JP2017184868A - System for game hall - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a risk of a possible occurrence of a trouble due to whether to return to a current day storage value or a previous day storage value when returning an acquired value to a player.SOLUTION: When performing a special reception process such as a manual input process or a replacement process, a POS 6 performs a stored ball allocation process of allocating an added stored ball by the special reception process to a current day stored ball and a previous day stored ball. By allocating the stored ball which is to become an addition amount by the special reception process to the current day stored ball and the previous day stored ball, it becomes possible to reduce a risk of a possible occurrence of a trouble due to whether to return to a current day stored ball amount or a previous day stored ball amount.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a game system.

  In the amusement hall, exchange processing is possible, for example, as shown in Patent Document 1, with the acquired value obtained by the game as a consideration. A so-called replay process for enabling use is possible. When performing this replay process, the saving value, which is the acquired value deposited at the amusement hall, is divided into the acquired value on the current day (saved value on the current day) and the acquired value before the previous day (saved value on the previous day), The previous day's saving value is set to be more disadvantageous to the player than the current day's saving value, such as setting an upper limit for the previous day's saving value but not setting an upper limit for that day's saving value.

JP 2009-125205 A

  Now, when performing special reception processing such as so-called manual input processing and so-called replacement processing as shown in Patent Document 1, it is not always necessary to settle all acquired value by exchanging for prizes. The game value may be settled by returning the acquired value. However, in the conventional game system, when the acquired value is returned according to the special reception process, it is uniformly returned to the saving value on the previous day. Therefore, for example, the player has replayed up to the upper limit of the previous day's saving value and obtained a large amount of that day's saving value, but then wanted to exchange prizes for a small amount of saving value such as tobacco. If the employee mistakes the operation, exchanges all the savings value on the day, and returns the acquired value through the special reception process, the saving value on the day becomes the saving value on the previous day, and the replay process after that is limited by the upper limit. When it became impossible, there was a possibility of developing into a big trouble.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and its purpose is to cause trouble depending on whether to return to the saving value on the day or the saving value on the previous day when returning the acquired value to the player. An object of the present invention is to provide a game system that can reduce the risk of obtaining it.

  According to the invention described in claim 1, when the saving process is performed for the reception value including at least the game value received by the special reception process, the first saving value and the second saving value By performing the savings distribution process that identifies at least one of the additional savings, the saving value that is added by the special reception process is changed to the first saving value (for example, saving value on the day) and the second saving value (for example, the previous day) It is possible to reduce the possibility of troubles depending on whether the value is saved.

1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. Front view of POS Perspective view of card reader Figure showing the screen during replacement (Part 1) Figure showing the screen during replacement (Part 2) Figure showing an example of updating exchange information (part 1) Figure showing an example of updating exchange information (part 2) Figure showing an example of updating exchange information (part 3) Flow chart showing the exchange process Flow chart showing storage allocation process

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of a game hall system. A large number of gaming machines 1 are installed in the game hall, and a gaming device 2 is installed corresponding to each gaming machine 1. These gaming machines 1 and gaming devices 2 are connected to a management device 5 (corresponding to management means) via a relay device 3 and a LAN 4. The management device 5 receives game signals transmitted from the gaming machine side (the gaming machine 1, the gaming device 2, etc.), and manages gaming data for each gaming machine 1, personal data for each registered member, and the like. A POS 6 (equivalent to a normal receiving means, a special receiving means, an exchange means, a saving means, and a sorting means) and a balance adjusting machine (not shown) are also installed in the game hall. The POS 6 and the balance settlement machine are also connected to the management device 5 via the LAN 4. Although not shown in FIG. 1, for example, hundreds of gaming machines 1 are actually managed by the management device 5.

  The management device 5 is installed in, for example, an office room in the game hall, and is operated by a game hall manager (hereinafter simply referred to as a manager), a keyboard 7 and a mouse 8, a monitor 9, and a printer (not shown). Etc. are connected. The management device 5 manages the operating status of the gaming machine 1 and the gaming device 2 installed in the game hall, and the magnitude of the value acquired for each player based on the signal from the gaming machine side (mochitama, member) Stores and manages the stored balls (saved value) for each ID.

  The gaming machine 1 is a CR (card reader) pachinko machine, and has an operation handle 11, an upper tray 12, and a lower tray 13 that constitute a launching device that launches a ball on the board surface 10, and a liquid crystal display unit 14 on the board surface 10. The first prize opening 15, the first start 16, the second start 17, and the big prize 18 are provided.

The gaming machine 1 performs the following operations.
(1) The first starting port 16 is a winning port where the winning rate does not fluctuate (so-called navel winning port), and the second starting port 17 is a winning port where the winning rate fluctuates (so-called electric Chu). A jackpot lottery is performed according to a winning (start winning) at each of the start ports 16 and 17, and a lottery result is notified by symbol variation performed on the liquid crystal display unit 14, and a jackpot is awarded according to the variation result.

  (2) When starting winning a prize during symbol variation, the symbol variation is cumulatively held up to a predetermined holding upper limit value (for example, four each), and the symbol variation held after the symbol variation ends is started. In addition, when a start winning is made in a state where the number of symbols fluctuation (holding number) being held is the upper limit, the symbol fluctuation is not suspended.

  (3) The probability of winning the jackpot lottery (the jackpot probability) is 1/260, and the probability variation rate that is the ratio that the jackpot subsequently becomes the probability variation state (probability variation) becomes the jackpot (probability variation jackpot) (both normal state and probability variation state) 66.6%. When a big hit occurs, the big winning opening 18 is opened for the corresponding round (R).

  (4) The corresponding round is also drawn in the same manner as the jackpot lottery, and when the winning rate is won at the first start port 16, 4R is 55% and 15R is 45%, but the second start port 17 When 4R is won, 4R is 10% and 15R is 90%, and the priority level of the reserved change of the symbol variation corresponding to the winning is set higher in the second start port 17 than in the first start port 16. Yes. In addition, the upper limit winning number of 1R is nine, the upper limit opening period is 30 seconds, and 1R is ended when either the upper limit winning number or the upper limit opening period is satisfied.

  (5) During the probability change, the jackpot probability is improved to 1/74, and the winning state to the second start port 17 becomes short (short time). Since the probability change continues until the next big hit, it continues until a big hit (normal big hit) that becomes a normal gaming state (normal state) that is neither a big hit nor a probable change after the big win occurs, and then a predetermined number (for example, 100 times) ) It will be in a time-saving state until the symbol change of () is performed.

  (6) The second starting port 17 is in an open state with a high winning rate when a normal symbol (ordinary symbol) that fluctuates in accordance with a winning at the regular winning port 15 is won. In this case, the fluctuation time of one time in the normal figure is 30 seconds in the normal state and 3 seconds in the short time state. The opening time is 0.3 seconds once in the normal state, and 5 seconds twice in the short time state. In other words, in the short-time state, the normal fluctuation period becomes shorter than in the normal state, while the open period becomes longer or the number of times of opening increases, so that the winning rate of the second start port 17 becomes higher. The values exemplified above vary depending on the model, and for example, the jackpot probability and the round distribution differ.

The gaming machine 1 and peripheral devices attached to the gaming machine 1 transmit the game signals shown below as the game progresses, such as ball placement by the player and start winnings at the start ports 16 and 17. .
Out signal = a signal that can identify a consumption value (out) transmitted from an out BOX that collects consumed balls. Since one pulse is transmitted for 10 balls of consumption (use, driving, recovery), “the number of out signals × 10” is specified as out. A signal transmitted from the gaming machine 1 may be used.

  Safe signal = a signal that can specify the prize-giving value (safe) transmitted from the gaming machine 1. Since 1 pulse is transmitted for 10 payout balls, “safe signal number × 10” is specified as safe. The replenishment signal transmitted from the replenishing device may be a safe signal.

  Start signal = a signal that can specify start processing (symbol change, actuating action, unit game) in the liquid crystal display unit 14 (combination) that changes (actuates) due to a start winning transmitted from the gaming machine 1. Since it is transmitted when the symbol variation is confirmed, the start process is specified in response to the reception of the start signal, and “start signal × 1” is specified as the start (the number of start processes). In addition, it is good also as a signal which shows a start winning prize.

  Jackpot signal = a signal that can identify the jackpot period transmitted from the gaming machine 1. Since the level signal is transmitted during the jackpot, the receiving of the jackpot signal is specified as the jackpot.

  Special state signal = a signal that can identify a special state (Gunnaka) transmitted from the gaming machine 1. Since the level signal is transmitted during the special state (during short time) in which the winning rate of the second start port 17 is improved, the reception of the special state signal is specified as being in the special state. It is also possible to use a status signal (probability change signal) that is level-transmitted during probability change in which the jackpot probability is improved. Further, a period in which neither the jackpot signal nor the special state signal is received is specified as the normal state.

  The gaming apparatus 2 is a lending machine with a so-called counting function for each machine, a state display unit 19 indicating a gaming state of the gaming machine 1, a money insertion slot 20 into which money (money value) is inserted, and an operation input from a player Touch panel type liquid crystal display unit 21 for displaying game data such as symbol variation count (start count) and jackpot probability as the game progresses, payout button 22 for paying out holding balls and storage balls, It has a payout nozzle 23 through which balls pass, a card insertion slot 24 into which general cards and membership cards are inserted, a detachable counting tray 25 located below the lower tray 13 of the gaming machine 1 and the like.

The gaming device 2 performs the following operations.
(1) When accepting money (money accepting process), the payment amount is displayed on both the gaming machine 1 and the gaming apparatus 2, and a lending ball (contribution value) for 1 unit (for example, 500 yen) is given to the gaming machine. 1 is paid out (contribution processing), and according to the compensation processing, the display of the deposit amount is displayed as the balance display excluding the consideration of the loaned balls. Money can be accepted for multiple payments (for example, up to 10,000 yen). When a lending button (not shown) of the gaming machine 1 is pressed (lending operation or granting operation) with a balance remaining, the lending ball for 1 unit of lending is paid out from the gaming machine 1 and the consideration is subtracted from the balance. Drop it. It also has a so-called counting function for each vehicle, and it is possible to count the number of balls acquired by the player and pay back the balls again as a consideration (replay process). The number of balls excluding the consideration of is specified as a holding ball.

  (2) When the return button of the gaming machine 1 is pressed (issue operation) in a state where there is a balance or a ball, a general card that can specify the balance or ball is issued (issue process). It should be noted that the divisional issuance in which only the balance or a part of the ball is issued is not possible for simplification of explanation.

  (3) In the case of accepting a membership card, it is also possible to perform a savings process (savings process) that adds the earned ball to the savings ball that has already been deposited at the amusement hall (0 if not deposited). Earned balls are classified as savings on the day (first saving value), and earning balls before the previous day are classified as savings on the previous day (second savings value). Here, there is an upper limit (for example, 5000 balls) when considering the replay price for the previous day's savings ball. For example, while replaying over the upper limit is impossible in a unit period such as 1 business day, Has no such limit and allows for replay. In addition to the upper limit being set for the previous day's storage ball, the previous day's storage ball, such as collecting a fee ball in addition to the withdrawal ball as a replay consideration for the same day storage ball that does not collect the fee ball as a replay consideration. Any restrictions may be adopted as long as this is disadvantageous for the player. The previous day storage ball is subject to update in the management device 5 for each process such as replay, while the current day storage ball is not subject to update in the management device 5 until the issue processing is performed, and the management device according to the issue processing. There are cases in which the handling of the processing is different, such as being subject to update in No. 5.

  (4) In the management device 5 through serial communication with the relay device 4, money accepting processing and consideration provision processing, balance and holding balls, number of borrowed balls, number of payout balls, deposit amount, number of counting balls, number of borrowed balls and loaned balls It is possible to specify the amount of sales that will be paid and various information such as general card acceptance and issuance processing, etc., but these are converted into pulse signals (for example, 1 pulse for every 1000 yen of payment, 1 pulse for every 100 yen of sales, etc.) Can be specified.

  The POS 6 is installed at a prize exchange counter in the amusement hall, and is operated by an amusement hall employee. As shown in FIG. 2, the POS 6 performs a touch panel type liquid crystal display unit 26, a warehousing button for performing a warehousing operation for a prize, a manual input button for performing manual input processing described later, and a replacement processing described later. Various operation buttons 27 and 28 including a replacement button, an exchange button 29 for exchanging with a special prize, an end button 30 for ending a prize exchange display, and a PLU for selecting a prize type A button 31, a cancel button 32 for canceling each operation, a numeric keypad 33 for inputting the quantity of each prize, and the like. As shown in FIG. 3, the card reader 34 is installed so as to be communicable with the POS 6, and accepts a touch panel type display unit 35 and a general card that can accept a general card without contact (without taking in). Unit 36, and a member card accepting unit 37 that can accept and accept a member card.

The POS 6 and the card reader 34 perform the following operations.
(1) A general card can be received by the general card receiving unit 36 and a member card can be received by the member card receiving unit 37, and an acquired ball (number of balls) corresponding to the received card can be obtained. Acceptance (normal acceptance processing), enabling exchange processing for associating the number of balls with a prize using the acquired balls as consideration. When the exchange process is performed with the savings as consideration, it is specified whether the savings as the consideration is the same day or the previous day. In this case, the acquisition processing of the acquired balls that can be classified into the current day storage balls and the previous day storage balls is the normal reception processing, but the previous day storage balls are given priority as consideration, and if there is no previous day storage balls, the current day storage balls are specified as consideration.

  (2) When a prize is selected by a button operation or reading a prize barcode or the like, a game value that is corresponding to each prize is set in advance (the number of consideration balls, medals, etc. is also targeted). Identify value game value according to the type of value, subtract possible exchange value (remaining game value obtained by subtracting the value for the provisional game value from the accepted game value), tentatively identify the selected prize and exchange Accept prize selection within the possible range.

  (3) If the end button 30 is pressed in a state where the premium is provisionally specified, if the membership card is not received, can the end be compared by comparing the separately set number of ending possible and exchangeable? If it is possible to finish the exchange process, the exchange process is terminated. If a membership card is accepted, the exchange process is performed without the need to determine whether the exchange is completed or not. The exchange process ends as the target of

  (4) When the exchange process is terminated, the exchange information is transmitted to the management apparatus 5, and the management apparatus 5 can manage the status of the exchange process in the POS 6 by the exchange information. Further, the exchange information can also specify the stored ball information, and the corresponding member's stored ball information is updated according to the specified stored ball information.

  FIG. 4 shows a state in which two “Premium A” are selected and provisionally specified after receiving the membership card. Exchangeable (31,000 balls) indicates a value obtained by subtracting the replacement price (2500 balls × 2 = 5000 balls) of “Premium A”, which is a provisional special prize, from the total number (number of received balls (36000 balls)). (0 ball) indicates a value obtained by subtracting the total of the exchange consideration of the displayed special prize and the exchange consideration of the “special prize A”, which is the provisional special prize, from the total number. “Receive once” displayed on the left side of the total number indicates the number of times a member card or general card is accepted, such as one accepted card. When a member card is received, the member mark M is displayed, thereby indicating that the member card has been received.

  Here, the maximum corresponding amount of money that can be exchanged for special prizes, in other words, the remaining value (remainder value) obtained by subtracting the total value of the combination of the specified special prizes from exchangeable is the smallest (0 is also When a special prize combination is specified with all special prizes as exchange targets and the exchange button 29 is pressed, the special prize display is reversed in black and white as shown in FIG. It indicates that it has been tentatively specified, and the exchangeable value is also a numerical value that tentatively specifies a special prize.

  (5) Special reception processing such as manual input processing and replacement processing is enabled in order to cope with operation mistakes by employees. The manual input process is a process in which the number of balls input as the number of balls that can be exchanged without receiving a card or the like by inputting the number of balls after the manual input button is pressed is to be exchanged. The replacement process is a process for selecting the prize after the replacement button is pressed when the prize exchanged is returned, so that the number of consideration balls of the prize is to be exchanged. These manual input processes and replacement processes are processes that cannot be operated by general employees, and are processes that are permitted when an ID of an employee who is permitted to operate by a store manager or the like is specified. When special reception processing is performed, special reception processing is processing that accepts game values that are not classified as either current day storage balls or previous day storage balls, so whether the received amount is distributed to current day storage balls or previous day storage balls The ball distribution process (saving distribution process) that identifies In this case, the amount specified as the consideration for the day's savings before the special reception processing is taken as the day's savings, and the rest is taken as the previous day's savings. In addition to the above-described manual input process and replacement process, the special reception process can also be assumed to be a redo process for redoing the exchange process itself. As described above, any processing may be targeted as long as the game value that is not classified as either the current day storage ball or the previous day storage ball is a reception target.

  FIG. 6 shows a normal exchange process, where 30000 balls are stored on the day and 36000 balls are stored on the day (the previous day's balls are 6000 balls obtained by subtracting the same day's stored balls), and 5000 prizes are exchanged. In this case, there is no additional amount for the accumulated ball, and the previous day's accumulated ball is given priority as the subtraction target, but the prize can be exchanged only for the previous day's accumulated ball. .

  FIG. 7 shows that after the exchange process shown in FIG. 6, the player made an error in operation even though the player requested a normal prize exchange, and after the exchange of 5000 balls for the normal prize exchange, This shows the case where all the prizes have been exchanged, and 31,000 (5000 + 26000) balls before the processing of the total savings are eligible for prize exchange. The exchanged amount is subtracted as the day's stored ball, and as a result, the number of stored balls after processing is 0. In this case as well, the previous day's savings are preferentially subject to subtraction, so the breakdown of the exchange amount is 1000 balls for the previous day's savings and 30000 balls for that day.

  FIG. 8 shows a normal prize requested by the player after the exchange process shown in FIG. 7 by adding 31,000 balls as the prize exchange part of FIG. 7 in the special reception process such as the manual entry process and the exchange process. This shows the case where the exchange is performed. Of the 31,000 balls that were subject to the addition of total savings during the special reception process, 30000 balls for the day prior to the processing of exchange on the day were used as the savings distribution process, while the remaining 1000 items to be added were It will be added to the previous day's savings. After that, in the same way as in FIG. 6, among the 5000 balls for prize exchange, 1000 balls of the previous day's storage will be given priority among the 5000 balls of prize exchange, and the remaining 4000 balls will be exchanged on the day, that is, , Specify as the subtraction of the day's savings.

6 to 8 are supplemented as follows.
After processing = Before processing + Addition-Subtraction amount Total storage ball addition = Corresponding to special reception processing Total storage ball subtraction = Corresponding price for prize exchange Same day storage ball addition = Before current exchange processing and special reception processing The lesser of the previous day exchange (2nd consideration) = before processing of total savings + addition of total savings-before processing of savings on that day-addition of savings on that day (= before subtraction of previous day savings, Figure 8) For example, 0 + 31000-0-30000) and prize exchange, whichever is less, exchange on the day (first consideration = subtraction of the current day's savings) = exchange of prizes-exchange on the previous day (5000-1000 in FIG. 8).

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS.
When starting the exchange process, the POS 6 determines whether or not a special reception process operation has been performed as a standby flow (S1), and determines whether or not a card has been received (S2). The POS 6 determines that an operation of a special reception process such as a manual input process and a replacement process has been performed (S1: YES), or determines that a card has been received by a normal reception process (S2: YES), and receives the card. If the determined card is determined to be a general card (S3: general), the number of balls to be added, which is the corresponding number of balls, is added to the exchangeable (acquired number of balls) (S4), and the flow during exchange processing described later To start. When the POS 6 determines that the card has been received (S2: YES), and determines that the received card is a member card (S3: member), the member information such as a storage ball corresponding to the received member card. To the management device 5 (S5), the member flag indicating that the member card is accepted is set to “1” (S6), and the exchange processing flow is started.

  When the POS 6 starts the exchange process flow, if the member flag is “0”, it determines card acceptance (S7), and since the member flag is “0” (S8: NO), the operation of the special reception process is performed. It is determined whether or not it has been performed (S9), whether or not a prize selection operation has been accepted (S10), whether or not the exchange button 29 has been pressed is determined (S11), and the cancel button 32 has been pressed It is determined whether or not (S12), and it is determined whether or not the end button 30 is pressed (S13). On the other hand, since the member flag is “1” when the member flag is “1” (S8: YES), the POS 6 determines whether or not an operation for calling up the storage ball has been performed (S14), and after S9 Perform the process.

  When the POS 6 determines that the card has been received (S7: YES), it is treated as a summation process, and as described above, the processes after S3 are performed and the process returns to the exchange process flow. If the POS 6 determines that the calling operation of the stored ball has been performed (S14: YES), the number of balls to be added, which is the number of balls that have been called (designated), is added in a replaceable manner (S15), When it is determined that the operation has been performed (S9: YES), the number of balls to be added, which is the number of balls for the special reception process, is added in a replaceable manner, and the processes after S10 are performed.

  When the POS 6 determines that the prize selection operation has been accepted (S10: YES), the exchangeable value is compared with the number of selected prize consideration balls (S16), and when it is determined that the exchange is equal to or greater than the number of selected prize consideration balls (S16). : YES), if the selected prize is temporarily specified (S17), or it is determined that the exchange button 29 has been pressed (S11: YES), and all special prizes that can be exchanged while being displayed are exchanged. When provisionally specified (S18), the number of consideration balls of the provisionally specified premium is subtracted from exchangeable (S19), and the processing after S13 is performed.

  If the POS 6 determines that the cancel button 32 has been pressed (S12: YES), it cancels all premiums that are temporarily specified (replacement is also possible before the temporary provisional specification of the premium) (S20), and performs the processing after S13. If the POS 6 determines that the end button 30 has been pressed (S13: YES), the temporarily specified premium is confirmed (S21), and if it is determined that the member flag is not “1” (S22: NO), the exchange information is used as it is. While transmitting to the management apparatus 5 (S23), if it determines with a member flag being "1" (S22: YES), it will transfer to a storage ball distribution process (S24), and set a member flag to "0" (S25). The exchange information is transmitted to the management device 5 (S22).

  When the POS 6 shifts to the storage ball distribution process, the added ball number is added to the total stored ball (S31), and the lesser of the current exchanged ball number and the added ball number before processing is added to the current day stored ball ( S32), the number of replacement prizes is the subtraction of the total savings (S33), and the lesser of the previous day's storage and exchanged prizes after the addition is the addition for the previous day exchange (S34). The amount obtained by subtracting the added amount of the previous day's exchanged balls from the number of balls is taken as the added amount for the same day exchange (S35).

  For example, in the normal exchange process shown in FIG. 6, 0 balls are specified as the added amount of the total stored balls at S31, 0 balls are specified as the added amount of the current day's stored balls at S32, and the subtracted amount of the total stored balls at S33. In step S34, 5000 balls are specified as an addition for the previous day exchange, and in step S35, 0 balls are specified as an addition for the same day exchange. Since there are 6,000 balls stored on the previous day, all of the 5000 exchangeable prizes will be added to the previous day's exchange.

  In FIG. 7, the number of considerations for exchange prizes is 31,000, but there is no addition as in FIG. 6, so 0 balls are specified as the addition of total storage balls at S 31, and the addition of the current day storage balls at S 32. 0 balls are specified as S3, and 31000 balls are specified as the subtraction of total stored balls in S33, and the previous day's stored balls are 1000 balls. Therefore, 1000 balls are specified as the added amount for the previous day exchange in S34, and the current day in S35. 30,000 balls are specified as an additional amount for exchange.

  In FIG. 8, since the number of added balls is 31,000 balls for the special acceptance processing, 31000 balls are specified as the added amount of the total stored balls in S31, and 30000 balls for the current day exchange before processing are stored in S32 on the current day. In this case, the remaining 1000 balls are stored the previous day. And, as a prize exchange, in S33, 5000 balls are specified as a subtraction of the total storage ball, and since the previous day's storage ball after addition is 0 balls + 1000 balls, in S34, 1000 balls are specified as an addition for the previous day exchange, The 4000 balls obtained by subtracting 1000 balls from the remaining 5000 balls are specified as additions for the same day exchange in S35.

  In addition, the above has illustrated that the prize exchange is performed after the special reception process, but for example, only the prize portion due to an erroneous operation in the exchange process is to be returned, and the savings process etc. is performed without exchanging the prize separately. Processing may be terminated. In addition, although the remaining number is exemplified as “0” when the exchange button 29 is pressed, there are sufficient cases where there are fractions that cannot be exchanged.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
By performing the storage ball allocation process, the risk of adding extra storage balls to special reception processing such as manual input processing and replacement processing can be reduced to the previous day's storage, which is unnecessarily disadvantageous for the player. It is possible to reduce the possibility of troubles depending on whether the stored ball amount or the previous day's stored ball amount is returned.

Moreover, when performing a replay process, a restriction | limiting can be attached | subjected appropriately and a stored ball can be appropriately returned to a player at the time of a trouble.
Further, the exchange on the day and the exchange on the previous day are managed, and the exchange on the day is preferentially added during the special reception process, so that the accumulated money on the day can be appropriately returned to the player. In other words, since the exchange of the day is prioritized over the exchange of the day, if the exchange is added on the same day, it indicates that there is no previous day's savings, and the previous day's savings increase during the business day when the previous day's exchange is lost. There is nothing. Therefore, for example, after the normal prize exchange, if all the remaining storage balls are to be exchanged due to an operation mistake, and if the exchange error is returned in the special reception process, priority will be given to the previous day exchange. Although the amount of prizes exchanged is not eligible for return, the previous day's savings may be added more than necessary, and there will be a risk that the savings on that day will decrease more than necessary. The above-mentioned fears can be reduced by targeting the amount of storage on the day used in the above.

Since the previous day's savings which are disadvantageous for the player are given priority for the prize exchange, the possibility of making the player more disadvantageous than necessary can be reduced. In addition, since it is possible to exchange prizes for all game values to be exchanged, operations related to exchange processing can be facilitated.
Further, when performing the special reception process and the exchange process at the same time, it is possible to appropriately specify the day's storage amount and the previous day's storage amount.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be modified or expanded as follows.
As a configuration for storing the previous day storage ball and the current day storage ball in an identifiable manner, the total storage ball and the current day storage ball are exemplified as the storage target, but the combination of the previous day storage ball and the current day storage ball, the combination of the total storage ball and the previous day storage ball, etc. The total storage ball, the current day storage ball, and the previous day storage ball may be combined in any way, and may be stored as a storage target.

  Although the example of specifying the added amount of the current day's savings by exchanging on the day has been illustrated, for example, when compensating for the ball by manual input processing according to the loss of the general card or reading failure etc. It is also possible to sort out which of the accumulated balls is to be added after the operation input is made for whether the ball is in front of or the previous day. In this case, regardless of whether the previous day storage ball and the current day storage ball are specified in the same operation, the operation input indicating the game value that is not classified as either the previous day storage ball or the current day storage ball according to the manual input process. It becomes. As described above, in the embodiment, as an example of the allocation of the storage balls, the allocation to both the current day storage balls and the previous day storage balls is exemplified.However, in some cases, allocation to the current day storage balls may be performed. You may make it distribute to only any one.

  Although it was possible to exchange prizes with the game value received through the special reception process, only the game value received through the normal reception process such as general cards is subject to consideration. It is good also as only the object of the storage ball processing.

  The upper limit that is more disadvantageous than the first saving value is set, as shown in the embodiment, the upper limit is not set for the first saving value (same-day storage ball), while the second saving value (previous day saving ball) This includes not only the case where an upper limit is provided, but also a case where upper limits are provided for both the first saving value and the second saving value, and the second saving value is an upper limit smaller than the first saving value. Similarly, the fact that a larger amount of compensation is collected than the first saving value is that no fee is set for the first saving value as shown in the embodiment, but only when a fee is set for the second saving value. In addition, a fee is set for both the first saving value and the second saving value, and the second saving value includes a case where a fee is set higher than the first saving value. In addition, although it has been exemplified that the differentiation is based on the upper limit and the fee, for example, when exchanging premiums, the exchange with a specific premium is suppressed or the so-called entry processing conditions become severe, etc. May be used.

The game value is received by receiving the recording medium, but the game value is associated with the identification information other than the recording medium such as a fingerprint or the member ID, for example, and the game value is received by receiving the identification information. Also good. Further, although the card is exemplified as the recording medium, it is needless to say that a recording medium other than the exemplified one such as a coin or a player's mobile phone may be adopted.
The normal reception process is illustrated by receiving a member ID (member card) and then receiving a predetermined operation such as a puddle call. However, the normal reception process is performed by receiving a member ID without receiving a predetermined operation. In this case, in response to the reception of the member ID, the stored ball corresponding to the member ID may be called as it is.

The member ID received in the normal reception process is exemplified as the target of the saving process, but after the normal reception process, the member ID that is the target of the saving process may be separately received. In this case, the same exchange process Since different member IDs are prohibited, the saving process is performed for the member IDs received in the normal reception process.
As an example of the specific operation in the exchange process, the pressing of the exchange button preliminarily associated with the special prize is illustrated. However, for example, the pressing of the button “all” and the operation of selecting the target prize are performed as the specific operations. The exchangeable value may be specified using the received value and the selected prize as an exchange target. In addition, when there are a plurality of types of prizes to be processed, each number is specified so as to maximize the corresponding value (amount) as in the embodiment, but in the case of a single type, the corresponding value is determined. Is the maximum number and the maximum number of prizes.

Prioritizing the previous day's savings during the exchange process, the prior day's savings need not necessarily be prioritized.
The unit period in which the current day storage ball is the previous day storage ball can be exemplified by one business day, but any period such as one week, one month, or morning may be adopted.
If the setting values illustrated are set in advance, the setting information can be downloaded from an external (eg, chain store headquarters) management server, whether set by the administrator or set by the manufacturer of the management device. May be set.

All illustrated game information may be specified directly by an input signal or indirectly by using an arithmetic expression. Also, the numerical value, the number of digits, items, etc. are examples, and any numerical value may be adopted.
Expressions that do not exceed, reach, and the like also include a configuration that determines whether or not the value exceeds or exceeds the reference value. Similarly, a configuration in which it is determined not to be less than the following is included.
The illustrated processing may be performed not only by the POS 6 but also by any device such as the relay device 3 and the management device 5, and may be shared by each device. Further, the output target is not limited to the POS 6 exemplified, but may be the management device 5 or may be printed out as well as displayed. Moreover, you may combine how the illustrated structure including a modification is combined.

  In the drawings, 1 is a gaming machine, 5 is a management device (management means), and 6 is a POS (normal reception means, special reception means, exchange means, saving means, distribution means).

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Corresponding to the member ID of the player who became a member of the amusement hall, the saving value, which is the gaming value deposited in the amusement hall, is given to the player more than the first saving value and the first saving value. A management means for managing the second savings value to be disadvantageously treated in a separable manner;
Normal reception means for performing normal reception processing for specifying all or a part of the saving value managed in association with the member ID as a reception target when receiving the member ID, and receiving the specified saving value When,
Special reception means for receiving information indicating a game value that is not classified into any of the first saving value and the second saving value, and performing special reception processing for receiving the game value indicated by the information;
Exchange means for performing exchange processing for associating the exchanged prize with the received reception value as a consideration, with the reception value being the game value received by the normal reception process or the special reception process as a consideration;
Saving means for performing a saving process for adding all or a part of the received value to the saving value managed in association with the member ID when the member ID is accepted in correspondence with the exchange process; ,
Addition of at least one of the first saving value and the second saving value when the saving process for the receiving value including at least the game value received by the special receiving process is performed A game system, comprising: a distribution means for performing a saving distribution process for specifying a minute. The saving value can be used as a consideration for replay processing that gives an available value that is a game value that can be used for a game,
The first saving value is a game value acquired by a player within a preset unit period,
When the second saving value is a consideration for the replay process, an upper limit that is disadvantageous than the first saving value is set, and more than the first saving value is collected as a consideration. Among them, at least one of them is treated more disadvantageously for the player than the first saving value,
The special reception process includes a manual input process for receiving information indicating a game value to be received by operation input, and information indicating a prize to be returned, thereby accepting a game value corresponding to the price of the prize as a reception target. The game system according to claim 1, wherein the game field system is at least one of replacement processes specified as a gaming value. The allocating means determines whether the received value is the first saving value or the second saving value when the received value received by the normal receiving process is a consideration for the exchange process. Depending on whether or not the consideration is distributed to the first consideration indicating the consideration due to the first saving value or the second consideration indicating the consideration due to the second saving value,
The management means manages the distributed first consideration and the second consideration in association with the member ID received by the normal reception process,
The saving allocation process is the addition of the first saving value indicating the first consideration managed in association with the member ID that is the target of the saving process among the received values that are the target of the saving process. Of the process of specifying the minutes and the process of specifying the added value of the second saving value indicating the received value excluding the first consideration managed in association with the member ID The game system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the game system is at least one of them. The distribution means is managed in association with the member ID received in the normal reception process when the received value received in the normal reception process becomes a consideration for the exchange process. While specifying the saving value as the second consideration, the remaining consideration is specified as the first consideration,
When the exchange means accepts a specific operation in the exchange process, the exchange means corresponds to the specific operation that can be exchanged with the received value excluding the consideration of the prize to be exchanged as the consideration. 4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the number of specific prizes to be specified is specified so that the corresponding value is maximized. When the member ID is accepted and the acceptance value accepted by the special acceptance process becomes a price for the exchange process, the allocating means assigns the accepted member ID to the accepted member ID. The saving value managed by associating the provisional addition of the second saving value excluding the provisional addition of the first saving value corresponding to the first consideration managed in association with the member ID The additional value of the second consideration is specified with the provisional second saving value added to the second saving value of the above as an upper limit, while the remaining consideration is specified as the addition value of the first consideration,
The saving allocation process includes a process of specifying an addition of the first saving value indicating a value obtained by subtracting an addition of the first consideration from a provisional addition of the first saving value, and a provisional of the second saving value. 5. The game system according to claim 4, wherein the game field system is at least one of processes for specifying an added amount of the second saving value indicating a value obtained by subtracting an added amount of the second consideration from an added amount. 6.

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