JP2011183039A - Prize exchange system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a prize exchange system in which a game parlor can collect the place charge by a simple and rational method from a company providing prizes on a wagon. <P>SOLUTION: In the prize exchange system, when wagon information is input by remote control, a wagon receipt 11 is issued from a counter. At this time, the wagon receipt 11 records the number M3 of acquired game media, the number M4 of prizes based on an exchange unit cost for the wagon service established by a management device, and a wagon mark M6 which shows that the receipt is issued for the wagon service. Accordingly, without providing equipment exclusive for the wagon service, by only altering the program of a conventional prize exchange system, it becomes possible to collect place charge depending on the usage situation of the wagon service. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a prize exchange system that provides merchandise for a game medium.

  In a conventional game store, it is common to carry out a so-called wagon service that provides a game product such as food and drink to a game player for a game medium. Such a wagon service is often operated in such a way that a wagon service company carries out a service in the amusement store by paying a so-called rent to the amusement store, and a system for improving the efficiency of the wagon service is disclosed ( For example, see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2007-190056

  However, in the conventional wagon service operation form, it takes time to pay the above-mentioned place fee from the sales once obtained by cashing, or to pay separately separately at a later date, which is inefficient for both the amusement store and the wagon service company. It was. On the other hand, if a fixed fee is collected for the wagon service, only the fee will be collected even though the wagon service is not used, and the wagon service company may feel unreasonable.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a prize exchange system in which a game shop can collect a place fee from a wagon service company by simple and rational means.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a counting means for counting game media acquired by a game player in a game machine, and a recording medium issuing for issuing a recording medium recording the number of game media counted by the counting means. A prize exchange system in a game store, comprising: means; and a number of prizes calculating means for calculating the number of exchangeable prizes based on the number of game media recorded on the recording medium and the exchange unit price set for each prize. The wagon information input means for inputting to the recording medium issuing means wagon information indicating that the medium is a game medium acquired by a wagon service for providing merchandise to a player for a game medium, and the wagon service Wagon unit price setting means for setting a unit price for exchanging game media obtained as a consideration for the wagon service with a prize. When the wagon information is input by the wagon information input means, the body issuing means issues a wagon recording medium in which the wagon information is recorded, and the prize number calculating means is recorded on the wagon recording medium. The number of exchangeable prizes is calculated based on the number of game media and the exchange unit price set by the wagon unit price setting means.

  The invention described in claim 2 is stored in the wagon information storage means, the number of game media recorded in the wagon recording medium, and the wagon information storage means for storing information on the product provided by the wagon service. Wagon information output means for outputting the wagon information in association with the wagon information.

The invention described in claim 3 is counted by the counting means for counting the game media acquired by the game player in the game machine, the ID information specifying means for specifying the ID information of the player, and the counting means. Saving information storage means for storing the number of game media as saving information associated with the ID information of the player specified by the ID information specifying means, and the number of game media indicated by the saving information stored by the saving information storage means, And a prize number calculating means for calculating the number of prizes that can be exchanged based on the exchange unit price set for each prize,
Wagon ID information specifying means for specifying ID information of a person in charge of a wagon service that provides a product to a player with a game medium as a price, and the game medium acquired by the person in charge of the wagon service as a price for the wagon service is exchanged for a prize. Wagon unit price setting means for setting a replacement unit price when performing, the saving information storage means corresponds to the ID information specified by the wagon ID information specifying means, the number of game media counted by the counting means Can be stored as attached wagon saving information, and the prize number calculating means can exchange prizes based on the number of game media indicated by the wagon saving information and the exchange unit price set by the wagon unit price setting means. It is characterized by calculating a number.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the wagon information is input by the wagon information input means, the recording medium for the wagon is issued. Therefore, the program for the conventional prize exchange system can be executed without providing a dedicated device for the wagon service. By simply changing it, it becomes possible to collect the venue fee according to the usage status of the wagon service, and there is no need for special settlement processing between the wagon service company and the amusement shop, and it is very simple and rational A place fee can be collected.

  According to the invention of claim 2, since the number of game media recorded in the recording medium for the wagon and the wagon information stored in the wagon information storage means are output in association with each other, the usage status of the wagon service can be easily achieved. It is possible to confirm whether or not the wagon service company is appropriately exchanging giveaways.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, even in a game store that introduces a system (so-called storage system) that allows game media to be temporarily stored without exchanging premiums during the day and to exchange premiums at a later date (so-called savings system), Accordingly, it becomes possible to collect the venue fee accordingly, and it is not necessary to perform a special settlement process between the wagon service company and the amusement shop, and the venue fee can be collected very simply and rationally.

The figure which shows schematically the structure of the prize exchange system by one Embodiment of this invention. Figure showing a normal receipt The figure which shows the special prize exchange unit price setting which the management device remembers Figure showing a wagon receipt

A premium exchange system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 schematically shows the overall configuration of the prize exchange system 1. A plurality of gaming machines 2 are installed in the game store, and a lending device 3 is installed corresponding to each gaming machine 2. The gaming machine 2 and the lending device 3 are connected to the management device 5 via the LAN 4. Note that each gaming machine 2 and the lending device 3 may be connected to the LAN 4 via a relay terminal (not shown). In addition, several hundred game machines 2 are installed in the game store.

  The gaming machine 2 is a pachinko machine known as a so-called digipachi, or a pachislot machine known as a so-called slot machine. The pachinko machine as the gaming machine 2 is such that when a player launches a pachinko ball (game medium) on the board and the pachinko ball wins a winning slot, the number of pachinko balls paid out according to the winning or lottery lottery, etc. I do. In this jackpot lottery, symbol variation by so-called special symbols (special symbols) is executed, and a jackpot is generated when the symbol that is stopped and displayed is a jackpot symbol. When a big hit occurs, for example, the big winning opening is opened for 15 rounds, and the player acquires the paid-out pachinko balls. For this reason, as the number of jackpots increases, and as the probability variation and the short time state increase, the player can acquire more balls.

  When a player inserts a medal (corresponding to a game medium) and operates a start lever, the pachislot machine as the gaming machine 2 executes an internal lottery, and then, for example, three reels of a left reel, a middle reel, and a right reel Start rotating. When the player operates the stop button in this state, stop control including so-called pull-in control (slip control) according to the result of the internal lottery (stops each reel with a winning symbol or a lost symbol according to the type of the internal winning combination) Display control). At this time, when the winning symbol is stopped and displayed on the active line, a prize is awarded. For example, when a so-called small role is won, a corresponding number of medals are paid out, or when a bonus role is won, a large number of medals are awarded. A bonus state that can be acquired occurs.

  The lending device 3 is configured as a so-called CR unit including a money insertion slot for inserting money, a card insertion slot for inserting a membership card, and the like. The lending device 3 includes a control unit composed of a CPU, a storage unit composed of a RAM and a ROM, a transmission / reception unit composed of an interface for transmitting and receiving signals, and the lending button is operated by a player with money inserted. Then, the game medium of the payout unit is paid out to the tray of the gaming machine 2. At this time, a signal corresponding to the number of game media paid out is output to the management device 5. Note that an operation lamp indicating an operation state is provided on the upper portion of the lending device 3 and is lit when a malfunction occurs, for example, to notify an employee of a game store.

  From such gaming machine side devices (such as gaming machine 2 and lending device 3), an out signal that can identify the number of inserted media (the number of pachinko balls that have been thrown in or the number of medals that have been thrown in) as the game progresses, Various game signals such as a safe signal that can specify the number of payout media (number of paid-out pachinko balls and medals) and a bonus signal that can specify a bonus state (level output during the bonus state) are output. These game signals are output to the management device 5 via the LAN 4.

  The management device 5 (corresponding to a unit price setting means for wagons, a wagon information storage means, and a wagon information output means) is a control unit comprising a CPU, a storage unit comprising HDD (hard disk device), RAM and ROM (corresponding to a wagon information storage means). ), A transmission / reception unit including an interface for transmitting and receiving signals, an output unit (corresponding to a wagon information output unit) including a monitor 5a and a printer (not shown). The management device 5 is installed in, for example, an office in the game store, and is connected to a device on the gaming machine 2 side via the LAN 4, and transmits and receives information between the gaming machine 2 and the lending device 3. Based on the game signal, game information such as well-known payout rate is tabulated and managed.

  The counter 6 (corresponding to the counting means, the recording medium issuing means, and the wagon information storage means) is a so-called island edge counter provided for each gaming machine island where a plurality of gaming machines 2 are installed. Several are installed. The counter 6 is a touch panel type liquid crystal display unit 6b that displays an entrance 6a for receiving an acquired ball acquired by a game player, various information such as counting information, and an input receiving function for receiving input from an employee. A receipt issuing port 6c for issuing a receipt (equivalent to a storage medium or a recording medium for a wagon) on which information capable of specifying the counted number of game media is printed; and a remote control for receiving an operation signal from a remote control 8 possessed by the employee The light receiving unit 6d is provided.

  The counter 6 includes a control unit composed of a CPU, a storage unit composed of CF (Compact Flash (registered trademark)), RAM and ROM (corresponding to a wagon information storage means), and a transmission / reception unit composed of an interface for transmitting and receiving signals. I have. The counter 6 operates in accordance with, for example, a control program stored in a ROM or the like. When an acquired medium acquired by a player is received from the receiving port 6a, a counting sensor (not shown) provided in the back of the receiving port 6a. When the counting is completed, the number of acquired media and the settlement button are displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 6b, and a receipt is issued from the receipt issuing port 6c when the settlement button is pressed.

  FIG. 2 shows a normal receipt 10 (corresponding to a recording medium) on which a game medium acquired by a player is recorded. The normal receipt 10 includes a game store name M1 (Parlor XXX), an issue time M2 (August 20, 2009, 15:30), the number of game media M3 (10000) acquired by the player, and the number of prizes (400). ), A bar code M5 in which these pieces of information are collectively symbolized is printed (recorded). The number of prizes M4 is the number when one prize is set to 100 yen.

  The counter 6 is configured such that various operations can be input from a remote controller 8 (corresponding to a wagon information input means) carried by an employee of a game shop. The remote controller 8 is provided with a 7-segment display unit and a plurality of buttons, and an employee inputs an arbitrary operation to the counter 6. As the buttons, a numeric keypad for inputting numerical values, a “count wagon” button to be pressed when counting game media of a person in charge of a wagon service, and the like are provided. When the employee counts the game media of the person in charge of the wagon service, the wagon information indicating that the game media is acquired by the wagon service is displayed in the counter 6 as a wagon count signal by pressing the “count wagon” button. Send. At this time, information on the operation content such as the type of the pressed button is displayed on the 7-segment display portion of the remote controller 8. The remote controller 8 here is assumed to be carried by an employee for use in normal business.

  The POS terminal 7 (corresponding to a prize number calculation means and a wagon information storage means) is installed at a prize exchange counter in the amusement store and is operated by an amusement shop employee. The POS terminal 7 reads, for example, a bar code M5 indicating a count value or premium information from a normal receipt 10 submitted by a player with a scanner (not shown), and calculates the number of corresponding prizes (for example, special prizes). The POS terminal 7 includes a display unit 7a composed of a liquid crystal panel having a touch panel on the surface, and an operation panel 7b having various operation keys. The operation panel 7b of the POS terminal 7 has a plurality of giveaway buttons for selecting a plurality of types of giveaways (for example, giveaways that can be exchanged with several tens of balls such as cigarettes and chocolates), or other general giveaways (with a few balls). An edge button for selecting an exchangeable prize) and an exchange button for determining a prize to be exchanged are provided.

  In the amusement store where the prize exchange system 1 having such a configuration is installed, the person in charge of the wagon service waits at the wagon service counter 9 where products such as drinks, snacks or cigarettes are prepared, or a game Going to the customer to place an order, and according to the order, the game medium is offered as a price. The person in charge of the wagon service, for example, at the end of a day's business, counts the acquired game media together with the counter 6 and then exchanges them for special prizes at the POS terminal 7. Special prizes can be cashed by purchasing them at a well-known purchase place.

At this time, in the past, the player exchanged at the exchange unit price of the player and then paid for the place fee, but in the present embodiment, the game medium acquired by the normal game or wagon Special prizes are exchanged at different exchange unit prices depending on whether the game medium is acquired by the service.
FIG. 3A shows special premium exchange unit price settings that are set and stored by the management device 5. The following items are set in this special prize exchange unit price setting.
Game balls = replacement unit price for pachinko machines Game medals = replacement unit price for pachislot machines

  In addition, for the special prize exchange unit price setting, for these “game balls” and “game medals”, “ordinary” which is the exchange unit price for game media acquired by the player by the game, and game media acquired by the wagon service “Wagon” is set as the replacement unit price for. In the case of FIG. 3, for a game medium acquired by a player, one ball is 4 yen (“ordinary” of “game balls”) for a pachinko machine, and one medal is 20 yen (“game medals” for a pachislot machine). "Normal"). On the other hand, for game media acquired by the wagon service, one ball is 3 yen ("Wagon" of "Game Ball") for pachinko machines, and 1 medal is 15 yen ("Game Medal" for pachislot machines) “Wagon”). That is, the wagon unit price = 0.75 × the normal unit price between the wagon unit price, which is the exchange unit price for the game medium acquired by the wagon service, and the normal unit price, which is the exchange unit price for the game medium acquired by the normal game. There is a relationship. The special prize exchange unit price setting is also stored in the counter 6 and the POS terminal 7. When the setting value is changed in the management device 5, the special prize exchange unit price stored in the counter 6 and the POS terminal 7 is stored. Settings are also changed.

  Now, when counting the game media acquired by the wagon service representative through the wagon service, that is, the game media received from the player as a consideration for the product, the employee of the game store uses the remote control 8 to The wagon information indicating the acquired game medium is transmitted to the counter 6. The counter 6 to which the wagon information is input issues a receipt (a wagon receipt 11, which will be described later, corresponding to a wagon recording medium) in which the number of game media acquired by the wagon service is recorded instead of the normal receipt 10. In this case, the wagon receipt 11 can be issued by changing the printing contents by changing the conventional program without replacing the counter 6 anew.

  FIG. 4 shows the wagon receipt 11. In the wagon receipt 11, as with the normal receipt 10 (see FIG. 2), the game store name M1, the issue time M2, the number of game media M3 acquired by the player (10000 balls), the number of prizes (300 balls), and these information Are recorded as a bar code M5. Furthermore, the wagon receipt 11 is recorded with a wagon mark M6 (“◆ wagon ◆” in FIG. 4) indicating that it is a receipt issued to the wagon service. The worker) can visually recognize that the receipt is issued for the wagon service. Of course, since the receipt for the wagon service is also recorded in the barcode M5, an operation different from the normal operation is not required when operating the POS terminal 7.

  The person in charge of the wagon service can obtain sales by the wagon service by exchanging the wagon receipt 11 with a special prize at the POS terminal 7. At this time, the POS terminal 7 exchanges the wagon receipt 11 and the special prize based on the exchange unit price set in the special prize exchange unit price setting shown in FIG. Specifically, when exchanging 10,000 pachinko balls as in the normal receipt 10 shown in FIG. 2 or the wagon receipt 11 shown in FIG. 4, special prizes acquired by the player, the wagon service company and the amusement shop ( Or the amount) is as follows.

Player: 10000 balls x 4 yen = 40000 yen special prize Wagon service company: 10000 balls x 3 yen = 30000 yen special prize Game shop: 10000 balls x 1 yen = 10000 yen Collection In this way, by exchanging the wagon receipt 11 with a special prize based on the replacement unit price for the wagon service at the counter 6 and the POS terminal 7, the wagon service provider will be able to sell sales excluding the place fee. Gold can be earned, and the amusement store can collect the venue fee. In other words, neither the wagon service provider nor the amusement store need to collect and pay for the venue separately.

According to the prize exchange system 1 of the present embodiment described above, the following effects are obtained.
In the prize exchange system 1, the counter 6 issues a wagon receipt 11 instead of the normal receipt 10 when the wagon information is input from the remote controller 8. This wagon receipt 11 records wagon information such as the number of game media acquired by the wagon service, and can be exchanged for special prizes based on the exchange unit price set in the special prize exchange unit price setting (see FIG. 3). Done. At this time, the exchange unit price for the wagon service is set to an amount excluding the amount to be collected as a place fee, and the person in charge of the wagon service simply performs the normal prize exchange using the wagon receipt 11, and the wagon service The acquisition of special prizes corresponding to the sales of the service and the payment of the place fee to the game shop can be processed simultaneously. As a result, the amusement shop side can collect the venue fee only by changing the program of the conventional prize exchange system without providing a dedicated device for the wagon service. Therefore, it is not necessary to perform a special settlement process between the wagon service company and the amusement shop, and the place fee can be collected very easily.

  Since the special prize exchange unit price setting is set for one ball or one medal, the amount collected as a place fee increases or decreases according to the sales of the wagon service, that is, according to the usage status of the wagon service. As a result, the wagon service company does not feel unreasonable, for example, the place fee is collected even though the wagon service is not used, and the place fee can be collected reasonably.

  Since the wagon mark M6 indicating the receipt issued to the wagon service is recorded on the wagon receipt 11, the person in charge at the POS terminal 7 visually confirms that the receipt is issued for the wagon service. Can be easily recognized. In this case, since the receipt for the wagon service is also recorded in the barcode M5, an operation different from the normal operation is not required when operating the POS terminal 7.

(Other embodiments)
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be modified or expanded as follows.
A wagon service management terminal may be installed in the wagon service counter 9, and the order data received from the player may be input and managed. The order data includes information on the product for which the order has been received and the number of game media serving as a price for the product.

The order data input to the wagon service management terminal can be transmitted to the management device 5, and the management device 5 can also manage the order data.
Further, when managing the order data on the management device 5 side, based on the order data and the prize exchange data by the wagon receipt 11, the number of game media as the price of the ordered product and the wagon receipt 11 are used. It is possible to collate with the number of game media exchanged for prizes. In this case, whether or not the wagon service company is exchanging prizes reliably and appropriately by outputting the number of game media recorded in the wagon receipt 11 and the wagon information in association with the output means such as the monitor 5a. Confirmation can be made.

As the unit price for special prizes, the unit price of game balls and game medals is set as shown in FIG. 3 (a), but instead of the unit price setting, special prizes are shown as shown in FIG. 3 (b). One exchange game ball number and one game medal number may be set.
The numerical values such as the exchange unit price shown in the embodiment are examples, and are not limited thereto.

  You may make it introduce | transduce the system (what is called a storage system) which can once save the game media counted with the counter 6 without exchanging prizes on the day, and can exchange prizes at a later date. In the storage system, an account is provided for storing the number of game media for each player, and when the game media is counted, the ID information of the player is specified, and the game media is stored in the account associated with the ID information. The number is stored as saving information, for example, in the management device 5 or a storage means installed outside. Similarly, in this case, when the person in charge of the wagon service company counts the game media, the number of the game media is stored as wagon saving information in association with the ID information of the person in charge of the wagon service. When exchanging premiums for the number of game media, a replacement unit price for the wagon service is applied. Thereby, it is possible to collect a place fee very easily and reasonably.

  In the drawings, 1 is a prize exchange system, 2 is a gaming machine, 5 is a management device (wagon unit price setting means, wagon information storage means, wagon information output means, saving information storage means), and 6 is a counter (counting means, recording) Medium issuing means, wagon information storage means, ID information specifying means, wagon ID information specifying means), 7 is a POS terminal (premium number calculating means, wagon information storage means), and 8 is a remote controller (wagon information input means).

Claims (3)

A counting means for counting game media acquired by a player through a game on a gaming machine;
Recording medium issuing means for issuing a recording medium recording the number of game media counted by the counting means;
In the prize exchange system in a game store, comprising the number of game media recorded on the recording medium and the prize number calculation means for calculating the number of exchangeable prizes based on the exchange unit price set for each prize,
Wagon information input means for inputting to the recording medium issuing means wagon information indicating that the medium is a game medium acquired by a wagon service for providing merchandise to the player with the game medium as a price;
Wagon unit price setting means for setting an exchange unit price when the person in charge of the wagon service exchanges game media acquired as a price for the wagon service with a prize,
The recording medium issuing means, when the wagon information is input by the wagon information input means, issues a wagon recording medium in which the wagon information is recorded,
The prize number calculating means calculates the number of exchangeable prizes based on the number of game media recorded on the wagon recording medium and the exchange unit price set by the wagon unit price setting means. Free gift exchange system. Wagon information storage means for storing information on products provided by the wagon service;
Wagon information output means for outputting the number of game media recorded in the wagon recording medium and wagon information stored in the wagon information storage means in association with each other;
The prize exchange system according to claim 1, further comprising: A counting means for counting game media acquired by a player through a game on a gaming machine;
ID information specifying means for specifying the player's ID information;
Saving information storage means for storing the number of game media counted by the counting means as saving information associated with the ID information of the player specified by the ID information specifying means;
In a game store comprising: a number of prizes calculating means for calculating the number of exchangeable prizes based on the number of game media indicated by the saving information stored by the saving information storage means and the exchange unit price set for each prize. In the prize exchange system,
A wagon ID information specifying means for specifying ID information of a person in charge of a wagon service that provides a product to a player for a game medium;
Wagon unit price setting means for setting an exchange unit price when the person in charge of the wagon service exchanges game media acquired as a price for the wagon service with a prize,
The saving information storage means can store the number of game media counted by the counting means as wagon saving information associated with the ID information specified by the wagon ID information specifying means,
The prize number calculating means calculates the number of exchangeable prizes based on the number of game media indicated by the wagon saving information and the exchange unit price set by the unit price setting means for the wagon. system.

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