JP5560477B2 - Amusement hall management system and amusement hall management method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game hall management system, and more particularly, to a game hall management system in which a game medium acquired with a predetermined game machine is shared with other game machines.

In general, in amusement arcades where pachinko machines, slot machines, and other gaming machines are installed, various services are provided to customers in order to increase the ability to attract and attract customers. There is a “share sharing” service that allows the lending and borrowing of game media in Japan.
And in recent years, there are an increasing number of game halls where sharing of balls is allowed to improve the services of the game hall. For example, it is possible to play games by sharing balls with other well-known members such as family members and friends. . Then, since a player who wants to use the shared service of the game will come and play repeatedly, it becomes possible to fix the customers at the game hall.

  In addition, it has been known in the past that illegal acts by bringing or taking out game media from other game venues or by bringing or taking out game media from other game machines with different rental rates in the game hall. Yes. And when such an illegal act is performed and a game and a count are performed, a big loss may arise for a game arcade.

As a technique for detecting such an illegal act, for example, at the time of gaming and at the end of the game, if the possession amount of the number of game media of the gaming machine is outside a predetermined range set in advance, it is determined that there has been bringing in or taking out Thus, a technique for notifying the management apparatus is proposed (Patent Document 1).
By using such a technique, it is possible to grasp the carry-in and take-out of game media, and to detect illegal acts.

JP-A-10-108964

However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, when the determination of the amount of game media held is applied in a game hall that allows the sharing of balls, the number of game media rented out and the number of driven-in are different. Even if the ball is properly shared, it will be mistakenly recognized that the game machine is illegally brought in at the transferee's game machine, and the increase or decrease in the number of game media in the game machine is due to sharing or illegal. I couldn't tell whether it was due to bringing in or not.
In addition, there may be a case where it is desired to prohibit sharing between specific gaming machines even in a game hall that allows sharing of a game. This is because, when a game is played on a gaming machine with a high rental rate using gaming media acquired with a gaming machine with a low rental rate, the gaming ground will suffer a large loss. It was necessary to clearly distinguish the game machines to be prohibited.

The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and includes a sharing machine specifying means for specifying a gaming machine that is allowed to share gaming media as a sharing machine. Aggregating the game information of multiple designated shared machines as the game information of a single game machine makes it possible to share game media among players and to accurately detect illegal acts caused by bringing in game media. an object of the present invention, such as to provide a gaming facility management system that can be grasped.

  In order to achieve the above object, the gaming hall management system of the present invention is allowed to share a game medium and a totaling means for totaling predetermined game information for each gaming machine based on a gaming signal output from the gaming machine. Sharing machine designating means for designating a gaming machine to be shared as a sharing machine, and the counting means is configured to count game information of the sharing machine as gaming information of one gaming machine.

According to the present invention, game information can be appropriately managed .

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a game hall management system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the game hall management apparatus which concerns on 1st embodiment of this invention. An example of the sharing stand information which concerns on 1st embodiment of this invention is shown, (a) is a figure which shows during sharing setting, (b) is a figure which shows after cancellation | release of sharing setting. It is an operation | movement procedure figure which shows operation | movement of the game hall management system which concerns on 1st embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the share setting process of the game hall management system which concerns on 1st embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the count abnormality determination process of the game hall management system which concerns on 1st embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram of the game hall management system which concerns on 2nd embodiment of this invention. It is an operation | movement procedure figure which shows operation | movement of the game hall management system which concerns on 2nd embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a game hall management system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
Here, the game hall management system shown in the following embodiments is operated by a computer controlled by a program. Usually, the program sends a command to each component of the computer to perform predetermined processing, for example, storage, output, transmission, calculation, etc. of data in the management apparatus. Thus, each process and operation in the game hall management system of the present invention are realized by specific means in which the program and the computer cooperate. The program is stored in advance in a storage medium, and is executed by causing the computer to read the program from a storage medium mounted on the computer. For example, the program may be read by the computer via a communication line.

[First embodiment]
1st Embodiment of the game hall management system of this invention is described with reference to FIGS.

(Amusement center management system configuration)
First, with reference to FIG. 1, the structure of the game hall management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a game hall management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, the game hall management system 1 includes a game machine 10, a game medium lending machine 20, a stand computer 30 connected thereto, an island computer 40, a game hall management device 50, and a counting device. 60. Each of these devices is connected via a predetermined network (for example, a local area network).

  The gaming machine 10 includes various gaming machines that play games using game media such as game balls and medals, such as pachinko machines, slot machines, arrange ball machines, and sparrow ball machines. In addition, from each gaming machine 10, various games such as an out signal indicating the number of game media inserted, a safe signal indicating the number of game media payout, a start signal output for each game, a jackpot signal output at the time of a jackpot, and the like. A signal is output.

The game media lending machine 20 is a device that lends game media and is provided in one-to-one correspondence with the game machines 10. The gaming medium lending machine 20 outputs a lending signal indicating the number of gaming medium lending according to the amount of money to be inserted to the computer 30 when cash or a prepaid card is inserted, and the number of lending to the corresponding gaming machine 10 The game media is lent out.
On the front side of such a game medium lending machine 20, a cash insertion slot 21, a card insertion slot 22, a table display 23 and the like are provided.

The cash slot 21 is a slot into which a player inserts predetermined banknotes (thousand-yen bills, 2000-yen bills, 5000-yen bills, 10,000-yen bills, etc.) in order to rent game media.
The card insertion slot 22 is an insertion slot for inserting a card held by the player (for example, a prepaid card, a membership card, a visitor card, etc.).
In general, the cash insertion slot 21 and the card insertion slot 22 need to be operated in a narrow space, and thus are provided to be inserted vertically.

The inter-table display 23 includes, for example, an operation unit including buttons and keys for performing a predetermined input. From this operation unit, an input of a member password for performing member card authentication, and an input of the number of rented storage balls are provided. Etc. are possible.
In addition, the inter-table display 23 includes a display unit for performing a predetermined display, and this display unit displays the amount of money inserted or balance of the inserted cash or prepaid card, the value input at the operation unit, the number of stored balls, etc. Is done. Also, information related to the game (the number of start times, the number of jackpots, the number of acquired game media, etc.) can be displayed.

  In addition, the game machine 10 (hereinafter referred to as a shared machine) that shares game media among players can be specified from the inter-table display 23 in the present embodiment. For example, a machine number of a shared machine is input from the machine display 23 and a shared password (to be described later) serving as information common between the shared machines is input. Then, information used for these sharing settings is sent to the game hall management device 50 and is stored in sharing table information to be described later, and a sharing machine can be designated. It is also possible to release the designated shared machine from the inter-table display 23 by a predetermined operation.

Here, the “shared password” in the present embodiment will be specifically described.
The shared password in the present embodiment is common information that can mutually identify a shared machine that plays a game by sharing a game medium, and is information that is effective in a game arcade.
The shared password is information provided from the game hall side, and can be used, for example, by being presented by an employee of the game hall. Specifically, the player must use a shared password by presenting a number that is valid for each period (for example, every day), a shared card that stores information that can specify the sharing period in advance, and the like. Can do.
In the case of transferring the game medium acquired by the player A by specifying the sharing of the player B (transfer destination) from the player A (transfer source), the transfer source player A is the transfer destination player. Since B can be recognized, it is not always necessary to set a shared password.
On the other hand, when the player B requests the transfer of the game medium held by the player A by specifying the share of the player A, it is preferable to set a password. This is to prevent unauthorized third party designation of sharing, and as a result, it is possible to impersonate sharing and to conduct illegal acts such as theft of game media or bringing game media from other game venues. It can be prevented in advance.

The various cards inserted into the card insertion slot 22 are set in a card reader / writer (not shown) provided inside the game medium lending machine 20 to read and write predetermined information. The game medium lending machine 20 recognizes the membership card when the membership card is inserted into the card insertion slot 22, and outputs information including the read membership ID and its own machine number. In addition, a member ID and a machine number can also be output by having a non-member player rent a visitor card from a game hall and inserting the visitor card into the card insertion slot 22.
Then, the game medium lending machine 20 outputs a game start signal indicating that the game has been started by the member to the computer 30. When the member card is extracted, a game end signal indicating that the game is ended by the member is output. These signals are transmitted to the game hall management device 50 via the table computer 30.
The game medium lending machine 20 functions as a shared machine designating unit according to the present invention, and the inter-display 23 is an example of an input unit in the shared machine designating unit of the present invention.

The stand computer 30 is connected to the gaming machine 10 and the game medium lending machine 20, receives various signals output from the gaming machine 10 and the game medium lending machine 20, and sends the signals to the island computer 40 via a communication line. Send a signal. As the communication line, a known communication line can be used.
The island computer 40 receives various signals transmitted from the computers 30, accumulates or tabulates them appropriately, and transmits them to the game hall management device 50.

  A plurality of gaming machines 10, gaming medium lending machines 20, and computer bases 30 are arranged to constitute one gaming machine island, and an island computer 40 is provided for each gaming machine island. In addition, a plurality of gaming machine islands are juxtaposed in the game hall, and each gaming machine island is partitioned so that a rental fee per game medium (hereinafter referred to as a rental rate) is different.

The game hall management device 50 is a computer that operates under program control. The game hall management device 50 stores, manages, and analyzes game information related to all the gaming machines 10 provided in the game hall. In addition to the game information, management information and sales management information necessary for the game hall are also managed.
The game hall management device 50 functions as a counting means in the present invention, and specifically, various game signals (out signal, safe signal, start signal, jackpot) transmitted from each island computer 40 via a communication line. Various game information (the number of out balls, the number of safe balls, the number of start times, the number of big hits, the number of big hit balls, etc.) calculated based on the signal etc. is tabulated for each gaming machine 10.
In addition, the game hall management device 50 according to the present embodiment manages shared platform information including information that associates a shared machine with game information in the shared machine. This sharing stand information indicates which gaming machine 10 and game media are shared, and the sharing state of each gaming machine 10 can be grasped.
A specific configuration of the game hall management device 50 will be described later.

The counting device 60 functions as counting means in the present invention, and is a device for counting game media acquired by the player in the gaming machine 10, and is installed at a predetermined location (for example, the end of the game island) in the game hall. ing. The counting device 60 includes a counting unit 60a that counts game media acquired in a game, and a ticket issuing unit 60b that is connected to the counting unit 60a and records and issues a counting result in a ticket. Yes.
When the acquired game medium is inserted into the counting unit 60a, the number of the game media is automatically counted and a ticket recording the counting result is issued from the ticket issuing unit 60b. Thus, the player can exchange the ticket issued for a predetermined prize according to the number of game media acquired by presenting the issued ticket to the prize exchange counter in the game hall. Although not shown, the ticket issuing unit 60b is provided with a display screen made up of, for example, a liquid crystal panel. Through this display screen, the employees of the game hall and the player confirm the counting result / judgment result. can do.

In addition, the ticket issuing unit 60b in the present embodiment receives the total value of the number of game media acquired by the sharing machine from the game hall management device 50, and compares the total value with the count value counted by the counting unit 60a. And a determination processing means for performing a counting abnormality determination process.
Details of the determination process performed by the determination processing unit will be described later. In the present embodiment, the counting device 60 is provided with the determination processing means and performs the determination processing. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the game hall management device 50 may be provided with the determination processing means. it can.

(Configuration of amusement hall management device)
Next, the detailed structure of the game hall management apparatus in the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the game hall management device according to the first embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 2, the game hall management device 50 according to the present embodiment includes a storage unit 51, a display unit 52, an input unit 53, a control unit 54, and a communication unit 55.

The storage means 51 is composed of, for example, a ROM, a RAM, a hard disk, etc., and stores programs related to various functions provided in the game hall management device 50, predetermined information related to games, and the like. For example, member information, game information, shared stand information, etc. are stored.
Member information is information managed for each member card, and information received from a visitor who wishes to register as a member ID in advance (for example, name, address, age, Gender, telephone number, date of registration, e-mail address, member password, etc.). The configuration of the member information is not limited to the above and can be changed as appropriate.
The game information is information relating to the game performed in each gaming machine 10, and includes a member ID that can identify a player who performs the game, the machine number of the gaming machine 10 in which the player with this member ID plays, and an out ball Number, number of safe balls, number of starts, number of jackpots, number of jackpots, game time, etc. are associated.

In addition, the storage unit 51 in the present embodiment stores shared table information including information that associates a shared machine with game information in the shared machine. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the sharing table information includes, for example, a sharing machine unit number, a member ID, a sharing password, a gaming time (sharing start time, sharing end time), a sharing state, and gaming information (safe It consists of the number of balls (number of balls per big hit), the number of balls out (number of shots), the number of differences (the number of management devices), the number of loans, the number of balls planned for replacement)), the number of balls to be replaced (count value), etc. .
The difference number can be calculated by subtracting the number of out balls, which is the number of game media thrown into the gaming machine, from the number of safe balls, which is the number of game media paid out when winning a prize. In other words, when the difference ball is “−”, it means that there is a profit on the game hall side, and when it is “+”, it means that the game hall side is lost.
The number of balls to be replaced is a number obtained by adding the number of differences and the number of loans of a group (shared machine group) composed of a plurality of shared machines, and indicates the total number of game media currently held in the shared machine group.
Note that the configuration of the sharing stand information is not limited to the above, and can be changed as appropriate.

The display means 52 is composed of a liquid crystal display or the like, and can display predetermined information on the screen. For example, the sharing table information shown in FIG. 3 is displayed in a table format. The display means 52 can also display important information (for example, sales, gross profit, etc.) related to the management of the game hall.
The input unit 53 is used for inputting predetermined information, screen display operation, and the like. For example, the input unit 53 can be configured by a keyboard, a mouse, a touch pen, and the like. Each setting can be performed by inputting various information. A sharing machine can be designated from the input means 53. Therefore, the share designation operation can be performed directly from the game hall management device 50.

  The control means 54 is composed of a CPU or the like, and executes and controls various functions provided in the game hall management device 50 by reading and executing a program stored in the storage means 51. Specifically, the control unit 54 converts various signals received by the communication unit 55 and stores the information in the storage unit 51. Further, when receiving a signal indicating a display request from the input unit 53, the control unit 54 extracts information corresponding to this signal from the storage unit 51 by the extraction unit 542 described later and causes the display unit 52 to display the information.

The control unit 54 includes a totaling unit 541 and an extracting unit 542.
The totaling unit 541 counts predetermined game information for each gaming machine 10 based on the game signal output from each gaming machine 10, and the totaled information is stored in the storage unit 51.
The totaling unit 541 totals game information in a plurality of shared machines as game information of one gaming machine 10. Specifically, the totaling unit 541 calculates the total value of each game information (the number of safe balls, the number of out balls, the number of differences, the number of loans) totaled for each shared machine. Then, for example, by adding the total value of the difference numbers and the total value of the lending numbers, the number of scheduled replacement balls indicating the number of game media acquired by the shared machine group is calculated.
As a result, even when a game medium is shared by a plurality of gaming machines 10, it can be managed as if a game was played on one gaming machine 10.

The extraction unit 542 detects the gaming machines 10 in which the number of game media thrown balls is larger than the number of loans, and extracts gaming machines 10 other than the shared machines from the detected gaming machines 10.
Specifically, in the extraction unit 542, the subtraction value between the number of out balls (the number of hit balls) that is the number of game media thrown into the gaming machine and the number of loans that are the number of lent game media exceeds a predetermined number. The detected gaming machine 10 is extracted, and the detected gaming machine 10 extracts gaming machines 10 other than the shared machine.
The predetermined number is set in advance as, for example, a unit range (for example, -250 balls to +250 balls in the case of a pachinko machine) in the rental of game media.
The extraction unit 542 corresponds to the extraction unit in the present invention.

(Operation of amusement hall management system)
Next, the operation of the game hall management system in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 4 is an operation procedure diagram showing the operation of the game hall management system according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the sharing setting process of the game hall management system according to the first embodiment. These are flowcharts which show the counting abnormality determination process of the game hall management system according to the first embodiment.

  FIG. 4 shows an example in which a game medium is shared between two game machines 10, that is, a game machine 10 </ b> A and a game machine 10 </ b> B. A case will be described in which a game is transferred to the gaming machine 10B. In the following description, it is assumed that a game is played at a game hall that provides a shared service for playing balls.

First, in order to start a game, the player A inserts a membership card into the card insertion slot 22A of the game medium lending machine 20A adjacent to the game machine 10A. At this time, for example, an input screen for the member password is displayed on the table display 23A, and the member code is input by the player A from the table display 23A (step S10).
When the membership card is received in this way, the game medium lending machine 20A transmits the input member ID and member password to the game hall management device 50 via the computer 30.
Then, the game hall management device 50 collates the member password received via the communication unit 55 with the member password stored in the member information stored in the storage unit 51 (step S11), and shows the collation result. A response signal is transmitted to the game medium lending machine 20A. As a result, information specific to the member (the number of stored balls, game history, etc.) is provided to the inter-table display 23A, for example.

  Next, when the player A performs a ball lending operation by inserting cash or inserting a prepaid card, the gaming medium lending machine 20A lends gaming media according to the inserted amount to the gaming machine 10A (step S12). Then, the rented game medium is thrown into a predetermined slot and the gaming machine 10A is operated (step S13). Thereafter, as the game of the gaming machine 10A progresses, each game signal and a lending signal are transmitted to the game hall management device 50 as needed.

  Here, for example, the player A acquires a certain amount of game media by the continuous change in which the big hits are continuously generated from the gaming machine 10A, that is, the player A has a profit. Then, by transferring a part of the game media acquired by the player A (for example, one box of ball boxes) to the player B, the gaming machine B is operated with the transferred game media being inserted ( Step S14).

And the extraction part 542 of the control means 54 detects the gaming machine 10 in which the number of out balls is larger than the number of loans by comparing the number of out balls (number of shot balls) and the number of loans in each gaming machine 10 ( Step S15).
This is because, for example, the gaming machine 10B uses the gaming medium transferred from the gaming machine 10A to play a game, so the gaming medium lending machine 20B does not lend gaming media and the number of lending becomes “0”. On the other hand, the number of out balls will increase as the game progresses. As a result, the extraction unit 542 determines that the gaming machine 10B is abnormal because the subtraction value between the number of loans and the number of out balls exceeds a predetermined number.

Then, the extraction unit 542 extracts the gaming machine 10 other than the shared machine from the gaming machine 10 detected in Step S15 (Step S16). This collates whether or not the sharing unit information stored in the storage unit 51 is shared as a shared machine, and extracts gaming machines 10 that are not stored as shared machines.
In this way, it is possible to extract gaming machines 10 that are abnormal balls that are different from the balls that are played in normal games and that are not set to be shared. That is, it is possible to grasp the gaming machine 10 that is playing a game by transferring gaming media without sharing settings, and the gaming machine 10 that is playing a game by illegally bringing gaming media.

Next, the game hall management device 50 transmits a warning signal to the gaming machine 10B extracted in step S16. As a result, for example, a warning display such as “An abnormal ball has been detected” can be output to the inter-table display 23B (step S17).
The warning means may be any means as long as it can be notified. For example, any means such as lighting of a lamp or generation of a warning sound by a buzzer may be used.

Further, for example, the display for prompting the sharing of the game medium such as “Please specify the gaming machine to share the game” is continuously performed on the inter-table display 23B. Then, the player B can input the machine number and the shared password of the shared machine that is the gaming machine 10 shared from the inter-table display 23B (step S18). Then, the game medium lending machine 20B transmits the machine number and the shared password input in step S18 to the game hall management device 50.
In this way, in the gaming machine 10 on which the warning is displayed, it is possible to specify a shared machine. In step S18, the machine number of the gaming machine 10 to be shared and the shared password can also be input from the machine indicator 23A. However, as described above, when a transfer destination player is designated to share a transfer destination player, setting of a shared password is not necessarily required.
Then, the game hall management device 50 performs a sharing setting process described later based on the machine number transmitted from the game medium lending machine 20B (step S19).

In addition, the game medium lending machine 20 according to the present embodiment includes a restriction unit that restricts the sharing specification based on the machine number input from the inter-device display 23.
Specifically, “information on sharable gaming machine 10” is transmitted from the gaming hall management device 50, and this information includes, for example, a gaming machine having the same rental rate in the gaming machine as the designated gaming machine 10. Ten machine numbers are included. When the limiting unit determines that a machine number that is not included in the information is specified, the limiting unit prohibits sharing of the game medium and limits the specification as a shared machine.
Thereby, for example, in step S18, the designation of sharing can be restricted, and it is possible to prevent acts caused by unauthorized bringing in advance.

The designation of the gaming machine 10 to be shared is not limited to the above. For example, a shared machine may be designated by an operation of transmitting a signal from a remote control (not shown) owned by a game hall employee to a remote control light receiving unit (not shown) included in the gaming machine 10, You may set directly from the game hall management apparatus 50. FIG.
Moreover, the warning display in step S17 can be avoided by designating the gaming machine 10 to be shared in advance before starting the game and performing the sharing setting.

  And if sharing setting is performed in step S19, the game hall management apparatus 50 will transmit a warning cancellation | release signal to the game media rental machine 20B which is displaying warning. As a result, the warning displayed on the inter-display 23B of the game medium lending machine 20B is canceled (step S20).

Next, in order to end the game in the gaming machine 10A, when a predetermined game end operation is performed by the player A, the gaming medium renting machine 20A discharges the membership card (step S21). Then, the game medium renting machine 20A transmits a sharing setting cancellation signal indicating a sharing setting cancellation instruction to the game hall management device 50. As a result, the game hall management device 50 receives the sharing setting cancellation signal and performs a sharing setting cancellation process for canceling the sharing setting for the sharing machine corresponding to the machine number (step S22).
In this sharing setting cancellation process, it is determined whether or not the sharing setting cancellation signal has been received by the communication means 55. If reception of the signal is detected, the sharing setting (game) including the gaming machine 10A that is the signal transmission source Sharing of machine A and gaming machine B) is released.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3B, “×” indicating the cancellation of the sharing setting is stored in the “sharing state” of the sharing stand information, and the time is set in the “sharing end time”.
Note that the sharing setting cancellation signal is not limited to the above-described card ejection. For example, when a rental signal is detected after a gaming signal is not detected for a predetermined time in the sharing machine, it is determined that the player has been replaced and the sharing setting cancellation signal May be sent.

On the other hand, when a game medium is inserted into the counting unit 60a after the game is finished, the number of game media is counted and a count value is obtained (step S23). Then, the count value is transmitted from the counting unit 60a to the ticket issuing unit 60b. Further, the count value is transmitted to the game medium management device 50 and is stored in the “number of exchanged balls” of the shared table information based on the input unit number.
Next, from the operation unit provided in the ticket issuing unit 60b, for example, “100” which is the machine number of the gaming machine 10A and the machine number “101” which is the machine number of the gaming machine 10B where the game media are counted by the employees of the game hall. Is input (step S24).
Then, the ticket issuing unit 60b performs a counting abnormality determination process which will be described later (step S25). Further, when a predetermined issuance operation is performed by an employee of the game hall in the ticket issuing unit 60b, a ticket recording a result including information displayed on the display screen is issued to the player (step S26).

Next, the sharing setting process (step S19) in the operation procedure described above will be specifically described with reference to FIG.
(Sharing setting process)
First, the game hall management device 50 determines whether or not a signal related to sharing settings has been received from the gaming machine 10 that has instructed the warning display in the previous step S16 (step S191). Specifically, for example, it is determined whether or not an input signal indicating input of a machine number and a shared password is received from the game medium lending machine 20B.
Note that the determination in step S191 is not limited to an input signal transmitted from the game medium lending machine 20, but can also be determined based on, for example, an input signal from a remote controller operated by a game hall employee.

If it is determined in step S191 that the input signal has been received (step S191: YES), the gaming hall management device 50 transmits a warning release signal to the gaming machine 10B (step S192). .
Next, the game hall management device 50 sets information corresponding to the received input signal as sharing stand information (step S193).

Here, a specific change in value when the sharing setting is performed in step S193 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3A shows sharing stand information (time 12:30) during sharing setting.
When the sharing setting is made, the input source machine number (gaming machine 10B) and the inputted machine number (gaming machine 10A) are designated as sharing machines, and various gaming information relating to these sharing machines is stored in the sharing machine information. .
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3A, the “sharing start time” stores the time (“12:03”) when the sharing setting is performed, and the “sharing state” includes the sharing setting. The indicated “◯” is stored.
In addition, game information related to these shared machines is stored. For example, as gaming information of gaming machine A (unit number 100), the number of safe balls is “5400”, the number of out balls is “500”, the difference number obtained by subtracting the number of out balls from the number of safe balls is “4900”, the number of loans Is recorded as “250”. In addition, as game information of the gaming machine B (unit number 101), the number of safe balls is “0”, the number of out balls is “2500”, the difference number is “−2500”, and the number of loans is “0”.

That is, the number of game media held by the player A at time 12:30 is “5150” obtained by adding the difference number and the number of loans, and the number of game media held by the player B is “−2500”. It becomes. Then, the totaling unit 541 of the game hall management device 50 counts the number of game media held by the gaming machine A and the gaming machine B that are designated for sharing, and this total value “2650” is set as the “number of balls to be replaced”. Remembered. Each value described above is updated as needed by a game signal transmitted along with the game of the gaming machine 10.
As described above, the gaming hall management device 50 aggregates the gaming information for each gaming machine 10 based on the gaming signal output from the gaming machine 10, and collects the gaming information of a plurality of shared machines in one gaming machine 10. Aggregated as game information. As a result, the game information is aggregated as games by a plurality of shared machines as games by a single game machine 10, so that an increase or decrease in game media can be monitored in units of shared machine groups.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the input signal is not received as a result of the determination in step S191 (step S191: NO), it is subsequently determined whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed (step S194).
If it is determined that the predetermined time has not elapsed (step S194: NO), the process returns to step S191 and waits. On the other hand, if it is determined that the predetermined time has passed (step S194: YES), it is determined that there is an abnormality, and notification is made to the related parties of the game hall by a notification means such as a display means or a broadcast in the game hall (for example, an intercom). (Step S195). The predetermined time indicates the time that has elapsed since the warning display is performed, and is reset when the warning display is released.
In this way, by performing sharing settings between gaming machines 10 that share game media, when a game media is legitimately transferred and shared to be played, there is no misrecognition. Therefore, the player can enjoy the game without stress.

Next, the counting abnormality determination process (step S25) in the operation procedure described above will be specifically described with reference to FIG.
(Counting abnormality judgment processing)
First, the ticket issuing unit 60b is the total value of the number of game media acquired by the shared machine corresponding to the machine number “100” of the gaming machine 10A and the machine number “101” of the gaming machine 10B input in the previous step S24. A certain “scheduled number of balls” is received from the sharing table information, and the number of scheduled balls to be replaced is compared with the count value received from the counting unit 60a (step S251).
Next, it is determined whether the result of comparison in step S251 has exceeded the number of balls to be replaced (step S252).
This is because the count value cannot exceed the planned replacement number, which is the sum of the number of loans and the difference, so compare the planned replacement number of balls received from the game hall management device 50 with the count value. When the count value exceeds the planned replacement number, it is determined that the count is abnormal.

As a result of the determination in step S252, when the count value exceeds the planned replacement number (step S252: YES), for example, the ticket issuing unit 60b displays a warning indicating a count abnormality on the display screen, Information is provided to the relevant parties of the game hall (step S253).
On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S252, if the count value does not exceed the number of balls to be exchanged (step S252: NO), the process proceeds to step S26 (see FIG. 4), and a ticket is issued from the ticket issuing unit 60b.
In this way, by comparing the total value of the number of game media acquired in a plurality of shared machines set to be shared with the count value, it is possible to accurately grasp the illegal game media brought in.

Here, a specific change in value when the count abnormality determination process is performed in step S25 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3B shows sharing stand information (time 15:30) after sharing setting cancellation and counting.
First, when the counting is performed in the previous step S23, as shown in FIG. 3B, the counted value “15576” as the counting result is stored in the “number of exchanged balls” based on the unit number.
Further, at the time point shown in FIG. 3B, the difference number is “15000”, the number of loans is “250”, and the number of game media held by the player A is “15250”, and the difference number is “400”. The number of game media held by the player B from “0” is “400”. Then, the total value “15650” obtained by adding up the numbers of hand-held game media of the gaming machine A and the gaming machine B is stored in the planned replacement number of balls.
As a result, in step S25, the planned replacement number of balls “15650” and the number of replacement balls “15576” are compared, and this difference “74” is within the predetermined range. "Will be memorized.

  As described above, according to the gaming hall management system 1 of the present embodiment, the sharing setting is performed by designating the gaming machine 10 that shares the gaming media, and the game by the plurality of designated gaming machines 10 is performed. Since each game information is counted as a game by one gaming machine 10, it is determined whether the increase / decrease in the number of game media accompanying the game is due to sharing of game media or illegal game media being brought in It is possible to detect fraudulent acts reliably while actively allowing sharing.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment of the game hall management system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 7 is a schematic configuration diagram of the game hall management system according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is an operation procedure diagram showing the operation of the game hall management system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. .

As shown in FIG. 7, the present embodiment includes each counter counter 80 provided in one-to-one correspondence with the gaming machine 10 as compared with the first embodiment, and the prize exchange device 70 is arranged in the game hall. And is different in that it is connected to the network.
That is, in the present embodiment, as a configuration for counting the game media acquired by the game with each counter 80 provided in each gaming machine 10 and exchanging prizes in the prize exchange device 70 according to the counting result. is there. In the present embodiment, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

Although not specifically shown, each counter counter 80 has a slot for receiving game media dropped from the lower plate of the gaming machine 10, a counting unit for counting the game media, a display unit for displaying the count results, It consists of an issuing unit that records and issues on a magnetic card or IC card.
Each counter 80 has a built-in sensor (for example, a photo interrupter, a proximity sensor, etc.) that counts game media inserted from the insertion slot, and a count signal output by detection by this sensor. Is counted, and this count value is transmitted to the game hall management device 50. The game media counted by the counters 80 are guided to a collection basket (not shown) provided inside and are collected to the replenishment part of the game island.

As described above, when each counter 80 is provided for each gaming machine 10 as counting means for counting game media, the counting device installed at the end of the gaming island or the like as in the first embodiment described above. It is possible to count by throwing game media into each counter 80 without carrying around 60 game media.
In addition, each counter counter 80 in this embodiment is configured to include the functions (ball lending, cash reception, card reception, etc.) of the game medium lending machine 20 in the first embodiment.

The prize exchange device 70 is an information processing apparatus that includes an IC card reader 70a that reads information from an IC card 80 such as a membership card or a visitor card presented by a player, and performs predetermined prize exchange processing according to the read information. is there.
The prize exchange device 70 includes display means such as a liquid crystal display, and information on the gaming machine 10 played by the player corresponding to the member ID acquired from the IC card 80, for example, the number of stored balls, the number of possessed balls, the count value, the count Display information about abnormalities. Then, when the information regarding the counting abnormality is displayed, the employee of the game hall that performs the prize exchange can recognize the player who presented the IC card 80 as a fraudster.

  The prize exchange device 70 functions as a determination processing unit that performs a count abnormality determination process, and the total number of game media acquired by the shared machine group including the shared machine corresponding to the member ID acquired from the IC card 80 ( The number of balls scheduled to be exchanged) and the count value (number of balls to be exchanged) are received from the game hall management device 50 and compared, whereby the counting abnormality is determined based on the comparison result.

  Next, the operation of the game hall management system in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is an operation procedure diagram showing the operation of the game hall management system according to the present embodiment.

In this embodiment, when a game is started, steps S10 to S13 (member card reception to gaming machine A operation) described in the first embodiment are performed.
Here, as in the first embodiment, the game media acquired in the gaming machine 10A that the player A plays is transferred to the player B, so that the game media are shared among the players. Therefore, the player A issues a ball card in which a predetermined number of balls to be transferred are recorded by performing a predetermined issuing operation in the ticket issuing unit of each counter 80A (step S30).
The issued ball card is transferred to the player B and inserted into the counter counter 80B by the player B. Each counter 80B lends game media to the gaming machine 10B up to the number of transferred balls by performing a predetermined lending operation (step S31). The rented game medium is inserted into a predetermined slot and the gaming machine 10B is operated (step S14).

Next, as in the first embodiment, Steps S15 to S20 are executed, and extraction and sharing setting processing of the gaming machine 10 with an abnormal appearance is performed.
Thus, since the game medium can be transferred using the ball card, it is not necessary to deliver a ball box containing the game medium, and the game balls can be shared among the players.
Note that only the member ID is recorded on the issued ball card, and the game medium may be shared by referring to the shared stand information managed by the game hall management device 50 from the read member ID. For example, the count value may be directly recorded in the game field management apparatus 50 without using the game room management device 50.

And when a player complete | finishes a game, in this embodiment, counting is performed in each stand counter 80 provided in each gaming machine 10.
Specifically, when a predetermined game ending operation is performed by the player A, the game medium is counted by the counting unit of each unit counter 80A (step S32), and the IC is issued from the ticketing unit of each unit counter 80A. The card 80 (member card) is discharged (step S33). Similarly, when a predetermined game end operation is performed by the player B, the counting is performed by each counter 80B (step S34), and the IC card 80 (visitor card) is ejected (step S35).
In addition, the count value counted in each counter counter 80 is transmitted to the game medium management device 50 and stored in the “number of exchanged balls” of the shared table information based on the stand number.

  In step S31 and step S33, a sharing setting cancellation signal is transmitted from each counter 80 to the game hall management device 50. Then, in the game hall management device 50, the sharing setting cancellation process is executed as in the first embodiment (step S22).

Next, the player presents the IC card 80 to the employee of the game hall in the prize exchange device 70 in order to exchange it for a predetermined prize according to the counted value.
Then, the gift exchange device 70 reads the IC card 80 with the IC card reader 70a (step S36).
Thereby, the prize exchange device 70 displays the total number of game media (scheduled number of balls to be exchanged) and the count value (number of exchanged balls) acquired by the sharing machine played by the player corresponding to the read member ID. While receiving from the information, the number of balls scheduled for replacement is compared with the count value, and the above-described count abnormality determination process is performed (step S25).
In addition, in the prize exchange device 70, when a predetermined issuance operation is performed by an employee of the game hall, the prize exchange device 70 exchanges prizes according to the count value (step S37).

  As described above, according to the gaming hall management system 1 of the present embodiment, the game media can be transferred by transferring the ball card in which the number of game media issued from each counter 80 is recorded between the players. It is possible to easily exchange game media without actually delivering them, and it is possible to share a game and play. Further, in the prize exchange device 70, in order to compare the total value counted by each sharing machine with each counter 80 and the total value of the number of game media obtained by each sharing machine, when exchanging prizes, Amusement park employees can discover counting anomalies.

The preferred embodiment of the game hall management system of the present invention has been described above, but the game hall management system according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention. It goes without saying that it is possible.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the configuration has been described as including one game hall management device 50. However, the configuration is not limited thereto, and a plurality of game hall management devices 50 may be provided. Further, various information may be managed by counting and managing game information of a plurality of game halls via a public communication line or the like.
Moreover, it is good also as a structure with which each function with which the game hall management apparatus 50 is equipped is provided with either the stand computer 30, the island computer 40, etc. For example, the display function in the display means 52 of the game hall management device 50 may be displayed on a display provided in the game hall.
Moreover, although the example in which the membership card or the visitor card inserted into the card insertion slot 21 in the game medium lending machine 20 is a card type has been described, the present invention is not limited to this. A device having a function of exchanging information by wireless communication or non-contact communication may be used.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is useful when sharing gaming media among gaming machines, and in particular, by specifying a gaming machine to be shared and managing a plurality of designated gaming machines as one gaming machine, The present invention can be used for an apparatus, a gaming machine, etc. for grasping the removal of a medium.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Game machine 20 Game media rental machine 50 Game hall management apparatus 541 Totaling part 542 Extraction part 60 Counting apparatus 70 Premium exchange apparatus 80 Each counter

Claims (9)

A gaming device provided corresponding to a gaming machine and issuing a predetermined recording medium;
A management system connected to a plurality of the gaming machines and collecting gaming information of the gaming machines,
The gaming device is
A recording medium issuing means for issuing the recording medium by associating game value information acquired with a corresponding gaming machine with predetermined identification information;
A recording medium receiving means for receiving the recording medium issued by any of the gaming devices and identifying game value information associated with the received recording medium;
When the first recording medium is received by one gaming device, a part of the gaming value information acquired by the gaming machine corresponding to the one gaming device is used as identification information related to the first recording medium. Issue a second recording medium in association with
When the second recording medium is received in another gaming device different from the one gaming device,
The management device is
An amusement hall management system comprising: an abnormality determination unit that calculates an error from at least a part of the game value information and the game information of the gaming machine and determines an abnormality based on the error and a predetermined value. A gaming device provided corresponding to a gaming machine and issuing a predetermined recording medium;
A management system connected to a plurality of the gaming machines and collecting gaming information of the gaming machines,
The gaming device is
A recording medium issuing means for issuing the recording medium by associating game value information acquired with a corresponding gaming machine with predetermined identification information;
A recording medium receiving means for receiving the recording medium issued by any of the gaming devices and identifying game value information associated with the received recording medium;
When the first recording medium is received by one gaming device, a part of the gaming value information acquired by the gaming machine corresponding to the one gaming device is replaced with predetermined identification information of the second recording medium. Issue a second recording medium in association with
When the second recording medium is received in another gaming device different from the one gaming device,
The management device is
An amusement hall management system comprising: an abnormality determination unit that calculates an error from at least a part of the game value information and the game information of the gaming machine and determines an abnormality based on the error and a predetermined value. A gaming device provided corresponding to a gaming machine and issuing a predetermined recording medium;
A management system connected to a plurality of the gaming machines and collecting gaming information of the gaming machines,
The gaming device is
A recording medium issuing means for issuing the recording medium by associating game value information acquired with a corresponding gaming machine with predetermined identification information;
A recording medium receiving means for receiving the recording medium issued by any of the gaming devices and identifying game value information associated with the received recording medium;
When the first recording medium is received by one gaming device, a part of the gaming value information acquired by the gaming machine corresponding to the one gaming device is used as identification information related to the first recording medium. Issue a second recording medium in association with
When the second recording medium is received in another gaming device different from the one gaming device,
The other gaming device is
An amusement hall management system comprising: an abnormality determination unit that calculates an error from at least a part of the game value information and the game information of the gaming machine and determines an abnormality based on the error and a predetermined value. A gaming device provided corresponding to a gaming machine and issuing a predetermined recording medium;
A management system connected to a plurality of the gaming machines and collecting gaming information of the gaming machines,
The gaming device is
A recording medium issuing means for issuing the recording medium by associating game value information acquired with a corresponding gaming machine with predetermined identification information;
A recording medium receiving means for receiving the recording medium issued by any of the gaming devices and identifying game value information associated with the received recording medium;
When the first recording medium is received by one gaming device, a part of the gaming value information acquired by the gaming machine corresponding to the one gaming device is replaced with predetermined identification information of the second recording medium. Issue a second recording medium in association with
When the second recording medium is received in another gaming device different from the one gaming device,
The other gaming device is
An amusement hall management system comprising: an abnormality determination unit that calculates an error from at least a part of the game value information and the game information of the gaming machine and determines an abnormality based on the error and a predetermined value. Provided with an informing means for informing the abnormality,
The game hall management system according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein when the abnormality determination unit determines that an abnormality has occurred, the notification unit notifies the abnormality. A gaming device provided corresponding to a gaming machine and issuing a predetermined recording medium;
A management device connected to a plurality of the gaming machines and collecting gaming information of the gaming machines;
Executed by the gaming device,
Associating game value information acquired with a corresponding gaming machine with predetermined identification information and issuing the recording medium;
Receiving the recording medium issued by any of the gaming devices and identifying game value information associated with the received recording medium;
When the first recording medium is received by one gaming device, a part of the gaming value information acquired by the gaming machine corresponding to the one gaming device is used as identification information related to the first recording medium. Issuing a second recording medium in association with
When the second recording medium is received in another gaming device different from the one gaming device,
Executed in the management device,
Calculating an error from at least a part of the game value information and the game information of the gaming machine, and determining an abnormality based on the error and a predetermined value;
A game hall management method characterized by comprising: A gaming device provided corresponding to a gaming machine and issuing a predetermined recording medium;
A management device connected to a plurality of the gaming machines and collecting gaming information of the gaming machines;
Executed by the gaming device,
Associating game value information acquired with a corresponding gaming machine with predetermined identification information and issuing the recording medium;
Receiving the recording medium issued by any of the gaming devices and identifying game value information associated with the received recording medium;
When the first recording medium is received by one gaming device, a part of the gaming value information acquired by the gaming machine corresponding to the one gaming device is replaced with predetermined identification information of the second recording medium. Issuing a second recording medium in association with
When the second recording medium is received in another gaming device different from the one gaming device,
Executed in the management device,
Calculating an error from at least a part of the game value information and the game information of the gaming machine, and determining an abnormality based on the error and a predetermined value;
A game hall management method characterized by comprising: A gaming device provided corresponding to a gaming machine and issuing a predetermined recording medium;
A management device connected to a plurality of the gaming machines and collecting gaming information of the gaming machines;
Executed by the gaming device,
Associating game value information acquired with a corresponding gaming machine with predetermined identification information and issuing the recording medium;
Receiving the recording medium issued by any of the gaming devices and identifying game value information associated with the received recording medium;
When the first recording medium is received by one gaming device, a part of the gaming value information acquired by the gaming machine corresponding to the one gaming device is used as identification information related to the first recording medium. Issuing a second recording medium in association with
When the second recording medium is received in another gaming device different from the one gaming device,
Executed on the other gaming device,
Calculating an error from at least a part of the game value information and the game information of the gaming machine, and determining an abnormality based on the error and a predetermined value;
A game hall management method characterized by comprising: A gaming device provided corresponding to a gaming machine and issuing a predetermined recording medium;
A management device connected to a plurality of the gaming machines and collecting gaming information of the gaming machines;
Executed by the gaming device,
Associating game value information acquired with a corresponding gaming machine with predetermined identification information and issuing the recording medium;
Receiving the recording medium issued by any of the gaming devices and identifying game value information associated with the received recording medium;
When the first recording medium is received by one gaming device, a part of the gaming value information acquired by the gaming machine corresponding to the one gaming device is replaced with predetermined identification information of the second recording medium. Issuing a second recording medium in association with
When the second recording medium is received in another gaming device different from the one gaming device,
Executed on the other gaming device,
Calculating an error from at least a part of the game value information and the game information of the gaming machine, and determining an abnormality based on the error and a predetermined value;
A game hall management method characterized by comprising:

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