JP2010166952A5 - - Google Patents

Description

The present invention was made in order to solve the above problems. In other words, the convenience of cash refunds (withdrawals) and cash deposits (payments) obtained through the sale of special prizes required for the player's game is obtained, and the prize exchange must store cash for purchasing special prizes. The main purpose is to provide a cash processing system for non-game related facilities.
An additional object of the present invention is to provide a cash processing system for a game-related facility in which a store owner of a game hall can also deposit the sales proceeds.
Another incidental object of the present invention is to provide an AТМ suitable for the system installed in a game hall.
Still another attendant object of the present invention is to provide a cash voucher issuing apparatus suitable for the system installed in the gift exchange.

According to the present invention, along with a game guests game hall you can obtain cash required for the game at AТМ installed in the game hall, won by a player of rented game media in the cash Redeem a prize for special prizes, bring them into the prize exchange, count them with a cash voucher, receive a cash voucher with a predetermined amount corresponding to the counted value, By going to the game hall again and inserting a cash voucher into the ATM, it is possible to deposit without carrying cash between the prize exchange and the ATM.
Therefore, unlike in the past, a player can obtain cash necessary for a game at the game hall without going to the nearest financial institution, and with the cash obtained by selling special prizes acquired in the game, the financial institution It is convenient because you can make a deposit without going to the office, that is, without taking time and time. In addition, since the prize exchange does not need to store cash for purchasing special prizes, security costs can be reduced.

The layout of an example of the game related facility which implements this invention. The top view of a cash voucher issuing apparatus. The block diagram which shows the structure of a special prize counter roughly. The block diagram which shows the structure of a cash voucher roughly. The perspective view which shows the external appearance of ATM for game halls. The block diagram which shows the structure of the ATM roughly. The flowchart which shows the operation | movement from the standby state in the operation | movement of ATM to selection of a transaction type. The flowchart which shows operation | movement when withdrawal is selected as transaction type. The flowchart which shows a part of operation | movement when money_receiving | payment is selected as a transaction type. The flowchart which shows the operation | movement after a banknote is thrown in when insertion of a banknote or a card | curd is prompted in the middle of a money_receiving | payment process. The flowchart which shows operation | movement after a card | curd is inserted when insertion of a banknote or a card | curd is prompted in the middle of a money_receiving | payment process.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In the gaming hall 1, there is a gaming island 11 formed by connecting a plurality of gaming machines 11 ′ , ... Such as pachinko machines or slot machines from the entrance to the back. Although not shown in FIG. 1, each gaming machine is accompanied by a ball rental machine.
A gaming machine that can be played by directly inserting cash into its lending machine or the like, a machine that can be played by either cash insertion or insertion of a predetermined card, or use of a predetermined card There are things that are limited to.
When a predetermined card can be used, a card vending machine 200 that automatically sells the predetermined card is preferably installed in the vicinity of the ATM 100. The cash that the player puts into the machine for lending balls is game media sales, which is transported to the end of the game island and collected. . Also, the cash that the player pays to the card vending machine 200 becomes the sales proceeds of the game hall 1.

The input section 311, and the type designation button 311a for specifying the type of special prize attendant to operate, and the location number of key 311b for entering the quantity, purchase of special prize which is determined for each type specified key A multiplication key 311c for multiplying the unit price (predetermined exchange rate) and the input quantity, and a total key 311d operated when the input of the type and quantity is completed for all special prizes presented by the customer; A confirmation key 311e that is operated when the customer confirms the content displayed on the display unit 313a based on the operation of the total key is included. The confirmation key 311e is preferably provided also on the staff side.

As shown in FIG. 4, the voucher issuing machine 320 stores an input unit 321 that receives data output from the special prize counter 310, program data, and the ID of the prize exchange, and stores the amount data obtained by the input unit 321. A storage unit 322 for temporarily storing, a control unit 323 for controlling the record issuance of a cash voucher in response to the input signal, a stock ticket stocking unit 324 for stocking a stock of the issued cash voucher, and its stock ticket stocking unit A payout unit 325 for picking up each original ticket, a recording unit 326 for recording an ID and amount data of a gift exchange for the original ticket to be read out by an ATM 100, which will be described later, and an ID and amount And an issuing unit 327 for issuing the recorded cash voucher to the customer.

When the process proceeds to S31 in FIG. 7D, the counting unit 105b counts the inserted banknote (S31) and displays the count value (inserted amount) on the display / input unit 102, as in the normal deposit process. (S32) and prompts the customer (ATM user) to confirm (S3). When you press the confirmation button on the display and input unit 102, is displayed on the display and input unit 102 prompts you to select either full part deposit and part payment of the amount inserted (S34).