JP5029819B2 - Amusement park management system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game hall management system that collects and manages game data output from a gaming machine installed in a game hall, and in particular, inspection or trial hitting of game machines accompanying new replacement of game machines or rearrangement of game machines, etc. The present invention relates to a game hall management system that automatically determines the start of operation as a business without setting the start of business when the business start time cannot be predicted.

In game halls such as pachinko halls and pachislot halls in recent years, card ball lending machines and cash balls that lend gaming status signals such as jackpot signals and start signals output from gaming machines, and gaming media adjacent to gaming machines A game hall management system called a hall computer that collects and manages various game data such as a ball lending signal output from a machine such as a rental machine is installed.
The game data collected and managed by such a game hall management system is reflected in the change of the setting value of the next day's game machine (slot machine), etc., by the game hall manager confirming and analyzing it. It is positioned as important data for formulating sales strategies in amusement park management.

By the way, at the amusement hall, in order to acquire new customers or to bring existing customers to the store again, we removed old gaming machines and replaced them with new ones or installed gaming machines inside the gaming hall. The layout is changed to change the layout.
Along with such replacement of new machines and rearrangement, the game hall manager can change the information and layout of new gaming machines, change the stored game data by rearrangement, etc. by input operation in the above-mentioned game hall management system. As a result, the game data can be collected in the game machine configuration after replacement.

  In addition, such replacement and replacement of new machines require permission from the Public Safety Commission in each prefecture, and in conjunction with this, actual machine inspections are carried out by related parties. The actual machine inspection is requested to be inspected at a pre-designated date and time such as a fixed holiday at the amusement hall. However, if there are many other amusement halls that will be replaced by new machines, the inspection will not be performed at the specified date or time due to the lack of personnel involved in the inspection. It may not start and the end time of the test may not end as scheduled.

In addition, in the case of replacement of a new stand or the like, an operation of collecting trial placement data for comparison with future business data is performed. This is an operation to collect and analyze game data of a new game machine before starting sales, and adjust the settings etc. so that the profit that the game machine sells matches the target value. It is an indispensable task.
Such trial hitting work is repeatedly performed by trial and error until it converges to the target value, and it is difficult to accurately predict the trial hit end time.

In this way, collecting data for test hits associated with actual machine inspections and replacement of new machines is an indispensable task, and at the same time, the end time is unpredictable, so the subsequent business start time becomes unpredictable. I was sorry.
As a result, in the above-mentioned game hall management system, it is difficult to set a business start for such a new game machine or a game machine to be rearranged. When performing these operations in parallel, there has been a situation where accurate game data cannot be collected and managed.

For example, many of the recent game halls are open all year round, and there are many game halls where the above-mentioned replacement work can be performed without providing a fixed holiday. In the installed gaming machine island, normal operations will be conducted, and on the other gaming machine island in which a new gaming machine is installed, a blindfold or the like is provided to prevent the game from being played by the player, thereby eliminating the player. In this situation, the above work is performed.
For this reason, if the game hall management system is set to collect game data from the normal business start time, it will collect business data in normal business on the gaming machine island where the existing game machine is installed. . However, in the gaming machine island where the new game machine is installed, the game data as the operating state is not output during the inspection work, so the gaming center management system collects the gaming data that is not in the operating state.
For example, when inspecting a pachinko machine, a ball inspection is performed such that a game ball does not stop at a game nail, and that the number of award balls for each winning opening is accurately paid out. As a result, the game hall management system collects meaningless game data at the time of these inspections.
In addition, when trial placement is underway, trial placement data will be collected, but when trial placement is completed and normal business operation is started after that, it is accumulated in the trial placement data collected earlier. Sales data will be collected.
As a result, the game data is a mixture of trial hit data and sales data, making it impossible to acquire appropriate game data for comparative consideration of both.

In this way, in order to avoid the collection of meaningless game data at the time of inspection and the mixing of trial data and sales data, when inspection or trial work is completed, for example, when trial data is collected After temporarily storing trial hit data related to a new game machine etc. in a storage medium such as a hard disk provided in the game hall management system, the game data of the gaming machine island where the new game machine etc. is installed is initialized. At the same time, it was necessary to make an input setting for starting a new collection of business data to the game hall management system.
The manager of the game hall has to perform such input setting every time a new game machine is replaced, which is cumbersome and increases the burden at the time of replacement work.

Several techniques have been disclosed for reducing the input work of the game hall manager regarding various data settings / updates of the game hall management system when such a new game machine is replaced.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-133867 includes a storage means for storing information related to gaming machines and the like, and an updating means for updating information related to gaming machines and the like when changes such as replacement or replacement of gaming machines occur. The invention of the electronic management apparatus is disclosed.
Thereby, for example, when a gaming machine is moved and exchanged in a game hall, the information of the moving source can be replaced with the information of the gaming machine of the moving destination, so that the individual information of the gaming machine can be continuously used. It can be done.

Patent Document 2 discloses a management system for a gaming machine that acquires a unique gaming machine ID from each gaming machine and accumulates gaming data in a storage unit based on the gaming machine ID.
Thereby, in order to accumulate game data based on the gaming machine ID, the accumulated gaming data is output in a list for each gaming machine regardless of the movement of the installation location in the gaming room related to the replacement of the gaming machine. Can do.

Further, in Patent Document 3, game data is stored in association with specific information for specifying a game machine, and a new machine is generated after designation by designating whether it is a new machine or a continuation machine to be moved in the game hall. An invention of a game management device that stores game data to be stored and stores game data generated after the designation following the game data before the designation for the continuation table is disclosed.
As a result, when a game machine is replaced, the game data after the replacement is collected for the new machine, and the game data after the replacement is cumulatively added to the game data before the replacement for the continuous machine. It can be collected and managed.

JP-A-11-70248 JP 2004-24335 A JP 2004-65686 A

However, the techniques disclosed so far have not solved the problems described above.
In other words, any of the above-described inventions reduces the input work burden of the setting / change of the game hall manager for the setting of a new gaming machine or the movement of the gaming machine in the gaming hall. In addition, there is no description about the labor reduction measures for the input work when collecting data for trial placement accompanying the replacement of a new stand, etc., and no specific breakthrough measures could be found.

  The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and for the work such as inspection or trial hitting of a gaming machine accompanying new replacement or replacement of gaming machines, When the business start time cannot be predicted, the game hall management system automatically determines the start of operation as a business without entering and setting the business start, and stores the business data and trial data separately The purpose is to provide.

  In order to achieve the above object, a game hall management system according to the present invention, as set forth in claim 1, collects and manages game data generated in connection with the operation of a gaming machine installed in the game hall. In the management system, based on predetermined game data, a determination unit that determines whether the gaming machine is operating as a business or a trial run, and a determination that the determination unit is operating as a business And storage means for storing game data generated in connection with the operation of the gaming machine as business data.

According to the game hall management system of the present invention having such a configuration, whether or not the game machine is operating as a business operation based on predetermined game data generated in connection with the operation of the game machine by the judging means Since it is possible to determine whether or not it is operating as a business, it is possible to store game data generated in connection with the operation of the gaming machine as business data by the storage means. it can.
As a result, sales data is collected only when the gaming machine is operating as a business, so it is possible to avoid mixing with trial hit data other than the sales data as described above, and test hit data etc. Authentic business data that has not been accumulated can be acquired.

Note that the game data generated in connection with the operation of the gaming machine is output from the gaming machine, the equipment provided in the gaming machine, the intermediary machine provided adjacent to the gaming machine, and the gaming machine is operated. This means various signals generated by doing so.
For example, the signal output from the gaming machine includes a status signal indicating the gaming state of the gaming machine, such as a jackpot signal or a start signal output for each game.
In addition, for example, when the gaming machine is a pachinko machine, the signal output from the equipment provided in the gaming machine is output from a count sensor provided in the out ball tank that returns the gaming ball to the gaming machine island. And a safe signal output from a replenishing machine that replenishes game balls.
In addition, signals output from an intermediary machine such as a card ball lending machine or a cash ball lending machine installed adjacent to the gaming machine include a ball lending signal and a cash input signal.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the game hall management system further comprises an undetermined stand designating unit for designating a gaming machine whose operation start time is undetermined, and the determination unit is operated as a business by the undetermined stand designating unit. It may be configured to determine whether a game machine whose operation start time has been determined to be indeterminate is operating as a business or trial run.

By adopting such a configuration, by providing an undetermined stand specifying means for specifying a gaming machine whose operation start time is not yet determined as a business, a gaming machine to be inspected or tried at the time of replacement and its It is possible to clearly distinguish the game machine related to normal business other than the above.
As a result, the determination means determines whether it is operating as a business or trial run only for a gaming machine for which the operation start time is determined as undecided by the undetermined stand specifying means. The determination means does not need to determine all the game tables, and the determination efficiency is improved. In addition, for the game tables related to normal sales, it is not necessary to wait for the determination result by the determination means. It is possible to collect and manage game data as business data at the same timing.

In addition, the game hall management system according to claim 3 is configured such that the storage means stores the game data by dividing it into sales data and trial hit data based on the determination result of the determination means. it can.
With such a configuration, the storage means stores the game data divided into sales data and trial hit data based on the determination result of the determination means, so that not only the sales data but also the test hits are stored. Data can also be collected and managed.
Thereby, the manager of the game hall can compare and memorize the stored trial hit data and sales data. You can change the settings of each gaming machine at a later date.

  According to a fourth aspect of the game room management system, the game machine is operated as a business based on a rental signal that is output from a table machine that rents game media installed adjacent to the game machine. It can be set as the structure which determines whether it is operating or it is operating as a trial hit.

By adopting such a configuration, the determination means is based on a lending signal output from an intermediary machine such as a card ball lending machine or a cash ball lending machine that lends a game medium adjacent to the gaming machine. Therefore, it can be determined that the gaming machine is operating with the rented game medium.
As a result, it is possible to determine that a game using a valuable card or the like inserted by a player or a game medium using cash as a price, that is, operation as a business.
Note that the lending signal output from the interbank machine is, for example, a ball lending signal output from a card ball lending machine or a cash input signal output from a cash ball lending machine when the gaming machine is a pachinko machine. A signal output from the intermediary machine as a result of renting game media such as game balls and game medals based on the insertion of cash equivalent media such as value cards and value coins, or the insertion of cash.

  In addition, when there are a plurality of gaming machines to be judged by the judging means, the judging means is installed adjacent to each of the plurality of gaming machines. It can be set as the structure which determines whether the said some game machine is operate | moving as sales or trial run based on the rental signal output from the said inter-machine.

By adopting such a configuration, even if the lending signal is not output from all the intermediary machines installed adjacent to each of the plurality of gaming machines, the judging means operates the plurality of gaming machines as a business. It can be determined whether it is operating as a trial hit.
In general, in amusement halls, new replacement or rearrangement of game machines is often performed on a per-game machine island basis where a plurality of game machines are installed.
When such a gaming machine installed on a gaming machine island is to be judged by the judging means, the judgment is made based on a lending signal output from at least one card ball lending machine or a cash machine lending machine. In order for the means to determine whether the plurality of gaming machines are operating as a business or trial run, even one of the players playing a game on the gaming machine island has been lent out from the intermediary machine The determination means functions by playing a game using the game medium.
As a result, when a lending signal is output from at least one machine, there is a player who plays a game on a gaming machine island related to a new replacement using a gaming medium acquired on another gaming machine island However, it can be determined whether the determination means is operating as a sales person or a tester.

  Further, in the game hall management system according to claim 6, the determination means is based on an out signal output by counting game media used in association with the game of the gaming machine together with the rental signal. It can be set as the structure which determines whether the game machine is operate | moving as a sales or trial run.

By adopting such a configuration, in addition to the lending signal output from the inter-machine, in addition to the out signal that is output by counting the gaming media launched and thrown into the gaming machine as the gaming machine plays Since the determination is based on this, it can be identified that the gaming machine is actually operating.
For example, if the gaming machine is a pachinko machine, the gaming ball, which is a gaming medium, is launched to the gaming board and discharged from an out hole or winning hole in the gaming board to an out ball tank installed on the back side of the gaming machine. After passing through the count sensor provided in the out ball tank, it is returned to the gaming machine island.
The out signal is a signal output from the count sensor, for example, every time 10 game balls are counted.
That is, when this out signal is input, it can be considered that the game ball has passed through the pachinko machine and the actual game that has been discharged has been performed.

  Further, when the out signal is inputted more than a predetermined number of pulses (for example, 10 pulses / minute × 5 minutes (500 shots)), the number of award balls is confirmed by the ball inspection at the time of the inspection described above. It can be determined that the game is an actual game by sales or trial, and meaningless game data that cannot be said to be an operation state at the time of inspection can be excluded and stored.

In the slot machine, an out signal is output from the slot machine when a game medal is inserted or a credited game medal is inserted. That is, when this out signal is input, it can be considered that an actual slot machine game has been performed.
This makes it possible to accurately determine whether or not the gaming machine is in an operating state, in addition to determining whether the game machine is in a trial operation or not based on the rental signal output from the inter-machine.

According to another aspect of the present invention, when a new game machine is input and set, the undetermined machine designation means has an undetermined time for starting operation with the new game machine as a business. It can be set as the structure designated as.
With such a configuration, when a new gaming machine is input and set, the undetermined machine designating unit designates the new gaming machine as a gaming machine whose operation start time is undetermined. By setting the table to be input, it is handled as a gaming machine in which the operation start time is not yet determined automatically.
As described above, the new gaming machine is a gaming machine that is subject to inspection and trial placement at the time of replacement, and since the operation start time is undecided, it can be automatically set in this way. There is no.
As a result, there is no need to select and specify a new gaming machine as a game machine whose operation start time is undecided by the undetermined machine designation means, and it is no longer necessary to designate the gaming machine management system when the gaming machine is replaced. Input work can be reduced.

Further, according to the present invention, a computer that collects and manages game data generated in connection with operation of a gaming machine installed in a game hall is provided as the business machine operating as a business as described in claim 8. Determining means for determining whether the game machine is operating as a trial hit, and storing game data generated in connection with the operation of the gaming machine as sales data when the determining means determines that the game machine is operating as a business It can be configured as a game center management program for functioning as storage means.
With such a configuration, it is possible to provide a computer as a program for causing a computer to function as means for realizing the game hall management system of the present invention.
Thus, by incorporating the program into an existing game hall management device such as a hall computer, the game hall management device can be used as the game hall management system of the present invention, and the costs associated with the introduction of a new game hall management system. Can be reduced.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, the game hall management program according to the present invention causes the computer to function as an undetermined stand designating unit for designating a gaming machine for which the operation start time is undetermined. Test whether the computer functioning as the determination means is operating as a business for a gaming machine that has been designated as undecided for the time that the computer starts operating as the undecided stand designating means. It can be set as the structure which determines whether it is operating as.
With this configuration, the computer can function as an undetermined machine designation means, thereby clearly distinguishing the gaming machine subject to inspection or trial placement at the time of replacement from the other gaming machine related to normal business. can do.

  According to the game hall management system of the present invention, when a business start time cannot be predicted due to work such as new game table replacement or game table inspection or trial placement, the start of business is input and set. Thus, it is possible to automatically determine the start of operation as a business and store the business data and trial data separately.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a game hall management system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a game hall to which a game hall management system according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is an explanation schematically showing the overall configuration of the game hall management system of the present invention. FIG.

As shown in these drawings, the gaming hall management system according to the present embodiment is a management system provided in a gaming hall 50 such as a pachinko hall or a pachislot hall in which a large number of gaming machines such as pachinko machines or pachislot machines are installed. is there.
In the amusement hall 50, gaming machines are installed in units of “Katashima” consisting of only one side of a so-called “Island” or “Island”. In the example shown in FIG. 1, a gaming machine island 1, a gaming machine island 2, and a gaming machine island 3 are schematically shown from among a large number of gaming machine islands.
In each gaming machine island, in this embodiment, a pachinko machine is installed as a gaming machine, and a pedestrian machine is provided adjacent to the pachinko machine. The interstage machine of this embodiment is a cash ball lending machine that discharges a predetermined number of game balls as game media by inserting cash (see FIG. 2).

Then, 10 gaming machines and pedestrian machines are installed on each island, and each island is configured as a gaming machine island consisting of a total of 20 gaming machines and pedestal machines.
Specifically, gaming machine island 1 is composed of Katashima made up of gaming machines 101a to 110a and daiseki machines 101b to 110b and Katashima made up of gaming machines 111a to 120a and daiseki machines 111b to 120b. A game machine number is assigned between the adjacent machine and the number between 101 and 120.
Similarly, gaming machine island 2 is composed of Katashima made up of gaming machines 201a-210a and inter-machines 201b-210b and Katashima made up of gaming machines 211a-220a and inter-machines 211b-220b, and adjacent to the gaming machines. A single gaming machine number is assigned to the machine between the machines, and is specified by numbers 201 to 220.
Further, the gaming machine island 3 is composed of a Katashima made up of gaming machines 301a to 310a and inter-machines 301b to 310b, and an island made up of gaming machines 311a to 320a and inter-machines 311b to 320b, and is adjacent to the gaming machine. One game machine number is assigned to the inter-machine, and is specified by numbers 301 to 320.

In the example shown in FIG. 2, the game hall management system according to the present embodiment is provided for each gaming machine and inter-table machine, and connected to them, the base computers 101 to 120, 201 that collect game data. 220, 301 to 320, and each island computer 1 to 3 installed in each gaming machine island and connected to each computer, and the game data collected by the computer connected to each island computer 1 to 3 It is comprised from the management apparatus 10 which collects and manages via this.
These computers and devices are connected to each other via a communication line such as a LAN cable so that bidirectional communication is possible.
The game hall management system 30 according to the present embodiment has the same configuration as an existing so-called hall computer system. By incorporating the game hall management program of the present invention into the management apparatus 10, each computer, island computer, and management apparatus 10 are integrated to function as a game hall management system according to the present invention.

In the present embodiment, the stand computer is provided for each gaming machine and pedestal machine, and is connected to the pachinko machine and the pedestal machine, which are each gaming machine, to thereby output various gaming state signals (for example, the gaming machine). , Jackpot signal, start signal, probability fluctuation signal, safe signal, out signal, etc.), and a game ball that is a game medium based on the player's cash input from a cash ball lending machine that is a pedestrian machine A ball lending signal output at the timing of lending is input.
These input game data are transmitted to the corresponding island computer on the gaming machine island in real time together with information for specifying the gaming machine number.
In addition, in this embodiment, although the stand computer was provided for every game machine and the machine between machines, it can also be provided for every some game machine and machine between machines.

The island computers 1 to 3 are installed for each of the gaming machine islands 1 to 3 and configured to relay the game data transmitted from the base computer to the management device 10 described later.
That is, game data from 20 computer is input to each of the island computers 1 to 3, and the game data is stored together with the game table number and the input time, and is transmitted to the management device 10 in the order of reception. ing.

The management device 10 includes an information processing device such as a workstation, and includes an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse, a monitor 20 that can display and check collected game data, and the like.
Further, the management device 10 is provided with a storage device such as a built-in hard disk. The storage device causes the management device 10 to function as an undetermined table designating unit, determination unit, and storage unit according to the present invention. The game hall management program is incorporated, and when the management device 10 is activated, the game hall management program is read into the computer, and functions as each means of the present invention by specific means in which the computer and the program cooperate. It has become.
And the game data transmitted from each island computer 1-3 are memorize | stored in the memory | storage device of this management apparatus 10 in the predetermined data format divided into business data and trial hit data for every game machine number. It has become.
The stored business data and trial hit data can be confirmed by outputting them to the monitor 20, a printer (not shown) or the like by the game hall manager.

In addition, the game room management program of the present invention read into the management device 10 specifies a gaming machine when the management device registers a new game machine for each game machine number or moves a game machine within the game room. It is designed to function as a setting means to change the model code and model name to be used, or to take over the previous game data after moving, and based on this program, settings such as new replacement of the game table or movement Work is to be done.
Hereinafter, functions of the management device 10 as determination means, storage means, and undetermined base designation means will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the contents of replacement of the gaming table by the game hall management system according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a setting operation in the management device of the game hall management system according to one embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a setting screen in the management device of the game hall management system according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a management of the game hall management system according to one embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the setting result of the game stand in an apparatus.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing of the judging means and the storage means of the game hall management system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

The undetermined base designating unit according to this embodiment is executed on a program that functions as the setting unit.
Setting operations such as new replacement or movement of the game table can be set by the game hall manager using the keyboard and mouse described above while observing the monitor 20, and are set in advance. Based on the configuration of the gaming machine before and after the replacement as shown in FIG. 3, the management device 10 is set / updated.
This setting procedure is shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4 and will be described with reference to FIG. 5 which is a setting screen.

In the setting work such as replacement, a game machine number to be installed or a game machine number to be moved or removed is designated by performing an input operation on the game machine number setting 21 (S10). In this case, game machine numbers “101 to 110” are selected (see FIG. 5).
Next, whether or not the gaming machine with the designated gaming machine number is a new gaming machine, a movement target, or a removal target is designated by inputting the selection 22a of the state setting 22 (S11). In the example of FIG. 5, “Move” is selected.
In the case of “move”, the move destination is designated by inputting the move destination gaming machine number 22c. In the example of FIG. 5, “301 to 310” is selected as the movement destination based on the contents after the replacement in FIG. 3. On the other hand, when “new” is selected, the model code 22b of the gaming machine is input.

Next, the presence / absence of data continuation is set by inputting the selection 23a of the data continuation setting 23 (S12). The data continuation is set in the case where the game data before moving is taken over at the moving destination and the game data is continuously accumulated especially when the game machine that has been operating before is moved.
As a result, continuous game data can be collected even at the destination.
In the example of FIG. 5, “Yes” is selected so that data is continuously accumulated even after movement.

Subsequently, the gaming machine with the corresponding gaming machine number performs setting of whether or not the operation start time as business is undetermined by inputting the selection 24a of the operation start time undetermined machine setting 24 (S13).
When “Normal” is specified, it is designated as a normal operating base that is not subject to the above-mentioned inspections and trials, and it does not have to wait for the determination result by the determination means described later, but at a timing according to the intention of the game hall manager Game data is stored as business data.
In addition, by designating “undecided”, the undetermined table designating unit of the present invention functions, and storage of game data for business use is started based on the determination result by the determining unit described later. As a result, the gaming machine that is subject to inspection or trial placement at the time of replacement is clearly distinguished from the other gaming machines that are related to normal sales.
In the example of FIG. 5, the gaming machine corresponding to the gaming machine numbers 101 to 110 is a gaming machine to be moved, but “undecided” has been selected because it is desired to perform a trial hit after moving. .

As described above, FIG. 6 shows a setting result by the setting work performed based on the replacement contents of FIG.
In the figure, the result set from the above setting example is displayed on the monitor 20 of the management apparatus 10. In the example shown in the figure, for game machine numbers 301 to 310, data continuation of game data related to the game machines installed in the game machine numbers 101 to 110 that are the movement sources is designated, and the operation start time is undecided. It can be seen that it is designated as a stand.
Similarly, the gaming machine numbers 101 to 110 are based on the contents of replacement shown in FIG. 3, and the gaming machines installed in the moving gaming machine numbers 201 to 210 are moved, and data continuation is designated. At the same time, it is designated as an operation start time undetermined stand.
On the other hand, the gaming machine numbers 111 to 120 and 201 to 210 are designated as new gaming machines as a result of the selection of “new” in the selection 22a of the state setting 22 in FIG.
In this case, the undetermined base designating unit of the present invention functions to automatically designate the operating start time as an undetermined base.
As described above, the new gaming machine is a gaming machine that is subject to inspection and trial placement at the time of replacement, so there is no problem even if it is automatically set in this way.
As a result, when designated as a new gaming machine, it is automatically handled as an operation start time undetermined stand, so that it is not necessary to input the operation start time undetermined stand setting 24 one by one, reducing the input work burden. .

Next, functions of the management device 10 as a determination unit and a storage unit will be described.
Based on the ball lending signal output from each inter-vehicle machine that lends a game ball adjacent to the gaming machine, the management device 10 operates as a test whether the corresponding gaming machine is operating as a business. And based on the determination result, it is divided into business data and trial hitting data and stored.
Specific determination and storage are executed in the game data collection process of the game hall management program incorporated in the management device 10. FIG. 7 shows a game data collection process executed for each gaming machine, and will be described using this.

First, game data is collected for each gaming machine (S20). And it is determined whether the said game machine is set as an operation start time undetermined machine (S21).
When it is determined that it is a target game machine for normal business that is not an operation start time undetermined machine, it is collected as business data and stored in a business data storage area of the game machine provided in a storage device such as a hard disk of the management device 10. The game data regarding the game table is sequentially stored as time series data (S24).

On the other hand, when it is determined that the game machine is an operation start time undetermined machine, the presence / absence of a ball rental signal output from the inter-vehicle machine is determined from the collected game data (S22).
If it is determined that there is a ball lending signal in the game data, it can be determined that the operation of the gaming machine is the operation by the rented game ball, that is, the operation as a business. In addition, the game data is collected as business data, and game data relating to the game table is sequentially stored as time series data in the business data storage area (S24).
On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no ball lending signal in the game data, it is collected as trial hit data, and the trial hit data storage area of the game table provided in a storage device such as a hard disk of the management device 10 Are sequentially stored as time-series data (S23).

  Since the management device 10 functions as a determination unit and a storage unit in this way, it is possible to determine whether the gaming machine is operating as a sales operation or a trial operation. Trial hitting data can be stored separately. As a result, it is possible to avoid a mixture of sales data and trial hit data, and to acquire genuine sales data.

In the present embodiment, the determination means determines the operation of only the gaming machine that has a corresponding relationship with the machine between which the ball rental signal is output. For example, it is determined that the operation start time is not determined. Based on the output of a ball rental signal from at least one of the plurality of gaming machines, all gaming machines that have been determined to have undecided operating start time are in operation or run as trials. It is also possible to determine whether or not
As a result, a ball lending signal is output from at least one inter-vehicle machine. Even when there is a player who plays a game on the table, it can be determined whether the determination means is operating as a sales person or a test player.

  Further, in this embodiment, it is determined based on the ball lending signal output from the interbank machine whether it is operating as a business or as a trial hit. In addition to the ball lending signal, the game ball is sent from the gaming machine. When a predetermined number of out signals are output every time a predetermined number is discharged, it can be determined whether the gaming machine is operating as a business or a trial run.

For example, after the presence / absence of a ball lending signal is determined, when an out signal is continuously input for 10 pulses / minute × 5 minutes (10 pulses per pulse), that is, 500 gaming balls are driven into the gaming machine. If it is determined that the game machine has started, it can be determined that the game machine has started to operate, and the game data can be stored in the respective storage areas.
As a result, the operation of the gaming machine is not based on the above-described work of confirming the number of award balls by ball passing at the time of inspection, but can be determined as an actual game by sales or trial hitting. It is possible to exclude meaningless game data that cannot be said and store it.

As described above, according to the gaming hall management system 30 of the present embodiment, whether or not the gaming machine is operating as a business based on the lending signal generated in association with the operation of the gaming machine by the judging means Since it can be determined whether it is operating, the storage data can be stored separately from the business data and the trial placement data.
As a result, it is possible to avoid mixing sales data and trial placement data, and it is possible to acquire genuine business data in which trial placement data and the like are not accumulated.

As mentioned above, although the preferred embodiment was shown and demonstrated about the game hall management system of this invention, the game hall management system which concerns on this invention is not limited only to embodiment mentioned above, Various in the range of this invention. Needless to say, it is possible to implement this change.
For example, the gaming machine to which the present invention is applied is not limited to the pachinko machine shown in the above-described embodiment. As this type of gaming machine, there are various gaming machines such as a slot machine (including pachilot and parrot) and others such as an arrangement ball machine and a sparrow ball machine, all of which can be applied to the present invention. .

  The present invention can be widely used as a game hall management system that collects and manages game data generated in connection with the operation of gaming machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines.

It is a figure which shows typically the game hall to which the game hall management system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention is applied. It is explanatory drawing which shows typically the whole structure of the game hall management system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the replacement content of the game stand by the game hall management system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows setting operation in the management apparatus of the game hall management system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the setting screen in the management apparatus of the game hall management system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the setting result of the game stand in the management apparatus of the game hall management system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the determination means and memory | storage means of the game hall management system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

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Claims (9)

A game hall management system for collecting and managing game data generated in connection with operation of a gaming machine installed in a game hall,
Based on predetermined game data, a determination means for determining whether the gaming machine is operating as a business operation or a trial operation;
A game hall management comprising: storage means for storing game data generated in connection with operation of the gaming machine as sales data when it is determined that the determination means is operating as sales system. It has an undetermined stand designation means to designate a gaming machine whose operation start time is undetermined as a business,
2. The determination unit determines whether the game machine in which the operation start time is designated as undecided by the undetermined table designating unit is operating as a business operation or a trial run. The game hall management system described.   3. The game hall management system according to claim 1, wherein the storage means stores the game data by dividing it into sales data and trial hit data based on the determination result of the determination means.   The determination means determines whether the gaming machine is operating as a business operation or a trial run based on a lending signal output from a table machine that lends a game medium installed adjacent to the gaming machine. The game hall management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3. In the case where there are a plurality of gaming machines to be judged by the judging means,
The determination unit is operated as a test whether the plurality of gaming machines are operating as a business based on a lending signal output from at least one of the inter-machines installed adjacent to each of the plurality of gaming machines. The game hall management system according to claim 4, wherein it is determined whether the game is being played.   Based on an out signal output by counting the gaming media used in association with the gaming machine together with the lending signal, the determination means operates as a test whether the gaming machine is operating as a business. The game hall management system according to claim 4 or 5, wherein it is determined whether or not the game is being played. When a new game machine is set as input,
The game room management system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the undetermined machine designating unit designates the new game machine as a game machine for which the operation start time is undetermined as a business. A computer that collects and manages game data generated in connection with the operation of gaming machines installed in the game hall.
Judgment means for judging whether the gaming machine is operating as a business or a trial run;
Storage means for storing game data generated in connection with the operation of the gaming machine as business data when the determination means determines that the game machine is operating as sales;
A playground management program to function as The computer functions as an undetermined stand specifying means for specifying a gaming machine whose operation start time is undetermined,
Test whether the computer functioning as the determination means is operating as a business for a gaming machine that has been designated as undecided for the time that the computer starts operating as the undecided stand designating means. The game room management program according to claim 8, wherein it is determined whether or not the game room is operating.

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