JP2008188211A - Management system for game hall - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a management system for a game hall, which is capable of confirming whether or not players receiving the benefits of a setting notification event are deviated. <P>SOLUTION: A management device manages the operation data of slot machines and member data which are individual data of each member. When the manager of the game hall sets a prescribed period, the management device 4 displays setting notification history data for each member on the basis of the data. The manager can recognize whether or not the benefits of the setting notification event are received for each member from the setting notification history data for each member. Thus, by attaining the condition that the member who has not received the benefits of the setting notification event so much can easily receive the benefits in the setting notification event to be held thereafter, the deviation of the players receiving the benefits of the setting notification event is dissolved. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a game hall management system for notifying a player of setting information of a jackpot probability of a gaming machine when a notification condition is achieved.

In recent game halls, so-called setting notification events are held to attract players and attract customers. This setting notification event is to notify the player of the setting value of the gaming machine when a preset notification condition is satisfied, as described in Patent Document 1, for example.
JP 2002-126170 A

  In such an event, there is a large difference in game results (balance of payments) between a player who fully understands the event content and actively uses it, and a player who does not understand the event content. There is a tendency to end up. For this reason, it is not preferable that only a specific player benefit from an event for a game store that wants to provide services to all players equally.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is management for a game hall capable of confirming whether or not there is a bias in a player who is benefiting from a setting information notification event. To provide a system.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to discriminate between a player who often receives the benefits of the setting information notification event and a player who does not receive much. For players who do not receive much benefit from the notification event of the setting information, actively appeal the event contents and direct the game so as not to stop the game near the achievement of the setting notification condition, or the setting notification condition By taking measures such as changing the content to a content that is easy to achieve, it is possible to eliminate the bias of the players who are benefiting from the setting notification event.

According to the invention of claim 2, since the notification rate of a specific player can be grasped, the discrimination accuracy of the bias of the player can be improved.
According to the invention of claim 3, since the setting notification rates of a plurality of players can be compared, the discrimination accuracy of the player's bias can be further increased.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 schematically shows the overall configuration of a game hall management system. In FIG. 1, a plurality of slot machines (corresponding to gaming machines) 1 installed in a game hall are configured to borrow a medal from an inter-unit medal lending machine 2 adjacent to the right side and play a game. Is provided with a member terminal 3. Each slot machine 1 is assigned a unique machine number.

  Management device (equivalent to notification condition setting means, notification control means, player identification means, player-specific setting notification information storage means, output means) 4 is loaned by game data related to the slot machine 1 or inter-medal renting machine 2 It has a total management function such as high, a management function for operation data, a function for controlling the operation of the member terminal 3, and the like. In addition, the management device 4 manages history data in which operation data of each member (player who has registered as a member of the game hall) is collected in association with member data that is personal data of the member. The management device 4 is a known gaming machine terminal (corresponding to a setting notification means) having a LAN 5 and a data relay function to exchange data signals with the slot machine 1, the inter-unit medal lending machine 2, and the member terminal 3. 6 is performed.

  In FIG. 1, each component of the slot machine 1 is not given a specific reference. However, in this slot machine 1, a predetermined game start operation, that is, a state where a medal is inserted into the medal insertion slot, or When the start lever is operated in a state where the credit medal is inserted through the insertion button, the game is started by operating the variable display device composed of a plurality of rows (three rows) of reels. One game ends when the rotation of the reels is stopped by operating the stop button corresponding to the reels in the row.

  When the stop symbol displayed on the variable display device becomes a predetermined winning symbol at the end of the game, a winning combination (big bonus, regular bonus, small bonus) determined by the winning symbol is generated. The number of medals according to the type of the combination is paid out to the tray.

  The stop symbol displayed on the variable display device is determined according to the result of the internal lottery performed at the timing when the start lever is operated (game start timing). In the slot machine 1, the winning symbol is won by the internal lottery. Flags corresponding to winning combinations (big bonus flag, regular bonus flag, small role flag) are set, and on the basis of the flags, stop control of variable display devices including so-called slip control (reel each reel according to the type of flag) (A control to stop at a symbol or off symbol).

  In this case, each probability (corresponding to the jackpot probability) of winning the big bonus and the regular bonus as a jackpot by the internal lottery is a set value (corresponding to the setting information) corresponding to “setting 1” to “setting 6”. ) In advance. Each probability of winning the big bonus and regular bonus is set so that the internal lottery probability increases as the setting value increases, and the setting value that is the most advantageous for the player is the highest probability of jackpot of “Setting 6” It has become.

The slot machine 1 is configured to output at least signals as shown in (1) to (5) below in accordance with the game being played.
(1) Out signal (1 pulse output every time one medal is inserted or one credit medal is consumed)
(2) Safe signal (1 pulse output for every medal paid out)
(3) Game signal (1 pulse output for each game start)
(4) BIG signal (level signal output during the big bonus period)
(5) REG signal (level signal output during regular bonus period)
These signals are transmitted to the management apparatus 4 through the gaming machine terminal 6 having the data relay function shown in FIG.

  FIG. 2 shows a front view of the gaming machine terminal 6. The gaming machine terminal 6 is provided with a lamp portion 7 in which a lamp that is lit / flashed according to an output signal from the slot machine 1 or the management device 4 is covered with a cover member. A calling button 8 that is pressed and used when the player calls the store clerk is provided in the right direction when viewed from the player of the lamp unit 7, and a slot machine is provided at the center of the gaming machine terminal 6. 1 is provided with a data display unit 9 for displaying the operation data of the slot machine 1 based on the signal output from 1.

  FIG. 3 shows a display example of the data display unit 9 at the normal time, which will be described below. That is, in FIG. 3, the operation data is divided and displayed in the display areas (1) to (5) below in the data display unit 9.

(1) Number-of-games display area 9a: The number of games between bonuses (after the start of business when the bonus is zero) and the number of games between cumulative bonuses after the business start are digitally displayed. In the following description, the expression “number of games” means the number of games between bonuses (period in which no bonus is generated).
(2) Big hit count display area 9b: The number of big bonuses and regular bonuses one day before, two days ago, and the number of big bonuses, which are the highest ever, are digitally displayed.
(3) Number-of-games history display area 9c: The history of the number of games between bonuses for the latest 10 games and the current number of games between bonuses are displayed in a bar graph.
(4) Type display area 9d: The type of bonus (big bonus = ★, regular bonus = none) is displayed in association with the game number history.
(5) Message display area 9e: Displays various messages according to a display command from the management device 4, and notification conditions for setting values such as “4, 8000 game arrival set 5 and 6 notifications!” As will be described later. In addition, when the corresponding slot machine 1 is a notification target, the setting value notification message is scroll-displayed when the notification condition of the setting value such as “This stand is setting 6. Congratulations!” Is achieved.

  In the management device 4, the number of times the setting value notification is set in a predetermined period based on the operation data signal transmitted from the slot machine 1 via the gaming machine terminal 6 (the target in the setting notification event). The number of times the set value notification is actually made is counted for each slot machine 1 and for each set value. The management device 4 can display the aggregated data as set value notification statistical data (see FIG. 6) in a predetermined format.

Returning to FIG. 1, the member terminal 3 will be described. The member terminal 3 has a liquid crystal display unit 10 for displaying game data and various information as operation information related to the corresponding slot machine 1, and a status display for displaying the operation status and error status of the slot machine 1. The lamp 11 has a card insertion slot 13 into which a membership card 12 issued by a game hall is inserted, and a card discharge button 14. A touch panel switch 15 is provided on the screen of the liquid crystal display unit 10.
The member terminal 3 can display TV, member history information, etc., and accept services such as drink ordering in response to an operation from the touch panel switch 15.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.
When the setting notification event is held, the administrator selects any one notification condition type for each slot machine 1 or each model on the notification condition type selection screen of the management device 4 as shown in FIG. The following notification condition types are set.
Notification condition 1: Do not notify (do not notify the set value)
Notification condition 2: Cumulative number of games (when the cumulative number of games reaches a predetermined number of games, a set value is announced)
Notification condition 3: difference number (medal payout number-medal insertion number = when the difference number reaches a predetermined number, the set value is notified)
Notification condition 4: Number of BIGs (notifies the set value when the number of big bonus winnings (winnings) reaches a predetermined number)
When the setting notification event is held, the notification condition 1 is set for the slot machine 1 that is not the target of the setting notification event, and the setting value is not notified. Also, the notification conditions 2 to 4 are selected for the slot machine 1 that is the target of the setting notification event, so that the setting value can be notified when a predetermined notification condition is satisfied. When the notification condition types from the notification conditions 2 to 4 are selected, it is necessary to set a condition numerical value as a predetermined notification condition.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of a condition numerical value input screen corresponding to each slot machine 1. First, the game hall administrator inputs any one of the setting values 1 to 6 set in each slot machine 1 in the “setting value” input field of the condition numerical value setting screen shown in FIG. When a set value is input in the “set value” input field, the management device 4 counts the number of times set to notify the set value for each set number and set value statistics of the slot machine 1. Record and update as data.

  Next, a condition numerical value corresponding to the notification condition type is input. In the example shown in FIG. 5, a condition numerical value setting screen for condition numerical values is displayed when the notification condition 2 (total number of games) is selected as the notification condition on the notification condition type selection screen shown in FIG. In this case, the total number of games as a condition for the notification of the set value is entered in the “conditional numerical value” input field. For example, in the slot machine 1 with the machine number 1, when the cumulative number of games reaches 8000 games, the set value notification is performed.

  Here, when a condition numerical value is entered in the “condition numerical value” input field, the predicted notification time is automatically calculated from the condition numerical value and displayed in the “notified predicted time” field. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the predicted notification time is calculated on the precondition that the game hall opening time is 9:00 am and 600 games are played per hour. These preconditions can be changed on a precondition setting screen (not shown).

Then, when the game hall is opened, the message display area 9e of the gaming machine terminal 6 corresponding to the slot machine 1 of the event target model shows “Set to 56 notifications when reaching 4000 to 8000 games!” As shown in FIG. Display is performed. This is because, as described above, the notification condition depends on the cumulative number of games, and the slot machine 1 in which the setting values of the settings 5 and 6 are set may be notified of the set value when 4000 to 8000 games have elapsed. A notice message is displayed so that the player is informed of the expectations of the player by telling the player that there is.
Actually, not only the slot machines 1 with the setting values of 5 and 6, but also the condition numerical values are set for the slot machines 1 with the setting values of 1 to 4, and when the condition numerical values are satisfied, the setting value notification is made. Is done.

  Now, when a player who is a member who visits the store uses the member card 12, the member card 12 is inserted into the card insertion slot 13 of the member terminal 3. When the member card 12 is inserted into the card insertion slot 13 of the member terminal 3, the member terminal 3 reads the member data recorded on the member card 12 and transmits it to the management device 4 while displaying the initial screen. It will be in the state which can accept operation with respect to the touch-panel switch 15. FIG.

  When the player inserts a medal into the slot machine 1 and operates the start lever, an out signal is output from the slot machine 1 and a game signal is output. And the total number of G is counted. When a winning combination occurs in the slot machine 1, a safe signal is output according to the payout of medals, and a BIG signal or a REG signal is output when the winning combination is a big bonus or a regular bonus. Therefore, the management device 4 counts the BIG number and the REG number corresponding to the machine number and calculates the difference number of medals (out-safe). In this way, game data of each slot machine 1 from the start of business is managed by the management device 4.

Then, in the notification condition set in advance before the opening of the game hall, that is, in the example shown in FIG. 5, when the cumulative number of games satisfies the condition numerical value, the message display area 9e in the gaming machine terminal 6 reads “This table is After the setting value notification message such as “Congratulations!” Is scrolled for 1 minute, characters such as “Setting 6 confirmed!” Are continuously displayed and the lamp section 7 is continuously flashing. It has become so.
Therefore, the player knows that the set value of the slot machine 1 in which he / she plays is 6, and becomes enthusiastic about the game. As described above, the setting value notification may be performed even in the slot machine 1 having the setting values of 1 to 4, but in such a case, a message congratulating the player is not displayed.

When the gaming machine terminal 6 displays the setting value notification message as described above, the gaming machine terminal 6 transmits information indicating that the setting value notification message has been displayed to the management device 4. When the management device 4 receives information indicating that the setting value notification message has been displayed from the gaming machine terminal 6, the management device 4 indicates the number of notifications for each setting value corresponding to the machine number of the slot machine 1 in which the setting value notification has been performed. The set value notification management data is updated by incrementing the notified number of notifications by one.
When the management device 4 receives information indicating that the setting value notification message has been displayed from the gaming machine terminal 6, the management device 4 associates various data related to the setting value notification with the member data received from the member terminal 3. The setting notification history data is managed by storing.

  Now, the manager of the amusement hall, after the end of the business, the setting value notification is performed for each slot machine 1 at an appropriate frequency, or the setting value notification is not performed biased toward the slot machine 1 of a specific machine number. In order to determine whether or not, a predetermined period of time to be confirmed is arbitrarily set, and the management apparatus 4 is instructed to create a form. Upon receiving the form creation instruction, the management device 4 creates and displays set value notification statistical data based on the set notification management data.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the set value notification statistical data collected during the predetermined period. The set value notification statistical data shown in FIG. 6 is managed by arbitrarily setting a predetermined period from April 1, 2006 to April 30, 2006, for example, to manage the set value notification statistical data within a period of one month. This can be confirmed in the device 4.
That is, when a predetermined period is set by a store clerk at the game hall, the number of times set in the setting notification event within the predetermined period recorded in the management device 4 (the number of times the setting value notification is set (the number of setting times) )) And the actual number of notifications of the set value (the number of notifications) are displayed for each set value corresponding to the machine number of the slot machine 1. At the same time, the average setting, total, notification rate and the set number of notifications for each set number of the slot machine 1 and the number of notifications, the total, and the notification rate are calculated and displayed.

  In this embodiment, one month (30 days) from April 1, 2006 to April 30, 2006 is the holding period of the setting notification event, and during that period, all slot machines are held every business day. The notification condition is set so that 1 is the target of the set value notification. Business days in which the set notification event was not held during the counting period may be included, but non-held days of the setting notification event are excluded from the counting target.

  The setting items of the set value notification statistical data shown in the management device 4 include the number of times the setting value notification is set (setting 1 to setting 6), and the number of notifications corresponding to the setting 1 to setting 6 is the slot machine 1 The data is aggregated corresponding to the machine number, and the average setting, total, and notification rate are calculated corresponding to the machine number of the slot machine 1.

(1) Setting 1 to Setting 6: Number of times each setting value notification is set in each slot machine 1 (2) Number of notifications: Setting value for which setting value notification is actually performed in each slot machine 1 Number of times (3) Average setting: Average of setting values for which actual setting value notification is set in each slot machine 1 ((1 × setting number of setting 1 + 2 × setting number of setting 2+... +6 × Set number of settings 6) ÷ 30)
(4) Total: Total number of notifications for settings 1 to 6 in each slot machine 1 (5) Notification rate: Number of notifications / number of settings (the ratio of the total number of notifications to the number of settings for each slot machine 1)
In addition, the sum of the number of times the setting value notification is set, the number of notifications, and the notification rate are tabulated for each setting value within a predetermined month.
(6) Total: Number of times the setting value notification is set (Settings 1 to 6) and the number of notification times for each setting value (7) Notification rate: To the total number of times the setting value notification is set Percentage of total number of notifications for each set value

By the way, although the variation of the setting value notification in the slot machine 1 can be determined from the setting notification statistical data described above, the variation of the setting value notification for each player cannot be determined. In other words, it is impossible to grasp whether or not the players who are benefiting from the setting notification event are biased.
Therefore, when the administrator wants to know whether or not the players who are benefiting from the setting notification event are biased, the member to be confirmed and a predetermined period are arbitrarily set, and the setting notification for each member is sent to the management device 4. Instructs output of history data. Upon receiving the instruction, the management device 4 creates member-specific setting notification history data based on the setting value notification history data, and displays the created member-specific setting notification history data.

FIG. 7 shows an example of the member-specific setting notification history data displayed on the management device 4. In the example shown in FIG. 7, “member No.”, “member name” selected by the administrator, and “period” which is a predetermined period arbitrarily set by the administrator are used as the title of the member-specific setting notification history data. , May 1, 2006 to May 31, 2006 are displayed.
In the data display section, “Visitor”, “Notification number”, “Model”, “Setting value”, “Notification time”, “Notification type”, “Conditional value” are set corresponding to “Date” Has been. In this example, the dates are May 1-5, May 8-12, May 22-26.

  “Visit” indicates whether or not the member has played a game in the slot machine 1. When the game is played, “◯” is shown, and when the game is not played, “-” is shown. The “notification table number” indicates the number of the slot machine 1 on which the setting value notification has been given to the member in the setting notification event. “Model” indicates the model of the slot machine 1. “Set value” indicates the set value notified in the set value notification. “Notification time” indicates the time when the set value notification is performed. “Notification type” indicates the notification condition type set on the notification condition type selection screen shown in FIG. 4 as a condition for setting value notification. The “conditional numerical value” indicates a conditional numerical value set on the conditional numerical value setting screen shown in FIG. 5 as a setting value notification condition. In addition, regarding the “date” when the member has not visited the store, or the “date” when the set value notification has not been performed even though the member has visited the store, “notification number”, “model”, “set value” "-" Is displayed in the display columns of "notification time", "notification type", and "condition numerical value".

  On the other hand, below the data, “the number of days held”, “the number of days visited”, “the number of notifications”, and “notification rate” are set. “The number of days” indicates the total number of days of “the date” of the setting notification event in the “period” arbitrarily set by the administrator. “Number of visits” indicates the total number of days of “visit”. “Number of notifications” indicates the total number of times the set value notification is performed. The “notification rate” indicates the ratio of the “number of notifications” in which the setting information is notified to the player with respect to the “number of days to visit” that the specific player has visited. In the example shown in FIG. 7, focusing on “the number of days” and “the number of visits”, the setting notification event is held for 15 days, and among them, the setting notification event for 13 days is participated. Member no. 1234 members are quite regular customers. Further, focusing on the “notification rate”, since the “notification rate” is 31%, it can be determined that although it is a regular customer, it is difficult to say that the set notification event is being used well. Therefore, member no. For 1234 members, it can be seen that it would be desirable to benefit more from the setting announcement event.

  By the way, since the member-specific setting notification history data shown in FIG. 7 is data only for a specific member, comparison with data of other members is effective in improving the determination accuracy. When it is desired to confirm such comparison data, the administrator arbitrarily sets a predetermined period to be confirmed, and instructs the management apparatus 4 to output the member-specific setting notification total data. When the management device 4 receives the instruction, it creates member-specific setting notification total data based on the setting value notification history data, and displays the created member-specific setting notification total data.

FIG. 8 shows an example of the member-specific setting notification total data displayed by the management device 4. The title of this member-specific setting summary data is “Total”, which is a predetermined period arbitrarily set by the administrator, and “Number of days” indicating the total number of days in which the set notification event was held within the “Total” Is displayed.
In this data, “Member Name”, “Number of Visits”, “Number of Notifications”, “Notification Rate”, and “Average Setting” are displayed corresponding to “Member No.”. “Average setting” indicates the average value of the setting values notified in the setting value notification.

  In the example shown in FIG. 8, when attention is paid to the “number of days visited” and the “notification rate”, the member NO. “0003” members have many “visit days” and can be said to be quite regular customers. However, since the “notification rate” is low, it cannot be said that the set notification event is effectively utilized. On the other hand, member NO. The members “0004” and “0005” have a high “notification rate” and can be said to be using the set notification event effectively. Especially member NO. The members of “0005” have high “average setting” as well as “notification rate”, so it can be understood that they are highly advanced players. Therefore, member NO. It can be seen that there is a need to improve so that the members of “0003” can further benefit from the setting notification event.

According to such an embodiment, the management device 4 creates and displays member-specific setting notification history data indicating the history of setting value notification in the setting notification event for each member in accordance with the operation by the administrator. Identify whether each member is benefiting from the set notification event by paying attention to the "set days", "number of visits", "number of notifications", and "notification rate" of the separately set notification history data. Can do. Therefore, the administrator actively appeals the contents of the event to members who do not receive much benefit from the setting notification event, and directs or sets the game so as not to stop the game soon after the setting notification condition is achieved. By taking measures such as changing the notification condition itself to a content that is easy to achieve, it is possible to eliminate the bias of the players who are benefiting from the setting notification event.
Further, since the management device 4 displays member-specific setting notification total data that can be compared with history data for a plurality of members in accordance with an operation by the administrator, in particular the “notification rate”, “ By paying attention to “average setting”, it is possible to more accurately grasp whether or not the benefit of the setting notification event is received as compared with other members.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be modified or expanded as follows.
It is desirable to proactively appeal the contents of the setting notification event via the member terminal 3 to a player whose notification rate is a predetermined value or less in the member-specific setting notification history data and the member-specific setting notification history data. Specifically, when the member card 12 is inserted, a screen describing the details of the setting notification event may be displayed.
The notification conditions for setting value notifications can be changed during the course of business, and for players with low notification rates in the member-specific setting notification history data and member-specific setting notification aggregate data, the notification conditions can be changed to a condition that is easy to achieve. Service is also possible.

Although the gaming machine terminal 6 is used as the notification means, the member terminal 3 may be provided with a function as notification means. Alternatively, the slot machine 1 itself can be provided with notification means.
Although the notification condition is set on the management device 4 side, the notification condition may be set on the gaming machine terminal 6 side. In this case, the notification condition set on the gaming machine terminal 6 side is transmitted to the management device 4 side.
Although the player is specified using the membership card 12 as a medium, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the player may be specified based on the player's biological information (fingerprint, voiceprint, etc.).

Although the situation where it is easy to receive the benefits of the setting notification event is made for members who do not receive much of the benefits of the setting notification event, the management device 4 manages the data of all the players without being limited to the members. A situation may be created in which a player who does not receive much of the benefit of the setting notification event is likely to benefit from the setting notification event.
Although the setting value is manually input to the management device 4, if the slot machine 1 is configured to output the setting value, the setting value is directly input from the slot machine 1 to the management device 4 without manual intervention. Can be entered.

Although the gaming machine terminal 6 is provided separately from the slot machine 1, it may be provided integrally with the slot machine 1.
In addition to the slot machine 1, the present invention can be applied to any gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine or a parrot gaming machine that can change the payout rate by a predetermined setting for each gaming machine. In this case, the setting information when applied to a pachinko gaming machine may include not only the setting information of the so-called seven machine type jackpot probability but also information on the state of nail adjustment (the nail adjustment is sweet or painful).

Schematic showing the entire system in one embodiment of the present invention Front view of gaming machine terminal Front view of data display unit of gaming machine terminal The figure which shows the notification condition classification selection screen of the management device Figure showing the condition value setting screen The figure which shows the setting value announcement statistical data of the management device The figure which shows the setting notification history data classified by member of the management device The figure which shows the setting summary data classified by member of the management device

Explanation of symbols

  In the drawings, 1 is a slot machine (game machine), 4 is a management device (notification condition setting means, notification control means, player identification means, player-specific setting notification information storage means, output means), and 6 is a gaming machine terminal ( Setting notification means).

Claims (3)

A setting notification means provided corresponding to the gaming machine, for notifying the player of the setting information of the jackpot probability of the gaming machine;
Notification condition setting means for setting a notification condition for determining whether or not to notify the player of setting information;
Notification control means for operating the setting notification means to notify the player of setting information when the operation data of the gaming machine has achieved the notification condition;
In a game hall management system provided corresponding to each gaming machine and provided with a player specifying means for specifying a player playing a game on the gaming machine,
When the operation data of the gaming machine achieves the notification condition, information of the player specified by the player specifying means corresponding to the gaming machine, identification information of the gaming machine, and setting information of the gaming machine A player-specific setting notification information storage means for storing the player-specific setting notification information associated with
An amusement hall management system, comprising: output means for outputting the player-specific setting notification information.   The output means calculates and outputs a notification rate indicating a ratio of the number of times the specific player has notified the setting information to the number of times the specific player has visited the store based on the setting notification information for each player. The management system for a game hall according to claim 1.   3. The game hall management system according to claim 2, wherein the output means outputs the notification rates of a plurality of players in a comparable manner.

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