JP2005211591A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (8)

A prize entrance in the game area,
A collection path for collecting the game balls won at the winning entrance and discharging them to the outside of the gaming machine via the game ball assembly unit;
In the gaming machine configured to pay out a predetermined number of game balls in accordance with the winning of game balls to the winning entrance,
A first sensor that is provided in an upstream portion of the recovery passage and outputs a winning signal indicating that when a game ball wins the winning entrance;
A second sensor that is provided in the game ball assembly portion of the recovery passage and outputs a ball passage signal indicating that when the game ball passes through the game ball assembly portion;
A winning history storage means for storing a winning history for each input of the winning signal and erasing the winning history for each input of the ball passing signal;
In a state where the winning history is stored, when the ball passing signal is input before a predetermined time has elapsed from the input of the winning signal, a payout permitting means for permitting the payout of the game ball,
An abnormality determining means for determining that an abnormality has occurred when the predetermined time has passed without the input of the next winning signal from the input of the winning signal in a state where the winning history is stored. A gaming machine.   The winning history storage means stores means for storing the number of winnings as the winning history, and means for counting up the number of winnings for each input of the winning signal and for counting down the number of winnings for each input of the ball passing signal. The payout permission means permits the payout of a game ball when the ball passing signal is input before the predetermined number of times and the predetermined number of times is reached, and the abnormality determination means determines that the number of wins is 1 or more. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein it is determined that an abnormality has occurred at the predetermined time.   The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the abnormality determination means determines that an abnormality has occurred when the ball passing signal is input in a state where the winning history is not stored.   The time measurement means which clears the measurement of the elapsed time until then and newly starts the measurement of the elapsed time for every input of the winning signal is provided. Gaming machine. A prize entrance in the game area,
A collection path for collecting the game balls won at the winning entrance and discharging them to the outside of the gaming machine via the game ball assembly unit;
In the gaming machine configured to pay out a predetermined number of game balls in accordance with the winning of game balls to the winning entrance,
A first sensor that is provided in an upstream portion of the recovery passage and outputs a winning signal indicating that when a game ball wins the winning entrance;
A second sensor that is provided in the game ball assembly portion of the recovery passage and outputs a ball passage signal indicating that when the game ball passes through the game ball assembly portion;
First counting means for counting the number of times the winning signal is input;
Second counting means for counting the number of times the sphere passage signal is input;
And an abnormality determining unit that determines that an abnormality has occurred when a difference between the number of inputs counted by the first counting unit and the number of inputs counted by the second counting unit exceeds a predetermined value. A gaming machine.   6. The gaming machine according to claim 5, further comprising means for permitting a predetermined number of game balls to be paid out when the winning signal is inputted.   7. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a signal output connector is provided separately for the signal output system of the first sensor and the signal output system of the second sensor. A prize entrance in the game area,
A collection passage for collecting the gaming balls won at the winning entrance and discharging them to the outside of the gaming machine;
A first sensor and a second sensor, which are provided at the upstream and downstream portions of the recovery passage, respectively, which always output a high level signal and output a low level signal when the passage of the game ball is detected;
A controller for paying out a predetermined number of game balls as the output of the first sensor and the output of the second sensor are each switched from a high level signal to a low level signal;
A gaming machine, wherein the first sensor and the second sensor are connected to a connection portion of the control device via different signal lines and connector members, respectively.