JP2978124B2 - Arrange ball machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an arrangement ball machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Arranged ball machines are arranged at the bottom of a game board.
A row of entrances in which 16 entrances are arranged in a horizontal line, and a prize symbol display section corresponding to each entrance and displaying a prize symbol when a game ball enters the ball are arranged in a horizontal line. A winning symbol display section row is provided, 16 game balls are fired on the game board, each game ball is made to enter one of the entrances of the entrance row, and the game ball is entered. When a winning symbol is displayed on the winning symbol display portion corresponding to the winning opening, and when four winning symbols displayed on the winning symbol display portion are successively formed in the adjacent direction, it is difficult to establish the winning combination. A prize score is calculated according to the degree, and a predetermined number of game balls are paid out by payout means in accordance with the prize score, so that a profit is returned to the player.

[0003] A ball entrance or a prize winning means is arranged in a game area above the row of ball entrances, and when a game ball enters the entrance or the prize winning means, a predetermined pattern of a prize symbol display part row is set. There is also a display in which a winning symbol is displayed on any of the winning symbol display portions, and a winning combination is determined including a winning symbol when a game ball hits a ball or a winning means.

[0004]

In a conventional arrangement ball machine, in addition to the entrance row arranged at the lower part of the game board, even if an entrance above the entrance row or a winning means is arranged. Since the upper entrance port or winning means and the winning symbol display section are fixedly associated with each other, and the correspondence between the upper entrance port or the winning means and the winning symbol display section does not change during the game, Due to the structure of the game, there is a drawback that the game is very monotonous, has little change, and is not interesting for the player. That is, in the conventional arrangement ball machine, when 16 game balls are fired on the game board, each of the game balls enters the ball entrance or the prize winning means during the fall along the game board, or the lower portion thereof. The ball falls to any of the entrances in the entrance row, and the position of the prize symbol display section illuminated by each entry and the prize symbol displayed on the prize symbol display section are all It is fixedly fixed to the entrance and winning means.

For this reason, when a game ball falls along the surface of a game board, it falls along a complicated path while colliding with a game nail or the like. It is not possible to adopt a game configuration in which the subtle change in the timing of the game ball or the like is used to change the game ball by chance due to the timing at which the game ball enters. Therefore, in the case of an arrangement ball machine in which one game is completed by firing 16 game balls, the game configuration tends to be very monotonous compared to a pachinko machine or the like, and there is a disadvantage that the change is poor.

The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems,
An object of the present invention is to provide an arrangement ball machine that can eliminate monotonousness of a game configuration, easily adopt a variety of game configurations, and increase the interest of players.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there are provided a game board 6 having a plurality of entrances 29,
A plurality of winning symbol display portions 36 corresponding to the
6 A predetermined number of game balls are fired on the game ball, a winning symbol is displayed on a winning symbol display portion 36 corresponding to the entrance 29 into which the game ball has entered, and a winning symbol displayed on the winning symbol display portion 36 is displayed. When the symbol becomes a winning combination set by combining a predetermined winning symbol, the payout means 47 pays out a specified number of game balls or activates the winning means. And a variable symbol display means 40 for variably displaying symbols for use and specifying a winning symbol by a stop symbol, an operation port 24 for stopping the variation of the variable symbol display means 40 when a game ball enters, and a variable symbol display means 40. And a winning determination means 57 for determining a winning combination including the winning symbol specified by the stop symbol, and the number of the winning symbols is smaller than the number of the normal winning symbol and the number of the winning symbols for establishing the normal winning symbol. Multiple entries Is obtained by setting the different winning combination is established by a combination of symbols.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the stop symbol after the change of the variable symbol display means 40 is the same as the winning symbol corresponding to one of the winning symbol display sections 36. When the variable symbol display means 40 is stopped, the corresponding winning symbol is displayed on the corresponding winning symbol display section 36. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the winning symbol display unit 36 for displaying at least one of a plurality of winning symbols of another winning combination is displayed. This corresponds to a ball entry opening 29 where game balls can easily enter. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to third aspects, at least one of a plurality of winning symbols of another winning combination,
It is a winning symbol specified by the stop symbol of the variable symbol display means 40.

The present invention according to claim 5 provides the invention according to claims 1-4.
In the invention described in any one of the above, the working port 24 is provided with a variable symbol display means 40 on the front side thereof. According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the operating port 24 is used for starting the guide symbol display means 17. The present invention as set forth in claim 7 is the invention according to claims 1 to
In the invention according to any one of the sixth to sixth aspects, the operating port 24 is used for operating the other winning means 21. According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to seventh aspects, the operating port 24 is a specific prize winning means having a guide increasing device operating area therein.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. The drawings illustrate an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an arrangement ball machine main body, and 2 denotes a front frame, which is pivotally attached to the front side of the arrangement ball machine main body 1 so as to be freely opened and closed. The front frame 2 is provided with a glass door 4 and a front plate 5 in a window hole 3 thereof, and a game board 6 is removably mounted in the window hole 3 from the rear side in correspondence thereto. An upper plate 7 is mounted on the front plate 5, and an upper ball removing lever 8 for extracting game balls in the upper plate 7 is provided at a front edge of the upper plate 7. A lower plate 9 and a firing handle 11 of the firing means 10 are provided below the front frame 2.

The lower plate 9 is for receiving game balls extracted from the upper plate 7 by operating the upper ball release lever 8 and receiving game balls overflowing when the upper plate 7 is full.
The lower plate 9 is provided with a lower ball removal lever 12 for removing game balls in the lower plate 9. The firing means 10 supplies the game balls one by one from the upper plate 7 to the firing portion when the firing handle 11 is operated, and hits the game balls with the hitting hammer 14 linked with the firing motor 13 to the game board 6 side. To fire.

On the front of the game board 6, as shown in FIG.
A guide rail 15 for guiding the game ball fired by the firing means 10 is annularly mounted, and a heavenly ball entrance 16, a guide symbol display means 17, a specific prize means 18, in a game area 26 inside the guide rail 15, Game parts such as a central entrance 19, a starting entrance 20 at the upper left, a tulip type winning means 21 for increasing the score at the upper right, left and right passing openings 22 and 23, a lower left operating opening 24, a lower right entrance 25 and the like. Is arranged. On the lower side of the game area 26, a game nail 27 and a ball entrance means 28 are arranged.

The starting entrance 19 is used for starting the guide symbol display means 17, and when a game ball enters the entrance 19, the three symbols of the guide symbol display means 17 fluctuate for a predetermined time. It is supposed to. Specific winning means 18 is a guide symbol display means
It is opened when the three stop symbols after the change of 17 coincide, and the center of the inside divided into three is the operation area of the guidance increasing device. The tulip-type winning means 21 is provided with a score increasing device that opens for a predetermined time when a game ball passes through the guidance increasing device operation area of the specific winning means 18, and doubles the winning score when the game ball enters the game ball. It is supposed to work.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the entrance port means 28 detects 16 entrance ports 29 arranged in a row and a game ball entering each of the entrance ports 29. And sixteen winning detection switches 30 which are covered by a 16-cover cover 31 from the front side. As shown in FIG.
The seventh entrance 29 is communicated with the sky entrance 16 via the passage 33, and the seventh entrance 29 is communicated with the special winning means 18 via the passage 34. Passing the game ball into the passage 33
After that, the guide to the entrance 29 and the like is provided. Each of the passages 33 and 34 is mounted on the back side of the game board 6. In addition,
The game ball that has entered the lower left operating port 24 is guided to the side of the winning detection switch 30 or the like via the passage 32.

A winning symbol display means 35 is provided on the 16-piece cover 31. The winning symbol display means 35 is such that the winning symbol display portions 36 corresponding to the sixteen entrances 29 of the entrance means 28 are arranged in a horizontal row, and a game ball has entered any one of the entrances 29. Occasionally, the corresponding prize symbol display section 36 lights up and 1
Winning symbols up to 16 are displayed by numbers. It should be noted that a ball entrance row 37 is constituted by the 16 entrance holes 29, and a winning symbol display section row 38 is constituted by the 16 winning symbol display sections 36, respectively.

On both left and right sides of the 16-unit cover 31, inclined guide portions for guiding game balls falling from above to the entrance means 28 side.
A plurality of game nails 27 are arranged on the game board 6 side between the inclined guide portions 39. The game nail 27 is the second,
The fifth, eighth, ninth, thirteenth, and fifteenth entrances 29 are arranged so that the game balls are difficult to enter, and the leftmost first entrance 29 is provided. On the upper side, there is no game nail that hinders the game ball, and the game ball guided from the inclined guide portion 39 can easily enter the first ball entrance 29.

The lower left operating port 24 guides the game balls entered into the game board 6 to the back side of the game board 6, and includes an entry ball detection switch 24a for detecting the game balls passed to the back side.
A variable symbol display means 40 for displaying an eight-segment numeral is integrally provided on the front side, and is arranged above the entrance row 37 of the entrance means 28 and near the lower left of the game area 26. Three gaming nails 62 are provided above the lower left operating port 24. The three gaming nails 62 allow the lower left operating port 24 to enter the ball entry means 28.
It is more difficult for a game ball to enter than the first entrance 29 of the game ball.

The variable symbol display means 40 variably displays the symbols 2, 4, 6, 8 for winning symbols corresponding to the winning symbols 2, 4, 6, 8 of the winning symbol display section 36 simultaneously with the start of the game, and The game ball that entered the lower left operating port 24 is entered with the ball detection switch 24.
When a is detected, the fluctuation is stopped at any of the winning symbol determination symbols 2, 4, 6, and 8, and the winning symbols 2, 4, 6, and 8 are stopped by any of the stopped symbols 2, 4, 6, and 8. 8 is specified.

As shown in FIG. 4, on the rear side of the front frame 2, a back mechanism plate 41 for pressing and fixing the game board 6 from the back side is detachably mounted. An opening 42 is formed at the center of the back mechanism plate 41, and a back cover 43 attached to the back surface of the game board 6 is fitted into the opening 42. Back cover on back mechanism plate 41
A ball collecting cover 44 is attached to the lower side of 43.
The ball collecting cover 44 is for collecting game balls that have won the ball entry port 29 of the ball entry port means 28 and passed behind and collected downward. On the back mechanism plate 41, a prize ball tank 45 and a tank rail 46 are provided above the back cover 43, and the back cover 43 and the ball collecting cover 44 are provided.
The payout means 47 is attached to the side of each. The prize ball tank 45 is for storing game balls as prize balls, and supplies the game balls to the payout means 47 via the tank rail 46.

The payout means 47 is for paying out a specified number (for example, 16) of game balls per point as prize balls in accordance with the score when the winning combination is established. A rotator 49 rotatably provided in the payout case 48, and a payout motor 50 mounted on one side of the payout case 48 for driving the rotator 49. It is configured to pay out. The payout means 47 pays out game balls to the upper plate 7 through the payout passage 51 until the upper plate 7 becomes full, and overflows the upper plate 7 when the game balls in the upper plate 7 become full. Game balls are paid out to the lower plate 9 through the flow passage 52.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a control system of the arrangement ball machine. In FIG. 5, 53 is a launch control means,
When the firing handle 11 is operated, the firing motor 13 is controlled to fire 16 game balls per game. The firing control means 53 includes a firing handle
As long as 11 is operated, the firing motor 13 is intermittently driven with an appropriate pause between each game.

Numeral 54 is a variable symbol display control means for controlling the variable symbol display means 40. When the firing handle 11 is operated, the symbol of the variable symbol display means 40 is changed each time each game is started, and the ball is entered. When the detection switch 24a detects a game ball that has entered the lower left operating port 24, the fluctuation of the variable symbol display means 40 is stopped, the stop state is continued until the start of the next game, and the winning symbol is determined by the stopped symbol at that time. This is for controlling to designate a winning symbol on the display unit 36.

Reference numeral 55 denotes a winning symbol display control means which, in response to a signal from the winning detecting switch 30 or the like, displays a winning symbol on the corresponding winning symbol display section 36 and corresponds to a stop symbol of the variable symbol display means 40. The winning symbol display section 36
The winning symbol specified by the stop symbol is displayed. Reference numeral 56 denotes a settlement processing means for performing a settlement processing for terminating the game, such as stopping the firing motor 13 via the firing control means 53 when 16 game balls are fired per game. .

Reference numeral 57 denotes a prize judging means for judging the success or failure of the winning combination after the start of the launch of the game ball. The game ball enters each of the entrances 29 of the entrance 28, and the variable symbol display means 40 is stopped. When a winning symbol is designated by a symbol, signals from the winning detecting switch 30, the ball detecting switch 24a, etc. of each ball opening 29 are read, and all the symbols including the winning symbol designated by the stop symbol of the variable symbol display means 40 are read. Depending on the combination of winning symbols
This is for determining whether or not a winning combination has been established.

In this embodiment, in addition to the normal winning combination when the four adjacent winning symbol display sections 36 display the winning symbols, the first and second winning symbol display sections 36 are displayed. Is set as another winning combination, and each winning combination is determined by the winning determination means 57. 58 is a score calculation means for calculating and storing a prize score according to the result of the determination by the prize determination means 57. In the case of a normal winning combination, 1 to 3 points are determined according to the difficulty of establishment. In the case of a winning combination, one point is calculated each time a winning combination is established.

A payout control means 59 controls the payout means 47. The payout motor 50 of the payout means 47 is operated in accordance with the winning score calculated by the score calculating means 58,
The payout means 47 pays out a specified number of game balls each time the winning score is calculated. The arrangement ball machine having the above configuration operates as follows. That is, at the start of the game, a game ball is put in the upper plate 7,
When the firing handle 11 is turned, the firing motor 13 of the firing means 10 is operated by a firing command from the firing control means 53, and the upper plate 7
The game balls supplied one by one to the launching unit are hit by a hammer 14 and the game balls are fired on the game board 6 along the guide rails 15.

On the other hand, the variable symbol display means 40 is operated by the variable symbol display control means 54 at the same time as the start of the game by launching the game ball, and the winning symbol determination symbol is changed. At this time, the symbol of the variable symbol display means 40 is “2 → 4 → 6 → 8”
In the order of, each symbol fluctuates continuously and repeatedly at a speed at which it can be visually confirmed or at a speed at which it cannot be visually confirmed.

The game ball fired on the game board 6 enters the ball entrance 16 or the like, or enters one of the 16 entrances 29 of the entrance 28. And, for example, the first from the left
When a game ball enters the second entrance 29, the winning detection switch 30 detects the entry of a game ball, the first winning symbol display section 36 lights up, and the winning symbol "1" is displayed. indicate. When a game ball enters the second entrance 29, the second winning symbol display section 36 lights up to display the winning symbol "2".

When a game ball falling along the game board 6 enters the lower left operating port 24, when the game ball passes behind the game board 6, the ball detection switch 24a detects the game ball and changes it. The symbol display control means 54 operates to stop the fluctuating operation of the variable symbol display means 40. Therefore, the variable symbol display means 40
Is stopped in a state in which the symbol at the time when the ball entry detection switch 24a detects the game ball is displayed, and the symbol for winning symbol determination is designated by the stopped symbol.

For example, if the stop symbol of the variable symbol display means 40 is "2", the winning symbol "2" is used for determining the winning symbol.
Is designated, and the second winning symbol display section 36 is turned on via the winning symbol display control means 55. The stop symbol is "8"
If so, the winning symbol "8" is designated for winning symbol determination, and the eighth winning symbol display section 36 is turned on via the winning symbol display control means 55.

That is, if one game ball enters the lower left operating port 24, the variable symbol display means 40 has a probability of 2/4,
One of the symbols 4, 6, or 8 is displayed and stopped, and any of the winning symbols 2, 4, 6, or 8 is designated by the stopped symbol. And the designated winning symbol is the second,
The fourth, sixth, or eighth winning symbol display section 36 displays the symbols. Therefore, a game ball enters the lower left operating port 24,
Depending on the coincidence of the timing when the entering ball detection switch 24a detects the game ball, the variable symbol display means 40 causes
Any of the winning symbols 2, 4, 6, and 8 can be variably specified and designated for the game only once.

There are 16 game balls used in one game, and the 16 game balls enter one of the entrances 29,
Further, when a winning symbol is designated by the stop symbol of the variable symbol display means 40, the winning symbol display unit 3 corresponding to the entrance 29 thereof.
6, or the designated winning symbol display section 36 is turned on to display each winning symbol. Regardless of whether the game is in progress or not, a normal winning combination in which four winning symbols in a lighting state are consecutive, or two winning symbol display portions of a first and a second.
If another winning combination in which 36 lights up is established, winning determination means 57
Determines the winning combination, calculates 1 to 3 points according to the difficulty in the case of a normal winning combination, and calculates 1 point as the winning score in the case of another winning combination. The score is displayed on the score display section. Each time the winning score is calculated, the payout means 47 is operated by the payout control means 59 to pay out 16 game balls per point to the upper plate 7 as prize balls.

As described above, the winning symbol determination symbol of the variable symbol display means 40 is varied at the same time as the game starts, and the variation is stopped when the ball detection switch 24a detects a game ball entering the lower left operating port 24. By specifying a winning symbol based on the stop symbol, even when a game ball enters the lower left operating port 24, the winning symbol specified by the entry can be changed. Therefore, there is an advantage that the monotonousness of the conventional game configuration can be eliminated, a game configuration with various changes can be easily adopted, and the interest of the player can be increased.

In particular, the variable symbol display means 40 variably displays the symbol for winning symbol determination at a predetermined speed. When the ball detecting switch 24a detects a game ball, the variation is stopped, and the winning symbol is determined by the stopped symbol. Since the pattern is specified and specified, the game ball falling along the game board 6 enters the lower left operating port 24, and the stop pattern changes due to the accidental timing when the ball detection switch 24a detects the game ball. , Winning symbols can be changed.

Moreover, the variable symbol display means 40 starts a fluctuating operation at the start of each game, and when the game ball enters the lower left operating port 24 during the game and the variable symbol display means 40 stops, the next symbol is displayed. Since the stop state is continued until the start of the game, the specification of the winning symbol by the variable symbol display means 40 can be limited to only once for one game, and although the winning symbol is designated by the variable symbol display means 40, it is legally specified. Can receive the same treatment as a mere entrance.

The stopped symbols 2, 4, 6, 8 after the change of the variable symbol display means 40 are changed to the second, fourth, sixth or eighth prize symbols corresponding to the prize symbol display section 36. 2,
In order to display the winning symbols 2, 4, 6, 8 specified by any of the stop symbols 2, 4, 6, 8 on the respective winning symbol display portions 36, the symbols are specified by the stop symbols. The player can easily determine the winning symbol.

In determining a winning combination, in addition to the normal winning combination in which four winning symbols are consecutive, two first and second winning symbol display sections 36 display the winning symbols. Since the winning combination is set, it is easier to form the winning combination than in the past, and the profit from the formation of another winning combination can be returned to the player. Therefore, it is possible to stably return the predetermined profit to the player, and it is possible to moderately suppress gambling as compared with the conventional arrangement ball machine, and to reduce the gambling of the player with an appropriate investment amount. Can be moderately satisfied.

The first and second ball entry rows 37 are used as the entrance holes 29 corresponding to the two winning symbols, and
A lower left working port 24 is arranged near the upper side of the lower left working port 24.
The four winning symbols designated by the variable symbol display means 40 when the game ball enters the ball 24 also have two winning symbols, and the first and second entrance holes 29 and the lower left operation. Since the mouth 24 is concentrated on the lower left of the game area 26 of the game board 6,
It is only necessary to fire the game ball so that the game ball is concentrated at the lower left of the game area 26, and even if a beginner uses a ball opening 29 which is largely left and right, it is relatively easy for even a beginner to win a prize. It is possible to establish.

Moreover, the first ball entry opening 29 facilitates the entry of the game ball, such as the game ball guided by the inclined guide portion 39 or the like. After the prize symbol display section 36 is turned on, a prize combination can be obtained relatively easily in most cases by firing game balls aiming at the left end side of the game area 26. 1st entrance
29, the lower left operating port 24 which is harder to enter is disposed above the second input port 29 which is harder to enter than the first entrance port 29 while making it easier to enter the ball. Therefore, for the player, there is an advantage that the chance that the second winning symbol display section 36 can be turned on by the game ball falling near the lower left operating port 24 is increased. For this reason, it is possible to appropriately set the winning combination by displaying two winning symbols in the game configuration, in combination with the difficulty of entering the second entrance opening 29 and the lower left operating opening 24.

There is a game nail 62 above the lower left working port 24,
Since the lower left operating port 24 is used for stopping the change of the variable symbol display means 40, in order to play the game without impairing the function of designating the winning symbol by the variable symbol display means 40, a certain amount of It is assumed that a game ball enters with probability.
Therefore, when the winning symbol 2 can be specified by the stop symbol of the variable symbol display means 40, and another winning combination is set by the winning symbol and the first winning symbol, the game is played in the second ball entrance 29. Under the condition that the ball does not easily enter the ball, the distance between the gaming nails 62 above the lower left operating port 24 is intentionally narrowed at the game store, so that the game ball can hardly enter the lower left operating port 24, It is possible to substantially prevent excessive nail adjustment such as extremely suppressing the rate of return to the user.

Since the variable symbol display means 40 is provided integrally on the front side of the lower left operating port 24, a sufficient interval between the respective game components can be ensured, the game area 26 can be widely used, and its mounting can be easily performed. it can. In addition, when a game ball enters the lower left operation port 24, the variable symbol display means 40 stops changing, so that when a player such as a beginner plays a game, the lower left operation is performed while looking at the variable symbol display means 40 side. There is an advantage that a game ball can be fired aiming at the mouth 24.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in the embodiment, when four winning symbols are consecutive, a normal winning combination is set, and a combination of the first and second winning symbols is set as another winning combination. Another winning combination may be a combination of three winning symbols. In short, if the number of symbols of another winning combination is smaller than that of a normal winning combination, it is sufficient that the winning combination is easily formed.

When another winning combination is constituted by a combination of two winning symbols, a winning symbol other than the first and second winning symbols can be combined. The winning combination may be constituted by a combination of non-consecutive winning symbols.
Further, the variable symbol display means 40 may be separated from the lower left operating port 24 and arranged in the game area 26 of the game board 6. The number of display symbols on the variable symbol display means 40 may be a plurality. Further, the order at the time of the change may be irregular. The winning symbol display means 35 may be arranged at the center of the gaming board 6 with four winning symbol display sections 36 vertically and horizontally, and need not necessarily be arranged at the lower portion of the gaming board 6.

When the winning combination is established, the system is configured so that the points are counted and the game balls are paid out and the other prize means are activated, and when the game balls enter the other prize means. Profit may be returned to the player. Working port 24 is
The guide symbol display means 17 may be used for starting. In this case, there is a possibility that the winning symbol is designated by the variable symbol display means 40 and the profit is obtained by the guidance symbol display means 17, and the interest is further improved. The operating port 24 may be used for operating the other tulip winning means 21. In this case, there is a possibility that the winning symbol is designated by the variable symbol display means 40 and the profit by the tulip-type winning means 21 is obtained, and the interest is further improved. The operating port 24 may be a specific winning means having a guide increasing device operating area inside. In this case, there is a possibility that the winning symbol is specified by the variable symbol display unit 40 and the profit is obtained by the specific winning unit, and the interest is further improved. In addition, the variable symbol display control means 53 stops the variable symbol display means 40 at the start of the game, starts the fluctuating operation of the variable symbol display means 40 when a game ball enters the lower left operating port 24, and thereafter The variation of the variable symbol display means 40 may be stopped within a predetermined time, in particular, within a predetermined time until the end of the game.

[0045]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of entrances 29 and a plurality of winning symbol display portions 36 corresponding to the entrances 29 are provided on the game board 6. A predetermined number of game balls are fired on the game board 6, and the winning symbols are displayed on the winning symbol display unit 36 corresponding to the entrance 29 where the game balls have entered,
When the winning symbol displayed on the winning symbol display section 36 becomes a winning combination set by combining predetermined winning symbols, the payout means 47 pays out a specified number of game balls or activates the winning means. In such an arrangement ball machine, a variable symbol display means 40 for variably displaying a symbol for a winning symbol determination and specifying a winning symbol by a stopped symbol,
An operating port 24 for stopping the fluctuation of the variable symbol display means 40 when a game ball enters, and a prize determining means 57 for determining a winning combination including the winning symbol specified by the stop symbol of the variable symbol display means 40. In addition to the provision of the winning combination, a normal winning combination and another winning combination formed by a combination of a plurality of winning symbols smaller than the number of winning symbols for establishing the normal winning combination are set. There are advantages that monotony can be eliminated, a variety of game configurations can be easily adopted, and the interest of players can be increased. In particular, since another winning combination is set in addition to the normal winning combination, it is easier to form the winning combination than in the past, and the profit from the formation of the other winning combination is returned to the player. With this, it is possible to stably return predetermined profits to the player, and the gambling is moderately suppressed as compared with the conventional arrangement ball machine, and a moderate investment is achieved. There is an advantage that the gambling of the player can be moderately satisfied with the amount of money.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the first aspect, the stopped symbol after the change of the variable symbol display means 40 is changed to a winning symbol corresponding to one of the winning symbol display sections 36. When the variable symbol display means 40 is stopped, the corresponding winning symbol is displayed on the corresponding winning symbol display section 36, so that the player can easily determine the winning symbol specified by the stopped symbol. it can. According to the present invention described in claim 3, in the invention described in claim 1 or 2, at least one of a plurality of winning symbols of another winning combination is selected.
Since the winning symbol display unit 36 for displaying the winning symbols is made to correspond to the entrance 29 into which the game ball is easy to enter, it is easy to form a winning combination and the gambling can be eased. According to the present invention described in claim 4, in the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, at least one of a plurality of winning symbols of another winning combination is displayed in a variable symbol. Since the winning symbol is specified by the stop symbol of the means 40, even when another winning combination is established, the variable symbol display means 40 can make a change, and the interest of the player is improved.

According to the present invention described in claim 5, in the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 4, since the operating port 24 is provided with the variable symbol display means 40 on the front side thereof, each game A sufficient space between parts can be secured, and the game area 26 of the game board 6
Can be widely used and its installation can be simplified. According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, since the operating port 24 is used for starting the guide symbol display means 17, the variable symbol display means 40 is provided.
There is a possibility that a winning symbol is designated and a profit is provided by the guide symbol display means 17, and the interest is further improved. Claim 7
According to the present invention described in the above, in the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 6, since the operating port 24 is used for the operation of the other winning means 21, the winning symbol by the variable symbol display means 40 There is a possibility that the designation and the profit by the other prize winning means 21 may be obtained, and the interest is further improved. According to the present invention described in claim 8, in the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
Since the operating port 24 is used as a specific winning means having a guidance increasing device operating area therein, there is a possibility that the design of the winning symbol by the variable symbol display means 40 and the profit by the specific winning means are obtained, and the interest is further improved. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an arrangement ball machine showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a game board showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the game board showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the arrangement ball machine showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a control system of the arranged ball machine showing one embodiment of the present invention.

[Description of sign]

 6 Game board 17 Guidance symbol display means 18 Special winning means 21 Winning means 24 Lower left operating port 29 Entrance port 36 Winning symbol display section 40 Variable symbol display means 47 Payout means 57 Winning determination means

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Claims (8)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of entrances (29) on a game board (6),
A plurality of winning symbol display sections (3
6), a predetermined number of game balls are fired on the game board (6), and the winning symbols are displayed on the winning symbol display section (36) corresponding to the entrance (29) where the game balls entered. Display this prize symbol display section
When the winning symbol displayed in (36) becomes a winning combination set by combining predetermined winning symbols, the payout means (4
In the arrangement ball machine that pays out the specified number of game balls or activates the winning means according to 7), the variable symbol display means for displaying a symbol for determining a winning symbol in a variable manner and specifying a winning symbol by a stop symbol ( 40) and an operation port for stopping the fluctuation of the variable symbol display means (40) when a game ball enters.
(24) and prize determining means (5) for determining a winning combination including the winning symbol specified by the stop symbol of the variable symbol display means (40).
7), and as a prize role, a normal prize role,
An arrangement ball machine characterized in that another winning combination formed by a combination of a plurality of winning symbols smaller than the number of winning symbols for forming the normal winning combinations is set. The stopped symbol after the change of the variable symbol display means (40) is set to the same symbol as the winning symbol corresponding to one of the winning symbol display sections (36), and the variable symbol display means (40) is stopped. Sometimes
2. The arrangement ball machine according to claim 1, wherein the winning symbol is displayed on a corresponding winning symbol display section (36). 3. A winning symbol display section (36) for displaying at least one winning symbol among a plurality of winning symbols of another winning combination.
3. The arrangement ball machine according to claim 1, wherein the arrangement ball corresponds to a ball entry opening (29) through which a game ball easily enters. 4. A plurality of winning symbols of another winning combination, wherein at least one of the winning symbols is a winning symbol specified by a stop symbol of the variable symbol display means (40). Item 4. An arrangement ball machine according to any one of Items 1 to 3. 5. The arrangement ball machine according to claim 1, wherein a variable symbol display means (40) is provided in front of said operating port (24). 6. The arrangement ball machine according to claim 1, wherein the operating port (24) is used for starting the guide symbol display means (17). 7. The arrangement ball machine according to claim 1, wherein the operating port (24) is used for operating another winning means (21). 8. The arrangement ball machine according to claim 1, wherein the operating port (24) is a special prize winning means having a guide increasing device operating area therein.