JP4827154B2 - Game equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a slot machine, and in particular, is provided with a gaming medium lending machine that pays out a predetermined number of gaming media such as medals by inserting money (banknotes or coins) on one side thereof, at least The present invention relates to a gaming apparatus as a unit having a pair of two gaming machines and a gaming medium lending machine.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, gaming machines such as slot machines are usually installed so as to form a so-called island by juxtaposing a plurality of gaming machines. And by installing a game medium lending machine, commonly called sand, on one side corresponding to each gaming machine installed to constitute an island, and inserting a predetermined amount of money into this game medium lending machine The system is configured to receive a payout of a predetermined number of game media and to play a game by inserting the game media into a gaming machine.
[0003]
There are various types of game media lending machines referred to as “sand” as described above, and a portion called a so-called bill burr equipped with a money insertion unit, a currency identification unit, a control unit, a money stocker, and the like is provided above the game medium lending machine. A game machine lending machine in which a predetermined number of game media medals are paid out from a payout unit by inserting and installing a predetermined amount of money from the money slot, or by separating a bill burr. The bill burrs are installed separately in the upper part of the card, and each bill burr is connected to one money stocker installed separately so as to be shared within the slot island, and the like is connected via a money transport device.
[0004]
In addition, a sand is installed between two adjacent slot machines arranged side by side, and the two adjacent slot machines share one sand, and one corresponding to each slot machine. In some cases, the sand machine is individually installed on the side so that the slot machine and the sand are in one-to-one correspondence. In recent years, the latter is often installed for the convenience of the player.
[0005]
FIG. 3 is a front view showing an example of a conventional slot island. In the illustrated example, four slot machines 2 are arranged in parallel to form one slot island 31. And the sand 22 is built in and installed on one side so as to correspond to each slot machine 21. The sand 22 has a built-in bill burr 23 integrally formed therein. By inserting a predetermined amount of money from a bill insertion port 24 of the bill burr 23, a sand nozzle 25 provided at the bottom of the sand 22 is used. A predetermined number of medals as game media can be paid out directly to the lower plate 26 of the corresponding slot machine 21.
[0006]
FIG. 4 is a front view showing another slot island. In this example, a sand 22 is built in and installed on one side so as to correspond to each slot machine 21. The bill burr 23 is installed separately above the sand 22, and each bill burr 23 is connected to one money stocker 32 installed separately on the upper side of the slot island 31 via a money transport device 33. The money stocker 32 can be shared within one slot island.
[0007]
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 described above, in recent years, for the convenience of the player, one sand 22 is individually installed on one side corresponding to one slot machine 21, and each sand 22 is paid out. Many are installed so that game media can be directly paid out from the nozzle 25 into the lower plate 26 of the corresponding slot machine 21.
However, it is possible to improve the convenience for the player by installing one sand individually corresponding to one slot machine, but on the other hand, the equipment cost must be increased accordingly. As a result, there was a problem that the cost of one sand was increased as compared with the case where one slot was shared by two slot machines.
[0008]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The present invention has been made to cope with the above-described problems, and the first problem is to greatly reduce the manufacturing cost of the game medium lending machine itself without reducing the convenience for the player. Therefore, it is possible to provide an inexpensive and economical gaming apparatus.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a low-cost and economical gaming device as described above by partially changing the basic configuration of a gaming medium lending machine that has been practically used. It is to be able to realize.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-described problems, a gaming machine according to the present invention includes first and second gaming machines arranged side by side and the first gaming machine installed on one side of the first gaming machine. A first game medium lending machine that directly pays out game media via a nozzle, and a first game medium lending machine that is installed on one side of the second game machine and that directly pays out game media via the nozzle to the second game machine. In the gaming apparatus comprising two gaming medium lending machines, one bill burr is installed, which includes a money insertion unit, a currency identification unit, and a control unit, and is connected to each of the first and second gaming medium lending machines, An operation in which the first game medium lending machine pays out game media to the first game machine and an operation in which the second game medium lending machine pays out game media to the second game machine are selective. The bill validator and the first and second game media lending are executed as follows. Is to machine and connected configuration, the bill validator, said bill validator and the first, a display unit for displaying the operation state of the second game media lending machines, by any of the first, second game medium lending machine A pair of selection buttons for selecting whether or not the game medium is to be paid out are provided . In this way, two game machines and one bill burr are installed, and this is connected to a game media lending machine installed on one side corresponding to each game machine. Even if the game machines are shared by two game machines, the game media can be paid directly to each game machine from the game media lending machine installed individually corresponding to each game machine. The convenience for the user can be maintained as it is.
[0010]
Also, the game apparatus according to the present invention, in the gaming apparatus described above, the bill validator is the first currency stocker consists Nde including, lending one of game media of said first, second game medium lending machine on top of the machine it is characterized in that is integrally embedded rare. Accordingly, as motor loans Yu technique medium, lending bill validator with the game medium from the conventional machine can be used as it is, and the other one of the game media lending machines by using a material removal of the bill validator, it involves a major change And can be implemented relatively easily.
[0012]
Also, the game apparatus according to the present invention, in the gaming apparatus described above, the bill validator is installed in every separate the upper portion of the rental machine game media of the one, and, separately from the installed second money and the bill validator those characterized that it is connected via the paper money transport device relative stocker. Thus, even those placed every other the bill validator, by installing every separate the bill validator only in the upper part of the Yu skill media lending machine used in sharing the bill validator with two gaming machines, each It is possible to automatically pay out game media directly from the game media rental machine directly to the corresponding game machine.
[0013]
Furthermore, a game device according to the present invention, in the gaming apparatus described above, before Symbol first, second game medium lending machine, respectively, and a display unit for displaying the operating state of the game media lending machines, game medium it is characterized in further comprising a selection button to execute the payout. In this way, by installing a display unit and a selection button on the side of the game media lending machine installed corresponding to the gaming machine, after inserting money into the bill burr, all of the game media lending machines on the gaming machine side The operation can be performed while confirming the game medium payout.
[0014]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a front view of a slot island showing the configuration of the gaming device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the slot island showing the configuration of the gaming device according to the second embodiment of the present invention. is there.
[0015]
In FIG. 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D are slot machines as gaming machines. In this example, four slot machines 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D are arranged in parallel in the left-right direction. It is composed.
Each slot machine 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D is integrated and installed on one side (right side in the figure) so that sands 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D as game media lending machines correspond one-on-one. Yes.
[0016]
Here, in the slot island 10 constituted by four slot machines 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D, each of the two slot machines 1A and 1B, 1C, and 1D installed adjacent to each other on the left and right is paired. The sand 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D and the building burr 3A, 3B incorporated in the sand are integrally configured as follows.
[0017]
Of the sands 2A and 2B incorporated corresponding to the pair of slot machines 1A and 1B, the sand 2A installed between the slot machines 1A and 1B is replaced with a money insertion part, a money identification part, a control part, a money stocker, etc. The building burr 3A having the above is a sand 2A integrally incorporated in the upper portion thereof, while the sand 2B installed on one side of the slot machine 1B is a sand 2B without a building burr.
[0018]
A sand 2A having a bill burr 3A and a sand 2B without a bill burr are placed in a lower plate 6A of one of a pair of left and right gaming machines 1A and 1B selected by inserting a predetermined amount of money from a bill insertion slot 4A of the bill burr 3A. , 6B is configured such that a medal as a game medium can be paid out directly from the payout nozzles 5A, 5B provided in the lower part thereof.
[0019]
The bill burr 3A is provided with a pair of selection buttons 7A and 7B for selecting and specifying which side of the sand 2A or 2B is to be paid out in addition to the money insertion slot 4A. There is a display 8 for displaying whether the machine is waiting or accepting money, from which gaming machine money has been inserted, the remaining payout number of medals, the content of the error, etc. This selection button The building burr 3A and each sand 2A, 2B are connected and configured so that the game media can be selectively paid out to either one of the two gaming machines 1A, 1B from either one of the sand 2A, 2B by 7A, 7B. .
[0020]
Note that the pair of slot machines 1C and 1D, and the sands 2C and 2D and the building burr 3B, which are respectively installed correspondingly, are configured in the same manner as described above.
[0021]
Thus, according to the above embodiment, for example, when a player who wants to play in the slot machine 1B presses the selection button 7B provided in the bill validator 3A and inserts a predetermined amount of money from the money insertion slot 4A, A predetermined number of medals are automatically paid out directly into the lower plate 6B of the slot machine 1B from the delivery nozzle 5B of the sand 2B corresponding to the slot machine 1B. Similarly, when trying to play in the slot machine 1A, by pushing the selection button 7A and inserting money, medals are automatically paid out from the sand 2A into the lower plate 6A of the slot machine 1A.
[0022]
As described above, the bill burrs 3A and 3B are assembled and installed only in the sands 2A and 2C installed between the pair of two slot machines 1A and 1B and between 1C and 1D. A medal can be paid out and used for a game by an operation substantially the same as that of a conventional one in which a building burr is incorporated and installed in all of the sands 2A to 2D individually installed corresponding to the machines 1A to 1D.
[0023]
Therefore, even if the number of bill burrs incorporated in each of the sands 2A to 2B is reduced by half, the player can play the game with almost the same operation as that of the conventional method in which the bill burrs are incorporated in all the sands. The convenience for the player is not reduced at all. In addition, the cost can be reduced by the amount corresponding to the reduced number of building burrs, and the configuration of the sand itself can be changed with or without building burrs, with almost no change to the basic configuration. Therefore, it can be practically used relatively easily, and the number of bill burrs is halved, so that it is possible to expect great effects such as reduction of maintenance management.
[0024]
Next, the second embodiment shown in FIG. 2 will be described.
This embodiment corresponds to an embodiment in which the bill burrs 3C and 3D are separately installed with respect to the sands 2A to 2D. In this case, these are installed between the pair of slot machines 1A and 1B and between 1C and 1D, respectively. The building burrs 3C and 3D are installed above the sands 2A and 2C, and the building burrs 3C are connected to the sands 2A and 2B via the connection circuits 9A and 9B. The building burrs 3D are connected via the connection circuits 9C and 9D. Are connected to the sand 2C and 2D.
[0025]
The bill burrs 3C and 3D are each connected to the money transport device 11, and are connected to one banknote stocker 12 shared on the island installed on the upper side of the slot island 10 via the money transport device 11. It is configured to collect and store all the money thrown into the bill burrs 3C and 3D on the island.
[0026]
On the other hand, each of the sands 2A to 2D is provided with a pair of selection buttons 7A to 7D for selecting and designating which slot machine 1A to 1D the game medium is to be paid out above. A display unit 8 is provided for displaying whether the machine is waiting or accepting money, from which gaming machine the money is inserted, the remaining payout number of medals, the contents of errors, and the like.
[0027]
Therefore, also in this second embodiment, any of the gaming machines 1A to 1D is inserted by inserting money from the bill burrs 3C and 3D and pressing the selection buttons 7A to 7D provided on the sands 2A to 2D. Since the medals can be directly paid out from the sand 2A to 2D payout nozzles 5A to 5D installed in the lower plates 6A to 6D, the same effect as the first embodiment is expected. can do.
[0028]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the gaming machine according to the present invention, a gaming medium lending machine (sand) with a bill burr is incorporated corresponding to each gaming machine, and the gaming medium is paid out directly to each gaming machine. Even if the number of bill burrs is reduced by half compared to the conventional method, the player can play the game with substantially the same operation as the conventional method.
[0029]
Therefore, while reducing the number of installed bill burrs by half, the player's convenience is not lowered at all, and an excellent effect is achieved in that the cost reduction corresponding to the reduced number of installed bill burrs can be achieved. be able to.
Moreover, since it can be implemented by changing the basic configuration of the game medium lending machine (sand) with little or no bill burr, it can be put into practical use relatively easily.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view showing a configuration of a slot island incorporating a gaming apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view showing a configuration of a slot island incorporating a gaming apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a front view showing a configuration of a slot island incorporating a conventional gaming device.
FIG. 4 is a front view showing a configuration of a slot island incorporating a conventional gaming device of another configuration.
[Explanation of symbols]
1A, 1B, 1C, 1D ... slot machine (game machine), 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D ... sand (game media lending machine), 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D ... bill validator, 4A, 4B ... money insertion slot, 5A 5B, 5C, 5D ... Discharge nozzle, 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D ... Bottom plate, 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D ... Selection button, 8 ... Display, 9A, 9B, 9C, 9D ... Connection circuit, 10 ... Slot island, 11 ... Money transfer device, 12 ... Money stocker

Claims (4)

First and second gaming machines arranged side by side;
A first game medium lending machine installed on one side of the first game machine and directly paying out game media to the first game machine via a nozzle;
A gaming device comprising: a second gaming medium lending machine installed on one side of the second gaming machine and paying out gaming media directly to the second gaming machine via a nozzle;
A bill validator comprising a money input unit, a currency identification unit, and a control unit, each of which is connected to the first and second game medium lending machines,
An operation in which the first game medium lending machine pays out game media to the first game machine and an operation in which the second game medium lending machine pays out game media to the second game machine are selective. the bill validator and the first, and the second game medium lending machine is connected configured to run,
Which of the bill validator, the display unit that displays the operation status of the bill validator and the first and second game medium lending machines, and the first and second game medium lending machines, causes the game medium to be paid out. A pair of selection buttons for selecting
A gaming device characterized by that. The bill validator is configured to include a first money stocker, and is integrally incorporated in an upper part of one of the first and second game medium lending machines.
The gaming device according to claim 1. The bill burr is installed separately in the upper part of the one game medium lending machine, and is connected to a second money stocker installed separately from the bill burr via a bill transport device.
The gaming device according to claim 1. Each of the first and second game medium lending machines includes a display unit that displays an operation state of the game medium lending machine, and a selection button that causes the game medium to be paid out.
The gaming device according to claim 3 .

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