JP6014368B2 - Amusement system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game hall system that manages game machines provided with respective counters for counting acquired game media for each game machine.

  In the game hall, even when the player changes the game table to be played, so-called table movement (game movement) using the game medium (mochidama) acquired in the previous game table is permitted. There are many game halls, and in order to facilitate this game movement, there are also many game halls that introduce so-called counter counters that are counters corresponding to the respective game machines. And, for example, as in Patent Document 1, the holding ball (actual holding ball) counted by each counter and the theoretical holding ball (theoretical holding ball) specified by the game signal output from the game stand side, Can be matched to the recording medium issued by each counter and transferred to the game machine after the game move, and even if the game move is allowed, it is possible to deal with fraudulent acts such as illegally obtaining possession balls. It becomes.

  Here, in the conventional technique such as Patent Document 1 described above, since the theoretical possession balls that are taken over when the game moves are actual possession balls, the following problems may occur. That is, when a player temporarily leaves due to a break or the like, a recording medium showing actual possessed balls (counted possessed balls) is issued in consideration of the theft of possessed balls, while a gaming table is secured. For this reason, a part of the ball may be left on the upper plate or the like. For this reason, for example, when the player's actual total number of balls is 5,000 balls and he leaves 200 balls on the upper plate, 4800 balls are associated with the issued recording medium as actual balls. When the player who has finished the break in this state returns to the game table and inserts the recording medium, the theoretically held ball is handed over by 4800 balls indicated by the inserted recording medium. However, the total number of balls held by the player is actually 5000 balls. Therefore, if 200 balls on the upper plate are counted in this state, the theoretical holding balls do not increase (that is, even though no game is played), only the actual holding balls increase, resulting in an error of 200 balls. As a result, there is a possibility that the error may erroneously detect that the cheating is performed despite the fact that the player is not cheating at all.

JP 2011-72364 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to appropriately collate the theoretical holding balls with the actual holding balls after considering that the player issues a recording medium temporarily by a break or the like. An object of the present invention is to provide a game system that can be used.

The invention described in claim 1 is a counting means for performing a counting process for counting the game value acquired by the player, and a re-game means for performing a re-game process for enabling a game based on the acquired value of the player. Issuing means for issuing a recording medium capable of specifying the player's acquired value; and receiving the recording medium, and acquiring the value specified by the received recording medium for re-game processing by the re-game means. A game system provided with a reception means for performing reception processing to be added to a target, corresponding to a single game machine, in accordance with a game and a value to be given indicating a game value given in exchange for the value. Theoretical acquisition that specifies the theoretical acquisition value that indicates the theoretical player's acquisition value that indicates the value obtained by removing the out that indicates the game value that is consumed according to the game from the total that is safe indicating the gaming value that is granted Value identification And stage, a earned value of the player, the one to be added in accordance with the counting process the actual acquisition value is game value to be replay processing, the actual acquisition value to be subtracted in response to the replay processing specifying means, and an error determining means for performing determining error determination processing whether the actual acquisition value is acceptable as the matching theory earned value target, and the theoretical acquisition value at the issue processing the and the actual acquisition value Storage means for storing difference information that can specify a provisional acquisition value indicating at least one of the difference and the theoretical acquisition value at the time of the issue process , and when the reception process is performed after the issue process, correction hands to perform error judgment correction processing including the provisional earned value not only theoretical earned value specified after the reception processing as the collation target of the error determination processing after the reception processing Characterized by comprising a and.

In the invention described in claim 2, when the issuing process is performed, the storage unit stores a previous ID which is a medium ID capable of specifying a recording medium to be issued, and the correcting unit When the recording medium is received, the medium ID of the recording medium that is the reception target is collated with the previous ID, and the recording medium that is the reception target is specified by the previous ID. The error determination correction process is executed when it can be specified, while the error determination correction process is not executed when it can not be specified that the recording medium is specified by the previous ID.

The invention described in claim 3 is characterized in that the provisional acquired value indicates a difference between the theoretical acquired value and the actual acquired value.
In the invention described in claim 4, the difference information is updated such that the provisional acquisition value is updated in the same manner as the theoretical acquisition value in a period from the issuing process to the reception process thereafter. characterized in that that.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, when the replay means receives a new recording medium in a state where the actual acquired value specified by the actual acquired value specifying means exceeds a preset reference value In addition, a residual value payout process for paying out the actual acquired value in the re-game process is performed.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the acceptance process is performed after the issuing process, the error determination correction process including the provisional acquired value in the determination target of the error determination process is performed. Even if the issue process is performed once without counting all of the acquired value, and then the recording medium is accepted to resume the game, the remaining acquired value (provisional acquired value) ) Can be executed in consideration of the above, and the theoretical holding ball and the actual holding ball can be appropriately collated.

  According to the invention described in claim 2, when it is possible to specify that the recording medium to be accepted is the recording medium specified by the previous ID, that is, for example, temporarily leave for a break, and then When the same player resumes the game, the provisional acquired value is included in the determination target of the subsequent error determination process. On the other hand, when it is not possible to specify that the recording medium is specified by the previous ID, that is, for example, when a player leaves for a game end or a game move and then a new player plays a game, the error determination process is determined. Do not include provisional value in the target. Accordingly, the error determination process can be appropriately executed in consideration of a break, a game move, and the like.

According to the invention described in claim 3, since the difference between the theoretically acquired value and the actual acquired value is the provisional acquired value, the error determining process can be appropriately performed even when the error determining process is performed at a time other than the issuing process. Can be executed.
According to the invention described in claim 4, when the issuance process is performed, the theoretically acquired value is set as the provisional acquired value. For example, when the player returning from the break resumes the game without receiving the recording medium In addition, the theoretically acquired value can be prevented from deviating from the actual value.

  According to the invention described in claim 5, when a new recording medium is received in a state where the actual acquired value specified by the actual acquired value specifying means exceeds a preset reference value, the acquired value is received. The remaining value payout process for paying out the game in the re-game process is performed, so that even if the player mistakenly accepts the recording medium with respect to the game table on which other players play, The acquired value and the acquired value of the previous player can be distinguished, and the player who received the recording medium by the residual value payout process can be notified that the acquired value of the previous player remains.

The figure which shows schematically the structure of the system for game centers by one Embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the setting information of a gaming device The figure which shows the terminal storage area of a game device The figure which shows the balance ticket recording area of the balance ticket Flow chart showing gaming device processing by gaming device The figure which shows an example of transition of the terminal storage area of a game device

Hereinafter, a game 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 game hall system 1. A plurality of game tables 2 are installed in the game hall where the game hall system 1 is provided. In the case of the present embodiment, a so-called pachinko gaming machine is assumed as the gaming table 2. Each gaming table 2 is provided with a gaming device 3. The gaming device 3 functions as a so-called counter counter that counts the acquired media acquired by the player through the game on the gaming table 2 and functions as a so-called lending machine that gives (rents) a game value in exchange for the price. And.

  The gaming table 2 and the gaming device 3 are connected to the relay device 4. The relay device 4 is connected to the management device 6 via the LAN 5 and transmits various game signals output from the gaming table side such as the gaming table 2 and the gaming device 3 to the management device 6 and the management device. 6 receives various information. The management device 6 is installed in, for example, an office in the game hall, and is connected to a monitor 8 or the like. For example, several hundred game machines 2 are installed in the game hall and are managed by the management device 6. In addition, a well-known POS for exchanging prizes is also installed in the game hall.

  The gaming table 2 of the present embodiment includes a handle 10 for firing a ball (game value, so-called pachinko ball) as a game medium on the board surface, a general winning port 11 for winning the ball, a first start port 12, The second start port 13, the display unit 14 whose display pattern changes according to the winning of the ball, the big winning port 15 that is opened at the time of the big hit, the upper plate 16 from which the ball is paid out, and the ball overflowing from the upper plate 16 are temporarily The lower ball receiving tray 17 and the like stored in the are provided. The game stand 2 performs a big hit lottery according to the winning of the ball to the first starting port 12 or the second starting port 13 (corresponding to the starting winning), and based on the lottery result, a so-called special symbol (special symbol) is used. Variation (corresponding to a unit game) is executed on the display unit 14. Then, when the symbol stopped and displayed on the display unit 14 is a big hit symbol, a big hit is generated.

  While the first starting port 12 is a so-called heso-type winning port in which the winning rate does not vary, the second starting port 13 varies in the winning rate depending on the lottery result of the regular drawing lottery performed in accordance with the winning of the ordinary drawing winning port 11. This is a so-called electric Chu type winning opening. When the game table 2 wins the first start port 12 or the second start port 13, the game table 2 pays out, for example, several balls in response to one winning. Moreover, when the game stand 2 wins the big winning opening 15, for example, about 10 balls are paid out according to one winning. The big winning opening 15 is opened as many times as the number of corresponding rounds (R) when a big hit occurs. In the game stand 2, for example, the maximum number of winnings in which a ball wins a prize winning opening 15 in 1R is set to 8 and the upper limit opening time of the big winning opening 15 is set to 30 seconds or the like. 1R ends when either is satisfied. Therefore, when a big hit occurs, the winning of balls into the big winning opening 15 is promoted, and a large number of balls, for example, about several hundred to several hundreds of balls are paid out during the big hit period. The number of balls paid out to the player in accordance with the winning corresponds to a safe indicating the game value given in accordance with the game. Further, the number of balls fired for winning is equivalent to an out indicating the game value consumed in accordance with the game. Note that the above-mentioned specifications such as numerical values are merely examples, and are set in various ways according to the type of the game table 2 and the like.

  The balls paid out from the game table 2 are first stored in the upper plate 16. About 200 balls can be stored in the upper plate 16. When a large number of balls are paid out, such as during a big hit, the balls overflowing from the upper plate 16 are temporarily stored in the lower ball receiving tray 17 that can store about 200 balls. Then, when the player operates, for example, a lever or the like (not shown) provided in the lower ball receiving tray 17, the balls stored in the lower ball receiving tray 17 pass through a movable ball receiving tray 18 and a guide arm 19 which will be described later. It flows into the gaming device 3 and is counted by the gaming device 3 as will be described later.

From the gaming table 2 side having such a configuration, for example, the following gaming signals are output as the game progresses.
Out signal = a signal that can identify the consumption value (out) output from an out BOX (not shown) that collects used balls (balls consumed by the game). Since one pulse is output for 10 recovered balls (used balls, driven balls), the number of out signals × 10 is specified as the number of used media (out). A signal directly output from the game table 2 may be used.
-Safe signal = a signal (a ball signal) that can specify a prize-giving value (safe, the number of balls given according to the game) output from the game stand 2. Since one pulse is output for 10 acquired balls (paid-out balls) corresponding to the winning, the number of safe signals × 10 is specified as safe. A supply signal output from a supply device (not shown) may be used as a safe signal.

In addition, from the game stand 2 side, a start signal that can specify the number of symbol fluctuations (the number of actuated items and the number of starts) accompanying the start winning at each start port, a jackpot signal that can specify the jackpot period, and the like are also output. .
A gaming device 3 (corresponding to counting means, re-playing means, issuing means, receiving means, theoretically acquired value specifying means, actual acquired value specifying means, error determining means, storage means, correcting means) Correspondingly provided, a movable ball receiving tray 18 for receiving balls from the lower ball receiving tray 17 of the game table 2, a guide arm 19 for guiding balls from the movable ball receiving tray 18, a bill insertion slot 20 for charging a value, An operation unit 21 having a display lamp, an operation button, etc., a payout nozzle 22 that pays out sales balls (corresponding to a value given as a game value given in exchange for the value) to the game table 2, and a recording medium A card insertion slot 23 into which the balance ticket 7 is inserted is provided.

  The gaming device 3 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and includes a control unit (not shown) that controls the entire gaming device 3, a transmission / reception unit (not shown) that can input the above gaming signals, and a storage medium that stores various data. (Not shown) including a storage unit (not shown) and a counting unit (not shown) that counts balls that have flowed in from the game table 2. The gaming apparatus 3 has a function as a lending machine as described above, and a player inserts a value (for example, a banknote) into the banknote insertion slot 20 and presses a lending button (not shown) on the operation unit 21 (operation). Then, for example, in the case of lending at 4 yen per ball, a lending process for paying out balls (sales balls) of a lending unit such as 125 balls from the payout nozzle 22 to the gaming machine 2 is executed. At this time, the gaming apparatus 3 stores the sales balls and the balance subtracted in exchange for the sales balls from the input consideration.

  Further, the gaming device 3 also has a function as each counter as described above, and includes a counting unit (not shown). The gaming apparatus 3 executes a counting process in which a ball flowing from the guide arm 19 (that is, a game value acquired by a player through a game) is counted by a counting unit, and the counted ball is counted (see FIG. 3). ) In the storage unit. In addition, the gaming apparatus 3 executes a re-game process that enables a game based on the player's acquired value counted with the number of balls counted by the counting unit as an upper limit. Specifically, the gaming device 3 pays out a payout unit (for example, 125 balls) from the payout nozzle 22 to the player in response to the player pressing a re-play button (not shown). At this time, the gaming apparatus 3 stores the number of balls that have been paid back in the storage unit as a payout ball (see FIG. 3).

Further, the gaming device 3 will be described in detail later, but the issuing process for recording and issuing the actual possessed ball obtained by subtracting the payout ball from the counting ball and issuing the balance ticket 7 and the received balance An acceptance process is performed in which the actual possessed ball recorded on the ticket 7 (corresponding to the acquired value specified by the recording medium) is added to the target of the re-game process.
The gaming apparatus 3 stores setting information shown in FIG. The following items are set in the setting information.
End ball setting value: A setting value for the actual holding ball shown in FIG. 3, and a management ID (see FIG. 3) is issued when the actual holding ball exceeds this setting value (the management ID is assigned to the balance ticket 7) Associate).

-Initialized holding ball value: This is a setting value for the actual holding ball shown in FIG. 3, and the association of the management ID is canceled (initialized) when the actual holding ball falls below this setting value.
+ Error tolerance: This is the positive tolerance of the difference between the theoretical holding ball and the actual holding ball shown in FIG. 3, and when the difference exceeds this set value, a plus error notification is performed.
-Error tolerance range: The tolerance range on the negative side of the difference between the "theoretical holding ball" and the "holding ball" shown in FIG.
In addition, the gaming device 3 stores various data in the terminal storage area as shown in FIG. The following data is stored in this terminal storage area.

Management ID: ID corresponding to the balance ticket 7 issued by each gaming device 3 (corresponding to a medium ID that can specify the recording medium to be issued). The upper three digits correspond to the terminal ID assigned to the gaming device 3, and the lower three digits correspond to the issue ID assigned in the issue order, for example.
-Previous ID: Management ID of the balance ticket 7 issued at the time of the previous issue process. It corresponds to the previous ID.
Balance ticket ID: ID of the balance ticket 7 currently accepted or issued. An ID uniquely assigned to each balance ticket 7 in advance.

Received ball: “Actually held ball” recorded on the accepted balance ticket 7 (see FIG. 4).
・ Counting balls: Total number of balls counted.
-Refund balls: The total number of balls (replay balls) paid out by re-game processing in consideration of actual balls.
Temporary holding balls: The number of balls estimated to be left in the upper plate 16 during the previous issuing process due to the difference between the theoretical holding balls and the actual holding balls described later during the previous issuing process. It corresponds to difference information.
-Actual possession balls: The actual number of possessions of the player (reception possession balls + counting balls-payout balls), which corresponds to the actual acquired value. That is, the number of balls that can be issued at the present time.
・ Theoretical Mochitama: Theoretical number of balls (Receiving Mochitama + Sales-Difference + Temporary Mochitama), which corresponds to the theoretical value. However, the number of difference balls = out-safe.

The balance ticket 7 employs a so-called IC card in the present embodiment, and has a recording unit such as an IC chip in which data can be rewritten by magnetic or electrical means. The recording unit of the balance ticket 7 is provided with a balance ticket recording area shown in FIG. 4, and the following data is recorded.
Balance ticket ID: corresponds to the balance ticket ID shown in FIG.
Management ID: corresponds to the management ID shown in FIG.
-Latest issue stand: ID of the gaming device 3 that last issued the balance ticket 7.
Actual possession ball: corresponds to the actual possession ball shown in FIG. 3 when the balance ticket 7 is issued.
Although not shown in FIG. 4, in this balance ticket recording area, a balance (a consideration that has not been used in the game among the considerations that have been input) is also recorded in connection with the lending process. About several pieces of this balance ticket 7 are stocked in the back of the card insertion slot 23 of the gaming apparatus 3 in a state where no management ID is associated.

  The management device 6 includes a control unit configured by a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, a storage unit configured by an HDD, and an input / output unit that transmits and receives the game signals described above. The management device 6 operates according to a control program stored in the storage unit, and manages game information specified by a game signal from the gaming table 2 input to the input / output unit. Specifically, the management device 6 specifies the out based on the out signal input from the gaming table 2 side, specifies the safe based on the safe signal, etc. Alternatively, game information such as sales amount is tabulated and managed for each gaming machine 2, for each gaming machine model, or for the entire gaming hall.

Next, the operation of the above-described game hall system 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 shows the transition of the terminal storage area accompanying the game of the player, but the numerical value is an example.
The gaming device 3 repeatedly executes the gaming device processing shown in FIG. 5, whether it is a ball count (A1), an out signal is input (A2), a safe signal is input (A3), and sales are It is determined whether it has occurred (A4), whether a payout ball has been paid out (A8), whether an issue button has been pressed (A9), or whether a balance ticket 7 has been received (A22). : NO, A2: NO, A3: NO, A4: NO, A8: NO, A9: NO, A22: NO), return. Hereinafter, the flow of processing in the case of none is referred to as a standby flow for the sake of convenience. If the determination result of each step up to the step to be described is the same “NO” as the standby flow, “in the standby flow” It describes as follows.

  Now, the player generally starts playing a game after paying the gaming device 3 and receiving (renting) a ball, that is, after generating sales. For this reason, when sales occur during the standby flow (A4: YES), the gaming device 3 determines whether the management ID of the balance ticket 7 is unspecified (A5). Here, the management ID is not specified means that the management ID issuance (correspondence between the balance ticket 7 and the management ID) is not performed in the management ID issuing process in step A17 described later, or a step described later. This corresponds to a state in which the balance ticket 7 for which the management ID is issued is not received at A28.

  The gaming device 3 initializes the temporary holding balls and the theoretical holding balls (A6) because the management ID is not yet specified when the player starts playing the game after receiving the lending of balls (A5: YES). ). At this time, as shown in FIG. 6A, the management ID is “000000” indicating an unspecified (unissued) state. Subsequently, the gaming device 3 updates the theoretical possession ball (A7). In this case, in Step A7, the theoretical holding ball is added according to the number of balls lent to the player. Thereafter, the gaming apparatus 3 continues the standby flow. As described above, when the game apparatus 3 generates sales with the management ID in a specific state, the gaming apparatus 3 determines so-called customer replacement and initializes the terminal storage area.

  Now, when the player starts playing after the customer change, an out signal is output from the game stand 2 in response to the driving (consumption) of the ball, and a safe signal is issued in accordance with the payout (granting) of the ball accompanying winning. Output from 2 side. Therefore, when the out signal is input during the standby flow (A2: YES), the gaming apparatus 3 updates the theoretical holding ball (A7). In this case, the theoretical ball is subtracted by the number of balls specified by the out signal. On the other hand, even when a safe signal is input during the standby flow (A3: YES), the gaming device 3 updates the theoretical holding ball (A7). In this case, the theoretical number of balls is added by the number of balls specified by the safe signal. In addition, the gaming device 3 also consumes the balls that have been rented first and receives a loan again, that is, when a second sale occurs (A4: YES, A5: YES). The theoretical possession ball is updated (A7). In this case, the sales amount is added to the theoretical holding ball.

  In this way, the gaming device 3 has the gaming value consumed according to the game from the total of the sales balls that are the gaming value given in exchange for the consideration and the safe indicating the gaming value given according to the game. The theoretical possession ball (theoretical acquisition value) indicating the theoretical player's acquisition value indicating the value excluding (subtracting) out is indicated.

Now, when a big hit occurs during the game, as described above, a large number of balls can be obtained during the big hit, and only about 200 balls can be stored in the upper plate 16 or the lower ball receiving tray 17, respectively. The balls exceeding the possible number will be counted by the gaming device 3.
When there is a ball count (counting process) during the standby flow (A1: YES), the gaming device 3 updates (adds) the count ball shown in FIG. 3 (A14), and the management ID is still unspecified (A14). A15: YES), it is determined whether the actual holding ball is equal to or more than the end ball setting value (A16). At this time, since the actual ball is still less than the end ball set value immediately after the counting is started (A16: NO), the gaming apparatus 3 repeats counting (A1: YES, A14, A15) while entering the standby flow. : YES) When the actual holding ball is equal to or more than the end ball setting value (A16: YES), a management ID issuing process for issuing a management ID to the stocked balance note 7 is executed (A17). In other words, the gaming device 3 issues a management ID when the actual possession ball is equal to or more than the end ball set value in a state where the management ID has not been issued. Thereafter, in the ball counting (A1: YES, A14), the management ID is specified (A15: NO).

Further, the gaming apparatus 3 can execute the above-described re-game process, and when the re-game button is pressed by the player during the standby flow (A8: YES), after paying out the balls in the payout unit (the payout nozzle) After the payout from 22), the payout ball shown in FIG. 3 is updated (A19). At this time, the payout balls that have been paid back to the player are subtracted from the actual holding balls. As a result, when the actual holding balls are equal to or less than the initialized holding ball value (A20: YES), an end process is executed (A21). ). In this end process, the management ID is initialized (from the issued state to the unissued state, that is, the association of the management ID is canceled). If the actual number of balls is greater than the initialized ball value (A20: NO), the payout is still possible and the standby flow is entered. In this way, re-game processing is allowed on the condition that the actual possessed ball remains.
In this way, the gaming apparatus 3 repeatedly performs the update of the theoretical ball based on the out signal and the safe signal, and the update of the actual ball based on counting and payout (re-game).

  Now, suppose that the player has won 1100 balls. More specifically, for example, a sales ball is 1000 balls, an out ball is 1500 balls, and a safe ball is 1600 balls, of which 1000 balls are counted. In this case, theoretical holding balls = sales balls-out + safe = 1000-1500 + 1600 = 1100 balls, and the counting balls are 1000 balls, so the remaining (1100-1000) 100 balls remain on the upper plate 16. It will be. At this time, since the management ID is issued in the above-described step A17 in the terminal storage area, as shown in FIG. 6B, the balance ticket 7 with the balance ticket ID = 00184 is specified as the management ID = 001001. Thus, data of 1000 balls, actual balls = 1000 balls, theoretical balls = 1100 balls are stored.

When the player leaves for a break or the like in this state, the player considers the possession of the possession, that is, considers the possibility that the balance ticket 7 in which the actual possession is recorded is issued by a third party. The issuer presses the issuance button to issue a balance ticket in which the current actual ball is recorded, while the player may leave the ball on the upper plate 16 in order to continue playing the same game table after the break. . At this time, the gaming device 3 determines whether or not the player's ball has an allowable value because the issue button was pressed during the standby flow (A9: YES) (A10). This step A10 corresponds to an error determination process, and it is determined whether the difference between the theoretically held ball and the actual held ball is within the range from the −error allowable value to the + error allowable value shown in FIG.
When the player's possession ball is not within the allowable value range (A8: NO), the gaming device 3 executes error processing. In this error process, for example, an employee at the game arcade is notified (plus error notification or negative error notification) that there is an unnaturally large or small number of balls, and a process for prompting confirmation of the game table 2 or the like is performed. If confirmation can be obtained by an employee or the like, the following issuing process can be performed.

  On the other hand, if the player's possession ball is within the allowable value range (A8: YES), the gaming apparatus 3 has the previous ID and provisional possession ball (= theoretical possession ball-actual possession ball) in the terminal storage area. Is stored (A11), the theoretical holding ball is set as a temporary holding ball (A12), a balance ticket in which the actual holding ball is recorded is issued, and issuance processing is executed to transmit issuance information indicating the fact to the management device 6 ( A13). Thereby, 1000 balls out of 1100 balls held by the player are recorded in the balance ticket 7 and 100 balls assumed to be left on the upper plate 16 are shown in FIG. Is stored in the terminal storage area. When this issuance process is performed, data other than the previous ID and provisional holding ball are initialized. The reason why the theoretical holding ball is not 0 in FIG. 6C is that the theoretical holding ball is once initialized with the issuing process, but 100 balls are stored in the temporary holding ball. This is because a temporary holding ball was set as a theoretical holding ball.

  Now, assume that the player returns from the break and inserts (receives) the balance ticket 7 issued before leaving the seat into the card insertion slot 23. In this case, since the gaming apparatus 3 has received the balance ticket 7 during the standby flow (A22: YES), it is determined whether the actual holding ball shown in FIG. 3 is equal to or more than the end ball setting value (30 balls) ( A23). In this case, as shown in FIG. 6C in the previous issuing process, the actual possession ball is 0, so the actual possession ball is less than the end ball set value (A23: NO), and the initialization setting is made. It is below the value (0 balls) (A24: NO). For this reason, the gaming apparatus 3 determines whether the received ID that is the management ID of the accepted balance ticket 7 matches the previous ID shown in FIG. 3 (A26), and if it matches (A26: YES), the previous time Assuming that the player who was playing at the time of issuance returns, the temporary holding ball is not initialized (step A27 is omitted) to maintain the theoretical holding ball (step A27), and the acceptance process is executed (A28).

In this reception process, as shown in FIG. 6 (d), the management ID and the balance ticket ID of the received balance ticket 7 are stored, and the actual possessed ball recorded in the balance ticket 7 is newly set as the received possession ball. , New real balls and theoretical balls are calculated. At this time, the theoretical holding ball is calculated as a reception holding ball + a temporary holding ball. In other words, when the gaming apparatus 3 receives the balance ticket 7 having the same ID, the gaming apparatus 3 calculates the theoretical holding ball without initializing the temporary holding ball, thereby determining the allowable value of the holding ball. A temporary holding ball is included in the holding ball. This process corresponds to an error determination correction process.
Assume that the player continues to play the game, receives a payback of 1500 balls during that period, 0 sales balls, 5000 balls out, 7500 balls safe, and 3900 balls. At this time, since the actual balls are 3400 balls, 200 balls remain on the upper plate 16. For this reason, the data shown in FIG. 6E is stored in the terminal storage area.

  When the player presses the issuance button for a break in this state, the gaming apparatus 3 determines whether the player's ball is an acceptable value because the issuance button has been pressed (A9: YES) ( A10). And if the holding ball is an allowable value (A10: YES), after storing the previous ID and the temporary holding ball (in this case, 200 balls) (A11) and making the theoretical holding ball a temporary holding ball (A12), Issue processing for issuing a balance note 7 in which 3400 actual possessed balls are recorded is executed (A13). When the balance ticket 7 is issued, the data in the terminal storage area is updated as shown in FIG.

  Now, the player who has returned from the second break now plays with the balls left on the upper plate 16 without inserting the balance ticket 7, for example, 160 balls out of the 200 balls remaining on the upper plate 16. Suppose it is consumed. At this time, data is updated in the terminal storage area as shown in FIG. 6G, and 40 balls remain in the upper plate 16. Then, when the player inserts the balance ticket 7 issued before the break in order to continue the game, that is, to replay, the gaming apparatus 3 accepts the balance ticket 7 (A22: YES) Since the actual holding ball (currently 0 ball) is less than the end ball setting value (A23: NO), is equal to or less than the initialized holding ball value (A24: NO), and the reception ID is the previous ID (A26: YES) ), The acceptance process is executed without initializing the temporary holding ball or the like (A28).

  As a result, as shown in FIG. 6 (h), in the terminal storage area, the actual holding balls (in this case, 3400 balls) stored in the accepted balance ticket 7 are set as the receiving holding balls, The theoretical ball is recalculated and the data is updated to 3400 balls and 3440 balls, respectively. In addition, since the temporary holding ball is not initialized, the temporary holding ball is taken into consideration at the next issuance to determine whether the player's holding ball is an allowable value.

  In this state, the player continues to play the game, and during that period, 1000 balls are paid back, the sales balls are 0, the out is 3000 balls, the safe is 5960 balls, and 4000 balls (= safe-out + upper plate 16 It is assumed that 40 balls) remaining in are counted. In this case, data is updated in the terminal storage area as shown in FIG. Thus, even if the player plays the game for a while after the break and then inserts the balance ticket 7, the gaming device 3 uses the ball that is assumed to be left on the upper plate 16 as the player's ball. The total number of balls can be managed appropriately in association with the total number. When the player ends the game and issues the balance ticket 7 without leaving a ball on the upper plate 16, the terminal storage area is initialized as shown in FIG. At this time, 6400 actual balls are recorded in the issued balance ticket 7.

  Now, after the above-mentioned player finishes the game, if a new player starts the game, the gaming device 3 responds to the occurrence of sales, the input of an out signal or a safe signal, etc. as described above. Update the data in the terminal storage area. For example, assume that a new player has won 1200 balls and has counted 1000 balls. In this state, the terminal storage area is issued with a new management ID (= 001002) for a new balance ticket ID (= 00245) as shown in FIG. And the theoretical moment is calculated. When the player presses the issuance button for table movement (game movement), as shown in FIG. 6 (k), the gaming device 3 stores the previous ID and temporary holding ball at the time of issuance (A11). Then, after making the theoretical possession a temporary possession (A12), the issuing process is executed (A13).

  In this state, it is estimated that 200 balls remain on the upper plate 16, and therefore 200 balls are stored in the temporary holding balls. However, the gaming apparatus 3 cannot determine whether or not balls are actually left on the upper plate 16. That is, the 200 balls left on the upper plate 16 are removed by an employee of the game hall because the player who has moved the table carries it for himself or left for a long time without playing the game. The situation such as that is considered. In that case, since no balls are left on the upper plate 16, there is a possibility that another game player may start a game on the game table 2, considering that the game table 2 is a so-called empty table. In that case, if the temporary holding ball stored in the terminal storage area is included in the next player's theoretical holding ball, the theoretical holding ball and the actual holding ball will be separated.

  Therefore, when the gaming apparatus 3 receives the balance ticket 7 (A22: YES), the actual possession ball is initialized to 0 at the time of the previous issuance process, so the actual possession ball is less than the end ball set value (A23: NO). And, since it is smaller than the initialized ball value (A24: NO), it is determined whether the reception ID and the previous ID are different (A26). And this time, since the balance ticket 7 of another player, that is, the balance ticket 7 associated with the management ID different from the previously issued balance ticket 7 is inserted (A26: NO), the provisional possession ball And after initializing a theoretical possession ball (A27), a reception process is performed (A28). In other words, when the gaming device 3 receives the coined ball ticket 7 having a different ID, the gaming device 3 determines so-called customer replacement and initializes the terminal storage area. As a result, the gaming apparatus 3 uses the management ID (= 00167) of the balance ticket 7 that has received the management ID as shown in FIG. 6 (l), and the actual possession ball (= 5000) recorded in the balance ticket 7 Ball) is set as a reception ball and the actual ball and the theoretical ball are updated. Thereafter, the terminal storage area is managed in association with the new management ID. That is, when it is not possible to specify that the balance ticket 7 is specified by the previous ID, the gaming apparatus 3 performs the error determination correction process by not including the temporary holding ball in the determination target of the error determination process. If the next player plays a game without accepting the balance ticket 7, the game ID is generated (A4: YES), and the management ID is unspecified (A5: YES). ) The temporary holding ball and the theoretical holding ball are initialized (A6), and the difference between the theoretical holding ball and the actual holding ball is prevented.

  The gaming apparatus 3 can also determine whether the balance ticket 7 is erroneously inserted. When theft is taken into consideration, the player's seat is released after all his own balls are issued, so the actual ball of the gaming apparatus 3 that issued the balance ticket 7 is considered to be zero. For this reason, for example, when a player who has returned from a break or moved a table inserts a balance ticket 7, an actual ball that is equal to or more than the end ball set value is stored in that gaming device 3. Is playing the game (but the player is also away). In other words, it is assumed that the player has inserted the balance ticket 7 into the wrong gaming device 3. Therefore, when the balance device 7 is received (A22: YES), the gaming device 3 is inserted when the actual possessed ball stored at that time is equal to or more than the end ball set value (A23: YES). The balance ticket 7 is returned (A29). As described above, it is possible to prevent erroneous insertion by suppressing reception of the balance ticket 7 on the assumption that another player is playing.

  On the other hand, the gaming device 3 stores the actual holding ball when the stored actual holding ball is less than the end ball setting value (A23: NO) and more than the initialized holding ball (0 ball) (A24: YES). (A25 and A26: YES), the acceptance process is executed (A28). If there is a small amount of actual balls (about 0 to 30 balls in this embodiment), it is considered unlikely that other players are playing, but for example, a game that reminds us that there are real balls remaining When a player returns to the game table 2, there is a risk of trouble between the players. Therefore, when the gaming device 3 stores a small amount of actual balls, the gaming device 3 can return the balls corresponding to the actual balls and return them to the player who counted the balls, The reception balls are managed in association with new players, so that each player has their own balls to prevent unnecessary troubles.

The game hall system 1 described above has the following effects.
When the acceptance process is performed after the issuance process, the game hall system 1 adds the provisional possession ball stored at the time of issuance to the theoretical possession ball and adds the provisional possession ball to the judgment target of the next error judgment process. Perform correction processing. For example, for a break, a part of the ball is left on the upper plate 16 or the like, so that the player performs the issuance process without counting all the balls, and then the balance ticket 7 is resumed to resume the game. Even if it is accepted, it is possible to execute error determination processing in consideration of the provisional holding balls that are left without being counted, and it is possible to appropriately compare the theoretical holding balls with the actual holding balls .

  When it is possible to specify that the balance ticket 7 to be accepted is the balance ticket 7 specified by the previous ID, that is, for example, temporarily leave for a break, and then the same player resumes the game In such a case, the temporary holding ball is included in the determination target of the subsequent error determination process, but it is not possible to specify that the balance ticket 7 is specified by the previous ID, that is, for example, for the purpose of game end or game transfer. If a new player plays after sitting, the provisional holding ball is not included in the determination target of the error determination process. Accordingly, the error determination process can be appropriately executed in consideration of a break, a game move, and the like.

When the issue process is performed, the theoretical holding ball is set as a temporary holding ball. For example, when a player who has returned from a break resumes the game without receiving the balance ticket 7, it is stored and updated in the terminal storage area. It is possible to prevent the actual holding ball from being separated from the actual holding ball.
A new balance ticket 7 has been received in a state where the actual holding ball stored in the terminal storage area exceeds the preset initial holding ball value and the actual holding ball is less than the end ball setting value. In this case, since the residual value payout process for returning the actual possession ball is performed, even if the player mistakenly receives the balance ticket 7 with respect to the game table on which another player plays, The acquired value of the accepted player and the acquired value of the previous player can be distinguished, and the player who received the balance ticket 7 by the residual value payout process is notified that the acquired value of the previous player remains. I can do it.

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The present invention is not limited to the one exemplified in the above-described embodiment, and can be modified or expanded as follows.
An example of performing the error determination at the time of issuing processing has been exemplified. For example, if the condition is set in advance, for example, according to the update of the theoretical holding ball or holding ball, or every predetermined time (1 minute), how The error determination may be executed under various conditions. Also, when performing error determination under conditions other than during issuance processing, if a theoretical holding ball is stored instead of a temporary holding ball, the actual holding ball remains 0, and an abnormal determination is made with the theoretical holding ball at the time of the previous issuance processing as the target of verification. However, if the temporary holding ball is stored in the same manner as in the embodiment, such a fear is eliminated.

  Although it has been illustrated that the temporary holding ball is stored, it can be specified by storing both the actual holding ball and the theoretical holding ball, for example. In addition, it is possible to specify a temporary holding ball by storing a theoretical holding ball as a temporary holding ball at the time of issuing processing without storing the temporary holding ball. The theoretical holding ball is stored as a provisional acquired value at the time of issuance processing, and when a balance voucher 7 different from the balance voucher 7 issued in the previous issuance processing is received, the theoretical holding ball is initialized and specified by the balance voucher 7 While holding the ball or the theoretical holding ball as the theoretical holding ball, if the same balance note 7 is received, the theoretical holding ball may be used as it is without being initialized and may be used as an error determination target. In this case, the actual possessed ball is stored at the time of the issuance process, and when the balance ticket 7 at the time of the previous issuance process is received, the stored actual possessed ball and the actual possessed ball specified by the balance ticket 7 are the same. As a result of the comparison, the theoretical holding ball stored when there is a predetermined fixed relationship may be used as a subsequent error determination target. Of course, both the temporary holding balls and the theoretical holding balls can be stored, and either one may be selectively adopted.

An example of performing an error determination by directly storing provisional holding balls is used. For example, the total value of holding balls until the previous issue (before reception) and the holding balls after reception, and the theory before reception, at the time of error determination The difference information may be stored in any way, such as indirectly adding the temporary holding ball to the check target by checking the holding ball and the total value of the theoretical holding ball after reception.
In the case of accepting a balance ticket 7 that does not match the previous ID, it is exemplified that the provisional holding ball is not added to the verification target. However, it is difficult to assume that the ball is left on the upper plate 16 during the game move, so the previous ID The temporary holding ball may be added to the verification target without determining whether or not the IDs match. In this case, if the error determination is not acceptable, it is desirable not to add the temporary holding ball to the next verification target.

Since there are cases where it is not possible to record a ball or the like on the balance ticket 7 according to a rule or the like, the ball or the like may be managed by the management device 6 and the ball or the like may be specified by the management ID or the balance ticket ID. That is, it is not always necessary to record the ball etc. directly on the balance ticket 7 as long as the ball can be specified.
Of course, the balance ticket 7 may be specified by the balance ticket ID instead of the management ID. The recording medium is not limited to a card-like recording medium such as the balance ticket 7, but may be a coin-type recording medium, a cellular phone of a player, or the like. In other words, the issuing process indicates not only the process of paying out the recording medium but also the process of associating information such as a ball with the recording medium without paying out the recording medium.

Although the theoretical holding ball was updated directly, even if it was updated indirectly with an arithmetic expression such as (sales ball + safe-out) or the holding ball was updated directly like a theoretical holding ball good. Of course, the same applies to other game information. Moreover, all the numerical values, the number of digits, items, etc. which were illustrated are illustrations, and what kind of numerical value may be employ | adopted. Furthermore, although the upper limit and the lower limit are shown as the range, the range may be specified by only one of them.
Lending medium is not limited to cash (banknotes and money) as sales value, but out of the game value acquired by the player, the value of the so-called stored value, which is the game value deposited at the amusement hall, is lent as consideration. You may specify the theoretical possession balls including the replay balls that have been played.

As the target gaming machine, a so-called encapsulated type that manages gaming media only by data, such as pachinko gaming machines other than the illustrated pachinko gaming machines, can be employed. In consideration of the enclosing type, the game medium is expressed as a game value as necessary.
Although the example which provided each stand counter and the lending machine integrally as the gaming device 3 was shown, it may be a separate body, and a part of the processing is relay device 4, the lending machine, the management device 6, etc. It is good also as a structure performed by. Similarly, part of information processing performed by the management device 6 may be performed by the relay device 4 or the like.
When the processing is executed by a gaming device without a lending function, the number of sales balls and the sales amount may be specified by a signal that can specify sales information (number of sales balls and sales amount) output from the lending machine.

  In the drawing, 1 is a game system, 2 is a game machine, 3 is a gaming device (counting means, replay means, issuing means, receiving means, theoretical acquired value specifying means, actual acquired value specifying means, error determining means, storage Means, correction means), 7 indicates a balance ticket (recording medium).

Claims (5)

Counting means for performing a counting process for counting the gaming value acquired by the player;
A re-game means for performing a re-game process enabling a game based on the counted player's acquired value;
Issuing means for performing issuance processing for issuing a recording medium capable of specifying the player's acquired value;
Accepting means for accepting the recording medium and performing accepting processing for adding the acquired value specified by the accepted recording medium to the target of replay processing by the replaying means is provided corresponding to one game stand. A system for a playground,
A value obtained by subtracting out the game value consumed in accordance with the game from the sum of the value provided in consideration of the game value granted in exchange for the value and the safe indicating the game value granted in accordance with the game. A theoretically-acquired value specifying means for specifying a theoretically-acquired value indicating the acquired value of the theoretical player to be shown;
A real acquired value specifying means for adding a real acquired value, which is a player acquired value, which is a target of the replay process, according to the counting process, and subtracting according to the replay process; ,
Error determination means for performing an error determination process for determining whether or not the actual acquired value is acceptable with respect to the theoretical acquired value;
Of the theoretical acquisition value at the difference between the actual acquisition value and the theoretical acquisition value at issue process, and the issue processing, and storage means for storing difference information which can specify a provisional earned value indicating at least one ,
Error determination correction including not only the theoretically acquired value specified after the receiving process but also the provisional acquired value as a verification target of the error determining process performed after the receiving process when the receiving process is performed after the issuing process Correction means for performing processing;
A game system characterized by comprising: The storage means stores a previous ID, which is a medium ID that can identify the recording medium that is the issue target when the issue process is performed,
When the recording medium is received, the correcting unit collates the medium ID of the recording medium that is the reception target with the previous ID, and the recording medium that is the reception target is specified by the previous ID. The error determination correction process is executed when it can be specified that it is a recording medium, while the error determination correction process is not executed when it can not be specified that the recording medium is specified by the previous ID. The game system according to claim 1.   The game system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the provisional acquisition value indicates a difference between the theoretical acquisition value and the actual acquisition value. The difference information is updated such that the provisional acquisition value is updated in the same manner as the theoretical acquisition value in a period from the issuing process to the reception process thereafter. A system for a game hall described in 1. It said replay means, wherein, when a new recording medium is received in a state in which the actual acquisition value specified by the real acquisition value specifying means is larger than a reference value set in advance, replay the actual earned value The game room system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a residual value payout process for paying out in the process is performed.

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