JP6850146B2 - Amusement park system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a playground system.

In a conventional game hall, a ball (game medium) is lent to a player by using money as a consideration. In addition, some players may become absorbed in the game and use an excessive amount of money as consideration. For this reason, a technique for preventing the use of an excessive amount of money has been proposed. For example, in Patent Document 1, when the total amount of money used as consideration for a player reaches the upper limit, lending is prohibited and the game is to that effect. It is described to notify the person.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2009-219797

However, depending on the amusement park, balls having different unit prices are provided, and it is possible to borrow balls at the unit price desired by the player to play the game. In this case, for example, even if the same amount of money is used as consideration, the game time may differ depending on the unit price of the ball borrowed by the player, and simply managing the total amount of money used as consideration for the player is sufficient. , It could not be said that it was possible to properly judge whether the player was absorbed in the game.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a system for a game hall that facilitates management of the amount of money used by a player as a consideration.

The system for the amusement park according to claim 1 executes a special notification when the total amount of money used by the player reaches a special amount, so that the player can prevent the player from spending an excessive amount of money. .. Further, since the breakdown of the amount of money used by the player is totaled for each unit price of the game value, it becomes easy to manage the amount of money used by the player as the unit price. As a result, even if the total amount of money used is the same, the game hall will determine whether the special amount has been reached for games with a high unit price or for games with a low unit price. It becomes easier to grasp, and it is possible to make it easier for the game hall side to judge the degree to which the player is absorbed in the game.

Overall block diagram which shows one Embodiment of this invention Functional block diagram in the amusement park system Enlarged perspective view of the front side portion of the gaming device Explanatory drawing illustrating the simple addition method Explanatory drawing illustrating the 1/2 addition method Explanatory drawing exemplifying the settings and operating conditions related to alerting Diagram exemplifying settings and screen transitions by the player (Part 1) Figure exemplifying settings and screen transitions by the player (Part 2) The figure which illustrates the screen at the time of a special notification Flowchart related to platform movement prohibition Diagram exemplifying screen transitions related to platform movement prohibition

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the overall configuration of the amusement park system. A large number of game machines 1 are installed in the game hall, and rental machines 2 are installed corresponding to each game machine 1. Two game machines 1 and two rental machines 2 are connected to the relay device 3. The relay device 3 is connected to the management device 5 via the LAN 4.

The management device 5 is installed in, for example, an office in the game hall, and is connected to a keyboard 6, a monitor 7, a printer (not shown) and the like operated by the manager of the game hall. The management device 5 manages the operating state of the game machine 1 and the game information of various devices by inputting the game signals output from the devices on the game machine side such as the game machine 1 and the rental machine 2.

Although not shown in FIG. 1, in reality, for example, hundreds of game machines 1 are managed by the management device 5, and the devices on the game machine 1 side are on the game machine islands formed in the game hall. Is installed. That is, in the game hall, a pachinko corner in which a plurality of types of pachinko machines using balls (pachinko balls) as a game medium is installed as the game machine 1 illustrated in FIG. 1, and a plurality of types of slot machines using medals as a game medium. There is a slot corner where is installed. The pachinko corner is provided with, for example, a 4-yen coin corner in which a pachinko machine with a 1-yen 4-yen rate is installed and a 1-yen coin corner in which a pachinko machine with a 1-yen 1-yen rate is installed. The slot corner is provided with, for example, a 20-yen medal corner in which a slot machine having a 20-yen rate per sheet is installed, and a 5-yen medal corner in which a slot machine having a 5-yen rate per sheet is installed.

A pachinko machine in which 1 yen (1st unit price) is set as the unit price of a ball (game value) required to execute a game in the above 1-yen coin corner is used in the game machine 1A and 4-yen coin corners. The pachinko machine for which a unit price of 4 yen (second unit price) is set is referred to as a game machine 1B. In the following, for convenience of explanation, the game machines 1A and 1B will be collectively referred to as the "game machine 1". The detailed description of the slot machine in this embodiment will be omitted.

The game machine 1 is a CR pachinko machine, and has an operation handle 12, an upper tray 13, and a lower tray 14 that constitute a launching device that launches a ball on the board 11, and also has a display unit 15 and a general drawing winning opening on the board 11. It has 16, a first starting port 17, a second starting port 18, a large winning opening 19, and the like. Further, a lending button 13a and an issuing button 13b are provided side by side on the upper surface of the upper tray 13.

The game machine 1 draws a big hit lottery with a preset winning probability according to the winning of balls to the starting ports 17 and 18 (starting winning), and the symbol changes according to the so-called special symbol (special symbol) based on the lottery result. Is executed on the display unit 15. The game machine 1 is configured to be able to hold up to a preset upper limit value (for example, four) of symbol fluctuations corresponding to a start winning prize generated during symbol fluctuation.

The game machine 1 generates a jackpot state when the symbol stopped and displayed on the display unit 15 is a jackpot symbol. When a jackpot condition occurs, the jackpot 19 is opened as many times as the number of corresponding rounds. The balls paid out by winning a prize are received in the upper saucer 13, and the balls that overflow when the upper saucer 13 is full are temporarily stored in the lower saucer 14. The balls stored in the lower tray 14 are guided to the counting tray 28 of the lending machine 2 described later by the operation of the player, and are guided to the lending machine 2 via the guide path 28a.

The game machine 1 and its peripheral devices are used as out signals, prizes, jackpots, etc. that allow the player to specify the number of balls used in the game as the game progresses, such as when the player hits a ball or a start prize is generated. Along with this, a safe signal that can specify the number of balls given to the player from the game machine 1, a start winning signal that can specify the winning to the starting ports 17 and 18 (that is, the start of the symbol variation), and a ball lending operation It outputs various game signals such as a sales signal that can specify the number of balls lent to the player and a big hit signal that can specify the big hit state.

The lending machine 2 is a gaming device having a so-called counting function for each machine, and as shown in FIG. 3, the lending machine 2 is for paying out the coin slot 21, the liquid crystal display 22, the holding balls, and the stored balls. A payout button 23, a payout nozzle 24 through which the paid out balls pass, a card insertion slot 25 into which an IC card such as a membership card 10 or a general card (not shown) is inserted, a camera 26 capable of imaging a player, a game machine 1 A counting tray 28 (see FIG. 1) and the like located below the lower tray 14 of the above are provided.

The rental machine 2 is provided in a one-to-one correspondence with, for example, the left side of the above-mentioned game machine 1, and is used by the player as a consideration as a first game device corresponding to the game machine 1A. It is divided into a lending machine 2A that gives a game value according to the amount of money and a lending machine 2B that gives a game value according to the amount of money used by the player as a second game device corresponding to the game machine 1B. To. However, as shown in FIG. 3, since these lending machines 2A and 2B have a common configuration, in the functional block diagram of FIG. 2, the lending machine 2A will be mainly described and simply described. When referring to "rental machine 2", the rental machines 2A and 2B shall be collectively referred to.

Here, FIG. 2 shows a functional block diagram centered on the rental machine 2A and the management device 5. As shown in the figure, the rental machine 2A has a control unit 20 composed of a microcomputer having a storage unit 20m such as a CPU 20a, a ROM 20b and a RAM 20c, and an I / O 20d, and a peripheral portion connected to the control unit 20. Have. The control unit 20 executes various control programs (software), and is a specific means, a normal game value use means, a special game value use means, an addition means, a deposit balance use means, an issue means, a presence / absence determination means, and a selection display. It corresponds to means, conversion means, permissible means, suppression means, player identification means, determination means, special notification means, first determination means, and request means. The control unit 20 of the rental machine 2B corresponds to the second determination means.

The peripheral part of the lending machine 2A determines the authenticity of the money inserted into the I / F unit 30 and the money insertion slot 21 that transmit and receive various signals and various information between the relay device 3, the management device 5, and the game machine 1A. A card reader / writer that reads and writes various information to the IC card while the currency processing unit 31, the liquid crystal display unit 22, the touch panel 32 provided on the liquid crystal display unit 22, and the IC card are inserted into the card insertion slot 25. (Card RW) 33, a card stock unit 34 capable of stocking up to 10 general cards, a payout button 23, and a ball for one frequency (for example, 500 yen) when the payout button 23 is operated from the payout nozzle 24. It receives a remote control signal transmitted from an employee remote controller carried by a payout unit 36, a counting unit 37 that counts balls flowing in from a counting tray 28, and an employee of the amusement park (hereinafter referred to as an employee) (hereinafter referred to as an employee). (Receives light) The remote control light receiving unit 38 and the like. Since the counting unit 37 has a function for counting the balls acquired by the player in the game and adding them as holding balls, the counting unit 37 constitutes an adding means together with the control unit 20.

The liquid crystal display unit 22 of the rental machine 2A shown in FIG. 3 is composed of a vertical liquid crystal display capable of full-color display and extending in the vertical direction. The outer edge portion of the liquid crystal display unit 22 is provided with an LED display unit 39 including an LED group arranged over the upper and lower side portions 39a and 39b and the left side portion 39c surrounding the display unit 22. These display units 22 and 39 form a special notification means together with the control unit 20, assuming that the control unit 20 performs display control such as special notification described later. The liquid crystal display unit 22 having the touch panel 32 constitutes a selection operation means for performing a selection display for the player to select by a touch operation, and constitutes a selection display means together with the control unit 20. The I / F unit 30 and the control unit 20 constitute an issuing operation receiving means for receiving an operation input by the player with the issuing button 13b for issuing an IC card.

Since the lending machine 2A requests the management device 5 for the total amount and the like described later via the I / F unit 30, the I / F unit 30 and the control unit 20 constitute the requesting means. Further, the card RW 33 for receiving and performing various processes related to the IC card constitutes a receiving means, an issuing means, and a suppressing means together with the control unit 20.

The IC card specifically corresponds to the membership card 10 and the general card shown in FIG. 3, and is a recording medium that stores information that can identify the size and balance (payment balance) of the game value described below. Is.

That is, the membership card 10 is a card that is valid until a preset expiration date (for example, 3 years), and has an IC chip built-in. In the memory of the IC chip 10a (appropriately referred to as a membership card 10), a member ID that can identify the player who has registered as a member is stored, and the balance is stored. Although not shown, a general card is a card that is valid only on the day of the event, and the built-in IC chip memory (appropriately referred to as a general card) stores a general ID that can identify the card, as well as the balance and the balance. The number of balls you have is memorized.

The control unit 20 of the rental machine 2A (hereinafter, appropriately abbreviated as “rental machine 2A”) has the following functions.
(1) When the money inserted into the money insertion slot 21 is received, the amount of the money, that is, the balance of the money deposited by the player is stored in the storage unit 20m, and the balance is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 22. When the lending button 13a of the game machine 1A is operated with the balance in this way, the number of balls corresponding to one frequency within the range of the balance is put inside the game machine 1A according to the operation of the lending button 13a. Lend from the payout mechanism. For example, in the lending machine 2A, since the first unit price is set to 1 yen, 500 balls are paid out (in the lending machine 2B, 125 balls are paid out by setting the second unit price of 4 yen). At this time, since a signal indicating that the balls for one frequency have been paid out from the game machine 1A to the lending machine 2A is output, the balance stored in the storage unit 20m and the balance displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 22 are used. Along with subtracting the number of times, a sales signal that can specify the number of rented balls indicating the number of rented game media is output. Since the sales signal is a pulse signal in which one pulse is output each time a ball for several times is paid out, one pulse is specified as the sales amount for 500 yen.

(2) When a ball dropped from the lower tray 14 of the game machine 1A is received by the counting tray 28, the ball received by the counting tray 28 flows into the counting unit 37 to count the balls, and the counted ball is counted. The number of counting balls, which is a number, is stored in the storage unit 20m as the number of balls, and the number of balls held is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 22. Here, when the storage unit 20m has already stored the number of balls held earlier, the number of balls counted by the player in the game is added (accumulated) to the number of balls held earlier and stored in the storage unit. Overwrite and store (update) to 20m. Therefore, the liquid crystal display unit 22 shows an integrated value of the number of balls held, which is updated each time counting is performed.

When the payout button 23 is operated with the number of balls held, the number of balls held or the number of balls stored (in the case of a member player) corresponding to the operation of the payout button 23 corresponds to one number of balls. A number of balls are paid out from the payout mechanism inside the game machine 1A. At this time, it is possible to subtract one frequency from the number of balls stored in the storage unit 20m and the number of balls displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 22, and to specify the number of balls to be paid out, which indicates the number of game media to be paid out. Output a payout signal.

(3) When the general card is inserted into the insertion slot 25 and accepted, the balance and the number of balls held in the general card are read by the card RW33, and the read (specified) balance and the number of balls held are stored in the storage unit. It is stored in 20 m (data is transferred from the general card to the storage unit 20 m) and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 22. At this time, the balance and the number of balls held in the general card are reset to zero (the data of the balance and the number of balls held in the general card are deleted). When a general card is accepted, the loan processing and the withdrawal processing are performed within the range of the balance and the number of balls held from the general card.

(4) When the membership card 10 is inserted into the insertion slot 25 and accepted, the balance stored in the membership card 10 is read by the card RW33, the read balance is stored in the storage unit 20m, and the liquid crystal display unit 22 displays the balance. indicate. At this time, the balance stored in the membership card 10 is reset to zero. By inputting the number of balls held in the management device 5, the number of balls held corresponding to the membership card 10 is stored in the storage unit 20m and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 22. Further, by inputting the number of stored balls stored in the management device 5 on condition that the operation input of the personal identification number is performed, the number of stored balls corresponding to the membership card 10 is also stored in the storage unit 20 m and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 22. To do. When the membership card 10 is accepted, the loan processing and the withdrawal processing are performed within the range of the balance read from the membership card 10 and the number of stored balls corresponding to the card 10.

As described above, when the lending machine 2A accepts a recording medium such as a general card or a membership card 10, the lending machine 2A specifies the balance associated with the recording medium and the size of the game value owned by the player. Corresponds to the specific means to be used and the means to use the deposit balance that enables the game by using the specified balance. Further, the lending machine 2A has a payout button for the specified ball (special game value) or the specified stored ball (normal game value) based on the reading of the recording medium by the card RW33 and the input from the management device 5. By executing the payout process according to the operation of 23, any game value corresponds to the normal game value use means and the special game value use means that enable the game.

(5) When the issue button 13b of the game machine 1A is operated, a general card is inserted into the card insertion slot 25 at that time, and if there is at least one of the balance and the number of balls held (“0”). If not), the balance and the number of balls held in the storage unit 20m are stored in the general card, and the general card is issued. At this time, the balance and the number of balls stored in the storage unit 20m are reset to zero. When a general card is issued, the issuance information that can identify the balance and the number of balls held in the general card is transmitted to the management device 5 together with the general ID, and the balance and the number of balls held in the general card are also stored in the management device 5. To manage.

(6) When the issue button 13b is operated, the membership card 10 is inserted into the insertion slot 25, and if there is at least a balance, the balance stored in the storage unit 20m is stored in the membership card 10 and the member Issue card 10. Also at this time, in addition to the balance stored in the storage unit 2m, if there is a number of balls held, those balances and the number of balls held are reset to zero. When the membership card 10 is issued, the balance immediately before the zero reset, the number of balls held, and the issuance information that can identify the member ID are transmitted to the management device 5, and the balance and the number of balls held are also stored and managed in the management device 5. To do. The management device 5 stores the transmitted number of balls in the member account of the player as the number of stored balls, subject to the operation input of the password by the player in the lending machine 2A. As will be described in detail later, the issuance information includes final serial number information that can identify that the player last played a game on the corresponding game machine 1A, and the management device 5 has a ball. It is managed for each player separately from the stored balls in the member account.

(7) If neither the general card nor the membership card 10 is inserted into the card insertion slot 25 at the time when the issue button 13b is operated and there is at least one of the balance and the number of balls held, a card movement (not shown) is performed. A general card is drawn out (set) to the card RW33 by a mechanism (not shown), the balance and the number of balls stored in the storage unit 2m are stored in the general card, and the general card is issued. Also at this time, the balance and the number of balls stored in the storage unit 2 m are reset to zero. Also in this case, when the general card is issued, the issuance information that can specify the balance and the number of balls held in the general card is transmitted to the management device 5 together with the general ID, and the balance and the number of balls stored in the general card are transmitted. It is also stored and managed by the management device 5.

(8) When a predetermined totaling operation is performed with the general card inserted in the insertion slot 25, the balance and the number of balls held in the general card are added to the balance and the number of balls held in the membership card 10. And remember. That is, when a predetermined totaling operation is performed while the general card is inserted in the insertion slot 25, the balance and the number of balls held in the general card are temporarily saved in the storage unit 2 m, and the balance of the general card is saved. The number of balls held is reset to zero, and the zero-reset general card is collected in the card stock unit 34 by the card moving mechanism. Then, when the membership card 10 is inserted into the card insertion slot 25, the balance and the number of balls stored in the storage unit 2m are added to the balance and the number of balls stored in the membership card 10. Overwrite and memorize and issue. As described above, even if the total of the general cards to the membership card 10 is allowed, it is a condition that the number of balls held by the membership card 10 does not include the number of balls acquired by other cards. This condition is a configuration for facilitating the operation of prohibiting the movement of the table, which will be described in detail later. It is prohibited to add up the membership card 10 to the general card.

In the above-mentioned lending machine 2A, when the membership card 10 is accepted, the member ID is read by the card RW33, so that the member who inserted the card into the insertion slot 25, that is, one player can be identified. Therefore, in the management device 5, it is possible to identify the one player based on the member ID transmitted from each of the lending machines 2A and 2B, and to total and manage the balance and the number of stored balls for each player. is there. Therefore, the rental machines 2A and 2B and the management device 5 correspond to the player identification means for identifying the player. The camera 26 of each rental machine 2A, 2B includes, for example, an image sensor such as a well-known CMOS sensor or CCD sensor, and covers an area including the face of a player seated in front of the corresponding game machine 1A, 1B for, for example, several seconds. Since the images are repeatedly imaged each time, it is possible to identify one player with the rental machines 2A and 2B or the management device 5 by performing image processing or the like to extract facial features based on the image data. ..

As shown in FIG. 2, the management device 5 has a control unit 40 composed of a microcomputer having a CPU 40a, a ROM 40b, a RAM 40c, and an I / O 40d, and a peripheral unit connected to the control unit 40. The control unit 40 (hereinafter, appropriately abbreviated as "management device 5") executes various control programs, and corresponds to the first usage amount totaling means, the second usage amount totaling means, and the total amount totaling means. .. The ROM 40b and the RAM 40c are storage units 40m of the management device 5.

As a peripheral part of the management device 5, an I / F unit 41 for transmitting / receiving / notifying various signals and various information to / from the game machine side (or relay device 3) is provided. The management device 5 can communicate with the lending machine 2A and the lending machine 2B via the I / F unit 41.

The management device 5 is, for example, out, safe, difference ball, start number (number of times the symbol changes), jackpot number, and ball output based on the game signal from the device on the game machine side including the lending machines 2A and 2B. It manages game information such as rate and sales, and also manages the number of balls held, the number of stored balls, the balance, the amount of money used, which will be described later, for each player.

By the way, in the amusement park, the player may be absorbed in the game and spend an excessive amount of money. In order to suppress such a situation, when the total amount of money used reaches the upper limit, it is conceivable to notify the player to that effect, but the player such as the above-mentioned first unit price or second unit price may notify the player. When playing a game by borrowing balls at the desired unit price, even if the same amount is used as consideration, the game time may differ significantly depending on the unit price of the balls borrowed by the player, and he is absorbed in the game. It is difficult for the amusement park to know the degree of presence.

In addition, the lending process using the possession balls (special game value which is a predetermined type of game value) acquired by the player in the game of the game machine 1 is a free gift rather than the lending process using the balance. It is advantageous for the player from the balance of the exchange rate and the like when exchanging. For this reason, in the game hall of the present embodiment, a player who has acquired a ball on another machine changes the game machine 1 to play with the ball, so-called table movement is prohibited. However, even if the player who has registered as a member has the stored balls managed by the management device 5, if he / she has the balls before being managed as the stored balls, the movement of the table is uniformly prohibited. This can lead to confusion.

A specific configuration of the system for the amusement park to solve these problems will be described in the order of "1. Suppression of entanglement" and "2. Prohibition of movement of vehicles" with reference to the drawings of FIGS. 4 and later.
<1. Suppression of immersiveness ＞
The management device 5 stores all the machine number tables in which the first unit price, each unit price including the second unit price, etc. are registered in advance for all the lending machines 2A and 2B, and when the game signal is received from the lending machines 2A and 2B. , The corresponding unit price is specified based on the information of all the machine number tables, and the game information is totaled according to the unit price.

Specifically, the management device 5 identifies the corresponding unit price and one player by receiving the sales amount and the member ID specified based on the sales signal from the lending machines 2A and 2B, and is used for the first time. As a means of counting the amount of money, for example, 500 yen (the first), which is the amount used by the player as a consideration for paying out 500 coins at the lending machine 2A in the 1-yen coin corner (to give the game value of the first unit price). (1 usage amount) is totaled for each player. Further, the management device 5 is used as a second usage amount totaling means by the player, for example, for paying out 125 balls (to give the game value of the second unit price) at the rental machine 2B of the 4-yen ball corner. The total amount of 500 yen (second usage amount) is accumulated and totaled for each player. Further, the management device 5 totals the total amount of money, which is the total of the first usage amount and the second usage amount, for each player.

Then, the lending machines 2A and 2B of the present embodiment are the first special, which is the aggregated first usage amount, second usage amount, or total amount received from the management device 5, and the respective warning amount setting values. Based on the amount of money, the second special amount of money, and the special amount of money, the corresponding first special notification, second special notification, or special notification can be executed.

The alert amount setting value can be set in advance by both the employee and the player, and the first special amount and the second special amount are the threshold values of the respective usage amounts set for each unit price of the game value. The special amount is grasped as the threshold value of the total amount. In this way, as the first special amount and the second special amount, the employee side first special amount and the employee side second special amount that can be preset by the employee, and the player that can be preset by the player. There are a first special amount on the side and a second special amount on the player side, and as special amounts, the special amount on the employee side that can be set in advance by the employee and the special amount on the player side that can be set in advance by the player. There is.

Here, the first special amount on the employee side, the second special amount on the employee side, and the special amount on the employee side are set as hall settings by inputting operations on the employee keyboard 6 or the like on the management device 5, respectively. The amount is set. In addition, among the first special notification, the second special notification, and the special notification corresponding to each amount of money, which notification is executed or which notification is not executed in the rental machines 2A and 2B is set in the hall. Can be set in the management device 5. Further, as a hall setting, the management device 5 sets whether or not to include the stored balls in the first usage amount, the second usage amount, or the total amount, and the addition method (see FIGS. 4 and 5) described later. be able to.

Since the management device 5 can specify the unit price of each of the lending machines 2A and 2B, it is possible to convert the corresponding unit price and the number of stored balls into an amount. Therefore, when the management device 5 includes the stored balls in the first used amount and the second used amount, the number of stored balls at the corresponding unit price according to the use (payout) of the stored balls in the lending machines 2A and 2B. Add the amount converted from to the applicable usage amount. Further, the hall setting is uniformly applied to all member IDs (membership card 10), and is set for all lending machines 2A and 2B corresponding to pachinko machines. Therefore, for all rental machines that support slot machines, it is possible to set the above-mentioned halls, the first special amount on the player side, the second special amount on the player side, and the fan setting for the special amount on the player side. Of course.

In this regard, in the rental machines 2A and 2B, for example, even if the hall is set for the alert amount setting value, if the fan is set, the fan setting is prioritized. Therefore, for example, in the lending machine 2A, when the player sets a special amount on the player side, the special notification is not executed even if the total amount reaches the special amount on the employee side, while the total amount is the player. When the side special amount is reached, the special notification is executed (see FIG. 6 described later).

The fan setting will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8 with reference to the setting of the special amount on the player side among the setting values of the alert amount, taking the case where the player performs the setting with the rental machine 2A as an example. ..
For example, when a player inserts his / her membership card 10 into, for example, the insertion slot 25 of the lending machine 2A, a menu screen 100 on which "entry prevention registration" can be selected is displayed on the lending machine 2A on the liquid crystal display unit 22 shown in FIG. Can be made to. When the player touch-operates the "entry prevention registration" button (not shown) on the menu screen 100, the screen transitions to the guidance screen 101.

On the guidance screen 101, the "OK" button 51 for executing the guidance for suppressing the immersiveness in the lending machines 2A and 2B determined to "exceed the preset amount or the number of balls" as the special amount on the player side. And a "stop" button 52 are provided. On the guidance screen 101, when the "stop" button 52 is touch-operated (pressed), the menu screen 100 is returned, and when the "OK" button 51 is touch-operated, the setting screen 102 is displayed.

On the setting screen 102, an item 53 of "amount of money used" indicating a special amount of money on the player side and an item 54 of "handling of stored balls" for setting whether or not to include a stored ball in the special amount of money on the player side are added. Item 55 of "Random uniform addition" for setting the method is displayed. In this case, the player can set each item 53 to 55 to a desired setting by a touch operation on the setting screen 103. As will be described in detail later, when items 53 to 55 such as the "usage amount" and "uniform addition" methods are set and the "OK" button 56 is touch-operated, the lending machine 2A displays the information of the items 53 to 55. (Fan setting information) is stored in its own storage unit 20 m and transmitted to the management device 5. In this way, the management device 5 stores and updates the received fan setting information for each member ID, so that the lending machines 2A and 2B are fans of the member ID as the member card 10 is inserted into the insertion slot 25. By requesting the setting information from the management device 5, the fan setting of the player concerned is made effective in the own devices 2A and 2B.

Of the above items 53 to 55 on the setting screens 102 of the lending machines 2A and 2B, items 53 and 54 of the handling of stored balls and the addition method are all hidden, and the items 53 and 54 are previously displayed in the management device 5. 54 may be set.

On the setting screen 102, if the "Cancel" button 57 is touch-operated, the menu screen 100 is returned, and if the "OK" button 56 is touch-operated, the registration completion screen 104 (see FIG. 8) or the like is displayed. When the button 51 is touch-operated, the screen changes to the amount change screen 103.

Since the numeric keypad 58 is displayed on the amount change screen 103, the player can touch-operate the numeric keypad to set an arbitrary player-side special amount as the "usage amount" in units of 1000 yen. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, when the “usage amount” is set to “0”, the fan setting is invalidated (see “0 (invalid)” in FIG. 6). Touching the "OK" button 59 on the amount change screen 103 returns to the setting screen 102 representing the set usage amount, and touching the "Cancel" button 60 returns to the setting screen 102 without changing the usage amount.

The registration completion screen 104 of FIG. 8 indicates that the contents of the above items 53 to 55 have been "registered", and after a certain period of time has elapsed from the start of the display or by a touch operation on the screen 104, a standby screen ( Return to the normal screen). On the other hand, the call screen 105 of FIG. 8 is a screen displayed when "registration" of each item 53 to 55 cannot be performed due to an offline state or the like in which communication with the management device 5 is not possible. If you say so and "Please call an employee", an error message will be displayed. Therefore, in response to this, the rushed employee takes action according to the content of the error, such as checking the screen 105, and for example, by canceling the error display using the employee remote controller, the call screen 105 is displayed. Return to the standby screen.

In any of the pachinko corner lending machines 2A and 2B, as in the above-mentioned special amount on the player side, the first special amount on the player side and the second special amount on the player side are set for each unit price as shown in FIG. It goes without saying that the screen 103 can be displayed and stored in the storage unit 20m as a value for setting the amount of attention, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The above-mentioned "hall setting" and "fan setting" are summarized in FIG. In the management device 5, as shown in FIG. 6, the "hole setting" can be set to be valid "○" and invalid "x", and the "fan setting" can be used as "○" and unusable "x". It can be set. Therefore, if the "fan setting" is set to "x" by the operation input on the management device 5, the fan setting function itself on the rental machines 2A and 2B is invalidated (for example, "entry prevention registration" is displayed on the screen 100 as a menu. (If you do not do so, you will not be able to use it), and the player will not be able to set the amount of money for alerting. Further, "0 (invalid)" in FIG. 6 corresponds to the case where the "usage amount" on the amount change screen 103 of FIG. 7 is set to "0".

In addition, "○ ×" in the "Notification start opportunity" column of FIG. 6 indicates, for example, that the total amount has reached the "hall setting (employee side special amount)" or "fan setting (player side special amount)". Represents the consequences of "reaching". That is, in the setting "No. 1 to 4" in the figure, since the "usage amount" is set to "0" by the player, the setting of "No. 2 and 4" in which the hole is set is selected. As long as it indicates that a special notification will be given when the total amount reaches the special amount on the employee side.

In the setting "No. 5-7", both "hall setting" and "fan setting" are valid and a "usage amount" of 1000 yen or more is set, so for example, the total amount is a special amount on the employee side. It means that the special notification is not given even if the amount reaches, and the special notification is given when the total amount reaches the player's special amount. As will be described in detail later, the notification mode for special notification etc. differs between the hall setting and the fan setting, and as shown in the setting "No. 7", the total amount is the employee side special amount and the player side. When the special amount is reached at the same time, a special notification corresponding to the "fan setting" is performed.

The setting of the special amount on the player side has been described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8, but the first special amount on the player side, the second special amount on the player side, the first special amount on the employee side, and the employee I will also explain how to set the second special amount on the employee side and the special amount on the employee side.

First, for example, the first special amount on the player side is set by the lending machine 2A at the 1-yen coin corner, and the second special amount on the player side is set by the lending machine 2B at the 4-yen coin corner. , 2B shall display a screen for accepting the "usage amount" (see FIG. 7) corresponding to the unit price handled by the own devices 2A and 2B among the player side first special amount and the player side second special amount. ..

That is, in the lending machine 2A, the player side is set by setting the usage amount of the setting screen 102 after selecting either the player side first special amount or the player side special amount on the menu screen 100 of FIG. The first special amount and the player's special amount can be set respectively. Similarly, in the lending machine 2B, the player side can also set the usage amount on the setting screen 102 after selecting either the player side second special amount or the player side special amount on the menu screen 100. The second special amount and the player's special amount can be set respectively. Therefore, the player may set the first special amount on the player side and the second special amount on the player side separately on the lending machines 2A and 2B when playing at each corner, or set only the special amount on the player side. You can also do it.

On the other hand, in the management device 5, a setting screen (not shown) for setting each of the employee-side first special amount, the employee-side second special amount, and the employee-side special amount is displayed on the monitor 7. It shall be set by the operation input on the employee's keyboard 6 or the like. On this setting screen, for example, the contents including the items 53 to 55 of the setting screen 102 of FIG. 7 are set for each of the first special amount on the employee side, the second special amount on the employee side, and the special amount on the employee side. ..

If at least the first special amount on the player side and the special amount on the player side are set in the configuration as such a system for a game hall, the management device 5 is used in the lending machine 2A of the 1-yen coin corner during the lending process. The corresponding first usage amount and total amount are requested, and whether or not the first usage amount of one player received from the management device 5 in response to the request reaches a predetermined first special amount. The first judgment and the special judgment as to whether or not the total amount of money has reached a predetermined special amount are executed. As a result, the lending machine 2A corresponds to the fact that when it is determined that the first usage amount of one player has reached the predetermined first special amount on the player side, the first special amount has been reached. When the first special notification is executed and it is determined that the total amount of the player has reached the special amount on the player side, the special notification corresponding to the fact that the special amount on the player side has been reached is given to the player. (See screen 108 in FIG. 9) is executed.

Similarly to this, if at least the second special amount on the player side and the special amount on the player side are set, the management device 5 corresponds to the management device 5 at the time of the lending process in the lending machine 2B of the 4-yen ball corner. 2 The second determination as to whether or not the second usage amount of one player who requested the usage amount and the total amount and received from the management device 5 in response to the request has reached the predetermined second special amount and A special determination is made as to whether or not the total amount has reached a predetermined special amount. As a result, the lending machine 2B corresponds to the fact that when it is determined that the second spending amount of one player has reached the predetermined second special amount on the player side, the second special amount has been reached. When the second special notification is executed and it is determined that the total amount of the player has reached the special amount on the player side, the special notification corresponding to the fact that the special amount on the player side has been reached is given to the player. (See screen 108 in FIG. 9) is executed.

In each of the first special notification, the second special notification, and the special notification, the display control of the LED display unit 39 around the outside of the display unit 22 is performed in addition to the display control of the screen 108 and the like illustrated in FIG. .. That is, each of the lending machines 2A and 2B has a control unit 20 as a determination means and a special notification means, and display units 22 and 39, respectively, and when a special determination or the like is executed as the determination means, the management device 5 It is assumed that you will request the total amount and the corresponding usage amount. Further, in the management device 5, the first usage amount, the second usage amount, and the total amount to be totaled are, for example, zero reset (initialization of the corresponding storage area of the storage unit 40 m) when the game hall is opened. Indicates the cumulative total of one day, and each time the lending machines 2A and 2B execute a special judgment (every time a total amount of money, etc. is requested), the first usage amount and the second usage amount are added up by the management device 5. By doing so, the total amount is totaled and the total amount is transmitted to the lending machines 2A and 2B.

In the first special notification, the second special notification, and the special notification in the present embodiment, for example, by changing the message on the screen 108 or the like and the light emitting mode of the LED display unit 39, the attention level is set in five stages for each notification. It's different. A specific alert level (appropriately abbreviated as “level”) and an addition method that defines the level will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. The simple addition method illustrated in FIG. 4 and the 1/2 addition method illustrated in FIG. 5 can be selected by the player by a touch operation in item 55 of the setting screen 103 of FIG. 7, or a management device. Employees can be selected by the input operation of 5.

First, in the simple addition method of FIG. 4, a case where a special amount of "5000 yen" is set as a warning amount setting value is taken as an example. In this case, in the figure, the level 1 alert threshold value at which the "first time" special notification is executed is set to the "attention alert amount setting value" of 5000 yen. Further, the level 2 alert threshold value at which the "second" special notification is executed is set to 10000 yen obtained by "level 1 alert amount set value" + "attention alert amount set value". Furthermore, as shown in the figure, the alert thresholds for levels 3, 4, ... Where the special notification is executed after the "third time" are 15,000 yen, 20,000 yen, and so on, in increments of 5,000 yen, for each level. It is set to add 5000 yen.

That is, in the simple addition method, when the number of alerts is "i" and the number of alerts last time is "X", the alert threshold at the level "n" in this special notification is "level X (=). It is obtained by the "warning amount set value" of i-1) + the "warning amount set value".

Regarding the relationship between the number of alerts i and the level n, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the alert level n increases by 1 each time the special notification is executed. Since the special notification of is maintained at the alert level of level 5, it is expressed by the following equation (the same applies to the 1/2 addition method of FIG. 5).

n = i (i <5)
n = 5 (i ≧ 5)
On the other hand, in the 1/2 addition method of FIG. 5, a case where a special amount of "30,000 yen" is set as a warning amount setting value is taken as an example. In this case, the level 1 alert threshold for executing the "first" special notification in the figure is set to the "attention amount set value" of 30,000 yen. In addition, the level 2 alert threshold for executing the "second" special notification is set to 45,000 yen calculated by "level 1 alert amount setting value" + "attention alert amount setting value x 1/2". Will be done.

Furthermore, as shown in the figure, the alert thresholds for levels 3, 4, ... Where the special notification is executed after the "third time" are 53000 yen, 57000 yen, and so on. It is set to be 1/2 of the amount added at the previous level, and the fraction whose quotient (division) is less than 1000 yen is rounded up and calculated in units of 1000 yen. Here, when the number of alerts is "i" and the level of the i-th alert is "n", the alert threshold _ai (i = 1, 2, 3, ...) Is as follows.

a _i = a _i-1 + [1 / 2D _i-1 ] (i ≧ 3)
a ₁ = a _init
a ₂ = a ₁ + [1 / 2D ₁ ]
However, D _i-1 = a _i-1 −a _i-2 (that is, the previous addition amount), and as described above, the quotient of 1/2 _{in [1 / 2D i-1} ] and [1 / 2D _1]. Is in units of 1000 yen, and a _init is the set value for the alert amount. In addition, regarding the alert amount setting value, the special amount of "5,000 yen" in the simple addition method and "30,000 yen" in the 1/2 addition method is illustrated, but the special amount (the first special amount and the second special amount are also included. The same) is a common calculation target for the simple addition method and the 1/2 addition method. That is, for one special amount, either the simple addition method or the 1/2 addition method can be selected by the employee or the player. For example, if the special amount is set to "30,000 yen", the addition method is different. Therefore, it is not necessary to separately set and input a special amount other than 30,000 yen.

According to the above addition method, as the execution frequency of the special notification in the lending machines 2A and 2B, the low frequency notification state, which is a relatively low frequency notification state when the simple addition method is selected, and the 1/2 addition method are used. When selected, it becomes a high-frequency notification state, which is a higher-frequency notification state than the low-frequency notification state.

Therefore, the lending machines 2A and 2B calculate the usage amount after the total amount reaches the special amount and executes the "first" special notification, based on the special amount by the simple addition method in the low frequency notification state. While it is determined whether or not the total amount has reached the alert threshold shown in FIG. 4, which is the special amount for low frequency, it is calculated based on the special amount by the 1/2 addition method in the case of the high frequency notification state. The configuration is such that it is determined whether or not the total amount of money has reached the caution threshold value of FIG. 5, which is the special amount of money for high frequency, which is lower than the special amount of money for low frequency.

Then, the lending machines 2A and 2B of the present embodiment are in a low-frequency notification state by selecting the simple addition method, and each time it is determined that the total amount of money has reached the caution threshold value of FIG. The alert for low frequency corresponding to the reaching of the alert threshold is executed for the player, and the alert in FIG. 5 is alerted on condition that the high frequency alert is in the state of selecting the 1/2 addition method. When it is determined that the total amount of money has reached the threshold value, a high-frequency special notification corresponding to the arrival of the caution threshold value is executed for the player each time.

Among the special notifications, the special notification for high frequency will be described in detail assuming a specific example.
For example, when a player starts a game on the game machine 1B at the 4-yen ball corner, the membership card 10 is inserted into the insertion slot 25 on the corresponding lending machine 2B, and "entry prevention registration" is performed on the liquid crystal display unit 22. In order to do so, the transition from the menu screen 100 of FIG. 7 to the setting screen 102 is performed, and the special amount of money on the player side is treated as "30,000 yen" and "including stored balls" as in the "usage amount" of the screen 102. It is assumed that it is set to "Random" corresponding to the / 2 addition method.

When the lending button 13a or the payout button 23 is operated as the game progresses, "ball lending" indicating that the lending process is being executed, which is illustrated in the screen 106 on the left side of FIG. 9, is displayed each time the operation is performed. To. When the lending machine 2B executes a special determination on the total amount requested (received) from the management device 5 during this lending process and determines that the total amount has reached "30,000 yen". , Execute the first special notification. When the management device 5 receives the payout signal at the time of operating the payout button 23 from the lending machine 2B, the second usage amount is the amount converted from the number of stored balls specified based on the payout signal at the rate of 4 yen per ball. As a result, it is included in the total amount and totaled. Therefore, the total amount of money "30,000 yen" is the total amount of the amount converted at the 4 yen rate and the amount specified from the sales signal at the time of operating the lending button 13a.

As shown in the screen 108 on the right side of FIG. 9, this first special notification is indicated by a level 1 message saying "Please be careful not to get stuck in the set value", and the LED display 39 around the outside is displayed. Turn it on to alert you to your immersiveness. The screen 107 in the center of FIG. 9 is a screen displayed in place of the fan setting screen 108 as the first special notification in the hall setting, and is displayed on the fan setting screen 108 where the player can grasp that the setting has been made. The display is relatively conservative. It is assumed that none of the screens 107 and 108 displays store information (excluding error display) until the touch operation is performed.

Further, when the screen 108 of FIG. 9 is touch-operated by the player, the rental machine 2B transitions to a normal screen, but maintains the light emitting state on the LED display unit 39. After that, when the membership card 10 is ejected from the insertion slot 25 in the rental machine 2B, the LED display unit 39 is turned off accordingly, but the above-mentioned fan setting information, usage amount, etc. are managed by the management device 5. When the player inserts the membership card 10 into the insertion slot 25 of the lending machine 2B different from the lending machine 2B by moving the table, the LED display unit 39 of the other lending machine 2B is in the light emitting state.

In addition, after the first special notification, if the lending machine 2B determines that the total amount has reached the special amount for high frequency in the 1/2 addition method, which is in the high frequency notification state, at the time of lending processing, the amount is high. The second level 2 high-frequency special notification, the third level 3 high-frequency special notification, ... Run. An example of a high-frequency special notification message on the liquid crystal display 22 at levels 2 to 5 is shown below.

Level 2: "Isn't it too absorbed?"
Level 3: "I'm too absorbed"
Level 4: "I'm too absorbed in it. Why don't you finish the game soon?"
Level 5: "I'm too absorbed in it. Let's finish the game today."
As described above, the liquid crystal display unit 22 displays a message that the degree of prompting the end of the game becomes stronger as the level becomes higher. Further, the liquid crystal display unit 22 displays the amount of money (total amount of money) used by the player up to that point together with the messages corresponding to the levels 1 to 5 (not shown). Further, the LED display unit 39 changes so as to make the emission color different for each level 1 to 5, for example. As for the light emitting mode of the LED display unit 39, it is possible to increase the light emitting color or the light emitting output intensity so that the degree of prompting the end of the game becomes stronger as the level becomes higher. Further, since the rental machine 2B maintains the light emitting state according to the levels 1 to 5 on the LED display unit 39 even if the message is hidden by the touch operation of the liquid crystal display unit 22 as described above (FIG. FIG. 6), the player will be conscious of not being too absorbed.

<2. No movement of table>
The playground of the present embodiment is premised on the fact that there is a limit to the daily use of stored balls, not equivalent exchange. That is, the exchange rate of the game value at the time of exchanging the prize is not equivalent to the ball acquired by the player, and the upper limit that can be used per day for the stored balls managed for each member ID in the management device 5 is, for example, 10,000 yen. It is stipulated in. Therefore, for example, in the lending machine 2B, the number of usable balls corresponding to the unit price is limited, such as up to 2500 pieces corresponding to 10,000 yen. Therefore, it is more advantageous for the player to use the ball as it is than the ball until the end of the game, and the ball has a different kind of game value from the ball and is more suitable for the player than the ball. It can be said that it is a normal game value, which is a game value set disadvantageously.

Further, in the rental machine 2 of the present embodiment, in order to facilitate the operation of prohibiting the movement of the table while enabling the game in the game machine 1 by using the holding balls and the stored balls as described above, the player When the player operates the issue button 13b of the game machine 1, in addition to the size of the stored balls (when the membership card is 10) and the balance, the player finally plays the game on the game machine 1 corresponding to himself / herself (own device 2). A general card or membership card 10 that stores the size of the ball is issued in a state in which the final number information (game machine information), which is information that can identify what has been done, is associated with the information. Here, the final serial number information refers to the information of the game machine ID (so-called serial number) corresponding to the own device 2 that issued the general card or the membership card 10 most recently in the lending machine 2. To do.

For example, when issuing a general card, the lending machine 2 stores the above-mentioned possession ball, balance, and final serial number information in the card, and stores the general ID of the card in the storage unit 20 m of the own device 2 as the final handling card. It is stored as information (game machine information which is information that can identify that it is a possession ball acquired by the game machine 1 corresponding to itself). Further, the lending machine 2 transmits the issuance information about the card to the management device 5, while the management device 5 stores the final serial number information of the lending machine 2 in association with the general ID of the card. to manage.

A configuration related to the operation of prohibiting table movement using such final machine number information and final handling card information as game machine information will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Note that FIG. 10 shows the processing contents executed by the lending machine 2 in a predetermined cycle. In the following, when both the general card and the membership card 10 are targeted, they are referred to as "IC cards" and their general IDs. And member IDs are referred to as "card IDs".

When the lending machine 2 accepts a card inserted into the card insertion slot 25 by the player, it is determined whether or not the player has a ball based on the information of the IC card (S1). In this case, when the lending machine 2 reads the number of balls held in the general card or receives the number of balls corresponding to the membership card 10 from the management device 5, it is determined that the player holds the balls. (S1: YES). Further, in this case, the lending machine 2 receives the final serial number information managed by the management device 5 in association with the card ID of the IC card, so that the received final serial number information and the own device 2 It is determined whether or not the information of the serial number matches (S2).

When the lending machine 2 determines that the final serial number information received from the management device 5 and the serial number information of the own device 2 match (S2: YES), the rental machine 2 and the card ID information of the received IC card and the own device 2 It is determined whether or not the final handling card information stored in the storage unit 20m of the above matches (S3).

When the lending machine 2 determines that the card ID information of the received IC card and the final handling card information stored in the own device 2 match (S3: YES), the lending machine 2 does not move the table (the game is continued). ) (S4). That is, the lending machine 2 is not the gaming machine 1 supported by the own device 2 based on the final serial number information of the IC card by executing steps S1 to S3 when the IC card is received as the receiving means. The configuration is such that the presence or absence of other game value, which is a possession ball acquired by the game machine 1, is determined based on the final serial number information and the final handling card information.

Therefore, if it is determined that the rental machine 2 does not move the table and therefore has no other game value (S4), the rental machine 2 allows the use of the IC card (S5). Further, even when it is determined in step S1 described above that there is no ball possessed (S1: NO) and there is no other game value in the first place (S4), the use of the IC card is permitted (S5).

In addition, when the player temporarily leaves the seat for a break or the like and then returns, the IC card is temporarily ejected from the insertion slot 25 and reinserted into the insertion slot 25 when the player leaves the seat. Become. In this case, the lending machine 2 determines that the machine is not moving based on the final machine number information and the final handling card information (step S2: YES, step S3: YES, S4), and allows the use of the ball (step S2: YES, step S3: YES, S4). S5). In addition, when the player ejects the IC card in which the ball is stored from the insertion slot 25 to finish the game, and then the other player plays the game on the game machine 1 and then the previous player returns. The lending machine 2 determines that even if the previous player inserts the IC card into the insertion slot 25, the information of the IC card ID and the information of the final handling card of the own device 2 do not at least match ( S3: NO), it is determined that there is other game value (S6). Therefore, as described below, if the player has not registered as a member, the ball cannot be converted into a stored ball (S7: NO), and the use of the IC card is prohibited (S8). It should be noted that both the final handling card information and the final serial number information can be said to be information that can identify that the rental machine 2 is the special game value most recently acquired by one player in the corresponding game machine 1. ..

In the rental machine 2, when it is determined as NO in any of the above steps S2 and S3 and it is determined by the own device 2 that it has other game value (S2: NO or S3: NO, S6). Then, when the received IC card is the membership card 10, a selection display screen 200 (see FIG. 11) for allowing the player to select whether or not to convert the other game value into a stored ball is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 22. Perform display control to display.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 11, on the selection display screen 200, in addition to the display of "table movement restriction" in the upper column 70, "the table movement is restricted. Do you want to transfer your balls to storage?" Is displayed. In addition, when the selection display is performed on the screen 200, the player operates the "OK" button 71 and "Cancel" to select whether or not to convert the possessed ball as another game value into the stored ball which is the normal game value. Button 72 is displayed. Here, when the "stop" button 72 is touch-operated on the selection display screen 200, the lending machine 2 determines that the possessed balls are not converted into stored balls (S7: NO in FIG. 10). That is, when the player chooses not to convert the possessed balls into the stored balls by the touch operation of the "Cancel" button 72, the lending machine 2 uses the membership card 10 accepted as the receiving means regardless of the presence or absence of the balance. It is prohibited (suppressed) (S8), the membership card 10 is ejected from the insertion slot 25 (S12), and this process is terminated (returned).

On the other hand, the lending machine 2 determines that when the "OK" button 71 is touch-operated on the selection display screen 200, there is a selection operation of converting the possessed balls into stored balls without ejecting the membership card 10. (S7: YES). In this way, when the player selects to convert the possessed balls into the stored balls by the touch operation of the "OK" button 71 on the screen 200, the lending machine 2 shifts from the selection display screen 200 of FIG. 11 to the transition screen 201. In order to convert (transfer) the balls to the stored balls, the number of balls held at that time is transmitted to the management device 5 together with the member ID, and the number of balls held is corresponding to the member account of the player. Request conversion by storing it as the number of stored balls. In this way, the lending machine 2 together with the management device 5 constitutes a conversion means for converting the possessed balls into stored balls.

In this regard, since the lending machine 2 exchanges balls on the premise that it is in an online state capable of communicating with the management device 5, it cannot be converted into a ball storage due to an offline state or the like. , The use of the membership card 10 is prohibited (S8, S12), and the display 70 of the "table movement restriction" in FIG. 11 and the error screen 204 including the message "Please take the employee who could not be transferred" are displayed. Therefore, in response to this, the rushed employee takes action according to the content of the error, such as checking the screen 204. For example, by canceling the error display using the employee remote controller, the error screen 204 is displayed. Return to the standby screen.

On the other hand, when the lending machine 2 determines that the transfer of the member account to the stored balls in the management device 5 is completed and the conversion to the stored balls is successful (S7: YES), the lending machine 2 displays the completion screen 202. As a result, in the lending machine 2, as shown in the screen 203 of FIG. 11, the number of balls held for conversion is set to "0", and "payment of stored balls" is possible within the range of the number of stored balls corresponding to the converted amount. Then, the screen 203 transitions to that effect and the balance of the card 10 is displayed together. In this way, the lending machine 2 determines that there is no ball held as another game value (S4), and converts the ball held as another game value into a stored ball as a normal game value as a conversion means (S7). : YES), the membership card 10 accepted as a reception means is allowed to be used (S5).

Although not shown, the lending machine 2 has a built-in sensor that detects an IC card in the vicinity of the card insertion slot 25 or the card RW33, and detects whether or not the IC card is accepted or the acceptance status by the sensor. It is possible. In addition, the control unit 20 and the counting unit 37 of the lending machine 2 receive the pre-reception counting means for counting the balls held by the player on the day and the IC card for the player in a state where the IC card is not received from the player. It functions as a post-acceptance counting means that can count the number of balls held after receiving from the player before the player operates the selection operation means.

Therefore, for example, in the case where the lending machine 2 accepts the membership card 10 after counting or while counting the balls when the general card and the membership card 10 are combined, the lending machine 2 is subsequently held as another game value. When it is determined that there are no balls (step S4) or the balls held as other game values are converted into stored balls (S7: YES), the counting result as the pre-reception counting means is calculated. , Corresponds to the membership card 10 accepted as a reception means.

Further, in the above case or the like in which the membership card 10 is accepted while the lending machine 2 is counting the number of balls, the player then touches the "stop" button 72 on the screen 200 to use it as another game value. When it is selected not to convert the possessed balls into the stored balls (S7: NO), the use of the membership card 10 is prohibited without associating the counting results of the counting means (S8), and the membership card 10 is inserted from the insertion slot 25. Discharge (S12, return).

On the other hand, the lending machine 2 counts the balls (possessed balls) from the counting tray 28 by the own device 2 while displaying the selection display screen 200 of FIG. 11 (that is, after accepting the membership card 10). In the state, if it is determined that there is no ball possessed as another game value (step S4), or if the possessed ball as another game value is converted into a stored ball (S7: YES), the reception is accepted. The counting result as the post-counting means is associated with the membership card 10 accepted as the receiving means.

In this way, after receiving the membership card 10, the lending machine 2 can count the balls from the counting tray 28 as balls even while the selection display screen 200 is displayed, and the case where the balls are counted during the display. In (with the number of balls held after receiving the recording medium), when the player selects not to convert the balls held as another game value into stored balls by touching the "stop" button 72 on the screen 200. (S7: NO), the use of the membership card 10 is prohibited without associating the counting result as the counting means after reception (S8), and the membership card 10 is ejected from the insertion slot 25 (S12, returns).

Up to this point, the flowchart of FIG. 10 has been mainly described for the membership card 10, but it goes without saying that the processing related to the table movement restriction according to the information associated with the general card is also performed. That is, the lending machine 2 allows the use of the general card for which the ball is not stored (S1: NO) because it has no other game value (because it does not impair the purpose of moving the table). Can be done (S4, S5). On the other hand, when the lending machine 2 determines that the general card in which the possession ball is stored (S1: YES) is NO in any of the steps S2 and S3 described above, and determines that it has other game value. (S2: NO or S3: NO, S6) Therefore, since the ball cannot be converted into a stored ball (S7: NO), the use of the general card is prohibited without displaying the screen 200 to FIG. 11 for members. The general card is ejected from the insertion slot 25 (S8, S12), and this process ends.

The final handling card information managed by the lending machine 2 side is updated regardless of the presence or absence of a game when the general card or the membership card 10 is in a used state. That is, when the lending machine 2 determines that the IC card issuance operation has been performed based on the operation input by the operation of the issue button 13b on the game machine 1 (S9: YES), whether or not the IC card is in the used state. Is determined (S10). Here, the lending machine 2 is inserted into the money slot 21 not only when the number of balls held by the player is calculated by counting the balls acquired by the player after accepting the IC card, but also when the IC card is not accepted. If there is a ball held by the balance of money or the counting of balls acquired by the player, it is determined that the IC card has been used in order to issue a general card (S10: YES).

In this case, for example, when issuing a general card, the lending machine 2 stores (updates) the above-mentioned possession ball, balance, and final serial number information in the card, and stores (updates) the card in the storage unit 20 m of the own device 2. The general ID is stored as the final handling card information (S11). Further, the lending machine 2 transmits the issuance information about the card to the management device 5, issues (discharges) the card (S12), and ends this process.

In step S11 described above, the final serial number information associated with the general card is that either the initially stored ball or the balance is no longer 0 from the state of 0, and the general card is inserted into the insertion slot 25. It may be updated when any of the conditions that the number of balls acquired after being played has reached, for example, 100 (out 100) is satisfied.

Further, in the lending machine 2 in which the player inserts the general card into the insertion slot 25, after the insertion, the general card issuance operation is performed by operating the issue button 13b without inserting, counting, or playing the game. If it is determined that there is (S9: YES), it is determined that the IC card is not in the used state in step S10 described above (S10: NO). Therefore, the lending machine 2 ejects the general card without changing the storage information of the general card before and after the insertion into the own device 2 and without updating the final serial number information of the storage unit 20m (S12). ).

On the other hand, in the lending machine 2 in which the membership card 10 is inserted into the insertion slot 25, by playing a game after the insertion, the member communicates with the management device 5 with a change in the number of balls held. The final serial number information associated with the card 10 may be updated.

That is, when it is determined in the lending machine 2 that the membership card 10 has been issued by operating the issue button 13b without playing a game after the membership card 10 has been inserted into the insertion slot 25 (S9: YES), the management device It is determined whether or not there is communication with a change in the number of balls held between the player and the player (S10). Therefore, when the lending machine 2 determines that there is no communication with the management device 5 accompanied by a change in the number of balls held (S10: NO), the lending machine 2 stores the balance at that time in the membership card 10, but the final unit Regarding the number information, the membership card 10 is ejected without updating the information of the membership card 10 and the information of the storage unit 20m (S12). Since the membership card 10 in the lending machine 2 is premised on being returned to the player, the final serial number information can be updated more than necessary by updating only when communication with a change in the number of balls held occurs. This is to prevent the processing from becoming complicated due to the occurrence.

According to the present embodiment relating to the above "1. Suppression of sinking" and "2. Prohibition of vehicle movement", the following effects can be obtained.
In this game hall system, when the total amount of money used by the player as consideration reaches the special amount, the lending machine 2 executes a special notification on the display units 22 and 39, so that the player causes an excessive amount of money. It can be suppressed from being used. Further, since the breakdown of the amount of money used by the player is totaled by the unit price of the game value by the management device 5, it becomes easy to manage the amount of money used by the player as the unit price. As a result, even if the total amount of money used by the players is the same, whether the special amount has been reached in the game with the high unit price or the game with the low unit price has reached the special amount. It becomes easier to grasp on the field side, and it is possible to make it easier for the game field side to judge the degree to which the player is absorbed in the game.

The lending machine 2 is the lending machine 2A or the lending machine 2A, and when not only the total amount but also the first usage amount and the second usage amount reach the respective predetermined amounts, the display units 22 and 39 display the first. Since the special notification and the second special notification can be performed, it is possible to satisfactorily prevent the player from being too absorbed in the game.

Since the management device 5 specifies the total amount and the lending machine 2A determines (determines) whether or not the total amount has reached the special amount, the lending machine 2A manages the second usage amount, which is not originally supported. The need to do it can be reduced. As a result, it is possible to suppress an increase in the information handled by the lending machine 2A used by the player to add the game value.

Although the amount of money considered to be overused differs depending on the player, when the player has set the execution of the special notification by the lending machine 2, the game is not set on the game hall side as illustrated in FIG. Since the special notification is executed with priority given to the setting of the player, it is possible to execute the special notification at a timing suitable for each player.

In addition, the execution frequency of the notification can be set in the game hall (set by the management device 5), and regardless of which frequency is set, the special amount of money used to determine the timing of the special notification is used as a reference. Since the subsequent notification timing is determined, it is possible to prevent the number of items set on the playground side from increasing too much.

In the rental machine 2, only the balls acquired by the game machine 1 corresponding to the special game value can be used for the game, so that the player can use the balls excessively. It is possible to prevent it from becoming too advantageous. Furthermore, if there is a ball possessed by another game machine 1, the ball can be converted into a stored ball to enable the game, and if it is not converted, the game is not enabled and the use of the IC card is prohibited (suppressed). Therefore, it is possible to reduce the possibility that both the ball held by the other game machine 1 and the ball held by the player 2 corresponding to the game machine 1 are generated, and it is possible to prevent the player from being confused.

When the lending machine 2 has already counted before accepting the membership card 10 or after accepting the membership card 10 until selecting to convert the possessed balls into stored balls, when the player performs such conversion. Since it is associated with the membership card 10, a configuration convenient for the player can be realized.

Here, in the state where the counting of the possessed balls has already been performed, if the conversion from the possessed balls to the stored balls is not performed and the counting result up to that point is associated with the membership card 10, the usable balls and the used balls can be used. There is a risk that the player will be confused due to the occurrence of impossible balls. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, when the player chooses not to convert, the use of the recording medium is prohibited (suppressed) without associating the counting results until the conversion, so that the ball can be used. It is possible to prevent the player from being confused by the occurrence of unusable balls.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be modified or extended as follows, and the illustrated configurations including the modified or expanded examples may be appropriately combined and applied. , It is possible to adopt a configuration that does not adopt a part of the configuration as appropriate.

The gaming machine 1 may be applied to a gaming machine different from the pachinko machine that pays out the illustrated balls. For example, an enclosed pachinko gaming machine that consumes points and shoots enclosed balls, or a medal is used. It is also possible to apply it to a credit-type slot machine in which the game progresses by consuming credits without doing so. In this case, it is conceivable that the player is given points and credits in consideration of the balance, and the game progresses by consuming the points and credits. In this configuration, it can be said that the points and credits correspond to the game value.

In addition to or in place of the above-exemplified game value, other types of game values may be used, for example, a pachinko machine with a ball unit price of 2 yen per ball, or a medal unit price of 10 yen per medal. The balls and medals used in slot machines can be applied as game values.

Although a configuration for identifying a player by a member ID which is a card ID has been illustrated, the player identification means is not limited to such a configuration. For example, in the rental machine 2, a configuration in which communication is performed with a mobile terminal (smart fan, etc.) owned by the player and the player's identifiable information is acquired by the communication, or the player is imaged by the camera 26. , It is conceivable that the player is identified by analysis by the above-mentioned image processing or the like. When the player is identified by the mobile terminal, it is also possible that the mobile terminal is compatible with the recording medium.

In the above-described embodiment, for the item 54 of "Handling of stored balls" in FIG. 7, the amount of used balls is converted into a monetary amount and added to the total amount (that is, the total amount or The special amount is not limited to the direct consumption amount), but it is of course possible to select "Do not include the stored balls" so that the amount of the stored balls is not added to the total amount.

The total amount is calculated by totaling the usage amount for each type each time the loan is made. However, in addition to the usage amount for each type, a storage area for the total amount is separately stored in the storage unit 40m of the management device 5. It may be provided and the total amount of money may be stored in the storage area.

Similar to the setting of the special amount on the player side described above, it is of course possible to set the first special amount on the player side and the second special amount on the player side for each unit price and notify each unit price. However, none of the first special amount on the player side, the second special amount on the player side, the first special amount on the employee side, and the second special amount on the employee side cannot be set, and each unit price is notified. No configuration may be adopted. That is, at least one of the player side special amount and the employee side special amount can be set, and the corresponding special notification may be performed.

Further, even in the case of the configuration in which the corresponding special notification is performed, it is possible to display at least one of the first usage amount and the second usage amount as information to at least one of the player and the employee. Is. With this configuration, it becomes easier to specify the breakdown of the usage amount as compared with the configuration in which only the internal information of the management device 5 is stored.

A part or all of the processing performed on the management device 5 side may be performed on the lending machine 2 side, or a part or all of the processing performed on the lending machine 2 side may be performed on the management device 5 side. It may be configured. For example, the lending machine 2 may be configured to calculate and store the total amount. In this case, it is advisable to directly store the total amount in the IC card. Further, for example, although the storage ball is managed on the management device 5 side and is not directly written on the membership card 10, it may be configured to be directly written on the membership card 10.

A special amount for executing special notification can be set for each of the game hall side and the player side, and if both settings are provided, the player side setting is prioritized and the notification based on the game hall side setting is executed. The description has focused on configurations that do not, but is not limited to such configurations. That is, for example, when there are special amount settings for both the playground side and the player side, the notification is executed based on the settings of both special amounts, or the notification is sent based only on the settings on the game hall side. The configuration to be executed is conceivable. Further, the special amount and the like may be set so that only one of the amusement park side and the player side can be set.

The uniform addition method is exemplified as the low frequency notification state, and the 1/2 addition method is exemplified as the high frequency notification state. However, the notification method of each notification state may be arbitrarily changed. For example, once the notification is performed as the high frequency notification state. After that, it is conceivable that the special notification is executed when 1/3 of the special amount is additionally used. Further, although the low-frequency notification state and the high-frequency notification state can be selected, the notification state of either one may be adopted without making this selectable.

Although the stored balls are exemplified as the normal game value and the possessed balls are exemplified as the special game value, the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. For example, the standard game value corresponding to the balls and medals used in the game machine (the 4-yen coin corresponding to the game machine 1B in the 4-yen coin corner) is treated as a special game value, and the balls and medals acquired on the day have a unit price. It is also possible to treat different game values (1-yen coins corresponding to the 1-yen coin corner game machine 1A (other game values other than the standard game value such as 20-yen medals and 5-yen medals)) as normal game values. .. It is also possible to treat a predetermined type of stored balls among a plurality of types of stored balls as a special game value, and treat other types of stored balls as a normal game value.

The counting means for counting the balls acquired by the player is not limited to the configuration provided in the lending machine 2 having a one-to-one correspondence with the game machine, for example, a counting machine provided on the game machine island or the like. , A counter (not shown) corresponding to a plurality of gaming machines 1 may be provided. The membership card 10 or general card is accepted at the time of counting by the counting machine of the game machine island, and the counting result is associated with the final serial number information (finally used device information) that can identify the game device (the IC). On the other hand, if the lending machine 2 accepts the IC card and determines that the final number information is the counting machine of the game machine island, it is assumed that the game has been completed once (S2: YES). The ball may be configured so that it cannot be used by any game machine 1.

In the so-called POS for exchanging prizes, when the membership card 10 is accepted and the prize is exchanged, the final serial number information of the POS is associated with the device information in which the card 10 is finally used, and the prize is exchanged by the POS. The card 10 performed may be configured so that the possessed ball cannot be used in any of the game machines 1.

It is not necessary to prohibit the movement of the table in all the game machines 1, and the table movement may be prohibited only in some game machines 1. In this case, it is preferable to configure the configuration to determine whether to prohibit or allow the movement of the table depending on the type of the game machine 1 and the type of the game value to be used.

Whether or not the player has moved the machine is determined by two types, the final machine number information stored in the IC card and the final handling card information stored in the lending machine 2, but one of them is used. The configuration may be such that it is determined whether or not the player has moved to the table without using information. That is, the lending machine 2 determines whether or not the player is a player who has moved the table based on the final handling card information that can identify that the ball is possessed by the game machine 1 corresponding to the own device 2. Can be done.

As described above, the final serial number information is not limited to the so-called serial number information, and any information that can identify whether or not the rental machine 2 is a possession ball acquired by the corresponding game machine 1 may be used. , For example, the ID of the rental machine 2 that has been finally processed may be adopted, or the like may be changed as appropriate. In this way, the game machine information is not limited to the final serial number information and the final handling card information, and can be arbitrarily changed.

The operation unit such as the selection operation means operated by the player can be arbitrarily changed. For example, the operation unit in the rental machine 2 may be configured to include the touch panel 32 and / or the physical buttons.

In the lending machine 2, when the player chooses not to convert the possessed balls into stored balls, the membership card 10 is returned and the use of the card 10 is prohibited, but the configuration is not limited to such a configuration, for example, possession. If the player chooses not to convert the balls into stored balls, the use of the balls is prohibited, but the lending process using the balance is permitted, and the use of the balls and the lending process using the balance are prohibited. A configuration that allows lending processing using stored balls can be considered. That is, the suppression of the use of the membership card 10 includes a configuration in which some functions of the card 10 are restricted.

The above-mentioned numerical values, the number of digits, items, etc. are examples. For example, not only each numerical value such as the amount shown in FIG. 4 but also a mathematical formula instead of the above-mentioned addition method is used, or various conditions are changed to other conditions. May be good. Further, regarding "memory" and "recording" in the above description, for example, "memory in memory" of the chip 27a of the IC card is referred to as "recording in memory", and the meanings of both are the same. can do.

It is also possible to extract the following features from the embodiments illustrated above.
The deposit balance, which is the balance of the money deposited by the player, which is provided corresponding to the game machine, the special game value, which is the predetermined type of game value acquired by the player in the game on the game machine, and the special game value. In a game device that enables a game in a game machine by using a normal game value, which is a type of game value different from the game value and is set to be more disadvantageous to the player than the special game value. , Corresponding to the receiving means for receiving the recording medium on which the size of the game value and the deposit balance identifiable information owned by the player are recorded, and the recording medium when the receiving means receives the recording medium. A specific means for specifying the attached deposit balance and the size of the game value owned by the player, and a normal game value use means for enabling a game using the normal game value specified by the specific means. , The special game value using means that enables the game by using the special game value specified by the specific means, and the adding means that counts the game value acquired by the player in the game and adds it to the special game value. The means for using the deposit balance that enables the game using the deposit balance specified by the specific means, the issuing operation receiving means for accepting the operation input of the player for issuing the recording medium, and the player. When the issuing operation receiving means is operated, in addition to the magnitude of the normal game value and the deposit balance, information that can be identified as a special game value acquired by the game machine corresponding to the player, or the information that the player can handle. With a issuing means for issuing the recording medium in which the magnitude of the special game value is recorded in a state in which the game machine information, which is information that can identify the last game played by the player on the game machine to be played, is associated with the game machine information. When the receiving means receives the recording medium, the presence or absence of another game value, which is the special game value acquired by the game machine that is not the corresponding game machine, based on the game machine information of the recording medium. When the presence / absence determination means determines that the other game value is present and the presence / absence determination means determines that the other game value is present, a selection display is performed so that the player selects whether or not to convert the other game value into the normal game value. The selection display means, the selection operation means operated by the player to select whether or not to convert the other game value into the normal game value when the selection display means performs the selection display, and the above. When the player selects to convert the other game value into the normal game value by operating the selection operation means, the conversion means for converting the other game value into the normal game value, and the other The recording medium received by the reception means when either the presence / absence determination means determines that there is no game value or the conversion means converts the other game value into the normal game value. When the player chooses not to convert the other game value into the normal game value by the operation of the permissible means for permitting the use of the above and the selection operation means, the reception means regardless of the presence or absence of the deposit balance. It is characterized in that it is provided with a suppressing means for suppressing the use of the received recording medium.

The receiving means includes a counting means for counting the special game value acquired by the player on the day in a state where the recording medium is not received from the player, and the permissible means is such that the counting means counts the special game value. After the receiving means receives the recording medium in the counting state, the presence / absence determination means determines that there is no other game value, and the conversion means converts the other game value into the normal game value. When any of the above occurs, the counting result of the counting means is associated with the recording medium received by the receiving means, and the suppressing means counts the special game value by the counting means. After the receiving means receives the recording medium in the state of being in the state, when the player operates the selection operating means and selects not to convert the other game value into the normal game value, the counting means of the counting means. It is characterized in that the use of the recording medium is suppressed without associating the counting results.

The counting means can count the special game value after the receiving means receives the recording medium from the player and before the player operates the selection operation means, and the permissible means is the receiving means. After the means receives the recording medium, the presence / absence determination means determines that there is no other game value in a state where the counting means counts the special game value, and the conversion means determines the other game value. When any of the conversions to the normal game value occurs, the counting result of the counting means is associated with the recording medium received by the receiving means, and the suppressing means is such that the receiving means receives the above. When the player selects not to convert the other game value into the normal game value by operating the selection operation means while the counting means has counted the special game value after receiving the recording medium. It is characterized in that the use of the recording medium is suppressed without associating the counting results of the counting means.

The deposit balance, which is the balance of money deposited by the player, the special game value, which is a predetermined type of game value acquired by the player in the game on the game machine, and the game value of a type different from the special game value. In a game field system provided with a game device that enables a game in a game machine by using a normal game value, which is a game value set more disadvantageously to the player than the special game value. The game device is a reception means that receives a recording medium that records information that can identify the magnitude of the game value and the payment balance owned by the player, and when the reception means receives the recording medium, the said reception means. A normal game that enables a game using the payment balance associated with the recording medium, the specific means for specifying the magnitude of the game value owned by the player, and the normal game value specified by the specific means. The value usage means, the special game value usage means that enables the game by using the special game value specified by the specific means, and the game value acquired by the player in the game are counted and converted into the special game value. An adding means for adding, a means for using a deposit balance that enables a game using the deposit balance specified by the specific means, and an issuing operation receiving means for accepting an operation input of a player for issuing the recording medium. , Information that can be identified as the special game value acquired by the player himself / herself in the corresponding game machine in addition to the magnitude of the normal game value and the deposit balance when the player operates the issuance operation receiving means. Or, issue the recording medium that records the magnitude of the special game value in a state in which the game machine information, which is information that can identify the player last playing the game on the game machine corresponding to the player, is associated with the game machine information. This is the special gaming value acquired by the issuing means to be issued and the special gaming value acquired by the gaming machine that is not the corresponding gaming machine based on the gaming machine information of the recording medium when the receiving means receives the recording medium. A selection of a presence / absence determination means for determining the presence / absence of a game value and a selection for the player to select whether or not to convert the other game value into the normal game value when the presence / absence determination means determines that the other game value is present. A selection display means for displaying and a selection operation means operated by the player to select whether or not to convert the other game value into the normal game value when the selection display means performs the selection display. And, when the player chooses to convert the other game value into the normal game value by the operation of the selection operation means, the conversion that converts the other game value into the normal game value. When either the means, the presence / absence determination means determines that the other game value is not present, or the conversion means converts the other game value into the normal game value occurs, the reception means Regardless of whether or not there is a deposit balance when the player chooses not to convert the other game value into the normal game value by operating the accepted means for allowing the use of the recording medium and the selection operation means. It is characterized in that it is provided with a suppressing means for suppressing the use of the recording medium received by the receiving means.

In the drawing, 1 is a game machine, 2 is a rental machine (first game device, second game device), 20 is a control unit (player identification means, determination means, first determination means, second determination means, special Notification means, request means, reception means, specific means, normal game value use means, special game value use means, addition means, deposit balance use means, issuance operation reception means, issuance means, issuance means, suppression means, presence / absence determination means, Selective display means, allowable means, suppressing means), 30 is an I / F unit (requesting means, issuing operation receiving means, suppressing means), 37 is a counting unit (counting means), 5 is a management device, and 40 is a control unit (first). 1 usage amount totaling means, second usage amount totaling means, total amount totaling means, player identification means), 22 is a liquid crystal display unit (special notification means, selection operation means, selection display means), 39 is an LED display unit (special). Notification means), 33 is a card RW (reception means, issuing means, suppression means).

Claims (5)

A first game device that corresponds to a game machine in which a first unit price is set as a unit price of a game value required to execute a game and gives a game value according to the amount of money used by the player as a consideration, and the above-mentioned It manages the game field where the second game device, which corresponds to the game machine in which the second unit price is set as the unit price of the game value and gives the game value according to the amount of money used by the player as the consideration, is installed. In the amusement park system
A player identification means for identifying a player and
A first usage amount totaling means for totaling the first usage amount, which is the amount used as consideration by the player in order to give the game value of the first unit price to the first game device, for each player.
A second usage amount totaling means for totaling the second usage amount, which is the amount used as consideration by the player in order to impart the game value of the second unit price to the second game device, for each player.
A total amount totaling means for totaling the total amount of the first usage amount and the second usage amount for each player,
A determination means for executing a special determination as to whether or not the total amount of money of one player has reached a predetermined special amount, and
When the determination means determines that the total amount of money of one player has reached the special amount, special notification is executed for the one player in response to reaching the special amount. With means ,
As the execution frequency of the special notification, a game hall employee or a player can select a low-frequency notification state and a high-frequency notification state, which is a notification state with a higher frequency than the low-frequency notification state.
After executing the special notification, the determination means determines whether or not the total amount has reached the low frequency special amount calculated based on the special amount in the case of the low frequency notification state. , In the case of the high-frequency notification state, it is calculated based on the special amount, and it is determined whether or not the total amount has reached the high-frequency special amount, which is lower than the low-frequency special amount. And
The special notification means has reached the low frequency special amount when the determination means determines that the total amount has reached the low frequency special amount, provided that the low frequency notification state is in effect. The low-frequency special notification corresponding to the above is executed for the player, and the determination means determines that the total amount has reached the high-frequency special amount, provided that the player is in the high-frequency notification state. A system for a game hall, characterized in that, in the case of a player, a special notification for high frequency corresponding to the arrival of the special amount for high frequency is executed for the player. The claim is characterized in that the total amount totaling means totals the total amount by adding the first usage amount and the second usage amount each time the determination means executes the special determination. The system for the amusement park described in 1. A first determination means for determining whether or not the first usage amount has reached a predetermined first special amount, and
A second determination means for determining whether or not the second usage amount has reached a predetermined second special amount is provided.
When the first determination means determines that the first usage amount has reached a predetermined first special amount, the special notification means has reached the first special amount. When the second determination means determines that the second special amount has reached a predetermined second special amount while executing the notification, the second special corresponding to the second special amount has been reached. The amusement park system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the notification is executed. It has the total amount totaling means, and is provided with a management device capable of communicating with the first game device and the second game device.
The first gaming device includes the determination means and the special notification means, and includes a requesting means for requesting the management device for the total amount when the determination means executes the special determination. The amusement park system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which is characterized. The special amount includes an employee-side special amount that can be set by an employee of the amusement park and a player-side special amount that can be set by the player.
When the player has set the player-side special amount, the special notification means prevents the special notification from being executed even if the total amount reaches the employee-side special amount, while the total amount. The system for a game hall according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the special notification is executed when the player reaches the special amount on the player side.

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