JPH06254208A - Roulette game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To excite a player by allowing the player to hope for the occurence of a bonanza from various viewpoints, by a method wherein a liquid crystal display is fitted into an opening part on a playing board and if the player wins a roulette game at the time when a rotary body stops, the player can immediately play a game different from the roulette game, on the liquid crystal display. CONSTITUTION:A rotary body 23 with a ringed board 25 is attached to the output side of a driving motor 38 attached to a supporting member 35 which is mounted in a box body. A printed sheet 5 with a pointer 11 for a prize- winning section is stuck on one side of a transparent plate. Furthermore, a liquid crystal display 20 is fitted into a first opening 13 on a playing board 12. The rotary body 23 is composed of the ringed board 25 and an umbrella rib-shaped framework 26 which is attached to the reverse side thereof. If a pattern on the ringed plate 25, on which pattern a player bets, is showed by the pointer 11 at the time when the rotary body stops, a reel in each window on the liquid crystal display 20 is moved simultaneously and variably, and a game of a slot machine is played. When a prize is won, the prize by the game of the slot machine is added to another prize by a roulette game.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a roulette gaming machine installed in various health lands, game centers and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a roulette gaming machine, a gaming machine main body is pivotably attached to a front opening portion of a box body having an appropriate shape, and the gaming machine main body is at least an acrylic plate,
An opening / closing door having a transparent plate such as a glass plate, a printing sheet attached to the transparent plate and provided with contents of a roulette game with characters, patterns, etc., attached to the back side of the printing sheet, and A game board having a plurality of light passage holes in the circumferential direction corresponding to each partition or partition provided on the printing sheet, and arranged on the back side of the game board so as to face each of the light passage holes. A plurality of lighting lamps and each of these lighting lamps are electrically connected, and the blinking of each lighting lamp is sequentially blinked as if the light were rotating to the player's vision. It was equipped with a central processing unit.

However, the conventional roulette gaming machine is
"A game board having a plurality of light passage holes in the circumferential direction corresponding to each partition or section formed on the printing sheet, and arranged on the back side of the game board so as to face each of the light passage holes. Since there are multiple lighting lamps ", there is no element to rotate the hitting panel like an actual roulette game or to actually rotate some rotating disk, and each lighting lamp blinks. Since it simply flashes the light sequentially to the player's vision as if the light were spinning, there was still one step left in terms of vision. Further, since a plurality of blinking lamps must be arranged so as to face the respective light passage holes of the game board, there is a drawback that the manufacturing is not easy and the cost is high.

[0004]

In view of the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, the present invention makes it possible to bring the player's vision closer to the image of a real roulette game, and is easy to manufacture. To get a cheap roulette gaming machine.

[0005]

The roulette gaming machine of the present invention has a support member fixedly attached to the back side of the opening / closing door or inside the box, a drive motor attached to the support member, and the output of the drive motor. Of a rotary body attached to the shaft and having an annular plate positioned or facing an annular second opening formed in the game board of the opening / closing door, and a hitting section provided on the surface of the annular plate of the rotating body. A print sheet having a hit index and attached to one side surface of the transparent plate of the opening / closing door, and a liquid crystal display fitted into the first opening of the game board are provided.

In the above structure, the rotating body is fixedly attached to the annular plate and the back side of the annular plate, and
It is characterized by comprising an umbrella frame of a fluorescent lamp as a whole or an umbrella-shaped frame body formed like a frame of a monkey.

Further, the hitting index serving as a reference of the hitting section provided on the surface of the annular plate of the rotating body, having the above-mentioned main components as a main part, is not a printed sheet but a transparent member fixedly attached to the opening / closing door. It is provided at an appropriate place on the plate.

[0008]

Operation: First, the liquid crystal display is attached to the first opening of the game board. Next, the drive motor is mounted in the mounting frame portion of the support member. Next, the rotating body is attached to the output shaft of the drive motor. On the other hand, the printed circuit board is mounted on the mounting bar of the support member. Then, the liquid crystal display, the drive motor, etc. are connected to the central processing unit of the printed circuit board.

After mounting the drive motor and the rotating body on the support member in this way, the support member is fixed to the back side of the game board or the opening / closing door. Then, the annular plate of the rotating body faces the second opening of the game board and the second window of the print sheet.

When the roulette gaming machine is turned on, a game different from the roulette game appears on the display section of the liquid crystal display. Therefore, when the player inserts a medal into the medal slot of the gaming machine, selects a specific symbol and presses the bet (bet) button, and then presses the start button, the rotating body rotates due to the driving force of the drive motor. To do.

If the roulette game hits when the rotating body stops, a game different from the roulette game is immediately played on the liquid crystal display.

[0012]

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the outer appearance of the main part of the roulette gaming machine X from the front. Reference numeral 1 denotes a gaming machine main body that is pivotably attached to a front opening of a box body 2 having an appropriate shape so as to be openable and closable.

The game machine body 1 will be described in more detail. Reference numeral 3 is a transparent plate such as an acrylic plate or a glass plate. The transparent plate 3 is formed in a rectangular shape and pivotally attached to the front opening of the box body 2. It is fixedly attached to the opening of the opened / closed door 4.

Reference numeral 5 is a printing sheet which is attached to the rear surface of the transparent plate 3 and has a plurality of transparent or notched windows corresponding to the respective openings formed in the game board described later.

Here, the window portion of the print sheet 5 will be described. Reference numeral 6 denotes a rectangular first window portion in the central portion, and two connecting portions 8 for connecting to the non-window portion 7 in the central portion are provided outside the first window portion 6.
An annular second window portion 9 is formed except for 8. Second ring
The window 9 means that it is “annular” as a visual overall image, and in reality, the two arcuate portions are vertically symmetrical as shown in FIG. 1 in relation to the connecting portions 8 and 8. Has been formed. In this embodiment, two connecting portions 8 and 8 are provided on the left and right sides, but at least one connecting portion may be provided.

Therefore, the shape of the annular second window portion 9 is not particularly limited as long as it can resemble a roulette game. Therefore, if the window portion is formed in an endless shape such as an elliptical shape or a polygonal shape, it corresponds to the meaning of “annular”.

Reference numeral 10 designates a third window portion for displaying the number of medals, which is formed in a plurality under the print sheet 5.

Reference numeral 11 is a hitting index such as an arrow, a dot or a line provided at an appropriate position on the outer peripheral edge of the annular window 9 of the print sheet 5.

By the way, in this embodiment, the hit index 11
Are provided at appropriate positions on the print sheet 5, but do not necessarily have to be provided on the print sheet. For example, when the print sheet 5 is attached to the back side of the transparent plate 3, the hit index 11 is outside the annular window 9. It may be provided on one side surface of the transparent plate 3 so as to be located at the peripheral portion.

The reference numeral 12 has a first opening portion 13 corresponding to the rectangular first window portion 6 in the central portion, and the first opening portion 13 is provided.
The second portion corresponding to the annular second window portion 9 surrounding the
It is a game board having an opening 14. The meaning of the “ring” of the second opening 14 of the game board 12 is the same as that of the print sheet 5 described above. Therefore, the central portion 16 in which the first opening 13 is formed is integrally connected to the remaining portion 17 via the left and right connecting portions 18, 18.
In addition, a plurality of third openings 15 for displaying the number of medals corresponding to the third window portion 10 are also formed in the lower part of the game board 12. The game board 12 is made of an appropriate material such as wood or synthetic resin material and is formed to have substantially the same size as the transparent plate 3.

Reference numeral 20 is a color liquid crystal display fixedly fitted in the first opening 13 of the game board 12 through a plurality of end hat type attachment pieces 21 and a plurality of fixing members 22. The front surface of the liquid crystal display 20 has a first opening 1
When it is fitted in 3, the printed sheet 5 is located in the first window portion 6.

Reference numeral 23 faces the annular second opening portion 14 of the game board 12 and the annular second window portion 9 of the printing sheet 5, and has a plurality of hitting partitions or hitting compartments 24 such as letters, symbols and figures on the surface. It is a rotating body having an annular plate 25 provided.

In order to reduce the weight, the rotating body 23 is fixedly attached to the annular plate 25 and the back surface of the annular plate 25 as shown in FIG. Alternatively, it is composed of an umbrella-like frame body 26 formed like a monkey frame. Then, the umbrella-shaped frame 26
Is a disc-shaped central disc portion 28 having a central hole 27, a plurality of elongated arm portions 29 radially extending from the central disc portion 28, and an annular shape connecting each tip of these arm portions 29. It consists of two mounting ring parts 30 for the plates and a reinforcing ring part 31 provided between these mounting ring parts 30 and the central part 28.

In addition, in this embodiment, in order to prevent the rotating body from swinging, each arm portion 29 of the umbrella-like frame structure 26 is further added.
A polygonal anti-shake piece 33 having a plurality of air circulation holes 32 is also fixedly provided inside thereof.

Next, 35 is a U-shaped support member. This support member 35 has mounting pieces 36 at opposite ends thereof, and is attached to the back side of the game board 12 or the opening / closing door 4 via these mounting pieces 36. Attached appropriately. The support member 35 may be appropriately attached to the box body 2 in some cases.

A mounting frame portion 39 for the drive motor 38 is provided on the inner wall surface of the central portion 37 of the supporting member 35, and the drive motor 38 is fixedly mounted inside the mounting frame portion 39. On the other hand, mounting bars 40 for a printed circuit board (not shown) are provided on the outer wall surface of the central portion 37 of the supporting member 35 with a required space, and the central portion 37 is also provided.
A plurality of blinking lamp mounting holes 41 are formed in the.

The output shaft of the drive motor 38 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the rotary body 23 is attached to the output frame, which is projected from the mounting frame 39.

Next, 45 is a plurality of betting buttons provided at appropriate places on the box body 2 or the opening / closing door 4, and these betting buttons 45 have respective symbols 46 drawn on the surface of the annular plate 25 of the rotating body. The betting pattern 47 corresponding to is drawn.

A start button 48 is provided near the bet button 45. The opening / closing door 4 is also provided with a speaker 49, a locking device 50, a medal insertion slot 51, a medal ejection slot 52, and the like.

In the above structure, first, the liquid crystal display 20 is attached to the first opening 13 of the game board 12. Next, the drive motor 38 is mounted in the mounting frame portion 39 of the support member 35. Next, the rotating body 23 is attached to the output shaft of the drive motor 38. In this case, the rotating body 23 is the central hole 2 of the central disk 28.
It is attached to the drive motor 38 via 7. On the other hand, the printed circuit board is mounted on the mounting bar 40 of the supporting member 35. The liquid crystal display 20, the drive motor 38, etc. are electrically connected to the central processing unit of the printed circuit board.

In this way, the drive motor 38 is attached to the support member 35.
And the rotating body 23 are attached respectively, and then the support member 3
5 is fixed to the back side of the game board 12 or the opening / closing door 4. Then, the annular plate 25 of the rotating body 23 faces the second opening 14 of the game board 12 and the second window 9 of the print sheet 5.

When the roulette gaming machine X is turned on, a game different from the roulette game appears on the display section of the liquid crystal display 20. In this embodiment, a plurality of window frame portions and pseudo reels appear.

Therefore, when the player inserts coins or medals into the medal insertion slot 51 of the gaming machine main body 1, selects a specific symbol, presses the bet (bet) button 45, and then presses the start button 48, the drive is started. The rotating body 23 is rotated by the driving force of the motor 38. The rotation speed of the rotator 23 is controlled by the central processing unit, and the rotator 23 gradually rotates slowly and finally stops.

If the betting pattern of the annular plate 25 now comes to the hitting index 11 when the rotating body 23 is stopped, each reel in each window frame portion of the liquid crystal display 20 immediately changes independently. Then, when the slot machine game is hit after each reel fakely fluctuates, the hit of the slot machine game is added to the hit of the roulette game, and the total number of medals at that time is the third window of the gaming machine main body 1. It is displayed on the section 10 by a lighting lamp (not shown).

[0036]

As is apparent from the above description, the present invention has the following effects. (1) Since the annular plate having the hitting section of the rotating body is positioned or faces the annular second opening of the game board, it is possible to appeal to the player's vision a more realistic image of the roulette game. . (2) Since it is not necessary to arrange a plurality of blinking lamps so as to face the respective light passage holes of the game board as in the conventional case,
It is easy to manufacture and at the same time can be manufactured at low cost. (3) Since the liquid crystal display is provided in the first opening of the game board,
The roulette game of the main body of the game machine can be developed by adding another different game to the liquid crystal display. Therefore, it is possible to make the player have a sense of expectation for the generation of a winning combination from various angles, and further increase the excitement degree of the player. (4) An embodiment in which the rotating body is composed of an annular plate and an umbrella-like frame body fixedly attached to the back side of the annular plate and formed as a whole like an umbrella frame of a fluorescent lamp or a frame of a monkey. In this case, the weight of the rotating body can be reduced and the air resistance can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of a partial cutaway showing an appearance of a main part of a roulette gaming machine of the present invention from the front.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing the outer appearance of the main part of the roulette gaming machine of the present invention from the back side.

3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a schematic explanatory view of a game board of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a main part of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a rotating body of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 X ... Roulette gaming machine, 1 ... Gaming machine main body, 2 ... Box body, 3 ... Transparent plate, 5 ... Printing sheet, 6 ... First window portion, 8 ... Connection portion, 9 ... Second window portion, 10 ... Third Window part, 11 ... Hit indicator, 12 ... Game board, 13 ... First opening part, 14 ... Second opening part, 15 ... Third opening part, 16 ... Central part, 18 ... Connection part, 20 ... Liquid crystal display, 23 ... Rotating body, 25 ... Annular plate, 26 ... Skeleton body, 28 ... Center board part, 33 ... Shake prevention piece, 35 ... Support member, 38 ... Drive motor, 39 ... Mounting frame part, 45 ... Betting button.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A support member fixedly attached to the back side of the opening / closing door or inside the box, a drive motor attached to the supporting member, and an output shaft of the drive motor, and a game board for the opening / closing door. A rotating body having an annular plate located at or facing the annular second opening formed on the rotating body, and a hitting index of a hitting section provided on the surface of the annular plate of the rotating body, and a transparent opening / closing door. A roulette gaming machine comprising a printing sheet attached to one side surface of a plate and a liquid crystal display fitted in the first opening of the gaming board. 2. The rotating body according to claim 1, wherein the rotating body is fixedly attached to the back side of the annular plate, and
A roulette gaming machine comprising an umbrella frame of a fluorescent lamp as a whole or an umbrella-shaped frame formed like a frame of a monkey. 3. A support member fixedly attached to the back side of the opening / closing door or inside the box, a drive motor attached to the supporting member, and an output shaft of the drive motor, and a game board for the opening / closing door. A rotating body having an annular plate positioned at or facing the annular second opening formed on the rotating body, and a hitting index of a hitting section provided on the surface of the annular plate of the rotating body, and fixed to the opening / closing door A roulette gaming machine including a transparent plate that is mounted on the gaming machine and a liquid crystal display that is fitted into the first opening of the gaming board. 4. The rotating body according to claim 3, wherein the rotating body is fixedly attached to the back side of the annular plate, and
A roulette gaming machine comprising an umbrella frame of a fluorescent lamp as a whole or an umbrella-shaped frame formed like a frame of a monkey.