JP2021108967A - Game achievement management system and game achievement management method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a game achievement management system in which a game player acquires information about game achievements accurately and efficiently, with or without membership registration to a game store by the game player, even if it is not a game monitoring target store of the self-assessment PG.SOLUTION: A game achievement management system is the system for managing game achievements of a PG participant participating the self-assessment PG. The game achievement management system is constituted of an external management device 200 and a membership management device 70 of each game store being communicatively connected with an external network through the external management device 200. The external management device 200 notifies the information of the registered PG participant to each game store participating the self-assessment PG including a game store B (S21). If the PG participant enters the game store B, a camera 100B detects the PG participant (S22). An employee urges the PG participant to register the game store B as a game monitoring target store (S23). After registering the membership registration to the game store B and the game monitoring target store with consent of the PG participant, a membership management device 70B notifies the game achievements of the PG participant to the external management device 200 (S24).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

The present invention relates to a game performance management system and a game performance management method that allow a player to accurately and efficiently acquire information on a game performance.

Conventionally, a game store such as a pachinko parlor provides a game using a game medium and manages information on the provided game. Specifically, it manages information on game performance such as deposits to cards, use of game media associated with cards, game media awarded as prizes on game machines, and the number of game media consumed for games on game machines. By doing so, it can be used as an index for sales.

On the other hand, since some players want to obtain information on their own game performance such as depositing money and using game media, the technology to provide information on the game performance to the player as a service is available. Are known. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for notifying a player who has registered as a member of a game store of information regarding an increase or decrease in the number of game media deposited by the player at the game store.

Japanese Patent No. 5478812

However, in the above-mentioned conventional technology, although the player can acquire information on the increase / decrease of the game medium, the game results other than the increase / decrease of the game medium (number of visits to the game store, staying time at the game store, game). (Amount of money used for, etc.) cannot be obtained. As a result, in order for the player himself / herself to play the game systematically based on these game results, the player himself / herself must record and manage this information.

In addition, even if a specific game store registered as a member notifies the player's mobile terminal or the like, if the player stops at another game store not registered as a member, the player will not be able to use the game. You cannot be notified of information from other amusement stores. For this reason, the player has to manage the comprehensive game performance by his / her own manual operation, which is not efficient.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and provides a game performance management system and a game performance management method capable of accurately and efficiently acquiring information on game performance by a player. The purpose is to do.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is provided outside a plurality of game stores and has an external management device for managing game performance information of a player who has visited one of the plurality of game stores. In the performance management system, the external management device includes at least the player identification information for identifying the player and the game store identification information of the first game store for acquiring the game performance information of the player. The player identification information for the reception means for receiving the registration instruction and the first in-store management device for managing the game performance information of each player of the first game store provided in the first game store. The first notification means for notifying the player, the storage means for storing the player identification information and the game record information of the player notified from the first in-store management device in association with each other, and the storage means for storing the information. The player identification means to the second notification means for notifying the game performance information of the player and the second in-store management device of the unregistered second game store which is not included in the predetermined registration instruction. It is characterized by being provided with a third notification means for notifying information.

Further, in the above invention, in the above invention, the second notification means is the game performance information of the player stored in the storage means in the terminal device possessed by the player or a person related to the player. Is characterized by notifying.

Further, in the above invention, if the second in-store management device detects the visit of the player specified by the player identification information notified from the external management device, the game It is characterized in that a predetermined notification prompting the customer to register the second game store in the external management device is performed.

Further, in the above invention, in the above invention, the external management device includes the player identification information for specifying the player and the game store identification information of the second game store for acquiring the game performance information of the player. It is characterized in that it is further provided with an additional registration instruction receiving means for receiving a predetermined additional registration instruction including.

Further, in the above invention, when the external management device receives the predetermined additional registration instruction, the present invention relates to the second in-store management device provided in the second game store. It is characterized by further providing a fourth notification means for notifying the player specific information.

Further, in the above invention, in the above invention, the external management device is an acquisition means for acquiring game performance information of the player from the second in-store management device, and game performance information at the first game store. Based on the above, it is further provided with an updating means for updating the game performance information of the player stored in the storage means.

Further, in the above invention, in the above invention, the game performance information includes any or a plurality of the number of visits of the player, the amount of money used by the player, and the staying time of the player in the store. It is characterized by including.

Further, in the above invention, in the above invention, the first in-store management device and the second in-store management device are the face image of each player and the player's face image captured by the image pickup device provided in the store, respectively. It is characterized in that the player's game performance is detected by face matching processing with the player's face image included in the specific information.

Further, the present invention is a game in a game performance management system provided outside a plurality of game stores and having an external management device for managing game performance information of a player who has visited one of the plurality of game stores. A performance management method, wherein the external management device includes at least the player identification information for identifying the player and the game store identification information of the first game store for acquiring the game performance information of the player. With respect to the reception process for receiving the registration instruction and the first in-store management device in which the external management device manages the game performance information of each player of the first game store provided in the first game store. The first notification process for notifying the player identification information and the external management device associate the player identification information with the game performance information of the player notified from the first in-store management device. A storage step of storing in the storage unit, a second notification step in which the external management device notifies the game performance information of the player stored in the storage unit, and the external management device registering the predetermined information. It is characterized by including a third notification step of notifying the player identification information to the second in-store management device of the unregistered second game store which is not included in the instruction.

Further, in the above invention, in the above invention, the second notification step is the game performance information of the player stored in the storage unit in the terminal device possessed by the player or a person related to the player. Is characterized by notifying.

According to the present invention, a player can accurately and efficiently acquire information on a game record.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the outline of the self-reported PG according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the features of the game performance management system according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a system configuration of the game performance management system according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an external configuration of the inter-table card processing machine and the gaming machine shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the inter-unit card processing machine shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of own device state data and card data shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the gaming machine shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the hall management device shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the game amount data and the game data shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the card management device shown in FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the game type setting data, the card management data, and the device management data shown in FIG. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the member management device shown in FIG. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the member management data, the game type setting data, the PG participant data, and the PG participant game performance data shown in FIG. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the external management device shown in FIG. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of the PG participant registration data, the notification setting data, and the PG participant game monitoring data shown in FIG. FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of an operation method of notification to an unregistered amusement store according to an embodiment. FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the member management device according to the embodiment. FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the external management device according to the embodiment. FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the external management device according to the first modification. FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an operation example of displaying the game status according to the modified example 2. FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an operation example of the game condition setting according to the modified example 3.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the game performance management system and the game performance management method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the present specification, the "mochidama" is data indicating the game medium acquired by the player in the game, and may be re-used for the game only during the day (time before the closing time of the game store). What you can do. The "number of balls" refers to the number of game media acquired by the player through the game. Further, the “ball storage” is data indicating the game medium deposited by the player at the game store, and means that the data can be used again for the game from the next day onward (time after the closing time of the game store). The "number of stored balls" refers to the number of game media deposited by the player at the game store. The pachinko ball can be used by both general players and member players, and is used when the game machine is moved. As a general rule, the ball storage can be used only by member players, and is used when the acquired game medium is used for the game of a game machine from the next day onward.

<Outline of self-reporting program related to this example>
First, the outline of the self-reporting program (hereinafter referred to as “self-reporting PG”) according to this embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the outline of the self-reported PG according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the features of the game performance management system according to the present embodiment.

First, the outline of the self-report according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 illustrates the registration of a participant (hereinafter referred to as “PG participant”) in the self-reported PG, the detection of the game performance of the PG participant, and the notification when the set upper limit value is exceeded. It is assumed that the camera 100 is provided at least at the entrance / exit of the game store.

As shown in FIG. 1, the PG participant accesses the member management device in the game store using his / her mobile terminal 210 and performs the procedure for applying for participation in the self-reported PG on the mobile terminal 210 (S11). .. When applying for participation, at least "face image of player", "registered game store where player plays games", "card ID of membership card at registered game store" and "upper limit of game" are registered. NS. The face image of the player is captured by a camera provided on the mobile terminal 210. The game upper limit value includes, for example, an upper limit value such as the number of visits to the game store in one month, the staying time at the game store in one day, and the amount of money used in the game in one day.

Specifically, the participation application procedure is performed by accessing a predetermined HTTP server from the mobile terminal 210, downloading the application of the self-report program, starting the application on the mobile terminal 210, and performing a predetermined operation. As a result, the external management device 200 registers information such as a game upper limit value of the PG participant who applied for participation (S12). In addition, although the case where the player himself applies for participation will be described here, the family can also apply for participation on condition that the consent of the player is obtained.

Then, if the PG participant enters the game store after the above participation application, the face image of the player is imaged by the camera 100 of the game store, and the face image of the player is registered in advance. The visit of the PG participant is detected by collating with the face image (S13). In this way, the visit of the PG participant to the amusement store can be identified by face recognition of the face image captured by the camera 100.

Further, the staying time of the PG participant at the amusement store can be specified by the difference between the entrance time and the exit time specified by face recognition of the face image captured by the camera 100. Further, the usage amount of the PG participant can be specified by the usage amount corresponding to the card ID of the membership card managed by the member management device 70.

In this way, if the PG participant's visit to the game store, the PG participant's staying time at the game store, and the PG participant's spending amount are detected, the member management device 70 determines the PG participant's game performance. Notify the external management device 200 and the mobile terminal 210 of the PG participant (S14).

After that, the external management device 200 compares the cumulative value of the game results of the PG participants with the registered game upper limit value, and if the cumulative value of the game results exceeds the game upper limit value, sets the game upper limit value. Notify the member management device 70 of the excess (S15). Further, at the game store, the clerk notifies the PG participant that the game upper limit value has been exceeded (S16).

In this way, the self-reported PG exceeds the game upper limit value for the PG participant from the game store when the game record of the PG participant exceeds the game upper limit value registered by the PG participant. Since the fact that the game has been played is notified, the PG participant can grasp his / her own game record and can prevent the player from being absorbed in the game more than expected in advance.

The game performance management system according to this embodiment makes it possible to more accurately and efficiently acquire the game performance of the PG participant when the PG participant performs the self-reported PG.

Specifically, assuming that the PG participant plays only at the registered game store registered at the time of application for participation, the self-reported PG can be used smoothly. However, the PG participant may drop in at a game store (unregistered game store) other than the registered game store to play the game. This is because PG participants may drop in at a game store located near their home or workplace when the registered game store is closed or when an event is held at an unregistered game store. In such a case, the game performance at the unregistered game store is not counted unless the PG participant newly registers the unregistered game store. As a result, the player is not efficient because he / she has to manage the comprehensive game performance by himself / herself, and prevents the player from being absorbed in the game more than expected at the time of registration for participation in the self-reported PG. Can not be done. Therefore, in the game performance management system according to the present embodiment, the player can acquire information on the game performance more accurately and efficiently.

In FIG. 2, the game store A is a registered game store registered when the PG participant registers for participation in the self-reported PG, and the game store B is registered when the PG participant registers for participation in the self-reported PG. It is an unregistered game store that has not.

If the PG participant registers to participate in the self-reported PG while registering the game store A as a registered game store, the external management device 200 is not only the registered game store A but also the unregistered game store. The information of the PG participants is also notified to the store B (S21). The information notified to the game store A includes the face image and the member ID of the PG participant, and the information notified to the game store B includes the face image of the PG participant.

When the PG participant enters the game store B, the face image of the player is imaged by the camera 100B of the game store B, and the face image of the player is collated with the face image of the PG participant notified in advance. Detects the visit of PG participants (S22). Then, the employee urges the PG participant to register the game store B as a registered game store (game monitoring target store) (S23). After the PG participant registers as a member of the game store B and the registered game store according to the correspondence of the employees, the member management device 70B notifies the external management device 200 of the game results of the PG participant ( S24). In addition, although the case where the employee of the game store B verbally tells the PG participant to register as a member of the game store B and to register the registered game store is explained here, the PG participant plays the game. If so, it can be configured to display the membership registration of the game store B and the registration of the registered game store on the display unit of the machine-to-machine card processor of the game machine.

As a result, the game performance management system according to the present embodiment allows the player to accurately and efficiently acquire information on the game performance regardless of whether or not the player has registered as a member of the game store.

<System configuration>
Next, the system configuration of the game performance management system according to this embodiment will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a system configuration of the game performance management system according to the present embodiment. Since the game store A and the game store B have the same configuration, the game store A and the game store B will be collectively referred to as "game stores" below.

As shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of gaming machines 20 and an inter-table card processing machine 10 provided corresponding to each gaming machine 20 are installed in the gaming store. The inter-unit card processor 10 is connected to the hall management device 50 via the relay device 30.

Further, the inter-unit card processor 10 is connected to a communication line, which is a network in the store, via the island controller 40. An island controller 40, a hall management device 50, a card management device 60, a member management device 70, a prize management device 80, a payment machine 90, and a camera 100 are connected to the communication line. Further, the external management device 200 installed outside the store is connected to the member management device 70 and the mobile terminal 210 via an external network.

The game machine 20 is a device for playing a game by driving a game ball enclosed inside the device into a game board surface. It should be noted that this game ball is a physical "ball" used for the game, and is different from the "game ball" handled by the game machine 20 as data. A plurality of winning areas (winning openings) are provided on the game board surface of the game machine 20, and a predetermined number of game balls are given as prize balls based on the passing of the game balls through the winning areas. It has become. Further, a predetermined number of starting areas (starting openings) are provided on the game board surface, and a predetermined lottery is performed based on the passing of the game balls through the starting areas. If the lottery is a big hit, the operation of a predetermined movable member or the like will perform an operation that is advantageous in terms of the game, such as improving the probability of passing the game ball to the above-mentioned winning area or another starting area. There may be an area that serves as both a starting area and a winning area.

In the above-mentioned winning area, a winning sensor is provided to detect the passage of the game ball into the winning area, and the passing (winning) of the game ball driven into the winning area by the winning sensor is detected. ing. Further, the control unit of the gaming machine 20 has a prize ball memory for storing how many game balls are given as prize balls for each winning area, and the number of playable games that the player can use for the game (hereinafter, "game"). It has a playable number memory indicating the number of balls).

When the inter-unit card processing machine 10 receives a payment from a player, the machine-to-car card processing machine 10 associates a prepaid value corresponding to the amount of the payment with the identification information (card ID) of the card stored inside the own device. This prepaid value can be used for lending game balls. In addition, the inter-machine card processing machine 10 can accept the insertion of a card associated with a prepaid value, a possession ball, a stored ball, and the like. Then, at the end of the game, the card associated with the prepaid value, the possessed ball, the stored ball, etc. is discharged and returned to the player. Further, the inter-unit card processing machine 10 transmits the history of operations such as deposit, card insertion, and card ejection to the member management device 70.

The gaming machine 20 transmits an outpulse to the inter-table card processing machine 10 each time a predetermined number of gaming balls are ejected from the gaming board surface. Further, the gaming machine 20 transmits a safe pulse to the inter-unit card processing machine 10 every time a predetermined number of winning balls are added to the gaming ball based on the fact that the gaming balls have passed through the winning area (so-called winning). Further, when a special state such as a big hit occurs due to the game, a special prize pulse indicating the occurrence of such a state is transmitted to the inter-table card processing machine 10.

The outpulse corresponds to the number of hit balls, which is the number of balls hit by the player on the game board surface. Safepulse corresponds to the number of winning balls obtained by winning. Further, the special prize pulse indicates the state of the gaming machine 20 such as a big hit. Each pulse is transmitted to the hall management device 50 via the inter-table card processing machine 10, and the hall management device 50 obtains a history of the operation of the gaming machine 20 by accumulating out pulses, safe pulses, and special prize pulses. be able to.

The inter-unit card processing machine 10 accepts payments, lends game balls, communicates with the card management device 60, communicates with the member management device 70, and communicates with the game machine 20. When the inter-unit card processing machine 10 receives the bills inserted by the player, the card management device 60 manages the prepaid value equivalent to the deposit amount by transmitting a deposit notification including the deposit amount to the card management device 60. Add to the prepaid value. Then, when the predetermined ball lending operation is performed, the ball lending request is transmitted to the card management device 60, the prepaid value managed by the card management device 60 is subtracted, and the number corresponding to the subtracted prepaid value is played. Notify the machine 20 and add it to the number of game balls.

When the inter-unit card processing machine 10 accepts the card insertion, it transmits a card insertion notification to the card management device 60. Further, when the inter-unit card processing machine 10 receives the prepaid value, the balance of the possessed balls or the stored balls from the card management device 60, the inter-unit card processing machine 10 stores the balance. Then, when the balance of the balls held is received and stored, the balance of the balls managed by the card management device 60 (the number of balls held) is calculated by transmitting the ball holding request to the card management device 60. Clear to zero.

When the inter-unit card processing machine 10 receives the ball holding replay operation, it subtracts a predetermined number of balls held by its own device, notifies the game machine 20 of the number corresponding to the subtracted number of balls, and plays a game ball. Add to the number. Further, when the inter-unit card processing machine 10 receives the ball storage replay operation, the machine-to-machine card processing machine 10 transmits a ball storage replay request to the card management device 60 to subtract a predetermined number of balls stored by the member management device 70. The game machine 20 is notified of the number corresponding to the subtracted number of stored balls, and the number is added to the number of game balls.

When the inter-unit card processing machine 10 accepts the card return operation, it transmits a ball-holding addition request including the number of balls held to the card management device 60, causes the card management device 60 to add the number of balls held, and then cards. The ejection notification is transmitted to the card management device 60 to control the ejection of the card. If the counting operation is received from the game machine 20 before the card return operation, the number of game balls is added to the number of balls.

The inter-machine card processing machine 10 has a function of acquiring a game machine ID from the game machine 20 and authenticating the game machine 20 by using the acquired game machine ID and an authentication key received from the card management device 60. This authentication is performed at the time of opening the store, and the gaming machine 20 can be played on condition that the authentication is successful.

The inter-machine card processing machine 10 performs various display controls based on the state of the gaming machine 20, and transmits the status of the gaming machine 20 to the member management device 70.

The relay device 30 is a device that receives game information regarding the state of the game machine 20 such as an out pulse, a safe pulse, and a special prize pulse in the game machine 20 from the inter-table card processing machine 10 and relays the game information to the hall management device 50. .. The island controller 40 is a device that bundles a group of game machines 20 and a machine-to-machine card processing machine 10 provided on a game island and relays various information to a card management device 60.

The hall management device 50 is a management device that manages sales of amusement stores. The hall management device 50 receives and stores out pulses, safe pulses, and special prize pulses transmitted from the gaming machine 20, and also receives and stores rental pulses transmitted from the inter-unit card processing machine 10. Then, the sales are calculated based on the out pulse, the safe pulse, the special prize pulse, the lending pulse, and the like. Further, the hall management device 50 calculates the loan amount obtained by multiplying the loan pulse transmitted from the inter-unit card processing machine 10 by the loan unit amount in response to the request from the member management device 70, and calculates the calculated loan amount. Notify the member management device 70. This is to specify the amount of money used by PG participants who participate in the self-reported PG. The member management device 70 identifies the inter-table card processing machine 10 attached to the gaming machine 20 in which the PG participant plays by the membership card ID of the PG participant, and determines the amount of money used in the playing time of the PG participant. Notify the external management device 200.

When the card management device 60 receives the card insertion notification from the inter-unit card processing machine 10, the card management device 60 associates the identification information of the inserted card (hereinafter referred to as "card ID") with the inter-unit card processing machine 10. It manages and transmits the prepaid value associated with the card ID and the balance of the possessed balls to the inter-unit card processing machine 10. If the card ID shown in the card insertion notification is the card ID of the membership card, the card insertion notification is transmitted to the member management device 70, and the stored ball replay data received from the member management device 70 is used as the inter-unit card. It is transmitted to the processing machine 10. Further, the inter-unit card processing machine 10 transmits a lending pulse to the hall management device 50 when the lending button is pressed.

Further, when the card management device 60 receives the ball holding request from the table-to-stand card processing machine 10, the card management device 60 clears the balance of the holding ball to zero and receives the holding ball addition request from the table-to-stand card processing machine 10. In that case, the number of balls indicated in the ball addition request is added to the balance of the balls.

Further, when the card management device 60 receives the ball lending request from the inter-unit card processing machine 10, the card management device 60 subtracts a predetermined value from the prepaid value associated with the card ID, and gives the inter-unit card processing machine 10 a ball lending permission. Send. Then, when the ball storage replay request is received, the ball storage replay request is transmitted to the member management device 70, and when the member management device 70 outputs the ball storage replay data, the ball storage replay data is transmitted to the machine. It is transmitted to the card processor 10.

Further, when the card management device 60 receives the card ID from the prize management device 80, the card management device 60 notifies the prize management device 80 of the number of balls held associated with the card ID. Further, when the card ID is received from the settlement machine 90, the prepaid value associated with the card ID is notified to the settlement machine 90.

Further, the card management device 60 acquires the game machine ID from the machine-to-machine card processing machine 10 and manages the game machine 20 installed in its own store. Then, an authentication key for authenticating the gaming machine 20 set in the own store is acquired from an authentication key management center (not shown) outside the gaming store, and distributed to the inter-unit card processing machine 10.

The member management device 70 is a device that manages member management data of members registered as members in a game store. Specifically, the number of stored balls, points, PIN code, name, etc. are managed in association with the membership card ID issued to the member.

When the member management device 70 receives the card insertion notification from the inter-unit card processing machine 10, the member management device 70 inter-units the stored ball replay data including the balance of the stored balls and the password corresponding to the card ID indicated in the card insertion notification. It is transmitted to the card processor 10. Further, when the member management device 70 receives the ball storage replay request from the inter-unit card processing machine 10, the member management device 70 subtracts a predetermined number of the balance of the stored balls associated with the card ID indicated in the ball storage replay request, and after the subtraction. The ball storage replay data including the balance of the ball storage is transmitted to the inter-unit card processing machine 10. The communication between the inter-unit card processor 10 and the member management device 70 is performed via the card management device 60.

Further, when the member management device 70 receives an inquiry about the number of stored balls from the prize management device 80, the member management device 70 notifies the prize management device 80 of the balance of the stored balls corresponding to the designated card ID.

Further, when the member management device 70 receives the registration information of the PG participant from the external management device 200, the member management device 70 stores the registration information of the PG participant. The member management device 70 collates the face image of the player received from the camera 100 with the face image of the PG participant, and determines whether or not the player is a PG participant. For such collation processing, existing image processing techniques such as mutual correlation coefficient can be used. Then, if it is determined that the player is a PG participant, the PG participant's entry time and exit time are stored.

When the member management device 70 inquires the hall management device 50 about the game performance of the PG participant and receives the game amount data from the hall management device 50, the member management device 70 stores the total amount of the game amount data as the PG participant game record data. do. The member management device 70 notifies the external management device 200 of the PG participant game record data at a predetermined time such as the closing process.

The prize management device 80 is a terminal device for exchanging prizes attached to a prize exchange counter in the game store, and performs prize exchange processing of acquired balls, stored balls, and possessed balls. The prize management device 80 is connected to a card reader that reads the card ID of the card and a prize payout device that pays out the prize. When the prize management device 80 reads the card ID from the general card or the membership card (or when the identification information corresponding to the card ID is read from the mobile terminal or the like), the prize management device 80 transmits the card ID to the card management device 60. Then, the balance of the cards held by the card ID is requested. Further, when exchanging prizes for the stored balls, the member management device 70 is requested to have the balance of the stored balls.

When the card with which the prepaid value is associated is inserted, the settlement machine 90 transmits the card ID of this card to the card management device 60, acquires the prepaid value associated with the card, and converts the acquired prepaid value into the acquired prepaid value. Make a corresponding cash withdrawal.

The camera 100 is a device installed near the entrance / exit of the game store and captures a face image of a player entering the game store and a face image of a player leaving the game store. The camera 100 notifies the member management device 70 of the captured facial image of the player.

The external management device 200 is a device installed outside the game store and manages PG participants. The external management device 200 includes a "face image of the PG participant" received from the mobile terminal 210, a "registered game store in which the PG participant plays a game", a "card ID of the membership card of the PG participant in the registered game store", and the like. The registration information including the "game upper limit value" is stored as the PG participant registration data. Further, the external management device 200 stores the PG participant game record data received from the member management device 70 in the PG participant game monitoring data. When the PG participant game monitoring data exceeds the game upper limit value, the member management device 70 and the mobile terminal 210 of the game store registered in the PG participant registration data are notified of the game upper limit value excess.

The mobile terminal 210 is connected to the external management device 200 via an external network connected wirelessly, and applies for registration of a PG participant to the external management device 200. In addition, the mobile terminal 210 displays information on the game upper limit value exceeded received from the external management device 200.

Next, the ball lending process in the game performance management system according to this embodiment will be described. When the player performs a ball lending operation on the platform card processor 10, the platform card processor 10 transmits a telegram addressed to the local address of the card management device 60. This telegram includes the card ID of the card inserted in the machine-to-machine card processing machine 10, the address that identifies the machine-to-machine card processing machine 10 that is the transmission source, or arbitrary identification information, and the ball lending request.

When the card management device 60 receives the telegram including the ball lending request, the card management device 60 sets the prepaid value associated with the card ID in the telegram to a predetermined value (for example, 500 yen when the frequency is 100 yen). The card management data 65b is updated by subtracting the 5th frequency), and the ball lending permission is transmitted to the inter-unit card processing machine 10 of the transmission source. The inter-machine card processing machine 10 that has received the ball lending permission transmits an addition signal requesting addition to the number of game balls of a number (for example, "125") corresponding to the subtracted prepaid value to the game machine 20.

Upon receiving the addition signal, the gaming machine 20 adds the number of gaming balls and transmits the added number of gaming balls to the inter-machine card processor 10. The inter-unit card processor 10 compares the sum of the number of game balls before addition and the number of balls lent to the number of game balls after addition, and determines whether or not the number of game balls has been added appropriately. judge.

Next, the ball replay process in the game performance management system according to this embodiment will be described. When the inter-unit card processor 10 accepts the insertion of a general card or a membership card, it transmits a telegram addressed to the local address of the card management device 60. This telegram includes the card ID of the card inserted in the inter-unit card processing machine 10, the address that identifies the inter-unit card processing machine 10 as the sender, or arbitrary identification information, and the rate of the inter-unit card processing machine 10. Includes information to identify the card and a card insertion notification.

When the card management device 60 receives the card insertion notification from the inter-unit card processor 10, the card management device 60 determines the balance of the balls at the rate specified by the telegram among the balls associated with the card ID in the telegram. Notify the inter-unit card processor 10.

The inter-unit card processing machine 10 stores the balance of the balls held from the card management device 60. Then, a telegram including the information for specifying the card ID and the rate and the ball subtraction request is transmitted to the card management device 60. When the card management device 60 receives the ball holding request, the card management device 60 clears the holding ball balance specified by the card ID and the rate to zero. Further, when the inter-table card processing machine 10 accepts the ball holding replay operation, the balance of the holding balls is subtracted by a fixed number, the corresponding number is notified to the game machine 20, and the number of balls is added to the number of playing balls.

When the machine-to-machine card processor 10 receives a management shift request from the game machine 20 to shift the management by using the number of game balls of the game machine 20 as the possession ball of the machine-to-machine card processor 10, the management shift request. The number of game balls shown in is added to the number of balls held by the player. After that, when the card return operation is accepted, a telegram including a ball addition request is transmitted to the card management device 60. This telegram has the card ID of the card to be ejected, the address for specifying the inter-unit card processing machine 10 as the sender, or arbitrary identification information, and the information for specifying the rate of the inter-unit card processing machine 10. Includes the balance of balls and the request to add balls.

When the card management device 60 receives the ball addition request, the card management device 60 receives the balance (number of balls) of the balls at the rate specified by the telegram among the balls associated with the card ID in the telegram. Update to the value you set. After that, the inter-machine card processor 10 transmits a card ejection notification to the card management device 60 to control ejection of the card.

Next, the ball storage replay process in the game performance management system according to this embodiment will be described. When the inter-unit card processor 10 accepts a membership card or reads identification information corresponding to a card ID from a mobile terminal that can be used as a membership card, a telegram addressed to the local address of the card management device 60. To send. This telegram contains the card ID (or identification information corresponding to the card ID read from the mobile terminal) of the card inserted in the machine-to-machine card processing machine 10 and the address that identifies the machine-to-machine card processing machine 10 that is the transmission source. Alternatively, it includes arbitrary identification information, information for specifying the rate of the inter-unit card processing machine 10, and a card insertion notification.

The card management device 60 transmits a telegram of the card insertion notification to the member management device 70. When the member management device 70 receives the telegram of the card insertion notification, the member management device 70 includes the password associated with the card ID in the telegram and the balance of the stored balls at the rate specified by the telegram. The stored ball replay data is transmitted to the inter-unit card processor 10.

The inter-vehicle card processor 10 stores the received ball storage replay data, and the balance of the stored balls shown in the ball storage replay data is the number of game ball payout units in the ball storage replay (the number of stored ball replay units, for example, "125". If it is more than "ball"), it is possible to accept the ball storage replay operation.

When the inter-vehicle card processor 10 first accepts the ball storage replay operation after storing the ball storage replay data, the player is requested to input a password, and the entered password is the ball storage replay data. Check if it matches the PIN code shown in.

When the passwords match, the inter-unit card processor 10 transmits a telegram addressed to the local address of the card management device 60. This telegram includes the card ID of the card inserted in the inter-unit card processing machine 10, the address that identifies the inter-unit card processing machine 10 as the sender, or arbitrary identification information, and the rate of the inter-unit card processing machine 10. Includes information to identify and a ball storage replay request.

The card management device 60 transmits a telegram of the ball storage replay request to the member management device 70. When the member management device 70 receives the telegram of the ball storage replay request, the member management device 70 subtracts and subtracts a predetermined value from the balance of the stored balls at the rate specified by the telegram among the stored balls associated with the card ID in the telegram. The ball storage replay data including the later balance is transmitted to the inter-unit card processor 10.

The inter-unit card processing machine 10 receives the ball storage replay data, updates the balance of the stored balls, notifies the game machine 20 of the number corresponding to the number of stored ball replay units, and adds the number to the number of game balls. In addition, it is determined whether the balance of the stored balls after the update is less than the number of stored ball replay units. If the balance of the updated ball storage data is equal to or greater than the number of ball storage replay units, the ball storage replay operation can be accepted again, and if the ball storage replay operation is accepted, the ball storage replay request is transmitted. It is not necessary to confirm the PIN code in the second and subsequent ball storage replay operations. If the balance of the updated ball storage data is less than the number of ball storage replay units, the ball storage replay operation cannot be accepted.

Next, the transition from holding balls to storing balls in the closing process will be described. The card management device 60 confirms the balance of the balls held in the card management data 65b at the time of closing the store, and if the balance of the balls is larger than "0", the balance of the balls is used as the card ID and the balance of the balls. Notify the member management device 70 together with the rate. The member management device 70 updates the balance of the stored balls specified by the card ID and the rate by adding the balance of the notified balls. After that, the card management device 60 clears the balance of the balls to zero.

<Appearance configuration of the machine-to-machine card processing machine 10 and the game machine 20>
Next, the appearance configurations of the inter-table card processing machine 10 and the gaming machine 20 shown in FIG. 3 will be described. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an external configuration of the inter-table card processing machine 10 and the gaming machine 20 shown in FIG. Although the inter-unit card processing machine 10 that accepts only banknotes is shown in the figure, a unit that can accept electronic money can also be provided.

As shown in FIG. 4, the inter-table card processor 10 includes a status display unit 11 that displays the state of the device of the inter-stand card processor 10 by lighting or blinking a lamp of a predetermined color, and a bill insertion slot that accepts various bills. 12a, a display operation unit 13 such as a touch panel display, and a card insertion slot 14a for receiving a card associated with a card ID are provided.

The gaming machine 20 is provided with a gaming board surface, a handle 21 used for throwing the enclosed gaming ball onto the gaming board surface, and a counting button 22.

The counting button 22 subtracts the number of gaming balls of the gaming machine 20 and adds the corresponding number to the balls held by the inter-unit card processing machine 10, thereby managing the number of balls that can be thrown from the gaming machine 20 to the inter-unit. This is an operation button for performing a management shift to shift to the card processing machine 10. This management shift corresponds to a counting process in which the open-type gaming machine 20 in which the actual gaming balls are paid out by winning a prize is counted by the inter-table card processing machine 10 and added to the possessed balls.

<Internal configuration of the inter-unit card processing machine 10>
Next, the internal configuration of the inter-unit card processing machine 10 shown in FIG. 3 will be described. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the inter-unit card processing machine 10 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the inter-table card processor 10 includes a bill transport unit 12, a display operation unit 13, a reader / writer 14, a communication unit 15, a storage unit 16, a control unit 17, and a game management unit 18.

The bill transport unit 12 is a transport unit that transports the bills inserted from the bill insertion slot 12a to a bill storage unit (not shown) while discriminating the denomination and authenticity of the bills. The display operation unit 13 is an input / output device such as a touch panel display that displays various information such as valuable value and accepts various operations such as ball lending operation.

The reader / writer 14 is a reading unit that reads a card ID from a card inserted in the card insertion slot 14a. The card inserted into the card insertion slot 14a is stored in a card storage unit (not shown) via the reader / writer 14. The communication unit 15 is an interface unit for performing data communication with the card management device 60 via the island controller 40.

The storage unit 16 is a storage device including a hard disk device, a non-volatile memory, and the like. The storage unit 16 stores the own device state data 16a and the card data 16b.

The own device state data 16a is data indicating the state of the inter-unit card processing machine 10. The own device state data 16a includes a machine-to-machine card processing machine ID, a game machine ID, a game type, and the like. The table-to-machine card processing machine ID is identification information for uniquely identifying the table-to-machine card processing machine 10 in the game store. The game type is data indicating the rate set in the inter-table card processing machine 10. When handling multiple rate game balls in a game store, "ball 1" for a 4-yen rate game ball, "ball 2" for a 2-yen rate game ball, and "ball 3" for a 1-yen rate game ball. Like, the game type name is set and managed for each rate. The inter-machine card processor 10 selects a rate to be used for the game from these game types and stores it as the game type. As the game type, a game type fixed for each section in which the inter-table card processing machine 10 is installed may be used, or the game type may be changed by the operation of the player.

The card data 16b is data related to the card being used by the player. The card data 16b includes a card ID, a personal identification number, a prepaid value, a possession ball, a stored ball, and the like. The card ID is a card ID read by the reader / writer 14. When a card is conveyed from a card storage unit (not shown) to the card insertion slot 14a and the card is ejected, the card data 16b is updated by the card ID read by the reader / writer 14 during the transfer. Further, even when a card is conveyed from the card insertion slot 14a to a card storage unit (not shown), the card data 16b is updated by the card ID read by the reader / writer 14 during the transfer. The prepaid value indicates the balance of the prepaid value that can be used for ball lending, and the possessed ball and the stored ball indicate the respective balances.

The game management unit 18 is a processing unit that performs processing related to authentication and communication with the game machine 20. It is desirable that the game management unit 18 is formed on a substrate different from the control unit 17. The game management unit 18 includes an authentication processing unit 18a, an authentication key management unit 18b, and a game machine state management unit 18c. Actually, by loading these programs into the CPU (Central Processing Unit) and executing them, the authentication processing unit 18a, the authentication key management unit 18b, and the game machine state management unit 18c are made to execute the corresponding processes, respectively. Become.

The authentication processing unit 18a authenticates the gaming machine 20 using the authentication key received from the card management device 60. If the authentication is successful, the authentication processing unit 18a transmits an operation permission to the gaming machine 20. The authentication processing unit 18a prohibits the use of the gaming machine 20 when the authentication fails. Even if the authentication fails, the operation permission is sent to the gaming machine 20 within a predetermined period from the last successful authentication, and after the predetermined period elapses from the last successful authentication, the gaming machine 20 is sent. The operation permission of the gaming machine 20 may not be transmitted, and the use of the gaming machine 20 may be prohibited.

The authentication key management unit 18b is a processing unit that manages the authentication key. The usage time is set for the authentication key, and when the cumulative operating time of the gaming machine 20 reaches the usage time of the authentication key, the authentication key becomes unusable. Specifically, the authentication key management unit 18b manages the usage time of the authentication key by using the energization time of the substrate on which the game management unit 18 is formed as the operating time of the game machine 20. When the authentication key becomes unusable, the authentication key management unit 18b acquires a new authentication key from the authentication key management center outside the store via the card management device 60, and updates the authentication key.

The gaming machine state management unit 18c is a processing unit that communicates with the gaming machine 20 and manages the state of the gaming machine 20. Specifically, the gaming machine state management unit 18c acquires the gaming machine ID from the gaming machine 20, sends a request for addition to the number of gaming balls by lending the ball, and replays the possession of the ball from the possessed ball to the number of gaming balls. Sending a management transition request, sending a request to add to the number of game balls by replaying the stored balls, receiving game results such as the number of hit balls and the number of prized balls in the game machine 20, and counting the number of game balls to the possessed balls Receive management transition request. The communication between the machine-to-machine card processing machine 10 and the gaming machine 20 uses encrypted communication using a predetermined encryption method.

In addition, the gaming machine state management unit 18c further acquires states set for the game such as the current number of gaming balls, the start, the jackpot, the jackpot type, and the number of lottery of the gaming machine 20. It is desirable that the time interval for the gaming machine state management unit 18c to acquire the state of the gaming machine 20 is set shorter than the interval at which the gaming balls are fired (used) in the gaming machine 20.

The timing at which the gaming machine state management unit 18c newly acquires the gaming machine ID from the gaming machine 20 is not limited to before the opening of the store. When the power of the inter-unit card processor 10 is turned on or off, when regular communication is performed, when processing related to the number of game balls (ball lending, replay, counting, etc.) is performed, when returning from the offline state, etc. It is possible to acquire the gaming machine ID and determine the replacement of the gaming machine 20. Moreover, you may use these timings in combination.

The control unit 17 is a control unit that controls the inter-unit card processing machine 10 as a whole, and has a data management unit 17a. Actually, the process is executed by loading the program corresponding to the data management unit 17a into the CPU and executing it.

When the card is inserted, the data management unit 17a transmits a card insertion notification including the card ID and the inter-unit card processing machine ID to the card management device 60. Further, when the data management unit 17a receives data including valuable value (at least one of prepaid value, possession ball and stored ball) from the card management device 60, the data management unit 17a updates the card data 16b with the received valuable value.

Further, when the bill is inserted into the bill insertion slot 12a, the data management unit 17a transmits a payment notification including the amount of the inserted bill, the card ID, and the inter-unit card processing machine ID to the card management device 60.

Further, the data management unit 17a transmits a ball lending request including the card ID and the inter-unit card processing machine ID to the card management device 60 when the ball lending operation is performed by the player. When the ball lending permission is received in response to the ball lending request, the data management unit 17a subtracts the prepaid value of the card data 16b and adds a predetermined number of balls to the number of gaming balls of the gaming machine 20. Instruct the game management unit 18.

Further, when the data management unit 17a accepts the ball replay operation, the data management unit 17a subtracts and updates the ball held by the card data 16b, and manages the game so that the corresponding number of balls is added to the number of game balls of the game machine 20. Instruct unit 18.

Further, when the balance of the stored balls shown in the card data 16b is equal to or greater than the number of stored ball replay units, the data management unit 17a displays the stored ball replay button on the display operation unit 13 and accepts the stored ball replay operation. Make it possible. When the player performs the ball storage replay operation, the data management unit 17a transmits a ball storage replay request including the card ID and the inter-unit card processing machine ID to the card management device 60. When the ball storage replay data is received in response to the ball storage replay request, the balance of the stored balls in the card data 16b is updated, and the number of balls corresponding to the number of stored ball replay units is added to the number of game balls of the gaming machine 20. Instruct the game management unit 18 to do so. At the time of the first ball storage replay operation, the input of the password is requested, and it is a condition for transmitting the ball storage replay request that the password matches the password shown in the card data 16b.

Further, when the game management unit 18 receives the game ball transfer request from the game machine 20, the data management unit 17a adds the number of balls instructed to the game management unit 18 to the balls held by the card data 16b. Update.

Further, when the data management unit 17a accepts the card return operation, the data management unit 17a transmits to the card management device 60 a card management device 60 including the card ID, the inter-unit card processing machine ID, and the balance of the cards held. Then, after clearing the card data 16b, a card ejection notification is transmitted to the card management device 60, and the card is ejected.

Next, a specific example of the data stored in the storage unit 16 of the inter-table card processing machine 10 shown in FIG. 5 will be described. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the own device state data 16a and the card data 16b shown in FIG.

In the own device state data 16a shown in FIG. 6A, the ID of the inter-unit card processing machine 10 is "A101", the game machine ID of the connected gaming machine 20 is "B201", and the inter-unit card processing machine. It shows a state in which "ball 1" is set as 10 game types.

The card data 16b shown in FIG. 6B indicates that the ID of the card inserted in the inter-unit card processing machine 10 is "2002". Here, the first digit of the card ID indicates the type of card, the card with the first digit "1" is a general card, and the card with the first digit "2" is a membership card. Further, the card data 16b indicates a state in which the password for replaying the stored balls is "7777" and the prepaid value is "2000". Here, the frequency of the prepaid value is equivalent to 1 yen per frequency.

Further, in the card data 16b, the balance of the ball 1 is "500", the balance of the ball 2 is "0", and the balance of the ball 3 is "130". As for the stored balls, the balance of the stored balls of the ball 1 is "1000", the balance of the stored balls of the ball 2 is "0", and the balance of the stored balls of the ball 3 is "0".

<Internal configuration of gaming machine 20>
Next, the internal configuration of the gaming machine 20 shown in FIG. 3 will be described. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the gaming machine 20 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the gaming machine 20 includes a communication control unit 23, an effect control unit 24, a game control unit 25, and a game ball control unit 26. The communication control unit 23 is a control unit for controlling data communication with the inter-unit card processor 10. For communication with the inter-unit card processing machine 10, encrypted communication using a predetermined encryption method is used.

When the game machine 20 is started, the communication control unit 23 reads the identification information from the control CPU provided in the game control unit 25 and / or the game ball control unit 26, confirms whether the identification information is appropriate, and if it is appropriate. , Communication with the inter-unit card processor 10 is established and the machine enters a standby state. When the operation permission is received from the inter-table card processing machine 10 in the standby state, the effect control unit 24, the game control unit 25, and the game ball control unit 26 are activated to enable the game.

The game control unit 25 is a control unit that controls the game by the game machine 20. Actually, the process is executed by loading and executing the program corresponding to the game control unit 25 in the CPU.

Specifically, the game control unit 25 controls the launch of the game ball to the game board surface by detecting the handle operation, detects the game ball that has entered the winning opening on the game board surface, and the random number (0 to 0) by the game ball that has entered the starting port. Among the random number values of 65535, acquisition and lottery (special symbols and ordinary symbols) of acquisition and lottery (special symbols and ordinary symbols) of big hits, small hits, and outliers are assigned to each predetermined range, and movable members (tulips, etc.) provided on the game board surface. ), Display control of the special symbol display device provided on the game board surface, detection of abnormalities that may be fraudulent (the front frame is open, vibration detected, etc.), and notification to the higher-level device.

A large number of obstacle nails are planted on the game board surface, and the game ball fired on the game board surface by operating the handle falls between the obstacle nails and wins a prize at the winning opening and the starting opening, or wins a prize. It is discharged to the outside of the game board from the out port of the game board without. A lottery is held when a game ball wins a prize at the start opening, and when a big hit occurs, a big hit game is performed in which a predetermined winning opening on the game board is controlled to be open multiple times, and the winning opening is won. By making it easier, a prize ball is given to the player.

Further, the jackpot includes a jackpot game with a privilege that grants a predetermined privilege game to the player after the jackpot game is completed. The jackpot game with benefits includes a probability fluctuation jackpot and a time-saving jackpot. The probability-variable jackpot and the time-saving jackpot grant the probability-variable game and the time-saving game as privilege games after the jackpot, respectively. In the time-saving game, the variable time (from the start of the lottery process to the display of the result) of the normal symbol lottery (the above-mentioned opening and closing lottery of the movable member) and / or the special symbol lottery (the above-mentioned big hit lottery by winning the game ball) By shortening the time), the number of lottery per unit time is increased, and the probability of winning a big hit per unit time is increased. This privilege game may include a normal symbol probability variation that increases the winning probability of the normal symbol. The time-saving game by the time-saving jackpot ends when the number of lottery of the special symbol lottery is performed a predetermined number of times after the jackpot. The probability fluctuation game will be described later.

The game control unit 25 has a probability variation function. The probability fluctuation function controls to change (generally about 10 times) the random number range of the big hit to be used for the next lottery when the lottery result falls within a particularly defined random number range among the big hits. It is a function. In the probability fluctuation game, a special symbol lottery is performed using the changed probability. The probability fluctuation game will continue until the next big hit. Further, the probability variation game and the time saving game may be given at the same time. However, in order to prevent unexpected damage to the game store, if the player acquires a certain game medium after the start of the probability fluctuation game or the time-saving game, it will be stopped (the card will be ejected once and the prize will be exchanged or the table will be moved. It may be a process. In this case, the number of gaming media after the probability-variable gaming state is counted by the gaming machine 20, and when the counting value reaches a predetermined value, game stop control such as stopping the firing of the gaming ball is performed. Can be realized with.

The effect control unit 24 is a control unit that controls the effect during the game, and has an effect symbol lottery unit 24a and an effect lottery unit 24b. Actually, by loading and executing these programs in the CPU, the process corresponding to each of the effect symbol lottery unit 24a and the effect lottery unit 24b is executed.

The effect symbol lottery unit 24a is a lottery (specifically, the display is final) of the effect symbols (designs to be displayed by the effect symbol display device such as the display device on the game board surface) based on the special symbol lottery in the game control unit 25. Whether to stop at 7, 7, 7 etc.).

The effect lottery unit 24b performs a lottery of the type of effect (such as when a character comes out to perform a reach effect) before displaying the lottery result based on the effect symbol. Such an effect is set so that the effect selected with respect to the main lottery result is different.

The effect control unit 24 stores the effect data of each effect. Further, the effect control unit 24 controls the display of the effect symbol display device, and when the effect is executed, the effect data is superimposed on the background symbol data to display the effect. In addition, when the probability fluctuates, background color data different from the normal state is set.

The game ball control unit 26 is a control unit that controls the number of game balls. Actually, the process is executed by loading and executing the program corresponding to the game ball control unit 26 in the CPU.

Specifically, the game ball control unit 26 stores the number of game balls in the playable number memory, subtracts the number of game balls by "1" each time the game ball is fired, and the number of prize balls obtained by winning a prize. Is added to the number of game balls. Further, when the number of balls is notified by the inter-table card processing machine 10, the notified number of balls is added to the number of game balls, and the fact that the number of balls is added to the number of game balls is added to the inter-table card processing machine 10. Send the confirmation signal to indicate. In addition, the game ball control unit 26 can also perform cleaning control of the game balls (circulating balls) enclosed in the game machine 20.

Further, the game ball control unit 26 periodically transmits the number of game balls stored in the gameable number memory to the inter-table card processing machine 10. In this case, the game ball control unit 26 does not clear the contents of the playable number memory to zero, and while continuing to update the number of game balls depending on the game state, the game at the time of data acquisition to the inter-machine card processor 10. Send the number of balls.

Further, the gaming machine 20 is provided with a counting button 22, and a signal indicating that the counting button 22 is pressed is input to the game ball control unit 26. The game ball control unit 26 detects the pressing operation of the counting button 22, and if the period from the rise to the fall of the detection signal is less than a certain time, the number of game balls is determined by a certain number (for example, 100 balls per operation). Along with the data, a management transition request is transmitted to the inter-unit card processor 10. Then, the number of balls for which the management of the inter-table card processing machine 10 has been transferred is subtracted (invalidated) from the number of game balls. Further, when the pressing operation of the counting button 22 is detected and the falling is not detected for a predetermined time or more after the detection signal is raised, a fixed number of the detection signal is raised every time the detection signal is raised for a certain period of time (for example, per 5 seconds). A management shift request is transmitted to the inter-table card processor 10 together with the data of the number of game balls (200 balls). Then, the number of balls for which the management of the inter-table card processing machine 10 has been transferred is subtracted (invalidated) from the number of game balls. When subtracting from the number of game balls, a method of decrementing the value to be subtracted from the value of 1 stored in the memory, or updating the value stored in the memory with the value after subtraction and deleting or logically deleting the value before subtraction. A method of deleting and invalidating the value can be considered, but the value is not particularly limited as long as the value after subtraction can be specified.

The game control unit 25 and the game ball control unit 26 are respectively configured on separate substrates. The game control board on which the game control unit 25 is configured and the game ball control board on which the game ball control unit 26 is configured each have a unique ID. The game machine 20 combines the ID of the game control board and the ID of the game ball control board and uses them as the game machine ID.

<Internal configuration of hall management device 50>
Next, the internal configuration of the hall management device 50 shown in FIG. 3 will be described. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the hall management device 50 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the hall management device 50 is connected to the display unit 51 and the input unit 52, and has a store network communication unit 53, a gaming machine state receiving unit 54, a control unit 55, and a storage unit 56.

The display unit 51 is a liquid crystal panel, a display device, or the like. The input unit 52 is a keyboard, a mouse, or the like. The store network communication unit 53 is an interface unit for data communication with the relay device 30, the island controller 40, the card management device 60, the member management device 70, the prize management device 80, and the payment machine 90 in the game store via a communication line. be. The gaming machine state receiving unit 54 is an interface unit that receives information regarding the status of the gaming machine 20 from the inter-machine card processing machine 10.

The control unit 55 is a control unit that controls the entire hall management device 50, and includes a collection processing unit 55a, an analysis processing unit 55b, and an output processing unit 55c. Actually, by loading and executing these programs in the CPU, the collection processing unit 55a, the analysis processing unit 55b, and the output processing unit 55c are made to execute the corresponding processes, respectively.

The collection processing unit 55a performs a process of adding and accumulating information on sales received by the game machine state receiving unit 54 to the game amount data 56a in chronological order for each game machine. The collection processing unit 55a notifies the member management device 70 of a part of the data in the game amount data 56a according to the instruction from the member management device 70.

In addition, the collection processing unit 55a performs a process of adding and accumulating information on the entire game received by the game machine state receiving unit 54 to the game data 56b.

The analysis processing unit 55b performs processing such as aggregation of various information shown in the game data 56b and calculation of sales. The state and sales of the gaming machine 20 can be aggregated for each gaming machine, each island, each amusement store, and can be aggregated by date. The output processing unit 55c performs a process of outputting the result of the analysis by the analysis processing unit 55b.

The storage unit 56 is a storage device such as a hard disk device or a non-volatile memory, and stores game amount data 56a and game data 56b. The game amount data 56a is data in which the amount of money used for the game is accumulated in chronological order based on the lending pulse received from the inter-machine card processor 10 by the game machine state receiving unit 54. The game data 56b is data in which information about the game received from the inter-machine card processor 10 by the game machine state receiving unit 54 is accumulated.

Next, a specific example of the data stored in the storage unit 56 of the hall management device 50 will be described. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the game amount data 56a and the game data 56b shown in FIG.

The game amount data 56a shown in FIG. 9A shows a situation in which the game amount “2000” yen is used in the game machine 20 with the game machine ID “A101” at the time “12:00”. Further, at the time "12:15", the game machine 20 having the game machine ID "B506" shows a situation in which the game amount of "1500" yen is used. Further, at the time "12:25", the game machine 20 having the game machine ID "A101" shows a situation in which the game amount of "1000" yen is used.

In the game data 56b shown in FIG. 9B, the ball lending is "20000" balls and the out is as the game situation on the date of "2019/09/30" of the game machine 20 of the device ID "A101". It indicates that the number of hits is "25,000", the safe is "10000", the count value is "5000", the number of starts is "1800", and the number of big hits is "21". .. In addition, as the game situation of the gaming machine 20 of the device ID "B506" on the date of "2019/10/01", the ball lending is "16000" balls, the out is "26000" balls, and the safe is "26000" balls. It indicates that the number of balls is 13000, the count value is "3000", the number of starts is "2411", and the number of big hits is "13".

Further, in the game data 56b, for example, for a pachinko gaming machine, the safe (prize ball) and the out (launched ball) during the jackpot of each gaming machine 20 are stored, and the jackpot is based on these numbers. It has a function to estimate the number of rounds (the number of times the winning opening is operated), and by using these and the behavior of the jackpot signal, it is possible to memorize in chronological order how many rounds of jackpots occurred at what time (hours and minutes). There is. Further, for the spinning machine (slot machine), the number of medals inserted and the number of medals paid out are managed based on the in (medal insertion) signal and the out (medal payout) signal. Then, the start of one game is determined based on the in signal, and when the number of inputs indicated by the in signal and the number of payouts indicated by the out signal match, a function of determining that the replay combination has won a prize is provided. I have. Then, the number of occurrences of the replay combination is counted for each predetermined number of games, and when the number of occurrences of the replay combination in the number of games is equal to or greater than the predetermined number, the replay high probability state (replay time) is determined. Then, when and how many times the replay time occurred is memorized in chronological order. Further, it has a function of determining the occurrence of the assist replay time based on the status signal from the gaming machine 20.

Further, the hall management device 50 is the same gaming machine when a predetermined gaming situation (occurrence of big hit, occurrence of start, end of one game, occurrence of re-game combination, etc.) is reached in the specific gaming machine 20. A function for displaying information on advantageous states (probability fluctuation, jackpot, bonus, etc.) on the inter-unit card processing machine 10 based on the past similar or the same gaming situation of 20 or other gaming machines of the same type 20. I have. For example, when the number of starts reaches a certain number, it is possible to output information such as "the probability of becoming a big hit within XX times is XX%" from the past data. As a result, the player can obtain a guideline for the continuation of the game.

<Internal configuration of card management device 60>
Next, the internal configuration of the card management device 60 shown in FIG. 3 will be described. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the card management device 60 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 10, the card management device 60 is connected to the display unit 61 and the input unit 62, and has a store network communication unit 63, a control unit 64, and a storage unit 65.

The display unit 61 is a liquid crystal panel, a display device, or the like. The input unit 62 is a keyboard, a mouse, or the like. The store network communication unit 63 is an interface unit for data communication with the island controller 40, the card management device 60, the member management device 70, the prize management device 80, and the payment machine 90 in the game store via a communication line.

The control unit 64 is a control unit that controls the entire card management device 60, and includes a game type setting management unit 64a, a card management unit 64b, and a device management unit 64c. Actually, by loading and executing these programs in the CPU, the game type setting management unit 64a, the card management unit 64b, and the device management unit 64c are made to execute the corresponding processes, respectively.

The game type setting management unit 64a is a processing unit that manages the game type used in the game store, the rate, and the display name as the game type setting data 65a in association with each other.

The card management unit 64b is a processing unit that manages the card management data 65b. The card management unit 64b communicates with the inter-unit card processing machine 10, the prize management device 80, and the settlement machine 90 to update the prepaid value and the balance of the balls held in association with the card ID. Further, when the card management unit 64b receives the card insertion notification from the inter-unit card processing machine 10, the card management unit 64b notifies the valuable value associated with the card and the balance of the possessed balls.

The device management unit 64c is a processing unit that manages the device management data 65c. The device management unit 64c generates and updates the device management data 65c based on the machine-to-machine card processing machine ID acquired from the machine-to-machine card processing machine 10, the address of the machine-to-machine card processing machine 10, the installation location, and the gaming machine ID. ..

The storage unit 65 is a storage device such as a hard disk device or a non-volatile memory, and stores game type setting data 65a, card management data 65b, and device management data 65c.

The game type setting data 65a is data in which the lending rate and the display name are associated with the game type. The card management data 65b is data in which the balance of the prepaid value, the balance of the balls, and the like are associated with the card ID. The device management data 65c is data related to the device installed in the game store. The device management data 65c includes a machine-to-machine card processing machine ID, an address of the machine-to-machine card processing machine 10, an installation location, a game machine ID, model data of the game machine 20 and the like.

Next, a specific example of the data stored in the storage unit 65 of the card management device 60 shown in FIG. 10 will be described. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the game type setting data 65a, the card management data 65b, and the device management data 65c shown in FIG.

In the game type setting data 65a shown in FIG. 11A, the rate “4 yen” and the display name “4 pachinko” are associated with the game type name “ball 1”. In addition, the rate "2 yen" and the display name "2 pachi" are given to the game type name "Tama 2", and the rate "1 yen" and the display name "1 pachi" are given to the game type name "Tama 3". Associated.

In the card management data 65b shown in FIG. 11B, the card ID "1001" is associated with the prepaid value "0" frequency, the balance "0" of the balls held at each rate, and the usage ID "A101". That is, the card with the card ID "1001" is inserted into the stand-to-stand card processor 10 with the device ID "A101", and the management of the jade is transferred to the stand-to-stand card processor 10. Therefore, the balance of the balls held at each rate is zero.

Further, in the card management data 65b shown in FIG. 11 (b), the card ID "2001" has a prepaid value "3000" frequency, and as the possession balls, the balance "1500" of the possession balls of the ball 1 and the possession balls of the ball 2 It is associated with the balance "2500" balls and the balance "0" balls of the balls 3 possessed, but the user ID is not associated. That is, the card with the card ID "2001" is not inserted into the inter-machine card processing machine 10, and the holding balls are managed by the card management device 60.

In the device management data 65c shown in FIG. 11 (c), the address on the network of the inter-machine card processor 10 with the ID "A101" is "AB.CD.EF.GH", the installation location is "Island 1-1", and the installation location is "Island 1-1". It indicates that the ID of the connected gaming machine 20 is "B201", the gaming type is "ball 1", the model of the connected gaming machine 20 is "EV01", and the serial number is "a". It also shows that the gaming machine 20 is in use.

Further, in the device management data 65c, the address on the network of the inter-unit card processing machine 10 with the ID "A201" is "AB.CD.EF.IJ", the installation location is "Island 2-1", and the connected gaming machine. It indicates that the ID of 20 is "B506", the game type is "ball 3", the model of the connected game machine 20 is "DK03", and the serial number is "g". It also shows that the gaming machine 20 is in use.

<Internal configuration of member management device 70>
Next, the internal configuration of the member management device 70 shown in FIG. 3 will be described. FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the member management device 70 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 12, the member management device 70 is connected to the display unit 71 and the input unit 72, and has an external network communication unit 73, a store network communication unit 74, a control unit 75, and a storage unit 76.

The display unit 71 is a liquid crystal panel, a display device, or the like. The input unit 72 is a keyboard, a mouse, or the like. The external network communication unit 73 is an interface unit for communicating with the external management device 200 outside the store. The store network communication unit 74 is an interface unit for data communication with the island controller 40, the hall management device 50, the card management device 60, the prize management device 80, the payment machine 90, and the camera 100 in the game store via a communication line. ..

The control unit 75 is a control unit that controls the entire membership management device 70, and has a member management unit 75a, a self-reported PG management unit 75b, and a PG participant determination unit 75c. Actually, by loading and executing these programs in the CPU, the member management unit 75a, the self-reported PG management unit 75b, and the PG participant determination unit 75c are made to execute the corresponding processes, respectively.

The member management unit 75a is a processing unit that manages the member management data 76a. The member management unit 75a communicates with the card management device 60 and the prize management device 80 to update the balance of the stored balls associated with the card ID. Further, when the member management unit 75a receives the member registration request, the member management unit 75a updates the member management data 76a by adding a member.

Here, the ball storage replay process by the member management unit 75a will be described. When the member management unit 75a receives the ball storage replay request data from the inter-unit card processor 10, the balance of the stored balls at the payout destination rate among the stored balls associated with the card ID in the ball storage replay request data. Is deducted by the number of payout units, and the number of possible replays of stored balls is recalculated. Then, the stored ball replay data including the balance after subtraction and the possible number of stored ball replays is transmitted to the inter-unit card processor 10.

When the self-reported PG management unit 75b receives the registration information of the PG participant from the external management device 200, the self-reported PG management unit 75b stores it in the storage unit 76 as the PG participant data 76c. The self-reported PG management unit 75b notifies the PG participant determination unit 75c of the image of the player received from the camera 100, and instructs the PG participant determination unit 75c to determine whether or not the player is a PG participant. When the determination result that the player is a PG participant is obtained from the PG participant determination unit 75c, the store entry time and the store exit time of the PG participant are stored as the PG participant game record data 76d in the storage unit 76. Remember in.

When the card ID in the telegram of the card insertion notification received from the card management device 60 belongs to the PG participant, the self-reported PG management unit 75b identifies the gaming machine ID of the PG participant from the card ID. Then, the reception time of the telegram together with the game machine ID is stored in the PG participant game record data 76d as the game start time.

When the card ID in the telegram of the card return notification received from the card management device 60 belongs to the PG participant, the self-reported PG management unit 75b uses the reception time of the telegram as the game end time and the PG participant game record. It is stored in the data 76d, and the game amount data 56a between the game start time and the game end time is inquired to the hall management device 50. When the self-reported PG management unit 75b receives the game amount data 56a from the hall management device 50, the self-reported PG management unit 75b stores the total amount of the game amount data 56a in the PG participant game record data 76d as the game amount.

The self-reported PG management unit 75b notifies the external management device 200 of the PG participant game record data 76d at a predetermined time after the store closing process.

The PG participant determination unit 75c compares the image of the player received from the self-reported PG management unit 75b with the image data of the PG participant data 76c according to the instruction of the self-reported PG management unit 75b, and the player participates in the PG. It is determined whether or not the person is a person, and the determination result is notified to the self-reported PG management unit 75b.

Next, the data stored in the storage unit 76 of the member management device 70 shown in FIG. 12 will be described. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the member management data 76a, the game type setting data 76b, the PG participant data 76c, and the PG participant game performance data 76d shown in FIG.

The member management data 76a shown in FIG. 13A shows a state in which the name “BC”, the balance of the stored balls of each game type, the mobile IDm “IDmX1”, etc. are associated with the card ID “2002”. ing. Although not shown here, the member management data 76a can store member points, number of store visits, game history, personal identification number, etc. in association with the card ID. The above-mentioned mobile IDm is identification data that can identify a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, and is used when the mobile terminal is used as a membership card.

Further, FIG. 13A shows a case where the stored balls of the three game types of "ball 1", "ball 2", and "ball 3" are stored. Here, the balance of the stored balls of "ball 1" of the card ID "2002" is "250" balls, the balance of the stored balls of "ball 2" is "1000" balls, and the balance of the stored balls of "ball 3" is. The case where it is a "4000" ball is shown.

The game type setting data 76b shown in FIG. 13B associates the rate “4 yen” and the display name “4 pachinko” with the game type name “ball 1”. In addition, the rate "2 yen" and the display name "2 pachinko" are associated with the game type name "ball 2". In addition, the rate "1 yen" and the display name "1 pachinko" are associated with the game type name "ball 3".

The PG participant data 76c shown in FIG. 13C shows the PG participant whose PG participant ID is "P100201" as a face photo number "P10020101", a membership card ID "2001", and a game upper limit value. The number of times "10" times, the game amount "30,000" yen, the game time "20" hours, and the monitored store setting "Yes" are associated.

In addition, the PG participant data 76c has a face photo number "P10030202", a membership card ID "2032", and a game upper limit of "20" visits to a PG participant whose PG participant ID is "P100302". , The game amount is "80,000" yen, the game time is "50" hours, and the monitored store setting is "Yes".

Further, in the PG participant data 76c, the number of visits to the store is "15" as the face photo number "P10050602", the membership card ID "2056", and the game upper limit value for the PG participant whose PG participant ID is "P100506". The number of times, the game amount is "70,000" yen, the game time is "40" hours, and the monitored store setting "none" is associated.

The PG participant game record data 76d shown in FIG. 13D shows the membership card ID “2001”, the entry date “2019/12/01”, and the entry date “2019/12/01” for the PG participant whose PG participant ID is “P100201”. The entry time "13:00", the exit time "15:30", the game machine ID "A101", the start time "13:15", the end time "15:20" and the game amount "10000" yen are associated with each other. There is.

In addition, the PG participant game record data 76d shows the membership card ID "2032", the entry date "2019/12/02", and the entry time "11" for the PG participant whose PG participant ID is "P100302". ： 00 ”, exit time“ 14:20 ”, game machine ID“ B506 ”, start time“ 11:10 ”, end time“ 12:00 ”and game amount“ 3000 ”yen, and the same PG participant The game machine ID "A203", the start time "12:30", the end time "14:00", and the game amount "15000" yen are associated with each other.

<Internal configuration of external management device 200>
Next, the internal configuration of the external management device 200 shown in FIG. 3 will be described. FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the external management device 200 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 14, the external management device 200 is connected to the display unit 201 and the input unit 202, and has an external network communication unit 203, a control unit 204, and a storage unit 205.

The display unit 201 is a liquid crystal panel, a display device, or the like. The input unit 202 is a keyboard, a mouse, or the like. The external network communication unit 203 is an interface unit for communicating with the member management device 70 and the mobile terminal 210 via the external network.

The storage unit 205 is a storage device such as a non-volatile memory, an organic EL, and a hard disk device, and stores PG participant registration data 205a, notification setting data 205b, and PG participant game monitoring data 205c.

The PG participant registration data 205a is data in which a mobile terminal number, a face photo number, a game store ID, a membership card ID, and a game upper limit value are associated with each PG participant ID. The notification setting data 205b is data associated with a notification setting for whether or not to notify the game store ID. The PG participant game monitoring data 205c is data in which the number of visits to the store, the game amount, and the game time are associated with the PG participant ID. An example of each of these data will be described later.

The control unit 204 is a control unit that controls the entire external management device 200, and has a PG participant management unit 204a, a notification setting management unit 204b, and a game monitoring management unit 204c. Actually, by loading and executing these programs on the CPU, the PG participant management unit 204a, the notification setting management unit 204b, and the game monitoring management unit 204c are made to execute the corresponding processes, respectively.

The PG participant management unit 204a receives a "face image of the PG participant", a "registered game store where the PG participant plays a game", and a "card ID of the membership card of the PG participant in the registered game store" received from the mobile terminal 210. The registration information including the "game upper limit value" is stored in the storage unit 205 as the PG participant registration data 205a. The notification setting management unit 204b stores the notification setting information received from the member management device 70 in the notification setting data 205b.

The game monitoring management unit 204c calculates the game amount and game time of the PG participant from the PG participant game record data 76d received from the member management device 70. The game monitoring management unit 204c adds the calculated game amount and game time to each item of the PG participant game monitoring data 205c, and adds 1 to the number of times the store is entered.

The game monitoring management unit 204c compares the PG participant game monitoring data 205c with the PG participant registration data 205a, and one or more of the number of visits, the game amount, and the game time determines the game upper limit value of the PG participant registration data 205a. If the amount is exceeded, the mobile terminal 210 registered in the PG participant registration data 205a and the member management device 70 of the game store are notified that the game upper limit value has been exceeded.

Next, the data stored in the storage unit 205 of the external management device 200 shown in FIG. 14 will be described. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of the PG participant registration data 205a, the notification setting data 205b, and the PG participant game monitoring data 205c shown in FIG.

The PG participant registration data 205a shown in FIG. 15A shows a mobile terminal number “09012345678”, a face photo number “P10020101”, and a game store ID “J201” for a PG participant whose PG participant ID is “P100201”. , Membership card ID "2001", as the upper limit of the game, the number of visits to the store is "10", the game amount is "30,000" yen, the game time is "20" hours, and the notification setting "none" to the unregistered store is associated.

Further, the PG participant registration data 205a is for a PG participant whose PG participant ID is "P100302", a mobile terminal number "08023456789", a face photo number "P10030202", a game store ID "J201", and a membership card ID. "2032", as the upper limit of the game, the number of visits to the store is "20", the game amount is "80,000" yen, the game time is "50" hours, and the notification setting "Yes" to the unregistered store is associated with the PG participant. On the other hand, the game store ID "L301" and the membership card ID "2020" are further associated with each other.

The notification setting data 205b shown in FIG. 15B associates the notification setting “Yes” with the game store ID “J201”. Further, the notification setting data 205b associates the notification setting "none" with the game store ID "L301" and the notification setting "yes" with the game store ID "K102".

The PG participant game monitoring data 205c shown in FIG. 15 (c) shows that the PG participant whose PG participant ID is "P100201" has visited the store "8" times, the game amount is "28000" yen, and the game time is "18". ”Associating time. Further, the PG participant game monitoring data 205c associates the PG participant whose PG participant ID is "P100302" with the number of visits "12" times, the game amount "90000" yen, and the game time "48" hours. There is.

Next, an example of notification to an unregistered game store will be described. FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of notification to an unregistered game store. In this game performance management system, when the game performance of a PG participant exceeds the game upper limit value, the registered game store registered by the PG participant is notified that the game upper limit value has been exceeded. On the other hand, in general, the unregistered game store that the PG participant does not register will not be notified, but by setting the game store to receive the notification, the notification can be received.

As shown in FIG. 16, the mode of notification differs depending on the combination of the presence / absence of notification set by the PG participant and the game store. Specifically, when the notification setting when a PG participant visits an unregistered game store is set to "notify", when the PG participant visits the unregistered game store, the game store and the said The member ID at the game store is automatically registered in the external management device 200, and the game results at the game store are added to the PG participant game monitoring data 205c. At this time, the notification setting of the PG participant registration data 205a to the unregistered store is set to "Yes", and the notification setting of the notification setting data 205b is set to "Yes" or "No".

In addition, when the notification setting when the PG participant visits the unregistered game store is set to "not notify" and the notification setting when the PG participant visits the unregistered game store by the game store is set to "notify". If the PG participant visits an unregistered game store, an employee of the game store prompts the PG participant to register the game store, and after performing the registration, the game record at the game store. Is added to the PG participant game monitoring data 205c. At this time, the notification setting of the PG participant registration data 205a to the unregistered store is set to "None", and the notification setting of the notification setting data 205b is set to "Yes".

In addition, when the notification setting when the PG participant visits the unregistered game store is set to "not notify" and the notification setting when the PG participant visits the unregistered game store by the game store is set to "not notify". Even if the PG participant visits an unregistered game store, no action is taken, and the game record at the game store is not added to the PG participant game monitoring data 205c. At this time, the notification setting of the PG participant registration data 205a to the unregistered store is set to "None", and the notification setting of the notification setting data 205b is set to "None".

In addition, when the notification setting at the time of the PG participant's visit to the unregistered game store by the game store is set to "notify", and the game store is an unregistered game store, the information of the PG participant is the said. Notified to the game store. In this embodiment, the game store notified as an unregistered game store targets all the game stores that participate in the self-reported PG, so that the PG participant actually enters the notified game store. Many amusement stores that are unlikely will be included.

However, in order to efficiently notify the unregistered game store of the PG participant, when identifying the unregistered game store where the PG participant may enter, it is within the predetermined distance of the registered game store. Amusement stores can be targeted for notification. In addition, a game store within a predetermined distance from the PG participant's home or workplace can be targeted for notification. Furthermore, it is also possible to specify the game store to be notified by using the learned model learned by the supervised learning of deep learning. For example, a large amount of teacher data consisting of a combination of a PG participant's movement history, a map image mapping a registered game store and an unregistered game store, and an unregistered game store to be notified is prepared, and this teacher data is used. A trained model is generated by causing a multi-layer neural network to perform supervised learning, and a map image that maps the movement history of PG participants acquired from the mobile terminal 210 to the trained model and registered and unregistered game stores. By inputting, the unregistered game store to be notified can be specified.

Next, the processing procedure of the member management device 70 will be described. FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the member management device 70. First, if the player entering the game store is a PG participant (step S101; Yes), it is confirmed whether or not the game store is registered as a monitored store (step S102).

If the game store is registered as a monitored store (step S102; Yes), the store entry time is stored in the PG participant game record data 76d (step S105). Next, it is determined whether or not the PG participant has started the game based on the message of the card insertion notification received from the card management device 60 (step S106).

If the PG participant has not started the game (step S106; No), it is determined whether or not the PG participant has left the store (step S111), and if the PG participant has not left the store (step S111; No). , Return to the step of determining whether or not the PG participant has started the game (step S106).

If the PG participant starts the game (step S106; Yes), it is determined whether or not the PG participant has finished the game by the telegram of the card return notification received from the card management device 60 (step S107). When the PG participant finishes the game (step S107; Yes), the hall management device 50 is inquired about the game amount (step S108).

When the game amount is received from the hall management device 50 (step S109; Yes), the game amount is stored in the PG participant game record data 76d (step S110). Next, it is determined whether or not the PG participant has left the store (step S111), and if not (step S111; No), it is determined whether or not the PG participant has started the game. Return to (step S106).

If the PG participant leaves the store (step S111; Yes), the store closing time is stored in the PG participant game record data 76d (step S112), and it is determined whether or not the store closing process has started (step S113). .. If the store closing process has not been started (step S113; No), the process returns to the step of determining whether or not the customer is a PG participant (step S101).

Further, in the step of determining whether or not the game store is registered as the monitored store (step S102), if the game store is not registered as the monitored store (step S102; No), the PG participant The employee is notified of the entry (step S103), and the employee prompts the PG participant to register the game store (step S104).

If the game store is registered with the consent of the PG participant (step S104; Yes), the process proceeds to step S105. If the game store is not registered without the consent of the PG participant (step S104; No), the process proceeds to the step of determining whether or not the store closing process has been started (step S113). When the store closing process is started (step S113; Yes), the PG participant game record data 76d is notified to the external management device 200 (step S114), and the process ends.

Next, the processing procedure of the external management device 200 will be described. FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the external management device 200. First, if the PG participant game record data 76d is received from the member management device 70 (step S201; Yes), the game amount and the game time are calculated and added to each item of the PG participant game monitoring data 205c (step S201; Yes). Step S202), 1 is added to the item of the number of visits (step S203).

After that, the PG participant game monitoring data 205c is compared with the PG participant registration data 205a, and whether or not any one or more of the number of visits, the game amount, and the game time exceeds the game upper limit value of the PG participant registration data 205a. (Step S204).

If none of the game upper limit values has been exceeded (step S204; No), the process ends. If any one of them exceeds the game upper limit value (step S204; Yes), the game upper limit value is set for the mobile terminal 210 and the member management device 70 of the game store registered in the PG participant registration data 205a. The excess is notified (step S205), and the process ends.

As described above, in the game performance management system according to the present embodiment, the player can accurately and efficiently acquire information on the game performance regardless of whether or not the player has registered as a member of the game store.

In the above embodiment, the configuration for notifying the member management device 70 of the excess of the game upper limit value has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the PG participant is notified to the game store. Is registered, the remaining gameable range up to the game upper limit value or the game upper limit value excess can be notified to the inter-unit card processor 10 and displayed on the display operation unit 13 to notify the PG participants. At this time, it is also possible to select whether or not to perform the notification on the inter-unit card processing machine 10 by registering from the PG participant.

Further, in the above embodiment, when the game store is set to notify the notification setting when the unregistered game store visits, the configuration in which the PG participant's entry is individually notified by the member management device 70 has been described. The invention is not limited to this, and the PG participant's store entry status and game status can be configured to be displayed in a list on a device such as the member management device 70.

Further, in the above embodiment, the configuration on the premise that the PG participant registers himself / herself in the self-reported PG has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the PG participant's visit frequency and game. It is also possible to analyze the behavior of the member player using artificial intelligence based on the amount of money, the movement pattern, etc., and notify the device such as the member management device 70 when the corresponding member player enters the store. ..

Further, in the above embodiment, the configuration for the member player has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the camera is installed in various places in the store or in the inter-unit card processing machine 10. By specifying the game status of all the players, it can be configured to target general players.

Further, in the above embodiment, a configuration for storing the game record in the PG participant game record data 76d has been described in order to grasp the game record of the PG participant, but the present invention is not limited to this. It can also be configured to store the game results in the member management data 76a.

<Modification example 1>
In the above embodiment, the configuration in which the PG participant enters the amusement store is detected by the camera 100 installed in the amusement store has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the PG participant is not limited to this. It can also be configured to detect that a PG participant has entered a game store based on the GPS information of the mobile terminal 210. In the first modification, a configuration for detecting that a PG participant has entered a game store by using GPS information of a mobile terminal 210 owned by the PG participant will be described.

The PG participant is acting with the mobile terminal 210, and the GPS information of the PG participant is notified to the external management device 200 at regular time intervals. The external management device 200 determines whether or not the PG participant has entered the registered game store based on the GPS information received from the mobile terminal 210, and if it is determined that the PG participant has entered the store, the PG participant. The player is notified of the entry of the store, and the measurement of the staying time at the game store is started.

When the card ID in the telegram of the card insertion notification received from the card management device 60 belongs to the PG participant, the member management device 70 of the game store uses the card ID to play the game of the PG participant. The machine ID is specified, and the reception time of the telegram is stored in the PG participant game record data 76d as the game start time together with the game machine ID.

When the card ID in the telegram of the card return notification received from the card management device 60 belongs to the PG participant, the member management device 70 uses the reception time of the telegram as the game end time as the PG participant game record data. It is stored in 76d, and the game amount data 56a between the game start time and the game end time is inquired to the hall management device 50. When the member management device 70 receives the game amount data 56a from the hall management device 50, the member management device 70 stores the total amount of the game amount data 56a in the PG participant game record data 76d as the game amount.

If the external management device 200 determines that the PG participant has left the store based on the GPS information received from the mobile terminal 210, the external management device 200 stores the staying time at the game store in the PG participant game monitoring data 205c. Inquires about the game performance of the PG participant to the member management device 70 of the game store.

When the external management device 200 receives the PG participant game record data 76d from the member management device 70, the external management device 200 stores the game amount in the PG participant game record data 76d in the PG participant game monitoring data 205c.

In this way, the GPS information of the mobile terminal 210 possessed by the PG participant can be used to detect that the PG participant has entered the game store and grasp the game performance of the PG participant.

Next, the processing procedure of the external management device 200 according to the present modification 1 will be described. FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the external management device 200 according to the first modification. First, based on the GPS information received from the mobile terminal 210, the staying time of the PG participant at the registered game store is measured, added to the PG participant game monitoring data 205c as the game time, and 1 is added to the number of visits. (Step S301).

If the game store is inquired about the game performance of the PG participant and the PG participant game record data 76d is received from the game store, the game amount in the PG participant game record data 76d is used as the PG participant game. It is added to the monitoring data 205c (step S302).

Comparing the PG participant game monitoring data 205c with the PG participant registration data 205a, it is determined whether or not one or more of the number of visits, the game amount, and the game time exceeds the game upper limit value of the PG participant registration data 205a. Determine (step S303).

If none of the game upper limit values has been exceeded (step S303; No), the process returns to the step of waiting for GPS information reception from the mobile terminal 210 (step S301). If any one of them exceeds the upper limit of the game (step S303; Yes), the registered PG participant and the PG participant's family mobile terminal 210 and the member management device 70 of the game store Notify that the game upper limit value has been exceeded (step S304). At this time, the game store prohibits PG participants from playing games.

After that, if the approach of the PG participant to the registered game store and the unregistered game store is detected based on the GPS information from the mobile terminal 210 (step S305; Yes), the registered PG participant and the PG participation Notify the PG participant's approach to the game store to the mobile terminal 210 of the person's family and the member management device 70 of the game store (step S306).

If the monitoring period for the PG participants ends or the monitoring data is cleared (step S307; Yes), the process ends, otherwise (step S307; No), the process returns to step S305.

As described above, in the game performance management system according to the first modification, the PG participant's game is detected by detecting that the PG participant has entered the game store by the GPS information of the mobile terminal 210 possessed by the PG participant. It can be configured to manage performance.

In the above-mentioned modification 1, the configuration for detecting that the PG participant has entered the game store by the GPS information of the mobile terminal 210 possessed by the PG participant has been described, but the present invention is limited to this. Instead, the GPS information of the mobile terminal 210 possessed by the PG participant can be configured to detect access to public gambling such as racetracks and bicycle racetracks, casinos, ATMs, and money lenders.

Further, in the above-described modification 1, the configuration for notifying the family of the PG participant that the PG participant has entered the game store by the GPS information of the mobile terminal 210 possessed by the PG participant has been described. Is not limited to this, and can be configured to notify the PG participant's behavior report to the PG participant's family.

<Modification 2>
In the above-described embodiment, a configuration for notifying the PG participant and the game store when the game upper limit value registered by the PG participant is exceeded has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. It is also possible to configure each game status to be displayed on the display operation unit 13 or the like of the inter-unit card processing machine 10 at various timings such as payment and lending. In the second modification, a configuration will be described in which each game status is displayed on the display operation unit 13 or the like of the inter-table card processing machine 10 at various timings such as payment and lending.

FIG. 20 shows an operation example in which each game status is displayed on the display operation unit 13 or the like of the inter-machine card processing machine 10 at various timings such as payment and lending. Specifically, when a player makes a deposit, the cumulative number of deposits and the accumulated deposit amount are displayed. At this time, it is also possible to set whether to display or not to display, to display each time, or to display only for the first time. Furthermore, it can be set for each year / month / day.

In addition, when the lending button is pressed, the cumulative number of lending and the cumulative amount of lending are displayed. At this time, it is also possible to set whether to display or not to display, to display each time, or to display only for the first time. Furthermore, it can be set for each year / month / day.

Also, when the replay button is pressed, the cumulative number of replays and the cumulative amount of replays are displayed. At this time, it is also possible to set whether to display or not to display, to display each time, or to display only for the first time. Furthermore, it can be set for each year / month / day.

In addition, the card usage status is displayed when the card is inserted. At this time, it is also possible to set whether to display or not to display, to display each time, or to display only for the first time. Furthermore, it is possible to set whether to display or not to display when moving to the table on the day.

In addition, when the card is ejected, the card usage status is displayed. At this time, it is also possible to set whether to display or not to display, to display each time, or to display only for the first time. Furthermore, it is possible to set whether to display or not to display when moving to the table on the day.

In addition, at the time of counting, the status of counting is displayed. At this time, it is also possible to set whether to display or not to display, to display each time, or to display only for the first time. Further, it can be set to display when the number of counting balls is reduced by a certain number or more.

In addition, it is also possible to set whether or not to display each situation at the timing of paying out the balls or using the total balls when the balls are used exactly.

It is also possible to set whether or not to display each situation at the timing when the difference between the deposit amount and the number of balls acquired on the day becomes negative.

It is also possible to set whether or not to display each situation at the time of big hit, at the end of big hit, at the time of probability change and at the end of time reduction. It is also possible to set whether or not to display the status when the cumulative number of revolutions exceeds a certain number of revolutions. Further, it can be configured to set whether each display is performed each time or only for the first time.

It is also possible to set whether or not to display each status when the call button is operated or when the call is made. Further, after playing for a certain period of time, it is possible to set whether or not to display each situation during the lamp operation at the operation stop.

It is also possible to set whether or not to display each situation when the player is seated or when the sand or lamp is operated. Further, it can be configured to set whether to display each time or only for the first time.

It is also possible to set whether or not to display each situation when the game is played for a certain period of time or longer, or at a certain time.

Further, in each of the above situations, it is possible to set display or non-display by combining with the members extracted under certain conditions. At this time, it can be configured to enable manual or automatic setting.

As described above, the game performance management system according to the second modification is configured to display the game status of each player on the display operation unit 13 or the like of the inter-machine card processing machine 10 at various timings such as payment and lending. You can also do it.

In the above-mentioned modification 2, the configuration for displaying the game status of the PG participants has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and even for general players, when a fixed amount of money is used or for a long time. It can also be configured to be displayed on the display operation unit 13 or the like at the time of performing a time game or the like.

<Modification example 3>
In the above-described embodiment, a configuration for notifying the PG participant and the game store when the game upper limit value registered by the PG participant is exceeded has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. By registering PG participants, it is possible to set replay conditions, prize exchange conditions, and the like to manage their own game status. In the third modification, a configuration for managing one's own game status by setting replay conditions, prize exchange conditions, and the like by registering PG participants will be described.

FIG. 21 shows an operation example of setting game conditions in the self-reported PG. Specifically, the upper limit of replay is set to 10,000 balls as the entire store setting. In the self-reported PG target person setting, as a basic setting, the investment amount upper limit is set to XXXXX yen, the stay time condition is set to XX hours, and the store visit count condition is set to XX times.

In addition, as an additional setting of the self-reported PG target person setting, the replay condition is set to the upper limit XXXXX balls (XXXXX yen), and the prize exchange condition is set as the prize exchange on the day up to XXX yen, only the investment amount, or exchange prohibited. can do. At this time, if the exchange is prohibited, the exchange will be permitted the next day or later.

In addition, the upper limit of the total of the investment amount condition and the replay condition is XXXXXX yen. At this time, it can be set to use from the stored balls or from cash. If you choose to use the stored balls, you will not be able to invest in cash until you cannot use the stored balls.

As described above, the game performance management system according to the third modification can be configured to manage its own game status by setting replay conditions, prize exchange conditions, and the like by registering PG participants.

In addition, in the above-mentioned modification 3, the configuration in which the replay condition, the prize exchange condition, etc. are set and the own game situation is managed by the initial registration of the PG participant has been described, but the present invention is limited to this. Instead, it can be configured so that the PG participant can confirm and change the registered contents at any time by using the mobile terminal, the display operation unit 13 of the inter-unit card processor 10, or the like.

<Modification example 4>
In the above-described embodiment, a configuration for notifying the PG participant and the game store when the game upper limit value registered by the PG participant is exceeded has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. When the game upper limit is exceeded, it can be configured to require the presentation of personal identification information in order to settle and exchange prizes. In the fourth modification, when the upper limit of the game is exceeded, a configuration in which personal identification information is required to be presented in order to settle and exchange prizes will be described.

When PG participation exceeds the game upper limit, it is set to notify the family of PG participants that the game upper limit has been exceeded, and to present personal identification information by taking a face photo etc. in order to settle or exchange prizes. do. When the PG participant visits the store next time, the camera 100 detects it based on the face photograph and notifies the employee of the amusement store and the family of the PG participant.

Further, at the time of payment or prize exchange, the authentication number is notified to the mobile terminal 210 of the family of the PG participant, and the payment or prize exchange is set to be possible on condition that the authentication number is input.

As described above, the game performance management system according to the present modification 4 can be configured to request the presentation of personal identification information in order to settle and exchange prizes when the game performance upper limit value is exceeded.

In the above-mentioned modification 4, the configuration for controlling the settlement and the like on the day of the game has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and only the self-reported PG participant can settle the settlement and the like on another day. It can also be configured to be.

Further, in the above-described modification 4, the configuration for controlling the settlement and the like has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the serial number of the banknotes is managed and the banknotes discharged from the settlement machine are used on the same day. Can also be configured to disable.

Further, in the above-described modification 4, the configuration for controlling the settlement and the like has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the game is played by the camera 100 installed in various places in the game store or in the inter-table card processing machine 10. It is also possible to determine whether or not the customer is under the age of 18, and if it is determined that the customer is under the age of 18, notify the employee of the result.

Further, each configuration shown in each of the above embodiments is a schematic function, and does not necessarily have to be physically illustrated. That is, the form of distribution / integration of each device is not limited to the one shown in the figure, and all or part of the device is functionally or physically distributed / integrated in an arbitrary unit according to various loads and usage conditions. Can be configured.

The game performance management system and the game performance management method according to the present invention are useful when the player accurately and efficiently acquires information on the game performance regardless of whether or not the player has registered as a member of the game store. ..

10 Card processing machine 11 Status display unit 12 Bill carrier 12a Bill insertion slot 13 Display operation unit 14 Reader / writer 14a Card insertion slot 15 Communication unit 16 Storage unit 16a Own device status data 16b Card data 17 Control unit 17a Data management unit 18 Game management unit 18a Authentication processing unit 18b Authentication key management unit 18c Game machine status management unit 20 Game machine 21 Handle 22 Count button 23 Communication control unit 24 Production control unit 24a Production design lottery unit 24b Production lottery unit 25 Game control unit 26 Ball control unit 26a Gameable number management unit 30 Relay device 40 Island controller 50 Hall management device 51 Display unit 52 Input unit 53 Store network communication unit 54 Game machine status reception unit 55 Control unit 55a Collection processing unit 55b Analysis processing unit 55c Output processing Unit 56 Storage unit 56a Game amount data 56b Game data 60 Card management device 61 Display unit 62 Input unit 63 Store network communication unit 64 Control unit 64a Game type setting management unit 64b Card management unit 64c Device management unit 65 Storage unit 65a Game type setting Data 65b Card management data 65c Device management data 70 Member management device 71 Display section 72 Input section 73 External network communication section 74 Store network communication section 75 Control section 75a Member management section 75b Self-reported PG management section 75c PG participant judgment section 76 Memory Part 76a Member management data 76b Game type setting data 76c PG participant data 76d PG participant game performance data 80 Prize management device 90 Settlement machine 100 Camera 200 External management device 201 Display unit 202 Input unit 203 External network communication unit 204 Control unit 204a PG Participant Management Department 204b Notification Setting Management Department 204c Game Monitoring Management Department 205 Storage Unit 205a PG Participant Registration Data 205b Notification Setting Data 205c PG Participant Game Monitoring Data 210 Mobile Terminal

Claims (10)

A game performance management system provided outside a plurality of game stores and having an external management device for managing game performance information of a player who has visited one of the plurality of game stores.
The external management device is
A reception means for receiving a predetermined registration instruction including at least the player identification information for identifying the player and the game store identification information of the first game store for acquiring the game performance information of the player.
As a first notification means for notifying the player identification information to the first in-store management device that manages the game performance information of each player of the first game store provided in the first game store. ,
A storage means for storing the player identification information and the game record information of the player notified from the first in-store management device in association with each other.
A second notification means for notifying the player's game performance information stored in the storage means, and
A game characterized in that it is provided with a third notification means for notifying the player identification information to a second in-store management device of an unregistered second game store that is not included in the predetermined registration instruction. Performance management system. The second notification means is
The game performance management system according to claim 1, wherein the player or a terminal device possessed by a person related to the player is notified of the game performance information of the player stored in the storage means. The second in-store management device is
When the visit of the player specified by the player identification information notified from the external management device is detected, the player is urged to register the second game store in the external management device. The game performance management system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a predetermined notification is performed. The external management device is
Further provided with an additional registration instruction receiving means for receiving a predetermined additional registration instruction including the player identification information for identifying the player and the game store identification information of the second game store for acquiring the game performance information of the player. The game performance management system according to claim 3, wherein the game performance management system is characterized in that. The external management device is
When the predetermined additional registration instruction is received, a fourth notification means for notifying the player identification information to the second in-store management device provided in the second game store is further provided. The game performance management system according to claim 4. The external management device is
An acquisition means for acquiring game performance information of the player from the second in-store management device, and
The fifth aspect of claim 5, further comprising an updating means for updating the game performance information of the player stored in the storage means based on the game performance information at the first game store. Game performance management system. The game record information is
One of claims 1 to 6, wherein the number of visits of the player, the amount of money used by the player, and the staying time of the player staying in the store are included in any one or more of them. Described game performance management system. The first in-store management device and the second in-store management device are
It is possible to detect the player's game performance by face matching processing between the face image of each player captured by the image pickup device provided in the store and the face image of the player included in the player identification information. The game performance management system according to claim 7, which is a feature. It is a game performance management method in a game performance management system provided outside a plurality of game stores and having an external management device for managing game performance information of a player who has visited one of the plurality of game stores. ,
A reception process in which the external management device receives a predetermined registration instruction including at least the player identification information for identifying the player and the game store identification information of the first game store for acquiring the game performance information of the player. When,
The external management device notifies the player identification information to the first in-store management device that manages the game performance information of each player of the first game store provided in the first game store. The first notification process and
A storage step in which the external management device stores the player identification information and the game performance information of the player notified from the first in-store management device in a storage unit in association with each other.
A second notification step in which the external management device notifies the game performance information of the player stored in the storage unit, and
The external management device includes a third notification step of notifying the player identification information to the second in-store management device of the unregistered second game store which is not included in the predetermined registration instruction. A game performance management method characterized by this. The second notification step is
The game performance management method according to claim 9, wherein the player or a terminal device possessed by a person related to the player is notified of the game performance information of the player stored in the storage unit.

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