JP5833369B2 - Amusement giveaway exchange system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a prize exchange system for a game arcade that exchanges prizes for a game value acquired by a game.

  In the game hall, when the game value acquired by the game is exchanged for a prize, a count recording medium such as a receipt indicating the game value is received, and a so-called POS for managing the exchange status is operated, and the prize to be exchanged is given to the player. Handing over. In this case, for example, as in Patent Document 1, if an ID recording medium capable of specifying a player's account managed at a game hall such as a membership card is received, the game value acquired by the game is referred to as a so-called special prize. It is also possible to specify a so-called surplus ball, which is the surplus game value exchanged, and deposit a surplus ball into the account. Depending on the POS, this extra ball storage ball can be set to be automatically performed when the member card is in the accepting state at the time of completion of the prize exchange.

  Now, after performing a temporary specific operation to exchange game values for special prizes at the POS, some amusement hall employees take out special prizes to be exchanged from the inventory, and then confirm the number of special prizes again. There are also amusement hall employees who carry out exchange work in the flow of handing over special prizes to the players or confirming whether to exchange extra prizes after handing over special prizes. On the other hand, since many players exchange prizes for the purpose of exchanging special prizes, there are not a few players who are not interested in extra balls and do not want to exchange extra prizes.

  While looking at such circumstances and being lined up for the next exchange process (even though the previous player is in the process of exchange), while the amusement hall employees are taking out special prizes There are players who try to store extra balls from their previous players in their accounts with the membership card accepted, so the amusement hall is struggling to deal with them.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 07-51458

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to deal with a player who wants to accept a membership card during the exchange process of the previous player in order to store the surplus balls of the previous player. It is an object of the present invention to provide a prize exchange system for amusement hall that is sufficiently considered.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a value take-in means for taking in a game value acquired by a game from a game in a gaming machine, and an ID reception for receiving a member ID for identifying a member in the game hall among the players. Means, selection operation means for performing a selection operation for selecting a prize that can be exchanged with the capture value being the game value captured by the value capture means, and all of the capture value, or Saving means for performing a saving process, which is a process for adding a part of the saving value, which is a game value deposited by the player managed in association with the member ID, to the game hall; A prize exchange system for amusement hall comprising at least a prize exchange display for displaying a given prize, a selection operation by the selection operation means, wherein a specific prize that is a preset prize is obtained. Selection After execution of a particular selection operation for the even by Ri member ID in ID receiving unit is not being accepted inhibit acceptance of the member ID, or further comprising a suppression means for suppressing execution savings processing by the saving means It is characterized by.

The invention described in claim 2 includes an ending unit that ends the prize exchange display and executes a saving process by the saving unit in response to an ending operation for ending the prize exchange display, and the suppression unit includes: When the reception of the member ID by the ID receiving means is before the specific selection operation, the execution of the saving process according to the end operation is permitted, while when the specific ID is after the specific selection operation, the end By suppressing execution of the saving process according to the operation, execution of the saving process by the saving means is suppressed.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, the ID accepting unit accepts the member ID by accepting an ID recording medium capable of specifying the member ID, and the suppression unit accepts the member ID by the ID accepting unit. When it is after the specific selection operation, the ID recording medium capable of specifying the member ID is discharged according to the end operation, and the execution of the saving process is suppressed by canceling the reception state of the member ID. It is characterized by.

The invention described in claim 4 comprises cancellation means for performing a cancellation operation for canceling selection of a prize by the selection operation by the selection operation means, and the suppression means accepts a member ID by the ID reception means, When the cancellation operation is performed in a state after the specific selection operation, the saving process is executed by the saving means by canceling the reception state of the member ID instead of canceling the selection of the prize. It is characterized by suppressing.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the display means can display that the member ID is in an accepting state when the ID is accepted by the ID accepting means. When the member ID is received by the ID receiving means later, the execution of the saving process is suppressed by identifying and displaying that the member ID is in the receiving state.

  According to the first aspect of the invention, when a member ID (member card) is received after a specific selection operation for selecting a specific prize (special prize), the member ID acceptance or saving (storing) processing is suppressed. , As mentioned above, the game hall employee prepares a prize for the previous player, etc., and the member ID is accepted as soon as he keeps an eye, and tries to take the surplus ball of the previous player into his own storage Appropriate responses can be made to the player.

According to the invention described in claim 2, the saving process according to the end operation is a function that simplifies the exchange operation process of the game hall employee called a so-called automatic saving ball. By suppressing when the ID is accepted, there is no possibility that the automatic saving ball will be performed even if the game hall employee performs the ending operation even though the player's member ID is in the accepting state, and the surplus of the previous player It is possible to appropriately deal with a player who wants to take a ball into his own storage ball.
According to the invention described in claim 3, when a player who wants to take the surplus ball of the previous player into his own storage ball by canceling the acceptance state of the member ID, It is possible to cancel a member ID without performing unnecessary processing, and for a player who wants to take a surplus ball of a previous player into his storage ball by discharging the ID recording medium (member card). It becomes possible to let people know that the act is not acceptable.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the POS as a prize exchange device operated by a game hall employee is usually not provided with an operation unit for canceling the member ID. An operation unit for canceling a member ID is provided only in a terminal for a player such as a card reader to operate (a terminal having an ID receiving means), but a cancel operation for canceling selection of a prize provided on the POS side. By combining the canceling means for performing the game, it is possible to deal with a player who wants to appropriately take the surplus balls of the previous player into his own storage balls without increasing the operation unit without darkness.
According to the invention described in claim 5, since the identification display is made when the member ID is received after the specific selection operation, the player who wants to take the surplus ball of the previous player into his own storage is receiving the member ID It is possible to make the amusement hall employees accurately recognize what has been done, and then support appropriate responses by the amusement hall employees.

The figure which shows schematically the structure of the prize exchange system for game halls by one Embodiment of this invention. Schematic diagram of POS configuration The figure which shows the structure of the card reader roughly The figure which shows the prize exchange ball number setting which POS memorizes The figure which shows member DB which a management apparatus memorize | stores Flow chart of exchange processing executed by POS Figure 1 showing an example of POS screen display during exchange Figure 2 showing an example of POS screen display during exchange

A playground prize exchange system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 schematically shows the overall configuration of a prize exchange system 1 for amusement hall. A plurality of gaming machines 2 are installed in the game hall where the game hall prize exchange system 1 is provided, and a rental device 3 is attached to each gaming machine 2. A plurality of these gaming machines 2 and lending devices 3 are juxtaposed to form a gaming island 4. The game island 4 is provided with a counting device 5. The gaming machine 2, the lending device 3, and the counting device 5 are connected to the management device 7 and the like via the LAN 6. For this reason, various game signals, which will be described later, output from the devices on the gaming machine 2 side are transmitted to the management device 7, and the management device 7 manages game information, which will be described later, based on those game signals. The management device 7 is installed in, for example, an office in the game hall. In such a game hall, a plurality of gaming islands 4 are provided. For example, several hundred gaming machines 2 are managed by the management device 7. In addition, the amusement hall prize exchange system 1 includes a POS 8 and a card reader 9 as amusement hall prize exchange apparatus.

  The gaming machine 2 is a so-called pachinko gaming machine, a slot machine, or the like, and executes a game based on a gaming value such as a game ball (so-called pachinko ball) or a medal. Further, the gaming machine 2 gives a game value to the player, for example, by generating a jackpot or a bonus state. The game value given by the gaming machine 2 corresponds to “game value acquired by game”. Further, as is well known, the lending device 3 attached to the gaming machine 2 lends the game value such as a corresponding number of game balls and medals to the player when the player inserts a valuable value (for example, money). The From these gaming machine 2 side devices, for example, an out signal that can identify the gaming value used, a safe signal that can identify the assigned gaming value, a status signal that can identify the gaming state of the gaming machine 2, and sales Sales signal that can identify

  The counting device 5 has a well-known configuration for counting game balls, medals, and the like, and a receipt (counting recording medium) that records a count value that can specify the counting result of the game balls (that is, the game value acquired by the player). Issue. The player can exchange the game value specified by the information that can specify the game value (for example, the count value) indicating the count value recorded in the receipt with a prize at the POS 8 as described later. The counting result by the counting device 5 is also transmitted to the management device 7.

  The management device 7 is composed of a computer having a CPU, ROM, RAM, an input / output unit for transmitting and receiving signals, and storage means such as an HDD (not shown), and a control program stored in the ROM, HDD, etc. Operates according to. This management device 7 aggregates game information as is well known based on game signals transmitted from devices on the gaming machine 2 side. The game information collected by the management device 7 includes, for example, the above-mentioned “out”, “safe”, “sales amount”, a difference number (= calculated by safe-out), a payout rate (= calculated by “safe / out”), a sales amount, so-called The number of starts. Note that the management device 7 may not necessarily add up all the game information, or may add up other game information.

  POS 8 (corresponding to value take-in means, selection operation means, saving means, display means, suppression means, end means, cancellation means) as a prize exchange device for amusement hall is provided in a prize exchange counter in the amusement hall, Operated by field employees. The POS 8 is connected to a scanner (not shown) as value taking means, and reads the count value recorded on the receipt issued by the counting device 5, thereby taking in the game value acquired by the player. The POS 8 selects exchangeable prizes or actually exchanges the game value (corresponding to the capture value) captured by the scanner as a consideration. As the prizes that can be exchanged at the POS 8, there are various prizes depending on the amusement hall, but there are general prizes such as cigarettes and so-called special prizes (corresponding to predetermined special prizes). The prize exchangeable at the POS 8 is set as a prize exchange consideration setting shown in FIG. 4 to be described later.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the POS 8 includes a display unit 81 as display means, various operation switches as operation means, a receipt issuing port 88, and the like. These operation switches include an entry button 82 for entering a prize, a storage button 83 for instructing execution of a saving process, which will be described later, an exchange button 84 for performing a specific prize operation for selecting a special prize, An end button 85 for ending the prize exchange display and executing the saving process, a PLU button 86 as a selection operation means for selecting the type of the prize, a cancel button 87 for canceling the process, and the like are provided. The operation switch is also provided with a numeric keypad for inputting the number of prizes as selection operation means.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a card reader 9 (corresponding to an ID receiving means) is communicably connected to each POS 8, and a member card 10 ("ID recording medium that can specify a member ID") owned by a player. ”). As shown in FIG. 3, the card reader 9 includes a display 91, a membership card insertion slot 92, and a password input button 93 having a numeric keypad. The display unit 91 displays information related to the operation of the card reader 9 and the like. The membership card 10 is inserted into the membership card insertion slot 92. The password input button 93 accepts an operation such as input of a password by the player. As described above, the card reader 9 is installed toward the player at the prize exchange counter in order to allow the player to insert the member card 10 and input a password.

  By inserting the membership card 10, the player can use the stored ball (depositing game value in the game hall) and the use of the stored ball (use of the game value deposited in the game hall). In addition, when using a storage ball, it is necessary to input a personal identification number, but when storing, it is not necessary to input a personal identification number. That is, it is possible to store balls by inserting the membership card 10. In addition, when using a stored ball, a player performs until the input of a personal identification number, but an operation for calling a stored ball for use in a game (a stored ball calling operation; an operation for extracting a game value from a player account, which will be described later). Is operated by the POS 8 side, that is, an amusement hall employee, and the called storage balls are added to the total number (see FIG. 7) in the same manner as the number of receipt balls described later. Of course, it is also possible to call by specifying the number of storage balls to be used.

Next, the operation of the above-described game hall prize exchange system 1 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 4, the POS 8 constituting the prize exchange system 1 for amusement hall has a plurality of types of prizes (prize names) to be exchanged and a gaming value (exchange price) as a reward for each stage. The setting of the number of prizes that are divided into two is stored. This prize price setting is set in the POS 8 via the management device 7. In the setting of the number of prizes, for example, exchange prices for special prizes such as “large”, “medium”, and “small”, and exchange prices for general prizes such as tobacco A are stored. In this case, the number of consideration balls is the same, but a plurality of different prizes may be registered as one prize. Here, the special prize will be described. As is well known, a special prize is a prize that can be purchased at a so-called “replacement place” outside the amusement hall.

  In addition, although not shown in the figure, the POS 8 is a set value for exchangeable (the number of balls, see FIG. 7) described later, and an end operation described later is allowed on condition that the exchange is less than the set value. Well-known set values such as the number of possible endings (in this embodiment, 50 balls are set) are also set. Note that the number of consideration balls shown in FIG. 4 indicates a setting value based on the number of game balls intended for a pachinko gaming machine, but a setting value based on the number of medals targeted for a slot machine is also set separately.

  On the other hand, the management apparatus 7 stores a member DB (database) shown in FIG. In this member DB, in association with the member ID of the player who became a member of the amusement hall, the player's name and other attribute information, the number of stored balls, and the PIN number when using the stored balls, etc. It is memorized every time. The “stored ball” stored in the member DB is an acquired ball deposited by the game player among the acquired balls acquired by the player, that is, when the acquired ball is counted by the counting device 5 or at the time of counting. When the issued receipt is received at the POS 8, it is an acquired ball in which the member ID is associated with the acquired ball by receiving the member card 10. The stored balls are subtracted when the stored balls are used as a price for so-called replay processing or prize exchange, as in the conventional case. In addition to storing balls, stored medals and the like are also stored. The attribute information may not be stored when there is no need to specify a player other than the member ID.

  Now, the player who has acquired the game value in the game counts the acquired game value with the counting device 5, and passes the receipt issued from the counting device 5 to the game hall employee of the prize exchange counter to exchange for the prize. do that for me. For this reason, the POS 8 has executed the exchange process shown in FIG. 6 and has received a receipt (A1), a membership card 10 is being accepted (A2), and a membership card 10 has been accepted (A3). If it is determined and neither of them is satisfied (A1: NO, A2: NO, A3: NO), it stands by. In addition, even if the member card 10 is being accepted (A2: YES) or even when the member card 10 is received (A3: YES), if the above-described storage calling operation is not performed (A4: NO), the standby state is set. .

  When the player gives the receipt to the game hall employee, and the game hall employee reads the receipt with the scanner, the POS 8 reads the receipt from the received receipt (A1: YES). ) Based on the game value (capture value), the number of exchangeable special prizes is specified (A5), and the exchange prize display is updated (A6). As shown in FIG. 7, the prize exchange display displays the type and number of special prizes in the special prize display area 81a of the display unit 81 of the POS 8, and the general prize temporarily designated in the provisional special prize display area 81b. This is a process for displaying the type and the number thereof. Details of FIG. 7 will be described later.

  Subsequently, the POS 8 has received a new receipt (A7), the exchange button 84 has been pressed (A8), the membership card 10 is being accepted (A24), or the provisional end flag is 0 (A25) ), Whether the member card 10 has been received (A26), a prize selection operation has been received (A28), the cancel button 87 has been pressed (A21), and the end button 85 has been pressed (A12). If it is neither (A7: NO, A8: NO, A24: NO, A25: YES, A16: NO, A28: NO, A21: NO, A12: NO), it waits. Here, the temporary end flag is a flag that becomes 1 when a special prize is temporarily specified as will be described later, and is normally 0. Hereinafter, the standby state after receipt insertion (after step A7) is referred to as a standby loop for convenience.

  A player may have a plurality of receipts. Therefore, when the POS 8 receives the receipt again in the standby loop (A7: YES), the POS 8 specifies again the number of special prizes that can be exchanged by adding the game value specified in the newly received receipt (A5), and exchange prizes. The display is updated (A6). That is, the POS 8 repeats steps A5 and A6 in response to receipt of a receipt possessed by the player. Further, the POS 8 displays the count value recorded on the read receipt on the display unit 81. For example, when three receipts are received, as shown in FIG. 7, the number of receipts received in the total number of special prize display areas 81a (“reception” = 3 times), and the total number obtained by receiving receipts. A numerical game value (= 13261 balls. The total of the count values of the three receipts) is displayed. The same applies when receipts other than three are accepted.

  Further, the player may exchange a part of the acquired game value for a general prize such as a cigarette. When requested by the player to exchange for a general prize, the game hall employee inputs a prize selection operation for selecting the prize at the POS 8. At this time, when the POS 8 accepts a prize selection operation (A28: YES), the exchangeable (replaceable game value; see FIG. 7) is equal to or greater than the number of consideration balls set as the selected prize (the prize to be exchanged). It is determined whether it exists (A29). Here, exchangeable is a value indicated by “exchangeable =” in the special prize display area 81a, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, and the total value of prizes provisionally specified from the count value game value The game value (number of balls) that can be exchanged for prizes is reduced.

  If the POS 8 is equal to or more than the number of consideration balls (A29: YES), the selected prize is provisionally specified (A30), and exchangeable = replaceable-replacement consideration (A31). That is, in step A31, the exchange price of the selected prize is subtracted from the current exchangeability to calculate a new exchangeability. Subsequently, in Steps A5 and A6, the number of exchangeable special prizes is specified, and the exchange prize display is updated. At this time, the selected prize and the number of reward balls are displayed in the temporary specific prize display area 81b. If the exchangeable value is less than the number of consideration balls (A29: NO), the process returns to the standby loop without performing substantial processing. In this case, the game hall employee informs the player that it cannot be exchanged.

  FIG. 7 shows a screen at the time when a prize selection operation is accepted (in-exchange screen). As described above, the gaming value of 13261 balls is specified by receiving three receipts, and tobacco A is selected as a prize. As a result, 13186 balls (= 13261-75) obtained by subtracting 75 balls are calculated as exchangeable. Based on the exchangeable 13186 balls, the number of special prizes of 8 “large”, 3 “medium”, and 4 “small” is calculated. Then, a value obtained by subtracting the calculated total number of special prizes from the counted value game value is displayed as “remaining number”. In the case of FIG. 7, it is 46 balls (= 13186-1500 × 8-300 × 3-60 × 4). In FIG. 7, since the special prize has not been tentatively specified, 13186 balls can be exchanged as described above.

  Now, when the exchange button 84 is pressed (exchange operation) in the state shown in FIG. 7, as will be described in detail later, the displayed prize is temporarily specified, and after the provisional specification, the end button 85 is pressed (end operation). Then, if the member card 10 is being received, exchangeable (remaining balls) is added to the member DB (account) associated with the member card 10 and stored (remaining ball storage). At this time, since the card reader 9 is installed toward the player as described above, the next exchange process is awaited even though another player (previous player) is being exchanged. When a player who inserts his / her membership card 10, there is a risk that the surplus balls of the previous player will be stored in the account of the latter player.

Therefore, the prize exchange system 1 for amusement hall according to the present embodiment responds to a player who wants to store extra balls from the previous player in his / her account as follows.
When the exchange button 84 is pressed during the standby loop (A8: YES), the POS 8 provisionally specifies the special prize being displayed (A9), and after subtracting the number of exchange balls of the temporarily designated special prize from exchangeable (A10), the temporary end flag is set to 1 (A11). At this time, as shown in FIG. 8, the special prize display area 81a is displayed in reverse on the display unit 81 of the POS 8 (the prize exchange display is performed), and the provisional specification is displayed, and the same number as the remaining number. Appears as replaceable. When the temporary specific flag becomes 1, since it is determined in step A25 whether the temporary flag is 0, the flow of the standby loop is changed. Specifically, since the temporary end flag is 1 (A25: NO), the acceptance determination of the membership card 10 in step A26 is not performed. In other words, in a state where a special prize has been provisionally specified (a state where a specific selection operation has been performed), reception of the membership card 10 is prohibited.

  In this case, the POS 8 accepts the member card 10 before receipt of receipt as in step A3 or step A26, or before the exchange button 84 is pressed during the standby loop (A2: YES or A3: YES), that is, when the membership card 10 has been received in advance before entering the standby loop, it is determined that the membership card 10 is being accepted in step A24 (A24: YES), and therefore the temporary end flag is set to 1. Even so, the stored-ball call in step A27 can be executed. When the storage ball call is executed (A27: YES), after passing through step A5 and step A6, the process returns to the standby loop again with the temporary end flag = 1. At this time, if the membership card 10 is being received, the POS 8 displays “No PIN” in the special prize display area 81a as shown in FIG. If the correct password is input at the time of calling the storage ball, a message “password is already completed” is displayed to allow the game hall employee to recognize that. Since the number of special prizes that can be exchanged is specified again in step A5 after calling the stored ball, the temporary end flag may be set to 0 after calling the stored ball. This is the same when the receipt is received in step A7.

  When the end button 85 is pressed after provisional identification (A12: YES), the POS 8 determines whether the membership card 10 is being accepted (A13). The prize is confirmed (A19), and the remaining balls (exchangeable) of the confirmed exchange prize are stored (automatic storage) (A20). When the prize exchange is completed, exchange information, which is information relating to the exchanged prizes and storage balls, is transmitted to the management device 7 (A17), the temporary end flag is set to 0 (A18), and the process returns. At this time, the screen display shown in FIG. That is, there are many game hall employees who, after pressing the exchange button 84, prepare a prize to be exchanged while viewing the screen as shown in FIG. 8, hand it to the player, and then press the end button 85. In other words, the POS 8 has a function of an automatic storage ball that terminates the prize exchange display in response to pressing of the end button 85 and automatically executes the storage processing. Although not specifically shown in the flow, it is of course possible to execute the storage processing by pressing the storage button 83 during the standby loop.

  On the other hand, if the POS 8 is not accepting the membership card 10 (A13: NO), the POS 8 determines whether the exchangeable number is equal to or less than the above-described ending possible number (50 balls) (A14), for example, as shown in FIG. If the number of remaining balls (replaceable) is less than or equal to the number that can be terminated (A14: YES), the temporarily specified prize is confirmed (A15), and the remaining balls of the confirmed exchanged prize are taken in (A16). Thereafter, exchange information is transmitted (A17), the temporary end flag is set to 0 (A18), and the process returns.

In addition, the surplus balls (game balls that have not been saved) taken in step A16 are counted as sales at the game hall. For this reason, there is a possibility that the player may be disadvantaged if the exchange process is completed even though there are more balls than can be exchanged for any prize. Therefore, when the exchange is greater than the possible number of completion (A14: NO), the POS 8 returns to the standby loop, for example, to accept a prize selection operation in step A28. In addition, the game hall employee presses a cancel button 87 to cancel the above-described operation, such as when adding a general prize in the standby loop. When the cancel button 87 is pressed (A21: YES), the POS 8 cancels all the exchangeable prizes that are temporarily specified (A22), sets the temporary end flag to 0 (A23), and returns to the standby loop. . In this case, provisional specification is also canceled after provisional specification.
Thus, the prize exchange system 1 for amusement halls prohibits the reception of the membership card 10 after provisional specification of the special prize.

According to the prize exchange system 1 for amusement halls described above, the following effects can be obtained.
The POS 8 prohibits acceptance of the membership card 10 when the membership card 10 is inserted into the card reader 9 after provisional identification (after a specific selection operation for selecting a special prize). As a result, even if the POS 8 has an automatic storage function, other players cannot store the extra balls with their own membership card 10 during the exchange process of the previous player. Therefore, for example, when an amusement hall employee prepares a prize, an appropriate response is given to a player who wants to accept his / her member card 10 and take it into his / her storage ball when he / she is away from the prize exchange counter. It becomes possible to do.

(Other embodiments)
The present invention is not limited to the one exemplified in the above-described embodiment, and can be modified or expanded as follows.
In one embodiment, it is suppressed by prohibiting the reception of the member card 10 after the exchange operation. However, the member card 10 can be accepted even after the exchange operation. On the other hand, when the member card 10 is received after the exchange operation, the end operation is performed. The storage operation may be made different depending on whether the reception time of the membership card 10 is before or after the exchange operation, such as enabling storage by only pressing the storage button 83 (storage operation) without performing storage.

  Further, instead of making the stored ball operation different, the stored ball may be prohibited depending on whether the reception time of the membership card 10 is before or after the exchange operation. For example, by prohibiting (suppressing) automatic saving balls performed in response to an ending operation when the membership card 10 is received after the exchange operation, the game hall employee is in a reception state of the player's membership card 10. Even if the ending operation is performed, there is no possibility that the automatic storage ball is performed, and it is possible to appropriately deal with the player who tries to take the surplus ball of the previous player into his own storage ball.

  In this case, it is desirable to eject the member card 10 in accordance with the end operation. Also, when the membership card 10 can be accepted after the exchange operation, if the membership card 10 is accepted before the exchange operation, the processing is the same as in the embodiment. On the other hand, if the membership card 10 is accepted after the exchange operation, the member card 10 is canceled. The processing corresponding to the cancel operation, such as canceling the reception of the member card 10 in response to pressing of the button 87, may be different processing. According to such a configuration, even if the player who wants to take the surplus balls of the previous player into his own storage ball by canceling the acceptance state of the membership card 10 is unnecessary. In addition to canceling the acceptance state of the membership card 10 without performing any processing, such an action is performed on a player who tries to take the surplus balls of the previous player into his own storage ball by discharging the membership card 10. You can let them know that it is not acceptable.

In one embodiment, the status of accepting the member card 10 is displayed as “password not yet” or the like. However, when the member card 10 is received after the exchange operation, the display is identified by blinking the display or the like. An indication that the card 10 has been accepted after the exchange operation may be displayed. According to this, it is possible to make the game hall employee accurately recognize that the player who wants to take the surplus balls of the previous player into his storage ball has accepted the membership card 10, and the subsequent game hall employees It is possible to support appropriate responses by employees.
The game medium used as the gaming machine 2 is not limited to a game ball, and may be a medium such as a medal, or may be a point-managed score such as a so-called enclosed type. Considering this case as well, in the present invention, it is expressed not as a game medium but as a game value. Further, the count recording medium to be taken in by the POS 8 may be a count recording medium other than a receipt (for example, a card or a mobile phone). Further, the method for specifying the member ID is not limited to the member card 10 and may be specified in any manner such as biometric authentication.

Although it is assumed that the storage ball processing according to the end operation is performed, there is a possibility that the game hall employee mistakenly performs the storage operation when the previous customer's membership card 10 is in the accepting state. It is not always necessary to presume the storage processing according to the end operation such as the storage processing.
The count value (game value acquired by the player) recorded on the receipt may be stored in the management device 7 and information (receipt ID) that can specify the record information (count value) may be stored. Further, the receipt recording information may be collated with the management device 7 at the time of receipt receipt. Of course, the counting balls may be taken in by a counting recording medium other than the receipt, or the game value (for example, counting balls) acquired by the player by data transmission from the counting device 5 or the like without going through the counting recording medium. May be.

A part of the function of the POS 8 may be provided in the management device 7 or all the functions of the management device 7 related to the present invention may be provided in the POS 8. That is, the prize exchange device for a game hall according to the present invention may be constituted by a single POS 8 or may be constituted by the management device 7 and the POS 8.
Further, the POS 8 as a prize exchange device operated by a game hall employee is usually not provided with an operation unit for canceling reception of a member ID such as a member card 10 or the like, and is intended for a player such as a card reader 9 or the like. An operation unit for canceling reception of a member ID or the like is provided only on the terminal, but the configuration is also used as canceling means (cancel button 87) for performing a cancel operation for canceling selection of a prize provided on the POS 8 side. It is also good. As a result, it is possible to deal with a player who wants to properly take the surplus balls of the previous player into his / her own storage balls without increasing the number of operation units.

  In the drawings, 1 is a prize exchange system for a game hall, 2 is a gaming machine, 8 is a POS (value take-in means, selection operation means, saving means, display means, suppression means, termination means, cancellation means), 9 is a card reader (ID receiving means) 10 indicates a membership card (recording medium).

Claims (5)

A value capturing means for capturing a game value acquired by a player in a game machine;
ID accepting means for accepting a member ID for identifying a member in the game hall among the players;
A selection operation means for performing a selection operation for selecting a prize that can be exchanged, with a capture value that is a game value captured by the value capture means as a consideration,
Saving for performing a saving process that is a process for adding all or part of the captured value to a saving value that is a game value that is managed by a player managed in association with the member ID. Means,
A prize exchange system for a playground comprising display means for performing prize exchange display for displaying at least the prize for which the selection operation has been performed,
A selection operation by said selection operation means, after the execution of a particular selection operation for selecting a particular prize is a preset prize, accepted by the Member ID by Ri member ID in the ID receiving unit without being accepted suppressing, or prize exchange system for a game field, characterized in that it comprises a suppression means for suppressing execution savings processing by the saving means. In accordance with an end operation for ending the gift exchange display, ending means for ending the prize exchange display and executing a saving process by the saving means,
When the member ID received by the ID receiving unit is before the specific selection operation, the suppression unit allows the execution of the saving process according to the end operation, while after the specific selection operation. 2. The amusement park prize exchange system according to claim 1, wherein execution of the saving process by the saving unit is suppressed by suppressing execution of the saving process according to the end operation. The ID receiving means receives the member ID by receiving an ID recording medium capable of specifying the member ID,
When the member ID is received by the ID receiving unit after the specific selection operation, the suppression unit discharges an ID recording medium that can specify the member ID according to the end operation and receives the member ID. 3. The prize exchange system for a playground according to claim 2, wherein execution of the saving process is suppressed by canceling the state. A canceling unit for performing a canceling operation to cancel selection of a prize by a selection operation by the selection operation unit;
The suppression means accepts the member ID instead of canceling the selection of the prize when the cancellation operation is performed in a state where the member ID is accepted by the ID acceptance means after the specific selection operation. 4. A prize exchange system for a playground according to claim 1, wherein execution of a saving process by said saving means is suppressed by canceling the state. The display means can display that the member ID is in an accepting state when the member ID is accepted by the ID accepting means;
The suppression means suppresses the execution of the saving process by identifying and displaying that the member ID is in a receiving state when the member ID is received by the ID receiving means after the specific selection. 5. A prize exchange system for a playground according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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