JP2014030626A - Game parlor device, game medium dispenser, and game parlor system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game parlor device, a game medium dispenser, and a game parlor system which makes it possible to properly become aware of fraud using brought-in game mediums by managing bringing in of game mediums from another game parlor or bringing of game mediums from a low-rate corner into a high-rate corner.SOLUTION: A game parlor system 1 comprises a game machine 2, a game medium dispenser 3, and a game parlor device 4. The game parlor device 4 displays, on display means of the cumulative possible number of brought-in game mediums, the cumulative number of brought-in game mediums obtained by accumulating and calculating the number of game mediums brought in from the outside of the game machine, on the basis of at least one of the number of lent game mediums, the number of used game mediums, the number of outputted game mediums, and the number of counted game mediums.

Description

  The present invention relates to a game medium lending device that lends game media such as medals and pachinko balls used for playing game machines such as slot machines and pachinko machines, and a game hall that manages a game hall provided with the game medium lending device. The present invention relates to a device and a game hall system including these devices.

  In the game hall, game data relating to the game media of each gaming machine is collected by the game hall device and checked for fraud.

  The types of game data include the number of game media paid out as a prize from the gaming machine (hereinafter also referred to as “safe number”) and the number of game media used in the game (hereinafter referred to as “out number”). Described), the number of rented game media lent by a game medium lending device provided corresponding to the gaming machine (hereinafter also referred to as “the number of loans”), the number of counted game media counted by the game medium rent device (hereinafter referred to as “count”). Number ”).

  As a game room device, the game data described above is stored every time a count of game media occurs, the total for each type of game data is calculated, and the total number of outs is calculated from the sum of the total safe number and the total number of loans. Subtract the cumulative number of game media (hereinafter also referred to as “cumulative total”), and subtract the cumulative count from this cumulative total to calculate the cumulative error game media (hereinafter also referred to as “cumulative error”). For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-260826 has been proposed.

  In the game hall device described in Patent Document 1, when the cumulative error number is positive, it is determined that “take-out” of game media from the gaming machine or “spillage” from the gaming machine has occurred, and the cumulative error number is negative. At this time, it is determined that the game media has been “bred” into the gaming machine, and if there is no difference, it is determined that these matters have not occurred.

JP 2009-285496 A

  By the way, in a game store, there are cases where a high rate game corner with a high exchange rate of game media and a low rate game corner with a low exchange rate are provided so that a wide range of games can be played.

  In the case of such a game store, there is a problem that a disadvantage occurs on the game store side by bringing the game media acquired at the low rate game corner to the high rate game corner and using it. In addition, the game media may be brought in from other stores as well as brought in by the movement of the game machine in the same store. In such a case, a disadvantage occurs on the game store side.

  In the prior art described in Patent Document 1 described above, since the displayed error is the cumulative error number, it is difficult to notice an illegal act caused by bringing it in.

  For example, as a result of playing 10 medals from the low-rate game corner to the high-rate game corner, for example, 200 medals were obtained without receiving medals, and until the medals were counted. Assume that a total of 10 medals are spilled on the floor in the store. In this case, the number of “carry-in” is 10 and the number of “spills” is the same as 10; therefore, the number of errors due to “carry-in” is “−10” whereas the number of errors due to “spill” is “ +10 ". Accordingly, when the accumulated error number is calculated by counting the number of possessed coins, the accumulated error number as a whole is “0”. For this reason, even though 10 “carry-in” s have actually occurred, the number of carry-in is offset by the number of spills, and illegal acts due to carry-in cannot be found.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and by bringing in game media from other stores or managing game media from a low-rate game corner to a high-rate game corner, It is an object of the present invention to provide a game hall device, a game medium lending device, and a game hall system that can appropriately recognize an illegal act.

  The present invention provides the following game hall devices, game medium lending devices, and a game hall system including these devices.

The game room apparatus of the present invention
Counted out of the number of gaming media lent out from the gaming media rental device, the number of used gaming media used in the gaming machine, the number of gaming media granted from the gaming machine, and the gaming media owned by the player A game hall device for managing the number of counted game media,
Based on at least one of the number of rented game media, the number of game media used, the number of game media granted, and the number of game media counted, the number of game media brought in from the outside of the gaming machine is calculated. Cumulative brought-in game media number calculating means for accumulating and calculating the total brought-in game media number;
A cumulative brought-in game medium number display means for displaying the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculating means;
It is provided with.

The game room apparatus of the present invention
Whether or not a game medium is brought in from outside the gaming machine based on at least one of the number of rented game media, the number of game media used, the number of game media granted, and the number of game media counted A game medium bringing-in judging means for judging whether or not
The cumulative carry-in game medium number calculating means calculates the cumulative carry-in game medium number on the condition that the game medium carry-in determination means determines that the game medium is brought in, and the game medium carry-in determination means If it is not determined that a game medium is brought in, the cumulative number of game media brought in is not calculated.

The game room apparatus of the present invention
A cumulative brought-in game medium number storage means for storing the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative brought-in game medium number calculating means;
Determining means for determining whether or not the cumulative number of game media stored in the cumulative game media storage means has reached a predetermined number;
Further comprising
The cumulative carry-in game medium number display means displays that fraud has been performed when the determination means determines that the cumulative carry-in game medium number has reached the predetermined number.

The game media lending device of the present invention is
A game medium lending device provided with game medium lending means for lending game media, provided corresponding to the gaming machine,
Count of the number of gaming media lent out from the gaming medium renting means, the number of used gaming media used in the gaming machine, the number of gaming media granted from the gaming machine, and the gaming media owned by the player Based on at least one of the counted number of game media, the total number of game media brought in from the outside of the gaming machine is calculated as the total number of game media brought in. A calculation means;
A cumulative brought-in game medium number display means for displaying the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculating means;
It is provided with.

The game media lending device of the present invention is
Whether or not a game medium is brought in from outside the gaming machine based on at least one of the number of rented game media, the number of game media used, the number of game media granted, and the number of game media counted A game medium bringing-in judging means for judging whether or not
The cumulative carry-in game medium number calculating means calculates the cumulative carry-in game medium number on the condition that the game medium carry-in determination means determines that the game medium is brought in, and the game medium carry-in determination means If it is not determined that a game medium is brought in, the cumulative number of game media brought in is not calculated.

The game media lending device of the present invention is
A cumulative brought-in game medium number storage means for storing the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative brought-in game medium number calculating means;
Determining means for determining whether or not the cumulative number of game media stored in the cumulative game media storage means has reached a predetermined number;
Further comprising
The cumulative carry-in game medium number display means displays that fraud has been performed when the determination means determines that the cumulative carry-in game medium number has reached the predetermined number.

The game hall system of the present invention
With gaming machines,
A game medium lending device provided corresponding to the gaming machine and lending game media;
Count of the number of gaming media lent out from the gaming medium renting device, the number of used gaming media used in the gaming machine, the number of gaming media granted from the gaming machine, and the gaming media owned by the player A game hall device for managing the number of counted game media;
A game hall system comprising:
The playground device is
Based on at least one of the number of rented game media, the number of game media used, the number of game media granted, and the number of game media counted, the number of game media brought in from the outside of the gaming machine is calculated. Cumulative brought-in game media number calculating means for accumulating and calculating the total brought-in game media number;
A cumulative brought-in game medium number display means for displaying the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculating means;
It is provided with.

In the game hall system of the present invention,
The game hall device is configured to play a game from the outside of the gaming machine based on at least one of the number of rented game media, the number of used game media, the number of granted game media, and the number of game media counted. A game medium bringing-in judging means for judging whether or not the medium has been brought in;
The cumulative carry-in game medium number calculating means calculates the cumulative carry-in game medium number on the condition that the game medium carry-in determination means determines that the game medium is brought in, and the game medium carry-in determination means If it is not determined that a game medium is brought in, the cumulative number of game media brought in is not calculated.

In the game hall system of the present invention,
The playground device is
A cumulative brought-in game medium number storage means for storing the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative brought-in game medium number calculating means;
Determining means for determining whether or not the cumulative number of game media stored in the cumulative game media storage means has reached a predetermined number;
Further comprising
The cumulative carry-in game medium number display means displays that fraud has been performed when the determination means determines that the cumulative carry-in game medium number has reached the predetermined number.

The game hall system of the present invention
A plurality of the gaming machine and the gaming medium rental device,
The plurality of game medium lending devices include a high rate game medium lending device having a relatively small number of lent game media for a certain game value and a low rate game having a relatively large number of lent game media for the certain game value. A medium lending device.

  According to the present invention, the cumulative number of game media brought in, which is the total number of game media brought in from outside (such as another store or a low rate corner), is calculated and displayed on the game hall device or game media lending device. . Therefore, even if the same number of game media as the number of game media brought in after the game media has been brought in, the number of game media brought in can be properly grasped. It becomes possible to notice appropriately.

  According to the present invention, it is possible not to calculate the total number of game media to be brought in when a carry-out occurs or when the value of the total number of game media to be brought in is not updated to a large value even if a carry-in occurs. Therefore, it is possible to calculate the exact cumulative number of game media brought in.

  According to the present invention, it is determined whether or not the cumulative number of game media brought in has reached a predetermined number, and based on the determination result, the fact that fraud has been performed is displayed on the game hall device or the game media lending device. The Therefore, it is possible to identify a player who has played a game by illegally bringing in a game medium. In particular, if the game medium lending device displays that fraud has been carried out, it is known that fraud has occurred in the player who has committed fraud and the surrounding players. It can be suppressed. On the other hand, if an indication that fraud has been performed in the game hall device is displayed, the game hall device is generally provided in an area where entry of the player is prohibited, so that Without knowing, it is possible for an amusement store to grasp an illegal state.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to appropriately recognize illegal acts due to carry-in by managing the carry-in of game media from other stores or from the low-rate corner to the high-rate corner. A device, a game medium rental device, and a game hall system can be provided.

1 is a front view showing a pachislot machine provided with a game medium lending device (sand) according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows sand. It is a perspective view which shows the internal structure of a sand. It is an approximate line perspective view showing the 1st storage space. It is a block diagram which shows the component controlled by the control board of a sand, and the said control board. It is a flowchart which shows the rental processing procedure of the game media by main CPU. It is a front view which shows the display content displayed on the touchscreen LCD of an operation unit. It is a flowchart which shows an abnormality detection process procedure. It is a flowchart which shows a change judgment processing procedure. It is a figure which shows the table regarding the various data accumulate | stored in RAM. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a pachislot machine. It is a flowchart which shows the accumulation | storage process procedure in a pachislot machine. It is the schematic which shows the connection state of the pachi-slot machine, sand, and hall computer in 2nd Embodiment. It is a timing chart which shows the processing procedure of a pachi-slot machine, a sand, and a hall computer in a 2nd embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the rental process procedure performed in the sand of 2nd Embodiment. It is a block diagram for demonstrating the game hall system which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is a front view which shows the display content displayed on the touchscreen LCD of the operation unit in 3rd Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows a hall computer schematic structure. It is a timing chart which shows the processing procedure of the pachi-slot machine, sand, and hall computer in a 3rd embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the historical data creation process procedure of FIG. 19 in 3rd Embodiment. FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing a change determination processing procedure of FIG. 19 in the third embodiment. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the all-unit error ball list screen displayed on the hall computer in 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the stand log | history list screen displayed on the hall computer in 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of transition of game information, such as the cumulative number of sheets brought in and the number of bottom plate number errors in 3rd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the rental process procedure performed in the sand in 3rd Embodiment. It is a block diagram for demonstrating the game hall system which concerns on 4th Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the historical data creation process sequence in 4th Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the change judgment processing procedure in 4th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the all-unit error ball list screen displayed on the hall computer in 4th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the stand log | history list screen displayed on the hall computer in 4th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of transition of game information, such as the total number of sheets brought in and the number of bottom plate errors in 4th Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the historical data creation process procedure in a modification.

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Embodiments of the game medium lending device of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a pachislot machine provided with a sand (game medium lending device) in the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the sand.

  As shown in FIG. 1, sands 20 are provided on the right side of the pachislot machine 10, respectively. Each sand 20 is installed so as to correspond to the adjacent pachislot machine 10, and is connected so as to be communicable with the corresponding pachislot machine 10. Each sand 20 is communicably connected to a controller (not shown) that performs system management and sales management of the sand 20 of the entire hall.

  A front surface portion 21 of each sand 20 has an LED (light-emitting diode) portion 31, a card insertion port 32, a bill insertion port 33 into which a bill can be inserted, an operation unit 34 constituted by a touch panel LCD (liquid crystal display), A camera 35, a non-contact IC card reader 36, a medal (game medium) payout tray 37, a speaker cover 38, a medal (game medium) counting slot 39, and the like are provided. The card insertion slot 32 is an insertion slot that can accept an information card issued by a card issuing machine (not shown) in a hall, for example. The LED unit 31 includes a full color LED 31A and an infrared LED (infrared light emitting diode) 31B.

  A player can receive a medal as a game medium necessary for a game by inserting an information card or a predetermined amount of banknotes into the card insertion slot 32 or the banknote insertion slot 33. Further, the player can receive a medal required for the game by holding the non-contact IC card over the non-contact IC card reader 36.

  When the sand 20 receives input of a value medium such as a banknote and an IC card, the number of medals according to the amount of the inserted value medium is counted by a payout hopper provided inside the sand 20 from the medal payout tray 37. Pay out. In addition, when the sand 20 receives an information card in which the number of usable medals is written, the number of medals according to the number of medals written in the inserted information card is used for payout. Counted by the hopper and paid out from the medal payout tray 37. The player can play a game in the pachislot machine 10 by inserting the medals paid out from the medal payout tray 37 into the medal slot 11 of the pachislot machine 10.

  In the pachislot machine 10, medals are paid out to the medal payout tray 12 in accordance with the game result. The player picks up this medal from the medal payout tray 12 and puts it in the medal counting slot 39 of the sand 20 so that the medal can be counted by the sand 20. The sand 20 counts medals inserted from the medal counting insertion port 39 by a counting hopper provided inside. As described above, the sand 20 is also provided in the pachislot machine 10 and has a function of counting medals paid out from the pachislot machine 10 according to the result of the game. Yes.

  The counted results are recorded on the information card inserted from the card insertion slot 32, or stored in a storage unit provided in the hall computer.

  The medals counted by the counting hopper are discharged from the discharge port provided on the bottom surface of the sand 20 to the conveyor and collected. In a place where no conveyor is provided, a storage box for storing medals may be installed below the sand 20 and the medals may be discharged into the storage box.

  FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the internal configuration of the sand 20. As shown in FIG. 3, the sand 20 has an identification means (an information card reader, a bill identifying device 61, an IC card reader / writer) for identifying a value medium such as an information card, a bill, and a non-contact IC card inside the housing 22. And the first storage space AR11 for storing the power supply unit 65. Further, below the first storage space AR11, there is a second storage space AR13 in which the dispensing hopper 51 and the counting hopper 71 are stored side by side. In the first storage space AR11, identification means (information card reader, bill identification device 61, IC card reader / writer, etc.) is stored in the upper part, and the power supply unit 65 is stored in the lower part. That is, the lower part of the first storage space AR11 forms a power supply unit storage space AR12 for storing the power supply unit 65.

  FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view showing the first storage space AR11. In FIG. 4, a bill recognition device (bill validator) 61 is a device for identifying bills inserted from the bill insertion slot 33 (FIG. 3), and an information card reader 62 is from an information card inserted from the card insertion slot 32. It is a device that reads information.

  In FIG. 3, the payout hopper 51 stored in the second storage space AR13 below the first storage area AR11 is provided via a replenishment opening 52 provided on the back surface of the housing 22 at an upper portion thereof. The medals are replenished through the replenishment route from the hall. A replenishment passage 53 is provided between the replenishment opening 52 and the payout hopper 51, and medals replenished from the replenishment opening 52 fall into the payout hopper 51 through the replenishment passage 53. To do.

  On the other hand, an introduction passage 72 is provided between the medal counting insertion port 39 and the counting hopper 71 provided on the front surface 21 of the housing 22, and the medal inserted from the medal counting insertion port 39. Falls to the counting hopper 71 through the introduction passage 72 (arrow a). The counting hopper 71 is provided with counting means for counting medals, and the medals counted by the counting means are discharged from the discharge port 73 provided on the bottom surface of the housing 22 to the conveyor (arrows). b) is recovered.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the medal counting slot 39 is provided at the same height as the medal payout tray 12 of the pachislot machine 10. Thereby, the player can easily carry the medals paid out to the medal payout tray 12 of the pachislot machine 10 to the medal counting slot 39. The height of the medal counting slot 39 is not limited to the same height as the medal payout tray 12 of the pachislot machine 10, and may be provided at a position lower than the medal payout tray 12. In this way, the player can easily carry medals.

  Next, the mounting position of the speaker in the sand 20 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a front panel 23 is provided on the front portion 21 of the sand 20, and a speaker cover 38 is provided on the front panel 23. The speaker cover 38 has a plurality of transmission ports through which sound from a speaker provided on the back side of the front panel 23 (speaker cover 38) is transmitted forward. A speaker 81 (described later in FIG. 5) is provided on the back side of the transmission port. In the present embodiment, the speaker 81 is fixed to the front surface portion of the payout hopper 51 and is driven by the drive circuit 133.

  Incidentally, the size of the opening (not shown) of the counting hopper 71 (FIG. 3) and the medal counting insertion port 39 (FIG. 3) are set so that it is difficult for a player's hand to enter. A plate-shaped medal guide member 29 (FIG. 3) is fixed to the medal counting insertion port 39 along with the front panel 23. This makes it difficult for the player's hand to enter from the medal counting slot 39.

  Further, a photosensor 77 (described later in FIG. 5) is provided at the opening of the counting hopper 71 so that it is detected when a player's hand enters. Accordingly, when the player's hand is inserted by mistake or when the hand is inserted by fraud, the detection by the photosensor 77 can be performed and the operation of the counting hopper 71 can be stopped.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the control board 63 of the sand 20 and the components controlled by the control board 63. A main CPU (central processing unit) 121 reads out a control unit program stored in a ROM (read only memory) 122 and executes medal counting and other processing. Various data relating to the processing is stored in a RAM (random access memory) 123.

  The main CPU 121 stores the amount data read from the information card via the information card reader in the RAM 123 as balance data. When the amount designated by the player is smaller than the balance data based on the balance data and the operation result output from the operation unit 34, the main CPU 121 pays out a medal for the designated amount. The balance data is updated by counting and paying out and subtracting the amount of medals paid out from the balance data. The main CPU 121 can drive the payout hopper 51 by controlling the drive circuit 131. Further, the counting hopper 71 is connected to the main CPU 121 via the driving circuit 132, and the main CPU 121 can drive the counting hopper 71 by controlling the driving circuit 132.

  The operation unit 34 also displays a button for returning an information card. When the player operates this operation button, the main CPU 121 inserts the information card inserted into the information card reader 62 into the card insertion slot 32. Return from.

  Further, the main CPU 121 stores the banknote identification result output from the banknote identification device (Bill Bali) 61 in the RAM 123 as balance data. When the amount designated by the player is smaller than the balance data based on the balance data and the operation result output from the operation unit 34, the main CPU 121 pays out a medal for the designated amount. The balance data is updated by counting and paying out and subtracting the amount of medals paid out from the balance data. The main CPU 121 can drive the payout hopper 51 by controlling the drive circuit 131.

  Further, the main CPU 121 uses the infrared LED 31B of the LED unit 31 as a monitoring projector, reflects the infrared light from the infrared LED 31B by the player, and images it with the camera 35. The main CPU 121 stores an image captured by the camera 35 in the RAM 123, and detects the presence or change of the player based on the image. This detection process is always performed. When the player's state changes to a non-detection (seating) state and there is a balance in the amount data of the information card inserted from the card insertion slot 32, or the amount data of the banknote inserted from the bill insertion slot 33 When there is a balance, the main CPU 121 can alert the player who is about to leave the seat by issuing a warning sound or warning sound through the speaker 81. As the warning voice, a voice such as “Forgot card” is issued.

  The main CPU 121 performs non-contact communication with a non-contact IC card via the non-contact IC card reader 36. This communication method is, for example, an electromagnetic induction method with a carrier frequency of 13.56 MHz. The main CPU 121 counts the number of medals according to the amount data read from the non-contact IC card via the non-contact IC card reader 36 by the payout hopper 51 and pays it out from the medal payout tray 37. Rewrite card balance data.

  Further, the main CPU 121 communicates with a pachislot machine or a hall computer via an interface 125. The pachislot machine 10 periodically sends the number of medals paid out as a game result and the number of medals inserted by the player to play the game to the sand 20, and the main CPU 121 of the sand 20 Are stored in the RAM 123.

  Further, the main CPU 121 periodically captures the player's face image via the camera 35 and stores it in the RAM 123. When the face image stored last time is compared with the face image stored this time, and it is determined that they are not the same person, the main CPU 121 determines that the player has changed, and performs processing (to be described later) accordingly. Do.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a game medium lending process procedure by the main CPU 121. This process is always executed by the main CPU 121. As shown in FIG. 6, the main CPU 121 determines in step S11 whether or not there is a payout instruction based on the counted number of medals. This process is a process of determining whether or not an instruction for paying out the number of medals counted in step S20, which will be described later, is input via the operation unit 34.

  Incidentally, FIG. 7 is a front view showing the display content for selection displayed on the touch panel LCD of the operation unit 34 in step S11. As shown in FIG. 7, on the touch panel LCD of the operation unit 34, an icon A11 for selecting a payout instruction based on the counted number of medals and an icon A12 for selecting a payout instruction based on cash (value medium). Is displayed. The player can specify any one of these icons by pressing the icon.

  When there is a payout instruction based on the counted medal number, the main CPU 121 shifts the processing from step S11 to step S12, and operates the payout hopper 51 to thereby give the same number of medals as the counted medal number. Payout to the payout tray 37. When the player designates the number of payouts by operating the operation unit 34, the number of medals designated within the range of medal numbers stored in the RAM 123 may be paid out. The number of medals paid out is subtracted from the number of medals stored in the RAM 123.

  On the other hand, when there is no designation of payout based on the counted number of medals in step S11, the main CPU 121 shifts the processing from step S11 to step S13, and determines whether or not a value medium has been inserted. The value medium means a bill inserted into the bill insertion slot 33 or a non-contact IC card held over the non-contact IC card reader 36. When a bill is inserted into the bill insertion slot 33, the bill amount is identified by the bill recognition device (bill validator) 61. When the non-contact IC card is held over the non-contact IC card reader 36, the non-contact IC card reader 36 reads the amount data of the non-contact IC card. These read amount data are stored in the RAM 123.

  When the value medium is inserted, the main CPU 121 obtains an affirmative result in step S13, moves the process from step S13 to step S14, and determines whether or not an amount related to payout has been designated. If a negative result is obtained here, this means that the player has not specified the amount of the payout medal through the operation unit 34 (that is, the payout for the entire amount data has been specified). Yes. Here, when a bill is inserted, after the bill is inserted, the player can designate the amount of money by operating the operation unit 34, and the amount data is held by holding a non-contact IC card. Is read, the amount data can be specified by operating the operation unit 34 by the player before holding the non-contact IC card. When a bill is inserted, the main CPU 121 temporarily stores the read amount data in the RAM 123, and then when the amount specified by the player is within the range of the amount stored in the RAM 123, The amount data in the RAM 123 is rewritten to the specified amount data.

  On the other hand, when a contactless IC card is held, the main CPU 121 sets the specified amount data in the RAM 123 by specifying the amount first, and then the contactless IC card is held over the contactless IC card. When the communication is performed with the CPU, it is determined whether or not the amount set in the RAM 123 is stored in the non-contact IC card, and if it is stored, it is stored in the non-contact IC card. By subtracting the amount set in the RAM 123 from the amount, the amount of the contactless IC card is rewritten. On the other hand, when the amount stored in the non-contact IC card is less than the amount set in the RAM 123, the main CPU 121 does not rewrite the amount data of the non-contact IC card and displays an error display on the operation unit 34. By doing so, the payout process is canceled.

  By executing such processing in step S14, the RAM 123 stores data for the amount of money actually withdrawn from the value medium. Incidentally, when there is already balance data in the RAM 123 (the past counting result or the balance when the previous value medium was inserted), the main CPU 121 adds data for the amount drawn from the value medium to these balance data. Will do.

  When the amount is designated, the main CPU 121 displays the process from step S14 to step S15, and drives the payout hopper 51, thereby allowing the medal payout tray 37 to receive the specified amount of medals. Pay out. The paid-out amount data is left as payout history data in a specific area of the RAM 123. Further, the number of medals paid out is subtracted from the number of medals in the RAM 123. Then, the main CPU 121 moves the process to step S17.

  On the other hand, when the amount is not designated, the main CPU 121 projects the processing from step S14 to step S16, and pays out medals for all the inserted amounts. The paid-out amount data is left as payout history data in a specific area of the RAM 123. Further, the number of medals paid out is subtracted from the number of medals in the RAM 123. Then, the main CPU 121 projects the process to step S17.

  If the player does not insert the value medium, the main CPU 121 obtains a negative result in the above-described step S13, and moves the process from step S13 to step S17.

  In step S <b> 17, the main CPU 121 determines whether or not an information card has been inserted into the card insertion slot 32. When the information card is inserted, the main CPU 121 shifts the processing from step S17 to step S18, and moves the number of usable medals written on the inserted information card to the RAM 123. When the number of payouts is specified by the player operating the operation unit 34, the specified number of medals are paid out from the sand 20. The number of medals paid out is subtracted from the number of medals in the RAM 123. Thus, the medal payout (lending) process ends.

  After the process of step S18 or when a negative result is obtained in step S17, the main CPU 121 shifts the process to step S19. In step S <b> 19, the main CPU 121 determines whether or not medals have been inserted into the counting hopper 71.

  When a medal is inserted, the main CPU 121 shifts the processing from step S19 to step S20, executes the counting process by the counting hopper 71, and stores the counting result in the RAM 123 in the following step S21 (the number of medals in the RAM 123). Count result). Then, the main CPU 121 moves the process to step S22.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that no medal is inserted in the counting hopper 71, the main CPU 121 shifts the processing from step S19 to step S22.

  With the above processing procedure, the medal counting process ends. Next, the main CPU 121 determines whether or not there is an instruction to write the balance stored in the RAM 123 to the information card inserted at this time. This process is a process of displaying an icon for instructing the operation unit 34 to write, and determining whether or not this icon has been pressed.

  When there is a write instruction, the main CPU 121 shifts the processing from step S22 to step S23, and when an information card is inserted into the card insertion slot 32, the balance data in the RAM 123 is written into the information card and information is written. By adding to the balance data of the card, the balance data of the information card is updated.

  Next, the main CPU 121 executes abnormality detection processing in step S24. This process is inserted in order to play a game on the pachislot machine 10 as a result of counting the number of medals lent out (paid out) from the sand 20 by the insertion of the value medium, the result of counting the medals inserted into the counting hopper 71. Based on information such as the number of medals and the number of medals paid out as a result of the game in the pachislot machine 10, an error in the number of medals (game medium number error) is calculated, and this error reaches a preset threshold value. This is a process of determining whether or not an abnormal state is present depending on whether or not Details of this processing will be described later with reference to FIG.

  After the abnormality detection process, the main CPU 121 shifts the process to step S25 and executes a replacement determination process. This process is a process for determining whether or not the player has been changed based on the player's face image captured by the camera 35 at certain timings (every time a predetermined condition of time is satisfied). . Details of this processing will be described later with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the abnormality detection process. In FIG. 8, the main CPU 121 of the sand 20 first acquires various data in step S <b> 31 and stores it in the RAM 123. In the RAM 123, a table to be described later with reference to FIG. The various data are the number of medals lent (paid out) from the sand 20 by the insertion of the value medium, the counting result of the medals inserted into the counting hopper 71, and the input for playing the pachislot machine 10 The number of medals, the number of medals paid out as a result of the game in the pachislot machine 10, and the like. These are data stored in the RAM 123.

  Subsequently, in step S32, the main CPU 121 compares the data acquired in step S31. In this comparison, the number of medals normally distributed in the game store is compared with the number of medals actually handled in the sand 20 (pachislot machine 10), and these errors (game medium number error) are obtained. If the number of medals actually handled is more than a predetermined number than the number of medals that should be properly distributed (when the number of game media errors is more than the number processed), it is illegally brought in from another game store. It can be determined that a medal is used. The obtained game medium number error is stored in the RAM 123.

  The main CPU 121 determines whether or not there is an abnormality in step S33. If it is determined that there is an abnormality, the main CPU 121 shifts the processing from step S33 to step S34 to cause the LED 31 of the sand 20 to emit light, or An abnormal condition is notified by causing a lamp (not shown) of the machine 10 to emit light in a predetermined manner. Thereby, it is possible to notify the store clerk of the amusement store of the abnormality.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the change determination process. In FIG. 9, the main CPU 121 of the sand 20 first analyzes the captured image in step S41. In this process, the main CPU 121 compares the previous image and the current image among the player's face images periodically captured by the camera 35 and stored in the RAM 123. In this comparison, the main CPU 121 recognizes and identifies an individual based on the face shape of the face image, and determines the position, size, length, etc. of the person's face or face part (eyes, nose, mouth, etc.). It is determined whether the player is the same person.

  In step S42, the main CPU 121 determines whether or not the players match. If they do not match, the main CPU 121 shifts the processing from step S42 to step S43, and resets the game medium number error stored in the RAM 123. Then, the change determination process is terminated. Further, when it is determined in step S42 that the players match, the change determination process is also terminated. Thus, in the change determination process, when it is determined that the player has changed, the error in the number of game media is reset.

  As described above, the main CPU 121 performs the game for the pachislot machine 10 based on the number of medals lent out from the sand 20 by the insertion of the value medium, the result of counting the medals inserted in the counting hopper 71, and so on. Based on information such as the number of medals inserted and the number of medals paid out as a result of the game in the pachislot machine 10, an error in the number of medals (game medium number error) is calculated.

  FIG. 10 shows a table of various data stored in the RAM 123 of the sand 20. In FIG. 1, no. 2,... Represents the passage of time, and means that the time passes as the number increases. In the present embodiment, the main CPU 121 acquires (calculates) various data shown in FIG. 10 every predetermined time. The “player” is indicated with a different number (1, 2, 3,...) For each player. In the case of FIG. 1-No. In time zone 5, player 1 plays a game and No. 6-No. In time slot 8, player 2 plays a game and No. 9-No. The time zone of 11 means that the player 3 has played a game. Whether or not the player is changed is executed by the main CPU 121 performing so-called facial authentication based on the imaging result of the camera 35 provided on the sand 20.

  “Out” means the number of medals inserted into the pachislot machine 10. This data is transmitted from the pachislot machine 10 to the sand 20. “Safe” means the number of medals paid out from the pachislot machine 10 as a result of the game. This data is transmitted from the pachislot machine 10 to the sand 20.

  “Difference” means the result of subtracting the number of safe medals from the number of out medals. This value is calculated by the main CPU 121. “Sales (sheets)” means the number of medals lent out from the sand 20.

  “Replay (sheets)” means the number of used medals out of the number of medals (stored balls) stored in the information card or non-contact IC card. This data is calculated by the main CPU 121 based on the number of medals stored in the information card inserted from the card insertion slot 32 or the number of medals on the non-contact IC card read by the non-contact IC card reader 36.

  “Movement (sheets)” means the number of medals earned in other pachislot machines (the number of medals brought in from other pachislot machines). This data is designed to write together with the number of medals information identifying the sand that was written when the number of medals was written on the information card or contactless IC card, and based on the information identifying this sand, This is a result of determining by the main CPU 121 whether or not it is a medal acquired in a sand (pachislot machine).

  “Corrected sales (sheets)” is a calculation result of “sales (sheets)” + “replay (sheets)” + “movement (sheets)”. This data is calculated by the main CPU 121. With this data, the number of medals generated in the sand 20 (pachislot machine 10) other than the game result is obtained.

  “Lower plate (sheet)” is a calculation result of “corrected sales (sheet)” − “difference” − “virtual premium (sheet)”. This data is calculated by the main CPU 121.

  “Holding balls (sheets)” means the number of medals counted in the sand 20. This data is counted by the counting hopper 71 of the sand 20 and stored in the RAM 123 (that is, the number not written on the information card). Even when the number of medals written on the information card is transferred from the inserted information card to the RAM 123 of the sand 20, this “held ball (sheet)” is counted.

  “Virtual prize (sheets)” is the number of medals expected to be in the lower plate (medal payout tray 12) of the pachislot machine 10, and will be described later as “cumulative count (sheets)” − “cumulative payout (sheets)”. "Is the calculation result.

  “Handball movement” means a medal acquired with another pachislot machine or a medal moved to another pachislot machine. For example, when the number of medals is written on the information card, this information card is extracted from the sand 20, inserted into the sand of another pachislot machine, a part of the number of medals written is used, and further extracted from the sand. When inserted in the original sand 20, the number of medals used in other pachislot machines (other sands) is minus (for example, −100).

  “Cumulative count (sheets)” means the total number of medals that have been poured into the sand 20 and counted by the counting hopper 71. “Cumulative payout (sheets)” means the total number of medals paid out by the pachislot machine 10 as a result of the game. This data stores the number of payouts sent from the pachislot machine 10 to the sand 20 in the sand 20.

  Each data of the table described above is stored in the RAM 123 of the sand 20. The main CPU 121 uses these data to calculate the error (game medium number error) between the number of medals originally expected to be in the sand 20 (pachislot machine 10) and the actual number of medals. When a preset threshold value is exceeded, the fact is notified.

  Hereinafter, the table of FIG. 10 will be specifically described according to the passage of time (No. 1, No. 2,...).

(About No. 1)
“Player” is 1, “Out” is 10,000, “Safe” is 10,000, “Difference” is 0, “Sales” is 1000, “Replay” is 0 (uses savings) No), “Movement” is 0 (not moved), “Correction Sales” is 1000 from the calculation result, “Lower Plate” is 500 from the calculation result, and “Handball” is 500 (sand 20) The “virtual prize” is 500 sheets based on the calculation result, the “cumulative number” is 1835 sheets, and the cumulative payout is 1335 sheets.

(About No. 2)
No. 2 is No.2. In 1 and after, it is assumed that the information of possession is transferred to an information card for meal rest or the like. No. In “2”, “Player” is 1, “Out” is 10,000, “Safe” is 10,000, “Difference” is 0, “Sales” is 1000, “Replay” is 0 (reserves Not used), “moving” is 0 (not moving), “corrected sales” is 1000 from the calculation result, “bottom plate” is 500 from the calculation result, and “held” is 0 ( Since the player 1 has moved the number of possessed balls stored in the RAM 123 to the information card), “virtual prize” is 500 from the calculation result, “cumulative number” is 2000, and cumulative payout is 1500.

(About No. 3)
No. 3 is No.3. In 2 and subsequent cases, it is assumed that the possessed ball has moved. No. In “3”, “Player” is 1, “Out” is 10,000, “Safe” is 10,000, “Difference” is 0, “Sales” is 1000, “Replay” is 0 (reserves Not used), “moving” is 0 (not moving), “corrected sales” is 1000 from the calculation result, “bottom plate” is 500 from the calculation result, and “held” is 400 ( The player 1 re-inserts the information card extracted in No. 2, and the number of medals written on the information card is transferred to the RAM 123). “−100 sheets (because it is reduced by 100 sheets compared to when the information card was removed in No. 2 (500 sheets)),“ cumulative number ”is 2500 sheets, and cumulative payout is 2000 sheets.

(About No. 4)
No. No. 4 is No.4. It is assumed that the game is played for a while after the third. No. In “4”, “Player” is 1, “Out” is 12,000, “Safe” is 12,000, “Difference” is 0, “Sales” is 1000, “Replay” is 0 (reserves Not used), “moving” is 0 (not moving), “corrected sales” is 1000 from the calculation result, “bottom plate” is 0 from the calculation result, and “held” is 900 ( The number of sheets stored in the RAM 123 by the player 1 flowing into the sand 20 and stored in the RAM 123), “virtual prize” is 1000 from the calculation result, “cumulative number” is 3000, and cumulative payout is 2000. .

(About No. 5)
No. 5 is No.5. In the state of 4, it is assumed that the player 1 has finished the game. No. In “5”, “player” is 1, “out” is 12,000, “safe” is 12,000, “difference” is 0, “sales” is 1000, “replay” is 0 (reserves Not used), “moving” is 0 (not moving), “corrected sales” is 1000 from the calculation result, “bottom plate” is 0 from the calculation result, and “held” is 0 ( Since the player 1 has moved the number of medals stored in the RAM 123 to the information card), the “virtual prize” is 1000 from the calculation result, and the “moving possession” is −900 (the number of medals stored in the RAM 123 is 900 The total number of sheets is 3000, and the total number of payouts is 2000.

(About No. 6)
No. 6 is No.6. 5, it is assumed that the player 2 moves a table from another pachislot machine and starts a game for a while. No. In “6”, “Player” is 2, “Out” is 15000, “Safe” is 15000, “Difference” is 0, “Sales” is 1000 (Player 2 moves medal by moving the platform) Since it is brought (to be described later, it means 1000 cards from which the player 1 has been lent), the “replay” is 0 sheets (not using the savings), and the “moving” is 1000 sheets (player 2 Is 1000 units from other pachislot machines and uses 1000 sheets), “corrected sales” is 2000 from the calculation result, “bottom plate” is 400 from the calculation result, “held ball” Is 600 sheets (the number of players 2 poured into the sand 20 and counted by the counting hopper 71 and stored in the RAM 123), “virtual prize” is 1600 sheets from the calculation result, “cumulative number” is 4600 sheets, and total payout Is 3000 sheets.

(About No. 7)
No. No. 7 6, it is assumed that the player 2 continues the game. No. 6, “Player” is 2, “Out” is 15000, “Safe” is 15000, “Difference” is 0, “Sales” is 1000 (same as No. 6, Player 1 “Number of loans lent out from Sand 20”, “Replay” is 0 (no savings are used), “Move” is 1000 (Player 2 moves 1000 with another pachislot machine , "Correction sales" is 2000 sheets from the calculation result, "Lower plate" is 0 sheet from the calculation result, and "Handball" is 1000 sheets (the player 2 throws it on the sand 20 and counts it) The “virtual prize” is 2000 sheets from the calculation result, the “cumulative number” is 5000 sheets, and the cumulative payout is 3000 sheets.

(About No. 8)
No. 8 is No.8. In the state of 7, it is assumed that the player 2 has finished the game. No. 8, “Player” is 2, “Out” is 15000, “Safe” is 15000, “Difference” is 0, “Sales” is 1000 (same as No. 6) “Number of loans lent out from Sand 20”, “Replay” is 0 (no savings are used), “Move” is 1000 (Player 2 moves 1000 with another pachislot machine , “Correction sales” is 2000 from the calculation result, “Lower plate” is 0 from the calculation result, and “Handball” is 0 (the player 2 is stored in the RAM 123). The number of medals was transferred to the information card), “virtual prize” was 2000 from the calculation result, and “moving possession” was −1000 (since the number of medals stored in the RAM 123 was transferred to the information card), “ "Total number of sheets" is 5000 sheets, cumulative payment Is a 3000 sheets.

(About No. 9)
No. No. 9 8, it is assumed that the player 3 has moved from another pachislot machine and has started playing a game using a stored ball for a while. No. 9, “Player” is 3, “Out” is 18000, “Safe” is 18000, “Difference” is 0, “Sales” is 1000 (Player 3 moves medal by moving the platform) As in No.6, it means that the player 1 has lent out 1000 cards), “Replay” is 500 (uses 500 storage balls), and “Move” is 1000 (Since player 3 has moved 1000 units from another pachislot machine and uses 1000), “Corrected sales” is 2500 from the calculation result, and “Lower plate” is 200 from the calculation result. , “Handball” is 300 sheets (the number of players 3 poured into the sand 20 and counted by the counting hopper 71 and stored in the RAM 123), “Virtual prize” is 2300 sheets from the calculation result, and “Total number” is 5300 sheets, cumulative payout is 3000 sheets

(About No. 10)
No. 10 is No. 9, it is assumed that the player 3 continues the game and a “difference” occurs. No. 10, “Player” is 3, “Out” is 20000, “Safe” is 19,800, “Difference” is 200, “Sales” is 1000 (same as No. 9, Player 1 (Number of loans loaned from Sand 20), “Replay” is 500 (uses 500 storage balls), “Move” is 1000 (player 3 has 1000 cards from other pachislot machines) Because it has moved and used 1000 sheets), “corrected sales” is 2500 sheets from the calculation result, “bottom plate” is 0 sheets from the calculation result, and “held ball” is 300 sheets (the player 3 has poured it into the sand 20) The number of “virtual prizes” is 2300 from the calculation result, the “total number” is 5300, and the cumulative payout is 3000.

(About No. 11)
No. 11 is No. In the state of 10, it is assumed that the player 3 has finished the game. No. 11, “Player” is 3, “Out” is 20000, “Safe” is 19,800, “Difference” is 200, “Sales” is 1000 (same as No. 9, Player 1 (Number of loans loaned from Sand 20), “Replay” is 500 (uses 500 storage balls), “Move” is 1000 (player 3 has 1000 cards from other pachislot machines) Since it has moved and is using 1000 sheets, “corrected sales” is 2500 sheets from the calculation result, “bottom plate” is 0 sheets from the calculation result, and “held ball” is 0 sheet (player 3 is stored in the RAM 123) The number of medals transferred to the information card is 2300 from the calculation result, and the movement of possession is -300 (the number of medals stored in the RAM 123 is transferred to the information card). , "Cumulative number" is 5300 , Total payout is 3,000 sheets.

  As described above, in the sand 20, the number of medals inserted for the game of the pachislot machine 10 (“Out”), the number of medals paid out as a result of the game in the pachislot machine 10 (“Safe”), the sand 20 Information on the number of medals lent out in (“sales (sheets)”, the number of medals used on the inserted information card (“replay (sheets)”), and the number of medals paid out by other pachislot machines The number of medals ("moving (sheets)") when brought in and used in the state written on the card, counted in the sand 20 (or read from the information card) and transferred to the RAM 123 of the sand 20 (" Sheet)))), the number of medals moved between the RAM 123 and the information card ("handball movement"), the cumulative count of medals in the sand 20, and the cumulative number paid out by the pachislot machine 10 Payouts, etc., in the pachi-slot machine 10 and the sand 20 that is accompanying, knows as any number of medals that circulates in the normal for the game of the pachi-slot machine 10 data.

  As a result, if a player illegally uses a medal brought from another store, in addition to the regular medal number grasped by the main CPU 121 of the sand 20, the number of illegally brought medal circulates. An error occurs in the number of medals grasped by the CPU 121 (the number of medals shown in FIG. 10). When the error exceeds a preset threshold, the main CPU 121 determines that there is some kind of fraud (invalid carry-in of medals).

  For example, the result ((D + E + F) −C) obtained by subtracting the “difference” (C) from the “corrected sales (sheets)” (D + E + F) is the number of medals actually distributed in the game store (paid out from the pachislot machine 10). The number of medals read or the number of medals read from the information card), and this value is the result of subtracting “cumulative payout (sheets)” from “cumulative count (sheets)” (LM). The “virtual prize (sheets)” (J) is compared, and the difference between them is grasped as the number of game media errors. If the number of medals of “virtual prize (sheets)” exceeds the predetermined threshold, in addition to the circulated medals, medals brought from other stores were flowed to the sand 20 and counted. I understand.

  On the other hand, when the result of subtracting “difference” (C) from “corrected sales (sheets)” (D + E + F) ((D + E + F) −C) is smaller than the number of medals of “virtual premium (sheets)” It is speculated that the player did not pick up the medal on the floor.

  In this way, the main CPU 121 of the sand 20 can grasp the situation in which it is assumed that medals brought in illegally from other stores are used based on the data on the number of various medals shown in FIG.

  In such a case, the main CPU 121 uses a predetermined notification means (for example, light emission by a lamp) to notify the store clerk of the possibility of fraud.

  In addition to this, the main CPU 121 of the sand 20 resets the game medium number error at a predetermined timing, so that, for example, as described above, the error when the player does not drop a medal on the floor and pick it up. It will be reset.

  As the predetermined timing, for example, a timing at which a player is changed is applied. The timing at which the player is changed is detected based on the player's face image captured by the camera 35 provided on the sand 20. The main CPU 121 of the sand 20 captures a player's face image at a predetermined timing and stores it in the RAM 123. The stored face image and the previously stored face image are compared using a so-called facial recognition technique, and when it is determined that they do not match, it is assumed that the player has changed, and the game medium number error is reset. . Facial recognition technology is a technology that recognizes and identifies individuals based on the modeling of human faces, and the position, size, length, etc. of the human face or face parts (eyes, nose, mouth, etc.) This is a technique for judging whether or not they are the same person.

  Thereby, for example, even if the total number of medals dropped on the floor during the day and not picked up is large, the game medium number error is reset at each predetermined timing (becomes 0), so that In comparing the number of dropped medals with the number of medals brought in and used due to fraud, it is possible to prevent the number of medals brought in illegally from being significantly reduced.

  As a result, compared to the number of medals that have fallen to the floor as in the past, the number of medals brought in by fraud is small, and the number of medals brought in fraudulently cannot be determined. Inconvenience such as that) can be avoided.

Next, the configuration of the pachislot machine 10 will be described.
FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the pachi-slot machine 10. The pachislot machine 10 includes a main control circuit 250, a sub control circuit 280, and peripheral devices (actuators) that are electrically connected thereto. The main control circuit 250 includes a microcomputer 260 installed on a circuit board as a main component. The microcomputer 260 includes a main CPU 261, a main ROM 262, and a main RAM 263.

  The main ROM 262 stores a control program executed by the main CPU 261, a data table such as an internal lottery table, data for transmitting various control commands (commands) to the sub control circuit 280, and the like. The main RAM 263 is provided with a storage area for storing various data such as an internal winning combination determined by execution of the control program.

  The main CPU 261 is connected with a clock pulse generation circuit 252, a frequency divider 253, a random number generator 254, and a sampling circuit 255. The clock pulse generation circuit 252 and the frequency divider 253 generate clock pulses. The main CPU 261 executes a control program based on the generated clock pulse. The random number generator 254 generates a random number in a predetermined range (for example, 0 to 65535). The sampling circuit 255 extracts one value from the generated random numbers.

  A switch or the like is connected to the input port of the microcomputer 260. The main CPU 261 receives input from a switch or the like, and controls the operation of peripheral devices such as stepping motors 271L, 271C, and 271R. A stop switch 312S serving as a stop operation detecting means detects that each of the three stop buttons 312L, 312C, 312R has been pressed (stop operation) by the player. Further, the start switch 310S, which is a start operation detecting means, detects that the start lever has been operated by the player (start operation).

  The medal sensor 240S detects that a medal received at the medal insertion slot 11 has passed through the selector. The bet switch 332S detects that the bet button has been pressed by the player. Further, the settlement switch 334S detects that the settlement button has been pressed by the player. The door sensor 335S detects that the door of the housing 22 has been opened.

  Peripheral devices whose operations are controlled by the microcomputer 260 include stepping motors 271L, 271C, 271R, a 7-segment display 314, and a hopper 350. A circuit for controlling the operation of each peripheral device is connected to the output port of the microcomputer 260.

  The motor driving circuit 272 controls driving of stepping motors 271L, 271C, and 271R provided corresponding to the reels 320L, 320C, and 320R. The reel position detection circuit 270 detects a reel index indicating that the reel has made one rotation by an optical sensor having a light emitting part and a light receiving part according to each reel 320L, 320C, 320R.

  The stepping motors 271L, 271C, and 271R have a configuration in which the momentum is proportional to the number of output pulses and the rotation axis can be stopped at a specified angle. The driving force of the stepping motors 271L, 271C, 271R is transmitted to the reels 320L, 320C, 320R via gears having a predetermined reduction ratio. Each time one pulse is output to the stepping motors 271L, 271C, 271R, the reels 320L, 320C, 320R rotate at a constant angle.

  The main CPU 261 counts the number of times pulses are output to the stepping motors 271L, 271C, 271R after detecting the reel index, thereby rotating the rotation angles of the reels 320L, 320C, 320R (mainly, the number of symbols of the reels). The position of each symbol arranged on the surface of the reels 320L, 320C, 320R is managed.

  The display unit drive circuit 315 controls the operation of the 7-segment display 314. The hopper driving circuit 352 controls the operation of the hopper 350. Also, the payout completion signal circuit 353 manages the detection of medals performed by the medal detection unit 351 provided in the hopper 350, and checks whether or not the medals discharged from the hopper 350 have reached the payout number.

  The sub-control circuit 280 is electrically connected to the main control circuit 250 and performs processing such as determination and execution of effect contents based on a command transmitted from the main control circuit 250. The sub control circuit 280 basically includes a sub CPU, a sub ROM, a sub RAM, a rendering processor, a drawing RAM, a driver, a DSP (digital signal processor), an audio RAM, and the like.

  In response to the command transmitted from the main control circuit 250, the sub CPU controls the output of video, sound, and light according to the control program stored in the sub ROM. The sub-RAM is provided with a storage area for registering the determined contents and effects data, and a storage area for storing various data such as an internal winning combination transmitted from the main control circuit 250. The sub ROM basically includes a program storage area and a data storage area.

  The sub ROM stores effect data for performing effects by light in a light emitting effect device (not shown). The sub CPU causes the lamp 412 to emit light by outputting the effect data based on a command from the main control circuit 250. In addition, the sub ROM stores effect data for effecting with sound effects and images, and the sub CPU outputs the effect data based on a command from the main control circuit 250 to thereby produce a speaker. A sound effect is output from 414 and an effect image is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 410.

  Here, an interface 210 is connected to the main control circuit 250, and the main CPU 261 communicates with the sand 20 and the hall computer via the interface 210. The main CPU 261 transmits accumulated information such as medal insertion information and medal payout information to the sand 20 while communicating with the sand 20. The medal insertion information is, for example, the number of medals inserted into the pachislot machine 10 for a game during a certain period. The medal payout information is, for example, the number of medal payouts and the number of bonus occurrences. The main CPU 261 accumulates the accumulated information in the main RAM 263 until the next transmission after transmitting the accumulated information to the sand 20 last time, and transmits the accumulated information to the sand 20 at a fixed timing. After transmitting to the sand 20, the main CPU 261 resets the accumulated information so far.

  This accumulation information accumulation process is shown in FIG. The main CPU 261 repeatedly executes the accumulation process shown in FIG. In step S101, the main CPU 261 determines whether or not a medal has been inserted or paid out. When a medal is inserted or paid out, the main CPU 261 shifts the processing from step S101 to step S102, and adds the number of medals newly inserted or paid out to the accumulated information (insertion information or payout information) in the main RAM 263. As a result, the accumulated information is updated, and the process proceeds to the subsequent step S103. Incidentally, the input information and the payout information are accumulated separately.

  When no medal is inserted or paid out, the main CPU 261 shifts the processing from step S101 to step S103. In step S <b> 103, the main CPU 261 determines whether it is time to transmit the stored information through communication with the sand 20. When it is the transmission timing, the main CPU 261 moves the process from step S103 to step S104, transmits the accumulated information accumulated in the main RAM 263 to the sand 20, and then accumulates the accumulated information in the main RAM 263 in step S105. Reset information. Then, the main CPU 261 returns to step S101 described above. If it is determined in step S103 that it is not the transmission timing of the stored information, the main CPU 261 returns to step S101 described above.

  In this way, each time a medal is paid out, the pachislot machine 10 stores the information in the main RAM 263 and transmits it to the sand 20 in response to a request from the sand 20. Thereby, in the sand 20, the payout information accumulated after requesting the previous payout information can be acquired from the pachislot machine 10.

  In the sand 20 that receives the accumulated information from the pachislot machine 10, this accumulated information is added to the table shown in FIG.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the number of regular medals distributed in the sand 20 is grasped, and the number of medals distributed (counted) to the counting hopper 71 is normally distributed. When the number of medals is greater than a certain number (when the number of game media errors is larger than a certain number), it can be determined that medals brought in illegally from other stores are being used.

  Further, based on the face image obtained by imaging the player at every predetermined timing, it is determined whether or not the player has changed. If it is determined that the player has changed, the game medium error accumulated so far By resetting, the use of medals brought in illegally can be managed more accurately than in the past, thereby preventing illegal acts.

<<< Second Embodiment >>>
In the above-described first embodiment, the case where the game medium number error is determined in the sand 20 has been described. However, in the second embodiment, the plurality of pachislot machines 10 provided in the game store and the associated pachislot machines 10 are associated with them. The plurality of sands 20 are managed by a so-called hall computer (game room device) 500 that collectively manages the sands 20. In the present embodiment, the pachislot machine 10, the sand 20 and the hall computer 500 constitute a game hall system.

  FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing a connection state of the pachislot machine 10, the sand 20 and the hall computer 500 in the hall. As shown in FIG. 13, the pachislot machine 10 and the sand 20 are connected to the hall computer 500 so that they can communicate with each other, and the pachislot machine 10 stores accumulated information (medal number information) such as medal insertion information and payout information. ) Is transmitted to the hole computer 500, and the sand 20 transmits information on the number of medals (medal number information) such as the movement of the number of medals between the inserted information card and the counting result by the counting hopper 71 to the hole computer 500. Send to.

  FIG. 14 is a timing chart showing a procedure when the medal number information is obtained from the pachislot machine 10 and the sand 20 from the hall computer 500 and the abnormality detection process described above with reference to FIG. 8 and the replacement determination process described above with reference to FIG. is there.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the pachislot machine 10 includes the number of medals inserted for a game (input information such as “out”) and the number of medals paid out as a result of the game (payout information such as “safe”). The medal number information is transmitted to the hall computer 500.

Further, the sand 20 includes “sales (sheets)”, “replay (sheets)”, “movement (sheets)” shown in FIG.
Information related to the number of medals (medal number information) such as “held ball (sheet)”, “moved ball movement”, “cumulative count (sheet)”, and “cumulative payout (sheet)” is transmitted to the hall computer 500. This process is a process executed in step S101 of the lending process of the sand 20 described later in FIG.

  The hall computer has communication means (not shown) for performing wired or wireless communication between the pachislot machine 10 and the sand 20, and information on the number of medals transmitted from the pachislot machine 10 and the sand 20. Is received and accumulated (step S151), and the abnormality detection process is executed using these accumulated information (step S152). This abnormality detection process is the same as the process described above with reference to FIG. Based on the medal number information acquired from the pachislot machine 10 and the sand 20, the hall computer 500 displays “corrected sales (sheets)”, “bottom plate (sheets)”, “virtual prize (sheets)”, etc. shown in FIG. 10 is created (updated) in the RAM (not shown) in the hall computer 500, and as described above with reference to step S33 in FIG. 8, whether or not there has been an illegal use of medals. Determine whether. If there is an abnormality, an abnormality notification is performed. This abnormality notification is an area for management of a game store where the hall computer 500 is installed, and is an area where a general player cannot enter. By notifying the abnormality in such an area, the store clerk of the game store can grasp the illegal medal brought in by the player.

  In addition, the sand 20 transmits imaging data obtained by imaging a player's face image to the hall computer 500 at predetermined timings. In the hall computer 500, it is determined whether or not the player has been changed by executing a change determination process based on the imaging data acquired from the sand 20 (step S153). This change determination process (step S153) is the same as the process described above with reference to FIG.

  By this change determination process, the hall computer 500 determines the number of medals brought in illegally by resetting the game medium number error when it is determined that the player has changed, thereby increasing the game medium number error. It is possible to avoid the situation that cannot be done.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a lending process procedure for the sand 20 in the present embodiment. Compared with the lending process procedure shown in FIG. 6, this process has no abnormality detection process (step S24) and change determination process (step S25), and a medal number information transmission process (step S101) is added. Is different. In the case of the present embodiment, the abnormality detection process and the alternation determination process are not included in the processing of the sand 20 because the hall computer 500 executes them.

  In FIG. 15, the same processes as those in FIG. 6 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted. After the balance writing process (step S23), the main CPU 121 of the sand 20 transmits medal number information to the hall computer 500 in step S101.

  As a result, the hall computer 500 can create the table shown in FIG. 10 in the RAM on the hall computer 500 side.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the table (FIG. 10) can be created and managed on the hall computer 500 side to detect an abnormal state.

<<<< Other Embodiments >>
In the above-described embodiment, “corrected sales (sheets)” (D + E + F) is used as the number of medals that are actually distributed in the game store (the number of medals paid out from the pachislot machine 10 or the number of medals read from the information card). Using the result obtained by subtracting “difference” (C) from (D + E + F) −C), this value and a value predicted to include the number of medals brought in illegally (from “cumulative count (sheets)” to “ The result of subtracting “cumulative payout (sheets)” (“LM”) is compared with “virtual prize (sheets)” (J)), and the difference between them is recognized as an error in the number of game media to detect an abnormal state. Although the case has been described, the present invention is not limited to this. In short, any other various data can be used as long as it is a method for grasping the value including the number of medals that are normally distributed and the number of medals brought in illegally. Using wrong number of game media It can be obtained.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the sand computer 20 provided in the pachislot machine 10 and the hall computer 500 that manages the pachislot machine 10 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It can also be applied to hall computers that manage sand and pachinko machines attached to the machine.

  Moreover, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the player is imaged at a certain timing has been described. However, the condition for imaging the player is not limited to the passage of time, for example, an information card is inserted into the sand or When the player is taken out or when the gaming state of the pachislot machine 10 is changed, the timing at which the player may change may be predicted and imaged.

<<< Third Embodiment >>>
As shown in FIG. 16, the game room apparatus 4 (for example, hall computer 500) of the present invention is
The number of game media lent out from the game medium lending device 3 (for example, the number of loans), the number of game media used in the game machine 2 (for example, the pachislot machine 10) (for example, the number of outs), given from the game machine A game hall apparatus 4 for managing the number of granted game media (for example, safe number) and the counted number of game media (for example, the number of counted games) among the game media owned by the player,
Number of game media brought in from the outside of the gaming machine 2 based on at least one of the number of rented game media, the number of game media used, the number of game media granted, and the number of game media counted Cumulative total number of game media to be calculated (for example, main CPU 501, ROM 502, and RAM 504 of hall computer 500),
A cumulative brought-in game medium number display means (for example, a display 508 of the hall computer 500) for displaying the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculating means;
It is provided with.

The game hall device 4 of the present invention is
Whether game media was brought in from outside the gaming machine 2 based on at least one of the number of rented game media, the number of game media used, the number of game media granted, and the number of game media counted Game medium bring-in determining means (for example, main CPU 501, ROM 502, and RAM 504 of hall computer 500) for determining whether or not,
The cumulative carry-in game medium number calculating means calculates the cumulative carry-in game medium number on the condition that the game medium carry-in determination means determines that the game medium is brought in, and the game medium carry-in determination means If it is not determined that a game medium is brought in, the cumulative number of game media brought in is not calculated.

The game hall device 4 of the present invention is
A cumulative carry-in game medium number storage unit (for example, the RAM 504 of the hall computer 500) that stores the cumulative carry-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative carry-in game medium number calculation unit;
Determination means (for example, main CPU 501, ROM 502, and RAM 504 of hall computer 500) for determining whether or not the cumulative number of game media stored in the cumulative game media number storage means has reached a predetermined number;
Further comprising
The cumulative carry-in game medium number display means displays that fraud has been performed when the determination means determines that the cumulative carry-in game medium number has reached the predetermined number.

The game medium lending device 3 of the present invention (for example, the sand 20)
The game medium lending device 3 includes game medium lending means for lending game media (for example, a hopper 51 for paying out the sand 20 and a drive circuit 131) and provided corresponding to the game machine 2 (for example, the pachislot machine 10). And
Among the number of rented game media lent out from the game medium renting means, the number of used game media used in the game machine 2, the number of game media granted from the game machine 2, and the game media owned by the player Based on at least one of the counted number of game media, the total number of game media brought in from the outside of the gaming machine 2 is accumulated to calculate the total number of game media brought in Game medium number calculating means (for example, the main CPU 121 of the sand 20, the ROM 122, and the RAM 123),
A cumulative carry-in game medium number display means (for example, the operation unit 34 of the sand 20) for displaying the cumulative carry-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative carry-in game medium number calculation means;
It is provided with.

The game medium lending device 3 of the present invention
Whether game media was brought in from outside the gaming machine 2 based on at least one of the number of rented game media, the number of game media used, the number of game media granted, and the number of game media counted A game medium bringing-in judging means (for example, the main CPU 121 of the sand 20, the ROM 122, and the RAM 123) for judging whether or not;
The cumulative carry-in game medium number calculating means calculates the cumulative carry-in game medium number on the condition that the game medium carry-in determination means determines that the game medium is brought in, and the game medium carry-in determination means If it is not determined that a game medium is brought in, the cumulative number of game media brought in is not calculated.

The game medium lending device 3 of the present invention
A cumulative brought-in game medium number storage means (for example, the RAM 123 of the sand 20) for storing the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculated by the accumulated carry-in game medium number calculating means;
Determination means (for example, the main CPU 121, the ROM 122, and the RAM 123 of the sand 20) for determining whether or not the cumulative number of game media stored in the cumulative game media storage means has reached a predetermined number;
Further comprising
The cumulative carry-in game medium number display means displays that fraud has been performed when the determination means determines that the cumulative carry-in game medium number has reached the predetermined number.

The game hall system 1 of the present invention includes:
A gaming machine (eg, pachislot machine 10);
A game medium lending device 3 (for example, sand 20) provided corresponding to the gaming machine 2 and lending a game medium;
The number of rented game media lent out from the gaming medium renting device 3 (for example, the number of rented), the number of used game media used in the gaming machine 2 (for example, the number of outs), and the granted game granted from the gaming machine 2 A game hall device 4 (for example, the hall computer 500) that manages the number of media (for example, the safe number) and the counted number of counted game media (for example, the counted number) of game media owned by the player;
A game hall system 1 comprising:
The game hall device 4
Number of game media brought in from the outside of the gaming machine 2 based on at least one of the number of rented game media, the number of game media used, the number of game media granted, and the number of game media counted Cumulative total number of game media to be calculated (for example, main CPU 501, ROM 502, and RAM 504 of hall computer 500),
A cumulative brought-in game medium number display means (for example, a display 508 of the hall computer 500) for displaying the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculating means;
It is provided with.

In the game hall system 1 of the present invention,
Based on the number of game media 4 based on at least one of the number of rented game media, the number of game media used, the number of game media granted, and the number of game media counted, A game medium bringing-in judging means (for example, main CPU 501, ROM 502, and RAM 504 of the hall computer 500) for judging whether or not a game medium is brought in from
The cumulative carry-in game medium number calculating means calculates the cumulative carry-in game medium number on the condition that the game medium carry-in determination means determines that the game medium is brought in, and the game medium carry-in determination means If it is not determined that a game medium is brought in, the cumulative number of game media brought in is not calculated.

In the game hall system 1 of the present invention,
The game hall device 4
A cumulative carry-in game medium number storage unit (for example, the RAM 504 of the hall computer 500) that stores the cumulative carry-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative carry-in game medium number calculation unit;
Determination means (for example, main CPU 501, ROM 502, and RAM 504 of hall computer 500) for determining whether or not the cumulative number of game media stored in the cumulative game media number storage means has reached a predetermined number;
Further comprising
The cumulative carry-in game medium number display means displays that fraud has been performed when the determination means determines that the cumulative carry-in game medium number has reached the predetermined number.

The game hall system 1 of the present invention includes:
A plurality of the gaming machine 2 and the gaming medium lending device 3 are provided,
The plurality of game medium lending devices 3 are high-rate game medium lending devices (for example, a 20-yen sand for a medal) with a relatively small number of lent game media for a certain game value (for example, banknotes, IC cards). And a low-rate game medium lending device having a relatively large number of loaned game media for the certain game value (for example, a medal is 5 yen sand).

The game hall device 4 of the present invention is
The number of rented game media lent from the game medium renting device 3 (for example, the number of rented), the number of game media used for the gaming machine 2 (for example, the pachislot machine 10) (for example, the number of outs), A game hall device 4 that manages the number of granted game media (for example, the safe number) and the counted number of game media (for example, the number of counted games) among the game media owned by the player,
Number of game media brought in from the outside of the gaming machine 2 based on at least one of the number of rented game media, the number of game media used, the number of game media granted, and the number of game media counted Cumulative total number of game media to be calculated (for example, main CPU 501, ROM 502, and RAM 504 of hall computer 500),
Determination means (for example, main CPU 501, ROM 502, and RAM 504 of the hall computer 500) for determining whether or not the cumulative number of game media to be calculated calculated by the cumulative game media number calculation means has reached a predetermined number;
When the determination means determines that the accumulated number of game media has reached the predetermined number, fraud notification means for notifying that fraud has been performed (for example, the display 508 and the speaker 509 of the hall computer 500). When,
It is provided with.

The game hall device 4 of the present invention is
Whether game media was brought in from outside the gaming machine 2 based on at least one of the number of rented game media, the number of game media used, the number of game media granted, and the number of game media counted Game medium bring-in determining means (for example, main CPU 501, ROM 502, and RAM 504 of hall computer 500) for determining whether or not,
The cumulative carry-in game medium number calculating means calculates the cumulative carry-in game medium number on the condition that the game medium carry-in determination means determines that the game medium is brought in, and the game medium carry-in determination means If it is not determined that a game medium is brought in, the cumulative number of game media brought in is not calculated.

The game hall device 4 of the present invention is
The apparatus further comprises setting means capable of setting the predetermined number of values to any value.

The game medium lending device 3 of the present invention (for example, the sand 20)
A game medium lending device 3 provided with a game medium lending means (for example, a hopper 51 for paying out the sand 20 and a drive circuit 131) for lending a game medium, provided corresponding to the gaming machine 2,
The number of rented game media lent out from the game medium renting means (for example, the number of rented out), the number of used game media used in the gaming machine 2 (for example, the number of outs), and the granted game media granted from the gaming machine 2 Based on the number (for example, the safe number) and at least one of the counted number of game media (for example, the counted number) of game media owned by the player, Accumulated game media number calculation means (for example, main CPU 121 of ROM 20, ROM 122, and RAM 123) for accumulating the number of game media brought in from outside and calculating the total number of game media brought in
Determination means (for example, main CPU 121, ROM 122, and RAM 123 of the sand 20) for determining whether or not the cumulative number of game media calculated by the cumulative game media number calculation means has reached a predetermined number;
Fraud notification means for notifying that fraud has been carried out when it is determined by the determination means that the accumulated number of game media has reached the predetermined number; for example, the operation unit 34 of the sand 20;
It is provided with.

The game medium lending device 3 of the present invention
Whether game media was brought in from outside the gaming machine 2 based on at least one of the number of rented game media, the number of game media used, the number of game media granted, and the number of game media counted A game medium bringing-in judging means (for example, the main CPU 121 of the sand 20, the ROM 122, and the RAM 123) for judging whether or not;
The cumulative carry-in game medium number calculating means calculates the cumulative carry-in game medium number on the condition that the game medium carry-in determination means determines that the game medium is brought in, and the game medium carry-in determination means If it is not determined that a game medium is brought in, the cumulative number of game media brought in is not calculated.

The game medium lending device 3 of the present invention
The apparatus further comprises setting means capable of setting the predetermined number of values to any value.

The game hall system 1 of the present invention includes:
A gaming machine 2 (for example, a pachislot machine 10);
A game medium lending device 3 (for example, sand 20) provided corresponding to the gaming machine 2 and lending a game medium;
The number of rented game media lent out from the gaming medium renting device 3 (for example, the number of rented), the number of used game media used in the gaming machine (for example, the number of outs), and the number of game media granted from the gaming machine (For example, a safe number), and a game hall device 4 (for example, the hall computer 500) that manages the counted number of counted game media (for example, the number of counted numbers) among the game media owned by the player;
A game hall system 1 comprising:
The game hall device 4
Number of game media brought in from the outside of the gaming machine 2 based on at least one of the number of rented game media, the number of game media used, the number of game media granted, and the number of game media counted Cumulative total number of game media to be calculated (for example, main CPU 501, ROM 502, and RAM 504 of hall computer 500),
Determination means (for example, main CPU 501, ROM 502, and RAM 504 of the hall computer 500) for determining whether or not the cumulative number of game media to be calculated calculated by the cumulative game media number calculation means has reached a predetermined number;
When the determination means determines that the accumulated number of game media has reached the predetermined number, fraud notification means for notifying that fraud has been performed (for example, the display 508 and the speaker 509 of the hall computer 500). When,
It is provided with.

In the game hall system 1 of the present invention,
The game hall device 4
Whether game media was brought in from outside the gaming machine 2 based on at least one of the number of rented game media, the number of game media used, the number of game media granted, and the number of game media counted Game medium bring-in determining means (for example, main CPU 501, ROM 502, and RAM 504 of hall computer 500) for determining whether or not,
The cumulative carry-in game medium number calculating means calculates the cumulative carry-in game medium number on the condition that the game medium carry-in determination means determines that the game medium is brought in, and the game medium carry-in determination means If it is not determined that a game medium is brought in, the cumulative number of game media brought in is not calculated.

In the game hall system 1 of the present invention,
The game hall device 4 further includes setting means capable of setting the predetermined number of values to any value.

In the game hall system 1 of the present invention,
The game hall device 4 includes a plurality of the gaming machines 2 and the game medium lending device 3,
The plurality of game medium lending devices 3 are high-rate game medium lending devices (for example, a 20-yen sand for a medal) with a relatively small number of lent game media for a certain game value (for example, banknotes, IC cards). And a low-rate game medium lending device having a relatively large number of loaned game media for the certain game value (for example, a medal is 5 yen sand).

  In the game medium renting device 3 and the game hall device 4, the cumulative number of game media to be brought in is calculated based on, for example, the total number of used game media, the number of granted game media, the number of counted game media, and the number of rented game media. The number of embedded game media may be calculated.

  At least one of the game medium lending device 3 and the game hall device 4 uses the used game medium number calculating means (for example, the hall computer 500) to calculate the used game medium number based on the used game medium number signal from the gaming machine 2. Main CPU 501, ROM 502, and RAM 504) and the number of granted game media based on the number of granted game media signals from the gaming machine 2 (for example, the main CPU 501 of the hall computer 500, the ROM 502, And RAM 504) and counting game medium number calculating means (for example, main CPU 501 of the hall computer 500, ROM 502, and RAM 504) for calculating the number of counted game media based on the counted game medium number signal from the game medium lending device 3. Based on the number of rented game media signals from the game media rent device 3 , Lending game medium count calculating means for calculating the number of lending game media (e.g., the main CPU501 hall computer 500, ROM 502, and RAM 504) and may further include a.

  The used game medium number signal and the granted game medium number signal from the gaming machine 2 are not transmitted to the used game medium number calculating means and the assigned game medium number calculating means of the game hall device 4, and You may make it transmit to an inclusion determination means or an accumulation game medium number calculation means.

  The rented game medium number signal and the counted game medium number signal from the game medium renting apparatus 3 are not transmitted to the rented game medium number calculating means and the counted game medium number calculating means of the game hall apparatus 4, and the game of the game hall apparatus 4 is performed. You may make it transmit to a medium carry-in determination means or a total carry-in game media number calculation means.

  According to the game hall system 1, the cumulative number of game media brought in from the outside (such as another store or a low rate corner) is calculated, and this is calculated as the game media rental device 3 or the game hall device 4. Is displayed. Therefore, even if the same number of game media is brought out after the game media is brought in, the number of game media brought in can be properly grasped. It becomes possible to notice appropriately.

  According to the game hall system 1, it is determined whether or not the cumulative number of game media brought in has reached a predetermined number, and based on the determination result, the fact that fraud has been performed is either the game medium lending device 3 or the game hall device. 4 is displayed. Therefore, it is possible to identify a player who has played a game by illegally bringing in a game medium. In particular, if the fact that fraud has been carried out is displayed in the game medium lending device 3, it is well known that fraud has occurred in the player who has committed fraud and the surrounding players. Can be suppressed. On the other hand, if the game hall device 4 displays that fraud has been performed, the game hall device 4 is generally provided in an area where entry of the player is prohibited, so that the game that has been cheated It is possible for the amusement store side to grasp the illegal state without being known to the player.

  According to the game hall system 1, a predetermined number of values for fraud notification by the fraud notification means can be set to any value by the setting means. For this reason, it is possible to prevent notification that fraud has been performed unnecessarily.

  In the third embodiment, the game hall system 1 includes a pachislot machine 10, a sand 20, and a hall computer 500 similar to those in the first and second embodiments.

<< Operation unit 34 >>
As shown in FIG. 17, the operation unit 34 of the sand 20 has an icon A11 for selecting a payout instruction based on the counted number of medals and an icon A12 for selecting a payout instruction based on cash (value medium). In addition, a display area 341 is provided. In this display area 341, the number of medals to be calculated, which is calculated as the cumulative number of medals to be described later, is displayed. The display area 341 further displays a fraud notification such as “warning: fraudulent carry-in” when it is determined that the cumulative number of brought-in sheets is a predetermined number or more, for example, 100 or more.

<< Hall computer 500 >>
The hall computer 500 manages game information in the hall, and includes a main CPU 501, a ROM 502, and a RAM 504 as shown in FIG. The main CPU 501 reads and executes the control program stored in the ROM 502.

  The hall computer 500 is communicably connected to the pachislot machine 10 and the sand 20 via an interface 506. That is, as shown in FIG. 19, the hall computer 500 can receive the medal number information such as the used game medium number signal and the granted game medium number signal from the pachislot machine 10, and the number of counted game media from the sand 20 It is possible to receive medal number information such as a signal and a rental game medium number signal.

<< Processing of Hall Computer 500 >>
The hall computer 500 acquires and accumulates various data by reading out and executing the control program stored in the ROM 502 by the main CPU 501 (step S161). In this processing, the hall computer 500 calculates the number of used game media (out number) and the number of granted game media (safe number) based on the used game medium number signal and the granted game medium number signal, Based on the rented game medium number signal, the number of counted game media (counted number) and the number of rented game media (number of rented) are calculated.

  The hall computer 500 further executes a history data creation process to be described later with reference to FIG. 20 (step S162). Based on the history data created in step S162 and the imaging data received from the sand 20, FIG. The shift determination process described later with reference to this is executed (step S163).

<< History data creation process >>
FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing history data creation processing. In FIG. 20, the main CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 first acquires various types of data in step S <b> 301 and stores them in the RAM 504. Various types of data include, for example, a safe number that is the number of medals paid out as a result of a game in the pachislot machine 10, an out number that is the number of medals inserted to play a game on the pachislot machine 10, and a value medium. This includes data relating to the number of rented medals lent out (paid out) from the sand 20, the number of medals counted as the number of medals inserted into the counting hopper 71, and the like. Based on various data stored in the RAM 504, the main CPU 501 removes the total number of items brought in, and displays each item (game) in the all-vehicle error ball list screen shown in FIG. 20 and the table history list screen shown in FIG. Information) value is updated.

  In step S302, the main CPU 501 updates the carry-in number calculation counter. The carry-in number calculation counter is a counter that is referred to when calculating the carry-in number, and includes a safe number counter, an out number counter, a rented number counter, and a counted number counter. That is, in the process of step S302, the value acquired in S301 is added to the safe number counter, the out number counter, the rented number counter, and the counted number counter.

  In step S303, the main CPU 501 executes processing for calculating the number of brought-in items. This processing is calculated as “rented sheet counter value−out sheet number counter value + safe sheet number counter value−counted sheet counter value” using a carry-in sheet number calculation counter. The calculation of the number of brought-in is, for example, “lending number counter value−out number counter value (when the safe number counter value and the counting number counter value are“ 0 ”)”, “lending number counter value−counting number counter value (out Sheet counter value and safe sheet counter value is “0”) or “lending sheet counter value−out sheet counter value + safe sheet counter value (when the counted sheet counter value is“ 0 ”)” If all but one of the lending number counter value, the out number counter value, the safe number counter value, and the counted number counter value are “0”, it is based on the count value other than “0”. What is necessary is just to calculate the number of carry-in.

  In step S304, the main CPU 501 determines whether or not the carry-in number calculated in step S303 is a “negative number”. In this process, if the main CPU 501 determines that the carry-in number is “negative” (step S304: YES), the main CPU 501 proceeds to step S305 and does not determine that the carry-in number is “negative”. (Step S304: NO), the processing of this subroutine is terminated. That is, in the case of calculating the number of brought-in according to the previous equation, it is determined that it is brought in when it is “negative number”, and therefore, the processing after step S305 is executed when it is “negative number”.

  In step S305, the main CPU 501 sets the carry-in number calculated in step S303 in the first counter. In this case, the value calculated in step S303 is set as “+” in the first counter.

  In step S306, the main CPU 501 determines whether or not the value of the first counter is larger than the value of the second counter. In this process, when the main CPU 501 determines that the value of the first counter is larger than the value of the second counter (step S306: YES), the main CPU 501 moves the process to step S307, and the value of the first counter is the second value. If it is determined that the value is smaller than the counter value (step S306: NO), the processing of this subroutine is terminated. The initial value of the second counter is “0”.

  Next, the main CPU 501 adds the value calculated by “the value of the first counter−the value of the second counter” to each of the cumulative carry-in number counter and the fraud notification counter (step S307), and the value of the first counter Is set (overwritten) in the second counter (step S308). Note that the initial values of the cumulative carry-in number counter and the fraud notification counter are “0”. Further, the main CPU 501 updates the value of the cumulative carry-in number based on the value of the cumulative carry-in number counter (step S309). As a result, the value of “cumulative carry-in number” in the all-car error ball list screen shown in FIG. 20 and the car history list screen shown in FIG. 21 is updated.

  In step S310, the main CPU 501 determines whether or not the fraud notification counter is 100 or more. In this process, it is determined whether or not the number of brought-in sheets has reached “100” which is a threshold for fraud determination. That is, step S310 corresponds to fraud determination processing. The fraud determination threshold is not limited to “100” and can be changed in various ways, and may be set as appropriate according to the medal lending unit price, the exchange rate with the prize, and the like.

  In step S310, if the main CPU 501 determines that the fraud notification counter is 100 or more (step S310: YES), the main CPU 501 proceeds to step S311 and determines that the fraud notification counter is smaller than 100. (Step S310: NO), the processing of this subroutine is terminated.

  In step S311, the main CPU 501 sets fraud alert data and sets the value of the fraud alert counter to “−100”. That is, in step S310, since it is determined that the number of brought-in has reached “100”, which is the threshold for fraud determination, it can be determined that fraud has occurred, so fraud notification data is set. This fraud notification data set informs that fraudulent carry-in has occurred. This notification makes the display items of the corresponding game tables stand out in the all error table list screen shown in FIG. 20 and the table history list screen shown in FIG. A notification of the occurrence of fraud is executed by generating a sound or turning on a lamp. The fraudulent notification may be executed by causing the LED 31 of the sand 20 to emit light or causing a lamp (not shown) of the pachislot machine 10 to emit light in a predetermined manner. On the other hand, the value of the fraud notification counter is set to “−100” so that subsequent fraud can be determined.

  When the process of step S311 is executed, the process of this subroutine is terminated.

<< Change judgment process >>
FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the change determination process. In FIG. 21, the main CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 first analyzes the captured image in step S41. In this process, the main CPU 501 compares the previous image and the current image among the player's face images periodically captured by the camera 35 and stored in the RAM 504. In this comparison, the main CPU 501 recognizes and identifies an individual based on the face shape of the face image, and determines the position, size, length, etc. of the person's face or face part (eyes, nose, mouth, etc.). It is determined whether the player is the same person.

  In step S42, the main CPU 501 determines whether or not the players match. If they do not match, the main CPU 501 shifts the processing from step S42 to step S44, and stores the carry-in number calculation counter stored in the RAM 504 and The value of the second counter is reset, and the change determination process ends. Further, when it is determined in step S42 that the players match, the change determination process is also terminated.

  That is, for example, if the previous player has taken out medals (for example, 100), the next player has brought in more medals than the previous player has brought out medals (for example, 101). Not judged. For this reason, when the change of the player is confirmed, the carry-in number calculation counter and the second counter are reset.

  The hall computer 500 further includes a display 508 and a speaker 509. The display 508 and the speaker 509 perform fraudulent notification when it is determined that the cumulative number of brought-in sheets is a predetermined number or more, for example, 100 or more.

  The display 508 also performs display for managing game information, such as the all-car error ball list screen shown in FIG. 22 and the machine history list screen shown in FIG.

<Example of all error table screen>
In the all-unit error ball list screen shown in FIG. 22, game information (management items) for each game table is displayed as the main display. The game information includes “Sanban”, “Out <sheet>”, “Safe <sheet>”, “Difference sheet <sheet>”, “Number of sheets (%)”, “Sales (yen)”, “Replay” "Sales (yen)", "Total number of brought-in sheets <sheets>", "Lower plate number error number <sheets""," Illegal times ", and" Table history ".

The “table number” is the number of the game machine.
“Out <sheet>” is the number of medals inserted into the pachislot machine 10.
“Safe <sheet>” is the number of medals paid out from the pachislot machine 10.
“Difference sheet <sheet>” is out (number of sheets to be inserted) −safe (number of sheets to be paid out).
“Number of issued sheets (%)” is safe (number of sheets to be paid out) / out (number of sheets to be inserted).
“Sales (yen)” is the amount used for lending medals from the sand 20.
“Replay sales (yen)” is sales corresponding to the number of paid-out medal generated when the stored medal is used. Replay sales (yen) do not occur when using owned medals.
The “total number of brought-in <number>” is the number of medals that are assumed to be brought in by the player (the expected number of brought-in). This cumulative number of carry-in is not subtracted even if medals are taken out or the player is changed.
“Lower plate number error number <sheet>” is the number of sheets estimated to be present in the lower plate (including credits) of the pachislot machine 10. The number of errors in the number of lower pans is brought in when “−”, and is taken out (or spilled) when “+” after counting.
“Number of fraud” is incremented by “+1” when the number of carry-in exceeds a predetermined number. The predetermined number is set to, for example, 100 sheets, but may be set to any value. Although the predetermined number of settings does not appear on the drawing, the setting can be changed by inputting a numerical value to be set by operating a predetermined tab on the screen.
The “table history” is used when checking game information for each gaming table. By clicking the “check” button provided for each gaming table, the table history list screen shown in FIG. 23 is displayed. Is displayed.

  The “cumulative carry-in number” (or “bottom plate number error number”) as the game information is calculated, for example, as “lending number−out number + safe number−counting number”. If the value calculated in this way is “−”, it is “the number of carry-in”, and if it is “+”, it is “the number of bottom plate number error” during the game (when the counting process is not performed), the count After that, it is regarded as the “cumulative carry-on number”. In addition, the maximum value is always displayed as the cumulative number of brought-in sheets.

  For example, when 10 medals brought in even though they are not lent out are inserted, no payouts are made, and no counting is performed, “0 (lending number) −10 (out number) +0 ( Safe sheet number) −0 sheet (counted sheet number) = − 10 sheet ”. That is, the number of errors in the number of lower trays is −10, and the cumulative number of brought-in plates is 10. After that, if the game is continued and the number of borrowed sheets is 200, the number of inserted sheets is 300, the number of paid out sheets is 700, and the number of counted sheets is 600, it becomes “200−300 + 700−600 = 0”. The number error number is “0”, but since the cumulative number of sheets brought in is the highest value, it is “10”.

<Examples of transitions in game information such as the total number of carry-ins and the number of lower plate errors>
Here, FIG. 24 shows an example of the transition of game information such as the cumulative number of brought-in sheets and the number of errors in the number of lower dishes. FIG. 24 shows an example in which two players play, both bring in medals, win a bonus without receiving medals, and count the medals without continuing the game after the bonus.

  Specifically, the first player brings 10 medals and has a bonus pattern in the third game of the 3-game. In this process, the number of outs changes from “3” → “6” → “9”, and the cumulative number of brought-in changes from “3” → “6” → “9” because there is no lending, and the number of lower dishes The number of errors changes from “−3” → “−6” → “−9”.

  After the bonus symbols have been prepared, the player has entered a bonus game. In this bonus game, four single-game games are performed, and 15 games are paid out in each game. In this process, the number of outs changes from “10” → “11” → “12” → “13”, and the number of safes changes from “15” → “30” → “45” → “60”. The total number of cards brought in will be “10” by adding one game at the start of the bonus game, but after that, the medal is not counted and the game with the possessed medal is performed. Therefore, “10” does not change, and the number of errors in the number of lower dishes is 14 as “5” → “19” → “33” → “47” because there is a net increase of 14 medals in each game. Increase by one.

  After the bonus is over, the first player takes out 20 medals and counts the remaining medals. The number of counts at this time is 37, which is obtained by subtracting the number of medals taken out (20) from the number of medals (57) actually in the lower plate. In the process from the end of the bonus game to the counting, since there is no game, the out number, the safe number, and the cumulative error number do not change, and the lower plate number error number is deducted by the counted number and is 10 (47-37 sheets). That is, the total number of brought-in sheets is 10, which is the same as the brought-in number. On the other hand, the number of errors in the lower plate number is 10, and the carry-in number calculated from this value is −10 (the take-out number is 10), which does not match the actual carry-in number.

  Next, the second player brings 10 medals and arranges bonus symbols in the third game of the three-ply game. In this process, the number of outs changes from “16” → “19” → “22”, and the cumulative number of brought-in items changes from “13” → “16” → “19” because there is no lending. The number of errors changes from “7” → “4” → “1”.

  After the bonus symbols have been prepared, the player has entered a bonus game. In this bonus game, four single-game games are performed, and 15 games are paid out in each game. In this process, the number of outs changes from “23” → “24” → “25” → “26”, and the number of safes changes from “75” → “90” → “105” → “120”. The total number of cards brought in will be “20” when one bonus game at the start of the bonus game is added, but after that, the medal is not counted and the game with the held medal is performed. Therefore, “20” remains unchanged, and the number of errors in the number of lower trays is 14 as “15” → “29” → “43” → “57” because there is a net increase of 14 medals in each game. Increase by one.

  After the bonus is over, the second player counts all medals without taking out medals. At this time, the counted number is 57 of the number of medals actually in the lower plate. In the process from the end of the bonus game to the counting, since the game is not performed, the out number, the safe number, and the cumulative error number do not change, and the lower plate number error number is subtracted by the counted number to zero. (57-57). In other words, the total number of carry-in is 20 and matches the total carry-in number of two players. On the other hand, the number of errors in the lower plate number is 0, and it is determined that there is no carry-in number calculated from this value, and does not match the actual carry-in number.

  As described above, the cumulative number of brought-in sheets provides a result that coincides with the actual number of brought-in sheets even in a situation where the conventional lower-plate number error number does not coincide with the actual brought-in number.

  Further, the error table for all units shown in FIG. 22 further displays “illegal”, “total number of carry-in” and “total number of pans / total error” on the right side of the main display. In addition, a setting window and an operation tab are provided.

  “Unauthorized” displays information on fraud, and includes “cumulative fraud count”, “number of occurrences”, “cumulative number of sheets <sheets>”, and “total number of errors <sheets>”. The “cumulative fraud count” is the number of times it is determined that fraud has occurred, assuming that the cumulative number of carryovers exceeds a predetermined number (for example, 100). “Number of occurrences” is the total number of games in which fraud occurred. In the example shown in the figure, it is determined that there are four times of frauds in total for four units. “Total number of brought-in <number>” is the total number of brought-in on the gaming machine where the fraud occurred. This cumulative number of cards brought in is the cumulative number of gaming machines in which fraud has occurred, and does not include the cumulative number of gaming machines in which fraud has not occurred. The “cumulative error number <sheet>” is the cumulative error number in the gaming machine where the fraud occurred.

  “Total brought-in number” displays information on the brought-in number, and includes “cumulative brought-in number”, “generated number”, and “average brought-in number”. The “cumulative carry-in number” is the total carry-in number of the entire game machine. “Number of occurrences” is the total number of game machines in which medals have been brought in, and is counted as one even if a plurality of frauds occur in one. The “average carry-in number” is an average carry-in number of game machines in which medals have been brought in, and is calculated as a cumulative carry-in number / a generated number.

  “Total number of pans / total number of errors” displays information relating to the number of errors, and includes “cumulative error number”, “number of generated items”, and “average number of units”. The “cumulative error number” is the cumulative error number of the entire game machine. “Number of generated units” is the number of gaming machines in which the number of errors in the number of lower trays is not “0” among all the gaming machines. The “average number of units” is the average accumulated error number of the game tables in which the number of errors in the lower plate number is not “0”, and is calculated as the accumulated error number / the number of generated units.

  The setting window includes “unit price”, “more than the number of carry-in”, and “more than the number of lower dishes”. “Unit price” is a portion for setting a unit price for lending when calculating “sales” and the like. In the display example, two types of pachislot machines and pachinko machines can be set. The information displayed in the main display is a display example of a high rate (20 yen per sheet) in a pachislot machine. “More than the number of brought-in plates” and “More than the number of lower plates” are parts for setting the condition of information to be searched as “more than the number of brought-in plates” or “more than the number of lower plates”. The initial values of “more than the number of carry-in” and “more than the number of lower dishes” are “0”.

  The operation tab includes “search”, “CSV output”, and “print”. “Search” is a portion that is clicked to search and display information corresponding to the numerical value set in “more than the number of carry-in” or “more than the number of lower dishes”. “CSV output” is a portion that is clicked to output data displayed on the screen as a data file in CSV format. “Print” is a portion that is clicked to print data displayed on the screen.

<Example of table history list screen>
FIG. 23 shows a machine history list screen, which is displayed when the “Confirm” tab corresponding to the game machine number to be displayed is clicked in FIG. FIG. 21 is a table history list screen when the “Confirm” tab corresponding to the table number “5” is clicked.

  On the table history list screen, game information (management items) for each game table is displayed as the main display. The game information includes “occurrence time”, “special award / count / illegal”, “cumulative number of people”, “cumulative number of sheets <sheets>”, “lower plate number error number <sheets>”, “counted number <sheets>” , “Special Award Game <Number of Times”, “Special Award Out <Number>”, “Special Award Difference Number <Number>”, “Special Award Out <Number>”, “Special Award Safe <Number>”, “T1Y < Sheet> ”,“ MY <sheet> ”, and“ player ”.

The “occurrence time” is the time when any one of the special prize, the count, and the fraud occurs.
“Special Award / Counting / Unauthorized” is a column indicating that any one of the special prize, the counting, or the illegality has occurred.
The “total number of people” is the total number of people who have played on the game machine (5th machine).
The “total number of brought-in <number>” indicates the number of medals (the number of brought-in) that the player has brought in, updated in units of 100 (for each fraud determination). The cumulative number of brought-in items may be indicated regardless of the occurrence of fraud, as in the case of the all-unit error ball list screen.
“Lower plate number error number <sheet>” is the number of sheets estimated to be present in the lower plate (including credits) of the pachislot machine 10. The number of errors in the number of lower pans is brought in when “−”, and is taken out (or spilled) when “+” after counting.
The “counted number <number>” is the number of medals counted in the sand 20 associated with the game stand (5th stand).
The “special prize game <number of times>” is the number of games between bonuses (“RB” or “BB”).
“Out of special prize <sheets>” is the number of sheets inserted between special prizes.
The “difference between special prizes <sheet>” is the difference between special prizes.
“Out of special award <sheet>” is the number of sheets inserted during the special award.
The “special prize safe <sheet>” is the number of payouts during the special prize.
“T1Y <sheet>” is a net increase in number obtained by a special prize.
“MY <sheet>” is the maximum payout number counted from the minimum minus difference number. For example, when the minimum difference sheet number is “−1500 sheets” and there is a net increase of “1500 sheets”, the difference sheet is “0 sheets”, but the MY is “+1500 sheets”.
The “player” identifies the players A and B who have performed fraud, and an image captured by the camera 35 of the sand 20 is displayed.

  In addition to the main display, the table history list screen further includes a display related to “table number”, a plurality of operation tabs, and check boxes.

  The display related to the “table number” includes the “table number” for the currently displayed screen and the model name and rental unit price. Click points that can select the list screen are displayed.

  The operation tab includes “return to the total error count list”, “update”, “CSV output”, and “print”. “Return to error list of all units” is a part clicked to return to the list of error numbers of all units shown in FIG. “Update” is a portion that is clicked to manually update the table history list screen. “CSV output” is a portion that is clicked to output data displayed on the screen as a data file in CSV format. “Print” is a portion that is clicked to print data displayed on the screen.

  The check box is for selecting a photo thumbnail display. By checking the check box, when a fraud occurs as shown in FIG. "Is displayed in the" "column.

  The table history list screen shown in FIG. 23 shows that an illegal act by the player A occurs at “10:42” and an illegal act by the player B occurs at “11:55”. Injustice here means that the total number of sheets brought in exceeds a predetermined number (100 sheets). This fraud can basically be detected during the game when the out is excessive with respect to the sales (the number of loans), and is detected when the number of lower tray error is calculated at the time of counting.

<< Game media lending process >>
FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing a gaming medium lending process procedure performed by the main CPU 121 of the sand 20 and is always executed by the main CPU 121. This process is basically the same as the lending process described above with reference to FIG. 6, but a history data creation process (step S201) is executed instead of the abnormality detection process in step S24 of FIG. A change determination process (step S202) different from step S25 of step 6 is executed.

  The history data creation process in step S201 and the replacement determination process in step S202 are the same as the history data creation process and the replacement determination process executed in the hall computer 500 described above with reference to FIGS. The twenty main CPUs 121 are different in that they are executed using programs stored in the ROM 122.

  The history data creation process and the change determination process may be performed by one of the hall computer 500 and the sand 20, but when performed by only one of them, it is preferably performed by the hall computer 500.

<<< Fourth embodiment >>>>
As shown in FIG.
The game room apparatus 4 (for example, hall computer 500) of the present invention
The number of game media lent out from the game medium lending device 3 (for example, the number of loans), the number of game media used in the game machine 2 (for example, the pachislot machine 10) (for example, the number of outs), given from the game machine A game hall apparatus 4 for managing the number of granted game media (for example, safe number) and the counted number of game media (for example, the number of counted games) among the game media owned by the player,
Number of game media brought in from the outside of the gaming machine 2 based on at least one of the number of rented game media, the number of game media used, the number of game media granted, and the number of game media counted Cumulative total number of game media to be calculated (for example, main CPU 501, ROM 502, and RAM 504 of hall computer 500),
A cumulative carry-in game medium number storage unit (for example, the RAM 504 of the hall computer 500) that stores the cumulative carry-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative carry-in game medium number calculation unit;
Imaging data storage means (for example, the RAM 504 of the hall computer 500) for storing imaging data obtained by imaging the player;
A player change determination unit (for example, the hall computer 500) that determines whether or not the player has changed by comparing the image data stored in the image data storage unit with newly captured image data. Main CPU 501, ROM 502, and RAM 504),
When the player change determining means determines that the player has been changed, reset means (for example, the hall computer 500 of the hall computer 500) that resets the accumulated carry game medium number stored in the accumulated carry game medium number storage means. Main CPU 501, ROM 502, and RAM 504),
It is provided with.

The game hall device 4 of the present invention is
Whether game media was brought in from outside the gaming machine 2 based on at least one of the number of rented game media, the number of game media used, the number of game media granted, and the number of game media counted Game medium bring-in determining means (for example, main CPU 501, ROM 502, and RAM 504 of hall computer 500) for determining whether or not,
The cumulative carry-in game medium number calculating means calculates the cumulative carry-in game medium number on the condition that the game medium carry-in determination means determines that the game medium is brought in, and the game medium carry-in determination means If it is not determined that a game medium is brought in, the cumulative number of game media brought in is not calculated.

The game hall device 4 of the present invention is
It further comprises a total brought-in game medium number display means (for example, a display 508 of the hall computer 500) for displaying the accumulated carry-in game medium number stored in the accumulated carry-in game medium number storage means.

The game medium lending device 3 of the present invention (for example, the sand 20)
The game medium lending device 3 includes game medium lending means for lending game media (for example, a hopper 51 for paying out the sand 20 and a drive circuit 131) and provided corresponding to the game machine 2 (for example, the pachislot machine 10). And
The number of rented game media lent from the gaming medium renting means (for example, the number of rented), the number of used game media used for the gaming machine (for example, the number of outs), the number of granted gaming media granted from the gaming machine ( For example, from the outside of the gaming machine 2 based on at least one of the number of game media counted among the safe media) and the counted number of game media counted among the game media owned by the player (for example, the count number). Cumulative game media number calculation means (for example, the main CPU 121 of the sand 20, the ROM 122, and the RAM 123) that calculates the total number of game media brought in to calculate the total number of game media brought in;
A cumulative brought-in game medium number storage means (for example, the RAM 123 of the sand 20) for storing the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculated by the accumulated carry-in game medium number calculating means;
An imaging means (for example, a camera of the sand 20) that images a player based on a predetermined condition (for example, elapse of a predetermined time, insertion / removal of an information card, issuance / reading of an IC card) is established. 35)
Imaging data storage means for storing imaging data obtained by imaging the player by the imaging means (for example, the RAM 123 of the sand 20);
A player change determination means (for example, a player change determination means for determining whether or not a player has been changed by comparing the image pickup data stored in the image pickup data storage means and the image pickup data newly picked up by the image pickup means) Sand 20 main CPU 121, ROM 122, and RAM 123),
When the player change determining means determines that the player has changed, reset means (for example, the main of the sand 20) that resets the accumulated number of game media stored in the accumulated game media number storage means. CPU 121, ROM 122, and RAM 123),
It is provided with.

The game medium lending device 3 of the present invention
Whether game media was brought in from outside the gaming machine 2 based on at least one of the number of rented game media, the number of game media used, the number of game media granted, and the number of game media counted A game medium bringing-in judging means (for example, the main CPU 121 of the sand 20, the ROM 122, and the RAM 123) for judging whether or not;
The cumulative carry-in game medium number calculating means calculates the cumulative carry-in game medium number on the condition that the game medium carry-in determination means determines that the game medium is brought in, and the game medium carry-in determination means If it is not determined that a game medium is brought in, the cumulative number of game media brought in is not calculated.

The game medium lending device 3 of the present invention
It is further characterized by further comprising a cumulative brought-in game medium number display means (for example, an operation unit 34 of the sand 20) for displaying the accumulated carried-in game medium number stored in the accumulated carried-in game medium number storage means.

The game hall system 1 of the present invention includes:
A gaming machine 2 (for example, a pachislot machine 10);
A game medium lending device 3 (for example, sand 20) provided corresponding to the gaming machine 2 and lending a game medium (for example, a medal);
The number of rented game media lent out from the gaming medium renting device 3 (for example, the number of rented), the number of used game media used in the gaming machine 2 (for example, the number of outs), and the granted game granted from the gaming machine 2 A game hall device 4 (for example, the hall computer 500) that manages the number of media (for example, the safe number) and the counted number of counted game media (for example, the counted number) of game media owned by the player;
A game hall system 1 comprising:
The game hall device 4
Number of game media brought in from the outside of the gaming machine 2 based on at least one of the number of rented game media, the number of game media used, the number of game media granted, and the number of game media counted Cumulative total number of game media to be calculated (for example, main CPU 501, ROM 502, and RAM 504 of hall computer 500),
A cumulative carry-in game medium number storage unit (for example, the RAM 504 of the hall computer 500) that stores the cumulative carry-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative carry-in game medium number calculation unit;
Imaging data storage means (for example, the RAM 504 of the hall computer 500) for storing imaging data obtained by imaging the player;
A player change determination unit (for example, the hall computer 500) that determines whether or not the player has changed by comparing the image data stored in the image data storage unit with newly captured image data. Main CPU 501, ROM 502, and RAM 504),
When the player change determining means determines that the player has been changed, reset means (for example, the hall computer 500 of the hall computer 500) that resets the accumulated carry game medium number stored in the accumulated carry game medium number storage means. Main CPU 501, ROM 502, and RAM 504),
It is provided with.

In the game hall system 1 of the present invention,
The game hall device 4
Whether game media was brought in from outside the gaming machine 2 based on at least one of the number of rented game media, the number of game media used, the number of game media granted, and the number of game media counted Game medium bring-in determining means (for example, main CPU 501, ROM 502, and RAM 504 of hall computer 500) for determining whether or not,
The cumulative carry-in game medium number calculating means calculates the cumulative carry-in game medium number on the condition that the game medium carry-in determination means determines that the game medium is brought in, and the game medium carry-in determination means If it is not determined that a game medium is brought in, the cumulative number of game media brought in is not calculated.

In the game hall system 1 of the present invention,
The game hall device 4
It further comprises a total brought-in game medium number display means (for example, a display 508 of the hall computer 500) for displaying the accumulated carry-in game medium number stored in the accumulated carry-in game medium number storage means.

In the game hall system 1 of the present invention,
A plurality of the gaming machine 2 and the gaming medium lending device 3 are provided,
The plurality of game medium lending devices 3 are high-rate game medium lending devices (for example, a 20-yen sand for a medal) with a relatively small number of lent game media for a certain game value (for example, banknotes, IC cards). And a low-rate game medium lending device having a relatively large number of loaned game media for the certain game value (for example, a medal is 5 yen sand).

  According to the game hall system 1 according to the fourth embodiment, the game media brought in from the outside (other stores or low-rate corners, etc.) are accumulated, calculated and stored as the total number of game media brought in, Is reset each time a player changes. Therefore, it becomes possible to manage the total number of game media brought in for each player. If you manage the total number of game media brought in by each player, even if the same number of game media is brought in after the game media has been brought in, the number of game media brought in Since it can be grasped appropriately, it becomes possible to appropriately recognize fraud by bringing in game media.

  The game hall system 1 of the fourth embodiment is configured by a pachislot machine 10, a sand 20, and a hall computer 500 similar to those of the third embodiment. However, as described with reference to FIG. 26, the game hall system 1 includes a reset means in at least one of the game medium lending device 3 and the game hall device 4, and the player is determined by the player change determination means. When the change is determined, the estimated number of accumulated game media stored in the accumulated expected number storage means is reset. Preferably, the reset means is provided only in the game hall device 4, and in this case, the player change determination means is also provided only in the game hall device 4.

<< History data creation process >>
In the game hall system 1 provided with the reset means, the history data creation process shown in FIG. 27 is basically the same as the history data creation process in the third embodiment shown in FIG. In the history data creation process shown in FIG. 27, the same reference numerals are given to the same processing procedures as the history data creation process shown in FIG. The history data creation process shown in FIG. 27 differs from the history data creation process shown in FIG. 20 in that the process of step S401 is added between step S309 and step S310.

  The process in step S401 is to update the value of the cumulative total number of individuals based on the second counter. The process of step S401 is executed before the process of determining whether the fraud notification counter is 100 or more (step S310). That is, the fraud notification counter is reset for each player, and it is determined whether or not the fraud notification is performed based on the individual personal carry-in number of each player in the pachislot machine 10. For this reason, it is possible to avoid a situation in which it is determined that the player has been illegally brought in just by using several medals that have fallen on the floor, for example, due to the illegal carry-in of the previous player. Can bring in.

<< Change judgment process >>
The change determination process shown in FIG. 28 is basically the same as the change determination process shown in FIG. 21, except that step S44 in the change determination process shown in FIG. The processing is changed to “processing for resetting the values of the counter and the second counter” (step S45). That is, the values of the fraud notification counter, the counter for calculating the number of carry-in, and the second counter are reset with the change of the player so that fraudulent carry-in can be determined based on the cumulative number of individual carry-in of each player. . Although not shown in the figure, when the value of the second counter is reset, the value of the personal total carry-on <sheet> also becomes zero.

<Example of all-car error list screen and machine history list screen>
Unlike the third embodiment, data of “total number of personally brought in” is added to the all error table list screen shown in FIG. 29 and the base history list screen shown in FIG. The “individual cumulative carry-in number” on the all-car error list screen and the car history list screen is also reset when it is determined that the player has changed.

  In this way, by displaying the data of “total number of individuals brought in” on the list screen for managing game information, it is possible to manage the carry-in of each player who is currently playing a game.

<An example of the transition of game information such as the total number of individuals brought in and the number of errors in the number of pans>
As shown in FIG. 31, the transition of game information such as the total number of individuals brought in and the number of errors in the number of lower dishes is changed because the “total number of individuals brought in” is reset by the player change. The “individual cumulative brought-in number” of the second player is different from the transition of the game information of the third embodiment shown in FIG. That is, the “individual cumulative number of players” of the second player is reset to “0” when the player changes.

  As described above with reference to FIG. 22, for the first player, the calculated “individual cumulative carry-in number” matches the actual carry-in number. On the other hand, for the second person, as in the first person, the calculated “individual accumulated number of persons” on an individual basis is “10”, which matches the actually brought-in number (10 sheets). . In this way, if the “total number of individuals brought in” is reset each time a player changes, even if the player changes, the number of medals will be appropriately predicted for each individual player. be able to.

  In the fourth embodiment of the present invention, the case where the “total number of individuals brought in” is managed in the hall computer 500 has been described, but the “total number of individuals brought in” may be managed in the sand 20. .

<<<< Other Embodiments >>
This embodiment is the same as the processing procedure (FIG. 19) of the pachislot machine 10, the sand 20 and the hall computer 500 in the third embodiment (FIG. 19), and the gaming media lending processing procedure (FIG. 25) by the main CPU of the sand 20. The present invention relates to a game hall system 1 that executes various processing procedures. However, in the present embodiment, the change determination process is not executed, and the subroutine shown in FIG. 32 is executed as the history data creation process. In FIG. 32, the same steps as those in the history data creation process shown in FIG. 27 are denoted by the same step numbers, and detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  In FIG. 32, the main CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 first acquires various data in step S301 and stores it in the RAM 504. Various types of data include, for example, a safe number that is the number of medals paid out as a result of a game in the pachislot machine 10, an out number that is the number of medals inserted to play a game on the pachislot machine 10, and a value medium. This includes data relating to the number of rented medals lent out (paid out) from the sand 20, the number of medals counted as the number of medals inserted into the counting hopper 71, and the like. Based on various data stored in the RAM 504, the main CPU 501 removes the total number of items brought in, and displays each item (game) in the all-vehicle error ball list screen shown in FIG. 20 and the table history list screen shown in FIG. Information) value is updated.

  In step S302, the main CPU 501 updates the carry-in number calculation counter. The carry-in number calculation counter is a counter that is referred to when calculating the carry-in number, and includes a safe number counter, an out number counter, a rented number counter, and a counted number counter. That is, in the process of step S302, the value acquired in S301 is added to the safe number counter, the out number counter, the rented number counter, and the counted number counter.

  Next, the main CPU 501 updates the carry-in number calculation counter (step S303), and executes a process for calculating the carry-in number (step S501).

  The main CPU 501 determines whether or not the carry-in number calculated in step S501 is a “negative number” (step S304). In this process, if the main CPU 501 determines that the carry-in number is “negative” (step S304: YES), the main CPU 501 proceeds to step S305 and does not determine that the carry-in number is “negative”. (Step S304: NO), the processing of this subroutine is terminated.

  In step S305, the main CPU 501 sets the carry-in number calculated in step S303 in the first counter. In this case, the value calculated in step S303 is set as “+” in the first counter.

  Next, the main CPU 501 determines whether or not the value of the first counter is larger than the value of the cumulative carry-in counter (step S502). In this process, when the main CPU 501 determines that the value of the first counter is larger than the value of the cumulative carry-in counter (step S502: YES), the main CPU 501 moves the process to step S309, and the value of the first counter is cumulative. If it is determined that the value is smaller than the value of the carry-in counter (step S502: NO), the processing of this subroutine is terminated.

  Next, the main CPU 501 sets (overwrites) the value of the first counter in the accumulated carry-in number counter and the fraud notification counter respectively (step S503), and based on the accumulated carry-in number counter value, The value is updated (step S309).

  The main CPU 501 determines whether or not the fraud notification counter is 100 or more (step S310). In step S310, if the main CPU 501 determines that the fraud notification counter is 100 or more (step S310: YES), the main CPU 501 proceeds to step S311 and determines that the fraud notification counter is smaller than 100. (Step S310: NO), the processing of this subroutine is terminated.

  In step S311, the main CPU 501 sets fraud notification data, sets the value of the fraud notification counter to “−100”, and ends the processing of this subroutine.

  In the present embodiment, the total carry-in process is calculated when a carry-in action occurs on the condition that the counter value does not change regardless of whether the player is changed or not, and no take-out action occurs. be able to.

  Also, in the first to fourth embodiments of the present invention, a game field system including a pachislot machine that uses medals as game media has been described. However, the present invention can be used as other game machines or game media that use medals. It can also be applied to a game hall system including a pachinko machine using a game ball.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game hall system 2 Game machine 3 Game media rental apparatus 4 Game hall apparatus 10 Pachi-slot machine 20 Sand 34 (sand) operation unit 341 (operation unit) display area 35 (sand) camera 71 (sand) counting hopper 121 (sand) main CPU
122 (sand) ROM
123 (sand) RAM
500 Hall computer 501 (Hall computer) Main CPU
502 (Hall computer) ROM
504 (Hall computer) RAM
508 (Hall computer) Display 509 (Hall computer) Speaker

The game room apparatus of the present invention
Counted out of the number of gaming media lent out from the gaming media rental device, the number of used gaming media used in the gaming machine, the number of gaming media granted from the gaming machine, and the gaming media owned by the player A game hall device for managing the number of counted game media,
By subtracting the sum of the number of used game media and the number of counted game media from the sum of the number of rented game media and the number of granted game media, the number of game media brought in from the outside of the game machine is set to a predetermined value. A means for calculating the number of game media to be calculated for each timing;
A game medium bring-in determining means for determining that a game medium has been brought in from the outside of the gaming machine when the number of game media calculated by the carry-in game medium number calculating means is a negative number;
Only when it is determined that the game medium has been brought in by the game medium carry-in determination means, the value based on the number of game media calculated by the carry-in game medium number calculation means is accumulated to obtain the cumulative number of game media to be brought in A means for calculating the total number of game media that can be calculated;
A cumulative brought-in game medium number display means for displaying the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculating means;
It is provided with.

The game room apparatus of the present invention
A cumulative brought-in game medium number storage means for storing the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative brought-in game medium number calculating means;
Determining means for determining whether or not the cumulative number of game media stored in the cumulative game media storage means has reached a predetermined number;
Further comprising
The cumulative carry-in game medium number display means displays that fraud has been performed when the determination means determines that the cumulative carry-in game medium number has reached the predetermined number.

The game room apparatus of the present invention
A cumulative brought-in game medium number storage means for storing the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative brought-in game medium number calculating means;
Imaging data storage means for storing imaging data obtained by imaging the player;
A player change determining means for determining whether or not a player has been changed by comparing the imaged data stored in the imaged data storage means with newly captured image data;
Reset means for resetting the cumulative number of game media stored in the cumulative game media number storage means when it is determined by the player change determination means that the player has changed;
Is further provided.

The game media lending device of the present invention is
A game medium lending device provided with game medium lending means for lending game media, provided corresponding to the gaming machine,
Of the number of game media used in the game machine and the game media owned by the player, based on the sum of the number of game media lent out from the game medium renting means and the number of game media granted from the game machine Subtracting the sum of the counted number of game media, and calculating the number of game media brought in from the outside of the game machine at a predetermined timing;
A game medium bring-in determining means for determining that a game medium has been brought in from the outside of the gaming machine when the number of game media calculated by the carry-in game medium number calculating means is a negative number;
Only when it is determined that the game medium has been brought in by the game medium carry-in determination means, the value based on the number of game media calculated by the carry-in game medium number calculation means is accumulated to obtain the cumulative number of game media to be brought in A means for calculating the total number of game media that can be calculated;
A cumulative brought-in game medium number display means for displaying the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculating means;
It is provided with.

The game media lending device of the present invention is
A cumulative brought-in game medium number storage means for storing the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative brought-in game medium number calculating means;
Determining means for determining whether or not the cumulative number of game media stored in the cumulative game media storage means has reached a predetermined number;
Further comprising
The cumulative carry-in game medium number display means displays that fraud has been performed when the determination means determines that the cumulative carry-in game medium number has reached the predetermined number.

The game media lending device of the present invention is
A cumulative brought-in game medium number storage means for storing the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative brought-in game medium number calculating means;
An imaging means for imaging the player based on a predetermined condition being satisfied;
Imaging data storage means for storing imaging data obtained by imaging the player by the imaging means;
A player change determination means for determining whether or not a player has been changed by comparing the imaging data stored by the imaging data storage means and the imaging data newly captured by the imaging means;
Reset means for resetting the cumulative number of game media stored in the cumulative game media number storage means when it is determined by the player change determination means that the player has changed;
Is further provided.

The game hall system of the present invention
With gaming machines,
A game medium lending device provided corresponding to the gaming machine and lending game media;
Count of the number of gaming media lent out from the gaming medium renting device, the number of used gaming media used in the gaming machine, the number of gaming media granted from the gaming machine, and the gaming media owned by the player A game hall device for managing the number of counted game media;
A game hall system comprising:
The playground device is
By subtracting the sum of the number of used game media and the number of counted game media from the sum of the number of rented game media and the number of granted game media, the number of game media brought in from the outside of the game machine is set to a predetermined value. A means for calculating the number of game media to be calculated for each timing;
A game medium bring-in determining means for determining that a game medium has been brought in from the outside of the gaming machine when the number of game media calculated by the carry-in game medium number calculating means is a negative number;
Only when it is determined that the game medium has been brought in by the game medium carry-in determination means, the value based on the number of game media calculated by the carry-in game medium number calculation means is accumulated to obtain the cumulative number of game media to be brought in A means for calculating the total number of game media that can be calculated;
A cumulative brought-in game medium number display means for displaying the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculating means;
It is provided with.

In the game hall system of the present invention,
The playground device is
A cumulative brought-in game medium number storage means for storing the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative brought-in game medium number calculating means;
Determining means for determining whether or not the cumulative number of game media stored in the cumulative game media storage means has reached a predetermined number;
Further comprising
The cumulative carry-in game medium number display means displays that fraud has been performed when the determination means determines that the cumulative carry-in game medium number has reached the predetermined number.

In the game hall system of the present invention,
The playground device is
A cumulative brought-in game medium number storage means for storing the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative brought-in game medium number calculating means;
Imaging data storage means for storing imaging data obtained by imaging the player;
A player change determining means for determining whether or not a player has been changed by comparing the imaged data stored in the imaged data storage means with newly captured image data;
Reset means for resetting the cumulative number of game media stored in the cumulative game media number storage means when it is determined by the player change determination means that the player has changed;
Is further provided.

Claims (10)

Counted out of the number of gaming media lent out from the gaming media rental device, the number of used gaming media used in the gaming machine, the number of gaming media granted from the gaming machine, and the gaming media owned by the player A game hall device for managing the number of counted game media,
Based on at least one of the number of rented game media, the number of game media used, the number of game media granted, and the number of game media counted, the number of game media brought in from the outside of the gaming machine is calculated. Cumulative brought-in game media number calculating means for accumulating and calculating the total brought-in game media number;
A cumulative brought-in game medium number display means for displaying the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculating means;
A game hall apparatus comprising: Whether or not a game medium is brought in from outside the gaming machine based on at least one of the number of rented game media, the number of game media used, the number of game media granted, and the number of game media counted A game medium bringing-in judging means for judging whether or not
The cumulative carry-in game medium number calculating means calculates the cumulative carry-in game medium number on the condition that the game medium carry-in determination means determines that the game medium is brought in, and the game medium carry-in determination means 2. The game hall device according to claim 1, wherein if it is not determined that a game medium is brought in, the cumulative number of game media brought in is not calculated. A cumulative brought-in game medium number storage means for storing the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative brought-in game medium number calculating means;
Determining means for determining whether or not the cumulative number of game media stored in the cumulative game media storage means has reached a predetermined number;
Further comprising
The cumulative carry-in game medium number display means displays that fraud has been performed when the determination means determines that the cumulative carry-in game medium number has reached the predetermined number. The game hall apparatus according to claim 1 or 2. A game medium lending device provided with game medium lending means for lending game media, provided corresponding to the gaming machine,
Count of the number of gaming media lent out from the gaming medium renting means, the number of used gaming media used in the gaming machine, the number of gaming media granted from the gaming machine, and the gaming media owned by the player Based on at least one of the counted number of game media, the total number of game media brought in from the outside of the gaming machine is calculated as the total number of game media brought in. A calculation means;
A cumulative brought-in game medium number display means for displaying the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculating means;
A game medium lending device comprising: Whether or not a game medium is brought in from outside the gaming machine based on at least one of the number of rented game media, the number of game media used, the number of game media granted, and the number of game media counted A game medium bringing-in judging means for judging whether or not
The cumulative carry-in game medium number calculating means calculates the cumulative carry-in game medium number on the condition that the game medium carry-in determination means determines that the game medium is brought in, and the game medium carry-in determination means 5. The game medium lending device according to claim 4, wherein if it is not determined that the game medium is brought in, the cumulative number of game media brought in is not calculated. A cumulative brought-in game medium number storage means for storing the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative brought-in game medium number calculating means;
Determining means for determining whether or not the cumulative number of game media stored in the cumulative game media storage means has reached a predetermined number;
Further comprising
The cumulative carry-in game medium number display means displays that fraud has been performed when the determination means determines that the cumulative carry-in game medium number has reached the predetermined number. The game medium lending device according to claim 4 or 5. With gaming machines,
A game medium lending device provided corresponding to the gaming machine and lending game media;
Count of the number of gaming media lent out from the gaming medium renting device, the number of used gaming media used in the gaming machine, the number of gaming media granted from the gaming machine, and the gaming media owned by the player A game hall device for managing the number of counted game media;
A game hall system comprising:
The playground device is
Based on at least one of the number of rented game media, the number of game media used, the number of game media granted, and the number of game media counted, the number of game media brought in from the outside of the gaming machine is calculated. Cumulative brought-in game media number calculating means for accumulating and calculating the total brought-in game media number;
A cumulative brought-in game medium number display means for displaying the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculating means;
A game hall system characterized by comprising: The game hall device is configured to play a game from the outside of the gaming machine based on at least one of the number of rented game media, the number of used game media, the number of granted game media, and the number of game media counted. A game medium bringing-in judging means for judging whether or not the medium has been brought in;
The cumulative carry-in game medium number calculating means calculates the cumulative carry-in game medium number on the condition that the game medium carry-in determination means determines that the game medium is brought in, and the game medium carry-in determination means 8. The game hall system according to claim 7, wherein when it is not determined that a game medium is brought in, the cumulative number of game media brought in is not calculated. The playground device is
A cumulative brought-in game medium number storage means for storing the cumulative carried-in game medium number calculated by the cumulative brought-in game medium number calculating means;
Determining means for determining whether or not the cumulative number of game media stored in the cumulative game media storage means has reached a predetermined number;
Further comprising
The cumulative carry-in game medium number display means displays that fraud has been performed when the determination means determines that the cumulative carry-in game medium number has reached the predetermined number. The game hall system according to claim 7 or 8. A plurality of the gaming machine and the gaming medium rental device,
The plurality of game medium lending devices include a high rate game medium lending device having a relatively small number of lent game media for a certain game value and a low rate game having a relatively large number of lent game media for the certain game value. The game hall system according to any one of claims 7 to 9, comprising a medium lending device.

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