JP5179119B2 - Game storage medium management apparatus and game storage medium management method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention manages a plurality of stored game media with different loan rates for the same game media as a stored game media account for each loan rate and responds to a withdrawal operation from a replay machine associated with the loan rate. In addition, the present invention relates to a storage medium management apparatus and a storage medium management method that allows a replay machine to replay the subtracted game media while subtracting the storage media.

  Conventionally, at pachinko parlors and other amusement stores that provide pachinko games and pachislot games, members of the amusement store are recruited from players, and a membership card is issued to the member who wishes to register as a member, and this membership card is used. We offer a service for saving money and saving medals and information notification services via email.

  Specifically, when a player passes a membership application form filled with personal information such as address, name, and telephone number to a member of the amusement store and requests membership registration, the member of the amusement store Information is registered in the management device, and a member card in which a member card ID is recorded is issued to the member. Each member who has obtained the membership card in this way, as described in Patent Document 1, etc., saves and stores the acquired pachinko balls and medals, and replays these stored balls and medals at a later date, Can be exchanged for a free gift.

  In this way, in game stores that provide a savings / medal service, each member's savings / medal is managed by a management device, and the savings / savings medal can be replayed using a dedicated replay machine.・ A medal saving system is often introduced. Actually, there are many cases where a replay function is applied to a machine such as a ball lending machine or a medal lending machine.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-210818

  By the way, recently, for the pachinko corner, for example, general-purpose lending rates have been used because of the need to provide games that can be enjoyed for a relatively long time by players, and for the provision of trial games and popularity analysis of game machines. A mechanism is being established in which a gaming corner with a lower lending rate (1 yen / ball) than (4 yen / ball) coexists with a gaming corner with a general lending rate (high rate).

  In addition, with the establishment of a plurality of loan rate game corners, a mechanism is being devised that allows each game corner to store and store medals. In this way, when storing balls / medal medals are allowed when there are multiple lending rates, it is common to configure the management device to manage each lending rate's storing / medal with separate accounts. It is.

  However, if you are allowed to rent game media at multiple loan rates, and you allow deposits and replays of game media lent at each loan rate, you can save money and medal accounts with the same loan rate at each game corner. In order to withdraw the replay consideration in order, the savings and savings can only be withdrawn from a specific savings and savings account, and the amusement store has multiple gaming corners in the store. There is a problem that it is not possible to meet the needs of various sales forms.

  In other words, there is a need for a game store to use a savings / medal account corresponding to the lending rate to which each corner belongs, for example, a 4-yen account at a 4-yen corner and a 1-yen account at a 1-yen corner. If there is a need to replay at the 1-yen corner, the savings account will be withdrawn at each corner in the order of “4-yen account → 1-yen account”. Even if the balance remains in the yen account, the 4 yen account will be used, leading to a situation contrary to the operation needs of such a game store. Furthermore, there is a high possibility that the player cannot feel the sense of incongruity because the stored ball / medal cannot be used in the game corner from which the player has earned.

  Furthermore, at the game store, there is a need not to use the high-rate corner savings account at the low-rate corner from the aspect of reclaiming savings / medals at the time of replay, for example, a 4-yen account is used at the 1-yen corner. Although there is a need not to let it go, if the management device is configured to withdraw replay consideration from the savings account in the above order, the high rate corner savings account is used at the low rate corner. Overlooked and fall into a situation contrary to the operation needs of the amusement store.

  Based on the above, when a game medium is rented at multiple loan rates, and a game medium rented at each loan rate is allowed to be deposited and replayed, the game store intends at each game corner. It is a very important issue to collect replay consideration from a savings account or a medal account with a loan rate.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems (problems) of the prior art, and allows the rental of gaming media at a plurality of lending rates, and allows the gaming media lent at each lending rate. When depositing and replaying are permitted, the replay value is collected from the game media account of the lending rate intended by the amusement store at the game corner for each lending rate, thereby efficiently adapting to various business forms of the amusement store. It is an object of the present invention to provide a storage game medium management apparatus and a storage medium management method that can be used.

In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the storage medium management device according to the present invention provides a storage medium account for each of the plurality of storage mediums having different loan rates for the same game medium. And storing the subtracted game media in the replay machine while subtracting the game media in response to a withdrawal operation from the replay machine associated with the lending rate. A game medium management device, wherein for each belonging lending rate of the replay machine, a deduction that determines which of the plurality of lending rates is to be withdrawn from a stored game medium account corresponding to the lending rate and draw down the priority order storage means for storing priority order, and the draw-down condition setting means for setting said drawdown priority to the draw-down priority order storing unit, the draw-down priority order storing unit Corresponding to the stored affiliation lending rate Te drawdown based on the priority order, and a draw-down processing means performs withdrawal processing from the貯遊Technical medium account, the draw-down condition setting means, the replay unit and wherein the prohibiting child to set the belonging lending rate higher lending rate貯遊skill media accounts than the draw-down priority order.

The storage medium management device according to the present invention manages a plurality of storage mediums having different loan rates for the same game medium as a storage medium account for each loan rate, and is associated with the loan rate. A storage medium management device for subtracting the game medium in response to a withdrawal operation from a replay machine, and causing the replay machine to replay the subtracted game medium, wherein the replay machine A withdrawal priority order storage means for storing a withdrawal priority order that determines whether a withdrawal from a stored game medium account corresponding to which of the plurality of loan rates is prioritized for each belonging loan rate; A withdrawal condition setting means for setting the withdrawal priority order in the withdrawal priority order storage means, and a belonging lending rate stored by the withdrawal priority order storage means And a withdrawal processing means for performing a withdrawal process from the stored game media account based on a priority order of withdrawal, and whether or not the stored game media account can be exchanged for a special prize according to the loan rate is set. The withdrawal condition setting means sets the withdrawal priority order of the storage media account that cannot be exchanged for the special prize higher than that of the exchangeable storage media account .

  Further, in the stored game medium management device according to the present invention, when the number of stored game media in the stored game media account to be withdrawn is less than the replay consideration, the withdrawal processing means is configured to remove from the stored game media account. A part of the replay consideration is withdrawn, and the remaining shortage of game media is transferred from a stored game media account of another lending rate.

Also, the stored game medium management method according to the present invention manages a plurality of stored game media numbers having different loan rates for the same game medium as a stored game medium account for each loan rate, and is associated with the loan rate. A storage medium management method used in a storage medium management apparatus for subtracting the storage medium in response to a withdrawal operation from a replay machine and causing the replay machine to replay the subtracted game medium. A debit priority order that determines whether a debit from a stored game media account corresponding to any of the plurality of lending rates is given for each lending rate of the replay machine is a predetermined lending rate. a draw down priority holding step for holding the storage unit, a draw-down condition setting step for setting the draw-down priority in the storage unit, which is held by the draw-down priority holding step Based on the draw-down priority corresponds to the genus lending rate, and draw down performs withdrawal processing from the貯遊Technical medium account and a processing step, the draw-down condition setting step, belongs lending rate of the replay machine and wherein the prohibiting child to set the貯遊technique medium account and the withdrawal priority higher lending rate than.
Also, the stored game medium management method according to the present invention manages a plurality of stored game media numbers having different loan rates for the same game medium as a stored game medium account for each loan rate, and is associated with the loan rate. A storage medium management method used in a storage medium management apparatus for subtracting the storage medium in response to a withdrawal operation from a replay machine and causing the replay machine to replay the subtracted game medium. A debit priority order that determines whether a debit from a stored game media account corresponding to any of the plurality of lending rates is given for each lending rate of the replay machine is a predetermined lending rate. Retained by the withdrawal priority order holding step held in the storage unit, the withdrawal condition setting step for setting the withdrawal priority order in the storage unit, and the withdrawal priority order holding step A withdrawal processing step for performing a withdrawal process from the storage media account based on a withdrawal priority order corresponding to a genus loan rate, and the storage media account can be exchanged for a special prize according to the loan rate In the withdrawal condition setting step, the withdrawal priority order of the storage media account that cannot be exchanged for the special prize is set higher than the exchangeable storage media account. It is characterized by doing.

According to the present invention, since it is configured to prohibit the withdrawal of a storage game account with a loan rate higher than the lending rate to which the replay machine belongs and set the priority order, the storage medium acquired at the high rate corner a to prevent a situation in which a player at a low rate corner, it becomes possible to prevent a situation in which admit a long time of the game in one game customers at a low rate corner have.

In addition, according to the present invention, the withdrawal priority of the storage media account that cannot be exchanged for the special prize is set higher than the exchangeable storage media account, so that the storage game that can be exchanged for the special prize is set. The balance of the media account can be left to the end, and it is possible to take certain remedies while adopting a disadvantageous operation for the player.

  Further, according to the present invention, when the number of game media of the game media account to be withdrawn is less than the replay consideration, a part of the replay consideration is withdrawn from the game media account, Since the remaining shortage of game media is deducted by transferring from the game media account of other lending rates, replays will be made for less than the number of game media balances set as the withdrawal unit. Therefore, there is an effect that a stored game medium management device capable of improving the convenience related to the replay service for the player can be obtained.

  Exemplary embodiments of a game storage medium management apparatus and a game storage medium management method according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following, the case where the present invention is applied to a pachinko game will be described.

  First, the system configuration of the in-store system of the amusement store according to the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration of an in-store system according to the first embodiment. In the first embodiment, a case where a 4-yen corner for lending a pachinko ball for 4 yen per ball and a 1-yen corner for lending a pachinko ball for 1 yen per ball will be described in the amusement store.

  As shown in the figure, the in-store system includes a member management terminal controller (hereinafter referred to as “member management T / C”) 10 for managing member information of a player registered in advance at the game store, Island controller 20, card processing units (hereinafter referred to as “CR units”) 30a and 30b, pachinko machines 40a and 40b, counters 50a and 50b, membership card processing machines 60a and 60b, and a prize management device 70a 70b and a gift dispenser 80 are provided. It should be noted that, here, the letters a and b in the reference numerals attached to the CR unit, pachinko machine, counting machine, membership card processing machine, and prize management device are the lending rates to which the equipment belongs (balls 1 and 2 below). ), But when explaining that there is no difference related to the loan rate, such English letters are omitted, and the CR unit 30, pachinko machine 40, counter 50, membership card processing machine 60 and prize management are simply omitted. The description will be made with the device 70.

  The member management T / C 10 is connected to an island controller 20, member card processing machines 60a and 60b, and prize management devices 70a and 70b. The island controller 20 includes a plurality of pachinko machines installed on each island. The CR units 30a and 30b provided respectively at 40a and 40b are connected, and the membership card processing machines 60a and 60b are connected with counters 50a and 50b for counting the number of pachinko balls, respectively. Further, in the first embodiment, an operation that allows the exchange of special prizes only at the high-rate corner (four-yen corner) is adopted, and the prize is paid out only to the prize management device 70a at the four-yen corner. Although the machine 80 is connected, an operation may be adopted in which the exchange with the special prize is permitted at both corners.

  Here, in the first embodiment, a four-circle corner composed of the CR unit 30a and the pachinko machine 40a and a one-circle corner composed of the CR unit 30b and the pachinko machine 40b are provided. This 4 yen corner is an island that lends balls to players at a lending rate of 4 yen / ball, and the 1 yen corner is an island that lends balls to players at a lending rate of 1 yen / ball. It is. The reason for the 1 yen / ball 1 yen corner, which is lower than the general lending rate of 4 yen / ball, is mainly to enable trial hits by players, and information regarding the evaluation and attachment of players to gaming machines. To get. In the first embodiment, the lending rate “4 yen / ball” is referred to as “ball 1”, and the lending rate “1 yen / ball” is referred to as “ball 2”.

  The CR unit 30a is a unit that lends 4 yen / ball with cash or a prepaid card and replays a stored ball using a membership card. For example, when a 1000 yen bill is inserted into the CR unit 30a, the CR unit 30a An instruction to throw out 250 balls is given from the unit 30a to the pachinko machine 40a. On the other hand, the CR unit 30b is a unit that lends 1 yen / ball with cash and replays a stored ball using a membership card. For example, when a 1000 yen bill is inserted into the CR unit 30b, the CR unit 30b is worth 500 yen. (= 500 balls) is paid out to the pachinko machine 40b and the remaining amount (500 yen) is stored, and when the next lending instruction is received, the remaining amount is thrown out to the pachinko machine 40b. As described above, the pachinko balls are divided and thrown out only when lending 1 yen. The bottom plate and the upper plate of the game stand are based on 250 throws when 4 yen lending is performed. This is because, when lending 1 yen, if 1000 yen (= 1000 balls) are thrown out, pachinko balls will overflow from the lower and upper plates of the game table.

  The pachinko machine 40a and the pachinko machine 40b are game machines that provide a pachinko game using pachinko balls to a player, and there is no difference between the four-yen corner and the one-yen corner. However, the pachinko machine 40b provided in the 1-yen corner is not a gaming machine responsible for sales of amusement stores, but is often provided with a new machine that will be newly introduced into the gaming stores. This is to provide a game where a player can try out a new machine without investing a large amount of money and can enjoy a relatively long time at a low charge.

  The player can replay the stored balls using these CR units 30a and 30b, and the player enters the password from the numeric keypad with the member card inserted into the card insertion slot of the CR unit 30a or 30b. When a predetermined replay button is pressed, a replay request (withdrawal request) including a member ID, a personal identification number, and a game machine number connected to the CR unit is transmitted to the member management T / C 10. , You can withdraw your savings within the range of your savings balance. Here, it is assumed that the number of balls withdrawn from the savings account by one replay operation is fixed.

  The counter 50 is a counter that counts pachinko balls acquired by the player, and outputs the count result to the member card processor 60. Specifically, the pachinko balls acquired by the 4-yen corner pachinko machine 40a are input to the counting machine 50a, and the pachinko balls acquired by the 1-yen corner pachinko machine 40b are input to the counting machine 50b. Therefore, the counting machines 50a and 50b count the inserted pachinko balls and output them to the membership card processing machine 60a or 60b. In the first embodiment, the counters 50a and 50b have only a pachinko ball counting function, and a printing function for issuing a counting receipt on which a bar code is printed as a counting result, and a member management T / C10. Membership card processing machines 60a and 60b, which will be described later, have a counting and storing ball function for adding a part or all of the counting result to the stored and stored balance.

  The member card processing device 60 is a member terminal device used when storing balls by registered members, and includes a card reader that reads a member ID recorded on the member card. For example, the member card processor 60a connected to the counter 50a holds the lending rate type (ball 1) to which the member card processor 60a belongs, and the counting result is input from the counter 50a, and the amusement shop Is inserted into the card slot, a storage request signal including a member ID, a count value, and a loan rate (ball 1) is transmitted to the member management T / C10. Further, the member card processor 60b is different in that information (ball 2) indicating that it belongs to the 1-yen corner is transmitted as a lending rate transmitted to the member management T / C 10. Here, the belonging lending rate is stored in the internal memory in advance. However, the type of the belonging lending rate may be specified by an attendant at the time of counting.

  In addition, the membership card processing machine 60 can issue a count receipt in which the number of pachinko balls counted by the counter 50 is barcode-printed. When the receipt issue button is pressed by the staff when counting pachinko balls, A count receipt in which the affiliated lending rate, the number of pachinko balls, the issue date and time, and the counter number, which are stored in the internal memory in advance, are barcode-printed is issued.

  In the first embodiment, the example in which the counter 50a dedicated to the 4-circle corner and the counter 50b dedicated to the 1-circle corner are separately provided has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, A single counter 50 may be used to count both pachinko balls acquired by the player at the 4-yen corner and pachinko balls acquired by the player at the 1-yen corner.

  The prize management device 70 is a terminal device for prize exchange arranged in a prize exchange counter in the amusement store, and manages the exchange of the acquired balls and prizes using the exchanged ball number management table. This exchange ball number management table stores the number of exchange balls in association with each prize, but the 1 yen corner dedicated prize management device 70b is a quarter of the 4 yen corner dedicated prize management apparatus 70a. In order to handle pachinko balls at the unit price, the number of exchange balls is set to 4 times in the same prize. When the staff in the prize exchange counter receives from the player a count receipt on which the count information including the count value (the number of balls to be acquired) and the loan rate is bar code printed by the member card processor 60, it is obtained from the count receipt. When the number of balls and the loan rate are read with a barcode reader and the exchange button corresponding to the prize specified by the player is pressed, the exchange process for subtracting the number of exchanged balls of the prize from the number of obtained balls is executed, and then Handed over to the player by hand.

  Furthermore, the prize management device 70 not only reads the number of pachinko balls and the lending rate from the barcode printed on the counting receipt and uses it for exchanging prizes, but can also store the so-called receipt storing ball using the counting receipt. . Specifically, the count receipt is read by a bar code reader provided in the prize management device 70, and when a member card is inserted into the card reader and the storage button is pressed, the member ID, the number of pachinko balls, and the loan rate are included. A storage request signal is transmitted to the member management T / C 10. Here, although the receipt storage ball is permitted when the lending rate is different between the counting receipt and the game corner, it is not necessarily permitted.

  In addition, the prize management device 70 can also exchange prizes by using the stored money balance managed by the member management table of the member management T / C 10. Specifically, when the member ID is read from the member card through the card reader, the member management T / C 10 is inquired about the balances of both corners using the member ID, and the balances of both corners inquired are displayed. The lending rate of the savings account to be withdrawn is selected, and when the lending rate of the selected savings account matches the lending rate of this corner, the award exchange is permitted and the award exchange described above is performed.

  In addition, in the prize management device 70b dedicated to the 1-yen corner, the special prize exchange button is pressed in order to perform the above-described operation (that is, the operation of prohibiting the exchange of 1-yen earning balls and 1-yen savings balls and special prizes). Even if you win, you will not be exchanged for the special prize.

  On the other hand, since the prize management device 70a dedicated to the 4-circle corner is allowed to be exchanged for a special prize, the special prize can be paid out through the prize dispenser 80 as in the case of the existing prize management apparatus. Specifically, when the player wishes to exchange for a special prize, the attendant at the amusement store presses a special prize exchange button provided in the prize management device 70a, and refers to the exchange number management table. The prize dispenser 80 is instructed to dispense special prizes for the number of acquired balls or for the number of designated stored balls.

  The member management T / C 10 is a management device that performs overall management of members registered in the amusement store using a storage ball management table 14a described later. This storage ball management table 14a includes the member ID, the balance of the 4 yen corner storage account (hereinafter referred to as “4 yen account”) and the balance of the 1 yen corner storage account (hereinafter referred to as “1 yen account”). It is stored in association. Then, if a savings card addition request is received from the membership card processing device 60, the savings card balance in the savings account corresponding to the member ID and the loan rate included in the savings card addition request is added, and the CR unit 30a or 30b is added. If the withdrawal request is accepted from the withdrawal account, it is the savings account of the member ID included in the withdrawal request and from the savings account of the lending rate that matches the withdrawal priority order stored in the withdrawal condition table 14c described later. Make a withdrawal.

  Here, the member management T / C 10 according to the first embodiment determines which loan rate corresponding to the belonging loan rate to which the CR unit belongs has priority from the savings account corresponding to which loan rate. This is characterized in that the predetermined withdrawal priority order is stored, and the withdrawal process from the savings account is performed based on the withdrawal priority order corresponding to the stored belonging lending rate.

  That is, in the member management T / C 10 according to the first embodiment, when a replay request (withdrawal request) is received from the CR unit 30a or 30b disposed at the 4-yen corner or the 1-yen corner, The replay consideration is not deducted in order from the savings account corresponding to the same lending rate. That is, the withdrawal from the savings account at each corner is performed in the withdrawal priority order that reflects the intention of the game shop.

  For example, if there is a strong need to use a savings account that corresponds to the rental rate of each corner at an amusement store, for example, a 4-yen account at a 4-yen corner or a 1-yen account at a 1-yen corner. Sets the withdrawal priority order of the affiliated loan rate “Tama 1” in the withdrawal condition table 14c as “4 yen account → 1 yen account”, and sets the withdrawal priority order of the affiliated loan rate “tama 2” to “1 yen. If the account is set in the withdrawal condition table 14c as shown in FIG. 2, as long as there is a balance equivalent to the replay consideration in the first priority savings account as shown in FIG. The savings account corresponding to the lending rate, that is, the 4-yen account corresponding to ball 1 in the 4-yen corner, while the 1-yen account deducts replay consideration from the 1-yen account corresponding to ball 2, while saving is the first priority Only if there is no re-play compensation equivalent to the balance in the account, it is possible to perform the direct debit from 貯玉 account that do not correspond to belong lending rate of each corner.

  Therefore, in the first embodiment, the game store intends at each game corner when the rental of game media at a plurality of loan rates is permitted and the deposit and replay of the game media lent at each loan rate are permitted. It is possible to collect replay consideration from a savings account at a lending rate, and it is possible to efficiently adapt to various sales forms of amusement stores.

  Furthermore, in the first embodiment, since the withdrawal priority order of the savings account corresponding to the belonging lending rate of the game corner is set higher than the withdrawal priority order of other lending rates, in principle, in the 4 yen corner A 4-yen account will be used at the 1-yen corner, and the player's previously stored deposits can be used at the game corner from which the player has earned, so that the player does not feel uncomfortable. Play service can be provided.

  Next, the configuration of the member management T / C 10 shown in FIG. 1 will be described. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the member management T / C 10 shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the member management T / C 10 includes an input unit 11, an output unit 12, a communication I / F unit 13, a storage unit 14, and a control unit 15.

  The input unit 11 is an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse, the output unit 12 is a display device such as a liquid crystal panel or a display, and the communication I / F unit 13 is an island controller 20, CR units 30a and 30b. And an interface for performing data communication with the membership card processing device 60.

  The storage unit 14 is a storage device such as a hard disk device or a non-volatile memory, and includes a storage management table 14a for managing a member's storage balance as a member registered in the amusement store, and a unit number and a affiliation held in the CR units 30a and 30b. A base-to-rate management table 14b for managing the correspondence relationship with the lending rate and a withdrawal condition table 14c for storing withdrawal conditions (withdrawing priority order) of the savings account are stored.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the storage management table 14a is a table that stores the balance of a 4-yen account and the balance of a 1-yen account for each member ID. In addition, although the present Example 1 demonstrates the example which manages the balance of the 4-yen account corresponding to the double rate of the ball 1 and the ball 2, and the balance of a 1-yen account, this invention is limited to this. Instead, the present invention can be similarly applied to managing a savings account corresponding to an arbitrary lending rate (for example, 2 yen / ball) or three or more lending rates.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the vehicle-to-rate management table 14b is a table that stores the correspondence between the vehicle number and the belonging lending rate. According to the table-to-rate management table 14b shown in FIG. 5, the CR unit with the unit number of the 100th generation belongs to the ball 1 (4 yen corner), and the CR unit with the unit number of the 200th generation is It shows that it belongs to the ball 2 (1 yen corner).

  As shown in FIG. 6, the withdrawal condition table 14c is a table that stores a first priority savings account and a second priority savings account for each belonging lending rate. According to the withdrawal condition table 14c shown in FIG. 6, in the 4 yen corner, as long as there is a balance in the 4 yen account, it will be withdrawn from the 4 yen account, and if there is no balance in the 4 yen account, it will be withdrawn from the 1 yen account. In the 1 yen corner, as long as there is a balance in the 1 yen account, it will be deducted from the 1 yen account, and if there is no balance in the 1 yen account, the balance will remain in the 4 yen account. Even in some cases, the withdrawal is prohibited (see FIG. 10).

  The control unit 15 is a control unit that controls the member management T / C 10 as a whole, and includes a withdrawal condition setting unit 15a and a storage management unit 15b. Actually, programs corresponding to these functional units are stored in a ROM or a non-volatile memory (not shown), and these programs are loaded into the CPU and executed, and the withdrawal condition setting unit 15a and the storage management unit 15b are loaded. Each corresponding process will be executed.

  The withdrawal condition setting unit 15a is a processing unit that sets withdrawal conditions for each savings account in the withdrawal condition table 14c. Specifically, when a selection operation for setting the withdrawal condition on the initial menu screen displayed on the output unit 12 is accepted via the input unit 11, the withdrawal condition setting screen is displayed and the amusement store's screen is displayed on the screen. When specification of an option indicating operation needs is accepted through the operation of the input unit 11, a withdrawal priority order suitable for the operation policy is automatically determined (see FIGS. 8 and 9), while an option for manual setting is selected. In the case of acceptance, an input operation (selection operation) of the withdrawal priority order at the 4 yen corner and 1 yen corner is accepted, and when the determination button at the bottom of the screen is pressed, the withdrawal priority order is withdrawn and the condition table 14c is registered.

  The storage management unit 15b is a management unit that manages a member's storage balance using the storage management table 14a, and includes a withdrawal processing unit 15c. In the first embodiment, there is no feature in the processing related to the accumulated ball addition such as the counting accumulated ball.

  The withdrawal processing unit 15c is a processing unit that performs withdrawal processing of the stored ball balance using the stored ball management table 14a, the base-to-rate management table 14b, and the withdrawal condition table 14c. The details will be described later with reference to FIG. 11. As an outline, when a withdrawal request (replay request) including a unit number and a member ID is received from the CR unit 30a or 30b, the table-to-rate management table 14b is referred to. Then, the affiliated lending rate corresponding to the machine number included in the withdrawal request is specified, the withdrawal priority order corresponding to the identified affiliated loan rate is withdrawn and read from the condition table 14c, and each corresponding to the member ID The savings balance of the savings account is read from the savings management table 14a, and then it is checked in order from the first priority savings account whether or not the savings balance is equal to or higher than the replay consideration. As a result, the priority order is set. If there is a savings balance that exceeds the replay consideration in any of the savings accounts, the CR unit 30a is subtracted from the replay consideration from the savings account. It returns a completion response to drawdown in 30b.

  Since the number of withdrawals compared with the balance of stored money is the quantity corresponding to the affiliated lending rate, when checking the balance, if the savings account to be compared is not the affiliated lending rate, it will be deducted to the loan rate to be compared. However, it is necessary to calculate the correct replay consideration by converting the number. Similarly, when the withdrawal process is performed, if the savings account to be withdrawn is different from the affiliated loan rate, the withdrawal number of the affiliated loan rate is withdrawn and converted to the loan rate of the subject savings account. It is necessary to make a transfer debit.

  Next, the withdrawal condition setting process by the member management T / C 10 shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a withdrawal condition setting process executed by the withdrawal condition setting unit 15a shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 3, first, an initial menu screen including various setting lists is displayed on the display unit 12 to prompt selection of an item (No in steps S701 and S702). Here, if the withdrawal condition setting is selected by the input unit 11 (Yes at Step S702), the screen shifts to the withdrawal setting screen and accepts input of setting information (withdrawing priority order) (Step S703).

  Specifically, when a selection operation for setting the withdrawal condition on the initial menu screen displayed on the output unit 12 is accepted via the input unit 11, the withdrawal condition setting screen is displayed and the amusement store's screen is displayed on the screen. When specification of an option indicating operation needs is accepted through the operation of the input unit 11, a withdrawal priority order suitable for the operation policy is automatically determined (see FIGS. 8 and 9), while an option for manual setting is selected. If accepted, an input operation (selection operation may be accepted) of the withdrawal priority order at the 4 yen corner and 1 yen corner is accepted.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 8, when the option of “corresponding to the lending rate of the corner and the account used” is checked on the withdrawal condition setting screen, the 4-yen account corresponding to the ball 1 in the 4-yen corner In the 1 yen corner, in order to withdraw from the 1 yen account corresponding to the ball 2, the first priority of the 4 yen corner withdrawal priority order is automatically determined as the 4 yen account and the second priority is automatically determined as the 1 yen account. At the same time, the first priority in the 1 yen corner withdrawal priority order is automatically determined to be a 1 yen account and the second priority is automatically determined to be a 4 yen account. If the withdrawal priority order is set and registered, it corresponds to the lending rate of each corner only if there is no balance equivalent to the replay consideration (the number of withdrawals) in the first priority savings account. Withdrawal from the savings account will not be allowed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 9, in addition to the above-mentioned option of “corresponding to the lending rate of the corner and the use account”, the option of “prohibiting the use of high-rate savings balls at the low-rate corner” was selected. In this case, when there is no balance corresponding to replay consideration in the 1 yen account that is the first priority in the 1 yen corner, even if there is a balance equivalent to replay consideration in the 4 yen account, The second priority at the 1-yen corner is automatically set as “none”.

  The setting information (drawing priority order) input in this way is an operation for determining the reflection of the setting of the dropping condition, for example, a pressing operation of the determination button at the lower part of the dropping condition setting screen shown in FIGS. Then (Yes at step S704), the withdrawal condition table 14c is registered in association with the belonging lending rate (step S705), and the process is completed. If the setting reflection of the withdrawal condition is canceled (No at Step S704), the process ends without being registered in the withdrawal condition table 14c.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 10, the replay at the 4-yen corner of the 4-yen storage ball and the re-play at the 1-yen corner of the 1-yen storage ball are permitted, while the re-playing at the 1-yen corner of the 4-yen storage ball is allowed. The reason for not accepting is that if you increase the number of pachinko balls earned in the 4-yen corner and recognize the situation where you play in the 1-yen corner, you will recognize a long-time pachinko game for one player in the 1-yen corner. This is because other players lose the opportunity to play trial games at the 1-yen corner.

  On the other hand, re-playing of 1-yen coins at the 4-yen corner is positively accepted. As a result, a player who has played a trial game in the 1-yen corner can be moved to the 4-yen corner, and more players can be given a chance to try the game in the 1-yen corner. This is because it is possible to cancel the savings earned at the yen corner at the 4-yen corner. Also, from the viewpoint of the player, not only is there a need to continue to play in the 1-yen corner, but there is also a great need to play in the 4-yen corner using the money earned in this 1-yen corner. For these reasons, when transferring the savings of a 1 yen savings account to a 4 yen account, instead of simply reducing the number of savings to 1/4, for example, 1/3 savings (1 yen savings) It is desirable to give preferential treatment such as transferring 1000 balls to 4 yen storage balls 250 balls instead of transferring 4 balls to 330 balls.

  Next, the withdrawal process by the member management T / C 10 shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the withdrawal process executed by the withdrawal processor 15c inherent in the storage ball manager 15b shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 11, upon receiving a withdrawal request (replay request) including a machine number and a member ID from the CR unit 30a or 30b (Yes at step S1101), the withdrawal processing unit 15c will receive the machine-to-rate management table 14b. The affiliated loan rate corresponding to the machine number included in the withdrawal request is identified with reference to (step S1102), the withdrawal priority order corresponding to the identified affiliated loan rate is read from the withdrawal condition table 14c, and The stored ball balance of each stored ball account corresponding to the member ID is read from the stored ball management table 14a (steps S1103 and S1104).

  For example, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, when the 100th generation number is received, the withdrawal condition table is specified after the belonging lending rate is identified as the 4-yen corner with reference to the table-to-rate management table 14b. The withdrawal priority order “4 yen account → 1 yen account” in the 4 yen corner is read from 14c, and when the 200-number machine number is received, the affiliation lending rate is referred to by referring to the machine-to-rate management table 14b. After specifying the 1 yen corner, the withdrawal priority order “1 yen account” of the 1 yen corner is read from the withdrawal condition table 14c.

  Subsequently, the withdrawal processing unit 15c determines whether or not the account for which the priority order is set remains (step S1105), and as a result, when the account for which the priority order is set remains (step S1105). For affirmation, the balance in the storage account of the next priority order is determined as a confirmation target (step S1106).

  For example, when the belonging lending rate is specified as the 4-yen corner, the balance confirmation target is determined in the order of the first-priority 4-yen account to the second-priority 1-yen account, and the belonging lending rate is 1 When the circle corner is specified, only the 1-yen account that is the first priority is determined as the balance confirmation target. Note that the number of withdrawals compared to the balance of savings is the number of withdrawals corresponding to the affiliated lending rate. Therefore, if the savings account to be compared is not the affiliated lending rate, convert the number of withdrawals to the lending rate to be compared. It is necessary to calculate the correct replay consideration.

  At this time, if there is a savings balance equal to or greater than the replay consideration in the savings account to be confirmed (Yes at step S1107), the withdrawal processing unit 15c subtracts the replay consideration from the savings account (step S1108), and CR It is withdrawn to the unit 30a or 30b and a completion response is made (step S1109), and the process is terminated. In addition, when performing the withdrawal process, if the savings account to be withdrawn is different from the affiliated lending rate, the transfer will be withdrawn after converting the withdrawal number of the affiliated lending rate to the lending rate of the subject savings account. It is necessary to withdraw.

  On the other hand, if there is no savings balance more than the replay consideration in the savings account to be confirmed (No in step S1107), the withdrawal processing unit 15c has the replay consideration or more in the savings account in which the priority order is set. The processing of steps S1105 to S1107 described above is repeated until it is confirmed that there is a stored balance or there are no accounts for which the priority order is set (Yes in step S1107 or No in S1105). When there is no account for which the priority order is set (No in step S1105), a balance NG response is sent to the CR unit 30a or 30b (step S1110).

  As described above, in the first embodiment, for each belonging lending rate to which the CR unit belongs, a debit that defines which of the plurality of lending rates should be prioritized from the savings account corresponding to which lending rate. Since the priority order is memorized and the withdrawal processing from the savings account is performed based on the withdrawal priority order corresponding to the stored belonging lending rate, the lending rate intended by the amusement store at each gaming corner It is possible to collect the replay consideration from the store account of each other, and it is possible to efficiently adapt to various sales forms of the amusement store.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described so far, the present invention may be implemented in various different forms other than the embodiments described above. Therefore, another embodiment included in the present invention will be described below.

  For example, in the first embodiment described above, as an option for automatically determining the withdrawal priority order, “Correlation between the corner and the lending rate of the account used” and “High in the low rate corner” shown in FIGS. Although what prohibits the use of rate storage balls has been described, the present invention is not limited to this.

  For example, the 1-yen corner is a corner that provides games that can be enjoyed for a relatively long time at a low fee, but there is also one aspect that it is a trial corner that provides trial games. If the 1-yen corner is introduced, the final goal is to guide the player to the 4-yen corner, so the pachinko balls acquired at the 4-yen corner can be purchased at the gift shop. However, there are many cases where pachinko balls acquired at the 1-yen corner are prohibited from exchanging with special prizes from the viewpoint of reducing gambling.

  For this reason, when such operation is adopted, as shown in FIG. 12, the balance of the 4-yen account that can be exchanged for special prizes is set by setting the withdrawal priority order of the 1-yen account higher than the 4-yen account. Can be left to the end, and certain remedies can be taken while adopting a disadvantageous operation for the player. Furthermore, when a savings account with a higher lending rate than the belonging lending rate is preferentially used, it is possible to improve the player's savings cancellation efficiency and increase the operating profit of the amusement store.

  Further, in the first embodiment described above, even if the savings balance is high in the priority order, if the savings balance does not satisfy the replay consideration, it is withdrawn from the savings account with the next highest priority order. A part of the replay consideration may be withdrawn from a savings account having no balance, and the number of balls lacking in the replay consideration may be transferred from the savings account with the next highest priority order.

  For example, in the 4 yen corner, when 250 pachinko balls are withdrawn in one replay, there are only 200 balances in the 4 yen account like the member with the member ID “5678” shown in FIG. If there are 500 balances in a 1 yen account, 200 out of 250 accounts will be withdrawn from the 1st priority 4 yen account, and the remaining 50 will be multiplied by 4 to get the ball 2 “1 yen / ball”. The replay consideration “200” converted into the lending rate may be withdrawn from the 1-yen account, and the storage management table 14a may be updated with the 4-yen account “0” and the 1-yen account “300”.

  That is, it is possible to cause replays to be performed for less than the number of stored ball balances set as the withdrawal unit, and it is possible to improve convenience related to the player's replay service.

  Further, in the above-described first embodiment, the embodiment in which the number of balls thrown out at the time of replay is used as the withdrawal number has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the fee is collected together. The present invention can be similarly applied.

  In the above-described first embodiment, the CR unit disposed on each unit is illustrated as a replay machine that provides the replay service. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the island edge replay is performed. The present invention can be similarly applied even to a machine.

  In the first embodiment described above, an example in which the present invention is applied to a pachinko game has been described. However, the present invention is similarly applied to a case where a pachislot game is further included or only a pachislot game is targeted. be able to. In addition, although the example which applies this invention to a pachinko store and a pachislot store was demonstrated here, this invention is not limited to this, It can apply similarly to game facilities, such as a game center.

  In addition, among the processes described in this embodiment, all or part of the processes described as being performed automatically can be performed manually, or the processes described as being performed manually can be performed. All or a part can be automatically performed by a known method. In addition, the processing procedure, control procedure, specific name, and information including various data and parameters shown in the above-described document and drawings can be arbitrarily changed unless otherwise specified.

  Further, each component of each illustrated apparatus is functionally conceptual, and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated. In other words, the specific form of distribution / integration of each device is not limited to that shown in the figure, and all or a part thereof may be functionally or physically distributed or arbitrarily distributed in arbitrary units according to various loads or usage conditions. Can be integrated and configured.

  As described above, the game media management apparatus and game media management method according to the present invention are suitable for efficiently adapting to various business forms of game stores.

It is a figure which shows the system configuration | structure of the store system of the amusement store which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a conceptual diagram for demonstrating the characteristic of member management T / C which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of member management T / C shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the information memorize | stored in a storage management table. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the information memorize | stored in a base pair rate management table. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the information memorize | stored in a withdrawal condition table. It is a flowchart which shows the withdrawal condition setting process which the withdrawal condition setting part shown in FIG. 3 performs. It is a figure (1) which shows an example of a withdrawal condition setting screen. It is a figure (2) which shows an example of a withdrawal condition setting screen. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the withdrawal priority order suitable for the operation | working needs of an amusement store. It is a flowchart which shows the withdrawal process which the withdrawal processing part inherent in the storage management part shown in FIG. 3 performs. It is a figure (3) which shows an example of a withdrawal condition setting screen.

Explanation of symbols

10 Member management T / C
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Input part 12 Output part 13 Communication I / F part 14 Storage part 14a Savings management table 14b Stand-to-rate management table 14c Drop condition table 15 Control part 15a Drop condition setting part 15b Savings management part 15c Drop processing part 20 Island Controller 30a, 30b CR unit 40a, 40b Pachinko machine 50 Counter 60 Member card processing machine

Claims (5)

Managing a plurality of storage media with different loan rates for the same game media as a storage media account for each loan rate, and in response to a withdrawal operation from a replay machine associated with the loan rate A game storage medium management device that causes the replay machine to replay the subtraction game medium while subtracting the game storage medium,
For each belonging lending rate of the replay machine, a withdrawal priority storing a withdrawal priority order that determines which of the plurality of lending rates should be withdrawn from the stored game media account. Order storage means;
A withdrawal condition setting means for setting the withdrawal priority order in the withdrawal priority order storage means;
Withdrawal processing means for performing withdrawal processing from the stored game media account based on the withdrawal priority order corresponding to the belonging lending rate stored by the withdrawal priority order storage means ,
The withdrawal condition setting means forbids setting a withdrawal media account having a loan rate higher than a belonging loan rate of the replay machine to the withdrawal priority order.
貯遊Technical media management device comprising a call. Managing a plurality of storage media with different loan rates for the same game media as a storage media account for each loan rate, and in response to a withdrawal operation from a replay machine associated with the loan rate A game storage medium management device that causes the replay machine to replay the subtraction game medium while subtracting the game storage medium,
For each belonging lending rate of the replay machine, a withdrawal priority storing a withdrawal priority order that determines which of the plurality of lending rates should be withdrawn from the stored game media account. Order storage means;
A withdrawal condition setting means for setting the withdrawal priority order in the withdrawal priority order storage means;
Withdrawal processing means for performing withdrawal processing from the stored game media account based on the withdrawal priority order corresponding to the belonging lending rate stored by the withdrawal priority order storage means,
The game media account is set to distinguish whether or not it can be exchanged for a special prize according to the loan rate,
The withdrawal condition setting means sets the withdrawal priority order of the storage media account that cannot be exchanged for the special prize higher than the exchangeable storage media account.
Savings game medium management apparatus you wherein a. The withdrawal processing means withdraws a part of the replay consideration from the saved game media account when the number of game media of the saved game media account to be withdrawn is less than the replay consideration. The game media management apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the number of game media for the shortage is transferred and transferred from a game media account of another lending rate. Managing a plurality of storage media with different loan rates for the same game media as a storage media account for each loan rate, and in response to a withdrawal operation from a replay machine associated with the loan rate A storage medium management method for use in a storage medium management apparatus for subtracting the storage medium while allowing the replay machine to replay the subtraction game medium,
For each belonging lending rate of the replay machine, a debit priority order that determines which of the plurality of lending rates is to be deducted from the stored game media account is given to a predetermined storage unit. A holding priority order holding step to hold;
A withdrawal condition setting step for setting the withdrawal priority order in the storage unit;
A withdrawal processing step of performing a withdrawal process from the stored game media account based on a withdrawal priority order corresponding to the belonging lending rate held by the withdrawal priority order holding step ;
The withdrawal condition setting step prohibits the withdrawal priority setting order for a storage media account having a loan rate higher than the lending rate to which the replay machine belongs.
貯遊technique media management wherein a call.   Managing a plurality of storage media with different loan rates for the same game media as a storage media account for each loan rate, and in response to a withdrawal operation from a replay machine associated with the loan rate A storage medium management method for use in a storage medium management apparatus for subtracting the storage medium while allowing the replay machine to replay the subtraction game medium,
  For each belonging lending rate of the replay machine, a debit priority order that determines which of the plurality of lending rates is to be deducted from the stored game media account is given to a predetermined storage unit. A holding priority order holding step to hold;
  A withdrawal condition setting step for setting the withdrawal priority order in the storage unit;
  A withdrawal processing step of performing a withdrawal process from the stored game media account based on a withdrawal priority order corresponding to the belonging lending rate held by the withdrawal priority order holding step;
  The game media account is set to distinguish whether or not it can be exchanged for a special prize according to the loan rate,
  The withdrawal condition setting step sets the withdrawal priority order of the storage media account that cannot be exchanged for the special prize higher than the exchangeable storage media account.
  A game storage medium management method characterized by the above.

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