gaming machines

Abstract

To provide a game machine that can increase the reliability of the game machine for players and game halls where the game machine is installed.SOLUTION: A game machine includes a game board in which a game area where game balls can flow down is formed. The game board is provided with a variable winning device in which game balls can be won. The variable winning device has a movable piece that can be shifted between a first state in which the game balls can be easily won and a second state in which the game balls are more difficult to be won than in the first state, and a main body part for supporting the movable piece. At least one of the movable piece and the main body part is provided with a plurality of specific visual recognition parts that are visible from outside the variable winning device while the variable winning device is removed from the game board. In the first state, it is visible from outside the variable winning device that the plurality of specific visual recognition parts is in a first positional relationship with respect to the movable piece or the main body part. In the second state, it is visible from outside the variable winning device that the specific visual recognition part is in a second positional relationship with respect to the movable piece or the main body part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 339

Claims

[Claim 1] A gaming machine equipped with a gaming board on which a gaming area into which gaming balls can flow is formed, The game board is provided with a variable winning device that can change between a first state in which a game ball flowing down the game area can easily win a prize and a second state in which the game ball can more difficultly win a prize than in the first state, The variable winning device is The game machine has a movable piece that can move in a protruding state in which a game ball flowing down the game area can contact an upper surface portion, and a retracted state in which a game ball flowing down the game area has difficulty contacting the upper surface portion, and a case body in which the movable piece is provided, the first state is a state in which the movable piece is in one of the protruding state and the retracted state, and the second state is a state in which the movable piece is in the other of the protruding state and the retracted state, A movable piece side viewing portion is provided on the lower surface portion of the movable piece, a case body side viewing portion is provided on an upper surface of the case body so as to be located rearward of the movable piece side viewing portion when the movable piece is in a protruding state; The movable one side viewing portion and the case body side viewing portion are difficult to see at least when the gaming machine is viewed from the front with the variable winning device attached to the gaming board, and are easier to see from the outside when the variable winning device is detached from the gaming board than when the variable winning device is attached to the gaming board, When the variable winning device that is not attached to the game board is in the first state, it is possible to visually confirm from the outside of the variable winning device that the case body side visual confirmation portion is in a first positional relationship with the movable piece side visual confirmation portion, When the variable winning device that is not attached to the game board is in the second state, it is possible to visually confirm from the outside of the variable winning device that the case body side visual confirmation portion is in a second positional relationship with the movable piece side visual confirmation portion. A gaming machine characterized by:

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