JP2020203027A - Game parlor management system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a game parlor management system capable of executing a fair entry lottery while reducing a burden on a player side before opening of the game parlor without causing reduction in the number of visitors.SOLUTION: Since a player can participate in a lottery at a game information site by operating a portable terminal in a game parlor management system, the player does not have to take the trouble of going to an actual place for a lottery so that a burden on a player side is substantially reduced. A player can also participate in the lottery at an actual game parlor as before, even a player who cannot use a portable terminal can receive a lottery in a fair manner.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 15

Description

The present invention relates to a playground management system.

Conventionally, as described in Patent Document 1, for example, there is known a system in which a player can access a management server of a game hall using an information communication terminal and enter a lottery for a numbered ticket. According to such a system, the player can obtain the numbered ticket in advance without going to the game hall, which greatly improves the convenience for the player and requires the numbered ticket from the early morning before the store opens. It has the effect of preventing a large number of players from gathering and suppressing harmful effects on neighboring residents.
However, there is a problem that the player who missed the lottery and could not obtain the numbered ticket loses the motivation to visit, and there is a problem of fairness that not all the players can master the information communication terminal.

JP-A-2015-97789

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to allow a fair admission lottery while reducing the burden on the player side before opening the store without causing a decrease in the number of visitors. The purpose is to provide a playground management system.

According to the game hall management system of the present embodiment, the player can participate in the lottery on the website by operating the information communication terminal, so that the player does not have to go to the site for the lottery, which is a burden on the player side. Is greatly reduced. In addition, since the lottery can be participated in the field of the amusement park as before, even a player who cannot use the information communication terminal can receive the lottery fairly. Furthermore, after the local lottery participation is closed, the lottery will be executed after adding up the number of local participants and the number of web participants, and the lottery result will be notified, so the notification of the lottery result will be just before the admission time. Since it is normal to do this, the players who participated in the lottery on the website will have to go to the site when the lottery results are announced, just like the players who gathered at the site, which may lead to a decrease in the number of visitors. There is no.

Overall configuration diagram of a playground management system showing an embodiment of the present invention Front view of the game information display device representing the normal display screen Functional block diagram showing mainly the game information display device Recording start operation screen related to My Data on the game information display device Recording start screen related to My Data Data screen related to the display of my data Recording end operation screen related to My Data Recording end screen related to My Data Electrical block diagram of lottery terminal shown with admission display device Explanatory drawing of the admission lottery list Authentication data screen at the time of admission Diagram showing an example of a numbered ticket Diagram showing an example of a secured ticket Screen showing the status of securing a stand on the entrance display device The aggregated data managed by the management device, and (a) and (b) are explanatory diagrams showing daily admission lottery history data and daily seating data. Screen related to admission lottery entry operation on mobile terminals Admission lottery result announcement screen Browsing screen related to my data (game record) Browsing screen related to my data (entrance lottery results)

Hereinafter, one embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 schematically shows the overall configuration of the amusement park management system.
A plurality of game machine islands are provided in the game hall, and each game machine island has a large number of game machines 1 such as pachinko machines and slot machines, a large number of rental devices 2 corresponding to each game machine 1, and game information. A display device 3 is installed. The two game machines 1, the two rental devices 2, and the game information display device 3 are connected to one relay device 4. The relay device 4 is connected to the management device 6 via the LAN 5, and relays communication between the game machine 1, the rental device 2, the game information display device 3, and the management device 6. A device (not shown) such as a POS that performs a prize exchange process is also connected to the LAN 5 so as to be able to communicate with the management device 6.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a lottery terminal 7 provided with a lottery device set 7S and an entrance display device 8 are installed at the entrance of the amusement park. Both the lottery terminal 7 and the entrance display device 8 are communicably connected to the management device 6 via the LAN 5.

As will be described in detail later, the lottery terminal 7 performs a lottery for determining the admission order, and the admission display device 8 displays the admission order and the like specified by the lottery result. In addition, the player can know the result of the lottery by issuing the admission ticket Ti1 (see FIG. 12) or displaying the screen on the mobile terminal 37 (see FIG. 17), and the employee of the game hall can know the admission ticket Ti1. After confirming the entry order and the like shown on the mobile terminal 27 and the mobile terminal 27, the secured ticket Ti2 shown in FIG. 13 is handed to the player to allow entry. The location of the lottery terminal 7 and the entrance display device 8 is at the entrance of the amusement park (for example, near the entrance / exit of the entrance, etc.), but can be changed as appropriate, for example, by installing the lottery equipment set 7S outside the amusement park. It is a thing.

The management device 6 is installed in, for example, a management room, and manages the operating status of all the devices (game machine 1, rental device 2, game information display device 3, etc.) installed in the game hall. Although omitted in FIG. 1, a plurality of types of game machines 1 over several hundreds are managed by the management device 6. Further, when the game machine 1 described above is a pachinko machine, the game value (game medium) is a ball (pachinko ball), and when the game machine 1 is a slot machine, the game value is a medal.

The pachinko machine shown on the left side of FIG. 1 has an operation handle 10, an upper tray 11a, and a lower tray 11b that constitute a launching device that launches balls on the board surface 9, and has a liquid crystal display unit 12, a start port 13, and a large size on the board surface 9. It has a winning opening 14. When the player operates the operation handle 10, a ball is fired on the board surface 9, and when the ball wins the starting port 13, the number of balls corresponding to the winning is paid out or a big hit lottery is performed. In the big hit lottery, the liquid crystal display unit 12 executes the symbol variation by the so-called special symbol (special symbol), and when the stopped displayed symbol is the jackpot symbol, the jackpot state occurs. When a big hit state occurs, for example, the big winning opening 14 is opened for 15 rounds.

The slot machine shown on the right side of FIG. 1 has a display window 15, a start lever 16, a stop button 17, a liquid crystal unit 18, a medal insertion slot 19, a BET button 20, and the like. The player can visually recognize the pattern drawn on the reel provided inside through the display window 15. A predetermined number of credit medals are bet by the player inserting medals from the medal insertion slot 19 or operating the BET button 20. When the start lever 16 is operated in that state, the internal lottery is executed and the fluctuation of the symbol is started, and the fluctuation of the reel is stopped by the so-called pull-in control by operating the stop button 17.

In the slot machine, as is well known, in addition to a small role and a replay role, a bonus role (BB role and RB role) and the like are set. Then, at the time of the above internal lottery, when the stop button 17 is operated by the player in the state where any of the winning combinations is internally won, the symbol corresponding to the internal winning combination is stopped and displayed on the preset effective line. If it is done, a prize will be generated. Then, when a prize is awarded, the corresponding number of medals are paid out, or a transition to a bonus state (big hit state) or the like is performed.

From the game machine 1, the game signal shown below is output to the relay device 4 according to the execution of the game.
-Game medium consumption signal: Indicates the number of game media consumed in the game.
-Game medium grant signal: Indicates the number of game media granted by winning.
-Big hit lottery signal: Indicates the number of big hit lottery, etc. executed during the game.
-Big hit signal: Output during the occurrence of the big hit state, indicating that it is in the big hit state.
It should be noted that the game machine 1 outputs various signals depending on the model, not limited to these game signals.

As shown in FIG. 1, the lending device 2 includes a lending device for pachinko machines and a lending device for slot machines, both of which are installed one by one for each gaming machine 1. The lending device 2 includes an insertion slot 21 for inserting bills (thousand yen), a control unit having a CPU, ROM, RAM, and I / O (not shown), a transmission / reception unit for transmitting and receiving various signals, and the like. The lending device 2 for the pachinko machine is arranged on the left side of the pachinko machine, lends balls according to the insertion of bills into the insertion slot 21, and transmits sales information indicating the amount of the insertion to the management device 6. The lending device 2 for the slot machine is arranged on the right side of the slot machine, rents medals according to the insertion of bills into the slot 21, and transmits sales information indicating the insertion amount to the management device 6.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the game information display device 3, exemplifying game data relating to the game status of the pachinko machine. The game information display device 3 can display game data corresponding to the type of the game machine 1, and is installed one by one for each game machine 1.

The game information display device 3 is arranged above the game machine 1, and includes a liquid crystal display unit 31, a lamp unit 32, a call button 33a, an operation button group 33 including other menu buttons, my data buttons, and the like, and a remote control light receiving unit 34. It has. Of these, the call button 33a is an operation button for the player to call an employee, and the menu button is an operation button for popping up a predetermined menu. The My Data button is an operation button for the player to instruct the player to start recording personal game data (My Data) in the nuclear game machine 1, and the remote control light receiving unit 34 is a remote control carried by an employee (not shown). ) Receives the remote control signal transmitted from.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the game information display device 3 is provided with an IC reader 35 at the lower corner thereof and a hook 3F for arranging the securing ticket Ti2 at a position near the upper corner. Has been done. As will be described in detail later, when the player hooks the secured ticket Ti2 on the hook 3F when securing the game machine 1, the IC reader 35 reads the identification information of the secured ticket Ti2.

Further, the IC reader 35 reads a member ID from the membership card when a predetermined card (for example, a membership card (not shown) is touched), and when the mobile terminal 37 (see FIG. 1) is touched, the mobile terminal 37 is touched. It is configured as a reading means for reading the mobile ID from the mobile phone.

The membership card has a built-in IC chip that records a member ID or the like that can identify the player who has registered as a member. The mobile terminal 37 is an information communication terminal such as a smartphone carried by a player, and includes a touch-type display unit 37a having a function of accepting a touch operation and a function of displaying various information. The mobile ID is an IDm attached to, for example, a FeliCa (registered trademark) IC chip built in the mobile terminal 37, and is an ID unique to the mobile terminal 37.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram centering on the game information display device 3. The control unit 30 of the game information display device 3 is mainly composed of a microcomputer having a recording unit 30m such as a CPU 30a, a ROM 30b and a RAM 30c, and an I / O 30d. The control unit 30 includes a liquid crystal display unit 31, a lamp unit 32, a call button 33a, and an operation button group 33, in addition to the transmission / reception unit 30e for transmitting and receiving various signals and various information to and from the management device 6 and the game machine 1. , The remote control light receiving unit 34, the IC reader 35, and the like are connected.

The game information display device 3 controls the display of the control unit 30 (hereinafter, appropriately abbreviated as “game information display device 3”) to display the display area of the liquid crystal display unit 31 as a plurality of display areas (the main display area 40 in FIG. 2). It can be divided into the first to sixth sub-display areas 41 to 46). The game information display device 3 receives a game signal from the game machine 1 via the relay device 4, creates various game data, displays the game data in each display area 40 to 46, or records the game data in the recording unit 30 m. .. Further, the game information display device 3 displays various information received from the management device 6 in the display areas 40 to 46 and records the information in the recording unit 30 m.

The control unit (not shown) of the management device 6 is mainly composed of a microcomputer having a storage unit such as a CPU, ROM, and RAM. A monitor 6a and a keyboard 6b (see FIG. 1) are connected to the control unit, and a transmission / reception unit for transmitting and receiving various signals and a printer (all not shown) are connected to the control unit.

The control unit of the management device 6 (hereinafter, abbreviated as "management device 6" as appropriate) includes various information such as information related to registered members including a member ID, my data collected during login described later, data related to an admission lottery, and the like. Store and manage data.
The management device 6 can be connected to the Internet 38 (public communication line) shown in FIG. 1 and can communicate with the management server (hereinafter abbreviated as “server 39”) installed in the center via the Internet 38 or the like. Is.

The server 39 is operated by, for example, an information providing company (a third party different from the amusement park) outside the amusement park, and provides various web services including a browsing service of my data using the Internet 38. The server 39 is a server device that collects and stores (stores) game information about the game machine 1 from the management device 6 of each game field via the Internet 38, and discloses it to the players.

For example, the server 39 receives and stores information related to my data from the management device 6 of each amusement park, and transmits my data or the like to the mobile terminal 37 in response to access from the mobile terminal 37. The server 39 manages the connection ID (for example, IP address or personal URL) of the mobile terminal 37 in association with the mobile ID, and the connection ID corresponding to the mobile ID output by the management device 6 is used. My data is associated (that is, my data is actually associated with the mobile ID).

<Display and operation of My Data on the game information display device>
Here, the display and operation related to My Data performed by the game information display device 3 will be described. The liquid crystal display unit 31 of the game information display device 3 can display various data such as a display for admission (display data for business start (not shown)), but the normal display screen S0 of FIG. 2 shows. As described above, the game data related to the pachinko machine is shown, and a case where the player plays a game with the pachinko machine is taken as an example.

That is, first, on the normal display screen S0, as shown in FIG. 2, the main display area 40 and the plurality of sub display areas 41 to 46 are separately displayed. The main display area 40 displays the number of jackpots in units of the corresponding period (one day before, two days before the business day), but when there is a switching operation in the operation button group 33, other game data (not shown) is displayed. Switches to the screen that displays. The first sub-display area 41 displays the number of first hits, which are big hits generated in the normal state, in units of applicable periods. The second sub-display area 42 displays the number of big hits of "super", which is a big hit in which the number of balls released during the big hit is equal to or more than a reference value (for example, 1000 balls), and "small", which is less than that. The third sub-display area 43 displays the maximum number of balls acquired in business day units from a predetermined reference time (for example, when a corresponding model is introduced). The fourth sub-display area 44 displays the start (number of symbol variations) after the establishment of the initialization condition (establishment of business start, end of special state, etc.). The fifth sub-display area 45 displays a history graph in which the start of the jackpot unit is graphed. The sixth sub-display area 46 displays the model name.

When the My Data button in the operation button group 33 is pressed in the game information display device 3, the transition from the above-mentioned normal display screen S0 to the recording start operation screen S1 (see FIG. 4). In the recording start operation screen S1 and subsequent screens (FIGS. 4 to 8 below), the liquid crystal display unit 31 is specifically shown with respect to my data.

The recording start operation screen S1 of FIG. 4 displays "Please touch the card or the mobile phone to start recording my data" in the main display area 40, and prompts the recording start operation. In response to this, the player touches his / her membership card or mobile terminal 37 by holding it over the IC reader 35. At this time, the game information display device 3 reads the member ID of the touched membership card or the mobile ID of the mobile terminal 37 and transmits it to the management device 6. The management device 6 determines whether the received member ID or mobile ID has been registered as a member at the game hall, and transmits the determination result to the game information display device 3.

Based on the received determination result, the game information display device 3 transitions to the recording start screen S2 of FIG. 5, assuming that the login is completed when the member ID or the mobile ID has been registered. On the recording start screen S2, "Recording of my data has started" is displayed in the main display area 40, and recording of my data is started on the game information display device 3.

After that, the game information display device 3 transitions to the My Data screen S3 of FIG. On the My Data screen S3, various game data after the start of recording calculated for the player's My Data are displayed in the main display area 40. For example, on the same screen S3, the number of big hits (cumulative number of big hits) in the recording period of My Data is displayed by type such as "big hit", "special hit", and "special role", and according to the size of the balls during the big hit. Display separately for "super", "medium", and "small". In addition, on the same screen S3, "cumulative (cumulative number of starts corresponding to the start)" and "number of balls (number of difference balls)" in the recording period of my data are displayed, and "record when the game is finished". Don't forget to exit "is displayed.

In the screens S3 to S5 after FIG. 6, for convenience, the display contents of the sub display areas 41 to 46 are the same as those of the previous screens S0 to S2, but the progress of the game on the corresponding game machine 1 (big hit). The displayed contents and the displayed contents of My Data shall be updated as appropriate according to the occurrence of).
Further, when the My Data button is pressed again on the game information display device 3, the transition to the recording end operation screen S4 of FIG. 7 is performed. The recording end operation screen S4 displays "Please touch the card or the mobile phone to end the recording of my data" in the main display area 40, and presents the recording end operation method. In response to this, the player touches the membership card or the mobile terminal 37 to the IC reader 35.

In this way, when the game information display device 3 determines that the end of recording is instructed by reading the member ID of the member card touched again or the mobile ID of the mobile terminal 37, the recording of my data is terminated and the logout is performed. Assuming that it has been completed, the transition to the recording end screen S5 of FIG. The recording end screen S5 displays in the main display area 40, "The recording of my data has been completed. You can access the my data site (game information site) to check my data." Return to the display screen S0.

Further, at the time of logging out, the game information display device 3 transmits the calculated My data from the time when the recording start is instructed (login time) to the time when the recording end is instructed (logout time) to the management device 6, and the management device 6 transmits the received My Data to the server 39. This my data includes the total number of starts, the total number of big hits, and the number of difference balls, and also includes the identification information (game hall ID) of the game hall, the serial number, the login and logout dates, and is stored on the server 39. It is recorded and managed in association with the mobile ID.

<Membership registration at the amusement park and membership registration at the game information site>
When logging in with the game information display device 3 described above, if the member is not registered, the screen S2 of FIG. 5 is not displayed even if the IC reader 35 is touched using the mobile terminal 37.

That is, in order to receive services for various members such as my data management service and ball storage service, the player needs to perform a predetermined member registration procedure in advance at the game hall and receive a membership card. The member registration procedure declares attribute information such as name, age, and occupation, and provides a face image for authentication. The face image for authentication is assumed to be captured by a camera (not shown) including an image sensor such as a well-known CMOS sensor or CCD sensor, and the captured face image is transmitted to the management device 6. The management device 6 registers the received face image in the face image database for authentication.

On the other hand, the web member registration procedure is possible only for the amusement parks for which the member registration procedure has already been completed, and the mobile terminal 37 accesses the game information site (website) of the server 39 to the desired amusement park. To carry out the registration procedure. In the web member registration procedure, an account is created by inputting member registration information at the game hall by a touch operation (predetermined member registration operation) on the mobile terminal 37 by the player and associating it with the mobile ID. In this way, as a member registration means, the server 39 registers the player as a member (web member) when the player receives a predetermined member registration operation on the game information site.

In addition, the server 39 (lottery participation acceptance means) has come to accept applications for participation in the lottery on the game information site described later, provided that the player performs the web member registration procedure and is registered as a member. There is. Therefore, by performing the web member registration procedure, it is possible to receive various web member services including the web admission lottery service in addition to the my data management service.

That is, the mobile terminal 37 can access the game information site via the Internet 38, and the player who has become a web member can use the data of each game machine 1 on the game information site via the mobile terminal 37. My data can be viewed (see FIG. 18 and the like), and an application can be made to participate in a lottery that determines the entry order of players at the start of business (see FIG. 16).
Subsequently, the configuration and the entrance lottery system related to the lottery at the lottery terminal 7 shown in FIG. 9 will be described with reference to the drawings after FIG.

<Lottery structure and admission lottery system>
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 9, the lottery terminal 7 includes a lottery button 51, a display device 52a, and a camera 53 as a set of lottery equipment 7S.

A camera 53 is installed in the lottery device set 7S so as to capture a face image of a player who operates the lottery button 51 at the entrance, and a display device 52a is provided to the player who operates the lottery button 51. They are arranged so that the lottery results are displayed (see FIG. 1). In this case, the camera 53 is configured in the same manner as the camera when registering as a member at the game hall, and the imaging field of view is set to be an area including the face of the player. The camera 53 corresponds to a face image acquisition means that captures the face of a player who participated in a lottery in the field and acquires a face image.

Further, the lottery terminal 7 includes a monitor 52b, a keyboard 54, a printer 55, and a code reader 56. The printer 55 (shown only in FIG. 9) is an issuing means for printing out (issuing) the admission ticket Ti1. The code reader 56 is for reading the two-dimensional code (see FIGS. 12 and 17) recorded on the admission ticket Ti1 or the like at the time of admission of the player to specify the admission order of the player, and is a lottery terminal. Together with 7, it constitutes a means for specifying the order of admission.

The monitor 52b of the lottery terminal 7 is arranged for employees who operate the keyboard 54, and the code reader 56 is arranged at a position where a two-dimensional code such as an admission ticket Ti1 can be easily read. Further, in the lottery terminal 7, a secured ticket Ti2 (see FIG. 13) is prepared in advance by an employee who operates the lottery terminal 7.
As shown in FIG. 9, the control unit 70 of the lottery terminal 7 is mainly composed of a microcomputer having a storage unit 70m such as a CPU 70a, a ROM 70b and a RAM 70c, and an I / O 70d. In addition to the I / F 70e that transmits and receives various signals and various information to and from the server 39, the management device 6, the entrance display device 8, etc., the control unit 70 (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as “lottery terminal 7”) is described above. A set of lottery equipment 7S, a monitor 52b, a keyboard 54, a printer 55, a code reader 56, and the like are connected.

The admission lottery in the present embodiment is intended for the players accepted on the game information site and the players accepted on the site of the game hall, and the lottery terminal 7 is managed by the server 39 or the management. Based on the web entry data received from the device 6 and the data of the number of players entered locally entered by the employee using the keyboard 54 or the like, a lottery for determining the entry order is executed.

Specifically, in the amusement park where the order of admission is decided by lottery, the business start time is 9 o'clock, and the following time series (i) to (v) flow from the admission lottery to the start of the game. And.
(i) 8:30 Web reception deadline and local reception (alignment) deadline
(ii) 8:30 Local lottery started
(iii) 8:45 Web lottery result announcement
(iv) 8:50 Arrange in order of admission
(v) 9:00 Admission start-Game start

That is, first, the web reception of (i) starts from midnight on the day of the game information site, and the entry lottery can be entered. Here, FIG. 16A is a screen of the game information site displayed on the display unit 37a of the mobile terminal 37, and the menu of the “admission lottery” is selected on the “menu” screen (not shown). The "entrance entry" screen displayed when a desired game playground is selected on the "entrance lottery menu selection" screen is shown.

On the "entrance entry" screen of the figure (a), the title 161 and the member number 162, the lottery schedule and the entrance time 163, the "entry" button 164, and the "back" button 165 are displayed. The member number 162 corresponds to the member ID. For the lottery schedule and admission time 163, the hall name of the selected amusement park, the date of the day, and the time and minute from the start of the lottery to the admission are displayed. When the "entry" button 164 is touch-operated, the screen transitions to the "entry completed" screen of FIG. 16B, and when the "back" button 165 is touch-operated, the process returns to the "entrance lottery menu selection".

On the "entry completed" screen of FIG. 16B, a message 166 saying "entry completed" is displayed together with the "entry No." instead of the buttons 164 and 165 on the previous screen. In this way, an application is made to participate in the lottery on the game information site via the mobile terminal 37, and each time the application is made, the server 39 applies data (web entry) related to the management device 6 (lottery terminal 7) of the corresponding game hall. Data) is sent. As described above, it is assumed that the member registration procedure and the face image registration of the player have been completed in advance in order to enter at the relevant game hall.

As a result, the lottery terminal 7 registers the players accepted on the game information site in order in the admission lottery list (entry list in FIG. 10). As shown in FIG. 10, in the admission lottery list, the "entry number" of the player who applied is registered in association with the "member number (member ID)". In this way, the lottery terminal 7 or the server 39 can specify the number of players applied for as the number of web participants by the time of the web reception deadline as a means for specifying the number of web participants.

On the other hand, the local reception deadline in (i) is also matched with the above-mentioned web reception deadline, and players who participate in the lottery without using the mobile terminal 37 gather at the playground by the deadline. They will line up at the entrance and participate in the lottery on the spot.

In this case, for example, the employee visually identifies the number of players lined up at the entrance, and sets the specified number of players (for example, 200) as the number of local participants, and inputs the keyboard 54 (input) of the lottery terminal 7. Input by the operation of means). This input means may be used as long as it is possible for an employee who visually confirms the number of players who have gathered at the playground to participate in the lottery to input the number of the players, instead of the keyboard 54. , You may input using the remote controller (not shown) carried by the employee. As a result, the lottery terminal 7 functions as a local participation number specifying means for specifying the number of players input by the keyboard 54 or the remote controller as the local participation number.

In this way, the lottery terminal 7 identifies the number of local participants and the number of web participants, respectively, at the time when the local participation is closed, that is, at 8:30, and adds up the number of local participants and the number of web participants. Identify the total number of participants. That is, as a means for specifying the total number of participants, for example, if the number of participants on the web is 100 and the number of local participants is 200, the lottery terminal 7 determines the sum of them as the total number of participants (300) (“300” in FIG. Entry No. ”300).

Then, at the lottery start time of (ii), the lottery terminal 7 executes the lottery by generating a random number according to the total number of participants as a means for determining the entry order, and sets the entry number of each player who participated in the lottery. decide.
Specifically, the admission numbers are extracted and assigned to each player who participated in the lottery on the game information site, for example, in the order of "entry number", that is, the order in which the lottery participation is accepted. In this lottery, the lottery terminal 7 generates random numbers (for the number of entries) within the range of the total number of participants, randomly extracts the admission number based on the acquired random numbers, and sets the admission number for each "entry number". It is performed by executing the extraction process assigned to. The admission number extracted by the extraction process is extracted so as not to overlap with the previously extracted admission number, and is also referred to as “admission order” (see FIG. 10).

Further, at the local lottery start time of (ii), the players who participated in the lottery in the field are displayed in order from the first player in line (in the order of accepting the lottery participation) of the display device 52a (camera 53). Stand in front and press the lottery button 51. At this time, the lottery terminal 7 executes the extraction process and also executes an issuing process of issuing the admission ticket Ti1 (recording medium) on which the information including the extracted admission number is printed from the printer 55. As described above, the lottery terminal 7 and the printer 55 correspond to the issuing means for issuing the admission ticket Ti1 in which the code information indicating the admission order of the player is recorded to each player who participated in the lottery in the field.

As shown in FIG. 12, the admission ticket Ti1 is a paper medium on which the "admission ticket", "hall name", "issue date" and "admission number" representing the admission ticket Ti1 are printed and the two-dimensional code 121 is printed. is there. The two-dimensional code 121 records identification information (for example, an admission number) for identifying each of the admission tickets Ti1. The "admission number" and the two-dimensional code 121 correspond to the code information indicating the order of admission, and one admission ticket Ti1 will be issued and distributed to one player who operates the lottery button 51. ..

Further, when the lottery terminal 7 determines the admission number to be assigned to the player, the lottery result is displayed on the display device 52a, and the camera 53 of the player (the player who operates the lottery button 51) displays the lottery result. Get a face image. As a result, the storage unit 70m (face image storage means) of the lottery terminal 7 stores the face image in association with the “entrance order” recorded on the admission ticket Ti1 issued by the printer 55 (“face image” in FIG. 10). "reference).

In this way, when the lottery terminal 7 executes the extraction process for the total number of participants and assigns an admission number (for example, 1 to 300) to all the players who have entered on the web or in the field, the lottery terminal 7 is displayed on the game information site. In order to present the code information indicating the entry order of the player to each player who participated in the lottery, the data in which the code information is associated with the member ID is transmitted to the server 39 (code information presenting means).

As a result, at the time when the web lottery result announcement time of (iii) is reached, the lottery result on the lottery terminal 7 is announced on the game information site, so that the player who entered the web can enter the admission number on his / her mobile terminal 37. You can check or download the code information required at the time of admission to your mobile terminal 37.

Here, FIG. 17 shows the "entrance lottery menu selection" screen displayed on the display unit 37a of the mobile terminal 37 after the web lottery result announcement time, and is displayed when the entrance lottery result announcement is selected on that screen. The "Admission lottery result announcement" screen is shown.
As shown in the figure, the title 171 and the member number 172, the hall name and date 173, and the lottery result 174 are displayed on the "Admission lottery result announcement" screen. The lottery result 174 represents "entry No.", "entrance order", and "two-dimensional code" 174a. The two-dimensional code 174a has an admission number and the like recorded on it, similarly to the two-dimensional code 121 of the admission ticket Ti1. In this way, the mobile terminal 37 can receive the code information presented by the server 39 and display it on the display unit 37a.

After that, at the arrangement time of (iv), the player who entered the web brings the mobile terminal 37, and the player who entered locally takes the admission ticket Ti1 and arranges them at the entrance in the order of the entrance number. v) Admission starts at the time when the admission start time is reached.
At the time of admission, the code reader 56 reads the two-dimensional code 174a displayed on the mobile terminal 37 or the two-dimensional code 121 printed on the admission ticket Ti1 in order from the first player, that is, the admission number 1 on the lottery terminal 7. read. In this way, the lottery terminal 7 constitutes the entry order specifying means together with the code reader 56, reads the two-dimensional codes 174a and 121 to specify the entry order of the player, and then sets the entry lottery list (FIG. 10). At the same time as collating, a face image or the like is displayed on the monitor 52b.

Here, as shown in FIG. 10, the admission lottery list stores the "entry number", "member number", and "face image" in the storage unit 70m in association with the "entry order". Therefore, when the lottery terminal 7 reads the two-dimensional codes 174a and 121, the face image corresponding to the specified entry order, that is, the face image of the player captured at the time of the lottery or the authentication captured in the member registration procedure. The face image is read out from the storage unit 70m and displayed on the monitor 52b (see FIG. 11). At this time, as shown in FIG. 11, the monitor 52b displays the “entrance order” and “lottery order” specified by the entrance order specifying means together with the face image as the face image display means / entry order display means.

For this reason, the employee confirms the entry order on the monitor 52b, visually confirms that the player who actually enters and the face image on the monitor 52b are the same person, and then gives the player a secure ticket Ti2. Hand over and allow admission.

Here, as shown in FIG. 13, the “game machine securing ticket”, the “hole name” and the “entrance order” representing this are printed on the securing ticket Ti2, and the FeliCa (registered trademark) chip (registered trademark) chip ( Hereinafter referred to as "RFID chip 131") is built-in. Identification information (for example, admission order and amusement park ID) for identifying each of the secured ticket Ti2 is recorded on the RFID chip 131. The secure ticket Ti2 is reinforced by laminating the printed paper medium together with the RFID chip 131 with a plastic film and providing a ring 132 forming a hole for the hook 3F in the upper center portion. ing.

Then, the player who is admitted selects the game machine 1 with the secured ticket Ti2 in his hand, sits in front of the game machine 1, and selects (secures) the game machine 1. Therefore, the game information. The ring 132 of the secure ticket Ti2 is hung on the hook 3F of the display device 3 (see the arrow in FIG. 1). As a result, the RFID chip 131 of the secure ticket Ti2 is aligned with the IC reader 35 of the game information display device 3 and is accepted, so that the game information display device 3 has the entry order read by the IC reader 35 and its own device. The identification information (for example, the unit number) associated with 3 is associated with and transmitted to the management device 6.

When the game machine 1 is secured in this way, the lottery terminal 7 receives the stand securing information in which the "entrance order" and the "machine number" are associated with each other from the management device 6 and registers the game machine 1 in the entrance lottery list of FIG. To do. The secured ticket Ti2 hung on each of the game information display devices 3 is collected by the employee after the entrance is completed (for example, about 30 minutes have passed since the store opened).

<Display contents on the entrance display device and information management on the management device>
Before the start of the entrance lottery, the entrance display device 8 at the entrance entrance receives and displays various guidance information regarding the entrance lottery from the management device 6, and after the start of the entrance lottery, the lottery result is displayed at any time. Then, after the start of admission, the admission display device 8 receives the unit reservation information from the management device 6 at any time and updates and displays it.

Here, FIG. 14 is the table securing information displayed by the entrance display device 8, and is the machine number of each game machine 1 on the layout R showing the arrangement of the game machines 1 on each game island (““” in the figure. 1 ”to“ 133 ”) and the security status of the game machine 1 by the security ticket Ti2 arranged on the corresponding game information display device 3 are displayed and output.

In this case, as shown in the figure, the "number of visitors" and the "secured number" and "unsecured number" by the secured ticket Ti2 are displayed, and the presence or absence of the secured number is indicated on the layout R. The background colors (colors of the locations where the game machines 1 are arranged) of "20, 24-26, 32, ..." Are displayed differently. As a result, the player waiting for admission can easily grasp the securing status of the game machine 1 after the start of admission on the admission display device 8.

By receiving the game signal output from the game machine side (game machine 1, rental device 2, etc.), the management device 6 aggregates the game information of the game machine 1 and calculates the sales information, and also a server. 39. By receiving various information from the lottery terminal 7, etc., data related to the admission lottery, such as the order of admission and the secured ticket Ti2, is also managed. Here, FIGS. 15A and 15B show an example of a screen when the data related to the entrance lottery is displayed and output on the monitor 6a.

FIG. 15A shows the aggregated data of the admission lottery stored in the storage unit of the management device 6 for each business day as the daily admission lottery history data. In the figure, "local reception" is the number of players accepted at the game site as the number of local participants, and "web reception" is the number of players accepted on the game information site as the number of web participation, "attendees". Indicates the number of visitors who entered at the start of business, and the "admission rate" indicates the number of visitors / (local reception + web reception).
In the example of FIG. 15A, it can be seen that 70% of the number of people who received the lottery actually entered and 30% did not. The management device 6 can accumulate the daily admission lottery history data for the latest one year and calculate the average value in an appropriate predetermined period such as weekly, monthly, and day of the week.

FIG. 15B shows the seating data from the first to the last entry order stored in the storage unit of the management device 6 for each business day as daily seating data (for convenience, up to 3 is shown in the figure). Shown. In the figure, the "entrance order" is the number sorted in the order of entry determined by the lottery, the "reception type" is the order in which the lottery participation was accepted, and the "seating table number" is the number of the game machine 1 seated after admission. The number (unit number) and "model number" represent the model number of the seating unit number.
By referring to the daily seating data in FIG. 15B, it is possible to grasp from which model the seats are filled. The management device 6 can also accumulate daily seating data for the last year and analyze it weekly, monthly, or day of the week.

<Viewing my data (game results / admission lottery results) on mobile terminals>
FIG. 18 shows a menu selection of "My data (game record)" on the "menu" screen displayed on the display unit 37a of the mobile terminal 37, and the "My data (game record) menu selection" screen. It shows the "game record browsing" screen that is displayed when the data you want to browse is selected from the menu selection list.

As shown in the figure, the title 181 and the member number 182, the game record "No." 183, the hall name, the model and the machine number 184, and the game record 185 are displayed on the "Game record browsing" screen. In the game record 185 column, the "game time" is the above-mentioned login time to log-out time, the "cumulative start number" is the number of big hit lottery, and the "difference ball number" is the number of payout balls (number of granted game media) -inserted ball. Represents a number (number of game media consumed).
Although not shown in the figure, various types of data such as a graph showing the time transition of the number of difference balls and detailed data of each jackpot can be displayed on the "Game record viewing" screen. The server 39 stores data for the last one year for My Data, and the player can specify a date (or period) in the past one year and display the game record 185 on that date.

In FIG. 19, the menu of "My data (entrance lottery record)" is selected on the "menu" screen, and the data to be viewed is selected from the menu selection list in the "my data (entrance lottery record) menu selection" screen. The "viewing the admission lottery results" screen that is displayed when the data is displayed is shown.
As shown in the figure, the title 191 and the member number 192 and the admission lottery record 193 are displayed on the "view admission lottery record" screen. In the column of the admission lottery record 193, the "number of lottery" in the total "period", the "frontmost order" and "last order" of the admission order, each lottery date, and the "average" of the admission order in the relevant period are shown.
The admission lottery record (admission lottery history data) in the figure is data aggregated separately for each amusement park, and the same screen for each amusement park can be displayed. In addition, daily admission lottery history data can also be displayed in a list, and although not shown, the same screen should be displayed, for example, "November 11, 2017 Number of entries: 157 Entry No. 51 Admission order: 95". It may be.

According to the present embodiment described above, the following effects can be obtained.
Since the player can participate in the lottery on the game information site by operating the mobile terminal 37, it is not necessary to go to the site for the lottery, and the burden on the player side is greatly reduced. In addition, since the lottery can be participated in the field of the amusement park as before, even a player who cannot use the mobile terminal 37 can receive the lottery fairly. Furthermore, after the local lottery participation is closed, the lottery will be executed after adding up the number of local participants and the number of web participants, and the lottery result will be notified, so the notification of the lottery result will be just before the admission time. Since it is normal to do this, the players who participated in the lottery on the game information site will have to go to the site when the lottery results are announced, just like the players who gathered in the field, which may lead to a decrease in the number of visitors. There is no.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be modified or extended as follows.
The number manually entered by the employee who visually confirmed the number of players who gathered at the site was specified as the number of local participants, but the means for identifying the number of local participants is a camera installed at the local meeting place (illustration). A player may be imaged with (omitted), and the number of the player may be automatically specified by image recognition.

Although the lottery terminal 7 executes the lottery in the order of admission, the management device 6 or the server 39 may execute the lottery. That is, the means for determining the order of admission may be anywhere.
Although the code information (two-dimensional code 174a) is displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal 37, the code information may be printed on a paper medium and brought with the user.

The lottery terminal 7 is not limited to one, and a plurality of lottery terminals 7 may be installed, and the lottery may be performed simultaneously by the plurality of lottery terminals 7. In this case, it is necessary for any of the lottery terminals 7 to centrally manage the extraction process (assignment of the entry order) so that the entry order (winning order) does not overlap.
Although the IC reader 35 is built in the game information display device 3 as a reading means for reading the information of the secured ticket Ti2, the reading means may be provided separately from the game information display device 3.

Although only players who have already registered as members at the amusement park can register as web members, it may be possible to register as a web member regardless of the membership registration at the amusement park.
Although it is a necessary condition to participate in the web lottery that the web member has been registered, it may be possible to participate in the web lottery regardless of the web member registration.

The lottery method may be a method of assigning players to the order of admission, or a method of assigning the order of winning to each player.
The number of lottery random numbers according to the total number of participants may be the same as or greater than the total number of participants. For example, when the total number of participants is 300, a random number of 350 may be generated to draw a lottery. In this case, the order of entry without the corresponding player will occur, but there is no problem in the order of entry at the time of entry.

An application for browsing the website may be created, and the application may be downloaded to the mobile terminal 37 to access the website via the application. In this case, the application can be downloaded from the server 39 to each mobile terminal 37.
The type of game data included in My Data is not limited to this example, and various types of game data can be included in My Data.
A function of operating a website for browsing my data may be added to the management device 6 of each amusement park, and the management device 6 of each amusement park may be accessed from the mobile terminal 37 so that the my data can be browsed.

Numerical values, number of digits, items, etc. in the description of this embodiment are examples, and any numerical value may be adopted. Further, the "recording" in the description of the present embodiment can be grasped as having the same meaning as the "memory", for example, the "recording means" is referred to as the "memory means".
The above-exemplified configurations may be combined in any way, including modifications, and configurations that are not adopted may be provided as appropriate.

In the drawing, 1 is a game machine, 7 is a lottery terminal, 37 is a mobile terminal (information and communication terminal), 39 is a server (web participation number identification means, code information presentation means, member registration means, lottery participation reception means), 52b is. Monitor (entrance order display means, face image display means), 53 is camera (face image acquisition means), 54 is keyboard (local participation number identification means, input means), 55 is printer (issuing means), 56 is code reader ( (Entry order identification means), 70 is a control unit (local participation number identification means, web participation number identification means, total participation number identification means, entrance order determination means, issuing means, entrance order identification means), 70 m is a storage unit (face image) Storage means), Ti1 is an admission ticket (recording medium).

Claims (5)

In the game hall management system in the game hall where the entry order of the players at the start of business is decided by lottery.
A means for specifying the number of local participants to specify the number of players who have gathered at the amusement park to participate in the lottery as the number of local participants, and
A means for specifying the number of participants on the website, which specifies the number of players who have applied to participate in the lottery on the website via the information and communication terminal as the number of participants on the website.
When the participation in the field is closed, the total number of participation identification means for specifying the total number of participation, which is the sum of the number of participation in the field and the number of participation in the web, and the means for specifying the total number of participation.
An admission order determining means that executes a lottery by generating a random number according to the total number of participants and determines the admission order of each player who participated in the lottery.
Code information presenting means for presenting code information indicating the entry order of the players to each player who participated in the lottery on the website.
An issuing means for issuing a recording medium recording code information indicating the entry order of the players to each player who participated in the lottery at the site.
At the time of admission of the player, the code information presented by the code information presenting means and the admission order specifying means for reading the code information recorded on the recording medium to specify the admission order of the player, and
A game hall management system characterized by being provided with an entry order display means for displaying the entry order specified by the entry order specifying means. An input means is provided so that an employee who visually confirms the number of players who have gathered at the amusement park to participate in the lottery can input the number of the players.
The game hall management system according to claim 1, wherein the local participation number specifying means specifies the number of players input by the input means as the number of local participants. Equipped with an information communication terminal that the player can carry and access the website.
The amusement park management system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the information communication terminal can receive and display the code information presented by the code information presenting means. A face image acquisition means for capturing a face image of a player who participated in the lottery in the field and acquiring a face image,
A face image storage means for storing the face image in association with the code information recorded on the recording medium issued by the issuing means, and
When the entrance order specifying means reads the code information, the face image display means for reading and displaying the face image stored in association with the code information from the face image storage means is provided. The amusement park management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which is characterized. When a player receives a predetermined member registration operation on the website, the member registration means for registering the player as a member and the member registration means.
The game according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that it is provided with a lottery participation acceptance means for accepting an application for participation in a lottery on the website, provided that the member is registered as the member. Place management system.

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