JP2695222B2 - Amusement card system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a game card system, and is particularly suitable for a pachinko card system and the like.

[Prior Art] In a conventional gaming card system, a game machine is used by using a card issued by a card issuing machine, and a card whose usage fee has been subtracted is used after the card is used up It is common to use cash. At this time, if the card issuing machine, game machine, settlement machine, etc. is a game card system that is not centrally managed, illegal use of the game machine by counterfeit cards or tampering cards,
It is not possible to effectively prevent fraudulent cash payments made by the settlement machine. Also, if a bad card occurs, if it is a card with a balance printed, it is necessary to return cash by printing, and if the card has no balance printed, the balance is unknown. There is a problem with the handling of cards.

As a solution to these problems, card issuing machines,
A game card system has been proposed in which game machines, settlement machines, etc. are centrally managed. In this system, the serial number is recorded on the card by both magnetic recording and printing, and then the usage status of the card and the payment status of the card are monitored. In such a system, in the case of a counterfeit card, it is possible to discriminate because the card number and other information do not match, and when the card itself becomes defective, the usage status can be known from the magnetically recorded card number.

When performing such settlement, when the magnetic recording of the card number also becomes defective, the settlement machine cannot be used, so the operator can use the card by entering the number printed on the card from the terminal. Depending on the situation, the balance is paid in cash and the usage data of the card is rewritten as "used".

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, when the magnetic recording of the card number becomes defective in this way, if the operator mistakes the card number when inputting the number printed on the card from the terminal, the card of another person is regarded as "used". The card will be rewritten, and the correct balance will not be paid to the user of the card to be paid. In addition, since the card of another person is regarded as "used", the user is injured unexpectedly, and the credit of the store is lost.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a centrally managed gaming card system that can reduce input errors by the operator.

[Means for solving the problem]

The present invention provides one or more card issuing machines for issuing a game card in which a unique number of each game card is recorded by recording means such as magnetic recording, a plurality of game machines for playing a game using the game card, and a game. In a gaming card system equipped with a card settlement machine for adjusting the balance of the gaming cards afterwards and a control device for controlling these by centralized management, the card issuing machine magnetically records the unique number of each gaming card and plays the game. When issuing a card, a check unit generated by performing a predetermined calculation from the number unique to each game card is printed on the card together with the number unique to each game card. A storage unit that stores the issuing status, the usage status of the gaming card in the gaming machine, the payment status in the cashing machine, and the correspondence between the unique number of the gaming card and the check number. The game card system includes input means for inputting a unique number and a check number of the game card, and whether the unique number and check number input by the input means satisfy the correspondence relationship stored in the storage unit. And a display means for displaying that the operator has made an input error when it is determined that the number input by the determination means is incorrect.

[Action]

In the system of the present invention, when the card is issued, the check number is calculated from the card-specific number according to a predetermined algorithm and is printed on the card together with the card-specific number. And when the magnetic recording of the card becomes defective,
When the operator inputs a number for settlement, the relationship between the input card-specific number and the check number is checked. If the operator's input of the number is incorrect, the number unique to the game card will be inconsistent with the check number. As a result, it is possible to effectively prevent the operator from making an input error and prevent unexpected damage to the user and damage to the credibility of the store.

〔Example〕

First, an outline of a pachinko card system using a pachinko card as a game card will be described as a premise of the present invention.

Pachinko card system Fig. 4 shows the outline of a pachinko card store to which the pachinko card system is applied. A plurality of pachinko machines PT11, PT12, ... are arranged back to back in two rows to form one group of pachinko machines (hereinafter referred to as "islands") ILD1 to n, which are arranged on the floor of a pachinko machine. Every other card ball lenders CP11, CP12, ... are provided between the pachinko machines PT11, PT12, ..., and each island is used to control these card ball lenders CP11, CP12, ...
Controllers CTR1 to n are provided for ILD1 to n, respectively. Here, a card ball lending machine is a thin ball lending machine inserted between pachinko machines, and pachinko balls can be lent out by inserting a card. Also, each island ILD1
The card issuing machines CEN1 to n are arranged at the ends of to n. The card issuers CEN1 to CEN issue magnetically recordable cards as will be described later by inserting cash, but in addition to issuing cards, pachinko balls can be directly lent out in cash. I am trying.

Card settlement machines EXC1 and EXC2 are arranged near the counter for exchanging pachinko balls obtained by the player for prizes. The card settlement machines EXC1 and EXC2 settle the balance of the card and exchange it for cash. On the counter, a card checker CHK is provided for checking the balance of the card and checking for a card failure.

In addition, a terminal TRM is also installed on the counter to manually settle a card whose magnetic recording has been destroyed.

A block diagram of the entire pachinko card system is shown in FIG. The n islands ILD1 to n are arranged in the whole pachinko parlor. Island ILD1 is composed of card ball lending machines CP11, CP12, ... CP1m, and in the same way, in ILD2, multiple (m) card ball lending machines CP21, CP22, ..., CP2m are one controller CT.
Similarly, in the island ILDn, a plurality (m) of card ball lenders CPn1, CPn2, ..., CPnm are connected to the controller CTRn in the island ILDn. Card issuing machine CE for each island ILD 1 to n
N1 to n are provided.

The controllers CTR1 to n, the card issuing machines CEN1 to n, the two card settlement machines EXC1 and 2, the card checker CHK, and the terminal TRM are arithmetic and control units CTR that control the entire system.
Connected to L.

A storage unit MEM is connected to the arithmetic / control unit CTRL,
The storage unit MEM stores the card issuing status in the card issuing machine, the pachinko card usage status, the correspondence between the pachinko card unique number and the check number, and the like.

Pachinko Card In this pachinko card system, a magnetically recordable card as shown in FIG. 6 is used. FIG. 6 (a)
Shows the front surface of this card PC, and FIG. 6 (b) shows the back surface. The base of the card PC is paper, and the back surface is coated with a magnetic powder having high coercive force, and various data is recorded in the unprinted magnetic recording area 4 on the back surface. A card PC is created by cutting a roll with the front and back sides printed in advance. A detection hole 1 is perforated in the card PC, and is used for cutting a roll, detecting a card, and the like. Arrows 2 and 3 on the front and back to indicate the insertion direction of the card PC
Is printed. On the surface of the card PC, there are provided an issue date printing area 5 where the issue date is printed and a balance area 6 where the settlement and the remaining amount are recorded. The card PC of this embodiment is 10
Since it is a card of 00 yen and the amount used is every 200 yen, the balance is 800 yen, 600 yen, 400 yen, 200 yen, 0 yen.

A 6-digit number is printed on the lower surface area 9 of the card PC. This number consists of a card-specific number area 7 and a check number area 8 consisting of the first five digits. This check number is for checking whether the card-specific number has been correctly entered.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the main components of the present invention. This figure shows the relationship between the card issuing machine CEN and the terminal TRM provided in the prize exchange counter.

In the card issuing machine CEN, a unique number generating means 11 for generating a card unique number, a magnetic recording means 12 for magnetically recording this unique number, a check number generating means 13 for calculating a check number from the unique number, a unique number and a check Printing means 14 for printing numbers together, arithmetic / control device for unique numbers
An output circuit 15 for outputting to CTRL is provided. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the card issuing machine CEN has a magnetic recording means 1
2, the printing means 14 and the input circuit 16, the unique number generating means 11 and the check number generating means 13 is the arithmetic / control unit CT
You may make it manage by RL.

Furthermore, when the check number generating means 13 is provided in the card issuing machine CEN, the check number may be generated based on an algorithm different for each card issuing machine CEN. In this case, the card issuing machine CEN may output the unique number and the check number to the arithmetic / control circuit CTRL.

The operation of issuing a card in this card issuing machine will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

A five-digit serial number is generated by the unique number generating means when the roll is cut and the card is taken out to issue the card, and this serial number is magnetically recorded on the back surface of the card by the magnetic recording means 12 (step S11).

This serial number is sent to the check number generating means 13 to generate a check number. The check number can be obtained, for example, as a digit of one's digit obtained by adding the digits of each digit of the serial number. That is, f (12345) = 5
(Step S12).

The check number thus obtained is sent to the printing means 14 together with the serial number, and a print number in which the check number is concatenated after the serial number is created (step S13).

This print number is printed in a predetermined area on the lower surface of the card PC (step S14).

The terminal TRM is connected to the arithmetic and control unit CTRL, and comprises an input device 22 such as a keyboard, a control circuit 21, and a display device 23 such as a CRT display. The input device 22 is for manually inputting a card number for settlement when the magnetic recording of the card is destroyed and the settlement by the settlement machine becomes impossible.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the terminal TRM.

First, the operator inputs the card number from the input device 22 (step S21). This input number is the control circuit 2
It is sent to the arithmetic and control unit CTRL via 1 and the correspondence between the check number and the serial number is fetched from the storage device MEM, and it is judged whether the serial number and the check number entered by the operator satisfy the predetermined correspondence ( Step S22). When the correspondence between the check number and the serial number is incorrect, an error is displayed on the display device 23 (step S23).

On the other hand, when the correspondence between the check number and the serial number is correct, the control unit circuit 21 asks the calculation / control device CRTL for detailed settlement information and displays the necessary information on the card sent thereby on the display device. The operator can perform the settlement process by determining the settlement amount, the effective period, etc. according to the information.

As described above, even in the case of a card in which the magnetic recording is destroyed, the adjustment information can be retrieved only when the printed number is correctly input, so that the operator's input error can be effectively prevented.

In the above embodiments, the check number is the number in the 1s place of the result of adding the card-specific number, but any algorithm may be used as long as the result is uniquely determined. For example, it is possible to use a digit of ones digit obtained by converting the addition result into a hexadecimal number.

Further, although an independent terminal device is provided in the embodiment, it is not always necessary and any device having a number input means, a determination means, and a display means may be used. Therefore, for example, it may be integrated with a calculation / control device that performs overall control.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, a check number is obtained in advance from a card-specific number when a card is issued and is printed on the card surface together with the card-specific number, and the stored card-specific number and check number are stored. Since the number entered is checked based on the relationship between the numbers, when paying a card with destroyed magnetic recording, the operator can obtain the checkout information only if the number entered by the operator is correct. It is possible to effectively prevent accidental damage to the original card holder and damage to the credit of the store due to a mistake.

Further, since the card unique number and the check number are mixed to form one print number, the operator does not need to be aware of the card unique number and the check number.
It is possible to reduce mistakes in inputting numbers.

Furthermore, a card on which a number in which the unique number of the card and the check number do not correspond is printed can be immediately discriminated as a counterfeit card.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing an operation at the time of issuing a card, and FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing a state in which a card with a defective magnetic recording is settled. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a pachinko card system to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a control system of the pachinko card system, and FIG. 6 is a plan view showing the front and back surfaces of the pachinko card. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing another embodiment. 1 ... Detection hole, 2, 3 ... Arrow, 4 ... Magnetic recording area, 5
...... Issue date print area, 6 ...... remaining money area, 7 ...... card unique number area, 8 ...... check number area, 9 ...... lower area record, 11 ...... specific number generating means, 12 ...... magnetic recording means ,
13 …… Check number generation means, 14 …… Printing means, 15 ……
Output circuit, 16 ... Input circuit, 21 ... Control circuit, 22 ... Input device, 23 ... Display device, ILD ... Island, CTRL ... Calculation /
Controller, PT …… Pachinko machine, CEN …… Card issuing machine, E
XC …… card payment machine, CP …… card ball lending machine, CHK …… card checker, TRM …… terminal.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. One or more card issuing machines for issuing game cards in which a unique number of each game card is recorded by recording means such as magnetic recording, and a plurality of game machines for playing games using the game cards. In a gaming card system that includes a card settlement machine that balances the balance of the gaming cards after playing, and a control device that controls these by centralized management, the card issuing machine uses a unique number for each gaming card as a magnetic When recording and issuing a game card, a check unit generated by performing a predetermined calculation from the number unique to each game card is printed on the card together with the number unique to each game card. A card issuing situation in the card issuing machine, a game card using situation in the gaming machine, a settlement situation in the settlement machine, a number unique to the gaming card and a check number. The gaming card system further includes a storage unit that stores the correspondence, and the gaming card system further includes an input unit for inputting a unique number and a check number of the gaming card, and a unique number and a check number input by the input unit. Judgment means for judging whether or not the correspondence relationship stored in the storage portion is satisfied, and display means for displaying that there is an input error by the operator when it is judged that the number input by this judgment means is incorrect. A gaming card system characterized by having and.