JP2000185158A - Game information control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a inexpensive and highly reliable game information control device. SOLUTION: The prize ball counting function of game machines 11, 12 counts prize balls when balls projected into the game machines 11, 12 got prize winning and saved balls and lent balls of a player. A used ball counting function counts balls projected into the game machines 11, 12. A ball supply function automatically pays out balls to a ball tray within the range of the number of balls kept by the player. Data including prize ball count, used ball count, game machine ID, notice ID incremented at every transmission, player's ID, etc., are transmitted to and stored in a management server 30 when a game starting key or a game finishing key is operated or every time the prize ball count and the used ball count are changed. When a game is finished, the saved ball count of the player is calculated based on the prize ball count and the used ball count at the game starting and the game finishing. When an abnormality is generated at game machines 11, 12, the player gains balls kept by the player from data stored in the management server based on the notice ID at the time point when an abnormality is generated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game information management device for managing game information such as the number of balls used by a player in a pachinko parlor or the like and the number of prize balls paid out from a game console.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a player plays a game in a pachinko parlor,
The player inserts the card storing the player ID into the card insertion slot. Next, a ball or a ball lending machine that has been refunded from the coins stored in the management server (the player can play the game again after the next day by paying a predetermined fee, and can exchange for prizes without a fee). Launches the ball rented from the game console. When the ball fired at the gaming table wins, a ball having the prize ball number corresponding to the winning is paid out from the gaming table. A ball supply facility is provided for paying out prize balls from each gaming table. When depositing the obtained ball as a savings ball or exchanging it for a prize, the player puts the obtained ball into a ball counting machine specially provided in each gaming table or pachinko parlor. The count value counted by the ball counter is transmitted to the management server when the player inputs a ball storage processing command, and is printed on a receipt or the like when the player inputs a prize exchange command. When the ball storage processing command is input, the management server adds the received count value to the number of stored balls corresponding to the player ID of the player, and stores the added value as a new number of stored balls. Further, when the player inputs a refund command or a prize exchange command, the management server subtracts the number of refund balls or the number of exchange balls from the number of stored balls corresponding to the player ID of the player, and sets the subtraction value to a new value. It is stored as the number of accumulated balls.

[0003]

In such a game information management apparatus, a prize ball paid out each time a prize is won is counted by a ball counter, and game information is managed based on the count value counted by the ball counter. are doing. Therefore, a special ball counter for counting the balls obtained by the player is required. In addition, the player needs to put the acquired ball into the ball counting machine. Furthermore, a large ball replenishing facility is required to pay out balls in accordance with the number of prize balls from each gaming table each time a prize is won. The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game information management device capable of reducing or omitting equipment such as a ball counter.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game information management apparatus as set forth in claim 1. With the use of the game information management device according to claim 1, there is no need to provide a ball counter for counting the balls obtained by the player, and ball supply equipment for supplying balls to each gaming table is not downsized. Since it can be omitted, an inexpensive game information management device can be provided.
Furthermore, since the game information is transmitted to the management server and stored every time the game information changes, the game information can be acquired even when an abnormality occurs in the game information monitoring device, and the reliability is high. Further, a second invention of the present invention is a game information management device as described in claim 2. If the game information management device according to claim 2 is used, the game information is transmitted together with the notification ID that changes sequentially each time the game information is transmitted. Game information can be easily obtained. A third invention of the present invention is a game information management device as described in claim 3. By using the game information management device according to claim 3, it is possible to easily determine the game information of each player at the time of starting and ending the game,
A change in game information of each player from the start of the game to the end of the game can be easily acquired.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram when the game information management device of the present invention is used in a pachinko parlor. In the pachinko parlor, a plurality of gaming tables 11 and 12 are provided. Each of the gaming tables 11 and 12 is connected to a management server 30 via a communication line 20 such as a LAN. A prize exchange terminal device 40 is also connected to the communication line 20. The player carries the card 50 in which the player ID is stored. When playing a game, the card 50 is inserted into the card slot of the gaming tables 11 and 12, and when the obtained ball is exchanged for a prize, the card 50 is inserted into the card slot of the prize exchange terminal device 40.
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The gaming tables 11 and 12 are enclosed type gaming tables in which ball trays are enclosed, and have a prize ball counting function, a used ball counting function, a game state detecting function, and a ball replenishing function. The prize ball counting function is a function of calculating the prize ball count value by counting the number of balls obtained by the player when the player obtains a ball or the like. For example, the number of awarded balls when the ball thrown by the player into the gaming tables 11 and 12 wins, the number of balls remaining in the ball tray at the end of the game, the number of stored balls transmitted from the management server 30, and the number of balls lent from the gaming table The number of balls (the number of lending balls) is counted. The used ball counting function is a function of counting the number of balls used by a player and calculating the used ball count value. For example, the number of balls fired at the gaming tables 11 and 12 by the player is counted. The game state detection function is a function for detecting that the game state has changed. For example, it detects that the game has been started by operating the game start key and that the game has been ended by operating the game end key. The ball supply function is a function of paying out balls to a ball tray or the like. The ball replenishment function pays out balls to the ball tray within the range of the number of balls accumulated, the number of balls to be lent, and the number of balls obtained by adding the number of balls obtained from the start of the game to the present time. In some cases, balls may be paid directly to the firing rail. If the ball fired at the game console is collected and paid out to a ball tray or a shooting rail, a ball replenishing facility for replenishing the ball to each game console becomes unnecessary. In the present embodiment, the winning ball counting function and the used ball counting function hold the winning ball counting value and the used ball counting value as cumulative values. In addition, the number of balls to be stored, the number of balls to be lent, the prize ball count value and the ball count value to be used, the number of balls held by the player, and the like can be output to a display means or the like.

[0007] When the card 50 is inserted into the card slot, the gaming tables 11 and 12 read the player ID stored in the card 50 and transmit it to the management server 30. Then, when the number of balls stored corresponding to the player ID transmitted from the management server 30 is received, the received number of balls stored is added to the prize ball count value. Further, when the player has inserted cash into the cash slot, the number of balls to be played corresponding to the inserted cash is added to the prize ball count value. Also, the gaming tables 11 and 12
Transmits various data to the management server 30 when the power is turned on, when the power is turned off, when the game state changes, when the prize ball count value or the used ball count value changes. FIG. 2 shows an example of data transmitted to the management server 30. The data shown in FIG. 2 changes sequentially each time the player ID read from the card 50 or the prize ball count value or the ball count value used from the gaming tables 11 and 12 to the management server 30 is transmitted. For example, the notification is incremented by one. ID, award ball count value, ball count value used, gaming machine ID of gaming machines 11 and 12
Contains. In addition, the gaming tables 11 and 12 are provided with a starting prize ball count value and a starting ball count value when each player starts a game, and an end prize ball count value and a ending ball used when the game is completed. It is preferable that the count value, the winning ball count value from the start of the game to the end of the game, and the used ball count value are sequentially stored. In this case, the management server 3
Even if an abnormality occurs in 0, the number of balls held by each player can be obtained based on the count values stored in the gaming tables 11 and 12.

[0008] The management server 30 receives the data transmitted from the gaming tables 11 and 12 and sequentially stores the data. At this time,
The received data may be stored in association with the gaming table ID or the player ID included in the data.
In addition, the number of stored coins corresponding to each player ID is stored. For example, the number of balls to be stored is determined based on the start prize ball count value and the start ball count value at the start of the game of each player, and the end prize ball count value and the end ball count at the end of the game. That is, the number of obtained balls is obtained by subtracting the start prize ball count value from the end prize ball count value, and the used ball number is obtained by subtracting the start use ball count value from the end use ball count value. Then, the number of used balls is subtracted from the number of obtained balls to obtain and store the number of stored balls at the end of the game. The update of the number of stored coins corresponding to each player ID can be performed each time game information transmitted from the gaming tables 11 and 12 is received. In this case, based on the prize ball count value and the used ball count value received this time and the previously received prize ball count value and the used ball count value, a new number of stored balls is obtained. In addition, the management server 30 stores the gaming tables 11, 1
When the player ID is transmitted from 2, the number of balls stored corresponding to the player ID is transmitted to the gaming tables 11 and 12. In addition, the management server 30 sends the prize exchange terminal device 40
When D is transmitted, the number of coins corresponding to the player ID is transmitted to the premium exchange terminal device 40. Then, when the prize number or the number of exchanged balls of the prize selected by the player is transmitted from the prize exchange terminal device 40, the number of exchanged balls is subtracted from the number of accumulated balls corresponding to the player ID, and the subtracted value is set as a new value. Store as a number.

In this embodiment, the gaming tables 11 and 12 correspond to the game information monitoring device of the present invention, and the management server 30 corresponds to the management device. Further, in the present invention, the game information is obtained not only from the actually counted value such as the prize ball count value or the used ball count value, but also from the prize ball count value such as the number of stored balls or the used ball count value. Count values are also included.

Next, the operation of the game information management device according to the present embodiment will be described. When the power is turned on, the gaming tables 11 and 12 transmit data including a winning ball count value, a used ball count value, a gaming table ID, a notification ID, and the like to the management server 30.
Various methods are conceivable as a method for selecting the count value such as the notification ID, the prize ball count value, and the ball count value used when the power is turned on. For example, when the power is turned on, the notification ID and the count value are set to “0”.
And the reset notification ID and count value are used as the notification ID and count value when the power is turned on. Alternatively, when the power is turned on, it is determined whether or not the previous count value is correctly held. When the previous count value is correctly held, the value obtained by incrementing the notification ID at that time is used as the notification ID at power-on, and the count value at that time is used as the count value at power-on. On the other hand, if the previous count value is not held correctly,
Notification ID, the count value is "0" or the notification ID at that time,
The count value is forcibly reset to a value other than the incremented value, and the reset notification ID and count value are used as the power-on notification ID and count value. Management server 30
When receiving the data transmitted from the game consoles 11 and 12, for example, the data is stored in association with the game console ID included in the received data. In addition, each of the gaming tables 11 and 12 transmits data including the winning ball count value and the used ball count value, the gaming table ID, the notification ID, and the like to the management server 30 even when the power is turned off.

When a player plays a game at the gaming table 11, for example, the card 50 is inserted into the card insertion slot of the gaming table 11. When the card 50 is inserted into the card insertion slot, the gaming table 11 reads the player ID stored in the card 50 and sends it to the management server 30. This allows
The management server 30 transmits the number of coins stored corresponding to the player ID to the gaming table 11. When receiving the number of accumulated balls, the gaming table 11 adds the received number of accumulated balls to the winning ball count value at that time. At this time, the received number of stored coins can be output to a display means or the like. When the player has inserted cash into the cash slot of the gaming table 11, the number of balls to be loaned corresponding to the inserted cash is added to the prize ball count value at that time. At this time,
The number of balls to be lent can also be output to display means or the like. Each time the prize ball count value changes by adding the number of stored balls or the number of lending balls to the prize ball count value, the prize ball count value and the used ball count value,
Data including the notification ID, the game console ID, the player ID, and the like are transmitted from the game console 11 to the management server 30. The management server 30 sequentially stores the received data.

Next, the player operates a game start operation, for example, a game start key, to start a game. When the gaming state detection function detects that the gaming start key has been operated, the gaming table 11 displays the winning ball count value and the ball count value at that time, the notification ID, the gaming table ID, the player ID, and the player Is transmitted to the management server 30 including the game start ID indicating that the game has started. The prize ball count value and the use ball count value at this time are the start prize ball count value and the start use ball count value when the player starts the game. When receiving the data including the prize ball count value, the ball count value used, the game start ID, and the like, the management server 30 stores the data in association with, for example, the gaming table ID, as described above. As the game start ID, it is preferable to use an ID capable of identifying a game by each player. When the game start key is operated, the ball supply function is activated, and a predetermined number of balls are paid out to the ball tray within the range of the number of balls held by the player. It can also be paid directly to the launch rail. The number of balls held by the player is calculated by subtracting the starting prize ball count value from the current prize ball count value to obtain the number of obtained balls, and subtracting the starting ball count value from the current ball count value at that time. The number of used balls is obtained by subtracting the number of used balls from the number of obtained balls. In addition, the ball replenishment function can pay out balls to the ball tray each time the ball is fired on the gaming table, and can also pay out a predetermined number of balls to the ball tray when the number of balls in the ball tray decreases. it can. When the player fires a ball at the gaming table 11, the used ball counting function is activated, and the used ball is counted. At this time, since the usage count value increases, data including the winning ball count value, the usage ball count value, the notification ID, and the like are transmitted from the gaming table 11 to the management server 30. The management server 30 stores the received data as described above. When the ball fired at the gaming table wins, the prize ball counting function operates to count the number of prize balls according to the winning. At this time,
Since the prize ball count value increases, data including the prize ball count value, the used ball count value, the notification ID, and the like are transmitted from the gaming table 11 to the management server 30. The management server 30 stores the received data as described above. Thereafter, every time the prize ball count value or the used ball count value changes, data including the prize ball count value, the used ball count value, the notification ID that is sequentially incremented, and the like are transmitted to the management server and stored.

When the player ends the game, the game end operation is performed, for example, a game end key of the game stand 11 is operated.
When the game state detection function detects that the game end key has been operated, it is determined whether or not a ball remains in the ball tray. If a ball remains in the ball tray, the ball is discharged to a ball counter, and the count value of the ball counter is added to the prize ball count value. When the winning ball count value changes, the winning ball count value, the used ball count value, and the like are transmitted to the management server 30 and stored in the same manner as described above. When all the balls remaining in the ball tray are counted or when no ball remains in the ball tray when the game end key is operated, the gaming table 11 sets the prize ball count value and the ball in use at that time. Count value, notification ID, player ID,
The data including the game end ID and the like is transmitted to the management server 30. The prize ball count value and the use ball count value at this time are the end prize ball count value and the end use ball count value when the player ends the game. When receiving the data including the prize ball count value, the used ball count value, the game end ID, and the like, the management server 30 stores the data in the same manner as described above. Game end ID
It is preferable to use an ID associated with the game start ID. In addition, when the game of the player ends, the management server 30 stores the number of balls held by the player at the time of the end of the game, that is, the number of stored balls. That is, the start prize ball count value is subtracted from the end prize ball count value to determine the number of balls to be obtained, and the start ball count value is subtracted from the end use ball count value to determine the number of balls to be used. The number of balls to be used is obtained by subtracting the number of used balls from the number of balls.

When a player exchanges a ball for a prize,
The player inserts the card 50 into the card insertion slot of the premium exchange terminal device 40. The premium exchange terminal device 40 reads the player ID of the card 50 inserted into the card insertion slot and transmits the same to the management server 30. Thereby, the management server 30 transmits the number of accumulated coins corresponding to the player ID to the premium exchange terminal device 40. The prize exchange terminal device 40 outputs the number of coins to display means or the like upon receiving the number of coins to be stored. When the player selects a prize, the prize number or the number of exchanged balls of the selected prize is transmitted to the management server 30. Management server 30
If the number of exchanged balls is equal to or less than the number of accumulated balls corresponding to the player ID, a value obtained by subtracting the number of exchanged balls from the number of accumulated balls corresponding to the player ID is stored as a new number of accumulated balls,
A prize exchange OK signal is transmitted to the prize exchange terminal device 40.
Upon receiving the prize exchange OK signal, the prize exchange terminal device 40 issues a receipt in which the prize number of the selected prize is printed in bar code or the like. The player passes the issued receipt to a clerk at the prize exchange and receives the prize.

When an abnormality occurs in the gaming tables 11 and 12, each player holds the game information based on data including game information such as a winning ball count value and a used ball count value stored in the management server 30. Get the number of balls to play. First, data is collected for each player ID. Next, the collected data is time-series using the notification ID included in each data. In the present embodiment, the notification ID is incremented by one for each transmission, so that the notification ID can be chronologically arranged by arranging in order of the notification ID. Next, the data is divided into data groups with consecutive notification IDs. Here, when the notification ID is discontinuous, the time-series data group is separated there. Next, data having the minimum notification ID and data having the maximum notification ID are extracted from the time-series data group. Next, based on the game information included in the extracted data having the maximum notification ID and the game information included in the data having the minimum notification ID, each player holds The change in the number of balls to be performed is obtained. For example, the change in the number of acquired balls is obtained by subtracting the winning ball count value included in the data having the smallest notification ID from the winning ball count value included in the data having the largest notification ID. Then, the used ball count value included in the data having the smallest notification ID is subtracted from the used ball count value included in the data having the notification ID, thereby obtaining a change in the number of used balls. And
The change in the number of balls used is subtracted from the change in the number of balls obtained to determine the change in the number of balls held by each player. Furthermore, by summing up the change in the number of balls held by each player for each data group, it is possible to obtain the number of balls held by each player at the time of occurrence of an abnormality in the gaming table. In addition, by performing the same processing as described above for the game console ID, it is possible to acquire a change state of the game information in the game console in which the abnormality has occurred until the abnormality occurs.
When the gaming tables 11 and 12 are normal, when the game is over, based on the start prize ball count value and the start ball count value, the end prize ball count value and the end use ball count value. The number of balls held by the player, that is, the number of stored balls, is calculated. Thus, by comparing the number of balls stored thus obtained with the number of balls held by the player acquired based on the notification ID as described above, an error in the number of stored balls can be detected. When an abnormality occurs in the management server 30, the number of balls held by each player can be obtained based on the data stored in the gaming tables 11 and 12.

In the above embodiment, the case where the prize ball count value, the used ball count value, and the number of stored balls are managed as game information has been described, but the game information is not limited to this. Also,
When one of the prize ball count value and the used ball count value changes, the prize ball count value and the used ball count value are transmitted, but only the changed count value may be transmitted. In this case, for example, the management server 30 stores the awarded ball count value and the used ball count value in association with each of the gaming machines 11 and 12, and receives the awarded ball count value or the used ball count value when the awarded ball count value or the used ball count value is received. Is rewritten, and the rewritten winning ball count value and the used ball count value are stored.
Also, the case where game information is managed in a pachinko parlor has been described, but the game information management device of the present invention can be used for managing game information in various fields other than a pachinko parlor.

[0017]

As described above, by using the game information management device according to the first aspect, it is possible to provide an inexpensive and highly reliable game information management device. Further, by using the game information management device according to the second aspect, it is possible to easily acquire the game information of each player even when an abnormality occurs in the gaming table. Further, by using the game information management device according to the third aspect, it is possible to easily obtain a change in the game information of each player from the start of the game to the end of the game.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing data transmitted from a gaming table to a management server.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11,12 Game console 30 Management server 40 Premium exchange terminal device 50 Card

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A card for storing an ID, a game information monitoring device, and a management device, wherein the game information monitoring device stores an ID stored in the card every time game information changes.
And the game information to the management management device, and the management device stores the ID and the game information transmitted from the game information monitoring device. 2. The game information management device according to claim 1, wherein the game information monitoring device transmits a notification ID, which is sequentially changed every time game information is transmitted, to the management device together with the game information. Information management device. 3. The game information management device according to claim 1, wherein the game information monitoring device transmits game start information to the management device together with the game information at the start of a game, and the game end information at the end of the game. Game information management device which transmits to the management device together with game information.