JP2010227398A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rotary-drum type of stage structure without using a magnet in a rotary drum, capable of eliminating the time for a player to lose interest in the behavior of game balls as much as possible. <P>SOLUTION: The stage structure is configured to raise game balls rolling on a first stage 521 by grooves 56 and 57 on the circumferential surface of a rotator 55 to apportion the game balls into a replay stage 523 or into a high-probability route. A game ball fitted into the guide groove 56 is speedily moved to the side end of the guide groove and discharged onto the replay stage while rolling along the guide groove as the rotator is rotated. A game ball fitted into the retaining groove 57 is raised as the rotator is rotated, and discharged to a center outlet on a second stage 522. A game ball fitted into a retaining groove 58 is raised in the same way, but discharged to a side outlet on the second stage 522. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko game machine, and more particularly to a ball game machine having an accessory device in the center of a game board.

As a ball game machine, a ball game machine having an accessory device 2 in the center of a game board 1 is known as shown in FIG.
The accessory device 2 is entirely surrounded by an outer frame portion 3, a liquid crystal display device 4 is provided at the center of the inside, and a stage portion 5 for temporarily rolling a game ball is provided at the lower portion, and the outer frame portion On the left and right of 3, an inflow port 6 is provided for guiding the game ball into the accessory.
In such a gaming machine, when the player operates the ball launching handle 7, the game ball passes through the launch path surrounded by the rails 8 a and 8 b and is launched into the game area 9.
A part of the launched game ball enters the inside of the accessory from the inflow port 6, and once rolls on the stage portion 5, then falls downward from the front of the central portion 5 a.
Winning ports 10a and 10b are provided below the accessory device 2, and when a game ball is won, the player is paid a prize ball. The winning opening 10a located immediately below is also a starting winning opening 10a in which a lottery that is in a special gaming state advantageous to the player is performed.
When a game ball wins the start winning opening 10a, a lottery is performed in accordance with the winning, and when it is won, a large winning opening (so-called attacker) 11 provided below the game board is greatly opened. A large number of game balls can be easily won in the opened large winning opening 11, so that the player can obtain a large number of prize balls.
Therefore, it is determined whether or not the game ball that has once entered the accessory device 2 behaves in the accessory device 2 and falls downward, that is, whether or not it falls toward the start winning port 10a. It is a matter that arouses a lot of interest.

As an example of such an accessory device, as shown in FIG. 13, a ball receiving shelf 17 in which a game ball enters and rolls on the upper surface, and a separation standing on the back side of the ball receiving shelf 17 A part of the circumferential surface of the wall 18, the ball receiving shelf 17, and the separation wall 18 is exposed above the ball receiving shelf in the horizontally long fitting recess 12 provided by cutting out the part. And a horizontally long rotating drum 13 arranged so that the rotation axis thereof is horizontal, an inflow port 14 provided at the center in the horizontal direction of the separation wall 18 and into which a game ball can flow, and the flow 2. Description of the Related Art A drum-type accessory device is known that includes an outlet 15 that communicates with an inlet 14 and opens directly above a start winning opening. In this way, the route that flows into the inlet 14 and flows down from the outlet 15 in the direction of the start winning opening has a very high winning probability to the starting winning opening, and the high probability winning path (high probability route) ).
The rotating drum 14 is formed with a magnet body 16 capable of attracting a game ball in the axial direction of a part of the circumferential surface thereof, and is continuously rotated to the right when viewed from the right side of the rotating drum 14. It is rotated.
In addition, the ball receiving rack 17 is formed in an arcuate shape with the central portion slightly lower than the both end portions when viewed from the front, and the front (the front side for the player) is slightly inclined downward in the central portion. It is configured.
Accordingly, the game ball that has entered the surface of the ball receiving shelf 17 swings left and right on the surface due to the momentum of the approach, and in the vicinity of the central portion of the ball receiving shelf 17 when the swing is weakened. If it is attracted to the magnet body 16 of the rotating drum 14 in the middle of swinging, the position in the attracted axial direction is maintained as the rotating drum 14 is rotated. The ball is lifted from the ball receiving rack 17 toward the separation wall 18.
The game ball lifted in this way flows into the inlet 14 provided at the center in the axial direction of the upper portion of the separation wall 18 or hits the upper portion 18 of the separation wall.
The game ball lifted so as to hit the upper portion of the separation wall 18 is peeled off from the magnet body 16 by the separation wall 18 as the rotary drum 14 rotates, so that it falls on the ball receiving shelf 10 again. On the other hand, the game ball lifted so as to flow into the inflow port 14 provided at the center of the separation wall 18 is carried to the above-described high probability route.

JP 2004-97800 A

In such a conventional example, even when the game ball is attracted to the magnet with good luck, if the attracting position is not in the center of the axial direction, even if it is lifted as it is, it will not be carried to the high probability route. The player knows that it is not transported to the high-probability route at the adsorbed stage. Therefore, the player cannot maintain any interest during the period from when the game ball is attracted to the game ball until the game ball is peeled off by the separation wall.
Further, since the rotating drum is provided with a magnet body, this magnet is not preferable in a game table in which countermeasures against fraud using magnets are taken, causing noise during fraud detection.

  The present invention has been made in view of this point, and there is provided a rotating drum type accessory device that does not use a magnet for the rotating drum and eliminates as much time as possible to lose interest in the behavior of the game ball for the player. provide.

  As a means for achieving the above-mentioned object, the present invention accepts a game ball flowing down in a game area, rolls it on its surface, and then drops it downward, and the first stage A winning opening provided below, a replay stage provided above the first stage and having an inclined path for returning the game ball to the first stage, directly below the winning opening and below the first stage A first exit that opens, a high probability winning path having a guide path for guiding a game ball to the first exit, a high probability winning path having a guide path for guiding the game ball to the exit, and the first stage. A second exit opening downward and obliquely above the winning opening; a low probability winning path having a guide path for guiding the game ball to the second exit; and a game ball rolling on the first stage The replay stage A substantially cylindrical rotating body that is distributed to any one of the high-probability winning paths, and the rotating body is located on the right side of the rotating body around a horizontal central axis. It is pivotally supported so as to rotate to the right when viewed from the side, and a part of its outer peripheral surface is disposed so as to be exposed above the first stage and the replay stage, and on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body, A guide groove that is inclined in the rotational direction from one side end surface of the rotating body to the other side end surface, a first holding groove capable of temporarily holding a game ball, and the first holding The groove is formed with a second holding groove that makes the axial position and the circumferential direction position of the rotating body different, and the game ball intruded into the guide groove is guided by the rotation of the rotating body. The replay stage moves to the side end face side while rolling the groove. The game ball discharged into the first holding groove is lifted with the rotation of the rotating body while being temporarily held in the first holding groove, and the rotating body is moved to a predetermined rotational position. When it reaches, the game ball that is inserted into the high-probability winning path, discharged from the first outlet, and intruded into the second holding groove is temporarily held in the second holding groove. When the rotating body reaches a predetermined rotational position, it is inserted into the low probability winning path and discharged from the second outlet.

In the present invention, the game ball lifted upward by the inclined groove formed on the peripheral surface of the rotating body quickly moves to the side end face side of the rotating body along the inclined groove, and then promptly moves to the replay stage. Will be returned.
Therefore, the game ball lifted from the first stage by the inclined groove is temporarily lost to the player because it was not held in the guide groove, but immediately after moving to the side end face side of the rotating body, Since it is returned to the first stage at an early stage, the time for losing interest can be reduced as much as possible.
Moreover, since no magnet is used, it is possible to provide an accessory device that does not cause noise in detecting fraud using the magnet.
In addition to the guide groove, a holding groove for lifting the game ball to the high probability route or the low probability route is provided, so that the selection of the route along which the game ball is carried is performed early, and there is a sense of speed. A gaming machine can be configured.

1 is a front view of a ball game machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a perspective view of a stage structure according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an elevation view of the stage structure according to the first embodiment of the present invention (however, the rotating body is omitted). The perspective view of the rotary body which concerns on 1st Example of this invention. 1 is a perspective view of a stage structure according to a first embodiment of the present invention (rotary body outer peripheral surface is front). FIG. The stage structure elevational view (game ball is a high probability route entrance) concerning the 1st example of the present invention. The perspective view of the stage structure which concerns on 1st Example of this invention (a 1st stage, a replay stage, and a rotary body are abbreviate | omitted). The perspective view of the stage structure concerning the 1st example of the present invention (the 1st stage and the replay stage are omitted). The perspective view of the rotary body which concerns on the 2nd Example of this invention. The perspective view of the stage structure concerning the 3rd example of the present invention. The perspective view of the stage structure concerning the 4th example of the present invention. Explanatory drawing of the ball game machine which has the central character apparatus in a prior art example. Explanatory drawing of the central accessory apparatus in a prior art example.

As shown in FIG. 1, the bullet ball game machine of the present invention has a game area 40 surrounded by rails 41 and the like, and an accessory device 50 is arranged at substantially the center thereof.
The accessory device 50 has an effect display unit 51 composed of a liquid crystal display device at the top, a stage unit 52 that changes the flow of the game ball at the lower part, and an effect that operates in conjunction with the display on the effect display unit 51 on the right side. The accessory 53 has an inlet 54 on the left side for allowing a game ball to enter the accessory device and lead it to the stage 52.

Further, a start winning opening 21 is arranged immediately below the center position of the central portion 52 ′ of the stage portion 52, and a game ball flowing down vertically from the center position is easy to win the start winning opening 21.
In addition, a special symbol display device 25 for displaying a lottery result associated with winning of a game ball in the start winning opening 21 is arranged on the lower right side of the game board.
In addition, a plurality of general winning ports 24 are arranged at the lower left of the game area 40, and a big winning port (attacker) 27 is arranged at the lower center.
Furthermore, at the lowermost position, an out port 30 for collecting game balls that have not won any of the above-described winning ports is arranged.
In addition, a so-called through chucker 23 in which a normal symbol is drawn when the game ball passes, a normal symbol display device 26 that displays the result of the lottery, and a second start winning opening that is opened by hitting the normal symbol lottery. A (so-called electric tulip) 22 is arranged.
In addition, the windmill 31, the obstacle nail 32, etc. are also arrange | positioned suitably.

The structure of the bullet ball game machine according to the present invention is well-known except for the accessory device 50. For example, the following game is performed.
When a game ball wins the start winning opening 21 (or the second start winning opening 22), the special symbol display device 25 starts the symbol variation display, and a predetermined number of winning balls are paid out. The effect display by the effect display unit 51 is also started in accordance with the fluctuation display of the special symbol display device 25.
Then, when the variation display of the special symbol display device 25 is stopped by a combination of specific symbols, a special gaming state in which the player can be profited is entered, and the special winning opening (attacker) 27 is opened for a predetermined number of rounds.
A predetermined number of prize balls are paid out with respect to the number of game balls won in the special winning opening (attacker) 27 during the opening of the predetermined round.
Therefore, since the player first needs to concentrate his nerves to win the game ball at the start winning opening 21, the inside of the accessory device 50 disposed above the start winning opening 21, in particular. The behavior of the game ball on the stage unit 52 is intriguing.

The configuration of the stage unit 52 in the accessory device 50 is shown in a perspective view from the upper right of FIG.
The stage portion 52 is provided below the first stage 521, the first stage 521, a second stage 522 on which a game ball derived from the first stage 521 rolls, and above the first stage And a replay stage 523 provided continuously to the first stage 521, and three stages (521, 522, 523). Among them, the replay stage 523 is provided separately on the left and right with a substantially cylindrical rotating body 55 described later interposed therebetween, and is continuous with the first stage 521 on the end 523a side.

The first stage 521 and the second stage 522 are both formed in an arcuate shape with the central portions 521a and 522a lower than the left and right end portions 521b and 522b, and the front side excluding the central portions 521a and 522a (player side) ) Are provided with guide portions 521c and 522c so that the game ball does not fall to the near side. Further, since the front side of the central portions 521a and 522a is configured to be slightly lower than the back side, the game ball can fall from the front side of the central portions 521a and 522a.
The start winning opening 21 is provided immediately below the central position of the central portion 522a of the second stage 522.

Of the replay stage 523, the right replay stage 523R is inclined downward in the direction of the right end portion continuous with the first stage, and further on the front end side (that is, the first stage side) on the right end portion side. Inclined down. On the other hand, the left replay stage 523L is inclined downward in the direction of the left end continuous to the first stage, and is further inclined downward toward the front side (that is, the first stage side) on the left end side. In this way, each replay stage is provided with a ramp that guides the game ball placed on the surface onto the first stage.
Therefore, the game balls riding on the replay stage 523 pass through the respective end portions 523a of the replay stage and are guided onto the left and right end portions 521b of the first stage 521.

Further, a part on the back side of the first stage center part 521a, a center part separating the replay stage 523 on the left and right sides, and a center part of the replay stage wall 523b erected on the rear side of the replay stage 523, Are respectively cut out, and a horizontally long fitting recess 54 is provided. FIG. 3 is a top view showing a state where the fitting recess 54 is formed in this way.
In the fitting recess 54, a substantially cylindrical rotator 55 shown in FIG. 4 is disposed with the columnar center line C as a rotation axis and the rotation axis C horizontal, and the rotator. As shown in FIG. 2, a part of the outer peripheral surface 55 is arranged at a height that is exposed on the first stage 521 and the replay stage 523.
Further, the rotating body 55 is continuously rotated at a relatively low speed by a driving mechanism (not shown) so as to rotate rightward when viewed from the right side thereof (that is, when viewed from the direction of arrow A in the figure). Therefore, from the front, that is, from the player side, the rotating body 55 appears to rotate from the lower side to the upper side of the first stage 521.

As shown in the perspective view of FIG. 4, the rotating body 55 has a substantially cylindrical shape, and is provided with guide grooves 56 that are inclined from the side end faces 551 and the side end faces 552 in the rotation direction on the outer peripheral surface thereof. (Therefore, the guide groove 56 is formed in a U-shape when viewed from the player side.)
The groove width of the guide groove 56 is such that when the game ball that has moved to the central portion 521a of the first stage 521 falls into the guide groove 56, the guide groove 56 rolls within the guide groove 56 as the rotating body 55 rotates. The groove width is such that it can move while moving. Further, the groove depth of the guide groove 56 is set to a groove depth at which the height of the groove bottom surface at the side end surfaces 551 and 552 is not lower than the height of the replay stage 523.

Further, in the portion of the rotating body 55 where the guide groove 56 is not formed, the position in the axial direction and the position in the circumferential direction are made different from each other to temporarily hold the game ball in the groove. The first holding groove 57a or the second holding groove 57b is provided with a relatively short length on the circumferential surface and a length on the axis. In the case of the present embodiment, the first holding groove 57 a is provided at the center position in the axial direction of the rotating body 55.
The first holding groove 57a and the second holding groove 57b have a groove shape that allows the game ball intruded into the first holding groove 57a and the second holding groove 57b to be lifted above the first stage as the rotating body 55 rotates. .

Further, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, a game ball stopper 58 is formed at the boundary between the first stage 521 and the replay stage 523 and facing the side end surface of the rotating body 55. ing.
The game ball stopper 58 is formed so that its front side (player side) 58a is flush with the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body 55, and its rear side 58b is lifted onto the replay stage 523. A guide surface for guiding the game ball toward the replay stage end 523a is formed. Further, the side facing the side end surfaces 551 and 552 of the rotating body 55 is erected from the peripheral edge of the fitting recess 54 to form a plane facing the side end surfaces 551 and 552, and the plane is a game ball. It is a holding surface 58c.

Therefore, as shown in the perspective view of FIG. 5, the rotating body 55 rotates, and the guide groove 56, the first holding groove 57 a, and the second holding groove 57 b on the outer peripheral surface all intersect with the first stage 521. If it is not in the position, the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body 55 rises so as to be approximately continuous from the central portion 521a of the first stage 521, and the front side (player side) 58a of the game ball stopper 58 A substantially continuous surface is formed.
In this state, the game ball on the first stage 521 can smoothly swing left and right on the first stage 521, and even if such swinging, the guide There is no intrusion into the groove 56 or the first holding groove 57a or the second holding groove 57b.

  On the other hand, the rotating body 55 rotates, and the guide groove 56 or the first holding groove 57a or the second holding groove 57b provided on the outer peripheral surface thereof moves to a position at the height of the first stage 521. In a state where it has moved to a position where it intersects with the guide groove 56, it can be recessed into the guide groove 56 or the first holding groove 57a or the second holding groove 57b.

  In order to facilitate the insertion of the game ball into the guide groove 56 or the first holding groove 57a or the second holding groove 57b, the rotating body 55 side of the first stage central portion 521a is arranged on the rotating body 55 side. An auxiliary inclined surface 521d that is inclined downward is provided. When the game ball rides on the auxiliary inclined surface 521d, the game ball moves to the left and right while being in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body 55, so that the guide groove 56 or the first holding groove 57a or the second holding groove 57b. Can move to the guide groove 56 or the first holding groove 57a or the second holding groove 57b relatively easily when the first stage 521 has moved to the height position.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the central portion of the replay stage wall 523b erected on the rear side of the replay stage 523 is notched as described above to form a part 54 ′ of the fitting recess 54. However, a part 54 a ′ of the fitting recess 54 is inserted into the fitting ball 54 a temporarily held in the first holding groove 57 a or the second holding groove 57 b as the rotating body 55 rotates. The size is set such that it can enter the recess 54.

The configuration inside the fitting recess 54 is shown in FIG. 7 with the first stage 521, the replay stage 523, and the rotating body 55 removed. 8 shows a state in which the rotating body 55 is placed with respect to FIG.
Support portions 63 and 64 that support the rotation shaft of the rotating body 55 are provided on the second stage 522.
In addition, a first guide body 61 having a concave curved surface 61a having a curvature substantially the same as that of the rotary body 55 hangs down from the rotary body 55 when viewed from the player side. Is provided.
As shown in FIG. 8, the distance between the concave curved surface 61a of the first guide body 61 and the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body 55 is such that the first holding groove 57a or the second holding groove 57b provided in the rotating body The intruded game ball is set to a distance that is held between the concave curved surface while being inserted into the first holding groove 57a or the second holding groove 57b and carried downward.

Further, below the first guide body 61, a second guide body 62 having a concave curved surface that is continuous with the second stage 522 on the front side is provided on the second stage 522.
On the second guide body 62, a pair of restricting pieces 62a are erected with an interval slightly wider than the diameter of the game ball, and the pair of restricting pieces 62a has a pair of intermediate positions at the intermediate positions. The second stage 522 is provided so as to coincide with the central position of the central portion 522a of the second stage 522, and is also provided so as to coincide with the axial position of the first holding groove 57a.
Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 7, on the upper surfaces of the two restricting pieces 62a of the second guide body 62, the game balls that fall down in the width direction of the second stage 522 and fall there A lost passage 62b that guides in the direction of the stage end is provided.

Further, a so-called warp passage (not shown) for guiding the game ball flowing down in the game area 40 to the inside of the accessory device 50 is provided at the peripheral portion of the accessory device 50. The outlet is set so as to face the left and right end portions 521b of the first stage 521 (not shown).
In addition, entrances formed by obstacle nails facing the left and right end portions 521b of the first stage are provided (not shown).
The game ball normally enters the first stage 521 from the warp passage or the entrance.

In the accessory device 50 according to the first embodiment configured as described above, the game ball that has entered the first stage 521 swings left and right on the first stage 521 according to the amount of exercise when entering, for a while. In the middle of the swing, the guide portion 521c is provided when the guide groove 56 or the first holding groove 57a or the second holding groove 57b is indented (a) and the swing is weakened. It falls into the case of falling from the front of the center portion 521a not in the direction of the starting winning port 21 below (b).
However, in the case of falling as in (b) above, the lateral position of falling is irregular for each game ball and does not necessarily drop vertically, so the probability of winning at the start winning opening 21 Is much lower than when falling through a high probability winning path, which will be described later.

On the other hand, in the case of (a) above, the game ball that has dropped (invaded) into the guide groove 56 in a timely manner has the guide groove 56 inclined from the side end surfaces 551 and 552 of the rotating body 55 toward the rotation direction. Therefore, as the rotating body 55 rotates, the rotating body 55 moves rapidly in the direction of the side end surface 551 or 552 of the rotating body 55 while rolling in the guide groove 56.
The game ball that has moved to the side end surface 551 or 552 comes into contact with the game ball holding surface 58c of the game ball stopper 58, and the movement in the lateral direction viewed from the player is temporarily stopped at that position.
However, with the rotation of the rotating body 55, the game ball is lifted upward from the stopped position while being held in the guide groove 56, and the groove surface of the guide groove 56 has the game ball stop portion. 58, the guide groove 56 moves to the replay stage 523 at a position higher than the guide surface formed on the rear surface side 58b. Thus, the time from when the game ball is temporarily stopped by the game ball stopper 58 until it is released to the replay stage is extremely short.
Then, the game ball that has moved to the replay stage 523 is discharged again onto the first stage 521 through the ramp formed on the replay stage 523, so that the player again has the first holding groove. The chance to get into 57a, that is, the chance to get into the high probability winning path can be seen again.

On the other hand, the game ball dropped (invaded) into the first holding groove 57a with good timing is lifted from the first stage 521 with the rotation of the rotating body 55 and carried into the fitting recess 54.
The game ball carried into the fitting recess 54 is further carried downward as the rotating body 55 rotates while being held between the first holding groove 57 a and the first guide body 61.
When the rotating body 55 further rotates, the space between the first holding groove 57a and the first guide body 61 becomes wider, so that the game ball a falls toward the second guide body 62.
In the falling game ball a, the center position of the first holding groove 57a and the intermediate position of the regulating piece 62a of the second guide body 62 have the same position in the width direction. Falls between the regulating pieces 62a.
The dropped game ball a rolls on the second guide body 62 while its position in the width direction is regulated by the two regulating pieces 62a, and is discharged to a central position on the second stage 522.
Since the game ball a released onto the second stage 522 rolls on the second stage 522 while maintaining the position in the width direction regulated by the regulating piece 62a, the game ball a of the second stage central portion 522a When falling from the center position, it falls almost vertically.
A start winning opening 21 is provided immediately below the center position, and the game ball a falling in this way can easily win the start winning opening.
Since the game ball intruded into the first holding groove 57a in this way passes through the high probability guide path (high probability route) R as described above, it wins a winning winning opening 21 provided below the second stage. The probability of being able to do is very large.

On the other hand, the game ball dropped (invaded) into the first holding groove 57b is lifted from the first stage 521 as the rotating body 55 rotates, and is similarly carried into the fitting recess 54.
However, since the game ball a is not positioned between the restricting pieces 62a of the second guide body 62, the restricting pieces of the second guide body 62 are not positioned in the width direction of the second holding groove 57b. It falls toward the loss passage 62b outside the 62a.
The game ball that has fallen on the slope of the lost passage 62b is released onto the second stage 522 while having a momentum in the axial direction.
Accordingly, since the game ball has a motion component in an oblique direction, the game ball can be dropped from the front of the second stage 522 with the falling direction and the falling position irregularly and dropped vertically from the center position. Almost no. Therefore, there is almost no winning in the starting winning opening 21 below.
Since the game ball intruded into the second holding groove 57b in this way passes through the low probability guide passage (low probability route) R ′ as described above, the game ball enters the start winning opening 21 provided below the second stage. The probability of winning a prize is extremely small as compared with the case of passing through the high probability route R.

As described above, the game ball that has been inserted into the guide groove 56 formed on the peripheral surface of the rotating body 55 moves along the inclination of the guide groove 56 with the rotation of the rotating body 55. After being moved quickly, it is lifted upward and returned to the replay stage 523 at an early stage.
Accordingly, the game ball that has entered the guide groove 56 loses the player's interest once it has entered the guide groove 56, but is returned to the first stage 521 at an early stage for re-challenge. Therefore, the time for losing interest can be reduced as much as possible.
Moreover, since no magnet is used, it is possible to provide the accessory device 50 that does not cause noise in detecting fraud using the magnet.

  In addition, by providing the guide groove 56 so as to be inclined from the side end faces 551 and 552 of the rotating body 55 in the rotation direction, the game ball invaded into the guide groove 56 can be quickly supplied to the side end face 551 or 552 of the rotating body. However, the specific shape of the guide groove 56 and the positions and lengths of the first holding groove 57a and the second holding groove 57b are technical matters of the present invention. Within this range, it is possible to make appropriate changes while taking into consideration the degree of the probability of entering the high probability winning path R.

In the first embodiment, since the guide groove 56 is provided in a substantially square shape when viewed from the player side, the game ball intruded into the guide groove 56 is on the both end surface sides as the rotating body 55 rotates. Move to.
On the other hand, in the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, the guide groove 56 is formed in a straight line so that the left end face side is inclined forward and the right end face side is inclined rearward.
If it does in this way, all the game balls intruded into this guide groove 56 will move to the left end surface 551 side with rotation of this rotary body 55. FIG. Therefore, the right replay stage 523R as viewed from the player side can be omitted.
On the other hand, when the guide groove 56 is inclined from the right end face side toward the front and the left end face side away from the player side when viewed from the player side, the game ball inserted into the guide groove 56 rotates. Since the body 55 moves to the right end surface 552 side as the body 55 rotates, the left replay stage 523L as viewed from the player side can be omitted.
Thus, while the guide groove 56 is formed in a straight line and one of the replay stages 523 is omitted, the axial length of the rotating body 55 and the rolling distance of the game ball on the replay stage 523 can be increased. Therefore, it is possible to effectively use a narrow space in the accessory device such as enabling a more dynamic game ball operation.

Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the game ball stopper 58 in the first embodiment is omitted, and the game has moved in the direction of the side end surfaces 551 to 552 by the replay stage end surface 523a forming the fitting recess 54 of the replay stage 523. It can also be configured such that the sphere can be temporarily stopped.
Also in this case, as in the first embodiment, the game ball is lifted onto the replay stage end surface 523a as the rotating body 55 rotates, so that the game ball is released onto the replay stage 523, and the upper surface thereof. In this way, the first stage 521 is returned to the first stage 521 through the ramp formed in the first step.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the second stage 522 is provided. However, the second stage 522 is not necessarily provided. As a fourth embodiment, as shown in FIG. The first outlet 70a is provided immediately above the 21 and the outflow side of the high probability winning passage is communicated with the first outlet 70a. Further, the first outlet 70a is shifted slightly from the position directly above the start winning opening 21 to the horizontal position, or the high probability By providing the second outlet 70b above the first outlet 70a of the winning passage and connecting the second outlet 70b to the outflow side of the low probability winning passage, the same effect as the second stage 522 is obtained. It can be configured.
Further, in the above embodiment, the start winning opening 21 is provided immediately below the center position of the first stage 521 or the second stage 522. However, the starting winning opening 21 is not particularly required, and even if this is a simple winning opening. The same effect can be obtained.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 Game board 21 Starting winning opening 40 Game area 50 Central-use apparatus 52 Stage structure 521 1st stage 522 2nd stage 523 Replay stage 54 Fitting recessed part 55 Rotating body 551,552 Side end face 56 of rotating body 56 Guide groove 57a 1st holding | maintenance Groove 57d Second holding groove 58 Game ball stopper 61 First guide body 62 Second guide body 62a Restriction piece 62b Loss passage 70a First exit (high probability route exit)
70b 2nd exit (low probability route exit)
a Game Ball R High probability route

Claims (1)

A first stage that receives a game ball flowing down in the game area, rolls on the surface of the game ball, and drops downward, a winning opening provided below the first stage, and an upper side of the first stage A replay stage having a ramp for returning the game ball to the first stage, a first outlet opening below the first stage and immediately above the winning opening, and a game ball to the first outlet A high probability winning path having a guiding path for guiding to the exit, a high probability winning path having a guiding path for guiding the game ball to the exit, and a second outlet opening below the first stage and obliquely above the winning opening. And a low probability winning path having a guide path for guiding the game ball to the second exit, and a game ball rolling on the first stage to either the replay stage or the high probability winning path. Approximate circle to distribute A rotating body shape, a ball-shooting game machine having a
The rotating body is pivotally supported so as to rotate to the right when viewed from the right side of the rotating body around a horizontal central axis, and a part of the outer peripheral surface thereof is located above the first stage and the replay stage. It is arranged to be exposed to
On the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body, a guide groove that is provided to be inclined in the rotation direction from one side end surface of the rotating body to the other side end surface, and a game ball can be temporarily held. A first holding groove and a second holding groove that is different from the first holding groove in the axial and circumferential positions of the rotating body;
The game ball intruded into the guide groove moves to the side end face side while rolling the guide groove as the rotating body rotates, and is discharged onto the replay stage, and falls into the first holding groove. The entered game ball rises with the rotation of the rotating body while being temporarily held in the first holding groove, and enters the high probability winning path when the rotating body reaches a predetermined rotation position. The game ball discharged from the first outlet and inserted into the second holding groove rises with the rotation of the rotating body while being temporarily held in the second holding groove, and the rotating body When the ball reaches a predetermined rotational position, it is inserted into the low probability winning path and discharged from the second outlet.

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