Gaming machine

Abstract

A gaming machine is provided with a cabinet; a door (3), provided on a front face opening of the above-mentioned cabinet; a bill insertion slot (529), provided in the door (3); and a bill guide plate (52A), which extends outwards from below the bill insertion slot (529) and is for guiding a bill to the bill insertion slot (529); and here, the bill guide plate (52A) is equipped with slit openings (524), a guide part, which guides foreign matter from the exterior, is positioned in the direction substantially below the slit openings (524), and a drain bottle (7), for recovery of the foreign matter guided by the above-mentioned guide part, is equipped at the rear face side of the door (3). Thus even if foreign matter is spilled onto the bill guide plate, the foreign matter can be collected without getting on the various devices inside the cabinet.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO THE RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001] This application is based upon and claims a priority from the prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-316730 filed on Oct. 30, 2002, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.[0002] 1. Field of the Invention[0003] This invention relates to a gaming machine.[0004] 2. Related Art[0005] Video poker machines, slot machines, and other gaming machines are installed in casinos, etc. Those are equipped with a bill insertion slot for directly inserting bills instead of coins or medals. An example is disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 09-106471.[0006] With such a gaming machine, when a player runs out of coins, etc., on hand, the player will not have to stand up from his / her seat and go to a coin changer to change bills into coins, etc. The player can also continue to play a game without having to call game-hall staff.[0007] In many cases, at a lower position of such a bill insertion slot, a bill...

AI Technical Summary

Problems solved by technology

However, in a game arcade, there are people who play games while taking a simple meal or drink and a drink may become spilled onto the bill guide plate by chance.

There are also insolent persons who, on becoming irritated of not obtaining the desired game results, throws a drink in his/her hand onto the gaming machine.

However, since the drain hole of this gaming machine is small, it tended to clog readily.

Also, since the...

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