JP2009077901A - Game parlor management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game parlor management system, reducing processing load as a system, suitably collecting charges for replay from a game player, and considering the convenience. <P>SOLUTION: An exchange reference value showing acquiring balls for that day, and when the game player saves balls, saved balls are added to the saved balls and exchange reference value. When no-charge replay balls are put out from the saved ball for that day, the replay balls are subtracted from the saved balls and exchange reference value, and when the replay balls are put out from the balls saved up to the day before, the replay balls are subtracted from only the saved balls. When prize exchange is performed, only the exchange balls are added. Therefore, the exchange reference value referred to prize exchange is not subtracted and updated in the game player's prize exchange. Thus, even when the game player requests the acquired balls acquired on that day as an exchange object, no-charge replay service can be provided afterwards. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a management system for a game hall that allows payout by replay with no fee for the storage balls for the day.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a game system such as a pachinko hall has been introduced with a replay service for depositing a game medium (hereinafter referred to as a “save ball”) and paying out the saved game so that it can be played.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-23500 Japanese Patent No. 2774214

  In recent replay services, the stored balls for the day are stored as “mochidama” separately from the previous day's accumulated balls, and replays based on held balls are allowed to be paid out by replaying without so-called fees. (See Patent Document 1). In such a configuration, the player can play the game without placing the acquired game medium at hand, so that not only can the risk of theft be avoided, but also so-called table movement can be facilitated. It is possible to provide excellent service.

  However, in the case of such a configuration, for example, when performing a date and time update process or the like, a transfer process for transferring a lot of player's possession balls to a storage ball in a lump is required. In addition, after closing the store, when the stored ball information is transmitted to a third-party management organization as shown in Patent Literature 2, it is assumed that the transmitted stored ball information is only one account for one member. Then, since the storage ball transfer processing must be performed before the storage ball information is transmitted, the processing at the time of closing the store or the date and time update processing is concentrated, which is complicated.

  Also, players often request “acquired balls for that day” as exchange targets when giving away prizes. In such a case, since the holding ball (exchange ball) is subtracted from the stored ball of the day, if the player wants to play the game again after exchanging the prize, the holding ball becomes 0. For this reason, since a fee is required for replaying, there is a possibility that the player will avoid the game after the exchange.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to reduce the processing burden as a system, and to collect a fee for replay appropriately for a player and to consider convenience. It is to provide a site management system.

A deposit medium storage that stores a part or all of the acquired medium that is a game medium acquired by the player and that is associated with the identification information of the player and stores the number of the stored medium that is the number of game media deposited in the game hall And a payout means for paying out a replay game medium in exchange for a game medium acquired by the player when the player has made a payout operation in a state where the player's identification information is received, and the player When depositing a part or all of the acquired medium as a deposited medium in the game hall, the number of deposited media stored in the deposited medium storage means is added and updated based on the number of earned media to be deposited, while the payout means When the player pays out replay game media, and when the player exchanges prizes, a deposit medium update that subtracts and updates the number of deposit media stored in the deposit medium storage means based on the number of game media to be paid. And a reference value for storing an exchange reference value, which is a numerical value that is referred to when a player exchanges prizes based on the number of deposit media stored in the deposit medium storage unit, in association with player identification information. The storage means and the exchange reference value stored in the reference value storage means when the deposit medium update means updates the number of deposit media, and when the deposit medium number is added and updated, and replay by the payout means When subtracting and updating in accordance with the payout of game media, updating is performed in accordance with the update of the number of deposited media, while when subtracting and updating is performed in accordance with player exchange of prizes, the number of deposited media is updated. A reference value updating means that does not perform update according to minutes;
Reference value initializing means for initializing the exchange reference value stored in the reference value storage means based on the establishment of a predetermined condition, and the number of game media serving as a fee when the payout means pays out replay game media are stored. The fee storage means and the payout means paying out the replay game media are set as the number of replay game media paid out by the payout means, or the replay paid out by the payout means A payout value specifying means for specifying whether the number of game media is obtained by adding the number of game media as a fee stored in the fee storage means to the number of game media based on the exchange reference value stored in the reference value storage means; And an exchange medium specifying means for specifying the number of game media to be exchanged when a player exchanges prizes based on the exchange reference value stored by the reference value storage means (claim). ).

  In the above configuration, even if the reference value update means is a case where the deposit medium update means subtracts and updates the number of deposit media according to the payout of replay game media by the payout means, the payout consideration specifying means, When the number of game media obtained by adding the number of game media serving as a fee stored in the fee storage means to the number of replay game media is specified as a consideration when the payout means pays out the replay game media, The same quantity as the updated number of deposit media may not be subtracted from the exchange reference value (claim 2).

Also, an exchange medium storage means for storing the number of exchange media, which is the number of exchange media that are the rewards when the player exchanges prizes, and the exchange when the player exchanges prizes An exchange medium updating means for updating the number of exchange media stored in the medium storage means; and an exchange medium initialization means for initializing the number of exchange media stored in the exchange medium storage means based on the establishment of a predetermined condition. The exchange medium specifying means is a game medium to be exchanged when a player exchanges prizes based on the exchange reference value stored in the reference value storage means and the number of exchange media stored in the exchange medium storage means The number may be specified (claim 3).
In addition, when a player exchanges prizes, a notification means for notifying the player of information related to the exchange reference value stored in the reference value storage means may be provided (claim 4).

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the exchange reference value referred at the time of the prize exchange is not subtracted and updated in the exchange of the prize of the player. Therefore, the player has obtained “the amount of balls acquired for the day” as the exchange object. Even in such a case, it becomes possible to provide a fee-free replay service thereafter. In addition, the exchange reference value indicates an upper limit value of no replay service fee, and can also be used for determining whether or not there is a replay service fee, so that the storage area can be used effectively. Furthermore, as in the past, it is possible to manage the number of stored balls in a lump without managing the stored balls separately for the current day and the previous day's stored balls. There is no need to move to a storage ball. Therefore, since only the exchange reference value clearing process needs to be performed, the processing load during the date and time update process can be reduced. Similarly, when the number of stored balls is transmitted to the third party management organization, transmission is possible regardless of the transition process, so that the degree of freedom of the update process accompanying the transmission process is increased.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the exchange reference value is within the range of the number of balls acquired for the player on the day, so there is no possibility of collecting an unjust fee for the player.
According to the invention of claim 3, since the exchange reference value is not affected by the player's prize exchange ball, even if the player has already exchanged the prize, As such, it is possible to identify the player's winning balls for the day, and to respond to the player's desire to exchange the “acquisition balls for the same day”.
According to the invention of claim 4, it is possible to notify the player who has exchanged the prize that he / she can receive the fee-free replay service, so that it is possible to stimulate the game motivation after the prize exchange. .

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 schematically shows the entire system. A plurality of gaming machines 1 are installed on the gaming island, and a lending device (corresponding to a payout means) 2 is installed corresponding to the gaming machine 1. A relay device 3 is installed corresponding to the two gaming machines 1 and the lending device 2. A counting device 4 is installed at the edge of the game island or at a predetermined position. An exchange device (corresponding to exchange medium specifying means and notification means) 5 is installed in the prize exchange counter.

  The relay device 3, the counting device 4 and the exchange device 5 are connected via a LAN 6 to a management device (deposited medium storage means, deposited medium update means, reference value storage means, reference value update means, reference value initialization means, fee storage means, payout consideration) (Corresponding to specifying means, exchange medium storage means, exchange medium update means, exchange medium initialization means) 7), and various information can be transmitted and received between them. The relay device 3 is also connected to a gaming machine 1, an outbox (not shown) provided corresponding to the gaming machine 1, and a lending device 2. Send / receive).

  As the game information signal from the gaming machine 1 side, an out signal (one pulse for every 10 balls) that can specify the game medium to be used is output from the outbox according to the game in the gaming machine 1 and is paid out from the gaming machine 1 A game signal such as a safe signal (1 pulse for every 10 balls), a game fluctuation signal, a jackpot signal, etc., are output and a lending device 2 can identify a rental game medium (100 yen for every 100 yen). 1 pulse) is output.

  Note that the balls that are driven into the game area of the gaming machine 1 are collected in an outbox provided on the game island regardless of whether or not a prize has been won, and the outbox outputs an out signal for the number of balls collected. A configuration may be adopted in which an out signal is directly output from the gaming machine 1, or a supply signal that can identify a game medium supplied to the gaming machine 1 from a supply device provided corresponding to the gaming machine 1 may be used as a safe signal.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the lending device 2. The lending device 2 includes a money insertion slot 8, an information display section 9, a replay button 10, a nozzle 11, a money return slot 12, a member card insertion slot 13, and a card discharge button 14. The lending device 2 pays out sales balls (corresponding to sales game media) as gaming media from the nozzle 11 to the upper plate 15 (see FIG. 1) of the gaming machine 1 in accordance with the insertion of money into the money insertion slot 8. At the same time, a sales signal (25 balls 1 pulse) related to the paid-out pachinko balls is output to the management device 7. When a membership card is inserted into the membership card insertion slot 13, the membership ID data of the membership card is read from the membership card and transmitted to the management device 7, and the game information dedicated to the member received from the management device 7 is displayed accordingly. Displayed in part 9.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the counting device 4 includes a game medium receiving port 16, an exchange button 17, a receipt issuing unit 18, an information display unit 19, and the like. When a pachinko ball is inserted into the game medium receiving port 16, the counting device 4 performs a counting process for counting the number of balls, and issues a receipt from the receipt issuing unit 18 by pressing the exchange button 17. Further, when the pachinko balls are counted, a verification request is transmitted to the management device 7, and an incorrect count is judged and notified by comparing the total ball received from the management device 7 with the count ball accordingly. It is like that.

3A is a front perspective view of the exchange device 5, and FIG. 3B is a rear perspective view thereof. The exchange device 5 includes a numeric keypad 20, a PLU (Price Look Up) button 21, an exchange button 22, an end button 23, a storage button 24, a storage call button 25, a winning ball button 26, a counting winning ball button 27, and other operation buttons ( Storage operation, storage operation, etc.), a cancel button 28, a receipt issuing unit 29, a display unit 30 having a touch panel, a scanner (not shown) for reading receipts, and the like. When the exchange device 5 reads the count information from the receipt as will be described later, the exchange device 5 transmits to the management device 7 information indicating that the receipt has been accepted, and the game specified by the count information. When the exchange process for associating the valuable value of the medium with the prize that the player desires to exchange is performed, information indicating that the exchange process has been performed and exchange information that can identify the corresponding receipt are transmitted to the management device 7. It has become.
A membership card insertion slot 31 into which a membership card is inserted and a rear display unit 32 are provided on the back side of the exchange device 5, and the player can input a password by touching the rear display unit 32. At the same time, the displayed information is visible.

  The management device 7 manages the sales status by the lending device 2, the operating status of each gaming machine 1, the management of the counting status based on the counting process by the counting device 4, the exchange status of the prize by the exchanging device 5, the inventory status, and the like. At the same time, the settings of the counting device 4 and the exchange device 5 are managed. Further, the management device 7 receives game information signals from the gaming machine 1 side, the outbox, and the lending device 2 via the relay device 3, and manages the member database based on those game information signals.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of a member database managed by the management device 7. In the member database, corresponding to the “member ID” (corresponding to identification information), “member name”, “stored ball”, “password”, “exchange reference value”, “exchange ball”, “replay with fee” Each item of “consideration”, “replay ball without fee”, and “replay ball with fee” is set, and the meaning of each item is as follows.

Accumulated balls …… Acquired balls obtained by the player are counted by the counting device 4, and when the member card is received by the counting device 4 at the time of counting, or a receipt issued at the time of counting is received by the exchange device 5. In some cases, a part or all of the acquired balls are added according to the player's request and added, and if the stored balls are used as a consideration for replay or prize exchange, It is the same.
Exchange reference value: added when the ball is stored in the counting device 4 or the exchange device 5. If there is a payout based on replay balls with no fee, and the accumulated balls are subtracted, they are subtracted. In addition, it is not subtracted even if the stored ball is subtracted when there is a prize exchange or replay with a fee. Further, in the case of a storage ball in the exchange device 5, only the receipt received is added. In other words, it shows the winning ball excluding the replay payout fee with no fee, and will not be negative.
Number of exchanged balls …… Added when prizes are exchanged. That is, it indicates the number of balls that have been exchanged.
The lending device 2, the exchange device 5, and the management device 7 are subjected to various processes by the CPU, and can be stored in various ways by ROM, RAM, HDD, and the like.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.
FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the replay process of the lending device 2. The lending device 2 determines whether a membership card has been accepted (E1).
When the player receives payout of replay balls (corresponding to replay game media) from the stored balls up to the previous day, the player inserts a membership card into the lending device 2 and inputs a password.
When the lending device 2 accepts the member card by inputting the password (E1: YES), the lending device 2 stores the member information (E2), transmits the card acceptance information (E3), and confirms the lending. It is determined whether information has been received (E4) or error information has been received (E18).

  FIG. 4 shows the storage area of the lending device 2. In the storage area, items of “password” and “replay ball” are set in correspondence with “accepting member ID”. When a personal identification number is input with the membership card inserted into the lending device 2, information read from the membership card is stored in the "accepting member ID" and "personal identification number" as member information.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the management device 7. The management device 7 executes a card acceptance information reception process (A1), a payout request information reception process (A2), and an exchange information reception process (A3).
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing card reception information reception processing of the management device 7. The management device 7 determines whether or not the card reception information has been received (B1). When the card reception information is received from the lending device 2 (B1: YES), it is determined whether the corresponding member is a regular member (B2). ). When the member is a regular member (B2: YES), it is determined whether the transmission source of the reception information is the lending device 2 or the exchange device 5 (B3). In this case, since the transmission source is the lending device 2 (B3: lending device), the lending confirmation information is transmitted (B4).
If the member is not a regular member (B2: NO), error information is transmitted (B5).

When the lending device 2 receives the lending confirmation information from the management device 7 as shown in FIG. 13 (E4: YES), is there a payout operation (E5), or is the card eject button 14 depressed (E16)? Will come to judge.
When error information is received (E18: YES), an error is displayed (E19).
When the player depresses the replay button 10 of the lending device 2 in order to receive the replayed ball payout from the storage ball, the lending device 2 determines that there has been a payout operation (E5: YES), and a payout request After the information is transmitted (E6), it is determined whether the payout confirmation information is received (E7) or the error information is received (E14).

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the payout request information reception process of the management apparatus 7. The management device 7 determines whether or not the payout request information has been received from the lending device 2 (C1). When the payout request information is received (C1: YES), the management device 7 determines whether the exchange reference value is not 0 ( C2). This exchange reference value is the winning ball (win ball) for the day, and in this embodiment, payout by replay without a fee is allowed within the range of the winning ball for the day as will be described later. From this, it is set to determine whether or not there are earned balls for the day. Since the exchange reference value is 0 at the start of the game (C2: NO), a replay ball with a fee is calculated to pay out the replay ball from the stored ball (C5).

  Here, if it is stored as the member DB of the management device 7 that, for example, 6970 balls are stored for the member with the name “eeee”, 6970 × 125 ÷ 165 = 5280 balls are calculated as replay balls with a fee. . That is, a fee of 40 balls is collected for paying out 125 balls, which is a single payout unit, and therefore 5280 balls can be replayed with 6970 balls.

  Therefore, NO. In FIG. 6A showing the member DB of the name “eeee”. In one record, 6970 is stored as “reserved ball after increase / decrease”, and 5280 is stored as “replayed ball with fee”.

Next, the management device 7 determines whether or not the replay ball obtained as described above is 0 (C7). In this case, since the fee-replayed ball (5280 balls) is not 0 (C7: YES), payout confirmation information is transmitted (C8). The payout confirmation information is information that can specify the replay ball obtained as described above.
If the replay ball is 0 (C7: NO), error information is transmitted (C14).

When the lending device 2 receives the payout confirmation information from the management device 7 as shown in FIG. 13 (E7: YES), the lending device 2 updates the member information (E8). That is, as shown in FIG. 4, 5280 is stored as a “replay ball” in the storage area.
When error information is received (E14: YES), an error is displayed (E15).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the replay ball is 125 balls or more which is one payout unit (E9). In this case, since the replay balls (5280 balls) are 125 balls or more (E9: YES), the 125 balls are paid out (E10), and then the member information is updated (E12). That is, 5155 is stored by subtracting 125 from 5280 stored as the “replay ball”.

Next, after the payout completion information is transmitted (E13), it is determined whether the card ejection button 14 has been pressed (E16) or whether there has been a payout operation (E5).
When the replay balls are less than 125 balls (E9: NO), all the replay balls stored are paid out (E11).

  When receiving the payout completion information from the lending device 2 as shown in FIG. 11 (C9: YES), the management device 7 determines whether the exchange reference value is not 0 (C10). In this case, since the exchange reference value is 0 (C10: NO), the fee-based play consideration is updated (C12). That is, as shown in FIG. 6B, 165 balls are stored in the “replay fee with fee” in the member database.

Next, the amount corresponding to the replay equivalent is subtracted (C13). That is, as shown in FIG. 6 (b), -165 is stored as the "accumulated increase / decrease", and 6805 obtained by subtracting 165 from 6970 is stored as the "accumulated increase / decrease".
As described above, each time the replay ball is paid out from the lending device 2, the management device 7 stores the NO. Update one record.

  NO. Shown in FIG. In the case of one record, since there is no acquired ball (exchange reference value) for the day at the start of the game, the player pays out 18 replay balls from the accumulated ball up to the previous day, and finally the acquired ball It shows the case where there was no. In other words, in the replay with a fee (replay from the savings up to the previous day), the savings that were 6970 at the start of the game became 4000. In this case, there is no earned ball for the day, and the replay with fee is performed from the current savings ball, so the fee for replay with fee is updated. Replay played stored in “Processing” indicates a replay with a fee (takes a consideration obtained by adding a fee (40 balls) to a payout ball (125 balls)). Further, when a plurality of processes are continuous, they are collected as one process. That is, NO. In the example of one record, since the payout of replay balls with a fee of 18 units is continuous, the payout of replays of 18 units (18 × 165 = 2970) is combined into one. Yes. Note that the figures after the decimal point are rounded down.

When the player ends the game, the card discharge button 14 of the lending device 2 is pushed down.
When the card discharge button 14 is pushed down (E16: YES), the lending device 2 discharges the membership card (E17).
When the player acquires the acquired balls acquired by the game, the acquired balls are counted with the membership card inserted in the counting device 4 and stored. Of course, even if the player is a member, if he / she does not use a membership card, he / she will not be able to save but can receive a receipt.

When the player of the member “eeee” stores the acquired balls in the counting device 4, the management device 7 stores the number “No.” in the member DB of the member “eeee”. Two records are created, and the number of balls is added to “save ball increase / decrease”, “save ball after increase / decrease”, “exchange reference value” and “replay-free ball” of the record.
NO. Shown in FIG. In the example of 2 records, since the member “eeee” saved 2000 balls by the counting device 4, 2000 balls were added to the “sales increase / decrease”, “storage ball after increase / decrease”, “exchange reference value” and “replay-free replay ball”. It has been added.

When the player ends the game and exchanges the prize, the member card is inserted into the membership card insertion slot 31 of the exchange device 5 installed in the prize exchange counter.
FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the member exchange process of the exchange device 5. The exchange device 5 determines whether a member card has been accepted (F1), and when a member card is accepted (F1: YES), stores the member information (F2). Note that the exchange device 5 also accepts an input of a personal identification number by a touch operation on the rear display unit 32 as in the lending device 2.

  FIG. 7 shows the transition of the storage area of the exchange device 5. The storage area corresponds to the “member acceptance ID”, “code number”, “reception ball”, “storage ball”, “calling storage ball”, “exchange reference value”, “exchange ball”, “replay with fee” Each item of “Compensation” and “Receipt Receipt Ball” is set, and the meaning of each item is as follows.

Receiving balls …… Balls that can be exchanged for prizes In the example shown in FIG. 7A, 001-0005 is stored in the “member reception ID” and 5555 is stored in the “password” in the storage area.

Next, the exchange device 5 transmits the card acceptance information as shown in FIG. 14 (F3), and determines whether exchange confirmation information has been received (F4) or error information has been received (F27). become.
When the management apparatus 7 receives the card acceptance information from the exchange apparatus 5 as shown in FIG. 10 (B1: YES), since the transmission source of the acceptance information is the exchange apparatus 5 (B3: exchange apparatus), the exchange The confirmation information is transmitted to the exchange device 5 (B6). This exchange confirmation information is the NO. This is information that can identify the current member data shown in two records.
If the member is not a regular member (B2: NO), error information is transmitted (B5).

When the exchange device 5 receives the exchange confirmation information from the management device 7 as shown in FIG. 14 (F4: YES), the exchange device 5 updates the member information (F5). That is, the member information indicated by the exchange confirmation information (information of the NO.2 record in FIG. 6D) is stored in the storage area.
In the example shown in FIG. 7A, 6000 is stored in the “storage ball”, 2000 is stored in the “exchange reference value”, and 2970 is stored in the “replay fee with fee” in the storage area.
When error information is received (F27: YES), an error is displayed (F28).

  Next, the exchange device 5 has received a receipt (F6), has a storage call operation (F9), has pressed the winning ball button 26 (F11), has the counting ball button 27 been pressed? (F13) It is determined whether there has been an exchange operation (F19), whether there has been a cancel operation (F21), or whether it can be terminated (F22).

When the player wants to exchange prizes from the stored balls, the player is asked for the number of stored balls to be exchanged. The employee inputs the number of stored balls requested by the player to the exchange device 5 and then depresses the stored ball calling button 25.
The exchange device 5 adds the calling storage ball to the “reception ball” when the storage ball calling operation is performed (F9: YES). At this time, the calling stored ball is subtracted from the “stored ball”.
The example shown in FIG. 7B shows a case where 2000 balls have been called, and 2000 is added to “reception ball” and 2000 is subtracted from “storage ball”.

When the employee depresses the exchange button 22 of the exchange device 5 in order to exchange the reception ball for a prize, the exchange device 5 determines that there is an exchange operation (F19: YES), and executes the exchange process ( F20). That is, the number of exchangeable reception balls (2000 balls) that can be exchanged for special prizes is specified, and the corresponding number of balls (2000 balls) is added to the “exchange balls”.
In the example shown in FIG. 7C, 2000 is added to “exchange ball” and 2000 is subtracted from “reception ball”.

The employee presses the end button 23 of the exchange device 5 when confirming the exchange process.
When the number of “accepting balls” becomes equal to or less than a predetermined number (10 balls) and can be terminated (F22: YES), the exchange device 5 also determines whether the end button 23 has been pressed. (F23), when the end button 23 is pressed (F23: YES), the exchange information is transmitted (F24), and the rear display unit 32 informs that replay is possible without a fee. After that, the membership card is returned (F26). That is, information that can specify the information shown in FIG. 7C is transmitted.

  Since it is displayed on the back display unit 32 of the exchange device 5 that replay is possible without a fee, the player who has finished exchanging prizes will want to resume the game. In this case, if the number of replayable balls without a fee is displayed, the player can be provided with a game target and more motivated to play.

  FIG. 12 shows exchange information reception processing of the management device 7. The management device 7 determines whether or not exchange information has been received (D1). When exchange information is received (D1: YES), the storage ball is updated (D2) and the exchange ball is updated ( D3), the exchange reference value is updated (D4).

  In FIG. In the example indicated by 3 records, information based on the information of FIG. 7C is stored. In other words, since 2000 balls were exchanged from the stored balls, -2000 is stored in the “changed stored balls” and 2000 is stored in the “exchanged balls”. In this case, “save ball” and “exchange ball” are updated, but “exchange reference value” is not updated. That is, the “exchange reference value” is not affected by the “exchange ball”.

  As described above, the player who has been notified by the exchange device 5 that replaying is possible, presses the replay button 10 with the member card inserted into the lending device 2 and accepted in order to resume the game. When pushed down, the lending apparatus 2 transmits the payout request information as shown in FIG. 13 (E6).

When the management device 7 receives the payout request information from the lending device 2 as shown in FIG. 11 (C1: YES), since the exchange reference value (2000 balls) is not 0 (C2: YES), the exchange reference value is It is judged whether there are more than the stored balls (C3). In this case, since the exchange reference value (2000 balls) is smaller than the stored ball (4000 balls) (C3: NO), the exchange reference value (2000 balls) is set as the replay ball (2000 balls) (C6). That is, payout by replay without a fee is allowed up to an exchange reference value (2000 balls) as an upper limit.
Next, it is confirmed that the replay ball is not 0 (C7: YES), and after the payout confirmation information is transmitted (C8), it is determined whether the payout completion information is received (C9).

  When the lending device 2 receives the payout confirmation information from the management device 7 as shown in FIG. 13 (E7: YES), the lending device 2 updates the member information based on the payout confirmation information (E8), and there are 125 replay balls. It is confirmed whether this is the case (E9). In this case, since the replay balls (2000 balls) are 125 balls or more (E9: YES), the 125 balls are paid out (E10), the member information is updated (E12), and the payout completion information is transmitted (E13). ). Therefore, when the replay balls indicated by the payout confirmation information received from the management device 2 are exchange reference values larger than the number of stored balls, replay without a fee is possible with the exchange reference value as the upper limit.

When the management device 7 receives the payout completion information from the lending device 2 as shown in FIG. 11 (C9: YES), the exchange reference value (2000 balls) is not 0 (C10: YES). Is updated (to 1875 balls) (C11), and the replay equivalent of stored balls (125 balls) is subtracted (C13).
As described above, the management device 7 updates the member DB every time the player performs replay, storage, and prize exchange.

In the example shown in FIG.
NO. 4 records: All of the exchange reference values (2000 balls) were replayed at no charge. In this case, the exchange reference value (2000 balls) becomes the replay allowable range with no fee, and the exchange reference value and the fee-free replay ball are updated as the stored balls are subtracted by replay.

  NO. 5 records ... NO. In 4 records, the acquired balls for the day were used up by replaying (exchange reference value = 0), so the replayed balls with fees were paid out again for 330 balls (substantially 250 balls). In this case, the “exchange reference value” is not updated.

NO. 6 records …… Acquired balls (6000 balls) from the game and saved them. In this case, the “exchange reference value” is updated.
Here, NO. As shown by 6 records, the player who has accumulated balls counts the balls (7000 balls) earned during the game so far without separately inserting a membership card with the counting device 4, and counting balls (7000 balls) ) Has been issued a receipt in which information (such as a barcode) that can be specified is recorded.

  When the player with the receipt inserts the membership card into the membership card insertion slot 31 of the exchange device 5 installed in the prize exchange counter in order to end the game in this way, the exchange device 5 receives from the management device 7. The member information (information indicated by the No. 6 record in FIG. 6D) is stored in the storage area. That is, as shown in FIG. 8A, 7670 is stored in the “storage ball” of the storage area, 6000 is stored in the “exchange reference value”, 2000 is stored in the “exchange ball”, and 3300 is stored in the “replay fee with fee”.

When the player submits the receipt to the free gift exchange counter, the employee reads the receipt with the scanner of the exchange device 5.
When the receipt is received as shown in FIG. 14 (F6: YES), the exchange device 5 adds the receipt ball (7000 balls) to the “reception ball” (F7), and then receives the receipt in the “exchange reference value”. Add balls (F8). At this time, the receipt ball is also added to the “reception receipt ball”.

Now, when the player determines that 7000 balls are not enough for exchanging prizes and requests that 3000 balls be added from the stored balls for exchanging prizes, the employee asks the exchange device 5 to give 3000 balls. Perform an operation to call.
When there is a storage ball calling operation for calling 3000 balls (F9: YES), the exchange device 5 adds the calling storage ball to the “reception ball” (F10). At this time, the calling storage ball is also added to the “calling storage ball”.

In the example shown in FIG. 7B, 10000 obtained by adding 7000 and 3000 to the “reception ball” is stored. These 10,000 balls can be exchanged for prizes.
When a player who is not a member submits a receipt, “reception ball” = “reception receipt ball”.

The employee depresses the exchange button 22 of the exchange device 5 when the player confirms the exchange of 10,000 balls.
When the exchange operation is performed as shown in FIG. 14 (F19: YES), the exchange device 5 executes the exchange process (F20). That is, a process of exchanging 10,000 balls for special prizes is executed.

  By the way, as a player, as described above, once he has confirmed a ball (receipt ball) that can be exchanged for prizes by submitting a receipt or calling for a savings ball, he wants to exchange the prized balls (win balls) for today. Often there is. In this way, when a player wants to exchange a prize for a winning ball, regarding the fee-based replay consideration paid out from the number of accumulated balls, the fee with re-playing fee may be subtracted from the winning ball. There are two possible cases: the psychological state that you want to keep and keep, and the fee-based replay consideration you may subtract from the savings ball, so that you want to take home the present sunrise ball as a winning ball.

In the case of a psychology that wants to keep the number of stored balls constant because the fee for replay with fee may be subtracted from the winning ball, the player says, `` I want you to exchange today's plus amount of balls '' Since the request is made to the employee, the employee pushes down the winning ball button 26 of the exchange device 5.
When the winning ball button 26 is pushed down (F11: YES), the exchange device 5 subtracts the replacement ball and the fee-repaid replay consideration from the exchange reference value to win (corresponding to the game medium to be exchanged). Is specified (F12). In other words, the exchange reference value is a value obtained by subtracting the amount of balls consumed by replaying (the fee for replay without fees) from the count value of the current day (today). If there is a fee for replay with fee), the replacement ball or fee for replay with fee is actually consumed, so the replacement ball and fee for replay with fee are subtracted from the exchange reference value. . Accordingly, exchange reference value-exchange ball-replay fee with fee = 13000-2000-3300 = 7700 is specified as a winning ball. As a result, as the winning ball is subtracted by the replay consideration with fees, it is possible to prevent the number of stored balls from being subtracted by the replay consideration with fees.

  On the other hand, since the fee for replay with fees may be subtracted from the savings ball, if you want to exchange prizes with this sunrise ball as the winning ball, Since the employee is requested to exchange the sunrise ball now, the employee pushes down the counting win button 27 of the exchange device 5.

  When the counting winning ball button 27 is pushed down (F13: YES), the exchange device 5 is equivalent to the number of balls obtained by subtracting the exchange ball from the exchange reference value (corresponding to a game medium to be exchanged, and an acquired ball in the middle of the game) Even if they are counted or exchanged, the balls acquired when processing at the end of the game without performing these processes are specified (F14). That is, it specifies the number of balls excluding the already exchanged value from the exchange reference value obtained by removing the pay-out replay ball with no fee from the acquired ball, and the exchange reference value-exchange ball = 13000-2000 = 11000 is won. As specified. As a result, as will be described later, although the accumulated balls are subtracted by the replay consideration with a fee, it is possible to bring back the sunrise ball.

When the exchange device 5 identifies the winning ball as described above, after confirming that there are more than 0 winning balls (F15: YES), the exchange device 5 stores the balls so that the receiving ball becomes a winning ball (F17). ), The winning ball is the reception ball (F18).
If the reception ball is 10,000 balls and the winning ball is 7700 balls, the reception ball-Katsu ball = 10000-7700 = 2300 balls are stored, and if the winning ball is 11000 balls, the reception ball-Katsu ball = 10000- 11000 = -1000 balls are stored (withdrawn from the balls).
When the winning ball is 0 or less (F15: NO), all the reception balls are stored (F16).
The example shown in FIG. 8C shows an example in which 7700 balls are identified as winning balls, and all the winning balls are exchanged for prizes. 2300 is added to “sold balls” and 7700 is added to “exchange balls”. is doing.

  Note that the exchange reference value is not updated even if a storage ball is generated due to a difference between the reception ball and the winning ball in the exchange process. This is because the stored ball based on the stored ball calling process does not substantially increase the stored ball, unlike the stored ball based on receipt of the receipt ball, so that the exchange reference value is not changed.

When the exchange process is completed as described above, the employee depresses the end button 23 of the exchange device 5.
When the end button 23 is pressed as shown in FIG. 14 (F23: YES), the exchange device 5 transmits exchange information (F24), and informs that replay without a fee is possible. Then (F25), the membership card is returned (F26). That is, information that can specify the information shown in FIG. 8C is transmitted.

When the exchange information is received as shown in FIG. 12 (D1: YES), the management device 7 updates the stored ball (D2), updates the exchange ball (D3), and then updates the exchange reference value ( D4).
In FIG. In the example of 7 records, it is set to 13000 by updating the “exchange reference value” according to the received receipt ball (7000 balls), and 9700 by updating the “exchange ball” according to the prize exchange of the winning ball. To do.

When the management device 7 performs payout by replaying in this state, when it is determined whether the exchange reference value is larger than the stored ball as shown in FIG. 11 (C3), the exchange reference value (13,000 balls) is stored. Since there are more than (6970 balls) (C3: YES), the stored balls are used as replay balls (C4). In other words, payout by replay without a fee is allowed up to the upper limit of the stored ball.
Now, when the business is finished and the date and time update process is performed on the management device 7, the exchange reference value of the member DB is cleared. Similarly, when the number of stored balls is transmitted to the third party management organization, it can be transmitted at any time.

  According to such an embodiment, the exchange reference value indicating the acquired ball for the day is set, and when the player stores the ball in the counting device 4 or the exchange device 5, the stored ball is added to the stored ball and the exchange reference value. When replay balls with no fee are paid out from the current day's savings balls, the replay balls are subtracted from the savings and exchange reference values, and when replaying balls are paid out from the savings balls up to the previous day, replaying only from the savings balls. When the prize is exchanged by the exchange device 5 after the balls are subtracted, only the exchange balls are added. Therefore, the exchange reference value referred at the time of the prize exchange is not subtracted and updated by the exchange of the prize of the player. . Therefore, even when the player has requested “the number of balls acquired as much as that day” as an exchange target, a replay service without a fee can be provided thereafter. In addition, since the exchange reference value indicates the upper limit of no replay service fee, it is used for determining whether or not there is a replay service fee, and for responding to the player's request, Effective use of the area. Furthermore, as in the past, it is possible to manage the number of stored balls in a lump without managing the stored balls separately for the current day and the previous day's stored balls. Therefore, only the exchange reference value clearing process needs to be performed without the need for the process of shifting to the storage ball, and the processing burden during the date and time update process can be reduced. Similarly, when the number of stored balls is transmitted to the third party management organization, transmission is possible regardless of the transition process, so that the degree of freedom of the update process accompanying the transmission process is increased.

In addition, it is possible to update the exchange reference value within the range of the balls acquired for the day of the player, and there is no possibility of collecting an unjust fee for the player.
In addition, even if the player has already exchanged the prize, it is possible to specify the number of balls that the player has acquired on the day in consideration of it (so as not to be affected). It becomes possible to cope with.
Furthermore, since it is possible to notify the player who has exchanged the prize that the replay service without a fee can be received, it is possible to inspire the game motivation after the prize exchange.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be modified or expanded as follows.
Since most players exchange only once in the game of the day, when specifying a winning ball, it is good also as a structure which does not refer to an exchange ball. That is, it is good also as composition which does not memorize exchange balls. Similarly, in order to specify only the counting winning ball, it may be configured not to memorize the fee-based replay consideration.

Although FIG. 6 is shown for explaining the update transition of the member DB, the management device 7 may store the stored ball history for each member.
Information transmission / reception between the lending device 2 and the management device 7 is not limited to the configuration of the embodiment. For example, for the lending device 2, information is received from the management device 7 when the member card is inserted, and information corresponding to the payout completion information is collectively transmitted when the member card is discharged, or a receipt is received at the exchange device 5. Every time a storage operation is performed, information is transmitted and received. Further, the processing (means) in the management device 7 may be configured to be performed (provided) by a terminal such as the lending device 2, the relay device 3, and the exchange device 5, or the processing (means) in the lending device 2 may be performed. Alternatively, it may be configured to be performed (provided) by another lending device 2.

During the exchange process in the exchange device 5, a cash investment amount by the player may be input separately to identify the winning ball.
The processing time for clearing the exchange reference value, the exchange ball, and the fee for replay with a fee is not limited to the opening process, and may be performed when a predetermined time is reached or when the date and time is updated. May be performed at different timings.

As a replay payout means, a payout device or the like that does not individually correspond to the gaming machines 1 (for example, provided on the island edge) may be applied as long as the player ID can be accepted.
The reception of identification information (member ID) is a member card in the embodiment, but any other receiving means may be adopted. For example, accepting biometric authentication such as ID tags and fingerprints. When information is temporarily read, the period until the end operation is received may be specified as the reception period. The receipt may be any recording medium.
The game medium may be a game medium (medal or the like) other than balls.

Schematic showing the system configuration in one embodiment of the present invention Perspective view of lending device (A) Front side perspective view of exchange device, (b) Rear side perspective view Diagram showing storage area of lending device The figure which shows an example of the member database of a management apparatus A diagram showing an example of changes in the member database The figure which shows an example of transition of the storage area of an exchange apparatus (the 1) FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of transition of the storage area of the exchange device (part 2) Flow chart showing information reception processing of management device The flowchart which shows the card | curd reception information reception process of a management apparatus The flowchart which shows the payment request information reception process of a management apparatus Flowchart showing management apparatus exchange information reception processing Flow chart showing replay process of lending device Flow chart showing member exchange processing of exchange device

Explanation of symbols

  In the drawings, 1 is a gaming machine, 2 is a lending device (payout means), 5 is an exchange device (equivalent to an exchange medium specifying means and notification means), 7 is a management device (deposited medium storage means, deposited medium update means, reference value) Storage means, reference value update means, reference value initialization means, fee storage means, payout value specifying means, exchange medium storage means, exchange medium update means, exchange medium initialization means).

Claims (4)

A deposit medium storage that stores a part or all of the acquired medium that is a game medium acquired by the player and that is associated with the identification information of the player and stores the number of the stored medium that is the number of game media deposited in the game hall Means,
A payout means for paying out a replay game medium in consideration of a game medium acquired by the player when there is a payout operation by the player in a state where the identification information of the player is received;
When a player deposits a part or all of the acquired medium as a deposited medium in the game hall, the number of deposited media stored in the deposited medium storage means is added and updated based on the number of acquired media to be deposited, When the payout means pays out replay game media and when the player exchanges prizes, the deposit medium for subtracting and updating the number of deposit media stored in the deposit medium storage means based on the number of game media to be paid Update means;
Reference value storage means for storing an exchange reference value, which is a numerical value that is referred to when a player exchanges prizes based on the number of deposit media stored in the deposit medium storage means, in association with player identification information; ,
With respect to the exchange reference value stored in the reference value storage means, the deposit medium update means updates the number of deposit media, and when the deposit medium number is added and updated, and the replay game medium is paid out by the payout means In the case of subtraction update in accordance with the number of deposit media, the update is performed in accordance with the update amount of the deposit medium, while in the case of subtraction update in accordance with the exchange of the prize of the player, the update in accordance with the update amount of the deposit medium is performed. A reference value updating means that does not update;
Reference value initialization means for initializing an exchange reference value stored in the reference value storage means based on establishment of a predetermined condition;
Fee storage means for storing the number of game media serving as fees when the payout means pays out replay game media;
Whether the number of game media to be paid when the payout means pays out replay game media is set as the number of replay game media paid out by the payout means, or the number of replay game media paid out by the payout means A payout value specifying means for specifying whether the number of game media as a fee stored in the storage means is set based on the exchange reference value stored in the reference value storage means;
An exchange medium specifying means for specifying the number of game media to be exchanged when a player exchanges prizes based on the exchange reference value stored in the reference value storage means. Management system.   The reference value updating means may be configured so that the payout value specifying means is a replay game medium even when the deposit medium update means subtracts and updates the number of deposit media in accordance with the payout of replay game media by the payout means. When the number of game media obtained by adding the number of game media to be stored in the fee storage means to the number as the consideration when the payout means pays out the replay game media, 2. The game hall management system according to claim 1, wherein the same quantity as the updated part is not subtracted and updated from the exchange reference value. An exchange medium storage means for storing the number of exchange media, which is the number of exchange media that are the game media paid when the player exchanges prizes;
An exchange medium update means for updating the number of exchange media stored in the exchange medium storage means when the player exchanges prizes;
An exchange medium initialization unit that initializes the number of exchange media stored in the exchange medium storage unit based on establishment of a predetermined condition;
The exchange medium specifying means is a game medium to be exchanged when a player exchanges prizes based on the exchange reference value stored in the reference value storage means and the number of exchange media stored in the exchange medium storage means 3. The management system for a game hall according to claim 1, wherein the number is specified.   4. An informing means for informing the player of information related to the exchange reference value stored in the reference value storage means when the player exchanges prizes. A management system for a game hall as described in Crab.

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