JP2010172654A - Game information management device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game information management device that can exclude an unnecessary summary section corresponding to a nail adjustment and properly manage the effect of the nail adjustment. <P>SOLUTION: Since summary information of a business day during the period for summing up is output by grouping and specifying "Inochi-kugi (vital importance nail)", "jackpot pocket", "normal symbol", and "others" that receive influences of the nail adjustment and by summing up game information per nail adjustment, the target for summing up is not sectioned and more appropriate game information for a long duration for summing up can be obtained even if the nails at uninfluenced points are adjusted. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a game information management device for managing game information of a gaming machine that can adjust game information by adjusting a nail for adjusting a nail on a game board surface.

  The manager of the game hall performs so-called nail adjustment in order to adjust the play rate of pachinko machines (hereinafter referred to as game machines) installed in the game hall. Then, for example, as described in Patent Document 1, the nail adjustment is input to the management device, and the game information is classified and totaled according to the input, and the change of the game information with respect to the nail adjustment is managed.

Japanese Patent No. 2749638

  Now, when performing the above-mentioned nail adjustment, it is not always necessary to adjust all the nails of the target gaming machine at once, but it is possible to adjust after narrowing the adjustment points such as around the start opening and around the prize winning opening. Many. In this case, for game information such as a payout rate that may change if nail adjustment is performed regardless of the adjustment location, it is appropriate to simply classify game information according to nail adjustment as in Patent Document 1. Although it can be managed, it is difficult to appropriately manage game information that changes whether or not a change occurs depending on the adjustment location, such as the number of balls in a big hit.

  That is, in the case of the configuration as disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example, when nail adjustment around the start opening is performed, not only the number of winning prizes at the start opening that may change due to the nail adjustment, but also the big hitting ball that cannot change Numbers are also divided. And game information that can change depending on the number of adjustments such as the number of balls in the jackpot, etc. Compared with the game information to be obtained, the totaling period is short. In other words, there is a high possibility that satisfactory gaming information will not be obtained when the number of gaming machines is low, but even if it is in that state, it will be classified if you adjust the nail of the part that does not affect it, and as a result it is quite Game information does not converge and management becomes difficult. In this case, there is a possibility that the manager of the game hall fears that, and may even refrain from the nail adjustment itself or input to the management device.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a game information management device capable of appropriately managing the effect of nail adjustment by excluding unnecessary tabulation categories according to nail adjustment.

The game information management device of the present invention is a game information management device for managing game information of a gaming machine capable of adjusting game information by adjusting a nail for adjusting a nail on a game board surface,
Receiving means for receiving a game signal that can specify game information output from the gaming machine side, game information specifying means for specifying game information by a game signal received by the receiving means, and the game information specifying means Storage means for storing the game information for each unit period, adjustment information input means for inputting nail adjustment information indicating that the nail adjustment has been performed in association with the unit period, and the adjustment information input means. Adjustment information storage means for storing adjustment period information that can specify the input nail adjustment information and the corresponding unit period; attribute information association means for associating attribute information with the nail adjustment information; A period range specifying means for specifying a range of unit period to be calculated, and an aggregation pair specified by the period range specifying means based on the adjustment period information stored by the adjustment information storage means A period specifying means for grouping unit periods belonging to a unit period range by a single or a plurality of unit periods corresponding to the same nail adjustment information in the attribute information unit, and specifying the grouped unit periods as a target period And calculation means for calculating or specifying the game information in the target period specified by the period specifying means based on the game information stored in the storage means in units of attribute information, and the calculation means calculating or specifying Output means for outputting game information in units of the attribute information (claim 1).

The game information management device according to claim 1,
A setting unit that sets adjustment location information that is information indicating an adjustment location that is a target of the nail adjustment in association with a game information item as the attribute information;
The adjustment information input means inputs adjustment location information corresponding to the adjustment location where the nail adjustment has been performed as the nail adjustment information, and the attribute information association means has the nail input by the adjustment information input means. A game information item that is set in association with the adjustment location information by the setting means is associated with the adjustment location information that is adjustment information as the attribute information, and the period specifying means is a game information item that is the attribute information. The target period is specified in units, the calculating means calculates or specifies game information in units of game information items that are the attribute information, and the output means is game information in units of game information items that are the attribute information. May be output (claim 2).

In the game information management device according to claim 2,
The adjustment period information is information that can specify the correspondence with the unit period when the nail adjustment is performed, and the period specifying means includes a game information item that is a target when the target period is specified. The first unit period associated with the corresponding adjustment location information is specified as the start unit period of the target period, and the target game information is within the range of the total target unit period specified by the period range specifying means When there is the next first unit period associated with the adjustment location information corresponding to the item, a new target period is specified, and the adjustment location information not corresponding to the target game information item is associated. Even if there is the next initial unit period, the target period is specified by the attribute information unit by not specifying a new target period, and the output means is characterized by the period range specifying means. When the game information item unit game information in the range of the aggregate target unit period is output in association with the unit period, and the period specifying unit specifies the target period over a plurality of unit periods, The calculated game information may be output not for each unit period but for each target period (claim 3).

In the game information management device according to claim 2 or 3,
The setting means can arbitrarily set the association between the game information item and the adjustment location information by a game hall manager, and the output means can be a range of the counting target unit period specified by the period range specifying means. The game information of each game information item in the game information for each unit period can be compared with the game information for each nail that is the specified game information by calculating the game information for the target period by the calculation means. Alternatively, it may be selectively output (claim 4).

  4. The game information management device according to claim 3, wherein the setting means sets an allowable range of game information for each unit period with respect to the game information for each nail adjustment in association with the game information item, and the output means includes: When game information for each unit period is output in units of the game information item, game information that deviates from the allowable range may be output so as to be identifiable.

In the game information management device according to claim 4 or 5,
It has an operation means for accepting operation input from the game hall manager,
When the output means outputs the game information for each unit period or each nail adjustment in the range of the unit period to be aggregated specified by the period range specifying means for each game information item unit, the corresponding unit period, And the corresponding adjustment location information specified by the adjustment period information is displayed and when the operation means accepts an operation input for selecting any of the unit periods, the selected unit period is included. While the game information is identified and output so that the target period can be specified, when the operation means receives an operation input for selecting any of the adjustment location information, the selected adjustment location information The game information may be identified and output so that the target period can be specified with the unit period corresponding to the starting unit period being defined (claim 6).

In the game information management device according to any one of claims 2 to 6,
The gaming machine performs a jackpot lottery based on a theoretical jackpot probability in accordance with a winning at a start opening provided on the gaming board surface, and can generate a jackpot according to the lottery result, and as a gaming state other than the jackpot In addition to the normal state, it is a gaming state that is triggered by the occurrence of a jackpot, making it easier to generate a jackpot than the normal state, and when the predetermined end condition is satisfied, the special state for shifting to the normal state A state can be generated, and the game information specifying means includes the number of normal used media that is the number of used media in the normal state among the number of used media indicating the number of game media used in the gaming machine, the normal state The number of times the jackpot lottery has been performed in the normal start number that is the number of start, the number of special use medium that is the number of use medium in the special state, in the special state The number of special starts, which is the number of starts, the number of used mediums representing the number of used media in the jackpot, and the number of jackpots representing the number of jackpots as the game information, the storage means, Divide the number of starts by the number of normally used media, and further divide the average number of normal starts by a value obtained by multiplying the number of unit used media, and the number of special starts by the number of specially used media, and further use the unit. Game information that can specify an average special start number that represents a value multiplied by the number of media, and an average jackpot use medium number that represents a value obtained by dividing the jackpot use medium number by the number of jackpots, is stored for each unit period, The arithmetic means calculates a theoretical TS that is an inverse of the theoretical jackpot probability and represents an expected value of the start number necessary for generating a jackpot in the normal state. A value obtained by dividing by the number and further multiplying by the number of unit used media, and a corrected B-out that is the number of used media required when a big hit occurs according to a theoretical jackpot probability in the normal state, and the normal In consideration of the fact that the special state can occur when a jackpot occurs in a state, the theoretical continuation number representing the expected value of the number of jackpots expected to be generated before returning to the normal state after that is calculated as the average jackpot A value obtained by dividing the out-of-correction T value representing the value multiplied by the number of used media and the theoretical TSA corresponding to the theoretical TS in the special state by the average special start number and further multiplying by the number of unit used media. In the special state, the sum of the number of used media necessary for obtaining the starting number for the theoretical TSA and the corrected sweet out representing the value obtained by multiplying the theoretical continuation number by 1 is In the normal state, the jackpot is generated according to the theoretical jackpot probability, and then calculated as the number of corrected used media that is the theoretical number of used media necessary to return to the normal state, and the number of corrected used media is calculated. The game information for a predetermined game information item is calculated as the number of used media, and the setting means is each correction item that is a game information item corresponding to each of the correction B-out, correction T-out, and correction sweet-out. The game information item is set so that different adjustment location information can be set, and the period specifying means is set by the setting means in association with the different adjustment location information for each correction item. In this state, when the number of corrected used media for the predetermined unit period is calculated by the calculating means, the predetermined unit period for each correction item Including but may be identifiable to configure different the target period to each other (claim 7).

  According to the invention of claim 1, since unit periods belonging to the aggregation target unit period range are grouped by attribute information units affected by the nail adjustment and specified as the target period, they are within the same aggregation target unit period range. However, it is possible to specify different target periods that are affected differently by each nail adjustment including the same unit period for each attribute information. Thereby, when nail adjustment information having different attribute information is input, there is no possibility that the target period is divided by the nail adjustment information.

  According to the invention of claim 2, by inputting the adjustment location information corresponding to the adjustment location where the nail adjustment has been performed as the nail adjustment information, the game information item to be calculated can be affected, i.e., corresponding. Since the game information in the target period, which is the period during which the nail adjustment is performed for the adjustment point, is totaled, there is no possibility that the game information aggregation period is divided even if the nail adjustment is performed at an adjustment point other than the corresponding adjustment point. .

  According to the invention of claim 3, by specifying the target period in attribute information units for each game information item, the game information is output collectively in the target period unit, not in the unit period unit. Thus, it is possible to output easy-to-read game information while the game information satisfies the needs of the game hall manager.

  According to the invention of claim 4, since the game information for each unit period and the game information for each nail adjustment can be compared for each game information item, if there is an error in correspondence as a result of the comparison, It is possible to immediately reset the correspondence by the site manager, and the accuracy of the correspondence can be improved.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the game information out of the allowable range can be identified, so that it can be easily determined whether the correspondence of the fourth aspect of the present invention is correct. Also, if the game information that should be converged with the same nail adjustment is not within an allowable range, there is a possibility that fraud is being performed, that is, game information that is suspected of such fraud can be easily identified. Become.

  According to the invention of claim 6, when the unit period is selected, or when the adjustment location information is selected, the game information in the nail adjustment corresponding to the unit period can be identified. Can be grasped after grasping the unit period in which the influence can occur. In addition, when adjustment location information is selected, comparison of game information before and after the corresponding nail adjustment can be easily grasped in units of game information items.

  The calculation of the game information using the corrected number of used media (corrected out) as the number of used media has a purpose shown in, for example, Japanese Patent No. 3634353, and is preferably calculated in unit period units. The corrected T-out and corrected sweet-out cannot be calculated unless a jackpot or special condition occurs in the unit period. Of course, there is a circumstance that the sample period is short in the unit period unit and the game information cannot be converged. In such a case, it has been difficult to calculate the game information as intended. However, according to the seventh aspect of the present invention, for example, when the nail is adjusted for the adjustment location corresponding only to the correction BO, the game information of the game information item corresponding to the correction T-out is not converged per unit period. In both cases, the game information item corresponding to the out-of-correction T before and after the nail adjustment can be calculated as game information in the unit period, so the number of corrected media used in the unit period before or after the nail adjustment is corrected by T Calculation can be performed with the medium-out converged.

Schematic which shows the whole structure in 1st Embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the specification information storage area which is set to the management device Diagram showing the raw data storage area set in the management device The figure which shows the game information compilation with the management device The figure which shows the correction game information total 1 by a management apparatus The figure which shows the correction game information total 2 by a management apparatus The figure which shows the setting information by the management device The figure which shows the nail adjustment location of the actual gaming machine The figure which shows the daily storage area set to the management apparatus Diagram showing totals by business day by management device The figure which shows the total for every nail adjustment with the management device The figure which shows the daily storage area in 2nd Embodiment of this invention. Diagram showing information aggregation by the management device

(First embodiment)
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration. A lending device 2 is installed corresponding to the gaming machine 1. A management device (corresponding to a game information management device) 3 is installed in the management room. A relay device 4 is installed corresponding to the two gaming machines 1 and the two lending devices 2. The relay device 4 is connected to the gaming machine 1, the lending device 2, and the management device 3. The lending device 2 and the management device 3 receive game signals transmitted from the gaming machine side (the gaming machine 1, the lending device 2, etc.) via the relay device 4.

The lending device 2 includes a display unit 5 for displaying game information, and pays a number of game media corresponding to the value of money inserted into the coin insertion slot 6 from the ball outlet 7 to the tray 8 of the gaming machine 1. put out.
The management device 3 totals game information for each gaming machine ID and identifies a total calculation value. A control unit (game information identification means, setting means, attribute information association means, period identification means, calculation Means, period range specifying means, attribute information grouping means), a storage unit (equivalent to storage means, adjustment information storage means, setting means) composed of HDD, RAM, ROM, etc., and an interface for transmitting and receiving signals. From a transmission / reception unit (equivalent to reception means), an output unit (equivalent to output means) such as a monitor and a printer, and an operation unit (equivalent to adjustment information input means, attribute information association means, operation means) such as a keyboard and a mouse It is configured.

  The gaming machine 1 to be managed is provided with a handle 9, a first start port 10, a second start port 11, a display unit (community) 12, a big winning port 13, a universal winning port 14, and the like. The first starting port 10 includes a normal winning port, and the second starting port 11 includes a so-called electric chew (conducting tulip).

The gaming machine 1 operates as follows.
(1) The jackpot lottery is performed according to the winning at the first starting port 10 or the second starting port 11, and based on the lottery result, the symbol variation by the so-called special symbol (special symbol) is executed by the symbol variation unit 12, A jackpot is generated according to the result. The upper limit of so-called holding balls is four each, and if the start winning is made during the symbol variation, the upper limit is retained, and after the symbol variation is completed, the suspended symbol variation is executed sequentially.
(2) The probability of winning the jackpot lottery (jackpot probability) is 1/310, and the percentage of jackpots that will be probabilistic (corresponding to certain or special status) after the jackpot is 66.6% (2/3) is there. In this case, the average number of continuations is 1 / (1-2 / 3) = 3 times.
(3) When a big win occurs, the big winning opening 13 is opened by the amount corresponding to the corresponding round (R) (for 15R). The 1R upper limit winning number is 10 and the upper limit opening time is 30 seconds. When either the upper limit winning number or the upper limit opening time is satisfied, 1R is ended.
(4) During the probability change, the jackpot probability is improved to 1/31, and the winning time rate to the second start port 11 is improved (short time, corresponding to a special state). Since the probability change continues until the next jackpot, it continues until a jackpot (ordinary jackpot) that becomes a normal state (normal) after the jackpot occurs.

  A symbol winning opening 14 is provided on the side of the symbol changing section 12, and when the pachinko ball passes through the symbol winning slot 14, the normal symbol is changed. Open and close Chu.

The next game signal is output from the gaming machine side.
Out signal = Output from out BOX that collects used balls. 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 gaming machine 1 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 gaming machine 1 Since the symbol variation (also referred to as an accessory operation or start process, hereinafter referred to as “effective S”) in the symbol variation unit 12 that fluctuates (operates) due to winning at each of the start openings 10 and 11 is one pulse at a time, the start signal × Specify 1 as the start. In addition, it is good also considering the signal output according to the winning to each starting port 10 and 11 as a big hit lottery, and making it into a starting signal.
Jackpot signal = output from gaming machine 1 Since it is a state signal that outputs a level during the jackpot, it is determined that the jackpot signal is being received as a jackpot.
Probability change signal = output from gaming machine 1 Since it is a state signal (special state signal) that outputs a level during the probability change, the fact that the probability change signal is being received is specified as a special state period (special period). Note that a time-short signal output from a gaming machine that can be a short time alone may be a special state signal. In addition, since there is a gaming machine that outputs during the jackpot, when it is received in duplicate with the jackpot signal, the status determination is performed with priority given to the jackpot.
Sales signal = output from lending device 2 Since there is one pulse for every 25 balls lent to the player, the sales signal x 25 is specified as the sales ball.

FIG. 2 shows a specification information storage area set in the management apparatus 3. In this spec information storage area, predetermined spec information can be set by an operation input by an administrator, and the following items are set.
Theoretical TS = Theoretically winning jackpot winning probability in the normal gaming state of the corresponding gaming machine 1 (ordinary period) of the number of lottery lottery (starting number = number of symbol fluctuations) required to generate a jackpot in theory Inverse)
Theoretical TSA = Theoretical TS in a special state (If the special state is only the probability change, it is necessary to generate the jackpot theoretically in the special state that takes into account the reciprocal of the jackpot winning probability at the time of the probability change, if the short time is included in the special state Expected number of lotteries)
Start prize ball = Number of winning balls when winning at each starting port 10, 11 Unit price = Unit price of loan per unit of loaned unit Exchange unit price = Unit price equivalent to replacement per unit of prizes Theoretical continuation number = jackpot , The expected value of the number of jackpots that will occur before returning to the normal period (when a special state occurs in response to the occurrence of a probable jackpot and ends in response to the occurrence of a normal jackpot, all jackpots (probable jackpots and normal jackpots) (1) (1-probability rate), the ratio of the probability variation per unit to In addition, if a so-called short-time state occurs after a big hit, it is necessary to consider the short-time state. The example in FIG. 2 assumes a case where the probability variation rate is 2/3.

FIG. 3 shows the raw data storage area set in the management apparatus 3, and the following items are set.
Out = number of balls (game media) used in the game (equivalent to the number of media used)
B out = out of a period (normal period) in which the gaming machine 1 is in a normal gaming state (equivalent to the number of normal use media)
Sweet out = Out of the period when the gaming machine 1 is in a special state (special period) (equivalent to the number of special media used)
T1 out = out during the period in which the gaming machine 1 is in a jackpot state (medium jackpot) (corresponding to the number of medium used for jackpot)
Safe = number of balls (game media) paid out by game (number of payout media)
B safe = safe during normal period sweet safe = safe during special period T1 safe = safe during jackpot start = number of symbol fluctuations during normal period (equivalent to normal start number)
Sweet start = Number of symbol changes during the special period (equivalent to the number of special start)
Ordinary jackpot = number of jackpots that occurred in the normal period. Overall jackpot = number of jackpots that occurred in all periods (equivalent to the number of jackpots)
Sales balls = number of borrowed balls (game media) with money as the consideration (sales were generated)

  The management device 3 receives a game signal from the gaming machine side via the relay device 4 and determines that the jackpot signal is being received during the jackpot signal reception and the sweet mode is being received while the probability variation signal is being received, and then the out signal is received. Thus, the game data is classified according to the game state to total the raw data, and based on the raw data, the game information is totaled.

FIG. 4 shows game information aggregation by the management device 3, and the following items are set.
Base = Race rate during normal period, calculated by B-safe / B-out.
An average start (corresponding to the average normal start number) with respect to average S = unit out (number of unit used media = 1000) is obtained by start / B out × unit out.
BY = Releasing rate during a normal period excluding payout due to start, and is obtained by base-average S ÷ unit out × start prize ball = (B safe-start × start prize ball) ÷ B out.
B is a difference ball during a normal period and is determined by B out-B safe.
BA is the rate of appearance during the special period, and is calculated by sweet safe ÷ sweet out.
SA = average S during the special period (corresponding to the average special start number), obtained by sweet start / sweet out × unit out.
T1O = average out of jackpot (corresponding to the average number of medium used per jackpot), and T1out / total jackpot.
T1Y = average number of balls in the jackpot, calculated by (T1 safe-T1 out) / total jackpot.
The number of continuations = the average number of jackpots that occurred from the occurrence of normal jackpots until the return to the normal period, and is calculated by the number of jackpots / the number of regular jackpots (corresponding to the theoretical number of jackpots).
Payout rate = Safe ÷ Out Sales amount = Consideration value of loaned balls.
Passenger rate = the ratio of B to sales balls.
The management device 3 further adds up corrected game information, which is theoretical game information assuming that a jackpot has occurred according to the theoretical jackpot probability.

FIG. 5 shows correction game information totaling 1 by the management apparatus 3, and the following items are set.
Corrected B out = Out required to generate a big hit in the normal period when a big hit occurs according to the theoretical jackpot probability. Calculated by theoretical TS ÷ average S × unit out = theoretical TS ÷ start × B out .
Corrected sweet-out = normal outage during the special period necessary to generate a big hit for the number of theoretical continuations after the occurrence of the normal big hit (Note: excluding the normal big hit as the starting point), theoretical TSA ÷ SA × unit out × (theoretical continuation) Number-1) = theoretical TSA ÷ sweet start × sweet out × (theoretical continuation number−1).
Out during the correction T = out of the big hit for the number of theoretical continuations, T1O × theoretical continuation number = T1 out / total jackpot × theoretical continuation number.
Correction out = Theoretically, a big hit is generated during the normal period, and it is necessary out until the normal period is reached again, and is calculated by correction B out + correction sweet out + out during correction T.
Correction B-safe = correction B-out corresponding to correction B-out = correction B-out × base, and also obtained by theoretical TS ÷ start × B-safe.
Corrected sweet safe = sweet safe corresponding to corrected sweet out, corrected sweet out × BA × (theoretical continuation number−1), and also calculated by theoretical TSA ÷ sweet start × sweet safe × (theoretical continuation number−1).
Corrected safe during T = safe during the jackpot for the number of theoretical continuations, and is also obtained by (T1Y + T1O) × theoretical continuation number = T1 safe ÷ total jackpot × theoretical continuation number
Correction safe = safe corresponding to correction out, obtained by correction B safe + correction sweet safe + correction T safe.

FIG. 6 shows correction game information totaling 2 by the management device 3, and the following items are set.
Correction B size = B size corresponding to correction B out, and correction B out × (1−base) = correction B out−correction B safe is also obtained.
Corrected payout rate = Theoretical payout rate, calculated as corrected safe ÷ corrected out.
Corrected sales balls = number of sales balls corresponding to corrected out, calculated by corrected B service ÷ customer delinquency rate.
Correction quotient = quotient corresponding to correction out (ratio of premium item (premium amount based on unit price) to sales item (sales amount)), (corrected sales item-(correction out-correction safe)) / adjusted sales Find by ball.
Corrected ball unit price = ball unit price corresponding to corrected out (ratio of sales amount to out), and calculated by corrected sales ball × unit price for lending ÷ corrected out.
Corrected ball interest = corrected gross profit (ratio of gross profit (game side profits from the game) to out), adjusted sales balls x rental unit price-(corrected sales balls-(corrected out-corrected safe) ) X replacement unit price) ÷ corrected out. The theoretical gross profit corresponding to the actual out may be calculated and output by multiplying the actual out. The same applies to the correction unit price.
3 to 6 are tabulated for each business day (corresponding to a unit period) and for each gaming machine. Further, FIG. 2 can be set for each gaming machine type and the specification information can be specified at least for each corresponding gaming machine 1. The game model and the machine number are associated with each other by a well-known model setting (not shown).

  The management device 3 can display setting information that associates items (corresponding to attribute information and game information items) with adjustment points (corresponding to nail adjustment information and adjustment point information). This correspondence associates an adjustment location with an item that can be determined to be affected (affected) when the nail adjustment is performed. In addition, “± error” is set in association with the item.

FIG. 7 shows setting information by the management apparatus 3. Among the adjustment points, “life nail”, “big prize opening”, “general map” indicate the nail adjustment points of the actual gaming machine 1 as shown in FIG. 8, and “other” corresponds to any of them. The adjustment of the part which does not do is shown. Further, “common” is associated with game information that can change when a nail adjustment is performed at any adjustment location. “+ Error” and “−Error” are error tolerance values of the game information for each business day with respect to the game information for each nail adjustment. If the tolerance value is not exceeded, the game information (see FIG. 10) for each business day is marked (colored). ) If no set value is set, the corresponding column is left blank. In this setting information, the nail-adjusted adjustment location is associated with the business day, and the operation is selectively performed for each gaming machine 1 from FIG. 7 (selection of a pull-down method, input of only the set adjustment location, etc.). It is possible to input.
2 and 7 can be arbitrarily set by the game hall manager or the manufacturer of the management apparatus 3.

The management device 3 totals game information based on the information input as the setting information.
FIG. 9 shows a daily storage area by the management device 3, and game information (corresponding to adjustment period information) is totaled in association with business days (unit period) and adjustment locations. FIG. 9 shows an example in which 8/1 to 8/7 are specified and extracted as the aggregation target period. However, including FIG. 2 to 7, these game information is retained and stored for a predetermined period (about one year). To do. Of the items, “cumulative data” corresponds to FIG. 3, and “every business day” corresponds to FIGS.

  In the example of FIG. 9, the “base” is associated with the adjustment points “life nail” and “other” by the adjustment point setting in FIG. From the adjustment date (8/3) to the day before the adjustment date (8/3, corresponding to the “first unit period”) and the adjustment date (8/3) Data are tabulated by the last day of the period (8/7). Similarly, since “T1O” is associated only with “Large Winner” in the adjustment location setting of FIG. 7, the adjustment date of “Large Winner” (8/4, corresponding to “First Unit Period”) Aggregate before and after. In this way, game information to be tabulated is divided and tabulated for each nail adjustment of the corresponding adjustment location, and the tabulated information is divided into such “every nail adjustment”. It is. In addition, during the period to be counted, “Large Winners” (8/4) and “Utsugen” (8/6) are adjusted, but both are associated with “Base” by setting the adjustment location in FIG. Not classified because it is not done. If it is “base”, B out and B safe from 8/1 to 8/2 are summed, and if the ratio is calculated, it can be divided and tabulated.

  In addition, the corrected game information is divided and tabulated in the same manner. For example, “correction out” is a sum of “correction B out”, “correction sweet out”, and “correction T out”, but “correction B out”, “correction sweet out”, and “correction T out” Since the corresponding adjustment locations are different depending on FIG. 6, the total value of the corrected game information that has been divided and divided into different periods is referred to as “corrected out”. The same applies to other correction game information.

The game information tabulated as shown in FIG. 9 can be output after selecting an output item as shown in FIGS.
FIG. 10 shows an aggregation of “every business day” and FIG. 11 shows an aggregation of “every nail adjustment”. These display outputs can be switched and displayed by pressing a switching button (not shown) that switches between FIG. 10 and FIG. 11. 2 to 7 and FIGS. 9 to 11 can be printed out in addition to the display.

  When outputting FIG. 10, compared with FIG. 11, when it is not in the allowable range shown in “± error” of FIG. When outputting FIGS. 9 to 11, when “date” or “nail adjustment” is selected, the corresponding game information is identified and displayed. FIG. 9 shows an example in which 8/3 of “date” is selected, and FIG.

According to such an embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
The raw data of Fig. 7 is memorized every business day, and the business days in the target period are grouped and specified by "life nail", "big prize award", "general map", "other" affected by the nail adjustment. Since the game information for each nail adjustment is totaled, the total information of FIGS. 9 to 11 is output. Therefore, even when the nail adjustment is performed at a place where there is no influence, There is no division, and it is possible to grasp more appropriate game information with a long totaling period.

Since the game information of the related period (same nail adjustment period) is selected and output when “Date” is selected in FIGS. 9 to 11, what kind of situation is the nail adjustment situation on the selected business day? It is easy to grasp, especially when there is an abnormality, it is easy to investigate the cause of the abnormality.
9 to 11 shows and outputs the game information (influenced by the nail adjustment) for the relevant period when "Nail adjustment" is selected, so how much the game information is affected by the nail adjustment It is easy to grasp.

In order to be able to compare or selectively output the totals for each business day in FIG. 10 and the totals for each nail adjustment in FIG. 11, after grasping the transition of game information roughly for each nail adjustment, The game information can be managed so as to grasp the details. In this case, the game information for each nail adjustment is not divided even when an adjustment location that does not affect the game is adjusted, so that it is possible to confirm an approximate state and to provide more accurate game information.
Since the game information for each nail adjustment is output for each target period (corresponding to the attribute information unit) when the game information for each nail adjustment is output as shown in FIG. Game information for each adjustment is easy to grasp.

The purpose of collecting the corrected game information is to manage the game information according to the nail adjustment, but there is a possibility that even if the game information is affected only by the nail adjustment, it does not converge when the operation is low. is there. However, since the game information in the same nail adjustment period is totaled for each nail adjustment, the total period is increased and the rate at which the game information can converge is increased.
Since it is possible to arbitrarily set the correspondence between the adjustment location and the game information by the adjustment location setting in FIG. 7, the correspondence between the business days and each nail adjustment is compared, and there is an error in the correspondence (if there is no effect) Although it was considered, in actuality, it can be dealt with as appropriate, and the accuracy of the correspondence can be kept high.

  If the game information between “every nail adjustment” and “every business day” does not show a predetermined relationship (not within the allowable range) due to the “± error” setting in the adjustment location setting of FIG. 7, “every business day” Since the identification information is output when the game information is output, the corresponding error can be easily found in the same manner as described above. In FIG. 10, “SA” and “Grand Prize Winner” of 8/4 are identified and displayed. However, “SA” is adjusted by nail adjustment around the big prize mouth or “T1O” and “T1Y” are Since it is unlikely to be affected by the adjustment of the nail around the “life gate”, it is necessary to consider whether there is fraud. In this case, since the payout rate is low and the possibility of fraud is low, it is determined that the game information has not converged because out = operation is small.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 12 and FIG. 13, and the difference between the second embodiment and the first embodiment will be described.
In this embodiment, the adjustment location and game item as shown in FIG. 7 described in the first embodiment are not set, and when the adjustment location is input, the daily storage area (corresponding to the adjustment period information) in FIG. As such, adjustment 1 or adjustment 2 (corresponding to attribute information) is selected and input, and the input adjustment location information is grouped by adjustment 1 or adjustment 2 and stored.

When game information is output, it is grouped by adjustment 1 or adjustment 2 as shown in FIG. 13, and totalization is performed for each period (corresponding to the attribute information unit) in which the nail adjustment is made.
In the example of FIG. 12, there are 8/1 = “other”, 8/3 = “life nail”, and 8/6 = “common figure” within the target period (8/1 to 8/7) as adjustment 1. Therefore, the game information from 8/1 to 8/2 is totaled and “other” is totaled, 8/3 to 8/5 is totaled to “life nail”, and 8/6 to 8/7 is totaled. The “general map” is tabulated as shown in FIG. That is, the game information after the nail adjustment is totaled by collecting the period until the next nail adjustment in the group. Similarly, for Adjustment 2, the first day of the target period (8/1) to the day before the special prize opening adjustment (8/3) and the first day after the special prize mouth adjustment (8/4) to the last day of the target period (8/7) are divided. And then aggregate.
Note that FIG. 13 is preferably output together with the daily game information as shown in FIG.

  According to the second embodiment, since the highly relevant adjustment points are grouped and the total period is divided according to the nail adjustment for each group, the game information is obtained when the nail adjustment is performed on the points that are not affected. Is not classified. That is, for example, SA is affected according to the adjustment of the “life nail” and “general” nail as shown in FIG. 7, and is not affected by the nail adjustment of the “big prize opening”. That is, when referring to SA, it is referred to “adjustment 1” to refer to what game information is to be obtained for each nail adjustment. On the other hand, with respect to “T1O”, the game information is referred to by “Adjustment 2” because it can be affected by the nail adjustment of only the “Large Winner”.

If the adjustment locations are set in advance for groups, the input operation when inputting the adjustment locations can be simplified, and if the groups are grouped at the time of input, the game hall manager can perform grouping when he wants to make adjustments.
Further, instead of the adjustment location setting in FIG. 7, it may be configured such that which nail adjustment location belongs to the adjustment 1 or the adjustment 2 and the group is not selected when the adjustment location is input.
In addition, even if the adjustment location cannot be specified as the nail adjustment information, the information may be information that can only be adjusted.

(Other embodiments)
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be modified or expanded as follows.
In addition to the operation input, the specification information input in FIG. 2 and the adjustment location setting in FIG. 7 are downloaded from, for example, a server operated by the manufacturer of the management device 3, or a DVD that stores specification information distributed from the manufacturer of the gaming machine. It is good also as a structure (equivalent to a setting means) input from this storage medium.

Although the example of switching the information to be output with the switching button has been shown, FIG. 9 is output as it is, and the total for each business day and the total for each nail adjustment can be compared, or only the total for each nail adjustment is output. Also good. 9 may be output after selecting an output item as in FIGS. 10 and 11.
The business days, nail adjustment locations, and game information are stored as shown in FIG. 9, but the business days and nail adjustment locations are stored separately (corresponding to adjustment information storage means) and managed in association with FIGS. Also good.
Although the adjustment location corresponding to each game information is set in the adjustment location setting of FIG. 7, any setting means may be used as long as the game information can be set for each adjustment location.

According to the rules for the amusement hall, nail adjustment is allowed only every business day (when closed), so the unit period was set as a business day, but as the unit period, every predetermined time, every predetermined number of days, etc. You just have to decide.
At the time of display output, information on the management device 3 is output not only to the display unit of the management device 3 but also to a portable display terminal that can communicate with the management device 3 and displayed on the display terminal (corresponding to output means). May be. Further, since this display terminal is assumed to be carried at the time of nail adjustment, it may be used as an input medium for the nail adjustment location (operation input to the display terminal = output to the management device, corresponding to adjustment information input means).

In order to increase the accuracy, the average value of the target period was calculated after calculating the total value of the target period. However, the average value of the target period is simply calculated by averaging the average value for each business day (calculation means) Equivalent).
The information output for each nail adjustment may be the same output as the business day information aggregation in FIG. 10 (the same value is output every business day, corresponding to the output means).
The correspondence between the date and the nail adjustment may be stored (corresponding to the adjustment information storage means) as long as the period can be specified in addition to the start date.

“± Error” may be an allowable value only for + and only for −.
Although the tabulation for each gaming machine is shown, when the group tabulation for each gaming machine is performed, the tabulation target period may be expanded to the period corresponding to the nail adjustment (corresponding to the calculation means).
Although the special signal and jackpot end determination are performed using the status signal, the determination may be made by collating the payout rate for a predetermined period, the number of symbol fluctuations after the jackpot end, and the like with a preset set value.
Although the probabilistic change and the short time are exemplified as the special state, any special state may be used as long as it is a gaming state in which a big hit is likely to occur than the normal state.

A part or all of the information processing of the game information display device may be performed by the relay device 4 or the display terminal described above. That is, the concept of the game information display device in the present invention means a broad game information display device including a device that performs such information processing.
Although the average value in the target period is calculated, the maximum value or the minimum value in the target period may be specified only.
Although only the adjustment location is set as the input target as the adjustment location information, for example, numerical information such as the width of the nail interval (12 mm of life nail, etc.) may be input and output as well.

  In the drawings, 1 is a gaming machine, 3 is a management device (game information management device, game information identification means, adjustment information input means, setting means, attribute information association means, period identification means, calculation means, period range identification means, storage Means, adjustment information storage means, reception means, output means, operation means).

Claims (7)

A game information management device for managing game information of a gaming machine capable of adjusting game information by adjusting a nail for adjusting a nail on a game board surface,
Receiving means for receiving a game signal capable of specifying game information output from the gaming machine side;
Game information specifying means for specifying game information by a game signal received by the receiving means;
Storage means for storing the game information specified by the game information specifying means for each unit period;
Adjustment information input means for inputting nail adjustment information indicating that the nail adjustment has been performed in association with the unit period;
Adjustment information storage means for storing adjustment period information capable of specifying the nail adjustment information input by the adjustment information input means and the corresponding unit period;
Attribute information association means for associating attribute information with the nail adjustment information;
A period range specifying means for specifying the range of the aggregation target unit period to be aggregated,
Based on the adjustment period information stored by the adjustment information storage unit, unit periods belonging to the range of the aggregation target unit period specified by the period range specifying unit correspond to the same nail adjustment information in the attribute information unit. A period specifying means for grouping by one or a plurality of unit periods, and specifying the grouped unit periods as target periods;
A calculation means for calculating or specifying the game information in the target period specified by the period specifying means based on the game information stored in the storage means in units of the attribute information;
The game information management apparatus comprising: output means for outputting the game information calculated or specified by the calculation means in units of the attribute information. A setting unit that sets adjustment location information that is information indicating an adjustment location that is a target of the nail adjustment in association with a game information item as the attribute information;
The adjustment information input means inputs adjustment point information corresponding to the adjustment point where the nail adjustment has been performed as the nail adjustment information,
The attribute information associating means is a game information item that is set in association with the adjustment location information by the setting means with respect to the adjustment location information that is the nail adjustment information input by the adjustment information input device. As information,
The period specifying means specifies the target period in units of game information items that are the attribute information,
The calculation means calculates or specifies game information in units of game information items that are the attribute information,
2. The game information management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output means outputs game information in units of game information items that are the attribute information. The adjustment period information is information that can identify the correspondence with the unit period when the nail adjustment is performed,
The period specifying means specifies the first unit period associated with the adjustment location information corresponding to the target game information item as the start unit period of the target period when specifying the target period, If there is the next first unit period associated with the adjustment location information corresponding to the target game information item within the range of the target unit period specified by the range specifying means, a new target While specifying the period, even if there is the next first unit period associated with the adjustment location information that does not correspond to the target game information item, by not specifying a new target period, the attribute Identify the target period in information units,
The output means outputs game information of game information item units in the range of the aggregation target unit periods specified by the period range specifying means in association with the unit periods, and the period specifying means outputs a plurality of unit periods. 3. The game information management device according to claim 2, wherein when the target period is specified, the calculated game information is output for each target period instead of for each unit period. The setting means can arbitrarily set the association between the game information item and the adjustment location information by a game hall manager,
The output means includes game information in units of game information items in the range of the aggregation target unit period specified by the period range specifying means, game information for each unit period, and game information in the target period by the calculation means. 4. The game information management device according to claim 2, wherein the game information for each nail adjustment, which is an operation or specified game information, can be compared or selectively output. The setting means sets an allowable range of game information for each unit period with respect to the game information for each nail adjustment in association with the game information item,
4. The game information management according to claim 3, wherein the output means outputs the game information that deviates from the allowable range so as to be identifiable when outputting the game information for each unit period in the game information item unit. apparatus. It has an operation means for accepting operation input from the game hall manager,
When the output means outputs the game information for each unit period or each nail adjustment in the range of the unit period to be aggregated specified by the period range specifying means for each game information item unit, the corresponding unit period, And the corresponding adjustment location information specified by the adjustment period information is displayed and when the operation means accepts an operation input for selecting any of the unit periods, the selected unit period is included. While the game information is identified and output so that the target period can be specified, when the operation means receives an operation input for selecting any of the adjustment location information, the selected adjustment location information 6. The game information is identified and output so that the target period can be specified with the unit period corresponding to the start period being the start unit period. The placement of gaming information management device. The gaming machine performs a jackpot lottery based on a theoretical jackpot probability in accordance with a winning at a start opening provided on the gaming board surface, and can generate a jackpot according to the lottery result, and as a gaming state other than the jackpot In addition to the normal state, it is a gaming state that is triggered by the occurrence of a jackpot, making it easier to generate a jackpot than the normal state, and when the predetermined end condition is satisfied, the special state for shifting to the normal state State can occur,
The game information specifying means is configured such that, among the number of used media representing the number of game media used in the gaming machine, the number of normally used media that is the number of used media in the normal state, the jackpot lottery is performed in the normal state. A normal start number that is a start number representing the number of times, a special use medium number that is the number of used media in the special state, a special start number that is the start number in the special state, and a jackpot that represents the number of used media in the jackpot Specify the number of used media and the number of jackpots representing the number of jackpots as the game information,
The storage means divides the normal start number by the normal use medium number, and further multiplies a predetermined unit use medium number to represent an average normal start number and the special start number by the special use medium number. Game information that can specify the average special start number that represents the value obtained by dividing the number of unit used media and the average number of used big hits that represents the value obtained by dividing the number of used big hits by the number of jackpots. Remember every unit period,
The arithmetic means divides the theoretical TS, which is the reciprocal of the theoretical jackpot probability and represents the expected value of the start number necessary for generating the jackpot in the normal state, by the average normal start number, Represents a value obtained by multiplying the number of unit used media, and a correction B-out, which is the number of used media required when a jackpot occurs according to the theoretical jackpot probability in the normal state, and a jackpot occurs in the normal state A value obtained by multiplying the average number of used jackpots by a theoretical continuation number representing an expected value of the number of jackpots that is expected to occur before returning to the normal state after that. A value obtained by dividing the out-of-correction T during the period T and the theoretical TSA corresponding to the theoretical TS in the special state by the average special starting number, and further multiplying by the number of medium units used. In the special state, the sum of the number of used media necessary for obtaining the starting number corresponding to the theoretical TSA and the corrected sweet out representing the value obtained by multiplying the theoretical continuation number by 1 is the normal state. In this case, the jackpot is generated according to the theoretical jackpot probability, and thereafter, it is calculated as the number of corrected used media that is the theoretical number of used media necessary to return to the normal state. Calculate game information for a given game information item as the number of media,
The setting means is configured to be able to set different adjustment location information, with each correction item being a game information item corresponding to each of the correction B-out, correction T-out and correction sweet-out as the game information item. And
The period specifying means sets the number of corrected used media for the predetermined unit period by the calculating means in a state where the adjustment point information different from each other is associated with the correction items by the setting means. The game information management device according to any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein the game information management device is configured to be able to specify the target periods different from each other, although the predetermined unit period is included for each of the correction items. .

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