JP2001224830A - Illegality preventing system in medal counter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an illegality preventing system in a medal counter capable of improving accuracy in detecting an illegal act without depending on the functional improvement of the medal counter. SOLUTION: In this illegality preventing system in the medal counter 8, the number D of medals acquired by a player is computed from a played machine number, a signal of the number of medals C lent from am inter-machine medal dispenser 3, a signal of the number of medals A thrown into a slot machine 1, and a signal of the number of medals B discharged from the slot machine 1, on the basis of an input signal from a membership card inserted in the inter-machine medal disposer 3. The acquired medal number signal D is inputted to the medal counter 8, whereas actual acquired medals E actually acquired by the player are thrown into the medal counter 8 together with the membership card to count the actual acquired medals E, and on the basis of an input signal from the membership card, the computed acquired medal number signal D is compared with the computed actual medal number E to detect the presence of an illegal act.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medal counting machine that uses a medal rented from a stand medal lending machine installed between slot machines on a slot island to play a medal by a slot machine, and obtains a medal obtained by the medal counting machine. The present invention relates to a fraud prevention system in a medal counting machine that inserts and counts the number of acquired medals and issues a ticket.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In amusement halls in which slot machines are introduced, a plurality of slot machines are usually installed on a support frame, and a so-called sand medal lending machine called a sand is provided between the plurality of slot machines. It is installed to form a slot island, and a player inserts a predetermined amount of coins into a stand-to-stand medal lending machine on this slot island and uses a predetermined number of game medals lent out every time coins are inserted. By putting the medals into slot machines, it is possible to play games.

If a medal can be obtained by playing the game, the medal is inserted into a medal counter provided in the play hall after the game is completed, the number of obtained medals is counted, and a ticket recording the number is issued. Then, by taking it to a prize exchange, the prize can be exchanged for prizes in accordance with the number of earned medals. The medal that can be used in such a game system is only a regular lending medal lent from a stand-to-medal lending machine in the amusement hall, and a regular medal obtained by a slot machine using the regular lending medal is used. It is a normal way of playing to put only the medals into the medal counter, receive a ticket, and exchange them for prizes.

[0004] However, it is not always the case that all players are good players, and some of them are unfamiliar players. They bring not only regular medals but also illegal medals and count them together with regular medals. It is the reality that there is no end to those who commit illegal acts such as throwing them into machines and illegally inflating and counting them and exchanging them for prizes. Therefore, a medal counting machine has been developed that adds a function to distinguish between regular medals and illegal medals to the medal counting machine, and prevents fraudulent acts by preventing counting even if an illegal medal is inserted. It has been put to practical use. However, with the advent of increasingly sophisticated fraudulent medals, it has become impossible to adequately respond only by improving the accuracy of the fraudulent medal identification function of the medal counter, and a new fraud prevention system has been required to be developed.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to address the above problems, and the first object of the present invention is to rely solely on improving the accuracy of an unauthorized medal identification function using only a medal counter. A new fraud prevention system in a new medal counter that can detect the presence or absence of fraudulent activities due to the use of fraudulent medals, using the flow of medals circulated between them, including the inter-chamber lending machine and slot machine, without performing Is to provide. Another object of the present invention is to provide a fraud prevention system in a medal counter that can immediately issue an abnormality warning and stop issuing tickets when fraudulent activity due to the use of fraudulent medals is detected. is there.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a fraud prevention system in a medal counting machine according to the present invention plays a game by putting a medal rented from a stand-to-medium lending machine into a slot machine and playing it. In the medal counting machine that puts the medals acquired by the token into the medal counting machine, counts the number of acquired medals, and issues a ticket, based on the input signal from the membership card inserted in the inter-chamber medal lending machine, the number of the playing machine The number of medals rented from the inter-chamber medal lending machine, the number of medals inserted into the slot machine, and the number of medals emitted from the slot machine are calculated from the number of medals emitted from the slot machine to obtain the number of medals obtained by the player. The signal is input to the medal counter, while the actual medal that the player actually obtained is sent to the medal counter together with the membership card. The actual acquired medals are counted, and based on the input signal from the member card, the calculated acquired medal number signal is compared with the counted actual acquired medal number to detect the presence or absence of fraud. The signal D of the number of medals obtained by the player is C, the signal of the number of medals lent from the inter-chamber lending machine, the signal A of the number of medals inserted into the slot machine, and the signal of the number of medals emitted from the slot machine. When B is set, D = B + (CA) can be calculated, and the obtained medal number signal D and the number of the playing machine are input to the medal counter, and the player and the player actually acquire the medal, and D = E
However, if D <E, medals other than regular medals lent or released from the inter-chamber lending machine and slot machine, that is, illegal medals brought in from outside, are entered if D <E. Therefore, the presence or absence of fraud can be immediately detected.

Further, the fraud prevention system for a medal counter according to the present invention, in the fraud prevention system for a medal counter described above, compares the acquired medal number signal calculated above with the counted actual medal number. If they match, the ticket is deemed to be normal, and if they do not match, it is deemed to be an error, an abnormal warning is issued, and the ticket issuance is stopped. Later, if there is no wrongdoing, the ticket is issued immediately, and if there is a wrongdoing, the ticketing is stopped as an error, and an abnormal warning can be immediately issued by flashing a warning light, etc. Can be suppressed.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a fraud prevention system in a medal counter according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the drawing, reference numeral 1 denotes a slot machine for playing a game by inserting a medal, and 3 denotes a slot machine arranged between the slot machines 1 on the slot island. , A predetermined number of medals are dispensed to the medal payout shoot 5
Payout to the medal tray 2 of the slot machine 1 from
This is a stand-to-medium lending machine called a so-called sand. The inter-chamber medal lending machine 3 is configured so that it can be used by inserting a membership card in which an IC in which a number of a game is played or the like is recorded into a membership card insertion slot 6 on the front.

When a player inserts a member guard into the membership card insertion slot 6 of the inter-chamber medal lending machine 3 and inserts money (thousand-yen bills) from the coin slot 4, the inter-chamber medal lending machine 3 transmits a predetermined coin. The number of medals (50) is paid out to the tray 2 of the slot machine 1 via the medal payout chute 5. The number of medals lent from the inter-chamber medal lending machine 3 is sent to the controller 7 as a medal lending number signal C together with information recorded on the member card.

The number of medals inserted into the slot machine 1 by the player playing the game is represented by a medal insertion number signal (IN number) A, and the number of medals released from the slot machine 1 after being hit by the game. Is
It is sent to the controller 7 as a medal emission number signal (OUT number) B. Then, based on these medal lending number signal C, medal insertion number signal A, and medal emission number signal B, the controller 7 calculates the number of obtained medals D obtained by the player as D = B + (CA). The obtained medal number signal D and the number signal are transmitted to the medal counter 8.

The medal counter 8 has a member card insertion slot 9 for inserting a member card. The medal counter 8 counts the number of inserted medals. The counting result, an input signal from the controller 7 and a member It has a function of comparing input information and the like from a member card inserted into the card insertion slot 9 to detect the presence or absence of fraud. On the other hand, medals that the player has won by playing the game are collected by the dollar box 10 or the like and put into the medal counter 8 for counting as the actual number of obtained medals E. At this time, the member card is inserted into the member card insertion slot 9 of the medal counter 8, and the unit number information recorded on the member card is input together with the member card information.

Here, the actual medal number E acquired by the player is originally the acquired medal number D calculated as described above.
Note that the medal counter 8 receives the medal count signal D input from the controller 7 and the medal counter E counts the actual medal count E.
Is compared to see if they match. As a result, if the calculated number of obtained medals D and the actually obtained number of medals E are D = E, it can be regarded as normal, so that the number of medals obtained by the player by the medal counter 8 is recorded. The ticket is issued, and the player can exchange the desired prize at the prize exchange with the ticket.

However, if D <E, the medal counter 8
Is counted excessively, and it is considered that medals other than regular medals lent or released from the inter-chamber medal lending machine 3 and the slot machine 1, that is, illegal medals brought in from the outside, have been inserted into the medal counting machine 8. In this case, by issuing an error signal in this case, it is possible to immediately detect that there has been a fraud. Then, when the misconduct is detected, the warning light 11 is turned on to warn of the abnormality and the ticketing is stopped.

Thus, as described above, the medal counting machine 8 includes the inter-chamber lending machine 3 and the slot machine 1, and the medal flow information and the membership card information circulated between them are input and used. By configuring a fraud prevention system capable of detecting fraudulent acts, the accuracy of detecting fraudulent acts can be improved beyond the limit of improving the accuracy of the fraudulent medal identification function using the medal counter alone. Further, when an improper act due to the use of an improper medal or the like is detected, an error signal is output to immediately issue an abnormality warning and the ticketing can be stopped, so that an effect of suppressing improper act can be expected.

[0016] Since not only the medal counting information but also the platform number information recorded on the member card is used together, even if the platform is changed during the game, unauthorized use is performed based on the information. The presence or absence of the action can be detected without any problem.

[0017]

As described above in detail, according to the fraud prevention system in the medal counting machine according to the present invention, the flow of medals circulated between them, including the inter-table medal lending machine and the slot machine, is utilized. Can detect the presence or absence of fraudulent acts due to the use of fraudulent medals, so that the accuracy of detecting fraudulent acts can be further increased as a total system without relying on the improvement of the accuracy of the fraudulent medal identification function using the medal counter alone. . In addition, when an improper act due to the use of an improper medal is detected, an abnormal alarm can be immediately issued by a warning light or the like, so that a psychological impropriety prevention effect can be expected.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a fraud prevention system in a medal counter according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Slot machine, 3 ... Medal lending machine, 6 ... Member card slot, 7 ... Controller, 8 ... Medal counter, 9 ... Member card slot, 11 ... Warning light, A ... Medal insertion number signal, B ... Medal emission number signal, C ... Medal lending number signal, D ... Acquired medal number signal, E ... Actual medal number

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A medal counting machine that throws medals lent out from a stand-to-wall medal lending machine into a slot machine and plays, and puts medals acquired thereby into a medal counting machine to count the number of acquired medals and issue a ticket. Based on the input signal from the membership card inserted in the inter-chamber lending machine, the number of the game played, the medal number signal lent out from the inter-chamber medal lending machine, the medal number signal inserted in the slot machine and The number of medals acquired by the player is calculated from the signal of the number of medals released from the slot machine, and the obtained signal of the number of medals is input to the medal counter. On the other hand, the actual medal actually acquired by the player is a member card. Together with the medal counting machine to count the number of actual earned medals. A fraud prevention system for a medal counter, wherein the system detects the presence or absence of fraud by comparing the number of actually acquired medals. 2. The calculated medal number signal calculated as described above is compared with the counted actual medal number. If they match, the ticket is regarded as normal, and if not, an error is regarded as an error. The fraud prevention system in the medal counter according to claim 1, wherein the system issues an abnormality warning and stops issuing a ticket.