BALL LOTTERY APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A ball lottery apparatus comprising:
- a discharger adapted for discharging individually multiple lottery balls that are used for a lottery;
a lottery field including multiple holes in which the lottery balls discharged from the discharger can enter;
a lottery result decider adapted for deciding a lottery result depending on which lottery holes the lottery balls have entered;
a retrieval mechanism adapted for retrieving the lottery balls that have entered the holes; and
a mode setter adapted for setting the ball lottery apparatus to a first mode in which an input time point at which each of the lottery balls discharged from the discharger is input to the lottery field depends on a predetermined rule, and to a second mode in which the input time point depends on human action.
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Abstract
A ball lottery apparatus include a discharger adapted for discharging individually multiple lottery balls, a lottery field including multiple holes in which the discharged lottery balls can enter, a host controller for executing various controls, a retrieval mechanism adapted for retrieving the lottery balls. When a bingo game is played, the host controller can set the ball lottery apparatus to a normal mode in which an input time point at which each of the lottery balls discharged from the discharger is input to the lottery field depends on a predetermined rule, and to a dealer mode in which the input time point depends on human action.
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6 Claims
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1. A ball lottery apparatus comprising:
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a discharger adapted for discharging individually multiple lottery balls that are used for a lottery; a lottery field including multiple holes in which the lottery balls discharged from the discharger can enter; a lottery result decider adapted for deciding a lottery result depending on which lottery holes the lottery balls have entered; a retrieval mechanism adapted for retrieving the lottery balls that have entered the holes; and a mode setter adapted for setting the ball lottery apparatus to a first mode in which an input time point at which each of the lottery balls discharged from the discharger is input to the lottery field depends on a predetermined rule, and to a second mode in which the input time point depends on human action. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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