JP6500938B2 - Gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game machine represented by a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine and a slot machine.

  Some gaming machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines are provided with a board box containing a control board for controlling a game and a prize detection switch for detecting a gaming ball that has won a prize in the prize opening.

JP, 2009-66084, A

In a game arcade in which a game machine is installed and operated , there is a problem that an unauthorized alteration may be made.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems and the like, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine capable of effectively preventing the addition of fraud.

In order to achieve the above object, a gaming machine according to the present invention
A covering made of a semitransparent mirror capable of concealing an area which may be a target of fraud;
A protective wall that can make it difficult for an area that may be the target of the fraud to be touched from the outside;
And a light emitting unit that is inside the covering unit and can emit light to the covering unit side,
The protective wall is characterized in that it has a parallel portion which is parallel to a surface forming the covering portion on the outside of the covering portion .
In addition, the gaming machine may be a pachinko machine, a slot machine, or a gaming machine in which a pachinko machine and a slot machine are integrated and use a ball as a valuable object.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a gaming machine capable of effectively preventing a fraud from being added.

The front view which shows an example of a pachinko machine. The perspective view of the front side of the pachinko machine of FIG. The perspective view of the front frame of the pachinko machine of FIG. The front view which shows an example of a game board. The perspective view of the game board of FIG. The disassembled perspective view which shows the structure of the back of the pachinko machine of FIG. The perspective view of the back side of the game board of FIG. The rear view of the game board of FIG. The block diagram which shows an example of the electric constitution of a pachinko machine. The front view which shows the center frame of a game board. The disassembled perspective view of a stage unit. The schematic cross section showing the lamination structure of the stage formation member. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a first control board box. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a first control board box. The front view of a 1st control board box. The rear view of a 1st control board box. The top view of a 1st control board box. The left view of the 1st control board box. The right view of a 1st control board box. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the 1st control board box in the state where the connector cover was opened. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the 1st control board box in the state where the connector cover was closed. FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a configuration example of a winning device. The disassembled perspective view which shows the other example of a center frame. The perspective view of a detection type passage member. The perspective view seen from the front side of big winning a prize device. The perspective view seen from the back side of big winning a prize device. The disassembled perspective view seen from the front side of big winning a prize apparatus. The disassembled perspective view seen from the back side of big winning a prize device. FIG. 10 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view showing another example of the main control board box. The perspective view which shows the other example of a back cover. The partially transparent perspective view which shows the other example of a back cover. The partially transparent perspective view which shows the other example of a back cover. The disassembled perspective view which shows the other example of the sealing seal sticking part of a board | substrate box. It is sectional drawing of a sealing seal. It is a front view of a seal seal. It is a rear view of a seal seal.

Some gaming machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines are provided with a board box containing a control board for controlling a game and a prize detection switch for detecting a gaming ball that has won a prize in the prize opening.
In a game arcade where a gaming machine is installed and operated, it is said that an unauthorized person sneaks into the island at night and makes unauthorized changes to control boards and prize detection switches etc. in the substrate box from the back side of the gaming machine. There's a problem.
The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine capable of effectively preventing a fraud from being added.
Hereinafter, the best mode of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings. Here, a pachinko gaming machine (hereinafter simply referred to as a "pachinko machine") will be mentioned as a gaming machine.

(Configuration of Pachinko machine front side)
1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 10, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine 10, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a front frame of the pachinko machine 10. As shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pachinko machine 10 includes an outer frame 11 forming an outer shell of the pachinko machine 10 and an inner frame 12 supported openably and closably on one side of the outer frame 11. Have.

  Below, the structure of the outer frame 11 and the inner frame 12 is demonstrated separately.

  The outer frame 11 is generally formed in a rectangular shape by a wooden plate material, and the plate materials are assembled by a detachable fastener such as a small screw. The outer frame 11 may be made of a light metal such as resin or aluminum. By configuring in this manner, it is possible to reduce the weight of the pachinko machine.

  On the other hand, the opening / closing axis of the inner frame 12 is set to extend vertically on the opposite side (the left side of the pachinko machine 10 of FIG. 1) of the handle (the game ball launch handle 18 described later) The inner frame 12 can be sufficiently opened to the front side with the open / close axis as an axis. Assuming that the opening / closing axis of the inner frame 12 is in the vertical direction on the handle installation location side (the right side of the pachinko machine 10 of FIG. 1), the game ball launch handle is opened when the inner frame 12 is opened. This is because the head or the like of 18 interferes with the adjacent pachinko machine or card unit (ball lending unit), and the inner frame 12 can not be opened sufficiently. Also, the inner frame 12 is made of a synthetic resin, specifically ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene) resin. By doing so, the advantages of high viscosity and resistance to impact, and low cost manufacturing can be exhibited.

  Further, the inner frame 12 has a lower tray unit 13 at its lowermost portion, and a front frame set 14 attached openably and closably with an opening / closing axis on the left and right of the inner frame 12 as an axis, and a resin base 25 (See FIG. 6) and a game board 30 described later attached to the rear side of the resin base 25. Each of these configurations is described in detail below.

  The lower tray unit 13 is fixed to the front frame base member as a part of the front frame set 14. On the front side of the lower tray unit 13, a lower tray 15, a ball release lever 17, a game ball emission handle 18, and an effect button 79 are provided. The lower plate 15 as a ball tray is provided substantially at the center of the lower plate unit 13, and plays a role of retaining the game ball discharged from the discharge port 16 when the upper plate described later becomes full. is there. The ball release lever 17 is for removing game balls in the lower plate 15. By moving the ball release lever 17 to the left in FIG. 1, a predetermined portion of the bottom surface of the lower plate 15 is opened, The gaming balls retained in the lower tray 15 can be discharged to the ball storage box (dollar box) of the player through the opening of the bottom of the lower tray 15. The gaming ball emission handle 18 is disposed to project to the front side on the right side of the lower plate 15. In response to the operation of the game ball emission handle 18 by the player, the game ball launch device provided with the launch solenoid is configured to drive the game ball toward the game board 30 described later. At the upper part of the front frame set 14, a sound output port 24 for outputting a sound from a speaker is provided.

  On the other hand, an upper plate 19 serving as a tray for gaming balls is provided integrally with the front frame set 14 at a lower portion of the front frame set 14 (above the lower plate 15 described above). The upper tray 19 is a ball tray for temporarily storing the game balls and guiding them to the game ball launch device 38 while aligning them in a line. In the lower left of the upper tray 19, an effect button 79 is provided for the player to perform an operation such as changing the background of the decorative symbol display device 42.

  In addition, the front frame set 14 is provided with light emitting means such as various lamps around its periphery (for example, a corner portion). These light emitting means are controlled to change the light emission mode like lighting and blinking according to the change of the gaming state in the jackpot gaming state etc., and play a role to enhance the rendering effect during the game. For example, on the periphery of the window part 101, the annular electric decoration part 102 incorporating a light emitting means such as an LED is provided symmetrically on the left and right, and being in the big hit gaming state by lighting and blinking in the big hit gaming state. It is the structure to alert | report.

  In addition, below the window portion 101, a rental ball operation unit 120 is disposed, and the rental ball operation unit 120 is provided with a ball rental button, a return button, and a frequency display unit. When the rental ball operation unit 120 is operated with a bill, a card, etc. being inserted into a card unit (ball lending unit) (not shown) arranged on the side of the pachinko machine 10, the gaming ball is lent according to the operation. To be done. The ball lending button is operated to obtain a lending ball based on the information recorded on the card etc. (recording medium), and the lending ball is supplied to the upper tray 19 as long as the remaining amount is present on the card etc. Ru. The return button is operated to request return of a card or the like inserted in the card unit. The frequency display unit is for displaying balance information of a card or the like. In the case of a pachinko machine in which gaming balls are directly lent out from the ball lending device unit to the upper tray without passing through a card unit, the so-called cash machine does not require the ball rental operation unit 120. Therefore, a decorative seal or the like is attached to the installation portion of the rental ball operation unit 120. As a result, it is possible to share the ball rental operation unit between the pachinko machine and the cash machine using the card unit.

  Next, the configuration of the game board 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG. 4 is a front view showing the structure of the game board 30, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the structure of the game board 30. As shown in FIG. The game board 30 includes a general winning device 31 having a regular winning opening, a variable winning device 32, a first starting winning device 33, a second starting winning device comprising an upper starting opening 33a and a lower starting opening 33b (composed of an operation chucker 33b). A second start winning device 34 (having a through gate) having a starting opening, a special symbol display device 371A, a normal symbol display device 371B, and a variable display unit 35 having a decorative symbol display device 42 are provided. These general winning device 31, variable winning device 32, first starting winning device 33, second starting winning device 34, variable display device unit 35, etc. are each through holes formed by router processing in gaming board 30. The game board 30 is mounted on the front side of the game board 30 with wood screws or the like. Further, a pair of opening and closing blades 60 are provided at the entrance of the lower start opening 33b, and an open position for guiding the game ball and a closed position where the game ball does not easily enter the lower start opening 33b can be taken. The opening and closing blade 60 is driven by a solenoid SL1 disposed on the back side of the game board 30. In addition, below the lower starting opening 33b, a special winning opening (inlet of the storage portion) 61 is disposed. The special winning opening 61 will be mentioned later. In the special winning opening 61, a ball entry detection switch SW1 is provided.

  The game ball enters the above-mentioned general winning device 31, variable winning device 32, and first starting winning device 33, and the ball is detected by a detection switch (a winning opening switch, a count switch, an operating opening switch, etc.) described later. And a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out to the upper tray 19 (or lower tray 15) based on the output of the detection switch. In addition, the game board 30 is provided with an out port 36, and game balls that have not entered the various winning devices etc. are guided through the out port 36 toward a ball discharge path not shown. It has become. A large number of nails are implanted in the game board 30 in order to appropriately disperse and adjust the falling direction of the game balls, and various members (features) are disposed.

  The special symbol display device variably displays a special symbol as identification information triggered by a prize winning on the first start winning device 33, and the decorative symbol display device 42 changes a decorative symbol corresponding to the variation display of the special symbol. The normal symbol display device variably displays the normal symbol with the passage of the second start winning device 34 as a trigger.

  The special symbol display device is constituted by nine LED segments of the first display section in the display device 371A which will be mentioned later, and the display content is controlled by the main control device 261 described later.

  The decorative symbol display device 42 is configured as a liquid crystal display device, and the display content is controlled by a display control device described later. On the decorative symbol display device 42, symbols as identification information are displayed at, for example, the upper, middle and lower three places. These symbols are scrolled and variably displayed on the decorative symbol display device 42. In the present embodiment, the decorative symbol display device 42 (liquid crystal display device) is provided with a large liquid crystal display of, for example, 10 inches or 12 inches.

  The above-mentioned ordinary symbol display device is provided with two lamps (hereinafter also referred to as a first lamp and a second lamp) for an ordinary symbol disposed in a display device 371B described later. In this embodiment, the first lamp for a normal symbol has an "o" shape in its external shape, while the second lamp is provided adjacent to the right of the first lamp, and the external shape is " × has a shape. The normal symbol display device changes, for example, the display symbol (normal symbol) by the first and second lamps every time the game ball passes through the second start winning device 34, specifically, the first and second lamps Are alternately illuminated, and when stopped at the first lamp, the lower starting opening 33b of the first starting winning device 33 is configured to be activated (opened) for a predetermined time. The number of times the game ball passes through the second start-up winning device 34 is suspended up to four times, and the number of times of suspension is lit and displayed by the hold lamp 801 a. The first and second lamps may be a plurality of display portions that are variably displayed on a part of the decorative symbol display device 42.

  The variable winning device 32 is normally in a closed state where the gaming ball can not win or is difficult to win, and is operated repeatedly in an open state where the gaming ball is easy to win in the case of a big hit and a normal closed state. Although its specific configuration will be described later. Briefly, if the special symbol display device becomes a specific display mode (when the final symbol after stopping the decorative symbol display device 42 becomes a combination of a specific symbol set in advance), the special gaming state is Occur. Then, the variable winning device 32 receives the ball, and allows the game ball to win. Specifically, with a lapse of a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) or a predetermined number (for example, 10) of winnings as one round, the ball receiving state of the variable winning device 32 is repeatedly released a predetermined number of times. The number of times the game ball passes through the first start-up winning device 33 is suspended up to four times, and the number of suspension is lit and displayed by the suspension lamp 800a. Note that the holding lamp 800a may be configured to be variably displayed on a part of the decorative symbol display device 42.

  In addition, a rail unit 50 is attached to the game board 30 for guiding the game ball fired from the game ball launch device to the upper part of the game board 30, and is fired along with the turning operation of the game ball launch handle 18. The game balls are guided to a predetermined game area through the rail unit 50. The rail unit 50 is formed of a ring-shaped metal plate, and has an inner rail 51 and an outer rail 52 integrally formed as inner and outer doubles. At the rear edge of the inner rail 51 and the outer rail 52 (the edge opposite to the game board 30), weirs 56 are provided at a plurality of places at predetermined intervals, and the inner rail 51 and the outer rail 52 It is attached to the game board 30 so as to strike the 打 ち 56. The inner rail 51 is formed in a substantially annular shape except about 1⁄4 of the upper side, and an outer rail 52 is formed such that a part (mainly the left side) faces the inner rail 51. In such a case, the inner rail 51 and the outer rail 52 constitute a guide rail, and the portions 51 (52) parallel to each other with a predetermined distance (portion on the left side) form a ball guide passage. The ball guiding passage is formed in the shape of a groove having a contact surface with the game board 30, that is, the shape of a groove whose front side is opened.

  A return ball preventing member 53 is attached to the end portion (upper left portion in FIG. 4) of the inner rail 51. As a result, it is prevented that the gaming ball guided to the upper part of the game board 30 from the ball guiding passage between the inner rail 51 and the outer rail 52 is once again returned to the ball guiding passage. There is.

  The game area is divided into a substantially circular shape by the inner peripheral portion (inner and outer rails) of the rail unit 50, and in the present embodiment, in particular, the gaming domain castles partitioned on the board of the game board 30 are more than conventional. It is configured much larger.

(Rear configuration of pachinko machine)
Next, the configuration of the back of the pachinko machine 10 will be described. FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing the configuration of the back of the pachinko machine 10. As shown in FIG.

  First, an overview of the entire rear surface configuration of the pachinko machine 10 will be described. In the pachinko machine 10, various control boards are arranged on the back surface (in fact, on the back surface of the inner frame 12 and the game board 30) so as to be aligned vertically or horizontally or stacked vertically. A game ball supply device (payout mechanism) for supplying game balls, a resin back cover (protection cover), and the like are attached. In this embodiment, various control boards are divided and mounted on three mounts to form three control board units, and the control board units are individually attached to the inner frame 12 or the back of the game board 30. . In this case, the main control device 261 configured of a main control substrate, a power supply monitoring substrate, a substrate box for accommodating these substrates, and a sealing unit for sealing the substrate box is united into one, and a display control substrate and the display control substrate Is mounted on an outer packaging member 82 described later, including a display control unit 45 including a board box for accommodating the display and the decorative symbol display device 42 and a sub control board including the sub control board and the board box for storing the sub control board. And a dispensing control substrate, a substrate box (dispensing control substrate case) for containing the dispensing control substrate, and a dispensing control device 311 including a sealing unit for sealing the substrate box, a power supply substrate, a firing control substrate, Consists of a substrate box (power supply / discharge control substrate case 203A) that accommodates these substrates It is unitized by mounting a power-firing controller in a single mount. Here, for convenience, each unit will be referred to as “first control board unit 201”, “second control board unit 202”, and “third control board unit 203” in the above order.

  In addition, since the dispensing mechanism and the back cover (protective cover) are also integrated into the third control board unit 203 and the resin portion may be generally referred to as a back pack, the third control board unit 203 It is also called "pack unit 203". The detailed configuration of each of the units 201 to 203 will be described later.

  As described later, the first control board unit 201 needs to release the sealed state with a tool when it is removed, but the attachment is configured without requiring any fasteners such as screws or tools. The second control board unit 202 and the back pack unit 203 can be attached and detached without using a tool or the like in unit units. Furthermore, in addition to this, each of the units 201 to 203 is configured to be able to open and close with respect to the inner frame 12 or the back surface of the game board 30 by partially providing a support shaft. This is also a device for making it possible to easily confirm a hidden configuration and the like even when the units 201 to 203 and the other configurations are arranged one over the other.

  The first control board unit 201 described above has a main control board that controls the progress of the game and a power supply monitoring board that monitors the power supply. The main control substrate and the power supply monitoring substrate are accommodated in a substrate box made of a transparent resin material or the like. The substrate box includes a substantially rectangular box base and a box cover that covers the opening of the box base, and the box base and the box cover are unopenably connected by the sealing unit, whereby the substrate box is formed. Is sealed.

  The sealing unit may have any configuration as long as it connects the box base and the box cover in an unopenable manner, and the sealing process by the sealing unit prevents unauthorized opening after the sealing. Even if unauthorized opening is performed, such a situation can be detected early and easily.

  The second control board unit 202 has a display control device 45 which controls display control of the decorative symbol display device 42 in accordance with an instruction from a main control board, and a sub control board which controls voice lamp control in accordance with an instruction from the main control board. In the display control device 45, the decorative symbol display device 42 and the display control substrate are configured as a unit, and are accommodated in a substrate box made of a transparent resin material or the like and attached to the back side of an outer packaging member 82 described later. The sub control substrate is accommodated in a substrate box made of a transparent resin material or the like, and is attached to the back side of the display control device 45.

  Next, the third control board unit (backpack unit) 203 has a payout control board, a power supply board, a discharge control board, and a card unit connection board. The payout control board controls the payout of the prize balls and the lending balls, and the power supply board and the launch control board generate and output a predetermined power supply voltage required for various control devices etc. Control of the firing solenoid is performed according to the operation. The card unit connection board is electrically connected to the ball operation unit 120 (see FIG. 1) on the front of the pachinko machine and a card unit (not shown), and takes in a ball lending operation command from the player and controls it. It is output to the substrate. In a cash machine in which gaming balls are directly lent out to the upper tray from a ball lending device or the like without passing through a card unit, a card unit connection board is unnecessary.

  The delivery control substrate is housed in a delivery control substrate case (not shown) made of a transparent resin material or the like, and the power supply substrate and the emission control substrate are a power / emission control substrate case 203A made of a transparent resin material or the like. It is housed inside. The card unit connection board is housed in a card unit connection board case (not shown) made of a transparent resin material or the like. In particular, in the dispensing control board, as in the case of the main control board described above, the box base and the box cover constituting the board case (encapsulation means) are connected unsealably by the sealing unit (sealing means). Is sealed.

  The above-mentioned payout control board is electrically connected to the status recovery switch. For example, when the status recovery switch is pressed when a payout error occurs such as ball clogging of the payout motor section, the payout motor is slowly forwardly rotated. And to solve the ball clogging (return to the normal state).

  The back pack unit 203 is an integrated unit of a resin molded back pack 351 and a game ball dispensing mechanism portion 352.

  The back pack 351 is molded of, for example, an ABS resin, and has a substantially flat base portion 353 and a back cover portion (protective cover portion) 354 which protrudes to the rear of the pachinko machine and has a horizontally long substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. The back cover portion 354 has a shape in which the left and right side surfaces and the upper surface are closed and only the lower surface is open, and at least has a size sufficient to surround the motorized character unit (center character) (in the present embodiment, however) The sub control board is also enclosed. A large number of vents are provided on the back of the back cover portion 354. Each of the vents is in the form of a long hole, and the vents are provided adjacent to each other at relatively close positions. Therefore, the back surface of the back pack 351 can be easily opened by cutting the resin portion between the adjacent vent holes. That is, by cutting the resin portion between the vent holes to expose the display control device and the like inside, it is possible to easily carry out a predetermined verification and the like.

  Further, a dispensing mechanism portion 352 is disposed in the base portion 353 so as to bypass the back cover portion 354. That is, a tank 355 opened upward is provided at the top of the back pack 351, and gaming balls supplied from an island facility of the game hall are sequentially replenished to the tank 355. Below the tank 355, there is connected a tank rail 356 which has, for example, two rows (two rows) of ball passages in the lateral direction and which slopes gently toward the downstream side, and further vertically on the downstream side of the tank rail 356. Case rails 357 are connected. The payout device 358 is provided at the most downstream portion of the case rail 357, and the required number of gaming balls are appropriately paid out by a predetermined electrical configuration such as a payout motor. The gaming balls paid out from the payout device 358 are supplied to the upper tray 19 through a payout passage (not shown) and the like.

  The tank rail 356 and the vibrator 359 for applying vibration to the tank rail 356 are unitized so as to be integrated, and if the ball clogs in the vicinity of the tank rail 356, the vibrator 359 is driven. Ball clogging is resolved by this.

  In the payout mechanism portion 352, a payout relay board 381 for relaying a signal of a payout command from the payout control board to the payout device 358 is installed, and a power switch board 382 for fetching the main power from the outside is installed. ing. The power switch substrate 382 is supplied with a main power of, for example, 24 V AC via a voltage converter, and is turned on or off by switching the power switch.

  An inner frame open detection switch (not shown) is provided on the upper right side of the inner frame 12 to detect that the inner frame 12 is opened relative to the outer frame 11, and the inner frame 12 is opened. And, it is outputted from the inner frame opening detection switch to the computer for the inside of the hall (in the pachinko parlor). In addition, a front frame open detection switch (not shown) is provided on the left of the inner frame open detection switch, and when the front frame set 14 is opened, the inside of the hall is opened from the front frame open detection switch (in the pachinko parlor ) Is output to the computer.

(Electric configuration and various control processing of pachinko machine)
Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10 will be described with reference to FIG. The pachinko machine 10 includes a power supply device 313, a power supply monitoring device 540, a main control device 261, a sub control device 262, a payout control device 311, a display control device 45, and the like. These devices are individually described in detail below. The power supply monitoring device 540 and the main control device 261 are sealed by the sealing unit as described above.

  Next, the configuration of main controller 261 will be described. The main controller 261 is equipped with an MPU 501 as a one-chip microcomputer which is an arithmetic device. The MPU 501 is a ROM 502 storing various control programs to be executed by the MPU 501 and fixed value data, and a memory for temporarily storing various data etc. when the control program stored in the ROM 502 is executed. A certain RAM 503 and various circuits such as an interrupt circuit, a timer circuit, and a data transmission / reception circuit are incorporated.

  The RAM 503 is configured to be able to receive data (backup) supplied with a backup voltage from the power supply 313 even after the pachinko machine 10 is powered off, and temporarily stores various data in the RAM 503. There is an area for

  The power failure signal SG1 from the power failure monitoring circuit 542 is input to the NMI terminal (non-maskable interrupt terminal) of the MPU 501 at the time of power interruption due to the occurrence of a power failure or the like. NMI interrupt processing as power failure processing is immediately executed.

  An input / output port 505 is connected to the MPU 501 of the main control device 261 via a bus line 504 configured by an address bus and a data bus. In the input / output port 505, the RAM erase switch circuit 543 in the power supply monitoring device 540, the payout control device 311, the launch control device 312, the sub control device 262, the special symbol display device, the normal symbol display device, the special symbol hold display device 800 , A normal symbol hold display device 801, and other switches not shown are connected. In addition, the special symbol display device is configured by nine LED segments as described above, and the normal symbol display device is configured by the first and second lamps for the normal symbol as described above, and the special symbol hold is performed. The display device 800 is composed of a holding lamp 800a for displaying the number of holding balls for the special symbol as described above, and the normal symbol holding display device 801 is a holding lamp for displaying the number of holding balls for the normal symbol as described above. It consists of 801a.

  The payout control device 311 performs payout control of the winning balls and the rental balls by the payout motor 358a. The MPU 511, which is an arithmetic device, includes a ROM 512 storing a control program executed by the MPU 511, fixed value data, and the like, and a RAM 513 used as a work memory or the like.

  Like the RAM 503 of the main controller 261, the RAM 513 of the payout control device 311 is configured to be able to receive a backup voltage from the power supply device 313 even after the pachinko machine 10 is turned off. The RAM 513 is provided with an area for temporarily storing various data and the like.

  As with the MPU 501 of the main controller 261, the NMI terminal of the MPU 511 is configured to receive the power failure signal SG1 from the power failure monitoring circuit 542 at the time of power interruption due to the occurrence of a power failure, and the power failure signal SG1 is When input to the MPU 511, NMI interrupt processing as power failure processing is immediately executed.

  An input / output port 515 is connected to the MPU 511 of the payout control device 311 via a bus line 514 configured by an address bus and a data bus. A main control unit 261 and a payout motor 358a are connected to the input / output port 515, respectively.

  The launch control device 312 permits or prohibits the launch of the gaming ball by the launch solenoid, and the launch solenoid is permitted to drive when the predetermined condition is satisfied. Specifically, it is detected from the sensor signal that a connection signal indicating that the connection with the card unit is connected is output from the payout control device 311 and that the player is touching the game ball firing handle 18. The launch control unit 312 outputs a launch permission signal to the main control unit 261 on condition that the launch stop switch for stopping the launch is not operated. The main control unit 261 that has received the release permission signal outputs a release solenoid control signal to the release control unit 312. As a result, the firing control device 312 drives the firing solenoid in response to the firing solenoid control signal, and as a result, the gaming ball is fired with a strength in accordance with the amount of operation of the gaming ball firing handle.

  The sub control device 262 controls the ringing control of the effect speaker 810 or the like according to the variable display of the decorative symbol based on the command from the main control device 261 and the lighting (flickering) control of the effect lamp 811 and the main control device 261. Function to edit the command to the display control device 45 based on the command from the display control device 45 and send it to the display control device 45. The MPU 550 of the sub control device 262 includes a ROM 551 storing control programs to be executed by the MPU 550, fixed value data, and the like, and a RAM 552 used as a work memory or the like. An input / output port 554 is connected to the MPU 550 via a bus line 553 including an address bus and a data bus. Connected to the input / output port 554 are a speaker, a lamp, an effect button 79 for executing a predetermined display effect during variable display in the decorative symbol display device 42, and a main control device 261. Examples of the effect button 79 include, for example, a button for display effect such as a step-up notice for announcing that the possibility of a jackpot state is large by a mode in which predetermined characters sequentially appear. When the effect button 79 is pressed, an effect specifying command for performing a predetermined effect is generated and transmitted to the decorative symbol display device 42.

  The display control device 45 controls variable display of the decorative symbol in the decorative symbol display device 42. The display control device 45 includes an MPU 521 having a RAM 523 used as a work RAM, a ROM (program ROM) 522, a video RAM 524, a character ROM 525, an image controller 526, an input port 527 and an output port 529. Have.

  The MPU 521 receives a symbol display command (stop symbol command, variation pattern command, determination command, etc.) transmitted from the sub control device 262 via the input port 527, and analyzes the received command or based on the received command. A predetermined arithmetic process is performed to control the image controller 526 (specifically, to generate an internal command for the image controller 526). The program ROM 522 is a memory for storing various control programs executed by the MPU 521 and fixed values, and also stores and holds JPEG format image data for a background image. The RAM 523 is a memory for temporarily storing work data, flags, and the like used when the MPU 521 executes various programs.

  The image controller 526 is configured of a VDP (Video Display Processor). The VDP is a kind of drawing circuit that directly operates the LCD driver (liquid crystal drive circuit) incorporated in the decorative symbol display device 42, and since it is formed into an IC chip, it is also called a "drawing chip". It should be called a microcomputer chip with built-in software for processing only. The image controller 526 adjusts the respective timings of the MPU 521, the video RAM 524, etc. to intervene in reading and writing of data, reads the display data stored in the video RAM 524 from the character ROM 525 at a predetermined timing, and outputs the output port 529. It is outputted and displayed on the decorative symbol display device 42 via the display.

  The video RAM 524 is a memory for storing display data displayed on the decorative symbol display device 42, and the display content of the decorative symbol display device 42 is changed by rewriting the content of the video RAM 524. The character ROM 525 plays a role as an image data library for storing character data such as symbols displayed on the decorative symbol display device 42. In the character ROM 525, bitmap format image data of various display symbols, a color pallet table to be referred to when determining a color to be expressed in each dot of the bitmap image, and the like are stored. In particular, symbol codes (symbol numbers) are given to symbol image data in a bitmap format, and each symbol image can be managed only with symbol codes at the command level. It is also possible to provide a plurality of character ROMs 525 and store image data etc. in each character ROM 525 in a shared manner. In addition, it is also possible to store in the character ROM 525 the JPEG format image data for background image stored in the program ROM 522.

  The power supply device 313 includes a power supply unit 541 for supplying power to each part of the pachinko machine 10. The power supply unit 541 supplies necessary operating voltages to the main control device 261, the payout control device 311, and the like through the power supply path. The outline of the power supply unit 541 is a voltage of 12 volts AC supplied from the outside, and a voltage of 12 volts for driving various switches and motors, a voltage of 5 volts for logic, and RAM backup. A backup voltage or the like is generated, and the voltage of 12 volts, the voltage of 5 volts and the backup voltage are supplied to the power supply monitor 540, the sub controller 262, the payout controller 311, the display controller 45 and the like. An operating voltage (12 volts and 5 volts) is supplied to main controller 261 via power supply monitor 540. In addition, an operating voltage (a voltage of 12 volts and a voltage of 5 volts) is supplied to the emission control device 312 via the main control device 261.

The power supply monitoring device 540 includes a power failure monitoring circuit 542 that monitors power supply interruption due to a power failure or the like, and a reset circuit 544 that outputs a reset signal.
The power failure monitoring circuit 542 is a circuit for outputting the power failure signal SG1 to each NMI terminal of the MPU 501 of the main control device 261 and the MPU 511 of the payout control device 311 when the power is shut off due to the occurrence of a power failure or the like. The power failure monitoring circuit 542 monitors the voltage of the stable DC voltage of 24 volts which is the maximum voltage output from the power supply 541, and determines that a power failure (power interruption) occurs when this voltage becomes less than 22 volts, The power failure signal SG1 is output to the main control device 261 and the payout control device 311. The main control device 261 and the payout control device 311 recognize the occurrence of the power failure by the output of the power failure signal SG1, and execute NMI interrupt processing. Note that the power supply unit 541 outputs 5 volts, which is the drive voltage of the control system, for a time sufficient for execution of the NMI interrupt processing even after 24 volts DC stabilization voltage is less than 22 volts. Is configured to maintain a normal value. Therefore, the main controller 261 and the payout control device 311 can execute and complete the NMI interrupt processing normally.

The RAM erase switch circuit 543 is a circuit that outputs a RAM erase signal SG2 for clearing backup data to the main control device 261 and the payout control device 311 when the RAM erase switch is pressed. The transmission of the signal to the payout control device 311 is performed via the main control device 261.
When the RAM erase signal SG2 is input when the pachinko machine 10 is powered on, the main control device 261 and the payout control device 311 clear the respective backup data.

  The reset circuit 544 is a circuit that outputs a reset signal to initialize the main control device 261, the payout control device 311, the sub control device 262, and the display control device 45. Although the reset signal from the reset circuit 544 is directly given to the main control device 261, it is supplied to the payout control device 311, the sub control device 262, and the display control device 45 through the power supply device 313. It is supposed to be given.

  Here, the display contents of the special symbol display device, the normal symbol display device, and the decorative symbol display device 42 will be described. In the pachinko machine 10 of the present embodiment, 2 of the special symbol displayed on the special symbol display device as a symbol for showing the occurrence of the big hit to the player and the decorative symbol displayed on the decorative symbol display device 42 Types are provided. The decorative symbol is a symbol that changes in synchronization with the special symbol, and starts changing at the same time (or almost at the same time) of the change of the special symbol, and simultaneously (or almost at the same time of stopping the change of the special symbol. ) To stop the fluctuation. This decorative pattern is provided to provide the player with a variety of display effects and to provide game characteristics that are hard to get bored.

  First, the display contents of the special symbol display device will be described. The variation display of the special symbol is expressed by the change of the lighting pattern of nine LED segments. The variation display of the special symbol is started based on the winning of the start winning device 33 of the game ball, and the variation display of the special symbol is simultaneously stopped after a predetermined time. After the stop, a lighting pattern indicating a big hit or a lighting pattern indicating a drop is displayed, and in the case of a drop, variable display is performed again based on the winning on the start winning device 33. The number of times the game ball has won the start-up winning device 33 is suspended up to four times, and the number of suspension is lit and displayed by the suspension lamp 800 a of the special symbol suspension display device 800.

  Next, the display contents of the decorative symbol display device 42 will be described. On the display screen of the decorative symbol display device 42, for example, three decorative symbol rows Z1 to Z3 are displayed in three display areas divided into upper, middle and lower stages. These decorative symbol rows Z1 to Z3 are scrolled from right to left. The decorative symbol is constituted of, for example, a main symbol consisting of numerals "1" to "9" and a sub-symbol smaller than the main symbol, and a symbol row of the decorative symbol is formed by each of the main symbol and the sub-symbol. In each symbol row formed by the decorative symbols, the main symbols are arranged in ascending or descending order of the numbers and the sub symbols are arranged between the respective main symbols. When a winning on the start winning device 33, that is, a start winning occurs, the variation display of the decoration symbol is performed, and the variation display is stopped after a predetermined time according to the variation pattern, and the decoration symbol display device 42 is vertical 3 x horizontal Three nine decorative symbols are displayed as a display result. In the variable display in which the jackpot lottery is won, the display control device 45 performs control such that three of the same main symbols are aligned and stopped in a vertical or diagonal straight line among the nine decorative symbols, and the player is notified The occurrence of a jackpot is indicated. On the other hand, in the variable display out of the big hit lottery, the display control device 45 performs control so that three identical main symbols do not stop in alignment vertically or diagonally among nine decorative symbols, and the game is played The person is shown the occurrence of the detachment.

  Next, the display contents of the normal symbol display device will be described. The fluctuation display of the normal symbol is expressed by alternately turning on the first lamp (the appearance is a circle shape) and the second lamp (the appearance is a circle shape). The variation display of the normal symbol is started on the condition that the gaming ball passes the second start winning device 34, and the variation display of the normal symbol is stopped after a predetermined time. And when it stops by the 1st lamp, it is constituted so that the 1st starting winning a prize device 33 will be in an operation state (open) only for a predetermined time. The number of times the game ball passes the second start-up winning device 34 is suspended up to four times, and the number of suspension is lit and displayed by the suspension lamp 801 a of the normal symbol suspension display device 801.

  Next, the operation of the pachinko machine 10 configured as described above will be described. In the present embodiment, the MPU 501 in the main control device 261 performs jackpot lottery and setting of symbol display of a special symbol display device, etc., using various counter information in the game. Specifically, the counter group associated with the special symbol and the counter group associated with the normal symbol are provided. First, the counter group related to the special symbol will be described. As a group of counters related to the special symbol, the jackpot random number counter C1 used for lottery of the jackpot, the jackpot symbol counter C2 used for selecting the jackpot symbol of the special symbol display device, and the special symbol display device out of fluctuation Stop pattern selection counter C3 used for selection of stop pattern (corresponds to reach lottery whether it is reach or complete removal in the variation of decorative symbol) and initial value used for initial value setting of jackpot random number counter C1 A random number counter CINI1 and fluctuation type counters CS1 to CS3 that determine the type used for fluctuation pattern selection are provided.

  Here, the variation pattern means each pattern (form) in the case where the features of the variation display are common.

  Each of the counters C1 to C3, CINI1 and CS1 to CS3 is a loop counter in which 1 is added to the previous value each time the updating is performed, and the value is returned to 0 after reaching the maximum value. Each counter is updated at short time intervals, and the updated value is appropriately stored in a counter buffer set in a predetermined area of the RAM 503. In the RAM 503, a holding ball storage area 700 including one execution area and four holding areas (first to fourth holding areas) is provided. In each of these areas, a game for the start winning device 33 is provided. The values of the big hit random number counter C1, the big hit symbol counter C2 and the stop pattern selection counter C3 are respectively stored according to the winning timing of the ball.

Next, the specific contents of each counter will be described in detail.
For example, the jackpot random number counter C1 is sequentially incremented by 1 within the range of 0 to 738, and returns to 0 after reaching the maximum value (that is, 738). In particular, when the big hit random number counter C1 makes one revolution, the value of the random number initial value counter CINI1 at that time is read as the initial value of the big hit random number counter C1. The random number initial value counter CINI1 is configured as a loop counter that is updated in the same range as the big hit random number counter C1 (value = 0 to 738), and is updated once for each timer interrupt and within the remaining time of normal processing. It is updated repeatedly with. The big hit random number counter C1 is periodically updated (once in each timer interrupt in the present embodiment), and stored in the holding ball storage area 700 of the RAM 503 at the timing when the gaming ball wins the start winning device 33. There are two types of jackpot random number values for low probability and high probability, and the number of jackpot random numbers at low probability is 2 and the value is “373, 727”. Yes, the number of random numbers that will be jackpots at high probability is 14, and the values are "59, 109, 163, 211, 263, 317, 367, 421, 479, 523, 577, 631, 683, 733" is there. In the high probability time, the combination of special symbols is a combination of a specific symbol that is a predetermined probability variation symbol, and it is a big hit and the state that the subsequent big hit probability is increased as added value, is called the time of so-called definite variation, The time (low probability time) means the case where such a definite change is not made.

  The jackpot symbol counter C2 is to decide the symbol at the time of the variation stop of the special symbol in the special symbol display device at the time of the jackpot, for example, one by one is sequentially added within the range of 0 to 4, and the maximum value (ie 4) It becomes a structure to return to 0 after reaching. For example, in the case of the stop symbol when the value of the jackpot symbol counter C2 is "0" or "1", nine LED segments stop at a specific lighting pattern, and the combination of the stop symbols in this case is a non-specific symbol (usually The jackpot symbol of) means.

  As for the stop symbols when the value of the jackpot symbol counter C2 is “2”, “3”, “4”, the nine LED segments stop at a specific lighting pattern different from the above, and in this case the stop symbols The combination means a specific symbol (probability fluctuation symbol).

  The jackpot symbol counter C2 is periodically updated (once in each timer interrupt in the present embodiment), and stored in the holding ball storage area 700 of the RAM 503 at the timing when the gaming ball wins the start winning device 33.

  The stop pattern selection counter C3 is configured to be sequentially incremented by one within the range of 0 to 238, for example, and return to 0 after reaching the maximum value (i.e., 238). In this embodiment, since the variation display of the special symbol is configured to be expressed by nine LED segments, there is no concept of reach in the case of the special symbol, and the stop pattern corresponding to the reach is the stop pattern selection counter C3. It is decided to decide. On the other hand, in the case of the decoration pattern, since three decoration patterns stop, reach exists. Therefore, in the case of the decorative symbol, the reach lottery is determined by the stop pattern selection counter C3. That is, in the case of the decorative symbol, the final stop symbol is shifted by only one before and after the reach symbol and stopped after reaching the reach symbol, and the final stop symbol after the same reach is also generated before and after the reach symbol It is decided to draw the lottery "stop out of reach" and stop "out of reach". For example, stop pattern selection counter C3 = 0 to 201 corresponds to complete removal, stop pattern selection counter C3 = 202 to 208 corresponds to back and forth reach, and stop pattern selection counter C3 = 209 to 238 is reach other than back and forth Applicable

  Here, reach means that after the decorative symbol displayed on the display screen of the decorative symbol display device 42 starts variable display, the combination of the symbols to be stopped first is the same symbol (in the case of the decorative symbol with multiple effective lines) The same symbol on any activated line) that satisfies the jackpot condition, and the symbol display result that the variable display continues is a combination of jackpot symbols suggesting to the player that it may be a jackpot depending on the result This is a display that makes the player expect the player, and is a kind of entertainment effect. In the middle of the variable display, the interesting effect is to make the display screen of the decorative symbol display device 42 display a predetermined symbol represented by reach, output a specific sound from a speaker, or use a motor for vibration. This is an effect that causes the player to expect that the display result after the variable display will be a jackpot, by causing the game ball emission handle 18 to vibrate, etc., with a mode different from the normal mode.

  The stop pattern selection counter C3 is periodically updated (once in each timer interruption in the present embodiment), and is stored in the holding ball storage area 700 of the RAM 503 at the timing when the gaming ball wins the start winning device 33.

The fluctuation type counter CS1 is configured to be sequentially incremented by one within the range of 0 to 198, for example, and returned to 0 after reaching the maximum value (that is, 198). The fluctuation type counter CS2 is configured to be sequentially incremented by one within a range of 0 to 240, for example, and returned to 0 after reaching the maximum value (i.e., 240). For example, the fluctuation type counter CS3 is configured to be sequentially incremented by one within the range of 0 to 162, and to return to 0 after reaching the maximum value (that is, 162).
Rough pattern fluctuation mode such as reach type such as normal reach, super reach and premium reach is determined by fluctuation type counter CS1, and more detailed patterns such as normal reach A and normal reach B etc. by fluctuation type counter CS2 The variation mode is determined, and the variation type counter CS2 determines, for example, addition / subtraction of the variation time in the case of the slippage stop variation. Therefore, by combining these variation type counters CS1 to CS3, a wide variety of variation patterns can be easily realized.

  The counters CS1 to CS3 are updated once each time a normal process described later is executed once, and repeatedly updated even within the remaining time in the normal process. Then, the buffer values of the counters CS1 to CS3 are acquired when the variation pattern is determined at the start of variation of the special symbol by the special symbol display device and the decorative symbol display device 42.

  Then, the counter group related to the normal symbol will be described. As a group of counters related to ordinary symbols, a random number counter C4 used for lottery of winning and an initial value random number counter CINI2 used for setting an initial value of random number counter C4 are provided.

  The per-random number counter C4 is a loop counter in which 1 is added to the previous value each time the updating is performed, and the value is returned to 0 after reaching the maximum value. The counter is updated at short time intervals, and the updated value is appropriately stored in a counter buffer set in a predetermined area of the RAM 503. The RAM 503 is provided with a holding ball storage area 701 consisting of one execution area and four holding areas (the first to fourth holding areas), and in each of these areas, the second start winning device 34 is provided. The value of the random number counter C4 is stored according to the passage of the gaming ball to the

  Next, the specific contents of the per-random number counter C4 and the initial value random number CINI2 will be described in detail. The per-random number counter C4 is, for example, sequentially incremented by one within the range of 0 to 250, and returns to 0 after reaching the maximum value (ie, 250). Then, when the per-random number counter C4 makes one revolution, the value of the per-initial value random number counter CINI2 at that time is read as the initial value of the per-random number counter C4. The initial value random number counter CINI2 is configured as a loop counter that is updated in the same range as the random number counter C4 (value = 0 to 250), and is updated once per timer interrupt and within the remaining time of normal processing. It is updated repeatedly with. The random number counter C4 is periodically updated (once in each timer interrupt in the present embodiment), and is stored in the holding ball storage area 701 of the RAM 503 at the timing when the gaming ball passes the second start winning device 34. The number of values of the random number to be hit per the random number counter C4 is 149, and the value is “5 to 153”.

  Note that the size and range of each counter are merely an example and can be arbitrarily changed. However, if importance is placed on irregularity, the sizes of the big hit random number counter C1, the stop pattern selection counter C3, the hit random number counter C4, and the variation type counters CS1 to CS3 are all different prime numbers, and they are not synchronized in any case It is desirable to keep.

The details of each control process executed by the MPU 501 in the main control device 261 will not be described in detail.
However, in summary, as described above, the main control device 261 makes a random lottery with a predetermined probability by winning on the start-up winning device 33, and when it hits, it shifts to the special gaming state, Thus, the variable winning device 32 is in a state of receiving a winning ball.

(Variable winning device and collecting unit)
In this embodiment, the above-mentioned variable winning device 32 is configured as follows.
The basic configuration of the variable winning device 32 accommodates, in a housing portion (not shown), a ball from a big winning opening 61 having a width that allows a plurality of game balls to pass in the lateral direction of the game board 30; It is comprised so that it may detect from the discharge part provided in this accommodating part to a detection sensor (not shown).

  Then, the start winning device 33 (33a and 33b: see FIG. 4 and FIG. 5) for entering the game ball flowing down the flowing space between the window portion 101 and the game board 30 into the game area of the game board 30. By entering the ball to the start-up winning device 33, the main control device 261 performs a lottery of a predetermined probability, and the gaming state is shifted to the special gaming state by the corresponding lottery, and in the special gaming state, The variable winning device 32 switches from the non-ball receiving state to the ball receiving state at least once, and in the ball receiving state, the specified number of winning balls accommodated in the storage section from the big winning opening 61 is the detection sensor It is configured to pay out a specified number of winning balls by detecting according to.

(Feature configuration 1)
In the above-mentioned pachinko machine 10, at least a part of the part which can be in contact with the game ball in general winning device 31, variable winning device 32, first start winning device 33, variable display device unit 35, etc. However, it has a laminated structure formed by laminating a gloss layer and a transmission layer.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, variable display unit 35 is disposed at the central portion of the game area, and is a large-sized product occupying a large area in the game area. It is also called a thing. The variable display unit 35 has a decorative symbol display device 42 at the center as a display unit, and the upper side, lower side, left side and right side of the decorative symbol display device 42 are surrounded by the center frame 43. It is done. As shown in FIG. 10, the center frame 43 is a frame-like member that internally includes a substantially horizontal rectangular opening in which the decorative symbol display device 42 is disposed, and the right side portion extends downward. One of the above-mentioned general winning devices 31 is formed at the front end portion, and as a whole, it has a somewhat irregular outer shape with a generally "9" shape in a front view. Further, a flange 43F having a screw hole is provided on the outer periphery, and is fixed on the game board 30 from the front side by a wood screw or the like.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the right side portion of the upper end edge of the center frame 43 bulges upward one step higher than the left side portion to form a bulged portion 371. In the bulging portion 371, the special symbol display device 371A and the normal symbol display device 371B are disposed in order from the left.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a flange portion 372 extending forward is provided on the outer peripheral edge of the center frame 43 so as to extend from the left end to the lower end of the right portion through the upper end. The game ball flying to the upper side of the center frame 43 rolls on the hook portion 372 and flows down to the lower right or lower left.

  Under the center frame 43, as shown in FIG. 10, a stage unit 426 is disposed. The stage unit 426 is a horizontal bridge corresponding to the lower side of the decorative symbol display device 42 in the center frame 43 and constitutes a portion excluding the right end, and as shown in FIG. It is comprised from members, such as board 428, stage formation member 429, back plate 430, and the like.

  In the decoration plate 428, as shown in FIG. 11, a generally horizontally long rectangular plate material extending slightly in the left and right direction is generally loose in a state of being laid down so as to be recessed downward about a position slightly to the right from the center It curves downward, is shaped in such a way that the lower end is slightly elevated, and is generally undulating in a wavelike manner. The decorative plate 428 is divided into a front side piece 428F with a slightly longer front and rear width and a back side piece 428R with a slightly smaller front and rear width. At the front end edge of the raised portion of the front side piece 428F, a substantially inverted U-shaped entering notch 428S is formed.

  The decorative plate 428 is formed by molding an opaque resin, and a large number of irregular irregularities imitating accumulated gold coins and treasures are formed on the entire surface (not shown).

  The decorative plate 428 is disposed and fixed substantially at right angles to the front surface of the back surface plate 430, and is a step surface portion extending forward from the front surface portion of the pachinko machine 10 at a predetermined angle (approximately 90 °). . In addition, the decorative plate 428 is disposed on the inner peripheral surface of the center frame 43, that is, the surface facing the decorative symbol display device 42.

  The back plate 430 is made of a light-transmissive resin, and the lower left corner of the horizontally long rectangle extends slightly and arcs slightly from the upper left end to a position slightly left from the lower end center. It is a standing plate with an outline that extends slightly and gently arcs from a position slightly above the right lower end to a position slightly leftward from the right lower end, and its peripheral edge extends rearward to form a narrow peripheral wall A large number of asperities are formed continuously from the front surface to the upper end surface (upper peripheral wall surface). On the front surface of the back plate 430, a decorative molding 430S having a shape imitating a helm of a ship and having a gold plating layer formed on the surface is disposed at a position slightly to the right of the center.

  A lighting unit 435 is disposed in the stage unit 426. The lighting portion 435 is formed in a front shape imitating a Western-style sword, and an extending portion extending to the back side is formed at the lower end portion, and is configured in a substantially bowl shape as a whole. Light is emitted forward. The four lighting units 435 are arranged in a row in the lateral direction, and function as a holding lamp 800a while producing a decorative effect.

  The stage forming member 429 is a member in which the lower stage 429L, the middle stage 429M, the upper stage 429H, and the upper stage 429T are formed in a step shape in this order from the lower front to the upper back. The lower stage 429L and the upper stage 429H are all generally gently curved downward so as to be downwardly depressed about a position slightly to the right from the center substantially corresponding to the decorative plate 428, and the lower end is slightly upward. The groove-shaped guiding portions are formed to be convex, and are inclined forward and downward on the left and right sides of the convex portion, and are inclined rearward on the top of the convex portion of the lower stage 429L. The grooved guiding portion is formed on the top of the raised portion of the upper stage 429H, and the grooved guiding portion is formed to be inclined downward. The middle stage 429M is generally shaped to curve gently downward similar to the lower stage 429L and the upper stage 429H as a whole, but the portions corresponding to the raised portions of the lower stage 429L and the upper stage 429H are the rear end The lower portion of the lower stage 429L and the upper stage 429H are formed in a flat shape that inclines downward from the front end to the front end, and portions corresponding to the left and right sides of the raised portions of the lower stage 429L and the upper stage 429H are formed so as to protrude upward. In addition, an entrance hole 429P vertically penetrating is bored so as to straddle the top of the raised portion of the lower stage 429L and the central portion of the flat portion of the middle stage 429M. It communicates with the ball notch 428S. Further, from the boundary between the left and right sides of the raised portion of the lower stage 429L and the left and right raised portions of the middle stage 429M, hanging pieces extend downward (not shown) respectively, corresponding to both hanging pieces, In the front side piece 428F of the decorative plate 428, slits 428L elongated in the left-right direction are formed at two places on the left and right. The upper portion 429T constitutes the uppermost step of the stage forming member 429, extends horizontally in the left-right direction, and is inclined slightly downward from the rear end edge to the front end edge. The stage forming member 429 is fitted so as to cover the whole of the decorative plate 428 and the back plate 430 from above by inserting the hanging piece into the slit 428 L of the decorative plate 428. At this time, the upper end of the lighting portion 435 (storage lamp 800a) is covered by the upper stage 429H, and the upper end of the back plate 430 is covered by the upper portion 429T from above.

  The stage forming member 429 is a member obtained by molding a resin so that each part has a thickness of about 1 mm to several mm and has the above-described hollow overall shape, and more details For example, it has a laminated structure as schematically shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, this laminated structure is obtained by laminating the base layer 42S on the inner side of the stage forming member 429 and the outer skin layer 42D, and the outer skin layer 42D further includes an adhesive layer 42C and a gloss. The layer 42L and the transmission layer 42T are stacked in this order from the inside.

  The glossy layer 42L is formed by molding a resin so as to approximate a metal layer. That is, two types of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) different in refractive index are alternately stacked, the number of layers is 1000, the thickness of each layer is on the order of nm, the thinner the upper layer, and the thicker the lower layer. The thickness is 200 μm. With this configuration, the light of all visible light is uniformly reflected to have a metallic luster-like appearance. An adhesive layer 42C made of a transparent resin of the same type as the base layer 42S is formed inside the gloss layer 42L, and a transparent layer 42T made of transparent PET is formed outside the gloss layer 42L to form a skin layer as a whole. 42D is configured.

  The skin layer 42D is integrated and laminated with the base layer 42S by insert molding. That is, the surface layer 42D is prepared in the form of a sheet, which is cut into a necessary shape and preformed with a mold, and then this preformed body is inserted into the mold to form the substrate layer 42S. The molten resin is injected to obtain an insert-molded article in which the surface layer 42D and the base layer 42S are integrally laminated. At this time, since the inner layer of the skin layer 42D is the adhesive layer 42C made of the same kind of resin as the base layer 42S as described above, it melts and adheres to the base layer 42S. A stage forming member 429 can be obtained by this insert molding.

  In the laminated structure of the stage forming member 429, the glossy layer 42L is a resin thin film similar to the metal thin film as described above, and both surfaces thereof are the base layer 42S (and the adhesive layer 42C) made of transparent resin and transparent. Since it is a transparent layer 42T made of resin, it has the same configuration as a semitransparent mirror (magic mirror), and light is reflected from the bright side and looks like a mirror, while it is viewed from the dark side In order to transmit light from the bright side, the bright side can be seen through. That is, it is configured such that the visual effect of exhibiting the appearance of metallic gloss and the visual effect equivalent to that of the semitransparent mirror can be obtained together while being entirely made of resin without using metal.

  The stage unit 426 is attached so as to be fitted from the rear of the center frame 43, as shown in FIG. A discharge port 376 is formed at the center of the lower end portion of the front face of the center frame 43, and the discharge port 376 communicates with the ball entry hole 429P of the stage forming member 429 and the ball entry notch 428S of the decorative plate 428. There is.

  As shown in FIG. 5, an entrance 391 is formed immediately below the left end of the flange 372 in the center frame 43, and the entrance 391 is formed inside the left side of the center frame 43. It communicates with the ball guiding path 392. The ball guiding path 392 extends in a meandering manner from the front upper to the rear lower inside of the left side of the center frame 43, and a sleeve opening 393 whose lower end opens toward the left end of the upper stage 429H of the stage forming member 429. It has become.

  The gaming ball having entered the ball entrance 391 flows down in the ball guiding path 392, and is guided from the sleeve opening 393 to the upper stage 429H. The gaming ball coming out of the sleeve opening 393 rolls back and forth on each of the upper stage 429H, the middle stage 429M and the lower stage 429L, and in the course of that, the stage below the grooved guiding portion etc. To fall to the front, many of them fall from the lower stage 429L to the front side, and a small number successfully enter the ball entry holes 429P from the ball entry notch 428S of the lower decorative plate 428 to the outlet 376 , And is discharged to the front side, and enters the first starting winning device 33 located immediately below, with high probability.

  As described above, the upper stage 429H, the middle stage 429M and the lower stage 429L, including the wall surfaces between them, are the ones in which the game balls are frequently in contact with each other. Therefore, for example, the plating layer was temporarily formed on the surface In the case, there is a problem that the plating is gradually peeled off and protrudes, and the game ball collides with the projection to cause some deviation in the flow path, and also the appearance is deteriorated and the designability is lowered. However, as described above, the stage forming member 429 of the pachinko machine 10 has the transparent layer 42T made of a transparent resin laminated on the outside of the gloss layer 42L having the appearance of metallic gloss equivalent to the plating layer. Because of the configuration, the glossy layer 42L is protected from the external force by the transparent layer 42T, whereby even if the game balls frequently contact, deformation such as peeling of the surface is caused. Occurs hardly, also, since the gloss layer 42L is covered viewable from the outside by transmitting layer 42T, without even appearance is impaired, thus adapted to be design characteristics are favorably maintained.

  In addition, since the stage unit 426 is located immediately above the first start-up winning device 33, among the paths where the gaming balls flow down, the effect on the success or failure of the winning is also large, and a site where the player's attention is easily concentrated Therefore, as described above, the configuration protected by the transmissive layer 42T is particularly useful, but in addition, it is possible to avoid that the winning detection switch of the first start winning device 33 is adversely affected. It has become. Depending on the design of the game board, the stage is placed close to the starting winning device, and the plating layer is formed on the surface, or the surface of the starting winning device itself is plated to improve design. In such an arrangement configuration, the plating may be charged by contact with the game ball, etc., which may cause the prize detection switch to malfunction due to an adverse effect such as noise. . In this case, when trying to arrange the prize detection switch away from the formation portion of the plated layer, as a result, it will also leave the starting prize hole, and the timing of prize detection will be delayed from the timing of prizes. This makes it difficult to grasp the correspondence between the effects and the winnings, and it is difficult to be discovered even if the winnings detection switch is tampered with. Alternatively, it is conceivable to make the prize detection switch unlikely to malfunction, but according to this, the prize detection switch itself becomes expensive and the cost increases accordingly. Therefore, in any case, forming a plating layer on a character or the like in order to improve the design will cause some restrictions on the design of the game board. On the other hand, since the stage forming member 429 of the pachinko machine 10 is made of resin without using metal, and the gloss layer 42L having the appearance of metallic gloss equivalent to the plating layer is formed, It is hard to produce an adverse effect on the winning detection switch despite being arranged close to the first start winning device 33. Therefore, the formation portion of the plating layer and the winning detection switch are arranged away from each other or the winning detection is made Measures such as using high-performance switches are unnecessary. Therefore, it is possible to secure a high degree of freedom in design without restricting the design of the game board while improving the design.

In addition, although the above laminated structure can be used for the decorative portion (flange 43F etc.) of the center frame 43, the surface of the start-up winning device, etc., in the laminated structure, the surface having the gloss layer 42L of metallic gloss tone. Since the base layer 42S is formed inside the layer 42D, for example, a recycled resin or the like can be used as the base layer 42S. The decorative part of the center frame 43 and the surface of the starting winning device etc. are portions where it is required to have smoothness or a low coefficient of friction because the game balls roll together with good appearance, but recycled resin Since the impurities are mixed in, the smoothness and the coefficient of friction are inevitably varied and it is difficult to secure the required level of quality. Therefore, it is not suitable as a material constituting the surface of the portion where the gaming balls roll. However, as described above, when the above laminated structure is used for the decorative portion of the center frame 43, the surface of the start-up winning device, etc., the surface becomes a skin layer 42D, and this skin layer 42D takes on characteristics such as appearance and smoothness. Therefore, the inner substrate layer 42S may be any one as long as it has the characteristics required for the substrate such as a certain rigidity, and therefore recycled resins can be used without problems, and the material cost is reduced accordingly. It is desirable from the viewpoint of effective use of resources and environmental protection as well as
A recycled resin or the like may be used as the base layer 42S in the laminated structure of the stage forming member 429.

  In addition, the stage forming member 429 can also function as a semitransparent mirror as described above, and the lighting portion 435 (storage lamp 800a) is disposed inside by being covered by the stage forming member 429. Therefore, when the lighting unit 435 is turned off, the stage forming member 429 reflects light uniformly and exhibits metallic luster, and when light is irradiated forward from the lighting unit 435, this light forms a stage. The light passes through the member 429 and is viewed by the player. Therefore, the surface of the stage forming member 429 is generally mirror-like when the lighting unit 435 is turned off, but the sword-shaped lighting unit 435 emits light from the tip every time the game ball wins the starting opening. It is possible to get the visual effects of being exposed from

  The lighting unit 435 is also lighted when a predetermined effect is selected by lottery based on, for example, winning in the starting opening, in addition to lighting as the holding lamp 800a each time the game ball wins in the starting opening It can also be controlled to enhance the rendering effect.

(Feature configuration 2)
In the pachinko machine 10, a main control board for controlling a game is accommodated inside, and a first control board box 201A unitized as a first control board unit 201 is attached to the back side of the game board 30, The first control board box 201A is configured to include a covering portion covering the connector connection portion of the main control board, which is a portion that may be a target of fraud (hereinafter also referred to as a "fraud target portion"), and a light emitting portion. There is.

  As shown in FIGS. 13 to 21, the first control board box 201A has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped outer shape, and more specifically, has a substantially rectangular front shape in a substantially horizontal shape and has a slight thickness in the front-rear direction. The case is closed in a flat plate shape, and includes a box cover 71 that covers the front side of the control substrate, and a box base 72 that covers the back side of the control substrate. Although the box cover 71 and the box base 72 are respectively a cover and a base, it is optional which of the box cover 71 and the box base 72 is to be used as a cover. The first control board box 202A has a configuration in which the control board is accommodated inside with the box cover 71 and the box base 72 being in contact with each other.

  The box cover 71 and the box base 72 are each formed by forming a transparent resin into a substantially horizontally long rectangular shape, and as shown in FIG. 20, the box cover 71 has a slight thickness in the front-rear direction and the inside A housing space is formed in the housing, and the cover is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped cover whose one side is open, and the box base 72 is a flat member covering the open side of the box cover 71.

  As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the front upper end edge of the box cover 71 has a shape extending along the edge from a position near the right end to a position near the left from the center in a rectangular shape (square bar) The inner back surface (rear side surface) of the recessed portion 71R is opened except for the upper end edge to form a connector connection opening 71S. In other words, the upper end edge of the box cover 71 indents one step downward in a front view concave shape from the position near the right end along the edge to a position near the left from the center, and both ends of the indented portion A bridge portion 71C is integrally formed so as to extend between the rear upper end portions of the faces so as to be in communication with each other. Four connector cover sealing portions 71D are arranged in a line at a position slightly to the right of the center of the bridge portion 71C. Each connector cover sealing portion 71D protrudes in a rectangular parallelepiped shape upward from the upper surface of the bridge portion 71C, and an insertion hole is formed inward (backward) from the front surface to form an approximately T-shaped concave in a front view. The locking projection 73, which is configured as a cam surface, with the upper surface of the tip portion inclined forward and downward to the insertion hole, is capable of entering and exiting while being biased so as to protrude forward. It is supposed to be inserted. In the bottom surface of the recessed portion 71R, gap portions 71G extending in the front-rear direction with a constant width are drilled at equal intervals at five locations including both end portions, and the front ends of the gap portions 71G are along the front wall of the box cover 71 It extends slightly downward and has an L-shaped cross section as a whole. Between the rear end portions of both side edges of each gap portion 71G, a square rod-like reinforcing portion extends so as to be communicated, whereby the rear end edge portion of the bottom wall in the recessed portion 71R corresponds to that of each gap portion 71G. It is continuous as it straddles the rear end. As also shown in FIG. 20, the front wall of the box cover 71 extends forward in a piece shape from the center of the tip end of the gap 71G, and forms a semi-circular shape in a side view and curves upward in a U-turn. The tip end of the groove 71G is close to the front surface of the gap 71G, thereby forming a curved engagement piece 71E.

  The connector cover 74 is fitted and closed in the recessed portion 71R. The connector cover 74 can be fitted into the recess 71R with almost no gap as shown in FIG. 21 and can be flush with the front and upper surfaces of the box cover 71 to close the recess 71R. It has a hollow shape and is open from the rear half of the bottom to the entire rear as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14 and is basically closed otherwise. At the front end edge portion of the bottom surface of the connector cover 74, engaging shaft pieces 74E extending downward are formed at five positions corresponding to the gap portion 71G. The engaging shaft piece 74E has a width slightly narrower than the gap portion 71G, and an opening having a width slightly larger than the curved engaging piece 71E is bored in the central portion, and the tip edge has a circular shape in cross section. The shaft is slightly formed to be integrally formed, and the shaft extends from one end to the other end of the tip end edge of the engaging shaft piece 74E to close the opening, and therefore the engaging shaft piece 74E as a whole It has a closed shape with a substantially U-shaped loop. A sealing engagement portion 74D is integrally formed on the upper surface of the connector cover 74 at a position corresponding to the connector cover sealing portion 71D. The sealing engagement portion 74D has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape having an internal space that can accommodate the connector cover sealing portion 71D substantially without a gap, the rear side surface and the bottom surface are opened, and the front side surface is formed at an interval. The upper surface of the connector cover 74 is integrally continuous with the two extending pieces. As also shown in FIG. 21, a locking claw 74N is integrally formed on the inner surface of the front wall of the sealing engagement portion 74D, with the lower surface of the tip inclined upward to the rear to form a cam surface. There is. At a position adjacent to the left side of the sealing engagement portion 74D, a harness focusing portion 74C that bundles and inserts a wire (harness) connecting the main control board and the outside is disposed. The harness focusing portion 74C is a resiliently extending frontal wedge shape so as to cover the upper surface wall of the connector cover 74 in a concave shape from the rear side edge and cover the rear end (open end) of the notch from slightly above The elastic piece projects upward from a position on the upper surface of the connector cover 74 closer to one side than the rear end of the cutout (closer to the right in the figure) and the other side In the figure, it extends so as to be bent at a right angle toward the left side, and an inward projecting claw portion is formed at the tip end portion thereof.

  The backing member 75 is fitted and fixed from the inside to the recessed portion 71R. In the backing member 75, as shown in FIG. 20, a horizontal piece 75H corresponding to the bottom surface of the recess 71R extends forward from the lower end of the first vertical piece 75S corresponding to the inner back surface (rear side surface) of the recess 71R. The second vertical piece 75V extends downward from the tip end thereof, and has a cross-sectional shape bent in an S-shape as a whole, and is a resin molded body extending in substantially the same length as the recessed portion 71R. . The first vertical piece 75S substantially closes the connector connection opening 71S from the back side, and a plurality of connector insertion holes are disposed and formed. The horizontal piece 75H closes the gap 71G from the back side. The second vertical piece 75V contacts the front wall of the box cover 71 from the inside, and at this time, the second vertical piece 75V has a protrusion 75E projecting forward, and the front wall of the box cover 71 has the protrusion 75E. A groove 71L recessed from the inside is formed at a position corresponding to 75E, and the protrusion 75E is engaged with and engaged with the groove 71L.

  The assembly and mounting of the first control board box 201A can be performed, for example, in the following procedure.

(1) First, the engagement shaft piece 74E of the connector cover 74 is engaged with the curved engagement piece 71E of the box cover 71. At the stage before attaching the backing member 75, the gap 71G of the recess 71R is open, so the engagement shaft piece 74E of the connector cover 74 is inserted from the gap 71G, and the curved engagement piece of the box cover 71 Engage 71E by hooking it from the inside. In this engaged state, the connector cover 74 is pivotally held by the box cover 71 in a hinged manner around the shaft portion of the engagement shaft piece 74E. In this stage, the connector cover 74 is held in front of the box cover 71. Keep it in the open state so as to pull it downward.

(2) Then, the backing member 75 is attached from the inside of the recess 71R. After the mounting of the backing member 75, the gap 71G of the recessed portion 71R is closed by the backing member 75, and as can be seen from FIG. 20, the tip of the curved engaging piece 71E of the box cover 71 also has almost no gap in the backing member 75. Because they are in close proximity, the engagement shaft piece 74E of the connector cover 74 can not be detached from the curved engagement piece 71E, so that the connector cover 74 does not break or break at least a part. It can be pivoted (opened and closed) in a state where it can not be removed.

(3) Next, as shown in FIG. 13 to FIG. 20, with the main control board (not shown) interposed therebetween and fixed, the box cover 71 and the box base 72 are fitted and fixed, 1 Obtain a control substrate box 201A.

(4) Next, attach the first control board box 201A to a predetermined mounting position on the back side of the game board 30, and connect the wiring (harness) from the outside through the connector insertion hole of the backing member 75 in the connector connection opening 71S. Connect to the main control board.

(5) After that, as shown in FIG. 21, the connector cover 74 is pivoted to close the recess 71R by pivoting it so as to pull it up rearward and upward. In the course of this, wires (harnesses) from the outside are bundled and inserted into the harness focusing portion 74C. At this time, as shown in FIG. 13 to FIG. 20, the locking projection 73 is inserted in one of the four connector cover sealing portions 71D. While the connector cover 74 is rotated, the locking claw 74N of the connector cover 74 collides with the locking projection 73 from above, but the cam surface of the lower surface of the locking claw 74N and the locking projection Since the cam surface of the upper surface of the contact member 73 abuts, the locking claw 74N can pass while pushing back so as to push the locking projection 73 into the insertion hole of the connector cover sealing portion 71D. After the engagement claw 74N passes the engagement projection 73, the engagement projection 73 returns to the original position by the biasing force and engages the engagement claw 74N, whereby the connector cover 74 is closed. Is held in the same position. At this time, as shown in FIG. 21, since the locking projection 73 is pinched and closed between the connector cover sealing portion 71D and the sealing engaging portion 74D of the connector cover 74, from the outside, the locking projection In the position where the connector cover 74 is closed in a non-removable state, that is, in a sealed state, unless the piece 73 can be moved to release the locking state, and therefore at least a part is broken or broken. It will be held. After that, when the connector cover 74 is forcibly opened for some reason such as inspection, the sealing engagement portion 74D is separated and removed from the connector cover 74 by cutting the extension piece with a nipper or the like. Release the state. As described above, a total of four sets of the connector cover sealing portion 71D and the sealing engaging portion 74D are formed, so the sealing and releasing operations are repeated up to three more times in the same manner as in the first procedure. be able to.

  As described above, the connector connection opening 71S of the box cover 71 is closed in a sealed state by the connector cover 74, and the connector connection of the main control board, which is a fraud target site, without leaving a trace such as breakage or breakage. It will be difficult to contact the part from the outside, which will prevent tampering with the connector connection part. Furthermore, in the present pachinko machine 10, it is visually difficult that fraudulent action on the connector connection portion of the main control board is difficult.

  The connector cover 74 is entirely made semi-transparent by forming a resin thin film similar to a metal thin film, and thereby becomes a semi-transparent mirror. That is, the connector cover 74 is formed by insert molding similar to that of the stage forming member 429 described above so as to have a similar laminated structure. For this reason, the description of the molding method and the laminated structure of the connector cover 74 is omitted here.

  Further, in the pachinko machine 10, light is emitted basically from the inside to the outside through the connector cover 74 basically at all times during operation of the pachinko machine 10 due to the light emitted from the LED for confirming the conduction state of the control substrate surface. It has become.

  With the above configuration, when the power of the pachinko machine 10 is turned off, the inner side of the connector cover 74 is darker than the outer side, so the connector connection portion of the main control board covered by the connector cover 74 may be seen through from the outer side. If a fraudster tries to illuminate the light from the outside of the connector cover 74 in the dark at night and try to cheat the connector connection portion of the main control board, for example, the connector cover 74 By simply reflecting the light of the illumination in a mirror-like manner, the internal connector connection portion can not be viewed, so it is difficult to conduct fraud. On the other hand, while the power of the pachinko machine 10 is turned on (during operation), the inner side of the connector cover 74 is kept brighter by the light emitted from the LED for checking the conduction state on the surface of the control board. The connector connection portion is held in a state in which it can be seen from the outside, and accordingly, in the first control board box 201A which requires transparency, the connector cover 74 is also transparent when the pachinko machine 10 is in operation. It is supposed to be held by

  In addition, since a large number of electrical components are disposed around the connector connection portion of the main control board covered by the connector cover 74 and the periphery thereof, for example, the connector cover is temporarily metallized or deposited on a member made of transparent resin or the like. If a metal thin film is formed by making a semitransparent mirror to make it a semitransparent mirror, there is a risk that the electric component may be adversely affected by the metal, such as producing noise, and malfunction. On the other hand, the connector cover 74 of the pachinko machine 10 according to the present invention forms a resin thin film approximating a metal thin film by molding the resin so as to approximate a metal layer without using metal, thereby forming a semitransparent mirror It is less likely to cause adverse effects on electrical components.

(Function by feature configuration 1)
As described above, the pachinko machine 10 has a game area in which game balls flow down, and the stage forming member 429, which is a part of a part that can contact with the game balls in the game area, can exhibit gloss equivalent to metal. Since the glossy layer 42L and the transparent layer 42T covering the glossy layer 42L so as to be visible from the outside (substantially without gaps) are laminated, the external force is applied to the glossy layer 42L by the transparent layer 42T. To be protected from being deformed, so that even if the game balls are frequently touched, deformation such as peeling of the surface is unlikely to occur, and the situation in which the flow of the game balls is affected is also avoided It has become. In addition, since the gloss layer 42L is covered by the transmission layer 42T so as to be protected from the outside while being protected in this manner, the appearance is not lost, and therefore the designability is well maintained.

  Further, since the above-mentioned gloss layer 42L is a layer obtained by molding a nonmetallic material resin so as to approximate a metal layer without using a metal, an adverse effect is caused to an electric component. Therefore, it is not necessary to take measures such as arranging the formation portion of the gloss layer and the electrical component apart as in the case of the plating layer or using a high performance component which is less likely to be adversely affected as the electrical component itself. Therefore, while the designability is improved, a high degree of freedom in design is secured without restriction on the design of the game board.

  Further, since the stage forming member 429 has a laminated structure in which the base layer 42S is formed inside the surface layer 42D having the gloss layer 42L, for example, a recycled resin can be used as the base layer 42S. . The surface of the stage forming member 429 which can be in contact with the gaming balls is a portion that is required to have smoothness or a low coefficient of friction because the gaming balls roll together with good appearance, Since the recycled resin is mixed with impurities due to the inclusion of impurities, it is difficult to ensure the required level of quality due to variations in the smoothness and the coefficient of friction. Therefore, it is suitable as a material for forming the surface of the portion where game balls such as stages roll. Absent. However, in the pachinko machine 10, as described above, the surface of the stage forming member 429 is the skin layer 42D, and the skin layer 42D is responsible for characteristics such as appearance and smoothness. As the layer 42S, any material can be used as long as it has the characteristics required for the substrate such as a certain rigidity, and therefore recycled resin can be used without any problem, and the material cost can be reduced accordingly and resources It is also desirable from the viewpoint of effective use of

(Function by feature configuration 2)
In addition, as described above, the pachinko machine 10 has a connector cover 74 as a covering portion that covers the connector connection portion of the main control board which is the fraud target portion, and the inner side of the connector cover 74 and light to the connector cover 74 side. An LED lamp for decoration effect in the center frame 43 is provided as a light emitting portion that can be irradiated, and since the connector cover 74 is a semitransparent mirror, the inner side of the connector cover 74 when the LED lamp is turned off Is darker than the outside, so the connector connection portion of the main control board covered by the connector cover 74 is held so as not to be transparent from the outside, for example, the connector cover in the dark at the Even if it is attempted to illuminate the outside of 74 and apply tampering to the connector connection part of the main control board, the connector cover 7 The connecting section of the inside only reflects light of the illumination mirror shape can not be visually recognized, thus performing the fraud is difficult. On the other hand, when the LED lamp is on, that is, in the state where the pachinko machine 10 is in operation, the inner side becomes brighter than the connector cover 74 by the light emitted from the LED lamp. Therefore, while the connector cover 74 which is a part of the first control board box 201A requiring transparency is a covering portion, it is kept transparent when the pachinko machine 10 is in operation. be able to.

  Further, the connector cover 74 is formed as a semitransparent mirror by forming a resin thin film approximating a metal thin film by molding the resin so as to approximate a metal layer without using a metal. An adverse effect such as noise is less likely to occur in the connector connection portion of the main control board, which is an illegal target portion, and the electrical components therearound.

  In addition, since the illegal target portion is the connector connection portion of the main control board and the connector cover 74 is a semitransparent mirror as the covering portion, it is effectively prevented that the connector connection portion is tampered with be able to.

(Modification)
The pachinko machine 10 can have various modifications as listed below, for example.

(1) In the above-described embodiment, the glossy layer 42L of the stage forming member 429 is a layer obtained by molding a non-metallic resin so as to approximate a metal layer without using a metal. However, the gloss layer may be, for example, a layer formed by plating or vapor depositing a metal on a solid surface, a layer made of a metal or an alloy, or the like. More specifically, for example, a bright layer is formed by plating or vapor-depositing a metal, laminating a film made of metal or alloy such as metal foil, or the like on the inner surface of the transmission layer or the outer surface of the base layer. It is also possible to form the formed structure, or form the metal or alloy into a shape of a member to form a glossy layer, and apply a transparent resin to the outer surface to form a transparent layer.

  In the above embodiment, the stage forming member 429 has a configuration in which the gloss layer 42L and the transmission layer 42T are stacked, and the base layer 42S is formed of a transparent resin to be a semitransparent mirror as a whole. The site where the gloss layer and the transmission layer are formed may not be thus a translucent mirror, for example, the base layer may be made of an opaque resin, and this site may be a mirror by the outer gloss layer and the transmission layer. It may be in the form of

(2) In the above embodiment, a recycled resin or the like can be used as the base layer 42S of the stage forming member 429, which enables cost reduction and the like, but the base layer can be a recycled resin and a new material. Any of the resins and resins may be used. Also, for example, in the winning device, the base layer such as the flange portion and the switch mounting portion is molded with recycled resin, and the winning opening and the weir portion etc. are parts made of transparent resin integral with the transparent layer of the flange portion Configuration is possible. On the other hand, since it is required that the outermost transmission layer has smoothness or a low coefficient of friction, it is preferable to use a resin of a new material as at least the transmission layer.

  FIG. 22 is a schematic view showing a configuration example of the winning device. The winning device 901 shown in the figure is a front side member 901F integrally having a back side member 901R integrally having a winning detection switch mounting portion 902 and a flange back side portion 903R, a winning opening forming portion 904 and a flange front side portion 903F. The rear side member 901R and the front side member 901F are assembled by bonding the flange back side portion 903R and the flange front side portion 903F to form a one-leaf flange. The back side member 901R is a base layer and is formed by molding a recycled resin, and the front side member 901F is a skin layer having a transmission layer and a gloss layer and is formed by molding a new resin. In this configuration, the front side member 901F is required to have smoothness or a low coefficient of friction because the gaming balls are in contact, and it is desirable that the front side member 901F have a good appearance because it is visible on the front side, For this reason, the back side member 901R is made of resin of a new material, and on the other hand, since the game ball does not come in contact with it, the smoothness or the friction coefficient is not particularly required, and it may also be visible on the back side. The appearance is not a problem because it does not exist, and therefore it is made of recycled resin and the cost is also reduced.

(3) In the above embodiment, the stage forming member 429 of the stage unit 426 has a structure in which the glossy layer 42L and the transmissive layer 42T are stacked, but such a stacked structure is a game area Inside or outside of the game area, for example, a center frame (in particular, a flange, a buttock or the like), a ball entry component such as a winning device, a windmill, a decoration, etc. The present invention may be applied to any of various kinds of goods such as members, a rail unit, a board of a game board, and the like. Examples of the ball entry parts include start-up winning parts, gate parts, general winning parts, and other electric combination products. Further, as in the above embodiment, for example, in the case where the gloss layer is a layer obtained by molding a nonmetallic material resin so as to approximate a metal layer without using a metal, for example, When the above-described laminated structure is applied to a portion close to the winning detection switch, such as a ball entry portion, a collar portion, and a flange portion in various winning devices, an effect capable of avoiding an adverse effect on the winning detection switch is particularly exhibited. For example, in the center frame, there is a game ball guiding path called a warp route, which is formed from the top to both sides or in the center of the stage or the like. There is a system in which a prize sensor is provided as a warp detection means in a part, and in the case of a warp route having such a configuration, the prize detection switch is disposed at a close position, so the above laminated structure is particularly preferable. Applies to

  FIG. 23 and FIG. 24 show an example in which a winning opening can be provided on the stage. In the example shown in the figure, a stage 821 is provided on the center frame 820, and an entrance 822 is opened on the inner back wall surface at the center position in the left-right direction of the stage 821. The configuration of the warp route is basically the same as that of the center frame 43 of the embodiment. The feature of this embodiment (modification) different from the above embodiment is that, as shown in FIG. 23, a non-detection type passage member 824A is provided on the way from the ball inlet 822 to the lower ball outlet 823. Is detachably mounted, and the non-detection type passage member 824A is configured to be replaceable with the detection type passage member 824B shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 23, the non-detection type passage member 824A is a bowl-shaped member whose top and front surfaces are open, and is detachably attached to the position of the ball entrance 822 in the center frame 820 from the back side. The gaming ball having entered the ball entrance 822 is configured to be accepted from above and to be sent out to the front lower outlet port 823. In the state where the non-detection type passage member 824A is attached, a warp route basically similar to that of the center frame 43 of the embodiment is configured. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 24, the detection type passage member 824B is similar to the case of the non-detection type passage member 824A in that the upper surface is opened to form a bowl shape which can receive the game ball from above. However, in the case of the detection type passage member 824B, the front surface is closed, the prize sensor 825 is disposed, and the bottom surface is provided with a ball outlet (not shown), and the ball is entered into the ball inlet 822 The game ball is received from above and discharged from the discharge outlet to the back of the game board 30 while being detected by the prize sensor 825. Therefore, in the state where the detection type passage member 824B is attached, the warp route is not configured, and when the ball enters the ball entry port 822, winning is realized and the internal lottery is performed. As described above, since the non-detection type passage member 824A and the detection type passage member 824B can be replaced with each other, two game characteristics can be converted by the same pachinko machine.

  In this modification, a laminated structure having a gloss layer obtained by forming a resin so as to approximate a metal layer, as in the case of the stage forming member 429 in the embodiment, is applied to the stage 821. Since the winning sensor 825 is disposed near the stage 821 particularly when the detection type passage member 824B is attached (not shown), the above-described laminated structure is particularly useful.

  In addition, although the above-mentioned layered structure can be applied to any winning device even when applied to a winning device, among the winning devices, in addition to the starting winning device and the general winning device, for example, a winning device etc. It can apply suitably. 25 to 28 show an example of the big winning device. The basic configuration of the big winning device 700 shown in the figure is, like the variable winning device 32 described above, a big winning opening 701T having a width that allows a plurality of gaming balls to pass in the lateral direction of the gaming board 30, The ball from 701 B is accommodated in the accommodation unit 702, and the discharge units 703T and 703B provided in the accommodation unit 702 reach the detection sensors 704T and 704B to detect them. Unlike the variable winning device 32, as shown in FIGS. 27 and 28, the special winning openings 701T and 701B are provided in upper and lower two stages, respectively, and each of the discharge units 703T and 703B and the detection sensor 704T is provided. , 704 B, etc. are attached.

  The big winning device 700 is a plate-like flange 701F having an outer shape in which a horizontally long oval is indented from both upper and lower sides at the central portion in a front view and has a rectangular shape with two upper and lower horizontal steps. The special winning opening 701T, 701B is drilled, and the rear wall side has a peripheral wall-shaped protruding wall portion for inserting and holding the housing portion 702 and the solenoid 706T, 706B corresponding to the upper and lower large winning openings 701T, 701B respectively. The main body 701 having an integrally formed structure is a base, and door members 707T and 707B are pivotally supported on upper and lower large winning openings 701T and 701B with the lower end edge as a central axis, and the solenoid 706T, It is driven to open and close by 706B, and a standing plate member 708 is attached in front of the upper and lower big winning openings 701T and 701B. The standing plate member 708 is a partially circular plate-like member with a top and bottom outline missing, and has a spacing through which one game ball can pass so as to cover both the top and bottom big winning openings 701T and 701B from the front. It is arranged and fixed parallel to the flange 705F. Both wing members 709R and 709L are attached to both sides of the rising plate member 708, respectively. Both wing members 709R and 709L are plate-like members having a front shape which generally spreads slightly outward and upward from both side edges of the rising plate member 708, and as shown in FIG. A standing board is formed via a pair of upper and lower arms 709A extending in a rearward direction with a substantially right-triangular cross-sectional shape that forms an inclined slope and guides the game balls toward the big winning opening 701T and 701B. It is disposed and fixed parallel to the flange 705F so as to be substantially flush with the member 708.

  The front part of the big winning device 700 and the housing part 702 have many contact parts with game balls, among them the front of the flange 705F, the door members 707T, 707B, the standing plate member 708, the wing members 709R, 709L, etc. It is a site | part to which a game ball especially contacts especially frequently, therefore the laminated structure which has a permeable layer similar to the case of the stage formation member 429 in the said embodiment can be suitably applied to these site | parts. In particular, in this example, since the large winning opening 701T, 701B is provided in the upper and lower two stages, since the front part of the large winning device 700 has a large area and the contact of the game ball is also frequent, it is transparent It is more preferable to use a laminated structure having a layer.

  In addition, since the detection sensors 704T and 704B are disposed in the housing portion 702 close to the front surface portion of the big winning device 700, as in the case of the stage forming member 429 in the embodiment, it is not used without using metal. By applying a laminated structure having a gloss layer obtained by forming a resin, which is a metal material, so as to approximate to a metal layer, the prize winning device 700 can be obtained without adversely affecting the detection sensors 704T and 704B. The designability of metallic gloss tone can be imparted to the front portion and the like with a high degree of freedom in design.

  Furthermore, in particular, the standing plate member 708 and the wing members 709R, 709L, among them, the standing plate member 708 is located on the most front side, and the decorativeness or the designability is particularly required. Since it is a part where it is also required to be able to visually recognize the behavior of entering or leaving the ball 701B, the case of the stage forming member 429 in the above embodiment A similar, translucent mirror configuration is particularly useful.

(4) In the above embodiment, the stage forming member 429 of the stage unit 426 has a structure in which the glossy layer 42L and the transmissive layer 42T are stacked. For example, the upper stage of the stage forming member 429 The 429H and the upper portion 429T may be configured of only the transmission layer. According to this configuration, since the decorative molding 430S having a gold plating layer formed on the surface is disposed inside the stage forming member 429 and below the upper stage 429H and the upper stage 429T, transmission is performed. The upper stage 429H and the upper stage 429T, which are layers, cover the plating layer of the decorative molding 430S, which is a gloss layer, with a certain gap interposed therebetween, and the decorative molding 430S can be always visible from the outside .

(5) In the above embodiment, the connector cover 74 which is a part of the first control substrate box 201A approximates a metal thin film by molding resin so as to approximate a metal layer without using metal. For example, instead of this, for example, a metal thin film is formed by plating or depositing metal on a transparent resin to form a semitransparent mirror. It may be

(6) In the above embodiment, the connector cover 74 has a laminated structure in which a resin thin film similar to a metal thin film is formed between the base layer and the transmission layer, both of which are made of transparent resin. However, in order to constitute a semitransparent mirror, for example, the laminated structure may be formed by omitting the transmission layer from this laminated structure. That is, it is only necessary to form a semitransparent mirror by forming a nonmetal thin film similar to a metal thin film or a metal thin film in a layer having transparency.

(7) In the embodiment, the connector cover 74 is a semitransparent mirror as a covering portion covering the connector connection portion of the main control substrate which is one of the fraud target portions, and the control substrate surface as a light emitting portion The LED for confirming the current-carrying state is used, but the fraud target site, the covering portion covering the same, and the light emitting portion can be applied to a wide range other than the above-mentioned ones. Any combination as listed as a to e is possible.
a. Incorrect target area: Control board surface, covering section: front side member (box cover) of substrate box or back cover as will be described later, light emitting section: LED for checking the conduction state of control board surface, segment for notifying status, etc. b. Incorrect target area: CPU on the control substrate surface, covering part: at least IC covering part on the front side member (box cover) of the substrate box, light emitting part: LED for confirming the conduction state of the control substrate surface, segment for status notification, etc. c. Incorrect target area: connector connection part of control board, covering part: back cover as will be described later, light emitting part: LED lamp for center frame illumination (including reflecting means)
d. Unauthorized target area: at least a part of the back of the gaming machine (main control unit having various control boards, various control devices such as payout control devices, various winning detection switches, payout devices, card reader unit called CR sands ( Card unit; ball lending machine), connection part between CR sand and game machine (wiring, connector part, card unit connection board etc.), etc., covering part: back cover as described later, light emission Part: LED lamp for lighting inside and outside the game board such as center frame (including reflecting means)
e. Fraudable target area: Locking part of sealing seal cutting member (cutter member), covering part: Sealing seal cover, light emitting part: LED for sealing state confirmation

  FIG. 29 is a schematic view showing an example of the combination of the above b. In the example shown in the figure, on the inner surface of the box cover 711 of the main control board box 710, a circumferential wall-like protective wall 711D extending inward in a square shape in a front view is integrally formed. When the base 712 is assembled with the main control board 713 attached to the inside, the CPU 713C mounted on the surface of the main control board 713 is fitted into the inside of the protective wall 711D with almost no gap and covered. . A skin layer 71T similar to the skin layer 42T of the stage forming member 429 in the above embodiment is formed on the entire outer surface of the box cover 711, whereby the outer cover of the box cover 711 is a semitransparent mirror. . On the surface of the main control board 713, an energization state confirmation LED 713L and a state notification segment (7 segments) 713S are mounted.

  In this example, a box cover 711 as a covering portion for covering the CPU 713C of the main control substrate 713 which is an illegal target portion, and a light emitting portion which is inside the box cover 711 and can irradiate light to the box cover 711 side Since the box cover 711 is a semitransparent mirror including the state confirmation LED 713L and the state notification segment 713S, the box cover is in a state where the conduction state confirmation LED 713L and the state notification segment 713S are extinguished. The CPU 713C covered by the CPU 711 is held so that it can not be seen through from the outside, and it becomes difficult to apply an unauthorized operation to the CPU 713C in the dark at night, for example. On the other hand, when the conduction state confirmation LED 713L to the state notification segment 713S are on, the CPU 713C can see through from the outside by the light emission from the conduction state confirmation LED 713L to the state notification segment 713S. While the box cover 711 which is required to be flexible is a covering portion, it can be kept transparent when the pachinko machine is in operation.

  Further, in addition to the fact that the inside of the box cover 711 is held so as not to be transparent when the light is turned off as described above, the CPU 713C is covered by the protective wall 711D, which makes external contact difficult. This makes it even more difficult for fraud. In other words, the CPU 713C of the main control board 713 which is the fraud target site effectively protects the box cover 711 by the function as the semitransparent mirror and the protection by the protection wall 711D. To protect against fraud.

  Further, the box cover 711 is formed as a semitransparent mirror by forming a resin thin film approximating a metal thin film by molding the resin so as to approximate a metal layer without using a metal. An adverse effect such as noise is less likely to occur on the CPU 713C and other electrical components of the main control board 713 which is an illegal target portion.

  In this example, the skin layer 71T is formed on the entire outer surface of the box cover 711, but for example, the inner surface of the protective wall 711D and the inner surface of the box cover 711 inside the protective wall 711D Even if the skin layer is formed only on the five surfaces facing the CPU 713C opposite to each other, the same fraud prevention effect can be obtained as described above. In this case, since the protective wall 711D serves as a semitransparent mirror, the light emitting unit formed of the conduction state confirmation LED 713L to the status notification segment 713S or another light source is disposed inside the protective wall 711D. However, if the CPU 713C, which is the fraud target site, is locally covered with the skin layer as described above, the position of the fraud target is more easily grasped from the outside, so the entire surface of the box cover 711 is covered as described above It is desirable to form the layer 71T. Further, when the skin layer 71T is formed on the entire surface of the box cover 711 as described above, since the protection wall 711D is integrally formed on the inner side surface, the lamination of the skin layer becomes troublesome, so The outer surface can more easily form the skin layer 71T.

  30 to 32 are schematic views showing an example of the combination of the above d. In the example shown in the figure, a back cover 720 is disposed on the back of the pachinko machine 10A.

  The back cover 720 is configured such that an extension portion 720E is further formed on a main body portion 720B similar to the back cover 354 (see FIG. 6) of the pachinko machine 10 in the embodiment. As in the case of the back cover 354 of the embodiment, the main body portion 720B has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape protruding rearward of the pachinko machine 10A and 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 at least a size large enough to surround the whole of the electric character unit (center character) and the sound lamp control device. The lower end side of the main body portion 720B basically extends to a position slightly above the center of the first control board unit 721A, and the opening for connector connection and the like is covered by the main body portion 720B.

  A large number of heat release vents 720a are provided on the back of the main body portion 720B, and the vents 720a are each formed in the shape of a long hole, and are provided adjacent to each other at relatively close positions ing.

  At the lower end edge of the main body 720B, an extension extending downward from the approximate left half (right half in the figure) from a position slightly to the right from the center (left in the figure) to the left end (right in the figure) 720E is integrally formed. In the extension portion 720E, the left side surface (right side surface in the figure) extends in the same plane as the left side surface of the main body portion 720B, and the rear side (front side in the drawing) is slightly behind (front side in the drawing) It has a flat, substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape (box shape) with an outline of rectangular shape (box shape) in a front view rectangular shape that expands in a step-like shape and spreads along the front (or back) direction of the pachinko machine 10A as a whole The lower end portion of the outer frame 11A extends to a position close to the inner side surface (upper surface) of the lower plate 112A at a slight distance, and the extension portion 720E is a portion which was not present in the back cover 354 of the embodiment. There is. The portion of the first control board unit 721A below the portion covered by the lower end portion of the above-mentioned main body portion 720B, the portion where the CPU, ROM, RAM, etc. is arranged inside and the left end portion with the sealing seal attached And the like are covered by the extension portion 720E. The lower right end (lower left end in the figure) at the back of the pachinko machine 10A is opened without being covered by the back cover 720, that is, by the main body 720B and the extension 720E, and thus the first control board A part of a position on the right side (the position on the left side in the drawing) of the unit 721A, a rough right half part (the left half part in the drawing) of the power supply 722, etc. are exposed rearward from the open part of the back cover 720.

  Further, a card reader unit (CR sand) is disposed adjacent to the left side (right side in the figure) of the pachinko machine 10A (not shown), and a harness (wiring) 724 from the card reader unit is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 32 and FIG. 32, the connection portion of the harness 724 which is connected to the payout control device 723 but includes a card unit connection board and the like is covered by the extension portion 720E of the back cover 720.

  With the above configuration, on the back surface of the pachinko machine 10A, the upper end edge and the left end edge (the right end in the figure) are arranged with the dispensing mechanism including the dispensing device 358A near the lower left end (the lower end in the figure) Most of the area (hereinafter, also referred to as “central area”) is inside the inverted L-shaped zone extending along the edge) and excluding the opening of the lower right end (the lower left end in the figure) The main body portion 720B and the extension portion 720E are put together and covered by the entire back cover 720. That is, the whole of the center product and the audio lamp control device disposed at the upper part of the central region, and the first control board unit 721A and the power supply device 722 disposed at the lower part of the central region, the payout control device 723, The back cover 720 covers most of the connection portion of the card unit connection harness 724 and the like.

  In the back cover 720, the position facing the opening (not shown) for connector connection of the first control board unit 721A is closed without providing the vent hole 720a. As shown in FIGS. 30 to 32, the vent holes 720a are arranged in a large number of rows in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction, but the row arranged in the lowermost row is the row of the first control board unit 721A. It is located on the upper side of the position facing the opening for connector connection, and from the lowermost row to the lower end of the back cover 720 including the entire extension 720E, the back cover 720 has a vent or The other openings are not pierced and closed.

  The lower right end portion (lower left end portion in the drawing) of the back cover 720 is formed so as to partially extend downward, and a shielding portion 720S is formed. That is, the right side wall (left side wall in the figure) of the back cover 720 and the right end of the back connected to the side wall extend downward, thereby shielding in a cross-sectional shape bent into a substantially wedge shape. A part 720S is formed. The shielding portion 720S has a width that can substantially cover the right side (the left side in the drawing; the side on which the sealing portion 721S is formed) of the first control board unit 721A, and the lower end is at the lower end of the first control board unit 721A. It extends to approximately the corresponding height position. The upper end and the lower end inside corner and the outside corner at the inner edge (the edge facing the other side of the back cover 720; the right edge in the figure) of the shielding portion 720S are respectively formed in an arc shape. The shielding portion 720S covers most of the sealing mechanism of the first control substrate unit 721A. The first control board unit 721A is supported and fixed on the back side of the game board 30 via the attachment mechanism (not shown) on the right side (the left side in the figure; the side where the sealing portion 721S is formed). The portion exposed to the outside in the mounting mechanism is also almost entirely covered by the shielding portion 720S of the back cover 720.

  Tongue-like engaging portions (not shown) are formed on both side edges of the back cover 720, and the engaging portions are engaged with the side walls of the set plate 400A while being elastically deformed and fitted. The engaging portion is configured to elastically restore when it passes the end of the side wall and engage with the end of the side wall. In addition, screw holes (not shown) are formed on both side edges of the back cover 720, and screws are screwed in from the front side (the side of the game board 30) of the set plate 400A to fasten and fix the set plate 400A. In the closed state, the screw can not be removed from the outside to open the back cover 720. That is, the back cover 720 is sealed to the set plate 400A.

  A skin layer (the lamination structure is not shown) similar to the skin layer 42T of the stage forming member 429 in the embodiment is formed on the entire outer surface of the back cover 720, whereby the outer cover of the back cover 720 is a half. It is a transparent mirror.

  Inside the back cover 720, the light emitted from a number of LED lamps for lighting inside and outside the game board including the center frame etc. is also irradiated to the back side of the game board by the reflection means (not shown) Thus, while the pachinko machine 10A is in operation, the entire back cover 720 is irradiated with light from the inside.

  In this example, most of the back part of the gaming machine, which is the fraud target site, that is, the whole of the center character, the sound lamp control device, etc. The back cover 720 as a covering portion for covering most of connection portions of the card unit connection harness 724 and the like, and a light emitting portion which is inside the above back cover 720 and can irradiate light to the back cover 720 side Since the back cover 720 is a semi-transparent mirror, the central region covered by the back cover 720 is in the state where the LED lamp for the game board inside and outside lights are off. It will be held so that it can not be seen from the outside, for example, it will be difficult to tamper with any part of the central area in the dark at night. In particular, by forming the back cover 720 as the covering portion, it is possible to cover the fraudulent target portion at one time over a wide range, and it is possible to effectively prevent the tampering operation. On the other hand, when the LED lamp for lighting inside and outside the game board is lit, the light emission from the LED lamp makes it possible to see the situation in the central region through the outside of the back cover 720 which is the covering portion. be able to.

  In addition, since the back cover 720 has an extension portion 720E substantially extending to the lower end of the back surface of the pachinko machine 10A, it is possible to cover the fraud target area at a time over a wider range, and the tampering operation is more It can be effectively prevented.

  In the case of this example, the whole of various control board boxes such as the first control board unit 721A and the like is covered with the back cover 720 which is a covering portion as an illegal target area, but it goes without saying that For example, as in the above-described example, even if the control substrate (including the connector connection portion) of each control substrate box is a fraud target portion and at least one of the box cover and the connector cover is a covering portion, a translucent mirror is used. Well, this can prevent fraud more effectively.

  FIG. 33 is a schematic view showing an example of the combination of e. (In the following description, the direction is basically based on the direction when viewed as the whole gaming machine, not as a single substrate box). In the example shown in the figure, one end (the right end in the figure) of the first control board box 730A is sealed by a seal (seal seal) 601 configured to transmit and receive radio waves with the outside. It is supposed to be sealed. A rectangular protrusion 731 is provided at the end edge (right edge in the figure) of the first control substrate box 730A, and the rectangular protrusion 731 is a box cover of the first control substrate box 730A. In the left end edge portion (the right end edge portion in the figure) of the box base 733 and the left side edge portion (in the figure, the left side edge portion), protruding pieces having longitudinal rectangular shapes congruent to each other are formed to respectively project leftward (right side in the figure) The box base 733 is fitted to the box cover 732 and the projection pieces are polymerized. The seal seal 601 is attached so as to straddle both projecting pieces of the box cover 732 and the box base 733 in a state of being bent so as to form a U-shaped cross section.

  As shown in FIGS. 35 and 36, the sealing seal 601 has a rectangular planar shape which can cover almost all three sides of the first control board box 730A except the upper and lower surfaces of the rectangular projection 731 in a folded state. As shown in FIG. 34, the base material layer 602, the adhesive material layer 603, and the release paper 604 are laminated, and the IC tag unit 605 is disposed on the adhesive material layer 603.

  The base material layer 602 is made of a resin film such as a polyester film, and has appropriate brittleness to a degree that a part thereof is broken by the stress accompanying the peeling force of the sealing seal 601. Discoloring is caused by heat at a temperature (for example, 50 ° C. or more) at which the adhesive strength of an organic solvent such as toluene having solubility or the adhesive layer is reduced. Thus, if the solvent is applied or heat is applied with the intention of peeling off the sealing seal 601 from the rectangular projection 731 of the first control substrate box 730A illegally, the base material layer 602 is discolored, which is a trace of cheating. Is supposed to remain.

  The pressure-sensitive adhesive constituting the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 603 has such an adhesive strength that it is peeled off from the base layer 602 once it is peeled off. Therefore, when the sealing seal 601 is peeled off, it is difficult to attach it again, and a part of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 603 remains on the adherend side. This makes it possible to leave a trace when the seal seal 601 is removed improperly.

  The IC tag unit 605 includes an IC chip 605a and an antenna 605b, and the IC chip 605a is disposed in the vicinity of the center of a strip-like elongated antenna 605b. The IC chip 605a is formed as an integrated circuit, and has a control unit and a memory area. The memory area stores ID information as identification data. The antenna 605b is formed of a thin metal layer such as aluminum, and the thickness thereof is thinner than the thickness of the IC chip 605a. Further, the antenna 605b is manufactured as an antenna pattern so that the resonance frequency is a constant frequency such as 2.45 GHz.

  The ID information stored in the memory area of the IC chip 605a is configured to be called by the control unit and can be transmitted from the antenna 605b, and a scanner in which the ID information transmitted from the antenna 605b is formed as a reader / writer Can be received and read. In detail, calling is performed from the scanner with a weak radio wave of the frequency, and an induction electromagnetic field is formed by the radio wave. When the scanner is brought close to the antenna 605 b to such an extent that the antenna 605 b is positioned in the induction field, an electromotive force is generated in the antenna 605 b by electromagnetic induction. In the IC chip 605a, using the electromotive force as a power source, the control unit calls up the ID information stored in the memory area and transmits it from the antenna 605b, and the ID information transmitted in this way can be received by the scanner and read It can be done.

  As shown in FIG. 36, the IC tag unit 605 (antenna 605b) has a corner in the diagonal direction from one corner of the base layer 602 with respect to the base layer 602 on which the adhesive layer 603 is formed. Are arranged diagonally across the Specifically, the antenna 605 b is not on the diagonal of the base layer 602, and the longitudinal direction of the antenna 605 b intersects with both diagonals of the base layer 602. In this case, the longitudinal direction of the elongated antenna 605 b intersects all the side directions of the base layer 602. Then, along with the sealing seal 601 being attached across the both projecting pieces constituting the rectangular projection portion 731, the antenna 605 b also extends across the both projecting pieces.

  Further, in the sealing seal 601, a large number of antenna cuts 606 are formed in parallel at equal intervals along the longitudinal direction of the antenna 605b. The antenna cut 606 extends in a direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the antenna 605b, and penetrates from the surface side of the base layer 602 to the back side of the adhesive layer 603 (see FIG. 35). The antenna cut 606 is not shown). Incidentally, the direction in which the antenna cut 606 extends is a direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the antenna 605 b, and therefore intersects all the side directions of the base layer 602. In addition, the notch 606 for antenna is configured to slightly hang on the antenna 605 b. In this case, since the antenna 605b is not divided by the antenna notch 606, no problem occurs in transmission of the ID information. Further, the antenna cut 606 located on one side of the antenna 605 b and the antenna cut 606 located on the other side are formed so as not to align linearly with the antenna cut 606 across the antenna 605 b. . In detail, the antenna cuts 606 located on one side of the antenna 605 b and the antenna cuts 606 located on the other side are formed alternately along the longitudinal direction of the antenna 605 b.

  When it is intended to peel off the sealing seal 601 from the rectangular projection 731 of the first control substrate box 730A, in order not to damage the sealing seal 601 as much as possible, stress associated with the peeling force It is necessary to peel off in the direction along the short side of the seal seal 601 so as not to concentrate locally on the corner or concentrate on the bent portion of the seal seal 601, but this direction is the extension of the antenna 605b. It is a direction that crosses the direction. Therefore, the stress associated with the peeling force concentrates at the end of the antenna notch 606 located around the antenna 605b, thereby causing a fracture that starts from the antenna notch 606 and destroys the base layer 602. Along with this, the antenna 605b is divided. When the antenna 605b is divided, the ID information can not be transmitted from the antenna 605b, so the ID information can not be read by the scanner. Therefore, after the sealing seal 601 is peeled off as cleanly as possible from the rectangular projection 731 of the first control substrate box 730A and the first control substrate box 730A is opened and the control substrate 80 is tampered with, the first control substrate is removed. Even if the seal seal 601 is attached to clean and restore the original state to seal the box 730A, the fraud can be easily detected.

  At four corners of the sealing seal 601, corner notches 607 penetrating from the surface side of the base layer 602 to the back side of the adhesive layer 603 are respectively formed. In detail, the corner notch 607 is formed in an L shape so as to be along the corner inside the corner of the sealing seal 601. Therefore, even if the seal seal 601 is not peeled off in the direction along one side thereof, but is peeled off from the corner side (that is, in the oblique direction to the side of the seal seal 601) Will occur. This can leave a trace of fraud.

  As shown in FIG. 35, the outer edge of the seal seal 601 is formed with a large number of outer edge notches 608 from the outer end toward the inside. The outer edge notches 608 are V-shaped with an acute angle that opens outward from the inside, and are formed at equal intervals in the direction along the outer periphery of the sealing seal 601. Therefore, when trying to peel off the seal seal 601 from the rectangular projection 731 of the first control substrate box 730A, the stress associated with this peeling force is concentrated on the inner end of the outer edge notch 608 and breaks the seal seal 601 Will occur. As a result, it is possible to leave a trace of removal of the seal seal 601, and to easily detect that the control board 80 has been tampered with.

  However, in the configuration in which the outer edge notch 608 is formed as described above, breakage of the seal seal 601 is unlikely to occur if the seal seal 601 is peeled from the entire one side of the seal seal 601 along the direction orthogonal to that side. That is, when peeling off the seal seal 601 from its corner or pinching and peeling off between adjacent outer edge notches 608 in the outer edge of the seal seal 601, the stress accompanying the peeling force is concentrated at the inner end of the few outer edge notches 608 Therefore, while the seal seal 601 is likely to be broken through the outer edge notch 608, the stress associated with the peeling force when peeling off from one entire side of the rectangular seal seal 601 along the direction orthogonal to that side. Are dispersed at the inner ends of the large number of outer edge notches 608, so breakage of the sealing seal 601 through the outer edge notches 608 is less likely to occur. Therefore, when the seal seal 601 is peeled off by the latter method, the outer edge notch 608 may not leave a trace of fraud. However, as described above, since the antenna 605 b is disposed diagonally so as to extend from one corner side of the sealing seal 601 to the corner side in the diagonal direction, the entire side of the sealing seal 601 is from the entire side Even if the seal seal 601 is peeled off in the direction orthogonal to the above, the antenna 605b is divided. This makes it easy to detect fraud.

  As shown in FIG. 35, an ink application unit 609, an identification information unit 610, and a model information unit 611 are provided on the surface of the base layer 602. The ink application unit 609 is coated with a special ink that exhibits a pattern by being irradiated with light of a specific wavelength such as ultraviolet light. A plurality of numbers are described in the identification information section 610, and the numbers described in the identification information section 610 are different for each gaming machine. In this case, the numbers described in the identification information unit 610 are set in association with the ID information stored in the IC chip 605a. For example, when ID information is registered by a number, the sum of the number of the ID information and the number described in the identification information unit 610 is the same in a plurality of gaming machines installed in a game hall or the like. It is set to. The model information unit 611 describes the model name of the gaming machine, the name of the manufacturer of the gaming machine, and the like.

  Here, the upper region R1 of the sealing seal 601 in FIG. 35 is formed so as to be attached to the front side surface (the surface opposite to the polymerization surface) of the protruding piece of the box cover 732 as shown in FIG. Area. Therefore, since the ink application unit 609 and the identification information unit 610 can be visually recognized from the position facing the first control substrate box 730A, the confirmation operation of the ink application unit 609 and the identification information unit 610 can be easily performed. it can. In addition, as shown in FIG. 33, the middle region R2 in FIG. 35 of the sealing seal 601 is attached to the projecting end faces of both the projecting pieces of the box cover 732 and the box base 733 The area is intended to be formed. Therefore, the content described in the model information unit 611 can be confirmed without removing the first control board box 730A. The lower region R3 is a region intended to be attached to the front side surface (surface opposite to the polymerization surface) of the protruding piece of the box base 733.

  By providing the ink application unit 609 and the identification information unit 610 as described above, when the first control substrate box 730A is illegally replaced, it is possible to easily find that the replacement is performed. it can. That is, even if the replaced fraudulent substrate box can not be distinguished from the regular first control substrate box 730A in appearance, it is confirmed that the ink application unit 609 is irradiated with a specific light and no pattern appears. It can be found that it has been exchanged. In addition, even if an IC tag unit is provided on the seal of the substrate box for fraud, it is read that the ID information is read by a scanner and the information is exchanged with the information of the identification information unit 610 to discover that it has been exchanged. be able to.

  According to the above configuration, since the sealing seal 601 having the IC tag unit 605 is attached so as to straddle the box cover 732 accommodating the control substrate 80 and the box base 733, the first control substrate box 730A is opened. In order to do so, it is necessary to peel off the sealing seal 601 from the rectangular projection 731 and release the screw fixation of the rectangular projection 731. In this case, when the sealing seal 601 is peeled away from the corner, the stress associated with the peeling force is concentrated at the corner portion of the base layer 602, and the base layer 602 has appropriate brittleness, The base layer 602 is largely destroyed. Further, since an outer edge notch 608 which is opened in an acute V-shape from the inside toward the outer end portion is formed at the outer edge of the seal seal 601, the seal seal 601 is peeled off when it is peeled from its corner. The stress associated with the force is concentrated at the inner end (the point pointed inside) of the outer edge notch 608, and the base layer 602 is more easily broken. Furthermore, since the sealing seal 601 is attached to the rectangular projection 731 of the first control substrate box 730A by bending it in a substantially U shape, the peeling force as the sealing seal 601 is peeled from its corner angle The stress accompanying the stress concentrates on the bent portion, and the base layer 602 is also largely broken. In this case, it is clear that the seal seal 601 has been peeled off illegally, that is, a trace of tampering with the control substrate 80 remains. Therefore, a person who tries to cheat the control substrate 80 peels off the stress from the entire side of the sealing seal 601 along the direction orthogonal to the side from the whole side of the sealing seal 601, thereby causing the stress associated with the peeling force It disperse | distributes and it will keep a base member from being destroyed as much as possible. However, when the seal seal 601 is to be peeled off from the entire side by arranging the antenna 605b so that the longitudinal direction intersects all the side directions of the seal seal 601, the longitudinal direction intersects with the longitudinal direction of the antenna 605b. Destruction in the direction of Then, the antenna 605b is long and the dimension in the direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction of the antenna 605b is short, so that the antenna 605b is divided at the position where the breakage occurs. In this case, the administrator or the like of the game hall can not check the ID information stored in the IC chip 605a by the scanner, so that it is possible to easily and surely find out that the main board has been tampered with.

  Further, as described above, by arranging the antenna 605 b so as to extend from one corner side of the base layer 602 to the corner side in the diagonal direction, the antenna 605 b can be formed on one side of the base layer 602. The length dimension of the antenna 605b is secured larger than the configuration provided along the same. Therefore, when the sealing seal 601 is peeled off, it is possible to provide many opportunities for separation of the antenna 605b.

  Further, by disposing the IC chip 605a substantially at the center in the longitudinal direction of the antenna 605b, the antenna 605b is disposed from one corner side of the sealing seal 601 to the corner side in the diagonal direction as described above. In the configuration described above, the position of the IC chip 605 a is in the vicinity of the center of the sealing seal 601. Therefore, it is possible to suppress that the sealing seal 601 is easily peeled off due to the thickness of the IC chip 605a. That is, since the IC chip 605a has a predetermined thickness, a gap is generated between the periphery of the IC chip 605a in the sealing seal 601 and the rectangular projection 731 of the first control substrate box 730A. In this case, if the IC chip 605a is on the outer edge side of the seal seal 601, the seal seal 601 can be easily peeled off by putting a finger on the gap between the outer edge thereof and the rectangular projection 731 of the first control board box 730A. On the other hand, when the position of the IC chip 605a is near the center of the seal seal 601, the outer edge of the seal seal 601 and the rectangular projection 731 of the first control substrate box 730A due to the thickness of the IC chip 605a. There is no gap between them.

  Further, by forming the antenna cut 606 around the antenna 605b in the base layer 602, the base layer 602 is broken from the end of the antenna cut 606 when the sealing seal 601 is peeled off. Accordingly, the antenna 605b is also destroyed, and the antenna 605b is divided at that position. Therefore, the antenna 605b is easily divided, and it is possible to more reliably find out that the main substrate is tampered with. In particular, the sealing seal 601 is peeled in the direction along one side by forming the antenna cut 606 as a linear cut extending in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the antenna 605 b and all the side directions of the base layer 602. In this case, stress associated with the peeling force tends to be concentrated at the antenna side end of the antenna notch 606. Thereby, the division of the antenna 605b can be more reliably generated when the sealing seal 601 is peeled in the direction along one side thereof. In addition, since the notch 606 for antennas is formed to the position which reaches the antenna 605b, when the seal seal 601 is peeled off illegally, it becomes a structure which the antenna 605b tends to part. In addition, when the antenna cut 606 is formed so as not to align linearly on both sides of the antenna 605b, for example, in the case where there is nothing to do with the fraud such as attachment work of the sealing seal 601 at the time of manufacturing a game It is possible to prevent the antenna 605b from being divided due to the connection between the antenna cuts 606 located on both sides of the antenna 605b.

  Further, by forming L-shaped corner notches 607 penetrating from the surface side of the base material layer 602 to the back side of the adhesive layer 603 at the four corners of the seal seal 601, the seal seal 601 is formed. When peeled from the corner side, stress accompanying the peeling force concentrates on the end of the corner notch 607, and breakage such as tearing occurs in the seal seal 601 from the corner notch 607. Therefore, a trace of the fact that the control board 80 has been tampered with remains on the seal seal 601, and it is possible to easily find that the fraud has been carried out. In addition, even if the seal seal 601 is peeled away in the direction along one side of the seal seal 601 in order to avoid the breakage of the seal seal 601 via the corner notch 607, the antenna 605b is divided as described above. Fraud can be easily found.

  In addition, when the solvent which shows solubility with respect to the adhesive which comprises the adhesive material layer 603 is covered or apply | coated to the sealing seal 601, by setting it as the structure which the base material layer 602 discolors, an adhesive material layer by a solvent. Even if the seal 603 is peeled off without weakening the adhesive force 603 and the antenna 605b is not divided, it is possible to easily find out that the cheating has been performed. Also, even when heat at a predetermined temperature or higher is applied to the sealing seal 601, the base material layer 602 is similarly discolored to apply the heat at a predetermined temperature or higher to adhere the adhesive material layer 603. Even if the force is reduced and the seal seal 601 is peeled off without dividing the antenna 605b and the fraudulent action is performed on the control substrate 80, it is possible to easily find out that the fraudulent action is performed.

  In this modification, as shown in FIG. 33, the cutter member (sealing seal cutting member) 734 and the seal cover member 735 are assembled to the rectangular projection 731 of the first control substrate box 730A. .

  In the cutter member 734, a locking portion 734N is integrally formed at an upper end of a vertically elongated strip-like main body 734B corresponding to the rectangular projection 731 and a lower end (not shown) at a lower end. It is a member made of resin, and is disposed in the rectangular projection 731 so as to be sandwiched between the box cover 732 and the two projection pieces of the box base 733. In the vicinity of the upper end and the lower end of the main body 734B, screw insertion holes corresponding to the screw insertion holes for fixing the screw of the projection piece in the rectangular projection 731 are bored, respectively, In this case, the right side edge is sharpened in a blade shape. The pivotal support portion is rotatably supported within the lower end portion of the rectangular projection 731 about a longitudinal axis, and the cutter member 734 rotates around the lower end portion. So that it is pulled out from the rectangular projection 731 so as to be inclined outward (right side in the figure) or, conversely, stored so as to stand in the rectangular projection 731, that is, arrow A1 in FIG. It is held so as to be swingable as shown by. The locking portion 734N is an extension piece which is bent in a side view in the form of a hook from the upper end of the main body portion 734B (rear in the figure) and extends on the upper surface of the extension piece. A locking protrusion 734E extending along the circumferential direction when the cutter member 734 rotates is integrally formed, and the outer end (right end in the figure) of the locking protrusion 734E extends to the tip It is a downward slope.

  The seal cover member 735 is a substantially vertically long rectangular parallelepiped capable of accommodating the rectangular projection 731 with a considerable margin inside, and one side (left side in the figure) opposite to the first control board box 730A is the entire surface. It is a generally box-shaped cap-like member that is open in a general manner. On the open side edges (left edge in the figure) of the upper and lower walls of the seal cover member 735, claws (not shown) which can be engaged with the locking projections 734E of the cutter member 734 project on the inner surface The provided locking piece 735E is integrally formed.

  In the seal cover member 735, a region (hereinafter referred to as "upper region") 735T extending over the front wall surface, the rear wall surface, the upper end portion of one side wall surface, and the upper wall surface; In the lower end portion of the side wall surface and the region (hereinafter referred to as “lower region”) 735B extending to the four surfaces of the lower side wall surface, a skin layer (the same as the skin layer 42T of the stage forming member 429 in the above embodiment The laminated structure is not shown), whereby the shell in the upper region 735T and the lower region 735B is a semitransparent mirror, while the region extending over three planes between the upper region 735T and the lower region 735B The 735M (hereinafter referred to as "middle region") is made of only a transparent resin without a skin layer being formed.

  On the inner side of the rectangular projection 731 side end wall (right end wall in the figure) of the box cover 732, the position slightly behind the upper end of the rectangular projection 731 (forward lower in the figure) The LEDs 736 T for confirming the sealing state are disposed outward (to the right in the figure) at positions slightly above the lower end (front upper in the figure) of the lower end of the lower end. The light is irradiated to the outside through the gap (margin) between the seal cover member 735, and the two upper and lower portions are similarly arranged on the opposite side (rear side in the figure) across the rectangular projection 731. The LED for sealing state confirmation is arrange | positioned at (not shown).

  In the step of assembling the first control board box 730A, when the box base 733 is fitted to the box cover 732, the cutter member 734 is pivotally supported by the pivotally supporting portion while both projecting pieces of the box cover 732 and the box base 733 The rectangular projection 731 is configured to be interposed between and fixed by the upper and lower screws 737, and the sealing seal 601 is attached to the rectangular projection 731 and then the base end of the rectangular projection 731 is reached. The seal cover member 735 is fitted so as to cover it. Then, the locking piece 735E of the seal cover member 735 is elastically locked to the locking projection 734E of the cutter member 734 (not shown). Thus, once the seal cover member 735 is fitted to the rectangular projection 731, the seal cover member 735 is first removed to separate the box cover 732 and the box base 733 in order to open the first control board box 730A. As described above, when the seal cover member 735 is removed due to the locking of the locking piece 735E and the locking protrusion 734E as described above, the cutter member 734 is inevitably pulled so as to be dragged by this. Will be removed. At this time, since the sealing seal 601 is attached so as to cover the rectangular projection 731 from the outside including the cutter member 734 as described above, the sealing seal 731 is inevitably cut by the cutter member 734. Therefore, the configuration in which the cutter member 734 and the seal cover member 735 are attached to the first control substrate box 730A as described above makes the sealing by the sealing seal 601 more reliable.

  When opening the first control board box 730A for the purpose of internal inspection etc., the locking piece 735E of the seal cover member 735 is forcibly removed from the locking projection 734E of the cutter member 734 by a tool etc. The cover member 735 is removed from the rectangular protrusion 731 and the sealing seal 601 is peeled off and removed, the screw 737 fixing the rectangular protrusion 731 is removed, and the box cover 732 and the box base 733 are separated. After that, when sealing the first control substrate box 730A again, a new sealing seal is prepared and the above procedure is repeated.

  In the first control board box 730A, as described above, the cutter member 734 is rotatably supported inside the lower end portion of the rectangular projection 731 by the pivotally supporting portion at the lower end portion, and the engagement protrusion of the upper end portion The locking piece 735E of the seal cover member 735 resiliently locks to 734E, but in this modification, the vertically symmetrical configuration with this, that is, the cutter member is the pivoting portion of the upper end portion. Another type of first type that is rotatably supported inside the upper end portion of the rectangular projection, and the engagement piece 735E of the seal cover member 735 is elastically engaged with the engagement protrusion of the lower end portion Two types of first control board box are manufactured together with the control board box (hereinafter, the former configuration is referred to as “lower support type” and the latter configuration is referred to as “upper support type”. Name). On the other hand, since the seal cover member 735 is configured to be vertically symmetrical, using the seal cover member 735 having the same configuration, the locking projection 734E of the cutter member 734 in the lower support type is the upper locking piece 735E. The locking projections of the cutter member in the upper support type are respectively locked by the lower locking pieces.

  In the above configuration, when the seal cover member 735 is fitted into the rectangular projection 731, the upper end and the lower end of the cutter member 734 are covered by the upper region 735 T and the lower region 735 B of the seal cover member 735 respectively. The upper region 735T and the lower region 735B become mirror-like when the sealing state confirmation LED is turned off. Therefore, the condition inside the upper region 735T and the lower region 735B becomes invisible from the outside, and the first state It becomes unclear whether the control board box is of the upper support type or the lower support type. In such a state, for example, when an unauthorized person attempts to open the first control board box illegally, the engagement between the engagement protrusion of the cutter member and the engagement piece 735E of the seal cover member 735 is While releasing the seal cover member 735 without removing the seal seal, the cutter member and the seal cover member 735 are engaged at the upper side or at the lower side. Since it is unknown whether it has stopped, it will try to release the locked state on the upper side or the lower side with an intention. Then, if the position is deviated with a probability of 1/2, the seal cover member 735 is removed without the lock state being released correctly, and the seal seal is cut off. That is, it is possible to prevent, with a certain probability, that fraudulent acts are made without being discovered.

  In the above configuration, the upper area 735T and the lower area 735B of the seal cover member 735 are semitransparent mirrors, but the middle area 735M is transparent resin, so the LED for confirming the sealing state is turned off. Even in the state where it is in the state, the information such as the condition of the seal seal 601 and the information of the identification information portion 610 attached to the surface, etc. is held in a state where it can be easily visually confirmed from outside through the central region 735M There is.

  In this example, an upper area 735T and a lower area 735B of the seal cover member 735 and an inner side of the upper area 735T and the lower area 735B of the seal cover member 735 as a covering section covering the locking section of the cutter member which is a fraud target area. A light emitting unit capable of emitting light to the upper region 735T and the lower region 735B side, and the LEDs 736T and 736B for sealing and sealing state confirmation (including the LED for sealing and sealing state confirmation on the opposite side are also included); Since the upper area 735T and the lower area 735B of the seal cover member 735 are semitransparent mirrors, the upper area 735T and the lower area 735B of the seal cover member 735 are in a state where the sealing state confirmation LEDs 736T and 736B are extinguished. The locking part of the cutter member covered by is transparent from the outside It will be held so as not, for example during the night reliably (at a probability of 100%) to the engaging portion of the cutter member in the dark by adding tampering becomes difficult. On the other hand, in a state in which the sealing state confirmation LEDs 736T and 736B are lit, the entire sealing seal 601 can be seen through from the outside by the light emission from the sealing state confirmation LEDs 736T and 736B and the state can be easily confirmed. It will be.

  In addition, the upper region 735T and the lower region 735B of the seal cover member 735 are formed into a thin resin film approximating a metal thin film by molding the resin so as to approximate a metal layer without using metal, thereby forming a semitransparent film. Since the mirror is used, an adverse effect such as noise is less likely to occur in the sealing seal 601 disposed in the vicinity of the locking portion of the cutter member, which is the fraud target portion.

  In this modification, two types of upper support type and lower support type are manufactured as the first control board box, but for example, not only two locking positions but three or more locking positions are provided. To provide three or more types of substrate boxes, which makes it possible to increase the probability of losing the What can be done can be blocked with higher probability.

(8) In the embodiment and the above modification, at least the IC covering portion or the connector cover in the front side member (box cover), back cover, and front side member (box cover) of the substrate box is a covering portion. In the case where each of these parts is totally a semitransparent mirror, for example, among these parts, only the wall on the opposite side to the opening / closing axis in the gaming machine is made a semitransparent mirror, thereby covering The formation of the parts may be easier to reduce the cost. For example, if a fraudster sneaks into the island at night and tries to cheat from the back of the gaming machine, it may try to cheat by opening the gaming machine so as to leave a small gap without opening it completely. In such a case, it is possible to obtain a certain anti-corruption effect if at least the wall seen from the gap, that is, the wall opposite to the opening / closing axis of the gaming machine, is a semitransparent mirror.

(9) In the embodiment and the above modification, as the light emitting portion, an LED for confirming the conduction state of the surface of the control board, a segment for notifying the state, an LED lamp for lighting inside and outside the game board such as center frame illumination Some configurations using a light source originally arranged for illumination at another predetermined place such as (including a reflection means) are used as a light emitting unit for irradiating light to the covering unit, but such a configuration In the case where it is difficult to sufficiently irradiate the coating portion with light from the light source used for illumination at another predetermined place, either by itself or via a reflection means, the LED for confirming the sealing state As described above, a light emitting unit which is inside the covering unit and which can emit light to the covering unit side may be separately prepared and arranged.

(10) In the above embodiment, the pachinko machine 10 has been exemplified, but as the gaming machine, a slot machine, a gaming machine in which the pachinko machine and the slot machine are integrated, is also exemplified besides the pachinko machine.
The basic configuration of the slot machine "includes a variable display means for dynamically displaying an identification information sequence consisting of a plurality of identification information and subsequently displaying the identification information, and is derived from the operation of the starting operation means (eg The dynamic display of the identification information is started, and the dynamic display of the identification information is stopped due to the operation of the stop operation means (for example, the stop button) or when the predetermined time elapses. It is a gaming machine having special gaming state generation means for generating a special gaming state advantageous to the player, as a necessary condition that the fixed identification information is specific identification information.
In this case, coins, medals and the like are representative examples of valuable objects.
As a basic configuration of a gaming machine in which a pachinko machine and a slot machine are merged, “a variable display means for dynamically displaying an identification information sequence consisting of a plurality of identification information and subsequently displaying identification information is provided. For example, the dynamic display of the identification information is started due to the operation of the operation lever, and the identification information is dynamically moved due to the operation of the stop operation means (for example, the stop button) or when a predetermined time elapses. A special game state generation means for generating a special game state advantageous to the player is provided on the condition that the display is stopped and the fixed identification information at the time of the stop is the specific identification information, and the ball is used as a valuable object In addition to the above, the game machine is configured to require a predetermined number of balls at the start of the dynamic display of the identification information, and to be paid out a large number of balls when the special gaming state occurs. It made.

  The present specification discloses any of the following inventions.

A gaming machine according to the present invention comprises, as means A1,
Equipped with a game area where game balls flow down,
A gloss layer in which at least a part of portions that can come into contact with gaming balls inside and outside the gaming area can exhibit gloss equal to or substantially equal to metal, and a transmission layer covering the gloss layer visibly from the outside It is characterized by having a stacked structure.

In the present invention, “a gloss layer capable of exhibiting gloss equivalent to or substantially equivalent to metal” is capable of reflecting external light and exhibiting an appearance having gloss equivalent to or substantially equivalent to metal. Any layer is implied if it is, for example, a layer made of metal or alloy, a layer formed by plating or depositing metal on a solid surface, etc., as described above, metal such as resin or other nonmetal material. All layers obtained by molding so as to approximate layers are included.
In addition, “covering the gloss layer” means covering with a certain gap interposed between them, which can be used for some purposes as it is, for example, placing parts or forming a heat insulating layer. Also, it means that the gloss layer is covered closely (that is, the gloss layer is covered substantially without gaps) without any gap being interposed therebetween. In this case, for example, air bubbles and the like which are unexpectedly mixed in the laminating step do not correspond to such a constant void, and therefore covering the glossy layer in a state including only the air bubble and the like is an interval of the latter constant void. It is equivalent to covering the gloss layer in intimate contact (that is, substantially without gaps) without being intervened. On the other hand, for example, disposing a transparent cover in a state of having a certain margin with the gloss layer is equivalent to covering the former with a certain gap interposed therebetween.

  According to the configuration of the means A1, the glossy layer is protected from the external force by the transmissive layer, whereby deformation such as peeling of the surface is less likely to occur even if the game ball frequently contacts, and It is also possible to avoid the situation in which the mode of flow is affected. In addition, since the gloss layer is covered by the transmission layer so as to be visible from the outside while being protected in this manner, the appearance is not lost, and hence the designability is well maintained.

Further, in the gaming machine according to the present invention, in the gaming machine of means A1 as means A2,
It is characterized in that the gloss layer is a layer obtained by forming a nonmetallic material so as to approximate a metal layer.

  According to the configuration of the above means A2, the gloss layer is less likely to adversely affect the electric component, and therefore, as in the case of the plated layer, the formation portion of the gloss layer and the electric component are arranged apart or as the electric component itself It is possible to eliminate the need for measures such as using high-performance products that are not susceptible to adverse effects. Therefore, high design freedom can be secured without restricting the design of the game board while improving the design.

Further, in the gaming machine according to the present invention, the gaming machine according to the means A2 is the means A3.
A structure in which the glossy layer and the transmissive layer are laminated is formed in at least a part of the winning device.

  According to the configuration of the means A3, since the winning device is at a position close to the winning detection switch, an effect capable of avoiding an adverse effect on the winning detection switch is particularly exhibited.

Further, in the gaming machine according to the present invention, as the means A4, the gaming machine according to any one of the means A1 to A3.
The structure in which the glossy layer and the transmissive layer are stacked is formed in a plate member which covers the large winning opening from the front in the large winning device,
The plate member is a semitransparent mirror.

  Since the game balls are frequently in contact with the plate member covering the big winning opening from the front, and the decorative property or the designability is particularly required in the front side, the transparent layer is transparent as in the above-mentioned means A4. The structure in which the layers are stacked is suitably applied, and furthermore, the behavior of whether the gaming ball enters the large winning opening or flows downward without entering the ball can be visually recognized. Since it is a site which is also required to be placed, it is particularly useful to use a semitransparent mirror as in the above-mentioned means A4.

Further, in the gaming machine according to the present invention, as the means A5, in the gaming machine of the means A2 or the means A3,
A structure in which the glossy layer and the transmissive layer are stacked is formed in at least a part of a stage provided with a winning opening.

  According to the configuration of the means A5, since the winning detection switch is disposed at a close position, an effect capable of avoiding an adverse effect on the winning detection switch is particularly exhibited.

In the gaming machine according to the present invention, the gaming machine according to any one of the means A1 to the means A5 as the means A6,
At least a part of the portion which can be in contact with the gaming balls inside and outside the gaming area is characterized in that it has a laminated structure in which a base layer is formed inside a skin layer having a gloss layer.

  According to the configuration of the means A6, for example, a recycled resin can be used as the base layer. The surface of the part that can come into contact with the gaming balls is required to have smoothness or a low friction coefficient because the gaming balls come into contact, as well as good appearance, but the recycled resin is smooth because impurities are mixed The nature and the coefficient of friction will inevitably vary and it will be difficult to ensure the required level of quality, and therefore, they will not be suitable as a material for forming the surface of the portion where the game balls come in contact. However, in the configuration of the means A6, as described above, at least a part of the surface of the part that can come in contact with the game ball is a skin layer, and this skin layer is responsible for characteristics such as appearance and smoothness. Therefore, the inner substrate layer only needs to have the characteristics required for the substrate such as a certain rigidity, and therefore recycled resins can be used without problems, and the material cost can be reduced accordingly. Desirable from the viewpoint of effective use of resources and environmental protection.

Further, in the gaming machine according to the present invention, as means B1,
A covering portion that covers a portion that may be a target of fraud (in the present specification, also referred to as a “traffic target portion”);
And a light emitting unit that is inside the covering unit and can emit light to the covering unit side,
The covering portion is a semitransparent mirror.

In the present invention, the "part that can be a target of fraud (a target of fraud)" implies any part that is inside or outside the gaming machine and can be targeted as a target of fraud, for example, main control Substrates, various control substrates such as payout control substrates, main control devices provided with various control substrates, various control devices such as payout control devices, various winning detection switches, payout devices, card reader units called CR sand And CR sand and a connection portion between the game machine and the game machine (wiring, connector portion, substrate, etc.), etc. are all included.
In addition, the “light emitting unit” is not only configured to irradiate light only to the covering unit, but, for example, light from a light source configured to be irradiated to a site other than the covering unit as it is, as it is It is also implied that the coating part is also irradiated by utilizing or reflecting it.
The "semitransparent mirror" is also called a magic mirror, a half mirror, etc., and it is made semitransparent by forming a metal thin film by plating or depositing metal on a transparent member such as plate glass or transparent resin. When this is installed, of the two sides, the bright side reflects light and looks only like a mirror, while the dark side allows the light from the bright side to pass through. In the present invention, in addition to this, as described above, the metal thin film is formed by forming a nonmetallic material such as a resin on the transparent member so as to approximate the metal layer. A nonmetallic thin film similar to the above is formed to be semitransparent so that the same function as described above can be exhibited.

  According to the configuration of the means B1, when the light emitting part is turned off, the inner side becomes darker than the outer side than the covering part, so that the illegal target part covered by the covering part can not be seen through from the outside If, for example, a fraudster attempts to cheat an illegal target site by lighting from outside the covering in the dark at night, the covering only reflects the light of the lighting like a mirror. The internal fraud target site can not be visually identified, and thus it is difficult to conduct fraudulent acts. On the other hand, when the light emitting unit is on, the inside of the cover is brightened by the light emitted from the light emitting unit, so that the illegal target portion can be seen through from the outside, for example, the gaming machine is operating Since the game board is constantly illuminated at least inside the gaming machine, the light emitting unit is turned on and at least the inside of the gaming machine is kept in a state where the fraudulent target part can be visually recognized from the outside. Even in the case where the substrate box or the like which is required is a covering portion, it can be made transparent when the gaming machine is in operation.

Further, in the gaming machine according to the present invention, as the means B2, in the gaming machine of the means B1,
The covering portion is characterized in that a nonmetallic thin film close to a metal thin film is formed as a semitransparent mirror by forming the nonmetallic material so as to approximate to a metal layer.

  According to the configuration of the above-mentioned means B2, it is possible to make it difficult for the ill effects such as noise to occur in the fraud target part and the electrical components in the vicinity thereof.

Further, in the gaming machine according to the present invention, the gaming machine according to the means B1 or the means B2 is used as the means B3:
The fraudulent target portion is a connector connection portion of the main control board, and the connector cover is a semitransparent mirror as a covering portion.

  According to the configuration of the means B3, it is possible to effectively prevent the fraud from being applied to the connector connection portion.

Further, in the gaming machine according to the present invention, in the gaming machine according to any one of the means B1 to the means B3 as the means B4,
The fraudulent target portion is a CPU of a control substrate, and at least an IC covering portion of a box cover as a covering portion is a semitransparent mirror.

  According to the configuration of the means B4, it is possible to effectively prevent the fraudulent act from being added to the CPU of the control board.

Further, in the gaming machine according to the present invention, as the means B5, in the gaming machine of the means B4,
It is characterized in that the whole of the box cover as the covering portion is a semitransparent mirror.

  According to the configuration of the means B5, it is more difficult for the position of the CPU of the control board which is the fraud target part to be grasped from the outside, and it is possible to more effectively prevent fraud.

Further, in the gaming machine according to the present invention, in the gaming machine of means B4 or B5 as means B6,
The CPU of the control board is covered by a protective wall.

  According to the configuration of the means B6, the CPU makes it difficult for the outside to make contact with the outside by the protective wall, which further makes it difficult for fraudulent acts. In other words, the cheating of the control board, which is the target area for fraud, is effectively cheated by two measures: concealing by the function as the semitransparent mirror of the box cover and protecting by the protective wall. Will be protected from

Further, in the gaming machine according to the present invention, in the gaming machine according to any one of the means B1 to the means B6 as the means B7,
The fraud target site is at least a part of the back of the gaming machine, and the back cover is a semitransparent mirror as the covering.

  According to the configuration of the means B5, the back cover can cover the back surface portion of the gaming machine which is the fraud target portion over a wide area at one time, and the tampering operation can be effectively prevented.

Further, in the gaming machine according to the present invention, in the gaming machine of means B7 as means B8,
The back cover is characterized in that it has an extension substantially extending to the lower end of the back of the gaming machine.

  According to the configuration of the above-mentioned means B7, it is possible to cover the fraud target site at once over a wider range, and it is possible to prevent the fraudulent operation more effectively.

Further, in the gaming machine according to the present invention, in the gaming machine according to any one of the means B1 to the means B8 as the means B9,
The said fraud target site | part is a latching | locking part of sealing seal cutting member, The part which covers the latching | locking part of the sealing seal cutting member at least in a sealing seal cover as a coating part is a semitransparent mirror.

  According to the configuration of the means B <b> 9, it is possible to effectively prevent the fraud from being applied to the locking portion of the sealing seal cutting member.

In the gaming machine according to the present invention, the gaming machine according to any one of the means B1 to the means B9 as the means B10,
The gaming machine is a pachinko machine.

  The basic configuration of the pachinko machine includes an operation handle, and in response to the operation of the operation handle, a ball, which is an example of a valuable object, is fired to a predetermined game area, and the ball is disposed at a predetermined position in the game area As a necessary condition for winning (or passing through the operation gate) to the operation opening, identification information (such as a symbol) dynamically displayed on the display device may be determined and stopped after a predetermined time. In addition, when the special game state occurs, the variable winning device (specific winning opening) disposed at a predetermined position in the gaming area is opened in a predetermined manner to enable the ball to be won, and the value according to the number of winnings What is given a value (including not only prize balls but also data etc. written on a magnetic card) can be mentioned.

  In the pachinko machine, the illegal target is covered with a cover part as a semitransparent mirror, and light can be irradiated to the cover part side by the light emitting part, so that the illegal act is effectively added. A pachinko machine which can be prevented is obtained.

Further, in the gaming machine according to the present invention, the gaming machine according to any one of the means B1 to the means B9 as the means B11,
A game machine is a slot machine.

The basic configuration of the slot machine "includes a variable display means for dynamically displaying an identification information sequence consisting of a plurality of identification information and subsequently displaying the identification information, and is derived from the operation of the starting operation means (eg The dynamic display of the identification information is started, and the dynamic display of the identification information is stopped due to the operation of the stop operation means (for example, the stop button) or when the predetermined time elapses. It is a gaming machine having special gaming state generation means for generating a special gaming state advantageous to the player, as a necessary condition that the fixed identification information is specific identification information.
In this case, coins, medals and the like are representative examples of valuable objects.

  In the slot machine, the illegal target is covered with a covering portion as a semitransparent mirror, and light emission can be applied to the covering portion side by the light emitting portion to effectively add fraud. A slot machine that can be prevented is obtained.

Further, in the gaming machine according to the present invention, the gaming machine according to any one of the means B1 to the means B9 as the means B12,
The gaming machine is characterized in that it is a gaming machine in which a pachinko machine and a slot machine are fused.

  As a basic configuration of a gaming machine in which a pachinko machine and a slot machine are merged, “a variable display means for dynamically displaying an identification information sequence consisting of a plurality of identification information and subsequently displaying identification information is provided. For example, the dynamic display of the identification information is started due to the operation of the operation lever, and the identification information is dynamically moved due to the operation of the stop operation means (for example, the stop button) or when a predetermined time elapses. A special game state generation means for generating a special game state advantageous to the player is provided on the condition that the display is stopped and the fixed identification information at the time of the stop is the specific identification information, and the ball is used as a valuable object In addition to the above, the game machine is configured to require a predetermined number of balls at the start of the dynamic display of the identification information, and to be paid out a large number of balls when the special gaming state occurs. It made.

  In a gaming machine in which a pachinko machine and a slot machine are fused, the cover portion as a semitransparent mirror covers the illegal target portion, and the light emitting portion can irradiate light to the cover portion side, so that the illegal operation is performed. A gaming machine having a combination of a pachinko machine and a slot machine can be obtained which can effectively prevent an action from being added.

  The present invention can be suitably implemented in a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine.

711: Box cover (cover)
713: Main control board 713C: CPU (irregular target part)
713L: LED for confirming the power status (light emitting part)
713S: Segment for status notification (light emitting unit)

Claims (2)

A covering made of a semitransparent mirror capable of concealing an area which may be a target of fraud;
A protective wall that can make it difficult for an area that may be the target of the fraud to be touched from the outside;
And a light emitting unit that is inside the covering unit and can emit light to the covering unit side,
The gaming machine characterized in that the protective wall has a parallel portion which is parallel to a surface which constitutes the covering portion on the outside of the covering portion . The gaming machine is a pachinko machine, a slot machine, or a gaming machine in which a pachinko machine and a slot machine are integrated, and is a gaming machine using balls as valuable objects. Gaming machine.