JP2001000635A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To properly control game media stored in a game machine by counting all the game media to be discharged from the game machine. SOLUTION: This game machine 10 comprises a media paying-back means 15b for paying back game media according to a result of a game, media storing means 15a for storing game media to be paid back, an excess media discharging means 15c for discharging excess game media over a prescribed quantity when the quantity of game media stored in the medium storing means 15a exceeds the prescribed quantity, and an excess media counting means 17 for counting the excess media discharged by the excess media discharging means 15c.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a slot machine and a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a slot machine, which is one of gaming machines, in repaying a medal, which is a game medium, to a player, the payout is performed using a medal stored in the slot machine. However, the amount of stored medals decreases when a refund is made. Therefore, the slot machine is provided with a sensor for detecting the amount of stored medals, and when the sensor detects that the stored amount of medals has become smaller than a predetermined level, medals are supplied from outside (for example, a medal supply device). Is to receive. On the other hand, medals stored in the slot machine include medals inserted by the player in addition to medals supplied from outside, so the medal insertion amount by the player is greater than the medal payout amount to the player. If the number is large, game media exceeding the allowable amount will be present in the slot machine. Therefore, in the slot machine, game media exceeding an allowable amount is discharged to the outside (for example, a medal collecting device) as surplus medals. By constantly maintaining the medal storage amount at a substantially constant level in this way, the slot machine is able to perform a smooth medal payout operation stably and realize continuous operation for a long time. ing.

[0003]

However, in the above-described conventional slot machine, the number of stored medals in the slot machine cannot be correctly managed for the following reasons. In a conventional slot machine, the number of medals inserted by a player (hereinafter referred to as "IN
The number of medals to be paid out to the player (hereinafter, referred to as the “OUT number”) is counted, but the number of surplus medals discharged to the outside is not counted. Therefore, even if the medal storage amount is maintained at a predetermined level by the sensor for detecting the medal storage amount, if the surplus medals are discharged, the number of medals coming in and out of the slot machine and the number of medals stored in the slot machine become different. The correlation cannot be grasped. That is, since the number of medals discharged to the outside of the slot machine is not clear, the number of medals stored in the slot machine cannot be correctly managed.

For this reason, in a conventional slot machine, even if a medal is extracted due to, for example, an illegal act, it cannot be determined whether the medal is due to an illegal act or a discharge of surplus medals. Since replenishment is required, there is a possibility that fraudulent acts cannot be effectively prevented as a result. Also,
Possibility of inefficient operation when realizing a medal circulation replenishment system that automatically collects and replenishes medals for multiple slot machines, for example, because the number of medals in slot machines cannot be managed correctly. There is also.

[0005] Therefore, the present invention provides a gaming machine capable of correctly managing the gaming media stored in the gaming machine by counting all the gaming media discharged from the gaming machine. Aim.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a gaming machine devised to achieve the above object, in which a game medium is inserted to play a game, and the game medium is provided in accordance with the result of the game. Medium withdrawal means for performing a refund, a medium storage means for storing game media for the medium withdrawal means to refund, and a predetermined amount when the storage amount of the game medium in the medium storage means exceeds a predetermined amount. A surplus medium discharging means for discharging surplus media as surplus media from the medium storing means, and a surplus medium counting means for counting surplus media discharged by the surplus medium discharging means. is there.

According to the gaming machine having the above structure, when the surplus medium discharging means discharges the surplus medium from the medium storing means, the surplus medium counting means counts the surplus medium. Therefore, based on the counting result by the surplus medium counting means, in addition to the payout of the game medium by the medium payout means, even if the surplus medium is discharged by the surplus medium discharging means, the surplus discharged to the outside from the gaming machine is Since the number of media is known, the correlation between the number of game media coming in and out of the gaming machine and the number of game media stored in the media storage means can be correctly grasped.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A gaming machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Here, an example in which the present invention is applied to a slot machine will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a schematic configuration of an example of a slot machine according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing an appearance of the slot machine, and FIG. 3 is an example of a medal lending machine adjacent to the slot machine. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration of the device.

A slot machine 10 according to the present embodiment
Has a game operation unit 11 on its front surface, as shown in FIG. The game operation unit 11 includes a display window 11a for displaying a pattern attached to a rotatable reel, a lever 11b for starting rotation of the reel, and a stop button 11c for stopping the rotated reel. Is provided. Also, in addition to the game operation unit 11, the slot machine 10
On the front of the medal slot 12 and the medal tray 13
Is provided, and on condition that a medal is inserted into the medal insertion slot 12, a player operating the game operation unit 11 performs a game (rotation / stop of the reel 11a), and the medal is determined according to the result of the game. The medal is refunded to the tray 13.

In order to carry out such a game and a medal payout in accordance with the result, the slot machine 10 includes a reel mechanism 14 and a medal payout unit 15 therein as shown in FIG. ing.

The reel mechanism 14 includes a plurality of reels 14a.
Is rotatably supported and has a drive source (not shown) for rotating the same. When the player operates the lever 11b, the rotation of each reel 14a is started, and the stop button 11c is pressed by the player. When the button is pressed, the rotation of the corresponding reel 14a is stopped.

The medal payout unit 15 includes, for example, each reel 14
If the respective patterns correspond to the hit patterns when a is stopped by the stop button 11c, the medal tray 13
Medals will be refunded. For this purpose, the medal payout section 15 has a medal payout hopper 15a, a medal payout mechanism 15b, and a discharge chute 15c.

The medal payout hopper 15a stores a predetermined amount (for example, 200) of medals for payout. The medal payout hopper 15a has a wide open upper end, for example, in a funnel shape, so that medals falling from above can be reliably received and stored.

The medal payout mechanism 15b includes a medal tray 1
Medal payout hopper 1 for the number of medals to be repaid to 3
5a, and discharges it to the medal tray 13.

The discharge chute 15c is provided near the upper end of the medal payout hopper 15a. When a medal exceeding a predetermined amount exists in the medal payout hopper 15a, the medal is discharged from the medal payout hopper 15a as a surplus medal. Is what you do. Therefore, the discharge chute 15c guides medals overflowing from the inside of the medal payout hopper 15a to the outside by using natural fall.

Above the medal payout section 15 having such a configuration, a medal supply cylinder 16 is provided. As will be described in detail later, the medal supply cylinder 16 is used for the slot machine 10.
This is for receiving token supply from outside to the token payout hopper 15a. That is, while receiving medals supplied from outside the slot machine 10, the received medals are guided to above the medal payout hopper 15a while utilizing the natural fall of the medals, and are guided from the upper side end of the medal payout hopper 15a. By throwing,
The medals are stored in the medal payout hopper 15a. However, the medals inserted from the upper side end of the medal payout hopper 15a include medals inserted into the medal insertion slot 12 in addition to medals from the medal supply cylinder 16.

A surplus medal counting unit 17 is provided on the side of the medal payout unit 15, that is, in the slot machine 10 (in its housing). Surplus medal counting unit 17
Is the medal payout hopper 15 by the discharge chute 15c.
The surplus medals discharged from a are received, the number of surplus medals is counted, and the counted surplus medals are sent to a medal collection path 17 a connected to the surplus medal counting unit 17. This medal collection path 17
a, the surplus medals are transmitted through a medal collection conveyor 30 communicating with the medal collection path 17a, for example, a medal circulation and replenishment device widely known to perform automatic medal collection and automatic replenishment (however, (Shown in the drawing), and is used as a medal for resupplying the slot machine or the like again by the medal circulation replenishing device.

The surplus medal counting section 17 counts such surplus medals as follows. For example, the surplus medal counting unit 17 is a medal lending machine 2 described later.
Similarly to the medal payout unit 23 of 0, the received surplus medals are temporarily stored, and the stored surplus medals are transmitted to the medal collection path 17a for each predetermined number (for example, one), and the surplus medals are transmitted at this transmission. The number of sending sheets is counted. Also, for example, the surplus medal counting unit 17
The number of surplus medals may be counted in real time without temporarily storing the surplus medals by detecting whether or not the surplus medals have passed through the optical axis using a photoelectric sensor or the like.

These units, that is, each unit of the slot machine 10 including the reel mechanism unit 14 and the medal payout unit 15 are provided with a CPU (Central Processing Unit).
t), RAM (Random Access Memory) and ROM (Re
The operation is controlled by a main control unit 18 including an ad only memory.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 3 (a), one side surface of the slot machine 10 thus constructed
A medal lending machine 20 is provided. Here, the medal lending machine 20 will be described. The medal lending machine 20 lends medals that can be inserted into the medal insertion slot 12 of the slot machine 10 to the slotter 10, ie, a player of the slot machine 10 on condition that money is inserted into the medal lending machine 20. Is what you do.

To this end, the medal lending machine 20 is provided on the front side thereof with a money slot 21 for inserting money and a medal lending exit 22 for dispensing medals.
That is, in the medal lending machine 20, when money is inserted into the money insertion slot 21, the number of medals corresponding to the inserted amount is paid out from the medal lending exit 22.

The medal lending exit 22 is provided with a nozzle chute 22a for guiding the paid-out medals to the medal tray 13 of the adjacent slot machine 10. However, the medal lending exit 22 may be of a so-called helmet type in which the nozzle chute 22a is not provided and the player once receives the paid-out medals by hand.

In order to pay out medals from the medal lending exit 22, a medal payout section 23 is provided inside the medal lending machine 20, as shown in FIG. The medal payout unit 23 includes a medal payout hopper 23a disposed near the upper end of the medal lending machine 20;
There is a medal payout mechanism 23b located below and a medal payout chute 23c extending further downward.

The medal payout hopper 23a is for storing medals in the medal lending machine 20. The medal payout hopper 23a is provided with a sensor (not shown) for detecting whether or not a predetermined amount (for example, 200) of medals is stored in the medal payout hopper 23a. This sensor may be constituted by, for example, a contact-type switch that conducts when a medal contacts, a non-contact proximity switch using magnetism, or a photoelectric photosensor.

The medal payout mechanism 23b receives the medals stored in the medal payout hopper 23a and discharges the medals out of the medal payout hopper 23a. It is assumed that the medal payout mechanism 23b has a function of counting the number of discharged medals when discharging medals.

The medal payout chute 23c is formed so as to extend downward from the medal payout mechanism 23b. When a medal is received from the medal payout mechanism 23b, the medal payout chute 23c is guided to the medal lending exit 22 by utilizing a natural fall. Things.

However, a medal distribution unit 24 is provided between the medal payout mechanism 23b and the medal payout chute 23c. The medal distribution unit 24 switches the destination of the medal discharged from the medal payout hopper 23a by the medal payout mechanism 23b. More specifically, it switches between sending the medals received from the medal payout mechanism 23b to the medal payout chute 23c or sending them to the supply chute 24a extending toward the slot machine 10. In the medal distribution unit 24, this switching is performed, for example, by moving a medal passage route (guide path) using a driving unit such as an electromagnetic solenoid.

The supply chute 24a, which is one of the medals sending destinations by the medal distribution unit 24, guides the medals by utilizing the natural fall similarly to the medal payout shoot 23c, but is different from the medal payout shoot 23c. As shown in FIG. 3B, the received medals are guided to a medal supply cylinder 16 on the back side of the slot machine 10. It is preferable that the supply chute 24a is formed of, for example, a resin member or the like and is configured to be capable of performing flexible position adjustment by adding a position adjustment mechanism.

If the slot machine 10 is configured to receive the medal supply from the side of the slot machine 10 instead of the medal supply cylinder 16 on the rear side, the supply chute 24a communicates with the side correspondingly. What is necessary is just to form it. In addition, the supply chute 24a is a medal lending machine 2
If there are a plurality of slot machines adjacent to 0 (for example, adjacent to both sides), the slot machines may be individually provided corresponding to each slot machine. In this case, the medal distribution unit 24 also switches the transmission destination in response to these.

As shown in FIG. 3 (c), a medal supply port 25a is provided above the medal payout hopper 23a, and the medal supply port 25a has a communication passage 25b with the medal circulation / supply device. Is connected. As a result, the medal supply port 25a can receive the medal supply from the medal circulation supply device.

In addition to the above, inside the medal lending machine 20, a bill-valley stacker 26 is provided on the back side of the money slot.
In addition, a control unit 27 is provided at a position near the lower end. The building bar stacker 26 is for recognizing the amount of money inserted into the money insertion slot and notifying the controller 27, and for storing the inserted money.
The control unit 27 has a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and the like, and controls the operation of the entire medal lending machine 20.

That is, the medal lending machine 20 configured as described above lends medals that can be inserted into the medal slot 12 to the player of the slot machine 10 and replenishes medals to the adjacent slot machine 10. Also do.

Next, the slot machine 10 of the present embodiment
Will be described.

In the slot machine 10, the medal slot 1
When there is a medal insertion into 2, the game operation unit 1 by the player
While following the operation 1, the main control section 18 gives a drive instruction to the reel mechanism section 14 to cause the player to play a game. At this time, the medals inserted into the medal insertion slot 12 are counted after the number of inserted medals is counted as the IN number.
It is stored in the medal payout hopper 15a. Since the counting of the number of IN sheets is performed in the same manner as in the related art,
Here, the detailed description is omitted. The counting result of the IN number is transmitted to the main control unit 18 or the control unit 27 of the medal lending machine 20 or the slot machine 10.
It is stored and managed by a host computer (not shown) that manages the operation of the medal lending machine 20.

Thereafter, if each of the symbols corresponds to a hit pattern when each reel 14a of the reel mechanism section 14 is stopped by the stop button 11c, for example, in the slot machine 10, the medal payout mechanism 15b responds to the hit pattern. The number of medals is paid back to the medal tray 13. At this time, the number of medals paid out by the medal payout mechanism 15b is counted as the number of OUTs, and is stored and managed by the main control unit 18, the control unit 27, or the host computer. Since the counting of the number of OUT sheets is the same as the conventional method, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

However, when the payout to the medal tray 13 is repeated, the medal payout unit 15 decreases the number of medals stored in the medal payout hopper 15a.
Therefore, in the slot machine 10, medals must be supplied to the medal payout hopper 15a as necessary.

The same applies to the medal lending machine 20 adjacent to the slot machine 10. So, first,
Prior to the description of the medal replenishment operation in the slot machine 10, the medal replenishment operation in the medal lending machine 20 will be described. In the medal lending machine 20, since a sensor for detecting the medal storage amount is provided in the medal payout hopper 23a, the medal payout is performed when the sensor detects that the medal storage amount has become smaller than a predetermined amount. The control unit 27 notified of this from the unit 23 requests the medal circulation supply device to supply medals. This request may be made by designating the number of medals to be supplied. When a medal is sent from the medal circulation / supply device in response to this request, the medal lending machine 20 receives the medal through the medal supply port 25a and stores the medal in the medal payout hopper 23a. Then, when the storage amount becomes larger than the predetermined amount, the control unit 27
Request to stop supplying medals.

By supplying medals in this manner, a substantially constant amount of medals is always stored in the medal payout hopper 23a. Note that this medal replenishment is performed not by the medal lending machine 20 requesting the medal circulation replenishing device but by the host computer or the medal circulation replenishing device monitoring the state of a sensor in the medal dispensing hopper 23a. You may. In the medal lending machine 20, instead of keeping the medal storage amount at a substantially constant amount by a sensor provided in the medal payout hopper 23a, the number of refills from the medal circulation supply device and the number of discharges from the medal payout hopper 23a are determined. By managing, the medal storage amount may be maintained at a substantially constant amount.

On the other hand, in the slot machine 10, the supply of medals to the medal payout hopper 15a is performed as follows. When it becomes necessary to supply medals to the medal payout hopper 15a, the main control unit 18
Requests the adjacent medal lending machine 20 to supply medals because the slot machine 10 is not in direct communication with the medal circulation and supply device. Note that this request may also be made by the host computer or the medal circulation supply device.

A medal lending machine 2 receiving a request for medal replenishment
In the case of 0, in response to the request, the medal payout mechanism 23b discharges the medals in the medal payout hopper 23a, and the medal allocating unit 24 switches the destination of the medals to the supply chute 24a. Thereby, the medals discharged from the medal payout hopper 23a are sent to the slot machine 10 via the medal distribution unit 24 and the supply chute 24.

At this time, the medal payout mechanism 23b counts the number of medals received from the medal payout hopper 23a and discharged to the medal distribution unit 24 by the counting function. Further, in the medal distribution unit 24, it can be seen from the state of the driving means such as an electromagnetic solenoid that the destination of the medal is the supply chute 24. Therefore, by recognizing these results, the number of medals to be supplied to the slot machine 10 can be determined. This medal supply number is also stored and managed by the main control unit 18, the control unit 27, or the host computer.

When a medal is sent from the medal lending machine 20 side, the slot machine 10 receives the medal via the medal supply cylinder 16 and the medal payout hopper 15
Store in a. Then, the medal lending machine 20 is operated until the medal storage amount in the medal payout hopper 15a reaches a predetermined amount.
Receive medal supply from the side. By supplying medals in this manner, the medal payout hopper 15a has
An almost constant amount of medals is always stored.

By the way, the medals stored in the medal payout hopper 15a are inserted into the medal slot 12 as described above, in addition to the medals supplied from the medal lending machine 20 through the medal supply cylinder 16. Including medals won. Therefore, for example, the medal insertion amount to the medal insertion slot 12 is larger than the medal receiving portion 13 by the medal payout unit 15.
If the amount is larger than the medal payout amount, the game medium exceeding the predetermined amount exists in the medal payout hopper 15a. However, since the discharge chute 15c is provided near the upper end of the medal payout hopper 15a, medals exceeding a predetermined amount are discharged from the discharge chute 15c to the surplus medal counting unit 17 as surplus medals.

When the surplus medals are discharged, the surplus medal counting unit 17 counts the number of surplus medals received from the discharge chute 15c. This surplus medal counting result also
It is stored and managed by the main control unit 18, the control unit 27, or the host computer. Then, the surplus medal counting unit 17 sends the surplus medals after the counting to the medal circulation replenishment device via the medal collection path 17a and the medal collection conveyor 30. Thus, a substantially constant amount of medals is always stored in the medal payout hopper 15a, even if the medal insertion amount into the medal insertion slot 12 is larger than the medal payout amount into the medal tray 13.

As described above, the slot machine 10
Performs processing operations such as medal refund and medal supply. More specifically, during these processing operations, the number of IN medals, the number of OUT medals, the number of medals supplied from the medal lending machine 20 and the number of medals discharged as surplus medals are counted. 1
8 or the control unit 27 or the host computer. Therefore, in this slot machine 10,
By using the following expression (1) based on these counting results, the number of medals stored in the medal payout hopper 15a can be accurately grasped.

The number of stored medals = (the number of IN + the number of supply) − (the number of OUT + the number of surplus medals discharged) (1)

That is, since the slot machine 10 according to the present embodiment is provided with the surplus medal counting unit 17 for counting surplus medals, the surplus medal counting unit 17 counts the surplus medals. Based on the result, in addition to the payout of the medals by the medal payout mechanism 15b, even if the surplus medals are discharged by the discharge chute 15c, the number of medals coming in and out of the slot machine 10 and the medal payout hopper 15a are stored. The correlation with the number of medals present can be correctly grasped. That is,
Since the total number of medals discharged to the outside of the slot machine 10 is clear, the number of medals stored in the medal payout hopper 15a can be correctly managed.

Therefore, according to the slot machine 10, even if a medal is extracted due to, for example, an improper act, it is possible to accurately identify whether the medal is an improper act or a surplus medal discharge. In the case of cheating, it is possible to avoid receiving medals for the reduced amount of medals, and as a result, cheating can be effectively prevented. Further, for example, in the case of realizing a medal circulation supply system that automatically collects and supplies medals to a plurality of slot machines, based on the management content of the number of medals in the medal payout hopper 15a, Efficient operation becomes possible.

In addition, since the slot machine 10 can correctly manage the number of medals in the medal payout hopper 15a, it can be determined whether or not it is necessary to supply medals to the medal payout hopper 15a based on the management contents. become. That is, the medal payout hopper 15a
Even if does not have a sensor to detect the medal storage amount,
A predetermined amount of medals can always be stored in the medal payout hopper 15a. Therefore, in the slot machine 10, compared with the case where the medal storage amount in the medal payout hopper 15a is maintained at a substantially constant level by the medal storage amount detection sensor, the medal storage amount is more precisely and accurately maintained in medal number units. You can do it. Further, the configuration of the medal payout unit 15 can be simplified as compared with the conventional case.

From these, the surplus medal counting unit 17
The surplus medals are preferably counted in real time using a photoelectric sensor or the like. This is because if the number of surplus medals is counted in real time, the discharge of surplus medals is immediately
This is because it can be reflected in the management result of the medal storage amount in a, and as a result, processing operations such as medal replenishment can be performed quickly.

Further, in the slot machine 10 according to the present embodiment, since the surplus medal counting unit 17 is provided in the housing of the slot machine 10 main body, for example, a plurality of slot machines are provided. And even when it is used on a so-called slot machine island equipped with a medal lending machine, the installation is easy. That is, merely by changing the model of the conventional slot machine to the slot machine 10 of the present embodiment, the above-described effects can be obtained on the slot machine island.

However, the surplus medal counting unit 17 may be provided outside of the housing of the slot machine 10 in association with the slot machine 10, as in the third aspect of the present invention. That is, the surplus medal counting unit 17
A medal collecting path 17a not reaching the medal collecting conveyor 30 but in the housing of the slot machine 10 itself.
The medal storage number in the medal payout hopper 15a can be correctly managed even in this case. Furthermore, in this case, it is possible to replace only the casing of the slot machine without changing the surplus medal counting unit 17 in response to the subsequent model change of the slot machine. Becomes easy.

In the present embodiment, the medal payout unit 1
5, the discharge chute 15c is provided, and the discharge chute 15c discharges surplus medals from the medal payout hopper 15a to the surplus medal counting unit 17, but the present invention is not limited to this. Not something.
That is, as in the invention according to claim 4, the medal payout section 15 does not have the discharge chute 15c, and the medals inserted into the medal insertion slot 12 are guided to the surplus medal counting section 17 as surplus medals as they are. However, the same effect as in the case described above can be obtained by counting the surplus medals by the surplus medal counting unit 17.

Further, in the present embodiment, the case where the slot machine 10 is configured to receive the medal supply via the medal lending machine 20 adjacent thereto has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. It is not limited. For example, even if the medal circulation supply device is configured to receive the medal supply directly from the medal circulation supply device, the medal circulation supply device counts the number of tokens to be supplied or the slot machine side counts the number of tokens to be supplied. With such a configuration, it is possible to correctly manage the number of stored medals in the slot machine as in the case described above.

In the present embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the slot machine 10 has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The same can be applied to a pachinko machine or the like that performs a game.

[0056]

As described above, in the gaming machine of the present invention, since the surplus medium counting means counts the surplus medium discharged from the medium storing means, it is based on the counting result. For example, even if the surplus medium is discharged by the surplus medium discharging means in addition to the payout of the game medium by the medium paying means, the number of surplus media discharged from the gaming machine to the outside can be known. In other words, by counting the surplus media, the correlation between the number of game media coming in and out of the gaming machine and the number of game media stored in the media storage device can be correctly grasped. It becomes possible to correctly manage the number of game media being played. Therefore, according to this gaming machine, even if the game medium is extracted by fraud, for example, it is possible to accurately identify whether the game medium is due to fraud or discharge of surplus media. It can be effectively prevented. Furthermore, for example, even in the case of realizing a system that automatically collects and replenishes game media for a plurality of gaming machines, based on the management content of the storage amount in the medium storage means, Efficient operation becomes possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of an example of an embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an example of the external appearance of the gaming machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing an example of a gaming medium lending machine adjacent to the gaming machine shown in FIG. 1, (a) is a front view thereof,
(B) is a plan view thereof, and (c) is a side sectional view thereof.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Slot machine, 12 ... Medal slot, 13 ... Medal receiving tray, 15 ... Medal dispensing part, 15a ... Medal dispensing hopper, 15b ... Medal dispensing mechanism, 15c ... Discharge chute, 17 ... Excess medal counting part, 20 ... Medal lending Machine

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine for playing a game by inserting a game medium, wherein the medium withdrawal means for paying out the game medium in accordance with a result of the game, and storing the game medium for the medium withdrawal means to pay back. Medium storage means for storing, and when the storage amount of the game medium in the medium storage means exceeds a predetermined amount, a surplus medium discharge means for discharging the game medium for the amount exceeding the predetermined amount as surplus medium from the medium storage means, And a surplus medium counting means for counting surplus media discharged by the surplus medium discharging means. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the surplus medium counting means is provided in a housing of the gaming machine main body. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the surplus medium counting means is provided outside the housing of the gaming machine main body and attached to the gaming machine. 4. The surplus medium discharging means, wherein the surplus medium is not a game medium stored in the medium storing means, but a game medium inserted for playing the game. Item 7. A gaming machine according to item 1, 2 or 3.