Pachinko machine

Abstract

To provide fresh amusement.SOLUTION: A game machine has a first flow path, a second flow path, and a third flow path, and value to a player is higher in the first flow path than in the second flow path, and is higher in the second flow path than in the third flow path. The game machine further has operation means that becomes an operation state for allowing game balls to flow down to the first flow path or the second flow path on the basis of satisfaction of a predetermined operation condition, and allows game balls to flow down to the third flow path in a non-operation state. The first flow path and the second flow path, and the third flow path have parts in which surfaces for forming flow paths in front and rear directions of a game board differ.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 447

Claims

【Claim 1】 launching means for launching game balls; a ball entry area into which game balls can enter, and a predetermined special symbol entry area capable of varying a predetermined special symbol and a specific special symbol different from the predetermined special symbol respectively based on the entry of a game ball; a ball entry area into which game balls can enter, and a normal symbol entry area capable of varying a normal symbol based on the entry of a game ball; a ball entry area where the predetermined special symbol, the specific special symbol, and the normal symbol do not vary even when a game ball enters, and a specific ball entry area where a game ball can enter when the launching mode by the launching means is the first launching mode, and a game ball cannot enter when the launching mode by the launching means is the second launching mode; bonus ball entry means for allowing a game ball to enter when the launching mode by the launching means is the second launching mode; notification means capable of being in a specific notification mode for notifying that the recommended launching mode is the second launching mode; a gaming machine comprising: This gaming machine: does not execute the specific notification mode by the notification means during a predetermined waiting period in which the execution of a predetermined special gaming state for causing the bonus ball entry means to have a predetermined opening is determined; is configured to execute the specific notification mode by the notification means during the execution of the predetermined special gaming state; This gaming machine: is configured such that, when a predetermined condition for releasing the bonus ball entry means is satisfied based on a game ball entering the specific ball entry area during the predetermined waiting period in which the notification means is not executing the specific notification mode, the predetermined special gaming state can be generated after the execution of predetermined control; This gaming machine: comprises predetermined information storage means capable of storing predetermined information triggered by a game ball entering the specific ball entry area; is configured such that after a specific type of the predetermined information is stored in the predetermined information storage means, the start timing of the predetermined special gaming state executed after the end of the predetermined control can be set; This gaming machine: is configured to switch between an effective state in which a game ball entering the specific ball entry area during the predetermined waiting period is valid and an invalid state in which a game ball entering the specific ball entry area during the predetermined waiting period is invalid based on the occurrence of predetermined gaming conditions; is configured such that even if a game ball enters the specific ball entry area in the invalid state during the predetermined waiting period, the predetermined condition is not satisfied; This gaming machine: When a game ball enters the specific ball-entry area in the effective state during the predetermined standby period and the predetermined condition is satisfied to generate the predetermined special game state based on the ball entry, and when a game ball enters the specific ball-entry area in the effective state during the predetermined standby period but the predetermined condition is not satisfied and the predetermined special game state based on the ball entry is not generated, In the case of generating, a first case where the predetermined special game state is generated after the elapse of a first period after the game ball enters the specific ball-entry area, and a second case where the predetermined special game state is generated after the elapse of a second period longer than the first period after the game ball enters the specific ball-entry area, are included, configured such that the first case, the second case, and the case of not generating can occur based on the lottery result of a predetermined lottery based on the entry of the game ball into the specific ball-entry area A gaming machine characterized by this.

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