JP2010088770A5

JP2010088770A5 -

Info

Publication number: JP2010088770A5
Application number: JP2008263849A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2008-10-10
Publication date: 2011-11-10
Anticipated expiration: 2028-10-10

Claims

A payout device for paying out game balls upon establishment of predetermined payout conditions;
A payout ball detecting means for detecting a game ball paid out by the payout device;
A game ball standby passage for waiting for a game ball to be paid out by the payout device;
A ball break detecting means for determining whether or not a predetermined number of game balls are waiting in the game ball standby passage,
When it is determined that a predetermined number of game balls are not waiting in the game ball standby passage based on the detection result of the ball break detection means, the payout operation of the payout device is stopped.
When it is determined that only a smaller number of game balls have been paid out despite the predetermined number of game balls being paid out by the payout device, it is determined that the game balls have not been paid out. In a ball game machine that is set to perform a payout operation of a number of game balls (hereinafter collectively referred to as “retry operation”),
Sending ball counting means for counting the number of game balls detected by the ball breakage detecting means;
A paying ball counting means for counting the number of game balls detected by the paying ball detecting means;
An abnormal state determination unit that determines whether an abnormal state has occurred by comparing the count value counted by the sending ball counting unit with the count value counted by the payout ball counting unit;
A bullet ball game machine, comprising: an abnormal condition notifying means for notifying that an abnormal condition has occurred when the abnormal condition determining means determines that an abnormal condition has occurred.

In the ball game machine according to claim 1,
The counting operation by the sending ball counting means and the counting operation by the paying ball counting means are started when the payout operation of the payout device is started,
2. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the determination as to whether or not an abnormal state has occurred by the abnormal state determination means is started upon completion of the payout operation of the payout device.

In the ball game machine according to claim 1,
The counting operation by the sending ball counting means and the counting operation by the paying ball counting means are started with the start of one retry operation,
2. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the determination as to whether or not an abnormal state has occurred by the abnormal state determination means is started upon completion of one retry operation.