JP2787722B2 - Gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a ball supply tray for receiving a ball discharged from a discharge device and storing a ball to be supplied to a hitting ball firing device side, and overflowing from the ball supply plate. The present invention relates to a gaming machine having a ball storage dish for receiving and storing a dropped ball.

<Conventional Technology> Conventionally, a pachinko machine has been widely known as a gaming machine that performs a game by bouncing a small ball, and a pachinko machine performing such a bouncing game requires a mechanism for bouncing a ball. ,
It is also important to have a mechanism for storing a ball borrowed from a game store by a player or a prize ball acquired by a game. For this reason, a ball hole is opened at the bottom of the ball storage dish, a shutter member is provided in the ball hole, and the ball hole is opened when the player moves the ball hole operation unit of the shutter member by hand. A pachinko machine capable of easily extracting a ball from a ball storage dish is known from Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 62-116776. In such a pachinko machine, the shutter member is urged by a spring so that the ball hole is always closed. Therefore, in order to extract the ball from the ball storage dish, the ball removing operation portion of the shutter member must be manually pressed against the bias of the spring.

Also, in some cases, the ball stored in the ball supply tray that supplies the ball for launching to the hitting ball firing mechanism is withdrawn. Is provided separately from the ball-pulling operation unit provided in the above.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> Therefore, in the conventional pachinko machine, when the game is ended and the ball is exchanged for a prize, or when the ball is moved to another pachinko machine, the ball is still in the ball supply tray. In the case where the ball remains, it is necessary to operate the ball removing operation section of the ball supply tray and the ball removing operation section of the ball storage dish, which is troublesome. In addition, since the ball removal operation must be performed from two of the ball supply plate and the ball storage plate, there is a case where only the ball storage plate is removed and the ball supply plate is inadvertently forgotten. .

<Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and receives a ball discharged from a discharging device (for example, a prize ball discharging device 10) and supplies the ball to a hit ball launching device (5). In a game machine (for example, a pachinko machine 1) having a ball supply tray (9) for storing balls and a ball storage plate (4) for receiving and storing balls overflowing from the ball supply plate, the ball supply tray has Ball outlet (25) for letting the ball into the ball storage dish
And a flow path switching member (27) provided corresponding to the ball opening and convertable between a first state in which the ball opening is closed and a second state in which the ball opening is opened. A first electric drive source (for example, a first solenoid 35) that is linked to the ball-shaped switching member, and a ball hole (41) for extracting a ball stored in the ball storage dish. ), And a shutter member (45) that can be converted into a first state in which the shutter hole is closed and a second state in which the ball hole is opened, and a second electricity that is linked to the shutter member and enables the shutter member to perform a conversion operation. A dynamic drive source (for example, a second solenoid 58) and drive control means (a control device 64 for removing a ball) for controlling the drive of the first electrical drive source and the second electrical drive source. The drive control means is configured to perform the first Air driving source and actuating the second electrical drive source, and the flow path switching member and said shutter member from both the first state to be converted into the second state.

<Operation> According to the gaming machine configured as described above, when the ball-pulling signal is input to the drive control means, the drive control means receiving the signal controls the first electric drive source and the second electric drive source. Since the action sources are operated together, the flow path switching member of the ball supply tray is changed from the first state to the second state, and the shutter member of the ball storage dish is also changed from the first state to the second state. The ball in the supply tray flows down from the ball outlet to the ball storage tray, and the ball drain hole of the ball storage tray is opened, and the ball in the ball storage tray falls from the drain hole.

<Example> Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pachinko machine 1 as a game machine for playing a ball game has a ball storage plate 4 and an operation of a ball launching device 5 on a front surface of a decorative panel 3 attached to a lower portion of a front frame 2. A ball supply tray 9 is provided on the surface of an opening / closing panel 8 which is pivotally mounted on a window of the front frame 2 together with a glass frame 7 so as to be openable and closable. A prize ball discharge gutter 11 for connecting the lower end to the ball supply tray 9 and discharging the ball flowing down from the prize ball discharge device 10 to the ball supply tray 9, and an upper end to the ball supply tray 9 and the prize ball discharge gutter 11. The lower end communicates with the ball storage tray 4, and when the ball supply tray 9 is full of balls, the prize ball discharge gutter.
An overflow gutter 12 for causing the ball from 11 to overflow to the ball storage tray 4 and a ball drain gutter 13 for flowing the ball in the ball supply tray 9 to the ball storage tray 4 are provided. Is provided with an overflow detector 14, and when the detector 14 detects an overflow,
Is configured to stop operating.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the ball supply tray 9 has an upper plate main body 17 having a shallow plate portion 15 having a bottom surface inclined down to one side and a ball alignment portion 16 formed at an inclined lower portion. A front decoration member 18 covering a lower front part of the upper plate main body 17;
The upper surface decorative member 19 covers the periphery of the dish portion 17 of FIG.
Is attached to the front side of the opening / closing panel 8 in a state where it is communicated with the opening / closing panel 8. As shown in FIG. 6, a case 21 is mounted on the back side of the opening / closing panel 8, and the inside of the case 21 communicates with the ball passage port 20 on the upstream side and a ball supply port (not shown) on the downstream side. A ball guide path 22 communicating with the ball guide path 22 is formed, and a ball supply member 23, which is a main component of the ball supply apparatus, is axially attached to a downstream end of the ball guide path 22 and an upstream portion of the ball supply port by a shaft 24. A ball outlet 25 is opened on the upstream side of the ball supply member 23, and the ball outlet 25
From the lower end of the spherical flow passage 26 to communicate with the ball drain gutter 13 to form a ball empty passage,
25 is provided with a flow path switching member 27 for opening and closing the ball opening 25. The flow path switching member 27 is a plate-like body slidably supported by the support portion 28 of the case 21, and a pin 29 protruding from one side edge projects to the front side of the upper plate main body 17. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, on the front side of the upper plate main body 17, a leg 30 extending laterally downward from the base end is provided.
A pivot member 33 having a longitudinal groove 32 formed at the lower end of the support shaft 31
The pin 29 of the flow path switching member 27 is loosely fitted in the groove 32 of the rotating member 33, and is electrically driven in the middle of the leg 31 of the rotating member 33. A plunger of a first solenoid 35 provided as a source is connected, and one end of a coil spring 36 is connected as a biasing member. The lower end pressing portion of the push button type manual operation portion 37 provided on the upper surface decorative member 19 is made to face the receiving piece 30 of the rotating member 33 from above. Under normal conditions, the flow path switching member 27 is
Are biased to one side, and the first state of closing the ball opening 25 is maintained as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. Therefore,
The balls thrown into the plate portion 15 of the ball supply plate 9 flow down the ball guide path 22 from the ball passage opening 20 of the opening and closing panel 8 in a state where they are aligned in a line by the ball alignment portion 16, and the first ball is As shown in FIG. 6, it comes into contact with the ball supply member 23 and stops. In this state, the hitting ball firing device 5 is operated, and the ball supply member 23 swings about the shaft 24 by the reciprocating rotation of the firing rod 5 ′ to move one ball from the ball supply port to the firing position of the firing rail. Supply. On the other hand, when the ball in the ball supply tray 9 is pulled out to the ball storage
Operate 37 or excite the first solenoid 35. When a desired amount of balls in the ball supply tray 9 are to be dropped into the ball storage tray 4 during the game, the manual operation unit 37 is operated to end the game and exchange the prizes or move to another pachinko machine. In such a case, the ball in the ball storage dish 4 is simultaneously pulled out.
To excite. When the manual operation part 37 is pressed, the pressing part presses the receiving piece 30 downward, so that the rotating member 33 rotates from the state shown in FIG. 7 to the state shown in FIG.
27 is slid to the right in FIG. 6 to change to the second state in which the ball opening 25 is opened. Therefore, the ball guide path 22, the ball alignment section
The ball 16 and the ball in the plate portion 15 flow down in the ball draining gutter 13 from the ball draining port 25 via the ball flow path 26, and are dropped into the ball storage tray 4. When the hand is released from the manual operation unit 37, the rotating member 33 is returned and rotated by the bias of the coil spring 36, whereby the flow path switching member 27 slides in the opposite direction to the above to open the ball outlet 25. It returns to the first state of closing. Further, when the first solenoid 35 is excited, the plunger rotates the rotating member 33, so that the flow path switching member 27 slides and the ball opening 25 is opened in the same manner as when the manual operation part 37 is operated. Convert to two states. Therefore, the balls in the ball guide path 22, the ball alignment section 16, and the dish section 15 flow down the ball drain gutter 13 from the ball drain port 25 through the ball flow path 26, and are discharged into the ball storage tray 4. . Then, when the first solenoid 35 is demagnetized, the coil spring
Since the rotating member 33 is returned and rotated by the urging of 36, the flow path switching member 27 returns to return to the first state in which the ball opening 25 is closed. Note that the first solenoid 35 is electrically connected to a control device described later, and is excited by power supply from the control device.

The ball storage tray 4 shown in the drawing is integrally provided with an ashtray 38, and has a plastic base 39, a concave ball storage portion 42 having an upper surface and a back surface opened and a ball hole 41 opened at a bottom portion 40. An ashtray storage space is formed, and a substantially arcuate first upper surface member 43 is provided at a large upper surface opening on the ball storage portion 42 side, and a substantially triangular second upper surface member 44 is provided at a small upper surface opening next to the ashtray storage space. A shutter member 45 for opening and closing the ball hole 41, an electric drive source for driving the shutter member 45, and the like are provided on the bottom portion 40 of the ball storage portion 42, and a ball hole operation switch 46 as the ball hole operation means. Is provided on the front left side of the base 39 (FIG. 1), an indicator 47 made of an LED or the like is provided on the first upper surface member 43, and the ashtray 38 is overturned in the ashtray storage space.

The shutter member 45 can be converted into a first state in which the hole 41 is closed and a second state in which the hole 41 is opened.
As shown in FIG. 10, it is a plate-like body having a semicircular spherical section 48 formed at one end, and a guide groove 49 and a manual operation section 50 at one side edge.
The other side edge is formed with an engaging portion 51 in which small irregularities are arranged, and a guide hole 52 is formed in the rear end portion on the back side.
The support member 53 that slidably supports the shutter member 45 is a rectangular casing having a ball passage hole 54 having an inner diameter substantially the same size as the ball hole 41 on one side of the bottom. On the side, a drive source storage part 55 for storing the electric drive source is formed, and on the opposite side, a low guide wall 56 is formed in the longitudinal direction,
At substantially the center, a guide shaft 57 that passes through the guide hole 52 of the shutter member 45 is provided. In the embodiment shown in the drawings, a plunger-type second solenoid 58 is used as an electric drive source that enables the conversion operation of the shutter member 45, and the plunger of the second solenoid 58 includes an operating member.
An engaging portion 60 is formed by attaching small irregularities on one side of the operating member 59. Drive source storage section described above
The second solenoid 58 is housed in the shutter 55, and the shutter member 45 is superimposed on the support member 53 in a state where the guide wall 56 of the support member 53 is fitted in the guide groove 32 of the shutter member 45, and the guide hole is formed.
The guide shaft 57 is inserted into the
When the engaging portion 60 of the shutter member 45 is engaged (engaged) with the engaging portion 51 of the shutter member 45, the shutter member 45 is movably supported along the guide wall 56 and the guide shaft 57. When the shutter member 45 and the second solenoid 58 are mechanically connected as described above, the return spring 61 of the second solenoid 58 functioning as an urging member urges the shutter member 45 to one side. In the normal state in which the second solenoid 58 is demagnetized by the bias, the shutter member 45 maintains the first state in which the ball hole 41 is closed. In addition, the engaging portion of the shutter member 45
The engagement position between the engagement portion 60 of the operating member 59 and the engagement portion 60 is appropriately adjusted so that the shutter member 45 reliably closes the ball hole 41 by the bias of the spring 61 in a state where the second solenoid 58 is demagnetized.

In the embodiment shown in the drawings, a ball box is provided below the ball storage dish 4.
A ball box detecting means for detecting whether or not 62 is placed is provided. The ball box detecting means may have any configuration as long as it has a function of detecting whether or not the ball box 62 is present at a predetermined position (the position where the ball falls) below the ball storage dish 4. 1 and 2, the light emitting element 63a is provided on the lower surface of the ball storage tray 4, and the light receiving element 63b is provided on a shelf in front of the pachinko machine 1 or a portion where the lower frame of the machine frame of the pachinko machine 1 is extended. The presence of the spherical box 62 is detected based on whether the light from the light emitting element 63a is received by the light receiving element 63b or whether the light from the light emitting element 63a is blocked by the spherical box 62. Another embodiment of the ball-box detecting means is provided with a weight detector 63c on a shelf in front of the pachinko machine 1 or on a portion of the pachinko machine 1 where the lower frame of the machine frame is extended. Is configured to detect the presence of the ball box 62 based on whether or not the weight of the ball box 62 is detected. It should be noted that any of the ball box detecting means is connected to the control device 64, and the control device 64 which functions as a drive control means for performing drive control of an electric drive source (second solenoid 58) for removing balls from the ball storage tray 4 is provided. Based on the ball-box detection information, the controller 64 determines whether or not the ball-pulling operation is possible. When the ball-pulling signal transmitted from the ball-pulling operation switch 46 or the like is received, if the ball-box is not detected, the first solenoid The drive control of the 35 and the second solenoid 58 is not performed.

In the ball storage tray 4 having the above-described configuration, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 11, the shutter member 45 normally advances by the bias of the return spring 61, and the ball removal hole 41 and the ball passage hole
Stop in the first state in which 54 is closed. Therefore, in this state, when the balls are filled in the ball supply tray 9 and the balls flowing down from the prize ball discharge device 10 are discharged into the ball storage portion 42 of the ball storage plate 4 via the overflow gutter 12, these balls are discharged. The sphere is stored in the sphere storage unit 42 without being dropped from the ball hole 41.

When the ball is filled in the ball storage part 42 or the ball in the ball storage part 42 is taken out for exchange for a prize, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. The ball box 62 is placed in the box, and the push button 46 'of the ball removing operation switch 46 is manually pressed to turn on the switch 46. On the other hand, a ball box 62
When the ball release operation switch 46 is turned on in a state in which the second solenoid is not placed, the second solenoid, which is the second electric drive source,
Since the necessary condition for performing the drive control of 58 is not satisfied, the control device 64 operates the indicator 47 of the ball storage dish 4 without supplying power to any of the first and second solenoids 35 and 58,
For example, a character such as "Please set the ball box" is displayed to alert the player. The display 47 may be a light-emitting display such as a light-emitting diode, or a configuration in which a seal on which a message is written is illuminated from behind with light such as a lamp. Further, at this time, not only a visual display on the display 47 but also a sound such as "Please set the ball box" may be issued by a speaker to call attention to the auditory sense.

On the other hand, when the ball release operation switch 46 is turned on in a state where the ball box 62 is placed below the ball storage dish 4, the control device 64 controls the first solenoid 35 and the second solenoid 58 based on a signal from the switch 46. To excite. When the first solenoid 35 is excited, the passage switching member 27 opens the ball outlet 25 as described above, so that the balls in the ball supply tray 9 flow down into the ball storage tray 4. When the second solenoid 58 is excited, the ball storage dish 4
The shutter member 45 is moved (retreats) to make the ball hole 41 and the ball passage hole 54 communicate with each other to be changed to the second state of opening. For this reason, the balls in the ball storage dish 4 (including the balls flowing down from the ball supply tray 9) fall from the ball removal holes 41 through the ball passage holes 54, and
It is stored in the ball box 62. All the balls in the ball storage plate 4 are in the ball box 62
When the ball storage tray 4 is emptied and the inside of the ball storage tray 4 becomes empty, the push button 46 'of the ball removal operation switch 46 is pressed again. When the push button 46 'is pressed again, the ball release operation switch 46 is turned off, so that the first solenoid 35 and the second solenoid 58 are demagnetized. Therefore, the flow path switching member 27 of the ball supply tray 9 returns to the first state in which the ball removal port 25 is closed by the bias of the coil spring 36, and the shutter member 45 of the ball storage tray 4 rotates by the return spring 61. It moves forward and returns to the first state in which the ball hole 41 is closed.

The above operation causes the shutter member 45 to move to the second solenoid 58.
This is an operation in a case where it is desired to maintain the second state by the operation and continuously open the ball hole 41. However, in this embodiment, since the manual operation unit 50 is provided, this manual operation unit 50 is When the shutter member 45 is moved by direct operation with the hand, the ball hole 41 is opened only while the player is operating the manual operation unit 50, and the ball storage hole 4 is held in the ball storage plate 4 in the same manner as in the conventional ball hole mechanism. You can pull out the ball. When all or a desired amount of the balls in the ball storage dish 4 have been extracted, the manual operation unit 50
When the user releases his / her hand, the shutter member 45 automatically advances by the bias of the return spring 61, and returns to the first state in which the ball hole 41 is closed.

In the embodiment described above, after the ball is completely removed, the push button 46 'is operated again to return the flow path switching member 27 of the ball supply tray 9 and the shutter member 45 of the ball storage tray 4 from the second state to the first state. Although the configuration is made such that the flow path switching member 27 and the shutter member 45 are automatically returned to the first state when the ball is pulled out. To this end, for example, as shown in FIG. 11, photo-type ball passage detectors 65a and 65b are provided facing the ball passage hole 54 of the support member 53, and the ball passage detectors 65a and 65b are controlled by a control device. Connect to 64 and control device 6
4 has a timer. When the player presses the push button 46 ', the ball release operation switch 46 is turned on, and the first solenoid 35 and the second solenoid 58 are excited, whereby the flow path switching member
27 and the shutter member 45 are converted to the second state,
Then, the emptying of the ball storage dish 4 is started. Therefore, the spheres in the sphere supply tray 9 flow down into the sphere storage tray 4, and the spheres in the sphere storage tray 4 drop into the lower ball box 62 through the ball passage holes 54. At this time, when the sphere passes through the sphere passage hole 54, the sphere acts on the sphere passage detector 65, thereby the sphere passage detector 65
Is turned on and sends a ball passing signal to the controller 64, and the ball passing hole
When the ball passing through 54 stops, the ball passage detector 65 is turned off and the ball passage signal is stopped. When the control device 64 stops receiving the ball passing signal, it starts a timer, and deactivates the first solenoid 35 and the second solenoid 58 when a predetermined time (for example, 10 seconds) set in advance in the timer elapses.
Accordingly, when a predetermined time of 10 seconds elapses after the balls in the ball storage dish 4 all fall into the ball box 62 through the ball passage holes 54 and become empty, the shutter member 45 is demagnetized by the second solenoid 58. Returns from the second state to the first state,
Close 41. For this reason, even if the player leaves the pachinko machine 1 without operating the push button 46 'separately, by the time the next player plays with the pachinko machine 1, the ball hole 41 is securely closed, and the ball is supplied. A trouble in which balls in the plate 9 and the ball storage plate 4 drop out carelessly can be avoided. In addition, in order to reliably detect if even one ball to be extracted passes,
A plurality of sphere passage detectors 65 may be provided, or the shape of the flow path through which the sphere passes may be elongated so that the optical axis of the light emitting element is always cut off when the sphere passes.

Further, in the pachinko machine 1, as shown in FIG. 12, a control device 64 for removing balls is connected to a control device 66 for games, and a special game state in which a large amount of prize balls can be discharged in a short time occurs. When the ball is generated, a command to remove the ball from the ball storage plate 4 is transmitted from the game control device 66 to the control device 64, and the control device 64 receiving the signal sends the ball box 62 below the ball storage plate 4. Is set as a condition (that is, the condition that the ball box detecting means detects the ball box 62), and the control device 64 for emptying the ball automatically activates the second solenoid 58. . Thus, the shutter member 45 is automatically converted to the second state without waiting for the operation of the player, the balls in the ball storage tray 4 are extracted into the ball box 62, and the balls overflow from the ball supply tray 9 one after another. The coming prize ball is dropped into the ball box 62. In this way, even if a large amount of prize balls are ejected in the special game, the balls do not accumulate in the ball storage plate 4, so that the overflow detector 14
And the operation of the hit ball launching device 5 is stopped, so that the special game can be prevented from being interrupted on the way, and the privilege of the special game can be sufficiently enjoyed.

Note that the control device 64 for removing balls may be integrally formed with the control device 66 for games. Further, the ball box detecting means is a ball box 62.
If a special game right is generated in a state in which the ball is not detected, the controller 64 does not excite the second solenoid 58, and "set the ball box" on the indicator 47 of the ball storage plate 4. Display a message such as

Further, as shown in FIG. 3 (B), a front frame detector 67 is provided at the lower end of the opening of the machine frame with the detector facing forward, and this front frame detector 67 is attached to the front frame 2. Even when the closing is not detected, that is, when the front frame 2 does not press the detector,
The control device 64 may stop exciting the first solenoid 35 and the second solenoid 58 for removing balls. further,
When the ball removing operation switch 46 is pressed to perform the ball removing operation, the flow path switching member 27 is converted to the second state, the supply of the ball to the hit ball launching device 5 is cut off, and the game is interrupted. During the special game state, the fact that the special game state has not occurred is added to the execution condition of the ball removing operation so that the operation by the ball removal signal from the ball removal operation switch 46 is not performed. You may do it. Alternatively, by adding a condition for restricting the operation of the first solenoid 35 while the special game state is occurring, a ball removal signal from the ball removal operation switch 46 is received during the special game state. The control device 64 may drive only the second solenoid 58 and perform only the ball removing operation on the ball storage tray 4.

Note that, in the present invention, the electric drive source for driving the flow path switching member 27 and the shutter member 45 is not limited to the solenoid.
Any structure can be used as long as it can be driven, and the mechanical transmission means for linking the electric drive source and the shutter member 45 is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, the electric drive source may be a motor with a speed reducer, and a gear attached to an output shaft of the motor may mesh with a rack gear formed on one side edge of the flow path switching member 27 or the shutter member 45.

Further, the ball removing operation switch 46 may be provided separately for the ball supply tray 9 and the ball storage tray 4 so that the electric drive sources 35 and 58 can be operated separately.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, according to the present invention, when a ball removal signal is input to the drive control means, the drive control means having received the signal removes the first electric drive source and the second electric drive source. Since the active action sources are operated together, the flow path switching member of the ball supply tray is changed from the first state to the second state, and the shutter member of the ball storage dish is also converted from the first state to the second state, The ball in the ball supply tray flows down from the ball outlet into the ball storage tray, and the ball drain hole of the ball storage tray is opened, and the ball in the ball storage tray falls from the ball drain hole. There is no need to separately operate the ball-pulling operation unit of the supply tray and the ball-pulling operation unit of the ball storage tray, and it is possible to reduce the labor of the ball-pulling operation of the player and to remove the ball from the ball supply tray. It also prevents players from accidentally forgetting.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is a front view of a pachinko machine, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the pachinko machine, FIG. 3 (A) is a schematic rear view of the pachinko machine, FIG. (B) is a perspective view with the front frame opened, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the ball supply tray, FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the ball supply tray, and FIG. 6 is a case attached to the back side of the open / close panel. 7 and 8 are perspective views of a rotary member and a first solenoid for operating a flow path switching member that opens and closes a ball outlet, and FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a ball storage dish. Perspective view, FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a ball storage dish in a state where a shutter member and a support member are disassembled, FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view near a ball hole of the ball storage dish, and FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of a ball storage dish. ,
FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a state in which a shutter member is incorporated in a support member, and FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing connections of respective devices. In the figure, 1 is a pachinko machine, 4 is a ball storage dish, 5 is a ball launching device, 9 is a ball supply dish, 25 is a ball outlet, 27 is a channel switching member,
Reference numeral 35 denotes a first solenoid, 41 denotes a hole for removing a ball, 45 denotes a shutter member, 58 denotes a second solenoid, and 64 denotes a control device for removing a ball.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A ball supply tray for receiving a ball discharged from a discharge device and storing a ball to be supplied to a hit ball launching device side, and a ball storage plate for receiving and storing a ball overflowing from the ball supply plate. In a gaming machine, a ball ejection port for letting balls in the ball supply tray flow out to the ball storage dish, a first state provided corresponding to the ball ejection port, and a ball ejection port closed and a ball ejection port. A flow path switching member convertible to a second state of opening, a first electric drive source associated with the flow path switching member and enabling a switching operation of the flow path switching member, and a ball storage dish. A shutter member capable of being converted into a first state of closing a ball hole for extracting a stored ball and a second state of opening the ball hole, and a conversion operation of the shutter member linked to the shutter member. Enable second electricity A drive source; and drive control means for controlling the drive of the first electric drive source and the second electric drive source. The first electric drive source and the second electric drive source are operated to change both the flow path switching member and the shutter member from a first state to a second state. Machine.