To provide a gift ball exchanging device for Pachinko (Japanese pinball game) machine with which the transportation of gift balls is unnecessitated, the replenishment of balls is facilitated and forgery is disabled.
A Pachinko machine 20 is provided with a collecting mechanism for gift balls. A host computer 40 can respectively communicate with the Pachinko machine 20 and a gift retrieving device 60. The Pachinko machine 20 is provided with a counting means for counting collected gift balls, identification data reading means for card 11, transmitting means for the number of gift balls and identification data, and replenishing means for gift balls. The host computer 40 is provided with a storage means for data showing the number of balls for each piece of identification data, transmitting means for replenishing balls, arithmetic means for updating the number of gift balls and a responding means for answering the number of gift balls. The gift retrieving means 60 is provided with a reading means for identification data, transmitting means for identification data, retrieving means for gift 90 and a display means for retrieved gift.
MINEMURA AKIYOSHI
SUGAWARA KAZUAKI
IGARASHI AKIRA
UEDA HIDEHISA