JP6049793B2 - Amusement hall equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game hall apparatus such as a hall computer that manages sales of gaming machines such as pachislot machines and pachinko machines at a game store.

  At amusement stores, hall computers are used to manage sales at the amusement stores and the appearance of games. In addition to sales and games, the hall computer is owned by the player in each gaming machine based on, for example, the difference between the number of game media that can be exchanged for prizes and the number of game media counted. The number of game media can be managed (see Patent Document 1).

  On the other hand, in recent amusement stores, in order to increase the number of visitors and increase the operating rate of gaming machines, in addition to “Tamatama games”, “Songtama games” and “Tamatama movement games” may be permitted. . In such a game store, a counter such as a so-called sand is introduced to count game media at the timing when the player moves.

  “Handball game” refers to a game played with a game medium acquired by a player. The game media acquired by the player include a game media paid out to a lower plate of a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine or a game media lent to the player from the sand. The value of the game medium lent to the player is recorded on a card or the like used by the player in the sand.

  Further, “stored ball game” refers to a game played with a game medium stored before the previous day. Specifically, “Pick-up Game” uses the game media that was deposited in the game store when the player played the game, and then deposited in the game store at a later date. This is a game played.

  Furthermore, the “handball movement game” refers to a game played on another game machine using a game medium acquired on one game machine. Specifically, in the “handball movement game”, after a player acquires a game medium with one game machine, the player moves to another game machine with the same lending rate as that of the one game machine. This refers to a game that is performed using the acquired game media on another game machine.

JP 2011-182850 A

  The above-mentioned “song ball game” and “handball movement game” can be convenient for the player, while game stores that allow “song ball game” and “handball movement game” use game media. Need to manage. That is, it is necessary to monitor game media brought out to other stores and game media brought in from other stores. In addition, at game stores that allow so-called “dollar box” movement games, whether or not the movement of the game medium is a regular game movement game that has been acquired with another game machine, is illegal from another store. It was difficult to grasp whether the game medium was brought into the game.

  In view of this situation, at game stores that accept “spotted ball games” and “handball movement games”, each hand counter is used by a counter counter and a hall computer. Only the game media recorded on the recording medium such as the IC card are counted, and the total number of game media brought in is calculated and monitored. The cumulative number of game media brought in is the number of game media that the player is supposed to bring from another store.

  Amusement stores are investigating gaming media. Specifically, the medals (game media) flowing on the conveyor are visually inspected for color and inscription. In addition, a camera for checking medals is installed inside the conveyor and sand, and medals are checked by the camera. Along with such a survey, it has been found that the ratio of mobile sales to corrected sales is lower than expected at game stores that are monitoring the total number of game media brought in.

  Here, the corrected sales are the sum of the sales by cash (investment sales), the sales by the stored ball game (replay sales), and the sales by the possession ball mobile game (mobile sales). Cash sales are the amount used for lending game media from Sand. Further, the sales based on the stored ball game are sales corresponding to the number of game media that have been stored in the game hall as a stored ball before the previous day. Furthermore, the sales by the possession ball moving game are sales corresponding to the number of game media that are appropriately transferred from one gaming machine to another gaming machine and used in the other gaming machine. As described above, the corrected sales means all sales that can be interpreted as lending game media to the player.

  Furthermore, in the above-mentioned investigation at amusement stores, it was found that there were almost no medals from other stores. Predicting from these results, there is a possibility that the player is moving a small amount of medals by hand. Here, “the player is moving a small amount of medals by hand” means that the player does not count several to tens of game media by hand without counting by each counter. It means moving to a gaming machine.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and the object of the present invention is to provide a small amount of hand-held medals that cannot be calculated by conventional mobile sales at a game store that operates each counter. An object of the present invention is to provide a game arcade apparatus capable of calculating movement sales including movement.

A game room apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:
A game hall device capable of managing sales of a plurality of gaming machines provided with each counter, for each gaming machine,
Player identification information receiving means for identifying player identification information for identifying a player and detecting the player identification information detected by each of the counters;
Based on the player specifying information received by the player specifying information receiving means, a second gaming machine in which the player is different from the first gaming machine from the first gaming machine among the plurality of gaming machines. When it is determined that the game media counted by each counter corresponding to the first gaming machine has been paid out, the mobile sales amount is calculated according to the number of game media paid out. Mobile sales amount calculation means to
Of the number of game media lent out to the game media lent to the player, the number of game media used for the game machine, the number of game media granted from the game machine, and the possessed game media owned by the player Based on the counted number of game media counted, the accumulated carry-in amount for calculating the accumulated carry-in amount corresponding to the accumulated number of game media brought in from the number of game media brought in from the outside of the gaming machine A calculation means;
Display means for displaying sales data;
An unauthorized player judging means for judging an unauthorized player ,
On the one display screen of the display means, the moving sales amount and the added amount obtained by adding the accumulated carry-in amount to the moving sales amount are displayed .
The fraudulent player determination means determines that the first player has moved from the first gaming machine to the second gaming machine and has started the game at the second gaming machine. and determines and stores an incorrect level of the player from the plurality of types in accordance with the difference between the number and the counted game medium speed of the own game medium in the gaming machine.

  In a game store that operates each counter, it is possible to calculate mobile sales including movement of a small amount of hand-held medals that cannot be calculated by conventional mobile sales.

It is a figure which shows the outline of the game hall apparatus by this Embodiment. It is a front view which shows the game hall system provided with the hall computer which concerns on this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a pachislot machine. It is a perspective view which shows sand. It is a perspective view which shows the internal structure of a sand. It is a perspective view which shows the 1st storage space of sand. It is a block diagram which shows the structural component of a sand. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a hall computer. 4 is a flowchart showing processing in each of the pachislot machine 10, the sand 20 and the hall computer 500 in the game hall system 1. It is a flowchart which shows the information transmission processing procedure in a pachislot machine. It is a flowchart which shows the rental processing procedure of the game medium in sand. It is a flowchart which shows a counting process. It is a flowchart which shows an abnormality detection process. It is a flowchart which shows history data creation processing. It is a flowchart which shows a change judgment process. It is a figure which shows the all-unit error ball list screen which is a display example on the display of a hall computer. It is a figure which shows the total screen for every model which is a display example on the display of a hall computer. 6 is a flowchart showing processing of the camera 35 in the sand 20; 10 is a flowchart showing player fraud level processing in the hall computer 500.

  Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings.

<<<<< Outline of the Game Field Apparatus According to the Present Invention >>>>
FIG. 1 shows an outline of a game room apparatus according to the present invention.

The game hall apparatus (for example, hall computer 500 described later) according to the embodiment of the present invention is
A game hall device that manages the sales of a plurality of gaming machines (for example, a pachislot machine 10 to be described later) provided with each counter (for example, a sand 20 to be described later) for each gaming machine,
Player identification information for identifying a player (for example, a serial number of an IC card (information card) described later) and receiving the player identification information detected by each counter. Receiving means;
Based on the player specifying information received by the player specifying information receiving means, a second gaming machine in which the player is different from the first gaming machine from the first gaming machine among the plurality of gaming machines. The first gaming machine based on the number of gaming media counted by each counter when moving from the first gaming machine to the second gaming machine when it is determined that the first gaming machine has moved to the second gaming machine. Moving sales amount calculating means (for example, a main CPU 501 to be described later) for calculating a moving sales amount (for example, moving sales and balance beam moving sales to be described later) according to the number of game media transferred from the second gaming machine to the second gaming machine ROM 502, RAM 504, etc.)
The number of game media lent out to the player (for example, the number of rents described later), the number of used game media used for the gaming machine (for example, the number of outs described later), and the grant from the gaming machine Based on the number of granted game media (for example, safe number described later) and the counted number of game media (for example, counted number described later) among the game media owned by the player, Cumulative carry-in amount calculation means for calculating a cumulative carry-in amount according to the cumulative number of game media brought in from the number of game media brought in from the outside of the gaming machine (for example, an average cumulative carry-in ball number to be described later) (For example, main CPU 501, ROM 502, RAM 504, etc., which will be described later),
Addition amount display means (for example, a display 505 described later) for displaying an addition amount obtained by adding the accumulated carry-in amount to the moving sales amount.

  The game hall device according to the embodiment of the present invention manages sales of a plurality of gaming machines for each gaming machine. Each of the plurality of gaming machines is provided with each counter. The game hall device according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a player specifying information receiving unit, a moving sales amount calculating unit, a cumulative carry-in amount calculating unit, and an added amount display unit.

  The player specifying information receiving means receives the player specifying information detected by each counter. The player specifying information is information for specifying a player. The player specifying information is preferably information unique to an IC card (information card) described later (such as a serial number), for example.

  The moving sales amount calculation means determines whether or not the player has moved from the first gaming machine to the second gaming machine among the plurality of gaming machines based on the player specifying information for specifying the player. to decide. When it is determined that the game machine has moved from the first game machine to the second game machine, based on the number of game media counted by each counter when moving from the first game machine to the second game machine. Then, the amount of movement sales according to the number of game media moved from the first gaming machine to the second gaming machine is calculated.

  Specifically, when the player moves to the second gaming machine, inserts an information card into a gaming medium lending device such as a sand 20 described later, and operates the lending button, the number of gaming media is added. Is done. More specifically, when the player moves to the second gaming machine and operates the lending button of the sand 20, a predetermined number and 50 sheets (for example, 1000 yen) are added as the moving sales. If only the information card is inserted into the sand 20, no moving sales are generated, and moving sales are generated when the lending button is operated.

  Recently, when a game machine moves from one gaming machine to another, so-called dollar box operation has been abolished. Instead of dollar boxes, counters and information cards have been used. First, in one gaming machine, the player counts game media using each counter and stores the counted value in the information card. Take the information card and move to another game machine. In game stores, the rules of game stores that allow such information card movement are established.

  The above-mentioned transfer sales amount depends on the number of game media that the player has moved appropriately according to the rules of the game store when the player moves from the first game machine to the second game machine in the game store. Shows the amount of money.

  The cumulative carry-in amount calculating means calculates the cumulative number of game media to be brought in based on the number of rented game media, the number of used game media, the number of granted game media, and the number of counted game media. The number of rented game media is the number of game media lent to the player. The number of game media used is the number of game media used in the gaming machine. The number of granted game media is the number of game media granted from the gaming machine. The counted number of game media is the number of counted game media among the game media owned by the player.

  The cumulative number of game media brought in is the number of game media introduced in order to acquire game media moved from outside the game machine (such as another game machine or another game store). Basically, the cumulative number of game media brought in is a number introduced on the assumption that it indicates the number of game media brought in from outside the game store (from other game stores). Therefore, in principle, the cumulative number of game media brought in indicates the number of game media that have been improperly moved by the player without being in accordance with the rules of the game store (taken from other game stores).

  Amusement stores conduct various surveys on game media. For example, the medals (game media) flowing on the conveyor are visually inspected for color and engraving. In addition, a camera for checking medals is installed inside the conveyor and sand, and medals are checked by the camera. As a result of such investigation, it was found that there was almost no game media brought in from other game stores. In addition, in spite of such a result, when the cumulative number of game media brought in was monitored, the ratio of the mobile sales to the corrected sales was also lower than expected.

  From such a result, it is assumed that the player moves the game medium without following the rules of the game store. That is, it is assumed that the player moves the game medium by hand without counting it when moving from the first gaming machine to the second gaming machine. In this case, since it is a game medium that has been moved without following the rules of the game store, it is not an appropriate move, but it is different from game media brought in from other game stores. Such hand-held movement of game media can be said to be fraudulent with little damage to the game store compared to bringing it in from another game store or taking it out to another game store. In such a case, the cumulative number of game media brought in indicates the number of game media moved by the player in the game store without following the rules of the game store.

  The added amount display means displays an added amount obtained by adding the accumulated carry-in amount to the moving sales amount. As described above, when the player moves from the first gaming machine to the second gaming machine without counting the game media, the cumulative number of game media brought in is determined by the game store. This is the number of game media that the player has moved within the game store without obeying. Therefore, the added amount obtained by adding the accumulated carry-in amount to the moving sales amount indicates an amount corresponding to the total number of game media moved by the player in the game store. In this way, when there is no game medium brought in from another store, the addition amount obtained by adding the accumulated carry-in amount to the movement sales amount is handled as the sales amount by the number of game media moved by the player. It is possible to calculate the sales amount by moving the game medium more accurately.

  Cumulative total according to the number of game media brought in by adding the number of game media brought in from the outside of the gaming machine to the movement sales amount according to the number of game media moved from the first gaming machine to the second gaming machine Add the carry-in amount. For this reason, when there are no brought-in medals from other stores, the cumulative number of game media brought in can be handled as the number of game media that the player has moved in the store. Therefore, when there are no medals brought in from other stores, it is possible to accurately calculate the mobile sales including the number of game media held in the store.

  Since the total amount brought in is added to the moving sales amount and displayed on the added amount display means, when there are no medals from other stores, accurate mobile sales including the number of game media held in the store can be performed. Can be notified.

The game hall device according to the embodiment of the present invention further includes:
The number obtained by subtracting the number of game media counted by each counter after the game in the first gaming machine from the number of game media owned by the player after the game in the first gaming machine is If the game is positive and the game is started with the second gaming machine, the player specifying information is stored as a mild unauthorized player,
In the case where the number of rented game media is zero and a game is played with one of the plurality of game machines, and before that, the game machine is different from the one game machine. When the game machine is not playing, it is further provided with unauthorized player registration means (for example, a main CPU 501, ROM 502, RAM 504, which will be described later) for storing the player identification information as a severely unauthorized player.

  The game hall device according to the embodiment of the present invention further includes fraudulent player registration means.

  The unauthorized player registration means subtracts the number of counted game media counted by each counter after the game in the first gaming machine from the number of game media owned by the player after the game in the first gaming machine. The number is calculated. That is, the difference between the number of game media actually owned by the player after the game in the first gaming machine and the number of counted game media counted by each counter of the first gaming machine is calculated. Originally, the number of game media owned by the player should match the number of counted game media. However, a case where the number of counted game media is smaller than the number of game media owned by the player is also assumed. That is, it is assumed that the player counted only a part of the owned game media with each counter, and moved the game media while holding the rest. The unauthorized player registration means registers as a mildly unauthorized player when the game medium moved by hand is used in the second gaming machine.

  Further, the unauthorized player registration means is a case where the number of rented game media is zero and a game is played on one of the plurality of gaming machines, and before that, When a game is not being played on another gaming machine different from the gaming machine, the player specifying information is stored as a severe illegal player. When the number of rented game media is zero and a game is played on one of a plurality of gaming machines, other gaming machines different from the one gaming machine before that The case where the game is not being played means that the player has visited the game store for the first time on the same day and started the game without lending the game media. That is, it is a case where a game is started by bringing a game medium from another game store. In such a case, it is registered as a severe fraudulent player who causes great damage to the game store.

  In the present embodiment, as a premise, the player is always photographed with each sand. Further, for example, the shooting data of the player who is shooting is stored on the condition that a game is played in the gaming machine even though the rental operation is not performed in the gaming machine.

  Furthermore, during the same day, when a game is played on another gaming machine and the player leaves the other gaming machine even though he / she has a game medium (for example, even though 1010 cards have been put out) If only 1000 cards are counted), it is determined that the game has been performed simply by hand-held movement, and the player is registered as a mild unauthorized player. If the number of hand held is 10 or less, it is judged as a mild fraud player, and if it is 11 or more and 50 or less, it is judged as a medium fraud player and more than 50. In such a case, it is preferable to determine that the player is a serious illegal player.

  In addition, shooting data obtained by shooting the player is stored on the condition that a game is played in the gaming machine even though the rental operation is not performed in the gaming machine. If the game has not been played on another gaming machine on that day (that is, if the player is filmed for the first time on that day), it is determined that the player is a serious illegal player who brought game media from another game store. .

  In addition, when a player plays a game on a certain game machine and owns a game medium, he leaves the game machine and does not play a game on another game machine until that day. Is determined to be a severely fraudulent player who has taken out the game medium.

A game room apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:
A player imaging data receiving means (for example, an interface 507 described later) for receiving imaging data (for example, imaging data captured by a camera 35 described later) captured the player,
When the number of rented game media is zero and a game is played in one of the plurality of gaming machines, the unauthorized player registration means, together with the player specifying information, Store imaging data.

  The game hall apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention further includes player image data receiving means. The player imaging data receiving means receives imaging data obtained by imaging the player.

  The fraudulent player registration means stores player imaging data together with player identification information when the number of rented game media is zero and a game is played in one of the plurality of gaming machines. .

  As described above, on the condition that a game is played on the gaming machine even though the rental operation is not performed on a certain gaming machine, the player shooting data of the player is stored. The player shooting data is stored together with the player specifying information. Thus, a player and player specific information can be linked. The player identification information is preferably information card identification information or a serial number. For this reason, the player specifying information is not completely associated with the actual player. By associating the player shooting data with the player specifying information, it is possible to link the actual player (face information) and the player specifying information.

The game hall device according to the embodiment of the present invention further includes:
After a game is played on any one of the plurality of gaming machines, the number of game media owned by the player is counted by each counter after the game in the first gaming machine. If the number obtained by subtracting the number of counted game media is positive and no game is being played in any of the plurality of gaming machines, the illegal fraud to be registered as a severe illegal player A player registration means is further provided.

  As described above, a player plays a game on a certain game machine, and despite having possession of a game medium, after leaving the game machine, the game is played on another game machine until that day. If not, it is determined that the player is a serious illegal player who has taken out the game medium. This determination can be made after the amusement store is closed.

<<<<< Embodiment of the Game Field Apparatus According to the Present Invention >>>>
Next, the game hall system including the hall computer as the game hall apparatus according to the present invention will be described in more detail.

<<< Amusement Hall System 1 >>>
FIG. 2 shows an outline of the game hall system 1. The game hall system 1 includes a plurality of pachislot machines 10, a plurality of sands 20, and a hall computer 500.

<< Pachislot machine 10 >>
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the pachislot machine. As shown in FIG. 3, the pachislot machine 10 includes a main control circuit 250, a sub control circuit 280, and peripheral devices (actuators) electrically connected thereto. The main control circuit 250 includes a microcomputer 260 installed on a circuit board as a main component. The microcomputer 260 includes a main CPU 261, a main ROM 262, and a main RAM 263.

  The main ROM 262 stores a control program executed by the main CPU 261, a data table such as an internal lottery table, data for transmitting various control commands (commands) to the sub control circuit 280, and the like. The main RAM 263 is provided with a storage area for storing various data such as an internal winning combination determined by execution of the control program.

  The main CPU 261 is connected with a clock pulse generation circuit 252, a frequency divider 253, a random number generator 254, and a sampling circuit 255. The clock pulse generation circuit 252 and the frequency divider 253 generate clock pulses. The main CPU 261 executes a control program based on the generated clock pulse. The random number generator 254 generates a random number in a predetermined range (for example, 0 to 65535). The sampling circuit 255 extracts one value from the generated random numbers.

  A switch or the like is connected to the input port of the microcomputer 260. The main CPU 261 receives input from a switch or the like, and controls the operation of peripheral devices such as stepping motors 271L, 271C, and 271R. The stop switch 312S detects that each of the three stop buttons 312L, 312C, 312R has been stopped by the player. Further, the start switch 310S, which is a start operation detecting means, detects that the start lever has been operated by the player (start operation).

  The medal sensor 240S detects that a medal received at the medal slot 11 (see FIG. 2) has passed through the selector. The bet switch 332S detects that the bet button has been pressed by the player. Further, the settlement switch 334S detects that the settlement button has been pressed by the player. Further, the door sensor 335S detects that the door of the housing has been opened.

  Peripheral devices whose operations are controlled by the microcomputer 260 include stepping motors 271L, 271C, 271R, a 7-segment display 314, and a hopper (medal payout device) 350. A circuit for controlling the operation of each peripheral device is connected to the output port of the microcomputer 260.

  The motor driving circuit 272 controls driving of stepping motors 271L, 271C, and 271R provided corresponding to the reels 320L, 320C, and 320R. The reel position detection circuit 270 detects a reel index indicating that the reels 320L, 320C, and 320R have made one rotation by an optical sensor having a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit in accordance with each of the reels 320L, 320C, and 320R.

  The stepping motors 271L, 271C, and 271R have a configuration in which the momentum is proportional to the number of output pulses and the rotation axis can be stopped at a specified angle. The driving force of the stepping motors 271L, 271C, 271R is transmitted to the reels 320L, 320C, 320R via gears having a predetermined reduction ratio. Each time one pulse is output to the stepping motors 271L, 271C, 271R, the reels 320L, 320C, 320R rotate at a constant angle.

  The main CPU 261 counts the number of times pulses are output to the stepping motors 271L, 271C, and 271R after detecting the reel index, so that the rotation angle of the reels 320L, 320C, and 320R (mainly, the number of symbols of the reels) The position of each symbol arranged on the surface of the reels 320L, 320C, 320R is managed.

  The display driver circuit 315 controls the operation of the 7-segment display 314. The hopper driving circuit 352 controls the operation of the hopper 350. The payout completion signal circuit 353 manages the detection of medals performed by the medal detection unit 351 provided in the hopper 350, and checks whether or not the medals discharged from the hopper 350 have reached the payout number.

  The sub-control circuit 280 is electrically connected to the main control circuit 250 and performs processing such as determination and execution of effect contents based on a command transmitted from the main control circuit 250. The sub control circuit 280 basically includes a sub CPU, a sub ROM, a sub RAM, a rendering processor, a drawing RAM, a driver, a DSP (digital signal processor), an audio RAM, and the like.

  In response to the command transmitted from the main control circuit 250, the sub CPU controls the output of video, sound, and light according to the control program stored in the sub ROM. The sub-RAM is provided with a storage area for registering the determined contents and effects data, and a storage area for storing various data such as an internal winning combination transmitted from the main control circuit 250. The sub ROM basically includes a program storage area and a data storage area.

  The sub ROM stores effect data for performing effects by light in a light emitting effect device (not shown). The sub CPU causes the lamp 412 to emit light by outputting the effect data based on a command from the main control circuit 250. In addition, the sub ROM stores effect data for effecting with sound effects and images, and the sub CPU outputs the effect data based on a command from the main control circuit 250 to thereby produce a speaker. A sound effect is output from 414 and an effect image is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 410.

  Here, an interface 210 is connected to the main control circuit 250, and the main CPU 261 communicates with the sand 20 and the hall computer 500 (see FIG. 2) via the interface 210. The main CPU 261 transmits information such as medal insertion information and medal payout information to the sand 20 for each game while communicating with the sand 20. The medal insertion information is, for example, the number of medals inserted into the pachislot machine 10 for a game during a certain period. The medal payout information is, for example, the number of medal payouts and the number of bonus occurrences. For example, the main CPU 261 transmits medal insertion information to the sand 20 when the start lever is operated by the player. The main CPU 261 transmits medal payout information to the sand 20 every time one medal is paid out.

  As shown in FIG. 2, each sand 20 is provided on the right side of the corresponding pachislot machine 10 and is connected to be communicable with the pachislot machine 10. Each sand 20 is communicably connected to a hall computer 500 that performs system management and sales management of the sand 20 of the entire hall.

<< Sand 20 >>
As shown in FIG. 4, an LED unit 31, a card insertion slot 32, a banknote insertion slot 33 into which a banknote can be inserted, an operation unit 34 constituted by a touch panel LCD, a camera 35, a non-printing unit, and the like. A contact IC card reader 36, a medal payout tray 37, a speaker cover 38, a medal counting slot 39, and the like are provided. The card insertion slot 32 is an insertion slot that can accept an IC card (information card) issued by, for example, the sand 20 or a hall. In the present embodiment, the IC card is a visitor card.

  A predetermined number, for example, about 10 IC cards are held in the sand 20 in advance so as to be usable. When a bill, for example, a 10,000 yen bill is inserted into the bill insertion slot 33 of the sand 20, money amount information indicating 10,000 yen is written on the IC chip of the IC card. Thereafter, when the pachislot machine 10 plays a game for 1000 yen, the amount information is updated as a balance to amount information indicating 9000 yen obtained by subtracting 1000 yen. Furthermore, when returning, the IC card in which the amount information is recorded is ejected from the card insertion slot 32.

  When the game is advanced and the balance due to the banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion slot 33 runs out, the IC card is collected in the sand 20. If there is a balance, it can be lent again. Furthermore, when information indicating the balance is written in the IC chip of the IC card, the IC card can be returned to the player.

  In the IC card, unique information for identifying the IC card, such as a serial number, is stored in advance. Information unique to the IC card can be handled as information for identifying a visitor player. As will be described later, by associating information unique to an IC card with facial data, the IC card and a player who owns the IC card can be linked.

  A card ID such as a counting result in the sand 20, a storage ball, a sand ID for which counting has been performed, and a serial number assigned to a light-emitting card is stored. When the IC card is used as a membership card, a player ID such as a membership number is stored.

  The LED unit 31 includes a full color LED 31A and an infrared LED 31B. The card insertion slot 32 is for inserting an IC card, and the banknote insertion slot 33 is for inserting a banknote. The IC card is issued when the player inserts a predetermined amount of banknotes into the banknote insertion slot 33. The IC card can also be issued by a card issuing machine (not shown) installed in the hall. The IC card mainly stores balance data and identification information for identifying the IC card.

  The operation unit 34 includes a liquid crystal display device (not shown) having a plurality of touch panel type operation buttons (not shown). The plurality of operation buttons accept player operations, and include a lending button, a counting button, a medal payout button, and a return button. The player can execute the process by touching the operation button corresponding to the desired process.

  For example, the lending button is a part that is operated when an IC card is inserted into the card insertion slot 32 or cash is inserted into the banknote insertion slot 33 and a medal lending is desired. The counting button is a portion operated when counting medals by the counting hopper 71 (see FIGS. 5 and 7). The handed medal payout button is a part operated when paying out the number of medals designated by the player from the handed medals stored in the sand 20. The return button is a part operated when returning the inserted IC card. At this time, balance data, medal data or stored medal data, and a card ID are written to the IC card as needed, and balance data, medal data or card ID are written to the IC card as needed.

  Further, in addition to the plurality of operation buttons, the operation unit 34 displays the medal information and information about the operation, and the display screen is switched according to the operation on the plurality of operation buttons.

  A player can receive or pay out medals as game media necessary for a game by inserting an IC card or a predetermined amount of banknotes into the card insertion slot 32 or the banknote insertion slot 33.

  Further, the player can receive a medal required for the game by holding the non-contact IC card over the non-contact IC card reader 36. A non-contact IC card is a so-called member card. The non-contact IC card has a Felica (trademark) function. Member information is recorded on the non-contact IC card, and the storage ball can be lent out using the non-contact IC card. This member information is information for identifying a player registered as a member in the game store. In the present embodiment, the amount data is not stored in the non-contact IC card.

  When the sand 20 receives various value media such as banknotes and IC cards, the number of medals according to the amount of the inserted value media is counted by the payout hopper 51 provided inside, and the medal is paid out. Pay out from the tray 37. In addition, when the sand 20 receives an inserted IC card in which the number of usable medals is written, the number of medals specified by the player is within a range corresponding to the number of medals written in the inserted IC card. Then, the payout hopper 51 provided inside counts and pays out from the medal payout tray 37. The player can play a game in the pachislot machine 10 by inserting the medals paid out from the medal payout tray 37 into the medal slot 11 of the pachislot machine 10.

  Further, in the pachislot machine 10, medals are paid out to the medal payout tray 12 in accordance with the game result. The player can cause the sand 20 to count medals by inserting medals from the medal payout tray 12 into the medal counting slot 39 of the sand 20. The sand 20 counts medals inserted from the medal counting insertion port 39 by a counting hopper 71 provided inside. As described above, the sand 20 is provided in the pachislot machine 10 and has a side surface as each stand counting device that counts medals paid out from the pachislot machine 10 according to the result of the game.

  The medal counting result is recorded on the IC card inserted from the card insertion slot 32 according to the player's instruction, and further stored in a storage unit provided in the hall computer 500.

  The medals counted in the counting hopper 71 are discharged from the discharge port provided on the bottom surface of the sand 20 to the transport conveyor and collected. In a place where no conveyor is provided, a storage box for storing medals may be installed below the sand 20 and the medals may be discharged into the storage box.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the sand 20 has an identification means (a bill identification device 61, a card insertion slot 32, a non-contact IC card reader 36, etc.) for identifying a value medium such as a bill or an IC card inside the housing 22. And a first storage space AR11 for storing the power supply unit 65. Below the first storage space AR11, there is a second storage space AR13 for storing the dispensing hopper 51 and the counting hopper 71 side by side. In the first storage space AR11, identification means (IC card reader / writer 62, banknote identification device 61, card insertion slot 32, non-contact IC card reader 36, etc.) is stored in the upper part, and the power supply unit 65 is stored in the lower part. Has been. That is, the lower part of the first storage space AR11 forms a power supply unit storage space AR12 for storing the power supply unit 65.

  FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the first storage space AR11. In FIG. 6, a bill recognition device 61 is a device that identifies bills inserted from the bill insertion slot 33 (FIG. 4), and an IC card reader / writer 62 receives information from an IC card inserted from the card insertion slot 32. Or writes information stored in the sand 20 to the IC card.

  In FIG. 5, the dispensing hopper 51 stored in the second storage space AR <b> 13 below the first storage space AR <b> 11 passes through a replenishment opening 52 provided on the back surface of the housing 22 at the upper part. The medals are replenished through the replenishment route from the hall. A replenishment passage 53 is provided between the replenishment opening 52 and the payout hopper 51, and medals replenished from the replenishment opening 52 fall into the payout hopper 51 through the replenishment passage 53. To do.

  On the other hand, an introduction passage 72 is provided between the medal counting insertion port 39 and the counting hopper 71 provided on the front surface 21 of the housing 22, and the medal inserted from the medal counting insertion port 39. Falls to the counting hopper 71 through the introduction passage 72 (arrow a). The counting hopper 71 is provided with counting means for counting medals, and the medals counted by the counting means are discharged from the discharge port 73 provided on the bottom surface of the housing 22 to the conveyor (arrows). b) is recovered.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the medal counting slot 39 is provided at the same height as the medal payout tray 12 of the pachislot machine 10. Thereby, the player can easily carry the medals paid out to the medal payout tray 12 of the pachislot machine 10 to the medal counting slot 39. The height of the medal counting slot 39 is not limited to the same height as the medal payout tray 12 of the pachislot machine 10, and may be provided at a position lower than the medal payout tray 12. In this way, the player can easily carry medals.

  Next, the mounting position of the speaker in the sand 20 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a front panel 21 is provided on the front portion 21 of the sand 20, and a speaker cover 38 is provided on the front panel 23. The speaker cover 38 has a plurality of transmission ports through which sound from a speaker provided on the back side of the front panel 23 (speaker cover 38) is transmitted forward. A speaker 81 (described later in FIG. 7) is provided on the back side of the transmission port. In the case of the present embodiment, the speaker 81 is fixed to the front portion of the payout hopper 51.

  The size of the opening (not shown) of the counting hopper 71 and the medal counting insertion port 39 shown in FIG. A plate-shaped medal guide member 29 is fixed to the medal counting insertion port 39 along with the front panel 23. This makes it difficult for the player's hand to enter from the medal counting slot 39.

  Further, a photosensor 77 (described later in FIG. 7) is provided at the opening of the counting hopper 71 so that it is detected when the player's hand enters. Accordingly, when the player's hand is inserted by mistake or when the hand is inserted by fraud, the detection by the photosensor 77 can be performed and the operation of the counting hopper 71 can be stopped.

  FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the components of the sand 20. The main CPU 121 reads the control unit program stored in the ROM 122 and executes medal counting and other processing. Various data relating to the processing is stored in the RAM 123.

  The main CPU 121 stores the amount data read from the IC card through the card insertion slot 32 in the RAM 123 as balance data. When the amount designated by the player is smaller than the balance data based on the balance data and the operation result output from the operation unit 34, the main CPU 121 pays out a medal for the designated amount. The balance data is updated by counting and paying out and subtracting the amount of medals paid out from the balance data. The main CPU 121 can drive the payout hopper 51 by controlling the drive circuit 131. Further, the counting hopper 71 is connected to the main CPU 121 via the driving circuit 132, and the main CPU 121 can drive the counting hopper 71 by controlling the driving circuit 132.

  The main CPU 121 stores the medal count data read from the IC card via the IC card reader / writer 62 or the medal count data counted via the counting hopper 71 in the RAM 123. When the medal count is already stored in the RAM 123 when the medal count is counted via the counting hopper 71, the medal count data is updated based on the counted medal count.

  Based on this medal number data and the operation result output from the operation unit 34, the main CPU 121 determines that the number of medals specified by the player is smaller than the medal number data. The medal count data is updated by subtracting the number of medals paid out from the medal count data by counting and paying out medals in the payout hopper 51.

  A return button for returning the IC card is displayed on the operation unit 34. When the player operates the return button, the main CPU 121 has the IC card inserted into the IC card reader / writer 62. Is discharged from the card insertion slot 32.

  The main CPU 121 stores the banknote identification result output from the banknote identification device 61 in the RAM 123 as balance data. When the amount designated by the player is smaller than the balance data based on the balance data and the operation result output from the operation unit 34, the main CPU 121 pays out a medal for the designated amount. The balance data is updated by counting and paying out and subtracting the amount of medals paid out from the balance data. The main CPU 121 can drive the payout hopper 51 by controlling the drive circuit 131.

  Further, the main CPU 121 uses the infrared LED 31B of the LED unit 31 as a monitoring projector, reflects the infrared light from the infrared LED 31B by the player, and images it with the camera 35. The main CPU 121 stores an image captured by the camera 35 in the RAM 123, and detects the presence or change of the player based on the image. This detection process is always performed. When the player's state changes to a non-detection (seating) state, and the IC card inserted from the card insertion slot 32 remains inserted, or the balance of the money amount data of the banknote inserted from the banknote insertion slot 33 If there is, the main CPU 121 can alert the player who is about to leave the seat by issuing a warning sound or a warning sound through the speaker 81. As the warning voice, a voice such as “Forgot card” is issued.

  The main CPU 121 performs non-contact communication with the non-contact IC card via the non-contact IC card reader 36. This communication method is, for example, an electromagnetic induction method with a carrier frequency of 13.56 MHz. The main CPU 121 counts the number of medals according to the amount data read from the non-contact IC card via the non-contact IC card reader 36 by the payout hopper 51 and pays it out from the medal payout tray 37. Rewrite card balance data.

  Further, the main CPU 121 communicates with the pachislot machine 10 and the hall computer via the interface 125. The pachislot machine 10 periodically sends the number of medals paid out as a game result and the number of medals inserted by the player to play the game to the sand 20, and the main CPU 121 of the sand 20 Are stored in the RAM 123.

  Further, the main CPU 121 periodically captures the player's face image via the camera 35 and stores it in the RAM 123. When the face image stored last time is compared with the face image stored this time, and it is determined that they are not the same person, the main CPU 121 determines that the player has changed, and performs processing (to be described later) accordingly. Do.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the hall computer 500, the pachislot machine 10 and the sand 20 are connected to the hall computer 500 in a communicable manner, and information relating to the number of medals such as medal insertion information and payout information is provided from the pachislot machine 10. (Medal number information) is received from the sand 20 as information on the number of medals (medal number information) such as the movement of the number of medals of the inserted IC card and the counting result by the counting hopper 71.

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the hall computer 500. The hall computer 500 includes a main CPU 501, a ROM 502, a RAM 504, a display 505, and a speaker 506. In the hall computer 500, when it is necessary to store a large amount of data, a storage device such as an HDD may be provided.

  The main CPU 501 reads and executes the control program stored in the ROM 502. Specifically, the main CPU 501 executes processing of S156 to S158 in FIG. 9 described later, and controls the display 505 and the speaker 506.

  The display 505 displays game data managed by the hall computer 500 or notifies the occurrence of fraud or abnormality. The display 505 is realized by a liquid crystal display device, for example. Here, display examples on the display 505 are shown in FIGS. Details of these display examples will be described later.

  The speaker 506 performs notification together with the display 505 when an irregularity or abnormality such as illegally bringing in a medal occurs. The speaker 506 outputs various audio data in addition to the notification of fraud or abnormality.

  The hall computer 500 is communicably connected to the sand 20 via the interface 507, and is communicably connected to the management server 510 via the HUB 508. The management server 510 manages, for example, player data (player ID, savings, visit history, etc.) registered in the game hall, past game data, and the like.

<<<< Various Processes in Pachislot Machine 10, Sand 20 and Hall Computer 500 >>>>
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing processing in each of the pachislot machine 10, the sand 20 and the hall computer 500 in the game hall system 1.

<< Processing in Pachislot Machine 10 >>
As shown in FIG. 9, in the pachi-slot machine 10, the information transmission process shown in FIG. 10 is executed (step S151). Through this information transmission process, every time a medal is inserted and paid out, medal insertion information and medal payout information are transmitted to the hall computer 500. In this manner, the hall computer 500 can acquire medal insertion information and medal payout information from the pachislot machine 10.

<< Processing in Sand 20 >>
The main CPU 121 of the sand 20 executes the lending process shown in FIG. 11 (step S152). The medal number information obtained as a result of the lending process is transmitted to the hall computer 500.

  Next, the main CPU 121 of the sand 20 executes the counting process (step S154) shown in FIG.

  Next, the main CPU 121 of the sand 20 executes an imaging process (step S155). The facial data obtained by this imaging process is transmitted to the hall computer 500.

  The imaging process is a process of shooting a player sitting in front of the pachislot machine 10 with the camera 35 of the sand 20. Specifically, in the imaging process, first, the player is captured by photographing the front of the pachislot machine 10 with the camera 35. The area photographed by the camera 35 is an area where the player's face can be photographed while the player is sitting and playing in front of the pachislot machine 10. Next, the main CPU 121 executes pre-processing of the shooting data shot by the camera 35, extracts the facial features of the player, and generates facial data.

  The pre-processing of the photographic data is processing such as density characteristics of the photographic data, enhancement (sharpness / sharpness), smoothing (smoothing, noise removal), contour extraction, enlargement / reduction, and rotation.

  The extraction of the player's characteristics includes, for example, a weak classifier having a weight setting unit that is set such that the weight becomes larger as the discrimination performance between the detection target and the non-detection target is higher, and a plurality of the weak classifiers. In addition, there is a type that is processed by a strong classifier that identifies whether or not input data is a detection target based on a determination result of a feature value in each of the weak classifiers.

  Through this feature extraction process, it is possible to extract the features of the player's face and generate data that can compare the player's face, and the facial data thus generated is transmitted to the hall computer 500. . The imaging process is performed, for example, every predetermined period, and facial data is transmitted from the sand 20 to the hall computer 500 every predetermined period. The imaging process may be performed when a specific condition is met. As specific conditions in this case, for example, IC card or IC card information is read or written in the sand 20, medals are lent out in the sand 20, and stored balls are paid out in the sand 20. The medal counting is performed in the sand 20, or various information is transmitted from the pachislot machine 10 to the hall computer 500.

<< Processing in Hall Computer 500 >>
The main CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 accumulates information in the RAM 504 when receiving information such as medal insertion information and medal payout information from the pachislot machine 10 or when receiving medal number information from the sand 20 ( In step S156), the display items shown in FIGS. 16 and 17 are appropriately updated based on the accumulated information.

  The main CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 stores information even when facial data is received from the sand 20, but the facial data in this case is stored in the RAM 504, but the management server 510 ( You may make it perform in (refer FIG. 8).

  Next, the main CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 executes a history data creation process (step S162) shown in FIG.

  Next, the main CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 executes a change determination process (step S158) shown in FIG.

  Next, the main CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 performs information accumulation (step S156) when moving sales information (corresponding to “moving sales <yen>” in FIG. 16) is obtained by the shift determination process, and FIG. Update the indicated display item.

  The main CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 also executes the abnormality detection process (step S157) shown in FIG. Note that this abnormality detection process is not performed while the game shop is in operation, but is executed after the store is closed.

<< Information transmission process >>
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the information transmission process. As described above, the information transmission process is a process executed in the pachislot machine 10.

  First, the main CPU 261 of the pachi-slot machine 10 determines whether or not a medal has been inserted (step S101). When determining that a medal has been inserted (YES), the main CPU 261 of the pachislot machine 10 determines whether or not the start button has been operated by the player (step S102). When determining that the start button has been operated by the player (YES), the main CPU 261 of the pachi-slot machine 10 transmits medal insertion information to the hall computer 500 (step S103). The medal insertion information includes, for example, the number of medals inserted into the pachislot machine 10 for a game.

  When it is determined that no medal has been inserted in the determination process in step S101 described above (NO), or when it is determined in the determination process in step S101 that the start button has not been operated by the player (NO), step S103. When the above process is executed, the main CPU 261 of the pachi-slot machine 10 determines whether or not medals have been paid out (step S101). When determining that the medal has been paid out (YES), the main CPU 261 of the pachi-slot machine 10 transmits medal payout information to the hall computer 500 (step S105). The medal payout information includes, for example, the number of medal payouts and the number of bonus occurrences. The main CPU 261 of the pachi-slot machine 10 determines that the medal has not been paid out in the determination process of step S104 (NO), and ends the present subroutine when the process of step S105 is executed.

  In this way, the pachi-slot machine 10 transmits medal insertion data and medal payout data to the hall computer 500. The hall computer 500 updates values such as “out” and “safe” in FIG. 16 based on the received information. In addition, the value of “out of special award” and “safe during special award”, and items calculated based on these values (such as “Sadama”, “out of special award”, “safe among special awards”, etc.) (not shown) ) Value can be updated.

<< Lending process >>
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a game media lending process executed by the main CPU 121 of the sand 20. The sand 20 mainly transmits data indicating the input amount and the lent amount to the hall computer 500. The amount inserted is the amount of the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot 33. The rented amount is an amount corresponding to the number of game media lent to the player. The process shown in FIG. 11 is always executed by the main CPU 121.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the main CPU 121 determines whether or not there has been a payout instruction based on the counted number of medals (step S11). In this process, whether or not an instruction to pay out from the number of medals counted in step S52 of FIG. 12 and stored in the RAM 123 is input via a medal payout button (not shown) of the operation unit 34. This is a process for determining whether or not.

  If there is a payout instruction based on the counted medal number (step S11: YES), the main CPU 121 operates the payout hopper 51 to pay out the designated number of medals to the medal payout tray 37 (step S12). ). Note that when the player operates the operation unit 34, the number of medals paid out is subtracted from the number of medals stored in the RAM 123.

  On the other hand, when there is no payout designation based on the number of medals counted in step S11 (step S11: NO), the main CPU 121 determines whether or not a value medium has been inserted (step S13). The value medium means a bill inserted into the bill insertion slot 33 or an IC card inserted into the card insertion slot 32. When a bill is inserted into the bill insertion slot 33, the bill amount is identified by the bill recognition device 61. When the IC card is inserted into the card insertion slot 32, the money amount data is read from the IC chip of the IC card. These read amount data are stored in the RAM 123.

  When the value medium is inserted (step S13: YES), the main CPU 121 moves the process from step S13 to step S14, and determines whether or not the rental button of the operation unit 34 is operated. When the lending button of the operation unit 34 is operated (step S14: YES), medals for a predetermined amount, for example, 1000 yen are paid out (step S15). If the lending button of the operation unit 34 is not operated (NO), the process returns to step S14. That is, after the player inserts a banknote into the banknote insertion slot 33, the player operates the operation unit 34 to pay out a predetermined amount of money, for example, 1000 yen, and the predetermined amount of money data is stored in the RAM 123. Stored in

  When the player does not insert the value medium, when the process of step S15 or S12 is executed, the main CPU 121 shifts the process to step S17.

  Next, in step S <b> 17, the main CPU 121 determines whether or not an IC card (information card) has been inserted into the card insertion slot 32. When the IC card is inserted (step S17: YES), the main CPU 121 moves the number of usable medals written on the inserted IC card to the RAM 123 (step S18), and moves the process to step S21. .

  On the other hand, if the IC card is not inserted (step S17: NO), the process immediately proceeds to step S21.

  In step S21, when the number of payouts is specified by the player operating the handed medal payout button of the operation unit 34 (step S21: YES), the specified number of medals are paid out from the sand 20 ( Step S22). The number of medals paid out is subtracted from the number of medals in the RAM 123.

  After the process of step S22 or when a negative result is obtained in step S21 (step S21: NO), the main CPU 121 shifts the process to step S23. In step S23, the main CPU 121 determines whether or not there is an instruction to write the balance stored in the RAM 123 to the IC card inserted at this time. This process is a process for determining whether or not a return button (not shown) of the operation unit 34 has been operated.

  When there is a writing instruction (step S23: YES), the main CPU 121 shifts the processing from step S23 to step S24, and when an IC card is inserted into the card insertion slot 32, the main CPU 121 stores the RAM 123 in the IC card. The balance data is written to update the balance data of the IC card, the medal number information is transmitted to the hall computer 500 (step S25), and this subroutine is finished.

<< Counting process >>
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the counting process. In FIG. 12, the main CPU 121 of the sand 20 first determines whether or not a counting button (not shown) of the operation unit 34 has been operated as step S51.

  When the main CPU 121 determines that the counting button has been operated (step S51: YES), the main CPU 121 executes medal counting by the counting hopper 71 (step S52), and stores the counting result in the RAM 123 in the subsequent step S53 (RAM 123). The count result is added to the number of medals. Then, the main CPU 121 moves the process to step S54.

  On the other hand, when it is not determined that the counting button has been operated (step S51: NO), the main CPU 121 shifts the processing from step S51 to step S54.

  In step S54, the main CPU 121 determines whether or not there is an instruction to write the counting result to the inserted IC card. This process is a process for determining whether or not the return button of the operation unit 34 has been operated.

  If there is a write instruction (step S54: YES), the main CPU 121 shifts the processing from step S54 to step S55, and if an IC card is inserted into the card insertion slot 32, the main CPU 121 inserts it into the IC chip of the IC card. Then, the balance data (the number of medals held) in the RAM 123 is written (step S55), the medal number information is transmitted to the hall computer 500 (step S56), and this subroutine is finished. For example, 7000 pieces of balance data in the RAM 123 are written in the IC chip of the IC card, the contents of the IC chip of the IC card are updated, and this is transmitted to the hall computer 500.

<< Abnormality detection processing >>
FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the abnormality detection process. As described above, the abnormality detection process shown in FIG. 13 is a process executed after the game store is closed. This is because the fixed value of the error ball can be calculated only by the aggregation process after closing because there is a number of lower dishes during business. Note that this is not the case with a sealed pachislot machine that uses only medal data without paying out any medals.

  In FIG. 13, the main CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 first compares various data stored in the RAM 504 in step S156 of FIG. 9 as step S61. Here, the various data refers to the number of medals lent out (paid out) from the sand 20 by the insertion of the value medium, the counting result of the medals inserted into the counting hopper 71, and the pachislot machine 10 is played. This is information such as the number of medals inserted for the purpose and the number of medals paid out as a result of the game in the pachislot machine 10.

  Subsequently, the main CPU 501 determines whether or not there is an abnormality in step S62. This determination is to determine the error in the number of medals by comparing the number of medals normally distributed in the amusement store with the number of medals actually handled in the sand 20 (pachislot machine 10). When the number of medals actually handled is more than a predetermined number than the number of medals that should be properly distributed (when the error in the number of medals is more than the number processed), medals brought in illegally from other amusement stores or at a low rate It can be determined that medals brought in from the corner are used. The obtained medal number error is stored in the RAM 504 of the hall computer 500.

  The main CPU 501 determines whether or not there is an abnormality in step S62. If it is determined that there is an abnormality (step S62: YES), the main CPU 501 moves the process from step S62 to step S63 and displays the display of the hall computer 500. An indication that an abnormality has occurred is displayed at 505, and audio data indicating that an abnormality has occurred is output from the speaker 506 of the hall computer 500, thereby notifying the abnormality state. Thereby, it is possible to notify the store clerk of the amusement store of the abnormality.

  The abnormality detection process may be performed in the sand 20, and in that case, an abnormality occurrence signal may be transmitted to the hall computer 500 when it is determined that there is an abnormality.

<< History data creation process >>
FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing history data creation processing. In FIG. 14, the main CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 first acquires various data and stores it in the RAM 504 (step S301).

  The various data includes, for example, a safe number that is the number of medals paid out as a result of the game in the pachislot machine 10, an out number that is the number of medals inserted to play a game on the pachislot machine 10, and a value medium input Includes data relating to the number of rented medals lent out (paid out) from the sand 20, the number of medals counted as the number of medals inserted into the counting hopper 71 and counted.

  In step S301, based on various data stored in the RAM 504, the main CPU 501 removes the total number of items brought in, and displays the error table for all units shown in FIG. 16 and the total screen for each model shown in FIG. Update the display of each item (game information).

  Next, the main CPU 501 updates a carry-in number calculation counter (step S302). The carry-in number calculation counter is a counter that is referred to when calculating the carry-in number, and includes a safe number counter, an out number counter, a rented number counter, and a counted number counter. That is, in the process of step S302, the value acquired in step S301 is added to the value of the safe sheet counter, the value of the out sheet counter, the value of the loaned sheet counter, and the value of the counted sheet counter.

  Next, the main CPU 501 executes processing for calculating the number of brought-in items (step S303). This process can be calculated as “the value of the rented sheet counter−the value of the out sheet counter + the value of the safe sheet counter−the value of the counted sheet counter” using a counter for calculating the number of sheets brought in.

  The number of brought-in sheets is calculated by, for example, “the value of the loaned sheet counter—the value of the out sheet counter (when the safe sheet counter value and the counted sheet counter value are“ 0 ”)”, “the loaned sheet counter value— Count value counter value (when the out number counter value and the safe number counter value are “0”), or “lending number counter value−out number counter value + safe number counter value (count number counter) If the value of “0” is “0”), it may be performed. In addition, when all except one of the lending number counter value, the out number counter value, the safe number counter value, and the counting number counter value are “0”, the counter of the counter that is not “0” What is necessary is just to calculate the number of carry-in based on a value.

  Next, the main CPU 501 determines whether or not the carry-in number calculated in step S303 is a “negative number” (step S304). In this process, if the main CPU 501 determines that the carry-in number is “negative” (step S304: YES), the main CPU 501 proceeds to step S305 and does not determine that the carry-in number is “negative”. (Step S304: NO), the processing of this subroutine is terminated. That is, in the case of calculating the number of brought-in according to the previous equation, it is determined that it is brought in when it is “negative number”, and therefore, the processing after step S305 is executed when it is “negative number”.

  Next, the main CPU 501 sets the number of brought-in numbers calculated in step S303 in the first counter (step S305). In this case, the value calculated in step S303 is set as “+” in the first counter.

  Next, the main CPU 501 determines whether or not the value of the first counter is larger than the value of the second counter (step S306). In this process, when the main CPU 501 determines that the value of the first counter is larger than the value of the second counter (step S306: YES), the main CPU 501 moves the process to step S307, and the value of the first counter is the second value. If it is determined that the value is smaller than the counter value (step S306: NO), the processing of this subroutine is terminated. The initial value of the second counter is “0”.

  Next, the main CPU 501 adds the value calculated by “the value of the first counter−the value of the second counter” to each of the value of the cumulative carry-in number counter and the value of the fraud notification counter (step S307). The value of 1 counter is set (overwritten) in the second counter (step S308). Note that the initial value of the cumulative carry-in number counter value and the fraud notification counter value is “0”. Further, the main CPU 501 updates the value of the cumulative number of brought-in sheets based on the value of the cumulative number of carried-in counters (step S309).

  Next, the main CPU 501 calculates a cumulative carry-in amount from the cumulative carry-in number updated in the process of step S309, and adds the cumulative carry-in amount to the mobile sales calculated in the mobile sales calculation process (step S320). In the present embodiment, the amount obtained by adding the accumulated carry-in amount to the moving sales is referred to as average platform moving sales (cumulative carry-in).

  Next, the main CPU 501 displays the average mobile sales (cumulative carry-in) calculated in step S320 as the value of “average mobile sales (cumulative carry-in)” on the tabulation screen for each model shown in FIG. (Step S322).

  When moving from the first pachislot machine 10 to the second pachislot machine 10 in the amusement store, the so-called dollar box operation is abolished. Instead of the dollar box, counters and IC cards have been used. First, in the first pachislot machine 10, the player counts medals with each counter, and stores the count value in the IC card. The player moves to the second pachislot machine 10 with the IC card. In game stores, there is a rule of game stores that permits such movement using an IC card.

  According to an empirical rule in a game store that defines such a rule, the average platform movement sales is a predetermined ratio of the average platform correction sales (movement). In order to verify this, as a result of investigating medals in a game store that has introduced each counter and IC card and monitors the total number of carry-in, it may be lower than the predetermined ratio described above. there were. Specifically, average platform mobile sales were 5% lower than expected. Furthermore, it has been found that there are almost no medals from other amusement stores or low rate corners. For this reason, it can be assumed that the reason why the ratio is lower than the predetermined ratio is that the player has moved the medal by hand between the tables at the same rate without going through each counter. .

  For this reason, when the accumulated carry-in number updated in the process of step S309 is handled as the number that the player has moved the medal by hand, the amount obtained by adding the accumulated carry-in amount to the moving sales is referred to as the average platform moving sales. can do. From this point of view, by displaying the amount obtained by adding the cumulative carry-in amount to the mobile sales as the average base mobile sales (cumulative carry-in), it is possible to indicate the accurate mobile sales.

  By the above-described processing, the value of “cumulative carry-in number” in the all-unit error ball list screen shown in FIG. 16 and the totaling screen for each model shown in FIG. 17 is updated.

  The main CPU 501 determines whether or not the fraud notification counter is 100 or more (step S310). In this process, it is determined whether or not the number of brought-in sheets has reached “100” which is a threshold for fraud determination. That is, step S310 corresponds to fraud determination processing. The fraud determination threshold is not limited to “100” and can be changed in various ways, and may be set as appropriate according to the medal lending unit price, the exchange rate with the prize, and the like.

  In step S310, when the main CPU 501 determines that the value of the fraud notification counter is 100 or more (step S310: YES), the main CPU 501 proceeds to step S311 and determines that the value of the fraud notification counter is smaller than 100. If so (step S310: NO), the processing of this subroutine is terminated.

  The main CPU 501 sets fraud notification data and sets the value of the fraud notification counter to “−100” (step S311). That is, in step S310, since it can be determined that fraud has occurred because it has been determined that the number of brought-in sheets has reached “100” which is the threshold for fraud determination, fraud notification data is set. This fraud alert data set informs that fraud has occurred. This notification makes the display items of the corresponding gaming table in the total error table list screen shown in FIG. 16 and the total screen for each model shown in FIG. 17 stand out, and displays the face image of the unauthorized player, Informing of the occurrence of fraud is performed by generating a warning sound or turning on a lamp. The fraudulent notification may be executed by causing the LED 31 of the sand 20 to emit light or causing a lamp (not shown) of the pachislot machine 10 to emit light in a predetermined manner. On the other hand, the value of the fraud notification counter is set to “−100” so that the subsequent occurrence of fraud can be determined.

  When the process of step S311 is executed, the process of this subroutine is terminated.

<< Change judgment process >>
In FIG. 15, the main CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 first detects the IC card when it is confirmed in step S81 that an IC card has been inserted into the sand 20 or has been removed from the sand 20. analyse. In this process, the main CPU 501 receives a card ID such as a serial number for identifying a card recorded on the IC card, or a player ID when registered as a member from the IC card.

  In step S82, the main CPU 121 compares the card ID and player ID transmitted from the sand 20 with the data stored in the RAM 504 (or management server 510) of the hall computer 500, so that the players match. Determine whether or not. If the players do not match, the process proceeds from step S82 to step S83, and the moving sales calculation process is executed. Instead of the card ID or player ID, the medal counting result in the sand 20 recorded on the IC card may be used. In this case, for the IC card, information for identifying the sand 20 that has been counted together with the medal counting result (for example, a sand ID), or information for identifying a pachislot machine corresponding to the sand 20, counting as necessary The player can be specified based on the IC card by attaching the date and time information.

  This moving sales calculation process is performed by calculating the number of medals moved from another pachislot machine 10 based on “held ball <sheet>” recorded on the IC card. That is, when an IC card is inserted into the sand 20 in order to use the “held ball <sheet>”, the “held ball <sheet>” recorded on the IC card is read, and this read data is recorded as mobile sales. To do.

  Information related to mobile sales calculated in the mobile sales calculation process (“mobile sales <yen>” in FIG. 16) is stored in the RAM 504 of the hall computer 500, and “mobile sales <yen>” shown in FIG. In addition, “sales <yen>” calculated from this item is updated.

  According to the hall computer 500, it is determined that the player has moved to another gaming machine based on the player data such as facial data or card ID or player ID recorded on the IC card. It is possible to determine whether it is a proper movement of medals by the possession game or an illegal carry-in from another store or a low rate corner. For this reason, it is possible to calculate an appropriate possession game as mobile sales in distinction from illegal carry-in. As a result, when calculating the sales of each pachislot machine 10 in consideration of the mobile sales, it becomes possible to accurately calculate the sales in each pachislot machine 10, and appropriately sales for each pachislot machine in the amusement hall It becomes possible to manage.

  The change determination process may be performed in the sand 20 except for the mobile sales calculation process. In this case, when it is determined that the players do not match, the player change signal (game machine movement information) ) To the hall computer 500 and the hall computer 500 may execute the mobile sales calculation process.

<<< Display Example on Display 505 >>>
16 and 17 are diagrams showing display examples on the display 505 of the hall computer 500. FIG. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of an all-unit error ball list screen, and FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of a totaling screen for each model.

<Example of all error table screen>
In the all-car error ball list screen shown in FIG. 16, game information (management items) for each game machine is displayed as the main display. The game information includes: "Sanban", "Out <sheet>", "Safe <sheet>", "Sad <piece>", "Delay rate (%)", "Moving sales", "Total number of balls brought in"“<Sheet>”, “lower plate ball number error ball <sheet>”, “number of fraud”, and “table history”.

  The “table number” is the number of the game machine. “Out <sheet>” is the number of medals inserted into the pachislot machine 10. “Safe <sheet>” is the number of medals paid out from the pachislot machine 10. “Difference ball <sheet>” is out (number of sheets to be inserted) −safe (number of sheets to be dispensed). “Releasing rate <%>” is safe (number of payouts) / out (number of input).

  The “total number of balls brought in <number>” is the number of medals that the player is supposed to bring in (the expected number of balls brought in). This cumulative number of balls brought in is not subtracted even if medals are taken out or the player is changed. The “lower plate ball number error ball <sheet>” is the number of sheets estimated to be present in the lower plate (including credits) of the pachislot machine 10. The lower plate ball number error ball means carry-in in the case of “−” and takes out (or spills) in the case of “+” after counting.

  The “number of frauds” is “+1” when it is determined that fraud has occurred because the number of balls brought in exceeds the number of fraud determination balls. The number of fraud determination balls is set to 100, for example, but may be set to any value. Although the setting of the number of fraud determination balls is not shown in the drawing, the setting can be changed by inputting a numerical value to be set by operating a predetermined tab on the screen.

  The “table history” is used when confirming game information for each gaming table. By clicking the “confirm” button provided for each gaming table, the table history list screen shown in FIG. 17 is displayed. Is displayed.

  The “cumulative number of balls” (or “bottom plate error error ball”) as game information is calculated as, for example, “lending <sheets> -out <sheets> + safe <sheets> -counting balls <sheets>” Is done. If the value calculated in this way is “−”, it is “the number of balls brought in”, and if “+”, if the game is in progress (the state where the counting process is not performed), “the number of balls in the lower plate ball” After counting, it is regarded as “the total number of balls brought in”. Note that the maximum number of accumulated balls is always displayed.

  For example, if 10 medals are brought in even though they have not been lent out, no payouts are made, and no counting is performed, “0 (rental) −10 (out) +0 (safe)” −0 sheets (count) = − 10 sheets ”. That is, the lower plate ball number error ball is −10, and the cumulative number of balls brought is 10. After that, when the game is continued and the loan is 200, the input is 300, the payout is 700, and the count is 600, it becomes “200−300 + 700−600 = 0”. Becomes “0”, but since the cumulative number of balls brought in is the highest value, it becomes “10”.

  Furthermore, “sales (yen)”, “investment sales (yen)”, “replay sales (yen)”, and “mobile sales (yen)” can be included as game information.

  “Sales <yen>” is the total amount of investment sales <yen>, replay sales <yen>, and mobile sales <yen>. “Investment sales <yen>” is the amount used for lending medal from the sand 20. “Replay sales <yen>” is sales corresponding to the number of medals paid out when the medals are used. Replay sales <yen> do not occur when holding medals. “Moving sales <yen>” is sales corresponding to the number of medals properly moved from other pachislot machines 10.

  In the meaning of “the number of medals properly moved”, it is distinguished from “the number of medals brought in fraudulently” as in the case of bringing in medals from other game shops or low rate corners. In this data, information for specifying the sand 20 counted when the number of medals is written on the IC card is written together with the number of medals. Based on the information for specifying the sand 20, other sand 20 This is a result of determining by the main CPU 501 whether or not the medal is moved from (pachislot machine 10). Data corresponding to “moving sales <yen>” includes “out <sheets>”, “safe <sheets” (“difference <sheets>”) managed by the hall computer 500, and “cumulative count (sheets)” described later. ) "Can also be calculated in the hall computer.

  On the right side of the main display, the “Incorrect”, “Total number of balls to be brought in” and “Total number of lower plate balls / Total error balls” are displayed on the right side of the main display. A window and an operation tab are provided.

  “Injustice” displays information related to injustice, including “Number of fraud judgment balls”, “Total number of frauds”, “Number of occurrences”, “Total number of balls brought in <sheets>”, and “Total error balls ( "The number of balls in the lower plate)" The “number of fraud determination balls” is the number of carry-in sheets that serves as a reference for whether or not to determine fraud. The “cumulative fraud count” is the number of times it is determined that fraud has occurred, assuming that the cumulative number of balls that exceed the fraud determination ball count is one. “Number of occurrences” is the total number of games in which fraud occurred. In the example shown in the figure, if the lending unit price is 20 yen per piece, it is determined that 5 units have been fraudulent for a total of 5 times, and if the lending unit price is 5 yen per unit, one unit is fraudulent. It has been judged. “Total number of balls brought in <number>” is the total number of balls brought in at the gaming machine where the fraud occurred. The cumulative number of balls brought in is the cumulative number of gaming machines in which fraud has occurred, and does not include the cumulative number of balls in gaming machines in which fraud has not occurred. The “cumulative error ball (number of lower plate balls) <sheet>” is a cumulative error ball on the gaming machine where the fraud has occurred.

  “Total Brought-in Balls” displays information related to the number of brought-in balls, and “Total Brought-in Balls <Number>”, “Occurred Number”, and “Average Brought-In Numbers” Contains. “Total number of balls brought in <number>” is the total number of balls brought in on the entire gaming machine. “Number of occurrences” is the total number of game machines in which medals have been brought in, and is counted as one even if a plurality of frauds occur in one. The “average number of balls brought in <number>” is the average number of balls brought in on the gaming machine where medals were brought in, and is calculated as the total number of balls brought in / the number of balls generated.

  “Total number of lower plate balls / total error ball” displays information about error balls, and “Total error ball (number of lower plate balls) <sheets>” and “Table average number of balls <sheets>” Contains. The “cumulative error ball (the number of lower plate balls) <sheet>” is the cumulative error ball number of the entire game machine. “Average number of balls <pieces>” is an average accumulated error ball of the gaming table in which the lower plate ball number error ball is not “0”, and is calculated as accumulated error ball / number of generated balls.

  The setting window includes “unit price”, “number of brought-in balls”, and “number of lower plate balls”. “Unit price” is a part for setting a unit price for lending per medal or game ball when calculating “sales” or the like. In the display example, two types of pachislot machines and pachinko machines can be set. The information displayed in the main display is a display example of a high rate (20 yen per sheet) in a pachislot machine. The “number of brought-in balls” and “the number of lower plate balls” are parts for setting conditions for searching for information satisfying a specific condition. Note that the initial values of “number of balls to bring” and “number of balls of lower plate” are “0”.

  The operation tab includes “search”, “CSV output”, and “print”. “Search” is a portion that is clicked to search and display information corresponding to the value set in “Number of brought-in balls XX or more” or “Number of lower plate balls XX or more”. “CSV output” is a portion that is clicked to output data displayed on the screen as a data file in CSV format. “Print” is a portion that is clicked to print data displayed on the screen.

<Example of tabulation screen for each model>
FIG. 17 shows an example of an aggregation screen for each model.

  On the total screen for each model, game information (management items) for each model is displayed. The game information here is mainly “model name”, “balance stand out”, “balance stand corrected sales”, “balance stand corrected sales (moving)”, “balance stand moving sales”, “average cumulative carry-in” Amount ”and“ Average car sales (cumulative carry-in) ”.

  “Model name” is the name of the pachislot machine 10 installed in the amusement store. “Average stand out” is a value obtained by calculating and averaging the sum of the number of out pieces for all the units of the target model. “Average stand corrected sales” is a value obtained by calculating and averaging the sum of corrected sales for all the units of the target model. This “corrected sales” is the sum of investment sales and replay sales. "Average balance corrected sales" is a value obtained by calculating the sum of the sum of investment sales and replay sales for all the models of the target model.

  This “investment sales” is the amount used for lending medals from the sand 20. Further, “replay sales” is sales corresponding to the number of paid-out medal paid out when a medal deposited as a stored medal at a game hall by a player is used for a game. Therefore, replay sales do not occur when a player plays a game using a medal.

  “Average balance corrected sales (movement)” shown in FIG. 17 is an average value of corrected sales for each model corrected including “average platform movement sales”. The “corrected sales” here is the sum of investment sales, replay sales, and mobile sales. This “moving sales” is sales corresponding to the number of medals properly moved from other pachislot machines 10. "Average balance corrected sales (movement)" is an average value obtained by calculating the sum of the sum of investment sales, replay sales and movement sales for all the models of the target model.

  The “average mobile sales” shown in FIG. 17 is a value obtained by calculating and averaging the above-mentioned total mobile sales for all the models of the target model. The mobile sales here are the sum of investment sales, replay sales, and mobile sales. Here, in terms of the number of medals moved “appropriately”, “average platform sales” refers to medals from other amusement stores, medals from low-rate corners, It is distinguished from the cumulative number of balls that are the “number of medals brought in illegally” as in the case of.

  The “average accumulated carry-in amount” shown in FIG. 17 is an amount corresponding to the number of game media originally supposed to be brought from another store by the player. However, it is not preferable to define the “average accumulated carry-in amount” in this way when it is known that there are almost no medals from other game stores or low-rate corners. In such a case, it is preferable to capture the “average accumulated carry-in amount” as the amount corresponding to the medal that the player has moved by hand between the units at the same rate without going through each counter. . In the present embodiment, the “average accumulated carry amount” is displayed on the aggregation screen as an amount corresponding to the medal that the player has moved by hand.

  “Average car sales (cumulative carry-in)” is a value obtained by adding “average accumulative amount” to “average car sales”. The average accumulated carry-in amount can be calculated as follows. First, the total number of accumulated balls (see FIG. 16) is calculated and averaged for all of the target models, and the average accumulated balls are calculated. By using the unit price of medals, the average accumulated carry-in amount can be calculated from the calculated average accumulated carry-in number of balls. In this way, the average accumulated carry-in amount is calculated for the target model.

  In the amusement store, various investigations are made regarding medals used in the pachislot machine 10. Specifically, the medals flowing on the conveyor are visually inspected for the color and stamping of the medals. Furthermore, a medal check camera is installed inside the conveyor and the sand 20, and the medal is also checked by the camera. In addition, the number of medals brought in from other stores is also monitored.

  As a result of such a survey, in the amusement shop that monitors the number of medals brought in, the ratio of average platform movement sales to average platform correction sales (movement) may be lower than expected. In an amusement store, the average base mobile sales are a predetermined ratio of the average base corrected sales (movement) according to the rule of thumb. However, as a result of the above-described investigation, there are cases where the ratio is lower than this ratio. Specifically, average mobile sales were about 5% lower than expected. Furthermore, at this amusement store, as a result of investigation, it has been found that there are almost no medals from other amusement stores or low-rate corners. It can be assumed that the reason why the ratio is lower than the predetermined ratio is that the player moves the medals by hand between the tables at the same rate without going through each counter.

  As mentioned above, the average accumulated carry-in amount is the accumulated carry-in ball that is “the number of medals brought in fraudulently” like medals brought in from other amusement stores or medals from low-rate corners. The amount is based on the number. However, in consideration of the above-mentioned game store survey results, this average accumulated amount can be made based on a medal that the player has moved between hands at the same rate. In this way, more accurate mobile sales can be obtained by adding the average accumulated carry amount to the mobile sales amount.

  The “average platform mobile sales (cumulative carry-in)” shown in FIG. 17 is an amount obtained by adding the average cumulative carry-in amount to the mobile sales amount. By displaying this average platform mobile sales (cumulative carry-in), more accurate mobile sales can be displayed on the display 505 of the hall computer 500.

  The CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 calculates the average mobile sales (cumulative carry-in) by adding the average cumulative carry-in to the mobile sales every time the average cumulative carry-in or mobile sales is updated, and the RAM 504. To remember. The CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 reads the average platform movement sales (cumulative carry-in) stored in the RAM 504 at the display update timing, and the average platform movement sales (cumulative carry-in) on the display 505 of the hall computer 500. Is displayed.

  As mentioned above, at amusement stores where it is known that there are almost no medals from other amusement stores or low rate corners, the average accumulated mobile sales ( Cumulative carry-in) can be handled as more accurate mobile sales. By operating each counter, you can calculate the total number of balls you bring in, not only using the total number of balls you bring to detect fraud, but also if you move the medal on hand, The accumulated number of balls can be used to calculate more accurate sales. Two types of data can be created for the cumulative number of balls brought by the operation of each counter.

  The operation tab shown in FIG. 17 includes “return to all-car error ball list”, “update”, “CSV output”, and “print”. “Return to all-car error ball list” is a part that is clicked to return to the all-car error ball list shown in FIG. “Update” is a portion that is clicked to manually update the table history list screen. “CSV output” is a portion that is clicked to output data displayed on the screen as a data file in CSV format. “Print” is a portion that is clicked to print data displayed on the screen.

  Further, the operation tab shown in FIG. 17 may be provided with “slight / severe incorrect display setting”. If the fact that there are almost no medals from other game stores or low-rate corners is known as in this embodiment, the “average accumulated carry-in amount” is determined by the player. The row of “average accumulated carry-in amount” is displayed in blue as a result of the slight fraudulent movement. On the other hand, if there are medals from other amusement stores or low-rate corners, the “average cumulative carry-in amount” is the “average cumulative carry-in amount” as a serious fraud that is the original carry-in. Will be displayed in red. As described above, the display mode of the “average accumulated carry-in amount” can be switched according to the survey result of the game shop. “Minor / severe incorrect display setting” can be arbitrarily set at the amusement store.

  Each data described above is stored in the RAM 504 of the hall computer 500 and is updated by receiving game information from the pachislot machine 10 and the sand 20. That is, in the hall computer 500, the number of medals inserted for the game of the pachislot machine 10 (“out”), the number of medals paid out as a result of the game in the pachislot machine 10 (“safe”), and the sand 20 are lent out. "Investment sales <yen>" corresponding to the number of medals received, "Replay sales <yen>" corresponding to the number of stored medals written on the IC card, and the number of medals paid out by other pachislot machines “Moving sales <yen>” corresponding to the number of medals when written in an IC card and used in a new gaming machine, counted in the sand 20 (or read from the IC card or IC card), and the RAM 123 of the sand 20 The number of medals transferred to the RAM 123, the number of medals transferred between the RAM 123 and the IC card, the cumulative count of medals in the sand 20, the pachislot machine 10 The number of total payout was paid out, etc., all of the number of medals that circulates in the regular for the game of pachislot machine 10 knows as data.

  As a result, by calculating the sales of each gaming machine in consideration of “mobile sales <yen>” and “replay sales <yen>”, the sales at each gaming machine can be accurately calculated. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately manage sales for each gaming machine in the game hall. If sales at each gaming machine can be accurately grasped, it becomes possible to accurately grasp sales by model or island. If the sales for each model can be accurately grasped, it will be possible to accurately grasp the sales trend after the introduction of a new machine, so it is possible to appropriately meet the needs of the amusement hall.

  16 and 17 may be stored in the management server 510 instead of being stored in the RAM 504 of the hall computer 500. In this case, necessary data is stored in the management server 510 ( It is used by appropriately extracting from FIG.

<< Shooting with Camera 35 >>
As described above, the sand 20 includes the camera 35. The camera 35 shoots the face of a player who is playing with the pachislot machine 10 and outputs it as facial data. By associating this facial data with information such as the serial number of the IC card, it is possible to link the IC card with the face of the player who owns the IC card. In this way, the IC card and the player can be linked and managed. If the IC card and the player are once associated with each other and if it is determined that any fraud has occurred, the hall computer 500 outputs an alert and informs the clerk that the player has performed the fraud. Can be notified.

  Further, when a player starts playing with another pachislot machine 10, the player is photographed by the camera 35 of the sand 20 of one pachislot machine 10. At this time, when the image of the player matches the image of the player already registered in the hall computer 500, it is determined that the same player has moved from one pachislot machine 10 to another pachislot machine 10. In this way, at least when the player leaves and sits down, the player's images are taken and registered in the hall computer 500. Thereby, a player's movement can be caught.

  When it is determined that a player has moved from one pachislot machine 10 to another pachislot machine 10 and played with medals for the hand-held movement, the player is treated as a mild unauthorized player. Originally, the hand-held movement of medals is illegal from the viewpoint of an amusement store, but does not cause substantial damage to the amusement store. Therefore, such a player registers in the hall computer 500 as a mild fraudulent player. Depending on the number of medals that are moved by hand, they may be classified and registered as mild, moderate, or severe fraud.

  Furthermore, when it is determined that when a player starts with one pachislot machine 10 that the player does not play a game with another pachislot machine 10 and rents a medal, that game The player can determine that he / she is a player who brings a medal from another game store and plays a game. Such a medal brought in is a person who causes great damage to the game store, so such a player is registered in the hall computer 500 as a severe illegal player.

  Furthermore, if the player cannot confirm that the player has played with the medals that have been moved to the other pachislot machine 10 after moving away from one pachislot machine 10, It is also possible to register in the hall computer 500 as an unauthorized player who has been taken out. When a player visits the game store at a later date, the hall computer 500 can output an alert or the like to notify the store clerk. As described above, by using the camera 35, it is possible to set a fraud level such as a mild fraud player or a serious fraud player with respect to a player moved by hand.

<Processing of the camera 35 with the sand 20>
FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the processing of the camera 35 in the sand 20. This process is called and executed in the sand 20 in the process of step S155 of FIG. 9 described above. Note that the camera 35 always photographs the front of the pachi-slot machine 10 at every predetermined timing. When the player is playing with the pachislot machine 10, the camera 35 can photograph the face of the player.

  First, the CPU 121 of the sand 20 determines whether or not the player has left the table using the camera 35 (step S1811). When the CPU 121 of the sand 20 determines that the player has left the seat in the determination process of step S1811 (YES), the CPU 121 of the sand 20 uses the hall computer to store the facial data (imaging data) of the player captured by the camera 35. 500 (step S1813), and this subroutine is terminated.

  Through the processes in steps S1811 and S1813 described above, the facial data of the player when the player leaves the first gaming machine (before movement) can be registered in the hall computer 500. Specifically, when player identification information such as a serial number of an IC card owned by a player is transmitted from the sand 20, the hall computer 500 identifies the transmitted image data of the player as a player. Register in association with information. By doing so, it is possible to associate information such as the serial number of the IC card with the facial data of the actual player.

  The determination process in step S1811 is to capture the front of the pachislot machine 10 with the camera 35 at every predetermined timing and store the imaged data, and determine that the player has left the seat when the player is gone. Can do. The imaging data of the player can be registered in the hall computer 500 using the data immediately before leaving.

  If the CPU 121 of the sand 20 determines in the determination process of step S1811 that the player is not away (NO), it determines whether or not the player is seated (step S1815). When the CPU 121 of the sand 20 determines that the player is not seated in the determination process of step S1815 (NO), this subroutine is terminated. When the CPU 121 of the sand 20 determines that the player is seated in the determination process of step S1815 (YES), the process proceeds to step S1813 described above.

  Through the processing in steps S1815 and S1813, the facial data of the player when the player is seated at the first gaming machine (immediately after sitting) can be registered in the hall computer 500. In this way, information such as the serial number of the IC card and the facial data of the player immediately after sitting can be linked.

  When the CPU 121 of the sand 20 determines that the player is not seated in the determination process of step S1815 (NO), it determines whether or not the player has started the game (step S1817). This determination can be made based on whether or not the player has pressed the start button of the pachislot machine 10.

  When it is determined that the player has started the game (YES), the CPU 121 of the sand 20 determines whether or not the lending is performed in the sand 20 (step S1819). This determination can be made based on whether or not the lending button of the operation unit 34 has been operated. When the CPU 121 of the sand 20 determines that lending has not been performed (YES), the process proceeds to step S1813 described above.

  Through the processing in steps S1817, S1819, and S1813, the facial data of the player when the game is started without renting out medals can be registered in the hall computer 500. By doing so, it is possible to link information such as the serial number of the IC card and facial data of the player who started the game without lending medals.

  When the CPU 121 of the sand 20 determines that the player has not started the game in the determination process of step S1817 described above (NO), the CPU 121 of the sand 20 determines that the lending is performed in the sand 20 in the determination process of step S1819 (NO) When the process of step S1813 is executed, this subroutine is terminated.

<Player Unauthorized Level Processing in Hall Computer 500>
FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing player fraud level processing in the hall computer 500. This process is executed in the hall computer 500.

  First, the CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 determines whether or not a game is started in the pachislot machine 10 (step S1911). This process can be determined based on whether or not a signal indicating that the start button has been operated is issued from the pachi-slot machine 10.

  When the CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 determines that the game is not started in the pachislot machine 10 (NO), this subroutine is immediately ended.

  When the CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 determines that the game has started on the pachislot machine 10 (YES), it determines whether the player has already played a game on another pachislot machine 10 on the same day ( Step S1913). This process refers to the history stored in the hall computer 500 using information such as the serial number of the IC card owned by the player, and the IC card is in the sand 20 of another pachislot machine 10 on the same day. Judgment can be made based on whether or not it has been used.

  When the CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 determines that the player has not played a game with another pachislot machine 10 on the same day (NO), that is, the player visits the game store and plays the game for the first time on that day. If it has started, it is determined whether or not a medal has been rented (step S1915). This process can be determined based on whether or not a signal indicating that a medal has been lent is transmitted from the sand 20.

  When the CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 determines that a medal has been lent (NO), the CPU 501 determines that the player has started the game properly and ends this subroutine.

  When the CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 determines that the medal is not lent out (YES), it registers as a serious illegal player (step S1917), and ends this subroutine. If the player has played for the first time at that game store but has not been rented, it can be determined that the player has brought a medal from another game store and played the game. For this reason, this player is registered as a severe illegal player.

  When the CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 determines that the player has already played a game with another pachislot machine 10 on the same day in the determination process of step S1913 (YES), the number of medals owned by the player is determined. Calculate (step S1919). This process can be calculated based on the above-mentioned lending number, out number, and safe number. Thereby, the number of medals possessed by the player at that time can be acquired at the game store. That is, the number of medals actually owned by the player can be acquired as a result of the player playing the game with the other pachislot machine 10 that day.

  The CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 acquires the number of counted medals stored in the IC card owned by the player (step S1921). This number of medals indicates the number of medals counted with the sand 20 after the player has played with another pachislot machine 10.

  The CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 determines whether or not the value obtained by subtracting the number of medals acquired in step S1921 from the number of medals owned in step S1919 is larger than 50 (step S1923).

  As described above, the number of owned medals is the number of medals actually owned by the player as a result of playing with another pachislot machine 10. The number of medals is the number of medals counted with the sand 20 after the player has played with another pachislot machine 10. Therefore, originally, when the player moves from another pachislot machine 10, the number of owned medals matches the number of counted medals. On the other hand, if the value obtained by subtracting the number of medals from the number of owned medals is positive, it means that the player has moved the medals by hand.

  The determination process of step S1923 described above is a process of determining whether or not the number of medals that the player has moved by hand is greater than 50. When the CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 determines in step S1923 that the value obtained by subtracting the number of medals from the number of owned medals is greater than 50 (YES), the player is registered as a serious illegal player. (Step S1917), this subroutine is terminated.

  When the CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 determines in step S1923 that the value obtained by subtracting the number of medals from the number of owned medals is 50 or less (NO), the value obtained by subtracting the number of medals from the number of owned medals is obtained. It is determined whether or not it is greater than 10 (step S1927). That is, it is determined whether or not the number of medals that the player has moved by hand is greater than ten. When the CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 determines that the value obtained by subtracting the number of medals from the number of owned medals is greater than 10 (YES) in step S1927, the player is registered as a medium fraud player. (Step S1929), and this subroutine is terminated.

  When the CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 determines in step S1923 that the value obtained by subtracting the number of medals from the number of owned medals is 10 or less (NO), the value obtained by subtracting the number of medals from the number of owned medals is determined. It is determined whether it is larger than 0 (step S1931). That is, it is determined whether or not the number of medals that the player has moved by hand is greater than zero. When the CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 determines that the value obtained by subtracting the number of medals from the number of owned medals is greater than 0 (YES) in step S1931, the player is registered as a mild fraudulent player. (Step S1933) This subroutine is terminated.

  If the CPU 501 of the hall computer 500 determines in step S1931 that the value obtained by subtracting the number of medals from the number of medals is 0 or less (NO), the CPU 501 immediately ends this subroutine. That is, when the number of owned medals matches the number of counted medals, this subroutine is immediately terminated.

10 Pachi-slot machine 20 Sand 35 Camera 62 IC card reader / writer 71 Counting hopper 121 (Sand) main CPU
500 hall computer (game room equipment)
501 Main CPU (Hall computer)
502 (Hall computer) ROM
504 (Hall computer) RAM
505 (Hall computer) display

Claims (1)

A game hall device capable of managing sales of a plurality of gaming machines provided with each counter, for each gaming machine,
Player identification information receiving means for identifying player identification information for identifying a player and detecting the player identification information detected by each of the counters;
Based on the player specifying information received by the player specifying information receiving means, a second gaming machine in which the player is different from the first gaming machine from the first gaming machine among the plurality of gaming machines. When it is determined that the game media counted by each counter corresponding to the first gaming machine has been paid out, the mobile sales amount is calculated according to the number of game media paid out. Mobile sales amount calculation means to
Of the number of game media lent out to the game media lent to the player, the number of game media used for the game machine, the number of game media granted from the game machine, and the possessed game media owned by the player Based on the counted number of game media counted, the accumulated carry-in amount for calculating the accumulated carry-in amount corresponding to the accumulated number of game media brought in from the number of game media brought in from the outside of the gaming machine A calculation means;
Display means for displaying sales data;
An unauthorized player judging means for judging an unauthorized player ,
On the one display screen of the display means, the moving sales amount and the added amount obtained by adding the accumulated carry-in amount to the moving sales amount are displayed .
The fraudulent player determination means determines that the first player has moved from the first gaming machine to the second gaming machine and has started the game at the second gaming machine. A game hall apparatus, wherein a player 's fraud level is determined from a plurality of types and stored in accordance with a difference between the number of owned game media and the number of counted game media in a gaming machine.

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