A system for maneuvering a pick-up device such as a vacuum, claw, or other crane for an arcade game or the like comprises a metallic frame and two motors. A mount is suspended over the frame and the movement of the mount is managed by monofilament loops rotated by the motors using a set of four stacks of pulleys. The arrangement of the pulleys allows the mount and pick-up device to be easily maneuvered anywhere within the frame.

A coin operated game machine is adapted to operate through a plurality of coins, and includes a machine bed unit, an operation unit, and a back-end unit. The machine bed unit includes a main body defining a sealed space, and an operation table dividing the sealed space into a game region and a recognition region. The operation unit includes a coin-passing mechanism, a token-passing mechanism, a plurality of game tokens for being outputted to the sealed space, and an identification module identifying each of the game tokens that falls to the recognition region. The back-end unit includes a ticket-passing module configured to output at least one ticket according to identification of the identification module.

A game apparatus includes a pusher configured to reciprocate forward and backward on a surface of a table, the pusher including a first surface that is an upper surface of the pusher; a feeder configured to feed a game object that is rollable regardless of an orientation of the game object, onto the first surface; and a suppressor provided on at least one of the pusher and the table and configured to suppress an amount of movement of the game object.

The present invention is directed to an arcade type vacuum crane game that includes a turntable with a target support structure such as cylindrical, open ended target holders to prevent targets from toppling before, during, and after playing the game. The turntable is rotated by a centrally disposed motor having a shaft that receives a projection on the turntable to rotate the turntable in the direction of the shaft. The shaft receives the peg therein, but does not carry the weight of the turntable, which instead is supported by three peripheral rotatable wheels disposed about the motor on a bracket. Because the turntable is simply mounted over the shaft using a fitted mating, the turntable can be lifted off the motor without tools and another turntable set on top of the shaft and wheels quickly and easily.

A claw arcade game includes a housing; a claw assembly that is movable along a horizontal and vertical plane within the housing. In one embodiment, the claw assembly includes a plurality of flanges capable of being moved from an open position to a closed position. The claw arcade game may also include a claw control unit configured to control the movement of the claw assembly within the housing, wherein the claw control unit produces at least one unique signal that correlates to an event related to the movement of the claw assembly during a single game sequence. The claw arcade game may also include a camera assembly including a camera mounted within an upper portion of the housing; and a photo booth control unit configured to monitor at least a portion of the signals produced by the claw control unit, to sense the at least one unique signal, and to instruct the camera to take a photo in response to the sensing of the at least one unique signal.

A claw crane structure includes a main body, a coil being provided therein, a bottom of the main body being provide with a clamping claw coupled pivotally to a standing tube extended inside the coil, allowing the clamping claw to be clamped inward or expanded outward according to the rise and fall of the standing tube inside the coil, characterized in that a PC circuit board relatively above the coil is provide on the main body, both ends of the coil are respectively in electric connection with two coil contacts provided on the PC circuit board; the main body further comprises a winding wire for provision of electric energy, two terminals thereof are similarly in electric connection with two winding wire contacts provided on the PC circuit board, each pair of the coil contact and winding wire contact are in electric connection with each other.

The present invention comprises an interactive touch control for a pinball machine to allow a user to interact with various settings of a pinball game. The invention further comprises an improved glass top assembly to permit lifting of the glass top via a hinge near the back box. The invention further comprises an improved mechanism for locking the glass top assembly to the cabinet and locking the playfield to the cabinet.

A gaming device may present a game object-based wagering game or promotional event. Game objects, including play and prize objects, may be associated with one or more play surfaces, with an object to move them to a collection area. Collected objects may result in the award of prizes. The gaming device may also be configured to present a wagering game, where play of the object-based game may be triggered from play of the wagering game.

A random output generating, ROG, system comprises a display board and a motion device; the display board comprises: a top portion having a release pocket, a plurality of receiving pockets forming a common row on an, opposite, bottom portion, and a plurality of obstacles arranged in-between top portion and bottom portion; said motion device is arranged that when released from a release pocket, it is transferred partly by gravity to a receiving pocket according to a random route via collisions with said obstacles, said motion device is further arranged to complete the random route within a predetermined time period; the motion device comprises a motion sensor, control circuitry, and an illumination device, the control circuitry is configured to control the illumination device based on at least one of the movement of the motion device and a position of the motion device relative to the display board.

Provided is an amusement machine of the pusher type, including a playing surface on which playing pieces, as well as one or more prizes are supported, a playing piece pusher configured to move over the playing surface in order to disturb the playing pieces and one or more prizes supported on the playing surface; a transport system configured to transport a prize which has dropped over an edge; a first detection module configured to detect a prize which has dropped over the edge, at a first location, a second detection module configured to detect the prize at a second location; and a control unit configured to receive a first detection result from the first detection module and a second detection result from the second detection module, and to control the amusement machine in function of the first and/or second detection result.