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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1997
Masahiro Tsujita, Osaka, JP;
Telesystems Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In an automatic bowling scoring apparatus provided with a score counter for determining a score of a bowling game by detecting a passage of a ball and a pin state in a lane, medals for amusement equipment which is other than bowling game equipment and which is played with the medals are discharged onto a medal tray provided on the console that is provided in the bowling game equipment when the counting value of the score counter has come to a predetermined value. This allows the automatic bowling scoring apparatus to be constituted more exciting in addition to the enjoyment derived from the competition for the score of bowling games. Also, exploiting bowlers' play in the game center for bowling games allows the automatic bowling scoring apparatus to be constituted to exhibit improved bowler-pulling power of the bowling alley.