JP6550155B2 - Gaming system - Google Patents

Description

  According to the present invention, there are provided a gaming machine, a stand-by device provided in communication with the gaming machine in correspondence with the gaming machine, and an information display device provided in correspondence with the gaming machine and displaying the gaming information of the gaming machine. It relates to the game system which it possesses.

  Conventionally, in game arcades such as pachinko parlors, a service is provided in which the number of balls acquired by a gaming customer is associated with a recording medium such as a card. The number of balls associated with the card in this way is called a ball, which can be used to exchange for a prize or can be used again for playing a game. Using balls for playing again is called playing the balls again. In addition, balls can be used for prize exchange and replay only on the day.

  In addition, a ball storage service is provided to gaming customers (hereinafter referred to as "members") who have been registered as members in the game arcade. The ball storage service manages the number of balls obtained by a member as the number of ball storage, and the balls can be used not only on the day but also on the next day and after the next day (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Using the balls for playing again is called playing the balls again. In addition, if it is a member, it can also transfer balls to balls.

  In addition, recently, the problem of balls brought in from other stores and balls brought in between different lending rates has become apparent, so enclosed game machines that do not generate such balls are attracting attention. For example, Patent Document 2 has a structure in which the player does not touch the game ball, and when the game ball wins, the number of game balls for the winning is added to the number of balls managed by the gaming machine There is disclosed an enclosed type game machine which subtracts the number of balls from the number of balls managed by the game machine.

JP 2007-68648 A Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-233635

  However, in the conventional gaming machine technology, the number of balls managed on the gaming machine side is present separately from the gaming media managed by the system on the stand-by device side, and the information necessary for gaming customers is confirmed There was a problem that it was not easy and the operability could be reduced.

  This point is explained concretely. Both the balls managed by the stand-alone device and the number of balls managed by the gaming machine are the number of balls won by the game player on the day, but the number of balls on the gaming machine side can not be grasped by the stand-alone device. , Are treated individually. However, if the number of balls is handled separately in this manner, it becomes difficult for the game player to grasp how many game media can be obtained as a whole.

  From these things, it has been an important issue how to effectively notify the gaming customer of the information managed by each of the stand-alone device and the gaming machine to improve the operability. Such a problem is not limited to the case where the game ball is used as a game medium, but is a problem which occurs similarly when a medal is used as a game medium.

  The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art described above, and it is possible to efficiently notify information managed by each of a stand-alone device and a gaming machine, and to improve operability. Intended to provide.

In order to solve the problems described above and achieve the object, the present invention is provided with a gaming machine, an inter-platform device provided so as to be communicable with the gaming machine in association with the gaming machine, and associated with the gaming machine. A gaming system having an information display device for displaying gaming information of the gaming machine, wherein the inter-table device acquires the number of game media managed to acquire the number of game media associated with the recording medium possessed by a gaming guest. Means, management game medium number storage means for storing the number of game media acquired by the management game medium number acquisition means as the management game medium number, and the management game directed to the gaming machine when a predetermined operation is received A management game medium number transition operation reception means for transmitting information capable of specifying a part or all of the management game medium number stored in the medium number storage means, and performing invalidation processing of the transmitted management game medium number, and the game Machine Stored in the management game medium number storage means on the basis of the transition game medium number reception means for receiving information specifying the number of game media for the transition, and the number of game media received by the transition game medium number reception means The number of game media updating means for updating the number of managed game media stored in the managed game media number storage means based on the invalidation processing by the managed game media number transfer operation acceptance means while updating the number of managed game media. And a game medium number specification information receiving unit for receiving the game medium number specification information capable of specifying the number of game media managed by the game machine or the approximate number thereof continuously transmitted from the game machine at a predetermined timing. The number of gaming machine game media specified from the game media number specification information received by the game media number specification information receiving means, and the pipe stored by the management game medium number storage means Based on the number of game media, and displaying the total sum game media number and the number of the gaming machine game medium speed and the management game medium by the information display device.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to efficiently and timely provide information required by the game player regarding the number of game media.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view for explaining the concept of storage of balls in the gaming system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a view showing a system configuration of the gaming system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a view showing an appearance configuration of the inter-room card processing machine and the gaming machine shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the inter-room card processing machine and the gaming machine shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the structure of data stored in the storage unit of the inter-room card processor. FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of the screen display of the ball related information displayed on the display operation unit of the inter-room card processor. FIG. 7 is a view showing an example of a screen display of ball-related information displayed on the display operation unit of the inter-room card processor. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the card management device shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the structure of data stored in the storage unit of the card management device. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the member management apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the structure of data stored in the storage unit of the member management apparatus. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a setting display screen for setting a ball storage limit in the member management device. FIG. 13 is a flow chart showing a processing procedure for display output of the total number of balls, warning information and the like by the inter-room card processor.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the gaming system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the embodiments shown below, the game medium is described as a game ball, but the present invention can be similarly applied to the case where the game medium is a medal other than the game ball.

  In the present specification, balls are data indicating the gaming media acquired by the gaming customer in the game or the number of the gaming media, and are provided again for gaming only during the day (time before closing the store) Say what you can. The term "reserved balls" refers to game media acquired by a game player in a game or data indicating the number of the game media, and can be used again for the next day or later (time after closing the store). The balls can be used by both a regular player and a member, and are used when the gaming machine is moved. The balls are normally usable only by members, and are used when the acquired gaming media are used for the next day or later. A predetermined fee may be charged for use of the ball.

  First, the concept of storage management in the gaming system according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is an explanatory view for explaining the concept of the number-of-balls management according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in the gaming system according to the present embodiment, there are three devices of an inter-room card processor 10, an enclosed type gaming machine (hereinafter simply referred to as a "gaming machine") 20 and a member management device 50. It is characterized in that each information on the number of balls being played is collected, and information on balls and balls is provided to members efficiently and in a timely manner.

  Conventionally, there has been a limitation in efficiently providing comprehensive information on the number of balls. That is, the inter-room card processing machine can not grasp the number of balls provided for the game in the gaming machine. In addition, the member management device manages the number of balls stored by the member, and sets the ball storage limit such as the upper limit of the number of balls stored. For this reason, there was a problem that it was difficult for members to know what the total number of balls and balls was.

  In particular, with regard to balls, the members deposit balls at the game store as balls and use them from the next day, but when transferring balls to balls, the total number of balls added with the number of balls is set by the game store. If the number-of-reserved-balls upper limit is exceeded, the member management device rejects the ball-storing operation as it is not possible for the member to store the balls. Therefore, the member needs to keep the total number of balls within the range of the upper limit value, but can not know whether the total number of balls is within the range of the upper limit value until performing the ball storage operation. Therefore, it is necessary to interrupt the game to confirm the storage balls, and as a result, there are cases in which it is necessary to give up the storage balls.

  Therefore, in the gaming system according to the present embodiment, the balls of the member in the game, balls and ball limit information of the members are collected and processed by the inter-base card processing device 10, and the determination information and the like regarding the availability of storages etc. We have been able to provide to members efficiently and in a timely manner from ten. That is, the number of balls held B, and the member's ball storage balance A and the number-of-balls upper limit value X are notified to and stored in the inter-day card processing machine 10. As a result, the member can grasp how much more balls can be stored (X− (A + B)) before the game.

  Then, from the gaming machine 20, the number of balls having balls (hereinafter referred to as "the number of gaming machine balls") C in a state of being served for gaming is notified to the between-bases card processor 10 in substantially real time. These values are also updated when there is a change in the number of balls stored or the number of balls held. Therefore, in addition to the number B of balls held in the own apparatus, the latest value of the number of balls of the ball balance A, the upper limit X of the number of stored balls X, and the number C of gaming machine balls C of the gaming machine 20 gathers in the inter-tier card processor 10. It will be.

  The inter-room card processor 10 uses the four ball number values to determine whether or not the ball can be transferred to storage. Specifically, the inter-room card processor 10 calculates A + B + C. This A + B + C is a total value of the number of holding balls of the game type being played for the member. Then, the inter-base card processor 10 compares the total value A + B + C with X.

  If A + B + C ≦ X, the total number of balls obtained by adding the number of balls to the remaining amount of balls A is within the upper limit X of the number of balls, and it is possible to shift all the balls to balls at the present time. Therefore, the inter-tier card processing device 10 informs the member that it is possible to store balls, and if it is less than the upper limit of the number of stored balls, how many additional balls can be stored, ie, the number of balls up to the upper limit of the number of stored balls (X-(X-( A + B + C)) is displayed on the display unit.

  If A + B + C> X, the total value of the remaining amount of balls and the number of balls has already exceeded the upper limit of the number of balls, which means that all balls can not be transferred. Therefore, the inter-day card processing device 10 outputs as a warning that the total value has already exceeded the number-of-pools upper limit value, and displays the number of excess balls from the number-of-pools upper limit value to notify the member. At this point in time, members know that it is not possible to transfer all balls with balls, and in the future, considering the transition of gaming conditions, exchange excess balls with extras, or exchange all balls with prizes, and carry over balls. The decision will be made as to whether the balls are to be transferred.

  As described above, the information, etc. for determining whether or not the ball can be confirmed, which has conventionally been confirmed only after or after trying the game medium such as the ball, is before the game medium is processed. Can also be confirmed in almost real time. For this reason, the member does not interrupt the game for confirmation of the stored balls. Further, even if the upper limit of the number of stored balls is exceeded, it is possible to output an alarm at an early stage, so that the member can handle the excess of the upper limit of the number of stored balls with a margin.

  In addition, if three balls are used, namely, the remaining amount of balls A, the number B of balls held by the inter-day card processing machine 10 and the number C of gaming machine balls C of the gaming machine 20 Information can be provided. For example, since B + C represents the total number of balls acquired by the game player on the day, displaying B + C allows the game customer to be accurately provided with the game balls of the gaming machine 20 in the game, etc. It is also possible to expect a public relations effect of a game arcade, such as an appeal for paying out balls to a player who wants to refer to information. In addition, if there are many gaming customers who play the same game machine 20 from beginning to end, only C may be displayed.

  Next, the system configuration of the game arcade will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a system configuration of the game arcade. As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of gaming machines 20 and an inter-table card processing machine 10 provided corresponding to each gaming machine 20 are installed in the game arcade. The inter-table card processor 10 is connected via the island controller 30 to a communication line 80 which is an in-store network. The island controller 30, the card management device 40, the member management device 50, the prize management device 60, and the settlement machine 70 are connected to the communication line 80. Further, the card management device 40 is connected to an authentication key management center (not shown) via a network outside the game arcade.

  The gaming machine 20 is a device for playing a game by driving a game ball enclosed inside the device into a game board surface. The gaming machine 20 can add the number of gaming machine balls when the inter-day card processing machine 10 performs the ball lending process, and can throw the balls into the gaming board within the range where the balls are present. In the gaming area, a plurality of winning areas (winning openings) are provided, and when a game ball passes through the winning area, a predetermined number of gaming balls are awarded as a prize ball. In addition, a predetermined number of starting areas (starting openings) are provided in the gaming area, and when the game ball passes through the starting area, a predetermined lottery is performed. If the lottery is a big hit, an operation which is advantageous for the game is performed, such as the passage probability of the game ball to the above-mentioned winning area or other starting area is improved by the operation of a predetermined movable member or the like. In addition, there may be an area that serves as the start area and the winning area.

  The above-mentioned pay area is provided with a predetermined detection sensor for detecting the passage of the game ball to the pay area, and the sensor detects the passing (winning) of the game ball thrown into the pay area. It is supposed to be. In addition, the gaming machine 20 is a bonus ball memory that stores how many gaming balls are to be awarded as winning balls for each winning area, and a ball memory that is a storage unit that stores balls that can be used by a game player for playing a game. have.

  When the passage of the shot game ball to a specific winning area is detected by the sensor, the gaming machine 20 determines the number of prize balls to be awarded from the memory content of the prize ball memory and the number of gaming balls having passed through the winning area. The memory content of the ball memory is updated by adding the determined and determined number of prize balls to the stored number of gaming machine balls. In addition, if there is a notification request for the number of balls based on the card ejection operation from the inter-room card processor 10, the inter-room card processor 10 is notified of the number of gaming machine balls held in the ball memory. Clear the data of the number of gaming machine balls stored in the ball memory. Furthermore, when the notification of the number of balls possessed to the gaming machine 20 by the ball lending operation is received from the inter-day card processor 10, the notified number of balls possessed is the number of gaming machine balls stored in the ball memory. Add and update the stored contents.

  Further, the gaming machine 20 notifies the stand-alone card processing machine 10 of the number of gaming machine balls at regular intervals. In this case, updating (zero clearing) of the number of gaming machine balls is not performed. Since the transmission interval of the signal is narrower than the update frequency by the hitting of the game balls of the game machine 20, the transmission of the number of game machine balls to the inter-card card processing machine 10 can notify the number of game machine balls in almost real time. It is possible. Furthermore, the gaming machine 20 can shift part or all of the number of gaming machine balls to the management of the inter-base card processing machine 10. In this case, the stored contents are updated by subtracting the number of balls transferred to the inter-room card processing machine 10 from the number of gaming machine balls stored in the ball memory.

  The inter-tier card processor 10 performs acceptance of payment, lending of balls, communication with the card management device 40, and communication with the gaming machine 20. When the inter-tier card processing machine 10 receives a bill inserted by a gaming customer, it transmits a payment notification including the deposit amount to the card management device 40, thereby converting the prepaid value to the prepaid value managed by the card management device 40. Add Then, when a predetermined ball lending operation is performed, a ball lending request is transmitted to the card management device 40, and the prepaid value managed by the card management device 40 is subtracted, and the number of balls corresponding to the subtracted prepaid value Is notified to the gaming machine 20 in accordance with a predetermined operation, and is added to the number of gaming machine balls in the ball memory.

  In addition, upon receiving card insertion, the inter-room card processing device 10 transmits a card insertion notification to the card management device 40. In addition, when receiving the prepaid value and the balance of balls or balls from the card management device 40, the inter-day card processor 10 stores the balance. Then, when the balance of the balls is received and stored, the ball subtraction request is transmitted to the card management device 40 to clear the balance of the balls managed by the card management device 40 to zero.

  In addition, when the inter-tier card processing device 10 receives a ball storage replay operation, it transmits a ball storage replay request to the card management device 40, thereby subtracting a predetermined number of balls managed by the member management device 50, The game machine 20 is notified of the number of balls corresponding to the reduced number of balls, and is added to the ball memory.

  In addition, when the inter-tier card processor 10 receives a card return operation, it requests the number of gaming machine balls managed by the gaming machine 20, and adds balls including the number of gaming machine balls received from the gaming machine 20. After sending a request to the card management device 40 and causing the card management device 40 to add balls, a card ejection notification is transmitted to the card management device 40 to control ejection of the card.

  In addition, the inter-tier card processor 10 acquires the gaming machine ID from the gaming machine 20, and performs the function of authenticating the gaming machine 20 using the acquired gaming machine ID and the authentication key received from the card management device 40. Have. This authentication is performed at the time of an opening process or the like, and the game machine 20 can play a game on the condition that the authentication is successful.

  Further, based on the gaming machine ID received from the gaming machine 20, the inter-base card processing machine 10 detects replacement of the gaming machine 20. Specifically, the inter-room card processing machine 10 stores the gaming machine ID previously received from the gaming machine 20, and the gaming machine ID newly received from the gaming machine 20 is previously received and stored. When it is different from the machine ID, it is determined that the gaming machine 20 has been replaced.

  The island controller 30 is a relay device for bundling a group of gaming machines 20 and the stand-alone card processor 10 provided on the gaming island. The card management device 40 is a management device that manages the prepaid value of the card, the number of balls possessed, and the like as card data.

  When the card management device 40 receives the card insertion notification from the inter-room card processor 10, the card management device 40 manages the ID of the inserted card and the inter-room card processor 10 in association with each other, and prepaid associated with the card ID. The balance of value and balls is sent to the inter-day card processor 10. If the card ID indicated in the card insertion notice is a card ID of a member card, the card insertion notice is transmitted to the member management apparatus 50, and the ball replay data received from the member management apparatus 50 is transmitted to the inter-base card. Transmit to processor 10.

  In addition, when the card management device 40 receives the ball subtraction request from the inter-day card processor 10, it clears the balance of the ball account to zero and receives the ball addition request from the inter-day card processor 10. If it has, the number of balls shown in the ball addition request is added to the ball account.

  When the card management device 40 receives a ball lending request from the inter-day card processor 10, the card management device 40 subtracts a predetermined value from the corresponding prepaid value, and transmits a ball lending permission to the inter-day card processor 10. Then, when the ball replay request is received, the ball replay request is transmitted to the member management apparatus 50, and when the member management apparatus 50 outputs the ball replay data, the ball replay data is transmitted between the tables. It transmits to the card processor 10.

  Further, when the card management device 40 receives the card ID from the prize management device 60, the card management device 40 notifies the prize management device 60 of the number of balls possessed by the card ID. Furthermore, when the card ID is received from the checkout machine 70, the prepaid value associated with the card ID is notified to the checkout machine 70.

  In addition, the card management device 40 acquires the gaming machine ID from the inter-room card processor 10, and manages the gaming machine 20 installed in the own store. Then, an authentication key for authenticating the gaming machine 20 set in the own store is acquired from an authentication key management center (not shown) and distributed to the inter-table card processor 10.

  The member management device 50 is a management device that manages member management data of a member registered as a member in a game arcade. Specifically, the number of balls, points, a personal identification number, a name, and the like are managed in association with the member card ID issued to the member.

  If the member management device 50 receives the card insertion notice from the inter-tier card processing machine 10, it stores the ball including the balance of the storage account corresponding to the card ID indicated in the card insertion notification, the personal identification number and the upper limit of the number of balls. The replay data is transmitted to the inter-room card processor 10. In addition, when the member management device 50 receives a request to play back a ball from the inter-day card processor 10, the member management device 50 subtracts a predetermined number of balances of the ball account associated with the card ID indicated in the ball replay request and subtracts it. It transmits to the room card processing machine 10 ball storage replay data including the balance of the later ball storage account. Communication between the inter-day card processor 10 and the member management device 50 is performed via the card management device 40.

  In addition, when the member management device 50 receives an inquiry about the number of stored balls from the prize management device 60, the member management device 50 notifies the premium management device 60 of the balance of the storage account corresponding to the designated card ID.

  The prize management device 60 is a terminal device for prize exchange provided adjacent to a prize exchange counter in the game arcade, and performs prize exchange processing of balls and balls. Connected to the prize management device 60 are a reader / writer for reading a card ID of a card and a prize dispensing device for paying out a prize. When the reader / writer receives a card, the prize management device 60 transmits the card ID of the card read by the reader / writer to the card management device 40, and requests the number of balls possessed by the card. In addition, in the case of prize exchange of the balls, the number of balls is requested to the member management device 50.

  When the card associated with the prepaid value is inserted, the settlement machine 70 transmits the card ID of this card to the card management device 40, acquires the prepaid value associated with the card, and obtains the acquired prepaid value. Pay out the corresponding cash.

  Next, ball lending processing in the case of performing ball lending in the system shown in FIG. 2 will be described. When the gaming customer performs a ball lending operation on the inter-room card processing machine 10, the inter-day card processing machine 10 transmits a message specifying the local address of the card management device 40 as the destination. This message includes the card ID of the card inserted in the inter-room card processor 10, an address for identifying the inter-room card processor 10 that is the transmission source, or any identification information, and a ball lending request.

  When the card management device 40 receives a message including a ball lending request, the card management device 40 subtracts the prepaid value associated with the card ID in the message by a predetermined value (for example, 100 yen = 5 degrees in the case of 1 degree) to manage the card. The data is updated, and the ball lending permission is transmitted to the sender's inter-stage card processor 10. The inter-room card processor 10 having received the ball lending permission converts the subtracted prepaid value into the corresponding number (for example, 125 balls) of gaming machine balls, notifies the gaming machine 20, and adds the number of gaming machines balls. .

  Next, the ball re-playing process in the case where the ball re-playing is performed by the system shown in FIG. 2 will be described. When receiving the insertion of a general card or a membership card, the inter-table card processing device 10 transmits a message specifying the local address of the card management device 40 as the destination. This message includes the card ID of the card inserted in the inter-room card processor 10, an address for identifying the inter-room card processor 10 that is the transmission source, or any identification information, and the rate of the inter-room card processor 10. And information for identifying the card and a card insertion notice.

  When the card management device 40 receives a card insertion notification from the inter-room card processor 10, the card management device 40 has a ball contact account of the rate specified by the message among the ball accounts associated with the card ID in the message. The balance card processor 10 is notified of the balance of

  The inter-room card processor 10 stores the balance of the balls received from the card management device 40. Then, a message including information for specifying a card ID and a rate, and a ball subtraction request is transmitted to the card management device 40. When the card management device 40 receives the ball subtraction request, it clears the balance of the ball account identified by the card ID and the rate to zero. The inter-base card processor 10 notifies the gaming machine 20 of a predetermined number of balls having been received from the card management device 40 and stored therein based on a predetermined number of ball use operations, and adds them to the number of gaming machine balls.

  When receiving the transfer request for the number of gaming machine balls from the gaming machine 20, the inter-stage card processing machine 10 adds the fixed number of gaming machine balls sent to the number of balls possessed and stores it in the storage unit. . Further, when the inter-tier card processing machine 10 receives a card return operation, it acquires the number of gaming machine balls from the gaming machine 20 and updates the number of balls possessed, and requests the card management device 40 for ball number addition. Send a message including. This message includes the card ID of the card to be ejected, an address for specifying the inter-base card processor 10 that is the transmission source, or any identification information, and information for specifying the rate of the inter-main card processor 10. Includes ball balance and ball addition request.

  When the card management device 40 receives the ball addition request, the card management device 40 holds the balance of the ball account of the rate specified by the message among the ball accounts associated with the card ID in the message. Update the number of balls.

  Thereafter, the inter-room card processing device 10 transmits a card ejection notification to the card management device 40, and performs ejection control of the card.

  Next, a description will be given of the ball re-playing process in the case where the ball is re-played by the system shown in FIG. When the membership card is inserted, or when the identification information corresponding to the card ID is read from the portable terminal usable as the membership card, the inter-base card processor 10 designates the local address of the card management device 40 as the destination Send the message that you This message includes the card ID of the card inserted in the inter-base-card processor 10 (or identification information corresponding to the card ID read from the portable terminal; hereinafter referred to as "card ID") It includes an address or any identification information for specifying the inter-card processor 10, information for specifying the rate of the inter-room card processor 10, and a card insertion notice.

  The card management device 40 transmits a message of a card insertion notice to the member management device 50. When the telegram of the card insertion notification is received, the member management device 50 receives the personal identification number associated with the card ID in the telegram, and the balance of the storage account of the rate specified by the transmission out of the storage account. And transmits the stored-ball replay data including the stored-ball number upper limit value to the inter-room card processing device 10.

  Inter-room card processor 10 stores the received ball replay data, and the balance of the ball account indicated in the ball replay data indicates the number of payout units of game balls in the ball replay (the number of ball replay units, for example 125). If it is the ball or more, it is possible to receive the ball replay operation.

  After storing the ball replay data, the room card processor 10 requests the member to input a password when the ball replay operation is received first, and the entered code number is stored in the ball replay data. Check if it matches the indicated PIN.

  When the personal identification numbers match, the inter-base card processing device 10 transmits a message specifying the local address of the card management device 40 as the destination. This message includes the card ID of the card inserted in the inter-room card processor 10, an address for identifying the inter-room card processor 10 that is the transmission source, or any identification information, and the rate of the inter-room card processor 10. And information for identifying the ball and a ball replay request.

  The card management device 40 transmits the telegram for the ball replay request to the member management device 50. If the member management device 50 receives a telegram of a request for replaying a stored ball, the member management device 50 subtracts a predetermined value from the balance of the storage account of the rate specified by the telegram out of the storage accounts associated with the card ID in the telegram. And transmits the stored ball replay data including the balance after subtraction to the inter-day card processor 10.

  Inter-day card processor 10 receives the ball replay data, updates the balance of the ball account, notifies the gaming machine 20 of the number of balls replay unit number, and adds it to the number of gaming machine balls. In addition, it is determined whether the balance of the updated reservoir account has become less than the reservoir replay unit number, and if it becomes less than the reservoir replay unit number, the reservoir replay operation can not be accepted. If the balance of the storage ball account after the update is equal to or more than the number of units for regenerating balls, it is possible to receive the regenerating operation of the balls again, and when receiving the regenerating operation for balls, transmits a request for regenerating balls. The confirmation of the password is not necessary for the second and subsequent ball replay operations.

  Next, the transition from balls to balls in the closing process will be described. The card management device 40 confirms the balance of the ball-bearing account of the card management data at the time of closing processing, and if there is a ball-bearing account having a ball-bearing balance greater than “0”, the card balance of the ball-bearing account is used as a card The member management apparatus 50 is notified along with the ID and the rate. The member management device 50 adds and updates the notified ball account balance to the balance of the deposit account specified by the card ID and the rate. Thereafter, the card management device 40 clears the balance of the ball account to zero.

  Next, management of the total number of balls of balls and balls held by the inter-room card processor 10 in the system shown in FIG. 2 will be described. When the telegram of the card insertion notification is received from the inter-room card processor 10, the member management device 50 transmits information on the storage account balance and the number-of-reserved balls upper limit value to the inter-room card processor 10. Inter-day card processor 10 stores the received ball account balance and the stored number of balls upper limit value in the storage unit. Also, similarly, the balance of the ball-bearing account is acquired from the card management device 40 and stored.

  When the ball lending operation is accepted, the number of balls corresponding to the subtracted prepaid value is notified to the gaming machine 20, and in the case of the ball replay or the ball replay, the number of balls or the number of balls is subtracted. The game device 20 is updated, and a predetermined number of balls is notified to the gaming machine 20 to be added to the number of gaming machine balls.

  The gaming machine 20 stores the number of gaming machine balls provided for the game notified from the inter-room card processing machine 10 in the ball memory. Then, when the game operation of the member is received, the number of inserted balls is subtracted, and the number of prize balls awarded in the winning opening is added and stored in the ball memory. While accepting the game operation, the gaming machine 20 continuously transmits the number of balls possessed to the inter-room card processing machine 10 at a predetermined timing.

  Each time the interstage card processor 10 receives the number of gaming machine balls from the gaming machine 20, it calculates the total value of the number of gaming machine balls, the balance of balls, and the number of balls held, and this total value and the balls Compare with the upper limit.

  If the total value is equal to or less than the upper limit of the number of stored balls, the intra-room card processing device 10 displays the total number of stored balls and the number of stored balls and the possible number of stored balls showing how much remaining balls can be Inform members that all balls can be stored. If the total value exceeds the upper limit of the number of stored balls, the inter-day card processing machine 10 displays the sum of the number of stored balls and the number of stored balls, and the excess from the upper limit of the number of stored balls. It warns that it is not possible to transfer the balls as warning information.

  In addition, when the inter-tier card processing device 10 performs the warning, the warning is added in consideration of the information on the consumption speed (the firing speed and the game state (big hit, probability fluctuation, etc.) of the number of balls held by the gaming machine 20). Determine the necessity of

  For example, if the gaming machine 20 is in the jackpot state, the predicted number of balls to be won (the number of earned balls-the number of consumed balls) is calculated and added to the current number of gaming machine balls, and this is added to the gaming machine 20 The predicted value of the number of game machine balls. If the sum of this predicted value and the number of balls held and the balance of balls stored in the card processing machine 10 exceeds the upper limit of the number of stored balls, it is determined that a warning indicating the upper limit of the number of stored balls is necessary and a warning Emits Further, when the gaming state is not a jackpot or probability fluctuation state, an increase or decrease in the number of balls held at a certain time interval is averaged, and this is added to the current number of balls to obtain a predicted value. When the sum does not reach the upper limit of the number of stored balls, it is determined that only the display of the possible number of stored balls up to the upper limit of the number of stored balls is necessary, and no warning is issued.

  In addition, the warning information may include an indication that the game time extension (the store leaving time extension) service is not available as a member service. The game time extension service is a service that allows a member to play games near the end of business hours longer than non-members. For example, if the non-member ends the game at 22:30, the member can play the game until 22:50. In the case of a member, it is possible to save money and exchange premiums at a later date, and unlike non-members, it is not necessary to close close to a store and exchange prizes side by side. It is.

  In addition, the warning information informs the gaming customer that the upper limit of the number of stored balls is within the upper limit of the number of balls when the condition for exceeding the upper limit of the number of stored balls is not satisfied due to consumption of balls or game machine balls. The display may be deleted, or the screen may be automatically switched to display, for example, a screen of default display.

  Next, an appearance configuration of the inter-room card processor 10 and the gaming machine 20 shown in FIG. 2 will be described. FIG. 3 is a view showing the external appearance of the inter-room card processor 10 and the gaming machine 20 shown in FIG. Although the inter-room card processor 10 for receiving only banknotes is illustrated in the figure, a unit for coin reception can also be provided.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the inter-tier card processor 10 includes a card insertion slot 11a for receiving a card associated with a card ID, prepaid value, ball storage data, and ball holding data, and a bill insertion slot 12a for receiving various bills. A display operation unit 13 such as a touch panel display is provided.

  The display operation unit 13 displays the remaining amount of balls, the ball storage limit information, the possible number of stored balls, and the like, and displays a button for receiving main operations such as a ball lending operation and a card returning operation. The display operation unit 13 is fixed to the gaming machine 20, but is a component of the inter-base card processor 10, and is directly connected to the control unit of the inter-base card processor 10.

  In the gaming machine 20, a handle 21 used to drive the enclosed gaming balls into the gaming area, a ball number display unit 22 for displaying the number of gaming machine balls, and a gaming machine ball number 10 A counting switch 23 is provided to shift to a ball controlled by the CPU.

  Next, the internal configuration of the inter-room card processor 10 and the gaming machine 20 shown in FIG. 2 will be described. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the inter-room card processor 10 and the gaming machine 20 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the inter-stage card processor 10 includes an R / W (reader / writer) unit 11, a bill conveyance unit 12, a display operation unit 13, a communication unit 14, and a gaming machine management board 15. A storage unit 16 and a control unit 17 are provided.

  The R / W unit 11 is a reading unit that reads a card ID and prepaid value data from a card inserted into the card insertion slot 11a. The card inserted into the card insertion slot 11a is stored in a card storage unit (not shown) via the R / W unit 11.

  The bill conveyance unit 12 is a conveyance unit that conveys the bill inserted into the bill insertion slot 12a to a bill storage unit (not shown) while discriminating the denomination and authenticity of the bill. The communication unit 14 is an interface unit for performing data communication with the card management device 40 via the communication line 80.

  The gaming machine management board 15 is a board built in the inter-room card processing machine 10. The gaming machine management board 15 performs authentication of the gaming machine 20 and activation management. Specifically, the authentication of the gaming machine 20 is performed using the authentication key received from the card management device 40. If the authentication is successful, the operation permission is transmitted to the gaming machine 20, and the result of the authentication success is transmitted to the card management device 40. In addition, the gaming machine management board 15 communicates between the stand-alone card processing machine 10 and the gaming machine 20. Specifically, the acquisition of the gaming machine ID from the gaming machine 20, the transfer of balls from the stand-alone card processing machine 10 to the gaming machine 20, the number of gaming machine balls from the gaming machine 20 to the stand-alone card processing machine 10 A return, reception of the game result such as the number of game machine balls in the game machine 20 is performed. Communication between the inter-standway card processor 10 and the gaming machine 20 uses encrypted communication using a predetermined encryption method.

  The gaming machine management board 15 reads identification information from the control CPU provided in the control unit 17 at startup of the inter-room card processing machine 10, and checks whether the identification information is appropriate or not, if appropriate. 10 is permitted, and a state in which communication with the gaming machine 20 is possible is set.

  The gaming machine management board 15 receives a signal transmitted from the gaming machine 20 at regular intervals, and sends back to the gaming machine 20 a signal indicating that the signal has been received. The signal transmitted from the gaming machine 20 includes, for example, data indicating a serial number of a signal using numbers within a certain range (hereinafter referred to as “signal serial number”), and data indicating a state of the gaming machine. The gaming machine management board 15 has a storage unit for storing the signal serial number of the signal received from the gaming machine 20 at least once, and the gaming machine 20 is compared with the signal serial number received from the gaming machine 20 this time. Control to maintain the integrity of the information from For example, in the case where the signal sequence number of the received signal is different from the sequence number stored in the storage unit plus 1 (for example, in the case where the number exceeding 1 is added), the signal is missed. As it is, it requests the gaming machine 20 to retransmit the previous signal. In addition, a signal serial number is also included in the reply signal returned to the gaming machine 20, and for example, 1 is added to the signal serial number for each transmission. Further, data indicating the state of the gaming machine included in the received signal is stored in the gaming machine state storage unit 16e. In addition, when there is no transmission of a signal from the gaming machine 20 for a fixed period set longer than the above-described fixed interval, the gaming machine management board 15 determines that the condition is abnormal and performs abnormal processing (notification output, error It has the function to do the down etc.). The data indicating the state of the gaming machine transmitted from the gaming machine 20 includes the current number of gaming machine balls of the gaming machine, the state of the gaming machine (usually, probability fluctuation and the like), and the like.

  The above-mentioned cryptographic communication will be further described. The gaming machine management board 15 has a security chip. The security chip has its own identification ID and a predetermined encryption / decryption program, and is for communicating with the security chip of the gaming machine 20.

  The security chip determines whether the data input / output from the gaming machine management board 15 corresponds to a predetermined data type requiring security, and performs the data input / output as it is if not. On the other hand, when the data type corresponds to a data type requiring security, the data encrypted by the encryption program is output at the time of data input / output, and in the case of input, it becomes an input data waiting from the other party. Decrypt received data. Between the security chip of the gaming machine 20, an encryption / decryption system is decided in advance, and it is possible to mutually decode data encrypted by the other party. If the authentication fails, the gaming machine 20 or the stand-alone card processing machine 10 that has detected the authentication NG outputs an abnormality to the display unit of the host apparatus and the own machine, and then an error is generated.

  The storage unit 16 is a storage device including a hard disk drive and a non-volatile memory, and stores the card ID 16a, the valuable value data 16b, the game setting data 16c, the ball storage limit data 16d, the device ID 16f and the game machine ID 16g. In addition, a part of the storage unit 16 is used as a gaming machine state storage unit 16e.

  The card ID 16 a is a card ID read by the R / W unit 11. When a card is transported from the card storage unit (not shown) to the card insertion slot 11a and the card is ejected, the card ID 16a is updated by the card ID read by the R / W unit 11 during the transport. Also, when a card is transported from the card insertion slot 11a to a card storage unit (not shown), the card ID 16a is updated by the card read by the R / W unit 11 during the transport.

  The valuable value data 16 b is data indicating a valuable value that can be used to add balls. The valuable value data 16b includes prepaid value data 16b1 indicating the balance of the prepaid value usable for ball lending, number-of-balls data 16b2 indicating the balance of the ball-bearing account, the secret code number for replaying the ball, and the balance of the ball account. It contains the number-of-balls data 16b3 which shows.

  The game setting data 16 c is data indicating a game type and the like set in the inter-room card processor 10. When dealing with balls of multiple rates in the game arcade, “ball 1” for 4 yen rate game balls, “ball 2” for 2 yen rate game balls, and “ball 3” for 1 yen rate game balls As described above, the game type name is set and managed for each rate. Inter-room card processor 10 selects a rate to be used for the game from these game types, and stores it as game setting data 16c. The game setting data 16c may use a game type fixed for each section in which the inter-base card processor 10 is installed, or may be changeable by an operation of a game customer.

  The ball storage limit data 16 d is data indicating the number-of-balls upper limit value. The ball storage restriction data 16d is set in the member management device 50, distributed to the inter-room card processor 10 in response to the member card insertion notice, and stored.

  The gaming machine state storage unit 16e is data indicating the state of the gaming machine transmitted from the gaming machine 20, and temporarily displays the current number of gaming machine balls of the gaming machine, the state of the gaming machine (usually probability fluctuation etc.) It is a part to be memorized.

  The device ID 16 f is identification information for uniquely identifying the inter-room card processing machine 10 in the game arcade. The gaming machine ID 16 g is a gaming machine ID received by the gaming machine management board 15 from the gaming machine 20.

  The control unit 17 is a control unit that totally controls the inter-stage card processor 10. The control unit 17 controls the data management unit 17a, the card processing unit 17b, the storage limit information acquisition unit 17c, the game machine management unit 17d, the determination processing unit 17e, and notification processing. A unit 17 f and a display control unit 17 g are provided.

  The data management unit 17 a is a management unit that manages the valuable value data 16 b stored in the storage unit 16. When the card is inserted, the data management unit 17a transmits a card insertion notification including the card ID 16a and the device ID 16f to the card management device 40. Further, when the data management unit 17a receives data including a valuable value (prepaid value, at least one of the number of balls held and the number of stored balls) from the card management device 40, the data management unit 17a responds to the valuable value data 16b according to the received valuable value. Update the data you

  Further, when a bill is inserted into the bill insertion slot 12a, the data management unit 17a transmits to the card management device 40 a deposit notification including the amount of the inserted bill, the card ID 16a and the device ID 16f of the inter-stage card processor 10. Do.

  Further, the data management unit 17a transmits a ball lending request including the card ID 16a and the device ID 16f to the card management apparatus 40 when the game customer performs a ball lending operation. If the ball lending permission is received as a response to the ball lending request, the data management unit 17a subtracts a predetermined number from the prepaid value data 16b1, transmits a predetermined number of balls to the gaming machine 20, and transmits the gaming machine ball. Add to the number.

  In addition, when the data management unit 17a receives the ball replay operation, the data management unit 17a subtracts and updates the ball number data 16b2 of the value data 16b in a predetermined number unit, and the number of balls after subtraction is the gaming machine 20 Send to and add to the number of game machine balls.

  In addition, when the number-of-balls number data 16b3 of the value data 16b is equal to or more than the number of ball-replay units, the data management unit 17a displays the ball-replay button on the display operation portion 13 and can accept the ball-replay operation. I assume. The data management unit 17a transmits a ball replay request including the card ID 16a and the device ID 16f to the card management device 40 when the game player performs a ball replay operation. If the stored-ball replay data is received as a response to the stored-ball replay request, the stored-ball count data 16b3 of the valuable value data 16b is subtracted and updated, and the number of stored-replay units is transmitted to the gaming machine 20 Add to the number of game machine balls. In addition, at the time of the first storage ball replay operation, the input of the personal identification number is required, and the coincidence with the personal identification number indicated in the valuable value data 16b is set as the condition for transmitting the storage ball replay request.

  In addition, when the data management unit 17a receives a request to transfer balls from the gaming machine 20 via the gaming machine management unit 17d, the number of gaming machine balls transferred from the gaming machine 20 can be stored in the valuable value data 16b. It is added to the ball number data 16b2 and updated.

  In addition, when a card return operation is performed by a game player, the data management unit 17a acquires the number of balls held from the gaming machine 20, and adds the number of balls held to the number-of-balls holding data 16b2. Then, the card ID 16a and the ball number data 16b2 are transmitted to the card management device 40 to make a card data update request, and the card ID 16a and the ball number data 16b3 are transmitted to the member management device 50 to make a membership data update request.

  When the card processing unit 17 b receives a card from the card insertion slot 11 a, the card processing unit 17 b causes the R / W unit 11 to read the card ID and the prepaid value. Then, the card ID 16a is stored in the storage unit 16, and the prepaid value associated with the card ID 16a is added to the prepaid value data 16b1.

  When the card processing unit 17 b receives a card return operation, the card processing unit 17 b causes the R / W unit 11 to read the card ID of the card stored in the card storage unit (not shown). Then, after the card data of the card management device 40 and the membership data of the membership management device 50 are updated by the data management unit 17a, the prepaid value data 16b1 is associated with the card and discharged from the card insertion slot 11a.

  The ball storage restriction information acquisition unit 17c is a processing unit that acquires the ball storage restriction information set in the member management device 50 when the membership card is inserted. The ball storage restriction information acquisition unit 17c displays the acquired ball storage restriction information in association with the storage balance for each game type.

  The gaming machine management unit 17 d is a processing unit that manages the gaming machine 20 and the gaming state. The gaming machine management unit 17 d acquires a gaming machine ID from the gaming machine 20 via the gaming machine management board 15, and the gaming machine ID acquired earlier is a gaming machine ID indicated by the gaming machine ID 16 g. The replacement of the gaming machine 20 is detected based on whether or not they match. If the gaming machine ID acquired from the gaming machine 20 does not match the previously acquired gaming machine ID, the gaming machine management unit 17 d determines that the gaming machine 20 has been replaced, and the gaming machine ID is acquired based on the acquired gaming machine ID. The ID 16 g is updated, and the updated gaming machine ID 16 g and the device ID 16 f are transmitted to the card management device 40.

  In addition, the gaming machine management unit 17d acquires the gaming result from the gaming machine 20 via the gaming machine management board 15, and when it deviates by a predetermined value or more as compared with the gaming result data managed by the own device. , And determines that the fraud has been made, and performs notification processing.

  Further, the gaming machine management unit 17d has a gaming data receiving unit 17d1 inside, and manages data stored in the gaming machine state storage unit 16e such as the shooting speed of the gaming machine 20, the number of balls held, and the big hit. Further, the game data receiving unit 17d1 predicts the number of balls from the result of the read game data, and outputs the prediction result to the determination processing unit 17e. Specifically, information on the gaming state such as the launch speed of the gaming machine 20, the jackpot and the probability fluctuation state is acquired, and the total value of the number of gaming machine balls is predicted. Furthermore, when a request to shift a part or all of the game machine ball number to the stand-alone card processing machine is received, the received game machine ball number is passed to the data management unit 17a.

  The determination processing unit 17e determines whether or not the upper limit value of the number of stored balls is exceeded from the remaining amount of stored balls A, the number of held balls B of the inter-room card processing machine 10, and the number C of gaming machine balls of the gaming machine 20. It is a processing unit. Specifically, A + B + C-X is calculated, and if it is positive, it is determined that the upper limit of the number of stored balls is exceeded, and if it is negative or 0, it is within the upper limit of the number of stored balls. If the upper limit of the number of stored balls is exceeded, the determination processing unit 17e causes the display operation unit 13 to display the possible number of stored balls together with the total number of balls (A + B + C) if the upper limit is exceeded.

  Further, the determination processing unit 17e adds the prediction result of the gaming state data output from the game data receiving unit 17d1 of the gaming machine management unit 17d, and determines the necessity of the warning. When a big hit appears and it certainly exceeds, it determines with exceeding the number-of-pools number upper limit value, and issues a warning to a member via information processing part 17f.

  In addition, even if the number-of-pools upper limit is exceeded once, the determination processing unit 17e then generates warning information when the number-of-balls-on, the number of gaming machine balls, and the consumption of the balance of balls fall below the number-of-balls upper limit. A notification to the effect that the release is to be performed is output to the notification processing unit 17 f.

  The notification processing unit 17f is a processing unit that notifies of the comparison result of the sum of the number of balls held and the balance of stored balls and the upper limit of the number of stored balls. When the number-of-reserved-number upper limit is exceeded, the notification processing unit 17 f warns via the display control unit 17 g that the storage ball can not be transferred to balls, and displays the excess. Further, when the upper limit of the number of stored balls is exceeded, notification may be made including a warning of extension of the game time as well as a warning of the excess. Further, when the notification processing unit 17 f receives from the determination processing unit 17 e a notification that the warning condition is not met, the notification processing unit 17 f instructs the display control unit 17 g to cancel the warning.

  The display control unit 17 g is a control unit that controls the display of the display operation unit 13. The display control unit 17 g performs necessary display on the display operation unit 13 in accordance with the state of the inter-room card processor 10 or the like. Further, the display control unit 17 g extracts necessary information from the gaming machine state storage unit 16 e and displays the information on the display operation unit 13. Furthermore, the game machine ball number received from the game machine 20 is extracted from the game machine state storage unit 16e, and the sum processing is performed with the number of balls held by the inter-room card processor 10 included in the valuable value data 16b. Display output on This display output may be performed each time the stored information in the gaming machine state storage unit 16e is updated, or the number of balls held on the gaming machine side received or the value obtained by performing the summing process may be the same as the previously displayed value. Display output may be performed only when there is a difference (for example, 10 or more balls).

  Further, the display control unit 17 g performs control to delete the warning notified and output by the notification processing unit 17 f when the warning does not match the warning condition.

  The game machine 20 has a ball-number-of-balls display unit 22, a communication control unit 24, an effect control unit 25, a game control unit 26, and a game ball control unit 27. The number-of-balls display portion 22 is provided on the front of the gaming machine 20, and displays the number of gaming machine balls stored in the ball-holding memory 27a described later.

  The communication control unit 24 is a control unit for controlling data communication with the inter-room card processor 10. The communication control unit 24 has a security chip. The security chip has its own identification ID and a predetermined encryption / decryption program, and is for communicating with the security chip of the inter-base-card processor 10.

  The communication control unit 24 reads identification information from the control CPU provided in the game control unit 26 and / or the game ball control unit 27 at the time of activation of the gaming machine 20, and confirms whether the identification information is appropriate. The start of the gaming machine 20 is permitted, and a state in which communication with the inter-room card processing machine is possible is set.

  The communication control unit 24 reads out the number of balls possessed in the ball bearing memory 27a of the game ball control unit 27 at regular intervals, and the state of the gaming machine stored in the game control unit 26 (normal or during probability fluctuation) And the like are read out and transmitted as a signal to the inter-room card processor 10. This signal includes, for example, data indicating a serial number of a signal using a certain range of numbers (hereinafter referred to as “signal serial number”). The communication control unit 24 confirms the signal sequence number included in the reply signal returned from the inter-room card processor 10 in response to the signal transmitted to the inter-room card processor 10, and compares it with the transmitted signal sequence number. , Control to keep the integrity of the information. Further, the communication control unit 24 has a function of managing the signal sequence number, and stores the signal sequence number attached to the previously transmitted signal. When transmitting the signal, the value obtained by incrementing the previously transmitted signal sequence number by 1 is Attach it to a signal and send it. This signal sequence number returns to the initial value and circulates when the constant value is reached. In addition, when transmitting the number of gaming machine balls read out from the ball memory 27a, the value of the number of gaming machine balls may be transmitted as it is, or a rough number (round number) such as adjustment with a certain digit May be transmitted.

  In addition, the communication control unit 24 receives a signal for adding balls from the inter-room card processor 10 (a loan signal with a valuable value, a management transition signal with balls), and the game ball control unit 27 holds It participates in control to be added to the ball memory 27a. Further, the game ball control unit 27 relays a ball-count management request directed to the game machine 20.

  The security chip determines whether the data input / output from the communication control unit 24 corresponds to a predetermined data type requiring security, and if not, the data is input / output as it is. On the other hand, if it corresponds to a data type that requires security, when data is input or output, the data encrypted by the encryption program is output, and in the case of input, it is received waiting for input of data from the other party Decode data. An encryption / decryption system is determined in advance with the security chip of the inter-base card processor 10, and it is possible to mutually decrypt data encrypted by the other party.

  Furthermore, although the gaming machine 20 starts control when the power is turned on at the start of business, when the power is on, the gaming machine 20 is not in the normal game-enabled state but in the standby control state. In the standby control state, when the mutual authentication with the inter-room card processor 10 is OK in the communication control unit 24 and the game control start signal is received from the inter-room card processor 10 through the communication control unit 24 It becomes possible.

  The game control unit 26 is a control unit that controls a game played by the gaming machine 20. Specifically, the game control unit 26 controls the firing of the game ball to the game board surface by the handle operation detection, the detection of the game ball that has entered the winning opening on the game board surface, and the random number (0 to Among random number values of 65535, acquisition of big hit, small hit, and numerical value of out is assigned for every predetermined range) and lottery (special symbol and normal symbol), movable member provided on game board (tulip etc) ), Display control of a special symbol display device provided on the game board surface, detection of an abnormality having a possibility of fraud (front frame is open, vibration detected, etc.) and notification to a host device.

  A large number of obstacle nails are planted on the game board surface, and the game ball fired on the game board surface by the handle operation falls between the obstacle nails, and the prize hole, the start hole or the prize hole It is discharged out of the game board surface from the out port of the game board surface without. A lottery is performed because the game ball is won in the starting opening, and when it is a big hit, a big hit game is performed to control a predetermined winning opening on the game board surface to a plurality of open states, and the game ball is hit to this winning opening The player is awarded a prize by becoming easy.

  In the big hit, there is a big hit game with a bonus for giving a predetermined bonus game to a gaming customer after the big hit game is over. The big hit game with bonus includes probability fluctuation big hit and time big hit. Probability fluctuation big hit and time and time big hit respectively grant probability fluctuation game and time saving game as a bonus game after big hit. Time saving game is usually from the start of the lottery process to the display of the result of the variation of the regular symbol lottery (the opening and closing lottery of the movable member mentioned above) and / or the special symbol lottery (the big hit lottery by the winning of the game ball mentioned above) By shortening the time), it is a bonus game which increases the number of times of drawing per unit time and increases the probability of winning a big hit per unit time. The bonus game may include a normal symbol probability variation that increases the probability of winning the normal symbol. The time saving game by the time saving jackpot is ended when the number of drawing times of the special symbol drawing is performed a predetermined number of times after the big hit. The probability fluctuation game will be described later.

  The game control unit 26 has a probability change function. With the probability fluctuation function, when the lottery result becomes a particularly defined random number range among the big hit, the control to change the random number range of the big hit used for the next lottery (generally about 10 times) is performed It is a function. The probability fluctuation game is to make a special symbol lottery using the probability after this change. The probability fluctuation game is continued until the next big hit. In addition, the probability variation game and the time saving game may be provided simultaneously. However, in order to prevent unforeseen damage to the game arcade, if the gaming customer has acquired a certain game medium after the start of the probability change game or the time reduction game, the game is stopped (once the card is discharged, the premium exchange or platform movement is requested ) May be processed. In this case, the gaming machine 20 counts the number of acquired gaming media after entering the probability variation gaming state, and performs gaming stop control such as stopping the firing of gaming balls when the count value reaches a predetermined value. It can be realized by

  The effect control unit 25 is a control unit that controls effects in the game, and includes a effect symbol lottery unit 25a and an effect lottery unit 25b. The effect symbol lottery section 25a is a final effect of drawing effect symbols (patterns to be displayed by effect symbol display devices such as display devices in the game board surface) based on the special symbol lottery in the game control unit 26 (specifically, display is final) Do not stop at 7, 7, 7 etc.).

  The effect lottery unit 25b performs a lottery of the type of effect to be performed until the lottery result by the effect symbol is displayed (a character comes out to perform reach effect, etc.). Such an effect is set so that the effect selected for the lottery result of the game control unit 26 is different.

  The effect control unit 25 stores effect data of each effect. Furthermore, the effect control unit 25 controls the display of the effect symbol display device, and superimposes the effect data on the background symbol data to perform effect display when effect is executed. In the case of probability fluctuation, background color data different from the normal state is set.

  The game ball control unit 27 is a control unit that controls the number of game machine balls. Specifically, the number of gaming machine balls is stored in the ball holding memory 27a, and every time the number of gaming machine balls is fired, “1” is subtracted from the number of balls held, and the number of prize balls provided by winning is added. When the ball returns without reaching the game board surface, "1" is added. In addition, when notified of the balls from the inter-room card processor 10, the notified balls are added to the number of gaming machine balls stored in the ball memory 27a, and the inter-ball card processor 10 is notified. A confirmation signal indicating that the number of gaming machine balls has been added is transmitted. The game ball control unit 27 can also control the cleaning of the game balls (circulating balls) enclosed in the game machine 20.

  Further, the game ball control unit 27 periodically transmits the number of game machine balls of the game machine 20 stored in the ball holding memory 27 a to the inter-day card processing machine 10. In this case, the game ball control unit 27 transmits the number of game machine balls to the inter-room card processor 10 while continuing the update of the number of game machine balls depending on the game state without clearing the contents of the ball memory 27a to zero. I do.

  In addition, the gaming machine 20 is provided with a counting switch 23 for allowing a gaming customer to shift the management of the number of gaming machine balls of the gaming machine 20 to the interstage card processing machine 10, and this counting switch is depressed. A signal indicating that the game has been played is input to the game ball control unit 27. The game ball control unit 27 detects the pressing operation of the counting switch 23, and if the time from the rise to the fall of the detection signal is less than a predetermined time, a predetermined number (for example, 100 balls per operation) of game machine balls The ball game management request is transmitted to the between-the-room card processor 10 together with the number data. Then, the number of balls transferred to the management of the inter-room card processing machine 10 is subtracted (invalidated) from the number of gaming machine balls stored in the ball memory 27a. In addition, when the pressing operation of the count switch 23 is detected, and a fall is not detected for a predetermined time or more after the detection signal rises, a predetermined number of states (for example, 5 seconds) occur each time a state where the detection signal rises continues for a predetermined time. A ball management request is transmitted to the inter-room card processing machine 10 together with the data of the number of gaming machine balls of 200 balls). Then, the number of balls transferred to the management of the inter-room card processing machine 10 is subtracted (invalidated) from the number of gaming machine balls stored in the ball memory 27a. In subtraction from the number of gaming machine balls stored in the ball memory 27a, the value to be subtracted is decremented from the value of 1 stored in the memory, or the value stored in the memory is updated with the value after subtraction. Although a method of deleting or logically deleting the value before subtraction and invalidating it may be considered, it is not particularly limited as long as the value after subtraction can be specified.

  The game control unit 26 and the game ball control unit 27 are respectively configured on individual substrates. Each of the game control board in which the game control unit 26 is configured and the game ball control board in which the game ball control unit 27 is configured has a unique ID. The gaming machine 20 combines the ID of the gaming control board and the ID of the gaming ball control board and uses it as the gaming machine ID.

  Next, an example of the structure of data stored in the storage unit 16 illustrated in FIG. 4 will be described. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of the structure of data stored in the storage unit 16 shown in FIG.

  The card ID 16 a shown in FIG. 5A indicates that the ID of the card inserted in the inter-base-card processor 10 is “2002”. Here, the upper one digit of the card ID indicates the type of the card, the first upper digit "1" card is a general card, the upper first digit "2" card is a membership card.

  The valuable value data 16 b shown in FIG. 5 (b) indicates that the prepaid value is “20 degrees”. Here, the frequency of prepaid value is equivalent to 100 yen per frequency. In the valuable value data 16b, the balance of ball 1's ball account is “0 ball”, the balance of ball 2's ball account is “1200 ball”, and the balance of ball 3's ball account is “500 ball”. It shows a certain state. The balance of the ball-bearing account of the ball 1 is “0 ball”, the balance-card account of the ball-bearing account is notified to the inter-room card processor 10, and management of the balls is performed by the inter-day card processor 10. It is because

  In the value-added data 16b, the secret code number for replaying the ball is "7777", the balance of the ball account of the ball 1 is "40,000 ball", and the balance of the ball account of the ball 2 is "5,000 ball" ", The balance of the ball account of the ball 3 is" 0 ball ".

The game setting data 16 c in FIG. 5C indicates that “ball 1” is set as the game type of the inter-room card processor 10. The ball storage restriction data 16 d shown in FIG. 5 (d) is data in which the number of balls storage upper limit value is set, and is data received from the member management device 50. In FIG. 5 (d), the upper limit of the number of balls is set to "50,000 balls" for "ball 1", "200,000 balls" for "ball 2", and "250,000 balls" for "ball 3". Show that. In addition, "1,000,000 balls" is shown as the upper limit value of "one yen per unit of total number of balls converted". The upper limit value of the “one-yen-pachi-converted total number of balls” is used as a limit on the total amount of balls of all game types. Specifically, the number of balls stored in each game type is multiplied by a rate to be converted into the number of balls corresponding to the balls stored in the game type "1 yen pachi" and totaled. FIG. 5E shows a state in which the device ID 16f of the inter-base-card processor 10 is "5006". The gaming machine ID 16g shown in FIG. 5 (f) indicates a state of "A0012X4233".

  Next, an example of the screen display of the member information, the ball storage restriction information, and the warning information displayed on the display operation unit 13 of the inter-room card processor 10 will be described. FIG. 6 shows an example of the screen display of the ball related information displayed on the display operation unit 13 of the inter-room card processor 10. As shown in FIG. The screen display shown in FIG. 6 is displayed when the information display related to the balls is selected from the plurality of screen displays except when the number-of-balls upper limit is exceeded and a warning is displayed. FIG. 6 (a) is an example of the display of the storage balance at the game start time when the membership card is inserted and the storage restriction information, and FIGS. 6 (b) and 6 (c) show the number of possible storages during the game. And display of warning information.

  FIG. 6A shows the state of the upper limit value of the balls and the balance of the balls for each game type before the start of the game by the member. In the example shown in FIG. 6A, the member's deposit balance is "1,772 balls" for "4 yen pachi", "1,200 balls" for "2 yen pachi", and "1 yen pachi" Shows that it is "0 ball". And the sum total ball number of 1 yen pachi conversion of the pool balance of the member is "29,648 balls". Since the balance of the stored balls is smaller than the upper limit of the number of stored balls, the game time extension which is one of the member services is shown as "OK".

  The "4-yen pachi", "2-yen pachi" and "1-yen pachi" shown in FIG. 6 (a) refer to the storage unit of the inter-base card processor 10 shown in FIGS. 5 (b) and 5 (c). In the valuable value data 16b and the storage limit data 16d stored in 16, corresponding to the account names "ball 1", "ball 2" and "ball 3" respectively.

  Also, in FIG. 6 (b), the member whose balance of stored balls before the start of the game is "30,000 balls" plays a game with a game type 4 yen pachi and has "5,000 balls" balls at this moment. It is acquired, the total value with the pool balance becomes "35,000 balls", and the display of the state that the "15,000 balls" can be made is possible by "50,000 balls" of the upper limit of the number of balls. It is done. Also in this case, since there is room in the possible number of stored balls up to the upper limit value of the number of stored balls, it is displayed that the game time can be extended.

  In FIG. 6 (c), the member whose deposit balance is "40,000 balls" before the start of the game acquires "12,000 balls" after the start of the game with a game type 4 yen pachi and addition with the deposit balance It is displayed that the value is "52,000 balls" and exceeds the upper limit of the number of stored balls by "2,000 balls". For this reason, the display indicating that the gaming time extension service can not be used is also output. Also, this screen display is a screen that is displayed with priority regardless of what display screen is made.

  Next, an example of a screen display of information such as the number of balls held displayed on the display operation unit 13 of the inter-room card processor 10 will be described. FIG. 7: shows an example of the screen display of the ball related information displayed on the display operation part 13 of the between-the-counter card processor 10. As shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 7, it is assumed that the ball holding number of the inter-room card processing machine 10 is "1000 balls" and the number of gaming machine balls is "500 balls", and the total of these is "1500 balls". In this case, when the display screen of the ball-related information is selected, the display operation unit 13 displays not only "1500 balls" of the total number of balls, but also a breakdown of the card processing machine 10 with ball "1000" as a breakdown of the total. The “ball” and the number “500 balls” of the gaming machine balls of the gaming machine 20 are displayed. In addition to the numbers, there may be a display in which an illustration such as a ball box display is added.

  Moreover, in addition to the above, in the case of a game customer who has made a pool move with the portable terminal and moved to the platform, the amount of the game ball earned on the day is added among the game balls and the total number of game machine balls, balls, balls The game may be displayed on the display operation unit 13 with a breakdown as a total possession ball of the game player.

  Next, the internal configuration of the card management device 40 shown in FIG. 2 will be described. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the card management device 40 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the card management device 40 is connected to the display unit 41 and the input unit 42, and has an external network communication unit 43, a game arcade network communication unit 44, a storage unit 45, and a control unit 46.

  The display unit 41 is a liquid crystal panel, a display device, or the like. The input unit 42 is a keyboard, a mouse or the like. The external network communication unit 43 is an interface unit for communicating with an external device such as a model management center that manages gaming models, and a main store server that integrates and manages installation states of gaming machines in a plurality of gaming stores. The game arcade network communication unit 44 is an interface unit for performing data communication with the island controller 30, the member management device 50, the prize management device 60, and the checkout machine 70 via the communication line 80 in the game arcade.

  The storage unit 45 is a storage device such as a hard disk drive or a non-volatile memory, and stores a store ID 45a, card management data 45b and device management data 45c.

  The store ID 45a is identification information for identifying a game store. The card management data 45b is data in which the balance of the prepaid value and the number of balls possessed are associated with the card ID. The device management data 45c is data relating to devices disposed in the game arcade. The device management data 45 c includes an inter-room card processor ID, an address of the inter-room card processor 10, an installation place, a gaming machine ID, and model data of the gaming machine 20.

  The control unit 46 is a control unit that performs overall control of the card management apparatus 40, and includes a card management unit 46a, an apparatus management unit 46b, and an authentication key distribution history management unit 46c. In practice, by loading these programs into a central processing unit (CPU) and executing them, the card management unit 46a, the device management unit 46b, and the authentication key distribution history management unit 46c execute corresponding processes. Become.

  The card management unit 46a is a processing unit that manages the card management data 45b. The card management unit 46a communicates with the inter-room card processor 10, the prize management device 70, and the checkout machine 60, and updates the prepaid value and the number of balls held corresponding to the card ID.

  The device management unit 46 b is a processing unit that manages the device management data 45 c. The device management unit 46 b generates and updates the device management data 45 c on the basis of the inter-room card processor ID acquired from the inter-room card processor 10, the address of the inter-room card processor 10, the installation location and the gaming machine ID. .

  Further, when receiving the gaming machine ID from the inter-room card processing device 10, the device management unit 46b inquires of the device type management center about the device type data, and updates the device type data of the device management data 45c. Furthermore, when updating the gaming machine ID and the model data, the device management unit 46b requests setting change to the inter-room card processing machine 10 and the member management device 50, thereby changing the setting for replacing the gaming machine. To run automatically. In addition, the device management unit 46b transmits a gaming machine change notification to the main store server. In addition, the authentication key distribution history management unit 46c distributes the distribution history of the authentication key for operating the gaming machine 20, which has been distributed to the stand-alone card processor 10, to the distribution date / time, inter-table card processor 10 of the distribution destination. I remember in a form that contains

  Next, an example of the structure of data stored in the storage unit 45 shown in FIG. 8 will be described. FIG. 9 is an explanatory view for explaining an example of the structure of data stored in the storage unit 45. As shown in FIG. The card management data 45 b shown in FIG. 9A indicates a state in which the prepaid value “25 degrees” and the ball are associated with the card ID “2001”. Balls can be assigned separate accounts for multiple rates. In FIG. 9 (a), the balance of the account name "ball 1" is "3000 balls", the balance of the account name "ball 2" is "0 ball", and the balance of the account name "ball 3" is "500". It is a ball. Similarly, for the card ID "2002", the prepaid value is "30 degrees", ball 1 is "0 ball", ball 2 is "4000 ball", ball 3 is "0", and use destination ID is "3001". The state of using the inter-standway card processor 10 is shown.

  The device management data 45c shown in FIG. 9B has an address "AB.CD.EF.GH" on the network of the inter-stage card processor 10 of ID "3001", and the installation location is "Island 1-1". “, The ID of the connected gaming machine 20 is“ 5009 ”, and the model of the connected gaming machine 20 is“ EV01 ”.

  Next, the member management device 50 shown in FIG. 2 will be described. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the member management device 50 shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the membership management device 50 is connected to the display unit 51 and the input unit 52. The display unit 51 is a liquid crystal panel, a display device or the like, and the input unit 52 is a keyboard, a mouse or the like.

  In addition, the member management device 50 includes a game arcade network communication unit 53, a storage unit 55, and a control unit 56. The game arcade network communication unit 53 is an interface unit for performing data communication with the prize management device 60 and the card management device 40 via the communication line 80 in the game arcade.

  The storage unit 55 is a storage device such as a hard disk drive or a non-volatile memory, and stores member management data 55a and restriction setting data 55b. The member management data 55a is data in which a card ID of a member card issued to a member is associated with a name, a bank account balance, a portable ID m, an address, a telephone number and the like. The limit setting data 55 b is setting data of the number-of-reserved balls upper limit value.

  The control unit 56 is a control unit that entirely controls the member management apparatus 50, and includes a member management unit 56a, a limit setting processing unit 56b, and a ball storage unit 56c. In practice, programs corresponding to these functional units are stored in a ROM or non-volatile memory (not shown), and these programs are loaded on the CPU and executed to execute the member management unit 56a and the restriction setting processing unit 56b. And the ball management unit 56c to execute the corresponding processes.

  The member management unit 56a is a processing unit that manages the member management data 55a. The member management unit 56a communicates with the card management device 40 and the prize management device 60 to update the balance of the storage account associated with the card ID. When the member management unit 56a receives a member registration request, the member management unit 56a updates the member management data 55a with additional registration of the member.

  The limit setting processing unit 56b is a processing unit that sets a limit related to the balls. The restriction setting processing unit 56b sets the upper limit value of the number of balls for each game type, and when notified that the member card has been inserted from the inter-room card processing machine 10, the set ball restriction information The card processor 10 is notified.

  The ball storage management unit 56c is a processing unit that receives the ball storage operation of the member based on the number-of-balls upper limit value set by the restriction setting processing unit 56b, and transfers the balls to the ball storage processing. The ball storage management unit 56c receives a member's ball storage operation, and updates the ball storage account of the member management data 55a if the total value of the balls is within the upper limit of the number of balls stored. If it exceeds the upper limit value of the number of stored balls, a response indicating that the storage operation can not be accepted because the upper limit value of the stored balls is exceeded is returned.

  Next, an example of the structure of data stored in the storage unit 55 of the member management device 50 shown in FIG. 10 will be described. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the structure of data stored in the storage unit 55 of the membership management device 50. As shown in FIG.

  The member management data 55a is data in which the name, the number of balls stored, and the like are associated with the member card ID. FIG. 11A shows a state in which a name “B_C”, a cell phone ID “IDmx1”, a number of stored balls, and the like are associated with a card ID “2002”. Although illustration is omitted, the member management data 55a can associate an address, a telephone number, points, the number of visits to a store, a game history, a personal identification number and the like to the card ID. The mobile ID m is identification data that can specify a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, and is used when the mobile terminal is used as a membership card.

  In the member management data 55a of FIG. 11A, the member with the member ID "2002" and the name "B_C" has the deposit balance of the account name "ball 1" is "40,000 balls" and the account name "ball" It is shown that the deposit balance of 2 "is" 5000 balls "and the deposit balance of the account name" ball 3 "is" 0 balls ".

  The limit setting data 55b is data in which the number-of-balls upper limit value is set for the balls. In FIG. 11 (b), the account name "ball 1" is "50,000 ball", the account name "ball 2" is "200,000 ball" and the account name "ball 3" is "250," for the upper limit of the number of balls. "000 balls" are set. And it has shown that "the 1 yen pachi conversion total number of balls" is "1,000,000 balls".

  Next, the setting display screen of the ball storage limit information by the limit setting processing unit 56c will be described. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a setting display screen of the ball storage limit information by the limit setting processing unit 56c. FIG. 12 is the same as the limit setting data 55b shown in FIG. 11 (b) regarding the upper limit value of the number of stored balls. Also, it is shown that the setting of the upper limit of the storage balls is effective on "Dec. 1st".

  Next, a processing procedure for display output of the total number of balls, warning information and the like by the inter-room card processor 10 will be described. FIG. 13 is a flow chart for explaining the processing procedure for display output of the total number of balls, warning information and the like by the inter-room card processor 10.

  The data management unit 17a of the inter-base card processor 10 receives a membership card, reads a card ID, and transmits a card insertion notice including the card ID and the like to the membership management apparatus 50 (step S101). Then, the data management unit 17a acquires the storage balance information of the member notified from the member management apparatus 50, and the storage restriction information acquisition unit 17c acquires storage restriction information, and the display operation unit 13 stores the balls for each game type. The balance and the upper limit of the number of stored balls are displayed (step S102).

  If the data management unit 17a receives the ball lending operation (step S103; Yes), the data management unit 17a notifies the gaming machine 20 of the number of balls corresponding to the subtracted prepaid value and adds it to the number of gaming machine balls (step S104). . If the ball lending operation has not been received (step S103; No), the data management unit 17a determines whether or not the ball replaying operation has been received (step S105).

  If the data management unit 17a receives a ball-replaying operation (step S105; Yes), it subtracts the stored ball-number data 16b2 and notifies the gaming machine 20 of the predetermined ball number, and the gaming machine ball is The number is added (step S106). If there is no reception of the ball re-playing operation (step S105; No), it is determined whether or not the ball re-playing operation has been received (step S107).

  If the data management unit 17a receives a ball re-playing operation (step S107; Yes), the data management unit 17a subtracts the ball balance, notifies the gaming machine 20 of the number of balls corresponding to the number of re-playing game units, and the number of gaming machine balls (Step S108). If there is no reception of the operation for storage ball replay (step S107; No), the process proceeds to step S109.

  When notified of the number of gaming machine balls from the gaming machine 20 (step S109; Yes), the determination processing unit 17e of the inter-stage card processing machine 10 determines the number of balls possessed by the inter-stage card processing machine 10 and the gaming machine The number of gaming machine balls of 20 and the balance of stored balls are summed and compared with the upper limit of the number of stored balls (step S110). If there is no notification of the number of gaming machine balls from the gaming machine 20 (step S109; No), the process proceeds to step S114.

  When it is predicted that the total value exceeds the number-of-balls upper limit value or the upper limit value is predicted from the gaming state in the gaming machine 20 (step S111; Yes), the determination processing unit 17e requests the notification processing unit 17e. , And displays a message such as "The number of balls is over the upper limit" or "The number of balls over the upper limit is exceeded" and displays a message indicating that the game time can not be extended to notify the member of the warning. (Step S112). Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S114. It is predicted that the upper limit of the number of stored balls will not be exceeded, and if it is judged that the warning is unnecessary (step S111; No), the possible number of stored balls is displayed (step S113), and the process proceeds to step S114.

  If the card return operation has been received (step S114; Yes), the data management unit 17a requests the gaming machine 20 for the number of gaming machine balls. Then, the number of balls possessed is associated with the membership card ID, a card ejection notice is transmitted to the card management apparatus 40, the card processing unit 17b ejects the card (step S115), and the process is ended.

  If the card return operation has not been received (step S114; No), the process returns to step S103, and the subsequent processing is repeated.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the member can confirm the storage limit and the storage balance at the start prior to the start of the game, and also whether or not the situation of the number of balls and the storage limit are involved while playing the game Information can be checked in almost real time. Therefore, the member can avoid the situation where the request is rejected by exceeding the upper limit value at the stage of the ball operation without interrupting the game for confirming the ball storage.

  In addition, since the member can confirm not only the availability of balls but also the number of balls while continuing the game, the intention regarding the transfer of balls to balls or the operation of balls without being bothered by the possibility of shifting to balls. As well as making decisions early, it is possible to operate planned balls and enjoy the game comfortably.

  In addition, it is also possible for game arcades to predict the excess of the number of balls by members, so that the mental burden due to complaints against the game store clerk due to sudden pool restrictions is alleviated, especially at busy times near the end of business hours. The effect that the trouble with a customer is also avoided can be expected.

  In addition, as for the timing of warning display to the game player, when the upper limit of the number of balls is exceeded or predicted to be exceeded, it is automatically displayed regardless of what display is made on the display operation unit 13 at that time. A warning may be given by notification by the operation unit 13. The display may be made automatically even when the number of balls is close to the upper limit value.

  Further, although the display of the number of balls has not been described in detail in the present embodiment, the gaming machine 20 transmits the gaming machine ball number information to the inter-room card processing machine 10 at intervals of several hundred ms (milliseconds). For example, the number of gaming machine balls of the gaming machine 20 may be used as it is for calculation at regular intervals (for example, 6 seconds = 10 ball throwing), for example, or it may be predicted using a prediction formula. A value may be calculated to display the total number of balls.

  Moreover, although the present embodiment has been described focusing on the number-of-balls upper limit value regarding the ball storage limit information, other limit values, for example, limit information such as the number of days allowed for storing balls and the number of stored balls are similarly set to provide information to members. It is possible.

  Further, in the present embodiment, although the explanation has been made focusing on the output of the warning information in which the restriction information of the number-of-balls upper limit value is added to the member, the display content is not limited thereto. For example, by adding the number of balls held, the number of gaming machine balls from the gaming machine 20, and the number of stored balls for the current day by the portable terminal, the inter-day card processing machine 10 displays the screen for the day It also becomes possible to provide the game player with the information on the withdrawal and the accumulation of balls. This makes it possible for the game arcade to expect a public relations effect such as an appeal for a game to the gamer. Also, the total number of balls may be provided in an illustration display such as a ball box display.

  Moreover, in the present embodiment, whether or not the game time extension service is displayed is displayed depending on whether or not the ball storage limit is applied to the members, but conversely, the number of balls exceeds a certain number for non-member gaming customers In this case, the member registration may be promoted by displaying a message indicating that it is not necessary to line up on the counter or that a game time extension service is available.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the detailed description of the form of the card, which is a medium that relates the number of game media, is omitted, but such cards include a magnetic card, an IC card, and the like. Further, for convenience of explanation, the “card” is described as an example, but the present invention can be applied to the case where a chip, a stick, a portable terminal or the like is used other than such a card. In particular, when a portable terminal with an IC chip is used as a medium, the portable terminal can be uniquely identified using identification information that can be obtained from the IC chip of the portable terminal in a non-contact manner. You can manage the number.

  Further, in the present embodiment, an example is shown in which the total value of the balls managed by the inter-room card processor 10 and the number of gaming machine balls managed by the gaming machine 20 is displayed and output in the inter-room card processor However, the present invention is not limited to this, and in the case where an information indicator (each platform indicator) for displaying gaming information of a gaming machine corresponding to a game console is provided, the total value for each platform indicator The total value may be displayed on each display by outputting a signal that can identify the

  Also, in this embodiment, a ball is used to provide a prize by giving a game ball a game ball which has fired (ballooned) a spherical game medium (game ball) as a game machine into or passing through a predetermined area of the board. Although the gaming machine has been described as an example, instead of this, a fixed number of gaming media are set as the number of bets for one game, and a lottery is performed on the condition that a predetermined rotation starting operation is performed. Of rotating the reel (reel) and then stopping the rotation of the drum as a result of the predetermined symbol combination corresponding to the lottery result being established on the reel as a result of performing the game giving a prize The present invention can be applied to a toroidal game machine. In the case of the coin-operated type gaming machine, the number of credits electronically stored as gaming media in the gaming machine 20 as data corresponding to the number of balls managed by the gaming machine 20 in the above embodiment The total value of the number of game media stored and set in the bet number storage unit is used as the number.

  Further, each configuration illustrated in the present embodiment is functionally schematic, and does not necessarily have to be physically configured as illustrated. That is, portable and distributed / integrated devices are not limited to the illustrated ones, but all or part of them may be functionally or physically distributed / integrated in any unit according to various loads and usage conditions. It can be configured.

  As described above, the gaming system according to the present invention improves operability by efficiently and timely notifying game customers of information managed by each of the inter-tier card processing machine and the gaming machine in the gaming shop. In case it is suitable.

10 card processing machine 11 R / W unit 11a card insertion slot 12 bill conveyance unit 12a bill insertion slot 13 display operation unit 14 communication unit 15 gaming machine management board 16, 45, 55 storage unit 16a card ID
16b Valuable value data 16c Game setting data 16d Ball storage limit data 16e Game machine state storage section 16f Device ID
16g game machine ID
17, 46, 56 control unit 17a data management unit 17b card processing unit 17c deposit limit information acquisition unit 17d game machine management unit 17d1 game data reception unit 17e determination processing unit 17f notification processing unit 17g display control unit 20 game control unit 21 handle 22 holding Ball number display unit 23 Counting switch 24 Communication control unit 25 Effect control unit 25a Effect symbol lottery unit 25b Effect lottery unit 26 Game control unit 27 Game ball control unit 27a Ball-bearing memory 30 Island controller 40 Card management device 41, 51 Display unit 42 , 52 input unit 43 external network communication unit 44, 53 gaming shop network communication unit 45a store ID
45b card management data 45c device management data 46a card management unit 46b device management unit 46c authentication key distribution history management unit 50 member management device 55a member management data 55b restriction setting data 55c game setting data 56a member management unit 56b restriction setting processing unit 56c ball storage Management Department 60 Premium Management Device 70 Settlement Machine 80 Communication Line

Claims (1)

A game comprising a gaming machine, a stand-by device provided in communication with the gaming machine in correspondence with the gaming machine, and an information display device provided in correspondence with the gaming machine and displaying the gaming information of the gaming machine A system,
The inter-stand unit is
Managed gaming medium number acquiring means for acquiring the number of gaming media associated with the recording medium possessed by the gaming guest;
Management game medium number storage means for storing the number of game media acquired by the management game medium number acquisition means as the management game medium number,
When a predetermined operation is received, information for specifying a part or all of the number of managed game media stored in the managed game media number storage unit is transmitted to the gaming machine, and the number of transmitted managed game media is transmitted. Management game medium number shift operation reception means for performing invalidation processing of
A transition game media number reception means for receiving information specifying the number of game media for the transition from the gaming machine;
The number of managed gaming media stored in the managed gaming media count storage unit is updated based on the number of gaming media received by the transition gaming media count receiving unit, and the management gaming media number transition operation accepting unit invalidates the number. Game media number updating means for updating the number of managed game media stored in the managed game media number storage means based on the processing;
Game medium number specification information receiving means for receiving the game medium number specification information capable of specifying the number of game media managed by the game machine or the approximate number thereof continuously transmitted from the game machine at a predetermined timing ;
The gaming machine based on the number of gaming machine gaming media identified from the gaming media number identifying information received by the gaming media number identifying information receiving means, and the number of managed gaming media stored by the managed gaming medium number storage means A gaming system characterized by displaying a total number of gaming media obtained by totaling the number of gaming media and the number of management gaming media on the information display device.

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