JPH0424039A - Game installation - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a player to judge the possibility of prize winning immediately since his start of a game by providing an indicating section for indicating past records of prize winning by a game machine in time series. CONSTITUTION:An indicating section 5 indicates the calculating result outputted from a prize winning record calculating circuit 4 on a cathode-ray tube 5a in time series and previously the abscissa X representing time and the ordinate Y representing a difference between the numbers of prize winning balls and out balls and additionally the calculating results from a prize winning record calculating circuit 4 at every calculation in a position corresponding to the time in the form of bar graph 6. Thus, the indicating section 5 shows sequentially additionally a difference between the number of prize winning and that of out balls based on games played at intervals of 15 minutes for example as a bar. A player can understand the hourly variation in the prize winning records and read the indicated area of the bar graph 6 to know roughly the number of accumulated prize winning balls or the number of accumulated out balls. Thus, the player can judge the possibility of prize winning immediately since his start of the game.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to gaming machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines in which a player earns a profit when a certain winning condition is met, and loses his interest if the winning condition is not met. Regarding the gaming facilities provided.

[Conventional technology]

Even if the structure and format of gaming machines are the same, there are machines with high winning probabilities and machines with low winning probabilities, and it is known from experience that the winning probabilities tend to fluctuate depending on the playing situation. Each player has a strong tendency to select and play a gaming machine that is thought to have a high winning probability using his/her own unique method.

Therefore, in order to provide players with information to decide which gaming machine to choose, in the past, the game ended when the cumulative number of profits earned from winnings exceeded the cumulative number of losses lost due to not winning by a certain number of points. Therefore, in gaming facilities equipped with gaming machines such as pachinko machines that require payment such as receiving prizes according to the number of prizes won, the number of games completed since the start of business is displayed for each gaming machine. things are being done.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, since players have a desire to select a gaming machine with a high winning probability immediately after starting their own game, the number of completed games provided as a basis for determining the selection of a gaming machine as described above is not based on the number of completed games in the past. Although it only symbolically displays achievements and can suggest the average probability of winning, it is difficult to use as a basis for determining the high or low probability of winning a prize immediately after the player starts playing, as sought by the player. There are drawbacks.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and by devising a means for displaying judgment materials for gaming machine selection that should be provided to players, players can easily estimate their winning probability immediately after starting their own game. The purpose is to provide gaming equipment that is easy to judge.

[Means to solve the problem]

A characteristic configuration of the gaming machine according to the present invention to achieve the above object is that it is equipped with a display section that displays the winning results of the gaming machine in chronological order, and this configuration provides the following effects.

[Action and effect of the invention]

The player can know temporal changes in past winning results, and from this, the player can speculate on his or her winning probability immediately after starting the game.

In the gaming equipment according to claim 2, since the display section is provided for each gaming machine and displays the winning results of the gaming machine in chronological order, the gaming equipment is configured by, for example, a plurality of gaming machines gathered together. Compared to gaming equipment in which an island is provided with one display section, and the one display section is configured to display in chronological order the average winning results of all the gaming machines that make up the island, the decision material is We can provide detailed information for each machine.

In the gaming equipment according to the third aspect, since the display section displays the winning results in an analog manner in chronological order, it is easy for the player to make an intuitive decision by looking at the display section.

[First Embodiment] FIG. 2 shows a gaming facility in which a plurality of pachinko machines (1) as an example of gaming machines are arranged side by side.

The pachinko machine (1) has either one of the winning holes (2) when the ball is hit.
When the ball hits the ball, a predetermined number (13) of pachinko balls are paid out as prize balls, and the player earns a profit.If the ball does not enter any of the winning holes (2), it is declared an out ball and is paid out as an out hole (2). 3), the player loses his equity.

Each of the pachinko machines (1) has a
A winning performance calculation circuit (4) that calculates the winning performance as the difference between the number of prize balls and the number of out balls, and a display section (5) that displays the calculation results in chronological order are provided.

The entered award performance calculation circuit (4), as shown in FIG.
A first counting circuit (4a) that counts the number of prize balls as the number of winnings obtained by winning, a second counting circuit (4b) that counts the number of out balls as the number of losses lost without winning, and a second counting circuit (4b) that counts the number of out balls as the number of lost balls without winning. It is equipped with a subtraction circuit (4C) that subtracts the number of out balls from the number, and a clock circuit (4d) that outputs a time signal every 15 minutes, and when the time signal is output from the clock circuit (4d), at that time. Based on the input number of prize balls and the number of out balls, the difference between them is calculated in the subtraction circuit (4C), and the calculation result is output to the display section (5), as well as the first and second counting circuits (4a). , (4b) are reset.

The display section (5) displays the calculation results outputted from the winning performance calculation circuit (4) in time series on a cathode ray tube (5a), and as shown in Fig. 1, the horizontal axis (X) indicating time and the vertical axis (Y) indicating the difference between the number of winning pitches and the number of out pitches are displayed in advance, and each time the calculation result is output from the winning performance calculation circuit (4), the calculation result is displayed at that time. A bar (6) is additionally displayed in a graph at the position corresponding to .

When the number of award pitches is greater than the number of out pitches, the difference is displayed as the length of the stick (6) rising on the horizontal axis (X), and when the number of out pitches is greater than the number of award pitches, the difference is It is displayed as the length of the rod hanging below the horizontal axis (X).

Therefore, the display section (5) shows the difference between the number of prize balls and the number of out balls based on games played during a 15-minute period as one bar.
Additional displays are added every 5 minutes, allowing players to see changes in winning results over time, and also to get an overview of the cumulative number of winning pitches or the cumulative number of out pitches by reading the bar graph display area. .

Furthermore, when the cumulative number of prize balls exceeds the cumulative number of out pitches and the game ends, the display section (5) displays a bar (6) that is displayed corresponding to the time including the end point. is configured to blink.

[Second Embodiment] Fig. 4 shows a gaming machine (1) installed on Sagi no Shima (7) at the end of an island (7) that is made up of a plurality of pachinko machines (1). This embodiment shows an embodiment in which all of the display sections (5) similar to the first embodiment that display the winning results of each gaming machine (1) are arranged side by side, and the player can compare the winning results of the gaming machines (1). You can select gaming machine (1).

[Other Examples] A. Gaming machines are not limited to pachinko machines, but include slot machines and other gaming machines that use balls or medals as gaming media, and furthermore, gaming machines that do not involve taking in and out of gaming media from the gaming machine. ,
It may also be a gaming machine in which wins and losses are settled using a settlement statement or card when the game is finished.

The form of expression of winning results is not particularly limited, and may be expressed as a ratio between the number of wins obtained by winning per unit time and the number of losses lost due to not winning.

C. The display format of winning results is not particularly limited, and may be analog display using lines or dots, or digital display.

2. If the number of prizes won per unit time is greater than the number of losses per unit time, and vice versa, it may be configured to be displayed in different colors.

When the cumulative number of wins exceeds the cumulative number of losses by a certain number and the game is over, the display unit displays a tag, etc. indicating the end of the game at a predetermined position corresponding to the game end time. The winning results may be displayed in chronological order.

F. When gaming machines of the same model are installed in a certain area such as a so-called island, the gaming equipment is equipped with a display section that displays the average winning results of all the gaming machines of the same model in chronological order. It's okay.

Note that although numbers are written in the claims section for convenient comparison with the drawings, the invention is not limited to the structure of the attached drawings by such entry.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the gaming equipment according to the present invention, with FIG. 1 being a front view of main parts, FIG. 2 being a front view, and FIG. 3 being a block diagram. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another embodiment. (1)...Game machine, (5)...Display section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A gaming facility equipped with a display section (5) that displays the winning results of the gaming machine (1) in chronological order. 2. The gaming equipment according to claim 1, wherein the display section (5) is provided for each gaming machine (1) and displays the winning results of the gaming machine (1) in chronological order. 3. The gaming equipment according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the display section (5) displays the winning results in chronological order in an analog manner.