Patent ID: 7654534

Claim:
A prize-winning game machine, comprising: operation means operated by a player; a playing field containing prizes; a grasping member having arms either hooking or grasping one of the prizes; a movement mechanism for moving the grasping member in a predetermined direction on the basis of operation from the operation means; at least two wires or more for suspending the grasping member; two wire fastening members or more which are provided on the grasping member and to which the wires are respectively fastened; and at least two drive mechanisms or more corresponding to the wires as provided in the movement mechanism for adjusting respective winding/unwinding amounts of the wires, wherein the wires are respectively extended out from a predetermined positions of the respective drive mechanisms located away from each other to the respective wire fastening members on the grasping member so that the grasping member is suspended by the wires, and the drive mechanisms are independently adjusted to turn a portion of the grasping member coming into contact with the prize at least in an up-and-down direction.