JP2002200288A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To pay out gift balls without using a game ball discharge means, or the like, to simplify actions and to easily manufacture a pinball game machine at a low cost. SOLUTION: This pinball game machine is provided with a gathering and discharging means 49 provided on the back side of a game panel 4 for gathering game balls, which enter winning means 15, 16 and 18-21 and are guided to the back side of the game panel 4, and discharging them to a discharge path 53, a gift ball storage means 64 for storing the gift balls for the total number of acquired gift balls not paid out yet so as to be paid out on condition that winning detection means 31-36 detect the game balls, a discharge detection means 57 for detecting the game balls discharged from the gathering and discharging means 49, and a payout control means 66 for controlling a payout means 41 so as to pay out the gift balls for the total number of the acquired gift balls stored in the gift ball storage means 64 on condition that the discharge detection means 57 detects the discharge of the game balls.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, an arrange ball machine, and a play ball game 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 a prize means such as a normal prize means or a large prize means in a game area of a game board, the game ball is moved to the back side of the game board. After guiding and temporarily storing the game balls in the game ball tank, the game balls in the game ball tank are detected by the game ball detection means on the discharge port side, and the game balls are discharged one by one from the discharge port by the game ball discharge means. The payout means is operated by the detection signal from the game ball detecting means while discharging the game balls, so that a specified number of prize balls are successively paid out per winning of the game ball.

[0003]

In a conventional ball game machine, a game ball is stored in a game ball tank on the back side of the game board, and then the game ball tank is operated in conjunction with the game ball detection means and the game ball discharge means. It is necessary to provide a game ball tank and a game ball discharge means on the back side of the game board, by discharging the game balls one by one and paying out prize balls by the payout means in conjunction with the discharge of the game balls. However, there is a disadvantage 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 the big prize winning means, it is necessary to secure a sufficient volume of the game ball tank, and there is a disadvantage that the game ball tank on the back side of the game board becomes large.

The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem,
A prize ball can be dispensed without using a conventional game ball tank, a game ball discharging means, and the like, and the structure is simple, small, easy and inexpensive to manufacture, and a game passed behind the game board. An object of the present invention is to provide a ball and ball game machine capable of quickly discharging a ball to a discharge path.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a plurality of prize winning means 15, 16, 18 to 21 provided in a game area 13 of a game board 4 are provided.
And a payout means 41 for paying out a prize ball on condition that the game ball wins in the winning means 15, 16, 18 to 21. Prize detecting means 31 to 36 for detecting a prize of a game ball to 21, respectively, and the prize means 15, 16, 18 to 21 provided on the back side of the game board 4 and
Collecting discharging means 49 for collecting game balls guided to the back side of the game board 4 and discharging to the discharge path 53, and on the condition that the winning detecting means 31 to 36 detect the game balls, Premium ball number storage means 64 for storing payable prize balls of the total number of unobtained premium balls, discharge detecting means 57 for detecting game balls discharged from the collective discharging means 49, and discharge detecting means Payout control means 66 for controlling the payout means 41 so as to pay out the prize balls of the total number of prize balls stored in the prize ball number storage means 64, provided that 57 detects the discharge of the game balls. And

[0007]

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 11.

As shown in FIG. 3, a guide rail 12 is annularly mounted on the game board 4, and the guide rail 12 is
A liquid crystal display means 14, a starting winning means 15, a variable winning means 16, a normal winning means 18 to 21, a starting gate 27, and the like are arranged in a game area 13 inside 12. The start winning means 15, the variable winning means 16, and the normal winning means 18 to 21 constitute a plurality of winning means mounted on the game board 4, respectively.

Of the plurality of winning means 15, 16, 18-21, such as the starting winning means 15, the variable winning means 16, and the normal winning means 18-21, for example, a part of the starting winning means 15, the normal winning means, etc. means
18 to 21, the number of prize balls paid out is six, and the other variable winning means 16 has 15 prize ball payouts. In other words, the number of premium balls to be paid out per game ball differs depending on the winning means.

The liquid crystal display means 14 displays the game information such as a normal game image for the player, and also serves as the first symbol display means 22 for displaying a variable symbol. The first symbol display means 22 is provided with one or more, for example, a plurality (three in the horizontal direction) of symbol display portions, and the display of each symbol display portion is provided on condition that a game ball wins in the starting winning means 15. The design is configured such that the symbol fluctuates for a predetermined time by random number control and stops.

The liquid crystal display means 14 is provided with a normal winning means 21 and a second symbol display means 23 on the upper part thereof. Second
The symbol display means 23 has one symbol display section, and has a starting gate.
On the condition that 27 detects the passage of the game ball, the display symbol of the symbol display section fluctuates for a predetermined time by random number control and stops. The start winning means 15 is an electric open / close type such as an electric tulip provided with a pair of left and right openable / closable claws 24 that can be opened and closed, and the stop symbol after the change of the second symbol display means 23 displays a hit symbol. In addition, the opening / closing claw 24 is opened for a predetermined time.

The variable winning means 16 is provided with an opening / closing plate 25, and when the stopped symbol after the change of the first symbol display means 22 is a big hit symbol such as "7.7.7", the opening / closing plate 25 is opened forward. It has become. A specific area 26 is provided in the variable winning means 16, and when a game ball passes through the specific area 26, a specific state by a so-called big hit is continued.

The variable prize winning means 16 closes the opening / closing plate 25 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 26. The opening / closing operation is repeated up to a predetermined number of times (for example, 16 times) on condition that the vehicle passes. On the left and right sides of the variable winning means 16, one or more (for example, two) normal winning means 18 to 21 are provided.

The starting prize means 15, variable prize means 16, and normal prize means 18 to 21 have a structure for guiding the winning game ball to the back side of the game board 4, and as shown in FIG. Starting prize means 15 other than 16, normal prize means 18-21,
Guide passage 28 of collective guide plate 75 mounted on the back side of game board 4
The game ball is guided to the ~ 30 side.

All the prize means 15, 16, 18-21, such as the start prize means 15, the variable prize means 16, and the normal prize means 18-21,
Prize detection means 31 for individually detecting game balls that have won each prize
~ 36 are provided. In addition, each winning detection means 31-36
Is constituted by a contact or non-contact switch, etc.
The game ball is electrically detected. Each of the winning detecting means 31 to 36 may be provided on the guide passage 28 to 30 side of the collective guide plate 75.

As shown in FIG. 2, on the back side of the front frame 2, a back mechanism plate 37 for holding the game board 4 from the back side is mounted to be openable and closable. An opening 38 is formed in the back mechanism plate 37, a game ball tank 39 and a tank rail 40 are provided on the upper side, a payout means 41 is provided on one side in the left and right direction, and a passage unit 42 and a payout control board case 43 are provided on the lower side. Each is provided. The payout control board case 43 houses a payout control board 52.

The game ball tank 39 stores game balls replenished from an external game ball replenishment system, and supplies them to the payout means 41 via a tank rail 40. Payment method
Reference numeral 41 denotes a payout case 44 arranged in a vertical direction, a rotating body 45 rotating in the payout case 44, and a rotating body 45.
The payout motor 46 drives the rotating body 45 when a payout command is issued,
By rotating the rotating body 45, the game balls in the game ball tank 39 are paid out to the upper plate 7 as premium balls. The payout means 41 can pay out any number of prize balls according to the rotation angle of the rotating body 45. The rotating body 45 of the payout means 41 may be of a screw type.

The aisle unit 42 guides the prize ball from the dispensing means 41 to the upper plate 7 side, and when the prize ball in the upper plate 7 is full, the following prize ball passes through the overflow passage 47 through the overflow passage 47. It overflows to the side of the dish 8.

In the opening 38, a back cover 48 mounted on the back side of the game board 4 and a collective discharging means 49 are fitted. The back cover 48 is for covering the game parts such as the liquid crystal display means 14 mounted on the game board 4, the starting winning means 15 for starting, the variable winning means 16 and the like, the collective guide plate 75 and the like from the back side, The game board 4 is detachably fixed to the game board 4. On the back cover 48, a game control board case 51 containing a game control board 50 is detachably mounted. The game control board 50 mainly includes a ROM, an R, which controls a game operation by each game component on the game board 4 side.
Game control means (see FIG. 5) such as an AM and a CPU are mounted.

The collective discharging means 49 is provided with each of the winning means 15, 16, 18-
For collecting game balls guided to the back side of the game board 4 after winning 21 and discharging it to the discharge path 53, it is detachably fixed to the game board 4 close to the lower side of the back cover 48. Have been.

The collective discharge means 49 has an open upper side corresponding to each of the guide passages 28 to 30 of the collective guide plate 75 and the variable winning means 16, and the collective guide plate 75 and the variable prize means 16 are provided.
An upper inclined passage 54 that collects game balls falling from the upper side and guides the game balls to one side in the left-right direction, and a lower inclined passage 55 that guides game balls from the downstream side of the upper inclined passage 54 to the other side in the left-right direction.
And a discharge port 56 provided on the downstream side of the lower inclined passage 55 and connected to the discharge path 53 on the back mechanism plate 37 side, so that game balls can be continuously discharged from the discharge port 56.

On the discharge port 56 side of the collective discharge means 49, a discharge detection means 57 is provided. The discharge detection means 57 is capable of continuously detecting game balls discharged from the collective discharge means 49 to the discharge path 53 through the discharge port 56, and is constituted by a contact type or non-contact type switch, etc. The ball is electrically detected. The discharge detecting means 57 may be provided upstream of the discharge port 56 of the collective discharge means 49, for example, in the middle of the lower inclined passage 55.

The dispensing control board case 43 is for accommodating the dispensing control board 52, and is a collective discharging means.
In the vicinity of the lower side of 49, it is detachably mounted on the back side of the back mechanism plate 37. Note that the payout control board case 43 may be provided on the back side of the front frame 2.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a control system. On the game control board 50, a game control means 58 is provided. The game control means 58 is mainly for controlling the game operation on the game board 4 side, and is provided with the first
Symbol display means 22, second symbol display means 23, start winning means
15, variable winning means 16, electrically connected to each game component such as starting gate 27, etc., and through the relay board 59 etc., to the winning detecting means 31-36 of each winning means 15, 16, 18-21. Connected.

The game control means 58 includes a prize detecting means 31 to 36 such as a starting prize means 15, a variable prize means 16 and a normal prize means 18 to 21 in addition to a main function for controlling a game operation. When the winning of the ball is detected, each winning means 15,16,18 ~
A winning storage means 60 for storing the winning data for each number of prize balls set for each 21 and a winning command transmitting means 61 for sequentially reading out the stored data of the winning storing means 60 and transmitting a winning command. In addition, the winning storage means 60,
Each time the winning command transmitting means 61 transmits a winning command, the storage is updated. The game control board 50 is provided with a backup power supply 74 for holding stored data of the winning storage means 60 and the like.

The payout control board 52 includes a winning command receiving means 62, a prize ball number calculating means 63, a prize ball number storage means 64,
It is composed of priority control means 65, payout control means 66, payout confirmation means 67, payout trigger means 70, storage reset means 71, and the like, and a backup power supply 68 for holding the storage of the prize ball number storage means 64 and the like is provided. .

The winning command receiving means 62 is a game control means.
This is for receiving a winning command sequentially transmitted from the winning command transmitting means 61 and analyzing the winning command. The number-of-prize-balls calculating means 63 includes the winning means 15, 16,
Each time a game ball wins between 18 and 21, a winning command receiving means
From the analysis result of 62, the total number of prize balls obtained by the player by winning the game balls to the prize means 15, 16, 18 to 21 is calculated at any time, and the total number of prize balls not paid out is paid out. The number of prize balls is an integer multiple of a predetermined number paid out by the unit payout operation of the means 41, and the number of prize balls is a fractional number less than the predetermined number. The prize ball number calculating means 63 sets the total number of obtained prize balls in the total number of obtained prize balls included in the predetermined number of total obtained prize balls with the upper limit set to a predetermined number, for example, 25, processed in one payout operation of the payout means 41. , And a fractional prize ball number Y less than a predetermined number.

The payout confirming means 67 is a payout detecting means.
Based on the detection signal from 69, the number of payouts due to the payout operation of the payout means 41 at that time is detected, and it is confirmed whether or not the payout of the prize ball is properly performed. When the number is insufficient, the payout means 41 is operated again until the predetermined number is reached. The payout detecting means 69 is provided by the payout means 41.
This is for detecting the prize ball paid out by, and is provided below the payout case 44.

The prize sphere number storage means 64 is a prize sphere number calculating means.
The first storage unit 72 and the second storage unit 73 store the prize balls of the total number of prize balls calculated in 63 in a payable manner.
And

The first storage section 72 stores a predetermined number of positive integer X data included in the total number of obtained prize balls calculated by the prize ball number calculating means 63, and the payout confirming means 67 causes the payout means 41 to store. Each time a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out by the one payout operation, the stored data for the one payout operation is sequentially subtracted by the confirmation signal.

The second storage unit 73 stores data of the fractional prize ball count Y calculated by the prize ball count calculation unit 63, and each time the payout confirmation unit 67 confirms the payout of fractional prize balls one by one. Then, the stored data is sequentially subtracted.

The priority control means 65 is for preferentially controlling the payout means 41 in accordance with one of the first storage section 72 and the second storage section 73, for example, the data stored in the first storage section 72. When a predetermined number of stored data are stored in the first storage unit 72, the payout of the prize balls based on the stored data in the first storage unit 72 is prioritized to the second storage unit 73.

The payout trigger means 70 is provided with the discharge detecting means 57
Is for counting and storing the number of discharged game balls detected, and for sending a trigger signal for starting payout to the payout control means 66, and when the payout means 41 is stopped, there is a detection signal from the discharge detection means 57. At the same time, a trigger signal is sent to the payout control means 66, and the next trigger signal is sent each time the payout means 41 completes the payout operation when there is stored data of the number of discharges.

The storage reset means 71 stores the first storage unit 72 and the second storage
This is for resetting the storage data of the number of ejections of the payout trigger means 70 to the initial value of 0 when the storage data of the unpaid amount in the storage unit 73 runs out.

In the above-described ball game machine, when the firing handle 10 of the firing means 9 is operated during a game, the game balls on 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 game board 4 side along 12.

After the game ball fired on the upper side of the game board 4 enters the game area 13 of the game board 4, it falls into the normal prize means 18 to 21 or the like while falling along the board surface or starts. It falls downward while passing through the gate 27. When the game ball passes through the starting gate 27, the display symbol of the second symbol display means 23 changes. Then, if the stopped symbol after the change of the second symbol display means 23 becomes a hit symbol, the opening and closing claw of the starting winning means 15 is opened.
24 is opened for a predetermined period of time, so that the game balls can easily win the winning prize means 15 for starting.

When the game ball wins the starting prize means 15,
The display symbol of the first symbol display means 22 fluctuates for a predetermined time. Then, when the display symbol after the first symbol display means 22 is stopped becomes a big hit symbol, the variable winning means 16 is opened to the front side, so that the game balls can easily win. When a predetermined time has elapsed from the opening of the variable winning means 16 or when a predetermined number of game balls have won, the variable winning means 16 is closed. However, if the game ball passes through the specific area 26 while the variable prize means 16 is open, the variable prize means 16
Are opened again, and the same opening and closing operation is repeated up to 16 times.

The game balls that have won each of the winning means 15, 16, 18 to 21 are guided to the back side of the game board 4 and are guided by the collective guide plate 75.
The game balls that have fallen into the collecting and discharging means 49 through 28 to 30 and which have won the variable prize means 16 directly fall into the collecting and discharging means 49 without passing through the collecting guide plate 75. Then, the game balls dropped into the collective discharge means 49 are discharged downward from the discharge port 56 through the upper inclined passage 54 in the collective discharge means 49 through the lower inclined passage 55, and the game ball collection system through the discharge path 53. Fall down to.

Therefore, since the game balls are not stored on the back side of the game board 4, the collecting and discharging means 49 is provided with the respective winning means 15, 16, 18 to 21.
It is enough that the game balls guided to the back side of the game board 4 via the game console can be collected and discharged smoothly without difficulty. For this reason, the structure on the back side of the game board 4 can be simplified and reduced in size, can be manufactured easily and inexpensively, and the game balls can be quickly discharged to the outside.

When a game ball wins the prize means 15, 16, 18-21, each of the prize detection means 31-36 detects the game ball, and the detection signal is sent to the game control means 58 through the relay board 59 and the like. The winning storage means 60 of the game control means 58 sequentially stores the winning for each number of prize balls, and the winning command transmitting means
61 sends out the winning command to the winning command receiving means 62 of the control board 52.

When the prize command receiving means 62 receives the prize command, the prize command is analyzed, and according to the result of the analysis, the prize ball number calculating means 63 calculates the total number of prize balls obtained by the player. The sphere number storage means 64 stores the total number of obtained prize balls.

Now, for example, three game balls are successively awarded to the normal prize means 18 to 21 which have six prize balls per prize, and the variable prize means is 15 prize balls per prize.
Assume that two game balls have won in 16.

When these game balls are won in the respective winning means 16, 18 to 21, the winning command transmitting means 61 transmits three winning commands for six and two winning commands for fifteen. The means 62 receives and analyzes the respective winning commands, and the prize ball number calculating means 63 calculates 6 × 3 = 18
(Pieces) and 15 × 2 = 30 (pieces) are calculated to calculate the total number of obtained prize balls of 48, and then the predetermined number 25 (X = 1 = 1) included in the total number of obtained prize balls of 48 ) And the fractional number of prize balls Y (= 23) less than the predetermined number.

Then, the first storage section of the prize ball number storage means 64
72 stores the predetermined number 25 (X = 1), and the second storage unit 73 stores the fractional prize ball number Y (= 23). Further, the priority control means 65 reads the storage X (= 1) of the first storage unit 72 and sends it to the payout control means 66.

Game balls which have won the prize means 16, 18 to 21 are:
After being guided to the back side of the game board 4 through each of the winning means 16, 18 to 21 and collected by the collective discharging means 49, the outlet 56
Through the discharge path 53. Each time the discharge detecting means 57 detects a game ball passing through the discharge port 56, the payout trigger means 70 stores data on the number of discharged game balls.

The payout control means 66 controls the payout means 41 in accordance with the trigger signal from the payout trigger means 70 so as to pay out 25 prize balls in one payout operation according to the data stored in the first storage section 72. For this reason, the payout motor 46 of the payout means 41 drives the rotating body 45, and the rotation of the rotating body 45 pays out the game balls supplied from the game ball tank 39 via the tank rail 40 to the upper plate 7 as prize balls. put out.

When the payout means 41 pays out the prize balls, the payout detecting means 69 detects the prize balls, and the payout confirming means 67 confirms the number of prize balls paid out. When the payout confirmation means 67 confirms the payout of the number of premium balls, the first storage section 72 stores the stored data X (= 1).
Is subtracted by 1 from the payment, and the storage data X in the first storage unit 72 becomes 0. Therefore, the data of the number of prize balls Y (= 23) in the second storage unit 73 is transmitted to the priority control unit 65. After that, it is sent to the payout control means 66.

When the payout confirmation means 67 confirms the payout of the prize ball, the payout trigger means 70 subtracts one from the stored data of the number of ejected balls, and then sends the next trigger signal to the payout control means 66. For this reason, the payout control means 66 controls the payout means 41 to pay out a fractional 23 prize balls, and the payout means 41 pays out 23 prize balls. Each time the payout confirmation means 67 confirms the payout of one prize ball, the data stored in the second storage unit 73 sequentially subtracts the data of the number Y of the prize balls.

When the payout of the 48 prize balls is completed, the storage data of the storage sections 72 and 73 of the prize ball number storage means 64 is exhausted, and the storage reset means 71 stores the data of the number of discharges of the payout trigger means 70. Reset.

In this way, the payout of the total number of prize balls of 48 is completed by the two payout operations of the payout means 41, and the prize balls can be quickly paid out.

When a power supply such as a commercial power supply is interrupted, the payout means 41 and the like do not operate. However, the data stored in the winning storage means 60 is stored in the backup power supply on the game control board 50 side.
Each storage unit of the prize ball number storage means 64
Since the data stored in the payout trigger means 70 and the data stored in the payout trigger means 70 are held by the backup power supply 68 on the payout control board 52 side, after the power supply such as the commercial power supply is restored, the prize ball payout processing can be performed in accordance with the stored data. it can. The storage data X may be stored as the number of balls.

The embodiments include the following inventions. The first invention comprises a plurality of prize means 15, 16, 18 to 21 provided in a game area 13 of the game board 4, and the prize means 15, 16,
In a ball game machine provided with payout means 41 for paying out prize balls on condition that game balls win on 18 to 21, the game balls are won on the respective winning means 15, 16, 18 to 21 respectively. Prize detecting means 31 to 36 for detecting, and the game board provided on the back side of the game board 4 and winning the prize means 15, 16, 18 to 21
4, collective discharging means 49 for collecting game balls guided to the back side and discharging the collected balls to the discharge path 53, and provided that the winning detecting means 31 to 36 detect the game balls, the total acquired prizes for the unpaid game balls. Premium ball number storage means 64 for storing the number of premium balls in a payable manner, discharge detecting means 57 for detecting game balls discharged from the collective discharging means 49, and discharge detecting means 57 for discharging the game balls. On the condition that it is detected, the prize ball number storage means 64
Payout control means 66 for controlling the payout means 41 so as to pay out the prize balls of the total number of prize balls stored in the payout control means 66
It is provided with.

According to a second aspect, in the first aspect, the payout means 41 can pay out any number of prize balls under the control of the payout control means 66, and the prize ball number storage means 64 stores The total number of obtained prize balls is divided and stored as a predetermined number of prize spheres, which is an integral multiple of a predetermined number for the unit payout operation of the payout means 41, and a fractional prize ball number less than the predetermined number. is there.

According to a third aspect, in the first or second aspect, the payout means 41 pays out a predetermined number of prize balls set as an upper limit value by a unit payout operation under the control of the payout control means 66. It is possible to dispense an arbitrary number of prize balls less than the predetermined number, and the prize ball number storage means 64 stores the total number of obtained prize balls in the unit payout operation of the payout means 41. A first storage unit 72 that stores data of the number of payout operations that is an integer multiple of the predetermined number and a fractional number of prize balls that are less than the predetermined number, A second storage unit 73 for storing data of the number of premium balls.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects, the collective discharging means 49 is configured to continuously discharge a plurality of game balls in the collective discharging means 49, The discharge detecting means 57 can continuously detect the game balls discharged from the collective discharging means 49.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, the payout control means 66 stores any one of the first storage unit 72 and the second storage unit 73 in the prize ball number storage means 64. A priority control means 65 for preferentially controlling the payout means 41 in accordance with one of the stored data; provided that the payout means 41 pays out the premium balls, the priority side storage sections 72, 7
The storage data of No. 3 is subtracted.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fifth aspects, a backup power source 68 for holding data stored in the prize ball number storage means 64 is provided.

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 priority control unit 65 gives priority to the data stored in the first storage unit 72, but it may be configured to give priority to the data stored in the second storage unit 73.

In the embodiment, the predetermined number to be paid out in one payout operation of the payout means 41 is set to 25, but this predetermined number is not limited to 25. The number of prize balls per prize of the starting prize means 15 and the normal prize means 18 to 21 is six, and the number of prize balls per prize of the variable prize means 16 is fifteen. It is only an example. Further winning means 15, 16, 18-21
The number of prize balls per winning may be one or three or more.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to pachinko machines,
The present invention can be similarly applied to a ball game machine such as an arrangement ball machine and a sparrow ball machine.

[0061]

According to the present invention, the game area 13 of the game board 4 is provided.
A plurality of prize means 15, 16, 18 to 21 provided therein, and a payout means 41 for paying out a prize ball on condition that a game ball wins in the prize means 15, 16, 18 to 21. In the ball game machine, the prize detecting means 31 to 36 for detecting the prize of the game ball to each of the prize means 15, 16, 18 to 21 respectively, and the prize means 15, 16 Collective discharging means 49 for collecting game balls guided to the back side of the game board 4 after winning the prizes 18 to 21 and discharging them to the discharge path 53, and on the condition that the prize detecting means 31 to 36 detect the game balls. Prize ball number storage means 64 for storing prize balls of the total number of unobtained prize balls in a payable manner,
A discharge detecting means 57 for detecting game balls discharged from the collective discharging means 49, and a total acquired prize stored in the prize ball number storage means 64 on condition that the discharge detecting means 57 detects discharge of game balls. With the payout control means 66 for controlling the payout means 41 so as to pay out the prize balls of the number of balls, it is possible to pay out the prize balls without using the conventional game ball tank, game ball discharge means and the like. In addition, there is an advantage that the game ball can be easily and inexpensively manufactured with a simple structure and can be manufactured at a low cost, and the game balls that have passed through the back side of the game board 4 can be quickly discharged to the discharge path 53.

[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 13 Gaming area 15 Start-up prize-winning means 16 Variable prize-winning means 18-21 Normal prize-winning means 31-36 Prize-detection means 41 Payout means 49 Collective discharge means 53 Discharge path 57 Discharge detection means 64 Premium prize ball number storage means 65 Priority control Means 66 Payment control means 68 Backup power supply 72 First storage unit 73 Second storage unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of prize means (15) (16) (18) to (21) provided in a game area (13) of a game board (4);
(15) (16) In the ball game machine provided with payout means (41) for paying out prize balls on condition that the game balls win (18) to (21), each of the prize means (15) (16) Winning detection means (31) to (36) for detecting winning of game balls to (18) to (21), respectively, and the winning means (15) provided on the back side of the gaming board (4). (1
6) Collecting discharging means (49) for collecting game balls guided to the back side of the game board (4) after winning (18) to (21) and discharging them to a discharging path (53); On the condition that the means (31) to (36) detect a game ball, a prize ball number storage means (64) for memorizing a prize ball of the total number of prize balls that have not been paid out so as to be payable.
A discharge detecting means (57) for detecting game balls discharged from the collective discharging means (49); and a condition that the discharge detecting means (57) detects discharge of the game balls. Storage means
And a payout control means (66) for controlling the payout means (41) so as to pay out the prize balls of the total number of prize balls stored in (64).