JP6534341B2 - Gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine, and more particularly to a reel-type gaming machine.

A typical gaming machine has a configuration in which it can stay in a gaming state advantageous to the player such as a bonus game or an assist replay time (hereinafter referred to as ART), in addition to the normal gaming state.
As a game machine of this type, Patent Document 1 below is exemplified. The gaming machine described in Patent Document 1 has a configuration capable of executing both the ART and the bonus game, and may win a bonus game during the execution of the ART (see, for example, paragraph 0022 of the same document). reference).
In addition, in the gaming machine, a Kaminari screen at night is used as a precursor effect for releasing ART or a bonus game (see paragraph 0478 of the same document, etc.).

JP, 2015-163357, A

In a gaming machine having a configuration capable of executing both ART and a bonus game as in Patent Document 1, the establishment of a transition enable flag to ART and the establishment of a winning flag corresponding to a bonus game have the same symbol. It is rare to adopt a configuration that can be performed in the fluctuation game.
Even if both of the above-described flags have a configuration that can be established in the same symbol variation game, a configuration is adopted in which transition is made to ART after the bonus game is executed.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and provides a gaming machine that enhances the fun of the game by novel gameplay.

According to the present invention, there is provided a gaming machine for executing a symbol variation game, wherein the inner lottery means for lottery a winning combination or a bonus combination that can be established in the symbol variation game, and the lottery collected in the lottery by the inner lottery means A flag setting unit that sets a winning flag corresponding to a winning combination or the bonus combination; and a gaming state control unit that can shift the gaming state by using the winning flag set by the flag setting unit as at least a part of transition conditions. , And the combination of symbols corresponding to the bonus combination is stopped in the symbol variation game performed during the setting of the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination in the game status in which the game state control means can shift. The bonus game state advantageous to the player, which can be transitioned as the transition condition, and the particular entry. In the symbol variation game after the winning flag corresponding to the winning combination is set, the advantageous game state advantageous to the player that can be transitioned as the transition condition is included as the transition condition, and is identical The symbol variation after the symbol variation game in which the gaming state control unit shifts to the advantageous game state when the internal lottery unit has lottery both the specific winning combination and the bonus combination in the symbol variation game of Until the game, the flag setting unit can maintain the setting of the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination, and in the advantageous gaming state, the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination is set. And the second advantageous gaming state in which the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination is not set, and during the stay in the first advantageous gaming state The expected value of the number of game medals that can be acquired in one of the symbol variation games to be executed is the number of game medals that can be acquired in one of the symbol variation games that is executed while staying in the second advantageous gaming state Select the number of symbol variation games that can stay in the gaming state to be shifted before the gaming state control means shifts to the first advantageous gaming state or the second advantageous gaming state less than the expected value of the number The game state lottery apparatus includes a game number lottery means for performing a game number lottery, and the game state lottery target is the first advantage game state when the game state targeted by the game number lottery is the first advantageous game state There compared with the case of the second preferred gaming state, rather easy selected the number of number of the symbol variation game, the bonus combination is first bonus combination and a second volume It is selected when there is a role of Naas, and the gaming state targeted for the number-of-games lottery is the first advantageous gaming state which can be triggered by the winning flag corresponding to the second bonus role. The average value of the number of symbol variation games is the first advantageous gaming state in which the gaming state to be subjected to the number-of-games lottery is transitioned with the winning flag corresponding to the first bonus combination as a trigger. The average value of the number of symbol fluctuation games selected when the gaming state to be subjected to the game number lottery is larger than the average value of the number of symbol fluctuation games to be selected And the first advantageous gaming state in which the gaming state subject to the number-of-games lottery may be transitioned by the winning flag corresponding to the first bonus combination. The difference from the average value of the number of times of the symbol variation game selected in the case is that the game state to be subjected to the game number lottery may be shifted by the winning flag corresponding to the first bonus combination as a trigger Taking an average value of the number of times of the symbol variation game selected in the first advantageous gaming state, and the winning flag corresponding to the second bonus combination, the gaming state to be subjected to the number-of-games lottery The symbol variation game that can be selected when it is in the first advantageous gaming state, which is larger than the difference between the number of the symbol variation games selected in the first advantageous gaming state that can be shifted and the average value The upper limit of the number is greater than the upper limit of the number of symbol variation games that can be selected in the second advantageous gaming state, and the winning number corresponding to the first bonus combination is And the upper limit of the number of symbol variation games that can be selected in the case of the first advantageous gaming state, which can be transitioned by the first game, and the above-mentioned winning flag corresponding to the second bonus combination. There is provided a gaming machine characterized in that the upper limit of the number of symbol variation games that can be selected in the advantageous gaming state is the same .

  According to the above invention, when the specific winning combination and the bonus combination to be the transition condition to the advantageous gaming state are drawn together in the same symbol variation game, the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination is shifted to the advantageous gaming state Since it is possible to maintain even the symbol variation game after the symbol variation game to be played, it is possible to enjoy the bonus game after playing the symbol variation game in the advantageous game state. Such playability is novel and unprecedented, so it is possible to enhance the player's interest.

  According to the present invention, a gaming machine is provided that enhances the fun of gaming by novel gameplay.

It is a front view of a game machine. It is a perspective view of the hand area | region enclosed and enclosed with a broken line in FIG. It is a figure showing the back of a front door. It is a figure showing a game machine except a front door. It is a figure which shows the electric constitution of a game machine. It is a functional block diagram of a gaming machine. It is a figure showing a winning combination and a bonus combination and a lottery number corresponding to the winning combination and the bonus combination in the embodiment. It is an example of the combination of the symbol corresponding to the winning combination in this embodiment. It is an example of the combination of the symbol corresponding to the winning combination in this embodiment. It is an example of the combination of the symbol corresponding to the winning combination in this embodiment. It is an example of the combination of the symbol corresponding to the winning combination or the bonus combination in the present embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the game number lottery table TB0-TB2 which the advantageous period determination part refers to. It is a figure which shows the instruction | indication content corresponding to AT instruction | indication number. It is a figure which shows the example of alerting | reporting of the operation aspect corresponding to AT instruction | indication number "1". It is a figure which shows the example of alerting | reporting of the operation aspect corresponding to AT instruction | indication number "2". It is a figure which shows the example of alerting | reporting of the operation aspect corresponding to AT instruction | indication number "3". It is a figure which shows the example of alerting | reporting of the operation aspect corresponding to AT instruction | indication number "4." It is a figure which shows the distribution value of each lot in each internal lottery table RT0-RT4. It is a figure showing an example of transition of the game state in a game machine. It is a figure showing an example of transition of the game state in a game machine. It is a figure which shows the distribution value of each lottery in the internal lottery table in a state of RBB operation, and the distribution value of each lottery in an internal lottery table in a state of CBB operation. It is a flowchart which shows the main flow of the symbol change game in this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the processing procedure of AT instruction | command lottery. It is a flowchart which shows the processing procedure of AT instruction | command lottery. It is a flowchart which shows the process procedure of the fluctuation display in a symbol fluctuation game. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the symbol display determination and related processing in a symbol change game. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the symbol display determination and related processing in a symbol change game. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the symbol display determination and related processing in a symbol change game. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the symbol display determination and related processing in a symbol change game.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described using the drawings. In all the drawings, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted as appropriate.
Unless otherwise noted, the direction shown in the description of the present embodiment is taken as the direction when the player faces the gaming machine 10, that is, the direction in the front view of the gaming machine 10 shown in the figure.
Further, in the following description, it is assumed that the gaming machine 10 is powered on and operates normally unless otherwise noted.

<Overview of the gaming machine 10>
First, an outline of a gaming machine 10 embodying the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 5 and FIG.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an electrical configuration of the gaming machine 10. As shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of the gaming machine 10.

The gaming machine 10 is a gaming machine that executes a symbol variation game.
The gaming machine 10 includes an internal lottery unit (internal lottery unit 120), a flag setting unit (flag setting unit 130), and a gaming state control unit (gaming state control unit 110).
The internal lottery unit 120 draws a winning combination or a bonus combination that can be established in the symbol variation game.
The flag setting unit 130 sets a winning flag corresponding to the winning combination or bonus combination that has been selected in the lottery by the internal lottery unit 120.
The gaming state control unit 110 can shift the gaming state by using the winning flag set by the flag setting unit 130 as at least a part of the transition condition.

The gaming states to which the gaming state control unit 110 can shift include a bonus gaming state and an advantageous gaming state.
The bonus game state is advantageous for the player, which can be transitioned as a transition condition that the combination of the symbols corresponding to the bonus combination is stopped and displayed in the symbol variation game performed during setting of the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination. It is a gaming state.
The advantageous gaming state is an advantageous gaming state advantageous to the player that can transition as a transition condition that a predetermined special condition is established in the symbol variation game after the winning flag corresponding to the specific winning combination is set. is there.
When the internal lottery unit 120 draws both a specific winning combination and a bonus combination in the same symbol variation game, flags are set until the symbol variation game after the symbol variation game in which the gaming state control unit 110 shifts to the advantageous gaming state The unit 130 can maintain the setting of the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination.

  According to the above-mentioned feature, when the winning flag corresponding to a specific winning combination and the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination are both set in the same symbol variation game, the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination shifts to the advantageous gaming state Since the symbol variation game after the allowed symbol variation game is maintained, the player can enjoy the bonus game after playing the symbol variation game in the advantageous game state. Therefore, the player's interest can be enhanced.

The term "winning combination" refers to a winning combination or re-game.
The "bonus role" refers to a special character or a character continuous operation device.
The "transition condition" includes at least a condition relating to setting of the winning flag.
The "predetermined special condition" is a condition for the gaming state control unit 110 to shift the gaming state, and for example (i) that a combination of symbols corresponding to a specific winning combination is stopped and displayed, or (ii ) The winning flag is set, and the winning of the transition lottery performed based on the set winning flag, (iii) the winning flag is set, and then a predetermined number of symbol variation games are played, or A combination of two or more of them may be included.
The "bonus gaming state" is a gaming state in which at least one of the special character or the character continuous operating device is activated.
The "advantage game state" is a game state other than the bonus game state, and is an advantageous game state for the player compared to the normal game state.
“When the internal lottery unit 120 draws both a specific winning combination and a bonus combination in the same symbol variation game” means that both the specific combination and bonus combination are made in one lottery in the same symbol variation game. A case of lottery and a case of performing multi-step lottery in the same symbol variation game, including a case of drawing a specific winning combination by one drawing of them and drawing a bonus combination by another drawing, are included.

  In order to describe the gaming machine 10 related to the implementation of the present invention described above in detail, each processing executed by the gaming machine 10 will be specifically described below.

<About the structure of the gaming machine 10>
The structure of the gaming machine 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.
FIG. 1 is a front view of the gaming machine 10. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the hand region II shown enclosed by a broken line in FIG. FIG. 3 is a view showing the back of the front door 20. As shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a view showing the gaming machine 10 with the front door 20 removed.

The gaming machine 10 includes a rectangular parallelepiped outer frame 90 having an open front, and a front door 20 pivotally supported to the left edge of the outer frame 90 so as to be pivotable open and closed, and a gaming machine main body 60. .
More specifically, three hinges 96 (96a, 96b, 96c) are provided on the left edge side of the outer frame 90, and the front door 20 is pivotally supported by the upper hinge 96a and the lower hinge 96c, The gaming machine main body 60 is pivotally supported by the upper hinge portion 96a and the middle hinge portion 96b.

On the front side of the front door 20, as shown in FIG. 1 or 2, the upper panel 21, the lower panel 22, the bet button 23, the menu selection button 24, the status display LED 25, and the start lever 26; A stop button 27, a medal insertion slot 31, a settlement button 32, a medal return button 33, a door key 34, a medal discharge port 35, a decoration LED 36, a lower plate 37 and a speaker port 38 are provided. There is.
In addition, on the back side of the front door 20, as shown in FIG. 3, the decoration LED board 41, the state display LED board 42, the stop button board 43, the start lever sensor 44, the bed button board 45, and the menu A selection button board 46, a medal selector 47, a setting change device 48, a speaker 49, an insertion medal passage 51, a payout medal passage 52, and a return medal passage 53 are provided.
In addition to the front door 20, as shown in FIG. 4, the gaming machine 10 includes a gaming machine main body 60, a power supply 91, a medal storage 93, and a medal auxiliary storage 95. .

In order to open the front door 20, it is necessary to insert a predetermined key into the door key 34 and release a lock mechanism (not shown) for locking the front door 20 and the outer frame 90.
When the front door 20 is opened, a power supply 91 is provided below the gaming machine main body 60, as shown in FIG. The power supply device 91 is a device for supplying power to each component of the gaming machine 10, and the operation of the power supply switch 92 controls the activation or termination.
When playing a game with the gaming machine 10, the player needs to operate the power switch 92 to activate the power supply 91. It is preferable that the gaming machine main unit 60 have a function of maintaining the gaming state being executed at the time of off even if the power supply from the power supply device 91 is turned off. This is to prevent the player from disappointing, for example, when the power supply is stopped while the game is in progress in the development advantageous to the player as in the bonus game.

Moreover, the setting change apparatus 48 is provided in the back surface side of the front door 20 opened. The setting change device 48 is a device for setting a game setting value, and includes a setting key switch 48a, a setting change switch 48b, a setting display LED 48c, and a setting key cover 48d. The setting key switch 48a can operate the setting change device 48 by inserting and operating a predetermined key. The predetermined key inserted into the setting key switch 48a may be the same as or different from the predetermined key inserted into the door key 34. The setting change switch 48b is a switch that can be operated in a state in which a predetermined key is inserted into the setting key switch 48a, and when pressed, can change the game setting value. The setting display LED 48c is an LED for displaying the set game setting value, and is a 7-segment display in the present embodiment. The setting key cover 48d is a cover that covers the setting key switch 48a. By sliding the setting key switch 48a to open the setting key switch 48a, it becomes possible to insert a predetermined key into the setting key switch 48a. Note that FIG. 4 illustrates the setting key cover 48 d covering the setting key switch 48 a.
Here, the game setting value is a value indicating the ease of provision of a benefit (bonus game etc.) advantageous to the player. The higher the value, the easier the benefit is provided, and the lower the value, the less the benefit is provided. Preferably, the player operates the setting change device 48 to set the game setting value before starting the game by the gaming machine 10. This is because when the game setting value is changed, the game state is generally reset.

The front door 20 has an upper panel 21 and a lower panel 22 on the front side.
Since the upper panel 21 is formed of a transparent member, the player located in front of the gaming machine 10 must visually recognize the gaming machine main body 60 disposed on the back side of the upper panel 21 through the upper panel 21. Can.
Further, the lower panel 22 has the model name of the gaming machine 10 and characters relating to the model on the surface thereof, and the model name etc. indicated by the lighting of a back light (not shown) installed at the rear is visually recognized It becomes easy to do.

The gaming machine main body 60 includes main components for controlling the game executed by the gaming machine 10. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, in the gaming machine main body 60, the effect display area 62 is formed in the upper part of the front, and the visual recognition window 64 is formed in the lower part of the front.
The effect display area 62 is a display screen of the effect display device 63 (see FIG. 5) incorporated in the gaming machine main body 60, and can display various effects or various information regarding the game of the gaming machine 10. In addition, as the said effect display apparatus 63, the display apparatus of a liquid crystal display type, the display apparatus of a dot matrix type, etc. are employable, for example. The effect displayed in the effect display area 62 is interlocked with the sound output from the speaker 49 and the light emission of the decoration LED 36, and can preferably evoke the player's interest. Depending on the configuration of the effect display device 63, the effect display area 62 may be a touch panel, and may function as means for receiving an operation by a player.
The viewing window 64 is a window frame formed on the front side of the plurality of reels 65 (65L, 65C, 65R) built in the gaming machine main body 60, and is divided into an inner area and an outer area. The inner area of the viewing window 64 is formed by a hollow or a transparent member, and a part of each reel 65 is visible through the inner area. Further, the outer region of the viewing window 64 is formed of an opaque member (including a member obtained by coloring a translucent member or a transparent member), which makes it difficult to view the reel 65 through the outer region.

The reel 65 on which the symbols are arranged is composed of a left reel 65L, a middle reel 65C and a right reel 65R as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 8 described later, and the player's operation on the start lever 26 (start lever 26 starts to rotate due to the detection that the H.26 is in the on state. At this time, it is required that the time from the start of rotation of the reel 65 in the previous symbol variation game to the start of rotation of the reel 65 in the symbol variation game exceeds a predetermined delay time, so-called weight time. That is, if the player's operation is received by the start lever 26 before the wait time has elapsed, the reel 65 starts rotating after waiting for the wait time to elapse. The wait time in the present embodiment is set to 4.1 seconds.
In addition, when each reel 65 in this embodiment is rotating, in principle, the reel 65 rotates from top to bottom. In this specification, the rotation from top to bottom in the reel is referred to as "forward direction", and the rotation from bottom to top is referred to as "reverse direction".

The symbol variation game is a game in which the presence or absence of a benefit that is advantageous for the player is notified by the combination of symbols that are stopped and displayed, and may be repeatedly executed. In the symbol variation game in the present embodiment, a plurality of symbols displayed on the reel 65 are variably displayed by rotating the reel 65, and the combination of symbols is stopped by stopping the rotating reel 65. indicate.
The benefits obtained as a result of the symbol variation game include winning, replay, assist time (AT), replay time (RT), and assist replay time (ART), or bonus gaming state. Here, winning is to display a combination of specific symbols necessary to obtain a medal. Also, the medal is a game medium used to execute the symbol variation game. Further, the re-game is a gaming state in which the symbol variation game can be executed without inserting a medal. In addition, the bonus game is a game state in which any of a first-class special character, a second-class special character, and a continuous character activation device pertaining to any of the special characters is activated, The probability of winning is higher than the gaming state.

Rotation control of the reel 65 is executed using the reel sensor 66. The reel sensor 66 is a sensor that detects the amount of rotation of the reel 65. Here, the amount of rotation is the rotation angle of the reel 65 based on a predetermined position.
One reel sensor 66 is provided for each reel 65. Specifically, the left reel sensor 66L is provided for the left reel 65L, the middle reel sensor 66C for the middle reel 65C, and the right reel sensor 66R for the right reel 65R.
The rotation control of the reel 65 will be described in detail later.

  A reel illumination board 67 (left reel illumination board 67L, middle reel illumination board 67C, right reel illumination board 67R) is provided inside the reel 65, and the reel mounted on the reel illumination board 67 lights up the reel It makes it easy to visually identify each symbol shown in 65. That is, the LED mounted on the reel illumination board 67 functions as a backlight for symbol display by the reel 65.

The start lever 26 can receive the operation of the player as a trigger for starting the variable display in the symbol change game. Specifically, the player's operation on the start lever 26 is to tilt the start lever 26, which is provided substantially perpendicularly to the front door 20 in the initial state, in any direction.
The start lever sensor 44 can detect whether the start lever 26 is in the on state or in the off state. More specifically, the start lever sensor 44 detects the start lever 26, which is substantially perpendicular to the front door 20, as the off state, and detects the start lever 26, which is tilted in any direction, as the on state. .

In the present embodiment, when the medal has not reached the predetermined insertion number (hereinafter, also referred to as a prescribed number), the symbol variation game is not started even if the start lever 26 receives the operation of the player. In order to reach a predetermined input number (specified number), at least one or a combination of the following operations or processes is required.
(I) Insert medals from the medal insertion slot 31 to increase the number of inserted medals.
(Ii) The credits representing the medals stored in the gaming machine 10 are reduced by pressing the bet button 23 to increase the number of inserted coins.
(Iii) When the combination of symbols to which the re-game is given is stopped and displayed in the previous symbol variation game, the re-gaming process is executed in the symbol variation game, and the number of inserted coins increases. In this case, even if the player does not perform the operation of (i) or (ii), the insertion number in the symbol variation game automatically becomes the insertion number of the previous symbol variation game.

  Here, the storage of medals refers to a function of storing numerical values (credits) corresponding to the number inside the gaming machine 10 in place of a part or all of the medals owned by the player. When medals are stored (credit increases), for example, (i) when a medal is inserted from a medal insertion slot exceeding a predetermined insertion number, (ii) a prize is won in a symbol variation game, and the prize benefits If you win a medal, etc. will be mentioned.

A medal selector 47 including a medal selector main body 47a, a medal blocker 47b, and a medal passing sensor 47c is provided on the back side of the above-mentioned medal insertion slot 31, and the medal inserted from the medal insertion slot 31 is the medal selector 47. Are sorted out into acceptable medals and unacceptable medals.
For example, in the standby state (the state where the power is turned on but the symbol variation game is not executed), etc., since the medal can be received, the medal selector main body 47a operates the medal blocker 47b having a solenoid. When the medal blocker 47b is activated, the projecting portion (not shown) is buried in the middle of the inserted medal passage 51, so that the inserted medal passage 51 is allowed to pass the medal. At this time, when a medal is inserted from the medal insertion slot 31, the medal flows down to the inserted medal passage 51, and is detected by the medal passing sensor 47c provided in the middle of the inserted medal passage 51. It passes through and is stored in the medal storage 93.
Further, during the execution of the symbol variation game or when the credit reaches the upper limit value, etc., since the medal can not be received, the medal selector main body 47a stops the operation of the medal blocker 47b. When the operation of the medal blocker 47 b is stopped, a projecting portion (not shown) protrudes in the middle of the inserted medal passage 51 to inhibit passage of the medals, so the inserted medal is in the middle of the inserted medal passage 51 And at a position not detected by the medal passage sensor 47c. The medals staying in the inserted medal passage 51 fall into the return medal passage 53 by their own weight or by the operation of the medal return button 33 and are discharged to the lower tray 37 via the medal discharge port 35.

  In addition, when the medal is awarded exceeding the upper limit value of the credit, the medal corresponding to the awarded medal number is discharged from the medal storage 93 to the lower plate 37 via the medal discharge port 35.

  As the bet button 23, the gaming machine 10 has a maximum bet button 23a and a single bet button 23b which are mounted on a bet button substrate 45. The maximum bet button 23a can increase the number of inserted sheets by subtracting three credits at maximum by one press, and the single bet button 23b can increase the number of inserted sheets by subtracting one credit by one press. Can. Further, even if the bet button 23 is pressed, if the subtraction value of the credit in the symbol variation game has reached the predetermined insertion number, the credit can not be subtracted beyond that.

The gaming machine 10 also has a menu selection button 24 on the left side of the bet button 23 described above. The menu selection button 24 is constituted by the cross key button 24 a mounted on the menu selection button substrate 46 and the decision button 24 b positioned at the center of the cross key button 24 a.
Here, the menu refers to a screen showing the operation method of the gaming machine 10 displayed in the effect display area 62, commentary information on the game, etc. The player browses the screen by operating the menu selection button 24. Can. For example, when the determination button 24b is pressed in the standby state, a list of menus and a cursor are displayed in the effect display area 62. The player moves the cursor to a position indicating an arbitrary menu by operating the cross key button 24a, and when the player depresses the determination button 24b when the cursor indicates any menu, the menu displays the effect It is displayed in the area 62.

In addition, the gaming machine 10 is provided on the right side of the bet button 23 with a state display LED 25 for displaying the number of inserted medals, the number of stored medals, and the like. The status display LED 25 is composed of a plurality of LEDs or 7-segment displays mounted on the status display LED board 42.
The number-of-inputs display LED 25a of the status display LEDs 25 is constituted by three LEDs, and the number of LEDs to be lit increases one by one each time the number of input is increased.
The number-of-reserved-number display LED 25b of the status display LED 25 is formed of a 7-segment display, and represents the number (credits) of the stored medals by numbers.
Among the status display LEDs 25, the number-of-acquisitions display LED 25 c is configured of a 7-segment display, and represents the number of medals acquired by winning with numbers.
Among the status display LEDs 25, the replay display LED 25d is configured by one LED, and lights up when the replay is stopped and displayed in the symbol variation game.
The game start display LED 25e of the state display LED 25 is configured by one LED, and indicates that the start condition of the symbol variation game is satisfied by lighting of the LED.
The fillable display LED 25 f of the status display LED 25 is configured by one LED, and indicates that the medal can be inserted by lighting of the LED.

The stop button 27 receives from the player an operation of the player as a trigger for stopping the rotating reel 65. The stop button 27 can receive a stop operation triggered by a stop enabling condition established after the reel 65 starts rotating.
Specifically, the player's operation on the stop button 27 is to press the stop button 27. Further, the stoppable condition is a precondition for executing stop display in the symbol variation game, and specifically, the speeds of all the reels 65 (65L, 65C, 65R) reach a predetermined speed. In the case where there is a stop possibility condition is satisfied.

A plurality of stop buttons 27 (27L, 27C, 27R) and stop button sensors (not shown) corresponding to the respective stop buttons 27 are mounted on the stop button substrate 43, and one set for each reel 65 It is provided. Specifically, the stop button 27L receives a stop operation for stopping the reel 65L. The stop button 27C receives a stop operation for stopping the reel 65C. The stop button 27R receives a stop operation for stopping the reel 65R. The stop operation received by each stop button 27 is detected by a stop button sensor (not shown) corresponding to the stop button 27.
That is, the stop button sensor (not shown) functions as a stop operation detection means for detecting a stop operation that causes a symbol combination game to be stopped and displayed in the symbol variation game.
Although it is possible to press the stop button 27 mentioned here in any order of the player, a penalty may be imposed if the stop button 27 is not pressed in a predetermined pressing order.

Although the stop enabling condition is established at the same time for all the stop buttons 27, when one stop button 27 is pressed, the stop enabling condition is canceled for a predetermined time, and the stop operation of the other stop button 27 is not accepted. Then, after the time has elapsed, the stop enabling condition is satisfied again for the other stop button 27, and the stop operation of the other stop button 27 can be received. At this time, the stop enabling condition is not satisfied for the one stop button 27 for which the stop operation has been accepted.
Since the stop enabling condition is satisfied as described above, the player can not perform the stop operation of the stop button 27 at an interval less than the time.
In addition, the stop button 27 in this embodiment includes an LED lamp (not shown), and the periphery is covered with a light transmissive member. The stop button 27 is configured to notify the player of the establishment of the stop enabling condition by the lighting color of the LED lamp.

Due to the stop operation received by the stop button 27, the reel 65 corresponding to the stop button 27 that has received the stop operation is stopped. The stop position of the reel 65 can move up to four frames based on the position of the reel 65 when the stop button 27 is pressed. Control from when the stop button 27 is pressed to when the reel 65 stops is generally referred to as slip control.
Here, the piece is an area given to one of the symbols shown on the outer periphery of the reel 65, and refers to the dimension in the vertical direction of one relevant area or one relevant area. In the present embodiment, the outer periphery of the reel 65 is equally divided into 21 frames, and one symbol is arranged for each frame.
In the present embodiment, the stop of the reel 65 also includes a state in which the reel 65 swings with a fluctuation width of less than one frame based on a predetermined frame.

  The inner area of the viewing window 64 has dimensions of three frames in the vertical direction. Further, each reel 65 is controlled to stop so that three symbols fit in the vertical direction of the internal area of the visual recognition window 64 so that the player can visually recognize the three patterns via the internal area of the visual recognition window 64. It has become. That is, since three reels 65 are arranged in the lateral direction, when each reel 65 is stopped, the player can visually recognize three symbols × 3 reels = 9 symbols.

As described above, when the respective reels 65 are stop-controlled, the substantially straight lines (indicated by alternate long and short dash lines in FIG. 1) formed by the symbols stopped at the upper, middle and lower stages among the symbols stopped at each reel 65 are line L1 The line L2 is referred to as a line L3.
Further, a substantially straight line (indicated by a dot-and-dash line in FIG. 1) formed by an upper stage of the reel 65L, a middle stage of the reel 65C, and a symbol stopped at the lower stage of the reel 65R is called a line L4. A substantially straight line (indicated by an alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 1) formed by the lower part of the reel 65L, the middle part of the reel 65C, and the symbol stopped on the upper part of the reel 65R is referred to as a line L5.

  During the rotation of each reel 65 (during the execution of the symbol variation game), an image displayed in the effect display area 62, an audio output from the speaker 49 or an audio output from the speaker 49 in order to attract the interest of the player and evoke the game interest. Various effects configured by lighting and extinguishing of the decoration LED 36 are performed.

In front of each speaker 49, a speaker port 38 is provided. More specifically, a speaker port 38a is provided in front of the speaker 49a located at the upper right (upper left in FIG. 3) when viewed from the front of the gaming machine 10. A speaker port 38b is provided in front of the speaker 49b located on the upper left (upper right in FIG. 3) when viewed from the front of the gaming machine 10. A speaker port 38c is provided in front of the speaker 49c located at the lower left (lower right in FIG. 3) when viewed from the front of the gaming machine 10. A speaker port 38d is provided in front of the speaker 49d located at the lower right (lower left in FIG. 3) when viewed from the front of the gaming machine 10.
Each of the speaker openings 38 is provided with a large number of cavities, so that the sound output from the speakers 49 can be appropriately output.

Decoration LED36 is arrange | positioned so that the effect display area 62 or the visual recognition window 64 may be enclosed. More specifically, on the upper right side of the effect display area 62, the decoration LED 36a mounted on the decoration LED substrate 41a and the decoration LED 36b mounted on the decoration LED substrate 41b are arranged. Further, on the lower right side of the effect display area 62, a decoration LED 36c mounted on the decoration LED substrate 41c is disposed. Further, on the lower right side of the viewing window 64, a decoration LED 36d mounted on the decoration LED substrate 41d is disposed. Further, on the lower left side of the viewing window 64, a decoration LED 36e mounted on the decoration LED substrate 41e is disposed. Further, on the lower left side of the effect display area 62, the decoration LED 36f mounted on the decoration LED substrate 41f is disposed. Further, on the upper left side of the effect display area 62, a decoration LED 36g mounted on the decoration LED substrate 41g and a decoration LED 36h mounted on the decoration LED substrate 41h are disposed.
Each decoration LED 36 may be lit in a single color or may be lit in multiple colors.

When a combination of symbols corresponding to a winning is stop-displayed on a predetermined activated line as a result of the symbol variation game, the number of medals specified for the winning is awarded. Here, the effective line is a position at which a combination of symbols related to the presence or absence of a benefit, which is the result of the symbol variation game, is stopped and displayed. The effective line in this embodiment is only the line L2 described above (the middle of the reel 65L, the middle of the reel 65C, and the middle of the reel 65R). That is, in the symbol variation game in the present embodiment, the combination of symbols stopped and displayed on the other lines excluding the line L2 does not indicate the presence or absence of a benefit.
As a matter of course, not only the combination of symbols corresponding to winning, but also the combination of symbols corresponding to the above-described replay and bonus games may be displayed on the activated line.

When the credit reaches the upper limit, the gaming machine 10 pays out the medals corresponding to the number exceeding the upper limit from the medal storage 93. In addition, when the settlement button 32 is pressed, the gaming machine 10 pays out from the medal storage 93 medals of the number corresponding to the credits at the time of pressing.
The process of paying out the medals stored in the medal storage 93 is executed by a payout mechanism (not shown) built in the medal storage 93. More specifically, the payout mechanism acquires medals for the number of payouts from the medals stored in the medal storage 93, and discharges the medals from the medal payout opening 94 toward the payout medal passage 52. The medals discharged to the payout medal passage 52 are discharged to the lower tray 37 via the medal discharge port 35.

In addition, in order to prevent the medals from overflowing from the medal storage 93, a medal auxiliary storage 95 is provided beside the medal storage 93 for a part of the medals stored in the medal storage 93 to flow down. There is.
In addition, a storage error sensor (not shown) is provided to detect that the medals stored in the medal auxiliary storage 95 have reached a predetermined level or more, and the gaming machine 10 receives the medal storage 93 according to this detection. And an error prompting the user to collect the medals stored in the medal auxiliary storage 95. The above-described effect display area 62, the decoration LED 36, and the speaker 49 may be used to notify this error.
<Electrical Configuration and Functional Configuration of Game Machine 10>
Next, the electrical configuration and functional configuration of the gaming machine 10 in the present embodiment will be described mainly using FIG. 5 or FIG. However, since the components illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 4 described above are also referred to, it should be referred to as appropriate.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an electrical configuration of the gaming machine 10. As shown in FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of the gaming machine 10. As shown in FIG.

  The gaming machine 10 incorporates a main substrate 100 and a sub substrate 200 as main components. Although the main substrate 100 or the sub substrate 200 is illustrated in FIG. 5 as if it were a single electronic substrate, it does not have to be a single electronic substrate. That is, the main substrate 100 or the sub substrate 200 may be realized by combining a plurality of electronic substrates.

The main board 100 controls the display of each LED included in the status display LED board 42 based on the control information input from the various sensors 40, or controls the payout control board 97 to pay medals to the medal storage 93. And a command to be output to the sub substrate 200. Various electronic components such as the CPU 101, the RAM 102, and the ROM 103 are mounted on the main substrate 100, and processing of data and control signals exchanged between the electronic components and the various sensors 40 and the like is performed to perform various game-related operations. The function is realized. Here, the various sensors include the above-mentioned start lever sensor 44, stop button sensor (not shown) mounted on the stop button substrate 43, sensor (not shown) mounted on the bet button substrate 45, medals A passage sensor 47c and the like are included.
The sub-substrate 200 controls the decoration LED substrate 41, the speaker 49, the effect display device 63, and the like based on the command input from the main substrate 100. The sub substrate 200 is also the same as the main substrate 100 in that electronic components such as the CPU 201, the ROM 203, and the RAM 202 are mounted and various functions are realized by information processing.

The functional configuration realized by the main board 100 includes the gaming state control unit 110, the internal lottery unit 120, the flag setting unit 130, the rotation control unit 140, the symbol display determination unit 150, and the command generation unit as shown in FIG. 160 are included.
Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the functional configuration realized by the sub substrate 200 includes a sub generalization unit 210, an effect display unit 220, an audio output unit 230, and an LED light emitting unit 240.
Note that the components illustrated in FIG. 6 are not limited to all the functional configurations included in the main substrate 100 or the sub substrate 200, and functional configurations not illustrated here may exist.

  The gaming state control unit 110 manages a gaming state related to a game (symbol variation game) executed by the gaming machine 10, and executes at least the following processing.

  For example, the game state control unit 110 monitors whether or not a game can be performed, and stops (suspends) the game when it is impossible to play a game. Here, as a case where it is impossible to play a game, (i) when the front door 20 is opened, (ii) when there is no medal in the medal storage 93, it corresponds to (iii) credits stored. In the case where the process of discharging the medal from the medal discharge port 35 due to the depression of the settlement button 32 is performed, the medals may, for example, be mentioned.

Further, the gaming state control unit 110 stores a credit and manages the increase and decrease thereof.
More specifically, when depression of the maximum bet button 23a or the single bet button 23b is detected, the gaming state control unit 110 subtracts a predetermined value from the stored credit.
In addition, when the combination of symbols being stopped and displayed is determined to be winning by the symbol display determination unit 150, the gaming state control unit 110 stores a value corresponding to the number of medals allocated as a benefit of the winning. Add to the credits you In this addition process, when the stored credit reaches the upper limit value, the gaming state control unit 110 causes the payout control board 97 to cause the medal storage 93 to pay out the medals corresponding to the number of medals exceeded. . In addition, when the depression of the settlement button 32 is detected, the gaming state control unit 110 causes the payout control board 97 to work out and causes the medal storage 93 to pay out the medals corresponding to the stored credits.

  In addition, the gaming state control unit 110 manages the condition displayed on the state display LED substrate 42 and the condition under which the stop operation for the stop button 27 can be received (the condition under which the above-described stop is possible). Here, the conditions displayed on the status display LED board 42 include the number of inserted medals, the number of medals stored (credits), the number of medals acquired by winning, the presence or absence of replay, the condition for starting the symbol variation game And conditions for medal entry are included.

  Further, the gaming state control unit 110 manages the game setting value set by the setting change device 48. The game setting value affects the winning probability of the winning combination or bonus combination to be randomly selected by the internal lottery unit 120, the occurrence probability of various effects controlled by the sub substrate 200, and the like.

Also, the gaming state control unit 110 can shift to the normal gaming state, AT, RT, ART, or bonus gaming state. Although described later in detail, the gaming state control unit 110 manages the gaming state relating to the AT by the setting value of the AT mode, and manages the gaming state relating to the RT by the setting value of the RT mode.
The AT in the present embodiment is an advantageous gaming state in which the probability that the notification of the stop operation by the control of the notification control unit 211 (described later) is generated is set higher than that in the normal gaming state.
The RT in this embodiment is a gaming state in which the total number of random numbers allocated to a winning combination for which replay is a bonus in the lottery table used for the lottery of the internal lottery unit 120 (described later) is larger than the normal gaming state. Say That is, RT means a gaming state in which the probability of winning a replay is higher than that in the normal gaming state.
Here, the gaming state in which both AT and RT are staying is referred to as assist replay time (ART).

  Although the details will be described later, in the gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment, when AT is started, RT is always started to become ART. In the present embodiment, the advantageous game state is AT and ART.

  The internal lottery section 120 uses the detection of the operation (start operation) of the start lever 26 as a trigger to determine whether or not a plurality of predetermined winning combinations or bonus combinations are determined by lottery. More specifically, internal lottery unit 120 acquires a random number, refers to an internal lottery table stored in advance in ROM 103, and determines to which winning combination or bonus combination the acquired random number corresponds. Do.

In the present embodiment, the winning combination and the bonus combination drawn by the internal drawing unit 120 are illustrated in FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a winning combination and a bonus combination according to the present embodiment and lottery numbers corresponding thereto. Here, the lottery number is an identification number determined in association with each winning combination and bonus combination.
The random number circuit (not shown) used for the internal lottery is a random number circuit that generates random numbers of up to 16 bits and can generate 65,536 random numbers, and each random number is 23 types of internal lottery lottery shown in FIG. It can be divided into one. By biasing the number of distributions to each lot in this distribution, it is possible to adjust the ease of winning each lottery. Specifically, for example, the ease of winning each lottery may be adjusted by appropriately setting the number of distributions to each lottery for each game setting value or lottery table.

Even if the winning flag is set by the internal lottery, such as the winning combination of the name given “forward press”, “middle press”, and “right press” described above, it is set depending on the stop operation mode. In the present embodiment, a case where a winning combination corresponding to the winning flag may not be established is referred to as an "operation regulation combination".
Further, when the winning combination in the internal lottery is the operation regulation combination, the operation mode including the "specific stop operation" related to the operation regulation combination is called "right operation mode", and the "specific operation configuration" related to the operation regulation combination An operation mode not including the stop operation is referred to as an "error operation mode".
In the present embodiment, the “specific stop operation” is an operation order that is an order of stopping operation of the plurality of reels 65, the normal operation mode is an operation mode according to the operation order, and the erroneous operation mode is the operation mode The operation sequence is an operation mode according to the operation sequence different from the operation sequence.
In addition to the winning combination in which the success or failure is branched according to the pushing order (operation order) of the stopping operation as described above, the concept of “operation regulation combination” is a winning combination in which the success or failure is branched according to the timing of the stopping operation (for example, Although an embodiment including a watermelon combination, a cherry combination, etc.) may be taken, in the present embodiment, a winning combination whose success or failure is branched depending on the pushing order will be referred to as an "operation regulation combination".

Also, among the winning combinations, the winning combination with the name “common” is a winning combination in which a predetermined symbol corresponding to the winning combination can be stopped and displayed on the effective line, regardless of which stop button is used as the first stop button. It is.
Further, the upper role indicates the presence or absence of winning for a bonus game (RBB or CBB), and the lower role indicates the presence or absence of winning for a winning or re-play (so-called small role).
The RBB indicates an accessory continuous operating device according to a first class special role in the present embodiment, and the CBB indicates an attribute continuous actuation device according to a second special role in the present embodiment.
For example, the lottery number “0” corresponds to the case where neither the bonus combination nor the small combination is won. Further, the lottery number “1” corresponds to the case where the bonus combination is not won and the normal replay is won. Further, the lot number "13" corresponds to the case where the RBB is won and the small part is not won. Further, the lottery number “15” corresponds to the case where both the RBB and the normal replay are also won.

As shown in FIG. 7, the lot number "17" corresponds to the case where both the RBB and the chance replay are won. Further, the lottery number “18” corresponds to the case where both CBB and chance replay are also won.
Here, a chance replay is a winning combination in which a replay is given as a benefit and an ART is given when a combination of symbols corresponding to the chance replay (see FIG. 8B described later) is stopped and displayed. It is. Further, when the combination of symbols corresponding to the chance replay is stopped and displayed, the forerunner execution unit 216 executes forerunner effect.
In the present embodiment, the AT can make transition as a transition condition that “predetermined special condition” is established in the symbol variation game after the winning flag corresponding to the specific winning combination (chance replay) is set. It is an advantageous game state advantageous to. Here, the "predetermined special condition" is that the combination of symbols corresponding to a specific winning combination (chance replay) is stopped and displayed.
As described above, the gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment achieves a game that can be won (simultaneous drawing can be made) in the same symbol variation game for both the small winning combination and the bonus game.

The flag setting unit 130 sets a winning flag indicating that a winning combination or bonus combination selected by the internal lottery unit 120 can be established. Here, that the winning combination or bonus combination is established is that the combination of symbols corresponding to the winning combination or bonus combination drawn by the internal drawing unit 120 is stopped and displayed on the effective line as a result of the symbol variation game. Say
In the following description, the setting of the winning flag corresponding to the winning combination or bonus combination selected by the internal lottery unit 120 may be expressed as "winning combination winning" or "bonus combination winning". However, this expression means that a winning flag which is a part of conditions for establishing a winning combination or a bonus combination is set, and the establishment of the winning combination or the bonus combination is permitted.

The rotation control unit 140 controls rotation of the reel 65 by driving the reel motor 68. In the control of the rotation control unit 140, when controlling the fluctuation display and stop display of the symbol in the symbol fluctuation game (normal rotation control) and controlling the fluctuation display and stop display of the symbol in the freeze effect (special time Motion control) and
Here, the freeze effect means a state in which the stop button 27 corresponding to the rotating reel 65 does not receive the operation of the player even though at least one reel 65 is rotating. The fluctuation display or stop display of the symbols performed in the freeze effect is not the symbol fluctuation game, and the freeze effect does not directly affect the result of the symbol fluctuation game.

More specifically, the rotation control unit 140 outputs a pulse signal to the reel motor 68 so as to rotate each of the reels 65 at a predetermined speed during the execution period of the variable display of the symbol. The reel motor 68 is a stepping motor, and can input the pulse signal output from the rotation control unit 140 to rotate the respective reels 65 in an intermittently variable rotation mode.
The rotation angle (the number of moving pieces) of the reel 65 increases in proportion to the length of the pulse signal output from the rotation control unit 140. In addition, the rotational speed of the reel 65 increases in proportion to the frequency of the pulse signal output from the rotational control unit 140.

In addition, when the rotation control unit 140 wins the above-mentioned lottery number "17" or "18" in the lottery by the internal lottery unit 120, "chance replay, which is a lower order than the bonus combination RBB or CBB. The symbol combination corresponding to "" is displayed with priority prior to stop display.
Specifically, the rotation control unit 140 can perform control (slip control) in which the reel 65 can move up to a maximum of 4 frames, and a symbol corresponding to a specific winning combination ("chance replay") by the slide control. It is realized that the stop display is given priority for the combination of.
That is, when the internal lottery unit (internal lottery unit 120) draws both a specific winning combination and a bonus combination in the same symbol variation game, the rotation control unit 140 supports the specific winning combination rather than the bonus combination. The stop display of the combination of symbols to be given priority.
Here, when the combination of symbols corresponding to the chance replay (refer to FIG. 8 (b) described later) is stopped and displayed, as described above, the replay is provided and the ART is provided. In the present embodiment, by adopting a configuration in which the combination of symbols corresponding to the chance replay is preferentially displayed in a stopped manner rather than the bonus combination, the transition to ART is made before transitioning to the bonus gaming state despite the winning of the bonus combination. Do. In other words, the setting of the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination is maintained by the flag setting unit 130 until the gaming state control unit 110 shifts the gaming state to ART.
Thus, in the present embodiment, when the RBB or CBB and "chance replay" are won in the same symbol variation game, the combination of symbols corresponding to "chance replay" is stopped and displayed in the symbol variation game, and The symbol variation game in the advantageous game state starts from the next symbol variation game.
In addition, it is also possible that the combination of symbols corresponding to the bonus combination won at the same time as "chance replay" (for example, see FIG. 11 (a) or FIG. 11 (b)) can be stopped and displayed. It is from.

  As described above, since the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination can be maintained until the symbol variation game after the symbol variation game to shift to the advantageous gaming state, it is possible to enjoy the bonus game after creating the symbol variation game in the advantageous gaming state it can. Therefore, after the interest is aroused when transitioning to the advantageous gaming state, the interest is further aroused when transitioning to the bonus gaming state, so that the advantageous gaming state and the bonus gaming state act synergistically to play a game. Interest of the person is effectively enhanced.

The symbol display determination unit 150 determines which combination of symbols or combinations of symbols stopped and displayed on the active line (line L2 in the present embodiment) in the symbol variation game corresponds to or not. The drawings shown in FIG. 8 to FIG. 11 are an example of a combination of symbols corresponding to a winning combination or a bonus combination in the present embodiment.
For example, FIG. 8 (a) is an example of a combination of symbols corresponding to normal replay (lot number “1” shown in FIG. 7), and three replay symbols are stopped and displayed on line L2, and they are reissued as a bonus A game is awarded.
Further, FIG. 8 (b) is an example of a combination of symbols corresponding to the chance replay (lottery number "2" shown in FIG. 7), and the line L2 is stopped in the order of the replay symbol / replay symbol / bell symbol It is displayed, the replay is given as a benefit and the ART is given.

In FIG. 8C, the forward push fall replay (lot number “3” shown in FIG. 7), middle push fall replay (lot number “4” shown in FIG. 7) or right push fall replay (lot number “ It is an example of a combination of symbols corresponding to 5 ′ ′), and is stopped and displayed on the line L2 in the order of replay symbol, replay symbol and watermelon symbol, and replay is given as a benefit. Further, when the symbol variation game in which the combination of symbols in FIG. 8C is stopped and displayed is the replay time (RT), it may fall from the replay time to the normal gaming state.
The symbol shown in FIG. 8C is displayed when the win flag is set and the first stop reel (reel 65 that stops first) is the reel 65C or the reel 65R. Is a winning combination (replay combination) that can be stopped and displayed. When the first stop reel is the reel 65L when the win flag of the forward push fall replay is set, the combination of symbols corresponding to the normal replay (see FIG. 8A) is stopped. It is displayed, and replay is given as a benefit.
In this case, the winning flag is set in the middle push down fall replay, and when the first stop reel is the reel 65L or the reel 65R, a winning combination in which the combination of the symbols shown in FIG. 8 (c) can be stopped and displayed. (Replay role). If the first stop reel is the reel 65C when the win-down fall replay flag is set, the symbol combination corresponding to the normal replay (see FIG. 8A) is displayed as a stop. And a replay is given as a benefit.
Here, with the right push fall replay, the winning flag is set, and when the first stop reel is the reel 65L or the reel 65C, the winning combination that the combination of the symbols shown in FIG. It is a role (replay role). When the first stop reel is the reel 65R when the right push fall replay flag is set, the combination of symbols corresponding to the normal replay (see FIG. 8A) is stopped. It is displayed, and replay is given as a benefit.

Fig.9 (a) is an example of the combination of the symbol corresponding to a common bell (lottery number "10" shown in FIG. 7), three bell symbols are stop-displayed on the line L2, and it becomes a bell role as a privilege The corresponding number of medals (for example, six) are awarded.
Further, FIG. 9 (a) is a forward-pushing bell (lottery number “7” shown in FIG. 7), a center-pushing bell (lottery number “8” shown in FIG. 7), or a right-handed bell (lottery number “ 9 ") is also an example of a combination of symbols corresponding to. More specifically, FIG. 9 (a) is a combination of symbols that can be stopped and displayed when the first stop reel is set to the reel 65L in the symbol variation game in which the win flag of the forward press bell is set. Is a combination of symbols that can be stopped and displayed when the first stop reel is set to the reel 65C in the symbol variation game in which the winning flag of 1 is set, and in the symbol variation game in which the winning flag of the right push bell is set. It is a combination of symbols that can be displayed in a stopped state when the stopped reel is a reel 65R.

  When the first stop reel is set to the reel 65C or the reel 65R in the symbol variation game in which the win flag of the forward press bell is set, the first stop reel in the symbol variation game in which the win flag of the center push bell is set. In the case of using the reel 65L or the reel 65R, or in the case of using the first stop reel as the reel 65L or the reel 65C in a symbol variation game in which a right push bell winning flag is set, the symbol shown in FIG. The combination is stopped and displayed, and the number of medals (for example, one) corresponding to the bell spill role is awarded as a benefit. That is, in the case of listing here, the display is stopped so that the three bell symbols are aligned on the line (line L1) excluding the effective line.

FIG. 10 (a) is an example of a combination of symbols corresponding to watermelon (lot number “11” shown in FIG. 7), and stopped and displayed so that three watermelon symbols are aligned on the line L4. However, since the effective line in this embodiment is line L2, in the symbol display determination unit 150, winning of the watermelon combination is determined by a combination of symbols consisting of a bell pattern, a watermelon pattern, and a replay pattern on the line L2. The medals (for example, 10) according to the watermelon role are given as.
FIG. 10 (b) is an example of a combination of symbols corresponding to cherries (lot number "12" shown in FIG. 7), and the cherry symbols are stopped and displayed on the lower side of the reel 65L. However, since the effective line in this embodiment is the line L2, in the symbol display determination unit 150, winning of the cherry character combination is determined by the combination of the symbol consisting of the BAR symbol, the BAR symbol and the watermelon symbol on the line L2. The medals (for example, 1 sheet) according to the role of cherry are awarded as.

FIG. 11 (a) is an example of a combination of symbols corresponding to RBB (lot number “13” shown in FIG. 7), and stopped and displayed so that three red 7 symbols are aligned on line L2, and as a privilege It shifts to the bonus game state (activates the feature continuous operation device according to the first kind special feature).
FIG.11 (b) is an example of the combination of the symbol corresponding to CBB (lottery number "14" shown in FIG. 7), and it stops in order of red 7 design * red 7 design * blue 7 design in line L2 It is displayed and shifts to the bonus game state as a benefit (activates the feature continuous operation device according to the second kind special feature).

FIG.11 (c) is an example of the combination of the symbol corresponding to fake play (lottery number "6" shown in FIG. 7), and it stops in order of bell symbol / red 7 symbol / red 7 symbol in line L2 It is displayed, and replay is given as a benefit. More specifically, FIG. 11C shows a combination of symbols that can be stopped and displayed when the first stop reel is set to the reel 65R in a symbol variation game in which a win flag of fake play is set.
When the first stop reel is set to the reel 65L or the reel 65C in the symbol variation game in which the win flag of fake play is set, the combination of the symbols shown in FIG. A game is awarded.

Details will be described later with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 23 and 24. However, at least a part of the symbol variation game in which a winning flag corresponding to RBB or a winning flag corresponding to fake play is set An instruction to stop and display the red 7 symbol on the line L2 in order from 65R (hereinafter, may be referred to as a bonus symbol instruction effect or "7 aim aiming effect") is executed.
When this effect is executed and the winning flag corresponding to the RBB is set, the stop display is performed as shown in FIG. Further, in the case where this effect is executed and the winning flag corresponding to the fake play is set, the stop display is performed as shown in FIG. 11 (c).
That is, FIG. 11C corresponds to the stop display provided as a failure pattern in the “Aim for 7” effect.

The explanation is returned to FIG.
The symbol display determination unit 150 includes an advantageous period determination unit 152 that performs a lottery to determine “the number of initial AT games” in a series of processes related to determination of a combination of symbols displayed in a stopped state. In other words, when transitioning to the advantageous game state (AT), the advantageous period determination unit 152 functions as an advantageous period determination means for determining an advantageous period which is a period in which the transition advantageous game state (AT) can stay.
Here, the advantageous period is a period of stay in the AT and is not directly related to the period of stay in the RT. However, when the AT ends, the notification of the stop operation for the bell combination in which the pushing order is defined or the notification of the stop operation for avoiding the fall fall replay is not performed, and therefore, a part of the replay time (RT2) is usually It becomes easy to fall to the gaming state (RT1).
In the present embodiment, the number of initial AT games is an initial value determined before executing the AT as the number of symbol variation games that can stay in the AT.
That is, the advantageous period determination unit 152 selects the number of symbol variation games that can stay in the AT to be shifted before the gaming state control means (playing state control unit 110) shifts to the advantageous gaming state (AT). Perform a game number lottery.
Note that the game state control unit 110 manages the number of times of execution of the symbol variation game based on the number of initial AT games.

Here, the number-of-games lottery table referred to in the lottery in which the advantageous period determination unit 152 determines the number of initial AT games varies depending on the presence or absence of the winning flag related to RBB or CBB at the time of the lottery.
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of the game number lottery table TB0 to TB2 to which the advantageous period determination unit 152 refers. “G” in FIG. 12 is an abbreviation for “game”.
Here, the number-of-games lottery table TB0 is referred to when the winning flag of the high-ranking hand is not set. The game number lottery table TB1 is referred to when the winning flag of the RBB is set. The game number lottery table TB2 is referred to when the CBB winning flag is set.
As shown in FIG. 12, in the number-of-games lottery table TB0, which is referred to when the winning flag of the high-ranking hand is not set, the maximum number of initial AT games is only 25 games at most, and the number-of-games lottery When referring to the table TB0, it is not possible to win the initial AT game count of 26 games or more.
On the other hand, in the number-of-games lottery tables TB1 and TB2 in the case where the winning flag of the higher rank is set, the maximum number of initial AT games is distributed up to 30 games, and the number of games won It is distributed so that the expected value of the number of possible initial AT games is large.

Here, the advantageous gaming state to be shifted when the omen effect is executed is referred to as the “precursor advantage gaming state”, and the advantageous gaming state to be shifted when the squelch exemplification effect is executed is the “gase precursor advantageous gaming state”. It is called.
In the present embodiment, as described with reference to FIG. 12, when the advantageous gaming state to be a target of the lottery for determining the number of initial AT games is the present advantageous gaming state, the number of initial AT games is determined. The game count lottery tables TB0 to TB2 are configured such that a large number of initial AT game counts can be easily selected as compared with the case where the advantageous game state to be the target of the lottery is the arsenal advantageous game state.
Specifically, when the game count lottery table is listed in descending order of the expected value of the selected initial AT game count, the game count lottery table TB1, the game count lottery table TB2, and the game count lottery table TB0 are obtained.
Here, the difference between the expected value of the initial AT game number by the game number lottery table TB0 and the expected value of the initial AT game number by the game number lottery table TB1, TB2 is expected of the initial AT game number by the game number lottery table TB1. It is larger than the difference between the value and the expected value of the number of initial AT games according to the number-of-games lottery table TB2.
In other words, the number-of-games lottery table TB1 and the number-of-games lottery table TB2 to be referred to at the time of the present effect production are difficult to distinguish from the difference between the expected values of the number of initial AT games. In addition, the game number lottery table TB0 referred to at the time of the accompaniment effect is configured so that it can be easily distinguished from the game number lottery tables TB1 and TB2 referred to at the time of the accrual effect from the difference between the expected values of the initial AT game number. .
Therefore, by configuring the number-of-games lottery tables TB0, TB1, and TB2 as described above, there is room to discriminate between the adversary effect and the adversary accompaniment effect, depending on the difference in the number of symbol variation games that can stay in the AT. Can be given to the player.

  In the example shown in FIG. 12, by setting the distribution value of 4 games to "0" in the game number lottery table TB0, 4 games are provided as the initial AT game number only when the bonus combination is won. The configuration is Therefore, a player who is known about this has room to guess that he has won the bonus combination when an initial AT game of four games is awarded. As described above, by providing room for guessing the winning of the bonus combination, various game characteristics can be promoted and the interest of the game can be enhanced. In the present embodiment, although the player is given room to guess that he has won the bonus combination as described above, he is not configured to give room to guess that he has not won the bonus combination. This is because, if it is presumed that the player has not won the bonus combination, the interest may decrease.

  It should be noted that a predetermined number of times may be added to the number of initial AT games when a specific condition is satisfied. That is, it may be configured to perform so-called addition of the number of AT games. When configured in this manner, the advantageous period determination unit 152 may be configured to perform a lottery to determine the number of AT games to be added.

The explanation is returned to FIG.
The command generation unit 160 generates a command to be transmitted from the main substrate 100 to the sub substrate 200. The command generated by the command generation unit 160 includes the determination condition of each effect performed by the sub substrate 200, information related to the notification of the stop operation performed by the notification control unit 211, and the like. In the present embodiment, the command includes the AT instruction number of the notification control of the stop operation to be executed by the notification control unit 211, and the set values of the AT mode and the RT mode.

The sub generalization unit 210 controls the effect display unit 220, the sound output unit 230, or the LED light emitting unit 240 based on the command transmitted from the main substrate 100.
The effect display unit 220 has a function of controlling the effect display device 63, and interlocks with the symbol variation game executed by the main board 100 to cause the effect display device 63 to perform the effect by the display output.
The sound output unit 230 has a function of controlling the speaker 49, and causes the speaker 49 to perform effects by sound output in conjunction with the symbol variation game executed by the main substrate 100.
The LED light emitting unit 240 has a function of controlling the LEDs mounted on the decoration LED substrate 41, and interlocks with the symbol variation game executed by the main substrate 100 to cause the LED to execute effects by light emission output.

In addition, when performing effects such as a omen effect, the sub-supervisory unit 210 controls the execution of effects such as a omen effect based on each setting value of RT mode or AT mode included in the received command. .
For example, the sub-supervisory unit 210 instructs the effect display unit 220, the sound output unit 230, or the LED light emitting unit 240 to execute the start or end of the admonition effect by each setting value in the RT mode or the AT mode. A specific control method of display output such as omen effect will be described later.

In the present embodiment, the sub-supervisory unit 210 includes a notification control unit 211, a warning execution unit 214, and a false alarm execution unit 216.
The notification control unit 211 instructs the player to perform a stop operation when a predetermined condition is satisfied (for example, at the time of execution of an AT or at the time of execution of “Aim for 7 aim”). That is, the notification control unit 211 draws the lottery in at least a part of the case where the operation regulation combination in which the specific stop operation is specified as the condition that the combination of the corresponding symbols can be stopped and displayed is drawn by the internal drawing unit 120. It functions as operation notification means for notifying a specific stop operation corresponding to the specified operation regulation combination.

The notification control unit 211 executes “Aim for aiming at 7” which instructs the player to perform a stop operation adapted to the combination of the symbols corresponding to the bonus combination. Specifically, “Aim for aiming at 7” is an effect for displaying on the effect display device 63 a message requesting the player to align the seven symbols when the bonus symbol is seven symbols. In addition, the specific presentation aspect of "targeting 7" is later mentioned with reference to FIG.
The instruction from the notification control unit 211 may be displayed on the effect display device 63, may be output as sound from the speaker 49, or may be represented by the light emission of the LED mounted on the decoration LED substrate 41. Good.
That is, in at least a part of the symbol variation game executed while staying in the advantageous gaming state, the effect control means (notification control unit 211) is a stop operation adapted to the combination of the symbols corresponding to the bonus combination. A bonus symbol instruction effect (aim for aiming at 7) is executed to instruct the player. Here, the "adapted stop operation" includes a stop operation (a so-called "marking of a bonus symbol") for stopping and displaying a combination of symbols corresponding to a bonus combination on an effective line.
Here, the notification control unit 211 executes the bonus symbol instruction effect based on the command from the main substrate 100, and during the stay in the advantageous gaming state, in the second half of the former half of the stay period of the advantageous gaming state, The bonus symbol instruction effect is executed more frequently. That is, the occurrence frequency of the bonus symbol instruction effect by the notification control unit 211 is higher in the latter half of the first half of the period of staying in the advantageous gaming state.
By configuring in this way, when staying in the advantageous gaming state, there is a high possibility of transitioning to the bonus gaming state in the second half of the first half, and therefore, the configuration is highly likely to shift to the bonus gaming state in the first half It can be expected to stay in the advantageous gaming state longer as compared to the case. As a result, it can be expected that the bonus game will be started after the player has received the benefit of the advantageous gaming state for a long period of time.

The precursor execution unit 214 executes an announcement effect that suggests setting of a winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination, triggered by the setting of the winning flag of the bonus combination (RBB or CBB). In the present embodiment, the present effect is a precursor effect performed in a state in which a winning flag corresponding to a bonus combination is set, and a combination of symbols corresponding to the bonus combination is not stopped and displayed.
That is, the present execution means (the present execution section 214) is triggered by at least a part of when the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination is set, the main effect rendering suggests the setting of the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination. Run. When the precursor effect is executed by the precursor execution means (the main executor execution unit 214), the gaming state control means (the gaming state control unit 110) shifts to the advantageous gaming state and shifts to the advantageous gaming state Switch to the bonus game state.
Specifically, the precursor execution unit 214 operates the effect display device 63, the speaker 49, or the decoration LED substrate 41 by controlling the effect display unit 220, the audio output unit 230, or the LED light emitting unit 240. Execute the precursor effect.
When the winning combination flag of the bonus combination is not set, and the combination of symbols corresponding to the chance replay (for example, see FIG. 8B) is stopped and displayed, the Gase precursor execution unit 216 executes the Gasse precursor effect. Do.
That is, at least in a case where the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination is not set and the predetermined special condition is satisfied, the gassed antecedent executing means (the Gaseded annex executing unit 216) produces an effect mode of the present accompaniment effect In the effect mode common to at least a part of the above, an anticipation effect suggestive is performed as if the win flag corresponding to the bonus combination is set.
Here, in the case where the gasse accompaniment effect is executed by the gasse accompaniment executing means (the gase accompaniment executing portion 216), the gaming state control means (the gaming state control portion 110) shifts to the advantageous gaming state.
In the present embodiment, the stern ambition effect is a precautionary effect performed in such a manner that it is difficult for the player to distinguish the accompaniment effect mode of the accompaniment effect, even though the bonus flag is not set.
Specifically, by controlling the effect display unit 220, the audio output unit 230, or the LED light emitting unit 240, the false alarm execution unit 216 operates the effect display device 63, the speaker 49, or the decoration LED board 41. Perform a Gaze ambition.

<About assist time>
Here, the assist time (AT) will be described in detail.
As described above, the AT in this embodiment is an advantageous gaming state in which the probability that the notification of the stop operation under the control of the notification control unit 211 is generated is set higher than in the normal gaming state, and the bonus gaming state Not a gaming state.

In the present embodiment, the AT instruction lottery for determining the operation mode to notify the player is performed only in the symbol variation game staying at the AT, and according to the AT instruction lottery according to the lottery result, the notification control unit 211 Instructions can occur.
That is, when staying in the advantageous gaming state, the probability that the notification control unit 211 notifies of a specific stop operation is improved as compared with the normal gaming state.
The gaming state in which the AT mode is set to 0 is a state in which the AT is not staying.
The gaming state in which the AT mode is set to 1 is a state in which the user is staying at the AT and an instruction by the notification control unit 211 (an instruction related to AT instruction numbers “1” to “4” described later) can occur.
The gaming state in which the AT mode is set to 3 is a state in which an instruction by the notification control unit 211 (an instruction relating to AT instruction numbers “1” to “4” described later) is not generated. The game state of

  Here, the AT instruction lottery is a process for setting an AT instruction number which is a part of a digital control signal (command) output from the main substrate 100 to the sub substrate 200. The AT instruction number is a number corresponding to a command for instructing the sub substrate 200 to notify the player of the operation mode. A command including the AT instruction number is generated by the CPU 101 and output from the main substrate 100 to the sub substrate 200.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing instruction contents corresponding to each AT instruction number.
As shown in FIG. 13, the AT instruction number “0” is an instruction number instructing that the player should not be notified of the operation mode. The AT instruction number “1” is an instruction number for designating a left push operation mode in which the stop button 27L is the first stop button as an operation mode for notifying the player. The AT instruction number "2" is an instruction number for designating a press-down operation mode in which the stop button 27C is used as a first stop button as an operation mode to notify the player. The AT instruction number "3" is an instruction number for designating the right pressing operation mode in which the stop button 27R is the first stop button as the operation mode for notifying the player. The AT instruction number “4” is an instruction number instructing to inform the player that the operation of aligning the seven symbols should be performed.

Hereinafter, a specific notification example corresponding to the above-mentioned AT instruction number will be described.
FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a notification example of the operation mode corresponding to the AT instruction number "1". Specifically, the AT instruction number "1" is, for example, a first stop indicating that it is the reel to be stopped first at the portion near the left reel 65L in the effect display area 62 as shown in FIG. 14, for example. This is an instruction number for displaying the assist display 301.
As a result, the player recognizes that the stop button 27L corresponding to the left reel 65L should be pressed first (should be the first stop button).

  The first stop assist display 301 may be any display as long as the player can recognize the stop button 27 to be the first stop button by the first stop assist display 301. . Further, the notification of the stop button 27 which should be the first stop button does not necessarily need to use the effect display area 62, for example, even if the speaker 49 is used to notify the stop button 27 which should be the first stop button. You may alert | report the stop button 27 made into a 1st stop button by lighting, blink, etc. of the LED lamp which the said stop button 27 contains.

  Note that, as described above, only the stop button 27 serving as the first stop button is defined as the operation defining combination in the present embodiment, and therefore, the stop button 27 pressed second or third may be any. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 14, the player is not notified of the stop button 27 pressed secondly or thirdly, and the effect display area 62 is pressed on the portion near the reel corresponding to other than the first stop button. An any display 302 indicating that the order is not important is displayed.

As shown in FIG. 15, the instruction number "2" is an instruction number for notifying the player that the stop button 27C should be the first stop button.
FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a notification example of the operation mode corresponding to the AT instruction number “2”. Specifically, the instruction number "2" is an instruction number for displaying the first stop assist display 301 in the vicinity of the middle reel 65C in the effect display area 62 as shown in FIG. 15, for example. Thereby, the player recognizes that the stop button 27C corresponding to the middle reel 65C should be the first stop button.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a notification example of the operation mode corresponding to the AT instruction number "3". Specifically, the AT instruction number "3" is an instruction number for displaying the first stop assist display 301 in the vicinity of the right reel 65R in the effect display area 62 as shown in FIG. 16, for example. Thereby, the player recognizes that the stop button 27R corresponding to the right reel 65R should be the first stop button.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a notification example of the operation mode corresponding to the AT instruction number “4”. Specifically, the AT instruction number "4" is an AT instruction number which causes the notification control unit 211 to execute the above-described "7 aim at effect", and for example, as shown in FIG. , Requests to align the 7 patterns' Aim for 7! And an arrow indication 305 prompting the user to stop in the order of the reels 65R, 65C and 65L in the lower part thereof. Thereby, the player recognizes that the seven symbols should be aligned by right pressing in the symbol variation game. In addition, the concept of pushing order is not necessarily required for the bonus symbol instruction effect, and an effect mode in which the arrow display 305 is not displayed may be adopted.
Thus, the effect control means (sub control unit 210) is a player who performs the stop operation adapted to the combination of the symbols corresponding to the bonus role in at least a part of the symbol variation game executed while staying in the advantageous gaming state. Execute a bonus symbol instruction effect to instruct the.

<Replay time>
By the way, as described above, in the RT in the present embodiment, the total number of random numbers allocated to the winning combination for which the replay is a privilege in the lottery table used for the lottery of the internal lottery unit 120 is compared to the normal gaming state. We say big game state. That is, RT means a gaming state in which the probability of winning a replay is higher than that in the normal gaming state.
In the present embodiment, the RT mode is set to 0 or 1 in the normal gaming state, and the RT mode is set to 2, 3 or 4 in the RT. Here, the internal lottery table to be referred to when the internal lottery unit 120 executes the internal lottery is different for each RT mode as follows.
In the gaming state in which the RT mode is set to 0, the internal lottery unit 120 refers to the internal lottery table RT0 when executing the internal lottery.
In the gaming state in which the RT mode is set to 1, the internal lottery unit 120 refers to the internal lottery table RT1 when executing the internal lottery.
In the gaming state in which the RT mode is set to 2, the internal lottery unit 120 refers to the internal lottery table RT2 when executing the internal lottery.
In the gaming state in which the RT mode is set to 3, the internal lottery unit 120 refers to the internal lottery table RT3 when executing the internal lottery.
In the gaming state in which the RT mode is set to 4, the internal lottery unit 120 refers to the internal lottery table RT4 when executing the internal lottery.

In the present embodiment, the number of random numbers assigned to the winning combinations for which the internal lottery tables RT0 to RT4 make the re-playing bonus are as shown in FIG. Here, FIG. 18 is a diagram showing distribution values of each lot (see FIG. 7) in each of the internal lottery tables RT0 to RT4. As shown in FIG. 18, the internal lottery table RT0 and the internal lottery table RT1 are allocated to winning combinations (lottery numbers "1" to "6", "15" to "18") for making a replay a bonus. The total number of random numbers is equal. In addition, internal lottery tables RT2, RT3 and RT4 are compared with internal lottery tables RT0 and RT1, and a winning combination (a lottery number "1" to "6", "15" to "18") which makes replaying a privilege The total number of random numbers assigned to is large.
Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the internal lottery unit 120 executes the internal lottery, the gaming state (RT2 operating state, RT3 operating state, or RT4 operating state) referring to the internal lottery table RT2, RT3 or RT4 is RT. is there.

  Note that ART, which is a gaming state staying in both AT and RT, is a gaming state in which the AT mode is set to 1 and the RT mode is set to 2, 3 or 4.

<About transition of gaming state>
FIGS. 19 and 20 are diagrams showing an example of the transition of the gaming state in the gaming machine 10. FIG. The transition of the gaming state is performed by the gaming state control unit 110 updating the setting value of the AT mode and the setting value of the RT mode.
For convenience of explanation, in FIGS. 19 and 20, the gaming state relating to RT is expressed as “RT non-operating state”, “RT1 operating state”, “RT2 operating state”, “RT3 operating state” and “RT4 operating state” The gaming state relating to the AT is expressed as "AT not operating state", "AT1 operating state", and "AT3 operating state".
First, with regard to each gaming state relating to RT and each gaming state relating to AT, the start trigger and the end trigger will be described, and then the state transition shown in FIG. 19 and FIG. 20 will be described in detail.
The “RT inoperative state” is a gaming state in which the RT mode is set to 0, and the internal lottery section 120 refers to the gaming state in which the internal lottery table RT0 is referred to.
The “RT1 operating state” is a gaming state in which the RT mode is set to 1 and the internal lottery section 120 refers to the internal lottery table RT1.
The “RT2 operating state” is a gaming state in which the RT mode is set to 2, and the internal lottery section 120 refers to the gaming state in which the internal lottery table RT2 is referred to. In this gaming state, a bonus combination (RBB or CBB) is not won in the symbol variation game in the RT1 operating state, and a combination of symbols corresponding to “chance replay” (see, eg, FIG. 8B) is stopped and displayed. Transition to the game state.
The “RT3 operating state” is a gaming state in which the RT mode is set to 3, and the internal lottery section 120 refers to the gaming state in which the internal lottery table RT3 is referred to. In this gaming state, a winning flag of the RBB is set, and the gaming state shifts in the case where the symbol combination relating to the RBB (see, for example, FIG. 11A) is not stopped and displayed due to the winning flag. is there.
The “RT4 operating state” is a gaming state in which the RT mode is set to 4 and is a gaming state in which the internal lottery table RT4 is referred to by the internal lottery section 120. In this gaming state, the CBB's winning flag is set, and the gaming state is transitioned when the symbol combination related to the CBB (for example, see FIG. 11B) is not stopped and displayed due to the winning flag. is there.

  The "AT inoperative state" is a gaming state in which the AT mode is set to 0. In this gaming state, (i) the RT2 is in operation (in other words, the bonus combination winning flag is not set), and the symbol corresponding to "bell spill" in the symbol variation game in the AT1 operation state described later When the combination of symbols (for example, FIG. 9 (b)) or the symbol combination (see FIG. 8 (c)) corresponding to “dropping replay” is stopped and displayed, or (ii) when the bonus game pertaining to RBB is over Migrate to

The "AT 1 operating state" is a gaming state in which the AT mode is set to 1, and is a gaming state in which AT is being executed. This gaming state is a gaming state in which transition is made when a symbol combination (see, eg, FIG. 8B) corresponding to “chance replay” is stopped in the symbol variation game in the AT inactive state.
Specifically, for example, in the case where the lottery by the internal lottery unit 120 has won the lottery with the lottery number "17" or "18", and in the same symbol variation game, both the chance replay and the bonus combination are won, The movement control unit 140 controls the rotation of the reel 65 so that the combination of symbols corresponding to the chance replay (see, for example, FIG. 8B) is preferentially stopped and displayed. Therefore, in the next symbol variation game of the symbol variation game, the gaming state control unit 110 shifts the gaming state to the advantageous gaming state.
That is, when the internal lottery unit (internal lottery unit 120) draws both the specific winning combination and the bonus combination in the same symbol variation game, the combination of symbols corresponding to the specific winning combination is stopped and displayed in the symbol variation game. In the next symbol variation game, the gaming state control means (gaming state control unit 110) shifts to the advantageous gaming state.

The "AT3 operating state" is a gaming state in which the AT mode is set to 3. In this gaming state, a bonus combination winning flag is set, and the gaming state is transitioned when the following "AT1 operation state termination trigger" occurs. In the present embodiment, the termination trigger of the AT1 operating state is (i) that the number of remaining AT games (the number of remaining symbol variation games capable of continuing the AT1 operating state) has become zero, (ii) "Bell spill" That the symbol combination (for example, FIG. 9 (b)) corresponding to the symbol combination (for example, refer to FIG. 8 (c)) corresponding to "fall fall replay" is stopped and displayed, (iii) it corresponds to RBB or CBB The combination of symbols is displayed in a stopped state. Here, in the AT3 operating state, a bonus determination effect (bonus notification effect) may be executed to notify the player that the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination has been set.
That is, when at least one of the case where the bonus determination effect (bonus notification effect) is executed or the combination of the symbols corresponding to the bonus combination is stopped and displayed, the advantageous gaming state is ended.
As a result, the advantageous gaming state ends with at least one of the execution of the bonus announcement effect and the start of the bonus gaming state, so that the entertaining deterioration of the player accompanying the termination of the advantageous gaming state is canceled out by the fun of the bonus combination. Here, as the time from when the player recognizes the end of the advantageous gaming state to at least one of the execution of the bonus announcement effect and / or the start of the bonus gaming state is shorter, the game in which the end of the advantageous gaming state is recognized Although it is difficult to cause a decrease in the player's interest, the interest is further aroused by the winning of the bonus part without the interest of the player improved by the advantageous gaming state being greatly reduced.
Note that although an event related to the termination trigger of (ii) is an event that does not occur if the operation according to the instruction of the notification control unit 211 is performed, if an operation not following the instruction of the notification control unit 211 is performed temporarily. Can occur.

As described above, when the internal lottery means (the internal lottery unit 120) wins both of the specific winning combination (chance replay) and the bonus combination (RBB or CBB) in the same symbol variation game, the game state control means (the random game) The game state control unit 110) shifts to the advantageous game state, and thereafter, the effect control means (sub control unit 210) executes the bonus notification effect.
In this manner, after the transition to the advantageous gaming state, in order to notify the player of the setting of the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination definitively, the player is aroused interest when the transition to the advantageous gaming state The bonus game state is known to be won, the advantageous game state and the bonus game act synergistically, and the interest is more strongly aroused.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when AT is started, RT is always started to be ART. On the other hand, when the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination is set and the symbol combination corresponding to the chance replay is not stopped and displayed, the gaming state is such that the RT is executed without the AT being executed.
In addition, when RT is ended while ART is being executed, AT is always ended. On the other hand, when the number of games determined by lottery at the start of the AT is settled while the ART is being executed, only the AT is ended and the RT is continuously executed.

In the present embodiment, each gaming state shown in FIG. 19 is classified as follows.
The state STS0 (RT inactive state and AT inactive state) and the state STS1 (RT1 active state and AT inactive state) correspond to the normal gaming state.
State STS2 (RT2 operating state and AT1 operating state) and state STS3 (RT3 operating state and AT1 operating state) correspond to the advantageous gaming state because they are AT1 operating states. Specifically, the state STS2 corresponds to a Gasse adversary advantageous gaming state. In addition, the state STS3 corresponds to the present-prediction advantageous gaming state.
The state STS4 (RT3 operating state and AT3 operating state) and the state STS5 (RT3 operating state and AT non-operating state) are not treated as the advantageous gaming state in this embodiment because they are not the AT1 operating state. However, in the implementation of the present invention, it may be acceptable to treat the state STS4 and the state STS5 as the advantageous gaming state.
The state STS6 is a bonus gaming state in which the RBB is activated.
Further, in the present embodiment, each gaming state shown in FIG. 20 is classified as follows. In addition, in order to avoid duplication of explanation, explanation is omitted about the game state attached with the same numerals as the game state shown in FIG.
Since the state STS12 (RT4 operating state and AT1 operating state) is the AT1 operating state, it corresponds to the advantageous gaming state. Specifically, the state STS12 corresponds to the present sign advantageous game state.
State STS11 (RT4 operating state and AT non-operating state) and state STS13 (RT4 operating state and AT3 operating state) are game states advantageous to the player compared to the normal game state, but state STS2 and state STS12 In comparison, it is difficult for the player to recognize that it is advantageous. For this reason, the state STS11 and the state STS13 are not included in the advantageous game state in the present embodiment.
The state STS14 is a bonus gaming state in which the CBB is activated.

Here, as shown in FIGS. 19 and 20, this precursor effect is executed in the symbol variation game in the state STS3 (RT3 operating state and AT1 operating state) and the state STS12 (RT4 operating state and AT1 operating state). It is an effect.
The present anticipation effect is executed by the present antecedent execution unit 214 based on the command output from the command generation unit 160. Here, the omen effect is started in the following cases.
(I) In the symbol variation game in the state STS0 (RT non-operating state and AT non-operating state) or state STS1 (RT1 operating state and AT non-operating state), the winning flag of the bonus combination is set (winning RBB or CBB) And the combination of symbols corresponding to the chance replay (for example, see FIG. 8 (b)) is stopped and displayed.
(Ii) In the case of the symbol variation game in the state STS2 (RT2 operating state and AT1 operating state), a bonus combination winning flag is set (an RBB or CBB is won).
(Iii) A combination of symbols corresponding to "chance replay" in the symbol variation game in the state STS5 (RT3 operating state and AT1 non-operating state) or state STS11 (RT4 operating state and AT non-operating state) (e.g. (See b) When stopped.

Also, the present indication is ended in the following case.
(I) When the number of remaining AT games becomes zero in the state STS3 (RT3 operating state and AT1 operating state) or in the state STS12 (RT4 operating state and AT1 operating state).
(Ii) A combination of symbols corresponding to “bell spill” or “drop replay” in the symbol variation game in the state STS 3 (RT 3 operating state and AT 1 operating state) or state STS 12 (RT 4 operating state and AT 1 operating state) The case where FIG. 9 (b) or FIG. 8 (c)) is stopped and displayed.
(Iii) When the combination of bonus symbols (for example, FIG. 11A) in the state STS3 (RT3 operating state and AT1 operating state) or the state STS12 (RT4 operating state and AT1 operating state) is stopped and displayed.

  In addition, after the end of the aura, the state transitions to state STS4 (RT3 operating state and AT3 operating state) when staying in state STS3, and state STS13 (RT4 operating when staying in state STS12) State and AT3 operation state). In the state STS4 and the state STS13, a bonus determination effect (bonus notification effect) is performed to notify the player that the bonus combination winning flag has been set (selected to RBB or CBB).

By the way, as shown in FIG. 19 and FIG. 20, “Gasse ambition effect” is an effect executed in the symbol variation game in the state STS2 (RT2 operating state and AT1 operating state). Based on the command output from the command generation unit 160, the pre-case execution unit 216 executes the command. Here, anticipation is started in the following cases.
In the symbol variation game in the state STS1 (RT1 operating state and AT non-operating state), a bonus combination is not won and a combination of symbols corresponding to chance replay (for example, see FIG. 8B) is stopped and displayed. .
In addition, the Gasse aura effect is ended in the following cases.
(I) The number of remaining AT games has become zero in the state STS2 (RT2 operating state and AT1 operating state). Although this event may be recognized as an end trigger for the player, from the viewpoint of the internal control of the gaming machine 10, only the AT is configured to end when the number of remaining AT games becomes zero. Absent.
(Ii) A combination of symbols corresponding to “bell spill” or “drop replay” (see, for example, FIG. 9B or 8C) in the symbol variation game in the state STS2 (RT2 operating state and AT1 operating state) Stop being displayed.
Here, when the gasse accompaniment effect ends, the gaming state relating to the AT shifts to the AT non-operating state.

In the present embodiment, the omen effect and the swindler effect are effects having the following common points and differences.
(Common Points) The present and the accompaniment effects are effects that indicate the presence or absence of the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination, and are common in that they are effects performed in the AT1 operating state. Further, since the omen effect and the sedence effect are effects that indicate the presence or absence of the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination, it is configured so that the player can not easily distinguish which effect. It is done.
(Difference 1) A bonus game is awarded after the end of the AT1 operation state when the precursor effect is executed, but a bonus game is not awarded after the end of the AT1 operation state when the false precursor effect is executed. It is different.
(Different point 2) In the advantageous gaming state in which the degree of advantage to the player in the precursor sign gaming state, which is the advantageous gaming state to be shifted when the precursor sign is executed, is shifted when the gasse precursor effect is executed This is different from the degree of advantage to the player in a certain front end advantageous gaming state.

In this embodiment, in a part of the case where the lottery by the internal lottery unit 120 is won by the lottery number "17" or "18" and both the chance replay and the bonus combination are elected in the same symbol variation game, As described above, after the transition to the bonus gaming state, the bonus gaming state is transitioned to, where the bonus gaming state is common to at least a part of the garbled accompaniment effect and the effect mode and the advantageous gaming state Is executed. Therefore, it is difficult for the player to definitely know whether or not to shift to the bonus game state during the stay period of the present indication advantageous game state.
As a result, in the stay period of the true precursor advantage gaming state, it is difficult to definitely know whether or not the bonus game is actually awarded in addition to the evoke of the interest by the advantageous gaming state itself The player is aroused together with a sense of expectation and a sense of apprehension, and is strongly attracted to the game itself. Then, since the bonus game is executed in a state where the interest is enhanced by the synergetic effect of the omen effect and the advantageous game state as described above, the interest obtained from the bonus game itself is also improved.
Here, as shown in FIG. 18, in each of the internal lottery tables RT1 to RT4, the lot having the lot number “2” relating to the shift to the gassed antecedent advantage gaming state and the lot number pertaining to the transition to the present adversary advantage gaming state Since the ratio of the distribution value allocated to the “17” and “18” lots is set to 4 to 1, the probability that the precursor effect is the true precursor effect is 20% at the start of the precursor effect . Here, since there is a possibility that a bonus combination is won in the symbol variation game in the smash ambition advantageous gaming state, the probability that the precursor effect is the main effect effect is a probability slightly more than 20%. By setting the probability to this extent, it is possible for the player to fully expect that a bonus game will be awarded after the end of the accompaniment effect when the accompaniment effect occurs.
It should be noted that if the probability that the omen effect is the omen effect is not extremely close to 100% or 0%, the player can have a sense of expectation that is appropriate for the effect, so it is interesting It is preferable from the viewpoint.

Hereinafter, the advantageous gaming state and the bonus gaming state will be described in detail.
First, the “RBB operating state” shown in FIG. 19 and the “CBB operating state” shown in FIG. 20 will be described.
The start trigger of the RBB operation state is that the symbol combination (FIG. 11A) related to the RBB is stopped and displayed in the symbol variation game in which the winning flag of the RBB is set.
Similarly, the start trigger of the CBB operating state is that the combination of symbols related to CBB (FIG. 11 (b)) is stopped and displayed in the symbol variation game in which the CBB winning flag is set.
Further, the termination trigger of the RBB operating state is that medals exceeding the predetermined payout number N1 have been paid out in the symbol variation game in the RBB operating state.
Similarly, the termination trigger of the CBB operating state is the payout of medals exceeding the predetermined payout number N2 (N2 <N1) in the symbol variation game in the CBB operating state.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a distribution value of each lot in the internal lottery table in the RBB operating state and a distribution value of each lot in the internal lottery table in the CBB operating state. In the gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment, the prescribed number in the gaming state other than the bonus game is one or three, but the prescribed number in the bonus gaming state is two. Therefore, the prescribed number concerning the internal lottery table shown in FIG. 21 is two. In addition, since these prescribed numbers are an example, you may change a prescribed number into arbitrary number of sheets suitably.
As shown in the figure, in both the gaming states of the RBB operating state and the CBB operating state, only the common bell (see FIG. 7) of the lot number "10" is distributed. That is, in the symbol variation game in the bonus game, only the combination of symbols corresponding to the common bell may be stopped and displayed.
That is, in the present embodiment, when staying in the bonus gaming state, the probability that the winning combination in which the acquired number of game medals exceeding zero is defined is randomly selected by the internal lottery unit 120 is improved compared to the normal gaming state. Do.
Furthermore, in the present embodiment, when the combination of symbols corresponding to the common bell (for example, see FIG. 9A) is stopped and displayed in the symbol variation game in the gaming state other than the bonus game, six medals are provided as a benefit. When the combination of symbols corresponding to the common bell (for example, see FIG. 9A) is stopped and displayed in the symbol variation game in the bonus game, 15 medals are awarded as a benefit.

Thus, in the present embodiment, the degree of advantage for the player in the bonus game state is greater than the degree of advantage for the player in the advantageous game state.
Specifically, the expectation value of the total number of medals obtained during the period of stay in the bonus game state is expected of the total number of medals obtained during the period of stay in the advantageous game state It is configured to be larger than the value.
Here, in the present embodiment, the expected value of the total number of acquired game medals that can be acquired over the period of stay in the advantageous gaming state is relative to the average value of the initial AT game number determined by the advantageous period determination unit This is a value obtained by multiplying the expected value of the number of medals that can be acquired in one symbol variation game staying in the advantageous gaming state. Further, the expected value of the total number of medals obtained during the period of stay in the bonus game state is a value corresponding to the predetermined payout number corresponding to the bonus combination.

<About the process flow of the symbol variation game>
Next, the process flow of the symbol variation game according to the present embodiment will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. However, since the components illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 6 described above are also referred to, it should be referred to as appropriate.

  FIG. 22 is a flow chart showing the main flow of the symbol variation game in this embodiment. In the present embodiment, a series of processes shown in FIG. 22 is executed to create a single symbol variation game.

When the gaming machine 10 is normally activated, the gaming state control unit 110 acquires information on the gaming state and the gaming setting value in the symbol variation game, and sets the gaming state and the gaming setting value according to the acquired information. Based on the symbol variation game is started (step S102).
Note that the information indicating the gaming state acquired in step S102 includes the presence or absence of a win flag corresponding to the replay combination, the presence or absence of a bonus gaming state (presence or absence of setting of RBB or CBB), and a set value of RT mode or AT mode Contains the setting value of.

Here, when the winning flag corresponding to the replay combination (replay) is set in the previous symbol variation game (YES in step S104), the gaming state control unit 110 executes the replay processing (step S110). ). Then, the gaming state control unit 110 establishes the start possibility condition of the symbol variation game (step S112), and waits for detection by the start lever sensor 44 (NO in step S114).
Here, the re-game process refers to a process of establishing at least a part of the start condition of the symbol variation game due to the re-play given as a benefit.

  When the winning flag corresponding to the replay role is not set in the previous symbol variation game (NO in step S104), the gaming state control unit 110 presses the bet button 23 or inserts the medal from the medal insertion slot 31 ((step S104) The detection by the medal passing sensor 47c is waited (NO in step S106). If the number of inserted sheets increases according to these (YES in step S106), the process waits until the number of input reaches a predetermined number (NO in step S108). Here, the predetermined number is the above-mentioned prescribed number, and in the present embodiment, there are two in the bonus gaming state, and one or three in the gaming state excluding the bonus gaming state. The predetermined number (specified number) in the present embodiment is an example, and may be changed as appropriate.

When the number of inserted medals reaches a predetermined number (YES in step S108), the gaming state control unit 110 establishes a condition that allows start of a symbol variation game (step S112), and waits for detection by the start lever sensor 44. (NO in step S114).
When the detection by the start lever sensor 44 is performed (YES in step S114), if the number of remaining AT games exceeds zero (YES in step S116), the gaming state control unit 110 subtracts 1 from the number of remaining AT games. (Step S118).
In addition, when the detection by the start lever sensor 44 is performed (YES in step S114), if the number of remaining AT games is zero (NO in step S116), the process in step S118 is not performed and the next process is performed. Transition.

Subsequently, the internal lottery unit 120 executes an internal lottery (step S120), and the flag setting unit 130 sets a winning flag corresponding to the winning combination or bonus combination drawn in step S120 (step S122). . At this time, the internal lottery unit 120 specifies a lottery table (see FIG. 18) to be referred to based on the setting value of the RT mode.
Here, if the AT mode is 1 (YES in step S124), the command generation unit 160 executes an AT instruction lottery to determine the AT instruction number exemplified in FIG. 13 (step S126).

  The process of step S126 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 23 and 24. FIGS. 23 and 24 are flowcharts showing an example of the procedure of the AT instruction lottery for determining the AT instruction number in the symbol variation game.

FIG. 23 is a flow chart showing the procedure of the AT instruction lottery when the result of the internal lottery by the internal lottery unit 120 in the symbol variation game is a loss (lottery number “0”).
If the result of the internal lottery by the internal lottery unit 120 in the symbol variation game is a loss (lottery number “0”), the command generation unit 160 first determines that the number of initial AT games determined by the advantageous period determination unit 152 is S It is determined whether it is less than (step S301).
Here, S is a predetermined integer value.
If the number of initial AT games determined by the advantageous period determination unit 152 is S or more (NO in step S301), the command generation unit 160 determines whether or not the number of symbol variation games of the digested AT is less than T It is determined (step S303).
Here, T is an integer value smaller than S. Further, it is preferable that T be, for example, a value obtained by dividing by 2 the expected value of the number of initial AT games that the player can acquire, or a value close to the value. By setting the value of T in this manner, the AT instruction number is easily set to 4 in the second half of the AT in the second half, so there are more bonus symbol instruction effects (targeting 7) in the second half of the AT. It becomes easy to occur. Thereby, the bonus game can be started after receiving the benefit of the AT for a long period of time.
If the number of symbol variation games of the digested AT is equal to or more than T times (NO in step S303), if the winning flag corresponding to the RBB is set (YES in step S305), the command generation unit 160 generates a bonus A "directly winning lottery at the moment of loss" is executed to decide whether or not to execute the symbol instruction effect (effect aiming at 7) (step S307).
Subsequently, the command generation unit 160 determines whether or not the player has won the "premature loss right decision lottery" (step S309), and when it is won (YES in step S309), the AT instruction number is It is set to 4 "(step S311). In response to the command including the AT instruction number set to “4”, the sub-supervising unit 210 executes a bonus symbol instruction effect (effect aiming at 7).
If the number of initial AT games is less than S (YES in step S301), if the number of symbol variation games in the digested AT is less than T (YES in step S303), the winning flag corresponding to RBB is If it is not set (NO in step S305), or in the case of not winning in the "previous loss right decision lottery" (NO in step S309), the AT instruction number is not set to "4". .

FIG. 24 is a flow chart showing the procedure of the AT instruction lottery when the winning flag corresponding to the fake play is set in the symbol variation game.
When a winning flag corresponding to fake play is set in the symbol variation game, first, the command generation unit 160 determines whether or not the number of initial AT games determined by the advantageous period determination unit 152 is less than S times. (Step S401).
If the number of initial AT games determined by the advantageous period determination unit 152 is S or more (NO in step S401), the command generation unit 160 determines whether or not the number of symbol variation games of the digested AT is less than T It is determined (step S403).
That is, in steps S401 and S403, since the same determination as in steps S301 and S303 in the flowchart shown in FIG. 23 is performed, a bonus symbol instruction effect (aim for aiming at 7) is likely to occur more Become.
When the number of symbol variation games of the digested AT is equal to or greater than T (NO in step S403), the command generation unit 160 sets the AT instruction number to "4" (step S405). In response to the command including the AT instruction number set to “4”, the sub-supervising unit 210 executes a bonus symbol instruction effect (effect aiming at 7).
If the number of initial AT games is less than S (YES in step S401), or if the number of symbol variation games in the digested AT is less than T (YES in step S403), the AT instruction number is “4 It will not be set to

It returns to the explanation of the flowchart of FIG. 22 again. The command generation unit 160 generates a command including the AT instruction number (see FIG. 13) determined in step S126, and outputs the generated command to the sub board 200 (notification control unit 211) (step S128).
If the AT mode is not 1 (NO in step S124), the process proceeds to the next process without performing the process in step S126 and step S128 described above.

  In the sub substrate 200, the notification control unit 211 executes notification effect of the stop operation according to the instruction number included in the command output in step S128. By this notification effect, for example, the notification effects illustrated in FIG. 14, FIG. 15, FIG. 16, or FIG. 17 are displayed and output. When the instruction number is 0, the notification effect is not performed.

If the wait time has elapsed when the above-described series of processing is completed (YES in step S130), fluctuation display in the symbol fluctuation game is executed (step S132).
In addition, if the wait time has not elapsed at that time (NO in step S130), after waiting until the wait time elapses, the variable display in the symbol variation game is executed (step S132).

The process of step S132 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of variable display in the symbol change game.
The rotation control unit 140 outputs a pulse signal to the reel motor 68 so that all the reels 65 (65L, 65C, 65R) rotate in the forward direction at a predetermined speed (step S152).
Further, the rotation control unit 140 stands by negating the stop enabling condition until the rotation speeds of all the reels 65 reach the predetermined speed (NO in step S154). In addition, when the rotation speeds of all the reels 65 reach the predetermined speed (YES in step S154), the rotation control unit 140 establishes the stop enabling condition (step S156).
The establishment of the stoppable condition in step S156 is simultaneously performed for all the reels 65.

The rotation control unit 140 stands by until depression of any one of the stop buttons 27 is detected in a state in which the stop enabling condition is satisfied (NO in step S158). When the first stop operation (first stop operation) is detected (YES in step S158), the rotation control unit 140 stops the reel 65 corresponding to the first stop operation (step S160).
Here, in the stop processing of step S160, since control (slip control) for moving the reel 65 up to four frames at maximum is performed, a time lag may occur from when the pressing of the stop button 27 is detected until the reel 65 stops. . The time lag is set to be 190 ms or less.

The rotation control unit 140 stands by until the next stop operation (second stop operation) is detected in a state in which the stop enabling condition is satisfied (NO in step S162). When the second stop operation is detected (YES in step S162), the rotation control unit 140 stops the reel 65 corresponding to the second stop operation (step S164).
The rotation control unit 140 stands by until the final stop operation (third stop operation) is detected in a state in which the stop enabling condition is satisfied (NO in step S166). When the third stop operation is detected (YES in step S166), the rotation control unit 140 stops the reel 65 corresponding to the third stop operation (step S168).
In the stop processing in step S164 or step S168, slip control is performed as in the case of the first stop operation.

  As described above, when the lottery number “17” or “18” is won in the lottery by the internal lottery unit 120, the rotation control unit 140 is a lower order than the bonus combination RBB or CBB. This is realized by executing slip control in steps S160, S164, and S168, while preferentially stopping and displaying the combination of symbols corresponding to "chance replay".

  It returns to the explanation of the flowchart of FIG. 22 again. When the process of step S132 is finished (when the combination of symbols is stopped and displayed), the determination process by the symbol display determination unit 150 and the related process such as provision of a benefit according to the determination result are executed (step S134) ).

The process of step S134 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. FIGS. 26 to 29 are flowcharts showing procedures of symbol display determination and related processing in the symbol variation game.
The symbol display determination unit 150 determines the stop pattern of each reel 65 stopped in each process of steps S160, S164 and S168, and determines the winning combination or the bonus combination corresponding to the combination of the symbols stopped on the activated line. (Steps S202, S206, S220, S224, S250, S254, S270).
When the symbol display determination unit 150 determines that the combination of symbols corresponding to RBB is stopped and displayed (YES in step S202), the gaming state control unit 110 determines that the first symbol special role is to be played in the next symbol variation game. It sets to operate a gift continuous operation device (Step S204).
When the symbol display determination unit 150 determines that the combination of symbols corresponding to CBB is stopped and displayed (NO in step S202 and YES in step S206), the gaming state control unit 110 performs the second kind of the next symbol change game. It sets to operate the goods continuous operation device concerning special goods (step S208).

  If the symbol display determination unit 150 determines that the combination of specific symbols necessary to obtain medals is stopped (displayed winning) (NO in step S202, NO in step S206 and YES in step S220), the game The state control unit 110 adds a value corresponding to the number of medals allocated as a benefit of the winning to the stored credit (step S222).

When the symbol display determination unit 150 determines that the combination of symbols being stopped and displayed corresponds to a bell spill role even during winning (YES in step S224), the following process is further performed.
First, the gaming state control unit 110 confirms the AT remaining game count, and sets the AT remaining game count to zero when the AT remaining game count exceeds zero (YES in step S226) (step S228). Furthermore, the gaming state control unit 110 sets the RT mode and the AT mode.
Specifically, when the setting value of the RT mode is 2 (YES in step S230), the gaming state control unit 110 sets the RT mode to 1 (RT1 operating state) (step S232), and the AT mode is 0. It is set to (AT inoperative state) (step S234). If the setting value of the RT mode is 3 or 4 (NO in step S230 and YES in step S238), the gaming state control unit 110 sets the AT mode to 3 (AT3 operating state) (step S240). If the set value is 0 (YES in step S242), the RT mode is set to 1 (step S244).

When the symbol display determination unit 150 determines that the combination of symbols being stopped and displayed corresponds to the replay role (NO in step S202 and NO in step S206 and NO in step S220 and YES in step S250), the gaming state The control unit 110 performs setting of replay (step S252), and executes the following processing depending on whether the replay combination is fall fall replay or chance replay.
If it is determined that the combination of symbols being stopped and displayed corresponds to the fall fall replay role (YES in step S254), the gaming state control unit 110 sets the RT mode and the AT mode after setting the number of remaining AT games. I do. In the setting of the AT remaining game number, when the AT remaining game number exceeds zero (YES in step S256), the gaming state control unit 110 sets the AT remaining game number to zero (step S258). If the setting value of the RT mode is 2 (YES in step S260), the gaming state control unit 110 sets the RT mode to 1 (RT1 inoperable state) (step S262), and the AT mode is 0 (AT inoperative). State) (step S264). If the setting value of the RT mode is 3 or 4 (YES in step S266), the gaming state control unit 110 sets the AT mode to 3 (AT3 operating state) (step S268).
When it is determined that the combination of symbols being stopped and displayed corresponds to the chance replay role (YES in step S270), the gaming state control unit 110 determines that the setting value in the RT mode is 1 (YES in step S272). ), Perform the following process. The gaming state control unit 110 sets the setting value of the RT mode to 2 (step S 274), and sets the setting value of the AT mode to 1 (step S 276). Furthermore, the gaming state control unit 110 performs AT game number lottery (step S278), and sets the number of games determined by the lottery to the AT remaining game number (step S280).

When it is determined that the gaming state control unit 110 has won a prize other than the bell spill (NO in step S224), it is determined that the combination of symbols corresponding to the winning combination or the bonus is not stopped and displayed (No In step S250 and the like, the setting of the winning flags of RBB and CBB is confirmed. When the winning flag of the RBB is set (YES in step S290), the gaming state control unit 110 sets the RT mode to 3 (RT3 operation state) (step S292), and the winning flag of the CBB is set. In the case (NO in step S290 and YES in step S296), the RT mode is set to 4 (RT4 operating state) (step S298).
The setting in the series of processes relating to the symbol display determination described above is reflected in the command sent from the main substrate 100 to the sub substrate 200 in step S136. In addition, when neither a high-order role nor a low-order role is won (NO of step S296), it is a case where the combination of the symbol corresponding to lot number "0" is stop-displayed.

It returns to the explanation of the flowchart of FIG. 22 again.
The command generation unit 160 generates a command including the processing result of step S134 (the result of symbol display determination), and outputs the generated command to the sub substrate 200 (step S136).
The sub-supervising unit 210 executes an effect based on the command output in step S136. For example, the sub-supervisory unit 210 causes the effect display area 62 to display and output a stage effect screen, a stage transition screen, or a precursor effect screen.

In addition, when the payout process of medals is necessary due to the process of step S134, that is, when the credit exceeds the upper limit when the number of medals added in step S222 is added (YES in step S138), the exceeded amount The payout control board 97 is paid out (step S140), and the series of processes relating to the symbol variation game is ended.
If the medal payout process is not required after the process of step S132 (NO at step S138), the process of step S138 is not performed, and the series of processes related to the symbol variation game is ended.

<About the modification of the present invention>
Although the present invention has been described above in accordance with the embodiment described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 29, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, as long as the object of the present invention is achieved. And various modifications, improvements, etc.
In the embodiment described above, an example in which the advantageous gaming state is AT and also ART has been described, but the advantageous gaming state is not limited to this example.
For example, a gaming state which is AT but not RT (RT mode is set to 0 or 1) can also be treated as an advantageous gaming state.
For example, even if it is not AT (even if AT mode is set to 0), if RT is more advantageous than the normal gaming state (if RT mode is set to 2, 3 or 4) ), The RT can also be treated as an advantageous gaming state.
Also, for example, a high probability gaming state in which AT transition can be won with a high probability compared to the normal gaming state can also be treated as an advantageous gaming state.
Furthermore, a gaming state in which the expected value of the number of medals that can be obtained simply as a result of the symbol variation game is greater than that of the normal gaming state can be treated as the advantageous gaming state.
Here, regardless of whether the omen effect is performed as a omen for the transition to the bonus game state, and whether the omen effect is a real omen effect or a gambling omen effect, stay in the advantageous gaming state during the execution of the omen effect In view of the above, it is preferable that the bonus gaming state has a higher degree of advantage than the advantageous gaming state. This is because, if the degree of advantage of the advantageous gaming state, which is the gaming state to be transferred first, is higher than that of the bonus gaming state to be subsequently transferred, the peak of the player's interest will be preceded, It is because it will be difficult to improve the interest further. Therefore, it is preferable to set the gaming state having a degree of advantage lower than that of the bonus gaming state to the advantageous gaming state, although the player has a higher degree of advantage than the normal gaming state.
It should be noted that even if the advantageous gaming state is configured to increase the degree of advantageous over the bonus gaming state, as a result, the decrease in interest of the player is alleviated when the precursor effect is not transferred to the bonus gaming state. Such an arrangement may also be employed because the effect of

The present embodiment includes the following technical ideas.
(1) A gaming machine for executing a symbol variation game, wherein the internal lottery means for lottery a winning combination or a bonus combination that can be established in the symbol variation game, and the winning combination or lottery obtained in the lottery by the internal lottery means It comprises: flag setting means for setting a winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination; and gaming state control means capable of causing the gaming state to be shifted with at least a part of the transition condition being the winning flag set by the flag setting means. The combination of symbols corresponding to the bonus combination is stopped and displayed in the symbol variation game performed during the setting of the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination in the gaming state to which the gaming state control means can shift. Correspond to the bonus game state advantageous to the player, which can be shifted as the transition condition, and the specific winning combination The advantageous game state advantageous to the player that can be transitioned as the transition condition that a predetermined special condition is established in the symbol variation game after the winning flag is set, and the same symbol When the internal lottery means draws both the specific winning combination and the bonus combination in the variation game, the flag setting means sets the bonus hand until after the gaming state control means shifts to the advantageous gaming state. A game machine characterized by maintaining the setting of the corresponding winning flag.
(2) An effect control means for executing a bonus finalization effect to notify the player that the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination is set is determined, and the internal lottery means in the same symbol variation game The gaming machine as described above, in which the effect control means executes the bonus determination effect after the game state control means has shifted to the advantageous game state when the player has drawn both the specific winning combination and the bonus combination.
(3) The gaming machine according to the above, wherein the gaming state control means terminates the advantageous gaming state triggered by at least one of execution of the bonus determination effect or stop display of a combination of symbols corresponding to the bonus combination.
(4) A stop operation detection means for detecting a stop operation that causes a symbol combination to be stopped and displayed in the symbol variation game, and a period in which the advantageous gaming state to be shifted can stay when shifting to the advantageous gaming state And at least a part of the symbol variation game executed during the stay of the advantageous gaming state, the effect control means comprises a symbol corresponding to the bonus combination. The above-mentioned gaming machine executes a bonus symbol instruction effect for instructing the player of the stop operation adapted to the combination, and the occurrence frequency of the bonus symbol instruction effect is higher in the latter half of the advantageous period than in the first half of the advantageous period. .
(5) The predetermined special condition is that the combination of symbols corresponding to the specific winning combination is stopped and displayed, and in the same symbol variation game, the internal lottery means is the specific winning combination and the bonus When the combination is drawn together, the combination of the symbols corresponding to the specific winning combination is stopped and displayed in the symbol variation game, and the gaming state control means shifts to the advantageous gaming state in the next symbol variation game. Of gaming machines.
(A) When the internal lottery unit draws both the specific winning combination and the bonus combination in the same symbol variation game, the combination of symbols corresponding to the specific winning combination is preferentially stopped and displayed. A game machine as described above comprising a motion control unit.
(B) an indication executing means for executing an indication that suggests the setting of the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination triggered by at least a part of when the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination is set; An effect aspect common to at least a portion of the effect mode of the aura effect, at least in part when the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination is not set and a predetermined special condition is satisfied And Gase accompaniment executing means for performing a Casses accomplice effect suggesting as if the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination is set, and the Gase accompaniment effect is executed by the gasse antecedent executing means In the case, the gaming state control means is caused to shift to the advantageous gaming state, and the gaming state is executed when the true ending effect is executed by the true ending execution means. The control means is shifted to the advantageous gaming state, the above-described game machine to be shifted to the bonus gaming state in the subsequent symbol variation game shifting to the advantageous gaming state.
(C) The above-mentioned gaming machine, wherein the degree of advantage for the player in the bonus gaming state is greater than the degree of advantage for the player in the advantageous gaming state.
(D) The expected value of the total number of game medals acquired over the period of stay in the bonus game state is the total number of game medals acquired over the period of stay in the advantageous game state The above gaming machine greater than the expected value of.
(E) A specific stop operation is defined as a condition under which stop operation detection means for detecting a stop operation that causes a symbol combination to be stopped and displayed in the symbol variation game and a corresponding symbol combination can be stopped and displayed Operation notification means for notifying of the specific stop operation corresponding to the selected operation regulation combination at least in part when the operation regulation combination which is the winning combination is drawn by the internal lottery unit; The probability that the winning combination in which the obtained number of game medals exceeding zero is defined is randomly selected by the internal lottery means is improved from that in the normal gaming state, when staying in the bonus gaming state. When staying in the advantageous gaming state, the probability that the specific informing operation is notified by the operation notifying means is improved from the normal gaming state The gaming machine.

10 game machine 20 front door 21 upper panel 22 lower panel 23 bet button 23a maximum bet button 23b single bet button 24 menu selection button 24a cross key button 24b determination button 25 status display LED
25a Input number indicator LED
25b storage number indicator LED
25c Acquisition number display LED
25d Replay Display LED
25e game start display LED
25f turnable display LED
26 start lever 27 (27L, 27C, 27R) stop button 31 medal insertion slot 32 settlement button 33 medal return button 34 door key 35 medal discharge port 36 (36a, 36b, 36c, 36d, 36e, 36f, 36g, 36h) decoration LED
37 lower plate 38 speaker opening 38a speaker opening 38b speaker opening 38c speaker opening 38d speaker opening 40 various sensors 41 (41a, 41b, 41c, 41d, 41e, 41f, 41g, 41h) decoration LED board 42 state indication LED board 43 stop button Substrate 44 Start lever sensor 45 Bet button substrate 46 Menu selection button substrate 47 Medal selector 47a Medal selector main body 47b Medal blocker 47c Medal passage sensor 48 Setting change device 48a Setting key switch 48b Setting change switch 48c Setting display LED
48d Setting key cover 49 (49a, 49b, 49c, 49d) Speaker 51 input medal passage 52 payout medal passage 53 return medal passage 54 storage medal passage 60 game machine main body 62 effect display area 63 effect display area 64 display window 64 viewing window 65 reel 65C Middle reel 65L Left reel 65R Right reel 66 Reel sensor 66C Middle reel sensor 66L Left reel sensor 66R Right reel sensor 67 Reel illumination board 67C Medium reel illumination board 67L Left reel illumination board 67R Right reel illumination board 68 Reel motor 90 Outer frame 91 Power supply Device 92 power switch 93 medal storage 94 medal payout port 95 medal auxiliary storage 96 (96a, 96b, 96c) hinge part 97 payout control board 100 main board 101, 201 CPU
101a control circuit 101b arithmetic circuit 101c clock 101d register group 101dr R register 102, 202 RAM
103, 203 ROM
110 game state control unit 120 internal lottery unit 130 flag setting unit 140 rotation control unit 150 symbol display determination unit 152 advantage period determination unit 160 command generation unit 200 sub substrate 210 sub generalization unit 211 notification control unit 214 The precursor execution unit 220 the effect display unit 230 the audio output unit 240 the LED light emitting unit 301 the first stop assist display 302 any display 304 aiming display 305 arrow display L1 to L5 line

Claims (1)

A gaming machine that executes a symbol variation game,
Internal lottery means for drawing a winning combination or bonus combination that can be established in the symbol variation game;
Flag setting means for setting a winning flag corresponding to the winning combination or the bonus combination drawn in the drawing by the internal drawing means;
Game state control means capable of causing a game state to be transitioned by using the winning flag set by the flag setting means as at least a part of transition conditions;
In the gaming state which the gaming state control means can shift,
A bonus which is advantageous for the player, which can be transitioned as the transition condition that the symbol combination corresponding to the bonus combination is stopped and displayed in the symbol variation game performed while setting the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination. Gaming state,
An advantageous gaming state advantageous to the player, which can be transitioned as the transition condition that a predetermined special condition is established in the symbol variation game after the winning flag corresponding to the specific winning combination is set. Included
The symbol after the symbol variation game in which the gaming state control unit shifts to the advantageous gaming state when the internal lottery unit has lottery both the specific winning combination and the bonus combination in the same symbol variation game Until the variation game, the flag setting unit can maintain the setting of the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination,
In the advantageous gaming state, there are a first advantageous gaming state in which the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination is set, and a second advantageous gaming state in which the winning flag corresponding to the bonus combination is not set. Yes,
The expected value of the number of game medals that can be acquired in one of the symbol variation games executed during the stay in the first advantageous gaming state is the one during the stay in the second advantageous gaming state. Less than the expected value of the number of game medals that can be acquired in the symbol variation game,
Before the game state control means shifts to the first advantageous game state or the second advantageous game state, the game number lottery which is a lottery for selecting the number of times the symbol variation game can stay in the game state to be shifted Equipped with a game number lottery means,
When the gaming state targeted for the game number lottery is the first advantageous gaming state, there are many cases compared to the case where the gaming state targeted for the game number lottery is the second advantageous gaming state the number of times of the symbol variation game is rather easy is the choice of,
The bonus roles include a first bonus role and a second bonus role.
The number of times the symbol variation game is selected when the gaming state to be subjected to the game number lottery is the first advantageous gaming state that can be triggered by the winning flag corresponding to the second bonus combination The average value is the symbol variation selected when the gaming state subject to the number-of-games lottery is the first advantageous gaming state that can be triggered by the winning flag corresponding to the first bonus combination. Greater than the average number of games,
The average value of the number of times of the symbol variation game selected when the gaming state targeted for the game number lottery is the second advantageous gaming state, and the gaming state targeted for the game number lottery The difference with the average value of the number of times of the symbol variation game selected in the first advantageous gaming state that can be triggered by the winning flag corresponding to one bonus combination is the target of the number-of-games lottery The average value of the number of times of the symbol variation game selected when the gaming state is the first advantageous gaming state which can be triggered by the winning flag corresponding to the first bonus combination, and the number of times of the game The game is selected when the gaming state targeted for the lottery is the first advantageous gaming state which can be triggered by the winning flag corresponding to the second bonus combination. Greater than the difference between the average value of the number of pattern change games,
The upper limit of the number of symbol variation games that can be selected in the first advantageous gaming state is greater than the upper limit of the number of symbol variation games that can be selected in the second advantageous gaming state, and The upper limit of the number of symbol variation games that can be selected in the first advantageous gaming state that can be triggered by the winning flag corresponding to the first bonus combination, and the above corresponding to the second bonus combination A gaming machine characterized in that the upper limit of the number of symbol variation games that can be selected in the case of the first advantageous gaming state which can be triggered by a winning flag is the same .

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