PINBALL RENTAL MACHINE EQUIPPED WITH CARD RECOVERY MECHANISM

PURPOSE: To eliminate the labor required for a game parlor because of random discard of used cards and improve the aesthetic appearance inside the game parlor by automatically storing used cards in a predetermined storing place in a rental ball dispenser when a card reader reads that the balance of rental ball reservation data written on the cards becomes zero. CONSTITUTION: A card reader 7 reads the sums of rental ball reservation money written on a magnetic card 8 and sends a signal to a controller 10 in response to press action on a rental ball selection button 9. Then, the specified number of game balls are taken out of a rental ball tank 4 and supplied to the hands of a player according to control signals from the controller 10. That is, the magnetic card 8 is returned to the player at once when the card reader 7 reads that the rental ball reservation data written in the card is not zero. On the other hand, the magnetic card 8 is not returned to the player but taken in the rental ball dispenser 1 and stored in a card storage box 11 when the card reader 7 reads that the rental ball reservation data become zero.