JP3988951B2 - Data aggregation method in management device for slot machine for amusement hall - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a method for collecting data indicating the occurrence status per small combination for a plurality of slot machines provided in a game arcade with a management device .

  The slot machine is configured to pay out medals with the stop position of each reel of the roulette, which is a variable display device, hitting a symbol. A lottery operation is performed in response to a game start operation in a performed state, and when a winning combination is played, a control is performed to stop at a symbol when the reel is stopped due to the operation of the stop button. . However, the roulette uses a predetermined sliding rotation range (sliding rotation range from the position where the stop button is operated to a predetermined number of symbols (usually less than 5)) to align the winning symbols. When there is no winning symbol within the sliding rotation range at the time when the is operated, even if the lottery result is a winning symbol, the winning symbol is not aligned, and so-called “missing out” that the medal is not paid out occurs. In this case, the slot machine is configured such that once a small winning combination generated in a normal state is missed, the winning combination disappears. For this reason, on the side of the player who is familiar with the slot machine, the rotation of the reel is visually monitored, and the stop button is operated so that the reel stops when it hits the symbol. To reduce “missing”.

  On the amusement hall side, it is necessary to understand the level of the game technology of “the push” in each slot machine model and the level of the game technology of the player so that the business can be carried out smoothly. Although it is desirable above, in the past, how much such gaming technology affects the appearance rate of multiple types of small roles in slot machines, as well as the level of gaming technology of the player No method has been established for this, and this has been an unresolved issue.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and the purpose of the present invention is to provide data that can be used as a standard for technical intervention of a plurality of types of small roles in each slot machine in a game arcade and the technical level of a player. Another object of the present invention is to provide a data tabulation method in a management device for a gaming machine slot machine that can be easily derived for each type of small role.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention performs a lottery operation in response to a game start operation by a player and starts a reel rotation operation, and within a predetermined sliding rotation range in accordance with a stop button operation by the player. The reel is controlled to stop at the winning symbol only when there is a winning symbol in the lottery operation. When the game is started, a game start signal is output, and the game result is When it becomes one of a set of multiple types of small roles, it is configured to pay out the number of considerations corresponding to the number of small roles, and to output the number of pulse signals according to the number of considerations paid out. In the data totaling method for the management device of the gaming machine slot machine,
The management device determines the type per small part generated in one game by counting the number of output of the pulse signal for each output of the game start signal, and determines the number per small part. The number of occurrences is calculated separately for each type.

  According to this data tabulation method, in the slot machine, a lottery operation is performed in accordance with a game start operation by a player, a reel rotation operation is started, and a predetermined operation is performed in accordance with a stop button operation by the player. The reel is controlled so that it stops at the winning symbol only when there is a symbol winning in the lottery operation within the sliding rotation range. In this case, a game start signal indicating the start of the game is output from the slot machine, and when the result of the lottery operation is per small combination, a number corresponding to the small combination is paid out. The number of pulse signals corresponding to the number of payouts is output. Then, the number of outputs of the pulse signal (that is, the number of payouts that is different for each type of small role) is tabulated separately for each output of the game start signal, and based on this, the small number generated in one game The type per role is determined, and the number of occurrences per small role of the plurality of weeks is divided and calculated for each type.

  Therefore, the appearance rate per multiple types of small roles in the slot machine can be obtained by, for example, “total number of occurrences per small role ÷ total number of games (this can be obtained by totaling the number of outputs of the game start signal. Can be obtained for each type of each small role based on the calculation " As a result, it is possible to easily derive data that can be used as an indication of the level of intervention of the gaming technique (so-called “push”) and the technical level of the player with respect to the appearance rate of each type of small role in each slot machine in the game hall. Therefore, useful data can be supplied to the amusement hall side.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 3 schematically shows the front appearance of a slot machine installed in the game hall and its periphery. In FIG. 3, the slot machine 1 is configured as a so-called CR machine, and a lending unit 2 including a prepaid card insertion slot 2 a and a card reader (not shown) is provided adjacent to the slot machine 1. A gaming table terminal 3 is provided above the slot machine 1. This game machine terminal 3 transmits various signals shown in the following (1) to (5) output from the slot machine 1 to the management device, and performs a display operation in accordance with a command from the management device 4. It has become.

(1) Out signal (1 pulse output for every medal insertion or 1 credit medal bet)
(2) Safe signal (1 pulse output for each payout of 1 medal or 1 credit medal: equivalent to the pulse signal in the present invention)
(3) Big bonus signal (level signal output during big bonus period)
(4) Regular bonus signal (level signal output during regular bonus period)
(5) Reel signal (level signal output during the period when the reel of roulette 5 described later is rotating: corresponding to the game start signal in the present invention)
The out signal, the safe signal, and the reel signal are output at the timing shown in FIG. 4, and the reel signal is output after the out signal is output every time a medal is inserted or a credit medal is bet. A safe signal is output when a medal or a credit medal is paid out after the output of the reel signal is stopped. However, FIG. 4 shows an example in which a so-called three-wager game is played (an example in which three pulses of the out signal are output), and when five medals or credit medals are paid out in the first game. The example (example in which 5 pulses of safe signals are output) is shown.

  Further, the slot machine 1 of the present embodiment is easy to align aiming at a small role as so-called challenge time (special reel control (control to ignore slip control described later for a predetermined reel of the roulette 5) is performed). (However, it is not possible to arrange during the big bonus period or during replay games) and assist time (a state where the establishment status per small role is notified by a ramp, etc .: easy alignment for small roles) It is a model that does not.

  On the other hand, a display window 5a is formed on the front surface of the slot machine 1, and the symbol of the roulette 5 provided inside can be visually recognized through the display window 5a. In this case, the symbol is drawn on the circumferential surfaces of the left reel, middle reel, and right reel (not labeled) of the roulette 5 and corresponds to the upper, middle, and lower stages of the display window 5a when the reels are stopped. The symbol is displayed. The display window 5a is provided with a total of five winning lines (three horizontal lines corresponding to the upper, middle and lower stages and two diagonally arranged) (indicated by broken lines: unsigned). The number of activated items increases as the number of bets increases. Further, an active line display section 6 for displaying the activated pay line is provided on the side of the display window 5a. Further, above the display window 5a, a liquid crystal display unit 7a and a speaker 7b for displaying various information such as a medal payout progress state during the bonus are provided.

  Further, on the front face of the slot machine 1, a credit button 8 for betting credit medals, a settlement button 9 for settlement of credit medals, and a medal slot 10 are provided below the display window 5a. A start lever 11, a left stop button 12, a middle stop button 13, a right stop button 14, a lending button 15 that is operated when receiving a medal based on a prepaid card inserted in the lending unit 2, A return button 16 is provided which is operated when the game in the slot machine 1 is ended (when the prepaid card is discharged).

  On the right side of the display window 5a, a remaining amount display unit 17 for displaying the remaining amount of the prepaid card inserted in the lending unit 2, a credit display unit 18 for displaying the number of credit medals, and a payout for displaying the number of paid out medals. A number display unit 19 is provided. Further, a tray 20 is provided at the bottom front of the slot machine 1 and a decorative lamp 21 is provided at the top.

  In this case, in the slot machine 1, the start lever 11 is operated in a series of game start operations, that is, in a state where medals are inserted into the medal slot 10 or a credit medal is bet through the credit button 8. The lottery operation and the operation of the roulette 5 (reel rotation operation) are started when the game is released, and one game is performed with the reels stopped according to the operation of the stop buttons 12 to 14 or the elapse of the upper limit time. Is supposed to end. If the lottery result is a win, the reel stop symbol in the roulette 5 is controlled to be a winning symbol at the end of the game. At this time, the number of medals corresponding to the winning symbol is controlled. Is released to the tray 20 (the number of credits in the credit display unit 18 is increased within a limit value (generally “50”), and only the excess number of medals is discharged to the tray 20. Sometimes). As a winning symbol for releasing medals, a regular bonus symbol and a small role symbol that are normal hits are set in addition to a big bonus symbol that is a big hit.

  In this case, especially for the small role symbol corresponding to each small role, the number of medals to be paid out is 15 “small role 1”, 10 “small role 2”, 5 “small role 3”, 3 pieces Four types of “small role 4” are set.

  FIG. 1 shows the electrical configuration of the slot machine 1 and parts related to the slot machine 1 by a combination of functional blocks. In FIG. 1, the control unit 22 is constituted by a microcomputer including a CPU, ROM, RAM, and the like. The credit button 8, the settlement button 9, the start lever 11, the left stop button 12, the middle stop button 13, Each operation signal from the right stop button 14, the lending button 15, and the return button 16 is input. Further, the control unit 22 receives a remaining amount data signal from the lending unit 2 (a signal indicating data read from the prepaid card), a medal for determining the authenticity and quantity of medals inserted into the medal slot 10. A signal for setting the number of medals inserted from the detection mechanism 23 and a jackpot probability setting signal from the setting unit 24 for setting the jackpot probability at the time of the game to any one of six stages, for example, are input.

  The control unit 22 includes a reel driving unit 26 for driving the left, middle and right reel motors 25a, 25b and 25c of the roulette 5, an amplifier 27 for driving the speaker 7b, and the tray 20 A medal payout unit 28 for discharging medals is connected.

  And the control part 22 is based on each input signal mentioned above and the program memorize | stored in ROM, The said effective line display part 6, the liquid crystal display part 7a, the remaining amount display part 17, the credit display part 18, and the payout number display part 19 The decorative lamp 21, the reel drive unit 26, the amplifier 27, and the medal payout unit 28 are controlled, and the above-mentioned out signal, safe signal, big bonus signal, regular bonus signal, and reel signal are generated. And the control for transmitting those signals to the game console terminal 3 through the information output terminal 29.

  In this case, the control unit 22 performs the game start operation by the start lever 11 in a state where the consideration has been paid, that is, in a state where a medal is inserted into the medal insertion slot 10 or a bet is made by the credit button 8. A lottery operation is performed with a predetermined probability and each reel of the roulette 5 is started to operate through the reel driving unit 26. When each stop button 12-14 is operated in this state or when the time is over, each reel Is controlled at a position corresponding to the lottery result, and medal payout control is performed according to the lottery result. However, the roulette 5 is configured to stop rotation of each rotating reel within a predetermined sliding rotation range when the corresponding stop buttons 12 to 14 are operated, and the control unit 22 selects the lottery. When the result is winning, the reel stop position is set to the winning symbol only when the winning symbol corresponding to the lottery result exists in the sliding rotation range at the time when the stop buttons 12 to 14 are operated or when the time is over. It is the structure which controls to become, ie, the structure which performs slip control. The control unit 22 is configured to perform generation control of the out signal, the safe signal, the big bonus signal, the regular bonus signal, and the reel signal in conjunction with the series of controls as described above.

  The out signal, the safe signal, the big bonus signal, the regular bonus signal, and the reel signal that are generated as described above and transmitted to the gaming machine terminal 3 are transmitted from the gaming machine terminal 3 to the management device 4 as described above. It is configured to be transmitted to. The management device 4 is also provided with a sales signal from the lending unit 2.

  FIG. 2 shows the contents of the control processing on the management apparatus 4 side in the count processing routine for the number of occurrences per small combination related to the gist of the present invention, and this will be described below together with related operations. In FIG. 2, for the sake of convenience of explanation, an example in which data for one slot machine 1 is managed is shown, but actually, based on an ID number (unit number) individually assigned to the slot machine 1. The data management is performed while classifying each slot machine 1.

  In FIG. 2, the management device 4 determines whether or not a safe signal (a pulse signal output every time a medal is paid out or every time a medal is paid out) is input from the slot machine 1 (step A1). When the safe signal is input, the process proceeds to step A3 after executing step A2 in which the result of counting the pulse input of the safe signal is updated and stored in the buffer memory as “number of small payouts”. In the non-input state, step A2 is jumped to and step A3 is entered. In step A3, it is determined whether or not the “small role payout number” is 1 or more. If “NO”, the process returns to step A1. It is determined whether or not the game has started (step A4).

  In the non-input state of the reel signal, it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed (step A5). If not, the process returns to step A1, but if it has elapsed, the process proceeds to step A6. Also, when a reel signal is input (“YES” in A4), the process proceeds to step A6. In this step A6, the finally obtained “small part payout number” (that is, equivalent to the number of medals released per one small part) is compared with the small part setting table as shown in FIG. Thus, it is determined whether the type of the small combination that has caused the generation of the safe signal is “small combination 1”, “small combination 2”, “small combination 3”, or “small combination 4”.

  Here, the management device 4 is constructed with a database for organizing and storing various data about the slot machine 1 for each slot machine 1. Stores management data such as the number of occurrences of each of (“Pocket 1”, “Pocket 2”, “Pocket 3”, “Pocket 4”) in a state divided into normal time and big bonus time. A normal game count storage area, a big bonus game count storage area, a normal small role occurrence count storage area, a big bonus small role occurrence count storage area, and the like are set.

  After the execution of step A6, it is determined whether or not a big bonus signal has been input (step A7), and in the non-input state, the step in the normal time small part occurrence count storage area set in the database is determined. Step A8 is executed to increment the stored value of the number of occurrences of the small combination corresponding to the type determined in A6 by 1, and the process returns. On the other hand, in the input state of the big bonus signal, the stored value of the number of small combinations generated corresponding to the type determined in the step A6 in the storage area for the number of small bonus occurrences set in the database is stored. Step A8 incremented by 1 is executed and the process returns.

  In the management device 4, the total number of games and the reference number of games in each slot machine 1 obtained based on the reel signal and the out signal from the slot machine 1 (the number of three betting games: Can be determined by the number of pulses) according to whether or not a big bonus signal is input, and is divided into either a normal game count storage area or a big bonus game count storage area in the database. Yes.

  The management device 4 is configured to classify the data accumulated in the database as described above for each slot machine 1 and output a form organized for each model. An example of such a form is shown in FIG. FIG. 6 shows a state in which the slot machines 1 are grouped for each model. In each group, the total number of games, the number of reference games, “small” in the normal state are associated with the machine numbers of the slot machines 1. The number of occurrences and appearance rate (%) for each of the small roles, “small role 2”, “small role 3”, “small role 4”, total number and appearance rate (%) per small role, big bonus Total number of games at the time, number of base games, “small role 1”, “small role 2”, “small role 3”, occurrence number and occurrence rate (%) per each small role, each small role An example including the total number of times and the appearance rate (%) is shown. The appearance rate is data obtained by calculating the number of small combinations generated / the total number of games.

In short, according to the above-described configuration, when the data about the slot machine 1 is tabulated on the management device 4 side, the following operations and effects can be obtained.
That is, when the result of the lottery operation according to the game start operation in the slot machine 1 is per small role, the winning corresponding to the lottery result is within the sliding rotation range when the stop buttons 12 to 14 are operated. Only when a symbol is present, the reel stop position is controlled to be the winning symbol, and when the symbol is stopped at that winning symbol, the number of considerations determined for each lottery result is paid out only once. Wins are established. There are four types of small roles: “small role 1” with 15 medals, 10 “small roles 2”, 5 “small roles 3”, and 3 “small roles 4”. Is set.

  In this case, the slot machine 1 outputs a safe signal with the number of pulses corresponding to the number of medals paid out, and a reel signal indicating that the roulette 5 has been operated, and the total number of games is determined based on the reel signal. At the same time, the number of pulses of the safe signal (that is, the number of medals paid out for each type of small role) is classified for each output of the reel signal (every game is started). The number of occurrences per four types of small roles is calculated separately for each type.

  Also, based on the total number of games and the number of occurrences per small role obtained in this way, the appearance rate per small role in the slot machine is also calculated, and these data are shown in the form as shown in FIG. Output as data.

  As a result, it is possible to easily derive data that can be used as an indication of the technical level of the player and the technical level of the game technique (so-called push) with respect to the appearance rate per small role in each slot machine 1 in the game hall. Therefore, useful data can be supplied to the amusement hall side.

  Incidentally, in the example of FIG. 6, for “model 1”, for example, the appearance rate of “small role 1” with a large number of medal payouts per time was compared between the slot machines 1 with the unit numbers “777” and “778”. In this case, there is a large difference between the slot machines 1 in both the normal time and the big bonus. Such a difference is considered to be caused by whether or not the so-called “promotion” is accurately performed. Therefore, it can be determined that the slot machine of “model 1” has a high technical intervention. Further, the player in the slot machine 1 with the machine number “778” has a relatively high technical level, and the player in the slot machine 1 with the machine number “777” has a relatively low technical level. Can be judged.

  On the other hand, in the example of FIG. 6, in “model 2”, when the appearance rate of “small role 1” is compared between the slot machines 1 with the machine numbers “111” and “112”, either the normal time or the big bonus time However, there is no big difference between the slot machines 1. Therefore, it can be determined that the slot machine of “model 2” has low technical intervention.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the following modifications or expansions are possible.
In the above embodiment, the slot machine 1 of a model that does not generate a so-called challenge time and assist time is taken as an example of the data tabulation target. However, a slot machine of a model for which a challenge time and an assist time are set may be used as a data tabulation target. good. In this case, it is desirable to count the number of occurrences per small role separately for each normal time, big bonus period, challenge time period, and assist time period. Here, as described above, the challenge time period and the assist time period are periods in which it is easy to align the small roles. Therefore, the number of occurrences per small role during the period depends on the difference in the skill of the player. It will be shown indeed. Therefore, as described above, the total number of occurrences per small role is divided into normal time, big bonus period, challenge time period, and assist time period to accurately determine the technical level of the player. It becomes possible.

  Although the slot machine 1 configured as a CR machine has been described, the same data tabulation method can be applied to a slot machine configured as a so-called cash machine. Although the medal and the credit medal are paid out as the compensation when the roulette 5 becomes the winning mode, the digital data form credit is paid out and the credit card is issued to the ID card (for example, an IC card or the like) A configuration may be adopted in which the unique code recorded on the magnetic card is stored in association with the unique code.

Functional block diagram showing the electrical configuration of an embodiment of the present invention Flow chart showing control contents on management device side Front view of slot machine Reel signal, out signal, safe signal output timing chart The figure which shows an example of a small role setting table A diagram showing an example of a form output by the management device

Explanation of symbols

  1 is a slot machine, 2 is a lending unit, 3 is a game console terminal, 4 is a management device, 5 is a roulette, 10 is a medal slot, 11 is a start lever, and 22 is a control unit.

Claims (1)

The lottery operation is performed in accordance with the game start operation of the player and the reel rotation operation is started, and the winning symbol in the lottery operation is within a predetermined sliding rotation range in accordance with the stop button operation by the player. The reel is controlled so as to stop at the winning symbol only when it exists, and when the game is started, a game start signal is output, and the game result is set to one of a plurality of preset small roles. In the data totaling method in the game machine slot machine management device that outputs the number of pulse signals according to the number of payout of the payout as well as paying out the value corresponding to the small role,
The management device determines the type per small part generated in one game by counting the number of output of the pulse signal for each output of the game start signal, and determines the number per small part. A data totaling method in a game machine slot machine management device, wherein the number of occurrences is calculated for each type.

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