JP2011240012A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for easily and reliably transmitting a plurality of signals showing abnormality of a game machine.SOLUTION: The game machine includes: a first sensor for detecting opening and closing of a door provided to the game machine; a first switch for changing setting related to processing about a game; a second switch for referring to the current setting related to processing about the game; a second sensor for detecting charging of game media into the game machine; and a third sensor for detecting pay-out of the game media from the game machine. A signal which is turned on when any of these is detected is transmitted to a hall computer as the signal of a security signal.

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a slot machine or a pachinko machine, and more particularly, to a machine equipped with a concentrated terminal board for transmitting a plurality of types of signals to a hall computer.

  In game halls such as pachinko halls, a plurality of gaming machines are arranged and efficiently accommodated by equipment for gathering gaming machines called island equipment. Pachinko machines (ball game machines) and slot machines (rotating game machines) are known as gaming machines installed in the game hall. The floor of the amusement hall is divided by a plurality of island facilities, and visitors and employees can walk, and sufficient space is secured for the player to play games. In the island facility, related equipment such as a ball lending machine or a medal lending machine is provided adjacent to the gaming machine for the convenience of the player. The gaming machines arranged in the island facility are respectively connected to hall computers that monitor game payout and specific gaming status. The hall computer counts the dividends paid out from the gaming machines and the number of times a specific gaming state is reached for each island facility. As a result, it is possible to roughly grasp the gaming state in which the gaming machine installed on the island facility is changing, and to know whether or not an abnormality has occurred in the gaming machine.

  Each gaming machine or island facility is provided with a centralized terminal board for transmitting a payout from the gaming machine, the number of times a specific gaming state is reached, and an abnormal signal of the gaming machine to the hall computer. Concentrated terminal boards are known, and for example, external concentrated terminal boards sold by the Japan Electric Game Machine Industry Cooperative are well known. The centralized terminal board is a standard product and is equipped with almost the same thing in any manufacturer's game machine or island equipment.

  The concentrated terminal board includes a relay that receives a digital signal from the CPU (main board) of the gaming machine and is driven by the digital signal. The relay contact signal is sent to the hall computer. For example, since the central terminal board includes seven relays, a maximum of seven types of signals can be relayed and sent from the gaming machine to the hall computer. The relay only performs a simple operation of turning on / off according to L / H of the digital signal, and does not handle a complicated signal (that is, a large amount of information) such as a pulse signal. Since there are few types of signals sent from the gaming machine to the hall computer and the signals do not frequently repeat L / H (on / off), relays are used.

  By the way, in addition to the above seven types of signals, it has been proposed to transmit a signal indicating an abnormality of the gaming machine to the hall computer.

JP 2008-188142 A JP 2009-268650 A JP 2009-247387 A

  In the said patent document, information was transmitted by the frequency | count of transmission (number of times of ON / OFF of a relay). However, with this method, information may not be transmitted correctly to facilities such as hall computers. Therefore, it has been required to transmit information easily and reliably.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method capable of easily and reliably transmitting a signal indicating an abnormality of a gaming machine.

The present invention includes a processing unit that performs processing related to a game, a central terminal board that includes a relay driven by an output signal of the processing unit, a first sensor that detects opening and closing of a door provided in the gaming machine, A first switch for changing a setting relating to a process relating to a game, a second switch for referring to a current setting relating to the process relating to the game, a second sensor for detecting an insertion of a game medium into the gaming machine, and In a gaming machine comprising two or more of the third sensors that detect payout of gaming media from the gaming machine,
The processor is
A door opening signal indicating occurrence or release of the door based on the output of the first sensor, a setting change signal indicating occurrence of the setting change or cancellation thereof based on the output of the first switch, the second switch A setting reference signal indicating the occurrence of the reference of the setting based on the output of the game or the cancellation thereof, a game medium input error signal indicating the occurrence of the error related to the insertion of the game medium based on the output of the second sensor or the cancellation thereof, and Monitors two or more status signals corresponding to a sensor or switch of the gaming machine from among the gaming medium payout error signals indicating the occurrence or cancellation of an error related to the gaming medium payout based on the output of the third sensor. And
When it is determined that at least one of the status signals has changed, it is determined whether the status corresponding to the status signal has occurred or has been canceled,
When it is determined that the state has occurred, a signal of a predetermined security signal is transmitted to the outside through the concentrated terminal board,
When it is determined that the state has been released, the transmission of the security signal is continued when a state corresponding to the other state signal has occurred, and the transmission of the security signal is stopped otherwise. is there.
For example, the signal of the security signal is the opening of the door based on the output of the first sensor, the change of the setting based on the output of the first switch, the reference of the setting based on the output of the second switch, the first It is an on / off signal indicating that either an error related to the insertion of the game medium based on the output of two sensors or an error related to the payout of the game medium based on the output of the third sensor has occurred.

The present invention relates to a processing unit that performs processing relating to a game, a concentrated terminal board including a relay driven by an output signal of the processing unit, and a plurality of sensors for monitoring a plurality of states having different generation conditions and release conditions Or in a gaming machine comprising a switch,
The processor is
Monitoring the plurality of states based on signals from the plurality of sensors or switches;
When determining that at least one of the plurality of states has changed, determine whether the state has occurred or has been canceled,
When it is determined that the state has occurred, a signal of a predetermined security signal is transmitted to the outside through the concentrated terminal board,
When it is determined that the state has been released, the transmission of the security signal is continued if another state has occurred, and the transmission of the security signal is stopped otherwise.
Furthermore, a display device is provided,
The processing unit may perform display corresponding to the state on the display unit when the state occurs.

  According to the present invention, a plurality of security signals can be transmitted to the outside easily and reliably by synthesizing and outputting the plurality of security signals to the outside through the concentrated terminal board.

It is a front view of the slot machine which shows the state which closed the front door. It is a front view of the slot machine which shows the state which opened the front door 180 degree | times. It is a block diagram of a slot machine. It is a block diagram of a concentration terminal board. It is a list of the concentrated terminal board signal and signal transmission opportunity which concern on embodiment of invention. It is a timing chart of fraud information (security signal) concerning an embodiment of the invention. It is a block diagram of the process part which concerns on embodiment of invention.

  FIG. 1 is a front view of the slot machine with the front door closed, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the slot machine with the front door opened 180 degrees.

  1 and 2, reference numeral 100 denotes a slot machine. As shown in FIG. 1, the slot machine 100 can be opened and closed by a hinge or the like on the slot machine main body 120 and one side of the front surface of the slot machine main body 120. And a front door 130 attached thereto. As shown in FIG. 1, a game display unit 131 is provided substantially in the center of the front door 130, and a medal insertion slot 132 for a player to insert medals is provided at the lower right corner of the game display unit 131. Provided below the medal insertion slot 132 is a reject button 133 for forcibly discharging a clogged medal inserted from the medal insertion slot 132 to the outside of the slot machine 100.

  In addition, a start switch 134 for starting a game is provided at the lower left of the game display unit 131, and three stop switches 140 are provided corresponding to the three reels. A medal payout port 135 is provided at the center of the lower end of the front door. A liquid crystal display device LCD is provided on the right side of the game display unit 131.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the slot machine main body 120 is fixed to the inner bottom surface, stores a plurality of medals therein, and stores the stored medals at a payout port 135 provided on the front surface of the front door 130. A hopper device 121 for paying out the sheets one by one is installed. An upper portion of the hopper device 121 is provided with a hopper tank 122 that opens upward and stores a plurality of medals therein. Inside the slot machine main body 120, a reel unit 203 including three rotating reels is installed at a position where the game display unit 131 comes when the front door 130 is closed. The game display unit 131 is provided with an opening through which a player can see the symbols of each rotating reel of the reel unit 203. A power supply unit 205 is provided between the upper hopper unit 121 and the reel unit 203.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the medal (coin) selector 1 is attached to the back side of the front door 130 on the back side of the medal slot 132 provided on the front surface of the front door 130. This medal selector 1 rolls the medal toward the hopper device 121 while detecting the passage of the medal inserted from the medal insertion slot 132, and has a different diameter medal or iron or iron whose outer diameter is different from the predetermined dimension. This is an apparatus for selecting and removing illegal medals made of an alloy and selecting and eliminating a predetermined number or more of medals that can be inserted per game.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a lead-out path 136 that covers the lower side and communicates with the payout port 135 of the front door 130 is provided below the medal selector 1. The medals distributed by the medal selector 1 are returned to the player from the payout port 135 via the derivation path 136.

FIG. 3 shows a functional block diagram of the slot machine 100 according to the embodiment of the invention.
In this figure, the display about the power supply system is omitted. The slot machine 100 includes a main substrate (processing unit) 10 and a sub substrate 20 that operates in response to a command from the main substrate (processing unit) 10 as main processing devices. At least the main substrate 10 is accommodated inside the case so that it cannot be contacted from the outside, and is sealed so that traces remain when these substrates are removed.

  The main board 10 is for performing an internal lottery in response to a player's operation, and processing such as reel rotation / stop and medal payout. The main board 10 includes a CPU that performs a control operation according to a preset program, a ROM that is a storage unit that stores the program, and a RAM that temporarily stores processing results and the like.

  The sub board 20 is for receiving a command signal from the main board 10 and notifying the result of the internal lottery and performing various effects. The sub-board 20 includes a CPU that performs a control operation in accordance with a preset program corresponding to the command signal, a ROM that is a storage unit that stores the program, and a RAM that temporarily stores processing results and the like. Only one command flows from the main board 10 to the sub board 20, and conversely, no command is issued from the sub board 20 to the main board 10.

  The main board 10 counts the start switch 134, the stop button 140, the reel unit (including the reel driving device) 203, the reel position detection circuit 71, the hopper driving unit 80, the hopper 81, and the number of medals paid out from the hopper 81. For this purpose, a medal detection unit 82 (which constitutes the hopper device 121 described above) is connected. A peripheral substrate (local substrate) such as a liquid crystal control substrate 200 for controlling the liquid crystal display device, a speaker 201 and an LED substrate 202 is connected to the sub substrate 20.

  The main board 10 further includes medal sensors S1 and S2 of the medal selector 1, a door opening / closing detection sensor GS, a setting change switch SW1 for changing the setting value, and a setting reference switch SW2 for displaying the current setting value. It is connected.

  The medal selector 1 is provided with medal sensors S1 and S2 for counting medals. The medal sensors S1 and S2 are provided on the downstream side (near the exit) of a medal passage (not shown) provided in the medal selector 1 (the upstream side of the medal passage communicates with the medal slot 132). The two medal sensors S1 and S2 are arranged side by side at a predetermined interval along the medal traveling direction. The medal sensors S1 and S2 are, for example, photointerrupters that have a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion that face each other, are formed in a U-shaped cross section, and are positioned so that the detection optical axis faces the medal passage from above. . Each photo interrupter detects the passage of a medal sent without being blocked on the way. The reason why two photo interrupters are adjacent is not only to detect the number of medals but also to monitor whether or not the passage of medals is normal. That is, by providing two photo interrupters adjacent to each other, it is possible to detect the passing speed and passing direction of medals, thereby detecting not only the number of medals but also an illegal act moving in the reverse direction.

  The gaming machine of FIG. 3 includes a door opening / closing detection sensor GS. The door open / close detection sensor GS is a sensor that detects that the door 130 is closed, and is an electrical switch such as a micro switch or a contact. When the door 130 is closed, the switch is turned on (or off) when the switch action part contacts the back side of the door 130, and when the door 130 is opened, the action part is separated and turned off (or on). ). The door opening / closing detection sensor GS may be an optical sensor such as a photo interrupter.

  The gaming machine of FIG. 3 includes a setting change switch SW1 for changing the setting value and a setting reference switch SW2 for displaying the current setting value. Note that the switches SW1 and SW2 may be realized by a single switch (for example, a key switch). In this case, the difference in function between the two is achieved by the presence or absence of a combination with another switch (for example, a setting switch (not shown)).

  A brief description of the set value is added. The slot machine basically pays out medals as prizes when the patterns are complete. Whether or not the patterns are complete depends on the result of a lottery by an internal computer. Also, various prizes such as a big bonus (BB), regular bonus (RB), and small role follow the result of the lottery by the internal computer. The content of the lottery process (internal operation) can be changed within a predetermined range, and the setting work is performed by the store in a hall where a gaming machine is installed.

  A normal slot machine is previously provided with a plurality of lottery tables having different lottery probabilities such as BB, RB, and small roles. In the slot machine lottery, one of the plurality of lottery tables is set, and the winning / losing determination by lottery is made based on the set lottery table. Changing the setting relating to which of a plurality of lottery tables is used is referred to as setting change. A numerical value for designating the lottery table is a set value. In other words, the setting change is to change the setting value to a desired numerical value.

  In a gaming machine such as a slot machine, when changing a setting value (usually 1 to 6), the door of the gaming machine is opened and a setting key is inserted into a setting key switch (not shown) provided in the power supply unit 205. Each time the key switch is turned on, the gaming machine is turned on so that the setting can be changed, and each time the setting change switch (not shown) is pressed once, it is displayed on a 7-segment display or the like. The set value is incremented to cyclically change the values from 1 to 6, and the desired set value is determined by operating the start switch 134 when the desired set value is displayed on the display.

  The setting key switch and the setting switch correspond to the setting change switch SW1. Since the setting value is displayed on the display by turning on the setting key switch, the setting key switch corresponds to the setting reference switch SW2.

  The main board 10 is connected to a concentrated terminal board 30 that relays signals from the main board 10 and sends them to a hall computer (not shown). The concentrated terminal board 30 will be further described later.

  The outputs of the medal detection unit 82, the door open / close detection sensor GS, the medal sensors S1 and S2, the setting change switch SW1, and the setting reference switch SW2 are input to the main board 10. Upon receiving these outputs, the main board 10 sends a predetermined signal (details will be described later) to the hall computer (not shown) through the concentrated terminal board 30.

  Although not shown in FIG. 3, the liquid crystal display substrate LCD shown in FIG. 1 is connected to the liquid crystal control board 200.

  As described above, the main board 10 and the sub board 20 are configured around the CPU and include a ROM, a RAM, an I / O, and the like. The CPU receives a player's operation and reads a program stored in the ROM to perform a predetermined operation. Specifically, the rotation and stop of the three rotating reels built in the reel unit 203 are controlled based on the operation of the start switch 134 and the stop button 140, and the display of lamps, speakers, and the like are controlled. Temporary data necessary for the operation of the CPU is RAM (generally RAM is a volatile memory, and data is lost in principle when the power is turned off. There is a case where a power source is prepared. In this case, data is not lost even if the power source is cut off). The CPU performs a predetermined operation in accordance with a program recorded in the ROM, records temporary data necessary for processing in the RAM, and reads out and refers to the recorded data as necessary.

  A player who wants to enjoy a game with a slot machine can first borrow a medal as a game medium from a medal lending machine (not shown) or the like, and insert a medal directly into the medal slot 132 of the medal slot device. The start switch 134 is a lever positioned obliquely below the rotary reel, and starts driving the reel unit 203 on condition that a game medal is inserted. The drive of the reel unit 203 is stopped by a stop button 140. The reel unit 203 is composed of three rotating reels. Each rotating reel includes a rotating drum made of a synthetic resin and a tape-like reel tape attached around the rotating drum. A plurality of (for example, 21) symbols are displayed on the outer peripheral surface of the reel tape.

  FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of the concentrated terminal board 30. FIG. 4 shows a standard concentrated terminal board 30. The concentrated terminal board 30 relays a medal insertion signal, a medal payout signal, a big hit signal, a small hit signal, and the like outputted from the gaming machine main body side and sends them to the hall computer. The concentrated terminal board 30 is manufactured based on a unified standard, so that it can be used without changing the electrical wiring of the island facility even when the gaming machine is replaced in the hall. The external concentrated terminal board sold by the Japan Electric Pachislot and Pachinko Cooperative Association is well known.

  31 is an input connector for receiving a signal from the main board 10, 32 is a relay coil driven by the signal from the main board 10, 33 is a contact point turned on and off by the relay coil 32, and 34 is an output for sending an on / off signal to the hall computer. It is a connector. The relay coil 32 and its contact 33 constitute a relay. 4 includes a total of seven relays. These are distinguished by attaching -1 to -7 to the reference numerals. One terminals of the contacts 33-1 to 33-7 are all connected to a common terminal (terminal 6 of the output connector 34), and the other terminals are connected to separate terminals of the output connector 34. The terminal 6 becomes a common terminal (common), and the on / off of each contact 33 means the presence or absence of conduction between any one of the terminals 1 to 5, 6 and 8 of the output connector 34 and the terminal 6 when viewed from the hall computer. The input connector includes a ground terminal, but the display thereof is omitted in FIG.

  For example, when a medal insertion signal (L level) is received from the main board 10 to the terminal 1 of the input connector 31, the relay coil 32-1 generates a magnetic force by the signal and pulls the contact 33-1 to turn on the contact. become. Therefore, the terminal 1 and the terminal 6 of the output connector 34 are conducted. By detecting this with a hall computer, it can be determined that a medal has been inserted.

  In FIG. 4, the output of the contact 33 that is turned on when the relay coil 32 is driven is sent to the hall computer. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the output of the contact 33 that is turned off is sent. You may be made to do. The hall computer can receive either an ON or OFF signal of the relay contact.

  FIG. 5 shows a list of signals transmitted to the hall computer through the concentrated terminal board. FIG. 4A is a list of signals assigned to the terminals 1 to 7 of the input connector 31 shown in FIG. Since the medal insertion signal to the external signal output 4 are the same as the conventional ones, their explanation is omitted. The external signal output 5 transmits a security signal, and the format thereof is an on / off signal similar to the medal insertion signal to the external signal output 4.

  FIG. 5B is a list of the external signal output 5, that is, the contents of the security signal and the transmission trigger. In this example, as a security signal, a door opening signal (the door is a door 130, “door” and “door” are used in the same meaning in the following description), setting change information, throwing error information (E-1 ) And payout error information (E-4). E-1 and E-4 are error codes. The setting change information includes setting change and setting reference. The setting change indicates that the gaming machine is in a mode for changing the setting value, and the setting reference indicates that the gaming machine is in a mode for displaying the current setting value.

The door opening signal, the setting change information, the insertion error information, and the payout error information each define the generation timing and the release timing. For example, the door opening information is generated when the door opening / closing detection sensor GS detects the door opening, and is released when the door opening is detected. The security signal (sometimes referred to as “illegal information”) in FIG. 5A is turned on (detection, transmission start) when any of the door opening signal, setting change information, insertion error information, and payout error information occurs. When the door opening signal, setting change information, input error information, and payout error information are all released, the signal is turned off (non-detection, transmission stopped).
When the security signal is output, the type of the security signal detected on the display device (for example, a liquid crystal display device or a 7-segment display) is displayed at the same time. For example, “E-1” is displayed in the case of insertion error information, and “E-2” is displayed in the case of payout error information. In the case of door opening information, “E-7” is displayed. In the case of setting change start and setting change reference start, a display indicating the state such as “setting change start” and “setting change reference start” is displayed. The display and deletion of the security signal on the display device are synchronized with the detection value timing and the release timing of each security signal, respectively.
By performing the above display on the display device, it is possible to know the specific type of error in the gaming machine. Although it is possible to monitor the gaming machine with the hall computer by the security signal, it is not known what kind of error has actually occurred. Therefore, by making the hall clerk go to the gaming machine, the type of error can be easily known.

  Taking the timing chart of FIG. 6 as an example, at time t1, the security signal is turned on by detecting any of the door opening signal, setting change information, insertion error information, or payout error information, and at time t2. The security signal is turned off when all of the door opening signal, setting change information, insertion error information, and payout error information are not detected.

  FIG. 7A is a block diagram of a processing unit that generates a security signal according to the embodiment of the invention. The processing unit shown in the figure is provided on the main board 10 (for example, realized by the CPU of the main board executing a program stored in advance in the ROM).

  10A is a door opening information generation unit that generates door opening information based on a signal from the door opening / closing detection sensor GS. The door opening information generation unit 10A generates door opening information when, for example, a signal indicating the door opening of the door opening / closing detection sensor GS is continued for a predetermined time (for example, 50 ms or more), and a reset switch (not shown) Cancel when is released.

  A setting key information generation unit 10B generates setting key information based on signals from the setting change switch SW1 and the setting reference switch SW2. The setting key information generation unit 10B generates setting key information at the start of setting value switching using the setting change switch SW1 or at the start of setting value confirmation using the setting reference switch SW2, and at the end of setting value switching or setting. Cancel at the end of value confirmation.

An illegal insertion information generation unit 10C generates illegal insertion information (insertion error information) of medals based on signals from the medal sensors S1 and S2. The illegal insertion information generation unit 10C generates illegal insertion information when a game medal backflow error is detected, when a medal retention error is detected, or when a game medal retention error is detected while a medal blocker is not shown, and when the game medal backflow error is canceled or Canceled when the game medal retention error is canceled.
A game medal backflow error occurs when it is detected that a medal has passed in the reverse direction in a state where the medal blocker is open (a medal insertion is accepted).
The medal retention error occurs when the medal sensor continues to be detected for a predetermined time or longer (eg, 131 ms or longer) with the medal blocker opened.
The game medal staying error while the medal blocker is closed occurs when the medal blocker is closed and when the medal sensor detects a predetermined time (for example, 269 ms or more) after the closing.
These errors are canceled by operating a reset switch (not shown).

  10D is an unauthorized payout information generation unit that generates unauthorized payout information (payout error information) based on a signal from the medal detector 82. The illegal payout information generation unit 10D detects an abnormality by the medal detection unit 82 (for example, when the medal detection unit 82 detects a payout of a specified number or more, or when the detection state continues for a predetermined time, or when a medal is paid out) When the medal detection unit detects a medal payout when the medal is not in the middle), the illegal payout information is generated, and is released when the abnormality is released. Since the abnormality detection by the medal detection unit 82 is known, detailed description thereof is omitted.

  Reference numeral 10E denotes an unauthorized information combining unit that combines the outputs of 10A to 10D to generate a security signal and send it to the concentrated terminal board 30.

  When the unauthorized information composition unit 10E determines that at least one of the outputs 10A to 10D has changed, which of the security signals (door opening information, setting key information, unauthorized input information, unauthorized payment information) has occurred When it is determined that it has been released, and when it is determined that it has occurred, the door opening information, the setting key information, the unauthorized input information, and the unauthorized payment information are transmitted to the outside through the centralized terminal board 30 through the centralized terminal board 30. . That is, the relay 32-7 of the concentrated terminal board 30 is turned on.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the security signal has been released, the transmission of the summarized security signal is continued if another security signal is generated, and the transmission of the summarized security signal is stopped otherwise.

  FIG. 7B is an internal block diagram of the unauthorized information composition unit 10E. The illegal information composition unit 10E obtains a logical sum of the registers (flags) RA to RD set / reset by the outputs 10A to 10D and the registers (flags) RA to RD ( OR gate). The relay 32-7 of the concentrated terminal board 30 is driven by the output of the gate (OR gate).

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of security signals are synthesized by the synthesizing unit, and the output is output to the outside through the concentrated terminal board, so that the plurality of security signals can be easily and reliably externally output. Can be sent to. Compared with the method of transmitting a security signal by a pulse, the processing on the receiving side is simplified, and the effort for creating a program for that can be reduced.
In the prior art, it was possible to identify the type of security signal with a hall computer by means of a pulse signal, but even in this case it is necessary to go to the gaming machine in order to confirm the specific illegal state and release the security signal, Eventually, monitoring by the hall computer was not enough, and it was necessary to dispatch hall clerk. According to the embodiment of the present invention, the security signal can be transmitted reliably, and the subsequent effort is not different from the case of the prior art.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the invention described in the claims, and these are also included in the scope of the present invention. Needless to say.

10 Main board (processing section)
10A Door opening information generation unit 10B Setting key information generation unit 10C Unauthorized input information generation unit 10D Unauthorized payout information generation unit 10E Unauthorized information composition unit 30 Concentrated terminal version 82 Medal detection unit (third sensor)
GS Door open / close detection sensor (first sensor)
S1, S2 Medal sensor (second sensor)
SW1 Setting change switch (first switch)
SW2 setting reference switch (second switch)

Claims (4)

For processing related to a game, a processing terminal that includes a relay that is driven by an output signal of the processing unit, a first sensor that detects opening and closing of a door provided in the gaming machine, and processing related to the game A first switch for changing the setting, a second switch for referring to a current setting relating to the processing relating to the game, a second sensor for detecting the insertion of a game medium into the gaming machine, and a gaming machine In a gaming machine comprising two or more of the third sensors that detect payout of gaming media,
The processor is
A door opening signal indicating occurrence or release of the door based on the output of the first sensor, a setting change signal indicating occurrence of the setting change or cancellation thereof based on the output of the first switch, the second switch A setting reference signal indicating the occurrence of the reference of the setting based on the output of the game or the cancellation thereof, a game medium input error signal indicating the occurrence of the error related to the insertion of the game medium based on the output of the second sensor or the cancellation thereof, and Monitors two or more status signals corresponding to a sensor or switch of the gaming machine from among the gaming medium payout error signals indicating the occurrence or cancellation of an error related to the gaming medium payout based on the output of the third sensor. And
When it is determined that at least one of the status signals has changed, it is determined whether the status corresponding to the status signal has occurred or has been canceled,
When it is determined that the state has occurred, a signal of a predetermined security signal is transmitted to the outside through the concentrated terminal board,
When it is determined that the state has been released, transmission of the security signal is continued when a state corresponding to the other state signal is generated, and transmission of the security signal is stopped otherwise. A featured gaming machine.   The signal of the security signal is the opening of the door based on the output of the first sensor, the change of the setting based on the output of the first switch, the reference of the setting based on the output of the second switch, the second sensor An on / off signal indicating that either an error related to the insertion of the game medium based on the output of the game medium or an error related to the payout of the game medium based on the output of the third sensor has occurred. The gaming machine according to claim 1. A processing unit that performs processing related to a game, a concentrated terminal board that includes a relay driven by an output signal of the processing unit, and a plurality of sensors or switches for monitoring a plurality of states with different generation conditions and release conditions In the game machine provided,
The processor is
Monitoring the plurality of states based on signals from the plurality of sensors or switches;
When determining that at least one of the plurality of states has changed, determine whether the state has occurred or has been canceled,
When it is determined that the state has occurred, a signal of a predetermined security signal is transmitted to the outside through the concentrated terminal board,
When it is determined that the state has been released, the transmission of the security signal is continued if another state is occurring, and the transmission of the security signal is stopped if not. Furthermore, a display device is provided,
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein when the state occurs, the processing unit performs display corresponding to the state on the display unit.

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