JP2001321538A - Managing device for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a parlor side to confirm an actual game condition from the open/close condition of an opening/closing means in a special game condition. SOLUTION: This managing device is to manage a game machine whose opening/closing means of a game device is opened/closed a number of times limited to prescribed maximum open/close times to bring a game into a first condition in which a game ball apt to win a premium and a special game condition in which the first condition is repeated from the starting by establishing a prescribed condition is generated. The numbers of opening/closing the open/ close means in the first condition are enabled to be accumulated and outputted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a management device for a gaming machine represented by a pachinko gaming machine, a coin gaming machine, and the like.
More specifically, a gaming machine in which a specific game state occurs in which a first state in which a game ball easily wins due to opening and closing of an opening / closing means of a gaming device and this first state is repeated from the beginning when a predetermined condition is satisfied is generated. The present invention relates to a management device for a gaming machine to be managed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally known game machines include, for example, an opening / closing wing piece (opening / closing means) when a ball (game ball) wins in a starting winning area provided in a game area. A game device such as a variable winning ball device that opens and closes is provided, and a specific game state occurs when a ball that has entered the variable winning ball device during opening of the opening and closing wing piece wins a specific winning opening, for example, The variable prize ball device is driven to a first state that is advantageous to the player, such as opening and closing the opening / closing wing piece with a predetermined maximum opening / closing frequency as an upper limit, so that a ball hit in the game area can easily win. Was composed.

[0003] The first state is repeated with a predetermined maximum number of continuation times as an upper limit when a ball hits a specific winning opening in the first state. That is,
In such a gaming machine, since the hitting ball is controlled to a gaming state in which the hitting ball is likely to win by the occurrence of the specific gaming state, the player has played a game with the aim of the occurrence of the specific gaming state.

[0004]

As described above, since the occurrence of a specific game state has become the focus of attention and attention of the player, in a game hall, when this specific game state occurs, the actual game state is actually determined. The state of how the opening / closing wing pieces open and close in the state 1 and the first state is repeated, that is, whether the ball hit into the game area is more likely to approach the variable winning ball device. There was a need to confirm.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to enable a game arcade to confirm the actual game situation from the open / close state of the opening / closing means in a specific game state.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a management device, wherein the opening and closing means of a variable winning ball device provided in the game area opens and closes up to a predetermined maximum number of times of opening, whereby a game ball wins. It becomes the first state that is easy to
State is to manage a gaming machine in which a specific game state that is repeated with the predetermined maximum continuation number as an upper limit due to the satisfaction of the predetermined condition occurs, and counts the number of times the opening / closing means has opened and closed in the first state, It is characterized by being able to output.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the number of times the opening / closing means has opened / closed in the first state is totalized and output by the management device.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the first state in which the game balls are easy to win is achieved when the opening and closing means of the variable winning ball device provided in the game area opens and closes up to a predetermined maximum number of times of opening and closing. The first state is for managing a gaming machine in which a specific gaming state that is repeated with a predetermined maximum number of continuations as an upper limit when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and that the first state is specified. Possible information,
Based on the information input unit in which information that can specify the opening and closing of the opening and closing means is input, based on the information input in the information input unit,
It is characterized by comprising a counting means for counting the number of times the opening / closing means has opened / closed in the first state, and an output means for outputting a counting result by the counting means.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the information input to the information input unit into which the information that can specify the first state and the information that can specify the opening and closing of the opening and closing means are input. Based on this, the number of times the opening / closing means has opened / closed during the first state is counted by the counting means. Then, the output means outputs the result of the counting by the counting means.

A third aspect of the present invention is a gaming machine management apparatus, wherein the average value per predetermined period of the total value for each gaming machine is calculated and output.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above, the management device calculates and outputs the average value of the values totaled for each gaming machine per predetermined period.

A fourth aspect of the present invention is a gaming machine management device, wherein the number of times the opening / closing means has been opened / closed up to the maximum number of times of opening / closing is counted and output.

According to the invention of claim 4, in addition to the above, the number of times the opening / closing means has been opened / closed up to the maximum number of times of opening / closing is counted and output by the management device.

A game machine management apparatus according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that a game machine whose opening / closing means has been opened / closed up to the maximum number of times of opening / closing is extracted and output.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above, a gaming machine in which the number of times the opening / closing means has been opened / closed up to the maximum number of times of opening / closing is extracted by the management device and output.

A game machine management apparatus according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the game machine is configured to extract and output a game machine having a small number of times that the opening / closing means has been opened / closed up to the maximum number of times.

According to the invention of claim 6, in addition to the above, a gaming machine in which the number of times the opening / closing means has been opened / closed up to the maximum number of times of opening / closing is extracted by the management device and output.

[0018]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, a pachinko gaming machine is shown as an example of a gaming machine, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a coin gaming machine or the like may be used. All gaming machines that are played are eligible.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a second type pachinko gaming machine 1 and a card processing machine 12 as an example of the gaming machine.

A card processor 12 is provided on one side (left side in the drawing) of the pachinko gaming machine 1 so as to be separable from the pachinko gaming machine 1. In the figure, reference numeral 13 denotes a card available indicator, which is lit to indicate that the card processor 12 is operating and that lending using a card is possible. The card processor 12 has a built-in card reader / writer. When a card is inserted through the card insertion / ejection port 17, the recorded information recorded on the card is read by the card reader / writer. The card balance at the time of insertion included in the read card information is displayed by the balance display (card balance display) 7.

The card processor 12 includes a CPU, an RO,
A card processor control unit 21 (see second) in which M, RAM, and the like are incorporated is provided.
1 controls the entire card processing machine 12. In addition, the card processing machine 12 is provided with a connection direction indicator 15, and a display of a connection direction preset on the card processor 12 side is lit and displayed. Can determine whether the game is possible.

When the player wants to play a game with the pachinko gaming machine 1, the user inserts a card, which is an example of a recording medium on which the value of the player is recorded, such as the remaining amount of the card, into the card insertion / ejection port 17. . If a ball lending operation is possible when the inserted card is proper and the remaining amount of the card is left, the player operates the ball lending button 9 to suppress the ball lending button 9 so that the pachinko gaming machine can be operated from the card processing machine 12 side. A ball payout command signal is output to the payout control microcomputer on one side.

Then, the ball lending amount to be paid out by one ball lending operation preset by a ball lending setting switch 22 (see FIG. 2) composed of, for example, a rotary switch, which will be described later (hereinafter simply referred to as the ball lending amount) ) Of game balls (pachinko balls) are paid out into the hit ball supply tray 6. When the payout of the pachinko balls for the amount of lending has been completed, the card processing machine 1
The card balance of the card inserted in 2 is updated by reducing the amount by the lending amount.

In the figure, reference numeral 8 denotes a return button, and a card inserted into the card processor 12 is returned to the player from the card insertion / ejection port 17 by being pressed by the player. The remaining amount of the card when the card is inserted and the remaining amount of the card after the ball lending has been performed and the amount has been updated are displayed by the remaining amount indicator (card balance indicator) 7 provided on the hit ball supply tray 6. If the player operates the hit ball operation handle 3 in a state where the pachinko balls have been paid out into the hit ball supply tray 6,
Pachinko balls are driven one by one into the game area 201 formed on the front of the game board 200.

In the gaming area 201 formed on the front of the gaming board 200 of the pachinko gaming machine 1, start winning ports 212 and 213 as an example of a start winning area are provided.
The ball hit into the game area 201 is the starting winning opening 212
Is won, the starting winning ball is detected by the starting winning ball detection switch 214. In addition, the shot is the starting winning opening 2
If the player wins 13, the starting winning ball is detected by the starting winning ball detection switch 215. Based on the detection output of the start winning ball detection switch 214, the pair of left and right opening / closing wings (opening / closing means) 203, 203 of the variable winning ball device 202 provided in the game area 201 is activated once by the excitation and demagnetization of the solenoid 204. Open and close.

On the other hand, based on the detection output of the start winning ball detection switch 215, the opening / closing wing pieces 203, 203 are opened and closed twice. During one or two opening / closing operations of the opening / closing wing piece 203, if a hit ball enters the variable prize ball apparatus 202 from the opening / closing wing piece 203 being opened, the hit ball enters the variable prize ball apparatus. The player wins either the normal winning opening 207 formed in the 202 or a specific winning opening (V pocket: specific winning area) 208. When a winning is achieved in the specific winning opening 208 (predetermined condition is established by the V winning), the solenoid 204 is repeatedly energized and demagnetized to repeatedly open and close the blade pieces 203, 203.
Are continuously opened and closed to enter a first state advantageous to the player.

The first state is that the opening / closing wing pieces 203, 20
3 is opened and closed by a predetermined maximum number of times of opening and closing (for example, 18 times) or a predetermined number of balls (for example, 10 pieces) wins, whichever is earlier, whichever comes first. In the closed second state. All the hit balls that have entered the variable winning ball apparatus 202 in the first state are detected by the winning number detectors 205, 205, and the detected number is displayed by the winning number display 211.

The hitting ball which has entered during the opening or closing of the opening / closing wing piece 203 once or twice following the winning of the hitting ball in the starting winning prize area wins the specific winning opening 208 to determine the number of times. The variable display 210 (constituting the round lottery means) is variably started and stop-controlled, and when the display result at the time of the stop becomes specific identification information (for example, 7, 3, 1), a specific game state occurs, It becomes a big hit state in which the repetition continuation control of repeating the first state of the variable winning ball device 202 described later is repeated. The upper limit number of the repetition continuation control is set to, for example, 16 times (hereinafter, referred to as 16 rounds).

In this case, in the embodiment, the maximum number of repetition continuation controls is 16 rounds based on the display result “7” of the variable number display 210 for determining the number of times. It will be a round. In the case of the display result "1", for example, a lottery is performed for three rounds.

The variable display 210 for determining the number of times
When the variable display result is other than the specific identification information, a small hit state in which the repetitive continuation control of the variable winning ball device 202 is not performed is performed.

When the upper limit of the repetition continuation control is determined to be 16 rounds, 10 rounds or 3 rounds with the prize in the specific prize port 208, the specific game state occurs and the variable prize ball device 202 is generated. Is in the first state, and the variable winning prize ball device 202 in the first state is
If the ball that has entered the inside wins the specific winning opening 208, the repetition continuation condition is satisfied, and the repetition continuation control for continuously opening and closing the opening / closing wing pieces 203 again to set the first state is performed.

When the hit ball that has entered during the execution of the repetition continuation control again wins in the special winning opening 208, the repetition continuation condition is established again. Repetition continuation control is performed with an upper limit of 10 rounds or 10 rounds. In this case, the opening / closing frequency of the opening / closing wing piece 203 is determined by the specific winning opening 208.
Is counted again from the beginning (first time) from the point when the V winning is detected. In other words, if there is a V-prize at the tenth time before opening and closing 18 times, for example, the opening and closing wing piece 203 repeats opening and closing again from the first time (the count of the number of times of opening and closing is cleared), and the next round is performed.

Further, the remaining number (round) of the repetition continuation control at the present time is displayed on the variable number display 210 for determining the number of times. Here, the upper limit number of the repetition continuation control is 16 rounds (or 10 rounds or 3 rounds), but it is counted as one round (first ride) when a ball is hit in the starting winning opening 212 or 213.
The remaining number of times actually displayed on the variable number display device 210 for the first time is 15 rounds (or 9 rounds or 2 rounds).

The probability that the specific identification information (for example, 7) is displayed when the number-of-times determining variable display 210 is variably stopped can be input and set in three stages in advance as described later. 1/8 for setting 1, 1/1 for setting 2
At 0 and setting 3, the occurrence probability is 1/12.

The ball storage device 2 is provided in the variable winning ball device 202.
06 is provided, and the hit ball that has entered the variable winning prize ball device 202 in the first state is stored by the ball storage device 206, and a predetermined number of times of the opening / closing wing pieces 203 (for example, 18 times)
The ball storage device 206 operates such that the stored pachinko balls (hit balls) are released by opening and closing or by winning a predetermined number (for example, 10) of hit balls.

In the game area 201, a normal winning opening 216 and a decoration lamp 217 are further provided. A lamp 11 that blinks during a big hit is provided above the pachinko gaming machine 1. The variable winning prize ball device 202 constitutes a gaming device in which an operation for a game is performed when a hit ball wins in a starting winning prize area provided in the gaming area 201.

FIG. 2 is a rear view showing a partial internal structure of the card processor 12 and the pachinko gaming machine 1. In the card processor 12, a card processor controller 21, a card reader / writer controller 20, and a unit box controller 19 are provided. The card processor control unit 21 and the interface board 33 provided in the pachinko gaming machine 1 are electrically connected so that the card processor control unit 21 and the interface board 33 can transmit and receive information to and from each other. Is configured.

The interface board 33 and the payout control board 38 housed in the payout control board box 37 are electrically connected. Further, the interface board 33 and the relay terminal board 34 are electrically connected, and the relay terminal board 34 and the game control board box 4
The game control board 41, the gaming machine terminal box 46, and the ball dispenser 31 housed in the box 0 are electrically connected to each other. Further, the above-described various indicators and switches of various operation buttons provided on the hit ball supply tray 6 are connected to the interface board 33 via the connector 35.

It should be noted that various indicators and switches of various operation buttons provided on the card processor control unit 21 and the hitting ball supply tray 6, a payout control board 38 in a payout control board box 37, an interface board 33, and a relay terminal The dispensing control board 3 is connected directly by wiring without using the board 34.
8 and the ball dispenser 31 may be connected via the relay terminal board 34. Further, the card processor control unit 21 and the payout control board 38 may be directly connected by a connector. Reference numeral 22 denotes a connector for connecting the card processor control unit 21 to the interface board 33.

The unit box control unit 19 provided in the card processing machine 12 is provided with a lending amount setting switch 22 for previously inputting and setting a lending amount to be paid out by one ball lending operation. And as shown, 100
Five types of amounts of yen, 200 yen, 300 yen, 400 yen, and 500 yen can be input and set. For example, if a ball game amount is set to 300 yen as shown in the figure by an attendant at the game arcade, the 300 yen is stored in the microcomputer (not shown) of the card processor control unit 21 as the ball money amount. Then, the player inserts the card into the card insertion / ejection port 17.
When the ball lending button 9 is pressed, the ball lending amount (300 yen) is automatically paid out into the hitting ball supply tray 6.

The payout of pachinko balls is performed by executing payout of a predetermined unit amount (for example, 100 yen) a plurality of times (for example, three times), and the payout of this unit amount is completed. Each time the amount is deducted from the card balance by the unit amount. The unit sales signal resulting from the reduction by the unit amount is transmitted to the hall management computer 70 (see FIG. 4) which is the host computer of the game hall,
It is transmitted to the card issuing company via the terminal box installed in the amusement arcade. A unit number, which is the number of the card processor 12, is set in the unit box control section 19, and the set number is transmitted to the hall management computer 70 via the information output terminal 59, and via the terminal box. It is transmitted to the card issuing company.

The card reader / writer control section 20 is a control section for reading and rewriting data recorded on a card inserted through the card insertion / ejection port 17.

The ball dispenser 31 includes a dispensing motor (not shown)
Is provided, and the pachinko balls supplied from the ball guiding rail 28 are laterally fed by the rotational force of the payout motor. Paid out within. This ball dispenser 31
Is provided on the mechanism plate 25. The ball guide rail 2
Numeral 8 is for causing the stored balls in the ball tank 27 to flow down while being aligned in two rows.
It is detected that there are no stored balls in the ball tank 27 and that there are no falling balls on the ball guide rail 28, and the detection signal is sent to the terminal box 46 for the gaming machine and the relay terminal board 34. Is input to the payout control board 38 in the payout control board box 37 via the. The ball payout speed is reduced when the tank out-of-tank switch 29 no longer detects a ball.

The ball tank 27 is supplied with pachinko balls from a supply gutter 57 provided on the game machine installation island via a supply device 58 including a supply ball detector. This ball tank 27
Is detected by the replenishing ball detector of the replenishing device 58. When a predetermined number (for example, ten) of pachinko balls are supplied, a detection signal of one pulse is supplied to the replenishing ball. Output from the detector.

In response to the ball lending request signal from the card processing machine 12, the pachinko balls in the ball tank 27 are not paid out to the batting supply tray 6, but the lending balls purchased by the player from the ball lending machine are supplied. In the case of a conventional general pachinko game machine that is put into the dish 6 and plays a game, an output signal output from the replenishing device 58 is transmitted to the hall management computer 70, and the hall management computer 70 Based on the transmitted detection signal, the number of disadvantageous balls that are disadvantageous for the game hall is detected.

However, as in the present embodiment, in a pachinko game machine of a system in which a part of the stored balls in the ball tank 27 is paid out into the hit ball supply tray 6 based on a ball lending request signal from the card processing machine 12. In other words, a ball lending that does not become a disadvantage ball for the game hall is supplied from the replenishing gutter 57 to the ball tank 27, and the supplied ball lending is detected by the replenishing ball detector. As the information on the number of profitable balls is input to the hall management computer, there arises a problem that the hall management computer 70 cannot accurately count the number of disadvantageous balls. Therefore, in the pachinko gaming machine of this embodiment, a predetermined pulse signal is output from the payout control board 38 before the number of prize balls to be paid out based on the winning of the hit ball reaches a predetermined number (for example, 10). A predetermined pulse signal is transmitted to the hall management computer via the gaming machine terminal box 46, the connector 62, the information output terminal 59, and the connector 64.

With this configuration, when renting a pachinko ball, a pulse signal as information on the number of disadvantageous balls is not output to the hall management computer 70, and only a payout of a prize ball accompanying a prize is performed. The signal is transmitted to the hall management computer 70, and the hall management computer 70 can accumulate accurate disadvantage ball count information.

The winning ball driven into the game area 201 and winning in the winning opening and the out ball collected in the out opening 53 join and drop into the driving ball tank 54, and the driven ball is driven into the driving ball. After being detected by the detector (hitting ball counter) 55, it falls onto a ball collecting gutter 56 provided on the gaming machine installation island. Reference numerals 23 and 61 in the figure denote connectors for connecting the card processor control unit 21 and the information output terminal 59.

The information output terminal 59 has a function of transmitting the unit sales signal and the unit number. The information output terminal 59 is connected to the unit box controller 19 and the connector 6
0 and 24 are connected. Then, the unit number and unit sales signal described above are transmitted to the hall management computer via the connector 24, the information output terminal 59, and the connector 64. The face value information of the card used in the card processing machine 12 and the code information of the error generated in the card processing machine 12 are transmitted from the card processing machine control unit 21 through the connector 23, the information output terminal 59, and the connector 64 to the hole. It is transmitted to the management computer.

The unit box control section 19 has AC10
0V voltage is supplied to the unit box control unit 1
The voltage converted to the predetermined voltage in 9 is supplied to the card processor control unit 21 and the card reader / writer control unit 20.
In this way, the unit sales signal is transmitted from both the pachinko gaming machine 1 and the card processor 12 to the hall management computer. As a result, if either one breaks down or malfunctions and one unit price sales signal goes wrong, it can be immediately judged that an abnormality has occurred because it conflicts with the other unit price sales signal, Accurate management of sales becomes possible. Since the unit number is also transmitted from the card processing machine 12 to the hall management computer as described above, it is possible to specify which card processing machine is to be sold together with the transmitted unit sales signal.

The game control board 41 faces the opening 26 of the mechanism plate 25 and has a relay terminal board (not shown) of a variable winning ball device 202 provided on the game board 200 and various lamps.
Relay terminal board 48 to which LEDs, sensors, etc. are connected
And are connected by wiring. This relay terminal board 48
Is connected to the information output terminal 59 by connectors 50 and 63 and to the game control board 41 by connectors 49 and 47.

A key switch 43 is provided on the rear right side of the game control board box 40. The key switch 43 variably sets the probability that the display result at the time of variable stop of the variable number display 210 will be a combination of specific identification information (for example, 7). The normal position, the set position, and the confirmation position The switching operation can be performed in three positions. The probability can be changed and set by inserting a predetermined key into the key switch 43 and performing a switching operation. As described above, according to the number of switching operations, there are three stages of setting 1, setting 2, and setting 3. The probability can be switched.

Note that, instead of the key switch 43, for example, a slide switch, a push button switch, a snap switch, a push-pull switch, a rotary switch, a digital switch, or the like may be used. Further, in the game control board box 40, set probability indicators 42a and 42 for displaying the probability set by operating the key switch 43.
b, 42c are provided.

In the drawing, reference numeral 51 denotes a hitting ball firing device, which is operated by the player operating the hitting ball operation handle 3 to shoot the pachinko balls in the hitting ball storage tray 6 one by one into the game area 201. It is. 26 is a mechanism plate 25
The protruding portion of the variable winning ball device 202 protruding from the back of the game board is accommodated in the opening 26.

In the figure, a power switch 45 is interposed between the game machine terminal box and the game control board 41, and is connected to the game control board 41 by a connector 44. By operating the power switch 45, the power can be once turned off and then turned on again, and the game control microcomputer of the game control board 41 can be reset when the power is turned on. Can be easily operated. Reference numeral 39 denotes a reset switch for resetting the payout control microcomputer of the payout control board.
Reference numeral 200 denotes a game board, and a game board mounting frame (not shown).
It is detachably attached to.

As described above, the surplus balls that have been filled with the pachinko balls in the ball storage tray 6 and cannot be stored anymore are paid out from the surplus ball payout port 4, and when the surplus balls are also full. Is turned on, and the payout control board 38 operates based on the detection signal to stop the payout of the prize balls by the ball payout device 31.
In the drawing, reference numeral 32 denotes a winning ball processing device,
The payout control board 38 is operated based on the detected signals, and the payout control board 38 is operated based on the detection signal, and pays out the number of prize balls according to the type of the winning opening. The operation of the dispenser 31 is controlled.

Next, FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a management device for managing the gaming machine 1. The management device includes a hall management computer 70 as an example of a totaling unit, a data processing output device 72, a CRT 74 and a printer 75 as an example of an output unit.
And a keyboard 76 and a mouse M as an example of input means. As will be described later, the hall management computer 70 receives data from a game control board of a plurality of pachinko gaming machines, a payout control board, and a card processing machine control unit of a plurality of card processing machines. The input data is configured to be fileable.

The data processing output device 72 is provided with a key switch 73, and the key switch 73
The data processing output device 72 can be switched between OFF, ON, and LOCK states. When the state is switched to the OFF state, the operation is stopped, and the display by the CRT 74 and the printing by the printer 75 are not performed. By switching to the ON state, it is possible to display data on the CRT 74 and print out the data on the printer 75 in accordance with the operation of the keyboard 76. By switching to LOCK, the output of special data such as sales data and division data, which is not desired to be known to anyone other than the owner of the game arcade, is prohibited.

The plurality of pachinko gaming machines installed in the amusement arcade are divided into a plurality of groups according to their manufacturers and models. In this case, when dividing by type, for example, a pachinko gaming machine 1 of the second type shown in FIG. 1, a pachinko gaming machine of the first type not shown, and a pachinko gaming machine 1 of the third type. For example, they are classified into three groups. Then, in this management device, the group can be designated by the keyboard 76, and the display number and the like of the variable indicator 210 for determining the number of hits at the time of stopping can be input and set.

The input procedure for group setting is as follows. First, the setting key 77 of the keyboard 76 is pressed, then the group key 79 is operated, and then the numerical value input key 99 is pressed. A group number such as a second group or a third group is input. For example, to put the pachinko gaming machine 1 into the second group, the user operates the numerical value input key 99 to input 02. Next, the function key 98 indicating the end of the numerical value input is operated. Next, the unit head key 81 is operated, and then the numerical value input key 99 is operated to input the unit head number. For example, the head of the unit number of the pachinko gaming machine of the model belonging to the second group is input and set by the numerical value input key 99. Next, the function key 98 is operated, then the unit end key 82 is operated, and then the numerical value input key 99 is operated to input the unit end number.
For example, the last number of the unit number of the pachinko gaming machine of the model belonging to the second group is input. And function key 9
8 is pressed.

By the above operation, the group number of the pachinko gaming machine corresponding to the number from the head to the end of the unit number set and input is input and set. To set another group, enter the group key 79
The operation from the pressing operation to the pressing of the function key 98 after the input of the end number of the unit number may be repeated and executed again. Then, when the group setting input is completed, the completion key 78 is pressed.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram for explaining data input to the hall management computer 70 of the management apparatus. Winning information associated with winning a hit ball is transmitted from the payout control board 38 provided in the pachinko gaming machine 1 shown in FIG. 1 to the game control board 41. Game control board 41
Then, based on the transmitted winning information, the winning number information corresponding to the winning opening in which the ball is hit is sent back to the payout control board 38. The payout control board 38 operates the ball payout device 31 based on the returned prize ball number information as described above.

On the other hand, a card processor controller (including a unit box controller) provided in the card processor 12
From 19 and 21, a ball-lending command signal according to the ball-lending operation of the player is transmitted to the payout control board 38. Then, the payout control board 38 controls the ball payout device 31 in accordance with the transmitted payout command signal to pay out the ball lending as described above. If the lending is successfully paid out, the payout control board 38 returns a signal to the effect that the payout has been made to the card processor control units 19 and 21.

From the game control board 41, the information output terminal 5
9, a model code information for specifying the model of the pachinko gaming machine 1, a set value code information of a probability of occurrence of a specific game state, a big hit information, a symbol for determining the number of times, in the information input terminal 71 of the hall management computer 70 side. Information, continuation count information (information that can specify that the first state has been reached), one-time opening start winning information, one-time opening valid start information, two-time starting winning information, two-time effective starting information, variable Winning ball device 20
2, information on winning of a pachinko ball (winning prize opening information), information on winning of a pachinko ball into a specific winning opening (V pocket) 208 (V winning information), opening / closing wing piece 203,
Opening / closing information as to whether the 203 is open or closed (information that can specify that the opening / closing means has opened / closed) is transmitted.

The big hit information indicates a hit ball that enters while the opening / closing wing piece 203 of the variable winning ball device 202 of the pachinko gaming machine 1 shown in FIG. 1 is opened or closed once or twice. Information on the jackpot generated when the stop symbol of the variable number display 210 for the number of times is determined to be the specific identification information such as "7" (the information on the occurrence of the specific game state). ).

The symbol information for determining the number of times is the symbol information of the display result when the variable display 210 for determining the number of times is variably stopped. As described above, the symbol at the time of the stop is the specific identification information "7". ", The maximum number of repetition continuation control of the variable winning ball device 202 becomes 16 rounds,
If it is “3”, it is 10 rounds, and if it is “1”, it is 3 rounds. That is, the symbol information for determining the number of times is the maximum continuation number information of the first state.

The information on the number of continuations is
Opening / closing control of a maximum of 16 rounds as described above (first state.
Including the first ride. ) Is output every time the information processing is performed, and the hall management computer 70 can count data of the actual number of continuations of the round by counting the number of times of inputting this information.

The one-time opening start prize information is information on a pachinko ball which has won a start prize hole 212 which is set so that the opening / closing wing piece 203 opens and closes once by hitting a ball (a game for a game machine). Information on the execution of the operation). In addition, the one-time opening effective start information is information on a start winning prize ball used to effectively open and close the opening / closing wing piece 203 once among the pachinko balls that have won the starting prize winning opening 212 (a game game device). Information on the execution of the operation for

In the case of the second-type pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG. 1, this is because the opening / closing wing piece 203 has already been opened or closed once or twice based on the winning of the pachinko ball. If the pachinko ball wins the start winning prize again, this is because one or two opening / closing operations based on the subsequent start winning prize ball are not performed. Then, except for the winning ball which is not used for the opening / closing operation, the opening / closing wing piece 203 is actually
The information of only the start winning prize ball used for opening and closing is the effective start information.

Similarly, the double opening start winning information is information on a starting winning ball which has won the double opening start winning opening 213, and the double opening effective starting information is the actual starting winning ball among the starting winning balls. The information related to the starting prize effectively used for opening and closing the opening / closing wing pieces 203 (information related to the execution of the operation for the game of the gaming device).

The opening / closing information is output every time the opening / closing wing piece 203 is opened and closed 18 times at the maximum in the big hit control.
By counting the number of times of input of this information, data of the number of times of opening / closing of the open / close wing pieces 203 in one round can be totaled.

That is, when a V prize is received during one round as described above, the count is cleared before the number of times of opening and closing reaches 18 times, and the next round is restarted from the number of times of opening and closing once. The opening and closing wing piece 2 during this round
By counting the number of times of opening and closing of 03, it is possible to determine the degree of hitting the ball to the variable winning ball apparatus 202.

The information input terminal 71 inputs the transmitted information to the hall management computer 70. In the hall management computer, the CPU 70A, R
An OM 70B and a RAM 70C are provided, and the input information is totaled and stored.

From the payout control board 38, the information output terminal 5
9, supply information (disadvantage information), which is prize ball information paid out in accordance with the winning of a hit ball, ball lending information obtained by operating the ball payout device 39, When any abnormality occurs in the ball payout system, error code information indicating the cause and type of the abnormality is transmitted. Then, the information is input to the hall management computer 70.

The card inserted from the card processor control units 19 and 21 to the information input terminal 71 via the information output terminal 59 is a 500 yen card or a 1000 yen card.
Information relating to the face value of the card, such as a yen card, unit number information, and information of an error code indicating the cause and type of the abnormality when any abnormality occurs in the card processing machine 12 are transmitted to the hall management computer 70. You.

When a pachinko ball hit in the game area 201 is detected by the hit ball sensor 55, the hit information (profit information) is input to the hall management computer 70 via the information input terminal 71. You.

In this embodiment, the starting winning information is totaled for each type of starting winning opening and transmitted to the information input terminal 71 side. For example, in the case of the second-type pachinko gaming machine 1 shown in FIG.
12 are provided, and these two starting winning openings 2
The one-time start winning information that has won the prizes 12, 212 is collectively transmitted to the information input terminal 71. Instead of totalizing and transmitting the start winning opening types, start winning information may be output and transmitted to the information input terminal 71 for each starting winning opening.

As described above, the game control board 41 provided in the above-mentioned gaming machine 1 allows the game to be performed by the operation of the gaming machine when the specific game state occurs with a certain probability. It has a function to control the special game state where the ball hit in the area is easy to win,
When the result of the game performed by the operation of the gaming device becomes a predetermined specific gaming state, a special gaming state in which a ball hit into the gaming area is likely to win a prize is provided by the gaming control board 41. And control means that can be controlled.

The information input terminal 71 constitutes an information input section for inputting information relating to the execution of a game operation of the gaming machine and information on occurrence of the specific gaming state.

As described above, the various kinds of information as described above are input from the respective gaming machines to the hall management computer 70.
Collects and stores the various types of input information, and outputs various types of total data in accordance with operations of a keyboard 76 and a mouse M described later.

In order to display and output the total data of each pachinko gaming machine, first, the total key 83 of the keyboard 76 shown in FIG. 3 is operated, and then each of the keys 87 is operated. The user inputs the unit number of the pachinko gaming machine to be operated by operating the numerical value input key 99. Each data is displayed on the CRT 74 by operating the function key 98, and the display state can be selected by a designated click with the mouse M. On the other hand, when the respective data is printed out by the printer 75, the printing operation can be performed by first pressing the print key 97 instead of pressing the total key 83.

According to the output operation of each data of each unit,
FIG. 5 shows an output state of the aggregate data regarding the pachinko gaming machine having the unit number 0031. As shown in FIG. 5, the unit number 0031 is a 38th pachinko gaming machine belonging to the group 2 and a second type of pachinko gaming machine having the model code 02 (the pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG. 1).
The number of hits is set to 4000, and the probability setting value is set to 01. And, August 15, 1999 (Sun) 1
The tabulated data up to 5:55 is output in the form of a table.

According to this table, the number of big hit occurrences is shown in the leftmost big hit column, and each occurrence time is shown on the right side. The asterisk (*) in the jackpot column indicates that the game has been stopped. The first winning prize on the left is data compiled based on the one-time opening winning prize information shown in FIG. 4, and is from the start of business today to the time of the first big hit or the end of a certain big hit. The number of one-time opening start winnings from the time to the occurrence of the next big hit is shown.

The first validity is data compiled on the basis of the one-time open validity start information, and is from the start of business today to the occurrence of the first big hit, or from the end of a certain big hit to the next big hit. The number of single-opening effective starts up to the occurrence of is shown. At the bottom of the table, the ratio of the total number of single opening effective starts to the total number of single opening start winnings is shown.

The one winning prize is the total number of pachinko balls which have been won while the opening / closing wing piece 203 is opened and closed once in accordance with the winning of the hit ball into the starting winning opening 212, and the start of business today. The total from the time to the time of the first big hit or from the end of one big hit to the time of the next big hit is shown. In addition, the probability that a ball will be won during opening and closing once is 253/853 × 100 ≒ 29.7%.

The first prize, the first prize, and the second prize are determined by
The data is not the winning in the opening winning opening 212 for opening but the winning in the opening winning opening 213 for double opening. It is shown that the gaming device (variable winning ball device 202) has opened and closed once 34 times and opened and closed twice eight times since the start of the probability fluctuation, and a specific game state has occurred.

The number of times of continuation means the number of times of repeated continuation control in which the variable prize ball device 202 (see FIG. 1) returns to the first state, and is data compiled according to the continuation number information described above. Here, as described above, the first state is determined by whether the opening / closing wing pieces 203 are opened and closed a predetermined number of times (for example, 18 times) or a predetermined number (for example, 10) of hit balls, whichever is earlier. When the condition is satisfied, the opening and closing blade pieces 203 are brought into the second state in which they are closed.
If there is no V winning in the specific winning opening 208 during that time, the big hit ends.

According to the table of FIG. 5, in the first big hit, the 10-round repetitive control including the first ride is performed.
In the second jackpot, the jackpot ends when the 13 round repetition control is performed. The third and seventh jackpots indicate that the repetition control was performed up to the final round of 16 rounds. At the bottom, the total number of rounds 89 is shown, and at the bottom, the average number of rounds in each big hit (one day) since the start of business today, that is, the total number of rounds / the total number of big hits 7 ≒ 12 .7
It is shown.

The big winning opening is data compiled based on the above-mentioned big winning opening winning information, and means the number of winning balls won in the variable winning ball device 202 with the occurrence of a big hit. According to this table, it is shown that 89 pachinko balls were won in the first big hit and 97 pachinko balls in the second big hit. Then, the average of the number of winning balls, that is, the total winning number of winning balls 669 / the total number of big hits 7 ≒ 95.6 is shown at the bottom.

The V prize is data compiled based on the V prize information described above, and is a specific prize port (V pocket).
208 means the number of winning balls. According to this table, it is shown that 9 V wins occurred at the first big hit and 12 V wins occurred at the second big hit. That is, since the V winning is the number of continuations after the first ride, the number of continuations can also be calculated by adding one time of the first ride to the V winning information based on the V winning information. In the lower part, the V winning total number 82 is shown, and at the bottom, the V winning rate, that is, the V winning total number 82 / the big winning opening winning total number 669 × 100 ≒ 12.3% is shown.

The number of small hits is one time of the opening / closing wing piece 203,
Pachinko balls that entered during the double opening are the special winning opening 20
If the display result of the variable display 210 for determining the number of times does not become the specific identification information (for example, 7) although the player has won the prize, the variable prize sphere device 202 is used only once for the first prize.
Is the number of occurrences of small hits.

Three small hits occur from the start of business today to the time of the first big hit, and eight small hits occur from the end of the first big hit to the occurrence of the second big hit. It can be seen that a small hit has occurred. Then, a small hit occurrence rate of 51 / (51 + 7) × 100 when the V prize is won.
$ 87.9% is shown.

The payout is the difference between the number of hit balls and the payout number (difference ball number) from the occurrence of the big hit to the end of the big hit. According to the table, 1030 pieces are obtained at the time of the first big hit. , 5
At the time of the second big hit, 4080 prize balls have been paid out. The average of the payouts is calculated as the total of the paid out prize balls 7220 / the total number of occurrences per big hit 7/1031.
It has become.

[0094] The term "sales" means the remaining amount of the card used for playing the game on the pachinko gaming machine. According to the table, the sales amount is 3000 yen, 1 yen for the first big hit.
1 from the end of the second jackpot to the occurrence of the second jackpot
It can be seen that 500 yen was used.

In the total data shown below the table shown in FIG. 5, the number of V winning during opening and closing is the variable winning ball device 202 during one or two opening and closing associated with the starting winning of a ball. Pachinko balls that have entered the special winning opening (V pocket) 208
, Which is 58 times. The number of big hits is the number of times a big hit has occurred, which is seven. Then, the occurrence rate of the number of big hits is 7 big hits / the number of V winnings during opening / closing operation 58 × 100% = 12.1.
%. Since the hitting has occurred once so far, the number of hittings is indicated as 1.

The number of times of opening once during the big hit means the opening / closing wing piece 203 from the start of business today to the time when the first big hit occurs or from the end of a certain big hit until the next big hit occurs. Is the number of times one opening is performed, and the average is 89.6, the maximum is 287, and the minimum is 19. The number of times the jackpot is opened twice is the number of times the opening and closing of the opening / closing tatami piece 203 is performed from the start of today's business to the occurrence of the first jackpot or from the end of a certain jackpot to the point of occurrence of the next jackpot. That is. The number of small hits between big hits is the number of times a small hit has occurred between the start of business today and the first big hit on the first day or the end of a certain big hit and the next big hit. It is shown that the average is 5.0, the maximum is 24, and the minimum is 0.

Further, the number of balls hit into the game area is 10
The average, maximum, and minimum of the number of times of opening for one time and the number of times of opening for two times are shown for every 00 pieces. That is, the average of one opening is 43.1 times, and the maximum is 65.
Times, the minimum is 24 times, and the average of two opens is 16.0
Times, the maximum is 28 times, and the minimum is 6 times.

Further, from the start of business today to the present time, the total number of discharged balls is 1980 × 10, the total number of paid-out balls which is the total number of prize balls paid out is 2403 × 10, and the total number of driven balls-the total number of discharged balls. The number of difference balls to be calculated is -423 × 10,
The dividing number that can be calculated by (number of payout balls / number of driving balls) × 100% is 121.4. Furthermore, the face value of the cards used in this pachinko machine is 0 for a 10,000 yen card, 0 for a 5000 yen card, and 2 for a 3000 yen card.
There are two 2,000 yen cards and three 1,000 yen cards.

Further, the number of errors that have occurred in this pachinko gaming machine is indicated as zero. Note that the payout rate in a normal state (when the state is not the big hit state) may be totaled and output. In that case, the driving ball 1 in the normal time
It is conceivable that the number of payout balls for every 000 pieces is totaled and calculated, or the number of driven balls and the number of payout balls between big hits is totaled and calculated.

Furthermore, when the mouse M double-clicks the round details frame at the lower right of the display screen of FIG.
In FIG. 4, a round detail screen of FIG. 6 is displayed in a window. The data of the round detail screen is tabulated and calculated based on the above-described jackpot information (information on occurrence of a specific game state) and opening / closing information (information that can specify that the opening / closing means has been opened / closed).

That is, in the table of this window, as in FIG. 5, the number of occurrences of big hits is shown on the leftmost side, and each occurrence time is shown on the right side. The opening / closing average on the right side is the opening / closing wing pieces 203 and 20 at each jackpot in FIG.
3 indicates the average number of times of opening and closing, the total number of times of opening and closing of the opening and closing wing pieces 203, 203 during the big hit of the pachinko gaming machine is 1190 times, and the average of the number of times of opening and closing of each round is 12. Eight times.

The average of the left side excluding the first ride is the opening / closing wing piece 203 excluding the number of times of opening and closing at the first ride (once for the starting winning opening 212 and twice for the starting winning opening 213).
The average of the number of times 203 is opened and closed is shown. As described above, this pachinko gaming machine counts one round when a ball is hit in the starting winning openings 212 and 213. Therefore, if a value obtained by subtracting this initial ride from the left-hand opening average is displayed during the round, The number of times of opening and closing can be grasped. Similarly, in the lower row, the total number of opening / closing wings 203 of the opening / closing wing pieces 203, 203 during the big hit of the pachinko gaming machine excluding the first ride is 1183 times, and the average daily number of opening / closing of each round excluding the first ride is averaged. 14. It is displayed as 2 times.

In the lower part of the table on the screen of FIG. 6, the total number of times that the opening / closing wing pieces 203 of the pachinko gaming machine reached 18 times (the maximum number of times of opening / closing) on the day is shown as 21 times. The average (maximum average number of times of opening / closing) of the number of times that the number of times of opening / closing reaches 18 times for each big hit is indicated as 3. Furthermore, the rate of the number of times that the number of times of opening / closing reaches 18 times (maximum rate of the number of times of opening / closing) is 21 times the maximum number of times of opening / closing and 89 times the total number of continuations
100 ≒ 23.6% (excluding the first ride, the maximum opening / closing frequency is 21
/ Total number of continuations excluding the first ride is 82 / 25.6%).

Next, by double-clicking each time in the big hit column of the screen of FIG. 6 with the mouse M, a detailed screen for each big hit is displayed in a window. For example, if the first big hit is selected, the table of FIG. 7 is displayed on the CRT 74. In the leftmost column of this table, the number of rounds (1
Since 0 rounds are continued, 1 to 10) are displayed,
On the right side are the opening and closing wing pieces 203 and 20 in each round.
The number of times of opening and closing of No. 3 is displayed in comparison with the maximum number of times of opening and closing (18 times), and the rightmost round having reached the maximum number of times of opening and closing of 18 times is indicated by a circle.

In the embodiment, the first round is opened and closed once (because the winning prize opening 212 is won), and the second round is opened and closed ten times when the V prize is won. The third and tenth rounds are opened and closed up to 18 times, and in particular, after being opened and closed 18 times in the tenth round, the jackpot is completed.

Then, the total number of opening and closing times in the first big hit is shown as 102 times, and the average is displayed as 10.2 times shown in FIG. 6 (11.2 times when the first ride is excluded). The lower part of the table in FIG. 7 shows the number of rounds of the first big hit as 10, and the number of times of opening and closing the most is one.
The number of times of opening and closing is eight times, and the number of times of opening and closing is one (the number of times is five when excluding the first ride). In addition, the number of times that has reached the maximum number of opening / closing of 18 times is indicated as 2 times, and the rate is indicated as 20.0% = maximum opening / closing times 2 / number of rounds 10 × 100.

Next, when the maximum reaching multiple frame below the table in FIG. 6 is double-clicked with the mouse M, the maximum reaching rate multiple extracted data in FIG. 8 is displayed on the CRT 74 as a window. In the leftmost column of the table of FIG. 8, pachinko gaming machines having a high average daily number of opening / closing of the opening / closing wing pieces 203 (12.8 in FIG. 6) are extracted. Is output. Then, on the right side, the rate of reaching the maximum number of times of opening and closing with the pachinko gaming machine (2 in FIG. 6).
3.6%).

Next, by double-clicking the maximum reaching small frame in the lower part of the table of FIG. 6 with the mouse M, the maximum reaching ratio small extraction data of FIG. 9 is displayed on the CRT 74 as a window. In the leftmost column of the table in FIG. 9, pachinko gaming machines having a low average daily opening / closing frequency of the opening / closing wing pieces 203 (12.8 in FIG. 6) are extracted. Is output. Then, on the right side, the rate of reaching the maximum number of times of opening and closing with the pachinko gaming machine (2 in FIG. 6).
3.6%).

As described above, according to the present invention, the number of times the opening / closing wing pieces 203 are opened and closed in the first state is counted and output by the hall management computer 70. Thus, it is possible to determine whether the hit ball is likely to approach the variable winning ball device 202 or not easily in the game area 201. That is, when the number of times of opening and closing is small, the V prize is given early after the first state is started, and the round has been completed, so it is easy to approach, and when the number is large, the first state is conversely reversed. It takes a long time from the start to the V prize, and it takes time to finish the round, so it can be determined that it is difficult to approach. As a result, in the amusement arcade, the actual winning situation of the hit ball in the gaming area 201 in the specific gaming state can be grasped, and the nail can be accurately adjusted.

Further, since the average value of the values totaled for each gaming machine per a predetermined period (one day / big hit) is calculated and output, it is extremely easy to grasp the data. In addition, since the number of times the open / close wing pieces 203 have been opened and closed up to the maximum number of times of opening and closing is also tabulated and output, it is easy to grasp the target table when performing nail adjustment for each table.

[0111] Further, since the game machines whose opening / closing wing pieces 203 have been opened / closed up to the maximum number of times of opening / closing are extracted and output, the nail adjustment of each unit is similarly performed.
It is possible to easily grasp a table that requires nail adjustment.

Similarly, a game machine whose opening / closing wing pieces 203 have been opened / closed up to the maximum number of times of opening / closing is also extracted and output. Therefore, when performing nail adjustment for each machine, a table which requires nail adjustment is used. It is possible to easily grasp.

In the above-described embodiment, the variable display 210 for determining the number of times is variably started and the correction is controlled, and when the display result at the time of stop is the specific identification information (7, 3, 1), the specific game is performed. When a state occurs, a large hit state is reached in which repetition continuation control for repeating the first state of the variable prize ball device 202 again can be executed, and the display result of the variable number display 210 for determining the number of times is “7”. Is a method in which the upper limit number of the repetition continuation control is 16 rounds, the maximum is 16 rounds, and if the display result is “3”, 10 rounds are set, and if the display result is “1”, 3 lots are selected. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is also possible to adopt a fixed system in which the specific game state is established by the first winning V without the lottery, and in this case, the continuous control can be repeatedly performed up to 16 rounds including the first riding.

Further, the following can be considered as inventions grasped from the above embodiments. That is, (1) the opening / closing means of the variable winning ball device provided in the game area opens and closes up to a predetermined maximum number of times of opening and closing, so that a first state in which the game ball is easy to win is established, and this first state is changed to the first state. ,
In a gaming machine management device that manages a gaming machine in which a specific gaming state that is repeated with an upper limit of a predetermined maximum continuation number when the predetermined condition is satisfied, the number of times the opening / closing means has opened and closed in the first state is counted. Subtracting the number of times of opening and closing in the first first state from the totaling result,
A gaming machine management device characterized in that it can be output.

According to the above arrangement, since the data excluding the number of times of opening / closing for the first ride is counted by the management device, the number of times the opening / closing means has been opened / closed during the specific game state can be grasped. .

[0116]

According to the first and second aspects of the present invention, as described in detail above.
According to the invention, the number of times the opening / closing means has opened / closed in the first state is totaled and output by the management device,
From the number of times the opening / closing means is opened / closed in the first state, the actual winning situation of the game ball in the game area in the specific game state can be grasped in the game hall, and the nail can be adjusted accurately.

Further, as in the third aspect of the present invention, if the management device calculates and outputs the average value of the values totaled for each gaming machine per predetermined period and outputs the average value, it becomes extremely easy to grasp the data.
Further, if the number of times the opening / closing means has been opened / closed up to the maximum number of times of opening / closing is tabulated and output by the management device as described in the fourth aspect of the invention, the data can be further easily grasped in performing the nail adjustment of each table. .

Further, if the management device extracts and outputs the gaming machine whose opening / closing means has been opened / closed up to the maximum number of times of opening / closing as in the fifth aspect of the invention, the nail adjustment of each machine is performed. It is possible to easily grasp a table that requires nail adjustment.

[0119] Similarly, if the management device extracts and outputs a game machine whose opening / closing means has been opened / closed up to the maximum number of times of opening / closing as in the invention of claim 6, the nails of each stand are adjusted. In this case, it is possible to easily grasp the table requiring the nail adjustment.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall front view showing a pachinko gaming machine and a card processing machine as an example of a gaming machine.

FIG. 2 is an overall rear view showing the internal structure of the pachinko gaming machine and the card processing machine.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a management device.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram for explaining types of information input to the management apparatus of the pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an output state of each data of each pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an output state of detailed data of each pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an output state of more detailed data of each pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an output state of more detailed extracted data of each pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 9 is a view showing an output state of more detailed extracted data of each pachinko gaming machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko game machine as an example of a game machine 12 Card processing machine 41 Game control board 59 Information output terminal 71 Information input terminal 70 Management computer for halls as an example of totaling means 72 Data processing output device 74 CRT 75 as an example of output means 75 Output means Printer 76 as an example of input means 202 Keyboard as an example of input means 202 Variable winning ball apparatus as an example of a game machine 203 Opening / closing wing piece as an example of opening / closing means 208 Specific winning opening 212, 213 Starting winning opening M Mouse as an example of input means

Claims (6)

[Claims] An opening / closing means of a variable prize ball device provided in a game area opens and closes up to a predetermined maximum number of times of opening and closing, so that a first state in which a game ball is easy to win is established. In the gaming machine management device that manages a gaming machine in which a specific gaming state that is repeated with a predetermined maximum continuation number as an upper limit when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the number of times the opening / closing unit opens and closes in the first state is counted. A gaming machine management device characterized in that it can be output. 2. A first state in which a game ball is easy to win when the opening and closing means of a variable winning ball device provided in a game area opens and closes up to a predetermined maximum number of times of opening and closing. In a gaming machine management device that manages a gaming machine in which a specific gaming state that is repeated with a predetermined maximum number of continuations as an upper limit when a predetermined condition is satisfied, information that can specify that the first state has been reached, An information input unit for inputting information that can specify the opening and closing of the opening / closing means; and the first input unit based on the information input to the information input unit.
A management device for a gaming machine, comprising: a counting means for counting the number of times the opening / closing means has opened / closed in the state of (1); and an output means for outputting a counting result by the counting means. 3. The management apparatus for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein an average value of a total value for each gaming machine per predetermined period is calculated and output. 4. The gaming machine management device according to claim 1, wherein the number of times the opening / closing means has been opened / closed up to the maximum number of times of opening / closing is counted and output. 5. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein said gaming machine has a number of times that said opening / closing means has been opened / closed up to the maximum number of times of opening / closing, and outputs the extracted gaming machine. Management device. 6. A game machine whose opening / closing means has been opened / closed up to the maximum number of times of opening / closing is extracted and output. Game machine management device.