JPH0573434B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a card-type game device that uses cards as a transaction medium between a store and a customer.

(Prior Art) Recently, the present application was filed in Japanese Patent Application No. 140,667/1987 for a card-type game device that uses a card, for example, a magnetic ticket, instead of the conventional pachinko balls themselves, as a transaction medium between a store and a customer. people are offering.

First, a ticket issuing machine, which is equivalent to a conventional ball lending machine, issues a magnetic ticket with ball count data magnetically recorded in place of the pachinko balls, and then this magnetic ticket is inserted into the recording/reproducing device of the pachinko machine to play the game. A game is played based on the data on the magnetic ticket, and at the end of the game, if there are any balls at that time, the magnetic ticket with the number of balls recorded by the recording/reproducing device is returned to the player and used for payment. The ticket collection reader reads and displays the latest number of balls on the magnetic ticket, and transactions are made based on this display.

By the way, when playing pachinko, there are times when the player wants to continue the game without interrupting due to running out of balls. In such cases, especially when the probability of winning on the game board is increasing, it is very difficult for the player to lose all balls and have to stop playing. This results in a decrease in the desire to play and a feeling of discomfort.

In order to prevent players from losing their desire to play and causing discomfort due to such interruptions or terminations of play against their will, when the number of balls in possession has decreased to near zero, after interrupting the current game, It is possible to play by lending a new card or by lending a new card with the ball count data added to the current card, but it is extremely troublesome to receive such lending in the middle of a game. In addition, there are various problems that need to be solved with card-based game machines, and it is necessary to prevent troubles from occurring in all cases. For example, the various data written on the card is determined to be legitimate after multiple checks of authenticity using anti-fraud codes, etc., and the card becomes playable.

However, it cannot be said that there are cases in which a card with defective data written thereon is issued due to some kind of coincidence or malfunction, and cards with defective data written thereon sometimes end up being distributed to well-intentioned players. Card-type game machines can now be played with only regular cards, and defective cards such as those mentioned above will not be accepted by the game machine. Even in such cases, smooth processing of defective cards is desired. .

(Object of the Invention) Therefore, the object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and enable a comfortable game in a pachinko machine that uses magnetic tickets as a transaction medium between the parlor and the customer.

(Configuration of the Invention) To achieve the above object, the present invention has the following configuration.

That is, a pachinko machine is provided with a recording/reproducing device in which a conveyance path is formed, a card on which at least ball number data is written is inserted into the conveyance path, and the card is conveyed within the conveyance path by a conveyance means. By exchanging signals between the recording and reproducing device and the card, the pachinko machine becomes ready for playing, and during play, the card is kept in the conveyance path and the number of balls fired and the number of safe balls are set. and a card-type game machine in which the number of balls held is calculated based on the number of foul balls, the pachinko machine having:
Ball number calculation means for calculating the number of balls held based on the number of balls data written on the card and the number of fired balls, the number of safe balls, and the number of foul balls during play, and the number of balls calculation means When the number of balls in possession calculated by is less than a predetermined number that can be added and a new card is inserted into the conveyance passage, the conveyance means evacuates the card from within the conveyance passage. and a comparison means for comparing the data written in the new card inserted into the conveyance path with predetermined regular data, and the evacuation control means is provided with an evacuation control means for the comparison means. If the written data and the regular data on the compared new card match, the evacuated card is discarded, and if they do not match, the evacuated card is transferred to the transport path by the transport means. This card-type game device is characterized in that a new card is returned to the inside of the transport path and a new card is ejected from the inside of the conveyance path.

(Example) Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to drawing examples. In this embodiment, a case will be explained in which the cards used as play media in the hall and the parlor are magnetic tickets recorded by magnetism, but the present invention is not limited to magnetic tickets only.

First, in the card-type game machine of the present invention, a magnetic ticket 1 as shown in FIG. 1A is used as a magnetic card serving as a transaction medium between a store and a customer. This magnetic ticket 1 has one side as a magnetic recording surface 1A, and the other side as a printing surface 1B on which ball number data is numerically printed by a thermal printer, which will be described later.
It is made of paper with the number of balls and code data for prevention of fraud recorded on the magnetic recording surface 1A, and is issued by a ticket issuing machine to be described later.

As shown in Fig. 2, the system is roughly composed of a host computer 2, a code setting device 3, a ticket issuing machine 4, a pachinko machine 5, and a ticket collection/reading machine 6. I will explain about this.

The host computer 2 serves as a central control device for comprehensively managing the entire system, and has various display sections for checking the operating status of the ticket issuing machine 4, pachinko machine 5, and ticket collection reader 6. ing.

The code setting device 3 sends code data for fraud prevention to the host computer 2, ticket issuing machine 4, pachinko machine 5, and ticket collection reader 6. It is equipped with a keyboard, etc., and can input the code data arbitrarily. It is said that it can be set to Dates, store numbers, etc. are used as the code data, and are changed depending on the day or store to prevent fraud.

The ticket issuing machine 4 issues the magnetic ticket 1 shown in FIG. 1, and as shown in FIG.
A microprocessor is connected to a host computer 2 via a connector 4A serving as an adapter, and has a data memory 7 for storing data, a program memory 8 storing system software, and a specified signal controller 9. It is equipped with SETSUSA (hereinafter referred to as MPU) 10. 11 is
This is the data bus of the MPU 10, and the electrical components to be described later are connected to the data bus 11 to form a control circuit system and are controlled by the MPU 10, the sequence of which will be described later. Note that the code setter 3 is connected to the data bus 11 via a connector 4A serving as an adapter. Regarding this control circuit system, the solid line arrows in Figure 3 indicate the flow of data.
Furthermore, the dashed arrow indicates a designation signal issued by a command from the MPU 10 to designate the object to be controlled at that time.

The ticket issuing machine 4 has a sales indicator light 1 on the front of its frame, as shown in Figures 4 and 5.
2, a ticket completion indicator light 13, and a coin input number display section 14 are arranged, and these indicator lights or display sections 12, 13, and 14 are included in a display device 15 in the circuit shown in FIG. It is something that will be done. The sales indicator light 12 is used to indicate that tickets can be sold when it is lit, and conversely, to indicate that tickets cannot be sold when it is turned off. becomes. The ticket end light 13 is turned on when there are no more continuous ticket strips to be used as the material for the magnetic ticket 1, which will be described later, or there are only a few remaining. 1
6 is an input slot, and the coin input number display section 14 is
The number of coins inserted through this slot 16 is displayed numerically.

A sales switch 17 and a coin return switch 18 are further provided on the front side of the ticket issuing machine 1. These switches 17 and 18 are included in a switch device 19 in the circuit shown in FIG. The vending switch 17 is operated to issue a ticket after a predetermined number of coins have been inserted. Reference numeral 20 denotes a coin return slot, and the coin return switch 17 is operated to receive the returned coins from the coin return slot 20. Note that 21 is a ticket issuing port.

A coin storage section 22 such as a conveyor is provided on the back side of the frame of the ticket issuing machine 4, and the inflow side of a coin sorter 23 is connected to the coin input port 16, and the outflow side is branched into two directions. The coin return opening 20 and the coin storage section 22 are connected to each other. The coin sorter 23 is connected to the data bus 11 and has a coin detection switch with a coin return solenoid without clasps.
7 or coin return switch 18 was turned on,
Alternatively, when a non-regular coin is inserted, the power to the coin return solenoid is cut off and the coin is allowed to flow toward the coin return slot 20, and when a regular coin is inserted,
The coin detection switch detects this and outputs a detection signal each time. This detection signal is read by the MPU 10 and stored in the data memory 7 each time, and when the sales switch 17 is turned on, it is used to set the number of payable balls for one coin as shown in FIG. Together with the ball number data from the ball number setter 24, it is used when calculating the ball number data (number of inserted coins) x (number of balls to be paid per coin) for magnetically recording on the magnetic ticket 1.

25 is the issuing machine main body, and this issuing machine main body 2
5, the magnetic ticket 1 is formed in the magnetic ticket 1, and in FIG. is formed, and the magnetic ticket 1 is manufactured while being transported through this transport path. 27 is a continuous ticket band, and this continuous ticket band 27 is connected to the magnetic ticket 1.
The material is wound around the reel member 28.

A swallowing motor 29 is provided near the swallowing port 26, and this swallowing motor 29 is for drawing the continuous ticket band 27 into the conveyance path, and when the sales switch 17 is turned on, It is adapted to be rotationally driven in the direction of the arrow by a motor drive circuit 30. Further, in the vicinity of the intake port 26, a cutter 32 and a drive solenoid 33, which constitute the cutter 31 shown in FIG. The detection sensor 35 is arranged further inward than the cutter 32 in the conveyance path. When the continuous ticket band 27 is detected by the cut position detection sensor 35, the swallowing motor 29 is stopped, the drive solenoid 33 is driven, and the cutter 32 cuts the continuous ticket band 27 into the shape shown in FIG. 1A. It is something that is cut off.

Reference numeral 36 denotes a forward-reversible conveyance motor, and like the swallowing motor 29, this conveyance motor 36 is rotationally driven by a motor drive circuit 30. This is for conveying magnetic tickets 1. A magnetic head 37 for both recording and reproduction is disposed on the conveyance path through which the magnetic ticket 1 is conveyed by the conveyance motor 36, and this magnetic head 37 receives and receives signals from the MPU 11 via a signal converter 38. It's becoming like that. A recording/reproducing position detecting sensor 3 included in the position detecting device 34 is located in the conveyance path at a position where the tip of the magnetic ticket 1 that is moving contacts the magnetic head 37.
9 is provided. This recording/playback position detection sensor 3
When the moving magnetic ticket 1 is detected by the magnetic head 37, the number of balls data and code data for fraud prevention, which are sent from the MPU 11, are first recorded on the magnetic recording surface 1A of the magnetic ticket 1. After the recording is completed, the recorded data is read out. A timing signal generator 40 is connected between the transport motor 36 and the signal converter 38, and the movement speed of the magnetic ticket 1 and the magnetic head 39 are controlled by the timing signal from the timing signal generator 40. The timing of the recording and reproducing operation is now taken.

A take-out position detection sensor 41 is provided at the take-out port 21, and when the moving magnetic ticket 1 is detected by the take-out position detection sensor 41, the transport motor 3 is activated.
When the magnetic ticket 6 is stopped and the magnetic ticket 1 is pulled out from the outlet 41, the magnetic ticket 1 is placed in a state of waiting for new coins to be inserted.

Next, the sequence of the MPU 10 will be explained.

When the power is turned on, first, the power to the coin return solenoid of the coin selector 23 is turned off, and the sales display lamp 12 is turned off. Next, a signal from a ticket end detection switch (not shown) is read, and if the continuous ticket band 27 has ended, the ticket end indicator lamp 13 is turned on, and the device waits in this state until a new continuous ticket band 27 is stored. do.
Is the ticket continuous band 27 stored?
Alternatively, if the continuous ticket band 27 exists, the coin return solenoid is powered on, the sales display lamp 12 is turned on, and a state is made to wait for coin insertion.

Here, when the customer inserts a coin, a coin detection switch (not shown) of the coin selector 23 is turned on.
When the transmitted coin insertion detection signal is read through the data bus, it is stored in an address in the data memory 7 for storing coin insertion number data. When a customer inserts a plurality of coins, each time a customer inserts a plurality of coins, the number is added to the number stored in the data memory 7 and stored.

When the customer finishes inserting the number of coins equivalent to the desired number of coins and turns on the sales switch 17, the signal is read, the power is turned off to the coin return solenoid of the coin selector 23, and a new coin is inserted. prohibited. Next, the ticket swallowing motor 29 is rotated to draw the continuous ticket band 27 into the inside from its end. This is the cut position detection sensor 3.
5, the signal is read and the swallowing motor 29 is turned off to stop its rotation, thereby stopping the movement of the pulled-in portion of the ticket continuous band 27. And the solenoid 33 of the cutter 32
The cutter 32 cuts the drawn-in portion of the ticket continuous band 27 at a predetermined position to form the magnetic ticket 1, and also sends a signal to the rotation direction switch 40 to change the rotation direction of the ticket conveyance motor 36. , set the magnetic ticket 1 to the ticket outlet 21 in the transport direction, that is, on the issuing side.

Next, the ticket transport motor 36 is turned on and rotated to start transporting the magnetic ticket 1. When the magnetic ticket 1 is detected by the recording/reproducing position detection sensor 39, the signal is read and the number of balls per coin set by the ball number setting device 24 and the number of coins inserted by the customer are immediately displayed. are read out from the memories 7 and 8, multiplied by each other to calculate the number of balls equivalent to the amount, and sent to the signal converter 38 through the data bus 11 while sequentially converting into the data format specified by the program. . First, the level of the digital signal sent to the analog-to-digital level converter 38 is converted into an analog signal in a form that can be written magnetically, and the converted signal is sent to the magnetic head 37. As a result, ball number data is first written on the magnetic recording surface 1A of the magnetic ticket 1 by the magnetic head 37. Next, the code setter 3 reads the preset fraud prevention code data, transmits it to the signal converter 38 through the data bus 11, and magnetically records it on the magnetic head 37 in the same way as the ball number data. When this magnetic writing is completed, the conveyance motor 36 is temporarily stopped, the rotational direction is set to the non-issuing side, and then the magnetic head 37 is driven to rotate and the process shifts to data reading by the magnetic head 37. Even when the magnetic writing operation is completed, the data stored in the data storage memory 7, such as the input coin number data and ball number data, are retained without being cleared.

Then, data from the magnetic recording surface 1A of the magnetic ticket 1 read by the read head 19 and converted into digital signals through the signal converter 38 is read and sequentially temporarily stored in the data memory 7. After reading all the data recorded on the magnetic recording surface 1A of the magnetic ticket 1, the read data and the written data are read from the data storage memory 7 and compared. and perform the following processing based on the results.

That is, if the read data and the written data match, the moving magnetic ticket 1 is sent out as it is to the takeout port 21 and waits until it is pulled out by a customer. On the other hand, if the read data and the written data do not match, the ticket transport motor 36 is powered off, the movement of the magnetic ticket 1 is stopped, and the rotation direction switch 38 changes the rotation of the ticket transport motor 36. The direction is set to the direction in which the magnetic ticket 1 passes from the ticket outlet 21, that is, to the non-issuance side, and the ticket conveyance motor 36 is turned on and driven to rotate. The magnetic ticket 1 is then moved to the back of the aisle and stored as a defective ticket in a defective ticket storage box (not shown) or the like. At this time, when a discarded magnetic ticket 1 is detected by a defective ticket detection sensor (not shown), the signal is read and it is confirmed that there are no defective tickets in the aisle anymore. Afterwards, the rotation of the ticket conveyance motor 36 is stopped, the ticket swallowing motor 29 is driven to rotate, and the operation moves on to create a new magnetic ticket 1 from the ticket continuous band 27. Here, when the data does not match, the magnetic ticket 1 is immediately discarded as a defective ticket, but the data may be recorded again.

By the way, when a customer pulls out the magnetic ticket 1 from the ticket outlet 21 and the pull-out position detection sensor detects this, the ticket conveyance motor 36 is stopped, and the inserted coin number data stored in the data memory 7 is transferred to a not-shown transfer mode. It is sent as a pulse signal from a credit drive circuit, etc. to a sales aggregation machine, etc.
Once this is completed, the currently issued magnetic ticket 1
All related data is erased from the data memory 7, and the state waits for a new coin to be inserted.

The ticket issuing machine 4 has been explained above, but
In this embodiment, one head is used for both writing and reading operations, but it is also possible to prepare dedicated heads for writing and reading respectively.

As shown in FIG. 7, the pachinko machine 5 is connected to the host computer 2 via a connector 5A serving as an adapter, and has a data memory 42, a program memory 43, and a designated signal controller 44 as shown in FIG. A microprocessor (hereinafter referred to as MPU) 4 as a means of calculating the number of balls held
5, and 46 is its data bus.
The electrical components to be described later are connected to this data bus 46 and controlled by the MPU 45, and the sequence thereof will be described later. Note that the code setter 3 is connected to the data bus 46 via a connector 5B serving as an adapter. In the control circuit system shown in FIG. 7, solid line arrows indicate the flow of data, and broken line arrows specify what is to be controlled at that time by commands from the MPU 45. This shows the designated signal issued to do this.

8 and 9, 47 is a frame, 48 is a game board, and the game board 48 has a plurality of safe holes 49 and out holes 50. Further, the game board 48 is provided with a guide rail 51 that guides pachinko balls fired by a hitting mallet, which will be described later, into the game board 48.

As shown in FIG. 9, a safe ball case 52 and an out ball case 53 are formed on the back side of the game board 48, and the exits of all the safe holes 49 face into the safe ball case 52, and the out holes The exit 50 faces the inside of the out ball case 53. 54 is a safe ball passage led out from the safe ball case 52; 55
is an out ball passage led out from the out ball case 53, and safe balls and out balls always pass through the respective passages 54 and 55 separately.

In FIG. 10 and FIG. 11, 56 is a firing rail, and the upper end of this firing rail 56 and the lower end of the guide rail 51 form the foul ball release part 5.
7 is formed, and this foul ball release part 57
Fowl ball passage 5 for fallen foul balls
8 is connected to the foul ball release part 57. 5
9 is a waiting ball gutter, 60 is a hitting ball circulation passage, the exits of the safe ball passage 54, the out ball passage 55, and the foul ball passage 58 are all connected to the hitting ball circulation passage 60; The lower end portion is connected to the upper end portion which is the entrance of the waiting ball gutter 59. As a result, all the pachinko balls, including safe balls, out balls, and foul balls, are configured to concentrate in the waiting ball gutter 59, and a certain amount of pachinko balls are circulated within the machine for use.

The lower end of the waiting ball gutter 59 facing the vicinity of the lower end of the firing rail 56 faces the ball feeding portion 62A of the ball feeding lever 62 which is rotated around the shaft 61. There is. This ball feeding lever 62 sequentially feeds the pachinko balls in the standby ball trough 59 one by one to the firing rail 56, and its movement is synchronized with the movement of a hitting mallet, which will be described later. Reference numeral 63 denotes a ball mallet, and the tip of this ball mallet 63 faces into the lower end firing section of the firing rail 56. With this configuration, the pachinko balls sequentially sent from the waiting ball gutter 59 are hit by the ball hammer 63 and fly into the game board 48 through the launch rail 56 and the guide rail 51. There is. 64 is an entrance from the waiting ball gutter 59 to the launch rail 56.

65 is a ball extraction device, and 66 and 67 are its ball extraction operation levers. These ball removal operation levers 66,
Reference numeral 67 is for extracting the pachinko balls in the standby ball trough 59 to the outside, and is provided on the back side of the table to prevent the balls from being removed illegally since it cannot be operated from the outside. Of these two ball extraction operation levers 66 and 67, the ball extraction operation lever 66 is used to take out one pachinko ball one by one with each operation, and the other ball extraction operation lever 67 is used to take out pachinko balls one by one with one operation. It is said to be used to take out multiple pachinko balls. The ball extraction operation lever 66 extends to the vicinity of the boundary between the pachinko balls in the waiting ball trough 59, and has a tapered tip. Further, an abutment operation portion 66A is provided in a protruding manner at the longitudinally intermediate portion of the ball removal operation lever 66. The ball removal operation lever 67 extends slightly below the abutting operation portion 66A of the ball removal operation lever 66, and its tip abuts against a lever portion 68A of a crack member 68, which will be described later. 68 is a crank member, 69 is a slide bar, and crank member 6
8 has two lever portions 68 which have a substantially doglegged shape.
A and 68B, and is rotationally driven around a shaft 68C. A tight coil spring 70 is stretched between the lever portion 68B of the crank member 68 and the machine frame, so that the crank member 68 is urged to rotate clockwise, and the lever portion 68A is pulled out. The operating levers 66 and 67 are in a pushed up state. The slide bar 69 is provided so as to be slidable laterally with respect to the machine frame,
It opens and closes a small extraction hole, which will be described later, and is configured to be slid by a lever portion 68B of the crank member 68. In this configuration, when the ball removal operation lever 66 is pressed and operated from the back side of the table, the lever portion 68A of the crank member 68 is pushed by the contact operation portion 66A, and the crank member 68 resists the force of the coil spring 70. The lever portion 6 is rotated counterclockwise.
8A, the slide bar 69 is slid to the right in the figure, a small ejection hole is opened, and the pachinko balls are ejected. At this time, the tip of the ball removal operation lever 66 enters the boundary between the first ball and the second ball,
Balls after the second ball are prevented from flowing out. In addition, if the ball removal operation lever 67 is pushed in, the crank member 68 is moved by its tip.
When the lever portion 68A of the crank member 68 is pushed, the crank member 68
is rotated, and the slide bar 69 is slid by the lever portion 68, so that the pachinko balls are continuously flowed out.

In the safe ball passage 54 and foul ball passage 58,
A safe ball detection sensor 71 and a foul ball detection sensor 72 are arranged to detect pachinko balls passing through each passage 54 and 58, and also at the lower end of the waiting ball gutter 59 to detect balls to be fired. A shot ball detection sensor 73 is provided for this purpose. These detection sensors 71, 72, and 73 are included in a pachinko ball detection device 74 in the circuit shown in FIG. 7, and their detection signals are counted by the MPU 45, which will be described in detail later.

Returning to FIGS. 8 and 9, 74 is a stop lamp;
Reference numeral 75 is a ball output status display device, and a ball output status display lamp 76 is a game interruption display lamp, and these stop lamp 74, ball output status display lamp 75, and game interruption display lamp 76 are all provided above the frame 47. , and is included in the display device 77 in the circuit of FIG. The stop lamp 74 lights up when the number of balls put out by the pachinko machine 5 reaches the number of balls to stop.
This indicates that the event has been discontinued. The ball output status display lamp 75 displays the ball output status of the pachinko machine 5 in stages according to the number of balls output.
Consists of three lamps: 5A, 75B, and 75C.
Here, it is configured to display in three stages. For example, assume that the number of balls hit by the pachinko machine 5 is 4000. In this case, the number of balls released is 1000, 2000,
As the number of shots reaches 3000, lamps 75A, 75B,
75C are turned on sequentially.
According to this ball output status display lamp 75, it is possible to easily grasp how many balls each machine is in, similar to a pachinko machine in which the pachinko balls are brought out onto the table.

Further, the ball output status display device is not limited to an optical display such as the above-mentioned ball output status display lamp 75. For example, it is also effective to use a buzzer or the like to generate a sound depending on the number of balls put out. The optical display may also be made to blink rather than simply turn on, and if a buzzer or the like is sounded in synchronization with this blinking, the effect of stimulating the player's desire to play can be obtained.

The game interruption display lamp 76 indicates that the pachinko machine 5 is suspending the game, and while this display is being displayed, operations from the start of the game to the end of the game are disabled, as will be described in detail later. It is designed to be. Reference numeral 78 denotes a short-time interruption switch. This short-time interruption switch 78 is used for small errands such as washing hands, exchanging some prizes of balls, etc., and can be operated from the outside so that the player can operate it freely. It is provided on the front side of the frame 47 as shown in the figure so that it can be operated, and the operation becomes effective only when there are balls in hand.

Numeral 79 is a winning display lamp, and this winning display lamp 79 lights up every time a pachinko ball flies into the safe hole 49 and wins a prize to display this winning. 80 is a speaker, and this speaker 8
0 is for generating an onomatopoeic sound when a pachinko ball wins. Reference numeral 81 denotes a ball number display device, which numerically displays the number of balls held at the moment, and is provided below the game board 48, and displays the winning display lamp 79, the speaker 80, and the number of balls. Display device 81 is also included in display device 77 in the circuit of FIG. A window 82 is provided on the right side of the ball number display 81, and the pachinko balls lined up in the waiting ball gutter 59 can be viewed through this window 82. Further, on the right side of the window 82, there is provided a small hole 83 for taking out the ball, which constitutes a part of the ball removing device 65 mentioned above. The small hole 83 for taking out serves as an outlet for taking out the pachinko from the standby ball gutter 59, as described above.

Furthermore, the pachinko machine 5 has its frame 47
An ashtray 84 and an electric handle 85 are provided at the bottom, and a stop solenoid 86 and a circuit device 87 mainly incorporating the circuit shown in FIG. 7 are provided on the back side. The stop solenoid 86 is the seventh
This is included in the ball feed inhibiting device 88 in the circuit shown in the figure. A long-term interruption switch 89 is provided on the top surface of the circuit device 87, and this long-term interruption switch 89 is operated when the player has to leave the pachinko machine 5 for a relatively long time, such as when eating. be. When this long-term interruption switch 89 is turned on, the interruption indicator lamp 76 is supposed to light up in the same way as when the short-term interruption switch 78 is turned on, but since it is provided on the back of the stand, it cannot be used from outside. It is considered impossible to operate. This prevents the player from performing unnecessary operations.

Reference numeral 90 denotes a ticket processing device serving as a recording/reproducing device, and the ticket processing device 90 reads data recorded on the magnetic ticket 1 and writes data on the magnetic recording surface 1A, as shown in FIG. A thermal printer 92 included in the printing device 112 in FIG. 7 is provided as a printing means for numerically printing the same data as the ball number data written by the magnetic head 91 on the printing surface 1B. These magnetic head 91 and thermal printer 92 are arranged in sequence along a ticket conveyance path 90A formed inside the ticket processing device 90. Upper and lower feed rollers 93A to 93G and lower feed rollers 94A to 94G are arranged in upper and lower pairs along the ticket conveyance path. Reference numeral 95 denotes a ticket transport motor that can be forward and reverse; the transport motor 95 constitutes a transport means together with the transport motor 105;
5,105 is the magnetic ticket 1 at the ticket entrance 9
9, and transports the magnetic ticket 1 between the ticket transport path 90A and the evacuation path 90B (described later). Further, 96 is an output roller thereof, and a conveyor belt 97 is stretched between the output roller 96 and the lower feed rollers 94A to 94G. A conveyor belt 98 is wrapped around the lower feed roller 94A and the lower feed roller 94B. Reference numeral 99 denotes a tape inlet/outlet, and with this configuration, the magnetic ticket 1 inserted through the tape inlet/outlet 99 passes through the vertical feed roller 93.
The tickets are conveyed along the ticket conveyance path while being held between A to 93G and 94A to 94G. In FIG. 7, 110 is a motor drive circuit, and 111 is a timing signal generator.

The thermal printer 92 is provided so as to be able to advance and retreat with respect to the magnetic ticket 1 existing in the ticket conveyance path, and a solenoid 100 is provided below it, and 101 is its plunger, and this plunger 101 and the thermal printer 92 are connected together. are connected by a coil spring 102. Additionally, a conveyance assisting roller 103 is provided between the thermal printer 92 and the solenoid 100. In this configuration, when the magnetic ticket 1 is printed on its print surface 1B, the solenoid 100 is actuated, the plunger 101 is retracted, and the thermal printer 92 prints the print surface 1B of the magnetic ticket 1.
Printing is performed by touching B.

The ticket processing device 90 also includes a ticket entry/exit detection sensor 102 and a recording/reproduction position detection sensor 1.
03 and a ticket stop position detection sensor 104 are provided. Ticket entrance/exit detection sensor 102
is provided near the ticket entrance/exit 99, and detects insertion/removal of the magnetic ticket 1 at the ticket entrance/exit 99. The recording/reproduction position detection sensor 103 is for detecting the return reproduction position of the magnetic ticket 1 by the magnetic head 91, and the magnetic ticket 1 is recorded on its magnetic recording surface 1A at the position detected by the recording/reproduction position detection sensor 103. The magnetic head 91 reads and writes data. Note that 109 is a signal converter having the same function as the signal converter 38. The ticket stop position detection sensor 104 is provided at the farthest end of the ticket conveyance path, and when the magnetic ticket 1 is detected by the ticket stop position detection sensor 104, it is stopped and a payment button, which will be described later, is turned on. They are now expected to wait in that position until the next day.

The ticket processing device 90 is further provided with a ticket evacuation path 90B that is continuous with the ticket conveyance path 90A at the innermost end, and the upper feed roller 10 is moved along the ticket evacuation path 90B.
5'A, 105'B and feed rollers 106A, 106
B is arranged. Lower feed roller 106B
A rotating shaft 107 of a conveying motor 105 is provided below, and a conveying belt 108 is wound around this rotating shaft 107 and lower feed rollers 106A, 106B. A retraction position detection sensor 108' is provided near the innermost part of the evacuation passage 29B.
This evacuation position detection sensor 108' detects the evacuation path 9.
It is assumed that the presence or absence of the magnetic ticket 1 within 0B is detected.

There is a payment button 1 on the front of the ticket processing device 90.
09 is provided, and this payment button 109
is for the customer to operate when finishing the game, and when this settlement button 109 is turned on, the waiting magnetic ticket 1 is conveyed, data is magnetically recorded and printed, and the ticket is released. It is adapted to be sent out to the entrance/exit 99.
Among the above-mentioned components, the various position detection sensors 102, 103, 104, and 108 are included in the position detection device 113 in the circuit shown in FIG. 7, and photo sensors, contact switches, etc. are used.

Next, the sequence of the MPU 45 will be explained.

When the magnetic ticket 1 is inserted through the ticket entrance/exit 99 of the ticket processing device 90, the magnetic ticket 1 is detected by the ticket entry/exit detection sensor 102. Then, when reading the detection signal, 11
1 sets the rotational direction of the transport motor 95 in the direction in which the magnetic ticket 1 moves away from the ticket entrance/exit 99, that is, on the reading side. Then, the conveyance motor 95 is turned on and conveyance of the magnetic ticket 1 is started.

The magnetic ticket 1 is a recording/reproducing position detection sensor 10
3, the detection signal is read and the data recorded on the magnetic recording surface 1A of the magnetic ticket 1 is waited for. The data signal read by the magnetic head 91 is converted into a signal by a signal converter 109, and a timing signal is generated based on signals from the transport motor 91 and timing signal generator 111. When this timing iminder signal is read, the data is read as a regular signal, and the read data signals are sequentially stored in the data memory 42. When all data storage is completed, the temporarily stored data is used as ball count data to prevent fraud. It is classified into code data, etc., and each data is stored at the address where it should be stored. Then, the moving magnetic ticket 1 is detected by the stop position detection sensor 10.
4, the detection signal is read, the drive motor 95 is stopped, and the magnetic ticket 1 is
stop moving.

Next, the tamper-proof code read from the code setter 3 and the tamper-proof code from the magnetic ticket 1 stored in the data memory 42 are compared. If the results match, it is determined that there is no fraud, and then the number of balls held by the customer according to the number of balls data from the magnetic ticket 1 stored in the data memory 42 is between the maximum number of balls that the customer can have and zero. A comparison is made to determine whether or not the value is within the value of . If the result is OK, the number of balls data in the data memory 42 is sent to the number of balls display 81, and the number of balls held by the customer is also displayed on the number of balls display 81. This allows the customer to know the number of balls he or she owns.

Next, a signal is sent to the ball feed prohibitor 88 to turn on the stop solenoid 86, so that balls can be fed into the firing rail 56, and the pachinko machine 5 is ready for play.

In addition, when the number of balls held by the customer according to the number of balls data of magnetic ticket 1 is equal to or greater than the maximum number of balls or is zero, and when the fraud prevention code does not match the preset fraud prevention code, magnetic ticket 1 The MPU 45 serving as a comparison unit determines that the data written in the data and the regular data do not match, and the motor drive circuit 110 serving as an evacuation control unit changes the direction of rotation of the conveyance motor 95 so that the magnetic ticket 1 moves to the ticket entrance 99. After setting the magnetic ticket 1 in the direction approaching the magnetic ticket 1, that is, in the sending direction, the power to the transport motor 95 is turned on and the magnetic ticket 1 is pushed along to the ticket entrance 99. When the customer pulls out the magnetic ticket 1 and it is detected by the ticket entry/exit detection sensor 102, the detection signal is read, the transport motor 95 is stopped, the rotation direction is reset to the reading side, and a new magnetic ticket is inserted. It enters a state where it waits for 1 to be inserted.

The customer operates the electric handle 85 to shoot balls and start playing. During the game, the flowing pachinko balls are detected by a safe ball detection sensor 71, a foul ball detection sensor 72, and a fired ball detection sensor 73, and respective detection signals are output.

Each time it receives a detection signal from the fired ball detection sensor, it subtracts one count from the ball number data in the data memory and stores it, and each time it subtracts, it sends a signal to the ball number display 81 to display the number of balls in hand. let Further, each time it receives a detection signal from the foul ball detection sensor 72, it adds one count and performs the same operation as the sensor 71.
When the detection signal from the safe ball detection sensor 73 is received, the preset number of balls for one winning ball (for example, 11, 13, 15) is set by means 114 including ball number setting or various selection switches. It is added to the numerical data and sequentially stored in the data memory 42. At this time, the changing ball number data is constantly sent to the ball number display 81 and displayed, so the customer can know the current number of balls at any time. Furthermore, pulses are constantly being generated to the host computer 2 from a firing ball pulser and a safe ball pulser (not shown), and the ball output status of the pachinko machine 5 is monitored by this host computer.

Unless the host computer 2 detects that the pachinko machine 5 has stopped playing, the above operation continues while the number of balls held by the customer is one or more and less than the maximum number of balls.

During the game, when the player has something to do and turns on the short-term interruption switch 78 on the front of the console, and the game interruption signal is sent, the software in the program memory 43 or a timer (not shown) is activated.
A signal specifying the game interruption display lamp 76 as a control target and a signal for lighting the lamp are transmitted to the display 88 for a time preset by the ROM etc., and the game interruption display lamp 76 is turned on. . At the same time, a ball feeding prohibition signal, which is one of the invalidating control signals, is sent to the ball feeding inhibiting device 88 for the same period of time to turn off the power to the stop solenoid 86, thereby invalidating the ball hitting operation. Furthermore, at the same time as the short-time interruption switch 8 is turned on, the magnetic ticket 1 is issued. This issuing process will be detailed later. Then, after a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the table is automatically brought into a playable state. Furthermore, there are at least two types of small errands: cases where a magnetic ticket 1 is required, such as when exchanging some of the balls for prizes (e.g., cigarettes, soft drinks, etc.), and cases where a magnetic ticket 1 is required, such as when washing hands, etc. In particular, there are cases where it is not necessary to carry around the magnetic ticket 1. In the former case, the above-mentioned method is sufficient, but in the latter case, it is not necessarily a good method. This is because it is generally desired to avoid magnetic ticket powder. Therefore, two options may be available as short-term play interruption methods. That is, a ticket issuance suspension switch and a ticket non-issuance suspension switch are provided as suspension switches, and when the ticket issuance suspension switch is turned on, the above-mentioned processing is performed, and when the ticket non-issuance suspension switch is turned on, During the above-described processing, the magnetic ticket issuing process may not be performed, and in addition, the operation of the payment switch 109 may be disabled.

Also, during play, if the player has to leave the table for a relatively long time, such as to eat, and the hall attendant turns on the long-term interruption switch 89 and sends the play interruption signal. , a signal designating the game interruption display lamp 76 as a control target and a signal for lighting the lamp are transmitted to the display 88 for a time set by software in the program memory 43 or a timer ROM (not shown), etc. and play interruption indicator lamp 7
Turn on 6. At the same time, a ball feed prohibition signal, which is one of the invalid control signals, is sent to the ball feed prohibition device 88 for the same period of time, and the ball hitting operation is invalidated by turning off the power to the ball hitting solenoid 86, and the switch operation is invalidated to the switch means 114. A signal is sent to invalidate the operation of the payment switch 109. After a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the game interruption display lamp 76
Turn off the light and put it in a playable state.

By the way, during play, the MPU 45 calculates the number of balls held based on the ball number data written in the magnetic ticket 1, the number of balls fired during play, the number of safe balls, and the number of foul balls, so that the number of balls held is always The MPU 45 determines whether or not the number of balls held is less than the predetermined number of balls that can be added (for example, about 20 balls) set in the software of the program memory 43 or the setting means 114. If the number of balls you have becomes less than this number that can be added,
It becomes possible to insert a new ticket and add balls to the current number of balls.

Here, when a new magnetic ticket 1 (hereinafter referred to as a new ticket) is inserted, this new ticket is detected by the ticket entry/exit detection sensor 102, and when the detection signal is output, this is read and the motor is activated. The drive circuit 110 rotates the conveyance motor 95 in the swallowing direction (the direction of arrow A in the figure), and the motor drive circuit 110 also rotates the conveyance motor 105 in the direction of arrow B in the figure to rotate the rollers 94A to 94F and the roller 10.
6A and 106B are rotated in synchronization so that they have the same rotational speed. In this way, the new ticket is transported in the swallowing direction, and the old ticket is transported to the evacuation path 90B.
to be transferred within. When the old ticket is detected by the evacuation position detection sensor 108 and a detection signal thereof is output, the transport motor 105 is stopped and the old ticket is made to stand by at that spot.

On the other hand, the new ticket is subjected to the same processing as the old ticket before the game starts. That is, when a new magnetic ticket 1 is inserted, the MPU 45 compares the data written in the new magnetic ticket 1 and the regular data in the same manner as described above. As a result, if the new ticket is genuine, the number of balls recorded in the new ticket is added to the number of balls held, and the transport motor 105 is rotated in the direction of ticket disposal (in the direction of arrow B in the figure). , carry out disposal processing. Then, when the old ticket is detected by a discarded ticket detection sensor (not shown), the conveyance motor 105 is stopped. Please note that during this additional process, you will be able to continue playing as usual.
After the processing is completed, the game continues. Further, if the new ticket is not a regular one, it is returned to the ticket entrance/exit 99, and the old ticket is returned to its original stop position, allowing the game to continue as long as there are balls.

For this reason, even if the number of balls that a player has decreases below the number that can be added, the player does not have to suspend or end the current game by operating various switches in order to start a new game, but instead Handle 8
While operating the magnetic ticket 5, the player can continue the current game by simply inserting a new magnetic ticket 1 into the conveyance path with the other hand. Therefore, by reducing the number of balls held to "zero," it is possible to prevent the game from ending against the player's will, and to eliminate the hassle associated with operations to temporarily interrupt the current game. .

By the way, when the number of balls held by the customer, that is, the number of balls data in the data memory 42 matches the maximum number of balls or zero, a signal is sent to the ball feeding inhibit device 88 to turn off the power to the stop solenoid 86, and the ball is fired. rail 5
Make it impossible to send the ball to 6. Also, only when the number of balls held by the customer matches the maximum number of balls, a signal is sent to a stop pulser (not shown), and a pulse signal is output to the host computer 2 to notify the stop pulser that the ball has stopped. At the same time, the stop indicator lamp 14 is turned on. Since there is a possibility that the last ball hit may win a prize, after waiting for a predetermined time, the same ticket issuing process as when the settlement switch 109, which will be described later, is turned on is automatically performed.

On the other hand, when the host computer 2 or the like detects that the number of balls played by the pachinko machine 5 has reached the number of balls that have been stopped, and the detection signal is sent via a stoppage detector (not shown), etc., the data This is read through the bus 46 and the same termination process as described above is performed.

Next, when the customer turns on the payment switch 109, the motor drive circuit 110 turns on the transport motor 95.
The rotational direction of the magnetic ticket 1 is set to the direction in which the magnetic ticket 1 is sent out, and the power to the transport motor 95 is turned on. Then, the magnetic ticket 1 is inserted into the ticket entrance 9.
Start moving towards 9. During this process, when it is detected by the recording/reproducing position detection sensor 103, the detection signal is read, and the number of balls data and code data for fraud prevention in the data memory 42 are corrected to the writing format specified by the program. , the data is sent to the magnetic head 91 through the signal converter 109, and is sequentially magnetically recorded on the magnetic recording surface 1A of the magnetic ticket 1.

Next, the recorded data is transferred to the magnetic head 91.
The data read by the digital signal converter 109 and converted into a digital signal by the signal converter 109 is read and stored in the data memory 42 .

When reading of all data is completed, the transport motor 95 is temporarily stopped, and the data at the time of writing is compared with the data just read. If the results do not match, the rotation direction of the transport motor 95 is switched and driven, and the stop position detection sensor 1
Return the magnetic ticket 1 to the position detected at 04 and start writing again. On the other hand, if they match, the transport motor 95 is rotated to move the magnetic ticket 1 toward the ticket entrance/exit 99. On the way, at a predetermined timing, the printing machine 112
The ticket is printed in the form shown in FIG. 1B and sent to the ticket entrance 99.

Incidentally, if the player wants to stop the game in the middle, the payment switch 109 is turned on. In this case, unlike the case of termination, when the payment switch 109 is turned on, the power of the termination solenoid 86 is first turned off, and then the above operation is started.

When the customer pulls out the magnetic ticket 1 that has come out from the ticket entrance 99, the ticket entry/exit detection sensor 10 is activated.
Detected by 2. Then, the conveyor motor 95 is stopped, its rotational direction is changed to the reading side, the data in the data memory 42 is cleared, and the process waits for the next ticket. However, if the termination is due to a detection signal from the host computer 2, the termination indicator lamp 7 will remain on until the signal from the host computer 2 is cut off.
4 continues to be lit, and during this period the pachinko machine 5 is rendered unplayable.

If the number of balls held by the customer reaches zero, either the same operation as in the case of stopping is performed, or the rotation direction of the transport motor 95 is set to the reading side by the motor drive circuit 110, and the power is turned off. , the magnetic ticket 1 is moved further to the back, and is disposed of in an unused ticket storage box (not shown) or the like. When this is detected by a discarded ticket detection sensor (not shown), the detection signal is read, the transport motor 95 is stopped, and the data in the data memory 42 used in this game is cleared to mark the end of one game. Waiting for the next ticket.

Furthermore, when a customer uses the same magnetic ticket 1 to play a game by changing machines, the new machine will operate based on the data written by the machine on which the game was played last time. For example, if a customer changes the machine twice, the number of balls data is recorded on the magnetic recording surface 1A of the magnetic ticket 1 and printed on the print surface 1B as shown in FIG. 1C each time. It is something that

As shown in FIG. 13, the ticket collection reader 6 is connected to the host computer 2 via a connector 6A, and also has a data memory 115, a program memory 116, and a designated signal controller 11.
7 and a microprocessor (MPU) 11 having
8, and 119 is its data bus. As shown in FIG. 14, the front plate 120 includes a confirmation indicator 122 included in the indicator 121, a ticket exchange indicator light 123, a ticket exchange end light 124, a fraud detection light 125, an error indicator light 126, A key switch 127, a discard switch 128, and a reissue switch 129 are arranged as shown.

Furthermore, the internal configuration of the ticket collection/reading machine 6 is similar to the ticket processing device 90 of the pachinko machine 5, so a brief explanation will be given here: 130 is a ticket entrance/exit, 131 is a ticket disposal port,
Ticket disposal port 1 from this ticket entrance/exit 130
31, a conveyance passage 132 is formed.
The conveyance path 132 includes upper feed rollers 133A~
133E and lower feed rollers 134A to 134E are provided. 135 is a transport motor, 136
is the output roller, and this output roller 136 and feed rollers 133A to 133E and 134A to 13
A belt 137 is wound around 4E. An intermediate roller 138 is located behind the lower feed roller 134E.
Further, a feed roller 139 is provided near the waste port 131. A belt 14 is attached to these intermediate rollers 138 and feed rollers 139.
0 is mounted on a winding rack, and as shown in the figure, a motor 135
It is designed to be driven by

A thermal printer 142 serving as a printing machine 141, a solenoid 143, and a pressure roller 144 are arranged between the intermediate roller 138 and the feed roller 139 of the conveyance path 132, and a cutter 146 and a solenoid 147 serving as a discarding device 145 are arranged. A magnetic head 148 is provided near the ticket entrance/exit 130. Also, 149,
Reference numerals 150, 151, 152, 153, and 154 are position detection sensors for detecting the ticket entry/exit position, recording/reproducing position, printing position, stop position, discard processing position, and disposal position, respectively. , is included in the position detection device 155.

In the circuit shown in FIG. 13, 155 is a motor drive circuit, 156 is a signal converter, and 157 is a timing signal generator, all of which are similar to those of the ticket issuer 4 and the pachinko machine 5. Further, 158 is an optical reader such as a barcode reader. Although this optical reader 158 is not necessarily required, if it is provided, as shown in FIG. 1
Make it face 48.

Next, the sequence of the MPU 118 will be explained.

The magnetic ticket 1 is inserted through the entrance/exit 130,
When the ticket entry/exit detection sensor 149 detects the ticket, the detection signal is read and the transport motor 13
The direction of rotation of the magnetic ticket 5 is specified by the motor drive circuit 155, and the power is turned on to drive the magnetic ticket 1 to convey the magnetic ticket 1. When the moving magnetic ticket 1 is detected by the recording/reproducing position detection sensor 150, the detection signal is read and a signal from the magnetic head 148 is waited for. When a signal is sent from the magnetic head 148, it is read and stored in the data memory 115.

When all the magnetically recorded data has been read, the code data and ball number data are stored separately in the data memory 115, and the ball number data is first displayed on the probability display 121. Thereafter, the code data read from the magnetic ticket 1 and the code data from the code setter 3 are compared. As a result, if they do not match, the fraud detection light 125 is turned on to notify that fraud has occurred, and the inserted magnetic ticket 1 is returned to the ticket entrance 130 or discarded. . This disposal process will be described later. On the other hand, if the code data match, then the magnetically recorded ball number data and the optical reader 158 are used to print the printed surface.
Data read from B or key switch 12
Compare with the data entered from 7. As a result, if they do not match, the error indicator 12
6 to indicate that there is an error. If they match, prizes can be exchanged.

When exchanging a prize, when the number of prize balls is input using the optical reader (mainly a barcode reader) 158 or the key switch 127, that data is subtracted from the data read from the magnetic ticket 1, and each time the subtraction process is performed, the data is It is stored again in the memory 115, and the ball number data after the subtraction is displayed on the probability display 121. This allows you to know how many balls are left.

When the prize exchange is completed and the discard switch 128 is turned on, the transport motor 135 is rotated in the swallowing direction to move the magnetic ticket 1 to the back.

When the moving magnetic ticket 1 is detected by the discard processing position detection sensor 153 and the detection signal is read, the solenoid 147 is driven and the punch 146 punches a hole in the magnetic ticket 1 without sending a signal to the discard device 146. Open it and make it unusable.
Then, the magnetic ticket 1 is moved further to the back and dropped into the ticket storage box 159 to be discarded. When the discarded ticket is detected by the discarded ticket detection sensor 154, the detection signal is read, the transport motor 135 is stopped, the data in the data memory 115 is cleared to the initial state, and the next ticket is It is in a waiting state.

On the other hand, if there are still balls remaining even after the prize exchange has been completed, that is, when some of the balls held are exchanged for prizes, when the reissue switch 129 is turned on, the transport motor 135 is first driven to the issuing side. magnetic ticket 1
is conveyed toward the magnetic head 148. When the moving magnetic ticket 1 is detected by the recording/reproducing position detection sensor 150, the detection signal is read,
Data on the number of remaining balls is magnetically recorded on the magnetic ticket 1. Next, this ball number data is converted into printing data and stored again in the data memory 115. When the moving magnetic ticket 1 is detected by the print position detection sensor 151, this detection signal is read and ball number data is printed on the print surface 18 of the magnetic ticket 1. After that, move the magnetic ticket 1 to the entrance and exit, wait for the magnetic ticket 1 to be taken out, and when it is taken out,
The transport motor 135 is stopped and the data memory 11
Clear the data in 5 and enter the state of waiting for the next ticket.

The data on the number of balls traded is sent as a pulse from the connector 6A to the host computer.
It will be used to manage the number of balls rolled out each day, sales management, etc.

(Effects of the Invention) As is obvious from what has been described above, according to the present invention, even if there is an old card in the recording/reproducing device, a new card can be inserted, so It is possible to add additional balls before the number of balls is used up, and to avoid a situation where the player has to stop playing due to all the balls remaining when the winning probability on the game board is increasing. This has the effect of allowing the player to play comfortably without reducing his or her desire to play or causing discomfort.

In addition, since the above-mentioned card insertion operation can be easily and quickly performed with the other hand while operating the electric handle, it is possible to reduce the desire to play due to the troublesome operation of ending play and interrupting play in order to borrow a new card. Can be easily suppressed. Furthermore, the present invention is configured such that when a new card is added, the old card is not immediately discarded, and at least one true card is always kept on standby within the pachinko machine, regardless of the authenticity of the new card. Therefore, if the new card is not true, play continues with the old card, and the new card that is not true is smoothly ejected. This prevents a well-intentioned player from losing his or her desire to play due to problems caused by inconveniences in the data written on the new card. Furthermore, if the new card is true, the game can be continued without any hitch with the new card in place of the old card that is being collected.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1A to C are diagrams showing the structure of a magnetic ticket used in the pachinko machine system of the present invention, Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the pachinko machine system of the present invention, and Figure 3 is a ticket according to the present invention. 4 is a front view showing the mechanical structure of the ticket issuing machine according to the present invention; FIG. 5 is a side view also showing its internal structure; FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a control circuit system showing the electrical configuration of a pachinko machine according to the present invention. FIG. Figure 9 is a front view showing the mechanical configuration, Figure 9 is its rear view, Figure 10 is
The figure is a partially enlarged front view, FIG. 11 is a plan view thereof, FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the internal configuration of a ticket processing device for a pachinko machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 13 is a ticket collection reader according to the present invention. FIG. 14 is a partial front view showing the mechanical structure (front part) of the ticket collection reader according to the present invention, and FIG. 15 is a diagram showing its internal structure. It is. 1...Magnetic ticket, 5...Pachinko machine, 45
...MPU, 90...Recording/playback device, 90A...
Conveyance path, 90B... Evacuation path, 93A to 93G
...Upper feed roller, 94A to 94G...Lower feed roller, 95...Conveyance motor, 96...Output roller, 97...Belt, 105'A, 105'B...
... Upper feed roller, 105 ... Conveyance motor, 10
7...Rotation axis, 108...Evacuation position detection sensor,
110...Motor drive circuit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A pachinko machine is provided with a recording/reproducing device in which a conveyance path is formed, a card on which at least ball number data is written is inserted into the conveyance path, and the card is conveyed within the conveyance path. By transmitting and receiving signals between the recording and reproducing device and the card while being conveyed by means, the pachinko machine becomes ready for playing, and during play, the card is kept in the conveyance path and the balls are ejected. In a card-type game machine that calculates the number of balls held based on the number of balls, the number of safe balls, and the number of files, the pachinko machine has data on the number of balls written on the card, the number of balls fired during play, and the number of balls fired during play. A number of balls in possession calculation means for calculating the number of balls in possession based on the number of balls and the number of foul balls; and a number of possible additions to which the number of balls in possession calculated by the number of balls in possession is calculated by the number of balls in possession is predetermined. evacuation control means for causing the transport means to evacuate the cards from within the transport passage when a new card is inserted into the transport passage; A comparison means is provided for comparing the written data and predetermined regular data, and the save control means compares the data written on the new card and the regular data compared by the comparison means. If they match, discard the card being evacuated, and if they do not match, return the evacuated card to the transport path by means of a transport means and eject a new card from the transport path. A card-type game device featuring: