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Game machine with physical lottery mechanism

a lottery and game machine technology, applied in the field of game machines with physical lottery systems, can solve the problems of reducing the enjoyment of game, reducing the necessity of operation, and the inability of the game machine to control the lottery by the physical lottery system

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-07-01
KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO LTD
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[0009]According to the game machine of the present invention, in the case that the predetermined condition is established in the game executed by the first game device, the lottery is performed by the physical lottery system. In the case the lottery is performed plural times by the physical lottery system, the patterns, each of which corresponds to each option selected at each lottery, forms the predetermined win arrangement, while the amusement media are delivered directly and indirectly to the player by the second game device, the privilege selected in association with the formation of the win arrangement by the privilege selection device is also given to the player. As the privilege selected by the privilege selection device is selected from the plurality of privileges each of which has the affection on the payout rate of amusement media is different from each other, by the change of the selection, the affection that the formation of the win arrangement gives to the payout rate changes. Namely, it is possible to absorb by the selection of the privilege by the privilege selection device, the affection given to the payout rate by the delivery of amusement media utilizing the physical lottery system. Thereby, it becomes not necessary to execute the operation (for example, the operation for changing the win probability or the like) for changing the payout rate in the game executed by the first game device, or if it is necessary, the degree of operation can be small.
[0011]In another embodiment of the game machine of the present invention, the first game device may be configured to implement a pusher game and a lottery game, the pusher game where while medals as the amusement media accumulated on the play field portion are pushed out by a pusher table performing a reciprocal motion in the play field portion, the medals ejected from a predetermined range of the play field portion are delivered to the player, the lottery game where in a case that the medals has passed through a predetermined position of the play field portion, lottery processing is executed for making a win hand appear while controlling a win probability in accordance with a predetermined control law, and in a case that the win hand is established, the privilege according to the established win hand may be given to the player, and the physical lottery system may recognize that the predetermined lottery condition is satisfied in a case that a predetermined win hand is established in the lottery game, and may select the option. According to this embodiment, in addition to the delivery of amusement media in the pusher game, by executing the delivery of amusement media depending on the result of the lottery game, it is possible to give to the player a probability to obtain much mount of medals compared with the case that only the pusher game is executed. Accordingly, it is possible to enhance the enjoyableness of game. Additionally, the lottery by the physical lottery system is executed in the case the predetermined win hand in the lottery game has been established. Thereby, it is possible for the delivery of amusement media via the lottery of the physical lottery system to absorb by the selection by the privilege selection device, the affection given to the payout rate, while the enjoyableness of game is further enhanced by adding the probability of a further delivery. Accordingly, it is not necessary to perform unnatural operations for the management of payout rate in the pusher game or the lottery game executed by the first game device.
[0014]In one embodiment on the present invention, the second game device may virtually generate a bingo card in a matrix shape in which same number of the patterns are arranged in each of a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction, and may deliver the amusement media by recognizing that the win arrangement has been formed at the moment when all of the patterns aligned on any one of a longitudinal line, a lateral line, or a diagonal line of the bingo card are the patterns corresponding to the options selected by the lottery system.
[0015]As mentioned above, according to the present invention, in the game machine providing a chance for playing a game in exchange for drop of amusement media, and managing delivery of the amusement media so that the payout rate of the amusement media to the player is controlled to approach the target value, not only the physical lottery system and the second game device executing the delivery of amusement media depending on the lottery result of the lottery system, also the privilege selection device are provided. The privilege selection device selects the privilege corresponded to the formulation of win arrangement which is a condition for the delivery of amusement media by the second game device. Thereby, it is possible to absorb by a change of selection of privilege of the privilege selection device, the affection given to the payout rate by the delivery of amusement media utilizing the physical lottery system. Because of this, it is possible to reduce the necessity of operation for payout rate in the game executed by the first game device, and it is possible to avoid the unnatural operations of payout rate causes the decrease of the enjoyableness of game.

Problems solved by technology

However, in the game in which the physical lottery system above mentioned is utilized, it is impossible for the game machine to control the lottery by the physical lottery system.
Therefore, it is impossible for the game machine to control the win probability.
If it is tried to reduce the affection in the original game, the payout rate is controlled unnaturally, which might cause a reduction of the enjoyableness of game.

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[0056]Using FIG. 1 to FIG. 5, the outline of configuration of the game machine G according to the present invention will be described. The game machine G has a center unit CN, four satellite units SA, and 16 station units ST. Each of the satellite units SA is disposed below the center unit CN so as to surround the center unit CN. At the surround of each satellite unit SA, 4 of the station units ST are disposed. Namely, the game machine G is configured so that the center unit CN is disposed at the center, 4 of the satellite units SA are disposed around the center unit CN, and additionally, 4 of the station units ST are disposed around each of the satellite units SA. In the station unit ST, a so-called pusher game utilizing medals as the amusement media, and a digital lottery game associated with the pusher game are performed respectively. In the satellite unit SA, a satellite lottery is performed in association with the game result of the digital lottery game in the station unit ST. ...

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A game machine of the present invention is a medal game machine where a lottery is performed at a satellite unit as a physical lottery system and when obtained numbers form a line on a bingo card, which is realized as an establishment of bingo. Medals are paid out directly or indirectly to a player. Wherein one privilege to be given to a player at the moment of establishment of bingo is selected in accordance with a control state of a payout rate of medals from a plurality of privileges each of which is connected with the payout of medals to a player and by which the affections given to the payout rate of medals are different from each other.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This is the U.S. national phase application under 35 U.S.C. §371 of International Patent Application No. PCT / JP2007 / 052692, filed Feb. 15, 2007, and claims the benefit of Japanese Application No. 2006-040033, filed Feb. 16, 2006, both of which are incorporated by reference herein. The International Application was published in Japanese on Aug. 23, 2007 as International Publication No. WO 2007 / 094392 A1 under PCT Article 21(2).TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The present invention relates to a game machine with physical lottery system which executes a lottery by imparting a physical motion to a medium for lottery.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]As one kind of game machines in which amusement media are utilized, there is well-known a so-called medal pusher game machine, in which medals dropped by a player drop down onto a play field portion where plural medals as amusement media are placed, the medals dropped onto the play field portion are pushed by ...

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IPC IPC(8): A63F9/24
CPCG07F17/3297A63F3/0645A63F5/02
Inventor OKUAKI, MASATOOMOTO, TORUNAKAMOTO, HIROTOYAMAGUCHI, JUNICHI
Owner KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO LTD
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