JP5720731B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

  Game machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines have various electronic components such as a CPU that executes game control processing, a ROM that stores game control programs, and a RAM that temporarily stores various data generated by the progress of the game. It has a mounted control board. And according to the game control program memorize | stored in ROM, various game machines mounted in the game machine by CPU are controlled, and a series of games are performed.

  In this type of gaming machine, the control board is changed to an illegal control board that is different from the regular one, or the ROM (the chip if the ROM is integrated into one chip with the CPU) is replaced with an illegal one. There have been many reports of fraudulent acts such as

  In order to deal with such fraud, for example, the control board is housed in a transparent board box so that the state of the control board can be easily seen from the outside. The board box is sealed (so-called caulking structure). Is provided so that an opening history due to destruction or the like is left when the substrate box is opened. Or fraud countermeasures such as attaching a fragile seal seal that cannot be re-applied so as to straddle a plurality of case bodies constituting the substrate box and leave a trace when peeled off are employed (for example, see Patent Document 1). ). These fraud countermeasures assist the verification work when visually confirming the fact that the board box has been opened or the control board has been replaced. There is an effect to make.

  Each of the above-described various fraud countermeasures is to visually check the control board and the board box, and daily confirmation work is complicated. In addition, it is a difficult task to find a cleverly restored restoration that is difficult to visually confirm the sealed location. In particular, such a problem becomes conspicuous in a large game hall with a large number of gaming machines.

  On the other hand, as a new fraud countermeasure other than a fraud countermeasure by visual confirmation, for example, an electronic tag including an IC chip portion and an antenna portion in which identification information such as a unique ID is stored in a control board or a board box containing the control board The structure which attached A is disclosed (for example, refer to patent documents 2).

The present invention has been made in view of the above illustrated situation or the like, and to provide a gaming machine capable of performing satisfactorily fraud detection operations using an electronic tag main purpose.

  If an electronic tag is attached, an administrator of the game hall or the like reads the identification information with the reader device, thereby confirming whether or not the control board is illegally exchanged. Such fraud countermeasures using an electronic tag allow fraud detection based on the reading result of the reader device. Therefore, the labor for fraud detection is less than the visual confirmation of the sealed portion, and fraud is not overlooked. It is expected to be.

  However, in fraud countermeasures using an electronic tag, there is a possibility that the identification information cannot be reliably read by the reader device due to weak radio waves transmitted from the electronic tag. If the identification information cannot be reliably read, it is necessary to repeat the reading operation, and the operation becomes complicated. In particular, since a plurality of metal members are disposed in the gaming machine, there is a possibility that radio waves transmitted from the electronic tag are blocked by the metal members and the reading operation of the identification information by the reader device cannot be performed satisfactorily. is there.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its main object to provide a gaming machine that can satisfactorily detect fraud using an electronic tag.

The present invention
A gaming machine main body rotatably attached to the front of the gaming machine with respect to the mounting target;
Provided on the back side of the gaming machine main body, and a control device comprising a control board in the board case composed of a plurality of the case structure is accommodated,
A base body on which the control device is mounted;
Electronic tag having an antenna unit for transmitting a radio wave including a storage unit and the identification information storing unique identification information is provided integrally, and attached over the plurality of the case structure, which casing structure A seal member that is destroyed as the body separates;
A function for transmitting a ringing wave for calling the identification information, a function for receiving a response wave from the electronic tag for the ringing wave, and a function for measuring a response period from when the ringing wave is transmitted until the response wave is received And a reader device that reads the identification information by receiving the response wave at the time of reading the identification information, and a response period from when the call wave is transmitted to when the response wave is received is predetermined. Positioning means used for positioning in an area that is a set reference response period;
With
The seal member is disposed on one side of the control device, and the control device is disposed such that the one side is located on a rotating front end side of the gaming machine body,
The base body is formed with a plate-like portion that faces the seal member with a gap from the rotating front end side of the gaming machine body,
The positioning means is provided on the plate-like portion so as to stand up from the plate surface facing the opposite side to the control device on the rotating front end side of the gaming machine main body and to contact the plate surface. It has the insertion part which can insert an apparatus, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to satisfactorily perform fraud detection work using an electronic tag.

It is a front view which shows the pachinko machine in 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view which expands or shows the main structures of a pachinko machine. It is a front view which shows the front structure of the main body frame which comprises a pachinko machine. It is a front view which shows the structure of a game board. It is a front view which shows the structure of a game ball | bowl launching mechanism. It is a rear view which shows the structure of a front door frame. It is a rear view which shows the structure of a pachinko machine. It is a disassembled perspective view which decomposes | disassembles and shows the back surface structure of a pachinko machine for every main part. It is a schematic diagram which shows arrangement | positioning of the 1st control board unit in the back surface of a pachinko machine, a 2nd control board unit, and a back pack unit. It is a rear view which shows the structure of a main body frame and a game board. It is a perspective view which shows the back surface structure of a main body frame. It is a perspective view which shows the back surface structure of a game board. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of a bearing metal fitting. It is a front view which shows the structure of a 1st control board unit. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of a 1st control board unit. It is a disassembled perspective view of a 1st control board unit. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the back surface structure of a 1st control board unit. It is a perspective view of a main controller. It is a disassembled perspective view of a main controller. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating a board | substrate box. It is a perspective view which expands and shows the seal seal periphery affixed on the main controller. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the sticking board part formed in the board | substrate box of the main controller. It is sectional drawing which shows the structure of a seal seal. (A) is a front view which shows the structure of a seal seal, (b) is a rear view which shows the structure of a seal seal. It is a rear view which shows the structure of a seal seal. (A) is an enlarged front view showing the periphery of the seal seal, (b) is an enlarged side view showing the periphery of the seal seal, and (c) is an enlarged rear view showing the periphery of the seal seal. It is a front view of the main controller for demonstrating a reader apparatus. It is a cross-sectional view of the main control device for explaining the reader device. It is a front view which shows the structure of a 2nd control board unit. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of a 2nd control board unit. It is a disassembled perspective view of a 2nd control board unit. It is a front view which shows the structure of a back pack unit. It is a disassembled perspective view of a back pack unit. It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution of a pachinko machine. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical structure regarding reading of ID information by a reader apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the fraud detection process performed in an audio | voice lamp control apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the ID information reading process performed in a reader apparatus. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the assumed fraud. It is a time chart for demonstrating the correlation with measurement of response time, and discovery of fraud. It is a rear view which shows the structure of the pachinko machine in 2nd Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of a 1st control board unit. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical structure regarding reading of ID information by a reader apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the ID information reading process performed in a reader apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the fraud detection process performed in a hall computer. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the structure regarding installation of another reader apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution regarding a fraud monitoring system.

  First, the invention that can be extracted from the present embodiment will be described while showing effects and the like as necessary.

Means 1. An electronic tag (IC tag 303) including a storage unit (IC chip 305) that stores unique identification information and an antenna unit (antenna unit 306) that transmits radio waves including the identification information is used to control the game. A gaming machine attached to a control device (main control device 271),
Reader means (reader device 331) for reading the identification information by receiving the radio wave,
A gaming machine, wherein the reader means is arranged in a radio wave arrival area where radio waves of a level at which the identification information can be read reach.

  According to the means 1, the electronic tag provided in the control device includes a storage unit and an antenna unit, and the identification information stored in the storage unit is transmitted from the antenna unit as a radio wave. In this case, a reader means is provided in a radio wave arrival area where radio waves of a level at which identification information can be read from the antenna unit reach. Thus, the identification information can be read satisfactorily because the administrator of the game hall can read the identification information reliably without having to read the identification information.

Mean 2. In the means 1, the control device is installed in the game machine or on the back side,
Further, the gaming machine is characterized in that it is formed of a material that can transmit the radio wave, and is provided with an encasing means (substrate box 273) that encloses the reader means in the radio wave reaching area inside or on the back of the gaming machine. .

  In the configuration in which the reader means is mounted on the gaming machine, an injustice to the reader means is assumed. For example, by attaching an unauthorized electronic component or the like to the reader means, it is assumed that the user is disguised as reading the identification information even though the identification information is not actually read. In this case, fraud detection using an electronic tag cannot be performed accurately. On the other hand, according to the means 2, since the encapsulation means for encapsulating the reader means is provided, fraud with respect to the reader means can be suppressed. In addition, since the encapsulating means is made of a material that can transmit radio waves from the antenna unit, the radio waves from the antenna unit are blocked by the encapsulating means in a configuration in which the reader unit is encapsulated by the encapsulating means. There is no.

Means 3. In the means 2, the encapsulating means is a substrate box (substrate box 273) that constitutes a part of the control device to which the electronic tag is attached and encapsulates the control substrate (main control substrate 278),
A gaming machine characterized in that the radio wave arrival area is set in the board box and the reader means is accommodated.

  According to the means 3, since the existing board box functions as the encapsulation means, it is possible to suppress fraud with respect to the reader means while simplifying the configuration.

Means 4. In means 3, the electronic tag is attached to the outer surface of the substrate box,
The radio wave reaching area is an area facing the electronic tag side from the inside of the substrate box,
A gaming machine, wherein the reader means is arranged in the area.

  According to the means 4, in the configuration in which the electronic tag is attached to the outer surface of the substrate box, the reader means is provided in a region where the electronic tag side is desired from the inside of the substrate box. Therefore, only a part of the substrate box made of synthetic resin intervenes between the reader means and the electronic tag, and radio waves from the electronic tag are received by the reader means without being interrupted on the way.

Means 5. In means 3 or 4, the board box is formed of a transparent material, and the control device is arranged inside or behind the gaming machine so that a predetermined board surface (component mounting surface 337) of the control board is visible through the board box. Installed in
A gaming machine, wherein the reader means is arranged on the predetermined plate surface side.

  According to the means 5, the reader means accommodated in the board box of the control device can be visually observed without removing the control device containing the leader means from the gaming machine. Therefore, when a malfunction occurs in the reader means, the reader means can be easily confirmed.

Means 6. In any one of the means 3 to 5, the substrate box comprises a case body (box base 276, box cover 277) that can be separated from each other.
A gaming machine, wherein the control board is fixed to any one of the case bodies, and the reader means is housed in a space surrounded by the case body and the control board.

  According to the means 6, even if the case bodies constituting the substrate box are separated from each other, the encapsulation of the reader means cannot be released, and the reader means is encapsulated unless the control board is removed from the case body. Cannot be released. Therefore, for those who try to cheat on the reader means, the work becomes complicated, and cheating on the reader means can be suppressed.

Mean 7 In any one of the means 3 to 6, the substrate box is formed of a transparent material, and the reader means is a reader device having a housing (housing 332),
A non-mounting area (facing area FS) in which no electronic component is mounted is provided on the plate surface of the control board, and the reader device is arranged so that the housing faces only the non-mounting area on the plate surface of the control board. A gaming machine characterized by that.

  In the configuration in which the reader device is accommodated in the substrate box, if the electronic component of the control board accommodated in the substrate box is hidden by the housing of the reader device, it is hidden unless the substrate box is opened and the reader device is removed. It is impossible to visually check the electronic components that have been stuck. On the other hand, according to the means 7, an electronic component is not mounted in a region facing the housing of the reader device on the plate surface of the control board. Therefore, in the configuration in which the reader device is accommodated in the substrate box, the occurrence of the inconvenience can be suppressed.

  In addition, by not forming a wiring pattern in the non-mounting area, in the configuration in which the reader device is accommodated in the board box, the wiring pattern formed on the control board is hidden by the housing of the reader device. Can be suppressed.

  Means 8. A game machine according to any one of means 3 to 6, wherein a leader circuit is formed by forming a wiring pattern on the control board and mounting an electronic component as the leader means.

  According to the means 8, since the reader means is formed as a reader circuit with respect to the control board, the bulk of the reader means can be made as small as possible. This makes it possible to reduce the thickness of the substrate box in a configuration in which the reader means is accommodated in the substrate box.

  Means 9. In any one of means 3 to 8, a control device (sound lamp control device 272) for inputting the identification information read by the reader means and determining the presence or absence of fraud based on the input result is provided. A gaming machine, which is provided separately from a control device including a board box for housing.

  For example, assuming a configuration in which determination of the presence / absence of fraudulent activity is performed in a control device including a board box that accommodates a reader means, if fraud is performed on the control device, an electronic tag may be used depending on the fraud mode. Or the effect of providing the reader means may be lost. On the other hand, according to the means 9, the above determination is performed in a control device different from the control device provided with the substrate box that accommodates the reader means. As a result, the above inconvenience does not occur, and the effect of providing the electronic tag and the reader means is preferably exhibited.

  Means 10. In any one of the means 1 to 9, the electronic tag is attached to the adhesive layer side of a base sheet (base sheet 301) having an adhesive layer (adhesive layer 302) on one surface to constitute a sealing member (sealing seal 300). A game machine, wherein the seal member is attached to the control device.

  According to the means 10, the electronic tag is attached to the control device by attaching the seal member to the control device. In this case, the electronic tag can be attached to the control device so as to be covered by the base sheet, and the electronic tag can be protected.

  Means 11. In the means 10, the electronic tag is attached to the base sheet in a state where the elongated antenna portion is expanded linearly, substantially linearly or arcuately, while the base sheet is attached to the control device A gaming machine characterized by having such a degree of vulnerability that damage is caused by the stress when it is peeled off.

  According to the means 11, since the base sheet is once pasted, it is damaged due to the stress at the time of peeling, and accordingly, the long antenna portion is also damaged. Therefore, when the seal member is peeled off, the electronic tag is damaged, and an illegal act of taking out the electronic tag can be suppressed.

  Means 12. In the means 11, the control board (main control board 278) is accommodated in a board box (board box 273) that can be divided into a plurality of parts to constitute the control device, and the seal is formed so as to straddle the divided part of the board box. A gaming machine characterized by pasting members.

  According to the means 12, since the sealing member is pasted so as to straddle the divided portion of the board box, the board box is used for the purpose of taking out the control board or mounting illegal electronic components in the board box. In the case of opening, the sealing member must be peeled off once. Therefore, the electronic tag is damaged as the seal member is peeled off as described above, and the subsequent use of the electronic tag can be disabled. As a result, fraud can be discovered.

Means 13. In the means 12, the substrate box comprises a plurality of case bodies (box base 276, box cover 277),
The fasteners (screws 283, 284) for fastening the case bodies to each other are provided, and the seal member is attached so as to cover at least a part of the fasteners,
Further, the base sheet is formed in a substantially square shape,
The antenna portion extends from one side of the base sheet to the other side so that the longitudinal direction thereof intersects all the side directions of the base sheet and straddles the boundary between the case bodies together with the base sheet. Further, the gaming machine is arranged so as to face a portion covered with the seal in the fastener.

  According to the means 13, even if it is attempted to peel off the sealing member not from its corners but from its entire side, breakage occurs in the direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the antenna portion. And an antenna part will be parted in the position where destruction occurred. In this case, since the manager or the like of the game hall cannot confirm the identification information stored in the storage unit by the reading device, it is possible to easily and reliably find out that the control board has been cheated.

  Moreover, the antenna part is arrange | positioned so that a fastener may be confronted. Therefore, even if the seal member is skillfully peeled so as to expose the fastener in order to remove the fastener, it is necessary to peel off the portion of the seal member where the antenna portion is disposed. In such a case, since the antenna section is divided and the identification information cannot be confirmed by the reading device, it is possible to reliably detect that the control board has been cheated.

  The “substantially square shape” may be a square shape or a rectangular shape.

Means 14. In the means 13, the fastener is detachable,
The seal member is attached so as to cover an end portion (the top of the head portions 283a and 284a) of the fastener in the removal direction, and the antenna portion is disposed so as to face the end portion. A gaming machine.

  According to the means 14, since the fastener is detachable, it is possible to release the fastening of the fastener and take out the control board at the time of inspection or maintenance of the control board in a game hall or the like. In such a configuration, in order to take out the control board illegally, it is necessary to expose the end of the fastener in the removal direction. In this case, even if the seal member is skillfully peeled off so as to expose the end portion, the antenna portion is disposed so as to face the end portion, so the antenna portion in the seal member is disposed. The part needs to be peeled off. Therefore, when trying to expose the end of the fastener in the direction of removal, the antenna section is divided, and the identification information cannot be confirmed by the reader, so that it is surely discovered that the control board has been tampered with. Can do.

  Note that the “detachable” configuration refers to a configuration in which the fastener can be attached / detached without breaking the case body or the fastener, for example, a configuration using a screw, a screw, or the like as the fastener. Say.

  Means 15. A gaming machine according to claim 14, wherein the antenna portion is disposed so as to straddle the end portion of the fastener.

  According to the means 15, since the antenna part straddles the end of the fastener in the removal direction, it is possible to provide many opportunities for the antenna part to be divided when the end is exposed. Therefore, it is possible to reliably detect that fraud has been performed on the control board.

Means 16. In the means 14, each case body to which the seal member is attached is provided with communication holes (screw holes 285, 286) communicating with each other, and the fastener is fastened in a state of being inserted into the communication holes,
A gaming machine, wherein the antenna portion is disposed so as to straddle openings (detachment side openings 289, 290) in a direction in which the fastener is removed from the communication hole.

  According to the means 16, since the antenna portion straddles the opening in the removal direction of the fastener in the communication hole, there are provided many opportunities for the antenna portion to be divided when the end portion on the removal direction side of the fastener is exposed. Can do. Therefore, it is possible to reliably detect that fraud has been performed on the control board.

Means 17. In the means 16, the size of the antenna portion in the short direction is made smaller than the opening width of the opening,
A gaming machine, wherein the antenna portion is arranged so as to span a peripheral portion of the opening across the opening.

  According to the means 17, since the antenna part is arranged so as to span the peripheral part of the opening across the opening, the seal member is peeled off at a position corresponding to the peripheral part of the opening in the antenna part. The stress accompanying the force to peel off the member is likely to concentrate. The dimension of the antenna portion in the short direction is smaller than the opening width of the opening. Therefore, it is possible to provide many opportunities for the antenna part to be divided, and it is possible to surely find out that fraud has been performed on the control board.

  In addition, “a head accommodating portion that accommodates the head portion of the fastener is formed by expanding the opening side of the communication hole in the removing direction of the fastener in a step shape to accommodate the head portion of the fastener. In the configuration in which the movement in the insertion direction of the fastener is restricted by the contact, the dimension in the short direction of the antenna portion may be made smaller than the hole diameter of the head accommodating portion.

  Means 18. In any one of the means 13 to 17, a position where the antenna unit faces the fastener in correspondence with a sticking surface (sticking surfaces 281a, 281b, 282a, 282b) to which the seal member of the case body is attached. A gaming machine comprising a guide means (enclosure C) for guiding the sticking position of the seal member.

  According to the means 18, since the guide means is provided, the antenna portion naturally faces the fastener by attaching the seal member to the application surface. Thereby, an antenna part and a fastener can be reliably opposed. In addition, the antenna unit and the fastener can be opposed to each other without deteriorating workability when the seal member is attached.

  Means 19. The gaming machine according to claim 18, wherein the guide means is an enclosure frame (enclosure C) formed so as to surround the pasting surface.

  According to the means 19, when the seal member is pasted, it is only necessary to bring the seal member within the region surrounded by the surrounding frame, and the workability when the seal member is pasted can be improved. Further, even if an attempt is made to peel off the sealing member in order to cheat on the control board, since the sealing member is surrounded by a surrounding frame, the peeling action becomes very difficult. Therefore, the base sheet is easily destroyed during the peeling action, and the antenna portion is easily divided. Therefore, it is possible to reliably detect that fraud has been performed on the control board. Further, the enclosure frame has both a function as a guide means and a function that makes it difficult to peel off the seal member, and the above-described effects can be achieved while simplifying the configuration.

  Means 20. In the means 19, when the seal member is stuck on the sticking surface, the enclosure is set so that the sticking surface becomes wider than the area of the seal within a range where the antenna portion does not come off from a position facing the fastener. A gaming machine characterized by forming a frame.

  According to the means 20, the surrounding frame is formed so that the sticking surface is wider than the area of the seal member. Further, the affixing surface is set within a range in which the antenna portion does not come off from the position facing the fastener when the seal member is affixed. Thereby, a space is created in the sticking position when the seal member is stuck on the sticking surface, and workability when sticking the seal member in the configuration in which the effect of the means 19 is achieved can be improved.

Means 21. In any one of means 13 to 20, a plurality of the fasteners are provided,
Further, the sealing member is attached to the plurality of fasteners so as to cover at least a part of each of the plurality of fasteners, and the antenna portion is opposed to a portion of the plurality of fasteners covered with the sealing member. A gaming machine characterized by the arrangement.

  According to the means 21, since a plurality of fasteners are provided, each case body is firmly fastened. In such a configuration, it is necessary to release the fastening of all fasteners in order to remove the control board. In this case, the sealing member is attached so as to cover at least a part of each of the plurality of fasteners. Therefore, the operation of illegally releasing the fastening of the fastener can be complicated, and more opportunities can be provided for the destruction of the base sheet during the unauthorized release operation. This is because even if one fastener can be skillfully exposed, the other fastener needs to be exposed.

  In addition, since the antenna portion is disposed so as to face the portions covered with the seal member in the plurality of fasteners, there are many opportunities for the antenna portion to be divided when the fastening of the fasteners is illegally released. be able to. Therefore, it is possible to reliably detect that fraud has been performed on the control board.

Means 22. In any one of the means 13 to 20, the outer peripheral portion of each case body is provided with an adhesive plate portion (adhesive plate portions 281 and 282) having mutually opposing plate surfaces,
The fastener extends in a direction substantially orthogonal to the plate surface, and is inserted through communication holes (screw holes 283 and 284) formed so as to straddle the boundary between the two bonding plate portions. Conclude,
Further, the seal member is pasted so as to straddle the boundary of each sticking plate part,
As the fastener, a first fastener (first screw 283) whose removal direction is a direction toward one of the attachment plate portions with respect to the boundary of each of the attachment plate portions, and a first direction which is the removal direction of the opposite direction. 2 fasteners (second screw 284),
Affixing the sealing member so as to cover the end portions (the tops of the heads 283a and 284a) of both the first fastener and the second fastener on the removal direction side,
The antenna portion is positioned on a surface (first sticking surface 281a, second sticking surface 282a) on the side of removing the corresponding fasteners in the two sticking plate portions, and the end portion of the first fastener or the A gaming machine, wherein the gaming machine is disposed so as to face at least one of the end portions of the second fastener.

  In the gaming machine of means 22, each case body is fastened as the sticking plate portion is fastened by the fastener. And the sealing member is affixed so that the boundary of the fastened sticking board part may be straddled. In this case, since a plurality of fasteners are provided, each sticking plate portion (each case body) is firmly fixed. Moreover, in order to remove a control board, it is necessary to cancel | release the fastening of a 1st fastener and a 2nd fastener.

  In this configuration, the first fastener is attached so that the direction toward one of the adhesive plate portions is the removal direction with respect to the boundary of each adhesive plate portion, whereas the second fastener is the opposite. It is attached so that the direction is the removal direction. And the sealing member is affixed so that the edge part of the removal direction side of these 1st fasteners and the 2nd fasteners may be covered, and also in the removal direction side surface of the corresponding fastener in both sticking board parts The antenna portion is arranged so as to be positioned. Therefore, the operation of illegally releasing the fastening of the fastener can be complicated, and more opportunities can be provided for the destruction of the base sheet and the division of the antenna portion during the unauthorized release operation. This is because even if either the end portion on the removal direction side of the first fastener or the end portion on the removal direction side of the second fastener can be exposed, the other needs to be exposed.

  In addition, for example, in the configuration in which both the first fastener and the second fastener have the same direction as the detaching direction with respect to the boundary between both the pasting plate portions, even so as to straddle the boundary between both the pasting plate portions. Even if the antenna member is disposed so as to be attached to the sealing member and to be positioned on the surface of the corresponding fastening plate in the removal direction of the corresponding fasteners, It is possible to expose the end portions on the removal direction side of both fasteners only by removing the portions, that is, without removing all the sealing members. In this case, the effect of sticking the seal member as described above and further arranging the antenna portion as described above is not suitably exhibited. On the other hand, according to the structure in this means 22, since it is as above, the said effect is exhibited suitably.

  Means 23. The gaming machine according to claim 22, wherein the antenna portion is disposed so as to face both the end portion of the first fastener and the end portion of the second fastener.

  According to the means 23, since the antenna portion is disposed so as to face both ends of the first fastener and the second fastener in the removing direction, the fastening of the fastener is illegally released. In this case, it is possible to provide many opportunities for the antenna part to be divided. Therefore, it is possible to reliably detect that fraud has been performed on the control board.

  Means 24. A gaming machine according to claim 23, wherein the antenna portion is arranged so as to be point-symmetric with respect to the center of the base sheet.

  According to the means 24, even if the seal member is attached to the application surface by rotating 180 °, the antenna unit is opposed to the end portions on the removal direction side of both the first fastener and the second fastener. Can do. Therefore, in the configuration in which the antenna portion is opposed to the end portions on the removal direction side of both the first fastener and the second fastener, it is possible to improve workability when the seal member is attached.

  In addition, by forming the base sheet in a rectangular shape (rectangular shape), for an operator who performs the sticking operation of the seal member, the seal member is attached to the case body based on the short side or the long side of the seal member. The antenna portion can be opposed to the end portions on the removal direction side of both the first fastener and the second fastener simply by attaching, and further workability improvement when the seal member is attached can be achieved.

  Further, in the configuration including any one of the above-described means 18 to 20, the guide member guides the sealing member attaching position, so that the operator who performs the sealing member attaching operation guides the guide means. The antenna portion can be opposed to the end portions on the removal direction side of both the first fastener and the second fastener simply by sticking the seal member at the position where the seal member is attached. It is possible to improve the performance.

Means 25. In any one of means 13 to 24, the fastener is made of metal,
A gaming machine, wherein the antenna portion is disposed apart from the fastener.

  According to the means 25, since the fastener is made of metal, an act of dividing the fastener to illegally remove the control board is suppressed. In this case, since the antenna portion is separated from the fastener, it is possible to reliably transmit the identification information to the reading device when fraud is not performed. This is because if the metal fastener and the antenna unit are in contact with each other, transmission of identification information to the reading device is hindered because the frequency set for the antenna unit changes. . Therefore, the above-described effects obtained by arranging the antenna portion so as to face the fastener can be obtained without causing such inconvenience.

Means 26. In the means 25, each case body to which the seal member is attached is provided with communication holes (screw holes 285, 286) communicating with each other, and the fastener is fastened in a state of being inserted into the communication holes,
In the insertion state of the fastener, the position of the end portion on the removal direction side of the fastener (the top of the heads 283a, 284a) is configured to be an intermediate position in the axial direction of the communication hole,
Further, the seal member is attached so as to cover the openings (removal side openings 289, 290) located in the direction of removing the fasteners in the communication holes,
A gaming machine, wherein the antenna portion is disposed so as to face the end portion of the fastener.

  According to the means 26, the position of the end of the fastener in the direction of removal is an intermediate position in the axial direction of the communication hole, whereas the position of the antenna portion is in the direction of removal of the fastener in the communication hole. It is near the opening. Therefore, in the configuration in which the antenna portion is disposed so as to face the fastener, the metal fastener and the antenna portion can be reliably separated.

  In the configuration provided with the means 16, the antenna portion straddles the opening in the communication hole, so that the antenna portion is difficult to bend toward the end of the fastener (toward the communication hole). In the configuration in which the antenna portion and the end portion of the fastener are opposed to each other, both can be reliably separated.

  Means 27. The game machine according to claim 26, wherein an interposition member is interposed between the antenna portion and the end portion of the fastener.

  According to the means 27, since there is no interposed member between the antenna portion and the end portion on the removal direction side of the fastener, the end portion on the removal direction side of the antenna portion and the fastener portion is provided. A predetermined space is formed between the two. Further, a seal member is attached so as to cover an opening located in the direction of removing the fastener in the communication hole. Thereby, in the case where the sealing member is peeled off in order to release the fastening of the fastener in an unauthorized manner and the end of the fastener in the removing direction side is to be exposed, it is possible to provide many opportunities for the antenna part to be divided. That is, the seal member has a portion that is affixed to the case body with the peripheral edge of the opening as a boundary, and a portion that is not affixed, and this is the same for the antenna portion. In this case, if the seal member is peeled off so as to expose the end of the fastener in the removal direction, the seal member is peeled off at the boundary between the portion attached to the case body and the portion not attached to the antenna portion. This is because the stress accompanying the force tends to concentrate. Therefore, it is possible to reliably detect that fraud has been performed on the control board.

  In particular, in the configuration provided with the means 17 and the means 27, the antenna portion is arranged so as to span the peripheral edge portion of the opening across the opening, and the antenna portion and the fastener on the removal direction side are arranged. A predetermined space is formed between the end portions. That is, the part to be bridged in the antenna unit is in a floating state. Therefore, if the seal member is peeled off in an attempt to expose the end of the fastener in the direction of removal, the force that peels off the seal member at the boundary between the portion of the antenna portion that is attached to the case body and the portion that is not attached. The accompanying stress is more likely to concentrate. Therefore, it is possible to provide more opportunities for the antenna part to be divided.

  Means 28. A gaming machine according to any one of means 13 to 27, wherein the antenna portion is arranged so as to extend from one corner portion side of the base sheet to a corner portion side thereof in the diagonal direction.

  According to the means 28, the antenna part is arranged so as to extend from one corner side of the base sheet to the diagonal corner side thereof, thereby ensuring a long dimension in the longitudinal direction of the antenna part. Can do. Therefore, it is possible to provide more opportunities for the antenna portion to be divided when the seal member is peeled off, so that it is possible to more reliably detect that the fraud has been performed on the control board.

  Means 29. The gaming machine according to claim 28, wherein the antenna portion is arranged on a diagonal line of the base sheet.

  According to the means 29, since the antenna portion is provided on the diagonal line of the base sheet, the length of the antenna portion can be ensured as large as possible. Therefore, it is possible to provide as many opportunities as possible when the antenna portion is divided when the seal member is peeled off.

  Means 30. In any one of the means 13 to 29, the storage unit is an IC chip, and the arrangement position of the IC chip is set so that the longitudinal direction of the antenna unit extends toward both sides of the IC chip as a reference. A gaming machine characterized by

  According to the means 30, since the position of the IC chip is set so that the longitudinal direction of the antenna portion extends toward both sides of the IC chip as a reference, the IC chip is located on the outer edge side (one side) of the seal member. Will not be located. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the peeling of the seal member due to the thickness of the IC chip. That is, since the IC chip has a predetermined thickness, a gap is generated between the periphery of the IC chip in the sealing member and the case body. In this case, if the IC chip is on the outer edge side of the seal member, the seal member is easily peeled off by placing a finger in the gap between the outer edge and the case body. On the other hand, since the position of the IC chip is not the outer edge side of the seal member as in this means, it is possible to suppress the seal member from being easily peeled in the configuration including the IC chip having a predetermined thickness. .

  It should be noted that the above effect becomes more prominent by disposing the IC chip substantially at the center in the longitudinal direction of the antenna portion.

  Means 31. In any one of means 13 to 30, the storage unit is an IC chip, and a thickness dimension of the antenna unit is smaller than a thickness dimension of the IC chip.

  According to the means 31, since the thickness dimension of the antenna part is smaller than the thickness dimension of the IC chip, the antenna part is easily broken when the seal member is peeled off. Therefore, it is possible to more reliably detect that the control board has been cheated.

  In this case, if the IC chip is on the outer edge side of the seal member, the seal member is easily peeled off. On the other hand, it can suppress that a sealing member becomes easy to peel by providing the structure of the said means 30. FIG.

  Means 32. In any one of the means 13 to 31, the case is formed by bending the seal member at a predetermined angle or a predetermined curvature so that a direction in which a bending center extends is substantially parallel to a direction in which one side of the seal member extends. A gaming machine characterized by being attached to the body.

  According to the means 32, the seal member is bent at a predetermined angle or a predetermined curvature and attached to the case body so that the extending direction of the bending center is substantially parallel to the extending direction of one side of the seal member. Therefore, the base sheet breaks more significantly when the seal member is peeled from the corner. This is because, in the configuration in which the seal member is attached as described above, when the seal member is peeled off from the corner, stress due to the peeling force concentrates on the end of the bending center. In this case, a person who tries to cheat on the control board naturally tries to peel off the seal member in a direction along one side of the seal member. On the other hand, the configuration of the means 13 described above makes it easy to find out that the antenna section was cut off when attempting to peel off the sealing member in the direction along one side, and that fraud was performed on the control board. can do.

  Means 33. A gaming machine according to any one of means 13 to 32, wherein a plurality of antenna cuts (antenna cuts 307) are formed around the antenna portion of the base sheet.

  According to the means 33, when the sealing member is peeled off, the stress accompanying the peeling force concentrates on the end of the antenna cut formed around the antenna portion, and the base sheet breaks from the end of the antenna cut. As a result, the antenna portion is also destroyed, and the antenna portion is divided at that position. Therefore, it becomes easy to divide an antenna part, and it can discover more reliably when fraud is performed with respect to a control board.

  Means 34. In the means 33, the antenna cut is a linear cut extending in a direction intersecting with a longitudinal direction of the antenna portion and all side directions of the base sheet.

  According to the means 34, the antenna notch is a linear notch extending in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the antenna part and all the side directions of the base sheet, so that the seal member is peeled off in a direction along one side. In this case, the stress accompanying the peeling force tends to concentrate on the antenna part side end of the antenna cut. Thereby, it is possible to make it easier for the antenna portion to be divided through the antenna cut.

  Note that the antenna cut is formed to the position where the antenna portion is reached so that the antenna portion is not divided, so that the antenna portion is more easily divided when the seal member is peeled off.

  In addition, by preventing the antenna notches from being arranged in a straight line across the antenna portion, for example, when there is no relation with fraud, such as when attaching a seal member during the manufacture of a gaming machine, the antenna portion It is possible to prevent the antenna notch that is sandwiched between them from being connected and the antenna portion from being divided accordingly.

  Means 35. A game machine according to any one of means 13 to 34, wherein a plurality of outer edge cuts (outer edge cuts 309) extending inward from the outer periphery are formed at least at the corners of the base sheet.

  According to the means 35, when the sealing member is peeled off from the corner, the stress accompanying the peeling force is concentrated on the inner end portion of the outer edge notch, and the base sheet is more easily broken. In this case, a person who tries to cheat on the control board naturally tries to peel off the seal member in a direction along one side of the seal member. On the other hand, the configuration of the means 13 described above makes it easy to find out that the antenna section was cut off when attempting to peel off the sealing member in the direction along one side, and that fraud was performed on the control board. can do.

  Note that by forming a large number of outer edge cuts in the outer peripheral direction of the base sheet, the base sheet is likely to be broken when the seal member is peeled in a direction along one side thereof. Thereby, the trace that the sealing member was illegally peeled remains in the base sheet, and the illegal discovery can be performed more easily.

  Means 36. The gaming machine according to claim 35, wherein at least an inner end portion of the outer edge notch is linear or acute.

  According to the means 36, since at least the inner end of the outer edge notch is linear or acute, when the seal member is peeled from the corner, the stress accompanying the peeling force is applied to the inner end of the outer notch. Will concentrate locally. Therefore, the base sheet can be more easily broken through the outer edge cut when the seal member is peeled from the corner.

  Means 37. A game machine according to any one of means 13 to 36, wherein a corner side cut (corner side cut 308) is formed on a corner side of the base sheet.

  According to the means 37, since the corner-side cut is formed on the corner side of the base sheet, the base sheet is more easily broken when the seal member is peeled off from the corner. In this case, a person who tries to cheat on the control board naturally tries to peel off the seal member in a direction along one side of the seal member. On the other hand, the configuration of the means 13 described above makes it easy to find out that the antenna section was cut off when attempting to peel off the sealing member in the direction along one side, and that fraud was performed on the control board. can do.

  In addition, by setting it as the structure which forms a corner side notch in a substantially L shape so that the corner part of a base sheet may be followed, when a sealing member is peeled from the corner, a base sheet is made easier to be destroyed. And the degree of destruction can be increased.

  Means 38. In any one of the means 13 to 37, the plurality of case bodies are composed of a pair of case bodies, and can be separated by sliding the other case body with respect to one case body, and the sealing member is A gaming machine characterized in that it is attached to ends of a pair of case bodies in a sliding direction.

  In the means 38, the pair of case bodies can be separated by sliding the other case body with respect to the one case body. In this case, since the seal member is affixed to the ends in the sliding direction of the pair of case bodies, the seal member must be peeled off in order to separate the case bodies. And by having the structure of the said means 13 grade | etc., It becomes the structure by which it is discovered easily and reliably that the sealing member was peeled off. Therefore, it is possible to easily and reliably find out that fraud has been performed on the control board.

Means 39. In any one of the means 1 to 38, the reader means transmits a call wave calling means for calling the identification information (the CPU 346 of the reader device 331, the RF circuit 347, and the reader antenna 333) and the call wave Response wave receiving means for receiving a response wave from the electronic tag (a CPU 346 of the reader device 331, an RF circuit 347, and a reader antenna 333);
Furthermore, response period measuring means (response time measuring timer 348) for measuring a response period from when the ringing wave is transmitted to when the response wave is received;
A determination unit (sound lamp control) that compares a preset reference response period with the response period measured by the response period measurement unit and determines whether the measured response period is normal based on the comparison result. Step S16) in the fraud detection process of the device 272;
And an abnormality process executing means (step S18 in the fraud detection process of the sound lamp control device 272) for executing an abnormality process when the measured response period is determined not to be normal by the determination means. Gaming machine.

  As an improper act against a gaming machine, an improper act of exchanging the control device with an unauthorized device is assumed, and the electronic tag attached to the legitimate control device is removed at the time of such an improper act, and the electronic tag is used for transmitting identification information. An act of attaching to an unauthorized device as a dummy product is assumed. Further, in the configuration including the above means 12, the substrate box is opened without breaking the electronic tag by cutting a part of the substrate box, so that the control board is improper (for example, improper electronic component mounting). And replacing the control board with an illegal board), the illegal board is accommodated in a separately prepared illegal board box, and a legitimate electronic tag that has been removed without being destroyed is used for transmitting identification information. An act of attaching an illegal board box as a dummy product is assumed.

  However, when these fraudulent acts are performed, it is considered that the relative distance of the electronic tag with respect to the reader means changes when the electronic tag is attached to an unauthorized device or substrate box as a dummy product. On the other hand, according to the means 39, the response period from when the calling wave is transmitted from the reader means to when the response wave is received by the reader means is measured, and when the measured response period is not normal, Abnormal processing is executed. As a result, even if an illegal act using the electronic tag as a dummy product is performed, it is possible to discover that the illegal act has been performed.

Means 40. A fraud monitoring system comprising the gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 38 and a fraud monitoring device (hall computer 601) outside the gaming machine,
The fraud monitoring device inputs a reading result read by the reader means, executes a fraud determination process for determining the presence or absence of fraud based on the input reading result, and further, a determination result of the fraud determination process A fraud monitoring system characterized in that an abnormality process is executed based on the above.

  According to the means 40, the reading result of the identification information by the reader means is input to the fraud monitoring device, and based on the input result, the presence / absence of the fraud is determined, and if it is determined that there has been the fraud Abnormal processing is executed. By adopting this configuration, it is possible to execute fraud determination and abnormality processing outside the gaming machine. For example, in a configuration in which the determination of the presence / absence of fraud and abnormal processing are executed inside the gaming machine, if fraud is performed on a device that performs such processing, the effect of providing an electronic tag or reader means disappears. . On the other hand, the effect of providing the electronic tag and the reader means is preferably exhibited by executing the determination of the presence / absence of fraud and the abnormality process in the fraud monitoring device outside the gaming machine.

Means 41. A fraud monitoring system comprising the gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 38,
The reader means comprises a call wave transmitting means for transmitting a call wave for calling the identification information, and a response wave receiving means for receiving a response wave from the electronic tag for the call wave,
Furthermore, response period measuring means for measuring a response period from when the call wave is transmitted until the response wave is received;
A determination unit that compares a reference response period set in advance with the response period measured by the response period measurement unit, and determines whether or not the measured response period is normal based on the comparison result;
A fraud monitoring system comprising: an abnormal process execution unit configured to execute an abnormal process when it is determined by the determination unit that the measured response period is not normal.

  As an improper act against a gaming machine, an improper act of exchanging the control device with an unauthorized device is assumed, and the electronic tag attached to the legitimate control device is removed at the time of such an improper act, and the electronic tag is used for transmitting identification information. An act of attaching to an unauthorized device as a dummy product is assumed. Further, in the configuration including the above means 12, the substrate box is opened without breaking the electronic tag by cutting a part of the substrate box, so that the control board is improper (for example, improper electronic component mounting). And replacing the control board with an illegal board), the illegal board is accommodated in a separately prepared illegal board box, and a legitimate electronic tag that has been removed without being destroyed is used for transmitting identification information. An act of attaching an illegal board box as a dummy product is assumed.

  However, when these fraudulent acts are performed, it is considered that the relative distance of the electronic tag with respect to the reader means changes when the electronic tag is attached to an unauthorized device or substrate box as a dummy product. On the other hand, according to the means 41, the response period from when the calling wave is transmitted from the reader means to when the response wave is received by the reader means is measured, and when the measured response period is not normal, Abnormal processing is executed. As a result, even if an illegal act using the electronic tag as a dummy product is performed, it is possible to discover that the illegal act has been performed.

Means 42. An electronic tag (IC tag 558) having a storage unit that stores unique identification information and an antenna unit that transmits radio waves including the identification information is attached to a control device (main control device 553) that controls the game. A gaming machine,
When the identification information is read, a reader device (reader device 565) that reads the identification information by receiving the radio wave is positioned in a radio wave arrival area where a radio wave of a level at which the identification information can be read arrives. A gaming machine provided with positioning means (positioning plate portion 561) used for the purpose.

  According to the means 42, the electronic tag provided in the control device includes a storage unit and an antenna unit, and the identification information stored in the storage unit is transmitted from the antenna unit as a radio wave. In this case, positioning means used for positioning the reader device in a radio wave arrival region where radio waves of a level at which identification information can be read reaches is provided. As a result, when the identification information reading operation is performed, the identification information can be reliably read by arranging the reader device at a position positioned by the positioning means, so that the identification information can be read satisfactorily. . In addition, for an operator who reads the identification information, if the reader device is arranged at a position positioned by the positioning unit, the identification information can be reliably read, so that the workability of the reading operation is improved. Can do.

  Means 43. The game machine according to claim 42, wherein the positioning means is a reader device abutting portion provided so as to face the electronic tag.

  According to the means 43, when performing the reading operation of the identification information, the reader device can be arranged at a position where the identification information can be reliably read by merely bringing the reader device into contact with the reader device contact portion. Therefore, the workability of the reading work can be improved.

  Means 44. In the means 43, the reader device contact portion is formed of a material that can transmit the radio wave, and the radio wave receiving portion (reader antenna 568) in the reader device on the opposite side to the side facing the electronic tag. A gaming machine characterized in that it is formed so as to abut the end portion on the side.

  According to the means 44, when the identification information reading operation is performed, the receiving unit side end of the reader device is brought into contact with the side opposite to the side facing the electronic tag in the reader device contacting unit. And since the reader apparatus contact part is formed of the material which can permeate | transmit the electromagnetic wave from the antenna part of an electronic tag, a reader apparatus can receive an electromagnetic wave and can read identification information. As a result, the reader device can be reasonably brought into contact with the reader device contact portion, and the workability of the reading operation can be improved.

Means 45. In any one of the means 42 to 44, a base body (main body frame 12) that is rotatably attached to the front of the gaming machine with respect to an attachment target (outer frame 11) is provided, and the control device is provided on the back surface of the base body. Arranged,
A gaming machine characterized in that the radio wave arrival area is set on the rotating front end side of the back surface of the base body, and the positioning means is provided on the rotating front end side of the back surface of the base body.

  According to the means 45, in the configuration in which the control device is disposed on the back surface of the base body, the positioning means is provided on the rotation tip side on the back surface of the base body. Therefore, when the identification information reading operation is performed, the positioning means is positioned closer to the operator by rotating the base body forward of the gaming machine, and the reader device can be easily placed at the position positioned by the positioning means. Thereby, the workability of the reading work can be further improved.

  Means 46. In any one of the means 42 to 45, the positioning means positions the reader device so that the distance between the receiving unit (reader antenna 568) receiving the radio wave in the reader device and the electronic tag is always constant. A gaming machine characterized by prescribing.

  According to the means 46, since the distance between the receiving unit of the reader device and the electronic tag is always constant, the worker who reads the identification information can always work in the same manner. That is, for example, the timing from when the reader device is arranged at the position positioned by the positioning unit to when the reading of the identification information is completed is the same.

Means 47. A fraud monitoring system comprising the gaming machine according to any one of means 42 to 46,
The reader device receives call wave transmission means (CPU 566 of the reader device 565, RF circuit 567, and reader antenna 568) for transmitting a call wave for calling the identification information, and a response wave from the electronic tag for the call wave. Response wave receiving means (CPU 566 of reader device 565, RF circuit 567, and reader antenna 568),
Furthermore, response period measuring means (response time measuring timer 569) for measuring a response period from when the ringing wave is transmitted to when the response wave is received;
A determination unit (a hall computer 576) that compares a preset reference response period with the response period measured by the response period measuring unit and determines whether the measured response period is normal based on the comparison result. Step S44) in the fraud detection process of
Illegal monitoring characterized by comprising an abnormal process executing means (step S46 in the fraud detection process of the hall computer 576) for executing an abnormal process when it is determined by the determining means that the measured response period is not normal. system.

  As an improper act against a gaming machine, an improper act of exchanging the control device with an unauthorized device is assumed, and the electronic tag attached to the legitimate control device is removed at the time of such an improper act, and the electronic tag is used for transmitting identification information. An act of attaching to an unauthorized device as a dummy product is assumed.

  However, when such an illegal act is performed, it is considered that the relative distance of the electronic tag with respect to the positioning means changes when the electronic tag is attached to the unauthorized device as a dummy product. On the other hand, according to the means 47, a response period from when a call wave is transmitted from the reader device to when a response wave is received by the reader device is measured, and when the measured response period is not normal, Abnormal processing is executed. As a result, even if an illegal act using the electronic tag as a dummy product is performed, it is possible to discover that the illegal act has been performed.

  The basic configuration of various gaming machines to which the above means can be applied is shown below.

  Pachinko gaming machine: operation means (game ball launching handle 18) operated by the player, ball launching means (game ball launching mechanism 160) for launching a game ball based on the operation of the operation means, and the launched game When a ball path (rail unit 50) for guiding a ball to a predetermined game area and each game part arranged in the game area are provided, and a game ball enters a predetermined ball entry part among the game parts A gaming machine that grants special benefits to players.

  Revolving type gaming machine such as a slot machine: equipped with a picture display device for variably displaying a plurality of pictures, variably starting display of the plurality of pictures due to the operation of the start operation means, and due to the operation of the stop operation means In addition, the game machine is configured such that the variable display of the plurality of patterns is stopped when a predetermined time elapses and a privilege is given to the player according to the pattern after the stop.

(First embodiment)
Hereinafter, an embodiment relating to a pachinko gaming machine (hereinafter referred to as a “pachinko machine”) will be described in detail based on the drawings. 1 is a front view of the pachinko machine 10, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an exploded or exploded main configuration of the pachinko machine 10, and FIG. 3 is a front view showing a front structure of a main body frame 12 constituting the pachinko machine 10. is there. In FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the configuration in the game area of the pachinko machine 10 is left blank for convenience.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the pachinko machine 10 includes an outer frame 11 that forms an outer shell of the pachinko machine 10. The outer frame 11 is attached to a so-called island facility when installed in the game hall. The outer frame 11 is in a state in which wooden plate members are combined in a rectangular frame shape as a whole, and is configured by fixing each plate member with a detachable fastening member such as a small screw.

  A body frame 12 is supported at one side of the outer frame 11 so as to be openable and closable. The opening / closing axis is set to extend vertically to the left as viewed from the front of the pachinko machine 10, and the main body frame 12 can be opened forward with the opening / closing axis serving as the axis.

  A front plate 14 is provided at a lower position on the front side of the main body frame 12. The front plate 14 is formed in a horizontally long shape, and the width thereof is configured to substantially match the width of the main body frame 12. The front plate 14 includes a base portion 15 having a bulging portion 15a that bulges to the near side in a substantially central portion in the width direction, and a ball tray that is provided inside the bulging portion 15a of the base portion 15 and has a dish shape recessed downward. And a back wall panel 17 that forms a wall surface on the back side of the bottom plate 16 and has a ball discharge port 17a to the bottom plate 16. Since the base portion 15 is fixed to the main body frame 12 by a fastening member such as a screw, the base portion 15 constitutes an attachment portion for the main body frame 12. A game ball launching handle 18 is provided on the base portion 15 so as to protrude to the right side of the bulging portion 15a.

  The game ball launch handle 18 includes an operation handle 18a and a support base 18b. The operation handle 18a is formed of ABS resin, and the surface thereof is plated. Since the support pedestal 18b is a well-known configuration, a description thereof is omitted, but a touch sensor for detecting that the player is touching the operation handle 18a and detecting that the operation handle 18a is operated are detected. A dial variable resistor for detecting the amount of operation of the firing switch and the operation handle 18a is provided. Furthermore, a stop switch is provided that is operated to stop the launch of the game ball in a state where the operation handle 18a is operated. The signal lines of these touch sensor, firing switch, dial variable resistor, and stop switch are connected to a power source and firing control device 313 described later.

  A speaker cover portion 17b in which a large number of small holes are gathered is formed at a position different from the ball discharge port 17a of the back wall panel 17, and the output sound of the speaker 20 installed behind the panel 17 is the speaker cover. It is emitted forward through the portion 17b.

  A front door frame 13 as a front door is provided in a range excluding the front plate 14 on the front side of the main body frame 12 so as to cover the main body frame 12. Therefore, the entire front side of the main body frame 12 is covered by the front plate 14 and the front door frame 13. The front door frame 13 is attached to the main body frame 12 so as to be openable and closable. Like the main body frame 12, the front door frame 13 can be opened forward with an opening / closing axis extending vertically to the left when viewed from the front of the pachinko machine 10. It is like that.

  A lower portion of the front door frame 13 is provided with a bulging portion 22 that bulges to the near side above the lower plate 16, and an upper plate 23 that opens upward is provided inside the bulging portion 22. . The upper plate 23 is a ball receiving tray for temporarily storing game balls paid out from a payout device described later and guiding them to a game ball launching mechanism 160 described later while aligning them in a line.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the main body frame 12 is mainly composed of a resin base 25 whose outer shape is substantially the same as that of the outer frame 11, and a substantially circular window hole 26 is formed at the center of the resin base 25. Is formed. A game board 30 is detachably mounted on the rear side of the resin base 25. As shown in FIG. 4, the game board 30 is made of a substantially rectangular plywood, and is attached in a state where the peripheral edge thereof is in contact with the back side of the resin base 25. That is, the game board 30 is attached from the rear of the pachinko machine 10, and only the substantially central portion of the front part of the game board 30 is exposed to the front side of the main body frame 12 through the window hole 26 of the resin base 25.

  Next, the structure of the game board 30 is demonstrated based on FIG. The game board 30 is formed with a plurality of large and small openings penetrating in the front-rear direction by being subjected to router processing. Each opening is provided with a general winning port 31, a variable winning device 32, an operating port 33, a through gate 34, a variable display unit 35, and the like. Actually, the general winning port 31, the variable winning device 32, the operating port 33, the through gate 34, and the variable display unit 35 are attached to the surface of the game board by wood screws or the like.

  The operating port 33 is additionally provided with an electric accessory that is activated (opened) under a predetermined condition. When a game ball enters the general winning port 31, the variable winning device 32, and the operating port 33, it is detected by a detection switch described later, and based on the detection result, the upper plate 23 (in some cases, the lower plate 16) is detected. A predetermined number of prize balls are paid out.

  In addition, an out port 36 is provided at the lowermost part of the game board 30 so that game balls that have not entered various winning ports etc. are guided through the out port 36 toward a ball discharge path (not shown). It has become. The game board 30 is provided with a large number of nails for appropriately dispersing and adjusting the falling direction of the game balls, and various members (functions) such as a windmill 37 are disposed.

  The variable display unit 35 is provided with a symbol display device 41 that variably displays the first symbol (special symbol) with a winning at the operation port 33 as a trigger. A center frame 43 is disposed in the variable display unit 35 so as to surround the symbol display device 41. The center frame 43 has an upper portion extending forward of the pachinko machine 10. As a result, the game ball is prevented from dropping in front of the display screen of the symbol display device 41, and the inconvenience that the visibility of the display screen is lowered due to the fall of the game ball does not occur. .

  In the upper center of the center frame 43, a first specific lamp portion 47 and a second specific lamp portion 48 are provided side by side. In addition, a holding lamp 44 corresponding to the first specific lamp section 47 and the symbol display device 41 is provided so as to sandwich the area where both the specific lamp sections 47 and 48 are disposed. The number of times that the game ball has passed through the operating port 33 is held up to a maximum of 4 times, and the holding number is displayed by turning on the holding lamp 44. A holding lamp 46 corresponding to the second specific lamp portion 48 is provided below the center frame 43. The number of times that the game ball has passed through the through gate 34 is held up to a maximum of 4 times, and the holding number is displayed by turning on the holding lamp 46.

  The symbol display device 41 is configured as a liquid crystal display device including an 8-inch size liquid crystal display, and display contents are controlled by a display control device described later. On the symbol display device 41, for example, the first symbols are displayed side by side on the left, middle, and right, and these symbols are variably displayed as they are scrolled up and down. When a predetermined combination of symbols is stopped and displayed on a preset active line, a special gaming state (hereinafter referred to as a jackpot) occurs.

  The first specific lamp unit 47 is provided with a red, green, and blue three-color emission type LED lamp. Then, when the winning color to the operation port 33 is used as a trigger, the emission color is switched in a predetermined order, and when red or green is finally stopped, a big hit occurs, and blue is stopped and displayed There is no big hit. In addition, the type of jackpot is different between the case where the stop is finally displayed in red and the case where the stop is finally displayed in green, and the former is a jackpot that is more advantageous to the player (so-called probabilistic variation). Jackpot).

  On the other hand, the second specific lamp portion 48 is provided with a red and green two-color light emitting type LED lamp inside thereof. In the second specific lamp unit 48, the emission color is switched in a predetermined order with the passage of the through gate 34 as a trigger. And when red is stopped and displayed, it is comprised so that the electrically-driven accessory which accompanies the operating port 33 will be in an open state only for the predetermined time.

  The variable winning device 32 is normally in a closed state in which a game ball cannot be won or is difficult to win, and is switched to a predetermined open state in which a game ball is easy to win in the case of a big win. More specifically, when the jackpot is generated, the variable winning device 32 is in a predetermined open state, and the game ball is easily won. As an opening mode of the variable prize winning device 32, a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) or a predetermined number (for example, ten) of winnings is defined as one round, and the following is performed on condition that a winning is made to a continuous prize opening in the variable prize winning device 32. In general, it is assumed that the condition for shifting to a round is satisfied, and the variable prize-winning device 32 is repeatedly opened with a maximum of a plurality of rounds (for example, 15 rounds).

  The game board 30 is provided with a rail unit 50 as a rail member for guiding a game ball launched from a game ball launching mechanism 160, which will be described later, to the upper part of the game board 30 and is launched from the game ball launching mechanism 160. The game balls are guided to a predetermined game area through the rail unit 50.

  In the game board 30, a relay terminal hole 59 penetrating in the front-rear direction is provided in the upper left portion outside the rail unit 50, and through this relay terminal hole 59, a connector for connecting a relay terminal plate installed on the back of the game board 60 is exposed to the front side of the pachinko machine 10. Further, the lower right corner and the lower left corner of the game board 30 are spaces (Sa, Sb in the figure) for sticking a seal such as a certificate or a plate. By adopting a configuration in which a sticker such as a stamp is directly pasted on the game board 30, it is difficult to improperly paste the stamp or the like.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 3, a game ball launching mechanism 160 is attached below the window hole 26 (game board 30) of the resin base 25. As shown in FIG. 5, the game ball launching mechanism 160 includes a metal plate 161 as a base member, and an electromagnetic solenoid 162 and a launch rail 163 are attached to the metal plate 161.

  The solenoid 162 includes a main body portion 162a and an output shaft 162b as main components, and is energized based on the input of an electrical signal to the main body portion 161a, so that the output shaft 162b moves in the expansion / contraction direction. The solenoid 162 is arranged so that the output shaft 162b protrudes obliquely upward to the left when energized. The firing rail 163 guides the game ball launched by the solenoid 162, and is arranged so that its longitudinal direction extends in the expansion and contraction direction of the output shaft 162b.

  In the above configuration, when the solenoid 162 is energized based on the operation of the game ball launch handle 18 by the player, the output shaft 162b protrudes and the game ball held by the stopper 164 is launched on the launch rail 163. It is. Then, the game ball moves on the launch rail 163 and is launched into the game area.

  There is a predetermined gap between the firing rail 163 and the ball guide passage, and a foul ball passage 76 is provided below the gap. Therefore, if the game ball launched from the game ball launching mechanism 160 returns as a foul ball in the rail unit 50, the foul ball is discharged to the lower plate 16 through the foul ball passage 76.

  In addition, a pair of left and right discharge ports 66 and 67 are formed on the left side of the launch rail 163 on the front surface of the main body frame 12, and the game balls discharged from the discharge ports 66 and 67 are placed in front of the upper plate 23 or A game ball guide unit 70 for guiding one of the lower dishes 16 is attached. For convenience, in the following description, the discharge port 66 is also referred to as a first discharge port, and the discharge port 67 is also referred to as a second discharge port. These discharge ports 66 and 67 communicate with a game ball distribution unit 245 (see FIG. 10) provided on the back surface of the main body frame 12, and game balls are basically discharged from the first discharge port 66. When the passage leading to the upper plate 23 including the first outlet 66 is filled with game balls, the game balls are discharged from the second outlet 67 instead of the first outlet 66.

  The game ball guide unit 70 is configured to be visible with a transparent resin material such as polycarbonate resin, and between the main body frame 12 and the front door frame 13 with the front door frame 13 closed with respect to the main body frame 12. It is formed so that the thickness is comparatively thin so that it can be accommodated. The game ball guide unit 70 is integrally formed with the foul ball passage 76 described above. The game ball guide unit 70 is formed with a ball discharge passage 71 for communicating the discharge ports 66 and 67 with the lower plate 16. In the game ball guide unit 70, a communication port 72 communicating with the upper plate 23 is formed on the front side of the first discharge port 66 of the main body frame 12, and an opening / closing plate 73 is attached so as to close the communication port 72. ing. The opening / closing plate 73 is rotatably supported by a support shaft 74 and is always urged to a position where the communication port 72 is closed by a spring 75 as urging means.

  According to the above configuration of the game ball guide unit 70, the open / close plate 73 rises as shown in the figure by the urging force of the spring 75 when the front door frame 13 is opened, and the communication port 72 is closed. In this state, the game ball discharged from the first discharge port 66 is guided to the lower plate 16 through the ball discharge passage 71. Therefore, when the front door frame 13 is opened in a state where game balls are stored upstream of the communication port 72, the stored balls flow down to the lower plate 16 through the ball discharge passage 71 without spilling from the communication port 72. To do. On the other hand, when the front door frame 13 is closed, the opening / closing plate 73 is pushed open against the biasing force of the spring 75 by a ball passage rod 138 (see FIG. 2) provided on the back surface of the front door frame 13. . In this state, the game ball discharged from the first discharge port 66 is guided to the upper plate 23 through the communication port 72. Accordingly, the game ball upstream of the communication port 72 is paid out to the upper plate 23. A lower plate full tank switch for detecting that the game ball discharged to the lower plate 16 is full (full tank) is attached to the downstream side of the ball discharge passage 71 of the game ball guide unit 70.

  The resin base 25 is provided with a substantially rectangular small window 78 at the lower right portion of the window hole 26. Accordingly, the stamp or the like attached to the lower right corner space (Sa in FIG. 4) of the game board 30 can be viewed through the small window 78. It is also possible to directly paste a stamp or the like on the game board 30 from the small window 78.

  A small window 79 is also provided in the resin base 25 at the upper left portion of the window hole 26. This small window 79 is provided in a position corresponding to the relay terminal hole 59 of the game board 30 described in FIG. 4 in substantially the same shape as that, and through the relay terminal hole 59 and the small window 79, the relay installed on the back of the game board. The connection connector 60 of the terminal board is exposed on the front side of the main body frame 12. In such a configuration, various lamps provided on the front door frame 13 side are electrically connected via the connection connector 60 exposed from the small window 79 of the main body frame 12 (resin base 25). A front door frame opening switch 27 for detecting the open state of the front door frame 13 is provided on the top of the resin base 25. The front door frame opening switch 27 has a pin that can be projected and retracted on the front surface of the resin base 25. When the front door frame 13 is closed with respect to the main body frame 12, the pin is pushed in and the front door frame 13 is closed. When the front door frame 13 is opened with respect to the main body frame 12, the pin returns to the protruding position and the opening of the front door frame 13 is detected. When the front door frame 13 is closed with respect to the main body frame 12, the resin base 25 comes into contact with metal fittings (reinforcing plates 131 to 134 shown in FIG. 6) on the back of the front door frame 13, and Metal pieces 28a and 28b are attached to connect the metal fittings to the main body frame 12 side for grounding. Therefore, the metal fittings on the back of the front door frame 13 are conducted to the locking device and the hinge metal fitting on the main body frame 12 through the metal pieces 28a and 28b, and are grounded together with the locking device and the hinge metal fitting.

  A pair of upper and lower support brackets 81 and 82 are attached to the left end side (opening / closing axis line side) of the main body frame 12 as a support mechanism for supporting the front door frame 13 so that it can be opened and closed. The upper support fitting 81 is provided with a support hole 83 having a notch on the front side, and the lower support fitting 82 is provided with a protruding shaft 84 protruding upward. The specific configuration of the front door frame 13 supported by the support fittings 81 and 82 will be described later. Further, a pair of upper and lower metal fittings 155 and 156 (see FIG. 2) provided on the open end side on the back side of the front door frame 13 is inserted into the right end side (the side opposite to the opening / closing axis) of the main body frame 12. Insertion holes 87 and 88 are provided, respectively. The pachinko machine 10 is configured such that a locking device for locking the main body frame 12 and the front door frame 13 is hidden behind the main body frame 12. Therefore, the front door frame 13 is locked to the main body frame 12 so that it cannot be opened by locking the metal fittings 155 and 156 to the locking device through the insertion holes 87 and 88.

  A cylinder lock 91 as a key member for locking and unlocking the main frame 12 with respect to the outer frame 11 and locking and unlocking the front door frame 13 with respect to the main frame 12 is installed at the lower right corner of the main frame 12. Has been. The cylinder lock 91 is integrated with the locking device, and only the cylinder lock 91 of the locking device is provided in a state of protruding in front of the main body frame 12. The cylinder lock 91 has a function to cover both the locking and unlocking of the main body frame 12 and the locking and unlocking of the front door frame 13, and when the key inserted into the key hole is turned counterclockwise (counterclockwise direction) When the key is unlocked and the key is turned to the right (clockwise direction), the front door frame 13 is unlocked.

  Next, the front door frame 13 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 is a rear view of the front door frame 13.

  The front door frame 13 is formed with a window portion 101 as a viewing window so that almost the entire game area can be viewed from the front. The window portion 101 has a substantially oval shape close to a circle, and a glass 137 is fitted therein.

  Small windows 107 to which a transparent resin is attached are provided on both the left and right sides of the lower end portion of the front door frame 13 so that a part of the surface of the main body frame 12 and the surface of the game board 30 (including certificate paper) can be visually recognized. The transparent resin attached to the small window 107 is formed in a flat shape so that the internal certificate paper or the like can be easily machine-read in a factory or the like. However, the small window 107 can be provided with a magnifying lens portion so that the hall operator or the like can easily see the internal certificate paper or the like.

  The front door frame 13 is provided with light emitting means such as various lamps around the periphery (for example, a corner portion). These light emitting means play a role of enhancing the effect of the game during the game by changing and controlling the light emission mode such as lighting and blinking according to the change of the game state at the time of big hit or predetermined reach. For example, an annular lamp 102 containing a light emitting means such as an LED is provided symmetrically along the periphery of the window 101, and a light emitting means such as an LED is provided at the top of the pachinko machine 10 at the center of the annular lamp 102. A built-in central lamp 103 is provided. In the pachinko machine 10, the central lamp 103 functions as a jackpot lamp, and notifies that the jackpot is being hit by turning on or blinking in the jackpot state. In addition, an upper pan lamp 104 having a built-in light emitting means such as an LED is also provided around the upper pan 23. In addition, on the left and right sides of the central lamp 103, a prize ball lamp 105 that is turned on during the payout of a prize ball and an error display lamp 106 that is turned on when a predetermined error occurs are provided.

  On the back side of the front door frame 13, various metal reinforcing members are provided so as to surround the window portion 101. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, reinforcing plates 131, 132, 133, and 134 are attached to the back side of the front door frame 13 and on the left and right and upper and lower outer sides of the window portion 101, respectively. These reinforcing plates 131 to 134 are connected in contact with each other, but resin parts 135 for avoiding direct contact are interposed at the connecting portions of the left and upper reinforcing plates 132 and 133 in the drawing. Thereby, the closed loop of the electric path by the reinforcing plates 131 to 134 is cut, and the generation of a magnetic field causing noise is prevented.

  As shown in the right side of FIG. 6, the mounting plate 151, 152 is attached to the reinforcing plate 131 on the opening / closing axis side as an assembly mechanism for the main body frame 12 at the upper end and the lower end. Then, the mounting brackets 151 and 152 on the front door frame 13 side are attached to the support brackets 81 and 82 (see FIG. 3) on the main body frame 12 side. That is, a shaft hole that opens to the lower surface is formed in the lower mounting bracket 152, and the protruding shaft 84 of the lower support bracket 82 is inserted into the shaft hole, while the upper mounting bracket 151 By inserting the shaft portion into the support hole 83 of the upper support fitting 81, the front door frame 13 is supported to be openable and closable with respect to the main body frame 12. Further, the reinforcing plate 131 is provided with an engaging claw 131a having a hook shape at an intermediate position thereof, and the engaging claw 131a is formed in the hole 12a ( (See FIG. 3). Accordingly, even in the pachinko machine 10 in which the front door frame 13 is configured in a form including the upper plate 23 and the upper and lower shaft support intervals are increased, the front door frame 13 can be prevented from being lifted at the intermediate position. Therefore, an illegal act or the like floating the front door frame 13 is suppressed.

  A pair of upper and lower metal fittings 155 and 156 having a hook shape are attached to the reinforcing plate 132 on the opposite side to the opening / closing axis line on the left side of FIG. These metal fittings 155 and 156 extend rearward and are provided so as to correspond to the insertion holes 87 and 88 (see FIG. 3) provided in the main body frame 12. When the front door frame 13 is closed with respect to the main body frame 12, the metal fittings 155 and 156 are inserted into the insertion holes 87 and 88 on the main body frame 12 side and are locked by the locking device.

  A ball passage rod 138 is installed at a part of the lower reinforcing plate 134 cut out toward the back of the pachinko machine 10, and at least above the ball passage rod 138, the pachinko machine 10 is also behind the pachinko machine 10. An eaves portion 139 extending toward the surface is provided. In this case, in a state where the front door frame 13 is closed on the main body frame 12 side, a ridge extending along the upper side of the communication port 72 on the main body frame 12 side enters between the ball passage rod 138 and the collar portion 139. Arranged. Therefore, even if a wire, a film, or the like is invaded from the ball passage rod 138 to perform an illegal act, it is very difficult to infiltrate the wire, the film, or the like to the game area. As a result, fraudulent acts performed using a wire, a film, or the like can be prevented.

  Next, the configuration of the back surface of the pachinko machine 10 will be described. 7 is a rear view of the pachinko machine 10, and FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view showing the rear structure of the pachinko machine 10 for each major part.

  First, an overall outline of the rear configuration of the pachinko machine 10 will be described. On the back side of the pachinko machine 10, various control devices (various control boards) are arranged so as to be arranged in the vertical and horizontal directions or stacked in front and back, and a game ball supply device for supplying game balls (Discharge mechanism), a protective cover made of resin, and the like are attached. In the present embodiment, various control devices are separately mounted on two mounting bases to form two control board units, and these control board units are individually attached to the main body frame 12 or the back of the game board 30. ing. In this case, the main control device 271 (main control board) and the sound lamp control device 272 (sound lamp control board) are mounted on one mounting base to form a unit, and the payout control device 311 (payout control board), power supply The launch control device 313 (power source and launch control board) is mounted on the other mounting base to form a unit. Hereinafter, for the sake of convenience, the former unit is referred to as a “first control board unit 201”, and the latter unit is referred to as a “second control board unit 202”. Further, since the dispensing mechanism and the protective cover are integrated as one unit, and the resin portion is generally referred to as a back pack, the unit is referred to as a “back pack unit 203” here. The detailed configuration of each unit 201 to 203 will be described later.

  The first control board unit 201, the second control board unit 202, and the back pack unit 203 are configured to be detachable without using any tools or the like in units of units, and are provided with a support shaft part in a part so that the main body frame 12 Or it has the composition which can be developed to the back of game board 30. This is also a device for making it possible to easily check a hidden portion when the units 201 to 203 and other components are arranged one behind the other. Actually, as shown in the schematic diagram of FIG. 9, the first control board unit 201 having a substantially L-shape is arranged at substantially the center of the pachinko machine 10, and the second control board unit 202 is arranged therebelow. Yes. Further, the back pack unit 203 is disposed in a region partially overlapping with the first control board unit 201.

  The first control board unit 201 is provided with a support shaft part M1 at the left end portion when viewed from the back of the pachinko machine 10, and the first control board unit 201 can be rotated around an axis A by the support shaft part M1. ing. Further, the first control board unit 201 is provided with a fastening portion M2 made of Nylatch (registered trademark) on the right end portion thereof, that is, on the open end side opposite to the support shaft portion M1, and with a locking claw at the upper end portion. A portion M3 is provided, and the first control board unit 201 is held in a state along the back surface (back surface) of the main body of the pachinko machine 10 by the fastening portion M2 and the locking claw portion M3. Further, the second control board unit 202 is provided with a support shaft part M4 at the right end when viewed from the back of the pachinko machine 10, and the second control board unit 202 can be rotated around the axis B by the support shaft part M4. It has become. Further, the second control board unit 202 is provided with a fastening portion M5 made of a ny latch or the like at the left end portion thereof, that is, the open end side opposite to the support shaft portion M4, and the second control board unit 202 performs the second control. The substrate unit 202 is held in a state along the back surface of the pachinko machine 10 main body. Further, the back pack unit 203 is provided with a support shaft part M6 at the right end when viewed from the back of the pachinko machine 10, and the back pack unit 203 is rotatable about an axis C by the support shaft part M6. . Further, the back pack unit 203 is provided with a fastening portion M7 made of a ny latch or the like on the left end portion thereof, that is, on the open end side opposite to the support shaft portion M6, and at the upper end portion and the lower end portion, respectively, a rotating engagement member. Stop portions M8 and M9 are provided, and the back pack unit 203 is held along the back surface of the pachinko machine 10 main body by the fastening portions M7 and the locking portions M8 and M9.

  The support shaft portions M1, M4, and M6 that rotatably support the units 201 to 203 have a hinge structure that can be easily detached while the units 201 to 203 are opened from the back surface of the pachinko machine 10. Briefly, the first control board unit 201 is developed by releasing the fastening of the fastening part M2 and the locking claw part M3 and rotating the unit 201 around the axis A, Lift in condition. Thereby, if there is no back pack unit 203, the first control board unit 201 can be removed. Further, with respect to the second control board unit 202, the fastening of the fastening portion M5 is released, the unit 202 is rotated about the axis B, is unfolded, and is lifted in that state. Thereby, the 2nd control board unit 202 can be removed. Further, with respect to the back pack unit 203, the fastening portion M7 and the locking portions M8 and M9 are unlocked, and the unit 203 is unfolded by rotating around the axis C and lifted in that state. Thereby, the back pack unit 203 can be removed.

  Here, the development directions of the units 201 to 203 are not the same, and the first control board unit 201 opens to the left as viewed from the back of the pachinko machine 10, whereas the second control board unit 202 and the back pack unit. 203 is configured to open to the right. In this case, since the first control board unit 201 is partially overlapped with the back pack unit 203, it is impossible to remove the first control board unit 201 without opening the back pack unit 203. Furthermore, since the first control board unit 201 and the back pack unit 203 are each configured to expand in the opposite direction, the back pack unit 203 must be opened largely beyond a predetermined angle or removed. For example, the first control board unit 201 cannot be removed. Therefore, when attention is paid to removing the first control board unit 201, it is difficult to remove compared to the other units 202 and 203. Furthermore, since the back pack unit 203 cannot be opened unless the main body frame 12 is opened with respect to the outer frame 11 by key operation of the locking device, the first control board unit 201 is further removed. Has become difficult.

  Next, the back surface structure of the main body frame 12 and the game board 30 is demonstrated. 10 is a rear view showing a configuration in a state in which the game board 30 is assembled to the main body frame 12 and the units 201 to 203 are removed, and FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the main body frame 12 as viewed from the rear. FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the game board 30 as viewed from the rear.

  The game board 30 is installed in a square frame-shaped installation area surrounded by the resin base 25 from the back side, and a plurality (four in this embodiment) of locking fixtures 211 and 212 provided on the main body frame 12. It is fixed so as not to fall backward. The locking fixtures 211 and 212 can be manually rotated, and can be switched between a fixed position (lock position) and a fixed release position (unlock position). FIG. 10 shows a locked state. The left and right three locking fixtures 211 are L-shaped fittings formed by bending metal pieces, and are configured not to protrude outward from the main body frame 12 when the game board 30 is fixed. The locking fixture 212 at one lower part is an I-type fastener made of synthetic resin.

  The variable display unit 35 disposed in the center of the game board 30 is provided with a synthetic resin frame cover 213 that covers the center frame 43 (see FIG. 4) from the rear side. A symbol display device 41 and a display control device 214 as display control means are detachably attached to the rear end in a state where they are overlapped in the front-rear direction. In the frame cover 213, an LED control board for driving LEDs and the like built in the center frame 43 are disposed.

  A collective board unit 215 is provided on the back surface of the game board 30 so as to surround the variable display unit 35. The collective board unit 215 has a base formed of a synthetic resin such as an ABS resin as a thin plate-like frame body, and is attached so that the base surface is in contact with the back surface of the game board 30. The collective board unit 215 is provided with a game ball collecting mechanism for collecting game balls won in various winning ports, a winning detection mechanism for detecting winning of game balls in various winning ports, and the like. .

  The game ball collecting mechanism will be described. Below the collective plate unit 215, a collecting passage corresponding to the game board opening of the general winning port 31, the variable winning device 32, and the operating port 33 and collecting at one place on the downstream side. 216 is formed. Further, a discharge passage board 217 made of synthetic resin such as polycarbonate resin is attached to the main body frame 12 below the game board 30, and the discharge ball is placed on the discharge passage board 217, for example, in a game hall outside the pachinko machine 10. A discharge passage 218 is formed to guide the island facility or the like. Accordingly, as exemplified by the phantom line in FIG. 10, all the game balls won in the general winning opening 31 and the like are gathered through the collection passage 216 of the gathering plate unit 215, and further the discharge passage 218 of the discharge passage board 217 is formed. Through the pachinko machine 10. Similarly, the out port 36 leads to the discharge passage 218, and the game ball that has not won any prize opening is also discharged to the outside of the pachinko machine 10 through the discharge passage 218.

  Explaining the winning detection mechanism, the collective board unit 215 is provided with a winning port switch 221 at a position corresponding to the general winning port 31 on the front side of the game board 30, and a count switch 223 at a position corresponding to the variable winning device 32. It has been. The count switch 223 is a switch that counts the number of game balls won in the variable winning device 32. In addition, an operation port switch 224 that detects a winning of a game ball to the operation port 33 is provided at a position corresponding to the operation port 33, and a passage of the game ball of the through gate 34 is detected at a position corresponding to the through gate 34. A gate switch 225 is provided. The winning opening switch 221 and the gate switch 225 are connected to the board relay board 226 through electric wiring, and the count switch 223 is connected to the big winning opening relay board 227. The board surface relay board 226 and the special winning opening relay board 227 are connected to the main controller 271 (main control board). The operation port switch 224 is directly connected to the main controller 271 (main control board) without going through the relay board. Although not shown in the drawings, the variable winning device 32 is driven with a large winning opening solenoid for opening the opening / closing door of the large winning opening and a distribution plate for distributing the winning balls to a specific area or other areas. A winning ball sorting plate solenoid is provided, and the operating port 33 is provided with an operating port solenoid for opening an electric accessory attached thereto.

  The detection results detected by the winning detection mechanism are taken into the main controller 271 (main control board), and the main controller 271 performs a winning determination. Then, a payout command (the number of game balls to be paid out) according to the determination result after the winning determination is output to the payout control device 311 (payout control board). A predetermined number of game balls are paid out by the output of the payout control device 311 (payout control board).

  The collective plate unit 215 is provided with a relay terminal plate 276 at the center upper portion thereof, and further has a panel external terminal plate 230 provided at the upper right portion thereof. The relay terminal board 276 relays a signal line from the main control device 271 (main control board) or the power source and launch control device 313 (power source and launch control board) to the sound lamp control device 272 (sound lamp control board). is there. The panel external terminal plate 230 has an output terminal for outputting a signal every time the variation of the first symbol is stopped (determined), and an output terminal for outputting a signal during the big hit or during the reduction of the variation time of the first symbol. And an output terminal for outputting a signal during the jackpot. And, through these output terminals, a signal related to the game (the state on the game board 30 side) is output to the management control device on the game hall side. The board external terminal board 230 is attached to the collective board unit 215 in an easily removable state.

  The assembly plate unit 215 is provided with an attachment mechanism for attaching the first control board unit 201. Specifically, as this attachment mechanism, a bearing bracket 231 extending in the vertical direction is provided at the lower left corner when viewed from the back surface of the game board 30, and a pair of upper and lower bearing holes 231a on the same axis is provided in the bearing bracket 231. Is formed. In the game board 30, a pair of upper and lower fastening holes (specifically, a mounting hole for a ny latch) 232 is provided on the right side of the bearing fitting 231, and a locking claw piece 233 is provided above the bearing fitting 231. It has been.

  An attachment mechanism for attaching the second control board unit 202 and the back pack unit 203 is provided on the back surface of the main body frame 12. Specifically, a long bearing fitting 235 is attached to the right end of the main body frame 12. The bearing fitting 235 also functions as a reinforcing member. As shown in FIG. 13, the bearing fitting 235 has a long plate-like fitting main body 236 extending downward from the game board 30, and the second lower portion is provided at two lower positions so as to stand rearward from the fitting main body 236. Bearing portions 237 for the control board unit 202 are formed, and bearing portions 238 for the back pack unit 203 are formed at two upper portions. Coaxial bearing holes are formed in the bearing portions 237 and 238, respectively. In addition, as a mounting mechanism for the second control board unit 202, the main body frame 12 has a pair of upper and lower fastening holes (specifically, mounting holes for a ny latch) 239 at the left end below the game board 30 installation area. Is provided. In addition, as a mounting mechanism for the back pack unit 203, the main body frame 12 is provided with a pair of upper and lower fastening holes (specifically, mounting holes for a ny latch) 240 at the left end of the game board 30 installation area. . Rotating fixtures 241, 242 for sandwiching and supporting the back pack unit 203 with the game board 30 at positions on the upper left, upper right and lower right of the game board 30 in the main body frame 12. 243 is provided.

  As described above, a long bearing fitting 235 is provided on one of the left and right sides (the right side in FIG. 10) of the main body frame 12, while the left and right other sides (the left side in FIG. 10) of the main body frame 12 are locked. A device is provided. The locking device includes a base frame 247 that extends in the vertical direction and is fixed to the main body frame 12, and a long interlocking rod 248 that is assembled to the base frame 247 so as to be movable in the vertical direction. The cylinder lock 91 is integrated in the lower part of the cylinder. The interlocking rod 248 moves in either the up or down direction by operating the cylinder lock 91. The interlocking bar 248 is provided with a pair of upper and lower bar brackets 249 having a hook shape. When the main body frame 12 is closed with respect to the outer frame 11, the bar bracket 249 is attached to the support bracket ( (Not shown) and locked by a locking device. In this case, when the interlocking rod 248 moves upward by the operation of the cylinder lock 91, the locking of the main body frame 12 with respect to the outer frame 11 is released. On the contrary, when the interlocking rod 248 moves downward by the operation of the cylinder lock 91, the locking of the front door frame 13 with respect to the main body frame 12 is released.

  In the lower right portion of the game board 30 on the back surface of the main body frame 12, there is provided a game ball distribution unit 245 for distributing a game ball paid out by a payout mechanism, which will be described later, to one of the upper plate 23, the lower plate 16 or the discharge passage 218. It has been. The game ball distribution unit 245 has a left opening 245a that communicates with the upper plate 23 through the first discharge port 66, and a central opening 245b that communicates with the lower plate 16 through the second discharge port 67, and the right opening. Each passage is formed so that the portion 245c communicates with the discharge passage 218.

  Next, the configuration of the first control board unit 201 will be described with reference to FIGS. 14 is a front view of the first control board unit 201, FIG. 15 is a perspective view of the unit 201, FIG. 16 is an exploded perspective view of the unit 201, and FIG. 17 is an exploded perspective view of the unit 201 viewed from the back. .

  The first control board unit 201 has a mounting base 251 having a substantially L shape, and the main control device 271 and the sound lamp control device 272 are mounted on the mounting base 251. The main control device 271 includes a main control board having a function (main control circuit) that governs the main control of the game and a function (power supply monitoring circuit) that monitors the power supply, and the main control board is a transparent resin material. It is configured to be accommodated in a substrate box 273 as an encapsulating means made up of and the like. The main controller 271 is provided with a plurality of connectors, and by connecting a harness or a signal line to each connector, electrical connection with other boards (payout control board, board surface relay board 226, etc.) is achieved. It has been made. The detailed configuration of main controller 271 will be described later.

  The sound lamp control device 272 includes a sound lamp control board that controls sound and lamp display and the display control device 214 in accordance with instructions from the main control device 271, and the sound lamp control board is made of a transparent resin material or the like. It is configured to be accommodated in a substrate box 274.

  The mounting base 251 is made of a synthetic resin such as a polycarbonate resin, and is colored opaque, for example, green or blue. However, the mounting base 251 may be colorless and transparent or translucent. Two flat substrate mounting surfaces 252 and 253 are formed on the surface of the mounting base 251. These substrate mounting surfaces 252 and 253 extend in a direction orthogonal to the length and breadth, and are formed with a step in the front-rear direction. Standing portions 254 erected from the substrate mounting surface 252 are integrally formed on the upper edge portion and the lower edge portion of the substrate mounting surface 252, respectively. The main controller 271 is disposed on the horizontally long substrate mounting surface 252 and the sound lamp controller 272 is disposed on the vertically long substrate mounting surface 253. At this time, the upper and lower sides of main controller 271 are supported by upright portions 254. The sound lamp control device 272 is fixed to the substrate mounting surface 253 with screws or the like at a plurality of locations.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 16, the substrate mounting surface 252 is formed with horizontally long through holes 256 at two places on the left and right. On the other hand, the substrate box 273 of the main controller 271 is provided with a rotationally operable fixture 275 at two places on the left and right sides of the back surface thereof. When the main controller 271 is mounted on the board mounting surface 252, the main controller 271 is placed so that the fixing tool 275 is inserted into the through hole 256 of the board mounting surface 252, and the fixing tool 275 is placed in this state. The main control device 271 is locked by the turning operation. Therefore, the main control device 271 cannot be removed unless the lock 275 is unlocked from the back side of the first control board unit 201, so that a deterrent effect such as board removal can be obtained.

  In addition, in the mount 251, a shielding part 257 for shielding an opening leading to the back space of the substrate mounting surface 252 is provided below the substrate mounting surface 252 for the main control board. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent a hand or the like from being inserted into the back surface of the mounting base 251 from below the board mounting surface 252 so that the locked state of the fixture 275 cannot be illegally released. Further, when the first control board unit 201 is mounted on the back surface of the pachinko machine 10, the upper portion of the unit 201 is covered with the back pack unit 203, so that it is also prevented that a hand or the like is inserted into the back surface of the mounting base 251. The locked state of the fixture 275 cannot be illegally released.

  A pair of upper and lower retaining pins 261 is provided on the left end surface of the mounting base 251, and the first control board unit 201 can be rotated with respect to the game board 30 by attaching the retaining pins 261 to the bearing fitting 231. Cantilevered so that it can move. A pair of upper and lower nai latches 262 are provided at the right end portion of the mounting base 251 as fasteners to be fitted into the fastening holes 232. A long hole 263 in which the locking claw piece 233 is locked is provided at the upper end portion of the mounting base 251. Therefore, the first control board unit 201 is fixed to the game board 30 by fitting the nai latch 262 into the tightened hole 232 and locking the locking claw piece 233 in the long hole 263. It should be noted that the bearing fitting 231 and the latch pin 261 are in the support shaft portion M1, the fastening hole 232 and the ny latch 262 are in the fastening portion M2, and the locking claw piece 233 and the long hole 263 are in the locking claw portion M3. Each corresponds.

  Next, the configuration of the main controller 271 will be described with reference to FIGS. 18 is a perspective view of the main control device 271, FIG. 19 is an exploded perspective view of the main control device 271, FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the board box 273 of the main control device 271, and FIG. It is a perspective view which expands and shows a part.

  The main controller 271 includes the substrate box 273 as described above. The board box 273 includes a box base 276 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape and a box cover 277 covering the opening of the box base 276. The board box 273 is mainly controlled in an internal space formed by the box base 276 and the box cover 277. A substrate 278 is accommodated.

  The main control board 278 includes a CPU that controls the main control, a ROM that stores a game program, a RAM that stores necessary data according to the progress of the game, a port for communicating with various devices, and a random number used in various lotteries. A generator, a clock pulse generating circuit used for time counting and synchronization, and the like are provided. In the present embodiment, the CPU, ROM, and RAM are integrated into a microcomputer chip 278a. Further, although detailed description is omitted, an IC chip for input / output driver 278b and the like are mounted.

  The box base 276 and the box cover 277 are made of a synthetic resin having transparency such as a polycarbonate resin. In the box base 276, a side plate portion 276b is formed on the long side of the bottom plate portion 276a, and a step portion 276c is formed on one side of the short side so as to be continuous with the side plate portion 276b. The front end of the side plate portion 276b is bent inward. The right end portion of the side plate portion 276b serves as a mounting opening 276d for slidingly mounting the box cover 277. In this case, as shown in FIG. 20, the box cover 277 is attached from the attachment opening 276d and is slid until it contacts the stepped portion 276c, so that the box cover 277 is attached at a predetermined position on the box base 276. ing.

  The box cover 277 is formed with an extending portion 277 a so as to overlap the stepped portion 276 c of the box base 276. The extension part 277a constitutes a sealing unit 279 (so-called caulking structure) as a sealing means together with the step part 276c of the box base 276. The box base 276 and the box cover 277 are connected by the sealing unit 279, and the substrate Box 273 is sealed.

  As the sealing unit 279, any configuration can be applied as long as the box base 276 and the box cover 277 are connected to each other, but here, as shown in FIG. The box base 276 and the box cover 277 are connected by inserting a locking claw into the long holes of the sealing members 279a and 279b. In this case, since the latching claw cannot be removed from the sealing members 279a and 279b, it is necessary to destroy the sealing members 279a and 279b in order to open the substrate box 273. Therefore, it is possible to leave a history that the board box 273 has been unlawfully opened, and to discover that the board control 278 has been tampered with.

  The box cover 277 and the box base 276 are provided with adhesive plate portions 281 and 282 on the side opposite to the side where the sealing unit 279 is provided. It is fastened (connected) by metal screws 283 and 284 as a connector. By fastening with the metal screws 283 and 284 in this way, the act of separating the fasteners that fasten the two pasting plate portions 281 and 282 to remove the main control board 278 illegally is suppressed.

  A configuration relating to such fastening will be described with reference to longitudinal sectional views of the sticking plate portions 281 and 282 shown in FIG. Screw holes 285a, 285b, 286a, and 286b are formed in the respective sticking plate portions 281 and 282 so as to penetrate the sticking plate portions 281 and 282 on both ends in the long side direction. The screw hole 285a and the screw hole 285b are formed so that the axes thereof are positioned on the same axis, and the first screw hole 285 is formed by communicating with each other. On the other hand, the screw hole 286a and the screw hole 286b are formed so that the axes thereof are located on the same axis, and these are communicated to form a second screw hole 286. In addition, the 1st screw hole 285 and the 2nd screw hole 286 are located in a line up and down in each sticking board part 281,282.

  In the first screw hole 285, a head accommodating portion 287 is formed by expanding the surface 281a (hereinafter also referred to as the first pasting surface 281a) facing the rear of the pachinko machine 10 in the pasting plate portion 281 in a step shape. . On the other hand, the second screw hole 286 has a head accommodating portion 288 having a stepped diameter-expanding surface 282a (hereinafter also referred to as a second pasting surface 282a) facing the front of the pachinko machine 10 in the pasting plate portion 282. Is formed. The screws 283 and 284 are screwed into the head accommodating portions 287 and 288 so that the heads 283a and 284a of the screws 283 and 284 are accommodated. That is, one screw 283 (hereinafter also referred to as the first screw 283) is screwed from the first sticking surface 281a side, while the other screw 284 (hereinafter also referred to as the second screw 284) is the first screw 283. 2 It is screwed from the sticking surface 282a side.

  When the screws 283 and 284 are screwed, the heads 283a and 284a are screwed until they come into contact with the step portions 287a and 288a of the head accommodating portions 287 and 288, respectively. In this case, when the heads 283a and 284a are in contact with the stepped portions 287a and 288a (that is, when the fastening is completed), the heads 283a and 284a of the screws 283 and 284 have openings 289 and 290 (hereinafter referred to as “opening”). , Also referred to as removal side openings 289 and 290) at a position inside by a distance of X1. That is, the positions of the tops (tips) of the heads 283a and 284a are intermediate positions in the axial direction of the screw holes 285 and 286, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 21 and the like, a seal seal 300 is affixed to the affixing plate portions 281 and 282 fastened by the screws 283 and 284. In this case, as shown in FIG. 21, FIG. 22, etc., a series of upper ridges 291a, 292a are integrally formed on the upper edges of the sticking plate portions 281 and 282, and a series of them are also formed on the lower edges. Lower ridges 291b and 292b are integrally formed. And since each sticking board part 281 and 282 are fastened, while the front-end | tip of each upper side protrusion 291a and 292a mutually contact | abut, the front-end | tip of each lower side protrusion 291b and 292b mutually contact | abuts. . In addition, each of the sticking plate portions 281 and 282 is formed continuously to the side end portion 293 of the box cover 277 and the side end portion 294 of the box base 276, and these side end portions 293 and 294 are formed. A partition wall on the proximal end side of each of the sticking plate portions 281 and 282 is configured. That is, the upper ridges 291a and 292a, the lower ridges 291b and 292b, and the side end portions 293 and 294 function as a surrounding portion C, and the application surfaces 281a, 281b, 282a, and 282b of the application plate portions 281 and 282 are It is surrounded by the surrounding part C.

  A seal seal 300 is bent and attached in a substantially U-shape to the application surfaces 281a, 281b, 282a, and 282b surrounded by the encircling portion C. In this case, the peripheral edge of the seal seal 300 is close to the encircling portion C, and even if the seal seal 300 is to be peeled off, it is very difficult to remove the seal. By sticking the seal seal 300, almost the entire area of the sticking surfaces 281a, 281b, 282a, 282b is covered. Therefore, the removal side openings 289 and 290 in the screw holes 285 and 286 are covered with the seal seal 300.

  Next, the structure of the seal seal 300 will be described with reference to FIGS. 23 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the seal seal 300, FIG. 24A is a front view showing the configuration of the seal seal 300, FIG. 24B is a rear view showing the configuration of the seal seal 300, and FIG. 26A is an explanatory diagram for explaining the positional relationship of the seal seal 300 with respect to 281a, 281b, 282a, 282b, FIG. 26A is an enlarged front view showing the periphery of the seal seal 300, and FIG. FIG. 26C is a rear view showing the periphery of the seal seal 300 in an enlarged manner. In FIG. 25, notches 307, 308, and 309 described later are omitted.

  The seal seal 300 includes a substantially rectangular base sheet 301, and an adhesive is applied to the back surface of the base sheet 301 to form an adhesive layer 302. An IC tag 303 as an electronic tag is embedded in the adhesive layer 302. In FIG. 23, a release sheet 304 is shown on the back side of the adhesive layer 302. The release sheet 304 is peeled off when the seal seal 300 is attached to the substrate box 273.

  The base sheet 301 is formed of a flexible resin film such as a polyester film, has moderate brittleness, and is reactive to solvents and heat. Specifically, the base sheet 301 changes color when toluene or the like having solubility with respect to the adhesive forming the adhesive layer 302 is applied to the base sheet 301. The base sheet 301 also changes color when heat equal to or higher than the temperature at which the adhesive strength of the adhesive layer decreases (for example, 50 ° C.). As a result, when the solvent is applied or heat is applied to illegally peel off the sealing seal 300 from the sticking plate portions 281 and 282 of the substrate box 273, the base sheet 301 is discolored to cause a trace of the fraud. Can leave.

  On the surface of the base sheet 301, as shown in FIG. 24A, an ink application part 301a, an identification number part 301b, and a model information part 301c are provided. The ink application part 301a is applied with special ink that shows a pattern when irradiated with light of a specific wavelength such as ultraviolet rays. A plurality of numbers are described in the identification number portion 301b, and the numbers described in the identification number portion 301b are different for each pachinko machine. In the model information section 301c, a model name of the gaming machine, a manufacturer name of the gaming machine, and the like are described. The upper region R1 in which the ink application part 301a and the identification number part 301b are provided is located on the first attaching surface 281a of the attaching plate part 281, and the intermediate region R2 in which the model information part 301c is provided is the both attaching plate parts 281. , 282 and the lower region R3 is located on the second pasting surface 282a of the pasting plate portion 282.

  The adhesive of the adhesive layer 302 has an adhesive force that can be removed from the base sheet 301 when it is peeled off after being applied once, as in the case of a conventional seal. Therefore, when the seal seal 300 is peeled off, it cannot be attached again, and a part of the adhesive layer remains on the side of the sticking plate portions 281 and 282. Therefore, it is possible to leave a trace of the seal seal 300 being removed illegally.

  The IC tag 303 includes an IC chip 305 and an antenna unit 306, and the IC chip 305 is disposed near the center of the long antenna unit 306. The IC chip 305 is formed as an integrated circuit and has a control unit and a memory area. The memory area is configured by a non-volatile memory (ROM) in which data cannot be rewritten, and its storage capacity is, for example, 128 bits. ID information as identification information is stored in the memory area. Specifically, a manufacturer name (or a manufacturer unique number assigned to each manufacturer) and an ID number unique to the gaming machine are stored. Since data cannot be rewritten in the memory area of the IC chip 305, inconveniences such as unauthorized alteration of ID information can be suppressed.

  The antenna portion 306 is formed of a thin metal layer such as aluminum, and the thickness thereof is thinner than the thickness of the IC chip 305. The antenna unit 306 is manufactured as an antenna pattern so that the resonance frequency is a constant frequency such as 2.45 GHz.

  The ID information of the IC chip 305 is configured to be called by the control unit and be transmitted as a radio wave from the antenna unit 306. The reader unit receives the radio wave transmitted from the antenna unit 306 and receives the ID information. Can be read. The reading of ID information by such a reader device will be described in detail later.

  As shown in FIG. 24B, the IC tag 303 (antenna unit 306) is disposed obliquely from one corner side to the diagonal corner side of the base sheet 301. In this case, the long antenna portion 306 has its longitudinal direction intersecting all the side directions of the base sheet 301. As the seal seal 300 is affixed across both the affixing plate portions 281 and 282, the antenna portion 306 also straddles both the affixing plate portions 281 and 282. The IC tag 303 is arranged so as to be point-symmetric with respect to the center of the rectangular base sheet 301.

  The sealing seal 300 is formed with a large number of antenna cuts 307 arranged at equal intervals along the longitudinal direction of the antenna portion 306. The antenna cut 307 is a straight line extending in a direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the antenna portion 306 and penetrates from the surface side of the base sheet 301 to the back side of the adhesive layer 302 (see FIG. 24 ( In a), the antenna cut 307 is omitted.

  The direction in which the antenna cut 307 extends is a direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the antenna unit 306, and thus intersects with all the side directions of the base sheet 301. Further, the antenna cut 307 is slightly hung on the antenna unit 306. In this case, since the antenna unit 306 is not divided by the antenna cut 307, no adverse effect is caused on the output of the ID information. Further, the antenna notch 307 located on one side of the antenna unit 306 and the antenna notch 307 located on the other side of the antenna unit 306 are arranged so that the antenna notch 307 is not arranged in a straight line across the antenna unit 306. Are shifted in the longitudinal direction.

  Corner cuts 308 are formed at the four corners of the seal seal 300 so as to penetrate from the surface side of the base sheet 301 to the back side of the adhesive layer 302. The corner-side cut 308 is formed in an L shape so as to follow the corner angle of the seal seal 300. Further, as shown in FIG. 24, a large number of outer edge notches 309 are formed on the outer edge of the seal seal 300 from the outer end portion toward the inner side. These outer edge notches 309 are formed in an acute V shape so as to open from the inside toward the outside, and are formed at equal intervals along the outer periphery of the seal seal 300.

  When the seal seal 300 is to be peeled off from the sticking plate portions 281 and 282, there are assumed a case where the seal seal 300 is peeled from the corner and a case where the seal seal 300 is peeled in a direction along one side of the seal seal 300. In the former case, the stress associated with the peeling force concentrates on the corner-side cut 308 and the outer-edge cut 309, so that the seal seal 300 is easily broken. On the other hand, in the latter case, the peeling direction is a direction intersecting with the extending direction of the antenna unit 306. Therefore, the stress accompanying the peeling force concentrates on the end portion of the antenna cut 307, whereby the base sheet 301 is broken via the antenna cut 307, and the antenna portion 306 is divided. When the antenna unit 306 is divided, radio waves including ID information are not transmitted, so that the reader apparatus cannot read the ID information. Therefore, if an illegal act is performed on the main control board 278, it can be easily detected.

  Next, the positional relationship between the antenna portion 306 of the seal seal 300 and the screws 283 and 284 for fastening the sticking plate portions 281 and 282 will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 26 and the like, both end portions 306a and 306b of the antenna portion 306 straddle the removal-side openings 289 and 290 in the screw holes 285 and 286 on the first attaching surface 281a and the second attaching surface 282a. Has been placed. Specifically, the dimension of the antenna portion 306 in the short direction is smaller than the hole diameter of the openings 289 and 290, and the antenna portion 306 has both ends 306 a and 306 b sandwiching the removal side openings 289 and 290. It arrange | positions so that the peripheral part of opening 289,290 may be spanned. By arranging the antenna portion 306 in this way, both end portions 306a and 306b of the antenna portion 306 are opposed to the head portions 283a and 284a of the corresponding screws 283 and 284, respectively.

  In this configuration, as described above, the top positions of the heads 283a and 284a of the screws 283 and 284 are midway positions in the axial direction of the screw holes 285 and 286, respectively. In other words, the top positions of the heads 283 a and 284 a are positions that enter the screw holes 285 and 286 with respect to the seal seal 300. Therefore, the antenna unit 306 and the screws 283 and 284 are separated as shown in FIG. In addition, no interposition member is provided between the antenna portion 306 and the screws 283 and 284. That is, a space S is provided between the antenna unit 306 and the screws 283 and 284. Thereby, it is prevented that the antenna part 306 contacts each screw 283,284. In particular, as described above, the antenna portion 306 is arranged so as to bridge the peripheral edge portions of the openings 289 and 290 with the removal side openings 289 and 290 interposed therebetween, so that the antenna portion 306 faces the screw holes 285 and 286. It becomes difficult to bend, and in the configuration in which the antenna portion 306 and the head portions 283a and 284a of the screws 283 and 284 are opposed to each other, both can be reliably separated. For example, when the antenna unit 306 contacts each of the screws 283 and 284, the set resonance frequency (2.45 GHz in this embodiment) changes, and the ID information stored in the IC chip 305 is changed by the reader device. Although there is a possibility of being unable to read, according to the configuration in the present embodiment, such inconvenience can be prevented.

  As described above, the encircling portion C is formed in each of the sticking plate portions 281 and 282, and the peripheral edge of the seal seal 300 is close to the encircling portion C. Therefore, when the sealing seal 300 is applied, the both ends 306a and 306b of the antenna portion 306 are attached to the removal side openings 289, by sticking so that the sealing seal 300 does not protrude from the region surrounded by the surrounding portion C. 290 and straddle the heads 283a and 284a of the screws 283 and 284.

  As shown in FIG. 25, the area surrounded by the encircling portion C is wider than the area of the seal seal 300. As a result, when the seal sticker 300 is attached, a predetermined clearance is created at the attachment position, and the workability of the attachment work is improved. In this case, the clearance of the attachment position is formed in a range where both end portions 306a and 306b of the antenna portion 306 straddle the removal side openings 289 and 290 and face the head portions 283a and 284a of the screws 283 and 284, respectively. Has been. Further, as described above, since the IC tag 303 is arranged so as to be point-symmetric with respect to the center of the rectangular base sheet 301, both ends of the antenna portion 306 are provided even if the seal seal 300 is attached upside down. The parts 306a and 306b straddle the removal side openings 289 and 290, and face the heads 283a and 284a of the screws 283 and 284, respectively.

  Next, the reader device 331 that reads ID information from the IC tag 303 will be described. FIG. 27 is a front view of the main control device 271 for explaining the reader device 331, and FIG. 28 is a transverse sectional view of the main control device 271 for explaining the reader device 331.

  The reader device 331 includes a box-shaped housing 332, in which an electronic component such as a CPU chip is mounted, and a reader control board on which a predetermined RF circuit is formed is mounted. In addition, the reader device 331 is provided with a reader antenna 333 for reading the ID information by being biased toward the side surface 332a of the housing 332.

  The reader device 331 is accommodated in the board box 273 of the main control device 271. Specifically, the box cover 277 constituting the board box 273 is formed with a housing portion 334 that opens toward the box base 276 and houses various electronic components mounted on the main control board 278. A board boss 335 extending from the back surface 334 a side toward the box base 276 is integrally formed in the housing portion 334, and a screw 336 is screwed onto the board boss 335 from the box base 276 side. A main control board 278 is fixed. In this case, the component mounting surface 337 on which various electronic components are mounted on the main control board 278 faces the box cover 277 side, and the various electronic components are accommodated in the accommodating portion 334. Further, the opening 334 b opened to the box base 277 side in the housing portion 334 is closed by the main control board 278.

  A reader boss 338 extending from the component mounting surface 337 toward the housing portion 334 is formed on the main control board 278. A reader device 331 is fixed by screwing a screw 339 to the reader boss 338. That is, the reader device 331 is accommodated in a space surrounded by the accommodating portion 334 of the box cover 277 and the main control board 278.

  The position where the reader boss 338 is formed on the main control board 278 is the side where the sticking plate portion 281 is formed on the box cover 277, and the reader device 331 is close to the side wall 340 on the sticking plate portion 281 side of the box cover 277. In the position. Further, the reader device 331 is disposed such that the side surface 332a of the housing 332 on which the reader antenna 333 is provided faces the inner wall surface 340a of the side wall 340 of the box cover 277 on the sticking plate portion 281 side. Therefore, in the configuration in which the reader device 331 is accommodated in the substrate box 273, the reader device 331 is attached so as to be biased (adjacent) to the side on which the IC tag 303 is provided in the substrate box 273, and the reader antenna. The reader device 331 is arranged so that 333 is on the IC tag 303 side. Since the reader device 331 is arranged as described above, only the synthetic resin box cover 277 is interposed between the reader antenna 333 and the IC tag 303, and no metal member is interposed.

  Here, reading of ID information in the reader device 331 will be described in detail. When reading the ID information, a ringing wave having a predetermined frequency is transmitted from the reader device 331. This predetermined frequency is the same as the resonance frequency set in the antenna unit 306 of the IC tag 303. The radio wave intensity of the calling wave transmitted from the reader device 331 is set so that the IC tag 303 is included in the propagation range WA1 as shown in FIG. In this case, as described above, since a metal member is not interposed between the reader antenna 333 and the IC tag 303, the transmitted calling wave is blocked between the reader antenna 333 and the IC tag 303. There is nothing.

  When a calling wave is transmitted from the reader device 331, an induced electromagnetic field is formed by the calling wave. As described above, since the IC tag 303 is included in the propagation range WA1 of the ringing wave, an electromotive force is generated by electromagnetic induction in the antenna unit 306 of the IC tag 303. The IC chip 305 of the IC tag 303 uses the electromotive force as a power source, calls ID information stored in the memory area, and transmits a response wave including the ID information from the antenna unit 306.

  The radio wave intensity of the response wave corresponds to the radio wave intensity of the ringing wave, and the propagation range WA2 of the response wave includes the reader antenna 333 of the reader device 331. In this case, since the metal member is not interposed between the IC tag 303 and the reader antenna 333 as described above, the transmitted response wave is blocked between the IC tag 303 and the reader antenna 333. There is no. By receiving this response wave with the reader antenna 333, the reader device 331 reads the ID information.

  The reader device 331 is accommodated in a space surrounded by the box cover 277 and the main control board 278 as described above. Further, the box cover 277 constitutes the back portion of the pachinko machine 10 and is exposed on the back surface of the pachinko machine 10, and the box cover 277 has transparency as described above. Therefore, the reader device 331 can be visually observed in a state where the main control device 271 is mounted on the pachinko machine 10.

  In addition, since the reader device 331 is accommodated between the box cover 277 and the main control board 278, the bottom surface 332 b of the housing 332 in the reader device 331 faces the component mounting surface 337 of the main control board 278. In this case, as described above, various electronic components are mounted on the component mounting surface 337 of the main control board 278 and a wiring pattern is formed. However, in the facing region FS facing the bottom surface 332b of the housing 332, No electronic component is mounted and no wiring pattern is formed. As a result, when the electronic component mounted on the component mounting surface 337 and the formed wiring pattern are to be viewed while the main control board 278 is housed in the board box 273, the reader device 331 becomes in the way of the trouble. It is possible to suppress the occurrence of inconvenience that part of the image cannot be visually observed.

  The reader device 331 is connected to the main control board 278. Specifically, connectors 341 and 342 are provided on the reader device 331 and the component mounting surface 337 of the main control board 278, respectively. The connector-attached signal line 343 is connected so as to connect both the connectors 341 and 342. Has been. Thereby, operating power is supplied to the reader device 331 via the main control board 278.

  However, in the configuration in which the reader device 331 is connected to the main control board 278 as described above, the reader apparatus 331 does not exchange electrical signals with the microcomputer chip 278a of the main control board 278, but performs voice communication. The wiring pattern of the main control board 278 is configured so as to exchange electrical signals with the CPU of the lamp control device 272. That is, a signal path is not formed between the reader device 331 and the microcomputer chip 278a, but a signal path is formed between the reader device 331 and the CPU of the sound lamp control device 272 instead.

  Next, the configuration of the second control board unit 202 will be described with reference to FIGS. 29 is a front view of the second control board unit 202, FIG. 30 is a perspective view of the unit 202, and FIG. 31 is an exploded perspective view of the unit 202.

  The second control board unit 202 has a horizontally long mounting base 325, and a payout control device 311, a power supply and launch control device 313 are mounted on the mounting base 325.

  The payout control device 311 includes a payout control board that controls the payout of prize balls and rental balls, and the payout control board is accommodated in a board box 315. The substrate box 315 includes a box base 317 and a box cover 318. The box base 317 and the box cover 318 are formed of a synthetic resin having transparency such as a polycarbonate resin. The box base 317 and the box cover 318 are provided with a sealing unit 319 as sealing means. Further, a seal seal 320 is attached so as to straddle the box base 317 and the box cover 318.

  The power supply and launch control device 313 includes a power supply and launch control board housed in a board box 316. The board generates and outputs predetermined power required by various control devices and the like, and a game ball played by a player. Control of the launch of the game ball accompanying the operation of the firing handle 18 is performed. The power supply and launch control device 313 is provided with a RAM erase switch 323. This pachinko machine 10 has a function to store and store various data. Even if a power failure occurs, the pachinko machine 10 retains the state at the time of the power failure, and returns to the state at the time of the power failure when returning from the power failure (power recovery). You can return. Therefore, for example, when the power supply is turned off in the normal procedure as in the case of the game hall being closed, the state before the power supply is stored and held. However, when the power is turned on while pressing the RAM erase switch 323, the RAM data is initialized. It is like that.

  The mounting base 325 is made of, for example, a colorless and transparent resin molded product, and a flat substrate mounting surface 326 is provided on the surface thereof. A power supply and launch control device 313 is mounted on the substrate mounting surface 326 and is fixed by screws or the like. A substantially flat pedestal plate 327 is placed on the substrate box 316 of the power supply and launch control device 313, and a payout control device 311 is mounted on the pedestal plate 327 and fixed with screws or the like. Since a pedestal plate 327 is interposed between the payout control device 311 and the power supply and launch control device 313, for example, in order to install a metal plate for noise removal, a metal plate or the like may be attached to the pedestal plate 327. Measures can be easily realized.

  The mounting base 325 is provided with a pair of upper and lower latch pins 328 at the right end when viewed from the rear of the pachinko machine 10, and the second control board unit is inserted into the bearing portion 237 from above by inserting the latch pins 328 from above. 202 is cantilevered so as to be rotatable with respect to the body frame 12. A pair of upper and lower nai latches 329 are provided as fasteners at the left end of the mounting base 325, and the second control board unit 202 is fixed to the main body frame 12 by fitting the nai latch 329 into the fastening hole 239. The bearing portion 237 and the latch pin 328 correspond to the support shaft portion M4, and the fastened hole 239 and the ny latch 329 correspond to the fastening portion M5, respectively.

  Next, the configuration of the back pack unit 203 will be described with reference to FIGS. 32 is a front view of the back pack unit 203, and FIG. 33 is an exploded perspective view of the back pack unit 203.

  The back pack unit 203 is configured by integrating a back pack 351 and a game ball payout mechanism 352. The back pack 351 is integrally formed of synthetic resin, and includes a substantially flat base portion 353 and a protective cover portion 354 that protrudes rearward from the pachinko machine 10 and has a horizontally long substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. The protective cover 354 has a shape in which the left and right side surfaces and the upper surface are closed and only the lower surface is opened, and has a size sufficient to surround at least the variable display unit 35.

  On the base portion 353 of the back pack 351, a payout mechanism portion 352 is disposed so as to bypass the protective cover portion 354. That is, a tank 355 that opens upward is provided at the top of the back pack 351, and game balls supplied from the island facilities of the game hall are sequentially replenished to the tank 355. Below the tank 355, for example, tank rails 356 having two rows (two rows) of spherical passages and gently inclined toward the downstream side are connected. The tank rails 356 extend in the vertical direction on the downstream side. A case rail 357 is connected. The payout device 358 is provided at the most downstream portion of the case rail 357, and the payout motor 358a is driven by the control of the payout control device 311 so that a required number of game balls are paid out appropriately. The game balls paid out from the payout device 358 are supplied to the upper plate 23 and the like through the payout passage 359 and the like.

  The payout mechanism unit 352 is provided with a backpack control board 381 that relays a payout command signal from the payout control device 311 to the payout device 358. The back pack control board 381 plays a role of taking in the main power from the outside. That is, the main power source of AC 24 volts, for example, is supplied to the backpack control board 381, and the power is turned on or off by the switching operation of the power switch 381a.

  The back pack 351 is provided with a frame external terminal plate 390 on the upper right portion thereof. The frame external terminal plate 390 has an output terminal for outputting a signal when a game ball is insufficient in the tank 355 and the tank rail 356, an output terminal for outputting a signal every time a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out, An output terminal for outputting a signal each time a number of game balls are lent, an output terminal for outputting a signal when the main body frame 12 is opened, and an output terminal for outputting a signal when the front door frame 13 is opened are provided. . And the signal regarding the state of a frame side is output with respect to the management control apparatus of the game hall side through these output terminals.

  The back pack 351 is provided with a pair of upper and lower latch pins 385 at the right end when viewed from the back of the pachinko machine 10. The body frame 12 is cantilevered so as to be rotatable. The back pack 351 is provided with a pair of upper and lower nai latches 386 as fasteners at the left end portion, and is provided with a locking hole 387 at the upper end portion. The back pack unit 203 is fixed to the main body frame 12 by rotating the fixing tool 242 after inserting the fixing tool 242 into 387. Further, the back pack unit 203 is also fixed to the main body frame 12 by the fixtures 241 and 243. The bearing portion 238 and the latch pin 385 correspond to the support shaft portion M6, the fastened hole 240 and the ny latch 386 correspond to the fastening portion M7, and the fixture 242 and the locking hole 387 correspond to the locking portion M8, respectively. To do. Further, the fixture 243 corresponds to the locking portion M9.

  Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10 will be described based on the block diagram of FIG. In FIG. 34, a power supply line is indicated by a double line arrow, and a signal line is indicated by a solid line arrow.

  A main control board 278 provided in the main controller 271 includes a main control circuit 500 and a power failure monitoring circuit 508. The main control circuit 500 is equipped with the CPU 501 as the microcomputer chip 278a described above. The CPU 501 includes a ROM 502 that stores various control programs executed by the CPU 501 and fixed value data, and a memory that temporarily stores various data when the control program stored in the ROM 502 is executed. A RAM 503 and various circuits such as an interrupt circuit, a timer circuit, and a data input / output circuit are incorporated.

  Even after the power of the pachinko machine 10 is cut off, the RAM 503 is supplied with data storage holding power (data storage holding voltage) from the power supply and launch control board 313a provided in the power supply and launch control device 313, and retains data. It is the composition which becomes. Specifically, the power supply and launch control board 313a is provided with a data storage holding capacitor, and the data storage holding power is supplied from the capacitor.

  An input / output port is connected to the CPU 501 via a bus line including an address bus and a data bus. Connected to the input side of the main control circuit 500 are a power supply monitoring circuit 508 provided on the main control board 278, a payout control board 311a provided on the payout control apparatus 311 and other switch groups (not shown). In this case, a power source and launch control board 313 a is connected to the power source monitoring circuit 508, and power is supplied to the main control circuit 500 via the power source monitoring circuit 508.

  On the other hand, a power supply monitoring circuit 508, a payout control board 311a, and a relay terminal board 276 are connected to the output side of the main control circuit 500. Various commands such as a prize ball command are output to the payout control board 311a. In such a case, the various commands are output by one-way communication via the harness. Various commands and the like are output from the main control circuit 500 to the sound lamp control board 272a provided in the sound lamp control device 272 via the relay terminal plate 276.

  The power supply monitoring circuit 508 relays the main control circuit 500 and the power supply and launch control board 313a, and monitors the DC stable 24 volt power supply that is the maximum power output from the power supply and launch control board 313a.

  The payout control board 311a performs payout control of prize balls and rental balls by the payout motor 358a. The CPU 511 that is an arithmetic unit includes a ROM 512 that stores a control program executed by the CPU 511, fixed value data, and the like, and a RAM 513 that is used as a work memory or the like.

  Similarly to the RAM 503 of the main control circuit 500, the RAM 513 of the payout control board 311a can hold data by supplying data storage holding power from the power supply and launch control board 313a even after the power of the pachinko machine 10 is shut off. It has become.

  An input / output port is connected to the CPU 511 of the payout control board 311a via a bus line including an address bus and a data bus. A main control circuit 500, a power source and launch control board 313a, and a backpack connection board 381 are connected to the input side of the payout control board 311a. The main control circuit 500 and the backpack connection board 381 are connected to the output side of the payout control board 311a. In this case, a payout mechanism 352 including a payout device 358 and the like is connected via the back pack connection board 381.

  The power supply and launch control board 313a includes a power supply unit and a launch control unit. The power supply unit supplies necessary operating power to the main control circuit 500, the payout control board 311a, and the like through a path indicated by a double line arrow. As its outline, the power supply unit takes in the AC 24 volt power supplied via the backpack connection board 381, and + 12V power for driving various switches and motors, + 5V power for logic, RAM data storage Holding power and the like are generated, and these +12 V power, +5 V power, and data storage holding power are supplied to the main control circuit 500 and the payout control board 311a. Note that generating the data storage holding power means charging the data storage holding capacitor. The launch control unit is responsible for launch control of the launch solenoid 162 according to the operation of the game ball launch handle 18 by the player, and the launch solenoid 162 is driven when a predetermined launch condition is satisfied.

  Note that the power supply unit is provided with a RAM erase switch circuit for taking in the switch signal of the RAM erase switch 323 and clearing the data stored in the RAM 503 of the main control circuit 500 according to the state of the switch 323. The RAM erase signal is output. That is, when the RAM erase switch 323 is pressed, the RAM erase switch circuit outputs a RAM erase signal to the main control circuit 500. Thereby, when the power of the pachinko machine 10 is turned on while the RAM erase switch 323 is pressed, the data in the RAM 503 is cleared in the main control circuit 500. At this time, a payout initialization command is output from the main control circuit 500 to the payout control board 311a, and the data in the RAM 513 is also cleared in the payout control board 311a.

  The sound lamp control board 272a controls the speaker 20, the various lamps 102 to 106, and the display control device 214. The CPU 521 that is an arithmetic unit includes a ROM 522 that stores a control program executed by the CPU 521, fixed value data, and the like, and a RAM 523 that is used as a work memory or the like.

  An input / output port is connected to the CPU 521 of the sound lamp control board 272a through a bus line including an address bus and a data bus. The main control circuit 500 is connected to the input side of the sound lamp control board 272a by relaying to the relay terminal plate 276. Basically, based on various commands output from the main control circuit 500, the speaker 20, various types The lamps 102 to 106 and the display control device 214 are controlled. The display control device 214 controls the symbol display device 41 based on a display command input from the sound lamp control board 272a.

  Next, an electrical configuration relating to reading of ID information by the reader device 331 will be described based on the block diagram of FIG. Note that the relay terminal plate 276 shown in the block diagram of FIG. 34 is omitted in the block diagram of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 35, the reader device 331 includes a CPU 346, an RF circuit 347, and the reader antenna 333 described above. The CPU 346 includes a ROM that stores various control programs executed by the CPU 346 and fixed value data, and a memory that temporarily stores various data when the control program stored in the ROM is executed. Some RAM is built-in. The reader device 331 includes a response time measurement timer 348 including a timer circuit.

  The CPU 346 of the reader device 331 is connected to the CPU 521 of the sound lamp control device 272. Therefore, the reader device 331 transmits a ringing wave based on the control of the voice lamp control device 272, and further, ID information read by receiving a response wave from the IC tag 303 is output to the voice lamp control device 272. .

  The ROM 522 of the sound lamp control device 272 stores ID information of the IC tag 303 as management ID information, and further stores a reference response time. Then, the CPU 521 of the sound lamp control device 272 executes fraud detection processing based on the management ID information and the reference response time. When fraud is detected in the fraud detection process, an error notification sound is output from the speaker 20 and the error display lamp 106 is turned on, and an error command is output to the display control device 214 to display a symbol. The apparatus 41 performs error detection display.

  Next, fraud detection processing that is repeatedly executed periodically (for example, at a cycle of 2 msec) in the CPU 521 of the sound lamp control device 272 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In the fraud detection process, first, in step S11, it is determined whether or not a waiting flag is set in a waiting flag storage area provided in the RAM 523. The waiting flag is a flag that is set by outputting a radio wave transmission signal to the reader device 331 and is cleared when a response is received from the reader device 331. That is, while the waiting flag is set, the input information input waiting state from the reader device 331 is awaited.

  If the waiting flag is not set, the fraud detection setting process in steps S12 to S13 is executed. On the other hand, if the waiting flag is set, the fraud detection determination process in steps S14 to S19 is executed.

  In the fraud detection setting process, it is first determined in step S12 whether or not the fraud detection start time has come. Here, in the present embodiment, when a predetermined period (for example, 30 min) has elapsed with the standby flag not set, an affirmative determination is made in step S12, and when it has not elapsed. Makes a negative determination in step S12. If a negative determination is made in step S12, the present process is terminated as it is. On the other hand, when an affirmative determination is made in step S12, a radio wave transmission signal is output to the reader device 331 in step S13, and after the standby flag is set, this process is terminated.

  The reader device 331 starts reading ID information from the IC tag 303 by inputting a radio wave transmission signal from the sound lamp control device 272. Here, ID information reading processing executed by the CPU 346 of the reader device 331 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The ID information reading process is repeatedly executed periodically (for example, at a cycle of 2 msec).

  In the ID information reading process, first, in step S21, it is determined whether or not a radio wave transmission signal is input from the sound lamp control device 272. If no radio wave transmission signal is input, the process proceeds to step S23. If a radio wave transmission signal is input, the RF circuit 347 is driven in step S22 and a ringing wave is transmitted via the reader antenna 333. In this case, the RF circuit 347 is driven so that one pulse ringing wave is transmitted. In step S22, the count-up type response time measurement timer 348 is turned on. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S23.

  In step S23, it is determined whether a response wave is received from the IC tag 303. If no response wave has been received, this process is terminated. If the response wave is received, the ID information read from the response wave is output to the sound lamp control device 272 in step S24. In step S24, the value of the response time measurement timer 348 at the timing when the response wave is received is output as a response time to the sound lamp control device 272. In step S24, the response time measurement timer 348 is turned off. Thereafter, this process is terminated.

  Returning to the description of the fraud detection process in FIG. 36, when the waiting flag is set in step S13, an affirmative determination is made in step S11 in the next fraud detection process. Thereby, the fraud detection determination process is started. In the fraud detection determination process, first, in step S14, it is determined whether or not ID information is input from the reader device 331. If ID information is input, the process proceeds to step S15.

  In step S15, it is determined whether or not the input ID information matches the management ID information stored in the ROM 522. If they match, the process proceeds to step S16, and it is determined whether or not the response time input together with the ID information matches the reference response time stored in the ROM 522. Here, the reference response time is set with a predetermined range. If the input response time matches the reference response time (when the input response time falls within the range of the reference response time), the process is terminated after clearing the waiting flag in step S17.

  When it is determined that the ID information input at step S15 does not match the management ID information, or when it is determined that the response time input at step S16 does not match the reference response time (range of the input response time within the reference response time) If it does not fall within the range), after executing the abnormality process in step S18, an infinite loop is entered.

  In the abnormality process, an error notification sound is output from the speaker 20 and the error display lamp 106 is turned on. Furthermore, an error command is output to the display control device 214, and the symbol display device 41 performs error detection display. The error detection display is continued while the infinite loop is entered. Thereby, the administrator of the game hall and the like can grasp that an illegal act is performed in the pachinko machine 10 on which the error detection display is performed. In the error detection display on the symbol display device 41, the content of error detection may be displayed.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S14 that ID information has not been input, the process proceeds to step S19. In step S19, it is determined whether or not a predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds) has elapsed since the radio wave transmission signal was output in step S13. If the predetermined time has not elapsed, this processing is terminated as it is. If the predetermined time has elapsed, the infinite loop is entered after executing the abnormality process in step S18. The contents of the abnormality process are as described above.

  Here, as described in the fraud detection process, in the present embodiment, the response time from when a call wave is transmitted from the reader device 331 to when the response wave is received by the reader device 331 is measured. Abnormal processing is executed based on the measurement result. Such fraud detection processing is executed for the following reason.

  In other words, as an illegal act against the main controller 271, an act that allows the reader device 331 to read the legitimate ID information even after the illegal act is assumed. Specifically, the substrate box 273 is opened without breaking the IC tag 303 by cutting the sticking plate portions 281 and 282 from the base, and the microcomputer chip 278a of the main control board 278 is replaced with an unauthorized chip. Unauthorized electronic components are attached to the main control board 278. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 38, the illegally controlled main board 278 accommodated in the illegally prepared improper board box 531 is mounted on the mounting base 251 and the cut pasting plate portions 281 and 282 are improperly attached. An act of attaching to the board box 531 is assumed. In FIG. 38, the cut sticking plate portions 281 and 282 are fixed with respect to the mounting base 251, but other than this, an illegal act of accommodating them in the board box 531 can be considered. When such an action is performed, the IC tag 303 of the seal sticker 300 attached to the cut sticking plate portions 281 and 282 is used as a dummy product for outputting regular ID information. That is, even if the board box 273 is opened and fraud is performed on the main control board 278 (main control apparatus 271), the reader apparatus 331 can read the legitimate ID information.

  On the other hand, fraudulent acts that use the IC tag 303 as a dummy product for outputting legitimate ID information by measuring the response time from when a call wave is transmitted to when a response wave is received as described above. It becomes possible to discover. The correlation between the response time measurement and the fraud discovery will be described with reference to the time chart of FIG.

  When an illegal act using the IC tag 303 as a dummy product is not performed, a ringing wave is transmitted from the reader device 331 at the timing t1, as shown in FIG. The response wave is received by the reader device 331 at the timing of, and the response time is Ta. A range of ± Tα with respect to the response time Ta corresponds to the reference response time.

  On the other hand, when an illegal act using the IC tag 303 as a dummy product is performed and the position of the IC tag 303 is farther from the initial position than the reader antenna 333 of the reader device 331 (specifically, In the case of FIG. 38), as shown in FIG. 39 (b), the ringing wave is transmitted from the reader device 331 at the timing t1, while the response is made by the reader device 331 at the timing t3. A wave is received and the response time is Tb. This response time Tb has a relationship of Tb> (Ta + Tα) with respect to the reference response time Ta. Therefore, abnormality processing is executed in the above-described fraud detection processing.

  Further, when an illegal act using the IC tag 303 as a dummy product is performed and the position of the IC tag 303 is closer to the reader antenna 333 of the reader device 331 than the original position, FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the ringing wave is transmitted from the reader device 331 at the timing t1, whereas the response wave is received by the reader device 331 at the timing t4, and the response time is Tc. This response time Tc has a relationship of Tc <(Ta−Tα) with respect to the reference response time. Therefore, abnormality processing is executed in the above-described fraud detection processing.

  According to the first embodiment described in detail above, the following excellent effects are obtained.

  The IC tag 303 was attached to the seal seal 300 of the main controller 271. Thereby, by reading the ID information from the IC tag 303, it is possible to confirm whether or not an illegal act has been performed on the main control device 271. In this case, the reader device 331 is installed in a region where transmission / reception of radio waves is not hindered without a metal member interposed between the IC tag 303 and the IC tag 303. Accordingly, the ID information can be reliably read without the ID hall information being read by the game hall manager or the like, so that the ID information can be read satisfactorily.

  However, in the configuration in which the reader device 331 is mounted on the pachinko machine 10, an injustice to the reader device 331 is assumed. For example, by attaching an unauthorized electronic component or the like to the reader device 331, it is assumed that the user is disguised to read the ID information even though the ID information is not actually read. In this case, fraudulent discovery using the IC tag 303 cannot be performed accurately. On the other hand, the reader device 331 is accommodated in the substrate box 273 as the enclosing means. As a result, the reader device 331 is encapsulated in the back surface portion of the pachinko machine 10, and fraud with respect to the reader device 331 can be suppressed.

  Further, since the substrate box 273 is used as the encapsulating means of the reader device 331 as described above, the existing substrate box 273 functions as the encapsulating means. Therefore, the reader device 331 is simplified while simplifying the configuration. Fraud can be suppressed.

  In the main controller 271, the reader device 331 is disposed between the box cover 277 exposed on the back surface of the pachinko machine 10 and the main control board 278. The box cover 277 is formed of a transparent material. Accordingly, the reader device 331 accommodated in the board box 273 of the main control device 271 can be visually observed without removing the main control device 271 from the mounting base 251. Therefore, when a malfunction occurs in the reader device 331, the reader device 331 can be easily confirmed.

  The main control board 278 was fixed to the box cover 277, and the reader device 331 was accommodated in a space surrounded by the box cover 277 and the main control board 278. As a result, even if the box cover 277 is separated from the box base 276, the reader device 331 cannot be unwrapped, and the reader device 331 can be unwrapped unless the main control board 278 is removed from the box cover 277. It cannot be canceled. Therefore, for those who try to cheat on the reader device 331, the work becomes complicated, and cheating on the reader device 331 can be suppressed.

  In the main control device 271, the facing region FS facing the housing 332 of the reader device 331 on the component mounting surface 337 of the main control board 278 is not provided with electronic components and wiring patterns. In the configuration in which the reader device 331 is accommodated in the substrate box 273 of the main control device 271, if the electronic components and the wiring pattern of the main control substrate 278 accommodated in the substrate box 273 are hidden by the housing 332 of the reader device 331, Unless the substrate box 273 is opened and the reader device 331 is removed, the hidden electronic components and wiring patterns cannot be visually observed. On the other hand, since the electronic component and the wiring pattern are not provided in the facing area FS as described above, the occurrence of the inconvenience can be suppressed.

  The main controller 271 in which the reader device 331 is accommodated does not input the reading result of the reader device 331 and executes the fraud detection process, but the voice lamp controller 272 different from the main controller 271 reads the reader device 331. The fraud detection process was executed by inputting the result. Assuming a configuration in which the main controller 271 inputs a reading result of the reader device 331 and executes fraud detection processing, if fraud is performed on the main control device 271 to which the IC tag 303 is attached and monitored, fraud detection processing is performed. May not be performed correctly, and the effect of providing the IC tag 303 and the reader device 331 may be lost. On the other hand, by executing the fraud detection process in the sound lamp control device 272, the fraud detection process is accurately performed regardless of whether or not the main control device 271 as the monitoring target is fraudulent.

  The response time from when the calling wave is transmitted from the reader device 331 to when the reader device 331 receives the response wave from the IC tag 303 is measured. If the response time does not coincide with a preset reference response time, an abnormality process is executed. Accordingly, even if an illegal act using the IC tag 303 as a dummy product for transmitting regular ID information is performed, it is necessary to confirm the difference in the actual response time with respect to the reference response time. It is possible to detect cheating.

(Second Embodiment)
In the present embodiment, unlike the first embodiment, the reader device is not mounted on the pachinko machine 10. That is, a game hall manager or the like reads ID information from the IC tag 303 using a handy reader device. In this case, in the present embodiment, a configuration is provided that can reliably and efficiently read ID information. Such a configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 40 and 41. FIG. 40 is a rear view of the pachinko machine 10 in the present embodiment, and FIG. 41 is a perspective view of the first control board unit 551 in the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIGS. 40 and 41, the first control board unit 551 includes a mounting base 552 and a main controller 553, as in the first embodiment. The mounting base 552 is formed of synthetic resin in the same manner as the mounting base 251 in the first embodiment, and further, although not shown in the figure, a board mounting surface for mounting the main controller 553 is formed. ing.

  The main control device 553 has substantially the same configuration as the main control device 271 in the first embodiment. That is, the sealing unit 555 is integrally formed on one side of the substrate box 554 in the left-right direction. Further, on the side of the substrate box 554 opposite to the sealing unit 555, adhesive plate portions 556 and 557 are integrally formed. The adhesive seal portions 556 and 557 are provided with a sealing seal 559 in which an IC tag 558 is embedded. It is pasted.

  However, in the present embodiment, the substrate box 554 is formed so that the positions of the sealing unit 555 and the pasting plate portions 556 and 557 are opposite to those in the first embodiment. That is, the sealing unit 555 is on the rotation axis side of the main body frame 12 with respect to the outer frame 11, and the sticking plate portions 556 and 557 are on the rotation front end side of the main body frame 12 with respect to the outer frame 11. Then, as the sticking plate portions 556 and 557 are on the rotating front end side, the IC tag 558 is also on the rotating front end side. The main control device 553 is arranged so as to be biased toward the rotating front end side of the main body frame 12 with respect to the outer frame 11. Therefore, the IC tag 558 is in a position close to the rotating front end side of the main body frame 12 with respect to the outer frame 11.

  The mounting base 552 is integrally formed with a positioning plate portion 561 that faces the IC tag 558 closer to the rotation tip side than the IC tag 558. The positioning plate portion 561 is formed so that its plate surface faces in the left-right direction, and the plate surface facing the IC tag 558 is the side surface of the bonding plate portions 556 and 557 to which the IC tag 558 is attached (the above-mentioned Corresponding to the entire attachment surfaces 281b and 282b in the first embodiment). Further, the positioning plate portion 561 protrudes rearward from the sticking plate portions 556 and 557, and there is no member between the positioning plate portion 561 and the seal seal 559 attached to the sticking plate portions 556 and 557. There is no intervention.

  A handy reader device for reading ID information from the IC tag 558 is provided on a plate surface 562 facing outwardly in the positioning plate portion 561 (a plate surface 562 opposite to the plate surface facing the IC tag 558). A surrounding wall 563 for positioning 565 is integrally formed. The surrounding wall 563 is formed so as to correspond to the reading side end portion provided with the reader antenna in the reader device 565, and the area surrounded by the surrounding wall 563 is sized to allow the reading side end portion to be inserted. Note that the surrounding wall 563 may be formed so that the inner wall thereof is in contact with the peripheral wall of the reading side end portion of the reader device 565. In this case, the positioning of the reader device 565 can be made more constant.

  The reading operation of ID information from the IC tag 558 will be described below. When performing the reading operation, the main body frame 12 is rotated with respect to the outer frame 11 to open the back side of the main body frame 12 to the front side of the pachinko machine 10. Then, the reading side end portion of the reader device 565 is inserted into the area surrounded by the surrounding wall 563 and brought into contact with the surface facing the outside of the positioning plate portion 561. In this state, the reader device 565 is operated to generate a calling wave. Make a call. As described above, the positioning plate portion 561 is formed of a synthetic resin (a material capable of transmitting radio waves), and no metal member is interposed between the positioning plate portion 561 and the IC tag 558. Further, the position of the positioning plate portion 561 is set to a position where the calling wave transmitted from the reader device 565 can reach the IC tag 558. Therefore, the calling wave transmitted from the reader device 565 reaches the IC tag 558 without being interrupted on the way. A response wave is transmitted from the IC tag 558 to the ringing wave, and the response wave is received by the reader device 565. As a result, the ID information can be read by the reader device 565.

  Next, the reader device 565 and the electrical configuration related to it will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG.

  The reader device 565 includes a CPU 566, an RF circuit 567, a reader antenna 568, and a response time measurement timer 569, like the reader device 331 in the first embodiment. The CPU 566 is a ROM 570 that stores various control programs executed by the CPU 566 and fixed value data, and a memory for temporarily storing various data when executing the control program stored in the ROM 570. A RAM 571 is incorporated. The ID information read via the reader antenna 568 is sequentially stored in the RAM 571.

  The reader device 565 includes an operation unit 572 that is operated by an operator when reading ID information and the like, and a display unit 573 that displays various types of information during the reading operation. When the reading operation is started, a start wave button provided on the operation unit 572 is operated to transmit a ringing wave from the reader device 565. When the response wave is received by the reader device 565, a message to that effect is displayed. Is displayed. Further, the operation unit 572 is provided with a numeric keypad, and inputs unique information (for example, a machine number) of the pachinko machine 10 that starts the ID information reading operation in accordance with the operation of the start operation button.

  Further, the reader device 565 includes an output unit 574 for outputting the ID information stored in the RAM 571 to the hall computer 576. Such an output configuration may be a configuration in which the output unit 574 is connected to the input unit of the hall computer 576, or a configuration in which the output unit 574 is performed in a non-contact manner using radio waves or infrared rays. The hall computer 576 executes fraud detection processing based on input of ID information from the reader device 565. The output destination of the ID information from the reader device 565 is not limited to the hall computer 576, and may be a management device provided for managing ID information.

  Next, ID information reading processing executed by the CPU 566 of the reader device 565 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The ID information reading process is repeatedly executed periodically (for example, at a cycle of 2 msec).

  In the ID information reading process, first, in step S31, it is determined whether or not a response wave from the IC tag 558 is waiting to be received. The determination as to whether or not such standby is in progress is made based on whether or not the response time measurement timer 569 is in an ON state. If the response time measurement timer 569 is in the OFF state, it is determined in step S32 whether or not the start operation button provided on the operation unit 572 of the reader device 565 has been operated. If it is not operated, this processing is terminated as it is. If it has been operated, the RF circuit 567 is driven in step S33, and a ringing wave is transmitted via the reader antenna 568. In this case, the RF circuit 567 is driven so that one pulse of calling wave is transmitted. In step S33, the count-up response time measurement timer 569 is turned on, and the unique information of the pachinko machine 10 input using the numeric keypad is stored in the RAM 571. Thereafter, this process is terminated.

  On the other hand, if the response time measurement timer 569 is in the ON state in step S31, it is determined in step S34 whether or not a response wave has been received from the IC tag 558. If a response wave is received, the ID information read from the response wave is stored in the RAM 571 in step S35. In step S35, the value of the response time measurement timer 569 at the timing when the response wave is received is stored in the RAM 571 as the response time. In step S35, the response time measurement timer 569 is turned off. At this time, the display unit 573 displays that the response wave has been received, and notifies that the reading of the ID information has been completed. Thereafter, this process is terminated.

  If no response wave has been received in step S34, it is determined in step S36 whether or not the value of the response time measurement timer 569 has become a predetermined value. If the predetermined value is not reached, this processing is terminated as it is. If the value is a predetermined value, an error message indicating that there is no response from the IC tag 558 is displayed on the display unit 573. As a result, the worker can grasp that some sort of fraud has been performed on the pachinko machine 10.

  Next, fraud detection processing that is repeatedly executed periodically (for example, at a cycle of 2 msec) in the hall computer 576 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In the fraud detection process, first, in step S41, it is determined whether or not the ID information is input from the reader device 565. If it has not been input, this process is terminated. If input, the management ID information reading process is executed in step S42. In the management ID information reading process, the pachinko machine 10 that is the ID information output source is specified based on the unique information input together with the ID information, and the ID information registered for managing the specified pachinko machine P is read. More specifically, management data is created in advance in the hall computer 576. In the management data, unique information of each pachinko machine 10 and management ID information corresponding thereto are registered as a set. In the management ID information reading process, management ID information corresponding to the unique information of the input ID information is read.

  Thereafter, in step S43, it is determined whether or not the input ID information matches the management ID information. If they match, the process proceeds to step S44, and it is determined whether or not the response time input together with the ID information matches the reference response time set in the hall computer 576 in advance. Here, in this embodiment, since the positioning plate portion 561 is provided as described above, the distance between the reader antenna 568 of the reader device 565 and the IC tag 558 is constant when reading the ID information. The response time is constant. A time set with a predetermined range with respect to the assumed response time is the reference response time. However, when an illegal act using the IC tag 303 as a dummy product for outputting regular ID information as described in the first embodiment is performed, the response time matches the reference response time. do not do. If the input response time matches the reference response time (when the input response time falls within the range of the reference response time), the fraud detection process is terminated after executing the normal process in step S45. .

  In the normal processing, the fact that the confirmation of the ID information output from the reader device 565 is normally completed in the hall computer 576 is stored and held, and the fact is displayed on the display device connected to the hall computer 576.

  When it is determined that the ID information input in step S43 does not match the management ID information, or when it is determined that the response time input in step S44 does not match the reference response time (the input response time If it does not fall within the range of the reference response time), the abnormality detection process is terminated after executing the abnormality process in step S46.

  In the abnormality processing, the hall computer 576 stores the machine number of the pachinko machine P whose ID information did not match the management ID information, or the machine number of the pachinko machine 10 whose response time did not match the reference response time. In addition, the information is displayed on the display device connected to the hall computer 576.

  Note that a plurality of ID information is collectively output from the reader device 565 to the hall computer 576. Therefore, each process of step S42-step S46 mentioned above is collectively performed with respect to several ID information.

  According to the second embodiment described in detail above, the following excellent effects can be obtained.

  A positioning plate portion 561 is provided in a region where transmission / reception of radio waves is not hindered without a metal member interposed between the IC tag 558 and the IC tag 558. As a result, when reading ID information, the ID information can be reliably read by arranging the reader device 565 at a position positioned by the positioning plate portion 561, so that the ID information can be read satisfactorily. It can be carried out. In addition, for an operator who reads ID information, if the reader device 565 is arranged at a position positioned by the positioning plate portion 561, the ID information can be reliably read. Can be improved.

  Further, when the ID information reading operation is performed, the reader device 565 can be disposed at a position where the ID information can be reliably read by merely bringing the reader device 565 into contact with the positioning plate portion 561. Therefore, the workability of the reading work can be improved.

  Further, when performing the ID information reading operation, the reader device 565 may be brought into contact with the surface of the positioning plate portion 561 opposite to the surface facing the IC tag 558. Therefore, the reader device 565 can be arranged without difficulty. Therefore, the workability of the reading work can be improved.

  When reading ID information, an end of the reader device 565 on the reader antenna 568 side is inserted into a region surrounded by the surrounding wall 563 of the positioning plate 561, and the end is further inserted into the positioning plate. It is made to contact | abut to the plate surface 562 of the part 561. FIG. Thereby, since the distance between the reader antenna 568 and the IC tag 558 is always constant, the worker who reads ID information can always work in the same manner.

  A positioning plate portion 561 is provided at a position on the rear surface side of the main body frame 12 with respect to the outer frame 11 relative to the front end of the rotation. Therefore, when the ID information reading operation is performed, the positioning plate 561 is brought close to the operator by rotating the main body frame 12 forward of the pachinko machine 10, and the reader device 565 is positioned at the position of the positioning plate 561. It becomes easy to arrange in. Thereby, the workability of the reading work can be further improved.

  In the configuration in which the arrangement position of the reader device 565 is constant when the ID information reading operation is performed as described above, a ringing wave is transmitted from the reader device 565 and then the IC tag 558 is transmitted from the reader device 565. The response time until receiving the response wave was measured. If the response time does not coincide with a preset reference response time, an abnormality process is executed. Accordingly, even if an illegal act using the IC tag 558 as a dummy product for transmitting regular ID information is performed, it is necessary to confirm the difference in actual response time with respect to the reference response time. It is possible to detect cheating.

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In addition, it is not limited to the description content of embodiment mentioned above, For example, you may implement as follows.

  (1) FIGS. 45A and 45B show a modification of the configuration related to the installation of the reader device. 45 (a) and 45 (b) are explanatory diagrams for explaining a configuration relating to installation of the reader device.

  In FIG. 45A, the reader device 581 is disposed between the main control device 271 and the mounting base 582 of the main control device 271. Specifically, the mounting base 582 is formed with a receiving portion 583 that is recessed on the back surface side at a position facing the sealing seal 300 of the main controller 271. The accommodating portion 583 is open to the main control device 271 side. The open portion is closed by the box base 276 of the main controller 271. That is, the accommodation space formed between the accommodation portion 583 and the main controller 271 is a closed space. A reader device 581 is installed in this accommodation space. In this case, the reader device 581 is arranged so that the reader antenna 584 faces the seal sticker 300 of the main control device 271, and ID information can be read from the IC tag 303 of the seal sticker 300.

  In FIG. 45 (b), the reader device 591 is installed on the back side of the mounting base 592 of the main control device 271. In this case, the reader device 591 is arranged so that the reader antenna 593 faces the seal sticker 300 of the main controller 271, and ID information can be read from the IC tag 303 of the seal sticker 300. Here, as in the first embodiment, the mounting table 592 is provided on the back surface of the game board 30, and the back surface of the mounting table 592 faces the back surface of the game board 30. Further, a peripheral wall 594 is integrally formed on the back surface of the mounting base 592 so as to surround the reader device 591, and the front end of the peripheral wall 594 is in contact with the back surface of the game board 30. Therefore, the reader device 591 cannot be exposed unless the mounting base 592 is removed from the game board 30 or retracted. Therefore, fraudulent acts on the reader device 591 can be suppressed.

  In addition to the above configurations, the reader device may be arranged in parallel with the IC tag without being encapsulated on the back surface of the pachinko machine 10.

  (2) A modification of the electrical configuration relating to reading of ID information by the reader device will be described based on the block diagram of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 46, the reader device 331 mounted on the pachinko machine 10 does not output the reading result to the sound lamp control device 272, but outputs the reading result to the hall computer 601 in the game hall (Note that The output of the reading result is not limited to wired communication and may be wireless communication). The hall computer 601 includes a CPU 602, a ROM 603, a RAM 604, an input / output port 605, and a display device 606. In the ROM 603, ID information of each IC tag 303 provided in each pachinko machine 10 in the game hall is stored. The hall computer 601 collects ID information from the reader device 331 of each pachinko machine 10 and executes fraud detection processing. Thereby, determination of the presence or absence of fraud and abnormality processing can be performed outside the pachinko machine 10. For example, in the configuration in which the determination of the presence / absence of fraud and abnormal processing are executed inside the pachinko machine 10, the effects of providing the IC tag 303 and the reader device 331 are lost if fraud is performed on a device that performs such processing. Resulting in. On the other hand, the effect of providing the IC tag 303 and the reader device 331 is preferably exhibited by executing fraud determination and abnormality processing in the hall computer 601 outside the pachinko machine 10.

  Here, in this configuration, operating power is supplied to the reader device 331 via the power supply and launch control device 313. In this case, operating power is supplied to the reader device 331 even after the pachinko machine 10 is powered off. Specifically, the power supply and launch control device 313 is provided with a data storage holding capacitor 608 (data storage holding power supply unit) for supplying the above-described data storage holding power to the RAM 503 of the main control device 271. It has been. The data storage holding capacitor 608 is connected to the power supply and the power supply unit of the launch control device 313, and is stored in the data storage holding capacitor 608 when the power of the pachinko machine 10 is ON. Further, the data storage holding capacitor 608 is electrically connected to the VBB terminal of the CPU 501 of the main controller 271. Therefore, when the power of the pachinko machine 10 is OFF, the data storage and holding capacitor 608 is discharged, and the data storage and holding power is supplied to the RAM 503.

  In this case, the data storage holding capacitor 608 is also electrically connected to the reader device 331. When the power of the pachinko machine 10 is OFF, the data storage holding capacitor 608 is discharged and the reader Operating power is supplied to the device 331. Thereby, even when the power of the pachinko machine 10 is in the OFF state, reading of the ID information by the reader device 331 is continued. Incidentally, the capacity of the data storage and holding capacitor 608 is relatively large, and information stored in the RAM 503 before the power is turned off is held within a predetermined period (for example, 1 day or 2 days). In addition, the operating power is supplied to the scanner SC over a predetermined period (for example, one day or two days). In addition, the hall computer 601 is maintained in the ON state even when the game hall is closed when the power of each pachinko machine 10 is in the OFF state. Thereby, the reading result of the ID information in the reader device 331 is input by the hall computer 601 even when the game hall is closed, and the fraud detection process is executed.

  The data storage holding power supply unit that supplies the data storage holding power is not limited to the capacitor, and may be a battery, a battery, or the like.

  (3) In the configuration of (2) above, whether to supply the data storage holding power to the reader device 331 is arbitrary. Further, instead of supplying power to the reader device 331 from the data storage holding capacitor 608 provided in the power supply and launch control device 313, the main control device 271 is provided with a power supply unit for power shut-off, and the power supply unit is connected to the reader. Electric power may be supplied to the device 331. Further, normal power and / or power-off power may be supplied to the reader device 331 from the hall computer 601 side. Further, a power supply unit unique to the reader device 331 may be mounted.

  (4) In the first embodiment, the reader device 331 is disposed between the box cover 277 and the main control board 278 in the main control apparatus 271, but instead of this, the box base 276 and the main control board are disposed. 278 may be disposed between the two. In this case, in a state where the main control device 271 is attached to the mounting base 251, the reader device 331 cannot be seen, but instead, the reader device 331 can be hidden on the back surface of the pachinko machine 10. By concealing the reader device 331 on the back surface portion of the pachinko machine 10, injustice to the reader device 331 can be suppressed.

  (5) In the first embodiment, the reader unit is provided as a reader device. However, the reader unit may be formed as a reader circuit with respect to the main control board 278. That is, a leader circuit wiring pattern is formed on a predetermined plate surface (for example, component mounting surface 337) of the main control board 278, and a reader circuit is formed by mounting electronic components. Thereby, compared with the structure which provides a reader means as a reader apparatus, the bulk of a reader means can be made small and it becomes possible to aim at thickness reduction of the main-control apparatus 271 compared with the said embodiment.

  In this case, the reader circuit can be confirmed without removing the main controller 271 by forming the reader circuit on the surface of the main control board 278 facing the box cover (that is, the surface facing the back of the pachinko machine 10). . On the other hand, by forming the reader circuit on the surface of the main control board 278 facing the box base (that is, the surface facing the back surface of the game board 30), the reader circuit can be hidden on the back surface portion of the pachinko machine 10.

  (6) In the first embodiment, the reader device 331 is fixed to the main control board 278. However, where the reader device 331 is fixed is arbitrary. For example, the reader device 331 is fixed to the box cover 277. May be.

  (7) In the first embodiment, a ringing wave may not be transmitted from the reader device 331 during the game. That is, while a game ball is being fired from the game ball launching mechanism 160, while a game ball is flowing down the game area, while the symbol display is being variably displayed on the symbol display device 41, and from the payout device 358. A calling wave is not transmitted from the reader device 331 while a game ball is paid out. If radio waves are transmitted during the game, it may become noise and malfunction of various control devices may cause the normal progress of the game to be disturbed. can do.

  (8) In the first embodiment, no electronic component is mounted on the facing region FS facing the bottom surface 332b of the housing 332 of the reader device 331 on the main control board 278, and no wiring pattern is formed. Although the configuration is adopted, not only the facing region FS but also the surrounding region may be configured such that no electronic component is mounted and a wiring pattern is not formed. For example, in the region in the left-right direction on the component mounting surface 337 of the main control board 278, no electronic components are mounted on the entire region outside the inner end of the facing region FS, and no wiring pattern is formed. It is good also as a structure.

  (9) In the first embodiment, a signal path is formed between the reader device 331 and the CPU 521 of the sound lamp control device 272, and the sound lamp control device 272 reads the ID information in the reader device 331. However, instead of this, a signal path is formed between the reader device 331 and the CPU 501 of the main control device 271, and the main control device 271 uses the ID information in the reader device 331. The fraud detection process based on the read result may be executed.

  Alternatively, the reader device 331 may execute the fraud detection process independently, and the CPU 501 of the main control device 271 or the CPU 521 of the sound lamp control device 272 may not execute the fraud detection processing. In this configuration, the detection result in the fraud detection process may be output to the CPU 501 of the main control device 271, the CPU 521 of the sound lamp control device 272, or the like.

  In the configuration in which the reader device 331 performs the fraud detection process independently, the reader device 331 is electrically connected to the speaker 20 or the error display lamp 106, and the reader device 331 performs the error notification when executing the error notification. The speaker 20 and the error display lamp 106 may be directly driven. Further, a speaker or the like may be mounted on the reader device 331, and when performing error notification, the speaker may be driven to output an error notification sound.

  (10) In each of the above embodiments, the response time is measured by the reader device, and the presence or absence of fraud is detected based on the measurement result. However, the response time is measured and the measurement result is used. It is good also as a structure which does not detect the presence or absence of fraud.

  (11) In each of the above embodiments, the response time is measured by the reader device. However, this may be changed. For example, in the first embodiment, the response time may be measured by the audio lamp control device 272 or the like. In the second embodiment, the response time may be measured by the hall computer 576.

  (12) The target to which the IC tag is attached is not limited to the main control devices 271 and 553. For example, the IC tag may be attached to the payout control device 311, the sound lamp control device 272, or the like. And you may apply the structure regarding the reader apparatus in said each embodiment with respect to these control apparatuses.

  (13) In the second embodiment, the positioning plate 561 having the surrounding wall 563 is provided on the mounting base 552 as the positioning means, but the configuration of the positioning means is not limited to this. For example, the reader 565 may be positioned by providing an engaging portion on the mounting base 552, the main controller 553, or the like as positioning means, and engaging the reader device 565 with the engaging portion. Further, the positioning plate portion may be formed on the substrate box 554 of the main controller 553.

  (14) In the second embodiment, the positioning means is provided on the rotating front end side of the main body frame 12 with respect to the outer frame 11. However, when the reader device is positioned, the ID information of the IC tag can be read. In this case, the positioning position of the positioning means is arbitrary. For example, the positioning means may be provided on the rotating shaft side of the main body frame 12 with respect to the outer frame 11.

  (15) In each of the above embodiments, the output cycle timer in the reader device may be configured as a counter. That is, since the ID information reading process is periodically executed, for example, at a cycle of 2 msec, the counter value is incremented by 1 each time the ID information reading process is executed. The output cycle can be specified by the value.

  (16) In each of the above embodiments, the IC tags 303 and 558 having the linearly extending antenna portion are used. Alternatively, an IC tag having an antenna portion extending in a substantially linear or arc shape may be used instead. Good.

  (17) In each of the above embodiments, the sealing seals 300 and 559 having the IC tags 303 and 558 are attached to the outer surfaces of the board boxes 273 and 554 of the main control devices 271 and 553, but this configuration is changed. . For example, you may affix on the internal peripheral surface of the board | substrate box 273,554. Further, the IC tags 303 and 558 may be embedded in the resin material constituting the substrate boxes 273 and 554. Further, a seal member having IC tags 303 and 558 may be directly attached to the substrate member.

  (18) In each of the above embodiments, the IC tags 303 and 558 are configured to transmit identification information as a response wave by receiving a ringing wave from the reader device, but instead include identification information. An IC tag that constantly transmits radio waves may be used.

  (19) In each of the above embodiments, the display control device 214 is configured to control the symbol display device 41 based on the display command input from the sound lamp control device 272, but this may be changed. For example, the display control device 214 controls the symbol display device 41 based on a display command input from the main control circuit 500 and outputs a sound lamp command to the sound lamp control device 272. The sound lamp control device 272 controls the driving of the speaker 20 and the various lamps 102 to 106 based on the sound lamp command input from the display control device 214. In such a configuration, in the first embodiment, the fraud detection process may be executed by the display control device 214.

  Further, the display control device 214 and the sound lamp control device 272 are not provided separately, but one sub-control device in which the functions of both are integrated may be provided. In this configuration, in the first embodiment, the sub-control device may execute fraud detection processing.

  (20) Other types of pachinko machines different from the above-described embodiments, such as pachinko machines in which an electric accessory is released a predetermined number of times when a game ball enters a specific area of a special device, or games in a specific area of a special device The present invention in which an electronic tag is provided can also be applied to a pachinko machine that generates a big hit when a ball enters, a pachinko machine equipped with another accessory, an arrangement ball machine, a sparrow ball, and the like.

  Also, a non-ball-type gaming machine, for example, a plurality of reels with a plurality of types of symbols attached in the circumferential direction, starts rotation of the reel by inserting a medal and operating a start lever, and a stop switch is operated. If a specific symbol or a combination of specific symbols is established on the active line visible from the display window after the reel has stopped after a predetermined time has passed, a privilege such as paying out medals is given to the player The present invention provided with an electronic tag can also be applied to a slot machine.

  In addition, a pachinko machine and a slot machine that have a take-in device and start rotation of a reel by operating a start lever after a predetermined number of game balls stored in the storage unit are taken in by the take-in device The present invention in which an electronic tag is provided can also be applied to a gaming machine in which is integrated.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Pachinko machine as a gaming machine, 11 ... Outer frame for mounting, 12 ... Main body frame as base body, 13 ... Front door frame, 271 ... Main controller, 272 ... Audio lamp controller, 273 ... Substrate box 276 ... Box base as a case body, 277 ... Box cover as a case body, 278 ... Main control board, 300 ... Sealing seal as a sealing member, 301 ... Base sheet, 302 ... Adhesive layer, 303 ... As an electronic tag IC tag, 305... IC chip as storage unit, 306... Antenna unit, 331... Reader device, 332... Housing, 333... Reader antenna, 337. Measurement timer, 553 ... main controller, 558 ... IC tag, 561 ... positioning plate, 566 ... CPU, 56 ... RF circuit, 568 ... reader antenna, 569 ... response time measurement timer, 576,601 ... hall computer, FS ... facing region.

Claims (1)

A gaming machine main body rotatably attached to the front of the gaming machine with respect to the mounting target;
Provided on the back side of the gaming machine main body, and a control device comprising a control board in the board case composed of a plurality of the case structure is accommodated,
A base body on which the control device is mounted;
Electronic tag having an antenna unit for transmitting a radio wave including a storage unit and the identification information storing unique identification information is provided integrally, and attached over the plurality of the case structure, which casing structure A seal member that is destroyed as the body separates;
A function for transmitting a ringing wave for calling the identification information, a function for receiving a response wave from the electronic tag for the ringing wave, and a function for measuring a response period from when the ringing wave is transmitted until the response wave is received And a reader device that reads the identification information by receiving the response wave at the time of reading the identification information, and a response period from when the call wave is transmitted to when the response wave is received is predetermined. Positioning means used for positioning in an area that is a set reference response period;
With
The seal member is disposed on one side of the control device, and the control device is disposed such that the one side is located on a rotating front end side of the gaming machine body,
The base body is formed with a plate-like portion that faces the seal member with a gap from the rotating front end side of the gaming machine body,
The positioning means is provided on the plate-like portion so as to stand up from the plate surface facing the opposite side to the control device on the rotating front end side of the gaming machine main body and to contact the plate surface. A gaming machine comprising an insertion portion into which a device can be inserted .

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