JP2003230752A - Game system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game system capable of renting balls by freely changing a putting out quantity pattern such as changing the unit price of ball renting according to various conditions such as the game history of a user. <P>SOLUTION: The system is provided with a putting out quantity pattern selection part 14 which has a plurality of putting out quantity patterns of game balls with respect to the amount of money fed by the user and selects a specific putting out quantity pattern on the basis of a pattern selection condition. A putting out means 10 puts out the game mediums of the number corresponding to a putting-out control signal based on the putting out quantity pattern selected by this putting out quantity pattern selection part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game system using a game medium such as a pachinko ball or coin for a throttle machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At a game hall such as a pachinko parlor, a user inserts a prepaid card into a terminal provided for each gaming machine to rent a ball. The user inserts the prepaid card and then presses the ball lending button provided on the game table so that the balls are paid out from the payout means built in the game table. At this time, the unit price of ball lending and the unit of ball lending are constant. For example, if you have 25 for 100 yen,
25 for 100 yen, 50 for 200 yen, 1
You can rent a ball in units of 00 yen, but you cannot lend 5 balls for 20 yen, and at certain times you cannot change the unit price and pay out 30 balls for 100 yen. .

Therefore, when the user lends a ball for 200 yen, for example, if he pushes the ball lending button on the game table twice, a payout control signal for two times is input to the payout means. This payout means pays out one unit, that is, 25 balls, for each payout control signal. As described above, the payout means pays out the number of balls according to the amount designated by the user at a predetermined unit price.

[0004]

As described above, in the current game system, the ratio of the amount of money to the number of ball lending,
In other words, the ball lending unit price is constant. I go to the game hall every day,
Whether you are playing a lot of balls for a long time or playing only a few times a year, the ball rental unit price is constant,
For example, you can rent 25 for 100 yen. From the user's point of view, in the case of ordinary shopping, when buying in bulk, the unit price is often low or there is a bonus, but it is boring that there is no such thing only in ball lending.

There is also a demand on the amusement hall side to provide services such as lowering the ball lending unit price to customers who come to the store frequently or are losing. However, in the current game system, it was not possible to pay out balls by changing the ball lending unit price or adding a bonus depending on the opponent. The object of the present invention is to freely change the payout amount pattern, such as changing the ball lending unit price, according to various conditions such as the game history of the user,
It is to provide a game system that can lend a ball.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] A first invention is a payout quantity pattern selection unit which has a plurality of payout quantity patterns of a game medium with respect to a user's input amount and selects a specific payout quantity pattern based on pattern selection conditions. And a control section for outputting a payout control signal based on the payout quantity pattern selected by the payout quantity pattern selection section to a payout means for controlling the number of payouts of the game medium, and information on the specific payout quantity pattern. The payout amount pattern selecting unit selects a payout amount pattern each time a ball lending request signal is input from the user side, and the payout means uses the payout control signal from the control unit. It is characterized by paying out a corresponding number of game media. The game medium is a pachinko ball, a coin for a throttle machine, or the like.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is provided with a user identification information detecting section for detecting user identification information, a history data storage section, and a management section, wherein the management section is input from the user identification information detection section. The user identification information is associated with the ball lending amount or the ball lending amount of the user and stored in the history data storage unit, and the payout amount pattern selection unit is preset based on the data in the history data storage unit. It is characterized in that the payout amount pattern for the specific user is selected according to whether or not the ball lending amount or ball lending amount of a specific user within the reference period reaches a preset reference value.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is provided with a user specifying information detecting section for detecting user specifying information, a difference ball data storing section for storing difference ball data for each user, and a managing section. The user identification information input from the user identification information detection section is stored in the difference ball data storage section in association with the difference ball data of the user, and the payout quantity pattern selection section is the data of the difference ball data storage section. Based on, the difference ball data of a specific user within a preset reference period, depending on the condition of whether or not to reach the preset reference value, to select the payout amount pattern for the specific user It has characteristics.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, when the input of the user specifying information from the user specifying information detecting section is interrupted, the management section waits for the input of the ball lending request signal after that. The difference is that the difference data up to the time of interruption is subtracted from the difference data and stored. A fifth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that it includes a condition setting unit that sets a reference period and a reference value. The sixth invention is
The payout quantity pattern selection unit is characterized in that a specific payout quantity pattern is selected by lottery.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, a base terminal 2 is connected to each game table 1, a management device 5 is connected to the base terminal 2, and a storage unit 6 is connected to the management device 5. The platform terminal 2 is provided with a card insertion slot 3 into which the membership card 7 is inserted, a display 4, and a cash slot 8. User identification information such as a user ID for identifying a user is stored in the membership card 7, and when this card 7 is inserted into the card insertion slot 3 of the base terminal 2,
The user identification information detection unit 13 in FIG.
To detect. The user can be specified by this user ID. Further, the management device 5 sucks up the data such as the number of jackpots and the number of coins of each gaming table 1, and stores the data in the storage unit 6.

As shown in FIG. 2, inside the game table 1, a supply tank 9 accommodating balls to be supplied to the game table 1 and a payout for paying out a predetermined number of balls from the supply tank 9. And means 10. Then, in the base terminal 2, a control unit 11 that outputs a payout signal to the payout unit 10, an amount recognition unit 12 that recognizes the amount of money that has been inserted, and user identification information that reads user identification information from the membership card 7. A detection unit 13 and a payout quantity pattern selection unit 14 are provided. Further, the management device 5
Can store user information in which the user ID input from the user identification information detection unit 13 is associated with the user's game history and the like in the storage unit 6.

When a user rents balls for a game in such a game arcade, he / she inserts cash into the cash slot 8 of the base terminal 2 and designates the ball lending amount through the display 4 or the like. The specified amount of balls is paid out from the gaming table 1. And the payout means 1 of the gaming table 1
The payout status of 0 and the user identification information detected by the user identification information detection unit 13 of the base terminal 2 are stored in the storage unit 6 via the management device 5. The management device 5 corresponds to the management unit of the present invention.

The payout quantity pattern selection unit 14 stores a payout quantity pattern and selection conditions for each pattern. Then, the payout quantity pattern selected by the payout quantity pattern selection unit 14 is set to the control unit 1.
When input to 1, the control unit 11 outputs a payout control signal according to the above pattern, and based on this control signal,
The payout means 10 pays out the balls. In other words, by selecting one of the payout quantity patterns, the ball lending unit price can be changed, for example.

In the first embodiment, the payout amount pattern selection unit 14 uses the game history data of the user as a criterion for selecting the payout amount pattern. Therefore, the payout amount pattern selection unit 14 is configured to receive the data in the storage unit 6 via the management device 5. The storage unit 6 stores history data such as a ball lending history of the user. That is, the storage unit 6 constitutes the history data storage unit of the present invention.

A procedure for the payout quantity pattern selection unit 14 to select a specific payout quantity pattern from a plurality of payout quantity patterns will be described below. In the first embodiment, as the payout quantity pattern, FIG.
It is assumed that ~ is set as shown in. The payout amount pattern is a pattern in which the ball lending unit price is 3.4 yen and only 15,000 yen is lent. The condition for adopting this pattern is that the ball lending amount used by a specific user for one month The condition is that the total exceeds 300,000 yen. In other words, in one month, only when the total ball lending amount exceeds 300,000 yen, only the ball lending for 15,000 yen will be loaned at the unit price of 3.4 yen.

The payout amount pattern is 10,000 yen at a unit price of 3.6 yen for a particular user if the total amount of ball lending within one week exceeds 70,000 yen. It is a ball lending only for the minutes. In addition, the payout quantity pattern is
If the condition that the amount of ball lending on a day exceeds 10,000 yen is met, the ball will be loaned at a unit price of 3.8 yen for 5000 yen. If none of the above three conditions is met, the ball lending is performed at a unit price of 4.0 yen as the payout quantity pattern.

The four conditions corresponding to each of the above patterns are the pattern selection conditions of the present invention. In addition, the period of 1 month, 1 week, and 1 day of the conditions of the above patterns 1 to 3 is the reference period of the present invention. Further, the reference values of the present invention in the above patterns 1 to 3 are ¥ 300,000, ¥ 70,000 and ¥ 10,000. Then, in this first embodiment, the start and end of this reference period are determined by the calendar. For example, one month is 30
From January 1st to 31st, not days or 31 days,
One week runs from Sunday to Saturday. However, if the user sets the start date, for example, 1
The month from 10th to 9th February can be set as one month. Further, one day is not 24 hours, but the time from the opening of the game hall to the closing of the game hall.

In the first embodiment, the total ball lending amount of a specific user in the reference period is used as the selection condition for the payout amount pattern. Therefore,
In order to determine whether or not the conditions are met, it is necessary to identify the user and identify the user's ball lending amount data. Therefore, the user must insert the membership card 7 into the membership card insertion slot 3 of the base terminal at the time of lending the balls, and have the user identification information detection unit 13 read the membership ID which is the user identification information.

First, when renting a ball, the user inserts his / her member card 7 into the card insertion slot 3 and displays the amount of money he / she is willing to lend for ball lending on the display 4
Specify from. The amount of money thrown in here corresponds to the specification of the number of balls to lend, and it does not have to coincide with the amount of money thrown into the cash slot 8 in order to borrow how many balls. When the membership card 7 is inserted, the user identification information detection unit 13 of the base terminal 2 identifies the membership ID and manages the management device 5.
To enter. The management device 5 identifies the ball lending history data of the user by the input member ID, and pays out the total ball lending amount within the reference period.
Send to 4.

The payout quantity pattern selection unit 14 is
First, it is determined whether or not the total amount of ball lending up to that point exceeds the condition of the pattern above 300,000 yen within one month, and if it exceeds, the above pattern is selected. Then, the display 4 of the stand terminal 2 displays that "a ball is lent for 15,000 yen at a unit price of 3.4 yen". In the first embodiment, it is the input of the ball lending request signal from the user of the present invention that the user specifies the ball lending amount with the membership card inserted.

The user knows the current ball lending conditions on the display 4 and actually puts cash. When cash is deposited, the amount recognition unit 12 recognizes the amount, and the control unit 11 inputs the deposit amount specified by the user and the payout amount pattern selected by the payout amount pattern selection unit 14. The control unit 11 outputs a payout control signal according to the payout quantity pattern to the payout means 10 of the gaming table 1. The payout means 10 pays out the balls of the supply tank 9 while counting the number based on the payout control signal from the control unit 11.

At this time, the ball lending amount input by the user is input to the management device 5 and stored in the storage unit 6. The ball lending amount stored in the storage unit 6 may be a total calculated each time the ball is lending, or may be only the amount at that time.
In any case, it is sufficient that the data necessary for checking the pattern selection condition is stored every time there is a ball lending request.

Even if the ball lending amount at the time of inserting the membership card 7 does not satisfy the conditions of the above pattern, if the next specified amount of money is inserted, the value exceeds the reference value of the above conditions. In some cases, the payout pattern may be changed even while the payment is being made. For example, the total ball lending amount up to the last time was 298,000 yen,
If the user specifies a yen ball lending, the 2000 yen portion of the 5000 yen portion will be 4.0
The ball will be lent out in yen, and the remaining 3000 yen will be lent out at the unit price of 3.4 yen in the above pattern.

The payout quantity pattern selection unit 14 is
When it is determined that the condition of the above pattern is not satisfied, it is determined whether or not the condition of the payout quantity pattern is satisfied. In other words, within a week, here, it is judged whether the total amount of ball lending since this week has reached 70,000 yen. If this condition is satisfied, the payout quantity selection unit 14 selects the payout quantity pattern and outputs a signal to the control unit 11. The control unit 11 pays a unit price of 3.6 yen within 10,000 yen. Then, the unit price exceeding that amount is 4.0 yen, and the payout control signal for paying out the amount of money specified by the user is output.

Similarly, when the condition of the payout quantity pattern is not satisfied, the condition for selecting the payout quantity pattern is checked. Under this condition, that is, when the total amount of ball lending today reaches 10,000 yen, the ball is lent for 5000 yen at the payout pattern unit price of 3.8 yen, and the amount exceeding that is the unit price. Lend a ball for 4.0 yen. Furthermore, the above-mentioned payout quantity pattern ~
If none of the conditions is satisfied, the payout amount pattern selection unit 14 selects a pattern, and the control unit 11 outputs a ball lending control signal at a unit price of 4.0 yen.

In the first embodiment, when the reference value is exceeded many times during the reference period, the corresponding payout amount pattern is selected each time. For example, when 20,000 yen or more is thrown in a day, a ball for 5000 yen is lent out according to the payout quantity pattern when it reaches 10,000 yen, and then a ball is lent out according to the payout quantity pattern. It means that the above pattern is selected again when the ball lending amount further increases to 20,000 yen. However, since such a rule may be set in advance, for example, when conditions other than the payout quantity pattern are satisfied within the reference period, the pattern is set to be used only once. You can also

Further, it is possible to provide condition setting means for freely changing the reference period and the value of the reference value, and the reference value itself is the amount of ball lending, the amount of ball lending, the playing time, the number of visits, It doesn't matter what the difference is. The number of difference balls is a value obtained by subtracting the number of beating balls of the user on the gaming table 1 from the number of prize balls (safe).
And the prize ball is a ball paid out from the table by winning.

Further, it is also possible to select the payout quantity pattern simply by lottery without providing a reference value or the like. In this case, since the history data of the user is not necessary for selecting the pattern, the membership card and the history data storage unit may be omitted. However, if the history data of the user is stored, only the user who satisfies a specific condition can be the target of the lottery, and the user information and the lottery can be used in combination.

Next, a second embodiment for determining a payout quantity pattern based on the number of difference balls will be described. The system of the second embodiment has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2 and the appearance is the same as that of the conventional example of FIG. 1, so that FIGS. 2 and 1 are also used in the following description. If the user's difference is positive, the user is winning, and if the value is large, the user is winning significantly. On the contrary, when you are losing, the difference is negative.

In the second embodiment, a user who has lost a game is provided with a ball lending in an advantageous payout pattern with a reduced unit price. That is, the payout quantity pattern selection unit 14 stores a payout quantity pattern in which payout is performed at a unit price lower than usual when the difference ball number becomes equal to or less than the reference value. For example, in FIG.
As shown in, the payout quantity pattern of "when the number of difference balls becomes equal to or less than the reference value N, lent only 5000 yen for a unit price of 3.8 yen" and "when the above conditions are not met, , The payout amount pattern is "Lend out a ball at a unit price of 4.0 yen."

Then, the payout quantity pattern selection unit 14 determines whether or not the conditions of the above pattern are satisfied based on the number of difference balls of the user, and selects either the above pattern or the pattern. ing. In this way, the payout amount pattern selection unit 14 stores the difference ball data for each user in the storage unit 6 so that the payout amount pattern selection unit 14 makes a determination based on the number of difference balls of the user. That is,
The storage unit 6 also serves as the difference data storage unit of the present invention. The difference ball data is calculated by the management device 5 receiving data of the number of beating balls and the number of supply balls on the gaming table 1 used by the user in a state where the user is specified,
This is the data stored in the storage unit 6.

The graph of FIG. 5 is a graph of the difference ball data stored in the storage unit 6. The vertical axis shows the number of difference balls and the horizontal axis shows the time axis, and the fluctuation of the number of difference balls is shown. In the storage unit 6, such data is stored for each user. In the graph of FIG. 5, point a is the time when the game is interrupted and point b is the time when the game is restarted. In this way, the difference ball data at the time a when the game is stopped is saved as it is,
Next, at the point b where the game has started, the number of difference balls starts to be measured with reference to the number of difference balls. For example, it is a case where the player leaves the store at the point a and comes to the store at the point b, or a case where the player moves to another gaming machine between the points a and b.

Further, the value of the reference value N of the difference balls, which is the condition of the payout quantity pattern of the second embodiment, is shown by a dotted line in the graph. When the reference value N or less, that is, from point c to point The above pattern is selected when there is a ball lending request between point d and point e to point f. The above-mentioned difference ball data is the accumulation of the game history of a specific user, and when that user loses greatly, the ball lending is performed by a payout pattern which is more advantageous than usual.

Whether a specific user is playing a game,
The determination as to whether or not the game has been interrupted is made by inserting the membership card 7. While the membership card 7 is being inserted, the user identification information detection unit 13 of the base terminal 2 can identify the user. Therefore, the game situation and the ball lending situation during that time can be obtained by using the data of the particular user. Storage unit 6
To be remembered. When playing a game without inserting the membership card 7, it is not possible to identify which user the game information on the game table 1 belongs to, so it is not possible to store it as game history data or difference ball data. In the system of the second embodiment, the user must always insert the membership card so that the user can play the game.

If the user is winning, do not insert the membership card 7, only when losing,
When the member card 7 is inserted, the difference data of the user may be smaller than the actual value, and it may appear that the user has lost a lot. For example, if the membership card 7 is pulled out immediately before the jackpot comes out and a large number of balls are paid out, it becomes impossible to know which member should be reflected in the difference ball data. , The difference data of the user stops at that point, as indicated by point a in FIG. Next, when you insert the card and start the game,
In fact, even if the player wins and the number of difference balls is greatly positive, it is regarded as the value of the point b.

Therefore, when the difference data of the user is used as the selection criterion of the payout quantity pattern as in the second embodiment, the user inserts the membership card 7 into the card insertion slot 3
It is preferable to determine more accurate ball difference data by deciding a rule such that the player must play the game while inserting it into the game, or by preventing the game table 1 from operating unless the membership card 7 is inserted. .

Next, of the selection of the payout quantity pattern based on the difference ball data as described above, the ball lending with an advantageous payout pattern is performed to the user who really loses. 3 Examples will be shown. In the third embodiment, the method of collecting the difference ball data is changed in order to oppose the user who tries to select an advantageous payout pattern by preventing the user identification information from being read when winning. Is. The system configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 2 and 1 and the conventional example. Therefore, description will be made below with reference to FIGS. 2 and 1.

The payout quantity pattern in the third embodiment is the same as that in the second embodiment shown in FIG. In other words, when the number of difference balls is equal to or less than the reference value N, 5000 yen worth of balls are loaned at a unit price of 3.8 yen, and at other times, ball lending is done at a unit price of 4.0 yen. However, the difference ball data which is the basis of the selection of the above-mentioned ball lending quantity pattern is the graph shown in FIG.

First, when the user inserts the membership card 7, the user identification information detection unit 13 identifies the user ID. Then, when the user starts the game, the game status is transmitted from the game table 1 to the management section 5 via the table terminal 2. The management unit 5 calculates the difference ball data from the data of the number of hit balls and the number of supplied balls transmitted from the gaming table 1.
At this time, the initial value of the number of difference balls is set to 0. Unlike the second embodiment, the difference data up to the previous day is not directly accumulated. Only the data while the user identification information is continuously detected is stored in the storage unit 6 as the difference ball data. Then, if a ball lending request signal is input during that time, the payout amount pattern selection unit 14 selects a payout amount pattern based on the difference ball data stored in the storage unit 6.

In the graph shown in FIG. 6, when the number of difference balls is equal to or less than the reference value N and there is a ball lending request from point c to point d, the payout according to the above-mentioned payout quantity pattern is performed. The points are the same as in the second embodiment. However, at time point a, the user has his own membership card 7
The processing of the management unit 5 when the card is removed from the card insertion slot 3 is different from that of the second embodiment.

At the time point a, the user may have quit the game and exited the store, or may have removed the card due to a big hit, but in any case, the user identification information to the management section 5 The input of the user identification information from the detection unit 13 is interrupted. When the input of the user identification information is interrupted, the management unit 5 resets the difference ball data of the user. That is, next, when the user specifying information is input at the time point b and the difference ball data is calculated, the number of difference balls = starts from zero. Since the payout amount is selected based on the difference ball data calculated in this way, it is difficult for the user to pretend to lose. This is because, even if the user pulls out the membership card 7 when the number of difference balls is negative, the difference ball data at the time point a is not reflected in the data after the restart time b.

In the third embodiment, the difference data is reset and stored in the storage unit 6 when the management device 5 confirms that the user identification information is no longer input. , The timing of this reset may be any time until there is a request for the next ball lending. For example, when the membership card 7 is inserted when the game is restarted and the user identification information is input to the management device 5, at that time,
The difference ball data may be set to zero, or the value of the difference ball data at the time of interruption may be stored, the data after restarting may be accumulated, and the data may be stored at the time of the next ball lending request. It can also be reset by subtracting the number of difference balls at the time of interruption. In short, it is sufficient that the payout amount pattern selection unit 14 corrects the difference data on the basis by the time the pattern is selected.

By using the systems of the first to third embodiments, it is possible to freely change the payout quantity pattern according to the conditions and provide a service by lending a ball to a specific user. In the above embodiment, an example of the payout quantity pattern in which the ball lending unit price is changed has been described, but the payout quantity pattern is not limited to this. For example, if you meet certain conditions, you will have to pay extra balls than usual, or if you lower the unit price,
Various services are conceivable, such as offering the corresponding number of balls cheaply instead of increasing the number of balls paid out.

Further, the display 4 provided on the base terminal 2 not only displays the payout quantity pattern at that time selected by the payout quantity selecting unit 14, but also satisfies the condition of the advantageous payout quantity pattern. May be displayed. For example, "By this Saturday,
If the ball lending amount increases by XX yen, the next ball lending unit price will be 3.6 yen. If you display something like
It will also motivate users to play. In addition,
In the first to third embodiments, the pachinko ball lending is taken as an example, but the present invention is not limited to the pachinko ball and can be applied to all game media. Further, when the user borrows the game medium, the same ball lending can be performed by using the prepaid guard instead of inserting the cash as in the above embodiment.

[0045]

According to the first to sixth aspects of the invention, it is possible to freely change the payout amount pattern at the time of lending balls to the user's input amount according to a specific condition. This extends the range of services for users. Second
According to the invention, particularly, it is possible to provide a special service to a customer who has a large number of balls to be lent and the amount of balls to be lent.

According to the third aspect of the invention, it is possible to change the payout amount pattern according to the win or loss of the user to provide the service. In particular, if you select an advantageous payout quantity pattern for users who continue to lose, it will be fun for users who continue to lose. According to the fourth aspect, it is possible to prevent the user from intentionally canceling the input of the user specifying information and operating the difference data.

According to the fifth invention, it becomes possible to freely set the reference period and the reference value in the payout quantity pattern. As a result, various payout quantity patterns can be set. According to the sixth aspect, the fun of the lottery is added.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a game system according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a system according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a table showing a payout quantity pattern of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a table showing a payout quantity pattern of the second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a graph showing difference ball data of the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a graph showing difference ball data according to a third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 gaming table 4 display 5 management device 6 memory 10 Payment means 11 Control unit 13 User identification information detector 14 Payout quantity pattern selection section

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A payout amount pattern selection unit for selecting a particular payout amount pattern based on a pattern selection condition, which has a plurality of payout amount patterns of game media for a user's input amount, and a payout amount pattern selection unit. The payout amount pattern is provided with a control unit for outputting a payout control signal based on the given payout amount pattern to a payout means for controlling the payout number of the game medium, and a display unit for displaying information on the specific payout amount pattern. The selection unit selects the payout quantity pattern each time a ball lending request signal is input from the user side, and the payout means pays out a number of game media according to the payout control signal from the control unit. system. 2. A user identification information detection unit for detecting user identification information, a history data storage unit, and a management unit, wherein the management unit is configured to detect the user identification information input from the user identification information detection unit. The user's ball lending amount or ball lending amount is associated and stored in the history data storage unit, and the payout amount pattern selection unit, based on the data in the history data storage unit, specifies a specific amount within a preset reference period. The gaming system according to claim 1, wherein a payout amount pattern for the specific user is selected according to whether or not a user's ball lending amount or ball lending amount has reached a preset reference value. 3. A user identification information detection unit that detects user identification information, a difference ball data storage unit that stores difference ball data for each user, and a management unit.
The user identification information input from the user identification information detection section is stored in the difference ball data storage section in association with the difference ball data of the user, and the payout quantity pattern selection section stores the data in the difference ball data storage section. Based on the condition, whether or not the difference ball data of a specific user within a preset reference period has reached a preset reference value, the payout quantity pattern for the specific user is selected. Game system described in. 4. When the input of the user identification information from the user identification information detection unit is interrupted, the management unit waits for the subsequent input of the ball lending request signal, and then the difference data of the specific user. 4. The game system according to claim 3, wherein the difference data up to the time of the interruption is subtracted and stored. 5. The game system according to claim 2, further comprising condition setting means for setting a reference period and a reference value. 6. The game system according to claim 1, wherein the payout amount pattern selection unit selects a specific payout amount pattern by lottery.