JP2016083316A - Management system for game parlor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a management system for game parlors capable of contributing to appropriate profit securement of a game parlor side, while reducing workload of employees by implementing an unprecedented novel forced-termination business form.SOLUTION: When the number of putout balls reaches an upper limit in a first special state, a management device 5 notifies employees that a forced-termination condition is established. When an employee checks that a game state after termination of the jackpot, is transferred to a probability variable state, the game is forcibly terminated, however, when it is checked that the game state is transferred to a normal state, the continuation of the game is permitted without doing anything. This configuration can reduce the burden of employees and, compared with a case of inevitably executing forced-termination work at the termination of the jackpot state, improve an operating rate of the game machine 1.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a management system for a game arcade provided with notification means for performing notification operation for notifying an employee that confirmation of stoppage should be made.

  In a conventional amusement hall, for example, as described in Patent Document 1, a so-called stop-type sales form is known. Stopping, as described in Patent Document 1, is that the game hall side arbitrarily sets an upper limit value for playing and when the upper limit value is reached, the game is forcibly terminated. Since the number of games that can be obtained with one gaming machine is limited, there is an advantage that it is easy for the game hall side to secure profits.

JP 2009-101040 A

However, there is a problem that the work burden of the employee is large because the employee has to go to the game machine and perform the stop work every time the ball reaches the upper limit.
In addition, while it is easy to secure the profit on the game hall side by stopping, there is also a problem that the game motivation of the player who has stopped is reduced and the operating rate of the gaming machine is lowered.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to secure an appropriate profit on the amusement hall side while reducing the work burden of the employee by realizing a novel form of stop sales that has never been achieved before. It is to provide a management system for a playground that can contribute to the game.

The present invention provides a jackpot lottery means for executing a jackpot lottery when a predetermined lottery start condition is established in a game, a normal state with a low winning probability, and a probability with a high winning probability as a gaming state in which the jackpot lottery can be executed. A game state generating means for generating any one of the fluctuating states, a jackpot state generating means for generating a jackpot state until a predetermined termination condition is satisfied when winning in the jackpot lottery, and depending on the operation of the employee In the game hall management system for managing the operating status of the gaming machine, including forced termination operation means for forcibly terminating the jackpot state or the probability variation state and generating the normal state,
In the special state, which is a gaming state in which the jackpot state is generated by winning the jackpot lottery in the normal state, and then the probability variation state and the jackpot state are repeatedly generated without generating the normal state. An upper limit value setting means for setting an upper limit value of the game value amount that can be acquired by the player, a game value specifying means for specifying the game value amount acquired by the player in one special state, and the game value specifying means. An upper limit determination unit that compares the identified game value amount with the upper limit value set by the upper limit value setting unit and determines whether or not the game value amount has reached the upper limit value; and the upper limit determination unit When it is determined that the game value amount has reached the upper limit value, a notification operation is performed to notify an employee that confirmation of stoppage should be confirmed. Those with a stage, a (claim 1).

In the game hall management system according to claim 1,
Notification waiting means for waiting for notification by the notification means until the jackpot state ends when the gaming state at the time when the gaming value amount is determined to have reached the upper limit value by the upper limit determination means is a jackpot state And when the gaming state at the time when the gaming value amount is determined to have reached the upper limit value by the upper limit determination means is a jackpot state, the gaming state after the jackpot state is ended is the normal state and the Gaming state determination means for determining which of the probability variation states, the notification means stops execution of the notification operation when the gaming state determination means determines that the normal state (Claim 2).

In the management system for game halls according to claim 1 or 2,
You may make it provide the game value reset means which resets the game value amount specified by the said game value specific means to zero whenever the said special state is complete | finished (Claim 3).

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the game value amount acquired by the player in one special state reaches the upper limit value, the fact is notified to the employee by the notification means. Go to the location and check the gaming state, and if it is a jackpot state or a probability variation state (including the case where it shifts to the probability variation state after the jackpot state ends), the forced termination operation means is operated to forcibly return to the normal state By adopting the business form of returning, there is no need to do anything if it has already returned to the normal state. Therefore, instead of always stopping when the upper limit is reached as in the past, if it is confirmed that the gaming state has returned to the normal state, allowing the game to continue without any action This makes it possible to reduce the work burden on employees and to increase the operating rate of the gaming machine as compared with the case where it is always stopped at the end of the jackpot state.

  According to the invention of claim 2, if the game state after the end of the jackpot state is automatically the normal state or the probability variation state, and if the employee is notified of the stoppage confirmation in the case of the probability variation state, the employee Can be expected to reduce the work load.

  According to the invention of claim 3, the game value amount per one special state can be reliably specified by resetting the game value amount to zero every time the special state ends.

Schematic which shows the whole structure of the management system for game centers in one Embodiment. Front view showing gaming machine and counting lending device Functional block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the gaming machine Functional block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the counting lending device Front view of game information display device Functional block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the game information display device The figure which shows an example of the jackpot history data by the management apparatus The figure which shows an example of the total data by the management device The figure which shows the big hit middle screen with game information display device The figure which shows the screen during probability change state by the game information display device The figure which shows the screen at the time of the stop occurrence by a game information display device The figure which shows the screen at the time of game continuation by a game information display apparatus

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of a game hall management system. A large number of gaming machines 1 are installed in the game hall, and a counting lending device 2 and a game information display device 3 are installed as corresponding peripheral devices corresponding to each gaming machine 1 on a one-to-one basis. The gaming machine 1, counting / lending device 2, and game information display device 3 are connected to a management device 5 (upper limit setting means, game value specifying means, upper limit determination means, notification means) via a relay device 4. In this case, the two gaming machines 1, the two counting lending devices 2, and the two gaming information display devices 3 are relayed by one relay device 4.

  A management device 5 is connected to the relay device 4. The management device 5 is installed in, for example, an office room or the like in the game hall, and includes a keyboard 6 operated by a game hall manager, a monitor 7, a printer (not shown), and the like. The management device 5 transmits / receives signals to / from gaming machines such as the gaming machine 1, the counting / lending device 2, and the gaming information display device 3.

  Based on the signal from the gaming machine side, the management device 5 stores and manages the status of each device including the gaming machine 1 and the magnitude of the gaming value for each player (in-game balls / stored balls (for members)). . In addition to the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 1, for example, several hundreds of game machines including a slot machine (not shown) are installed in the game hall, and each is a management target of the management device 5.

  As shown schematically in FIG. 2, the gaming machine 1 includes a launch handle 8, a speaker 9, and a decorative lamp unit 10, and a liquid crystal display unit 12 and a through-type general-purpose (ordinary symbol) start on a game board surface 11. Mouth 13, variable special figure (special symbol) start opening (electric accessory) 14, special figure display unit 15, general figure display unit 16, big prize opening 17, out port 18, upper tray 19, lower tray 20 Have. In addition, although many nails are planted on the game board surface 11, they are omitted in FIG.

  FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the gaming machine 1. The gaming machine 1 includes a main control unit 21 (a jackpot lottery unit, a gaming state generation unit), a special figure display unit 15, a general diagram display unit 16, an effect control unit 22, an AMP 23, a display control unit 24, a liquid crystal display unit 12, a payout Control unit 25, payout mechanism unit 26, power supply circuit unit 27, special drawing winning sensor 28, universal drawing winning sensor 29, big winning sensor 30, RAM clear switch 31 (forced termination operation means), special drawing starting port SLD (solenoid) 32, a grand prize opening SLD33 and the like. In FIG. 3, illustration of an I / F unit that transmits and receives various signals and various information to and from the counting lending apparatus 2 and the management apparatus 5 is omitted.

  The main control unit 21 is constituted by a microcomputer having a CPU 21a, a ROM 21b, a RAM 21c, and an I / O 21d. By executing a control program (random number generation unit 34, random number extraction unit 35, etc.) stored in the ROM 21b The operation of the gaming machine 1 is controlled in accordance with ball driving or winning. The special drawing winning sensor 28 outputs a winning detection signal to the main control unit 21 when detecting a winning at the special drawing starting port 14. When the win-winning sensor 29 detects a win at the open-up start port 13, it outputs a win detection signal to the main control unit 21. The big winning sensor 30 outputs a winning detection signal to the main control unit 21 when detecting the winning in the big winning opening 17. When operated, the RAM clear switch 31 outputs an operation signal to the main control unit 21. The special figure starting port SLD 32 opens the special figure starting port 14 upon receiving an opening command from the main control unit 21. When receiving the opening command from the main control unit 21, the special winning opening SLD 33 opens the special winning opening 17. When the special figure display unit 15 receives a display command from the main control unit 21, the special figure display unit 15 changes the symbol of the special figure. When receiving the display command from the main control unit 21, the universal symbol display unit 16 performs the symbol variation of the ordinary symbol on the universal symbol display unit 16. When the production control unit 22 receives the production command from the main control unit 21, the production control sound is output from the speaker 9 through the AMP 23, the decoration lamp unit 10 is produced and the liquid crystal display is displayed through the display control unit 24. The part 12 is effect-displayed. When receiving a display command from the main control unit 21, the liquid crystal display unit 12 displays various game data such as the number of jackpots and the number of special drawing lotteries. When the payout control unit 25 receives a payout command from the main control unit 21, the payout mechanism unit 26 pays out. The power supply circuit unit 27 supplies operating power to the entire gaming machine 1 including the main control unit 21.

The gaming machine 1 operates as follows.
When a prize is entered at the universal drawing start port 13, a random drawing extracting unit 35 draws one of the random numbers generated by the random number generating unit 34, and a general symbol display unit 16 starts changing the symbols of the normal figure. When winning the special drawing lottery, the winning symbol is displayed on the general drawing display section 16 and the electric combination of the special figure starting port 14 is released to increase the probability of winning the special figure starting port 14. When the special drawing start port 14 is won (the lottery start condition is established), a special drawing lottery in which one of the random numbers generated by the random number generation unit 34 is drawn by the random number extraction unit 35 is executed, and symbol variation of the special drawing is started. . The special drawing lottery results are stored up to 4 (not including one in the fluctuation) and the symbol fluctuation is executed sequentially.

  The gaming state of the gaming machine 1 includes a normal state, a jackpot state, and a probability variation state (hereinafter, a probability variation state). When a special drawing lottery is won, a jackpot state is generated. In the big hit state, the winning symbol is displayed on the special figure display section 16, and the big prize opening 17 is opened 15 times, and when the 15 times open is finished (the end condition is satisfied), the big win state is finished. The opening time of one big winning opening 17 is a maximum of 30 seconds and is closed when 10 pieces are won. After the jackpot state ends, a probability variation state is generated with a probability of 50%. The lottery in the probability variation state is executed simultaneously with the special drawing lottery. In the probability variation state, the normal symbol variation time is greatly shortened, and the opening time of the special diagram start port 14 is further extended. Therefore, the probability variation state not only has a higher probability of winning the special figure than the normal state, but also has a higher payout rate. The winning probability of the special drawing lottery is set to 1/300 in the normal state and 1/30 in the probability variation state.

  The gaming machine 1 stores the current gaming state in the RAM 21c, and when the CPU 21a executes the program stored in the ROM 21b, the gaming state is changed by storing the current gaming state in the RAM 21c. . In this case, by opening the frame of the gaming machine 1 and operating the RAM clear switch 31 provided inside the main body of the gaming machine 1, the contents stored in the RAM 21c are initialized and the gaming state is initialized (forced to the normal state). Can be migrated).

From the gaming machine side, the following game information is output to the relay device 4 in accordance with the execution of the game.
Driving signal: A signal indicating the number of game balls that have been driven into the gaming machine 1 Payout signal: A signal indicating the number of safe balls that have been paid out due to the occurrence of a winning start signal: Winning at the special figure starting port 14 The signal indicating that the fluctuation display of the special figure is started by the jackpot signal: the signal indicating that the jackpot state has occurred The probability changing signal: the signal indicating that the probability changing state has occurred The counting and lending device 2 is as shown in FIG. , A state display unit 36 indicating the current operation state (normal state, error state, etc.), a bill insertion slot 37 into which a bill is inserted, an operation input from a player, and the number of symbol fluctuations (start) as the game progresses Touch panel type liquid crystal display 38 for displaying game data such as the number of times) and the probability of jackpot, a payout button 39 for paying out a unit of balls (equivalent to 500 yen), a payout note through which the paid out balls pass 40, a remote control light receiving unit 42 for receiving (receiving) a signal from an employee remote control 41 (see FIG. 4) carried and operated by the employee, a general card 43 or a membership card 44 (see FIG. 4) is inserted. A card insertion slot 45, a counting tray 46 positioned below the lower tray 20 of the gaming machine 1, and the like are provided.

  On the other hand, the upper tray 19 of the gaming machine 1 is provided with a lending button 47 and a return button 48, and the counting lending device 2 executes a lending process in response to an operation on the lending button 47, and performs an operation on the return button 48. The card issuing process is executed accordingly. Specifically, the counting and lending device 2 performs ball (game media) lending processing within the range of the deposit balance and accepts balls (game value) paid out from the lower tray 20 of the gaming machine 1 to hold the balls. And the deposit balance and the number of balls held (count ball count) are recorded on the general card 43 or the membership card 44 (in the case of the membership card 44, only the deposit balance is recorded. Remember) and issue. When the general card 43 is received, the deposit balance and the number of possessed balls are displayed, and lending / return processing is performed within those ranges. When the member card 44 is received, the deposit balance is displayed, and the number of possessed balls / the number of stored balls stored in the management device 5 is displayed on condition that the password is authenticated, and the lending / returning process is performed within the range. Do.

  FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the counting / lending device 2. The counting lending apparatus 2 includes a control unit 49 configured by a microcomputer having a CPU 49a, a ROM 49b, a RAM 49c, and an I / O 49d, and a peripheral unit connected to the control unit 49. As a peripheral part, the I / F part 50 which transmits / receives various signals and various information between the management apparatus 5 and the game machine 1, the banknote process part 51 which determines the authenticity of the banknote thrown into the banknote slot 37, liquid crystal A card reader / writer 53 for reading and writing various information recorded on the display unit 38, the touch panel 52 provided on the liquid crystal display unit 38, the cards 43 and 44 inserted in the card insertion slot 45, and the card A card stock portion 54 capable of stocking up to 10 ordinary cards 43 to be replenished from the insertion slot 45 at any time, a payout button 39, and a ball for one unit (for example, 500 yen) when the payout button 39 is operated. Are provided from the dispensing nozzle 40, a counting unit 56 for counting the number of balls flowing in from the counting tray 46, and the like.

  IC cards 43a and 44a are built in the general card 43 and the member card 44, respectively, and a general ID and a member ID are stored in the IC chips 43a and 44a, respectively. These cards 43 and 44 are recording media for recording the remaining amount (payment balance, balance information) of the deposit amount deposited into the counting lending apparatus 2 and the possession information for specifying the number of possessions. The general card 43 is valid only on the day and can record the deposit balance and the number of balls. The membership card 44 is valid until a preset expiration date (for example, three years) and can record the deposit balance, while the number of possessed balls / the number of accumulated balls is stored only in the management device 5.

The counting lending device 2 operates as follows in the online state with the management device 5.
(1) When there is a deposit in the bill insertion slot 37 with the cards 43 and 44 not inserted, the general card 43 stored in the card stock section 54 is drawn out to the card reader / writer 53 and the deposited amount (in units of 1000 yen) ) And the deposit amount (payment balance) is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 38, the number of balls corresponding to the number of times (500 yen) is automatically paid out from the payout mechanism inside the gaming machine 1. At this time, the game machine 1 outputs a signal indicating that the ball has been paid out to the counting and lending device 2 once, so that the amount corresponding to the number of times (500) is calculated from the deposit balance displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 38. Yen) is reduced and a sales signal is output. Since this sales signal outputs one pulse every time one ball is paid out, the management apparatus 5 identifies one pulse as a sales amount of 500 yen.

(2) In accordance with the operation of the lending button 47 provided on the gaming machine 1, the number of balls corresponding to the number of times (500 yen) within the range of the deposit balance is paid out from the payout mechanism inside the gaming machine 1 and the deposit balance Update.
(3) The ball dropped from the lower tray 20 of the gaming machine 1 is received by the counting tray 46 and the number of balls is counted by the counting unit 56 to update the number of balls and display it on the liquid crystal display unit 38.
(4) Depending on the operation of the payout button 39, payout is made one by one within the range of the number of balls (the number of balls) or the number of balls (in the case of members).

  (5) In accordance with an operation (return operation) on the return button 48 provided on the gaming machine 1, the deposit balance and the number of balls are recorded and issued on the general card 43 inserted in the card insertion slot 45. When the membership card 44 is inserted, the deposit balance is recorded on the membership card 44 and the number of possessed balls is transmitted to the management device 5 before the membership card 44 is issued. When the cards 43 and 44 are issued, the issuance information is transmitted to the management device 5 and stored also on the management device 5 side. If neither the general card 43 nor the membership card 44 is inserted into the card insertion slot 45, the general card 43 stocked in the card stock unit 54 is fed (set) to the card reader / writer 53, and the deposit balance and holding Record and issue the number of balls. Further, when the general card 43 is inserted and the deposit balance and the number of balls are zero, the general card 43 set in the card reader / writer 53 is collected in the card stock unit 54. On the other hand, the membership card 44 is held as it is even if the deposit balance and the number of possessed balls / the number of stored balls become zero.

  (6) When the general card 43 is inserted into the card insertion slot 45, the deposit balance and the number of possessions recorded in the general card 43 are read by the card reader / writer 53 and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 38. When the membership card 44 is inserted, the deposit balance recorded on the membership card 44 is read out and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 38, and stored in the membership account of the management device 5 on condition that the password is authenticated. The number (the number of balls stored on the current day / the number of balls stored on the previous day) is displayed. The number of balls stored on the day is the number of balls stored on the day, and the number of balls stored on the previous day is the number of balls stored up to the previous day. After the end of business, the number of balls stored on the day is added to the number of balls stored on the previous day and stored. In response to an operation (payout operation) on the payout button 39 by the player, the number of balls is paid out from the payout nozzle 40 within the range of the number of held balls or the number of stored balls, and the number of held balls or the number of stored balls is updated.

(7) The remote controller light receiving unit 42 receives (receives) a command from the employee remote controller 41, and executes various processes (error cancellation, etc.) according to the command content.
(8) The issuance history of the cards 43 and 44 during the day can be read and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 38 according to the operation by the employee.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the game information display device 3 has a lamp unit 57, a liquid crystal display unit 58, a call button 59 for calling an employee, and a type of game information displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 58. A switch button 60 and a light receiving unit 61 that receives (receives) a signal from the employee remote control 41 are provided. The liquid crystal display unit 58 can display various game information according to the operation of the switching button 60. FIG. 5 shows an example of a normal screen by the liquid crystal display unit 58, and the following game information is displayed.

Number of hits today: Number of occurrences of jackpot status on the previous day Number of hits on the previous day: Number of occurrences of jackpot status on the previous day Number of stoppages today: Number of occurrences of hits today Number of starts between states Cumulative number of starts today: Cumulative number of starts today Difference graph: Number of payouts-Number of coins inserted

  FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the game information display device 3. In the game information display device 3, a lamp unit 57, a liquid crystal display unit 58, a call button 59, a switching button 60, a light receiving unit 61, a touch panel 63, an I / F unit 64 and the like are connected to the control unit 62. The control unit 62 is configured by a microcomputer having a CPU 62a, a ROM 62b, a RAM 62c, an I / O 62d, and the like, and controls the entire operation of the game information display device 3 based on a computer program stored in the ROM 62b. The touch panel 63 is formed on the screen of the liquid crystal display unit 58. The I / F unit 64 controls input / output of various game signals to / from the relay device 4.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.
When the player inserts a bill into the bill insertion slot 37 of the counting / lending device 2, the counting / lending device 2 stores the amount of money after confirming that the inserted bill is true, and the lending frequency (1 After the frequency unit) is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 38, balls for one degree are automatically paid out from the payout mechanism inside the gaming machine 1. When the player pushes down the lending button 47 of the gaming machine 1 in order to receive further lending of balls, a lending process for paying balls from the lending mechanism inside the gaming machine 1 is executed one by one according to the operation on the lending button 47 To do. On the other hand, when the member has a storage ball equal to or greater than the payout unit of the gaming machine 1, a payout process for paying out a ball for one payout unit from the payout nozzle 40 by an operation on the payout button 39 is executed.

  As a result of the game by the player, when a big hit occurs in the gaming machine 1, the game information display device 3 displays a big hit middle screen on the liquid crystal display unit 58 based on the big hit signal from the gaming machine 1. As shown in FIG. 9, a message “Congratulations on the jackpot!” Is displayed on the middle jackpot screen, and the number of jackpots and the number of balls (initial value = 0) are displayed. In this jackpot state, a large number of safe balls are paid out in a short time, and the number of outgoing balls (the number of safe balls−the number of out balls) is updated in real time according to the payout.

  In the big hit state of the gaming machine 1, in addition to the upper saucer 19, the lower saucer 20 is also filled with safe balls, so that the player drops the safe balls from the lower saucer 20 of the gaming machine 1 in order to count the safe balls Let The fallen safe ball is received by the counting tray 46 of the counting lending device 2 and flows into the counting lending device 2. When the counting lending device 2 counts the safe balls that have flowed in by the counting unit 56, the counting lending device 2 displays the counting balls as holding balls on the liquid crystal display unit 38.

  When the jackpot state at the gaming machine 1 ends and the probability variation state is won, the game information display device 3 displays a screen during the probability variation state on the liquid crystal display unit 58 based on the probability variation signal from the gaming machine 1. In this probability changing state screen, as shown in FIG. 10, a message “Probability is changing!” Is displayed. In this probability change state, the number of balls is gradually reduced although the ball payout rate is higher than that in the normal state. When the big hit state ends and the normal state is restored, the normal screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed.

  The management device 5 creates a record every time a jackpot is generated in the gaming machine 1, and when a jackpot signal is input, specifies the state of the gaming machine 1 at that timing (normal state or probability change state). Create a record.

FIG. 7 shows an example of jackpot history data by the management device 5. Although FIG. 7 shows an example of the first unit, the management device 5 manages the jackpot history data of all the gaming machines 1.
The jackpot history data is record NO. Each item of jackpot occurrence time, state, type, B size, appearance, sales is set, and the meaning of these items is as follows.

State: Game state when a big hit occurs (normal / probable change)
Type: Jackpot / Stop / Continuation of games B S: Difference from the previous jackpot to the current jackpot (Number of safe balls-Number of balls out)
Out balls: number of difference balls during one special state (number of safe balls-number of balls out)
Sales: Sales amount

  Here, one special state is a period until a big hit occurs in the normal state (non-input state of the big hit signal and the probability variation signal) and returns to the normal state again. -The number of balls out is calculated by calculating the number of balls out. That is, the period in which the jackpot signal or the probability variation signal is continuously input is specified as one special state period, and the period in which neither the jackpot signal or the probability variation signal is input is specified as the normal state.

  Now, the management device 5 determines whether the number of balls in one special state (the number of safe balls-the number of out balls) has reached a preset upper limit value. In this embodiment, the upper limit is set to 10,000 balls, and it is determined that the stopping condition is satisfied when the number of balls in one special state reaches the upper limit (record No. 7, FIG. 7). 15) Informing the employee of the turn number for which the stop condition is satisfied by in-store broadcasting or an intercom device. When such notification is given, the employee goes to the corresponding gaming machine 1 for which the stop condition is satisfied and visually checks the gaming state of the gaming machine 1. At this time, because the management device 5 notifies the game information display device 3 of the stop, the game information display device 3 displays a screen when the stop occurs. On the screen when the stop occurs, a message “Stop! Thank you! Please wait for the employee to come!” Is displayed as shown in FIG.

  The employee who went to the corresponding gaming machine 1 checks whether or not the gaming state of the gaming machine 1 is a probable change state and whether or not the number of balls has reached 10,000 balls. When the gaming machine 1 is in the probability changing state, the player is informed that the state is in the probability changing state by lighting (flashing) the lamp portion 57 of the gaming information display device 3 in accordance with the probability changing signal output from the gaming machine 1. Therefore, the employee can confirm whether or not the gaming state of the gaming machine 1 is in a probable state. It should be noted that in many models, an effect for notifying that the probability variation state has occurred in the liquid crystal display unit 12 is performed, so that it is possible to specify that the probability variation state has also occurred due to the effect.

  On the other hand, the number of balls to be checked is confirmed by the count value by the counting and lending device 2 and the number of balls to be displayed on the game information display device 3. In the middle of the special state, the player may have issued a general card 43 on which the count value is recorded. In this case, the count value may not reach 10,000 balls. Issuance can be confirmed by checking the card issuance history display of the counting lending device 2 and the game information display device 3.

  When the employee confirms that the state has shifted to the probable change state after the end of the jackpot state, the employee notifies the player that the game is stopped, and operates the RAM clear switch 31 provided in the gaming machine 1 (RAM The game is forcibly terminated by performing a clear operation. This is because the special state continues while the stop condition is satisfied, so that the special state is terminated and the normal state is restored. After the RAM clear operation, the game continuation is permitted as it is. At this time, when the employee operates the employee remote controller 41 to notify the game information display device 3 that the certain state is changed, the game information display device 3 notifies the management device 5 of the fact. The management device 5 creates a record indicating that the jackpot history data has been canceled due to the probability variation state. In the example shown in FIG. The record 8 is identified and displayed in a different color from the other records (indicated by the hatched area in FIG. 7) that the record has been canceled due to the probability change state. In this case, NO. Since the RAM clear operation is performed on the gaming machine 1 in response to the stop condition of 7 being satisfied, the number of balls is set to zero.

  On the other hand, if it is confirmed that the game has returned to the normal state after the jackpot state is finished, the game is allowed to continue without forcibly ending the game. This is because the normal state is restored after the special state is completed in the state where the stop condition is satisfied, and it is not necessary to perform the RAM clear operation. At this time, when the employee operates the employee remote controller 41 to notify the game information display device 3 that the game information display device 3 is in the normal state, the game information display device 3 displays a game continuation screen. On the game continuation screen, as shown in FIG. 12, a message “You can continue the game as it is!” Is displayed. At the same time, since the game information display device 3 notifies the management device 5 of the fact, the management device 5 creates a record indicating that the game has been continued because of the normal state as jackpot history data. In the example shown in FIG. Sixteen records are identified and displayed in a different color from other records (indicated by hatched areas in FIG. 7) that the game has been continued because of the normal state. In this case, NO. Although the 15 clearing condition is satisfied, the RAM clearing operation is not performed, but the number of balls is reset to zero as in the case of the RAM clearing operation.

The management device 5 aggregates various game data for each machine number of the gaming machine 1. FIG. 8 shows an example of the total data, and the target of aggregation is the following items.
Number of balls out: Number of balls struck Safe number of balls: Number of balls paid out Start: Number of starts that occurred in normal conditions (number of fluctuations in special figure)
Jackpot: Number of occurrences of jackpot Probability: Number of occurrences of probability change Stop: Number of occurrences of stop Game continuation: Number of occurrences of game continuation Sales: Sales amount

  By the way, in the present embodiment, when the stop condition is satisfied, when the probability change state is reached after the big hit state, the RAM is operated to forcibly terminate the probability change state and return to the normal state. Therefore, it will artificially suppress the game machine's original performance, but if you adopt a business policy that loosens the game conditions in the normal state (difficulty to win special figure start opening 14) as a compensation, The burden on the player side in the state can be reduced. That is, it is possible to implement a sales form suitable for a player who wants to reduce the burden in the normal state rather than the size of the ball.

  If the player operates the payout button 39 because the safe balls in the trays 19 and 20 are lost due to the game after the special state as described above is finished, the ball is paid out for several times within the range of the number of balls. The number of held balls displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 38 is updated while being paid out to the gaming machine 1 from the nozzle 40. When the number of balls is less than one, all the numbers of balls are paid out.

  When the player operates the return button 48 of the gaming machine 1 to end the game, the counting lending device 2 issues a general card 43 in which the deposit balance and the number of balls at that time are recorded. When the member card 44 is inserted into the card insertion slot 45, only the deposit balance is recorded and issued to the member card 44, and the number of possessed balls is stored in the member account of the management device 5. Then, by inserting the issued cards 43 and 44 into the destination counting and lending device 2, the deposit balance and the number of possessed balls / the number of stored balls recorded on the cards 43 and 44 (in the case of the membership card 44, the management device) 5) is displayed, and it is possible to play a ball by lending or returning a ball within the range. The deposit balance stored in the cards 43 and 44 can be refunded by a balance settlement machine (not shown). In addition, a player who desires to exchange the number of possessed balls / the number of stored balls for a prize can acquire a desired prize by executing a predetermined prize exchange process by a prize exchange device (not shown).

According to such an embodiment, the following effects can be produced.
The management device 5 notifies the employee that the stopping condition has been established when the number of balls in one special state reaches the upper limit value, and that the employee has shifted to the probable state after the end of the jackpot state. If it is confirmed, it will be stopped, and if it is confirmed that it has transitioned to the normal state after the jackpot state is finished, it will allow the continuation of the game without doing anything, so it can reduce the burden on the employee and always be at the end of the jackpot state The operating rate of the gaming machine 1 can be increased as compared with the case of stopping.

  Conventionally, the stop is always performed when the stop condition is satisfied, but in this embodiment, even if the stop condition is satisfied, the game is allowed to continue in the normal state when the special state ends. Therefore, when multiple special states that become normal after the big hit state have occurred until the hit, the number of balls at the time of the stop may greatly exceed 10,000 balls, In such a case, the business form is similar to the conventional non-quantitative business. In this way, in this embodiment, unlike conventional stop (quantitative) sales, depending on the gaming conditions, a sales form close to non-quantitative sales is possible, and it can be said that this is an advantageous sales form for the player. Since the RAM clear operation is executed, the profit of the game hall can be surely ensured.

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The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but may be modified or expanded as follows, each modified example may be combined with the above-described embodiment, or each modified example may be combined.
When the gaming state at the time when it is determined that the number of balls in one special state has reached the upper limit value is a jackpot state, a stop notification is waited until the jackpot state ends (notification standby means) ) To determine whether the gaming state after the jackpot state is finished is a normal state or a probable change state (gaming state determination means), and when it is determined to be a normal state, stop notification is stopped. May be. According to such a configuration, it is automatically determined whether the gaming state after the jackpot state is the normal state or the probability variation state, and in the case of the probability variation state, the employee is notified of the stoppage confirmation. Can be expected to reduce the work load.

Each time the special state ends, the number of balls to be played may be reset to zero (game value reset means). According to such a configuration, it is possible to reliably specify the game value amount per special state.
A game stop means for automatically shifting to a state in which a game is impossible when returning to the normal state or the probability change state after the stop condition is satisfied may be provided. For example, a means for controlling the ball not to be fired even when the handle is operated, a means for controlling the special drawing lottery or the symbol variation so as not to be executed even if the special figure starting port 14 is won, etc. are conceivable. In this case, when the game is stopped by the game stop means, it is desirable to display the fact on the liquid crystal display unit 12 and notify the player. By providing such a game stop means, it is possible to confirm whether the employee is in a normal state or a probable change state with the player stopping the game.

Although the RAM clear switch 31 is provided inside the main body of the gaming machine 1, the RAM clear switch 31 may be remotely operated from the employee remote control 41 possessed by the employee.
When the stop condition is satisfied, the RAM clear operation is performed after waiting for the jackpot state to end, but it is also possible to perform the RAM clear operation immediately without waiting for the end of the jackpot state. This depends on the business policy of the amusement hall.

In the game information display device 3, in the jackpot state and the probable change state, the maximum number of stoppages that occurred in the past business day may be displayed to produce an effect that raises the player's awareness of the stoppage.
Further, the elapsed time from the time when the first big hit state occurs to the time when the stop occurs may be measured as the required stop time and displayed. In this case, the player's competition awareness may be enhanced by displaying the shortest time among the past required stop times together.
It can be said that it is desirable for the game information display device 3 to perform various screen displays for raising the player's awareness of stopping when a special state occurs.

A pachinko gaming machine is illustrated as an example of a gaming machine, but a slot machine may be used.
It is not necessary to stop all the gaming machines installed in the amusement hall and make them subject to sales, and a corner for non-quantitative sales may be added. In this case, the installation ratio of the stop sales corner and the non-quantitative sales corner can be appropriately determined in consideration of the needs of both the game hall side and the player side.
Although the target is a pachinko gaming machine that pays out a ball when a winning occurs, a pachinko gaming machine of a type (so-called encapsulated type) that gives a score instead of paying out a ball may be targeted.

  In the drawings, 1 is a gaming machine, 5 is a management device (upper limit setting means, gaming value specifying means, upper limit determining means, notification means), 21 is a main control unit (big hit lottery means, gaming state generating means), and 31 is a RAM. A clear switch (forced termination operation means).

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A jackpot lottery means for executing a jackpot lottery when a predetermined lottery start condition is established in the game;
A gaming state generating means for generating one of a normal state with a low winning probability and a probability variation state with a high winning probability as a gaming state capable of executing the jackpot lottery,
A jackpot state generating means for generating a jackpot state until a predetermined end condition is satisfied when winning in the jackpot lottery;
In accordance with an operation by an employee, a management for a game hall that manages the operating status of a gaming machine that includes a forced termination operation means that forcibly terminates the jackpot state or the probability variation state and generates the normal state In the system,
In the special state, which is a gaming state in which the jackpot state is generated by winning the jackpot lottery in the normal state, and then the probability variation state and the jackpot state are repeatedly generated without generating the normal state. An upper limit setting means for setting an upper limit of the game value amount that can be acquired,
A game value specifying means for specifying the game value amount acquired by the player in one special state;
Upper limit determination means for comparing the game value amount specified by the game value specifying means with the upper limit value set by the upper limit value setting means and determining whether or not the game value amount has reached the upper limit value. When,
A notification means for performing a notification operation for notifying an employee that confirmation of stoppage should be confirmed when it is determined by the upper limit determination means that the gaming value amount has reached an upper limit;
A management system for a game hall characterized by comprising: Notification waiting means for waiting for notification by the notification means until the jackpot state ends when the gaming state at the time when the gaming value amount is determined to have reached the upper limit value by the upper limit determination means is a jackpot state When,
If the gaming state at the time when the gaming value amount has reached the upper limit value by the upper limit judging means is a jackpot state, the gaming state after the jackpot state has ended is the normal state and the probability variation Gaming state determination means for determining which of the states,
2. The game hall management system according to claim 1, wherein when the game state determination unit determines that the state is the normal state, the notification unit stops execution of the notification operation.   3. The game field management system according to claim 1, further comprising: a game value resetting unit that zero-resets the game value amount specified by the game value specifying unit each time the special state ends. .

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