Drawing machine for jackpot game, and game apparatus and game system using the same

Abstract

It is enabled that a player enjoys in a stepwise manner whether any one of the jackpot awards among plural types of jackpot awards is won. The drawing machine for jackpot game is provided with a first drawing unit which performs an advance drawing for determining a winning of any one of drawing right awards individually corresponding to the plural types of jackpot awards and a second drawing unit which performs a jackpot drawing for determining a winning of a jackpot award corresponding to the drawing right award, the winning of which is determined by the first drawing unit. The first drawing unit performs the advance drawing by using as drawing targets not only each of the drawing right awards but also a special drawing right award for performing a special jackpot drawing in order to determine a winning of at least one of two or more types of jackpot awards included in the plural types of jackpot awards, and where the first drawing unit determines the winning of the special drawing right award. The second drawing unit performs the special jackpot drawing for determining the winning of at least one of the two or more types of jackpot awards corresponding to the special drawing right award.

1 . A drawing machine for jackpot game comprising:
 a first drawing unit which performs an advance drawing for determining a winning of any one of drawing right awards individually corresponding to plural types of jackpot awards;   a second drawing unit which performs a jackpot drawing for determining a winning of a jackpot award corresponding to the drawing right award, the winning of which is determined by the first drawing unit;   a storage unit for storing payout amount data indicating an amount of payout objects to be paid out to a player so as to correspond to each of the plural types of jackpot awards when the second drawing unit determines the winning;   a payout processing unit which performs a payout process for reading out the payout amount data corresponding to the winning jackpot award from the storage unit and paying out an amount of payout objects indicated by the read-out payout amount data, when the second drawing unit determines the winning; and   a payout amount data processing unit which performs a process for increasing cumulatively an amount indicated by at least one piece of the payout amount data stored in the storage unit when a predetermined payout amount increasing condition is satisfied; wherein   the first drawing unit performs the advance drawing by using as drawing targets not only each of the drawing right awards but also a special drawing right award for performing a special jackpot drawing in order to determine a winning of at least one of two or more types of jackpot awards included in the plural types of jackpot awards, and   the second drawing unit performs the special jackpot drawing for determining the winning of at least one of the two or more types of jackpot awards corresponding to the special drawing right award, where the first drawing unit determines the winning of the special drawing right award.   
     
     
         2 . The drawing machine for jackpot game according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first drawing unit and the second drawing unit is a mechanical drawing unit for determining a winning of an award on a condition that a drawing moving object is moved so that the drawing moving object moves to a predetermined winning spot. 
     
     
         3 . The drawing machine for jackpot game according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the first drawing unit is composed of the mechanical drawing unit;   this mechanical drawing unit comprises a winning pocket forming member for forming three or more winning pockets individually corresponding to each of the drawing right awards, a supplying unit for supplying the drawing moving objects, whose number is greater than a total number of winning pockets corresponding to two or more types of drawing right awards, toward the three or more winning pockets, a detecting unit for detecting the drawing moving object, which enters each of the winning pockets, and a winning determination processing unit for determining a winning of a drawing right award corresponding to the winning pocket, which the drawing moving object enters, on the basis of a detection result of the detecting unit; and   where there are plural drawing right awards corresponding to the winning pockets, which the drawing moving objects enter, based on the detection result of the detecting unit, the winning determination processing unit determines a winning of a special drawing right award for performing a special jackpot drawing in order to determine at least one of the jackpot awards corresponding to the plural drawing right awards.   
     
     
         4 . The drawing machine for jackpot game according to  claim 3 , further comprising a corresponding relationship changing unit for changing a corresponding relationship between the three or more winning pockets formed by the winning pocket forming member and each of the drawing right awards, based on a predetermined change condition. 
     
     
         5 . The drawing machine for jackpot game according to  claim 4 , wherein the corresponding relationship changing unit changes the corresponding relationship so that the number of winning pockets corresponding to at least one drawing right award is changed before and after the change. 
     
     
         6 . The drawing machine for jackpot game according to  claim 4 , wherein the corresponding relationship changing unit changes the corresponding relationship so that a relative positional relationship of winning pockets individually corresponding to drawing right awards is changed before and after the change. 
     
     
         7 . The drawing machine for jackpot game according to  claim 1 , wherein the payout amount increasing condition includes two or more payout amount increasing conditions which are different from each other, where one of the two or more payout amount increasing conditions is satisfied, the payout amount data processing unit cumulatively increases an amount indicated by the payout amount data corresponding to the thus satisfied payout amount increasing condition among the payout amount data stored in the storage unit. 
     
     
         8 . The drawing machine for jackpot game according to  claim 2 , wherein the payout amount increasing condition includes two or more payout amount increasing conditions which are different from each other, where one of the two or more payout amount increasing conditions is satisfied, the payout amount data processing unit cumulatively increases an amount indicated by the payout amount data corresponding to the thus satisfied payout amount increasing condition among the payout amount data stored in the storage unit. 
     
     
         9 . The drawing machine for jackpot game according to  claim 3 , wherein the payout amount increasing condition includes two or more payout amount increasing conditions which are different from each other, where one of the two or more payout amount increasing conditions is satisfied, the payout amount data processing unit cumulatively increases an amount indicated by the payout amount data corresponding to the thus satisfied payout amount increasing condition among the payout amount data stored in the storage unit. 
     
     
         10 . The drawing machine for jackpot game according to  claim 4 , wherein the payout amount increasing condition includes two or more payout amount increasing conditions which are different from each other, where one of the two or more payout amount increasing conditions is satisfied, the payout amount data processing unit cumulatively increases an amount indicated by the payout amount data corresponding to the thus satisfied payout amount increasing condition among the payout amount data stored in the storage unit. 
     
     
         11 . The drawing machine for jackpot game according to  claim 5 , wherein the payout amount increasing condition includes two or more payout amount increasing conditions which are different from each other, where one of the two or more payout amount increasing conditions is satisfied, the payout amount data processing unit cumulatively increases an amount indicated by the payout amount data corresponding to the thus satisfied payout amount increasing condition among the payout amount data stored in the storage unit. 
     
     
         12 . The drawing machine for jackpot game according to  claim 6 , wherein the payout amount increasing condition includes two or more payout amount increasing conditions which are different from each other, where one of the two or more payout amount increasing conditions is satisfied, the payout amount data processing unit cumulatively increases an amount indicated by the payout amount data corresponding to the thus satisfied payout amount increasing condition among the payout amount data stored in the storage unit. 
     
     
         13 . A game apparatus comprising:
 a drawing apparatus which performs a jackpot drawing for determining a winning of a jackpot award, and   a game progress control unit which controls game progress, wherein   the drawing machine for jackpot game according to any one of  claims 1  to  12  is used as the drawing apparatus, and   the first drawing unit of the drawing machine for jackpot game starts the advance drawing when a predetermined drawing start condition is satisfied by the game progress controlled by the game progress control unit.   
     
     
         14 . A game system comprising:
 a drawing apparatus which performs a jackpot drawing for determining a winning of a jackpot award, and   a plurality of game apparatuses, each of which is connected via a communication network to the drawing apparatus and provided with a game progress control unit for controlling game progress,   wherein the drawing machine for jackpot game according to any one of  claims 1  to  12  is used as the drawing apparatus,   the first drawing unit of the drawing machine for jackpot game starts the advance drawing when a predetermined drawing start condition is satisfied by the game progress controlled by the game progress control unit of any game apparatus, and   when the second drawing unit of the drawing machine for jackpot game determines a winning of any one of the plural types of jackpot awards, the payout processing unit of the drawing machine for jackpot game performs a payout process for paying out an amount of payout objects indicated by the payout amount data read out from the storage unit to a player of the game apparatus which has satisfied the predetermined drawing start condition.