JPH08126753A - Pachinko machine and its playing - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a Japanese pinball game (Pachinko) machine in which the handling of game balls for play is unnecessitated and a player can feel actually a prize winning profit by the weight of won game balls by adopting a circulation system of circulating the game balls between an ejecting means and a game panel. CONSTITUTION: This machine is provided with a closed loop shaped game ball circulating path 33 for circulating a prescribed number of game balls B between an ejecting means 23 and a game panel 5, a prize winning profit counting means for counting the prize winning profit when the game ball B ejected by the ejecting means 23 enters or passes a prescribed part of the game panel 5, and a ball delivering means 24 for delivering the game balls corresponding to the prize winning profit at the time of the settlement of account.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball game method and a ball game machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a ball game machine, a pachinko machine,
Arrange ball machine etc. In this conventional ball game machine, for example, a pachinko machine, when the operation handle is operated after the game ball is put in the upper plate, the firing means is activated and the game balls on the upper plate are individually fired by the ball feeding means. Along with the supply to the top, the game ball supplied to the launch rail is struck by the hammer of the launching means, and is shot to the upper part of the game board via the guide rail.

Then, when the game ball hits an obstacle nail or the like and falls along the game board, when the game ball enters a predetermined portion such as a winning opening or a winning means mounted on the game board, the game ball enters the game ball. Depending on the number of balls, the game balls are paid out to the upper plate as prize balls, while the game balls that have fallen to the lower part of the game board without entering the predetermined part such as the winning opening and the winning means are out balls and are out balls. It is designed to be collected from the rear side of the game board.
As the game balls used in the game, coins, bills, cards, etc. are put in a ball lending machine, a number of game balls corresponding to the amount of money is borrowed, and the game balls are automatically or manually put in the upper plate.

[0004]

In the conventional pachinko machine, the game balls on the upper plate are supplied to the launch rail one by one by the ball feeding means, and the game balls after launch are all collected from the game board to the island side. I am trying to do it. Therefore, if all the game balls on the upper plate are exhausted, the player needs to handle the game balls for launching, whether directly or indirectly, such as borrowing the game balls from the ball lending machine again.

The out balls are collected from the out ball opening of the game board to the island side, and the game balls are supplied to the winning means while supplying the game balls from the ball replenishing means side on the island side to the ball payout means of the main body of the game machine. When a player wins a prize, a method of paying out a predetermined number of game balls to the upper plate by a ball payout means according to the number of balls won is adopted, so a large amount of game balls are always played on the pachinko machine during the game. Will pass through.

Therefore, the equipments of the ball supply device and the ball recovery device on the island side also become complicated and large in size, and there is a disadvantage that the facility investment in a game shop equipped with a large number of pachinko machines is significantly large. . In view of such a conventional problem, the present invention adopts a circulation system in which a game ball is circulated between a launching means and a game board, thereby eliminating the need to handle the game ball for a game and It is an object of the present invention to provide a ball game method and a ball game machine in which the winning profit can be realized by the weight of the game ball.

[0007]

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 1, a predetermined number of game balls B are placed in a closed-loop game ball circulation path 33 between the launching means 23 and the game board 5. , A game ball B which is dropped along the game board 5 while the game ball B is launched onto the game board 5 by the launching means 23 during the game and is circulated.
When the player enters or passes a predetermined portion of the game board 5, the winning profit recording means 43 records the winning profit, and at the time of settlement, the gaming ball according to the winning profit is paid out by the ball payout means 24.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the first aspect, a holding ball portion capable of firing the game ball B by the launching means 23 at the start of the game is set, and the holding ball portion is set. If there is a winning profit by launching the game ball B of, the number of game balls B corresponding to the winning profit is sequentially added to the number of balls held, and at the time of settlement, the number of game balls corresponding to the number of balls held is paid out as a ball payout means. It is paid out by 24.

The present invention according to claim 3 is provided with a closed-loop game ball circulation path 33 for circulating a predetermined number of game balls B between the launch means 23 and the game board 5, and the launch means 23 launches the game ball. A winning profit recording means 43 for recording winning profit when the game ball B enters or passes a predetermined part of the game board 5, and a ball payout means for paying out the game ball according to the winning profit at the time of settlement.
With 24 and.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the third aspect, there is provided a ball lending processing means 41 for lending processing by setting the number of holding balls that can be launched by the launching means 23 at the start of the game. , A launch detection means 31 for detecting the game ball B launched by the launch means 23, and a ball lending processing means 41
The number of shots detected by the launch detection means 31 is subtracted from the number of holding balls set by
Ball possession counting means 44 for counting the possessed balls by adding the number of prize balls counted by 43, and game balls for the possessed balls counted by the possessed ball counting means 44 at the time of settlement are paid out by the ball payout means 24. And a settlement processing means 46 for controlling the settlement.

The present invention according to claim 5 is the invention according to claim 3 or 4, further comprising holding ball display means 17 for displaying the number of holding balls counted by the holding ball counting means 44. is there.

[0012]

When the game is started, the lending processing means 41 sets the number of balls to be shot by the launching means 23 and performs the lending processing. Then, at the time of the game, the launching means 23 launches the game ball B onto the game board 5 to the game board 5 side,
The game is played while circulating the game ball B in the game ball circulation path 33 including the launching means 23 and the game board 5. While the game ball B shot on the game board 5 falls along the game board 5, if the game ball B enters or passes a predetermined part, the winning profit recording means 43 responds to the winning ball. Record winning income.

On the other hand, when the game means B is launched by the launching means 23, each time the launch detecting means 31 detects the launch, the holding ball counting means 44 gives the amount of launch from the holding ball set by the ball lending processing means 41. If there is a winning profit, the number of game balls counted by the winning profit recording means 43 is added to the balls to count new balls. The number of held balls is displayed on the held ball display means 17. At the time of payment, the payment processing means 46 operates to activate the ball payout means 24, and the ball payout means 24
By the game ball counting means 44, the game balls corresponding to the number of balls held are paid out.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a pachinko machine illustrating a first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a front frame, which is pivotally attached to a front side of a pachinko machine body (game machine body) 2 so as to be openable and closable. ing. A glass door 3 and a front plate 4 are attached to the front frame 1, and a game board 5 is detachably attached to the rear side of these.

As shown in FIG. 2, a guide rail 6 for guiding the launched game ball B is provided on the front surface of the game board 5, and a display unit 7 is provided at the center of the game board 5 in the left-right direction. Starting gate 8, winning opening 9, lower central winning means 10
And, the out ball opening 11 is arranged in the vertical direction, and the windmill 12, the upper winning means 13, the lower winning means 14, and the lower winning opening 15 are arranged on the left and right sides of these.

The display unit 7 includes a display case 16 having a front part projecting forward, a holding ball display means 17 and a variable symbol display means mounted above and below the display case 16 below the front part.
18 and its display case 16 is attached to the game board 5. The variable symbol display means 18 is provided with three symbol display parts in the left-right direction, the game ball B passes through the starting gate 8,
When the starting gate 8 detects the game ball B, the display symbol of each symbol display unit is configured to change for a predetermined time. In addition, each symbol display unit is configured to display, for example, numerical symbols 0 to 9 by a segment system or a dot system.

The holding ball display means 17 is for displaying the number of holding balls, is constituted by a display means such as a liquid crystal, and is arranged above the variable symbol display means 18. Lower central winning means 10, when the stop symbol of each symbol display section of the variable symbol display means 18 becomes a combination of symbols, the opening and closing plate 19 thereof is released for a certain time, and the game ball B falling from above The opening / closing plate 19 guides the player to enter the ball. The inside of the lower central winning means 10 is divided into three passages, and any one of the three passages is set as the operation area 20, and when the game ball B passes through the operation area 20. , A profit state that is advantageous to the player is generated.

Below the game board 5, a ball storage tank 21, a ball feed means 22, a launch means 23 and a ball payout means 24 are provided. The ball storage tank 21 has a launching means during the game.
Even if the game balls B are continuously fired by 23, the number of balls does not occur on the launching means 23 side, for example, 50 to
A large number of about 300 game balls B are stored. In the ball storage tank 21, the game balls B that have entered or passed through the winning openings 9, 15, the lower central winning means 10, the upper winning means 13, the lower winning means 14, the out-ball opening 11, etc., and the guide rails 6 The ball collection cover 25 and the return passage 26 are connected so as to return the return ball and the return ball to the ball storage tank 21.

The ball collecting cover 25 is attached to the back side of the game board 5 in correspondence with the winning openings 9 and 15, the lower central winning means 10, the upper winning means 13, the lower winning means 14, the out-ball opening 11 and the like. The return passage 26 is communicated between the launch rail 27 of the launching means 23 and the guide rail 6, and the return passage 26 is provided with a return ball detecting means 28 for detecting a return ball.

The launch means 23 is a strike mallet 29 for hitting the game ball B supplied on the launch rail 27, and this strike mallet 29.
A firing motor (not shown) that drives the
It is equipped with 30 and a launch detection means 31, and is mounted on the front frame 1 side. When the operating handle 30 is operated, the firing motor drives the batting mallet 29, and the batting mallet 29 moves the game ball B on the firing rail 27 along the guide rail 6 to the gaming board.
It is designed to fire to the 5 side.

The launch detection means 31 is a game ball on the launch rail 27.
When the game ball B is launched by hitting B with a batting mallet 29, the launch of the game ball B is detected. The ball-sending means 22 is for sending the game balls B in the ball-sending path 32 one by one onto the launch rail 27 in conjunction with the launching operation of the launching means 23, and is mounted on the front plate 4 side. . Ball feeding passage 32
Is connected to the outlet side of the ball storage tank 21, and the game balls B in the ball storage tank 21 are arranged in a line and come out from the ball feed passage 32 side.

Between the launch means 23 side and the game board 5 side, a closed loop game ball is formed via a guide rail 6, a ball collection cover 25, a ball storage tank 21, a ball feed passage 32, a ball feed means 22 and the like. A circulation path 33 is formed. And the game ball circulation path 33
The game ball B, which has been launched to the game board 5 side through the guide rail 6 by the launching means 23, has the winning openings 9 and 15, the lower central winning means 10, the upper winning means 13, the lower winning means 14 and After entering or passing through the out-ball opening 11 etc. and returning all to the ball storage tank 21, it is sent from this ball storage tank 21 to the launch means 23 via the ball feed passage 32 and the ball feed means 22. In addition, the game ball B is circulated in the game ball circulation path 33.

The ball payout means 24 is for paying out game balls at the time of payment and is attached to the back side of the front frame 1. To the ball payout means 24, game balls are supplied from the island side ball supply means. At the lower part of the front frame 1, in addition to the operation handle 30, a card insertion / ejection slot 34, an amount display means 35 for displaying the remaining amount of the card, a ball lending switch 36 for ball lending, and a settlement switch 37 for settlement are provided. Receiving tray 38 for receiving game balls paid out by the ball payout means 24 at the time of settlement
Is provided.

The card insertion / ejection port 34 is for inserting a game card 39 such as a magnetic card, and the reading / writing means 40 is provided on the rear side of the front frame 1 corresponding to the card insertion / ejection port 34. ing. The reading / writing means 40 has a card insertion / ejection slot before the game starts.
When the game card 39 is inserted in the 34, the remaining amount of the game card 39 is read by the magnetic head, and when the ball lending switch 36 is pressed, the remaining amount after the ball lending is played by the magnetic head.
It is designed to be written on 39.

The ball lending switch 36 is for setting the number of ball lending of the game ball B used as a ball at the start of the game. After inserting the game card 39 into the card insertion / ejection slot 34,
When the ball lending switch 36 is operated, the number of ball lending is set by the amount or the like according to the number of operations.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 41 is a ball lending processing means 41.
When the game card 39 is inserted into the card insertion / ejection slot 34 and the ball lending switch 36 is operated, the number of ball lending for, for example, 500 yen is set by one operation, and the number of the ball lending balls B is held. As well as lending processing, 500 yen is deducted from the amount of the game card 39.

42 is a winning ball counting means, each winning opening 9 and 15 mounted on the game board 5, a lower central winning means 10, an upper winning means 13,
This is for counting the number of gaming balls B when the winning balls 14 are won. Numeral 43 is a winning profit recording means, which calculates and records the number of gaming balls to be returned to the player as winning profit according to the number of winning balls counted by the winning ball counting means 42.

Reference numeral 44 is a ball counting means, which is a ball lending processing means 41.
The number of balls to be lent is set as the number of balls to be held and the number of balls to be held is sequentially subtracted one by one when the launch detection means 31 detects the launch of the game ball B, and the prize profit is recorded by the winning profit recording means 43. When it is counted, and return ball detection means 28
When the number of returning spheres is detected, the counting means of the addition / subtraction type is configured to sequentially add the number of the returning spheres to the spheres.
The number of balls held by the ball counting means 44 is
The holding ball display means 17 is adapted to be digitally displayed.

Reference numeral 45 denotes a firing control means, which operates the firing handle of the firing means 23 by operating the operating handle 30 when there is a ball held by the ball counting means 44, and the holding ball disappears or is operated. The operation of the firing motor is stopped when the operation of the handle 30 is interrupted. 46 is a settlement processing means, and at the time of settlement when the settlement switch 37 is operated, the number of holding balls counted by the holding ball counting means 44 is paid out by the ball payout means 24, and each part is reset to the initial state. It is supposed to do.

Next, a method of playing a ball in the pachinko machine having the above structure will be described. In the game, first, the game card 39 is inserted into the card insertion / ejection port 34. In addition to the unique number for each game store, the purchase amount or the balance is recorded on the game card 39 by a magnetic recording method or the like. When the game card 39 is inserted into the card insertion / ejection port 34, the magnetic head of the reading / writing means 40 reads the unique number or the like recorded on the game card 39 and checks the authenticity of the game card 39. If the game card 39 is authentic, the remaining amount and the like are displayed on the amount display means 35.

Next, the player pushes the ball lending switch 36,
When a certain amount of money, for example, the number of ball lending equivalent to 500 yen is set, the ball lending processing means 41 operates and the game card
Amount of 500 yen is subtracted from the amount of money of 39, and game ball B for 500 yen is rented out.
The number of game balls B equivalent to 00 yen is preset. The amount display means 35 displays the remaining amount after subtracting 500 yen, and the holding ball display means 17 displays the number of preset holding balls.

Then, when the player grips and operates the operation handle 30, the firing control means 45 operates the firing motor of the firing means 23 to drive the batting mallet 29, and the ball is interlocked with the firing means 23. The feeding means 22 is activated. And
The ball feeding means 22 sequentially feeds the game balls B supplied from the ball storage tank 21 through the ball feeding passages 32 one by one onto the launch rail 27, and hits the game balls B on the launch rail 27 with the hammer 29. The game ball to the upper side of the game board 5 via the guide rail 6.
Fire B.

When the launching means 23 launches the game balls B one by one on the launch rail 27, the launch detecting means for each launch of the game ball B.
31 detects the firing, and the possession ball counting means 44 sequentially subtracts one from the number of possession balls. At this time, if the game ball B hit by the hammer 29 stalls in the middle of the guide rail 6 and there is a miss-fire, the game ball B becomes a return ball and returns to the ball storage tank 21 from the return ball passage. Therefore, when the returning sphere detecting means 28 detects the returning sphere, the holding sphere counting means 44 adds the number of returning spheres to the holding sphere.

The game ball B shot on the upper part of the game board 5 is
While colliding with obstacle nails and the like, it drops downward along the board surface of the game board 5, and during the fall, the winning holes 9 and 15, the lower center winning means 10,
Whether to enter the upper prize means 13, the lower prize means 14, etc.,
Alternatively, if the player does not enter any of the balls, the player enters the out-ball mouth 11. And after all the game balls B that have entered or passed through the winning openings 9, 15, the lower central winning means 10, the upper winning means 13, the lower winning means 14, and the out-ball opening 11, are collected in the collecting ball cover 25. , After being returned to the ball storage tank 21 through the ball collection cover 25,
Since it is sent to the launching means 23 side again from the ball storage tank 21 via the ball sending passage 32, the ball sending means 22, etc., it circulates in the game ball circulation path 33 in a closed loop shape.

When the game ball B enters the winning opening 9, 15, the lower central winning means 10, the upper winning means 13, the lower winning means 14, etc., these detect the game ball B, and the winning ball counting means 42 The number of winning balls is counted, and the winning profit recording means 43 counts the number of winning balls according to the number of winning balls. Then, during the game, the number of prize balls is sequentially added to the number of possessed balls by the possessed ball counting means 44.

Therefore, the output of the holding ball counting means 44 is
The number of prize balls added to the original ball is output as a new ball, the number is displayed on the ball display means 17, and the new ball can be launched by the launching means 23. Become. Therefore, the player can know the number of balls held at that time including the prize balls by looking at the display of the ball display means 17, and the ball display means 17 displays the game board 5 Since it is located in the center of, the display can be easily confirmed. In addition, since the prize balls are added to the balls to be held, a predetermined number of game balls B in the game ball circulation path 33 are launched to the launch means 23 and the game board.
Even though it is a circulation type that circulates between 5 and 5, it is possible to play the game while using the prize balls as balls as in the conventional case.

During the game, the game ball circulation path 33
After the game ball B put into the ball storage tank 21 is launched to the upper side of the game board 5 by the launching means 23, the game ball B is returned to the ball storage tank 21 side again, and the launching means 23 and the game board 5 While circulating the game ball B in the game ball circulation path 33 including and
Advance the game. Therefore, at the time of the game, the player does not need to handle the game ball B, and during the game,
It is not necessary to supply prize balls and the game board 5 as before
No means for collecting the game ball B that has passed through is required.

When all of the balls are exhausted and no balls are exhausted, the counting output of the ball counting means 44 becomes 0. Therefore, even if the firing control means 45 operates and the operation handle 30 is operated, the firing is performed. The firing motor of the means 23 stops operating, and the firing of the game ball B by the firing means 23 is stopped. When the game is continued, the ball lending switch 36 may be operated again.

When ending the game, a settlement switch
Press 37. Then, the settlement processing means 46 operates to insert and eject the card.
The game card 39 is returned from 34, and the possession ball is dispensed to the saucer 38 by the ball dispensing means 24. That is, the settlement processing means 46 operates the ball payout means 24 to pay out the game balls for the possessed balls stored in the possessed ball counting means 44 to the tray 38.

Therefore, the player can receive the payout of the game balls corresponding to the prize balls recorded by the prize profit recording means 43 during the game, and in the case of the winning game, the return profit is realized by the weight of the game balls. can do. That is,
In the case of a winning game, the return profit is obtained in the case of a winning game, though the game is a circulation type in which the game ball B is circulated in the game ball circulation path 33 including the launching means 23 and the game board 5. It is possible to sufficiently satisfy the psychology of the player who wants to feel the weight of the game ball itself.

Further, the game balls are actually paid out from the ball payout means 24 only at the time of settlement, and at the time of winning during the game, the game balls corresponding to the prize balls are electrically processed without being paid out. Since it is added to the ball and the prize ball is added to the number of balls to be a new ball, the ball payout means
The number of operations of 24 is also reduced, and the number of game balls B to be paid out can be reduced. Therefore, there is an advantage that the structure of the ball payout means 24 can be simplified, its failures and the like can be reduced, and the amount of game balls B supplied by the ball supply means on the island side is reduced.

FIG. 4 illustrates a second embodiment of the present invention, in which a card-type ball lending machine is arranged between a pair of adjacent pachinko machine main bodies 2, and the reading / writing means of this ball lending machine and the pachinko machine. The control means on the main body side is electrically connected. That is, in the first embodiment, the pachinko machine main body 2 side is provided with the read / write means 40, but in the second embodiment, the read / write means 40 is separated from the pachinko machine main body 2 to provide the pachinko machine main body 2. A ball lending machine 50 arranged on the side of the main body 2 is provided with a reading / writing means 40 with a card insertion / ejection opening 34, and a card insertion indicator lamp that lights up when a game card 39 is inserted into the card insertion / ejection opening 34. 51 is provided, and an amount display means 35, a ball lending switch 36, and a settlement switch 37 are provided on the front plate 4 side of the pachinko machine body 2.

Even when the ball lending machine 50 is provided separately from the pachinko machine main body 2 as described above, the same operation as in the first embodiment can be performed. The respective embodiments of the present invention have been described above,
The invention is not limited to this example.

For example, in the embodiment, the winning profit recording means 43
All the game balls B accounted for in the above are added to the balls held by the ball counting means 44, but at the time of the settlement when the settlement switch 37 is operated, the winning profit recording means 43 and the ball counting means 44
If there is a prize ball before addition to the 44 balls, means to record winning profit
Instead of adding at 43, the game balls corresponding to the prize balls may be directly paid out by the ball payout means 24. Further, the game ball circulation path 33 including the launching means 23 and the game board 5 is sufficient as long as it circulates the game ball B between the launching means 23 and the game board 5, and is not limited to the configuration of the embodiment. Not something.

If the holding ball display means 17 is provided at the center of the game board 5, the display can be easily confirmed, but it can be arranged at a place other than the center. Further, in the embodiment, a card-type pachinko machine is illustrated, but the same can be implemented even if a coin, a bill, or the like is inserted. Further, the present invention can be applied not only to pachinko machines but also to other ball game machines such as arrange ball machines.

[0046]

According to the present invention described in claim 1, a closed-loop game ball circulation path between the launching means 23 and the game board 5
A predetermined number of game balls B are put in 33, and the game balls B are dropped along the game board 5 while the game balls B are shot onto the game board 5 and circulated by the launching means 23 during the game.
Means for recording winning profits when entering or passing the prescribed part of 5
The winning profit is recorded by 43, and the game ball according to the winning profit is paid out by the ball payout means 24 at the time of settlement, so that it is not necessary to handle the gaming ball B for the game, and the player can pay the winning profit to the gaming ball. You can feel it by weight. In addition, since the game balls are paid out by the ball payout means 24 only at the time of settlement, the structure of the ball payout means 24 can be simplified, its breakdown can be reduced, and the amount of game balls B supplied by the island side ball supply means can be reduced. There is an advantage of being less.

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 2, in the invention as set forth in claim 1, at the start of the game, a holding ball portion for which the game ball B can be launched by the launching means 23 is set, and the holding ball portion is set. If there is a winning profit by launching a game ball B for a ball, the number of game balls B corresponding to the winning profit is sequentially added to the number of balls, and at the time of settlement, the game balls for the number of balls held are balls. Since it is paid out by the payout means 24, the game can be played in the same manner as a conventional ball-and-ball game machine, although it is a circulation type in which the game ball B is circulated in the game ball circulation path 33.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a closed-loop game ball circulation path 33 for circulating a predetermined number of game balls B is provided between the launch means 23 and the game board 5, and the launch means 23 is used. Winning profit recording means 43 for recording the winning profit when the launched game ball B enters or passes a predetermined portion of the game board 5
Also, since it has a ball payout means 24 for paying out the game ball according to the winning profit at the time of settlement, it is not necessary to handle the gaming ball B for the game, and the player can obtain the winning profit by the weight of the gaming ball. You can feel it. Further, since the game balls are paid out by the ball payout means 24 only at the time of settlement, the structure of the ball payout means 24 can be simplified and the breakdown thereof can be reduced, and the game ball B by the island side ball supply means B There is an advantage that the replenishment amount of is reduced.

According to the present invention described in claim 4, in the invention described in claim 3, the ball lending processing means for performing the lending processing by setting the number of holding balls that can be launched by the launching means 23 at the start of the game. 41, a launch detection means 31 for detecting the game ball B launched by the launch means 23, and a launch detection means from the number of balls held by the ball lending processing means 41
The number of shots detected by 31 is subtracted, and the number of balls held is counted by adding the number of prize balls recorded by the winning profit recording means 43, and the number of held balls counting means 44 is counted at the time of settlement The means for paying out the game balls for the held balls 24
Since it is equipped with a settlement processing means 46 to be paid out by, it is possible to automatically process the increase and decrease of the ball held by the launch and the winning profit, and automatically pay out the game ball according to the ball held at the time of settlement. It is possible to play the game in the same manner as the conventional ball game machine, though the game ball B is a circulation type that circulates in the game ball circulation path 33.

According to the present invention described in claim 5, in the invention described in claim 3 or 4, the holding ball display means 17 for displaying the number of holding balls counted by the holding ball counting means 44.
Since the game ball B is circulated in the game ball circulation path 33, the number of balls held can be easily confirmed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a control system showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a pachinko machine or the like showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols] 5 game board 17 holding ball display means 23 launching means 24 ball paying out means 31 launch detecting means 33 gaming ball circulation path 41 ball lending processing means 43 winning profit recording means 44 holding ball counting means 46 settlement processing means B game ball

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A predetermined number of game balls (B) are placed in a closed-loop game ball circulation path (33) between the launch means (23) and the game board (5), and the launch means ( 23) by game ball (B)
The game board (5) is fired on the board to circulate it.
When the game ball (B) falling along (5) enters or passes the specified part of the game board (5), the winning profit recording means (43) records the winning profit, and the winning profit is paid according to the winning profit. A ball-ball game method characterized in that a game ball is paid out by a ball payout means (24). 2. At the start of the game, the number of balls that can be used to launch the game ball (B) is set by the launching means (23), and the game ball (B) of this ball is launched to win the prize profit. if there is,
The number of game balls (B) according to the winning profit is sequentially added to the number of balls held, and at the time of payment, the number of game balls held is paid out by the ball payout means (24). Item 1. The ball game method according to item 1. 3. A closed-loop game ball circulation path (33) for circulating a predetermined number of game balls (B) between the launch means (23) and the game board (5) is provided by the launch means (23). Game ball shot
(B) is a winning profit recording means (43) for recording winning profit when a ball enters or passes a predetermined part of the game board (5), and a ball payout means for paying out a gaming ball according to the winning profit at the time of settlement ( 24) A ball game machine characterized by having and. 4. A ball lending processing means (41) for performing a lending process by setting the number of holding balls that can be launched by the launching means (23) at the start of the game, and a game ball () launched by the launching means (23). B), the number of shots detected by the launch detection means (31) is subtracted from the number of balls held by the ball lending processing means (41), and the winning profit recording means Ball holding means (44) that counts the number of balls by adding the number of prize balls counted by (43) and the number of game balls that are counted by the ball holding means (44) at the time of settlement The ball game machine according to claim 3, further comprising a settlement processing means (46) for paying out by the payout means (24). 5. The ball game machine according to claim 3 or 4, further comprising holding ball display means (17) for displaying the number of holding balls counted by the holding ball counting means (44). .