JP2011206456A - Game system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game system capable of carrying out a performance based on the quantity of game media acquired in a game.SOLUTION: The game system 7 includes: a Pachinko game machine 2 provided with a game machine main board 53 for instructing the putout number of game balls in response to the establishment of a predetermined putout condition and a putout control board 54 for controlling the putout of the game balls according to the instruction of the game machine main board 53; and a game ball lending device 63 communicably connected to the Pachinko game machine 2 and controlling lending out of game balls on the basis of the value of valuable media. In the game system, the Pachinko game machine 2 outputs data indicating the putout number of the game balls instructed by the game machine main board 53 to the game ball lending device 63, and the game ball lending device 63 includes a touch liquid crystal module 20 provided on the front surface of the Pachinko game machine 2 and a display performance control part 92 for making the touch liquid crystal module 20 carry out a display performance on the basis of the data input from the Pachinko game machine 2.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for performing an effect according to an acquired state of a game medium.

  Gaming machines such as pachinko machines and pachislot machines start playing in response to the insertion of game media, paying out the game media when winning a prize or winning a special prize (hereinafter referred to as “big hit”), An auditory game effect is performed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Also, some gaming machines output a jackpot signal that notifies the occurrence of a jackpot, and based on this signal, the peripheral device performs lamp lighting and voice output in conjunction with the gaming effect of the gaming machine. Some were performed (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2002-113209 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-165568

By the way, the player recognizes the number of game media paid out from the gaming machine, that is, the number of acquired game media as the result of adding up the plurality of games. There has never been a production of numbers. For this reason, the player could not recognize his / her performance other than relying on the number of boxes for storing the acquired game media.
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game system capable of performing an effect based on the number of game media acquired in a game.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention advances a game on condition that a game medium is inserted, and instructs a main board for instructing a payout number of game media in accordance with establishment of a predetermined payout condition, A game machine having a payout control board for controlling payout of the game medium according to the above, a game medium lending device that is communicably connected to the game machine and controls lending of the game medium based on the value of the value medium; In the gaming system, the gaming machine outputs data indicating the number of paid-out gaming media instructed by the main board to the gaming media lending device, and the gaming media lending device is placed on the front of the gaming machine. A display unit provided and a display control unit that causes the display unit to perform a display effect based on data input from the gaming machine.

  According to the present invention, in the gaming system, the display unit includes a touch panel that detects a touch operation on a display screen, and the display control unit plays a game on the display unit based on data input from the output unit. A display effect for displaying an image of the medium is performed, and when a touch operation to the display unit is detected during display of the image of the game medium, the display state of the image of the game medium is changed according to the touch operation. Features.

  In the gaming system, the game medium lending device can communicate with a storage management server for storing storage information for each player and a game result management server for storing a game result for each player. Based on the information stored in the storage management server, information related to the player's storage is displayed on the display unit, and based on the information stored in the gaming result management server, the game machine is playing Information including at least one of a past game result of the player or a total of game results is displayed on the display unit.

  According to the present invention, in the gaming system, the gaming medium renting device is configured to display a gaming result of a player who is playing a game on the gaming machine based on information stored in the gaming result management server. The comparison result compared with the game result is displayed on the display unit.

  According to the present invention, the display effect is performed according to the number of game media to be paid out when the payout condition is satisfied in the gaming machine, so that an effective display effect based on the number of game media acquired in the game is performed, Can be improved. In particular, since the display unit is provided on the front surface of the gaming machine, an effective display effect can be performed at a position where visibility is good for the player who is playing the game.

It is a figure showing the whole game hall system composition concerning an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical structure of a game system. It is a figure which shows the functional structure of a game ball rental apparatus. It is a figure which shows the example of the display screen of the holding ball display effect mode, and operation during display. It is a figure which shows another example of the display screen of the holding ball display effect mode, and operation during display. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a game ball rental apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of service display mode.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a game hall system 1 according to the present embodiment.
The game hall system 1 is a system provided in a game hall where a pachinko machine 2 that uses a game ball as a game medium is installed, and a plurality of pachinko machines 2 and a CR (Card Reader) unit (game medium lending device) 3 The settlement unit 4 and the management computer group 5 are provided, and each of the CR unit 3, the settlement machine 4 and the management computer group 5 is connected to the communication network 6 so as to be communicable with each other.
The pachinko machine 2 is a game machine that uses a game ball as a game medium. This pachinko machine 2 is a so-called CR in which a player purchases a prepaid medium 22 as a value medium or charges cash to the prepaid medium 22 and borrows a game ball at the price of the remaining value of the prepaid medium 22. A gaming machine called a machine, which is connected to the pachinko machine 2 and communicably connected to the pachinko machine 2 and includes the CR unit 3 that reads the prepaid medium 22, and constitutes a gaming system 7. The pachinko machine 2 The game ball can be launched on condition that a predetermined condition is satisfied by communication with the unit 3.

The pachinko machine 2 includes a pachinko machine main body 10 provided with a front glass 9 on the front surface of a game board (gauge board) 8 so that the game area of the game board 8 can be seen through the front glass 9. The game area of the game board 8 includes a starting port 11 and a winning port 12 for obtaining a prize ball when passing the game ball, a normally closed large winning port (so-called attacker) 13, the starting port 11, the winning port 12 and the large A game port (a so-called out ball) that has not won a prize in any of the winning openings 13 is guided from the gaming area to the back side of the gaming board 8 and collected, a number of obstacle nails 15 and a game to the starting opening 11 A gaming machine liquid crystal display 16 is provided as a symbol display unit for variably displaying symbols according to the winning (passing) of the ball.
On the front surface of the pachinko machine body 10, a ball lending button 38 A for lending operation of the game ball, a game end button 38 B for returning the prepaid medium 22 (game end instruction), and a display effect on the liquid crystal display 16 of the gaming machine Various operation buttons such as a push button 38C for performing operation input at times are provided.
A game ball launching handle 17 is provided at the lower right of the pachinko machine main body 10 to launch game balls one by one into the game area of the game board 8 at predetermined time intervals. The pachinko machine 2 performs a lottery winning of a special award when the game ball launched in accordance with the operation of the game ball launch handle 17 passes through the start port 11 and displays a symbol on the game machine liquid crystal display 16 to be described later. It is displayed in a variable manner along with the performance, and the winning lottery result is notified to the player by the stop symbol. At the time of winning, the pachinko machine 2 gives the player the opportunity to increase the number of balls by opening the grand prize opening 13 so that the game ball can easily win.

Here, the pachinko machine 2 is a sealed ball type game machine that encloses a predetermined number (for example, 25) of game balls in the pachinko machine body 10 and circulates and uses these game balls in the pachinko machine body 10. It is configured. Specifically, the pachinko machine 2 launches game balls (so-called safe balls) that have been launched on the game board 8 and won the prize opening 12 or the like and game balls (so-called out balls) collected at the collection opening 14 respectively. 8 has a circulation channel (not shown) that is collected on the back side and recirculates to the launch position. A predetermined number of game balls are enclosed in the circulation channel, and the enclosed game balls are repeated in the game area. It is configured to play a game by firing. In the enclosing ball type pachinko machine 2, it is not necessary to replenish game balls from the outside of the pachinko machine body 10, so a so-called upper plate or upper plate for temporarily storing game balls in front of the pachinko machine body 10. The pachinko machine main body 10 is not provided with a ball catching port for catching a game ball, a discharge port for discharging a prize ball on the upper plate, etc. A touch liquid crystal module 20 is provided under the front glass 9.
The touch liquid crystal module 20 is a display unit that can be touch-operated incorporated in the frame of the pachinko machine main body 10, and functions as an operation unit and a display unit of the CR unit 3 as will be described in detail later.

  In the amusement hall, a plurality of pachinko machines 2 are arranged side by side and attached to the island facility. Conventionally, a ball supply facility for supplying and collecting game balls to and from a gaming machine has been installed inside the island facility, and in order to accommodate facilities for flowing and collecting game balls below the gaming machine, the lower part of the island facility is It was configured to be covered with a decorative panel almost flush with the gaming machine. However, when the pachinko machine 2 which is an enclosed ball type gaming machine is provided, the ball supply facility is unnecessary, and therefore it is not necessary to secure a space for the facility below the island facility. For this reason, as a configuration in which the lower part of the pachinko machine 2 is opened, a space for placing the player's feet under the pachinko machine 2 can be provided. Thereby, for example, a player can play a game while riding on a wheelchair, and an environment where various people can play comfortably can be realized. In addition, since the enclosed ball type gaming machine does not allow the game ball to enter and exit from the outside, there are few openings and noise (flowing sound and collision sound) due to the game ball is difficult to leak to the outside. For this reason, a noise can be reduced compared with the case where the conventional game machine is installed. In addition, the ball supply equipment that flows a large amount of game balls is not used, so the noise of the game balls is greatly reduced. With this noise reduction, the sound production and the volume of the BGM are reduced to reduce the game environment. You can also plan.

  The CR unit 3 is disposed on one side of each pachinko machine 2 and is connected to be communicable with each other. The CR unit 3 is connected to the pachinko machine 2 according to the operation of the ball lending button 38A on condition that the remaining value of the prepaid medium 22 is not zero. A game ball rental instruction signal is output. The remaining value of the prepaid medium 22 is managed by the management computer group 5 (more precisely, the prepaid system management computer 42 described later), and the CR unit 3 lends with the management computer group 5 when the ball lending is completed. A process of reducing the remaining value of the prepaid medium 22 according to the number of balls is performed. The CR unit 3 is a unit of remaining value at the time of ball lending (for example, 100 yen unit, 500 yen unit, etc.) and a lending unit price per game ball (for example, 4 yen / ball, 1 yen / ball, etc.) ) Can be set in advance, and the amusement hall can be set and changed as appropriate according to the business form.

  As the prepaid medium 22, a coin-shaped IC coin 22A with a built-in IC and a card-type member card 22B are used. The membership card 22B is a recording medium that is lent to customers who are registered as members of the amusement store, and the IC coin 22A is a recording medium that is lent to other customers (so-called visitors). Identification information for uniquely identifying the prepaid medium 22 is given, and the identification information and the residual value are associated with each other and managed by the management computer group 5.

The CR unit 3 has a function of issuing a prepaid medium 22 and has a bill insertion slot 39 for inserting bills (for example, bills such as “10,000 yen”, “5,000 yen”, and “2,000 yen”), IC A coin insertion slot 23 for inserting the coin 22A, a coin discharge slot 24 for discharging the IC coin 22A, and a member card insertion slot 25 for inserting the membership card 22B are provided.
When a banknote is inserted into the banknote insertion slot 39, the CR unit 3 communicates with the management computer group 5 and performs a process of assigning a value corresponding to the face value of the banknote to the prepaid medium 22. Specifically, when the membership card 22B is inserted as the prepaid medium 22, the CR unit 3 inputs the identification information of the membership card 22B to the management computer group 5 that manages the remaining value of the membership card 22B. Notify that the amount of value will be given. As a result, the prepaid balance is charged to the member card 22B. When the membership card 22B is not inserted, the CR unit 3 issues a new IC coin 22A and also manages the IC coin 22A with respect to the management computer group 5 that manages the remaining value of the IC coin 22A. Notify that the value for the input amount is added to the identification information. Thereby, IC coin 22A as prepaid medium 22 is newly issued to a player who does not have membership card 22B.

The CR unit 3 displays the remaining value on the touch liquid crystal module 20 while the prepaid medium 22 is inserted, and subtracts and updates the remaining value each time the ball lending is performed by operating the ball lending button 38A. The updated residual value is displayed on the touch liquid crystal module 20. In addition, when the game end button 38B is operated, the CR unit 3 ejects the prepaid medium 22 and transmits the identification information and the residual value of the prepaid medium 22 to the management computer group 5, whereby the CR unit 3 The final residual value of the prepaid medium 22 when discharged from is recorded in the management computer group 5.
The settlement machine 4 is a device that settles the remaining value of the prepaid medium 22. The settlement machine 4 is provided with a coin insertion slot 26 for the IC coin 22A and a card insertion slot 27 for the member card 22B. When the prepaid medium 22 is inserted, the checkout machine 4 inquires the management computer group 5 about the remaining value and pays out an amount corresponding to the remaining value. The settlement machine 4 notifies the management computer group 5 of the completion of the payment of the amount, and the management computer group 5 clears the value recorded as the remaining value of the prepaid medium 22 to complete the settlement.

  In this game hall system 1, a data display 28 is provided for each pachinko machine 2. The data display 28 has a display panel 29 for displaying game information such as the jackpot information of the past business day of the corresponding pachinko machine 2, the number of jackpots of the day, the number of symbol changes from the previous jackpot (number of winning lotteries). Such game information is input from the CR unit 3 and displayed. In addition to the display panel 29, the data display 28 displays a predetermined game state such as a call button 30 for calling the hall staff of the game hall, a big hit state of the pachinko machine 2, a probability variation gaming state, a short-time gaming state, etc. A lamp 31 or the like for notification is provided. The call button 30 is also provided as a touch operation button on the touch liquid crystal module 20 provided in the pachinko machine 2. When the touch operation button is operated, the operation is output from the touch liquid crystal module 20 to the CR unit 3, and a lighting instruction for the lamp 31 is output from the CR unit 3 to the data display 28, and the lamp 31 is turned on. The call information is notified to the management computer group 5 together with the identification information (for example, the machine number) of the pachinko machine 2.

The management computer group 5 includes a hall computer 40, a customer management server 41, a prepaid system management computer 42, a possession management server 43, and a game result management server 46.
The hall computer 40 is a computer that centrally manages game information such as the number of difference balls, error conditions, and number of jackpots in each pachinko machine 2. The game information of the pachinko machine 2 is transmitted from the CR unit 3 via the communication network 6. To acquire and manage.

  The customer management server 41 is a computer that manages the registered customers. The customer's name, age, gender, occupation, mobile phone number, membership number, PIN for service use, identification information of the membership card 22B, customer Manages the number of replayable game media (so-called number of stored balls) stored in the game hall and information related to the game history. When the membership card 22B is inserted, the CR unit 3 displays a personal identification number input screen on the touch liquid crystal module 20 to prompt the input, and the customer management server confirms the validity of the inputted personal identification number and the identification information of the membership card 22B. Ask 41. When these correctness is recognized by the customer management server 41, the CR unit 3 acquires the number of balls from the customer management server 41 and displays it on the touch liquid crystal module 20. Each time the stored unit is used, the CR unit 3 transmits the number of stored balls used to the customer management server 41, whereby the customer management server 41 subtracts and updates the number of stored balls of the customer. Further, when an instruction to change a customer's holding ball into a stored ball is input to the customer management server 41 from a computer or the like installed at a prize counter (not shown), the customer management server 41 adds and updates the number of stored balls of the customer.

The prepaid system management computer 42 is a computer that stores each identification value of the IC coin 22A and the membership card 22B as the prepaid medium 22 in association with the residual value, and manages these residual values. When the prepaid medium 22 is inserted, the CR unit 3 inquires the prepaid system management computer 42 for the residual value corresponding to the identification information of the prepaid medium 22, and displays the residual value obtained by the response on the touch liquid crystal module 20 in frequency. To do.
The remaining value of the prepaid medium 22 is increased by charging at the CR unit 3 and decreased by ball lending, and the prepaid system management computer 42 updates the remaining value according to these charges and ball lending. In other words, when the CR unit 3 charges the prepaid medium 22 with the residual value, the prepaid system management computer 42 acquires the charged residual value together with the identification information, and adds and updates the residual value. When the CR unit 3 makes a ball loan according to the operation of the ball lending button 38A, the prepaid system management computer 42 obtains the compensation value of the ball lending together with the identification information of the prepaid medium 22 and subtracts the residual value. Update.
The payment machine 4 is connected to the prepaid system management computer 42 via the communication network 6, and the payment machine 4 is connected to the payment machine 4 when the payment medium 22 is inserted. The remaining value is inquired to the prepaid system management computer 42, and the payment of the amount according to the remaining value is performed.

  The possession management server 43 is a computer that manages the number of possessions of the player. Specifically, the possession management server 43 acquires and manages the number of possessions of the player from the CR unit 3 through the communication network 6 together with the identification information of the prepaid medium 22 that has been inserted. The player can use the ball for the game only on the day of acquisition, and the CR unit 3 has the number of balls corresponding to the identification information of the prepaid medium 22 when the prepaid medium 22 is inserted. The management server 43 is inquired and the number of possessed balls obtained by the response is displayed on the touch liquid crystal module 20. At this time, the CR unit 3 displays on the touch liquid crystal module 20 a holding ball use button for receiving payout of a game ball using the holding ball, and when the holding ball use button is operated, a predetermined number of balls are displayed. A game ball payout instruction signal is output to the pachinko machine 2 and the number of used balls is transmitted to the ball management server 43 together with the identification information of the prepaid medium 22. When the possessed ball management server 43 obtains the number of used balls, the number of possessed balls of the corresponding prepaid medium 22 is subtracted and updated. Further, the CR unit 3 sends the final number of balls together with the identification information of the prepaid medium 22 to the possession management server 43 when the prepaid medium 22 is discharged, and the number of possessions is sent to the possession management server 43. To be recorded.

The game result management server 46 acquires information about the difference ball from the CR unit 3 and stores it as a game result of the single game after the player ends the game with the pachinko machine 2. That is, when the game is finished in the pachinko machine 2, the game result management server 46 identifies each identification information of the IC coin 22A or the member card 22B used by the player and the model of the pachinko machine 2 connected to the CR unit 3. Name, game start date / time, game end date / time, number of balls lent, number of winning balls, number of out balls, number of foul balls, and number of balls after game are obtained from CR unit 3 to calculate the number of balls Then, it is stored in association with each identification information of the IC coin 22A and the membership card 22B. Here, the CR unit 3 may calculate a difference ball from the number of balls lent, the number of winning balls, the number of out balls, the number of foul balls, and the number of balls held, and may transmit the calculated difference ball number to the game result management server 46. . The game start date / time refers to the date / time when the prepaid medium 22 is inserted into the CR unit 3, and the game end date / time refers to the date / time when the customer is instructed to eject the prepaid medium 22.
The game result management server 46 can perform ranking based on the number of difference balls for each model and each date, and can transmit ranking information to the CR unit 3. In this case, the game result management server 46 extracts and counts only the number of difference balls when the membership card 22B is inserted into the CR unit 3 and ranks it so as to serve only the customer registered as a member. Also good.

  It should be noted that the management computer group 5 may include the other computers described above according to the management purpose, and of course, the functions of several computers or servers may be configured by a single computer or server. is there.

  In this game hall system 1, a player can exchange his possession for a prize or a storage ball. That is, when a player exchanges his / her own ball for a prize or a storage ball at a prize counter (not shown) or the like, the fact that the player has exchanged his / her own ball from the computer of the prize counter together with the identification information of the prepaid medium 22 The exchange is completed when the possession management server 43 subtracts and updates the possession number corresponding to the identification information of the prepaid medium 22. In addition, when exchanging the balls for storage, the number of stored balls is transmitted to the customer management server 41 together with the identification information of the prepaid medium 22, and the number of stored storage is added and updated. In addition, when the membership card 22B with no possession is recorded in the possession management server 43 at the end of the business day of the game hall, the possession management server 43 transfers the record to the customer management server 41, and You may make it transfer automatically by adding a ball to the storage of the membership card 22B which the customer management server 41 manages.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the gaming system 7.
As shown in FIG. 2, the pachinko machine 2 includes a gaming machine main board 53 and a payout control board 54 that are classified as main boards, and an effect sub board 51 and a launch control board 52 that are peripheral boards to the main board. ing. The main board is a board on which a circuit having a function that affects or may affect the winning lottery and the acquisition of the game ball is mounted.
The gaming machine main board 53 is a board provided with a circuit for drawing lottery for prize ball payout instructions and winning special prizes when winning a prize. Specifically, the pachinko machine 2 includes a winning detection sensor 55 that detects a winning of a game ball at each of the start port 11, the winning port 12, and the grand winning port 13, and a detection signal is output to the gaming machine main board 53. The The gaming machine main board 53 is provided with a prize ball number storage unit 53A for each prize opening which stores the number of prize balls in association with each of the start opening 11, the winning opening 12 and the big winning opening 13, and a winning at the winning opening is detected. Each time, a prize ball payout instruction signal for instructing the payout of the number of prize balls corresponding to the winning opening is output to the payout control board 54, and a prize ball notification lamp 56 provided on the game board 8 according to the number of prize balls is provided. Light.

  Further, the gaming machine main board 53 performs a winning lottery of a special prize upon detection of winning at the start port 11 and displays a winning lottery result on a symbol display unit (so-called special symbol display) 59. The symbol display unit 59 is provided on the game board 8 so as to be visually recognized. The symbol display unit 59 includes, for example, a 7-segment indicator and a large number of LED lamps. indicate. In the symbol display section 59, a display symbol indicating the winning lottery result is displayed through a time variation display determined by the gaming machine main board 53 each time. Further, the gaming machine main board 53 designates what kind of effect is to be performed in order to perform the gaming effect according to the winning lottery result by the gaming machine liquid crystal display 16, the sound source, the lamp, and the like, and the variation time ( An effect instruction signal designating a winning lottery result display timing) and the like are output to the effect sub-board 51 together with a jackpot occurrence signal indicating the winning lottery result.

The payout control board 54 manages the payout and launch of game balls. Since the pachinko machine 2 is configured as an enclosed ball type gaming machine as described above, the gaming ball is not thrown from the outside of the pachinko machine 2 during the game, and the gaming ball is actually thrown in. Instead, a game ball that can be launched is inserted on the digital data.
That is, the payout control board 54 includes a gaming machine management launchable ball number storage unit 54A that stores the remaining number of game balls that can be launched by the player (hereinafter referred to as “the number of balls that can be fired”). On condition that the number is not “zero”, a launch permission signal for permitting the launch of the game ball is output to the launch control board 52 described later. When a lending instruction signal is input from the CR unit 3, the payout control board 54 adds the predetermined number of lent balls to the number of balls that can be fired instead of inserting the number of game balls of the predetermined number of lent balls.

In addition, the payout control board 54 has an out-ball detecting sensor 57 for detecting an out-ball collected in the collection port 14 so that the increase / decrease in the number of balls that can be shot can be managed, and a game that has not reached the post-launch game area. Detection signals of a foul ball detection sensor 58 that detects a foul ball that is a sphere and one or a plurality of shot ball detection sensors 64 (one in the illustrated example) that detect a game ball that has been shot are input. The payout control board 54 can be fired every time a prize ball payout instruction signal is received from the gaming machine main board 53, every time a foul ball is detected, or every time one of the rental instruction signals is input from the CR unit 3. The number of balls is added and updated, and the number of balls that can be fired is managed by subtracting and updating the number of balls that can be fired each time the detection signal of the firing ball detection sensor 65 is input (that is, the number of balls the player has), Further, the number of balls that can be fired is always displayed on the ball number display lamp 60 provided on the game board 8.
The outputs of the out ball detection sensor 57 and the foul ball detection sensor 58 may be input to the gaming machine main board 53 and output from the gaming machine main board 53 to the payout control board 54.
The launch control board 52 launches a game ball toward the game area according to the operation of the game ball launch handle 17 on the condition that a launch permission signal is input from the payout control board 54, and A firing state signal indicating whether or not firing is possible is output to the dispensing control board 54.

The production sub-board 51 controls the gaming machine liquid crystal display 16, a sound source (not shown), and a frame lamp based on the production instruction signal of the gaming machine main board 53, and performs a game production according to the winning lottery result. It is a board on which a circuit is mounted, and does not output a signal to the gaming machine main board 53, and its operation does not affect the winning lottery result of the gaming machine main board 53.
The gaming effects will be described by taking the display effects on the gaming machine liquid crystal display 16 as an example. The gaming machine liquid crystal display 16 displays the symbols (also referred to as decorative symbols) in accordance with the symbol variations of the symbol display section 59. When a big hit occurs, a display effect is performed by displaying an image in accordance with the progress of the big hit game. Typical display effects performed between the start of symbol change and the occurrence of a jackpot include a notice effect and a reach effect, and a jackpot effect is performed when a jackpot occurs. The notice effect refers to an effect that is a precursor to reaching a specific state such as reach or jackpot, and the reach effect is an effect that mainly occurs at the stage before the jackpot. For each of the notice effect and the reach effect, a plurality of types of effect patterns are facilitated in advance. For example, in reach production, so-called multiple types of normal reach and multiple types of super reach are facilitated in advance, and any one reach production pattern is used when the reach production is executed. Then, for each of the notice effect and the reach effect, the effect pattern is appropriately selected and combined to alleviate the monotony during the symbol variation.

At this time, the effect pattern used in the notice effect and the reach effect is determined by lottery of the gaming machine main board 53. In each of the effect patterns of the notice effect and the reach effect, an appearance rate is provided at the time of winning or winning a special prize (big hit). For example, by setting the appearance rate of the production pattern to be high at the time of winning and low at the time of winning, the expected value of the jackpot at the time of the production of the production pattern becomes high, and the player has a sense of expectation of the occurrence of the big hit by the production of the production pattern. It is made.
The effect sub-board 51 includes an effect data storage unit 51A for storing image data used for each display effect, and the image data is sent from the effect data storage unit 51A in accordance with the effect instruction signal of the game machine main board 53 and the progress of the effect. The image signals based on the image data are sequentially read out and output to the gaming machine liquid crystal display 16 to be displayed on the gaming machine liquid crystal display 16.

In addition to the above-described members, the pachinko machine 2 includes an external terminal board 61 and a lending device connection board 62 as shown in FIG. 2, and further includes the touch liquid crystal module 20 described above.
The external terminal board 61 includes a jackpot signal indicating occurrence of a jackpot, a symbol stop signal indicating stoppage of the symbol on the symbol display section 59, a prize ball signal indicating the number of winning balls, an out ball signal indicating out ball detection, and a foul ball detection. It is a terminal board for outputting various signals, such as a foul ball signal indicating, to the peripheral device from the pachinko machine 2. For peripheral devices, by acquiring the jackpot signal and the symbol variation stop signal, the jackpot occurrence, the number of jackpot occurrences, the number of symbol variations can be specified, and based on the out ball signal, the foul ball signal, and the prize ball signal The difference ball can be obtained separately from the payout control board 54. In the present embodiment, the external terminal board 61 is connected to the CR unit 3, and the CR unit 3 is held based on the difference ball separately from the gaming machine management launchable ball number storage unit 54 </ b> A of the payout control board 54. I manage the number of balls.

The lending device connection board 62 is a board for connecting to the CR unit 3, and a lending instruction signal from the CR unit 3 to the pachinko machine 2 via the lending apparatus connection board 62 (a payout instruction signal when using the holding balls). And a lending (dispensing) result signal indicating whether or not ball lending / dispensing has been normally completed is input from the pachinko machine 2 to the CR unit 3.
The touch liquid crystal module 20 is controlled by the CR unit 3 and functions as a display unit and an operation unit of the CR unit 3. That is, the CR unit 3 corresponds to the device body of the game ball lending device, and the touch liquid crystal module 20 corresponds to the display unit and the operation unit of the game ball lending device, and the game ball lending device 63 is configured by these.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of the game ball lending device 63.
The CR unit 3 includes a main board 80, a coin R / W 81 for reading / writing the IC coin 22A, a card R / W 82 for reading / writing the membership card 22B, and one-segment broadcasting (one-segment broadcasting: one-segment portion for mobile phones / mobile terminals) Receiving service) and displaying it on the touch liquid crystal module 20, an infrared communication circuit 84 for transmitting and receiving data by infrared communication with an infrared communication compatible device such as a cellular phone, and the pachinko machine 2 A gaming machine side external input / output connection board 85 connected to the side so as to be able to send and receive data, and a hall side external input / output connection board 86 connected to the communication network 6 and the data display 28 so as to be able to send and receive data.

The main board 80 includes a main control general-purpose CPU 87 that centrally controls each part, and controls the reading and writing of data of the IC coin 22A and the membership card 22B, the transmission and reception of data with the management computer group 5 via the communication network 6, and the like. In addition to ball lending control for the pachinko machine 2, the remaining value of the prepaid medium 22, the number of balls that can be replayed and the number of balls that can be replayed (the number of balls stored) are managed.
Specifically, the main control general-purpose CPU 87 includes a cache memory, and using the cache memory, the prepaid residual value storage unit 88, the lending device management possession ball number storage unit 89, the replayable ball number storage unit 90, and the gaming machine It functions as a management remaining ball number storage unit 91, a payable ball number storage unit 93, and a game result storage unit 94.
The prepaid residual value storage unit 88 stores the residual value of the prepaid medium 22, stores the residual value acquired from the prepaid system management computer 42 when the prepaid medium 22 is inserted or issued as an initial value, The residual value is subtracted and updated with the operation, and added and updated with the charging operation.
The lending device management number-of-balls storage unit 89 calculates and stores the number of players' balls (hereinafter referred to as “lending device management number of balls”) based on various signals received by the CR unit 3 from the pachinko machine 2. To do. That is, the CR unit 3 adds the number of balls to be borrowed or the number of balls to be dispensed to the lending device management number of balls for each game ball lending operation, storage ball, and holding ball payout operation, and the lending device is based on the out ball signal. The number of managed balls is subtracted and updated, and the number of managed device balls is further updated based on the foul ball signal and prize ball signal. As shown in FIG. 2, the number of lending device management possessions is displayed on the touch liquid crystal module 20 in real time.

  Also in the pachinko machine 2, as described above, the payout control board 54 counts the number of balls, and this counted value is stored in the gaming machine management launchable ball number storage unit 54A. The number of game machine management remaining balls managed by the pachinko machine 2 is subtracted and updated every time a signal indicating game ball launch is received from the launch control board 52, whereas the lending device management managed by the CR unit 3 Since the number of held balls is subtracted and updated based on the detection signal of the out ball, the subtraction update timing of the lending device management held ball number is later than the number of remaining gaming machine management balls. Therefore, when notifying the ball management server 43 of the number of balls in association with the operation of the game end button 38B, the CR unit 3 obtains the number of balls that can be fired from the pachinko machine 2 and the number of remaining balls managed by the gaming machine. The exact number of balls is recorded by storing the number of balls that can be fired in the storage unit 91 and notifying the ball management server 43 of the number of balls that can be fired. When the game end button 38B is operated, the number of balls that can be fired is also displayed on the touch liquid crystal module 20.

  In addition, in the CR unit 3, a part of the ball can be fired in the pachinko machine 2 every time the ball is paid out of the ball of the player acquired by the CR unit 3 from the ball management server 43. The number of balls that are added to the number of balls and not paid out is stored in the payable ball number storage unit 93 as the number of balls that can be paid out. Each time the operation of paying out the ball is performed, the number of balls managed by the lending apparatus is added, while the number of balls that can be paid out in the payable ball number storage unit 93 is subtracted. As shown in FIG. 2, the number of payable holding balls is displayed on the touch liquid crystal module 20 in real time.

Further, when the prepaid medium 22 is inserted and the game of the pachinko machine 2 is started, the game start date and time is stored in the game result storage unit 94, and thereafter, based on the lending (payout) instruction signal output to the pachinko machine 2. Based on the external output signal of the pachinko machine 2 which is stored in the game result storage unit 94 and input via the external terminal board 61, the number of balls lent out or the number of balls paid out and the number of fouls are The number of balls is stored in the game result storage unit 94. When the game end is instructed by operating the game end button 38B, the game end date and time is stored in the game result storage unit 94. That is, the game result storage unit 94 stores information related to game recording after the player has inserted the prepaid medium 22 and started the game, and this information is updated as needed during the game. The information stored in the game result storage unit 94 is used to identify the IC coin 22A or the membership card 22B that has been inserted into the CR unit 3 during the game when the game end is instructed by operating the game end button 38B. The information is transmitted to the game result management server 46 together with the information.
The game result storage unit 94 may be configured to store only the game start / end date and time and the difference ball. In this case, the main control general-purpose CPU 87 until the game end is instructed after the prepaid medium 22 is inserted. During the game, the difference ball is calculated as needed and stored in the game result storage unit 94, or the number of balls lent out, the number of payout balls, the number of prize balls, the number of out balls and the number of foul balls in the game are stored. The difference ball is calculated in response to the operation of the end button 38B.

  The replayable ball number storage unit 90 stores the number of balls stored by the player, and stores the number of balls acquired from the customer management server 41 as an initial value when the password authentication is normally completed after insertion of the membership card 22B. The number of stored balls is subtracted and updated with the operation of paying out the stored balls. This number of stored balls is displayed as the number of replayable balls on the touch liquid crystal module 20, and the number of stored balls stored in the replayable ball number storage unit 90 is transmitted to the customer management server 41 when the game end button 38B is operated. Recorded.

The CR unit 3 also includes a display effect control unit 92 that controls the display screen of the touch liquid crystal module 20, and the display effect control unit 92 provides information to the player and provides an effect according to the number of balls in the game. When a touch operation is performed on the touch liquid crystal module 20 during display, this operation is detected and a corresponding operation is executed.
As shown in FIG. 3, the touch liquid crystal module 20 includes a liquid crystal display unit 72 including a liquid crystal panel 70 and a touch panel 71, an operation display control board 73 that controls the liquid crystal display part 72, and an effect sub-board 51. And a sub-board I / F 74 that is a connection interface to the CR unit 3 and a CR unit I / F 75 that is a connection interface to the CR unit 3.
Further, the operation display control board 73 includes an operation display control unit 78 that centrally controls the liquid crystal display unit 72, a liquid crystal driving unit 76 that drives the liquid crystal panel 70 according to the control of the operation display control unit 78, and a touch on the touch panel 71. And a touch panel driving unit 77 that detects an operation and outputs the operation to the operation display control unit 78.

  The touch liquid crystal module 20 receives an image display control signal Sg for controlling the display image of the liquid crystal display unit 72 from the CR unit 3 via the CR unit I / F 75. The operation display control unit 78 An image is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 70 based on the image display control signal Sg. The touch operation on the liquid crystal display unit 72 is output from the operation display control unit 78 to the CR unit 3 via the CR unit I / F 75 as a touch operation input signal St, and the touch operation is input to the CR unit 3. That is, the touch liquid crystal module 20 is incorporated in the pachinko machine 2, but its display operation is controlled by the CR unit 3, and the input operation is output to the CR unit 3. And an operation unit.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the game ball lending device 63 has a prepaid residual value, a replayable number of balls, a lending device management number of balls, a payable number of balls, and a launchable number on the liquid crystal display unit 72. As a normal display mode for displaying the number of balls, and an operation mode different from the normal display mode, there are provided a ball display effect mode in which an image imitating an actual game ball is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 72 during the game. . Switching between the information display mode and the holding ball display effect mode is performed in response to a player operation such as a touch operation on the liquid crystal display unit 72.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the display screen 101 displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 72 in the holding ball display effect mode and an operation being displayed.
A large number of game ball images 101A simulating game balls are displayed on the display screen 101 in FIG. The number of game ball images 101A displayed on the display screen 101 is the same as the number of lending device management possession balls stored in the lending device management possession ball number storage unit 89 (FIG. 3), and depends on the number of game ball images 101A. The current number of balls, that is, the number of balls that can be fired by the pachinko machine 2 can be known. Further, in order to cope with the case where the number of owned lending device management balls is large, the number of game ball images 101A displayed on the display screen 101 is set to a certain percentage (for example, 2) with respect to the actual number of held ball management device management balls. The same visual effect can be obtained even if it is 1/10 or 1/10. Furthermore, on the display screen 101, not only the display number of the game ball image 101A may be changed in accordance with the number of owned lending device management balls, but also an effect of changing the display color of the game ball image 101A or the background may be performed. The game ball image 101A may be rendered so as to move in a predetermined operation pattern.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the liquid crystal display unit 72 is positioned below the game board 8 on the front surface of the pachinko machine 2, and this position includes an upper plate or a lower plate in which a non-encapsulated ball game machine stores a ball. Corresponds to position. As described above, the enclosed ball type gaming machine processes the ball as digital data, so even if the ball is increased by paying out the prize ball, the state is only expressed by the numerical value of the ball number indicator lamp 60. is there. In the pachinko machine 2 of the present embodiment, the game ball image 101A is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 72 according to the number of balls, so that the increase in the number of balls due to the winning ball and the decrease in the number of balls due to the out ball. Since it is visually produced, the player can easily know the change of the possession ball, and can perform an enjoyable production such as enjoying the satisfaction by increasing the possession ball.

4A, when the touch operation is performed on the liquid crystal display unit 72 in a state where the game ball image 101A is displayed, the CR unit 3 can perform the touch operation by the function of the display effect control unit 92. The display state of the game ball image 101A is changed so as to follow.
For example, as shown in FIG. 4B, the player's finger F touches a position overlapping one game ball image 101A during display of the display screen 101, and a drag operation (contact state) from the touch position P1 to the position P2 is performed. Display movement control unit 92 changes the display position of game ball image 101A so as to follow this drag operation. Thereby, it is possible to enjoy a display change as if an actual game ball is rolled with a finger. In addition, when the touch operation of the finger F is performed at a position without the game ball image 101A and the drag operation is performed as it is, the display mode may be changed so that the game ball image 101A moves while avoiding the finger. Furthermore, when the speed of the drag operation exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the game ball image 101A continues to move even after the finger F moves away from the surface of the liquid crystal display unit 72, and collides with another game ball image 101A. The display mode may be changed so that a plurality of game ball images 101A can be played by the collision. With these display effects, the presence of the ball is visually emphasized in the pachinko machine 2 which is an enclosed ball type gaming machine, and the interest is enhanced.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another example of an operation during display of the display screen 101 in the holding ball display effect mode.
With the game ball image 101A displayed on the display screen 101 as shown in FIG. 5A, the player's hand H moves in the direction of the arrow while touching so as to stroke a large area of the liquid crystal display unit 72. When the operation is performed, the image of the game ball image 101A is erased by the function of the display effect control unit 92 as shown in FIG. By this operation, as shown in FIG. 5C, buttons 102 for instructing various information display and input appear. By touching these buttons 102, for example, an input screen for changing information related to member registration Instructions for transition to, instructions for paying from the prepaid residual value or paying out from the number of available balls, instructions for ending the game, instructions for temporarily suspending the game for a break, and instructions for displaying various information It becomes possible. In this way, the display of the game ball image 101A can be cleared by a simple operation, and a display overlapping the game ball image 101A can be seen on the display screen 101. In this state, various instructions can be easily input by touching the button 102 displayed on the display screen 101.

In addition, the operations shown in FIGS. 5 (A) and 5 (B) not only clear the display of all the game ball images 101A, but also instruct the processing to add the lending device management ball to the payable ball. It is good also as a structure. In this case, it is possible to instruct addition to the number of payable balls so that the game balls stored on the lower plate are stored in the ball box by an operation of removing the game balls displayed on the display screen 101. .
Here, the operation relating to the display of the game ball image 101A on the display screen 101 and the addition to the number of payable balls will be described with reference to a flowchart.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the game ball lending device 63.
When the prepaid medium 22 is inserted (step S11), the game ball lending device 63 accesses the ball management server 43 from the CR unit 3 based on the identification information of the inserted prepaid medium 22, and acquires the number of balls. (Step S12), the acquired number of balls is stored in the payable ball number storage unit 93 (Step S13).
Here, the CR unit 3 waits until an instruction for lending based on the prepaid residual value or a payout based on the number of available payable balls is instructed by the operation of the use-of-balls button or the button 102 displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 72. (Step S14) When a ball lending or payout is instructed (Step S14; Yes), a ball lending (payout) instruction signal is output to the pachinko machine 2 (Step S15), and the number of lending device management possessions The number of lending device management possessed balls stored in the storage unit 89 is updated (step S16), and the number of game ball images 101A corresponding to the updated number of lending device management retained balls is displayed on the display screen 101 (step S17). .

After that, while the game is executed on the pachinko machine 2, the CR unit 3 stores the number of balls managed by the lending device based on information such as the number of winning balls, the number of out balls and the number of foul balls inputted from the pachinko machine 2. The number of lending device management possessed balls stored in the unit 89 is updated at any time, and the display number and display mode of the game ball image 101A are changed in accordance with the increase / decrease in the number of lending device management retained balls (step S18).
The CR unit 3 detects an operation during the game at any time, and an instruction for paying out based on the prepaid residual value or payout based on the number of available payable balls by operating the use of the holding ball or the button 102 displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 72. Is detected (step S19), and if a ball rental or payout is instructed (step S19; Yes), a ball rental (payout) instruction signal is output to the pachinko machine 2 (step S20), and the lending device The lending device management ball number stored in the managed ball number storage unit 89 is updated (step S21), and the number of game ball images 101A corresponding to the updated lending device management ball number is displayed on the display screen 101. (Step S22), the process proceeds to Step S23. Further, if no ball lending or payout is instructed (step S19; No), the process proceeds to step S23 as it is.

In step S23, the CR unit 3 adds the ball represented by the game ball image 101A, that is, the lending device management ball, to the payable ball by, for example, the operation shown in FIGS. It is determined whether or not an instruction has been made.
Here, when the addition to the payable ball is instructed (step S23; Yes), the CR unit 3 clears the display of the game ball image 101A being displayed on the display screen 101 (step S24), and lending device management The number of balls managed by the lending device stored in the number-of-balls storage unit 89 is subtracted while leaving a predetermined number, and the subtracted number is added to the number of balls available for payout in the number-of-balls-available storage unit 93 (step S25). In this step S25, the pachinko machine 2 is once instructed to settle the number of balls that can be fired in the gaming machine management launchable ball number storage unit 54A, and the number of balls that can be fired is set to zero. By outputting the same number of lending (dispensing) instruction signals as the number of balls, processing is performed to make the number of balls that can be fired in the gaming machine management launchable ball number storage unit 54A the same as the number of borrowed device management balls after subtraction. After the process of step S25, the CR unit 3 proceeds to step S26 and determines whether or not the game end is instructed by the operation of the game end button 38B or the button 102 of the display screen 101. Moreover, also when addition to the payable possession ball is not instruct | indicated (step S23; No), it transfers to step S26.

If the game end is not instructed in step S26, the CR unit 3 returns to step S18 and continues the game.
On the other hand, when an instruction to end the game is given in step S26, the CR unit 3 acquires the number of balls that can be fired from the pachinko machine 2 and stores it in the gaming machine management remaining ball number storage unit 91. The number is compared with the number of lending device management balls in the lending device management number of balls storage unit 89, and if they do not match, the number is corrected according to the number of balls that can be fired acquired from the pachinko machine 2 (step S27). Subsequently, the CR unit 3 calculates the sum of the number of balls by obtaining the sum of the number of balls managed by the lending device management number of balls storage unit 89 and the number of balls that can be paid out by the gaming machine management number of remaining balls storage unit 91. The sum is calculated (step S28), the number of possessed balls is transmitted together with the identification information of the prepaid medium 22 to the possession management server 43, and the number of possessions stored in the possession management server 43 is updated (step S29). The medium 22 is discharged and the present process is terminated.

In this way, the CR unit 3 performs a display effect on the display screen 101 following the increase / decrease in the number of balls in the game, and adds the lending device management number of balls to the payable number of balls before the end of the game. Since the processing can be performed, when a winning ball is added by winning a prize or winning a special prize, and the number of balls is increased, the number of balls that can be fired can be temporarily stored in the number of balls that can be paid out. As a result, when the variation in the number of balls in the game is relatively reduced due to a significant increase in the number of balls owned by the lending device, the display screen 101 is displayed when the change in the display effect according to the number of balls is small. By reducing the number of holding balls displayed, it is possible to enjoy a variety of display effects again. Further, in the above process, the CR unit 3 leaves the part of the lending device managed ball, that is, the number of balls that can be fired, and adds it to the number of balls that can be paid out, so there is no need to perform an operation to instruct lending (payout). The game can continue.
In addition, in step S25 of the operation shown in FIG. 6, the lending device management number of balls may be added to the number of stored balls managed by the customer management server 41, instead of being added to the number of payable balls. Also in this case, when the change in the display effect is reduced with the increase in the number of balls in the same manner as described above, it is possible to apparently reduce the number of balls to be displayed.

The CR unit 3 has a service display mode in which various information is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 72 for the player who is a member, in addition to the normal display mode and the ball display effect mode.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of display screens 110 and 115 displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 72 in the service display mode.
In the display screen 110 shown in FIG. 7A, for the player who is a member, the data of the table in the game, the past game result of the player, the total game result of the player, and the number of accumulated balls are displayed. Buttons 111 are provided for providing information such as information such as the number of rotations of the border of the table in the game and the balance between the players. When these buttons 111 are operated, the CR unit 3 accesses the hall computer 40, the customer management server 41, and the possession management server 43 to acquire information and display it on the liquid crystal display unit 72. Further, as data of the table in the game, data stored in advance by the CR unit 3 may be displayed.

In addition, the display screen 115 shown in FIG. 7B displays rankings that compare results with other players who have played at the game hall for the player who is a member. This ranking is a ranking based on the difference of the day of the player who played on that day, or a cumulative ranking in the past, and the ranking is tabulated by type and date. In addition to the ranking, the model name, the machine number used by the player, the number of balls (difference balls), the user name, etc. are displayed. The displayed order may be, for example, up to 30th, and if the rank of the player is lower than that, it may be displayed that it is out of rank.
When displaying this ranking, the CR unit 3 transmits the result of the player stored in the game result storage unit 94 to the game result management server 46, and the game result management server 46 extracts the game result to be ranked. Let Then, when a ranking based on the game result is created by the game result management server 46, the ranking information is acquired and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 72. The CR unit 3 does not transmit the result of the player stored in the game result storage unit 94 to the game result management server 46, but transmits the membership number of the player who is playing the game to the game result management server 46. When a ranking based on the player's past game results is created, the ranking information may be acquired from the game result management server 46 and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 72.

  Also, the CR unit 3 displays detailed information on the liquid crystal display unit 72 such as the number of shot balls and the number of balls that are being awarded for the pachinko machine 2 in which the player is playing, and displays the displayed information on the player. The number of fired balls and balls in the special prize of the pachinko machine 2 or the number of prize balls acquired by the player is compared with the average value of the same model, and the comparison result is displayed in the liquid crystal. You may display on the display part 72. FIG. Furthermore, the CR unit 3 may count and display in real time the number of balls won by the attacker during the special prize of the pachinko machine 2 based on the jackpot signal or prize ball signal input from the pachinko machine 2, The time may be displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 72.

  Further, a light emitting unit may be provided around the liquid crystal panel 70 of the touch liquid crystal module 20, and an effect by the light emitting unit may be performed together with a display effect by displaying the game ball image 101A. In this configuration, a frame-shaped light emitting surface is provided so as to surround the periphery of the liquid crystal panel 70, and a frame-shaped liquid crystal display panel can be used as the light source in addition to the LED and the organic EL. For example, when the player leaves the table with the prepaid medium 22 remaining in the CR unit 3, the light emitting unit emits a notification so as not to forget the prepaid medium 22, and an event during the game of the pachinko machine 2 When an event occurs, the event may be emitted for notifying the occurrence of this event, or when there is an increase in the number of balls due to a prize ball, an effect may be produced by emitting light. By providing such a light emitting unit, the touch liquid crystal module 20 is provided to provide detailed information to the player, a highly convenient notification function, and an interesting display effect related to the number of holding balls. Can be realized.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
The pachinko machine 2 outputs information indicating the number of prize balls of the game balls instructed by the game machine main board 53 to the game ball rental apparatus 63. The game ball rental apparatus 63 is a touch provided on the front surface of the pachinko machine 2. By including a liquid crystal module 20 and a display effect control unit 92 that causes the touch liquid crystal module 20 to perform a display effect based on information indicating a prize ball input from the pachinko machine 2, and the prize ball is paid out by the pachinko machine 2 When the lending device management possession ball number changes, the display effect is performed using the game ball image 101A on the display screen 101 in accordance with the lending device management possession ball number, so that it is based on the number of game balls acquired by the player through the game. An effective display effect can be performed and the interest can be improved. In particular, the touch liquid crystal module 20 is provided on the front surface of the pachinko machine 2, and this position is a position where the player can easily see, and in a gaming machine that is not a sealed ball type, a position where an upper plate or a lower plate is disposed. Therefore, an effective display effect can be performed by the game ball image 101A simulating a game ball.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the touch liquid crystal module 20 has the touch panel 71 that detects a touch operation on the display screen, and the game ball lending device 63 is based on information indicating the number of prize balls. When the display operation of changing the number and displaying the game ball image 101A on the liquid crystal display unit 72 is performed and the touch operation on the liquid crystal display unit 72 is detected during the display of the game ball image 101A, the touch operation is performed. Since the display state of the game ball image 101A is changed, it is possible to provide a highly entertaining display effect as if the game ball stored in the lower plate is actually operated.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the game ball lending device 63 causes the liquid crystal display unit 72 to display information relating to the player's stored balls based on the information stored in the customer management server 41, and the game result management server 46. Based on the information stored in, information on the past game results of the player who is playing the game on the pachinko machine 2 or the accumulated game results is displayed. In addition, a ranking obtained by comparing the game result of the player with the game result of another player is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 72. With these displays, the player can be provided with information about the player's own achievements by utilizing the liquid crystal display unit 72, and the player's willingness to play can be stimulated and satisfaction can be given to the player who has achieved good results. .

  The above-described embodiment is merely an aspect of the present invention, and can be arbitrarily modified and applied without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the display screen 101, 110, 115 or the like is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 72 during the game. However, while the game is not being performed, for example, the game end button 38B instructs the game end. After that, the display screens 110 and 115 may be displayed to provide information, or when the membership card 22B is inserted into the CR unit 3 without playing any game, the identification information of the membership card 22B is displayed. Display screens 110 and 115 may be displayed based on the above.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, when a large number of prize ball payouts occur continuously such as when a big hit occurs, the number of game machine management remaining balls exceeds each time it exceeds a predetermined number of game balls (for example, 25). The difference ball number may be output from the payout control board 54 to the CR unit 3, and the CR unit 3 may add the difference ball number to the ball and update the lending device management ball number.
That is, in the enclosed ball type pachinko machine 2, the number of enclosed game balls is determined to be a predetermined number (for example, 25) and cannot be replenished from the outside. When this occurs, there may occur a situation where the game ball is not actually fired and only the number of remaining game machine management balls is continuously subtracted. Therefore, the management upper limit value of the number of remaining gaming machine management balls is set to the same level as the number of enclosed game balls, and the portion exceeding the management upper limit value is managed as a possession ball by the CR unit 3. When a clogging occurs, game ball launching is prohibited at the time when the management upper limit launch operation is performed, so the game ball is not actually fired and only the number of remaining game machine management balls continues to be subtracted. Can be prevented. By increasing the frequency at which the number of gaming machine management remaining balls managed by the payout control board 54 shifts to holding balls, a deviation from the number of lending device management holding balls managed by the CR unit 3 can be suppressed.

  In the above-described embodiment, the pachinko machine 2 is illustrated as an example of the gaming machine. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any game machine that performs a winning lottery when a predetermined lottery opportunity is established on condition that a gaming medium is inserted is arbitrary. The present invention can be applied to other gaming machines. Examples of such a gaming machine include a pachislot machine that uses a game medal as a game medium and performs a winning lottery when an operation lever is operated on condition that the game medal is inserted. In this case, the game medium lending device of the present invention is applied to a game medal lending device that lends game medals to pachislot machines.

1 Amusement hall system 2 Pachinko machines (game machines)
3 CR unit (game ball lending device body)
4 payment machine 5 management computer group 7 gaming system 10 pachinko machine body 16 gaming machine liquid crystal display (display)
20 Touch LCD module (display unit)
22 Prepaid media (value media)
22A IC coin 22B Membership card 40 Hall computer 41 Customer management server (Pickup management server)
42 Prepaid System Management Computer 43 Mochitama Management Server 46 Game Result Management Server 51 Production Sub Board 53 Game Machine Main Board 61 External Terminal Board 62 Lending Device Connection Board 63 Game Ball Lending Device (Game Medium Lending Device)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 70 Liquid crystal panel 71 Touch panel 72 Liquid crystal display part 73 Operation display control board 78 Operation display control part 84 Infrared communication circuit 88 Prepaid residual value memory | storage part 89 Lending apparatus management number of balls storage part 90 Replayable ball number storage part 91 Game machine management Remaining ball number storage unit 92 Display effect control unit (display control unit)
93 Game result storage unit 94 Payable ball number storage unit 101, 110, 115 Display screen 101A Game ball image 102, 111 button

Claims (4)

A main board that progresses the game on condition that the game medium is inserted and instructs the payout amount of the game medium according to establishment of a predetermined payout condition, and a payout control board that controls the payout of the game medium according to the instruction of the main board A gaming machine having
A gaming medium lending device that is communicably connected to the gaming machine and controls lending of the gaming medium based on the value of the value medium;
In a gaming system equipped with
The gaming machine outputs data indicating the number of paid-out game media instructed by the main board to the game media lending device,
The gaming medium lending device includes a display unit provided on a front surface of the gaming machine, and a display control unit that causes the display unit to perform a display effect based on data input from the gaming machine. Game system to play. The display unit includes a touch panel that detects a touch operation on the display screen,
The display control unit performs a display effect of displaying an image of a game medium on the display unit based on data input from the output unit, and a touch operation on the display unit is performed while the image of the game medium is displayed. 2. The game system according to claim 1, wherein when detected, the display state of the image of the game medium is changed according to a touch operation. The game medium lending device is communicably connected to a storage management server that stores storage information for each player and a game result management server that stores a game result for each player,
Based on the information stored in the storage management server, information related to the player's storage is displayed on the display unit, and based on the information stored in the gaming result management server, the player playing the game on the gaming machine The game system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein information including at least one of a past game result or a total of game results is displayed on the display unit.   The game medium lending device displays the comparison result obtained by comparing a game result of a player who is playing a game with the gaming machine with a game result of another player based on information stored in the game result management server. The game system according to claim 3, wherein the game system is displayed on a section.

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