JP2003033472A - Game machine unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive and economical game machine unit by drastically reducing the manufacturing cost of the game media renting machine without damaging convenience for users. SOLUTION: The game machine unit is composed of at least a pair of game machines 1A, 1B and 1C, 1D provided side by side and the game media lending machines 2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D, which directly provides game media to the corresponding game machine via nozzles. Between the two game machines, bill validation machines each having a coin slot, a coin identifier and a controller, 3A and 3B (3C and 3D) are provided. The bill validation machine and each game media lending machine are connected in such a way that the corresponding game media lending machine can selectively provide game media to either of the two game machine selected via the bill validation machine.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a slot machine, and particularly to one side of which is currency (banknotes or coins).
The present invention relates to a gaming device as a unit in which at least two gaming machines and a gaming medium lending machine are installed, in which a gaming medium lending machine for paying out a predetermined number of gaming media such as medals is installed. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a gaming machine such as a slot machine is usually installed by arranging a plurality of gaming machines in parallel to form a so-called island. Then, a game media lending machine, commonly called a sand, is installed on one side of each of the game machines installed so as to form an island, and by inserting a predetermined amount of money into this game media lending machine. The system is such that a predetermined number of game media are paid out, and the game media are inserted into the game machine to play a game.

There are various types of game medium lending machines referred to as the above-mentioned sands, and a portion commonly referred to as Bilbari, which is equipped with a currency input section, a currency identification section, a control section, a currency stocker, etc., is a game medium rental machine. Installed integrally on the upper part of the coin, and by inserting a predetermined amount of money from the coin insertion slot, a specified number of medals as game media are paid out from the payout part, or each game by separating the bill burr One that is installed separately above the media lending machine, and each building burr is connected via a currency transport device to one currency stocker installed separately so that it is shared on the slot island, etc. To be

Also, a sand is installed between two adjacent slot machines arranged side by side, and one sand is shared by two adjacent slot machines, and it corresponds to each slot machine. There is one in which a sand is installed individually on each side, and the slot machine and the sand are made to correspond one-on-one.In recent years, the latter is often installed from the viewpoint of convenience for the player. There is.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing an example of a conventional slot island. In the illustrated example, four slot machines 2 are arranged in parallel to form one slot island 31.
Then, a sand 22 is installed on one side so as to correspond to each slot machine 21. This sand 22
Is the one in which the building burr 23 is integrally incorporated,
By inserting a predetermined amount of money from the coin insertion slot 24 of the bill burr 23, a predetermined number of medals, which are game media, are directly supplied to the lower plate 26 of the corresponding slot machine 21 from the payout nozzle 25 provided at the bottom of the sand 22. You can pay it out.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing another slot island. In this example, a sand 22 is installed on one side so as to correspond to each slot machine 21. 22 itself, the bill burrs 23 are separately installed on the upper part of the sand 22, and each bill burr 23 is installed separately on one side of the upper part of the slot island 31 via the currency transport device 33 to one currency stocker 32. The money stocker 32 can be shared within one slot island.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 described above, in recent years, one slot machine 21 is provided for the convenience of the player.
Corresponding to, one sand 22 is individually installed on one side, and many of them are designed to directly dispense the game medium from the dispensing nozzle 25 of each sand 22 into the lower plate 26 of the corresponding slot machine 21. Has been done. However, it is possible to surely improve the convenience for the player by individually installing one sand corresponding to one slot machine, but on the other hand, the equipment cost must be correspondingly high. There was a problem that the cost for one sand machine would be extra compared to the case where two slot machines share one sand.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the first problem is that the game medium lending machine itself is provided without reducing the convenience for the player. By significantly reducing the manufacturing cost of the game machine, it is possible to provide an inexpensive and economical game machine. Another object of the present invention is to simplify the provision of such an inexpensive and economical game device as described above by partially changing the basic configuration of a game medium renting machine. It is to be able to realize it.

[0009]

In order to solve the above problems, a gaming machine according to the present invention is provided with at least a pair of gaming machines arranged side by side with two gaming machines as a pair.
A gaming machine comprising: a gaming medium lending machine which is installed on one side of each gaming machine and directly dispenses a gaming medium to the corresponding gaming machine through a nozzle,
One bill burr provided with a coin insertion part, a coin identification part, and a control part is installed between two gaming machines, and from each corresponding gaming medium lending machine to one of the two gaming machines via the bill burr. It is characterized in that the bill burr and each game medium lending machine are connected to each other so that the game medium can be selectively paid out. In this way, one building burr is installed between two gaming machines, and this is connected to the gaming medium lending machine installed on one side of each gaming machine, so that one building burr is formed. Even if it is shared by two gaming machines, the gaming media can be directly paid out to each gaming machine from the gaming media lending machine individually installed corresponding to each gaming machine. The convenience for the person can be maintained as it is.

Further, in the game device according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned game device, the bill bar including the currency stocker is integrally incorporated in an upper portion of a game medium lending machine installed between the two game machines. It is characterized by being installed. As a result, the existing game media lending machine with bill burr can be used as is as a game media lending machine installed between two game machines, and the other game media lending machine with the bill burr removed can be used. By doing so, it can be implemented relatively easily without major changes.

Further, in the gaming device according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned gaming device, the bill bar is provided with a display section and a pair of selection buttons for selecting which of the left and right gaming machines the gaming medium is to be dispensed. It is a feature. By installing the display section and the selection button on the bill bari in this way, by simply operating the selection button while checking the display section, it is possible to reliably and automatically dispense the game medium to the gaming machine side selected by itself. can do.

Further, the gaming machine according to the present invention is, in the above-mentioned gaming machine, above a gaming medium lending machine in which the bill input section of the bill bar, the currency identification section and the control section are installed between the two gaming machines. It is characterized in that it is installed separately in the section, and the bill bar is connected to a separately installed currency stocker through a bill transporting device. As a result, even if the building Bali is installed separately,
By installing a building burr separately only above the gaming media lending machine installed between the two gaming machines, and using this building bali shared by the two gaming machines, each gaming media lending machine The game medium can be automatically paid out directly to the corresponding gaming machine.

Furthermore, the game device according to the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned game device, a display section and a game medium payout selection button are provided on each of the game medium lending machines. By installing a display unit and a selection button on the gaming medium lending machine side installed corresponding to the gaming machine in this way, after inserting money into the bill Bali, all gaming medium lending machines on the gaming machine side The operation can be performed while confirming the payout of the game medium.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.
And it demonstrates based on FIG. FIG. 1 is a front view of a slot island showing a configuration of a gaming device according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view of a slot island showing a configuration of a gaming device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. is there.

In FIG. 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D
Is a slot machine as a game machine, and in this example, 4
The slot islands 10 are configured by arranging the slot machines 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D in parallel in the left-right direction. Each of the slot machines 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D has one side (the right side in the drawing) in which sand machines 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D as game medium lending machines are integrally installed so as to correspond one-to-one. There is.

Here, four slot machines 1A, 1
In the slot island 10 composed of B, 1C, and 1D, two slot machines 1A and 1B, 1C, and 1D, which are installed adjacent to each other on the left and right sides, are paired and integrated into them. Sand 2A, 2B, 2
The bill burrs 3A and 3B incorporated in C, 2D and the sand are configured as follows.

Of the sands 2A and 2B incorporated corresponding to the pair of slot machines 1A and 1B, the sand 2A installed between the slot machines 1A and 1B is used as a coin insertion portion, a coin identification portion, a control portion, and a coin insertion portion. A bill burr 3A equipped with a currency stocker or the like is a sand 2A integrally incorporated in the upper part thereof, while a sand 2B installed on one side of the slot machine 1B is a sand 2B without a bill burr.

The sand 2A having the bill burrs 3A and the sand 2B without the bill burrs are the money input ports 4A of the bill burrs 3A.
By inserting a predetermined amount of money from the lower plate 6A, 6 of one of the pair of left and right gaming machines 1A, 1B selected
In B, payout nozzle 5A provided in the lower part,
It is configured so that medals, which are game media, can be paid out directly from 5B.

Further, a bill slot 4A is provided on the bill bar 3A.
Besides, a pair of selection buttons 7A, 7B for selectively designating which side of 2A, 2B the game medium is to be paid out from.
Is provided, and the display unit 8 displays whether the sand is on standby or accepts money, which game machine has entered the coin, the remaining payout number of medals, the content of the error, and the like. Is provided, and the bill buttons 3A and the sands 2A so that the game media can be selectively dispensed from one of the sands 2A, 2B to any of the two gaming machines 1A, 1B by the selection buttons 7A, 7B.
A and 2B are connected to each other.

Incidentally, a pair of slot machines 1C and 1
D, and sands 2C respectively installed corresponding to them,
The 2D, the bill burr 3B, and the like are configured in the same manner as above.

Therefore, according to the above embodiment, for example, a player who is going to play in the slot machine 1B is
Press the selection button 7B provided on the bill bar 3A,
When a predetermined amount of coin is inserted from the coin insertion slot 4A, the dispensing nozzle 5B of the sand 2B corresponding to the slot machine 1B
Automatically pays out a predetermined number of medals directly into the lower plate 6B of the slot machine 1B. Similarly, when a player tries to play a game in the slot machine 1A, by pushing the selection button 7A and inserting money, medals are automatically paid out from the sand 2A into the lower plate 6A of the slot machine 1A.

As described above, the bill burrs 3A and 3B are provided between the pair of two slot machines 1A and 1B and 1C.
Slot machines 1A to 1 by installing only in the sands 2A and 2C installed between
The medals can be paid out and provided to the game by an operation substantially the same as the conventional one in which the bill burrs are installed in the sands 2A to 2D individually installed corresponding to D.

Therefore, even if the number of bill burrs incorporated in each of the sands 2A to 2B is reduced to half, the player should play with an operation substantially equivalent to that of the conventional system in which the bill burrs are incorporated in all the sands. Therefore, the convenience for the player is not reduced at all. In addition, the cost can be reduced by the amount corresponding to the reduction in the number of building burrs, and the structure of the sand itself can be changed with or without building burrs, and the basic structure can be implemented with almost no change. Therefore, it is possible to expect a great effect such that it can be put to practical use relatively easily and the number of bill burrs is reduced by half, so that maintenance management is reduced.

Next, the second embodiment shown in FIG. 2 will be described. This embodiment corresponds to an example in which the bill burrs 3C and 3D are separately installed with respect to the sands 2A to 2D, and in this case, a pair of slot machines 1A.
And the building burrs 3C and 3D are installed above the sands 2A and 2C installed between 1B and 1B and 1C and 1D, respectively, and the building burrs 3C are connected to the sands 2A and 2B via connecting circuits 9A and 9B. The bill bur 3D is connected to the sands 2C and 2D via the connection circuits 9C and 9D.

The bill burrs 3C and 3D are connected to the currency transporting device 11, respectively, and are connected via the currency transporting device 11 to one banknote stocker 12 shared on the island installed on one side of the upper part of the slot island 10. It is configured so that all the coins put into the bill burrs 3C and 3D on the island can be collected and stored.

On the other hand, each of the sands 2A to 2D is provided with a pair of selection buttons 7A to 7D on the upper part thereof for selectively designating from which sand the corresponding gaming machine 1A to 1D is to be dispensed. A display unit 8 is provided for displaying whether the sand is on standby or accepting coins, which game machine has inserted coins, the remaining number of medals to be paid out, the content of an error, and the like.

Therefore, also in this second embodiment,
By inserting coins from the bill burrs 3C and 3D and pressing the selection buttons 7A to 7D provided on the respective sands 2A to 2D, corresponding to the lower trays 6A to 6D of any of the gaming machines 1A to 1D. Sand 2 installed
Since the medals can be directly paid out from the A to 2D payout nozzles 5A to 5D, the same effect as that of the above-described first embodiment can be expected.

[0028]

As described above, according to the gaming machine according to the present invention, a gaming medium lending machine (sand) with a bill burr corresponding to each gaming machine is incorporated, and the gaming machine is directly played to each gaming machine. Even if the number of bill burrs is reduced to half as compared with the conventional system in which the medium is paid out, the player can play the game with substantially the same operation as in the conventional system.

Therefore, while the number of installed bill burrs is reduced by half, the convenience of the player is not reduced at all, and the cost reduction corresponding to the reduced number of installed bill burrs can be achieved. The effect can be obtained. In addition, the game media lending machine (sand) can be put into practical use relatively easily because it can be carried out by almost changing the basic configuration of the game media lending machine (sand) and only changing the game media lending machine to a building burr.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a configuration of a slot island in which a game device according to a first embodiment of the present invention is incorporated.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a configuration of a slot island incorporating a game device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a configuration of a slot island incorporating a conventional game device.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a configuration of a slot island in which a game device having another conventional configuration is incorporated.

[Explanation of symbols]

1A, 1B, 1C, 1D ... Slot machines (gaming machines),
2A, 2B, 2C, 2D ... Sand (game medium rental machine) 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D ... Bill Bali, 4A, 4B
... money insertion port 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D ... dispensing nozzle, 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D ... lower plate, 7A, 7B, 7
C, 7D ... Selection button, 8 ... Display, 9A, 9B, 9
C, 9D ... Connection circuit, 10 ... Slot island, 11 ... Currency transport device, 12 ... Currency stocker

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. At least a pair of game machines arranged in parallel on the left and right with two game machines as a pair, each of which is installed on one side corresponding to each of the game machines, through a nozzle to the corresponding game machine. In a game device comprising a game medium lending machine for directly paying out a game medium, one bill burr having a coin insertion part, a coin identification part and a control part is installed between the two game machines, and the bill bar A gaming machine characterized in that the bill bill and each game medium lending machine are connected to each other so that the game medium can be selectively dispensed from one of the corresponding game medium lending machines to one of the two game machines. 2. The bill-barry including the currency stocker is integrally installed and installed on an upper portion of a game medium lending machine installed between the two game machines forming each pair. Gaming equipment. 3. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the bill bar is provided with a display section and a pair of selection buttons for selecting which of the left and right game machines the game medium is to be paid out. 4. The bill insertion unit, the coin identification unit, and the control unit of the bill Bali are separately installed above the game medium lending machine installed between the two game machines, and the bill Bali is installed separately. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein the game machine is connected to the currency stocker via a bill transport device. 5. The game device according to claim 4, wherein each of the game medium lending machines is provided with a display section and a game medium payout selection button.