JP2000093624A - Pachinko game system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pachinko game system by which unfair act id grasped by detecting the number of abnormal prize balls to prevent devastations. SOLUTION: A data controller 70 to collectively control various kinds of information on respective game machines 100 in an game island, such as gained ball information, recording medium issuing information sale information of ball lenders information on special prize 'jackpot', etc., and an unfair action display means which can detect 'the number of abnormal prize balls' by game machines in game islands and can displaying an alarm are provided in this system.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game system for a pachinko game facility, and more particularly, to a pachinko game system which detects an abnormal number of balls thrown out due to improper operation of each game table in a game island and displays a warning. It is about.

Conventionally, in this type of pachinko gaming facility, the number of balls obtained is counted for each gaming table in a gaming island, and the information on the number of balls is digitally displayed and recorded on a magnetic card as a recording medium. The issued gaming system has been developed and put to practical use.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional pachinko game system, for example, at the tip of a mechanism for counting the number of acquired balls, the counting is falsified as if the pachinko balls had passed, Or,
The game console enters the state of occurrence of the special prize "big hit" due to illegal actions such as inputting a sham signal as if a pachinko ball is flowing around the signal capturing part of the counting processing mechanism using an oscillator such as a radio wave Despite this, even if the counted value of the number of obtained balls exceeds the predetermined number of obtained balls (number of balls) at the time of occurrence of the normal special prize "big hit", the abnormal number of balls is grasped, and The inability to prevent fraudulent activity has caused a great deal of damage.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide a pachinko game system capable of grasping fraudulent activity by detecting an abnormal number of balls and preventing the damage before it occurs.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 comprises a plurality of gaming tables arranged in rows corresponding to ball lending machines. It is composed of a plurality of gaming islands formed, an acquired ball counting means for each gaming table in each of these gaming islands, an acquired ball number display means for displaying the number of acquired balls counted by the acquired ball counting means,
In a pachinko game facility comprising ball number record issuing means for recording and issuing ball number information of the acquired balls displayed on the acquired ball number display means on a recording medium, acquisition of each gaming table in the gaming island In addition to providing a data management device for centrally managing various game information such as information on the number of balls, recording medium issuance information, sales information of ball lending machines, and occurrence information such as a special prize "big hit", the data management device includes An illegal display means for detecting an abnormal number of balls in each gaming table in each gaming island and displaying a warning is provided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the unauthorized display means of the data management device comprises: an acquired ball number at the end of the special prize “big hit” in the game console; And a warning is displayed by detecting a difference from the number of obtained balls counted by the method.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, when the abnormal display number of the gaming table is detected by the unauthorized display means of the data management device, the game such as the issuance of a recording medium is performed. The operation of the table can be temporarily stopped.

That is, according to the above configuration, information on the number of balls to be obtained for each gaming machine in the gaming island, information on the issuance of a recording medium, information on sales of ball lending machines, and information on occurrence of a special prize “big hit”, etc. The game information is centrally managed by the data management device, and the abnormal display of the number of abnormal balls at each gaming table on each gaming island is detected by the fraudulent display means and displayed as a warning. Can be prevented.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.
Reference numeral 1 is a gaming unit.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the gaming unit 1 has a bottom plate 2 serving as a gantry, side plates 3, 3 erected on both right and left sides of the bottom plate 2, and upper ends of the side plates 3, 3. A plurality of (two in the illustrated embodiment) gaming tables 100, 100 are provided at the upper and lower substantially central portions of the front and rear surfaces thereof. Machine 2
00 is interposed and arranged back to back with each other in a parallel state with 00 interposed.

Each of these gaming tables 100 has a handle 1
01 and an upper plate 102 for temporarily storing and guiding pachinko balls (used balls) and pachinko balls (acquired balls) to a hit ball launching device (not shown) operated by operating the handle 101.
And a lower plate 103 for storing pachinko balls (acquired balls) collected or overflown from the upper plate 102.

On the upper part of each of the gaming tables 100, 100 which are incorporated and arranged on both front and rear sides of the gaming unit 1, for example, a curtain plate 5 made of a translucent plastic material or the like is provided over the whole of the gaming tables 100, 100. It is detachably attached between the side plates 3 and 3 which straddle, or as shown by a two-dot broken line in FIG. 2, is attached so as to be openable and closable, and a waist plate 6 is detachably attached between the both plates 3 and 3 below. Both the upper and lower spaces 1A and 1B of the game unit 1 are concealed by the curtain plate 5 and the waist plate 6, and the ball supply mechanism 7 and the ball collection mechanism 10, which will be described later, can be opened during inspection and maintenance.

The ball supply mechanism 7 disposed in the upper space 1A of the game unit 1 is constituted by an upper tank 8 for accommodating pachinko balls (used balls). The used balls are distributed and supplied to each gaming table 100.

On the other hand, in the lower space 1B of the gaming unit 1, a ball collecting mechanism 10 is disposed.
As shown in FIG. 4, an out tank 11 for temporarily storing pachinko balls (out balls) discharged from each gaming table 100, and a ball discharge pipe 1 from the out tank 11.
Collecting inclined gutters 13 and 14 that are inclined downward from the upstream side to the downstream side to receive the out-balls discharged through the second and form the collecting inclined paths arranged in a zigzag stepwise manner, and the lower stage of the collecting inclined paths Downstream end 14 of the side collection inclined gutter 14
and a lower tank 15 into which an outgoing ball falling from the ball introduction port G formed in a is thrown in and collected.

The pachinko balls (collected balls) collected in the lower tank 15 of the ball collecting mechanism 10 are aligned with the rails formed in the shape of a mushroom and guided to the doffing device 16, and this doffing device is used. It is introduced into the doffing route 17 via 16. The collected balls introduced into the doffing path 17 are polished and cleaned by a ball polishing device 18 provided on the way, and the pachinko balls (cleaning balls) cleaned by the ball polishing device 18 are located above the game unit 1. Ball supply mechanism 7 arranged in space 1A
In the upper tank 8. The cleaning balls are arranged in a single step at a main flow gutter (not shown) in the upper tank 8, and are further arranged in a line at a tributary gutter and circulated as used balls.

Further, each gaming table 1 of the gaming unit 1
Below the lower plate 103 of 00, a ball counting device 20 is installed. This ball counting device 20 has a ball tray 21 for receiving pachinko balls (acquired balls) discharged from the lower plate 103 of the gaming table 100, and a ball return lever 22 is provided on the front surface of the ball tray 21. By operating the ball return lever 22, the obtained balls discharged into the ball tray 21 are returned to the lower tank 15 via the ball collection mechanism 10 and collected, and the number of the balls is counted by a counter (not shown). It is supposed to. At this time, the ball number information of the obtained balls counted by the ball counting device 20 is controlled to be transmitted to the ball number counting display 31 and the ball number record issuing device 40 described later.

On the front surface of the ball tray 21 of the ball counting device 20, there are provided a display lamp (LED) 23 for lighting and displaying a payable state of pachinko balls (acquired balls) and a ball payout button 24. . The ball payout button 24 is operated when the display lamp 23 is lit to display the used balls in the upper tank 8 of the ball supply mechanism 7 disposed in the upper space 1A of the game unit main body 1 through the ball delivery pipe 25. The ball is paid out to the ball payout device 26, and the ball payout device 26 counts the balls through the ball payout tube 27 within the range of the number of acquired balls that can pay out a desired number of used balls. The ball is thrown into a ball receiving container 29 placed in a ball receiving storage portion 28 formed on the waist plate 6 at the lower part of the device 20, and is paid out.

An information display device 30 capable of displaying appropriate information such as a special prize "big hit" is provided at the lower part of the front of the curtain plate 5 which conceals the upper space 1A of the game unit main body 1, and is provided on the lower surface thereof. Is the ball number information of the acquired ball (ball information) including the ball number information counted by the ball counting device 20.
And the like are digitally displayed, a ball number counting display 31, a leaving button 32, a settlement button 33, and a balancing end ball button 34 are provided, respectively, and these information display device 30, ball number counting display 31, and leaving button 32 are provided. , The settlement button 33 and the settlement ball button 34 are individually and independently arranged at positions corresponding to the gaming tables 100, 100, respectively.

On the other hand, a card insertion / discharge port 35 is provided on the lower end surface of the curtain plate 5 located at the center of each of the gaming tables 100, 100 of the gaming unit main body 1.
In a specific portion of the upper space 1A of the game unit main body 1 corresponding to the card insertion / ejection port 35, a ball number record issuing device 40 for temporarily storing the ball number information of the acquired balls counted by the ball counting device 20 and the like. Are installed and arranged.

The ball number recording / issuing device 40 includes a card reader / writer 41 capable of writing / reading the temporarily stored ball number information of each of the gaming tables 100 and 100 on a magnetic card as a recording medium, and a large number of cards. It is composed of a cartridge type card stacker 42 filled with a magnetic card. At the time of leaving the seat or checking out, the ball number information is written and recorded on the magnetic card fed out one by one from the card stacker 42. The card is discharged from the card insertion / discharge port 35 and is issued.

At this time, the operation state of the ball count recording and issuing device 40 is determined by turning on one of the arrow-shaped card issuing display lamps 36 provided adjacent to the left and right sides of the card insertion / ejection port 35. You can check it. These card issue display lamps 36, 36 are controlled to be turned on or off based on the information on leaving the seat or the settlement information from each of the gaming consoles 100, 100. , The standby state is maintained even if a signal is input from the other gaming table 100 later.
Can be confirmed by blinking.

At the time of re-use, the issued magnetic card is inserted into the card insertion / ejection port 35, and the number of balls recorded on the magnetic card is read by the card reader / writer 41, and at the same time, the display lamp 23 is turned on. By displaying the ball payout possible state and operating the ball payout button 24 according to the ball number information of the acquired ball, the ball delivery pipe 25, the ball payout device 26, and the ball payout pipe from the upper tank 8 are operated. Through the ball receiving container 28, the ball can be paid out into the ball receiving container 29 placed on the ball receiving container 28.

That is, according to the configuration of the pachinko gaming facility of the present invention described above, first, the pachinko balls (used balls) by the ball lending machine 200 using cash or a prepaid card or the like.
Is purchased and supplied to the upper plate 102 of the gaming table 100, and the ball is fired by operating the handle 101 to activate a hit ball launching device (not shown). When a special prize “big hit” or the like occurs during the game, the information display device 30 blinks, and the pachinko balls (used balls) in the upper tank 8 of the ball supply mechanism 7 are paid out on the upper plate 102 as acquired balls, The acquired ball that overflowed from the upper plate 102 is
It is discharged and stored in the lower plate 103.

If the acquired balls stored in the lower plate 103 are in an overflow state, the ball counting device 2
It is discharged into the ball receiving tray 21 and stored temporarily. Also,
When the obtained balls in the ball tray 21 are in the overflow state, the ball return lever 22 is operated to return the obtained balls in the ball tray 21 to the lower tank 15 via the ball collection mechanism 10.

At this time, the number of returned balls is counted by a counter (not shown) incorporated in the ball counting device 20, and the counted ball number information of the obtained balls is the number of balls. Each of the gaming tables 100 and 10 in the upper space 1A of the gaming unit 1 is digitally displayed on the counting display 31.
At the same time as being transmitted to the number-of-balls record issuing device 40 incorporated and arranged in a portion corresponding to the middle of 0 and temporarily stored,
When the display lamp 23 is turned on, a ball payout possible state is displayed.

During the game, pachinko balls (used balls) in the upper plate 102 of the gaming table 100, pachinko balls (acquired balls) stored in the lower plate 103, and temporarily stored in the ball tray 21 of the ball counting device 20. When the acquired balls are exhausted, the state in which the ball can be paid out by lighting the display lamp 23 is checked, and the ball payout button 2 is pressed.
By operating No. 4, a desired number of balls to be used can be transferred from the upper tank 8 to the ball delivery pipe 25 and the ball payout device in the range of the number of balls according to the ball number information of the acquired balls stored in the ball number record issuing device 40. The ball is paid out into the ball receiving container 29 placed in the ball receiving storage part 28 via the ball discharging pipe 27. At this time, the number of used balls paid out in the ball receiving container 29 is subtracted from the number of acquired balls displayed on the ball counting display 31, and the number of balls after the subtraction is displayed on the ball counting display. Is displayed on the display 31.

When the game is temporarily interrupted, such as when leaving the seat, the upper plate 102 and the lower plate 103 of the game table 100 are suspended.
And all the pachinko balls (acquired balls) stored in the ball tray 21 of the ball counting device 20 are reset and returned, and the ball counting device 2
The ball number record issuing device 4 outputs the ball number information of the acquired balls counted by 0.
After being stored in 0, the leave button 32 is operated. By operating the release button 32, the ball number information of the acquired balls stored in the ball number record issuing device 40 is read by the card reader / writer 41.
Is written and recorded on the magnetic cards fed out one by one from the card stacker 42, and a new magnetic card is ejected from the card insertion / ejection port 35 and issued. At this time, until the same magnetic card is inserted into the card insertion / ejection port 35, the gaming table 100 maintains all information and maintains a standby state.

When the player plays the game again after leaving the seat, the magnetic card on which the number information of the acquired balls is recorded is inserted into the card insertion / ejection port 3.
When the card is inserted into the number 5, the number information of the acquired balls is read by the card reader / writer 41, and the gaming table 100 returns to the state before leaving the seat. When the ball payout button 24 is operated after confirming the ball payout possible state by the lighting display of the display lamp 23, a desired number of used balls in accordance with the information on the number of obtained balls is used from the upper tank 8 to the ball delivery pipe 25. The ball is paid out through the ball payout device 26 and the ball payout tube 27 into the ball receiving container 29 placed in the ball receiving storage part 28, whereby the game can be restarted.

When ending the game, all pachinko balls (acquired balls) stored in the upper plate 102, the lower plate 103 of the gaming table 100 and the ball tray 21 of the ball counter 20 are reset and returned. After the ball number information of the acquired balls counted by the ball counting device 20 is stored in the ball number record issuing device 40, the settlement button 33 is operated. By operating the settlement button 33, the magnetic card in which the ball number information of the acquired balls stored in the ball number record issuing device 40 is written and recorded by the card reader / writer 41 is ejected again from the card insertion / ejection port 35 and issued. Thereby, it is possible to exchange for a prize according to the number of obtained balls. At this time, the gaming table 100
Will clear all information and return to the initial standby state. In this case, the ball number information of the obtained balls written and recorded on the magnetic card is sent to a hall computer (not shown),
It is collated at the time of prize exchange.

When the number of the obtained balls is small, when the settlement end button 34 is operated, the end balls corresponding to the number of the obtained balls are stored in the ball receiving and storing section 27 via the ball payout device 26. It is automatically paid out into the placed ball receiving container 29.

At the end of the game, if there is no magnetic card, by operating the settlement button 33, the ball number information of the acquired balls stored in the ball number record issuing device 40 is read out by card reading in the same manner as when leaving the seat. Card stacker 42 by writer 41
Is written and recorded on the magnetic card fed out one by one from the card, whereby a new magnetic card is ejected from the card insertion / ejection port 35 and issued.

The gaming unit 1 of the present embodiment described above
A plurality of sets are connected in the left-right direction and arranged side by side to form a gaming island, and a plurality of such gaming islands are installed in the store to constitute a pachinko gaming facility.

Each game island is provided with an island controller 50, as shown in FIG.
The repeater 51 provided for each gaming table 100 in the gaming island is connected to the island controller 50 via a signal line. In each of these repeaters 51,
Information processing and drive control of the ball supply mechanism 7, the ball collection mechanism 10, the ball counting device 20, the ball payout device 26, the information display device 30, the ball number counting display device 31, the ball number record issuing device 40, etc. for each gaming table 100 Is connected.

The table controller 60 receives, for example, a signal 61 for generating a special prize “big hit” and a signal 62 for counting the number of balls by the ball counting device 20 via an input / output device (I / O) 63. Is displayed digitally on the ball count display 31. For example, the number of obtained balls at the end of the special prize "big hit" and the number of balls obtained before the occurrence of the special prize "big hit" counted by the ball counting device 20 are displayed. When an “abnormal number of balls” due to a difference from the number is detected, an alarm signal is output via the input / output device 63, and a warning sound is output to a speaker 64 installed on the game console 100 via an amplifier (AMP) 65. There is provided a fraudulent display means for sounding, or displaying a warning on the fraudulent display 66 installed on the gaming table 100 or the fraudulent display 52 installed on the edge of each game island.

In this case, the gaming table 10 by the illegal display means.
When the “abnormal number of balls” of 0 is detected, for example, the operation of the gaming table 100 such as issuance of a recording medium is controlled to be temporarily stopped, and the illegal information determined by the table controller 60 is stored in the memory 67. Is to be stored.

The island controller 50 of each game island
Is a data management device 70 composed of, for example, a personal computer (PC) installed at a service counter in a store.
Are connected by a common signal line, and the data management device 70 has information on the number of balls to be obtained for each gaming table 100 in the gaming island, information on the issuance of recording media, sales information on the ball lending machine 200, and the special prize “ Various types of game information such as occurrence information such as "big hits" and unfair information based on "abnormal number of balls" from unfair display means are centrally managed.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0038]

As described above, according to the pachinko gaming system according to the present invention, information on the number of balls to be obtained for each gaming table in a gaming island, information on the issuance of recording media, sales information on ball lending machines, In addition to centrally managing game information such as occurrence information such as a special prize "big hit" by a data management device, the abnormal display number of each game table in each game island is detected by an illegal display means and displayed as a warning and displayed. As a result, it is possible to prevent damages caused by wrongdoing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing one embodiment of a gaming unit constituting a gaming island of a pachinko gaming facility according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the gaming unit.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a frame structure of the gaming unit.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a relevant part schematically showing a ball collection mechanism of the gaming unit.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a fraudulent management state in the pachinko gaming system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 gaming unit 7 ball supply mechanism 10 ball collection mechanism 20 ball counting device 26 ball payout device 30 information display device 31 ball count display device 40 ball number record issuing device 50 island controller 51 repeater 52 illegal display device 60 controller (CPU ) 64 Speaker 66 Unauthorized indicator 100 Game console

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of gaming islands formed by arranging a plurality of gaming tables arranged in correspondence with a ball lending machine between the tables, and a plurality of gaming islands formed in each of the gaming islands. Counting means, acquired ball number display means for displaying the number of acquired balls counted by the acquired ball counting means, and information on the number of acquired balls displayed on the acquired ball number display means on a recording medium. In a pachinko game facility comprising ball number record issuing means to be issued, information on the number of balls obtained for each gaming table in the gaming island, information on recording medium issuance, sales information on ball lending machines and special prize "big hit" A data management device that centrally manages various types of game information such as occurrence information of a game, etc. is provided, and this data management device detects an abnormal number of balls in each game console in each of the game islands and displays a warning. Pachinko play having display means System. 2. The unauthorized display means of the data management device detects a difference between the number of balls obtained at the end of the special prize "big hit" at the game console and the number of balls obtained before the occurrence of the special prize "big hit" and displays a warning. The pachinko gaming system according to claim 1, wherein 3. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein when the abnormal display number of said game console is detected by said unauthorized display means of said data management device, operation of said game console such as issuance of a recording medium can be temporarily stopped. Item 3. The pachinko game system according to item 1 or 2.