JP5162017B2 - Member management system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a member management system for use in a gaming system that lends game media to be used in gaming machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines, and in particular, to re-rent storage game media deposited by a player. The present invention relates to a member management system that realizes a gaming system that can be lent separately.

  In general, game media such as pachinko balls and medals for using gaming machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines, the coins or banknotes inserted into the lending processing machine attached to the gaming machine will be used for the amount of money inserted. A corresponding amount of gaming media is lent out. In addition, when a predetermined amount of cash is inserted into a card issuing machine provided in the gaming facility, a card associated with a value corresponding to the amount of money inserted is received, and this card is inserted into the lending processor. There is also a method for renting a certain amount of game media corresponding to a certain value.

  The valuable value shown here indicates the value obtained by converting the inserted cash into the “frequency” which is the lending unit at a predetermined rate, and the gaming medium is lent based on the lending unit. For example, if “1 frequency” is assigned to 100 yen, when an amount of 3,000 yen is inserted, “30 frequency” is valued as the valuable value of the card, and every 3 or 5 frequency, etc. Loans are made in units.

  Furthermore, the types of cards handled by gaming facilities such as pachinko parlors include membership cards held by players registered as members of gaming facilities and non-member cards held by general players who are not registered as members ( (Hereinafter referred to as “general card”).

  In any of these cards, an identification code (card ID (Identification)) set for each card is recorded, and the remaining number for each identification code is recorded in the management device. When the card is used, the management device The remaining number of valuable values managed in step 1 is rewritten.

  In addition, the game media is lent out in a lending processing machine that rents game media using a membership card or general card, and the game media is lent out in cooperation with the game machine. Equipped with a throwing mechanism (cutting four pieces) and a throwing mechanism (cutting five pieces) that can be thrown in units of five.

  For example, when 100 yen is thrown or when a valuable value for several times is used (4 yen / ball), when throwing a ball (25 balls), a five-piece throwing mechanism is used five times. The pachinko balls will be lent out. That is, it is possible to lend out a number proportional to the number of throws (25) for 100 yen or 1 time.

  By the way, in the case of a membership card, when the game medium is lent out and played, and the game medium is acquired at the end of the game, the acquired game medium is used at the next game (hereinafter referred to as “replay”). A replay function that can be used to play a game can be used. This replay function allows a game to be played by registering a part or all of the acquired game media as a stored ball in the management device and receiving a re-rent of the stored ball later.

  However, the conventional game hall system is configured to rent out the stored balls by using a throwing mechanism provided in the gaming machine.

  As a conventional technique that enables a replay function using the throwing mechanism of the gaming machine at this time, there is a conventional technique disclosed in Patent Document 1.

JP 2005-65788 A

  However, in the prior art disclosed in Patent Document 1, the number of stored balls stored in association with the membership card is received by the interbank machine (lending processing machine) that accepts the membership card used in the game store from the card slot. Based on this information, replaying is possible by re-renting the stored balls from the corresponding game machine's throwing mechanism, so for players, lending game media using the valuable value valued on the membership card It may not be possible to determine whether or not the game media using the replay function has been re-rented, and a trouble due to misunderstanding may occur.

  In addition, when the replay function is used by using the ball throwing mechanism of the gaming machine, a throwing mechanism such as cutting four pieces or five pieces of the gaming machine is used, and there is a case where the accumulated balls cannot be used until the last one. There is a problem that there is.

  Furthermore, in the re-lending of game media by this re-play function, the fee is added to each re-lending process to obtain the sales of the gaming facility. There is also a problem that a game cannot be performed if the number of game media obtained by adding the number of game media cannot be withdrawn from the stored ball.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a member management system that can efficiently re-lend game media at the time of replay and improve the convenience of the player.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention of claim 1 is provided in a gaming machine, and an acquired game medium payout processing device that performs payout processing of a game medium acquired by a player, and a stored game in association with member identification information In the member management system having a member management device for managing a medium, the acquired gaming medium payout processing device makes an inquiry about the stored gaming medium to the member management device based on the member identification information; In response to the inquiry, display control means for displaying information related to the number of stored game media relating to the number of stored game media based on information sent from the member management device, and accepting an instruction to pay out the stored game media from a player If the payout instruction accepting means and the payout instruction of the game medium corresponding to the valuable value are received, the game medium corresponding to the valuable value is paid out by communication with the gaming machine, Dispensing mechanism of the acquisition if accepting the dispense instruction game medium payout processing unit of the貯遊skill medium becomes payout of interest by the dispense instruction from when said貯遊Technical medium number related information by serial display control means is displayed Payout control means for switching so as to pay out all game media, and the member management device manages the number of stored game media in association with member identification information, and the acquired game media accepts an inquiry regarding a payout processing apparatus to the貯遊skill media bodies based on identification information of the member, transmission for transmitting the information for displaying the貯遊technique medium number related information to the acquired game medium payout processing unit And the number of game media managed by the game media number management means in response to an update request for the game media received from the acquired game media payout processing device. And a new to 貯遊 skills medium number updating means.

Further, the invention of claim 2, in the invention of claim 1, wherein the member management device includes a calculation output means you calculated based on the payout possible savings number game media to a predetermined fee, the貯遊Technical medium speed The update means subtracts the number of game media paid out and the number of game media corresponding to the fee from the number of game media before the payout when the game media payout is performed by the acquired game media payout processing device. To update the number of stored game media.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the invention, the display control means has a function of displaying the number of game media that can be paid out as the game medium number related information.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the invention, the display control means displays, as the number of game media related information, the number of game media that can be paid out with the frequency used for lending valuable value. It has the function to do.
The invention according to claim 5 is the storage medium according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the payout control means receives a payout instruction for the stored game medium in a predetermined number of units. When the number of game media that can be paid out is less than the predetermined number, control is performed so as to pay out all the remaining game media that can be paid out.

According to the present invention, the acquired game medium payout processing device pays out game media by communicating with the gaming machine when receiving a game medium payout instruction corresponding to the valuable value, and the display control means If a payout instruction for a stored game medium is received when the information is displayed, the game medium is paid out from the payout mechanism of the acquired game medium payout processing apparatus. Receives the inquiry about the storage medium related information based on the identification information of the member, transmits the storage medium related information, receives the update request of the storage medium from the acquired gaming medium payout processing device, and updates the number of the storage media This not only improves convenience for players, but also avoids misunderstandings by clarifying the game media lending source. Kill.

  In addition, in the storage management TC, even if the number of storages managed is less than the number of replay ball lending units set by the lending processor, it is possible to lend gaming media in consideration of the replay fee. A game using a stored ball can be continued without stopping the game.

  Furthermore, since the game media as described above can be re-rented, the card insertion rate can be improved and the replay usage rate can be improved.

1 is a configuration diagram of a gaming system configured by applying a gaming system, a lending processing device, a management device, and a gaming system control method according to the present invention. The figure which shows the apparatus structure of a rental processing machine and a pachinko machine. The block diagram which shows the internal structure of the rental processing machine in the game system of this invention, and a pachinko machine. The block diagram which shows the detailed structure of the storage management TC in this invention. The flowchart which shows the flow of a process with the lending processing machine and the storage management TC in the game system of this invention. 6 is a flowchart showing a detailed process flow of the determination process shown in FIG. 5. The flowchart of the other example which shows the flow of a process with the lending processor and the storage management TC in the game system of this invention. The flowchart which shows the flow of a process with the rental processing machine and card management TC in this invention. The figure which shows the screen displayed on a pachinko machine. The figure which shows the example of a table of the savings balance information DB of the savings management TC. The figure which shows the example of a table of prepaid card balance information DB of card management TC.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a gaming system, a lending processing device, a management device, and a gaming system control method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  The gaming system of the present invention is effective for lending game media in slot games using slot machines using medal game media as well as pachinko games using pachinko game machines using pachinko ball game media. In the embodiment, a pachinko ball is used as a game medium, and a game medium lending process in a pachinko game by a pachinko machine is shown.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a gaming system configured by applying a gaming system, a lending processing device, a management device, and a gaming system control method according to the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, this gaming system is configured in a gaming facility 10 (hereinafter referred to as “pachinko store 10”), and includes a storage ball management terminal controller 101 (hereinafter referred to as “storage ball management TC101”), a card management terminal controller 102 ( (Hereinafter referred to as “card management TC 102”), island controller 103, lending processor 104, gaming machine 105 (hereinafter referred to as “pachinko machine 105”), router 106, and the like, such as a pachinko gaming machine or a slot gaming machine. Provide games with gaming machines.

  Hereinafter, the pachinko game by the pachinko machine will be described.

  In the pachinko parlor 10, a “member card” used by a player who has been registered as a member in advance as a recording medium and a “general card” used by a non-member player who is not registered as a member, such as a prepaid card, A player borrows a pachinko ball for the pachinko machine 105 and plays a game. These cards (general cards or membership cards) are given a card ID that can identify the card, and various information is managed using the card ID information as a key.

  The prepaid card has a valuable value corresponding to the amount of money when a player inserts cash into a card issuing machine (not shown) installed in the pachinko parlor 10 or a lending processor installed in the gaming machine. Issued in correspondence. The valuable value at this time indicates the value of the amount of cash input or the value obtained by converting the amount of money into a “frequency” of a lending unit at a predetermined rate, and the game medium is lent based on the lending unit. For example, when “1 frequency” is assigned to 100 yen, “30 frequency” is valued as the valuable value of the card when an amount of 3,000 yen is inserted. In addition, the number of game media per frequency is set. For example, 25 game media are lent out per frequency (4 yen / ball).

  In addition to regular pachinko ball lending based on the remaining number, the membership card registers part or all of the acquired game media as a saved ball corresponding to the card ID in the saved ball management TC 101, and later re-lending this saved ball By receiving, a replay function for performing replay can be used.

  The pachinko parlor 10 includes a group called “islands” composed of a plurality of lending machines 104 and a plurality of pachinko machines 105, and is composed of a plurality of “islands”.

  Each “island” is provided with an island controller 103 that is a relay device that relays data from each lending processor 104 of “island” to the storage management TC 101, the card management TC 102, and the router 106. When a player throws in a pachinko ball at 104 and cash is thrown in by the player, it is transported by a transport mechanism (not shown) and stored in a collection box on the island edge which is a dedicated storage.

  Data relayed by the island controller 103 is processed by the storage management TC101 and the card management TC102. The storage management TC101 and the card management TC102 manage various information based on the card ID.

  First, the stored-ball management TC 101 manages the number of stored balls that can be used by using the stored-ball function in the stored-ball balance information DB (101-A) based on the card ID. The storage ball can be used only at the time of replay using the membership card. When the player instructs the replay from the lending processing machine 104, the number of reservable balls based on the card ID is returned, and the lending processing machine At the same time that the member card is inserted into 104, the number of re-rentable stored balls based on the card ID of the member card can be returned.

  Further, the ratio of the replay fee required when re-renting the stored balls is stored, and the replay fee is the number obtained by multiplying the number of pachinko balls to be lent by a predetermined ratio. For example, if the replay fee ratio is 20% for 25 re-lending, a fee of 25 is required when re-renting 5 times (= 125) game media. That is, 150 game media are withdrawn from the stored ball.

  Further, when the number of balls designated by the lending processor 104 (the number of balls in the replay ball lending unit) cannot be lent, a replay fee is calculated for the managed number of stored balls, and the relocatable storage balls Calculate the number.

  For example, if the number of balls in the replay ball lending unit is designated as 5 times (= 125) and the number of balls stored is “104”, it is determined that the number of balls in the replay ball lending unit cannot be lent. And calculate the number of balls that can be re-lent as follows.

  When the number of stored balls is “104” and the ratio of the replay fee specified by the stored ball management TC101 is specified to be 5 per 25, the ratio of the replay fee (replay fee rate) Is 20% (0.2), and the replay fee is calculated by substituting each value into the following formula A.

(Calculation formula A) “Replay fee = Number of stored balls-(Number of stored balls ÷ (1 + Replay fee rate)”
By substituting the replay fee calculated by using this (calculation formula A) into the following (calculation formula B), the number of re-loans that can be re-lent (number of re-lending balls) is calculated.

(Formula B) “Number of balls that can be rented again = Replay fee ÷ Replay fee rate”
First, by applying (Calculation Formula A), the number of balls serving as a replay fee is calculated as “17”, and then by applying (Calculation Formula B), the number of balls that can be re-rented is “85”. Is calculated. The fractional part will be rounded down.

  By this formula, “102”, which is the sum of “17” for the replay fee and “85” for the number of balls that can be lent again, is deducted from the “104” of the number of stored balls, and the remaining number of stored balls is “2”. And update.

  Further, when replaying using the number of “2” stored balls, that is, when replaying fee according to (Calculation Formula A) is less than “1”, replaying fee is not considered. Re-rent the remaining number of balls. As a result, it is possible to re-lend all the stored balls without leaving one.

  The above formulas are examples for calculating the replay fee and the number of balls that can be rented again, and each value can be calculated without being limited to this formula.

  And an example of the management table of the number of stored balls managed by the stored ball balance information DB (101-A) of this stored ball management TC101 is shown in FIG.

  The stored ball management table shown in FIG. 10A and the member information management table shown in FIG. 10B are managed by the stored ball balance information DB (101-A).

  The stored ball management table shown in FIG. 10A shows a state in which the number of stored balls is managed using the card ID stored in the member card as a main key. In the storage management TC101, a storage ball that can be re-lent by taking out the number of stored balls from the storage ball balance information DB (101-A) based on the card ID included in the re-renting request upon receiving a re-renting request of the storage ball from the lending processor 104 Calculate the number.

  For example, in the storage management table of FIG. 10A, the number of stored balls “104” is managed for the card ID “00298”, and the number of stored balls “1220” is managed for the card ID “00300”. When a re-rent request for a unit of 5 times (125) is received, the card ID “00300” can be re-lent according to the request, but the card ID “00298” can be re-rented according to the request. It is determined that lending cannot be performed, and processing for calculating the number of relocatable storage balls as described above is performed.

  Further, the member information management table shown in FIG. 10B is a table for managing information of players registered as members with the card ID recorded on the member card as a main key. This table is composed of items such as name (1012) and address (1013) using the card ID (1011) as a main key.

  For example, the name (1012) of a player who has a membership card in which the card ID (1011) “00299” is recorded is “Taro”, and the address (1013) is “Tokyo”. .

  The number of stored balls possessed by the player can be uniquely managed from the tables shown in FIGS. 10 (a) and 10 (b). Of course, the above two tables may be managed in one table configuration without normalization.

  Next, the card management TC 102 is also simply referred to as a terminal controller, and manages the balance information for the pachinko balls lent out by the prepaid card in the card balance information DB (102-B) based on the card ID. When a lending request for a valuable value is received from the lending processor 104, the balance is inquired to the card balance information DB (102-B) based on the card ID included in the lending request, and the lending is made for the valuable value requested for lending. Determine if it is possible.

  For example, when the card ball lending unit is specified as 3 times in the lending request, it is determined whether or not the balance of “3 times × 25 (number per frequency)” (75) is stored, that is, “75 It is determined whether there is a balance of “× 4” (300 yen).

  If there is a balance for the card ball lending unit, the number of pachinko balls for that ball lending unit is lent, and if there is no balance for the card ball lending unit, lending is not performed.

  An example of the balance management table managed by the card balance information DB (102-B) is shown in FIG.

  Further, the balance management table shown in FIG. 11 is a table showing the issuance amount (1102) and balance (1103) of a general card or membership card issued with the card ID (1101) as a primary key, and is a pachinko ball based on valuable value. It is a table referred when lending.

  As described above, the storage management TC101 manages the number of storages used at the time of replay, and the card management TC102 manages the balance that can use the valuable value.

  Then, the lending processor 104 is attached to the pachinko machine 105, and lends pachinko balls for using the pachinko machine 105 to the valuable value given to the cash inserted by the player or the inserted card. Is performed by mutual communication with the storage management TC101 and the card management TC102. Further, a general card with no valuable value stored therein is stored in advance, and when there are few pachinko balls or medals lent out with respect to the inserted cash, a general card valued with the differential valuable value is issued.

  Further, a pachinko ball lending process is performed by accessing the accumulated ball management TC101 and the card management TC102 based on the card ID of the inserted general card or membership card. When one of these cards is inserted and the player issues a lending instruction with the card ID stored in the card being read, a lending process based on the lending instruction is performed.

  When a player issues a pachinko ball lending instruction by pressing a replay button provided on the lending processor 104 with a membership card inserted (hereinafter referred to as “re-lending”) A re-rental request based on the card ID stored in the card is made to the storage management TC101. On the other hand, when a lending instruction is issued by pressing a ball lending button provided on the pachinko machine 105 with a prepaid card or membership card inserted, a lending request based on the card ID stored in the card is issued. This is performed for the management TC102.

  In any of these lending requests, a ball lending unit indicating the number of balls lent out in one request is set, and a replay ball lending unit at the time of replay and a card lending unit at the time of using a prepaid card are set respectively. Yes. For example, “3 times” is set as the card ball lending unit, “5 times” is set as the replay ball lending unit, and these ball lending units are included in the lending request.

  When the player inserts the membership card, the card ID stored in the membership card is read, and the card management TC102 and the savings management indicate the number of balls that can be lent based on the valuable value and the number of balls that can be rented again in the replay. It is also possible to make an inquiry to each TC101.

  In this case, the number of balls that can be lent based on the valuable value is displayed on the pachinko machine 105, and the number of balls that can be rented again in the replay is displayed on the lending processor 104 to receive a loan instruction from the player.

  In the lending processor 104, the pachinko balls for the re-lending request made to the storage management TC101 are lent out again to the pachinko ball tray through the nozzle, and the pachinko for the lending request made to the card management TC102. The balls are lent out to the tray of the pachinko machine 105 using the ball throwing mechanism of the pachinko machine 105.

  Further, a transport mechanism for transporting the cash inserted when lending the pachinko balls is installed on the back of the lending processor 104, and the cash is transported to the collection box on the island edge using the transport mechanism.

  The pachinko machine 105 is a gaming machine that uses pachinko balls in the pachinko shop 10 as game media. The pachinko machine 105 is equipped with a ball throwing mechanism for renting pachinko balls in accordance with a pachinko ball lending instruction from the lending processor 104, and lends a specified amount of game media to the tray.

  The router 106 is an interface when a payment system (not shown) of the pachinko parlor 10 communicates with an external system.

  With such a configuration, the gaming system of the present invention inquires the number of stored balls to the storage management TC101 at the time of replaying, and the storage management TC101 calculates the number of stored balls that can be rented in consideration of the replay fee. The number of balls can be lent from the nozzle of the lending processor 104. Moreover, in the rental of the pachinko ball for the valuable value, it can be lent using the ball throwing mechanism of the pachinko machine 105.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a device configuration of a lending processor and a pachinko machine.

  2A is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the lending processor 104, and FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the pachinko machine 105. In FIG.

  2A includes a status display lamp 201, a card stack unit status display LED (Light Emitting Diode: diode) 202, a bill insertion slot 203, an information display LED 204, a mode display lamp 205, a numeric keypad 206, It comprises an operation instruction button 207, a nozzle 208, and a card insertion slot 209.

  By inserting the membership card 200 into the card insertion slot 209 and reading the card ID recorded on the chip or magnetic tape portion of the membership card 200, the lending processor 104 lends pachinko balls.

  The status display lamp 201 is a lamp that indicates to the staff the status of the lending processor 104 or the pachinko machine 105 provided therewith. For example, it is used when an error that occurs during bill insertion or card insertion is communicated to a staff member.

  The card stack unit state display LED 202 is an LED that indicates a storage state of a general card stored in advance. For example, it is possible to urge the staff to replenish when there are a few remaining general cards stacked by a card stacking mechanism (not shown), or to prompt collection when the card is almost full.

  The banknote insertion slot 203 is an insertion slot into which banknotes are inserted when a pachinko ball is lent out in cash. A bill inserted from the bill insertion slot 203 is identified, and is transported to and stored in a collection box at the island end using the transport mechanism described above.

  The information display LED 204 is a display device composed of, for example, “7 segments × 6 digits”, and displays information (mainly numerical information) selectively displayed by the mode display lamp 205 to the player. The number of stored balls that can be re-lent by the re-rent request at the time of re-playing is displayed.

  In addition, an error code that can identify an error that has occurred in the lending processor 104 or the pachinko machine 105 can be displayed to an attendant.

  The mode display lamp 205 displays each mode of “remaining number of times”, “total number of balls”, and “replayable number of times”. The remaining frequency mode is a mode in which the number of balls that can be lent again is displayed in the “frequency” of the lending unit indicated by the valuable value. For example, the number of balls that can be lent again is “1000 balls”, When “25” is re-rented, the calculation of “1000/25” is performed and the remaining frequency is displayed as “400”.

  In addition, the total number of stored balls mode is a mode for displaying the number of stored balls registered in the stored ball management TC101.

  Furthermore, the replayable number of times mode is a mode for displaying the number of times that the replay operation can be performed based on the number of stored balls registered in the storage management TC101 and the number of balls rerented by one replay operation.

  A numeric keypad 206 is a button group of ten numbers from “0 (zero)” to “9”. The card ball lending unit using a prepaid card and the replay ball lending at the time of replay using the storage ball function Used to set each unit. In addition, a personal identification number serving as authentication information is input in a state where the card ID is read from the card inserted from the card insertion slot 209. If the PIN is successfully authenticated, you can receive a loan using that card.

  The operation instruction button 207 is a group of buttons for selecting, determining, and canceling the function when using each function of the lending processor 104. In particular, the operation instruction button 207 is a replay button (the name of the button is for replay). “Re-P”) is provided. When the player inserts a membership card and presses the replay button, a rerent request is made to the saved ball management TC 101 to receive the rebrowth of the saved ball.

  The nozzle 208 is a re-lending arm for re-lending the pachinko balls by the lending mechanism of the lending processor 104, and re-lending the pachinko balls to the tray of the pachinko machine 105 at the time of re-lending the stored balls by replay.

  The card insertion slot 209 is an insertion slot for inserting a membership card issued to a registered player or a general card issued by a card issuing machine (not shown). Furthermore, the card inserted through the card insertion slot 209 is read for the card ID, and the lending processor 104 waits until a lending instruction is issued by the player.

  The pachinko machine 105 shown in FIG. 2B shows a tray 210, a display unit 211, a lending / return button 212, and a ball throwing mechanism 213, and the tray 210 is a ball throwing mechanism 213 of the pachinko machine 105. The pachinko balls thrown out by the lending machine 104 and the pachinko balls lent out from the nozzle 208 of the lending processor 104 are received.

  The display unit 211 displays the number of balls that can be lent out with banknotes inserted into the player or inserted cards. In the screen shown in FIG. 9, a card ball lending unit (901) that is a lending unit of pachinko balls based on valuable value and a replay ball lending unit (902) that is a ball lending unit at the time of replay can be set. . This setting is performed using the numeric keypad 206 of the lending processor 104.

  The lending / return button 212 is a button for instructing lending of a pachinko ball, discharging and returning of a card, and the ball throwing mechanism 213 lends a pachinko ball to a pachinko machine in response to an instruction from the lending processor 104. A throwing mechanism for throwing a prize ball according to the game result. The ball throwing mechanism 213 at this time throws in units of the number of balls with respect to the frequency, such as “cut four pieces” and “cut five pieces” as described above.

  With the configuration of the lending processor 104 and the pachinko machine 105 as described above, replay using a stored ball can be performed by pressing the replay button of the lending machine 104, and the ball lending of the pachinko machine 105 is also possible. By pressing the button, it is possible to play a game using pachinko balls for the valuable value.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the lending processor 104 and the pachinko machine 105 in the gaming system of the present invention.

  The lending processor 104 shown in FIG. 3 is a device that accepts a card and performs a pachinko ball lending process for the card ID of the card. In the ball lending process at the time of replay, the pachinko balls are rerented from the nozzles provided in the lending processor 104 to the tray 210 of the pachinko machine.

  The lending processor 104 includes a host communication unit 41, a currency processing unit 42, a built-in card processing unit 43, a memory 44, an operation unit 45, a storage unit 46, a control unit 47, a ball dispensing mechanism 48, and a gaming table communication unit. 49 is comprised.

  The upper communication unit 41 is an interface device that connects the lending processor 104 to a communication line. In addition to transmitting a lending request based on the card ID stored in the received card to the storage management TC101 or the card management TC102, various setting information is received from the storage management TC101 or the card management TC102.

  The money processing unit 42 determines the denomination and authenticity of the money (banknote) inserted from the banknote insertion slot 203 for the player to insert coins to borrow a pachinko ball, and reads the money based on the determination result. Is a processing unit.

  The built-in card processing unit 43 has a fixed built-in card that does not insert or remove a card, and an individual card ID is assigned to the built-in card. The value (frequency) corresponding to the money processed by the money processing unit 42 is associated with this fixed internal card, and a pachinko ball is lent.

  The memory 44 is a volatile memory having a function of temporarily storing various data, corresponding to the identification information of the pachinko machine 105, the card ID of the built-in card stored in the built-in card processing unit 43, and each built-in card. The remaining number associated with the card is temporarily stored.

  The operation unit 45 includes a numeric keypad 206 and an operation instruction button 207. When the player presses the replay button of the operation instruction button 207, the replay process is started. Further, it is possible to set a replay ball lending unit to be lent by one replay and set a card ball lending unit by a prepaid card. In the operation using the numeric keypad 206, an operation for inputting a personal identification number as authentication information can be performed.

  The storage unit 46 is a storage device such as a nonvolatile memory that can be electrically erased (rewritten) and does not lose data even when the power is turned off. Setting information by transmission / reception with the storage management TC 101 and the card management TC 102 is stored, and is referred to when the lending processor 104 operates.

  Moreover, the information of the card ball lending unit which shows the number of balls at the time of lending the pachinko ball with respect to the valuable value using a prepaid card, and the information of the replay ball lending unit which shows the number of balls at the time of replay are memorize | stored. The information on the ball lending unit can be rewritten by an operation using the operation unit 45 constituted by the numeric keypad 206 or the like.

  The control unit 47 indicates main control of the lending processor 104, and exchanges various control signals and data with the pachinko machine 105 connected via the game machine communication unit 49, thereby controlling the operation of the pachinko machine 105. When a general card or a membership card inserted by a player is detected, the card ID is read out, and an operation instruction from the player (a replay instruction by pressing the replay button or a ball rental button provided on a pachinko machine) A lending request is issued to the storage management TC101 or the card management TC102.

  When a replay instruction is issued, for example, when the replay button is pressed, a re-lending request for the stored ball is made to the stored ball management TC 101, and the value for the valuable value is determined by pressing the ball lending button. When a ball lending instruction is given, a lending request is made to the card management TC102.

  When the number of stored balls that can be re-rented is indicated from the storage management TC 101 as the response, the instructed number of balls is re-lent from the nozzle to the tray of the pachinko machine 105 by the ball throwing mechanism 48. On the other hand, when a lending instruction is issued from the card management TC 102, the number of balls instructed can be instructed to the pachinko machine 105, and a pachinko ball can be rented using the ball throwing mechanism of the pachinko machine 105.

  The flow of processing in the lending processor 104 and the storage management TC 101 at this time is shown in the flowchart of FIG.

  In addition, the control unit 47 can inquire about the number of reservable balls to the storage management TC 101 without receiving an operation instruction from the player, particularly when it is detected that a membership card has been inserted. . In this case, the number of stored balls that can be re-lent out is responded to all the stored balls obtained by subtracting the replay fee from the stored ball management TC 101, and the player issues a replay instruction by pressing the replay button based on the number of stored balls. If done, re-lending within the range of the number of stored balls.

  The flow of processing in the lending processor 104 and the storage management TC 101 at this time is shown in the flowchart of FIG.

  Further, the control unit 47 performs a confirmation process for confirming whether the personal identification number input by the numeric keypad 206 of the operation unit 45 is a correct personal identification number, and performs a lending process when the personal identification number is confirmed. In this confirmation process, for example, it is confirmed by inquiring an authentication TC (not shown) whether the inputted password is correct.

  The ball throwing mechanism 48 is a mechanism for lending pachinko balls from the nozzles of the lending processor 104, which is re-rented, which is responded from the ball management TC 101 at the time of replay, and can be thrown out in units of one. (1 piece cut) is installed. That is, the number of balls instructed to be lent from the control unit 47 can be lent out in units of one.

  The ball throwing mechanism 48 is equipped with a ball lending supply basket (48-A) for storing pachinko balls, and takes out and lends a pachinko ball to be lent from the nozzle from the ball lending supply basket (48-A).

  The gaming table communication unit 49 is an interface device that connects the lending processor 104 and the pachinko machine 105, and the lending processor 104 transmits and receives a control signal for controlling the operation of the pachinko machine 105 through this connection.

  Next, the operation of the pachinko machine 105 is controlled by the lending processor 104. The pachinko machine 105 cannot operate unless the lending processor 104 is connected.

  The pachinko machine 105 includes a communication unit 51 that communicates with the lending processor 104, a control unit 52 that controls the pachinko machine 105, an operation unit 53 on which a ball lending button, a card return button, and the like are arranged, and money or a card. And a ball throwing mechanism 55 that operates in cooperation with the lending processor 104.

  The ball throwing mechanism 55 can lend a pachinko ball only in a predetermined ball lending unit. For example, the ball throwing mechanism 55 performs “4 pieces cutting” or “5 pieces cutting”.

  With the configuration as described above, re-lending at the time of replay can be performed from the nozzle of the lending processor 104, and lending can be performed by a ball throwing mechanism of a pachinko machine at the time of lending by valuable value.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the storage management TC in the present invention.

  4 includes a communication interface 401, a control unit 402, a cache 403, a card information analysis unit 404, a replay ball lending unit analysis unit 405, a memory 406, a setting storage unit 407, a fee calculation unit 408, and the number of borrowed balls. The calculation unit 409, the DB control unit 410, and the U / I 411 are configured, and a re-rental request for replay is performed from the lending processor 104.

  The communication interface 401 is an interface that performs data communication with the lending processor 104 via the island controller 103.

  The control unit 402 indicates the main control in the storage ball management TC 101, and performs a re-lending process in response to a pachinko ball re-lending request received via the communication interface 401. Upon receiving a re-lending request, the control unit 402 makes a re-lending request analysis request to the card information analysis unit 404 and the re-play ball lending unit analysis unit 405, and the re-play ball lending unit analysis unit 405 analyzes the re-lending request. Re-lending processing is performed with the number of balls in the lending unit at the time of replay.

  Alternatively, an analysis request is not made to the replay ball lending unit analysis unit 405, but an analysis request is made only to the card information analysis unit 404 to perform a re-lending process of the number of re-loans that can be re-lent for all the stored balls.

  At this time, the card information analysis unit 404 performs an analysis process of reading a card ID for identifying a card included in the rerent request received by the control unit 402, and the replay ball lending unit analysis unit 405 Processing for analyzing the number of balls in the lending unit at the time of replay set by the lending processor 104 included in the lending request is performed.

  The card ID analyzed by the card information analysis unit 404 and the information on the replay ball lending unit analyzed by the replay ball lending unit analysis unit 405 are saved in the cache 403 that temporarily stores various information.

  Subsequently, the control unit 402 requests the DB control unit 410 to acquire the number of balls for the card ID analyzed by the card information analysis unit 404. In the DB control unit 410, the number of balls in the replay ball lending unit analyzed by the replay ball lending unit analysis unit 405 based on the card ID of the relending request analyzed by the card information analysis unit 404, or the total number of stored balls In response to this, the storage balance information DB (101-A) is inquired as to whether or not the total number of balls to be deducted by adding the number of balls as the fee calculated by the fee calculation unit 408 can be withdrawn.

  The fee calculation unit 408 at this time calculates the number of fees for the number of stored balls to be re-lent. In this calculation, the ratio of the replay fee to be a fee is stored in the setting storage unit 407 of the memory 406. In this setting storage unit 407, for example, 5 balls are re-recovered for 25 re-lending. I remember it as a play fee. Information indicating the ratio of the replay fee stored in the setting storage unit 407 is acquired, and the replay fee is obtained by applying the following (calculation formula A).

(Calculation formula A) “Replay fee = Number of stored balls-(Number of stored balls ÷ (1 + Replay fee rate)”
That is, if the number of stored balls managed by the stored ball balance information DB (101-A) is known, the number of balls that will be the replay fee can be calculated.

  The memory 406 stores a control program and various setting information for realizing the functions of the storage management TC 101. When processing is performed by the control unit 402, a predetermined control program and setting information is extracted from the memory 406 and processed. Run.

  And in the control part 402, when the total withdrawal ball number can be withdrawn by the inquiry to the accumulated ball balance information DB (101-A) in the DB control part 410 described above, that is, the accumulated ball number is the total withdrawal ball. If the number is more than the number, the replay of the replay ball lending unit analyzed by the replay ball lending unit analysis unit 405 is transmitted to the requesting lending machine 104 via the communication interface 401.

  On the other hand, when the total number of balls withdrawn cannot be withdrawn from the stored ball balance information DB (101-A), that is, when the total number of balls withdrawn is larger than the number of stored balls, Instructs the calculation of the number of re-loans that can be lent again.

  In this lending ball number calculation unit 409, the number of stored balls that could not be withdrawn is acquired via the DB control unit 410, and the number of balls of the replay fee is considered by applying the following (calculation formula B). Calculate the number of balls that can be rented again (number of balls that can be rented again).

(Formula B) “Number of balls that can be rented again = Replay fee ÷ Replay fee rate”
Substituting the replay fee calculated by using the above (Calculation Formula A) into the above (Calculation Formula B) to calculate the number of re-loans that can be re-lent (number of lentable balls) and requesting the lending processor 104.

  The U / I 411 is an operation unit configured by a display display, a keyboard, and a pointing device.

  With such a configuration, the storage management TC 101 can re-lend the number of balls in the replay ball lending unit, and even if the number of stored balls does not satisfy the number of balls in the replay ball lending unit, Can be re-lent without stopping.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing between the lending processor and the storage management TC in the gaming system of the present invention.

  In the flowchart shown in FIG. 5, a re-lending is performed by inquiring whether or not the number of stored balls to be re-rented is managed by the stored-ball management TC at each replay. This is a flow for acquiring a large number of stored balls at a time from the stored ball management TC and re-lending within the range of the number of stored balls.

  In FIG. 5, when a player inserts a membership card in which a card ID is stored from the card insertion slot of the lending processor, the process starts, and card information including the card ID is read from the inserted membership card (501). . At this time, it may be configured to determine whether the card ID is valid for the read card ID.

  While the card information is read out, it waits until the replay button of the lending processor is pressed (502). When the replay button is pressed by the player (YES in 502), it is managed by the read card ID. Among the stored balls, the storage management TC is requested to re-lend the number of balls in the replay ball lending unit (503).

  In the storage management TC that has received a re-lending request for storage balls from the lending processor, a determination process is performed to determine whether or not the number of balls per unit can be re-lent based on the card ID included in the re-lending request (504) ). A detailed flow of this determination process is shown in FIG.

  It is determined whether or not the number of balls in the replay ball lending unit can be lent again by this determination processing (505), and if it is determined that the number of balls in the replay ball lending unit cannot be lent again (NO in 505) Then, it is determined whether the number of balls managed for the card ID is “0 (zero)” (506). When it is determined that the number of stored balls is “0 (zero)” (YES in 506), that is, when no balls are stored at all, the lending processor or the pachinko machine is notified and displayed that the balls are not stored ( 507), the replay process using the stored ball is terminated.

  On the other hand, if the number of stored balls is not “0 (zero)” (NO in 506), the number of stored balls that can be lent again is calculated for the managed number of stored balls (508).

  For example, when the number of stored balls is “104” and the replay fee specified in the stored ball management TC is specified to be 5 per 25, the ratio of the replay fee (replay fee rate) is Since it is 20% (0.2), the replay fee is calculated by substituting the respective values into (Calculation Formula A) described above.

  By substituting the replay fee calculated by using (Calculation Formula A) into (Calculation Formula B) described above, the number of stored balls that can be lent again (the number of balls that can be lent) is calculated.

  First, by applying (Calculation Formula A), the number of balls to be replayed is calculated as “17”, and then by applying (Calculation Formula B), the number of balls that can be lent again is “85”. Is calculated. The fractional part will be rounded down.

  Update is performed by subtracting the total number of stored balls, which is the sum of the number of balls of the replay fee calculated in this way and the number of stored balls that can be lent out, from the managed number of stored balls (509). In the case of the above example, the total number of stored balls becomes “102” at “85 + 17”, and is subtracted from “104” of the number of stored balls to update the remaining number of stored balls to “2”.

  Then, when the number of stored balls that can be re-rented and the total number of managed balls to be updated are calculated in this way, the number of stored balls withdrawn to the player, “102” in the above example, is notified. (510), a re-lending instruction for the calculated re-loanable number of stored balls is given to the lending processor (511).

  If the number of stored balls in the replay ball lending unit cannot be lent again, but if the number of stored balls in the replay ball lending unit can be rented again (YES in 505), the number of stored balls in the replay ball lending unit The number of balls is renewed by subtracting the number of balls of the replay fee for that number of balls (512). When the replay ball lending unit is “5 times” and the number of balls is “5 times × 25 (= 1 degree)”, “25”, which is the number of balls for the replay fee, is added. Subtract "150" from the number of stored balls.

  Then, the lending processor is instructed to relend the number of balls of the replay ball lending unit (513).

  The number of relocatable storage balls calculated as described above is lent out again from the nozzle of the lending processor to the tray of the pachinko machine (514).

  Finally, when the player presses the card return button provided on the pachinko machine, the card is returned and the process is terminated.

  Through the processing as described above, even if the number of balls specified in the replay ball lending unit is not included in the number of balls stored, it is possible to perform relending in consideration of the replay fee.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a detailed process flow of the determination process shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 6, when a re-lending request in a replay ball lending unit is received from the lending processor, the process is started. First, the number of stored balls is extracted from the stored ball balance information DB based on the card ID included in the re-lending request ( 601). This process reveals the number of players who will play again.

  Next, the total number of withdrawal balls is calculated by adding the number of replayed ball lending units included in the re-lending request and the number of balls of fees for that number (602), and the calculated total number of withdrawal balls and cards The number of stored balls taken out from the stored ball balance information DB based on the ID is compared (603).

  As a result of the comparison, it is determined whether or not the number of stored balls is equal to or greater than the total number of balls withdrawn (604), and if the number of accumulated balls is equal to or greater than the total number of balls withdrawn, that is, the number of balls in the replay ball lending unit is re-lent If it is possible (YES in 604), the determination processing result is set to “re-rentable” (605).

  On the other hand, when the number of stored balls is less than the total number of withdrawn balls, that is, when it is determined that the number of balls in the replay ball lending unit cannot be re-lent (NO in 604), the determination processing result is “Re-rental impossible” is set (606).

  In addition, when the number of stored balls is equal to or greater than the total number of balls withdrawn (YES in 604), in particular, when the number of stored balls is equal to the total number of balls withdrawn, replay using the next stored ball may be performed. Since this is not possible, it may be configured to notify the lending processor together with this determination process. Thereby, access to the stored ball balance information DB in replay can be avoided, and the processing load can be improved and the line load can be reduced.

  With the determination process as described above, it is possible to determine whether or not the number of balls in the replay ball lending unit designated by the lending processor can be re-lent.

  In addition to the flowcharts of FIGS. 5 and 6, re-lending at the time of replay can be performed by a flowchart as shown in FIG. 7.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart of another example showing the flow of processing between the lending processor and the storage management TC in the gaming system of the present invention.

  In the flowchart shown in FIG. 5, the number of relocatable storage balls in consideration of the number of balls of the replay fee is calculated in the storage management TC in response to the lending request from the lending processor, and the response is made to the requesting lending processor. In the flowchart shown in FIG. 7, in the flowchart shown in FIG. 7, by requesting the storage management TC for the number of stored balls that can be re-rented for the card ID read from the member card by the loan processing machine. Acquire and re-lending within the range of the number of stored balls.

  That is, in the flowchart of FIG. 5, a re-lending request is made from the lending processor to the storage management TC at each replay, but in the flowchart of FIG. 7, the number of stored balls that can be re-rented with one request is acquired. , Re-lending is performed within the range of the number of stored balls.

  In FIG. 7, first, card information such as a card ID associated with a card inserted by a player is read by a lending processor (701), and subsequently, the number of reservable balls for the read card ID is obtained. A request is made to the storage management TC (702).

  Next, in the storage management TC that has received an acquisition request for the number of relocatable storage balls, the storage ball balance information DB is inquired about the number of storages for the card ID included in the acquisition request (703), and whether or not replay can be executed is asked. It is determined whether or not the number of stored balls acquired in (1) is “0 (zero)” (704). When the number of stored balls is “0 (zero)” (YES in 705), since re-lending cannot be performed, this is notified to the lending processor and the re-lending processing in the stored-ball management TC is terminated. To do. The lending machine that has received the notification that it cannot be re-rented displays that there is no reserve (705), the inserted card is returned, and the process ends (718).

  On the other hand, when the number of stored balls corresponding to the card ID is not “0 (zero)” (NO in 704), the number of stored balls that can be rented again in consideration of the replay fee is calculated for the number of stored balls. It responds to the acquisition request from the lending processor (707).

  As a method for calculating the number of relocatable storage balls at this time, there is a method of applying (calculation formula A) and (calculation formula B) as described above.

For example, in the case where the number of stored balls managed in the stored ball balance information DB is “1000” and the replay fee rate is 20% (0.2), the replay can be performed by applying (Formula A). The fee is calculated as “166”. (Rounded down)
Further, by applying (Calculation Formula B) on the basis of the calculated replay fee, the number of balls that can be lent again (number of balls that can be rented again) can be calculated as “834”. (Round up after the decimal point)
That is, out of the number of stored balls managed in the stored ball balance information DB, it is possible to calculate that the number of balls that can be re-rented in consideration of the replay fee is “834”, and this “834” can be re-lent. Respond as the number of balls.

  Then, in the lending processing machine in which the number of reservable balls is notified from the storage management TC, the notified number of stored balls is displayed on the information display LED 204 and shown to the player (707). Thus, after confirming the displayed number of available stored balls, the player instructs replay using the stored balls by pressing the replay button (708).

  When replaying is instructed, it is determined whether or not the number of re-rented storage balls designated by the player using the numeric keypad is less than or equal to the number of re-rentable storage balls displayed on the information display LED 204 (709).

  In addition, the configuration may be such that the number of stored balls in a predetermined lending unit is automatically re-lent instead of specifying the number of stored balls to be re-lent by the player. In the case of this configuration, when the replay button is pressed by the player (YES in 708), the number of stored balls in a lending unit set in advance is rerented. If the number of relocatable storage balls is less than the number of storage units in the lending unit, all the remaining re-loanable storage balls are re-lent.

  Then, it is determined whether or not the number of balls designated by the player can be rented again (710), and if the designated number of stored balls is larger than the number of stored balls that can be rented again (NO in 710), the designated number of balls is designated. Because the number of stored balls cannot be rented again, the player is prompted to re-enter. In this case, the determination process (709) is repeated again. For example, if the number of stored balls that can be re-lent is shown as “834”, but the player inputs “850”, the number of stored balls cannot be re-rented, so re-rentable Encourage players to re-enter within the number of stored balls.

  On the other hand, when the number of stored balls specified by the player is less than or equal to the number of stored balls that can be lent again, that is, when the number of stored balls of “834” or less is specified in the above example (YES in 710) The number of stored balls is lent out from the nozzle (711). Of course, an upper limit is set for the number of balls to be lent in one re-lending process, and if the number of stored balls for re-lending is specified exceeding the upper limit, the number of balls set as the upper limit is re-lent You may comprise as follows.

  When the re-lending of the designated number of stored balls is completed, the number of re-rented stored balls is subtracted from the number of re-loansable stored balls to update the remaining number of re-lentable stored balls (712). Next, it is determined whether the remaining number of relocatable balls is “0 (zero)” (713), and the number of relocatable balls is not “0 (zero)”. If it can be done (NO in 713), it waits again until the player presses the replay button or presses the cancel button (714, 715).

  When the replay button is pressed (YES in 714), the process is repeated from the process (709) for determining whether the number of balls designated for the updated number of relocatable stored balls can be lent again, and again Make a loan. If the cancel button is pressed instead of pressing the replay button (YES in 715), the number of stored balls that have been re-lent is transmitted to the stored ball management TC together with a replay end request.

  When the number of stored balls that can be re-lent by the above processing becomes “0 (zero)” (YES in 713), the number of stored balls that have been re-lent is transmitted to the stored-ball management TC together with a replay end request, The card is returned and the processing in the lending processor is terminated (718).

  In the storage management TC that has received the replay end request, a fee is calculated for the number of storage balls re-rented by the lending processor (716). For example, when the number of stored balls that have been re-lent out is “750”, the replay fee is calculated as “125” by (calculation formula A).

  And it updates by subtracting the number of balls of the calculated replay fee and the number of stored balls that have been rented out from the managed number of stored balls (717). In this case, the remaining number of balls is subtracted from the number of stored balls “1000” that manages “875” which is the total number of balls 750 that have been re-lent and the replay fee “125”. "125".

  When the update is normally completed, the lending processor is notified of the update completion, and the lending processor that has received the update completion notification returns the card and ends the processing (718).

  By the processing according to this flowchart, the storage management TC can specify the number of re-loans that can be re-rented in consideration of the replay fee, and the lending processor can re-lend within the range of the specified re-loanable storage balls. can do.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing between the lending processor and the card management TC in the present invention.

  FIG. 8 shows the flow of processing when a pachinko ball is lent using the valuable value for the card ID stored in the membership card.

  First, when a player inserts a member card to which a card ID is assigned from the card insertion slot of the lending processor, the process is started, and card information including the card ID is read from the inserted member card (801).

  Wait until the ball lending button on the pachinko machine is pressed with the card information read (802), and if it is detected by the player that the ball lending button on the pachinko machine is pressed on the lending processor (YES in 802) Then, the card management TC is inquired about whether or not the balance information of the read card information can be lent in a card ball lending unit (803).

  In the card management TC that has received the lending request in the card ball lending unit, the balance information for the card ID is acquired from the card balance information DB (804), and the amount necessary for lending the number of balls in the card ball lending unit is acquired. It is compared whether the amount is lower than the amount of balance information (805).

  It is determined whether or not the amount required to lend the number of balls in the card ball lending unit is lower than the balance information (806). If the amount is low (YES in 806), that is, the ball in the card ball lending unit If the number can be lent, the balance information is updated by subtracting the amount of money for the number of balls in the card ball lending unit from the balance information in the card balance information DB (807). When the update is completed, the lending processor is instructed to lend the number of balls in the card ball lending unit (808).

  On the other hand, if the amount of money for the card ball lending unit is equal to or greater than the balance information (NO in 806), the number of balls for that card ball lending unit cannot be lent, so the amount of balance information The number of balls that can be lent is calculated (809). For example, assuming that 4 yen per piece, if the balance is 81 yen, it is calculated to lend 20 pieces with “81/4” (the decimal point is rounded down).

  Then, the balance information is updated by subtracting the amount for the calculated number of balls that can be lent from the amount of the balance information (810). In the case of the above example, since the amount for the loaned “20 balls” is 80 yen, the balance is updated to 1 yen. Subsequently, the lending processor is instructed to lend the number of balls that can be lent (811).

  When the card management TC issues a lending instruction for the number of balls that can be lent, the designated number of balls is lent to the pachinko machine (812), and the pachinko machine uses the ball lending instruction from the lending processor. Is lent out to the tray using the ball throwing mechanism (813).

  Finally, when the player presses the card return button provided on the pachinko machine, the card is returned and the process is terminated.

  Through the processing as described above, the number of valuable balls for the card ID can be lent out using the ball throwing mechanism of the pachinko machine.

  With the above processing, in the gaming system of the present invention, re-rental is performed from the lending processing machine at the time of replay according to the flowcharts as shown in FIGS. 5, 6, and 7, and according to the valuable value as shown in FIG. Lending is done using the ball throwing mechanism of the gaming machine.

  Re-lending at the time of re-playing can be performed from the nozzle of the lending processor 104, and at the time of lending by valuable value, it can be lent by the ball throwing mechanism of the pachinko machine, so that the storage balls deposited by the player can be re-released Lending can be lent separately from normal lending.

  Therefore, by applying the present invention, not only the convenience for the player is improved, but also the effect that the trouble of misunderstanding can be avoided since the renting source of the game medium becomes clear.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above and shown in the drawings, and can be implemented with appropriate modifications within a range not changing the gist thereof.

  For example, in the above embodiment, a pachinko ball is used as a game medium, and a game medium lending process in a pachinko game by a pachinko machine is shown, but along with a pachinko game by a pachinko machine using a pachinko ball game medium, The game medium in the slot game by the slot game machine using the other game media may be re-rented.

  The present invention can be applied to a game system that rents game media such as pachinko balls and medals, and is particularly valued in the case of playing a game by rerenting stored game media and a prepaid card. This is useful for clearly distinguishing the lending status when playing a game using the valuable value.

10 Amusement facilities (Pachinko parlor)
41 upper-level communication unit 42 money processing unit 43 built-in card processing unit 44 memory 45 operation unit 46 storage unit 47 control unit 48 ball dispensing mechanism 49 game table communication unit 51 communication unit 52 control unit 53 operation unit 54 display unit 55 balls Throwing mechanism 101 Savings management TC
102 Card management TC
103 Island Controller 104 Lending Machine 105 Pachinko Machine 106 Router 201 Status Display Lamp 202 Card Stack Unit Status Display LED
203 Bill slot 204 Information display LED
205 Mode display lamp 206 Numeric keypad 207 Operation instruction button 208 Nozzle 209 Card insertion slot 210 Receptacle 211 Display unit 212 Lending / return button 213 Ball throwing mechanism 401 Communication interface 402 Control unit 403 Cash 404 Card information analysis unit 405 Replay ball lending unit Analysis unit 406 Memory 407 Setting storage unit 408 Fee calculation unit 409 Lending ball number calculation unit 410 DB control unit 411 U / I

Claims (5)

In a member management system having an acquired game medium payout processing device that is attached to a gaming machine and performs a payout process of game media acquired by a player, and a member management device that manages stored game media in association with member identification information ,
The acquired gaming medium payout processing device is
Inquiry means for making an inquiry about the game storage medium to the member management device based on the identification information of the member;
Display control means for displaying information related to the number of stored game media related to the number of stored game media based on information sent from the member management device in response to the inquiry;
A payout instruction accepting means for accepting an instruction for paying out the stored game medium from a player;
If an instruction to pay out game media corresponding to the valuable value is received, the game media corresponding to the valuable value is paid out by communication with the gaming machine, and the number of game media related information is displayed by the display control means. A payout control means for switching to pay out all game media to be paid out according to the payout instruction from the payout mechanism of the acquired game medium payout processing device if a payout instruction for the stored game media is received.
The member management device includes:
A game medium number management means for managing the number of game media in association with the member identification information;
Accept a query regarding the in貯遊skill media bodies based on member identification information from the acquired game media payout processing apparatus, information for displaying the貯遊technique medium number related information to the acquired game medium payout processing unit Transmitting means for transmitting
Receiving a game media update request from the acquired game media payout processing device and updating the number of game media managed by the game media number management means. A featured membership management system. The member management device includes:
A calculation means for calculating the number of payable game media based on a predetermined fee;
When the acquired game medium payout processing device pays out the stored game media, the stored game medium number update means saves the number of game media paid out from the number of stored game media before payout and the saving corresponding to the fee. 2. The member management system according to claim 1, wherein the number of game media is subtracted to update the number of game media stored.   3. The member management system according to claim 1, wherein the display control means has a function of displaying the number of game media that can be paid out as the information related to the number of game media.   3. The member management system according to claim 1, wherein the display control means has a function of displaying the number of game media that can be paid out by the frequency used for lending valuable value as the number of game media related information.   When the payout control means accepts a payout instruction for a stored game medium, the payout control means pays out the stored game medium in a predetermined number of preset units, and when the number of payable game media is less than the predetermined number 5. The member management system according to claim 1, wherein control is performed so as to pay out all of the remaining payable game media.

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