JP2017029497A - Device for game and system for game - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve convenience of a player when executing interoperation provision processing.SOLUTION: According to Example 1, in a state where the number of saved 4-yen balls is 50, the number of saved 2-yen balls is 0, and the number of saved 1-yen balls is 80, a player cannot execute interoperation putout, where the necessary number of balls counted is 55. When counting processing is produced and 120 balls are counted, the number of owned 4-yen balls becomes 120. In that state, when saved-ball transfer processing is executed, 55 balls out of the 120 owned 4-yen balls are subjected to the saved-ball transfer processing, and after the saved-ball transfer processing, the number of saved 4-yen balls becomes 50 balls+55 balls=105 balls, the number of owned 4-yen balls becomes 120 balls-55 balls=65 balls. Then, the number of interoperation-putout-possible balls becomes 125 balls, so that the player can execute the interoperation putout by an operation of an interoperation putout button.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 21

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming apparatus provided corresponding to a gaming machine. The present invention also relates to a gaming system including a gaming device and a management device capable of communicating with the gaming device.

  Conventionally, as shown in Patent Document 1, a game medium that can be re-entered and replayed by subtracting the balance of a game medium or a stored game medium of a game type different from the game type of the game medium to be paid out and paying out the game medium A management system is disclosed.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2015-39587 (paragraph 0024)

  In the conventional technology as shown in Patent Document 1, there is a case where the entry grant process (entry replay) may not be executed due to a lack of the number of game media having a different grant rate (game type) from the granted game media. Convenience is a challenge.

  The present invention has been made based on such a background, and an object thereof is to improve the convenience of the player by facilitating the execution of the entry grant process.

  The present invention adopts the following means in order to solve the above problems. Note that the reference numerals used in the description and drawings of the embodiments for carrying out the invention to be described later are added in parentheses for reference, but the constituent elements of the present invention are not limited to those added.

First, the invention according to means 1
A gaming device (card unit 3 according to the first embodiment) provided corresponding to a gaming machine (pachinko machine 2) and provided with counting means (counting / fractional payout unit 340) for counting gaming media (pachinko balls). There,
Count grant processing means (control unit 328) for executing count grant processing (ball payout in S1110) for granting game media within the range of the counted number of game media (number of possessed balls);
Ownership value specifying means (control unit 328 for specifying the number of stored balls in each account corresponding to the membership number of the membership card by communication with the membership management device 150) for specifying the ownership value (number of stored balls) based on the count of the game media; ,
Normal granting process for granting a game medium based on the possession value of one grant rate corresponding to the game device (the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the control unit 328) (sold-out of S1050) Normal grant processing means (control unit 328) for executing
The possession value of a plurality of grant rates including the one grant rate corresponding to the gaming apparatus (the number of stored accounts in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored by the control unit 328 and a transfer source account corresponding to a unit price other than the basic unit price) The entry grant processing means (control unit 328) capable of executing the entry grant process (S2070, S3030 entry / exit) for granting game media based on
Operation accepting means (touch panel 314) for accepting an operation (touch operation);
When a predetermined operation (operation of the storage ball transfer button in S4110) is accepted, at least a part of the counted number of game media (number of possession balls) (for example, 55 balls out of 120 balls counted) is given to the gaming device. Transition processing means (control unit) capable of executing transition processing (transmission of storage ball transfer notification in S4111) for shifting to the possession value of the corresponding grant rate (the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the control unit 328) 328) and a gaming apparatus characterized by further comprising:
According to this, it is possible to execute the entry grant processing by shifting at least a part of the counted number of game media to the possession value of the grant rate corresponding to the game device by the player's operation. This makes it easier for the entry grant process to be executed, improving the convenience of the player.

The invention according to means 2
Provided corresponding to the gaming machine (pachinko machine 2), the recording medium receiving means (card R / W 327) for receiving the recording medium (member card), and the counting means (counting / fractional payout) for counting the gaming medium (pachinko balls) A gaming device (card unit 3 according to the second embodiment) comprising a unit 340),
Count giving processing means (control unit 328) for executing a count giving process (count payout corresponding to S1110) for giving a game medium within the range of the counted number of game media (number of counting balls);
Ownership value specifying means (control unit 328 for specifying the number of stored balls in each account corresponding to the membership number of the membership card by communication with the membership management device 150) for specifying the ownership value (number of stored balls) based on the count of the game media; ,
Normal granting process for granting a game medium based on the possession value of one grant rate corresponding to the game device (the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the control unit 328) (sold-out of S1050) Normal grant processing means (control unit 328) for executing
The possession value of a plurality of grant rates including the one grant rate corresponding to the gaming apparatus (the number of stored accounts in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored by the control unit 328 and a transfer source account corresponding to a unit price other than the basic unit price) The entry grant processing means (control unit 328) capable of executing the entry grant process (S2070, S3030 entry / exit) for granting game media based on
When the received recording medium is returned, the counted number of game media (counted balls) is the ownership value of the grant rate corresponding to the gaming device (the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the control unit 328) Return processing means (control unit 328) for executing return processing (transmission of card discharge notification including the membership number and the number of counting balls of each account)
Operation accepting means (touch panel 314) for accepting an operation (touch operation);
When a predetermined operation (operation of the storage ball transfer button in S4110) is accepted, at least a part of the counted number of game media (counted balls) without returning the recording medium (for example, 120 balls counted) 75 ball) is transferred to the possession value of the grant rate corresponding to the gaming device (the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the control unit 328) (transmission of the storage ball transfer notification in S4111A). A game apparatus characterized by further comprising an executable transition processing means (control unit 328).
According to this, at least a part of the counted number of game media is shifted to the possession value of the grant rate corresponding to the gaming device without returning the recording media by the player's operation, and the entry grant processing is performed. Since it can be executed, the entry grant process is easily performed, and the convenience of the player can be improved.

The invention according to means 3 is
A gaming device of means 1 or 2, comprising:
When the transition process (transmission of storage transfer notification in S4111, transmission of storage transition notification in S4111A) is executed, the number of game media to be transferred (the number of possessed balls transferred to storage in S4130, S4130A) The game apparatus further includes first display means (display unit 312) for displaying the number of counting balls transferred to the storage ball.
According to this, it is possible to grasp the number of game media targeted for the migration process.

The invention according to means 4 is
Any one of gaming devices selected from means 1 to 3,
When the transition process (transmission of storage transfer notification in S4111, transmission of storage transition notification in S4111A) is executed, the number of game media that can be given by the placement grant process (the number of balls that can be put in and out in S4150) is displayed. A gaming apparatus, further comprising second display means (display unit 312).
According to this, it is possible to grasp the number of game media that can be granted by the entry grant process.

The invention according to means 5 is
Any one of the gaming devices selected from means 1 to 4,
The entry grant processing means (control unit 328) has a specific condition relating to the possession value of a plurality of grant rates (the number of depositable / dispensable balls calculated based on the number of balls in the destination account and the number of balls in the source account is 125 or more) When the above is established, the above-described enrollment process (in / out) is executed,
Determination means for determining whether or not the specific condition is satisfied by executing the transition process (when the number of balls that can be put in and out calculated based on the current number of stored balls in each account is less than 125, A control unit 328) that determines whether or not the number of balls that can be put in and out reaches 125 by executing a transition process;
When it is determined that the specific condition is satisfied (when the number of balls that can be put in and out reaches 125 by executing the storage transfer process), it is possible to specify that the transfer grant process can be executed along with the transfer process. Informing means (display unit 312 that displays a storage ball transfer button in the entry operation area 312b in S4080, and displays a message “can be entered by transfer to storage ball” in S4100);
It is further provided with the game device characterized by the above-mentioned.
According to this, it is possible to grasp that the boarding process can be executed by performing the migration process.

The invention according to means 6 is
Any one of the gaming devices selected from the means 1 to 5,
The entry grant processing means (control unit 328) has a specific condition relating to the possession value of a plurality of grant rates (the number of depositable / dispensable balls calculated based on the number of balls in the destination account and the number of balls in the source account is 125 or more) When the above is established, the above-described enrollment process (in / out) is executed,
Calculate the number of game media to be counted in order to satisfy the specific condition in accordance with the transition process (the number of remaining balls that need to be counted in order to reach 125 the number of balls that can be put in and out when the saving ball transition process is executed) Game medium number calculating means (control unit 328 for calculating the required number of counting balls in S4040, S4040A);
Third display means (display unit 312 for displaying the necessary number of counting balls calculated in S4040, S4040A) for displaying information capable of specifying the calculated number of game media;
It is further provided with the game device characterized by the above-mentioned.
According to this, it is possible to grasp the number of game media to be counted in order to be able to execute the entry grant process.

The invention according to means 7
Any one gaming device selected from means 1-6,
The predetermined operation is the same as the intention confirmation operation for confirming the player's intention whether or not to execute the entry granting process (the storage transfer button in S4080 is displayed in the entry operation area 312b and touched. By doing so, the entry / exit button is displayed in an effective manner in the entry operation area 312b in S4160, so that the operation of the storage ball transfer button is an operation for confirming the intention to execute the entry / exit)) A gaming device characterized by the above.
According to this, it is not necessary to provide an intention confirmation operation separately from the predetermined operation, and the operation is simplified.

The invention according to means 8
Any one of the gaming devices selected from means 1-7,
The predetermined operation is the same as the entry grant operation for executing the entry grant process (in the card unit described in the modified example (3), by operating the save ball transfer button displayed in the entry operation area 312b, The game apparatus is characterized in that the entry / exit is automatically executed after execution of the transition process).
According to this, it is not necessary to provide an entry giving operation separately from the predetermined operation, and the operation is simplified.

The invention according to means 9 is
A gaming device (card unit 3) provided corresponding to the gaming machine (pachinko machine 2) and provided with counting means (counting / fractional payout unit 340) for counting gaming media (pachinko balls);
A gaming system (1) comprising: a management device (member management device 150) that is communicable with the gaming device and manages an ownership value (number of stored balls) based on a count of the gaming media;
The gaming device is:
Count grant processing means (control unit 328) for executing count grant processing (ball payout in S1110) for granting game media within the range of the counted number of game media (number of possessed balls);
Normal granting process for granting a game medium based on the possession value of one grant rate corresponding to the game device (the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the control unit 328) (sold-out of S1050) Normal grant processing means (control unit 328) for executing
The possession value of a plurality of grant rates including the one grant rate corresponding to the gaming apparatus (the number of stored accounts in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored by the control unit 328 and a transfer source account corresponding to a unit price other than the basic unit price) The entry grant processing means (control unit 328) capable of executing the entry grant process (S2070, S3030 entry / exit) for granting game media based on
Operation receiving means (touch panel 314) for receiving an operation (touch operation),
The gaming system includes:
When the predetermined condition is satisfied (when the processing at the end of business is executed or when a member card is inserted into the gift exchange POS terminal 170), the number of game media counted in the game device is calculated. Processing at the time of establishment that shifts to the possession value of the grant rate corresponding to the (the number of possessions of each account (4 yen, 2 yen, 1 yen) managed by the possession management device 140 is managed by the member management device 150) An established time processing means (CPU 142 and CPU 152) for executing each of the accounts (4 yen, 2 yen, 1 yen) added to the number of stored balls),
When a predetermined operation (operation of the storage ball transfer button in S4110) is received in the gaming device, at least a part of the number of game media (number of possessed balls) counted in the gaming device (for example, 120 balls are counted) No. 55 balls) is transferred to the possession value of the grant rate corresponding to the gaming device (the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the control unit 328) (transmission of the transfer notification of stored balls in S4111) And a possible transition processing means (control unit 328).
According to this, it is possible to execute the entry grant processing by shifting at least a part of the counted number of game media to the possession value of the grant rate corresponding to the game device by the player's operation. This makes it easier for the entry grant process to be executed, improving the convenience of the player.

Furthermore, the invention according to means 10
Provided corresponding to the gaming machine (pachinko machine 2), the recording medium receiving means (card R / W 327) for receiving the recording medium (member card), and the counting means (counting / fractional payout) for counting the gaming medium (pachinko balls) A gaming device (card unit 3) comprising a unit 340);
A gaming system (1 ′) that includes a management device (member management device 150) that is communicable with the gaming device and that manages a possession value (the number of stored balls) based on a count of the gaming media;
The gaming device is:
Count giving processing means (control unit 328) for executing a count giving process (count payout corresponding to S1110) for giving a game medium within the range of the counted number of game media (number of counting balls);
Normal granting process for granting a game medium based on the possession value of one grant rate corresponding to the game device (the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the control unit 328) (sold-out of S1050) Normal grant processing means (control unit 328) for executing
The possession value of a plurality of grant rates including the one grant rate corresponding to the gaming apparatus (the number of stored accounts in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored by the control unit 328 and a transfer source account corresponding to a unit price other than the basic unit price) The entry grant processing means (control unit 328) capable of executing the entry grant process (S2070, S3030 entry / exit) for granting game media based on
Operation receiving means (touch panel 314) for receiving an operation (touch operation),
The gaming system includes:
When returning the received recording medium in the gaming device, the counted number of gaming media (counted balls) corresponds to the possession value of the grant rate corresponding to the gaming device (corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the control unit 328) Return time processing means (control unit 328) for executing the return time processing (transmission of a card discharge notification including the membership number and the number of counted balls of each account),
When a predetermined operation (operation of the storage ball transfer button in S4110) is received in the gaming device, at least a part of the counted number of game media (counted balls) without returning the recording medium (for example, 120 balls) Transition process (S4111A storage transition notification of S4111A) that shifts the counted 75 balls) to the ownership value of the grant rate corresponding to the gaming device (the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the control unit 328) And a transfer processing means (control unit 328) capable of executing (transmission).
According to this, at least a part of the counted number of game media is shifted to the possession value of the grant rate corresponding to the gaming device without returning the recording media by the player's operation, and the entry grant processing is performed. Since it can be executed, the entry grant process is easily performed, and the convenience of the player can be improved.

It is a system configuration figure showing the whole picture of a game system. It is a front view which shows the pachinko machine and card unit which were used for the system for games. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a card unit. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a balance management apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of a remaining amount management table. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a possession management apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of a possession management table. It is a figure which shows an example of a CU management table. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a member management apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of a storage management table. It is a figure which shows an example of a boarding priority order table. It is a figure which shows the flow of operation | movement in case a stored-ball payout and a ball payout are performed by the game system. It is a figure which shows the flow of operation | movement in case the 1st insertion / withdrawal is performed in the game system. It is a figure which shows the flow of operation | movement in case a member card is returned after the 2nd insertion / withdrawal is performed in the game system. It is a flowchart which shows a required count ball number calculation process. It is a figure which shows the flow of operation | movement in case counting processing is performed in the game system. It is a figure which shows the flow of operation | movement in case a storage ball transfer process is performed in the game system. It is a flowchart which shows a stored ball transfer number calculation process. It is a figure which shows the display information in case a stored-ball payout, a pay-in-ball payout, and a pay-in / out are executed in the game system. It is a figure which shows the display information in case a storage-ball transfer process and boarding / dispensing are performed by the game system. It is a figure which shows the example of the change of the number of stored balls by the stored ball transfer process, and the number of possessed balls. It is a figure which shows the flow of operation | movement in case counting processing is performed in the game system of 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the flow of an operation | movement in case a savings ball transfer process is performed in the game system of 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the change of the number of stored balls by the stored ball transfer process, and the number of possessed balls.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments for implementing a gaming apparatus and a gaming system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The gaming system according to the present invention includes a gaming system 1 according to the first embodiment in which the holding ball management device 140 is included, and a gaming system 1 ′ according to the second embodiment in which the holding ball management device 140 is not included. And are included. In the following, first, the gaming system 1 according to the first embodiment will be described, and then, the gaming system 1 ′ according to the second embodiment will be described with respect to differences from the first embodiment.

[Configuration of the gaming system according to the first embodiment]
First, FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an overall image of the gaming system 1 according to the first embodiment. The gaming system 1 includes a card reader-type pachinko machine (hereinafter abbreviated as “pachinko machine”) 2 that is a gaming machine arranged in parallel on a plurality of game islands (not shown) arranged in a game hall, and predetermined pachinko machines 2. A visitor card having a prepaid function, which is a game recording medium that is set up in a one-to-one correspondence with the pachinko machine 2 at a side position and is issued to a general player who has not registered as a member. , A process for accepting a membership card, which is a game recording medium issued to a member player registered as a member in the game hall, and lending a pachinko ball, which is a game medium used for gaming in a gaming machine, A card unit 3 that counts pachinko balls acquired in a game in the corresponding pachinko machine 2 and pays out (returns) pachinko balls within the counted number of pachinko balls, and a card The balance management device 100 that manages the prepaid balance of visitor cards and membership cards used in the knit 3, and the number of balls managed to manage the number of balls counted in each card unit 3 as the number of balls. It is provided in the coin management device 140, the member management device 150 that manages the number of stored balls as the possessed value that the member player who owns the membership card can use for the game again, and the prize counter in the game hall It mainly comprises a gift exchange POS terminal 170 for exchanging gifts.

  The devices constituting the gaming system 1 of the present embodiment are connected to each other through a hub (HUB) 7 and a communication cable 8 so that bidirectional data communication is possible as shown in FIG. Each connected device is assigned a local IP address to form a local area network (LAN), and each of the devices connected to the local area network (LAN) is individually identified. Possible device IDs are assigned. Since the card unit 3 is provided in one-to-one correspondence with the gaming machine, and the corresponding gaming machine can be identified by identifying the card unit 3, in the following description, the device of the card unit 3 will be described. The ID may be referred to as a “base number”.

  In this embodiment, each card unit 3 and the member management device 150 communicate with each other via the ball management device 140. That is, the possession management device 140 relays communication between the card unit 3 and the member management device 150. In addition, the coin management device 140 stores an IP address table (not shown) in which the device ID (unit number) of each card unit 3 that is communicably connected and the local IP address are associated with each other. Thereby, the device ID of the card unit 3 can be specified from the local IP address of the card unit 3, and the local IP address of the card unit 3 can be specified from the device ID of the card unit 3.

  As described above, the remaining amount management apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment manages the remaining prepaid amount (game value) remaining in each member card and each visitor card, and via the communication line 11, The balance management server 100 is connected to the balance management server 12 installed in a card management company outside the game hall that manages the membership card and the visitor card so as to perform two-way data communication. Thus, the various management information is transmitted, so that the card management company can grasp the sales by the membership card and the visitor card of each game hall by the remaining amount management server 12.

  In addition, as described above, the member management device 150 according to the present embodiment manages the number of stored balls (owned value) associated with information (card ID and member number) read from each member card and communicates. Via line 11, it is connected so that two-way data communication can be carried out with a storage management server 15 installed in a storage management organization outside the amusement hall that manages the number of storages deposited in an account corresponding to each amusement park. Thus, when various management information is transmitted from the member management device 150 to the storage management server 15, the storage management organization is deposited in an account corresponding to each game hall by the storage management server 15. The number of stored balls etc. can be grasped.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the card unit 3 and the pachinko machine 2 can send and receive various signals accompanying the payout of a single unit number (25 in the present embodiment) as a payout unit. Specifically, a PRDY signal line, a BRDY signal line, a BRQ signal line, and an EXS signal line, which will be described later, are connected.

(Pachinko machine)
First, the pachinko machine 2 that is the gaming machine used in the present embodiment will be briefly described below. As shown in FIG. 2, the pachinko machine 2 includes a game area 26, an upper plate 23, a lower plate 24, a firing handle 25, and the like on the front surface thereof, and a payout button 21 and a return button 22 on the upper plate. As shown in FIG. 3, a game control board 27, a payout control board 28, a ball payout device 29 and the like are provided therein, and these components are connected as shown in FIG.

  The game control board 27 detects the winning of a pachinko ball in each winning opening provided in the game area 26, and the game in the pachinko machine 2 (for example, variable display of special symbols, opening control of a special variable winning device, etc.) and The game state (for example, a probability change state in which the probability that the stop display result of the special symbol becomes the specific display result is increased, a short state in which the variable display time of the special symbol is shortened, or the like) is controlled.

  The payout control board 28 is communicably connected to the control unit 328 of the card unit 3 and controls communication between the pachinko machine 2 and the card unit 3. When paying out a number of pachinko balls corresponding to a multiple of a predetermined unit number (25) by subtracting any of the prepaid balance, the number of balls, and the number of stored balls, the payout control board 28 and the control unit Signals are transmitted to and received from 328.

  The payout control board 28 is connected to the ball payout device 29 and controls the ball payout device 29. The ball payout device 29 pays out a pachinko ball that is an integral multiple of a predetermined unit number (25) based on the communication between the payout control board 28 and the control unit 328, and is also a prize opening provided in the game area 27 A pachinko ball (so-called prize ball) that is given to a player based on the winning of the pachinko ball to the player is paid out.

  The payout button 21 is managed by the remaining amount management device 100 in association with the card ID read from the visitor card or member card received by the card reader / writer 327 (hereinafter abbreviated as card R / W 327) of the corresponding card unit 3. This is a button for accepting a payout operation for performing a prepaid payout for subtracting the remaining prepaid balance and paying out a pachinko ball. When the payout button switch 21 a detects that the payout button 21 has been operated, a payout input signal is input to the control unit 328 via a payout input signal line provided between the control unit 328 and the control unit 328. Recognizes that the payout button 21 has been operated, and executes communication with the payout control board 28 for paying out a pachinko ball that is an integral multiple of one unit number (25) using the prepaid balance.

  The return button 22 is a button for accepting a return operation for returning a visitor card or a member card accepted by the card R / W 327 of the corresponding card unit 3. When the return button switch 22a detects that the return button 22 has been operated, a return input signal is input to the control unit 328 via a return input signal line provided between the control unit 328 and the control unit 328. Recognizes that the return button 22 has been operated, and returns the visitor card or membership card being accepted by the card R / W 327.

  In the pachinko machine 2, when the launch handle 25 is operated, the pachinko balls supplied from the upper plate 23 to the launch position are driven into the game area 26 and a game is played. When the pachinko ball wins each winning opening provided in the game area 26, the number of winning balls corresponding to each winning opening is paid out by the ball paying device 29. When the pachinko ball wins the start winning opening, variable display (variable display) of the special symbol is started on the variable display device, and when the stop display result becomes a predetermined specific display result, the specific gaming state ( The special variable prize-winning device is controlled to be released and a pachinko ball can be awarded to the big prize opening.

  A game control microcomputer (not shown) mounted on the game control board 27 receives a prize ball on the payout control microcomputer (not shown) mounted on the payout control board 28 in response to winning detection. A prize ball number command (prize ball quantity signal) is output as a payout control command indicating the quantity. The payout control microcomputer drives the ball payout device 29 by supplying a drive signal in accordance with the number of prize balls indicated by the prize ball number command. The ball payout device 29 is provided with a payout motor for paying out prize balls. As the payout motor is rotationally controlled by the payout control microcomputer, the number of prize balls designated by the payout control microcomputer is paid out from the ball payout device 29.

  When the number of award balls according to the winning award (start winning award, general award winning mouth, or large winning award) is paid out from the ball payout device 29 by the control of the payout control board 28, First, it is guided to the upper plate 23, and when the upper plate is full, it is guided to the lower plate 24. A lever 24 a fixed to the bottom plate of the lower plate 24 is provided on the front surface of the lower plate 24. When the player operates the lever 24a (pulling to the left in the example of FIG. 2), the bottom plate of the lower plate 24 slides to open the bottom surface of the lower plate 24, and the prize ball guided to the lower plate 24 is It drops from the lower plate 24 and is put into the counting / fraction dispensing unit 340.

(recoding media)
Next, the visitor card and membership card used in the present embodiment will be briefly described. The visitor card and membership card used in the present embodiment are non-volatile for storing various data. An IC card on which an IC chip having a control memory that performs rewriting and reading of the recorded information and a non-contact communication with an external reader / writer device is mounted is used. For these visitor cards and membership cards, a card ID that can identify each individual card, specifically, a visitor card with a card ID that starts with VC, and a membership card with a card ID that starts with KC cannot be rewritten in advance. The data is stored, the type of which can be identified from the card ID, and various data such as prepaid balance data capable of specifying the prepaid balance is stored.

  The member card is issued to a member player who has registered as a member in the amusement hall, and a member number assigned to the member is stored in a non-rewritable manner. In addition, as will be described later, the member player using the membership card can use the pachinko ball once acquired and counted as a holding ball that can be used again for the game on that day, or for the game again after the next day. It is possible to deposit them as game balls at the amusement hall, but these membership cards do not directly record the number of balls that are the data of the balls and the number of balls that are the data of the balls. As will be described later, the number of possessed balls and the number of stored balls are stored in association with the card ID and the membership number in the possession management device 140 and the membership management device 150, thereby being specified from the card ID and the membership number. It is like that.

  The visitor card is issued in the card unit 3. The visitor card includes the number of balls based on the number of pachinko balls (counted balls) counted by the player who owns the visitor card by the counting / fractional payout unit 340 and the date when the number of the balls is counted. It is stored, and the number of possessed balls can be used in each card unit 3 in the game hall only on that day.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the number of possessed balls is written and recorded only on the visitor card, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the number of retained balls and the number of accumulated balls are not limited thereto. The data may be recorded on the membership card as in the visitor card. Further, as with the membership card, the number of balls may be written and not recorded on the visitor card. Further, the prepaid balance is stored in association with the card ID without being recorded in the membership card and the visitor card, and managed so that the prepaid balance corresponding to the card can be searched from the card ID of the card. May be.

(Card unit)
Next, the card unit 3 according to the present embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a full color is provided on the front surface of the card unit 3 according to the present embodiment. Various display units such as a multi-function lamp 301 that is configured by the LED 301a and can be informed of the state of the card unit 3 by being lit in a plurality of colors, a bill insertion slot 302 for inserting bills, and a device from the front of the device A protruding part 305 formed to protrude forward, a counting play button 319 for receiving a counting payout operation for paying out the number of counting balls (the number of holding balls), a card insertion slot 309 for inserting a member card or a visitor card Is provided.

  A card insertion slot 309 provided on the front surface of the card unit 3 is connected to a card slot (not shown) of a card R / W 327 (see FIG. 3) built in a position corresponding to the card insertion slot 309. The visitor card and the membership card can be inserted into the card slot through the card insertion slot 309.

  A protruding portion 305 is provided on the front surface of the card unit 3 so as to protrude forward. As shown in FIG. 2, a display unit 312 capable of displaying various types of information and a count play button 319 that is operated when executing a coin payout, which will be described later, are provided on the surface of the protrusion 305 that faces the player. Is provided. A transparent touch panel 314 for allowing each display item displayed on the display unit 312 to be input with a finger is provided on the surface of the display unit 312. The count play button 319 is formed of a plastic case having translucency.

  The coin payout is recorded on the visitor card or the membership card of the card R / W327 when the visitor card or the membership card is accepted (including the case where the visitor card of the card storage unit is supplied to the card R / W327). The card unit 3 stores the number of possessed balls in each account corresponding to the unit price of the game medium, which is managed by the possession management device 140 in association with the card ID and the membership number (member card only). This is a process of paying out game media by subtracting the number of balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price.

  In this embodiment, when a visitor card or member card is inserted into CU3, the number of possessions acquired from the possession management device 140 (the number of possessions of each account managed in association with the accepted card ID). Is stored in the control unit 328. Then, when the ball payout is executed, the number of balls paid out is subtracted from the number of balls of the basic unit price stored in the control unit 328, and when counting is executed in the counting / fractional payout unit 340, The number of balls counted is added to the number of balls having the basic unit price stored in the control unit 328.

  In addition, the visitor card of the card storage unit is supplied to the card R / W 327 (at this time, the number of possessed balls of the basic unit price stored in the control unit 328 is 0), and the counting is performed by the counting / fractional payout unit 340. When executed, the number of balls counted is added to the number of balls having the basic unit price stored in the control unit 328. When the ball payout is executed, the number of balls paid out is subtracted from the number of balls with the basic unit price stored in the control unit 328.

  The number of balls managed by the ball management device 140 is updated when the visitor card or the membership card is returned from the card unit 3, and the counting of game media is performed when the ball payout is executed. In this case, the number of balls held in the card unit 3 is updated, but the number of balls managed by the ball management device 140 is not updated. The ball payout can be executed when the number of balls (the number of balls corresponding to the basic unit price) stored in the control unit 328 is 1 or more. When the LED 319b is lit, the counting play button 319 is operated.

  In the case of accepting a membership card, the savings payout refers to each account corresponding to the unit price of the game medium managed by the membership management device 150 in association with the card ID and membership number recorded on the membership card. This is a process of paying out game media by subtracting only the number of stored balls of the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the card unit 3 among the number of stored balls. The savings payout can be executed when the number of savings in the account corresponding to the basic unit price of the card unit 3 is one unit number (25) or more.

  When executing the savings payout, the display unit 312 has a main screen (the prepaid balance, the number of possessed balls and the number of savings corresponding to the basic unit price of the card unit 3, the savings payout button and the transfer screen transfer button). (Displayed screen) is displayed, and the savings payout button is displayed in the effective manner (display manner darker than the invalid manner described later) in the savings payout operation area 312a of the main screen (for example, as shown in FIG. 19 (1)). In the state), the storage ball payout button is operated.

  Further, in this embodiment, when a member card is accepted, it corresponds to the unit price of the game medium managed by the member management device 150 in association with the card ID and member number recorded on the member card. The basic unit price game by subtracting the number of stored items from other accounts (accounts corresponding to unit prices different from the basic unit price) other than the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the card unit 3 from the number of stored units of each account It is possible to execute a transfer-in / out of a medium.

  The transfer-out is the sum of the number of balls stored in the account corresponding to the basic unit price of the card unit 3 and the number of balls converted from the number of balls stored in other accounts into the number of balls stored in the basic unit price. 125) or more is possible. If the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price of the card unit 3 is not 0 but less than the basic paid-out number of balls, the number of stored accounts in the account corresponding to the basic unit price and others depending on the number of stored balls in other accounts It is possible to carry out transfer / withdrawal that subtracts the number of balls stored in the account. In addition, when the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price of the card unit 3 is 0, it is possible to execute a transfer payout in which only the number of stored balls in the other account is subtracted according to the number of stored balls in the other account. Become.

  In the case of executing entry / exit, an entry screen (a screen on which an account corresponding to the basic unit price of the card unit 3 and the number of savings of another account and a savings transfer button or a withdrawal / payout button are displayed) is displayed on the display unit 312. When the entry / exit button is displayed in the entry / exit button 312b on the entry screen in the valid mode (display mode darker than the invalid mode described later) (for example, in the state of FIG. 19 (6)), Operate the button.

  In this embodiment, when the deposit / withdrawal is executed, if the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the card unit 3 is not 0, the number of stored accounts in the account corresponding to the basic unit price, When both the number of stored balls of the account corresponding to the unit price different from the basic unit price is subtracted and the number of stored balls of the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the card unit 3 is 0, the basic unit price is Only the number of stored accounts corresponding to different unit prices is subtracted. That is, in the deposit / withdrawal of the present embodiment, the number of stored accounts in the account corresponding to the basic unit price of CU3 is preferentially subtracted.

  In addition, it corresponds to the basic unit price when the pay-out / payout is executed to subtract the number of stored balls of the account corresponding to the basic unit price and other accounts (accounts corresponding to the unit price different from the basic unit price) and pay out the game medium of the basic unit price. When a deposit / withdrawal is executed in which only the number of balls stored in other accounts other than the purchased account is subtracted to pay out the game media of the basic unit price, the account corresponding to the basic unit price is referred to as the “destination account” and the basic unit price Is referred to as a “destination unit price”, the other account is referred to as a “departure source account”, and a unit price corresponding to the other account (a unit price different from the basic unit price) is referred to as a “departure unit unit price”.

  In addition, a liquid crystal display 313 that forms a display unit 312 is provided inside the protrusion 305, and the liquid crystal display 313 and the transparent touch panel 314 are connected to the display control board 329 as shown in FIG. Thus, display control of the liquid crystal display 313, input position detection by the transparent touch panel 314, and the like are performed by the display control board 329.

  The display control board 329 is connected to a count play switch 319a that detects that the count play button 319 has been operated, and a count play LED 319b that lights up when the above-described ball payout is possible. Here, if the number of possessed balls is confirmed by the control unit 328 and the possessed balls can be paid out, the lighting control of the count play LED 319b is performed. The count play LED 319b is covered with a count play button 319. When the count play LED 319b is lit, visible light emitted from the LED passes through the count play button 319. Thereby, the player recognizes that the operation area to be operated when executing the ball payout is lit, and can execute the ball payout (the operation of the count play button 319 is effective). Grasp that. When the count play switch 319a detects that the count play button 319 has been operated, a count play signal is input to the control unit 328.

  At the upper position in the card unit 3, a banknote inserted in the banknote insertion slot 302 is connected, and a bill inserted into the banknote insertion slot 302 is taken to identify its authenticity and banknote type. A banknote identification unit 321 that outputs to a control unit 328, which will be described later, provided in the unit is provided. In the banknote identification unit 321, various banknotes (10,000 yen, 5,000 yen, 2,000 yen, 1,000 yen each) (Banknotes) can be accepted.

  Further, a control unit 328 for controlling the operation of the card unit 3 is provided at a substantially central position of the card unit 3 so as to be easily connected to each part constituting the card unit 3, and as will be described later. Various operations of the card unit 3 are controlled by the control unit 328.

  In addition, the pachinko machine 2 is arranged at the lower end position of the front surface of the card unit 3 at the lower position of the lower plate 24 of the pachinko machine 2 so that the pachinko balls discharged from the lower plate 24 are counted, and as a payout unit, Connection for allowing the pachinko balls discharged from the box-shaped counting / fractional payout unit 340 to discharge the pachinko balls with a fraction less than a predetermined unit number (25 in this embodiment) to flow into the card unit 3 A collar 344 is attached. Pachinko balls that have flowed down the connecting rod 344 and flowed into a recovery flow path box (not shown) flow down the recovery flow path box from the front side of the card unit 3 to the rear side (inside the island). It is discharged from the rear lower end to a collection basket (not shown) in the game island.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the card unit 3 of the present embodiment. As described above, the card unit 3 mainly controls the control of each part of the bill identifying unit 321, the card R / W 327, the display control board 329, the counting / fraction dispensing unit 340, and the card unit 3. And a control unit 328 that implements various functions of the card unit 3 and provides a bill recognition unit 321, a card R / W 327, a counting / fraction dispensing unit 340, and a display control board 329. To send and receive various data.

  The card R / W 327 includes a card ID, membership number (member card only), number of balls and date (visitor card only), prepaid balance, etc. recorded on the membership card or visitor card inserted from the card insertion slot 309. Reading of record information and writing of the number of balls, date (visitor card only), prepaid balance, etc. are performed. A card storage section (not shown) capable of storing up to 10 visitor cards is provided at the inner terminal end position of the card unit 3 so that a new visitor card can be issued. The visitor card in the card storage unit is transported to a predetermined position where data can be read and written by a transport mechanism provided in the card storage unit and the card R / W 327.

  When the insertion of the card is detected by the insertion sensor, the inserted card is transported to a predetermined position by the transport mechanism provided in the card R / W 327. By performing power supply and data communication for the card stopped at the predetermined position, it is possible to read and write data for the accepted card. When the control unit 328 detects the operation of the return button 22, the card R / W 327 is instructed to eject the accepted card at a predetermined position. At this time, the card at the predetermined position is ejected from the card insertion slot 309 and returned to the player by the transport mechanism provided in the card R / W 327.

  Here, in this embodiment, (1) a member card is present at a predetermined position of the card R / W 327, (2) a visitor card is present at a predetermined position of the card R / W 327, and the control unit 328 In a state where at least one or more of the stored prepaid balance (prepaid balance displayed on the display unit 312) and the number of possessions of each account is not 0, a card insertion slot is operated by an operation of a shutter solenoid (not shown). A bar-shaped shutter that crosses 309 in the horizontal direction appears to prevent the card from being inserted. That is, the insertion of a new card is prohibited during the period in which the membership card is accepted and the period in which the remaining prepaid amount or the number of possessed balls remains for the visitor card being accepted.

  On the other hand, (3) a visitor card is present at a predetermined position of the card R / W 327, the prepaid balance (prepaid balance displayed on the display unit 312) stored in the control unit 328, and the number of coins held in each account In the state where both are 0, the shutter of the card insertion slot 309 is released, and a new card can be inserted. In other words, a new card is allowed to be inserted during the period when neither the prepaid balance nor the number of balls remaining in the visitor card of the card R / W 327 remains.

  In the state of (3), when the insertion of a new card is detected, the prepaid balance recorded on the visitor card existing at a predetermined position of the card R / W 327 and the number of balls held in each account are cleared to zero. At the same time, a pseudo card discharge notification including the card ID of the visitor card and the number of possessions of each account stored in the control unit 328 (both are 0) from the card unit 3 to the possession management device 140. Is transmitted (actually, the visitor card is stored in the card storage unit without being ejected).

  Then, as the inserted and detected card is transported to a predetermined position of the card R / W 327, the visitor card existing at the predetermined position is transferred by the card R / W 327 and a transport mechanism provided in the card storage unit. It is transported and stored in the card storage unit. The possession management device 140 obtains the number of possessions of each account managed in association with the card ID included in the received pseudo card ejection notification (the pseudo card ejection of each account). Update the number of balls in each account included in the notification).

  When the return button 22 is operated in any of the states (1) and (2) described above, the shutter of the card insertion slot is released, and the card present at a predetermined position of the card R / W 327 is returned. The visitor card is conveyed from the card storage unit to a predetermined position of the card R / W 327. The prepaid balance recorded on the visitor card transported to the predetermined position and the number of possessions of each account are 0, and each account managed by the possession management device 140 is associated with the card ID of the visitor card. The number of holding balls is also zero. When the card returned by operating the return button 22 is a membership card, the prepaid balance stored in the control unit 328 is recorded on the membership card, and when the returned card is a visitor card, The visitor card records the prepaid balance stored in the control unit 328, the number of balls held in each account, and the date.

  Next, the control unit 328 of this embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 328 has a central processing circuit (CPU) 328a capable of executing a control program, a card ID of a visitor card and a membership card accepted by the card reader / writer 327, and a membership number (membership). Only the card), RAM 328b capable of storing various data such as the prepaid balance, the number of balls held, the number of balls stored, the control program executed by the central processing circuit (CPU) 328a, and the device ID of the card unit 3 Including EEPROM 328c, which is a nonvolatile memory capable of rewriting and storing various types of data, and real-time clock (RTC) 328d capable of outputting time information and calendar information at that time, RAM 328b is backed up by a battery (not shown) Even if the power is shut off, the The stored data is held.

  As described above, the control unit 328 of the present embodiment is connected to the payout control board 28 provided in the pachinko machine 2 so as to be able to perform transmission and reception of various signals associated with the pachinko ball lending. .

  The control unit 328 is connected to the counting / fractional payout unit 340, and displays it on the display unit 312 in response to the reception of the counting information output from the counting / fractional payout unit 340, as will be described later. By updating the value of the counting ball number (the number of holding balls), the counting ball number counted by the counting / fraction dispensing unit 340 is displayed as the holding ball number.

  Further, as described above, the control unit 328 is connected to the payout button switch 21a for detecting that the payout button 21 provided on the upper plate 23 of the pachinko machine 1 is operated. When a signal corresponding to the operation is input from the payout button switch 21a, the presence or absence of the operation of the payout button 21 is grasped, and when the payout button 21 is operated, the prepaid payout is performed. The payout of the pachinko balls of an integral multiple of (25) is performed from the corresponding pachinko machine 2.

  Here, the exchange of signals performed between the card unit 3 and the pachinko machine 2 will be described. In this example, it is assumed that 125 (corresponding to 5 times one unit number of 25) is stored in the RAM 328a as the basic payout ball number. In the present embodiment, communication is performed between the card unit 3 (control unit 328) and the pachinko machine 2 not only in the prepaid payout but also in the ball payout, the savings payout, and the pay-in / payout. It is assumed that an integer multiple of pachinko balls will be paid out.

  First, when the connection between the pachinko machine 2 and the card unit 3 is confirmed when the power is turned on, the payout control board 28 of the pachinko machine 2 sets the PRDY to LOW, and the card via the PRDY signal line. A payout enable signal is transmitted to the control unit 328 of the unit 3 (S1), and a standby state is set.

  Next, the control unit 328 of the card unit 3 is effective in the payout button 21 (or the count play button 319 and the stored-ball payout operation area 312a on the main screen in a standby state where PRDY LOW (payable signal) is received. If the operation of the displayed storage / payout button or the entry / exit button displayed in the entry operation area 312b of the entry screen in an effective manner is detected, the BRPA is set to LOW, so that the pachinko machine 2 is connected via the BRDY signal line. A payout enable signal is transmitted to the payout control board 28 (S2).

  In this state, the control unit 328 of the card unit 3 transmits a unit payout request signal to the payout control board 28 of the pachinko machine 2 via the BRQ signal line by setting BRQ to LOW (S3). Next, when the payout control board 28 of the pachinko machine 2 receives BLOW LOW (unit payout request signal) in a state where BRDY LOW (payout enable signal) is received, the ball check sensor (not shown) receives one unit number. Check whether the pachinko ball of (25) is ready to be paid out (preparation for payout), and set EXS LOW on the condition that the payout preparation is ready, via the EXS signal line Then, a unit payout preparation signal is transmitted to the control unit 328 of the card unit 3 (S4).

  Next, the control unit 328 of the card unit 3 that has received the LOW (unit payout preparation signal) of EXS makes the unit payout to the payout control board 28 of the pachinko machine 2 through the BRQ signal line by setting BRQ to HIGH. A command signal is transmitted (S5). Next, the payout control board 28 of the pachinko machine 2 that has received the HIGH (unit payout command signal) of the BRQ outputs a payout signal to the ball payout device 29, and based on this, a single unit (25) pachinko machine is output. When the balls are paid out, the unit payout completion signal is transmitted to the control unit 328 of the card unit 3 through the EXS signal line by setting EXS to HIGH based on the completion of the payout (S6).

  By repeating the control of S3 to S6 five times, 125 balls are paid out from the pachinko machine 2, and based on the completion of these controls, BRDY is set to HIGH, so that the pachinko machine 2 is connected via the BRDY signal line. A payout end signal is transmitted to the payout control board 28 (S7), and the payout of 125 balls is finished. In this way, the number of repetitions of the control of S3 to S6 when the pachinko ball is paid out is referred to as “payout frequency”. In this embodiment, 25 pachinko balls are paid out per frequency of payout frequency (one control in S3 to S6), and the number of payout balls per frequency is set as one unit number.

  In addition, the control unit 328 can perform data communication with the above-described balance management device 100, the ball management device 140, the member management device 150, and the like connected to the local area network (LAN) via the communication unit 334 and the HUB 7. These computers can send and receive various data through the communication unit 334.

  The display control board 329 connected to the control unit 328 is an electronic device such as a liquid crystal display 313, a transparent touch panel 314, and a count play switch 319a and a count play LED 319b corresponding to the count play button 319. Components are connected, and the operation information of the transparent touch panel 314 and the operation information of the count play button 319 are output to the control unit 328 via the display control board 329.

  In the display control board 329 of the present embodiment, a display driving circuit (not shown) that performs display driving of the liquid crystal display 313 and a position that is pressed based on an output signal from the transparent touch panel 314 are specified. An input position detection circuit (not shown) that outputs the specified input position information, a VDP (not shown) that performs processing related to a display image displayed on the display unit 312, image data used for menu display, and the like are stored. Independent of the VROM (not shown), the VRAM (not shown) that temporarily stores display data to be displayed on the display unit 312, and the control unit 328, processes and determinations and processes associated with inputs from various switches and a transparent touch panel are processed. A display control microcomputer to be implemented based on a program is mounted, and based on display data (page data) output from the control unit 328 , Various display screens, and it is capable of displaying on the liquid crystal display device 313 constituting the display unit 312.

  Further, the control unit 328 determines whether or not the communication state with the possession management device 140 is in accordance with the presence / absence of reception of an online confirmation request periodically transmitted from the possession management device 140 (approximately every 10 seconds in the present embodiment). Whether it is online or offline (cannot communicate) is detected, and an online confirmation response is returned to the possession management device 140 in response to the receipt of these online confirmation requests. The management device 140 can also detect the online / offline state of each card unit 3. These online confirmation requests may be substituted by other data transmission requests.

  In this embodiment, the card unit 3 communicates with the member management device 150 via the possession management device 140. Here, even when the online state is established between the card unit 3 and the possession management device 140, the offline state is established between the possession management device 140 and the member management device 150. There is. In such a case, the possession management device 140 transmits offline information for notifying the offline state with the member management device 150 to the card unit 3. In the card unit 3 that has received the offline information, it can be understood that the card unit 3 is online with the possession management device 140, but is offline with the member management device 150. The number can be updated, and it is possible to perform control such as updating the number of stored balls (for example, paying out the stored balls or paying out the deposits).

  In this embodiment, when the card unit 3 has received the online confirmation request and has not received the offline information, that is, the card unit 3 can communicate with the possession management device 140 and the member management device 150. Only when communication is possible, renewal of the number of balls (including entry and withdrawal described later) is allowed.

  The control unit 328 is connected to the counting / fractional payout unit 340 so that various data such as counting information and a fractional payout request can be transmitted and received by serial communication capable of transmitting and receiving data with a small number of communication lines.

  Here, the counting / fractioning unit 340 of the present embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the counting / fraction dispensing unit 340 of the present embodiment is a horizontally long box-like object arranged immediately below the lower plate 24 of the pachinko machine 2 and is provided at the lowest position of the card unit 3. It is connected to a recovery channel box (not shown) via a connecting rod 344.

  The upper surface of the counting / fraction dispensing unit 340 is formed with a not-shown insertion portion in the form of a hopper into which the pachinko balls discharged from the lower plate 24 are inserted. On the (left side), a return storage section 342 is provided in which the paid-out (returned) fractional pachinko balls are stored so that they can be taken out.

  Inside the counting / fractional dispensing unit 340, a control unit 350 constituted by a control board on which a control microcomputer for controlling the counting / fractional dispensing unit 340 is mounted is incorporated. As shown in FIG. 3, a flow path changing shutter 351, a payout motor 353, a payout sensor 354, a counting sensor 356, a storage ball sensor 357, and the like are connected to the control unit 350. Control is performed so that each function of the counting / fractioning unit 340 is formed. In addition, the control unit 350 is electrically connected to the main body of the card unit 3 via a coupling rod 344.

  The pachinko balls thrown into the input part of the counting / fraction dispensing unit 340 flow into a counting channel (not shown), flow down on the counting channel in the direction of the connecting rod 344, and enter the downstream part of the counting channel. It is detected by a provided counting sensor 356. The flow direction of the pachinko balls detected by the counting sensor 356 can be changed by the flow path changing shutter 351. As the flow path changing shutter 351 appears and disappears, the flow direction of the pachinko balls can be switched to the connecting rod 344 side or a storage unit side (not shown) that stores the pachinko balls.

  Here, every time a pachinko ball is detected by the counting sensor 356, a count signal is input from the control unit 350 to the control unit 328, and the value of the count ball number stored in the RAM 328b of the control unit 328 is added. The The account corresponding to the card unit 3 stored in the RAM 328b (for example, the basic unit price stored in the RAM 328b) is stored at a predetermined timing (for example, when 5 seconds have passed without the number of counting balls being updated). The number of balls is added to the number of balls in the corresponding account) and the number of balls is added and updated, and the value of the number of balls is reset to zero.

  The pachinko balls flowing into the storage part are detected by the storage ball sensor 357, and when the pachinko balls are continuously detected by the storage ball sensor 357 for a predetermined time or more by being filled with the pachinko balls, When the flow path change to the storage unit side by the flow path change shutter 351 is canceled, all the pachinko balls already counted detected by the counting sensor 356 flow down the connecting rod 344 and are collected inside the card unit 3. It is collected in the game island through the flow path box.

  In addition, the pachinko balls stored in the storage unit can be paid out one by one to the return storage unit 342 by the payout motor 353. At this time, the payout sensor 354 can count the number of pachinko balls to be paid out (returned) to the player.

  In a state where pachinko balls are stored in the storage unit, when the number of pachinko balls having a fraction less than one unit, for example, 20 balls are paid out (returned), that is, the control unit 350 is controlled from the control unit 328. When a fraction payout request including 20 balls, which is the fraction to be paid out (returned), is received from the payout sensor 354, a detection signal of 20 which is the number of payout balls (fraction) included in the received fraction payout request. By operating the payout motor 353 until it comes, 20 pachinko balls that are the payout balls (fraction) are returned to the return storage unit 342 and stored.

  When the number of detection signals corresponding to the fraction is input from the dispensing sensor 354, the control unit 350 transmits a fraction dispensing completion notification to the control unit 328 as a response to the fraction dispensing request. The unit 328 recognizes that the payout of the fraction specified by the fraction payout request has been completed.

  In this embodiment, since the number of basic payout balls set in each card unit 3 is an integral multiple of the number of one unit (25), the prepaid balance is equivalent to the amount of basic payout balls (for example, 4.00). When the prepaid payout is executed when it is equal to or greater than Yen × 125 = 500 Yen), the payout is executed when the number of balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the card unit 3 is equal to or greater than the basic payout number. In this case, in the case where the savings payout is executed when the number of savings in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the card unit 3 is equal to or more than the basic payout number, the communication between the payout control board 28 and the control unit 328 described above is performed. The total number corresponding to the number of basic payout balls can be paid out.

  In the prepaid payout, the prepaid balance is less than the amount corresponding to the basic payout ball (for example, 4.00 yen × 125 = 500 yen), but the amount corresponding to one unit number (for example, 4.00 yen × 25 = 100). In the case of the above), the maximum n that satisfies [number of one unit × n ≦ (prepaid balance / basic unit price)] is set as the payout frequency, and communication between the payout control board 28 and the control unit 328 described above is performed. The number of pachinko balls corresponding to the set payout frequency is paid out.

  Further, in the prepaid payout, when the prepaid balance is less than an amount corresponding to the number of units (for example, 4.00 yen × 25 = 100 yen), the maximum n that satisfies [basic unit price × n ≦ prepaid balance] is set. The fraction is set as a fraction, a fraction dispensing request including the set fraction is transmitted from the control unit 328 to the counting / fraction dispensing unit 340, and a pachinko ball corresponding to the fraction is dispensed to the return storage unit 342 of the counting / fraction dispensing unit 340. It is.

  In addition, when the number of balls held in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the card unit 3 is less than the number of basic payout balls but more than one unit, the number of one unit × n ≦ held The maximum number n of balls is set as the payout frequency, and the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the set payout frequency is paid out by communication between the payout control board 28 and the control unit 328 described above.

  In addition, when the number of possessed balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the card unit 3 is less than one unit in paying out the possessed balls, the number of retained balls is set as a fraction and counted from the control unit 328. A fraction dispensing request including the set fraction is transmitted to the fraction dispensing unit 340, and a pachinko ball corresponding to the fraction is dispensed to the return storage unit 342 of the counting / fraction dispensing unit 340.

  In addition, when the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the card unit 3 is less than the number of basic paid-out balls but more than one unit in the paid-out payout, [one unit number × n ≦ number of stored balls] Is set as a payout frequency, and a number of pachinko balls corresponding to the set payout frequency are paid out by communication between the payout control board 28 and the control unit 328 described above.

  Further, in this example, when the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the card unit 3 is less than one unit, the display of the stored ball payout button displayed in the stored ball payout operation area 312a on the main screen. The mode is set to the invalid mode (display mode thinner than the above-mentioned valid mode), and even if the stored mode payout button in the invalid mode is operated, the execution of the stored amount payout of less than one unit is prohibited by not executing the stored ball payout I am doing so.

  Here, in this embodiment, it is assumed that pachinko balls of the basic payout number are paid out when entering and paying out. That is, when the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the card unit 3 is less than one unit number, the payout of paying out pachinko balls by subtracting only the number of stored balls in the account is not executed. There may be a case in which a pay-in / pay-out for paying out a pachinko ball having a basic payout number by subtracting the number of balls stored in another account corresponding to a unit price different from the basic unit price may be feasible.

  For example, when the basic unit price stored in the card unit 3 is 4 yen, when the number of stored balls in the 4 yen account in the member management apparatus 150 is less than one unit, the stored ball that subtracts only the stored number of balls in the 4 yen account. The withdrawal is not executed. However, there are 2 yen accounts and 1 yen accounts in addition to the 4 yen account, and entry and withdrawal is permitted with the destination account as the 4 yen account and the source account as the 2 yen account and 1 yen account. When the number of stored balls in a 4-yen account + (number of stored balls in a 2-yen account x 2 yen ÷ 4 yen) + (number of stored balls in a 1-yen account x 1 yen ÷ 4 yen)] exceeds the basic payout number In addition, it is possible to execute the transfer-in / out, and the pachinko balls of the basic pay-out number are paid out by the transfer-in / out. On the other hand, when [the number of stored balls in a 4-yen account + (the number of stored balls in a 2-yen account x 2 yen / 4 yen) + (the number of stored balls in a 1-yen account x 1 yen / 4 yen)] is less than the basic paid-out number of balls, Entry / exit is not executed.

  When a payout ball number that is not an integral multiple of one unit number is set as the basic payout ball number, payout by communication between the payout control board 28 and the control unit 328 described above, and counting / fractional payout unit 340 By performing both of the payouts, it is preferable to pay out the pachinko balls corresponding to the number of the basic payout balls. For example, when 116 is set as the basic payout ball number, the payout frequency is set to 4, and 100 balls are paid out from the pachinko machine 2 by the communication between the payout control board 28 and the control unit 328 described above. Sixteen fractional balls are paid out to the return storage unit 342 of the counting / fractional payout unit 340.

  In this embodiment, the pachinko balls for fractional payout are stored in the storage unit provided inside the counting / fractional payout unit 340. When paying out the balls, the pachinko balls supplied to the counting / fractional payout unit 340 from the ball supply path of the game island may be paid out. For example, a nozzle for supplying a pachinko ball from the card unit 3 to the upper plate 23 may be provided, and the pachinko ball supplied from the ball supply path may be supplied to the upper plate 23 through the nozzle.

  In such a configuration, when the ball payout, the storage ball payout, and the pay-in / payout are executed, all the pachinko balls to be paid out are discharged from the nozzles regardless of the communication between the control unit 328 and the payout control board 28. Of the pachinko balls to be paid out, an integral multiple of one unit number is paid out based on communication between the control unit 328 and the payout control board 28, and only fractions less than one unit number are supplied from the nozzle. You may make it do.

(Balance management device)
Next, the balance management apparatus 100 of this Embodiment is demonstrated based on FIG. First, as shown in FIG. 4, a remaining amount management apparatus 100 used in the present embodiment has a CPU 102 that performs various processes performed by the remaining amount management apparatus 100 on a data bus 101 that transmits and receives data inside the computer. RAM 103 used as a work memory, RTC 104 that outputs time information and calendar information, a storage device 105 such as a hard disk, an input device 106 such as a keyboard and a mouse, a display device 107 that displays and outputs various screens, and various information Installed in a card company, a communication unit 109 that performs data communication with a printer 108 for printing output, a card unit 3 (control unit 328) connected to a local area network (LAN), and each device such as a card issuing / payment machine Digital service unit for data communication with balance management server 12 DSU) 110 is connected is a conventional computer.

  In the storage device 105, in addition to a processing program in which processing contents for performing various processes executed in the remaining amount management device 100 are described, a remaining amount management table for managing the prepaid balance remaining in the membership card and the visitor card (See FIG. 5) is stored.

  In the balance management table, as shown in FIG. 5, each visitor card and each membership card is associated with an individually identifiable card ID, and the membership number (membership card) of the member player who has received the membership card issuance. Only) and the prepaid balance are stored, and the prepaid balance can be specified from the card ID or membership number stored in the membership card and the card ID stored in the visitor card.

  When a banknote is received by the banknote identification unit 321 of the card unit 3, communication is performed between the card unit 3 and the remaining amount management device 100, and an identification amount corresponding to the received banknote is received by the card unit 3. It is added to the prepaid balance managed in the balance management table in association with the card ID of the member card or visitor card being accepted. In addition, the prepaid balance stored in the control unit 328 of the card unit 3 is also updated to the prepaid balance after the addition.

  When the payout button 21 is operated and a prepaid payout using the prepaid balance of the member card or visitor card being accepted is executed, communication is performed between the card unit 3 and the balance management device 100, and the card unit 3 The amount used (equivalent to the number of payout balls x basic unit price stored in the card unit 3) from the prepaid balance managed in the balance management table in association with the card ID of the member card or visitor card being accepted at Is subtracted. The prepaid balance stored in the control unit 328 of the card unit 3 is also updated to the prepaid balance after subtraction.

(Mochitama management device)
Next, the ball management apparatus 140 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, as shown in FIG. 6, the coin management device 140 used in the present embodiment has a central processing unit that performs various processes performed by the management computer 140 on a data bus 141 that transmits and receives data inside the computer. A processing unit (CPU) 142, a RAM 143 used as a work memory, a real-time clock (RTC) 144 for outputting time information and calendar information, a storage device 145 including a hard disk, an input device 146 such as a keyboard and a mouse, various types Data communication with a display device 147 for displaying and outputting a screen, a printer 148 for printing various information, a card unit 3 and a member management device 150 connected to a local area network (LAN), a POS terminal 170 for gift exchange, etc. With a normal computer connected to the communication unit 149 That.

  In addition, as described above, the CPU 142 periodically transmits an online confirmation request from the communication unit 149 to each card unit 3 and receives an online confirmation response including the device ID from each card unit. Whether the unit 3 is online or offline can be detected. Also, whether the member management apparatus 150 is online or offline by periodically sending an online confirmation request to the member management apparatus 150 and receiving an online confirmation response from the member management apparatus 150. Can be detected. When it is offline with the member management device 150, offline information is transmitted to the card unit 3.

  Here, even when the online state is established between the member management device 150 and the possession management device 140, the offline state is established between the possession management device 140 and the card unit 3. There is. In such a case, the possession management device 140 transmits offline information for notifying the offline state with the CU 3 to the member management device 150. In the member management device 150 that has received the offline information, since it is possible to grasp that it is online with the coin management device 140 but is offline with the card unit 3, for example, the card unit Thus, it is possible to perform control such as interrupting the transmission of a command to 3.

  The storage device 145 uses a player (a member player who uses a member card and a visitor card) in addition to a processing program in which processing contents for performing various processes performed in the possession management device 140 are described. A possession management table (see FIG. 7) for managing the number of possessed balls acquired on the day, which is the value of the possessor of the visitor player), the basic unit price and the basic payout number of each card unit 3, and each card A CU management table (see FIG. 8) for managing the card ID of the member card or visitor card being accepted by the unit 3 is stored.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the possession management table is associated with each card ID and each membership number (membership card only), and the winning ball obtained by the player using the membership card or visitor card on that day. The number of balls that are the total number of balls that have not been used for game or prize exchange is stored, and the card ID or membership number (membership card only) stored in the visitor card or membership card It is now possible to specify the number of possessions possessed by a player.

  Note that the number of possessions managed in the possession management table is managed as the number of possessions only on that day, and in the end-of-business-time processing executed in the gaming system 1 after the end of the game hall business, the membership card The number of possessed balls corresponding to the card ID and the membership number is 0 after being added to the number of stored balls corresponding to the card ID and the membership number of the membership card managed by the member management device 150 (the storage management table). Cleared. In addition, the number of possessed balls corresponding to the card ID of the visitor card is cleared to 0 in the processing at the time of business end.

  Similarly to the processing at the end of business, when a membership card is inserted into a premium exchange POS terminal 170 (to be described later) (the member management device 140 or the membership management device 150 is inserted into the premium exchange POS terminal 170) (When the card ID and membership number of the card are received from the gift exchange POS terminal 170), the number of coins corresponding to the card ID and membership number of the membership card corresponds to the card ID and membership number of the membership card. After being added to the number of stored balls to be cleared, all are cleared to zero.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 7, the number of possession balls is managed for each unit price of game media that can be used for a game on a gaming machine. In this example, a 4-yen account manages the number of balls in a game medium with a unit price of 4 yen, a 2-yen account manages the number of balls in a game medium with a unit price of 2 yen, and a 1-yen account manages the number of balls in a game medium with a unit price of 1 yen. The number of possessed balls in each account is the number of possessed balls acquired by a game in a gaming machine using a game medium having a unit price corresponding to the account.

  When processing at the end of business is executed, and when a membership card is inserted into the gift exchange POS terminal 170, the number of possessions of each account in the possession management table corresponds to the account in the storage management table described later Are added to the number of stored balls (accounts of the same unit price), and the number of held balls of each account in the managed ball management table is cleared to zero. In the example where the card ID is KC-00001 (membership number is K-00001), as shown in FIG. 7, the number of balls in the 4-yen account, 2-yen account, and 1-yen account are 0, 200, and 300, respectively. As shown in FIG. 10, the number of stored balls in the 4-yen account, 2-yen account, and 1-yen account are 0, 2000, and 3000, respectively. In this example, when the processing at the end of business is executed and when a membership card is inserted into the gift exchange POS terminal 170, the number of stored balls in the 4-yen account, 2-yen account, 1-yen account is 0 ( 0 + 0), 2200 (2000 + 200), 3300 (3000 + 300), and the number of coins in the 4-yen account, 2-yen account, and 1-yen account are all cleared to zero.

  In the CU management table, as shown in FIG. 8, the unit price of the game medium that can be used in the gaming machine provided corresponding to the card unit in association with the device ID (unit number) of each card unit 3 is shown. The basic unit price, the basic payout number that is the number of pachinko balls to be paid out by the above-mentioned prepaid payout, possession payout, savings payout, and transfer payout, and the card ID of the member card or visitor card that is being accepted at the card unit A certain receiving card ID is stored.

  The basic unit price and the number of balls to be paid out here are stored in the card unit 3 of each device ID from the ball management device 140 in the business start process executed in the game system 1 before the game hall business starts. Transmitted and stored in the RAM 328 b of the control unit 328. Then, when executing the pachinko ball payout (the prepaid payout, the holding ball payout, the saving ball payout, and the transfer payout as described above), the pachinko balls of the basic payout number stored in each card unit 3 are paid out. For example, when the basic unit price is 4.00 yen, the number of basic payout balls is 125. Therefore, communication is performed between the control unit 328 and the pachinko machine 2, and 125 balls equivalent to 5 times are paid out. become. In addition, since the basic payout number is 200 when the basic unit price is 2.00 yen and 1.00 yen, communication is executed between the control unit 328 and the pachinko machine 2, and 200 corresponding to 8 degrees. The ball will be paid out.

  In the present embodiment, a common payout ball number (125 which is the basic payout ball number) is set for each type of payout of prepaid payout, holding ball payout, saving money payout, and transfer payout. However, the number of payout balls may be set differently depending on the type of payout. For example, the number of payout balls may be set to 200 only for entry / exit, and entry / exit can be executed only when the calculated number of payable balls is 200 or more. Moreover, it is good also as the execution paying-in less than the number of basic payout balls. For example, it is possible to enable entry / exit from one ball in the same manner as the ball withdrawal, and to execute entry / exit as long as the calculated number of payable balls is 1 or more. In addition, when the calculated number of payable balls is less than the basic payout ball number but more than one unit number, the maximum number that is an integral multiple of one unit number and does not exceed the payable ball number It is better to pay out by entering and leaving.

(Member management device)
Next, the member management apparatus 150 of this Embodiment is demonstrated based on FIG. First, as shown in FIG. 9, the member management apparatus 150 used in the present embodiment has a CPU 152 that performs various processes performed by the member management apparatus 150 on a data bus 151 that transmits and receives data inside the computer. RAM 153 used as a work memory, RTC 154 for outputting time information and calendar information, a storage device 155 such as a hard disk, an input device 156 such as a keyboard and a mouse, a display device 157 for displaying and outputting various screens, various information A printer 158 for print output, a ball management device 140 connected to a local area network (LAN), a communication unit 159 that performs data communication with each device such as a gift exchange POS terminal 170, and a storage ball installed during the storage management period Digital service unit (DSU) for data communication with the management server 15 160 is connected is a conventional computer.

  In the storage device 155, in addition to a processing program in which processing contents for performing various processes executed in the member management device 150 are described, the member player who has the member card before the day of possession of the member player A storage management table (see FIG. 10) for managing the number of storage balls acquired by the above, and a placement priority table (see FIG. 11) for managing the priority of the entry source account selected when executing the withdrawal / payment. In addition, a CU management table that can be acquired from the above-described holding ball management apparatus 140 is stored.

  In the storage management table, as shown in FIG. 10, in association with each card ID of the membership card, a membership number, which is membership identification information that can individually identify the membership player who has issued the membership card, The total number of balls acquired by the member player before the day (however, if the number of held balls is transferred to the number of stored balls by using the POS terminal 170 for gift exchange on that day, the number of stored balls is also included) The number of stored balls, which is the number of balls that are unused for gaming and prize exchange, is stored, and the stored value that is the possessed value owned by the member player from the member card ID or member number stored in the member card The number can be specified.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 10, the number of stored balls is managed for each unit price of a game medium that can be used for a game on a gaming machine. In this example, a 4-yen account is for managing the number of game media with a unit price of 4 yen, a 2-yen account is for managing the number of game media with a unit price of 2 yen, and a 1-yen account is for managing the number of game media with a unit price of 1 yen. This is a storage area, and the number of balls stored in each account is the possessed value acquired by a game in a gaming machine using a game medium having a unit price corresponding to the account.

  In addition, when the savings payout button displayed on the display unit 312 is operated in the card unit 3 and the savings payout is executed, communication is performed between the card unit 3 and the member management device 150, and the card unit 3 is From the number of stored balls in each account managed in the stored ball management table in association with the membership number of the member card being accepted, the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price corresponding to the device ID of the card unit 3, The number of balls to be paid out is subtracted.

  As shown in FIG. 11, in the entry priority table, for each account managed in the storage management table, the priority of the entry source account when the account is set as a destination account is managed. In this example, when executing a withdrawal with a 4 yen account as a destination account, the number of stored balls is subtracted in the order of 4 yen account with priority 1, 2 yen account with priority 2, and 1 yen account with priority 3. To do. In addition, when executing the deposit / withdrawal using the 2-yen account as the destination account, the number of stored balls is subtracted in the order of the 2-yen account with priority 1, the 4-yen account with priority 2, and the 1-yen account with priority 3. Further, when executing transfer with a 1-yen account as a destination account, the number of stored balls is subtracted in the order of a 1-yen account with priority 1, a 4-yen account with priority 2, and a 2-yen account with priority 3.

  That is, in this example, the priority order of the transfer source accounts to be subtracted in transfer / withdrawal is set according to the order in which the unit price of game media is high. The priority order of the transfer source account is not limited to such a form, and may be set according to the order in which the unit price of the game medium is low, or set according to the order in which the number of stored balls is large (or the order in which it is small). Also good.

  In addition, an account that is not subject to subtraction when an entry / exit is executed (an account for which priority is not set) may be provided. For example, the number of savings in the destination account (the number of savings in the account corresponding to the basic unit price) Even if there is a surplus, the number of stored balls in the destination account is not subtracted, and only the number of stored balls in the source account (the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to a unit price different from the basic unit price) is subtracted. A payout may be executed. Further, the priority of the entry source account may be set by the game hall manager operating the input device 156 of the member management device 150 or the like, and the player operating the touch panel 314 or the like of the card unit 3. May be set.

  In the entry priority table of FIG. 11, the priority of the entry source account corresponding to each entry account is transmitted to the card unit 3 corresponding to each entry account via the possession management device 140 and transmitted. The priorities are stored in the control unit 328. In this example, for a device ID CU3 corresponding to a basic unit price of 4 yen in the CU management table, the 4 yen account has priority 1, the 2 account has priority 2, and the 1 account has priority 3. Send specified information. Also, for the device ID CU3 corresponding to the basic unit price of 2 yen in the CU management table, the 2-yen account is designated as priority 1, the 4-yen account is designated as priority 2, and the 1-yen account is designated as priority 3. Send information. Further, for the CU3 of the device ID corresponding to the basic unit price of 1 yen in the CU management table, the 1-yen account is designated as priority 1, the 4-yen account is designated as priority 2, and the 2-yen account is designated as priority 3. Send information.

  In addition, the number of depositing source accounts when executing depositing / dispensing is not limited to a plurality, and may be only one. For example, when a 4-yen account is a destination account, only a 2-yen account may be selected as the source account, or only a 1-yen account may be selected as the source account. In addition, it is possible to execute a deposit / withdrawal that subtracts only the number of stored balls of one account selected as a deposit source account (for example, either a 2-yen account or a 1-yen account). You may make it perform the transfer pay-out which subtracts the number of stored balls of one account (for example, either a 2-yen account or a 1-yen account) selected as a transfer origin account.

  The storage device 155 also stores a member information management table (not shown). The member information storage table is identified by the member number in association with the card ID and member number recorded on the member card. The name and password registered by the member player when registering as a member are stored.

(POS terminal for gift exchange)
The free gift exchange POS terminal 170 (hereinafter abbreviated as free gift POS 170) is provided with a microcomputer, which includes a CPU serving as a control center, a ROM storing a CPU control operation program, and a CPU work. An RAM as an area and an input / output interface for inputting / outputting signals to / from an external device are provided. The CPU can input / output information to / from the ball management device 140 and input / output information to / from the member management device 150 via the input / output interface. The prize POS 170 is provided with a card reader / writer connected to a microcomputer, a display device, an input device such as a keyboard, a barcode reader, and the like.

  When the visitor card is inserted into the card reader / writer, communication is performed between the prize POS 170 and the ball management device 140, and the ball management device is associated with the card ID of the visitor card read by the card reader / writer. The number of possessions of each account stored in 140 is displayed on the display device. In this state, an exchange ball corresponding to the prize value is obtained by reading a barcode indicating the prize value (for example, equivalent to 1000 yen) attached to the prize with a barcode reader or by inputting the prize value with an input device. The number (for example, 250 yen for 4 yen, 500 balls for 2 yen, 1000 balls for 1 yen) is calculated from the number of balls in the selected account (for example, 4 yen account, 2 yen account, or 1 yen account). By subtracting (with this, the number of exchanged balls is subtracted from the number of balls held in the account stored in the ball management device 140 in association with the read card ID), And can be exchanged.

  Further, when the member card is inserted into the card reader / writer, the prize POS 170, the possession management device 140, the possession management device 140, and the storage management device 150 communicate with each other and are read by the card reader / writer. The number of possessions of each account (4-yen account, 2-yen account, 1-yen account) stored in the possession management device 140 in association with the card ID of the membership card is read by the card reader / writer. It is added to the number of balls stored in each corresponding account (4-yen account, 2-yen account, 1-yen account) stored in the stored-ball management measure 150 in association with the membership number, and stored in the holding-ball management device 140. The number of holdings of each account (4 yen account, 2 yen account, 1 yen account) is updated to 0. Then, the number of stored balls in each account after the update is displayed on the display device.

  In this state, the bar code indicating the prize value attached to the prize is read by a barcode reader, or the prize value is input by an input device, so that the number of exchangeable balls corresponding to the prize value (for example, 4 yen) 250 balls, 500 balls for 2 yen, 1000 balls for 1 yen) are subtracted from the number of balls stored in the selected account (for example, 4 yen account, 2 yen account, or 1 yen account). The number of exchanged balls is subtracted from the number of stored balls in the account stored in the member management apparatus 150 in association with the read member number), so that the stored balls and the prize can be exchanged. In addition, only a part of the updated number of balls can be used for prize exchange, the remaining number of stored balls can be used for the next game, and all of the updated number of stored balls will be used for the next game. Is also possible.

[Processing of the gaming system according to the first embodiment]
Hereinafter, the operation of the gaming system 1 according to the first embodiment, particularly the processing executed in the card unit 3 (hereinafter abbreviated as CU3), the ball management device 140, and the member management device 150 will be described.

  First, the member player inserts the member card into the card insertion slot of CU3 corresponding to the gaming machine that performs the game. When the inserted member card is received by the card R / W 327, the control unit 328 prepaid managed by the remaining amount management apparatus 100 in association with the received card ID of the member card through communication with the remaining amount management apparatus 100. The balance of each account (4-yen account, 2-yen account, 1-yen account) that is managed by the owning ball management device 140 in association with the card ID by acquiring the remaining amount and communicating with the owning ball management device 140 Each account (4-yen account, 2-yen account, 1-yen account) managed by the member management device 150 in association with the card ID and member number of the member card through communication with the member management device 150 ), And the acquired data is stored in the RAM 328b.

  Next, the control unit 328 displays a password input screen (not shown) including numeric keys corresponding to the numbers 0 to 9 on the display unit 312 and prompts the player to input the password. When the player touches the numeric key corresponding to each digit of the password and completes the input of the four-digit password, the control unit 328 causes the password stored in the RAM 328b and the entered password. Performs matching with the number.

  If the personal identification number acquired from the member management apparatus 150 and the input personal identification number do not match (if verification NG), the personal identification number input screen is displayed again. On the other hand, if the personal identification number acquired from the member management device 150 matches the input personal identification number (if the verification is OK), the personal identification number input screen shifts to the main screen in FIG.

  On the main screen (see FIG. 19 (1)), the payout process executed by the CU3 based on the basic unit price and the basic payout number corresponding to the CU3 transmitted and stored from the possession management device 140 The unit price of game media to be paid out by (prepaid payout, money payout, savings payout) and the number of basic payout balls (“125 balls payout”) are displayed at the top of the display unit 312. The

  Below that, the prepaid balance (1000 yen in this example) transmitted from the balance management apparatus 100 and stored in the RAM 328b is displayed. The control unit 328 collates the prepaid balance managed by the remaining amount management apparatus 100 in association with the card ID of the received member card and the prepaid balance read from the received member card, and if they match ( If the balance is OK (if the check is OK), the prepaid balance received from the balance management device 100 (read from the membership card) is displayed. If it does not match (if the match is NG), the prepaid balance is not displayed and the multi-function lamp 301 is set to a predetermined value. Error notification is performed by adopting the light emission mode.

  Below that, out of the number of coins in each account (4-yen account, 2-yen account, 1-yen account) transmitted from the possession management device 140 and stored in the RAM 328b, the basic corresponding to the CU3. The number of accounts held (100 balls in this example) corresponding to the unit price (4 yen in this example) is displayed. Below that, the basic unit price corresponding to the CU3 out of the number of stored balls of each account (4-yen account, 2-yen account, 1-yen account) transmitted from the storage management device 150 and stored in the RAM 328b. The number of stored accounts (140 balls in this example) corresponding to 4 yen in this example is displayed.

  Further, in the storage ball payout operation area 312a below the saving ball payout operation area 312a, the saving ball payout button is effective based on the fact that the number of savings of the account corresponding to the basic unit price is one unit or more and that the payout of the ball can be executed ( The display mode is darker than the invalid mode. In addition, when the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price is less than one unit number and the stored ball payout cannot be executed, the stored ball payout button is displayed in an invalid mode (display mode thinner than the active mode) in the stored ball payout operation area 312a. (For example, refer to FIG. 19 (3)), even if the stored-ball payout button in the invalid mode is operated, the stored-ball payout is not executed.

  Furthermore, in the entry operation area 312b below the entry operation area 312b, an entry screen transition button that is operated when the display screen of the display unit 312 is shifted from the main screen to the entry screen is displayed. When the boarding screen transition button is operated, the display screen shifts from the main screen to a boarding screen (see, for example, FIG. 19 (6)) where the boarding / dispensing operation can be performed.

  In the state where the processing at the time of inserting the member card is completed, as shown in FIG. 12, the number of stored balls of the 4-yen account managed by the member management apparatus 150 is 140, the number of stored balls of the 2-yen account is 100, and the stored amount of the 1-yen account The number is 800 (S1000), the number of balls in the 4-yen account managed by the ball management device 140 is 100, the number of balls in the 2-yen account is 0, and the number of balls in the 1-yen account is 0 (S1010). It is assumed that the basic unit price of CU3 into which the membership card is inserted is 4 yen, and the basic payout number is set to 125 balls.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 19 (1), 100 is displayed as the number of balls and 140 is displayed as the number of balls (S1020 in FIG. 12). Further, the count play LED 319b is lit based on the fact that the number of possessed balls is not 0 and that the possessed balls can be paid out (S1025 in FIG. 12). For this reason, the player can recognize that the game medium is given by paying out the ball without carrying out the payout.

  Further, in FIG. 19 (1), a stored-ball payout button is displayed in an effective manner in the stored-ball payout operation area 312a based on the fact that the number of stored balls (140) corresponding to the basic unit price is one unit or more. (S1030 in FIG. 12). Therefore, the player can recognize that the game medium is given by the savings payout without performing the pay-in / pay-out.

  When the stored-ball payout button is operated in this state (S1045 in FIG. 12), the control unit 328 and the payout control board are based on the fact that the number of stored balls (140) in the 4-yen account is equal to or greater than the basic paid-out number (125). Communication is performed with 28, and a stored-ball payout is executed in which the pachinko balls of the basic payout ball number (corresponding to 5 degrees) are paid out from the corresponding pachinko machine 2 (S1050). At this time, as shown in FIG. 19 (2), “dispensing” is displayed on the display unit 312.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 19 (3), with the execution of the savings payout, the basic payout number (125 corresponding to the 5th number) is calculated from the number of savings balls (140) of the 4-yen account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the RAM 328b. ) Is subtracted to 15 and the number of stored balls in the account displayed on the display unit 312 is also updated to the number of stored balls after the subtraction (S1065).

  Here, in the present embodiment, when the savings payout is executed, the holdings management device 140 is managed by the savings management device 150 from the CU3, unlike when the holding ball payout is executed. A stored ball update request for subtracting the number of stored balls is transmitted (S1046 in FIG. 12). The stored ball update request includes, as information, the member number read from the accepted member card and the number of balls to be subtracted from the number of stored balls of each account.

  In this example, since the payout of payout is executed to subtract only the number of stored balls of the account (priority order 1) corresponding to the basic unit price of CU3, the number of 4 yen deducted included in the stored ball update request (subtracted from the 4 yen account) The number of balls) is 125, the number of withdrawals of 2 yen (the number of balls subtracted from the 2-yen account) is 0, and the number of withdrawals of 1 yen (the number of balls subtracted from the 1-yen account) is 0. The CPU 142 of the possession management device 140 transmits the received storage update request to the member management device 150 (S1047).

  In the member management device 150 that has received the storage ball update request transmitted from the CU 3 and relayed by the possession ball management device 140, the CPU 152 stores the stored ball management table in association with the member number included in the storage ball update request. The designated withdrawal number is subtracted from the number of stored balls of each account (S1060). In this example, the basic payout number (4 yen withdrawal number 125) is subtracted from the number of stored balls in the 4 yen account corresponding to the membership number, and the 2 yen withdrawal number and 1 yen withdrawal number are 0. The number of stored balls and the number of stored balls in a 1-yen account are not subtracted. The number of balls after subtraction is 15 for 4 yen accounts, 100 for 2 yen accounts, and 800 for 1 yen accounts.

  Next, the CPU 152 of the member management apparatus 150 transmits a stored ball update response indicating that the update of the number of stored balls managed by the member management apparatus 150 has been completed to the possession management apparatus 140 (S1061). The CPU 142 of the possession management device 140 transmits the received stored ball update response to the CU 3 (S1062).

  In CU3 that has received the stored ball update response transmitted from the member management device 150 and relayed by the possession management device 140, it confirms that the number of stored balls managed in the member management device 150 has been updated. Then, as shown in FIG. 19 (3), the control unit 328 indicates that the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the stored basic unit price (basic unit price corresponding to the device ID of the CU3) is less than one unit. Based on the above, the stored-ball payout button is displayed in an invalid manner in the stored-ball payout operation area 312a (S1070). Therefore, the player can recognize that the game medium cannot be given by paying out the stored ball.

  However, in FIG. 19 (3), the number of stored balls after the withdrawal of the stored balls is 15, which is less than the number of one unit, but the number of held balls (100) in the account corresponding to the basic unit price is 1 or more. The count play LED 319b remains lit. For this reason, the player can recognize that the game medium is given by paying out the ball without carrying out the payout.

  When the count play button 319 is operated (S1100 in FIG. 12), the number of balls (100) in the 4-yen account is less than the basic payout ball number (125), [number of one unit (25) × n ≦ Communication is performed between the control unit 328 and the payout control board 28 based on the fact that the maximum n that is the number (100)] is 4, and the pachinko balls corresponding to the number of 4 times are paid out from the corresponding pachinko machine 2. The paid-in coins are executed (S1110). At this time, as shown in FIG. 19 (4), “Payout” is displayed on the display unit 312, and the entry screen transition button is not displayed in the entry operation area 312b, and an operation for executing entry / exit is performed. It becomes a state that cannot be performed.

  In this way, during the period during which the ball payout for subtracting the number of balls counted by the counting / fractional payout unit 340 is being executed, it is possible to prevent the payout from being executed even if the transfer operation area 312b is operated. , Trying to prevent player confusion. Then, as shown in FIG. 19 (5), in accordance with the execution of the payout, the number of payout balls (corresponding to the number of 4 times) from the number (100) of balls in the 4-yen account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the RAM 328b. 100) is subtracted to become 0, and the number of possessed balls of the account displayed on the display unit 312 is also updated to the number of retained balls after subtraction (S1120). Then, the control unit 328 turns off the count play LED 319b based on the fact that the number of possessed balls becomes 0 and the retained ball payout cannot be executed (S1125).

  Here, in the present embodiment, when the ball payout is executed, the ball management device 140 is transferred from the CU 3 to the ball management device 140, unlike the case where the storage ball payout or the transfer-out is executed. The information for subtracting the number of possessed balls managed in (3) is not transmitted, and the communication process between the CU 3 and the possessed ball management device 140 associated with the execution of the retained ball payout does not occur. In addition, when the counting of the game media is performed by the counting / fractional payout unit 340 and the number of possessed balls stored in the RAM 328b (the number of retained balls displayed on the display unit 312) is updated, the counting is performed from the CU3. Information for adding the number of balls managed by the ball management device 140 is not transmitted to the ball management device 140, and communication processing between the CU3 and the ball management device 140 accompanying the execution of the counting process Does not occur.

  That is, the number of balls managed in the ball management device 140 is calculated when the visitor card or the membership card is returned from the CU 3, when the number of balls is added to the number of stored balls in the closing process, and later It is updated only when the storage ball transfer process is executed. When the ball payout and counting process in CU3 is executed, the number of balls managed in the ball management device 140 is not updated, so communication between the CU3 and the ball management device 140 becomes unnecessary. ing.

  In this way, when the number of possessed balls is updated, the number of retained balls stored in CU3 is updated, but the number of retained balls managed by the managed ball managing device 140 is not updated. The increase in the amount of communication that accompanies the update of the number of possessions is suppressed, and the processing burden of the gaming system is reduced. As will be described later, the number of balls managed by the ball management device 140 is updated when the membership card is returned from the card R / W 327.

  As shown in FIG. 13, after completing the payout of the stored balls in S1046 to S1062 and the processing associated therewith, the number of stored balls in the 4-yen account managed by the member management apparatus 150 is 15, and the number of stored balls in the 2-yen account is 100, 1. The number of balls in the yen account is 800 (S2000). In addition, the number of balls managed by the ball management device 140 has not been updated since the time of receiving the membership card, the number of balls in a 4-yen account is 100, the number of balls in a 2-yen account is 0, 1 yen The number of balls in the account is 0 (S2010). At this time, as shown in FIG. 19 (5), the display of the number of balls (the number of balls in the 4-yen account stored in CU3) is 0, and the display of the number of balls stored (4 stored in CU3). The number of balls stored in the yen account is 15 (S2020 in FIG. 13).

  The player understands that even if the counting play button 319 is operated because the counting play LED 319b is not lit, the main screen is displayed in order to receive a game medium by entering and discharging. The entry screen transition button displayed in the entry operation area 312b is operated to switch the display screen from the main screen to the entry screen of FIG. 19 (6) (S2030 in FIG. 13). On the transfer screen, instead of the number of balls and the number of stored balls on the main screen, the number of stored balls in each account of the transfer destination account (4 yen account in this example) and the transfer source account (2 yen account and 1 yen account in this example) The number of balls that can be put in and out is displayed.

  If the “return” button displayed at the bottom of the entry screen in FIG. 19 (6) is operated, the screen returns to the main screen in FIG. 19 (5). In the entry screen of FIG. 19 (6), the number of balls that can be put in and out, which is the number of balls that can be paid out by insertion and withdrawal, is displayed. The number of balls that can be put in and out is calculated as follows.

  Here, it is assumed that m accounts of the transfer source account 1, the transfer source account 2,..., The transfer source account m can be selected as the transfer source account, and the transfer source unit price corresponding to the transfer source account 1 is input. The original unit price 1, the entry source unit price corresponding to the introduction source account 2 is the introduction origin unit price 2,..., And the introduction source unit price corresponding to the introduction source account m is the introduction source unit price m. At this time, [the number of savings in the destination account + (the number of savings in the source account 1 × the unit price of the source 1 ÷ the unit price of the destination) + (the number of balls in the source account 2 × the unit price of the source 2 ÷ the unit price of the destination) +. + (Number of stored balls in the transfer source account m × transfer source unit price m ÷ transfer destination unit price)] The maximum multiple of the basic payout ball number below is the number of balls that can be transferred into and out.

  The control unit 328 stores the calculated number of balls that can be put in and out in the RAM 328b and displays it above the loading operation area 312b. In this example, when a 4-yen account is a destination account, two accounts, a 2-yen account and a 1-yen account, can be selected as a source account. Therefore, the above formula is [15 balls + (100 balls × 2 yen ÷ 4 yen) + (800 balls × 1 yen ÷ 4 yen)] = 265 balls. The multiple (125 × n) of the basic payout balls not exceeding this is 250 (n = 2). Accordingly, the number of balls that can be put in and out displayed in FIG. 19 (6) is 250 (S2055).

  Thus, by displaying the number of balls that can be paid out by paying in / out and allowing the player to grasp, it is possible to improve the convenience of the player who wants to receive game media by paying in / out. As in this embodiment, when the number of balls to be paid out by one insertion / withdrawal is fixed for each CU3 (in this example, 125 corresponding to the number of basic payout balls stored in CU3), You may make it display the frequency | count (250/2 = 2 times in this example) which can perform boarding / dispensing.

  Further, based on the fact that the number of balls that can be paid in / out is equal to or more than the basic payout ball number, the cash-in / out button is displayed in a valid manner (display mode darker than the invalid mode described later) in the carry-in operation area 312b (FIG. 13 S2056). The player can grasp that the entry / exit is executed by operating the entry / exit button because the entry / exit button is displayed in an effective mode.

  Then, when the entry / exit button is operated on the entry screen of FIG. 19 (6) (S2060 in FIG. 13), the number of balls that can be entered / exited (250) is based on the number of basic payout balls (125) or more. Then, communication is performed between the control unit 328 and the payout control board 28, and the pay-in / pay-out in which the pachinko balls of the basic payout ball number (corresponding to 5 degrees) are paid out from the corresponding pachinko machine 2 is executed (S2070). At this time, as shown in FIG. 19 (7), the display unit 312 displays "Paying out", and the entry / exit button is not displayed in the entry operation area 312b, and the entry operation for executing the entry / exit is performed. Cannot be performed (even if the entry operation area 312b is operated, entry / exit is not continuously executed).

  Then, as shown in FIG. 19 (8), in accordance with the execution of the insertion / withdrawal, the number of basic payout balls (125 corresponding to the 5-degree number) is subtracted from the number of balls that can be inserted / withdrawn (250) stored in the RAM 328b. At the same time, the number of balls that can be put in and out displayed on the display unit 312 is also updated to the number of balls that can be put in and out after subtraction (S2085). Further, the number of withdrawals (15, 15) calculated as follows from the number of stored balls of each of the priorities 1 to 3 stored in the control unit 328 (4 yen account, 2 yen account, 1 yen account). 100, 240) is subtracted.

  In addition, on the screen when the withdrawal / payment shown in FIG. 19 (7), FIG. 19 (9) described later, or the like is executed, it is subtracted from each account (4 yen, 2 yen, 1 yen). The number of balls may be displayed.

  Here, in the present embodiment, when the pay-in / out is executed, the stored-ball management device 140 is managed by the stored-ball management device 150 in the same manner as when the stored-ball payout is executed. A stored ball update request for subtracting the number of stored balls is transmitted (S2065 in FIG. 13). The stored ball update request includes, as information, the member number read from the accepted member card and the number of balls to be subtracted from the number of stored balls of each account. The number of balls to be subtracted from the number of balls stored in each account (the number of withdrawals) is calculated as follows.

  In this example, since the number of stored balls in the 4 yen account, which is priority 1 (destination account), is less than the basic payout number of 125 balls, the total number of stored balls in the 4 yen account is used. The number of subtraction balls (4 yen withdrawal number) will be the number of balls stored in a 4 yen account (15 balls). Then, if the number of stored balls in the 2-yen account, which is priority 2 (the highest priority transfer source account), is converted into the number of balls with a destination unit price of 4 yen, [(100 balls x 2 yen ÷ 4 yen) = 50 balls ] And less than [125 balls-15 balls = 110 balls], which is the remaining number of balls to be paid out, the total number of balls stored in the 2-yen account is used, and the number of subtracted balls from the 2-yen account (2-yen deduction) Number) is the number of balls stored in a 2-yen account (100 balls). Then, when 800 balls stored in a 1 yen account which is priority 3 (next priority transfer source account) is converted into 4 balls at a destination unit price of 4 yen, [(800 balls × 1 yen ÷ 4 yen) = 200 balls], which is equal to or more than [125 balls-15 balls-50 balls = 60 balls], which is the remaining number of balls to be paid out. The number is used, and the number of balls subtracted from the 1-yen account (number of 1-yen withdrawal) is [(125 balls-15 balls-50 balls) x 4 yen / 1 yen = 240 balls].

  In this way, the number of balls to be subtracted from each savings account is calculated based on the priority order stored in CU3. In the present embodiment, even when the number of balls held in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the CU3 is 1 or more, the switching operation from the main screen to the entry screen (the entry in S2030) The operation of the screen transition button) and the operation of executing the entry / exit on the entry screen (operation of the entry / exit button in S2060) can be accepted.

  Therefore, the counting play LED 319b is lit and the ball can be paid out, and the pay-in / pay-out button is displayed in an effective manner, and the pay-in / pay-out may be possible. In such a case, when the count play button 319 is operated, the ball payout is executed, and when the entry / exit button is operated, the entry / exit is executed. Therefore, the player can select by operation whether to carry out the coin payout or the carry-out payout.

  In this embodiment, the savings payout operation in which the savings payout button is displayed even when the number of savings in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the CU3 is one unit or more and the savings payout can be executed. Since the area 312a and the entry / exit operation area 312b where the entry / exit button and the entry / exit button are displayed are provided in different areas, an operation for switching from the main screen to the entry screen (the entry screen change button of S2030) Operation) and an operation for executing the entry / exit on the entry screen (operation of the entry / exit button in S2060) can be received. Therefore, the player can select by the operation whether to execute the saving or payout.

  In such a configuration, the deposit / withdrawal button may be displayed in an effective manner in a state where the number of stored balls of the deposit destination account (account of priority 1 corresponding to the basic unit price) is equal to or greater than the number of basic payout balls. In such a case, when the entry / exit button is operated, a savings payout is performed in which only the number of balls in the destination account is subtracted and the basic payout number is paid out. In other words, accepting an operation to execute the withdrawal / payment when the withdrawal / payment can be executed but the withdrawal / payment cannot be executed due to the priority order (it is sufficient to subtract only the number of storage accounts of the destination account with priority 1). In the event of a failure, the savings payout is executed.

  In the present embodiment, even when the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the CU 3 is one unit or more and the stored payout can be executed, the transfer-in / out can be executed. However, the present invention is not limited to this mode, and it is possible to make the pay-in / pay-out possible only when the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the CU 3 is less than one unit and the stored-ball payout cannot be executed. For example, the transfer screen transition button is displayed in the transfer operation area 312b of the main screen only when the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the CU 3 is less than one unit number and the savings payout cannot be executed. Alternatively, the entry / exit button may be displayed in an effective manner in the entry operation area 312b of the entry screen.

  If such a configuration is adopted, the operation area for executing the savings payout and the operation area for executing the pay-in / out are set as a common area, and when the common area is operated when the savings payout can be executed, When the common area is operated when the savings payout is executed and the savings payout cannot be executed but the entry / exit can be executed, the entry / exit is preferably executed. For example, the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the CU 3 is greater than or equal to the number of units by displaying the stored money payout button in the entry operation area 312b instead of the stored money payout operation area 312a on the main screen. When the savings payout can be executed, a savings payout button is displayed in the entry operation area 312b on the main screen. When the number of savings is less than one unit and the savings payout cannot be executed, the entry operation area 312b on the main screen is displayed. When a transfer screen transition button is displayed and the number of stored balls is less than one unit number and the number of balls that can be inserted and paid out is equal to or more than the basic payout number, the transfer operation area 312b of the transfer screen shifted from the main screen It is preferable to display the entry / exit button in an effective manner.

  In the present embodiment, it is possible to execute the payout of the stored balls only when the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the CU3 is one unit or more. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration. Further, when the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the CU 3 is 1 or more, the stored ball payout may be executable. Note that the storage payout button or the entry / exit button is not displayed on the display unit 312 but may be provided on the casing of the protruding portion 305 (an operation detection switch corresponding thereto is also provided separately).

  In the present embodiment, when the pay-in / out is executed, the number of stored balls managed by the stored-ball management device 150 from the CU 3 to the possession management device 140 is the same as when the stored-ball payout is executed. A savings ball update request for subtracting is sent (S2065 in FIG. 13). In this example, as described above, the transfer of payout is executed by subtracting the number of stored balls of the priority 1 4-yen account, the priority 2 2-yen account, and the priority 3 1-yen account, respectively. The number of 4 yen withdrawals included in the request (the number of balls to be subtracted from the 4 yen account) is 15, 2 yen withdrawals (the number of balls to be subtracted from the 2 yen account) is 100, and the number of 1 yen withdrawals (the balls to be subtracted from the 1 yen account) Number) is 240. The CPU 142 of the holding ball management apparatus 140 transmits the received storage ball update request to the member management apparatus 150 (S2066).

  In the member management device 150 that has received the storage ball update request transmitted from the CU 3 and relayed by the possession ball management device 140, the CPU 152 stores the stored ball management table in association with the member number included in the storage ball update request. The designated withdrawal number is subtracted from the number of stored balls in each account (S2080). In this example, the number of 4 yen withdrawals is subtracted from the number of stored 4 yen accounts corresponding to the membership number, the number of 2 yen withdrawals is subtracted from the number of 2 yen stored accounts, and 1 yen is stored from the 1 yen account. The withdrawal number 240 is subtracted. The number of balls after subtraction is 0 for 4 yen accounts, 0 for 2 yen accounts, and 560 for 1 yen accounts.

  Next, the CPU 152 of the member management device 150 transmits a stored ball update response indicating that the update of the number of stored balls managed by the member management device 150 has been completed to the possession management device 140 (S2081). The CPU 142 of the possession management device 140 transmits the received stored ball update response to the CU 3 (S2082). In CU3 that has received the stored ball update response transmitted from the member management device 150 and relayed by the possession management device 140, it confirms that the number of stored balls managed in the member management device 150 has been updated.

  Thereby, as shown in FIG. 19 (8), the number of balls that can be put in and out is updated to 125, and the number of balls stored in each account stored in CU3 is 0 for 4 yen accounts, 0, 1 for 2 yen accounts. Yen account is updated to 560. Then, as shown in FIG. 19 (8), the control unit 328 sets the entry / exit button in an effective manner in the entry operation area 312 b based on the fact that the number of balls that can be entered / extracted after the subtraction is equal to or greater than the basic payout number. indicate. In FIG. 19 (8), the control unit 328 counts based on the fact that the number of possessed balls in the account corresponding to the stored basic unit price (basic unit price corresponding to the device ID of the CU3) is zero. The play LED 319b is turned off. For this reason, the player cannot recognize the game payout, but can recognize that the game medium is given by the transfer-in / out.

  As shown in FIG. 14, after the transfer and withdrawal in S2065 to S2082 and the process associated therewith are completed, the number of balls stored in the 4-yen account managed by the member management apparatus 150 is 0, and the number of balls stored in the 2-yen account is 0, 1 The number of balls stored in the yen account is 560 (S3000). In addition, the number of balls managed by the ball management device 140 has not been updated since the time of receiving the membership card, the number of balls in a 4-yen account is 100, the number of balls in a 2-yen account is 0, 1 yen The number of balls in the account is 0 (S3010). At this time, as shown in FIG. 19 (8), the display of the number of balls that can be put in and out is 125 (S3020 in FIG. 14).

  Then, when the entry / exit button is operated on the entry screen of FIG. 19 (8) (S3025 in FIG. 14), the number of balls that can be entered / exited ([560 balls × 1 yen ÷ 4 yen = 140 balls ≧ 125 balls)] Therefore, communication is performed between the control unit 328 and the payout control board 28 based on the fact that the number of balls that can be put in and out is 125 balls or more is the basic payout ball number (125), and the basic payout ball The number of pachinko balls (corresponding to the number of 5 degrees) is paid out from the corresponding pachinko machine 2 (S3030). At this time, as shown in FIG. 19 (9), “Paying out” is displayed on the display unit 312. The entry / exit button is not displayed in the entry operation area 312b, and the entry operation for executing the entry / exit is performed. Cannot be performed (even if the entry operation area 312b is operated, entry / exit is not continuously executed).

  Then, as shown in FIG. 19 (10), the number of basic payout balls (125 corresponding to 5 degrees) is subtracted from the number of available payout balls (125) stored in the RAM 328b as 0 At the same time, the number of balls that can be put in and out displayed on the display unit 312 is also updated to the number of accumulated balls after subtraction (S3050). Further, the number of withdrawals (0, 0) calculated as follows from the number of stored balls of each of the priorities 1 to 3 stored in the control unit 328 (4 yen account, 2 yen account, 1 yen account). 0,500) is subtracted.

  In this example, the number of balls in the 4-yen account that is priority 1 (destination account) and the 2-yen account that is priority 2 (top-priority transfer source account) are all 0 balls. Then, when the number of stored balls in the 1-yen account, which is priority order 3 (the next priority source account), is converted into the number of balls with a destination unit price of 4 yen, [560 balls x 1 yen / 4 yen = 140 balls ], And the number of balls subtracted from a 1 yen account (the number of 1 yen withdrawals) is equivalent to [basic unit price x basic payout balls], [4 yen x 125 balls / 1 yen. = 500 balls].

  Here, as described above, a storage ball update request for subtracting the number of stored balls managed by the stored ball management device 150 is transmitted from the CU 3 to the possession management device 140 (S3026 in FIG. 14). In this example, as described above, transfer-in / out for subtracting only the number of 1-yen accounts stored in priority 3 is executed, and the 4-yen withdrawal number (number of balls subtracted from 4-yen account) included in the savings renewal request ) Is 0, 2 yen withdrawal number (number of balls to be subtracted from 2 yen account) is 0, 1 yen withdrawal number (number of balls to be subtracted from 1 yen account) is 500. The CPU 142 of the possession management device 140 transmits the received storage update request to the member management device 150 (S3027).

  In the member management device 150 that has received the storage ball update request transmitted from the CU 3 and relayed by the possession ball management device 140, the CPU 152 stores the stored ball management table in association with the member number included in the storage ball update request. The designated withdrawal number is subtracted from the number of stored balls of each account (S3040). In this example, 1-yen debit number 500 is subtracted from the number of accumulated balls of 1-yen account corresponding to the membership number. The number of balls after subtraction is 0 for 4 yen accounts, 0 for 2 yen accounts, and 60 for 1 yen accounts.

  Next, the CPU 152 of the member management apparatus 150 transmits a stored ball update response indicating that the update of the number of stored balls managed by the member management apparatus 150 has been completed to the possession management apparatus 140 (S3041). The CPU 142 of the possession management device 140 transmits the received stored ball update response to the CU 3 (S3042). In CU3 that has received the stored ball update response transmitted from the member management device 150 and relayed by the possession management device 140, it confirms that the number of stored balls managed in the member management device 150 has been updated.

  As a result, as shown in FIG. 19 (10), the number of balls that can be put in and out is updated to 0, and the number of balls stored in each account stored in CU3 is 0 for 4 yen accounts, 0, 1 for 2 yen accounts. Yen account is updated to 60. Then, as shown in FIG. 19 (10), the control unit 328 determines that the number of balls that can be put in and out after subtraction is less than the basic number of payout balls (the number of game media that can be given by the insertion and withdrawal is zero). Based on this, the entry / exit button is displayed in the entry operation area 312b in an invalid mode (display mode thinner than the above-described valid mode) (S3060).

  In FIG. 19 (10), the control unit 328 counts based on the fact that the number of possessed balls in the account corresponding to the stored basic unit price (basic unit price corresponding to the device ID of the CU3) is zero. The play LED 319b is turned off. For this reason, the player cannot recognize the ball payout, and can recognize that the pay-in / out button is not executed even if the user enters the pay-out / pay-out button because the pay-in / pay-out button is disabled.

  Next, the control unit 328 does not execute the deposit / withdrawal in the number of balls that can be deposited / withdrawn, but the number of accumulated balls in the deposit source account is not 0 (in this example, the number of balls that can be deposited / withdrawn is 0 and the 1-yen account Based on the fact that the number of balls is 60), the necessary counting ball number calculation process (FIG. 15) for calculating the required counting ball number, which is the remaining counting ball number necessary to enable execution of transfer-in / out, is performed. Run.

  In this embodiment, as will be described later, it is possible to execute a storage ball transfer process for transferring a part or all of the number of possessions of one or more accounts to the number of stored balls of the corresponding account by a storage ball transfer operation in CU3. ing. Therefore, the fact that the number of stored balls in the source account remains is that the number of stored balls in the destination account reaches the predetermined number by the transfer process, so it is necessary to do so. The number of counting balls is calculated. That is, in order to be able to execute the withdrawal and withdrawal based on the number of stored balls of each account after the storage ball transfer process, the number of balls to be added to the current number of balls is calculated as the required number of balls, and the calculated required count The number of balls is notified to the player.

  In the necessary counting ball number calculation process of FIG. 15, the control unit 328 temporarily adds the current number of balls in the corresponding account (4 yen) to the number of balls stored in the destination account (4 yen in this example) in S100. At the same time, the current number of balls in the corresponding account (2 yen, 1 yen) is provisionally added to the number of stored balls in each source account (2 yen, 1 yen in this example). In this provisional addition, the original data of the number of stored balls and the number of possessed balls of each account for display control stored in the control unit 328 is not updated, and each copied for the necessary counting ball number calculation processing to the last. Data on the number of accumulated balls and the number of balls in the account is the target of provisional addition.

  Here, the current number of balls to be temporarily added to the number of balls stored in the destination account is acquired from the ball management device 140 when a visitor card or member card is inserted into the CU3, and then paid out by paying out the balls. This is the updated number of balls after the number of balls is subtracted or the number of balls counted is added by the counting process. Also, when the visitor card is supplied from the card storage unit to the card R / W 327, it is 0, and the number of counted balls is added by the subsequent counting process, or the number of paid-out balls is subtracted by holding out the ball It is the number of balls after.

  In this example, in S100, the number of balls in the 4 yen account (0 balls) is provisionally added to the number of balls in the 4 yen account that is the destination account (0 balls), and the number of balls in the 2 yen account that is the origination account is temporarily added. Temporarily add the number of balls in a 2-yen account (0 balls) to (0 balls), and temporarily add the number of balls in a 1-yen account (0 balls) to the number of stored balls in a 1-yen account (60 balls) to add. That is, the number of balls stored in each account after provisional addition is 0 for a 4 yen account, 0 for a 2 yen account, and 60 for a 1 yen account. Here, the number of possessed balls to be provisionally added to the number of stored balls is not the number of retained balls of each account managed by the managed ball management device 140, but the number of owned accounts stored in the RAM 328b of the control unit 328. It is the number of balls.

  Next, in S101, the control unit 328 converts the number of stored balls in the transfer source account after provisional addition into the number of stored balls in the transfer destination account. In this example, the number of balls in the 2-yen account after provisional addition is converted to the number of balls in the 4-yen account by [number of balls in the 2-yen account after provisional addition (0 balls) x 2 yen / 4 yen] The number of balls in the 1 yen account after provisional addition is converted into the number of balls in the 4 yen account by the number of balls in the 1 yen account after the provisional addition (60 balls) × 1 yen ÷ 4 yen]. In other words, the number of balls in the 2-yen account after provisional addition is converted into the number of balls in the 4-yen account is 0, and the number of balls in the 1-yen account after provisional addition is converted into the number of balls in the 4-yen account. The number is 15.

  Next, in S102, the control unit 328 calculates the total number of balls of the number of balls stored in the destination account after provisional addition and the calculated number of converted balls. In this example, [the number of savings in the destination account after provisional addition (0) + the number of savings in the 2-yen account after provisional addition converted to the number of balls in the 4-yen account (0) + The total number of balls is calculated from the converted number of balls (15) obtained by converting the number of balls in the 1-yen account into the number of balls in the 4-yen account. That is, the total number of balls is 15.

  Next, in S103, the control unit 328 determines whether or not the calculated total number of balls has reached the basic payout number. Here, the fact that the calculated total number of balls is equal to or greater than the basic number of balls to be dispensed means performing a savings ball transfer process in which part or all of the number of balls held in one or more accounts is transferred to the corresponding number of saved balls. This means that it is possible to execute the pay-in / take-out (that is, the required number of counting balls is 0), and that the calculated total number of balls is less than the basic pay-out ball number, This means that the entry / exit cannot be executed even if the number of balls is performed (that is, the required number of counting balls is 1 or more).

  If the total number of balls is equal to or greater than the basic payout ball number in S103 (Yes), the control unit 328 displays a storage ball transfer button in the entry operation area 312b of the entry screen in S110, and further in S111, the entry screen is displayed. The message “Possible to enter with storage ball transfer” is displayed, and the required number of balls calculation processing is completed. Thereby, the player can grasp | ascertain that boarding / withdrawing can be performed by operating the storage ball transfer button.

  On the other hand, if the total number of balls is less than the basic payout ball number in S103 (No), the control unit 328 calculates the difference between the total ball number and the basic payout ball number in S104, and in S105, the entry screen is displayed. The message “Possible to enter with XX ball count” is displayed and the required number of balls calculation processing is terminated. Thereby, the player grasps that the pay-in / pay-out can be executed by counting the pachinko balls corresponding to the calculated difference (xx balls) and operating the storage ball shift button displayed thereafter. be able to.

  In this example, since the total number of balls (15) is less than the basic payout ball number (125), it is determined No in S103, the difference is calculated as 125 balls-15 balls = 110 balls in S104, and in S105, “ “You can get in with 110 balls” is displayed.

  Accordingly, the control unit 328 notifies that the number of balls that can be inserted and withdrawn has become 0 in FIG. 19 (10), and then, based on the execution of the necessary counting ball number calculation process described above, a predetermined time has elapsed. Later (for example, after 5 seconds have elapsed), as shown in FIG. 19 (11), a message “110 balls can be entered” is displayed on the entry screen (S3070 in FIG. 14). Note that the number of balls that can be put in and out and the message “Possible to put in with XX ball count” may be displayed on the boarding screen at the same time.

  In this embodiment, only when the calculated total number of balls is equal to or greater than the basic number of payout balls (only when the required number of balls is 0), the storage ball transfer button is displayed in the entry operation area 312b. However, the present invention is not limited to such a form, but also when the calculated total number of balls is less than the basic payout number (even when the required number of balls is not 0), It may be possible to accept a storage transfer operation. In such a configuration, it is preferable that the displayed required number of balls is updated by performing the storage ball transfer operation. For example, when the required number of balls is 100 (“100 balls can be entered) In the case where a storage ball transfer process equivalent to 25 balls is executed, the required number of balls is updated to 75 (“75 balls can be entered” is displayed).

  In the above example, when prepaid payout using the prepaid balance is executed, the prepaid balance (1000 yen in this example) is calculated according to the basic unit price and the basic payout ball count by operating the payout button 21. Based on the fact that (4 yen × 125 = 500 yen) or more, communication is performed between the control unit 328 and the payout control board 28, and the pachinko balls corresponding to the basic payout ball number (corresponding to 5 degrees) correspond. Prepaid payout paid out from the machine 2 is executed.

  With the execution of the prepaid payout, the consumption amount equivalent to the basic payout number (125 balls × 4 yen = 500 yen equivalent to the 5th frequency) is subtracted from the remaining prepaid amount (1000 yen) stored in the RAM 328b to 500 yen. At the same time, the prepaid balance displayed on the display unit 312 is also updated to the prepaid balance after subtraction. Consumption information including the card ID read from the accepted member card and the consumption amount (500 yen) for the prepaid payment is transmitted to the remaining amount management apparatus 100 along with the prepaid payment in CU3. In the remaining amount management apparatus 100, the consumption amount specified by the received consumption information is subtracted from the prepaid remaining amount managed in association with the card ID specified by the consumption information, and a subtraction completion notification is transmitted to the CU3. In CU3 that has received the subtraction completion notification, the completion of the update of the prepaid balance managed by the balance management apparatus 100 is completed.

  Next, when the game on the gaming machine is finished and the return button 22 is operated (S3100 in FIG. 14), the card ID read from the membership card and each account stored in the RAM 328b (4 yen in this example) A card discharge notification including the number of possessions (0, 0, 0 in this example) of the account, 2-yen account, 1-yen account) is transmitted to the possession management device 140 (S3101), and the prepaid balance stored in the RAM 328b Is recorded on the membership card, and the membership card is returned from CU3 (S3105). Along with the card return from CU3, the prepaid balance stored in the RAM 328b, the number of possessed balls and the number of accumulated balls in each account are cleared to zero.

  The possession management device 140 determines the number of possessions of each account (4-yen account, 2-yen account, 1-yen account) managed in association with the card ID specified in the received card ejection notification. The number of possessed balls (0, 0, 0) of each account designated by the notification is updated (S3110). In this example, the updated number of balls managed by the ball management device 140 is 0 for a 4-yen account, 0 for a 2-yen account, and 0 for a 1-yen account. The possession management device 140 deletes the card ID (card ID of the accepted card) managed in association with the machine number (device ID) specified in the received card ejection notification in the CU management table. To do.

  Next, the possession management device 140 transmits a card discharge result (result: OK) indicating that the update of the number of possessions managed by the possession management device 140 is completed to the CU 3 (S3111). In CU3 that has received the card ejection result (result: OK), it is confirmed that the number of possessed balls managed in the possession managing device 140 has been updated.

  In addition, the possession management device 140 transmits a game end notification including the card number (device ID) of the CU 3 that has transmitted the card discharge notification and the card ID specified in the card discharge notification to the member management device 150 (S3120). ). The member management device 150 deletes the card ID (card ID of the accepted card) managed in association with the machine number (device ID) specified in the received game end notification in the CU management table. . The member management device 150 that has received the game end notification transmits a game end response indicating that the game end notification has been received to the possession management device 140 (S3130). The coin management device 140 that has received the game end response confirms that the member management device 150 has received the game end notification.

(Money transfer process)
Next, the storage ball transfer process will be described with reference to FIGS. 16, 17, and 20. Here, a membership card is accepted in the card R / W 327 of CU3, and the number of stored balls in the 4-yen account managed by the member management apparatus 150 in association with the membership number read from the membership card is 50, Assume that the number of stored balls in a 2-yen account is 0, and the number of stored balls in a 1-yen account is 80 (S4000 in FIG. 16). In addition, the number of possessions of the 4-yen account managed by the possession management device 140 in association with the card ID read from the membership card is 0, the number of possession of the 2-yen account is 0, and the savings of the 1-yen account It is assumed that the number is 0 balls (S4010 in FIG. 16).

  In addition, the RAM 328b of the control unit 328 stores the number of balls (4 yen: 50 balls, 2 yen: 0 balls, 1 yen: 80 balls) that matches the number of balls stored in each account managed by the member management apparatus 150. The number of balls (4 yen: 0 balls, 2 yen: 0 balls, 1 yen: 0 balls) that matches the number of balls in each account managed by the money management measures 140 is stored. Suppose that At this time, as shown in FIG. 20 (20), on the main screen displayed on the display unit 312, 0, which is the number of balls in the 4-yen account corresponding to the basic unit price, is displayed as the number of balls, and the number of balls stored As shown in FIG. 16, 50, which is the number of balls stored in the 4-yen account corresponding to the basic unit price, is displayed (S4020 in FIG. 16).

  Then, in the storage ball payout area 312a below, the storage ball payout button is displayed in an effective manner, based on the fact that the number of storage balls of the account corresponding to the basic unit price is one unit number or more and can be executed. . Accordingly, by operating the stored-ball payout button in this state, the stored-ball payout is executed. In addition, an entry screen transition button is displayed in the entry operation area 312b below the entry operation area 312b. In this state, it is assumed that the entry screen transition button is operated by the player and the display screen is switched from the main screen to the entry screen (S4025 in FIG. 16).

  In the transfer screen after the transition shown in FIG. 20 (21), the number of balls stored in the 4 yen account that is the destination account (50 balls), the number of balls stored in the 2 yen account that is the transfer source account (0 balls), and the 1 yen account The number of stored balls (80 balls) is displayed. Also, the number of balls stored in the destination account (50 balls) and the number of balls stored in the source account converted to the number of balls stored in the destination account (0 balls x 2 yen ÷ 4 yen, 80 balls x 1 yen ÷ 4 yen) ) And the total number of balls (50 balls + 0 balls + 20 balls = 70 balls) is less than the basic payout ball number (125 balls), the number of balls that can be put in and out is displayed as 0 balls (in FIG. 16). In S4030), the entry / exit button is displayed in an invalid manner in the entry operation area 312b (S4035 in FIG. 16).

  As described above, the control unit 328 cannot execute the withdrawal / payment due to the shortage of the number of stored balls in the source account although the number of stored balls in the source account remains (the number of stored balls in the 1 yen account is 80). Based on this, the necessary counting ball number calculation processing is executed to calculate the necessary counting ball number. In this example, the total number of balls calculated in S102 is 50 balls + 0 balls + (80 balls × 1 yen / 4 yen) = 70 balls, and the number of basic payout balls calculated in S104 and the total number of balls The difference is 125 balls-70 balls = 55 balls.

  Accordingly, the control unit 328 notifies that the number of balls that can be inserted and withdrawn is 0 in FIG. 20 (21), and then after a predetermined time has elapsed (for example, after 5 seconds), as shown in FIG. 20 (22). In addition, a message “55 balls can be entered” is displayed on the entry screen (S4040 in FIG. 16).

  In this way, by notifying the number of balls to be counted (the number of balls to be added to the number of balls held) in order to be able to execute entry / exit, the convenience of the player trying to execute entry / exit is improved. be able to. For example, if the player has a certain amount of pachinko balls stored in the lower plate 24, the player operates the lever 24a to insert the stored pachinko balls into the counting / fractional dispensing unit 340 to perform the counting process. By executing it, it is possible to take a measure that enables a storage ball transfer operation and a transfer-in / out, which will be described later, to be executed.

  Next, in this state, it is assumed that a counting process in which pachinko balls are counted by the counting / fraction dispensing unit 340 occurs and 120 balls are counted (S4050 in FIG. 16). At this time, a count signal is input to the control unit 328 from the control unit 350 of the counting / fractional payout unit 340, and the value of the counting balls stored in the RAM 328b of the control unit 328 is added. Then, with the occurrence of the counting process, as shown in FIG. 20 (23), the display screen of the display unit 312 shifts from the entry screen to the counting screen, and the number of balls is counted along with the characters “counting” on the counting screen. Value (120 in this example) is displayed.

  Then, when the counting process is completed (for example, at the timing when 5 seconds have elapsed without updating the counting ball count), the account corresponding to the card unit 3 stored in the RAM 328b (stored in the RAM 328b) The number of balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price) is added to the number of balls and the number of balls is added and updated, and the value of the balls is reset to zero. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 20 (24), the number of possessed balls of the account after addition (120 in this example) is displayed on the counting screen, and the number of possessed balls of the account is 1 or more. Based on the fact that the payout is possible, the count play LED 319b is turned on, and the operation of the count play button 319 is validated (S4060 in FIG. 16).

  At this time, the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price has not been updated from 50 balls, but the number of held accounts in the account corresponding to the basic unit price has been updated from 0 to 120 balls (S4070 in FIG. 16). . The control unit 328 executes the above-described required counting ball number calculation process based on the occurrence of the counting process (that is, the number of balls held in the destination account is updated).

  In this example, the total number of balls calculated in S102 of the required counting ball number calculation process is (50 balls + 120 balls) +0 balls + (80 balls × 1 yen ÷ 4 yen) = 190 balls. Based on the fact that the total number of balls is equal to or greater than the basic payout number in S103, that is, the required number of counting balls is 0, the control unit 328 moves to the transfer operation area 312b on the transfer screen in S110. Is displayed, and a message “Putting in by saving money” is displayed on the entry screen in S111.

  Therefore, the control unit 328 informs that the number of possessed balls corresponding to the basic unit price is 120 balls in FIG. 20 (24), and then, based on the execution of the necessary counting ball number calculation process described above, After a predetermined time has elapsed (for example, after 5 seconds have elapsed), as shown in FIG. 20 (25), instead of the entry / exit button displayed in the invalid state in the entry operation area 312b of the entry screen, In addition to the display (S4080 in FIG. 16), a message of “Putting in by saving money” is displayed (S4100 in FIGS. 16 and 17).

  As a result, the player operates the savings transfer button to save a part or all of the number of holdings of the corresponding account to the number of savings of one or more accounts of the destination account and the source account. It is possible to grasp that the transfer processing is executed, and that the withdrawal / payment becomes possible based on the number of stored balls in each account after the stored ball transfer processing.

  Further, in this embodiment, a message “Pay-in by transfer to stored ball” is displayed on the transfer screen, and a transfer button to the transfer operation area 312b is displayed. For this reason, a player who intends to execute the transfer-in / out operation operates the stored-ball transfer button to execute the stored-ball transfer process. In this embodiment, the operation of the entry screen transition button, the operation of the storage ball transfer button, and the operation of the entry / exit button, which are operations related to the entry / exit, are all common in touching the entry operation area 312b. It is an operation. Then, by touching the storage transfer button displayed in the entry operation area 312b, the entry / exit of the effective mode in which the entry / exit is executed by touching the entry operation area 312b in place of the storage movement button. A button is displayed.

  Therefore, the operation of the storage ball transfer button in this embodiment also serves as an intention confirmation operation for confirming the intention to execute the entry / exit before the operation of the entry / exit button for executing the entry / exit. If an operation for requesting the player to select whether or not to execute entry / exit is provided separately from the operation of the storage ball transfer button, the procedure for executing entry / exit increases. In this embodiment, since the operation for executing the storage ball transfer process also serves as an intention confirmation operation for entry / exit, the operation procedure until entry / exit is executed can be simplified.

  Next, it is assumed that the player has operated the storage ball transfer button in the entry operation area 312b on the entry screen in FIG. 20 (25) (S4110 in FIG. 17). At this time, the stored ball transfer number calculation process of FIG. 18 is executed, and the number of balls to be added to the number of stored balls in each account of the destination account and the source account is calculated.

  In the stored ball transfer number calculation process of FIG. 18, the control unit 328, in S200, the current account number (2 yen, 1 yen) corresponding to the number of stored balls of each entry source account (2 yen, 1 yen in this example). Temporarily add the number of holding balls. In this temporary addition, the original data of the number of stored balls and the number of possessed balls of each account for display control stored in the control unit 328 is not updated, and each account copied for the processing for calculating the number of transferred balls is only used. The number of stored balls and the number of held balls are subject to provisional addition.

  In this example, in S200, the number of balls in the 2-yen account (0 balls) is temporarily added to the number of stored 2-yen accounts (0 balls), and the number of stored balls in the 1-yen account, which is the banking account. Temporarily add the number of balls in a 1 yen account (0 balls) to (80 balls). That is, the number of stored balls in each account after provisional addition is 0 for a 2-yen account and 80 for a 1-yen account. Here, the number of possessed balls to be provisionally added to the number of stored balls is not the number of retained balls of each account managed by the managed ball management device 140, but the number of owned accounts stored in the RAM 328b of the control unit 328. It is the number of balls.

  Next, in S201, the control unit 328 converts the number of stored balls of the transfer source account after provisional addition into the number of stored balls of the transfer destination account. In this example, the number of balls in the 2-yen account after provisional addition is converted to the number of balls in the 4-yen account by [number of balls in the 2-yen account after provisional addition (0 balls) x 2 yen / 4 yen] The number of balls in the 1 yen account after provisional addition (80 balls) x 1 yen ÷ 4 yen] is converted into the number of balls in the 4 yen account after provisional addition. In other words, the number of balls in the 2-yen account after provisional addition is converted into the number of balls in the 4-yen account is 0, and the number of balls in the 1-yen account after provisional addition is converted into the number of balls in the 4-yen account. The number is 20.

  Next, in S202, the control unit 328 calculates the total number of balls of the number of balls stored in the destination account and the calculated number of converted balls. In this example, [the number of savings in the destination account (50) + the number of savings in the 2-yen account after provisional addition is converted to the number of balls in the 4-yen account (0) + 1-yen account after provisional addition. The total number of balls is calculated from the converted number of balls (20) converted from the number of balls stored in the 4-yen account. That is, the total number of balls is 70.

  Next, in S203, the control unit 328 determines whether or not the calculated total number of balls has reached the basic number of payout balls. Here, the fact that the calculated total number of balls is equal to or greater than the basic number of balls to be paid out is not limited to the destination account, and it is possible to make a withdrawal and withdrawal by the storage ball transfer process only for the source account. That is, the fact that the calculated total number of balls is less than the basic number of balls to be paid out means that it is not possible to pay in / out unless the storage ball transfer process for the destination account is executed.

  If the total number of balls is equal to or greater than the basic payout number in S203 (Yes), the control unit 328 sets the number of balls to be added to the number of balls stored in the destination account to 0 in S210, The number of possessed balls to be added to the number of stored balls of the transfer source account is set as the current number of retained balls of the corresponding account, and the stored ball transfer number calculating process is ended. As a result, (1) the number of balls in the corresponding account is added to the number of balls stored in the source account, and the number of balls in the corresponding account is cleared to 0. Entry / exit is possible by processing.

  On the other hand, if the total number of balls is less than the basic payout ball number in S203 (No), the control unit 328 calculates the difference between the total ball number and the basic payout ball number in S204, and in S205, the destination account In S211, the number of balls to be added to the number of stored balls of each entry source account is set as the current number of balls in the corresponding account. Then, the stored ball transfer number calculation process is completed. As a result, (1) the number of balls in the corresponding account is added to the number of balls in the source account, and the number of balls in the corresponding account is cleared to 0, and (2) the number of balls in the destination account , Adding at least a part of the number of balls in the corresponding account (difference calculated in S204), and subtracting the added amount (difference calculated in S204) from the number of balls in the corresponding account Transfers and withdrawals can be made by saving money transfer processing for both the destination account and the source account.

  In this example, since the total number of balls (70) is less than the basic payout ball number (125), it is determined No in S203, the difference is calculated as 125 balls-70 balls = 55 balls in S204, and in S205 The number of balls in the 4-yen account to be added to the number of stored balls (50) in the 4-yen account, which is the previous account, is set to 55. In S211, the number of balls in the 2-yen account that should be added to the number of stored balls (0) of the 2-yen account that is the transfer source account is set to 0, and 1 should be added to the number of stored balls in the 1-yen account (80). The number of balls in the yen account is set to 0.

  Next, the control unit 328 transmits a storage ball transfer notification designating the number of balls to be added to each account of the destination account and the source account to the possession management device 140 (S4111 in FIG. 17). In this example, a 4-yen addition number (55) that specifies the membership number read from the membership card and the number of 4-yen account holdings to be added to the 4-yen account savings number in the savings ball transfer notification and 2 yen 2 yen addition number (0) that specifies the number of balls in a 2-yen account that should be added to the number of balls stored in the account, and 1 yen addition that specifies the number of balls in a 1-yen account that should be added to the number of stored balls in a 1-yen account The number (0) is included.

  The possession management device 140 transmits the stored ball transfer notification received from the CU 3 to the member management device 150 (S4117 in FIG. 17). The member management apparatus 150 that has received the savings transfer notification specifies the number of savings in the destination account and the savings source account that are managed in association with the member number included in the received savings transfer notification, and the number of savings in each account The designated addition number is added to (S4120 in FIG. 17). In this example, add 4 yen addition number (55) to the number of balls stored in the 4 yen account (50), add 2 yen addition number (0) to the number of balls stored in the 2 yen account (0), Add 1 yen addition number (0) to the number of stored balls (80). As a result, the number of stored balls in the 4-yen account is 105, the number of stored balls in the 2-yen account is 0, and the number of stored balls in the 1-yen account is 80.

  Next, the member management device 150 transmits a stored ball transfer result indicating that the number of held balls in the account corresponding to the number of stored balls in each account managed by the member managing device 150 has been transferred to the held ball managing device 140 ( S4121 in FIG. The possession management device 140 that has received the storage ball transfer result transmits the storage ball transfer result to CU3 that has transmitted the storage ball transfer notification (S4126 in FIG. 17). As a result, it is confirmed in the control unit 328 of the CU 3 that has received the transfer result of the stored ball that the designated added ball number is added to the stored ball number of each account managed by the member management apparatus 150.

  In the control unit 328 that has received the transfer result of the stored ball, the added number corresponding to each account specified in S4111 is added to the number of stored balls of each account stored in the RAM 328b, and the possession of each account stored in the RAM 328 is also stored. The number of additions corresponding to each account designated in S4111 is subtracted from the number of balls (S4128 in FIG. 17).

  In this example, add 4 yen addition number (55) to the number of balls stored in the 4 yen account (50), add 2 yen addition number (0) to the number of balls stored in the 2 yen account (0), Add 1 yen addition number (0) to the number of stored balls (80). As a result, the number of stored balls of the 4-yen account stored by the control unit 328 is 105, the number of stored balls of the 2-yen account is 0, and the number of stored balls of the 1-yen account is 80. Also, subtract the 4-yen addition number (55) from the number of holdings in the 4-yen account (120), and subtract the 2-yen addition number (0) from the number of holdings in the 2-yen account (0). Subtract 1 yen addition number (0) from the number of possession balls (0). As a result, the number of balls in a 4-yen account is 65, the number of balls in a 2-yen account is 0, and the number of balls in a 1-yen account is 0.

  The stored ball transfer number calculation process (S200 to S211) shown above, the process for updating the stored ball number of each account managed by the member management device 150 (S4111 to S4126), and each stored in the CU3 By executing the processing (S4128) for updating the number of stored balls and the number of balls in the account, at least a part of the number of balls in one or more accounts is transferred to the number of stored balls in the corresponding account. Is completed.

  When the stored ball transfer process is completed, the control unit 328 displays the number of stored balls of each account after the stored ball transfer process, as shown in FIG. 20 (26). In addition, the number of balls transferred to the number of stored balls of the corresponding account among the number of held balls of each account by the stored ball transfer processing, that is, the number of balls added to the number of stored balls of each account is displayed for each account. In this example, the 4-yen addition number set in S4111 is 55, the 2-yen addition number is 0, and the 1-yen addition number is 0. Is displayed only (S4130 in FIG. 17).

  In this example, since only the 4-yen addition number set in S4111 is not 0, this is displayed. However, if the 2-yen addition number is not 0, or if the 1-yen addition number is 0, If not, in addition to “I transferred 55 yen for 4 yen holding balls to a savings ball”, “I transferred 2 yen holding ball ×× balls to savings” or “1 yen holding ball ×× balls” Will be displayed on the entry screen.

  In this way, by displaying the number of balls that have been transferred to the corresponding account's number of balls in the number of balls in each account, for which account the storage ball transfer process was executed for which account In addition, it is possible to grasp how many balls have been transferred out of the number of balls in the account by the storage ball transfer processing. The player grasps that the number of balls in the 4-yen account has been increased to 105 by adding 55 to the number of 4-yen account storage by the entry screen of FIG. 20 (26). can do.

  In FIG. 20 (26), the control unit 328 notifies the account subjected to the savings ball transfer process and the number of possessed balls added to the number of saved balls in the account, and then a predetermined time has elapsed (for example, after 5 seconds have elapsed). In addition, as shown in FIG. 20 (27), the number of balls that can be put in and out is recalculated (S4150 in FIG. 17), and the boarding / withdrawing button is displayed in an effective manner instead of the storage ball transfer button in the putting in operation area 312b. A screen is displayed (S4160 in FIG. 17).

  In this example, due to the savings transfer process, the number of saved balls in the 4-yen account is 105, the number of saved balls in the 2-yen account is 0, and the number of saved balls in the 1-yen account is 80. The number of balls is [105 balls + (0 ball × 2 yen ÷ 4 yen) + (80 balls × 1 yen ÷ 4 yen)] = 125 balls. Thereby, the player can enter / exit, and can recognize that the entry / exit is executed by operating the entry / exit button.

  Then, when the entry / exit button is operated on the entry screen of FIG. 20 (27), the control unit 328 and the withdrawal are based on the fact that the number of balls that can be entered / exited (125) is equal to or greater than the number of basic payout balls (125). Communication is performed with the control board 28, and a pay-in / out in which pachinko balls having a basic pay-out ball number (corresponding to 5 degrees) are paid out from the corresponding pachinko machine 2 is executed. At this time, as shown in FIG. 20 (28), “dispensing” is displayed on the display unit 312.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 20 (29), in accordance with the execution of the insertion / withdrawal, the number of the basic payout balls (125 corresponding to the 5-degree number) is subtracted from the number of available balls (125) stored in the RAM 328b. At the same time, the number of balls that can be put in and out displayed on the display unit 312 is also updated to the number of balls after subtraction. In addition, the number of withdrawals (105, 105) calculated as follows from the number of stored balls of each of the priorities 1 to 3 (4 yen account, 2 yen account, 1 yen account) stored in the control unit 328. 0,80) is subtracted.

  In this example, the number of savings of a 4-yen account, which is priority 1 (destination account), is 105, the number of savings of a 2-yen account, which is priority 2 (highest priority source account), is 0, and priority 3 (next) The number of balls stored in a 1-yen account, which is a priority bank account) is 80. Therefore, since the number of stored balls in the 4-yen account, which is priority 1, is less than the basic payout number of 125 balls, the total number of stored balls in the 4-yen account is used and the number of subtracted balls from the 4-yen account (4 yen deducted) Number) is the number of balls in a 4-yen account (105 balls). Also, the number of balls subtracted from the 2-yen account, which is priority 2 (the number of 2-yen withdrawal) is 0. Then, if the number of balls stored in the 1 yen account, which is priority 3, is converted into the number of balls with a destination unit price of 4 yen, it will be [(80 balls x 1 yen ÷ 4 yen) = 20 balls], and the remaining amount to be paid out. Since it matches the number of balls [125 balls-105 balls = 20 balls], the total number of 1-yen account savings is used, and the number of deducted balls from the 1-yen account (1-yen withdrawal number) is 1-yen account savings. Number (20 balls).

  Accordingly, as described above, a storage ball update request that specifies the calculated number of withdrawals of each account is transmitted from the control unit 328 to the member management device 150 via the possession management device 140, and in the member management device 150, The CPU 152 subtracts the designated withdrawal number from the number of stored balls in each account stored in the stored ball management table in association with the member number included in the stored ball update request. In this example, the number of stored balls after subtraction is 0 for 4 yen accounts, 0 for 2 yen accounts, and 0 for 1 yen accounts.

  As a result, as shown in FIG. 20 (29), the number of balls that can be put in and out is updated to 0, and the number of balls stored in each account stored in CU3 is 0 for 4 yen accounts, 0 for 1 yen accounts, 1 Yen account is updated to 0. Then, as shown in FIG. 20 (29), the control unit 328 determines that the number of balls that can be put in / out after subtraction is less than the basic payout ball number (the number of game media that can be given by insertion / payout is 0). Based on this, the entry / exit button is displayed in an invalid manner in the entry operation area 312b.

  When the player who has grasped that the entry / exit cannot be executed operates the “return” button in FIG. 20 (29), the screen returns to the main screen in FIG. 20 (30). The number of held balls (65 balls) of the account corresponding to the basic unit price (4 yen) displayed on this main screen remains without being transferred to the number of stored balls of the corresponding account in the above-described saving ball transfer process. Is a number. In this example, out of the 120 balls counted in FIG. 20 (24), 55 balls are transferred to the storage ball in the storage ball transfer process of FIG. 20 (26), and 65 balls remain as holding balls. Accordingly, even after the storage ball transfer process of FIG. 20 (26), the count play LED 319b is turned on and the count play button 319 is operated based on the fact that the number of possessed balls in the account is 1 or more and the ball can be paid out. Is valid.

  In the case shown in FIG. 20 (22), the control unit 328 does not execute the deposit / withdrawal, because the number of balls that can be entered / withdrawn is 0, but the number of balls in the source account is not 0, that is, The required counting ball number calculation process was executed on the assumption that the withdrawal and withdrawal becomes possible by increasing the number of stored balls. On the other hand, in the case of FIG. 20 (29), since the number of stored balls in the source account is 0, even if the number of stored balls in the destination account increases, the transfer payout that subtracts the number of stored balls in the source account Can not run. For this reason, when the number of stored balls in each entry source account is 0, there is no need to execute the necessary counting ball number calculation process.

  The transition of the number of balls and the number of balls in each account in the above example is shown as Example 1 in FIG. Before the counting process, the number of 4 yen storage balls is 50 balls, the number of 2 yen storage balls is 0 balls, the number of 1 yen storage balls is 80 balls, the number of 4 yen holding balls is 0 ball, the number of 2 yen holding balls is 0 ball, 1 When the number of balls held is 0, the required number of balls calculated is [125 balls-(50 balls + 0 balls)-{(0 balls + 0 balls) x 2 yen / 4 yen}-{(80 balls) +0 balls) × 1 yen ÷ 4 yen}] = 55 balls.

  When the counting process is performed and 120 balls are counted, the number of balls with 4 yen is 120 balls. When the storage ball transfer processing is executed in this state, 55 balls out of 120 balls of 4 yen holding are subject to the storage ball transfer processing, and the number of 4 yen storage balls after the storage ball transfer processing is 50 balls + 55 balls = 105 balls, 4 The number of holding balls is 120 balls-55 balls = 65 balls. At this time, the number of balls that can be put in and out is [105 balls + (0 ball × 2 yen ÷ 4 yen) + (80 balls × 1 yen ÷ 4 yen)] = 125 balls.

  In Example 1, if a counting process occurs and 55 balls are counted, the number of balls with 4 yen is 55 balls. When the storage ball transfer process is executed in this state, the total number of 4 yen holding balls (55 balls) is added to the number of 4 yen storing balls, the number of 4 yen storing balls becomes 105 balls, and the number of 4 yen holding balls becomes 0. . That is, by executing the storage ball transfer process, not all of the number of balls corresponding to the destination account may be transferred.

  Thus, in this embodiment, when the savings ball transfer button is operated, the savings ball transfer process is executed, and at least a part of the number of balls held in the corresponding account is transferred to the number of balls in the destination account. I have to. Conventionally, as described above, only when the end-of-business process is executed or when a membership card is inserted into the gift exchange POS terminal 170, the total number of possessions of each account is changed to each corresponding account. In this embodiment, the storage ball transfer process can be executed by the player's operation in the CU3. It is possible to improve the convenience of a player who wants to execute the entry / exit.

  In the above-described embodiment (example 1), the minimum number of balls required to be able to execute transfer-in / out out of the 4-yen coins corresponding to the destination account (55 out of 120 balls). Only the number of stored balls is transferred, and the remaining (65 out of 120 balls) is left as the number of balls. Thereby, the number of remaining balls can be used for a game by paying out the balls.

  In particular, in this embodiment, while the payout of a stored ball requires a number of stored balls of one unit or more, the payout of the ball can be performed from the number of balls of one or more balls. Therefore, if all the number of possessed balls corresponding to the destination account is transferred by the savings ball transfer process, the number of stored balls in the remaining destination account is greater than 0 and less than one unit number after the transfer and withdrawal is executed. When it becomes, it becomes impossible to use a part of the transferred number of balls for the game. Therefore, in this embodiment, the game that can be used for a game by not making it the target of the savings ball transfer processing for the portion (65 balls) that is not necessary for enabling the transfer-in / out of the 4-yen coins. We try to secure as many media as possible.

  In the example 2 of FIG. 21, before the counting process, the number of balls stored at 4 yen is 10 balls, the number of balls stored at 2 yen is 60 balls, the number of balls stored at 1 yen is 80 balls, the number of balls held at 4 yen is 25 balls, The number is 0 ball and the number of balls held by 1 yen is 0 ball. The required number of balls calculated at this time is [125 balls-(10 balls + 25 balls)-{(60 balls + 0 balls) x 2 yen / 4 yen}-{(80 balls + 0 balls) x 1 yen / 4 yen. }] = 40 balls.

  When the counting process occurs and 60 balls are counted, the number of balls with 4 yen is 85 balls. When the storage ball transfer processing is executed in this state, 65 balls out of 85 balls with 4 yen are subject to the storage ball transfer processing, and the number of 4 yen storage balls after the storage ball transfer processing is 10 balls + 65 balls = 75 balls, 4 balls The number of holding balls is 85 balls-65 balls = 20 balls. At this time, the number of balls that can be put in and out is [75 balls + (60 balls × 2 yen ÷ 4 yen) + (80 balls × 1 yen ÷ 4 yen)] = 125 balls.

  In this way, the number of balls (60 balls) counted by the counting process is added to the number of balls in the account corresponding to the destination account before the counting process (25 balls of 4 yen), and after the update At least a part (65 balls) of the number of balls (85 balls of 4 yen) is transferred to the number of balls stored in the destination account (10 balls).

  In the example 3 of FIG. 21, before the counting process, the number of 4 yen storage balls is 5 balls, the number of 2 yen storage balls is 20 balls, the number of 1 yen storage balls is 40 balls, the number of 4 yen holding balls is 10 balls, 2 yen holding balls The number is 30 balls, and the number of balls with 1 yen is 60 balls. The required number of balls calculated at this time is [125 balls− (5 balls + 10 balls) − {(20 balls + 30 balls) × 2 yen ÷ 4 yen} − {(40 balls + 60 balls) × 1 yen ÷ 4 yen. }] = 60 balls.

  When the counting process occurs and 100 balls are counted, the number of balls with 4 yen is 110 balls. When the storage ball transfer process is executed in this state, 30 balls, which is the total number of 2 yen holding balls, 60 balls which are the total number of 1 yen holding balls, 70 balls out of 110 balls of 4 yen holding balls are transferred to the storage ball. 20 yen + 30 balls = 50 balls, 2 yen holding ball number is 30 balls-30 balls = 0 ball, 1 yen saving ball number is 40 balls + 60 balls = 100 balls The number of balls held by 1 yen is 60 balls-60 balls = 0 balls, the number of balls stored at 5 yen is 5 balls + 70 balls = 75 balls, and the number of balls held by 4 yen is 110 balls-70 balls = 40 balls. At this time, the number of balls that can be inserted and withdrawn is [75 balls + (50 balls × 2 yen / 4 yen) + (100 balls × 1 yen / 4 yen)] = 125 balls.

  In this way, the total number of balls in the account corresponding to the entry source account (30 yen for 2 yen holdings) is converted into the number of savings in the entry source account (20 yen for 2 yen savings, 40 for 1 yen savings). , 1 yen savings number 60) is transferred. Only the difference (70 balls) that is insufficient in the number of balls that can be deposited / withdrawn is transferred to the number of pooled accounts (5 balls) in the bank account corresponding to the bank account. That is, it is configured to supplement only the difference that is insufficient by the transfer process for the transfer source account with the transfer process for the transfer destination account, and as described above, the game medium that can be used for the game The number can be maximized.

  In the example 4 of FIG. 21, before the counting process, the number of 4 yen storage balls is 25 balls, the number of 2 yen storage balls is 40 balls, the number of 1 yen storage balls is 80 balls, the number of 4 yen holding balls is 20 balls, and the number of 2 yen holding balls The number is 80 balls, and the number of balls with 1 yen is 120 balls. The required number of balls calculated at this time is [125 balls− (25 balls + 20 balls) − {(40 balls + 80 balls) × 2 yen ÷ 4 yen} − {(80 balls + 120 balls) × 1 yen ÷ 4 yen. }] ≦ 0, so it is 0 balls.

  Then, when the storage ball transfer process is executed in this state without generating the counting process, 80 balls, which is the total number of 2 yen holding balls, and 120 balls, which is the total number of 1 yen holding balls, The number of 2 yen savings after the transfer process is 40 balls + 80 balls = 120 balls, the number of 2 yen holdings is 80-80 balls = 0 balls, 1 yen savings is 80 balls + 120 balls = 200 balls, 1 The number of holding balls is 120 balls-120 balls = 0 balls. At this time, the number of balls that can be put in and out is 125 balls ≦ [25 balls + (120 balls × 2 yen ÷ 4 yen) + (200 balls × 1 yen ÷ 4 yen) = 135 balls] <250 balls, There will be 125 balls.

  In this way, the total number of balls in the account corresponding to the entry source account (the number of 2 yen holdings 80) is converted into the number of savings of the entry source account (2 yen savings number 40, 1 yen savings number 80). , 1 yen storage number 120) is transferred. Then, it is possible to execute the pay-in / pay-out without adding the number of coins in the corresponding account (the number of 4-yen coins is 20) to the number of stored-in accounts (the number of 4-yen coins is 25). In other words, since there is no difference that is insufficient due to the transfer process for the deposit source account, the transfer process for the transfer destination account is not executed, and as described above, it can be used for games. The number of game media can be maximized.

[Game System According to Second Embodiment]
Next, regarding the gaming system 1 ′ according to the second embodiment, differences from the first embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the gaming system 1 ′ according to the second embodiment is not provided with the ball management device 140, and the CU 3 does not relay the ball management device 140 and does not relay the membership management device 140. 150 is communicably connected.

  Accordingly, in the first embodiment, commands (such as a storage ball update request and a storage ball transfer notification) transmitted from the CU 3 to the member management device 150 via the holding ball management device 140 are directly received from the CU 3 in the second embodiment. 150. Further, in the first embodiment, commands (such as a stored ball update response and a stored ball transfer result) transmitted from the member management device 150 to the CU 3 via the possession management device 140 are directly transmitted from the member management device 150 to the CU 3. .

  The processing related to the number of balls in each account stored in the control unit 328 in the first embodiment (the number of balls displayed) is the number of balls counted in each account stored in the control unit 328 in the second embodiment. It can be read as processing related to (the number of counting balls displayed). That is, in the CU 3 of the second embodiment, the number of counting balls of each account (4 yen, 2 yen, 1 yen) is stored in the RAM 328b of the control unit 328, and corresponds to the stored basic unit price on the main screen. The number of counting balls of the account that has been displayed will be displayed. In the second embodiment, the number of counting balls of accounts other than the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in the control unit 328 of the CU 3 is zero.

  At this time, the number of counting balls of the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in CU3 (account corresponding to the destination account) is updated as follows. First, each time a pachinko ball is detected by the counting sensor 356, a counting signal is input from the control unit 350 to the control unit 328, and the number of counting balls stored in the RAM 328b of the control unit 328 (displayed on the main screen). The number of counting balls) is added. Then, a count payout for paying out game media is executed based on a count payout operation (corresponding to the operation of the count play button 319 in the above embodiment), and the number of counting balls stored in the CU 3 (the count displayed on the main screen) The number of balls paid out is subtracted from the number of balls).

  When the count payout is executed by the CU3, it is stored in the CU3 without performing communication with the higher level management device (the member management device 150 in the second embodiment) as in the case of the payout of the first embodiment. Only the number of counting balls of the account corresponding to the basic unit price is deducted. On the other hand, when the savings payout is executed, similarly to the savings payout of the first embodiment, communication with the member management device 150 is performed, and the number of savings in the account corresponding to the basic unit price stored in CU3 (main screen) The number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price managed by the member management apparatus 150 is subtracted.

  When the return button 22 is operated, the card including the membership number read from the accepted membership card and the number of balls counted for each account (4 yen, 2 yen, 1 yen) stored in the RAM 328b. A discharge notification is transmitted to the member management apparatus 150, and each member (4 yen, 2 yen, etc.) managed in the storage management table in association with the member number designated by the received card discharge notification is sent to the member management apparatus 150. The number of balls in each account (4 yen, 2 yen, 1 yen) specified by the received card discharge notification is added to the number of stored balls of 1 yen). Then, in CU3 that has transmitted the card discharge notification, the count number of each account (4 yen, 2 yen, 1 yen) stored in the RAM 328b is cleared to zero.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, the number of balls in the corresponding account is added to the number of balls stored in each account managed by the member management device 150 when the member card accepted by the CU3 is returned. (When a card ejection notification is received). In the second embodiment, since the number of counting balls of accounts other than the account corresponding to the basic unit price of CU3 is 0, when the membership card is returned, only the number of stored balls of the account corresponding to the basic unit price of the CU3 is returned. Becomes the actual addition target.

  In the gaming system 1 ′ according to the second embodiment as described above, an operation flow when the stored ball transfer process is executed will be described with reference to FIGS. 22 and 23. In FIGS. 22 and 23, processes common to FIGS. 16 and 17 of the first embodiment are denoted by common reference numerals.

  Here, a membership card is accepted in the card R / W 327 of the CU 3, and the number of stored balls in the 4-yen account managed by the member management apparatus 150 in association with the membership number read from the membership card is 35, Assume that the number of stored balls in a 2-yen account is 0, and the number of stored balls in a 1-yen account is 60 (S4000A in FIG. 22).

  The RAM 328b of the control unit 328 stores the number of stored balls (4 yen: 35 balls, 2 yen: 0 balls, 1 yen: 60 balls) that matches the number of stored balls of each account managed by the member management apparatus 150. The number of balls in each account is 0 (4 yen: 0 balls, 2 yen: 0 balls, 1 yen: 0 balls). At this time, on the main screen displayed on the display unit 312, 0 which is the counted number of 4 yen accounts corresponding to the basic unit price is displayed as the number of counted balls, and the 4 yen account corresponding to the basic unit price is stored as the number of balls. 35, which is the number of stored balls, is displayed (S4020A in FIG. 22).

  In this state, it is assumed that the entry screen transition button is operated by the player and the display screen is switched from the main screen to the entry screen (S4025 in FIG. 22). On the transfer screen after the transfer, the number of balls stored in the destination account (35 balls) and the number of balls stored in the source account converted to the number of balls stored in the destination account (0 balls x 2 yen ÷ 4 yen, 60 balls x Based on the fact that the total number of balls (35 balls + 0 balls + 15 balls = 50 balls) with 1 yen ÷ 4 yen) is less than the basic payout ball number (125 balls), the number of balls that can be put in and out is displayed as 0 balls Then, the entry / exit button is displayed in an invalid manner in the entry operation area 312b (S4035 in FIG. 22).

  As described above, the control unit 328 cannot execute the withdrawal / payment due to a shortage of the number of stored balls in the source account although the number of stored balls in the source account remains (the number of stored balls in the 1 yen account is 60 balls). Based on this, the necessary counting ball number calculation processing is executed to calculate the necessary counting ball number. In this example, the total number of balls calculated in S102 is 35 balls + 0 balls + (60 balls × 1 yen ÷ 4 yen) = 50 balls, and the number of basic payout balls calculated in S104 and the total number of balls The difference is 125 balls-50 balls = 75 balls. Therefore, the control unit 328 displays the message “Possible to enter with 75 balls count” on the entry screen (S4040A in FIG. 22).

  Next, in this state, it is assumed that a counting process in which pachinko balls are counted by the counting / fraction dispensing unit 340 is generated and 120 balls are counted (S4050 in FIG. 22). At this time, a count signal is input to the control unit 328 from the control unit 350 of the counting / fractional payout unit 340, and the value of the counting balls stored in the RAM 328b of the control unit 328 is added. Then, based on the fact that the number of counting balls in the account is 1 or more and counting payout is possible, the counting play LED 319b is turned on, and the operation of the counting play button 319 is validated (S4060 in FIG. 22).

  At this time, the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price has not been updated from 35 balls, but the counted number of accounts in the account corresponding to the basic unit price has been updated from 0 to 120 balls (S4070A in FIG. 22). . The control unit 328 performs the necessary counting ball number calculation process described above based on the occurrence of the counting process (that is, the counting ball number of the destination account is updated).

  In this example, the total number of balls calculated in S102 of the necessary counting ball number calculation process is (35 balls + 120 balls) +0 balls + (60 balls × 1 yen ÷ 4 yen) = 170 balls. Based on the fact that the total number of balls is equal to or greater than the basic payout number in S103, that is, the required number of counting balls is 0, the control unit 328 moves to the transfer operation area 312b on the transfer screen in S110. Is displayed, and a message “Putting in by saving money” is displayed on the entry screen in S111.

  Accordingly, the control unit 328 displays a storage ball transfer button in the transfer operation area 312b of the transfer screen instead of the transfer / payout button displayed in an invalid state (S4080 in FIG. 22), and “can be transferred by transfer to the storage ball”. Is displayed (S4100 in FIGS. 22 and 23).

  Next, it is assumed that the player has operated the storage ball transfer button in the entry operation area 312b on the entry screen (S4110 in FIG. 23). At this time, the number of transferred balls calculation process of FIG. 18 is executed, and the number of counting balls to be added to the number of stored balls of each account of the destination account and the source account is calculated.

  In this example, since the total number of balls (50) is less than the basic payout ball number (125), it is determined No in S203, the difference is calculated as 125 balls−50 balls = 75 balls in S204, and in S205 The number of counting balls of the 4-yen account to be added to the number of stored balls (35) of the 4-yen account that is the previous account is set to 75. Further, in S211, the number of counting balls of the 2-yen account to be added to the number of stored balls (0) of the 2-yen account that is the transfer source account is set to 0, and 1 is to be added to the number of stored balls of the 1-yen account (60). The count number of yen account is set to 0.

  Next, the control unit 328 transmits to the member management apparatus 150 a storage ball transfer notification that specifies the number of counting balls to be added to each account of the destination account and the source account (S4111A in FIG. 23). In this example, a 4-yen addition number (75) that specifies the membership number read from the membership card and the 4-yen account count to be added to the 4-yen account savings number in the savings ball transfer notification, 2 yen 2 yen addition number (0) that specifies the number of counting balls in a 2-yen account that should be added to the number of stored balls in the account, and 1 yen addition that specifies the number of counting balls in a 1-yen account that should be added to the number of stored balls in a 1-yen account The number (0) is included. In the second embodiment, since the number of counting balls of accounts other than the account corresponding to the basic unit price of CU3 is 0, the number of stored balls of the account corresponding to the basic unit price of CU3 is executed when the storage ball transfer process is executed. Only the actual addition target.

  The member management apparatus 150 that has received the savings transfer notification specifies the number of savings in the destination account and the savings source account that are managed in association with the member number included in the received savings transfer notification, and the number of savings in each account Is added with the designated addition number (S4115A in FIG. 23). In this example, the 4-yen account number (35) is added to the 4-yen account number (35), and the 2-yen account number (0) is added to the 2-yen account number (0). Add 1 yen addition number (0) to the number of stored balls (60). As a result, the number of stored balls in the 4-yen account is 110, the number of stored balls in the 2-yen account is 0, and the number of stored balls in the 1-yen account is 60.

  Next, the member management device 150 transmits to the CU 3 a storage ball transfer result indicating that the number of counted balls of the account corresponding to the number of stored balls of each account managed by the member management device 150 has been transferred (S4116A in FIG. 23). ). As a result, it is confirmed in the control unit 328 of the CU 3 that has received the transfer result of the stored ball that the designated added ball number is added to the stored ball number of each account managed by the member management apparatus 150.

  In the control unit 328 that has received the storage transfer result, the addition number corresponding to each account specified in S4111A is added to the number of storages of each account stored in the RAM 328b, and the count of each account stored in the RAM 328 is also added. The number of additions corresponding to each account designated in S4111A is subtracted from the number of balls (S4128A in FIG. 23).

  In this example, the 4-yen account number (35) is added to the 4-yen account number (35), and the 2-yen account number (0) is added to the 2-yen account number (0). Add 1 yen addition number (0) to the number of stored balls (60). As a result, the number of stored balls of the 4-yen account stored by the control unit 328 is 110, the number of stored balls of the 2-yen account is 0, and the number of stored balls of the 1-yen account is 60. Also, subtract 4 yen addition number (75) from 4 yen account counting ball number (120), subtract 2 yen addition number (0) from 2 yen account counting ball number (0), Subtract 1 yen addition number (0) from the number of counting balls (0). As a result, the number of counting balls of the 4-yen account is 45, the number of counting balls of the 2-yen account is 0, and the number of counting balls of the 1-yen account is 0.

  In this example, the 4-yen addition number set in S4111A is 75, the 2-yen addition number is 0, and the 1-yen addition number is 0. Is displayed only (S4130A in FIG. 23). Then, the control unit 328 recalculates the number of balls that can be put in and out (S4150 in FIG. 23), and displays a boarding screen in which the boarding and withdrawal buttons are displayed in an effective manner instead of the storage ball transfer button in the boarding operation area 312b ( S4160 in FIG. 23).

  In this example, the number of stored balls for a 4-yen account is 110, the number of stored balls for a 2-yen account is 0, and the number of stored balls for a 1-yen account is 60. The number of balls is [110 balls + (0 ball × 2 yen ÷ 4 yen) + (60 balls × 1 yen ÷ 4 yen)] = 125 balls. Thereby, the player can enter / exit, and can recognize that the entry / exit is executed by operating the entry / exit button.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, when the saving money transfer button is operated, the saving money transfer process is executed without returning the member card accepted by the card R / W 327, and the saving money of the destination account is stored. At least a part of the number of counting balls of the corresponding account is transferred to the number. Conventionally, as described above, only when a membership card is inserted from CU3, the total number of balls in each account is added to the number of balls in each corresponding account, and each stored in CU3. Although the process of clearing the number of counting balls of the account to 0 is executed, in this embodiment, the storage ball transfer process can be executed without returning the membership card by the player's operation in CU3. It is possible to improve the convenience of a player who wants to execute the entry / exit.

[Modification]
Next, the modification of embodiment mentioned above is given.

(1) In the above embodiment, when the savings ball transfer process is executed, the total number of balls (counted balls) of the corresponding account is added to the number of balls stored in the source account, and the number of balls stored in the destination account. Is added to a part or all of the number of balls in the corresponding account (the number of counting balls), but not limited to this form, the number of stored balls in the source account and destination account The total number of balls (counted balls) in the corresponding account may be added.

  In the first modification of FIG. 24, before the counting process, the number of 4 yen storage balls is 5 balls, the number of 2 yen storage balls is 20 balls, the number of 1 yen storage balls is 40 balls, the number of 4 yen holding balls is 10 balls, 2 yen holding The number of balls is 30 balls, and the number of balls with 1 yen is 60 balls. The required number of balls calculated at this time is [125 balls− (5 balls + 10 balls) − {(20 balls + 30 balls) × 2 yen ÷ 4 yen} − {(40 balls + 60 balls) × 1 yen ÷ 4 yen. }] = 60 balls.

  When the counting process occurs and 200 balls are counted, the number of balls with 4 yen is 210 balls. When the storage ball transfer process is executed in this state, 30 balls, which is the total number of 2 yen holding balls, 60 balls which are the total number of 1 yen holding balls, and 210 balls which are the total number of 4 yen holding balls are transferred to the storage ball. 20 yen + 30 balls = 50 balls, 2 yen holding ball number is 30 balls-30 balls = 0 ball, 1 yen saving ball number is 40 balls + 60 balls = 100 balls The number of balls held by 1 yen is 60 balls-60 balls = 0 balls, the number of balls stored at 4 yen is 5 balls + 210 balls = 215 balls, and the number of balls held by 4 yen is 210 balls−210 balls = 0 balls. At this time, the number of balls that can be inserted and withdrawn is 250 balls ≦ [215 balls + (50 balls × 2 yen ÷ 4 yen) + (100 balls × 1 yen ÷ 4 yen)] <375 balls. .

  In this modified example 1, as in the above-described example 3, only part of the number of 4-yen coins after the counting process (70 balls) can be added to the 4-yen stored-ball number, so that the pay-in / out can be executed. In the first modification, the transfer and withdrawal can be executed by the transfer process for only the transfer source account, but the transfer account is operated and the transfer source account (4 yen) and the transfer destination are operated. The total number of balls (counted balls) of the corresponding account (4 yen, 2 yen, 1 yen) is added to the number of stored balls of the account (2 yen, 1 yen).

(2) In the above-described embodiment, an example is described in which, when the storage ball transfer process is executed, the total number of balls in the corresponding account (the number of counting balls) is added to the number of storage balls of all the transfer source accounts. However, the present invention is not limited to this form, and a part or all of the number of possessed balls (counted number of balls) of the corresponding account may be added to the number of accumulated balls of some entry source accounts.

  In the modified example 2 of FIG. 24, before the counting process, the number of balls stored at 4 yen is 45 balls, the number of balls stored at 2 yen is 40 balls, the number of balls stored at 1 yen is 80 balls, the number of balls held at 4 yen is 0 balls, and 2 yen is held. The number of balls is 100 balls, and the number of balls with 1 yen is 120 balls. The required number of balls calculated at this time is [125 balls-(45 balls + 0 balls)-{(40 balls + 100 balls) x 2 yen / 4 yen}-{(80 balls + 120 balls) x 1 yen / 4 yen. }] ≦ 0, so it is 0 balls.

  Then, when the stored ball transfer process is executed in this state without generating the counting process, 80 balls out of 100 balls with a 2-yen balance are subject to the stored ball transfer process, and the number of 2-yen stored balls after the stored ball transfer process is reached. Is 40 balls + 80 balls = 120 balls, and the number of balls with 2 yen is 100 balls-80 balls = 20 balls. At this time, the number of balls that can be inserted and withdrawn is [45 balls + (120 balls x 2 yen ÷ 4 yen) + (80 balls x 1 yen ÷ 4 yen)] = 125 balls. It is possible to execute withdrawal and withdrawal without adding the number of balls in the corresponding 1-yen account.

  In other words, it is possible to execute the withdrawal / payment by executing the savings transfer process for only a part of the source accounts (2-yen accounts) among the plurality of source accounts (2-yen accounts and 1-yen accounts). In this case, a savings ball transfer process for only the part of the bank account may be executed. In addition, if it is possible to execute the withdrawal / payment without adding the total number of balls (counted balls) of the account corresponding to the source account to the number of stored balls, the number of held balls (counted number) You may make it add only a part of to the number of stored balls.

  Note that, in the second modification, in accordance with the priority order defined in the entry priority order table, the savings transfer process is preferentially executed from a higher priority entry account (for example, a 2-yen account that is the highest priority entry account). However, the present invention is not limited to such a form, and the savings transfer process is preferentially executed from a low-priority entry account (for example, a 1-yen account that is the next preferred entry account). Anyway.

  Also, regardless of the priority order defined in the entry priority order table, the priority order of the entry source account that is the target of the savings transfer process is set by the member management device 150, and the set priority order is transmitted to the CU3. Then, in the CU 3 and the member management apparatus 150, the storage ball transfer process may be executed in accordance with the set priority order.

(3) In the above embodiment, by operating the storage ball transfer button operated in the entry operation area 312b, the storage ball transfer process is executed, and in the entry operation area 312b, instead of the storage ball transfer button, An example in which the entry / exit button operated when executing the payout is described has been described. That is, an example has been described in which the operation of the storage ball transfer button also serves as a check-in / out intention confirmation operation, and the common storage operation and the check-in / check-out intention confirmation are executed.

  Not only in such a form, but by operating the storage ball transfer button displayed in the transfer operation area 312b, the storage ball transfer processing is executed, and after the storage ball transfer processing is completed, the player can enter the storage continuously without requiring any operation by the player. The payout may be executed. In the above-described embodiment, the conditions for displaying the storage ball transfer button in the transfer operation area 312b (conditions that enable the operation to execute the storage ball transfer process) are the destination account and the transfer source by executing the storage ball transfer process. This is a case where the withdrawal / payment becomes possible based on the number of accumulated balls in the account. Therefore, in accordance with the operation of the storage ball transfer button, the entry / exit may be automatically executed after completion of the storage ball transfer process.

  In the case of such a configuration, the operation of the storage ball transfer button for executing the storage ball transfer process also serves as the operation for confirming the intention of entry / exit and the operation for actually executing the entry / exit. Processing and confirmation of intention of entry / exit and entry / exit are executed. Thereby, operation for performing insertion and withdrawal can be simplified.

  In addition, when the intention confirmation of transfer / withdrawal is the completion of collation between the personal identification number managed by the member management apparatus 150 as described above and the personal identification number input to the CU3 (coordination of personal identification number), Upon completion, the savings ball transfer process may be executed automatically without requiring any subsequent player operation. Upon completion of the verification, the savings ball transfer process and automatically without any subsequent player operation. Subsequent entry / exit may be executed.

(4) In the above-described embodiment, the transfer operation button 312b has a transfer button only when the transfer operation can be executed based on the number of stored balls in the transfer destination account and transfer source account by executing the transfer operation. In the example described above, the operation for executing the storage ball transfer process is enabled (valid). According to this, even if the savings ball transfer process is executed, the number of balls that can be put in and out calculated based on the number of savings in the destination account and the source account after the savings ball transfer process is less than the basic payout number. Thus, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the entry / withdrawal cannot be performed and to avoid a player's useless operation.

  Not only in this form, even if the savings ball transfer process is executed, the number of balls that can be put in / out calculated based on the number of savings in the destination account and the transfer source account after the savings ball transfer process is less than the basic payout number Even in such a case, it is possible to display a storage ball transfer button and enable the storage ball transfer process to be executed by operating the storage ball transfer button. In the case of such a configuration, it is preferable to transfer all of the number of possessions of the corresponding account to the number of stored balls of the destination account and the source account by the storage ball transfer process.

(5) In the above embodiment, an example in which entry / exit is allowed only when the CU 3 can communicate with the member management apparatus 150 has been described. However, the CU 3 is in a state where the CU 3 cannot communicate with the member management apparatus 150. Alternatively, the entry / exit may be executed based on the number of balls stored in each account stored in the control unit 328. In this case, when entering / withdrawing is executed, the stored number of each account stored on the control unit 328 side is subtracted, and when the membership card is discharged, the membership card is updated (after the subtraction) ) It is recommended that the number of balls stored in each account is recorded. Then, when the membership card is inserted into the CU 3 that can communicate with the membership management device 150, the membership number read from the membership card accepted by the CU 3 and the number of stored balls of each account are transmitted to the membership management device 150. The member management apparatus 150 may update the number of stored balls of each account associated with the received member number to the number of stored balls of each received account.

(6) In the first embodiment described above, when the game medium counting process or the ball payout in the CU 3 is executed, the number of balls managed by the ball management device 140 is not updated, and the membership card is not updated. Although the example in which the number of balls managed by the ball management device 140 is updated when it is returned has been described, the present invention is not limited to such a form. When the number of balls to be stored is updated, communication is performed between the CU 3 and the ball management device 140, and managed in the ball management table in association with the card ID of the card being accepted by the CU 3. The number of held balls may be updated to the number of held balls stored in the CU3.

(7) In the second embodiment, when the membership card is ejected from the CU 3, a card ejection notification including the membership number of the membership card and the count number of each account stored in the control unit 328 is transmitted. Then, the member management apparatus 150 adds the number of counting balls of each account specified in the card discharge notification to the number of stored balls of each account managed in association with the member number included in the received card discharge notification. (However, at this time, only the number of stored balls in the account corresponding to the basic unit price of CU3 is actually updated). Not only in this form, the member management device 150 manages the number of stored balls separately from the number of stored balls on the day, and the member card is inserted into the POS terminal 170 for gift exchange when the processing at the end of business is executed. When this is done, the number of balls stored on the day of the corresponding account may be added to the number of balls stored in each account.

  Specifically, when the membership card is ejected from the CU 3, a card ejection notification including the membership number of the membership card and the number of counting balls of each account stored in the control unit 328 is transmitted, and the membership management device 150 Then, the number of counting balls of each account specified in the card discharge notification is added to the number of stored days of each account managed in association with the membership number included in the received card discharge notification. Then, in the member management device 150, when the processing at the end of business is executed or when a member card is inserted into the gift exchange POS terminal 170, the number of stored items on the day of each account is calculated for each member number. Add to the number of stored balls.

  In such a configuration, when a membership card is inserted into the CU 3, the CU 3 associates the membership number of the membership card received by the card R / W 327 with each account managed by the membership management device 150. Get the number of balls stored on the day. In the CU3, it is possible to perform a granting process for granting a game medium by subtracting the number of the same day savings of an account corresponding to the basic unit price of the CU3 from the acquired number of savings on that day.

  Then, in the CU3 having such a configuration, when the storage ball shift button displayed in the entry operation area 312b is operated, a part or all of the current day's stored ball number of one or more accounts shifts to the corresponding account's stored ball number. The stored money transfer process is executed. The relationship between the number of stored balls on the day and the number of stored balls in the storage ball transfer process at this time is the same as the relationship between the number of held balls and the number of stored balls in the first embodiment. For example, in the description of Examples 1 to 4 in FIG. You should replace the number of balls you have with the number of balls stored on the day.

  In addition, when managing the number of stored balls on that day, the number of stored balls on the day and the number of stored balls are not managed by the same computer, and the number of stored balls is managed by the member management device 150, while the number of stored balls on the day is managed by the member management device 150. May be managed by a day-of-day storage number management computer that is connected to be communicable with each other and capable of bidirectional data transmission.

(8) In the first embodiment described above, an example is determined according to a predetermined priority order regarding which account (4 yen, 2 yen, 1 yen) the number of possessed balls is the target of the storage ball transfer process. However, the present invention is not limited to such a form, and it may be possible to select which account the number of possessed balls is to be the target of the storage ball transfer process by the player's operation in CU3. For example, by selecting a 2-yen account as the target for saving money transfer processing, only the number of balls in the 2-yen account out of the 4-yen account, 2-yen account, and 1-yen account is added to the number of saved balls in the 2-yen account. It becomes possible to make it.

(9) In the above embodiment, the number of balls that can be put in and out is greater than or equal to the number of basic payout balls, regarding the number of balls to be transferred to the stored balls or the number of counted balls in the account subject to the transfer processing. Although the example that is automatically set as described above is explained, not only in this form, about the number of balls to be transferred or the number of counting balls in the account that is the target of the savings transfer process, It may be set by a player's input operation.

(10) In the above embodiment, an example has been described in which at least a part of the number of balls or the number of balls to be counted is added to the number of balls based on the player's transfer operation, but the present invention is not limited to such a form. Regardless of the player's operation, at least a part of the number of possessed balls or the number of counted balls may be automatically added to the number of accumulated balls. For example, it is not possible to execute deposit / withdrawal based on the number of stored balls in each account before the transfer process, but if the transfer process is executed, transfer / transfer is performed based on the number of stored accounts in each account after the transfer If possible, at least a part of the number of possessed balls or the number of counted balls of each account may be automatically added to the number of stored balls regardless of the player's operation.

  In addition, when it is set as such a structure, (1) The total number of balls of the number of stored balls of the current destination account and the number of stored balls of the source account converted to the number of balls of the basic unit price of CU3, When the number of basic payout balls that can be entered and withdrawn has already been reached, (2) each account that does not reach the basic payout number and the number of balls held or counted in each account If the total number of balls after the addition does not reach the basic payout number, the automatic addition as described above is not performed, and (3) the total number of balls is the basic payout amount. If the total number of balls after the addition reaches the basic payout number when the number of balls in each account is added to the corresponding number of stored balls, Such an automatic addition should be feasible.

(11) In the first embodiment, when a visitor card or member card is inserted into the CU 3, the CU 3 acquires the number of possessed balls and the number of stored balls of each account from the possessed ball management device 140 and the member management device 150. In addition, the example of continuously storing the number of possessed balls and the number of stored balls of each account has been described in the possession management device 140 and the member management device 150. However, the present invention is not limited to such a form, and the CU 3 manages the possession management device 140. Based on the fact that the number of possessed balls and the number of stored balls of each account are acquired from the member managing device 150, the number of possessed balls and the stored ball of each account corresponding to the card ID and the membership number in the managed ball managing device 140 and the member managing device 150 The number may be cleared to zero. In such a configuration, when the visitor card or the membership card is ejected from the CU 3, the number of possessed balls and the number of accumulated balls stored in the CU 3 are the retained ball management device 140 and the member management device 150. The number of possessed balls and the number of stored balls received by the possessed ball management device 140 and the member management device 150 may be stored as the number of possessed balls and the number of stored balls in each account of the corresponding card ID and member number.

(12) In the second embodiment described above, when a visitor card or member card is inserted into the CU 3, the CU 3 acquires the number of balls stored in each account from the member management device 150, and each account is also stored in the member management device 150. However, the present invention is not limited to this mode, and the member management device 150 responds based on the fact that the CU 3 acquires the number of stored balls of each account from the member management device 150. You may make it clear the number of balls of each account of card ID and a member number to 0. In such a configuration, when the visitor card or membership card is discharged from CU3, the number of stored balls in each account stored in CU3 (however, the number of stored balls corresponding to the basic unit price of CU3 The updated number of stored balls after adding the counted number of balls to the number of stored balls) is transmitted to the member management device 150, and the number of stored balls of each account received by the member management device 150 is determined for each account of the corresponding card ID and member number. It is good to memorize it as the number of stored balls.

(13) In the above embodiment, every time money is received at CU3 and every time prepaid payout is executed at CU3, the prepaid balance stored in the control unit 328 is updated, and CU3 and Although an example has been described in which communication with the balance management apparatus 100 is executed and the prepaid balance managed by the balance management apparatus 100 is updated, the present invention is not limited to such a form, and money is accepted at the CU3. When the prepaid payout is executed at CU3, the prepaid balance stored in the control unit 328 is updated, while communication between CU3 and the balance management apparatus 100 is not executed, and the balance management apparatus 100 The managed prepaid balance may not be updated.

  In such a configuration, when the card is returned from the CU 3, information including the card ID of the card and the prepaid balance stored in the control unit 328 is transmitted to the balance management apparatus 100, and the balance In the management apparatus 140, the prepaid balance managed in association with the received card ID may be updated to the received prepaid balance.

(14) In the above embodiment, every time the CU3 performs a payout or a payout, the number of balls stored in each account stored in the control unit 328 is updated, and the CU3 and the member management device 150 are updated. In the above example, the number of balls stored in each account (one or more accounts) managed by the member management device 150 is updated. When payout or transfer-out is executed, the number of stored balls in each account stored in the control unit 328 is updated. On the other hand, communication is not executed between the CU3 and the member management device 150, and the member management device 150 is updated. The number of balls stored in each account managed by may not be updated.

  In such a configuration, when the membership card is returned from the CU 3, information including the membership number of the membership card and the number of balls stored in each account stored in the control unit 328 is the membership management device 150. In the member management apparatus 150, the number of stored balls in each account managed in association with the received member number may be updated to the number of stored balls in each received account.

(15) In the above embodiment, an example is described in which a visitor card is supplied from the card storage unit to a predetermined position of the card R / W 327 when the card is returned from the card R / W 327. Not only the form, but when the card is returned from the card R / W 327, the visitor card may not be conveyed from the card storage unit to a predetermined position of the card R / W 327. That is, it is possible to execute money reception and prepaid payout, counting processing and ball payout in a state where no card exists at a predetermined position of the card R / W327.

  In the case of such a configuration, as shown in (13) above, while the prepaid balance stored in the control unit 328 is updated based on the money acceptance and the prepaid payout, the CU3 and the balance management device It is preferable that the prepaid balance managed by the balance management apparatus 100 is not updated because no communication is performed with the balance 100. Further, as in the above-described embodiment, the number of possessed balls of the basic unit price stored in the control unit 328 is updated based on the counting process and the possessed ball payout, while between the CU 3 and the retained ball management device 140. It is preferable that the number of possessions of each account managed by the possession management device 140 is not updated and the number of possessions is not updated.

  When the return button 22 is operated in a state where no card is present at a predetermined position of the card R / W 327 (in a state where no card is received by the card R / W 327), the card R / W 327 The visitor card is conveyed to a predetermined position, and information including the card ID of the visitor card at the predetermined position and the prepaid balance stored in the control unit 328 is transmitted to the balance management device 100, and the visitor card at the predetermined position is also transmitted. A card discharge notification including the card ID and the number of balls in each account stored in the control unit 328 is transmitted to the ball management device 140, and further stored in the visitor card at the predetermined position by the control unit 328. It is good to record and return the prepaid balance as well as the number and dates of each account.

  The remaining amount management apparatus 100 that has received the above information from the CU 3 updates the prepaid balance managed in association with the received card ID to the received prepaid balance. Moreover, in the possession management apparatus 140 which received said card discharge notification from CU3, the number of possessions of each account managed in association with the received card ID is updated to the number of possessions of each received account. .

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Game system 2 ... Pachinko machine 3 ... Card unit 150 ... Member management apparatus 152 ... CPU
155 ... Storage device 312 ... Display unit 314 ... Transparent touch panel 327 ... Card R / W
328 ... Control unit 329 ... Display control board 334 ... Communication unit

Claims (8)

A gaming device provided corresponding to a gaming machine and provided with counting means for counting gaming media,
Count giving processing means for executing a count giving process for giving game media within the range of the counted number of game media;
Ownership value specifying means for specifying the ownership value based on the count of the game media;
Normal grant processing means for executing a normal grant process for granting a game medium based on the possession value of one grant rate corresponding to the gaming device;
An entry grant processing unit capable of executing an entry grant process for granting a game medium based on the possession value of a plurality of grant rates including the one grant rate corresponding to the game device;
An operation accepting means for accepting an operation;
A transition processing unit capable of executing a transition process for shifting at least a part of the counted number of game media to the possession value of the grant rate corresponding to the game device when a predetermined operation is received; A gaming device characterized by that. A gaming device provided corresponding to a gaming machine, comprising a recording medium receiving means for receiving a recording medium and a counting means for counting the gaming media,
Count giving processing means for executing a count giving process for giving game media within the range of the counted number of game media;
Ownership value specifying means for specifying the ownership value based on the count of the game media;
Normal grant processing means for executing a normal grant process for granting a game medium based on the possession value of one grant rate corresponding to the gaming device;
An entry grant processing unit capable of executing an entry grant process for granting a game medium based on the possession value of a plurality of grant rates including the one grant rate corresponding to the game device;
A return time processing means for executing a return time processing for shifting the counted number of gaming media to the possession value of the grant rate corresponding to the gaming device when returning the received recording medium;
An operation accepting means for accepting an operation;
When a predetermined operation is accepted, it is possible to execute a transfer process for transferring at least a part of the counted number of game media to the possession value of the grant rate corresponding to the game device without returning the recording media And a transition processing means. A gaming apparatus, comprising: The gaming device according to claim 1 or 2,
A gaming device, further comprising first display means for displaying the number of game media targeted for the migration process when the migration process is executed. A game device selected from claims 1 to 3,
A game device further comprising second display means for displaying the number of game media that can be given by the entry grant process when the transition process is executed. Any one of the gaming devices selected from claims 1 to 4,
The entry grant processing means executes the entry grant processing when a specific condition regarding the ownership value of a plurality of grant rates is satisfied,
Determination means for determining whether or not the specific condition is satisfied by executing the transition process;
An informing means for informing, in a identifiable manner, that the entry grant processing can be executed along with the transition processing when it is determined that the specific condition is satisfied;
A gaming apparatus, further comprising: A gaming device selected from claims 1 to 5,
The entry grant processing means executes the entry grant processing when a specific condition regarding the ownership value of a plurality of grant rates is satisfied,
Game medium number calculating means for calculating the number of game media to be counted in order to satisfy the specific condition in accordance with the transition process;
Third display means for displaying information capable of specifying the calculated number of game media;
A gaming apparatus, further comprising: A gaming device provided corresponding to a gaming machine and provided with a counting means for counting gaming media;
A management system that is communicable with the gaming device and manages a value of ownership based on the counting of the gaming media,
The gaming device is:
Count giving processing means for executing a count giving process for giving game media within the range of the counted number of game media;
Normal grant processing means for executing a normal grant process for granting a game medium based on the possession value of one grant rate corresponding to the gaming device;
An entry grant processing unit capable of executing an entry grant process for granting a game medium based on the possession value of a plurality of grant rates including the one grant rate corresponding to the game device;
An operation receiving means for receiving an operation;
The gaming system includes:
An establishment processing means for executing establishment processing for transferring the number of game media counted in the gaming device to the possession value of the grant rate corresponding to the gaming device when a predetermined condition is established;
When a predetermined operation is received in the gaming device, a transfer process for transferring at least a part of the number of game media counted in the gaming device to an ownership value of a grant rate corresponding to the gaming device can be executed. A game processing system comprising: a transition processing means. A gaming device provided corresponding to a gaming machine, comprising a recording medium receiving means for receiving a recording medium, and a counting means for counting the gaming media;
A management system that is communicable with the gaming device and manages a value of ownership based on the counting of the gaming media,
The gaming device is:
Count giving processing means for executing a count giving process for giving game media within the range of the counted number of game media;
Normal grant processing means for executing a normal grant process for granting a game medium based on the possession value of one grant rate corresponding to the gaming device;
An entry grant processing unit capable of executing an entry grant process for granting a game medium based on the possession value of a plurality of grant rates including the one grant rate corresponding to the game device;
An operation receiving means for receiving an operation;
The gaming system includes:
A return time processing means for executing a return time processing for transferring the counted number of game media to the possession value of the grant rate corresponding to the game device when returning the received recording medium in the game device;
Transition processing for transferring at least a part of the counted number of game media to the possession value of the grant rate corresponding to the game device without returning the recording medium when a predetermined operation is received in the game device And a transition processing means capable of executing a game system.