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An automatic vending machine comprises a plurality of electric lamps arranged geometrically on a front panel of a housing and a lamp control circuit for lighting the lamps successively and repeatedly in response to a signal which is generated in accordance with a vending operation of the machine. Th

An automatic vending machine comprises a plurality of electric lamps arranged geometrically on a front panel of a housing and a lamp control circuit for lighting the lamps successively and repeatedly in response to a signal which is generated in accordance with a vending operation of the machine. The lamps are arranged equidistantly along a circle and thus a light spot appears to rotate along the circle. In a preferred embodiment the lamp control circuit comprises a lottery circuit which produces a winning signal for discharging an extra article as a free addition and at the same time the light spot is stopped at a predetermined lamp having a lucky number applied thereto.

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An automatic vending machine comprising: a housing including a front panel; means provided in the front panel for displaying at least one article available for users; means provided in the front panel for receiving coins and/or bills; stocker means provided in the housing for storing the articles av

An automatic vending machine comprising: a housing including a front panel; means provided in the front panel for displaying at least one article available for users; means provided in the front panel for receiving coins and/or bills; stocker means provided in the housing for storing the articles available for users; means for discharging at least one article stored in the stocker means in response to an article discharge signal through a discharge opening provided in the front panel; a plurality of lamps arranged geometrically on the front panel and provided with covers having numbers applied thereto; and a lamp control circuit for lighting on and off said lamps successively and repeatedly in response to a signal which is generated each time the vending operation is effected, a repetition period of the lighting on and off being such that a light spot appears to move along said geometrical lamp arrangement, wherein said lamp control circuit further comprises a lottery circuit for producing a winning signal in response to a signal generated by the vending operation of the machine to stop the light spot at a predetermined lamp having a lucky number applied thereto and the machine further comprises means to drive said article discharging means additionally to discharge at least one extra article as a free addition in response to the winning signal.