JP2811591B2 - Gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial application field> The present invention provides a variable prize apparatus having a plurality of prize ports including a special prize port in a gaming section, and to a special prize port within the variable prize apparatus. The present invention relates to a gaming machine capable of generating a special gaming state based on a winning of a game ball.

<Prior Art> A variable winning device having a general winning opening and a special winning opening therein and capable of converting between a first state disadvantageous to the player and a second state advantageous to the player is provided. Conventionally, a gaming machine has been known in which when a ball accepted by a player wins a special winning opening, a special game for intermittently changing a variable winning device to a second state a predetermined number of times is performed.

In some of such gaming machines, a state in which a cycle game is repeatedly performed is referred to as a special game. In such a gaming machine, a special prize is again given during a cycle game to shift to the next cycle game. Such continuation control is performed. In this conventional gaming machine, the probability that a gaming ball received by the variable winning device will win a special winning opening is set in advance so as to be substantially constant at all times.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, as in the conventional gaming machine described above, if the probability that a game ball accepted by the variable prize winning device wins a special winning opening is fixed to a certain probability, a special Since the update probability of the cycle game in the special game as well as the probability of the game being generated is substantially constant, the game content is less stimulating for the player.

In addition, in order to balance the profit between the player and the pachinko parlor, and to further increase the player's willingness and interest in the game, the frequency of occurrence of the special game is moderately suppressed. Although it is desirable that the gaming machine be easily renewed and have a large gain, it is not possible for conventional gaming machines to satisfy these demands because the probability of winning a special winning opening is always constant.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and includes a plurality of winning openings including a special winning opening (for example, a general winning opening 32, a special winning opening 3).
The variable prize winning device (3) having the inside (3) inside the gaming section (3)
In preparation for, in a gaming machine capable of generating a special gaming state based on the winning of the game ball to the special winning opening in the variable winning device,
The variable prize winning device includes a ball flow lower portion (for example, a shelf plate 24) for flowing a game ball received therein to an area where the plurality of prize ports are arranged, and a game ball flowing down from the ball flow lower portion,
A guide member (for example, the general ball receiving unit 60) that can be converted into a first state that is easy to guide to the special winning opening and a second state in which the probability that the game ball is guided to the special winning opening is lower than the first state. And a rotating member 23 having a special ball receiving portion 61) and an electric drive source (for example, a second motor 65) for electrically driving the guide member, and an electric drive source for the variable winning device. The electric control device (75) for controlling the operation of the electric drive source on the basis of the predetermined condition being satisfied, so that the guide member maintains the first state longer than the normal state. I did it.

Further, the guide member of the variable winning device is configured to include a rotating member provided with a special ball receiving portion capable of guiding a game ball to a special winning opening, and based on the rotating state of the rotating member, the first state and the first state. In some cases, the state is converted to the second state.

<Operation> When the guiding member provided in the variable winning device is in the first state, when the ball flowing down from the lower part of the ball reaches the guiding member, there is a high probability that the falling ball is guided to the special winning opening. When the ball reaches the guide member while the guide member is in the second state, the probability that the falling ball is guided to the special winning opening decreases.

Then, when the predetermined condition is satisfied, the electric drive source for converting and driving the guide member makes the ball reaching the guide member to the special winning opening by making the guide member maintain the first state longer than normal. The probability of being guided is even higher.

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

As shown in FIG. 1, a gaming board 1 of a gaming machine has a gaming section 3 formed on its surface surrounded by a guide rail 2, and the gaming section 3
The variable winning device 4 is located substantially at the center of the device, the first starting ports 5, 5 are provided below the variable winning device 4 on the left and right sides, and the second starting port 5, 5 is located between the first starting ports 5, 5.
The starting port 6 is provided, and the ball winning the first starting port 5 is detected by the first starting detector 7, and the ball winning the second starting port 6 is detected by the second starting detector 8. ing.

The variable winning device 4 includes a board 9 mounted on the surface of the game board 1.
The ball passage opening 10 is formed at the top of the ball, and the ball passage opening 10 is provided with a horizontally movable member 11 which can be converted into a first state disadvantageous to the player and a second state advantageous to the player. A large opening part 12 which is opened greatly below the ball passage opening 10 is made of translucent plastic, and is provided with ball inflow preventing walls 13 projecting from the upper and left and right sides and surrounded by the ball inflow preventing walls 13. The lower half of the cut portion is opened, and a light-transmitting front member 15 having a ball receiving lower portion 14 on a gutter is fitted between the lower ends of the left and right ball inflow preventing walls 13, 13. A first concave chamber 17 located behind the ball passage opening 10 and a second concave chamber 18 located behind the large opening portion 12 are formed by attaching the electric drive source and the like to the back of the case 16. It becomes.

A first display 19 and a second display 20 of a 7-segment type are provided on the front wall portion of the first concave chamber 17, and the second display 20 is formed from the lower end of the bottom of the first concave chamber 17 inclined downward toward one side. A communication path 21 communicating with the recessed chamber 18 is formed, and a counting ball detector 22 faces the middle of the communication path 21. The first display 19 displays the number of continuations in the special game described later, and the second display 20
Indicates the number of winning balls in a special game. Even if the movable member 11 stands forward, the light-transmitting movable member
It is configured such that the display can be visually recognized through the 11.

A rotating member 23 is provided in the second recessed chamber 18 as a guide member on the right side in FIG. 2 below the communication path 21, and a ball is formed from a lower end of an arc-shaped guard covering the upper left side of the rotating member 23 to a general winning opening. The shelves 24 are inclined slightly downward so as to flow down to the special winning opening 33 or 32 and are provided up to the inner surface of the second concave chamber 18 so as to be a ball flow lower part, and the part on which the ball dropped from the communication passage 21 is placed A space larger than the sphere is formed as a branch portion 26 on the downstream side (left side in the drawing) of the ball mounting portion 25, and a flow path switching member 27 is axially attached to the plate shape of the branch portion 26 by a shaft 28. Then, the flow path formed below the shelf plate 24 by folding back from the shelf plate 24 on the downstream side of the branch portion 26 at the inclined lower end of the shelf plate 24 to the first spherical downflow path 29
And transport members 30, 30 in the first ball downflow path 29 below the shelf plate 24.
A space from the branch portion 26 to the downstream side of the conveying member 30 is defined as a second ball downflow path 31, and is generally provided downstream of a portion where the first ball downflow path 29 and the second ball downflow path 31 join. A winning opening 32 is opened, a special winning opening 33 is opened at a portion above the general winning opening 32 and on the back side of the rotating member 23, and a recirculation inlet 34 is provided diagonally above the special winning opening 33. Opened and said recirculation entrance
A recirculation outlet 36 of a recirculation path 35 formed on the back side from 34 is opened after the ball mounting portion 25, and a recirculation inlet 34 is connected to the recirculation inlet 34.
A door member 37 for opening and closing the door is provided. The transport member 30 is formed by cutting off a part of the bottom part constituting the rear half of the first ball flow path 29 to form two empty portions, and forming a block in which the upper surface is slightly downwardly inclined downstream in both the empty portions. The blocks are arranged so as to be movable up and down, and these blocks are configured to be moved up and down by an electric drive source described later.

Then, on the back side of the substrate 9 and the case 16, as shown in FIG. 4, members such as an electric drive source for driving the movable member 11, the rotating member 23, the transport member 30, the door member 37 and the like are provided. is there.

First, a mechanism for driving the movable member 11 will be described.
The movable member 11 is made of a translucent horizontally long plate material, and has support shafts 38, 38 projecting left and right below the side edges, and forming projecting pieces 39, 39 rearward from the side edges. A pin 40 projects from the rear end of the projection 39. The operating arm 41 is rotatably mounted on the upper part of the rear surface of the case 16 by a shaft 42 so as to be rotatable about a shaft 42. The pin of the movable member 11 is inserted into a groove 43 formed at the tip of the operating arm 41.
The rear end of the operation arm 41 is connected to the arm 45 of the plunger of the first solenoid 44 provided as an electric drive source. Therefore, in a state where the first solenoid 44 is demagnetized, the movable member 11 is erected by the urging of the return spring 46 of the first solenoid 44 to close the ball passage opening 10 and not accept the ball, that is, disadvantageous to the player. The first state is maintained (FIG. 5). Then, when the first solenoid 44 is excited, the operating arm 41 rotates in a direction in which the tip is moved upward, whereby the movable member 11 rotates in a direction in which the upper end is tilted forward,
It converts the ball flowing down in the gaming section 3 into a state that is easy to receive, that is, a second state that is disadvantageous for the player (FIG. 6).
When the first solenoid 44 is demagnetized, the operating arm 41 and the movable member 11 return and rotate by the bias of the return spring 46, and return to the first state in which the ball passage opening 10 is closed. Therefore, when the first solenoid 44 is repeatedly demagnetized / excited, the movable member 11 is repeatedly converted into a state in which the movable member 11 does not accept the ball and a state in which the movable member 11 easily accepts the ball.

Next, a driving mechanism of the flow path switching member 27 will be described.
The plate-shaped flow path switching member 27 is fixedly supported at one end on the tip of a shaft 28 that penetrates the case 16, and a crank member 48 having a pin 47 is fixed to a rear end of the shaft 28. Arm attached to the plunger of the second solenoid 49 provided as a dynamic drive source
The pin 47 is loosely fitted in the long hole of 50. Therefore,
In a normal state where the second solenoid 49 is demagnetized, the return spring 51 of the second solenoid 49 biases the flow path switching member.
27 rises and stops, and the communication passage 21 from the first concave chamber 17 is
The first state of communication with the ball downflow path 31 is maintained (FIG. 7).
Accordingly, when the ball falls from the communication path 21 in the first state, the ball flows on the ball mounting portion 25 and then flows through the branch portion 26 in the second ball flow-down path 31. On the other hand, when the second solenoid 49 is excited, the plunger rises and the crank member 48 rotates in the direction in which the pin 47 rises, and the flow path switching member
27 rotates around the shaft 28 in the direction of descending the free end,
As shown in FIG. 8, the communication path 21 is closed
The state is changed to the second state communicating with the ball flow path 29. Accordingly, when the ball falls from the communication path 21 in the second state, the ball flows on the ball switching portion 27 after flowing on the ball mounting portion 25 and flows down in the first ball downflow path 29. . When the second solenoid 49 is degaussed, the flow path switching member 27 is rotated back by the bias of the return spring 51 to open the branch portion 26 and communicate the communication path 21 with the second spherical downflow path 31. Returns to the state.

The drive mechanism of the transport member 30 will be described. The conveying member 30 shown in this embodiment is a block-shaped member whose upper surface is slightly inclined downward toward the downstream side as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, and as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12. , An interlocking plate 53 disposed on the back side of the case 16 so as to be vertically movable by guides 52, 52.
The rear ends are fixed respectively. A first motor (with a speed reducer) 54 is provided on the back side of the case 16 as an electric drive source,
An eccentric rotating body 55 is attached to the output shaft of the first motor 54, and the eccentric pin 56 of the eccentric rotating body 55 is
Fits loosely in 57. Therefore, when the first motor 54 is operated (in this embodiment, the rotation direction is reversed for a predetermined time or a rotation angle), the eccentric pin 56 moves up and down the interlocking plate 53 while moving in the horizontally long hole 57. As a result, both transport members 30, 30 move up and down. When the sphere flows down in the first ball downflow path 29 in a state where the carrying member 30 is raised (FIG. 10), the sphere comes into contact with the side surface of the carrying member 30 on the left side in the figure and temporarily stops. When the carrying member 39 descends and the upper surface descends below the bottom surface of the first ball flow-down path 29 (FIG. 9), the sphere moves to the carrying member 39.
It rests on the upper surface of the transport member 30 and abuts on the side surface of the fixing member 58 constituting a part of the first ball downflow path 29. Thereafter, when the carrying member 30 is lifted and the upper surface of the carrying member 30 is positioned higher than the upper surface of the fixing member 58 (tenth
Since the upper surface of the carrying member 30 is slightly inclined downward toward the fixing member 58, the sphere on the carrying member 30 is
Roll up. In this state, the right transport member 30 in the figure is also raised, so that the sphere rolled on the fixed member 58 stops on the fixed member 58 in contact with the side surface of the right transport member 30. Then, when the right transport member 30 is lowered and the upper surface is lower than the upper surface of the fixing member 58 (FIG. 9), the upper surface of the fixed member 58 is slightly inclined downward toward the right transport member 30 side. Therefore, the ball on the fixing member 58 rolls on the right conveying member 30. In this state, the fixed bottom portion 59 provided on the downstream side of the upper surface of the carrying member 30 is higher, so that the sphere comes into contact with the side surface of the fixed bottom portion 59 and stops on the carrying member 30. Then, when the carrying member 30 rises and the upper surface becomes higher than the fixed bottom portion 59, since the upper surface is slightly downwardly inclined toward the fixed bottom portion 59 side, the sphere moves from the carrying member 30 to the fixed bottom portion 59. To roll. In this way, the transport member 30 moves up and down and transports the balls in the first ball flow path 29 intermittently little by little without falling naturally. The transport member 30
As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the lowering position is detected by the light shielding piece 55a of the eccentric rotating body 55 attached to the output shaft of the first motor 54 and the photodetector 55b. ing.

Next, a driving mechanism of the rotating member 23 provided as a guide member for guiding the ball to the special winning opening 33 will be described. Rotating member
23 is formed with a plurality of general ball receiving portions 60 that can store one ball on the outer peripheral edge of a disk thicker than the diameter of the ball, and also forms one special ball receiving portion 61 and affixes a decorative plate 62 on the front surface. In what I wore,
In both cases, the ball receiving portions 60 and 61 are open on the outside and the back side surface. The special ball receiving portion 61 has a special winning opening 33 at the side opening.
Rotating member to roll the ball to special winning opening 33 in communication with
It is notched deeply near the center of 23, while the general ball receiving part 60 prevents the ball in the general ball receiving part 60 from entering the special winning opening 33 even if the special winning opening 33 communicates with the side opening. Is cut off shallowly. The rotating member 23 is fixed to the tip of a support shaft 63 penetrating the case 16. A first gear 64 is fixed to the rear end of the support shaft 63 protruding to the back side of the case 16. A second motor (with a speed reducer) 65 is provided as a primary drive source, and the first gear 64 is meshed with a second gear 66 attached to an output shaft of the second motor 65. The rotating member 23 is normally rotated clockwise when viewed from the front by the driving of the second motor 65, and in a first state where the outer peripheral surface opening of the special ball receiving portion 61 faces the inclined lower end of the fixed bottom portion 59. (A state in which the game ball is reliably guided to the special winning opening 33) and a second state in which the special ball receiving portion 61 is disengaged from the inclined lower end of the fixed bottom portion 59 (a state in which the ball is not guided to the special winning opening 33). I always convert. Note that, in this embodiment, the inclined lower end of the fixed bottom portion 59 functions as a specific position. Then, when the sphere flows down on the fixed bottom portion 59 in the second state in which the outer peripheral surface of the rotating member 23 faces the inclined lower end (specific position) of the fixed bottom portion 59, the sphere contacts the outer peripheral surface of the rotating member 23. Abut on the fixed bottom 59. Then, in this state, when the rotating member 23 further rotates and the outer peripheral surface opening of the general ball receiving portion 60 faces the inclined lower end of the fixed bottom portion 59, this state is also the second state, but the standby state on the fixed bottom portion 59 The ball being played is stored in the general ball receiver 60. The ball accommodated in the general ball receiving portion 60 rises by the rotation of the rotating member 23, and rises without entering the special winning opening 33 even when the general ball receiving portion 60 partially overlaps the special winning opening 33, and When the recirculation inlet 34 is closed by the door member 37, it falls from the general ball receiving part 60 and wins the general winning ball 32 when it makes almost one rotation together with the rotating body (FIG. 16).
When the ball recirculation inlet 34 is open, when the side opening of the general ball receiving portion 60 communicates with the ball recirculation inlet 34, the ball exits from the side opening and recirculates from the ball recirculation inlet 34. Enter the road 35 (Fig. 15). On the other hand, when the rotating member 23 rotates, the outer peripheral surface opening of the special ball receiving portion 61 faces the inclined lower end of the fixed bottom portion 59 from the second state in which the special ball receiving portion 61 is separated from the inclined lower end of the fixed bottom portion 59. When converted to the first state, when a ball is waiting on the fixed bottom portion 59 or when the ball flows down in a timely manner, the ball is accommodated in the special ball receiving portion 61 (the thirteenth ball).
Figure). The ball accommodated in the special ball receiving portion 61 rises by the rotation of the rotating member 23, and when the special ball receiving portion 61 communicates with the special winning opening 33, the special winning opening 33 is reliably won from the side opening, and Special prize detector installed in the flow path extending from the prize opening 33
Acts on 67. As described above, in the present embodiment, the ball accommodated in the general ball receiving portion 60 of the rotating member 23 enters the ball recirculation path 35 from the ball recirculation inlet 34 or almost goes around as it is to make the general winning port. The prize is awarded at 32, and the ball accommodated in the special sphere receiving portion 61 rises slightly, and thus reliably wins the special prize opening 33. As shown in FIG. 14, the rotating member 23 is specially provided by a cam 68 attached to the support shaft 63 and a position detector 69 which detects the position of the rotating member 23 under the action of the cam 68. The first state in which the ball receiving portion 61 faces the inclined lower end of the fixed bottom portion 59, that is, the special ball receiving portion 61 accommodates the flowing ball in the special ball receiving portion 61.
It is configured to be able to reliably detect the position where the prize is won.

Next, a drive mechanism of the door member 37 that opens and closes the recirculation inlet 34 will be described. The door member 37 is pivotally mounted coaxially with the support shaft 63 of the rotating member 23.A shutter piece 70 extends from the pivotal mounting base, and a pin 71 projects rearward from a position off the center. The shutter 70 is rotatably mounted in a state in which the shutter 70 is retractable behind the recirculation inlet 34. A third solenoid 72 is attached to the rear of the case 16 as an electric drive source.
The pin 71 is loosely fitted into the horizontally long hole of the operating member 73 attached to the plunger. When the third solenoid 72 is demagnetized, the shutter piece 70 of the door member 37 closes the recirculation inlet 34 by the urging of the return spring 74 of the third solenoid 72.
Stop in the state (Fig. 18). Therefore, in the first state, even if the rotating member 23 rotates while housing the ball in the general ball receiving portion 60, the ball is prevented from entering the recirculation path 35 from the recirculation inlet 34. On the other hand, when the third solenoid 72 is excited, the operating member 73 is lowered and the door member 37 is rotated, so that the shutter piece 70 is disengaged from the recirculation inlet 34 and the second state in which the recirculation inlet 34 is opened. (Fig. 19). Therefore, in this second state, when the rotating member 23 accommodates the ball in the general ball receiving portion 60 and rotates, when the side opening of the general ball receiving portion 60 and the recirculation inlet 34 communicate with each other, the general ball receiving portion 34 is rotated. The ball in the section 60 is allowed to enter the recirculation passage 35 from the recirculation inlet 34. For this reason, the sphere lifted by the rotating member 23 passes through the recirculation path 35 and returns to the sphere mounting portion 25 again.

In addition, each electric drive source and each detector described above are
As shown in FIG. 20, it is electrically connected to an electric control device 75 provided on the back side of the game board 1, and operates under the control of the electric control device 75.

Next, a game in a gaming machine provided with the above-mentioned variable winning device 4 will be described. In addition, the movable member 11 of the variable winning device 4 stops in the first state in which the ball is not received, the flow path switching member 27 stops in the first state in which the ball flows down to the second downflow path, and the rotating member 23 is in the normal state. 2 rotates clockwise at a speed of about 15 times per minute and continuously converts between the first state and the second state, the transport member 30 stops operating in the lowered state, and the door member 37 is restarted. It is stopped in the first state in which the circulation inlet 34 is closed.

When the player operates the firing operation handle and the ball that has been ejected flows down in the game section 3 and the ball enters the first starting port 5, the first ball
The starting detector 7 detects this ball and sends a signal to the electronic control unit 75, and when the ball enters the second starting port 6, the second starting detector 8
Detects this sphere and sends a signal to the electronic control unit 75. When a signal is received from the first start detector 7, the electric control device
Reference numeral 75 sets an effective time timer for limiting an effective time (for example, 4 seconds) for receiving a signal from the special winning detector 67 as an effective signal, and sets a predetermined wait time (for example, 0.8 seconds).
(Seconds), the first solenoid 44 is excited only once for a predetermined time (for example, 0.4 seconds), and the first motor 54 is activated for a predetermined time (for example, 4.51 seconds) slightly after the excitation of the first solenoid 44.
2 seconds), and when a signal is received from the second start detector 8, the valid time timer is set to, for example, 5.9 seconds, and when a predetermined wait time (for example, 0.8 seconds) elapses, the first solenoid 44 is turned on for a predetermined time. Excitation is performed twice (for example, for 0.8 seconds), and the first motor 54 is operated for a predetermined time (for example, 6.016 seconds) slightly after the excitation of the first solenoid 44.
Therefore, when the ball has won the first starting port 5, the state is changed from the first state in which the movable member 11 does not accept the ball only once to the second state in which the ball is easily accepted. Also, the second starting port 6
In the case of winning, the movable member 11 changes from the first state in which the movable member 11 does not accept the ball only twice to the second state in which the ball is easily accepted.
When the movable member 11 is converted to the second state in this manner,
Fortunately, when the ball flows down onto the movable member 11, the ball is received by the movable member 11 and is introduced into the first recessed chamber 17 from the ball passage 10, and the introduced ball passes through the communication passage 21 and passes through the second passage 21. It falls on the ball mounting portion 25 in the concave chamber 18.

The ball that has fallen on the ball mounting portion 25 flows down through the second ball flow-down path 31 and is placed on the transporting member 30 on the right side in the drawing, or once dropped on the transporting member 30 and then dropped into the ball receiving portion. The ball flows down to the part 14 and passes through the ball receiving lower part 14 to win a general winning opening 32. The ball placed on the transport member 30 is transported onto the fixed bottom portion 59 by the vertical movement of the transport member 30 and enters the general ball receiving portion 60 or the special ball receiving portion 61 of the rotating member 23 from here. When the ball enters the general ball receiving portion 60, the ball is carried by the rotation of the rotating member 23, and the recirculation inlet 34 is closed. When a ball has won the general winning opening 32, the ball is processed as a winning ball on the back side of the game board 1 and a predetermined number of prize balls are ejected, but there is no change in the game content.

On the other hand, when the ball enters the special ball receiving portion 61, the ball
Is turned by the rotation of, and wins the special winning opening 33. When the ball wins the special winning opening 33, the special winning detector 67 which has detected the ball sends a signal to the electric control device 75, whereby the right of the special game is generated. The special game is given as a big prize privilege to the player more than a general prize, and has the following game content, for example.

In the special game, one cycle of converting the movable member 11 of the variable winning device 4 from the first state in which the ball is not accepted to the second state in which the ball is easily accepted for a predetermined time (for example, 0.8 seconds) a predetermined number of times (for example, 18 times) is performed in one cycle. The cycle can be updated and continued up to a predetermined number of times (eight times) on condition that the ball wins the special winning opening 33. In order to balance the profit of the game store and the profit of the player, the number of winning balls to the variable winning device 4 reaches a predetermined number (for example, 10) or the movable member 11 has a predetermined number of times (for example, 18 times). If the ball does not win the special winning opening 33 before the conversion, the special game is set to end at the end of the cycle regardless of the number of remaining cycles.

More specifically, when the right to a special game is generated, the first motor 54 is activated at the same time as the up and down movement of the transport members 30, 30 to visually display that the special game has been started to the player, Also, a predetermined wait time (for example, 3.2
(Seconds), the first solenoid 44 starts the excitation / demagnetization operation for a predetermined time, the second solenoid 49 is excited, and the third solenoid 72 is turned on for a predetermined time after the excitation of the first and second solenoids 44 and 49. Excite late. Therefore, when the special game is started, the movable member 11 of the variable winning device 4 starts opening / closing operation, and the flow path switching member 27 rotates to move the ball to the first ball downflow path 29 in the second state. A little later, the door member 37 turns to convert to the second state in which the recirculation inlet 34 is opened. Note that the transport members 30, 30 continue to move up and down, but stop slightly in the lowered state and move up immediately.

In this state, the ball that has flowed down in the game section 3 is moved by the movable member 11.
When flowing down, the ball is moved by the movable member 11 to the ball passage 10
From the first chamber 17. The sphere that has entered the first recessed chamber 17 flows down into the communication passage 21 and is detected by the sphere detector 22 before flowing down into the second recessed chamber 18. The ball detector 22 sends a signal to the electric control device 75 each time a ball is detected, and the electric control device 75 counts the balls that have won the variable prize winning device 4 based on this signal, and a predetermined number (for example, 10). ), The special game ends in the cycle. Second concave room
In this state, the ball that has flowed down onto the ball mounting portion 25 in the 18 is in the first ball down flow path because the flow path switching member 27 maintains the second state.
Run down 29. That is, the sphere first flows down the shelf 24 from the right side to the left end of the second recess 18 in the second recess 18, and then falls down from the end of the shelf 24 to the transportation member.
It is transported by the vertical movement of 30,30. The sphere transported by the transport members 30, 30 flows down the upper surface of the fixed bottom 59, and the rotating member 23
One ball is received in the general ball receiving portion 60 or the special ball receiving portion 61, but if the movable member 11 picks up a plurality of balls in a relatively short time, it overflows from the fixed bottom portion 59, or There are also balls that fall from the transport member 30 while being transported by the transport members 30, 30, and these balls pass through the ball receiving lower part 14 as balls that are not likely to win the special winning opening 33. Wins the general winning opening 32. In short, the transport members 30, 30 are located in the first ball flow path 29, which allows the player to see the winning ball for a relatively long time and gives a sense of expectation that a special winning will be made during this time. When a large number of prize balls flow down, it also has a function of distributing the balls to the special prize opening 33 into balls having a possibility of winning and balls not having the possibility. The ball housed in the general ball receiving portion 60 of the rotating member 23 from above the fixed bottom portion 59 is pumped by the rotation of the rotating member 23, passes through the special winning opening 33, and rises to the recirculation inlet 34. Then, it is returned from the recirculation inlet 34 to the ball mounting portion 25 through the recirculation passage 35 and flows down the first ball downflow passage 29 again. Therefore, the ball that has entered the general ball receiving portion 60 of the rotating member 23 in the above state does not win the special winning opening 33 at that time, but passes through the recirculation path 35 onto the ball mounting portion 25. By returning, special winning opening 33 again
Will be given a chance to win.

On the other hand, when the ball is luckily dropped when the rotating member 23 is in the first state, and the ball is accommodated in the special ball receiving portion 61 of the rotating member 23, the ball is rotated by the rotation of the rotating member 23. The prize is lifted, the prize is awarded in the special prize opening 33, and detected by the special prize detector 67. When the special prize detector 67 detects the ball, it sends a signal to the electric control device 75 indicating that the update (continuation) condition is satisfied, and the electric control device 75 that has received this signal updates the cycle.

The second solenoid 49 demagnetizes after the movable member 11 has changed to the second state a predetermined number of times (six times in this embodiment) in the second half of the cycle. Therefore, the movable member 11
After a predetermined number of times has been converted to the second state in which the ball can be easily received (the latter half of the cycle), the flow path switching member 27 returns to rotate and stands up, and the ball on the ball mounting portion 25 is moved downward by the second ball flow path. It returns to the first state in which it flows down to 31. For this reason, the sphere that has fallen from the first concave chamber 17 flows down from the sphere mounting portion 25 to the fixed bottom portion 59 through the second sphere downflow path 31 having a short path. In the latter half of the above cycle, the third solenoid 72 is demagnetized,
The door member 37 returns and rotates to return to the first state in which the recirculation inlet 34 is closed. Therefore, the ball accommodated in the general ball receiving portion 60 of the rotating member 23 makes a general winning opening 32 without fail after making one round with the rotating member 23. In the latter half of the cycle, the ball that has flowed down onto the fixed bottom portion 59 through the second ball flow-down path 31 is luckily accommodated in the special ball receiving portion 61 and the special winning opening 33 is provided.
There is a possibility of winning. However, the probability that the ball is stored in the special ball receiving portion 61 of the rotating member 23, that is, the probability that the continuation condition is satisfied is not high. Therefore, in the present invention, the special ball receiving portion of the rotating member 23 is determined based on the fact that the predetermined condition of the latter half of the cycle is satisfied during the special game.
The second motor 65 is stopped for a predetermined time (for example, 0.8 seconds) in the first state in which the first member 61 faces the fixed bottom 59 (the guide member maintains the first state for a longer time than in the normal state), and flows down. The chance of the ball being accommodated in the special ball receiving portion 61 is expanded from the normal state, thereby increasing the probability of winning the special winning opening 33, that is, the probability of updating the cycle and continuing the special game. The control and the like in these special games are performed by a ROM 7 provided as a storage means in the electric control device 75.
5 'is fixedly stored as a program, and a program for stopping the rotating member 23 functioning as a guide member in the first state when the condition of the latter half of the cycle is satisfied is also fixedly stored in the ROM 75'.

The number of cycles (the number of continuations) is displayed on the first display 19, and the number of winning balls is displayed on the second display 20.

In the first cycle described above, the number of winning balls
If the ball wins the special winning opening 33 and the update (continuation) condition is satisfied by the time the ten or the movable member 11 performs the predetermined 18 conversions, the electric control device 75 determines at that time the first cycle. After the end of the special game, the process proceeds to the second cycle of the special game. The signal from the special prize detector 67 is stored in the electric control device 75, and is configured to shift to the second cycle after the movable member 11 has been converted a predetermined number of times or the number of winning balls has reached the predetermined number. May be.

When shifting to the special game of the second cycle, similarly to the first cycle, the transport member 30 moves up and down to visually display to the player that the special game of the second cycle is performed, and after a predetermined wait time has elapsed. Start the opening and closing operation of the movable member 11,
Further, the flow path switching member 27 is changed to the second state so that the ball flows down to the first ball downflow path 29, and the door member 37 is moved to the second state.
The state is converted into a state, and the ball that has entered the general ball receiving portion 60 of the rotating member 23 is returned to the ball mounting portion 25 to give a chance to win the special winning opening 33 again. When the ball wins the special winning opening 33 during the special game in the second cycle, as described above,
Shift to the next third cycle. In this way, the cycle is updated on condition that the ball wins the special winning opening 33.

And during the special game of the 8th cycle, the ball wins a special winning opening
If the player wins 33, the cycle is not updated, and all the special games are terminated when the movable member 11 performs the predetermined 18 conversions in the cycle or when the number of winning balls reaches the predetermined 10 balls. , Return to normal game.

Although the movable member 11 is a horizontally long plate-like body,
The movable member in the present invention is not limited to this, and may have any configuration as long as it can be converted into a first state that is disadvantageous to the player and a second state that is advantageous to the player. For example, a pair of left and right plates may be used.

The shape and movement of the guide member are not limited as long as it can guide the ball received in the first state and cause the special winning opening 33 to win with a high probability, and the guide member may have any configuration. Similarly, the second state of the guide member is not limited to a structure in which there is no probability of winning into the special winning opening 33 as in the present embodiment, and the guiding member enters the special winning opening 33 with a relatively lower probability than the first state. May have the possibility of winning.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, according to the present invention, when the ball flowing down from the lower part of the ball reaches the guide member when the guide member provided in the variable winning device is in the first state, Since the probability that the falling ball is guided to the special winning opening increases, and the ball reaches the guiding member when the guiding member is in the second state, the probability that the falling ball is guided to the special winning opening decreases. In accordance with the state of the guide member, the winning probability of the special winning opening changes fluidly, and the player is delighted with the relationship between the ball flowing state in the variable winning device and the state of the guide member. Interest can be effectively enhanced.

In addition, when the predetermined condition is satisfied, the electric drive source that converts and drives the guide member increases the time for which the guide member maintains the first state as compared with the normal state, so that the ball that has reached the guide member has a special winning opening. For example, if the first state maintaining time of the guide member during the special game is set longer than the first state maintaining time of the guide member in the normal state, the continuation condition of the special game is increased. It is easier for players to achieve many benefits in special games relatively easily. Therefore, even if the game profit obtained by the player in the special game is exaggerated, the profit balance between the player and the game store can be maintained in a good manner, so that the player's willingness to play the game can be enhanced and the special game can be enjoyed. It becomes a gaming machine that you can fully enjoy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is a front view of a game board, FIG. 2 is a front view of a variable prize device, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a prize device, and FIG. 4 is a prize device. Exploded perspective view of FIG.
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the prize winning device, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a main portion of the prize winning device showing a state in which a ball flows down a first ball flow path, and FIG. 8, FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the flow path switching member in the second state, FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the transport member in a lowered state from the front side, and FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the transport member in a raised state from the front side. , Eleventh
The figure is a perspective view from the back side of the transport member in the lowered state, FIG. 12 is a perspective view from the back side of the transport member in the raised state, FIG. 13 is a perspective view from the front side of the rotating member, FIG.
The figure is a perspective view from the back showing the drive mechanism of the rotating member, FIG.
The figure is a perspective view of the rotating member and the recirculation path, FIG. 16 is a perspective view of the rotating member, FIG. 17 is a perspective view of a position detecting mechanism of the rotating member,
FIG. 18 is a perspective view from the back side of the door member in the first state,
FIG. 19 is a perspective view from the back side of the door member in the second state,
FIG. 20 is a schematic block diagram of the electric control device, FIGS. 21 to 23 are timing charts of the game, and FIGS. 24 to 26 are flowcharts of the game. In the figure, 1 is a game board, 3 is a game section, 4 is a variable winning device, 23
Is a rotating member, 24 is a shelf board, 32 is a general winning opening, 33 is a special winning opening, 60 is a general ball receiving portion, 61 is a special ball receiving portion, 65 is a second motor, and 75 is an electric control device.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] A variable winning device including a plurality of winning ports including a special winning port is provided in a gaming section, and a special game state is generated based on a winning of a game ball to a special winning port in the variable winning device. In the gaming machine capable of producing, the variable winning device, the ball flow lower flowing down the game ball received inside to the area where the plurality of winning ports are arranged, the game ball flowing down from the ball flow lower, A guide member that can be converted into a first state that is easy to guide to the special winning opening, and a second state in which the probability that the game ball is guided to the special winning opening is lower than the first state; An electric drive source for driving, the electric control device for controlling the electric drive source of the variable winning device, wherein the guide member maintains the first state based on a predetermined condition being satisfied. Move the electric drive so that the time is longer than normal. Gaming machine and performs control. 2. The guide member of the variable winning device comprises a rotating member provided with a special ball receiving portion capable of guiding a game ball to a special winning opening, and based on a rotating normal state of the rotating member, 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the state is converted into a first state and the second state.