JP2000042174A - Medal game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medal game machine that can easily prevent illegal delivery of medals performed by delivering the specified number of medals or more by rotating a rotary disc by inertia even after the stop of a motor. SOLUTION: A medal game machine is provided with a counting means 73 for counting the number of delivered medals on the basis of a medal detection signal (a) from a delivered medal sensor 33; an illegality detection means 90 (such as a medal number comparing means 74 and an illegality signal generating means 81) comparing a medal count signal (b) from the counting means 73 with a medal delivery signal (a) from a game control means 71 and outputting an illegality detection signal in the case of the count value of the counting means 73 exceeding the specified number of medals delivered on the the medal delivery signal (a); and an illegality detection means 90 actuated on the basis of the illegality detection signal from the illegality detection means 90.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medal gaming machine, and more particularly, to preventing illegal payout of medals.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a medal game machine of this kind,
A hopper device for paying out medals, a payout medal sensor for detecting medals paid out from the hopper device and outputting a medal detection signal, and dispensing medals by operating the hopper device according to the situation of a game. And a hopper driving means for driving a hopper device based on a medal payout signal from the game control means.

[0003] In addition, the medal gaming machine has a collection switch that allows an administrator to operate the hopper device to pay out medals regardless of the state of the game in order to manage the gaming machine. It was located inside. Furthermore, in this medal gaming machine, the hopper device has a motor and a rotating disk fixed to the motor shaft and rotates, and pays out a predetermined number of medals by rotating the rotating disk by a predetermined angle. Then, the rotating disk is rotated to a rotation angle corresponding to the predetermined number of payouts,
After paying out a predetermined number of medals, the rotation of the motor is stopped. Further, even if the motor is stopped, the rotation of the motor shaft is stopped by physical means such as a brake because the rotating disk rotates by inertia, thereby preventing a predetermined number of medals from being paid out.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional medal gaming machine, by inserting a foreign object to prevent the operation of the brake, the rotating disk is rotated by inertia even after the motor is stopped. There has been a problem that illegal payout of medals for paying out a predetermined number of medals or more can be easily performed.

Further, a player inserts foreign matter such as wire from the outside and operates a collection switch inside the game machine, thereby driving the hopper device and paying out medals regardless of the state of the game. There has been a problem that illegal payout of medals can be easily performed. Therefore, a medal gaming machine according to claim 1 has been made in view of the above-described problems of the conventional technology, and by rotating a rotating disk by inertia even after a motor stops, a medal gaming machine of a predetermined number or more can be obtained. An object of the present invention is to provide a medal gaming machine that can easily prevent illegal payout of medals that is performed by paying out.

In addition to the above, a medal gaming machine according to a second aspect of the present invention allows a player to pay out medals irrespective of the situation of a game, and can easily prevent illegal payout of medals by a player. It is intended to provide.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is to achieve the above-mentioned object, and its contents will be described below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings. A medal gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a counting means (73) for counting the number of paid-out medals based on a medal detection signal from a paid-out medal sensor (33), and a medal from the counting means (73). The count signal b is compared with the medal payout signal a from the game control means (71), and if the count value of the count means (73) exceeds a predetermined number of payouts based on the medal payout signal, fraud detection is performed. It is provided with fraud detecting means 90 (for example, medal number comparing means 74 and fraud signal generation stopping means 81) for outputting a signal, and fraud notifying means 60 operating based on a fraud detection signal from fraud detecting means 90. Features.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the features of the first aspect, the fraud detecting means 90 sets the counting means 73 when the medal payout signal a from the game control means 71 is not output. Is characterized by outputting a fraud detection signal when a medal count signal b is output from the.

[0009]

According to the present invention, when a medal is dispensed from the hopper device (30), the counting means (73) counts the number of dispensed medals. Fraud detection means (90) is counting means (73)
Is compared with a medal payout signal a from the game control means (71). The count value counted by the counting means (73) is
When the number exceeds the predetermined number paid out based on the medal payout signal a from the company, the fraudulent state is reported to the outside by the fraudulent reporting means (60). Specifically, game control means (71)
Hopper device (3) based on the medal payout signal a from
0) is driven to pay out a predetermined number of medals. When the predetermined number of medals are paid out, the hopper device (30) stops the motor and activates the brake to stop the rotation of the rotating disk. When the rotating disk stops, the player inserts a foreign object such as a wire to prevent the operation of the brake, and even if the motor stops, rotates the rotating disk by inertia and pays out a predetermined number of medals or more. There are cases. In this case, the count value of the counting means (73), which is counted based on the medal detection signal from the payout medal sensor (33), is equal to the medal from the game control means (71) by the amount of rotation of the rotating disk due to inertia. The number exceeds the predetermined number to be paid out based on the payout signal a. For this reason, the fraud detecting means (90) judges that the fraud has occurred and outputs a fraud detection signal. The fraudulent notification means (60) that has detected the fraudulent signal reports the fraudulent payout state of medals to the outside.

According to the medal gaming machine described in claim 2, when a medal is paid out even though the game does not correspond to the situation of the game in which the medal is paid out,
An illegal state, that is, an illegal payout state of medals is notified to the outside. Specifically, when the situation does not correspond to the situation of the game in which a medal is paid out to the player, the medal payout signal a from the game control means (71) is not output. On the other hand, the player inserts foreign matter such as wire from the outside and operates the collection switch inside the gaming machine, thereby forming the hopper device.
When the medals are paid out by driving (30), the counting means (73) counts the number of medals based on the medal detection signal from the paid-out medal sensor (33).

The fraud detecting means (90) is provided with the counting means (7
The count value of 3) is compared with the medal payout signal a from the game control means (71). In this case, the medal payout signal a is not output from the game control means (71), and the count value indicates the number of medals paid out by operating the collection switch. Outputs fraud detection signal.

[0012]

1 to 4 show one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a medal gaming machine, FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway schematic front view of the medal gaming machine, and FIG. A flowchart for explaining the operation of the gaming machine, and FIG. 4 shows a flowchart following the flowchart of FIG.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 10 denotes a slot machine as a medal gaming machine.
In the center of the front, three reels 11-13 are arranged,
On the front plate 14, a total of five prize lines 15 to 19 are displayed. The prize lines 15 to 19 are the three prize lines in the upper, middle and lower rows
Two prize lines at the center of 15-17 and × dots
It consists of nine.

As shown in FIG. 2, a medal slot 20 is provided diagonally on the lower right side of the three reels 11 to 13 on the front of the slot machine 10, and a medal slot 20 is provided on the right side thereof. There are provided two-digit display units 21 of 7 segments each for displaying the number of credits of medals inserted from. Further, on the front of the slot machine 10, as shown in FIG.
Below the three reels 11 to 13, three stop switches 22 to 24 for individually stopping the reels 11 to 13 are provided in correspondence with the reels 11 to 13, respectively.

FIG. 2 shows a front view of the slot machine 10.
As shown in the figure, a lever-shaped start switch 25 for rotating the three reels 11 to 13 is provided on the left side of the three stop switches 22 to 24. As shown in FIG. 2, a circular clearing switch 26 for clearing credit medals is provided on the right side of the three stop switches 22 to 24 on the front surface of the slot machine 10, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 2, a credit insertion switch 27 for inserting credit medals is provided on the front of the slot machine 10, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, a medal outlet 28 is provided on the lower front side of the slot machine 10, and a speaker 29 is provided on the right side of the medal outlet 28.

FIG. 2 shows the inside of the slot machine 10.
As shown in the figure, a hopper device 30 for discharging medals from the medal discharge port 28 and a control unit 40 of the hopper device 30 located on the left side of the hopper device 30 are provided at the lower center thereof. The hopper device 30 includes a hopper tank 31 for storing medals, and the hopper tank 31.
And a hopper body 32 for discharging medals from 31.

In the hopper main body 32, a payout medal sensor (FIG. 1) is disposed in a communication path (not shown) communicating with the medal discharge port 28. The control unit 40 is provided with a power switch 41 for turning on / off the power of the hopper device 30 at an upper position thereof. A collection switch 42 for paying out medals regardless of the situation is provided.

Next, referring to FIG.
Will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the control circuit of the slot machine 10 is mainly configured by a central controller 50 composed of a CPU. Then, on the input side of the central control device 50, a collection switch 42 for paying out medals from the hopper device 30 regardless of the state of the game,
Clearing switch for returning credit medals credited on board in the credit mode to the player
26 and a payout medal sensor 33 for detecting medals discharged from the hopper device 30 to the player are connected.

Also, the output side of the central control unit 50 is shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, hopper device 30 for discharging medals
And a fraudulent reporting means 60 (for example, speaker 29) for reporting a fraudulent state to the outside. Central control unit 50
Is the main control section that performs the main control related to the game roughly
70, and a display control unit 80 that controls display of information to the outside of the slot machine 10. The main control unit 70 performs various controls on the game as necessary based on the operation of a start switch (FIG. 2), a stop switch (FIG. 2), and the like. In some cases, for example, a medal payout signal a containing payout of a predetermined number of medals (in the case of a prize, for example, 15 coins, and in the case of operating a clearing switch, for example, while the clearing switch is being operated) Game control means 71 for outputting the number of medals paid out)
And a hopper drive control means 72 for driving the hopper device 30 based on a medal payout signal a from the game control means 71 or a medal collection signal from the collection switch 42, and a medal detection signal from the payout medal sensor. ,
A counting means 73 for counting the number of medals paid out from the hopper device, a count signal b from the counting means 73 is compared with a medal payout signal a from the game control means 71, and the count value of the counting means is A medal number comparing means 74 for outputting an excess signal when the number exceeds a predetermined number to be paid out based on the medal payout signal a. In addition, the display control unit 80 includes an unauthorized signal generating unit 81 that determines an unauthorized operation based on the excess signal from the medal number comparing unit 74 and outputs an unauthorized detection signal to the unauthorized notification unit 60.

It should be noted that the medal count comparing means 74 and the fraudulent signal generating means 81 constitute fraud detecting means 90. Next, the operation of the medal gaming machine 10 according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. First,
In step 100, it is determined whether or not medals have been paid out from the hopper device 30. This judgment is
This is performed by the medal number comparing means 74 of the main control unit 70, and the medal number comparing means 74 monitors whether or not the count signal b is output from the counting means 73.

If it is determined that medals have been paid out from the hopper device 30, the process proceeds to the next step 101.
In this step 101, it is determined whether or not the count value of the counting means 73 exceeds the number of medals paid out based on the medal payout signal a from the game control means 71. This determination is made by the medal number comparison means 74,
In the medal number comparing means 74, the count value of the counting means 73 is compared with the medal payout signal a. In addition,
The medal payout signal a is output from the game control means 71 because, for example, payout of medals due to winning or a clearing switch.
This is the case of the settlement of the credit medal by the operation 26. As described above, the medal payout signal a contains the number of medals to be paid out. For example, when a prize is won, the payout of the predetermined number of medals (for example, 15) according to the winning mode is performed. The contents.

Therefore, despite the fact that the number of medals to be paid out by winning is "15", for example, a player inserts a foreign object and inserts a rotating disk (not shown).
When the hopper device 30 pays out “17” medals by stopping the operation of the brake (not shown) and rotating the rotating disk by inertia, the medal payout signal a becomes “15” of the medal. While the content of payout is the content, the count value of the counting means is actually “17”.
Since it is a sheet, it is determined that “a <b”.

In step 101, when the medal payout signal a from the game control means 71 is not output, the following processing is performed. That is, the state in which the medal payout signal a is not output is the same as the medal payout signal a containing the payout of “0” medals, while the counting unit 73 determines that the medal payout signal a is at least “1”.
Count more than one. Therefore, similarly to the above, the medal number comparison unit 74 determines that “a <b”.

If the medal is counted by the counting means even though the medal payout signal a is not output from the game control means 71, the hopper device 30 is driven by operating the collection switch 42, for example. ,
This corresponds to the case where medals are discharged from the medal discharge port 28. If it is determined in step 101 that “a <b”, the process proceeds to the next step 102, in which an excess signal is output from the medal number comparing means 74.

On the other hand, in step 101, "a <
When it is determined that it is not “b”, that is, when “a = b” or “a> b”, the process returns to step 100. Note that the case where it is determined that “a> b”
When the count value of the counting means 73 is smaller than the number of medals to be paid out based on the medal payout signal a from the game control means 71, for example, while the payout signal is “15”, the count value is “ 13 ".

Next, the operation when an excess signal is output from the medal number comparing means 74 will be described with reference to FIG. First, in step 200, when a signal is received, the process proceeds to the next step 201. In this step 201, it is determined whether or not the received signal is an excess signal.
This determination is made by the fraudulent signal generation means 81 of the display control unit 80, and the fraudulence generation means 81 monitors the presence or absence of the output of the excess signal from the medal number comparison means 74.

If it is determined in step 201 that the received signal is an excess signal, the next step 202
Proceed to. In step 202, the fraudulent reporting means 60 reports fraud. Specifically, an alarm sound is output from the speaker 29. On the other hand, if it is determined in step 201 that the received signal is not an excess signal, the process ends.

In step 102, if the count value of the counting means 73 is smaller than the predetermined number to be paid out, the rotating disk is driven again to pay out the medals for the shortage from the hopper device 30. You may do so. In the above-described embodiment, the fraud reporting means
Although the speaker 60 has been described as being, for example, the speaker 29, the invention is not limited to this, and any other device may be used as long as it informs an externally of the illegal payout state of medals. May be notified.

Further, in a different embodiment, not only is the external notification of the illegal payout state of medals, but also the medal gaming machine 10
May be set as an error state to stop all medals reception and games.

[0031]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. Claim 1
According to the medal gaming machine described above, even if the motor is stopped, the rotating disk is rotated by inertia to pay out a predetermined number of medals or more, which can easily prevent illegal payout of medals. A gaming machine can be provided.

In addition to the above, according to the medal gaming machine of the second aspect, although the conditions for paying out medals are not complete,
When a player tries to obtain a medal by operating a medal collection switch using a wire or the like from outside, the illegal payout state is prevented by informing the outside of the illegal payout state of the medal by the fraudulent notification means. Can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a medal gaming machine.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway schematic front view of the medal gaming machine.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the medal gaming machine.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart that follows the flowchart of FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Slot machine 11-13 Reel 14 Front panel 15-19 Prize line 20 Medal slot 21 Display 22-24 Stop switch 25 Start switch 26 Clearing switch 27 Credit input switch 28 Medal outlet 29 Speaker 30 Hopper device 31 Hopper tank 32 Hopper body 33 Payout medal sensor 40 Control unit 41 Power switch 42 Collection switch 50 Central control unit 60 Fraud notification means 70 Main control unit 71 Game control means 72 Hopper drive control means 73 Counting means 74 Medal number comparing means 80 Display control unit 81 Illegal Signal generation means 90 Fraud detection means

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A hopper device for paying out medals, a payout medal sensor for detecting a medal paid out from the hopper device and outputting a medal detection signal, and operating the hopper device according to a game situation. A medal gaming machine comprising: a game control means for outputting a medal payout signal for paying out a predetermined number of medals; and a hopper drive control means for driving and controlling a hopper device based on a medal payout signal from the game control means. The medal gaming machine includes a counting unit that counts the number of paid-out medals based on a medal detection signal from a paid-out medal sensor, a medal count signal from the counting unit, and a medal payout from the gaming control unit. Compared with the signal, the count value of the counting means is paid out based on the medal payout signal. If more than a predetermined number, fraud and fraud detection means for outputting a detection signal, medal gaming machines, characterized in that a fraud notification unit that operates based on the fraud detection signal from the fraud detection unit. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the illegality detection means outputs an illegality detection signal when a medal count signal is output from the counting means in a non-output state of the medal payout signal from the game control means. Item 6. A medal gaming machine according to Item 1.