JP2010227340A - System for game parlor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for game parlors, which can reduce very troublesome handling required for testing error balls on the closing time of the parlors. <P>SOLUTION: On the time of testing the error balls, the result of comparison is displayed between the balls put out of a dispensing device of an adjacent game machine and game information of own game machine. The balls put out of the dispensing device of the adjacent machine is the object to be tested. Thus, the balls put out of the dispensing device, which is difficult to getting the balls put out when the own game machine is opened, can be the object to be tested. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention is an open state in which the inside of the gaming island on the back side of the gaming machine can be viewed by rotating the entire gaming machine with a predetermined axis as a fulcrum with respect to the gaming island in which a plurality of gaming machines are arranged side by side, and A glass door that is placed in front of the game board surface and that is a part of the gaming machine is rotated around a predetermined axis so that a ball can be directly inserted into a winning opening arranged on the game board surface. The present invention relates to a game hall system in a game hall in which a plurality of game machines that can be in an open state are installed.

  In the amusement hall, game media (hereinafter referred to as “balls”) acquired by the player through the game are counted by a counter, and prizes are exchanged. Then, the gaming machine that has acquired the counting ball to be counted by the counting machine is specified by an operation input or the like, and the sum of the rented ball and the difference ball in the gaming machine, that is, the theoretically acquired ball and the counting ball Are collated for each count. In addition, a system has been proposed in which the difference between them is monitored as a so-called error ball and fraud is detected (see Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).

JP 2003-181103 A JP 2008-73426 A

By the way, error ball monitoring has two main effects. In other words, 2 of the illegal counting that counts balls that cannot be acquired by the gaming machine, and the determination of abnormal counting that detects whether there is a payout abnormality or a sensor abnormality in a device that counts difference balls or lending balls. One.
Nowadays, many game halls do not introduce a system for identifying gaming machines at the time of counting, or even if they are installed, monitoring is performed for each counting because of the troublesome process of identifying gaming machines at the time of counting. Absent.

  However, since error ball monitoring is performed to compare the theoretically obtained total ball of the entire game hall with the total ball count, if an error occurs and there is no recognition of fraud, etc., the above count We suspect an abnormality, and after each game machine is closed, we test for error balls, such as counting the actual number of payouts and counting the number of balls counted for each gaming machine. In this case, since the above monitoring is not performed for each count, it is suspected that all the gaming machines installed in the game hall have a counting abnormality, and an error ball test is performed for each gaming machine until a gaming machine having a counting abnormality can be identified. Need to be done. And, since a counting machine such as an out-box that collects a shot ball that is suspected of being abnormal in counting can be tested for error balls only when the gaming machine is opened, it is very laborious.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game system that can reduce a very troublesome labor required for testing error balls when a store is closed.

The present invention relates to a game hall system in a game hall where a plurality of gaming machines that can be opened by rotating at least a portion thereof are installed.
Provided on the axis side that will be a fulcrum when the gaming machine to be rented is opened, and in the normal mode at the time of business, for the gaming machine to be rented on the condition that the valuable value is considered Lending means for paying out game media, and transition means for shifting to a test mode in which special payout processing, which is processing for paying out game media from the lending means, is allowed without taking the valuable value as consideration, Based on the gaming signal output from the gaming machine or the counter corresponding to the gaming machine, the gaming information after the test mode transition, including at least indicating the number of balls to be collected A management means for managing game information of the gaming machine to be played, and a gaming machine corresponding to the management means, the gaming machine corresponding to the management means, and the normal mode Lending means that is different from the gaming machine to be rented in the gaming machine is a corresponding lending means, a computing means for calculating the number of game media paid out from the lending means by the special payout process, and a gaming machine to which the management means corresponds And information output means for outputting the number of game media calculated for the lending means corresponding to the calculation means so as to be comparable (claim 1).

The game system according to claim 1,
Output means for outputting the switching signal to the locking means for switching from the locked state that does not allow the corresponding gaming machine to be in the opened state by the switching signal from the outside, to the unlocked state that is allowed, The lending means can accept a special unlocking operation that is not valid in the normal mode but is valid in the test mode, and the output means is a game corresponding to a locking means that is an output target of the switching signal. When a special unlocking operation is received in which a different lending means is effective between the gaming machine and the gaming machine to be lent in the normal mode by being positioned on the open side when the machine is opened. In addition, the switching signal may be output.

The game system according to claim 2,
The gaming machine is a gaming machine in which a glass door is provided in front of the gaming board surface as the part, and the glass door can be turned to the open state by rotating the glass door with the shaft as a fulcrum. With this gaming machine, it is possible to directly throw a ball into at least one of a winning port provided on the game board surface and an out port which is a collection port for a shot ball onto the game board surface. (Claim 3).

In the game hall system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
While the corresponding gaming machine is made the same as the management means, the corresponding lending means is used as the lending means located on the open side of the corresponding gaming machine, and the corresponding gaming machine is detected to be closed. According to the state specifying means for specifying that the corresponding gaming machine is in the closed state based on the closing signal indicating that the closed state is output from the detecting means, and according to the specification of the closed state by the state specifying means, Matching means for collating whether or not the game information managed by the management means for the gaming machine and the number of game media calculated for the lending means corresponding to the calculation means are in a predetermined relationship, The lending means is in a state where the special payout process is not allowed when the closed state is specified by the corresponding state specifying means, and the management means is in accordance with the corresponding state specifying means. Even after the closed state is specified, the management of the game information is continued, and the information output means notifies the collation result in accordance with the collation by the collation means, while the management means manages it even after the notification. When the collation result by the collation means is updated in accordance with the update of the game information to be performed, the notification of the collation result may be updated (claim 4).

  According to the invention of claim 1, since the payout ball from the lending device on the adjacent platform becomes the test object of the error ball, when the corresponding gaming machine is opened, at least a part of the rotated gaming machine is the lending device. Even if it is difficult to receive a payout ball from the lending device by being located in front of the lending device, the payout ball of the lending device can also be a test target. In addition, in the normal mode during business, balls are paid out on the condition that the value of money, etc., is taken into consideration, whereas in the test mode after the end of business, balls can be paid out without taking into account the value of money. Therefore, the error ball test can be easily performed.

  According to the invention of claim 2, it is necessary to open the gaming machine during the error ball test, but in the normal mode, for security reasons, the unlocking operation needs to be an operation that does not allow the player to operate such as a remote control. However, it is troublesome to carry a remote control for unlocking operation. However, in the test mode, the unlocking operation can be easily performed by a different operation method, so that the test can be easily performed. In this case as well, since the adjacent platform is the object to be opened, the test according to the invention of claim 1 can be facilitated.

  According to the invention of claim 3, since the payout ball can be obtained from the lending device on the adjacent stand, the test with the glass door opened is facilitated, and the ball is not poured directly into the out box, but the out port or the winning port. It is possible to test the counting failure (so-called out spillage) due to the positional relationship of the out box by pouring balls into the box.

  It is necessary to open the gaming machine during the test, but when the test is over, it must be closed in preparation for the next business day. According to the invention of claim 4, since it is set as the end condition of the test mode that the indispensable gaming machine is closed at the end of the test, when the ball is paid out and counted, the gaming machine is closed and the next machine It becomes possible to perform the test in the flow work like performing the test. In this case, even if the ball is closed during ball counting, an abnormal determination is made based on the comparison result in consideration of the subsequent ball counting, so if there is an abnormal determination, it is sufficient to check only that gaming machine in detail. Time can be greatly reduced. Of course, it is possible to correct the determination such that a normal determination is made if a ball is driven when a ball remains in the upper ball tray or the like of the gaming machine after the end of the test mode.

The figure which shows schematically the whole structure of the system for game centers in one Embodiment of this invention. A perspective view of an amusement island with the gaming machine opened The figure which shows the display screen of the information display device Flow chart showing test mode processing by lending device The flowchart which shows the next base lending operation processing by a lending device Flowchart showing unlocking release signal reception processing by the lending device Flow chart showing error ball update processing by lending device Flowchart showing closing signal reception processing by lending device Flow chart showing error ball determination processing by lending device

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing an overall configuration of a game hall system installed in a game hall. A lending device 2 and an information display device 3 are installed corresponding to a plurality of gaming machines 1 installed in a pachinko hall as a game hall, and two gaming machines 1, a lending device 2, and an information display device 3 is installed correspondingly. The relay device 4 is connected to the gaming machine 1, the lending device 2, and the information display device 3, and is connected to the management device 6 and the like via the LAN 5. The management device 6 is installed, for example, in an office in a game arcade or the like, and receives game signals transmitted from the gaming machine 1, the lending device 2, the information display device 3, and the relay device 4 via the LAN 5, and receives game information. to manage. Although omitted in FIG. 1, several hundred gaming machines 1 are actually managed by the management device 6.

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).
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.
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.
Opening signal and closing signal = output from a door sensor described later. Opening signal 1 pulse when stand open detection (sensor OFF), closing signal 1 pulse when stand close detection (sensor ON). It should be noted that one signal may be used as a status signal indicating that it is being opened.
Unlock signal = output from the lending device 2. One pulse is output to the lending device corresponding to the adjacent gaming machine 1 in accordance with a payout operation to be described later when the adjacent gaming machine 1 is locked (unlock flag = 0) during the test mode. It may also be used as a lending signal or a sales signal.
Payout signal = output from the lending device 2. When the adjacent gaming machine 1 is in the unlocked state (unlocking flag = 1) during the test mode, when a ball is dispensed according to the dispensing operation, a sales signal is sent to the lending device 2 corresponding to the adjacent gaming machine 1 1 pulse for every 25 balls paid out. It may also be used as an unlocking signal or a sales signal. In addition, the payout ball (the number of winning balls) corresponding to the game (winning) is a safe signal, and the payout ball by the lending device 2 is a payout or sales signal.
Lock signal = output from the lending device. When the corresponding gaming machine 1 is locked, one pulse is output to the lending device that is the source of the unlocking and payout signal.
End signal = output from the lending device. 1 pulse output to the lending device that is the source of the unlocking and payout signal according to the error ball determination process in the test mode.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the gaming island shown with the gaming machine 1 opened. The gaming machine 1 is rotatably supported by a shaft (not shown) serving as a fulcrum on the gaming island 7 at the left end in the figure, and a locking device 8 (locking in the present invention) provided at the right end on the back side of the gaming machine 1. Means) is locked to the game island 7 in a closed state. When checking the gaming machine, the left end shaft can be opened as a fulcrum by pulling the right side in the figure to the near side with the locking device 8 unlocked. In this open state, the inside of the game island 7 that has been closed by the gaming machine 1 can be viewed. A door sensor 9 and a replenishing device 10 are disposed at the upper part of the back side of the gaming machine 1 on the gaming island 7, and the door sensor 9 is turned on when the gaming machine 1 is closed, and the back side of the gaming machine 1. The balls can be supplied by paying out the balls from the replenishing device 10 to the replenishing ball receiving port 12 provided on the upper portion of the main control board BOX11. An out BOX 13 is disposed at a lower portion on the back side of the gaming machine 1, and out balls discharged from an out payout opening 14 provided below the main control board BOX 11 when the gaming machine 1 is closed. It is poured into out BOX13. In addition, the out BOX 13 is provided with a counter, and the poured out balls are counted by the counter and then discharged to the game island. Also, the above-mentioned out signal is output according to the count. A glass door 16 is provided in front of the gaming board surface 15 of the gaming machine 1 with the shaft at the left end in the figure as a fulcrum, and the glass door 16 is rotated when the locking device 8 provided in the gaming machine 1 is unlocked. It becomes possible to make it. That is, the gaming machine 1 has two types of open states: a first open state that is an open state that rotates the whole, and a second open state that is an open state that rotates the glass door 16 that is a part of the game machine 1. Is possible.

  A plurality of winning holes 17 are provided on the gaming board surface 15 of the gaming machine 1, and an out opening 18 is provided at the lower part of the gaming board surface 15. The ball can be directly inserted into the mouth 18. Note that not only the out port 18 but also the balls received by the winning port 17 are discharged from the out port 14 as out balls. That is, the out signal is counted for all balls that have been driven into the gaming machine 1.

  The lending device 2 includes an operation lamp 19, a touch panel type display panel 20 for displaying game information, a money insertion port 21, a money return port 22, a dispensing nozzle 23 for dispensing balls, and the like. When the player inserts money into the money insertion slot 21, the number of balls corresponding to the inserted money is paid out from the dispensing nozzle 23 and supplied to the upper ball tray 24 of the gaming machine 1.

  The lending device 2 (lending means, transition means, management means, calculation means, output means, status specifying means, and collation means in the present invention) is connected to the management device 6 and the information display device 3 (present invention) via the relay device 4. Information output means), and various information can be transmitted and received. Moreover, while the opening state of the gaming machine 1 is managed by receiving a signal from the door sensor 9, an unlocking instruction signal or a locking instruction signal (both for the locking device 8 provided in the adjacent gaming machine 1) The switching state referred to in the present invention, both of which may be one signal as the status signal) is output to manage the locking state, and the locking device 8 opens in response to receiving the unlocking instruction signal. While locking, it locks in response to reception of the locking instruction signal.

In the normal mode such as business, the lending device 2 executes lending processing by inserting money into the money insertion slot 21, and out of the gaming machine side, such as holding balls indicated by lending balls + safe-out by a safe signal Manage game information.
Even if a payout operation, which will be described later, is performed in the normal mode during business, the lending balls are not paid out unless a valuable value such as money is received.

  The management device 6 is configured by a computer including a CPU, HDD, ROM, RAM, and the like (not shown), and operates according to a control program stored in the HDD, for example. Based on various game information signals transmitted from each gaming machine 1, each lending device 2, and each information display device 3, game information is totaled for each gaming machine 1 or for each player.

The information display device 3 includes a control unit including a CPU, a storage unit such as a ROM and a RAM, a transmission / reception unit including an interface for transmitting and receiving signals, and the like, and operates according to a control program stored in the storage unit.
The information display device 3 includes an operation unit 25 provided with various buttons, and a game information display unit 26 that displays various types of information. The game information display unit 26 switches the display in accordance with the gaming state of the gaming machine 1. When the gaming machine 1 is in a normal display when the gaming machine 1 is in a normal state, the jackpot number of the day, the cumulative number of boxes, the day / 1 A daily graph showing the change in the number of balls played two days before and two days before, a record number of hits, the highest number of hits, the number of balls played, the number of starts, etc. (all not shown) are displayed.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.
When the employee performs the error ball test after the end of business, the employee instructs the management apparatus 6 the range of the gaming machine ID (standby number) for the error ball test by the test mode start operation. When the management device 6 receives the test mode start operation, the management device 6 outputs test mode signals to the plurality of corresponding lending devices 2 on the island all at once.

  The lending device 2 periodically executes test mode processing in addition to normal processing. In the following, the lending device 2 for which the payout operation is performed in the test mode, that is, the lending device 2 provided on the open side of the corresponding gaming machine 1 is the special payout lending device 2, and the special payout lending device 2 is the payout target. The lending device 2 on the left side, i.e., the lending device 2 provided on the axis (opening shaft) side when the corresponding gaming machine 1 is opened is referred to as a payout lending device 2. Further, the flowchart describes that the lending device 2 can execute both operations as the special payout lending device and the payout lending device.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing test mode processing by the lending device 2. The lending device 2 determines whether or not the test mode signal has been received (A1). If the test mode signal is received (A1: YES), the lending device 2 shifts to the test mode and displays the test mode standby screen on the information display device 3. Is displayed (A2). Thereby, the information display device 3 subject to the test mode is in the test mode as shown in FIG. 3A, and when the test mode is executed, the payout is made to the special payout lending device 2 on the right side. The operation is displayed.

  When the special payout lending device 2 shifts to the test mode, the own stand end flag (corresponding to the own stand) indicating the end state of the own test mode and the end of the test mode of the adjacent stand (the payout lending device 2) Next, the adjacent base end flag (corresponding to the payout target lending device 2) indicating the state and the unlocking flag indicating the unlocking state of the adjacent base (payout target lending device 2) are set to 0 (A3), and the adjacent base end flag is set to 0. (A4). In this case, since the adjacent base end flag is 0 (A4: YES), the adjacent base lending operation processing is executed (A5).

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the neighbor lending operation processing by the lending device 2. The special payout lending device 2 determines whether there is a payout operation (special unlocking operation in the present invention) (B1), whether a lock signal is received (B7), or whether an end signal is received (B9). Yes. When the employee performs a payout operation according to the test mode standby screen of FIG. 3A (the payout nozzle 23 is directed to the management target side as shown in FIG. 2), the special payout lending device 2 has a payout operation. (B1: YES) and confirms whether the unlocking flag is 0 (B2). If it is 0 (B2: YES), since the adjacent platform is locked, the unlock flag is set to 1 (B3), and an unlock signal is transmitted to the payout lending device 2 (B4). That is, it is determined that the special unlocking operation referred to in the present invention has been received. Although FIG. 2 shows a state in which the gaming machine 1 is opened, the gaming machine 1 is closed at this point. Further, the payout nozzle 23 after the payout operation by the employee is automatically returned to the initial position.

The payout target lending device 2 executes the unlocking release signal reception process when the own stand end flag is 0 (A6: YES), that is, in the test mode (A7).
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an unlocking release signal reception process by the lending device 2. The payout target lending device 2 determines whether an unlock signal has been received (C1) or an open signal has been received (C7). When the unlock signal is received from the special payout lending device 2 (C1: YES), the lock device 8 of the corresponding gaming machine 1 (own device) is unlocked (C2), and the test mode screen 1 is displayed. To the information display device 3 (C3). As shown in FIG. 3B, the screen 1 in the test mode indicates that the table is unlocked.

  Since the gaming machine 1 can be opened when the locking device 8 is unlocked, when the employee who has confirmed FIG. 3B opens the gaming machine 1 as shown in FIG. Therefore, the payout target lending device 2 that has received the release signal (C7: YES) instructs the information display device 3 to display the test mode screen 2 (C8). As shown in FIG. 3C, the screen 2 in the test mode indicates that the table is opened.

When the employee opens the gaming machine 1 as shown in FIG. 2, the glass door switch disposed on the back side of the gaming machine 1 for opening the glass door 16 can be operated. In the state where is opened, the above-described payout operation is performed again on the special payout lending apparatus 2.
When the payout operation is performed (B1: YES), the special payout lending device 2 determines that the unlocking flag is 1 (B2: NO) and that the payout is not unlocked, and the loaned ball 1 A unit (125 balls, equivalent to 500 yen worth) is paid out (special payout processing in the present invention) (B5), and a payout signal is sent to the payout lending device 2 (B6).

The payout object lending device 2 executes the error ball update process when the unlocking release signal receiving process is completed as described above.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing error ball update processing by the lending device 2. The lending device 2 determines whether a payout signal has been received (D1), a safe signal has been received (D2), or an out signal has been received (D3). When the special payout lending device 2 pays out one unit of balls, a payout signal indicating the number of payout balls is output from the special payout lending device 2, so that the payout target lending device 2 is a special payout lending device. When a payout signal is received from 2 (D1: YES), 125 payout balls are added (D6). That is, when performing the process as the management means in the test mode, the lending device 2 manages the management target in the normal mode as it is for the out and safe, whereas the payout ball is different from the normal mode. Instead, in the normal mode, the special payout lending device 2 corresponding to the adjacent platform is set as the corresponding lending device, and the processing as the calculation means is executed with the payout ball as the calculation target.

  When the employee performs a payout operation with the payout nozzle 23 directed toward the adjacent platform as described above with respect to the payout object lending device 2, the employee picks up the balls to be paid out from the payout nozzle 23 by hand or a box. , By directly throwing balls into the Out BOX 13 and intentionally generating out balls, or by making a prize at the winning hole 17 of the game board surface 15 and intentionally generating prize balls to reproduce the simulated operating state To do. In this case, the ball that has won the winning opening 17 is discharged from the out payout port 14 on the back side of the game board surface 15, so that the discharged ball is received by hand and inserted into the out BOX 13. The prize balls paid out to the upper ball receiving tray 24 are dropped onto the lower ball receiving tray 27 and then put into the out box 13. In this way, the balls thrown into the out BOX 13 are counted out.

  The payout-target lending device 2 adds a safe when receiving a safe signal from the corresponding gaming machine 1 (D2: YES), adds a safe (D5), and receives an out signal (D3: YES), adds an out (D4) If the screen 3 in the test mode is not displayed due to the first count after the display of the screen 2 in the test mode or the like (D7: YES), the information is displayed so that the screen 3 in the test mode is displayed. The device 3 is instructed (D8). Thereafter, the display of the screen 3 in the test mode is updated in response to the reception of the signal (D9). As shown in FIG. 3 (d), the test mode in-progress screen 3 displays that the platform is open, and the current number of payout balls, the number of safe balls (the number of prize balls), the number of out balls, and the number of remaining balls. The The number of remaining balls represents paid-out balls + safe-out, and all the balls that have been paid out are counted out as a result of comparison between the paid-out balls from the special payout lending device 2 and the game information (out, safe) of the player. In this case, the value is 0.

Next, the special lending device 2 executes a closing signal reception process.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a closing signal reception process by the lending device 2. The special payout lending device 2 determines whether a closing signal has been received (E1). If the closing signal is not received (E1: NO), the process returns and determines whether the timer flag is 1 (A10). In this case, since the timer flag is 0 (A10: NO), the above-mentioned neighbor lending operation processing (A5), unlocking release signal receiving processing (A7), error ball updating processing (A8), closing signal receiving processing ( A9) is repeatedly executed.

  The employee finishes paying and counting the balls, and when the test mode is ended, the gaming machine 1 is brought into a closed state. Then, since the closing signal is output from the door sensor 9, when the payout lending device 2 receives the closing signal (E1: YES), the locking device 8 of the gaming machine 1 is locked (E2), Instructed to display the screen 4 in the test mode in FIG. 3 (e) indicating that (E3), a lock signal is transmitted to the special payout lending device 2 that is the source of the unlocking and payout signal (E4). In preparation for paying out and counting the remaining balls after the gaming machine 1 is closed, the determination timer (30 seconds) is activated (E5), and the timer flag indicating that the determination timer is in operation is set to 1 ( E6). If the own stand end flag is 0 even during the operation of the determination timer, steps A7 to A9 are executed, so that the test mode in-progress screen 3 shown in FIG.

  When the special payout lending device 2 receives the locking signal from the payout target lending device 2 (B7: YES), the special payout lending device 2 sets the unlocking flag to 0 (B8). After this, if there is a payout operation described above (B1: YES), since the unlock flag is 0 (B2: YES), an unlock signal is transmitted to the payout target lending device 2 (B4).

  When the timer flag is 1, that is, when the unlocking signal is received during the operation of the determination timer (C1: YES, C4: YES), the payout target lending device 2 opens the gaming machine 1 to redo the test mode. Since it is necessary to set the state, the operation of the determination timer is stopped (C5) and the timer flag is set to 0 (C6). If the determination timer expires without receiving the unlocking signal (A11: YES), an error ball determination process is performed to end the test mode (A12).

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing error ball determination processing by the lending device 2. The payout target lending device 2 sets the timer flag to 0 (F1), and if the value obtained by adding the payout ball and the safe matches the out (F2: YES), that is, if the number of remaining balls on the display unit 26 is 0, the normal end is completed. The information display device 3 is instructed to display a screen (F4). On the normal end screen, the normal end is displayed as shown in FIG. If more than 0 (F3: YES), the information display device 3 is instructed to display the abnormal end screen 1 (F5). The abnormal end screen 1 displays that the out is insufficient as shown in FIG. If it is less than 0 (F3: NO), the information display device 3 is instructed to display the abnormal end screen 2 (F6). The abnormal end screen 2 displays that “out” has exceeded as shown in FIG. Next, since the test mode is ended, the own stand end flag is set to 1 (F7), and an end signal is transmitted to the special payout lending device 2 that is the source of the unlocking and payout signal (F8).

When the special payout lending device 2 receives the end signal from the payout target lending device 2 (B9: YES), the special payout lending device 2 sets the adjacent stand end flag to 1 (B10).
Here, the payout lending device 2 with its own vehicle end flag set to 1 is special until the adjacent stand end flag becomes 1 (A13: YES), although the processing as the payout target lending device ends (A6: NO). In order to execute the processing as the payout lending device, only the neighbor lending operation processing is performed (A13: NO, A5, A6: NO, A13). On the other hand, although the special payout lending device 2 with the adjacent stand end flag set to 1 finishes the processing as the special payout lending device (A4: NO), the payout target is set until the own stand end flag becomes 1 (F7: YES). In order to execute the process as a lending device, the adjacent station lending operation process is bypassed and other processes are performed (A4: NO, A6: YES, A10, or A11: NO, A4).

  When the own vehicle end flag and the adjacent vehicle end flag are both 1 (A4: NO, A6: NO, A13: YES), the normal mode screen is displayed in the case of normal end determination (displayed in FIG. 2 (f)). In the case of abnormality determination (displays in FIGS. 2G and 2H), the determination result remains displayed. Therefore, when the employee enters the test mode, the game machine 1 is unlocked and opened by the next base lending operation process, and then the ball is paid out, and a part thereof is poured into the out BOX 13 while the rest is used as a prize opening. 17 and the ball dispensed to the upper ball receiving tray 22 in response to the insertion is also poured into the out box 13, and the flow work of closing the gaming machine 1 when all the flow is finished is targeted for the test mode. It is possible to find the gaming machine 1 in which the counting abnormality has occurred by performing all the gaming machines 1 and looking around whether the abnormal termination screen is displayed after the work is completed.

According to such an embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
When testing the error ball, by displaying the comparison result between the payout ball from the lending device 2 of the next stand and the game information of the own stand, the payout ball from the lending device 2 of the next stand was targeted for the test. The payout ball of the lending device 2 that is difficult to receive the payout ball when the game machine 1 of the own machine is opened can be the test target.
In normal mode, balls are paid out on the condition that valuable value such as money is taken into consideration.In test mode, balls can be taken out without taking valuable value as consideration. It can be easily performed.

In the normal mode, for security reasons, the unlocking operation needs to be configured such that the player does not allow the player to operate the unlocking operation. However, since the unlocking operation can be easily performed by a different operation method (payout operation) in the test mode, the test can be easily performed. In this case, since the unlocking operation is combined with the dispensing operation, the operation method can be further simplified.
If it is judged abnormal, the abnormal end screen will be displayed continuously, so if the ball is dispensed and counted, the test will be performed in the flow of the test of the next stand, and the inside of the amusement island will be confirmed by viewing the display screen after the test By doing so, it is possible to grasp which gaming machine 1 has a counting abnormality or the like, and the test time can be greatly shortened.

(Other embodiments)
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be modified or expanded as follows.
Only when the number of remaining balls displayed is normal, the error range may be set by the setting unit of the management device, and normality / abnormality determination may be made based on whether or not the range is within the range.
Although the normality / abnormality determination is performed, the comparison result can be notified only by calculating the number of remaining balls or simply displaying the count information (out, payout balls, etc.) specified by the signal.
Although the safe is the target of the counting information, it may be configured to compare only out and payout balls.

The locking device is not limited to a key shape, but may be a so-called wire lock that restricts opening of the gaming machine by pulling with a wire.
Moreover, although the structure which opens a glass door after opening a game machine was illustrated, an unlocking instruction signal according to a special unlocking operation is set to an unlocked state instead of a locking device (first locking device). It is good also as an unlocked state which makes a glass door openable (half-opened) state instead of unlocking a locking device by outputting with respect to the apparatus (2nd locking device) to perform. In this case, the structure which manages the open / closed state of only a glass door or both of a glass door and a game machine can be illustrated by making the output signal from the open detection sensor of a glass door into management object. According to such a configuration, it becomes a test environment in which the payout ball that has been poured into the out box in this embodiment is thrown into the out port, and the out ball discharged from the out discharge port flows directly into the out box. Therefore, not only the work related to the test is simplified, but also a test in consideration of a counting failure (so-called out spillage) due to the positional relationship between the out discharge port and the out BOX becomes possible. Note that the rotation axis of the glass door is also on the lending device side corresponding to the lending object in the normal mode, and it is difficult to receive balls from the lending device if the glass door of the gaming machine is opened, the same effect as this embodiment Can be expected. Further, as in the present embodiment, the game machine is rotated and tested, and when the result is abnormal, the glass door is opened and closed, the management object of the closing is changed, or the glass door is opened and closed as described above. If the result of the test as an object is abnormal, the secondary test can be performed under a different environment by transferring the management object to the rotation of the gaming machine itself (transfer means). In other words, if it is the former, it will be possible to test out after spilling out in a secondary test, and if it is the latter, it will be possible to test after checking the positional relationship between the out outlet and the out BOX, the control base of the gaming machine, etc. .

Alternatively, only the glass door may be unlocked, the glass door may be opened, and a payout ball or the like may be poured into the out port to perform the out counting.
The payout operation may be performed by an operation such as pressing a lending button. Moreover, although unlocking was performed according to the payout operation, the unlocking operation may be performed separately.
Whether the next base is the right side or the left side depends on the installation state of the gaming machine, and therefore, which gaming machine is to be the next base may be set by the setting unit of the management apparatus. In particular, there is no lending device that is the target for the next game machine located at the end of the game island (the rightmost). May be. Specifically, in the state in which the adjacent game machine end flag is 1, the terminal gaming machine unlocks itself in response to a payout operation, and supplies a supply signal corresponding to the supply of supply balls from the supply device. Instead of, it will be the subject of payout ball addition. Further, the terminal gaming machine may have the next platform as the opposite (right) neighbor and the target of the next platform as a plurality.

The game information (for example, out = 300 balls) necessary for the error ball determination may be set by the setting means, and the test mode corresponding to the error ball determination may not be terminated until the game information is obtained.
When the game machine is closed and the payout of the payout ball or unlocking according to the payout operation is completed, the game information after that is not accepted. If the ball is driven by a handle operation, there is a possibility that the out of the shortage may be eliminated or the normality judgment may be excessive, so that it may be accepted after the end. According to such a configuration, even after the payout from the lending device 2 in the test mode is completed, it is possible to reverse the end determination.

When the test mode for all the range-designated table numbers is completed, the management device sums up the determination results, and the output unit that outputs the output, such as displaying, printing, voice, etc., displays the number of the determined failure. good.
The range of test mode targets can be specified. However, if all units are targets at the start of the test mode, the range specification need not be accepted.
Target gaming machines and slot machines can also be assumed. In this case, the game medium is a medal.
A part or all of the information processing performed by the lending device may be performed by a relay device, a management device, or the like.

  In the drawings, 1 is a gaming machine, 2 is a lending device (lending means, transition means, management means, computing means, information output means, output means, status specifying means, verification means), and 3 is an information display device (information output means). It is.

Claims (4)

In a game hall system in a game hall in which a plurality of gaming machines that can be opened by rotating at least a part are installed,
Provided on the axis side that will be a fulcrum when the gaming machine to be rented is opened, and in the normal mode at the time of business, for the gaming machine to be rented on the condition that the valuable value is considered Lending means for paying out game media;
Transition means for shifting to a test mode in which special payout processing that is processing for paying out game media from the lending means is allowed without being contingent on the value of value;
Based on the gaming signal output from the gaming machine or the counter corresponding to the gaming machine, the gaming information after the test mode transition, including at least indicating the number of balls to be collected Management means for managing game information of the gaming machine to be played,
By locating the gaming machine corresponding to the management means on the open side when being opened, the gaming machine corresponding to the management means is different from the gaming machine to be lent in the normal mode. A calculating means for calculating the number of game media paid out by the special payout process from the lending means as a corresponding lending means;
Information output means for outputting the game information managed by the management means for the corresponding gaming machine and the number of game media calculated by the calculating means for the corresponding lending means;
A game system characterized by comprising: Output means for outputting the switching signal to the locking means for switching from the locked state that does not allow the corresponding gaming machine to be in the opened state by the switching signal from the outside, to the unlocked state that is allowed,
The lending means can accept a special unlocking operation that is not valid in the normal mode, but valid in the test mode,
The output means is located on the open side when the gaming machine corresponding to the locking means that is the output target of the switching signal is in the open state, so that the gaming machine and the game that is the rental target in the normal mode 2. The game system according to claim 1, wherein the switching signal is output when a special unlocking operation in which a lending means different from the machine is enabled is received.   The gaming machine is a gaming machine in which a glass door is provided in front of the gaming board surface as the part, and the glass door can be turned to the open state by rotating the glass door with the shaft as a fulcrum. With this gaming machine, it is possible to directly throw a ball into at least one of a winning port provided on the game board surface and an out port which is a collection port for a shot ball onto the game board surface. The game system according to claim 2, wherein there is a game system. While the corresponding gaming machine is made the same as the management means, the corresponding lending means is used as the lending means located on the open side of the corresponding gaming machine, and the corresponding gaming machine is detected to be closed. A state specifying means for specifying that the corresponding gaming machine is in a closed state by a closing signal indicating that the closed state is output from the detecting means;
According to the closed state specified by the state specifying means, the game information managed by the management means for the corresponding gaming machine and the number of game media calculated by the calculating means for the corresponding lending means have a predetermined relationship. Collating means for collating whether or not there is,
The lending means is in a state where the special payout process is not allowed when the closed state is specified by the corresponding state specifying means,
The management means continues to manage the game information even after the closed state is specified by the corresponding state specifying means,
While the information output means notifies the collation result according to the collation by the collation means, the collation result by the collation means is updated in response to the update of the game information managed by the management means even after the notification. The game system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein when it is updated, the notification of the collation result is updated.

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