JP2009233137A - Game machine apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine apparatus capable of previously preventing a trouble between players without impairing a player's convenience in a regular processing or causing a processing load. <P>SOLUTION: When receiving money (B1: YES) or receiving a tally card (B4: YES), a dispenser provided corresponding to a game machine 1 executes a customer change determination processing (B2), when determining that the amount outstanding is left in the dispenser, creates a new record capable of specifying the amount outstanding and retention balls before receiving the money or the tally card (B3), and issues a tally card of the history (B10) by the remote-control operation by an employee (B9: YES). When there is a possibility that customers may be changed, this method can separate the amount outstanding and the retained balls. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine device that lends game media within the range of a balance in accordance with a lending operation and permits re-game within the range of counting media.

In recent years, there has been an increase in amusement halls in which a counter (hereinafter, referred to as a “counter per counter”) is provided for each gaming machine as in Patent Document 1. In addition, a function for lending gaming media based on the valuable value of the storage medium is added to such a counter by adding the valuable value stored in the storage medium according to the receipt of money as in Patent Document 2. Amusement machine devices have also been found. In such a gaming machine device, when issuing a storage medium, the counting information indicating the number of gaming media counted by the counter per counter and the balance information indicating the balance of accepted money are stored in one storage medium. Issuing.
Utility Model No. 2579792 Japanese Patent No. 3730464

  By the way, if a player leaves without being issued as the game is over even though there are remaining count information that can be issued, and the next player deposits money without noticing the count information. In addition to the counting information, new balance information is generated. In this case, the count information is that of the previous player, but the balance information is that of the subsequent player. In this state, if the previous player who later notices that the count information remains is requested to issue his / her own count information, the previous player will remain in the storage medium even if the issuance process is performed. Therefore, there is a possibility that troubles may occur between both players over the storage medium.

  However, since there is usually only one subject for both the count information and the balance information, if the issue processing is performed by dividing both, not only the convenience is impaired, but the processing load of the gaming machine device is increased. Such a problem also occurs when the next player deposits money despite the remaining balance information.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to prevent troubles between players without impairing the convenience of the player in normal processing or incurring a processing burden. The object is to provide a gaming machine device.

A gaming machine apparatus provided with a counting device that is provided corresponding to a gaming machine and includes counting means for counting gaming media acquired by a player with the corresponding gaming machine,
Currency accepting means for accepting money, balance storage means for storing the balance of money accepted from the player, and possession medium storage means for storing the number of game media acquired by the player as the possession medium number;
Issuing means for issuing a storage medium storing balance information that can specify the balance stored in the balance storage means and the number of holding media stored in the holding medium storage means when a predetermined issuing operation is received; A medium accepting means for accepting a storage medium issued by the issuing means, and a deposit acceptance when the balance received by the balance storing means is received by the currency accepting means or by the medium accepting means. At the same time, while adding and updating, the balance updating means for subtracting and updating when a lending process is performed in which a rented game medium is paid out to the player, and the number of holding media stored in the holding medium storage means When the game media is counted, or when the media accepting unit accepts the storage media, the game is renewed while the re-game processing is performed in which the re-game media is paid out to the player. A holding medium updating means for subtracting and updating when the payment is received, a determination process for determining whether or not the balance stored in the balance storage means is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, and the number of holding media stored in the holding medium storage means. Determination means for performing a determination process of whether or not a predetermined number or more,
The balance update means specifies a balance before classification which is a balance stored in the balance storage means before the receipt of the deposit when the determination means determines that it is a predetermined number or more by any determination processing. The balance stored in the balance storage unit is updated so as to be in a possible state, and the holding medium update unit determines whether at least one of the balance and the number of holding media is predetermined by the determination unit by one of the determination processes. When it is determined that the number is more than the number, the holding medium storage unit is configured to be able to specify the number of pre-classification holding media, which is the number of holding media stored in the holding medium storage unit before the deposit is received. Updates the number of possessed media stored therein (claim 1).

In the above configuration, in a state where the determination means performs a process of calling an employee of the game hall when it is determined by any one of the determination processes that at least one of the balance and the number of possessed media is a predetermined number or more. Based on the balance stored in the balance storage means, the call acceptance means for entering a certain call state, the release acceptance means for accepting a predetermined call release operation for releasing the call state of the call means by an employee, and specifying the balance before classification A preceding balance specifying means; and a preceding medium specifying means for specifying the number of previously held media based on the number of holding media stored in the holding medium storage means,
The issuing means includes: a balance before classification specified by the previous balance specifying means on the condition that a call release operation is received by the release receiving means when the calling means is in a calling state; You may make it issue the storage medium which memorize | stored the information before the division | segmentation which can specify the number of pre-sorting media which the specification means specified (Claim 2).

In addition, if the determination means determines that at least one of the balance and the number of possessed media is equal to or greater than a predetermined number by any one of the determination processes, a call that is in a state of performing a process of calling a game hall employee Based on the balance stored in the balance storage means when a predetermined lending operation is received, and a call receiving means for receiving a predetermined call release operation for releasing the calling state of the call means by an employee Lending permission means for allowing the lending process, and regame permission means for allowing the regame processing based on the number of possessed media stored in the possessed medium storage means when a predetermined replay operation is accepted,
When the lending permission unit accepts a predetermined lending operation in a state where the calling unit is in a calling state, a balance excluding the pre-classification balance among the balances stored in the balance storage unit is greater than or equal to a predetermined value In the case where the balance is stored, the balance storage means stores the balance excluding the pre-classification balance within a predetermined value. The means removes the number of held media from the number of held media stored in the held media storage means when the predetermined replay operation is accepted while the calling means is in the calling state. If the number is greater than or equal to the predetermined number, re-game processing is permitted, while if the number of retained media excluding the number of retained media before the division among the balances stored by the balance storage means is less than or equal to the predetermined number, Game processing may not be allowed (claims) ).

  In addition, if the determination means determines that at least one of the balance and the number of possessed media is equal to or greater than a predetermined number by any one of the determination processes, a call that is in a state of performing a process of calling a game hall employee Calling means to be in a state, display operation means for accepting a predetermined display operation by an employee, time when the money accepting means corresponding to the balance before sorting is accepted by the currency accepting means corresponding to the balance before sorting Information that can specify at least one of the received amount, the counting time counted by the counting means corresponding to the number of pre-classification media, and the counting medium number of the counting means corresponding to the number of pre-classification media Correspondence information storage means for storing correspondence information before classification, and the correspondence information on condition that a display operation is accepted by the display operation means when the calling means is in a calling state. A display unit storage means for displaying information for specifying a division before the corresponding information stored, it may be provided with a (claim 4).

  Further, a balance update process based on a determination result by the determination unit within a predetermined time from reception of the call cancellation operation by the release reception unit, and a suppression unit that suppresses the update process by the holding medium update unit may be provided. (Claim 5).

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when there is a possibility that the player has changed, the balance and the number of holding media (hereinafter referred to as holding balls) can be specified. Even when information that can be specified is stored in one storage medium, it is possible to prevent troubles between players while improving the convenience of the players.

  According to the invention of claim 2, when the employee confirms after the calling process, the storage medium storing the information for identifying the balance for the previous player and the possession ball is issued. If the storage medium is stored, troubles can be prevented only by returning the storage medium when the previous player later requests the return of his / her balance.

  According to the invention of claim 3, in the calling state, the balance and holding balls for the previous player cannot be used, but since the own balance and holding balls can be used, the player's discomfort can be reduced even in the calling state. . Moreover, since the balance of the previous player or the holding ball is not used by the subsequent player in a state where the employee cannot confirm, subsequent troubles can be prevented.

  According to the invention of claim 4, the employee who rushed to the gaming machine device by calling makes a display operation after making an inquiry about the balance of the previous player or the holding ball to the current (after) player. If this is done, it will be possible for the employee to judge the authenticity of the inquiry content, which will help to identify the true previous balance and the owner of the previous possession.

  If the current player is the owner of the true previous balance and the previous possession ball, the storage medium may be accepted, but in this case, there is a possibility that the update process is performed. According to the invention of claim 5, since the update process is suppressed, it is possible not only to be in a call state after canceling the call but also to accept the storage medium smoothly, and to reduce the processing load due to the update process.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the entire gaming system. Lending device corresponding to the gaming machine 1 (counting means, money accepting means, issuing means, medium accepting means, balance updating means, holding medium updating means, determination means, calling means, release accepting means, previous balance specifying means, pre-holding means Medium identification means, lending allowance means, replay allowance means, display operation means, display means, suppression means, balance storage means, possession medium storage means, correspondence information storage means) A relay device 3 is installed corresponding to the gaming machine 1 and the lending device 2. A management device 4 is installed in the office. The relay device 3 is connected to the gaming machine 1, the lending device 2, and the management device 4, and the lending device 2 and the management device 4 are connected to the gaming machine side (the gaming machine 1, the lending device 2, etc.) via the relay device 3. The game signal transmitted from is received and game information is managed.

The next game signal is output from the gaming machine side.
Out signal: Output from the out box that collects balls used. Since there is one pulse for 10 recovered (used and driven) balls, the number of out signals × 10 is specified as the number of used media (out). In addition, you may output from the gaming machine 1 (usage medium signal).
Safe signal: Output from the gaming machine. Since there are 1 pulse for 10 payout balls, the number of safe signals × 10 is specified as the number of payout media (safe). The replenishment signal from the replenishing device may be a safe signal (payout medium signal).

Start signal: Output from the gaming machine. One pulse per symbol change (actual operation) in the display unit (combined item) that fluctuates (operates) in response to winning at the start opening. A start winning signal that is output in response to a winning at the start opening may be used as a start signal. Furthermore, when the management target is a so-called pachinko machine such as a feather, a bonus that opens a winning area in accordance with a winning at the start opening is a specific accessory, and the opening of the winning area is a bonus action. Good (becomes a starting signal). In this case, the number of actuating items or the number of start winnings is specified as the start.
Bonus signal: Output from gaming machine. A level signal is output during a big hit that occurs when a predetermined condition is met (a specific symbol is displayed on the display unit, etc.) and the winning rate to a big winning opening is increased.
Probability signal: Output from a gaming machine. Level signal output (special gaming state signal) during probabilistic state where jackpot probability is improved.
Lending signal: Output from lending device. Since it is one pulse for 25 balls (100 yen) loaned to the player when accepting valuable value such as money from the player, the loan signal x 25 (100) is specified as the number of balls (loan amount) To do.
The special game state signal may be a state signal that is output even during a short time state when the winning rate to the starting port is increased, instead of the probability variation signal. Of course, it is good also as a time-short signal output only during a time-short state.

The lending device 2 includes a control unit (counting means, money accepting means, issuing means, medium accepting means, balance updating means, holding medium updating means, determination means, calling means, release accepting means, previous balance specifying means, mainly a CPU. , Storage medium identification means, lending permission means, replay permission means, display operation means, display means, suppression means), storage unit (balance storage means, possession medium storage means, corresponding to HDD, RAM, ROM, etc.) And a transmission / reception unit (corresponding to issuing means and lending permission means) made up of I / O.
The lending device 2 is provided with an information display unit 5. The information display unit 5 is configured as a touch panel.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the lower half of the lending device 2. The lending device 2 is provided with a replay button 6, a ball payout outlet 7, a light receiving unit 8, and a counting card discharge port 9, and a movable ball receiving tray 10 and a counting unit 11 are provided at the bottom. When the player leads the ball acquired by the game to the movable ball tray 10, the counting unit 11 counts the number of balls, and adds the counting balls and holding balls as will be described later. The holding balls are the number of balls acquired by the player who plays the corresponding gaming machine 1, and are displayed in real units on the holding ball display unit 13 provided in the movable ball receiving tray 10 as shown in FIG. The person performs payout of balls (re-game processing), issue of a counting card (corresponding to a storage medium) (issue processing), and the like based on the personal possession balls.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a ball receiving tray of the gaming machine 1. The ball receiving tray 12 is provided with a lending button 14, an issue button 15, and a remaining frequency display section 16. When the lending button 14 is pressed (lending operation), the relay device 3 is inquired about the balance and relayed. The apparatus 3 subtracts the balance and adds the loan amount, and pays out the corresponding loan ball from the payout port 17 of the gaming machine 1 (lending process). The remaining number display unit 16 displays the balance information transmitted to the gaming machine 1 when the balance is updated in the lending device 2 such as accepting money or paying out the lending balls, and the remaining number corresponding to the balance information (100 yen per number). Update.
The management device 4 can set various settings for the lending device 2 and transmits setting information to the lending device 2 when the setting is updated, and the lending device 2 sets its own settings when receiving the setting information. Update information.

FIG. 4 shows the lending device settings set in the lending device 2. Corresponding to “setting items”, “counting separation”, “automatic call”, and “automatic issue” are set, and the meanings of these items are as follows.
Count separation: Whether to perform count separation processing. If it is performed, a history for each customer change is created in the lending device history information described later.
Automatic call: Can be set when counting separation is set to “Yes”, and whether or not to call an employee when changing customers.
Automatic issue: Can be set when automatic call is set to “Yes”. Whether or not to issue a counting card for the previous customer when a confirmation signal is received from the employee remote control at the time of automatic call.
If the count separation is “Yes” and the automatic call or automatic issuance is “None”, the counting card for the previous customer is based on the reception of the previous customer issue signal in response to pressing the previous customer issue button on the employee remote control. Is issued.

FIG. 5 shows lending device history information set in the lending device 2. Corresponding to “NO.”, “Deposit amount”, “Loan amount”, “Balance”, “Counting ball”, “Re-playing ball”, “Moving ball”, “Issuing process” are set. The meaning of these items is as follows.
Time: The time of the last deposit process at the latest deposit time.
Deposit amount: The amount of money received and the deposit amount received by the counting card.
Loan amount: Consideration for loaned balls.
Balance: A value of deposit amount−lending amount. When a lending operation is performed in a state where this balance exists, a lending ball is lent to the player.
Counting balls: The number of counting balls counted by the counting unit and the number of holding balls added by the counting card.
Re-playing balls: The number of re-playing balls repaid to the player among the counting balls.
Mochitama: Count value-value to be a replay ball, and when there is a replay operation in the presence of this possession ball, the replay ball is paid back to the player.
Issuing process: Whether or not the issuing process has been performed for the corresponding balance and holding balls.
At the start of business, NO. Only one record is created, “Time” is blank, “Not Issued” is stored in “Issuance Process”, and “0” is stored in the other items (see FIG. 5A).

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described. In the following description, a case where “present” is set in all three setting items in the lending device setting of FIG. 4 will be described.
The lending device 2 sequentially executes an operation determination process and a history information update process.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing history information update processing by the lending device 2. Whether the lending device 2 accepts money (B1), accepts a counting card (B4), counts the number of balls (B5), whether there is a lending process (B6), whether there is a re-game process (B7), It is determined whether it is “1” (B8) or whether there is an issuing operation (B12).

When the player deposits money into the lending device 2 in order to start the game, the lending device 2 determines that the money has been accepted (B1: YES), and executes a customer change determination process (B2).
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing customer change determination processing by the lending device 2. The lending device 2 determines whether the operation flag is “0” (C1). When the player is not playing a game, the operation flag is “0” (C1: YES), and it is determined whether there is a ball or a balance (1 (corresponding to a predetermined number) or more) (C2). . When the first player deposits money into the lending device 2, since there is no money or balance (C2: NO), the process returns without doing anything.

  In the history information update process of FIG. 9, when the lending device 2 ends the customer change determination process as described above, the “input” of the record “NO.1” of the lending device history information of FIG. The received amount is added to “Amount” and “Balance”, and “Time” is updated (B3). That is, the “time” indicates the last payment time by the player. The example shown in FIG. 5B shows that the first player has deposited 5000 yen into the lending device 2 at 8:30.

  Each time a player deposits money into the lending device 2, a deposit signal is output from the lending device 2, so the relay device 3 adds the balance and outputs a balance signal to the gaming machine 1. Thereby, the remaining frequency displayed on the remaining frequency display 16 provided on the ball receiving tray of the gaming machine 1 is increased by the amount of money received (in units of 100 yen).

  When the player depresses the lending button 14, a lending request signal is transmitted from the gaming machine 1 to the relay device 3, so the relay device 3 refers to the balance, and when there is a balance (0 or more), A lending permission signal is transmitted to the gaming machine 1. The gaming machine 1 that has received the lending permission signal pays out lending balls from the payout opening 17 in units of 100 yen, updates the remaining number display unit 16, and transmits the lending request signal to the relay device 3 again.

The above processing is repeated until payout for 5 times (500 yen) is completed in response to a single press on the lending button 14. If the balance runs out on the way, a lending refusal signal is transmitted and the process is terminated. In this case, when the money is deposited, the lending ball may be paid out in the same manner as when the lending button 14 is pressed. Thus, in the present invention, “when the gaming machine device accepts the lending operation” This includes not only the case where an operation on the lending button 14 is accepted by the lending device 2, but also the concept of accepting a lending request signal from the gaming machine 1 and the concept of accepting money.
As described above, the player can receive a loan ball within the range of the deposit amount by operating the loan button 14.

Each time the relay device 3 receives a lending permission signal from the gaming machine 1, it subtracts 100 yen from the balance and transmits this to the lending device 2.
The lending device 2 determines that there is a lending process in the history information update process of FIG. 9 (B6: YES), and updates the history information (B3). That is, the NO. 100 yen is added to “lending amount” in one record, and 100 yen is subtracted from “balance”.

When the player starts a game with the gaming machine 1, an out signal is output from the outbox.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing operation determination processing by the lending device 2. The lending device 2 determines whether an out signal has been received (A1) or whether the operation timer has expired (A4). When the out signal is received (A1: YES), the operation flag is set to “1” after starting the operation of the operation timer (A2) (A3).

  When the acquired balls stored in the ball receiving tray 12 of the gaming machine 1 become full due to the game, the overflowed acquired balls are paid out to the ball receiving tray 18 shown in FIG. Since the ball paid out to the ball receiving tray 18 can be dropped by operating a lever provided on the ball receiving tray 18, the player drops the acquired ball by operating the lever. The acquired balls that have fallen from the ball receiving tray 18 are received by the movable ball receiving tray 10 and counted when passing through the counting section 11.

In the history information update process of FIG. 9, when the lending device 2 counts the number of balls (B5: YES), the lending device 2 updates the history information (B3). That is, the counting balls are added to the “counting balls” and the “holding balls” of the lending device history information in FIG. The possessed ball is the number of balls acquired by the player who plays the corresponding gaming machine 1, and when the player presses the re-game button 6 (re-game operation), there is a retained ball based on the retained ball. In the case of (0 or more), a ball is paid out (re-game processing) from the payout opening 17 (in units of 125 balls). When a ball is paid out by re-playing, the same number of held balls corresponding to the number of pay-out balls is subtracted, and the re-playing ball is added.
Accordingly, the player can replay the game within the range of the counting balls. In the example shown in FIG. One player uses 3,000 yen out of 5000 yen, and rents game balls. As a result of the game, 6000 balls are counted, indicating that the player does not play with replay balls.

NO. When one player moves a table or finishes a game, there is a balance and a counting ball, so a ball receiving tray 12 of the gaming machine 1 is provided to issue a counting card from the lending device 2 The issued button 15 is pressed down.
When the issue button 15 is pressed, an issue request signal is transmitted to the relay device 3, an issue process is performed in the lending device 2 based on the issue request signal, and a counting card is issued from the lending device 2. As described above, the “case where the issuing operation is accepted” in the present invention includes not only the case where the button operation is accepted by the lending device 2 but also the concept of accepting the issue request signal from the gaming machine 1. The counting card stores balance information that can specify a balance and possession information that can specify a possession ball, and within the range of the balance that is stored by causing the lending device 2 to read the issued counting card. It is possible to pay out the balls and replay within the range of the balls. Also, by submitting the counting card to the free gift exchange counter, it is possible to exchange the money for the free gift based on an operation on a POS terminal (not shown) and to clear the balance.

When issuing the counting card, the lending device 2 stores “completed” in the “issue processing” as shown in FIG.
When the player replays with the counting card issued from the lending device 2 as described above, the counting card is inserted into the lending device 2. The lending device 2 reads the balance information and the possession ball information from the received counting card, updates the balance and the possession ball, initializes the counting card, and stocks it in a stock unit (not shown).

  When the lending device 2 accepts the counting card in the history information update process of FIG. 9 (B4: YES), the lending device 2 performs the customer change determination process described above (B2), and the history is based on the balance information and the possession information. Information is updated (B3). That is, the “payment amount” and “counting ball” in the lending device history information of FIG. 5 are added to update the “time”.

The lending device 2 confirms whether there is a ball or a balance when the operating flag is “0” (C1: YES), that is, in the non-operating state in the customer turnover determination process of FIG. 10 (C2). . When the player moves the table or issues a counting card when ending the game, the player returns because there is no ball or balance (C2: NO).
The lending device 2 creates a record as shown in FIG. 5E every time it determines a customer turn as described above.

Now, the NO. Shown in the lending device history information in FIG. A player with 3 records misunderstood that all his / her balance was used up by using up his possession with a balance (500 yen), and left without performing counting card issue processing. And
In the operation determination process of FIG. 8, the lending device 2 sets the operation flag to “0” because the operation timer expires after a predetermined time (3 minutes) from the end of the game (A4: YES) (A5) .

When the next player (hereinafter referred to as the current player) pays money (5000 yen) to the lending device 2 without noticing the remaining number (= 5) displayed on the remaining number display unit 16, the lending device 2, since the balance (corresponding to the balance before classification) exists (C2: YES) when the operation flag is “0” in the customer change determination process of FIG. 10 (C2: YES), the lending device of FIG. A new record (NO. 4) is created in the history information (see FIG. 5 (e)) (C3), a call process for transmitting a call signal to the management device 4 is executed (C4), and a call flag is set. Is “1”. At this time, the lending device 2 displays a call message on the information display unit 5.
FIG. 6 shows a display during the calling process by the lending device 2. In the information display unit 5 of the lending device 2, NO. The balance of 3 records and the possession ball are displayed, and a message that can be lent out with the deposit amount is displayed.

  During the calling process, the current player's possession ball, replay based on the balance, and lending are allowed, but the previous player's (previous customer) possession ball, replay based on the balance, and lending are not permitted. Issuance processing is prohibited for the previous customer and the current player. In this case, since the current player's game is allowed to be lent within the range of the deposit amount, it is possible to alleviate the discomfort associated with waiting for the player's employee or being suspected.

  When the management device 4 receives the call signal, it broadcasts the call to the employee. The employee who responds to the call asks the current player whether he / she is the owner of the previous customer (NO. 3), and what time the last deposit was made when he / she is the owner. The employee who has finished the inquiry transmits a confirmation signal to the lending device 2 by the employee remote controller.

When the lending device 2 receives the confirmation signal from the employee remote controller, the NO. A counting card corresponding to the previous customer's history in three records is issued and a message is displayed on the information display unit 5.
FIG. 7 shows a display when the lending device 2 issues a previous player counting card. In the information display unit 5 of the lending device 2, NO. The balance of 3 records and holding ball are displayed, and NO. The time of 3 records is displayed.

  The employee compares the content of the inquiry to the player with the content displayed by the information display unit 5 of the lending device 2, and determines whether the current player is the owner of the counting card for the previous customer. In this case, since a part of the deposit information is not notified until the confirmation signal is received, the player can be inquired in advance about the information to determine the true owner. In this case, since the current player is not the owner of the balance, the employee takes the counting card home and stores it. Thereby, the trouble between players when there is an offer of a previous customer can be prevented beforehand. In addition, since the issuing of counting cards for the previous customer and the current player is prohibited until the confirmation signal is received (confirmed by the employee), the employee can always make an inquiry to the current player, and the current player Inadvertent removal of counting cards can be prevented.

  When the current player is the owner of the balance, the employee hands over the counting card to the current player. Thereby, the current player is paid by inserting the counting card into the lending device 2. In this case, if the counting card is inserted into the lending device 2 while the gaming machine 1 is not in operation, the calling card is in a calling state. However, the counting card is lent out in the operating state of the gaming machine 1 by allowing the player to play a game. It is possible to avoid the call state from being entered. Of course, a pseudo operation state may be generated by operating an operation timer in the operation determination process in response to reception of the confirmation signal. In this case, it is desirable to provide a plurality of timers such that the timer based on the out signal is 3 minutes and the timer based on the confirmation signal is 5 minutes. In other words, if the current player is the true previous balance and the owner of the previous possession ball, it is sufficient to accept the counting card, but in this case there is a possibility that the update process will be performed, but in this configuration According to this, since the update process is suppressed, it is possible not only to be in a call state after canceling the call but also to accept the storage medium smoothly, and to reduce the processing load due to the update process.

  According to such an embodiment, when the lending device 2 provided corresponding to the gaming machine 1 determines that there is a balance or a possession ball at the time of deposit acceptance or counting card acceptance, A new record was created that can identify the balance and holding balls that were stored before or before the counting card was received, and the employee was replaced because the counting card of the previous history was issued by remote control by the employee When there is a concern, the balance and the ball can be classified. Therefore, it is possible to prevent troubles between players while improving the convenience of the players by storing information that can specify the balance and the holding ball in one counting card.

  In addition, since the counts are separated on the condition of the non-operating state, unnecessary count separation when the player makes an additional payment during the game can be suppressed. In addition, since it is counted and separated on the condition that there is a possession ball or a balance, if the player uses up the possession ball and balance and then makes a new deposit, etc., there can be no trouble between players Unnecessary counting separation of (balance and holding ball = 0) can be suppressed.

  In addition, when the employee confirms after the call processing, a balance card for the previous player and a count card that stores information that can identify the holding ball are issued, so the employee keeps the count card If this is done, trouble can be prevented only by returning the counting card when the previous player later asks to return his / her balance.

  Further, in the calling state, the balance and holding balls for the previous player cannot be used, but since the player's own balance and holding balls can be used, the player's discomfort can be reduced even in the calling state. Furthermore, since the balance of the previous player or the holding ball is not used by the subsequent player in a state where the employee cannot confirm, subsequent troubles can be prevented.

(Other embodiments)
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be modified or expanded as follows.
The call state is a state in which the call flag is “1”, but a process in the call state such as turning on a call lamp separately provided other than the display on the information display unit 5 or continuously transmitting a call signal is performed. It is also good.

The reception of the call release operation by the employee is received by receiving a confirmation signal from the employee remote controller, but may be realized by another configuration, for example, by receiving an input of a personal identification number in the information display unit 5. In addition, the call release operation and the display operation are combined in one operation, but they may be classified.
Even if the balance before and after the reception is stored without creating the lending device history information as shown in FIG. 5, or the balance before and after the reception and the total balance before and after the reception, each balance before and after the reception is stored. Can be identified. The same applies to Mochitama.

Although the last deposit time is displayed as the display at the time of issuing the previous player counting card in FIG. 7, the first deposit time, the last deposit amount, the total deposit amount, the last count time, the last counted number of balls, The total number of balls to be counted may be stored in the lending device information history of FIG. 5 and displayed in FIG. It should be noted that a period from the first payment time or the last counting time to the current time may be displayed. Of course, the balance or the like may be displayed in FIG. 7 instead of being displayed in FIG. If comprised in this way, if the employee who rushed to the lending device 2 by calling makes an inquiry related to the balance of the previous player or the holding ball to the current (later) player, The employee can judge the authenticity of the inquiry contents, which helps to identify the true previous balance and the owner of the previous holding ball.
In the case of counting and separating, the balance and the possession ball are required to be 0 or more. However, the possession ball (for example, 50 balls) and the balance (for example, 100 yen) that does not cause trouble with the previous customer are predetermined. It is good as a value.

In the lending process and the re-game process, the lending process and the re-game process may not be allowed when the balance and the holding ball are less than the predetermined values and cannot be paid for the pay-out target ball.
All other numerical values including numerical values such as timers are examples.
The lending balls may be paid out by a lending device, or the re-playing balls may be paid out from the gaming machine. Of course, the re-game button 6, the lending button 14, and the issue button 15 may be provided on either the gaming machine 1 or the lending device 2.

The accepted money in the lending device 2 may be a coin.
Although the game information that is the basis of the operation determination is set to “out”, other game information (safe, start) may be adopted.
The present invention may be applied to a replay system based on a so-called storage ball that accepts a member ID by a member card or the like.
As a storage medium such as a membership card or a counting card, a medium such as a coin or a mobile phone can be assumed in addition to the card. Further, the management device 4 may manage the possession balls and the storage balls in association with the IDs of existing or newly stored media.

When issuing a counting card for the previous customer, a separate issue button operation may be required if calling cancellation is a condition. Similarly, the display operation in FIG. 7 may be performed separately.
A part of the processing of the lending device 2 may be performed by the relay device 3 or the like. In this case, the gaming machine device is a concept including a relay device and the like. Further, a part or all of the processing of the relay device 3 may be performed by the lending device 2, all the processing may be performed by the lending device 2, and the gaming machine device may be configured only by the lending device 2.
The target gaming machine may be any gaming machine such as a pachislot machine, and the target gaming medium may be a gaming medium such as a medal.

Schematic showing the entire system in one embodiment of the present invention Perspective view showing the lower half of the lending device Top view of the ball tray on the gaming machine The figure which shows the management device setting which is set to the lending device Diagram showing changes in lending device history information The figure which shows the example of information display at the time of call processing The figure which shows the example of information display at the time of the prior player count card issue Flowchart showing operation determination processing by the lending device Flow chart showing history information update processing by lending device Flow chart showing customer change determination processing by lending device

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  In the drawings, 1 is a gaming machine, 2 is a lending device (counting means, money accepting means, issuing means, medium accepting means, balance updating means, holding medium updating means, determination means, calling means, release accepting means, previous balance specifying means A holding medium specifying unit, a lending permission unit, a replay permission unit, a display operation unit, a display unit, a suppression unit, a balance storage unit, a holding medium storage unit, and a correspondence information storage unit).

Claims (5)

A gaming machine apparatus provided with a counting device that is provided corresponding to a gaming machine and includes counting means for counting gaming media acquired by a player with the corresponding gaming machine,
Money accepting means for accepting money;
Balance storage means for storing the balance of money received from the player;
A storage medium storage means for storing the number of game media acquired by the player as the number of storage media;
Issuing means for issuing a storage medium storing balance information that can specify the balance stored in the balance storage means and the number of holding media stored in the holding medium storage means when a predetermined issuing operation is received;
Medium receiving means for receiving the storage medium issued by the issuing means;
The balance stored in the balance storage means is added and updated at the time of deposit acceptance when the currency acceptance by the currency acceptance means or the storage medium acceptance by the medium acceptance means is performed. Balance updating means for subtracting and updating when a lending process is performed,
The number of possessed media stored in the possessed media storage means is updated when the counting means counts the game media, or when the media accepting means accepts the storage media, while the game media is replayed to the player. A holding medium updating means for subtracting and updating when a re-game process for paying out is performed;
Determination means for determining whether or not the balance stored in the balance storage means is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, and determining whether or not the number of retained media stored in the retained medium storage means is greater than or equal to a predetermined number when receiving the deposit When,
With
The balance update means, when the determination means determines that at least one of the balance and the number of possessed media is equal to or greater than a predetermined number by any of the determination processes, the balance storage means before the receipt of the deposit Update the balance stored by the balance storage means so as to be able to specify the balance before classification, which is the balance stored by
The possession medium update means is a classification that is the number of possession media stored in the possession medium storage means before the receipt of the deposit when the determination means determines that it is a predetermined number or more by any determination processing. A gaming machine device, wherein the number of possessed media stored in the possessed media storage means is updated so that the number of possessed media can be specified. A call state in which the determination means determines whether at least one of the balance and the number of possessed media is greater than or equal to a predetermined number by any one of the determination processes; A calling means,
Release accepting means for accepting a predetermined call releasing operation for releasing the calling state of the calling means by an employee;
A previous balance specifying means for specifying a balance before classification based on a balance stored by the balance storage means;
Pre-owned medium specifying means for specifying the number of pre-classified medium based on the number of held medium stored by the medium storing means;
With
The issuing means includes: a balance before classification specified by the previous balance specifying means on the condition that a call release operation is received by the release receiving means when the calling means is in a calling state; 2. The gaming machine device according to claim 1, wherein a storage medium storing pre-sort information capable of specifying the number of pre-sort media specified by the specifying means is issued. A call state in which the determination means determines whether at least one of the balance and the number of possessed media is greater than or equal to a predetermined number by any one of the determination processes; A calling means
Release accepting means for accepting a predetermined call releasing operation for releasing the calling state of the calling means by an employee;
Lending permission means for allowing lending processing based on the balance stored in the balance storage means when a predetermined lending operation is received;
Re-game permission means for allowing re-game processing based on the number of possessed media stored in the possessed media storage means when a predetermined re-play operation is received;
With
When the lending permission unit accepts a predetermined lending operation in a state where the calling unit is in a calling state, a balance excluding the pre-classification balance among the balances stored in the balance storage unit is greater than or equal to a predetermined value If the balance is stored in the balance storage means, the balance excluding the pre-classification balance is equal to or less than a predetermined value, and the loan processing is not permitted.
The replay permitting means, when a predetermined replay operation is accepted in a state where the calling means is in a calling state, indicates the number of pre-partitioned holding media among the holding medium numbers stored in the holding medium storage means. When the number of possessed media removed is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, re-game processing is permitted, while the number of retained media excluding the number of pre-classified retained media among the balances stored by the balance storage means is equal to or less than the predetermined number. 2. The gaming machine apparatus according to claim 1, wherein re-game processing is not permitted in some cases. A call state in which the determination means determines whether at least one of the balance and the number of possessed media is greater than or equal to a predetermined number by any one of the determination processes; A calling means
Display operation means for accepting a predetermined display operation by an employee;
The time when the money accepting means corresponding to the balance before classification received money, the amount received by the money accepting means corresponding to the balance before sorting, the counting time counted by the counting means corresponding to the number of media before sorting, Corresponding information storage means for storing pre-sorting correspondence information, which is information that can identify at least one of the counting medium numbers of the counting means corresponding to the pre-sorting medium number;
Display means for displaying information that can identify pre-category correspondence information stored in the correspondence information storage means on condition that a display operation is received by the display operation means when the calling means is in a call state; ,
The gaming machine device according to claim 1, further comprising:   A balance update process based on a determination result by the determination unit within a predetermined time from reception of a call release operation by the release reception unit, and a suppression unit that suppresses an update process by the holding medium update unit are provided. Item 4. The gaming machine device according to Item 2 or 3.

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