JP2001038020A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Pachinko game machine capable of surely grounding static electricity charged to game balls passing through the various kinds of paths. SOLUTION: A ball receiving member 33 where an overflow ball guide surface 33d is formed is disposed at the branching point of a prize ball path and an overflow ball path 34. Then, by attaching a conductive lid plate 38 to the rear surface side of a mechanism set panel 20, the front surface side and rear surface side of the overflow ball path 34 are formed. Further, a conductive ground sheet metal 35 is disposed between the mechanism set panel 20 and the lid plate 38. Thus, when prize balls paid out when an upper ball tray is full become overflow balls F and fall down on the overflow ball guide surface 33d of the ball receiving member 33, they are guided so as to freely fall down while describing a parabola toward the front surface side of the overflow ball path 34 by the guide surface 33d. At this time, by contacting the front surface side of the overflow ball path 34, the static electricity charged to the overflow balls S is grounded to the outside of this game machine.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to various ball game machines provided with a passage for guiding a prize ball paid out at the time of a jackpot to an upper ball tray and a lower ball tray, for example.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this kind of ball-and-ball game machine, for example, an arrangement ball machine disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-10408 is known.

In this arrangement ball machine (hereinafter referred to as a game machine), a game ball serving as a prize ball paid out from a ball payout device is guided to an upper ball tray on a mechanism set board mounted on the back side of the machine. An overflow ball passage is provided to guide the game ball to the lower ball plate when the game ball is full in the prize ball path and the upper ball plate. These passages are arranged near the branch point of both passages so as to overlap in the front-rear direction of the gaming machine. Also, the bottom of the overflow ball passage (for example,
The rear surface) is constituted by a metal partition plate, and by connecting a ground wire to the partition plate, the static electricity charged on the game ball passing through the passage can be grounded to the outside of the gaming machine. ing.

Further, the overflowing ball passage extends to bend toward a lower ball tray disposed on the lower front surface of the gaming machine, and behind the passage, various types of gaming machines are provided via a mechanism set board. A control device is installed. Then, the ball lending operation and the ball payout operation are controlled by these control devices.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional configuration, there is a problem that when the amount of game balls passing through the overflowing ball passage increases, the static electricity charged on the game balls cannot be sufficiently grounded. Was. That is, during the big hit, since the payout of the game balls by the ball payout device is continuously performed, the amount of the game balls passing through the overflowing ball passage is greatly increased, and the game balls are vertically overlapped. And overflows the ball passage. Therefore, although the game balls that have passed so as to be in contact with the bottom made of the metal partition plate of the overflowing ball passage are grounded, the game balls that pass in the state of being overlapped on the upper side are sufficiently grounded because they do not touch the bottom. There was no problem.

Further, since the prize ball path and the overflowing ball path are arranged so as to overlap in the front-rear direction of the gaming machine, there is a problem that the width of the gaming machine in the front-rear direction is increased. Further, since various control devices are installed via a mechanism set board behind the overflowing ball passage, noise is given to the various control devices due to static electricity of the game ball that is not sufficiently grounded. There were also problems. Therefore, for example, the number of payouts for paying out ten game balls is changed to only five payouts.

The present invention has been made in view of such a problem existing in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to reliably ground the static electricity charged on a game ball passing through an overflowing ball passage. An object of the present invention is to provide a ball-and-ball game machine that can perform the game. Another object of the present invention is to provide a ball game machine capable of realizing compactness by minimizing the width of the ball game machine in the front-rear direction. Still another object is to provide a ball game machine capable of suppressing malfunctions of various control devices due to noise.

[0008]

In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1 is directed to a prize ball passage for guiding a prize ball paid out as the game progresses to an upper ball plate, In a ball game machine having an overflowing ball passage for guiding an overflowing ball overflowing from the prize ball passage to the lower ball tray when the ball dish is full, at least one of the front surface and the rear surface of the overflowing ball passage has conductivity. The gist of the present invention is to include an overflowing ball guide portion for guiding the overflowing ball flowing into the overflowing ball passage toward the conductive member, in addition to the above configuration. Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the game ball guided to the overflow ball passage by the overflow ball guide section is grounded by the conductive member constituting the passage.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the ball game machine according to the first aspect, the conductive material member forms an entire front surface forming a main portion of the overflowing ball passage and the overflowing ball passage. The invention is characterized in that an overflow ball guide portion for guiding the overflow ball toward the conductive member forward is provided. Therefore, according to the invention described in claim 2, according to claim 1
In addition to the effects of the invention described in the above, the game ball guided to the front of the overflow ball passage by the overflow ball guide section is grounded by the conductive member constituting the entire front surface of the passage.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the ball game machine according to the first or second aspect, the prize ball path and the overflowing ball path are juxtaposed in the left-right direction near a branch point of the two paths. The gist is that it has been done. Therefore, according to the third aspect of the invention, in addition to the operation of the first or second aspect, the prize ball path and the overflowing ball path are juxtaposed in the left-right direction, so that the pachinko machine is provided. The width of the gaming machine in the front-rear direction can be reduced.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the ball game machine according to any one of the first to third aspects, a mechanism set board on which various control devices for controlling a game are installed. Prepared on the back side, while forming the prize ball passage and the overflow ball passage within a predetermined width in the front-rear direction of the mechanism set board,
The gist is that a rear surface forming a main part of the overflowing ball passage is disposed so as to be separated forward from a mounting surface of the various control devices in the mechanism set board. Therefore, according to the invention described in claim 4, in addition to the operation of the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 3, the rear surface of the overflow ball passage is installed on the mechanism set board on the back side of the machine. By disposing the control devices at a distance from the mounting surface of the control devices, the influence of noise on the various substrates due to the static electricity of the game balls is suppressed.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is embodied in a pachinko game machine which is a kind of a ball game machine is shown in FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

A pachinko gaming machine (hereinafter referred to as a gaming machine) according to the present embodiment has an outline of a basic structure, as shown schematically in FIG. A vertical rectangular front frame 11 for setting various game components is assembled so as to be opened and closed and detachable. Front frame 1
A window frame 13 for protecting the game board 12 inside the machine through see-through and an upper sphere plate 14 are both assembled to be openable and closable in a laterally open state. A lower ball tray 15, a hit ball launching device 16, and the like are mounted. A card unit 17 used in a ball lending system is mounted on one side edge of the outer frame 10, and a card is inserted into a card insertion slot 18 of the card unit 17, and When the ball lending operation section 19 provided on the upper front surface is operated, a predetermined number (for example, 100 yen) for a fixed amount unit within the effective amount of the card according to a ball lending reading control condition of a card reader (not shown). 25 rental balls can be paid out.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, on the back side of the front frame 11, a mechanism set board 2 provided with various ball passages, a processing section and the like.
0 is set detachably.
At 0, the protective cover 21 is set to be openable and closable at a position corresponding to the back side of the gaming board 12. Around the protective cover 21, a ball tank 22 is provided.
And a section supply passage portion 24 through which storage balls flow down from the same ball tank 22 via the straightening gutters 23 and extends vertically in the right area of the protective cover 21. I have.

A ball dispensing device 25 is detachably attached to the downstream end of the divided supply passage portion 24 with screws or the like (see FIG. 8), and the ball dispensing device 25 dispenses prize balls or loaned balls. The stored ball is the prize ball passage 2 shown in FIG.
6 to the upper bowl 14. Further, below the protective cover 21, that is, outside the lower part of the mechanism set board 20, a main control device 27 as a control device for controlling the game content and a safe ball detection process and a stored ball discharge process (award ball payout and lending). A payout control device 28 as a control device for controlling ball payout) is supported so as to be openable and closable in a laterally open form. Further, the mechanism set board 20 is provided with a ground terminal (not shown) so that static electricity charged in the gaming machine can be grounded to the outside.

In the following description, "right" or "left" means "right" or "left" when viewed from the back of the machine unless otherwise specified. Further, regarding the mechanism set board 20, the near side when viewed from the back side of the machine is referred to as a "rear side" side.

In such a gaming machine of the present embodiment,
As shown in FIG. 3, the mechanism set board 20 is provided with a safe ball collective passage 29 for discharging the safe ball to the rear side of the machine from the left end to the vicinity of the center in the inside thereof. A safe ball processing device 30 for processing a safe ball is provided at a downstream portion. When the safe ball flows into the processing device 30, a safe ball detection signal is output to the main control device 27 or the payout control device 28.

The prize ball path 26 is provided adjacent to the right side of the safe ball collecting path 29. An upper ball tray supply port 31 for supplying game balls as prize balls discharged from the ball payout device 25 to the upper ball tray 14 and an overflowing ball F are provided at the most downstream portion of the prize ball passage 26. Lower ball tray supply ports 32 for supplying game balls to the lower ball tray 15 are arranged side by side in the left-right direction. A ball receiving member 33 for guiding a game ball to each of the supply ports 31, 32 is provided at a branch point between the two supply ports 31, 32.

The ball receiving member 33 is entirely made of a synthetic resin such as polypropylene mixed with a conductive material such as carbon, and is attached to the mechanism set board 20 with screws or the like as shown in FIG. Have been. As shown in the figure, the ball receiving member 33 has left and right regulating walls 33b and 33c standing so as to sandwich the prize ball guiding surface 33a, and an overflowing ball guiding portion is provided on the right side of the right regulating wall 33c. And is integrally formed in a form having an overflowing ball guide surface 33d as a sphere. The prize ball guide surface 33a and the upper ball tray supply port 31, and the overflow ball guide surface 33d and the lower ball tray supply port 32 are formed to have substantially the same width, and both guide surfaces 33a and 33d are shown in FIG. And FIG.
As shown in the figure, the inclined portions are formed to be inclined downward toward the supply ports 31 and 32.

The two regulating walls 33b and 33c are formed at substantially the same height as the upper ball tray supply port 31. When the ball receiving member 33 is attached to the mechanism set board 20, the right regulating wall is restricted. The wall 33c is located at an intermediate position between the supply ports 31, 32 (see FIG. 3). Furthermore, the right regulation wall 33
c plays a role of branching both supply ports 31 and 32 so that the paid game balls are guided from the prize ball guide surface 33a to the upper ball tray supply port 31 during a normal game. .
In addition, at the time of the big hit, in order to prevent the paid game balls from overflowing with the upper ball plate 14, the prize ball guide surface 33a is provided.
The game balls stacked on the upper side are passed over the right regulation wall 33c as overflow balls F, and are guided from the overflow ball guide surface 33d to the lower ball tray supply port 32. On the downstream side of the lower ball tray supply port 32, an overflow ball path 34 for guiding the overflowing ball F passing through the lower ball tray supply port 32 to the lower ball tray 15 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 5, the overflow ball passage 34 is provided with an overflow ball guide surface 33d from the rear side of the mechanism set board 20.
Are formed so as to be separated forward by the length in the front-rear direction.
Then, on the front side of the mechanism set board 20, the lower ball tray 1 attached to the center of the front of the gaming machine from the lower ball tray supply port 32.
5, and extends vertically (see FIG. 3). Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 7, an insulating space S can be formed on the rear surface side of the mechanism set board 20. On the front side of the overflow ball passage 34, as shown in FIG. 4, a ground metal plate 35 (for example, SPCC (cold forged steel plate) defined by JIS) as a conductive member having substantially the same shape as the passage 34. Are attached to the front of the mechanism set board 20 with screws or the like.

Further, a ball emptying passage 36 is disposed adjacent to a position corresponding to the right end of the mechanism setting board 20 and on the right side of the prize ball passage 26 (see FIG. 3). The upstream portion of the ball passage 36 is branched from the prize ball passage 26, and a ball passage switching lever 37 is rotatably provided at the branch portion. The ball passage switching lever 37 is capable of guiding the game ball supplied from the ball payout device 25 to the ball removal passage 36 by a rotation operation thereof at the time of maintenance or the like, and the game ball is provided at a downstream portion thereof. From the rear of the machine.

The mechanism set board 20 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the opening surface area on the front side is covered with a cover plate 38 as a conductive member, and the cover plate 38 is attached to a lower portion on the back side of the front frame 11 with screws or the like ( See FIG. 8). The cover plate 38 is formed of a synthetic resin such as polypropylene mixed with a conductive material such as carbon, and has a size such that it covers the entire lower part of the front surface of the mechanism set board 20 as shown in FIG. . As shown in FIG. 7, the cover plate 38 is composed of a plate-shaped portion 39 that comes into surface contact with the ground sheet metal 35, and a cylindrical portion 40 that comes into surface contact with the front surface of the lower end of the mechanism set board 20. .

Further, a lower ball tray communication port 41 bent toward the lower ball tray 15 mounted at the lower center of the gaming machine is formed at the distal end side of the cylindrical portion 40. And when the said plate-shaped part 39 is covered by the said mechanism set board 20,
The safe ball collecting passage 29, the overflow ball passage 34, and the downstream front surface of the ball empty passage 36 are formed, and the cylindrical portion 40 forms the downstream rear surface of the overflow ball passage 34. The lid plate 38 is provided with an upper bowl tray connection port 42 at a position facing the upper bowl tray supply port 31 (see FIG. 8), and as shown in FIG. The prize ball guide surface 3
3a is in contact with the front end side. Therefore, the ball receiving member 3
3. The ground metal plate 35 and the lid plate 38 are
When attached to each of these components 33, 35, 38
Are in contact in a chain. Therefore, by connecting one end of the ground wire to any one of the components (for example, the cover plate 38) and connecting the other end to a ground terminal (not shown), it is possible to easily perform grounding to the outside of the gaming machine. It has become.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, a cover member 43 is attached to the rear side of the mechanism set board 20 with screws or the like.
6, the rear surface of the upstream portion of the lower ball tray supply port 32 and the ball emptying passage 36 are formed. The payout control device 28 is provided on the rear surface of the cover member 43 so as to be rotatable around a support pin 44 as shown in FIG. Further, on the left side of the payout control device 28, the main control device 2
7 is provided rotatably about the support pin 45. The cylindrical portion 4 which is the rear surface of the overflow ball passage 34
As shown in FIG. 7, the control device 0 and the various control devices are spaced apart in the front-rear direction with an insulating space S formed in the mechanism set board 20 interposed therebetween.

Next, the operation of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be described. First,
A state in which the paid out game balls are guided to the upper ball tray 14 will be described with reference to FIG.

The game balls paid out by the ball payout device 25 pass through the prize ball passage 26 and fall toward the prize ball guide surface 33a of the ball receiving member 33. And, by the inclination of the guide surface 33a, it passes through the upper ball tray supply port 31 and the upper ball tray communication port 42 and is guided to the upper ball tray 14 mounted on the front of the gaming machine. At this time, when the game ball comes into contact with the ball receiving member 33 and the cover plate 38, the static electricity charged on the game ball is grounded to the outside of the game machine. As long as the game balls are not stacked up to the upper surface of the right regulation wall 33c as shown in the figure, the paid game balls are not guided to the overflow ball passage 34 side.

Next, a state in which a game ball overflows and is guided to the ball passage 34 at the time of a big hit or the like will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, when the game balls are stacked up to the upper surface of the right control wall 33c, the game balls overflow and become the balls F and the right control wall 3
3c, the ball guide surface 33d overflows as shown in FIG.
To fall. The overflow ball F that has fallen falls freely while drawing a parabola toward the front side of the overflow ball passage 34, that is, the earth sheet metal 35, due to the inclination of the overflow ball guide surface 33d, and contacts the earth sheet metal 35. I do. At this time, the static electricity charged on the sphere F overflowed by the earth metal plate 35 is grounded to the outside of the game machine. Further, the overflowing ball F that has contacted the ground metal plate 35 also contacts the rear surface (the cylindrical portion 40) on the downstream side of the overflowing ball passage 34, and is further grounded. Then, the overflowing ball F that has passed through the overflowing ball passage 34
Is guided through the lower ball tray communication port 41 to the lower ball tray 15 mounted on the lower front part of the gaming machine.

In the present embodiment, the following effects can be obtained by configuring the ball game machine as described above. (1) Since the front and rear sides of the overflowing ball passage 34 are formed by the conductive earth metal plate 35 and the cover plate 38, static electricity charged to the overflowing ball F in a wide surface area of the passage 34 is discharged to the outside of the gaming machine. Can be grounded.

(2) Overflow ball passage 3 extending vertically
4, the overflowing ball F guided by the overflowing ball guide surface 33d comes into contact with the front side or the rear side of the passage 34 by free fall. Therefore, even if the game balls are successively paid out at the time of the big hit, the overflowing ball F can be reliably brought into contact with the ground sheet metal 35 or the cover plate 38 constituting the passage 34, and the overflowing ball F is charged. The static electricity can be grounded outside the gaming machine.

(3) The prize ball guide surface 33a and the overflow ball guide surface 33d are formed obliquely with respect to the supply ports 31, 32. Therefore, the game balls can be quickly guided to the supply ports 31 and 32 without being stopped on the guide surfaces 33a and 33d. Further, the overflow ball guide surface 33d can reliably contact the earth metal plate 35 or the cover plate 38 of the overflow ball passage 34.

(4) Since the ball receiving member 33 is formed of a synthetic resin mixed with a conductive material, when the paid out game ball comes into contact with the ball receiving member 33, the charged static electricity is played. Can be grounded outside the machine. In addition, the right regulation wall 33c of the ball receiving member 33 can reliably guide the game ball to the upper ball tray 14 until the upper ball tray 14 is full. Further, since the ball receiving member 33 is formed of a synthetic resin, it can be manufactured at low cost.

(5) By disposing the earth metal plate 35 in the gap between the mechanism set board 20 and the cover plate 38, it is possible to ground the game ball and insert a piano wire or the like into the gap to make the game board 12 Unauthorized acts such as opening the various winning ports above can be prevented.

(6) Since the overflowing ball passage 34 is arranged so as to be separated in the front-rear direction with the various control devices disposed on the back side of the machine and the insulating space S interposed therebetween, the overflowing ball passage 34 passes through the passage 34. With F, the influence of noise or the like on the various control devices 27 and 28 can be suppressed. Therefore, malfunction of the various control devices 27 and 28 can be suppressed.

(7) Since the prize ball passage 26 and the overflow ball passage 34 are provided side by side, the width of the game machine in the front-rear direction can be reduced, and the game machine can be made more compact. (8) Ball receiving member 33, earth metal plate 35, and lid plate 38
When they are attached to the mechanism set board 20, they contact each other in a chain. Therefore, by providing a ground wire to any member, grounding to the outside of the gaming machine can be performed. Therefore, the number of ground wires can be reduced.

Incidentally, This embodiment may be modified as follows. In the present embodiment, the overflow ball guide surface 33d is formed integrally with the ball receiving member 33, but may be installed on the mechanism set board 20 as a separate body. Even with such a configuration, the same effects as those of the above-described embodiment can be obtained.

In this embodiment, the overflow ball guide surface 3
Although 3d is formed by a surface, the surface may not necessarily be a surface as long as the overflow ball F can be guided to the overflow ball passage 34 such as a groove shape or a cylindrical shape. Even with such a configuration, the same effects as those of the above-described embodiment can be obtained.

In the present embodiment, the ball receiving member 33
Are formed separately and attached to the mechanism set board 20 with screws or the like, but may be formed integrally with the mechanism set board 20. Even with such a configuration, the same effects as those of the above-described embodiment can be obtained.

In this embodiment, the overflow ball passage 34
Is formed of a ground sheet metal 35 having substantially the same shape, but the ground sheet metal 35 may be provided only at a portion where the overflow ball F guided by the overflow ball guide surface 33d contacts the passage 34. Even with such a configuration, the same effects as those of the above-described embodiment can be obtained.

In this embodiment, the overflow ball passage 34
Is formed by the earth metal plate 35 and the cover plate 38, but may be formed only by the conductive cover plate 38. With such a configuration, the ground sheet metal 35 becomes unnecessary, and the cost of the gaming machine can be reduced.

In the present embodiment, the ball receiving member 33
The cover plate 38 is made of polypropylene mixed with carbon, but the material of the synthetic resin and the material of the conductive material to be mixed are not limited to the above embodiment. Even with such a configuration, the same effects as those of the above-described embodiment can be obtained.

In the present embodiment, the passage in the pachinko gaming machine has been described, but a ball-and-ball game machine other than the pachinko gaming machine (for example, an arrangement ball gaming machine or a sparrow ball machine) is configured in the same manner as in the above-described embodiment. You may. The same effects as those of the above embodiment can be obtained in other gaming machines.

Next, technical ideas other than those described in the claims which can be understood from the above embodiment and other examples will be described below together with their effects. (B) The ball receiving member according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the ball receiving member has conductivity at a branch point between the prize ball path (26) and the overflow ball path (34). (3
A ball game machine provided with 3). With this configuration, the game balls paid out by the ball payout device 25 can be grounded to the outside of the game machine by contact with the ball receiving member 33.

(B) In the ball game machine described in the technical concept (a), the conductive members (35, 38) and the ball receiving member (33) constituting the overflowing ball passage (34) are constituted by a mechanism set. A ball game machine that contacts in a chain when attached to the board (20). With such a configuration, if a ground wire is provided on either the conductive member or the ball receiving member 33, grounding to the outside of the gaming machine becomes possible. Further, the number of ground wires can be reduced.

[0045]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to reliably ground the static electricity charged on the game balls passing through the various paths.

According to the invention described in claim 2, according to claim 1
In addition to the effects of the invention described in (1), it is possible to ground the static electricity charged to the game ball in the entire front surface of the overflow ball passage.

According to the invention described in claim 3, according to claim 1
Or, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 2, it is possible to realize the miniaturization by minimizing the width of the ball game machine in the front-rear direction. According to the invention described in claim 4, in addition to the effect of the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 3, malfunction of various control devices due to noise can be suppressed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view schematically showing a pachinko gaming machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view schematically showing the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing the front of the mechanism set board.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing the rear surface of the mechanism set board.

FIG. 5 is a plan sectional view showing a state in which various control devices are installed on a mechanism set board.

FIG. 6 is a side sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a side sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 3;

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view showing a state of attachment to a mechanism set board.

[Explanation of symbols]

F: overflow ball, 20: mechanism set board, 26: prize ball path, 2
7: Main control device as a control device, 28: Dispensing control device as a control device, 33d: Overflow ball guide surface as an overflow ball guide portion, 34: Overflow ball passage, 35 ... Earth sheet metal as a conductive member, 38 ... Lid plate as conductive member, 40... Tubular portion as rear surface.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Masaki Hashi 3-56, Karasumori-cho, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya-shi Inside Newgin Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Makoto Ogawa 3-56, Karasumori-cho, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya-shi Newginnai F Term (reference) 2C088 BA65 EA02

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A prize ball path for guiding a prize ball paid out along with the progress of a game to an upper ball dish, and an overflow ball for guiding an overflow ball overflowing from the prize ball path to a lower ball dish when the upper ball dish is full. In a ball game machine having a passage, at least one of a front surface and a rear surface of the overflow ball passage (34) has a conductive member (35, 3) having conductivity.
8) and a ball game machine provided with an overflow ball guide (33d) for guiding the overflow ball (F) flowing into the overflow ball passage (34) toward the conductive member (35, 38). . 2. The conductive material member (35, 38) constitutes the entire front surface forming the main part of the overflow ball passage (34), and the overflow ball passage (34) has an overflow ball (F).
The ball game machine according to claim 1, further comprising an overflow ball guide (33d) for guiding the ball forward toward the conductive member (35, 38). 3. The prize ball path (26) and the overflow ball path (3)
The ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein 4) are juxtaposed in the left-right direction near a branch point of both passages (26, 34). 4. Various control devices (2) related to game control.
A mechanism set board (20) on which the mechanism set (7, 28) is installed is provided on the back side of the machine. The rear surface (40) forming the main part of the overflow ball passage (34) is formed so as to be separated from the mounting surface of the various control devices (27, 28) on the mechanism set board (20) forward. The ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3.