Game machine

Abstract

To provide a game machine capable of enhancing a player's degree of attention to a game.SOLUTION: A game machine includes opening / closing means for facilitating entry of game balls into start ball entry means by setting to an open state and preventing game balls from easily entering the start ball entry means by setting to a closed state, and includes a first opening / closing state for setting the opening / closing means to an open state at a predetermined frequency, and a second opening / closing state having a relatively higher frequency for setting the opening / closing means to an open state than the first opening / closing means. A "time-shortening" game state set to the second opening / closing state is set to the first opening / closing state from a "normal" game state set to the first opening / closing state, and can be shifted via a "latent probability" game state more advantageous to a player than the "normal" game state, and can be set to the second opening / closing state, and a "probability variable" game state more advantageous to a player than the "latent probability" game state and the "time-shortening" game state can be started via the "time-shortening" game state.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 269

Claims

[Claim 1] A gaming machine comprising: a launching means for launching a gaming ball toward a gaming area formed in front of a gaming board; a starting ball entry means for executing a predetermined lottery based on a ball entry into which a gaming ball flowing down the gaming area can enter; and a gaming state transition means for transitioning a gaming state from a normal control state to a specific control state advantageous to a player based on a result of the predetermined lottery, The starting ball entry means is an opening / closing means for making it easier for a game ball to enter the starting ball entry means by being set in an open state, and for making it harder for a game ball to enter the starting ball entry means by being set in a closed state; The gaming machine includes: a first opening / closing state in which the opening / closing means is set to an open state at a predetermined frequency; a second opening / closing state in which the opening / closing means is set to an open state more frequently than the first opening / closing state; The normal control state is a first game state set to the first open / close state; a second gaming state set to the first open / close state and more advantageous to a player than the first gaming state; a third game state set to the second open / close state; a fourth game state that is set to the second open / close state and is more advantageous to a player than the second game state and the third game state; A gaming machine characterized in that the third game state can be transitioned from the first game state via the second game state, and the fourth game state can be transitioned via the third game state.

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