JPH11290515A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate player's distrust on a lottery and improve player' s motivation on a game by equipping a lottery means to mechanically lot whether a special privilege on a game is given to the player based on presuming operation of the player, or not. SOLUTION: A special pattern display device is assembled in the central part of the game area of the pachinko machine and a lottery device 12 to lot whether an additional privilege is given to a player, or not, on a jackpot is equipped thereunder. A presuming operation switch comprising three switches operated in selecting one out of three when the lottery device 12 is driven is equipped on the front face of an upper tray to store a lot of game balls. The lottery device 12 is equipped with laterally open/close shield plates 21, 22 on the front and a rotary body 23 equipped with three holes A-C into which game balls get in is rotatably placed in the deep side. When a player operated any of three switches of the presuming operation switch on the upper tray and obtained a result coinciding with the lottery result of the lottery device 12, the lottery device is controlled so as to grant a privilege to the player.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball-and-ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, and more particularly, to a ball-and-ball game provided with lottery means for determining whether to provide a bonus such as a jackpot or an additional bonus after the jackpot is established. Related to gaming machines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a special symbol display device is operated when a game ball ejected on a game board enters a winning opening called a type 1 starting opening, and after a jackpot is established when a specific symbol is displayed. The special symbol display device determines whether or not an additional privilege such as a shortening of the fluctuation time of the symbol displayed on the special symbol display device or a probability variation for increasing the probability of a big hit is given to the player. There is a ball game machine that does. Alternatively, the player performs a selection operation on the game result prediction on the display screen, and compares the game result with the selection operation result to determine whether a bonus such as a jackpot or a privilege such as the probability variation is given. There is a ball game machine.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional ball game machine, whether or not an additional privilege is given after a jackpot is established is determined by a symbol displayed on a special symbol display device. Cannot intervene in the decision. For this reason, there is a limit in increasing the player's willingness to play. In addition, in the latter ball game machine, it is determined whether or not an additional privilege such as a jackpot or a probability variation is given by a selection operation of the player, and therefore, the player must intervene in the determination. However, if the status where the privilege is not given continues many times, the player's feelings are that "this privilege decision is decided by software"
There is a problem that you have a kind of distrust.

Therefore, in the present invention, when a lottery is performed to determine whether or not a bonus such as a jackpot or an additional privilege such as a probability change is given based on a player's operation, a bullet which the player does not have distrust in the lottery. Providing a ball game machine is an issue to be solved.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a ball game machine randomly determines whether or not to give a player a bonus based on a guess operation of the player by a mechanical movement. That is to provide lottery means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the ball game machine of the first aspect, the lottery means makes it possible for a player to visually check a lottery state.

[0007] The third aspect of the present invention is the first or second aspect.
In the above-mentioned ball game machine, the lottery means displays a lottery result by voice.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the ball game machine of the first, second or third aspect, the lottery means selects a lottery based on an estimation operation for predicting a motion of the game ball and an actual motion of the game ball. It is to be.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a lottery for determining whether or not a bonus such as a jackpot is provided to the player, or whether or not to provide an additional bonus after the establishment of the jackpot is performed by a mechanical movement. As a result, the player can increase the expectation of the lottery result without raising a distrust like "the lottery result is determined by software", and can increase the player's motivation to play. .

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the lottery state can be visually checked, the player gives greater confidence to the lottery result.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the lottery result is displayed by voice, the player can clearly know the lottery result.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a game property is added in which a player predicts the movement of a game ball, thereby improving the game property.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the ball game machine of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a ball game machine 1 according to the first embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, this pachinko machine 1
Similar to a conventional general pachinko machine, a front frame 3 shaped like a picture frame is mounted on the front surface of a wooden frame 2 shaped like a rectangular frame. On the upper part of the front frame 3, a metal frame 4 fitted with a glass plate through which a game board 8 described later can be seen is mounted so as to be openable and closable. On the other hand, a front plate 5 is attached to the lower part of the front frame 3 so as to be openable and closable adjacent to the metal frame 4. On the surface of the front plate 5, an upper plate 5a, which is a tray for game balls, is attached. Below the front plate 5, a lower plate 6, which is one of receiving trays for game balls, and a handle 7, which communicates with a firing device (not shown) for firing game balls onto the game board, are mounted. I have. The above-described structures are the same as those provided in a general ball-and-ball game machine, and do not characterize the present invention at all. Therefore, detailed description thereof will be omitted. Thus, on the back side of the metal frame 4, a game board 8 provided with a game structure / equipment necessary for performing the first-type pachinko game in the present ball game machine 1 is detachably attached. It is installed.

As shown in FIG. 1, a game board 8 according to the present embodiment has a flat panel member 8a and various game structures to be described later mounted on the panel member 8a, similarly to the conventional game board. -Consists of devices. On the surface of the panel member 8a, a guide rail 9 for guiding a game ball fired from a firing device (not shown) of the ball game machine 1 to an upper portion of the game board 8 is mounted in a circular spiral shape. . The inner area surrounded by the guide rail 9 is a game area on the game board 8. A special symbol display device 10 is incorporated in the center of the game area. A liquid crystal display 10a for displaying a special symbol is provided at the center of the special symbol display device 10. In addition, a lottery device 12 is provided below the special symbol display device 10 for performing a lottery by mechanical drive to determine whether or not to give an additional privilege to the player at the time of a big hit described later. Under the lottery device 12, a starting port 13 for changing the symbol of the special symbol display device 10 when a game ball enters is provided. Furthermore, the liquid crystal display 1
Above 0a, there are provided four display lamps 11 composed of light emitting diodes. These four display lamps 11
Is turned on one by one each time a game ball enters the starting port 13. When a game ball enters the starting port 13, a special symbol displayed on the liquid crystal display 10 a of the special symbol display device 10 is displayed. When it fluctuates and a predetermined specific symbol (winning symbol) is displayed on the liquid crystal display 10a, the special winning opening 15 is opened as a jackpot for a predetermined time. When all of the four display lamps 11 are turned on, even if a game ball enters the starting port 13, if the symbol of the special symbol display device 10 is changing, the game ball is invalid.

As will be described later, an electric accessory 14 provided on the left side of the lottery device 12 serves to send the game ball to the lottery device 12 when the ball enters. Plate
On the front surface of 5a, a guessing operation switch 16 operated when driving the lottery device 12 is provided. As shown in FIG. 1, the guessing operation switch 16 has three switches A, B, and C.
It consists of three switches, and is configured in an alternative manner.
The game board 8 is provided with various game structures for determining the game content. That is, a number of game nails, windmills, and the like for adjusting the falling speed and direction of the game balls ejected on the game board 8 are attached, but illustration and description thereof are omitted.

Next, the structure of the lottery device 12 provided in the ball game machine 1 of the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is a structural explanatory view schematically showing the structure of the lottery device 12.
FIG. 3 is a front view of the lottery device 12, and FIG.
FIG. 12 is a sectional view of FIG. FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of a mechanism of the lottery device 12, and FIG. As shown in the figure, the lottery device 12 is provided with shielding plates 21 and 22 that open and close left and right on the front. In addition, shielding plates 21 and 22
A rotary body 23 having a circular shape is disposed at the back of the body. And this rotator 23 has three holes A, B, C into which the game balls enter.
Is provided so that, when a game ball is in any of the holes A, B, and C, when the shield plates 21 and 22 are opened, the player can visually see which hole the game ball is in. It is formed of a transparent synthetic resin. The rotating body 23 is a motor 2
4 rotates clockwise.

As shown in FIG. 4, a stopping device 26 is provided above the rotating body 23 for guiding and stopping the game balls 25 in the electric accessory 14. Stop device 26
Is formed of a flat plate whose base end is attached to the distal end of a rod 28 of a solenoid 27, and is configured to be driven forward and backward by expansion and contraction of the rod 28. And rod 2
When the plate 8 is advanced and the flat plate attached to the tip of the rod 28 is driven forward, the game ball 25 is stopped by the stopping device 26. The game ball 2 stopped by the stop device 26
5 is supported by a flat plate attached to the upper side wall of the rotating body 23, the tip of the rod 28, and the shielding plate 22. Conversely, when the rod 28 is moved backward and the flat plate attached to the tip of the rod 28 is driven backward, the game ball 25 falls from the stop position and enters one of the holes A, B, and C. I have.

A fixed position detection switch 29 is provided for detecting a fixed position of the rotating body 23, that is, a position where the hole A is located immediately below the stopping device 26. The home position detection switch 29 detects that the hole A is located immediately below the stopping device 26 by detecting the detection target piece 30 attached to the output shaft of the motor 24. It outputs a signal. The fixed position detection signal output from the fixed position detection switch 29 is input to a ball game machine control circuit (not shown). The rotating body 2
Shutters 31 and 32 are arranged at symmetrical positions at the rear of the shutter 3. The shutters 31 and 32 are opened and closed in synchronization with the shielding plates 21 and 22 as described later.

Next, the shielding plates 21 and 22 and the shutter
The drive mechanisms 31 and 32 will be described. Shielding plate 21,
To open and close the shutter 22 and the shutters 31 and 32 (see FIG. 6) synchronously, solenoids 33 and 34 are disposed at symmetrical positions as shown in FIG. Solenoid 33, 3
4 is arranged so that each rod 33A, 34A expands and contracts in the up-down direction. In FIG. 5, for convenience of explanation of the mechanism, the left half shows a state where the shielding plate 21 is closed, and the right half shows a state where the shielding plate 22 is opened. However, in reality, both the left and right shielding plates 21 and 22 are driven to open and close. L-shaped crank 3
The reference numerals 5 and 36 are disposed so as to be rotated about shafts 37 and 38, respectively. Protrusions 39 and 40 are attached to the cranks 35 and 36 to be in contact with the tips of the rods 33A and 34A, respectively.
Is extended, the projections 39 and 40 are pushed up, so that the cranks 35 and 36 are rotated about the shafts 37 and 38. The projections 41, 42 attached to the shielding plates 21, 22, respectively, are elongated holes 43, 4 of the cranks 35, 36.
When the cranks 35 and 36 are rotated, a force in the direction of linear movement is applied to the projections 41 and 42, so that the shielding plates 21 and 22 are opened and closed. The projections 41 and 42 are urged by a spring (not shown) in a direction in which the shielding plates 21 and 22 open, and the rods 3 of the solenoids 33 and 34 are
The shield plates 21 and 22 are controlled so as to close when the extension drives 3A and 34A are driven. In addition, the shielding plates 21 and 22
A connecting member (not shown) is connected between the shielding plates 21 and 22 and the shutters 31 and 32 so that the shutters 31 and 32 are also opened and closed in synchronization with the opening and closing of the shutters 31 and 32.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a game ball detection switch 45 is provided below the motor 24. The game ball detection switch 45 is connected to the shutters 31 and 3
When the game ball that has entered any one of the holes A, B, and C is discharged from the hole in a state in which the game ball 2 is opened, a passing game ball is detected and a detection signal is output. The detection signal output from the game ball detection switch 45 is input to the above-described ball game machine control circuit. The motor 24, the solenoid 27, and the solenoids 33, 3
4 is driven by drive power supplied from the above-mentioned ball game machine control circuit.

Next, the game of the ball game machine 1 of the first embodiment will be described. When a game ball fired from a firing device (not shown) of the ball game machine 1 wins the starting port 13, the symbol of the special symbol display device 10 starts to change. A specific symbol on the special symbol display device 10, for example, 333 or 77
When 7 or the like is displayed, a jackpot is won, the special winning opening 15 is opened for a predetermined time, the solenoids 33 and 34 of the lottery device 12 are driven, and the shielding plates 21 and 22 are closed as shown in FIG. Further, the shutters 31 and 32 are closed. Note that the shielding plates 21 and 22 are
7, the rotating body 2 of the lottery device 12 is opened.
3 is rotating clockwise.

At the end of the jackpot, the electric accessory 14 is opened for, for example, 5 seconds, and the winning game ball 25 is guided to the lottery device 12 as shown in FIG. The game ball 25A hits the stopped game ball 25 and is played. The game ball guided to the game ball outlet 50 is processed as a safe ball and seven prize balls are paid out. In this way, the game ball 2 parked on the parking device 26
5 is one, and only this one game ball 25 is reliably guided to any one of the holes A, B, and C of the rotating body 23.
Although the timing of opening the electric accessory 14 is at the end of the big hit in the above example, it may be at the start of the big hit or during the big hit. When the stop of the game ball 25 is released (the rod 28 of the stop solenoid 27 is contracted) from the state in which the game ball 25 is stopped in the stopping device 26 (the state in which the shielding plates 21 and 22 are closed), FIG. The game ball 25 that has been parked as shown in FIG.
B, C, for example, enters the hole C, and the rotating body 23
Stop at the fixed position as shown in. The timing at which the stopping of the game balls 25 by the stopping device 26 is released is 5 seconds after the timing when the electric accessory 14 is closed. The reason for this is to take into account the time required for the gaming ball 25 that has won the electric accessory 14 to be discharged from the lottery device 12. That is, the game ball 25 that has entered the electric accessory 14 at the moment when the electric accessory 14 closes.
It takes approximately two or three seconds until the electric character 14 is closed after it is guided to the lottery device 12 and is discharged from the lottery device 12, so if the stop is released at the moment when the electric accessory 14 is closed,
Despite the game ball 25 already entering any one of the holes A, B, and C of the rotating body 23, the subsequent game that enters the electric accessory 14 at the moment when the electric accessory 14 closes. Ball 25
Also enters any one of the holes A, B, and C of the rotating body 23, so that the player can easily predict. Accordingly, by setting the time at which the stopping of the game balls 25 by the stopping device 26 is released to be 5 seconds after the timing at which the electric accessory 14 is closed, only one game ball 25 is provided with the holes A and B of the rotating body 23. , C
Enter any of In addition, the game ball 25 is a hole A of the rotating body 23,
When entering any one of B and C, the shutters 31 and 3
Since the ball 2 is closed, the game ball 25 that has entered any one of the holes A, B, and C of the rotating body 23 is not discharged from the hole.
In the above embodiment, the parking was released 5 seconds after the electric accessory 14 was closed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the random operation is performed in a period from 5 seconds after the electric accessory 14 is closed to when the shielding plates 21 and 22 are opened. The parking may be released at the appropriate time. Alternatively, the shielding plates 21 and
After closing 2, the rotation speed of the rotating body 23 may be changed. This makes it difficult for even a skilled player to insert the game ball 25 into a specific hole of the rotating body 23, thereby preventing a disadvantage on the hole side.

After the operation valid period of the guessing operation switch 16 is over, the shielding plate 2 is stopped in a state where the rotating body 23 is stopped at a fixed position.
Since the players 1 and 22 are opened and the player can visually observe a state where the game ball 25 is in the hole C of the rotating body 23,
It can be confirmed that the guess was correct. The operation valid period of the guess operation switch 16 is set to 15 seconds after the electric accessory 14 is opened. The reason for this is to prevent the player from being distrusted that "the lottery may be controlled by software". That is, the electric accessory 14 is opened for 5 seconds, and 5 seconds after the electric accessory 14 is closed, that is, 10 seconds after the electric accessory 14 is opened.
After 2 seconds, the stop of the game ball 25 is released by the stop device 26, and the game ball 25 enters any hole of the rotating body 23,
Assuming that the validity period of the guessing operation switch 16 is 15 seconds after the electric accessory 14 is opened as described above, the guessing operation is performed for about 5 seconds after the game ball 25 enters any hole of the rotating body 23. Since the operation valid period of the switch 16 remains, and there is no possibility of software intervention, the player does not feel such distrust as described above. In order to inform the player of the valid operation period of the guess operation switch 16, for example, a message such as "5 seconds remaining for the valid operation time" is displayed on the liquid crystal display 10a. When the operation of the guessing operation switch 16 is not performed, the lottery process is randomly performed by software. A few seconds after the shielding plates 21 and 22 are opened, the rotating body 23 starts rotating. Since the shutters 31 and 32 are opened in synchronization with the opening of the shielding plates 21 and 22, the game balls 25 are discharged from the holes C of the rotating body 23 and pass through the game ball detection switches 45. When the game ball 25 is detected by the game ball detection switch 45 and the detection signal is input to the ball game machine control circuit, the ball game machine control circuit starts the detection signal input timing from the rotation start timing of the rotating body 23. By measuring the time until the game ball 25 has come out of the hole C, it matches the guessing operation of the guessing operation switch 16 of the player, so that a privilege is given to the player. The above benefits are, for example, shortening the fluctuation time of the symbol displayed on the special symbol display device 10, increasing the probability of a jackpot, increasing the number of rounds of the jackpot (the number of continuations), or paying out the game ball at the time of the jackpot. There are times when you increase the number of.

FIG. 13 shows that the game ball 25 which has won the electric accessory 14 and led to the lottery device 12 is stopped by the stop device 26, and the subsequent game ball 25A is discharged from the game ball discharge port 50. FIG. 14 is a front view showing a state in which the operation is performed, and FIG. 14 is a side sectional view of FIG. FIG. 15 shows that the stop of the game ball 25 by the stop device 26 is released and the game ball 2 is released.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a hole 5 enters a hole of a rotating body 23.
FIGS. 16, 17 and 18 are rear views showing the open / closed state of the shielding plates 21 and 22 and the shutters 31 and 32 of the lottery device 12. FIG. As shown in FIG. 16, FIG. 17, and FIG.
When the shielding plates 21 and 22 are closed, the shutters 31 and 32 are also closed. And the shutter
When the game balls 31 and 32 are released, the game balls 25 are discharged from the holes of the rotating body 23 as shown in FIG. When the timing of pressing the guess operation switch 16 comes, the switch 1
The area around 6 may be blinked by a lamp to urge the player to press the switch 16. In addition, a device for notifying the lottery result by the lottery device 12 by voice may be provided. For example, a voice message such as "I entered the hole A. I'm sorry." In addition, the game ball 25 that has won the electric accessory 14 is configured to be sent to the lottery device 12 from the back side of the game board.
The structure may be such that the game balls are directly guided to the lottery device 12 from the front side of the game board. FIG. 33 is a timing chart showing an outline of the game of the ball game machine 1. As shown in FIG. 33, the ball game machine 1 enters a jackpot state, and a jackpot signal is output from the ball game machine control circuit (O
N), the stopping device 26 of the lottery device 12
5, and the shield plates 21, 22 and the shutters 31, 32 are closed. The jackpot ends and the jackpot signal output stops (OFF).
The electric accessory 14 is opened for 5 seconds from the timing of the release, and after 10 seconds, the stopping of the game ball 25 is released, so that the stopped game ball 25 enters any hole of the rotating body 23. When the guessing operation switch 16 is operated during the operation valid period of 15 seconds from the big hit end timing, the guessing operation signal is input to the ball game machine control circuit. When the operation validity period of 15 seconds ends, the rotating body 2
3 is stopped, and thereafter, the shielding plates 21 and 22 and the shutters 31 and 32 are opened, so that the player visually checks whether or not the guessing operation matches the hole in which the game ball 25 is inserted. it can.

Next, the ball game machine 1A of the second embodiment
Will be described. As shown in FIG.
On the game board surface of A, a special symbol display device 10 is incorporated in the center, similarly to the ball game machine 1 of the first embodiment, and in the central portion of the special symbol display device 10, A liquid crystal display 10a for displaying a special symbol is provided. A lottery device 12A, which is a modification of the above-described lottery device 12, is provided below the special symbol display device 10. And, on the lower side of the lottery device 12A, a starting port 13 for changing the symbol of the special symbol display device 10 when a game ball enters is provided. Further, four display lamps 11 each composed of a light emitting diode are provided above the liquid crystal display 10a, similarly to the above-described ball game machine 1, and a predetermined specific symbol (hit symbol) is provided on the liquid crystal display 10a. ) Is displayed, the big winning opening 15 is opened as a big hit for a predetermined time. The electric accessory 14A provided on the upper left side of the lottery device 12A serves to stop the game ball and send it to the lottery device 12A when the game ball enters. It is to be noted that a guessing operation switch 16 (the same number as in the first embodiment is used for convenience of explanation) which is operated when driving the lottery device 12A in the same manner as the ball game machine 1 is provided on the front plate. However, illustration is omitted.

FIG. 20 is a front view of the electric accessory 14A, showing a state in which the game ball 25 is placed on an open door 81 and stopped, and FIG. It is a front view of 14A of accessory. FIG. 22 is a side sectional view showing a state in which the game ball 25 is placed on the door 81, and FIG.
Is a side sectional view showing a state where the door 81 is closed and the game ball 25 is sent to the lottery device 12A. FIGS. 24 and 25 are side views of an opening and closing operation mechanism for opening and closing the door 81.

When the guessing operation switch 16 is pressed between the time of the jackpot and the end of the jackpot, as shown in FIG. 20 and FIG.
Is opened and the game ball 25 dropped from the upper hole 14b
1 can be placed. A solenoid 82 is provided for driving the door 81 to open and close.
The door 81 is rotated about the shaft 83 by the expansion and contraction operation of the rod 82a, and is opened and closed. As this opening / closing mechanism, a movable piece 84 is attached to the door 81 side.
A driving piece 85 is engaged with the second rod 82a.
When the driving piece 85 is rotated about the shaft 86 by the expansion and contraction operation of the rod 82a, the tip of the driving piece 85 is
A driving force for opening and closing the door 81 is applied to the fourth convex piece 84a. Further, the door 81 is formed with a hole 81a into which the game ball 25 dropped from the hole 14b on the upper part of the electric accessory 14A fits and stops. The shaft 86 is provided with a hole 87 formed below the solenoid 82 (see FIGS. 22 and 23).
See).

Next, the lottery device 12A will be described.
FIG. 26 is a front view of the lottery device 12A, and FIG.
FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 6. FIG. 28 is a front view showing the mechanism of the lottery device 12A. As shown in FIGS. 26 to 28, the lottery device 12A is provided with a motor 61 at the center, and the rotating body 62 is rotated clockwise by the motor 61. On the back side of the rotating body 62, there is provided a guide path 63 through which the game balls 25 winning the electric accessory 14A are guided, and a game ball outlet 64 communicating with the guide path 63 is provided with a rotating body 6.
2 is open at the top. A guide piece 65 with which the game ball 25 discharged from the game ball outlet 64 abuts is attached to the rotating body 62, and the game ball 25 is distributed in the direction of the hole A or B after contacting the guide piece 65. . The game ball 25 entering the hole A or B passes through the game ball detection switch 66 or 67 disposed on the back side of the hole A or B, and is detected by the switch 66 or 67. If the game ball 25 is detected by the game ball detection switch 66, a detection signal is output from the switch 66 to the aforementioned ball game machine control circuit, and if the game ball 25 is detected by the game ball detection switch 67, Since the switch 67 outputs a detection signal to the ball game machine control circuit, the ball game machine control circuit recognizes which of the holes A and B the game ball 25 has entered.
Note that a rotating body fixed position detection switch 68 is provided to detect that the rotating body 62 is at a fixed position. The rotating body fixed position detection switch 68 is, for example, a rotating body 62 in which the guiding piece 65 is located immediately below the game ball outlet 64.
Is detected as a fixed position.
The detected part 69 is attached to one output shaft. The rotating body 62 is once stopped at a fixed position when the power is turned on or after the jackpot, and then rotated again.

Next, the game played by the ball game machine 1A will be described. When the ball game machine 1A hits the jackpot, the player operates the guessing operation switch 16 (in this case, A, B
It consists of two switches and is configured as an alternative. )
Press the switch B, for example. In this state, the electric accessory 14
When the door 81 of the electric accessory 14A is opened by the driving of the solenoid 82 of A, the game ball 25 dropped from the upper part of the electric accessory 14A fits into the hole 81a of the door 81 and stops as shown in FIG. Since the subsequent game balls flow to both sides, only one game ball 25 is parked on the electric accessory 14A. The game ball 25 parked on the electric accessory 14A is a door 81
When 5 seconds have passed since the valve was opened, the solenoid 82
23, the door 81 is closed as shown in FIG. 23, so that the gaming balls 25 are discharged from the electric accessory 14A to the outside as shown in FIG. The game balls 25 discharged from the electric accessory 14A to the outside are guided to the guide path 63 of the lottery device 12A and discharged from the game ball exit 64. Since the rotating body 62 is always rotating at a high speed, the game ball 25 discharged from the game ball outlet 64 comes into contact with the guide piece 65 and then is guided in the direction of the hole B as shown in FIG. 29, for example. When the player enters the hole B, the player exits the hole B and passes through the game ball detection switch 67. When the game ball 25 is detected by the game ball detection switch 67, and the detection signal is output to the ball game machine control circuit, the circuit turns on the switch B selected by the guess operation switch 16 and the game ball 25. Since the hole B matches, the same privilege as described above is given. In the example of the lottery device 12 according to the first embodiment, after the jackpot, the electric accessory 1
Although the operation valid period of the guessing operation switch 16 is set to 15 seconds after the opening of the slot 4, in the case of the lottery device 12A, the period is from the time when the jackpot is reached to the end of the jackpot, and it is assumed that the operation is performed. When detected, the door 81 of the electric accessory 14A is opened. However, the operation is valid only once. Therefore, in this case, since the operation validity period of the guessing operation switch 16 is long, the player can perform the guessing operation at his / her favorite time without hurting.
In addition, even if a big hit occurs, the player operates the guessing operation switch 16.
When the selection operation is not performed, the door 81 of the electric accessory 14A is forcibly opened after the operation valid period has elapsed, that is, after the jackpot has been completed. Also, to make it difficult for players to predict,
The rotation speed of the rotating body 62 may be variable. FIG. 34 is a timing chart showing an outline of the game of the ball game machine 1A. As shown in FIG. 34, when the ball game machine 1A enters a jackpot state and a jackpot signal is output (ON) for a predetermined period from the ball game machine control circuit, this period is the operation valid period of the estimation operation switch 16. Becomes During this period, when the guessing operation switch 16 is operated and the hole A or B of the lottery device 12A into which the game ball 25 enters is estimated, the door 81 of the electric accessory 14A is opened for 5 seconds, and the game ball 25 wins. Then it stops. After 5 seconds, the door 8 of the electric accessory 14A
Since the game ball 1 is closed, the stopped game ball 25 is guided to the lottery device 12A and hits the rotating body 62, and then the hole A
Enter B. At this time, the player can visually check whether or not the guessing operation matches the hole in which the game ball 25 is inserted. Note that the rotating body 62 is once stopped at a fixed position when the power is turned on or after the end of the big hit, and then rotated again.

Next, the ball game machine 1B of the third embodiment
Will be described. FIG. 30 is a plan view of the game board of the ball game machine 1B. As is clear from FIG.
Is the same as the ball game machine 1A of the second embodiment except for the lottery device 12B. Therefore, here, the croon type lottery apparatus 12B will be mainly described. In addition, the lottery device 12B does not give an additional privilege such as a jackpot to the player, but determines a jackpot. As shown in FIGS. 31 and 32, the lottery device 12B
, A bowl-shaped crown 71 is horizontally disposed. Holes A, B, and C are formed in the cruise 71, and the game balls 25 parked on the door 81 of the electric accessory 14A are guided to the taxiway 72 by closing the door 81, and the taxiway 72 is opened. When it falls from 72, it is formed so as to rotate several times around the holes A, B, and C, and finally enter one of the holes. Below the holes A, B, C, game ball detection switches 73, 74, 75 are provided. Therefore,
When the game ball 25 enters the hole A, it passes through the game ball detection switch 73, so that a detection signal is output from the switch 73.
When the game ball 25 enters the hole B, the game ball detection switch 7
4, the switch 74 outputs a detection signal. When the game ball 25 enters the hole C, it passes through the game ball detection switch 75, so that a detection signal is output from the switch 75. And the game ball detection switches 73, 74, 7
The detection signal output from 5 is input to the ball game machine control circuit.

Next, a game played by the ball game machine 1B will be described. When the game ball enters the starting port 13, the symbol of the special symbol display device 10 fluctuates. For example, when the symbol is stopped at "777", the door 81 of the electric accessory 14A is opened for 6 seconds, and as described above, one game ball is opened. 25 stops at door 81. During the operation validity period of 6 seconds, the player presses, for example, the switch B among the switches A, B, and C of the guessing operation switch 16 described above. In this state, since the door 81 of the electric accessory 14A is closed, the game balls 25 parked on the door 81 are removed from the lottery device 12.
It is guided to the guideway 72 of B and falls on the cruise 71.
The game balls 25 that have fallen on the cruise 71 are holes A, B, and C.
When the ball finally rotates into the hole B after several turns, the detection signal is output from the switch 74 because the switch passes through the game ball detection switch 74. Therefore, when the detection signal is input to the ball game machine control circuit, the circuit becomes a big hit because the selected switch B of the guessing operation switch 16 and the hole B containing the game ball 25 match. . When the jackpot is won, the special winning opening 15 is opened. On this occasion,
The special winning opening 15 is closed when 10 game balls have been won or 30 seconds have elapsed. If the game ball passes through the V zone inside while opening the special winning opening 15, it is closed and then opened again. In the case of the lottery device 12B, the process until the result of the lottery is obtained is long, and the process can be watched, so that the player can be sufficiently irritated and the interest in the lottery increases. FIG. 35 is a timing chart showing an outline of the game of the ball game machine 1B. As shown in FIG. 35, when the symbol of the special symbol display device 10 stops as a specific symbol, a specific symbol stop signal is output (ON) from the ball game machine control circuit. In synchronization with this, the door 81 of the electric accessory 14A is opened for 6 seconds, and the game ball 25 is
Will be stopped at When the guess operation switch 16 is operated during the operation validity period of 6 seconds, an operation signal is output to the ball game machine control circuit. Also, the electric accessory 14A
6 seconds after the door 81 is opened, the door 81 of the electric accessory 14A is closed, and the game ball 25 parked on the door 81 is guided to the lottery device 12B, and
After dropping on 1, it goes into one of the holes in Kruun 71. Therefore, the player can visually check whether or not the guessing operation of the guessing operation switch 16 matches the hole in which the game ball 25 is inserted.

As described above, the lottery device 12, 1 for performing a lottery to determine whether or not to give an additional privilege at the time of a big hit.
2A and the lottery device 12B that determines the jackpot, since the lottery is performed mechanically, the player does not have a distrust such as "Is the lottery result determined by software?" . Therefore, the player has a greater sense of expectation for the additional benefits or jackpots, which can increase the player's willingness to play.

[0034]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the lottery for determining whether or not to give the player a bonus in the game is performed mechanically, the player is told that the lottery result is determined by software. Without distrust, such as
There is an effect that the feeling of expectation is increased in the lottery result, and the player's willingness to play can be increased.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the lottery state can be visually checked, the player can give greater confidence to the lottery result.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the lottery result is displayed by voice, the player can clearly know the lottery result.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the game performance is enhanced because the game player has the additional ability to predict the movement of the game ball.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a ball game machine according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a structural explanatory view schematically showing the structure of the lottery device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the lottery device.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the lottery device.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a mechanism of the lottery device.

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the lottery device.

FIG. 7 is an operation explanatory view of the lottery device.

FIG. 8 is an operation explanatory view of the lottery device.

FIG. 9 is an operation explanatory diagram of the lottery device.

FIG. 10 is an operation explanatory view of the lottery device.

FIG. 11 is an operation explanatory view of the lottery device.

FIG. 12 is an operation explanatory view of the lottery device.

FIG. 13 is an operation explanatory view of the lottery device.

FIG. 14 is an operation explanatory diagram of the lottery device.

FIG. 15 is an operation explanatory view of the lottery device.

FIG. 16 is an operation explanatory view of the lottery device.

FIG. 17 is an operation explanatory view of the lottery device.

FIG. 18 is an operation explanatory view of the lottery device.

FIG. 19 is a front view of a ball game machine according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a front view of the electric accessory.

FIG. 21 is a front view of the electric accessory.

FIG. 22 is a sectional view of the electric accessory of FIG. 20;

FIG. 23 is a sectional view of the electric accessory of FIG. 21;

FIG. 24 is an explanatory view of a door opening / closing mechanism of the electric accessory.

FIG. 25 is an explanatory view of a door opening / closing mechanism of the electric accessory.

FIG. 26 is a structural explanatory view schematically showing the structure of a lottery device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 27 is a sectional view of the lottery device of FIG. 26.

FIG. 28 is a front view showing a mechanism of the lottery apparatus.

FIG. 29 is an operation explanatory view of the lottery device.

FIG. 30 is a front view of the ball game machine according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 31 is a front view of the lottery device according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 32 is a plan view of the lottery apparatus.

33 is a game timing chart of the ball game machine 1. FIG.

FIG. 34 is a game timing chart of the ball game machine 1A.

FIG. 35 is a game timing chart of the ball game machine 1B.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,1A, 1B Ball game machine 10 Special symbol display device 12,12A, 12B Lottery device 13 Starting port 14,14A Electric accessory 15 Big winning opening 16 Guessing operation switch 25 Game ball

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A ball-and-ball game machine comprising lottery means for performing lottery by mechanical movement to determine whether or not to give a player a bonus on a game based on a guess operation by the player. 2. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein said lottery means allows a player to visually check a lottery state. 3. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the lottery means displays a lottery result by voice. 4. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the lottery means performs a lottery based on a guess operation for predicting a movement of the game ball and an actual movement of the game ball.