JP2009045363A - Stored game medium management device and stored game medium management method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve convenience relating to a replay service for a player. <P>SOLUTION: A member management T/C 10 includes: a conversion part 15a for converting the number of stored balls in a ball storage account corresponding to a lending rate other than the belonging lending rate of a game corner to which a CR unit 30a or 30b belongs, into the number of the balls of the same lending rate as the belonging lending rate, when the balance is inquired from the CR unit 30a or 30b; and a display control part 15b for making the CR unit 30a or 30b display the total sum of the number of stored balls converted by the conversion part 15a and the number of stored balls corresponding to the belonging lending rate. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention manages a plurality of stored game media with different loan rates for the same game media as a stored game media account for each loan rate and responds to a withdrawal operation from a replay machine associated with the loan rate. In addition, the present invention relates to a storage medium management apparatus and a storage medium management method that allows a replay machine to replay the subtracted game media while subtracting the storage media.

  Conventionally, at pachinko parlors and other amusement stores that provide pachinko games and pachislot games, members of the amusement store are recruited from players, and a membership card is issued to the member who wishes to register as a member, and this membership card is used. We offer a service for saving money and saving medals and information notification services via email.

  Specifically, when a player passes a membership application form filled with personal information such as address, name, and telephone number to a member of the amusement store and requests membership registration, the member of the amusement store Information is registered in the management device, and a member card in which a member card ID is recorded is issued to the member. Each member who has obtained the membership card in this way, as described in Patent Document 1, etc., saves and stores the acquired pachinko balls and medals, and replays these stored balls and medals at a later date, Can be exchanged for a free gift.

  In this way, in game stores that provide a savings / medal service, each member's savings / medal is managed by a management device, and the savings / savings medal can be replayed using a dedicated replay machine.・ A medal saving system is often introduced. Actually, there are many cases where a replay function is applied to a machine such as a ball lending machine or a medal lending machine.

  Here, in such re-playing machines (including inter-banking machines), in order to make the player know how much replaying can be performed, the member confirmation is made through the input of the PIN after accepting the membership card. When it is done, the balance and the medal balance notified from the management device are displayed on the display unit.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-210818

  By the way, recently, for the pachinko corner, for example, general-purpose lending rates have been used because of the need to provide games that can be enjoyed for a relatively long time by players, and for the provision of trial games and popularity analysis of game machines. A mechanism is being established in which a gaming corner with a lower lending rate (1 yen / ball) than (4 yen / ball) coexists with a gaming corner with a general lending rate (high rate).

  In addition to this, with the opening of a game corner with a plurality of loan rates, a mechanism is being devised that allows savings and medals to be performed at each loan corner. In that case, from the viewpoint of guiding the players who play in the low rate corner to the high rate corner, transfer the savings account and the medal account with a loan rate different from the game corner where the replay is performed to the gaming corner loan rate. It is desirable to let them be used.

  However, if the transfer of a savings account / medal account with a different loan rate from the game corner where the replay is performed is permitted, the loan rate corresponding to the game corner where the replay is performed is the same as in the conventional balance display. If the account balance is displayed uniformly, the account balance of other lending rates cannot be displayed until the account balance is used up, so how much can the player actually replay? There is a problem that the convenience relating to the player's replay service is impaired.

  For this reason, if the transfer of a savings account or a medal account with a loan rate different from the game corner where the replay is performed is allowed, how can the player see the actual replayable and outstanding medal balance that can be replayed? It is an extremely important issue to grasp.

  Therefore, the present invention was made to solve the above-described problems (problems) of the prior art, and allows transfer use of a storage media account with a loan rate different from the game corner where replay is performed. And a storage medium management method and storage medium management method capable of improving the convenience of the player's replay service by allowing the player to grasp the actual replayable storage medium balance. The purpose is to provide.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the storage medium management device according to the present invention provides a storage medium account for each of the plurality of storage mediums having different loan rates for the same game medium. And storing the subtracted game media in the replay machine while subtracting the game media in response to a withdrawal operation from the replay machine associated with the lending rate. The game media management device, when a balance inquiry from the replay machine is received, the number of game media stored in a game media account corresponding to a lending rate other than the lending rate to which the replay machine belongs Corresponding to conversion means for converting to the number of game media having the same lending rate as the rate, the number of game media corresponding to the loan rate converted by the conversion means, and the belonging lending rate Characterized in that that the sum of 貯遊 technique medium number and a display control means for displaying on the replay unit.

  In addition, the game media management apparatus according to the present invention further comprises a withdrawal condition storage means for storing a replay permission lending rate permitting replay at the belonging lending rate for each belonging lending rate, and the conversion The means converts only the number of game media stored in the game media account corresponding to the replay permission loan rate stored by the withdrawal condition storage means into the number of game media having the same loan rate as the belonging loan rate. Features.

  Further, in the game media management apparatus according to the present invention, the withdrawal condition storage means further stores a withdrawal priority order of a game media account corresponding to the replay permission loan rate for each belonging loan rate. The number of game media of the game media account with the highest withdrawal priority among the game media accounts corresponding to the replay permission lending rate stored by the withdrawal condition storage means is the replay consideration. If it does not meet the requirement, it further comprises a transfer withdrawal means for withdrawing a part of the replay consideration from the stored game media account and transferring the remaining shortage replay consideration from another saved game media account. It is characterized by that.

  Also, the stored game medium management method according to the present invention manages a plurality of stored game media numbers having different loan rates for the same game medium as a stored game medium account for each loan rate, and is associated with the loan rate. A storage medium management method used in a storage medium management apparatus for subtracting the storage medium in response to a withdrawal operation from a replay machine and causing the replay machine to replay the subtracted game medium. When the balance inquiry from the replay machine is accepted, the number of game media stored in the game medium account corresponding to the loan rate other than the belonging loan rate of the replay machine is the same as the belonging loan rate. A conversion step for converting the number of game media into the rate, a number of game media corresponding to the loan rate converted by the conversion step, and a game medium corresponding to the belonging loan rate Characterized in that it includes a display control step for controlling to display the total number of the replay device.

  According to the present invention, when a balance inquiry from a replay machine is accepted, the number of game media in the game medium account corresponding to the loan rate other than the belonging loan rate of the replay machine is the same as the belonging loan rate. Since it is converted to the number of game media at the loan rate and the total number of game media corresponding to the converted loan rate and the number of game media corresponding to the affiliated loan rate is displayed on the replay machine, When the transfer of a storage media account with a loan rate different from the game corner where the game is held is allowed, the player can be made aware of the balance of the storage media that can actually be replayed. There is an effect that a stored game medium management device and a stored game medium management method capable of improving convenience can be obtained.

  Further, according to the present invention, for each belonging loan rate, a replay permission lending rate permitting replay at the belonging lending rate is stored, and a stored game medium account corresponding to the stored replay permission lending rate Since it is configured to convert only the number of game media of the same to the number of game media of the same lending rate as the belonging lending rate, the replay machine displays an accurate total sum of game media balance without performing unnecessary conversion processing It is possible to obtain a storage game medium management device that can be used.

  Further, according to the present invention, for each belonging lending rate, the withdrawal priority order of the reserving gaming medium account corresponding to the replay permitted lending rate is further stored, and the reserving gaming medium corresponding to the stored replay permitted lending rate is stored. If the number of game media in the saved game media account with the highest priority in the account is less than the replay consideration, a part of the replay consideration is withdrawn from the saved media account and the remaining shortage Since the replay consideration of the game is transferred from other savings game media accounts and debited, it is possible to replay even less than the number of savings media balances set as the withdrawal unit. There is an effect that it is possible to obtain a game storage medium management device capable of improving the convenience of the replay service.

  Exemplary embodiments of a game storage medium management apparatus and a game storage medium management method according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following, the case where the present invention is applied to a pachinko game will be described.

  First, the system configuration of the in-store system of the amusement store according to the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration of an in-store system according to the first embodiment. In the first embodiment, a case where a 4-yen corner for lending a pachinko ball for 4 yen per ball and a 1-yen corner for lending a pachinko ball for 1 yen per ball will be described in the amusement store.

  As shown in the figure, the in-store system includes a member management terminal controller (hereinafter referred to as “member management T / C”) 10 for managing member information of a player registered in advance at the game store, An island controller 20, card processing units (hereinafter referred to as “CR units”) 30 a and 30 b, pachinko machines 40 a and 40 b, a counter 50, and a member card processor 60 are provided.

  Further, the island controller 20 and the member card processor 60 are connected to the member management T / C 10, and the island controller 20 is provided with a CR attached to each of a plurality of pachinko machines 40a and 40b installed on each island. The units 30a and 30b are connected, and the membership card processing machine 60 is connected with a counter 50 for counting the number of pachinko balls.

  Here, in the first embodiment, a four-circle corner composed of the CR unit 30a and the pachinko machine 40a and a one-circle corner composed of the CR unit 30b and the pachinko machine 40b are provided. This 4 yen corner is an island that lends balls to players at a lending rate of 4 yen / ball, and the 1 yen corner is an island that lends balls to players at a lending rate of 1 yen / ball. It is. The reason for the 1 yen / ball 1 yen corner, which is lower than the general lending rate of 4 yen / ball, is mainly to enable trial hits by players, and information regarding the evaluation and attachment of players to gaming machines. To get. In the first embodiment, the lending rate “4 yen / ball” is referred to as “ball 1”, and the lending rate “1 yen / ball” is referred to as “ball 2”.

  The CR unit 30a is a unit that lends 4 yen / ball with cash or a prepaid card and replays a stored ball using a membership card. For example, when a 1000 yen bill is inserted into the CR unit 30a, the CR unit 30a An instruction to throw out 250 balls is given from the unit 30a to the pachinko machine 40a. On the other hand, the CR unit 30b is a unit that lends 1 yen / ball with cash and replays a stored ball using a membership card. For example, when a 1000 yen bill is inserted into the CR unit 30b, the CR unit 30b is worth 500 yen. (= 500 balls) is thrown into the pachinko machine 40b and the remaining amount (500 yen) is stored, and when the next lending instruction is received, the remaining amount is thrown into the pachinko machine 40b. As described above, the pachinko balls are divided and thrown out only when lending 1 yen. The bottom plate and the upper plate of the game stand are based on 250 throws when 4 yen lending is performed. This is because, when lending 1 yen, if 1000 yen (= 1000 balls) are thrown out, pachinko balls will overflow from the lower and upper plates of the game table.

  The pachinko machine 40a and the pachinko machine 40b are game machines that provide a pachinko game using pachinko balls to a player, and there is no difference between the four-yen corner and the one-yen corner. However, the pachinko machine 40b provided in the 1-yen corner is not a gaming machine responsible for sales of amusement stores, but is often provided with a new machine that will be newly introduced into the gaming stores. In the background, many amusement stores have a management policy that allows players to try new machines without investing significantly, and to provide games that can be enjoyed for a relatively long time at a low fee. Sometimes.

  The player can replay the stored balls using these CR units 30a and 30b, and the player enters the password from the numeric keypad with the member card inserted into the card insertion slot of the CR unit 30a or 30b. Then, when a predetermined replay button is pressed, a stored balance inquiry including a member ID, a personal identification number, and a table number of a game machine connected to the CR unit 30a or 30b is made to the member management T / C10, and the member The stored ball balance returned from the management T / C 10 can be displayed on a predetermined display unit, and then the stored ball can be withdrawn within the range of the stored ball balance. Here, it is assumed that the number of balls withdrawn from the savings account in one replay operation is fixed (for example, 250 for the 4-yen corner and 1000 for the 1-yen corner).

  The counter 50 is a counter that counts pachinko balls acquired by the player, and outputs the count result to the member card processor 60. In the first embodiment, the counting machine 50 has only a pachinko ball counting function, a printing function for issuing a counting receipt on which a counting result is bar code printed, and storage management by the member management T / C 10. It is assumed that the membership card processing device 60 described later has a counting / storing function for adding a part or all of the counting results to a storing-tall account with a lending rate of the counting balls among the stored-tap account.

  The member card processing device 60 is a member terminal device used when storing balls by registered members, and includes a card reader that reads a member ID recorded on the member card. Specifically, the counting result is input from the counter 50, the member card received from the player is inserted into the card insertion slot by the clerk of the game store, and the above-mentioned lending rate (type of ball 1 or ball 2) is designated. Then, a storage ball addition request including a member ID, the number of pachinko balls stored as a count result, and a lending rate is transmitted to the member management T / C 10.

  The member card processor 60 can also issue a count receipt in which the number of pachinko balls counted by the counter 50 is barcode-printed, and the attendant specifies a loan rate information when counting pachinko balls, and a receipt issuance button When a pressing operation is performed, a count receipt in which the number of pachinko balls, lending rate information, issuance date and time, and a counter number are barcode printed is issued.

  In the first embodiment, a single counter 50 is used to count both pachinko balls acquired by the player at the 4-yen corner and pachinko balls acquired by the player at the 1-yen corner. The present invention is not limited to this, and a counter dedicated to the 4-circle corner and a counter dedicated to the 1-circle corner may be separately provided. In such a case, it is possible to eliminate the need for the staff to designate the lending rate.

  The member management T / C 10 is a management device that performs overall management of members registered in the amusement store using a storage ball management table 14a described later. This storage ball management table 14a includes the member ID, the balance of the 4 yen corner storage account (hereinafter referred to as “4 yen account”) and the balance of the 1 yen corner storage account (hereinafter referred to as “1 yen account”). It is stored in association. Then, if a savings card addition request is received from the membership card processing device 60, the savings card balance in the savings account corresponding to the member ID and the loan rate included in the savings card addition request is added, and the CR unit 30a or 30b is added. If a withdrawal request is accepted from the credit card, a belonging lending rate is specified from a table-to-rate management table 14b described later using the machine number included in the withdrawal request as a key, and replay corresponding to the specified belonging lending rate is performed. The allowed loan rate is checked from the withdrawal condition table 14c, which will be described later, and the savings account of the loan rate with the highest balance order with the savings balance is checked, and then the member ID is stored in the savings management table 14a. Of the stored account, the stored balance in the stored account obtained as a check result is withdrawn (subtracted).

  Here, when the member management T / C 10 according to the first embodiment receives a balance inquiry from the CR unit 30a or 30b, a loan rate other than the belonging loan rate of the game corner to which the CR unit 30a or 30b belongs. The number of stored balls in the savings account corresponding to is converted into the number of balls with the same loan rate as the belonging lending rate, and the sum of the converted number of stored balls and the number of stored balls corresponding to the belonging lending rate is displayed on the CR unit 30a or 30b. Has its characteristics.

  Conventionally, at the amusement store, when renting pachinko balls, it is lent at one lending rate, that is, 1 ball of 4 yen / ball, and in this case, there is also one account for depositing pachinko balls as storage balls. When the balance inquiry was received from the CR unit 30a or 30b, if the stored account was displayed, it was possible to make the player know how much replay can be performed.

  However, recently, pachinko balls have been lent out at a plurality of different loan rates, for example, ball 1 “4 yen / ball” and ball 2 “1 yen / ball”. In case of transfer of savings account between Yen Corner and 1 Yen Corner, there is not only one savings account that can be used in one game corner, and both do not correspond one-on-one. Similarly, if the account balance of the loan rate corresponding to the game corner where replay is performed is uniformly displayed, the player cannot grasp how much replay can actually be performed.

  At this time, it is conceivable to display the balance of the storage account of all the loan rates on a machine such as the CR units 30a and 30b, but the display unit provided on the machine is a simple device such as a 7-segment LED. In many cases, a large amount of information cannot be displayed at one time, and it is difficult to realize it with a spread machine widely spread at present.

  Therefore, in order to perform such balance display, it is necessary to configure the display unit of the intermediary machine with an expensive device. However, raising the initial cost of the intermediary machine arranged in each unit causes an increase in cost. So it is unrealistic. In addition, even in a dedicated replay machine, it is preferable that a larger number of replay machines be introduced into the amusement store from the viewpoint of avoiding the concentration of use in a specific replay machine. Increasing the initial cost of replay machines that need to be purchased in large numbers is equally impractical.

  Therefore, in the member management T / C 10 according to the first embodiment, even if the display unit of the CR units 30a and 30b is configured with a simple display device, the player can grasp the actual balance that can be replayed. The balance of the savings account corresponding to all the lending rates is collected and displayed as the savings balance of the belonging lending rate.

  For example, in the example of FIG. 2, when a member of an amusement store holds 200 4-yen accounts and 500 1-yen accounts, the amount of money stored in the CR unit 30a disposed in the 4-yen corner Is displayed, the unit price of 1 yen account is one-quarter of the unit price of 4 yen account. Then, 125 converted temporary savings balances and 325 total savings numbers of 200 yen in the 4-yen account are displayed as replayable savings balances. On the other hand, when displaying the balance of the stored ball on the CR unit 30b arranged at the 1-yen corner, the unit price of the 4-yen account is four times the unit price of the 1-yen account. “200” is multiplied by 4 to convert it to 800 temporary storage ball balances, and the converted 800 temporary storage ball balances and 1300 total sums of 1-yen accounts are displayed as replayable storage ball balances. In addition, when a 1-yen coin is converted into a 4-yen coin, if the decimal point appears, it is less than the throwing unit, so it is necessary to round off the decimal part.

  Therefore, in the first embodiment, even when the transfer unit of the storage account with a different loan rate from the game corner where replay is performed is permitted, even if the display unit of the CR units 30a and 30b is configured with a simple display device, It is possible to allow the player to grasp the balance of reclaimable balls that can actually be replayed, and to improve the convenience related to the replay service for the player.

  Next, the configuration of the member management T / C 10 shown in FIG. 1 will be described. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the member management T / C 10 shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the member management T / C 10 includes an input unit 11, an output unit 12, a communication I / F unit 13, a storage unit 14, and a control unit 15.

  The input unit 11 is an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse, the output unit 12 is a display device such as a liquid crystal panel or a display, and the communication I / F unit 13 is an island controller 20, CR units 30a and 30b. And an interface for performing data communication with the membership card processing device 60.

  The storage unit 14 is a storage device such as a hard disk device or a non-volatile memory, and includes a storage management table 14a for managing a member's storage balance as a member registered in the amusement store, and a unit number and a affiliation held in the CR units 30a and 30b. A table-to-rate management table 14b for managing the correspondence relationship with the lending rate and a withdrawal condition table 14c for storing withdrawal account conditions (replay permission lending rate and withdrawal priority order) of the storage account are stored.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the storage management table 14a is a table that stores the balance of a 4-yen account and the balance of a 1-yen account for each member ID. In addition, although the present Example 1 demonstrates the example which manages the balance of the 4-yen account corresponding to the double rate of the ball 1 and the ball 2, and the balance of a 1-yen account, this invention is limited to this. Instead, the present invention can be similarly applied to managing a savings account corresponding to an arbitrary lending rate (for example, 2 yen / ball) or three or more lending rates.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the vehicle-to-rate management table 14b is a table that stores the correspondence between the vehicle number and the belonging lending rate. According to the table-to-rate management table 14b shown in FIG. 5, the CR unit 30a having the 100th unit number belongs to the ball 1 (4 yen corner), and the CR unit 30b having the 200th unit number. Indicates that it belongs to the ball 2 (one-yen corner).

  As shown in FIG. 6, the withdrawal condition table 14c is a table that stores a first priority storage account and a second priority storage account for each belonging lending rate. According to the withdrawal condition table 14c shown in FIG. 6, in the 4 yen corner, as long as there is a balance in the 4 yen account, it will be withdrawn from the 4 yen account, and if there is no balance in the 4 yen account, it will be withdrawn from the 1 yen account. In the 1 yen corner, as long as there is a balance in the 1 yen account, it will be withdrawn from the 1 yen account, and if there is no balance in the 1 yen account, it will be withdrawn from the 4 yen account. It is shown that.

  The control unit 15 is a control unit that totally controls the member management T / C 10, and includes a conversion unit 15a, a display control unit 15b, and a storage management unit 15c. Actually, programs corresponding to these functional units are stored in a ROM or non-volatile memory (not shown), and these programs are loaded into the CPU for execution, and a conversion unit 15a, a display control unit 15b, and a storage management unit Each process corresponding to 15c is executed.

  When the conversion unit 15a receives a balance inquiry from the CR unit 30a or 30b, a game with a loan rate that is the same as the belonging lending rate for the number of accumulated balls in the savings account corresponding to a lending rate other than the lending rate to which the CR unit belongs. It is a processing unit that converts the number of media.

  For example, when a storage ball balance inquiry including the member ID “5678” and the unit number “100” is received from the CR unit 30a disposed in the 4-yen corner, the PIN management unit 15c performs collation of the password and inputs it. If the personal identification number and the registered personal identification number match, a conversion request is made. Therefore, the belonging lending rate is identified from the pair-to-rate management table 14b using the unit number as a key, and is associated with the identified belonging lending rate. After the withdrawal of the savings account with the lending rate (replay permission lending rate) and checking from the condition table 14c, the savings account (4-yen account and 1) stored in the savings management table 14a in association with the member ID “5678” is stored. Yen account), the savings balance in the savings account obtained as a result of the check, that is, 200 4-yen accounts and 500 1-yen accounts, Temporary savings balance, which is calculated by dividing the savings balance of 500 yen per 1 yen account to 4 yen savings, which is not the lending rate, that is, the savings balance of 500 yen per 1 yen account divided by the unit price ratio "4" Convert to a balance of 125 pieces.

  The display control unit 15b is a processing unit that performs display control on the display units of the CR units 30a and 30b. Specifically, control is performed such that the total number of stored balls corresponding to the lending rate converted by the conversion unit 15a and the total number of stored balls corresponding to the belonging lending rate are displayed on the CR unit 30a or 30b. For example, in the above-described example, 125 temporary storage balances when the number of stored 1-yen accounts is 500 yen, which is not the affiliated lending rate converted by the conversion unit 15a, and the affiliated lending rate is 4 The CR unit 30a displays 325 total savings balances with 200 yen savings balances in the yen account (see FIG. 2).

  The storage management unit 15c is a management unit that manages a member's storage balance using the storage management table 14a, and includes a withdrawal processing unit 15d. Here, since there is no feature in the processing related to the accumulated ball addition such as the counting accumulated ball, the description regarding the accumulated ball addition is omitted below.

  The withdrawal processing unit 15d is a processing unit that executes a withdrawal process for subtracting and collecting the replay consideration from the stored ball balance using the stored ball management table 14a. Specifically, among the savings accounts stored in association with the belonging lending rate in the withdrawal condition table 14c, the withdrawal account with the highest withdrawal priority order is based on the withdrawal process from a single account. When the balance of the stored ball is less than the replay consideration, a part of the replay consideration is withdrawn from the savings account, and the remaining replay consideration is transferred from another savings account and deducted. Do.

  For example, on the display unit of the CR unit 30a in the 4-yen corner, the total savings balance of 125 temporary savings balances when the number of savings of 500 yen in a 1-yen account is 4-yen savings and 200 savings balances in a 4-yen account When a withdrawal request (replay request) is received with 325 displayed, it is first checked whether there are more than 325 total savings balances (250 withdrawals), As a result, since the total sum balance is more than the replay consideration, it is next checked whether there is a balance more than the replay consideration in the 4 yen account that is the affiliated lending rate. Since the balance of 200 is less than the replay consideration of 250, all the 200 balls are deducted from the 4 yen account, and the remaining shortage of the replay consideration, that is, 4 yen / ball is 50, so 1 yen / Tama 200 pieces of doubling the debit to transfer from 500 貯玉 balance of 1 yen account (see Figure 7). Thus, when performing transfer debit, it is necessary to debit after converting the number of balls that cannot be collected from the savings account of the belonging lending rate into the number of game media of other lending rates.

  Next, the replay process by the member management T / C 10 shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a replay process executed by the conversion unit 15a, the display control unit 15b, the storage management unit 15c, and the withdrawal processing unit 15d shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 8, when a balance inquiry including a personal identification number, a machine number, and a member ID is received from the CR unit 30a or 30b (Yes in step S801), a registered personal identification stored in a member management table (not shown) by the storage management unit 15c. The number is collated (step S802).

  At this time, if the input personal identification number and the registered personal identification number match (Yes at Step S802), the conversion unit 15a specifies the belonging lending rate from the pair-to-rate management table 14b using the number as a key (Step S803), After saving the bank account of the lending rate (replay permission lending rate) associated with the specified belonging lending rate and checking it from the condition table 14c, it is stored in the savings management table 14a in association with the member ID. The stored money balance in the stored money account obtained as a check result is read out of the stored money accounts (4 yen account and 1 yen account) (step S804).

  Then, the conversion unit 15a calculates the provisional savings balance when the savings balance of the savings account corresponding to other lending rates other than the belonging lending rate is set as the belonging lending rate, that is, the savings balance of the savings account corresponding to another lending rate. It converts into the temporary storage ball balance which multiplied or divided by the ratio of both ball unit prices (step S805).

  Subsequently, the display control unit 15b sums up the number of stored balls corresponding to the lending rate converted by the converting unit 15a and the number of stored balls corresponding to the belonging lending rate (step S806), and displays the total stored money balance so as to display this total stored ball balance. The unit 30a or 30b is instructed (step S807).

  Here, when a withdrawal request (replay request) is made into a standby state and a withdrawal request is accepted from the CR unit 30a or 30b that has been notified of the total savings balance (Yes in step S808), the withdrawal processing unit 15d performs withdrawal. The withdrawal priority order of the savings account corresponding to the affiliated lending rate is read from the condition table 14c (step S809).

  Then, the withdrawal processing unit 15d confirms whether or not the total savings balance exceeds the replay consideration (the number of withdrawals) (step S810), and as a result, when the total savings balance exceeds the replay consideration ( In step S810 (Yes), it is further confirmed whether or not there is a balance equal to or greater than the replay consideration in the savings account corresponding to the belonging lending rate (step S811).

  At this time, if there is a balance more than the replay consideration in the savings account corresponding to the affiliated lending rate (Yes in step S811), the savings account of the affiliated lending rate stored in association with the member ID in the savings management table 14a is used. The replay consideration is deducted (step S812), the request is made to the requesting CR unit 30a or 30b, and a completion response is made (step S813), and the display control unit 15b displays the total accumulated balance before deduction to the CR unit 30a or 30b. It is updated to the sum total accumulated ball balance after the withdrawal (step S814).

  On the other hand, if there is no balance over the replay consideration in the savings account corresponding to the affiliated lending rate (No in step S811), all the number of savings is deducted from the savings account corresponding to the affiliated lending rate and the remaining shortage The replay consideration of the player, that is, the ratio of both corners is “4 yen corner: 1 yen corner = 4: 1”, so that the redrawing amount is adjusted to the other lending rate by quadrupling or quartering. The play consideration is transferred from a savings account corresponding to another lending rate and withdrawn (steps S815 and S816). Thereafter, the withdrawal processing unit 15d sends a withdrawal completion response to the requesting CR unit 30a or 30b (Step S813), and the display control unit 15b withdraws the total stored ball balance before the withdrawal to the CR unit 30a or 30b. Then, the total balance is updated (step S814).

  In addition, if the total accumulated balance does not exceed the replay consideration (No in step S810), the withdrawal processing unit 15d notifies the CR unit 30a or 30b that the withdrawal is impossible because the accumulated balance is insufficient. This is performed (step S817).

  The above-described processing from step S808 to step S817 is repeated until discharge of the membership card is detected by the CR unit 30a or 30b (Yes at step S818). When discharging of the membership card is detected (Yes at step S818), the process is terminated.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, when a balance inquiry from the CR unit 30a or 30b is received, the storage ball corresponding to a loan rate other than the belonging loan rate of the game corner to which the CR unit 30a or 30b belongs. Since the number of balls stored in the account is converted to the number of balls of the same loan rate as the belonging lending rate, and the total of the number of stored balls corresponding to the converted lending rate and the belonging lending rate is displayed on the CR unit 30a or 30b. Even if the display unit of the CR units 30a and 30b is configured with a simple display device when the transfer use of a savings account / sale medal account with a loan rate different from the game corner where replay is performed, It is possible to grasp the balance of the replayable money that can be actually replayed, and improve the convenience related to the replay service for the player. Bets are possible.

  Further, in the first embodiment, for each belonging lending rate, the withdrawal priority order of the savings account corresponding to the replay permission lending rate is stored, and the withdrawal of the savings account corresponding to the stored replay permission lending rate is stored. When the savings balance of the highest priority bank account is less than the replay consideration, a part of the replay consideration is withdrawn from the savings account and the remaining shortage replay consideration is transferred from the other savings account Since it is configured to be withdrawn, it is possible to replay even less than the number of stored ball balances set as the withdrawal unit, and it is possible to improve convenience related to the player's replay service. . Furthermore, since multiple withdrawal accounts are used across a single withdrawal process, replay can be performed without re-inserting the membership card with the CR unit 30a or 30b. There is no replay consideration, and there is no need for a player who is willing to continue playing with a savings account corresponding to another lending rate to re-insert the membership card and re-enter the password.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described so far, the present invention may be implemented in various different forms other than the embodiments described above. Therefore, another embodiment included in the present invention will be described below.

  For example, in the first embodiment described above, the embodiment has been described in which it is permitted to use the savings account of all lending rates in both the 4-yen corner and the 1-yen corner for replay. It is not necessary to permit the use of all the savings accounts, and the use of some savings accounts may be prohibited.

  For example, when a 4 yen corner, 1 yen corner, and 2 yen corner are opened in an amusement store, the situation is that the pachinko balls acquired in the 4 yen corner are quadrupled and games are played in the 1 yen corner. If approved, one player will be allowed to play pachinko for a long time at the 1-yen corner, and other players will be deprived of the opportunity to play a trial game at the 1-yen corner, preventing this. Therefore, if the replay permission lending rate is deducted and set in the condition table 14c so that only the 1 yen account and the 2 yen account can be used in the 1 yen corner, the conversion unit 15a only stores the balance of the 2 yen account. In contrast, by converting to a temporary savings balance when 1 yen savings are made, it becomes possible to display an accurate total savings balance on the CR unit without performing unnecessary conversion processing.

  Moreover, although the present Example 1 demonstrated the example which does not perform the conversion process by the conversion part 15a about the storage balance of the storage account corresponding to a belonging lending rate, this invention is not limited to this, Affiliation lending The stored balance of the storage account corresponding to the rate may be converted by multiplying by 1 as a coefficient.

  Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, the embodiment in which the number of balls to be thrown out at the time of replaying is described as the number of withdrawals is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this and collects a fee together. The present invention can be similarly applied.

  In the above-described first embodiment, the CR unit disposed on each unit is illustrated as a replay machine that provides the replay service. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the island edge replay is performed. The present invention can be similarly applied even to a machine. In this case, compared to the simple input devices of the CR units 30a and 30b, the island-side replay machine does not need to be purchased for each unit, and thus has an input device with a slightly higher operability. Therefore, it is not necessary to fix the number of withdrawals as in the case where the withdrawal process is performed by the CR units 30a and 30b, and the degree of freedom of replay game can be improved.

  In the first embodiment described above, an example in which the present invention is applied to a pachinko game has been described. However, the present invention is similarly applied to a case where a pachislot game is further included or only a pachislot game is targeted. be able to. In addition, although the example which applies this invention to a pachinko store and a pachislot store was demonstrated here, this invention is not limited to this, It can apply similarly to game facilities, such as a game center.

  In addition, among the processes described in this embodiment, all or part of the processes described as being performed automatically can be performed manually, or the processes described as being performed manually can be performed. All or a part can be automatically performed by a known method. In addition, the processing procedure, control procedure, specific name, and information including various data and parameters shown in the above-described document and drawings can be arbitrarily changed unless otherwise specified.

  Further, each component of each illustrated apparatus is functionally conceptual, and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated. In other words, the specific form of distribution / integration of each device is not limited to that shown in the figure, and all or a part thereof may be functionally or physically distributed or arbitrarily distributed in arbitrary units according to various loads or usage conditions. Can be integrated and configured.

  As described above, the stored game medium management apparatus and the stored game medium management method according to the present invention are suitable for a case where transfer use of a stored game medium account having a loan rate different from the game corner where replay is performed is permitted.

It is a figure which shows the system configuration | structure of the store system of the amusement store which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a conceptual diagram for demonstrating the characteristic of member management T / C which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of member management T / C shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the information memorize | stored in a storage management table. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the information memorize | stored in a base pair rate management table. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the information memorize | stored in a withdrawal condition table. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the transfer withdrawal performed over several storage account. It is a flowchart which shows the replay process performed by the conversion part shown in FIG. 3, the display control part, the storage management part, and the withdrawal processing part.

Explanation of symbols

10 Member management T / C
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Input part 12 Output part 13 Communication I / F part 14 Storage part 14a Storage ball management table 14b Stand-to-rate management table 14c Drop condition table 15 Control part 15a Conversion part 15b Display control part 15c Storage ball management part 15d Drop processing part 20 Island controller 30a, 30b CR unit 40a, 40b Pachinko machine 50 Counter 60 Member card processing machine

Claims (4)

Managing a plurality of storage medium numbers with different loan rates for the same game medium as a storage medium account for each loan rate, and in response to a withdrawal operation from a replay machine associated with the loan rate A game storage medium management device that causes the replay machine to replay the subtracted game media while subtracting the game storage media,
When a balance inquiry from the replay machine is accepted, a game with the same lending rate as the belonging lending rate is set to the number of game media in the stored game medium account corresponding to a lending rate other than the lending rate to which the replaying machine belongs. Conversion means for converting to the number of media;
Display control means for controlling to display on the replay machine the total number of game media corresponding to the loan rate converted by the conversion means and the number of game media corresponding to the belonging loan rate. A game storage medium management device characterized by the above. A withdrawal condition storage means for storing a replay permission lending rate for permitting replay at the belonging lending rate for each belonging lending rate,
The conversion means converts only the number of game media stored in the game medium account corresponding to the replay permission loan rate stored by the withdrawal condition storage means into the number of game media having the same loan rate as the belonging loan rate. The game media management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein The withdrawal condition storage means further stores a withdrawal priority order of the storage media account corresponding to the replay permission loan rate for each belonging loan rate,
When the number of game media of the storage media account with the highest withdrawal priority order among the storage media accounts corresponding to the replay permission lending rate stored by the withdrawal condition storage means is less than the replay consideration. And a transfer debiting means for debiting a part of the replay consideration from the stored game media account and deducting the remaining replay consideration from another saved game media account. The game media management apparatus according to claim 2. Managing a plurality of storage medium numbers with different loan rates for the same game medium as a storage medium account for each loan rate, and in response to a withdrawal operation from a replay machine associated with the loan rate A storage medium management method for use in a storage medium management apparatus for subtracting the storage medium while causing the replay machine to replay the subtraction game medium,
When a balance inquiry from the replay machine is accepted, a game with the same lending rate as the belonging lending rate is set to the number of game media in the stored game medium account corresponding to a lending rate other than the lending rate to which the replaying machine belongs. A conversion process for converting to the number of media;
A display control step for controlling the replay machine to display the sum of the number of game media corresponding to the loan rate converted by the conversion step and the number of game media corresponding to the belonging loan rate. A game storage medium management method characterized by the above.

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