JP2868510B2 - Ball game machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a specific game state which is generated on condition that a ball is hit into a starting winning opening, and when the specific game state is reached, at least a fixed number of variable prize ball devices are won. The present invention relates to a ball and ball game machine having a control circuit for controlling a ball to be released until a ball is generated.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, for example, a specific game state has been generated on condition that a hit ball has been won in a starting winning opening, and when the specific game state has been reached, at least a fixed number of prize balls are set in a variable winning ball device. A ball-and-roll game machine that controls a control circuit including a microcomputer so as to be opened until it is generated and enjoys a more complicated game is provided on the market. In such a ball game machine, wiring from a starting winning ball detector provided in connection with a starting winning opening, wiring from a winning number detector provided in connection with a variable winning ball device, and other wiring. Rather than directly connecting the wiring from the electrical components to the control board on which the control circuit is formed, for example, the wiring is fixed to the back of the game board, or to the back of the winning ball set cover that is fixed to the back of the game board. Each was connected via the relay terminal board.

[0003]

However, when a large number of electrical devices are provided on the game board or the front frame, the number of wires is inevitably increased. In the connection work of the connection terminals provided on the relay board, even a skilled worker sometimes made incorrect wiring.
In particular, in a ball game machine that generates a specific gaming state, the wiring from the starting winning ball detector provided in the starting winning opening and the wiring from the winning number detector provided in connection with the variable winning ball device are Since it is also provided in such a kind of ball-and-ball game machine, the connection between the wiring from the starting winning ball detector and the wiring from the winning number detector does not allow erroneous wiring. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a ball game machine capable of eliminating erroneous wiring in a work of connecting a wiring of a start winning ball detector and a wiring of a winning number detector. Is to provide.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to the present invention, a specific game state is generated on condition that a ball is hit into the starting winning opening, and the specific game state is established. In a ball game machine equipped with a control circuit for controlling the variable winning ball device to open until at least a certain number of winning balls are generated, a starting winning ball detection for detecting a hit ball winning the starting winning port. The wiring of the container and the wiring of the winning number detector for detecting a fixed number of hit balls that have won the variable winning ball device are wiring of different colors.

[0005] With the above configuration, the color of the wiring of the winning prize detector is different from the color of the wiring of the winning prize detector. It is possible to distinguish whether the wiring is for the winning number detector, and it is possible to prevent erroneous wiring.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, a ball game machine according to an embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
5 and 6 show a pachinko game machine as an example of a ball game machine, FIG. 5 is a front view thereof, and FIG. 6 is a schematic rear view thereof.

In FIG. 5, a door holding frame 3 is provided around an opening of a front frame 2 formed in a frame shape of the pachinko gaming machine 1, and glass plates 4a, 4b ( A glass door frame 4 and a front door plate 5 that house the door frame 4 (see FIG. 4) are pivotally connected to be openable and closable. On the back of the front frame 2, a game board 10
A game board holding frame 26 (see FIG. 6) to which a firing rail or the like (not shown) is attached is fixed. The front door plate 5 includes:
A hit ball supply tray 6 is attached. The hit ball supply tray 6
It is configured to store prize balls discharged from a prize ball dispensing device 36 described later and guide the stored pachinko balls to a hit ball firing rail one by one. Further, a speaker 7 as a sound generating device is accommodated in a space below the hit ball supply tray 6 on the upstream side. The speaker 7 is activated when a specific gaming state is set or when a starting winning opening 14a to be described later.
When a prize ball is generated at 14c, the special prize opening 56, or the like,
This is for generating a sound effect for raising the atmosphere of the game.

Below the front frame 2, an operation handle 8 for driving a pachinko ball into a game area 12 of a game board 10;
A surplus ball tray 9 for storing surplus prize balls is attached. A hit ball launching device 40 is fixed to the lower back surface of the front frame 2 so as to correspond to the operation handle 8. This hit ball launching device 40 is mounted on a mounting board 41,
A ball motor 42 that rotates at a constant speed;
A rotary cam 43 fixed to the rotary shaft
And a ball-feeding slider 44 that reciprocates to engage and engages a ball-feeding piece of a ball-feeding device (not shown) that engages with the lower end of the ball-feeding rod 44 to reciprocate and hit a ball. Moving rod 4
5

On the surface of the game board 10, there are provided a guide rail 11 for guiding hit balls to a game area 12, a number of obstacle nails (not shown), various winning ball devices, and the like. More specifically, in the game area 12 of the game board 10, a variable prize ball device 50 as a main game device, a start prize device 13 as a sub game device, windmill lamp devices 16a and 16b, game effect display devices 21a and 21b. , Winning openings 18a, 18b,
19a and 19b, a windmill 20, an outlet 25, and the like are provided.

A variable winning ball device 5 as the main gaming device
7 has a mounting board 51 mounted on the game board 10 as shown in detail in FIG. 7, and a rectangular winning area 52 is formed in the center of the mounting board 51. A pair of movable members 53a, 53b are rotatably supported by pivot shafts 65a, 65b on the left and right sides of the center of the winning area 52, and the movable members 53a, 53b are easy to receive hit balls into the winning area 52. And a second state in which hit balls are not accepted. That is, the movable member 53
a and 53b are controlled to be opened and closed by solenoids 66a and 66b, which are electric driving sources to be described later. Further, inside the winning area 52, upper guide plates 54a, 54 are provided.
b and the sorting device 55 are arranged.

The sorting device 55 is driven by a drive motor 70, which will be described later, which is an electric drive source, so as to open a mouth vertically at a central portion. When driven, the winning device guided by the upper guide plates 54a and 54b. A part of the ball enters the mouth and is guided to a specific winning opening 56 described later. The winning balls guided by the upper guide plates 54a and 54b are guided backward.

Further, below the prize area 52, there are provided a plurality of prize holes through which a part of the hit ball received by the movable members 53a and 53b wins. Are the normal winning openings 57a and 57b. The specific winning port 56 has a specific winning ball detector 74
(See FIG. 1) are provided integrally.

Further, on the upper part of the variable winning ball device 50, a front decorative plate 58 is provided so as to protrude therefrom.
A winning opening 59 is formed on the upper rear surface of the player, and a predetermined number of opening / closing cycles are performed when a specific game state described later is performed and a predetermined number of opening / closing cycles are performed. A game effect LED 61 for notifying that the player is in a game state is provided. The center left and right sides of the mounting board 51 are formed so as to extend in the horizontal direction. The extending portion displays the number of winning balls that have won the variable winning ball device 50 during one opening and closing cycle. Number display 6
2a and 62b are provided, and game effect lamps 64a and 64b for notifying that the game is in a special game state are provided. Decorative lens covers 63a, 63b made of colored translucent material are adhered to the front surfaces of the game effect lamps 64a, 64b.

On the other hand, the back of the variable winning ball device 50 is shown in FIG.
The structure is as shown in FIG. That is, at the rear ends of the rotating shafts 65a and 65b of the movable members 53a and 53b,
The operating members 68a and 68b are engaged, and the plungers 67a and 67b of the solenoids 66a and 66b are connected to the operating members 68a and 68b. Then, return springs 69a, 69 connected to the operating members 68a, 68b
9b, the movable members 53a, 53b are constantly urged in the closing direction, and when the solenoids 66a, 66b are excited, the plungers 67a, 67b are attracted to rotate the rotary shaft 65.
a and 65b are rotated to open the movable members 53a and 53b. A drive motor 70 for driving the distribution device 55 is disposed in front of the solenoids 66a and 66b, and a relay terminal board 71 is mounted between the drive motor 70 and the solenoids 66a and 66b.

The solenoids 66a and 66b, the drive motor 70, the continuation number display 60, and the game effect LED 6 are connected to a connector group 72 provided on the relay terminal board 71.
1. Wiring from the winning number indicators 62a, 62b and the gaming effect lamps 64a, 64b are once connected, and the relay terminal board 9 described later is connected to the external terminal of the connector group 72.
The wiring 73 that connects to the main gaming device connector group 91 of No. 0 is connected.

The movable member 53 of the variable winning ball device 50
a and 53b are controlled to be opened and closed by solenoids 66a and 66b, but may be slid in the lateral direction, or may be opened and closed in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the game board 10. It may be constituted by a plate.

The variable winning ball device 50 having the above-described configuration.
In the above, when a hit ball is won in the starting winning ports 14a to 14c, the variable winning ball is responded to a detection output of a starting winning ball detector 75a to 75c described later provided in association with the starting winning ports 14a to 14c. The movable members 53a, 5 of the device 50
3b is opened and closed at relatively short time intervals based on predetermined first regulation conditions. That is,
The driving control is performed such that the movable members 53a and 53b perform the opening and closing operations once or twice when the hit balls are won in the start winning ports 14a to 14c. During the opening / closing operation, when a prize ball guided by the movable members 53a and 53b wins the specific prize port 56 provided in the variable prize ball device 50 and the specific prize ball detector 74 is turned on, a so-called “win” is performed. In the specific game state, the movable members 53a and 53b perform opening and closing operations at relatively short time intervals 18 times, or a winning number detector 87 described later counts 10 winning balls during the 18 opening and closing operations. Open / close operation until
Further, during the 18 opening / closing operations, when a winning prize wins again in the specific winning opening 56 and the specific winning prize detector 74 is turned on, the opening / closing operation is immediately stopped at the time of winning, and the next opening / closing operation is stopped. Shift to the open / close cycle. However, when this open / close cycle is repeated, the winning prize ball is
Is set up to eight times on condition that a prize is won.
When the specific game state is reached, the game effect lamps 22 of the game effect display devices 21a and 21b as sub game devices are set.
a, 22b and the frame lamp 24 of the frame display device 23 provided above the front frame 2 are blinking to notify the player to that effect. In this embodiment, the above-described specific winning ball detector 74 and the winning number detector 87 also constitute a sub game device, and their wirings are connected to the sub game device connectors 93e and 93f of the relay terminal board 90, respectively. You.

The structure and operation of the variable prize ball device 50 as a main game device provided in the game area 12 are as described above, but the game region 12 includes a start prize device 13 as a sub game device, a windmill lamp device. 16a, 16b, the game effect display devices 21a, 21b, and the simple winning openings 18a, 18
b, tulip winning ports 19a, 19b, and windmill 2
0 and the like are provided. The auxiliary gaming machine includes electrical components controlled by a control circuit formed on a control board housed in a control board box 46 described later. The starting winning device 13 includes a plurality of starting winning ports. 1
4a to 14c and the starting winning opening 14a to 14c
Start winning prize ball detectors 75a-
75c (see FIG. 1) and a display lamp 15 provided between the starting winning ports 14a to 14c. The display lamp 15 is provided on a lamp board 76 as shown in FIG. 1. Connected. Also,
The wiring 78 extending from the start winning ball detectors 75a to 75c is also connected to the sub game device connector 93h of the relay terminal board 90. In addition, the display lamp 15 is a starting winning prize opening 14a-1.
When a hit ball is won in 4c or when a specific game state is set, the light is turned on or blinked to notify the fact.

The windmill lamp devices 16a and 16b as auxiliary game devices include display lamps 17a and 17b,
The wiring is connected to the sub game device connector 93 of the relay terminal board 90.
d. The display lamps 17a and 17b are also lit or flashed in the specific game state to notify that fact. Further, a game effect display device 21 as a sub game device is provided.
a, 21b include gaming effect lamps 22a, 22b,
The wiring is connected to the sub game device connector 93 of the relay terminal board 90.
b. The game effect lamps 22a and 22b are also turned on or flashed when a specific game state is entered to notify that effect. Further, the above-mentioned display lamps 17a, 1
7b, a frame display device 23 provided with a frame lamp 24 having the same function as the game effect lamps 22a and 22b is provided not on the game board 10 but on the upper part of the front frame 2. The frame display device 23 is also a sub game device, and its wiring is connected to the sub game device connector 93 a of the relay terminal board 90 via the connector 95.

The hit balls that have not entered the various winning ports described above are taken into the out port 25 provided at the lowermost part of the guide rail 11.

Next, the back of the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 6, the gaming board 10
Is detachably fixed to the game board holding frame 26 by a fixture 27. On the back surface of the game board 10, the winning ball aggregate cover body 80a,
80b is attached. The winning ball set cover bodies 80a and 80b will be described later in detail.

On the other hand, a mechanism plate 28 is provided so as to be freely opened and closed so as to cover the entire back surface of the game board 10. This mechanism plate 2
8, a prize ball processing mechanism for processing a prize ball is formed on the front side of the prize ball, and a prize ball payout mechanism for paying out a prize ball on the rear side, as shown by a dashed line in FIG. Is formed. The prize ball processing mechanism receives a prize ball guided to the prize ball collection cover bodies 80a and 80b and falls to the left or right or a prize ball prize in the variable prize ball device 50, and collects the prize balls on one side. A gutter 29, a prize ball processor 30 for processing the prize balls collected by the collecting gutter 29 one by one, and a prize ball discharged from the prize ball processor 30, actuate an automatic rod (not shown). And a prize ball payout passage 31 for operating a prize ball payout device 36 to be described later. On the front side of the mechanism plate 28, an out ball payout passage 32 for guiding out balls discharged from the out port 25 is also formed.

On the other hand, the prize ball payout mechanism is a prize ball tank 33 for storing prize balls supplied from a supply mechanism (not shown).
And a prize ball arrangement gutter 34 for arranging the prize balls stored in the prize ball tank 33 in two rows and flowing down the prize balls from the alignment gutter 34 by 180 degrees and changing the ball pressure thereof. And a prize ball payout device 36 which receives a predetermined number (13) of prize balls from the bent gutter 35 and pays out the predetermined number of prize balls in response to one winning ball; A communication port 37 for discharging the prize balls paid out from the prize ball payout device 36 to the hitting ball supply tray 6 through a prize ball discharge passage (not shown). Formed) and a surplus ball passage (not shown) for dispensing to the surplus ball tray 9 via a connection gutter 38 fixed to the back surface of the front frame 2.

A window opening 39 which is slightly smaller than the winning ball collecting cover members 80a and 80b is formed substantially at the center of the mechanism plate 28 so that the rearward projecting portion of the variable winning ball device 50 projects rearward. ing. Further, the mechanism plate 28
The control board box 46 for storing the control board
The control circuit includes a microcomputer for controlling the operation of the variable winning ball device 50 and the like. The connectors 47a to 47c fixed to the ends of the wires 47 extending from the control board are connected to control board connectors 92a to 92c of a control board connector group 92 of the relay terminal board 90 described later.

By the way, the prize-ball collecting cover bodies 80a and 80b fixed to the back of the game board 10 are provided with a relay terminal board 90 which is a main part of this embodiment. The winning ball collecting cover bodies 80a and 80b are formed in two parts, upper and lower, and an opening 81 is formed at the center thereof to project a rear projecting portion of the variable winning ball apparatus 50. . Also,
Attachment pieces 82a, 82b, 83 for attaching to the game board 10 are respectively provided on the winning ball collecting cover bodies 80a, 80b.
a, 83b are provided, and the game effect lamps 22a, 2b of the game effect display devices 21a, 21b are provided on the mounting pieces 82a, 82b of the winning coin collecting cover body 80a at the top.
2b is attached. Also, along the outer periphery, wiring processing groove forming members 84a and 84b which form wiring processing grooves in which wirings extending from the game effect lamps 22a and 22b are stored are protruded. Further, a wiring processing member 85a for processing wiring and a wiring locking piece 85b are also formed on the winning ball collecting cover body 80b below.

On the other hand, the winning ball collecting cover bodies 80a, 80b
Guide paths 86a to 86c are formed on the front surface of the game board 10 for guiding the winning prize balls from the prize opening provided in the game board 10. The guide paths 86c at the lower center portion of the prize ball collecting cover bodies 80a and 80b include: A winning number detector 87 is provided to detect a winning ball received by the movable members 53a and 53b of the variable winning ball device 50.

A relay terminal board 90, which is a main part of this embodiment, is provided on the rear surface of the winning ball collecting cover body 80a at the top.
Is attached. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, a mounting portion 88 is protruded from one side of the winning ball collecting cover body 80a, and the relay terminal substrate 90 is fixed to the mounting portion 88 with a screw. The reason why the relay terminal substrate 90 is mounted on the mounting portion 88 that protrudes in this manner is that the mounting space 89 is formed so as to accommodate the protruding pins on the rear surfaces of the connector groups 91 to 93 that are soldered to the relay terminal substrate 90. It is for forming. Thereby, the relay terminal board 90 can be smoothly mounted. Note that the relay terminal board 9 is mounted on the lower prize ball collecting cover body 80b so that the relay terminal board 90 can be stably mounted even if it is slightly large.
A projection 88a for supporting the back surface of the relay terminal board 90 is formed on the upper portion of the winning ball collecting cover body 80a. Work is made easy.

The structure of the relay terminal board 90 attached as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4. At about the center of the relay terminal board 90, a variable winning prize ball device 50 as a main game device is provided. The main game device connector group 91 to which the wiring 73 is connected is planted. In the illustrated embodiment, four main gaming device connectors 91a to 91d are arranged in two rows in the upper and lower rows as the main gaming device connector group 91. Also, on the upper and lower sides of the main gaming device connector group 91,
A control board connector group 92 to which the wiring 47 from the control board stored in the control board box 46 is connected is erected. In the illustrated embodiment, as the control board connector group 92, three control board connectors 92a to 92c are arranged above and below the main game apparatus connector group 91. Further, on the upper and lower sides of the control board connector group 92, sub game machine connector groups 93 to which wirings from the aforementioned sub game machines are respectively connected are planted. In the illustrated embodiment, eight sub game machine connectors 93a to 93h are connected to the control board connector group 92.
Are arranged four by four above and below. In the above description, the sub game device connector 93c in the sub game device connector group 93 is not described, but the sub game device connector 93c is in a specific game state (also referred to as a big hit). At the time, it is connected to a jackpot information output line 96 for sending a signal to a management computer installed in the game arcade or a top lamp installed in the upper part of the pachinko island stand.

The relay terminal board 9 of the above connector group
As shown in FIG. 4, the main gaming device connector group 91 and the control board connector group 92 arranged inside 0 are planted so that their insertion pins are orthogonal to the relay terminal board 90.
The sub game machine connector group 93 is erected so that the insertion pin is parallel to the relay terminal board 90. By arranging in this way, connection work of each wiring is facilitated. Further, in the vicinity of the sub game apparatus connector group 93, information indicating the type of the sub game apparatus connected to the connector and the color of the wiring is printed so as to prevent erroneous wiring. The connector itself may be colored as color information.

Further, in addition to the configuration having the above-described effects,
A connection line 94 is printed on the relay terminal board 90 in this embodiment so as to electrically connect the control board connector group 92 to the main game apparatus connector group 91 and the sub game apparatus connector group 93. Thus, in this embodiment, the three control board connectors 92a-92
c, a control board connector 92 provided on one upper side
a, the auxiliary gaming device connectors 93a to 93d located at the top
And the main gaming device connector 91a located on the upper one side, and the main gaming device connector 91d located on the lower other side are wired so as to be connected to each other, and are located on the upper other side with the control board connector 92b provided on the upper other side. Main gaming device connector 9
1b is connected and a control board connector 9 provided at the lower part
2c, the main gaming device connectors 91c, 91 located at the bottom.
d and sub game machine connectors 93e to 93h located at the lower part
Is connected. Therefore, the mutual connection lines 94 are connected at the shortest distance except for the connection line 94 connecting the control board connector 92a and the main gaming machine connector 91d.

On the other hand, in the conventional relay terminal board 90, as shown in FIG. 8, a main game device (for example, a variable winning prize) is provided above and below a control board connector group 92 to which wiring from the control board is connected. A main game device connector group 91 for connecting wiring from the ball device 50) is arranged, and furthermore, upper and lower outer sides of the main game device connector group 91, that is, the relay terminal board 9
Since the sub game device connector group 93 to which the wiring from the sub game device is connected is arranged at the upper and lower ends of the main game device 0, when the wiring from the control board is to be connected to the control board connector group 92, the main game Wiring connected from the device to the main gaming device connector group 91 hinders the connection, and the wiring must be connected while being separated, which has a drawback that connection is difficult. Therefore, in order to solve this, as shown in FIG. 9, a group of connectors of the same type are assembled, for example, a main game device connector group 91 is arranged in the center, and a control board connector group 92 is arranged below, A structure in which the sub game machine connector group 93 is arranged above is considered. However, with such an arrangement, the connection line (pattern wiring) 94 connecting the control board connector group 92 and the sub game machine connector group 93 is connected to the control board connector group 92 and the main game machine connector group 91. It is necessary to bypass the connection line 94 to form the relay terminal substrate 90, which causes a disadvantage that the relay terminal substrate 90 itself becomes large.

However, since the relay terminal board 90 in the present embodiment is configured as described above, in the state where the wiring 73 from the variable winning ball device 50 as the main game device is connected to the main game device connector group 91. Also, since the control board connector group 92 is arranged outside thereof,
As compared with the conventional relay board 90 shown in FIG. 8, the work of connecting the wiring 47 from the control board to the control board connector group 92 can be performed very easily, and the main game device and the sub game device controlled by the control circuit are connected. Since the main game device connector group 91 and the sub game device connector group 93 are arranged so as to sandwich the control board connector group 92 to which the control board is connected, the relay terminal board 90 is compared with that shown in FIG.
The connection line 94 to be printed and wired can be configured with the shortest distance, so that the relay terminal board 90 itself can be reduced in size.

In the above-described embodiment, the main gaming machine connector group 91, the control board connector group 92, and the sub gaming machine connector group 93 are arranged in two rows on the relay terminal board 90. When the number of electrical components of the main game device and the number of electrical components of the sub game device controlled by the control circuit are small, the number of rows may be one. Even in such a case, the main game device connector 91 and the sub game device connector 93 may be arranged so as to sandwich the control board connector 92.

In the above-described embodiment, the variable winning ball device 50 is exemplified as the main game device. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a variable displaying device or a winning ball device in which electric components are disposed inside. There may be. Further, the relay terminal board 90 may be attached to the back of the game board 10 or the back of the mechanism plate 28 instead of the back of the winning ball collecting cover body 80a.

[0035]

As is apparent from the above description, in the ball game machine according to the present invention, the color of the wiring of the starting winning ball detector is different from the color of the wiring of the winning number detector. Therefore, it is possible to distinguish between the wiring of the winning prize detector or the wiring of the winning number detector by the color,
Incorrect wiring can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic rear view of the back of a game board including a winning ball collecting cover body to which a relay terminal board according to an embodiment is attached.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a main part of a winning ball collecting cover body.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the relay terminal board.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the relay terminal board is attached.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a pachinko game machine as an example of a ball game machine to which the relay terminal board according to the embodiment is applied.

FIG. 6 is a schematic rear view of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a variable winning ball device as a main game device.

FIG. 8 is a partial rear view showing a relationship between a conventional main game device and a relay terminal board.

FIG. 9 is a front view of a conventional relay terminal board.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Pachinko game machine (ball game machine) 46 Control board box 50 Variable winning ball device (main game device) 90 Relay terminal board 91 Main game device connector group (main game device connection terminal) 92 Control board connector group (control board connection) Terminal) 93 Sub-game device connector group (sub-game device connection terminal) As a sub-game device, 13 Starting winning device 16a, 16b Windmill lamp device 21a, 21b Gaming effect display device 23 Frame display device 74 Specific winning ball detector 87 Winning number Detector

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] A specific game state is generated on condition that a ball is hit into the starting winning opening, and when the specific game state is reached, the variable winning ball device is opened until at least a fixed number of winning balls are generated. In the ball game machine provided with a control circuit that controls to perform the control, the wiring of the starting winning ball detector for detecting the hit ball winning the starting winning opening, and a fixed number of hit balls winning the variable winning ball device. A ball game machine characterized in that the wiring of the winning number detector to be detected is a wiring of a different color. 2. The bullet ball according to claim 1, wherein the wiring of the start winning ball detector and the wiring of the winning number detector are connected to the control circuit via a relay terminal board. Gaming machine.