JP2005177038A - Game management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game management system capable of accurately judging the presence / absence of fraudulence even in the case of performing a fraudulent action to a plurality of game media in a game medium container successively put out from the same game machine. <P>SOLUTION: Game information acquired by a game information receiver 30 and game information transmitted from a game information transmitter 10 are collated, and whether or not each correspondence of a game machine ID, game time information and the number of counted game media acquired by the game information receiver 30 and the game machine ID, the game time information and the number of acquired game media in the game time transmitted from the game information transmitter 10 is correctness is judged. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a game management system applied to a game hall in which a plurality of gaming machines for paying out a predetermined number of game media as prizes when a predetermined game state is realized.

As a conventional game management system, for example, there is one shown in Patent Document 1.
That is, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-190738 of Patent Document 1, an ID tag is provided in a game medium container, a machine number is stored in the ID tag, the stored machine number and the number of counted game media A technology is disclosed in which a machine number from a gaming machine and information on the number of game media are collated to determine whether there is fraud.

JP 2001-190738 A

  However, according to such conventional technology, the game hall is divided into a gaming machine with a different unit price of gaming media, a gaming machine island made up of a plurality of gaming machines, or a gaming media rental machine. Since it is not, it cannot respond to such a playground. Further, in Patent Document 1, the presence / absence of fraud is determined only in the relationship between the number of game media acquired by the ID of the gaming machine and the number of game media in the game media container at the time of counting. For this reason, if jackpots are continuously generated during a game and a plurality of game media containers are stacked, the game media in each game media container is paid out from the same game machine, and the game in each game media container There is a problem in that since there is no information for associating the number of media with information on the number of game media from a gaming machine, the two cannot be collated.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems of the prior art, and in the case of cheating on game media of a plurality of game media containers that are continuously paid out from the same game machine. However, it is an object of the present invention to provide a game management system that can accurately determine whether there is fraud.

The gist of the present invention for achieving the object lies in the inventions of the following items.
[1] A game management system applied to a game hall in which a plurality of gaming machines (1000) for paying out a predetermined amount of game media as a prize when a predetermined game state is realized,
Provided for each of the plurality of gaming machines (1000) and transmitting a signal indicating gaming information including an identifier of the corresponding gaming machine (1000) (hereinafter referred to as gaming machine ID) and gaming time information on electromagnetic waves. And a game information transmitting device (10) for transmitting game information including the number of acquired game media in the game time;
Each of the plurality of gaming machines (1000) is provided for each of a plurality of containers (hereinafter referred to as gaming medium containers (200)) for storing gaming media paid out as prizes, and corresponding gaming medium containers ( 200) receives an electromagnetic wave transmitted from a game information transmitting device (10) provided corresponding to the gaming machine (1000) used, and acquires game information indicated by a signal riding on the received electromagnetic wave. A plurality of game information storages that add and store the game machine ID and game time to the game information, and transmit a signal indicating the game information stored in the game medium container (200) on the electromagnetic wave. A device (20);
The electromagnetic wave transmitted from the game information storage device (20) provided corresponding to the game medium container (200) storing the game medium to be counted is received, and the signal riding on the received electromagnetic wave is A game information receiving device (30) for acquiring the game information shown,
The gaming information acquired by the gaming information receiving device (30) is collated with the gaming information transmitted from the gaming information transmitting device (10), and the gaming machine ID and gaming acquired by the gaming information receiving device (30). Whether the correspondence between the time information, the counted number of game media, the gaming machine ID transmitted from the game information transmitting device (10), the game time information, and the number of game media acquired at the game time is valid. A game management system characterized by determining whether or not.

[2] A game management system applied to a game hall in which a plurality of gaming machines (1000) for paying out a predetermined amount of game media as a prize when a predetermined game state is realized,
Provided for each of the plurality of gaming machines (1000) and transmitting a signal indicating gaming information including an identifier of the corresponding gaming machine (1000) (hereinafter referred to as gaming machine ID) and gaming time information on electromagnetic waves. And a game information transmitting device (10) for transmitting game information including the number of acquired game media in the game time;
Each of the plurality of gaming machines (1000) is provided for each of a plurality of containers (hereinafter referred to as gaming medium containers (200)) for storing gaming media paid out as prizes, and corresponding gaming medium containers ( 200) receives an electromagnetic wave transmitted from a game information transmitting device (10) provided corresponding to the gaming machine (1000) used, and acquires game information indicated by a signal riding on the received electromagnetic wave. A plurality of game information storage devices (20) for adding and storing the game machine ID and game time to the game information and transmitting a signal indicating the game information stored and held on an electromagnetic wave;
Corresponding to the game medium container (200) which is provided in the game medium counter (3) for counting the number of game media stored in the game medium container (200) and which stores the game medium to be counted. A game information receiving device (30) for receiving the electromagnetic wave transmitted from the game information storage device (20) provided in the game information and acquiring the game information indicated by the signal riding on the received electromagnetic wave;
The gaming information acquired by the gaming information receiving device (30) is collated with the gaming information transmitted from the gaming information transmitting device (10), and the gaming machine ID and gaming acquired by the gaming information receiving device (30). Correspondence between the time information, the counted number of gaming media, the gaming machine ID transmitted from the gaming information transmitting device (10), the gaming time information, and the number of acquired gaming media at the gaming time is valid. A game management system comprising a legitimacy judging device (40) for judging whether or not.

  [3] In the game management system according to item 2, the game medium included in the game information transmitted from the game information transmitting device (10) provided corresponding to the gaming machine (1000) indicated by the gaming machine ID And the count result of the game medium counter (3) are compared, and a difference between the two is within a predetermined range is used as an element for determining that the association is valid Game management system.

  [4] In the game management system according to item 2, when it is determined that the association is valid, the number of game media included in the game information acquired by the game information receiving device (30), and the game The number of game media included in the game information acquired by the game information receiving device (30) when the count result of the media counter (3) is notified and it is determined that the association is not valid; A game management system characterized in that a count result of a game medium counter (3) and a predetermined symbol are notified or alarmed.

  [5] In the gaming management system according to item 1 or 2, for each gaming machine ID, a unit price of a gaming medium paid out as a prize from the gaming machine (1000) indicated by the gaming machine ID is stored, and the gaming information is received. A game management system characterized in that a unit price corresponding to a gaming machine ID included in game information acquired by the device (30) is determined and the determined unit price is notified.

  [6] The game management system according to item 1 or 2, wherein each of the plurality of game information storage devices (20) is provided at a bottom portion of a corresponding game medium container (200).

  [7] In the game management system according to item 1 or 2, the game information receiving device (30) is a game medium container storing game media to be counted in the game medium counter (3). (200) The game management system characterized by being provided in the site | part on which it is placed.

  [8] In the gaming management system according to item 1 or 2, the plurality of gaming information transmitting devices (10) are arranged for juxtaposing gaming machine islands (1) each including the plurality of gaming machines (1000). A game management system, characterized in that the game management system is provided in a portion of the top board where a game medium container (200) used in a corresponding game machine (1000) is placed.

  [9] The game management system according to any one of items 1 to 3 and 5, wherein the game machine ID is an identifier of a game medium lending machine (2) that lends a game medium.

  [10] The game management system according to any one of items 1 to 3 and 5, wherein the gaming machine ID is an identifier of a gaming machine island (1) including one or more gaming machines (1000). system.

The present invention operates as follows.
First, in the gaming management system according to the present invention, the gaming information transmitting device (10) provided for each gaming machine (1000) uses the gaming machine ID and the gaming time information as the identifier of the corresponding gaming machine (1000). In addition to transmitting a signal indicating the included game information on the electromagnetic wave, the game information including the number of acquired game media in the game time is transmitted.

  Further, the game information storage device (20) of the game medium container (200) is transmitted from the game information transmission device (10) provided corresponding to the game machine (1000) in which the game medium container (200) is used. The game information indicated by the signal riding on the received electromagnetic wave is acquired, and the game machine ID and the game time are added to the game information and stored, and the game medium container (200) is stored. A signal indicating the game information stored and held is transmitted on the electromagnetic wave.

  The game information receiving device (30) receives the electromagnetic waves transmitted from the game information storage device (20), and acquires the game information indicated by the signal riding on the received electromagnetic waves.

  Thereby, the gaming information acquired by the gaming information receiving device (30) and the gaming information transmitted from the gaming information transmitting device (10) are collated, and the gaming machine ID acquired by the gaming information receiving device (30). Each association of the game time information and the counted number of game media with the game machine ID, game time information and the number of game media acquired at the game time transmitted from the game information transmitting device (10) is valid. It is determined whether or not.

  In the present invention, the number of game media included in the game information transmitted from the game information transmitting device (10) provided corresponding to the gaming machine (1000) indicated by the gaming machine ID, and the gaming media The counting result of the counter (3) is compared, and if the difference between the two is within a predetermined range, it is determined that the association is valid, and if it exceeds the predetermined range, it is determined to be illegal.

  In the present invention, when it is determined that the association is valid, the number of game media included in the game information acquired by the game information receiving device (30) and the game media counter (3) And when it is determined that the association is not valid, the number of game media included in the game information acquired by the game information receiving device (30) and the game media counter ( The counting result of 3) and a predetermined symbol are notified or an alarm is given.

  Further, in the present invention, for each gaming machine ID, the unit price of the gaming media paid out as a prize from the gaming machine (1000) indicated by the gaming machine ID is stored, and the gaming information acquired by the gaming information receiving device (30) is stored. The unit price corresponding to the gaming machine ID included in is determined, and the determined unit price is notified.

  In the present invention, the plurality of game information storage devices (20) are each provided at the bottom of the corresponding game medium container (200).

  The game information receiving device (30) is provided in a part of the game medium counter (3) where a game medium container (200) containing a game medium to be counted is placed.

  According to the game management system according to the present invention, the game information acquired by the game information receiving device is compared with the game information transmitted from the game information transmitting device, and the gaming machine ID and game time acquired by the game information receiving device. Information, the counted number of game media, and the correspondence between the game machine ID transmitted from the game information transmission device, the game time information, and the number of game media acquired at the game time is determined to be valid. Thus, even when a fraud is performed on a plurality of game media containers that have been continuously paid out from the same gaming machine, it is possible to accurately determine whether the fraud is present.

Hereinafter, various preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1 to 8 show a first embodiment of the present invention.
The layout of the game hall to which the game management system according to the present embodiment is applied is as shown in FIG. That is, in the game hall, as shown in FIG. 11, generally, a layout is provided in which a large number of gaming machine islands 1 each having a plurality of gaming machines 1000 arranged in parallel on a top board are installed. Further, in the game hall, the number of game media lending machines 2 for renting game media to the gaming machine 1000 that the player intends to play and the number of game media possessed by the player at the end of the game are counted. A plurality of game medium counters 3 are provided for this purpose.

  In the present embodiment, a pachinko gaming machine is assumed as a gaming machine and a pachinko ball is assumed as a gaming medium. it can.

  Recently, with the spread of prepaid cards, as shown in FIG. 11, the number of game halls in which one game medium lending machine 2 is installed for one game machine 1000 is increasing. A gaming machine composed of one or more gaming machines 1000, such as one gaming medium lending machine 2 being installed at a position sandwiched between two gaming machines 1000 adjacent to each other. There is also a game hall in which one game medium counter 3 is installed for the island 1.

  Even when one game medium lending machine 2 is installed for a gaming machine island 1 composed of one or more gaming machines 1000, the gaming machine 1000 from which the game medium lending machine 2 lends game media is It is determined by its positional relationship.

  Although not shown in FIG. 11, the prize exchange counter is provided with a reading device for reading the recording medium issued by the game medium counter 3, and for example, in the prize exchange counter or in the game hall The legitimacy determination device 40 is installed in a place such as an office that is not visible to the player.

  FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a game management system. In FIG. 1, a gaming machine 1000, a gaming medium lending machine 2, a gaming medium counter 3, a gaming information transmitting device 10, a gaming information storage device 20, a gaming information receiving device 30, and a legitimacy determining device 40 are provided. .

  The gaming information transmission device 10 is provided for each of a plurality of gaming machines 1000, and is the identifier of the corresponding gaming machine 1000 (gaming machine ID) or the gaming medium lending machine 2 corresponding to the gaming machine island 1 to which the gaming machine 1000 belongs. A signal indicating game information including an identifier (lending machine ID) or an identifier of gaming machine island 1 (gaming machine island ID) and gaming time information is transmitted on electromagnetic waves and transmitted. In addition to the game information, the game information transmitting device 10 transmits game medium number information to the validity determining device 40.

  The game medium container 200 is a container for storing game media paid out as a prize from the gaming machine 1000.

  The game information storage device 20 is provided for each game medium container 200, receives electromagnetic waves transmitted from the game information transmission device 10 provided corresponding to the gaming machine 1000 in which the corresponding game medium container 200 is used, The game information indicated by the received signal on the electromagnetic wave is acquired, and the gaming machine ID, the renting machine ID, or the gaming machine island ID and the gaming time are added to the gaming information, stored and held, and stored and held. A signal indicating the game information is transmitted on the electromagnetic wave.

  That is, when the gaming medium container 200 is placed on the top board 50 in front of the gaming machine 1000 corresponding to the gaming machine ID “101” as shown in FIG. The game information of the gaming machine ID “101” and the gaming time “11: 30-13: 45” is transmitted from the device 10 to the gaming information storage device 20 of the gaming medium container 200. When the player lifts the game medium container 200 from the top board 50, as shown in FIG. 7B, the game machine ID “101” is assigned to the address “01” of the game information storage device 20 of the game medium container 200. Each game information of time “11: 30-13: 45” is written.

  Further, when the jackpot is continuously generated during the game and the next gaming medium container 200 is placed on the top board 50 in front of the gaming machine 1000 corresponding to the gaming machine ID “101”, Each game information of the gaming machine ID “101” and the gaming time “13: 58-14: 03” is transmitted from the gaming information transmitting device 10 to the gaming information storage device 20 of the gaming media container 200. When the player lifts the game medium container 200 from the top board 50, as shown in FIG. 7B, the game machine ID “101” is assigned to the address “02” of the game information storage device 20 of the game medium container 200. Each game information of time “13: 58-14: 03” is written.

  The game medium counter 3 counts the number of game media stored in the game medium container 200, issues a receipt on which the count result is printed, or a recording medium such as a card on which the count result is recorded. An information receiving device 30 is provided.

  The recording medium issued by the game medium counter 3 includes the number of game media included in the game information acquired by the game information receiving device 30 determined by the legitimacy determination device 40 described later, and the game medium counter. The determination result of the counting result of 3 is recorded.

  The game information receiving device 30 receives an electromagnetic wave transmitted from the game information storage device 20 provided corresponding to the game medium container 200 that stores the game media to be counted, and rides the received electromagnetic wave. The gaming information including the gaming machine ID and the gaming time information as indicated by the signal is obtained.

  The legitimacy determination device 40 is connected to each of the plurality of game information transmitting devices 10 and the game medium counter 3 and includes a setting unit 41.

  The game machine ID, game time, and acquired game medium number information are transmitted to the legitimacy determination device 40 from the game information transmission device 10 corresponding to each gaming machine 1000.

  As a result, the setting unit 41 of the legitimacy determination device 40 has the gaming machine ID “101”, the gaming time “11: 30-13: 45”, the acquired gaming medium number information “ Each game information of “2012” is set, and each game of the game machine ID “101”, the game time “13: 58-14: 03”, and the acquired game medium number information “598” is set in the address “02”. Information is set.

  As a result, the legitimacy determining device 40 collates the game information acquired by the game information receiving device 30 with the game information transmitted from the game information transmitting device 10, and the gaming machine ID and game acquired by the game information receiving device 30. Whether or not the correspondence between the time information, the counted number of game media, the gaming machine ID transmitted from the game information transmission device 10, the game time information, and the number of acquired game media at the time is valid. It becomes possible to judge.

  When the validity determination device 40 transmits the determination result to the game medium counter 3, the game medium counter 3 issues an alarm or displays a warning when the determination result indicates that the determination result is invalid. May be notified to the outside.

  In addition, for each gaming machine ID, the legitimacy determination device 40 stores the unit price of the gaming medium paid out as a prize from the gaming machine 1000 indicated by the gaming machine ID, and the gaming information transmitted from the gaming medium counter 3 The unit price corresponding to the game machine ID included in the game machine ID (that is, the game machine ID of the game machine 1000 that has paid out the game media counted by the game media counter 3) is obtained, and the calculated unit price is determined as the game media counter 3 If it transmits to, the game media counter 3 can further record the unit price transmitted from the validity determination apparatus 40 on the recording medium to issue. If a unit price setting device for setting an arbitrary amount of money is included in the unit price stored in the legitimacy determination device 40, the game hall side sets the unit price of the game medium at the time of exchange to an extremely fine amount. Will be able to. Note that a lending machine ID and a gaming machine island ID may be used instead of the gaming machine ID.

  Further, for each gaming machine ID, the gaming medium counter 3 stores the unit price of the gaming medium paid out as a prize from the gaming machine 1000 indicated by the gaming machine ID, and the gaming information acquired by the gaming information receiving device 30 is stored in the gaming information. The unit price corresponding to the included gaming machine ID (that is, the gaming machine ID of the gaming machine 1000 that has paid out the gaming medium counting the quantity) is obtained, and the obtained unit price is further recorded on the recording medium to be issued. be able to. If a unit price setting device is provided for setting an arbitrary amount to the unit price stored in the game medium counter 3, the game hall side sets the unit price of the game medium at the time of exchange to an extremely fine amount. Will be able to. Note that a lending machine ID and a gaming machine island ID may be used instead of the gaming machine ID.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the game information transmitting device 10, the game information storage device 20, and the game information receiving device 30. As shown in FIG. 2, the game information transmitting device 10 performs D / A conversion on the memory 11 storing and holding game information, and the game information stored and held in the memory 11 into an analog signal. The transmitter 12 that modulates the analog signal into electromagnetic waves and transmits it, and the transmission circuit 13 that transmits the game information stored in the memory 11 to the game medium counter 3 are provided.

  The game information storage device 20 receives the electromagnetic wave transmitted from the transmitter 12 of the game information transmission device 10, demodulates it into an analog signal, and D / A converts the demodulated analog signal to obtain game information. And the memory 22 that stores and holds the game information acquired by the receiver 21, the game information stored and held in the memory 22 is D / A converted into analog signals, and the D / A converted analog signals are modulated into electromagnetic waves. And a transmitter 23 for transmission.

  The game information receiving device 30 receives an electromagnetic wave transmitted from the transmitter 23 of the game information storage device 20 and demodulates it into an analog signal, and A / D converts the demodulated analog signal to obtain game information. And the output circuit 32 which outputs the game information which the receiver 31 acquired to the game media counter 3 can be used.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the game information transmitting device 10 and the game information receiving device 30 each further include transmitting circuits 14 and 33 for transmitting power-on electromagnetic waves for turning on the game information storage device 20. The game information storage device 20 receives the electromagnetic waves transmitted from the transmission circuit 14 of the game information transmission device 10 and the transmission circuit 33 of the game information reception device 30 and converts the received electromagnetic waves into electric power. The power supply circuit 24 for generating an operating power supply may be further included. In this way, the power consumption of the game information storage device 20 can be suppressed. At this time, the power supply circuit 24 preferably has a battery for storing the converted power, and the memory 22 is preferably a nonvolatile memory such as an EEPROM.

  The game information transmitting apparatus 10 and the game information receiving apparatus 30 are supplied with power from a commercial AC power supply. Further, the game information transmitting device 10 and the game information storage device 20 may place a signal indicating the game information on light instead of putting it on electromagnetic waves.

  In order to store desired game information in the memory 11 of the game information transmitting device 10, a game information setting device for setting game information may be provided. The game information setting device acquires game information input from the outside, and transmits the acquired game information to the game information transmission device 10 corresponding to the gaming machine 1000 indicated by the gaming machine ID included in the acquired game information. By doing so, the game information transmitting device 10 can store and hold the game information transmitted from the game information setting device in the memory 11.

  FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the game medium container 200. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the game medium container 200 is a ball box that stores a pachinko ball. As shown in FIG. 4, the game information storage device 20 is provided at the bottom of the game medium container 200. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the gaming information transmitting device 10 is a gaming medium container 200 used in the corresponding gaming machine 1000 in the top plate for juxtaposing gaming machine islands 1 composed of a plurality of gaming machines 1000. As shown in FIG. 6, the game information receiving device 30 is placed in the game medium counter 3 in which the game medium container 200 containing the game medium to be counted is placed. Can be provided.

  In this way, the distance between the game information transmitting device 10 and the game information storage device 20 and the distance between the game information storage device 20 and the game information receiving device 30 are reduced, so that the electromagnetic waves transmitted by the game information transmitting device 10 are transmitted. The reachable range and the reachable range of electromagnetic waves transmitted by the game information storage device 20 can be narrowed, and the device configuration and power consumption of the game information transmitting device 10, the game information storage device 20, and the game information receiving device 30 are suppressed. It becomes possible.

  In FIG. 5, the gaming machine 1000 is depicted as a pachinko gaming machine. Thereby, the game information indicated by the signal transmitted by the game information transmitting device 10 provided corresponding to the pachinko gaming machine in which the ball box is used on the electromagnetic wave is stored in the game information storage device 20 provided in the ball box. Can be retained.

  Here, at the start of the game, the player inserts cash or a prepaid card into the game medium lending machine 2 and designates a desired amount in order to borrow the game medium. Therefore, the game medium lending machine 2 Is divided by a predetermined amount (for example, 4 yen) to obtain the quantity of game media to be lent.

  At the end of the game, the player has the quantity of game media left at hand (actually, the game media paid out as a prize from the game machine 1000 as a result of the game machine 1000 being in a predetermined game state). In order to count the game media, the game media container 200 containing the game media is installed in a predetermined part of the game media counter 3.

  In addition, the game medium counter 3 is configured such that the player places the game medium container 200 at a predetermined site, counts the number of game media stored in the game medium container 200, and then the game medium container 200. When the game is lifted, the game information such as the gaming machine ID and the game time is deleted.

  In any of the above-described embodiments, the game medium renting machine 2 can store the unit price of the gaming medium lent to the gaming machine 1000 belonging to the corresponding gaming machine island 1. In such a case, the game medium lending machine 2, when a player inserts cash or a prepaid card and designates a desired amount, the game to be rented is divided by the stored unit price. The amount of the medium is obtained, and the requested amount of game media is lent out. Therefore, by providing a unit price setting device that sets an arbitrary amount to the unit price stored in the game medium lending machine 2, the game center side sets the unit price of the game medium at the time of lending to an extremely fine amount. Will be able to.

  In addition, the player brings the recording medium issued by the game medium counter 3 to the prize exchange counter in order to obtain a prize according to the number of game media, which is the counting result of the game medium counter 3. The prize exchange counter is equipped with a reader that reads and outputs the recorded contents of the recording medium brought by the player. Among the contents, the number of game media which is the counting result of the game media counter 3 is confirmed, and the player can obtain a prize according to the number of the game media. At this time, if a predetermined symbol is recorded in the recorded content output by the reader, the person in charge at the game hall can take measures such as listening to the situation from the player. The validity determination device 40 can be realized by an information processing device such as a personal computer.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described.
Since the game information transmitting device 10 transmits the power-on electromagnetic wave for powering on the game information storage device 20 by the transmitting circuit 14, the game information transmitting device 10 pays out from the gaming machine 1000 corresponding to the game information transmitting device 10. When the game medium container 200 is placed on the top plate shown in FIG. 5 to store the played game medium, the game information storage device 20 provided in the game medium container 200 is connected to the game information by the power circuit 24. The operation power supply is created by receiving the power-on electromagnetic wave transmitted from the transmission circuit 14 of the transmission device 10 and converting the received electromagnetic wave into electric power.

  In addition, the game information transmitting apparatus 10 uses the transmitter 12 to D / A convert the game information stored and held in the memory 11 into an analog signal, and modulate the D / A converted analog signal into an electromagnetic wave for transmission. When the game information storage device 20 starts operation, the game information storage device 20 receives the electromagnetic wave transmitted from the transmitter 12 of the game information transmission device 10 by the receiver 21, demodulates the analog signal, and A / D converts the demodulated analog signal. The game information is acquired, and the memory information acquired by the receiver 21 is stored and held in the memory 22. Further, the game information transmitting device 10 transmits the same game information as the game information transmitted by the transmitter 12 as an electromagnetic wave to the validity determining device 40 by the transmission circuit 13.

  The game information receiving device 30 transmits a power-on electromagnetic wave for powering on the game information storage device 20 within a predetermined range by the transmitting circuit 33. For this reason, in order to count the number of game media stored in the game media container 200, when the game media container 200 is placed at a position shown in FIG. 6, a game information storage device provided in the game media container 200 is provided. 20 receives an electromagnetic wave for power-on transmitted from the transmission circuit 14 of the game information transmission device 10 by the power circuit 24, and converts the received electromagnetic wave into electric power, thereby creating an operating power source. Start.

  When the game information storage device 20 starts its operation, the transmitter 23 D / A converts the game information stored and held in the memory 22 into an analog signal, and modulates the D / A converted analog signal into an electromagnetic wave. Send. Therefore, the game information receiving device 30 receives the electromagnetic wave transmitted from the transmitter 23 of the game information storage device 20 by the receiver 31 and demodulates the analog signal, and A / D converts the demodulated analog signal. The game information is acquired, and the output circuit 32 outputs the game information acquired by the receiver 31 to the game medium counter 3.

  The game medium counter 3 counts the number of game media stored in the game medium container 200 and issues a recording medium such as a receipt on which the count result is printed or a card on which the count result is recorded. In the embodiment, the game medium counter 3 further transmits the game information acquired by the game information receiving device 30 to the validity determining device 40 before issuing the recording medium.

  Then, the legitimacy determining device 40 collates the game information acquired by the game information receiving device 30 with the game information transmitted from the game information transmitting device 10.

  More specifically, the gaming machine ID “101” acquired by the gaming information receiving apparatus 30 shown in FIG. 7B is compared with the gaming machine ID “101” transmitted from the gaming information transmitting apparatus 10 shown in FIG. The game time information “11: 30-13: 45” acquired by the game information receiving device 30 shown in FIG. 7B and the game time information “11: 30− transmitted from the game information transmitting device 10 shown in FIG. 13:45 "and the number of game media counted by the game media counter 3, for example, 2012, and the acquired game media number information" 2012 "transmitted from the game information transmitting device 10 shown in FIG. To do.

  By collating in this way, the legitimacy determination device 40 is connected to the gaming machine ID acquired by the gaming information receiving device 30, gaming time information, the number of gaming media counted by the gaming media counter 3, and the gaming information transmission device 10. It is determined whether or not each association with the gaming machine ID, the gaming time information, and the number of acquired gaming media at the gaming time is valid. Then, the number of game media included in the game information transmitted from the game information transmitting device 10 provided corresponding to the gaming machine 1000 indicated by the gaming machine ID is compared with the counting result of the gaming media counter 3. Then, the game media counter 3 indicates a determination result that the difference between the two is within a predetermined range and the association is valid, or a determination result that the difference between the two is out of the predetermined range and the association is not valid. Return to

  In response to this, the game medium counter 3 shows that the game information received by the game information receiving device 30 and its own count are included when the determination result returned from the validity determination device 40 indicates that the determination is valid. When the recording medium in which the result is recorded is issued and the determination result returned from the validity determination device 40 indicates that it is not valid, the game information acquired by the game information receiving device 30 and the count result of itself And a recording medium on which a predetermined symbol is recorded.

  The game medium counter 3 further stores the unit price of the game medium paid out as a prize from the gaming machine 1000 indicated by the gaming machine ID for each gaming machine ID, and the game acquired by the gaming information receiving device 30 A unit price corresponding to the gaming machine ID included in the information (that is, the gaming machine ID of the gaming machine 1000 that has paid out the gaming medium counted) is obtained, and the obtained unit price is further recorded on the recording medium to be issued.

  The determination result of the legitimacy determination device 40 is returned to the game medium counter 3 and recorded on the recording medium issued by the game medium counter 3, so that the recorded content of the recording medium issued by the game medium counter 3 is read. In the prize exchange counter in which the reading device to be output is installed, if the player in charge of the game hall has a predetermined symbol in the recorded content output by the reading device, the player who brought the recording medium It is possible to take measures such as listening to the situation from the player, and to prevent the player from cheating.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the gaming information acquired by the gaming information receiving device 30 and the gaming information transmitted from the gaming information transmitting device 10 are collated, and the gaming machine ID acquired by the gaming information receiving device 30 “101”, game time information “11: 30-13: 45”, the number of game media 2012 counted by the game media counter 3, the game machine ID “101” transmitted from the game information transmission device 10, and the game It is determined whether or not each association between the time information “11: 30-13: 45” and the number of acquired game media 2012 in the game time “11: 30-13: 45” is valid. Therefore, even if fraud is performed on the game media of the plurality of game media containers 200 that are continuously paid out from the same gaming machine 1000, it is possible to accurately determine whether or not the game is fraudulent.

  In this embodiment, since a unique gaming machine ID is assigned to each gaming machine 1000, it can be applied even when the unit price of the gaming medium is different for each gaming machine 1000, but for each gaming medium lending machine 2. If the unit price of the game medium is different, a unique rental machine ID may be given to the game medium rental machine 2, and if the unit price of the game medium is different for each gaming machine island 1, the unique game machine is given. What is necessary is just to give island ID to the gaming machine island 1.

  Further, in the present embodiment, after the gaming medium container 200 is placed on the top board 50 in front of the gaming machine 1000 corresponding to the gaming machine ID “101”, the gaming medium container 200 is lifted from the top board 50, Each information of the gaming machine ID “101” and the gaming time “11: 30-13: 45” is written to the address “01” of the gaming information storage device 20 in the gaming information storage device 20 of the gaming medium container 200, and thereafter The other game medium container 200 is placed on the top board 50 in front of the game machine 1000 corresponding to the game machine ID “101”, and after that, the game medium in the game medium container 200 is further consumed to play the game. Even when the person places the game medium container 200 again on the top board 50 in front of the game machine 1000 corresponding to the game machine ID “101” in order to use the game medium in the first game medium container 200, FIG. (B) As shown, each information of the gaming machine ID “101” and the gaming time “13: 58-14: 03” is written to the address “02” of the gaming information storage device 20, while the setting unit 41 shown in FIG. Since each information of the gaming machine ID “101”, the game time “13: 58-14: 03”, and the number of acquired game media “598” is also written in the address “02”, the presence / absence of the illegality is accurately described as described above. Can be judged.

FIG. 9 shows a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram of a game management system according to the second embodiment. In FIG. 9, as in the first embodiment, the gaming machine 1000, the gaming medium lending machine 2, the gaming medium counter 3, the gaming information transmitting device 10, the gaming information storage device 20, the gaming information receiving device 30, A sex determination device 40 is provided, and in addition to these, a management device 6, a display device 7 and an output device 8 provided for the management device 6 are provided.

  The game information shown in FIG. 7B of the game information storage device 20 of the game medium container 200 is transmitted to the validity determination device 40 via the game information receiving device 30 of the game medium counter 3.

  On the other hand, from the gaming information transmission device 10 corresponding to each gaming machine 1000, the gaming machine ID, gaming time, and acquired gaming media number information are transmitted to the validity determining device 40. Thereby, for example, the gaming machine ID “101”, the game time “11: 30-13: 45”, and the number of acquired game media information at the address “01” shown in FIG. Each game information of “2012” is set, and the address “02” includes a gaming machine ID “101”, a game time “13: 58-14: 03”, and acquired game medium number information “598”. Each game information is set.

  Next, the game information shown in FIG. 7B of the game information storage device 20 of the game medium container 200 and the game information transmission device 10 corresponding to each game machine 1000 are transmitted by the validity determination device 40. The game information shown in FIG. 8 is collated.

  Then, the gaming time, gaming machine ID, acquired gaming medium number information transmitted from the gaming information transmitting device 10, and the gaming time and gaming machine ID stored in the gaming information storage device 20 of the gaming medium container 200 are counted. If the numbers of media match each other, it is determined that the gaming time and gaming machine ID stored in the gaming information storage device 20 of the gaming media container 200 and the number of gaming media counted are valid.

  As a result, the result that the gaming time, the gaming machine ID and the counted number of gaming media stored in the gaming information storage device 20 of the gaming media container 200 are valid is displayed on the display device 7 of the management device 6. Alternatively, it is output as a printed matter from the output device 8 such as a printer and notified.

  In addition, when it is determined that one of the gaming time, gaming machine ID, and counted number of gaming media stored in the gaming information storage device 20 of the gaming media container 200 is not valid, it is not valid. The result is displayed on the display device 7 of the management device 6 or outputted as a printed matter from the output device 8 such as a printer and notified.

  FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram of a game management system according to the third embodiment. In FIG. 10, as in the second embodiment, a gaming machine 1000, a gaming medium lending machine 2, a gaming medium counter 3, a gaming information transmitting device 10, a gaming information storage device 20, a gaming information receiving device 30, A sex determination device 40, a management device 6, a display device 7, and an output device 8 are provided, and an alarm device 9 is added in addition to these.

  In the present embodiment, when it is determined that one of the gaming time, gaming machine ID, and counted number of gaming media stored in the gaming information storage device 20 of the gaming media container 200 is not valid, The result that is not valid is displayed on the display device 7 of the management device 6 or is output as a printed matter from the output device 8 such as a printer and notified, and the alarm device 9 warns with sound or light. The

The conceptual diagram of 1st Embodiment of the game management system of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structural example of a game information transmitter, a game information storage device, and a game information receiver. The block diagram which shows another structural example of a game information transmitter, a game information storage device, and a game information receiver. Explanatory drawing which shows the example of installation of a game information storage device. Explanatory drawing which shows the example of installation of a game information transmission apparatus. Explanatory drawing which shows the example of installation of a game information receiver. Explanatory drawing which shows a mode that game information is memorize | stored in the game information storage device in 1st Embodiment. Explanatory drawing which shows the game information memorize | stored in the setting part in 1st Embodiment. The conceptual diagram of 2nd Embodiment of the game management system of this invention. The conceptual diagram of 3rd Embodiment of the game management system of this invention. Explanatory drawing which shows the layout of a game hall.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Game machine island 2 ... Game medium rental machine 3 ... Game medium counter 10 ... Game information transmission device 20 ... Game information storage device 30 ... Game information receiving device 40 ... Legitimacy determination device 200 ... Game media container 1000 ... Game machine

Claims (10)

A game management system applied to a game hall in which a plurality of gaming machines for paying out a predetermined amount of game media as a prize when a predetermined game state is realized,
Provided for each of the plurality of gaming machines and transmitting a signal indicating gaming information including an identifier of the corresponding gaming machine (hereinafter referred to as gaming machine ID) and gaming time information on electromagnetic waves, A game information transmitting device for transmitting game information including the number of acquired game media;
A game machine provided for each of a plurality of containers (hereinafter referred to as game medium containers) for storing game media paid out as a prize from each of the plurality of game machines, wherein the corresponding game media containers are used. Receiving the electromagnetic wave transmitted from the corresponding game information transmitting device, acquiring the game information indicated by the signal riding on the received electromagnetic wave, and adding the gaming machine ID and the game time to the game information A plurality of game information storage devices for storing and transmitting signals indicating the game information stored and held in the game medium container on electromagnetic waves;
Receiving electromagnetic waves transmitted from the game information storage device provided corresponding to the game medium container storing the game medium whose quantity is to be counted, and acquiring game information indicated by the signal riding on the received electromagnetic waves A game information receiving device,
The game information acquired by the game information receiving device is compared with the game information transmitted from the game information transmitting device, and the gaming machine ID, game time information, and the number of game media counted are acquired by the game information receiving device. A game management system for determining whether or not each association between the gaming machine ID transmitted from the gaming information transmitting device, gaming time information, and the number of acquired gaming media at the gaming time is valid. . A game management system applied to a game hall in which a plurality of gaming machines for paying out a predetermined amount of game media as a prize when a predetermined game state is realized,
Provided for each of the plurality of gaming machines and transmitting a signal indicating gaming information including an identifier of the corresponding gaming machine (hereinafter referred to as gaming machine ID) and gaming time information on electromagnetic waves, A game information transmitting device for transmitting game information including the number of acquired game media;
A game machine provided for each of a plurality of containers (hereinafter referred to as game medium containers) for storing game media paid out as a prize from each of the plurality of game machines, wherein the corresponding game media containers are used. Receiving the electromagnetic wave transmitted from the corresponding game information transmitting device, acquiring the game information indicated by the signal riding on the received electromagnetic wave, and adding the gaming machine ID and the game time to the game information A plurality of game information storage devices for transmitting and storing signals indicating game information stored and held on electromagnetic waves,
A game information storage device provided in a game medium counter for counting the number of game media stored in the game medium container and corresponding to the game medium container storing the game media to be counted A game information receiving device that receives the electromagnetic waves transmitted from and acquires game information indicated by a signal riding on the received electromagnetic waves;
The game information acquired by the game information receiving device is compared with the game information transmitted from the game information transmitting device, and the gaming machine ID, game time information, and the counted game medium acquired by the game information receiving device. A legitimacy judging device for judging whether or not each association between the number and the gaming machine ID transmitted from the gaming information transmitting device, the gaming time information, and the number of acquired gaming media in the gaming time is valid. A game management system characterized by comprising.   3. The game management system according to claim 2, wherein the number of game media included in the game information transmitted from the game information transmitting device provided corresponding to the gaming machine indicated by the gaming machine ID, and the gaming media count A game management system characterized by comparing the counting results of the machines and determining that the difference between the two is within a predetermined range as an element for determining that the association is valid.   3. The game management system according to claim 2, wherein when it is determined that the association is valid, the number of game media included in the game information acquired by the game information receiving device and the count of the game media counter When it is determined that the association is not valid, the number of game media included in the game information acquired by the game information receiving device, the count result of the game media counter, A game management system characterized by notifying a symbol or issuing an alarm.   The game management system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein for each gaming machine ID, a unit price of a gaming medium paid out as a prize from a gaming machine indicated by the gaming machine ID is stored, and the gaming information receiving apparatus acquires A game management system characterized in that a unit price corresponding to a gaming machine ID included in information is obtained and the obtained unit price is notified.   3. The game management system according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of game information storage devices is provided at a bottom portion of a corresponding game medium container.   3. The game management system according to claim 1, wherein the game information receiving device is provided in a part of the game medium counter where a game medium container storing a game medium to be counted is placed. A game management system characterized by   3. The game management system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein each of the plurality of game information transmitting devices is used in a corresponding game machine in a top board for juxtaposing gaming machine islands composed of the plurality of game machines. A game management system, characterized in that the game management system is provided at a place where a game medium container to be played is placed.   6. The game management system according to claim 1, wherein the game machine ID is an identifier of a game medium lending machine that lends game media.   6. The game management system according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine ID is an identifier of a gaming machine island made up of one or more gaming machines.

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