JP2010029520A - Game parlor management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To specify an employee implicated in a fraud of a player and consequently, suppress the fraud. <P>SOLUTION: Identification information of employees changing data of retained balls is displayed along with times, machine numbers of game machines 1 and the data of the retained balls. This method allows a manager of the game parlor to confirm the operation history of the employees having changed the data of the retained balls and, when a fraud due to a counting error is detected and if some employees alone non-perform the operation for changing the data of the retained balls, can specify or narrow a fraudulent employee. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention is configured to detect fraud based on the data of possessed game media stored in association with the gaming machine in which the player has finished the game and the count value output by counting the game media. The present invention relates to a management system for playground.

Conventionally, a so-called fraudulent act has been carried out in which an illegally brought ball is used or counted to obtain an unfair advantage. Enter the number of the game machine where the game was played when counting with the counter to prevent such fraud, and the number of balls and the count value acquired with the game machine are acquired with the game machine. A proposal has been made to determine that a fraud is out of the range of the set value based on the number of possessed balls (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2003-181103 A

  By the way, in many amusement halls, it is allowed to move to another gaming machine with the possession ball acquired by the player. In this case, when the player moves the gaming machine, the employee measures the number of possessed balls acquired at the source and inputs the measured number as the number of possessed balls in the destination gaming machine. is doing. However, in the configuration where the employee manually inputs the number of balls in this way, when the player and the employee conspire, the problem is that the balls illegally brought in are counted without being judged as illegal. It has become.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and the purpose of the present invention is to identify an employee who has participated in a player's fraud and, in turn, to prevent such fraud. It is to provide a site management system.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a calculation means for calculating for each gaming machine the number of game media possessed by the player as the number of possessed game media, and the number of possessed game media calculated by the computation means. Possessed game medium data storage means for storing the game data in association with the gaming machine, and change operation means operated by an employee to change the data of the possessed game medium stored by the possessed game medium data storage means And possessed game medium data changing means for changing the data of the possessed game medium stored in the possessed game medium data storage means in response to an operation of the change operation means by an employee, and when the player finishes the game Counting means for counting the game media possessed and outputting the count value; and data on the possessed game media stored in association with the gaming machine that the player has finished playing; The fraud detection means for detecting fraud based on the count value output by counting the game media by the counting means, and the changer who is the employee who has changed the data of the possessed game media by operating the change operation means The operation recording means for recording the identification information in association with the time, the identification information of the gaming machine, the data of the possessed game medium, the identification information of the changer recorded by the operation recording means, the time, the identification information of the gaming machine, And a history display means for displaying together with the data of the possessed game medium.

  The invention described in claim 2 is provided corresponding to the gaming machine, and when the possessed game medium data changing means changes the data of the possessed game medium in response to an employee operating the change operating means. The possessed game medium data display means for displaying the data of the possessed game medium after the change, and the possessed game medium data change means changed the data of the possessed game medium in response to the employee operating the change operation means. In this case, confirmation request means for requesting confirmation of whether or not the data of the possessed game medium displayed by the possessed game medium data display means is valid for another employee different from the changer, and Checking operation means operated when another employee confirms whether the data of the possessed game medium displayed by the possessed game medium data display means is valid, and the operation record The stage records the changer identification information and the identification information of the other employee in association with each other, and the history display unit associates the identification information of the changer and the identification information of the other employee. It has a feature that is attached and displayed.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game signal input means for inputting a game signal related to a game output from the gaming machine side, and the gaming machine is in an operating state based on the game signal input by the game signal input means. Operating state determining means for determining for each gaming machine whether it is in a non-operating state or not, and the history display means has the possessed game medium data in response to an employee operating the changing operation means. It is characterized in that the changing means extracts and displays a list of gaming machines that have changed from the operating state to the non-operating state during the first predetermined period before changing the data of the possessed game media.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the fraud detection unit is configured such that the possessed game medium data change unit changes the data of the possessed game medium in response to an employee operating the change operation unit. It is characterized in that when the counting means counts the possessed game media for the gaming machine whose data of the possessed game media has been changed before the predetermined period elapses, it is detected that it is illegal.

  According to the invention described in claim 1, the identification information of the changer who is the employee who has changed the data of the possessed game medium is displayed in association with the time, the identification information of the gaming machine, and the data of the possessed game medium. Since the game site manager can confirm the operation history of employees who have changed the data on the possessed game media, and only a part of employees are aware of the misuse due to counting errors, If you do not change the data, you can identify and narrow down fraudulent activities, identify the employees who have contributed to the player's fraud, and deter such fraudulent activities. be able to.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, an employee can play a game by causing another employee who is different from the employee who has changed the data of the possessed game medium to confirm the value obtained by changing the data of the possessed game medium. It can be made difficult to participate in the wrongdoing of the person.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, when an employee performs an operation of changing the data of the possessed game medium, the operation state is not activated during the first predetermined period before the data of the possessed game medium is changed. Since the game machines in the state are extracted and displayed as a list, it is possible to easily determine whether or not the table movement is properly performed.

  According to the invention described in claim 4, there is a high probability of being fraudulent when counting is performed without playing a game or after playing a game for a very short time despite moving the table. , Can increase the accuracy of identifying fraud.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 schematically shows the overall configuration of a game hall management system. In FIG. 1, in a pachinko hall as a game hall, a gaming machine 1 consisting of pachinko machines and a ball lending machine 2 are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence, and the gaming machine 1 and the ball lending machine 2 are display terminals. 3 is connected. Management device 4 (calculating means, possessed game medium data storage means, possessed game medium data changing means, fraud detection means, operation recording means, history display means, possessed game medium data display means, confirmation request means, game signal as used in the present invention The input means and the operating state judging means) are composed of computer terminals, connected to the voice management device 5, and connected to the counter 6 (counting means in the present invention), the repeater 7 and the display terminal 3 in the in-store LAN 8 Connected through.

The gaming machine 1 is configured to launch a pachinko ball, which is a game medium, onto a board surface by an electric launching device, and outputs a gaming signal shown below.
“Out signal” = 1 pulse is output for 10 out balls (recovered balls, used balls, driven balls).
“Safe signal” = 1 pulse is output for 10 safe balls (payout balls).
“Start signal” = one pulse is output per symbol change in the symbol display unit that varies in accordance with the winning at the starting port, that is, for one action of the accessory operating in response to winning in the starting port.
“Big win signal” = occurs when a predetermined condition is satisfied (such as displaying a specific symbol in the symbol display unit), and outputs a level signal during a big hit when the winning rate to the big winning opening increases (opens).
“Probability change signal” = a level signal is output during a probability change state in which the probability of jackpot is improved.

The ball lending machine 2 outputs the following game signals.
“Sales signal” = 1 pulse is output for 25 sales balls (lending balls) lent (100 yen) lent as valuable value such as money received from a player.

Note that the gaming machine 1 may be a slot machine that uses medals as gaming media.
The display terminal 3 has a relay function for relaying game signals input from the gaming machine 1 and the ball lending machine 2, and transmits the game signal input from the gaming machine 1 and the ball lending machine 2 to the management device 4. The management device 4 manages operation data based on game signals input from the gaming machine 1 and the ball lending machine 2 and count information in the counter 6. When the voice management device 5 receives the voice signal from the management device 4, the voice management device 5 wirelessly transmits the received voice signal to the intercom 9. The income 9 is carried by the employee, and when the audio signal transmitted from the audio management device 5 is received by the receiving unit, the received audio is output from the earphone.

  When the counting machine 6 counts the game media, it transmits the machine number (identification information of the gaming machine 1) of the gaming machine 1 in which the game was performed and the counted value to the management device 4, and the management device 4 When the machine number and the count value of the gaming machine 1 are input from 6, fraud detection is performed by comparing the input count value with the data of the possession ball (the possessed game medium) corresponding to the machine number stored by itself. Do. The operation remote controller 10 (change operation means and confirmation operation means in the present invention) is carried by an employee, and the employee points the operation remote controller 10 toward a light receiving sensor (not shown) of the display terminal 3. When a “holding key” (not shown) is operated to input the number of balls, a ball change signal is transmitted to the display terminal 3, and the employee points the operation remote controller 10 at the light receiving sensor of the display terminal 3. When a “confirmation key” (not shown) is operated to confirm the number of possessed balls input in the state, a confirmation signal is transmitted to the display terminal 3. When receiving the ball change signal or confirmation signal transmitted from the operation remote controller 10 by the light receiving sensor, the display terminal 3 transmits the received ball change signal or confirmation signal to the management device 4.

  The management device 4 manages the number of out balls, the number of safe balls, the number of balls sold, and the number of balls held for each gaming machine 1. The number of balls can be obtained by calculating the number of safe balls + number of sold balls-number of out balls, and increases when a safe signal is input or when a sales signal is input, and decreases when an out signal is input. .

  In the amusement hall, when the game machine 1 is moved with a ball (so-called “table movement”), it is known to the player through in-site advertisements or in-the-field broadcasts so that the employee is called. When moving the gaming machine 1 with the ball, the employee is called, and the employee called by the player moves from the moving gaming machine 1 to the moving gaming machine 1 with the moving ball. At that time, the employee operates the operation remote controller 10 carried by himself / herself in the game machine 1 of the moving destination, and inputs the number of balls (the number of balls) that he / she has measured. The management device 4 stores the game machine ID of the game machine as the movement destination and the operated employee in association with each other as the data of the possessed ball after changing the number of held balls. When the number of possessed balls is entered, the entered number of possessed balls is displayed on the display unit 3 of the display terminal 3 and at the same time, another employee who is different from the employee who entered the number of retained balls with the income 9 Request confirmation of the number of balls. When another employee determines that the number of possessed balls is an appropriate value, he / she operates the confirmation button on the operation remote controller 10, and the management device 4 determines that the employee who has entered the number of retained balls and the number of retained balls are valid. The employee who confirmed whether it is a numerical value is matched and memorize | stored.

  In the configuration described above, the management device 4 displays a display screen for the holding ball change operation history, a display screen for the event occurrence history, and a display screen for the movement source pickup. As shown in FIG. 2, the management device 4 displays, on the display screen of the possession change operation history, the time when the possession is changed, the turn number, the changer (the employee who has entered the number of possessions), and the confirmer (Employees who have confirmed whether the number of balls is a reasonable number), the number of balls before the change, and the number of balls after the change are displayed. In this case, if there is no confirmer, it is not displayed in that column. When a platform number is input and an event occurrence history is selected on the display screen for the holding ball change operation history, the display screen for the holding ball change operation history is switched to the display screen for the event occurrence history shown in FIG.

  On the event occurrence history display screen, the management device 4 displays the event (sales, counting, change in possession, etc.), operation status (when operation is first detected, when operation is no longer detected), and possession. When the content of the event is a count, a count value and a count abnormality detection are also displayed. When “movement source pickup” is selected on the event occurrence history display screen, the event occurrence history display screen is switched to the movement source pickup display screen shown in FIG. On the display screen of the movement source pickup, the management device 4 displays the game machine number, the non-operation time, the internal ball of the gaming machine that has become inactive before the first predetermined period until the data of the internal ball is changed. Is displayed.

  In the example shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the game hall manager displays the machine number “177” because there is no confirmer in the history of “No 5” on the display screen of the coin change operation history shown in FIG. 3 is selected, and the event occurrence history is selected. In the event occurrence history display screen shown in FIG. 3, “16:23” and “18:22” are changed, and “16:37” is entered. Although it is determined that the count result is normal, “movement source pickup” is selected on the event occurrence history display screen, and the display screen of the movement source pickup shown in FIG. 4 is confirmed. Then, the manager of the game hall has the number of balls in the game machine 1 of the machine number “177” that is the destination game machine being “3000”, but the machine that is assumed to be the game machine from which the game is moved. By confirming that the number of balls held in the gaming machine 1 of the number “139” is “1730”, the number of balls corresponding to the difference between “3000” and “1730” is illegally mixed. Judgment can be made. That is, the manager of the game hall can determine that the player B has performed an illegal act (illegal 1).

  In addition, the manager of the game hall, for the ball change made at “18:22”, for example, the number of out balls after the ball change is within “100”, and “18:29” It is possible to determine fraud by confirming that the counting result performed in step 5 is determined to be abnormal. That is, the manager of the game hall can determine that the player D has performed an illegal act (illegal 2).

  Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. The management device 4 performs an out signal input process, a timer confirmation process, a possession change process, and an unauthorizedness detection process. Hereinafter, these processes will be described sequentially.

(1) Out signal input process When the management apparatus 4 starts the out signal input process, it determines whether or not an out signal has been input (S1). If it determines that an out signal has been input (S1: YES), the game It is determined whether or not the start confirmation flag is set to “1” (S2). Next, when determining that the game start confirmation flag is set to “1” (S2: YES), the management device 4 resets the non-operation timer (S3), increments the number of out balls (S4), and returns. To do.

  On the other hand, if the management device 4 determines that the game start confirmation flag is not set to “1” (S2: NO), the management device 4 stores the time when the operation is started (S5) and sets the game start confirmation flag to “0”. (S6), the non-operation timer is reset (S3), the number of out balls is incremented (S4), and the process returns.

(2) Timer Confirmation Processing When the management device 4 starts the timer confirmation processing, it determines whether or not the non-operation timer has expired (S11), and determines that the non-operation timer has expired (S11: YES).
Then, the game start confirmation flag is set to “1” (S12), the time when the non-operating state is entered is stored (S13), and the process returns.

(3) Motive ball change process When the management device 4 starts the jade ball changing process, it determines whether or not the ball changing signal is input from the display terminal 3 (S21). Here, in the management device 4, the employee operates the “holding key” by pointing the operation remote controller 10 toward the light receiving sensor of the display terminal 3, and the display terminal 3 receives the ball change signal transmitted from the operation remote controller 10. If it determines with having received the possession change signal from the display terminal 3 according to having performed (S21: YES), the data of a possession will be changed (S22), a changer, the number of possessions before a change, and the possession after a change The number of balls is stored (S23), and the input number of balls is displayed on the display terminal 3 (S24). Next, the management apparatus 4 instructs the voice management apparatus 5 to output a voice for calling a confirmer (an employee who confirms the number of input balls) (S25). Then, the management device 4 determines whether or not a confirmation signal has been input from the display terminal 3 (S26), and determines whether or not five minutes have elapsed since the caller was called (S27).

  Here, before five minutes have passed since the manager is called, the management device 4 operates the “confirmation key” by pointing the operation remote controller 10 toward the light receiving sensor of the display terminal 3 and from the operation remote controller 10. If it is determined that the confirmation signal is input from the display terminal 3 in response to the display terminal 3 receiving the transmitted confirmation signal (S26: YES), the employee who performed the confirmation operation is stored (S28) and displayed. The display on the terminal 3 is switched to normal data display (S29), and the process returns. On the other hand, if the management device 4 determines that 5 minutes have passed since the confirmation person was called before inputting the confirmation signal from the display terminal 3 (S27: YES), the management apparatus 4 does not store the confirmation person. The display is switched to normal data display (S29), and the process returns.

(4) Fraud detection process When the fraud detection process is started, the management device 4 determines whether or not the number of holding balls is out of the setting range (S31), and the number of balls out is within "100" after moving the platform. It is determined whether or not the counting has been performed (S32). Here, when the management device 4 determines whether or not the holding ball is out of the setting range (S31: YES), or determines that the number of out balls is within “100” after the table is moved (S32). : YES), detecting that it is illegal (S33), instructing the voice management device 5 to output a voice for notifying that the corresponding machine number has detected the illegality (S34), and returning.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the identification information of the employee who has changed the data of the ball is displayed together with the time, the machine number of the gaming machine 1, and the data of the ball, The playground manager can check the operation history of employees who have changed the ball data, and when a fraud due to a counting error is detected, only some employees can change the data of the ball If it is not, it is possible to identify or narrow down fraudulent activities, to identify employees who participate in the player's fraudulent activities, and to suppress such fraudulent activities.

  In addition, it is possible to make it difficult for an employee to participate in an illegal act of a player by causing another employee to check the value obtained by changing the data of the ball. In addition, when an employee performs an operation to change the data of the possession ball, by extracting the gaming machines 1 that are likely to be the game machines 1 that are the movement source and displaying them in a list, the table can be moved appropriately. It is easy to determine whether or not In addition, there is a high probability of being fraudulent when counting is performed without playing a game or after playing a very short time despite having moved, so the accuracy of identifying fraud is increased. be able to.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be modified or expanded as follows.
The input operation of the holding ball when moving the table may not be the operation remote controller. For example, when an instruction is received from an employee accompanying the table movement by an income, the manager who receives the instruction may manually input the table number, the employee name, and the number of possessions.
You may reset the number of holding balls when moving the table.
A configuration may be included in which the machine number of the moving source gaming machine is input at the time of moving the table, and then the number of holding balls at the moving source is input when the moving source machine number is specified at the moving destination. .
The moving source pickup may pick up a table for which sales have occurred, instead of a table that is not in operation. When picking up a stand that has become non-operating, it may be picked up except for gaming machines that have been counted before a predetermined period (for example, 10 minutes) has elapsed since becoming non-operating.
The counter may perform fraud detection.
If it is determined that the customer has been changed, the data on the ball may be reset.

Functional block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention The figure which shows an example of the display screen of a possession ball change operation history The figure which shows an example of the display screen of event occurrence history The figure which shows an example of the display screen of a movement origin pickup The flowchart which shows the processing which the management device performs (the 1) Flow chart showing processing performed by management apparatus (part 2) Flow chart showing processing performed by management apparatus (part 3) Flowchart showing the processing performed by the management apparatus (part 4)

Explanation of symbols

  In the drawings, 1 is a gaming machine, 4 is a management device (calculation means, possessed game medium data storage means, possessed game medium data changing means, fraud detection means, operation recording means, history display means, possessed game medium data display means, confirmation Request means, game signal input means, operating state determination means), 6 is a counter (counting means), and 10 is an operation remote controller (change operation means, confirmation operation means).

Claims (4)

A computing means for computing for each gaming machine the number of gaming media possessed by the player as the number of possessing gaming media;
Possessed game medium data storage means for storing the number of possessed game media calculated by the computation means in association with the gaming machine as possessed game medium data;
A change operation means operated by an employee to change data of the possessed game medium stored by the possessed game medium data storage means;
Possessed game medium data changing means for changing the data of the possessed game medium stored by the possessed game medium data storage means in response to an operation of the change operation means by an employee;
Counting means for counting game media possessed by the player at the end of the game and outputting a count value;
Fraud detection means for detecting fraud on the basis of data of the possessed game medium stored in association with the gaming machine in which the player has finished the game and a count value output by counting the game medium by the counting means; ,
Operation recording means for recording identification information of a changer who is an employee who has changed the data of the possessed game medium by operating the change operation means in association with the time, the identification information of the gaming machine, and the data of the possessed game medium When,
A game hall management system comprising: history display means for displaying the identification information of the change person recorded by the operation recording means together with the time, the identification information of the gaming machine, and the data of the possessed game medium. When the possessed game medium data changing means changes the data of the possessed game medium in response to an operation of the change operation means by an employee provided for the gaming machine, the data of the possessed game medium after the change Possessed game media data display means for displaying,
When the possessed game medium data changing means changes the data of the possessed game medium in response to an operation of the change operation means by the employee, the possessed game medium is given to another employee different from the changer. Confirmation request means for requesting confirmation of whether or not the data of the possessed game medium displayed by the data display means is valid;
Confirmation operation means that is operated when the other employee confirms whether the data of the possessed game medium displayed by the possessed game medium data display means is valid,
The operation recording means records the identification information of the changer and the identification information of another employee in association with each other,
The game history management system according to claim 1, wherein the history display means displays the changer identification information and the identification information of the other employee in association with each other. A game signal input means for inputting a game signal related to a game output from the gaming machine side;
Operating state determining means for determining for each gaming machine whether the gaming machine is in an operating state or a non-operating state based on the gaming signal input by the gaming signal input means,
The history display means is in a non-operating state from an operating state during a first predetermined period before the possessed game medium data changing means changes the data of the possessed game medium in response to an employee operating the change operating means. 3. The game hall management system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the gaming machines that have become are extracted and displayed in a list.   The fraud detection means may perform the counting before a second predetermined period elapses after the possessed game medium data change means has changed the data of the possessed game medium in response to an employee operating the change operation means. 4. The game hall management system according to claim 1, wherein when the means counts the possessed game media for the gaming machine whose data on the possessed game media has been changed, it is detected that the game is invalid.

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