Game machine with physical lottery mechanism
Abstract
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.
Claims
exact text as granted — not AI-modified1 . A game machine comprising:
a first game device for providing a chance for playing a predetermining game in exchange for drop of amusement media, and managing delivery of the amusement media to a player so that payout rate of the amusement media to the player is controlled to approach a target value; a physical lottery system for selecting at least one option from a plurality of options by imparting a physical motion to a medium for lottery, in a case that a predetermined lottery condition is satisfied in the game; a second game device for virtually generating a pattern arrangement area where a plurality of patterns are arranged in accordance with a predetermined alignment, each of the plurality of patterns corresponding to each of the plurality of options in the lottery system, and delivering directly or indirectly the amusement media to the player in a case that the patterns in the pattern arrangement area forms a predetermined win arrangement, each of the patterns corresponding to each of the options selected by plural selections in the lottery system; and a privilege selection device for, in a case that a predetermined privilege selection condition is satisfied, selecting depending on a control state of the payout rate from a plurality of privileges, a privilege to be given to the player in response to a formulation of the win arrangement, each of the plurality of privileges having a link with a delivery of the amusement media to the player and affections of which are different from each other, wherein the second game device, in a case that the win arrangement is formed, gives to the player, the privilege selected by the privilege selection device in association with the win arrangement, in addition to the delivery of the amusement media.
2 . The game machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the physical lottery system comprises: a lottery board having a plurality of medium take portions each of which corresponds to each of the plurality of options; and a drop system for dropping the medium for lottery onto the lottery board, while making the medium for lottery dropped onto the lottery board from the drop system act irregularly, brings the medium for lottery in any one of the medium take portions, and determines the option corresponding to the medium take portion in which the medium for lottery has been taken as the option selected by the lottery.
3 . The game machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the physical lottery system comprises: a rotation body having a plurality of medium take portion, each of which corresponds to each of the plurality of options, and a drop system for dropping the medium for lottery onto a rotation route of the rotation body, while rotating the rotation body at a predetermined velocity, drops the medium for lottery from the drop system onto the rotation route of the rotation body, and determines the option corresponding to the medium take portion in which the medium for lottery has been taken as the option selected by the lottery.
4 . The game machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the privilege selection device selects the privilege in a case that the predetermined privilege selection condition is satisfied in the game by the first game device.
5 . The game machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the first game device is configured to implement a pusher game and a lottery game, wherein 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, wherein 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 is given to the player, and the physical lottery system recognizes that the predetermined lottery condition is satisfied in a case that a predetermined win hand is established in the lottery game, and selects the option.
6 . The game machine according to claim 5 , wherein
the privilege selection device selects the privilege in a case that a predetermined privilege selection hand is established in the lottery processing executed by the first game device.
7 . The game machine according to claim 5 , wherein
the privilege selected by the privilege selection device includes a provision of the medals to the play field portion.
8 . The game machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the second game device virtually generates 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 delivers 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.
9 . The game machine according to claim 2 , wherein
the second game device virtually generates 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 delivers 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.
10 . The game machine according to claim 3 , wherein
the second game device virtually generates 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 delivers 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.
11 . The game machine according to claim 4 , wherein
the second game device virtually generates 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 delivers 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.
12 . The game machine according to claim 5 , wherein
the second game device virtually generates 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 delivers 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.
13 . The game machine according to claim 6 , wherein
the second game device virtually generates 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 delivers 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.
14 . The game machine according to claim 7 , wherein
the second game device virtually generates 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 delivers 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.Join the waitlist — get patent alerts
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