Game machine with alternative payout medium

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8544846
APP PUB NO 20110101605A1
SERIAL NO

12690318

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A main CPU of a game machine for playing a game with playing balls allows a player to launch the playing balls until 30 seconds have lapsed after the player inserted a predetermined amount of metal money into the game machine. Whenever the playing ball enters any predetermined win hole mounted on a playfield of a game board, a ticket CPU of the game machine controls the game machine to pay a ticket as a payout medium different from the playing ball out, not playing balls, so that the sales figures of the game machine can be boosted since the acquired playing balls are not reused for a next game play, that is, the player has to borrow new playing balls with money paid for the next game play.

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KYORAKU INDUSTRIAL CO LTD24-4 NISHIKI 3-CHOME NAKA-KU NAGOYA-SHI AICHI

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Watanabe, Naoyuki Nagoya, JP 57 496

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