JP2001161918A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To save labor for adjusting the top nail of a game machine with a variable display device with comparatively large width almost at the center of the game area and to suppress deviation of passage of falling balls hit in the game area by equipping a sorting means. SOLUTION: In a game machine with a variable display device 36 almost at the center of the game board 11, a sorting means 67 comprising a rim part 73 and a wing body with multiple wings radially extended from the rim part 73 is rotatably equipped above the variable display device 36 and the outer diameter R of the rim part 73 and the radial length L of the wing body 74 are made longer than that of a conventional wing type sorting means. Thus at least part of game balls 35 hit into the game area A by a discharging means 65 is guided in between neighboring wing bodies 74 to collide with the rim part 73 and carried out by a recess part 79 formed by the wing body and the rim part 73 to be thrown outward. Because game balls 35 are uniformly sorted even in a game machine with a variable display device 36 having large maximum width M, deviation of passage of falling balls is suppressed and adjusting of the top nail becomes not required.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game machine, and more particularly to a ball game machine having a variable display device substantially at the center of a game board.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to suppress the deviation of a falling path formed by a game ball hit by a launching means into a game area on a game board, a normal windmill type is placed above a movable winning device. Is known (Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-24151). According to this technique, precise and delicate adjustment of the nails arranged above the movable winning device is not required, so that the adjustment of the nails can be labor-saving.

[0003]

However, when this technique is applied to a game machine in which a variable display device, particularly a liquid crystal type variable display device, is installed substantially at the center of a game board, the following still remains. Turned out to be a problem. That is, the maximum width of the variable display device is larger than that of the movable winning device. For example, the maximum width of the movable winning device is 10 cm.
The front and back of the variable display device is 15cm
Large before and after. Therefore, if a windmill-type game ball distribution device having a normal size is provided immediately above the variable display device as in the above-described prior art, there is a problem that the falling path of the game ball is biased.

This is because, in a gaming machine in which a variable display device having a relatively large maximum width is provided below the game ball sorting device, the game ball sorting device falls from above. If you do not sort the left and right
The game ball falls near the center of the variable display device, and the falling path of the game ball tends to be biased. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to reduce the labor required for adjusting a nail in a gaming machine having a variable display device having a relatively large maximum width at a substantially central portion of the gaming area, and to reduce the drop of a gaming ball driven into the gaming area. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine having a structure capable of suppressing the deviation of a route.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a game machine having a variable display device at a substantially central portion of a game board, wherein a rim portion and a radially outward direction from the rim portion are provided. Distributing means comprising a large number of extending blades is rotatably provided above the variable display device, and at least a part of the game ball driven into the upper part of the game area on the game board by the firing means is provided. A recess formed between the blade body and the rim portion while guiding the ball toward the inside of the distribution means and colliding with the rim portion through between the adjacent blade bodies. (Disclosed in claim 1).

Further, in order to more effectively solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention increases the outer diameter of the rim so as to be two to three times the diameter of the game ball, thereby changing the size of the game ball. It is largely distributed to the left and right sides of the display device (claim 2), and similarly, the radial length of the wing is increased to be 0.5 to 1.5 times the diameter of the game ball ( A third aspect of the present invention is adopted.

[0007] In addition, in order to disperse the vertical energy of the game balls falling from above the variable display device, a part of the falling game balls can be easily made to collide with the rim of the distribution means. The invention described in Item 5 employs means for making the apparent base length of the concave portion formed by the adjacent wing body and the rim portion 1 to 1.5 times the diameter of the game ball. The apparent base length will be defined later.

Further, in order to expose a part of the game ball that has collided with the rim portion to the concave portion of the rotating distribution means so as to easily discharge it outward, the game ball is guided The radial length of the wing body is 0.5
Means of making the length relatively as long as 1.5 times is adopted. Further, in order to make it easier for the distributing means to rotate by hitting the game balls to the wings, and to allow the game balls to be distributed to the left and right sides of the variable display device, the invention according to claim 6 and claim 7, 5 to 1 blades
Two, preferably six to ten, more preferably eight, more than that of the prior art windmill-type sorting means, to provide a means for facilitating horizontal hitting of the game ball hitting the rim. adopt.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment according to the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. This embodiment is also applied to a game machine conventionally used generally in ball games. Preferably, the present invention is applied to the ball game machine shown in FIG. That is, the ball game machine 1 according to this embodiment includes a frame-shaped wooden outer frame 2 which is a main body frame of the game machine, and the outer frame 2
And a pair of shaft support means 4a, 4b attached to the front plate 3 or the outer frame 2.
And a main frame such as a substantially frame-shaped inner frame 5 which is pivotally supported by these pivoting means and is attached to the front side of the gaming machine 1 so as to be able to open halfway.

A front frame 7 having an inverted U-shaped opening 6 at the center is located near the upper part on the front side of the inner frame 5.
Are hinged via a pair of upper and lower support means 8 (the lower support means is not shown in FIG. 1) so as to be able to open halfway, and mounted on the inner frame 5 on the side where the support means 8 does not exist. The front frame 7 can be opened and closed by inserting a key (not shown) into the locking device 9 and turning it. At the center of the upper part of the face frame 7, an oblong frame decoration lamp lens 10 is provided.

On the other hand, an opening (not shown) is formed at the center of the inner frame 5 on the back side of the inner frame 5,
The game board 11 is attached so that the front faces the opening. And between the game board 11 and the glass G of the glass frame (not shown) attached to the back side of the front frame 7, the arc-shaped guide rail 12 planted on the game board 11 Gaming area A of the ball and ball game machine 1 on the inward side
Are formed.

A plate-like upper plate member 13 is attached to the inner frame 5 just below the front frame 7 so as to be openable like the front frame 7, and the upper plate member 13 has a downflow gutter to be described later. And a propagation hole 15 for transmitting the sound of a speaker (not shown) attached to the inner frame 5 to the player, the plane shape is semi-elliptical, and the peripheral edge rises and the discharge hole is formed. An upper plate 16 that receives a game ball from the outlet 14 is formed to protrude toward the front of the ball game machine 1. Further, on the bank-shaped peripheral portion 17 of the upper plate 16, operation buttons such as a ball removal button 18 for extracting game balls, a return button 19, and a ball lending button 20 are provided. Since the upper side of the upper plate member 13 is pressed against the lower side when the front frame 7 is closed, the upper plate member 13 cannot be opened unless the front frame 7 is opened.

Further, a lower plate member 21 having substantially the same shape as the upper plate member 13 is fixed to the lower portion of the inner frame 5 between the upper plate member 13 and the front plate 3 so as not to be opened and closed. At the substantially central portion of the lower plate member 21, the discharge port 1 is provided.
When a downflow gutter (described later) rising in the back mechanism panel with the opening 4 is filled with game balls, an outlet 22 is provided for overflowing and discharging the subsequent game balls. A lower plate 23 for receiving game balls and an ashtray 24 are provided in front of the outlet 22. A ball release lever 25 for discharging a prize ball is attached below the lower plate 23. On the right side of the lower plate member 21, a substantially spherical firing handle 26 and a firing lever 27 rotatable therearound.
And a firing stop switch 28 are provided.
A well-known card unit 29 having a rectangular front is provided on the left side of the gaming machine 1 according to the present invention.

Next, the structure of the game board 11 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the game board 11 according to this embodiment has a wooden base plate 30 having a substantially square shape and a decoration on its surface. The guide rail 1 on the base plate 30
2 and the rail 31
The inner frame 5 includes an inner rail 32 that looks partially overlapping when viewed from the radial direction at a predetermined distance inward, and various devices and components described below.
Is locked to the inner frame 5 by fitting into an opening (not shown) provided in the center of the. The outer rail 31
At the upper right and lower corners of the base plate 30 on the outside, rail decorations 33a, 33b, 33c are provided.
Are provided to reinforce the outer rail 31 and decorate the game board 11.

A specific distribution assembly 34 according to the present invention is mounted at the upper center of the game board 11.
A game ball 35 fired by a firing device, which will be described later, passes between the inner and outer rails 31 and 32 and is pushed into the game area A by pushing a foul ball stopper 33 provided therefrom from a tip end of the inner rail 32. A portion of the game balls 35 collides with the distribution assembly 34, and the remaining game balls 35 fall to the left and right sides of the distribution assembly 34.

Further, a variable display device 36, which is a liquid crystal display device having a relatively large maximum width, is provided directly below the distribution assembly 34 on the game board 11, and a starter provided immediately below the variable display device 36 is provided. Game ball 35 in mouth 37
Is inserted, three special symbol display portions 38a are provided at the center of the variable display device 36 at predetermined intervals,
38b and 38c are variably displayed for a predetermined time and stopped. Note that the maximum width of the movable winning device 44 means the width M between the largest portions in the horizontal direction, and the width is at least significantly larger than that of a conventionally known movable winning device.

Similarly, a pair of lamp windmills 39a, 39a are disposed diagonally above the variable display device 36, and a pair of windmills 40a, 40a are disposed diagonally below the variable display device 36. It is impossible to predict the route of the game ball 35 going on. Below the windmills 40a and 40b, near the starting port 37, a pair of symbol operating gates 41 is provided.
a, 41a are provided, and when the game balls 35 pass through them, the symbols of the ordinary symbol display device 42 provided at the upper center of the variable display device 36, for example, "-, 1, 3,.
Symbols such as "5, 7" are variably displayed for a specific time.

A pair of upper winning openings 43a, 43b are mounted outwardly below the symbol operating gates 41a, 41a, and when the game ball 35 wins, it is detected by a detecting means (not shown). A specific number of game balls are discharged from the discharge port 14 to the upper plate 16 as prizes by a control command of a game control board described later.

A movable winning device 44 having a relatively large width is provided below the starting port 37, and the special symbols of the special symbol display portions 38a, 38b, 38c are stopped in a specific combination. The "winning" occurs, the shutter 45 of the movable winning device 44 is opened for a predetermined time, and the game ball 35 enters the device 44. In the movable winning device 44, a specific area is provided on the back side of the shutter 45. When the game ball 35 passes through the area, the shutter 45 is closed and the shutter 45 is opened again for a predetermined time. Benefits are generated. A pair of lower winning ports 46a and 46b are provided on both sides of the movable winning device 44, and they have the same function as the upper winning ports 43a and 43a.

In the game board 11, a number of obstacle nails 47 are implanted between various parts, and a game ball 35 descending by sewing between the obstacle nails 47 is used for the gate and the winning. When no prize is won in the mouth or the like, an out ball discharge port 4 provided at the lower center of the game board 11 as an out ball.
8 to the rear of the gaming machine 1.
In the game area A, a pair of side lamps 49a and 49b are provided on both sides of the center of the game board 10.

Next, on the back of the gaming machine 1 according to the present invention,
As shown in FIG. 3, a plate-like game board (indicated by a dashed line and a solid line in FIG. 3) 11 which is substantially square is locked to the inner frame 5 from the back side thereof. A back mechanism board 50 (in FIG. 3) having a substantially vertical rectangular shape with a lower corner portion chamfered and a substantially horizontal rectangular opening (not shown) at the center portion with respect to the back side of the game board 11. (Shown by a chain line and a solid line), and the fastening members 51a, 51b, 51 provided near the three corners of the back mechanism panel 50 are rotated to rotate the back mechanism panel 5
0 to the inner frame 5 side, the inner frame 5, the game board 5
And the three members of the back mechanism board 50 are firmly integrated. In addition, a transparent synthetic resin box-shaped cover member 52 without a lid is attached to the back mechanism board 50 behind the opening, and the variable display device 36 attached to the game board 11 and for controlling the same. The variable display control board 53, which is mounted on the rear side of the variable display device 36, is protected.

Below the cover member 52, a transparent synthetic resin board box 55 enclosing a game control board 54 for controlling a game is attached to the back mechanism board 50, and is formed so as to protrude from a side wall thereof. The game control board 54 cannot be easily taken out from the outside by the action of the three sets of sealing means 56. Then, the game control board 54, the variable display control board 53, and the terminal board 57 of the power supply for the electronic devices of the game machine 1 are provided.
Are provided at the upper right corner of the back mechanism panel 50.

Next, the distribution path of the game balls 35 will be described. On the front side of the back mechanism board 50, that is, the side in contact with the game board 11, the game balls 35 are mainly collected and won when playing in the game area A. A collecting gutter (not shown) for guiding the ball sensing mechanism is provided. On the other hand, the back mechanism panel 50
A storage tank 58 for storing the game balls 35 supplied from outside the machine, a tank rail 59 for lowering the game balls 35 from the storage tank 58 while sequentially arranging the game balls 35, Gutter 60 for giving a displacement resistance to the game ball 35 passing through and descending, and an upper payout path member such as a payout device 61 for paying out the game ball 35 from the curve gutter 60 while counting the game ball 35 as a prize ball according to the content of the game. Are sequentially connected and formed on the right plate-shaped portion 62 of the back mechanism board 50.

The game ball 35 flowing down from the upper payout path is
The upper plate 16 is moved down the downflow passage 63 connected to the dispensing device 61 and is discharged from the discharge port 14 opened to the upper plate member 13.
Is discharged. At this time, as described above,
3 If the game ball 35 is full,
The game ball 35 overflows and flows down into an overflow channel 64 that is formed in the middle of the game and slightly protrudes backward, and is discharged from the discharge port 22 of the lower plate member 21 into the lower plate 23.

A firing device 65 is attached to the left corner of the inner frame 5 below the back mechanism panel 50, and the firing lever 26 is rotated by putting a hand on the firing handle 26 of the device 65. By letting the game ball 3
5 can be launched into the launch area A. Although not described in detail, the gaming machine 1 according to the present invention includes, in addition to the above, components necessary for the game, similarly to the prior art.

The main components of the ball game machine 1 according to the present invention have been described above. However, in the game machine 1 according to the present invention, a specific shape and shape are further provided above the variable display device 36.
It has a sorting assembly 34 having a structure.

That is, the distribution assembly 34 according to the present invention basically has a game board 1 as shown in FIGS.
1 is composed of a base plate 66 having a substantially circular front surface and a windmill-type distribution means 67 rotatably mounted on the base plate 66. A boss 68 is integrally fixed to the center of the rear surface of the base body 66, and the boss 68 extends radially outward from the former so that the boss 68 is vertically and securely fixed to the base plate 66. Reinforcement member 69
Are fixed for the latter. The base plate 66
An annular insert member 70 is fixed concentrically at a predetermined distance from the boss portion 68, and the annular insert member 70 is fitted into a locking hole 71 formed in the game board 11 to form a base plate. 66 can be fixed to the game board 11 (see FIG. 6).

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, the distributing means 67 rotates the rotation support shaft 7 with respect to the boss 68 of the base plate 66.
A rim 73 rotatably mounted on the rim 2 and a large number, preferably 5 to 12, preferably 6 to 10, more preferably 8 extending radially outward from the rim 73 relatively long; Blades 74 and adjacent blades 7
It is composed of three elements of a shielding part 75 that closes the front side between the four (the side facing the base plate 66). It should be noted that the number of the blades 74 is set to five or more because the rim 73
The angle between the center of rotation and the adjacent blade body 7 is maintained at less than 90 degrees. The reason why the angle is set to 12 sheets or less is that the angle is larger than 30 degrees and the effects described later are exerted. It is.

The rotation shaft 72 is formed in a bolt shape, and its tip is first inserted into a shaft hole (not shown) of the distribution means 67 so as to be outward from the tip surface of the boss 68 of the base 66. After slightly projecting to
6, the sorting means 67 is rotatably attached to the base plate 66 to form the sorting assembly 34 according to the present invention (see FIG. 6). Further, a triangular through-hole 77 is provided in the shielding portion 75 of the distribution means 67 according to this embodiment in order to directly visually recognize the game ball 35 and to reduce the weight of the distribution means 67 as described later. At the same time, in order to make it easier for the player to visually recognize that the game is rotating during the game, a snow crystal pattern is assigned to the distribution means 67.
It is decorated on the front.

The distribution assembly 3 having this structure and shape
As shown in FIG. 2, the game device 4 is mounted directly above the variable display device 36 on the game board 11, and the upper half of the periphery of the base plate 66, approximately 9 o'clock and 3
At a time, preferably between 9:30 and 2:30, guide nails 78 are implanted in a row at predetermined intervals. Then, when the player plays a game in the gaming machine 1 on which such a game board 11 is mounted, the game ball 35 driven into the game area A by the launching device 65 starts to fall almost at the top of the game area A. At the same time, as shown in FIG. 9, a part of the game ball 35 passes between the guide nails 78 and collides with the sorting assembly 34, and the remaining game ball 35 collides with the guide nail 78 and moves outward. Spring up.

As shown in FIG. 10, a part of the game ball 35 that has collided with the sorting assembly 34, as shown in FIG.
3 or as shown in FIG.
And colliding with. At this time, part of the falling energy of the game ball 35 that has collided with the rim portion 73 or the blade body 74 is absorbed by the distribution means 67, and as a result, the falling speed of the game ball 35 that subsequently falls is reduced. And the rim 73
The energy stored in the game ball 35 without being absorbed by the wings 74 causes the distribution means 67 to rotate. Distribution means 67
The distribution assembly 34 with respect to the game board 11 is experimentally determined in advance so that the direction of rotation of the clock is equal to both the direction in which the hands of the clock rotate (clockwise) and the opposite direction (counterclockwise).
Since the relative positional relationship between the game ball 35 and the guide nail 78 is determined, the game ball 35 is evenly distributed to the left and right above the variable display device 36 by the distribution means 67.

As shown in FIG. 7, in this process, the game ball 35
Is rotated together with the blade body 74 while being accommodated in a concave portion 79 formed between the rim portion 73 of the distribution means 67 and the adjacent blade body 74. In the course of the rotation of the distribution means 67, the game ball 35 is brought down so as to be exposed by the concave portion 79. However, in the distributing means 67 according to the present invention, since a plurality of relatively long blades 74 extend radially outward from the rim portion 73, as shown in FIG.
The game ball 35 is thrown out of the game. As a result, the game balls 35 are distributed outside the variable display device 36 having a relatively large maximum width.

On the other hand, the game ball 35 colliding with the guide nail 78
Is the obstacle nail 4 implanted outside of those nails
7 and are distributed outward between the obstacle nails 47 and the sorting assembly 34 and beyond the obstacle nails 47.

As described above, the sorting means 67 according to the present invention.
When the game device 1 is incorporated in the gaming machine 1, the distribution means 67 distributes the game balls 35 evenly to the outside of the variable display device 36, which must have a larger maximum width than the movable winning device in the prior art, and The effect of suppressing the bias of the falling path of the ball 35 is exhibited.

In the present invention, in order to further enhance the sorting effect, the shape and size of the sorting means 67 are preferably as follows. That is, as shown in FIG. 7, first, the outer diameter R of the rim portion 73 is set to 2 to 3 times the diameter r of the game ball 35.
At the same time, the length L in the radial direction of the blade body 74 is similarly set to 0.5 to 1.5 times the diameter r of the game ball 35, so that the shape is larger than that of a conventionally known windmill type distribution means.

The outer diameter R of the rim 73 is equal to the diameter r of the game ball 35.
Since the game ball 35 is thrown outward and far away, the sorting effect is more greatly exerted. Similarly, the radial length L of the blade body 74
Is 0.5 to 1.5 times as large as the diameter r of the game ball 35, so that the effect of the large outer diameter R of the rim portion 73 is synergistic, so that the game ball 35 moves farther outward. Thrown. This effect can be grasped by photographing the trajectory of the game ball 35 falling.

Further, the apparent bottom length of the concave portion 79 formed by the adjacent blade body 74 and the rim portion 73,
That is, the game ball 35 is accommodated in the concave portion 79 and the rim portion 7
3, when the game ball 35 comes close to the adjacent blade body 74 when the game ball 35 comes close to the adjacent blade body 74, the shortest arc length m between the adjacent points is assumed to be the base length of the concave portion 79. Is set to 1 to 1.5 times the diameter of the game ball 35. If the length m is too small, the game ball 35 does not collide with the rim portion 73 and only collides with the wing 74. Conversely, if the length m is too large, the game ball 35 collides with the rim 73 and collides with the wing 74. The frequency of the distribution is reduced, and the rotational force of the distribution unit 67 is reduced.

The present invention can be carried out by partially modifying the above-described embodiments within a range that does not significantly impair the effects of the present invention following the fundamental technical idea thereof. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the lengths of the adjacent blade bodies 74 are alternately shortened, but the lengths thereof may be the same.
In addition, when the maximum width is relatively large as a variable display device, the variable display unit can be a dot matrix type display unit other than the liquid crystal, and the upper end of the variable display device can be used to sort game balls that have fallen there. A curved surface may be curved downward for ease of operation.

[0039]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, it is possible to save labor for adjusting a nail in a gaming machine having a variable display device having a relatively large maximum width substantially in the center of the gaming area, An excellent effect of suppressing the deviation of the falling path of the game ball driven into the ball is exhibited.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a gaming board assembled to the gaming machine.

FIG. 3 is a rear view according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front perspective view of the distribution assembly according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a rear perspective view of the same.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the distribution assembly attached to the game board.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing a part of the assembly in a cutaway manner.

8 is a view taken in the direction of arrows VIII-VIII in FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a front view showing a state in which a game ball is guided to a distribution unit.

FIG. 10 is a front view showing a state in which a game ball has entered a concave portion of the sorting means.

FIG. 11 is a front view showing a state in which a game ball is exposed to a concave portion of the sorting means.

FIG. 12 is a front view showing a state in which a game ball hit by a concave portion of the sorting means is about to be thrown outward.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 gaming machine 11 game board 34 distribution assembly 35 game ball 36 variable display device 37 starting port 38a variable display portion 38b variable display portion 38c variable display portion 44 movable winning device 67 sorting means 65 firing means 73 rim 74 wing body 79 recess A Gaming area L Radial length M Maximum width m Apparent bottom distance R Outside diameter r Diameter

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A game machine in which a variable display device (36) is provided substantially at the center of a game board (11), a rim (73) and a plurality of rims extending radially outward from the rim. Distribution means (67) comprising a plurality of blade bodies (74)
Is provided rotatably above the variable display device, and at least a part of the game ball (35) driven above the game area (A) on the game board by the firing means (65) is adjacent to the variable display device. It guides inwardly of the distribution means through the space between the blades and collides with the rim, and the game ball that collides with the rim is inserted into the recess (79) formed by the blade and the rim. A gaming machine characterized in that it can be released outward from the sorting means. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a diameter (R) of the rim portion (73) is in a range of two to three times a diameter (r) of the game ball (35). 3. A radial length (L) of the blade body (74).
Is 0.5 to 1.5 of the diameter (r) of the game ball (35).
2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the range is double. 4. The outer diameter (R) of the rim portion (73) is in the range of two to three times the diameter (r) of the game ball (35), and the radial length of the blade body (74). The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the length (L) is in a range of 0.5 to 1.5 times the diameter (r). 5. The apparent base length (m) between adjacent blades (74) in said recess (79) is in the range of 1 to 1.5 times the diameter (r) of said game ball (35). The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein 6. A blade (74) of said distribution means (67).
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the number of sheets is from 5 to 12.
The gaming machine according to any one of claims 5 and 6. 7. A blade (74) of said distribution means (67).
7. The gaming machine according to claim 6, wherein the number of the game machines is eight. 8. A plurality of variable display portions (38a, 38b, 38) when a game ball (35) shot by the shooting means (65) into the game area (A) wins the starting opening (37).
c) a gaming machine having a liquid crystal variable display device (36) variably displayed in the center of the gaming area (A);
A rim portion (73) having an outer diameter (R) of two to three times the diameter (r) of the game ball, and a length 0.5 to 1.5 times the diameter radially outward from the rim portion; A distributing means (67) composed of eight blades (74) extending outwardly from the liquid crystal display device (L) is rotatably provided above the liquid crystal variable display device, and falls in the game area (A). Guiding at least a part of the game balls to be directed inward of the distribution means through the space between the adjacent wings to collide with the rim, and A rim portion having an apparent base length (m) of 1 to 1.5 times the diameter of the game ball so as to be exposed to a concave portion (79) so as to be able to be discharged outward from the distribution means. A gaming machine characterized by the following.