JP2004113823A - Managing unit for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a managing unit which achieves the accurate information management of a game machine which is made unstable in the relationship between the number of establishing the start conditions and the number of the operations of a game device. <P>SOLUTION: The special pattern winning (information indicating the number of the special pattern start winning) is outputted based on the information for the special pattern start winning, pertaining to the establishment of the predetermined start conditions while the effective information of the special patterns is outputted indicating the number of determining the patterns which are stopped and displayed by the special pattern display part in a variable display device, as one example of the game device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

The present invention relates to a management device for a gaming machine represented by a pachinko gaming machine, a coin gaming machine, a slot machine, or the like. More specifically, the present invention relates to a gaming machine management device including a gaming device capable of starting an operation for the gaming machine when a predetermined starting condition is satisfied.

Conventionally known gaming machines, for example, in the case of a ball-and-ball gaming machine, a starting condition is satisfied when a ball hit in a game area wins a start winning area, and the display state changes. Some possible variable display devices were configured to initiate a variable display operation for a game. In this type of ball game machine, if the ball hits the start winning area again while the variable display device is performing the variable display operation and the starting condition is satisfied, the starting win is stored. After the variable display operation of the variable display device is completed, the variable display device is configured to be able to perform variable display again, and then the variable display device is configured to start the variable display operation again based on the starting winning memory. A certain upper limit is set in the start winning prize memory, and when a hit ball exceeds the upper limit of the memory and wins in the starting prize winning area, the start winning prize ball is ignored and the variable display of the variable display device is performed. It was configured not to be used for controlling the operation. Further, in this type of ball game machine, when the display result of the variable display device becomes a predetermined re-gameable display result, the variable display device is automatically re-variably started. There is also a configuration in which the subsequent display result is derived and displayed.

As another type of the ball-and-ball game machine, the starting condition is established by the fact that the ball hit into the game area wins the start winning area, and the first state which is advantageous for the player and the first state which is advantageous for the player There has been a configuration in which a variable winning prize ball device that can be changed to a disadvantageous second state operates in the first state. In this type of ball game machine, if the hit ball wins a specific winning area (V pocket) while the variable winning ball device is operating in the first state based on the hit winning of the hit ball, a big hit is achieved. State, and the variable winning prize ball device is driven and controlled to the first state in such a manner that a relatively large game value can be given. The drive control of the variable prize ball device to the first state accompanying the big hit is performed. If the hit ball wins in the start winning area during the game, the start winning ball is ignored and is not used for controlling the operation of the variable winning ball device to the first state.

In the case of a slot machine as an example of a conventional gaming machine, a start condition is established on condition that coin insertion or a credit operation in a credit game is performed, and a variable display device including reels is variably started. After that, the display result is derived and displayed. If the display result of the variable display device is a predetermined re-gameable display result, the variable display device is variably started again only by performing a start operation without performing coin insertion or credit operation. After that, the display result was derived and displayed.

As described above, in a conventionally generally known gaming machine such as a ball game machine or a slot machine, a variable display device capable of starting an operation for a game by satisfying a predetermined starting condition, A game device including a variable winning ball device is provided, and the game device does not start operation even when the starting condition is satisfied (when the starting winning ball becomes invalid) or when the starting condition is not satisfied. (When a re-game is established).

In such a conventional gaming machine, since the relationship between the number of times the starting condition is satisfied and the number of times the gaming machine is operated is not uniformly determined, when performing information management in a game arcade, for example, only the number of times the starting condition is satisfied is managed. Otherwise, the number of times of operation of the gaming device cannot be accurately grasped. Conversely, if only the number of times of operation of the gaming device is managed, it is difficult to grasp the cause of the number of times of operation. Met. For example, when the number of operations of the gaming device is large, it is not known whether the cause of the large number of re-games or the number of times the start condition is satisfied is large.

The present invention has been conceived in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a management system capable of accurately performing information management of a gaming machine in which the number of times the starting conditions are satisfied and the number of operations of the gaming machine are not uniformly determined. It is to provide a device.

The present invention is a management device for a gaming machine including a gaming device capable of starting an operation for a game when a predetermined starting condition is satisfied,
An information input unit into which the number-of-operations information of the gaming device and information on the number of times the starting condition is satisfied,
Tabulation means for tabulating the number of times the gaming device has been operated and the number of times the start condition has been satisfied, based on the information input from the information input unit,
Output means for outputting a tally result of the tally means.

According to the present invention, the number of times of operation of the gaming device and the number of times that the start condition is satisfied are totaled, and the totaling result is output, so that the number of times of operation of the gaming device can be accurately grasped, and It becomes easy to grasp the cause of the difference.

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

カ ー ド A card processing machine 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-usable 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, a ROM. A card processor control unit 21 (see fourth) having a built-in RAM and the like is provided. The card processor controller 21 controls the entire card processor 12. Further, the card processing machine 12 is provided with a connection direction indicator 15, and a display of a connection direction set in advance on the card processor 12 side is illuminated and displayed. Can determine whether the game is possible.

When the player wants to play a game with the pachinko gaming machine 1, the player 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 appropriate and the remaining amount of the card remains, the player presses 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, a ball lending amount (hereinafter, simply referred to as a ball lending amount) paid out by one ball lending operation set in advance by a ball lending setting switch 22 (see FIG. 4) composed of, for example, a rotary switch described later. Of game balls (pachinko balls) are paid out into the hit ball supply tray 6. Then, when the payout of the pachinko balls for the lending amount has been completed, the remaining card amount of the card inserted into the card processing machine 12 is updated to be reduced by the lending amount.

中 In the figure, reference numeral 8 denotes a return button, and the card inserted into the card processing machine 12 is returned to the player from the card insertion / ejection port 17 when 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 hitting ball supply tray 6. When the player operates the hitting operation handle 3 in a state where the pachinko balls are paid out into the hitting ball supply tray 6, the pachinko balls are driven one by one into the game area 101 formed on the front of the game board 100. In the game area 101, a variable display device 102 capable of variably displaying a plurality of types of identification information is provided. The game area 101 is further provided with a normal symbol starting port 107 and a special symbol starting port 109. The pachinko ball that has entered the ordinary symbol starting port 107 passes downward and is discharged again into the game area 101, and the passing ball is detected by the starting passing ball detection switch 108. The normal symbol start-up port 107 may be configured as a prize-winning port where a pachinko ball that has entered from above is guided to the back side of the game board and becomes a prize-winning ball. Based on the detection output of the starting passage ball detection switch 108, the ordinary symbol display unit 104 of the variable display device 102 is variably started and then stopped. The normal symbol display unit 104 variably displays ten types of identification information from 0 to 9 and displays the display result at the time of stoppage with predetermined specific identification information (for example, ten kinds of swords such as 77). ), The pair of left and right movable members 111 of the normally variable winning prize ball device 110 is opened, and the first state is advantageous for a player who can easily win a ball. In the ordinary variable winning prize ball device 110, the movable member 111 is normally closed and the hitting ball is in a second state which is disadvantageous for a player who has difficulty winning, but the display result of the normal symbol display unit 104 is When the specific identification information is reached, the solenoid 112 is excited to enter the first state.

When the pachinko ball hit into the game area 101 wins in the special symbol starting port 109 or the normal variable winning prize ball device 110 in the first state, the starting winning prize ball is detected by the start winning ball detection switch 113. After the special symbol display section 103 of the variable display device 102 is variably started based on the detection signal, stop control is performed in the order of the left symbol, the right symbol, and the middle symbol. The special symbol display unit 103 is constituted by, for example, a display screen of a liquid crystal display, and variably displays 15 types of identification information of 0 to 9 and A to E. The display result at the time of stop is displayed. When a predetermined combination of specific identification information is obtained (for example, 15 types of doubles such as 777), a specific game state occurs and the opening / closing plate 116 of the special variable prize ball device 114 is opened to hit a ball. The control at the time of the big hit, which is the first state which is advantageous for the player who is likely to be performed, is performed. This special variable prize ball device 114 is in a second state that is normally disadvantageous for a player who cannot win or has difficulty winning a ball with the opening and closing plate 116 closed. When the display result is a combination of specific identification information, the solenoid 117 is excited to enter the first state. The first state of the special variable prize ball device 114 accompanying the big hit is either a lapse of a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) or a predetermined number (for example, 10) of prizes in the prize opening 115 of a hit ball. When the earlier condition is satisfied, the process ends and the second state is established. The pachinko ball that has won the winning opening 115 is detected by the 10-count detection switch 120, and the detected number is displayed by the winning number display 121. On the other hand, a specific winning area (V pocket) 118 is provided at a certain position in the winning opening 115, and a pachinko ball that has entered the special variable winning ball device 114 in the first state is in the specific winning area. When the player wins the (V pocket) 118, the specific winning ball is detected by the specific winning ball detecting switch 119, and the special variable winning ball device 114 waits for the end of the first state and the special variable winning again. Repetitive continuation control in which the ball device 114 is driven and controlled to the first state is performed. The upper limit number of the repetition continuation control is set to, for example, 16 times.

If the ball hits in the special symbol starting port 109 or the ordinary variable winning ball device 110 while the special symbol display unit 103 is variably displaying, the starting winning is stored and the special symbol display unit 103 is displayed. After the variable stop can be started again after the variable stop, the special symbol display section 103 is again started to change based on the start winning memory. The upper limit of the start winning prize memory is set to, for example, “4”, and the starting prize storing number at the present time is displayed by the start storing display unit 105. Start winning prize balls that exceed the upper limit of the starting prize memory are ignored and are not used for variable display control of the variable display device 102. On the other hand, when the display result of the special symbol display unit 103 is a symbol in which no big hit occurs and the middle symbol is “3” or “7”, the variable display device 102 is variably displayed again regardless of the start winning. A re-game is performed. If the display result of the special symbol display unit 103 at the time of variable stop is a specific game state with a combination of predetermined special identification information (for example, 333,777), the probability that the subsequent specific game state will occur is improved. Is performed. This probability variation control returns to the normal occurrence probability when the specific game state occurs three times in total including the first occurrence of the specific game state. The occurrence probability of this specific game state can be variably set in three stages as described later in a normal state, and is 1/215 in setting 1, 1/230 in setting 2, and 1/230 in setting 3. / 245 occurrence probability. On the other hand, at the time of the probability fluctuation described above, the occurrence probability is 1/25 regardless of the settings 1, 2, and 3.

Furthermore, the probability fluctuation starts in the ordinary symbol display unit 104 under the same conditions as those of the special symbol display unit 103 described above. As described above, the normal symbol display unit 104 variably displays ten types of identification information from 0 to 9 and stops displaying specific identification information (for example, ten kinds of zoro eyes such as 77). Accordingly, the drive of the normally variable prize ball device 110 is controlled to the first state, and the probability that the normally variable prize ball device 110 is drive controlled to the first state is 1/10. However, when the display result of the special symbol display unit 103 becomes, for example, 333 or 777 and the probability change is started, the probability that the ordinary variable winning ball device 110 is drive-controlled to the first state thereafter is 1 / 2. This probability variation state ends when the above-described probability variation state of the special symbol display unit 103 ends. Also, if the special symbol display unit 103 described above has a display result (for example, 333 or 777) in which the probability fluctuation occurs again at the time of the probability fluctuation, the probability fluctuation symbol is treated as valid, and the first time is repeated from that point on. The probability fluctuation is executed until three big hits including the hit occur. In the present embodiment, the probability is changed in both the special symbol display unit 103 and the ordinary symbol display unit 104, but the probability may be changed in only one of them. When the probability is changed only in the ordinary symbol display unit 104, the specific game state is when the display result of the ordinary symbol display unit 104 is specific identification information (for example, ten different patterns such as 77). When the normal variable prize ball device 110 is opened, the ball hit in the game area is controlled so as to easily win. In addition, the probability variation condition is a case where the special symbol display unit 103 becomes specific identification information (for example, 333,777 out of the above-mentioned 15 types of double eyes) in a special mode. The probability that the display result of 104 becomes the specific identification information fluctuates (for example, what is 1/10 becomes 1/2).

In the game area 101, a normal winning port 122 and a lucky number display lamp 123 are further provided. The display lamps 123 for the lucky numbers run and light up when the special symbol display unit 103 is variably started and stopped and the result of the stop control is a combination of specific identification information and a big hit occurs. Stop control is performed later. Then, when the lucky number mode described later is set to 02 and the number of the display lamp at the time of stoppage matches the lucky number set in the gaming facility in advance, a certain service defined in the gaming facility becomes a player. Is given to The certain service may be, for example, such that the value of a prize ball or the like awarded when the specific game state occurs can be continuously used for a game without exchanging prizes. The lucky number display lamp 123 and the variable display device 102 constitute variable display means whose display state can be changed.

In the figure, reference numeral 11 denotes a lamp that blinks during the execution of the special game state and the execution of the jackpot control or the execution of the probability variation control. Reference numeral 10 denotes a speaker that generates a sound effect when a big hit occurs. Reference numeral 14 denotes a fraction display switch for displaying the fraction inserted on the card insertion / ejection port 17 on the balance display 7 when the remaining fraction of the card is equal to or less than the lending amount. Things. Reference numeral 16 denotes a card insertion indicator, which is lit when a card is inserted into the card insertion / ejection port 17 to indicate that the card is being inserted. Reference numeral 18 denotes a unit box, which incorporates a unit box control unit described later. Reference numeral 2 denotes a front frame, reference numeral 5 denotes an openable front plate, reference numeral 4 denotes a surplus ball storage tray, and a surplus ball which cannot be stored any more due to a pachinko ball being full in the hit ball supply tray 6. Dispensed into dish 4.

The special symbol starting port 109 or the normal variable winning ball device 110 winning port or the normal symbol starting port 107 constitutes a starting winning area provided in the game area. It should be noted that “winning” in the present invention is a broad concept including “passing” described above. In addition, the variable display device 102 constitutes a gaming device in which an operation for a game is performed when a hit ball wins in a start winning region provided in the gaming region.

FIG. 2 is a second type of pachinko gaming machine showing another example of the gaming machine. The card processing device 12 provided corresponding to the pachinko gaming machine 1 has the same configuration as that of the card processing device shown in FIG. 1, and therefore, description thereof will not be repeated here.

In the gaming area 201 formed on the front of the gaming board 200 of the pachinko gaming machine 1, start winning prize holes 212 and 213 as an example of a start winning area are provided, and pachinko balls driven into the gaming area 201 are provided. Wins the starting winning opening 212, the starting winning ball is detected by the starting winning ball detection switch 214. When the pachinko ball wins the start winning opening 213, the start winning ball is detected by the start 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 203 of the variable winning ball device 202 provided in the game area is opened and closed once by the excitation and demagnetization of the solenoid 204. On the other hand, based on the detection output of the start winning ball detection switch 215, the opening / closing wing piece 203 opens and closes twice. If the pachinko ball enters the variable winning prize ball device 202 from the opening / closing wing piece 203 being opened during the opening or closing of the opening / closing wing piece 203 once or twice, the pachinko ball that has entered enters the variable prize ball apparatus. The player wins either the normal winning opening 207 or the specific winning opening 208 formed in the inside 202. When the special winning opening 208 is won, the excitation and demagnetization of the solenoid 204 are repeated, whereby the opening / closing wing pieces 203 are continuously opened and closed, and a first state advantageous to the player is achieved. The first state ends when the condition that the open or closed wing piece 203 opens and closes a predetermined number of times (for example, 18 times) or wins a predetermined number of balls (for example, 10 pieces) wins, whichever comes first. To the second state. All the pachinko balls that have entered the variable winning ball apparatus 202 in the first state are detected by the winning number detector 205, and the detected number is displayed by the winning number display 211.

The pachinko ball entered during one or two opening / closing of the opening / closing wing pieces 203 accompanying the winning of the pachinko ball into the starting prize winning region wins in the specific winning region 208, thereby being variable in the number of times determined. The display 210 is variably started and controlled to be stopped. When the display result at the time of the stop becomes specific identification information (for example, 7), a specific game state is generated, and a first state of the variable prize ball device 202 described later. Becomes a big hit state in which repetition continuation control that repeats the above can be executed again. The upper limit number of the repetition continuation control is set to, for example, 15 times. When the variable display result of the variable display 210 for number of times determination is other than the specific identification information, a small hit state in which the repetition continuation control of the variable winning ball device 202 is not performed is set. Then, with the winning in the specific winning opening, in a state where the upper limit of the repetition continuation control is set to, for example, 15 times, the specific game state occurs, and the variable winning ball device 202 becomes the first state. If the pachinko ball that has entered the variable winning ball device 202 in the first state wins in the specific winning opening 208, the repetition continuation condition is satisfied, and the opening / closing wing piece 203 is continuously opened / closed again to perform the first opening / closing operation. Repeated continuation control for setting the state is performed.
When the pachinko ball that has entered during the execution of the repetition continuation control wins again in the specific winning opening 208, the repetition continuation condition is established again. Each time the continuation condition is established, the above-mentioned 15 times is limited to the upper limit. Is repeatedly performed. The number-of-times determining variable display 210 displays the number of remaining times of the repetition continuation control at the present time.

The probability that the specific identification information (for example, 7) is displayed when the number-of-times determination variable display 210 is variably stopped can be input and set in three stages in advance as described later. The setting probability is 1/8, the setting 2 is 1/10, and the setting 3 is 1/12. When the display result at the time of variable stop of the variable display 210 for determining the number of times becomes specific identification information (for example, 7) and a big hit state occurs, the repetitive continuation control accompanying the big hit is ended and the big hit of the time is ended. After the end of the state, the specific identification information of the variable-number-of-times determining display 210 (for example, until the display result of the variable-number-of-times determining display 210 is derived by winning a pachinko ball in the first specific winning opening 208 (for example, The probability that (7) is displayed is fluctuated to に.

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

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 and during a probability change 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 region provided in the gaming region.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a third-type pachinko gaming machine and a card processing machine showing still another example of the gaming machine used in the present invention. The configuration of the card processor 12 is the same as that shown in FIG. 1, and therefore, description thereof will not be repeated here.

In a gaming area 301 formed on the front of the gaming board 300 of the pachinko gaming machine 1, an ordinary variable display device 302 capable of variably displaying identification information consisting of ten types of numbers from 0 to 9 is provided. When the ball wins the normal symbol start-up port 304 and is detected by the start winning ball detector 305, after the normal variable display device 302 starts variably, stop control is performed in the order of the left symbol, the right symbol, and the middle symbol. Is done. Then, when the display result of the variable variable display device 302 at the time of variable stop is, for example, 777 or the like, the solenoid 308 is excited, and a pair of left and right movable members 307 of the normal variable prize ball device 306 is opened. This is the first state that is advantageous for the player. The first state ends when the predetermined condition (e.g., 5 seconds) elapses or when a predetermined number of pachinko balls (e.g., three) wins, whichever is earlier, is satisfied and ends in the second state. Become. The pachinko balls that have entered the normally variable winning prize ball device 306 in the first state are detected by the winning number detector 325. In addition, the normal symbol starting port 304 may be configured as a passing port through which the pachinko ball that has entered from above is discharged from below as it is. Also, when the display result of the ordinary variable display device 302 is a symbol in which no big hit occurs, the left symbol and the right symbol are both "3" or "7", and the middle symbol is an odd number, again regardless of the starting prize. A normal game in which the variable display device 302 is variably displayed is performed.

The pachinko balls detected by the winning number detector 325 are guided to the sorting device 326. The sorting device 326 is provided with a rotating body 328 that is constantly rotated by a motor 327, and ball receiving recesses 330 and 329 for receiving a pachinko ball and guiding the rotation are formed on the outer periphery of the rotating body 328. . If the pachinko ball detected by the winning number detector 325 is received in the ball receiving recess 330, the pachinko ball is guided to the normal winning opening 331 and wins in the normal winning opening 331. On the other hand, if the pachinko ball detected by the winning number detector 325 is received by the ball receiving concave portion 329, it passes through the normal winning opening 331 to the right winning opening (special device operating opening) 332 provided thereunder. The user is guided to win the right winning port 332.

The pachinko ball that has won the right prize port 332 is detected by the right prize ball detection switch 332, and the gaming state of the pachinko gaming machine 1 becomes a right generation state (specific gaming state) based on the detection output. If the pachinko ball wins the special winning opening 314 and is detected by the special winning opening detecting switch 315 during the right generating state, the solenoid 318 is excited and the special variable winning ball device 316 is activated. The pair of left and right movable members 317 is opened to enter a first state advantageous to the player. The first state ends when a predetermined period (for example, 10 seconds) elapses or when a predetermined number of pachinko balls (for example, 10) wins, whichever is earlier, is satisfied and is disadvantageous for the player. It is in the second state. The winning ball that has won the special variable winning ball device 316 is detected by the winning number detector 319, and the detected number is displayed by the winning number display 321. Further, if the pachinko ball again wins the winning opening 314 during the period of the right generation, the repetition continuation control for driving and controlling the special variable winning ball device 316 to the first state again is performed. This repetition continuation control is set, for example, until 16 prizes are won in the starting port 314 during the generation of the right, and when the 16 prizes are won, the generated right disappears. The remaining times of the repetition continuation control at the present time are displayed by the remaining times indicator 320. On the other hand, if the pachinko ball wins again in the right winning opening 332 during the right generation, the generated right disappears. After this right is extinguished or in a state where no right has been generated, the special variable winning ball device 316 does not enter the first state, no matter how much the pachinko ball wins the winning opening 314 for the special winning opening.

In the ordinary variable display device 302, the probability that the display result at the time of variable stop is random can be set in three stages as described later, 1/90 in setting 1, 1/100 in setting 2, and 3/100 in setting 2. Then, the occurrence probability is 1/110. On the other hand, if the display result at the time of the variable stop of the ordinary variable display device 302 is one of 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9, the display result at the time of the variable stop of the ordinary variable display device 302 is changed. The probability of randomness fluctuates to 1/20. This change in probability returns to the normal probability after fluctuating up to the right generation state twice including the first time. Also, the variable display device 302 is not allowed to perform the variable display operation while the right is generated. As a control for making it difficult for the right to be erased, the probability may be returned to a normal value while the right is generated, and the probability may be changed again after the right is erased. If the randomization is established again by the probability variation symbols of 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 during these two fluctuations, the probability of the probability from that time to the right generation state twice including that time again is increased. Fluctuation control is performed.

When the pachinko ball hit in the game area 301 wins the starting winning opening 322, the variable winning ball device 323 is opened to be in a first state which is advantageous for the player, which is the first state. When a pachinko ball wins in the variable prize ball device 323, the variable prize ball device 323 closes and enters the second state. In the game area 301, a normal winning port 322 and a decorative lamp 324 are further provided. In addition, a lamp 11 that blinks during a big hit or a probability change is provided above the pachinko gaming machine 1.

普通 The normal symbol starting port 304 forms a starting winning area provided in the game area. In addition, the variable display device 302 normally constitutes variable display means whose display state can be changed. In addition, as a third-type pachinko gaming machine, a ball received by the sorting device may be guided to the right winning opening 332 or the normal winning opening 331 depending on the display result of the variable display device. . The variable display device 102, the normal variable display device 302, and the variable prize ball device 202 constitute a gaming device capable of starting an operation for a game when a predetermined starting condition is satisfied.

FIG. 4 is a rear view showing the internal structure of a part of the card processing machine and the pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG. Note that the rear views of the pachinko gaming machine 1 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 are substantially the same as those in FIG. 4, so that FIG. 4 is shown as a representative example and illustration is omitted here.

The card processor 12 includes a card processor controller 21, a card reader / writer controller 20, and a unit box controller 19. 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, the game control board 41 housed in the game control board box 40, and the game machine terminal box 46 are provided. , The ball dispenser 31 are electrically connected to each other.

{Circle around (1)} The various indicators and switches of the various operation buttons provided on the hitting ball supply tray 6 are connected to the interface board 33 via the connector 35. It should be noted that the card processing machine control unit 21 and switches of various indicators and various operation buttons provided on the hit ball supply tray 6 and the payout control board 38 in the payout control board box 37, the interface board 33, and the relay terminal board 34 The dispensing control board 38 and the ball dispenser 31 may be connected via the relay terminal board 34 without being interposed. 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 inputting and setting in advance a lending amount to be paid out by one lending operation. As shown in FIG. 5, five types of money amounts of 100 yen, 200 yen, 300 yen, 400 yen, and 500 yen can be input and set. For example, if the ball-playing amount is set to 300 yen as shown in the figure by a staff at the game arcade, the 300-yen is stored in the microcomputer (not shown) of the card processor control unit 21 as the ball-playing amount. When the player inserts the card into the card insertion / ejection port 17 and presses the ball lending button 9, the pachinko for the ball lending amount (300 yen) is automatically paid out into the hit ball supply tray 6. You. The payout of the pachinko ball is performed by executing payout for a predetermined unit amount (for example, 100 yen) a plurality of times (for example, three times), and every time the payout for this unit amount is completed, the unit is paid out. The amount will be deducted from the card balance. The unit sales signal resulting from the reduction by the unit amount is transmitted to the hall management computer 70 (see FIGS. 6 to 8), which is the host computer of the amusement arcade, and via a terminal box installed in the amusement arcade. It is transmitted to the card issuing company. 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 unit box 59, and the card is transmitted via the terminal box. Transmitted to the issuing company.

The card reader / writer control unit 20 is a control unit for reading or rewriting the recording data of the card inserted from the card insertion / ejection port 17.

The ball payout device 31 is provided with a payout motor (not shown), and the pachinko balls supplied from the ball guide rail 28 are laterally fed by the rotational force of the payout motor, and the pachinko balls that are laterally fed are provided. The balls fall down one by one and are discharged into the hit ball supply tray 6. The ball dispenser 31 is provided on the mechanism plate 25. The ball guide rail 28 is for causing the stored balls in the ball tank 27 to flow down while being aligned in two rows, and a tank ball cutout switch 29 and a rail ball cutout switch 30 are provided on the two rows of flow paths. It is detected that the stored ball in the ball tank 27 has run out and that the flowing ball on the ball guide rail 28 has run out, and the detection signal is paid out via the gaming machine terminal box 46 and the relay terminal board 34. It is input to the payout control board 38 in the control board box 37. The ball payout speed is reduced when the tank out-of-ball switch 29 no longer detects a ball.

The ball tank 27 is supplied with pachinko balls from a supply gutter 57 provided on the gaming machine installation island via a supply device 58 including a supply ball detector. The replenishing balls supplied to the ball tank 27 are 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 detected. Is output from the supply ball 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 ball feeding plate 6, but the ball lending purchased by the player from the ball lending machine is loaded into the ball feeding plate 6. In the case of a conventional general pachinko game machine which is inserted into a game machine, an output signal output from the replenishing device 58 is transmitted to the hall management computer 70, and the hall management computer 70 transmits the output signal. Based on the detected signal, the number of disadvantageous balls that are disadvantageous for the game hall is detected. However, as in the present embodiment, in a pachinko gaming machine of a system in which a part of the stored balls in the ball tank 27 is paid out into the hitting ball supply tray 6 based on a ball lending request signal from the card processor 12, A lending ball which does not become a disadvantage ball for the game hall is supplied from the supply gutter 57 to the ball tank 27, and the supplied lending ball is detected by the replenishment ball detector and the disadvantage ball count is increased. The information is input to the hall management computer, which causes a problem that the hall management computer 70 cannot accurately count the number of disadvantage 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 pachinko balls reaches a predetermined number (for example, 10). The predetermined pulse signal is transmitted to the hall management computer via the gaming machine terminal box 46, the connector 62, the information output terminal device 59, and the connector 64. With this configuration, a pulse signal as information on the number of disadvantageous balls is not output to the hall management computer 70 when renting a pachinko ball, and the pulse signal is used only for paying out a prize ball accompanying a prize. Is transmitted to the hall management computer 70, and the hall management computer 70 can collect accurate information on the number of disadvantageous balls.

The winning ball driven into the game area 101, 201, 301 and winning in the winning opening and the out ball collected in the out opening 53 merge and drop into the driving ball tank 54, where the driven ball is driven. After being detected by the ball detector (hitting ball counter) 55, the ball falls on a ball collecting gutter 56 provided on the game 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 device 59.

The information output terminal device 59 has a function of transmitting the unit sales signal and the unit number. The information output terminal device 59 is connected to the unit box control unit 19 via connectors 60 and 24. Then, the unit number and the unit sales signal described above are transmitted to the hall management computer via the connector 24, the information output terminal device 59, and the connector 64. The face value information of the card used in the card processor 12 and the code information of the error generated in the card processor 12 are transmitted from the card processor controller 21 to the connector 23, the information output terminal device 59, and the connector 64 via the hole. Transmitted to the management computer. A voltage of 100 V AC is supplied to the unit box control unit 19, and the voltage converted to a predetermined voltage in the unit box control unit 19 is supplied to the card processor control unit 21 and the card reader / writer control unit 20. As described above, 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 sales signal goes wrong, it can be immediately judged that an abnormality has occurred because it conflicts with the other unit sales signal, Accurate management of sales becomes possible. Since the unit number is also transmitted from the card processor 12 to the management computer for halls as described above, it is possible to specify which card processor is used together with the transmitted unit sales signal.

Further, the game control board 41 faces the opening 26 of the mechanism board 25, and a relay terminal board (not shown) of the variable display device 102 provided on the game board 100 and a relay terminal to which various lamps, LEDs, sensors, and the like are connected. It is connected to the substrate 48 by wiring. The relay terminal board 48 is connected to the information output terminal device 59 by connectors 50 and 63, and is connected 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 when the variable display devices 102, 104, 210, and 302 are variably stopped will be a combination of specific identification information (for example, 777). , The switching operation can be performed to the three positions of the confirmation position. The probability can be changed and set by inserting a predetermined key into the key switch 43 and performing a switching operation. According to the number of switching operations, as described above, there are three stages of setting 1, setting 2, and setting 3. The probability can be switched. 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, 42b, 42c for displaying the probability set by operating the key switch 43 are provided. In the figure, reference numeral 51 denotes a hitting ball firing device, which is operated by a player operating a hitting ball operation handle to fire the pachinko balls in the hitting ball storage dish 6 one by one into the game area 101. In the figure, reference numeral 26 denotes an opening formed in the mechanism plate 28, and a portion of the variable display device 102 protruding toward 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. In this case, the operation can be made easier. Reference numeral 39 denotes a reset switch for resetting the payout control microcomputer of the payout control board. A game board 100 is detachably mounted on a game board mounting frame (not shown).

As described above, the surplus balls that have become full of pachinko balls in the ball storage tray 6 and can no longer be stored are discharged from the surplus ball payout port 4, but if the surplus balls are also full, full detection is performed. The switch 52 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, which detects a winning ball from a winning port provided in the game area one by one, and a payout control board 38 operates based on the detected signal, and a payout port board 38 operates. The operation of the ball payout device 31 is controlled so as to pay out the number of prize balls according to the type.

FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a management device that manages the gaming machine. The management device includes a hall management computer 70 as an example of a tallying unit, a data processing output device 72, a CRT 74 as an example of an output unit, a printer 75, and a keyboard 76.

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 as described later, for example, for two weeks. The input data is configured to be fileable. The data processing output device 72 is provided with a key switch 73. With 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 stops, and display by the CRT 74 and 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 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, division data, and other data that is not desired to be known to anyone other than the game arcade manager is prohibited.

複数 The plurality of pachinko machines installed in the amusement arcade are divided into a plurality of groups according to their models. For example, the first type pachinko gaming machine 1 shown in FIG. 1, the second type pachinko gaming machine 1 shown in FIG. 2, and the third type pachinko gaming machine 1 shown in FIG. Into three groups as described above. In this management apparatus, the group is designated by the keyboard 76, and the lucky number (the number of the ball game start, the infinite number of the day, or the number of the ball game end) and the variable display device when the probability fluctuation state starts are stopped. And the display number when the variable display device is stopped when the probability variation state ends can be input and set.

The input procedure of the 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. Enter a group number such as a third group. For example, to put the pachinko gaming machines of the type shown in FIG. 1 into the first group, the user operates the numerical value input key 99 to input 01. 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 first group is input and set by the numeric input key 99. Next, the function key 98 is operated, the unit end key 82 is operated, and then the numerical value input key 99 is operated to input the end number of the unit. For example, the last number of the unit number of a pachinko gaming machine of a model belonging to the first group is input. Then, the function key 98 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. If another group is desired to be set, the operation from the pressing of the group key 79 to the pressing of the function key 98 after inputting the end number of the unit number may be repeated and executed. Then, when the group setting input is completed, the completion key 78 is pressed.

On the other hand, when inputting and setting the lucky number mode, the probability variation start number, and the probability variation end number, first, the setting key 77 is pressed, and then the L.P. The N key (lucky number key) 8 is pressed, and then the group number already set by the above-described operation is input and set by pressing the numerical value input key 99, and then the function key 98 is operated. As a result, any one of the first group, the second group, and the third group is specified and input and set. Next, the numerical input key 99 is operated to enter the lucky number mode. As described above, in the lucky number mode, a jackpot symbol, which is a display result when the variable display device is variably stopped, is used as a lucky number determination target or a decorative symbol (the lucky number display lamp 123 shown in FIG. 1). There are two types of modes for determining whether the lucky number is to be determined as the display result at the time of the variable stop of the variable stop mode. The numeric input key is used to select and input one of the two modes. Things. For example, if 01 is input with the numerical value input keys 99, a mode in which a jackpot symbol is determined as a lucky number is selected and set, and if 02 is input, a mode in which a decorative symbol is determined as a lucky number is selected and set. . Next, by pressing the function key 98, the input of the lucky number mode is completed.

In order to input the ball holding game start number, first operate the numerical value input key 99 to input the ball holding game start number (for example, 3, 5) set by the game hall, and then operate the function key 98. I do. Further, in order to input the possessed ball game end number, first, the user operates the numerical value input key 99 to input the possessed ball game end number (for example, 4, 9) set by the game hall, and then operates the function key 98. I do. Further, in order to input the all-day indefinite number, the user operates the numerical value input key 99 to input and set the all-day indefinite number (for example, 7), and operates the function key 98. The all-day indefinite number is the number of stop symbols on the variable display device, if any, regardless of the type of jackpot symbol or the type of decorative symbol when a subsequent jackpot occurs. Is a number that gives a privilege that the player can continue to use the game without exchanging prizes.

If you want to specify another group and enter and set the lucky number mode, the game start number, the game end number, or the all-day indefinite number, operate the numeric key 99 again to change the group number. The input operation of the designated lucky number mode, the game start number, the game end number, and the indefinite number all day corresponding to the group number is repeated. Then, when these inputs are completed, the completion key 78 is operated.

FIGS. 6 to 8 are functional block diagrams for explaining data input to the hall management computer of the management apparatus. 6 shows the case of the first type of pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 7 shows the case of the second type of pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 8 shows the case of the third type of pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG. The case of a kind of pachinko gaming machine is shown.

入 Winning information accompanying the win of a pachinko ball is transmitted from the payout control board 38 provided in the pachinko gaming machine 1 shown in FIG. The game control board 41 sends back to the payout control board 38 the winning number information corresponding to the winning opening where the hit ball has won, based on the transmitted winning information. 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, from the card processing machine control units (including the unit box control unit) 19 and 21 provided in the card processing machine 12, a ball lending command signal according to the ball lending operation of the player is transmitted to the payout control board 38. You. Then, the payout control board 38 controls the ball payout device 31 according to the transmitted payout command signal as described above to pay out the lending ball. 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, through the information output terminal device 59, to the information input terminal 71 of the hall management computer 70, setting of the model code information for specifying the model of the pachinko gaming machine 1 and the occurrence probability of the specific game state. Value information, special symbol jackpot information when a big hit occurs on the special symbol display unit 103 (information on occurrence of a specific game state), information on the big hit symbol stopped and displayed from the special symbol display unit 103 when the big hit occurs, The lucky number information relating to the stop position of the lucky number display lamp 123 which stops after fluctuating due to the occurrence of the big hit in the special symbol display unit 103, the special variable winning prize ball device (big winning opening) is opened and is in the first state. Information about things, probability changing information indicating that the occurrence probability of a particular game state is changing, special symbol start Information regarding the winning of the pachinko ball at 109 (information on the number of times the starting condition has been established), special symbol valid starting information indicating the number of times the special symbol has been determined including normal times and probability fluctuation times (information on the number of times the gaming machine has been operated), Ordinary symbol jackpot information when a jackpot occurs in the symbol display unit 104, information on winning of pachinko balls in the special variable winning ball device 114, information on winning of pachinko balls in the specific winning area (V pocket) 118, ordinary symbols Information indicating that a pachinko ball has won in the starting opening 107 (information on the number of times the starting condition has been satisfied), and which is used to effectively and variably display the normal symbol display portion 104 of the pachinko balls winning in the normal symbol starting opening 107. Information on the activated start winning ball, information on the normal variable winning ball device (normal electric duty) being opened and in the first state, normal Special probability change outside the valid start information indicating a definite number of symbols only, reach the information indicating the number of occurrences of Reach transmitted thereto. The information input terminal 71 inputs the transmitted information to the hall management computer 70. In the hall management computer, the CPU 70A, the ROM 70B. A RAM 70C is provided and totals and stores the input information. The reason why the valid start information is totaled is that, in the case of the first-type pachinko gaming machine 1, as described above, the upper limit of the start prize memory is set to, for example, “4”, and the start prize balls that exceed the upper limit are This is in order to meet the needs of a game arcade where the player wants to know the effective start winning number actually used for the variable display control because it is ignored and not used for the variable display control. In this embodiment, the information during the probability fluctuation is configured to be continuously output during the probability fluctuation.However, a pulse having a predetermined width is output at the start of the probability fluctuation, and a pulse having a predetermined width is output at the end of the probability fluctuation. You may. In this case, the pulse width may be made different between the start time and the end time. Note that the special symbol start winning information is not output during the big hit. In addition, it may be output. Further, although the output is performed, the hall management computer 70 may not receive the output.

From the payout control board 38, the information input terminal 71 via the information output terminal device 59 operates the supply information (disadvantage information) which is the prize ball information paid out along with the winning of the pachinko ball, and operates the ball payout device 39. The ball lending information on which the ball lending has been performed, and the error code information indicating the cause and type of the abnormality when any abnormality occurs in the ball payout system are transmitted. The information is input to the hall management computer 70.

Information relating to the card face value, such as whether the inserted card is a 500 yen card, a 1000 yen card or a 5000 yen card, and a unit number from the card processor control units 19 and 21 to the information input terminal 71 via the information output terminal device 59. The information and the information of the error code indicating the cause and type of the abnormality when any abnormality occurs in the card processor 12 are transmitted to the hall management computer 70.

パ If the pachinko ball hit in the game area 101 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.

In the present embodiment, the starting winning information is totaled for each type of starting port and transmitted to the information input terminal 71 side. For example, in the case of the first-type pachinko gaming machine 1 shown in FIG. 1, two ordinary symbol starting ports 107 are provided, and the ordinary symbols winning the two ordinary symbol starting ports 107 are provided. The start winning information is collectively transmitted to the information input terminal 71. Instead of totalizing and transmitting the information for each type of starting port, starting winning information may be output and transmitted to the information input terminal 71 for each starting port.

FIG. 7 shows data transmitted in the case of the second-type pachinko gaming machine 1 shown in FIG. The description of the same parts as those in FIG. 6 will not be repeated, and here, only the differences will be mainly described.

Of the information input from the game control board 241 to the hall management computer 70 via the information output terminal device 59 and the information input terminal 71, the jackpot information is the variable winning ball device of the pachinko gaming machine 1 shown in FIG. A pachinko ball that has entered while the opening / closing wing piece 203 of 202 has opened or closed once or twice wins a specific prize area, and the stop symbol of the variable number display 210 for number determination 210 has specific identification information such as 7 or the like. It is information on a big hit that has occurred (information on occurrence of a specific game state). The number-of-times-decision symbol information is symbol information of a display result when the number-of-times-determining variable display 210 is variably stopped. As described above, the symbol at the time of stoppage is the specific identification information (for example, 7). If this happens, the upper limit number of repetition continuation controls of the variable winning ball device 202 is, for example, 15 times. The number-of-continuations information is information that is output each time the above-described 18-time opening / closing control is performed in the big hit control. The hall management computer 70 counts the number of times of inputting this information to obtain the data of the actual number of continuations. Can be aggregated. The one-time opening start winning information is information of a pachinko ball that has won a start winning opening 212 defined so that the opening / closing wing piece 203 opens and closes once by hitting a ball (execution of a game device operation for a game). Information). 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 start winning prize opening 212 (a game device's gaming device). Information on the execution of the operation for). This is because, in the case of the second type of pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG. 2, while the opening / closing wing piece 203 has already been opened or closed once or twice based on the winning of the pachinko ball, a subsequent pachinko ball is played. This is because when the winning prize port is won again, the opening or closing operation is not performed once or twice based on the subsequent winning prize ball. Then, the information of only the start winning balls actually used for opening and closing the opening / closing wing pieces 203 excluding the winning balls not used for the opening / closing operation is the effective start information.

Similarly, the double opening start winning information is information relating to a starting winning ball that has won the double opening start winning opening 213, and the double opening effective starting information is actually the opening / closing wing of the starting winning ball. It is information related to the start winning that is effectively used for opening and closing the piece 203 (information related to the execution of the operation for the game of the gaming device).

FIG. 8 shows a case of the third type of pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG. In FIG. 8 as well, transmission of information similar to that in FIG. 6 will not be described again, and only different points will be mainly described here.

Of the information transmitted from the game control board 341 to the hall management computer 70 via the information output terminal device 59 and the information input terminal 71, the right-in-progress information is the third-type pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG. 1, when the pachinko ball wins the right winning port (special device operation port) 332 and the right generating state (specific gaming state) is reached, information indicating that the right is being generated (specific gaming state generation information) ). The big hit symbol information is information relating to the big hit symbol when the display result of the normal variable display device 302 at the time of the variable stop becomes a symbol that can be set to the big hit state by setting the normal variable winning ball device 306 to the first state. The normal symbol effective start information is the number of times the normal symbol is determined (information on the number of times of operation of the gaming device) including the normal time and the probability fluctuation time. The special device winning information is information relating to a pachinko ball winning the right winning port (special device operating port) 332. The normal electric winning opening information is information on the fact that the normal variable winning prize ball device (normal electric winning) 306 has been opened to be in the first state. The normal electric winning combination information is information on the number of winning pachinko balls in the ordinary variable winning ball device (normal electric combination) 306. The normal symbol start winning information is not output during the right generation. In addition, it may be output. Further, the output may be made, but not accepted by the hall management computer 70.

As described above, each of the game control boards 41, 241 and 341 provided in the various gaming machines 1 has a specific game state which occurs at a certain probability as a result of the game performed by the operation of the gaming machine. In this case, the game control area 41 has a function of controlling a special game state in which a ball hit in the game area is easy to win, and the game control board 41, 241 or 341 operates the game apparatus. When the result of the game is a predetermined specific game state, control means is configured to be able to control a special game state in which a ball hit in the game area is easy to win. Further, as described above, each of the game control boards 41, 241 and 341 has a function of changing the occurrence probability of the specific game state by satisfying the probability change condition. Alternatively, a probability variation means for varying the occurrence probability of the specific game state by the satisfaction of a predetermined probability variation condition is also configured by 341. In addition, the probability changing means of the second type pachinko gaming machine 1 changes the internal structure of the variable winning ball device 202 into which the ball enters, and changes the probability of winning of the entered pachinko ball into the specific winning opening 208. It may be. Further, the information output terminal 59 constitutes a probability variation information output unit that outputs information indicating that the occurrence probability of the specific game state has changed. Note that, instead of the information output terminal 59, a lamp or LED that lights or blinks during the probability fluctuation is provided in the pachinko gaming machine 1, and that is detected by a photo sensor, and the detected output is used as the probability fluctuation information as the hall management computer. 70 may be input. The information input terminal 71 constitutes an information input unit for inputting information on the number of times of operation of the gaming machine and information on the number of times the starting condition has been satisfied.

As described above, the various types of information as described above are input to the hall management computer 70 from various gaming machines, and the hall management computer 70 totals and stores the input various information, Various total data is output according to the operation of the keyboard 76 described later.

When displaying and outputting the total data of each pachinko gaming machine, first, the total key 83 of the keyboard 76 shown in FIG. 5 is operated, and then each of the keys 87 is operated, and the pachinko game desired to output data is performed. The unit number of the machine is input by operating the numerical value input key 99. Each data is displayed on the CRT 74 by operating the function key 98. On the other hand, when the respective data is printed out by the printer 75, it is possible to first press the print key 97 instead of pressing the total key 83.

FIG. 9 shows the output state of the total data relating to the pachinko gaming machine with the unit number 0001 in accordance with the output operation of each data of each unit. As shown in FIG. 9, the unit number 0001 is the first pachinko gaming machine belonging to the group 1, and is the first type of pachinko gaming machine having the model code 01 (the pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG. 1), and is lucky. Since the number mode is 01, the big hit symbol when the variable display device is stopped becomes a lucky number determination target. Since the set value of the occurrence probability of the specific game state is set to 01, the occurrence probability is 1/215. Furthermore, the possessed ball game start number is set to 3,5, the possessed ball game end number is set to 4,9, and the all-day unlimited number is set to 7. Then, as shown in FIG. 9, the tabulated data of today's total data as of 15:50 on Sunday, August 15, 1993 is shown. According to this table, the number of occurrences of big hits is shown on the leftmost side, and each occurrence time is shown on the right side. The special symbol prize on the right side is the special symbol prize winning number data compiled based on the above-described special symbol prize winning information, and the special symbol prize from the start of today's business until the first big hit occurs. The number of special symbol starting winnings from the end of 155, the first big hit to the occurrence of the second big hit is 398.

The special symbol validity is the aggregated data according to the above-mentioned special symbol validity start information, and the number of special symbol validity starts which occurred between the start of the business today and the occurrence of the first big hit is 148. The number of special symbol effective starts from the end of the first big hit to the occurrence of the second big hit is 387. Further, the ratio of the total number of special symbol effective starts to the total number of special symbol start winnings, that is, 1640/1697 × 100% ≒ 96.6% is shown. If this ratio is less than 100%, the invalidation of the start winning is greater than the number of re-games, and if 100%, the invalidation of the start winning is equal to the number of re-games, and if it is greater than 100%. This is the case where the number of re-games exceeds the invalidity of the start winning. It is shown that the gaming device has executed the gaming operation 35 times since the start of the probability change, and the specific gaming state has occurred.

The ordinary symbol prize is data compiled in accordance with the ordinary symbol prize winning information described above, and the number of ordinary symbol prize winnings from the start of today's business to the occurrence of the first large jackpot is 163, the first large jackpot. The normal symbol start winning number from the end of the game to the occurrence of the second big hit is 252.

The normal symbol validity is the total data according to the normal symbol validity start information described above, and the normal symbol validity start number from the start of business today to the first big hit is 160, the first large hit. The number of normal symbol effective starts from the end of the period until the second big hit occurs is 247. Then, the ratio of the total number of normal symbol effective start times to the total number of normal symbol start winning prize, that is, 1242/1287 × 100% ．96.5% is shown.

The ordinary figure jackpot is data compiled according to the ordinary symbol jackpot information described above, and the number of occurrences of the ordinary symbol jackpot from the start of business today to the occurrence of the first jackpot is 8, the first jackpot. The number of occurrences of the normal symbol big hit from the end point of until the second big hit occurs is 13. Further, the occurrence rate of the normal symbol big hit, that is, the normal symbol big hit total 83 / the normal symbol effective starting total number 1242 ≒ 1 / 15.0 is shown.

The number of times of continuation means the number of times of repeated continuation control in which the special variable prize ball device 114 (see FIG. 1) returns to the first state, and is data compiled in accordance with the above-mentioned special winning opening opening information. According to the table of FIG. 9, it is shown that the continuous control was repeated 16 times by the occurrence of the big hit in each time. The special winning opening is data compiled based on the special winning opening winning information and the special symbol starting winning information described above, and a winning that has been won in the special winning opening (special variable winning ball device 114) due to the occurrence of a big hit. According to this table, it means that 167 pachinko balls were won in the first big hit and 171 pachinko balls in the second big hit. Then, the average of the number of winning balls, that is, the total winning number of winning prize mouth winning balls 1868 / the total number of big hits 11 ≒ 169.8 is shown.

The V prize is data compiled based on the V prize information described above, and means the number of prize balls that have won the specific prize area (V pocket) 118. According to this table, the first big hit is It shows that 72 V wins occurred at the time of the second big hit and 78 V wins at the time of the second big hit. Then, the V winning rate, that is, the total number of V winning prizes 806 / the grand prize mouth winning total number 1868 × 100% ≒ 43.1% is shown. The general electric winning is data compiled based on the normal electric winning opening information and the special symbol starting winning information described above, and means the number of pachinko balls won in the normal electric winning (normal variable winning ball device 110). In the period from the start of business today to the occurrence of the first big hit, there are 25 winning prize balls that have won the regular electric power during the period from the end of the first big hit to the occurrence of the second big hit. The number of winning balls that have won the ordinary electric role is 40. The average of normal winnings is 3,0 / times, which indicates the average number of pachinko balls that have won in the normal electric win in one normal symbol jackpot. It is the value obtained by dividing the sum by the sum of the regular figure jackpot.

The payout is the difference between the number of driven balls and the payout number (the difference number of balls) between the occurrence of the special symbol big hit and the end of the big hit, and according to the table, 2380 pieces at the time of the first big hit. At the time of the second big hit, 2410 prize balls have been paid out. The average of the payouts is 26350 total paid out prize balls / 11 合計 2395 total occurrences per big hit.

The big hit symbol indicates which symbol (numerical) the big hit occurred in the special symbol display unit 103, and the first big hit is "666" and the second big hit is "555". A big hit has occurred in the assortment. In addition, as for the マ ー ク mark, the X mark, and the asterisk mark shown in the column of the big hit symbol, the special symbol display unit 103 displays a diving game start number, a diving game end number, and an all-day indefinite number, respectively. It is shown that. According to this table, a big hit occurs due to the second ball hit start number “555” due to the occurrence of the big hit, and the game can be continued using the held ball, but the third big hit occurs. Since the special ball display end number “999” is sometimes displayed by the special symbol display unit 103, the state in which the game can be continued using the ball is completed. Then, with the occurrence of the eighth big hit, the state changes to the probability fluctuation state, and with the occurrence of the ninth big hit, the indefinite number “777” is displayed all day. This indicates that the game can be continued without conversion. In addition, the star mark in the column of the big hit in the table indicates that the big hit occurs in the probability variation state.

Sales means the remaining amount of the card used for playing the game on the pachinko machine, and according to the table, it is 5,500 yen by the first big hit and from the end of the first big hit It can be seen that 13,000 yen was spent by the time of the second big hit.

デ ー タ The data shown below the table shown in FIG. 9 are data that are particularly necessary for information management of a game arcade. Among them, the number of times of the probability variation big hit with the star mark is data indicating the number of times the big hit has occurred in the probability variation state (data of the number of occurrences of the specific gaming state at the time of the establishment variation). In this case, it is three times. Then, since the total number of occurrences of the special symbol big hits (number of occurrences of the specific game state) is 11, the occurrence rate of the probability variation big hits is 3/11 × 100 ≒ 27.3%. Since the number of holding ball games started is two, the occurrence ratio is 2/11 × 100 ≒ 18.2%. Since the number of occurrences of the undetermined number of times throughout the day is one, the occurrence ratio is 1/11 × 100 ≒ 9.1%. Since the number of times the big hit has occurred during the holding ball game is 6, the occurrence ratio is 6/11 × 100 ≒ 54.5%. The number of times of the jackpot start is the number of times the special figure is effective, and the average thereof is 1640 total special figure effective / total occurrence of big hits 112 ≒ 149.1. Then, the average at the normal time where the probability does not fluctuate is equal to the total of the special figure effective total at the normal time / the number of the big hits at the normal time = 193.5. In the normal state, the maximum number of times of start during a big hit is 449, and the minimum is 46. The average of the number of times of the jackpot start at the time of the probability change is the special figure effective total (35 + 32 + 25) at the time of the probability change / the number of occurrences of the big hit at the time of the probability change 3 / 30.7. In addition, the maximum number of times of the jackpot start during the probability fluctuation is 35 and the minimum is 25. The number of starts between stochastic fluctuations is the total number of effective start times of special symbols from the start of business today to the first stochastic fluctuation state or the next stochastic fluctuation state occurs from the end of the stochastic fluctuation state It is the total of the number of effective start of the special symbol until it is performed, and its average and maximum are 1424.

{Circle around (1)} The data on the number of starts counted every time the number of balls hit into the game area reaches 1000 is counted and output. The average of the number of effective starts of the special symbol is 53.6, the number of winnings in the ordinary electric winning (ordinary variable winning ball device 110) is 8.3, the maximum number of effective starting of the special symbol is 75, and the ordinary electric winning (normal The maximum winning number of the variable winning prize ball device 110) is 21, the minimum number of effective start of the special symbol is 30, and the minimum winning number of the ordinary electric winning (ordinary variable prize ball device 110) is 0. Normally, the average of the number of effective starts of the symbol is 30.8, the maximum is 53, and the minimum is 15. In addition, the difference calculated from the total number of payout balls, which is 3062 × 10, the total number of payout prize balls, which is 4360 × 10, and the total number of payout balls−the total number of payout balls, from the start of business to today. The number of balls that can be calculated by calculating the number of balls at -1298 × 10 and the number of payout balls / the number of driving balls × 100% is 142.4. The average sales (average sales per big hit) is 375/11 / 34.1 (100 yen). This sales average decreases when the number of possessed ball games increases, and increases when the number of possessed ball games decreases. In addition, the face value of the cards used in this pachinko machine is 0 for a 10,000 yen card, 4 for a 5000 yen card, 3 for a 3000 yen card, 5 for a 2000 yen card, and 0 for a 1000 yen card. It has become. 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 neither the big hit state nor the probability fluctuation state) may be totaled and output. In that case, the number of payout balls for every 1000 driving balls in a normal time may be calculated by totaling, or the number of driving balls and the number of payout balls between big hits may be totaled and calculated. Conceivable.

If the unit number 0031 is input by the operation of outputting each data of each vehicle by the keyboard 76, the data shown in FIG. 10 is totaled and output. In FIG. 10, data of the 38th pachinko gaming machine belonging to group 2 is output. The 38th pachinko gaming machine is the second type of the model code 02, the number of hits is 4000, and the probability setting value is 0.
It is set to 1. Then, total data up to and including 15:55 on August 15, 1993 (Sun) is output. In FIG. 10, in the case of data similar to the data shown in FIG. 9, repetition of description will be omitted, and here, differences will be mainly described.

米 The US mark in the jackpot column indicates that the game has been stopped. The first winning prize is data compiled based on the one-time opening winning prize information shown in FIG. 7, and is from the start of today's business to the point of occurrence of the first big hit or from the end of a certain big hit to the next big hit. , The number of one-time start winning prizes up to the occurrence of. The first validity is data compiled based on the one-time-valid validity start information, and is from the start of today's business to the occurrence of the first big hit or from the end of a certain big hit to the occurrence of the next big hit. 1 shows the number of single-opening effective starts. In addition, the ratio of the total number of one-time opening valid starts to the total number of one-time starting winning prizes is shown. The one open prize is the total number of pachinko balls that have been awarded while the opening / closing wing piece 203 is opened and closed once in accordance with the winning of the hit ball in the start winning prize opening 212. The total from 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 win in one open / close operation is shown as 253/853 × 100% ≒ 29.7%.

The # 2 first winning, the second valid, and the second winning are data relating to the winning in the starting winning opening 213 for double opening, not the winning in the starting winning opening 212 for single opening. It is shown that the specific gaming state has occurred since 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. The number of small hits refers to a display result when the variable display 210 for determining the number of times the variable display 210 for variable number of stops, although the pachinko ball that has entered during the opening and closing of the opening / closing wing piece 203 has entered the specific prize area 208. This is the number of occurrences of small hits in which the variable winning ball device 202 enters the first state only once when the specific identification information (for example, 7) has not been obtained. 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 second big hit You can see that it is doing. The small hit rate at the time of winning the V is 87.9%.

Of the total data shown below the table shown in FIG. 10, 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 the ball. Is the total number of times the pachinko balls that have entered into the specific prize area (V pocket) 208 have entered, ie, 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 start / open / close 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 one time between big hits is one time of the opening / closing wing piece 203 from the start of business today until the first big hit occurs or from the end of a certain big hit to the next big hit. This is the number of times the opening has been performed. 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 wing pieces 203 are opened twice from the start of business today 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 small hits that occur between the start of business today and the first big hit or the end of one big hit and the next big hit. Where the average is 5.0, the maximum is 24, and the minimum is 0.

{Circle around (1)} The average, maximum, and minimum of the number of times of opening once and the number of times of opening twice each time the number of balls hit into the game area reaches 1,000.

FIG. 11 shows data output based on the input of the unit number 0046 by the output operation of each data of each vehicle by the keyboard 76 described above. The unit number 0046 is a 67-th pachinko gaming machine belonging to group 3, and the model code is 03, that is, a third-type pachinko gaming machine. In this pachinko gaming machine, the lucky number mode is set to 01, that is, a mode in which a jackpot symbol is determined as a lucky number, and the probability of occurrence of a specific gaming state is set to 02. Further, the possessed ball game start number is set to 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and the possessed ball game end number is set to 2, 4, 6, 8, 0. FIG. 11 shows the total data up to 16:00 on Sunday, August 15, 1993. In FIG. 11, repetition of the description of data of the same type as the data shown in FIG. 9 is omitted, and here, differences will be mainly described.

権 利 In the table shown in FIG. 11, “occurrence of rights” indicates the number of times that a pachinko ball has won a right winning opening 332 and a right has been generated. The “Public win” indicates the number of winning balls that have won the ordinary electric role (ordinary variable winning ball device 306), and from the start of business today until the first right is generated or a certain right is lost. The number of wins of pachinko balls in the normal electric winning (normal variable winning prize ball device 306) from the time point until the next right is generated is shown. Then, 3.1 / times, which is a value obtained by dividing the total winning number 47 to the normal electric role by the total number of occurrences of big hits 15 based on the display result (normal symbols) of the normal variable display device 302, is 1 / big hit. Is shown as the average winning number. The special equipment prize means the number of pachinko balls awarded to the special device operation port (right prize port 332), from the start of business today until the first right generation or when a certain right generation state disappears. The number of winnings in the special device operation port until the next right is generated is shown. The special equipment prize winning rate is shown as: total number of special equipment prize winnings 15 / total number of ordinary winning prizes × 47 × 100% ≒ 31.9%. The start prize is the number of prize balls that have won the prize-winning opening 314 during the right generation period, and is indicated for each number of right generations. The number of times of release is the number of times the special variable winning ball device 316 has been opened based on the fact that a pachinko ball has won the winning opening 314 for the special winning opening during the right generation period. In principle, it is opened by the number of start winnings, but if the next start winning occurs during the opening operation, the starting winning is ignored. The average number of releases is shown as 15.9. Further, according to this table, it is shown that the gaming device has performed the gaming operation 14 times after the probability fluctuation has started, and the specific gaming state has occurred.

Of the total data shown below the table in FIG. 11, the number of ordinary symbol jackpots is the number of occurrences of ordinary symbol jackpots that the ordinary variable winning prize ball device 306 opens according to the display result when the ordinary variable display device 302 stops variable. Means 15 times. The number of right occurrences (the number of occurrences of the specific game state) is 14, and the occurrence rate is 14 times of right occurrences / 15.times.100% of normal symbol big hits ≒ 93.3%. The number of occurrences of the probability change right is the number of occurrences of the right generated in the probability change state (the number of occurrences of the specific game state at the time of the probability change), and is nine times. The probability of occurrence of the probability varying right number of times is: probability varying right occurrence number 9 / right occurrence number 14 × 100% ≒ 64.3%. The number of activations between right generations is the normal symbol valid start from the start of business today to the first right generation state or from the end of one right generation state to the next right generation. This is the number of times, and the average is 50.8. The number of possession ball game right occurrences means the number of times a right has occurred during the possession ball game, and since it is 10 times, the occurrence ratio is 10/14 × 100．71.4%. In addition, the average of the number of times of activation during the right occurrence during the normal time when the state is not in the probability fluctuation state is 117.8, and the maximum is 195 and the minimum is 71. The average of the number of activations during the occurrence of the right at the time of the probability change is 13.2, the maximum is 23, and the minimum is 6. The number of starts between stochastic fluctuations is a normal symbol valid start from the start of business today to the start of the stochastic fluctuation state or from the end of one probability fluctuation state to the start of the next fluctuation state The average is 294.5, the maximum is 416, and the minimum is 173. Each time the number of pachinko balls hit into the game area reaches 1000, the average number of normal symbol effective starts is 22.7, maximum 35, minimum 10
It is shown. Note that 1198 in the payout column of the table shown in FIG. 11 is surrounded by a frame, which indicates that the probability variation state has not ended.

Next, an operation procedure for outputting various data for each group or various data for each machine in all the pachinko gaming machines will be described with reference to FIG. To display the data on the CRT 74, the user presses the total key 83 first. On the other hand, when data is to be printed by the printer 75, the print key 97 is first pressed. Next, if all the keys 85 are operated and finally the sales key 88 is operated, the sales data for each group, the total sales data of all the pachinko machines and the average sales data of all the pachinko machines are output. Is done. On the other hand, when the difference number key 90 is finally pressed after the operation of pressing all the keys 85, the difference number data of each group, the total difference number data of all the pachinko gaming machines, and the average of all the pachinko gaming machines are obtained. Difference number data is output. Furthermore, when the division key 91 is pressed last, the division data for each group and the average division data of all the pachinko gaming machines are output. If the function key 98 is pressed last after the all-keys 85 are pressed, the data of each pachinko gaming machine for each car is output for each group classification. The output state is shown in FIG.

FIG. 12 shows tabulated data as of 22:30 on Sunday, August 15, 1993. The pachinko gaming machines having unit numbers 0001 to 0030 belonging to the group 1, that is, the pachinko gaming machines having the model code 01 of the 1 to 37th units are provided for each pachinko gaming machine, with driving ball data, difference ball data, split data (sales amount data). , Jackpot number data, jackpot number data at the time of probability fluctuation, special symbol start number data for every 1000 hits (start 1), normal symbol start number data for every 1000 hits (start 2), actual number of special symbols Various data such as a jackpot occurrence rate (total number of start times / number of jackpots), a probability setting value, and the like are shown, and their average data is shown. It should be noted that the start 1 in the group 2 indicates the data of the number of times of opening once every 1000 shots, and the start 2 indicates the data of the number of times of opening twice every 1000 shots.

(4) Next, when it is desired to output various data over a certain period of time, if the display is to be performed on the CRT 74, the total key 83 is first pressed. On the other hand, when printing is desired to be performed by the printer 75, the print key 97 is first pressed. Next, if the user presses the key 94 for three days, presses the key 85 for all the machines, and finally presses the function key 98, the data for all the pachinko machines for three days is output. On the other hand, if the key 95 is pressed for one week instead of the key 94 for three days, data for one week is output. Further, if the two-week key 96 is pressed instead of the one-week key 95, data for two weeks is output. Also, if the group key 86 is pressed instead of the all-units key 85, the group number to be output is input and set by the numerical value input key 99, and the function key 98 is pressed, various data of the set group can be input. Is output. Further, if the unit number to be output is set by pressing the numerical keys 99 after the unit key 87 is pressed instead of the group key 86 and the function key 98 is pressed, the unit number corresponding to the input and set unit number is obtained. Various data of the pachinko gaming machine to be output are output. FIG. 13 shows the output state of various data for one week for all pachinko gaming machines.

According to FIG. 13, one week's total data of the pachinko gaming machines belonging to Group 1 as of 22:30 on Sunday, August 15, 1993 is output. According to FIG. 13, the pachinko gaming machines are divided into unit numbers 0001 (1st unit), unit numbers 0002 (2nd units), unit numbers 0003 (3rd units), and so on. A day before: Various data such as driving ball data, difference ball data, division data and the like six days before are totaled and output. Furthermore, it outputs the average of those various data and the data as of today.

Next, a case where data such as the sales, the number of big hits, and the number of differences for each pachinko machine for each group is output will be described. When it is desired to display the data on the CRT 74, the total key 83 is pressed. On the other hand, when data is to be printed by the printer 75, the print key 97 is pressed. Next, after operating the group key 86, the group to be output is input by the numerical value input key 99. Next, when the sales key 88 is operated, sales data for each pachinko machine, total group sales data, and average sales data are output. If the jackpot key 89 is operated instead of the sales key 88, the jackpot number data and the group average jackpot number data for each pachinko gaming machine are output. The average jackpot count data is, specifically, an average of all jackpot counts, an average of jackpot counts at normal time, an average of jackpot counts at the time of probability change, and an average of jackpot counts at the time of probability change / average of jackpot counts , That is, the average of the probability of occurrence of the probability fluctuation state. If the difference number key is operated instead of the jackpot key 89, difference number data for each machine, group total difference number data, and average difference number data are output. If the division key 91 is operated instead of the difference key 90, the division data for each unit and the group average division data are output. When the start key 92 is pressed instead of the division key 91, start-up number data for each unit and group average start-up number data are output. The data of each unit output by the key operation for each group is output after being arranged from the top in the unit number of the pachinko gaming machine belonging to the input set group. In order to output the data in order from the top in order, after performing the group input setting with the numerical value input key 99, the order key 84 is pressed, and then the sales key 88, the jackpot key 89, etc. are pressed. Good.

Next, a description will be given of a case where each data of each unit in each group is output. When it is desired to display data on the CRT 74, the total key 83 is first operated. To print the data with the printer 75, the print key 97 is operated. Next, the group key 86 is operated, the output group is input by the numerical value input key 99, and finally the function key 98 is operated. As a result, various data (for example, data of the types shown in FIGS. 9 to 11) of each pachinko gaming machine belonging to the group set as input is output.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an output state of a totaling result of data relating to a lucky number. An operation procedure for outputting the data of FIG. 14 will be described. First, when the data is desired to be displayed on the CRT 74, the total key 83 is pressed. To print out the data by the printer 75, the print key 97 is pressed. Next, the L and N keys 80 are pressed. Next, when it is desired to output all the gaming machines installed in the game arcade, the all keys 85 are pressed and then the function keys 98 are pressed. When it is desired to output the data of the gaming machines in a certain group for each model, the user presses the group key 86, inputs the group number with the numerical value input key 99, and presses the function key 98. When it is desired to output data for each machine of the gaming machine, each machine key 87 is pressed, the number of the machine to be output is input by the numerical keys 99, and then the function key 98 is pressed.

The output data shown in FIG. 14 is data of each gaming machine belonging to Group 1 at 22:30 on Sunday, August 15, 1993. The group 1 includes gaming machines having unit numbers of 0001 to 0030 and unit numbers of 1 to 37. This gaming machine is the model code 01, that is, the above-described first-type gaming machine. The numbers 1 to 37 on the left side of the figure are the machine numbers of the gaming machines. For each gaming machine, the number of jackpots, the number of probability changes, the possession ball (the number of possession game large hits), the possession ratio, Each data of the number, the sales amount, the sales amount / number of balls driven, the sales amount / the number of big hits, and the set value of the big hit occurrence probability is output. The above-mentioned possessed ball (the number of possessed ball gaming jackpots) means that a game is played using a prize ball acquired by the player as a result of the display result of the variable display means corresponding to a lucky number and a jackpot. It is the number of occurrences of big hits during that time. The holding ball rate is a value (%) obtained by dividing the number of holding ball game jackpots by the total number of occurrences of jackpots and multiplying by 100. The sales / drive-in indicates a sales amount per drive-in ball. For example, if one lending ball is 4 yen, a game is started with 300/4 lending balls for 300 yen, and 200 prize balls appear, but if all of the prize balls have been driven in and ended, 300 / (200 + 300/4) ≒ 1.1. When this value is high, it is understood that there are few ball games, and when this value is low, there are many ball games. The sales / big hit indicates the sales amount for one occurrence of the big hit.

FIG. 14 further shows the average of the above-described data of all the gaming machines belonging to Group 1 and the average of the data of one day before, two days before, three days ago, four days ago, five days ago, and six days ago. Further, the average of each data for one week and the average of each data for two weeks are shown. Further, the number of possessed ball game start numbers, the number of possessed ball game end numbers, the number of all-day indefinite numbers, the possessed ball rate, and the sales at the present time are shown. Then, when the game arcade views this data and wants to change and set the ball holding ratio, the numeric key 99 is pressed to input and set the desired ball holding ratio, and then the function key 98 is pressed. Then, as shown in the lower part of FIG. 14, a plan for bringing the ball holding ratio close to the set desired value is shown. FIG. 14 shows a case where the ball holding ratio is input to “40”. As a first alternative, the ball holding game start number is set to two, the ball holding game end number is set to four, and all day long is unlimited. Reduce the number to one. In that case, the possessed ball rate becomes 45, and the sales forecast becomes 745. As a second plan, the number of possessed ball games is set to three, the number of possessed ball games is set to two, and the indefinite number is set to zero all day. In that case, the possessed ball rate is 38, and the sales forecast is 789. Such a prediction is based on the jackpot design data for two weeks, the simulation is performed by the hall management computer 70, and the number of ball holding game start numbers, ball holding game end numbers, and all-day indefinite numbers that are close to the desired ball holding rate Is calculated and output. Then, sales are performed according to the numbers of the indefinite numbers at the start, end, and all day, and a sales forecast is calculated and output assuming the same occupancy rate.

FIG. 15 is a front view showing a lucky NO setting device 590 for setting and inputting a lucky number and the like. The lucky NO setting device 590 includes a lid 591, an indefinite number setting dip switch (DSW) 596 provided in the lid 591, a lucky number setting DSW 597, and a DSW 598 for setting a lucky end number. Contains. These DSWs 596, 597, and 598 are provided with a line setting unit (shown in the drawing) for determining which of the hit lines is effective as a display when there are a plurality of hit lines displayed on the variable display unit of the variable display device. (The part to which the numerals 1 to 5 on the right side are attached). In the case of the present embodiment, the line setting unit is not used because there is only one hit line (the line to be given a value when a specific combination of identification information is established) of the variable display device 102. The lid 591 is provided with a lock 592, a power switch 593, and a clear switch 599. The lucky NO setting device 590 is connected to a game control board for controlling the game of the pachinko gaming machine 1 via a wire 595, and is connected to a hall management computer which is a host computer of the game hall via a wire 594. It is connected. Big hit symbol information or lucky number information (numerical value displayed when the lucky number display lamp 123 is variably stopped) is input from the gaming machine via the wiring 594. Through the wiring 595, information relating to the possessed ball game is output to the computer instead of or in addition to the jackpot symbol information. For example, an ON signal is output to the management computer when a jackpot occurs at the ball game start number, and an OFF signal is output to the management computer when the jackpot ends at the ball game end number and the clear switch 599 is operated. .

With the lock 592, only a staff member of a limited game hall to which a key is given can open the lid 591 and set the DSWs 596 to 598 thereunder. In addition to opening the lid 591, a lock may be further provided on the lucky NO setting device 590 so that the setting of each of the DSWs 596 to 598 cannot be performed unless a predetermined key is inserted into the lock. Also, an ID card may be used instead of the key, or only the designated setter may operate so that data can be rewritten by inputting a password. In the present embodiment, the data is set by the DSW. However, a rotary switch or a setting device using a display may be used.

The indeterminate number can be set by switching DSW596 from OFF to ON. In FIG. 5, since “7” is set as the indefinite number, if the display result of the variable display device 102 when the variable stop is “777”, the indeterminate game condition is determined, and as described above, The prize ball acquired with the jackpot can be continuously used for the game without exchanging prizes, and a privilege is provided to the player that the prize ball will not be stopped even if a jackpot occurs.

The lucky number can be set by switching DSW597 from OFF to ON. In FIG. 15, since “3” and “5” are set, if the display result at the time of variable stop of the variable display device 102 becomes “333” or “555”, the gaming condition is determined to be lucky. As described above, a privilege is given to the player that the prize ball acquired with the occurrence of the big hit can be continuously used for the game without exchanging the prize.

Similarly, the lucky end number can be set by switching the DSW 598 from OFF to ON. In the case of FIG. 15, since “1” is set, if the display result when the variable display device 21 is variably stopped becomes “111”, the variable display device 102 is variably stopped at “777”. As long as there is no memory to that effect (infinite amount of memory), the lucky state ends and the obtained ball is changed to a prize once. As a result, the player must once exchange the prize ball acquired based on the jackpot. When this exchange state is reached, the game may be deactivated by automatically stopping the hitting ball firing device, the ball replenishing device, and the like.

(4) When the player who has acquired the right of the non-quantitative state or the lucky state ends the game, the game condition can be returned to the initial state by pressing the clear switch 599. The lucky NO setting device 590 is incorporated in each pachinko gaming machine 1 in this embodiment, but may be provided for each gaming machine installation island, or may be provided for each game arcade. The clear switch 599 may be configured to be able to perform a clear operation for each gaming machine, even in the case where the gaming machine is installed on each of the installation islands or the gaming arcades.

FIG. 16 is a timing chart showing the occurrence of a big hit, the change of the stop symbol at that time, and the change between the start and end states of the ball game. FIG. 16 shows a state in which the jackpot has occurred 18 times in total from 1 to 18, and the stop symbol of the variable display device at the time of the occurrence of the second jackpot is “5” which is the possessed ball game start number. If a big hit occurs, the ball game is started, and if the display result of the variable display device is a set of “9” which is the ball game end number and a big hit occurs, the ball game is started. finish. In addition, a ball game is generated with the assortment of “3”, the ball game is terminated with the assortment of “4”, and the ball game is started with the assortment of “3”. Then, when the player stops the game during the ball game, an attendant at the game hall presses the clear switch 599 (see FIG. 15) to reset the game, thereby ending the ball game.

When it is determined by the hall management computer 70 that the player has stopped the game during the ball game without using the device shown in FIG. 15, the ball processing by the card processing device 12 is performed during the ball game. It is conceivable to reset when the sales signal is input from the card processing machine 12. In this case, if accurate data is desired, the number of balls held by the player is calculated, and resetting is performed when the sales signal is input even though the number of balls is not 0. Just fine.

FIG. 17 is a rear view showing another embodiment of the management device according to the present invention. In another embodiment shown in FIG. 17, a management device 400 is provided for each pachinko gaming machine 1 as an example of each gaming machine.

The management device 400 provided in the pachinko gaming machine 1 is built in the CPU, RAM, and ROM, and is connected to the sub-board 406 via connectors 405 and 407. The sub-board 406 is a board on which a sub-microcomputer for controlling a game device such as the variable display device 102 shown in FIG. 1 is mounted. The sub-board 406 is connected to the game control board 41 via the connector 408, and is configured to control the gaming machine according to a control command signal from the game control board 41.

The management apparatus 400 is provided with a printer 403 and a display command button 401 and a print command button 402. Then, for example, various data described with reference to FIG. 6 are input to the management device 400 and totalized. By operating the print command button 402, the totalized data is printed by the printer 403 and output from the discharge port 404. Printed out. On the other hand, by switching the input changeover switch 409 provided on the sub-board 406 to the data display side and pressing the display command button 401, the special symbol display section 103 (see FIG. 1) of the variable display device 102 is displayed on the screen. Displays the aggregated data statically. When the amount of data to be displayed is large, the aggregated data is scroll-displayed on the screen of the special symbol display unit 103 at a low speed. In the present embodiment, the display command button, the print command button, and the discharge port are provided on the back side of the gaming machine. However, they may be provided on the front side of the gaming machine, for example, inside the curtain plate of the gaming machine installation island.

Another example of the gaming machine according to the present invention is a slot machine. In the case of this slot machine, a start condition is satisfied, which requires a coin insertion or a credit operation in the case of a credit game, and a game device including a variable display device such as a reel starts a variable display operation for the game. . Then, if the display result of the variable display device is such that the game can be played again, the variable display device can be variably started irrespective of the start condition. The credit game is a game system in which the value of many coins inserted in advance or the value such as the score obtained by the game is deducted for each game and the game is played.

It is an overall front view showing a pachinko gaming machine and a card processing machine as an example of a gaming machine. It is an overall front view showing a pachinko gaming machine and a card processing machine of another example of the gaming machine. It is an overall front view showing a pachinko gaming machine and a card processing machine showing still another example of the gaming machine. It is an overall rear view showing a partial internal structure of a pachinko gaming machine and a card processing machine. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a management device. FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining types of information input to the management device in the case of the pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a block diagram for explaining types of information input to the management device in the case of the pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a block diagram for explaining types of information input to the management device in the case of the pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG. 3. It is a figure showing an output state of each data of each pachinko gaming machine. It is a figure showing an output state of each data of each pachinko gaming machine. It is a figure showing an output state of each data of each pachinko gaming machine. It is a figure showing the output state of each data for every pachinko gaming machine installed in the game arcade. It is a figure showing the output state of each data over one week of all the pachinko gaming machines installed in the game arcade. It is a figure showing an output state of data about a lucky number. It is the whole front view of a lucky number installation device. It is a timing chart showing the occurrence of a big hit, the display symbol at that time, and the start and end states of the ball game. It is the whole rear view of the pachinko gaming machine in which the thing of other examples of the management device concerning the present invention was installed.

Explanation of reference numerals

400 is a management device, 72 is a data processing output device, 76 is a keyboard, 1 is a pachinko gaming machine as an example of a gaming machine, 12 is a card processing machine, 102 is a variable display device, 202 is a variable prize ball device, 41,241, 341 is a game control board, 70 is a hall management computer as an example of an aggregation means, 59 is an information output terminal, 71 is an information input terminal, 74 is a CRT as an example of output means, 75 is a printer as an example of output means, and 123 is a printer. This is a lucky number display lamp.

Claims (1)

A management device for a gaming machine including a gaming device capable of starting an operation for a game by establishment of a predetermined starting condition,
An information input unit into which the number-of-operations information of the gaming device and information on the number of times the starting condition is satisfied,
Tabulation means for tabulating the number of times the gaming device has been operated and the number of times the start condition has been satisfied, based on the information input from the information input unit,
Output means for outputting a tally result of the tally means.

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