JP6718282B2 - Playground system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a game hall system.

At the game arcade, the acquired value obtained by the game is used as a consideration to enable exchange processing as shown in Patent Document 1, for example, while the acquired value already counted by a so-called counter is used as a consideration for the game again. This enables a so-called replay process to put it into a usable state. When performing this re-play process, the savings value that is the acquisition value deposited in the game hall is divided into the acquisition value on the day (saving value on the day) and the acquisition value before the previous day (saving value on the previous day), While setting the upper limit to the previous day's savings value and not setting the upper limit to the current day's savings value, the previous day's savings value is set to be more disadvantageous to the player than the current day's savings value.

JP, 2009-125205, A

Now, when performing special reception processing such as so-called manual input processing or so-called replacement processing as shown in Patent Document 1, it is not necessary to settle all the earned value by exchanging with a prize, and to the player. It may be settled by returning the earned value, but in the conventional game hall system, when the earned value is returned according to the special reception processing, it is uniformly returned to the previous day's savings value. Therefore, for example, even though the player has performed replay processing up to the previous day's savings value up to the upper limit, after obtaining a large amount of savings value on the day, he wishes to exchange gifts for a small savings value such as cigarettes as consideration. If the employee makes a mistake in the operation, exchanges all the savings value on the day of the gift as a prize, and returns the earned value by the special reception processing, the savings value on the day becomes the savings value on the previous day, and the subsequent replay processing is limited by the upper limit. If it becomes impossible, there is a possibility that it may develop into a big trouble.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to return a value acquired to a player, and a trouble occurs depending on whether the value is saved on the day or saved on the previous day. An object is to provide a system for a game arcade that can reduce the risk of gaining money.

According to the invention as set forth in claim 1, when the saving process for the receiving value including at least the gaming value received by the special receiving process is performed, the receiving value to be added in the saving process is included . , A process of identifying an addition amount of the first savings value indicating the first consideration amount managed in association with the target member ID , and a second savings value indicating the reception value amount excluding the first consideration amount. By performing a savings distribution process, which is at least one of the processes of specifying the addition amount of , the savings value that is the addition amount by the special reception process is the first savings value (for example, the savings value on the day) and the second savings value. It is possible to reduce a possibility that a trouble may occur depending on which of the value (for example, the savings value on the previous day) is returned.

Overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention Front view of POS Perspective view of card reader Figure showing the screen during exchange (Part 1) Figure showing the screen during replacement (Part 2) The figure which shows the example of renewal of exchange information (the 1) The figure which shows the example of renewal of exchange information (the 2) The figure which shows the example of renewal of exchange information (the 3) Flow chart showing the exchange process Flowchart showing the distribution process

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of a game hall system. A large number of game machines 1 are installed in the game arcade, and a game device 2 is installed corresponding to each game machine 1. The gaming machine 1 and the gaming device 2 are connected to a management device 5 (corresponding to management means) via a relay device 3 and a LAN 4. The management device 5 receives a game signal transmitted from the gaming machine side (gaming machine 1, gaming device 2, etc.) and manages gaming data for each gaming machine 1 and personal data for each member registered as a member. A POS 6 (corresponding to a normal reception means, a special reception means, an exchange means, a saving means, a distribution means) and a balance settlement machine (not shown) are also installed in the game arcade. The POS 6 and the balance settlement machine are also connected to the management device 5 via the LAN 4. Although not shown in FIG. 1, for example, hundreds of gaming machines 1 are actually managed by the management device 5.

The management device 5 is installed in, for example, an office in the game hall, and a keyboard 7 and a mouse 8, a monitor 9, a printer (not shown) operated by a game hall manager (hereinafter, simply referred to as a manager). Etc. are connected. The management device 5 manages the operating statuses of the gaming machines 1, gaming devices 2 and the like installed in the game hall, and based on a signal from the gaming machine side, the amount of earned value for each player (balls, membership Stores and manages the stored value (saving value) for each ID.

The gaming machine 1 is a CR (card reader) pachinko machine, and has an operation handle 11, an upper saucer 12, and a lower saucer 13 that constitute a launching device that shoots balls on the board surface 10, and a liquid crystal display unit 14 on the board surface 10. , A general winning hole 15, a first starting opening 16, a second starting opening 17, and a special winning opening 18.

The gaming machine 1 performs the following operations.
(1) The first starting opening 16 is a winning opening (so-called belly winning opening) in which the winning rate does not change, and the second starting opening 17 is a winning opening (so-called Den Chu) in which the winning rate changes. The jackpot lottery is performed according to the winning (starting prize) to each of the starting openings 16 and 17, and the lottery result is notified by the symbol variation performed on the liquid crystal display unit 14, and the jackpot is awarded according to the variation result.

(2) When the winning a prize is started during the symbol variation, the symbol variation is cumulatively suspended up to a predetermined suspension upper limit value (for example, four each), and the suspended symbol variation is started after the symbol variation is completed. In addition, when the winning symbol is started in a state in which the number of pending symbol variations (the number of pending symbols) is the upper limit value, the symbol variation is not suspended.

(3) The probability of winning in the jackpot lottery (big hit probability) is 1/260, and the probability of the jackpot being the jackpot (probability variation jackpot) that subsequently becomes a probability variation state (probability variation jackpot) (both normal state and probability variation state). It is 66.6%. When a big hit occurs, the special winning opening 18 is opened for the corresponding round (R).

(4) Corresponding rounds are also drawn in the same way as the jackpot drawing, and when the distribution ratio is 4% for the first starting slot 16, 4R is 55% and 15R is 45%, but the second starting slot 17 4R is 10%, 15R is 90% in the case of winning the prize, and the second starting opening 17 is set to have a higher priority for holding down the variation of symbols according to the winning than the first starting opening 16. There is. It should be noted that the upper limit number of winnings for 1R is 9, the upper limit opening period is 30 seconds, and 1R is finished when either the upper limit winning number or the upper limit opening period is satisfied.

(5) During the probability change, the jackpot probability is improved to 1/74, and the winning rate to the second starting opening 17 is increased, resulting in a time saving state (time saving). Since the probability change continues until the next big hit, it continues until a big hit (normal big hit) that is a normal game state (normal state) that is neither a big hit nor a positive change after the big hit occurs, and then a predetermined number (for example, 100 times). ) It becomes a time-saving state until the symbol is changed.

(6) The second starting opening 17 is in an open state with a high winning rate when a normal symbol (general drawing) that fluctuates according to the winning of the prize winning opening 15 is hit. In this case, the variation time for one ordinary figure is 30 seconds in the normal state and 3 seconds in the time saving state. The opening time is 0.3 seconds once in the normal state, and 5 seconds twice in the time saving state. That is, in the time saving state, the universal figure fluctuation period becomes shorter than in the normal state, while the opening period becomes longer or the number of times of opening increases, so that the winning rate of the second starting opening 17 becomes higher. The values exemplified above are various values depending on the model, and, for example, the jackpot probability and round allocation are different.

The gaming machine 1 and the peripheral devices attached to the gaming machine 1 transmit the following gaming signals in accordance with the progress of the game such as the ball driving by the player and the starting winning prize to each of the starting openings 16 and 17. ..
Out signal=a signal that can specify the consumption value (out) transmitted from the out box that collects the consumed balls. Since one pulse is transmitted to 10 consumed (used, driven, collected) balls, “the number of out signals×10” is specified as out. The signal transmitted from the gaming machine 1 may be used.

Safe signal=a signal that can specify the prize-winning value (safe) transmitted from the gaming machine 1. Since one pulse is transmitted to the payout 10 balls, "the number of safe signals x 10" is specified as safe. The replenishment signal transmitted from the replenishment device may be the safe signal.

Start signal=a signal transmitted from the gaming machine 1 that can specify the start process (symbol change, role operation, unit game) in the liquid crystal display unit 14 (role) that varies (operates) due to the start winning. Since it is transmitted when the symbol fluctuation is confirmed, the start process is specified in response to the reception of the start signal, and "start signal x 1" is specified as the start (start process number). It should be noted that the signal indicating the start winning may be used.

Big hit signal=a signal that can specify the big hit period transmitted from the gaming machine 1. Since this is a state signal that is level-transmitted during the big hit, the state of receiving the big hit signal is specified as the big hit.

Special state signal=a signal that can specify the special state (Amanaka) transmitted from the gaming machine 1. Since this is a status signal that is level-transmitted during a special state (during time saving) in which the winning rate of the second starting opening 17 is improved, the reception of the special state signal is specified as the special state. It should be noted that it may be a state signal (probability change signal) that is level-transmitted during a probability change in which the jackpot probability is improved. Also, the period in which neither the jackpot signal nor the special state signal is received is specified as the normal state.

The gaming device 2 is a so-called lending machine with a counting function, and has a status display unit 19 showing the gaming state of the gaming machine 1, a coin insertion slot 20 into which currency (monetary value) is inserted, and an operation input from a player. The touch panel type liquid crystal display unit 21 for displaying game data such as the number of times the design changes (the number of starts) and the jackpot probability as the game progresses, the payout button 22 for paying out balls and coins paid out. It has a payout nozzle 23 through which balls pass, a card insertion slot 24 into which a general card or a membership card is inserted, a removable counting tray 25 located below the lower tray 13 of the gaming machine 1, and the like.

The gaming device 2 performs the following operations.
(1) When accepting money (currency acceptance processing), the deposit amount is displayed on both the gaming machine 1 and the gaming machine 2, and a lending ball (value-added value) for 1 unit (for example, 500 yen) of lending is provided to the gaming machine. From 1 (payment giving process), the amount of money received is displayed as the balance excluding the consideration of the lending balls according to the paying process. As for money, it is possible to accept a portion corresponding to a plurality of consideration giving processes (for example, up to 10,000 yen). When the lending button (not shown) of the gaming machine 1 is pressed (lending operation, giving operation) with a balance, the lending balls for one unit of lending are paid out from the gaming machine 1, and the consideration is subtracted from the balance. Drop it. It also has a so-called counting function for each unit, and it is also possible to count the number of balls won by the player and pay back the balls again as a consideration (the replay process). The number of balls excluding the consideration of is specified as a ball.

(2) When the return button of the gaming machine 1 is pressed (issue operation) with the balance and the balls remaining, a general card that can specify the balance and the balls is issued (issue processing). It should be noted that split issuance in which only the balance or a part of the balls is issued is prohibited for simplification of description, but may be possible.

(3) If you have received a membership card, you can also perform a savings process (saving process) that adds the acquired balls to the savings balls already deposited at the amusement hall (0 if not deposited) The acquired balls are classified as the same day savings (first savings value), and the balls acquired before the previous day are classified as the previous day savings (second savings value). Here, there is an upper limit (for example, 5000 coins) when considering the replay value for the previous day's balls, and for example, replaying above the upper limit is disabled in a unit period such as one business day, while Has no such upper limit and allows replay. As for restrictions on the previous day's savings, in addition to the upper limit being set, for the day's savings that do not collect fee balls as compensation for replay, we collect fee balls in addition to refund balls as consideration for replay, etc. If the above is disadvantageous to the player, any limitation may be adopted. It should be noted that while the previous day's savings are subject to update in the management device 5 for each process such as replay, the current day's savings are not subject to update in the management device 5 until the issuance process is performed, and the management device according to the issuance process. There are cases where the handling in processing is different, such as being the update target in 5.

(4) By the serial communication with the relay device 4, the management device 5 receives money, processes for giving consideration, balances and holdings, the number of lending balls, the number of returning payouts, the amount of deposits, the number of counting balls and the number of lending balls, and lending balls. It is possible to specify various information such as the sales amount, which is the consideration for, and the reception and issuance processing of general cards. These are converted into pulse signals (for example, one pulse for every 1000 yen deposited, one pulse for every 100 yen sold). It may be possible to specify.

The POS 6 is installed in a prize exchange counter in the game arcade and is operated by an employee of the game arcade. As shown in FIG. 2, the POS 6 performs a touch panel type liquid crystal display unit 26, a warehousing button for performing a prize warehousing operation, a manual input button for performing a manual input process described below, and a replacement process described below. Various operation buttons 27 and 28 including a replacement button for exchanging, a replacement button 29 for performing an exchange operation for a special prize, an end button 30 for ending the prize exchange display, and a PLU for selecting a kind of prize. It has a button 31, a cancel button 32 for canceling each operation, a ten key 33 for inputting the quantity of each prize, and the like. As shown in FIG. 3, the card reader 34 is installed so as to be communicable with the POS 6, and can receive a touch panel type display unit 35 and a general card in a contactless manner (without taking in the card). It has a unit 36, a member card receiving unit 37 that can receive and receive a member card.

The POS 6 and the card reader 34 perform the following operations.
(1) A general card accepting unit 36 can accept a general card, and a member card accepting unit 37 can accept a member card. Acceptance (normal acceptance processing) and exchange processing for associating the number of balls and the prize with the acquired balls as a consideration are possible. In the case of performing the exchange process using the savings as the consideration, it is specified whether the savings to be the consideration is the today's savings or the previous day's savings. In this case, the reception process for the acquired balls that can be divided into the same-day savings and the previous-day savings is the normal reception process. However, the previous-day savings is given priority as the consideration, and if there is no previous-day savings, the today's savings is specified as the consideration.

(2) The reward game value (the number of reward balls, medals, etc.) corresponding to each prize is set in advance, and when the prize is selected by button operation or reading the barcode of the prize, the game accepted. The game value for consideration according to the type of value is specified, and exchangeable (remaining game value after subtracting the game value for provisional specification from the received game value) is subtracted, and the selected prize is provisionally specified and exchanged. Accept free gift selection within the range of possible.

(3) If the end button 30 is pressed while the prize is tentatively specified, if the member card is not accepted, can the end be made by comparing the separately settable endable number with the exchangeable amount? If it is possible to end, the exchange process is terminated, while if a membership card is accepted, it is not necessary to determine whether it is the end depending on the number of exchangeable cards The exchange process ends as a target of.

(4) When ending the exchange process, the exchange information is transmitted to the management device 5, and the management device 5 can also manage the status of the exchange process in the POS 6 by the exchange information. Further, it is possible to specify the accumulated ball information in the exchange information, and the accumulated coin information of the corresponding member is updated according to the specified accumulated ball information.

FIG. 4 shows a state in which two "prize A" are selected and provisionally specified after receiving the membership card. Exchangeable (31,000 coins) is the value obtained by subtracting the exchange price (2,500 coins x 2 = 5000 coins) of the "premium A", which is a temporary specified prize, from the total number (the number of balls received (36000 coins)), and the remaining number. (0 coin) indicates a value obtained by subtracting the total of the exchange consideration of the displayed special prize and the exchange consideration of the "premium A" which is the temporary specified prize from the total number. Further, "once received" displayed to the left of the total indicates the number of times a member card or general card has been accepted, such as one accepted card. When the member card is accepted, the member mark M is displayed to indicate that the member card has been accepted.

Here, the special prize is the maximum corresponding amount that can be exchanged because of exchange, in other words, the remaining number (remaining value) obtained by subtracting the total value of the consideration of the specified combination of special prizes from the exchange is the minimum (even 0). If the combination of special prizes is specified with all the special prizes to be exchanged and the exchange button 29 is pressed, the special prize display is reversed in black and white as shown in FIG. This indicates that the special prize has been provisionally specified, and the exchangeable product also has a value that provisionally specifies the special prize.

(5) Special reception processing such as manual input processing and replacement processing is made possible in order to cope with operation mistakes by employees. The manual input process is a process in which the number of balls input as the number of balls that can be exchanged without accepting a card or the like by inputting the number of balls after pressing the manual input button is the exchange target. The replacement process is a process in which, when returning a prize that has been exchanged, the prize is selected after the replacement button is pressed, so that the number of reward balls of the prize is to be exchanged. Both the manual input process and the replacement process are processes that cannot be operated by a general employee, and are processes that are permitted when the IDs of employees and the like who are permitted to operate the store manager are specified. When the special reception process is performed, the special reception process is a process of accepting a game value that is not classified as either the current day's savings or the previous day's savings, so whether to allocate the received amount to the current day's savings or the previous day's savings The savings ball distribution processing (savings distribution processing) for specifying is performed. In this case, the amount specified for the current day's balls as the consideration until the special reception process is set as the current day's balls and the rest as the previous day's balls. As the special reception process, in addition to the manual input process and the replacement process described above, it is possible to assume a redo process such that the exchange process is redone, and the number of balls is added in addition to the normal card reception. As described above, any process may be performed as long as the game value that is not classified as either the current day's savings or the previous day's savings is a subject to be accepted.

FIG. 6 shows a normal exchange process, in which the number of balls accumulated on the day is 30,000, and the total number of balls accumulated is 36000 (the previous day's balls are 6000 minus the number accumulated on the day). If there is no addition, the previous day's balls will be given priority as the subtraction target, but since the free gift can be exchanged only with the previous day's savings, the total savings will be subtracted for the free gift, but the current day's savings will not ..

FIG. 7 shows that, after the exchange process shown in FIG. 6, the player makes an error in operation even though the player requests a normal free gift exchange, and after the normal free gift exchange of 5000 balls, the remaining The figure shows the case where all the accumulated balls have been exchanged for free gifts. 31,000 (5000+26000) balls which are the total amount before the processing of accumulated free balls are subject to free gift exchange, and it is not possible to exchange free gifts with only 1000 free balls stored on the previous day. The exchanged amount is subtracted as the current day's savings, and as a result, the number of processed savings is 0. In this case as well, the previous day's accumulated balls are given priority for subtraction, so that the breakdown of the exchange amount is 1,000 for the previous day's accumulated balls and 30,000 for the same day.

FIG. 8 shows the prize exchange amount of FIG. 7 in the special reception process such as the manual input process and the exchange process after the exchange process shown in FIG. 7, and 31,000 balls are added to the normal prize given by the player. The case where the replacement is performed is shown. Of the 31,000 balls that were added to the total savings in the special reception process, the 30,000 balls before the exchange process on the day were added to the savings on the day as the savings distribution process, while the remaining 1000 balls to be added It will be the amount added to the previous day's balls. After that, as in the case of FIG. 6, among the 5000 balls of the prize exchange, the 1,000 balls of the previous day's balls are prioritized and the subtracted amount of the previous day's balls is subtracted, and the remaining 4000 balls are exchanged on the day, , It is specified as the subtracted amount of the day's savings.

The arithmetic expressions and the correspondences in FIGS. 6 to 8 will be supplemented as follows.
After processing=Before processing+Additional amount-Subtraction amount Addition amount of total savings = Correspond to special reception processing Reduction amount of total savings = Correspondence value for exchange of prizes Addition amount of same-day savings = Before processing of special exchange and special reception processing The lesser of the above, the day before (the second consideration) = the total amount of accumulated balls before processing + the total amount of accumulated amount of balls-before the processing of accumulated amount of coins on the same day-the added amount of accumulated amount of coins on the same day (= before subtraction of the accumulated amount of the previous day, see Fig. 0+31000-0-30000) and the lesser of the prize exchanges, whichever is the smaller, the same-day exchange (first consideration=subtraction of the current day's savings)=premium exchange-the previous day's exchange (5000-1000 in FIG. 8).

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10.
When the exchange process is started, the POS 6 determines whether or not the operation of the special acceptance process is performed as a standby flow (S1), and determines whether or not the card is accepted (S2). The POS 6 determines that the operation of the special reception processing such as the manual input processing and the replacement processing has been performed (S1: YES), or determines that the card has been received by the normal reception processing (S2: YES), and then the reception If the determined card is a general card (S3: general), the corresponding number of balls to be added, which is the corresponding number of balls, is added to the exchangeable number (the number of balls acquired for consideration) (S4), and the exchange processing flow described later. To start. Further, the POS 6 determines that the card has been accepted (S2: YES), and then determines that the accepted card is a member card (S3: member), the member information such as the coins corresponding to the accepted member card. Is sent to the management device 5 (S5), the member flag indicating that the member card is accepted is set to "1" (S6), and the exchange processing flow is started.

When the POS 6 starts the exchange processing flow, if the member flag is "0", it determines whether the card is accepted (S7), and since the member flag is "0" (S8: NO), the operation of the special acceptance process is performed. It is determined whether or not it is performed (S9), it is determined whether or not the prize selection operation is accepted (S10), it is determined whether or not the exchange button 29 is pressed (S11), and the cancel button 32 is pressed. It is determined whether or not (S12) and whether or not the end button 30 has been pressed (S13). On the other hand, when the member flag is "1", the POS 6 determines that the member flag is "1" (S8: YES), and therefore determines whether or not the operation for calling the accumulated coin is performed (S14), and after S9. Process.

When the POS 6 determines that the card has been received (S7: YES), it is treated as a summing process, and as described above, the processes after S3 are performed, and the process returns to the exchange process flow. When the POS 6 determines that the operation for calling the accumulated balls has been performed (S14: YES), the number of balls to be added, which is the number of balls for the called (designated) accumulated balls, is exchangeably added (S15), and the special reception process is performed. When it is determined that the operation has been performed (S9: YES), the number of balls to be added, which is the number of balls for the special reception processing, is exchangeably added, and the processing from S10 is performed.

When the POS 6 determines that the prize selection operation has been received (S10: YES), the POS 6 compares the exchangeable number with the selected prize consideration ball number (S16), and determines that the exchangeable number is equal to or more than the selected prize consideration ball number (S16). : YES), if the selected prize is provisionally specified (S17), or it is determined that the exchange button 29 has been pressed (S11: YES), all the special prizes that are being displayed, that is, exchangeable are displayed. When provisionally specified (S18), the number of consideration balls of the provisionally specified prize is subtracted from the exchangeable value (S19), and the processing from S13 is performed.

When the POS 6 determines that the cancel button 32 has been pressed (S12: YES), it cancels all the prizes that are being provisionally specified (replaceable but before the provisional provisional specification of the prize) (S20), and performs the processes from S13. When the POS 6 determines that the end button 30 has been pressed (S13: YES), it determines the provisionally specified prize (S21), and when it determines that the member flag is not "1" (S22: NO), the exchange information is directly sent. While transmitting to the management device 5 (S23), if it is determined that the member flag is "1" (S22: YES), the process proceeds to the stored coin distribution process (S24) and the member flag is set to "0" (S25). , Exchange information is transmitted to the management device 5 (S22).

When the POS 6 shifts to the accumulated coin distribution process, the number of added balls is set as the added amount of the total accumulated balls (S31), and the smaller one of the number of exchanged balls on the day before the processing and the added number of balls is set as the added amount of the accumulated coins on the day ( S32), the number of exchange prize consideration balls is set as a subtraction amount of the total accumulated balls (S33), and the smaller one of the previous day's savings after the addition and the number of exchange prize consideration balls is added to the previous day's exchange (S34), and the exchange prize consideration The amount obtained by subtracting the added amount of the number of exchanged balls from the previous day is set as the added amount of the exchange on the day (S35).

For example, in the normal exchange process shown in FIG. 6, in S31, 0 balls are specified as the addition of the total savings, in S32, 0 balls are specified as the addition of the current day savings, and in S33, the subtraction of the total savings. As the addition amount for the exchange on the previous day, 5000 balls are specified as the addition amount for the exchange on the previous day, and 0 balls are specified as the addition amount for the exchange on the same day at S35. Since the number of balls stored on the previous day is 6000, all of the 5000 coins worth of exchange prizes will be added to the previous day's exchange.

In FIG. 7, the number of exchange prize consideration balls is 31000, but since there is no addition as in FIG. 6, 0 is specified as the addition of the total savings in S31, and the addition of the current day's savings is specified in S32. Is specified as 0, 31,000 is specified as the subtraction of the total savings in S33, and the previous day's savings is 1000, so 1000 is specified as the addition of the previous day's exchange in S34, and the same day in S35. 30,000 balls are specified as the additional amount of exchange.

In FIG. 8, the number of added balls is 31,000 for the special reception processing, so in S31, 31,000 balls are specified as the added amount of the total stored balls, and in S32, 30,000 balls for the same day exchange before processing are stored on the day. In this case, the remaining 1000 balls will be accumulated on the previous day. Then, as the prize exchange, in S33, 5000 balls are specified as the subtraction amount of the total accumulated balls, and since the previous day's accumulated balls after the addition are 0 balls+1000 balls, in S34, 1000 balls are specified as the added portion of the previous day's exchange, and In S35, 4000 balls obtained by subtracting 1000 balls from the remaining 5000 balls are specified as the additional amount for the same day exchange.

In the above, the example of exchanging the prize after the special reception process is illustrated. However, for example, only the prize component due to an incorrect operation in the replacement process is returned, and the reward ball processing etc. is performed without separately exchanging the prize. The processing may be terminated. Further, although it has been illustrated that the remaining number becomes “0” when the exchange button 29 is pressed, it is sufficient that there is a fraction that cannot be exchanged.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
By performing the coin distribution process, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the accumulated coins that are added by special reception processing such as manual input processing and replacement processing will be unnecessarily disadvantageous to the player on the day before. It is possible to reduce the possibility that a trouble may occur depending on which of the accumulated amount and the accumulated amount for the previous day.

In addition, when the replay process is performed, it is possible to appropriately limit the amount, and it is possible to appropriately return the accumulated coins to the player when a trouble occurs.
Also, since the same-day exchange and the previous day exchange are managed and the same-day exchange amount is prioritized as the additional amount at the time of special reception processing, it is possible to appropriately return the same-day accumulated coin to the player. That is, since the exchange on the day before is given priority over the exchange on the same day, if the exchange on the day is added, it means that there is no previous day's savings, and the previous day's savings will increase during the business day when the previous day's exchange has disappeared. Nothing. Therefore, for example, after the normal prize exchange, if all the remaining accumulated coins are targeted for exchange due to an operation mistake, and if the exchange error is returned by special reception processing, prioritizing exchange on the previous day, Although the redemption amount of is not subject to return, the number of redemption points on the previous day may be added more than necessary as a return target, but the number of points on the day may be reduced more than necessary, but by prioritizing the points on the day, there is no point on the previous day It is possible to reduce the above-mentioned fear by increasing the amount of coins accumulated on the same day used in.

Since the prize exchange on the previous day, which is disadvantageous to the player, is prioritized for the prize exchange, it is possible to reduce the risk of disadvantageizing the player more than necessary. Further, since it is possible to exchange the prize for all the game values to be exchanged, it is possible to facilitate the operation related to the exchange processing.
In addition, when the special reception process and the exchange process are performed at the same time, it is possible to appropriately specify the current day's accumulated amount and the previous day's accumulated amount.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be modified or expanded as follows.
As a configuration that memorizes the previous day's balls and the same day's balls so that they can be specified, the total balls and the day's balls were illustrated as a memory target, but the combination of the previous day's balls and the day's balls, the combination of the total balls and the day's balls, etc. The total amount of balls, the amount of same-day balls, and the amount of the previous day's balls may be combined in any combination to be stored, or all of them may be stored.

Although the example of identifying the added amount of the same day's balls by the same day exchange was illustrated, for example, when compensating the remaining balls by manual input processing in case of loss of a general card or reading failure, It is also possible to sort out which of the accumulated balls is to be added after the operation input of whether or not the balls are balls before the previous day. In this case, regardless of whether you specify the same day's savings and the same day's savings in the same operation, the input of the numerical value according to the manual input process indicates the game value that is not classified as either the previous day's savings or the current day's savings Becomes As described above, in the embodiment, as the distribution of the savings balls, it is illustrated that the balls are distributed to both the current day's balls and the previous day's balls, but in some cases, they are distributed to the current day's balls or in the previous day's balls, You may make it distribute|categorize only to either one.

Although it was possible to exchange prizes with the game value received by the special reception process, only the game value received by the normal reception process of general cards etc. will be the consideration, and the game value received by the special reception process will be the consideration. It is also possible to use only the target of the ball storage processing, not the target of.

As shown in the embodiment, there is no upper limit set for the first savings value (the same day savings), while the second savings value (the previous day savings) is set to an upper limit that is less favorable than the first savings value. Not only the case where the upper limit is set, but also the case where the upper limit is set for both the first savings value and the second savings value and the second savings value is an upper limit smaller than the first savings value. Similarly, it means that the first savings value is collected as a consideration more than the first savings value, but no commission is set for the first savings value as shown in the embodiment, but only if a fee is set for the second savings value. Instead, it also includes the case where a fee is set for both the first savings value and the second savings value, and the second savings value is set for more fees than the first savings value. In addition, although the example of differentiating by the upper limit and the fee is shown, it is possible to discriminate under any condition, for example, when exchanging a premium, the exchange with a specific prize is suppressed, or the condition of so-called entry processing becomes severe. You may turn it into

Although it has been illustrated that the game value is received by receiving the recording medium, the game value is associated with the identification value other than the recording medium such as a fingerprint or the member ID, and the game value is received by receiving the identification information. Is also good. Further, although the card is exemplified as the recording medium, a recording medium other than those exemplified, such as a coin or a mobile phone of the player, may be adopted.
The normal reception process is illustrated by accepting a member ID (membership card) and then a predetermined operation such as calling a deposit, but the normal reception process is performed by accepting the member ID without accepting the predetermined operation. In this case, in accordance with the reception of the member ID, the accumulated coin corresponding to the member ID may be called as it is.

Although the member ID received in the normal reception process is used as the target of the savings process as an example, the member ID that is the target of the savings process may be separately received after the normal reception process. In this case, the same exchange process is performed. Since different member IDs are prohibited in the inside, the savings process will be performed after all for the member ID accepted in the normal acceptance process.
As an example of the specific operation in the exchange process, pressing the exchange button associated with the special prize in advance has been exemplified. However, for example, pressing the button “ALL” and selecting the target prize are the remaining operations. The number of redeemable items and the number of redeemable items may be specified by exchanging the selected prize. When there are a plurality of types of target gifts, the respective numbers are specified so that the corresponding value (amount of money) is maximized as in the embodiment. And the maximum number of free gifts are equal.

Although the previous day's balls were prioritized during the exchange process, the previous day's balls may not necessarily be prioritized, such as the day's balls.
The unit period in which the current day's balls are stored as the previous day's balls can be exemplified as one business day, but any period such as one week, one month, or in the morning may be adopted.
If the illustrated setting values are set in advance, the setting information can be downloaded from an external (for example, chain store headquarters) management server regardless of whether the administrator arbitrarily sets it or the manufacturer of the management device sets it. You may set it.

All the illustrated game information may be directly specified by the input signal or indirectly specified by using an arithmetic expression. Further, the numerical values, the number of digits, the items, etc. are merely examples, and any numerical value may be adopted.
The expressions such as not exceeding or reaching also include a configuration for determining whether or not not less than the above, in comparison with the reference value. Similarly, it also includes a configuration for determining whether not reached or not is not less than or less than.
The illustrated processing may be performed not only by the POS 6 but by any device such as the relay device 3 and the management device 5, or may be shared by the respective devices. Further, the output target is not limited to the illustrated POS 6, but may be the management device 5, and may be printed out as well as displayed. Further, the exemplified configurations including the modified examples may be combined in any manner.

In the drawings, 1 is a game machine, 5 is a management device (management means), and 6 is a POS (normal reception means, special reception means, exchange means, savings means, distribution means).

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In association with the member ID of the player who has become a member of the game arcade, the savings value, which is the game value deposited in the game arcade, is stored in the first savings value and is more disadvantageous to the player than the first savings value. And a management means for managing the second savings value that is treated as
When receiving the member ID, a normal reception unit that specifies all or part of the savings value managed in association with the member ID as a reception target and performs a normal reception process of receiving the specified savings value. When,
Special reception means for receiving information indicating a game value that is not classified into either the first savings value or the second savings value, and performing special reception processing for accepting the game value indicated by the information.
The normal reception processing or the consideration of the acceptance value is a game value accepted by special reception processing, the prize exchanged, have row exchange process associating the reception value was its consideration, in the exchange process When a specific operation is accepted, the number of the specific prizes corresponding to the specific operation that can be exchanged for the reception value excluding the consideration value of the prize to be exchanged out of the reception value, A means of exchange that identifies the highest value equivalent ,
Saving means for performing a saving process of adding all or part of the received value to the saved value managed in association with the member ID when the member ID is accepted in correspondence with the exchange process. ,
When the reception value received by the normal reception processing becomes the consideration for the exchange processing, the second savings value portion managed in association with the member ID received by the normal reception processing is given priority. Distribution means for specifying the remaining consideration as the first consideration indicating the consideration according to the first savings value, while specifying the second consideration indicating the consideration for the second savings value.
The management means manages the specified first consideration and the second consideration in association with the member ID,
When the saving process is performed for the receiving value that includes at least the game value received by the special receiving process , the allocating means selects one of the receiving values to be added in the saving process. Processing for identifying the additional amount of the first savings value indicating the first consideration value managed in association with the member ID , and the second savings value indicating the acceptance value value excluding the first consideration value. game arcade and said predetermined and TURMERIC row savings allocation processing at least one of a process of specifying the summing minute. The savings value can be used as a consideration for a replay process that gives an available value that is a game value that can be used for a game,
The first savings value is a game value acquired by a player within a preset unit period,
When the second savings value becomes a consideration for the replay processing, an upper limit that is more disadvantageous than the first savings value is set, and more than the first savings value is collected as a consideration. At least one of them is treated more disadvantageously to the player than the first savings value,
In the special reception process, the game value corresponding to the prize of the prize is accepted by the manual input process of accepting the information indicating the game value to be accepted by operation input and the information indicating the prize to be returned. The system for a game arcade according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the replacement processes specified as the game value is When the member ID is received and the reception value received by the special reception process becomes the consideration for the exchange process, the distribution unit corresponds to the received member ID among the reception values. The provisional addition amount of the first savings value is specified with the first consideration amount attached and managed as an upper limit,
Before SL savings distribution process, the first process for specifying the addition amount of the first savings value indicating the value obtained by subtracting the sum amount of the first compensation from the temporary addition amount of savings value, and the from the reception value first 1) At least one of the processes for specifying the second savings value addition showing a value obtained by subtracting the second savings value addition from the second savings value addition excluding the temporary savings addition. The system for a game hall according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that.

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