JP5502668B2 - Amusement system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game hall system for exchanging prizes by receiving a recording medium on which issuance information related to a gaming medium counted by a counting means is recorded.

  In the game hall, a counter that counts the game media (acquired game media) acquired by the player with these game machines is provided in association with a plurality of game machines. Conventionally, counting with this counter has been allowed to be freely performed by the player, but since fraud against the counter has prevailed, in recent years, it has been a condition that the authentication of the game hall employee is received. .

Japanese Patent No. 4397566

Now, even when counting a small amount of game media for exchanging cigarettes, etc., if authentication of the game hall employee is required, there is a possibility that it may interfere with other tasks of the game hall employee, for example, In Patent Document 1, an auxiliary input port is provided separately from the input port of the counter, or even if the closing member that closes the input port is in a closed state, the input port is partially opened, and is closed from a partially opened position or the like It has been proposed that counting can be performed by allowing the acquired game medium to be received even when the member is in a closed state, and when the count value exceeds a set value in that state, the game hall employee is called.
However, even when a player who is not a fraudster counts with the slot closed, the count may unexpectedly exceed the set value. In such a case, the game hall employee is called. In spite of the lack of necessity, calling amusement hall employees frequently occurs, and the above configuration may interfere with other operations of the amusement hall employees.
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and the purpose thereof is preferably to allow a game hall employee to pay minimum attention even when only the player allows counting of game media. The object is to provide a game system that can prevent fraud.

  The game system according to the present invention is provided corresponding to a plurality of gaming machines, accepts an acquisition medium which is a game medium acquired by a player through a game, and performs a counting process for counting the received acquisition medium And the acceptance state of the acquisition medium in the counting means is an allowable state in which the acquisition of the acquisition medium is allowed, and the acceptance of the acquisition medium is allowed, but the acceptance is made by making the acquisition medium more difficult to receive than in the allowable state. In order to switch the suppression state to be selectively switched, and the suppression means from the suppression state to the permissible state, an operation by a gaming hall employee or corresponding key means is performed. The counting operation means to accept, the number of counting media that is the number of acquired media counted by the counting process, and whether the counting process is performed in the allowable state or the suppressed state Issuing means for issuing a recording medium in which determinable issuance information is recorded, and a prize to be exchanged for the acquired medium are set in association with the number of the paying medium that is the number of acquired medium to be paid A setting unit and a receiving unit that receives the recording medium, and that identifies the number of the counting media and whether the counting process is performed in the allowable state or the suppressed state based on the issuance information of the received recording medium And an exchange operation means for performing an operation for selecting a prize to be exchanged in order to exchange a prize for the acquired medium based on the number of counted media specified by reception of the recording medium by the reception means. In order to exchange prizes for the acquired medium based on the number of counting media specified by receiving the recording medium by the receiving means, the specified counting medium number and the exchange According to the exchange display means for performing exchange display for displaying the prize selected by the operation of the operation means for the game hall employee, and the issuance information of the recording medium received by the exchange reception means, the counting process is in the suppression state. And a notification means for performing a confirmation notification to the game hall employee on the condition that it is specified that it has been performed in (Claim 1).

The game system according to claim 1,
The notification means notifies the confirmation notification by performing a confirmation display that can be selected and operated by a game hall employee. On the other hand, when the confirmation display is performed, the operation of the replacement operation means and the replacement display are performed. At least one of the update processes may be suppressed, and the suppression may be canceled on the condition that the confirmation display is selected and operated (claim 2).

In the game room system according to claim 1 or 2,
The setting means sets a prize so as to be able to identify whether or not the prize to be exchanged is a priority prize that is a candidate for exchange among the prizes to be exchanged. When the number is specified, on the condition that the confirmation display is not performed, the number of the priority prizes that can be exchanged with the specified number of counted media as a price even if there is no operation by the replacement operation means. You may make it display (Claim 3).

In the game hall system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
A counter that is provided corresponding to the counting means and that displays at least a part of the prize set by the setting means when the receiving state of the counting means is in the suppressed state by the suppressing means. Display means, wherein the setting means sets a prize so as to be able to specify whether or not to be displayed by the counting display means among the prizes to be exchanged, and the issuing means uses the counting display means When issuing the recording medium in a state where a prize is selected, the recording medium is issued so that the selected prize can be specified by the issuing information, and the receiving unit issues the received recording medium When the selected prize can be specified by information, the number of the consideration medium of the prize is specified, and the exchange display means is the case where the number of the consideration medium is specified by the receiving means MAY number that consideration medium such that comparably displaying the number of the counting medium (claim 4).

In the game room system according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The issuing means, when issuing the recording medium, out of the counting means provided in the game hall, which counting means issued according to the counting process, the corresponding counting processing time, and the counting Information indicating at least one of the images captured during the counting process corresponding to the surroundings of the counting means or the imaging means for capturing the player who has received the acquired medium. The recording medium is issued so that the counting information can be specified by the issuing information, the receiving means specifies the counting information based on the issuing information of the received recording medium, and the exchange display means is sent by the receiving means. The specified counting information may be displayed as a confirmation display.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium issued by counting in a state where the acceptance state of the counting means is suppressed without setting a setting value for calling a game hall employee to the count value. Since the confirmation display is performed on the condition that it is received, the game hall employee who sees the confirmation display can determine whether or not there is an abnormality based on the number of counting media displayed by the replacement display means. In this case, since the game hall employee who performs the exchange process is waiting in advance to perform the exchange process, the burden to be confirmed during the exchange process allows the counting of only the player and performs the counting process. Therefore, when the game hall employee who is not waiting for the accidental accidental count value exceeds the set value, it is surprisingly small compared with the burden of rushing to the spot and checking. Of course, the trouble of setting the set value can be omitted. In other words, fraud can be suitably prevented by having the game hall employees pay minimum attention.

According to the invention of claim 2, when the confirmation display is made, the operation related to the exchange process or the display update process is suppressed, so even if the confirmation display is inconspicuous, the game hall employee confirms the display. It is possible to prevent the replacement process from being performed carelessly without noticing.
According to the invention of claim 3, as a preferential prize, a prize that many players desire to exchange such as a so-called special prize, and a prize that specifies the number of exchanges most carefully by a game hall employee is set. Since the number of prizes that can be exchanged without operating the exchange operation means is displayed by accepting the recording medium, that is, specifying the number of counting media, the normal exchange process can be executed more smoothly. If the confirmation display is performed, the number of priority prizes that can be exchanged is not displayed by specifying the number of counting media. Therefore, even if the confirmation display is inconspicuous, the amusement hall employees will not be aware of the confirmation display and will replace it. It is possible to prevent the processing from being performed.

According to the invention of claim 4, since the number of the counter media that is the reason for the counting process and the number of the counting media are compared and displayed, an index for judging whether or not the number of the counting media is abnormal is used as a game shop employee. It can be presented to members. For example, when a prize with a small number of consideration media (for example, 75 balls) is selected but a prize exchange is desired using a recording medium associated with a large number of counting media (for example, 2000 balls). It can be judged as abnormal.
According to the invention of claim 5, since the counting status and the like can be grasped by the confirmation display, an index for judging whether or not the number of counting media is abnormal is presented to the game hall employee who has seen the confirmation display. I can do it.

Schematic which shows the whole structure of the system for game centers in one Embodiment of this invention. Perspective view of island edge counter shown in closed state Perspective view of island edge counter shown in open state The figure which shows an example of the prize setting which is set to the island edge counter Front perspective view of POS terminal The figure which shows an example of the screen during exchange of a POS terminal FIG. 6 equivalent view showing the exchange button after being pressed Figure showing an example of a special counting receipt The figure which shows an example of the screen during replacement | exchange which displayed the confirmation display button FIG. 9 equivalent view after the touch operation of the confirmation display button Flow chart showing count issue processing of island edge counter Flow chart showing POS terminal replacement processing

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 of a game hall system. A lending machine 2 is installed in the game hall corresponding to the gaming machine 1, and a management device 3 (corresponding to setting means) is installed in the management room. The relay device 4 is connected to two gaming machines 1, two lending machines 2 and a management device 3 via a LAN 5. The management device 3 manages the game data of the gaming machine 1 by receiving the gaming signal transmitted from the gaming machine side (the gaming machine 1, the lending machine 2, etc.) via the relay device 4. The LAN 5 is also connected with an island edge counter 6 (corresponding to counting means, issuing means, setting means) and a POS terminal 7 (corresponding to receiving means, notifying means) functioning as a prize exchange terminal. Data communication is possible. The island edge counter 6 is installed corresponding to each island made up of a plurality of gaming machines 1, and the POS terminal 7 is installed in a prize exchange counter. Although omitted in FIG. 1, several hundred gaming machines 1 are actually managed by the management device 3.

  2 and 3 are perspective views of the island edge counter 6 shown in a closed state and an open state, respectively. The island edge counter 6 is prohibited from counting only by the player, and authentication by a game hall employee is required for counting. That is, the counting receiving unit 8 (shown only in FIG. 3) for receiving an acquired ball (corresponding to the acquired medium) which is a game medium acquired by the player through the game usually has an entrance shutter 9 as shown in FIG. And the receiving shutter 9 is locked by an electronic lock (not shown) to prohibit the acquisition of the acquired balls. The electronic lock is unlocked according to the employee's authentication by holding the employee IC card (corresponding to the key means) registered in advance by the employee IC card reader 10 (corresponding to the counting operation means), At the same time, the counting port shutter 12 closing the counting port 11 provided at the bottom of the counting receiving portion 8 is also opened. Counting is possible by opening the receiving shutter 9 after unlocking as shown in FIG. 3 (corresponding to “permitted state allowing acceptance of acquired medium”), and is displayed on the touch-type information display unit 13 after counting. When a not-shown issue button (or a surplus ball button) is touch-operated, a receipt in which information indicating the counting result is recorded is issued from the issue port 14. An emergency opening / closing key 15 is normally closed by a shutter 16. When the shutter 16 is opened and an employee performs an opening operation with a key carried by the employee, the receiving shutter 9 and the counting port shutter are opened. 12 is forcibly unlocked or released. In addition, 17 is a membership card insertion slot, 18 is a remote control light receiving part, and 19 is a surplus ball return slot.

  Now, at the front end of the opening edge portion of the counting receiving portion 8, a special counting insertion port 20 is provided which can input the acquired ball into the counting receiving portion 8 even when the receiving shutter 9 is closed. The special counting slot 20 is a slot for specially counting a small amount of acquired balls, and is smaller than the case where the slot area is open, so that a large amount of acquired balls are suppressed. (Corresponds to “a suppressed state in which the acceptance of the acquisition medium is allowed but the acquisition medium is more difficult to accept than the allowable state”). The special count is a count that is used when exchanging for a gift such as cigarette or juice that does not require the presence of an employee and is exchanged for a small amount of acquired balls. In this case, the receiving shutter 9 functions as a suppression unit that can selectively switch between an allowable state and a suppression state.

  The island edge counter 6 is configured so that a prize setting relating to an exchange condition for each prize to be exchanged can be set by a setting signal according to a setting operation in the management apparatus 3 or by a setting operation in the island edge counter 6. Has been. FIG. 4 shows an example of setting a prize. For each prize, “prize name”, “number of exchanged balls”, “special”, and “special count” are set. “Number of exchanged balls” is the number of balls to be paid for exchanging the corresponding prize, “Special” is a so-called special prize (corresponding to a priority prize), and “Special count” is a target for special counting It shows. Special prizes can be purchased at so-called cash exchanges outside the amusement hall, and are prizes that many players want to exchange, so prizes with `` special '' set as `` ○ '' will be described later. When the receipt is read by the POS terminal 7, the number of exchange prizes is preferentially calculated.

A prize whose “special count” is “◯” is a prize that can be exchanged for an acquired ball introduced from the special counting slot 20 with the receiving shutter 9 of the island counter 6 closed and locked. Then, cigarettes and juice are set. These prizes are displayed as a list on the information display unit 13 when the special counter is selected by the island edge counter 6, and issued when the prize is selected when the corresponding button of the list display is touched. It can be specified by printing the name of the prize on the receipt or by recording (printing) the issuance information such as a barcode read by the POS terminal 7 on the receipt. Although not shown, the prize is associated with a prize selection button of the POS terminal 7 or a barcode of the prize, and the prize is selected by operating a corresponding button, reading the barcode, or the like. Note that if a special count is selected by the island edge counter 6, the count port shutter 12 is opened and the count is allowed. However, even if the prize selection is not performed, the count is prohibited or issued. It is not prohibited.
On the other hand, the management device 3 receives the issuance information indicating the counting result and the like from the island end counter 6 for each counting process by the island end counter 6 so that the receipt and the issue information can be specified.

By submitting a receipt issued from the island edge counter 6 to a prize exchange counter, the POS terminal 7 can exchange the prize.
FIG. 5 is a front perspective view of the POS terminal 7. As the operation buttons of the POS terminal 7, there are a numeric keypad 21, a gift selection button 22 (corresponding to an exchange operation means), an exchange button 23, an end button 24, a gift cancel button 25, a hold button 26, and the like. When an acquisition ball is received by reading receipt issuance information by a scanner (not shown) functioning as a reception unit, a replacement screen is displayed on the information display unit 27 (corresponding to a notification unit and a replacement display unit). On the exchange screen, as shown in FIG. 6, the number of received balls (corresponding to the number of counting media) received is displayed on the received number display unit 27a, and the received number is displayed on the replaceable display unit 27b as the number of replaceable balls. . Further, the number of special prizes that can be exchanged with the number of exchangeable balls according to the operation on the exchange button 23 is calculated and displayed on the special prize display unit 27c, and the remaining number after the exchange is displayed as the remaining number display unit. 27d. For the number of exchangeable balls, if the prize to be exchanged is temporarily specified by pressing the prize selection button 22, the consideration is subtracted, and the special prize display section 27c and the remaining number display section 27d are updated in accordance with the subtraction. To do. It should be noted that general prizes other than the temporarily specified special prize and the number of compensation media are displayed on the provisional specific display section 27e. When the exchange button 23 is pressed, the special prize displayed on the special prize display unit 27c is provisionally specified (background is black) as shown in FIG. 7, and the exchangeable number of balls is updated. The provisionally specified prize is determined by pressing the end button 24 and canceled by pressing the prize cancel button 25. When the hold button 26 is pressed, a hold receipt that can specify the number of receptions is issued regardless of provisional specification. Reference numeral 28 denotes a printer.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the count issuing process of the island edge counter 6. The island edge counter 6 first determines whether the receiving shutter 9 is locked (A1). Usually, since the entrance shutter 9 is closed and locked (A1: YES), it is determined whether the special count is accepted (A2) or the employee authentication (A3).
When the player counts the earned ball with the island edge counter 6, the player is called to have the player attend the count at the island edge counter 6. When the called employee holds his / her employee IC card over the employee IC card reader 10 of the island edge counter 6, the island edge counter 6 reads the employee information from the employee IC card and selects the employee. Since the authentication is carried out (A3: YES), the receiving shutter 9 is unlocked (A4), the authentication flag indicating that the employee has been authenticated is set to 1 (A5), and the counter shutter 12 is opened (A6). ), The ball count (A7), in addition to determining whether the issue button (or the surplus ball button) displayed on the information display unit 13 has been touched (A9), the authentication flag is 1 (A10: NO), it is determined whether the receiving shutter 9 is closed (A14). Note that the issue button (or the surplus ball button) is not displayed on the information display unit 13 until the balls are counted.

  When the employee opens the receiving shutter 9 as shown in FIG. 3 and inserts the acquired balls into the counting receiving unit 8, the island edge counter 6 determines that the ball count is (A7: YES), the counting process is executed (A8). When the employee closes the entrance shutter 9 after all the acquired balls are inserted, the island edge counter 6 locks the entrance shutter 9 because the entrance shutter 9 is closed (A14: YES). (A15), the counting process is continued by moving to step A7. In this way, since the entrance shutter 9 is closed in advance and locked before the end of counting, the processing after the end of counting can be performed smoothly. When the counting of the acquired balls in the state where the receiving shutter 9 is closed is completed and the player touches the issue button (or the extra ball button) displayed on the information display unit 13 (A9: YES) ) When the authentication flag is 1 (A20: YES), since the receiving shutter 9 is locked (A21: YES), the authentication flag is set to 0 (A22), and the counter shutter 12 is closed. From (A24), issue processing is executed (A25). Thereby, a receipt in which issuance information indicating the counting result is recorded is issued. In this case, the island edge counter 6 returns to the state before the authentication by the employee.

On the other hand, when an issue button (or a surplus ball button) displayed on the information display unit 13 is touched in a state in which the employee opens the entrance shutter 9 to prepare for the next count (A9: YES) Although the authentication flag is 1 (A20: YES), since the receiving shutter 9 is not locked (A21: NO), the issuing process is executed without closing the counting port shutter 12 (A25). ). Thereby, a receipt in which issuance information indicating the counting result is recorded is issued. In this case, the receiving shutter 9 and the counting port shutter 12 are kept open. In this way, when the acquisition ball is further inserted with the receiving shutter 9 and the counting port shutter 12 being opened, the new acquiring ball is counted with the receiving shutter 9 unlocked. (A1: NO, A16: YES), the counting process is executed (A8). Thereby, it is possible to perform a continuous counting process without receiving re-authentication of the employee. Then, when the issue button is touched as described above (A9: YES), an issue process is performed (A25). Then, when the employee closes the receiving shutter 9, the receiving shutter 9 is closed (A17: YES), so the receiving shutter 9 is locked and the counting port shutter 12 is closed (A18). Since the authentication flag is set to 0 (A19), when a new ball count is performed, employee authentication is required.
By receiving employee authentication as described above, it is possible to count the number of earned balls and issue a normal receipt.

  Now, as described above, it is possible to unlock the entrance shutter 9 by counting the employee with the island edge counter 6 and counting the number of balls acquired, but without receiving the employee's authentication. In both cases, by touching a special counting button (not shown) displayed on the information display unit 13, special counting can be performed when the receiving shutter 9 is locked. In other words, when the special counting button is touched, the island edge counter 6 determines that the special counting is accepted (A2: YES), and opens the counting port shutter 12 without unlocking the receiving shutter 9. Open (A6). At this time, a list of prizes for which “special count” is set to “◯” in the prize setting of FIG. As described above, although the counting port shutter 12 is opened at the time of special counting, the receiving port shutter 9 is not unlocked, so that a small amount of acquired balls are thrown into the counting receiving unit 8 from the special counting loading port 20 having a small opening area. Then, the issue button displayed on the information display unit 13 is touch-operated.

  When the issue button is touched with the authentication flag being 0 (A9: YES, A20: NO), the island edge counter 6 sets the confirmation flag indicated by the issue information of the issue receipt to 1 (A23), and counts. The mouth shutter 12 is closed (A24), and issuance processing is performed (A25). In other words, at the time of the special counting, the receipt receipt is associated with the receipt flag so that the confirmation flag indicating that the employee is not authenticated and the confirmation is required is 1. This specification can be made by, for example, storing information that can specify the prize as described above or the receipt NO. What is necessary is just to specify by the issue information managed by the management apparatus 3 by the above.

  The employee can be authenticated even during the special counting, and when the authentication is performed, the receiving shutter 9 is unlocked, so that the receiving shutter 9 can be opened. That is, when the authentication flag is 0 (A10: YES) and employee authentication is performed (A11: YES), the entrance shutter 9 is unlocked (A12) and the authentication flag is set to 1 ( A13). When the issue button is touch-operated in this state (A9: YES), since it is issued by authentication by the employee (A20: YES), the same counting process as described above is possible.

Here is a supplementary explanation of the issue process. The issue process is executed in response to the touch operation of the issue button or the surplus ball button. When the issue button is touched, all count balls are associated with the receipt, while when the surplus ball button is touched, a part of the count ball is received. And the remainder is returned from the excess ball return port 19. Some counting balls associated with receipts are specified so that extra balls are not generated when the counting balls are exchanged with special prizes in normal counting, while extra counting is left when special counting is exchanged with selected prizes. Specify not to generate balls. In this case, if the special count is allowed on the condition that the prize is selected, only the value of the selected prize is to be issued, so that illegal acts can be prevented more appropriately. If no prize is selected, processing is performed in the same way as normal counting, or all counting balls may be associated with a receipt. In addition, since the extra ball button does not need to be particularly employed, it is described in parentheses in the above description.
As described above, a special count receipt in which issuance information specially counted is recorded from the island edge counter 6 is issued.

  FIG. 8 shows an example of the special counting receipt. The special count receipt 29 (corresponding to the recording medium) includes a game hall name 29a, a print 29b indicating that the count is special, a QR code (registered trademark) 29c indicating issuance information, and a count ball count 29d (corresponding to the count medium count). The selected prize information 29e such as the selected prize and the number of consideration balls of the selected prize is printed. The example shown in FIG. 8 indicates that one cigarette A (= 75 balls) has been selected as the selected prize. It should be noted that the print indicating the special count and the selected prize information 29e are not normally printed on the receipt.

When the player submits the normal receipt or the special count receipt issued as described above to the free gift exchange counter, the employee causes the POS terminal 7 to read the submitted receipt with the scanner.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the exchange process of the POS terminal 7. The POS terminal 7 determines whether a receipt has been received (B1). If a receipt is received (B1: YES), it is determined whether the confirmation flag of the received receipt is 1 (B2). The number of balls accepted at this time is displayed on the accepted number display unit 27a, and the received number is displayed on the exchangeable display unit 27b as the exchangeable number of balls. Since the confirmation flag of the normal receipt is 0 (B2: NO), the number of exchangeable special prizes is calculated based on the number of exchangeable balls (B7). Then, the calculated number of special prizes is displayed on the special prize display unit 27c, and the remaining number of balls after the special prize exchange is displayed on the remaining number display unit 27d as the remaining number.

Next, the POS terminal 7 determines whether the exchange button 23 is pressed (B8), whether a general prize is selected by the prize selection button 22 or the like (B10), whether the prize cancel button 25 is pressed (B12), or an end button. It is determined whether 24 is depressed (B16). When a general prize is selected (B10: YES), the selected general prize is provisionally specified (B11). At the same time, the value of the provisionally specified general prize is subtracted from the number of exchangeable balls, and the special prize display unit 27c and the remaining number display unit 27d are also updated in accordance with the subtraction. Note that general prizes other than the temporarily specified special prize are displayed on the provisional specific display section 27e. When the exchange button 23 is pressed down (B8: YES), the calculated special prize is provisionally specified (B9). At the same time, the special prize displayed on the special prize display unit 27c is temporarily specified (the background is black) (see FIG. 7), and the number of replaceable balls is updated. If the giveaway cancel button 25 is pressed (B12: YES), it is determined whether there is a temporarily specified prize other than the receipt (B13). If there is a temporarily specified prize (B13: YES), other than the receipt The temporary designation of the prize is canceled (B14), and if there is no provisionally specified prize (B13: NO), the temporary designation of the prize based on the receipt is canceled (B15). That is, the provisional specification of the selected general prize is canceled with priority. Then, when the end button 24 is pressed (B16: YES), an exchange process of the provisionally specified at that time is executed (B17).
As described above, it is possible to exchange the number of acquired balls normally recorded on the receipt for a desired prize.

  When the special count receipt 29 is read, the confirmation flag of the receipt receipt is 1 (B2: YES), so it is determined whether or not a prize has been selected on the receipt (B3). If the prize has not been selected (B3: NO), a confirmation display button is displayed on the information display section 27 (B5). If the prize has been selected (B3: YES), the selected prize is provisionally specified (B4). ), A confirmation display button is displayed (B5).

  FIG. 9 shows an example of a replacement screen on which a confirmation display button is displayed. A confirmation display button 30 (corresponding to confirmation notification and confirmation display) is displayed on the replacement screen. Since the message “Special Receipt Receipt !!” is displayed on the confirmation display button 30, the employee who has been cautioned confirms the number of receptions displayed on the screen during replacement, and is assumed to be fraudulent. Check whether the number of receptions that are accepted. In other words, the condition for issuing the special count receipt 29 is a count in a restrained state in which the shutter 9 for receiving the island edge counter 6 is closed, and the count value is extremely smaller than the normal count. If the numerical value is large, it can be determined that there is a possibility of fraud. In the example shown in FIG. 9, although the confirmation display button 30 is displayed, the number of acceptances is as large as 1600 balls, and it can be determined that there is a possibility of fraud. The employee who is determined to be unauthorized identifies whether the player who brought the special count receipt is not an unauthorized person, for example, by confirming the game information of the gaming machine 1 that has been played, the issued count information, or the like. When it is confirmed that the person is not an unauthorized person, the confirmation display button 30 is touched.

  The POS terminal 7 displaying the confirmation display button 30 determines whether the confirmation display button 30 has been touched (B6) or whether the hold button 26 has been depressed (B18), and the confirmation display button 30 is touched. (B6: YES), the number of exchangeable special prizes is calculated by the number of exchangeable balls obtained by subtracting the prize value of the prize selected in the receipt (B7), and the above-described exchange process is continued. Do it. At this time, FIG. 10 shows a screen during exchange after the calculation of the specific prize. In this state, another prize can be provisionally specified by the prize selection button 22 or the like, and the prize cancel button 25 is pressed in this state. In the case where the receipt is read, the provisional specification of only the prize provisionally specified by the receipt is left to cancel the other provisional specification in order to return the receipt to the read state. Since it should be determined that the in-replacement screen in FIG. 9 is inherently abnormal, it is difficult to assume that the confirmation display button 30 is touched to display the in-replacement screen in FIG. As an example, FIG. 10 is shown.

  On the other hand, if the employee is determined to be an unauthorized person as a result of the confirmation, the employee presses the hold button 26. When the hold button 26 is pressed (B18: YES), the POS terminal 7 executes a hold receipt issuing process for issuing a hold receipt that can specify the number of receipts regardless of provisional specification (B19). As a result, a pending receipt is issued, so that it is possible to exchange prizes for the player who is waiting next to the player who has been determined to be an unauthorized person, and the player who has been determined to be an unauthorized person is playing a game. It is possible to reliably determine whether or not the player is fraudulent, for example, by collating with the gaming history of the gaming machine 1. If it is possible to specify that the pending receipt is not illegal after the confirmation again, the exchange process can be resumed by reading the pending receipt.

According to such an embodiment, the following effects can be achieved.
The POS terminal 7 accepts a special count receipt 29 issued by a special count that allows the island ball counter 6 to accept the acquired ball inserted from the special count slot 20 even when the receiving shutter 9 is locked. In this case, since the confirmation display button 30 is displayed on the information display unit 27 of the POS terminal 7, the employee who has seen the confirmation display button 30 is abnormal based on the number of receptions displayed on the information display unit 27. It can be judged. Therefore, the burden that the employee confirms during the exchange process by the POS terminal 7 allows only the player to count, and the employee who is not waiting to perform the count process accidentally has a count value greater than or equal to the set value. As a result, it is possible to significantly reduce the burden compared with the case of rushing to the spot and confirming it, and it is possible to appropriately prevent fraud by having the employee pay minimum attention.

  When the confirmation display button 30 is displayed in response to the receipt of the special count receipt 29 at the POS terminal 7 as described above, the exchange operation at the POS terminal 7 is allowed on condition that the confirmation display button 30 is touched. When the confirmation display button 30 is displayed, the operation related to the replacement process or the display update process is suppressed until the confirmation display button 30 is touched, and the confirmation display button 30 is not conspicuous. Even as a display, it is possible to prevent the employee from inadvertently performing the replacement process without noticing the confirmation display button 30.

Since the number of special prizes that can be exchanged is displayed on condition that the confirmation display button 30 is not displayed, if the confirmation display button 30 is displayed, the special prize that can be exchanged by specifying the number of receptions. Since the number is not displayed, it is possible to prevent the special prize from being inadvertently exchanged.
When, for example, a cigarette prize is selected by the island edge counter 6, the number of exchanged balls and the number of receipts of the cigarette prize can be compared with each other according to the receipt of the special count receipt 29 at the POS terminal 7. The number of exchangeable balls, which is the reason for the counting process, is compared and displayed, and an index for judging whether or not the number of acceptance is abnormal can be presented to the employee.

(Other embodiments)
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be modified or expanded as follows.
If the opening area of the receiving port in the suppressed state at the island edge counter 6 is smaller than the allowable state, it will be difficult to receive the acquired ball. Therefore, when the special counting is performed in the suppressed state, the receiving port shutter 9 is locked. In addition, it is exemplified that the acceptance of the acquired ball is allowed while opening a part thereof while narrowing the opening area. However, the auxiliary entrance other than the entrance is separately provided and the entrance is closed. The receiving shutter 9 is closed so as to be lockable, such as making it possible to receive the acquired ball from the auxiliary receiving port, or providing a receiving port in the receiving shutter 9 so that the acquired ball can be received from the receiving port. Alternatively, any configuration may be adopted as the restrained state as long as the acquired ball can be received while the opening area is narrowed in the locked state to make it difficult to receive the acquired ball.
The counting port shutter 12 may not be provided. That is, in the embodiment, it is selected from among three states: a restrained state that allows special counting, a permitted state that allows normal counting, which is a count based on employee authentication, and a rejected state that does not allow both special counting and normal counting. Although the switching of the acceptance state was exemplarily illustrated, if the acceptance state is selectively switched from the two states of the suppression state and the permissible state, for example, the permissive state and the suppression state are selectively switched, There can be any number of options.

Although counting and issuing processing are permitted without selecting a prize at the time of special counting, the special counting may be permitted on condition that the prize is selected.
The configuration for displaying the confirmation display button 30 as a confirmation notification (confirmation display) has been exemplified. For example, the confirmation display is performed by switching the display of the “number received” on the exchange screen to “special count acceptance”. As long as the special count can be specified, the notification may be any display, or may be combined with other abnormal count display. Further, an error sound or the like may be used instead.
Other authentications such as biometrics such as fingerprints may be adopted as the key means for employee authentication, or a mechanical lock other than an electronic lock, for example, may be used to lock the employee with a key. .
In addition to paper such as receipts, a recording medium such as a card or a coin may be adopted. All or part of the information including the counting result is managed by the management device 3, and when only the ID is recorded on the recording medium and the recording medium is received by the POS terminal, the counting information corresponding to the ID is managed. It is good also as a structure which asks an apparatus.

As counting information in the management device, counting machine ID, counting ball, counting time, presence / absence of confirmation flag, selected prize, etc. are assumed. For example, an imaging means such as a camera for imaging the periphery of the island edge counter is provided and counting is performed. Any information that is related to counting, such as a video of time, may be managed as counting information and displayed as counting information on the POS terminal 7 as the confirmation display described above (corresponding to claim 5).
When a so-called storage ball processing is performed by the island edge counter 6 in which a player ID is specified by an ID such as a so-called membership card and the acquired ball is deposited in association with the player ID, the storage processing is performed. Is permitted if the employee has been authenticated, but is not allowed in the special counting, the stored ball processing in the island edge counter 6 can be suitably handled.
As a corresponding gaming machine, pachinko gaming machines other than those exemplified, slot machines, and the like can be employed. In this case, a medal or the like may be employed as the game medium.

  In the drawings, 1 is a gaming machine, 3 is a management device (setting means), 6 is an island edge counter (counting means, issuing means, setting means), 7 is a POS terminal (accepting means, notifying means), and 9 is an entrance. Shutter (corresponding to suppression means), 10 an employee IC card reader (counting operation means), 22 a prize selection button (exchange operation means), 27 an information display section (exchange display means), 29 a special counting receipt ( Reference numeral 30 is a confirmation display button (confirmation notification, confirmation display).

Claims (5)

A counting means which is provided corresponding to a plurality of gaming machines, accepts an acquisition medium which is a game medium acquired by a player through a game, and performs a counting process for counting the acquired acquisition medium;
As the acceptance state of the acquisition medium in the counting means, the acceptance state of accepting the acquisition medium and the acceptance of the acquisition medium are permitted, but the acceptance is suppressed by making the acquisition medium more difficult to accept than the acceptance state. Suppression means that can selectively switch the suppression state;
In order to switch the restraining means from the restrained state to the allowed state, the counting operation means that the game hall employee possesses or accepts an operation by the corresponding key means,
Issuing a recording medium on which is recorded the number of counted media, which is the number of acquired media counted by the counting process, and issuance information that can specify whether the counting process is performed in the allowable state or the suppressed state Issuing means to
A setting means for setting a prize to be exchanged for the acquired medium in association with the number of the paid medium that is the number of acquired medium to be paid;
Accepting means for accepting the recording medium and identifying the number of the counting media according to the issuance information of the accepted recording medium and whether the counting process is performed in the allowable state or the suppressed state;
An exchange operation means for performing an operation for selecting a prize to be exchanged in order to exchange a prize for the acquired medium based on the number of counted media specified by reception of the recording medium by the reception means;
Based on the number of counting media specified by the reception of the recording medium by the receiving means, in order to exchange prizes for the acquired medium, the number of the specified counting media and the operation of the replacement operating means are selected. Exchange display means for performing exchange display for displaying prizes for the game hall employees,
Notification means for performing confirmation notification to a game hall employee on condition that the counting process is specified as being performed in the restrained state by the issuance information of the recording medium received by the exchange reception means;
A game system characterized by comprising:   The notification means notifies the confirmation notification by performing a confirmation display that can be selected and operated by a game hall employee. On the other hand, when the confirmation display is performed, the operation of the replacement operation means and the replacement display are performed. 2. The game system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the update processes is suppressed, and the suppression is canceled on condition that the confirmation display is selected and operated. The setting means sets a prize so as to be able to specify whether or not the prize to be exchanged is a priority prize to be a candidate for exchange among the prizes to be exchanged,
When the number of counting media is specified by the accepting means, the exchange display means is provided on the condition that the confirmation display is not performed, even if there is no operation by the exchange operating means, the specified counting medium 3. The game system according to claim 1, wherein the number of priority prizes that can be exchanged is displayed as a price. A counter that is provided corresponding to the counting means and that displays at least a part of the prize set by the setting means when the receiving state of the counting means is in the suppressed state by the suppressing means. A display means,
The setting means sets a prize so as to be able to specify whether to be displayed by the counting display means among the prizes to be exchanged,
The issuing means, when issuing the recording medium in a state where a prize is selected by the counting display means, issues the recording medium so that the selected prize can be specified by the issuing information;
When the receiving means can identify the selected prize according to the issued issuance information of the recording medium, the accepting means identifies the number of the consideration media of the prize,
4. The exchange display means, when the number of the consideration media is specified by the accepting means, displays the number of the compensation media so as to be comparable with the count medium count. A system for a game hall described in 1. The issuing means, when issuing the recording medium, out of a plurality of the counting means provided in the game hall, which counting means issued according to the counting process, the corresponding counting processing time, and the counting means Is a count which is information indicating at least one of the images captured during the counting process corresponding to the periphery of the counting means or by the imaging means for imaging the player who has received the acquisition medium. Issuing the recording medium so that information can be specified by the issuance information,
The accepting means identifies the counting information from the issued issuance information of the recording medium;
5. The game field system according to claim 1, wherein the exchange display unit displays the count information specified by the reception unit as a confirmation display.

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