Amusement machine of the pusher type

An amusement machine of the pusher type, comprising:

• a playing surface on which a plurality of playing pieces, such as coins, chips or marbles, as well as one or more prizes are supported,
• a playing piece pusher configured to move over the playing surface at successive points in time in order to disturb the plurality of playing pieces and one or more prizes supported on the playing surface, and such that one or more playing pieces and/or prizes can drop over an edge of the playing surface during movement of the playing piece pusher;
• 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 in the transport system,
• a second detection module configured to detect the prize at a second location in the transport system, said second location being different from the first 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, wherein the control unit comprises an award module configured for awarding a number of prize points to the player if the control unit has received a first detection result indicating the detection of a prize and a second detection result indicating the detection of the same prize.

An amusement machine of the pusher type, comprising:

• a playing surface on which a plurality of playing pieces, such as coins, chips or marbles, as well as one or more prizes are supported,
• a playing piece pusher configured to move over the playing surface at successive points in time in order to disturb the plurality of playing pieces and one or more prizes supported on the playing surface, and such that one or more playing pieces and/or prizes can drop over an edge of the playing surface during movement of the playing piece pusher;
• 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 in the transport system,
• a second detection module configured to detect the prize at a second location in the transport system, said second location being different from the first 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;
• wherein the transport system comprises:
• a prize collecting location configured to collect at least one or more prizes which have dropped over the edge, a prize infeed location configured for infeed of one or more prizes on the playing surface, and a prize transport mechanism configured to transport one or more prizes collected in the prize collecting location to the prize infeed location,
• wherein the amusement machine is a multiplayer with a plurality of playing surfaces, including the stated playing surface, which plurality of playing surfaces are arranged around a central zone, wherein the prize collecting location and the prize infeed location lie one above the other in the central zone.