JP2008220432A - Set value information leakage judgement system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily judge the leakage of set value information. <P>SOLUTION: This system 50 comprises: an external central terminal board 27 attached to each slot machine 10 operated by a prescribed operation by a player inside a game hall, for detecting the operation state of the slot machine 10 to which it is attached and outputting a corresponding operation state signal; a DB server 15 for storing the operation state signal corresponding to each slot machine 10 to which it is attached; a set value information storage means 17 for storing the set value information corresponding to each slot machine 10 to which it is set; and a leakage judgement means 18 for judging whether or not the set value information is leaked to the player on the basis of the stored operation state signal and set value information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention is a setting for determining whether or not setting value information is leaked to a player for a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine that is installed in a store and is set with a setting value that represents a high or low hit probability. The present invention relates to a value information leakage judgment system.

  Conventionally, as a technique for managing setting values of gaming machines, for example, a technique described in Patent Document 1 has been disclosed. This technique is configured to manage the set value of the hit probability based on the output of a non-contact type current sensor fixed to a harness or the like of a gaming machine. According to this technique, it is possible to detect an incorrect setting change or incorrect setting of the hit probability of the gaming machine.

JP 2006-045858 A

  However, if a person who is in a position to know the setting value set for each gaming machine leaks to an outsider, the winning probability is not changed even though the gaming machine in the store is not illegally changed. A gaming machine with a high setting value will be in operation. That is, the technique of Patent Document 1 has a problem in that it cannot be managed whether or not an illegal act is performed by a player at the store.

  In view of the above problems, an object is to provide a setting value information leakage determination system that can easily determine leakage of setting value information.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the set value information leakage determination system according to the invention of claim 1 is attached to each gaming machine that is operated in a predetermined operation by a player in the gaming store, and detects an operating state of the attached gaming machine. An operating state signal detecting means for outputting an operating state signal corresponding thereto, an operating state signal storing means for storing the operating state signal corresponding to each attached gaming machine, and a setting value indicating the level of the hit probability Based on the set value information storage means for storing the set value information corresponding to each set gaming machine, and the stored operation state signal and set value information, whether or not the set value information is leaked to the player. And a leakage determining means for determining.

  In the setting value information leakage determination system according to the invention of claim 2, the leakage determination means obtains the number of operating machines of the gaming machine by dividing the setting value for each of the setting values, calculates the total of the determined operating numbers, and Utilization rate calculation means for calculating the percentage of operating units as gaming machine operating rate for each set value, and allocating the number of gaming machines allocated to each set value, and calculating the total of the allocated number of units determined. An allocation rate calculating means for calculating a ratio of each allocated number as a unit allocation rate for each set value, and comparing the gaming machine operating rate and the unit allocation rate at the selected setting value, Is configured to determine that the set value information is leaked to the player.

  Here, “storage” means storing signals and information in a predetermined storage area in a predetermined data format. Further, “memory” includes a form of storing in a relay manner.

  According to the first and second aspects of the present invention, the operating state signal detecting means can be easily attached without contact without additional processing of the gaming machine, and the leakage of the set value information can be easily determined.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a slot machine showing a state in which the front door is closed as an example of a gaming machine, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a slot machine in which the front door is opened, and a slave unit 12 as an operating state signal detecting unit is attached. It is attachment explanatory drawing which shows the state.

  1 and 2, reference numeral 10 denotes a slot machine. The slot machine 10 includes a main body 11 and a front door 9 attached to one side of the front surface of the main body 11 so as to be opened and closed. The main body 11 is provided with an external concentration terminal board 27 that detects an operating state of a slot machine that is operated by a predetermined operation by a player and outputs a corresponding operating state signal. Various signals output from a plurality of terminals of the external concentrated terminal board 27 can be used as operating state signals, but a signal output from a selected one of these terminals is used as an operating state signal. It shall be.

  The subunit | mobile_unit 12 is provided with the temporary storage means 28 which stores the operation state signal output from the external concentration terminal board 27, and temporarily stores it so that reading is possible. The operation state signal output from the external concentration terminal board 27 is input and stored in the temporary storage means 28 of the slave unit 12 via the signal line 43. Moreover, the subunit | mobile_unit 12 is comprised so that an operation state signal and the machine number of the attached slot machine 10 can be processed, and can be read by predetermined serial data.

  FIG. 3 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a setting value leakage determination system for a gaming machine according to the present invention. This system 50 is introduced in a game store group including a headquarters and stores A to N. In the store N, a slave unit 12 is attached to each of all slot machines 10 installed in groups 1 to n, with so-called islands in the store being a predetermined area as a group.

  The first group includes a slave unit 12 having a unit number 1/1 to 1 / a, the second group includes a slave unit 12 having a unit number 2/1 to 2 / b, and the n group includes a unit number n / 1 to n / n. The slave units 12 of c are attached to the corresponding slot machines 10 respectively. The slave units 12 of each group are connected to the respective master units 13 so that they can communicate with each other (a, b, c, n, and N are arbitrary integers). Further, in the store, an Ethernet (registered trademark) connection method is adopted, and a so-called LAN is constructed. Each group of parent devices 13 is configured to be able to convert serial data read from the child device 12 that requested communication into an Ethernet specification data format and store it. Further, each group of parent devices 13 is connected via a hub 14 to a DB server 15 serving as an operating state signal storage means so that the stored serial data can be transferred to the DB server 15.

  The DB server 15 is configured to receive the operation state signal together with the serial number as the above-described serial data and store it corresponding to each attached slot machine. The DB server 15 is connected to a head office PC 16 as an information terminal via a VPN (Virtual Private Network) 40 so as to be able to communicate with each other. The head office PC 16 is provided with setting value information storage means 17 that stores setting value information including a reference setting value for each store A to N in advance in association with each set slot machine 10. In the set value information storage means 17, the latest set values are sequentially inputted and stored in accordance with instructions from the headquarters. The set value of the set value information storage means 17 is a reference when the set value is instructed to change for the slot machines 10 of the stores A to N. Further, at each store A to N in the present system 50, the setting value of each slot machine 10 is changed on a daily basis so as to be the same as the reference setting value stored in the setting value information storage means 17 according to an instruction from the headquarters. And set.

  Further, in the headquarters PC 16, the setting value information is leaked to the player of the slot machine 10 based on the operation state signal of the slave unit 12 stored in the DB server 15 and the setting value information stored in the setting value information storage means 17. Leakage determination means 18 for determining whether or not it has been integrated is integrally provided.

  Leakage determining means 18 obtains the number of operating machines P1 to P6 of the slot machine 10 divided into setting values “1” to “6”, obtains the total Q of the obtained operating machines, and operates each of the operating machines with respect to the total. Occupancy rate calculation means 22 for calculating the ratio of the game machines as the setting values “1” to “6” for each of the setting values “1” to “6”, and the allocation of the slot machines 10 by dividing the setting values by “1” to “6”. The allocation rate for obtaining the number T1 to T6, obtaining the total sum U of the obtained allocation numbers, and calculating the ratio of the respective allocation number to the total as the unit allocation rates V1 to V6 for the set values “1” to “6”. And a calculating means 23.

Next, various operations of the system 50 will be described.
A player who enters the store at the opening time starts a series of predetermined game operations in the slot machine 10 selected by the player. At this time, the system 50 starts an operation state signal storing procedure (FIG. 4, S1). The external concentration terminal board 27 detects a series of gaming operations (FIG. 4, S1-1), outputs an operation state signal, and stores the output operation state signal in the temporary storage means 28 (FIG. 4, S1-). 2). Simultaneously with the storage of the operation state signal, a communication request signal is output to the base unit 13, and serial data including the operation state signal read out and output from the handset 12 is stored in the base unit 13 (FIG. 4, FIG. S1-3). Then, the serial data converted into a predetermined data format by the base unit 13 is stored in the DB server 15 (FIG. 4, S1-4). From all slot machines in which a game is started in the store, the operation state signal is classified for each slot machine by serial data and stored in the DB server 15. Then, S1 is repeated from the opening time to a predetermined elapsed time.

  On the other hand, the headquarters PC 16 starts a set value information leakage determination procedure (FIG. 5, S2). Serial data stored in the DB server 15 for each slot machine 10 is stored in the headquarters PC 16 via the VPN 40 (FIG. 5, S2-1). Further, the setting value information stored in the setting value information storage means 17 is stored in the head office PC 16 (FIG. 5, S2-2). Then, at a predetermined interval from the opening time to the elapse of the predetermined time, the headquarter PC 16 calculates the gaming machine operating rate for each set value by the operating rate calculating unit 22 of the leakage determining unit 18, The allocation rate calculation means 23 calculates the unit allocation rate for each set value. It should be noted that the operation rate calculation means 22 ends even before the lapse of a predetermined time from the start time, before the calculated total number of operating units becomes at least equal to the total number of allocated units.

  The operation rate calculation means 22 determines that the slot machine having the machine number storing the operation state signal is operating, that is, that the player is performing a game operation. Based on the operating state signal and the set value information, the operating rate calculating means 22 has, for example, 2 operating units P1 having a set value “1”, 3 operating units P2 having a set value “2”, The number of operating units P3 with the set value “3” is 5, the number of operating units P4 with the set value “4” is 7, the number of operating units P5 with the set value “5” is 5, and the number of operating units P6 with the set value “6” is 3. 25 units are obtained as a total Q of the obtained operating numbers. Further, the ratio of the number of operating units to the total number of operating units Q25 is the gaming machine operating rate for each setting value, and the gaming machine operating rate R1 = 0.08 of the setting value “1” and the gaming value of the setting value “2” Machine operating rate R2 = 0.12, setting value “3” gaming machine operating rate R3 = 0.20, setting value “4” gaming machine operating rate R4 = 0.28, setting value “5” gaming machine operating A gaming machine operating rate R6 = 0.12 of the rate R5 = 0.20 and the set value “6” is calculated (FIG. 5, S2-3).

  In addition, the allocation rate calculation means 23 has three allocation numbers T1 of the setting value “1”, five allocation units T2 of the setting value “2”, 17 allocation units R3 of the setting value “3”, and a setting value “ The total number of allocated units U is calculated by summing up the allocated number T4 of “4”, 17 units, the allocated number T5 of the set value “5”, and the allocated unit T6 of the set value “6”. Ask for 50 cars. Further, the ratio of the number of allotted units to the total U50 of the allotted units is set as the unit allocation rate for each set value, and the unit allocation rate V1 = 0.06 for the set value “1” and the unit allocation rate for the set value “2” V2 = 0.10, setting value “3” unit allocation rate V3 = 0.34, setting value “4” unit allocation rate V4 = 0.34, setting value “5” unit allocation rate V5 = 0.10 Then, the number allocation rate V6 = 0.06 of the set value “6” is calculated (FIG. 5, S2-4).

  Then, the gaming machine operating rate R6 (= 0.12) and the number allocation rate V6 (= 0.06) at the selected set value “6” are compared in magnitude (FIG. 5, S2-5), and the gaming machine Since the operation rate R6 is larger than the number allocation rate V6, it is determined that the set value information is leaked to an unspecified player. In the case of this determination, a warning is displayed on the monitor of the headquarters PC 16 (FIG. 5, S2-6), and the headquarters employee is cautioned and prepared. After the warning is displayed, the headquarters employee displays the name of the store from which the alarm is sent by a predetermined operation of the headquarters PC 16 and responds quickly. On the other hand, when the size of the both is not substantially generated, it is determined that the set value information is not leaked to the player, and it continues until the elapsed time or the number of operating machines reaches a predetermined number (FIG. 5, S2). -7).

  According to the system 50, the operating state signal detecting means can be easily attached without contact without additional processing of the gaming machine, and the leakage of the set value information can be easily determined.

In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, As it enumerates below, it is also possible to implement by changing suitably the shape and structure of each part in the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention.
(1) This system can be applied not only to slot machines but also to other gaming machines such as pachinko machines as long as they use set value information.
(2) The operating state signal detection means is not limited to the external concentration terminal plate as long as the operating state can be detected, and may be configured to output the operating state signal using a non-contact current sensor or the like. For example, the non-contact current sensor can detect an operating state by clamping to a harness between a 7-segment display device that displays a set value and a credit and a control board that performs display control, and can output an operating state signal.
(3) This system is not limited to a VPN using a general public line, and may be configured by connecting a DB server and a headquarters PC using a closed line such as a dedicated line. Further, a VPN may be provided on the closed line. Of course, it can be configured to be connected via an open public line that has no security.
(4) This status signal detection device is not limited to slot machines whose setting values are 1 to 6, but can be applied to slot machines whose setting values are other values such as 1, 2, 1, 6, and the like. is there. However, in this case, it is necessary to change the procedure for calculating the changed set value to a predetermined procedure.
(5) The leakage determination means may be provided in the DB server. Further, the leakage determination means can be provided in both the head office PC and the DB server so as to be selectively usable. In this case, the same effect as that performed by the head office PC can be obtained.
(6) The slave units may be connected by any method, and all of the slave units may be connected to be communicable by an Ethernet connection method or the like.
(7) The parent device and the child device may be connected not only by wire but by wireless communication means.

It is a front view of the slot machine which shows the state which closed the front door. FIG. 5 is an attachment explanatory view showing a state in which operating state signal detection means is attached to the slot machine with the front door opened. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a set value information leakage determination system according to the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the storing procedure of an operation state signal. It is a flowchart which shows the leak determination procedure of setting value information.

Explanation of symbols

  9 .... Front door, 10 .... Slot machine (game machine), 11 .... Main body, 12 .... Slave machine (operating state signal detection means), 13 .... Master machine, 14 .... Hub, 15 .... DB server (Operating state signal storage means), 16 .... headquarters PC, 17 .... set value information storage means, 18 .... leakage determination means, 22 .... operation rate calculation means, 23 .... allocation rate calculation means, 27..external Centralized terminal board, 28 ... Temporary storage means, 40 ... VPN, 43 ... Signal line, 50 ... System (setting value information leak judgment system).

Claims (2)

An operating state signal detecting unit that is attached to each gaming machine that is operated by a predetermined operation by a player in the gaming store, detects an operating state of the attached gaming machine, and outputs a corresponding operating state signal;
An operation state signal storage means for storing an operation state signal corresponding to each attached gaming machine;
Setting value information storage means for storing setting value information including a setting value indicating the level of hit probability in association with each set gaming machine;
Leakage determination means for determining whether or not the set value information is leaked to the player based on the stored operating state signal and set value information;
A set value information leakage judgment system characterized by the above. Leakage determination means
An operation rate calculation means that calculates the number of operating machines of the gaming machine by dividing into each set value, calculates the total of the calculated operating numbers, and calculates the ratio of each operating number to the total as the gaming machine operating rate for each set value When,
An allocation rate calculating means for determining the allocated number of gaming machines separately for each set value, calculating a total sum of the determined allocated numbers, and calculating a ratio of each allocated number to the total as a unit allocation rate for each set value; With
Compare the size of the gaming machine operating rate and the number allocation rate in the selected setting value, and determine that the setting value information is leaked to the player when the gaming machine operating rate is large,
The set value information leakage determination system according to claim 1.

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