FLASH GENERATOR

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow further reduction in size and a plurality of times of flashings as well as high-speed repeated flashings when utilizing flashing of a xenon lamp, in a game machine such as a pachinko machine, with reduced waste components even under approval and license.SOLUTION: A flash generator is divided into a power supply part 1, a relay part 2, and a flash generating part 3. The flash generating part is reduced in size. One relay part and a plurality of flash generating parts are provided to a single power supply part. The power supply part is provided with a charging capacitor 9 of large capacitance value, and the relay part is provided with charging capacitors 29 and 30 having a small capacitance value to be supplied to each of the flash generating parts as well as charging resistors 25 and 26. When a xenon lamp 32 performs arc charging, the electric charge of a discharging capacitor at the relay part is used. A current value that flows from the charging capacitor to the power supply part is limited to a discharge maintenance current value or less by the charging resistor.