JP2002263333A - Apparatus for detecting irregularity in number of balls put-out by game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for detecting irregularity in the number of balls put-out by a game machine wherein in a hall computer to manage data of each game machine, the number of balls put-out by each game machine per unit price is set beforehand, and the set number of put-out balls is compared with the actual put-out number of each machine to check the irregularity in the number of put-out balls. SOLUTION: Ball number information of supplied balls supplied to a game machine 2, ball number information of prize balls put-out based on the state of establishment of prizes, and sales amount output information outputted every time rental balls are put-out are inputted, and the difference between the number of supplied balls and that of prize balls is divided by the number of sales output to calculate actual number rental balls put-out, whereby the number of rental balls put-out per unit price set beforehand for the machine 2 is compared with the actual number of the rental balls put-out to detect irregularity in the number of the rental balls actually put-out based on the result of the comparison.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a game machine in which the number of balls to be paid out per unit amount is normal compared to the number of balls to be paid out. Or
The present invention relates to an apparatus for detecting an abnormality in the number of payouts of gaming machines, which can check whether there is an abnormality and detect an abnormality in the number of payouts of lending balls.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a gaming machine called a CR machine, a gaming machine pays out game balls (ball lending) in response to a ball lending signal from a card-type ball lending machine. In these gaming machines, the number of lending balls per unit price was only one (for example, 25 for 100 yen). However, due to the approval of non-consumption tax, the number of payouts per unit amount (the number of balls to be lent) is, for example, 25 gaming machines for 100 yen,
There may be a case where there are a plurality of gaming machines for 100 yen and 24 gaming machines are installed in the same gaming hall.

[0003] When there are a plurality of ball lending numbers corresponding to the unit amount of money for each gaming machine, for some reason a gaming machine with a different payout number from the original one is mistakenly mixed, or the payout number is intentionally increased due to fraud or the like. It may be modified differently. For example, during a special game such as a jackpot game or the like, when a large amount of payouts are illegally discharged by a wireless operation or the like, it is difficult to detect abnormality.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to allow a hall computer for managing data of each gaming machine to set in advance the number of payouts per unit amount of each gaming machine installed in the hall. Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for detecting an abnormality in the number of payouts of gaming machines, which can compare the set number of payouts with the actual number of payouts of each gaming machine and determine whether the number is normal.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for detecting an abnormality in the number of payouts of a gaming machine, wherein the number of balls to be supplied to the gaming machine is paid out based on establishment of a prize mode. Information about the number of prize balls and sales output information output in correspondence with each payout of lending balls, and subtracting the number of prize balls from the number of supply balls to obtain a result of the sales output Calculate the actual number of balls to be paid out by dividing by the number of times, compare the number of balls to be paid out per unit amount previously set for the gaming machine and the number of balls to be paid out, and compare It is characterized in that an abnormality in the actual number of paid out balls is detected based on the result.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for detecting an abnormality in the number of payouts of a gaming machine according to the first aspect, wherein the actual number of payouts of the lending ball is calculated at predetermined time intervals. The present invention is characterized in that a predetermined number of balls to be paid out per unit amount is compared with the actual number of balls to be paid, and an abnormality in the actual number of balls to be paid is detected based on the comparison result.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the apparatus for detecting an abnormality in the number of payouts of a gaming machine according to the first or second aspect, a result obtained by subtracting the total number of the prize balls from the total number of the supply balls. Is divided by the total number of sales output to calculate the actual number of balls to be paid out, and the number of balls to be paid out per unit amount and the actual number of balls to be paid out which are set in advance for the gaming machine. And detecting an abnormality in the actual number of coins to be paid out based on the comparison result.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for detecting an abnormality in the number of payouts of a gaming machine according to any one of the first to third aspects. The setting input means for setting and inputting is input.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an abnormality detection device 1 for the number of payouts of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a safe counter 5 is provided at an entrance of a supply ball (pachinko ball) to the gaming machine 2. For example, each time 10 pachinko balls pass through the safe counter 5, a supply pulse of one pulse is provided. A signal is output, and the supplied ball signal is input to the hall computer 3. The out counter 6 is disposed at the outlet of the discharged balls from the gaming machine 2. For example, every time 10 pachinko balls pass through the out counter, a discharged ball signal of one pulse is output. The ball signal is input to the hall computer 3.

The ball lending machine (card unit) 4 reads the valuable data of the prepaid card inserted from the card insertion slot and operates the ball lending switch by the player, although the specific configuration is not shown. In response to this, a predetermined number of game balls (balls to be lent) are lent from a ball discharging device (not shown) provided in the gaming machine 2 (for example, 25 balls per lending operation), and the lent game balls are rented. Rewrite the valuable data of the prepaid card to a value obtained by subtracting the corresponding amount, and insert the card into the card slot when the player selects the card return switch or when the remaining number of valuable data on the prepaid card becomes zero. The prepaid card is ejected. In addition, the ball lending machine 4 outputs a sales signal corresponding to each payout of ball lending.
A sales signal of one pulse is output at 0 yen (100 yen per ball lending operation), and the sales signal is input to the hall computer 3. Further, in the gaming machine 2, a prize ball signal of 10 pulses and 1 pulse is output as ball number information of the prize ball paid out due to establishment of the prize mode, and the prize ball signal is input to the hall computer 3. .

The hall computer 3 uses these signals, that is, a supply ball signal (1 pulse) output every 10 supply balls, and a prize ball signal (1 pulse) output every 10 prize balls. Pulse) and the sales signal (1 pulse) output corresponding to each payout of the lending ball, the number of each pulse is counted, and the result of subtracting the number of prize balls from the number of supplied balls. Is divided by the number of sales outputs to calculate the actual number of balls to be paid out, and compares the number of balls to be paid out per unit amount preset for the gaming machine with the number of balls to be paid out. Then, an abnormality in the actual number of coins to be paid out is detected based on the comparison result.

Here, it is assumed that the counted number of supplied balls is A, the counted number of sales output is B, and the counted number of prize balls is C.
At this time, the number of pachinko balls supplied to the gaming machine is 10 × A, and the number of balls released from the gaming machine is
(The number of balls to be paid out as lending balls) + (the number of balls to be paid out as prize balls), and the actual number of balls to be paid out per 100 yen of this gaming machine is y, the number of balls to be released from the gaming machine is: B × y + 10 × C. Therefore, assuming that the number of balls supplied to the gaming machine matches the number of balls discharged from the gaming machine, a relationship of 10 × A = B × y + 10 × C holds. When the actual payout number y of the lending ball is calculated based on this, y = 10 × A−10 × C / B is obtained. That is, the actual number of balls to be paid out is obtained by dividing the result of subtracting the number of prize balls from the number of supply balls by the number of sales outputs. Then, by comparing the calculated value of y with the number of coins to be paid set in the hall computer, it is possible to determine whether the number of payouts of each gaming machine is normal or abnormal. Becomes

The number of balls to be paid out per unit amount set for each gaming machine installed in the hall is:
For example, the setting can be changed by setting input means such as a keyboard device of the hall computer 3. FIG.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing one mode of a setting screen of the number of coins to be paid out per unit amount by a display device or the like of the hall computer 3. On the setting screen of the number of balls to be paid out, a unit number, a unit amount, the number of balls to be paid out, an execution key, and a cancel key are displayed together with "Please set the following numerical values." On this screen, for example, input such as payout of 25 pieces per 100 yen from the 1st to the 100s is performed.

The hall computer 3 calculates the actual number of balls to be paid out at predetermined time intervals (for example, 3
(Every 0 minutes). In addition, the hall computer 3 accumulates the counted number of the supply balls, the counted number of the sales output, and the counted number of the prize balls, and subtracts the total number of the prize balls from the total number of the supplied balls to obtain the sales output. The actual number of balls to be paid out is calculated by dividing by the total number of times.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a setting process of the number of coins to be paid out executed by the hall computer 3. The setting process of the number of balls to be paid out is started by operating and inputting a function key or the like of a keyboard device of the hall computer 3. Hall computer 3
When the setting process of the number of the balls to be paid out starts, a setting screen of the number of the balls to be paid out per unit amount by the display device of the hall computer 3 is displayed (step A01).
A numerical input of a unit number, a unit amount, and the number of coins to be paid out, and operation inputs to an execution key and a cancel key are received (step A02, step A03, step A05). The hall computer 5 repeatedly performs the numerical input of the unit number, the unit amount, and the number of payable balls in step A03, the operation input to the execution key in step A03, and the operation input to the cancel key in step A05.

[0016] For example, when the operator
When input such as payout of 25 pieces per 100 yen and 100 yen is performed, and the execution key displayed on the screen is operated (for example, clicked with a mouse or the like), the hall computer 5 determines that step A03 is true, Entered car number,
The unit amount and the numerical value of the number of coins to be paid out are stored in a predetermined area of the memory (step A04), and the process proceeds to step A05. And the numerical input of the number of coins to be paid out and the operation input to the execution key and the cancel key are accepted.

When an operator inputs (eg, clicks with a mouse) the cancel key displayed on the screen, the hall computer 5 proceeds to step A05.
Is determined to be true, and the setting processing of the number of coins to be paid out ends.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of the actual number-of-payout check processing executed by the hall computer 3.
In FIG. 3, one of a plurality of gaming machines installed in the hall, for example,
In the case where the number is set to 0, the actual payout number check processing for one of the gaming machines of the machine number 1 is shown, but the actual payout number check processing described below is Is performed for all gaming machines installed in the hall.

When the hall computer 3 starts the actual payout number check processing, it determines whether or not a supply ball signal is input from the safe counter 5 (step B0).
1). If the supply ball signal is input, the hall computer 3 increases the value of the supply ball number counter by one (step B).
02) While the process proceeds to step B03, if there is no supply ball signal, the process directly proceeds to step B03.

The hall computer 3 that has proceeded to step B03 determines whether or not a prize ball signal has been input from the gaming machine 2 (step B03). The hall computer 3 increments the value of the prize ball number counter by one if a prize ball signal is input (step B04), and proceeds to step B05. If there is no prize ball signal, the hall computer 3 directly proceeds to step B05. .

The hall computer 3 that has proceeded to step B05 determines whether or not a sales signal has been input from the ball lending machine 4 (step B05). Hall computer 3
Sets the value of the sales counter to 1 if a sales signal is input
(Step B06), and the process goes to Step B07. On the other hand, if no sales signal is input, Step B0
Move to 7. Note that the initial values of the supply ball number counter, the prize ball number counter, and the sales number counter are set to initial values 0 when the store is opened by the store opening process executed by the hall computer 3.

The hall computer 3 that has proceeded to step B07 determines whether or not the timer for measuring the interval time until the actual number of coins to be paid is calculated is up (step B07). In the embodiment, the actual payout number of the lending ball is calculated every 30 minutes from the opening of the store. The value of the timer at the time of opening the store is set to a value equivalent to 30 minutes, the hall computer 3 determines that step B07 is false, performs a subtraction process of the timer (step B08), and when step B08 is completed, returns to step S08. Return to B01.

Hereinafter, the hall computer 3 performs steps B01 to B0 until the timer is up.
7 and the timer subtraction process of step B08 are repeated. When the predetermined time set in the timer elapses, the determination result in step B07 becomes true, and the hall computer 3 sets a value corresponding to the predetermined time (30 minutes) in the timer (step B09), and The actual number of balls to be paid out is calculated by dividing the result of subtracting the number of prize balls from the number by the number of sales (step B10).

Next, the hall computer 3 reads out the set number of payouts from the memory (step B11), and calculates the actual number of payouts determined in step B10 and the set number of payouts. To determine whether they are the same (step B12). If the actual number of balls to be dispensed is the same as the set number of balls to be dispensed, the hall computer 3 displays the normal number of balls to be dispensed together with the machine number on a display device (not shown) (step). B
13) Return to step B01. On the other hand, if the actual number of balls to be dispensed is not the same as the set number of balls to be dispensed, an abnormality in the number of balls to be dispensed is displayed on a display device (not shown) together with the machine number (step B14), It returns to step B01. The actual number of balls to be paid out is determined based on whether or not the number of balls to be paid out is the same as the number of balls to be paid out, the value of which is rounded off to one decimal place. For example, if the actual number of balls to be paid out obtained in step B10 is 25.1 and the number of balls to be paid out is 25, the number of balls to be paid out is determined to be normal.

FIG. 5 shows the number of balls supplied per 30 minutes of the gaming machine,
It is the figure which showed what calculated | required the number of payouts of the lending ball as mentioned above based on the input value of the number of sales and the number of prize balls to the hall computer as described above. When the number of paid-out balls is normal, the number of paid-outs is substantially constant. If the number of paid-outs in a normal state is input in advance, this value substantially coincides with this value. FIG. 5 shows a gaming machine in which the number of balls to be paid out is set to 25, from 13:30 to 1:30.
This is an example of a case where 2,000 game balls are paid out illegally during 4:00. As shown in FIG. 5, the payout amount of the lending ball is calculated to be 37.2, and the abnormality of the payout amount of the lending ball can be detected.

Although the embodiment has been described above, the sales output from the ball lending machine 4 is assumed to be output from the ball lending machine 4. Also, the prize ball output and the supply ball output are
Is assumed to be output, but a similar response is possible. In the above description, one pulse is output for ten pachinko balls. However, by outputting one pulse for one pachinko ball, the accuracy of abnormality detection can be improved.

[0027]

According to the configuration of the first aspect, when a large number of payouts are illegally discharged, it is possible to detect an abnormal number of payouts. According to the configuration of the second aspect, the number of paid-out balls is checked every predetermined time, so that an abnormal number of paid-out balls can be detected with a high probability. According to the third aspect of the present invention, the actual number of balls to be paid out is obtained by the cumulative total, so that the actual number of balls to be paid out is reliable and reliable. According to the configuration of the fourth aspect, the number of balls to be paid out per unit amount can be set and input. Therefore, the number of balls to be paid out per unit amount is changed due to, for example, the approval of a non-consumption tax. In this case, the number of coins to be paid out per unit amount can be changed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an apparatus for detecting an abnormality in the number of payouts of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of processing for setting the number of coins to be paid out executed by a hall computer;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the actual payout number check processing executed by the hall computer.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing one mode of a setting screen of the number of coins to be paid out per unit amount by a display device of a hall computer.

FIG. 5 is a table showing the number of balls to be paid out based on input values of the number of supplied balls, the number of sales, and the number of prize balls per 30 minutes of the gaming machine by a hall computer;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Anomaly detection device 2 Gaming machine 3 Hall computer 4 Ball rental machine 5 Safe counter 6 Out counter

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Information on the number of balls supplied to a gaming machine, information on the number of prize balls to be paid out due to establishment of a prize mode, and sales output in correspondence with each payout of lending balls Input output information and calculate the actual payout number of lending balls by dividing the result of subtracting the number of prize balls from the number of supply balls by the number of sales outputs, A game machine characterized by comparing the number of paid-out balls per unit amount set in advance with the actual number of paid-out balls, and detecting an abnormality in the actual number of paid-out balls based on the comparison result. An abnormality detection device for the number of payouts. 2. The actual payout number of the lending ball is calculated for each predetermined time, and the number of payouts of the lending ball and the actual number of payouts of the lending ball per unit amount preset for the gaming machine are calculated. 2. The apparatus for detecting an abnormality in the number of payouts of a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the abnormality is detected based on the comparison result. 3. The actual number of balls to be paid out is calculated by dividing the result obtained by subtracting the total number of the prize balls from the total number of the supply balls by the total number of sales output. A predetermined number of coins to be paid out per unit amount and the actual number of coins to be paid out are compared, and an abnormality in the actual number of coins to be paid out is detected based on the comparison result. The abnormality detection device for the number of payouts of a gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: 4. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising a setting input means for setting and inputting the number of payouts of the lending ball per unit amount. An abnormality detection device for the number of payouts.