Game system for playing with medals

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EP 0 965 963 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	20.12.2000 Bulletin 2000/51

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	22.12.1999 Bulletin 1999/51

(21)	Application number: 99304127.6

(22)	Date of filing: 27.05.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G07F 17/38

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

12.06.1998 JP 18141998

(71)	Applicant: Konami Co., Ltd.
	Kobe-shi, Hyogo-ken (JP)

(72)	Inventor:
	Kumabe, Takashi Kanagawa-ken (JP)

(74)	Representative: Brunner, Michael John
	GILL JENNINGS & EVERY Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)

(54)	Game system for playing with medals

(57) To properly manage the flow of a medal, which affects a paying-out rate, a medal game system is provided. The system supplies the medal through a field has an apparatus for controlling supply of the medal. The apparatus comprises a detecting device for detecting the flow of the medal passing the field and a adjusting device for physically adjusting the flow of the medal based on information given by the detecting device.

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