JP7539141B2 - Gaming Machines - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an amusement machine.

Conventionally, gaming machines (reel gaming machines, slot machines) equipped with multiple reels with patterns arranged on the outer periphery are known. This type of gaming machine provides a fixed gaming value for gaming media such as medals and pachinko balls, and players play to acquire such gaming media. This type of gaming machine also performs an internal lottery and starts the rotation of the multiple reels when the player operates to start the rotation, and controls the multiple reels to stop in a manner according to the result of the internal lottery when the player operates to stop the reels. The result of the game is determined by the combination of patterns displayed on the winning determination line when the multiple reels are stopped, and medals and the like are paid out according to the result of the game.

In such gaming machines, a so-called batting order winning area (e.g., batting order bell) is provided in which a combination of a high payout role (e.g., bell) and a low payout role (e.g., special minor role) can be won at the same time. When this batting order winning area is won, if the stop button is pressed with the correct batting order, a role with a high payout will be won, and if the stop button is pressed with an incorrect batting order, a role with a low payout will be won or missed. There are also known machines that assist in winning medals and the like by providing assistance with winning during a so-called assist time state (see Patent Document 1).

In addition, as in Patent Document 1, in a configuration in which the correct batting order is set for batting orders 3 to 6, where the first stop button pressed is the "center" or "right" stop button, and the correct batting order is not set for batting orders 1 to 2, where the first stop button pressed is the "left" stop button, if a player presses buttons for batting orders 3 to 6 in the normal state (non-assist time state), there is a risk that a high-payout combination will be won with a certain probability, and the so-called base will be high, creating an advantageous state for the player. Therefore, it has been proposed to impose a so-called penalty, such as not being able to enter a lottery for the assist time state, when buttons are pressed in such a batting order.

JP 2015-231428 A

In recent years, there has been a problem that when a player wins the batting order winning area as described above, the rules do not allow a penalty to be imposed over several games when a player presses the stop button in batting orders 3 to 6, which may be the correct batting order. However, if the above-mentioned penalty is not imposed, there is a risk that the player will play the game while pressing the stop button in batting orders that may be the correct batting order. In order to deal with this, it is necessary to set the correct batting order equally for all batting orders, which means that the base in the normal state cannot be lowered and the net increase in the AT state cannot be increased, which may reduce the appeal of the gaming machine. Therefore, it is desirable to have a batting order that does not include the correct batting order, so that the base in the normal state can be lowered and players can be motivated to press the stop button in batting orders that do not include the correct batting order.

The present invention aims to provide a gaming machine that does not violate the rules and that can motivate players to operate multiple stop buttons in a batting order that does not include the correct batting order.

The gaming machine according to the present invention comprises a plurality of reels;
a plurality of stop buttons respectively corresponding to the plurality of reels;
An internal lottery means for performing an internal lottery;
An auxiliary game control means for controlling a normal zone and an advantageous zone and controlling an auxiliary game in the advantageous zone;
In the internal lottery, a plurality of winning patterns including a first winning pattern and a second winning pattern different from the first winning pattern are determined to be wins or losses;
the auxiliary game control means controls, as states relating to the auxiliary game, a first state and a second state which is more advantageous to a player than the first state;
The auxiliary game control means, when the second state is reached and the first winning mode is won, notifies a correct batting order preset for the first winning mode;
The auxiliary game control means is capable of executing a lottery regarding the execution of the second state,
The auxiliary game control means is capable of updating a counter value,
the auxiliary game control means, when the counter value is a first value, makes the degree of advantage for the player in the lottery for execution of the second state lower than when the counter value is a second value different from the first value;
The auxiliary game control means is characterized in that, when the second winning mode is won and the multiple stop buttons are operated in a first batting order that includes the correct batting order in the first winning mode, the counter value can be updated in a direction from the second value to the first value.

According to the present invention, it is possible to motivate a player to operate multiple stop buttons in the second batting order that does not include the correct batting order without violating the rules.

1 is a perspective view showing the external configuration of an amusement machine according to an embodiment of the present invention; 1 is a diagram illustrating the functional blocks of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing winning areas that can be won in an internal lottery in a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, winning roles included in each winning area, and the number of lottery values associated with each winning area. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the arrangement of symbols on a reel in a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a diagram showing winning symbol combinations of Bell A to Bell P and payouts in a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing winning symbol combinations and payouts for chance roles, special small roles, special bells, special watermelons, and 1-coin roles A to H in a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing winning symbol combinations of 1 coin roles I to P and payouts in a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing winning symbol combinations of 1 coin Q to 1 coin V and payouts in a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. (A) is a state transition diagram of the game state in a gaming machine of an embodiment of the present invention, and (B) is a transition diagram relating to the normal area and advantageous area controlled by the AT control means, and the presentation state during the advantageous area. This figure shows the winning combinations that can be won in each batting order when the winning areas "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8" and the winning areas "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8" are won in the non-RT state in a gaming machine of an embodiment of the present invention. This figure shows the winning combinations that can win in each batting order when winning areas "Batting Order Bell 1" to "Batting Order Bell 8", winning areas "Batting Order Chance 1" to "Batting Order Chance 10", winning areas "Special Batting Order Bell 1", and winning areas "Special Batting Order Bell 2" are won in a non-RT state in a gaming machine of an embodiment of the present invention. This figure shows the winning combinations that can be won in each batting order when the winning areas "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8" and the winning areas "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8" are won in a bonus-achieved state in a gaming machine of an embodiment of the present invention. This figure shows the roles that can win in each batting order when the winning areas "Batting Order Bell 1" to "Batting Order Bell 8", the winning areas "Batting Order Chance 1" to "Batting Order Chance 10", the winning area "Special Batting Order Bell 1", and the winning area "Special Batting Order Bell 2" are won in a bonus-achieved state in a gaming machine of an embodiment of the present invention. This figure shows the winning roles that are obtained by winning the winning areas "Batting Chance 1" to "Batting Chance 10" in an embodiment of the gaming machine of the present invention, and depending on the timing at which stop button B2 and stop button B3 are operated for the first stop. 11 is a flowchart showing a chance counter update process when the lever is turned ON in the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. 13 is a flowchart showing the chance counter update process at the third stop in the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a flowchart showing a lottery probability change process in the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The present embodiment will be described below. Note that the present embodiment described below does not unduly limit the content of the present invention described in the claims. Furthermore, not all of the configurations described in the present embodiment are necessarily essential components of the present invention.

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

The slot machine 1 of this embodiment contains a reel unit 310 (see FIG. 2) consisting of multiple reels, a left reel R1 to a right reel R3, in a box-shaped housing made up of a housing BX, an upper front door UD, and a lower front door DD. In addition, a hopper unit 320 (see FIG. 2) serving as a medal payout device is contained below the reel unit 310 in the housing. The housing of the slot machine 1 of this embodiment also contains a control board equipped with a CPU, ROM (an example of an information storage medium), RAM, etc., which controls the operation of the slot machine 1.

The outer periphery of each of the left reels R1 to right reels R3 shown in Figure 1 is divided into 20 regions (hereinafter, each region will be referred to as a "frame") at regular intervals, and one of several types of symbols is arranged on each frame.

The front upper door UD and the front lower door DD are provided so that they can be opened and closed separately. The front upper door UD is provided with a display window DW that allows the spinning and stopped states of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3 to be observed. When the left reel R1 to the right reel R3 are stopped, three patterns (upper row pattern, middle row pattern, and lower row pattern) that are arranged consecutively on the outer periphery of each of the left reel R1 to right reel R3 among the multiple types of patterns arranged at regular intervals on the outer periphery of each of the left reel R1 to right reel R3 can be observed from the front of the slot machine 1 through the display window DW.

In addition, in the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, each reel is provided with an upper, middle, and lower display position for observing the patterns through the display window DW, and an active line L1 is set for an active line based on the combination of the display positions of each reel. In the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, the number of medals required for one game, the so-called specified insertion number, is set to three in any game state, and when medals equivalent to the specified insertion number are inserted, an active line L1 consisting of the upper row of the left reel R1, the middle row of the middle reel R2, and the lower row of the right reel R3 is activated.

The game result is determined by the symbol combination that is stopped and displayed on the pay line L1 in the display window DW, and if the symbol combination on the pay line L1 corresponds to a predetermined winning combination, that winning combination is treated as a winning combination and medals are paid out from the hopper unit 320.

The front upper door UD is provided with a game information display section DS. The game information display section DS is made up of LEDs, lamps, seven-segment displays, etc., and displays various game information such as the number of medal credits, the number of medals paid out or won in one game, the total number of medals paid out or won in a bonus state, information on the winning combination in the current game, and information suggesting how to press stop buttons B1, B2, and B3 related to the payout of medals.

The game information display unit DS includes a main control display device 500 consisting of a seven-segment display, and when a specified number of medals are inserted and the start lever SL is operated, a notification display is displayed that corresponds to a winning role command, which is a control signal created based on winning information, which is information on the winning role in this game, and when the left reel R1 to right reel R3 stop after the notification display is displayed, the notification display ends and the number of medals paid out or won is displayed. In the slot machine 1 of this 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 corresponding to the winning role command.

The main control display device 500 is also provided with an interval notification section 500A, which is a dot on a seven-segment display and lights up when an advantageous interval is started by the AT control means 200 (see FIG. 2) described below and the expected medal acquisition value is 1 or more due to the assistance of winning a minor prize. The slot machine 1 of this embodiment is also provided with a plurality of sound devices 340 on the front upper door UD and the front lower door DD for producing effects using sound. The sound devices 340 output various sounds to assist and liven up the game.

The front lower door DD is provided with various operating means. The operating means include a single bet button BT for inserting one medal and a max bet button MB for inserting a specified number of medals as insert operating means for inserting credited (stored) medals, a start lever SL as a game start operating means for allowing the player to execute a start operation that triggers the left reel R1 to the right reel R3 to start playing, stop buttons B1 to B3 as stop operating means for allowing the player to execute a stop operation that triggers the left reel R1 to the right reel R3 that are driven to rotate by a stepping motor, and a settlement button BS for settling the credited medals.

The front lower door DD is also provided with a select button SB for allowing the player to perform a selection operation to select a performance setting (performance setting) to be displayed on the display device 330 in the performance setting display described below, and a decision button DB for allowing the player to perform a decision operation to determine the selected performance setting.

The select button SB is composed of four approximately triangular buttons, the up select button SBa, the down select button SBb, the left select button SBc, and the right select button SBd, which face the four directions shown in FIG. 1 (hereinafter, the four directions are also described individually as "upward", "downward", "leftward", and "rightward") with the decision button DB at the center. The decision button DB is composed of an approximately circular button provided at the center of the select button SB. The select button SB and the decision button DB switch the signal they output from OFF to ON when they detect a press operation, and output a signal (selection signal) corresponding to the pressed select button SB to the performance control means 180 (see FIG. 2) when the select button SB is pressed, and output a corresponding signal (decision signal) to the performance control means 180 when the decision button DB is pressed.

During the period when the effect setting can be selected, the player can operate the select button SB to select a specific item from the items displayed on the display device 330, and can confirm the selected item by pressing the decision button DB. During the period when the effect setting can be selected, the slot machine 1 executes various processes related to the effect based on the effect setting confirmed by the player's operation of the select button SB and decision button DB. The period when the effect setting can be selected will be described later.

In addition, a medal payout outlet MO and a medal tray MP are provided at the bottom of the lower front door DD, and a number of medals according to the results of a game are paid out from the medal payout outlet MO to the medal tray MP. In addition, when the settlement button BS is pressed while credited medals are stored in the gaming machine, pressing the settlement button BS executes a settlement process in which a number of medals equivalent to the number of credits (the number of credited medals) is paid out from the hopper unit 320, and the medals are paid out from the medal payout outlet MO to the medal tray MP.

Figure 2 is a functional block diagram of the slot machine 1 of this embodiment. The slot machine 1 of this embodiment is controlled by a game control means 10 serving as a control board. The game control means 10 receives input signals from input means such as a medal insertion switch 210, a bet switch 220, a start switch 230, a stop switch 240, a setting change permission switch 250, a setting change switch 260, a performance operation switch 270, and a medal settlement switch 280 serving as a plurality of operation detection means, performs various calculations to execute a game, and controls the operation of output means such as the performance 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 also includes a setting change means 100, an input acceptance means 105, a random number generation means 110, an internal lottery means 120, a reel control means 130, a winning determination means 140, a payout control means 150, a replay processing means 160, a game state transition control means 170, a performance control means 180, a storage means 190, and an assist time control means (AT control means) 200. Each of the means constituting the game control means 10 reads out and executes each control program pre-stored in the storage means 190 when each control process is executed.

The setting change means 100 performs control (setting change control) to change the setting value stored in the setting value storage means 191 of the storage means 190. In a setting change permission state in which the setting change permission switch 250 is ON and the setting change is permitted with the front upper door UD open, 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 → ... each time it receives an input signal output from the setting change switch 260 provided in the power supply device. In addition, in the slot machine 1, the setting value stored in the setting value storage means 191 is confirmed based on a start signal from the start switch 230, which is operated by operating the start lever SL in the setting change permission state, and the setting change permission state is terminated. In the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, the winning probability of some of the winning areas that can be won by the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120 is changed according to the setting value confirmed in the setting value storage means 191. In other words, the setting change means 100 is configured to be able to change a setting value that is a value that can change the probability of winning a role in an internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120.

In the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, when the setting change control is executed by the setting change means 100, the control related to the game state executed by the game state transition control means 170 and the control related to the advantageous zone executed by the AT control means 200 are configured to be initialized, and the game state is set to a non-replay time (hereinafter, replay time is also referred to as "RT") state described later, and the normal zone is set. Therefore, in the slot machine 1, the control related to the auxiliary game executed by the AT control means 200 before the setting change is also configured to be initialized. On the other hand, in the slot machine 1, when the supply of power to the game control means 10 is cut off (power interruption) and the supply of power is then resumed, the control related to the game state executed by the game state transition control means 170 and the control related to the advantageous zone executed by the AT control means 200 are configured to be resumed from the state before the power interruption. Therefore, in the slot machine 1, when the power interruption occurs and the supply of power is resumed afterwards, the control related to the auxiliary game executed by the AT control means 200 before the power interruption is also configured to be maintained in the state before the power interruption.

The coin insertion acceptance means 105 performs a process to enable a game start operation on the start lever SL based on the insertion of a specified number of coins (three coins) during the coin insertion acceptance period. Specifically, when a coin is inserted into the coin insertion slot MI (see FIG. 1), the coin insertion switch 210 is activated and the coin insertion acceptance means 105 sets the inserted coins to an inserted state up to the specified number. In addition, when a bet operation is performed in which the single bet button BT or the max bet button MB is pressed with the coins credited, the bet switch 220 is activated and the coin insertion acceptance means 105 sets the credited coins to an inserted state up to the specified number.

In the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, the first press of the start lever SL, which is activated based on the insertion of a specified number of medals, is accepted as the player's operation to start the game, and serves as a trigger for starting the rotation of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3, as well as a trigger for 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 lotteries. In this embodiment, "random numbers" include not only values that are generated randomly in the mathematical sense, but also values that may be generated regularly but may function as random numbers because the timing of acquisition is irregular.

The internal lottery means 120 is a means for conducting an internal lottery to determine whether a winning combination has been achieved based on a start signal output when the player performs a start operation on the start lever SL and the start switch 230 detects the start operation, and performs lottery table selection processing, random number determination processing, lottery flag setting processing, etc.

In the lottery table selection process, a selection is made based on the current game state as to which of the multiple internal lottery tables stored in the internal lottery table storage means 192 of the storage means 190 to use for the internal lottery. In each internal lottery table, multiple random numbers (for example, 65,536 random numbers from 0 to 65,535) are associated with various roles such as replays, small roles, and bonuses, as well as non-wins (misses).

In the following description, a bonus means a winning combination that activates a reel or a reel continuous operation device, a bonus being activated means that a bonus is won and activates a reel or a reel continuous operation device, and a bonus state means that the reel or reel continuous operation device is activated.

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

In the lottery flag setting process, the lottery flag corresponding to the winning combination is set from a non-established state (first flag state, OFF state) to a established state (second flag state, ON state) based on the result of the random number determination process. In the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, when two or more types of combinations are won, the lottery flags corresponding to each of the two or more winning combinations are set to an established state. In addition, in the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, there are provided a lottery flag (carry-over flag) that can carry over the established state to the next game or later until a prize is won, and a lottery flag (non-carry-over flag) that is reset to an unestablished state without carrying over the established state to the next game or later regardless of whether a prize is won. In addition, the setting information of the lottery flag is stored in the lottery flag storage means 193 of the storage means 190.

The reel control means 130 executes reel rotation control, which starts the rotation drive of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3 and controls the rotation state 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 activated when the player executes a start operation on the start lever SL. In addition, when the left reel R1 to the right reel R3 are in a steady rotation state at a predetermined speed (for example, about 80 rpm), the reel control means 130 executes control to validate a stop operation detected by the stop switch 240 when the stop button B1 to the stop button B3 corresponding to each reel is pressed. Then, when a reel stop signal is output from the stop switch 240 that detected the stop operation, the reel control means 130 executes control to stop each of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3 corresponding to the stop switch 240 that detected the stop operation (reel stop control).

In the following description, when the reel control means 130 starts the rotation of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3 and the player presses each of the active stop buttons B1 to B3, the first press operation will be referred to as the first stop operation, the second press operation will be referred to as the second stop operation, and the third press operation will be referred to as the third stop operation.

In the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, the reel that is spinning corresponding to the pressed stop button for the left reel R1 to the right reel R3 is stopped within a predetermined period of 190 ms from the time when the stop button B1 to B3 is pressed (the time when the stop switch 240 detects the stop operation). Here, when the spinning reel is stopped within 190 ms from the time when the stop button is pressed, the stopping position of each spinning reel is configured to be able to rotate a maximum of four frames from the time when the stop button is pressed until the reel stops, depending on the diameter and rotation speed of each reel.

For this reason, in the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, for the left reel R1 to the right reel R3, the range in which symbols can be pulled onto the active line L1 (pulling-in range) is a total of five frames, from the frame displayed on the active line L1 at the time the stop button is pressed until four frames have rotated.

When executing the reel stop control, the reel control means 130 performs a logic calculation process to determine the stop position of the spinning reel based on a preset priority order by logic calculation including a pull-in process to stop the spinning reel so that a combination with a lottery flag set to a hit state can win as much as possible, and a kick-off process to stop the spinning reel so that a combination with a lottery flag set to a non-hit state cannot win, and a table reference process to determine the stop position of the spinning reel by referring to the stop control table stored in the stop control table storage means 194 of the storage means 190, thereby stopping the spinning reel and displaying a pattern on the pay line L1 (hereinafter, stopping the spinning reel by the reel stop control and displaying a pattern on the pay line L1 is also referred to as "stop display").

In the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, when multiple types of minor roles are won in the internal lottery, the priority of the candidate stop positions can be determined according to the number of symbol combinations that can be displayed on the pay line L1 (number priority control), or according to the number of medals paid out based on a predetermined payout for the minor role (number priority control). However, when number priority control is executed, if multiple minor roles with the same payout are won, the priority of the candidate stop positions that can win each minor role is treated as being the same.

The winning determination means 140 performs a winning determination process to determine whether or not a winning combination has been achieved based on the stopping state of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3. Specifically, by referring to the winning determination table stored in the winning determination table storage means 195 of the storage means 190, it is determined whether or not the symbol combination displayed on the pay line L1 at the time when all of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3 have stopped is a winning form of a predetermined winning combination. The winning determination table is prepared so that the presence or absence of a bonus, replay, or small winning combination can be determined (hereinafter referred to as "winning determination") based on the symbol combination displayed on the pay line L1 when each reel has stopped. In the following description, the symbol combination that indicates the winning form of a winning combination will also be referred to as the "winning symbol combination".

In the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, each process is executed based on the result of the determination by the winning determination means 140 in the winning determination process. For example, the processes executed based on the result of the determination of the winning role include a process to determine the number of medals to be paid out by the payout control means 150 when a small role is won, a process to cause the replay processing means 160 to execute the next game without consuming medals when a replay is won, and a process to cause the game state transition control means 170 to transition the game state when a role that triggers a transition of the game state, such as a bonus, is won.

The payout control means 150 performs a payout process for the payout of medals according to the game results. Specifically, when a minor winning combination is achieved, the payout number of medals in the game is determined based on the payout amount predetermined for each combination, and the payout control means 150 controls the hopper unit 320, which serves as a payout device, to pay out medals equivalent to the determined payout number.

The hopper unit 320 performs the operation of paying out the number of medals instructed by the payout control means 150. The hopper unit 320 is equipped with a payout medal detection switch 325 that is activated each time a medal is paid out. The payout control means 150 is configured to be able to manage the number of medals actually paid out from the hopper unit 320 based on an input signal from the payout medal detection switch 325. Note that when medal credit is permitted, instead of actually paying out medals using the hopper unit 320, a credit addition process is performed in which the payout number is added to the credit number (the number of credited medals) stored in the credit storage area (not shown) of the storage means 190, and medals are virtually paid out.

When the winning determination means 140 determines that a symbol combination indicating a winning replay among the multiple types of replay roles described below has been stopped and displayed on the pay line L1, and the replay wins, the replay processing means 160 performs a replay process (replay process) that sets the machine to a ready state for the next game without the need to insert medals. That is, in the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, when a replay wins, an automatic insertion process is performed in which a specified number of medals are automatically inserted without using medals (including credit medals) held by the player, and the machine waits for the start operation of the start lever SL for the next game with the same winning line L1 as the previous game set.

The game state transition control means 170 performs processing for transitioning the game state between multiple game states, and processing related to the activation and termination of bonuses. Here, the transition condition for each game state may be one condition or multiple conditions. When multiple conditions are defined, the game state can be transitioned to another game state based on the fulfillment of any one of the multiple predefined conditions, or the fulfillment of all of the multiple predefined conditions.

The performance control means 180 controls the performance related to the game, such as image and video performance using the display device 330 as a performance display device, and sound performance using the sound device 340, based on the performance data stored in the performance control data storage means 196. Specifically, when the player operates each component of the slot machine 1 by inserting a medal, 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 means 180 controls the execution of performances that liven up the game or assist the game, such as lighting or blinking lamps and LEDs, outputting sounds from the sound device 340, and using the left reels R1 to R3 to delay the start of rotation of the left reels R1 to R3 when a start signal is output from the start switch 230.

The performance control means 180 also causes each component of the performance device 300 to execute a performance based on each performance state. In this 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 process that uses a random number, and executes each lottery process using the performance lottery table required for each lottery process from among the multiple performance lottery tables stored in the performance control data storage means 196.

In this embodiment, when the AT control means 200 executes the winning assistance, the presentation control means 180 executes a winning assistance presentation that uses the presentation device 300 to announce the content to be announced in the winning assistance (for example, announcing the correct batting order when the winning area "batting order bell 1" is won).

The AT control means 200 uses data stored in the AT control data storage means 197 to control the transition between the advantageous zone (advantageous period), which is a zone (period) in which an auxiliary game capable of executing a winning assistance to assist the winning of a specific role is executed, and the normal zone (non-advantageous period, non-advantageous zone), which is a zone (period) in which a game is executed in which control related to the auxiliary game based on the result of the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120 is not executed, using data stored in the AT control data storage means 197. The AT control data storage means 197 stores an advantageous zone transition lottery table used in the advantageous zone transition lottery that determines whether or not to start an advantageous zone in the normal zone, and data used in various controls related to multiple types of presentation states including the AT state and non-AT state executed in the advantageous zone (various flags that are set to ON or OFF by a predetermined control process, various counters including the chance counter 197c described later, etc.).

The AT control means 200 sets the presentation state to the AT state (assist time state) under predetermined conditions in the advantageous zone, and displays information (an example of operation instruction information) corresponding to the operation sequence (correct batting order) of the stop buttons B1 to B3 that enables the winning specific role to win on the main control display device 500 consisting of a 7-segment display, thereby performing a winning assistance (announcement of correct batting order) that assists the specific role to win. Also, in the slot machine 1, when the winning assistance is performed by the AT control means 200, the presentation control means 180 executes a winning assistance presentation that displays an indicator corresponding to the correct batting order on the display device 330. In this way, in the slot machine 1, in the AT state, the operation mode of the stop buttons B1 to B3 is notified by the winning assistance, thereby executing an auxiliary game (AT game, announcement game) that is advantageous to the player.

When a predetermined end condition for ending the advantageous zone, described later in more detail, is met, the AT control means 200 ends the advantageous zone and starts the normal zone from the next game, and executes an end process as a predetermined initialization process, which is a process for initializing information related to the advantageous zone, such as various flags and numerical values set within the advantageous zone. In addition, the AT control means 200 turns on the zone notification unit 500A when the advantageous zone starts and the winning assistance is executed, so that the expected medal acquisition value is 1 or more. For this reason, the AT control means 200 is configured to be able to turn off the zone notification unit 500A when the presentation state is such that the winning assistance is not executed, even if the advantageous zone has started.

The AT control means 200 sets the value "1500" as an initial value in the first advantageous zone counter 197a in a game that has started an advantageous zone, and executes a game number update process in which the value "1", which corresponds to one game, is subtracted from the value (stored value) stored in the first advantageous zone counter 197a each time a game is played, and the stored value of the first advantageous zone counter 197a is cumulatively decremented and updated. The AT control means 200 also executes a difference number update process in which the value (difference number) obtained by subtracting the number of medals paid out from the game that has started an advantageous zone by the number of medals inserted is cumulatively recorded in the second advantageous zone counter 197b.

When the AT control means 200 of this embodiment is controlling the advantageous zone, regardless of the game state, it executes a game number update process that cumulatively subtracts (updates) the value stored in the first advantageous zone counter 197a by a value of "1", which corresponds to one game, each time one game is played, and a number difference update process that cumulatively updates the value stored in the second advantageous zone counter 197b with a value corresponding to the difference in the number of medals.

Here, in the difference number update process for updating the stored value of the second advantageous zone counter 197b, when the number of medals paid out in the game is less than the specified number of medals inserted and the stored value of the second advantageous zone counter 197b is subtracted, the AT control means 200 sets the stored value of the second advantageous zone counter 197b to the value "0" if the stored value of the second advantageous zone counter 197b is less than the value "0". As a result, the AT control means 200 can fix the value of the stored value of the second advantageous zone counter 197b at the lowest point to the value "0", so that in the control process using the stored value of the second advantageous zone counter 197b, it is not necessary to vary the value that is the judgment threshold according to the specific numerical value at the lowest point, and the load of the control process using the stored value of the second advantageous zone counter 197b can be reduced.

When 1500 games have been played, that is, when the stored value of the first advantageous zone counter 197a becomes the value "0", or when the player has won more than 2400 medals from the point at which the most medals were consumed in the advantageous zone, that is, when the stored value of the second advantageous zone counter 197b becomes the value "2401" from the point at which it was the lowest value (lowest point), the AT control means 200 determines that a specific end condition has been met as a predetermined end condition for ending the advantageous zone, and executes a predetermined end process that ends the advantageous zone and starts the normal zone from the next game.

In a specified termination process, the AT control means 200 initializes all information used in various control processes in the favorable zone, such as each flag set to ON in the favorable zone and values set in the favorable zone. The AT control means 200 can also terminate the favorable zone when a predetermined termination condition (normal termination condition) other than the specific termination condition is met, and executes the termination process even when the normal termination condition is met. Details of the normal termination condition set by the AT control means 200 in this embodiment will be described later.

2. Components of the Gaming Machine of the Present Embodiment Next, the components of the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

<Winning areas subject to internal lottery>
Figure 3 is a diagram showing the winning areas that are the subject of the internal lottery in the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, the winning numbers and winning roles associated with each winning area, and the number of lottery values associated with each winning area in each gaming state.

The slot machine 1 of this embodiment has a regular big bonus (hereinafter, the regular big bonus is also referred to as "RBB") as a bonus that is a consecutive operation device for a first type special feature. The slot machine 1 also has, as game states controlled by the game state transition control means 170, a non-RT state in which the RBB is not set to an established state and the RBB is not operating, a bonus established state in which the RBB is set to an established state and the RBB is maintained in the established state until the RBB is activated, and a bonus state in which the RBB is activated and the RBB is activated, and a bonus state in which the RBB is activated and the RBB is activated.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, the winning areas that are subject to the internal lottery include the winning area "all small roles", the winning area "all 3-coin roles", the winning area "all 1-coin roles", the winning area "normal replay 1", the winning area "normal replay 2", the winning area "blue 7 batting order bell 1" to winning area "blue 7 batting order bell 8", the winning area "red 7 batting order bell 1" to winning area "red 7 batting order bell 8", the winning area "batting order bell 1" to winning area "batting order bell 8", the winning area "batting order chance 1" to winning area "batting order chance 10", the winning area "special batting order bell 1", the winning area "special batting order bell 2", the winning area "RBB & 1-coin role", the winning area "RBB & rare role 1", the winning area "RBB & rare role 2" and the winning area "RBB", which are respectively associated with the winning numbers 1 to 45. Additionally, in slot machine 1, winning number 0 is associated with a non-winning result (loss) as a result of the internal lottery.

Here, "batting order" refers to the order in which stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed. In the following description, the timing at which stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed is also referred to as "pressing timing."

In the random number determination process, the internal lottery means 120 determines whether each winning area is a winner in the order from the winning area associated with winning number 45 to the non-winning area associated with winning number 0.

In the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, the small roles that can be won if the internal lottery is won include Bell A to Bell P, Chance role, special small role, special bell, special watermelon, and 1-coin role A to 1-coin role V, and the replays that can be won in the internal lottery include Replay A and Replay B. Each small role and each replay is associated with a winning area in the combination shown in FIG. 3.

As shown in FIG. 3, the slot machine 1 has winning areas including bonuses and small prizes, such as "RBB & 1 coin prize", "RBB & rare prize 1", and "RBB & rare prize 2", and has a winning area including only bonuses, such as "RBB".

Here, in the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, the role associated with the carryover possible flag is RBB, and the small role and replay are associated with the non-carryover possible flag. That is, in the lottery flag setting process, when a winning area including RBB is won in the internal lottery, a process is performed to carry over the established state of the lottery flag of the winning RBB until the RBB is won. At this time, the internal lottery means 120 performs an internal lottery to determine whether or not the small role and replay are won, even in a game in which the established state of the lottery flag of RBB is carried over. That is, in the lottery flag setting process, when a small role or replay is won in a game in which the established state of the lottery flag of RBB is carried over, the lottery flag corresponding to two or more roles consisting of the lottery flag of the already won RBB and the lottery flag of the small role or replay won in the internal lottery is set to an established state.

<Internal lottery table>
In the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, as the internal lottery tables used in the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120, an internal lottery table used in the non-RT state (normal), an internal lottery table used in the bonus establishment state (internal), and an internal lottery table used in the bonus state (operation) are stored in the internal lottery table storage means 192. In each internal lottery table, as shown in FIG. 3, a lottery value number is associated with a winning area that is the subject of the lottery.

<Random number determination process>
In the random number determination process, the internal lottery means 120 of this embodiment sequentially subtracts the random number obtained from the random number generation means 110 by the lottery value numbers corresponding to each winning area in the internal lottery table obtained from the internal lottery table storage means 192, and when the result of the subtraction is a negative value, it determines that the winning area corresponding to the subtracted lottery value number has been won. Also, when the result of the subtraction is a positive value at the time when the internal lottery means 120 has finished subtracting all the lottery value numbers stored in the internal lottery table, it determines that none of the roles have been won, that is, that the player has not won.

The random number generating means 110 of this embodiment is configured to generate a total of 65,536 random numbers from 0 to 65,535 as random numbers to be used in the internal lottery. As shown in FIG. 3, in the general internal lottery table, the total number of lottery values associated with the winning area "RBB" to the winning area "Normal Replay 1" is 65,536, and in the internal lottery table, the total number of lottery values associated with the winning area "RBB & Rare Role 2" to the winning area "Normal Replay 1" is 65,536. Therefore, in the internal lottery in the non-RT state or the bonus establishment state, any role will be won, and there will be no non-winning roles.

<Bonus winning determination process>
As described above, in the internal lottery means 120 of this embodiment, in the bonus establishment state, the lottery value number is set in the winning area "RBB & 1 piece role", the winning area "RBB & rare role 1", and the winning area "RBB & rare role 2". Therefore, in the internal lottery when the gaming state is the bonus establishment state, there is a possibility that RBB will be won again in the state where RBB has already been set to the establishment state, so that the internal lottery means 120 is configured to execute a bonus winning judgment process to judge whether or not the winning area in which the win/loss is determined by the random number judgment process is a winning area including a bonus, in order not to set the newly won RBB to the establishment state.

When the internal lottery means 120 determines in the bonus win determination process that the winning area including the bonus is the target for determining whether or not it has been won in the random number determination process, if the winning area including the bonus is won and the game state is a bonus established state, it executes a process to skip the process of setting the bonus to an established state. In this way, the slot machine 1 prevents a new RBB from being set to an established state when an RBB has already been set to an established state.

<Arrangement of designs>
4 is a diagram showing the symbols arranged on the periphery of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3 in the slot machine 1 of this embodiment. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, a blue 7 symbol "blue 7", a red 7 symbol "red 7", a BAR symbol "BAR", a replay symbol "RP", a bell A symbol "BLA", a bell B symbol "BLB", a cherry symbol "CH", a watermelon symbol "WM", a blank A symbol "BKA" and a blank B symbol "BKB" are arranged on the periphery of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3. Also, 20 symbols are arranged on each of the periphery of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3.

As shown in FIG. 4, the left reel R1 has the bell A symbol "BLA" arranged at stop number 1, stop number 6, stop number 11, and stop number 16. When it is determined that the bell A symbol "BLA" is to be displayed as a winning symbol combination as the symbol on the left reel R1, the bell A symbol "BLA" can be displayed as a winning symbol combination on the top row of the left reel R1 regardless of the timing of pressing the stop button B1.

In addition, replay symbols "RP" are arranged on the left reel R1 at stop numbers 2, 7, 12, and 17, and when it is determined that the replay symbol "RP" is to be displayed as a winning symbol combination on the left reel R1, the replay symbol "RP" can be displayed as a winning symbol combination on the top row of the left reel R1 regardless of the timing of pressing the stop button B1.

In addition, the left reel R1 has watermelon symbols "WM" arranged on stop numbers 0, 5, 10, and 15. When it is determined that the watermelon symbol "WM" is to be displayed as a winning symbol combination on the left reel R1, the watermelon symbol "WM" can be displayed as a winning symbol combination on the top row of the left reel R1 regardless of the timing of pressing the stop button B1.

On the middle reel R2, replay symbols "RP" are arranged on the frames of stop number 0, stop number 5, stop number 10, and stop number 15, and when it is decided that the replay symbol "RP" is to be displayed as a winning symbol combination as the symbol on the middle reel R2, the replay symbol "RP" can be displayed as a stopped symbol in the middle row of the middle reel R2 regardless of the timing of pressing the stop button B2.

In addition, the watermelon symbol "WM" is arranged on the frames of stop number 4, stop number 9, stop number 14, and stop number 19 on the middle reel R2, and when it is determined that the watermelon symbol "WM" is to be displayed as a winning symbol combination on the middle reel R2, the watermelon symbol "WM" can be displayed as a stopped symbol on the middle row of the middle reel R2 regardless of the timing of pressing the stop button B2.

On the middle reel R2, the bell A symbol "BLA" is arranged on the frames with stop number 1 and stop number 6. If it is decided that the bell A symbol "BLA" will be displayed as the winning symbol combination on the middle reel R2, the bell A symbol "BLA" can be displayed on the active line L1 by pressing the stop button B2 when the 10 frames from the replay symbol "RP" on stop number 10 to the bell A symbol "BLA" on stop number 1 are displayed on the active line L1.

The range in which the Bell A symbol "BLA" can be stopped includes the pull-in range of the Blue 7 symbol "Blue 7" arranged at stop number 3, and when it is decided that the Bell A symbol "BLA" will be stopped as the symbol on the middle reel R2, which is set as the winning symbol combination, the Stop button B2 can be pressed at the timing aimed at stopping and displaying the Blue 7 symbol "Blue 7" in the middle row of the middle reel R2, thereby making it possible for the Bell A symbol "BLA" to be displayed on the active line L1.

In addition, the middle reel R2 has the bell B symbol "BLB" arranged on the frames at stop number 11 and stop number 16. If it is decided to display the bell B symbol "BLB" as the winning symbol combination as the symbol on the middle reel R2, the bell B symbol "BLB" can be displayed on the active line L1 by pressing the stop button B2 when the 10 frames of the replay symbol "RP" at stop number 0, the watermelon symbol "WM" at stop number 19 through the bell B symbol "BLB" at stop number 11 are displayed on the active line L1.

The range in which the bell B symbol "BLB" can be stopped includes the pull-in range of the red 7 symbol "red 7" arranged at stop number 13, and when it is decided that the bell B symbol "BLB" will be stopped as the symbol on the middle reel R2, which is set as a winning symbol combination, the stop button B2 can be pressed at the desired timing to stop and display the red 7 symbol "red 7" in the middle row of the middle reel R2, thereby making it possible for the bell B symbol "BLB" to be displayed on the active line L1.

In this way, on the middle reel R2, the ranges in which the bell A symbol "BLA" and the bell B symbol "BLB" can be displayed on the active line L1 do not overlap with each other, and the range in which the bell A symbol "BLA" can be stopped and the range in which the bell B symbol "BLB" can be stopped and displayed cover all of the symbols arranged on the middle reel R2. Therefore, when it is determined that the bell A symbol "BLA" or the bell B symbol "BLB" is to be stopped and displayed as a winning symbol combination as the symbol on the middle reel R2, the bell A symbol "BLA" or the bell B symbol "BLB" can be stopped and displayed in the middle row of the middle reel R2 regardless of the timing of pressing the stop button B2.

On the right reel R3, replay symbols "RP" are arranged at stop numbers 2, 7, 12, and 17. When it is decided that the replay symbol "RP" is to be displayed as a winning symbol combination on the right reel R3, the replay symbol "RP" can be displayed as a winning symbol combination on the lower row of the right reel R3 regardless of the timing of pressing the stop button B3.

In addition, the right reel R3 has watermelon symbols "WM" arranged at stop numbers 3, 8, 13, and 18. When it is determined that the watermelon symbol "WM" is to be displayed as a winning symbol combination on the right reel R3, the watermelon symbol "WM" can be displayed as a winning symbol combination on the bottom row of the right reel R3 regardless of when the stop button B3 is pressed.

On the right reel R3, the bell A symbol "BLA" is arranged on the frames with stop number 1 and stop number 6. If it is decided that the bell A symbol "BLA" will be displayed as the winning symbol combination on the right reel R3, the bell A symbol "BLA" can be displayed on the active line L1 by pressing the stop button B3 when the 10 frames from the cherry symbol "CH" on stop number 10 to the bell A symbol "BLA" on stop number 1 are displayed on the active line L1.

The range in which the Bell A symbol "BLA" can be stopped includes the pull range of the Blue 7 symbol "Blue 7" arranged at stop number 5. If it is decided that the Bell A symbol "BLA" will be stopped as a winning symbol combination on the right reel R3, the Stop button B3 can be pressed at the desired timing to stop the Blue 7 symbol "Blue 7" on the bottom row of the right reel R3, thereby making it possible for the Bell A symbol "BLA" to be displayed on the active line L1.

In addition, the right reel R3 has the bell B symbol "BLB" arranged on the frames at stop number 11 and stop number 16. If it is decided to display the bell B symbol "BLB" as the winning symbol combination as the symbol on the right reel R3, the bell B symbol "BLB" can be displayed on the active line L1 by pressing the stop button B3 when the 10 frames of the blank A symbol "BKA" at stop number 0, the blank B symbol "BKB" at stop number 19 through the bell B symbol "BLB" at stop number 11 are displayed on the active line L1.

The range in which the bell B symbol "BLB" can be stopped includes the pull-in range of the red 7 symbol "red 7" arranged at stop number 15. If it is decided that the bell B symbol "BLB" will be stopped as a winning symbol combination on the right reel R3, the stop button B3 can be pressed at the desired timing to stop the red 7 symbol "red 7" on the bottom row of the right reel R3, and the bell B symbol "BLB" can be displayed on the active line L1.

In this way, on the right reel R3, the ranges in which the bell A symbol "BLA" and the bell B symbol "BLB" can be displayed on the active line L1 do not overlap with each other, and the range in which the bell A symbol "BLA" can be stopped and the range in which the bell B symbol "BLB" can be stopped and displayed cover all of the symbols arranged on the right reel R3. Therefore, when it is determined that the bell A symbol "BLA" or the bell B symbol "BLB" is to be stopped and displayed as a winning symbol combination on the right reel R3, the bell A symbol "BLA" or the bell B symbol "BLB" can be stopped and displayed on the bottom row of the right reel R3 regardless of the timing of pressing the stop button B3.

On the left reel R1 to the right reel R3, one to three of the following symbols are arranged on each reel: blue 7 symbol "blue 7", red 7 symbol "red 7", cherry symbol "CH", blank A symbol "BKA", and blank B symbol "BKB". When it is decided to stop displaying the winning symbol combination of blue 7 symbol "blue 7", red 7 symbol "red 7", cherry symbol "CH", blank A symbol "BKA", and blank B symbol "BKB", each symbol can be displayed on the active line L1 by pressing stop buttons B1 to B3 within the pull-in range where each symbol can be stopped and displayed on the active line L1.

In addition, in the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, the blue 7 symbol "blue 7" and the red 7 symbol "red 7" are configured as symbols that are longer in width than the other symbols, and are configured as symbols that are more visible than the bell A symbol "BLA" and the bell B symbol "BLB" when the left reel R1 to the right reel R3 are spinning.

<Reel Control Means>
In the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, in any game state, the priority order of the winning combinations to be stopped on the pay line L1 in the reel stop control is set in the order of "replay > small combination >bonus." In other words, when a bonus and a small combination or a bonus and a replay are won in combination, the reel control means 130 executes stop control to give priority to the bonus and win the small combination or the replay.

The reel control means 130 of this embodiment is configured to determine whether to execute number-priority control or number-priority control depending on the timing of pressing stop buttons B1 to B3 when the winning areas "Batting Chance 1" to "Batting Chance 10" are won when the gaming state is in a bonus established state and reel stop control is executed. Details of the reel stop control when the winning areas "Batting Chance 1" to "Batting Chance 10" are won when the gaming state is in a bonus established state will be described later.

<Small prize winning combinations and payouts>
5 to 8 are diagrams showing winning symbol combinations of minor roles in the slot machine 1 of this embodiment and payouts set for each minor role. As shown in FIG. 5, the winning symbol combination of Bell A is composed of "BAR (CH)-BLA-WM", and when Bell A wins, Bell A symbol "BLA" or Bell B symbol "BLB" is stopped and displayed in a row on the bottom row of the left reel R1, the middle row of the center reel R2, and the top row of the right reel R3.

The winning symbol combination for Bell B is "WM-BLA-RP", and when Bell B wins, the Bell A symbol "BLA" or the Bell B symbol "BLB" is displayed in a line in the middle row from the left reel R1 to the right reel R3.

The winning symbol combination for Bell C is "WM-BLA (BLB)-BLA", and when Bell C wins, the Bell A symbol "BLA" or the Bell B symbol "BLB" is displayed on the left reel R1, the middle section of the middle reel R2, and the bottom section of the right reel R3.

The winning symbol combination for Bell D is "BAR (CH)-RP-BLA", and when Bell D wins, the Bell A symbol "BLA" or the Bell B symbol "BLB" is displayed in a line on the bottom row of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3.

The winning symbol combination for Bell E is "BAR (CH)-BLB-WM", and when Bell E wins, the Bell A symbol "BLA" or the Bell B symbol "BLB" are displayed in a line on the bottom row of the left reel R1, the middle row of the middle reel R2, and the top row of the right reel R3.

In other words, in the slot machine 1, in either case of a winning bell A or a winning bell E, the bell A symbol "BLA" or the bell B symbol "BLB" is displayed in a line on the bottom of the left reel R1, the middle of the center reel R2, and the top of the right reel R3. In addition, the winning symbol combinations of bell A and bell E are configured to be displayed on the pay line L1 regardless of the timing of pressing the stop button B1 and the stop button B3 for the symbols on the left reel R1 and the right reel R3.

The position on the center reel R2 where the Bell A symbol "BLA" is arranged and the position on the center reel R2 where the Bell B symbol "BLB" is arranged are positions where there is no overlap in their pull-in ranges, as described above, so the timing for pressing the stop button B2 to enable a win is different for each of them.

The winning symbol combination for Bell F is "WM-BLB-RP", and when Bell F wins, the Bell A symbol "BLA" or the Bell B symbol "BLB" is displayed in a line in the middle row from the left reel R1 to the right reel R3.

In other words, the slot machine 1 is configured so that, in either case of a winning bell B or a winning bell F, the bell A symbol "BLA" or the bell B symbol "BLB" is stopped and displayed in a row in the middle of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3. Also, the winning symbol combinations of bell B and bell F are configured so that the symbols on the left reel R1 and the right reel R3 can be stopped and displayed on the pay line L1 regardless of the timing of pressing the stop button B1 and the stop button B3.

And, as described above, the position on the center reel R2 where the bell A symbol "BLA" is arranged and the position where the bell B symbol "BLB" is arranged are positions where there is no overlap in the pull-in ranges of the bells B and F, so the timing for pressing the stop button B2 to make a win is different for each.

The winning symbol combination for Bell G is "WM-BLA (BLB)-BLB", and when Bell G wins, the Bell A symbol "BLA" or the Bell B symbol "BLB" is displayed on the left reel R1, the middle section of the middle reel R2, and the bottom section of the right reel R3.

In other words, the slot machine 1 is configured so that, in either case of a winning bell C or a winning bell G, the bell A symbol "BLA" or the bell B symbol "BLB" is stopped and displayed on the left reel R1, the middle section of the center reel R2, and the bottom section of the right reel R3. In addition, the winning symbol combinations of bell C and bell G are configured so that the symbols on the left reel R1 and center reel R2 can be stopped and displayed on the pay line L1 regardless of the timing of pressing the stop buttons B1 and B2.

And because the position on the right reel R3 where the Bell A symbol "BLA" is arranged and the position where the Bell B symbol "BLB" is arranged are positions where there is no overlap in the pull-in ranges, as described above, Bell C and Bell G are configured so that the timing for pressing the stop button B3 to enable a win is different for each.

The winning symbol combination for Bell H is "BAR (CH)-RP-BLB", and when Bell H wins, the Bell A symbol "BLA" or the Bell B symbol "BLB" is displayed in a line on the bottom row of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3.

In other words, the slot machine 1 is configured so that, in either case of a winning bell D or a winning bell H, the bell A symbol "BLA" or the bell B symbol "BLB" is stopped and displayed in a row on the bottom row of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3. Also, the winning symbol combinations of bell D and bell H are configured so that the symbols on the left reel R1 and the center reel R2 can be stopped and displayed on the pay line L1 regardless of the timing of pressing the stop button B1 or stop button B2.

And because the position on the right reel R3 where the Bell A symbol "BLA" is arranged and the position where the Bell B symbol "BLB" is arranged are positions where there is no overlap in the pull-in ranges, as described above, Bell D and Bell H are configured so that the timing for pressing the stop button B3 to enable a win is different for each.

The winning symbol combination for Bell I is "BLA-BLA-WM", and when Bell I wins, the Bell A symbol "BLA" or the Bell B symbol "BLB" is displayed on the top row of the left reel R1, the middle row of the center reel R2, and the top row of the right reel R3.

The winning symbol combination for Bell J is "WM-BLA-WM", and when Bell J wins, the Bell A symbol "BLA" or the Bell B symbol "BLB" is displayed on the left reel R1, the middle row of the middle reel R2, and the top row of the right reel R3.

The winning symbol combination for Bell K is "BLA-BLA (BLB)-BLA", and when Bell K wins, the Bell A symbol "BLA" or the Bell B symbol "BLB" are displayed in a line on the top row of the left reel R1, the middle row of the middle reel R2, and the bottom row of the right reel R3.

The winning symbol combination for Bell L is "BAR (CH)-BLA (BLB)-BLA", and when Bell L wins, the Bell A symbol "BLA" or the Bell B symbol "BLB" is displayed on the bottom row of the left reel R1, the middle row of the middle reel R2, and the bottom row of the right reel R3.

The winning symbol combination for Bell M is "BLA-BLB-WM", and when Bell M wins, the Bell A symbol "BLA" or the Bell B symbol "BLB" is displayed on the top row of the left reel R1, the middle row of the middle reel R2, and the top row of the right reel R3.

In other words, the slot machine 1 is configured so that, in either case of a winning bell I or a winning bell M, the bell A symbol "BLA" or the bell B symbol "BLB" is stopped and displayed on the top of the left reel R1, the middle of the center reel R2, and the top of the right reel R3. In addition, the winning symbol combinations of bell I and bell M are configured so that the symbols on the left reel R1 and the right reel R3 can be stopped and displayed on the pay line L1 regardless of the timing of pressing the stop button B1 and the stop button B3.

And, as described above, the position on the center reel R2 where the Bell A symbol "BLA" is arranged and the position where the Bell B symbol "BLB" is arranged are positions where there is no overlap in the pull-in ranges, so the timing for pressing the stop button B2 to make a win is different for Bell I and Bell M.

The winning symbol combination for Bell N is "WM-BLB-WM", and when Bell N wins, the Bell A symbol "BLA" or the Bell B symbol "BLB" is displayed on the left reel R1, the middle row of the middle reel R2, and the top row of the right reel R3.

In other words, the slot machine 1 is configured so that, in either case of a winning Bell J or a winning Bell N, the Bell A symbol "BLA" or the Bell B symbol "BLB" is stopped and displayed on the left reel R1, the middle section of the center reel R2, and the top section of the right reel R3. In addition, the winning symbol combinations of Bell J and Bell N are configured so that the symbols on the left reel R1 and the right reel R3 can be stopped and displayed on the pay line L1 regardless of the timing of pressing the stop buttons B1 and B3.

And because the position on center reel R2 where the Bell A symbol "BLA" is arranged and the position where the Bell B symbol "BLB" is arranged are positions where there is no overlap in their pull-in ranges, as described above, Bell J and Bell N are configured so that the timing for pressing the stop button B2 to enable a win is different for each.

The winning symbol combination for Bell O is "BLA-BLA(BLB)-BLB", and when Bell O wins, the Bell A symbol "BLA" or the Bell B symbol "BLB" are displayed in a line on the top row of the left reel R1, the middle row of the middle reel R2, and the bottom row of the right reel R3.

In other words, the slot machine 1 is configured so that, in either case of a winning bell K or a winning bell O, the bell A symbol "BLA" or the bell B symbol "BLB" is stopped and displayed in a row on the top of the left reel R1, the middle of the center reel R2, and the bottom of the right reel R3. In addition, the winning symbol combinations of bell K and bell O are configured so that the symbols on the left reel R1 and center reel R2 can be stopped and displayed on the pay line L1 regardless of the timing of pressing the stop buttons B1 and B2.

The position on the right reel R3 where the Bell A symbol "BLA" is arranged and the position on the right reel R3 where the Bell B symbol "BLB" is arranged are positions where there is no overlap in the pull-in ranges, as described above, so the timing for pressing the stop button B3 to enable a win is different for each of the Bell K and Bell O symbols.

The winning symbol combination for Bell P is "BAR (CH) - BLA (BLB) - BLB", and when Bell P wins, the Bell A symbol "BLA" or the Bell B symbol "BLB" is displayed on the bottom row of the left reel R1, the middle row of the middle reel R2, and the bottom row of the right reel R3.

In other words, the slot machine 1 is configured so that, in either case of a winning bell L or a winning bell P, the bell A symbol "BLA" or the bell B symbol "BLB" is stopped and displayed on the bottom of the left reel R1, the middle of the center reel R2, and the bottom of the right reel R3. In addition, the winning symbol combinations of bell L and bell P are configured so that the symbols on the left reel R1 and center reel R2 can be stopped and displayed on the pay line L1 regardless of the timing of pressing the stop button B1 or stop button B2.

The position on the right reel R3 where the bell A symbol "BLA" is arranged and the position on the right reel R3 where the bell B symbol "BLB" is arranged are positions where there is no overlap in the pull-in ranges, as described above, so the timing for pressing the stop button B3 to enable a win is different for each of them.

The winning symbol combinations for the chance role, special small role, special bell, special watermelon, and 1 coin role A to 1 coin role V are composed of the winning symbol combinations shown in Figures 6, 7, and 8, respectively. The chance role, special small role, and special bell are composed of winning symbol combinations that can be stopped and displayed regardless of the timing of pressing the stop buttons B1 to B3 when the reel stop control set for the small role that is preferentially displayed on the active line L1 is performed. The special watermelon is composed to be able to win when the timing of pressing the stop button B2 is such that the blue 7 symbol "blue 7", the red 7 symbol "red 7", or the blank A symbol "BKA" can be stopped and displayed in the middle of the middle reel R2.

The payouts for Bell A through Bell P and chance roles are set to a number of coins (15 coins) that is more than the specified number of coins inserted (3 coins). The payouts for special minor roles are set to a number of coins (14 coins) that is more than the specified number of coins inserted (3 coins) but less than the chance role. The payouts for special bells and special watermelons are set to a number of coins (3 coins) that is the same as the specified number of coins inserted. The payouts for 1 coin roles A through V are set to a number of coins (1 coin) that is less than the specified number of coins inserted.

<Game state transition control means>
FIG. 9(A) is a state transition diagram showing game states to which a transition can be made from each game state in the control relating to the transition of game states executed by the game state transition control means 170 of this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 9(A), the non-RT state is a gaming state (initial gaming state, normal gaming state) that corresponds to the initial state among the multiple types of gaming states, and is a non-bonus state in which a bonus has not been 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 a general internal lottery table in which the probability of winning a replay is set to 8978/65536 (approximately 1/7.3), as shown in FIG. 3.

The bonus established state is a game state to which the game enters when the winning area "RBB", the winning area "RBB & 1 coin role", the winning area "RBB & rare role 1", or the winning area "RBB & rare role 2" is won in the internal lottery in the non-RT state, and RBB is set to the established state. In the bonus established state, the game state transition control means 170 causes the internal lottery means 120 to execute an internal lottery using an internal internal lottery table in which the winning probability of replay is set to 8982/65536 (approximately 1/7.3) as shown in FIG. 3.

The bonus state is a game state to which the game is transitioned when the RBB is won and activated. In the bonus state, the game state transition control means 170 determines whether the termination condition of the activated RBB is met based on the total number of medals paid out, and when the number of medals paid out exceeds a predetermined payout number (e.g., 83 medals), it terminates the operation of the RBB, thereby terminating the bonus state, and transitions the game state to a non-RT state, which is a non-bonus state. As shown in FIG. 3, 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 in operation.

As shown in Figure 3, in the internal lottery table in operation, random numbers are associated with the winning area "All Small Winnings" which wins all of the small winnings of Bell A to Bell P, Chance Winnings, Special Small Winnings, Special Bell, Special Watermelon, and 1 Coin Winnings A to 1 Coin Winnings V, the winning area "All 3 Coin Winnings" which wins all of the small winnings with payouts set to 3 for Special Bell and Special Watermelon, and the winning area "All 1 Coin Winnings" which wins all of the small winnings with payouts set to 1 for 1 Coin Winnings A to 1 Coin Winnings V.

The bonus state will be described in detail with reference to Figure 3. In the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, the probability of winning the winning area "all small roles", the winning area "all 3-coin roles", or the winning area "all 1-coin roles" in the bonus state in which the operating internal lottery table is selected is higher than the probability of winning any of the winning areas including a small role in the general internal lottery table or the internal internal lottery table, i.e., the probability of winning a small role in the bonus state is set to be higher than the probability of winning any of the small roles in a game state other than the bonus state. In addition, in the operating internal lottery table, the probability of winning the winning area "All Small Roles" is set to a probability of 3000/65536 (approximately 1/21.8), which is higher than the combined probability of winning any one of the winning areas "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8" and any one of the winning areas "Batting Order Bell 1" to "Batting Order Bell 8", which is 2700/65536 (approximately 1/24.3), in the internal lottery table during general and the internal lottery table during internal. " to winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8" and one of the winning areas "Batting Order Bell 1" to "Batting Order Bell 8", which is 2700/65536 (approximately 1/24.3), and is set to the same probability as 3000/65536 (approximately 1/21.8), which is the probability of winning one of the winning areas "Batting Order Chance 1" to "Batting Order Chance 10" (the winning probability obtained by combining the winning probabilities of each of the winning areas "Batting Order Chance 1" to "Batting Order Chance 10").

Because of this configuration, the slot machine 1 of this embodiment is configured so that in the bonus state, the probability of winning all minor prizes is higher than in the non-RT state when the bonus is not activated or in the bonus activation state, and the probability of winning any minor prize is the same or higher.

In addition, the slot machine 1 is configured such that in the bonus state, the probability of winning in the winning area "All Small Features" is lower than the probability of winning in any of the winning areas "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8" (the combined winning probability of each of the winning areas "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8") and is lower than the probability of winning in any of the winning areas "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8" (the combined winning probability of each of the winning areas "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8").

In this way, the slot machine 1 of this embodiment has multiple types of first specific winning modes (winning area "Blue 7 Batting Bell 1" to winning area "Blue 7 Batting Bell 8", winning area "Red 7 Batting Bell 1" to winning area "High 7 Batting Bell 8") in which multiple types of specific roles (Bell A to Bell P) set to a payout greater than the game value (the specified insertion number of three coins) required to start play do not overlap with each other and are won in combination with other minor roles, and a second specific winning mode (winning area "all minor roles") in which multiple types of specific minor roles are won in combination, and the internal lottery means 120 is configured to perform an internal lottery so that multiple types of first specific winning modes exist in the normal game state (non-RT state) and bonus establishment state, and to perform an internal lottery so that the second specific winning mode exists in the bonus state. In addition, in the slot machine 1, the probability of winning the second winning mode in the internal lottery in the bonus state is lower than the probability of winning any of the multiple types of first winning modes in the internal lottery in the normal game state and the bonus establishment state, and the winning probability of each of the small roles in the internal lottery in the bonus state is configured to be equal to or higher than the winning probability of each of the small roles in the internal lottery in the normal game state and the bonus establishment state.

For this reason, in the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, the expected medal acquisition rate in the bonus state is less than 100%.

Here, in the bonus established state, as will be described in more detail later, when the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8" and the winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8" are won, Bells A to P cannot be made to win unless stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the correct batting order consisting of batting orders 3 to 6, and the first stop operation is performed at a press timing that allows the winning Bells A to P to win. Therefore, the probability of any of Bells A to P winning is limited to when stop buttons B1 to B3 can be pressed in the correct batting order from the four types of batting orders, and the first stop operation is performed at the appropriate press timing. On the other hand, when AT play is performed in which the winning assistance is performed by the AT control means 200 described later, when the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8" and the winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8" are won, the correct batting order and the timing of pressing that allows Bells A to P to win are notified by the winning assistance control by the AT control means 200 and the winning assistance presentation by the presentation control means 180, so the probability that any of Bells A to P will win can be increased by up to 16 times compared to when the winning assistance is not performed.

In this embodiment, 16 types of bells A to P are set as winning roles (specific roles) that pay out more medals than the specified number of medals when the stop operation is performed in the correct stroke order and the timing of pressing the first stop operation is appropriate. The probability of obtaining a winning mode including a specific role in the bonus state is compressed to about 1/16 of the probability of obtaining a winning mode including a specific role in a game state other than the bonus state. By configuring in this way, the probability of obtaining a winning mode including a specific role in the bonus state can be compressed to about 1/N of the probability of obtaining a winning mode including a specific role in a game state other than the bonus state by providing a mode in which N types of specific roles are won without overlapping each other in a game state other than the bonus state and performing an internal lottery, and providing a mode in which N types of specific roles are won in overlapping in the bonus state. This makes it possible to design the medal acquisition performance for AT play while lowering the lower limit of the expected value of the medal acquisition rate in the bonus state to less than 100%, and thus dramatically improving the design freedom of the slot machine 1 with the AT function.

<Performance control means>
In this embodiment, the presentation control means 180 is configured to display on the display device 330 a so-called demo video, which is a video that provides an overview of the presentation executed in the slot machine 1, when a predetermined time (e.g., 45 seconds) has elapsed in a state in which the rotation of the left reel R1 to the right reel R3 is not controlled by the reel control means 130 and no medals have been set to an inserted state by the insertion acceptance means 105, that is, in a state in which the previous game has ended and the next game has started.

In addition, in this embodiment, the presentation control means 180 sets the state from the end of the previous game to the start of the next game as the period during which the presentation setting can be selected. During the period during which the presentation setting can be selected, when the presentation operation switch 270 detects the player pressing the select button SB or the enter button DB, the presentation control means 180 displays a presentation setting display on the display device 330, which is a display that allows the presentation setting to be selected.

When the performance setting display is displayed on the display device 330, the performance control means 180 displays a volume adjustment screen on the display device 330 that displays the volume of the sound output from the audio device 340 when the left select button SBc of the select buttons SB is pressed and when the right select button SBd is pressed. When the volume adjustment screen is displayed, the performance control means 180 lowers the volume by one step from the current volume when the left select button SBc is pressed, and raises the volume by one step from the current volume when the right select button SBd is pressed.

When the effect setting display is displayed on the display device 330, the effect control means 180 displays a setting screen on the display device 330 that allows the user to set the effect content to be displayed on the display device 330 when the upper select button SBa of the select buttons SB is pressed, when the lower select button SBb is pressed, or when the decision button DB is pressed. In the setting screen, the effect control means 180 displays a first button with "Volume adjustment" written on it and framed by a rectangle, and a second button with "Character selection" written on it and framed, as a screen indicating that "Display volume adjustment screen" and "Display character selection screen" for selecting a character to be displayed on the display device 330 can be selected, and displays a cursor on an arrow next to each button to indicate which button is selected.

When the up select button SBa is operated and when the down select button SBb is operated, the performance control means 180 moves the cursor from its current position (near either the first button or the second button) to a position near the other of the first button or the second button. When the decision button DB is pressed, the performance control means 180 displays on the display device 330 a setting screen corresponding to the button on which the cursor is located at the time the decision button DB is pressed.

In addition, the presentation control means 180 of this embodiment is configured to output a predetermined sound (e.g., "Come again") as a sound related to the settlement of medals based on the operation of the settlement button BS when the medal settlement switch 280 detects that the settlement button BS has been pressed during the period from the end of the previous game to the start of the next game, and the medals credited to the slot machine 1 have been settled.

Here, the performance control means 180 is configured to stop outputting the predetermined sound and display a volume adjustment screen when the left select button SBc is pressed and when the right select button SBd is pressed during the period when a predetermined sound related to the medal settlement based on the operation of the settlement button BS is being outputted. Also, the performance control means 180 is configured to stop outputting the predetermined sound and display a setting screen when the decision button DB is pressed during the period when a predetermined sound related to the medal settlement based on the operation of the settlement button BS is being outputted. On the other hand, the performance control means 180 is configured to continue outputting the predetermined sound and not display the setting screen when the up select button SBa is pressed and when the down select button SBb is pressed during the period when a predetermined sound related to the medal settlement based on the operation of the settlement button BS is being outputted, that is, not to execute the process related to displaying the setting screen executed when the up select button SBa is pressed and the process related to displaying the setting screen executed when the down select button SBb is pressed.

In other words, the gaming machine is
A settlement operation unit (BS) used for settlement;
A performance setting operation unit (SBa to SBd, DB) used for operations including performance setting;
A control means (180) for controlling the execution of the performance;
the control means outputs a predetermined sound when a gaming value is settled based on an operation on the settlement operation unit;
The predetermined sound is a sound notifying the settlement of gaming value,
The performance setting operation unit has a first performance setting operation unit (SBc, SBd, DB) and a second performance setting operation unit (SBa, SBb),
The control means executes a first performance setting process when the first performance setting operation unit is operated,
The control means executes a second performance setting process when the second performance setting operation unit is operated,
When the first performance setting operation unit is operated while the predetermined sound is being output, the control means stops output of the predetermined sound and executes the first performance setting process;
When the second performance setting operation unit is operated while the predetermined sound is being output, the control means continues output of the predetermined sound and does not execute the second performance setting process.

With this configuration, when the left select button SBc, right select button SBd or decision button DB is pressed during the period when a predetermined sound related to the settlement of medals based on the operation of the settlement button BS is being output, the slot machine 1 of this embodiment stops outputting the predetermined sound and executes the process corresponding to the pressed button, allowing the player to quickly respond when they want to make settings related to the presentation (adjust the volume, change the displayed character) while the predetermined sound is being output; and when the up select button SBa or down select button SBb is pressed, the output of the predetermined sound continues without executing the process corresponding to the pressed button, so that the predetermined sound continues even if the player accidentally presses the up select button SBa or down select button SBb while the predetermined sound is being output, thereby satisfying the needs of the player who desires the predetermined sound.

The settlement button BS constitutes the settlement operation section in this embodiment, the up select button SBa and the down select button SBb constitute the performance setting operation section and the second performance setting operation section in this embodiment, the left select button SBc, the right select button SBd, and the decision button DB constitute the performance setting operation section and the first performance setting operation section in this embodiment, the performance control means 180 constitutes the control means in this embodiment, the process related to the display of the volume adjustment screen based on the pressing of the left select button SBc and the right select button SBd and the process related to the display of the setting screen based on the pressing of the decision button DB constitute the first performance setting process in this embodiment, and the process related to the display of the setting screen based on the pressing of the up select button SBa and the down select button SBb constitute the second performance setting process in this embodiment.

<AT Control Means>
FIG. 9(B) is a state transition diagram showing details of the normal and advantageous periods controlled by the AT control means 200 of this embodiment, and the presentation state controlled during the advantageous period.

As described above, the normal interval is a period during which control of auxiliary play based on the results of the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120 is not executed. During play within the normal interval, the AT control means 200 executes a favorable interval lottery, which is a lottery that determines whether or not to end the normal interval and start a favorable interval, based on the winning area that is selected in the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120.

In the advantageous zone lottery, the AT control means 200 first obtains from the AT control data storage means 197 an advantageous zone transition lottery table, which is a data table in which "start of advantageous zone" and "miss (no win)" are associated with each of a number of random numbers. The AT control means 200 then obtains a random number from the random number generation means 110, compares the obtained random number with the advantageous zone transition lottery table, and determines whether or not to start the advantageous zone based on the comparison result.

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

The AT control means 200 of this embodiment is configured to execute a favorable zone lottery when the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8", the winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8", the winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Batting Order Bell 8", the winning area "Batting Order Chance 1" to winning area "Batting Order Chance 10", the winning area "RBB & Rare Role 1", the winning area "RBB & Rare Role 2", the winning area "RBB & 1 Coin Role", and the winning area "Normal Replay 1" are won in the internal lottery in the non-RT state and the bonus establishment state, and not to execute a favorable zone lottery when the winning area is other than the winning area. In addition, the AT control means 200 executes a favorable zone lottery that wins the "start of the favorable zone" with a high probability of about 1/1.5.

In the advantageous zone, the AT control means 200 does not execute the winning assistance for Bell A to Bell P when the winning areas "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8", "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8", and "Batting Order Bell 1" to "Batting Order Bell 8" are won, but executes the winning assistance to make it possible to win a chance role, 1-piece role A, or 1-piece role B when the winning areas "Batting Order Chance 1" to "Batting Order Chance 10" are won (normal state (first state) state), a CZ state, and an AT state (second state) in which the winning assistance for Bell A to Bell P is performed when the winning areas "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8", "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8", and "Batting Order Bell 1" to "Batting Order Bell 8" are won, and the winning assistance for making chance roles, 1-coin roles A, or 1-coin roles B win when the winning areas "Batting Order Chance 1" to "Batting Order Chance 10" are won is not performed. In addition, the slot machine 1 of this embodiment is configured so that the proportion of players staying in the advantageous zone during the entire game can be 70% or more.

The normal state is a presentation state (normal presentation state) that corresponds to the normal state among multiple types of presentation states, which is set when there is no transition to another presentation state. When the presentation state transitions to the normal state, the AT control means 200 executes an incremental update to add a value "1" corresponding to one game to the non-AT game number counter (not shown), which counts the number of plays in the normal state, each time a play is executed. The AT control means 200 executes a CZ lottery to determine whether or not to transition to the CZ state when the winning area "RBB & rare role 1" is won in the internal lottery and when the winning area "RBB & rare role 2" is won. In this embodiment, this CZ lottery constitutes an advantageous lottery to determine whether or not the player will have an advantage in terms of executing the AT state.

The AT control means 200 performs a lottery to determine either "transition to CZ state" or "no win" in the CZ lottery, and if "transition to CZ state" is won in the CZ lottery, it determines that the transition condition to the CZ state (CZ transition condition) has been met, and the presentation state transitions from the normal state to the CZ state. Also, if the stored value of the non-AT game number counter becomes "700", it determines that the transition condition to the CZ state has been met, and the presentation state transitions from the normal state to the CZ state.

In addition, when the winning area "Normal Replay 2" is selected in the internal lottery, the AT control means 200 executes a normal AT lottery to select whether or not to transition to the AT state.

The AT control means 200 performs a lottery in the normal AT lottery to determine either "transition to AT state" or "non-win", and if "transition to AT state" is won in the normal AT lottery, it determines that the condition for transition to the AT state (AT transition condition) has been met, and transitions the presentation state from the normal non-AT state to the AT state.

In this embodiment, when the winning area "batting order chance 1" to winning area "batting order chance 10" are selected in the internal lottery under normal conditions, the AT control means 200 executes the set batting order notification control to notify the stop button set to the first stop operation among the batting orders (set batting orders) that allow the winning chance role, 1-coin role A, or 1-coin role B to be won. As the set batting order notification control, the AT control means 200 causes the main control display device 500 to display a display mode that notifies one of batting orders 3 to 6 set in the set batting order in each of the winning areas "batting order chance 1" to "batting order chance 10". In the set batting order notification control, the AT control means 200 executes the notification batting order lottery to determine the batting order to be notified among batting orders 3 to 6, and causes the main control display device 500 to display the display mode corresponding to the batting order determined by the notification batting order lottery.

In the CZ state, the probability of transitioning to the AT state in which the winning assistance for Bells A to P is performed when the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8", the winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8", or the winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" to "Batting Order Bell 8" is selected by internal lottery is higher than in the normal state, and it is a more advantageous presentation state than the normal state. At the start of the CZ state, the AT control means 200 sets a value corresponding to a predetermined number of games (e.g., 32 games) to the CZ game number counter (not shown) of the AT control data storage means 197, and executes a decrement update each time a game is executed, subtracting the stored value of the CZ game number counter by the value "1" corresponding to one game.

The AT control means 200 is configured to execute a CZ AT lottery to determine whether or not to transition to the AT state during a game in which the CZ state has been started. If the "transition to the AT state" is selected in the CZ AT lottery, the AT control means 200 transitions the presentation state from the CZ state to the AT state after 32 games have been played since the start of the CZ state. On the other hand, if the "transition to the AT state" is not selected in the CZ AT lottery, the AT control means 200 ends the CZ state after 32 games have been played since the start of the CZ state. If the CZ state is ended without the AT transition condition being satisfied, the AT control means 200 determines that the normal termination condition, which is one of the conditions for terminating the advantageous zone, has been satisfied, and executes a predetermined initialization process, which is a process for initializing information regarding the advantageous zone, and a predetermined termination process for terminating the advantageous zone and starting the normal zone from the next game.

In the CZ AT lottery, the AT control means 200 executes a lottery that allows a player to win "Transition to AT state" with a higher probability than the normal AT lottery executed in the normal non-AT state, regardless of the result of the internal lottery. Also, in the CZ AT lottery, the AT control means 200 is configured to obtain a lottery table by referring to the winning area won in the internal lottery, so that the probability of winning "Transition to AT state" changes depending on the winning area won in the internal lottery. The AT control means 200 obtains a lottery table that allows a player to win "Transition to AT state" with a higher probability when the winning area "RBB & rare role 1" is won in the internal lottery and when the winning area "RBB & rare role 2" is won than when other winning areas are won.

In this way, in the CZ state, at the start of play, a CZ AT lottery is executed, which can result in a win for "transition to AT state" regardless of the result of the internal lottery, and the CZ AT lottery is configured so that if the winning area "RBB & rare role 1" or the winning area "RBB & rare role 2" is won in the internal lottery, there is a higher probability of winning "transition to AT state" than if other winning areas are won, and the state is configured as a more advantageous presentation state for players than the normal state, in which the conditions for transitioning to the AT state can only be met if the winning area "normal replay 2" is won.

When the winning area "Batting Order Chance 1" to "Batting Order Chance 10" are selected in the internal lottery in the CZ state, the AT control means 200 executes the set batting order notification control in substantially the same manner as in the normal state. In addition, the AT control means 200 is configured not to execute the winning assistance control when the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8", the winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8", and the winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Batting Order Bell 8" are selected.

The AT control means 200 may be configured to execute winning assistance control when the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8", the winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8", and the winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Batting Order Bell 8" are won when the presentation state is the CZ state, and may be configured to execute winning assistance control at a frequency such that the net increase in medals, which is the average value of the difference between the number of medals that can be won in one game and the number of medals inserted, is approximately 1.0 medal.

The AT control means 200 of this embodiment is configured to execute a bonus lottery for the award of a bonus advantageous to the player as control related to an auxiliary game corresponding to the winning role (control related to an instruction function) when the winning area "Batting Order Chance 1" to winning area "Batting Order Chance 10" are won in an internal lottery in the normal state and the CZ state. The AT control means 200 executes a normal bonus lottery among the bonus lotteries when the winning area "batting order chance 1" to the winning area "batting order chance 12" are won and the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the set batting order to win a chance role, and when the winning area "batting order chance 1" to the winning area "batting order chance 10" are won and the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in a batting order different from the set batting order from the first stop operation to win a special minor role, and executes a specific bonus lottery among the bonus lottery when the winning area "batting order chance 1" to the winning area "batting order chance 10" are won and the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the set batting order to win a 1-coin role A or 1-coin role B. In this embodiment, this bonus lottery constitutes an advantageous lottery that determines whether the player will be advantageous in terms of the execution of the AT state.

The AT control means 200 determines by lottery whether or not to store (stock) one set of AT states from when the start condition is met until the end condition is met as a normal bonus lottery. The AT control means 200 also determines by lottery whether or not to store two sets of AT states as a specific bonus lottery. When the AT control means 200 determines to store one or more sets of AT states, it stores the number of sets stored in a stock memory area (not shown) of the AT control data memory means 197.

The AT control means 200 is configured so that when one or more sets of AT states are stored, the conditions for transitioning to the AT state are met in the normal state or CZ state, and after one set of AT states has started and ended, the AT control means 200 starts one set of stored AT states, and when one set of AT states is stored in a bonus lottery, the AT control means 200 is configured so as not to start the AT state based on the fact that the AT state has been stored.

The AT state is a state in which an auxiliary game can be executed in which the winning assistance for Bells A to P is executed when the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8", the winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8", and the winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Batting Order Bell 8" is won. As the winning assistance in the AT state, the AT control means 200 causes the main control display device 500 to display a display notifying the correct batting order and the timing of pressing the first stop operation that allows Bells A to P to win when the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8" and the winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8" are won, and causes the main control display device 500 to display a display notifying the correct batting order and the timing of pressing the first stop operation when the winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Batting Order Bell 8" is won.

This AT state, which is more advantageous to the player than the normal state in terms of medal payouts due to the auxiliary game in which assistance is provided for winning Bell A to Bell P, with a payout (15 coins) set higher than the specified number of coins inserted (3 coins), constitutes the second state in this embodiment, and the AT control means 200, which controls the normal zone, advantageous zone, and auxiliary game, constitutes the auxiliary game control means in this embodiment.

At the start of the AT state, the AT control means 200 sets an initial value (50 games) corresponding to a predetermined number of games in the AT game number counter (not shown) of the AT control data storage means 197, and executes a decrement update each time a game is played, subtracting the stored value of the AT game number counter by the value "1" corresponding to one game.

In addition, when the winning area "RBB & rare role 1" or the winning area "RBB & rare role 2" is won in the internal lottery by the internal lottery means 120, the AT control means 200 is configured to execute an add-on lottery to determine whether or not to add (add) to the period during which the AT state continues by determining whether or not to add a value determined by lottery to the stored value of the AT game number counter.

When the stored value of the AT game number counter becomes "0" due to the decrement update performed each time a game is played in the AT state, the AT control means 200 refers to the stock storage area to determine whether one or more sets of AT states are stocked. When the AT control means 200 determines that no AT states are stocked, it determines that the AT state termination condition (AT termination condition) is met and terminates the AT state. In addition, the AT control means 200 also determines that the AT termination condition is met and terminates the AT state when the stored value of the first advantageous zone counter 197a reaches the value "1500" in the AT state and when the stored value of the second advantageous zone counter 197b in the AT state exceeds the value "2400".

When the AT state is ended based on the determination that the stored value of the AT game number counter becomes the value "0" and one set of AT states is not stocked, the AT control means 200 is configured to be able to execute a favorable zone continuation lottery to determine whether or not to continue the favorable zone. In this embodiment, the AT control means 200 executes a favorable zone continuation lottery when the stored value of the second favorable zone counter 197b is less than the value "900", that is, when the number of medals (number difference) acquired by the player in the current AT state is less than 900.

The AT control means 200 executes a lottery for the continuation of the advantageous zone, and if the "continuation of the advantageous zone" is selected, the presentation state transitions from the AT state to the normal state. On the other hand, the AT control means 200 executes a lottery for the continuation of the advantageous zone, and if the "continuation of the advantageous zone" is not selected, or if the stored value of the second advantageous zone counter 197b is equal to or greater than the value "900" at the end of the AT state, it determines that the normal end condition among the end conditions of the advantageous zone has been met, and executes a predetermined initialization process which is a process for initializing information related to the advantageous zone, and a predetermined end process which ends the advantageous zone and starts the normal zone from the next game.

In addition, when the AT state is ended based on the stored value of the first advantageous zone counter 197a reaching the value "1500" in the AT state, and when the AT state is ended based on the stored value of the second advantageous zone counter 197b exceeding the value "2400" in the AT state, the AT control means 200 determines that a specific end condition among the end conditions of the advantageous zone is met, and executes a predetermined initialization process which is a process of initializing information related to the advantageous zone, and a predetermined end process which ends the advantageous zone and starts the normal zone from the next game.

In addition, in this embodiment, the AT control means 200 is configured not to execute the set batting order notification control when the winning area "Batting Order Chance 1" to winning area "Batting Order Chance 10" are won in the internal lottery in the AT state. In addition, the AT control means 200 is configured not to execute the lottery for awarding benefits, including the normal benefit award lottery and the specific benefit award lottery, based on not executing the set batting order notification control when the winning area "Batting Order Chance 1" to winning area "Batting Order Chance 10" are won in the internal lottery in the AT state.

3. Details of the winning of the batting order winning mode As described above, in the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, as the winning areas (batting order winning modes) in which the minor winning combinations that can win a prize may differ depending on the batting order, there are the winning areas "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8", the winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8", the winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" to "Batting Order Bell 8", the winning area "Batting Order Chance 1" to "Batting Order Chance 10", the winning area "Special Batting Order Bell 1", and the winning area "Special Batting Order Bell 2", and the winning combinations that can win a prize are different depending on the game state.

<Small prizes that can be won for each batting order when winning the batting order small prize>
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the winning combinations that can be won depending on the batting order of stop buttons B1 to B3 when winning areas "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8" and winning areas "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8" are won in non-RT state. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the winning combinations that can be won depending on the batting order of stop buttons B1 to B3 when winning areas "Batting Order Bell 1" to "Batting Order Bell 8", winning areas "Batting Order Chance 1" to "Batting Order Chance 10", winning areas "Special Batting Order Bell 1" and winning areas "Special Batting Order Bell 2" are won in non-RT state.

As shown in Figures 10 and 11, in the slot machine 1, when the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8", the winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8", the winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Batting Order Bell 8", or the winning area "Batting Order Chance 1" to winning area "Batting Order Chance 10" are won in the internal lottery in the non-RT state, the Bell A to Bell P, Chance role, and Special Small Role, which are set to pay out more than the specified number of balls, will not win, and only the 1 Coin Role A to 1 Coin Role D, which are set to pay out less than the specified number of balls, will win, regardless of the order in which the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed.

For this reason, in the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, in the non-RT state, Bell A to Bell P, chance symbols, and special minor symbols, which are set to pay out more than the specified number of insertions, do not result in a prize, so the expected value of the medal acquisition rate in the non-RT state is significantly suppressed, making the non-RT state the gaming state with the lowest expected value of the medal acquisition rate compared to other gaming states.

As shown in FIG. 11, in the slot machine 1, when the winning area "batting order special bell 1" or "batting order special bell 2" is won in the internal lottery in the non-RT state, if the stop button B1 to the stop button B3 are pressed in batting order 1 or batting order 2 where the stop button B1 is operated to make the first stop, the special bell with a payout of 3 coins, the same as the specified number of coins, is won, and if the stop button B1 to the stop button B3 are pressed in batting order 3 to batting order 6, the 1 coin role E to 1 coin role H with a payout less than the specified number of coins is won.

For this reason, in the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, when a game is executed in a non-RT state in which stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in batting order 1 or batting order 2 in which stop button B1 is operated as the first stop, a special bell with a payout of three coins, which is more than the 1-coin roles E to H with a payout of one coin, can be won, so that the expected medal winning rate is higher than when the game is executed in other batting orders.

Figure 12 shows the winning combinations that can be won depending on the batting order of stop buttons B1 to B3 when the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8" and the winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8" are won in the bonus-established state.

As shown in FIG. 12, in the slot machine 1, when the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8" or the winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8" is won in the internal lottery during the bonus activation state, the batting order (correct batting order) that allows Bell A to Bell P to win is set for each winning area.

In the slot machine 1, if the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8" or the winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8" is won, and if the batting order of the stop buttons B1 to B3 is the correct batting order and the first stop operation is a timing that allows the symbols that make up the winning combination of Bells A to P to be stopped, one of the winning Bells A to P will win, and if the batting order is correct and the timing of the first stop operation is a timing that does not allow the symbols that make up the winning combination of Bells A to P to be stopped, or if the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in a batting order that is different from the correct batting order (incorrect batting order) but has the same first stop operation as the correct batting order, one of the 1-coin roles E to H or 1-coin role M to P will win with a 1/2 probability.

In addition, in slot machine 1, if the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8" or the winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8" is won, and if the first stop operation is performed in an incorrect batting order that is different from the correct batting order and stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the batting order in which stop button B2 or stop button B3 is the first stop operation, then one of the 1-coin roles I to L or 1-coin role Q to T will win with a probability of 1/4.

In addition, in the slot machine 1, the batting order 1 and batting order 2, where the stop button B1 is operated as the first stop, are configured as incorrect batting orders common to the winning areas "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8" and "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8", and when the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the batting order 1 and 2, one of the 1-coin roles A to D will win with a probability of 1/1.

Using the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" as an example, we will explain the details of when Bell A to Bell P win. As shown in Figure 12, Bell A is configured to win when stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in batting order 3, where the first stop operation is executed on stop button B2 as the correct batting order. Also, as shown in Figure 5, the winning symbol combination for Bell A is "BAR (CH)-BLA-WM," and the symbol on center reel R2 is composed of the Bell A symbol "BLA." Here, as shown in FIG. 4, the bell A symbol "BLA" is arranged on the center reel R2 at stop number 1 and stop number 6, and is set to a pull-in range of 10 frames that includes the pull-in range of the blue 7 symbol "blue 7", and is configured so that its pull-in range does not overlap with the bell B symbol "BLB" arranged on stop number 11 and stop number 16.

Because of this configuration, in the slot machine 1 of this embodiment, when the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" is won and stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the correct batting order, if the timing of pressing stop button B2, which is the first stop operation, is appropriate, for example, when the timing is such that the Bell A symbol "BLA" can be displayed stopped in the middle of middle reel R2, such as when the Blue 7 symbol "Blue 7" is displayed spinning in the middle of middle reel R2, the Bell A symbol "BLA" will stop in the middle of middle reel R2.

In the slot machine 1, if the subsequent stop operation is performed with the stop button B1 and then the stop button B3, the number priority control is executed, and the symbols that make up the winning symbol combination of Bell A are stopped and displayed on the activated line L1 in priority to other symbols. On the other hand, in the slot machine 1, if the subsequent stop operation is performed with the stop button B3 and then the stop button B1, the number priority control is executed, and when the second stop operation is performed with the stop button B3, the replay symbol "RP" that makes up the winning symbol combination "Blue 7 (BKA)-BLA (BLB)-RP" of 1-coin E is stopped and displayed on the lower row of the right reel R3, and the winning minor symbol combination in that game is determined to be 1-coin E.

In other words, the slot machine 1 is configured so that when the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" is selected, stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the correct batting order, stop button B2 is pressed at the appropriate timing as the first stopping operation, and the second stopping operation is performed on stop button B1, the winning of Bell A is confirmed.

In the slot machine 1, the winning areas "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 2" through "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8" are configured in a manner similar to the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1", so that when the correct batting order is selected and the first stop operation is performed at a pressing timing that allows the Bell A symbol "BLA" to be stopped and displayed on the active line L1, and when the stop button set for the second stop operation is pressed in the correct batting order, the winning of Bells B through D and Bells I through L is confirmed.

In addition, in the slot machine 1, for the winning areas "Red 7 Batting Bell 1" to "Red 7 Batting Bell 8", the pressing timing that allows Bell E to Bell H and Bell M to Bell P to win when the first stop operation is executed is the pressing timing that allows the Bell B symbol "BLB" to be stopped and displayed on the active line L1, which is different from the winning areas "Blue 7 Batting Bell 1" to "Blue 7 Batting Bell 8". However, from the second stop operation onwards, the number priority control is executed, so that the first stop operation is executed in the correct batting order at the pressing timing that allows the Bell B symbol "BLB" to be stopped and displayed on the active line L1, and when the stop button set for the second stop operation is pressed in the correct batting order, the winning of Bell E to Bell H and Bell M to Bell P is confirmed.

Figure 13 shows the winning combinations that can be won depending on the batting order of stop buttons B1 to B3 when the bonus is established and the winning areas "Batting Order Bell 1" to "Batting Order Bell 8", "Batting Order Chance 1" to "Batting Order Chance 10", "Special Batting Order Bell 1", and "Special Batting Order Bell 2" are won.

As shown in FIG. 13, in the slot machine 1, when the winning areas "Batting Order Bell 1" to "Batting Order Bell 8" are selected in an internal lottery during a bonus activation state, and if the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the correct batting order, any of the winning Bells A to P will win.

In addition, in the slot machine 1, if the winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" to "Batting Order Bell 8" are selected in the internal lottery while the bonus is in effect, and stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in an incorrect batting order in which the first stop operation is the same as the correct batting order, then there is a 1/2 chance of winning one of the 1-coin roles E to H or 1-coin role M to P.

In addition, in slot machine 1, if the winning areas "Batting Order Bell 1" to "Batting Order Bell 8" are won, and the first stop operation is performed in an incorrect batting order that is different from the correct batting order, and stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the batting order in which stop button B2 or stop button B3 is the first stop operation, then there is a 1/4 chance of winning one of the 1 coin roles I to L or 1 coin role Q to T.

In addition, in the slot machine 1, the batting order 1 and batting order 2, where the stop button B1 is operated to perform the first stop operation, are configured as incorrect batting orders common to the winning areas "batting order bell 1" to "batting order bell 8", and when the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the batting order 1 and batting order 2, one of the 1-coin roles A to D will win with a probability of 1/1.

In addition, in slot machine 1, when the winning areas "Batting Chance 1" to "Batting Chance 10" are selected in the internal lottery while the bonus is in effect, the batting order in which the stop button B2 is operated for the first stop (batting order 3, batting order 4) and the batting order in which the stop button B3 is operated for the first stop (batting order 5, batting order 6) are set as preset batting orders that allow the chance role, 1-coin role A, or 1-coin role B to be won, and the batting order in which the stop button B1 is operated for the first stop (batting order 1, batting order 2) is set as a non-preset batting order that allows the special minor role to be won.

The slot machine 1 is configured so that when the winning area "batting order special bell 1" or "batting order special bell 2" is selected in the internal lottery while the bonus is in effect, if stop buttons B1 through B3 are pressed in batting order 1 or batting order 2, where stop button B1 is operated to make the first stop, a special bell with a payout of three coins, the same as the specified number of coins, is awarded, and if stop buttons B1 through B3 are pressed in batting order 3 through batting order 6, one coin role E through one coin role H with a payout less than the specified number of coins is awarded.

Using Figures 4, 6, 13, and 14, we will explain the details of the small winning combination that will be won when the winning areas "Batting Chance 1" to "Batting Chance 10" are won while the game state is in the bonus established state. As shown in Figure 6, the winning symbol combination for the chance combination is "WM-RP-RP." In addition, the winning symbol combination for the special small winning combination is "BLA-RP-RP," and the symbol on the left reel R1, among the symbols that make up the winning symbol combination, is different from the winning symbol combination for the chance combination.

The winning symbol combination for 1-coin role A is "BLA-Blue 7 (BKA, BKB)-BAR (BKB)", and the symbol on the left reel R1 among the symbols that make up the winning symbol combination is the same as the special minor symbol. Also, the winning symbol combination for 1-coin role B is "BLA-Red 7-BAR (BKB)", and the symbol on the left reel R1 among the symbols that make up the winning symbol combination is the same as the special minor symbol, and the symbol on the center reel R2 is composed of symbols that do not overlap in pull-in range with the symbols on the center reel R2 that make up the winning symbol combination for 1-coin role A.

Because the patterns on the left reel R1 constituting the winning pattern combination for the special minor role, the patterns on the left reel R1 constituting the winning pattern combination for the 1-coin role A, and the patterns on the left reel R1 constituting the winning pattern combination for the 1-coin role B are the same replay pattern "RP," when a bonus is established and the winning areas "Batting Chance 1" to "Batting Chance 10" are won and the stop button B1 is operated to the first stop, the reel control means 130 executes number priority control to stop and display the replay pattern "RP" on the activated line L1 in priority to the BAR pattern "BAR" and cherry pattern "CH" constituting the winning pattern combination for the chance role, and can limit the roles that can win in that game to the special minor role, the 1-coin role A, and the 1-coin role B. Then, when the second stop operation is performed, the reel control means 130 executes number-priority control and determines the role that can win in that game as the special minor role by stopping and displaying the symbols that make up the winning symbol combination of the special minor role on the pay line L1.

Figure 14 shows the winning combination (winning combination) that is won depending on the timing of pressing stop button B2 and stop button B3 when the game state is in a bonus established state and the winning areas "Batting Chance 1" to "Batting Chance 10" are won and stop button B2 and stop button B3 are operated to perform the first stop.

As shown in FIG. 14, when the winning area "Batting Chance 1" is won and the stop button B2 or B3 is pressed at the timing when the symbols arranged on the stop numbers 0 and 10 of the center reel R2 or right reel R3 are displayed rotating on the pay line L1, the reel control means 130 executes number priority control as reel stop control, stops and displays on the pay line L1 the replay symbols "RP" that constitute the winning symbol combination "WM-RP-RP" of the chance role, which is set to a payout of 15 and is set to a payout higher than the special small role, 1-piece role A, 1-piece role B, 1-piece role G, 1-piece role H, 1-piece role O, 1-piece role P, and 1-piece role U, and executes number priority control for subsequent stop operations, making it possible for the chance role to win in that game.

On the other hand, when the winning area "Batting Order Chance 1" is won and the stop button B2 or stop button B3 is pressed at the timing when the symbols arranged on the stop numbers 1 to 9 and 11 to 19 of the center reel R2 or right reel R3 are displayed rotating on the activated line L1, the reel control means 130 executes number priority control and stop control using a stop control table as reel stop control.

When the first stop button operated is stop button B2, the reel control means 130 stops and displays the blue 7 symbol "Blue 7" which constitutes the winning symbol combination "BLA-Blue 7 (BKA, BKB)-BAR (BKB)" of 1-coin role A, the blank A symbol "BKA", the blank B symbol "BKB", or the red 7 symbol "Red 7" which constitutes the winning symbol combination "BLA-Red 7-BAR (BKB)" of 1-coin role B on the active line L1, and determines the winning role in that game to be either 1-coin role A or 1-coin role B.

In addition, when the first stop button operated is stop button B3, the reel control means 130 stops and displays the BAR symbol "BAR" or the blank B symbol "BKB" which are common to the winning symbol combination "BLA-Blue 7 (BKA, BKB)-BAR (BKB)" of the 1-coin role A and the winning symbol combination "BLA-Red 7-BAR (BKB)" of the 1-coin role B on the active line L1, and determines the winning symbol combination in the game to be either the 1-coin role A or the 1-coin role B.

In the case where the winning areas "Batting Chance 2" to "Batting Chance 10" are won, the reel control means 130 is preset to execute either the number priority control or the number priority control depending on the timing of pressing the stop button B2 or the stop button B3 for the first stop operation, in substantially the same manner as in the case where the winning area "Batting Chance 1" is won. When the stop button B2 or the stop button B3 is pressed at the timing when the symbols arranged on the frames of the stop numbers set to execute the number priority control are displayed in rotation on the effective line L1, the reel control means 130 displays the symbols constituting the winning symbol combination of the chance role stopped on the effective line L1, and when the stop button B2 or the stop button B3 is pressed at the timing when the symbols arranged on the frames of the stop numbers set to execute the number priority control are displayed in rotation on the effective line L1, the reel control means 130 displays the symbols constituting the winning symbol combination of the 1-piece role A and the 1-piece role B stopped on the effective line L1.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 14, the winning areas "Batting Chance 1" to "Batting Chance 10" are configured so that the timing of pressing stop button B2 and stop button B3, which allows a chance role to be won by the reel control means 130 executing number-priority control, does not overlap with each other.

4. Details of the Chance Counter Next, details of the chance counter 197c for motivating the player to press the stop button B1 to the stop button B3 in batting order 1 or batting order 2, particularly in a normal state (non-AT state), will be described with reference to Figs. 15, 16, and 17. Fig. 15 is a flowchart showing the chance counter update process when the lever is ON in the gaming machine of the embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 16 is a flowchart showing the chance counter update process when the third stop is performed in the gaming machine of the embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 17 is a flowchart showing the lottery probability change process in the gaming machine of the embodiment of the present invention.

For example, if a player continues to press stop buttons B1 through B3 in batting order 3 through batting order 6 under normal conditions, if the player wins in the above-mentioned winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" through winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8" or "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" through winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8", there is a 1/8 probability that Bell A through Bell P will win, and if the player wins in the winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" through winning area "Batting Order Bell 8", there is a 1/4 probability that Bell A through Bell P will win. This creates a problem in that the ratio of the total number of medals inserted to the total number of medals paid out in a given number of games (the so-called base) will be higher than if the player continues to press stop buttons B1 through B3 in batting order 1 or batting order 2.

To solve this problem, it is possible to set the correct batting orders in the winning areas "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8", "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8", and "Batting Order Bell 1" to "Batting Order Bell 8" to be evenly distributed among batting orders 1 to 6. However, in this case, no matter which batting order from batting order 1 to 6 you press and hold down stop buttons B1 to B3, there is a certain probability that Bells A to P will win, so there is still the problem that the base in the normal state will be high, and the net increase in the AT state cannot be increased, which may reduce the appeal of the gaming machine.

However, when a player wins a so-called winning batting order area, such as winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8", winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8", or winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Batting Order Bell 8", the rules prohibit a penalty from being imposed over several games when pressing buttons in batting order 3 to 6, which may be the correct batting order. Therefore, in the gaming machine of this embodiment, a chance counter 197c, which will be described below, is used to motivate the player to press stop buttons B1 to B3 in batting order 1 or batting order 2.

[Chance counter update process]
In detail, in a game in which the game state is a non-RT state or a bonus established state (see FIG. 9(A)) and the presentation state is a normal state (see FIG. 9(B)), the AT control means 200 executes the lever-ON chance counter update process shown in FIG. 15 and the third stop chance counter update process shown in FIG. 16 as chance counter update processes (update processes). When the lever-ON chance counter update process is started, the AT control means 200 first waits until the player operates the start lever SL (No in S1), and when a start operation is performed with the start lever SL (Yes in S1), the internal lottery is executed by the internal lottery means 120 (S2).

Next, it is determined whether the player has won the winning area "Batting Order Chance 1" to winning area "Batting Order Chance 10" in the internal lottery (S3). If the player has not won these, it is determined whether the player has won the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8", or the winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8", or the winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Batting Order Bell 8" in the internal lottery for the game (S4). It is determined whether the player has won the winning area "Normal Replay 1" to winning area "Normal Replay 2", or the winning area "RBB & 1 Coin Role" in the internal lottery for the game (S5). If the player has not won any of these (No in S5), the game ends.

In this embodiment, the winning areas "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8", the winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8", and the winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" to "Batting Order Bell 8" are associated with either the overlapping win of Bell A to Bell P, which are the first payout of 15 small coins, or the second payout of 1 small coins, 1 coin A to 1 coin D, which are the second payout of 1 small coins. When the stop buttons B1 to B3 are operated in the correct batting order set for each, they constitute a "first winning mode" or a "batting order winning mode" in which any of Bell A to Bell P can win. In addition, in this embodiment, the winning area "Normal Replay 1" to the winning area "Normal Replay 2" or the winning area "RBB & 1 coin" constitute a "second winning mode" in which the winning result is the same regardless of the batting order in which the stop buttons B1 to B3 are operated.

On the other hand, the AT control means 200 determines whether or not the winning area "Batting Order Chance 1" to winning area "Batting Order Chance 10" have been won in the internal lottery (S3), and if the winning area "Batting Order Chance 1" to winning area "Batting Order Chance 10" have been won in the internal lottery (Yes in S3), it turns on the third stop time processing flag (S6) and ends the process. Similarly, the AT control means 200 determines whether the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8" or the winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8" or the winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" to "Batting Order Bell 8" has been selected in the internal lottery (S4). If the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8" or the winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8" or the winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" to "Batting Order Bell 8" has been selected in the internal lottery (Yes in S4), the AT control means 200 turns on the third stop processing flag (S6) and ends the process.

Then, the AT control means 200 determines whether the winning area "Normal Replay 1" to the winning area "Normal Replay 2" or the winning area "RBB & 1 coin role" has been won in the internal lottery (S5). If the winning area "Normal Replay 1" to the winning area "Normal Replay 2" or the winning area "RBB & 1 coin role" has been won in the internal lottery (Yes in S5), the AT control means 200 turns on the third stop time processing flag (S7) and further executes a counter addition lottery (S8). In this counter addition lottery, the value to be added to the value of the chance counter 197c is determined by lottery between "0" and "4". Then, any one of the values "0" to "4" determined as a result of this counter addition lottery is added to the chance counter 197c (S9), and the lever ON time chance counter update process is terminated.

Next, in the game (the game in which the lever-on chance counter update process was executed), the left reel R1 to the right reel R3 start to rotate, and when the player presses the stop buttons B1 to B3 respectively to perform the third stop operation, which is the third press operation, the AT control means 200 executes the third stop chance counter update process, as shown in FIG. 16.

First, when the AT control means 200 starts the third stop chance counter update process, it waits until all reels from the left reel R1 to the right reel R3 stop (No in S10), and when all reels stop (Yes in S10), it determines whether the third stop process flag is ON or not (S11). If the third stop process flag is not ON (No in S11), it ends the third stop chance counter update process as is. On the other hand, if the third stop process flag is ON (Yes in S11), it proceeds to the process from step S12 onwards.

First, we will explain the case where the winning area "Batting Order Chance 1" to "Batting Order Chance 10" are won in the internal lottery in the game. When the winning area "Batting Order Chance 1" to "Batting Order Chance 10" are won in the internal lottery, the AT control means 200 performs the winning assistance if the presentation state is normal as described above, and therefore determines whether the batting order of the pressing operation of stop button B1 to stop button B3 in the game is the same as the winning assistance (S12), in other words, determines whether the player performed the pressing operation in accordance with the winning assistance. Then, if the player wins the winning areas "Batting Chance 1" through "Batting Chance 10" in the internal lottery for that game, and the batting order of pressing the stop buttons B1 through B3 is the same as the winning assistance (Yes in S12), in other words, if the player performs the pressing operations in accordance with the winning assistance, the value of the chance counter 197c is set to an initial value, for example, "10" (S13), the game is considered to have been completed, and the value of the chance counter 197c is decremented by "1" (S16), the third stop time processing flag is turned OFF (S17), and the third stop time chance counter update processing ends.

On the other hand, if the player wins the winning areas "Batting Chance 1" through "Batting Chance 10" in the internal lottery, but the batting order of pressing stop buttons B1 through B3 in that game is not the same as the winning assistance (No in S12), in other words, if the player performs pressing operations that do not follow the winning assistance, nothing is done to update the value of the chance counter 197c (No in S14, No in S15), the third stop processing flag is turned OFF (S17), and the chance counter update processing for that game ends.

Next, we will explain what happens if the player wins the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8", or the winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8", or the winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Batting Order Bell 8" in the internal lottery in the game. If the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8" or the winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8" or the winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" to "Batting Order Bell 8" is selected in the internal lottery, the AT control means 200 determines whether the batting order of the pressing operation of the stop button B1 to the stop button B3 in the game is batting order 1 to batting order 2 or not, and if the batting order of the pressing operation of the stop button B1 to the stop button B3 in the game is batting order 1 to batting order 2 (Yes in S14), the game is considered to have been completed, the chance counter 197c is decremented by "1" (S16), the third stop time processing flag is turned OFF (S17), and the chance counter update processing for the game is terminated.

On the other hand, if the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8" or the winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8" or the winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" to "Batting Order Bell 8" is selected in the internal lottery, but the batting order of the pressing of the stop buttons B1 to B3 in that game is not batting order 1 to batting order 2 (No in S14), nothing is done to update the value of the chance counter 197c (No in S15), the third stop processing flag is turned OFF (S17), and the chance counter update processing for that game ends.

Finally, we will explain the case where the winning area "Normal Replay 1" to the winning area "Normal Replay 2" or the winning area "RBB & 1 coin role" is won in the internal lottery of the game. The AT control means 200 determines whether the winning area "Normal Replay 1" to the winning area "Normal Replay 2" or the winning area "RBB & 1 coin role" is won in the internal lottery (S15), and if the winning area "Normal Replay 1" to the winning area "Normal Replay 2" or the winning area "RBB & 1 coin role" is won in the internal lottery (Yes in S15), the game is considered to have been completed, "1" is subtracted from the chance counter 197c (S16), the third stop time processing flag is turned OFF (S17), and the chance counter update processing of the game is terminated.

[Lottery Probability Change Processing]
Next, the lottery probability change process will be described. When the game state is a non-RT state or a bonus establishment state (see FIG. 9(A)) and the presentation state is a normal state (see FIG. 9(B)), the AT control means 200 executes the lottery probability change process as shown in FIG. 17. When the lottery probability change process is started, the AT control means 200 judges whether the value of the chance counter 197c is equal to or greater than "16", which is the penalty threshold value (S21). That is, when the value of the chance counter 197c is equal to or greater than "16" (Yes in S21), the process of canceling the CZ lottery (lottery for the execution of the AT state) which is performed when the winning area "RBB & rare role 1" is won and when the winning area "RBB & rare role 2" is won in the internal lottery as described above is performed (S22). Note that, by performing the process of canceling the CZ lottery in this way, the winning probability in the CZ lottery becomes 0%, that is, the winning probability is reduced (the degree of advantage for the player in the lottery for the execution of the AT state is reduced). On the other hand, if the value of the chance counter 197c is less than "16" (No in S21), the CZ lottery will be conducted as usual.

Note that in this embodiment, "canceling the CZ lottery" means not conducting the CZ lottery itself, but it is not limited to this. It could also be something like holding a CZ lottery and setting the probability of winning to 0% so that the player is guaranteed to lose, or canceling the win in the CZ lottery even if the player wins.

The AT control means 200 also judges whether the value of the chance counter 197c is "0" (S23). That is, if the value of the chance counter 197c is "0" (Yes in S23), as described above, a process is performed to increase the winning probability of the bonus lottery (normal bonus lottery or specific bonus lottery) (lottery for the execution of the AT state) that is executed when the winning area "batting order chance 1" to the winning area "batting order chance 10" are won in the internal lottery, for example by changing the table (S24), that is, the degree of advantage for the player regarding the lottery for the execution of the AT state increases. On the other hand, if the value of the chance counter 197c is not "0" (No in S23), the bonus lottery that is executed when the winning area "batting order chance 1" to the winning area "batting order chance 10" are won in the internal lottery is executed as usual.

[Summary of Chance Counter Update Process and Lottery Probability Change Process]
As described above, when the chance counter update process and the lottery probability change process are performed by the AT control means 200, first, if the winning area "Batting Order Chance 1" to winning area "Batting Order Chance 10" are won in the internal lottery, the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in the batting order according to the winning assistance (Yes in S12), and the value of the chance counter 197c is set to the initial value of "10" and "1" is subtracted (S16), so that the penalty threshold is not exceeded, in other words, if the winning assistance is followed, the CZ lottery will not be canceled as a penalty.

In addition, if the winning area "Batting Chance 1" to "Batting Chance 10" are selected in the internal lottery and the winning assistance is not followed, particularly if the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed during batting order 1 to batting order 2 while the bonus is in effect (No in S12), a special small prize with a payout of 14 coins will be won, which is a higher base than if the 1 coin role A or 1 coin role B, which has a 9/10 probability of winning according to the winning assistance, is won. However, even if the winning assistance is not followed in this way (No in S12), the value of the chance counter 197c will not be incremented, so no penalty will occur in the game.

Similarly, if the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8" or "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8" or "Batting Order Bell 1" to "Batting Order Bell 8" is selected in the internal lottery, pressing the stop buttons B1 to B3 in batting order 1 to batting order 2 (batting orders that do not include the correct batting order) (Yes in S14) will cause the value of the chance counter 197c to be subtracted by "1" (S16), and the penalty threshold will not be exceeded, in other words, if the stop buttons B1 to B3 are pressed in batting order 1 to batting order 2, the CZ lottery will not be cancelled as a penalty.

In addition, if the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8" or the winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8" or the winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" to "Batting Order Bell 8" is selected in the internal lottery, and the stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed in a batting order other than batting order 1 to batting order 2 (No in S14), especially if the stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed in batting order 3 to batting order 6 when the bonus is established, the payout will be However, any of the 15 Bells A through P will win with a probability of 1/8 or 1/4, which is a higher base than if Stop Button B1 through Stop Button B3 were pressed in Batting Order 1 through Batting Order 2 to win any of the 1-Coin Roles A through D. However, even if Stop Button B1 through Stop Button B3 are not pressed in Batting Order 1 through Batting Order 2 (No in S14), the value of the Chance Counter 197c will not be incremented, and no penalty will occur in the game.

On the other hand, if the internal lottery results in the winning area "Normal Replay 1" to winning area "Normal Replay 2" or the winning area "RBB & 1 Coin Role", which have the same winning result regardless of which of batting orders 1 to 6 the stop button B1 to stop button B3 is operated in (Yes in S5), a counter addition lottery is held and the result of the counter addition lottery is added to the value of the chance counter 197c (S8, S9).

If the presentation state is normal, the player cannot tell whether he or she has won the winning area "Normal Replay 1" to winning area "Normal Replay 2" or the winning area "RBB & 1 Coin Role" in the internal lottery, or whether he or she has won the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8" or the winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8" or the winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Batting Order Bell 8" in the internal lottery, unless there is a special suggestion presentation. Therefore, if the winning area "Normal Replay 1" to the winning area "Normal Replay 2" or the winning area "RBB & 1 coin role" is won in the internal lottery (Yes in S5), the value of the chance counter 197c is added with the result of the counter addition lottery and subtracted by "1". However, if the addition is greater than the subtraction and the value of the chance counter 197c becomes "16" or more, the CZ lottery is stopped and the probability of transitioning to the AT state is significantly reduced, resulting in a substantial penalty state. In this way, if the winning area "Normal Replay 1" to the winning area "Normal Replay 2" or the winning area "RBB & 1 coin role" as the second winning mode in which the correct batting order is not set is won in the internal lottery, the value of the chance counter 197c is added, so that the penalty for the pressing operation of batting order 3 to batting order 6, which indirectly includes the correct batting order, can be achieved without violating the rules.

On the other hand, if the winning area "Normal Replay 1" to "Normal Replay 2" or the winning area "RBB & 1-coin role" is won in the internal lottery and the stop button B1 to stop button B3 are pressed in batting order 1 to batting order 2 (No in S14), the value of the chance counter 197c is not incremented and "1" is decremented from the value of the chance counter 197c, so basically there is no penalty state.

The value of the chance counter 197c may be cumulatively added if the player wins the winning area "Normal Replay 1" to the winning area "Normal Replay 2" or the winning area "RBB & 1 coin role" in the internal lottery and continues to press the stop button B1 to the stop button B3 in batting order 3 to batting order 6. However, if the player wins the winning area "Batting Chance 1" to the winning area "Batting Chance 10" in the internal lottery, the value of the chance counter 197c is set to the initial value "10" by pressing the stop button B1 to the stop button B3 in the batting order according to the winning assistance (Yes in S12). Therefore, for example, even if the previous player continues to press the buttons in a batting order that would result in a penalty state, the next player wins the winning area "Batting Chance 1" to the winning area "Batting Chance 10" in the internal lottery and follows the winning assistance, and the value of the chance counter 197c is reset to the initial value "10".

Then, if the player continues to press the stop button B1 to the stop button B3 in batting order 1 to batting order 2, and wins the winning area "Normal Replay 1" to "Normal Replay 2" or the winning area "RBB & 1 coin role" in the internal lottery, or wins the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8" or the winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8" or the winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" to "Batting Order Bell 8" in the internal lottery (Yes in S14, Yes in S15), the value of the chance counter 197c is decremented by "1". Then, if the value of the chance counter 197c becomes "0" (Yes in S23), the probability of winning the bonus lottery is increased (S24), and as opposed to the penalty state, it becomes easier to stock sets in the AT state, which is advantageous for the player.

In this way, continuing to press stop buttons B1 through B3 from batting order 1 through batting order 2 not only does not result in a penalty, but also has the advantage of granting a bonus, so the player is motivated to press stop buttons B1 through B3 from batting order 1 through batting order 2.

In addition, it can be said that the AT control means 200 reduces the probability of winning the CZ lottery, which is an advantageous lottery, when the value of the chance counter 197c is a first value, for example "16", compared to when the value is a second value different from the first value, for example "15".

Furthermore, the AT control means 200 can be said to be capable of updating the value of the chance counter 197c in the direction from the second value (e.g., "15") toward the first value (e.g., "16") when the stop button B1 to the stop button B3 are operated in batting order 3 to batting order 6 (first batting order) that includes the correct batting order in the winning area "Normal Replay 1" to winning area "Normal Replay 2" or winning area "RBB & 1-coin role" as the second winning mode in the internal lottery and the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8" or winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8" or winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Batting Order Bell 8" as the first winning mode.

Furthermore, it can be said that the AT control means 200 can update the value of the chance counter 197c in the direction from a first value (e.g., "16") to a second value (e.g., "15") when the stop buttons B1 to B3 are operated in batting order 1 to batting order 2 (second batting order) that does not include the correct batting order in the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8" or the winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8" or the winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Batting Order Bell 8" as the first winning mode.

In addition, it can be said that the AT control means 200 increases the probability of winning the bonus lottery, which is an advantageous lottery, when the value of the chance counter 197c is a third value, for example "0", compared to when the value is a fourth value different from the third value, for example "1".

Furthermore, it can be said that the AT control means 200 can update the value of the chance counter 197c in the direction from the fourth value (e.g., "1") to the third value (e.g., "0") when the stop buttons B1 to B3 are operated in batting order 1 to batting order 2 (second batting order) that does not include the correct batting order in the winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8" or the winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8" or the winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Batting Order Bell 8" as the batting order winning pattern.

The example of the power relationship between the first to fourth values may be reversed. In other words, the relationship between these values may be set so that the threshold value at which the value of the chance counter 197c becomes a penalty state is smaller than the initial value, and the penalty state is approached when the value is updated in a decreasing direction, and the player is approached to an advantageous state when the value is updated in a increasing direction.

5. Summary of the present embodiment As described above, according to the gaming machine of the present invention, when the value of the chance counter 197c is a first value (e.g., "16"), the probability of winning the advantageous lottery is lowered compared to when the value is a second value (e.g., "15") different from the first value, and when a second winning mode (e.g., "normal replay 1" to "normal replay 2", "RBB & 1-piece role") is won and a first batting order (e.g., batting order 3 to batting order 6) that includes a correct batting order in a plurality of first winning modes (e.g., "blue 7 batting order bell 1" to "blue 7 batting order bell 8", "red 7 batting order bell 1" to "red 7 batting order bell 8", "batting order bell 1" to "batting order bell 8") is operated, the value of the chance counter 197c can be updated in the direction from the second value to the first value. This allows the player to be motivated to operate the stop buttons B1 to B3 in a batting order that does not violate the rules and that includes the correct batting order (batting order 3 to batting order 6) because this reduces the probability of winning the advantageous lottery.

In addition, according to the gaming machine of the present invention, when multiple stop buttons are operated in a second batting order (e.g., batting order 1 to batting order 2) that does not include a correct batting order in multiple first winning modes, the value of the chance counter 197c can be updated in the direction from the first value to the second value. Therefore, even if the probability of winning the advantageous lottery is reduced (i.e., a penalty state), the reduced probability of winning the advantageous lottery (i.e., a penalty state) can be released by operating stop buttons B1 to B3 in a batting order (batting order 1 to batting order 2) that does not include a correct batting order, and the player can be motivated to operate stop buttons B1 to B3 in a batting order (batting order 1 to batting order 2) that does not include a correct batting order.

Furthermore, according to the gaming machine of the present invention, when the value of the chance counter 197c is a third value (e.g., "0"), the probability of winning the advantageous lottery is increased compared to when the value is a fourth value (e.g., "1") different from the third value, and when multiple stop buttons are operated in a second batting order (batting order 1 to batting order 2) that does not include a correct batting order in multiple batting order winning modes, the value of the chance counter 197c can be updated in the direction from the fourth value toward the third value. This allows the player to be motivated to operate the stop buttons B1 to B3 in a batting order (batting order 1 to batting order 2) that does not include a correct batting order without violating the rules, since there is a possibility that the probability of winning the advantageous lottery will be increased if the stop buttons B1 to B3 are operated in a batting order (batting order 1 to batting order 2) that does not include a correct batting order.

6. Possibilities of other embodiments In the above-described embodiment, the winning area "batting order chance 1" to the winning area "batting order chance 10" are provided to promote the winning of chance roles or 1-coin roles A to B in a non-AT state, and promote the winning of special small roles in batting order 1 to batting order 2 without performing winning assistance in an AT state, but these winning areas do not necessarily have to be provided. In addition, the winning area "batting order chance 1" to the winning area "batting order chance 10" are initialized when the winning assistance is followed by winning assistance in an internal lottery, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the chance counter 197c may be initialized when the winning area "batting order special bell 1" to the winning area "batting order special bell 2" are won and a special bell is won. Any winning or winning opportunity may be used as the opportunity to initialize the chance counter 197c, as long as it is not triggered by the winning of a winning area in which the correct batting order is set.

In addition, in this embodiment, the winning areas in which the correct batting order is set are described as being set to winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Blue 7 Batting Order Bell 8", winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Red 7 Batting Order Bell 8", and winning area "Batting Order Bell 1" to winning area "Batting Order Bell 8". However, it is not necessary to have all of these, and any winning area in which the correct batting order is set, such as any one of these, may be provided as the first winning mode or batting order winning mode.

In addition, in this embodiment, the winning areas where the winning result is the same regardless of the batting order are the winning area "Normal Replay 1" to the winning area "Normal Replay 2" and the winning area "RBB & 1 Coin Role", but it is not necessary to have all of these, and any winning area where the winning result is the same regardless of the batting order, such as any one of these, can be provided as the second winning mode.

In addition, in this embodiment, a penalty threshold value ("16") is set to the value of the chance counter 197c, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the probability of winning the CZ lottery may gradually decrease as the value of the chance counter 197c increases. In addition, a value ("0") that gives the player an advantage is set to the value of the chance counter 197c, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the probability of winning the bonus lottery may gradually increase as the value of the chance counter 197c decreases.

In addition, in this embodiment, the cancellation of the CZ lottery has been described as an example of a decrease in the degree of advantage for the player based on the value of the chance counter 197c, but it is not limited to this. Anything that decreases the degree of advantage for the player may be used, such as a decrease in the probability of winning the AT lottery, a decrease in the probability of winning the bonus lottery, a decrease in the degree of advantage for the player as a result of the bonus being awarded in the event that the bonus lottery is won, etc.

In addition, in this embodiment, the process of increasing the probability of winning the bonus lottery has been described as an increase in the degree of advantage for the player based on the value of the chance counter 197c, but it is not limited to this. Anything can be used to increase the degree of advantage for the player, such as confirmation of winning the bonus lottery, an increase in the degree of advantage for the player as the content of the bonus granted in the case of winning the bonus lottery, an increase in the probability of winning the CZ lottery, confirmation of winning the CZ lottery, an increase in the probability of winning the AT lottery, confirmation of winning the AT lottery, an increase in the probability of winning the additional lottery, confirmation of winning the additional lottery, an increase in the degree of advantage for the player as the content of the additional amount in the case of winning the additional lottery, etc.

In addition, in this embodiment, the value of the chance counter 197c is decremented by "1" each time a game is played, but this is not limiting, and the value of the chance counter 197c may be initialized, for example, when a preset number of games is played.

1. Slot machine (amusement machine)
120 Internal lottery means 197c Chance counter (counter)
200 AT control means (auxiliary game control means)
B1 Stop button B2 Stop button B3 Stop button R1 Left reel R2 Center reel R3 Right reel

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Multiple reels and
a plurality of stop buttons respectively corresponding to the plurality of reels;
An internal lottery means for performing an internal lottery;
An auxiliary game control means for controlling a normal zone and an advantageous zone and controlling an auxiliary game in the advantageous zone;
In the internal lottery, a plurality of winning patterns including a first winning pattern and a second winning pattern different from the first winning pattern are determined to be wins or losses;
the auxiliary game control means controls, as states relating to the auxiliary game, a first state and a second state which is more advantageous to a player than the first state;
The auxiliary game control means, when the second state is reached and the first winning mode is won, notifies a correct batting order preset for the first winning mode;
The auxiliary game control means is capable of executing a lottery regarding the execution of the second state,
The auxiliary game control means is capable of updating a counter value,
the auxiliary game control means, when the counter value is a first value, makes the degree of advantage for the player in the lottery for execution of the second state lower than when the counter value is a second value different from the first value;
the auxiliary game control means is capable of updating the value of the counter in a direction from the second value to the first value when the second winning mode is won and the plurality of stop buttons are operated in a first batting order that includes the correct batting order in the first winning mode;
A gaming machine characterized by:

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