in the first advantageous interval counter 197a each time one game is played, and executes the number-of-games update process for cumulatively decrementing and updating the stored value of the first advantageous interval counter 197a. In addition, the AT control means 200 executes difference number update processing for cumulatively recording the value of the difference (difference number) obtained by subtracting the number of medals paid out from the game in which the advantageous period started by the number of inserted medals in the second advantageous period counter 197b.

The AT control means 200 of the first embodiment executes a game count update process for cumulatively subtracting (updates) the value "1" corresponding to one game from the value stored in the first advantageous interval counter 197a every time one game is executed, and a difference count update process for cumulatively updating the value corresponding to the difference in the number of medals to the value stored in the second advantageous interval counter 197b.

Here, the AT control means 200 sets the stored value of the second advantageous interval counter 197b to "0" when the stored value of the second advantageous interval counter 197b is less than "0" when the stored value of the second advantageous interval counter 197b is subtracted because the number of medals paid out in the game is less than the prescribed number of inserted medals in the difference number update process for updating the stored value of the second advantageous interval counter 197b. As a result, the AT control means 200 can fix the value when the stored value of the second advantageous interval counter 197b reaches the lowest point to the value "0", so that in the control processing using the stored value of the second advantageous interval counter 197b, there is no need to vary the threshold value for determination according to the specific numerical value of the lowest point, and the load of the control processing using the stored value of the second advantageous interval counter 197b can be reduced.

When 1500 games have been played, that is, when the value stored in the first advantageous interval counter 197a becomes the value "0" as the first value, or when the player acquires more than 2400 medals from the time point when the most medals are consumed in the advantageous interval, in other words, when the stored value of the second advantageous interval counter 197b reaches the value "2401" from the lowest value (lowest point), the predetermined advantageous interval ends. It is determined that a specific end condition is satisfied as an end condition, and a predetermined initialization process for initializing information about an advantageous section and a predetermined end process for ending the advantageous section and starting a normal section from the next game are executed.

In a predetermined initialization process, the AT control means 200 initializes all information used in various control processes in the advantageous section, such as each flag set to ON state in the advantageous section and the value set in the advantageous section. The AT control means 200 can end the advantageous section even when a predetermined end condition (normal end condition) set in advance other than the specific end condition is satisfied, and also executes a predetermined initialization process and a predetermined end process when the normal end condition is satisfied. Details of the normal termination condition set by the AT control means 200 of the first embodiment will be described later.

2. Configuration of Gaming Machine According to First Embodiment Next, details of each configuration of the slot machine 1 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 17. FIG.

<Winning area for internal lottery>
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing winning areas to be subjected to internal lottery in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, winning numbers and winning combinations associated with each winning area, and lottery values associated with each winning area in each game state.

As a bonus, the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment has a regular big bonus (hereinafter, the regular big bonus is also referred to as "RBB") as a continuous actuating device for the first type special bonus. In the slot machine 1, the game states controlled by the game state transition control means 170 are a non-RT state (general state) in which the RBB is not set to the established state and the RBB is not operating, a non-RT state (general state) in which the RBB is set in the established state, and an RBB established state as the inside of the bonus (internal) in which the established state of the RB is maintained inside until the RBB is operated, and a transition is made when the RBB is operated and the RBB is operated. and a bonus status as bonus active (in operation).

As shown in FIG. 3, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, the winning areas targeted for the internal lottery include the winning area "all small hands", the winning area "all single hands", the winning area "normal replay 1", the winning area "normal replay 2", the winning area "rare replay 1", the winning area "rare replay 2", the winning area "rare role 1", the winning area "batting order bell 1A" to the winning area "batting order bell 12A", the winning area "batting order bell 1B" to the winning area ". A winning area ``batting order bell 12B'', a winning area ``batting order chance 1A'' to a winning area ``batting order chance 4A'', a winning area ``RBB & 1 piece hand'' and a winning area ``RBB'' are associated with winning numbers 1 to 37, respectively. Further, in the slot machine 1, winning number 0 is associated with non-winning (losing) as a result of the internal lottery.

Here, the “hitting order” means the order in which the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed. Further, in the following description, the timing at which the stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed is also referred to as "pressing timing".

The internal lottery means 120 determines the success or failure of each winning area in the order from the winning area associated with the winning number 37 to the non-winning area associated with the winning number 0 in the random number determination process.

The slot machine 1 of the first embodiment has Bell A to Bell L, 1-card combination A1 to 1-card combination G4, rare combination A, special small combination A, and special small combination B as small combinations that can be won in the internal lottery, and has replay A, replay B, rare replay A, and rare replay B as replays that can be won in the internal lottery. Each small winning combination and each replay are associated with each winning area in a combination shown in FIG. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, in the slot machine 1, a winning area "RBB & 1-card combination" is set as a winning area including a bonus and a small winning combination.

In the first embodiment, the winning area ``batting order bell 1A'' to the winning area ``batting order bell 12A'' and the winning area ``batting order bell 1B'' to the winning area ``batting order bell 12B'' are configured as winning areas with different winable small wins depending on the game state in the winning game and the operation modes of the stop buttons B1 to B3. Also, the winning area ``batting order chance 1A'' to the winning area ``batting order chance 4A'' are configured as winning areas with different small wins that can be won depending on the operation mode of the stop button B1 to stop button B3. The details of the winning area "batting order bell 1A" to the winning area "batting order bell 12A", the winning area "batting order bell 1B" to the winning area "batting order bell 12B", and the winning area "batting order chance 1A" to the winning area "batting order chance 4A" will be described later.

A rare combination A, which is a minor combination included in the winning area ``rare combination 1," is won when the timing of pressing the stop button B2 is the timing at which the rare combination A can be won, and when the timing of pressing the stop button B2 is the timing at which the rare combination A cannot be won, the symbol combination different from the winning combination of any combination is stop-displayed on the effective line L1, resulting in a dropout (non-winning).

The winning area "normal replay 1" is a winning area in which replay A wins regardless of the hitting order and pressing timing of the stop buttons B1 to B3. In addition, the winning area "normal replay 2" is a winning area in which replay A and replay B are repeatedly won, but replay A wins regardless of the hitting order and pressing timing of the stop buttons B1 to B3.

Here, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, the combination to which the carryover possible flag is associated is RBB, and the small combination and replay are associated with the carryover impossible flag. That is, in the lottery flag setting process, when the winning area including the RBB is won in the internal lottery, the state of the lottery flag of the winning RBB is carried over until the RBB wins. At this time, the internal lottery means 120 performs an internal lottery to determine the success or failure of a small win and replay even in a game in which the RBB lottery flag is carried over. That is, in the lottery flag setting process, when a small winning combination or replay is won in a game in which the established state of the RBB lottery flag is carried over, the lottery flags corresponding to two or more types of winning combinations including the already won lottery flag of the RBB and the small winning combination or replay lottery flag won in the internal lottery are set to the established state.

<Internal lottery table>
In the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, an internal lottery table used in a non-RT state (in general) (hereinafter referred to as internal lottery table A), an internal lottery table used in a bonus establishment state (internal) (hereinafter referred to as internal lottery table B), and an internal lottery table used in a bonus state (in operation) (hereinafter referred to as internal lottery table C) are stored in an internal lottery table storage means 192 as internal lottery tables used in the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120. In each of the internal lottery tables A to C, as shown in FIG. 3, lottery values are associated with the winning areas to be lottered.

<Random Number Judgment Processing>
In the random number determination process, the internal lottery means 120 of the first embodiment successively subtracts the random number acquired from the random number generation means 110 by the lottery value number associated with each winning area in the internal lottery table acquired from the internal lottery table storage means 192, and determines that the winning area corresponding to the subtracted lottery value number is won when the result of the subtraction becomes a negative value. In addition, the internal lottery means 120 determines that the player has not won any combination when the result of the subtraction is a positive value when the subtraction of all the lottery value numbers stored in the internal lottery table is completed.

The random number generation means 110 of the first embodiment is configured to be able to generate a total of 65536 random numbers from 0 to 65535 as random numbers used in the internal lottery. In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, in the internal lottery table A, the total number of lottery values associated with the winning area "RBB" to the winning area "normal replay 1" is 65536, and in the internal lottery table B, the total number of lottery values associated with the winning area "RBB & 1-card role" to the winning area "normal replay 1" is 65536. is configured to

<Bonus Winning Judgment Process>
As described above, in the internal lottery means 120 of the first embodiment, the number of lottery values is set in the winning area "RBB & 1-card combination" in the bonus establishment state. For this reason, the internal lottery means 120 is configured to execute bonus winning judgment processing for judging whether or not a winning area determined by random number judging processing is a winning area including a bonus in order not to set a newly won RBB to the established state because there is a possibility that the RBB is won again in the state where the RBB has already been set to the established state in the internal lottery when the game state is the bonus establishment state.

An internal lottery means 120 performs a process of skipping a process of setting a bonus to an established state when a winning area including a bonus is won and a game state is a bonus established state when it is determined in a bonus winning determination process that a winning area including a bonus is an object for which winning or not is determined by random number determination processing. In this manner, the slot machine 1 prevents a new RBB from being set to the established state when the RBB has already been set to the established state.

<Pattern Arrangement>
FIG. 4 shows symbols arranged on the circumferential surfaces of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3 in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment. In the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, on the outer periphery of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3, the white seven patterns "white 7", the BAR pattern "BAR", the replay pattern "RP", the bell pattern "BLA", the bell pattern "BLB", the cherry pattern "CH", the "WM" , Blank A pattern "BKA", blank B pattern "BKB", and blank C pattern "BKC" are arranged. In addition, 20 symbols are arranged on the peripheral surface of each of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3.

In the first embodiment, the BAR symbol "BAR" and the white 7 symbol "white 7" have a wider width than the other symbols when viewed from the front, and are configured as symbols having higher visibility than the other symbols during the rotation of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3. Further, in the first embodiment, the BAR symbol "BAR" is composed of a red image, and the white 7 symbol "White 7" is composed of a white image.

<Reel control means>
In the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, in any gaming state, the priority order of the combination to be stopped on the activated line L1 in the reel stop control is determined in the order of ``replay>small combination>bonus''. In other words, the reel control means 130 executes stop control to win the small winning combination or the replay in preference to the bonus when the bonus and the small winning combination or the bonus and the replay are won in duplicate.

<Dividend for small winnings>
In the first embodiment, the payout for Bell A to Bell L is set to a payout number (13 coins) that is larger than the specified number of inserted coins (3 coins). Also, the payout amount for the rare combination A is set to the same number of payouts (three) as the prescribed number of inputs. Also, the payouts for the 1-card combination A1 to 1-card combination G4, the special small combination A, and the special small combination B are set to a payout number (1) which is smaller than the prescribed number of insertions.

<Combination of winning designs for small roles>
5 to 7 are diagrams showing winning symbol combinations of Bell A to Bell L, 1-card combination A1 to 1-card combination G4, rare combination A, special small combination A, and special small combination B. FIG. First, Bell A to Bell L will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, on the left reel R1, bell A symbols "BLA" are arranged at intervals of 4 frames or less, and watermelon symbols "WM" are arranged at intervals of 4 frames or less. On the left reel R1, cherry symbols "CH" or blank B symbols "BKB" are arranged at intervals of 4 frames or less.

On the middle reel R2, a bell A pattern "BLA" is arranged at an interval of 4 frames or less, a bell B pattern 'BLB' is arranged at an interval of 4 frames or less, and a replay pattern 'RP' is arranged at an interval of 4 frames or less. On the middle reel R2, watermelon symbols "WM" or cherry symbols "CH" are arranged at intervals of four frames or less.

On the right reel R3, bell A symbols "BLA" are arranged at intervals of 4 frames or less, and watermelon symbols "WM" are arranged at intervals of 4 frames or less. On the right reel R3, cherry symbols "CH" or blank B symbols "BKB" are arranged at intervals of 4 frames or less.

With such a configuration, the bells A to L formed of the winning symbol combination shown in FIG. 5 are configured to be able to stop and display the symbols constituting the winning symbol combination on the activated line L1 when the first stop operation is executed at the pressing timing (described later) set to allow winning.

Next, the 1-card hand A1 to 1-card hand G4 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6. FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, on the left reel R1, a BAR symbol "BAR" is arranged on the frame of stop number 4, and a blank C symbol "BKC" is arranged on the frame of stop number 19. On the left reel R1, a blank A pattern "BKA" is arranged in the frame of stop number 9, and a white 7 pattern "white 7" is arranged in the frame of stop number 14.

Therefore, in the left reel R1, the pull-in range in which the BAR symbol "BAR" or the blank C symbol "BKC" can be stopped and displayed on the effective line L1 is the range of 10 frames out of 20 frames from the replay symbol "RP" of the stop number 8 to the cherry symbol "CH" of the stop number 0 and the blank C symbol "BKC" of the stop number 19. The pull-in range in which the white 7 pattern 'white 7' or the blank A pattern 'BKA' can be stopped and displayed on the effective line L1 is a range of 10 frames out of 20 frames from the replay pattern 'RP' of the stop number 18 to the blank A pattern 'BKA' of the stop number 9, and is composed of a range which does not overlap with the pull-in range of the BAR pattern 'BAR' or the blank C pattern 'BKC'.

On the middle reel R2, a BAR pattern "BAR" is arranged on the frame of stop number 4, and a blank A pattern "BKA" is arranged on the frame of stop number 9. On the middle reel R2, 7 white symbols "white 7" are arranged in the 14th frame of the stop number, and blank C symbols "BKC" are arranged in the 19th frame of the stop number.

Therefore, in the middle reel R2, the pull-in range in which the BAR symbol "BAR" or the blank A symbol "BKA" can be stopped and displayed on the effective line L1 is the range of 10 frames out of 20 frames from the bell A symbol "BLA" of the stop number 13 to the BAR symbol "BAR" of the stop number 4. In addition, the pull-in range in which white 7 symbol "white 7" or blank C symbol "BKC" can be stopped and displayed on the effective line L1 is a range of 10 frames out of 20 frames from bell A symbol "BLA" of stop number 3 to replay symbol "RP" of stop number 0, blank C symbol "BKC" of stop number 19 to white 7 symbol "white 7" of stop number 14, and BAR symbol "BAR" or blank A symbol "BK". It is composed of a range that does not overlap with the pull-in range of A'.

On the right reel R3, the BAR symbol "BAR" is arranged on the frame of stop number 4, and the blank A symbol "BKA" is arranged on the frame of stop number 9. On the right reel R3, 7 white symbols "White 7" are arranged in the 14th stop frame, and a blank C symbol "BKC" is arranged in the 19th stop number frame.

Therefore, in the right reel R3, the pull-in range in which the BAR symbol "BAR" or the blank A symbol "BKA" can be stop-displayed on the effective line L1 is the range of 10 out of 20 frames from the replay symbol "RP" of the stop number 13 to the BAR symbol "BAR" of the stop number 4. In addition, the pull-in range in which White 7 symbol "White 7" or Blank C symbol "BKC" can be stopped and displayed on the effective line L1 is a range of 10 frames out of 20 frames from Replay symbol "RP" of stop number 3 to Bell A symbol "BLA" of stop number 0, Blank C symbol "BKC" of stop number 19 to White 7 symbol "White 7" of stop number 14, and BAR symbol "BAR" or Blank A symbol "BK". It is composed of a range that does not overlap with the pull-in range of A'.

As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the winning symbol combination for the one-card hand A1 to one-card hand G4 is composed of the left reel R1 having the bell A symbol “BLA”, the BAR symbol “BAR” and the blank C symbol “BKC”, and the white 7 symbol “white 7” and the blank A symbol “BKA”, and the middle reel R2 having the bell A symbol “BLA” and the bell B symbol “BLB”. BAR symbol ``BAR'', white 7 symbol ``White 7'', blank A symbol ``BKA'', blank C symbol ``BKC'', BAR symbol ``BAR'', blank A symbol ``BKA'', white 7 symbol ``White 7'' and blank C symbol ``BKC''. It is composed of any one of 'BAR', 7 white patterns 'white 7', blank A patterns 'BKA', blank C patterns 'BKC', BAR patterns 'BAR' and blank A patterns 'BKA', and white 7 patterns 'white 7' and blank C patterns 'BKC'.

Because of this configuration, the slot machine 1 is configured so that the winning probability is 1/4 for a single winning symbol combination composed of symbols in which the symbols of the middle reel R2 and the symbols of the right reel R3 are formed from the drawing range of 10 out of 20 symbols, such as the winning symbol combination A1 composed of "BLA-BAR(BKA)-BAR(BKA)". Like the one-symbol combination B1 in which the prize symbol combination is ``BAR (BKC)-BLA-BAR'', the winning probability is set to 1/8 for the one-symbol combination in which the symbols of the middle reel R2 or the right reel R3 are composed of 5 out of 20 frames in the uninquired range.

Next, the special small winning combination A and the special small winning combination B will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 7. FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the winning symbol combination of the special small role A is composed of "WM-ANY-RP". The left reel R1 and the right reel R3 are composed of symbols that can be stopped and displayed on the effective line L1 regardless of the pressing timing of the stop button B1 and the stop button B3. The winning symbol combination of the special small win B is composed of ``WM-RP-ANY'', the left reel R1 and the middle reel R2 are composed of symbols that can be stopped and displayed on the effective line L1 regardless of the pressing timing of the stop button B1 and the stop button B2, and the winning symbol combination is composed of an arbitrary symbol (ANY) among all the symbols arranged on the right reel R3 for the right reel R3.

With such a configuration, in the slot machine 1, when 'WM-RP-RP' is displayed as the symbol combination on the activated line L1, both the winning symbol combination 'WM-ANY-RP' of the special small winning combination A and the winning symbol combination 'WM-RP-ANY' of the special small winning combination B are displayed, and the special small winning combination A and the special small winning combination B are won in duplicate.

<Game State Transition Control Means>
FIG. 8 is a state transition diagram showing game states that can be shifted from each game state in the control related to the game state transition executed by the game state transition control means 170 of the first embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 8, the non-RT state is a game state (initial game state, normal game state) corresponding to the initial state among a plurality of types of game states, and is a non-bonus state in which the bonus is not activated or established. In the non-RT state, the gaming state transition control means 170 causes the internal lottery means 120 to execute an internal lottery using the internal lottery table A in which the replay winning probability is set to approximately 1/7.3.

The bonus established state is a game state to which the game is shifted when either the winning area "RBB" or the winning area "RBB & 1-card combination" is won in the internal lottery in the non-RT state and the RBB is set to the established state. In the bonus establishment state, the game state transition control means 170 causes the internal lottery means 120 to execute an internal lottery using the internal lottery table B in which the replay winning probability is set to approximately 1/7.3.

The bonus state is a game state that is shifted to when RBB wins and RBB is activated. In a bonus state, a game state transition control means 170 determines whether or not a condition for terminating the operating RBB is established based on the total number of paid-out medals, and when medals exceeding a predetermined number of payouts (for example, 100) are paid out, ends the bonus state by terminating the operation of the RBB, and shifts the game state to a non-RT state which is a non-bonus state. In the bonus state, the game state transition control means 170 causes the internal lottery means 120 to execute an internal lottery using the internal lottery table C. Details of the bonus state will be described later.

<AT control means>
FIG. 9 is a state transition diagram showing details of the normal section and the advantageous section controlled by the AT control means 200 of the first embodiment, and the effect state controlled during the advantageous section.

As described above, the normal section is a period during which the control related to the auxiliary game based on the result of the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120 is configured to be unexecutable. An AT control means 200 executes an advantageous zone lottery, which is a lottery for determining whether or not to end a normal zone and start an advantageous zone, based on a winning area won by an internal lottery by an internal lottery means 120 in a game in a normal zone.

In the advantageous interval lottery, an AT control means 200 first acquires an advantageous interval transition lottery table, which is a data table in which ``start of an advantageous interval'' and ``losing (not winning)'' are associated with each of a plurality of random numbers from an AT control data storage means 197.例文帳に追加Then, the AT control means 200 acquires a random number from the random number generating means 110, compares the acquired random number with the advantageous section transition lottery table, and determines whether or not to start the advantageous section based on the comparison result.

The AT control means 200 executes the advantageous section lottery so that the probability obtained by multiplying the winning probability of the winning area won by the internal lottery by the winning probability of ``the start of the advantageous section'' in the advantageous section lottery is 1/17500 or more.

The AT control means 200 of the first embodiment executes an advantageous section lottery in the case where the winning area "batting order bell 1A" to the winning area "batting order bell 12A", the winning area "batting order bell 1B" to the winning area "batting order bell 12B", the winning area "batting order chance 1A" to the winning area "batting order chance 4A", the winning area "rare role 1", and the winning area "normal replay 1" are won in the internal lottery. configured not to. Also, the AT control means 200 executes an advantageous section lottery to win the "start of the advantageous section" with a high probability of about 1/1.5.

In the advantageous section, the AT control means 200 has a normal state in which the winning assistance for Bell A to Bell L is not executed when the winning area "Battering order bell 1A" to the winning area "Bating order bell 12A" and the winning area "Bating order bell 1B" to the winning area "Bating order bell 12B" are won. ∼ There is an AT state (second state) as an effect state in which winning assistance for the bell L can be executed. Further, the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment is configured so that the rate of staying in the advantageous section in the entire game can be 70% or more.

In the first embodiment, an AT control means 200 executes winning assistance for notifying a batting order (set batting order) that enables duplicate winning of a special minor winning combination A and a special minor winning combination B, which is an operation mode advantageous to a player due to an increase in the number of winning small winning combinations, when winning an internal lottery in a normal state in a winning area ``batting order chance 1A'' to a winning area ``batting order chance 4A''. In addition, the AT control means 200 executes winning assistance for notifying the batting order (non-set batting order) that enables winning of bell A, bell B, bell G, and bell H, which are operation modes that are advantageous to the player because the number of medals to be paid out becomes the largest when winning in the internal lottery in the AT state. The details of the prize winning assistance at the time of winning the winning area "batting order chance 1A" to the winning area "batting order chance 4A" will be described later.

Further, as described above, the AT control means 200 is controlled when 1500 games have been played as the predetermined number of games in the advantageous interval, that is, when the stored value of the first advantageous interval counter 197a reaches the value "1500", and when the difference in the number of medals from the time when the stored value of the second advantageous interval counter 197b in the advantageous interval exceeds the predetermined differential number of 2400, that is, the stored value of the second advantageous interval counter 197b. becomes a value "2401" or more, or when any one of the specified end conditions is met, a predetermined initialization process for initializing information about the advantageous interval and a predetermined ending process for ending the advantageous interval and starting the normal interval from the next game are executed.

In the first embodiment, the slot machine 1 includes a normal game number counter 197c that counts the number of games played in the normal state as counters that can be updated by the AT control means 200 during the advantageous period, an AT shift game number counter 197d that counts the number of games played after the start of the advantageous period, a periodic game number counter 197e that is updated in the normal state in order to periodically execute a mode transition lottery, which will be described later, in the normal state, and an AT lottery based on the result of an internal lottery that is temporarily suppressed to prevent an AT state. It has a low-probability state data storage means 198 for storing various data used to make a state (low-probability state, first state) with a lower probability than when the transition probability to the state is not suppressed, and an advantageous interval end game number counter 197g for counting the number of games until the advantageous interval is ended after shifting to the normal state after the end of the AT state.

The normal state is a performance state (normal performance state) corresponding to an initial state among a plurality of types of performance states set when a normal section is shifted to an advantageous section, and when the advantageous section continues after the end of the AT state. In the first embodiment, the AT control means 200 has a normal mode as a variable used when executing various controls related to the auxiliary game in the normal state.

The normal mode is composed of five types of modes, ie, a first normal mode to a fifth normal mode, in which control advantageous to the player is executed in the order of the first normal mode<second normal mode<third normal mode<fourth normal mode<fifth normal mode. An AT control means 200 executes a starting normal mode lottery for determining which of the first to fifth normal modes is to be set when a normal section is shifted to an advantageous section, and stores the normal mode determined by the lottery in a normal mode storage area 197h of an AT control data storage means 197.例文帳に追加

After setting the normal mode based on the start of the advantageous interval, the AT control means 200 sets the value "800" as an initial value to be set in the normal game number counter 197c that counts the number of games played in the normal state, and is configured to be able to update toward the value "0" in the control related to updating the counter.

In addition, the AT control means 200 of the first embodiment is configured such that, in the normal state, the periodic game number counter 197e, which is a counter used for periodically executing a mode transition lottery for determining whether or not to transition to a normal mode that is more advantageous than the normal mode that has been set, is set to the value "200" as an initial value, and can be updated toward the value "0" in the control related to the updating of the counter.

The AT control means 200 updates the value stored in the periodic game number counter 197e, and executes a mode transition lottery when the value becomes "0". In the mode shift lottery, for example, when the first normal mode is set, the AT control means 200 determines by lottery whether or not to shift the normal mode to be set to the second normal mode, that is, by lottery whether or not to shift to a mode one step more advantageous than the currently set normal mode.

In addition, the AT control means 200 is configured to control to the low probability state when the normal state shifts from the normal section to the advantageous section, when the AT state ends, and when the normal state starts.

The low probability state is a state in which the AT lottery based on the result of the internal lottery is temporarily suppressed, which is more disadvantageous to the player than the case where the probability of transition to the AT state is not suppressed. In the first embodiment, the AT control means 200 sets the value "50" to the low-probability point counter 198a of the low-probability state data storage means 198 and sets the value "2" to the low-probability period counter 198b of the low-probability state data storage means 198 when the normal state is started based on the transition from the normal section to the advantageous section.

The AT control means 200 is configured to be able to update the stored value of the low-probability point counter 198a toward the value "0" in the control related to updating the counter in the low-probability state. When the stored value of the low-probability point counter 198a becomes "0", the AT control means 200 subtracts "1" from the stored value of the low-probability period counter 198b and sets the initial value "50" to the low-probability point counter 198a. When the stored value of the low-probability period counter 198b becomes "0", the AT control means 200 determines that the end condition of the low-probability state is met, and ends the low-probability state.

Here, the AT control means 200 of the first embodiment is configured to subtract the stored value of the low-probability period counter 198b based on the value "0" stored in the low-probability point counter 198a, and to set the value "50" to the low-probability point counter 198a even when the value stored in the low-probability period counter 198b becomes "0". Even in the normal state after the end of the low-probability state, the AT control means 200 updates the stored value of the low-probability point counter 198a toward the value "0" in the control related to the updating of the counter, and sets the value "50" each time the value stored in the low-probability point counter 198a becomes the value "0". Then, the AT control means 200 interrupts the update of the stored value of the low-probability point counter 198a when the performance state shifts from the normal state to the AT state, and restarts the update of the storage value of the low-probability point counter 198a when the AT state shifted from the normal state ends and shifts to the normal state.

In addition, when the normal state is started based on the end of the AT state, the AT control means 200 sets the lottery result of the low-probability period lottery executed based on the stored value of the AT continuation point counter 198c for storing the number of times the AT mode is set to the low-probability period counter 198b.

With such a configuration, in the slot machine 1, for example, when the value "1" is stored in the low-probability point counter 198a at the time when the game transitioned from the normal state to the AT state is completed, and the result of the low-probability period lottery executed based on the end of the AT state is "1", the game transitioned from the AT state to the normal state is started with the value "1" set in the low-probability point counter 198a and the value "1" set in the low-probability period counter 198b. It has potential. In this case, in the slot machine 1, the stored value of the low-probability point counter 198a is updated to the value "0" by the control related to the updating of the counter, so that the stored value of the low-probability period counter 198b becomes the value "0", and the end condition of the low-probability state is satisfied, whereby the low-probability state ends in the first game of the normal state after the end of the AT state.

In addition, in the slot machine 1, for example, when the value "40" is stored in the low-probability point counter 198a at the time when the game that shifted from the normal state to the AT state ends, and the result of the low-probability period lottery executed based on the end of the AT state is "5", the game that shifted from the AT state to the normal state may start with the value "40" set in the low-probability point counter 198a and the value "5" set in the low-probability period counter 198b. have In this case, in the slot machine 1, unless the stored value of the low-probability point counter 198a is updated to the value "0" five times by the control related to the updating of the counter, the end condition of the low-probability state is not met, so the low-probability state is maintained for a long time after the end of the AT state.

Thus, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, the length of the period during which the low-probability state is maintained in the normal state that starts after the end of the AT state is set according to the result of the low-probability period lottery executed based on the end of the AT state. Depending on the stored value of the low-probability point counter 198a in the game that started the low-probability state, one game can be completed, and depending on the result of the low-probability period lottery, the low-probability state may continue until the end of the advantageous interval. The details of the low probability period lottery will be described later.

It should be noted that the AT control means 200 of the first embodiment is set to the normal section by executing the setting change control by the setting change means 100, and when the normal section is shifted to the advantageous section, that is, when the setting is changed and is the first advantageous section, the stored value of the low-probability period counter 198b is maintained at the value "0", thereby controlling the low-probability state not to be executed at the start of the advantageous section.

An AT control means 200 determines that a condition for shifting to the AT state is established when the stored value of the normal game number counter 197c becomes '0' and when 'shift to the AT state' is won in the AT lottery, and shifts the performance state from the normal state to the AT state. Further, when the advantageous section is started, the AT control means 200 counts the number of games regardless of the performance state, and when the stored value of the AT transition game number counter 197d updated toward the value ``1300'' in the control relating to the update of the count reaches the value ``1300'', it determines that the transition condition to the AT state is satisfied, and shifts the performance state from the normal state to the AT state.

When the AT state is shifted to the normal state, the AT control means 200 executes the processing related to the setting of the normal mode according to the contents of the game in the AT state. An AT control means 200 executes a first termination mode lottery for determining a normal mode when the AT state is terminated and the presentation state is shifted to the normal state after a game is executed in the state where at least one of the first AT mode to the fifth AT mode to be described later is set in the AT state. In the first end mode lottery, the AT control means 200 acquires a lottery table corresponding to the stored value of the second advantageous section counter 197b. The details of the first end mode lottery will be described later.

On the other hand, an AT control means 200 of the first embodiment sets a specific AT flag indicating that the AT mode is not set in the AT state to an ON state and executes a second ending mode lottery for determining the normal mode when the AT state ends without the AT mode being set in the AT state and the performance state is shifted to the normal state. In the second end mode lottery, the AT control means 200 acquires a lottery table based on the currently set normal mode.

In each lottery table used in the second end mode lottery, the lottery value numbers are associated with the first normal mode to the fifth normal mode, respectively, and the lottery value numbers are associated in the order of the first normal mode<the second normal mode<the third normal mode<the fourth normal mode so that the winning probability of the normal mode advantageous to the player increases. Among the lottery tables used in the second termination mode lottery, the lottery table used when the currently set normal modes are the second to fourth normal modes is configured to have a higher probability of winning any one of the third to fifth normal modes than the lottery table used in the start normal mode lottery.

The slot machine 1 is configured to always set the AT mode when the performance state shifts to the AT state while the fifth normal mode is set, and since the mode lottery is not executed at the time of the second end, the slot machine 1 does not have a lottery table corresponding to the case of the fifth normal mode.

Further, when the AT state is shifted to the normal state and the first normal mode or the second normal mode is set as the normal mode, the AT control means 200 executes the advantageous interval end game number lottery for determining the initial value to be set in the advantageous interval end game number counter 197g for counting the number of games until the advantageous interval is ended. On the other hand, when the AT state is shifted to the normal state and one of the third normal mode to the fifth normal mode is set as the normal mode, the AT control means 200 does not execute the advantageous interval end game number lottery, thereby not setting the initial value to the stored value of the advantageous interval end game number counter 197g, and not executing control for ending the advantageous interval based on the stored value of the advantageous interval end game number counter 197g.

In the advantageous interval end game number lottery, the AT control means 200 first refers to the normal mode stored in the normal mode storage area 197h and acquires the corresponding lottery table. In the lottery table selected when the first normal mode is selected, the lottery value number is associated with the value in the range of value '50' to value '200', and in the lottery table selected when the second normal mode is selected, the lottery value number is associated with the value in the range of value '150' to value '400'.

The AT control means 200 is configured to be able to update the counter 197g toward the value "0" in the control for updating the counter 197g when the value determined by lottery for the number of games to end the advantageous interval is set as the initial value of the counter 197g. When the stored value of the advantageous interval end game number counter 197g becomes the value "0" due to the control related to updating the counter, the AT control means 200 determines that the normal end condition among the conditions for ending the advantageous interval is satisfied, and executes a predetermined initialization process for initializing information on the advantageous interval and a predetermined end processing for ending the advantageous interval and starting the normal interval from the next game.

The AT state is a state in which an auxiliary game can be executed in which prize winning assistance of Bell A to Bell L is executed when a winning area ``batting order bell 1A'' to a winning area ``batting order bell 12A'' and a winning area ``batting order bell 1B'' to a winning area ``batting order bell 12B'' are won. The AT control means 200 makes the main control display device 500 display a display for notifying the correct hitting order and the pressing timing of the first stop operation to enable the winning of the bell A to the bell L when the winning area ``batting order bell 1A'' to the winning area ``batting order bell 12A'' and the winning area ``batting order bell 1B'' to the winning area ``batting order bell 12B'' are won as prize winning assistance in the AT state.

The AT state, which is more advantageous to the player than the normal state in terms of payout of medals, that is, the AT state which is more advantageous to the player than the low-probability state executed in the normal state, constitutes the second state in the first embodiment, and the AT control means 200, which performs control related to the normal section, the advantageous section, and the auxiliary game, constitutes the auxiliary game control means in the first embodiment. do.

The AT control means 200 of the first embodiment executes a lottery to determine whether or not to set the AT mode at the start of the AT state. As a lottery for determining whether to set the AT mode, the AT control means 200 executes the first mode lottery at the start of AT when the specific AT flag is OFF, that is, the first AT state in a series of advantageous sections, and when the AT mode was set in the previous AT state in the series of advantageous sections, and executes the second mode lottery at the start of AT when the specific AT flag is ON, that is, when the AT mode was not set in the previous AT state in the series of advantageous sections. to run. In the AT start first mode lottery and AT start second mode lottery, the AT control means 200 is configured to select a lottery table based on the set values stored in the set value storage means 191 .

An AT control means 200 executes a first mode lottery at the start of AT or a second mode lottery at the start of AT, determines whether or not the AT mode is set, stores the AT mode determined by lottery in an AT mode storage area 197i of an AT control data storage means 197 when it is determined to set the AT mode, and starts the determined AT mode after the pseudo bonus state ends. The AT control means 200 of the first embodiment refers to the setting values stored in the setting value storage means 191 in the first mode lottery at the start of AT and the second mode lottery at the start of AT, and executes each lottery.

In the first mode lottery at the start of AT, when the set value stored in the set value storage means 191 is a high set value, the AT control means 200 executes the lottery in which 'setting of the first AT mode' or 'setting of the second AT mode' is more likely to be won than when the set value is low. In addition, in the second mode lottery at the start of AT, when the set value stored in the set value storage means 191 is a high set value, the AT control means 200 more easily wins any one of ``setting of the 3rd AT mode'' to ``setting of the 5th AT mode'' than when the set value is low, and executes a lottery that allows winning of any of ``setting of the 3rd AT mode'' to ``setting of the 5th AT mode'' even when the set value is low.

With such a configuration, when the set value stored in the set value storage means 191 is a high set value, the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment is more likely to win "set the first AT mode" or "set the second AT mode" in the first mode lottery at the start of AT than when the set value is low. Earnable games can be provided to players.

In the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, when the set value stored in the set value storage means 191 is a low set value, it is more difficult to win "set the first AT mode" or "set the second AT mode" in the first mode lottery at the start of AT than when the set value is high. Since the second mode lottery is likely to be executed at the start of AT and there is a possibility that the third AT mode to the fifth AT mode are set, the second AT state in a series of advantageous sections is started, thereby providing the player with a game in which there is a possibility that the AT state will continue until the specified termination condition of the advantageous section is satisfied.

The pseudo-bonus state is a state that is started when the presentation state shifts to the AT state. In the pseudo-bonus state, an initial value (15 games) corresponding to a predetermined number of games is set in an AT game number counter (not shown) of the AT control data storage means 197, and every time a game is played, the stored value of the AT game number counter is decremented by subtracting the value "1" corresponding to one game.

As control (lottery result control) based on the result of the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120, the AT mode setting lottery is executed for determining whether or not to set the AT mode when the AT mode is not set, and when any one of the first to fourth AT modes is stored in the AT mode storage area 197i, the AT mode shift lottery is executed for determining whether to shift to the AT mode more advantageous to the player than the stored AT mode.

An AT control means 200 executes an AT mode setting lottery which is more advantageous to a player than an AT mode setting lottery executed when winning another winning area by using a lottery table in which an AT mode is more likely to be set than when winning another winning area when a winning area 'rare role' is won in an internal lottery.

In addition, the AT control means 200 executes an AT mode shift lottery that is more advantageous to the player than the AT mode shift lottery that is executed when the other winning area is won, by using a lottery table with a higher probability of shifting to the AT mode that is more advantageous to the player than the stored AT mode when winning the winning area 'rare role' in the AT mode setting lottery.

The AT control means 200 refers to the AT mode storage area 197i to determine whether or not the AT mode is set when the stored value of the AT game number counter becomes "0" by the decrement update executed each time the game is executed in the pseudo bonus state. When it is determined that none of the first to fifth AT modes are stored in the AT mode storage area 197i and the AT mode is not set, the AT control means 200 determines that the AT mode setting condition is not established, sets the specific AT flag to ON state, and shifts the presentation state from the AT state to the normal state. On the other hand, when any one of the first to fifth AT modes is stored in the AT mode storage area 197i, the AT control means 200 determines that the AT mode setting condition is satisfied, sets the stored AT mode, and makes it possible to start the game in the stored AT mode from the next game.

The AT mode is a state that is started when any one of the first to fifth AT modes is stored in the AT mode storage area 197i at the end of the pseudo bonus state, and consists of five types of the first to fifth AT modes. Also, in a game in which the AT mode is set, the AT control means 200 is configured to execute prize winning auxiliary control when a winning area ``batting order bell 1A'' to a winning area ``batting order bell 12A'' and a winning area ``batting order bell 1B'' to a winning area ``batting order bell 12B'' are won. For this reason, the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment is configured so that the number of medals obtained increases by continuing the AT mode for a long period of time.

In the AT mode, an AT game number counter (not shown) of an AT control data storage means 197 is set to an initial value (30 games) corresponding to a predetermined number of games played, and every time a game is played, the stored value of the AT game number counter is decremented by subtracting the value "1" corresponding to one game.

The AT control means 200 executes control according to the currently set AT mode when the stored value of the AT game number counter becomes "0" due to the decrement update executed each time a game is played in the AT mode. Details of the control executed when the stored value of the AT game number counter becomes "0" in each of the first AT mode to the fifth AT mode will be described below.

When the stored value of the AT game number counter becomes "0" in the first AT mode, the AT control means 200 executes an AT mode termination lottery for determining whether or not to terminate the first AT mode and shift to the normal state. An AT control means 200 executes a lottery to win ``End AT mode'' with a high probability (for example, 90%) and to win ``Continue first AT mode'' with a low probability (for example, 10%) in the AT mode termination lottery. When 'AT mode end' is won in the AT mode end lottery, the AT control means 200 ends the AT mode and shifts the performance state from the AT state to the normal state, thereby starting the game in the normal state from the next game. Also, when "continuation of the first AT mode" is won in the AT mode end lottery, the AT control means 200 sets the stored value of the AT game number counter to "30", and starts the game in the first AT mode from the next game.

When the stored value of the AT game number counter becomes "0" in the second AT mode, the AT control means 200 executes the first AT mode transition lottery for determining whether or not to transition from the second AT mode to the first AT mode. An AT control means 200 executes a lottery that wins ``transition to the first AT mode'' with a high probability (for example, 80%), wins ``continuation of the second AT mode'' with a low probability (for example, 10%), and wins ``end of AT mode'' with a low probability (for example, 10%) in the first AT mode transition lottery.

When "Continue second AT mode" is won in the first AT mode transition lottery, the AT control means 200 sets the stored value of the AT game number counter to "30", and starts playing in the second AT mode from the next game. In addition, when "transition to the first AT mode" is won in the first AT mode transition lottery, the AT control means 200 shifts the AT mode from the second AT mode to the first AT mode, sets the stored value of the AT game number counter to "30", and starts the game in the first AT mode from the next game. In addition, when ``end of AT mode'' is won in the first AT mode shift lottery, the AT control means 200 ends the AT mode and shifts the performance state from the AT state to the normal state, thereby starting the game in the normal state from the next game.

When the stored value of the AT game number counter becomes "0" in the 3rd AT mode, the AT control means 200 executes a 2nd AT mode transition lottery for determining whether or not to transition from the 3rd AT mode to the 2nd AT mode. In the second AT mode shift lottery, the AT control means 200 executes a lottery that wins "transition to the second AT mode" with a probability of 50%, for example, and wins "continuation of the third AT mode" with a probability of 50%, for example.

When "continuation of the 3rd AT mode" is won in the 2nd AT mode transition lottery, the AT control means 200 sets the value "30" to the stored value of the AT game number counter, and starts the game in the 3rd AT mode from the next game. In addition, when "shift to the second AT mode" is won in the second AT mode shift lottery, the AT control means 200 shifts the AT mode from the third AT mode to the second AT mode, sets the stored value of the AT game number counter to "30", and starts the game in the second AT mode from the next game.

When the stored value of the AT game number counter becomes "0" in the 4th AT mode, the AT control means 200 executes a 3rd AT mode transition lottery for determining whether or not to transition from the 4th AT mode to the 3rd AT mode. The AT control means 200 executes a lottery that wins "transition to the third AT mode" with a probability of, for example, 50% and wins "continuation of the fourth AT mode" with a probability of, for example, 50% in the third AT mode transition lottery.

When "continue 4th AT mode" is won in the 3rd AT mode transition lottery, the AT control means 200 sets the value "30" to the stored value of the AT game number counter, and starts playing in the 4th AT mode from the next game. In addition, when "transition to the 3rd AT mode" is won in the 3rd AT mode transition lottery, the AT control means 200 shifts the AT mode from the 4th AT mode to the 3rd AT mode, sets the value "30" to the memory value of the AT game number counter, and starts the game in the 3rd AT mode from the next game.

When the stored value of the AT game number counter becomes "0" in the 5th AT mode, the AT control means 200 is the mode in which the 4th AT mode transition lottery for determining whether or not to transition from the 5th AT mode to the 4th AT mode is executed. An AT control means 200 executes a lottery that wins ``transition to the fourth AT mode'' with a low probability (for example, 10%) and wins ``continuation of the fifth AT mode'' with a high probability (for example, 90%) in the fourth AT mode transition lottery.

When "Continue the 5th AT mode" is won in the 4th AT mode transition lottery, the AT control means 200 sets the stored value of the AT game number counter to "30", and starts the game in the 5th AT mode from the next game. In addition, when the ``shift to the 4th AT mode'' is won in the 4th AT mode shift lottery, the AT control means 200 shifts the AT mode from the 5th AT mode to the 4th AT mode, sets the stored value of the AT game number counter to '30', and starts the game in the 4th AT mode from the next game.

Due to such a configuration, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, when the AT mode is set. The AT state continues until "end of AT mode" is won in the first AT mode or the second AT mode. Further, in the slot machine 1, the AT mode does not end and the AT state continues until the AT mode shifts in order from the 5th AT mode to the 4th AT mode, the 3rd AT mode, and the 2nd AT mode, and each AT mode is configured to be lowered by one step in the order of the 5th AT mode, the 4th AT mode, the 3rd AT mode, the 2nd AT mode, and the 1st AT mode. With such a configuration, the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment is configured as an AT mode advantageous to the player in the order of 1st AT mode<2nd AT mode<3rd AT mode<4th AT mode<5th AT mode.

Note that the AT control means 200 determines that a specific termination condition among the termination conditions of the advantageous interval has been satisfied when the value stored in the first advantageous interval counter 197a reaches the value "1500" and when the value stored in the second advantageous interval counter 197b exceeds the value "2400" in the AT state, even in a state in which one of the first AT mode to the fifth AT mode is set, and initializes information about the advantageous interval. and predetermined end processing for ending the advantageous section and starting the normal section from the next game.

In addition, even when the effect state is the normal state, when the stored value of the first advantageous interval counter 197a reaches the value "1500" and when the stored value of the second advantageous interval counter 197b exceeds the value "2400" in the AT state, the AT control means 200 determines that a specific termination condition among the conditions for ending the advantageous interval is met, performs a predetermined initialization process for initializing the information regarding the advantageous interval, and terminates the advantageous interval and starts normal operation from the next game. and a predetermined end process for starting the section.

In the first embodiment, the AT control means 200 adds "1" to the stored value of the AT continuation point counter 198c when the AT state is entered and the pseudo-bonus state is executed. Also, the AT control means 200 adds the value "2" to the stored value of the AT continuation point counter 198c when the AT mode is set and the set AT mode is executed. Then, when the stored value of the AT game number counter becomes "0" in the set AT mode, the AT control means 200 adds the value "2" to the stored value of the AT continuation point counter 198c when the same AT mode as the set AT mode continues, and when the AT mode with one level lower advantage than the set AT mode is set.

In addition, the AT control means 200 executes a low probability period lottery for determining a value to be set in a low probability period counter 198b when ending the AT state based on the pseudo bonus state or the end of the AT mode and shifting the presentation state to the normal state. In the low-probability period lottery, the AT control means 200 is configured to acquire a lottery table by referring to the stored value of the AT continuation point counter 198c, and when the storage value of the AT continuation point counter 198c is between "1" and "6", the larger the value stored in the AT continuation point counter 198c, the higher the probability that the value set in the low-probability period counter 198b will be a large value.

Due to such a configuration, the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment has a larger value as the AT mode is continuously executed, that is, as the AT state continues for a longer period of time, the larger the value set to the stored value of the AT continuation point counter 198c. I can.

<Control related to counter update>
Next, the details of the update of each counter by the AT control means 200 in the normal state will be described. The AT control means 200 of the first embodiment controls the update of each counter in the normal state, in the case of winning in the winning area "batting order bell 1A" to the winning area "batting order bell 12A", the winning area "batting order bell 1B" to the winning area "batting order bell 12B", the winning area "RBB & single hand", the winning area "RBB", the winning area "normal replay 1", and the winning area "normal replay 2", and the winning area "batting order chance 1A" to winning. When the area "batting order chance 4A" is won and Bell A, Bell B, Bell G, and Bell H are won, the stored values of the normal game number counter 197c, the low-probability point counter 198a, and the advantageous section end game number counter 197g are subtracted by the value "1", and the value "1" is added to the stored value of the AT shift game number counter 197d.

In addition, the AT control means 200 subtracts the value "1" from the stored value of the normal game number counter 197c in the case of winning in the winning area "rare hand 1", the winning area "rare replay 1", and the winning area "rare replay 2", and in the case of winning in the winning area "batting order chance 1A" to the winning area "batting order chance 4A", and the special minor role A and the special minor role B have won more than once, and the value "1" is stored in the AT shift game number counter 197d. is added, the stored value of the periodic game number counter 197e is subtracted by the value "22", the value to be subtracted from the stored value of the low-probability point counter 198a is determined by lottery, either the value "3" or the value "22", and the value to be subtracted from the advantageous interval end game number counter 197g is determined by lottery, either the value "1" or the value "22".

With such a configuration, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, the winning area ``batting order chance 1A'' to winning area ``batting order chance 4A'' are won in the internal lottery, and the stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed in the set batting order, and the special minor role A and the special minor role B win multiple prizes. 3 is pressed and the stored value of the low-probability point counter 198a is decremented by a larger value than when bell A, bell B, bell G, and bell H wins, and the low-probability state ends early, so that when the winning area ``batting order chance 1A'' to the winning area ``batting order chance 4A'' are won, the game is played according to the set batting order, thereby alleviating the player's dissatisfaction caused by the decrease in the number of medals paid out in the game, and the player's interest in the game according to the set batting order. can be improved, it is possible to prevent the player from feeling dissatisfied while maintaining the degree of freedom in designing the gaming machine.

With this configuration, the AT control means 200 is configured to update the stored value of the advantageous interval end game number counter 197g to the value "0" when about 100 games have been played on average when the value "200" is set to the stored value of the advantageous interval end game number counter 197g. When a game is played, the value stored in the advantageous interval end game number counter 197g is updated to the value "0".

3. As described above, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, as winning areas (small winning combinations in batting order) in which a minor win in batting order may differ depending on the batting order, there are the winning area "batting order bell 1A" to the winning area "batting order bell 12A", the winning area "batting order bell 1B" to the winning area "batting order bell 12B", and the winning area "batting order chance 1A" to the winning area "batting order chance 4A".

<Details of the winning area “Batting order bell 1A” to the winning area “Bating order bell 12A”, the winning area “Bating order bell 1B” to the winning area “Bating order bell 12B”>
First, the winning area "batting order bell 1A" to the winning area "batting order bell 12A" and the winning area "batting order bell 1B" to the winning area "batting order bell 12B" will be described. The slot machine 1 of the first embodiment is configured to change the control contents of the reel stop control by the reel control means 130 in accordance with the game state when winning in the winning area ``Battering order bell 1A'' to the winning area ``Battering order bell 12A'', and the winning area ``Battering order bell 1B'' to the winning area ``Battering order bell 12B'', so that the winning combinations are different.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a winning combination that can be won according to the batting order of the stop button B1 to stop button B3 when winning in the winning area ``batting order bell 1A'' to the winning area ``batting order bell 12A'' and the winning area ``batting order bell 1B'' to the winning area ``batting order bell 12B'' in the non-RT state. As shown in FIG. 10, in the slot machine 1, in the internal lottery in the non-RT state, when the winning area "batting order bell 1A" to the winning area "batting order bell 12A" and the winning area "batting order bell 1B" to the winning area "batting order bell 12B" are won, Bell A to Bell L, which are set to a higher payout (13 coins) than the prescribed number of insertions, do not win regardless of the pressing order of the stop buttons B1 to B3, and a payout less than the prescribed number of insertions (1 ticket) is set. 1-card hand A1 to 1-card hand G4 are configured to win with the winning probability shown in FIG.

The details of the winning probabilities of the 1-card combination A1 to 1-card combination G4 will be described by taking the case of winning in the winning area "batting order bell 1A" as an example. As shown in FIG. 3, in the winning area "batting order bell 1A", Bell A, 1-card hand A1, 1-card hand A4, 1-card hand C1, and 1-card hand E1 are repeatedly won.

When a win is made in the winning area ``batting order bell 1A'' and the stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed in the 1st or 2nd batting order, the reel control means 130 executes reel stop control based on the first stop operation of the stop button B1, and stops and displays the bell A symbol "BLA" constituting the winning symbol combination "BLA-BLA-BLA" of the bell A on the activated line L1. As a result, in the slot machine 1, the winning combination in the game is limited to Bell A whose winning symbol combination is 'BLA-BLA-BLA', 1-card combination A1 whose winning symbol combination is 'BLA-BAR (BKA)-BAR (BKA)', and 1-card combination A4 whose winning symbol combination is 'BLA-White 7 (BKC)-White 7 (BKC)'.

Next, the reel control means 130 executes number priority control as reel stop control based on the second stop operation of the stop button B2 or the stop button B3. When winning in the winning area ``batting order bell 1A'' and the bell A symbol ``BLA'' is stop-displayed on the upper stage of the left reel R1 constituting the activated line L1, in the slot machine 1, when the bell A symbol ``BLA'' is stopped and displayed on the activated line L1 on the middle reel R2 or the right reel R3, there is one symbol combination that can be displayed: the BAR symbol ``BAR'', the blank A symbol ``BKA'', the white 7 symbol ``white 7'', and the blank C symbol ``. BKC" is stop-displayed on the effective line L1, and since the number of pattern combinations that can be displayed is two, any one of the BAR pattern 'BAR', the blank A pattern 'BKA', the white 7 pattern 'white 7', and the blank C pattern 'BKC' is stop-displayed on the effective line L1 in the reel corresponding to the stop button on which the second stop operation is executed.

As described above, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, in the middle reel R2 and the right reel R3, the pull-in range in which the BAR symbol "BAR" or the blank A symbol "BKA" can be stopped and displayed on the activated line L1 and the pull-in range in which the white 7 symbol "White 7" or the blank C symbol "BKC" can be stopped and displayed on the activated line L1 are set to non-overlapping ranges, and set to 10 out of 20 frames.

With such a configuration, in the slot machine 1, when the winning area "batting order bell 1A" is won and the stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed in the batting order 1 or batting order 2, at the time when the second stop operation is executed, for the winable combination in the game, the winning symbol combination is "BLA-BAR (BKA)-BAR (BKA)", and the winning symbol combination is "BLA-White 7 ( BKC)-White 7 (BKC)".

Then, in the slot machine 1, for the third stop operation, the symbols constituting the winning symbol combination of the single winning combination A1 or single winning combination A4, which is limited as a small winning combination in the game at the time of the second stopping operation, are stopped and displayed on the activated line L1, so that the single winning combination A1 or single winning combination A4 wins, and the timing of pressing the third stopping operation that enables winning of the single winning combination A1 or single winning combination A4 is within the range of 10 symbols out of 20 symbols. is displayed in rotation on the effective line L1.

Due to such a configuration, in the slot machine 1, if the winning button B1 to the stop button is pressed in the winning order 1 or the batting order 2 in the non -RT state, and the stop button B1 to stop button is pressed in the batting order 1 or the batting order 2, the 1/20 probability will be awarded a 1/20 probability A1 or one role A4. , A pattern combination different from the winning pattern combination of any role with a 1/2 probability is a missing (non -entry) displayed on the effective line L1.

In addition, in the slot machine 1, in the non-RT state, when the winning area "Battering order Bell 1A" is won and the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the batting order 3 or 4, based on the first stop operation of the stop button B2, the number priority control is executed as the reel stop control, and the bell B symbol "BLB" constituting the winning symbol combination "BAR (BKC)-BLB-BAR (BKA)" of the single hand C1 is placed on the effective line L1. stop display. As a result, in the slot machine 1, the winning combination in the game is limited to the one-card combination C1 in which the winning symbol combination is "BAR (BKC)-BLB-BAR (BKA)".

As described above, in the slot machine 1, on the left reel R1, the pull-in range in which white 7 symbols "white 7" or blank A symbol "BKA" can be stopped and displayed on the activated line L1 is set to 10 out of 20 frames.

Therefore, in the slot machine 1, at the time of the first stop operation, the small combination C1 that can be won in the game is limited to the one-symbol combination C1, and the pressing timing of the second stop operation and the pressing timing of the third stop operation that enable the one-symbol combination C1 to be won are the timings at which the symbols within the range of 10 out of 20 frames are rotated and displayed on the active line L1. A different symbol combination is displayed on the activated line L1, resulting in a missed prize (non-winning).

In addition, in the slot machine 1, when the winning area "batting order bell 1A" is won in the non-RT state, and the stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed in the batting order 5 or 6, when the stop button B3 is pressed for the first stop, the small combination E1 that can be won in the game is limited to the one-piece combination E1, and the timing of pressing the second stop operation and the timing of pressing the third stop operation that enable the one-piece combination E1 to be won are each shown in the range of 10 out of 20 frames. At the timing when the pattern is rotated and displayed on the effective line L1, the one-piece combination E1 is won with a probability of 1/4, and the pattern combination different from the winning pattern combination of any combination is displayed on the effective line L1 with a probability of 3/4.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing winning combinations that can be won depending on the batting order of the stop button B1 to stop button B3 when winning in the winning area ``batting order bell 1A'' to the winning area ``batting order bell 12A'' and in the winning area ``batting order bell 1B'' to the winning area ``batting order bell 12B''. As shown in FIG. 11, in the slot machine 1, when a winning area ``batting order bell 1A'' to a winning area ``batting order bell 12A'' and a winning area ``batting order bell 1B'' to a winning area ``batting order bell 12B'' are won in an internal lottery in a bonus establishment state, a batting order (correct batting order) is set for each winning area so that Bell A to Bell L can win a prize.

In the slot machine 1, one of the winning bells A to L wins when the winning area ``batting order bell 1A'' to the winning area ``batting order bell 12A'', the winning area ``batting order bell 1B'' to the winning area ``batting order bell 12B'', and the hitting order of the stop button B1 to stop button B3 is the correct hitting order.

In addition, in the slot machine 1, winning area ``batting order bell 1A'' to winning area ``batting order bell 12A'', winning area ``batting order bell 1B'' to winning area ``batting order bell 12B'', and when stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed in a different batting order (incorrect batting order) from the correct batting order (incorrect batting order), or one of the winning one-card combinations A1 to one-card combination G4 wins with the winning probability shown in FIG.

<Details of winning area “Battering Chance 1A” to winning area “Battering Chance 4A”>
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing winning combinations that can be won depending on the batting order of the stop button B1 to stop button B3 when winning in the winning area "batting order chance 1A" to the winning area "batting order chance 4A" in the non-RT state and the bonus establishment state. As shown in FIG. 12, in the slot machine 1, when a winning area "batting order chance 1A" to a winning area "batting order chance 4A" are won in the internal lottery in the non-RT state and the bonus established state, the small wins that can be won in the game at the time the first stop operation is executed are limited to any one of Bell A, Bell B, Bell G, and Bell H set to 13 payouts, and special small win A and special small win B set to payout 1 payout each. is configured as

As shown in FIG. 12, in the winning area "batting order chance 1A" to the winning area "batting order chance 4A", the batting order (non-set batting order) that enables Bell A, Bell B, Bell G, and Bell H to win is set to batting order 1 and batting order 2 in which stop button B1 is operated for the first stop, and the batting order (set batting order) that allows special minor role A and special role B to be awarded is batting order 3 to batting order in which stop button B2 and stop button B3 are operated for the first stop. is set to 6.

The details of the reel stop control at the time of winning the winning area "batting order chance 1A" to the winning area "batting order chance 4A" will be described using the winning area "batting order chance 1A". In the slot machine 1, when the winning area "batting order chance 1A" is won and the stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed in a non-set batting order in which the stop button B1 is operated to the first stop, the number priority control is executed in the reel stop control by the reel control means 130, and the bell A symbols constituting the winning symbol combination "BLA-BLA-BLA" of the special small winning combination A set to 1 payout and the bell A set to payout 13 coins, which is more than the special small winning combination B, are set. Since "BLA" is stop-displayed on the upper stage of the left reel R1 forming the active line L1, the small combination that can be won in the game is limited to Bell A.

In the slot machine 1, when the winning area "batting order chance 1A" is won, and the stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed in the set batting order (batting order 3, batting order 4) in which the stop button B2 is operated for the first stop, the Bell A symbol "BLA" is stopped and displayed in the middle stage of the middle reel R2, whereby the Bell A winning symbol combination "BLA-BLA-BLA" and the Special Minor A winning symbol combination "WM-ANY-RP" are obtained. symbol combination can be displayed on the effective line L1, and by stopping and displaying the replay symbol 'RP' in the middle stage of the middle reel R2, two symbol combinations, ie, the winning symbol combination 'WM-ANY-RP' of the special small role A and the winning symbol combination 'WM-RP-ANY' of the special small role B can be displayed on the effective line L1.

Since the number of winning symbol combinations that can be displayed on the activated line L1 is the same when the bell A symbol "BLA" and the replay symbol "RP" are stopped and displayed on the upper stage of the middle reel R2, the reel control means 130 cannot give priority to the bell A symbol "BLA" and the replay symbol "RP" by number priority control. A pattern 'RP' is stopped and displayed on the effective line L1, the replay pattern 'RP' is stop-displayed in the middle stage of a middle reel R2 constituting the effective line L1, and the small winning combination that can be won in the game is limited to the special small winning combination A and the special small winning combination B.例文帳に追加

In the slot machine 1, when the winning area "batting order chance 1A" is won and the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the set batting order (batting order 5, batting order 6) in which the stop button B3 is operated for the first stop, the bell A symbol "BLA" is stopped and displayed on the lower stage of the right reel R3, thereby forming two winning symbol combinations "BLA-BLA-BLA" for the bell A and "WM-RP-ANY" for the special minor role B. symbol combination can be displayed on the effective line L1, and by stopping and displaying the replay symbol 'RP' on the lower stage of the right reel R3, two symbol combinations, ie, the winning symbol combination 'WM-ANY-RP' of the special small role A and the winning symbol combination 'WM-RP-ANY' of the special small role B can be displayed on the effective line L1.

Since the number of winning symbol combinations that can be displayed on the activated line L1 is the same when the bell A symbol "BLA" and the replay symbol "RP" are stopped and displayed on the upper stage of the right reel R3, the reel control means 130 cannot give priority to the bell A symbol "BLA" and the replay symbol "RP" by number priority control. A pattern 'RP' is stopped and displayed on the effective line L1, the replay pattern 'RP' is stopped and displayed in the middle stage of the right reel R3 forming the effective line L1, and the small wins that can be won in the game are limited to the special small win A and the special small win B.例文帳に追加

When the winning area "batting order chance 1A" is won and the stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed in the set batting order of batting order 3 to batting order 6, the slot machine 1 executes reel stop control in which the watermelon symbol "WM" is stop-displayed on the upper stage of the left reel R1 by pressing the stop button B1, and the replay symbol "RP" is stop-displayed on the middle reel R2 and the lower stage of the right reel R3, and "WM-RP-" is displayed on the activated line L1. RP" symbol combination is stopped and displayed. As described above, the winning symbol combination of the special minor role A is ``WM-ANY-RP'', and since the winning symbol combination is composed of arbitrary symbols (ANY) among all the symbols arranged on the middle reel R2, the replay symbol ``RP'' is also included in one of the arbitrary symbols. Further, the winning symbol combination of the special minor role B is ``WM-RP-ANY'', and since the winning symbol combination is composed of arbitrary symbols (ANY) among all the symbols arranged on the right reel R3, the replay symbol ``RP'' is also included in one of the arbitrary symbols, so that the ``WM-RP-RP'' displayed on the activated line L1 also constitutes the winning symbol combination of the special minor role B.

That is, the symbol combination 'WM-RP-RP' stopped and displayed on the activated line L1 is a symbol combination that satisfies either the winning symbol combination of the special small role A or the winning symbol combination of the special small role B. As a result, in the slot machine 1, the symbol combination 'WM-RP-RP' is stopped and displayed on the effective line L1, so that the two small special prizes A and B are won in duplicate (duplicate prize).

4. Details of game properties using low-probability state Next, details of game properties using the low-probability state executed by the AT control means 200 of the first embodiment will be described.

<Low probability period lottery>
13 and 14 are diagrams showing low-probability period lottery tables used in the low-probability period lottery executed by the AT control means 200. FIG. As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the low-probability period lottery table is composed of a plurality of lottery tables corresponding to the stored values of the AT continuation point counter 198c.

In the low-probability cycle lottery table used when the stored value of the AT continuation point counter 198c is the value "1", that is, when the AT state ends without the AT mode being set after the pseudo-bonus state is executed in the AT state, the value "1" and the value "2" are associated with the lottery value numbers as the value (number of cycles) to be added to the stored value of the low-probability period counter 198b, and the value "3" or more is not associated with the lottery value number.

Since it is such a configuration, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, when the AT state ends without the AT mode being set, the normal state is started after the end of the AT state, and when the low probability state is set, the stored value of the low probability period counter 198b is set to the value "1" or the value "2". possible to migrate.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the low-probability lottery table in the case where the AT continuation point counter 198c has a stored value of "2" to "6" is configured so that the larger the stored value of the AT continuation point counter 198c, the higher the probability of winning a larger number of cycles. Also, the low-probability lottery table when the AT continuation point counter 198c has a value "6" stored therein and the low-probability lottery table when the AT continuation point counter 198c has a value "7" are set to have the same probability of winning in the number of cycles, and are lottery tables in which the value "1" as the number of cycles is not associated with the number of lottery values.

As described above, the AT control means 200 of the first embodiment is configured to add "1" to the stored value of the AT continuation point counter 198c when 15 games are played in the pseudo bonus state in the AT state, and to add "2" to the stored value of the AT continuation point counter 198c when 30 games in the AT mode are played in the AT state. configured to be a value.

That is, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, when the AT state is shifted to the normal state and the low-probability state is started, the period during which the AT state is executed is the first period (for example, when 15 games in the pseudo-bonus state are played and the value "1" is set to the stored value of the AT continuation point counter 198c), the second period is longer than the first period (for example, the pseudo-bonus state, one set of the second AT mode, and two sets of the first AT mode, 105). When the game is executed and the stored value of the AT continuation point counter 198c is set to '7', a large value as the number of cycles is won in the low probability period lottery, and a long period can be set as a period in which the low probability state can be continued.

With this configuration, the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment shifts from the normal state to the AT state in a series of advantageous intervals, and when executing the low-probability state as a result of shifting to the normal state after the AT state ends, the longer the period in which the AT state continues, the longer the period in which the low-probability state can be continued, and when the AT state ends after continuing for a long time in a series of advantageous intervals, the AT state can be prevented from being restarted quickly, so that the AT state can be started frequently. Therefore, the medal payout performance in the AT state can be improved, and the marketability can be improved while having an advantageous section.

Further, as shown in FIG. 14, the low-probability lottery table when the AT continuation point counter 198c has a value of "8" stored therein and the low-probability lottery table when the AT continuation point counter 198c has a value of "9" are set to have the same probability of winning in the number of cycles, and the value "1" as the number of cycles is associated with the value "1" as the number of lottery values, and the values stored in the AT continuation point counter 198c are "6" and "7." , in which the probability of winning with a slightly smaller number of cycles is higher than in the low-probability lottery table.

The low-probability lottery table when the stored value of the AT continuation point counter 198c ranges from "10" to "12" is constructed so that the larger the stored value of the AT continuation point counter 198c, the higher the probability of winning a small periodic number.

That is, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, when the AT state is shifted to the normal state and the low-probability state is started, the period during which the AT state is executed is the second period (for example, the pseudo-bonus state, one set of the second AT mode, and the two sets of the first AT mode). 165 games of the 3rd AT mode, 1 set of 2nd AT mode and 2 sets of 1st AT mode are executed and the value "11" is set to the storage value of the AT continuation point counter 198c), a smaller value as the number of cycles is won in the low probability period lottery, and a short period can be set as the period in which the low probability state can be continued.

With this configuration, the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment shifts from the normal state to the AT state in a series of advantageous intervals, and when the low-probability state is executed as a result of shifting to the normal state after the end of the AT state, the period during which the AT state continues If the third period is longer than the second period, the period in which the low-probability state can be continued can be shortened, and after the AT state continues over the third period in a series of advantageous intervals in which the upper limits of the number of games that can be executed and the number of differences that can be obtained are set. When the AT state ends, if a long-term low-probability state is set after the end of the AT state, the upper limit of the advantageous interval may be reached before the low-probability state ends, and if the player guesses the upper limit for continuing the advantageous interval, the player's interest in the game may be significantly reduced by not shifting to the AT state until the upper limit is reached. It is possible to improve marketability.

<Mode lottery at the end of the first>
15 and 16 are diagrams showing a first end mode lottery table used in the first end mode lottery executed by the AT control means 200 when the AT state in which the AT mode is executed ends. As shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, the first end mode lottery table is composed of a plurality of lottery tables each corresponding to the stored value of the second advantageous interval counter 197b.

In the first end mode lottery table, which is used when the stored value of the second advantageous interval counter 197b ranges from "0" to "255", that is, when the pseudo-bonus state is executed in the AT state and the AT mode is set, the number of medals won by the player is 255 or less, the probability is 247/256 (approximately 96%) that one of the third normal mode to the fifth normal mode is won.

As described above, the AT control means 200 of the first embodiment is configured not to set the initial value to the stored value of the advantageous interval end game number counter 197g by not executing the advantageous interval end game number lottery, and not to execute the control for ending the advantageous interval based on the stored value of the advantageous interval end game number counter 197g, if the normal mode set when shifting from the AT state to the normal state is any one of the third normal mode to the fifth normal mode.

With such a configuration, when the number of medals acquired in the AT state is extremely small, the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment stops ending the advantageous interval without satisfying the specific end condition when the advantageous interval reaches the upper limit (the stored value of the first advantageous interval counter 197a reaches the value "1500" or the stored value of the second advantageous interval counter 197b exceeds the value "2400") after the AT state ends and the state shifts to the normal state. By making it possible to shift to the AT state again, it is possible to prevent the advantageous section from ending when the AT state ends without obtaining enough medals, thereby preventing the player's interest in the game from being lowered, and improving the marketability while having the advantageous section.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, the first end mode lottery table when the stored value of the second advantageous interval counter 197b ranges from "256" to "1535" is configured such that the larger the stored value of the second advantageous interval counter 197b, the higher the winning probability of the second normal mode. The first end mode lottery table when the stored value of the second advantageous interval counter 197b is between "0" and "767" is configured so that the higher the stored value of the second advantageous interval counter 197b, the higher the probability of winning the first normal mode. The larger the stored value of , the lower the winning probability of the first normal mode.

As described above, when the first normal mode or the second normal mode is set based on the end of the AT state, the AT control means 200 of the first embodiment executes the advantageous interval end game number lottery, and determines the value to be set in the advantageous interval end game number counter 197g. Also, the AT control means 200 is configured to be able to set a smaller value to the advantageous interval end game number counter 197g when the set normal mode is the first normal mode than when the second normal mode is set.

That is, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, when the number of medals acquired in the AT state is in the range of 256 to 767, the first normal mode is set when the AT state ends and the state shifts to the normal state, and a value in the range of "50" to "200" is set to the advantageous interval end game number counter 197g. If the number is in the range of 768 to 1535, the second normal mode is set when the AT state ends and the normal state is entered, and a value in the range of "150" to "400" is set in the advantageous interval end game number counter 197g, so that the advantageous interval is likely to end when about 200 games are played at maximum.

For this reason, the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment is configured such that when the number of medals obtained in the AT state is in the second range of 768 to 1535, which is larger than in the first range of 256 to 767, the period of time that elapses until the advantageous section ends is longer.

Further, as shown in FIG. 16, the first end mode lottery table when the stored value of the second advantageous interval counter 197b is equal to or greater than the value "1536" is configured so that the higher the stored value of the second advantageous interval counter 197b, the higher the probability of winning the first normal mode, and the third normal mode to the fifth normal mode can also be won. When the stored value of the second advantageous interval counter 197b is equal to or greater than "1536", the first termination mode lottery table is configured such that the larger the stored value of the second advantageous interval counter 197b, the lower the winning probability of the second normal mode.

That is, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, when the normal mode is set based on the transition from the AT state to the normal state, when the number of medals obtained in the AT state is the value in the second range of 768 to 1535, and the value in the third range is 1536 or more, which is the number of medals obtained greater than the value in the second range, the first normal mode is set and the advantageous section ends quickly, or the third normal mode to the fifth normal mode are set. It is configured to stop ending the advantageous section without reaching the upper limit where the advantageous section can be continued and the specific end condition being satisfied.

With this configuration, the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment transitions from the normal state to the AT state in a series of advantageous intervals, and when the normal mode is set as a result of the transition to the normal state after the AT state ends, and when the number of medals obtained in the AT state exceeds the value of the second range and becomes a larger value in the third range, and the first normal mode is set, the value stored in the advantageous interval end game number counter 197g is updated to the value "0" after about 100 games are executed, which is advantageous. Since the section ends, the number of medals corresponding to the value of the third range is obtained, and the advantageous section is prevented from continuing in a state in which the number of medals obtainable until the specified end condition is satisfied in a series of advantageous sections is reduced, and by quickly ending the advantageous section and starting a new advantageous section, the AT state can be resumed, and the marketability can be improved with the advantageous section.

In addition, when the slot machine 1 shifts from the normal state to the AT state in a series of advantageous intervals, and when the normal mode is set as a result of the transition to the normal state after the AT state ends, when the number of medals obtained in the AT state exceeds the value in the second range and becomes a value in the third range, and when the third normal mode to the fifth normal mode are set, the advantageous interval does not end based on the fact that the stored value of the advantageous interval end game number counter 197g is updated to the value “0”, but the AT does not end. In this state, the number of medals having a value of '1536' or more has been obtained and many games have been played, and the specific end condition is quickly satisfied in the series of advantageous intervals. Therefore, the execution of the processing relating to the updating of the stored value of the advantageous interval end game number counter 197g can be omitted until the specific end condition is satisfied in the series of advantageous intervals, the load of control in the advantageous interval can be reduced, and the marketability can be improved while having the advantageous interval.

<Relationship between low probability state and normal mode set after AT state ends>
As described above, in the AT control means 200 of the first embodiment, when the AT state ends and the stored value of the AT continuation point counter 198c is within the range of the value "1" to the value "7", when the AT state ends and shifts to the normal state, the value set to the stored value of the low probability period counter 198b becomes larger when the period in which the AT state continues is the second period longer than the first period.

In the low-probability state, the stored value of the low-probability point counter 198a is decremented by the value "1", the value "3" or the value "22" in each game, and each time the value stored in the low-probability point counter 198a becomes the value "0", the value stored in the low-probability cycle counter 198b is decremented by the value "1", and the value stored in the low-probability point counter 198a is set to the value "50". The low-probability state ends when the stored value of the low-probability period counter 198b reaches the value "0".

Due to such a configuration, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, when the stored value of the low-probability period counter 198b is within the range of value "1" to "7", when the AT state ends, the larger the value stored in the low-probability period counter 198b, the longer the period in which the low-probability state continues after shifting to the normal state.

Further, as described above, the AT control means 200 of the first embodiment has a higher probability of setting the second normal mode when the number of medals obtained in the AT state is in the second range, which is larger than the value in the first range, when the AT state is terminated and the value stored in the second advantageous interval counter 197b is within the range of "256" to "1535" when the AT state is terminated.

The AT control means 200 is configured to set a value within a range of "150" to "400" to the stored value of the advantageous interval end game number counter 197g when the second normal mode is set when the AT state ends, and is configured to end the advantageous interval after a maximum of about 200 games have been played in the normal state.

Due to such a configuration, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, when the period in which the AT state continues is the second period longer than the first period, in the low-probability state after the end of the AT state, the value set in the low-probability cycle counter 198b becomes the value "0" and the stored value of the advantageous interval end game number counter 197g becomes the value "0" before the low-probability state ends.

As described above, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, when the normal section shifts to the advantageous section, the value "50" is set in the low-probability point counter 198a and the value "2" is set in the low-probability period counter 198b to start the low-probability state.

That is, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, the AT state continues until the second period longer than the first period elapses, and when the number of medals acquired in the AT state is a value in the second range exceeding the value in the first range, the low-probability state is started after the end of the AT state. It is configured to start.

In this way, the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment provides a period during which the low-probability state continues after the end of the AT state in a series of advantageous sections, and at the start of a new advantageous section after the series of advantageous sections ends and the normal section. Even if the period is shorter than the period set in the configuration having the low probability state only at the start of the section, the period of the low probability state required according to the progress of the game in the AT state can be sufficiently secured, and the game property capable of quickly shifting to the AT state after starting the advantageous section can be realized, and the marketability can be improved with the advantageous section.

5. Prize Winning Assistance when Winning in Small Winning Mode in Batting Order Next, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, the winning assisting control executed by the AT control means 200 when winning in the winning mode in batting order in the internal lottery in the bonus establishment state will be described. FIG. 17 shows the display mode of the main control display device 500, which is displayed by the prize winning assistance control executed by the AT control means 200 when the winning area "Battering order bell 1A" to the winning area "Bating order bell 12A" and the winning area "Bating order bell 1B" to the winning area "Bating order bell 12B" are won in the internal lottery in the bonus establishment state, and when the winning area "Bating order chance 1A" to the winning area "Bating order chance 4A" are won in the internal lottery in the non-RT state and the bonus establishment state. It is a figure explaining about.

As shown in FIG. 17, the AT control means 200 uses the main control display device 500 to display a correct batting order that enables Bell A to Bell L to win prizes when winning areas "Batting Order Bell 1A" to "Batting Order Bell 12A" and winning areas "Batting Order Bell 1B" to "Batting Order Bell 12B" are won in the internal lottery in the bonus establishment state and the production state is AT state. Display modes “01” and “07” indicate that the correct batting order is batting order 1, display modes “02” and “08” indicate that the correct batting order is batting order 2, display modes “03” and “09” indicate that the correct batting order is batting order 3, display modes “04” and “10” indicate that the correct batting order is batting order 4, and display modes “05”. , the display mode "11" informs that the correct batting order is 5, and the display mode "06" and the display mode "12" inform that the correct batting order is 6.

The AT control means 200 determines by lottery that one of the two display modes associated with each winning area is displayed on the main control display device 500, and the determined display mode is displayed on the main control display device 500, when the winning area "batting order bell 1A" to the winning area "batting order bell 12A" and the winning area "batting order bell 1B" to the winning area "batting order bell 12B" are won in the internal lottery in the bonus establishment state, and the production state is AT state. to run.

Further, as shown in FIG. 17, the display mode "01" to the display mode "06" are configured to be displayed on the main control display device 500 even in the prize winning assistance at the time of winning the winning area "batting order chance 1A" to the winning area "batting order chance 4A".

An AT control means 200 displays a display mode '03' to a display mode '06' for notifying batting order 3 to batting order 6, which is a set batting order in which a special minor role A and a special minor role B are won redundantly, as an operation mode advantageous to a player because the number of winning small wins increases when a winning area ``batting order chance 1A'' to a winning area ``batting order chance 4A'' is won and the performance state is normal. In addition, the AT control means 200 displays a display mode '01' and a display mode '02' for notifying the batting order 1 and the batting order 2 which are the non-set batting orders in which Bell A, Bell B, Bell G and Bell H win prizes as an operation mode advantageous to the player since the number of payouts at the time of winning is the largest when winning in the winning area ``batting order chance 1A'' to the winning area ``batting order chance 4A'' and the performance state is AT state.

In this way, the AT control means 200 of the first embodiment can inform the correct batting order by the display of the main control display device 500 when winning in the winning area "batting order bell 1A" to the winning area "batting order bell 12A" and in the winning area "batting order bell 1B" to the winning area "batting order bell 12B". It is configured to be able to notify the order. Further, in the slot machine 1, the display mode of the main control display device 500 for informing the correct hitting order includes the display mode "01" to the display mode "12", and the display mode of the main control display device 500 for informing the set hitting order includes the display mode "03" to the display mode "06".

With such a configuration, the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment displays the same display modes "03" to "06" in the case of winning in the winning area "batting order bell 1A" to the winning area "batting order bell 12A" and in the winning area "batting order bell 1B" to the winning area "batting order bell 12B" and informing the correct batting order, and in the case of winning in the winning area "batting order chance 1A" to the winning area "batting order chance 4A" and informing the set batting order. Since it can be displayed on the device 500, when display mode "03" to display mode "06" are displayed, winning area "Bating order bell 3A" to winning area "Bating order bell 6A", winning area "Bating order bell 9A" to winning area "Bating order bell 12A", winning area "Bating order bell 3B" to winning area "Bating order bell 6B", winning area "Bating order bell 9B" to winning area "Bating order bell 12B", winning area "Bating order chance 1A" to winning area Since the player cannot discriminate which one of the 'batting order chance 4A' has been won, it is possible to prevent the player from discriminating the result of the internal lottery by the display contents of the main control display device 500 notified as the auxiliary game.

The winning area "batting order bell 1A" to the winning area "batting order bell 12A" and the winning area "batting order bell 1B" to the winning area "batting order bell 12B" constitute the first winning mode in the first embodiment. The winning area "batting order chance 1A" to the winning area "batting order chance 4A" constitute the second winning mode in the first embodiment. The 1-card combination A1 to 1-card combination G4, which constitute a small combination of 1 payout and are set to a 1-coin payout as a 2nd dividend, constitute the small combination of a 2nd payout in the first embodiment, and the special small combination A and B which are set to a 1-coup payout as a 3rd payout constitute the small combination of a 3rd payout in the first embodiment, and Bell A, Bell B, Bell G, and Bell H which are set to a 13-coin payout as a 4th payout are the 1st embodiment. constitutes a minor winning combination of the fourth payout in

<Regarding the symbols displayed on the active line>
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, for the winning symbol combinations of Bell A, Bell B, Bell G and Bell H, the symbols on the left reel R1 are all composed of the Bell A symbol "BLA", and for the special winning symbol combinations A and B, the symbols on the left reel R1 are all composed of the watermelon symbol "WM" different from the Bell A symbol "BLA".

With such a configuration, the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment has a winning area "batting order bell 1A", a winning area "batting order bell 2A", and a winning area "batting order bell 7A" in which batting order 1 and batting order 2 are set as the correct batting order for the symbols on the left reel R1 in which an arbitrary symbol "ANY" is not set among the winning symbol combinations of the special small winning combination A and the special small winning combination B, which are configured to allow winning regardless of the pressing timing of the stop buttons B1 to B3. Winning area ``batting order bell 8A'', winning area ``batting order bell 1B'', winning area ``batting order bell 2B'', winning area ``batting order bell 7B'', and winning area ``batting order bell 8B'' regardless of the pressing timing of the first stop operation. Combinations can be easily designed.

The winning area "batting order bell 1A", the winning area "batting order bell 2A", the winning area "batting order bell 7A", the winning area "batting order bell 8A", the winning area "batting order bell 1B", the winning area "batting order bell 2B", the winning area "batting order bell 7B", and the winning area "batting order bell 8B" constitute the first specific winning mode in the first embodiment. Bell A, Bell B, Bell G, and Bell H, which constitute the second specific winning mode in the embodiment and are set to 13 payouts as the first and fourth payouts, constitute the specific hitting order small winning combination of the first payout and the small winning combination of the fourth payout in the first embodiment, and the 1-card combination A1 to 1-card combination G4 set to the 1-card combination of the second payout constitute the second payout of the first embodiment, and are set to 1-card dividend as the third payout. The special small winning combination A and the special small winning combination B constitute the third payout small winning combination in the first embodiment, the left reel R1 constitutes the specific reel in the first embodiment, the stop button B1 constitutes the specific stop button in the first embodiment, the batting order 1 and the batting order 2 in which the stop button B1 is pressed first constitute the specific correct batting order in the first embodiment, and the batting order 3 to batting order 6 in which the stop button B2 or the stop button B3 is first pressed constitute the first execution. The normal state in which the specified incorrect batting order and the set batting order are reported constitutes the first state, the AT state in which the correct batting order and non-set batting order are reported constitutes the second state in the first embodiment, the bell A symbol "BLA" constitutes the first symbol in the first embodiment, and the watermelon symbol "WM" constitutes the second symbol in the first embodiment.

6. Relations between Winning Probabilities of Minor Hands in Each Game State
Next, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, the details of the relationship between the probability of winning a minor combination in the gaming state (non-bonus state) in which the bonus in the non-RT state and the bonus established state is not activated and the probability of winning a minor combination in the bonus state will be described.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the internal lottery table C, a random number is associated with a winning area "all small wins" where all small wins of bell A to bell L, special small win A, special small win B, single win A1 to single win G4, and rare win A are duplicately won, and a winning area "all single win" where small wins other than special small win A and special small win B of single win A1 to single win G4 are multiple wins.

A non-bonus state and a bonus state will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3, 11 and 12. FIG. In the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, in the bonus state where the internal lottery table C is selected, the winning probability of the winning area "all small hands" is 5129/65536 (about 1/12.8), and the winning probability of the winning area "all single hands" is 51430/65536 (about 1/1.3). 36 (about 1/1.2).

Further, in the slot machine 1, the probability of winning any of the winning areas including the minor combination in the internal lottery tables selected in the non-bonus state, that is, the internal lottery table A and the internal lottery table B is 56554/65536 (approximately 1/1.2).

Therefore, the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment is configured such that the probability of winning a minor combination in the bonus state is higher than the probability of winning a minor combination in the non-bonus state.

In addition, in the bonus state, since the one-card hand A1 to one-card hand G4 are included in both the winning area "all small hand" and the winning area "all single hand", the winning probability of each of the one-hand hand A1 to one hand G4 is 56559/65536 (approximately 1/1.2). Therefore, the winning probability of each of the one-card hand A1 to one-card hand G4 in the bonus state is higher than the winning probability of each of the one-card hand A1 to one hand G4 in the non-bonus state.

In addition, in the bonus state, Bell A to Bell L, Special Small Win A, Special Small Win B, and Rare Win A are included in the winning area "all minor wins", and the winning probability of Bell A to Bell L, Special Small Win A, Special Small Win B, and Rare Win A is 5129/65536 (approximately 1/12.8).

In the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, in the non-bonus state, Bell A is included in the winning area ``Battering order Bell 1A'', the winning area ``Battering order Bell 1B'', and the winning area ``Battering order chance 1A''. . Also, the slot machine 1 is configured so that the winning probability in the bonus state is higher than the winning probability in the non-bonus state for Bell B, Bell G, and Bell H, which have the same winning probability in the non-bonus state as Bell A.

In addition, in the slot machine 1, Bell C is included in the winning area ``Battering order Bell 3A'' and the winning area ``Battering order Bell 3B'' in the non-bonus state, so that the winning probability of Bell C is 3900/65536 (approximately 1/16.8), and the winning probability of Bell C in the bonus state is higher than the winning probability in the non-bonus state. In addition, the slot machine 1 is configured so that the winning probability in the bonus state is higher than the winning probability in the non-bonus state for Bell D to Bell F and Bell I to Bell L, which have the same winning probability in the non-bonus state as Bell C.

In addition, in the slot machine 1, the special small winning combination A is included in the winning area ``batting order chance 1A'' to the winning area ``batting order chance 4A'' in the non-bonus state, so that the winning probability of the special small winning combination A is 2464/65536 (approximately 1/26.6), and the winning probability of the special small winning combination A is configured so that the winning probability in the bonus state is higher than the winning probability in the non-bonus state. In addition, the slot machine 1 is constructed so that the winning probability in the bonus state is higher than the winning probability in the non-bonus state even for the special small win B having the same winning probability in the non-bonus state as the special small winning prize A.例文帳に追加

In the slot machine 1, since the rare role A is included in the winning area 'rare role 1' in the non-bonus state, the winning probability of the rare role A is 790/65536 (approximately 1/83.0), and the winning probability of the rare role A is higher in the bonus state than in the non-bonus state.

That is, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, the winning probabilities of all the minor wins in the bonus state are higher than the winning probabilities of all the minor wins in the non-bonus state.

Further, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, the probability of winning any one of Bell A to Bell L set for the 13 payouts in the non-bonus state, that is, the sum of the winning probabilities of each of Bell A to Bell L is the sum of the winning probabilities of the winning area "Battering order Bell 1A" to winning area "Bating order Bell 12A", the winning area "Bating order Bell 1B" to the winning area "Bating order Bell 12B", and the winning area "Bating order chance 1A" to the winning area "Bating order chance 4A". 42064/65536 (approximately 1/1.6), which is higher than the probability of winning any one of Bell A to Bell L in the bonus state, that is, the probability of winning the winning area "all small wins" of 5129/65536 (approximately 1/12.8).

As described above, the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment has a plurality of types of first winning modes (winning area ``batting order bell 1A'' to winning area ``batting order bell 12A'', winning area ``batting order bell 1B'' to winning area ``batting order bell 12B'' in which a plurality of types of first small wins (bell A to bell L) set to payouts larger than the number of game value inputs required at the start of a game do not overlap with each other and overlap with a second small win different from the first minor win. ) and a third winning mode (winning area ``all minor winnings'') in which a plurality of types of first minor wins are won in duplicate, and an internal lottery means 120 is configured to perform an internal lottery so that a plurality of types of first winning modes exist in a normal game state (non-RT state) and a bonus establishment state, and to perform an internal lottery so that a third winning mode exists in a bonus state. Further, in the slot machine 1, the probability of winning the third winning mode in the internal lottery in the bonus state is lower than the probability of winning one of a plurality of types of the first winning mode in the internal lottery in the normal game state and the bonus establishment state, and the winning probability of all the minor wins in the internal lottery in the bonus state is higher than the winning probability of all the minor wins in the internal lottery in the normal game state and the bonus established state.

Therefore, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, the expected value of the medal acquisition rate is less than 100% in the bonus state.

Here, in the bonus establishment state, when the winning area "Battering order bell 1A" to the winning area "Bating order bell 12A" and the winning area "Bating order bell 1B" to the winning area "Bating order bell 12B" are won, Bell A to Bell L cannot be won unless the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the correct order. Since it is limited to the case of being pressed down, the probability of winning any one of the bells A to L when winning the winning area ``batting order bell 1A'' to the winning area ``batting order bell 12A'' and the winning area ``batting order bell 1B'' to the winning area ``batting order bell 12B'' is set to 1/6.

On the other hand, when an AT game in which prize-winning assistance is executed by the AT control means 200 is executed, the correct batting order is notified when the winning area "batting order bell 1A" to the winning area "batting order bell 12A" and the winning area "batting order bell 1B" to the winning area "batting order bell 12B" are won. It can be increased up to 6 times.

As described above, in the first embodiment, 12 types of Bell A to Bell L are set as the winning combination (specific combination) that pays out more medals than the prescribed number of inserted medals to be won when the stop operation is performed in the correct hitting order. Then, the probability of obtaining a winning mode including a specific combination in the bonus state is compressed to about 1/6 of the probability of obtaining a winning mode including a specific combination in a game state other than the bonus state.

<Details of bells that can be awarded in batting order 1 and batting order 2>
As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, in the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, in the internal lottery in the bonus state, the winning area "batting order bell 1A" and the winning area "batting order bell 1B" are won in the internal lottery in the bonus state, and the stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed in the batting order 1; It is configured to be able to win prizes. The winning probability of Bell A is set to 2716/65536 (approximately 1/24.1), which is lower than Bell C to Bell F and Bell I to Bell L, which are set in the correct batting order.

With such a configuration, in the slot machine 1, in the internal lottery in the non-bonus state, the winning area "Battering order Bell 1A", the winning area "Bating order Bell 1B", and the winning area "Battering order Bell 1B", as well as the winning area "Bating order chance 1A", can be won in the internal lottery. Since the probability of winning is lower than the minor winning combination of 13 dividends that can be won when the button B3 is pressed, there is no influence when designing the winning probability of the winning area 'all minor winning combinations' in the bonus state.

Further, in the slot machine 1, the correct batting order is set to the batting order 1 or batting order 2, and the bell B, bell G and bell H included in the winning area ``batting order chance 2A'' to the winning area ``batting order chance 4A'' have the same winning probability as bell A.

With such a configuration, the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, when compressing the probability of obtaining a winning probability including a specific combination in the bonus state, has the winning area "batting order bell 1A", the winning area "batting order bell 2A", the winning area "batting order bell 7A", the winning area "batting order bell 8A", the winning area "batting order bell 1B", the winning area "batting order bell 2B", the winning area "batting order bell 7B", and the winning area "batting order bell 8B", as well as the winning area "batting order chance". 1A” to the winning area “batting order chance 4A” can also be compressed, and the lower limit of the medal acquisition rate in the bonus state can be lowered to less than 100%, and the medal acquisition performance related to the AT game can be designed, so that the degree of freedom in designing the slot machine 1 having the AT function can be dramatically improved.

Bell A, Bell B, Bell G, and Bell H constitute the first specific small combination in the first embodiment, and Bell C to Bell F and Bell I to Bell L constitute the second specific combination in the first embodiment, and the winning area "batting order bell 1A", the winning area "batting order bell 2A", the winning area "batting order bell 7A", the winning area "batting order bell 8A", the winning area "batting order bell 1B", the winning area "batting order bell 2B", and the winning area. ``Battering order bell 7B'' and the winning area ``Bating order bell 8B'' constitute the first specific winning mode in the first embodiment, and the winning area ``Battering order bell 3A'' to the winning area ``Bating order bell 6A'', the winning area ``Battering order bell 9A'' to the winning area ``Bating order bell 12A'', the winning area ``Bating order bell 3B'' to the winning area ``Battering order bell 6B'', the winning area ``Bating order bell 9B'' to the winning area ``Battering order bell 12B'' are the first implementations. It constitutes the second specific winning mode in the form.

7. Summary of the First Embodiment As described above, the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment has the same display modes "03" to "" in the case of winning in the winning area "Battering order bell 1A" to the winning area "Bating order bell 12A" and the winning area "Bating order bell 1B" to the winning area "Battering order bell 12B" and notifying the correct batting order, and the case of winning in the winning area "Battering order chance 1A" to the winning area "Battering order chance 4A" and notifying the set batting order. 06" can be displayed on the main control display device 500, when display mode "03" to display mode "06" are displayed, winning area "Bating order bell 3A" to winning area "Bating order bell 6A", winning area "Bating order bell 9A" to winning area "Bating order bell 12A", winning area "Bating order bell 3B" to winning area "Bating order bell 6B", winning area "Bating order bell 9B" to winning area "Bating order bell 12B", winning area "Bating order" Since the player cannot discriminate which of the winning areas "chance 1A" to "chance 4A of batting order" has been won, the result of the internal lottery can be prevented from being discriminated by the player by the display contents of the main control display device 500 notified as the auxiliary game.

In the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment, the total of the winning probabilities of the winning area "batting order bell 1A", the winning area "batting order bell 2A", the winning area "batting order bell 7A", the winning area "batting order bell 8A", the winning area "batting order bell 1B", the winning area "batting order bell 2B", the winning area "batting order bell 7B", and the winning area "batting order bell 8B", as well as the winning areas "batting order chance 1A" to winning area "batting order chance 4A". Area "Battering order Bell 3A" to winning area "Bating order Bell 6A", winning area "Bating order Bell 9A" to winning area "Bating order Bell 12A", winning area "Bating order Bell 3B" to winning area "Battering order Bell 6B", winning area "Bating order Bell 9B" to winning area "Bating order Bell 12B". By compressing the winning probability of L, Bell A, Bell B, Bell G, and Bell H can also be compressed, and since the lower limit of the medal acquisition rate in the bonus state can be lowered to less than 100% and the medal acquisition performance related to the AT game can be designed, the degree of freedom in designing the slot machine 1 having the AT function can be dramatically improved.

In addition, the slot machine 1 of the first embodiment has a winning area "Battering order Bell 1A", a winning area "Bating order Bell 2A", a winning area "Bating order Bell 7A", a winning area "Battering order Bell 1A", a winning area "Battering order Bell 2A", and a winning area "Battering order Bell 7A" in which batting order 1 and batting order 2 are set as the correct batting order for the symbols on the left reel R1 in which an arbitrary symbol "ANY" is not set among the winning symbol combinations of the special small winning combination A and the special small winning combination B, which are configured to allow winning regardless of the pressing timing of the stop buttons B1 to B3. By using the watermelon symbol "WM", which is different from the Bell A symbol "BLA" set by the winning symbol combination of Bell A, Bell B, Bell G, and Bell H, which allows winning regardless of the pressing timing of the first stop operation in the winning area "Battering order Bell 8A", the winning area "Battering order Bell 1B", the winning area "Battering order Bell 2B", the winning area "Battering order Bell 7B", and the winning area "Battering order Bell 8B". Easy to do.

[Second embodiment]
Next, a slot machine 1 of a second embodiment, which is a partial modification of the first embodiment, will be described. The slot machine 1 of the second embodiment has, as a winning mode of a minor winning combination in batting order, a winning area ``batting order bell white 1'' to a winning area ``batting order bell white 12'', a winning area ``batting order bell red 1'' to a winning area ``batting order bell red 12'', and a winning area ``batting order chance 1B'' to a winning area ``batting order chance 3B'', and the configuration relating to the batting order minor role winning mode is different from that of the first embodiment. Other configurations are the same as in the first embodiment, including the arrangement of symbols on the left reel R1 to the right reel R3.

1. Configuration of Gaming Machine According to Second Embodiment Details of each configuration of the slot machine 1 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 18 to 26. FIG.

<Winning area for internal lottery>
FIG. 18 is a diagram showing winning areas to be subjected to internal lottery in the slot machine 1 of the second embodiment, winning numbers and winning combinations associated with each winning area, and lottery values associated with each winning area in each game state.

As shown in FIG. 18, in the slot machine 1 of the second embodiment, the winning areas to be subjected to the internal lottery include the winning area "all small hands", the winning area "all single hands", the winning area "normal replay 1", the winning area "normal replay 2", the winning area "rare replay 1", the winning area "rare replay 2", the winning area "rare winning 2", the winning area "batting order bell white 1" to the winning area "batting order bell white 12", the winning area "batting order bell red 1" to the winning area. It has a ``batting order bell red 12'', a winning area ``batting order chance 1B'' to a winning area ``batting order chance 3B'', a winning area ``RBB & 1 piece role'' and a winning area ``RBB'', and numbers of winning numbers 1 to 36 are associated with each other. Further, in the slot machine 1, winning number 0 is associated with non-winning (losing) as a result of the internal lottery.

The internal lottery means 120 determines the success or failure of each winning area in the order from the winning area associated with the winning number 36 to the non-winning area associated with the winning number 0 in the random number determination process.

The slot machine 1 of the second embodiment has bell A to bell L, a chance combination, a single combination A to 1 combination V, a rare combination B, a special small combination A, and a special small combination B as small combinations that can be won in the internal lottery, and has replays A, replays B, rare replays A, and rare combinations B as replays that can be won in the internal lottery. Each small winning combination and each replay are associated with each winning area in a combination shown in FIG. Further, as shown in FIG. 18, in the slot machine 1, a winning area "RBB & 1-card combination" is set as a winning area including a bonus and a small winning combination.

In the second embodiment, the winning area ``batting order bell white 1'' to the winning area ``batting order bell white 12'' and the winning area ``batting order bell red 1'' to the winning area ``batting order bell red 12'' are configured as winning areas with different winable small wins depending on the game state in the winning game and the operation modes of the stop buttons B1 to B3. Also, the winning area ``batting order chance 1B'' to the winning area ``batting order chance 3B'' are configured as winning areas with different small wins that can be won depending on the operation mode of the stop button B1 to stop button B3. Details of the winning area ``batting order bell white 1'' to the winning area ``batting order bell white 12'', the winning area ``batting order bell red 1'' to the winning area ``batting order bell red 12'', and the winning area ``batting order chance 1B'' to the winning area ``batting order chance 3B'' will be described later.

A rare combination B which is a small combination included in the winning area ``rare combination 2'' is won when the pressing timing of the stop button B2 is the timing at which the rare combination B can be won, and when the timing of pressing the stop button B2 is the timing at which the rare combination B cannot be won, the symbol combination different from the winning combination of any combination is stop-displayed on the effective line L1, resulting in a dropout (non-winning).

<Dividend for small winnings>
In the second embodiment, the payout for Bell A to Bell L and the chance combination is set to a payout number (15 coins) that is larger than the prescribed number of insertions (3 coins). Also, the payout for the rare combination B is set to the same number of payouts (three) as the prescribed number of inputs. Also, the payouts for the 1-card combination A to 1-card combination V, the special small combination A, and the special small combination B are set to a payout number (1) which is smaller than the specified number of insertions.

<Combination of winning designs for small roles>
19 to 21 are diagrams showing winning symbol combinations of Bell A to Bell L, 1-card combination A to 1-card combination V, rare combination B, chance combination, special small combination A, and special small combination B. FIG. Bell A to Bell L have winning symbol combinations similar to those of the first embodiment.

The 1-card hand A to 1-card hand T will be described with reference to FIGS. 19 to 21. FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, on the left reel R1, a BAR symbol "BAR" is arranged on the frame of stop number 4, and a blank C symbol "BKC" is arranged on the frame of stop number 19. On the left reel R1, a blank A pattern "BKA" is arranged in the frame of stop number 9, and a white 7 pattern "white 7" is arranged in the frame of stop number 14.

On the middle reel R2, a BAR pattern "BAR" is arranged on the frame of the stop number 4, and a blank A pattern "BKA" is arranged on the frame of the stop number 9. On the middle reel R2, 7 white symbols "white 7" are arranged in the 14th frame of the stop number, and blank C symbols "BKC" are arranged in the 19th frame of the stop number.

On the right reel R3, the BAR symbol "BAR" is arranged on the frame of stop number 4, and the blank A symbol "BKA" is arranged on the frame of stop number 9. On the right reel R3, 7 white symbols "White 7" are arranged in the 14th stop frame, and a blank C symbol "BKC" is arranged in the 19th stop number frame.

Also, as shown in FIGS. 20 and 21, the winning symbol combination of the one-card hand A to the one-card hand T is composed of the left reel R1 having the bell A symbol “BLA”, the BAR symbol “BAR” and the blank C symbol “BKC”, and the white 7 symbol “white 7” and the blank A symbol “BKA”, and the middle reel R2 having the bell A symbol “BLA” and the bell B symbol “BLB”. , BAR symbol ``BAR'' and blank A symbol ``BKA'', white 7 symbol ``White 7'' and blank C symbol ``BKC''. are

Here, in the left reel R1, the pull-in range in which the BAR symbol "BAR" or the blank C symbol "BKC" can be stopped and displayed on the effective line L1 is a range of 10 frames out of 20 frames from the replay symbol "RP" of the stop number 8 to the cherry symbol "CH" of the stop number 0 and the blank C symbol "BKC" of the stop number 19. The pull-in range in which the white 7 pattern 'white 7' or the blank A pattern 'BKA' can be stopped and displayed on the effective line L1 is a range of 10 frames out of 20 frames from the replay pattern 'RP' of the stop number 18 to the blank A pattern 'BKA' of the stop number 9, and is composed of a range which does not overlap with the pull-in range of the BAR pattern 'BAR' or the blank C pattern 'BKC'.

In the middle reel R2, the pull-in range in which the BAR symbol "BAR" or the blank A symbol "BKA" can be stopped and displayed on the effective line L1 is the range of 10 out of 20 frames from the bell A symbol "BLA" of the stop number 13 to the BAR symbol "BAR" of the stop number 4. In addition, the pull-in range in which white 7 symbol "white 7" or blank C symbol "BKC" can be stopped and displayed on the effective line L1 is a range of 10 frames out of 20 frames from bell A symbol "BLA" of stop number 3 to replay symbol "RP" of stop number 0, blank C symbol "BKC" of stop number 19 to white 7 symbol "white 7" of stop number 14, and BAR symbol "BAR" or blank A symbol "BK". It is composed of a range that does not overlap with the pull-in range of A'.

In the right reel R3, the pull-in range in which the BAR symbol "BAR" or the blank A symbol "BKA" can be stopped and displayed on the effective line L1 is the range of 10 frames out of 20 frames from the replay symbol "RP" of the stop number 13 to the BAR symbol "BAR" of the stop number 4. In addition, the pull-in range in which White 7 symbol "White 7" or Blank C symbol "BKC" can be stopped and displayed on the effective line L1 is a range of 10 frames out of 20 frames from Replay symbol "RP" of stop number 3 to Bell A symbol "BLA" of stop number 0, Blank C symbol "BKC" of stop number 19 to White 7 symbol "White 7" of stop number 14, and BAR symbol "BAR" or Blank A symbol "BK". It is composed of a range that does not overlap with the pull-in range of A'.

With such a configuration, in the slot machine 1, for example, for a one-symbol combination A composed of "BLA-BAR (BKA)-BAR (BKA)" as a winning symbol combination, when the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in an operation mode in which only the one-symbol combination A can win, the bell A symbol "BLA" is stop-displayed on the effective line L1 on the left reel R1 regardless of the pressing timing of the stop button B1, and the pressing timing of the stop button B2 is displayed on the BAR diagram. When the pattern "BAR" or the blank A pattern "BKA" is pressed within the pull-in range of 10 frames out of 20 frames capable of being stop-displayed, the BAR pattern "BAR" or the blank A pattern "BKA" is stop-displayed on the effective line L1 on the middle reel R2. , the BAR symbol "BAR" or the blank A symbol "BKA" is stopped and displayed on the activated line L1, so that the winning probability of the one-card combination A is set to 1/4.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing winning symbol combinations of a chance combination, a special small combination A, a special small combination B, a one-card combination U, and a one-card combination V that are duplicated when the winning area ``batting order chance 1B'' to the winning area ``batting order chance 3B'' are won. In the present embodiment, as will be described in more detail later, for the one-card hand U and one-card hand V, a prize is not won when the winning area "batting order chance 2B" and the winning area "batting order chance 3B" are won, but when the winning area "all one hand" that can be won in the bonus state is won. In the following description, the chance hand, the special hand A, and the special hand B will be described in more detail.

As shown in FIG. 21, the winning symbol combination for the chance combination is composed of "BLA-WM(CH)-WM", and is composed of symbols that can be stop-displayed on the effective line L1 regardless of the pressing timings of the stop buttons B1 to B3. The winning symbol combination for the special small role A and the winning symbol combination for the special small role B are the same as in the first embodiment.

2. As described above, in the slot machine 1 of the second embodiment, as winning areas (batting order minor winning modes) in which a minor winning combination may be different depending on the batting order, there are the winning areas ``batting order bell white 1'' to ``batting order bell white 12'', the winning areas ``batting order bell red 1'' to ``batting order bell red 12'', and the winning areas ``batting order chance 1B'' to ``batting order chance 3B''.

<Details of the winning area “Battering order bell white 1” to the winning area “Bating order bell white 12”, the winning area “Bating order bell red 1” to the winning area “Bating order bell red 12”>
First, the winning area "batting order bell white 1" to the winning area "batting order bell white 12" and the winning area "batting order bell red 1" to the winning area "batting order bell red 12" will be described. The slot machine 1 of the second embodiment is configured to change the control contents of the reel stop control by the reel control means 130 in accordance with the game state when winning in the winning area ``batting order bell white 1'' to the winning area ``batting order bell white 12'', and in the winning area ``batting order bell red 1'' to the winning area ``batting order bell red 12'', so that the winable combination is different.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing the wins possible depending on the batting order of the stop button B1 to stop button B3 in the case of winning in the winning area ``batting order bell white 1'' to the winning area ``batting order bell white 12'' and in the winning area ``batting order bell red 1'' to the winning area ``batting order bell red 12'' in the non-RT state. As shown in FIG. 22, in the slot machine 1, in the internal lottery in the non-RT state, when the winning area "Battering order Bell white 1" to the winning area "Bating order Bell white 12" and the winning area "Bating order Bell red 1" to the winning area "Belling order Bell red 12" are won, Bell A to Bell L, which are set to a higher payout (15) than the prescribed number of insertions, do not win regardless of the pressing order of the stop buttons B1 to B3, and a payout less than the prescribed number of insertions (1) is set. 1-card winning combination A to 1-card winning combination T are configured to win with the winning probability shown in FIG.

The details of the winning probabilities of the 1-card combination A to 1-card combination T will be described by taking the case of winning in the winning area “Battering Bell White 1” as an example. As shown in FIG. 18, Bell A, 1-card hand A, 1-card hand D, 1-card hand L, and 1-card hand Q are repeatedly won in the winning area “Battering Order Bell White 1”.

When the winning area "Bell White 1 in the batting order" is won and the stop button B1 to the stop button B3 are pressed in the batting order 1 or the batting order 2, the reel control means 130 executes reel stop control based on the first stop operation of the stop button B1, and stops and displays the bell A symbol "BLA" constituting the winning symbol combination "BLA-BLA-BLA" of the bell A on the activated line L1. As a result, in the slot machine 1, the winning combination in the game is limited to Bell A whose winning symbol combination is 'BLA-BLA-BLA', 1-card combination A whose winning symbol combination is 'BLA-BAR (BKA)-BAR (BKA)', and 1-card combination D whose winning symbol combination is 'BLA-White 7 (BKC)-White 7 (BKC)'.

Next, the reel control means 130 executes number priority control as reel stop control based on the second stop operation of the stop button B2 or the stop button B3. When winning in the winning area ``Battering Order Bell White 1'' and the Bell A symbol ``BLA'' is stop-displayed on the upper stage of the left reel R1 constituting the activated line L1, in the slot machine 1, when the Bell A symbol ``BLA'' is stopped and displayed on the activated line L1 on the middle reel R2 or the right reel R3, there is one symbol combination that can be displayed: BAR symbol ``BAR'', blank A symbol ``BKA'', white 7 symbol ``White 7'', blank C symbol ``. BKC" is stop-displayed on the effective line L1, and since the number of pattern combinations that can be displayed is two, any one of the BAR pattern 'BAR', the blank A pattern 'BKA', the white 7 pattern 'white 7', and the blank C pattern 'BKC' is stop-displayed on the effective line L1 in the reel corresponding to the stop button on which the second stop operation is executed.

As described above, in the slot machine 1 of the second embodiment, the pull-in range in which the BAR symbol "BAR" or the blank A symbol "BKA" can be stopped and displayed on the activated line L1 and the pull-in range in which the white 7 symbol "White 7" or the blank C symbol "BKC" can be stopped and displayed on the activated line L1 are set to non-overlapping ranges, and are set to 10 out of 20 frames.

With such a configuration, in the slot machine 1, when the winning area "Bell White 1" is won, and the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the batting order 1 or 2, when the second stop operation is executed, the winning symbol combination is "BLA-BAR (BKA)-BAR (BKA)", and the winning symbol combination is "BLA-White 7 (B)". KC)-White 7 (BKC)”.

Then, in the slot machine 1, for the third stop operation, the symbols constituting the winning symbol combination of the single winning combination A or single winning combination D, which is limited as a small winning combination in the game, are stopped and displayed on the activated line L1 at the time of the second stopping operation, so that the single winning combination A or the single winning combination D wins, and the symbols within the range of 10 out of 20 frames are displayed on the activated line L1 with respect to the pressing timing of the third stopping operation that enables the winning of the single winning combination A or the single winning combination D. It is the timing displayed rotating in .

With such a configuration, in the slot machine 1, when winning is won in the winning area ``batting order bell white 1'' in the non-RT state and the stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed in the batting order 1 or the batting order 2, a one-card combination A or a single-card combination D is won with a probability of 1/2 according to the pressing timing of the third stop operation, and a pattern combination different from the winning pattern combination of any combination is displayed on the activated line L1 with a probability of 1/2, resulting in a dropout (non-winning).

In addition, in the slot machine 1, in the non-RT state, when the winning area "Bell White 1" in the winning order is won and the stop button B1 to the stop button B3 are pressed in the 3rd or 4th batting order, the stop button B2 is subjected to the first stop operation, the number priority control is executed as the reel stop control, and the bell B symbol "BLB" constituting the winning symbol combination "White 7 (BKA)-BLB-White 7 (BKC)" of the single hand L is placed on the effective line L1. Stop display. As a result, in the slot machine 1, the winable combination in the game is limited to the one-card combination L in which the winning symbol combination is "white 7 (BKA)-BLB-white 7 (BKC)".

As described above, in the slot machine 1, on the left reel R1, the pull-in range in which white 7 symbols "white 7" or blank A symbol "BKA" can be stopped and displayed on the activated line L1 is set to 10 out of 20 frames.

Therefore, in the slot machine 1, at the time of the first stop operation, the small combination L that can be won in the game is limited to the 1-symbol combination L, and the pressing timing of the second stop operation and the pressing timing of the 3rd stop operation that enable the 1-symbol combination L to be won are the timings at which the symbols within the range of 10 out of 20 frames are rotated and displayed on the active line L1. The combination is lost (non-winning) displayed on the activated line L1.

In addition, in the slot machine 1, when winning is won in the winning area "batting order bell white 1" in the non-RT state, and the stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed in the batting order 5 or 6, when the stop button B3 is operated for the first stop, the small combination Q that can be won in the game is limited to the 1-piece combination Q, and the timing of pressing the second stop operation and the timing of pressing the third stop operation that enable the 1-piece combination Q to win a symbol within the range of 10 frames out of 20 frames, respectively. At the timing of rotating and displaying on the effective line L1, the one-card combination Q wins with a probability of 1/4, and the pattern combination different from the winning pattern combination of any combination is displayed on the effective line L1 with a probability of 3/4.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a winning combination that can be won according to the batting order of the stop button B1 to stop button B3 when winning in the winning area ``batting order bell white 1'' to the winning area ``batting order bell white 12'' and in the winning area ``batting order bell red 1'' to the winning area ``batting order bell red 12''. As shown in FIG. 23, in the slot machine 1, in the internal lottery in the bonus establishment state, when the winning area ``Battering order Bell white 1'' to the winning area ``Battering order Bell white 12'' and the winning area ``Battering order Bell red 1'' to the winning area ``Battering order Bell red 12'' are won, the batting order (correct batting order) that enables Bell A to Bell L to win a prize is set in each winning area.

In the slot machine 1, win in the winning area ``Battering order Bell white 1'' to the winning area ``Battering order Bell white 12'', the winning area ``Battering order Bell red 1'' to the winning area ``Battering order Bell red 12'', the hitting order of the stop button B1 to stop button B3 is correct, and the winning area ``Battering order Bell white 1'' to the winning area ``Battering order Bell white 12'', the winning area ``Battering order Bell red 1'' to the winning area ``Battering order Bell red 12''. When the first stop operation is performed at the timing set as the possible pressing timing, one of the winning bells A to L wins.

In addition, in the slot machine 1, winning is made in the winning area ``Battering order Bell white 1'' to the winning area ``Battering order Bell white 12'', the winning area ``Battering order Bell red 1'' to the winning area ``Battering order Bell red 12'', and the winning area ``Battering order Bell white 1'' to the winning area ``Battering order bell white 12'' and the winning area ``Battering order Bell red 1'' to the winning area ``Battering order Bell red 12'' are set as the pressing timings for the first stop. When the operation is executed, when the stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed in a batting order different from the correct batting order (incorrect batting order), and one of the one winning combination A to one winning combination T wins with the winning probability shown in FIG.

FIG. 24 is a diagram for explaining the pressing timings of the stop buttons B1 to B3 that enable winning of the bells A to L set in the winning area ``batting order bell white 1'' to the winning area ``batting order bell white 12'' and the winning area ``batting order bell red 1'' to the winning area ``batting order bell red 12''.

As shown in FIG. 24, in the winning area "Battering order bell white 1" to the winning area "Battering order bell white 12", the pressing timing of the first stop operation when the stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed in the correct hitting order is set as the pressing timing at which the pieces of the stop number 10 to the stop number 19 are rotated and displayed on the effective line L1 as the pressing timing to enable the winning of the bell A to bell F.

For example, the reel control means 130 wins in the winning area "Battering Order Bell White 1" in the bonus establishment state, and the first stop operation is performed on the stop button B1, and when the stop button B1 is pressed at the timing when the blank C symbol "BKC" of the stop number 19 to the blank B symbol "BKB" of the stop number 10 among the symbols arranged on the left reel R1 are rotated and displayed on the activated line L1, the stop button B2 is pressed as the second stop operation. In this case, it is decided to execute the sheet number priority control.

As a result, in the slot machine 1, when winning is made in the winning area ``Bell White 1'' in the bonus establishment state and the pressing timing of the first stop operation is the pressing timing set so that the Bell A can be won, the small combination which can win in the game when the second stop operation is executed is limited to the Bell A.例文帳に追加

On the other hand, the reel control means 130 performs the number-prioritizing control when the winning area "batting order bell white 1" is won in the bonus establishment state, and the first stop operation is performed on the stop button B1, and when the stop button B1 is pressed at the timing when the blank A symbol "BKA" of the stop number 9 to the cherry symbol "CH" of the stop number 0 among the symbols arranged on the left reel R1 are rotated and displayed on the activated line L1, and when the stop button B2 is pressed as the second stop operation. decide to carry out

As a result, in the slot machine 1, when winning is won in the winning area ``Battering order bell white 1'' in a bonus establishment state, and the pressing timing of the first stop operation is the pressing timing set to disable the winning of the bell A, the small combination that can be won in the game is limited to either one of the single combination A or the single combination D depending on the timing of pressing the bell A when the second stop operation is performed.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 24, in the winning area "Battering Order Bell Red 1" to the winning area "Battering Order Bell Red 12", the pressing timing of the first stop operation when the stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed in the correct hitting order is set as the pressing timing at which the frames of stop number 0 to stop number 9 are rotated and displayed on the effective line L1, respectively, as the pressing timing to enable winning of Bell G to Bell L.

For example, the reel control means 130 wins in the winning area "batting order bell red 1" in the bonus establishment state, and the first stop operation is performed on the stop button B1. When the stop button B1 is pressed at the timing when the blank A symbol "BKA" of the stop number 9 to the cherry symbol "CH" of the stop number 0 among the symbols arranged on the left reel R1 are rotated and displayed on the activated line L1, the number priority is given when the stop button B2 is pressed as the second stop operation. Decide to take control.

As a result, in the slot machine 1, when winning is made in the winning area ``Bell Red 1'' in the bonus establishment state, and the pressing timing of the first stop operation is the pressing timing set to allow the winning of the bell G, the bell G is limited to the small combination that can win in the game when the second stopping operation is executed.

On the other hand, when the reel control means 130 wins in the winning area "batting order bell red 1" in the bonus establishment state and the first stop operation is performed on the stop button B1, when the stop button B1 is pressed at the timing when the blank C symbol "BKC" of the stop number 19 to the blank B symbol "BKB" of the stop number 10 among the symbols arranged on the left reel R1 are rotated and displayed on the activated line L1, when the stop button B2 is pressed as the second stop operation. First, it decides to execute the number priority control.

As a result, in the slot machine 1, when winning is made in the winning area ``Bell Red 1'' in the bonus establishment state and the pressing timing of the first stop operation is the pressing timing set to disable the winning of the bell G, the small winning combination in the game is limited to either one of the single winning combination A or the single winning combination D depending on the pressing timing when the second stopping operation is performed.

Here, in the slot machine 1, as shown in FIG. 4, a BAR pattern "BAR" is arranged on the frame of the stop number 4, and a white 7 pattern "WHITE 7" is arranged on the frame of the stop number 14 on the peripheral surface of each of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3. In other words, the left reel R1 to the right reel R3 are configured such that the BAR pattern "BAR" is arranged within the range of the stop number 0 to the stop number 9, and the white 7 pattern "white 7" is arranged within the range of the stop number 10 to the stop number 19.

That is, in the slot machine 1 of the second embodiment, when the gaming state is the bonus establishment state and winning is made in the winning areas ``Battering order Bell white 1'' to the winning area ``Battering order Bell white 12'', Bell A to Bell F can be won by executing the first stop operation at the timing when the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the correct hitting order and the White 7 symbol "White 7" is rotated and displayed on the activated line L1.

In addition, in the slot machine 1, when the game state is a bonus establishment state and winning is made in the winning area ``batting order bell red 1'' to the winning area ``batting order bell red 12'', the first stop operation is executed at the timing when the stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed in the correct hitting order and the BAR pattern ``BAR'' is rotated and displayed on the effective line L1, so that Bell G to Bell L can be won.

As described above, in the slot machine 1 of the second embodiment, the BAR symbol "BAR" and the white 7 symbol "White 7" are configured as symbols with higher visibility than the other symbols. With such a configuration, the effect control means 180 of the second embodiment, when winning in the winning areas "Battering Order Bell White 1" to "Battering Order Bell White 12" in the state where the game state is the bonus establishment state and the production state is the AT state, when executing the winning auxiliary effect for notifying the correct hitting order and the pressing timing of the first stop operation that enables winning of Bell A to Bell F, the stop button for executing the first stop operation in the correct hitting order and the stop button. An image having a design substantially similar to the white 7 symbol "white 7" is displayed on the display device 330 as a first winning auxiliary effect indicator for notifying the pressing timing of . In addition, when the game state is the bonus establishment state and the effect state is the AT state, the effect control means 180 executes the winning assist effect for informing the correct hitting order and the pressing timing of the first stop operation that enables the winning of the correct hitting order and the timing of pressing the first stop operation for enabling the winning of the bell G to the bell L when winning in the winning area "Belling order Bell red 1" to the winning area "Belling order Bell red 12" in the state where the game state is the bonus establishment state and the production state is the AT state. An image having a design substantially similar to the BAR pattern "BAR" is displayed on the display device 330 as an auxiliary effect index.

Here, in the slot machine 1, as shown in FIG. 19, the winning symbol combination of Bell A to Bell L does not include the BAR symbol "BAR" and the white 7 symbol "White 7". However, in the slot machine 1, as shown in FIGS. 18 to 20, in the winning symbol combinations of 1-card combination A to 1-card combination T in which Bell A to Bell L are repeatedly won in the winning area ``Battering order Bell white 1'' to the winning area ``Battering order Bell white 12'', the winning area ``Battering order Bell red 1'' to the winning area ``Battering order Bell red 12'', the BAR symbol ``BAR'' or the White 7 symbol ``White 7'' is used as the symbol of the reel corresponding to the first stop operation in the correct batting order. ” is configured to include Specifically, in the winning area ``batting order bell white 1'', the winning symbol combination of the one-card role L that wins double with bell A is composed of ``white 7 (BKA)-BLB-white 7 (BKC)'', and the white 7 symbol ``white 7'' is included in the winning symbol combination as the symbol of the left reel R1.

Because of this configuration, in the slot machine 1 of the second embodiment, the BAR symbol "BAR" and the white 7 symbol "White 7" are not included in the winning symbol combination of Bell A to Bell L, and in order to notify the pressing timing of the first stop operation that enables the Bell A to Bell L to win a prize in the winning assist effect, the first winning assist effect index consisting of an image having a design substantially similar to the BAR symbol "BAR" or the White 7 symbol "White 7" is set. Although it is configured to be displayed, the BAR symbol "BAR" corresponding to the image displayed by the first winning auxiliary effect indicator as the symbol of the reel for which the execution of the first stop operation is notified by the first winning auxiliary effect indicator in each of the symbols constituting the winning symbol combination of the single winning combination A to single winning combination T in the winning area "batting order bell white 1" to the winning area "batting order bell white 12" and the winning area "batting order bell red 1" to the winning area "batting order bell red 12". Alternatively, since the white 7 pattern ``White 7'' is included, the winning of Bell A to Bell L can be assisted without impairing the fairness of the game although the patterns not included in the winning pattern combination of Bell A to Bell L are displayed.

<Details of winning area “Battering Chance 1B” to winning area “Battering Chance 3B”>
Next, the winning area "batting order chance 1B" to the winning area "batting order chance 3B" will be described. The slot machine 1 of the second embodiment is configured not to change the control contents of the reel stop control by the reel control means 130 when winning in the winning area ``hitting order chance 1B'' to the winning area ``hitting order chance 3B'', regardless of whether the game state is a non-RT state or a bonus established state.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a small combination that is duplicately won when the winning area "batting order chance 1B" to the winning area "batting order chance 3B" are won, and a combination that can be won depending on the batting order of the stop button B1 to stop button B3. As shown in FIG. 25, the winning area ``batting order chance 1B'' to the winning area ``batting order chance 3B'' are configured such that, when the first stop operation is executed, the small winning combination that can be won in the game is limited to either a chance combination, a special small combination A, or a special small combination B. Therefore, the 1-card combination U and 1-card combination V set for a single payout are not won when winning the winning area 'batting order chance 2B' or the winning area 'batting order chance 3B'.

The details of the reel stop control at the time of winning the winning area "batting order chance 1B" to the winning area "batting order chance 3B" will be described using the winning area "batting order chance 1B". In the slot machine 1, when the winning area "batting order chance 1B" is won and the stop button B1 or the stop button B3 is pressed in a non-set batting order in which the stop button B2 or the stop button B3 is operated for the first stop, the number priority control is executed in the reel stop control by the reel control means 130, and the winning symbol combination "BLA-WM(CH)-WM" of the chance combination set to 15 payouts, which is larger than the special small win A and the special small win B set to one payout. is stop-displayed on the effective line L1, and even when the second stop operation is executed, the symbols constituting the winning pattern combination of the chance combination are stop-displayed on the effective line L1 to win the chance combination.

In the slot machine 1, when the winning area "chance 1B of batting order" is won and the stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed in the set batting order in which the stop button B1 is operated for the first stop, the bell A symbol "BLA" is stop-displayed on the activated line L1, thereby making it possible to display one symbol combination of the winning symbol combination "BLA-WM-WM" of the chance combination on the activated line L1, and the watermelon symbol "WM" is stopped-displayed on the activated line L1. By doing so, it is possible to display two symbol combinations of special small role A winning symbol combination 'WM-ANY-RP' and special small role B winning symbol combination 'WM-RP-ANY' on activated line L1.

Therefore, in the slot machine 1, the number priority control is executed in the reel stop control by the reel control means 130, the watermelon pattern 'WM' is stop-displayed on the upper stage of the left reel R1, and the small wins that can be won in the game are limited to the special small win A and the special small win B.

When the winning area "batting order chance 1B" is won and the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the set batting order of batting order 1 and batting order 2, the slot machine 1 executes reel stop control in which the watermelon symbol "WM" is stop-displayed on the upper row of the left reel R1, the replay symbol "RP" is stop-displayed on the middle reel R2 and the bottom row of the right reel R3, and the symbol combination "WM-RP-RP" is stop-displayed on the activated line L1. be done. As described above, the winning symbol combination of the special minor role A is ``WM-ANY-RP'', and since the winning symbol combination is composed of arbitrary symbols (ANY) among all the symbols arranged on the middle reel R2, the replay symbol ``RP'' is also included in one of the arbitrary symbols. Further, the winning symbol combination of the special minor role B is ``WM-RP-ANY'', and since the winning symbol combination is composed of arbitrary symbols (ANY) among all the symbols arranged on the right reel R3, the replay symbol ``RP'' is also included in one of the arbitrary symbols, so that the ``WM-RP-RP'' displayed on the activated line L1 also constitutes the winning symbol combination of the special minor role B.

That is, the symbol combination 'WM-RP-RP' stopped and displayed on the activated line L1 is a symbol combination that satisfies either the winning symbol combination of the special small role A or the winning symbol combination of the special small role B. As a result, in the slot machine 1, the symbol combination 'WM-RP-RP' is stopped and displayed on the effective line L1, so that the two small special prizes A and B are won in duplicate (duplicate prize).

3. Prize Winning Assistance when Winning of Small Winning Mode in Batting Order Next, in the slot machine 1 of the second embodiment, the prize winning assisting control executed by the AT control means 200 when winning the batting order winning mode in the internal lottery in the bonus establishment state will be described. FIG. 26 shows the display mode of the main control display device 500, which is displayed by the winning assist control executed by the AT control means 200 when the winning area "Battering order bell white 1" to the winning area "Bating order bell white 12" and the winning area "Bating order bell red 1" to the winning area "Bating order bell red 12" are won in the internal lottery in the bonus establishment state, and when the winning area "Bating order chance 1B" to the winning area "Bating order chance 3B" are won in the internal lottery in the non-RT state and the bonus establishment state. It is a figure explaining about.

As shown in FIG. 26, the AT control means 200 puts Bell A to Bell L in the internal lottery in the bonus establishment state, when the winning area "Battering order Bell White 1" to the winning area "Bating order Bell White 12" and the winning area "Bating order Bell Red 1" to the winning area "Battering order Bell red 12" are won and the production state is AT state, and when the winning area "Battering order chance 1B" to the winning area "Battering order chance 3B" are won and the production state is AT state. The main control display device 500 is used to display a correct hitting order that enables a prize and a non-set hitting order that enables a chance winning combination.

The display mode "01" to the display mode "06" are display modes for informing that the first stop operation is to be executed at the timing when the patterns of the stop number 10 to the stop number 19 including the drawing range of the white 7 pattern "white 7" are rotated and displayed on the effective line L1. Display mode '01' indicates that the correct batting order is 1, display mode '02' indicates that the correct batting order is 2, display mode '03' indicates that the correct batting order is 3, display mode '04' indicates that the correct batting order is 4, display mode '05' indicates that the correct batting order is 5, and display mode '06' indicates that the correct batting order is. is the 6th batting order.

The display mode "07" to the display mode "12" are display modes for informing that the first stop operation is to be executed at the timing when the symbols of the stop number 0 to the stop number 9 that include the pull-in range of the BAR symbol "BAR" are rotated and displayed on the activated line L1. Display mode '07' indicates that the correct batting order is 1, display mode '08' indicates that the correct batting order is 2, display mode '09' indicates that the correct batting order is 3, display mode '10' indicates that the correct batting order is 4, display mode '11' indicates that the correct batting order is 5, and display mode '12' indicates that the correct batting order is. is the 6th batting order.

The display modes "13" to "15" are display modes for notifying that the operation mode is advantageous to the player because it is possible to win a small combination that assists the winning regardless of the pressing timing of the first stop operation, and the number of payouts when winning is the largest. The display mode "13" informs that the non-set batting order is the batting order 1 and the batting order 2, the display mode "14" informs that the non-set batting order is the batting order 3 and the batting order 4, and the display mode "15" informs that the non-set batting order is the batting order 5 and the batting order 6.

An AT control means 200 executes winning assistance for displaying a display mode associated with each winning area on a main control display device 500 when a winning area ``batting order bell white 1'' to a winning area ``batting order bell white 12'' and a winning area ``batting order bell red 1'' to a winning area ``batting order bell red 12'' are won in an internal lottery in a bonus establishment state and the performance state is AT state. Further, the AT control means 200 determines by lottery to display one of the two display modes associated with each winning area on the main control display device 500 when the winning area ``batting order chance 1B'' to the winning area ``batting order chance 3B'' are won in the internal lottery and the performance state is the AT state, and executes winning assistance to display the determined display mode on the main control display device 500.例文帳に追加

Further, as shown in FIG. 26, the display mode "01" to the display mode "12" are configured to be displayed on the main control display device 500 even in the prize winning assistance at the time of winning the winning area "batting order chance 1B" to the winning area "batting order chance 3B".

An AT control means 200 executes winning assistance for displaying, on a main control display device 500, a display mode for notifying a set batting order in which a special minor winning combination A and a special minor winning combination B are duplicated won as an operation mode advantageous to a player because the number of winning small winning combinations increases when a winning area ``batting order chance 1B'' to a winning area ``batting order chance 3B'' is won and the performance state is normal. An AT control means 200 determines by lottery that one of four display modes associated with each winning area is displayed on a main control display device 500 when a winning area 'batting order chance 1B' to a winning area 'batting order chance 3B' is won in an internal lottery, and the performance state is normal, and executes winning assistance to display the determined display mode on the main control display device 500.例文帳に追加

In this way, the AT control means 200 of the second embodiment can notify the pressing timing of the first stop operation that enables winning of the correct batting order and bell A to bell L by the display of the main control display device 500 when the winning area "batting order bell white 1" to the winning area "batting order bell white 12" and the winning area "batting order bell red 1" to the winning area "batting order bell red 12" are displayed, and the winning area "batting order chance 1B" to the winning area "batting order chance 3B". , the set batting order and the non-set batting order can be notified by the display on the main control display device 500.例文帳に追加Further, in the slot machine 1, the display mode of the main control display device 500 for informing the correct hitting order includes the display mode "01" to the display mode "12", and the display mode of the main control display device 500 for informing the set hitting order includes the display mode "01" to the display mode "12", which is the same display mode as the display mode displayed on the main control display device 500 in informing the correct hitting order.

With such a configuration, the slot machine 1 of the second embodiment displays the same display mode "01" to display mode "12" in the case of winning in the winning area "Battering order bell white 1" to the winning area "Bating order bell white 12" and the winning area "Bating order bell red 1" to the winning area "Bating order bell red 12" and informing the correct batting order, and in the case of winning in the winning area "Battering order chance 1B" to the winning area "Battering order chance 3B" and informing the set batting order. Since it can be displayed on the device 500, when the display modes "01" to "12" are displayed, the winning area "Bating order bell white 1" to the winning area "Bating order bell white 12", the winning area "Bating order bell red 1" to the winning area "Bating order bell red 12", the winning area "Bating order chance 1B" to the winning area "Bating order chance 3B" cannot be determined by the player, depending on the display content of the main control display device 500 notified as an auxiliary game. It is possible to prevent the result of the internal lottery from being discriminated by the player.

This winning area "batting order bell white 1" -winning area "batting order bell white 12", winning area "batting order bell red 1" -winning area "batting order bell red 12" is composed of the first winning form in the second embodiment, and the winning area "batting order Chance 1b" to the winning area "batting order Chance 3b" is the second election of the second embodiment. , Bell A to Bell L, which is set for 15 dividends as the first dividend, consists of a small role in the first dividend in the second embodiment, and the role A to 1 role set in one dividend as the second dividend forms a small role in the second dividend in the second embodiment, and is set as one dividend as the third dividend. The special small roles A and the special small roles B compose a small role in the third dividend in the second embodiment, and the role of 15 dividends as the fourth dividend will be a small role in the fourth dividend in the second embodiment.

<Regarding the symbols displayed on the active line>
As shown in FIGS. 19 and 21, for the winning symbol combinations of Bell A, Bell B, Bell G and Bell H, the symbols on the left reel R1 are all composed of the Bell A symbol "BLA", and the symbols on the left reel R1 are all composed of the watermelon symbol "WM" different from the Bell A symbol "BLA" for the special winning symbol combinations A and B.

With such a configuration, the slot machine 1 of the second embodiment has a winning area "Battering Order Bell White 1" and a winning area "Battering Order Bell White 1" in which batting order 1 and batting order 2 are set as the correct batting order to enable winning of bell A, bell B, bell G, and bell H with respect to the symbols on the left reel R1 in which an arbitrary symbol "ANY" is not set among the winning symbol combinations of the special small winning combination A and the special small winning combination B configured to enable winning regardless of the pressing timing of the stop buttons B1 to B3. "Battering Order Bell White 2", winning area "Battering Order Bell White 7", winning area "Battering Order Bell White 8", winning area "Battering Order Bell Red 1", winning area "Battering Order Bell Red 2", winning area "Battering Order Bell Red 7", and winning area "Battering Order Bell Red 8", when Bell A, Bell B, Bell G, and Bell H win prizes, a watermelon symbol "WM", which is different from the Bell A symbol "BLA", is displayed stopped at the top of the left reel R1 and arranged at intervals of 4 frames or less. By using it, it is possible to easily design the winning symbol combination of the special small winning combination A and the special small winning combination B.

The winning area "batting order bell white 1", the winning area "batting order bell white 2", the winning area "batting order bell white 7", the winning area "batting order bell white 8", the winning area "batting order bell red 1", the winning area "batting order bell red 2", the winning area "batting order bell red 7", and the winning area "batting order bell red 8" constitute the first specific winning mode in the second embodiment. Bell A, Bell B, Bell G, and Bell H, which constitute the second specific winning mode in the embodiment and are set to a payout of 15 coins as the first payout, constitute the specific small winning combination of the first payout in the second embodiment, 1-card wins A to T set to a payout of 1 card as the second payout constitute small wins of the second payout in the second embodiment, and special small wins A and B set to a payout of 1 card as the third payout are the second payouts. The chance combination set to 15 coins as the fourth payout constitutes the small combination of the third payout in the embodiment, the left reel R1 constitutes the specific reel in the second embodiment, the stop button B1 constitutes the specific stop button in the second embodiment, the batting order 1 and the batting order 2 in which the stop button B1 is first pressed constitutes the specific correct batting order in the second embodiment, and the stop button B2 or the stop button The batting order 3 to batting order 6 in which B3 is pressed first constitutes the specific incorrect batting order in the first embodiment, the normal state in which the set batting order is reported constitutes the first state, the AT state in which the correct batting order and non-set batting order are reported constitutes the second state in the second embodiment, the bell A symbol "BLA" constitutes the first symbol in the second embodiment, and the watermelon symbol "WM" constitutes the second symbol in the second embodiment. Configure.

4. Relations between Winning Probabilities of Minor Hands in Each Game State
Next, in the slot machine 1 of the second embodiment, a detailed description will be given of the relationship between the probability of winning a minor combination in the gaming state (non-bonus state) in which the bonus in the non-RT state and the bonus establishment state is not activated and the probability of winning a minor combination in the bonus state.

As shown in FIG. 18, in the internal lottery table C, a random number is associated with a winning area "all small wins" in which all small wins of Bell A to Bell L, a chance combination, a special small combination A, a special small combination B, a single combination A to a single combination V, and a rare combination B are repeatedly won, and a winning area "all single combination" in which small combinations with payouts set to be 1, excluding the special small combination A and special small combination B of the single combination A to V, are repeatedly won.

A non-bonus state and a bonus state will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 18, 22 and 23. FIG. In the slot machine 1 of the second embodiment, in the bonus state where the internal lottery table C is selected, the winning probability of the winning area "all small hands" is 3441/65536 (about 1/19.0), and the winning probability of the winning area "all single hands" is 53118/65536 (about 1/1.2). 36 (about 1/1.2).

Further, in the slot machine 1, the probability of winning any of the winning areas including the minor combination in the internal lottery tables selected in the non-bonus state, that is, the internal lottery table A and the internal lottery table B is 56554/65536 (approximately 1/1.2).

Therefore, the slot machine 1 of the second embodiment is configured such that the probability of winning a minor combination in the bonus state is higher than the probability of winning a minor combination in the non-bonus state.

Further, in the bonus state, since the one-card combination A to one-card combination V are included in both the winning area "all small combination" and the winning area "all single-card combination", the winning probability of each of the one-card combination A to one-card combination V is 56559/65536 (approximately 1/1.2). Therefore, the winning probability of each of the one-card combinations A to V in the bonus state is higher than the winning probability of each of the one-card combinations A to V in the non-bonus state.

In addition, in the bonus state, Bell A to Bell L, chance role, special minor role A, special minor role B, and rare role B are included in the winning area "all minor roles", and the winning probability of Bell A to Bell L, chance role, special minor role A, special minor role B, and rare role B is 3441/65536 (approximately 1/19.0).

In the slot machine 1 of the second embodiment, in the non-bonus state, Bell A is included in the winning area ``Battering order Bell white 1'' and the winning area ``Battering order Bell white 7'', so the winning probability of Bell A is 3440/65536 (approximately 1/19.1), and the winning probability of Bell A is higher in the bonus state than in the non-bonus state. Further, the slot machine 1 is configured so that the winning probability in the bonus state is higher than the winning probability in the non-bonus state for Bell B to Bell L, which have the same winning probability in the non-bonus state as Bell A.

In addition, in the slot machine 1, the chance hand, the special small hand A, and the special small hand B are included in the winning area "batting order chance 1B" to the winning area "batting order chance 3B" in the non-bonus state. are also configured so that the winning probability in the bonus state is higher.

In the slot machine 1, since the rare role B is included in the winning area "rare role 2" in the non-bonus state, the winning probability of the rare role B is 600/65536 (approximately 1/109.2), and the winning probability of the rare role B is configured so that the winning probability in the bonus state is higher than the winning probability in the non-bonus state.

In other words, in the slot machine 1 of the second embodiment, the winning probabilities of all the minor wins in the bonus state are higher than the winning probabilities of all the minor wins in the non-bonus state.

Further, in the slot machine 1 of the second embodiment, the probability of winning any one of Bell A to Bell L set for the 15 payouts in the non-bonus state, that is, the total winning probability of each of Bell A to Bell L is 41280/65536 (approximately 1/1.6), which is the sum of the winning probabilities of the winning area “Battering order Bell White 1” to the winning area “Bating order Bell White 12” and the winning area “Bating order Bell Red 1” to the winning area “Battering order Bell Red 12”. , which is higher than the probability of winning any one of Bell A to Bell L in the bonus state, that is, 3441/65536 (approximately 1/19.0), which is the probability of winning the winning area "all small wins".

As described above, the slot machine 1 of the second embodiment has a plurality of types of first winning modes (winning area “Battering order Bell white 1” to winning area “Bating order Bell white 12”, winning area “Bating order Bell red 1” to winning area “Battering order Bell red 12” in which a plurality of types of first small wins (Bell A to Bell L) set to payouts larger than the number of inserted game values required at the start of a game do not overlap with each other and overlap with a second small win different from the first small win. ) and a third winning mode (winning area ``all minor winnings'') in which a plurality of types of first minor wins are won in duplicate, and an internal lottery means 120 is configured to perform an internal lottery so that a plurality of types of first winning modes exist in a normal game state (non-RT state) and a bonus establishment state, and to perform an internal lottery so that a third winning mode exists in a bonus state. Further, in the slot machine 1, the probability of winning the third winning mode in the internal lottery in the bonus state is lower than the probability of winning one of a plurality of types of the first winning mode in the internal lottery in the normal game state and the bonus establishment state, and the winning probability of all the minor wins in the internal lottery in the bonus state is higher than the winning probability of all the minor wins in the internal lottery in the normal game state and the bonus established state.

Therefore, in the slot machine 1 of the second embodiment, the expected value of the medal acquisition rate is less than 100% in the bonus state.

Here, in the state where the bonus is established, Bell A to Bell L cannot win unless the stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed in the correct hitting order and the first stop operation is performed at the pressing timing at which the winning Bell A to Bell L can win a prize when the winning area "Bating order Bell White 1" to the winning area "Bating order Bell White 12" and the winning area "Bating order Bell Red 1" to the winning area "Batting order Bell Red 12" are won. The probability of doing so is limited to when the stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed in the correct batting order from the six types of batting order, and the first stop operation is executed at the timing when the appropriate 10 frames out of 20 frames are displayed rotating on the active line L1. The probability of winning is set to 1/12.

On the other hand, when the AT game in which the winning assistance is executed by the AT control means 200 is executed, when the winning area "Battering order Bell white 1" to the winning area "Bating order Bell white 12" and the winning area "Bating order Bell red 1" to the winning area "Bating order Bell red 12" are won, the correct hitting order and the timing of pressing the first stop operation that can win the winning Bell A to Bell L are notified, so that Bell A to Bell L can be won reliably. The probability that one of them will win a prize can be increased up to 12 times as much as the case where the prize winning assistance is not executed.

As described above, in the second embodiment, 12 types of Bell A to Bell L are set as the winning combination (specific combination) that pays out more medals than the prescribed number of inserted medals to be won when the stop operation is performed in the correct batting order. Then, the probability of obtaining a winning mode including a specific combination in the bonus state is compressed to about 1/12 of the probability of obtaining a winning mode including a specific combination in a game state other than the bonus state.

Further, as described above, in the slot machine 1, the winning probability is set to 3438/65536 (approximately 1/19.1), which is lower than that of Bell A to Bell L, for the chance combination included in the winning area "Battering order chance 1B" to the winning area "Battering order chance 3B" and set to the same payout of 15 coins as Bell A to Bell L.

With this configuration, in the slot machine 1, the winning area ``batting order chance 1B'' to winning area ``batting order chance 3B'' is won in the internal lottery in the non-bonus state for the chance combination set to pay out 15 coins, which is the same as bell A to bell L and is larger than the prescribed number of insertions (three). Since the probability of winning is lower than the small winning combination of 15 dividends that can be won when the stop button B1 to the stop button B3 are pressed at the timing of pressing the bells A to L to enable winning, there is no influence when designing the winning probability of the winning area ``all minor winning combinations'' in the bonus state.

With such a configuration, when the slot machine 1 of the second embodiment compresses the probability of obtaining a winning probability including a specific combination in the bonus state, by compressing the winning area "batting order bell white 1" to the winning area "batting order bell white 12" and the winning area "batting order bell red 1" to the winning area "batting order bell red 12", the chance combinations included in the winning area "batting order chance 1B" to the winning area "batting order chance 3B" can also be compressed. Since the medal acquisition performance related to AT games can be designed after lowering the lower limit to less than 100%, the degree of freedom in designing the slot machine 1 having the AT function can be dramatically improved.

Bell A to Bell L make up the first small winning combination in the second embodiment, the winning area "Batting order Bell White 1" to the winning area "Bating order Bell White 12" and the winning area "Bating order Bell Red 1" to the winning area "Bating order Bell Red 12" make up the first winning mode in the second embodiment, 1-piece combination A to 1-piece combination T make up the second small combination in the second embodiment, and special small combination A and special small combination B are in the second embodiment. A third minor combination is won in a winning area ``batting order chance 1B'' to a winning area ``batting order chance 3B'', a prize is won by pressing a stop button B1 to a stop button B3 in a non-set batting order, and a chance combination set to 15 payouts different from Bell A to Bell L constitutes a fourth minor combination in the second embodiment.

5. Summary of the Second Embodiment As described above, the slot machine 1 according to the second embodiment has the same display modes "01" to "01" to "01" in the case of winning in the winning area "Battering order bell white 1" to the winning area "Battering order bell white 12" and the winning area "Battering order bell red 1" to the winning area "Battering order bell red 12" and notifying the correct batting order, and the case of winning in the winning area "Battering order chance 1B" to the winning area "Battering order chance 3B" and notifying the set batting order. 12” can be displayed on the main control display device 500, when the display mode “01” to display mode “12” are displayed, the winning area “Bating order bell white 1” to the winning area “Bating order bell white 12”, the winning area “Bating order bell red 1” to the winning area “Bating order bell red 12”, the winning area “Bating order chance 1B” to the winning area “Bating order chance 3B” are announced as auxiliary games because the player cannot determine which one has won. It is possible to prevent the player from judging the result of the internal lottery by the display contents of 500.例文帳に追加

Further, in the slot machine 1 of the second embodiment, when compressing the probability of obtaining a winning probability including a specific combination in the bonus state, Bell A to Bell L are set to payouts of 15 coins included in the winning area "Battering order Bell White 1" to winning area "Bating order Bell White 12", the winning area "Bating order Bell Red 1" to winning area "Bating order Bell Red 12", and 15 payouts are set to be included in the winning areas "Battering order chance 1B" to winning area "Bating order chance 3B". Since the winning probability of each of Bell A to Bell L is higher than the winning probability of the chance combination, by compressing the winning area ``Battering order Bell White 1'' to the winning area ``Battering order Bell White 12'' and the winning area ``Battering order Bell Red 1'' to the winning area ``Battering order Bell Red 12'', the chance roles included in the winning area ``Battering order chance 1B'' to the winning area ``Battering order chance 3B'' can also be compressed. Since the medal acquisition performance related to the AT game can be designed after lowering the lower limit of the acquisition rate to less than 100%, the degree of freedom in designing the slot machine 1 having the AT function can be dramatically improved.

In addition, the slot machine 1 of the second embodiment has a winning area "Battering order bell white 1" in which batting order 1 and batting order 2 are set as the correct batting order for enabling winning of bell A, bell B, bell G, and bell H with respect to the symbols on the left reel R1 in which an arbitrary symbol "ANY" is not set among the winning symbol combinations of the special small winning combination A and the special small winning combination B configured to enable winning regardless of the pressing timing of the stop buttons B1 to B3, and the winning area "batting order bell white 1". White 2", winning area "batting order bell white 7", winning area "batting order bell white 8", winning area "batting order bell red 1", winning area "batting order bell red 2", winning area "batting order bell red 7", and winning area "batting order bell red 8". , a special small winning combination A and a special small winning combination B can be easily designed.

[Third embodiment]
Next, a slot machine 1 according to a third embodiment, which is a partially modified version of the third embodiment, will be described. The slot machine 1 of the third embodiment has, as a first winning mode, a winning area "Battering order bell white 3" to a winning area "batting order bell white 6", a winning area "Bating order bell white 9" to a winning area "Bating order bell white 12", a winning area "Bating order bell red 3" to a winning area "Bating order bell red 6", a winning area "Bating order bell red 9" to a winning area "Bating order bell red 12", and a second winning mode "Battering order chance 1C" to a winning area "Bating order bell red". Chance 4C" is provided, and the configuration relating to the batting order minor combination winning mode is different from that of the second embodiment. Other configurations are the same as those of the second embodiment, including the arrangement of symbols on the left reel R1 to the right reel R3. In addition, in the following description, the first winning mode is collectively referred to as "first winning mode".

1. Configuration of Gaming Machine According to Third Embodiment Details of each configuration of the slot machine 1 according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 27 to 29. FIG.

<Winning area for internal lottery>
FIG. 27 is a diagram showing winning areas to be subjected to internal lottery in the slot machine 1 of the third embodiment, winning numbers and winning combinations associated with each winning area, and lottery value numbers associated with each winning area in each game state.

As shown in FIG. 27, in the slot machine 1 of the third embodiment, the winning areas targeted for the internal lottery include the winning area "all small wins", the winning area "all single wins", the winning area "normal replay 1", the winning area "normal replay 2", the winning area "rare replay 1", the winning area "rare replay 2", the winning area "rare winning 2", the winning area "batting order bell white 3" to the winning area "batting order bell white 6", the winning area "batting order bell white 9" to the winning area ". ``batting order bell white 12'', winning area ``batting order bell red 3'' to winning area ``batting order bell red 6'', winning area ``batting order bell red 9'' to winning area ``batting order bell red 12'', winning area ``batting order chance 1C'' to winning area ``batting order chance 4C'', winning area ``RBB & single hand'', and winning area ``RBB'', and winning numbers 1 to 29 are associated with each other. In addition, in the slot machine 1, winning number 0 is associated with non-winning (losing) as a result of the internal lottery.

The internal lottery means 120 determines the success or failure of each winning area in the order from the winning area associated with the winning number 29 to the non-winning area associated with the winning number 0 in the random number determination process.

The slot machine 1 of the third embodiment has Bell C to Bell F, Bell I to Bell L, Chance combination, Single combination A to Single combination V, Rare combination B, Special small combination A, and Special combination B as small combinations that can be won in the internal lottery, and has Replay A, Replay B, Rare replay A, and Rare replay B as replays that can be won in the internal lottery. Each small winning combination and each replay are associated with each winning area in a combination shown in FIG. Further, as shown in FIG. 27, in the slot machine 1, a winning area "RBB & 1 win" is set as a winning area including bonuses and minor wins.

In the third embodiment, the first winning mode is configured as a winning area in which small wins that can be won are different depending on the game state in the winning game and the operation mode of the stop buttons B1 to B3. Also, the winning area ``batting order chance 1C'' to the winning area ``batting order chance 4C'' are configured as winning areas with different small wins that can be won depending on the operation mode of the stop button B1 to stop button B3. The details of the first winning mode and the winning area "batting order chance 1C" to winning area "batting order chance 4C" will be described later.

A rare combination B which is a small combination included in the winning area ``rare combination 2'' is won when the pressing timing of the stop button B2 is the timing at which the rare combination B can be won, and when the timing of pressing the stop button B2 is the timing at which the rare combination B cannot be won, the symbol combination different from the winning combination of any combination is stop-displayed on the effective line L1, resulting in a dropout (non-winning).

<Dividend for small winnings>
In the third embodiment, the payout for Bell C to Bell F, Bell I to Bell L, and Chance combination is set to a payout number (15 coins) that is larger than the prescribed number of insertions (3 coins). Also, the payout for the rare combination B is set to the same number of payouts (three) as the prescribed number of inputs. Also, the payouts for the 1-card combination A to 1-card combination V, the special small combination A, and the special small combination B are set to a payout number (1) which is smaller than the specified number of insertions.

<Combination of winning designs for small roles>
In the third embodiment, the winning symbol combinations of Bell C to Bell F, Bell I to Bell L, 1-card combination A to 1-card combination V, rare combination B, chance combination, special small combination A, and special small combination B are the same as in the second embodiment.

2. As described above, in the slot machine 1 of the third embodiment, in the slot machine 1 of the third embodiment, the winning areas (small win winning modes in the batting order) that may have different wins depending on the batting order are: the winning area "batting order bell white 3" to the winning area "batting order bell white 6", the winning area "batting order bell white 9" to the winning area "batting order bell white 12", the winning area "batting order bell red 3" to the winning area "batting order bell red 6", and the winning area "batting order bell red 9". ” to the winning area “Battering order bell red 12”, and the winning area “Battering order chance 1C” to the winning area “Bating order chance 4C”.

The reel stop control by the reel control means 130 when winning the first winning mode is the same as in the second embodiment. The slot machine 1 of the third embodiment does not have the winning area "batting order bell white 1", the winning area "batting order bell white 2", the winning area "batting order bell white 7", the winning area "batting order bell white 8", the winning area "batting order bell red 1", the winning area "batting order bell red 2", the winning area "batting order bell red 7", and the winning area "batting order bell red 8". It has a configuration that does not have a set winning mode.

<Details of winning area “Battering Chance 1C” to winning area “Battering Chance 4C”>
Next, the winning area "batting order chance 1C" to the winning area "batting order chance 4C" will be described. The slot machine 1 of the third embodiment is configured not to change the control contents of the reel stop control by the reel control means 130 when the winning area ``hitting order chance 1C'' to the winning area ``hitting order chance 4C'' are won, regardless of whether the game state is a non-RT state or a bonus established state.

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing a small combination that is duplicately won when the winning area "batting order chance 1C" to the winning area "batting order chance 4C" are won, and a combination that can be won depending on the batting order of the stop button B1 to stop button B3. As shown in FIG. 28, the winning area ``batting order chance 1C'' to the winning area ``batting order chance 4C'' are configured such that, when the first stop operation is executed, the small winning combination that can be won in the game is limited to either a chance combination, a special small combination A, or a special small combination B. Therefore, the 1-card combination U and 1-card combination V set for the payout of 1 card do not win when the winning area ``batting order chance 2C'' to the winning area ``batting order chance 4C'' are won.

The details of the reel stop control at the time of winning the winning area "batting order chance 1C" to the winning area "batting order chance 4C" will be described using the winning area "batting order chance 1C". In the slot machine 1, when the winning area "batting order chance 1C" is won and the stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed in a non-set batting order in which the stop button B1 is operated to the first stop, the number priority control is executed in the reel stop control by the reel control means 130, and the winning symbol combination "BLA-WM(CH)-WM" of the chance combination set to 15 payouts, which is more than the special small win A set to one payout and the special small win B set to 1 payout. Even when the patterns are stop-displayed on the effective line L1 and the second stop operation is executed, the patterns constituting the winning pattern combination of the chance combination are stop-displayed on the effective line L1 to win the chance combination.

Further, in the slot machine 1, when the winning area ``batting order chance 1C'' is won and the stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed in the set batting order in which the stop button B2 is operated for the first stop, the watermelon pattern ``WM'' is stop-displayed on the effective line L1 so that one pattern combination of the winning pattern combination ``BLA-WM-WM'' of the chance combination can be displayed on the effective line L1, and the cherry pattern ``CH'' is stop-displayed on the effective line L1. Thus, one pattern combination of the winning pattern combination ``BLA-CH-WM'' of the chance role can be displayed on the effective line L1, and two pattern combinations of the winning pattern combination ``WM-ANY-RP'' of the special small role A and the winning pattern combination ``WM-RP-ANY'' of the special small role B can be displayed on the effective line L1 by stop-displaying the replay pattern ``RP'' on the effective line L1.

Therefore, in the slot machine 1, the number priority control is executed in the reel stop control by the reel control means 130, the replay pattern "RP" is stop-displayed in the middle stage of the middle reel R2, and the small wins that can be won in the game are limited to the special small win A and the special small win B.

In addition, in the slot machine 1, when the winning area "batting order chance 1C" is won and the stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed in the set batting order in which the stop button B3 is operated for the first stop, the watermelon symbol "WM" is stopped and displayed on the activated line L1, thereby making it possible to display two symbol combinations "BLA-WM-WM" and "BLM-CH-WM" as chance combination winning symbols on the activated line L1. RP" is stopped and displayed on the effective line L1, it becomes possible to display two symbol combinations of the special small winning combination A winning symbol combination 'WM-ANY-RP' and the special small winning combination B winning symbol combination 'WM-RP-ANY' on the valid line L1.

Since the number of winning symbol combinations that can be displayed on the activated line L1 is the same when the watermelon symbol "WM" and the replay symbol "RP" are stopped and displayed on the upper stage of the right reel R3, the reel control means 130 cannot give priority to the watermelon symbol "WM" and the replay symbol "RP" by number priority control. It is decided to stop display the symbol "RP" on the activated line L1.

By executing such reel stop control, in the slot machine 1, when winning is won in the winning area ``batting order chance 1C'' and the first stop operation is performed on the stop button B3, the replay pattern 'RP' is stop-displayed in the middle stage of the right reel R3, and the small wins that can be won in the game are limited to the special small win A and the special small win B.例文帳に追加

When the winning area "batting order chance 1C" is won and the stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed in the set batting order of batting order 3 to batting order 6, the slot machine 1 executes reel stop control in which the watermelon symbol "WM" is stop-displayed on the upper row of the left reel R1, the replay symbol "RP" is stop-displayed on the middle reel R2 and the bottom row of the right reel R3, and the symbol combination "WM-RP-RP" is stop-displayed on the activated line L1. As a result, the two small wins of the special small win A and the special small win B are won in duplicate (duplicate win).

3. Prize Winning Assistance when Winning in Small Winning Mode in Batting Order Next, in the slot machine 1 of the third embodiment, the winning assisting control executed by the AT control means 200 when winning in the winning mode in batting order in the internal lottery in the bonus establishment state will be described. FIG. 29 is a diagram for explaining the display mode of the main control display device 500 that is displayed by the prize winning assist control executed by the AT control means 200 when the first winning mode is won in the internal lottery in the bonus established state, and when the winning area "batting order chance 1C" to the winning area "batting order chance 4C" are won in the internal lottery in the non-RT state and bonus established state.

As shown in FIG. 29, when the first winning mode is won in the internal lottery in the bonus establishment state and the production state is AT state, when the winning area "batting order chance 1C" to winning area "batting order chance 4C" is won and the production state is AT state, the main control display unit 200 notifies the correct hitting order that enables Bell C to Bell F and Bell I to Bell L, and the non-set hitting order that enables the chance combination to be won. 500.

The display mode "03" to the display mode "06" are display modes for informing that the first stop operation is to be executed at the timing when the patterns of the stop number 10 to the stop number 19 including the drawing range of the white 7 pattern "white 7" are rotated and displayed on the activated line L1. The display mode '03' reports that the correct batting order is 3, the display mode '04' reports that the correct batting order is 4, the display mode '05' reports that the correct batting order is 5, and the display mode '06' reports that the correct batting order is 6.

The display mode "09" to the display mode "12" are display modes for informing that the first stop operation is to be executed at the timing when the symbols of the stop number 0 to the stop number 9 that include the pull-in range of the BAR symbol "BAR" are rotated and displayed on the activated line L1. The display mode '09' reports that the correct batting order is 3, the display mode '10' reports that the correct batting order is 4, the display mode '11' reports that the correct batting order is 5, and the display mode '12' reports that the correct batting order is 6.

The display mode '13' is a display mode for notifying that the operation mode is advantageous to the player because it is possible to win a small combination that assists the winning regardless of the pressing timing of the first stop operation, and the number of payouts at the time of winning is the largest. The display mode "13" informs that the non-set batting order is batting order 1 and batting order 2.

An AT control means 200 executes winning assistance for displaying a display mode associated with each winning area on a main control display device 500 when a first winning mode is won in an internal lottery in a bonus establishment state and the performance state is AT state. In addition, the AT control means 200 executes prize winning assistance displayed on the main control display device 500 associated with each winning area when the winning area ``batting order chance 1C'' to the winning area ``batting order chance 4C'' are won in the internal lottery and the performance state is AT state.

Further, as shown in FIG. 29, the display mode "03" to display mode "06" and the display mode "09" to display mode "12" are configured to be displayed on the main control display device 500 even in the prize winning assistance when the winning area "batting order chance 1C" to the winning area "batting order chance 4C" are won.

An AT control means 200 executes prize winning assistance for displaying, on a main control display device 500, a display mode for notifying a set batting order in which a special minor winning combination A and a special minor winning combination B are awarded redundantly as an operation mode advantageous to a player because the number of winning small winning combinations increases when winning areas ``batting order chance 1C'' to winning area ``batting order chance 4C'' are won and the performance state is normal. An AT control means 200 determines by a lottery that any one of three display modes associated with each winning area is displayed on a main control display device 500 when a winning area 'batting order chance 1C' to a winning area 'batting order chance 4C' is won in an internal lottery, and the performance state is a normal state, and executes prize winning assistance for displaying the determined display mode on the main control display device 500.例文帳に追加

In this way, the AT control means 200 of the third embodiment is configured to be able to notify the correct hitting order and the pressing timing of the first stop operation that enables winning of Bells C to Bell F and Bell I to Bell L by the display of the main control display device 500 when the first winning mode is won, and to be capable of notifying the set batting order and the non-set batting order by the display of the main control display device 500 when winning in the winning area "batting order chance 1C" to the winning area "batting order chance 4C". It is In the slot machine 1, the main control display device 500 has display modes "03" to "06" and display modes "09" to "12" as display modes of the main control display device 500 for informing the correct hitting order. The configuration includes the same display mode.

With such a configuration, the slot machine 1 of the third embodiment is capable of notifying the correct batting order by winning in the winning area ``batting order bell white 3'' to ``batting order bell white 6'', the winning area ``batting order bell white 9'' to the winning area ``batting order bell white 12'', the winning area ``batting order bell red 3'' to the winning area ``batting order bell red 6'', the winning area ``batting order bell red 9'' to the winning area ``batting order bell red 12'', and the winning area ``batting order chance 1C'' to the winning area. Since it is possible to display the same display modes "03" to "06" and display modes "09" to "12" on the main control display device 500 as in the case of winning the "batting order chance 4C" and notifying the set batting order, when the display modes "03" to "06" and the display modes "09" to "12" are displayed, the winning area "batting order bell white 3" to the winning area "batting order bell white 6" and the winning area "batting order bell". White 9" to winning area "Battering order bell white 12", winning area "Bating order bell red 3" to winning area "Bating order bell red 6", winning area "Bating order bell red 9" to winning area "Bating order bell red 12", winning area "Bating order chance 1C" to winning area "Bating order chance 4C". can be prevented.

The winning area ``batting order bell white 3'' to the winning area ``batting order bell white 6'', the winning area ``batting order bell white 9'' to the winning area ``batting order bell white 12'', the winning area ``batting order bell red 3'' to the winning area ``batting order bell red 6'', the winning area ``batting order bell red 9'' to the winning area ``batting order bell red 12'' constitute the first winning mode in the third embodiment, and the winning area ``batting order chance 1C'' to the winning area ``batting order chance 4C'' constitute the third winning mode. Bell C to Bell F and Bell I to Bell L, which are set to payout 15 coins as the first payout, constitute the second winning mode in the embodiment, and constitute the small winning combination of the first payout in the third embodiment, 1-card winning combination A to 1-card winning combination T, which is set to payout 1 card as the second payout, constitute the small winning combination of the second payout in the third embodiment, and special small winning combination A and special small winning combination B set to payout of 1 card as the third payout are the small wins of the third payout. A chance combination set to a payout of 15 cards as a fourth payout constitutes a small winning combination of the fourth payout in the third embodiment.

4. Relations between Winning Probabilities of Minor Hands in Each Game State
Next, in the slot machine 1 of the third embodiment, the details of the relationship between the probability of winning a minor combination in the gaming state (non-bonus state) in which the bonus in the non-RT state and the bonus establishment state is not activated and the probability of winning a minor combination in the bonus state will be described.

As shown in FIG. 27, in the internal lottery table C, random numbers are associated with a winning area "all small wins" where all small wins of Bell C to Bell F, Bell I to Bell L, a chance role, a special small role A, a special small role B, a single role A to a single role V, and a rare role B are won in duplicate, and a winning area "all single role" in which small wins excluding the special small win A and special small role B of the single role A to single role V are duplicated and won. are

A non-bonus state and a bonus state will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 22, 23 and 27. FIG. In the slot machine 1 of the third embodiment, in the bonus state where the internal lottery table C is selected, the winning probability of the winning area "all small hands" is 3441/65536 (about 1/19.0), and the winning probability of the winning area "all single hands" is 53118/65536 (about 1/1.2). 36 (about 1/1.2).

Further, in the slot machine 1, the probability of winning any of the winning areas including the minor combination in the internal lottery tables selected in the non-bonus state, that is, the internal lottery table A and the internal lottery table B is 56554/65536 (approximately 1/1.2).

Therefore, the slot machine 1 of the third embodiment is configured such that the probability of winning a minor combination in the bonus state is higher than the probability of winning a minor combination in the non-bonus state.

Further, in the bonus state, since the one-card combination A to one-card combination V are included in both the winning area "all small combination" and the winning area "all single-card combination", the winning probability of each of the one-card combination A to one-card combination V is 56559/65536 (approximately 1/1.2). Therefore, the winning probability of each of the one-card combinations A to V in the bonus state is higher than the winning probability of each of the one-card combinations A to V in the non-bonus state.

In addition, in the bonus state, Bell C to Bell F, Bell I to Bell L, chance role, special minor role A, special minor role B, and rare role B are included in the winning area "all minor roles", and the winning probability of Bell C to Bell F, Bell I to Bell L, chance role, special minor role A, special minor role B, and rare role B is 3441/65536 (approximately 1/19.0).

In the slot machine 1 of the third embodiment, in the non-bonus state, Bell C is included in the winning area ``Battering order Bell white 3'' and the winning area ``Battering order Bell white 9'', so the winning probability of Bell C is 3440/65536 (about 1/19.1), and the winning probability of Bell C is higher in the bonus state than in the non-bonus state. In addition, the slot machine 1 is configured so that the winning probability in the bonus state is higher than the winning probability in the non-bonus state for Bell D to Bell F and Bell I to Bell L, which have the same winning probability in the non-bonus state as Bell C.

In addition, in the slot machine 1, the chance hand, the special small hand A, and the special small hand B are included in the winning area "batting order chance 1C" to the winning area "batting order chance 4C" in the non-bonus state. are also configured so that the winning probability in the bonus state is higher.

In the slot machine 1, since the rare role B is included in the winning area "rare role 2" in the non-bonus state, the winning probability of the rare role B is 800/65536 (approximately 1/81.9), and the winning probability of the rare role B is configured so that the winning probability in the bonus state is higher than the winning probability in the non-bonus state.

That is, in the slot machine 1 of the third embodiment, the winning probabilities of all the small winning combinations in the bonus state are set to be higher than the winning probabilities of all the small winning combinations in the non-bonus state.

Further, in the slot machine 1 of the third embodiment, the probability of winning any one of Bell C-Bell F and Bell I-Bell L set for 15 payouts in the non-bonus state, that is, the sum of the respective winning probabilities of Bell C-Bell F and Bell I-Bell L is 27520/65536 (approximately 1/2.4), which is the sum of the winning probabilities of the first winning mode. That is, the winning probability is higher than 3441/65536 (approximately 1/19.0) which is the winning probability of the winning area "all small wins".

As described above, the slot machine 1 of the third embodiment has a plurality of types of first winning modes (first winning mode) in which a plurality of types of first small wins (Bell C to Bell F, Bell I to Bell L) set to payouts larger than the number of inserted gaming values required to start a game are won with a second minor win different from the first minor winning combination without overlapping each other (first winning mode), and a third winning mode (winning area "all minor wins") in which a plurality of types of first minor wins overlap and win. An internal lottery means 120 performs internal lottery so that a plurality of types of first winning modes exist in a normal game state (non-RT state) and a bonus establishment state, and performs internal lottery so that a third winning mode exists in a bonus state. Further, in the slot machine 1, the probability of winning the third winning mode in the internal lottery in the bonus state is lower than the probability of winning one of a plurality of types of the first winning mode in the internal lottery in the normal game state and the bonus establishment state, and the winning probability of all the minor wins in the internal lottery in the bonus state is higher than the winning probability of all the minor wins in the internal lottery in the normal game state and the bonus established state.

Therefore, in the slot machine 1 of the third embodiment, the expected value of the medal acquisition rate is less than 100% in the bonus state.

Here, when the first winning mode is won, Bell C to Bell F and Bell I to Bell L cannot be won unless the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the correct hitting order and the first stop operation is performed at the timing at which the winning Bell C to Bell F and Bell I to Bell L can be won. Therefore, the probability of winning any one of Bell C to Bell F and Bell I to Bell L is determined by the correct hitting order from the four types of hitting order. Since the stop button B3 is pressed and the first stop operation is executed at the timing when the proper patterns of 10 frames out of 20 frames are rotated and displayed on the effective line L1, the probability of winning any one of Bell C to Bell F and Bell I to Bell L when the first winning mode is won is set to 1/8.

On the other hand, when the AT game in which the winning assistance is executed by the AT control means 200 is executed, when the first winning mode is won, the correct hitting order and the pressing timing of the first stop operation that can win the winning Bell C to Bell F and the Bell I to Bell L are notified, so that the Bell C to Bell F and the Bell I to Bell L can be won with certainty. can be increased up to 8 times.

As described above, in the third embodiment, eight types of winning combination (specific combination), Bell C to Bell F and Bell I to Bell L, for paying out more medals than the prescribed number of medals to be won when the stop operation is performed in the correct batting order are set. Then, the probability of obtaining a winning mode including a special combination in the bonus state is compressed to approximately ⅛ of the probability of obtaining a winning mode including a specific combination in a game state other than the bonus state.

Further, as described above, in the slot machine 1, the winning probability is set to 3436/65536 (approximately 1/19.1), which is lower than that of Bell C to Bell F and Bell I to Bell L, for the chance combination included in the winning area "batting order chance 1C" to the winning area "batting order chance 4C" and set to the same 15 payouts as Bell C to Bell F and Bell I to Bell L.

With such a configuration, in the slot machine 1, the winning area "batting order chance 1C" to winning area "batting order chance 4C" is won in the internal lottery in the non-bonus state with respect to the chance combinations set to 15 payouts, which are the same as Bell C to Bell F and Bell I to Bell L and are larger than the prescribed number of insertions (three). Since the probability of winning is lower than the small combination of 15 dividends that can be won when the stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed at the timing of pressing down the stop button B1 to the stop button B3 at the pressing timing to enable winning of Bell C to Bell F and Bell I to Bell L in which the first stop operation wins in the batting order, there is no influence when designing the winning probability of the winning area ``all minor combinations'' in the bonus state.

With such a configuration, when compressing the probability of obtaining a winning probability including a specific combination in the bonus state, the slot machine 1 of the third embodiment compresses the winning area ``Battering order Bell white 3'' to the winning area ``Battering order Bell white 6'', the winning area ``Battering order Bell white 9'' to the winning area ``Battering order Bell white 12'', the winning area ``Battering order Bell red 3'' to the winning area ``Battering order Bell red 6'', the winning area ``Battering order Bell red 9'' to the winning area ``Battering order Bell red 12''. Chance combinations included in the winning area ``batting order chance 1C'' to the winning area ``batting order chance 4C'' can be compressed, and the lower limit of the medal acquisition rate in the bonus state can be lowered to less than 100%, and the medal acquisition performance related to the AT game can be designed, so that the degree of freedom in designing the slot machine 1 having the AT function can be dramatically improved.

Bell C to Bell F and Bell I to Bell L constitute the first minor combination in the third embodiment, and the winning area "Batting order Bell White 3" to the winning area "Bating order Bell White 6", the winning area "Bating order Bell White 9" to the winning area "Bating order Bell White 12", the winning area "Bating order Bell Red 3" to the winning area "Bating order Bell Red 6", the winning area "Bating order Bell Red 9" to the winning area "Bating order Bell Red 12" are the first winning mode in the third embodiment. 1-card combination A to 1-card combination T constitutes the second minor combination in the third embodiment, special minor combination A and special minor combination B constitute the third minor combination in the third embodiment, wins in the winning area ``batting order chance 1C'' to winning area ``batting order chance 4C'', wins by pressing stop button B1 to stop button B3 in non-set batting order, and 15 payouts different from bell C to bell F and bell I to bell L are set. The chance hand constitutes the fourth minor hand in the third embodiment.

5. Summary of the Third Embodiment As described above, the slot machine 1 of the third embodiment is capable of winning the winning area "Battering order Bell White 3" to winning area "Bating order Bell White 6", the winning area "Bating order Bell White 9" to the winning area "Bating order Bell White 12", the winning area "Bating order Bell Red 3" to the winning area "Bating order Bell Red 6", the winning area "Bating order Bell Red 9" to the winning area "Battering order Bell Red 12", and notifying the correct batting order. Since the display modes '03' to '06' and '09' to '12' can be displayed on the main control display device 500 in the same manner as when winning in the winning area 'batting order chance 4C' and informing the set batting order, when the display modes '03' to '06' and the display modes '09' to '12' are displayed, the winning area 'batting order bell white 3' to the winning area 'batting order bell white 6' are displayed. , Winning area ``batting order bell white 9'' to winning area ``batting order bell white 12'', winning area ``batting order bell red 3'' to winning area ``batting order bell red 6'', winning area ``batting order bell red 9'' to winning area ``batting order bell red 12'', winning area ``batting order chance 1C'' to winning area ``batting order chance 4C''. can be prevented from being discriminated against.

Further, the slot machine 1 of the third embodiment, when compressing the probability of obtaining a winning probability including a specific combination in the bonus state, is a small combination (conditional device) different from Bell C to Bell F and Bell I to Bell L set for the 15 payouts included in the first winning mode and the chance combination set for the 15 payouts included in the winning area "batting order chance 1C" to winning area "batting order chance 4C", and each of Bell C to Bell F and Bell I to Bell L. Since the winning probability is higher than the winning probability of the chance combination, by compressing the first winning mode, the chance combinations included in the winning area ``batting order chance 1C'' to the winning area ``batting order chance 4C'' can also be compressed, and since the lower limit of the medal acquisition rate in the bonus state can be lowered to less than 100% and the medal acquisition performance related to the AT game can be designed, the degree of freedom in designing the slot machine 1 having the AT function can be dramatically improved.

[Other embodiments]
In addition, in the first embodiment and the second embodiment, the slot machine 1 has the left reel R1 as a specific reel, but it is not limited to this. The slot machine 1 may have, for example, a middle reel R2 as a specific reel and a stop button B2 as a specific stop button.

In such a configuration, the slot machine 1 needs to be able to stop and display the symbols of the middle reel R2 on the effective line L1 regardless of the pressing timing of the stop button B2, and to consist of symbols different from the symbols constituting the winning symbol combinations of Bell C, Bell D, Bell I, and Bell J, and different from the arbitrary symbol "ANY".

Further, the slot machine 1 may have, for example, a right reel R3 as a specific reel and a stop button B3 as a specific stop button. In such a configuration, the slot machine 1 needs to be able to stop and display the symbols on the right reel R3 on the effective line L1 regardless of the pressing timing of the stop button B3, and to consist of symbols different from the symbols constituting the winning symbol combination of Bell E, Bell F, Bell K, and Bell L, and different from the arbitrary symbol "ANY".

In addition, in the first embodiment, the slot machine 1 has the winning area "batting order chance 1A" to the winning area "batting order chance 4A" as the second winning mode, but is not limited to this. For example, the slot machine 1 may have, as a second winning mode, a winning area "batting order bell 1C" in which bell A, 1-card hand C1 and 1-card hand E1 are repeatedly won, a winning area "batting order bell 2C" in which bell C, 1-card hand A4 and 1-card hand E1 are repeatedly won, and a winning area "batting order bell 3C" in which bell E, 1-card hand A2 and 1-card hand C1 are repeatedly won.

In this configuration, in the winning area ``Battering order bell 1C'', the set batting order enabling Bell A to win is set to 1 and 2; in the winning area ``Battering order Bell 2C'', the set batting order enabling Bell C to win is set to 3 and 4;

Then, in the internal lottery in the AT state, the AT control means 200 displays any one of the display mode "01", the display mode "02", the display mode "07", and the display mode "08" on the main control display device 500 as the winning assistance for informing the set batting order when winning in the winning area "batting order bell 1C". 4", display mode "09", or display mode "10" is displayed on the main control display device 500, and when winning in the winning area "batting order bell 3C", any one of the display mode "05", the display mode "06", the display mode "11", or the display mode "12" is displayed on the main control display device 500 as a winning aid for notifying the set batting order.

In other words, the slot machine 1 may be configured so as to include the same mode of notifying when the first winning mode is won and the mode of notifying when the second winning mode is won, and there is no need to have a difference between the payouts of the small wins assisted by being notified, and the first payout and the third payout may be the same payout, and the third payout may be higher than the first payout.

Further, in the second embodiment, the AT control means 200 is configured to notify the set batting order in a mode of displaying the display mode "01" to the display mode "12" for informing the batting order and the pressing timing of the first stop operation on the main control display device 500 when winning in the winning area "batting order chance 1B" to the winning area "batting order chance 3B" and the production state is normal state, but it is not limited to this.

For example, in the internal lottery in the normal state, when the winning area "batting order chance 1B" is won, the main control display device 500 displays the display mode "13" regardless of the pressing timing of the first stop operation as a winning assistance for notifying the set batting order. , and when winning in the winning area ``batting order chance 3B'', the display mode ``15'' is displayed on the main control display device 500 regardless of the pressing timing of the first stop operation as prize winning assistance for notifying the set batting order.

When the slot machine 1 is configured in this way, the winning area "batting order chance 1B" to winning area "batting order chance 3B" are won in the internal lottery in the normal state, and when the set batting order is notified, the display mode "13" to "15" are displayed on the main control display device 500 regardless of the pressing timing of the first stop operation. will be able to proceed.

Further, in the first to third embodiments, the AT control means 200 is configured to be able to display numbers in the display mode "01" to the display mode "15" on the main control display device 500 in the prize winning assistance. may be configured to display. Further, if the slot machine 1 has, for example, a liquid crystal display device as a main control display device which is a display device controlled by a main control unit that controls the progress of a game, the symbols, characters, and images that can be displayed on the liquid crystal display device may be configured to be displayed in the same manner for notifying the correct hitting order and the set hitting order.

In the first embodiment and the third embodiment, the AT control means 200 is configured to notify non-set batting order when the winning area "batting order chance 1A" to winning area "batting order chance 4A" and winning area "batting order chance 1C" to winning area "batting order chance 4C" are won in the internal lottery in the AT state, but the AT control means 200 is not limited to this. The AT control means 200 may be configured not to notify non-set batting order in the winning area ``batting order chance 1A'' to the winning area ``batting order chance 4A'' and the winning area ``batting order chance 1C'' to the winning area ``batting order chance 4C''.

When configured in this way, in the slot machine 1, winning area "batting order chance 1A" to winning area "batting order chance 4A", winning area "batting order chance 1C" to winning area "batting order chance 4C" are not set. Chance 4C" is not displayed on the main control display device 500, which increases the opportunity for the player to perform the first stop operation of the stop button B1. As a result, the winning probability of Bell A, Bell B, Bell G, Bell H, and Chance roles set for 15 payouts increases, and the winning area "Battering Chance 1A" to "Battering Chance 4A", the winning area "Battering Chance 1C" to the winning area "Battering Chance 4C". It is also possible to obtain medals in

Further, in the first embodiment, the slot machine 1 is configured so that the winning probability of each of the first specific small wins Bell A, Bell B, Bell G, and Bell H is less than the winning probability of each of the second specific small wins Bell C to Bell F and Bell I to Bell L in the internal lottery in the non-bonus state. It may be the same probability as the winning probability of. In other words, the winning probabilities of Bell C to Bell F and Bell I to Bell L need only be equal to or greater than the winning probabilities of Bell A, Bell B, Bell G, and Bell H, and the specific winning probabilities are not limited to those of the first embodiment.

In addition, in the first to third embodiments, the slot machine 1 has a winning area "RBB & 1 winning combination" in which a small winning combination set to 1 payout is won regardless of the operation mode of the stop button B1 to the stop button B3 of the player when winning the internal lottery, but the invention is not limited to this. In the slot machine 1, for example, when winning an internal lottery, when the stop button B1 is pressed as the first stop operation, a small winning combination set to one payout is won regardless of the timing of pressing the stop button B1, and when the stop button B2 or the stop button B3 is pressed as the first stop operation, the small winning combination set to one payout is won only when the timing of pressing the stop button B2 or the stop button B3 is appropriate, and the stop button B2 or the stop button B3 is won. may be configured to have a winning area "RBB & 1-card combination 2" in which the player fails to win (no winning) when the timing of pressing is different from the appropriate timing.

By being configured in this manner, the slot machine 1 can reduce the net increase in the number of medals, which is the average value of the difference between the number of medals that can be obtained in one game and the number of medals to be inserted when the winning area 'RBB & 1-card role 2' is won, by suppressing the probability of winning a small winning combination of 1 winning prize when the winning area 'RBB & 1-card role 2' is won, and can suppress the increase in the payout number of medals.

In the case of such a configuration, the AT control means 200 may be configured so as not to execute the prize winning assistance for notifying that the first stop operation is performed on the stop button B1 when winning the winning area "RBB & 1 card combination 2" in the AT state.

Further, in the first embodiment, the slot machine 1 sets a payout of 13 coins for each Bell A to Bell L, but the invention is not limited to this. The slot machine 1 has, for example, a batting order (batting order 1, batting order 2) in which the stop button B1 is first stopped as a correct batting order, that is, a winning area "batting order bell 1A", a winning area "batting order bell 2A", a winning area "batting order bell 7A", and a winning area "batting order bell" in which Bell A, Bell B, Bell G, and Bell H can be won when the winning area "batting order chance 1A" to winning area "batting order chance 4A" are won. Bell A, Bell B, Bell G, and Bell H included in the winning area 'batting order bell 1B', the winning area 'batting order bell 2B', the winning area 'batting order bell 7B', and the winning area 'batting order bell 8B' may be set to payouts lower than those of bell C to bell F and bell I to bell L.

In addition, in the first to third embodiments, the slot machine 1 is configured such that the winning probability of all minor wins in the bonus state is higher than the winning probability of all minor wins in the non-RT state and bonus established state, and the winning probability of any minor win in the bonus state is higher than the winning probability of any minor win in the non-RT state and bonus established state, but the invention is not limited to this. The slot machine 1 may be configured such that, for example, the winning probabilities of all minor wins in the bonus state and the winning probabilities of all minor wins in the non-RT state and bonus established state are the same. Further, the slot machine 1 may be configured such that, for example, the probability of winning a predetermined minor combination in the bonus state and the probability of winning a predetermined minor combination in the non-RT state and the bonus established state are the same.

Further, in the first to third embodiments, the AT control means 200 uses a lottery table set to the same probability regardless of whether the setting value is any of setting 1 to setting 6 for the winning probability of each cycle number in the low-probability period lottery, but is not limited to this. The AT control means 200 may be configured to, for example, execute a low-probability period lottery using a lottery table with different winning probabilities for each cycle number in settings 1 to 6 even when the stored value of the AT continuation point counter 198c is the same value.

Further, in the first to third embodiments, the AT control means 200 is configured to use a lottery table set to the same probability regardless of whether the set value is any one of setting 1 to setting 6 for the winning probability of each normal mode in the first end mode lottery, but it is not limited to this. The AT control means 200, for example, even when the stored value of the second advantageous interval counter 197b is the same value, low probability period lottery using the lottery table in which the winning probability of each normal mode is different in the setting 1 to setting 6 It may be configured to execute.

In addition, in the first to third embodiments, the AT control means 200 is configured to store the duration of the AT state using the AT continuation point counter 198c, but the AT control means 200 is not limited to this. The AT control means 200 may be configured, for example, to store the period during which the AT state continues, using a counter that counts the number of games in which the AT state continues.

Further, in the first to third embodiments, the AT control means 200 controls the period in which the low-probability state continues using the low-probability point counter 198a and the low-probability period counter 198b for the low-probability state, but is not limited to this. The AT control means 200 may be configured, for example, to perform control using a counter that counts the number of games in which the low probability state continues after the AT state ends.

Further, in the first to third embodiments, the AT control means 200 refers to the stored value of the AT continuation point counter 198c and executes the low probability period lottery, so that the low probability state after the end of the AT state is determined by lottery. However, it is not limited to this. AT control means 200, for example, the calculation based on the period in which the AT state continues (specifically, the number of games in which the AT state continues is multiplied by n, the number of games in which the AT state continues is added to a predetermined number of games, etc.), and the result of the calculation is set as the period in which the low-probability state continues.

Further, in the first to third embodiments, the slot machine 1 is configured to set a value as an initial value in each counter and storage means, and perform a decrement update by subtracting 1 each time a game is played or an increment update by adding 1 each time a game is played.

1 slot machine (gaming machine)
120 internal lottery means 170 game state transition control means 200 AT control means (auxiliary game control means)
B1 stop button B2 stop button B3 stop button R1 left reel R2 middle reel R3 right reel

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a plurality of reels;
a plurality of stop buttons respectively corresponding to the plurality of reels;
Internal lottery means for performing an internal lottery;
Auxiliary game control means for performing control related to the auxiliary game,
In the internal lottery, the propriety of multiple types of winning modes is determined,
The plurality of types of winning modes include a first winning mode and a plurality of types of second winning modes,
The first winning mode is associated with duplicate winning of a first payout small win and a second payout small win,
duplicate winning of a third payout small win and a fourth payout small win are associated with the plurality of types of second winning modes, respectively ;
In the first winning mode, a first operation mode is set in advance as an operation order of the plurality of stop buttons,
when the first winning mode is won and the plurality of stop buttons are operated in the first operation mode, a small combination of the first payout can be won;
when the first winning mode is won and the plurality of stop buttons are operated in an operation mode different from the first operation mode, a small combination of the second payout can be won;
A second operation mode is preset for each of the plurality of types of second winning modes as an operation order of the plurality of stop buttons,
In the plurality of types of second winning modes, a third operation mode common to the plurality of types of second winning modes is set in advance as an operation order of the plurality of stop buttons,
when one of the plurality of types of second winning modes is won and the plurality of stop buttons are operated in the second operation mode, a small combination of the third payout can be won;
when one of the plurality of types of second winning modes is won and the plurality of stop buttons are operated in the third operation mode, a small combination of the fourth payout can be won;
Said auxiliary game control means is capable of notifying said first operation mode in said first notification mode when said first winning mode is won,
Said auxiliary game control means is elected in one of the plurality of types of second winning mode, and when it is in the first state, it is possible to notify said second operation mode in a second notification mode,
Said auxiliary game control means wins one of the plurality of types of second winning modes, and when it is a second state different from said first state, said third operation mode is different from said second notification mode It is possible to report in a third notification mode suggesting ,
The first notification mode and the second notification mode include the same mode,
A gaming machine characterized by:

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