JP5702115B2 - Game information display device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game information display device attached to a slot machine that notifies the occurrence of an error.

  In general slot machines, it is normal for various errors to occur during games. When any error occurs, the fact is notified to the outside so that the employee can work to resolve the error. (For example, refer patent document 1). In particular, when there is a so-called continuous chain in which a bonus combination is continuously won within a predetermined period and a large number of medals (game media) are paid out at once, there are no medals in the hopper storing medals, and there is a medal shortage error ( Game media shortage error) occurs. In that case, the error must be resolved by supplying medals to the hopper.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-801

By the way, there are not a few players who think that the above-mentioned medal shortage error will end the chain, or that the chain will continue. For such a player, the occurrence of a medal shortage error is an event that cannot be ignored.
However, it is difficult for the player to grasp the causal relationship between the occurrence of the medal shortage error and the consecutive role of the bonus combination simply by notifying the occurrence of the medal shortage error, and satisfies the player's request as described above. There is a problem that can not be.
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and its purpose is to satisfy a player's request that the occurrence of a medal shortage error has some causal relationship with the continuous role of the bonus combination. An object of the present invention is to provide a possible game information display device.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a symbol variation display means for variably displaying a plurality of types of symbols in a plurality of symbol display areas according to a predetermined arrangement, and a player in order to start a game with a game medium inserted. A game start operating means to be operated; an internal lottery means for executing an internal lottery for determining an internal winning combination from a plurality of types of small roles and bonus combinations when the game start operating means is operated; The stop operation means operated by the player to stop the symbol change display by the symbol change display means, and when the stop operation means is operated, the symbol corresponding to the internal winning combination is within a predetermined pull-in range. A winning occurs based on the combination of the display control means that is drawn in and stopped in the symbol display area, and the symbols that are stopped and displayed in each symbol display area of the symbol variation display means A winning determination means for determining whether or not, a game medium payout means for paying out the number of game media corresponding to the type of the small combination when it is determined by the winning determination means that the winning of the small combination has occurred, Bonus state generating means for generating a bonus state in which the internal winning probability of the small role is increased until a predetermined bonus end condition is satisfied when it is determined by the winning determination means that a bonus combination has been won, The game medium storage means for storing the game medium to be paid out by the game medium payout means, and the fact that the game medium storage means stores the shortage of the game medium and detects that a game medium shortage error has occurred In a game information display device attached to a slot machine provided with an informing means for informing, a new bonus combination is newly won or entered after the bonus state is completed. A continuous-chan determining unit for determining whether or not a bonus continuous chain has been generated based on whether or not the length of the period until the current time is within a preset continuous-chan period; and Game medium shortage error determination means for determining whether or not the game medium shortage error has occurred in a bonus state corresponding to the bonus combination for which it was determined that a continuous chain has occurred Based on the determination result by the continuous-chan determining unit and the gaming medium shortage error determining unit, a bonus combination newly won or won after the occurrence of the gaming medium shortage error is Game data calculation that calculates the number of consecutive entry rushes, which is the determined number of times, and the number of consecutive channel end times, which is the number of times that are not determined to be consecutive. Means and display means for displaying the number of consecutive entry and the number of consecutive completions calculated by the game data calculating means.

The invention described in claim 2, wherein the game data calculating means is configured to count the number of times the bonus combination it is determined that the communication Chang continuous as communicating Chang successive number by the communicating Chang determining means, the bonus combination is continuously The game medium shortage error determination means determines whether a game medium shortage error has occurred while the game medium shortage error has occurred, and the case where the determination has not been made, to determine the average value of the continuous channel continuation number, The display means displays an average value of the continuous channel continuation times.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is determined whether or not a game medium shortage error has occurred in the bonus state corresponding to the bonus combination determined to have occurred. Based on the determination result, after the occurrence of a game medium shortage error, the number of consecutive winning rushes, which is the number of times that the newly won internal winning or winning bonus combination is determined as the consecutive change by the continuous change determination means, The number of consecutive end times, which is the number of times that has not been determined, is calculated and displayed on the display means. As a result, the player can determine how the game medium shortage error that occurred during the continuous chain has an effect on the continuation / termination of the continuous chain, that is, the game medium shortage error and the continuous role of the bonus role. It is possible to objectively analyze the causal relationship of Therefore, it is possible to satisfy a player's request that the occurrence of the game medium shortage error has some causal relationship with the continuous role of the bonus combination.

In addition, after the occurrence of a game medium shortage error, the number of consecutive-chan rushes, which is the number of times that a newly won internal winning or winning bonus combination is determined to be a continuous chain, and the number of consecutive-chan end times, which is the number of times a bonus combination is not determined to be a continuous chain, Are displayed, the player can easily grasp the influence of the occurrence of the game medium shortage error.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the number of consecutive consecutive bonus combinations determined to be continuous chain is counted as the continuous chain continuation number, and it is determined that a game medium shortage error has occurred during the continuous chain The average value of the continuous channel continuation count is obtained and displayed separately from the case where the determination is not made. Thereby, the player can easily grasp the influence of the occurrence of the game medium shortage error.

The front view of the slot machine with which the game information display apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention is attached The figure which shows the symbol arrangement of each reel of the slot machine The figure which shows the role composition of the slot machine Diagram showing the effective line of the slot machine Functional block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the slot machine The figure which shows an example of the normal screen of a game information display apparatus The figure which shows an example of the continuous data of the game information display apparatus, and a medal shortage error data screen

Hereinafter, a game information display device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 schematically shows a front appearance of the slot machine 1. A display window 2 is provided in front of the slot machine 1, and the player can visually recognize the symbol of the reel 3 (corresponding to symbol variation display means) provided inside through the display window 2. As shown in FIG. 2, each symbol is drawn on the circumferential surfaces of the left reel 3a, the middle reel 3b, and the right reel 3c. These symbols are displayed corresponding to the upper, middle, and lower stages of the display window 2 when the reels 3a to 3c are stopped. That is, the slot machine 1 is formed with a symbol display area for a total of nine symbols, three symbols for each of the reels 3a to 3c.

FIG. 3 shows an internal winning combination set in the slot machine 1. The slot machine 1 is set with three types of combinations, a bonus combination, a small combination, and a replay combination. Among these, as bonus combinations, two types of BB combination and RB combination are set, and as the small combination, four types of one combination, eight combination, 15 combination and two combination are set. In the slot machine 1, the number of inserted medals (corresponding to game media) in one game (the number of BETs) is set to 3 (3BET) in the normal state, and set to 2 (2BET) in the bonus state. Has been. Further, in the bonus state, the number of payouts for each small role is set to 15 in total.
On the left side of the display window 2, as shown in FIG. 1, there is provided an effective line display unit 4 that shows the activated winning line. The slot machine 1 is provided with a total of five effective lines 1 to 5 shown in FIG. 4 (three in the horizontal direction corresponding to the upper, middle and lower stages of the display window 2 and two in the diagonal direction). It has been. When the symbols corresponding to the internal winning combination are arranged on any of the effective lines 1 to 5, that is, the combination of symbols stopped and displayed on the active line is the symbol corresponding to the internal winning combination. Winning occurs when the combination matches. The number of active lines is five regardless of the number of BETs.

  Above the display window 2, as shown in FIG. 1, a liquid crystal display unit 5 as a game information display device that displays various information and a speaker 6 are provided. Below the display window 2 are provided a credit button 7 for inserting a credit medal, a settlement button 8 for adjusting a credit medal, and a medal insertion slot 9 for inserting a medal. A start lever 10 corresponding to the means, a left stop button 11a corresponding to the stop operation means, a middle stop button 11b, a right stop button 11c, and a data display button 12 for switching the type of data displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 5 are provided. It has been. On the right side of the display window 2 are a payout number display unit 13 for displaying the number of medals paid out, a credit number display unit 14 for displaying the number of medal credits, and a bonus notification lamp for notifying the player of the internal winning of the bonus combination. 15 is provided. In addition, a tray 16 is provided at the lowermost front part of the slot machine 1, and a decorative lamp part 17 is provided at the uppermost front part. In addition, a hopper 26 (corresponding to game medium storage means) for storing medals for paying out to the player is provided inside the slot machine 1.

  Here, the gaming state of the slot machine 1 will be described. The slot machine 1 is provided with two game states, a normal state and a bonus state, and these game states are switched in accordance with the establishment of a predetermined condition. In the normal state, a corresponding number of medals are awarded to the player according to the winning combination of the player. When the bonus combination (BB combination or RB combination) wins in the normal state, the slot machine 1 shifts to a bonus state (BB state or RB state) corresponding to the winning bonus combination (generates a bonus state). .

  In the bonus state, the internal winning probability of each small combination is greatly increased, and as described above, all small combinations are configured to pay out 15 medals. Therefore, it can be said that the bonus state is an advantageous gaming state for the player because a large number of medals can be obtained at once and the BET number is reduced to two. In other words, it can be said that the normal state is a gaming state that is disadvantageous for the player as compared to the bonus state. This bonus state continues until a predetermined bonus end condition is satisfied. In the present embodiment, a predetermined number of medals are paid out as a bonus end condition, and the bonus state continues until 360 medals are paid out in the BB state and 120 medals are paid out in the RB state. The slot machine 1 shifts to the normal state when the bonus state ends.

Next, the electrical configuration of the slot machine 1 will be described.
FIG. 5 shows the electrical configuration of the slot machine 1 as functional blocks. The control unit 18 (corresponding to an internal lottery means, display control means, winning determination means, game medium payout means, bonus state generation means, continuous channel determination means, game medium shortage error determination means, game data calculation means) is a CPU, It is composed of a microcomputer equipped with ROM, RAM, I / O, etc., and includes a credit button 7, a settlement button 8, a start lever 10, a left stop button 11a, a middle stop button 11b, a right stop button 11c, and a inserted medal detection unit. 19. Various signals are input from the set value operation unit 20 or the like.

  When the inserted medal detection signal is input from the inserted medal detection unit 19 that determines the authenticity and quantity of the inserted medals, the control unit 18 counts the number of medals inserted based on the number of the input signals. To do. The slot machine 1 can insert medals according to two insertion modes, that is, a maintenance insertion from the medal insertion slot 9 and a credit insertion by pressing the credit button 7. When the number of inserted medals exceeds the prescribed number required for one game (three in the normal state), the control unit 18 sets the number of medals exceeding the predetermined number in a RAM or the like as a credit number. While storing up to the upper limit (for example, 50), the number of credits is displayed on the credit number display unit 14. In addition, the control unit 18 stores the medals paid out with the winning of the small role as the number of credits. At this time, when the number of credits is less than the upper limit, the number of payouts is added to the number of credits, and when the number of credits reaches the upper limit, a payout mechanism (not shown) of the hopper 26 is driven to pay out medals to the tray 16. .

Various setting signals such as a winning probability are input to the control unit 18 from the set value operation unit 20. The slot machine 1 is provided with setting values for setting internal winning probabilities for each combination in, for example, six stages of setting 1 to 6, and the setting value operation unit 20 is arbitrarily selected by the game hall staff. Activate one set value. Thereby, the payout rate is set as a theoretical value. In the setting value operation unit 20, after the setting change key 21 is inserted to make the setting changeable, the setting value is changed by, for example, switching a DIP switch (not shown).
The control unit 18 also includes various display units such as the liquid crystal display unit 5, the payout number display unit 13 and the credit number display unit 14, a bonus notification lamp 15, a decoration lamp unit 17, and reel motors corresponding to the reels 3a to 3c. A reel drive unit 22 that drives the reference position detection unit 23 that detects a reference position of each of the reels 3a to 3c based on a detection signal from a sensor that detects passage of a reference position piece provided in each of the reels 3a to 3c, The sound output unit 24 that drives the speaker 6 is connected. In addition, it is connected to the medal payout unit 25 for paying out medals, and when the checkout button 8 is operated, the medal payout unit 25 is controlled so as to pay out medals corresponding to the stored number of credits. The display on the credit amount display unit 14 is set to zero.

  The control unit 18 has a random number generation unit and a random number extraction unit (not shown). When the start lever 10 is operated with a medal inserted (when a game start operation is performed), the control unit 18 starts (rotates) each reel 3a to 3c. Subsequently, one random number is extracted from the random numbers generated by the random number generation unit by the random number extraction unit, and an internal lottery for determining the internal winning combination is executed. A flag corresponding to the combination is established. At this time, when determining that the bonus combination is an internal winning combination (in the case of internal winning), the control unit 18 lights the bonus notification lamp 15 to notify the player that the bonus combination has been won internally. .

  Subsequently, when each of the stop buttons 11a to 11c is operated in a state where the reels 3a to 3c are started, the control unit 18 stops the rotation of the corresponding reels 3a to 3c. At this time, based on a stop table (not shown) for determining the stop position of each reel 3a to 3c according to the flag of the internal winning combination, stop control including so-called pull-in control (slip control) (respective reels 3a to 3c (Control to stop display with winning symbol or lost symbol according to the type of the internal winning combination flag). The stop table is set for each type of internal winning combination flag. The pull-in control is a control capable of pulling and stopping a symbol within a predetermined pull-in range (up to four symbols) on the effective line from the time when the operation of each stop button 11a to 11c is detected. In this case, when the symbol corresponding to the internal winning combination flag does not exist within the above-described drawing range, the symbol cannot be drawn on the active line and stopped, so that no winning occurs, so-called missing.

  The control unit 18 is connected to various sensors (not shown), detects the occurrence of an error based on the detection state of each sensor, and informs the outside when any error has occurred. To do. The notification to the outside is performed by displaying the fact that an error has occurred on the liquid crystal display unit 5 or outputting the fact that an error has occurred from an output unit (not shown) to an external calling lamp or management device. . For example, when the control unit 18 detects a shortage of medals in the hopper 26 based on a detection state of a payout medal sensor provided at a medal payout exit (not shown) of the hopper 26, a medal shortage error (medal is paid at the time of winning a prize) Notify that an error has not occurred). This medal shortage error is resolved when the employee opens the front door of the slot machine 1 and replenishes the hopper 26 with medals. Other types of errors that may occur in the slot machine 1 include a medal full error that fills up the medals in the hopper 26, and a inserted medal clogged error that clogs the medal slot 9.

Next, the operation of the liquid crystal display unit 5 as a game information display device will be described.
Normally, as shown in FIG. 6, the liquid crystal display unit 5 displays various game data as a normal screen. The normal screen includes a current game number display unit M1, a cumulative game number display unit M2, a BB number display unit M3, an RB number display unit M4, a continuous channel number display unit M5, a continuous channel rush number display unit M6, and a difference number A graph display portion M7 is provided, and the following game data is displayed.
-Number of games now = Number of games since the last bonus.
-Cumulative number of games = cumulative number of games in the normal state of the day.
BB count = Number of occurrences of BB (big bonus) state.
RB count = Number of occurrences of RB (regular bonus) state.
-Number of consecutive chans = number of times that a bonus state occurred again within 100 games since the end of the previous bonus state. That is, in this embodiment, 100 games are set as the continuous time period.
-Number of consecutive-chan rushes = Number of times of transition from the non-continuous-chan state to the continuous-chan state (a state in which a bonus state occurs again after a predetermined continuous-chan period elapses after the bonus state ends).
Difference graph: The horizontal axis represents the cumulative number of games, and the vertical axis represents the difference (paid-out number-injected number).
These game data are updated as the game progresses by the player, for example, when the BB combination or RB combination wins, or when it is determined that a continuous chain has occurred. The data of M7 is also updated. In the case of FIG. 6, it is displayed that the number of current games is 125 games, the game has entered into the continuous game state 6 times, and 20 bonuses have been generated in the continuous game state.

The liquid crystal display unit 5 displays game data as shown in FIG. 6 and notifies that an error has occurred due to a message (not shown), but these are performed individually. In that case, as described above, the player who thinks that the occurrence of the medal shortage error in the continuous chain has some influence on the continuous chain state needs to check the game number display section M1 or the like by himself every time. Therefore, it is difficult to grasp the causal relationship between the occurrence of a medal shortage error and the continuation / termination of consecutive changs. In addition, it is virtually impossible to grasp all the medal shortage errors that have occurred in other gaming machines that the player does not play.
Therefore, the liquid crystal display unit 5 displays game data indicating a correlation between a medal shortage error that has occurred during a continuous change and the continuation / end of the continuous change.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a continuous channel and medal shortage error data screen. The player operates the data display button 12 on the normal screen (FIG. 6) to display this continuous channel and medal shortage error data screen. Switch the display to (Fig. 7). In the continuous channel and medal shortage error data screen, in addition to the continuous channel number display unit M5, the continuous channel rush number display unit M6, and the difference number graph display unit M7, the continuous channel rush rate display unit M8, the continuous channel rate display unit M9 , A medal empty number display section M10, and a continuous continuation: end display section M11 are provided. The meaning of the game data displayed on each display unit is as follows.
・ Ran Chang rush rate = number of consecutive rushes ÷ cumulative number of games.
-Continuous channel ratio = continuous channel count ÷ (BB count + RB count).
-Number of medal empty times = Number of times that a medal shortage error occurred during consecutive chan.
-Consecutive Chang Continuation: End = The number of continuous continuations and end times when a medal shortage error occurs during a continuous chan.

The control unit 18 of the slot machine 1 increments and updates the number of medal shortage errors when a medal shortage error occurs in the bonus state determined to be continuous. Also, when a medal shortage error occurs, it is determined whether or not the continuous chain has continued after the bonus state has ended, or the continuous channel has ended, and the continuous channel continuation count or continuous channel end count is incremented. Specifically, when the bonus combination is won internally again within 100 games after the end of the bonus state, it is determined as “continuation”, and when the internal winning is not achieved within 100 games, it is determined as “end”. Then, along with the number of occurrences of these errors and the update of the game data, game data such as the continuous channel entry rate, continuous channel rate, and continuous channel continuation: end is calculated and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 5.
In this way, the liquid crystal display unit 5 displays game data such as the number of occurrences of bonus states and the number of consecutive chunks, the number of occurrences of a medal shortage error that occurred during consecutive chunks, and medals calculated based on those game data. The game data indicating the relationship between the occurrence of the shortage error and the continuation or termination of the continuous channel is displayed.

According to the game information display device of the present embodiment described above, the following effects are obtained.
The game data indicating the correlation between the consecutive role of the bonus combination and the occurrence of the medal shortage error is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 5. It is possible to analyze whether it has such an effect. Therefore, it is possible to satisfy a player's request that the occurrence of the medal shortage error is considered to have some kind of causal relationship with the continuous role of the bonus combination.
The number of times that a medal shortage error has occurred during a continuous run is displayed on the medal empty count display area M10, and the number of times that the newly won bonus combination is determined to be a continuous run after the occurrence of a medal shortage error. Since the number of consecutive times and the number of consecutive chunk end times that are not determined to be consecutive chunks are displayed in the continuous chunk continuation: end display unit M11, the player can determine which occurrence of the game medium shortage error It is possible to grasp whether it has been affected.

(Other embodiments)
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be modified or expanded as follows.
The average number of consecutive chunks may be calculated by distinguishing between cases where a medal shortage error has occurred in the middle of consecutive chunks and when it has not occurred, and both may be displayed in a comparable manner. According to such a configuration, it is possible to easily grasp how much the average number of consecutive chunks is different between a continuous chain where a medal shortage error occurred midway and a continuous chain where a medal shortage error did not occur. be able to.
The consecutive number of times until the medal shortage error occurs and the continuous number of times after the medal shortage error occur may be separately counted and displayed. According to such a configuration, it is possible to objectively analyze the change in continuation of the continuous chain before and after the medal shortage error occurs in one continuous chain.

Although the game information display device is provided integrally with the slot machine, it may be provided separately from the slot machine.
The present invention can also be applied to a slot machine that uses game balls as game media.
Although the state in which the bonus combination is won internally within the continuous Chang period after the end of the bonus state is determined as continuous chain, the state where the bonus combination is won during the continuous channel period may be determined as continuous chain.

  In the drawings, 1 is a slot machine, 3 is a reel (design variation display means), 5 is a liquid crystal display (game information display device, notification means, display means), 10 is a start lever (game start operation means), 11a, 11b. , 11c is a stop button (stop operation means), 18 is a control unit (internal lottery means, display control means, winning determination means, game medium payout means, bonus state generation means, continuous change determination means, game medium shortage error determination means, (Game data calculation means) 26 is a hopper (game medium storage means).

Claims (2)

A symbol variation display means for variably displaying a plurality of types of symbols according to a predetermined arrangement in a plurality of symbol display areas;
Game start operation means operated by the player to start the game with the game medium inserted;
An internal lottery means for executing an internal lottery for determining an internal winning combination from a plurality of types of small roles and bonus combinations when the game start operation means is operated;
A stop operation means operated by a player to stop the display of the variation of the symbol by the symbol variation display means;
When the stop operation means is operated, a display control means for drawing a symbol corresponding to an internal winning combination within a predetermined pull-in range and displaying the stop in the symbol display area;
Winning determination means for determining whether or not a winning has occurred based on a combination of symbols stopped and displayed in each symbol display area of the symbol variation display means;
A game medium payout means for paying out a number of game media corresponding to the type of the small combination when it is determined by the winning determination means that a small combination has been won;
Bonus state generating means for generating a bonus state in which the internal winning probability of the small role is increased until a predetermined bonus end condition is satisfied when it is determined by the winning determination means that a bonus combination has been won,
Game medium storage means for storing game media paid out by the game medium payout means;
A game information display device attached to a slot machine, comprising: a notification means for detecting that a game medium shortage error has occurred by detecting that there is a shortage of game media stored in the game medium storage means. In
Based on whether or not the length of the period from the end of the bonus state until the next bonus combination is won internally or wins is within the preset consecutive period, Continuous chain determination means for determining whether or not has occurred,
A game medium for determining whether or not the game medium shortage error has occurred in the bonus state corresponding to the bonus combination for which it is determined that a continuous change has occurred when the continuous change determination means determines that a continuous change has occurred. Shortage error determination means,
Based on the determination result by the continuous-chan determining unit and the gaming medium shortage error determining unit, the newly won internal winning or winning bonus combination after the occurrence of the gaming medium shortage error is determined to be continuous by the continuous-chan determining unit. Game data calculating means for respectively calculating the number of consecutive rushes that have been made and the number of times that the continuous chan has not been determined to be consecutive .
Display means for displaying the number of consecutive-chan rushes and the number of consecutive-chan endings calculated by the game data calculating means;
A game information display device comprising: The game data calculating means counts the number of consecutive consecutive bonus combinations determined to be consecutive Chang by the consecutive-chan determining means as the consecutive-chan continuous number of times, and the game medium shortage error while the bonus combination continues. Distinguishing between the case where it is determined by the determination means that a game medium shortage error has occurred and the case where the determination is not made, the average value of the continuous chain continuation count is obtained,
The game information display device according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays an average value of the continuous number of continuous continuations.

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