JP2008301922A - Method for exchanging special prize - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve safety by increasing the transparency of the process of exchanging a special prize issued by a game parlor. <P>SOLUTION: In a method for exchanging a special prize, when the special prize is paid out in the game parlor, information specific to the special prize including the amount of money is read from a storage element of the special prize, by which the data is read, written, and deleted; predetermined information including information specific to the paying out is encoded and written into the storage element; when a special-prize exchange buys the special prize from a special-prize owner, predetermined information stored in the storage element is read using a decoding key, and predetermined information including information specific to the buying is encoded written into the storage element; when a special-prize wholesaler buys the special prize from the special-prize exchange, predetermined information stored in the storage element is read using a decoding key, and predetermined information including information specific to the buying is encoded and written into the storage element; and when the game parlor buys the special prize from the special-prize wholesaler, predetermined information including information specific to the buying is encoded and written into the storage element. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a method of paying out, purchasing, or exchanging special prizes that are generally paid out at a game arcade or the like. More specifically, in the circulation in which special prizes paid out at amusement halls, etc. are purchased at special prize exchanges, and the special prizes are purchased by amusement halls etc. via purchases by special prize wholesalers. The present invention relates to a method for exchanging special prizes that can prevent the occurrence of an accident by reducing the flow of cash.

  Taking a pachinko parlor as an example of a game hall, a user first puts cash into a ball lending machine and borrows pachinko balls for gaming. After playing a game on the pachinko machine using the pachinko balls, if there are any remaining pachinko balls, the remaining balls can be exchanged for prizes determined according to the number of balls. At this time, if a product with distribution value is selected as a prize, it is possible to have the product purchased by a third party.

  In this specification, a prize that is scheduled to be purchased by a third party or a specific vendor and paid out from the amusement hall is referred to as a special prize, and a third party that purchases a special prize from a user or a place thereof is referred to as a special prize exchange. To. In general, a user of a game hall receives a special prize from the amusement hall using a remaining ball, etc., and brings it to a special prize exchange to be purchased for cash payment.

  The special prize purchased by the special prize exchange is bought by a special prize wholesaler, and the special prize wholesaler further sells the special prize to a game hall or the like. The amusement hall etc. purchases this special prize and pays it out to the user who wishes to exchange it for the special prize according to the number of remaining balls. In this way, the special prize flows back between the user, the special prize exchange, and the special prize wholesaler such as a game hall.

  In the recycling of the special prize, the purchase of the special prize at the special prize exchange is carried out in cash.

  Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-288562) is an invention relating to the circulation of prizes at a game arcade, a prize exchange, and a prize wholesaler, and on the premise of card payment system technology, a prize wholesaler terminal and a prize exchange terminal And the offset processing means of the payment request to the premium wholesaler from the premium exchange terminal and the payment request to the hall, and the premium sales information and credit inquiry information from the premium wholesaler terminal and the premium exchange terminal The present invention relates to an invention provided with a settlement approval means for examining approvability of card settlement related to credit inquiry.

  Patent Document 2 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-263267) provides a prize exchange system in which fraud and the like are unlikely to occur by connecting a plurality of pachinko shops and a prize management center with a communication line. When exchanging prizes, the server deducts the amount of money exchanged for the number of balls from the store-by-store money amount management account of the ID card distribution store and adds it to the ID card-by-card amount management account of the ID card. When the gift is sold, a process of subtracting the amount of money sold from the ID card-specific money amount management account of the ID card is performed. The giveaway sales terminal relates to an invention for receiving a sale amount from a server and performing a process of paying the amount of cash to a customer.

  Patent Document 3 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-185449) is obtained by a counting unit that calculates the number of pachinko balls, an exchange ratio recording unit that records an exchange ratio of pachinko balls and premium information (thousand-thousand boxes), and a counting unit. And an IC card writer for writing the number of thousands of boxes into an external IC card, and an IC card writer for writing the number of thousands of boxes into an external IC card, The invention which can receive payment of cash from a cash dispenser according to the number of thousands of boxes written in is disclosed.

  Patent Document 4 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-27917) discloses that a gift delivery system outside a main store is a pachinko store terminal, a store terminal provided in a store such as a regional specialty store, and a general / management center having a gift center function. When the premium is selected at the terminal in the pachinko store, the order contents entered by the customer, the password and the pachinko store ID are generated as order data, and the order data is encrypted with the secret key of the pachinko store. Sending to the management center, where the centralized management center stores the encrypted ordering data, and at the terminal in the store, obtains the encrypted ordering data from the free gift center, and uses the public key of the pachinko store The present invention discloses an invention configured to decrypt and acquire the contents of the order and exchange prizes.

  Patent Document 5 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-180763) discloses that a game store issues a customer's membership card, installs a game store side information processing device that displays premium samples and the number of exchanged balls in the game store, The merchandise provider and the game store to exchange with the contract store contract, connect the merchant-side information processing device and the game store-side information processing device possessed by the merchandise provider with the information processing device of the operation manager through a communication line, The customer loads the member card into the game store side information processing device, and the product provider's product from the game store side information processing device through the information processing device of the operation manager within the range of the number of balls recorded on the member card The remaining number of balls is recorded on the membership card, and the product provider knows the customer's selected product and delivery destination through the information processing device of the operation manager with his own information processing device and gives a prize. Delivering goods and games To those disclosed inventions can perform the billing.

According to the invention described in Patent Document 6 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-97319), the “usable” special prize in which the hall code and the amount data are recorded is delivered to the customer in the pachinko hall according to the number of balls. It is. The customer goes to the prize exchange with a special prize, where the money is exchanged. At this time, the hall code and the amount data are deleted, the special prize becomes “unusable” and is collected by the prize wholesaler, and further sent from the prize wholesaler to the management organization. The management organization aggregates the data of the special prizes brought in and grasps the distribution status, and writes the hall code and the amount data so that the special prize becomes “usable”. Special prizes that have become “usable” are returned to the prize wholesaler and supplied to the pachinko hall.
JP 2006-288562 A JP 2006-263267 A JP 2005-185449 A JP-A-2005-27917 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-180763 JP 2004-97319 A

  According to the currently known techniques, including the techniques described in Patent Documents 1 to 6 described above, there is nothing that has been taken into consideration to some extent. Are not enough to grasp and secure safety. In addition, in amusement halls, etc., it is possible to realize the above-described fraud prevention while maintaining a distribution structure in which a user exchanges the remaining sphere for a free gift and a third party purchases the free gift in the user's hand. Can not.

  The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the current technology, realizes fraud prevention in the return of special prizes, properly grasps the return, ensures safety, etc., and is used in amusement halls, etc. A special prize exchange method that allows a person to exchange the remaining ball (in the case of a slingshot for example) with a free gift, and to maintain the distribution structure principle that a third party purchases the free gift in the hands of the user. Is to provide.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a special prize including a face value from a storage element capable of reading, writing, and deleting data provided in the special prize when paying out the special prize at a game hall. And reading out the information specific to the storage device, and encrypting and writing predetermined information including information specific to the payout to the storage element,
When the special prize exchange buys a special prize from the owner of the special prize, the predetermined information stored in the storage element is read using the decryption key, and the predetermined information including the information unique to the purchase is obtained. Encrypt and write,
When a special prize wholesaler purchases a special prize from a special prize exchange, the predetermined information stored in the storage element is read using a decryption key, and the predetermined information including information unique to the purchase is encrypted. Write,
When a game hall purchases a special prize from a special prize wholesaler, a method for exchanging a special prize including encrypting and writing predetermined information including information unique to the purchase is provided.

Here, the game hall means a place or provider providing a place for playing games or games such as pachinko, slots, cards, roulette, etc., and in the following description, the pachinko hall will be described as an example for convenience. However, it is not limited to this.
The special prize is a prize that the user receives later from the amusement hall for the purpose of cashing, regardless of the form. Therefore, the form of the special prize can be a gold bullion, a dry battery, a seasoning or the like.
The provision of the special prize includes both the case where the special prize is provided in an integrated form and the case where the special prize is provided in the container of the special prize.
A memory element that can read, write, and delete data is a memory device, a chip, or the like that can be read by a computer, and may be either a contact type or a non-contact type with respect to the outside.
The face value is an amount given to the special prize in carrying out the present invention, and may be calculated based on the market value of the prize, or determined separately from the market value. It may be a thing. Also, the face amount given to the same special prize may be unchanged or may change throughout the distribution process.
The information unique to the special prize includes, for example, a code such as an identification number uniquely assigned to the special prize, a progress of circulation of the special prize (history of payout, purchase, etc.), but is not limited thereto.
Information specific to payout includes, for example, an identification code uniquely assigned to the payout, an identification code given uniquely to the game arcade where the payout has been made, an identification code of the user who has paid out, The date and time are not limited to this.
Encryption may be performed by any method such as a method using a secret key or a method using a public key.

The special prize exchange refers to a place where the special prize is purchased from a user or a purchase entity, and generally, the purchase entity is different from the entity providing the amusement hall.
Purchasing generally includes the act of exchanging money for special prizes, but is not limited to this, and the prize exchange described here collects special prizes, and in response to this, pays users for money. Including processing equivalent to. Equivalent processing to the payment of money includes the electromagnetic writing of points that can be used for games at the amusement hall, the writing of points for more general shopping, and the deposit to the associated special or general account of the bank. Is a process not limited to these.
Information specific to the purchase by the special prize exchange includes, for example, an identification code uniquely given to the purchase, date and time of purchase, an identification code uniquely given to the special prize exchange, etc. However, it is not limited to these.

A special prize wholesaler refers to a business operator who purchases special prizes from a special prize exchange and wholesales them to a game hall or the like.
The information unique to the purchase by the special gift wholesaler is, for example, an identification code uniquely given to the purchase, date and time of purchase, an identification code uniquely given to the special gift wholesaler, etc. However, it is not limited to these.

  The present invention further proposes a replacement method in which, in the above-described replacement method, it is essential that the information stored in the storage element is once deleted after the game hall purchases the special gift from the special gift wholesaler.

The present invention also reads out information specific to the special prize including the face amount from a storage element capable of reading, writing and deleting data provided in the special prize when paying out the special prize at the amusement hall, Write predetermined information including information specific to the payout to the storage element, and further store information specific to the special prize and information specific to the payout in the server,
When the special prize exchange buys a special prize from the owner of the special prize, it reads out the predetermined information stored in the storage element and sends it to the server via the data communication means, so that the data is correct. The special prize is purchased only after confirming that it has not been purchased by the special prize exchange, and further, predetermined information including information specific to the purchase is written into the special prize and data A method for exchanging special prizes including storing in the server via communication means is proposed.

In the above-described special prize exchange method, the server may be a so-called computer, and its format, scale, capability, etc. are not limited. Also, there are no restrictions on the installation location and the management entity. It may be composed of one or a plurality of computers.
The data communication means may be a dedicated line for connecting necessary devices, or may be the Internet, an intranet, a VPN, or the like.
Confirming that the data is correct means that the data has not been altered by referring to the predetermined information read from the storage element provided in the special prize and the corresponding information stored in the server. Although it is mainly to confirm, other procedures may be included.

  According to the present invention, in the exchange method described above, when the special prize wholesaler purchases a special prize from the special prize exchange, the predetermined information stored in the storage element is read out to the server via the data communication means. Send the special gift only after confirming that the data is correct and has been purchased properly by the special gift exchange and not yet purchased by the special gifts wholesaler. And an exchange method including writing predetermined information including information unique to the purchase into the special prize and storing the information in the server via data communication means.

The present invention further reads information unique to the medium including the remaining amount from the storage element of the medium provided with a storage element capable of reading, writing, and deleting data, instead of paying out special prizes at the game hall. , Encrypting and writing predetermined information including information unique to the payout to the storage element,
Instead of purchasing the special prize, the special prize exchange reads the predetermined information stored in the storage element using a decryption key, and stores the remaining amount increased in accordance with the amount of refund, A special prize exchange method including encrypting and writing predetermined information including information unique to the processing is provided.

The present invention further reads information unique to the medium including the remaining amount from the storage element of the medium provided with a storage element capable of reading, writing, and deleting data, instead of paying out special prizes at the game hall. , Writing predetermined information including information specific to the payout to the storage element, and storing information specific to the medium and information specific to the payout in a server,
Instead of purchasing the special prize, the special prize exchange reads the predetermined information stored in the storage element, and transmits the information to the server via the data communication means, so that the data is correct. Only after the confirmation, the remaining amount reduced according to the refund amount and the predetermined information including information specific to the processing are written in the storage element and stored in the server via the data communication means. Provide a method for exchanging special prizes.

  In the present invention, the medium can store the number of remaining balls when a special prize is paid out in a pachinko game hall, and in exchange for erasing the remaining ball number information from the ball rental machine of the game hall, You may have a function which can borrow the ball | bowl corresponding to the number of remaining balls | bowls. Furthermore, the medium may have any function of a credit card, an eddy card, a debit card, and a cash card.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when a special prize is paid out at the amusement hall, predetermined information including information unique to the payout is encrypted and written in the storage element, and the special prize exchange places the special prize. When purchasing special prizes from the owner of the card, the predetermined information stored in the storage element is read using a decryption key, so that information unique to the encrypted payout can be confirmed, and illegally Easier to find special prizes that have been obtained or modified. Furthermore, it becomes easy to collect and grasp which special prizes are actually redeemed, or the total cash amount for each special prize exchange.
Further, when the special prize wholesaler purchases the special prize from the special prize exchange, the predetermined information stored in the storage element is read using the decryption key, and the predetermined information including the information unique to the purchase is obtained. Since it is written in encrypted form, it becomes easy to find special prizes that have not been properly exchanged by a special prize exchange, and to collect and grasp the total purchase amount by a special prize wholesaler.
Furthermore, when the amusement hall purchases a special prize from a special prize wholesaler, the predetermined information including information specific to the purchase is encrypted and written, so all information related to the special prize from the information written in the special prize is written. It becomes possible to grasp the progress of the transaction.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, after the game arcade purchases the special prize from the special prize wholesaler, all the information described in the storage element is once deleted, so that the special prize returns to the amusement hall. Thus, there is no information in the storage element of the special prize, and the storage capacity of the storage element does not overflow.

According to the invention described in claim 3, when a special prize is paid out at a game arcade, the special prize includes a special value including a face value from a storage element capable of reading, writing and deleting data. And the predetermined information including the information specific to the payout is written into the storage element, and the information unique to the special prize and the information specific to the payout are stored in the server. By collating the recorded information with the information stored in the server, it is possible to check the special prize and its return route at any time including its legitimacy.
In addition, when the special prize exchange buys special prizes from the owner of the special prize, the predetermined information stored in the storage element is read and transmitted to the server via the data communication means so that the data is correct. Since the special prize is purchased only after confirming that it has not been purchased by the special prize exchange, the special prize and the legitimacy of its acquisition are secured at a higher level. In addition, it becomes possible for a third party to confirm the exchange record of the special prize exchange.
Furthermore, since predetermined information including information unique to the purchase by the special prize exchange is written in the special prize and stored in the server via the data communication means, all the processes up to the purchase by the special prize exchange are completed. It becomes possible to trace and confirm its legitimacy.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when the special prize wholesaler purchases the special prize from the special prize exchange, the predetermined information stored in the storage element is read out to the server via the data communication means. Send the special gift only after confirming that the data is correct and has been purchased properly by the special gift exchange and not yet purchased by the special gifts wholesaler. As a result, the special prize wholesaler is secured at a higher level of legitimacy of the special prize.
Furthermore, since predetermined information including information specific to the purchase is written in the special prize and stored in the server via the data communication means, it is possible to grasp the progress of the return of the special prize to the special prize wholesaler. . It is also possible for a third party to confirm the purchase record of the special gift wholesaler.

According to the invention described in claim 5, instead of paying out special prizes at the game hall, the medium including the remaining amount from the storage element of the medium provided with the storage element capable of reading, writing and deleting data is transferred to the medium. Since specific information is read out and predetermined information including information specific to the payout is encrypted and written to the storage element, cash is not paid out to the user at the amusement hall. Will improve.
In addition, instead of purchasing the special prize, the special prize exchange reads the predetermined information stored in the storage element using the decryption key, and the remaining amount reduced to the storage element in accordance with the refund amount Since the predetermined information including the information unique to the process is encrypted and written, cash is not paid out even at the special prize exchange. Therefore, it is not necessary to put cash for purchase at the prize exchange explained, and safety is greatly improved.

According to the invention described in claim 6, instead of paying out special prizes at the game hall, the medium including the remaining amount from the storage element of the medium provided with the storage element capable of reading, writing and deleting data is transferred to the medium. In addition to reading out unique information, writing predetermined information including information specific to the payout to the storage element, and storing information specific to the medium and information specific to the payout in the server, the storage element The reliability of stored information, that is, information corresponding to cash can be secured at a higher level.
In addition, instead of purchasing the special prize, the special prize exchange reads out the predetermined information stored in the storage element, transmits the information to the server via the data communication means, and the data is correct. Only after confirming that there is a remaining amount increased according to the amount of the refund and predetermined information including information specific to the processing is written into the storage element and stored in the server via the data communication means. Even in the special prize exchange, the reliability of information equivalent to cash can be secured at a higher level.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the medium can store the number of remaining balls when a special prize is paid out in the pachinko game hall, and the remaining ball number information of the ball number from the game hall can be stored. In exchange for erasure, it has the function of borrowing balls corresponding to the number of remaining balls, so in principle, the remaining balls in the amusement hall are recorded in the next rental ball without going through cash once. It is even easier because it can be used for purchase.

  According to the invention described in claim 8, since the medium has a function of any one of a credit card, an eddy card, a debit card, and a cash card, it is extremely convenient. Further, the credit of the medium and its owner can be secured based on the credit of the credit card or the like.

  According to the invention described in claim 9, since the server is composed of a plurality of computers that can be connected to each other so as to be able to transmit and receive data, each server is installed in a separate place as necessary. This also improves the convenience and convenience of system management. Moreover, when it installs in one place, the safety | security of a system can be improved by taking an appropriate safety measure.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is needless to say that the embodiments described in the drawings are illustrative examples, and the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below.

FIG. 1 shows a special prize between a user (customer) 100, a pachinko hall 200 as a kind of amusement hall, a special prize exchange (purchasing area) 300, and a special prize wholesaler 400 according to the present invention. It is the conceptual diagram which showed a mode that it distribute | circulates.
In order for the user 100 to play a game in the pachinko hall 200, in general, first, cash is put into a ball lending machine and a pachinko ball for gaming is borrowed. As will be described later, instead of cash, a ball rental card purchased with cash, a game card that stores the remaining balls from the previous game as data, and points obtained by exchanging special prizes stored in the storage medium It is also possible to use a storage medium or the like on which is recorded.

  If there is a remaining ball after the user 100 pachinko in the pachinko hall 200, it can be exchanged for a general prize or a special prize in the pachinko hall. Here, the special prize is a plastic card having a gold bullion sandwiched therein, and has a built-in memory chip that can send and receive data to and from the outside through specific contact via RFID.

  When the user 100 passes the remaining balls to the pachinko hall 200 and requests exchange for special prizes, the pachinko hall 200 counts the number of remaining balls and gives the user 100 a face amount corresponding to the number of remaining balls. Pass the special prize you have. At that time, the user may also hand over a user card on which his / her identification code is recorded so that the identification code written therein is read on the pachinko hall 200 side. The pachinko hall 200 encrypts the pachinko hall identification code, the user identification code, the date and time of paying out the special prize, and the identification code of the payer in accordance with necessity. Write.

  In the case of a card with a gold bullion sandwiched as described above, the face value is uniquely given to the card and is not changed. Therefore, in this case, if the number of remaining spheres that the user wishes to convert does not match the face value of the special prize, a plurality of special prizes are used together. You will fill in the user's card or return it. However, it may be one that does not carry the material that directly bases the face value, such as a special prize gold bullion, and in that case, an amount corresponding to the number of remaining spheres converted into the special prize is written. Can also be given to the user.

  Further, if the same information as that written in the memory chip of the special prize such as the pachinko hall identification code described above is sent to the server 600 and recorded, it can be referred to for confirming the authenticity of the special prize. it can.

  Next, the user receives the special prize, brings it into the special prize exchange 300, and requests the purchase. The special prize exchange 300 first reads the information written in the memory chip via the RFID, decrypts the information using the decryption key, and purchases the information. At that time, the read information can be sent to the server 600 to check the legitimacy of the special prize and its distribution route. As a result of the purchase, the special prize exchange 300 can pay out cash to the user 100 or can make a description corresponding to the payout amount to the memory chip. In the latter case, based on the description written in the memory chip, the user 100 can receive a ball rental the next time he / she visits the amusement hall 200, or can shop at a general store. If so, it is extremely convenient. Furthermore, it would be more convenient if the above purchase amount can be deposited into a bank special account or general account via a special prize. Furthermore, it is more convenient if the special prize exchange 300 and the bank computer designated by the user 100 communicate directly and a special transfer is made from the special prize exchange 300 to the user's bank account. is there.

  In any of the above cases, there is no delivery of cash except when cash is paid out directly, so safety is high. Furthermore, if the special prize exchange 300 does not have a cash payout function, there is no need to store cash in the same place, so the safety of the special prize exchange 300 itself can be improved.

The special prize exchange 300 writes information relating to the purchase, that is, the identification code of the special prize exchange 300, the date and time of purchase, etc., into the memory chip of the special prize and sends it to the server 600 for recording.
In the special prize exchange 300, every time a special prize is purchased from a user, special prizes worth exchange are accumulated. Even if a third party robs this special prize, Since there is a record of all the payments and redemptions, a third party cannot request a special gift wholesaler to purchase. The special prize purchasing device provided at the special prize exchange will be robbed if the special prize obtained by the exchange is to be written by the legitimate method if it is supposed to write information that it has been properly handled. Equal special prizes can be easily found because there is no legitimate information.

  The special prize exchange 300 sells special prizes to the special prize wholesaler 400. At that time, the special gift wholesaler 400 reads the information recorded in the memory chip and confirms that the gift is legitimate. If the read information is sent to the server 600 and compared with the information stored in the server 600, the confirmation of the validity is even more reliable.

  The special gift wholesaler 400 writes information relating to the purchase into the memory chip of the special gift, and at the same time transmits the information to the server for recording. Next, the special prize wholesaler 400 sells the special prize to the amusement hall 200.

  In the amusement hall 200, purchase information from a special gift wholesaler may be added to the memory chip, or all information written on the memory chip may be erased first. In this way, special prizes can be paid out and purchased safely and reliably. In addition, since each payout and exchange is left on a special premium memory chip or server, fraud in the payout or exchange procedure can be prevented.

  Although the above has described the outline of the present invention based on specific examples, the present invention is not limited to the specific examples described above, and the scope of the present invention is based on the description of the scope of claims. Needless to say, there is.

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Claims (9)

When paying out a special prize at the amusement hall, information specific to the special prize including the face amount is read from a storage element that can read, write, and delete data provided in the special prize. Pre-determined information including information specific to payout is encrypted and written,
When the special prize exchange buys a special prize from the owner of the special prize, the predetermined information stored in the storage element is read using the decryption key, and the predetermined information including the information unique to the purchase is obtained. Encrypt and write,
When a special prize wholesaler purchases a special prize from a special prize exchange, the predetermined information stored in the storage element is read using a decryption key, and the predetermined information including information unique to the purchase is encrypted. Write,
A method for exchanging special prizes, which includes encrypting and writing predetermined information including information unique to the purchase when the game hall purchases special prizes from a special prize wholesaler.   2. The exchange method according to claim 1, wherein after the amusement hall purchases a special prize from a special prize wholesaler, all the information written in the storage element is once deleted. When paying out a special prize at the amusement hall, information specific to the special prize including the face amount is read from a storage element that can read, write, and delete data provided in the special prize. Write predetermined information including information specific to the payout, and further store information specific to the special prize and information specific to the payout in the server,
When the special prize exchange buys a special prize from the owner of the special prize, it reads out the predetermined information stored in the storage element and sends it to the server via the data communication means, so that the data is correct. The special prize is purchased only after confirming that it has not been purchased by the special prize exchange, and further, predetermined information including information specific to the purchase is written into the special prize and data A method for exchanging special prizes, comprising storing the server via a communication means.   When a special prize wholesaler buys a special prize from a special prize exchange, the predetermined information stored in the storage element is read out and transmitted to the server via data communication means, and the data is correct. Only after confirming that the special prize exchange has been purchased properly and has not yet been purchased by a special prize wholesaler, purchase the special prize and include information specific to the purchase. 3. The method for exchanging special prizes according to claim 2, further comprising: writing predetermined information into the special prize and storing the information in the server via data communication means. Instead of paying out special prizes at the amusement hall, information specific to the medium including the remaining amount is read from the storage element of the medium provided with a storage element capable of reading, writing and deleting data, and stored in the storage element. Predetermined information including information unique to the payout is encrypted and written,
Instead of purchasing the special prize, the special prize exchange reads the predetermined information stored in the storage element using a decryption key, and stores the remaining amount reduced in accordance with the amount of refund to the storage element, A method for exchanging special prizes, including encrypting and writing predetermined information including information unique to the processing. Instead of paying out special prizes at the amusement hall, information specific to the medium including the remaining amount is read from the storage element of the medium provided with a storage element capable of reading, writing and deleting data, and stored in the storage element. Write predetermined information including information specific to the payout, and further store information specific to the medium and information specific to the payout on the server,
Instead of purchasing the special prize, the special prize exchange reads the predetermined information stored in the storage element, and transmits the information to the server via the data communication means, so that the data is correct. Only after the confirmation, the remaining amount increased according to the refund amount and the predetermined information including information specific to the processing are written to the storage element and stored in the server via the data communication means. How to exchange special prizes.   The medium can store the number of remaining balls when a special prize is paid out at a pachinko game hall, and in exchange for the deletion of the remaining ball number information from the ball rental machine of the game hall, The method for exchanging special prizes according to claim 5 or 6, which has a function of borrowing a corresponding ball.   The method for exchanging special prizes according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the medium has a function of any one of a credit card, an eddy card, a debit card, and a cash card.   7. The method of exchanging special prizes according to claim 3, wherein the server comprises a plurality of computers that can be connected to each other so that data can be transmitted and received.

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