JP2005137650A - Game house support system and receipt - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game house support system and a receipt where valuable values which a customer has acquired with a game machine can be accumulated even with respect to the customer who is not a member of a game house, entrance and leaving of customers are managed and the illegal user of the game machine is tracked. <P>SOLUTION: The game house support system for managing the information of the customers of the game house is provided with: a portable receipt provided with a storage part for storing acquired valuable value information showing the valuable value the customer has acquired with the game machine; and an acquired valuable value totaling part which reads the valuable value the customer has acquired from the storage part of the receipt, and updates the acquired valuable value information in the storage part of the receipt by the valuable value obtained by adding valuable values the customer has newly acquired to the read valuable value. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

    The present invention relates to a game hall support system and a receipt.

  In game halls, for example, pachinko parlors, the number of balls that a customer has acquired with a gaming machine is counted by a jet counter (counting counter). The number of appearances counted by the jet counter is recorded on the receipt, but if the customer is a member of the pachinko parlor, the number of appearances is recorded in a database managing the membership card. Then, at the prize exchange counter in the store, the staff at the game hall gives the prize to the customer on the basis of information on the number of balls recorded in a database for managing receipts and membership cards presented by the customer. At this time, if you are a member, record the balls that you did not use to exchange the prizes in the database and store them, that is, carry them over later and exchange them for play balls, They can be combined and exchanged for prizes. In addition, the amusement hall provides various benefits to customers who have recorded admission with their membership cards.

On the other hand, in Patent Document 1, the number of game media obtained as a result of counting the game media acquired by the player is recorded in a receipt, and the payout of prizes and the rental of game media are based on the number of game media recorded in this receipt. Further, there is described a technique for newly issuing a receipt in which the surplus is recorded when there is a surplus in the number of game media recorded in the receipt at the time of lending.
Further, in Patent Document 2, when it is determined that a pachinko machine is illegally used, evidence of illegal use is recorded on a receipt issued from a pachinko machine or a ball lending machine, and illegal use information is output when a prize is paid out. Thus, a technique that can deal with unauthorized use is described.
Further, in Patent Document 3, a storage medium for storing identification data necessary for confirming the origin of a game medium such as a model number in a receiving box for storing a game medium such as a pachinko ball is provided. Refer to the count value when the medium is returned and the identification data stored in the storage medium, whether the game medium acquired by the player is diverted to other gaming machines, or whether the executed gaming machine is fake It describes the technique to be investigated.
Japanese Patent No. 2758391 Japanese Patent No. 2704847 JP 2000-325646 A

  Conventionally, when a customer becomes a member of an amusement hall, various benefits such as being able to save money using a membership card can be obtained. However, the membership card indicates an identification card, and personal information must be notified to the amusement hall in order to register. Therefore, membership registration is hesitant for customers who do not like others to know personal information. This defeats the speculation that the amusement hall side will provide benefits by registering members and increase the rate of attracting customers.

In addition, when a customer (nonmember) who is not a member of the amusement hall exchanges a ball for a prize, a receipt issued every time the number of balls is counted at a jet counter is presented to the prize exchange counter. However, there are many amusement halls that use a one-time exchange method in which when a hit is made while playing on a gaming machine, the outgoing ball must be forcibly cleared. In that case, since a ball must be counted once by a jet counter every time a hit occurs, it is necessary for a non-member to store a plurality of receipts, which causes a problem of complication. Furthermore, the staff on the hall side must add up the number of balls received from non-members at the time of prize exchange. This was cumbersome and time consuming, and was easy to make mistakes. And the non-members could not save the remaining balls without exchanging them for prizes.
Further, for customers who do not have a membership card, there was no means for tracking customers who operated gaming machines due to cheating.
However, the technique described in Patent Document 1 cannot store the total number of balls obtained by a customer in the same receipt, and does not solve the above-described problem. Further, the techniques described in Patent Documents 2 and 3 cannot be recognized even if an unauthorized user enters later, and do not solve the above-described problems.

  The present invention has been made in view of the various circumstances described above. In a game hall, non-member customers of the game hall can accumulate the valuable value acquired by the customer with the gaming machine, and the customer's It is an object of the present invention to provide a game hall support system and a receipt that can manage entry / exit and can further track unauthorized users of gaming machines.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention described in claim 1 is a game hall support system for managing information of a customer of a game hall, wherein acquired valuable value information indicating a valuable value acquired by a customer with a gaming machine is obtained. A portable receipt having a storage unit for storing, and a valuable value acquired by the customer from the storage unit of the receipt, and a valuable value obtained by adding the newly acquired valuable value to the read valuable value An amusement hall support system comprising: an earned value accumulating unit that updates earned value information in the storage unit of the receipt.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the game room support system according to claim 1, wherein the valuable value acquired by the customer is read from the storage unit of the receipt, and the read valuable value is exchanged for a prize or a game medium. And an acquired valuable value updating unit that updates the acquired valuable value information in the storage unit of the receipt with the valuable value obtained by subtracting the acquired valuable value.

  A third aspect of the present invention is the game room support system according to the first or second aspect, wherein the receipt storage unit further stores the number of times of entering the game field, and the number of times of entry writing unit Reads out the number of times of entry from the receipt, and writes the number of times of entrance obtained by adding 1 to the read number of times of entry into the storage means of the receipt.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the game room support system according to claim 3, further comprising a lottery unit that reads out the number of times of entry from the storage unit of the receipt, and performs a lottery based on the read number of times of entry. It is characterized by that.

  The invention according to claim 5 is the game hall support system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the earned value accumulating unit is a code for identifying a game hall or a game hall group. To the storage unit of the receipt, the validity confirmation unit reads the code from the storage unit of the receipt, and the game field or the game field group indicated by the code is the same game group or the same group as itself. In this case, reading or writing of information from the storage unit of the receipt is permitted.

  A sixth aspect of the present invention is the gaming field support system according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the receipt storage unit further stores receipt identification information, and manages receipts. The information storage means stores unauthorized use information indicating identification information of a receipt possessed by a customer who has illegally used the gaming machine, and the validity confirmation unit reads the receipt identification information from the storage unit of the receipt, and reads the receipt When the identification information is registered in the unauthorized use information in the receipt management information storage means, a warning is output.

  The invention according to claim 7 is the gaming hall support system according to claim 6, wherein the fraud detection unit that monitors the fraudulent use of the gaming machine and the fraud detection unit detects the fraud And a notification unit that reads receipt identification information from the receipt storage unit possessed by the device and registers it in the unauthorized use information of the receipt management information storage unit, and outputs a warning.

  The invention according to claim 8 is the game hall support system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the receipt is one or both of the acquired valuable value information and the number of times of admission. It further has a display part which displays.

  A ninth aspect of the present invention is the game room support system according to any one of the first to eighth aspects, wherein the storage unit of the receipt is a wireless tag.

  The invention according to claim 10 is a portable receipt for use in a game hall support system for managing information of a customer at a game hall, wherein a prize or a game medium is obtained from a total of valuable value acquired by the customer with the game machine. And a storage unit for storing acquired valuable value information indicating a valuable value obtained by subtracting the valuable value exchanged.

  The invention described in claim 11 is the receipt described in claim 10, wherein the storage unit further stores the number of times of entry to the game hall.

  The invention described in claim 12 is the receipt described in claim 10 or claim 11, wherein the storage unit further stores a code for identifying a game arcade or a game arcade group.

  A thirteenth aspect of the invention is the receipt according to any one of the tenth to twelfth aspects, wherein the storage unit further stores receipt identification information.

  The invention according to claim 14 is the receipt according to any one of claims 10 to 13, further comprising a display unit for displaying either or both of the acquired valuable value information and the number of times of entrance. It is characterized by providing.

  A fifteenth aspect of the invention is the receipt according to any one of the tenth to fourteenth aspects, wherein the storage unit is a wireless tag.

According to the invention of claim 1, even a customer who is not a member of the game hall can use the receipt issued at the time of counting the number of balls earned at the gaming machine to store the earned balls. Become.
According to the second and tenth aspects of the present invention, it is possible to exchange the stored balls obtained and stored by the customer with the gaming machine for play balls and prizes, and to store the remaining balls again.
According to the third and eleventh aspects of the present invention, it is possible for the game hall to manage the entrance of non-member customers by a receipt issued at the time of counting the number of balls acquired by the customer with the gaming machine.
According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the number of entrances stored in a receipt owned by a non-member customer can be used for an in-store event, so the rate of attracting customers can be increased.
According to the fifth and twelfth aspects of the present invention, since the same receipt can be used between the chain stores in the amusement hall, the rate of attracting customers at the chain stores is increased.
According to the sixth and thirteenth inventions, the game hall can easily track and discover customers who have illegally used gaming machines in the past.
According to the invention of claim 7, the amusement hall checks the customer (illegal user) who illegally uses the gaming machine without giving the customer the awareness that it is managed, and further, this unauthorized user Information can be collected for tracking and discovery.
According to the inventions of claims 8 and 14, the number of stored balls and the number of times of entry stored in the receipt can be visually confirmed.
According to the ninth and fifteenth aspects of the present invention, reading and writing of information stored in the receipt can be facilitated.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an outline of a game hall support system of the present invention.
In the figure, game halls A to C are chain stores of pachinko stores. After the customer visits the game hall A and plays with a gaming machine 6 such as a pachinko machine, the number of balls earned by the jet counter 1 is counted. The number of balls at this time is recorded on the receipt 8 with IC tag. The customer takes the receipt 8 with the IC tag to the prize counter and exchanges it for a prize that can be charged at a prize or an outside gift exchange. At the prize counter, the number of balls remaining after exchanging prizes is exchanged for play balls when entering the chain store (Amusement Centers A to C) from the next time onwards, or combined with prizes earned and exchanged for prizes. The ball is stored in a receipt 8 with an IC tag so that it can be used.

When the customer visits the game hall B at a later date, the number of times of admission is updated by causing the admission count device 4 installed at the admission counter to read the receipt 8 with an IC tag issued at the game hall A. . In addition, the customer can exchange the stored balls stored in the receipt 8 with the IC tag for play balls and play with the gaming machine 6 by causing the ball lending machine 5 to read the receipt 8 with IC tag. At this time, the gaming machine 6 monitors the play of the customer, and if it detects that there has been unauthorized use, it outputs the receipt ID read from the receipt 8 with IC tag possessed by the customer, and unauthorized use is performed. Notify that.
After playing, the customer reads the receipt 8 with IC tag into the jet counter 1 and counts the number of balls, thereby gaining the current number of balls stored in the receipt 8 with IC tag at the game hall B this time. The number of balls is added and recorded. Further, the customer can acquire a prize according to the number of times of admission at the event counter, or can participate in events such as roulette using the information recorded in the receipt 8 with the IC tag by the event device 7.
Similarly, the receipts 8 with IC tags issued at the game halls B and C can be used at any of the game halls A to C which are issue stores or chain stores.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a game hall support system according to an embodiment.
The game hall support system includes a jet counter 1 connected via a network N such as a LAN (Local Area Network), a receipt management information database (receipt management information storage means) 2, a prize exchange device 3, an entrance counting device 4, a ball It consists of a rental machine 5, a gaming machine 6, an event device 7 and a portable receipt 8 with an IC tag.

The receipt 8 with IC tag is, for example, a card type and includes an IC tag (storage unit) 81 and a display unit 82.
The IC tag 81 is a non-contact IC chip such as an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag. The IC tag 81 stores an ID for identifying each IC tag 81 in advance, and this ID is used as receipt identification information (hereinafter referred to as “receipt ID”). Further, the IC tag 81 stores a game hall code as game hall identification information, the number of stored balls (acquired valuable value information), and the number of times of admission. This amusement hall code is encrypted so that it cannot be read except by a decryption key secretly held by the chain store. A common code may be used in the chain store (group) instead of the game hall code. Further, the number of stored balls and the number of entrances may be encrypted.
An RFID tag mainly using a radio frequency for communication includes a data recording memory, a data processing circuit, and an antenna for carrying data at a radio frequency, and is placed in a resin or paper container. It is manufactured in various shapes, such as a tape, a resin-sealed whole, and a label sandwiched between sheets of resin or paper. The power source of the RFID tag depends on a battery incorporated in the RFID tag or a necessary power is extracted from an electromagnetic wave used as a data carrier wave from the outside. In the case of the shape of a card or label, on the surface, visual information such as characters, photos, and patterns, visible light such as barcodes and two-dimensional barcodes, optical information that can be read by infrared rays, MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Reader) ) Magnetic information such as characters, magnetic stripes, and magnetic barcodes may be provided. In addition, when reading the merchandise information affixed to goods other than electromagnetic waves, it is necessary to provide the reader corresponding to each reading method.

  For example, a display layer such as a rewrite card can be used for the display unit 82, which can repeatedly display and erase characters and symbols. The display layer of the rewritable card is displayed and erased by rotating the magnetic powder in a microcapsule filled with colored liquid and magnetic powder by a thermal method with a reversible thermosensitive coloring material applied or by magnetism. There is a thing by the magnetic system which performs. Alternatively, printing may be performed using erasable ink, or a thin display may be used.

  The receipt management information database (hereinafter referred to as “receipt management information DB”) 2 stores issued receipt information, admission information, unauthorized use information, and the like. The issue receipt information indicates the receipt ID and the issue date / time of the receipt 8 with IC tag issued by the jet counter 1. The admission information indicates the receipt ID and admission date and time of the receipt 8 with the IC tag possessed by the customer who entered the amusement hall. The unauthorized use information indicates the receipt ID and the unauthorized detection date and time of the receipt 8 with IC tag possessed by the customer who illegally used the gaming machine 6. It should be noted that a receipt management information DB2 may be held for each amusement hall, or a common receipt management information DB2 may be held at a chain store.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional development of the configuration of the jet counter 1. Only functional blocks related to the present invention are extracted and shown. The jet counter 1 includes a communication unit 11, a receipt insertion / discharge unit 12, a reader / writer (hereinafter referred to as “R / W”) 13, a validity confirmation unit 14, a ball throwing unit 15, a ball counting unit 16, and a receipt issuing unit 17. The accumulated ball number accumulation unit (acquired valuable value accumulation unit) 18 and the writer 19.
The communication unit 11 connects to the network N.
The receipt insertion / discharge unit 12 is an insertion port for the receipt 8 with the IC tag and also serves as a discharge port.
The R / W 13 has a function of reading and writing information in the IC tag 81 of the receipt 8 with the IC tag inserted from the receipt insertion / ejection unit 12, and is specifically an RFID reader / writer.
The writer 19 writes characters, symbols, and the like on the display unit 82 of the receipt 8 with the IC tag.

  The legitimacy confirmation unit 14 reads out the game hall code from the IC tag 81 of the receipt 8 with IC tag inserted from the receipt insertion / ejection unit 12 by the R / W 13, and decrypts it with the decryption key held inside. When the decrypted game hall code indicates the game hall of the own game hall or chain store, reading and writing of other information in the IC tag 81 of the receipt 8 with IC tag is permitted. Further, when the receipt ID read from the IC tag 81 of the receipt 8 with IC tag is registered in the unauthorized use information in the receipt management information DB 2, notification is performed.

The exit ball insertion unit 15 is an entrance for an exit ball to be counted.
The outgoing ball counting unit 16 counts the outgoing balls thrown from the outgoing ball input unit 15.
The receipt issuing unit 17 takes out a receipt 8 with an IC tag to be newly issued from the receipt 8 with an IC tag stored inside.
The accumulated ball number accumulating unit 18 counts the number of balls counted by the ball counting unit 16 to the IC tag 81 of the receipt 8 with IC tag taken out by the receipt issuing unit 17 when the receipt 8 with IC tag is newly issued. The R / W 13 is instructed to write the number of times of admission (once) and the encrypted game hall code. Further, the writer 19 is instructed to write the number of balls that have been written to the IC tag 81 and the number of times of entrance (once) to the display unit 82. In addition, issuance receipt information including the receipt ID and issuance date and time of the newly issued receipt 8 with an IC tag is registered in the receipt management information DB 2. In addition, when adding to the receipt 8 with IC tag inserted from the receipt insertion / ejection unit 12, the number of stored balls stored in the IC tag 81 of the inserted receipt 8 with IC tag is calculated by the output counting unit 16. The R / W 13 is instructed to update the accumulated number of balls to the number of accumulated balls. Further, the writer 19 is instructed to update the number of stored balls displayed on the display unit 82 to the number of stored balls written in the IC tag 81.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional development of the configuration of the gift exchange device 3, and only functional blocks related to the present invention are extracted and shown. The gift exchange device 3 includes a communication unit 31, a receipt insertion / discharge unit 32, an R / W 33, a validity confirmation unit 34, an input unit 35, a stored ball number update unit (acquired valuable value update unit) 36, and a writer 37.
The communication unit 31, the receipt insertion / discharge unit 32, the R / W 33, the validity confirmation unit 34, and the writer 37 are respectively connected to the communication unit 11, the receipt insertion / discharge unit 12, the R / W 13, and the validity of the jet counter 1 shown in FIG. It has the same function as the confirmation unit 14 and the writer 19.
The input unit 35 is a key, a button, a touch panel, or the like, and receives an input of the number of balls used for exchanging prizes from the staff of the game hall.
The number of stored balls update unit 36 receives the number of stored balls stored in the IC tag 81 of the receipt 8 with IC tag inserted into the receipt insertion / discharge unit 32 from the input unit 35 and is used for exchange with a prize. The R / W 33 is instructed to update the number of stored balls by subtracting. Further, the writer 37 is instructed to update the number of stored balls displayed on the display unit 82 to the number of stored balls written in the IC tag 81.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the admission counting device 4 expanded in function, and only the functional blocks related to the present invention are extracted and shown. The entrance counting device 4 includes a communication unit 41, a receipt insertion / discharge unit 42, an R / W 43, a validity confirmation unit 44, an entrance number writing unit 45, and a writer 46.
The communication unit 41, the receipt insertion / discharge unit 42, the R / W 43, the validity confirmation unit 44, and the writer 46 are respectively connected to the communication unit 11, the receipt insertion / discharge unit 12, the R / W 13, and the validity of the jet counter 1 shown in FIG. It has the same function as the confirmation unit 14 and the writer 19.
The entry number writing unit 45 instructs the R / W 43 to update the entry number stored in the IC tag 81 of the receipt 8 with the IC tag inserted in the receipt insertion / extraction unit 42 to the number of entrances added by one. . Further, the writer 46 is instructed to update the number of entrances displayed on the display unit 82 to the number of entrances written in the IC tag 81. Further, the entrance information consisting of the receipt ID read from the receipt 8 with IC tag and the entrance date / time is registered in the receipt management information DB 2.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a functional development of the configuration of the ball lending machine 5, in which only functional blocks related to the present invention are extracted and shown. The ball lending machine 5 includes a communication unit 51, a receipt insertion / discharge unit 52, an R / W 53, a validity confirmation unit 54, an input unit 55, a stored ball number updating unit (acquired valuable value updating unit) 56, a writer 57, and a rental ball. It consists of a discharge part 58.
The communication unit 51, the receipt insertion / discharge unit 52, the R / W 53, the validity confirmation unit 54, and the writer 57 are respectively connected to the communication unit 11, the receipt insertion / discharge unit 12, the R / W 13, and the validity of the jet counter 1 shown in FIG. It has the same function as the confirmation unit 14 and the writer 19.
The input unit 55 is a button, a key, or the like, and receives an input of the number of play balls desired to be exchanged for stored balls from a customer.
The stored ball number updating unit 56 uses the number of stored balls stored in the IC tag 81 of the receipt 8 with the IC tag inserted in the receipt inserting / extracting unit 52 for exchanging with the play ball designated by the input unit 55. The R / W 53 is instructed to update the number of stored balls obtained by subtracting the number. Further, the writer 57 is instructed to update the number of stored balls displayed on the display unit 82 to the number of stored balls written in the IC tag 81.
The rental ball discharge unit 58 discharges play balls for the number of play balls input from the input unit 55.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a functional development of the configuration of the gaming machine 6 and shows only functional blocks related to the present invention. The gaming machine 6 includes a communication unit 61, a game execution unit 62, a fraud detection unit 63, a notification unit 64, and a reader 65.
The communication unit 61 has the same function as the communication unit 11 of the jet counter 1 shown in FIG.
The reader 65 has a function of reading information in the IC tag 81 of the receipt 8 with IC tag, and is specifically an RFID reader.

The game execution unit 62 executes a game (pachinko) provided to the customer.
The fraud detector 63 monitors unauthorized use of the game execution unit 62. When the unauthorized use is detected, the notification unit 64 is instructed to notify the receipt ID read from the IC tag 81 of the receipt with IC tag 8 possessed by the unauthorized user. It should be noted that unauthorized use is detected by obtaining a payout probability that is more than a predetermined deviation from a preset payout probability range.
Upon receiving an instruction from the fraud detection unit 63, the notification unit 64 receives fraudulent use information including the receipt ID read from the IC tag 81 of the receipt 8 with an IC tag possessed by the fraudulent user and the fraudulent use date and time. In addition, the fact that unauthorized use has been detected is output. Further, when the receipt ID is periodically read from the IC tag 81 of the IC tag receipt 8 possessed by the customer and the read receipt ID is registered in the unauthorized use information in the receipt management information DB 2, The fact that the customer who has the registered receipt 8 with the IC tag is visiting is output.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the event device 7 in a functional manner. Only functional blocks related to the present invention are extracted and shown. The event device 7 includes a communication unit 71, a receipt insertion / discharge unit 72, an R / W 73, a validity confirmation unit 74, a lottery unit 75, and an output unit 76.
The communication unit 71, the receipt insertion / discharge unit 72, the R / W 73, and the validity confirmation unit 74 are respectively the communication unit 11, the receipt insertion / discharge unit 12, the R / W 13, and the validity confirmation unit 14 of the jet counter 1 shown in FIG. Has the same function.
The lottery unit 75 performs lottery based on predetermined logic using information such as the number of times of entry read from the receipt 8 with IC tag and a receipt ID.
The output unit 76 outputs the lottery result by the lottery unit 75 by sound or video.

Hereinafter, the operation of the game hall support system according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 9 is an operation flow of the jet counter 1 when the ball is counted.
When a customer who does not have the receipt 8 with the IC tag visits the game hall A and plays with the gaming machine 6 and obtains a ball, the number of balls earned by the jet counter 1 is counted. That is, the customer inserts the obtained ball into the ball dispensing unit 15 without reading the receipt 8 with the IC tag into the jet counter 1 (step S110: No, step S115). Thereby, the outgoing ball count unit 16 counts the outgoing balls that have been thrown in (step S120).

  Since the receipt 8 with the IC tag is not inserted (step S125: No), the receipt issuing unit 17 takes out one receipt 8 with the IC tag from the receipt 8 with the IC tag stored therein (step S130). . The accumulated ball number accumulating unit 18 adds the number of balls counted by the ball counting unit 16 to the IC tag 81 of the receipt 8 with IC tag taken out by the receipt issuing unit 17, the number of times of admission (one time), and the game hall A The R / W 13 is instructed to write the encrypted game hall code indicating (step S135). Furthermore, the accumulated ball number accumulating unit 18 instructs the writer 19 to write this number of balls to be played and the number of times of entry (once) to the display unit 82 (step S140).

  Then, the accumulated ball number accumulating unit 18 registers the issue receipt information including the receipt ID and the issue date / time of the newly issued receipt 8 with the IC tag in the receipt management information DB 2 (step S145). The jet counter 1 discharges the receipt 8 with the IC tag from the receipt insertion / ejection unit 12 when writing of the receipt 8 with the IC tag into the IC tag 81 and the display unit 82 and registration of the issued receipt information in the receipt management information DB 2 are completed. (Step S150). The customer takes the discharged IC tag receipt 8 to the prize exchange counter and exchanges it for a prize.

FIG. 10 is an operation flow of the prize exchange device 3 at the time of prize exchange.
At the prize counter, the staff at the amusement hall inserts the receipt 8 with the IC tag, which has been deposited from the customer, into the receipt insertion / discharge section 32 of the prize exchange device 3 (step S210). Then, the legitimacy confirmation unit 34 reads out the game hall code from the IC tag 81 of the inserted receipt 8 with IC tag by the R / W 33 and decrypts it with the decryption key held inside. When the decrypted game hall code does not indicate the game hall or the game hall of the group, or when decryption is not possible (step S215: No), the prize exchange device 3 indicates that the receipt 8 with the IC tag cannot be used. Output by voice or screen, and the inserted receipt 8 with IC tag is discharged (step S220).

  On the other hand, if the decrypted game hall code indicates the own game hall or the game hall of the group (step S215: Yes), then the receipt ID is read from the IC tag 81 of the receipt 8 with IC tag, and the receipt management information DB2 It is determined whether or not it is registered in the unauthorized use information (step S225). If registered, a warning to the effect that the unauthorized user's receipt 8 with IC tag has been detected is output to the screen of a monitoring system (not shown) connected to the network N, or an alarm is sounded (step S230). Thereby, the staff of the game hall can recognize that the customer is an unauthorized user. Further, the gift exchange device 3 outputs a message similar to that in step S220, and discharges the inserted receipt 8 with an IC tag. If the read receipt ID is not registered in the unauthorized use information in step S225, the validity confirmation unit 34 determines that the receipt 8 is a valid IC tag.

  If it is determined that the receipt 8 with the IC tag is valid, the staff of the game hall inputs the number of balls to be exchanged for a prize from the input unit 35 of the prize exchange device 3 (step S235). The stored ball number updating unit 36 reads the stored ball number from the IC tag 81 of the inserted receipt 8 with the IC tag, and subtracts the input ball number (step S240). Then, by instructing the R / W 33, the number of stored balls in the IC tag 81 is updated to the number of stored balls obtained by subtraction (step S245). Further, by instructing the writer 37, the number of stored balls displayed on the display unit 82 is rewritten to the updated number of stored balls (step S250). When writing to the IC tag 81 and the display unit 82 of the receipt 8 with IC tag is completed, the receipt 8 with IC tag is discharged from the receipt insertion discharge unit 32 (step S255). The staff at the amusement hall give the receipt 8 with IC tag and the prize to the customer.

FIG. 11 is an operation flow of the admission counting device 4 at the time of admission registration.
When the customer visits the game hall B at a later date, the customer performs admission registration. That is, the customer inserts the receipt 8 with the IC tag issued at the game hall A into the receipt insertion / discharge section 42 of the entrance counting device 4 installed at the entrance counter of the game hall B (step S310). Subsequently, the validity confirmation unit 44 determines whether the inserted IC tag receipt 8 is the receipt 8 with IC tag issued at the own game hall or the game hall of the group, and unauthorized use information in the receipt management information DB 2. The processing from step S315 to step S330 for determining whether or not the receipt 8 has an IC tag registered in is the same as the processing from step S215 to step S230 in FIG.

  When the validity confirmation unit 44 confirms the validity of the receipt 8 with IC tag, the entry number writing unit 45 calculates the number of times of entry stored in the IC tag 81 of the inserted receipt 8 with IC tag as the current 1 The number of times is updated from twice to twice (step S335). Furthermore, the writer 46 is instructed to update the number of times of entrance displayed on the display unit 82 to the number of times of entrance (step S340). Further, the entry information including the receipt ID and the entry date and time read from the IC tag 81 of the receipt 8 with the IC tag is registered in the receipt management information DB 2 (step S345). When the writing of the receipt 8 with the IC tag into the IC tag 81 and the display unit 82 and the registration of the entrance information into the receipt management information DB2 are completed, the receipt 8 with the IC tag is discharged from the receipt insertion / discharge unit 42 (step S350). .

FIG. 12 is an operation flow of the ball lending machine 5 at the time of playball replacement.
Next, the customer exchanges the stored balls for play balls. That is, the customer inserts the receipt 8 with the IC tag issued at the game hall A into the receipt insertion / discharge section 52 of the ball lending machine 5 at the game hall B (step S410). Subsequently, the legitimacy confirmation unit 54 of the ball lending machine 5 determines whether the inserted receipt 8 with the IC tag is the receipt 8 with the IC tag issued at the own game hall or the game hall of the group. The processing from step S415 to step S430 for determining whether or not the receipt 8 with IC tag registered in the unauthorized use information in DB2 is the same as the processing from step S215 to step S230 in FIG.

  When the validity confirmation unit 54 confirms the validity of the receipt 8 with the IC tag, the customer inputs the number of play balls to be borrowed by the input unit 55 (step S435). The accumulated ball number updating unit 56 reads the accumulated ball number from the IC tag 81 of the inserted receipt 8 with the IC tag, and subtracts the accumulated ball number necessary for exchange with the inputted play ball number (step S440). Then, by instructing the R / W 53, the number of stored balls in the IC tag 81 is updated to the number of stored balls obtained by subtraction (step S445). Further, by instructing the writer 57, the number of stored balls displayed on the display unit 82 is rewritten to the updated number of stored balls (step S450). When the writing of the receipt 8 with IC tag to the IC tag 81 and the display unit 82 is completed, the receipt insertion / discharge unit 52 discharges the receipt 8 with IC tag (step S455). Further, the rental ball discharge unit 58 releases the number of play balls for the number of play balls input from the input unit 55 (step S460).

FIG. 13 is an operation flow of the gaming machine 6 during play.
Next, the customer puts play balls into the gaming machine 6 and plays. The fraud detection unit 63 of the gaming machine 6 monitors the play of the customer by calculating the probability of a game that the customer has obtained through play in the game execution unit 62 at predetermined time intervals. Then, when it is detected that a given ball probability that is higher than a predetermined value from the preset ball probability range is detected, it is determined that the ball is illegally used, and an instruction is given to notify the notifying unit 64 of illegal use (step) S510: Yes). The notification unit 64 reads the receipt ID from the IC tag 81 of the IC tag receipt 8 possessed by the unauthorized user (customer) (step S515). Then, the unauthorized use information including the read receipt ID and the unauthorized use date / time is registered in the receipt management information DB 2 (step S520). Further, the number of the gaming machine 6 and the registered unauthorized use information are output to the screen or printer of a monitoring system (not shown) connected to the network N, and an alarm is sounded (step S525). Thereby, monitoring of the play situation in the customer's gaming machine 6 is started by the monitoring system provided in the game hall, and the staff of the game hall identifies and monitors the customer based on the output information. The unauthorized use information registered in the receipt management information DB2 is registered in the receipt management information DB2 of the chain store every predetermined time or in real time.

  Note that the notification unit 64 of the gaming machine 6 periodically reads the receipt ID from the IC tag 81 of the receipt 8 with the IC tag owned by the customer who is playing by the reader 65, and unauthorized use information in the receipt management information DB2 Is collated. When a matching receipt ID is registered, the receipt ID, the number of the gaming machine 6 and the IC tag registered in the unauthorized use information are attached to the monitor system screen or printer (not shown) connected to the network N. Outputs that the customer holding the receipt 8 is visiting and sounds an alarm.

  When a customer obtains a ball from the gaming machine 6, a receipt 8 with an IC tag is inserted into the jet counter 1 and the number of balls that have been earned is counted. That is, in FIG. 9, the customer inserts the receipt 8 with IC tag into the receipt insertion / discharge section 12 of the jet counter 1 (Yes in step S110). Subsequently, the validity check unit 14 of the jet counter 1 determines whether the inserted IC tag receipt 8 is the receipt 8 with IC tag issued at the own game hall or the group game hall, in the receipt management information DB 2. The processing from step S160 to step S175 for determining whether or not the receipt 8 with an IC tag registered in the unauthorized use information is the same as the processing from step S215 to step S230 in FIG.

  When the legitimacy confirmation unit 14 verifies the legitimacy of the receipt 8 with the IC tag, the outgoing ball counting unit 16 counts the outgoing balls that the customer has inserted from the outgoing ball insertion unit 15 (steps S115 and S120). Since the receipt 8 with IC tag is inserted (step S125: Yes), the accumulated ball number accumulating unit 18 reads the number of accumulated balls from the IC tag 81 of the inserted receipt 8 with IC tag and counts it by the outgoing ball counting unit 16. Add the number of balls played. Then, by instructing the R / W 13, the number of balls stored in the IC tag 81 is updated to the number of balls obtained by addition (step S180). Furthermore, by instructing the writer 19, the number of stored balls displayed on the display unit 82 is rewritten to the number of stored balls written on the IC tag 81 (step S185). When writing to the IC tag 81 and the display unit 82 of the receipt 8 with IC tag is completed, the receipt 8 with IC tag is discharged from the receipt insertion / discharge unit 12 (step S190). The customer uses the discharged IC tag receipt 8 by taking it to the prize exchange counter, exchanging it for a prize, or exchanging it for a playball at the next entrance to the chain store.

FIG. 14 is an operation flow of the event device at the time of lottery execution.
The customer goes to the event counter and participates in lotteries such as roulette and rooster. That is, the customer inserts the receipt 8 with the IC tag into the receipt insertion / ejection unit 72 of the event device 7 (step S610). Subsequently, the validity confirmation unit 74 of the event device 7 determines whether or not the inserted IC tag receipt 8 is the receipt 8 with IC tag issued at the own game hall or the game hall of the group, in the receipt management information DB2. The processing from step S615 to step S630 for determining whether or not the receipt 8 with IC tag registered in the unauthorized use information is the same as the processing from step S215 to step S230 in FIG.

  When the validity confirmation unit 74 confirms the validity of the receipt 8 with IC tag, the lottery unit 75 reads the receipt ID, the number of times of entry, and the number of balls stored from the IC tag 81 of the inserted receipt 8 with IC tag. Then, a lottery is performed by a predetermined function or logic using these pieces of information (step S635). The output unit 76 outputs the lottery result by the lottery unit 75 by sound or video (step S640). The customer receives a privilege corresponding to the lottery result from the game hall.

In the above embodiment, it is determined whether or not the receipt 8 with IC tag issued in the group of the game hall to which the player belongs by using the game hall code stored in the IC tag 81 of the receipt 8 with IC tag. However, the receipt management information DB2 stores the receipt information of the receipt 8 with the IC tag issued by the group of the game hall to which the player belongs, and stores the jet counter 1, the gift exchange device 3, the entrance counting device 4, the ball In the lending machine 5 and the event device 7, is the receipt 8 with an IC tag issued in the group of the game hall to which the player belongs by checking with the receipt ID read from the IC tag 81 of the receipt 8 with the IC tag? It may be determined whether or not.
In the above embodiment, the gaming machine is a pachinko machine, but it may be a slot machine or a game machine. At this time, the acquired valuable value is the number of coins, medals, and points that can be acquired by the gaming machine and exchanged for prizes or used for the next game machine.

  Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the functions of the jet counter 1, the receipt management information DB 2, the prize exchange device 3, the entrance counting device 4, the ball lending machine 5, the gaming machine 6, and the event device 7 are as follows. It may be realized by dedicated hardware, or is configured by a memory and a CPU (central processing unit), and a program (not shown) for realizing the function of each means is loaded into the memory. The function may be realized by executing. In addition, a computer-readable recording medium for realizing the functions of the jet counter 1, the receipt management information DB 2, the prize exchange device 3, the entrance counting device 4, the ball lending machine 5, the gaming machine 6, and the event device 7 And the program recorded on the recording medium is read into the computer system and executed, so that the jet counter 1, the receipt management information DB 2, the gift exchange device 3, the entrance counting device 4, the ball lending machine 5, the game Each process of the machine 6 and the event device 7 may be performed. Here, the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.

  The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a flexible medium, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. Furthermore, the “computer-readable recording medium” dynamically holds a program for a short time like a communication line when transmitting a program via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. It also includes a device (transmission medium or transmission wave) and a device that holds a program for a certain period of time, such as a volatile memory inside a computer system serving as a server or client in that case. The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above, and further, a program that can realize the functions described above in combination with a program already recorded in a computer system, a so-called difference file (difference). Program).

It is a figure for demonstrating the outline | summary of the game hall assistance system of this invention. It is the block diagram which showed the structure of the game hall assistance system by the embodiment. It is the block diagram which expanded the function and showed the structure of the jet counter by the embodiment. It is the block diagram which expanded the function and showed the structure of the prize exchange device by the embodiment. It is the block diagram which expanded the function and showed the structure of the entrance counting apparatus by the embodiment. It is the block diagram which expanded and showed the structure of the ball lending machine by the same embodiment. It is the block diagram which expanded the function and showed the structure of the game machine by the embodiment. It is the block diagram which expanded the function and showed the structure of the event apparatus by the embodiment. It is an operation | movement flow of the jet counter at the time of the appearance count by the embodiment. It is an operation | movement flow of the prize exchange apparatus at the time of prize exchange by the embodiment. It is an operation | movement flow of the entrance counting apparatus at the time of entrance registration by the embodiment. It is an operation | movement flow of the ball lending machine at the time of play ball replacement | exchange by the embodiment. It is an operation | movement flow of the game machine at the time of the play by the embodiment. It is an operation | movement flow of the event apparatus at the time of lottery execution by the embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

1 ... Jet counter 2 ... Receipt management information DB
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 ... Premium exchange device 4 ... Entrance counting device 5 ... Ball lending machine 6 ... Game machine 7 ... Event device 8 ... Receipt with IC tag 11, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71 ... Communication part 12, 32, 42, 52 72 ... Receipt insertion / discharge section 13, 33, 43, 53, 73 ... R / W
14, 34, 44, 54, 74... Legitimacy confirmation unit 15... Ball throwing unit 16 .. ball counting unit 17 .. receipt issuing unit 18.
19, 37, 46, 57 ... writer 35, 55 ... input unit 36, 56 ... stored ball number updating unit (acquired valuable value updating unit)
45 ... Number of times of entry writing part 58 ... Loan ball discharge part 62 ... Game execution part 63 ... Fraud detection part 64 ... Notification part 65 ... Reader 75 ... Lottery part 76 ... Output part 81 ... IC tag (storage part)
82 ... Display section

Claims (15)

A game hall support system for managing information on customers of a game hall,
A portable receipt provided with a storage unit for storing valuable value information indicating the valuable value acquired by the customer by the gaming machine;
Read the valuable value acquired by the customer from the storage unit of the receipt, and update the acquired valuable value information in the storage unit of the receipt with the valuable value obtained by adding the newly acquired valuable value to the read valuable value The accumulated accumulated valuable value department,
A game hall support system comprising: Read the valuable value acquired by the customer from the storage unit of the receipt, and obtain the valuable value information in the storage unit of the receipt from the read valuable value by subtracting the valuable value exchanged for a prize or a game medium. Obtained value update section to be updated,
The game room support system according to claim 1, further comprising: The receipt storage unit further stores the number of times of entering the game hall,
The admission number writing unit reads the admission number from the receipt, and writes the admission number obtained by adding 1 to the read admission number in the storage means of the receipt.
The game room support system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that It further includes a lottery unit that reads the number of times of entry from the storage unit of the receipt and performs a lottery based on the read number of times of entry.
The game room support system according to claim 3. The earned value accumulating unit writes a code for identifying a game hall or a game hall group in the storage unit of the receipt,
The legitimacy confirmation unit reads the code from the storage unit of the receipt, and when the game arcade or the playground group indicated by the code is the same game hall or the same group as the self, the legitimacy confirmation unit reads the code from the receipt storage unit. Allow reading or writing of information,
The game room support system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that The receipt storage unit further stores receipt identification information,
The receipt management information storage means stores unauthorized use information indicating identification information of a receipt possessed by a customer who has illegally used a gaming machine,
The validity confirmation unit reads the receipt identification information from the receipt storage unit, and outputs a warning when the read receipt identification information is registered in the unauthorized use information in the receipt management information storage unit.
The game room support system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that A fraud detector that monitors unauthorized use of gaming machines;
A notification that, when the fraud detection unit detects unauthorized use, reads receipt identification information from the receipt storage unit possessed by the customer, registers the information in the receipt management information storage means, and outputs a warning. And further comprising
The game room support system according to claim 6. The receipt further comprises a display unit for displaying either or both of the acquired valuable value information and the number of times of entry,
The game room support system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that   The game room support system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the storage unit of the receipt is a wireless tag. A portable receipt used in a game hall support system for managing information of customers in a game hall,
A storage unit for storing acquired valuable value information indicating a valuable value obtained by subtracting a valuable value exchanged for a prize or a gaming medium from a cumulative value acquired by a customer with a gaming machine;
The receipt characterized by comprising.   The receipt according to claim 10, wherein the storage unit further stores the number of times of entering the game hall.   The receipt according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the storage unit further stores a code for identifying a game hall or a game hall group.   The receipt according to any one of claims 10 to 12, wherein the storage unit further stores receipt identification information.   The receipt according to any one of claims 10 to 13, further comprising a display unit that displays either or both of the acquired valuable value information and the number of times of admission. The receipt according to any one of claims 10 to 14, wherein the storage unit is a wireless tag.

Images