JP2002119715A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily grasp a payoff request upon the entry of a ball into a winning area even if the number of prize balls to be paid off varies depending on winning areas. SOLUTION: This pinball game machine includes a winning ball ejection gutter 47 having entry detecting means 29 to 34 for detecting the entry of balls into a plurality of winning areas 14 to 19 and collecting the balls entering the winning areas 14 to 19 at the back of a game board 4 and then ejecting the balls to the outside; a payoff request storage means 60 for storing payoff requests for kinds of different numbers of balls to be paid off, if balls have entered the plural kinds of winning areas 14 to 19 which payoff different numbers of balls; a payoff request storage means 60 for storing payoff requests for prize balls upon the entry of balls into the winning areas 14 to 19; a payoff control means 57 for controlling a prize ball payoff means 39 so that prize balls are paid off in a number matching each payoff request; and a reading control means 61 for reading the requests stored in the storage means 60 and sending them to the payoff control means 57. The storage means 60 and the reading control means 61 are provided on a payoff control board 56.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball and ball game machine such as a pachinko machine and an arrange ball machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a ball-and-ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, when a game ball wins in a winning area such as a normal winning opening or a large winning opening in a gaming area of the gaming board, the winning ball is transferred to the back side of the game board. After being guided and temporarily stored in the winning ball tank, the winning balls in the winning ball tank are detected by the winning ball detecting means on the outlet side, and the winning balls are discharged one by one from the outlet by the winning ball discharging means. Meanwhile, a payout request is issued based on the detection signal from the prize ball detecting means, the prize ball payout means is operated, and the prize ball payout means sequentially pays out a specified number of prize balls per winning ball.

If the number of prize balls paid out in some of the plurality of prize areas in the game area is different from the number of prize balls paid out in other prize areas, A prize in a part of the prize area is detected by the prize detection means, the number of prizes in the prize area is counted and stored by a counting means or the like, and the number of prize balls paid out by the prize ball payout means is calculated according to the stored number. Controlling.

[0004]

In a conventional ball game machine, a prize ball is stored in a prize ball tank on the back side of the game board, and then the prize ball tank is operated in conjunction with the prize ball detection means and the prize ball discharge means. The prize balls are discharged one by one, and the prize balls are paid out by the prize ball payout means in conjunction with the discharge of the prize balls. It is necessary to provide a prize ball tank and a prize ball discharge means on the back side of the game board. However, there is a drawback that the structure becomes very complicated and the production cost rises.

In the case where a special game state such as a big hit occurs and the special winning means repeatedly opens and closes,
Since a large number of game balls win in the winning opening of the large winning means, it is necessary to secure a sufficient volume of the winning ball tank, and there is a disadvantage that the winning ball tank on the back side of the game board becomes large.

Further, in the conventional prize ball payout control, a payout request due to a prize in a prize area having a prize detecting means can be immediately grasped. It is necessary to grasp from the detection signal of the prize ball detecting means and the detection signal from the prize detecting means of the prize area, and there is a disadvantage that the processing and the control become complicated.

The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem,
Even if the number of prize balls paid out differs depending on the winning area,
The payout request by winning the prize area can be easily grasped, and the specified number of prize balls corresponding to the prize in each prize area can be reliably obtained without using the conventional prize ball tank, prize ball discharging means, etc. It is an object of the present invention to provide a ball game machine which can be paid out, has a simple structure, can be miniaturized, can be manufactured easily and inexpensively, and can quickly discharge a winning ball which has passed behind a game board to the outside. And

[0008]

According to the present invention, a plurality of prize areas 14 to 19 are provided in a game area 12 of a game board 4, and a part of the plurality of prize areas 14 to 19 is provided. In a ball game machine in which the number of prize balls paid out by winning in 14 is different from the number of prize balls paid out by winning in other prize areas 15 to 19, a plurality of prize areas in each of the prize areas 14 to 19 are won. Prize ball discharge gutters 47 for collecting the prize balls in the respective prize areas 14 to 19 on the back side of the game board 4 and discharging them outside, and a plurality of payout balls having different payout numbers. 14 types of winning areas
When there is a prize in 19, the payout request storage means 60 for storing payout requests for each type of payout number and the prize ball payout means 39 are controlled so as to pay out the number of prize balls according to the payout request. A payout control unit 57; and a readout control unit 61 that reads out the payout request stored in the payout request storage unit 60 and transmits the readout request to the payout control unit 57. The payout request storage unit 60 and the readout control unit 61 are connected to the payout control unit 57. Are provided on the same payout control board 56.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes an outer frame formed in a rectangular frame shape, and 2 denotes a front frame, which is pivotally attached to the front side of the outer frame 1 so as to be freely opened and closed. A game board 4 is detachably attached to the front frame 2 from the back side in correspondence with the window hole 3, and a glass door 5 and a front plate 6 are arranged at the front side of the game board 4 so as to be freely opened and closed. The front plate 6 is provided with an upper plate 7 for storing game balls for firing. At the lower part of the front frame 2, a lower plate 8 for storing surplus spheres and a firing handle 10 of a firing means 9 are provided, respectively. The firing means 9 has a firing motor 9a.

As shown in FIG. 3, a guide rail 11 is annularly mounted on the game board 4, and the guide rail 11 is
A liquid crystal display means 13, a variable winning port 14 for starting, a large winning port 15, a normal winning port 16 to 19, a starting gate 20 and the like are arranged in a game area 12 inside the 11. Note that a winning area is constituted by the variable winning port 14, the large winning port 15, and the normal winning ports 16 to 19.

A variable winning opening constituting a plurality of winning areas.
14, the large winning opening 15, the normal winning opening 16 to 19, for example, the variable winning opening 14 which constitutes a part of the winning area, the number of prize balls paid out is six, the other winning areas The winning prize opening 15 and the normal winning prize opening 16-19 consist of 1 prize ball.
There are five. That is, the number of prize balls to be paid out per winning ball differs depending on the winning area where the gaming ball wins.

The liquid crystal display means 13 displays game information such as a normal game image for a player, and also serves as a first symbol display means 21 for displaying a variable symbol. The first symbol display means 21 is provided with one or more, for example, a plurality (three in the horizontal direction) of symbol display portions 21a. Each symbol display portion 21a is provided on condition that a game ball wins in the variable winning opening 14. Is fluctuated for a predetermined time by random number control and is stopped.

The liquid crystal display means 13 is provided with a normal winning opening 16 and a second symbol display means 22 at the upper part thereof. Second
The symbol display means 22 has one symbol display part, and has a starting gate.
On the condition that 20 detects the passage of the game ball, the symbol displayed on the symbol display section fluctuates for a predetermined time by random number control and stops. The variable winning opening 14 is a motor-driven tulip or the like having a pair of left and right openable / closable claws 25 that can be opened and closed. When the stop symbol after the change of the second symbol display means 22 hits and the symbol is displayed, the open / close nail is opened. 25 is open for a predetermined time.

The special winning opening 15 has an opening / closing plate 15b, and when the stop symbol after the change of the first symbol display means 21 is a big hit symbol such as "7.7.7", the opening / closing plate 15b opens to the front side. . A specific area 15a is provided in the special winning opening 15, and the specific area 15a is configured to continue a specific state by a so-called big hit when a winning ball passes.

The opening / closing plate 15b is closed when a predetermined time has elapsed after opening or when a predetermined number (for example, 10) of game balls have been won, and the game balls enter the specific area 15a. The opening / closing operation is repeated up to a predetermined number of times (for example, 16 times) on condition that the vehicle passes. One or a plurality (for example, two) of normal winning ports 18 and 19 are provided on both left and right sides of the special winning port 15.

[0016] Variable winning opening 14, large winning opening 15, normal winning opening
16-19, when the game ball wins, the winning ball
4 is a structure to guide to the back side, as shown in FIG.
Variable winning prize mouths 14 other than the grand prize winning opening 15, regular winning prizes 16-19
Is designed to guide the winning ball to the guide paths 26 to 28 of the collective guide plate 23 mounted on the back side of the game board 4.

Variable winning prize opening 14, large winning prize opening 15, ordinary winning prize opening
Winning openings 14 to 19, such as 16 to 19, are provided with winning detecting means 29 to 34 for individually detecting winning prize balls. Each of the winning detecting means 29 to 34 is configured by a contact type or non-contact type switch or the like, and electrically detects a winning ball. Each of the winning detection means 29 to 34 may be provided on the guide path 26 to 28 side of the collective guide plate 23.

As shown in FIG. 2, on the back side of the front frame 2, a back mechanism plate 35 for pressing the game board 4 from the back side is mounted to be openable and closable. An opening 36 is formed in the back mechanism plate 35, a game ball tank 37 and a tank rail 38 are provided on the upper side, a prize ball payout means 39 is provided on one side in the left-right direction, and a passage unit 40 and a payout control board case are provided on the lower side. 41 are provided respectively.

The game ball tank 37 stores game balls replenished from an external game ball replenishment system, and supplies the game balls to the premium ball payout means 39 via a tank rail 38. The premium ball payout means 39 includes a payout case 42 arranged in a vertical direction,
A rotator 43 that rotates in the dispensing case 42,
The payout motor 44 drives the rotating body 43 when a prize ball payout command is issued, and the game ball in the game ball tank 37 is rotated by the rotation of the rotating body 43. It is configured to pay out to the upper plate 7 side.
The prize ball payout means 39 can pay out an arbitrary number of prize balls according to the rotation angle of the rotating body 43.

The aisle unit 40 guides the prize ball from the prize ball dispensing means 39 to the upper plate 7 side. When the prize ball in the upper plate 7 is full, the following prize ball overflows the passage 45. Via lower plate 8
It overflows to the side.

A back cover 46 attached to the back side of the game board 4 and a winning ball discharge gutter 47 are fitted into the opening 36. The back cover 46 is for covering the game parts such as the liquid crystal display means 13 mounted on the game board 4, the variable winning opening 14 for starting, the winning opening 15 and the like, the collective guide plate 23 and the like from the back side, The game board 4 is detachably fixed to the game board 4. On the back cover 46, a game control board case 49 containing a game control board 48 is detachably mounted. The game control board 48 mainly includes the game board 4
ROM, RAM,
A game control means 50 (see FIG. 5) such as a CPU is mounted.

The prize ball discharge gutter 47 is for collecting prize balls guided from the prize ports 14 to 19 to the back side of the game board 4 and discharging them to an external prize ball collection system. Is detachably fixed to the game board 4 in a state close to the lower side.
The winning ball discharge gutter 47 is open on the upper side so as to correspond to each of the guide passages 26 to 28 of the collective guide plate 23 and the special winning opening 15,
An upper inclined passage 51 for receiving a winning ball falling from the collective guide plate 23 and the special winning opening 15 and guiding the winning ball to one side in the left-right direction, and a winning ball from the downstream side of the upper inclined passage 51 to the other side in the left-right direction. And a discharge port 53 connected to a guide chute 55 on the back mechanism plate 35 side is provided downstream of the lower inclined passage 52.

A winning ball confirming means 54 is provided on the outlet 53 side of the winning ball discharge gutter 47. The winning ball confirmation means 54 is for detecting a winning ball discharged from the winning ball discharge gutter 47 to the guide chute 55 through the discharge port 53, and is configured by a contact type or non-contact type switch or the like. , A winning ball is electrically detected. The winning ball confirmation means 54 may be provided upstream of the outlet 53 of the winning ball discharge gutter 47, for example, in the middle of the lower inclined passage 52.

The dispensing control board case 41 includes a dispensing control board 56.
And is detachably mounted on the back side of the back mechanism plate 35 near the lower side of the winning ball discharge gutter 47.
On the payout control board 56, a payout control means 57 (see FIG. 5) is mounted. Note that the payout control board case 41 may be provided on the back side of the front frame 2.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a control system. The game control means 50 is mainly for controlling the game operation on the game board 4 side, and the first game control means 50 is provided via the relay board 58 and the like.
Symbol display means 21, second symbol display means 22, starting gate 20,
It is electrically connected to each of the game components such as the variable winning port 14, the large winning port 15 and the like, and each of the winning ports 14 through the relay board 58 and the like.
It is electrically connected to 19 winning detection means 29 to 34.

In the game control means 50, in addition to the main function for controlling the game operation, a payout request of a prize ball due to a prize in the variable prize port 14, the large prize port 15, and the normal prize ports 16 to 19 is stored. A payout request storage means 60 for performing the payout request, and a readout control means 61 for reading out the payout request and transmitting it to the payout control means 57 when the payout request storage means 60 stores the payout request.

The payout request storage means 60 is a first type storage means for storing a payout request for each type of payout number when a plurality of types of prize areas having different payout numbers are won.
62 and a second type storage means 63. That is, the payout request storage means 60 has different payout numbers of the variable winning opening 14, the other large winning openings 15, and the normal winning openings 16 to 19. Therefore, the variable winning opening 14, the large winning opening 15, the normal winning A first type storage means 62 and a second type storage means 63 for counting and storing detection signals from the respective winning detection means 29 to 34 of the mouths 16 to 19 by type of payout number are provided.

The first type storage means 62 stores the variable winning port 14
The second type storage means 63 counts and stores the detection signals from the winning detection means 30 to 34 of the other special winning openings 15 and the normal winning openings 16 to 19, respectively. It is configured to be.

The type-specific storage means 62 and 63 are constituted by addition / subtraction type counting means and the like, sequentially add payout requests from the respective winning detection means 29 to 34, and receive a payout confirmation signal from the payout control means 57. , The count value is sequentially subtracted. The second type storage means 63 includes a special winning opening 15 and a normal winning opening 16.
Since the detection signals from the winning detection means 30 to 34 are counted respectively, even when the detection signals are substantially simultaneously received from the plurality of winning detection means 30 to 34, the respective detection signals can be reliably counted. It has become.

The read control means 61 includes a payout request storage means 60
When a plurality of types of payout requests having different numbers of payouts are stored, a priority payout unit 64 that pays out premium balls by giving priority to one of the types of payout requests is provided. That is,
When the first type storage means 62 and the second type storage means 63 simultaneously store payout requests, the priority payout section 64 stores one of them, for example, the first type storage having a small number of payouts. The payout request of the means 62 is output with priority. In addition, the second type storage means with a large number of payouts
The payout request on the 63 side may be output with priority.

The payout control means 57 is for controlling the prize ball payout means 39. A payout start command function for starting the prize ball payout means 39 to start a payout operation by detecting a prize ball by the prize ball confirmation means 54, and a variable type. Winning opening 14, Grand winning opening 15, Normal winning opening 16
When there is a payout request from the reading control means 61 for winning a prize to ~ 19, a prize ball payout means according to the kind of the payout request.
When the payout number command function for instructing the payout number to 39 and the prize ball confirming means 54 successively detect a plurality of prize balls, the subsequent prize until the payout of the prize ball by the detection of the previous prize ball is completed. A function of storing the detection of a sphere, and a premium ball payout means 39
And a function for confirming the payout of the specified number of prize balls by the payout confirmation signal from the player and stopping the payout operation.

The payout control means 57 responds to the payout request from the first type storage means 62 by 6 per payout ball.
It is configured to issue a prize ball payout command for each prize ball and a payout command for 15 prize balls for each winning ball in response to a payout request from the second type storage means 63.

In the above-mentioned ball game machine, when the firing handle 10 of the firing means 9 is operated in a game, the game balls of the upper plate 7 are supplied to the firing unit one by one in conjunction with the firing operation of the firing means 9. Hit the game ball with a hammer and guide rail
We fire sequentially to the game board 4 side along 11.

After the game ball fired on the upper side of the game board 4 enters the game area 12 of the game board 4, it falls into the normal winning prize openings 16 to 19 while falling along the board surface or starts. Gate
Fall down while passing 20. When the game ball passes through the starting gate 20, the display symbol of the second symbol display means 22 changes. Then, when the stop symbol after the change of the second symbol display means 22 becomes a hit symbol, the opening / closing claw 25 of the variable winning opening 14 is opened for a predetermined time, so that a game ball can easily win the variable winning opening 14. Become.

When the game ball wins the variable winning opening 14, the symbol displayed on the first symbol display means 21 fluctuates for a predetermined time. Then, if the display symbol after the first symbol display means 21 is stopped becomes a big hit symbol, the big winning opening 15 is opened to the front side, so that the game ball can easily win. When a predetermined time has elapsed since the opening of the special winning opening 15, or when a predetermined number of game balls have won, the special winning opening 15 is closed. However, if the game ball passes through the specific area 15a while the special winning opening 15 is being opened, the special winning opening 15 is opened again, and the same opening and closing operation is repeated up to 16 times.

The winning balls that have won each of the winning openings 14 to 19 are guided to the back side of the game board 4 and guided to the guide paths 26 to 28 of the collective guide plate 23.
After passing through the winning prize ball discharge gutter 47, the winning prize ball that has won the large winning opening 15 falls directly into the prize ball discharge gutter 47 without passing through the collective guide plate 23. Then, the winning ball that has fallen into the winning ball discharge gutter 47 is discharged downward from the discharge port 53 via the upper inclined passage 51 in the winning ball discharge gutter 47 through the lower inclined passage 52,
After passing through the guide chute 55, it falls into the winning ball collection system.

Therefore, since no winning balls are stored on the back side of the game board 4, the winning ball discharge gutter 47 smoothly collects the winning balls passing through the respective winning ports 14 to 19 to the back side of the game board 4 without difficulty. It is enough if it can be discharged. For this game board
The structure of the back side of 4 is simple and compact, it can be manufactured easily and inexpensively, and the winning balls can be discharged to the outside quickly.

When a game ball wins the winning openings 14 to 19, each of the winning detecting means 29 to 34 detects the winning ball, and a detection signal is sent to the game control means 50 via the relay board 58 and the like. Therefore, the payout request storage means 60 of the game control means 50 sequentially stores payout requests by winning, and the readout control means 61 reads out the stored payout requests and outputs the readout payout requests to the payout control means 57 side.

On the other hand, the winning balls that have won the winning openings 14 to 19 are:
The prize ball is discharged to the outside via the prize ball discharge gutter 47, but when the prize ball passes through the discharge port 53, the prize ball confirmation means 54 detects the prize ball, and the prize confirmation signal is sent to the payout control means 57 side. Is sent. For this reason, the payout control means 57 issues a payout start command to the prize ball payout means 39 every time there is a prize confirmation signal from the prize ball confirmation means 54, and pays out the prize balls in the number corresponding to the payout request. The ball payout means 39 is controlled.

As a result, the payout motor 44 of the prize ball payout means 39 operates to drive the rotating body 43, and by the rotation of the rotating body 43, the game balls supplied from the game ball tank 37 via the tank rail 38 are given as prizes. Dispense it to the upper plate 7 as a ball. When the prize ball payout means 39 pays out the specified number of prize balls, the payout control means 57 confirms the payout, and then sends a payout completion signal to the payout request storage means 60. Every time a ball is paid out, the memory of the paid-out ball is sequentially deleted.

The number of prize balls to be paid out differs between a case where a game ball has won the variable winning opening 14 and a case where a game ball has won the other winning openings 16 to 19. The payout request is stored separately in the first type storage means 62 and the second type storage means 63 for each type.

That is, when a game ball wins in the variable winning opening 14, the first type storing means 62 of the payout request storing means 60.
Sequentially counts and stores the payout requests. When a game ball wins another winning opening 16 to 19, the second type storage means 63 of the payout request storage means 60 sequentially counts and stores the payout requests. At this time, even if a plurality of winning holes 16 to 19 are played at substantially the same time as game balls, each payout request is sequentially input to the second type storage means 63, and the second type storage means 63 stores each payout request. Count reliably.

When the first type storage means 62 and the second type storage means 63 of the payout request storage means 60 simultaneously store payout requests of different numbers of payouts, the priority payout section 64 of the read control means 61 The payout request of the first type storage means 62 is read out preferentially, and as long as the payout request is stored in the first type storage means 62, the payout request is given priority to the payout control means 57. send. Therefore, the payout control means 57 controls the prize ball payout means 39 so as to pay out the number of prize balls according to the payout request from the first type storage means 62.

When the payout request is no longer stored in the first type storage means 62, the read control means 61 reads the payout request in the second type storage means 63, and the second type storage means. The prize ball payout means 39 pays out the number of prize balls according to the payout request from 63.

When the number of payouts is different as described above, of the payout requests of the first type storage means 62 and the second type storage means 63, one of the payout requests of the first type storage means 62, for example, is given priority. By doing so, the prize ball can be paid out by the prize ball payout means 39 smoothly. Also, by giving priority to the payout request on the side of the first type storage means 62 with a small number of payouts, the actual payout time of the prize ball by the payout request is short, so that a large number of payout requests are stored in the payout request storage means 60. In this case, there is an advantage that the processing can be performed quickly.

Further, since the prize detecting means 29 to 34 are provided corresponding to the respective prize openings 14 to 19, even when the number of prize balls to be paid out differs between the prize openings 14 to 19, the respective prize openings 14 to 19 are provided. You can deal with every winning.

The winning detecting means 29-34 of each winning opening 14-19.
When a winning ball is detected and the payout request is stored, the winning ball checking means 54 detects a winning ball ejected from the winning ball discharge gutter 47 and when there is a confirmation signal, the prize ball payout means 39 sets the prize ball. Since the payout of balls is started, even when a game ball wins in a plurality of winning openings 14 to 19, the chance of paying out the prize ball by the prize ball payout means 39 is constant, and the prize ball is surely provided. It is possible to pay out.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.
Various changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, in the embodiment, the payout request storage means 60 and the read control means 61 are provided on the game control board 48 side together with the game control means 50, but they may be provided on the same payout control board 56 side as the payout control means 57. .

If the number of prize balls to be paid out is different among three or more types, the payout request storage means 60 according to the number of types.
May be provided with a type-specific storage means. In the embodiment, the winning areas 14 to 19 are illustrated as the winning areas, but the winning areas are not limited to these, and the number, arrangement, and the like may be appropriately determined in relation to the game configuration.

Further, in the embodiment, the payout number of the prize balls of the variable winning opening 14 is set to 6, and the payout number of the other winning openings 15 to 19 is set to 15. However, this is merely an example, and The number of payouts of the ceremony winning opening 14 may be seven or the like, or the number of payouts of a part of the other winning openings 15 to 19 may be six or ten. In addition, the present invention is not limited to the pachinko machine, but can be similarly implemented in a ball game machine such as an arrange ball machine and a sparrow ball machine.

[0051]

According to the present invention, the game area 12 of the game board 4 is provided.
A plurality of prize areas 14 to 19 are provided within the prize area 14 to 19, and the number of prize balls paid out by prize winning to some of the prize areas 14 to 19 among the plurality of prize areas 14 to 19 is provided to other prize areas 15 to 19. In the ball game machine which is different from the number of prize balls paid out by prize, a plurality of prize detection means 29 to 34 for individually detecting a prize in each of the plurality of prize areas 14 to 19 are provided. Prize ball discharge gutter 47 that collects the prize ball on the back side of the game board 4 and discharges it to the outside
When there is a prize in a plurality of types of prize areas 14 to 19 having different payout numbers, a payout request storage means 60 for storing payout requests for each type of payout number, and a prize ball of a number corresponding to the payout request. A payout control means 57 for controlling the prize ball payout means 39 so as to pay out the payout request, and a readout control means 61 for reading out the payout request stored in the payout request storage means 60 and transmitting it to the payout control means 57. Storage means 60 and read control means
Since 61 is provided on the same payout control board 56 as the payout control means 57, even if the number of prize balls to be paid out differs depending on the prize areas 14 to 19, it is possible to easily grasp the payout request due to the prize in the prize area, The specified number of prize balls according to the prize in each of the prize areas 14 to 19 can be reliably paid out without using the conventional prize ball tank, prize ball discharging means, etc., and the structure is simple and compact. The advantage is that the winning balls that have passed through the back side of the game board 4 can be quickly discharged to the outside, while being easily and inexpensively manufactured.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a ball game machine showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the ball game machine showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the game board showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a rear sectional view of the game board according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a control system showing the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 Gaming board 12 Gaming area 14 Variable winning opening 15 Big winning opening 16-19 Ordinary winning opening 29-34 Winning detection means 39 Premium ball payout means 47 Winning ball discharge gutter 54 Winning ball confirmation means 60 Payout request storage means 62 First Storage means by type 63 Storage means by type 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] A plurality of prize areas (14) to (19) are provided in a game area (12) of a game board (4), and the plurality of prize areas (14) to (19) are provided.
In (19), the number of prize balls paid out in some prize areas (14) differs from the number of prize balls paid out in other prize areas (15) to (19). In ball game machines,
A plurality of prize detection means (29) to (34) for individually detecting prizes in a plurality of prize areas (14) to (19) are provided.
A winning ball discharge gutter (47) that collects and discharges the winning balls of (9) on the back side of the game board (4), and multiple types of winning areas (14) to (19) with different numbers of payouts Payout request storage means (60) for storing payout requests for each type of payout number when there is
Reading out the payout request stored in the payout request storage means (60) and the payout control means (57) for controlling the prize ball payout means (39) so as to pay out the number of prize balls according to the payout request. Reading control means (61) for transmitting to the payout control means (57),
A ball game machine characterized in that the payout request storage means (60) and the readout control means (61) are provided on the same payout control board (56) as the payout control means (57).