JP2020025734A - Game system, and managing device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a game system allowing a user to easily participating in a lottery event.SOLUTION: A game system includes: a participation request acquisition part 110 for acquiring a participation request, and request identification information for identifying the participation request; a participation information generation part 120 for generating participation information for participating in a lottery event on the basis of a participation request; a participation identification information generation part 130 for utilizing request identification information as participation identification information and generating participation information for identifying participation information when a user who performs a participation request from the request identification information cannot be identified when the user who performs a participation request from the request identification information; a storage part for associatively storing participation information and participation identification information; and a lottery event result acquisition part 150 for executing a lottery pertaining to a lottery event on the basis of participation information stored in the storage part and acquiring a lottery result pertaining to a lottery event on the basis of participation identification information stored in the storage part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 10

Description

  The present invention relates to a game system, a management device, and a program.

  A bingo operation management system using a bingo card has been proposed (Patent Document 1). The invention described in Patent Literature 1 is to effectively register a pre-printed bingo card in a computer before starting a bingo game, and to collate a winning number in the bingo game with data of the registered bingo card. The winning status is clearly displayed on the display as the bingo game progresses.

Japanese Patent No. 5385223

  By the way, when an event such as a bingo game is held in an amusement facility or the like, it is preferable that the event be easily held or participated in the event. However, in the invention described in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to prepare bingo cards more than the number to be used in advance, and it cannot be said that the flexibility in holding an event is high. Further, the manner in which the user participates in the event is also limited to the acquisition of the bingo card.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game system in which a user who requests participation can easily participate in a lottery event.

  A game system according to one embodiment of the present invention, which has been made to solve the above-described problem, is a game system capable of executing a lottery event, and has a participation request receiving unit that receives a request to participate in the lottery event. Including, a participation request acquisition unit that acquires the participation request received by the participation request reception unit and request identification information for identifying the participation request, based on the participation request acquired by the participation request acquisition unit A participation information generating unit that generates participation information for participating in the lottery event, and, when the user who makes the participation request can be identified from the request identification information, uses the request identification information as participation identification information On the other hand, when it is not possible to specify the user who makes the participation request from the request identification information, it generates participation identification information for specifying the participation information. A participation identification information generating unit, a storage unit that stores the participation information and the participation identification information in association with each other, and executes a lottery related to the lottery event based on the participation information stored in the storage unit. And a lottery event result acquisition unit that acquires a lottery result related to the lottery event based on the participation identification information stored in the storage unit.

  The game system according to an aspect of the present invention can cause the user to participate in the lottery event even when the user making the participation request cannot be identified, as well as when the user making the participation request can be identified. Therefore, in the game system, the user making the participation request can easily participate in the lottery event.

It is a figure showing roughly the whole composition of the game system concerning one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a management device in the game system of FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a card issuing device in the game system of FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a game device in the game system of FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view showing a state where the card issuing device of FIG. 3 is viewed from the front side. FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically illustrating a display screen during standby in the card issuing device of FIG. 5. FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing a display screen when a bingo card is purchased in the card issuing device of FIG. 5. FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically illustrating a bingo card before printing held in the card issuing device in FIG. 5. It is a figure which shows schematically the bingo card paid out from the card issuing apparatus of FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a management device in FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the card issuing device in FIG. 3. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the game device in FIG. 4. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a management server in the game system in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating details of sales data stored in a database of the management device in FIG. 2. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation when a bingo card is purchased in the card issuing device of FIG. 3. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a winning confirmation process in the card issuing device of FIG. 3. It is a flow chart which shows an example of participation processing to a lottery event from a card issuing device. It is a flow chart which shows an example of winning confirmation processing of a lottery event from a card issuing device. It is a flow chart which shows an example of participation processing to a lottery event from a game device. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the winning confirmation process of the lottery event from a game device.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[Outline of the game system]
The game system 1 is a game system capable of executing a lottery event, and as shown in FIG. 1, a management device 10, a card issuing device 30 communicably connected to the management device 10, and a communication device with the management device 10. And a game device 50 connected to the game device.

  The game system 1 of the present embodiment is configured to be able to execute a bingo game as an example of a lottery event, and a user can participate in a bingo game by purchasing a bingo card in the card issuing device 30 or the game device 50. The lottery event is not limited to the bingo game, and may be, for example, a number selection type lottery event in which a plurality of application numbers can be freely selected, or a lottery event such as a roulette game.

  In the game system 1, a bingo game in a plurality of participation modes is periodically executed. More specifically, the bingo game to be executed has a “mini” mode in which the participation fee is low, the winning probability is high, and the payout at the time of winning is low, and the participation cost is high, the winning probability is slightly lower, and the payout at the time of the winning is “BIG”. There are three modes of participation, “premium” mode, in which the mode and the participation fee are the highest, the winning probability is low, but the payout at the time of winning is extremely high, and these modes are performed twice a day at a predetermined timing. It is set to run. The user can aim for a high payout in the “BIG” mode or the “premium” mode, for example, after experiencing the bingo game in the “mini” mode in which the user easily participates.

  The game system 1 issues a printed bingo card when a user participates in a bingo game from the card issuing device 30. When the user acquires the bingo card from the card issuing device 30, the user does not need to watch the execution of the bingo game on the card issuing device 30. In addition, the game system 1 is configured such that when a user who has acquired a bingo card brings the bingo card to the card issuing device 30 after holding the bingo game, the user can check the lottery result of the bingo game.

  On the other hand, when the user participates in the bingo game from the game device 50, the game system 1 issues a virtual bingo card. Since the game device 50 is a game device that can be authenticated by a user card as described later, it does not issue a printed bingo card, but associates the issued virtual bingo card with the authenticated user. Therefore, when the user confirms that the virtual bingo card has been issued on the game device 50, the user does not need to watch the execution of the bingo game on the game device 50. In addition, when the user plays the game on the game device 50 until after the bingo game is held, or when the user brings the user card to the game device 50 after the bingo game is held, the game system 1 displays the lottery result of the bingo game. It is configured to be able to confirm.

  When the user participates in the bingo game from the game device 50, the user card may not be used in the game device 50. At this time, when a predetermined condition is satisfied in the game device 50, the game system 1 can cause the user to participate in the bingo game. More specifically, if the user has been playing the game on the game device 50 from a predetermined time before the timing of holding the bingo game, and the user stays at the game device 50 until after the holding of the bingo game, the game system 1 Causes the user to participate in the bingo game by associating the issued virtual bingo card with the game device 50.

[Game system configuration]
The game system 1 includes a plurality of management devices 10, and each of the management devices 10 is connected to the management server 70 via a network N such as the Internet.

  The management device 10 is a management device that manages a lottery event, and is provided one by one in a store such as an amusement facility. One card issuing device 30 and a plurality of game devices 50 are connected to each management device 10, and these form a in-store group G. Note that a plurality of card issuing devices 30 may exist in the in-store group G.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the management device 10 includes a control unit 11 that executes various calculations, a storage unit 12 that stores various programs and data, a communication unit 13 that transmits and receives data to and from other devices, It has a user card reader 14 capable of reading a user ID stored in a user card owned by the user, a database 15 storing sales data to be described later, and a medal management unit 16 for managing accounts of stored medals as credit data for each user. are doing. The medal management unit 16 can handle the credit data of the user who has been authenticated by the user card, and in accordance with a request from the management device 10 of the in-store group G, the card issuing device 30, or the game device 50, It is configured to pay out the credit data deposited by the user to the user, and deposit additional credit data in the account. The management device 10 manages the purchase information of the bingo cards of a plurality of users participating in the lottery event from at least one of the card issuing device 30 and the game device 50, and manages the account of the credit data kept by each user. And a function of acquiring a lottery result relating to the bingo game of each user. In FIG. 2, the management device 10 has a database 15 and a medal management unit 16 so as to be externally connected to a device main body including a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, a communication unit 13, and a user card reader 14. However, the configuration may be such that the database 15 and the medal management unit 16 are built in the apparatus main body.

  The card issuing device 30 is a lottery participation device that can participate in a lottery event. As shown in FIG. 3, the card issuing device 30 includes a control unit 31 that executes various operations, a storage unit 32 that stores various programs and data, a communication unit 33 that transmits and receives data to and from other devices, A display unit 34 composed of a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display, an audio output unit 35 composed of, for example, a speaker, an operation unit 36 composed of, for example, a touch panel, and a user ID stored in a user card carried by the user A user card reader 37 capable of reading a bingo card, a card printing unit 38 for printing and paying the user to a bingo card, a code reader 39 capable of reading a code displayed on the bingo card, and a medal handling unit 40 for handling medals. have. A user who wants to participate in the bingo game can participate in the bingo game by obtaining the printed bingo card paid out from the card issuing device 30.

  The plurality of game devices 50 are game devices capable of executing the same or different predetermined medal games for each game device. The game device 50 is also a lottery participation device that can participate in a lottery event during the execution of the predetermined medal game or outside the execution time of the predetermined medal game. As shown in FIG. 4, the game device 50 includes a control unit 51 for executing various calculations, a storage unit 52 for storing various programs and data, a communication unit 53 for transmitting and receiving data to and from other devices, A display unit 54 including a display or an organic EL display, an audio output unit 55 including, for example, a speaker, an operation unit 56 including, for example, a touch panel, and a user ID stored in a user card held by the user. It has a readable user card reader 57 and a medal handling unit 58 for handling medals. It should be noted that the configuration related to the predetermined medal game may be a known configuration, and thus the configuration is not shown in FIG. A user who wants to participate in the bingo game can participate in the bingo game by confirming that the virtual bingo card has been issued by the screen display on the display unit 54 of the game device 50.

  The management server 70 is a server device communicably connected to the plurality of management devices 10 via the network N, and includes a control unit that executes various calculations, a storage unit that stores various programs and data, and other devices. This is realized by the configuration of a well-known computer having a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data. The management server 70 has a function of backing up the sales data stored in the database 15 of each management device 10 in the storage unit and a function of generating a lottery element related to the bingo game. By distributing elements (eg, bingo pitch order, information on payouts, etc.) substantially simultaneously to a plurality of management apparatuses 10, the same bingo game can be held between the plurality of management apparatuses 10. The management server 70 is configured to be able to communicate with an information processing terminal such as a portable terminal owned by a user (not shown), and further has a function of notifying the information processing terminal of a lottery result related to a bingo game. .

[Card issuing device]
As shown in FIG. 5, the card issuing device 30 includes a display unit 34 disposed on the upper front side, a speaker (audio output unit 35) disposed on the upper right side of the display unit 34, and a display unit 34. A touch panel (operation unit 36) arranged to overlap, a user card reader 37 arranged at the lower right of the display unit 34, and a card printing unit arranged between the display unit 34 and the user card reader 37. 38, and a code reader 39 disposed below the center of the display unit 34. A medal handling unit 40 is built in the card issuing device 30. The medal handling unit 40 is provided at the lower left of the display unit 34 and has a medal slot 401 for inserting medals and a medal slot 401. A medal payout port 402 is provided below and can pay out medals, and a coin insertion port 403 is provided below the user card reader 37 and can insert coins. The medal handling unit 40 is configured to be able to output to the control unit 31 a signal for increasing credits related to medals according to insertion of medals into the medal insertion slot 401 or coin insertion into the coin insertion slot 403.

<Summary of participation in the lottery event from the card issuing device>
Before the card issuing device 30 receives an operation for participating in a bingo game from a user, a demonstration screen shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display unit 34. On this demonstration screen, a start button B1 for starting an operation related to the bingo game is displayed, and rules and participation procedures of the bingo game are displayed.

  When the user touches the start button B1 after understanding the rules and participation procedure of the bingo game, a bingo card purchase screen shown in FIG. On this purchase screen, the date and time of the bingo game and the mode of the bingo game are displayed, an increase button B2 for increasing the number of bingo cards purchased, and a decrease button B3 for decreasing the number of bingo cards purchased. And the number of purchased bingo cards G1, the number of credits G2 required according to the number of purchased cards G1, the number of credits G3 currently available, and a purchase button B4 for deciding to purchase a bingo card are displayed. . In the example shown in FIG. 7, the required number of credits per bingo card is 10 BET, and the number of purchases G1 is specified as 10. However, the required number of credits per bingo card and the layout of the purchase screen are set. Is not limited to the one shown in FIG.

  While the bingo card purchase screen shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the display unit 34, the user increases the number of credits G3 by inserting medals into the medal slot 401 or inserting coins into the coin slot 403. be able to. When the user owns the user card, the user authentication can be performed by placing the user card owned by the user on the user card reader 37. The card issuing device 30 performs user authentication by communicating with the management device 10, and can also increase the number of credits G3 by reading credits from an account of a user who has succeeded in user authentication.

  When the user touches the purchase button B4 in a state in which the number of credits G3 is larger than the number of credits G2, the conditions for participating in the bingo game are determined, and the number of bingo cards indicated by the number of purchases G1 is paid out from the card printing unit 38. . In the card printing unit 38, a game card GC (bingo card) is created by printing card data relating to a bingo game on a printing mount prepared in advance.

(Game card)
As shown in FIG. 8, the game card GC (printing board) before printing has a two-dimensional code field area F1 for printing a two-dimensional code and a board information field area for printing board information of a bingo game. F2, a card information field area F3 for printing the date and time of the bingo game and the bingo card number, a mode field area F4 for printing the mode of the bingo game, and information and remarks of the store where the bingo game is held. And a remarks column area F5.

  As shown in FIG. 9, card data relating to the bingo game is printed in the above-described areas of the printed game card GC. Specifically, a two-dimensional code QR including a print ID, which will be described later, is printed in a two-dimensional code field area F1, board information relating to a bingo game is printed in a board information field area F2, and a bingo game is written in a card information field area F3. Is held, the bingo card number is printed, the mode of the bingo game is printed in the mode column area F4, and the information of the store where the bingo game is held is printed in the remarks column area F5. The user completes the registration for participation in the bingo game by obtaining the game card GC paid out from the card printing unit 38.

  A user who participates in the bingo game from the card issuing device 30 can confirm the winning of the bingo game on the card issuing device 30 after the bingo game is held. The user touches the start button B1 on the demonstration screen shown in FIG. 6 and then causes the code reader 39 to read the two-dimensional code displayed in the two-dimensional code column area F1 of the game card GC possessed by the user, whereby the game is read. The winning or loss of the card GC can be confirmed. When the game card GC read by the code reader 39 has been won, the user can obtain payout relating to medals.

[Functional configuration of management device]
As illustrated in FIG. 10, the management device 10 includes a participation request acquisition unit 110 that acquires a participation request for a lottery event transmitted from the lottery participation device and request identification information for identifying the participation request. Based on the participation request acquired by the acquisition unit 110, the participation information generation unit 120 that generates participation information for participating in the lottery event, and, when the user who makes the participation request can be specified from the request identification information, the request While using the identification information as the participation identification information, when it is not possible to specify the user making the participation request from the request identification information, the participation identification information generation unit 130 that generates the participation identification information for specifying the participation information; A storage control unit 140 that stores information and participation identification information in a storage unit in association with each other, and executes a lottery related to a lottery event based on the participation information stored in the storage unit. Both based on the entry identification information stored in the storage unit, and a lottery event result acquisition unit 150 for acquiring lottery result of the lottery event. Each of these functions is realized by the control unit 11 that operates based on a program stored in the storage unit 12.

  The participation request acquisition unit 110 receives, via the communication unit 13, a request to participate in a bingo game transmitted from at least one of the card issuing device 30 and the game device 50 and request identification information for identifying the participation request. Get by doing. Here, the participation request includes information on conditions for participation in the lottery event. For example, when the lottery event is a bingo game, the participation ID, the number of bingo cards purchased, and the Shows information such as the number of required credits. The request identification information includes information for identifying the request source of the participation request, for example, the device ID of the card issuing device 30 or the game device 50 that is the transmission source of the participation request, and the user ID of the user who makes the participation request. And so on.

  The participation information generation unit 120 generates participation information for participating in the lottery event based on the participation request acquired by the participation request acquisition unit 110. Here, the participation information includes information on a mode of participation in the lottery event, and for example, when the lottery event is a bingo game, indicates information such as a bingo card number of a bingo card and board information. For example, when the participation request includes information indicating that the number of bingo cards purchased is plural, the participation information generating unit 120 generates a plurality of pieces of participation information according to the number of bingo cards purchased. .

  The participation identification information generation unit 130 uses the request identification information as the participation identification information when the user who makes the participation request can be specified from the request identification information. Here, the case where the user who makes the participation request can be specified is, for example, a case where the request identification information is information such as a user ID which specifies the user, or a case where the request identification information causes the user to play a game. The device ID of 50 indicates that the user can be indirectly specified via the game device 50. For example, when the user plays the game on the game device 50 from a predetermined time before the timing of holding the bingo game and the user stays in the game device 50 until after the holding of the bingo game, the game system 1 The user who participates in the bingo game can be indirectly specified by the device ID. Further, the participation identification information includes information for specifying the participation information generated by the participation information generation unit 120, for example, information for specifying the user such as a user ID, and a game device for allowing the user to play a game. Information such as a device ID of 50 or a print ID for identifying a game card GC described later is shown. The use of the request identification information as the participation identification information includes a case where the request identification information is used as it is as the participation identification information and a case where information obtained by converting the request identification information by the conversion table is used as the participation identification information. For example, the user ID and the device ID may have different standards relating to IDs such as the expression of the ID. However, if a conversion table for converting the IDs of these different expressions into IDs of the same expression is used, The handling of the participation identification information is facilitated.

  On the other hand, when it is not possible to specify the user who makes the participation request from the request identification information, the participation identification information generation unit 130 generates participation identification information for specifying the participation information. Here, the case where the user making the participation request cannot be specified indicates a case where the request identification information is not information that can specify the user. As described above, in the game system 1 of the present embodiment, the user plays the game on the game device 50 from a predetermined time before the timing of holding the bingo game, and the user plays the game device 50 until after the holding of the bingo game. In this case, the user is caused to participate in the bingo game by associating the issued virtual bingo card with the game device 50. On the other hand, in the game system 1, in order to allow many users to participate in the bingo game from the card issuing device 30, the period in which the users are kept in the card issuing device 30 is a short period until a bingo card is paid out. Since the card issuing device 30 does not keep the user until after the bingo game is held, the management device 10 cannot identify the user who participates in the bingo game from the device ID of the card issuing device 30 after the bingo game is held. Therefore, when the request identification information is the device ID of the card issuing device 30, the participation identification information generation unit 130 generates participation identification information for specifying the participation information. Here, the participation identification information generated by the participation identification information generation unit 130 is a print ID for identifying a game card GC created by a printing process in the card issuing device 30 described later. Since the game system 1 generates a print ID as participation identification information in response to a request to participate in a lottery event from the card issuing device 30, it is possible to efficiently generate a required number of print IDs.

  The management device 10 participates in the lottery event based on the participation request acquisition unit 110 that acquires the participation request for the lottery event transmitted from the lottery participation device and the participation request acquired by the participation request acquisition unit 110. Information generating unit 120 for generating participation information for use and request identification information for identifying the participation request acquired by the participation request acquiring unit 110, the request identification information is used as the participation identification information On the other hand, when the request identification information for identifying the participation request does not exist, the participation identification information generation unit 130 that generates the participation identification information for specifying the participation information, and associates the participation information with the participation identification information. Based on the storage control unit 140 stored in the storage unit and the participation information stored in the storage unit, the lottery related to the lottery event is executed, and the reference stored in the storage unit is performed. Based on the identification information, may be one having a lottery event result acquisition unit 150 for acquiring lottery result of the lottery event. That is, when the request identification information is obtained together with the participation request, the participation identification information generation unit 130 uses the request identification information as the participation identification information, and when there is no request identification information corresponding to the participation request, It may generate identification information. Here, the case where the request identification information does not exist indicates a case where the request identification information capable of specifying the user making the participation request is not obtained.

  As described above, the participation identification information generation unit 130 uses the request identification information as the participation identification information when the request identification information can be used, and specifies the participation information when the request identification information cannot be used. Is newly generated. That is, until the participation information is generated by the participation information generation unit 120, the participation request acquired by the participation request acquisition unit 110 is identified based on the request identification information. After that, the generated participation information is identified based on the participation identification information.

  When using the request identification information as the participation identification information, the management device 10 transmits the participation information generated by the participation information generation unit 120 to the lottery participation device, without using the request identification information as the participation identification information. When the participation identification information is newly generated, the participation information generated by the participation information generation unit 120 and the participation identification information newly generated by the participation identification information generation unit 130 are transmitted to the lottery participation device. That is, when there is a request from the card issuing device 30 to participate in the lottery event, the management device 10 transmits the generated participation identification information (print ID) to the card issuing device 30. Thereby, the card issuing device 30 can create and pay out the game card GC including the print ID to the user.

  The storage control unit 140 stores lottery registration information in which the participation information and the participation identification information are associated with each other in the database 15 serving as the storage unit. When the participation request includes information indicating that the number of bingo cards purchased is plural, the storage control unit 140 associates a plurality of sets of participation information and participation identification information with each participation request. The lottery registration information is stored in the database 15. For example, as shown in FIG. 14, a plurality of lottery registration information (sales data S001, sales data S002, etc.) is stored in the database 15 for each participation request, and a plurality of sets of participation Information (board information) and participation identification information (print ID or purchaser ID) are associated with each other. Here, the purchaser ID indicates a user ID or a device ID of the game device 50.

  The lottery event result acquisition unit 150 executes the lottery related to the lottery event based on the participation information stored in the database 15 and, based on the participation identification information stored in the database 15, calculates the lottery result related to the lottery event. get. Here, the execution of the lottery related to the lottery event indicates that a lottery result related to the lottery event is created. For example, when the lottery event is a bingo game, all the pieces of participation information stored in the database 15 are used for the bingo game. Indicates that a pass / fail result is to be created. In other words, the lottery result related to the lottery event is created so as to be associated with one or more sets of participation information and participation identification information. The acquisition of the lottery result related to the lottery event means that the lottery result related to the lottery event is acquired by searching the lottery result related to the lottery event based on the participation identification information. Show.

  The lottery event result acquisition unit 150 acquires lottery elements related to the lottery event from the lottery execution unit 710 of the management server 70 described later, and executes lottery for all pieces of participation information related to the lottery event stored in the database 15. Specifically, the lottery event result acquisition unit 150 compares all the pieces of participation information related to the lottery event stored in the database 15 with the acquired lottery elements, and determines whether or not the lottery is appropriate for each piece of participation information.

  The lottery event result acquisition unit 150 acquires the participation identification information when outputting the lottery result, and searches for the participation identification information stored in the database 15 using the acquired participation identification information as a key. The result of the success or failure of the lottery related to the participation information associated with the participation identification information is acquired. For example, when the print ID is acquired as the participation identification information from the card issuing device 30, the lottery result related to the lottery event is determined based on the participation identification information corresponding to the print ID and the participation identification information stored in the database 15. get. Further, for example, when the user ID is acquired as the participation identification information from the game device 50, the lottery event is performed based on the participation identification information (the purchaser ID) corresponding to the user ID and the participation identification information stored in the database 15. To obtain the lottery result. The acquired lottery result is transmitted to the lottery participating device that is the transmission source of the participation identification information.

[Functional Configuration of Card Issuing Device]
As shown in FIG. 11, the card issuing device 30 transmits to the management device 10 a participation request receiving unit 310 that receives a request to participate in a lottery event, and request identification information that does not include information that can identify a user. Request transmission unit 320, a code generation unit 330 that generates a code including a print ID, and a code that is optically readable by executing a printing process based on print data including the code generated by the code generation unit 330 A game card creation unit 340 that creates a game card GC including: a game card payout unit 350 that pays out the game card GC created by the game card creation unit 340; a code reading unit 360 that reads a code from the game card GC; A print ID acquisition unit 370 for acquiring a print ID from a code read by the code reading unit 360; And a payout unit 380 pays out according to Le. Each of these functions is realized by the control unit 31 that operates based on the program stored in the storage unit 32. Since the game system 1 pays out the printed game card GC from the card issuing device 30 to the user, the user can participate in the lottery event even when the user cannot be specified by the user ID or the like, for example. Further, since the game system 1 keeps the user in the card issuing device 30 for a short period until the bingo card is paid out, many users can participate in the bingo game from the card issuing device 30.

  The participation request receiving unit 310 receives a request to participate in a lottery event from a user who operates the operation unit 36. The participation request transmitting unit 320 transmits to the management apparatus 10 the participation request received by the participation request receiving unit 310 and request identification information that does not include information that can identify a user. Here, the request identification information transmitted to the management device 10 is the device ID of the card issuing device 30 and does not include information such as a user ID that can identify a user. Note that the participation request transmission unit 320 may transmit the participation request to the management device 10 and not transmit the request identification information to the management device 10. That is, the card issuing device 30 may not transmit the user ID and the device ID when transmitting the request identification information to the management device 10. In addition, the request identification information transmitted from the card issuing device 30 does not need to be able to distinguish each of the card issuing devices 30 and merely indicates that the type of the device is the card issuing device 30. Is also good.

  The code generation unit 330 generates a code including the participation identification information (print ID) generated by the participation identification information generation unit 130. The code generated here is the two-dimensional code QR printed in the two-dimensional code column area F1 of the game card GC. The game card creation unit 340 executes a print process in the card printing unit 38 based on print data including a code generated by the code generation unit 330, and includes a game card including a code (two-dimensional code QR) optically readable. Create a GC. The game card GC also includes the participation information generated by the participation information generation unit 120. Then, the game card payout unit 350 pays out the game card GC created by the game card creation unit 340 to the user. Since the game system 1 creates the game card GC including the print ID, the user can participate in the lottery event using the created game card GC.

  After the holding of the lottery event, the code reading unit 360 reads a code (two-dimensional code QR) from the game card GC owned by the user. The print ID obtaining unit 370 obtains a print ID as participation identification information from the code read by the code reading unit 360. The acquired print ID is used as participation identification information for acquiring a lottery result related to the lottery event. The print ID is transmitted to the management device 10 as participation identification information as described above, and the management device 10 transmits a lottery result related to a lottery event associated with the participation information associated with the print ID. The payout unit 380 pays out medals based on the lottery result of the lottery event transmitted from the management device 10. Here, paying out medals includes paying out medals directly to the user and indirectly paying out medals to the user by giving credits to the user. Since the game system 1 acquires the lottery result related to the lottery event based on the print ID read from the game card GC, the user can participate in the lottery event using the created game card GC. In the game system 1, the payout unit 380 can pay out medals based on the lottery result of the lottery event.

[Function Configuration of Game Device]
As shown in FIG. 12, the game device 50 transmits to the management device 10 a participation request reception unit 510 that receives a request for participation in a lottery event, and request identification information including information that can specify a user. It has a request transmitting section 520 and a payout section 530 for paying out medals. Each of these functions is realized by the control unit 51 that operates based on the program stored in the storage unit 52. Note that the functional configuration related to the predetermined medal game may be a well-known configuration, and thus the configuration is not shown in FIG. In the game system 1, the user can participate in the lottery event from the card issuing device 30 and also can participate in the lottery event from the game device 50. Further, when the user participates in the lottery event from the game device 50, the game system 1 does not have to issue the game card GC in the game device 50.

  The participation request receiving unit 510 receives a request to participate in a lottery event from a user who operates the operation unit 56. The participation request transmitting unit 520 transmits the participation request received by the participation request receiving unit 510 and request identification information including information that can specify a user to the management device 10. Here, the request identification information transmitted by the participation request transmission unit 520 is the user ID read by the user card reader 57 or the device ID of the game device 50.

  After the holding of the lottery event, the game device 50 sends the user ID read by the user card reader 57 and the device ID of the game device 50 to the management device 10 as participation identification information based on a winning confirmation instruction related to the lottery event from the user. Send. The management device 10 transmits a lottery result related to a lottery event associated with the participation information associated with the participation identification information. The payout unit 530 pays out medals based on the lottery result of the lottery event transmitted from the management device 10. The game system 1 can pay out medals by the payout unit 530 based on the lottery result of the lottery event.

[Function configuration of management server]
As illustrated in FIG. 13, the management server 70 includes a lottery execution unit 710 that executes a lottery related to the lottery event, a result request receiving unit 720 that receives a lottery event result request including participation identification information via the network N, A result inquiry unit 730 for inquiring a lottery result relating to the lottery event based on the participation identification information received by the result request receiving unit 720, and a lottery result inquired by the result inquiry unit 730 is transmitted to the source of the lottery event result request. And a result transmitting unit 740 for performing the operation. Each of these functions is realized by a control unit that operates based on a program stored in the storage unit.

  The lottery execution unit 710 executes the lottery related to the lottery event when the timing of holding the lottery event comes. Here, the execution of the lottery related to the lottery event in the management server 70 indicates the execution of the lottery related to the holding of the lottery event. For example, if the lottery related to the bingo game is performed, the lottery element (bingo distribution) related to the bingo game is executed. Ball order, payout information, etc.). The execution result of the lottery in the lottery execution unit 710, that is, the lottery element related to the bingo game in the case of the bingo game is transmitted to the plurality of management apparatuses 10 via the network N.

  The management server 70 periodically backs up the lottery registration information (sales data) stored in each of the databases 15 of the plurality of management devices 10 in the storage unit. That is, all the lottery registration information related to the lottery event is accumulated in the storage unit of the management server 70. The management server 70 is configured to be able to notify the information processing terminal of a lottery result related to the lottery event in response to a lottery event result request from an information processing terminal such as a portable terminal operated by a user (not shown). .

  For example, when the user is a user who has acquired the game card GC from the card issuing device 30 and has a mobile terminal with a camera, the user reads the two-dimensional code QR of the game card GC with the camera of the mobile terminal. Thereby, the print ID is acquired by the portable terminal. If the result inquiry program related to the lottery event is installed in the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal can transmit a lottery event result request including the print ID to the management server 70. In such a case, the result request receiving unit 720 receives a lottery event result request including the print ID from the user's portable terminal via the network N.

  The result inquiry unit 730 inquires of a lottery result related to a lottery event based on the print ID received by the result request receiving unit 720 and the lottery registration information stored in the storage unit. Specifically, the result inquiry unit 730 uses the print ID received by the result request receiving unit 720 as participation identification information, and uses the print ID as a key to print ID included in the lottery registration information stored in the storage unit. To obtain the lottery result related to the lottery event associated with the participation information associated with the print ID. The result transmitting unit 740 transmits the lottery result regarding the lottery event acquired by the result inquiry unit 730 to the portable terminal of the user who is the transmission source of the lottery event result request. As shown in FIG. 1, the game system 1 includes a management device 10 in the in-store group G, and is configured so that a direct connection from the user's mobile terminal to the management device 10 is not possible. On the other hand, since the management server 70 is configured to be able to communicate with the mobile terminal of the user, it is possible to realize a function of notifying the mobile terminal of a lottery result relating to the bingo game. In the game system 1, a user who participates in the lottery event using the printed game card GC reads a code from the game card GC using, for example, a camera of a mobile terminal, and sends a lottery event result request to the management server 70. By transmitting, the result of the lottery event can be notified to the portable terminal.

[Details of management device database]
Here, the data structure of lottery registration information (sales data) stored in the database 15 of the management device 10 will be described in detail. The database 15 stores a plurality of sales data as shown in FIG. As described above, when the participation request transmitted from the lottery participation device includes information indicating that the number of bingo cards purchased is plural, a plurality of sets of participation information and participation identification information are provided for each participation request. Is stored in the database 15. The sales data S001 is sales data generated based on the participation request transmitted from the card issuing device 30, and the sales data S002 is sales data generated based on the participation request transmitted from the game device 50. .

  In the example shown in FIG. 14, the sales data includes board information as participation information, the printing ID in the sales data S001 as the participation identification information, and the purchaser ID (user ID or the user plays the game in the sales data S002). Device ID of the game device 50). Here, the board information is an index for reading the board main body information indicating the numerical arrangement of the bingo card board, and the board main body information is stored in the database 15 in advance. Further, the sales data includes one or a plurality of card data (data of each row) in which one or a plurality of sets of participation information and participation identification information are associated. The card data includes a registration ID (sales ID) for identifying lottery registration information (sales data) to which the card data belongs, an event ID of a lottery event (contest ID), and participation for distinguishing each of the card data. It includes an ID (card ID), a print ID or purchaser ID as participation identification information, and board information as participation information. In other words, each of one or a plurality of card data is associated with a participation ID for distinguishing the card data, a registration ID for identifying lottery registration information, and an event ID of the lottery event. The lottery registration information has a data structure including one or a plurality of card data, and since the card data includes a registration ID for identifying the lottery registration information, a plurality of conditions for participation in the lottery event (for example, Even when a plurality of bingo cards are purchased, the participation information can be managed in units of participation requests.

  In the game system 1 described above, a user who wants to participate in the lottery event can easily participate in the lottery event. That is, for example, when a light user who does not have a user card comes to the store, or when a large number of other users occupy the game device 50, the user watches game play of another user while participating in a lottery event. In some cases, the game system 1 can issue a game card GC relating to the lottery event to the user using the card issuing device 30. At this time, the game system 1 does not request the user to create a user card and does not request the exclusive use of the game device 50, so that the user can easily participate in the lottery event. Further, since the game system 1 prints and issues the game card GC with the card issuing device 30, the store operator does not need to prepare a large amount of game cards GC in advance. Furthermore, since the game system 1 sets the period in which the user stays in the card issuing device 30 as a short period until the bingo card is paid out, many users can participate in the bingo game from the card issuing device 30.

[Operation of card issuing device]
An operation flow of the card issuing device 30 will be described. FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the card issuing device 30 when purchasing a bingo card.

  When the user touches the start button B1 while the demonstration screen shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display unit 34 of the card issuing device 30 (SA300Yes), the bingo card purchase screen shown in FIG. Displayed, the card issuing device 30 accepts the insertion of medals. Further, when the user places the user card on the user card reader 37 (Yes in SA302), the user communicates with the management device 10 to perform user authentication by password authentication (SA304), and then a bingo card purchase screen is displayed on the display unit 34. Is displayed. When the user authentication is successful, if the user performs a medal transfer operation (Yes in SA306), credits are increased by reading medals from the user's account (SA312). When the user inserts a coin into the coin slot 403 and purchases a medal (SA308Yes), or when the user inserts a medal into the medal slot 401 (SA310Yes), the credit is set according to the amount of the inserted coin or medal. Is increased (SA312).

  When the user touches the purchase button B4 while the purchase screen of the bingo card shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the display unit 34 (SA314Yes), the conditions for participating in the bingo game are determined and the purchase number G1 is indicated. The number of bingo cards is printed by the card printing unit 38 (SA316). If the remaining credits remain after the printed bingo card is paid out, payout of the returned credits for the remaining credits is made to the user's account or the medal payout port 402 (SA318).

  The user can perform a winning confirmation related to the bingo game by performing a winning confirmation request operation (not shown). FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the winning confirmation process in the card issuing device 30.

  When the user causes the code reader 39 to read the two-dimensional code displayed in the two-dimensional code column area F1 of the game card GC possessed (SB300Yes), the card issuing device 30 confirms the winning or loss of the game card GC. I do. If the game card GC has been won (SB302 Yes), after the winning effect is executed by the display unit 34 and the audio output unit 35 (SB304), the credit for the payout due to the winning is increased (SB306). On the other hand, when the game card GC is lost (SB308 Yes), a loss effect is executed by the display unit 34 and the sound output unit 35 (SB310). If a bingo game has not been held or the game card GC has expired (SB308No), it is notified that the game card GC is invalid (SB312). In addition, when the user performs an operation to end the winning confirmation (Yes in SB314), the winning confirmation ends. Note that the payout of medals in the winning confirmation processing may be performed at an arbitrary timing after the credit is increased in SB306. For example, when the winning confirmation is completed in SB314, the payout of medals according to the remaining credits may be performed. May be performed.

[Operation of the game system]
Next, an operation flow of the game system 1 will be described. FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process of participating in a lottery event from the card issuing device 30.

  The management device 10 periodically transmits the bingo game tournament information to the card issuing device 30 (S100). The tournament information includes the tournament ID. The card issuing device 30 receives the tournament information (S300).

  When the user performs a bingo card purchase operation at the card issuing device 30 (S302), the card issuing device 30 transmits a participation request, a tournament ID, and the device ID of the card issuing device 30 to the management device 10 (S304). The management device 10 receives the participation request, the tournament ID, and the device ID of the card issuing device 30 (S102). Note that the card issuing device 30 does not need to transmit the participation request and the tournament ID to the management device 10 and does not need to transmit the device ID of the card issuing device 30. In this case, the management device 10 And receive. Next, the management device 10 generates sales data including the same number of card data as the number of bingo cards purchased included in the received participation request (S104). Specifically, when the management device 10 receives the device ID of the card issuing device 30 (device ID for which the user cannot be specified) or does not receive the device ID, the management device 10 generates one sales ID and outputs each card data. In addition to associating the received tournament ID with each card data, generating different board information and print IDs by the same number as the number of bingo cards purchased, associating these board information and print ID with each card data Sales data including one or more pieces of card data. In order to distinguish each of the card data, the management apparatus 10 generates different card IDs by the same number as the number of bingo cards purchased, and associates each card data with each card data. The control unit 11 of the management device 10 transmits the generated sales data to the database 15 (S106), and transmits card data included in the sales data to the card issuing device 30 (S108). The database 15 stores the transmitted sales data, and the card issuing device 30 receives the card data (S306). This card data includes board information and a print ID. The card issuing device 30 prints a bingo card based on the received card data (S308). This bingo card includes board information and a print ID.

  When the timing of holding the bingo game comes, the management server 70 executes the lottery related to the bingo game and generates lottery elements related to the bingo game such as information on the bingo ball distribution order and information on the payout. The control unit 11 of the management device 10 acquires the lottery elements related to these bingo games from the management server 70 and receives the sales data read from the database 15 (S110). The control unit 11 of the management device 10 creates a lottery result related to the bingo game based on the board information of the card data included in the sales data and the acquired lottery element (S112), and stores the created lottery result in each of the card data. Is transmitted to the database 15 (S114). The created lottery result includes the success / failure data related to the lottery. The database 15 stores sales data in which each card data is associated with a lottery result. Further, the management device 10 transmits sales data in which the lottery result is associated with each of the card data to the management server 70 at a predetermined timing. The management server 70 stores the received sales data in the storage unit.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a winning confirmation process of a lottery event from the card issuing device 30.

  The card issuing device 30 reads the print ID included in the user's bingo card with the code reader 39 (S310), and transmits the print ID to the management device 10 (S312). The management device 10 receives the print ID (S116), searches the database 15 for sales data including the card data including the print ID based on the received print ID (S118), and retrieves the card included in the sales data. The lottery result associated with each of the data is obtained (S120). Then, the management device 10 transmits the sales data including the card data associated with the lottery result to the card issuing device 30 (S122). The card issuing device 30 receives the sales data (S314), and outputs a lottery result associated with the card data included in the sales data (S316).

  FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process of participating in a lottery event from the game device 50.

  The management device 10 periodically transmits the bingo game tournament information to the game device 50 (S150). The tournament information includes the tournament ID. The game device 50 receives the tournament information (S500).

  When a user who has been authenticated by the user at the game device 50 performs a bingo card purchase operation (S502), the game device 50 transmits a participation request, a user ID, a tournament ID, and a device ID of the game device 50 to the management device 10. (S504). The management device 10 receives the participation request, the user ID, the tournament ID, and the device ID of the game device 50 (S152). In the game device 50, when a user who has not been authenticated and who satisfies a predetermined condition that can specify a user performs a bingo card purchase operation, the game device 50 transmits a user ID to the management device 10 without transmitting the user ID. Since the participation request, the tournament ID, and the device ID of the game device 50 are transmitted, in this case, the management device 10 receives the participation request, the tournament ID, and the device ID of the game device 50. Next, the management device 10 generates sales data including the same number of card data as the number of bingo cards purchased included in the received participation request (S154). Specifically, when receiving the user ID, the management device 10 generates one sales ID and associates it with each card data, associates the received tournament ID with each card data, and associates the user ID with the purchaser ID. As well as generating different board information as many as the number of bingo cards purchased, and generating sales data including one or more card data in which the board information is associated with each card data. When the management device 10 does not receive the user ID and receives the device ID of the game device 50, the management device 10 generates one sales ID, associates the sales ID with each card data, and associates the received tournament ID with each card data. In addition to associating the device ID of the game device 50 with each card data as a purchaser ID, different board information and card IDs are generated by the same number as the number of bingo cards purchased, and these board information and card IDs are Sales data including one or a plurality of card data associated with the card data is generated. In any case, the management device 10 generates different card IDs by the same number as the number of bingo cards purchased and associates each card data with each other in order to distinguish each card data. The control unit 11 of the management device 10 transmits the generated sales data to the database 15 (S156), and transmits card data included in the sales data to the game device 50 (S158). The database 15 stores the transmitted sales data, and the game device 50 receives the card data (S506). This card data includes board information. The game device 50 outputs a bingo card based on the received card data (S508).

  When the timing of holding the bingo game comes, the management server 70 executes the lottery related to the bingo game and generates lottery elements related to the bingo game such as information on the bingo ball distribution order and information on the payout. The control unit 11 of the management device 10 acquires the lottery elements related to these bingo games from the management server 70 and receives the sales data read from the database 15 (S160). The control unit 11 of the management device 10 creates a lottery result related to the bingo game based on the board information of the card data included in the sales data and the acquired lottery element (S162), and stores the created lottery result in each of the card data. Is transmitted to the database 15 (S164). The created lottery result includes the success / failure data related to the lottery. The database 15 stores sales data in which each card data is associated with a lottery result. Further, the management device 10 transmits sales data in which the lottery result is associated with each of the card data to the management server 70 at a predetermined timing. The management server 70 stores the received sales data in the storage unit.

  FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing an example of a winning confirmation process of a lottery event from the game device 50.

  The game device 50 reads the user ID included in the user's user card with the user card reader 57 (S510), and transmits the user ID to the management device 10 (S512). The management device 10 receives the user ID (S166), searches the database 15 for sales data including the card data including the user ID based on the received user ID (S168), and retrieves the card included in the sales data. The lottery result associated with each of the data is obtained (S170). When a user who has not been authenticated and satisfies a predetermined condition that can identify a user performs a winning check of a bingo card, the game device 50 transmits the device ID of the game device 50 to the management device 10. In this case, the management device 10 receives the device ID of the game device 50 (S166), and searches the database 15 for sales data including card data including the device ID based on the received device ID of the game device 50 (S166). Then, a lottery result associated with each of the card data included in the sales data is obtained. Then, the management device 10 transmits the sales data including the card data associated with the lottery result to the game device 50 (S172). The game device 50 receives the sales data (S514) and outputs a lottery result associated with the card data included in the sales data (S516).

[Other Embodiments]
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

  In the above-described embodiment, each of the functional components of the game system 1 has been described as being distributed to the management device 10, the card issuing device 30, the game device 50, and the management server 70. The present invention is not limited to the embodiment, and can be variously changed. In the above-described embodiment, a description has been given of an example in which the participation request acquisition unit 110, the participation information generation unit 120, the participation identification information generation unit 130, the storage control unit 140, the lottery event result acquisition unit 150, and the database 15 are provided in the management device 10. For example, some of these may be provided in the card issuing device 30, may be provided in the game device 50, or may be provided in the management server 70. All of these may be provided in the card issuing device 30, the game device 50, or the management server 70. For example, the management device 10 and the card issuing device 30 may be integrated.

  In the above-described embodiment, the card issuing device 30 includes the code reading unit 360, the print ID acquisition unit 370, and the payout unit 380. However, for example, the management device 10 may include a code reading unit, a print ID acquisition unit, and a payout unit. May be provided. In this case, the card issuing device 30 may not include the code reading unit 360, the print ID obtaining unit 370, and the payout unit 380, but include the code reading unit 360 and the print ID obtaining unit 370. It is not necessary to have.

  In the above embodiment, the management server 70 includes the lottery execution unit 710 that executes the lottery related to the lottery event. However, the lottery execution unit 710 may be integrated with the management device 10. In this case, the game system 1 may be configured not to include the management server 70.

  In the above embodiment, the card issuing device 30 includes the code generation unit 330, the game card creation unit 340, the game card payout unit 350, the code reading unit 360, and the print ID acquisition unit 370. The participation identification information is not limited to the print ID, and the card issuing device 30 is not limited to the one that prints the game card GC including the code and obtains the print ID from the printed code of the game card GC. For example, a recording medium capable of magnetically or electrically storing information may be employed as the game card GC. In this case, instead of these components, the card issuing device 30 includes, for example, a recording medium creating unit that creates a recording medium including participation identification information, and a recording medium payout unit that pays out the recording medium created by the recording medium creating unit. And a participant identification information reading unit that reads the participant identification information from the recording medium.

  The invention supported by the above embodiment will be additionally described below.

[Appendix 1]
A game system (1) capable of executing a lottery event, wherein a lottery participant device (for example, a card) having a participation request reception unit (for example, a participation request reception unit 310 and a participation request reception unit 510) for receiving a participation request for the lottery event A participation request acquisition unit (110) that includes the issuing device 30 and the game device 50) and acquires the participation request received by the participation request reception unit and request identification information for identifying the participation request; A participation information generation unit (120) for generating participation information for participating in the lottery event based on the participation request acquired by the acquisition unit; and a user who makes the participation request can be identified from the request identification information. In this case, while the request identification information is used as the participation identification information, the user who makes the participation request cannot be specified from the request identification information. In this case, a participation identification information generation unit (130) that generates participation identification information for specifying the participation information, a storage unit (database 15) that stores the participation information and the participation identification information in association with each other, A lottery related to the lottery event is executed based on the participation information stored in the storage unit, and a lottery result related to the lottery event is acquired based on the participation identification information stored in the storage unit. A game system comprising a lottery event result acquisition unit (150).

  The game system according to Supplementary Note 1 can cause the user to participate in the lottery event not only when the user making the participation request can be specified but also when the user making the participation request cannot be specified. Therefore, in the game system, the user making the participation request can easily participate in the lottery event.

[Appendix 2]
A game system capable of executing a lottery event, the lottery participation device (for example, the card issuing device 30) having a participation request reception unit (for example, a participation request reception unit 310 or a participation request reception unit 510) for receiving a request for participation in the lottery event. Or a game device 50), the participation request obtaining unit (110) for obtaining the participation request received by the participation request receiving unit, and the lottery event based on the participation request obtained by the participation request obtaining unit. If there is a participation information generation unit (120) that generates participation information for participating in the request, and if there is request identification information for identifying the participation request acquired by the participation request acquisition unit, the request identification information is While using as the participation identification information, if there is no request identification information for identifying the participation request, specify the participation information A participant identification information generating unit (130) for generating participant identification information, a storage part (database 15) for storing the participant information and the participant identification information in association with each other, and the participant stored in the storage part. A lottery event result acquisition unit (150) that executes a lottery related to the lottery event based on information, and acquires a lottery result related to the lottery event based on the participation identification information stored in the storage unit; A game system comprising:

  The game system according to Supplementary Note 2 allows the user who makes the participation request to participate in the lottery event even when the participation request cannot be identified, as well as when the participation request can be identified. Therefore, in the game system, the user making the participation request can easily participate in the lottery event.

[Appendix 3]
The lottery participation device further includes a payout unit (e.g., a payout unit 380 or a payout unit 530) that pays out a medal, and the payout unit is related to the lottery event acquired by the lottery event result acquisition unit. 3. The game system according to Supplementary Note 1 or 2, wherein payout of medals is performed based on a lottery result.

  The game system according to attachment 3 can pay out medals based on the lottery result of the lottery event.

[Appendix 4]
The lottery participation device generates a recording medium (for example, a game card GC) including the participation identification information generated by the participation identification information generation unit (for example, a code generation unit 330 and a game card generation unit 340). 4. The game system according to claim 1, further comprising a recording medium payout unit (for example, a game card payout unit 350) for paying out the recording medium created by the recording medium creation unit.

  Since the game system according to Supplementary Note 4 creates a recording medium including participation identification information, the user can participate in a lottery event using the created recording medium.

[Appendix 5]
The lottery participation device further includes a participation identification information reading unit (for example, a code reading unit 360 and a print ID acquisition unit 370) that reads the participation identification information from the recording medium, and the lottery event result acquisition unit includes the participation identification information. The game system according to supplementary note 4, wherein the lottery result related to the lottery event is acquired based on the participation identification information read by an information reading unit and the participation identification information stored in the storage unit.

  The game system according to Supplementary Note 5 acquires the lottery result related to the lottery event based on the participation identification information read from the recording medium, so that the user can participate in the lottery event using the created recording medium.

[Appendix 6]
The recording medium is a game card (GC) created by a printing process, and the participation identification information generated by the participation identification information generating section is a print for identifying the game card created by a printing process. An ID, wherein the recording medium creating unit executes a printing process based on a code generating unit (330) for generating a code including the print ID and print data including the code generated by the code generating unit. A game card creating unit (340) for creating the game card including the code which is optically readable by the user, wherein the recording medium payout unit pays out the game card created by the game card creating unit. A code reading unit (3) including a card payout unit (350), wherein the participation identification information reading unit reads the code from the game card; 0) and a print ID acquisition section (370) for acquiring the print ID from the code read by the code reading section, wherein the lottery event result acquisition section acquires the print ID acquired by the print ID acquisition section. The game system according to supplementary note 5, wherein the lottery result related to the lottery event is obtained based on the participation identification information corresponding to an ID and the participation identification information stored in the storage unit.

  In the game system according to Supplementary Note 6, the user can participate in a lottery event using the printed game card, and can obtain payouts for medals using the game card.

[Appendix 7]
The lottery participation device further includes a management device (10), the lottery participation device includes a card issuing device (30) communicably connected to the management device, and the management device includes the participation request acquisition unit and the participation information generation unit. And the participation identification information generation unit, the storage unit, and the lottery event result acquisition unit, wherein the card issuing device includes the participation request reception unit, the code generation unit, the game card creation unit, and the game card payout. 7. The game system according to supplementary note 6, comprising:

  Since the game system according to Supplementary Note 7 pays out the printed game card from the card issuing device to the user, the user can participate in the lottery event even if the user cannot be identified by the user ID or the like. In the game system according to Supplementary Note 7, since the period during which the user is kept in the card issuing device is a short period until the bingo card is paid out, many users can participate in the bingo game from the card issuing device.

[Appendix 8]
8. The game system according to claim 7, wherein the card issuing device further includes the code reading unit, the print ID obtaining unit, and the payout unit.

  In the game system according to Supplementary Note 8, the user can use the game card to obtain payouts for medals using the card issuing device.

[Appendix 9]
The game system according to Supplementary Note 7 or 8, wherein the lottery participation device further includes a game device (50) communicably connected to the management device, and the game device includes the participation request reception unit.

  In the game system according to Supplementary Note 9, the user can participate in the lottery event from the card issuing device, and can also participate in the lottery event from the game device. In the game system according to Supplementary Note 9, when the user participates in the lottery event from the game device, the game device does not have to issue a game card.

[Appendix 10]
The card issuing device further includes a participation request transmission unit (320) that transmits the participation request and the request identification information that does not include information that can identify the user to the management device. And a participation request transmission unit (520) for transmitting a participation request and the request identification information including information capable of identifying the user to the management device, wherein the participation request acquisition unit transmits the request identification information from the card issuing device to the management device. The game system according to supplementary note 9, wherein, when the information is acquired, the participation identification information generation unit generates the print ID as the participation identification information.

  The game system according to Supplementary Note 10 generates a print ID in response to a request to participate in a lottery event from a card issuing device, and thus can efficiently generate a required number of print IDs.

[Appendix 11]
The participation information generation unit generates one or more pieces of the participation information based on one participation request, and the participation identification information generation unit generates one piece of the participation identification information corresponding to one piece of the participation information. Any one of the supplementary notes 1 to 10, wherein the storage unit stores or stores one or more sets of the participation information and the lottery registration information in association with the participation identification information for each of the participation requests. The game system according to the section.

  In the game system according to Supplementary Note 11, since one lottery registration information has a data structure including one or more pieces of participation information, even if one participation request includes a plurality of conditions for participating in the lottery event, The participation information can be managed in units of participation request.

[Supplementary Note 12]
A result request receiving unit (720) for receiving a lottery event result request including the participation identification information via a network, and a lottery result relating to the lottery event based on the participation identification information received by the result request receiving unit. Any of Supplementary Notes 1 to 11 further comprising: a result inquiry unit (730) for inquiring; and a result transmission unit (740) for transmitting the lottery result inquired by the result inquiry unit to the transmission source of the lottery event result request. The game system according to claim 1.

  In the game system according to Supplementary Note 12, the user who participates in the lottery event using the printed game card reads the code from the game card using a camera or the like of the mobile terminal owned by the user, and thereby reads the code from the mobile terminal. Can query the result of the lottery event.

[Appendix 13]
A management device (10) for managing a lottery event, wherein a request to participate in the lottery event transmitted from a lottery participating device (for example, the card issuing device 30 and the game device 50) and a request identification for identifying the participation request are provided. A participation request acquisition unit (110) that acquires information and a participation information generation unit (120) that generates participation information for participating in the lottery event based on the participation request acquired by the participation request acquisition unit. When the user who makes the participation request can be specified from the request identification information, the request identification information is used as the participation identification information, while the user who makes the participation request cannot be specified from the request identification information. A participant identification information generating unit (130) for generating participant identification information for specifying the participant information, and associating the participant information with the participant identification information. Based on the participation information stored in the storage unit, a lottery related to the lottery event is executed based on the storage unit (database 15) to be stored and the participation information stored in the storage unit. A management device comprising: a lottery event result acquisition unit (150) for acquiring a lottery result related to the lottery event.

  The management device according to Supplementary Note 13 can cause the user to participate in the lottery event not only when the user making the participation request can be specified but also when the user making the participation request cannot be specified. Therefore, in the management device, the user who makes the participation request can easily participate in the lottery event.

[Appendix 14]
A management device (10) for managing a lottery event, a participation request acquisition unit (110) for acquiring a participation request for the lottery event transmitted from a lottery participation device (for example, the card issuing device 30 and the game device 50); A participation information generation unit (120) for generating participation information for participating in the lottery event based on the participation request acquired by the participation request acquisition unit; and the participation acquired by the participation request acquisition unit When the request identification information for identifying the request exists, the request identification information is used as the participation identification information, and when the request identification information for identifying the participation request does not exist, the participation information is specified. And a storage unit (database) for storing the participant information and the participant identification information in association with each other. S15), a lottery related to the lottery event is executed based on the participation information stored in the storage unit, and a lottery related to the lottery event is performed based on the participation identification information stored in the storage unit. A management device comprising: a lottery event result acquisition unit (150) for acquiring a lottery result.

  The management device according to Supplementary Note 14 can cause the user who makes the participation request to participate in the lottery event even when the participation request cannot be identified, as well as when the participation request can be identified. Therefore, in the management device, the user who makes the participation request can easily participate in the lottery event.

[Appendix 15]
The computer of the management device (10) that manages the lottery event has a request to participate in the lottery event transmitted from the lottery participation device (for example, the card issuing device 30 and the game device 50) and a request identification for identifying the participation request. A participation request obtaining unit (110) for obtaining information and a participation information generating unit (120) for generating participation information for participating in the lottery event based on the participation request obtained by the participation request obtaining unit; When it is possible to specify the user making the participation request from the request identification information, while using the request identification information as participation identification information, when it is not possible to specify the user making the participation request from the request identification information, A participant identification information generating unit (130) for generating participant identification information for specifying the participant information, associating the participant information with the participant identification information; A storage control unit (140) that stores in the storage unit (database 15), based on the participation information stored in the storage unit, executes a lottery related to the lottery event and stores the lottery event in the storage unit. A program for realizing a lottery event result acquisition unit (150) for acquiring a lottery result related to the lottery event based on participation identification information.

  The management device operating based on the program according to Supplementary Note 15 can cause the user to participate in the lottery event even when the user making the participation request cannot be identified, as well as when the user making the participation request can be identified. . Therefore, in the management device that operates based on the program, the user who makes the participation request can easily participate in the lottery event.

[Appendix 16]
A participation request acquisition unit (110) that acquires a participation request for the lottery event transmitted from a lottery participation device (for example, the card issuing device 30 and the game device 50) to a computer of the management device (10) that manages the lottery event; A participation information generating unit (120) for generating participation information for participating in the lottery event based on the participation request obtained by the participation request obtaining unit; When request identification information for identification exists, the request identification information is used as participation identification information, while when request identification information for identifying the participation request does not exist, to identify the participation information. A participant identification information generating unit (130) for generating the participant identification information, and a storage unit (database 1) that associates the participant information with the participant identification information. A) a storage control unit (140) that executes a lottery related to the lottery event based on the participation information stored in the storage unit, and performs a lottery based on the participation identification information stored in the storage unit. And a program for realizing a lottery event result acquisition unit (150) for acquiring a lottery result related to the lottery event.

  The management device that operates based on the program according to Supplementary Note 16 can cause the user who makes the participation request to participate in the lottery event even when the participation request cannot be identified, as well as when the participation request can be identified. Therefore, with the management device that operates based on the program, the user who makes the participation request can easily participate in the lottery event.

Reference Signs List 1 game system 10 management device 30 card issuing device 50 game device 70 management server 11, 31, 51 control unit 12, 32, 52 storage unit 13, 33, 53 communication unit 14, 37, 57 user card reader 15 database 16 medal management Units 34, 54 Display unit 35, 55 Audio output unit 36, 56 Operation unit 38 Card printing unit 39 Code reader 40, 58 Medal handling unit 401 Medal slot 402 Medal payout slot 403 Coin slot 110 Participation request acquisition unit 120 Participation information Generation unit 130 Participation identification information generation unit 140 Storage control unit 150 Lottery event result acquisition unit 160 Result request reception unit 170 Result inquiry unit 180 Result transmission unit 310, 510 Participation request reception unit 320, 520 Participation request transmission unit 330 Code generation unit 340 Game De creation unit 350 game card payout unit 360 code reading section 370 print ID acquiring unit 380,530 payout portion N Network G-store group GC game card

Claims (16)

A game system capable of executing a lottery event,
Including a lottery participation device having a participation request receiving unit that receives a request to participate in the lottery event,
A participation request acquisition unit that acquires the participation request received by the participation request reception unit and request identification information for identifying the participation request,
Based on the participation request acquired by the participation request acquisition unit, a participation information generation unit that generates participation information for participating in the lottery event,
When it is possible to specify the user making the participation request from the request identification information, while using the request identification information as participation identification information, when it is not possible to specify the user making the participation request from the request identification information, A participation identification information generating unit that generates participation identification information for specifying the participation information,
A storage unit that stores the participation information and the participation identification information in association with each other,
A lottery related to the lottery event is executed based on the participation information stored in the storage unit, and a lottery result related to the lottery event is acquired based on the participation identification information stored in the storage unit. A game system comprising: a lottery event result acquisition unit. A game system capable of executing a lottery event,
Including a lottery participation device having a participation request receiving unit that receives a request to participate in the lottery event,
A participation request acquisition unit that acquires the participation request received by the participation request reception unit,
Based on the participation request acquired by the participation request acquisition unit, a participation information generation unit that generates participation information for participating in the lottery event,
When there is request identification information for identifying the participation request acquired by the participation request acquisition unit, the request identification information for identifying the participation request while using the request identification information as participation identification information When there is no participation identification information generating unit that generates participation identification information for specifying the participation information,
A storage unit that stores the participation information and the participation identification information in association with each other,
A lottery related to the lottery event is executed based on the participation information stored in the storage unit, and a lottery result related to the lottery event is acquired based on the participation identification information stored in the storage unit. A game system comprising: a lottery event result acquisition unit. The lottery participation device further has a payout unit for paying out medals,
The game system according to claim 1, wherein the payout unit pays out medals based on the lottery result of the lottery event acquired by the lottery event result acquisition unit.   A recording medium creating unit that creates a recording medium including the participation identification information generated by the participation identification information generating unit; and a recording medium that pays out the recording medium created by the recording medium creating unit. The game system according to claim 1, further comprising a payout unit. The lottery participation device further includes a participation identification information reading unit that reads the participation identification information from the recording medium,
The said lottery event result acquisition part acquires the said lottery result regarding the said lottery event based on the said participation identification information read by the said participation identification information reading part, and the said participation identification information stored in the said memory | storage part. 5. The game system according to 4. The recording medium is a game card created by a printing process,
The participation identification information generated by the participation identification information generation unit is a print ID for identifying the game card created by a printing process,
The recording medium creation unit is a code generation unit that generates a code including the print ID, and is optically readable by executing a print process based on print data including the code generated by the code generation unit. A game card creation unit that creates the game card including a code,
The recording medium payout unit includes a game card payout unit that pays out the game card created by the game card creation unit,
The participation identification information reading unit includes a code reading unit that reads the code from the game card, and a print ID obtaining unit that obtains the print ID from the code read by the code reading unit.
The lottery event result acquisition unit is configured to execute the lottery related to the lottery event based on the participation identification information corresponding to the print ID acquired by the print ID acquisition unit and the participation identification information stored in the storage unit. The game system according to claim 5, wherein a result is obtained. Further comprising a management device,
The lottery participation device includes a card issuing device communicably connected to the management device,
The management device has the participation request acquisition unit, the participation information generation unit, the participation identification information generation unit, the storage unit, and the lottery event result acquisition unit,
The game system according to claim 6, wherein the card issuing device includes the participation request receiving unit, the code generation unit, the game card creation unit, and the game card payout unit.   The game system according to claim 7, wherein the card issuing device further includes the code reading unit, the print ID obtaining unit, and the payout unit. The lottery participation device further includes a game device communicably connected to the management device,
The game system according to claim 7, wherein the game device includes the participation request receiving unit. The card issuing device further includes a participation request transmission unit that transmits the participation request and the request identification information that does not include information that can specify the user to the management device,
The game device further includes a participation request transmission unit that transmits the participation request and the request identification information including information that can specify the user to the management device,
The game system according to claim 9, wherein when the request identification information is acquired from the card issuing device by the participation request acquisition unit, the participation identification information generation unit generates the print ID as the participation identification information. In the participation information generation unit, one or a plurality of the participation information is generated based on one participation request,
In the participation identification information generation unit, one piece of the participation identification information is used or generated corresponding to one piece of the participation information,
11. The storage unit according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit stores one or more sets of the participation information and the lottery registration information associated with the participation identification information for each of the participation requests. 12. Game system. A result request receiving unit that receives a lottery event result request including the participation identification information via a network,
A result reference unit that references a lottery result related to the lottery event based on the participation identification information received by the result request receiving unit;
The game system according to any one of claims 1 to 11, further comprising: a result transmission unit configured to transmit the lottery result inquired by the result inquiry unit to a transmission source of the lottery event result request. A management device for managing a lottery event,
A participation request acquisition unit that acquires a participation request to the lottery event and request identification information for identifying the participation request transmitted from the lottery participation device,
Based on the participation request acquired by the participation request acquisition unit, a participation information generation unit that generates participation information for participating in the lottery event,
When it is possible to specify the user making the participation request from the request identification information, while using the request identification information as participation identification information, when it is not possible to specify the user making the participation request from the request identification information, A participation identification information generating unit that generates participation identification information for specifying the participation information,
A storage unit that stores the participation information and the participation identification information in association with each other,
A lottery related to the lottery event is executed based on the participation information stored in the storage unit, and a lottery result related to the lottery event is acquired based on the participation identification information stored in the storage unit. A management device comprising: a lottery event result acquisition unit. A management device for managing a lottery event,
A participation request acquisition unit that acquires a participation request for the lottery event transmitted from the lottery participation device,
Based on the participation request acquired by the participation request acquisition unit, a participation information generation unit that generates participation information for participating in the lottery event,
When there is request identification information for identifying the participation request acquired by the participation request acquisition unit, the request identification information for identifying the participation request while using the request identification information as participation identification information When there is no participation identification information generating unit that generates participation identification information for specifying the participation information,
A storage unit that stores the participation information and the participation identification information in association with each other,
A lottery related to the lottery event is executed based on the participation information stored in the storage unit, and a lottery result related to the lottery event is acquired based on the participation identification information stored in the storage unit. A management device comprising: a lottery event result acquisition unit. On the computer of the management device that manages the lottery event,
A participation request acquisition unit that acquires a participation request for the lottery event and request identification information for identifying the participation request transmitted from the lottery participation device,
Based on the participation request acquired by the participation request acquisition unit, a participation information generation unit that generates participation information for participating in the lottery event,
When it is possible to specify the user making the participation request from the request identification information, while using the request identification information as participation identification information, when it is not possible to specify the user making the participation request from the request identification information, A participation identification information generating unit that generates participation identification information for specifying the participation information,
A storage control unit that stores the participation information and the participation identification information in a storage unit in association with each other,
A lottery related to the lottery event is executed based on the participation information stored in the storage unit, and a lottery result related to the lottery event is acquired based on the participation identification information stored in the storage unit. A program that implements the lottery event result acquisition section. On the computer of the management device that manages the lottery event,
A participation request acquisition unit that acquires a participation request for the lottery event transmitted from the lottery participation device,
Based on the participation request acquired by the participation request acquisition unit, a participation information generation unit that generates participation information for participating in the lottery event,
When there is request identification information for identifying the participation request acquired by the participation request acquisition unit, the request identification information for identifying the participation request while using the request identification information as participation identification information When there is no participation identification information generating unit that generates participation identification information for specifying the participation information,
A storage control unit that stores the participation information and the participation identification information in a storage unit in association with each other,
A lottery related to the lottery event is executed based on the participation information stored in the storage unit, and a lottery result related to the lottery event is acquired based on the participation identification information stored in the storage unit. A program that implements the lottery event result acquisition section.