GAME BALL, GAME MACHINE, AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING FRAUDULENT GAME BALL

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine preventing the fraudulent use of game balls.

SOLUTION: The game ball 1 is of spherical or substantially spherical shape at least part of the outer surface of which is composed of a conductor, and has a built-in RFID chip that stores predetermined first data. The conductor acts as an antenna of the RFID chip. The game machine includes a storage means for storing second data associated with the first data stored in the RFID chip built in the game ball 1; a game ball storage part 5 for storing a predetermined number of game balls 1 in a conveying path 4 for conveying the game balls 1; and an RFID reading authentication part 7 reading the first data from the RFID chips of the game balls 1 stored in the game ball storage part 5 and discriminating relevance between the read first data and the second data stored in the storage means for determining whether the game balls 1 are usable in the own machine.

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