Game media payout device for use in a game machine

A game media payout device for use in a game machine, comprising:

• a container for accommodating a multiplicity of game media;
• a rotary disc disposed on a bottom of the container;
• a plurality of openings arranged in a circumference of the rotary disc, each of the openings having a size for accommodating the game medium;
• a payout control means for generating a payout instruction signal for paying out a predetermined number of game media;
• a driving means, which is configured to drive the rotary disc in a clockwise direction or a counterclockwise direction, for driving the rotary disc in a clockwise direction in response to the payout instruction signal and driving the rotary disc in a counterclockwise direction if a predetermined condition is satisfied;
• a game media receiving plate for receiving game media dropped from the container and caught in the openings;
• a game media feeding guide plate, which is installed to be integrated into a rear surface of the rotary disc, for guiding the game media received by the game media receiving plate in a direction radially away from a center of the rotary disc in response to the rotation of the rotary disc in a clockwise direction;
• a fixed roller disposed at a game media outlet, for changing a moving direction of the game media toward the game media outlet;
• a displaceable roller disposed at the game media outlet, which is displaced by the movements of the game media being ejected by the game media feeding guide plate to eject the game media to the game media outlet;
• a detecting means disposed at the game media outlet, for detecting the game media being ejected to the game media outlet by the displaceable roller;
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• a monitoring means for monitoring an operation of the detecting means even in a situation where the driving means drives the rotation of the rotary disc in a counterclockwise direction in response to the payout instruction signal.