Game machine

Abstract

A game machine includes a game board provided with a game field on which playing balls cascade downward; a bonus game determination part configured to determine that bonus game providing a game value when a predetermined condition is met, is acquired; a ball receiving hole detection part configured to detect a playing ball entering a ball receiving hole provided in the playfield; and a lottery part configured to hold a lottery to determine whether or not a specific result is acquired when the ball receiving hole detection part detects the playing ball entering. The bonus game determination part does not determine that the bonus game is acquired even when the ball receiving hole detection part detects the playing ball entering, but when the specific result is acquired as a result of the lottery held by the lottery part, determines that the player acquires the bonus game.

1 . A game machine comprising:
 a game board provided with a game field on which playing balls cascade downward;   a bonus game determination part configured to determine that a bonus game is acquired, the bonus game providing a game value when a predetermined condition is met;   a ball receiving hole detection part configured to detect a playing ball entering a ball receiving hole provided in the playfield; and   a lottery part configured to hold a lottery to determine whether or not a specific result is acquired when the ball receiving hole detection part detects the playing ball entering,   wherein the bonus game determination part does not determine that the bonus game is acquired even when the ball receiving hole detection part detects the playing ball entering, and, on the other hand, when the specific result is acquired as a result of the lottery held by the lottery part, determines that the bonus game is acquired.   
     
     
         2 . The game machine according to  claim 1 , further comprising a game value providing part configured to provide a predetermined game value when the bonus game determination part determines that the bonus game is acquired. 
     
     
         3 . The game machine according to  claim 2 , wherein the game value providing part provides a game medium, as the game value, that can be converted into a predetermined number of playing balls. 
     
     
         4 . The game machine according to  claim 2 , further comprising a storage part configured to store predetermined recording information, wherein the game value providing part provides the recording information stored by the storage part, as the game value. 
     
     
         5 . The game machine according to  claim 4 , wherein the recording information provided as the game value is numeric information that can be converted into a predetermined number of playing balls. 
     
     
         6 . The game machine according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a launching operation detection part configured to detect a launching operation to launch the playing ball;   an inserted medium detection part configured to detect whether or not a predetermined inserted medium is received;   a launch permit part configured to, when the inserted medium detection part detects the predetermined inserted medium being received, permit a predetermined number of playing balls to be launched according to the inserted medium until the predetermined condition is met; and   a launching part configured to, on condition that the launch permit part permits the predetermined number of playing balls to be launched, launch the playing balls toward the playfield when the launching operation detection part detects the launching operation.   
     
     
         7 . The game machine according to  claim 6 , wherein the inserted medium differs from the game value. 
     
     
         8 . The game machine according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the bonus game determined by the bonus game determination part includes a plurality of kinds of the bonus game; and   the lottery part holds a lottery where a result of the lottery is obtained from a plurality of results which include a result associated with one of the plurality of kinds of the bonus game.