JPH067518A - Game apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a game apparatus, in which a decrease in cost can be contrived and pinballs can be cleared out efficiently, and moreover, the degree of freedom in design is high and an unfair practice can be prevented by clearing out pinballs through one ball-counting means. CONSTITUTION:A game machine part 40 has a ball-counting means 60 for receiving a lending signal outputted by a controller 50 on the basis of an amount-of- money signal from a ball-lending machine part 30 and a prize-giving signal outputted on the basis of a predetermined rule and for reckoning the number of balls corresponding to each signal and clearing out the balls to a ball tray 11, and a taken ball-counting means 20 for reckoning the number of pinballs supplies for a game is provided more inward of the game machine part 40 than a ball intake 13 opened in the ball tray 11.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is directed to a ball lending machine section installed in a pachinko game hall or the like for paying out pachinko balls corresponding to the amount of money a player has inserted, and a game machine section using the pachinko balls as a game medium ( In particular, the present invention relates to a game device including a pachinko ball type slot machine) and a control unit for centrally managing the ball lending machine section and the game machine section.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a pachinko ball type slot machine (hereinafter referred to as a pachi-slot machine), coins are inserted into a ball lending machine separately installed next to the pachi-slot machine and provided inside the ball lending machine. The game was started by paying out a ball equivalent to the amount of money that the player entered by the ball rental counter, and manually moving the ball to the bowl provided on the front side of the pachi-slot machine. A prize counter for paying out a predetermined number of prizes is provided inside the pachi-slot machine.

A predetermined amount of balls used for the game are stored in advance in an upper plate attached to the back side of the upper portion of the pachi-slot machine, and the balls are used for prizes. The supply of prize balls is done by aligning the balls of the supply gutters installed inside the gaming machine island in a line with a chute, and then sending them to a supply counter mounted on the island above the pachi-slot machine with a pipe-shaped member called a bellows. By the supply counter, when the upper plate of the pachi-slot machine became empty, it was supplied to the upper plate based on a command from the computer for hall.

After the balls in the upper plate are sent to the prize counting machine in the pachi-slot machine again in a line, as the game progresses, the prize counting machine moves from the prize counting machine to the pachi-slot machine according to a predetermined rule. It was paid out to the bowl on the front side. In addition, a pachinko ball counting machine for counting the number of balls used by a game player is generally provided outside the pachislot machine, such as a bowl of a pachislot machine.

[0005]

However, in such a conventional technique, the ball rental counter and the prize ball counter are separately provided, and therefore each counter is supplied with balls from the supply trough. It is necessary to dispose a chute or bellows for this purpose, and it is also necessary to install another supply counter together with the upper plate on the upper side of the pachi-slot machine, which increases the number of assembly steps and causes a cost increase. It was

Further, when paying out the pachinko balls with a prize ball counter, the pachinko balls once lined up with a chute from a supply gutter are stored in the upper plate in a scattered state, and then the pachinko balls are lined up again. Since it is sent to the prize ball counting machine, it takes double time to pay out the pachinko balls, the number of troubles such as ball clogging increases, and the efficiency of paying out a large number of balls is not good. There was a problem.

Further, in the conventional pachi-slot machine, the pachinko ball counter for counting the balls to be used for the game is located outside the pachi-slot machine. It was easy to work from the outside and there was a risk of fraud.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to the problems of the prior art as described above. By paying out the pachinko balls by one ball counting means, the cost can be reduced and the pachinko balls can be efficiently used. It is an object of the present invention to provide a game device that can be paid out well, has a large degree of freedom in design, and can prevent fraud.

[0009]

The gist of the present invention for achieving the above object is to provide a ball lending machine section (30) for instructing payout of pachinko balls corresponding to the amount of money inserted by a player. A game device (10) comprising a game machine section (40) using a pachinko ball as a game medium, and a control section (50) for centrally managing the ball lending machine section (30) and the game machine section (40). In, the ball lending machine section (3
0) has an identifying means (31) for identifying the inserted amount and sending an amount signal corresponding to the amount to the control unit (50), and the game machine unit (40) has the control unit (40). 50)
Receives a lending signal output based on the money amount signal from the identification means (31) and a winning signal output based on a predetermined rule by the control unit (50), and outputs a signal corresponding to each signal. The number of pachinko balls is counted and the bowl for a player (1
1) has a ball counting means (60) for paying out, and the ball tray (1
Introduced ball counting means (20) for counting the pachinko balls inserted from the ball intake (13) is provided inside the game machine section (40) from the ball intake (13) opened in 1). The present invention resides in a game device (10).

[0010]

The pachinko balls are paid out from the ball counting means (60) by a signal from the control section (50). That is, when the ball counting means (60) receives a lending signal or a prize signal from the control unit (50), a corresponding number of pachinko balls are counted based on each signal and a bowl plate (1) for a player is provided.
Pay out to 1).

The number of pachinko balls paid out by the ball counting means (60) based on each signal can be arbitrarily set by the control unit (50). For example, the ball lending unit (3
When the amount signal from the identification means (31) of (0) corresponds to 1000 yen, 250 shots, and when it corresponds to 500 yen, 1
25 shots, 25 shots are paid out in the case of 100 yen, and the number of pachinko balls paid out corresponding to a prize signal based on a predetermined rule depending on the result of the game is 5, 10, 1.
It can be set arbitrarily, such as 5 or 20.

As a result, a pachinko ball for lending to the player by the ball lending unit (30) and a pachinko ball as an award based on a predetermined rule are used as one ball counting means (6).
Since it is possible to count and pay out by means of 0), it is not necessary to separately provide the ball lending machine section (30) and the game machine section (40) with ball counting means (60) and members for supplying balls. It is possible to eliminate the flow of extra pachinko balls.

The pachinko balls used in the game are
The counting is performed by the taken-in ball counting means (20) provided inside the game machine section (40) from the ball taking-in port (13) in 1). The incorporated ball counting means (20) is provided in the game machine section (4
0) does not appear outside the game machine section (40) and completely fits inside the game machine section (40), so the taken-in ball counting means (20) does not impose a design restriction on the appearance of the game device (10). . Moreover, it is not possible to make or manipulate the taken-in ball counting means (20) from the outside, so that fraud can be prevented.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 6 show an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the game device 1 according to the present embodiment.
0 is a ball lending machine unit 30 for instructing to pay out a pachinko ball corresponding to the amount of money the player has inserted, a game machine unit 40 which is a pachinko ball type slot machine using a pachinko ball as a game medium, and a ball lending machine unit. The control unit 50 is a controller for centrally managing the game machine unit 40 and the game machine unit 40. Although the ball lending machine section 30 and the game machine section 40 are separate bodies in this embodiment, they may be integrated.

On the front surface of the ball lending machine section 30, there are provided a bill insertion slot 32 and a coin insertion slot 33 through which a player inserts bills. Further, the ball lending machine unit 30 has an identification unit 31 that identifies the amount of money inserted from the bill insertion slot 32 or the coin insertion slot 33 and sends an amount signal corresponding to the amount to the control unit 50.

Specifically, when 100 yen is thrown into the ball lending machine section 30, the identifying means 31 outputs an amount signal to the control section 50 to instruct the payout of 25 pachinko balls, and 5
It is connected to the control unit 50 so as to output an amount signal to the control unit 50 instructing the payout of 125 coins in the case of 00 yen and 250 coins in the case of 1000 yen.

The control unit 50 inputs the amount signal from the identification means 31 of the ball lending machine unit 30, and a predetermined number corresponding to the amount signal (25 for 100 yen, 1 for 500 yen).
It is connected to the ball counting means 60 so as to output to the ball counting means (ball counter) 60 a lending signal for instructing the payout of 25 pachinko balls (in the case of 1000 yen, 25 pieces). Further, the control section 50 is set to output a prize signal based on a predetermined rule of the game machine section 40 to the ball counting means 60 to cause the ball counting means 60 to pay out a predetermined number of prize balls.

The game machine section 40 is constructed so that pachinko balls are supplied by the supply gutter 1 arranged on the game machine island. That is, the chute member 2 is provided at a predetermined position of the supply gutter 1.
Is attached to the chute member 2 and the ball counting means 60.
Means a bellows member 3 which is a pipe-shaped member, and a meandering pipe member 4 which reduces the speed of a pachinko ball flowing down.
Connected by. As described above, the upper plate for storing the pachinko balls is not provided above the game machine unit 40. Also, no pachinko balls are supplied to the ball lending unit 30.

The ball counting means 60 is a pachinko ball counting machine capable of accurately and rapidly paying out an arbitrarily commanded number of pachinko balls. Specifically, as shown in FIG.
A gear 61 having a recess 62 into which one pachinko ball is fitted is formed in the ball guide 63, and the gear 61 is rotatably arranged in the ball passage 64 and is supplied into the ball passage 64 from above. The balls that are being dropped due to their own weight are gears 61
The gear 62 is configured to be engaged with the concave portion 62 and fall with the rotation of the gear 61.

The ball counting means 60 allows the gear 61 to continuously rotate, leaving the weight of the pachinko balls to continuously eject the pachinko balls until the number of paid out pachinko balls approaches the command value. Approaches the command value, the rotation of the gear 61 is switched to the intermittent rotation in which the minute angle rotation corresponding to one concave portion 62 of the gear 61 and the stop are alternately repeated, and when the number of payout reaches the command value. The intermittent rotation of the gear 61 is stopped, and the number of pachinko balls according to the command value is paid out. As shown in FIG. 1, the ball guide 63 of the ball counting means 60 is provided with a ball tray 11 via a pipe member 5 such as a bellows.
It is connected to the prize payout exit 12.

At a midway portion of the pipe member 5 connecting the ball counting means 60 and the ball tray 11, it is detected that the pachinko balls paid out from the ball counting means 60 are full in the ball tray 11, and At this time, an overflow detection unit 70 is provided which sends a quantitative detection signal to the control unit 50 and stops the payout of the pachinko balls by the ball counting means 60 via the control unit 50.

The overflow detection unit 70 has a sensor for detecting a pachinko ball that has been jammed in the pipe member 5 without being discharged from the prize payout outlet 12 when the ball tray 11 is full of pachinko balls. It is connected to the control unit 50 in order to detect a jam and output a quantitative detection signal to the control unit 50. The control unit 50 receives the quantitative detection signal from the overflow detection unit 70 and receives the ball counting means 60.
It is set to output a stop signal to the ball counting means 60 in order to immediately stop the operation of.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the game machine section 40.
A ball holding display section 80 is provided on the front surface of the. When the operation of the ball counting unit 60 is stopped, the ball holding display unit 80 is paid out to the ball plate 11 from the number of pachinko balls to be paid to the ball plate 11 by the ball counting unit 60, according to a command from the control unit 50. The remaining number of pachinko balls after subtracting the number of pachinko balls is visually displayed on the outside. The ball holding display 80
It is configured by a 7-segment LED or the like so as to digitally display the number of pachinko balls that cannot be paid out to the ball tray 11.

As a method of displaying the remaining number of balls to be paid out when the bowl 11 is full on the dice display section 80, a method of immediately adding and displaying the remaining count and one by one There are two methods, one is to gradually add and display while counting up. For example, when the ball counting means 60 tries to pay out 250 pachinko balls to the ball tray 11, up to 183 have been paid out, but if the overflow detection unit 70 is activated at that time, the former method will result in remaining. Are displayed on the dice display section 80 as they are. On the other hand, in the latter method, when the number of pachinko balls in the bowl 11 decreases during the addition display, balls can be additionally supplied to the bowl 11, so that the ball is finally added to the ball holding display section 80. The number of balls played may be less than 67.

As shown in FIG. 3, the game surface portion 41 includes
A screen portion 41a for displaying a large number of various patterns is provided. The screen portion 41a is changed by pressing the starting lever 42. The screen portion 41a can be stopped individually by the corresponding screen stop switches 45.

The game console section 40 has a screen stop switch 45.
If the various patterns of the screen portion 41a stopped by the above-mentioned combinations become a predetermined combination on a certain number of hit lines according to a predetermined rule, the control unit 50 can win a prize according to a predetermined payout rate (game rule). It is set to command payout. The control unit 50 is set to output a prize signal according to a predetermined payout rate to the ball counting means 60. Further, below the game surface portion 41, the ball counting means 60
The number-of-prize display section 81 for digitally visually displaying the number of prizes paid out by the outside is provided.

Further, on the front surface of the game machine section 40, a take-in ball selection switch 4 for taking in a pachinko ball into the game machine section 40 from a ball intake 13 provided in the bowl 11 is provided.
4 and a taken-in ball number display section 82 for digitally visually displaying the number of taken-in pachinko balls to the outside.

Inside the ball intake port 13 of the ball tray 11, there is provided an intake ball counting means (four counters) 20 capable of quickly counting the pachinko balls inserted by the player into the game machine section 40. . As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the taken-in ball counting means 20 does not appear outside the game machine section 40, but is completely accommodated inside the game machine section 40.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the take-in ball counting means 20 includes a take-in stage 21 and the take-in stage 21.
The introduction path 22 whose start end is connected to the
Alignment rails 23, 23 ...
And a counting sensor 24 provided at the end of each alignment rail 23 and a payout stage 25 connected to the end of the introduction path 22.

The exit of the intake stage 21 and the introduction path 22
A shutter member 26 that can be opened and closed is provided between the start end and the start end. The shutter member 26 is provided so as to be openable and closable by a rotary solenoid (not shown) that is a drive means, and plays a role of blocking the pachinko balls in the take-in stage 21 from flowing into the introduction path 22 when closed. is there.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the ball lending machine section 3
A recording medium issuing unit 90 is provided below 0.
The recording medium issuing unit 90 controls the control unit 50 when the player presses the settlement switch 46 (shown in FIG. 3) to end the game.
The number of pachinko balls in the ball tray 11 added to the number of pachinko balls displayed in the ball holding display section 80 is recorded on a recording medium such as a card or a receipt,
The recording medium is paid out to the player. At this time, the number of pachinko balls in the ball tray 11 is set to be counted by the taken-in ball counting means 20.

Next, the operation will be described. When a player throws money into the ball lending machine section 30 corresponding to the game machine section 40, an amount signal corresponding to the inserted amount, that is, 1 in the ball lending machine section 30.
A monetary amount signal for instructing the payout of 25 coins is output to the control unit 50 when 00 yen is input, and a monetary amount signal for instructing the payout of 125 coins is output to the control unit 50 when the amount is 500 yen and 250 coins when the amount is 1000 yen.

When the money amount signal from the identification means 31 of the ball lending machine unit 30 is input, the control unit 50 outputs a lending signal for instructing the payout of a predetermined number of pachinko balls corresponding to the money amount signal.
It outputs to the ball counting means 60 and causes the ball counting means 60 to pay out a predetermined number of pachinko balls. The number of pachinko balls paid out by the ball counting means 60 based on the amount signal can be arbitrarily set by the control unit 50.

As shown in FIG. 1, an overflow detecting section 70 is disposed in the middle of the pipe member 5 connecting the ball counting means 60 and the prize payout outlet 12 of the bowl 11 to the ball lending machine section. 250, like when you put a 1000-yen bill in 30
In some cases, individual pachinko balls do not get on the bowl 11. In such a case, the pachinko balls paid out by the ball counting means 60 cannot fit into the ball tray 11 and are packed in the pipe member 5 on the side of the ball counting means 60 from the prize payout outlet 12.
The overflow detection unit 70 detects the jammed pachinko balls and sends a quantitative detection signal to the control unit 50. Thereby, the control unit 50 sends a stop signal to the ball counting means 60 to immediately stop the operation of the ball counting means 60.

When the operation of the ball counting means 60 is stopped, the ball counting means 60 causes the ball tray 1 to be operated by a command from the control section 50.
The remaining number of balls obtained by subtracting the number of pachinko balls paid out to the bowl 11 from the number of pachinko balls to be paid out per 1 is the dice display section 8
Digitally displayed at 0. Ball display section 80 with the remaining number of balls
There are two methods of displaying the remaining counts: a method of immediately adding and displaying the remaining count and a method of gradually adding and displaying while counting up by one count.

Specifically, the ball counting means 60 sets 250
When trying to pay out individual pachinko balls to the bowl 11,
I paid out up to three, but at that point the overflow detector 7
When 0 is activated, the former method causes the remaining 67 balls to be immediately displayed on the ball holding display section 80. Therefore, the player can instantly recognize how many remaining balls are not paid out to the bowl 11 in total.

On the other hand, in the latter method, when the number of pachinko balls in the bowl 11 decreases during addition display, balls can be additionally supplied to the bowl 11 so that the ball holding display section is finally displayed. The number of balls added to 80 may decrease with time, and eventually the number of balls added to the dice display unit 80 may be less than 67.

The pachinko balls supplied into the ball tray 11 are connected to the ball inlet 13 and enter the intake stage 21 of the intake ball counting means 20 provided inside the game machine section 40. Shutter member 26 of incorporated ball counting means 20
Has been stopped by. This incorporated ball counting means 20
As shown in FIG. 3, since it does not appear outside the game machine section 40 but completely fits inside the game machine section 40, the taken-in ball counting means 20 is a constraint on the external design of the game apparatus 10. Absent. Moreover, the ball counting means 20 taken from the outside
It cannot be manipulated or tampered with and can prevent fraud.

When the player starts the game and turns on the ball take-in switch 43, the rotary solenoid 27
Is activated, the shutter member 26 is opened, and the capture stage 2
The balls on 1 flow to four alignment rails 23 in the introduction path 22, and a total of four counting sensors 24 attached to the tips of each alignment rail 23 count up to four pachinko balls at a time.

Since a large number of pachinko balls can be counted in a short time by the four counting sensors 24 as described above, even if a player inserts a large number of pachinko balls into the game machine section 40, the counting of the time-consuming game can be performed. The player can play the game smoothly without hindering the progress.

When the number of pachinko balls is counted by the taken-in ball counting means 20, the count signal is sent to the taken-in ball number display section 82 via the control section 50, and the actually counted number of balls is taken in. It is digitally displayed on the number display section 82. After the pachinko balls are counted, the payout stage 2 of the taken-in ball counting means 20
It is sent to No. 5 and passed through a deceleration damper or the like to a collecting gutter.

After the appropriate number of balls has been loaded into the game machine section 40, when the ball loading switch 43 is turned off, the rotary solenoid 27 is activated again and the shutter member 26 is closed.
The flow of balls from the capture stage 21 is stopped. The player presses one of the three take-in ball selection switches 44. When "1" is pressed, 5 shots, when "2" is pressed, 10 shots, and when "3" is pressed, 15 shots of pachinko balls are subtracted from the intake ball number display portion 82 and displayed. The game is ready.

Depending on the number of pachinko balls selected, the game line is displayed on the game surface 41 according to a predetermined rule, and it becomes possible to know which line the game can be played on. The start lever 42 is operated to continuously change the design of the screen portion 41a, and then the screen stop switches 45 are operated one by one to stop the change of the design of the screen portion 41a. Is determined by the control unit 50, and the control unit 5
0 sends a prize signal to the ball counting means 60 to instruct the ball counting means 60 to pay out the number of prize balls matching the pattern, and the ball counting means 6
0 pays out a predetermined designated number of balls to the bowl 11 according to the prize signal from the control unit 50.

As a result, one ball counting means 60 can count and pay out a pachinko ball to be lent to a player by the ball lending unit 30 and a pachinko ball as an award based on a predetermined rule. It is not necessary to separately provide the ball lending machine section 30 and the game machine section 40 with a ball counting means 60 or a member for supplying pachinko balls.

When the number of balls to be taken in display 82 is 0 or less than the number of balls for one game, the game cannot be played.
The game can be continued by counting the number of pachinko balls in 1 and counting them by the taken-in ball counting means 20 and displaying them on the taken-in ball number display section 82.

The game ends when there are no pachinko balls in the ball tray 11. At this time, if the number of balls is displayed on the ball holding display section 80, the game can be continued. Three types will be described below. First, as a first method, a sensor (not shown) for detecting the presence or absence of a ball is attached to the bowl 11 and when the bowl 11 is out of balls,
The signal is sent to the control unit 50, and the signal is sent from the control unit 50 to the ball counting means 60 to start replenishment. The number of supply balls is 1 to 1
The payout amount is counted and the payout amount from the dice display section 80 is subtracted and displayed until the display becomes zero.

In this way, when the bowl 11 is empty, balls are automatically supplied to the bowl 11 and the game can be continued. At this time, when the bowl 11 is full and the overflow detection unit 70 is activated in the middle, the dispensing to the bowl 11 is immediately stopped. Therefore, the subtraction display on the ball holding display unit 80 is also stopped at that time.

Next, as a second method, when the following operation is performed when the balls on the bowl 11 are exhausted, the display on the ball holding display section 80 is subtracted at a constant speed while the bowl 11 is empty. There is a method in which the subtracted amount is added and displayed on the taken-in ball number display portion 82. Although the game can be continued by this, when the prize balls are paid out by the game, when the next ball take-in switch 43 is operated, the balls are taken in and the taken-in ball number counted by the taken-in ball counting means 20 is calculated. It is additionally displayed on the number-of-imported-balls display portion 82.

As a method for judging the presence or absence of a ball in the bowl 11, as in the above (first method), a method in which a sensor is attached to the bowl 11 and a sensor (not shown) without a sensor are operated. Then, when the counting by the taken-in ball counting means 20 is not performed within a few seconds after the ball taking-in switch 43 is pressed, the display of the ball holding display section 80 is automatically subtracted to display the number of taken-in balls. A method in which addition display is performed on the section 82 is conceivable.

Further, as a third method, when the overflow detecting section 70 cancels the detection of the overflowed balls due to the decrease in the number of balls in the bowl 11, the held ball display section 8 is displayed.
There is a system in which the balls are dispensed to the bowl 11 or the number of balls to be taken in display 82 is additionally displayed until the display displayed at 0 becomes zero.

When the player finishes the game, there may be a case where the number of balls held is reduced and the game is moved to another table, or there is a case where the acquired balls are to be exchanged for prizes. First, a case will be described in which the number of balls held is reduced and it is desired to move to another table. In this case, when a ball box is placed under the ball payout outlet 14 under the ball dish 11 and the ball payout lever 15 is operated, the take-in stage 21 shown in FIG. The balls on the take-in stage 21 and the balls in the bowl 11 are transferred from the ball payout outlet 14 to the ball box.

Although the bowl 11 is empty, the ball holding display 80
When the display of the number of balls remains, the ball counting means 60 is operated until the display of the number of balls on the holding ball display unit 80 becomes zero due to the detection of the presence or absence of balls in the bowl 11 by the sensor provided in the bowl 11. All the pachinko balls can be transferred to the ball box by operating and sending the pachinko balls to the ball tray 11 and further introducing the pachinko balls to the ball payout outlet 14. With this ball box, the player can move to another table and restart the game.

On the other hand, when the player exchanges the accumulated balls for a prize, the settlement switch 46 below the game surface portion 41.
When is pressed, the shutter member 26 of the taken-in ball counting means 20 operates so as to open, the pachinko balls in the bowl 11 flow to the four alignment rails 23, and the flowed-down pachinko balls are counted by the counting sensor 2.
After being counted by 4, it enters the payout stage 25 and is flown to a collecting gutter (dough).

The number of balls counted here is the ball holding display section 80.
When the counting display is completed, the display number displayed in the taken-in ball number display section 82 is added to the internal ball number and displayed, and the display in the taken-in ball number display section 82 is cleared. Next, a signal is sent to the recording medium issuing unit 90 via the control unit 50, and based on the signal, the data of the total number of balls owned by the player at the end of the game and other necessary data are stored in a card, a receipt, or the like. It is recorded on a recording medium, and the recording medium is paid out to the player. The player takes the card or receipt to the prize exchange area and exchanges it for a prize. Thereby,
Players do not need to carry around pachinko balls.

[0055]

According to the game device of the present invention, in the game machine section, the control section outputs the lending signal based on the amount signal from the ball lending machine section and the control section also based on a predetermined rule. Receiving the prize signals to be output, it has a ball counting means for counting the number of pachinko balls corresponding to each signal and paying it out to the bowl for the player, so the payout of the pachinko balls is done by one ball counting means. As a result, the number of assembling steps can be reduced, the cost can be reduced, and the number of troubles such as ball clogging can be reduced, so that the pachinko balls can be paid out efficiently.

Further, since the taken-in ball counting means for counting the balls to be used in the game is provided inside the game machine section from the ball intake in the bowl, the taken-in ball counting means is provided outside the game machine section. Since it does not appear and completely fits inside the game machine section, the taken-in ball counting means does not become a restriction on the external design of the game device. Moreover, it is not possible to make a trick or to tamper with the taken-in ball counting means from the outside, and it is possible to prevent fraud.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a ball counting means (ball counter) incorporated in a game machine unit that constitutes a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG.

FIG. 5 is a take-in ball counting means (four-series counter) provided in a game machine section which constitutes a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG.

FIG. 6 is an incorporated-ball counting means (four-series counter) provided in a game machine section that constitutes a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Game device 11 ... Ball plate 13 ... Ball intake 20 ... Intake ball counting means 23 ... Alignment rail 24 ... Counting sensor 30 ... Ball lending machine 31 ... Identification means 40 ... Game machine 50 ... Control section 60 ... Ball Counting means (ball counter) 70 ... Overflow detection unit 80 ... Ball holding display unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ball lending machine section for instructing payout of pachinko balls corresponding to the amount of money inserted by a player, a game machine section using pachinko balls as a game medium, and the ball lending machine section and the game machine section. In the game device including a control unit that manages the game, the ball lending machine unit has an identification unit that identifies the inserted amount and sends an amount signal corresponding to the amount to the control unit. The machine section receives a lending signal output by the control section based on the money amount signal from the identifying means and a prize signal output by the control section based on a predetermined rule, and the quantity corresponding to each signal. Has a ball counting means for counting the number of pachinko balls and paying them out to the bowl plate for the player, and inside the game machine section from the ball inlet opening in the ball tray, the pachinko inserted from the ball inlet Introduced ball counting means to count balls Game and wherein the door.