The present invention relates to a game machine and the like having a lottery mechanism.
There is known to be some game machines each having a lottery mechanism. For example, there is known to be a game machine having a physical lottery mechanism for a bingo game, where a ball is discharged to a roulette wheel having a plurality of pockets, to each of which a numeral is assigned, and when the ball enters one of the pockets, the numeral is selected (for example, patent literature 1).
Patent Document #1: JP-A-2004-97487
The number of times that the lottery is executed in one game is predetermined, and when the predetermined number of lotteries ends, the game also ends. In this case, since it is easy to estimate the result in the middle of the game, the interest of the game is probably reduced.
With that background, the present invention aims to provide a game machine and the like where the moment when a game ends changes depending on a lottery result.
A game machine as one aspect of the present invention is a game machine comprising: a lottery mechanism where a plurality of pockets, each of the plurality of pockets being correlated to at least one choice out of a plurality of choices, are provided in order to select the at least one choice, and a lottery is executed in such a way that by making a game body enter any one of the plurality of pockets, the at least one choice correlated to the pocket is selected; a discharging mechanism which discharges at least one game body to the lottery mechanism; and a computer, wherein the computer functions by executing a computer program, as a discharging control device which is configured to control the discharging mechanism so that at least one game body is discharged to the lottery mechanism as one lottery unit, and have a continuous discharging control device which is configured to control the discharging mechanism so that the at least one game body is discharged continuously to repeat the lottery by the lottery unit, as long as a predetermined end condition is not established.
A game control method as another aspect of the present invention is a game control method for making a computer of a game machine function, the game machine comprising: a lottery mechanism where a plurality of pockets, each of the plurality of pockets being correlated to at least one choice out of a plurality of choices, are provided in order to select the at least one choice, and a lottery is executed in such a way that by making a game body enter any one of the plurality of pockets, the at least one choice correlated to the pocket is selected; and a discharging mechanism which discharges at least one game body to the lottery mechanism, wherein the game control method making the computer execute a discharging control step of controlling the discharging mechanism so that at least one game body is discharged to the lottery mechanism as one lottery unit, and in the discharging control step, further execute a continuous discharging control step of controlling the discharging mechanism so that the at least one game body is discharged continuously to repeat the lottery by the lottery unit, as long as a predetermined end condition is not established.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium as another aspect of the present invention is a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for making a computer of a game machine function, the game machine comprising: a lottery mechanism where a plurality of pockets, each of the plurality of pockets being correlated to at least one choice out of a plurality of choices, are provided in order to select the at least one choice, and a lottery is executed in such a way that by making a game body enter any one of the plurality of pockets, the at least one choice correlated to the pocket is selected; and a discharging mechanism which discharges at least one game body to the lottery mechanism, wherein the computer program makes the computer function as a discharging control device which is configured to control the discharging mechanism so that at least one game body is discharged to the lottery mechanism as one lottery unit, and further makes the computer as the discharging control device function as a continuous discharging control device which is configured to control the discharging mechanism so that the at least one game body is discharged continuously to repeat the lottery by the lottery unit, as long as a predetermined end condition is not established.
The game machine 1 is a so-called medal game machine where a medal is used as a game medium. The game machine 1 comprises a center unit CN and a plurality of station units ST which are disposed so as to surround the circumference of the center unit CN. Further, the game machine 1 is provided with a center monitor 2 being located above the center unit CN. The center monitor 2 displays various images relating to a game served by the game machine 1. TO the center monitor 2, for example, a liquid crystal display device is applied.
The lottery mechanism 11 is provided with the lottery field LF where the lottery is executed; and a ball slot 21 from which the balls B supplied from the discharging mechanism 12 are discharged. The lottery field LF is provided with a first lottery portion 23; a second lottery portion 25; a rotational field 26 as a rotational portion; and a ball moving field 27. The first lottery portion 23, where a part of the plurality of pockets 22 (sometimes referred to as the pocket(s) 22a) are arranged in the circumferential direction, is driven to rotate around an axial line AX. The second lottery portion 25, where the remaining pockets 22 (sometimes referred to as the pocket(s) 22b) and at least one guiding passage 24 which leads the ball B to the first lottery portion 23 are arranged so as to surround the circumference of the first lottery portion 23, is driven to rotate integrally with the first lottery portion 23. The rotational field 26 is located between the first lottery portion 23 and the second lottery portion 25, and driven to rotate around the axial line AX in a direction opposite to the direction where the first lottery portion 23 and second lottery portion 25 rotate. The ball moving field 27 is provided so as to surround the circumference of the second lottery portion 25.
For each pocket 22, a ball detection sensor 32 is provided for detecting the ball B entered the pocket 22. Various kinds of sensors, as one example, a contact sensor, a photoelectric sensor, or the like, can be employed as the ball detection sensor 32. The guiding passage 24 of the second lottery portion 25 has a width which allows the ball B to move. With respect to the guiding passage 24, a sensor (not illustrated) for detecting the ball B entering the guiding passage 24 is provided to a portion of an inlet side thereof and a stopper member (not illustrated) for restricting advance of the ball B to the rotational field 26 is provided to a portion of an outlet side thereof. In a case where the sensor detects the ball B entering the guiding passage 24, a user is notified of the detection through a display and a sound to call an attention of the user to the guiding passage 24. After a predetermined time passes from that, the stopper member is lowered to allow the ball B to advance to the rotational field 26. When the ball B has entered any one of the pockets 22, the ball B is retrieved by the retrieval mechanism 13.
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A lottery game served at the game machine 1 will be explained. Based on the lottery result of the lottery executed at the center unit CN, the mini game progresses at each station unit ST. The lottery executed at the center unit CN is executed in such a manner that at least one ball B is discharged to the lottery field LF, and selected is one choice corresponding to the pocket 22 which the ball B has entered. In the lottery at the center unit CN, a predetermined number of balls B are set as a lottery unit, and the lottery executed by the lottery unit is repeated as long as a predetermined end condition is not established. As one example, three balls B are discharged to the lottery field LF for each lottery of the lottery unit. One time of the lottery game starts at the moment of starting the lottery, and ends at the moment of ending the lottery after the end condition is established. When the lottery game ends, a dividend is given to each user depending on the game result of his/her mini game, and the next lottery game is executed.
When the lottery game is started, the lottery game proceeds by the lottery unit. Three balls B are discharged to the lottery field LF from the discharging mechanism 12 in each lottery unit, and each of the balls B enters any one of the pockets 22. For example, if a ball B enters any one of the colored pockets 22p to 22t, the number of times that the ball B has entered is counted for each color, and the counted number of times impinges on the mini game of the station unit ST. If a ball B enters one of the end pockets 22u, the lottery game ends. As the end condition, it is set that a ball B enters the end pocket 22u. After entering the pockets 22, the balls B drop on the drop face 41, and are led to the supply passage 43 by the move member 44, and then supplied to the discharging mechanism 12.
If a ball B enters the ineffective pocket 22v, the lottery game goes into a “special chance” state, and the end condition becomes ineffective, that is, even if a ball B enters the end pocket 22u in the “special chance”, the lottery game is continued. In the “special chance” state, if a ball B enters the end pocket 22u, the lottery game is continued only one time. In the “special chance” state, if the ball B enters the ineffective pocket 22v again, the dividend of the mini game of the station unit ST is doubled. The “special chance” would be set by the lottery unit. For example, after the lottery unit where a ball B entered the ineffective pocket 22v, the next lottery unit is set to be in the “special chance” state. The number of times that the lottery unit is allowed to be set to be in the “special chance” state, may be changed as appropriate. Further, in a case where the “special chance” has been established, or in a case where the ball B has entered again the ineffective pocket 22v in the “special chance” state, the discharging timing to discharge the balls B with respect to the next lottery unit becomes able to be determined by operations of a user of any one of the station units ST. Which one of the station units ST obtains a decision right of the discharging timing is determined by lottery process, and the user of the selected station unit ST is notified by a display or/and a sound. In the “special chance” state, since the function of the end pockets 22u has become ineffective, a user can discharge balls B without hesitation. Further, in a case where a ball B enters a certain pocket 22 which is worth for the other user, the other user might appreciate the user who discharged the ball B. Thereby, it is also possible to promote making the user feel uplifted. On the other hand, in a case where no operation for specifying the discharging timing is performed within a predetermined time at the station unit ST which has obtained the decision right of the drawing timing, the balls B are discharged automatically. The game settings with respect to the lottery game, such as the number of or the kinds of colored pockets, the number of end pockets 22u or ineffective pockets 22v, the location of each pocket 22, the end condition, and the setting of the “special chance”, may be changed as appropriate.
On the other hand, at the station unit ST, plural kinds of mini games are served. A user selects one mini game or more, bets credits, and receives the dividend depending on the lottery result of the center unit CN. At the game machine 1, the user is allowed to play plural mini games in parallel. At the monitor 62, a game screen of the mini games can be displayed. In the game screen, each of the mini games selected by a user may be displayed on each of the divided game screens, or is displayed switchablly to each other.
As one example of the mini game, a basic game, where the number of selections is incremented for each selected color as the number of pieces of the selected color, and a dividend is given to a user depending on the number of pieces of each selected color, will be described.
Further, at the station unit ST, as one example of the other mini game, a bingo game is served.
If at least one bingo is established, the bingo card 111 being used at the present is finished up and the next bingo card 111a is delivered. And then, the bingo game progresses in the same way. Until the lottery game ends, the bingo game continues. At the end of the lottery game, the dividend is given to a user depending on the number of bingos established. One bingo card 111 corresponds to one stage. When the bingo card is changed to the next bingo card 111a, the stage is also changed to a new stage. If all lines in one bingo card 111 become effective at the same time, an all-line bonus is given to the user. At the lottery mechanism 11, there is a possibility that a ball B enters the pockets 22 having a same kind, for example a same color, plural times. In this case, the next bingo card 111a may be changed so that a square 110 of the next bingo card 111a becomes advantageous to the game progress. For example, any one of the squares 110 of the next bingo card 111a may be changed to a colored square 110, the color of which was selected at the lottery mechanism 11. If the number of same kind squares increases, the bingo becomes easily established. So, it is possible to raise user's expectation to the dividend. Further, on a condition that a ball B enters pockets 22 correlated to a particular color, the next bingo card 111a may be changed so that a square 110 of the next bingo card 111a becomes advantageous to the game progress. In this case, if what color of the pocket 22 a ball B should enter is displayed, even if the color is not used in the present bingo card 111, it is possible to raise user's expectation that a ball B enters the color of pocket 22.
As the mini game progressing depending on the lottery result of the lottery mechanism 11, a game other than the mentioned two games may be served. For example, a block erasing game that in a game region covered by blocks, each block corresponding to each choice of the lottery mechanism 11, a block corresponding to a color selected is erased, and new blocks are added to compensate the erased blocks; a digital pusher game that a predetermined number of medals are supplied to a pusher field depending on a color selected; or the like may be served. Rules of each game may be set as appropriate. Further, a well-known game may be employed as the mini game.
The mini game control portion 82 obtains a lottery result of the lottery game controlled by the lottery game control portion 81 and controls progress of each mini game. In addition, to the mini game control portion 82, a monitor 62 provided to the station unit ST, a touch panel 63, a medal detection sensor 61a which is mounted at the medal slit to detect medals, and a card reader 65. The card reader 65 reads out information from the card 64 where the user identification information is recorded, and outputs a signal corresponding to the read information to the mini game control portion 82. The storage portion 83 is an external storage device realized as a storage unit such as a hard disk array device. In the storage portion 83, game play data 84 and a game program 85 for executing the mini games are stored as well as various kinds of data necessary for controlling the mini games and serving various kinds of services.
In a case where the ball B has not entered the colored pockets 22p to 22t, the lottery game control portion 81 determines whether the balls B has entered the ineffective pocket 22v (step S5). In a case where the ball B has entered the ineffective pocket 22v, the lottery game control portion 81 sets the “special chance” (step S6). For example, at the center unit CN, the establishment of the “special chance” is presented. The lottery game control portion 81 notifies each station unit ST of the fact that the ball B has entered the ineffective pocket 22v (step S3), and continues the lottery game (step S4). In a case where the ball B has not entered the ineffective pocket 22v, the lottery game control portion 81 detects that the ball B has entered the end pocket 22u (step S7). The lottery game control portion 81 determines whether the present time is in the “special chance” state (step S8). In a case where not in the “special chance” state, the lottery game control portion 81 ends the lottery game (step S9). And then, the lottery game control portion 81 notifies each station unit ST of a fact that the lottery game has ended (step S10) to end the processing of this turn. In a case where the present time is in the “special chance” state, the lottery game control portion 81 continues the lottery game (step S4).
According to the above mentioned processing, in the lottery game, balls B are discharged to the lottery field LF for each lottery unit (step S1). In a case where a ball B enters any one of the colored pockets 22p to 22t (step S2), the lottery result is communicated to each station unit ST (step S3), and the lottery game is continued (step S4). In a case where a ball B enters the ineffective pocket 22v (step S5), the “special chance” state is set (step S6), the lottery result is communicated to each station unit ST (step S3), and the lottery game is continued (step S4). In a case where a ball B enters the end pocket 22u (step S7), in the “special chance” state, the end of the lottery game becomes ineffective and the lottery game is continued (step S4). On the other hand, in not the “special chance” state, the lottery game is ended (step S9), and the result is communicated to each station unit ST (step S10)
In the above mentioned processing, the lottery game control portion 81 executing the processes of steps S1 to S10 functions as a discharging control device. Especially, the lottery game control portion 81 executing the processes of steps S2 to S9 functions as a continuous discharging control device. As the end condition, it is set that a ball B enters the end pocket 22u, that is, that a ball B is detected by the ball detection sensor 32 of the end pocket 22u. The lottery game ends except for a case where the moment is not in the “special chance” state.
Subsequently, the mini game control portion 82 obtains a lottery result from the center unit CN (step S13), and executes executing processing for the mini game(s) selected by the user (step S14). The detail of this mini game executing processing will be explained later. And then, the mini game control portion 82 determines whether the lottery game of the center unit CN has ended (step S15). In a case where the lottery game has not yet ended, the mini game control portion 82 returns to step S13 to obtain a lottery result from the center unit CN and continue the mini game. On the other hand, in a case where the lottery game has ended, based on the result of the mini game(s) selected for this turn by the user, the dividend is given to the user (step S16), and the processing of this turn is ended.
According to the above mentioned processing, at the station unit ST, the mini game(s) to be played is (are) selected by the user (step S11), and bets are accepted in a predetermined period (step S12). When the bet accepting period is expired, the lottery game is started at the center unit CN and each station unit ST obtains the lottery game (step S13). Based on the lottery result, the mini game is executed (step S14), the mini game continues until the lottery game ends (step S15). When the lottery game ends, the dividend is given to the user appropriately for the result of the mini game(s) (step S16).
In the above mentioned processing, the mini game control portion 82 executing the processes of steps S13 to S15 functions as a game executing device. The mini game control device 82 executing the process of step S16 functions as a dividend giving device.
As one example of the mini game executing processing which is executed at step S14 of
As the other example of the mini game executing process which is executed at step S14 of
On the other hand, in a case where the bingo card 111 does not have a square 110 corresponding to the lottery result at step S31, the mini game control portion 82 determines whether the square 110 corresponding to the lottery result has become already effective (step S38). In a case where the square 110 was the choice already selected in the lottery game, the mini game control portion 82 changes a square 110 of the next bingo card 111a (step S39). The mini game control portion 82 may determine a predetermine color and, each time when a choice which was already selected is selected again, may increase a square 110 corresponding to the choice on the next bingo card 111a, or may change a square 110 of the next bingo card 111a to a square 110 corresponding to the selected choice. The square 110 to be changed of the next bingo card 111a may be determined at random, or any square 110 on the next bingo card 111a may be changed except the free square 110w. Appropriate setting is possible. After step S39, the mini game control portion 82 goes to step S15 of
The present invention is not limited to the above mentioned embodiment, and may be executed in various embodiments. For example, in the above embodiment, the number of balls B to be discharged to the lottery field LF is set to three for each lottery unit. However, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. A single ball, two balls, or four balls may be applied. Though the number of balls B is fixed to three as the lottery unit during the lottery game, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. The number of balls B for each lottery unit may be changed as the game progresses. For example, the number of balls B of the first lottery unit may be set to three, and the number of balls B of the second lottery unit may be set to two, and after that, the number of balls B of the lottery unit may be set to one. As the game progresses, the number of balls B may be increased, or decreased. Any appropriate setting can be applied.
In the above embodiment, the choices each being correlated to the pocket 22 in the lottery field LF of the center unit CN are fixed. However, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. The position of each choice may be changed as the game progresses. Such a change of position may be determined at random, or according to an instruction by a user. Further, with respect to the choices provided to the lottery field LF, the number of choices for each kind may be changed. For example, when a user uses a specific item, the ineffective pockets 22b may be increased, or a pocket 22 corresponding to a specific color may be increased. Each time when the lottery of the lottery unit ends, the number of end pockets 22u may be increased. In this case, the pocket 22 which the ball B has entered may be changed to the end pocket 22u sequentially. The change rate of each pocket 22 may be changed in an ongoing lottery game. Any appropriate change can be applied. In this case, a projector is provided above the center unit CN, the choices may be displayed understandably to users in such a way that each choice is displayed around each corresponding pocket 22 of the first lottery portion 23 and the second lottery portion 25. The pockets 22 may have different colored LEDs therein respectively so as to be displayed in different colors from each other. The number of guiding passages 24 may be changed. For example, the following embodiment may be applied. A movable restriction member is provided so as to close the guiding passages 24, and the number of available guiding passages 24 is controlled based on conditions of the game.
Further, it is not necessary that only one choice is correlated to each pocket 22 in the lottery field LF of the center unit CN. Plural choices can be correlated to one pocket 22. For example, since the first lottery portion 23 has a lower possibility that a ball B enters a pocket 22 than the second lottery portion 25, with respect to at least one part of the pockets 22a of the first lottery portion 23, each pocket 22a is correlated to at least two colors. In a case where a ball B enters such a pocket 22a, with respect to each of the corresponding colors, the number of pieces is incremented. Furthermore, in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied, the number of choices corresponding to one pocket 22 may be changed dynamically. For example, in the “special chance” state, with respect to at least a part of pockets 22 of the first lottery portion 23 or/and the second lottery portion 25, each pocket 22 may be correlated to at least two colors. Thereby, it is possible to raise user's expectations. In addition, the number of choices correlated to each of the at least one part of the pockets 22 may be different between a state that the total number of discharged balls B is less than a predetermined number is different and a state that the total number of discharged balls B is the predetermined number or more. In a case where a ball B has entered a pocket 22 correlated to two or more choices, an incremented value may be set differently from an incremented value of a case where a ball B has entered a pocket 22 correlated to one choice. For example, in a case where a ball B has entered a pocket 22 correlated to two colors, 0.5 may be incremented with respect to each color.
In the above embodiment, during the “special chance” state, the end condition becomes ineffective. However, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. For example, the following embodiments may be applied. The “special chance” state is set so as to continue over a predetermined number of lottery units, and the number of end pockets 22u is decreased during the “special chance” state. For example, the following embodiment may be applied. In a case where the “special chance” state is set to continue over three lottery units, no end pocket 22u is provided in the first lottery unit, a single end pocket 22u is provided in the second lottery unit, and two end pockets 22u are provided in the third lottery unit. From the next (forth) lottery unit, the game is continued with normal three end pockets 22u.
With respect to the basic game, in the above embodiment, when a ball B enters one of the colored pockets 22p to 22t, the number of pieces corresponding to the selected color is incremented by 1. However, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. For example, the incremented value may be changed depending on positions of the colored pockets 22p to 22t. In the lottery field LF, the probability that a ball B enters a pocket 22 of the first lottery portion 23 is less than the probability that a ball B enters a pocket 22 of the second lottery portion 25. In such a case, when a ball B enters any one of the colored pockets 22p to 22t of the first lottery portion 23, the number of pieces may be incremented by 2 with respect to the selected color. In addition, in the “special chance” state, when a ball B enters any one of the colored pockets, the incremented value may be increased with respect to each selected color. Or, with respect to a case where a ball B has entered a same pocket 22 plural times in one lottery game, the incremented value may be increased from the second time.
In the above mentioned embodiment, the lottery game executed at the center unit CN is executed using the lottery mechanism 11 and the discharging mechanism 12 which are physical ones. However, the preset invention is not limited to this embodiment. For example, a monitor is set to display a game screen, and the lottery game may be provided as an electronic lottery game. In this case, the game bodies may be controlled in a similar way to be discharged to the lottery filed LF. In the above embodiment, a spherical ball B is applied to the game body. However, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. For example, an oval ball may be applied. Or, a disk-shaped game body may be applied in a condition that the disk-shaped game body is made to slip on a field where friction is reduced between the disk-shaped one and the field. In a case of the electronic lottery game, the game body may be set to any shape, such as a character and various kinds of things, as appropriate.
In the above mentioned embodiment, with respect to the bingo game served by each station unit ST, a range where a user can play with one bingo card 110 is set to a stage. However, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. The concept of stage of game can be applied to various kinds of games. For example, in a case of the block erasing game where a block corresponding to selected color is erased and the purpose is to erase all blocks, when all blocks are erased, the corresponding stage is ended, and a new stage may be served. To the new stage, a condition advantageous to a user may be given. Any appropriate setting can be applied.
In the above mentioned embodiment, the lottery game continues as long as the end condition is not established. Therefore, the time when one lottery game ends is variable. By using this, as one mini game served by each station unit ST, an estimation game which makes a user estimate the number of discharges of balls B may be served. As an embodiment for making a user estimate the number of discharges, it may be applied to make a user estimate how many times the lottery unit is repeated, or to make a user estimate more detail in consideration of the order of the pockets 22 which balls B enter in each lottery unit. Thereby, even if the lottery game ends with a small number of discharges, the dividend is given to a user who estimated the small number of discharges. Accordingly, it is possible to maintain attractivity of the game.
As explained above, the game machine as one aspect of the present invention is a game machine (for example, the game 1) comprising: a lottery mechanism (for example, the lottery mechanism 11) where a plurality of pockets (for example, the pockets 22p to 22v), each of the plurality of pockets being correlated to at least one choice out of a plurality of choices, are provided in order to select the at least one choice, and a lottery is executed in such a way that by making a game body (for example, the ball B) enter any one of the plurality of pockets, the at least one choice correlated to the pocket is selected; a discharging mechanism (for example, the discharging mechanism 12) which discharges at least one game body to the lottery mechanism; and a computer (for example, the lottery game control portion 81 shown in
The game control method as another aspect of the present invention is a game control method for making a computer (for example, the lottery game control portion 81 shown in
The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as another aspect of the present invention is a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for making a computer of a game machine function, the game machine comprising: a lottery mechanism where a plurality of pockets, each of the plurality of pockets being correlated to at least one choice out of a plurality of choices, are provided in order to select the at least one choice, and a lottery is executed in such a way that by making a game body enter any one of the plurality of pockets, the at least one choice correlated to the pocket is selected; and a discharging mechanism which discharges at least one game body to the lottery mechanism, wherein the computer program makes the computer function as a discharging control device which is configured to control the discharging mechanism so that at least one game body is discharged to the lottery mechanism as one lottery unit, and further makes the computer as the discharging control device function as a continuous discharging control device which is configured to control the discharging mechanism so that the at least one game body is discharged continuously to repeat the lottery by the lottery unit, as long as a predetermined end condition is not established.
If the computer program according to the present invention is installed to, for example, a computer and executed by using this storage medium, it is possible to realize a game system according to the present invention by using the computer. The storage medium storing the computer program is a non-transitory one such as a CD-ROM.
As one embodiment of the game machine of the present invention, the continuous discharging control device may be configured to end the lottery of a next lottery unit in a case where the predetermined end condition is established. Further, as one embodiment of the present invention, the discharging control device may be configured to control to make the discharging mechanism discharge to the lottery mechanism, a plurality of game bodies set as the lottery unit. As another embodiment of the game machine of the present invention, the discharging control device may be configured to control the discharging mechanism so that the number of game bodies to be discharged to the lottery mechanism, set as the lottery unit, is changed depending on the number of times that the lottery by the lottery unit was repeated.
As another embodiment of the game machine of the present invention, the plurality of pockets may include an end pocket (for example, the end pocket 22u) correlated to a choice which ends the lottery, and the predetermined end condition may be that the game body enters the end pocket. As another embodiment of the game machine of the present invention, the plurality of pockets may include an ineffective pocket (the ineffective pocket 22v) correlated to a choice which makes establishment of the predetermined end condition ineffective, and the continuous discharging control device is configured to, when the game body enters the ineffective pocket, make the establishment of the predetermined end condition ineffective in the lottery of a next lottery unit.
As another embodiment of the game machine of the present invention, the computer may further function as a game executing device (for example, the mini game control portion 82) which is configured to execute a game which progresses based on a lottery result of the lottery mechanism, and the game executing device is configured to end a stage (for example, the bingo card 111 of the bingo game) of the game ongoing when a predetermined game condition is established, and execute a new stage (for example, the next bingo card 111a of the bingo game), while the lottery continues. In this case, the game executing device may be configured to change depending on the lottery result, an initial setting of the new stage to be executed next.
As another embodiment of the game machine of the present invention, the plurality of choices may be correlated to a plurality of kinds of attributions (for example, the attributions which the colored pockets 22p to 22t, the end pocket 22u, and the ineffective pocket 22v have) respectively, and the computer may further function as a dividend giving device (for example, the mini game control portion 82 shown in
As another embodiment of the game machine of the present invention, the lottery mechanism is provided with: a first lottery portion (for example, the first lottery portion 23) where a part of the plurality of pockets are arranged along a circumferential direction, the first lottery portion being driven to rotate around an axial line (for example, the axial line of the center unit CN); a second lottery portion (for example, the second lottery portion 25) where remaining pockets and at least one guiding passage (for example, the guiding passage 24) for guiding the game body to the first lottery portion are arranged so as to surround a circumference of the first lottery portion, the second lottery portion being driven to rotate integrally with the first lottery portion; and a rotational portion (for example, the rotational field 26) which is located between the first lottery portion and the second lottery portion, and driven to rotate around the axial line in a direction opposite to a direction where the first lottery portion and the second lottery portion rotate.
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This application is a continuation of PCT Application No. PCT/JP2014/072479, filed Aug. 27, 2014, which claims priority to Japanese Patent Application No. 2013-198948, filed Sep. 25, 2013, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
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Parent | PCT/JP2014/072479 | Aug 2014 | US |
Child | 15054018 | US |