JP2001293185A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine which can minimize the damage by an unfair act even if an unfair act has been executed on a paying-out device. SOLUTION: This game machine is constituted so that game media stored in a storing position 7 (7A) of the game machine main body 1 to store game media supplied from a supply line 20 are supplied to a supply position, and is equipped with a supply control means 30 to supply a specific number of game media from the supply line 20 to the storing position 7A based on a premium winning number signal based on a game premium winning signal sent from the game machine main body 1 when a game comes in a premium winning game mode.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine including a cash machine and a so-called CR machine, and a rotating drum gaming machine (slot machine). And
This gaming machine includes a pachinko machine with a pachinko ball lending machine and a slot machine with a medal lending machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a slot machine, a storage portion for storing game media supplied from a medal supply system,
That is, a game medal payout device equipped with a medal hopper is internally provided, and based on a game winning signal from a slot machine, which is issued when a winning game mode is established, the game medal payout device is provided in the form of the winning. A specific number of medals (for example, two, five, ten, fifteen, etc.) are paid out to a payout site (that is, a tray) based on the number of medals.

[0003] In order to prepare for the response at the time of winning, the medal hopper attached to the game medal payout device needs to always store a certain number of medals (for example, about 300 to 500) in the medal hopper. For this purpose, a conduction sensor is provided in the medal hopper, and when the medal in the medal hopper reaches the lower limit level, a medal is newly supplied from the medal supply system into the medal hopper, and replenishment is performed until the medal reaches the upper limit. The supply is stopped when the upper limit is reached. The upper and lower limits are detected by a conduction sensor.

[0004]

However, the illegal player intervenes in the game medal payout device or its signal system, and illegally intervenes at the time of winning, and the medal in the medal hopper is received by the game medal payout device. In some cases, fraud continues to flow. Once illegally intervening in the game medal payout device, the medals in the medal hopper are always in a shortage state, so the medal supply system keeps supplying medals into the medal hopper, so a large number of medals are given to the unauthorized player. .

[0005] A main problem of the present invention is that even if an illegal intervention is made to the game medal payout device, the damage due to this is small.

[0006] Another problem is that even if an illegal intervention is made on a pachinko gaming machine or a game medium (pachinko ball or medal) lending machine, the damage caused by the illegal intervention is small.

[0007]

The present invention which has solved the above-mentioned problems is as follows. <Invention according to claim 1> A gaming machine configured to pay out a game medium from a storage portion of a gaming machine main body storing a game medium to be supplied from a supply system to a payout portion, wherein A supply control means for supplying a specified number of game media from the supply system to the storage site based on a game prize signal from the gaming machine main body, which is issued when the form is reached, and based on the prize value signal; A gaming device characterized by the following.

<Invention according to claim 2> A gaming machine configured to pay out pachinko balls to a payout site from a storage site in a pachinko machine main body that stores pachinko balls supplied from a replenishment system, Replenishment control means for replenishing a specific number of pachinko balls from the replenishment system to the storage area based on a game prize signal from the pachinko machine main body, which is issued when a winning game mode is established, and based on the value signal of the prize. A gaming device comprising:

<Invention according to claim 3> A pachinko machine that lends pachinko balls by inserting a game lending medium into a pachinko machine main body provided with a storage portion in the pachinko machine main body that stores pachinko balls supplied from a replenishment system. A ball lending machine is integrally attached, and after the game lending media is inserted, a pachinko ball equivalent to the money member selected by the lending instruction operation and a prize from the pachinko machine body when the winning game form A specific number of pachinko balls based on the value signal of the is configured to be paid out from the storage site to the firing portion of the pachinko balls,
A game machine comprising replenishment control means for replenishing pachinko balls corresponding to the number of pachinko balls to be paid out from the storage part to a pachinko ball firing part from the supply system to the storage part.

<Invention according to claim 4> A gaming machine configured to pay out a payout portion from a storage portion of a game media lending machine for storing game media supplied from a supply system, A specific number of game media is supplied from the replenishment system to the storage site based on the value signal of the money input from the game media lending machine, which is issued when a predetermined money input is made to the medium lending machine. A game device comprising supply control means.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in more detail with reference to the drawings. <Example of a rotating body gaming device (slot machine)> FIGS. 1 to 3
As shown in FIG. 1, when the slot machine 1 inserts one to three medals as game media from the medal insertion slot 2 and operates the start lever 3, the slot machine 1,
4 rotates. The turning cylinders 4, 4, 4 are stopped by the stop buttons 5, 5, 5, and when they are aligned, a winning state is established. Based on a winning signal from the game base 6, the medal payout device 7 operates, The number of medals stored in the hopper 7A according to the winning value is paid out to the tray 8 as a payout site through the payout port 8a.

In this case, a credit (reserved) game is also possible, and among the stored medals, the stored medal input buttons 9A and 9B are respectively set according to the number of one, two and three medals to be inserted. , 9C, and then press the credit settlement (storage medal settlement) button 10 to accumulate until the settlement. Therefore, medals are not paid out to the receiving tray 8 until the credit settlement button 10 is pressed, and only when this is pressed, the number of stored medals according to the value of the winning total is paid out to the receiving tray 8.

Conventionally, when the number of stored medals decreases due to the payout of medals, a medal supply device (supply system) 20 attached to the island passes through a medal supply port 11 of each slot machine to provide a medal payout device. 7 is supplied to the hopper 7A.

As described above, in preparation for the response at the time of winning,
In the medal hopper 7A attached to the game medal payout device 7, it is necessary to always store a certain number of medals (for example, about 1000 to 2,000) in the medal hopper 7A. When a sensor is provided and the medals in the medal hopper 7A reach the lower limit level, medals are newly supplied from the medal supply system 20 into the medal hopper 7A, and replenishment is performed until the medal reaches the upper limit. Supply is stopped at that point.
The upper and lower limits are detected by a conduction sensor.

As described above, the illegal player intervenes in the game medal payout device or its signal system, and illegally intervenes at the time of winning, and the game medal payout device 7 causes the medal in the medal hopper 7A to be placed on the receiving tray 8. In some cases, fraud continues to flow. When this happens, the medal hopper 7A
Since the medals inside are always in a shortage state, the medal supply system keeps supplying medals into the medal hopper 7A, so that a large number of medals are given to the unauthorized player.

Therefore, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
A supply control means 30 for supplying a specified number of game media from the supply system 20 to a storage site, in this example, the medal hopper 7A, based on a game prize signal from the game base 6 of the slot machine 1 based on the winning value signal. Is provided.

Here, the number of stored medals in the medal hopper 7A may be a number sufficient to pay out at one time in correspondence with a credit (storage) game. Since the loss increases, instead of storing about 1000 to 2000 sheets as in the past,
For example, about 50 sheets may be used. Storing the minimum number of medals also deals with the case where the payout is not performed from the game medal payout device 7 and the medals in the medal hopper 7A may remain.

As a result, even if the game medal dispensing device 7 is illegally intervened, the loss is only 50 or slightly more than this, and the loss is small because it is the minimum. There is an advantage that any unauthorized intervention on the medal payout device 7 is eliminated.

On the other hand, the replenishment control means 30 can replenish the medal hoppers 7A from the replenishment system 20 with medals of the winning value each time a prize is won. ) (For example, every 5 times), the total value of each winning (for example, 2
Irrespective of the form of replenishment for 10 times, once for 10 times and once for 15 times, 31 sheets, or the predetermined total number of prizes, the total value of each prize is, for example, 30 (from 25 to 25). It may be determined whether the number exceeds the payout reference number range (e.g., the number of medals may be equal to 40) or not.

It should be noted that the "specified number of game media" to be replenished in the present invention includes all of the preceding embodiments.

On the other hand, the supply control means 30 can be constituted by, for example, the same one as the game medal payout device 7. The medal hopper may temporarily hold a predetermined number of medals from the replenishment system 20 as a replenishment hopper, so that when a problem occurs in the replenishment system 20, the replenishment to the medal hopper 7A cannot be made in time. This is a desirable form. In this case, the upper limit and the lower limit of the number of medals temporarily held in the supply hopper can be controlled using the proximity switch and the conduction sensor. FIG. 3 shows the upper and lower limit conduction sensor 7B.

Further, the supply control means 30 is provided with a supply medal number counter 31 between the supply control means 30 and the medal hopper 7A. The supply medal counter 31 is used to control the number of medals supplied to the medal hopper 7A. If necessary, a signal of the replenishment medal counter 31 is given to the hall computer, and in the hall computer, the correlation between the number-of-medals-to-be-paid signal from the game medal dispensing device 7 and the number of replenished medals is determined. It can be.

<Examples of CR Pachinko Machines> Pachinko gaming machines include a so-called first-type pachinko gaming machine called a fever-type or a digi-pachi, a second-type pachinko gaming machine called a hikoki-type or a fake-type. There are a third-class pachinko gaming machine called a game machine and a pachinko game machine called a general electric machine.

Among these models, in the first-type pachinko gaming machine, the variable display unit of the variable display device as the variable display means is provided based on the winning of the game ball to the starting winning opening provided in the game unit. A variable display game in which predetermined symbols are variably displayed in a fixed order is performed, and the left symbol display portion, the middle symbol display portion, and the right symbol display portion which are vertically divided into three portions of the variable display portion have predetermined display symbols. A certain stop pattern (for example, “1,1,1”, “2,2,2”, “3,3,”
3 "," 4,4,4 "," 5,5,5 "," 6,6,6 "
("6", "7, 7, 7", etc., or the same symbol or the same pattern, such as "○, ○, ○", "△, △, △"). Convert the big winning opening of the variable winning device to the open state so as to be advantageous to the player,
Let the player play a special game (big hit state game)
By giving the player many chances of winning prize balls, the interest of the player is connected, and a certain profit of the game store is secured.

This type of pachinko gaming machine, in particular, as a pachinko gaming machine 50 and a game media lending machine as shown in FIGS. In many cases, fraudulent acts are performed on a so-called CR pachinko machine configured to form a pair with the ball rental machine 60 of the related art. One of the illegal acts is an illegal discharge act on the ball discharge device 81 and the discharge control device 73 (see FIG. 5).

More specifically, the ball lending machine 60 has a built-in card reader (not shown). On the front panel of the ball lending machine 60, a card insertion / ejection slot 60A corresponding to the card reader, an insertion balance display 60B for displaying the balance of a card as an inserted game lending medium,
An effective display lamp 60C for displaying that the ball lending machine 60 is in an operating state is provided. On the other hand, pachinko machine 5
0, the supply tray 51 attached to the front panel 50A.
An operation unit 52 for performing the lending instruction operation of the present invention is formed on the upper surface of the computer. On the operation unit 52, a balance display 52a for displaying the balance of the card inserted into the card insertion / ejection opening 60A, a conversion button 52b for giving a command for conversion to a loaned ball, and a command for discharging (returning) the card. A return button 52c is provided.

Reference numeral 53 denotes a lower tray for storing award balls that have overflowed inside when the supply tray 51 is full.
Reference numeral 54 denotes an operation dial of the hitting ball firing device that fires balls supplied from the supply tray 51 one by one into the game area 55 in the transparent glass window.

In a substantially central portion of the game area 55, a variable winning device 56 as a variable winning means is provided, and a special symbol display device for performing a variable display game for generating a right to a big hit (special game) is provided. Have. The game area 55 is provided with general winning ports 57, 57... And a starting port 58.

An out ball collecting port (not shown) is provided at a central position in the lower center of the game area 55. And
A specific winning detector (not shown in the figure) for detecting a winning ball in them is installed in the starting port 58.

In this embodiment, the CR pachinko machine is generally constructed as described above. When a ball wins in any of the starting ports 58 of the game area 55 during a game, the winning is detected as a specific winning detection in them. It is detected by the container and stored in the accessory control device 72 (see FIG. 5). Based on this storage, a variable display game in which the variable display of the special symbol display device is performed for a predetermined time and then stopped and displayed in a predetermined order is performed.

The variable display game is repeatedly executed until the winning storage of the accessory control device becomes "0".
A big hit occurs when the same symbol such as a zigzag numeral such as “5, 5, 5”, “6, 6, 6”, “7, 7, 7” is used.

FIG. 5 is a rear view showing the back mechanism of the pachinko gaming machine 50. At the center of the rear part of the pachinko gaming machine 50, a winning ball collecting gutter 71 for collecting the balls winning in the respective winning portions 56, 57, 58 of the gaming area 55 and separating the balls into the winning ball processing device 70 one by one is installed. Have been. A special symbol display device is operated based on a detection signal or the like from a special figure detector, or a variable winning device 56 based on the result of the variable display game at each of the left and right positions below the winning ball collecting gutter 71. There is provided an accessory control device 72 having a game base (ROM) in which a game content for causing a special game to be played is provided, and a discharge control device 73 for controlling discharge of award balls and lending balls.

Above the back of the pachinko game machine, there is provided a storage tank 80 as a storage portion in the main body of the pachinko machine for storing balls before being discharged, and below the storage tank 80, a series of balls from the storage tank 80 are arranged. Ball discharging device 8
A guiding gutter 82 for guiding to 1 is provided. The guide path in the guide gutter 82 is formed, for example, in two rows so that a large amount of balls can be supplied in a short time. The game ball discharged by the ball discharge device 81 reaches the ball supply tray 51 through the downflow gutter 83, and the ball overflowing from the ball supply tray 51 flows out into the tray 53 through the gutter 84. ing. A power supply connection unit 85 is provided on the upper right side of the back side of the pachinko gaming machine, and a launch control unit 86 for controlling the hit ball launcher is provided on the lower left side of the pachinko gaming machine.

Now, the ball discharge device 81 and the discharge control device 73
If an illegal discharge action (see FIG. 5) is performed, the discharge control device 73 does not operate normally, and all the pachinko balls in the storage tank 80 pass through the guide gutter 82 and are directly discharged to the ball supply tray 51. Would. Since the pachinko balls disappear in the storage tank 80, the replenishment system 100 continues to supply pachinko balls into the storage tank 80. As a result, the unauthorized player can obtain a large amount of pachinko balls.

In order to prevent this misconduct, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 5, a replenishment control means 90 for replenishing a replenishment system 100 to a storage tank 80 as a storage part is provided. The supply control means 90 is provided for the pachinko ball counter 9.
1 is provided.

The replenishment control means 90 and the pachinko ball counter 91 correspond to the replenishment control means 30 and the replenishment medal number counter 31 in the slot machine, and perform the same control. That is, the replenishment control means 90 controls the game base (RO
M), the game base 6 of the main body of the slot machine 1 which is issued when the winning game is played.
A specific number of pachinko balls are supplied from the replenishment system 100 to the storage tank 80 as a storage site based on the game winning signal from the game machine. The supply form and the number of supply balls at this time can take various forms as in the case of medals. For the details, refer to the above description of the case of the medal.

<Example of Cash Pachinko Machine> The cash pachinko machine also basically does not include the ball rental machine 60 as a game media lending machine but is different from the pachinko machine main body. Similarly, by providing a supply control means and a pachinko ball counter between the supply system 100 and the storage tank, control can be performed in the same manner as a CR pachinko machine.

<Example of Game Media Lending Machine> In the case of a cash pachinko machine, a pachinko ball lending machine as a game medium lending machine is provided adjacent to the pachinko machine main body. The pachinko ball lending machine is also fraudulent, and the game system 1
Pachinko balls may be extracted from 00. In the case of a pachinko ball lending machine, a storage tank is not provided, but a pachinko ball is stored in a passage between the game system 100 and the payout device. If the payout device does not operate normally, a large amount of pachinko balls will be exploited from the gaming system 100 through the payout device as it is to the upper tray.

Therefore, it is preferable to provide replenishment control means for replenishing from the replenishment system 100 to the dispensing device as a storage site.

[0040]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to minimize the damage even if there is an illegal intervention in the game payout apparatus.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention for a rotating drum game machine (slot machine).

FIG. 2 is a schematic view from the front.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view from the back.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a credit-type pachinko machine.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an internal mechanism on a back surface.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Slot machine 1, 2 ... Medal slot, 3 ... Start lever, 4 ... Spindle, 6 ... Game base, 7 ... Medal payout device, 7A ... Hopper (storage part), 8a ... Payout opening, 8 ... Receiving tray , 20 ... Medal supply device (supply system),
30 ... supply control means, 31 ... supply medal number counter, 8
0: storage tank, 90: replenishment control means, 91: pachinko ball counter.

Claims (4)

[Claims] Claims 1. A gaming machine configured to pay out a game medium to a payout area from a storage area of a game machine body for storing the game medium to be replenished from a replenishment system. It has replenishment control means for replenishing a specified number of game media based on the value signal of the winning, based on a game winning signal from the gaming machine main body, which is issued when the game machine body is supplied, from the replenishment system to the storage site. Gaming device. 2. A gaming machine configured to pay out pachinko balls from a storage portion of a pachinko machine body for storing pachinko balls supplied from a replenishment system to a payout portion, and a winning game mode. It has replenishment control means for replenishing a specific number of pachinko balls from the replenishment system to the storage site based on a game winning signal from the pachinko machine main body, which is issued when the pachinko machine main body is issued. Gaming device. 3. A pachinko ball lending machine that lends pachinko balls by inserting a game lending medium into a pachinko machine body provided with a storage portion in the pachinko machine body for storing pachinko balls supplied from a supply system. After the game lending media is inserted, the pachinko ball equivalent to the money selected by the lending instruction operation is specified based on the lending instruction operation, and based on the winning value signal from the pachinko machine itself when the winning game is entered The number of pachinko balls is configured to be paid out from the storage site to the launching unit of pachinko balls, and the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the number of pachinko balls to be paid out from the storage site to the launching unit of pachinko balls, from the replenishment system. A game device comprising replenishment control means for replenishing a storage site. 4. A gaming machine configured to pay out from a storage portion to a payout portion in a game media lending machine for storing game media supplied from a replenishment system, Supply control means for replenishing a specific number of game media from a replenishment system to a storage site based on a value signal of the money input from the game media lending machine, which is issued when a predetermined money input is performed. A gaming device characterized by the following.