JP5254847B2 - Amusement system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention manages at least a part of game media acquired by a player and a storage medium, which is a game medium deposited in a game hall, in association with each player ID specified by the storage medium possessed by the player. In addition, the present invention relates to a game hall system in a game hall that gives a privilege for each player ID under a predetermined condition related to game information when the player uses the saving medium.

  In many game halls, a so-called replay system is introduced (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2007-522 A

  When a replay system is introduced, the upper limit of replay balls is set, for example, in one business day for the purpose of improving the service by replay and increasing the number of members to be used. There are services that offer benefits to replay members under certain conditions, such as free play fees. Since the service described above is provided for each member, it is possible to give a privilege equally to all members.

  However, some players have acquaintances who do not go to the amusement hall as members, and after taking over their membership cards (in the name of acquaintances), both their own membership cards and acquaintance's membership cards There is a player who wants to receive the above-mentioned benefits for a plurality of players even if only one person plays by using the above-mentioned services by storing each ball in association with each other. . If there are many such borrowers in the name, there will be an unexpected disadvantage in the game hall, so it is considered to review the above services, which may adversely affect the management of other players or the game hall itself. .

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and its purpose is to allow the amusement hall side to appropriately deal with a player who takes advantage of a replay given conditionally for each member. An object of the present invention is to provide a game room system that can be used.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, each player ID specified by a storage medium possessed by a player has a storage medium that is at least a part of the game medium acquired by the player and is a game medium deposited in the game hall. In the game hall system in the game hall that gives a privilege for each player ID under a predetermined condition related to the game information when the player uses the saving medium, the game medium system for each player ID Corresponding storage means for storing the saving medium as player information and the storage medium are received, and the received storage medium is set as a reception state, and a reception ID that is a player ID specified by the storage medium is specified. Reception means, privilege condition setting means for setting the predetermined condition for giving the privilege, and game information corresponding to the reception ID is set by the privilege condition setting means. A privilege granting unit for granting the privilege to a player who possesses the storage medium in the reception state on condition that a certain condition is satisfied, and a release for determining that the reception state of the storage medium has been canceled The determination means, an end condition setting means for setting an end condition of a monitoring period with a reception condition cancellation determination by the cancellation determination means as a start condition, and the termination from the time when the cancellation determination of the reception status is performed by the cancellation determination means A monitoring unit that monitors the period until the end condition set by the condition setting unit is satisfied as the monitoring period in association with the destination ID that is the reception ID subject to the release determination, and the monitoring unit During the monitoring period, the receiving unit newly receives the storage medium that can specify a player ID different from the destination ID corresponding to the monitoring period. The association means for associating the post ID, which is the player ID specified by the newly accepted storage medium, with the destination ID, and the object of the association process. When the name borrowing state is determined by the name borrowing determining means for determining that the previous player ID and the subsequent ID are in a name borrowing state in which the same player is in use, and when the name borrowing state is determined by the name borrowing determining means In addition, when the storage medium corresponding to the previous ID or the subsequent ID that is the subject of the notification and the name borrowing state is in the acceptance state, at least one of the privilege grant suppression by the privilege grant unit The present invention is characterized in that it includes a name borrowing correspondence means for executing a name borrowing correspondence process that is a process to be performed.

  The invention described in claim 2 is provided with tolerance value setting means for setting a tolerance value of the number of times the association processing has been performed by the association means, and the nominal borrowing determination means is associated processing by the association means. It is characterized in that the nominal borrowing state is determined on the condition that the number of times the process has been performed has reached the allowable value set by the allowable value setting means.

  The invention described in claim 3 is accepted when the receiving unit accepts the storage medium capable of specifying the destination ID that is the subject of the release determination within a predetermined time after the release determination. The present invention is characterized in that there is provided an excluding means for excluding the association processing using the player ID specified by the storage medium as the destination ID from the determination target of the nominal borrowing determining means.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the associating means performs the associating process on condition that the game information corresponding to the post-ID satisfies the predetermined condition set by the privilege condition setting means. It is characterized by what it does.

  In the invention described in claim 5, a plurality of the receiving means are provided corresponding to the gaming machine, and the associating means includes the storage medium corresponding to the destination ID and the storage medium corresponding to the rear ID. Is characterized in that the associating process is performed on condition that it is received by the accepting means corresponding to the same accepting means or gaming machines belonging to the same gaming machine group.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the storage medium is set to the reception state by the reception unit, and the game is performed with the saving medium stored by the storage unit in association with the player ID specified by the storage medium as a consideration. Replay means for performing a replay process for paying out a medium, and medium specifying means for specifying, for each player ID, a target medium that is a game medium paid out by the replay process or the saving medium that has been paid. The privilege condition setting means sets a predetermined condition for giving the privilege by setting a target upper limit value that is a set value for the number of target media in a predetermined period, and the medium specifying means The number of period target media that is the number of the target media in a period can be specified, and the privilege granting means is the period specified by the medium specifying means for the reception ID. As the game information corresponding to the reception ID, the number of target media is identified as satisfying the predetermined condition because the number of target media for the period does not reach the target upper limit value, When the storage medium that can identify the destination ID or the post-ID that is the subject of the borrowed state is in the acceptance state, the destination ID or the rear ID that is identified by the storage medium that is in the acceptance state Even if the number of target media for the period specified by the medium specifying means for the target ID does not reach the target upper limit value, the target for the period specified for the destination ID and the subsequent ID that are subject to the nominal borrowing state When the total value of the number of media has reached the target upper limit value, the provision of the nominal borrowing is performed by prohibiting the provision of the privilege by the privilege granting means and performing the privilege grant suppression. It has a feature where the row.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the storage of the player ID different from the player ID specified by the storage medium that has canceled the reception state during the monitoring period after the reception state of reception of the storage medium is canceled. When a medium is received, that is, when different player IDs are successively received, the player ID specified by the storage medium received earlier is associated with the player ID specified by the storage medium received later. Since it is configured to determine whether or not the same player is in a name borrowed state using a plurality of player IDs, acquaintances are regarded as members for the purpose of obtaining benefits for a plurality of players. By transferring the storage medium from an acquaintance, the name borrower who uses the plurality of storage media can be specified, and the possibility that the game arcade may suffer unexpected disadvantages can be reduced.

  According to the invention described in claim 2, there is a possibility that the association may occur accidentally by continuously receiving the storage media each possessed by a plurality of players, but the number of times the association processing is performed is allowed. Since it has constituted so that it may be judged whether it is in a nominal borrowing condition on the condition that it reached the value, the accuracy which judges a nominal borrowing state correctly can be raised. In other words, since the name borrower regularly uses multiple storage media, the number of times that the correspondence processing has been performed tends to reach an allowable value, while the above-mentioned accidental correspondence is the number of times that the correspondence processing has been performed. This is because it is difficult to reach the allowable value.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, the name borrower does not play with a plurality of gaming machines using a plurality of storage media possessed by himself (because it is easy to find for a store clerk), on the other hand, Considering that it is common for multiple players who are subject to accidental association to play each other at the same time, and when the previous player ID to be associated is received within a predetermined time Since it is configured that the player only moves the table, the player is excluded from the name borrowing state determination target, and thus the above-described accidental association can be suppressed.

  According to the invention described in claim 4, when a player who borrows a name cannot perform a replay with at least a later player ID, considering that the storage medium is not replaced, Since it is configured to exclude from the determination target of the name borrowing state when the benefit by replay is not obtained with the later player ID, the above-described accidental association can be suppressed.

  According to the invention described in claim 5, it is considered that the replay privilege is performed in units of groups, and that a player who borrows a title often replaces the storage medium but often continues to play with the same gaming machine. Since the game machine corresponding to the previous player ID and the game machine corresponding to the subsequent player ID are in the same group, the above-mentioned accidental association is made. In addition, it is possible to make it difficult to give a special replay privilege to the name borrower.

  According to the invention described in claim 6, even if the player is a name borrower, he / she wants to be accepted as a game hall if he / she uses a plurality of storage media but does not give the game hall an unexpected disadvantage. In view of the above, since it is configured to give a privilege based on the total replay ball to the name borrower, even if it is specified that it is a name borrower, the above-mentioned unexpected disadvantages Without suffering, it can be accepted as a healthy player as it is without causing the unpleasant feeling of sanctioning the name borrower as an unauthorized person.

1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. Figure showing setting information Diagram showing member database Diagram showing storage area of lending device Diagram showing detection timer history The flowchart which shows the replay process which a lending device performs Flow chart showing reception processing performed by the management device

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration. A lending device 2 (accepting means, privilege granting means, replay means, medium specifying means in the present invention) is installed in the game hall corresponding to a pachinko gaming machine (hereinafter referred to as a gaming machine) 1 and managed. A management device 3 is installed in the room. The relay device 4 is connected to two gaming machines 1, two rental devices 2 and a management device 3. The management device 3 receives a game signal transmitted from the gaming machine 1 side (the gaming machine 1 and the lending device 2) via the relay device 4. Although omitted in FIG. 1, several hundred gaming machines 1 are connected to and managed by the management device 3.

  The gaming machine 1 has a well-known configuration as a so-called digipachi, an upper ball receiving tray 5 that receives a game ball that has been paid out, a ball that overflows from the upper ball receiving tray 5 or a ball that has dropped from the upper ball receiving tray 5 by operating a lever (not shown) A lower ball receiving tray 6 for receiving and a handle 7 for firing the balls of the upper ball receiving tray 5 to the board surface are provided. In addition, on the board surface of the gaming machine 1, a display according to the winning in the ordinary (ordinary symbol) winning port 8, the first starting port 9, the second starting port 10, the first starting port 9 or the second starting port 10 is displayed. There are provided a display unit 11 in which the symbols change, a big winning opening 12 that is opened when a big hit occurs when the symbol displayed on the display unit 11 is a big hit symbol, and the like. The gaming machine 1 operates as follows.

(1) A jackpot lottery is performed in accordance with the winning at the first starting port 9 or the second starting port 10, and a symbol change by a so-called special symbol (special symbol) is executed by the display unit 11 based on the lottery result, and the result The jackpot is generated according to Note that the upper limit of so-called holding balls is four each, and when starting and winning a prize during holding, the upper limit is held, and after the symbol change ends, the held symbol variation is executed sequentially.
(2) The winning probability of the jackpot lottery (probability of jackpot) is 1/310, and the ratio of jackpots that will be in a probabilistic state (probability change) after jackpot is 66.6% (2/3), and the average number of continuations 1 ÷ (1-2 / 3) = 3 times.
(3) When a big win occurs, the big winning opening 12 is opened by the amount corresponding to the corresponding round (R) (for 15R). In addition, the upper limit winning number of 1R is 10, the upper limit opening time is 30 seconds, and 1R ends when the upper limit winning number or the upper limit opening time is satisfied.
(4) During probability change, the jackpot probability is improved to 1/31 and the winning rate to the second starting port 10 is improved. Since the probability change continues until the next jackpot, it continues until a jackpot (ordinary jackpot) that becomes a normal state (normal) after the jackpot occurs.

  The lending device 2 is a touch panel type having a money insertion slot 13 for a player to insert money, a display function for displaying various information such as game information, balance and earned balls, and an input reception function for receiving input from the player. Liquid crystal display unit 14, a card insertion slot 16 for a player to insert a member card 15, a discharge button 17 operated by a player to discharge the member card 15 inserted in the card insertion slot 16, a player Is provided with a replay button 18 that is operated to replay.

  In addition, a ball outlet 19 is provided at a position slightly above the upper ball tray 5 of the gaming machine 1, and a nozzle 20 is provided so as to cover the ball outlet 19. The played game balls are supplied to the upper ball tray 5 via the dispensing nozzle 20. A storage unit (stocker) capable of storing (stocking) a predetermined number of cards (for example, 5 cards) is provided in the back of the card insertion slot 16.

The gaming signal shown below is output from the gaming machine 1 side.
Out signal: a signal output from an out BOX that collects used balls. Since one pulse is output for 10 recovered (used and driven) balls, the number of out signals × 10 is specified as the number of used media (out). In addition, you may output from the gaming machine 1.
Safe signal: a signal output from the gaming machine 1. Since one pulse is output for 10 payout balls, the number of safe signals × 10 is specified as the number of payout media (safe). Note that the replenishment signal from the replenishing device may be a safe signal.
Start signal: a signal output from the gaming machine 1. One pulse is output per symbol change (actual action, start process) in the display unit 11 (actual material) that fluctuates (operates) due to winning at the first start port 9 or the second start port 10 The number of signals × 1 is specified as a start. It should be noted that a signal output in response to winning at the first start port 9 or the second start port 10 may be regarded as a big hit lottery and used as a start signal.

Jackpot signal: A signal output from the gaming machine 1. Since the status signal is level-output during the jackpot, receiving the jackpot signal is identified as being jackpot.
Probability change signal: a signal output from the gaming machine 1. Since it is a status signal that is output at a level during the probability change, the reception of the probability change signal is specified as a special state period (special period). Note that a time-short signal output from the gaming machine 1 that can be a short time alone may be a special state signal. In addition, since there is a gaming machine 1 that outputs during the jackpot, if it is received in duplicate with the jackpot signal, the status determination is performed with priority given to the jackpot.
Sales signal: a signal output from the lending device 2. Since one pulse is output for every 25 balls lent to the player, the sales signal x 25 is specified as the sales ball.

  The management device 3 includes a control unit (a privilege condition setting unit, a release determination unit, an end condition setting unit, a monitoring unit, an association unit, a name borrowing determination unit, a name borrowing support unit, an allowable value setting unit, as defined in the present invention. , Exclusion means), a storage section (storage means in the present invention) composed of HDD, RAM and ROM, etc., a transmission / reception section composed of I / F, an output section composed of a monitor and a printer, an operation section composed of a keyboard and a mouse, etc. And having a function of counting the gaming information for each gaming machine ID (so-called machine number) individually assigned to the gaming machine 1 and specifying the total calculation value.

  The management device 3 stores the setting information shown in FIG. 2 as information related to replay, and can set the setting related to the replay processing in the lending device 2 for each group of game machines and the like. The management device 3 associates a model with a gaming machine ID (so-called machine number) by a well-known model setting (not shown). In the setting information shown in FIG. 2, a replay upper limit can be set, and a service for equivalently returning replay balls up to this setting value in units of business days for each player is possible. The setting information includes items of “one unit of replay”, “fee ball”, “replay upper limit”, “detection timer time”, and “number of permissible related games”, and the meaning of each item is as follows. is there.

“1 unit for replay”: the number of replay balls to be paid out for one replay operation.
“Fee ball”: The number of fee balls corresponding to one unit of replay. At the time of discount return processing, the total value (167 balls) of the number of replay balls to be paid out (125 balls) + the number of commission balls (42 balls) is withdrawn from the player's accumulated balls for one replay of payout. Note that the fee ball is serviced during the equivalent return process, and only the number of replay balls to be paid out is subject to withdrawal.
“Replay upper limit”: The upper limit value of the number of replay balls per member for which equivalent return is performed by the service in one business day. The player can perform the replay process by the equivalent return process until the number of replay balls reaches this set value, but if it exceeds this set value, the player will perform the replay process by discount return.

“Detection timer time”: an operation time of a detection timer, which is a timer used as a criterion for determining whether or not the previous player and the subsequent player (next player) are related. The detection timer starts to operate when the previous player's membership card 15 is discharged, and stops operating with the passage of the set value as an end condition.
“Allowable related game number”: an allowable value of the number of related games described later. When the member card 15 of the member ID that stores the previous member ID (player ID) as a related member is received in a state where the number of related games is equal to or greater than the set value, an abnormality is notified and the replay upper limit target is set. The name borrowing flag for the total replay ball instead of the replay ball is set to “1”.

  The management device 3 manages the stored balls for each player who becomes a member by using the member database shown in FIG. 3, and manages the replay based on the stored balls. The member database includes “save ball”, “replay ball”, “name borrowing flag”, “related ID”, and “number of related games”, and the meaning of each item is as follows.

“Stored ball”: When the player obtains the ball obtained by the game by the counting device or when the receipt issued at the time of counting is received by the exchange device, the member card 15 is accepted to obtain the member ID and the earned ball. Are stored in association with each other. In addition, it is subtracted when a stored ball is used as a price for replay processing or prize exchange.
“Replay balls”: The total number of balls that have been replayed on the business day corresponding to the member ID. Becomes 0 when the date is updated.
“Name borrowing flag”: a flag indicating that the same player is using a plurality of membership cards 15. Note that the total is the number of member IDs that are associated with each other as the related IDs with the nominal borrowing flag being “1” and the number of related games is equal to or greater than the allowable number of related games, that is, the players identified as the nominal borrower Is a number.
“Related ID”: Member ID candidates that are assumed to have the same actual player.
“Number of related games”: The number of times related IDs are associated with member IDs.
Note that a plurality of related IDs can be stored, and the number of related games is stored. As member information, well-known attribute information such as an address may be stored in addition to the name and password.

  The lending device 2 includes the storage area shown in FIG. 4, and FIG. 4 shows the transition of the storage state according to the event in the storage area. In the first storage state, the card ID (player ID) of the accepted member card 15 is used as a reception ID, and the storage ball corresponding to the reception ID based on the member database described in FIG. 3 from the management device 3 based on the reception ID. Lending confirmation information that can identify a replay ball, a name borrowing flag, a related ID whose related game number is equal to or greater than the allowable related game number, and a total replay ball that is a total value of the replay ball of the related ID and the reception ID Is received and the storage area is updated. FIG. 4 illustrates a case where the member card 15 whose member ID is “001-0132” is received.

The second storage state indicates a state in which the replay process is performed up to 2500 balls (replay upper limit) by equivalent return after the first storage state. In this case, the name borrowing flag is “1”, but the total replay ball has the same value as the replay ball, and the equivalent return process is possible up to the replay upper limit.
The third storage state indicates a state in which the membership card 15 is ejected as it is and the storage area is initialized after the second storage state. In this case, the name borrowing flag is also set to “0”.
In the fourth storage state, after the third storage state, the next card ID is accepted as the reception ID, and the reception ID and the corresponding gaming machine ID (in this case, the gaming machine ID “385” corresponding to the member ID “001-0132”). “)” Is received to the management apparatus 3, and a waiting state for receiving the lending confirmation information from the management apparatus 3 is shown. FIG. 4 illustrates a case where the member card 15 having the member ID “001-0001” is received.

The fifth storage state indicates a state in which the lending confirmation information is received from the management device 3 and the storage area is updated in the same manner as the first storage state described above. The nominal borrowing flag becomes “1”, and the total replay ball stores the total value of the replay ball (2500) of the related ID and the replay ball (0) of the reception ID.
In the sixth memory state, the replay ball does not exceed the upper limit, but the name borrowing flag is “1”, and the total replay ball has reached the upper limit. The state where the replay process for the unit is performed is shown.

  FIG. 5 shows a history in which the management device 3 configures the detection timer in a pseudo manner. In response to receiving the discharge information from the lending device 2, the management device 3 receives the discharge information at the reception time shown in FIG. This is a history in which one record is associated with one member ID, with the time obtained by adding “5 minutes”, which is the detection timer time described in 1., as a stop time. When one of the stop times shown in FIG. 5 is reached, the management device 3 determines that the detection timer for the member ID corresponding to each record is in operation by sequentially deleting the corresponding records.

  Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 shows a replay process performed by the lending apparatus 2 in relation to the present invention, and FIG. 7 shows a reception process performed by the management apparatus 3 in relation to the present invention. The lending device 2 periodically shifts to a replay process when a main process (not shown) is being executed, and the management apparatus 3 periodically shifts to a reception process when the main process (not shown) is being executed. Hereinafter, these processes will be sequentially described.

(1) Replay processing performed by the lending device 2 When the lending device 2 starts the replay processing, the lending device 2 determines whether or not the player has received the member card 15 by inserting the member card 15 into the card insertion slot 16. (A1). Here, when the lending device 2 determines that the player has accepted the member card 15 by inserting the member card 15 into the card insertion slot 16 (A1: YES), the reception information that can specify the member ID of the member card 15 Is sent to the management apparatus 3 (A2), and it waits to receive the lending confirmation information from the management apparatus 3 (A3).

  When the lending device 2 determines that the lending confirmation information has been received from the management device 3 (A3: YES), the lending device 2 updates the storage area described in FIG. 4 (A4), and the nominal borrowing flag specified by the lending confirmation information is “ 1 ”is determined (A5). If the lending device 2 determines that the nominal borrowing flag specified by the lending confirmation information is “1” (A5: YES), that is, it is determined that the player may have a plurality of membership cards 15. Then, a confirmation display process for displaying a confirmation message on the display unit 14 asking whether the user has a plurality of membership cards 15 based on the related ID specified by the lending confirmation information is performed (A6). If the storage area described in FIG. 4 is in the first storage state, for example, “Do you have two cards, card number 001-0132 (reception ID) and card number 001-0001 (related ID)? If you do not have it, please tell the store clerk. ”Confirmation display processing for displaying a confirmation message on the display unit 14 is performed. In this case, when the player makes an offer to the store clerk and confirms that the store clerk does not have two membership cards, a signal that sets the name borrowing flag to “0” by a remote control operation carried by the store clerk is given. In response to receiving a signal with the acceptance and name borrowing flag set to “0”, signal reception information that can identify the reception ID is transmitted to the management device 3.

  In this case, when receiving the signal acceptance information from the lending device 2, the management device 3 sets the nominal borrowing flag corresponding to the member ID with the member ID as the member ID described in FIG. A related ID in which the number of related games is equal to or greater than the allowable number of related games and the related game number is initialized (for example, deleted), and the related ID corresponding to the member ID having the related ID as the member ID is the reception ID. In the same manner, if there is no related ID whose related game number is equal to or greater than the allowable related game number, the name borrowing flag corresponding to the member ID is also set to “0”. Of course, if it can be confirmed that the store clerk is not a name borrower, all the related IDs may be initialized.

  Next, after performing the confirmation display process (A6), the lending device 2 determines whether or not a payout operation has been performed by the player operating the payout button 16 (A7). If the lending device 2 determines that the nominal borrowing flag specified by the lending confirmation information is not “1” (A5: NO), the player operates the payout button 16 without performing the above-described confirmation display processing. It is then determined whether or not a payout operation has been performed (A7).

  Here, when the lending device 2 determines that the payout operation has been performed by the player operating the payout button 16 (A7: YES), it determines whether or not there is a storage ball at that time (A8). If it is determined that there is a storage ball at the time (A8: YES), it is determined whether the replay ball is less than the replay upper limit described in FIG. 2 (A9). When determining that the replay ball is less than the upper limit (A9: YES), the lending device 2 determines whether the nominal borrowing flag is “1” (A10), and the nominal borrowing flag is “1”. (A10: YES), it is determined whether the total replay ball is less than the upper limit (A11). If the lending device 2 determines that the total replay ball is less than the upper limit (A11: YES), the lending device 2 performs an equivalent return process (a privilege given to the player) (A12), and the storage area described in FIG. Is updated (A13), and it is determined whether or not the discharge operation has been performed by the player operating the discharge button 17 (A14).

  On the other hand, when determining that the total replay ball is not less than the upper limit (A11: NO), the lending device 2 performs a discount return process (A15), updates the storage area described in FIG. 4 (A13), and the player It is determined whether or not a discharge operation has been performed by operating the discharge button 17 (A14). If the lending device 2 determines that the name borrowing flag is not “1” (A10: NO), the lending device 2 performs an equivalent return process without determining whether the total replay ball is less than the upper limit (A12). Then, the storage area described with reference to FIG. 4 is updated (A13), and it is determined whether or not the discharge operation has been performed by the player operating the discharge button 17 (A14). The lending apparatus 2 also performs a discount return process (A15) when it is determined that the replay ball is not less than the upper limit (A9: NO). That is, if the nominal borrowing flag is “0”, the lending device 2 performs either the equivalent return processing or the discount return processing based on the result of comparing the replay ball and the upper limit, and the nominal borrowing flag is “ If it is “1”, either the equivalent return process or the discount return process is performed based on the result of comparing the total replay ball and the upper limit.

  When the lending device 2 determines that the discharging operation has been performed by the player operating the discharge button 17 (A14: YES), the lending device 2 can identify the reception ID, the storage ball, the replay ball, and the corresponding gaming machine ID. The discharge information is transmitted to the management device 3 (A16), the member card 15 is discharged from the card insertion slot 16 (A17), the replay process is terminated, and the process returns. If it is determined that the player has not performed the discharge operation without operating the discharge button 17 (A14: NO), the lending device 2 returns to A7 described above, and repeats A7 and subsequent steps.

(2) Reception processing performed by the management device 3 When the management device 3 starts reception processing, the management device 3 determines whether or not reception information has been received from the lending device 2 (B1), and whether or not discharge information has been received from the lending device 2. It is determined whether or not (B2). Here, if the management apparatus 3 determines that the reception information has been received from the lending apparatus 2 (B1: YES), it is determined whether or not a record having the reception ID as the member ID exists in the detection timer history described with reference to FIG. Determine (B3).

  Here, if the management apparatus 3 determines that the record having the reception ID as the member ID exists in the detection timer history (B3: YES), the management apparatus 3 deletes the corresponding record (B4). On the other hand, if the management apparatus 3 determines that the record with the reception ID as the member ID does not exist in the detection timer history (B3: NO), the management apparatus 3 searches the member database and uses the reception ID as the member ID (hereinafter referred to as reception). It is determined whether or not the nominal borrowing flag corresponding to (ID) is “0” (B5). If it is determined that the nominal borrowing flag of the reception ID is “0” (B5: YES), an equivalent return is made by the reception ID. It is determined whether or not processing is possible (B6).

  When the management device 3 determines that the equivalent return process is possible based on the reception ID, that is, the replay ball of the reception ID is less than the upper limit (B6: YES), a record in which the gaming machine ID of the same model is stored is detected. It is determined whether or not it exists in the timer history (B7), and if it is determined that the record in which the gaming machine ID of the same model is stored exists in the detection timer history (B7: YES), the reception information is received as the related candidate of the corresponding record. (B8), the lending confirmation information is transmitted to the lending device 2 (B9), the receiving process is terminated, and the process returns.

  When the management device 3 determines that the discharge information has been received from the lending device 2 (B2: YES), the management device 3 updates the member database described in FIG. 3 (B10), and receives the reception ID in the detection timer history described in FIG. Is created as a member ID, and the stop time is stored as described above, while the reception ID and the gaming machine ID are specified by the discharge information received from the lending device 2, and the specified reception ID is used as the member ID. The game machine ID is also stored (B11). Then, the management device 3 determines whether there is a record that has reached the stop time in the detection timer history (B12).

  Here, if the management apparatus 3 determines that there is a record that has reached the stop time in the detection timer history (B12: YES), the management apparatus 3 determines whether there is a storage of a related candidate in the corresponding record (B13), If it is determined that there is a related candidate stored in the corresponding record (B13: YES), the member database associates the member ID with the related candidate (B14). That is, the management device 3 checks whether or not a related candidate is stored as a related ID corresponding to the member ID. If the related candidate is stored, the related candidate is newly stored as a related ID. The corresponding member ID is stored in the related ID corresponding to the member ID with the related candidate as the member ID.

  Next, the management device 3 adds “1” to the associated member ID and the number of related games of the related candidate (B15), and determines whether or not the number of related games is equal to or greater than the allowable number of related games (B16). If the management device 3 determines that the number of related games is equal to or greater than the allowable number of related games (B16: YES), the name borrowing flag corresponding to the associated member ID and the corresponding name borrowing with the related candidate as the member ID are used. The flag is set to “1” (B17), and it is possible to specify that the name borrower possesses the member card 15 corresponding to the corresponding member ID. Then, the management device 3 deletes the corresponding record (B18), ends the reception process, and returns to the main process.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
When a member card 15 having a player ID different from the player ID specified by the member card 15 that has canceled the reception state is received during the monitoring period after the reception state of the member card 15 is released, that is, continuously. When a different player ID is received, a plurality of the same players can be obtained by associating the player ID specified by the previously received member card 15 with the player ID specified by the subsequently received member card 15. Since it is configured to determine whether or not it is in the name borrowing state using the player ID of the player, the acquaintance is made a member for the purpose of obtaining a privilege for a plurality of players, and the member card 15 from the acquaintance As a result, it is possible to identify a player who borrows a name and uses a plurality of membership cards 15, thereby reducing the possibility of the game hall suffering an unexpected disadvantage.

Although there is a possibility that the association is made accidentally by continuously receiving the membership card 15 possessed by each of the plurality of players, the player ID specified by the membership card 15 received earlier and the membership card received later 15 is configured to determine the nominal borrowing condition on the condition that the number of times the association process for associating with the player ID specified by 15 has reached the allowable value, the accuracy for accurately determining the nominal borrowing state Can be increased.
Identified by the player ID specified by the previously received member card 15 and the member card 15 received later, provided that the subsequent player ID is received within a predetermined time after receiving the previous player ID. Since the player IDs are associated with each other, the above-described accidental association can be suppressed.

While the name borrower does not play with the plurality of gaming machines 1 using the plurality of membership cards 15 possessed by him, each of the plurality of players subject to the accidental association is In consideration of the fact that it is common to play at the same time, if the previous player ID to be matched is received within a predetermined time, it is assumed that the player has just moved the table, Therefore, the above-mentioned accidental association can be suppressed.
In consideration of not replacing the membership card 15 when the player who is borrowed in the name cannot obtain the benefit by replaying with at least the later player ID, the benefit by replaying with the later player ID when performing association Since it is configured to be excluded from the determination target of the nominal borrowing state when the above cannot be obtained, the above-mentioned accidental association can be suppressed.

In consideration of the fact that the replay privilege is performed in units of groups and the player who borrows a name replaces the membership card 15, in many cases, the same gaming machine 1 continues to play continuously, and the previous player ID is assigned. Since the corresponding gaming machine 1 and the gaming machine 1 corresponding to the subsequent player ID are configured to be in the same group, the above-mentioned accidental association can be suppressed. In addition, it is possible to make it difficult to give unexpected replay benefits to the name borrower.
Even if it is a name borrower, if the player does not give any unexpected disadvantage to the game hall by using a plurality of membership cards 15, the player will be considered a player who wants to be accepted as a game hall. On the other hand, since it is configured to give a privilege based on the total replay ball, even if it is identified as a name borrower, the name borrower is illegal without suffering the above-mentioned unexpected disadvantage. It is possible to play (welcome) as a healthy player without causing unpleasant feelings such as sanctions as a player.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be modified or expanded as follows.
When the reception information is received, the record in which the reception ID is stored as the member ID in the detection timer history described with reference to FIG. 5 is deleted, but the name borrower uses this to receive the member card. Therefore, it may be possible to separately provide conditions such as the operation state after receiving the membership card or the maintenance of the operation state for a predetermined time. In this case, the detection of the operating state may be specified based on a game signal from a corresponding gaming machine such as an out signal or a start signal, as is well known.

When deleting the record of the detection timer history described in FIG. 5, the period for deleting the record by re-accepting the member ID and the period for performing the association are set as the same period as the detection timer time. Both periods may be different periods by, for example, censoring the period first and then determining whether to accept the member ID again.
Although the detection timer is operated in a pseudo manner, the timer may actually be operated.
Although the detection timer time-up was illustrated as an end condition, for example, the corresponding gaming machine becomes non-operating (applicable when monitoring whether the same player replaces only the membership card while continuing the game) , The timer that operates after the gaming machine becomes inactive, and further, the same player is identified by a camera or the like provided in association with the gaming machine, and the player when the membership card is discharged Various end conditions such as until it becomes impossible to specify in association with the gaming machine, or until the next membership card or a predetermined number of membership cards are accepted, can be assumed. The operating time of the timer may be specified by out of the gaming machine that has discharged the membership card.

Since it is difficult for the same player to play a plurality of gaming machines at the same time, both of the gaming machines are in an operating state or an operating state for a predetermined time in a state where the member ID and the related ID are received by different gaming machines. May be excluded from the determination target for determining whether or not the name is borrowed by detecting that the two have been maintained.
Although the privilege for the name borrower is given after referring to the total replay, the privilege may not be given as sanctions. Moreover, when limiting a privilege with reference to total replay, you may notify that.
Although the detection timer history is created in response to the membership card being discharged, there is no reason to receive commission benefits etc. if you have a possession ball, so the well-known calculation formula `` Sales The ball is identified using “ball + safe-out”, and if the ball has a predetermined value or more, the detection timer history is not created, and it is excluded from the determination target for determining whether or not the name is borrowed. Anyway.

The management device operates a timer to determine whether it is borrowed by name, but when the membership card is ejected at the lending device, the timer is activated, and the next card is received while the timer is operating Alternatively, the reception ID received earlier and the reception ID received later may be transmitted to the management device, and the management device may associate the both. In this case, the timer is operated for each reception ID received earlier.
As a replay privilege, in addition to the equivalent return process, a fee reduction or the number of replay balls allowed per day may be used. Further, although one business day is given as a period (predetermined period) during which the privilege is given, various other various periods such as only in the morning can be assumed. Moreover, it is good also as a setting value corresponding to the number of stored balls which became consideration as an upper limit of replay.

Each set value may be any numerical value. Further, it may not be changed by default setting. Further, the storage medium is not limited to the illustrated membership card, and a coin, a mobile phone, or the like can be assumed. In addition, the case where it is determined whether or not the acceptance state is canceled based on whether or not the membership card is discharged is exemplified. For example, if the membership card is temporarily read, You may make it determine whether the reception state was cancelled | released based on whether operation which cancel | releases the subsequent reception state was performed.
A part of the processing in the lending device may be performed by the management device, the relay device, or the like, or a part of the processing of the management device may be performed by the lending device or the relay device. In this case, the operation signal or the like is received from the lending device and the lending operation or the like is specified.
The gaming machines to be managed may be not only pachinko gaming machines but also gaming machines such as slot machines. Similarly, the game medium may be a medium such as a medal as well as a ball. In addition, although the model is exemplified as a gaming machine group, it is grouped according to game characteristics such as so-called money and digipachi, grouped according to gaming media used such as balls and medals, unit price such as rental unit price of gaming media You may group by various criteria, such as grouping by grouping, or grouping by game island to be installed.
The association processing is performed for each gaming machine group, but may be performed for each gaming machine.

  In the drawings, 1 is a gaming machine, 2 is a lending device (accepting means, privilege granting means, replay means, medium specifying means), and 3 is a management device (privilege condition setting means, release determination means, end condition setting means, monitoring means) , Association means, name borrowing judgment means, name borrowing correspondence means, allowable value setting means, exclusion means, storage means), 15 is a membership card (storage medium).

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The storage medium, which is at least a part of the game medium acquired by the player and is deposited in the game hall, is managed in association with each player ID specified by the storage medium possessed by the player, and the saving In a game hall system in a game hall that gives a benefit for each player ID under a predetermined condition related to game information when a player uses a medium,
Storage means for storing the saving medium as player information in association with each player ID;
Receiving means for receiving the storage medium, specifying the received ID as a player ID specified by the storage medium, with the received storage medium as a reception state;
Privilege condition setting means for setting the predetermined condition for giving the privilege;
A privilege that grants the privilege to a player who possesses the storage medium in the reception state on condition that the game information corresponding to the reception ID satisfies the predetermined condition set by the privilege condition setting means Granting means;
Cancellation determination means for determining that the reception state of the storage medium has been canceled;
An end condition setting means for setting an end condition of a monitoring period with the accepting state canceling determination by the cancel determining means as a starting condition;
The reception ID that is the target of the cancellation determination is the period from the time when the cancellation determination is determined by the cancellation determination unit until the termination condition set by the termination condition setting unit is satisfied, as the monitoring period. Monitoring means for monitoring in association with the destination ID;
When the storage means that can specify a player ID different from the previous ID corresponding to the monitoring period is newly received by the receiving means during the monitoring period monitored by the monitoring means, the new An associating means for performing an associating process for associating a post ID, which is a player ID specified by the accepted storage medium, with the destination ID;
Name borrowing determination means for determining that the destination ID and the subsequent ID, which are the targets of the association processing, are in a name borrowing state in which the same player is using;
When the nominal borrowing status is determined by the nominal borrowing determining means, when the storage medium corresponding to the previous ID or the subsequent ID that is the target of the notification and the nominal borrowing status is in the acceptance status. A system for a game hall, comprising: name borrowing correspondence means for executing name borrowing correspondence processing, which is processing for performing at least one of the provision of the privilege by the privilege granting means. An allowable value setting means for setting an allowable value of the number of times the association processing has been performed by the association means;
The nominal borrowing determination means determines the nominal borrowing condition on the condition that the number of times the association processing by the association means has been performed has reached an allowable value set by the allowable value setting means. The game system according to claim 1.   A player specified by the received storage medium when the storage medium capable of specifying the destination ID targeted for the release determination is received by the receiving means within a predetermined time after the release determination. 3. The game hall system according to claim 1, further comprising an excluding unit that excludes the association processing using the ID as the destination ID from the determination target of the nominal borrowing determining unit.   2. The associating means performs the associating process on condition that the game information corresponding to the post-ID satisfies the predetermined condition set by the privilege condition setting means. A system for a game hall as described in any one of 1 to 3. A plurality of the accepting means are provided corresponding to the gaming machine,
The associating means is received by the accepting means corresponding to gaming machines belonging to the same accepting means or the same gaming machine group in which the storage medium corresponding to the previous ID and the storage medium corresponding to the subsequent ID are received. The game hall system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the associating process is performed on the condition. The storage medium is set to the reception state by the reception means, and a replay process for paying out the game medium in consideration of the saving medium stored by the storage means in association with the player ID specified by the storage medium is performed. Replay means,
Medium specifying means for specifying, for each player ID, a target medium that is a game medium paid out by the replay process or the saving medium that has been paid;
The privilege condition setting means sets a predetermined condition for giving the privilege by setting a target upper limit value that is a set value for the number of target media in a predetermined period,
The medium specifying means can specify the number of target media for a period that is the number of target media in the predetermined period,
The privilege granting means uses the period target medium number specified by the medium specifying means for the reception ID as the game information corresponding to the reception ID, and the period target medium number does not reach the target upper limit value. Specifying that the predetermined condition is satisfied,
The name borrowing support means is specified by the storage medium that has entered the acceptance state when the storage medium that can identify the destination ID or the post-ID that is the target of the name borrowing state is in the acceptance state. Even if the number of target media for the period specified by the medium specifying means for the previous ID or the subsequent ID does not reach the target upper limit value, the previous ID and the subsequent When the total value of the number of target media for the period specified for the ID has reached the target upper limit value, the provision of the privilege is suppressed by prohibiting the grant of the privilege by the privilege granting means and performing the grant control. The game system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein processing is executed.

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