JPH0326285A - Pinball machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve interest to play and to prevent the play from getting monotonous by providing a play value increasing means to increase possibility to apply play value based on a fact that a hit ball enters a second specified prize winning port out of plural prize winning ports. CONSTITUTION:When prize winning balls received by ball receiving members 58a and 58b, for example, received during the twice opening/closing operation of the ball receiving members 58a and 58b caused by a fact, the balls enter an activation prize winning port 15 to be twice opened, eneters second specified prize winning ports 78a and 78b, the ball receiving members 58a and 58b are operated again to be opened and closed by 21 times. Then, when the prize winning balls received during the once opening/closing operation of the ball receiving members 58a and 58b caused by a fact, the balls enter activation prize winning ports 16a and 16b to be once opened, enter the second specified prize winning ports 78a and 78b, the ball receiving members 58a and 58b are operated again to be once opened and closed. Accordingly, there is possibility for the number of the hit balls, which are received by the ball receiving members 58a and 58b, to be increased. Thus, the rate of the ball to enter a first specified prize winning port 77 is improved and the possibility of great success to be established is increased.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] This invention has a plurality of winning holes, and when a ball hits a predetermined specific winning hole among the plurality of winning holes, the player This invention relates to a pinball game machine that provides a predetermined game value.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, a pinball game machine has a plurality of winning holes, and when a hit ball lands in a predetermined specific winning hole among the plurality of winning holes, a predetermined gaming value is given to the player. For example,
When a hit ball enters the starting prize hole provided on the game board,
A pair of ball receiving members of the variable winning ball device open and close once or twice, and when a hit ball received during the opening/closing operation enters a specific winning hole among the plurality of winning holes provided in the variable winning ball device. There is a known game machine that opens and closes the ball receiving member for a relatively long period of time in a jackpot state, thereby imparting a large gaming value to the player. In a pinball game machine like this 5,
Even if the hit ball enters a winning hole other than the specified winning hole, the winning control to the specific winning hole does not change in any way, and the winning to the specific winning hole is controlled under exactly the same conditions. .

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] For this reason, winning control for specific winning openings is performed under the same conditions every time, so the frequency of occurrence of gaming value given to players becomes almost constant, and interest in gaming decreases. However, there was a problem that the game became monotonous.

This invention was made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to increase the possibility of increasing the frequency of occurrence of gaming value by changing the control of winnings to specific winning openings, thereby improving the gaming value. The object of the present invention is to provide a pinball game machine that can increase interest and prevent the game from becoming monotonous. [Means for Solving the Problem] In order to achieve the above object, the pinball game machine according to the present invention has a plurality of winning holes, and a first specific winning hole predetermined among the plurality of winning holes. a specific winning ball detecting means for detecting that a hit ball has landed in the mouth; a gaming value imparting means capable of imparting a predetermined gaming value to the player based on the output of the specific winning ball detecting means; and the plurality of winning balls. A gaming value increasing means for increasing the possibility of giving the gaming value to the player based on a hit ball winning a predetermined second specific winning opening other than the first specific winning opening among the openings. It is composed of the following.

[Function] When the hit ball enters the first specific winning hole among the plurality of winning holes, the gaming value giving means is activated and a predetermined gaming value is given to the player. In addition, when the hit ball does not enter the first specific winning hole but enters the second specific winning hole, the gaming value increasing means is activated and the possibility of acquiring the gaming value given to the player increases. . In other words, even if the ball does not enter the first specified winning hole, if it enters the second specified winning hole, there is a possibility that it will give gaming value, or in other words, it will be added to the first specified winning hole. Since the possibility of winning a prize increases, the player becomes more interested in the game, thereby preventing the game from becoming monotonous.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, a pinball game machine according to an embodiment will be explained based on FIGS. 5 and 6. 5 and 6 show a pachinko game machine as an example of a pinball game machine, and FIG.
It is a front view thereof, and FIG. 6 is a schematic back view thereof.

In FIG. 5, a screen holding frame 3 is provided around the opening of a front frame 2 formed in a frame shape of a pachinko gaming machine 1, and an example of the door holding frame 3 includes glass plates 4a, 4b (see FIG. A glass folding frame 4 and a front door plate 5, which house a glass panel (see above), are pivoted so that they can be opened and closed. On the back side of the front frame 2, there is a game board holding frame 29 (on which the game board 12 and a launch rail (not shown) etc. are attached).
(see Figure 6) is fixed. A batted ball supply tray 6 is attached to the front door plate 5. The batted ball supply tray 6 is configured to store prize balls discharged from a prize ball dispensing device 39, which will be described later, and to guide the stored pachinko balls to a one-ball firing rail. In addition, the batted ball supply tray 6
A prize ball outlet 7 through which the ejected prize balls pass is formed on the upstream side of the outlet, and a speaker 8 as a sound generating device is housed in the space below the outlet 7. This speaker 8 produces sound effects to liven up the atmosphere of the game when a jackpot is reached, which will be described later, or when a winning ball is generated, such as in the starting winning holes 1516a, 16b or the first specific winning hole 77, which will be described later. It is intended to generate.

At the lower part of the front frame 2, an operation handle 11 for shooting pachinko balls into a game area 14 of a game board 12 and a surplus ball tray 9 for storing surplus prize balls are attached. A surplus ball outlet io through which surplus balls flow out is formed on the rear surface of this surplus ball receiving tray 9. In addition, the operation handle 11
The batted ball launching device 43 is fixed to the lower back surface of the front frame 2 so as to correspond to the above. This batted ball launcher 43 includes a batting ball motor 44 that rotates at a constant speed on a mounting board, a batting rod 45 that rotates back and forth to eject a batted ball by the rotation of the batting ball motor 44, and a batting rod 45 that bounces a batted ball. It is comprised of a ball feeding slide rod 46 that engages with the lower end to operate a ball feeding piece of a ball feeding device (not shown).

On the surface of the game board 12, there are provided a ball guide rail 13a that guides the ball to the game area 14, a game area shaped rail 13b that partitions the game area 14, a large number of obstacle nails (not shown), various winning ball devices, etc. There is. To explain in more detail, the game area 14 of the game board 12 has a normal winning hole 56,
17a, 17b1 First shift prize opening 15, 16a, 16b, tulip type prize opening 18a, 18b, windmill (no symbol)
A pair of ball bearing members 58a. Variable winning ball device 50 having 58b, game effect lamps 20a, 20b, and out port 1
9th class will be arranged respectively.

The ball hit in the gaming area l4 is the normal winning prize.
Openings 56, 17a, 17b, and tulip-style winning opening 1
8a. 18b, if you win, the prize ball dispensing device 3 (described later)
9, a predetermined number (for example, 13) of prize balls are paid out.

Of these normal winning holes, the winning hole 56 is provided in the variable winning ball device 50. In addition, the starting prize opening 15,1
When a ball hits 6a, 16b, a predetermined number of prize balls are similarly paid out from the prize ball payout device 39, and a starting prize ball detector 27, which will be described later, is provided in connection with the starting prize openings 15, 16a and 16b. , 28a, 28b, the ball receiver members 58a.
58b is opened and closed at relatively short time intervals. That is, when a ball hits the starting winning hole 15, the ball receiving members 58a and 58b open and close twice, and when a ball hits the starting winning hole 16a16b, the ball receiving members 58a and 58b open and close once. Performs opening/closing operations. During this opening/closing operation, the ball receiving members 58a, 58b
When the winning ball guided by enters the first specific winning hole 77, which will be described later, provided in the variable winning ball device 50, it becomes a so-called jackpot state, and the ball receiver members 58a, 58
Perform the opening/closing operation of b 18 times at relatively short time intervals, or
Alternatively, during the 18 opening/closing operations, the opening/closing operations are performed until the winning number detectors 25, 26a, 26b, which will be described later, detect 10 winning balls (hereinafter referred to as opening/closing cycle), and further,
If a winning ball enters the first specific winning hole 77 again during the 18th opening/closing operation, the opening/closing cycle described above can be repeated. However, the first specified winning opening 7
Every time a ball hits 7, the opening/closing cycle is immediately stopped and the next opening/closing cycle is repeated.Furthermore, this opening/closing cycle is repeated on the condition that the winning ball enters the first specific winning hole 77. Limited to a maximum of 8 times.

Also, when a jackpot is reached, the game effect lamp 20
a, 20b and a frame lamp 21a provided on the upper part of the front frame 2. 21b blinks to notify the player of this fact. The variable winning ball device 50 will be described in detail later.

The balls that do not enter the various prize openings described above are taken into the outro 19 provided at the lowest part of the game area shaped rail 13b.

Next, the back side of the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be explained based on FIG. 6. In FIG. 6, the game board 12 is removably fixed to a game board holding frame 29 by a game board fixture 30. On the back side of this game board 12, winning ball collecting covers 22a and 2 are provided so as to cover the back side of each winning opening.
2b is attached. This winning ball collection cover holiday 2
2a and 22b are formed with guide passages for distributing the winning balls to the left and right. The starting prize opening 15,
Starting winning ball detectors 27, 28 corresponding to 16a, 16b
a, 28b are provided, and this starting prize ball detector 27, 2
8a and 28b are the ball receiving members 58 of the variable winning ball device 50.
It detects a signal to start the opening/closing operation of a and 58b and sends it to a control circuit to be described later. In addition, in the guide path at the lower center of the winning ball collection covers 22a and 22b, there are a first specific winning ball detector 24, a second specific winning ball detector 25 which also serves as a winning number detector, and a winning number detecting device. Container 26a, 2
6b is provided to send signals from the winning balls that have won into the plurality of winning holes provided in the variable winning ball device 70 to the control circuit. Furthermore, a relay terminal board 23 is attached to the back side of the winning ball collection covers 22a and 22b, to which the wiring from the various electrical devices described above provided on the game board 12 is once connected.

On the other hand, the game board! A mechanism plate 31 is provided so as to be freely openable and closable so as to cover the entire back surface of 2. This mechanism plate 31 has a sixth
In the figure, as shown by the dashed line, a winning ball processing mechanism for processing winning balls is formed on the front side, and a prize ball dispensing mechanism for paying out prize balls is formed on the rear side. The winning ball processing mechanism is integrated with the above-mentioned winning ball collecting cover 2.
2a. A winning ball collecting gutter 32 collects the winning balls guided by the ball 22b and falling to the left and right and winning balls that have entered the variable winning ball device 50 on the - side, and the winning balls collected by the collecting gutter 32. Winning ball processor 3 that processes one ball at a time
3, and a winning ball dispensing passage 34 for receiving winning balls discharged from the winning ball processing device 33 and operating an automatic lever (not shown) to operate a prize ball dispensing device 39 to be described later.

Further, on the front side of the mechanism plate 31, an out ball discharging passage 35 for guiding out balls discharged from the outro 19 is also formed.

On the other hand, the prize ball dispensing mechanism includes a prize ball tank 36 that stores prize balls supplied from a supply mechanism (not shown), and an alignment gutter that arranges the prize balls stored in the prize ball tank 36 in two lines and flows them down. 37, a bent gutter 38 that changes the flowing direction of the prize balls from the alignment gutter 37 by 180 degrees and weakens the ball pressure, and receives a predetermined number (13) of prize balls from the bent gutter 38 to form one A prize ball dispensing device 39 that dispenses a predetermined number of prize balls corresponding to winning balls, and a prize ball dispensing device 39 that delivers the prize balls paid out from the prize ball dispensing device 39 to the batted ball supply tray via a prize ball discharging/dispensing passage (not shown). 6, and a passage (not shown) for discharging surplus balls to the surplus ball receiving tray 9 via a connection gutter 41 fixed to the back surface of the front frame 2.

In addition, a control board box 42 that houses a control circuit board is detachably attached to the back surface of the mechanism board 31, and this control circuit board includes a control circuit that controls the operation of the variable winning ball device 5''0, etc. is configured.

Next, a plurality of winning holes 77 including the first specific winning hole 77,
The configuration of the variable winning ball device 50 in which 78a and 78b are formed will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

The variable prize winning ball device 50 has a mounting board 51 that is attached to the game board 12, and in the center of the mounting board 51,
A rectangular window opening 52 is formed, and a winning space 53 is formed on the back side of the window opening 52. A winning regulation part 54 is protruded from the upper part of the window opening 52, and an upper decorative plate 55 is fixed to the front surface of the winning regulation part 54. The normal winning opening 56 is formed in. Further, in the center of the upper decorative plate 55, a plurality of continuation number display devices 57 are arranged so as to face the front and notify the number of consecutive opening/closing cycles (eight times).

A pair of ball bearing members 5 are located approximately at the center left and right of the window opening 52.
8a and 58b are pivotally supported so as to be openable and closable. These ball bearing members 58a, 58b are connected to the link member 5 as shown in FIG.
9a, 59b (however, 59b is not shown) and the ball receiver member drive solenoid 61 via the operating member 60, and the ball receiver members 58a, 58b are connected to the ball receiver member drive solenoid 61 in response to the energization and de-energization of the ball receiver member drive solenoid 61. The ball alternately changes between an open state in which it accepts a hit ball and a closed state in which it does not accept a hit ball. In addition, a return spring 62 is provided in the ball holder member drive solenoid 61, and the ball holder member 58 is always
a and 58b are biased to be in a closed state.

The winning space 53 has a concave shape with a depth width in the front and rear directions, and ball transfer plates 69a and 69b that divide the winning space 53 into upper and lower parts are lying horizontally. Ball transfer board 69a
, 69b are provided so as to be inclined downwardly toward the rear, and the winning balls guided by the ball receiving members 58a, 58b and riding on the ball rolling plates 69a, 69b are arranged so as to be inclined downwardly toward the rear. The fall path 7 shown in FIG.
0a, 70b (however, 70b is not shown) and falls onto the entered prize ball collection cover 22a. 22b, and detected by the number-of-award-award detectors 26a and 26b. In addition, the ball transfer board 69a,
Since the winning balls guided to the ball 69b do not flow from the falling paths 70a and 70b toward the winning ball receiving frame 74, which will be described later,
Specific winning opening 77 and second specific winning opening 78a, 78b
There is no chance of winning the prize.

A sorting device 63 with an airplane design is provided in the center of the ball transfer boards 69a, 69b. This sorting device 63 is configured such that a swinging member 64 in the nose section swings vertically about a support shaft 65. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, a swing member drive solenoid 68 is connected to the swing member 64 via link members 66 and 67, and the swing member drive solenoid 68 moves up and down in response to energization and de-energization of the swing member drive solenoid 68. It is designed to oscillate in the direction. Therefore, the sorting device 63 transfers the winning balls P1 guided by the ball receiving members 58a, 58b to the first specific winning hole 77 and the It is made to fall toward the No. 2 specific winning openings 78a and 78b. More specifically, when the swinging member 64 swings downward, the balls guided to the ball receiving members 58a and 58b are likely to fall downward as they are. Opening 77 or second specific winning opening 78a, 7
8b, especially the first specific winning hole 77 has a high possibility of winning. On the other hand, when the swinging member 64 is in the upward swinging position, most of the balls are guided from the ball receiving members 58a, 58b to the ball transfer plates 69a, 69b and fall into the falling paths 70a, 70b. Or, there is a possibility that a small number of balls may flow down from the ball receiving members 58a, 58b, collide with the side surface of the swinging member 64, be repelled in the left and right direction, and be guided to the second specific winning openings 78a, 78b. becomes higher. Therefore, when the swinging member drive solenoid 68 is driven and the swinging member 64 is swinging, it is more likely that a prize will be won in the first specific prize opening 77 than when the swinging member 64 is not swinging. more likely to. Therefore, in this embodiment, the distributing device 63
is now driven. In addition, the sorting device 63
may be fixed without being swung as described above.

Further, a winning number display 73 is provided on the LED mounting plate 72 below the sorting device 63 to display the number of winning balls won during one opening/closing cycle when a jackpot is reached.

The winning balls guided by the ball receiving members 58a and 58b are transferred backward on the ball transfer plates 69a and 69b as described above, or directly fall downward from the ball receiving members 58a and 58b, but the winning balls are A winning ball receiving frame 74 is protruded so as to surround both lower side edges and the lower edge of the window opening 52, and a lower decorative plate 76 is attached to the front surface of the winning ball receiving frame 74. Therefore, a plurality of winning holes are formed in this winning ball receiving frame 74 by partition members 75. That is, approximately in the center of the winning ball receiving frame 74, there is a first specific winning hole 77, and on both left and right sides, second specific winning holes 78a,
78b is formed.

Then, the winning ball that entered the first specific winning hole 77 is detected by the first specific winning ball detector 24, and
The winning balls that have entered the specific winning holes 78a and 78b are detected by the second specific winning ball detector 25.

By the way, the second specific winning a prize openings 78a, 78b and the second specific winning ball detector 25 related thereto constitute a main part of this embodiment, and operate as follows. That is, when a hit ball enters the starting winning hole 15, 16a16b, the ball receiver members 58a, 58b are opened and closed twice or 1' times, but during the opening and closing operation, the ball falling from the gaming area 14 is hit by the ball receiver member. 5
8a58b, and when the accepted winning ball directly enters the first specific winning hole 77 and turns on the first specific winning ball detector 24, it becomes a jackpot state as described above. On the other hand, the ball receiving member 58a,
The winning ball accepted by 58b is the first specific winning hole 77
Instead, if you enter the second specific winning hole 78a, 78b and turn on the second specific winning ball detector 25 (more precisely,
As will be described later, the ball receiver members 58a and 58b are controlled to open and close again the same number of times as the starting winnings caused by the opening and closing operations. For example, the winning balls received during the opening and closing operations of the ball receiver members 58a, 58b twice due to winnings in the twice-opened starting winning opening 15 are placed in the second specific winning opening 78a, 78b.
If you win the ball receiving member 58a again. 58b is opened and closed twice, and the winning balls accepted during one opening and closing operation of the ball receiving members 58a, 58b due to winnings in the starting winning holes 16a, 16b that are opened once are transferred to the second specific winning holes 78a. 78
When winning a prize b, the ball receiving members 58a and 58b are opened and closed once again. By operating in this way, there is a possibility that the number of balls received by the ball receiving members 58a and 58b will increase, and by extension, the winning rate to the first specific winning hole 77 can be increased. , the possibility of winning the jackpot as a gaming value given to the player increases.

The control operation of the pachinko gaming machine 1 configured as described above will be explained with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

First, control of the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be explained based on FIG. 3. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control circuit formed on a control board housed in the control board box 42. As shown in FIG. In the figure, the control circuit includes a microcomputer 80 as a control center. The microcomputer 80 is composed of, for example, several chips of LSI, and includes an MPU 8 t that can execute control operations in a predetermined procedure, a ROM 82 that stores operation program data for the MPU 8 1, and a ROM 82 that stores the operation program data of the MPU 8 1. RAM 83 to which data can be written and read. Further, the microcomputer 80 receives the input signal and outputs the MPU 8 1
It includes an input circuit 84 for supplying human data to the MPU 81, and an output circuit 85 for receiving output data from the MPU 81 and outputting it to the outside. Then, the MPU 81 provides control signals to the variable winning ball device 50 and the like in accordance with the program data stored in the ROM 82 and in response to the human input of each control signal described below.

The following signals are given to the microcomputer 80 as human input signals. First, starting prize openings 15 and 16
a. The detection signals of the starting winning ball detectors 27, 28a, 28b provided corresponding to each of the winning balls 16b are sent to the detection circuit 8.
6 and is given to the microcomputer 80 as a starting winning ball detection signal. First specific winning ball detector 2
The detection signal detected in step 4 is given to the detection circuit 87,
It is given to the microcomputer 80 as a jackpot status determination signal and a repetition signal. Second specific winning ball detector 2
The detection signal detected at 5 is given to the detection circuit 88,
It is given to the microcomputer 80 as a winning ball count signal and as a gaming value increase signal at the time of starting winning. Although not shown, the entered prize number detectors 26a, 2
The signal from 6b is also given to the microcomputer 80 as a winning ball counting signal.

The microcomputer 80 also provides control signals to the following circuits and devices. First, a drive signal is applied via the solenoid drive circuit 89 to the solenoid 61 that opens and closes the ball receivers 58a and 58b of the variable winning ball device 50, and the solenoid 68 that drives the distribution device 63, respectively. Via the display circuit 90, 1! A control signal is given to turn on the consecutive number display 57 and the winning number display 73. Via the display circuit 91, game effect lamps 20a, 20b and frame lamps 21a, 2 provided corresponding to the jackpot state are displayed.
A control signal is given to turn on or blink the lbs. Note that a predetermined DC voltage is supplied to each circuit of the above configuration from a power supply circuit (not shown).

Next, the operation of the above-mentioned control circuit will be explained with reference to the flow diagram of FIG.

First, the ball falling down the gaming area 14 starts the winning hole 15,
18a, 16b and start winning ball detectors 27, 28
It is determined whether or not a and 28b are turned on (step S
1) If there is no starting prize, the player will not proceed to the next step until there is a starting prize.

By the way, when a hit ball wins in any of the starting winning holes 15, 16a, and tab, the specific winning ball detector reception timer 1 or the specific winning ball detector reception timer 2 is set (step S2). Here, the specific winning ball detector reception timer 1 is set when a hit ball opens once and wins a prize in the starting winning slots 16a, 16b, and is set based on the opening/closing time of the ball receiving members 58a, 58b once and the winning ball. A timer with a predetermined time (V reception time; for example, 2 seconds) added after the receiving members 58a and 58b are closed is started, and the specific winning ball detector reception timer 2 detects that the ball has been opened twice and started winning. It is set when a prize is won in the mouth 15, and a timer is started for the time that is the sum of the time for opening and closing the ball receiving member 58a58b twice and the V reception time. In addition, ■ Reception hours are ball receiving member 58a,
Since there is a possibility that the hit ball that won just before closing 58b will enter the first specific winning hole 77, the settings are made to allow enough time for the hit ball to reach the first specific winning hole 77. It is something.

Therefore, after either the specific winning ball detector timer 1 or the specific winning ball detector timer 2 is set, the ball receiver member drive solenoid 61 is activated rNJ times (1 time) to correspond to the set timer. or twice) is turned on (step S3). Then, it is determined whether or not the first specific winning ball detector 24 is turned on (step S4), and if it is turned on, the predetermined opening/closing cycle described above is performed, that is, the ball receiving members 58a and 58b are turned on. A jackpot control is performed in which 18 opening/closing operations or an operation that generates 10 winning balls is performed a predetermined number of times (8 times) (step S5), and when the jackpot control ends, the game control ends and the game starts again from the start. It will be done.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S4 that the first specific winning ball detector 24 is ONL/not ONL, it is determined whether or not the second specific winning ball detector 25 is ONL (step S6). , ONL, if not, it is determined whether or not the specific winning ball detector reception timer 1 or 2 has ended (step S7), and if it has not ended, the process returns to step S4, and steps 34- The process of step S7 is repeated. Further, when the specific winning ball detector reception timer 1 or 2 ends, the game control is ended and restarted from the start.

On the other hand, in step S6, if it is determined that the second specific winning ball detector 25 is ONL/, the specific winning ball detector reception timer 1 or the specific winning ball detector reception timer 2 is set again (step S8), turn the ball bearing member drive solenoid 61 r M J times (however, M=N) ONL/
to open and close the ball bearing members 58a and 58b (step S9). Thereafter, the process returns to step S4 and steps 34 to S9 are repeated.

In addition, in the above step S8, when the second specific winning ball detector 25 becomes ONL/in the middle of the timer set in the above step S2, the activation of that timer is immediately stopped and the next timer is set again. However,
The next timer may be set after waiting for the expiration of that timer.

Also, by setting the first timer, the ball bearing members 58a, 5
Even if the second specific winning ball detector 25 turns ON while the ball receiving member drive solenoid 61 is turned on, it does not turn off immediately but continues to turn on.
You can also use it as Furthermore, in step S9, M=
Although N is set, M≠N, and M may be set to any number of times, or not only the number of times, but also the opening time per time may be changed (longer or shorter) with respect to the opening time due to starting winnings. You can.

In addition, in the above flow diagram, when the second specific winning ball detector 25 is turned on, steps S4 to S
9 loops are repeated, but when the loops have been repeated a predetermined number of times (for example, 5 times), the subsequent loops may be controlled not to be repeated.

The configuration and operation of this embodiment have been explained above, but
According to this embodiment, the second specific winning ball detector 25 is turned ON by the winning ball received during the opening and closing operations of the ball receiving members 58a and 58b twice due to winning into the twice-opened starting winning hole 15. Then, the ball receiver members 58a, 58b are opened and closed twice again, and the winning balls received during one opening/closing operation of the ball receiver members 58a, 58b by winning into the once-opened starting prize openings 16a, 16b. is the second specific winning detector 25
If it is N, the ball receiver members 58a, 58b are opened and closed once again, so there is a possibility that the number of balls received by the ball receiver members 58a, 58b will increase, and by extension, the number of balls received by the ball receiver members 58a, 58b will increase. Since you can increase the winning rate for 77,
The possibility of achieving a jackpot as a gaming value given to a player increases. Therefore, it is possible to increase interest in the game and prevent the game from becoming monotonous.

In addition, the following may be considered as a modification of the above-mentioned embodiment. (2) The structure of the ball receiver members 58a and 58b of the variable winning ball device 50 may be one that slides laterally, or one that opens and closes in the front and back direction. In addition, the control operation of the opening/closing cycle is not one that immediately shifts to the next opening/closing cycle every time a prize is won in the first specific winning hole 77, but also one that shifts to the next opening/closing cycle after a predetermined opening/closing cycle is satisfied. good.

(2) The second specific winning holes 78a, 78b may be all winning holes other than the first specific winning hole 77 of the variable winning ball device 50 (for example, including the falling paths 70a, 70b).

■ Ball receiver members 58a, 58b as a means of increasing gaming value
Instead of repeatedly opening and closing, the sorting device 63 is operated to make it easier for the balls to enter the first specific winning hole 77, or the size of the first specific winning hole 77 is expanded. Alternatively, the possibility of occurrence of a jackpot may be increased by making it easier for the ball to enter the starting winning slot.

For example, if you want to make it easier to enter the starting prize slot,
The starting prize opening may be constituted by an electric tulip, and the electric tulip may be opened when the second specific winning ball detector 25 is turned on to make it easier for balls to win. In this case, the electric tulip may be kept open until a predetermined time has elapsed or until a predetermined number of balls have been hit.

In the embodiment described above (hereinafter referred to as the first embodiment), the plurality of winning holes 77, 78a, 78b are connected to the ball receiving member 58a.
, 58b is shown, but it may be provided in a winning ball device in which a plurality of winning holes do not change. For example, the winning ball device 100 according to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 7, 8A, and 8B (hereinafter referred to as the second embodiment) may be used. This winning ball device 1
To explain the structure and operation of 00, winning ball device 1
00 is a mounting board 10 attached to the game board 12
1. At the top of the mounting board 101, a normal winning hole 102 is formed in which the hit ball becomes a normal winning ball.

A ball guide section 103 is protrudingly provided below the normal winning opening 102, and is designed to receive balls flying from the left and right directions of the game area l4 and guide them to the ball population 104. The balls that enter from the ball entrance 104 are guided backwards and fall onto a ball guiding gutter 106 of a sorting device 105.

The ball guide gutter 106 of the sorting device 105 is formed with a downward slope to catch the fallen balls and guide them forward, and is pivoted at the rear part of the gutter 106 on a support shaft 107 that stands upright in the vertical direction. It is rotatably provided. Further, on the rear end side of the support shaft 107 of the sorting device 105, a bifurcated engagement portion 1 is provided.
08 is formed, and as shown in FIG. 8A, the two-pronged engaging portion 108 has a retaining pin 112 protruding from an eccentric position of the rotating cam 111 fixed to the motor output @110 of the drive motor 109. It is designed to engage.

For this reason, as the drive motor 109 rotates, the engagement pin 112 moves up and down within the bifurcated engagement portion 108 and makes an amplitude movement in the left-right direction, so that the ball guide gutter 106 of the sorting device 105 moves in the left-right direction. Performs a rotational movement. therefore,
The balls guided by the ball guide gutter 106 fall from the ball guide gutter 106 within the movement range of the rotational movement of the sorting device 105. In addition, on the outer periphery of the rotating cam 111,
Step portions 113a and 113b are formed at left and right symmetrical positions, and an actuator 115 of the stop position detection switch 114 is provided so as to come into contact with the outer periphery of the step portions 113a and 113b. This stop position detection switch 114 is connected to the actuator 11.
5 and the stepped portions 113a and it3b from ON to O.
It detects a change from FF or OFF to ON, and stops the rotation of the drive motor 109 when the change is detected.

A winning ball receiving frame 117 is protruded from the front surface of the mounting board 101 so as to surround the lower half thereof, and a front decorative plate 116 is attached to the front surface of the winning ball receiving frame 117. A pair of partition members 118a and 1tab are erected in the space surrounded by the lower part of the entered prize ball receiving frame 117, and the space is divided into a first specific winning opening 119 in the center and a second specific winning opening 1 on the left and right sides.
It is divided into 20a1 and 20b. Partition member 118a
The interval between the holes 118b is selected to be slightly larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball, and the lower part thereof is connected to the second specific winning hole 12.
It is inclined toward 0a and 120b. In addition, a first specific winning ball detector 121 (proximity switch) is provided in the middle of the first specific winning hole 119, and a second specific winning ball detector 121 (proximity switch) is provided in the middle of the second specific winning hole 120a, 120b. Specific winning ball detectors 122a and 122b are provided. When a hit ball enters the first specific winning hole 119, a right generation state occurs, and during that right generation state, the hit ball enters the game board 12.
When you win a prize, the variable winning ball device (not shown) is held for a predetermined period of time (for example, until 10 seconds have elapsed).
Or until 10 winning balls are generated), the right generation status is 1! The maximum number of times (for example, 8
The open state is repeated for the number of times). Incidentally, the right generation state is resolved when the hit ball enters the first specific winning hole 119 again or when eight hit balls win the starting winning hole (not shown). When the right generation state is resolved, even if the above-mentioned opening state has not been performed the upper limit number of times, the opening operation of the variable winning ball device due to the starting winning will no longer be performed. In addition, the front decorative board 116 has a second specific winning opening 120a. 1
20b Winning number display 12 that displays the number of winning balls
It is arranged so that 3 is facing.

To explain the operation of the winning ball device 100 described above,
Since the drive motor 109 of the sorting device 105 is always in the ON state regardless of the output of the stop position detection switch 114, the ball guide gutter 106 of the sorting device 105 always rotates back and forth at a constant speed. For this reason, the ball guide section 10
3, the hit balls that have won from the ball population 104 are dropped from the ball guiding gutter lO6 towards either the 1st specific winning opening 119 or the 2nd specific winning opening 120a, 120b, but the ball guiding Since the first specific winning opening 119 occupies a small proportion of the rotation range of the gutter 106, the possibility of winning in the second specific winning opening 120a, 120b inevitably increases. Therefore, in a normal gaming state, the possibility of a rights generation state is relatively low.

The second specific winning hole 12 in the normal gaming state as described above.
When a predetermined number of balls (for example, 4) are placed in 0a and 120b, the driving motor 109 is activated by the stop position detector 11.
Each time a change from ON to OFF or from OFF to ON in 4 is detected, it stops for a certain period of time (for example, 1 second). and,
The change in the output of the stop position detector 114 occurs when the actuator 115 corresponds to the stepped portions 1 1 3a and 1 1 3b, and moreover, as shown in FIG.
13a113b and the engagement bin 112 are in the vertical position, so that the sorting device 105
The ball will stop when the ball guiding gutter 106 reaches the center. For this reason, the probability that a hit ball that enters the ball population 104 and falls from the tip of the ball guide gutter 106 when the ball stops is extremely likely to enter the first specific winning hole 119. In other words, there is an extremely high possibility that the rights will accrue. In other words, also in this second embodiment, the second specific winning opening 1
When a predetermined number of balls hit 20a and 120b win a prize, the possibility that a right will be generated is increased, so it is possible to increase interest in the game and prevent the game from becoming monotonous.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the control for stopping the sorting device 105 at the center position is performed until a predetermined period of time, for example, a predetermined time (for example, 5 minutes) has elapsed, or until the second specific winning ball detector 122a, The process may be continued until 122b detects a predetermined number (for example, three) of balls hit.

Further, as a modification of the second embodiment described above, for example, instead of stopping the distribution device 105, the size of the first specific prize opening 119 may be changed as the operation of the gaming value increasing means, or , the winning ball device 1 includes a guiding member that increases the number of balls guided to the ball guiding portion 103.
It is conceivable to have a configuration in which it is provided at or near 00.

Although two embodiments and their modifications have been described above, other embodiments such as those described below are also possible.

■ For example, in a pachinko game machine having the configuration shown in FIG.
18b, the ball receiving members 58a and 58b of the variable winning ball device 50 are opened, and a predetermined number of balls (for example, 1
0 pieces) When the ball receivers 58a and 58b are received, the ball receiver members 58a and 58b are controlled to close, and the tulip-type winning openings 18a and 18b do not close even if a ball hits them, Even in the case where the winning holes 17a and 17b are opened in conjunction with each other by hitting a ball into the winning holes, the tulip-type winning holes 18a and 18b are set as the first specific winning holes, and the tulip-type winning holes 18a and 18b are set as the second specific winning holes. Prize opening 17a, 17b
By setting the winning opening 1, which is the second specific winning opening.
It may be possible to increase the possibility that the variable winning ball device 50 will be released based on the winning of a ball hit in 7a or 17b, thereby increasing the interest of the game and preventing the game from becoming monotonous. .

■ The game value given to the player is not a prize ball based on the winning ball that has entered the variable prize ball device, but a predetermined prize ball by directly operating the prize ball dispensing device 39 when a jackpot state or a right generation state occurs. It is also possible to pay out a certain number of prize balls.

■ The operation of the game value increasing means is 1 in the normal gaming state! Instead of being enabled continuously, it may be enabled when a certain predetermined condition is met. for example,
The gaming value increasing means may not operate until the first jackpot state occurs, and the gaming value increasing means may be enabled to operate based on the establishment of the first jackpot state until the next jackpot state occurs. ■ The pinball game machine may be a so-called card-type pinball game machine in which games can be played using cards on which ball data is recorded. Further, in this case, the gaming value given to the player is the score given by the score giving circuit, but this score may also be given at once when a jackpot is achieved.

[Effect of the invention] As is clear from the above explanation, the pinball game machine according to the present invention is capable of hitting a predetermined second specific winning hole other than the first specific winning hole among a plurality of winning holes. Since it is configured to include a gaming value increasing means that increases the possibility of giving gaming value to the player based on the winning of the ball, even if the hit ball does not enter the first specific winning hole. Also, if you win in the second specific prize winning slot, there is a possibility that you will be given gaming value,
In other words, the possibility of winning a prize in the first specific prize opening increases, which increases interest in the game, thereby preventing the game from becoming monotonous.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 6 show the first embodiment, and FIG.
A front view of the variable winning ball device according to the embodiment, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the variable winning ball device, FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a control circuit that controls the game including the variable winning ball device, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control circuit, FIG. 5 is a front view of a pachinko game machine as an example of a pinball game machine to which the variable winning ball device shown in FIG. 1 is applied, and FIG. It is a back schematic diagram of the gaming machine. 7 to 8B show the second embodiment, FIG. 7 is a front view of the winning ball device according to the embodiment, FIG. 8A is a cross-sectional view of the winning ball device, and FIG. 8B is It is an operation explanatory diagram showing the operation of a drive motor provided in the winning ball device. 1. Pachinko game machine (pinball game machine) 24.. First specific winning ball detector (specific winning ball detection means) 50.. Variable winning ball device (gaming value imparting means) 77.
First specific winning openings 78a, 78b...Second specific winning opening 80...Microcomputer (including gaming value increasing means) 100...winning ball device (gaming value imparting means) 119...
1st specific winning hole 1 20a, 1 20b - - 2nd specific winning hole 12
1. First specific winning ball detector (specific winning ball detection means)

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A plurality of winning holes, a specific winning ball detection means for detecting that a hit ball has entered a predetermined first specific winning hole among the plurality of winning holes, and a specific winning ball detection means. a gaming value imparting means capable of imparting a predetermined gaming value to a player based on the output; and a ball hitting a predetermined second specific winning opening other than the first specific winning opening among the plurality of winning openings. A pinball game machine comprising: a game value increasing means for increasing the possibility of giving the game value to the player based on the fact that the game value has been won. (2) The pinball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of winning holes are provided in a winning ball device.