JP2006255309A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (3)

A gaming machine for playing a game by driving a game ball into a game area defined on the game board,
A variable winning ball apparatus having a winning opening for receiving a game ball driven into the gaming area, and an opening / closing member capable of moving between an open position for opening the winning opening and a closed position for closing;
The variable winning ball apparatus is:
Ball detecting means for detecting a game ball that has entered the winning opening;
A guide path for guiding the game ball that has entered the winning opening on the back side of the game board,
The guide path has a ball discharge unit that discharges the game ball toward the side of the variable winning ball apparatus,
The ball detection means includes a ball detection unit that detects the game ball based on the passage of the game ball, and the ball detection unit is arranged to constitute a part of a passage side wall of the ball discharge unit. A gaming machine characterized by that. The variable winning ball apparatus includes two winning holes arranged side by side in the left-right direction, and the opening / closing members can be individually opened and closed at the two winning holes, and the ball discharging unit has the ball The guide paths in which the detection means are arranged are individually connected to each other, and the left ball discharge portion corresponding to the left winning opening is formed in a slope of a passage for discharging game balls toward the left side, and the right winning prize 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the right sphere discharge portion corresponding to the mouth is formed in a passage inclination for discharging the game sphere toward the right side. The variable winning ball apparatus includes two winning holes provided in two upper and lower stages, and the opening and closing members are individually openable and closable at the two winning holes, and the ball discharging unit includes the ball. The guide paths in which the detecting means are arranged are individually communicated, and the upper ball discharge portion corresponding to the upper winning opening is formed in a passage inclination for discharging the game ball toward the left side or the right side, 2. The lower ball discharge portion corresponding to the lower winning opening is formed in a passage slope for discharging game balls in the same direction as the game ball discharge direction by the upper ball discharge portion. The gaming machine described.