JPH0614990B2 - Amusement machine payout mechanism - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a payout mechanism for winning prizes in various game machines.

[Conventional technology]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various types of prize payouts and settlement payouts have been proposed for various game machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Among these proposed payout modes, the payout amount is printed on a recording medium such as a magnetic card or a print sheet on which a payout amount is printed without using a game medium for payout. There is a payout mode.

The payout mode that does not use the game medium has an advantage that it can be handled in a labor-saving and space-saving manner as compared with the payout by the game medium itself, in that the payout amount can be exchanged for a prize. However, when the player moves to another game machine, there is the trouble that the game contents must be borrowed again in the store.

In view of the above-mentioned difficulty in the payout mode of various gaming machines, the present invention can selectively take a payout mode suitable for each situation or scene in the progress of the game, the movement of the platform, or the payment at the time of payment. The problem was to develop a payout mechanism for a gaming machine that can be used.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

The configuration of the present invention made in order to solve the above-mentioned problem is a payout mechanism of a gaming machine in which prize payouts in each game are accumulated in the gaming machine, and a payout is collectively made by a player's request. A payout mechanism based on data and a payout mechanism based on the game medium itself are provided in parallel, and a payout amount is set by means of a switch body such as a ten-key pad and a kind of payout medium is provided, and a player operates the setting means. Numerical data or payout by game contents is set by setting an arbitrary payout amount and a kind of payout medium within the range of the prize payout amount accumulated.

[Work]

In the gaming machine in which the payouts are accumulated in a credit manner and are collectively paid out, the player can arbitrarily receive a desired amount of payouts in the middle.

〔Example〕

 Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an example of the payout mechanism of the present invention.

The gaming machines to which the payout mechanism according to the present invention can be applied are various gaming machines including a pachinko machine equipped with a known game mechanism, a slot machine, a sphere ball machine, an arrange ball machine, etc. The so-called credit-type batch payment has come to be carried out after the deposit is made and the batch is paid out later.

Here, the payout of the prize to be credited is made not only by the game medium itself such as a ball or a medal, but also by the numerical data such as a numerical signal converted equivalently to the game medium itself to be paid out. May be

The payout mechanism shown in FIG. 1 allows the player to select a payout based on either the game content itself or the numerical data equivalently converted to this game content.

The present invention can be applied to a gaming machine having a payout mechanism formed so that only one of the game content itself and the numerical data equivalently converted to this game content is paid out.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a prize payout section for each game, and when various game machines win the prize in a certain game, the prize according to the prize grade is obtained for each prize. This is the part to be paid out.

Here, both the payout unit 1a based on the game content itself and the numerical data payout unit 1b based on the payout numerical value data are provided. b ₁ and b ₂ are winning signals.

The prize winning in each game is made possible by the action of the prize payout section 1.
In the gaming machine where the payout is made by the game medium itself, the game medium itself is stored in an appropriate container 2a. Further, in the gaming machine in which payout is made by numerical data equivalent to the payout game medium, the numerical data of the payout is stored and held in an appropriate storage unit 2b.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a prize storage unit for accumulating and accumulating game contents to be paid out in each of the above games, or numerical data equivalent thereto. When the payout is a game content, a payout is a numerical value by the game media storage hopper 2a. In the case of data, it is composed of a storage unit 2b for storing numerical data such as a counter.

In the storage unit 2, the numerical value of the winning payout accumulated, that is, the present value of the payout medium or the payout data is displayed on the display unit 2D provided in the gaming machine, and is formed so that the player can be notified of the cumulative prize payout value. There is.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a payout actuating unit, which drives the payout mechanism 4a or 4b to pay out the game contents in the storage unit 2 or numerical data equivalent thereto when the payout is requested.

The game medium payout mechanism 4a out of the above pays out the game medium itself, and thus any mechanism that can count and pay out the game medium itself such as a known ball or medal is sufficient. Further, the numerical data payout mechanism 4b is a mechanism that can perform payout data such as a payout date and time, a hall name, a machine number, and an effective date and time by printing or writing on a recording medium, for example, a printing printer. And a writer for writing data.

A payout part PO including the above-mentioned payout operating part 3 and payout mechanisms 4a, 4b
Is formed to be operation-controlled by a payout control unit PC described below.

Reference numeral 5a is a payout value setting unit, which is composed of a numeral key switch body such as a numeric keypad. 5b,
A payout medium type setting unit 5c is formed by a game medium key switch for designating the game medium itself and a numeric medium key switch for designating a payout by numerical data.

Reference numeral 6 is a payout signal forming portion for forming a signal representing a payout numerical value and a type of payout medium, which are inputted by the setting portions 5a to 5c, and 7 is a payout operation control receiving an input from the signal forming portion 6. This is a payout requesting unit that supplies payout requesting data (payout value 7a and payout medium type 7b) to the unit 8. The payout signal forming unit 6 forms the date and time data at that time, the machine number of the gaming machine, and the like. 6T is the clock for that.

The arithmetic control unit 8 is sequentially supplied with prize payout data to be credited from the storage units 2a and 2b, respectively, and these are accumulated and stored. Since the payout invoice value is supplied thereto from the payout invoicing unit 7, the arithmetic control unit 8 first subtracts the payout invoice numerical value from the cumulative winning numerical value, and when the calculated value is zero or more, the payout operating unit 3 To the payout command of the payout request numerical value.

Here, when a payout request numerical value larger than the cumulative winning value is supplied, all of the cumulative winning numerical values are paid out, or the payout is rejected as a charging error. Which mode is used is arbitrary.

In addition, the subtraction result of the accumulated winning value and the payout requesting value in the arithmetic control unit 8 is supplied to both the storage units 2a and 2b and displayed on the display unit 2D.

That is, the game content after paying out or the numerical value thereof remains in the storage section 2, and the remaining content is displayed on the display section 2D as the current value.

When the payout commanding value payout command is supplied to the payout actuating unit 3, a signal indicating the type of payout medium is simultaneously supplied to the actuating unit 3, so that the actuating unit 3 causes the payout mechanism 4a, 4b is selected, and either the payout mechanism 4a or 4b is driven according to the payout command. In the figure, 9 is a tray of the payout game medium B, and 10 is a payout data sheet.

An example of the payout mechanism of the present invention is configured as described above, and an operation example thereof will be described next.

The game machine provided with the mechanism of the present invention may be of any type, so here it is assumed that a game in which award-winning payouts are accumulated as a credit type is played in any game machine.

When the player plays the game and the accumulated winning value becomes an appropriate number during the game, for example, 3500, the player sets the payout value setting section 5a and the payout medium setting section 5
Operate b and 5c to set the payout quantity and medium. Here, the set quantity is set to 1500 and the payout medium is set to the game medium.

By this setting action, the payout signal forming unit 6 outputs a payout value of 15
00 and a signal indicating that the type of payout medium is the game medium itself are supplied to the payout requesting unit 7.

When the numerical value signal of 1500 from the payout requesting unit 7 and the signal indicating that the game content is selected are supplied to the calculation control unit 8, the control unit 8 changes the payout requesting numerical value 1500 from the cumulative winning value 3500 in the saving unit 2. The calculation result 2000 is subtracted, and the calculation result 2000 is supplied to the storage unit 2, and the billing value 1500 and a signal indicating that the payout medium is a game medium are supplied to the payout operating unit 3.

The payout operating unit 3 selects the payout mechanism 4a for the game content and causes this mechanism to pay out the game content 1500. Here, the payout mechanism 4a is connected to the game media storage hopper 2a by a passage, a duct or the like (not shown), and the payout is performed by the hopper.
The game contents in 2a are paid out. The payout game medium may be supplied to the payout mechanism 4a from another route.

On the other hand, when numerical data is selected as the payout medium in the above example, the payout actuating section 3 selects the payout mechanism 4b, prints out the printed paper showing the payout value 1500, and stores it. The value of part 2b is corrected to 2000 and displayed on the display part 2D.

The player who receives the payout in this way receives the game content 1500 paid out or the value 1500 printed on the paper.
Can be handled in the same way as when a conventional prize payout is received, such as exchanging with an appropriate prize in the store.

If the player wants to pay out the remaining 2000,
By the same procedure and operation as the previous operation procedure, the game content itself or the payout based on the print value can be received.

〔The invention's effect〕

The present invention is as described above, and in a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, a slot machine, or the like, which is configured so that the payout can be made in a credit type and can be collectively paid out. , With respect to the cumulative prize payout value, the value desired to be paid out within the range of the numerical value can be set by a setting means such as a numeric keypad and the payout can be executed at an arbitrary timing. It can be a match.

Moreover, in the present invention, the payout medium can be arbitrarily selected by the player from either the game content itself or the numerical data equivalent to the game content. Therefore, also in this respect, a payout mode more suited to the needs can be realized. .

Therefore, the present invention is extremely useful as a payout mechanism in a collective payout type gaming machine.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an example of the payout mechanism of the present invention. 1 ... prize payout part of each game, 2 ... saving part, 3 ... payout operating part, 4a, 4b ... payout mechanism, 5a ... payout value setting part, 5b, 5c ... payout medium setting part, 6 ... Payout signal forming unit, 7 ... Payout requesting unit, 8 ... Payout calculation control unit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A payout mechanism of a gaming machine, wherein prize payouts in each game are accumulated in the game machine and a payout is collectively made by a player's request. The mechanisms are arranged in parallel, and the payout requesting means is provided with means for setting the payout amount by a switch body such as a numeric keypad and the type of payout medium,
The player operates the setting means to set an arbitrary payout amount and a kind of payout medium within the range of the accumulated prize payout amount, so that the player can receive the payout by the numerical data or the game medium. A payout mechanism for gaming machines. 2. The payout mechanism for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the payout in each game accumulated in the gaming machine is performed by the game medium itself. 3. The payout mechanism for a game machine according to claim 1, wherein the payout in each game accumulated in the game machine is performed by a signal by electricity, magnetism, light or the like representing a prize payout value. 4. The payout by numerical data is made by a magnetic card, I
2. The payout mechanism for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the payout mechanism is made by recording on a recording medium with any one of a C card, an optical card, and paper.