JP2009201929A - Game parlor managing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a processing load on a game parlor managing device by determining a game abnormality with the same reference value without discriminating a normal game state from a replay time state. <P>SOLUTION: The game parlor managing device includes a slot machine, as a totalization object, for outputting a throw-in signal indicating the number of thrown-in game media and a put-out signal indicating the number of put-out game media, outputting the put-out signal when a replay game for performing the game again without throwing-in the game medium is generated, and outputting the throw-in signal in the subsequent game, and then, totalizes game data to be outputted from the slot machine. The device is provided with: a calculating means for calculating a throw-in accumulative value obtained by accumulating the number of throwing-in, based on the throw-in signal, a put-out accumulative value obtained by accumulating the number of putting-out excluding the putting-out by the generation of the replay game, based on the put-out signal and the put-out signal when the replay game is generated, and a base indicating the rate of the put-out accumulative value to the throw-in accumulative value; and an abnormality determining means for determining the prescribed game abnormality based on the base. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a game hall management apparatus that collects and manages game data of a plurality of slot machines (slot machines) installed in a game hall, and in particular, is output from a slot machine having a high probability replay game (replay time: RT) state. The present invention relates to a game hall management device capable of collecting and managing game data.

In general, in a game hall (game hall) where a lot of gaming machines such as slot machines, also called pachislot machines, are installed, game data relating to games played in each gaming machine, for example, the number of games played in each gaming machine and the game state, A game hall management device (a so-called hall computer) that counts and manages game data such as the number of game media that have been input and output has been introduced.
This kind of game hall management device is a variety of signals output from a plurality of gaming machines (slot machines) installed in the game hall, specifically, a game medium payout signal or an input signal, a big bonus, a regular bonus, By inputting a state signal indicating a gaming state such as a challenge time, game data in each gaming machine is totaled and managed, and information useful for an index of game hall management is output.

Further, the game hall management device determines a gaming abnormality caused by an illegal act or a gaming machine failure based on the above game data.
In general, the determination of the game abnormality is based on the number of game media paid out from the gaming machine calculated based on the payout signal with respect to the number of game media inserted into the gaming machine calculated based on the input signal. This is performed by monitoring a so-called base variation indicating a ratio ([number of payouts / number of inputs] × 100).
In the normal gaming state, the base is set to, for example, “40 to 50”, and when the base is higher than a predetermined reference value (for example, “70”), Games such as fraudulent acts called “small role aim”, in which a specific small role winning is illegally generated during a normal game using a device, or abnormal signal that is output more than the set number of payout signals It can be inferred to be abnormal.

However, the base varies depending on the gaming state. For example, in a special game state in which a large amount of game media is paid out such as a big bonus, a regular bonus, and a challenge time, the base becomes high.
For this reason, as the reference value for determining the gaming abnormality, a reference value indicating the same value cannot be used, and different reference values are set for each gaming state.

By the way, in recent years, slot machines provided with a high-probability re-game (replay time: RT) state in which a re-game occurs with a high probability have become mainstream.
Replay (so-called replay) is a game in which the next game can be played without having to insert a game medium when a predetermined replay pattern is prepared, and the replay time state is a high probability of such replay. It is a gaming state that occurs.
Specifically, many slot machines having a replay time state usually do not change the probability of occurrence of a combination (so-called small role) that involves payout of game media that occurs in a specific game period and normal game state, By reducing the occurrence probability of loss and setting the replay occurrence probability to be increased by the decrease, the high probability replay state is realized.
In other words, in the high-probability replay state, although the replay occurrence probability is set higher than that in the normal game state, the occurrence rate of the small role is equal to that in the normal game state, and the occurrence probability of the loss and the occurrence of replay The sum of probabilities is also set to be the same as the normal gaming state.

In such a slot machine, normally, when a replay occurs, a payout signal indicating the payout number equal to the number of game media inserted into the generated game is output, and in the next game that occurs The game can be replayed even if no game medium is inserted, and after the start lever is operated, an input signal indicating the same number of input as the payout number indicated by the previous game payout signal is output.
As a result, the game hall management device counts the number of payouts and the number of inputs due to the occurrence of a regame when a regame occurs.
For this reason, the base in the above-mentioned replay time state is also calculated as a base on which the number of payouts and the number of inputs due to the occurrence of this replay are recorded.

In this way, since the base counts the number of payouts and the number of inputs due to the occurrence of replays, since the replay occurs frequently in the above replay time state, the base is also in the normal game state accordingly. Compared to, it is generally up to "90-105".
As a result, when determining the gaming abnormality in the replay time state, the gaming hall management device identifies the replay time state using some means, and based on a reference value dedicated to the replay time state different from the normal gaming state. The game abnormality is judged.

Here, there is a proposal of a “game management device” as described in Patent Document 1 for collecting and managing data by distinguishing game data in a replay time state from game data in a normal game state.
The “game management device” proposed in Patent Document 1 is based on the assumption that a signal “RT signal” indicating a replay time state is output from the external output board of the slot machine. Based on this, game data in the replay time state is to be aggregated separately from specific games such as normal games and bonus games.

JP 2002-172193 A (page 15, FIG. 10)

  However, in the management device described in Patent Document 1, it is assumed that a signal that is an RT signal is output from the gaming machine, but currently, a signal related to re-game is output to the slot machine to the outside. This is merely a desire or a predictive proposal, since there is little possibility of such a slot machine being produced in the future.

As described above, since the signal related to the replay time state is not output to the outside from the slot machine, for example, based on the existing game data that has been output, the game hall management device replays every predetermined number of times. By identifying the replay time state from the game occurrence rate or providing a dedicated conversion adapter that outputs a replay time state signal, the replay time state is specified, and in the specified replay time state, the game There was no means other than determining a game abnormality by providing a dedicated reference value in the field management device.
As a result, not only a determination process for identifying the replay time state is added to the game hall management device, but also a process for determining a gaming abnormality based on a reference value different from the normal gaming state or the special gaming state. As a result, it has become a factor that increases the processing load of the game hall management device.
Moreover, in such a replay time state, the probability of occurrence of a replay is set higher than that of the normal game state, but the probability of occurrence of a small role is equal to that of the normal game state. Despite the fact that the sum of occurrence probabilities is the same as the normal gaming state, a dedicated conversion adapter or the like is provided, processing for identifying the replay time state in the game hall management device, and a dedicated reference value are provided. Determining the abnormality is useless and not appropriate.

  The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above-described problems of the conventional technology, and is a game hall management device that determines a gaming abnormality based on a base excluding the number of payouts due to the occurrence of a regame. In addition, even in a slot machine with a replay time state set, it is possible to determine a gaming abnormality using the same reference value as the normal gaming state without distinguishing between the normal gaming state and the replay time state. It is an object of the present invention to provide an epoch-making game hall management device that can reduce the processing burden of the hall management device.

  In order to achieve the above object, the game hall management apparatus of the present invention outputs an insertion signal indicating the number of inserted game media and a payout signal indicating the number of game media discharged, and inputs the game media. The slot machine that outputs the payout signal and outputs the insertion signal in the next game when the replay that can be replayed without any occurrence occurs is included in the aggregation target, and the game data output from the slot machine is aggregated A game center management device, wherein, based on the insertion signal, based on the cumulative total value of the number of insertions, the payout signal and the payout signal when the replay occurs, the occurrence of the re-game An arithmetic means for calculating a payout cumulative value obtained by accumulating the payout numbers excluding payouts is provided.

  According to the gaming hall management device of the present invention, it is possible to determine a gaming abnormality with the same reference value without distinguishing between the normal gaming state and the replay time state, and it is possible to reduce the processing burden of the gaming hall management device.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a game hall management device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
Here, the game hall management device of the present invention shown in the following embodiments is operated by a computer controlled by a program. The program sends a command to each component of the computer to perform predetermined processing such as determination of the operating state of each gaming machine, collection, management, and output of gaming information. Thus, each processing and operation in the game hall management apparatus according to the present invention is realized by specific means in which the program and the computer cooperate. The program is stored in advance in a recording medium such as a ROM or RAM, and is executed by causing the computer to read the program from a recording medium mounted on the computer. However, the program may be read by the computer via a communication line, for example. . Further, the recording medium for storing the program can be constituted by, for example, a semiconductor memory, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or any other recording means readable by a computer.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a game hall to which a game hall management device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
As shown in this figure, the game hall includes a plurality of slot machines 10, a plurality of computer 20 provided for each predetermined gaming machine 10, and a plurality of island computers 30 provided for each island of the gaming machine 10. A hall computer 40 connected through the island computer 30 is installed.
The slot machine 10 is a gaming machine also called a pachislot machine, and a plurality of slot machines 10 are installed in a game arcade. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the slot machine 10 is installed in units of so-called “islands” in which a plurality of slot machines 10 are grouped in a predetermined number of units. Are to be paralleled.

The slot machine 10 has the same configuration and functions as a normal slot machine, and the content and method of games using medals as game media, various signals output to the outside, etc. It is similar.
Specifically, each slot machine 10 is provided with an external output terminal, from which signals indicating various game information are output.
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, a medal insertion signal indicating the number of medals serving as gaming media of the slot machine 10, a medal payout signal indicating the number of winning medal payouts, and the occurrence of a predetermined special gaming state. An output status signal is output, and three status signals are output as a status signal: a BB signal indicating a big bonus state, an RB signal indicating a regular bonus state, and a CT signal indicating a challenge time state. It has become so.

The big bonus state and the regular bonus state are transitioned by a predetermined bonus symbol (for example, “7, 7, 7”, etc.), and a gaming state in which a specific small role is generated with a high probability. It ends by paying out.
In the challenge time state, when a predetermined CT pattern is prepared, the control of the reel is left to the stop operation of the stop button provided in the slot machine 10 for a predetermined number of games, and the player receives the pattern corresponding to the small role. It is a gaming state that can be stopped and displayed.

In addition to the above gaming state, the slot machine 10 of the present embodiment is provided with a normal gaming state and a replay time state in which replay occurs with a high probability.
The normal gaming state is a gaming state in which re-games and small roles are occasionally generated and lost frequently, so that the number of input exceeds the number of game media paid out and the game media is wasted. The normal game state occupies most of the period of the slot machine game, and in such a game state, the player plays a game while expecting the special game state.
In the replay time state, in the predetermined game period (for example, 200 games) from the end of the big bonus state, compared to the normal game state, the probability of occurrence of a small combination accompanied by paying out medals is set to be the same, and the probability of occurrence of loss The gaming state is set so that the probability of occurrence of re-playing is increased by the reduced amount.
That is, in the replay time state, the replay occurrence probability is set higher than the normal game state, but the small role occurrence probability is equal to the normal game state, and the loss occurrence probability and replay occurrence probability The sum is set to be the same as the normal gaming state.
Note that a state signal that can identify the replay time state is not output from the slot machine.

Various signals output from each slot machine 10 in this way are output to the island computer 30 via the corresponding base computer 20 as shown in FIG. 1, and further from the island computer 30 to the hall computer 40. It is output.
Although not specifically shown in the present embodiment, in the game hall, in addition to the above-described devices, various devices and devices such as a game media lending machine, a game media counter, and a gift exchange POS terminal, etc. Is installed.
Further, depending on the game hall, for example, a pachinko machine or the like may be installed as a gaming machine other than the slot machine 10, and even in such a gaming hall, the gaming hall management of the present embodiment as shown in FIG. A system of devices can be applied.

The hall computer (game room management device) 40 is a data totaling computer that receives an external output signal from the slot machine 10 via the base computer 20 and the island computer 30 and performs totalization. Is installed in a place where it can be operated, for example, in a management room behind the counter.
As shown in FIG. 2, the hall computer 40 receives external output signals such as a medal insertion signal, a medal payout signal, a BB signal, an RB signal, and a CT signal output from each slot machine 10. This is input via the island computer 30.

Hereinafter, the hall computer 40 which is the gist of the present invention will be described in detail.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the hall computer 40 according to the present embodiment.
As shown in the figure, the hall computer 40 includes a receiving unit 41 that receives an external output signal from the slot machine 10, a processing unit 42 that performs tabulation processing of the received external output signal, tabulated data, and game abnormalities. A display unit 43 that displays an abnormality notification screen, etc., a printing unit 44 that prints tabulated data, an input unit 45 that performs screen operations, and a memory that stores tabulated data, a game hall management program, and the like And an output unit 47 for outputting an abnormality signal to an external output device such as an income or store speaker possessed by a store clerk when a game abnormality is determined.

  Then, the hall computer 40 determines the occurrence of re-game from the medal insertion signal and medal payout signal output from each slot machine 10, and from the status signals (BB signal, RB signal, CT signal) indicating the special game state. Based on the medal insertion signal and the medal payout signal in the gaming state other than the special gaming state to be determined, the cumulative total value of the number of game media inserted for each game and the game media excluding the payout due to the occurrence of re-games A payout cumulative value obtained by accumulating the payout number is calculated, and a predetermined game abnormality is determined based on the input cumulative value and the payout cumulative value.

Here, the replay (replay) is a game in which the next game can be performed without throwing in a game medium when each slot machine 10 has a predetermined replay pattern (for example, “Replay / Replay / Replay”). More specifically, when a predetermined number of game media (for example, 1 to 3 medals) is inserted and the start lever is operated, a medal insertion signal based on the number of insertions is output and the reel rotates. If the symbol whose reel is stopped by the stop operation is a replay symbol, the medal is not actually paid out, but the same number of payouts are made and a medal payout signal based on the payout is output. Is.
When the replay symbols are ready, the game media is automatically inserted into the next game, and if the start lever is operated as it is, the same number of medal insertion signals as the above-mentioned payout are output, and the player holds the game on hand. The game can be performed with the same bet number (the number of insertions) as the previous game without inserting the medium, and the game can be performed again without consuming the game medium.

Further, a game state in which such replays occur continuously with a high probability is a so-called high probability replay (replay time) state.
In the replay time state, the probability that a replay will occur is set higher than in the normal game state, so that the player can continue the game without consuming or reducing the game media compared to the normal game state. There is a great merit that the game can be digested without reducing the game media, which is a highly attractive game state for the player.
In the present embodiment, even in such a replay time state, a gaming abnormality can be determined using the same reference value as that in the normal gaming state.

Specifically, first, in the hall computer 40 of the present embodiment, when the number of payouts based on the medal payout signal is the same as the number of payouts based on the medal insertion signal in the game next to the payout, It is determined that a game has occurred.
Further, the hall computer 40 calculates a cumulative total value of the total number of coins inserted for each game based on the medal insertion signal and the medal payout signal, and a cumulative payout value of the total number of payouts excluding the payout due to the occurrence of replay. At the same time, a predetermined game abnormality is determined based on the calculated payout cumulative value and input cumulative value.

FIG. 4 shows how the medal insertion signal and medal payout signal are generated. As shown in the figure, the medal insertion signal is a signal that outputs a number of pulses (1 to 3 pulses) corresponding to the number of insertions, and is always output for each game after the start lever operation.
On the other hand, the medal payout signal is a signal that outputs a number of pulses (1 to 15 pulses) corresponding to the number of payouts, and is output only when a small combination occurs and when a replay occurs. .
Further, in replay, the number of medals payout signals in the generated game is the same as the number of medals input signals in the next game.
Therefore, in the hall computer 40, based on the medal insertion signal and the medal payout signal from each slot machine 10, it is determined that replay has occurred when the same number of medal insertion signals and medal payout signals are output. (Re-game determination means).

The determination of the occurrence of replay is not limited to the method of determining a regame when the medal insertion signal and the medal payout signal output from the slot machine match as in the present embodiment, but is determined by another method. It is also possible to do.
For example, if the number of payouts for small roles other than replays does not match or overlap with the number of payouts possible for replays (for example, 1 to 3 medals), it is possible only for such replays. When no payout number is detected by the medal payout signal, it can be determined that a re-game has occurred without determining a match / mismatch with the medal insertion signal.

  Furthermore, the hall computer 40 determines a normal game state or a replay time state other than a special game state such as a big bonus state, that is, a normal game state or a replay time state, from the state signal output from each slot machine 10. In the gaming state determined to be, based on the medal insertion signal and medal payout signal output from each slot machine 10, the cumulative total value of the number of insertions for each game, and the number of payouts excluding the payout due to the occurrence of re-games, The accumulated payout value is calculated.

Specifically, the hall computer 40 determines from the state signal that the game state is other than the special game state such as the big bonus state, that is, the normal game state or the replay time state, and the normal game state and the replay time state. Without distinguishing, the number of pulses of the medal insertion signal for each game (1 to 3 pulses) is accumulated as shown in the following formula to calculate the accumulated insertion value.
Cumulative insertion value = Σ (number of medal insertion signal pulses per game)
Further, as shown in the following equation, the hall computer 40 accumulates the number of medals payout signal pulses (1 to 15 pulses) excluding the medal payout signal in the game determined to be replayed, and calculates a payout cumulative value.
Cumulative payout value = Σ (number of medal payout signal pulses excluding medal payout signal due to replay)

The cumulative input value calculated in this way indicates the number of game media inserted into the slot machine 10 in the normal gaming state or the replay time state, and the payout cumulative value indicates the re-game in the normal gaming state or the replay time state. The number of game media paid out from the slot machine 10 excluding payout due to occurrence is shown.
In other words, since the total number of payouts excludes the number of payouts due to the occurrence of replays, the occurrence of replays is considered to be a “losing”, and the number of payouts due to the occurrence of only a small role with game media payout It is the cumulative total.

The hall computer 40 can also determine a gaming abnormality directly from the input cumulative value and the payout cumulative value.
As described above, the accumulated payout value of the present invention is an important indicator that depends on the occurrence probability of a small combination. For this reason, for example, the probability of occurrence of each small role presented by the manufacturer of the slot machine and the number of payouts of each small role are integrated, and each product is added up to calculate the average number of payouts due to the occurrence of small roles per game. By comparing the average number of payouts and the value obtained by dividing the cumulative payout value by the total number of games, game irregularities such as the above-mentioned “small role aim” and slot machine failures Can also be determined.
In this case, since the medal insertion signal is output after the start lever is operated for each game in this case, subsequent medals detected after a predetermined time (for example, 4 seconds) has elapsed after detection of the medal insertion signal. By counting up to the input signal as one game, the number of games can be easily counted.
Also, when the cumulative total value between a predetermined number of games is extremely small compared to a predetermined reference value based on the number of insertions per game (1 to 3 medals), a medal insertion signal output failure It can also be determined that the game is abnormal.

Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in the following equation, the hall computer 40 is configured to calculate the input cumulative value without distinguishing between the normal game state and the replay time state in a game state other than the special game state such as the big bonus state. Based on this, a base indicating the proportion of accumulated payout values is calculated, and based on this, a gaming abnormality is determined.
Base = (cumulative value / input cumulative value) x 100
In other words, the base indicates the ratio of the total number of payouts due to the occurrence of a small role excluding the payout due to the occurrence of replays to the total number of inputs inserted for each game.
In the slot machine 10 of the present embodiment, the normal gaming state and the replay time state have the same occurrence probability of the small combination, and the sum of the occurrence probability of the loss and the occurrence probability of the replay is set to be the same.
As a result, the replay time state is set to have a higher probability of replaying than the normal gaming state, but the number of payouts due to the occurrence of replaying is excluded and considered as lost. Is independent of the probability of occurrence of replays and depends only on the probability of occurrence of a small role.
However, since the occurrence probability of the small combination is set equal in the normal game state and the replay time state, the base shows a constant value in the normal game state and the replay time state.
Thus, it is possible to determine a gaming abnormality using one reference value based on this base without distinguishing between the normal gaming state and the replay time state.

Specifically, the hall computer 40 calculates the base from the payout accumulated value at each timing when the thrown cumulative value obtained by accumulating the thrown number for each game reaches a predetermined number (for example, 100 [equivalent to 100 medals]). The game abnormality is determined by comparing the calculated base with a preset reference value.
After the determination, the input cumulative value and the payout cumulative value are initialized, and at each timing when the input cumulative value reaches a predetermined number, a base is calculated from the payout cumulative value at that time, and the above determination is repeated.
The points on the solid line in FIG. 5 indicate the base calculated at each timing when the cumulative total value reaches a predetermined number.
As the preset reference value, as shown in the figure, the upper limit reference value is set based on the design value or the like (for example, base “40”) presented by the manufacturer of the slot machine according to the present embodiment. “60” and the lower limit reference value are set to “20”.
When the base (see the solid line) calculated by the hall computer 40 exceeds the upper limit reference value “60”, for example, a large number of fraudulent acts such as the “small role aim” described above and medal payout signals are output. Gaming abnormalities such as faults caused by slot machines, such as faults in signal systems, and faults caused by slot machines, such as faults in signal systems that output many medal insertion signals when falling below the lower limit reference value “20” It can also be determined that the game is abnormal.
On the other hand, in the conventional base (see the two-dot chain line) calculated including the number of payouts due to the occurrence of re-games, the value varies greatly between the replay time state and the normal game state, so a reference value dedicated to each game state It must be established that
It should be noted that the determination of game abnormality can also be determined as a game abnormality when the reference value is exceeded at any time at successive determination timings (for example, twice). Thereby, the reliability of determination of game abnormality can be improved.

  In this way, based on the medal insertion signal and medal payout signal output from each slot machine 10, the cumulative total value of the number of insertions for each game, and the total of the number of payouts excluding the payout due to the occurrence of replays. By determining the gaming abnormality based on the base calculated from the cumulative value, it is possible to determine the gaming abnormality using the same reference value without distinguishing between the normal gaming state and the replay time state.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, when it is determined that the game is abnormal, the hall computer 40 notifies the game abnormality to the outside.
Specifically, when the hall computer 40 determines an abnormality in the game as described above, an abnormality signal is output to an external output device such as an income or an in-store speaker held by the store clerk through the output unit 47. It is designed to output.
The abnormal signal is output according to the reference value, for example, if the upper reference value is exceeded, including information on fraud such as the corresponding `` gaming machine number '' or `` target for small role '', Via the game hall. Based on this information, it is possible to monitor the behavior of the player who sits on the corresponding gaming machine.

As described above, in the hall computer 40 of the present embodiment, based on the medal insertion signal and the medal payout signal output from each slot machine 10, the cumulative total value of the number of insertions for each game, Using the same reference value without distinguishing between the normal gaming state and the replay time state by determining the gaming abnormality based on the base calculated from the cumulative number of withdrawals excluding the payout due to occurrence, A gaming abnormality can be determined.
As a result, it is not necessary to specify the replay time state by providing a dedicated conversion adapter or the like, or by providing a processing for identifying the replay time state in the hall computer, as in the past. Since it is not necessary to determine a game abnormality by providing a value, the cost for purchasing a dedicated conversion adapter can be reduced, and the processing burden on the hall computer 40 can be reduced.

As mentioned above, although the preferred embodiment was shown and demonstrated about the game hall management apparatus of this invention, the game hall management apparatus which concerns on this invention is not limited only to embodiment mentioned above, In the range of this invention, various. Needless to say, it is possible to implement this change.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the big bonus (BB), the regular bonus (RB), and the challenge time (CT) are shown as the special gaming state in which the state signal is output from the slot machine. It is not limited only to these. For example, there is a single bonus (SB), a single challenge time (SCT), etc., and it is needless to say that even a slot machine in which these gaming states occur can be a management target of the game hall management device of the present invention. .
That is, in the slot machine to which the present invention is applicable, as long as the normal gaming state and the replay time state have the same occurrence probability of the small combination, and the sum of the occurrence probability of the loss and the occurrence probability of the replay is set to be the same. Since the game abnormality can be determined using the same reference value without distinguishing between the replay time state and the normal game state, there is no particular limitation on the contents and types of special games and other winning contents.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the game medium used in the slot machine is a medal (coin) has been shown. However, the game medium usable in the slot machine managed by the game hall management device according to the present invention is a medal. For example, a game ball similar to a pachinko ball can be used as a game medium.
A slot machine that can be played using such a game ball is also called a pachilot or the like, and can be applied as a slot machine to be managed by the game hall management device of the present invention.

  The game hall management device of the present invention can be suitably used as a management device (hall computer) for collecting and managing game machine data in a game hall (game hall) in which a large number of slot machines (pachislot machines) are installed, for example. it can.

It is a block diagram which shows typically the structure of the whole game hall which shows the game hall management apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the output signal output from the slot machine collected and managed in the game hall management apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the specific structure of the game hall management apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a timing chart which shows the relationship between the medal insertion signal and medal payout signal which are input into the game hall management device according to one embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the fluctuation state of the base which the game hall management apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention determines a game abnormality.

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Claims (7)

A payout signal indicating the number of game media inserted and a payout signal indicating the number of game media paid out are output, and when a re-game that can be replayed without inserting game media occurs, the payout Including a slot machine that outputs a signal and outputs the input signal in the next game,
A game hall management device that counts game data output from the slot machine,
Based on the input signal, the cumulative total value of the total number of inputs,
Computation means for calculating, based on the payout signal and the payout signal when the replay occurs, a payout cumulative value obtained by accumulating the payout number excluding the payout due to the occurrence of the replay. Amusement hall management device.   The game hall management device according to claim 1, further comprising an abnormality determination unit that determines a predetermined game abnormality based on the input cumulative value and the payout cumulative value.   The game room management device according to claim 1, further comprising a re-game determining unit that determines the occurrence of the re-game based on the input signal and / or the payout signal.   The re-game determining means determines that a re-game has occurred when the number of payouts based on the payout signal is the same as the number of payouts based on the input signal in a game subsequent to the payout game. 3. The game hall management device according to 3. The calculation means calculates a base indicating a ratio of the payout cumulative value to the input cumulative value,
The game field management device according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the abnormality determination unit compares the base with a reference value set in advance and determines the game abnormality based on a comparison result. At least two game states are set, a normal game state and a high probability replay state in which the replay occurs with a high probability,
The normal gaming state and the high-probability re-gaming state each include a slot machine in which the occurrence probability of a small combination is equal, and the sum of the occurrence probability of the loss and the occurrence probability of the re-game is set as the subject of aggregation. Item 6. The game hall management device according to any one of Items 1 to 5.   The game hall management device according to any one of claims 2 to 6, further comprising an abnormality notification unit that notifies the game abnormality to the outside when the abnormality determination unit determines the game abnormality.

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