JP2008212185A - Monitoring device and method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately detect only such fraudulent radiowaves as to fraudulently put-out game balls in a game machine. <P>SOLUTION: A radiowave detection section 191 detects radiowaves for each of a plurality of game machines, stores the time of detection in a radiowave detection result DB 164 in correlation with the game machines. A determination section of large amount putting-out per prescribed time 172 determines whether or not the putting-out of game mediums per prescribed time in the game machine is the prescribed number or higher. When a determination section of fraudulent large amount putting-out 174 determines that radiowaves are detected in a prescribed time zone set on the basis of the timing of the determination that a large amount putting-out condition occurs on the game machine determined to be the target of large amount putting-out on the basis of information stored in the radiowave detection result DB 164, a warning indication section 165 reports that fraudulent radiowaves are detected in the game machine determined to be the target of the large amount putting-out. The device can be applied to a monitoring system. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a monitoring apparatus, method, and program, and more particularly, to a monitoring apparatus, method, and program that can accurately detect unauthorized radio waves.

  In game stores, crimes such as illegally paying out game media by changing the probability of jackpots by generating illegal radio waves in the vicinity of a gaming table are forever occurring.

  Therefore, in a game shop where a plurality of game machines are installed, a technique has been proposed for monitoring for each game machine fraud that generates a radio wave from a fraudulent radio wave generator to cause malfunctions in the game machine. (See Patent Document 1).

  By the way, various radio waves are mixed in the game store depending on the game store installation equipment such as game machines and counters, the business communication wireless device (income, PHS, etc.) owned by the store clerk, the mobile phone owned by the player, etc. Yes. For this reason, the radio wave detecting means represented by the above-described Patent Document 1 detects and issues only radio waves having the same radio wave characteristics as those of the radio waves generated from the unauthorized radio wave generator.

JP 2001-46709 A

  However, as described above, there are a large number of radio waves with various radio wave characteristics in the amusement store, so it is difficult to detect only radio waves generated from illegal radio wave generators. By detecting the radio waves, there was a case where false alarms were reported.

  In addition, there are amusement stores that try to reduce the work load of the store clerk due to false alarms by disabling unauthorized radio wave detection means at the amusement stores that hate emergency dispatch of the clerk to the corresponding game machine due to false alarms. The function of monitoring unauthorized radio waves could not be fulfilled sufficiently.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and makes it possible to accurately detect only unauthorized radio waves.

  The monitoring device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a radio wave detection unit that detects a radio wave for each of a plurality of game machines, a storage unit that stores a time detected by the radio wave detection unit in association with the game machine, Based on the information stored in the storage means, the mass payout determination means for determining whether or not the game media payout per predetermined time in each of the game tables is a mass payout state in which a predetermined number or more is present, the mass payout Whether or not radio waves are detected in a predetermined time zone set based on the timing at which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred for the gaming machine that has been determined that the mass payout state has occurred by the determination means If it is determined that a radio wave is detected in a predetermined time zone set based on the fraud determination means for determining whether or not the mass payment state is determined to have occurred, Serial in amusement machine it is determined that a large amount payout condition is occurring, and a alarm unit for alarm that a bad radio wave has been detected.

  When the gaming state of the gaming machine is a big hit state, the mass payout determining means determines that the gaming machine is in a large quantity payout state in which the number of gaming media paid out per predetermined time in each of the gaming machines is a predetermined number or more. The fraud determination means includes the game table for the gaming machine that has been determined by the mass payout determination means that a large payout state has occurred, based on information stored in the storage means. It is possible to determine whether or not radio waves are detected in a predetermined time zone set based on the timing at which the gaming state of the table becomes the big hit state.

  When it is determined by the mass payout determining means that the game medium is paid out in a predetermined time at a predetermined time or more in each of the game machines, the timing at which the mass payout state is started within the predetermined time is determined. An estimation means for estimating can be further included, and the fraud determination means is based on the information stored in the storage means when the mass payout state is generated by the mass payout determination means. With respect to the determined gaming machine, it can be determined whether or not radio waves are detected in a predetermined time zone set based on the timing at which the mass payout state estimated by the estimating means is started.

  A game in which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred when it is determined that radio waves are detected in a predetermined time zone set based on the timing at which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred It is possible to further include game prohibition instruction means for prohibiting the game operation of the table.

  A game in which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred when it is determined that radio waves are detected in a predetermined time zone set based on the timing at which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred A ball lending prohibition instructing unit that prohibits a ball lending operation of a ball lending machine associated with the table can be further included.

  If it is determined that the radio wave is detected in a predetermined time zone set based on the timing when the gaming state of the gaming table becomes a jackpot state, the mass payout state occurs in the reporting means. The large-volume payout is performed by causing a lamp of a gaming machine determined to be present or a lamp of a pedestrian ball lending machine corresponding to the gaming machine determined to be in the large-volume payout state to emit light at a predetermined interval. It can be made to report that an improper radio wave was detected in the game machine where it was determined that a state has occurred.

  The monitoring method according to one aspect of the present invention includes a radio wave detection step for detecting radio waves for each of a plurality of gaming machines, and a storage step for storing the time detected by the processing of the radio wave detection step in association with the gaming machine. Based on the information stored in the processing of the mass payout determination step for determining whether or not the game media payout per predetermined time in each of the game tables is in a mass payout state in which a predetermined number or more is present, and the processing of the storage step For a gaming machine that has been determined to have a large payout state as a result of the processing of the large payout determination step, radio waves are transmitted in a predetermined time zone that is set based on the timing at which the large payout state has been determined to occur. A fraud determination step for determining whether or not a high-volume payout state has occurred and a predetermined time set based on the timing at which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred If the radio wave is determined to have been detected between bands, in the mass amusement machine it is determined that the dispensing state has occurred, and a alarm step of alarm that a bad radio wave has been detected.

  The program according to one aspect of the present invention includes a radio wave detection step for detecting radio waves for each of a plurality of game machines, and a storage step for storing the time detected by the process of the radio wave detection step in association with the game machine; Based on the information stored in the processing of the mass payout determination step for determining whether or not the game medium payout per predetermined time in each of the game tables is in a mass payout state in which a predetermined number or more is stored, With respect to the gaming machine that has been determined to have a large payout state as a result of the processing of the large payout determination step, radio waves are transmitted at a predetermined time zone that is set based on the timing at which the large payout state has been determined to occur. A fraud determination step for determining whether or not it has been detected, and a timing set based on the timing at which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred A process including a notification step of notifying that an illegal radio wave has been detected in the gaming machine determined to have generated the mass payout state when it is determined that radio waves have been detected in a time zone Is executed on the computer.

  In the monitoring apparatus and method, and the program according to one aspect of the present invention, a radio wave is detected for each of a plurality of game machines, and the detected time is stored in association with the game machine, and predetermined in each of the game machines. It is determined whether or not a large amount payout state in which the payout of game media per time is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, and based on the stored information, the large number of game machines that are determined to have generated a large amount payout state It is determined whether or not radio waves are detected in a predetermined time zone set based on the timing at which it is determined that the payout state has occurred, and based on the timing at which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred If it is determined that radio waves are detected in a predetermined time zone set in the above, an illegal radio wave has been detected in the gaming machine where it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred. It is alarm.

  In the monitoring device of one aspect of the present invention, the radio wave detection means for detecting radio waves for each of a plurality of game machines is, for example, a radio wave detection unit, and the time detected by the radio wave detection means corresponds to the game machine. For example, the storage means for storing is a radio wave detection result DB, which determines whether or not the game medium is paid out in a mass payout state in which the payout of game media per predetermined time in each of the game machines is equal to or greater than a predetermined number. The means is, for example, a predetermined time payout fraud determination unit or a big hit state acquisition unit, and it is determined that a large amount payout state is generated by the large amount payout determination unit based on information stored in the storage unit An illegal judgment that determines whether or not radio waves are detected in a predetermined time zone set based on the timing at which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred. The means is, for example, a fraudulent payout determination unit or a fraud determination unit immediately before a big hit, and a radio wave is detected in a predetermined time zone set based on the timing when it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred. In the case where it is determined that there is a mass payout state, the reporting means for reporting that an illegal radio wave has been detected in the gaming machine determined to have occurred is, for example, a warning instruction unit.

  That is, since the radio wave detection result DB stores the time detected by the radio wave detecting means in association with the game machine, the predetermined time payout fraud determination unit or the jackpot state acquisition unit is provided for each of the game machines. It is determined whether or not a large number of gaming media are paid out at a predetermined number of times at a predetermined time or not, and the radio wave detection result DB is accessed to determine that a gaming table that is in a large amount of paying is in a large payout state. If radio waves are detected within the specified time zone set based on the received timing, there is a high possibility that the radio waves are in a large amount of payment, so it is considered that illegal radio waves have been generated. It was made to report that occurred.

  As a result, it is possible to accurately detect only illegal radio waves that cause the gaming machine to pay out game media illegally.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to accurately detect only an illegal radio wave that illegally pays out a game medium on the game table.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. Correspondences between the configuration requirements of the present invention and the embodiments described in the detailed description of the present invention are exemplified as follows. This description is to confirm that the embodiments supporting the present invention are described in the detailed description of the invention. Accordingly, although there are embodiments that are described in the detailed description of the invention but are not described here as embodiments corresponding to the constituent elements of the present invention, It does not mean that the embodiment does not correspond to the configuration requirements. Conversely, even if an embodiment is described here as corresponding to a configuration requirement, that means that the embodiment does not correspond to a configuration requirement other than the configuration requirement. It's not something to do.

  That is, the monitoring device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a radio wave detection unit (for example, the radio wave detection unit 191 in FIG. 2) that detects radio waves for each of a plurality of game machines, and the time detected by the radio wave detection unit. The storage means (for example, the radio wave detection result DB 164 in FIG. 2) that stores the game table in association with the game machine, and whether or not the game machine is in a large-volume payout state in which the game medium is paid out at a predetermined number or more in each of the game machines Based on the information stored in the storage means based on the large-volume payout determination means (for example, the predetermined-time large-volume payout determination section 172 or the jackpot information acquisition section 161 in FIG. 2) and the information stored in the storage means Radio waves are detected in a predetermined time zone set based on the timing at which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred for the gaming machine that has been determined that the payout state has occurred. Based on the fraud determination means (for example, the mass payout fraud determination unit 174 or jackpot fraud determination unit 171 in FIG. 2) and the timing at which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred. When it is determined that radio waves are detected in a predetermined time zone that is set, a reporting unit that reports that an illegal radio wave has been detected in the gaming machine that has been determined that the mass payout state has occurred (For example, the warning instruction unit 165 in FIG. 2).

  The mass payout determination means (for example, the jackpot information acquisition unit 161 in FIG. 2) has a predetermined number of payouts of game media per predetermined time in each of the gaming tables when the gaming state of the gaming table is a big winning state. Based on the information stored in the storage means, the fraud determination means (for example, the jackpot fraud determination unit 171 in FIG. 2) can be determined to be in a large amount payout state as described above. Radio waves are detected in a predetermined time zone set based on the timing at which the gaming state of the gaming machine becomes a big hit state for the gaming machine that is determined that the mass dispensing state has occurred by the mass dispensing determining means. It can be made to determine whether it exists.

  When it is determined by the mass payout determining means (for example, the predetermined time mass payout determining unit 172 in FIG. 2) that the payout amount of game media per predetermined time in each of the game machines is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, An estimation means (for example, a large-volume payout timing estimation unit 173 in FIG. 2) for estimating the timing at which the large-volume payout state is started within the predetermined time can be further included, and the fraud determination means (for example, FIG. The second mass paying fraud determination unit 174) uses the estimation means for the gaming machine determined by the mass payout determination means that a large payout state has occurred based on the information stored in the storage means. It is determined whether radio waves are detected in a predetermined time zone set based on the timing when the mass payout state estimated by It can be.

  A game in which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred when it is determined that radio waves are detected in a predetermined time zone set based on the timing at which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred It is possible to further include a game prohibition instructing means (for example, a game prohibition instructing unit 211a in FIG. 2) for prohibiting the game operation of the table.

  A game in which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred when it is determined that radio waves are detected in a predetermined time zone set based on the timing at which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred A ball lending prohibition instruction unit (for example, a prohibition unit 192a in FIG. 2) that prohibits the ball lending operation of the ball lending machine associated with the table can be further included.

  The monitoring method according to one aspect of the present invention includes a radio wave detection step (for example, step S51 in FIG. 5) for detecting radio waves for each of a plurality of game machines, and a time detected by the process of the radio wave detection step. And a storage step (for example, step S62 in FIG. 5) for storing in association with each other and a large-volume payout for determining whether or not a large-volume payout state in which the payout of game media per predetermined time in each of the game machines is equal to or greater than a predetermined number Based on the determination step (for example, steps S85 and S90 in FIG. 6) and the information stored in the processing of the storage step, it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred by the processing of the mass payout determination step. Whether or not radio waves are detected in a predetermined time zone set on the basis of the timing at which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred for the gaming machine It is determined that a radio wave is detected in a predetermined time zone set based on a fraud determination step (for example, steps S92 and S97 in FIG. 6) and a timing at which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred. If so, a reporting step (for example, step S93 in FIG. 6) for reporting that an illegal radio wave has been detected in the gaming machine where it has been determined that the mass payout state has occurred is included.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a game shop monitoring system according to the present invention.

  The game stores 1-1 to 1-n are so-called pachinko stores, pachislot stores, or casino stores. In addition, these amusement stores 1-1 to 1-n are affiliated stores and affiliated stores of third-party amusement store management centers, and are stores that need to manage a plurality of stores in an integrated manner. The amusement stores 1-1 to 1-n are connected by a third-party amusement store management bus 2 and are connected to each other via a public communication line network 3 represented by the bus and the Internet. Company store management information. In the following description, when there is no particular need to distinguish each of the game stores 1-1 to 1-n, the game store 1 is simply referred to, and the other configurations are also referred to in the same manner.

  The third-party amusement store management center 4 is a server used by a business operator that manages and operates the third-party amusement store management center, and the medium lending management managed by the third-party amusement store management database (DB) 5 In addition to updating the information DB based on the information supplied from each game store 1, the updated latest medium lending management information is distributed to the medium lending management device 25 of each game store 1.

  The game island management device 21 is a management device provided for each of the island facilities where the game tables 36-1 to 36-m are installed, and the game table 36 is moved from the out ball counters 38-1 to 38-m. The information on the number of out balls supplied together with the information to be identified and the information on the number of out-of-balls supplied from the game stand 36 are supplied to the game store management device 22, respectively. The ball-cut count number is a count number that is paid out after a predetermined number of game balls are cut out. That is, if seven balls are cut in one shot, the ball cut count is 10 and 70 balls are paid out.

  The game shop management device 22 is a so-called hall computer, and monitors the operations of the game machines 36-1 to 36-m via the game shop management information bus 31. The game store management device 22 determines a predetermined number according to the monitoring situation such as information on the payout of the game table 36 or the payout of medals, the call information of the players on the game tables 36-1 to 36-m, or the occurrence of an error. The execution result is executed, and the execution result is displayed on the display unit 23 including a CRT or LCD. The game store management device 22 receives the information supplied from the counter 34, the pitcher 35, the game machines 36-1 to 36-m, and the inter-ball rental machines 37-1 to 37-m, respectively. The game table management database 24 manages the identification information in association with each other (for example, the game table number).

  The medium lending management device 25 manages the medium lending management information of the rented game media using the medium lending management database 27 based on the information from the payment machine 32 and the lending machine 33, and also uses the medium lending management database. When the medium lending management information registered in 27 is updated, the updated information is sent to the third party amusement store management center 4 via the third party amusement store management bus 2 and the public communication line network 3. Further, the medium lending management device 25 acquires medium lending management information supplied by the third party amusement store management center 4 via the third party amusement store management bus 2 and the public communication line network 3 to obtain the medium lending management. Store in the database 27. The medium lending management device 25 executes a predetermined process, and displays the execution result on the display unit 26 such as a CRT or LCD.

  The lending machine 33 lends a number of game media according to the amount when the player receives a predetermined amount by cash or a prepaid card when playing the game on the gaming table 36. At this time, the lending machine 33 supplies information on the number of lent gaming media to the medium lending management device 25 together with information such as the accepted cash and the remaining number of prepaid cards. Thereby, the medium lending management device 25 registers information on the number of lent gaming media in the medium lending management database 27 together with information such as the accepted cash and the remaining number of prepaid cards.

  The checkout machine 32 sells prepaid cards with a frequency for borrowing balls. At this time, the checkout vending machine 32 supplies the medium lending management device 25 with the frequency of the sold prepaid card and the amount paid. In addition, the settlement vending machine 32 settles and pays out cash based on the remaining number of game media lent as a frequency such as a prepaid card. At this time, the checkout vending machine 32 supplies the remaining number of prepaid cards and the amount of cash refunded to the medium lending management device 25.

  The counter 34 counts the number of game media acquired by the player playing on the game table 36, and outputs the count result as a magnetic card or a receipt.

  The game machines 36-1 to 36-m execute a game when a predetermined operation is performed by the player, and pay out a game ball or a medal according to a so-called small hit or big hit.

  The inter-bank ball lending machines 37-1 to 37-m are so-called inter-bank machines provided corresponding to the respective game machines 36-1 to 36-m. The same as the machine 33).

  The out ball counters 38-1 to 38-m count the game balls used for the game and discharged without winning as the out balls for each of the game tables 36-1 to 36-m. 21. In the following description, an example in which the game stand 36 is a pachinko machine (bullet ball game machine) will be described, but it may be a pachislot machine.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 2, the detailed configuration of each device constituting the monitoring system will be described.

  The game control unit 211 of the gaming table 36 controls the entire operation of the gaming table 36, and a predetermined number of ball rentals are instructed from the inter-ball lending machine 37, and various winning balls are detected by the driving unit 215. Then, the ball cutting control unit 213 is controlled to pay out the corresponding game medium. Normally, the minimum number of game balls to be paid out is determined. For example, if the minimum number of balls is 7, the game ball may be cut off when 7 balls are paid out. Due to the structure, paying out the minimum number of balls is called ball cutting. Therefore, the number of game balls to be paid out is determined according to the number of ball cuts. For example, if the minimum number of game balls to be paid out is 7 balls, (= 7 × 2) The ball is paid out.

  Further, when the jackpot control unit 212 is notified of the transition to the jackpot state, the driving unit 215 that executes various operations on the game table is caused to execute the operation in the jackpot state. Further, when the gaming store management device 22 instructs to prohibit the gaming operation, the gaming prohibition instructing unit 211a is controlled to prohibit the driving unit 215 from performing the gaming operation, and further, the table lamp 214 is controlled to illegally operate. Information indicating detection of radio waves is displayed by light emission.

  The jackpot control unit 212 draws the jackpot state according to the state of the driving unit 215, that is, the winning situation of the game ball, and when the lottery result is a jackpot state, supplies the fact to the game control unit 211 and the gaming table. The ID is supplied to the game store management device 22 together with the ID. The ball-cut control unit 213 is controlled by the game control unit 211 and supplies a ball-cut count number indicating the number of paid-out game balls together with the game table ID for identifying the game table 36 to the game island management device 21.

  The out ball number receiving unit 101 of the gaming island management device 21 receives the information about the out ball number supplied from the out ball counter 38 and supplies the information to the out ball number transmitting unit 102. The out-ball number transmitting unit 102 supplies the received out-ball number information to the amusement shop management apparatus 22. The ball-cut count number receiving unit 103 receives information on the ball-cut count number supplied from the gaming table 36 and supplies the information to the ball-cut count number transmitting unit 104. The ball-cut count transmission unit 104 supplies the received information on the ball-cut count number to the amusement shop management apparatus 22.

  The ball number control unit 121 of the game store management device 22 uses the information on the number of out balls and the number of ball counts supplied from the game island management device 21 as information on the number of game balls that have been paid out. In association with the table ID and time, it is registered in the number-of-balls management DB 141 in the game table management DB 24 and updated sequentially. The gaming table control unit 122 receives an instruction when an unauthorized radio wave is detected from the medium lending management device 25 and prohibits the game of the corresponding gaming table 36, and instructs the corresponding gaming table 36 to prohibit the game.

  The jackpot information acquisition unit 123 receives the jackpot information transmitted from the gaming table 36 and supplies it to the jackpot information management unit 124. The jackpot information management unit 124 registers the jackpot information in association with the gaming machine ID and time in the jackpot state management DB 142 of the gaming machine management DB 24 in association with the gaming machine ID and time. When the jackpot information management unit 124 receives an inquiry about the jackpot information of the game machine 36 designated by the medium lending management device 25, the jackpot information management unit 142 searches the jackpot state management DB 142 and notifies the medium information management device 25 of the search result.

  The radio wave detection result management unit 163 of the medium lending management device 25 acquires the radio wave detection information supplied when the radio wave is detected from the interpolated ball lending machine 37, and is transmitted together with the interpolated ball lending machine. It is registered in the radio wave detection result DB 164 in association with the ID (the ID corresponding to the gaming machine ID provided in correspondence) and the time. Therefore, when the radio wave is detected, the time at which the radio wave is detected is registered in the radio wave detection result DB 164 in association with the pedestal ball lending machine ID for identifying the pedestal ball lending machine 37.

  The jackpot information acquisition unit 161 requests and acquires the jackpot information of a predetermined gaming machine ID from the gaming store management device 22 when a predetermined time elapses, and illegally determines the jackpot information indicating whether or not the jackpot information has been received within the predetermined time. To the unit 162. The fraud determination unit 162 determines whether a radio wave fraud has occurred based on the jackpot information, the radio wave detection result, and the ball number information. If the fraudulent radio wave has occurred, the fraud determination unit 162 controls the warning instruction unit 165. The display unit 26 displays that the illegal radio wave has been detected, notifies the inter-table ball lending machine 37 to prohibit ball lending, and further displays the game of the game table 36 corresponding to the game store management device 22. Instruct to ban.

  The jackpot fraud determination unit 171 accesses the radio wave detection result DB 164, searches the jackpot information acquisition unit 161 for information on the gaming table ID of the gaming table 36 that is in the jackpot state, and is set based on the timing when the jackpot state is reached. The presence / absence of an unauthorized radio wave is determined by determining whether or not a radio wave is detected in a predetermined time zone (for example, a time zone of about 60 seconds before and after the big hit time).

  The predetermined time large amount payout determination unit 172 determines whether or not the number of payouts per predetermined time obtained by the ball number information acquisition unit 167 in the ball number management DB 141 is in a large amount payout state in which the number of payouts per predetermined time is a predetermined number or more. If it is determined and the number is equal to or greater than the predetermined number, the mass payout timing estimation unit 173 is notified that the physical condition payout state has been established. The mass payout timing estimation unit 173 obtains a change in the number of payouts per minute time in the time zone in which the number of payouts per predetermined time is calculated, and is a time when the mass payout state starts at a timing that becomes a predetermined value or more. And the estimation result is supplied to the mass payout fraud determination unit 174. The mass payout fraud determination unit 174 accesses the radio wave detection result DB 164, searches for information on the gaming machine ID of the gaming machine 36 determined to be in the mass payout state, and is set based on the start timing of the mass payout state. The presence or absence of unauthorized radio waves is determined by determining whether or not radio waves are detected in a predetermined time zone (for example, a time zone of about 60 seconds before and after the start timing of payout abnormality).

  The valuable value medium control unit 166 obtains information on the valuable value medium input from the renting machine 37 and the number of game media paid out and notifies the third party game store management center 4 of the information.

  The number-of-balls information acquisition unit 167 requests and acquires the number-of-balls information indicating the number of balls to be paid out within a predetermined time from the game shop management device 22 and supplies it to the fraud determination unit 162.

  The radio wave detection unit 191 of the pedestal ball lending machine 37 detects an improper radio wave or a radio wave that is not illegal, and if detected, notifies the medium lending management device 25 to that effect. The game medium payout control unit 192 is supplied with information indicating that a banknote recognized as an official banknote by the banknote identification device 196 is input from the valuable medium input / return unit 195, and the operation unit 193 is operated. When the rental of a predetermined number of media is requested, the game stand 36 is notified to pay out the corresponding game ball, and information on the paid-out game ball is displayed on the display unit 194. At this time, the valuable medium insertion / return unit 195 transmits information on the amount of the valuable medium inserted, the amount returned as change, and the number of game media to be paid out to the medium lending management device 25. Further, when the game lending control unit 192 is instructed to prohibit lending by the medium lending management device 25, the game medium payout control unit 192 controls the prohibiting unit 192a to prohibit the valuable value medium input / return unit 195 from accepting the valuable value medium. At the same time, the payout instruction to the game machine 36 is prohibited.

  Next, the sphere management process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S1, the out ball counter 38 determines whether or not an out ball has been generated, and repeats the same processing until an out ball has been generated. In step S1, for example, when it is determined that an out ball has occurred, in step S2, the out ball counter 38 manages the number of out balls generated together with the game table ID for identifying the game table in which the out ball has been generated. It supplies to the apparatus 21. The out-ball number receiving unit 101 of the gaming island management device 21 receives the information regarding the out-ball number supplied together with the game table ID and supplies the information to the out-ball number transmitting unit 102. The out ball number transmitting unit 102 transmits the information of the out ball supplied together with the game table ID to the game store management device 22.

  In step S <b> 21, the ball number control unit 121 of the gaming store management device 22 determines whether or not information on the number of out balls has been transmitted. In step S21, for example, when information on the number of out-balls is transmitted by the process of step S2, in step S22, the ball number control unit 121 accesses the ball number management DB 141 of the game table management DB 24 to obtain a game table. Based on the information on the number of out balls supplied together with the ID, the information on the number of balls paid out is updated in association with the game table ID and time. In other words, in the ball number management DB 141, information on the number of balls paid out at that time is registered together with time information in association with the game table ID. Therefore, when out ball information is newly supplied, a value obtained by subtracting the number of out balls that have been supplied from the number of balls that have been registered so far is paid out at that time. It is newly registered as information on the number of balls.

  In step S11, the ball cutting control unit 213 determines whether or not a ball cutting has occurred under the control of the game control unit 211, that is, whether or not a predetermined number of game media have been paid out due to winning or the like, The same process is repeated until a ball is cut. In step S11, for example, when a ball cut occurs, in step S12, the ball cut control unit 213 supplies the generated ball cut count number together with the game table ID to the gaming island management device 21. The ball-cut count number receiving unit 103 of the game island management device 21 receives the ball-cut count number information supplied together with the game table ID and supplies the information to the ball-cut count number transmitting unit 104. The ball-cut count transmission unit 104 transmits the ball-cut count information supplied together with the game machine ID to the game store management device 22.

  In step S23, the number-of-balls control unit 121 of the gaming store management device 22 determines whether or not information on the number of ball counts has been transmitted. In step S23, for example, when information on the ball count number is transmitted by the process of step S12, in step S24, the ball number control unit 121 accesses the ball number management DB 141 of the game table management DB 24 to play the game. Based on the information on the number of ball counts supplied together with the table ID, the information on the number of balls paid out is updated in association with the game table ID and time. In other words, in the ball number management DB 141, information on the number of balls paid out at that time is registered together with time information in association with the game table ID. Accordingly, when information on the ball-cut count number is newly supplied, a value obtained by adding the number of balls that have been supplied to the number of balls that have been registered up to that time, It is newly registered as information on the number of balls paid out at that time.

  In Steps S21 and S23, when the number of out balls and the number of ball cuts are not transmitted, the processes in Steps S21 and S23 are repeated.

  Through the above processing, the total number of game balls paid out for each time is registered as a database in the ball number management DB 141 of the game table management DB 24 in association with the game table ID.

  Next, the jackpot information management process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S31, the jackpot control unit 212 executes a jackpot lottery by winning or the like, determines whether or not a jackpot has occurred, and repeats the processing until it is determined that the jackpot has been won. In step S31, for example, if it is determined that a jackpot has occurred due to lottery, in step S32, the jackpot control unit 212 notifies the game store management device 22 of jackpot information indicating that a jackpot has occurred together with the gaming table ID. .

  In step S41, the jackpot information acquisition unit 123 of the gaming store management device 22 determines whether or not the jackpot information indicating that the jackpot has been generated from the gaming table 36, and until the jackpot information is transmitted. Similar processing is repeated. In step S41, for example, when jackpot information has been transmitted by the processing of step S32, in step S42, the jackpot information acquisition unit 123 acquires the jackpot information transmitted together with the gaming machine ID, and the jackpot information management unit 124. To supply. The jackpot information management unit 124 accesses the jackpot information management DB 142 of the gaming machine management DB 24 and registers the jackpot information together with the time information in association with the gaming machine ID.

  Through the above processing, information on the time at which the jackpot is generated in association with the game machine ID is accumulated in the jackpot information management DB 142.

  Next, the radio wave detection result management process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S51, the radio wave detection unit 191 of the pedestal ball lending machine 37 determines whether a radio wave is detected in the vicinity, and repeats the same processing until the radio wave is detected. For example, when an unauthorized radio wave or a radio wave that is not unauthorized is detected in the vicinity of the pedestal ball lending machine 37, the radio wave detection unit 191 rents the medium lending that the radio wave is detected together with the pedestal ball lending machine ID. Supply to the management device 25.

  In step S61, the radio wave detection result management unit 163 determines whether or not it has been notified that a radio wave has been detected from the pedestal ball lending machine 37, and repeats the same processing until it is notified. In step S61, for example, when it is notified by the process of step S52 that a radio wave has been detected, in step S62, the radio wave detection result management unit 163 receives the radio wave transmitted together with the renting machine ID. Information indicating the detection is received, and information on the time at which the radio wave is detected is registered in the radio wave detection result DB 164 in association with the renting machine ID.

  Through the above processing, the detection time of the radio wave is registered in the radio wave detection result DB 164 in association with the renting machine ID. Since the table ball lending machine 37 is provided corresponding to the game table 36, the corresponding game table 36 can be specified by the table ball lending machine ID. Therefore, in other words, it can be said that the time when the radio wave is detected is registered in the radio wave detection result DB 164 in association with the game machine ID.

  Next, the game management process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S81, the jackpot information acquisition unit 161 of the medium lending management device 25 determines whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed, and repeats the same processing until the predetermined time has elapsed. When it is determined in step S81 that the predetermined time has elapsed, in step S82, the jackpot information acquisition unit 161 is an unprocessed game machine ID that has not been inquired after the predetermined time has elapsed among all game machine IDs. Is set as the processing-target gaming machine ID, and the jackpot information of the unprocessed gaming machine ID that is the processing target is requested to the gaming shop management device 22.

  In step S111, the jackpot information management unit 124 determines whether or not jackpot information of an unprocessed gaming machine ID to be processed has been requested from the medium lending management device 25. In step S111, for example, when the jackpot information of the gaming machine ID set as the processing target is requested by the process of step S82, in step S112, the jackpot information management unit 124 determines the jackpot status of the gaming machine management DB 24. The management DB 142 is accessed and the jackpot information generated within a predetermined time for the gaming machine ID to be processed, that is, among the information of the jackpot occurrence time registered in association with the gaming machine ID to be processed, The data from the time until just before the predetermined time is read and transmitted to the medium lending management device 25, and the process proceeds to step S113. If the jackpot information has not been requested in step S111, the process in step S112 is skipped, and the process proceeds to step S113.

  In step S83, the jackpot information acquisition unit 161 determines whether or not the jackpot information has been transmitted, and repeats the same processing until the jackpot information is transmitted. In step S83, for example, when jackpot information has been transmitted by the process of step S112, the jackpot information acquisition unit 161 acquires the transmitted jackpot information in step S84, and has been transmitted in step S85. The jackpot information of a predetermined gaming machine ID is read, and it is determined whether or not the jackpot has been hit within a predetermined time. In step S85, for example, when there is no jackpot within a predetermined time, in step S86, the jackpot information acquisition unit 161 notifies the ball number information acquisition unit 167 that a jackpot state has not occurred. Accordingly, the ball number information acquisition unit 167 requests the game store management device 22 for ball number information of a predetermined game table ID.

  In step S113, the ball number control unit 121 determines whether or not the medium lending management device 25 has requested the ball number information of a predetermined gaming table ID. In step S113, for example, when the ball number information of a predetermined gaming table ID is requested by the process of step S86, the ball number control unit 121 accesses the ball number management DB 141 of the gaming table management DB 24 in step S114. Then, the ball number information within a predetermined time corresponding to the predetermined game machine ID is read and transmitted, and the process proceeds to step S115. If the ball number information is not requested in step S113, the process in step S114 is skipped, and the process proceeds to step S115.

  In step S87, the ball number information acquisition unit 167 determines whether or not ball number information has been transmitted, and repeats the same processing until it is transmitted. In step S87, for example, when ball number information within a predetermined time is transmitted by the process of step S114, in step S88, the ball number information acquisition unit 167 acquires the transmitted ball number information, It supplies to the determination part 162.

  In step S89, the predetermined time large quantity payout determination unit 172 of the fraud determination unit 162 calculates the change amount ΔT of the number of payout balls up to a predetermined time based on the ball number information. For example, when the ball number information within a predetermined time is as shown in FIG. 7, the change amount ΔT of the payout ball number within the predetermined time from time t0 to t10 is, for example, each of the times t0 to t10. It is obtained as a difference between the minimum value and the maximum value at the time. For example, when the number of payout balls at time t is expressed by P (t), the change amount ΔT within a predetermined time is Δt = | P (t) max−P (t) min |. Here, P (t) max is the maximum value at each time from time t0 to t10, and time P (t) min is the minimum value at each time from time t0 to t10.

  In step S90, the predetermined time large amount payout determination unit 172 determines whether or not the change amount ΔT is larger than a predetermined value. In other words, if the normal game is continued, the number of game balls to be paid out within a predetermined time, if there is a large-scale payout that could not be expected to be paid out suddenly unless the big hits continue It is determined whether or not. In step S90, for example, if it is determined that the change amount ΔT is larger than a predetermined value, it is considered that a large amount of payout has occurred, and the process proceeds to step S91.

  In step S <b> 91, the mass payout timing estimation unit 173 estimates the time when the mass payout seems to have occurred based on the number of balls information as the start timing, and supplies the start timing to the mass payout fraud determination unit 174. That is, the mass payout timing estimation unit 173 obtains the maximum value of the change amount Δt between the times from time t0 to time t10, and estimates the time when the payout abnormality occurs as the maximum value. For example, when the payout ball number at time t is expressed by P (t), the change amount Δt between the times is Δt = | P (t) −P (t + 1) | max (t = 1 to 10). Yes, the time t at which the amount of change Δt is maximum is estimated as the start timing when the large-scale payout has occurred.

  In step 92, the mass payout fraud determination unit 174 accesses the radio wave detection result DB 164 and starts based on the radio wave detection result registered in association with the renting machine ID corresponding to the predetermined gaming machine ID. It is determined whether or not a radio wave is detected within a predetermined time before and after time t, which is the timing (for example, within about 60 seconds before and after time t). If it is determined in step S92 that radio waves are detected, it is considered that a large amount of money has been illegally generated due to radio waves generated at a timing near time t. It determines with it being an unauthorized electric wave, and a process progresses to step S93.

  In step S93, the fraud determination unit 162 notifies the warning instruction unit 165 of information indicating that an improper radio wave is generated in the vicinity of the predetermined game machine ID. Based on this information, the warning instruction unit 165 displays on the display unit 26 that unauthorized radio waves have been detected in the vicinity of the gaming machine 36 (or inter-bank ball lending machine 37) with the gaming machine ID to be processed. To do.

  In step S94, the warning instruction unit 165 instructs the inter-ball lending machine 37 having the inter-ball lending machine ID corresponding to the processing-target gaming machine ID to prohibit the ball lending operation.

  In step S131, the game medium payout control unit 192 of the sphere lending machine 37 determines whether or not the prohibition of the ball lending operation is instructed, and repeats the same processing until the prohibition is instructed. In step S131, for example, when the prohibition of ball rental is instructed by the process of step S94, in step S132, the game medium payout control unit 192 controls the prohibition unit 192a, and the valuable medium insertion / return unit 195 Are prohibited from being accepted, and the payout instruction to the game machine 36 is prohibited.

  In step S95, the warning instruction unit 165 instructs the game store management device 22 to prohibit the game with respect to a predetermined game machine ID.

  In step S115, the game machine control unit 122 of the game shop management device 22 determines whether or not there is an instruction to prohibit the game from the game machine 36, and repeats the same processing until the instruction to prohibit is issued. In step S115, for example, when there is an instruction for prohibiting the game of the gaming machine 36 with the predetermined gaming machine ID in the process of step S95, the game machine 36 with the corresponding gaming machine ID is given a game in step S116. Is prohibited, and the process returns to step S111. In step S115, if the game prohibition is not instructed, the process in step S116 is skipped, and the process returns to step S111.

  In step S151, the game control unit 211 of the gaming table 36 determines whether or not a game prohibition is instructed from the game store management apparatus 22, and repeats the same processing until a game prohibition is instructed. In step S151, for example, when a game prohibition instruction is given by the process in step S116, in step S152, the game control unit 211 controls the game prohibition instruction unit 211a to stop the operation of the drive unit 215. , Make substantial games prohibited.

  In step S153, the game control unit 211 controls the game prohibition instruction unit 211a to cause the table lamp 214 to emit light with a predetermined blinking pattern so that the staff can recognize that an illegal radio wave has been detected.

  In step S96, the jackpot information acquisition unit 161 determines whether or not there is an unprocessed game machine ID that has not been queried after a predetermined time has elapsed among all the game machine IDs, and an unprocessed game machine ID. If exists, the process returns to step S82. If there is no unprocessed game machine ID in step S96, the process returns to step S81, and the subsequent processes are repeated.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S85 that there is a jackpot, in step 97, the jackpot information acquisition unit 161 notifies the fraud determination unit 162 that a jackpot state has occurred. Thereby, the jackpot fraud determination unit 171 of the fraud determination unit 162 accesses the radio wave detection result DB 164 and is based on the radio wave detection result registered in association with the renting machine ID corresponding to the predetermined game machine ID. Thus, it is determined whether or not the radio wave is detected within a predetermined time before and after the time t when the big hit state is reached (for example, within about 60 seconds before and after the time t). If it is determined in step S97 that radio waves have been detected, it is assumed that a jackpot caused by radio waves generated at timings near time t has occurred, and that radio waves have been generated as unauthorized radio waves. The process proceeds to step S93.

  If it is determined in step S90 that the change amount ΔT is larger than the predetermined value, a predetermined time before and after time t of the abnormal payout start timing or the timing when the big hit state is reached in steps S92 and S97. If it is determined that no radio wave has been detected, it is determined that no illegal radio wave has been detected, and the process proceeds to step S96.

  Radio waves detected at the timing near the time at which the number of balls to be paid out within a predetermined time by the above processing is larger than usual, or when the mass payout state starts, or near the time at which the big hit state is reached Since only radio waves are recognized as illegal radio waves, it is possible to reduce false alarms due to detection of normal radio waves. In addition, if an illegal radio wave is detected, the ball lending process by the inter-table ball lending machine 37 and the game itself by the game stand 36 are prohibited, so that it is possible to reduce the damage caused by unauthorized payout due to further illegal radio waves. It becomes. Further, when an illegal radio wave is detected, the table lamp 214 of the game stand 36 blinks, so that it is possible to identify the gaming machine 36 on which the illegal game has been made by the illegal radio wave, and a tool that generates the illegal radio wave. It is possible to identify an unauthorized player that is estimated to have been used.

  In addition, although the example in the pachinko machine has been described above, it should be understood that other game machines may be used, for example, a pachislot machine. In addition, in the above processing, the occurrence of a jackpot can be regarded as the occurrence of a kind of large-scale payout state. In any case, a state that seems to be a large-scale payout occurs. If a radio wave is detected, it can be said that it is determined that the radio wave is likely to be an unauthorized radio wave.

  Based on the above, it is possible to accurately detect only the illegal radio waves that cause the game media to be paid out illegally.

  Incidentally, the series of monitoring processes described above can be executed by hardware, but can also be executed by software. When a series of processing is executed by software, a program constituting the software may execute various functions by installing a computer incorporated in dedicated hardware or various programs. For example, it is installed from a recording medium in a general-purpose personal computer or the like.

  FIG. 8 shows a configuration example of a general-purpose personal computer. This personal computer incorporates a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 1001. An input / output interface 1005 is connected to the CPU 1001 via the bus 1004. A ROM (Read Only Memory) 1002 and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 1003 are connected to the bus 1004.

  The input / output interface 1005 includes an input unit 1006 including an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse for a user to input an operation command, an output unit 1007 for outputting a processing operation screen and an image of a processing result to a display device, a program and various data. A storage unit 1008 including a hard disk drive for storing data, a LAN (Local Area Network) adapter, and the like, and a communication unit 1009 for performing communication processing via a network represented by the Internet are connected. Also, a magnetic disk (including a flexible disk), an optical disk (including a CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc)), a magneto-optical disk (including an MD (Mini Disc)), or a semiconductor A drive 1010 for reading / writing data from / to a removable medium 1011 such as a memory is connected.

  The CPU 1001 is read from a program stored in the ROM 1002 or a removable medium 1011 such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or a semiconductor memory, installed in the storage unit 1008, and loaded from the storage unit 1008 to the RAM 1003. Various processes are executed according to the program. The RAM 1003 also appropriately stores data necessary for the CPU 1001 to execute various processes.

  In this specification, the step of describing the program recorded on the recording medium is not limited to the processing performed in time series in the order described, but of course, it is not necessarily performed in time series. Or the process performed separately is included.

  Further, in this specification, the system represents the entire apparatus constituted by a plurality of apparatuses.

It is a figure which shows the structure of one Embodiment of the monitoring system to which this invention is applied. It is a figure which shows the structural example of each apparatus in the monitoring system of FIG. It is a flowchart explaining a sphere management process. It is a flowchart explaining a jackpot information management process. It is a flowchart explaining a radio wave detection result management process. It is a flowchart explaining game management processing. It is a figure explaining game management processing. It is a figure explaining a medium.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,1-1 thru | or 1-n Amusement store 3 Public communication line network 4 3rd party amusement store management center 5 3rd party amusement store management database 21 Amusement island management device 22 Amusement store management device 24 Amusement stand management database 25 Medium lending Management device 27 Medium lending management database 31 Amusement store management information bus 32 Settlement vending machine 33 Lending machine 34 Counter 35 Reservoir 36,36-1 thru 36-m Game stand 37,37-1 thru 37-m Rental machine 38,38-1 thru 38-m out ball counter

Claims (8)

Radio wave detection means for detecting radio waves for each of a plurality of game machines;
Storage means for storing the time detected by the radio wave detection means in association with the game table;
Mass payout determination means for determining whether or not the game medium payout per predetermined time in each of the game tables is in a mass payout state in which a predetermined number or more is present;
Based on the information stored in the storage means, at the timing when it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred for the gaming machine that has been determined that the mass payout state has occurred by the mass payout determination means. Fraud determination means for determining whether or not radio waves are detected in a predetermined time zone set based on;
A game in which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred when it is determined that radio waves are detected in a predetermined time zone set based on the timing at which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred A monitoring device including a reporting means for reporting that an illegal radio wave has been detected on a table. When the gaming state of the gaming machine is a jackpot state, the mass payout determination unit determines that the gaming medium is paid out in a large number of gaming machines in a predetermined number of times per predetermined time in the gaming machine,
The fraud determination unit is configured to determine whether the gaming state of the gaming table is a big hit state with respect to the gaming table that has been determined that the large amount payment state has occurred by the large amount payment determination unit based on the information stored in the storage unit The monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein it is determined whether or not a radio wave is detected in a predetermined time zone set based on the timing when the current time becomes. When it is determined by the mass payout determining means that the game medium is paid out in a predetermined time at a predetermined time or more in each of the game machines, the timing at which the mass payout state is started within the predetermined time is determined. An estimation means for estimating,
The fraud determination means is based on the information stored in the storage means, and the mass payout estimated by the estimation means for the gaming machine determined by the mass payout determination means to be in a large payout state. The monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein it is determined whether or not a radio wave is detected in a predetermined time zone set based on a timing at which the state is started. A game in which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred when it is determined that radio waves have been detected in a predetermined time zone set based on the timing at which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred The monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising game prohibition instruction means for prohibiting the game operation of the table. A game in which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred when it is determined that radio waves have been detected in a predetermined time zone set based on the timing at which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred The monitoring device according to claim 1, further comprising a ball lending prohibition instruction unit that prohibits a ball lending operation of a ball lending machine associated with the table. When the reporting means determines that radio waves are detected in a predetermined time zone set based on the timing when the gaming state of the gaming table becomes a big hit state, the mass payout state has occurred The lamp of the gaming machine determined to be, or the lamp of the pedestrian ball machine corresponding to the gaming machine determined to have generated the large payout state, by emitting light at a predetermined interval, the large payout state The monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein an alarm is detected that an illegal radio wave has been detected in a game machine determined to have generated. A radio wave detection step for detecting radio waves for each of a plurality of game machines;
A storage step of storing the time detected by the processing of the radio wave detection step in association with the game table;
A large-volume payout determination step for determining whether or not a large-volume payout state in which the payout of game media per predetermined time in each of the game machines is a predetermined number or more;
Based on the information stored in the processing of the storage step, it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred for the gaming machine that has been determined that the mass payout state has occurred by the processing of the mass payout determination step. A fraud determination step for determining whether or not a radio wave is detected in a predetermined time zone set based on the set timing;
A game in which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred when it is determined that radio waves are detected in a predetermined time zone set based on the timing at which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred And a reporting step for reporting that an illegal radio wave has been detected on the table. A radio wave detection step for detecting radio waves for each of a plurality of game machines;
A storage step of storing the time detected by the processing of the radio wave detection step in association with the game table;
A large-volume payout determination step for determining whether or not a large-volume payout state in which the payout of game media per predetermined time in each of the game machines is a predetermined number or more;
Based on the information stored in the processing of the storage step, it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred for the gaming machine that has been determined that the mass payout state has occurred by the processing of the mass payout determination step. A fraud determination step for determining whether or not a radio wave is detected in a predetermined time zone set based on the set timing;
A game in which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred when it is determined that radio waves are detected in a predetermined time zone set based on the timing at which it is determined that the mass payout state has occurred A program that causes a computer to execute a process including a reporting step for reporting that an illegal radio wave has been detected on a table.

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