JPH10295926A - Card selling machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To further promote a card sale. SOLUTION: This card selling machine is provided with a purchase amount input means 2 inputting the amount of money to purchase cards, a card discharge means discharging the cards from multiple card storage containers to a card discharge port 11 in the front of the case 1 of the selling machine, a prize offer means discharging premium balls set in advance in response to the purchase amount of money from a prize discharge port 12 in the front of the case 1, and a control processing means controlling the prize offer means and card discharge means. The control processing means collates the purchase mount of money with the prize offer amount of money via a CPU, and it controls the prize offer means to discharge the premium balls corresponding to the purchase amount of money on the predetermined condition from a ball tank in the case 1 connected to a supply trough on one side to the prize discharge port 12 through a ball passage when the purchase amount of money matches the prize offer amount of money.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card vending machine capable of paying out a card in which information corresponding to the number of pachinko balls to be lent out to a player and providing a prize.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional card vending machine which sells two kinds of cards corresponding to sales amounts of, for example, 3,000 yen and 2,000 yen, respectively, three or Insert a bill of 000 yen (or 2,000 yen) and press the card selection button to pay 3,000 yen (or 2,000 yen) corresponding to the purchase amount.
It is widely known that a card is ejected from a card outlet. If the amount of the card to be purchased exceeds the highest amount (3,000 yen in the above example) among the sales amounts predetermined in the card vending machine, the player determines in the card vending machine in advance. A card of an arbitrary amount is repeatedly purchased a plurality of times from among the sold card amounts, and a card corresponding to the total amount of the sales amount is obtained. If the player's desired purchase price is, for example, 10,000 yen, in the above example, the 3,000-yen card is paid out twice, and the 2,000-yen card is paid out twice, so that the total sales amount is 10 yen. 2,000 yen.

[0003]

In a conventional card vending machine, when a total amount of sales is, for example, 10,000 yen, a card of the above amount is paid out by a specific player by performing a plurality of operations at a time. Whether or not multiple players purchased the card separately for the above amount,
It is not possible to identify any of them, and there is no function of providing a premium (a prize ball, a prize article, etc.) together with a card to a player who has purchased a large amount of money according to the purchase price. If a prize corresponding to the purchase price is given to the purchased player, further willingness to purchase is induced, and the seller can promote sales by returning profits associated with card sales. Conventional card vending machines have not sufficiently exhibited the function of promoting card sales. If the player's desired purchase amount exceeds the maximum sales amount among the sold cards, the purchase amount cannot be entered and specified. Convenience of purchasing was bad because the corresponding card was purchased. An object of the present invention is to further promote card sales and improve the convenience of purchase.

[0004]

A card vending machine according to the present invention provides a predetermined prize according to an amount of money for which a player purchases a card in which information corresponding to the number of pachinko balls lent is written. Thus, it is possible to return profits to the player at the same time as selling the card. The prizes include physical benefits such as premium balls, prize supplies, and prize exchange tickets, as well as savings by member card users (recording the number of premium balls as quantity data on the member management computer) and the number of points visited. Addition (for example, one visit per day is regarded as one point and the point number is recorded as quantity data in the member management computer), and when the number of stored balls and the number of visit points (both quantity data) reach a predetermined number, Service benefits such as being exchangeable for prizes, being able to pay for beverages and cigarettes from vending machines, giving high exchange rates, and enabling continuous gaming in the case of single exchange is there. The exchange rate is a rate at which pachinko balls are exchanged for prizes. The one-time exchange refers to a business law in which a player exchanges pachinko balls every time a big hit occurs.
As a service privilege, it is possible to continue playing without having to exchange (pay) once after the big hit. In the card vending machine according to the present invention, a purchase price input means for allowing a player to input a price for purchasing a card in which information corresponding to the number of pachinko balls lent is recorded, and a plurality of the cards are stored respectively. Card ejecting means having a plurality of card storage units, a card transport unit for transporting cards sent from the card storage unit, and a prize predetermined in accordance with the purchase amount. There is provided a prize providing means for providing the prize to the player, and a control processing means for controlling the prize providing means and the card discharging means. It is preferable that the card ejection means includes a card remaining amount detecting sensor for notifying when the remaining amount of the stored card is smaller than a predetermined remaining amount. The control processing means determines a sales amount for each of the card storage units, and calculates a sum of the sales amount equal to the purchase amount according to the purchase amount input to the purchase amount input unit. The card discharging means is controlled so as to convey and discharge one or more cards. The control processing means compares the purchase amount with a prize offer amount (a reference amount for providing a prize),
When the prize offer amount is applicable, a condition that is predetermined according to the purchase amount so as to provide a prize meeting predetermined conditions corresponding to the purchase amount or without specifying the prize offer amount The prize providing means is controlled so as to provide a prize suitable for the prize. If the prize is a premium ball, the prize providing means is connected to the ball tank of the premium ball provided at the upper part of the case of the card vending machine, is connected to the ball tank at one end, and is connected to the supply gutter at the other end. And a ball passage connected to the ball tank at one end and connected to the prize discharge port provided at the case at the other end, so that premium balls can be discharged from the ball tank through the ball passage. Can be discharged to the exit. In the case where the prize is provided as a service privilege, for example, as a coin storage, a player specifying means controlled by the control processing means and a member management computer electrically connected to the control processing means are provided. Has a card reader that can read the data of the member card, and the control processing means, when the purchase amount of the member card user corresponds to the prize provision amount, The member management computer instructs the member management computer to store the prize data, which is prize data to be given to this person, in the member management computer. Also, in the case of permission, etc., the control processing means provides prize data (store visit point addition data, high exchange rate Given data, the permission data) or the like of continuous play is to an instruction to the member management computer to store in the member management computer. In order to improve the convenience of purchase, an input operation unit is provided as a purchase amount input means, and the input operation unit arbitrarily sets a purchase amount exceeding the maximum amount of the card stored in the card storage unit. It is possible to specify the purchase amount by one input operation.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A case 1 of a card vending machine shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 has a desired purchase price for a player to purchase a card C in which information corresponding to the number of pachinko balls lent is recorded. Is provided, a card discharging unit 5 for transferring and discharging the card from a card storage unit 3 storing a plurality of the cards by a card transport unit 4, and a prize. Prize providing means 6 (FIG. 5), and a control processing means 7 (FIG. 6) for controlling the prize providing means and the card discharging means.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the purchase price input means 2 has an input operation unit 8 on the front of the case 1. The input operation unit 8 includes a desired purchase price designation button 8a on the right side of FIG. 2, a purchase price display unit 8b composed of a liquid crystal display panel or the like in the middle part on the left side, and a purchase cancel button 8c and purchase decision button 8d below it. It is juxtaposed. Any of the buttons 8a, 8c, and 8d is appropriately selected, such as a touch type using a surface switch. In the drawing, a surface switch button using a transparent panel is used. The desired purchase price is displayed on the purchase price display section 8b by pressing the purchase price designation button 8a, and the player can confirm the purchase price. When the purchase cancel button 8c is pressed, bills are automatically returned by a bill returning means (not shown) from a bill insertion port 9 provided below the front of the case 1. By pressing the purchase cancel button 8c, "Purchase Canceled" is displayed on the display unit 10 juxtaposed to the bill insertion slot 9 on the front of the case 1. The display unit 10 displays information related to the management of the card vending machine, the display of the “insertion amount” inserted from the bill insertion slot 9, the display of the card “sold”, and the “stop purchase”.
, A "card out-of-forecast" display, a bill full display, and the like. What kind of information is displayed on the display unit 10 is appropriate. By pressing the purchase decision button 8d, the purchase price selected by the player is confirmed. With this determination, the card C stored in the card storage unit 3 is moved to the card discharge port 11 provided on the front of the case 1 by the operation of the card discharge means 5 under the control of the control processing means 7 (FIG. 6) described later. , A card C corresponding to the purchase amount is discharged, and as will be described later, if the purchase amount corresponds to the prize offer amount, a prize as a premium corresponding to the purchase amount is provided on the front of case 1.
2 (see FIGS. 3 and 5). Reference numeral 13 denotes a change outlet provided on the front of the case 1. Even if the player's desired purchase amount exceeds the maximum sales amount among the cards sold, the purchase amount can be input and designated by a single input operation using the purchase amount designation button 8a of the input operation unit 8. This eliminates the need for the player to purchase the card corresponding to the total amount by repeating the operation of purchasing an arbitrary card a plurality of times.

The card ejection means 5 shown in FIG. 3 includes a card ejection port 11 (FIG. 1), a card storage section 3, and a card transport section 4.
It has. In the example shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of cards are provided in the card storage unit 3, and cards having different sales prices are stored in these card storage units. For example, in FIG.
The card C1 corresponding to, for example, 3,000 yen is stored in each card storage section of the tier, and the card C1, for example, 2,
The cards C2 corresponding to 000 yen are stored in a stacked state. Of course, the type of card is not limited to this example, and the same type of card may be stored in all card storage units. The configuration of each card storage section 3 will be described with reference to the examples shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. , The outlet 14b in the lower part on the opposite side
Are provided respectively. An opening 14c is provided at the bottom of the card storage container 14, and the upper portion of the delivery roller 15 is exposed from the opening into the card storage container, and the card C positioned at the lowermost position above the delivery roller is provided.
The bottom surfaces of (C1, C2) are in contact. The motor of the feed roller 15 is rotated by supplying a motor control output of a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as “CPU”) of the control processing means 7 to a motor drive circuit (not shown) connected to the CPU. I do. Therefore, the bottom card C is
The paper is fed from the delivery port 14b to the card transport unit 4 with the rotation of the delivery roller 15. The card transport unit 4
This is for discharging the card C (C1, C2) in the card storage container 14 to the card discharge port 11. In the example of FIG. 3, the card transport unit 4 is provided with a feed unit 16 arranged in tandem on the card storage container 14 side, and a transport belt 17 vertically long on the opposite side. The delivery unit 16 is disposed corresponding to each card storage container 14, and includes a first delivery roller 16a and a guide roller 16 which is opposed to and paired with the delivery roller.
b, a second delivery roller 16c continuous with the first delivery roller 16a, and a guide 16d opposed to and paired with the delivery roller. In each delivery unit 16, since the pair of rollers 16a and 16b face the delivery port 14b of each card storage container 14, the card C delivered from the card storage container is rotated by the rotation of the first delivery roller 16a. It is possible to move to the second feed roller 16c side. Second delivery roller 1
A transport belt 16f is wound between the pulley 6c and the pulley 16e. The transport belt 17 is wound around a pulley 18, and transports the card C sent from the delivery unit 16 upward together with the transport belt 16f of the delivery unit 16 by rotation of the pulley. Conveying belts 19 and 20 are arranged opposite to the conveying belt 16f and the conveying belt 17 at an upper portion of the card conveying section 4, and one end of each of the conveying belts is connected to the card discharge port 11 shown in FIG. doing. The transport belts 19 and 20 are respectively
It is hung around 1,22. Delivery rollers 16a, 1
The motors of the pulley 6c and the pulleys 18, 21 and 22 rotate when a motor control output of the CPU of the control processing means 7 is supplied to a motor drive circuit (not shown) connected to the CPU. The card ejection means 5 includes a card remaining amount detection sensor 14d (FIG. 4) for notifying when the remaining amount of the stored card is smaller than a predetermined remaining amount. In the example of FIG. It is provided on the side wall of the storage container 14. Information detected by the detection sensor 14d is output to the control processing means 7. Such card ejection means 5
, The card C sent from the card storage container 14 moves to the second sending roller 16c side with the rotation of the first sending roller 16a, and the transfer belts 16f and 17 and the transfer belts 19 and 19 of the card transfer unit 4 are moved. The card 20 is discharged to the card discharge port 11.

The prize providing means 6 shown in FIG. 5 is for discharging prizes from a prize discharge port 12 provided on the front of the case 1. There are premium balls, premium items, and the like as premiums, and in the example of FIG. 5, the premium ball P is used. The premium ball P is stored in a premium ball ball tank 23 provided on the upper part of the case 1. Premium balls P are supplied to the ball tank 23 of the premium balls from a supply gutter 25 disposed above the pachinko island 24 through a supply path 26. The ball tank 23 is provided with a counter (not shown) for the premium ball P. After passing through the counter, the premium ball P passes through the ball passage 27 and receives the prize outlet 1
Exhausted from 2. Here, the relationship between the purchase amount, the prize provision amount, and the premium will be described. According to the present invention, in order to promote card sales to a player, a premium corresponding to the purchase price is provided to the player when the player's card purchase price corresponds to a prize offer price that meets predetermined conditions. What you want to do. In order to achieve this object, the prize providing means 6 is provided separately from the card discharging means 5 as shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 and FIG. Explaining the above-described relationship in detail, the minimum reference amount of the prize providing amount is set to, for example, 5,000 yen, and the prize is provided to the player when the purchase amount reaches the reference amount. As an example of a method of calculating a prize, 3% of the purchase amount is set as a premium amount and the equivalent is set as a premium, or the standard amount of the premium amount is set to, for example, 300 yen, and the standard amount of the premium is set to 5, A premium amount of 100 yen is added for every 000 yen.

As shown in FIG. 6, the control processing means 7 includes an input / output unit, a CPU, and a storage unit, and a purchase amount input means 2 and a bill reading device for reading the type of bill inserted from the bill insertion slot 11. , The card discharging means 5 and the prize providing means 6 can be controlled. The storage unit is for storing a control program and the like, and for storing a calculation result and the like. As shown in FIGS. 2, 6, and 7, the control of the card ejection unit 5 by the control processing unit 7 is performed by the CPU.
Is executed based on the control program. In the CPU,
When a bill is inserted from the bill insertion slot 11, information on the amount of money inserted by the bill reader is supplied through the input / output unit,
The data is output from the input / output unit to the display unit 10. For this reason, the inserted amount is displayed on the display unit 10, and the stored amount is stored in the storage unit. The control of the purchase amount input means 2 is C
It is executed based on a PU control program. By operating the purchase decision button 8d of the input operation unit 8 of the purchase amount input means 2, the player is supplied with the information of the selected purchase amount to the CPU through the input / output unit, and displays the purchase amount display from the input / output unit. The purchase amount is output to the unit 8b, and the purchase amount is displayed on the purchase amount display unit. The CPU determines whether or not the purchase amount is within the range of the input amount stored in the storage unit. If so, the purchase amount is specified, and the total sales amount of the card is determined according to the purchase amount. After making a calculation equal to the purchase price, the card discharging means 5 is controlled to discharge the card C corresponding to the purchase price. At this time, the motor control output of the CPU is transmitted to the card storage unit 3 shown in FIG.
To the respective motor drive circuits of the card transport unit 4, and for this purpose, the delivery rollers 15 of the card storage unit 3
Motor and delivery roller 16 of the card transport section 4
a, 16c and the motors of the pulleys 18, 21 and 22 rotate to send out rollers 15, 16a and 16c.
The rotation of the conveyor belts 16f, 17, 19, and 20 ejects the card C at the bottom of the card storage container 14. The CPU immediately before discharging the card from the card discharge port 11,
The motor of the card transport unit 4 of the card discharging unit 5 is stopped, and the change reading process is performed by the bill reading device, and the difference between the inserted amount and the purchased amount is paid out. In the case where a plurality of types of cards C are prepared, the relationship between the purchase amount and the card ejection will be described. The CPU compares the purchase amount with the total sales amount stored in the storage unit and determines in advance according to the purchase amount. The motor of the delivery roller 15 of each storage container 14 is rotated according to the stored combination of cards, and the cards are ejected. At the time of card transport and ejection, the transport belts 17, 19, and 20 are always operated,
The transport belt 16f of the transport unit 16 is controlled so as to activate the one corresponding to the card storage container 14 to be sent out and the one located above it. The transport belts 16f of all the transport units 16 may be operated. The control of the prize providing means 6 is executed based on a control program of the CPU. After the purchase amount is specified, the CPU compares the purchase amount with the prize provided amount, and if the prize amount is equivalent to the prize provided amount, discharges a prize meeting predetermined conditions corresponding to the purchase amount. The providing means 6 can be controlled. In the example of FIG.
Compares the purchase amount with the prize provision amount, and discharges the number of premium balls P corresponding to the premium corresponding to the determined purchase amount from the ball tank 23 through the ball passage 27 to the prize discharge port 12.

Next, how to use the card vending machine according to the present invention will be described. First, when a player inserts a bill into the bill insertion slot 11 shown in FIG. 1, the control processing means 7 (FIG. 6)
The input amount is displayed on the display section 10 by the action of the PU, and the player then selects the purchase amount designation button 8 of the purchase amount input means 2.
a (FIG. 2) to select a purchase price. As a result of this selection operation, information on the specified purchase amount is supplied to the CPU, so the CPU determines whether or not the purchase amount is within the range of the input amount, and determines whether the purchase amount is within the range of the input amount. If the compared amounts match, the CPU controls the card ejection means 5 to eject the card C corresponding to the purchase amount.
Emitted from 1. If the input amount is larger than the purchase amount, the card is discharged after the change corresponding to the difference is discharged to the change outlet 13 or simultaneously with the discharge. When the card is ejected, the CPU checks whether or not the designated purchase amount corresponds to the prize offer amount, and when it is confirmed that the prize offer amount is present, the CPU controls the prize offer means 6 and FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 5, premium balls P in the number of balls corresponding to the purchase amount are discharged from the prize discharge port 12. If the purchase amount exceeds the input amount, a re-operation message is displayed on the display unit 10, and the player presses the purchase cancel button 8c of the input operation unit 8 to perform the operation of specifying the purchase amount again. .

FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 show another embodiment of the input operation section in the purchase amount input means. In the input operation unit 28 of this embodiment, a plurality of sample card display units 29 are provided on the case 1 and a plurality of designation buttons 30 corresponding to each sample card display unit are provided. In the example of FIG. 8, a sample card display unit 29 is arranged at the top of the case 1, a designation button 30 is provided below the case card display unit 29, and a purchase amount guidance display unit 31 is provided between the designation button and the sample card display unit. . Then, in the sample card display unit 29,
2,000 yen sample card C13, 2,000 yen sample card C12, 3,000 yen sample card C11, 1
One sample card for 3,000 yen, one sample card for 2,000 yen, two sample cards for 3,000 yen and two sample cards for 2,000 yen Are placed, and the designation button 3 is placed below each sample card.
0a, 30b, 30c, 30d, and 30e correspond to each other. According to this example, the card for 1,000 yen can be purchased by the designation button 30a, the card for 2,000 yen can be purchased by the designation button 30b, and similarly, the designation buttons 30c, 30d, and 30e respectively. 3,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1
A card worth 000 yen can be purchased. As shown in FIG. 8, when there are three types of cards to be sold, it is necessary to provide card storage containers for storing these types of cards. For example, when four card storage containers are arranged as shown in FIG. 3, the upper two stages are all 3,000 yen card storage containers, and one of the lower two stages is 1,000 yen card storage. Container and the other 2,000
It is a card storage container for 0 yen. The control processing means controls the card discharging means in accordance with the type of card to be sold.
If you have purchased 2,000 yen or 3,000 yen cards, operate the delivery roller of the card storage unit, the delivery roller of the card transport unit, and the transport belt from the card storage container in which each card is stored. If a 5,000-yen card is purchased, one card is transported and ejected from the card storage container that holds the 2,000-yen card. One card is conveyed and ejected from the card storage container storing the card, and control is performed so that the total sales amount of the card to be ejected is equivalent to 5,000 yen. Input operation unit 2
The embodiment 8 is not limited to those shown in FIGS. 7 and 8.
One or two types of card samples may be used. The combination of cards when the purchase amount exceeds 3,000 yen is optional. For example, in the case of 5,000 yen, in addition to FIG. 8, one card for 3,000 yen and two cards for 1,000 yen may be used.
Two cards for 0 yen and one card for 1,000 yen may be used, and five cards for 1,000 yen may be used. The purchase amount that can be selected by the player is 1.00 in FIG.
Although five types from 0 yen to 10,000 yen are illustrated, it is a matter of course that the present invention is not limited to this.

FIG. 5 shows an example in which the premium in the premium providing means is discharged as a premium ball.
The present invention is not limited to this, and may be a service privilege according to the purchase amount, for example, a coin saving. In this case, as shown in FIG. 9, the member card insertion slot 32 constituting a part of the player specifying means
Is provided on the front of case 1 and a member card in which an ID code is written can be inserted into the member insertion port. The player specifying means is connected to the control processing means 33 as shown in FIG. 10, and has a card reader (not shown) capable of reading data of the member card inserted from the member insertion port 32. I have. A member management computer for managing members is connected to the control processing means 33 (FIG. 1).
0). When the CPU of the control processing means 33 determines that the purchase amount of the member card user is the prize providing amount, the CPU of the control processing unit 33 determines that the member card user is a specific player, and the premium stored in the storage unit. The member management computer is instructed to store ball number data, which is the number of prize balls corresponding to the amount, in the member management computer. The settlement of the ball count data written on the member card is performed by the CPU of the control processing means 33, and the ball count data of the settlement result is stored in the member management computer. The payout of the coins written on the member card can be performed, for example, by using a prize exchange installed in the hall, lent out as a pachinko ball corresponding to the ball number data corresponding to the ball number, or a prize according to the ball number data. Provided as an accessory. As another example of a prize (service privilege), a visiting point system may be adopted. In this case, the member management computer stores the number of visiting points as prize data, for example, assuming that the visiting point of the player once a day is "1 point". The addition of the number of visiting points is performed by the control processing means 3
3 and the adjusted point data is stored in the member management computer. When the number of points exceeds a predetermined number and corresponds to the premium amount, for example, when it reaches 1,000, it can be exchanged for a prize exchange ticket of 1,000 yen. Further, as another service privilege, for example, a high exchange rate is given to a member card user who satisfies the condition for giving a privilege, and a ball 1 when a pachinko ball is exchanged for a premium is given.
This is an example in which the rate determined for each individual is set higher than the usual 2.5 yen, for example, 3 yen, 8 yen, or the like. As another service privilege, in the case of a big hit, in principle, once exchange, that is, once the ball is settled, the continuous game is restricted, but the restriction of the continuous game is specially removed and the permission of the continuous game is given. Also in these cases, the control processing means 33 may cause the member management computer to store the high exchange rate grant data and the continuous game permission data as prize data to be given to these players. Give a command. Instead of setting the prize providing amount, a prize corresponding to, for example, 2% of the purchase amount paid by all players may be provided. In this case, the function of comparing the purchase amount with the prize offer amount in the control processing unit 33 becomes unnecessary.

The premium data may be made writable by the card reader of the player specifying means controlled by the control processing means 33. In this case, the CPU of the control processing means 33
If it is determined that the purchase amount of the member card user is a prize offer amount, this member card user is determined to be a specific player, and the prize data corresponding to the premium amount stored in the storage unit is determined. The member card reader is instructed to write on the membership card, and the writing head (not shown) of the player specifying means operates to write.

[0014]

According to the present invention, a prize can be provided to a player according to the purchase price, and profits can be returned. Therefore, it is possible to stimulate the player's willingness to purchase and promote card sales. . According to the present invention, convenience is improved by reducing the operation procedure of the player. Further, according to the present invention, without selling a high-value card,
Since the same sales can be performed, crime prevention is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a case of a card vending machine showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view showing an input operation unit of a purchase amount input unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged side view showing a card storage section and a card carry-out section of the card ejection means according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of a card storage container in a card storage unit.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a use state of the prize providing means in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a case of a card vending machine showing another embodiment of the present invention.

8 is an enlarged front view showing an input operation unit in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a front view of a case of a card vending machine showing still another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part in another embodiment of the present invention in FIG. 9;

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 Card vending machine case 2 Purchase amount input means 3 Card storage unit 4 Card transport unit 5 Card discharge means 6 Premium provision means 7 Control processing means 8 Input operation unit 8a Purchase price designation button 9 Bill insertion slot 11 Card discharge slot 12 Premium Discharge port 14 Card storage container 14a Card insertion port 14b Delivery port 15 Delivery roller 16 Delivery unit 16a First delivery roller 16c Second delivery roller 16f Transport belt 17 Transport belt 19 Transport belt 20 Transport belt 23 Premium ball ball tank 25 Supply gutter 26 supply path 27 ball passage 28 input operation part 29 sample card display part 30 purchase price designation button 32 member card insertion slot 33 control processing means C card C1 3,000 yen card C2 2,000 yen card P Premium ball (Prize)

Claims (4)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A purchase amount input means for allowing a player to input an amount for purchasing a card in which information corresponding to the number of pachinko balls lent is recorded, and a plurality of cards each containing a plurality of the cards. Card ejection means having a card storage section and a card transport section for transporting a card sent from the card storage section, and providing a player with a predetermined prize corresponding to the purchase amount. Prize providing means, and control processing means for controlling the prize providing means and the card discharging means, wherein the control processing means determines a sales amount in each of the card storage units, According to the purchase amount input to the purchase amount input means, the total amount of sales is calculated to be equal to the purchase amount, and then the card discharger is configured to transport and discharge one or more cards. And providing the prize providing means to provide a prize meeting predetermined conditions corresponding to the purchase amount when the purchase amount corresponds to the prize offer amount. A card vending machine characterized in that the card vending machine is controlled. The prize is a premium ball, and the prize providing means includes a premium ball ball tank provided at an upper part of a case of the card vending machine, a supply tank connected at one end and a supply gutter at the other end side. 2. The card according to claim 1, further comprising a supply path connected thereto, and a ball passage connected at one end to the ball tank and connected at the other end to a prize discharge port provided in the case. Vending machine. 3. A player specifying means controlled by the control processing means, and a member management computer connected to the control processing means for managing members, wherein the prize is a service such as a coin saving service. The player identification means has a card reader capable of reading the data of the membership card, and the control processing means, when the purchase amount of the member card user corresponds to the prize offer amount, 3. The card vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the member management computer is instructed to store premium data given to the member card user as a specific player to the member management computer. 4. The purchase amount input means includes an input operation unit, and the input operation unit can arbitrarily designate a purchase amount exceeding a maximum amount of cards stored in the card storage unit. The card vending machine according to claim 1, 2 or 3.