JP7556731B2 - Gaming Machines - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an amusement machine.

Traditionally, there are various types of gaming machines. In gaming machines called Type 1, a lottery is held for a jackpot if the ball lands in the starting hole, and if the jackpot is won, the jackpot game is played with the opening of the jackpot hole. In gaming machines called Type 2, an opening and closing winning device with an openable and closable blade role is provided, and the jackpot game is played with the opening of the hole by having the ball land in a specific area (V winning hole) provided inside the opening and closing winning device.

There are also gaming machines called Type 1/2 mixed type that combine the Type 1 and Type 2 types mentioned above. In Type 1/2 mixed type gaming machines, a lottery is held for a jackpot if the ball enters the start hole, and if a jackpot is won, a jackpot game is played in which the large prize hole opens. On the other hand, if a small prize is won as a result of the jackpot lottery, a small prize game is played in which the blade role equipped in the opening and closing prize device opens and closes. While the blade role is open, the ball is entered into the opening and closing prize device, and the ball is entered into a specific area (V prize hole) provided inside the opening and closing prize device, and a jackpot game is played in which the large prize hole opens.

JP 2016-49287 A

In recent years, there are gaming machines that require a certain number of plays (e.g., a ceiling number of games) to be completed as a condition for the game state to transition to a state advantageous to the player (e.g., a state known as a time-saving state). For example, Patent Document 1 proposes such a gaming machine that is equipped with a function for notifying the player of the progress of the game, and that allows the player to progress in the game without feeling that the game is dragging on when the notification is performed.

However, in many pachinko machines, the required number of plays to obtain an advantageous state is 2.5 to 3 times the denominator of the jackpot probability in a low probability state. This means that players end up spending a lot of time and money, and some players stop playing before playing the required number of times.

The present invention was developed in consideration of the above circumstances, and aims to increase the interest in gaming by realizing a new presentation in a gaming machine that is configured to switch the gaming state to a state where it is easier to win if the result of the jackpot lottery in the normal state is a non-win a predetermined number of times in succession.

According to the invention of claim 1, it is possible to make it appear as if the number of jackpot draws required before the game state is switched to a state where it is easy to win has been shortened, providing the player with an incentive to continue playing and making the player realize that the opportunity to win a jackpot is approaching due to the state where it is easy to win.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a gaming machine according to an embodiment; Functional block diagram of the gaming machine A diagram showing the internal winning table FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the transition of a gaming state of a gaming machine. A diagram showing the effects in battle mode A diagram showing the effects of a revival chance Time chart showing the performance display patterns A diagram showing the selection rate of the performance display pattern A diagram explaining the process leading up to the awarding of rewards upon reaching the ceiling A diagram showing the subtraction effect

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a gaming machine will be described with reference to the drawings. The gaming machine of this embodiment is a type 1/2 mixed type pachinko gaming machine.
1 is a front view of the gaming machine. The gaming machine 1 is a CR (card reader) machine, and has a handle 3 for shooting balls onto a gaming board 2, an upper tray 4, and a lower tray 5. The upper tray 4 is provided with a balance display section 6, a loan button 7, and a return button 8, and the gaming board 2 is provided with a normal winning opening 9, a normal winning display section 10, a normal winning reserve display section 11, a liquid crystal display section 12 (display means), a first special winning reserve display section 13, a second special winning reserve display section 14, a normal winning opening 15, a first starting opening 16, a second starting opening 17, an opening and closing winning device 18, and a large winning opening 19.
The gaming machine 1 operates as follows.

(1) The first starting hole 16 is a winning hole where the winning rate does not fluctuate (so-called center winning hole). The second starting hole 17 is a winning hole where the winning rate fluctuates (so-called electric chute), and in the time-saving state described below, the electric support state is activated, increasing the winning probability. Depending on the winning (start winning) at the first starting hole 16 or the second starting hole 17, a jackpot lottery is held using the first special symbol (hereinafter, special symbol 1) or the second special symbol (hereinafter, special symbol 2) corresponding to each starting hole 16, 17, and the lottery result is announced by a pattern change (unit game) on the LCD display 12, and a jackpot is awarded depending on the result of the change.

(2) If a start win occurs during a pattern change, the pattern changes are cumulatively reserved up to a predetermined upper limit of reserved numbers (for example, four in each start slot 16, 17), and the reserved pattern changes will start after the pattern changes have ended. Note that if a start win occurs when the number of reserved pattern changes (reserved number) is at the upper limit, the pattern changes will not be reserved.

(3) At the first starting port 16, a lottery is held for a jackpot corresponding to special chart 1. The probability of winning the lottery for a jackpot corresponding to special chart 1 (hereafter referred to as the jackpot probability) is 1/198, and when a jackpot occurs, the large prize opening 19 opens for 10 rounds (R). The upper limit for the number of prizes in 1R is 10, and the upper limit for the opening time is 30 seconds. When either the upper limit for the number of prizes or the upper limit for the opening time is reached, 1R ends.

(4) When a ball enters the first starting hole 16, a lottery is held to select a time-saving symbol to activate the time-saving state described below, with the probability of winning being 1 in 4096. If the time-saving symbol is selected, the time-saving state is granted. In this time-saving state, only one electric support is granted. In other words, the time-saving state almost never occurs when a ball enters the first starting hole 16, and even if it does occur, the probability of the ball entering the hole is set to be extremely low, so there is almost no special benefit for the player, but the operation of the electric chute gives the player hope that the time-saving state has begun.

(5) The second starting port 17 opens with a high chance of winning if the normal symbol (hereinafter, normal symbol) that changes in response to a win at the normal symbol winning port 9 is won. In this case, the time it takes for the normal symbol to change is 30 seconds in the normal state and 3 seconds in the time-saving state. Also, the opening time is 0.3 seconds in the normal state but 5 seconds in the time-saving state (state where it is easy to win). In other words, in the time-saving state, the normal symbol change time is shorter than in the normal state, while the opening time is longer, resulting in a higher chance of winning at the second starting port 17.

(6) When the ball enters the second starting hole 17, a lottery is held for a jackpot corresponding to the variation of the pattern on the special pattern 2. In this embodiment, the ball is not equipped with a probability variation function that increases the probability of a jackpot higher than usual, and the probability of a jackpot in the lottery at the second starting hole 17 is 1/198, the same as the probability of a jackpot in the first starting hole 16. In other words, there is only one probability of a jackpot, the normal jackpot probability. In addition, a lottery is held for a time-saving pattern as in the first starting hole 16, and the probability of winning the time-saving pattern in the second starting hole 17 is 1/11. When the time-saving pattern is won, a time-saving state is granted. The number of electric support times granted in this time-saving state is 1000 times. In other words, when the ball enters the second starting hole 17, there is a relatively high probability of a time-saving state, and the time-saving state lasts for a long time, so the benefits to the player are great.

(7) The second starting hole 17 draws for a small win, and when a small win is won, a small win game is played in which a wing role (not shown) equipped in the opening and closing winning device 18 installed on the game board surface 2 opens and closes. In the small win game, if a specific area (V winning hole) installed inside the opening and closing winning device 18 is won, a big win game is played with the opening and closing of the big winning hole 19. The probability of winning a small win (small win probability) is 1/46. The second starting hole 17 draws for a falling role to end the time-saving state, and the winning probability is 1/109. When a falling role is established, the time-saving state ends, and a lottery is played for special chart 2 for the number of reserved special charts stored at that time.

Figure 3 shows the internal winning table. This internal winning table shows the number of winnings, and the winning probability is set according to the number of winnings. When a winning jackpot is awarded to each starting slot 16, 17, a lottery is held to determine the winning jackpot according to the symbol allocation in Figure 3.

Figure 2 is a functional block diagram of the gaming machine 1. The gaming machine 1 is equipped with a main control circuit 20 (termination condition lottery means, calculation means). This main control circuit 20 is composed of a microcomputer equipped with a CPU 21, a ROM 22, a RAM 23 (special chart reservation storage means, lottery count storage means), etc., and is supplied with power from a power circuit 24. The main control circuit 20 controls the entire gaming machine 1 by driving the special chart start sensor 25, the normal chart start sensor 26, the special chart start sensor 27, the V-tap prize port sensor 28, the electric chute solenoid sensor 29, etc. based on signals input from the special chart start sensor 25, the normal chart start sensor 26, the special chart start sensor 27, the V-tap prize port sensor 28, the electric chute solenoid sensor 29, etc. When the player operates the handle 3, the launch control circuit 33 inputs the operation information and drives the launch device 34, which launches balls onto the game board 2.

The V prize opening sensor 28 is a switch that detects a prize being won in a specific area (V prize opening) provided inside the opening/closing prize opening device 18.
The vane solenoid 31 switches the open/closed state of the vane device provided in the opening/closing winning device 18.
The V solenoid 32 switches the open/closed state of a specific area (V winning port) provided inside the opening/closing winning device 18 .

The CPU 21 executes a program stored in the ROM 22 to constitute a random number generating section 20a, a random number extracting section 20b, and a symbol variation pattern determining section 20c.
The symbol variation pattern determining unit 20c determines the state relating to the symbol variation of the big win lottery according to the internal winning combination.

RAM 23 is set with a special chart reserve area 22a, a normal chart reserve area 22b, a special chart performance area 22c, a normal chart performance area 22d, and a draw count storage area 22e. The draw count storage area 22e stores the number of times a jackpot draw has been performed. In addition, the sub-control circuit 36 calculates and stores the number of remaining jackpot draws until a predetermined number is reached based on the information in RAM 23.

After the ball is shot onto the game board 2, it flows down the game board 2 and passes through, for example, the normal prize-winning hole 9. At this time, the normal prize start sensor 26 detects the ball passing through the normal prize-winning hole 9, and outputs a signal to the main control circuit 20 each time the ball passes through the normal prize-winning hole 9. When the main control circuit 20 receives a signal from the normal prize start sensor 26, it executes a normal prize lottery by extracting one of the random numbers generated by the random number generation unit 20a with the random number extraction unit 20b. If a normal prize is won in this normal prize lottery, the electric chute solenoid 35 is driven and the second start hole 17 is opened. In addition, the LEDs of the normal prize display unit 10 and the normal prize pending display unit 11 are turned on or off depending on the ball's passage through the normal prize-winning hole 9.

The special symbol start sensor 25 detects balls that have entered each start port 16, 17, and outputs a signal to the main control circuit 20 each time a ball enters. When the main control circuit 20 receives a signal from the special symbol start sensor 25, it executes a special symbol lottery by using the pattern change pattern determination unit 20c to extract one of the random numbers generated by the random number generation unit 20a using the random number extraction unit 20b.

After the main control circuit 20 executes the special drawing, it starts changing the pattern displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 12. This special drawing has a set result of either a big win state, which is a special game state, or a miss. When the main control circuit 20 generates a big win state, the big prize opening solenoid 30 is driven, and switching control is performed between the open state and the closed state of the big prize opening 19. In other words, by driving the big prize opening solenoid 30, the main control circuit 20 executes switching control to switch the big prize opening 19 between an open state, in which balls flowing down the game board surface 2 can win, and a closed state, in which it is more difficult for balls to win than in the open state.

When the ball enters one of the starting holes 16, 17 as described above, the main control circuit 20 controls the sub-control circuit 36 (subtraction display means, display means) to display various effects on the LCD display unit 12. In other words, by sending information related to the special figures 1, 2 drawn by the main control circuit 20 to the sub-control circuit 36, the sub-control circuit 36 displays effects corresponding to the special figures 1, 2 on the LCD display unit 12. The sub-control circuit 36 is composed of a performance control circuit 37 and a display control circuit 38.

The performance control circuit 37 generates the performance sound to be executed in response to the pattern change from the amplifier/speaker 39 in accordance with information regarding the internal winning role and the pattern change pattern received from the main control circuit 20, and displays the performance content using the decorative lamp unit 40.
The display control circuit 38 controls the performance display content to be displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 12 in accordance with the information relating to the performance content received from the performance control circuit 37 .

The main control circuit 20 instructs the payout control circuit 41 to pay out balls from the payout device 42. The payout device 42 pays out three balls when a ball enters each of the start holes 16 and 17, pays out ten balls when a ball enters the large prize hole 19, and pays out ten balls when a ball enters the general prize hole 15.

The gaming machine 1 and the peripheral devices attached to the gaming machine 1 output the following game signals as the game progresses, such as when the player shoots balls into the starting holes 16, 17 and when starting prizes are awarded.
Out signal = a signal capable of identifying the consumption value (out) output from the out box that collects consumed balls. Since one pulse is output for every 10 balls consumed (used, inserted, collected), "the number of out signals x 10" is identified as out. Note that it may also be a signal output from the gaming machine 1.

Safe signal = a signal that can identify the winning award value (safe) output from the gaming machine 1. Since one pulse is output for every 10 balls paid out, "number of safe signals x 10" is identified as safe. It is preferable for the signal to be output when a winning ball is won, but it may also be a signal output when the payout is completed. Also, a resupply signal output from a resupply device may be used as the safe signal.

Pattern change signal (start signal) = A signal that can identify the pattern change (start) on the LCD display unit 12 that changes (operates) when a start win is won. Since it is output when the pattern change is confirmed, the pattern change is identified according to the signal input. Note that it may be substituted with a start winning signal that can identify the winning (start winning, S winning) at each start port 16, 17.

The jackpot signal is a signal capable of identifying the jackpot period output from the gaming machine 1. Since it is a status signal whose level is output during a jackpot, the input of the jackpot signal is identified as the jackpot period.
The special state signal is a signal capable of identifying a special state (special period) output from the gaming machine 1. Since it is a state signal that is output at a high level during time-saving when the winning rate of the second starting hole 17 increases, the period during which the special state signal is being input is identified as the special state. In addition, the period during which neither the big win signal nor the special state signal is being input is identified as the normal state.

In the gaming machine 1 configured as above, when hitting from the left during normal play, it is expected that the first starting hole 16 and the general winning hole 15 will win. On the other hand, when hitting from the right during time-saving (special state) or small-win play, it is expected that the second starting hole 17 or the opening and closing winning device 18 will win, so the player hits from the left until a big win occurs, and then hits from the right during the special prize period from when the big win occurs until the time-saving or small-win play ends.

(Transition of Game State of Gaming Machine 1)
The transition of the gaming state of the gaming machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
In the normal state, a lottery for a jackpot corresponding to the special chart 1 is performed when the ball enters the first starting hole 16, and if the ball is won, the jackpot is awarded. When the jackpot is consumed, only one time of time reduction is given. During the jackpot, the maximum number of reserved special charts is maintained at four, so when the jackpot ends, five patterns are changed, which is the total of the final pattern change of the jackpot and the four reserved pattern changes. These five times of jackpot lottery will be used to challenge the chance zone (CZ). If the challenge fails during the five pattern changes, the state returns to normal. If the challenge is successful, the jackpot is won and consumed, or if the time-saving pattern is suddenly won, the game enters battle mode (first special state) and enters a time-saving state. The number of electric support times in this time-saving state is 1000 times, and the time-saving state continues until the time-saving is consumed 1000 times or the falling role is won.

During battle mode, a lottery is held to determine whether a jackpot will occur in response to the pattern change. If you win in battle mode, you will win the jackpot, and after the jackpot is consumed, you will enter battle mode again. If you lose in battle mode, you will win a falling role before winning the jackpot, the time-saving state will end, and you will enter a revival chance (reservation consumption state) in which you can consume the remaining reserved special charts (hereinafter referred to as remaining reserves) that were reserved at the end of the pattern change in which you won the falling role. If you are successful in the revival chance, you will win a jackpot, and after the jackpot is consumed, you will enter battle mode again.

(Battle mode effects)
The effects in the battle mode will be described with reference to FIG.
The battle mode is represented by a boxing match. When entering the battle mode, an image of two boxer characters facing each other is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 12, and at the same time, a message indicating that the battle mode has been entered is displayed. One of the two characters corresponds to the player. When the symbol variation for the big win lottery starts after entering the battle mode, the message indicating that the battle mode has been entered is no longer displayed.

When the patterns are changing, the two characters face each other and a number pattern indicating the pattern change is displayed. The pattern changes repeatedly, and if you win a jackpot or a falling role, the same number will be displayed on the left and right of the number pattern, entering a so-called reach state, and only the center pattern will change. When a reach state is reached, the two characters will duel.

If a jackpot is selected as the internal winning role, a victory presentation is performed in which the character corresponding to the player wins. In this victory presentation, a message indicating victory is displayed, and at the same time, the same number as the patterns on the left and right stops on the center symbol, confirming the jackpot pattern and starting the jackpot game. On the other hand, if a fall symbol is selected as the internal winning role, a defeat presentation is performed in which the character corresponding to the player is defeated. In this defeat presentation, a message indicating defeat is displayed, and at the same time, a number different from the patterns on the left and right stops on the center symbol, confirming the losing pattern. When this losing pattern is confirmed, the time-saving state ends, and the presentation for the revival chance begins with the next pattern change.

In addition, even if a jackpot is won as an internal winning role, a defeat effect may be selected. In that case, a showdown may be held again before a number different from the left and right patterns stops on the center pattern and the pattern change is confirmed, and a victory effect may be displayed.
In addition, even in the CZ state described above, the same performance content as in the battle mode is developed, and in that case, the content indicating the CZ entry is displayed instead of the battle mode. However, if you lose during the CZ, there will be no revival chance and the normal pattern change will be performed.

(Performance during revival chances)
The effects during the revival chance will be described with reference to FIG.
When the Revival Chance begins, an image of the character corresponding to the player who lost in Battle Mode kneeling in defeat is displayed, and at the same time, a message is displayed indicating that the Revival Chance has begun. After the Revival Chance begins, when the pattern variation that determines the big win begins, the message indicating that the Revival Chance has begun is no longer displayed.

The pattern change is performed for the number of reserved special patterns stored in the RAM 23 when the revival chance starts (maximum of four times), and during the pattern change, a character corresponding to the player is displayed, and a number pattern is displayed along with the pattern change. If any of the internal winnings during the revival chance wins a jackpot, the character corresponding to the player rises up in the pattern change corresponding to the jackpot, a message indicating success is displayed, and at the same time, all the number patterns are displayed so that they are the same, the jackpot pattern is confirmed, and the jackpot game starts. On the other hand, if all the internal winning roles during the revival chance win a loss, the character corresponding to the player does not rise up in the pattern change corresponding to the final reserved special pattern, a message indicating failure is displayed, and at the same time, the three number patterns are displayed so that they are not the same, and the revival chance performance ends. After the revival chance performance ends, a subtraction performance is performed within the same pattern change according to the conditions described below. This subtraction performance is performed to appeal to the player that the number of jackpot lotteries until the ceiling time reduction is activated has decreased.
In addition, if the pattern change corresponding to the final special pattern hold is a jackpot, a presentation indicating that the revival chance has failed may be presented, as in the case of a miss, and then a presentation similar to that of a jackpot may be presented.

(Performance during revival chances)
The performance of the revival chance will be described with reference to Fig. 7. The number of reserved special symbols at the time of revival is set to four. "Reserved 0" to "Reserved 4" in Fig. 7 indicate the number of reserved symbols stored at the time of the change, with "Reserved 4" indicating a state in which four reserved special symbols are stored, and similarly "Reserved 0" indicating the final pattern change in which no reserved special symbols are stored.

If any of the big win lotteries wins a big win as a result of four symbol variations in the revival chance, any of the big wins A to C is selected based on a predetermined selection rate.
(A) When the jackpot A is selected When the jackpot A is selected, the jackpot is announced immediately as a result of the reach as follows. In this case, the player will play the jackpot game immediately without being discouraged.

Pattern change a: When the jackpot is selected in the time-saving battle mode, the pattern change ends the electric support battle mode (time-saving mode ends).
Pattern changes b to d: All pattern changes corresponding to the reserved special patterns stored in RAM 23 are considered to be misses (non-winning).
Pattern change e: In the final pattern change of the revival chance, a special presentation display pattern occurs, and the jackpot is announced as a result of the reach, and then the jackpot starts. Note that a presentation display pattern other than the special one may occur.

(B) When jackpot B is selected When jackpot B is selected, a miss is announced as a result of the reach, and then a jackpot is announced. In this case, the player is initially disappointed, but then begins to play the jackpot game.
Pattern changes a to d: Same as when jackpot A is selected.
Pattern change e: In the final pattern change of the revival chance, a dedicated performance display pattern occurs, and after the pattern change becomes a miss as a result of a reach, a revival jackpot is announced and then the jackpot starts.

(C) When jackpot C is selected When jackpot C is selected, a miss is announced as a result of the reach as shown below, then a subtraction effect is displayed to subtract the number of jackpot draws that have already been performed from the number of remaining jackpot draws until the ceiling is reached, then a subtraction effect is displayed to subtract all of the predetermined number of draws, and the jackpot is announced and the jackpot begins. In this case, the player is initially disappointed, but after checking the number of remaining jackpot draws through the subtraction effect, he or she will play the jackpot game.

Pattern changes a to d: Same as when jackpot A or B is selected.
Pattern change e: In the final pattern change of the revival chance, a special display pattern occurs, and the pattern change due to the special pattern reservation corresponding to pattern change e is announced as a result of the reach, and a miss is announced. After that, a subtraction effect is displayed to subtract the number of jackpot draws that have already been executed from the number of remaining jackpot draws until the ceiling is reached, and the jackpot starts after announcing the revival jackpot.

(D) When Miss is Selected When Miss is selected, a subtraction effect is displayed that makes it look like the number of jackpot draws that have already been performed is subtracted from the number of remaining jackpot draws until the ceiling is reached after the reach result has become a miss, as shown below. In this case, the player will play while worrying about whether to continue playing by checking the number of remaining jackpot draws through the subtraction effect.

Pattern changes a to d: Same as when jackpot A to C is selected.
Pattern change e: In the final pattern change of the revival chance, a special performance display pattern occurs, and after a miss is announced as a result of the reach, a subtraction performance is performed to subtract the number of jackpot lotteries that have already been executed from the number of remaining jackpot lotteries until the ceiling is reached, and thereafter, normal pattern change is repeated.
As described above, the subtraction effect is performed when jackpot C is selected as the jackpot during the revival chance or when a miss is won, but is not performed when jackpot A or jackpot B is selected.

(Display pattern of final symbol change during revival chance)
The effect display pattern of the final pattern change in the revival chance will be described with reference to Fig. 8. However, since the numerical values shown in Fig. 8 indicate the ratio in units of % that each effect display pattern is selected for each special pattern, the total of the vertical axis is 100 (%).

A special display pattern is displayed during the final pattern change of the remaining reserved balls during the revival chance. If any of the internal reserved balls win a jackpot during the revival chance, the reach is successful and a jackpot is obtained, and after the jackpot is consumed, the machine enters battle mode again. If the reach is unsuccessful, a subtraction effect is performed in which the number of pattern changes that have already been performed is subtracted from the number of remaining jackpot draws until the ceiling is reached. After the subtraction effect is performed, the machine returns to the normal state and the above series of actions are repeated.

The final symbol variation effect display pattern is allocated according to the number of remaining jackpot draws until the ceiling time-saving feature is activated. In this embodiment, first to third effect tables are provided, which divide the predetermined number of times (500) until the ceiling time-saving feature is activated into predetermined ranges, and the corresponding effect table is selected according to the remaining number of jackpot draws at the time of the final symbol variation, and the effect display pattern is allocated based on the effect table.

The first effect table corresponds to the number of draws performed until the pattern change corresponding to the final hold in the revival chance (hereinafter, the number of performed jackpot draws) of 4 to 30, in other words, the number of remaining jackpot draws until the ceiling time-saving function is activated is 470 to 496. The second effect table corresponds to the number of performed jackpot draws of 31 to 100, in other words, the number of remaining jackpot draws is 400 to 469. The third effect table corresponds to the number of performed jackpot draws of 101 to 499, in other words, the number of remaining jackpot draws is 1 to 399. By providing such first to third effect tables, the calculation display pattern is set to differ depending on the number of remaining jackpot draws until the ceiling time-saving function is activated. Note that the range of the number of remaining jackpot draws and the number of ranges are not limited to these.

Incidentally, in jackpot C, after the revival chance's final pattern change reaches and fails (after a miss is announced), a subtraction effect is displayed that subtracts the number of jackpot draws that have already been performed from the number of remaining jackpot draws until the ceiling is reached. As a result, the number of remaining jackpot draws until the ceiling is reached is subtracted, and the player feels happy as it feels like the ceiling is getting closer, which encourages continued play even after the series of jackpots has ended.

However, when the number of remaining jackpot draws until the ceiling time-saving feature is activated is 470-496 in the first presentation table, and the number of times that appear to be subtracted by the subtraction feature is small, it is difficult to feel that the ceiling is near, even if a subtraction feature is performed, and there is a risk that it will not encourage continued play. Therefore, in the first presentation table, when the final pattern change of the revival chance results in a jackpot, if jackpot C is selected, it is made to appear as a miss for the moment, and after the normal subtraction feature is displayed, the probability of displaying a feature that subtracts all the predetermined number of times is increased.

By the above operation, when the jackpot C is selected, the player is first disappointed that the revival chance has failed, and then a subtraction effect for returning to the normal game is displayed, and the remaining number of jackpot draws is made to look as if they have been subtracted, making the player believe that all the draws up to the ceiling have been subtracted. This allows the player to experience the best jackpot state, and encourages the player to continue playing even after the series of jackpots has ended.
On the other hand, if none of the big win lotteries during the revival chance are successful, a subtraction calculation is performed in the same way as for a big win, and then the normal state is restored; however, the subtraction effect makes the player feel that they are getting closer to activating the ceiling time-saving feature, which can motivate them to continue playing.

(The process leading up to the awarding of bonuses upon reaching the ceiling)
A series of steps leading up to the awarding of a special bonus upon reaching the ceiling will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 9 shows a case where a player enters a CZ after a jackpot, wins a jackpot during the CZ or suddenly wins a time-saving symbol (not shown) and enters a battle mode, loses the battle mode and enters a revival chance, but fails the revival chance and returns to a normal state, and reaches a state where the result of a jackpot lottery is a miss a predetermined number of times in a row in the normal state (hereinafter, the ceiling is reached), and the game state is switched to a time-saving state (a bonus is granted). The predetermined number of times is set to 500 times, and the number of time-saving times granted when the ceiling is reached is set to 1000 times. Note that if a player suddenly wins a time-saving symbol during the CZ and enters a battle mode, the number of lotteries during the CZ is also included in the number of lotteries until the ceiling is activated.

In the time-saving state after the end of the jackpot game, a jackpot lottery is held, and if the player wins the falling role (winning the end condition lottery) on the 70th time of the time-saving count (70 times in total in normal mode), the time-saving state of the battle mode ends, and the player enters a revival chance (reserved consumption state) in which the pattern for the jackpot lottery is changed by the number of reserved special patterns stored at the time of the end of the battle mode. In the example shown in Figure 9, the pattern changes four times (74 times in total in normal mode), and after the revival chance, the game state returns to the normal state, and the jackpot lottery is held until the ceiling is reached or a jackpot is won. At this point, 74 jackpot lotteries (70 times in the time-saving state + 4 times of revival chance) have been held, so the number of jackpot lotteries remaining until the ceiling is reached is 426 (= 500 - 74). After the ceiling is reached, the time-saving state is changed to 1000 times.

(Subtraction effect during revival chance)
The subtraction effect during the revival chance will be described with reference to Fig. 10. Fig. 10 shows a case where the big win C is selected during the revival chance in the gaming state described in Fig. 9.
If any of the internal winning roles corresponding to the reserved special figures stored at the time of the revival chance is a jackpot, the revival chance performance will fail once before the subtraction performance is performed. This subtraction performance is also performed when all of the internal winning roles corresponding to the reserved special figures are misses.

When entering the subtraction performance, a display appears as if the predetermined number of times until the ceiling time-saving activation has been subtracted, and then after the subtraction indication disappears, a count-up display appears to show that the results of the pattern changes that occurred up to the pattern change corresponding to the final pattern reservation (74 times in the example shown in Figure 10) have been subtracted. This causes the player to be initially disappointed when he or she sees that the predetermined number of times until the ceiling time-saving activation has been subtracted, but then when he or she sees that 500 times have been subtracted, he or she realizes that he or she has won the jackpot and begins to enjoy the jackpot game. Note that if jackpot A or jackpot B is selected, a different display will be displayed than in Figure 10.

According to this embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
When the jackpot C is selected in the revival chance after the battle mode when the ceiling is reached or when a miss is won, a subtraction effect is performed in which the number of pattern changes until the ceiling time-saving activation is activated is subtracted and counted up based on the number of jackpot draws performed until the reserved special patterns stored up until the end of the pattern change in which the revival chance was failed are consumed, so that it is possible to make the number of jackpot draws until the ceiling time-saving activation appear to be shortened, and the player is made to recognize that the chance of a jackpot due to the activation of the ceiling time-saving activation is approaching, thereby providing a motivation for continuing playing.

When the number of symbol changes to be subtracted in the subtraction effect is large, the player will have fewer symbol changes to play before the ceiling time-saving feature is activated, and will be able to benefit from the subtraction effect. However, when the number of symbol changes to be subtracted is small, the player will receive less benefit, and there is a risk that this will not motivate him to continue playing after a jackpot. Therefore, by setting the occurrence rate of the effect display pattern to differ depending on the number of jackpot draws remaining until the ceiling time-saving feature is activated, if the number of symbol changes to be subtracted in the subtraction effect is small when a jackpot is won in the jackpot draw during the revival chance, the subtraction effect is displayed once and then the subtraction effect is displayed a predetermined number of times, so that the player can continue playing with a sense of anticipation until the end, even after the jackpot has ended or if the revival chance is lost.

When setting the occurrence rate of subtraction effects to vary according to the number of remaining jackpot draws until the ceiling time-saving feature is activated, the predetermined number of times until the ceiling time-saving feature is activated is divided into multiple parts, and multiple effect tables are prepared in which the occurrence rate of subtraction effects varies according to the divided ranges. By executing the effect display pattern according to the selected effect table, the excitement of the game is enhanced, and the player can enjoy the game without getting bored.

Other Embodiments
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment and modifications, but may be modified or expanded as follows, or each modification may be combined with the above-described embodiment.
As a revival chance, a predetermined number of jackpots may be drawn instead of the reserved number of special charts, or a predetermined number may be added to the reserved number of special charts to draw a jackpot, and a subtraction effect may be performed with a pattern change corresponding to the last jackpot draw. In this case, the predetermined number may be determined by drawing lots.
Instead of setting the range of the remaining number of jackpot lottery draws until the ceiling time reduction is activated by a plurality of performance tables, the remaining number of jackpot lottery draws may be set by a predetermined calculation formula.

The names of the game states are not limited to those in the present embodiment. In addition, the game states are not limited to the examples of the game states, and any kind of game presentation may be performed.
The numerical values relating to the gaming machine are not limited to those in this embodiment.
Although it is configured as a type 1/2 mixed type gaming machine, it does not have to be limited to a machine type, and it may be a type with a high probability of winning or a type with a high probability of falling.
The number of effect display patterns and effect tables is not limited to that in this embodiment.
The dedicated effect display pattern is not limited to the one type described in this embodiment, but a plurality of types may be provided and a predetermined type may be selected according to the conditions.

In the drawing, 1 is the gaming machine, 12 is the liquid crystal display unit (display means), 20 is the main control circuit (termination condition lottery means, calculation means), 23 is the RAM (special chart reservation storage means, lottery count storage means), and 36 is the sub-control circuit (subtraction display means, display means).

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A gaming machine that can generate an easy-to-win state in which it is easier to win a prize than in a normal state as a gaming state, and is configured to switch the gaming state to the easy-to-win state when a result of a jackpot lottery in the normal state is a non-win for a predetermined number of consecutive times,
A display means for displaying the result of the jackpot lottery as a pattern variation;
a termination condition selection means for selecting a condition for terminating the easy-to-win state;
a lottery count storage means for storing the number of jackpot lotteries executed in the easy-to-win state at the time when the easy-to-win state is ended by the ending condition lottery means;
a subtraction display means for executing a subtraction effect that displays the number of jackpot lotteries stored in the lottery number storage means at a timing when the easy-to-win state ends and transitions to a normal state, and displays on the display means as if the predetermined number of times has been subtracted by the number of jackpot lotteries stored therein;
A calculation means for calculating a remaining number of jackpot lotteries, which is a difference between the stored number of jackpot lotteries and the predetermined number of times;
The ratio of executing the subtraction effect varies depending on whether the remaining number of jackpot lotteries is within a predetermined range,
A gaming machine characterized in that a plurality of the predetermined ranges are provided, and the ratio at which the subtraction effect is executed is different in each of the plurality of ranges . A gaming machine that can generate an easy-to-win state in which it is easier to win a prize than in a normal state as a gaming state, and is configured to switch the gaming state to the easy-to-win state when a result of a jackpot lottery in the normal state is a non-win for a predetermined number of consecutive times,
A display means for displaying the result of the jackpot lottery as a pattern variation;
a termination condition selection means for selecting a condition for terminating the easy-to-win state;
a lottery count storage means for storing the number of jackpot lotteries executed in the easy-to-win state at the time when the easy-to-win state is ended by the ending condition lottery means;
a subtraction display means for executing a subtraction effect that displays the number of jackpot lotteries stored in the lottery number storage means at a timing when the easy-to-win state ends and transitions to a normal state, and displays on the display means as if the predetermined number of times has been subtracted by the number of jackpot lotteries stored therein;
A calculation means for calculating a remaining number of jackpot lotteries, which is a difference between the stored number of jackpot lotteries and the predetermined number of times;
A special chart reservation storage means for storing the result of the jackpot lottery as a special chart reservation up to a predetermined upper limit reservation number ;
Equipped with
The lottery count storage means stores the number of jackpot lotteries executed in a reserved consumption state in which a jackpot lottery for the upper limit reserved number stored in the special chart reservation storage means is performed,
The subtraction display means executes the subtraction effect in a pattern variation corresponding to a big win lottery at which the reserved consumption state ends,
The ratio of executing the subtraction effect varies depending on whether the remaining number of jackpot lotteries is within a predetermined range,
A gaming machine characterized in that a plurality of the predetermined ranges are provided, and the ratio at which the subtraction effect is executed is different in each of the plurality of ranges .

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