Game machine

• US 8,573,594 B2
• Filed: 07/14/2011
• Issued: 11/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyoraku Industrial Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Kyoraku Industrial Company Limited
• Inventors: Watanabe, Naoyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Fernstrom, Kurt
• Assistant Examiner(s): COLLINS, DOLORES R
• Application Number:
  US13/183,295
• Publication Number:
  US 20120306151A1
• Time in Patent Office: 845 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 273/138.3
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3213 Details of moving display elements, e.g. spinning reels, tumbling members

Abstract

A game machine includes a game board provided with a playfield on which a playing ball cascades downward, a ball receiving hole detection part configured to detect whether or not the playing ball enters a ball receiving hole provided in the playfield, a win determination part configured to determine, when the ball receiving hole detection part detects the playing ball, whether or not a special win is acquired, a game value to be provided for the special win not being determined at a time of provision of the game value, a decision part configured to decide, when the win determination part determines that the special win is acquired, a predetermined game value provided by the special win, and a game value providing part configured to provide the predetermined game value decided by the decision part.

Claims

1. A game machine comprising:

a game board provided with a playfield on which a playing ball cascades downward;

a ball receiving hole detection part configured to detect whether or not the playing ball enters a ball receiving hole provided in the playfield;

a win determination part configured to determine, when the ball receiving hole detection part detects the playing ball, whether or not a special win is acquired;

a decision part configured to decide, when the win determination part determines that the special win is acquired, the amount of game value provided by the special win, wherein the amount of game value to be provided for the special win has not been determined until the amount of game value is decided; and

a game value providing part configured to provide the amount of game value decided by the decision part.

2. The game machine according to claim 1, further comprising:

a special movable bonus game gate device configured to be able to switch between an open state where the playing ball easily enters a special win hole provided in the playfield and a close state where the playing ball hardly enters the special win hole; and

a special win hole detection part configured to detect whether or not the playing ball enters the special win hole,

wherein the win determination part holds a lottery to determine whether or not to switch a state of the special movable bonus game gate device to the open state, and

the decision part decides the amount of game value to be provided, on condition that the special win hole detection part detects the playing ball.

3. The game machine according to claim 2, further comprising:

a variable display part including a variable display portion configured to be able to variably display a plurality of kinds of identification symbols in a display area, the identification symbols being arranged in a predetermined order; and

a variable display control part configured to variably display the identification symbols in the variable display portion on condition that the ball receiving hole detection part detects the playing ball, and to stop and display a predetermined combination of the identification symbols in the variable display portion after a predetermined period of time has elapsed,

wherein the variable display control part stops and displays, in the variable display portion, a specific combination corresponding to the special win, when the win determination part determines that the special win is acquired.

4. The game machine according to claim 1, further comprising:

a variable display part including a variable display portion configured to be able to variably display a plurality of kinds of identification symbols in a display area, the identification symbols being arranged in a predetermined order; and

a variable display control part configured to variably display the identification symbols in the variable display portion on condition that the ball receiving hole detection part detects the playing ball, and to stop and display a predetermined combination of the identification symbols in the variable display portion after a predetermined period of time has elapsed,

wherein the variable display control part stops and displays, in the variable display portion, a specific combination corresponding to the special win, when the win determination part determines that the special win is acquired.