JP2002035397A - Discharge ball amount display machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the effect of gathering customers by performing quantitative display corresponding to the number of the ball boxes of discharge balls without stacking up the ball boxes. SOLUTION: In plural game stands 1 for clamping inter-stand lending machines 61 and constituting a game stand column, the number of balls of dedicated ball boxes corresponding to the respective game stands 1 is measured in discharge ball counters provided for the respective game stands and the discharge ball amount display machine displays the discharge balls corresponding to the number of the discharge balls measured in the discharge ball counters to the game stands 1 or the game stand column. The discharge ball amount display machine is provided on the upper part of the game stand and a discharge ball amount equivalent to the measured number of the ball boxes is displayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a payout amount display device capable of increasing or decreasing the display in accordance with the number of payouts from a gaming table by a display function provided near the gaming table.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 5, in a game arcade, a rental machine 61 for renting game media such as pachinko balls, medals and the like is sandwiched between gaming machines 60, and a plurality of machines are arranged side by side in a horizontal direction. One gaming table row 62 is configured, two gaming table rows 62 are arranged, and the gaming table 1 and the inter-unit rental machine 61 are back-to-back to form a so-called "island" which is one management unit. . A toe plate 63 is attached to the end of the island, which is the end of the island, and a pachinko ball or medal weighing machine 64 is arranged in contact with the toe plate 63. A game method using the gaming tables 60 and the inter-unit rental machine 61 constituting this island will be described by taking a pachinko machine as an example of each gaming table 60 (see FIG. 6).

As shown in FIG. 6, when playing a game, money or a pre-purchased card is inserted into an insertion port 65 of an inter-machine lending machine 61 adjacent to a pachinko machine 60 to be played. Then, when the payout / rental switch 66 is selected and pressed,
The number of balls selected is displayed on the liquid crystal display 67, and the pachinko balls are lent to the upper plate 70 from the payout port via the nozzle 69. By turning the game handle 71, the upper plate 70
The game is started by playing a pachinko ball from within. Balls produced by this game are discharged and stored in the upper plate 70, and are flowed from the upper plate 70 into the lower plate 73 by the lever 72. And
When the lower plate 73 becomes full of pachinko balls, the pachinko balls are transferred to the ball box 75 on the front plate 74. This ball box 75 usually contains about 3000 pieces,
When a big hit is made, a plurality of ball boxes 75 are stacked on the floor at the feet of the player. The stacking of the ball boxes 75 is visually observed inside and outside the game hall, and as a result, contributes to the effect of attracting customers in the game hall.

However, the above stacked carton boxes 7
5 are stored in about 3000 pieces per box, so it takes considerable labor to transport them to the weighing machine 64 and the counter at the island end for prize exchange. Especially for women and relatively elderly customers,
Carrying the ball box 75 becomes a burden, and instead, the game arcade manager undertakes the contract, inviting an increase in the number of game arcade managers and forcing the game arcade manager to perform excessive labor. In addition, since a plurality of ball boxes are stacked at the feet and passages of a player, it also hinders traffic of other players and floor cleaning.

[0005]

Therefore, recently, the above-mentioned heavy labor has been eliminated by eliminating the ball box placed on the floor,
There has been proposed a counting management means for the purpose of quickly processing a prize change or the like without a player directly touching a game medium. This counting control means of the ball is provided with a dedicated ball box on the lower front plate of the lower plate, and transfers the pachinko balls stored in the lower plate to the dedicated ball box, and communicates with the ball box. The pachinko ball is conveyed to the ball counting unit from the discharge port. Then, the ball number information counted by the ball counting unit is transmitted directly to the counter or stored in a card and printed with a barcode on the receipt, so that at the time of settlement, if the person presents the card or receipt to the counter, It is possible to change prizes according to the number of balls counted together with the verification of the game arcade.

[0006] By using such a counting and counting means for payouts, various problems caused by the conventional transportation of the carton can be solved. However, although the stacking of carton boxes around pachinko machines will no longer be possible, this stacking will not have the effect of attracting customers in business, and ultimately will lead to a decrease in the number of visitors to the amusement arcade. Will happen.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a payout amount display device according to the present invention is provided in a plurality of gaming machines which sandwich a machine-to-machine lending machine and form a gaming machine row. The number of balls in the dedicated carton box corresponding to is measured by a payout counter provided for each gaming table, and the number of balls measured by the payout counter for the gaming table or gaming table row A payout amount display device that performs a payout display in response to the payout amount display device, wherein the payout amount display device is provided at an upper portion of a gaming table and displays a payout amount corresponding to the number of measured ball boxes. It is.

[0008] Also, the payout amount display device according to the present invention,
At the upper part of the gaming table, a fan-shaped display unit corresponding to each gaming table is provided, the display unit is divided into a plurality of small sector shapes, and the number of the small sector shapes corresponding to the measured number of ball boxes is turned on. Alternatively, the number of balls to be displayed is displayed by blinking.

[0009] Furthermore, the payout amount display device according to the present invention is a fan-shaped fan-shaped opening / closing fan mounted on a curtain plate provided at the upper part of the gaming table row, corresponding to each gaming table. A display unit is provided, wherein when the number of cartons is 0, the fan is in a closed state, the fan is opened by an amount corresponding to the measured number of carton, and the number of balls ejected is displayed.

[0010] Further, the payout amount display device according to the present invention comprises:
A gaming table row constituted by juxtaposing a plurality of gaming tables that sandwich the table-to-table lending machine is arranged in two rows so that the gaming table and the table-to-table lending machine are back-to-back, respectively, and is a gaming table management unit. An island is formed, and an arch-shaped display portion is provided over an upper portion between two opposing islands, and the arch-shaped display portion is disposed between two rows of islands, one for each pair of gaming tables facing each other, A number representing the number of ball boxes measured on each of the pair of gaming tables is lit or blinked and displayed.

[0011] Still further, the ball quantity display device according to the present invention includes an arc-shaped display portion between the island and the wall on an endmost island in the space facing the wall in the game arcade. It is characterized by being provided across.

Further, the payout amount display device comprises a volume display unit for increasing or decreasing the display unit for each box of the exclusive ball box. This volume display unit is not merely a display of the number of balls or the number of boxes. Since the display unit itself is quantitatively increased or decreased in accordance with the measured number of boxes, the amount of balls to be dispensed can be determined at a glance, and it is certain that the attention of the person can be obtained. This allows
It is an object of the present invention to provide a payout amount display device provided at an upper portion of a gaming table which can eliminate the transportation of a ball box and can exert a sufficient customer attracting effect.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, a payout amount display device provided on an upper part of a game console according to the present invention will be described by taking a pachinko machine as an example.
FIG. 1 is a front view showing a pachinko machine 1 according to the present invention. The configuration of the pachinko machine 1 itself is not significantly different from that of the conventional example. However, the difference is that a dedicated carton box 25 is provided and a ball counter 26 is provided for each pachinko machine. That is, the exclusive ball box 25 is
And the balls collected in the lower plate 73 are measured by the ball counter 26, and the measured balls are returned directly to the table-to-table rental machine 61 or the "Pachinko Island" 20 (see FIG. 4). The exclusive carton box 25 is detachably mounted on a predetermined position on the front plate 24.

Below the predetermined position, ball counters 26 are provided corresponding to the pachinko machine 1, and when a lever 25a of a special carton 25 placed at a predetermined position is operated as described later. The bottom of the dedicated carton box 25 is open and communicates with the ball passage 26a. And the pachinko ball, this ball passage 2
When the coin is returned to the inter-table lending machine 61 or the island 20 from 6a, it is counted by the ball counter 26 as the number of payouts.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, a fan-type display device 30 for displaying the number of balls in volume according to the number of balls to be displayed is provided on a curtain plate provided above the pachinko machine. The fan-shaped display device 30 has a semicircular shape as a whole, and the semicircle is divided into small fan-shaped shapes 30a. This fan type display 30
The display control unit (not shown) electrically converts the payout information detected by the ball counter 26, and increases or decreases or continuously emits a light emitting unit such as an LED according to the converted amount of electricity. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, one to three small fan-shaped lamps 30a in the fan-shaped display device 30 are turned on or blinked to emit light, and the amount of balls to be emitted is displayed in a volumetric manner. Understand.

FIGS. 2 and 3 illustrate another payout amount display device according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, a fan-type display device 40 is provided on the surface of the curtain plate 22, for each pachinko machine, for volume-displaying the number of balls corresponding to the number of balls to be played. As shown in FIG. 3, a detailed view of the fan type display device 40 is provided in which the display unit 40a opens and closes in a fan shape in accordance with the amount of balls. The display control unit (not shown) converts the electric power and opens like a fan according to the converted electric quantity. FIG. 3A is a view of the fan-type display device 40 as viewed from the front of the pachinko machine 1. FIGS. 3B, 3C, and 3D show the fan type display 40 according to the amount of balls to be paid. This shows a state in which the display unit 40a is opened in a fan shape. That is, FIG. 3B shows two ball boxes, and FIG.
(C) shows one ball box, and FIG. 3 (D) shows the payout amount corresponding to five ball boxes. The display section 40a not only emits light or blinks in accordance with the amount of balls, but also changes the opening amount of the display section 40a in a fan shape in accordance with the amount of balls. The amount of change can be grasped at a glance to determine the amount of change, and a great appeal effect can be brought.

FIG. 4 shows another payout amount display device according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, an arched ball quantity display device 50 for displaying the quantity of balls in an arch shape over two islands 20 and between the tops of the islands 20 is provided. The arched ball quantity display device 50 is provided over the upper portion between the two islands, one for each pair of pachinko machines 1 extending between the two islands 20, and is a box of the ball quantity of each pachinko machine 1. Turns on or off a number that represents a number. For example, when the number of balls is three, the numbers 1, 2, and 3 of the arched number of balls 50 corresponding to the pachinko machine are lit or flashing, so that the pachinko machines can be seen at a glance. You can see the pitching situation. Moreover, since the arched ball quantity display device 50 is provided for each pair of pachinko machines 1 between the two islands 20, each arched ball quantity display is displayed from the island end near the entrance of the game hall. The aircraft 50 can be seen at a glance, and the jackpot of the entire island can be seen, so that a large customer attracting effect can be expected.

A procedure up to the display of the payout by the pachinko machine 1 will be described. A player inserts a card or money through the entrance 65 and selects a lending ball by a payout / lending switch 66. Then, the number of lent balls is shown on the display section 67 and sent to the upper plate 70 from the payout port 68 via the nozzle 69. A pachinko ball is played from the inside of the upper plate 70 with the game handle 71 to play the game. When the balls are accumulated in the lower plate 73 through the upper plate 70, the pachinko balls are transferred to a dedicated ball box 25 placed at a predetermined position on the front plate 24. The means of transfer is
By operating the lever 73a provided on the lower plate 73, the bottom surface of the lower plate 73 is opened, and the pachinko balls fall from this opening portion and are transferred into the exclusive ball box 25.

If such transfer is performed frequently, for example, at the time of a big hit, the exclusive carton 25 itself becomes full.
At this time, the lever 25a is operated to open the ball passage 26a between the special ball box 25 and the ball counter 26, and the pachinko balls in the special ball box 25 are circulated through the ball path 26a to make the ball counter 2
The number of balls is measured by 6. The balls measured by the ball counter 26 are returned directly to the stand-to-car lending machine 61 or to the pachinko island 20.

In the ball counter 26, the payout information is transmitted to the above-mentioned display controller (not shown). When the ball number information is transmitted, the light emitting section corresponding to the ball box of the volume display section of the display repeats light emission. As a result, this pachinko machine informs not only the player but also the entire game hall that 1 is a jackpot. Therefore, the liveliness of the game hall can be visually shown.

On the other hand, when the game is ended and the settlement is completed, the end switch is pressed to transmit the ball-out information to the counter, and the number of balls to be obtained is stored in the card by the reader / writer unit, or a bar code or the like is printed on the receipt. Printed. Then, the prize exchange at the counter becomes possible in accordance with the number of payouts stored in the card or printed on the receipt together with the confirmation of the person. Therefore, there is no need to carry the carton to a counter or the like. As a result, the amount of balls to be played out at each pachinko machine and the entire game hall can be determined at a glance, which has a great effect of attracting customers, and the burden of transporting the carton boxes can be eliminated, thereby saving labor.

Further, in the present embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a pachinko machine as a game machine has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a slot using medals is used. It can be applied to machines.

[0023]

As described above, according to the payout amount display device according to the present invention, the ball box placed on the floor is eliminated, so that various problems caused by the transport of the ball box can be solved. The three-dimensional volume display with the changed size makes it easy to see the payout situation at a glance, so instead of the conventional method of stacking carton boxes around the pachinko machine and aiming for the effect of attracting customers, it provides a large effect in sales It is possible to provide a payout amount display device that contributes to game arcade management.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a fan type payout amount display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a fan type payout amount display device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a detailed explanatory diagram of the fan type payout amount display device of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a view showing an arch type payout amount display device according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic front view showing a conventional “island”.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a conventional gaming table and a lending machine between stands.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game (pachinko) stand 20 Island 22 Curtain board 25 Ball box 26 Ball counter 30 Fan-shaped ball quantity display 40 Fan-type ball quantity display 50 Arch-shaped ball quantity display

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of gaming machines which sandwich a machine-to-machine lending machine and form a gaming machine row, wherein the number of balls in a dedicated carton box corresponding to each gaming machine is provided for each gaming machine. Weigh in,
A payout amount display device that performs payout display according to the payout number measured by the payout counter for the gaming table or gaming table row, wherein the payout amount display at an upper portion of the gaming table. A dispensing amount display device, comprising a dispenser and displaying a dispensing amount corresponding to the measured number of ball boxes. 2. The game console according to claim 1, wherein:
A fan-shaped display unit corresponding to each gaming table is provided, the display unit is divided into a plurality of small fan shapes, and the number of the small fan shapes corresponding to the measured number of ball boxes is turned on or blinked to adjust the amount of balls to be ejected. A payout amount display device characterized by displaying. 3. A fan box according to claim 1, further comprising: a fan-shaped display unit which is provided on each of the gaming tables and which opens and closes in a fan-shape. When the number is 0, the fan is closed and the fan is opened by an amount corresponding to the measured number of ball boxes to display the amount of balls to be displayed. 4. A game table row comprising a plurality of game tables sandwiching the machine-to-machine lending machine according to claim 1, wherein the game machine table and the machine-to-machine lending machine are back-to-back. Arranged in a row to form an island that is a gaming table management unit, an arched display section is provided over an upper portion between the two opposing islands, and the arched display section is a pair of opposing two-row islands. A payout amount display device which is arranged one by one for each game console and lights or blinks a number indicating the number of ball boxes measured for each of the pair of game consoles. 5. An arc island-shaped display portion is provided between the island and the wall on the endmost island in the space facing the wall in the game arcade according to claim 4. The payout amount display.