JP7042098B2 - Amusement park system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a playground system.

In the game hall, as a service to the player, a plurality of game value lending rates such as a game ball are set, and the game can be played at the lending rate according to the player's wishes. For example, in Patent Document 1, the game table is used. It has been proposed that the lending rate can be changed by the player.

Japanese Patent No. 4163271

In this way, if the game rate such as the lending rate can be changed arbitrarily by the player, the acquisition value such as the acquired ball is generated for each changeable game rate, so the acquisition value is divided for each game rate. There is a risk that the management burden on the system side or the amusement park side will increase and the convenience of the player who uses the acquired value will decrease due to the need to manage the system and exchange the prize.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to the system side or the game hall side even when the game rate such as the lending rate can be changed arbitrarily by the player. It is an object of the present invention to provide a system for a game hall that can reduce the management burden that occurs and improve the convenience of a player who uses the acquired value.

According to the invention of claim 1, since the acquired value is converted into the issue target value by the issue conversion process according to the conversion rate corresponding to the game rate based on the rate change process, the rate change process results in a plurality of game rates. Even when the game is played, it is not necessary to provide the type of game value to be issued for the game rate at which the rate can be changed, and even if the game rate can be changed at the player's discretion. It is possible to reduce the management burden on the system side or the game hall side and improve the convenience of the player who uses the acquired value.

Overall configuration diagram of the amusement park system in one embodiment Front view of a gaming machine Diagram showing spec values for each mode Diagram showing game history Diagram showing a slump graph Diagram showing rate selectivity

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, a large number of gaming machines 1 are installed in the game hall, and the gaming device 2 (issuing means, rate changing means, game conversion means, issuance conversion means, money) corresponds to each gaming machine 1. A value receiving means, a money conversion means, an ID acquisition means) and an information display device 3 (graph generation means, period classification means, display means) are installed. The game machine 1, the game device 2, and the information display device 3 have a management device 6 (management means, setting means, candidate extraction means, abnormality detecting means, notification means, game information specifying means, determination means via the relay device 4 and LAN 5. , Platform movement determination means, display means). Further, a POS 7 and a balance settlement machine 8 (payment means) are also installed in the amusement park, and these POS 7 and the balance settlement machine 8 are also connected to the management device 6 via the LAN 5. Although not shown in FIG. 1, in reality, for example, several hundred gaming machines 1 are managed by the management device 6.

The management device 6 is installed in, for example, an office in the game hall, and is connected to a keyboard 9, a monitor 10, a printer (not shown) and the like operated by the manager of the game hall. The management device 6 inputs a game signal output from the game machine side (game machine 1, game device 2, etc.), and manages game data for each game machine 1, personal data for each member registered as a member, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 2, the gaming machine 1 is a so-called enclosed CR (card reader) pachinko gaming machine, which is a pachinko gaming machine that circulates pachinko balls fired on the board surface 11. That is, the gaming machine 1 stores the remaining amount owned by the player and the number of gaming balls converted from the possessed balls and the stored balls, and is internally provided on condition that the stored gaming balls (game value) remain. Even if the pachinko ball of the above is supplied to the launching device and fired on the board 11 and the player wins a prize and the player acquires the game ball, the ball is added as an acquired ball (acquired value) on the data without paying out the game ball.

The gaming machine 1 displays an operation handle 12 constituting a launching device, a lending button 13 for converting a balance into a game ball, a return button 14 for issuing a card (general card, membership card, recording medium), and a balance. It has a balance display unit 15, a counting button 16 for converting a game ball into a ball, and a game ball display unit 17 for displaying the number of game balls. On the board 11, the general drawing display unit 18, the general drawing holding display unit 19, the special drawing display unit 20, the general drawing winning opening 21, the general winning opening 22, 23, the first holding number display unit 24, and the second holding number display are displayed. It has a section 25, a first starting port 26, a second starting port 27, and a large winning opening 28. Further, a decorative panel 29 is provided below the counting button 16 and the game ball display unit 17.

The gaming machine 1 operates as follows.
(1) The first starting port 26 is a winning opening whose winning rate does not fluctuate (so-called navel winning opening), and the second starting opening 27 is a winning opening whose winning rate fluctuates (so-called electric chew). A big hit lottery is performed according to the winning (starting winning) to each starting port 26, 27, the lottery result is notified by the symbol change (unit game) performed by the special figure display unit 20, and the big hit is given according to the change result. Will be.

(2) If a start prize is won during a symbol change, the symbol change is cumulatively suspended up to a predetermined holding upper limit (for example, 4 each), and the held symbol change is started after the symbol change is completed. If the starting prize is won while the number of pending symbol fluctuations (number of pending symbols) is the upper limit, the symbol fluctuations are not suspended.

(3) Game machine setting values (mode, excellent platform information) are provided in 6 stages, and by this mode, the winning probability (big hit probability) of the big hit lottery is changed from the normal gaming state (normal) to the probabilistic state (normal). It is possible to make adjustments for probabilistic changes). In addition, a probability variation rate (for example, 66%, which is common to all modes), which is a ratio of a jackpot that becomes a probability variation after a jackpot (probability variation jackpot), is also determined. If at least one of the jackpot probability and probability variation rate between normal and probability variation, and the round distribution rate described later can be adjusted by mode so that the jackpot probability is invariant depending on the mode, while the probability variation rate can be adjusted. good.

(4) When a big hit occurs, the big winning opening 28 is opened by the corresponding round (R). The maximum number of winnings in 1R is 10, the maximum opening period is 30 seconds, and 1R ends when either the maximum number of winnings or the maximum opening period is satisfied. The corresponding round is also drawn in the same way as the big hit lottery, and the distribution rate is 10% for 2R, 50% for 4R, and 40% for 8R when the first starting port 26 is won. , When winning the second starting port 27, 4R is 10%, 8R is 90%, and the priority of pending digestion of the symbol change according to the winning is the second starting port 27 rather than the first starting port 26. Is set higher.

(5) During the probability change, the jackpot probability is improved and the winning rate of the second starting port 27 is increased, resulting in a time saving state (time saving). In addition, when a big hit that is not a probable big hit (normal big hit) occurs, it becomes a non-probable time reduction (single time reduction) after the big hit, and the time reduction is continued until the symbol is changed for a predetermined number of time reductions (for example, 100 times) or a big hit occurs. However, if the symbol is changed for the number of times in a short time without a big hit, it returns to the normal state.

(6) The second starting opening 27 is in an open state with a high winning rate when a normal symbol (general map) that fluctuates according to the winning of the general drawing winning opening 21 is hit. In this case, the fluctuation period of one normal figure is 30 seconds in the normal state and 3 seconds in the time saving state. The opening period is 0.3 seconds in the normal state and 5 seconds in the short time. That is, in the short time, the fluctuation period of the normal map is shorter than that in the normal state, while the opening period is longer, so that the winning rate of the second starting port 27 is higher.

(7) Since the big winning opening 28 and the second starting opening 27 are on the right side of the board surface 11, so-called right-handed hitting aimed at the right side of the board surface 11 is performed during a short time or during a big hit. The above has been described by taking model A as an example, but the illustrated values are various values depending on the model, for example, in the case of model B, the round distribution is different, and the playability is also different.

The gaming machine 1 and the peripheral devices attached to the gaming machine 1 output the following gaming signals as the game progresses, such as the player driving a ball and starting a prize at each of the starting ports 26 and 27. ..
Out signal = A signal (operating signal) that can specify the consumption value (out) output from the gaming machine 1. Since one pulse is output for every 10 consumed (used, driven, collected) balls, "the number of out signals x 10" is specified as out. If it is not an enclosed type, it may be a signal output from an out BOX that collects consumed balls.

Safe signal = A signal output from the gaming machine 1 that can specify the prize-giving value (safe). Since one pulse is output for every 10 payouts according to the winning, "safe signal number x 10" is specified as safe. The replenishment signal output from the replenishment device may be used as a safe signal. Further, there are an actual safe signal output when the ball is actually paid out and a winning safe signal output when the payout is reserved according to the winning.

Start signal = Start processing (design variation, bonus operation, unit game) and start (start) in the special figure display unit 20 (feature) that fluctuates (operates) due to the start prize (S prize) output from the gaming machine 1. It is a signal that can specify the number of processes). Since it is output when the symbol fluctuation is confirmed, the start process is specified according to the signal input. It should be noted that the S winning signal indicating that the starting ports 26 and 27 have been won may be used instead.

Jackpot signal = A signal that can specify the jackpot period output from the gaming machine 1. Since it is a state signal whose level is output during the jackpot, the jackpot signal input is specified as the jackpot.
Special state signal = A signal that can specify the special state (sweet) output from the gaming machine 1. Since it is a state signal whose level is output during the special state (during the time reduction (including the probability change)) in which the winning rate of the second starting port 27 is improved, the special state signal input is specified as the special state. The signal may be output during the big hit, and in that case, the period in which the special state signal is input but the big hit signal is not input may be determined as sweet. It should be noted that it may be a state signal (probability variation signal) whose level is output during the probability variation in which the jackpot probability is improved. Further, the period during which neither the jackpot signal nor the special state signal is input is specified as the normal state.

Although the above-mentioned signal exemplifies a pulse signal or a state signal, it may be a data signal in which batch or a plurality of game information is summarized by, for example, a telegram. In this case, the data is in units of a predetermined period (for example, 200 milliseconds). The data signal by the message that can specify the aggregated data and the state at that time may be the transmission target. In this case, it is desirable that the game information specified by data communication between the game machine 1 and the game device 2 is transmitted to the management device 6 via the relay device 4.

The gaming device 2 receives an operation input from a player, a state indicator light 30 indicating the gaming state of the gaming machine 1 and the state of the gaming device 2, a money slot 31 into which money (money value, valuable value) is inserted, and the game device 2. A touch panel type liquid crystal display unit 32 that displays game data such as the number of symbol fluctuations (number of starts) and jackpot probability as the game progresses, and a game button 33 for paying out balls (including stored balls if a member). , A card insertion slot 34 into which a card is inserted, a camera 35 for photographing the upper body including the player's face (only the protective cover is shown in FIG. 1), and the like.

The game device 2 operates as follows.
(1) When money is accepted (money acceptance processing), the deposit amount is added to the balance and displayed on both the gaming machine 1 and the gaming device 2, and when the lending button 13 of the gaming machine 1 is pressed with the balance remaining. (Lending operation, granting operation), 1 unit of lending (for example, 125 balls) is converted into a game ball (value added, details will be described later) as a lending ball, and the game rate (hereinafter referred to as "lending process, consideration granting process"). The consideration according to the rate) will be deducted from the balance. In addition, money can be accepted for the corresponding amount of consideration grant processing multiple times (for example, up to 10,000 yen).

(2) The game balls in the game machine 1 are managed, the game balls are subtracted according to the launch (use) of the balls on the board 11, and the game balls are added according to the winning (winning process). The possession ball (issue target value) is managed, and the possession ball cannot be used directly for the game, but the conversion process of converting the possession ball for one unit of lending into a game ball as a conversion ball according to the pressing of the game button 32. (Game conversion process, consideration grant process). In this case, a conversion rate is provided separately (the same applies to the following counting process).

(3) When the number of gaming balls of the gaming machine 1 increases according to the game, a counting process is performed in which the gaming balls are converted into holding balls as counting balls according to the pressing of the counting button 16 of the gaming machine 1 (issue conversion processing). .. In this case, one ball is targeted for conversion in response to one pressing, but if the pressed state is continued, conversion can be performed continuously and acceleratedly. When the gaming ball and the possession ball are updated in this way and the issuing operation such as pressing the return button 14 of the gaming machine 1 is performed in the state where the balance and the possession ball remain in the gaming device 2, the gaming device 2 is stocked. Issuance is performed by associating the balance and the ball with the ball ticket that has been used (issuing process). It is also possible to issue in installments that target only a part of the balls or the balance.

(4) The issuance process is provided with issuance conditions according to the game balls in the game machine 1. In the present embodiment, the issuance conditions are satisfied when the number of game balls is equal to or less than a predetermined number (“0”), and the issuance process is performed. It will be possible. Therefore, communication (including out signals, etc.) is performed with the game machine 1 at regular intervals (for example, every 200 milliseconds), and when the game ball becomes "0" due to use in the game, counting processing, etc., that effect. Is notified and the issuance process is allowed when the issuance conditions are satisfied. It is sufficient to update the game ball by receiving the game ball signal capable of identifying the game ball from the game machine 1 and specify that the issuing condition is satisfied, but a signal indicating that the game ball has become "0". May be adopted by other specific methods such as receiving separately.

(5) The balls that can be identified by the issued ball ticket are allowed to be exchanged for prizes at POS 7, and the balance (residual currency value) can be settled into money (money value) at the balance settlement machine 8. To. Although cash can be exemplified as the monetary value including the money accepted by the gaming device 2, monetary values other than cash, such as electronic money and credit card settlement, may be accepted or settled. Further, although the issuance process is exemplified by associating the possession ball or the balance with the ball ticket, it is of course possible to perform the issuance process in association with another recording medium such as a membership card or a player's mobile phone. good.

(6) By serial communication with the relay device 4, the management device 6 performs currency reception processing, consideration grant processing, balance and possession balls, number of rented balls, number of converted balls, deposit amount, number of counting balls, number of rented balls and rented balls. It is possible to specify various information such as the sales amount to be paid for and the reception and issuance processing of the ball ticket, but these are converted into pulse signals (for example, 1 pulse for every 1000 yen deposited, 1 pulse for every 100 yen sold, etc.). It may be identifiable. The communication with the gaming machine 1 may be performed directly without going through the relay device 4, or may be communicated via the relay device 4.

Hereinafter, the characteristic parts of this configuration, such as rate change, arbitrary rate security, and data management, will be described in sequence.
(1) Rate change First, rate change will be described. As described above, when the conversion process or the counting process is performed, the conversion rate when the conversion between the possession ball and the game ball is performed is separately set as follows. Further, in the gaming device 2, the rate in the gaming machine 1 can be arbitrarily changed by the player. In this case, the rate can be changed (rate change processing is performed) by setting selection candidates (rate candidates) in advance on the playground side based on predetermined conditions such as an upper limit and selecting one of them by the player. However, in the present embodiment, five types of rates, one of which is 4 yen, 3 yen, 2 yen, 1 yen, and 0.5 yen, can be selected as selection candidates.

On the other hand, the possession ball has one kind of rate such as 1 yen per ball. That is, the difference between these rates is applied to the conversion rate, for example, the player has a rate of 4 yen per ball (hereinafter referred to as "4 yen rate", and other rates also have the consideration per ball before the rate. If you select (Attach), if you want to convert 125 game balls by conversion processing, convert 1/4 of the number of coins to game balls, such as paying 500 coins. If, for example, 1000 game balls are counted by the counting process, the game balls are multiplied by 4 and converted into possession balls, for example, 250 balls are added as balls. In this way, the conversion rate is determined by the rate selected by the player, and mutual conversion between the possession ball and the game ball is possible.

It is prohibited to change the rate when the game ball remains, and the rate change is made on the condition that the game ball does not remain (the game ball has a reference value of "0" and the rate change condition is satisfied). By allowing it, the value of the game ball can be secured, but for example, if the rate is changed from 2 yen to 4 yen with 1000 game balls remaining, the remaining game balls will be updated to 500 balls. You may convert the game ball according to the rate change. That is, it is not always necessary to allow the rate change on the condition that the game ball remains, and the rate change may be allowed even when the game ball remains.

Although it is illustrated that one ball is 1 yen for a pachinko machine, there is a possibility that conversion beyond the type of gaming machine 1 such as pachinko and slot machines may be prohibited. You may manage multiple balls, such as a slot machine for 5 yen per sheet. In this case, of course, the same rate may be adopted for pachinko and slots such as 1 yen per ball and 1 yen per sheet. Further, a coin that is converted by the lowest rate in the selection candidate such as 0.5 yen may be adopted as a common coin.

Although the ball possession is illustrated, it is of course possible to perform the conversion process not only on the ball possession but also on the so-called stored ball deposited in the amusement park among the balls possessed in the past such as the day before the business day by the member. Further, instead of using a coin, the coin may be converted into points and managed so that, for example, 1 yen = 1 point. In this case, the points are the issue target value.

Here, the lending process is supplemented. As described above, 125 balls can be exemplified as the lending unit, and the balance is updated according to the rate selected in the same manner as described above. For example, if 125 coins are used as game coins, the consideration will be 1000 yen for a 4-yen rate and 500 yen for a 2-yen rate, but 125 if a non-integer rate such as the 1.5-yen rate is adopted. The price of the ball will be 187.5 yen. In this case, the rate may be exactly 1.504 yen, such as 188 yen as the consideration. Of course, the conversion for the ball is the same.

The rate change condition will be described. The change conditions are set in advance for the rate change as follows, and can be set arbitrarily on the playground side. For example, for models that are new machines, only the 4 yen rate is allowed and rate changes are prohibited, and for models that are not new machines but are expected to operate relatively often, 4 yen rates and 2 yen rates are allowed and other rates are used. It is prohibited to change the rate, and for models that are not new and are not expected to operate very much, it is possible to set a rate that can be changed according to the model, such as allowing rate changes to all rates, and 2 yen on Saturdays and Sundays. The rate change is allowed by limiting to the above, but the type of business day and the type of business day, such as allowing a rate change of 1 yen or more on weekdays, or further allowing a 0.5 yen rate on days with "7". It is possible to set a limit according to the time zone (for example, all rates including 0.5 yen are allowed until 18:00, but it is limited to 2 yen or more after 18:00). Of course, there are cases where the amusement park wants to increase the rate that can be selected only for a specific week as an event, so it is of course possible to set a period as an event and set a rate that is a candidate for selection.

Also, for example, if you become a member of the amusement park and accept a membership card (acquire a player ID), you can allow a rate change of 1 yen or more even with a new machine, or you must be 50 years old or older with a membership card or on the day of the business day. If it is specified that the game was played during the reference period such as "last month", the rate change condition (allowable condition) is set based on the player's attribute information, such as allowing a rate change of 0.5 yen or more. May be. As a method for identifying the attribute information of the game hall, in addition to accepting the membership card, biometric authentication, authentication by a mobile phone owned by the player, or the like may be adopted instead.

Since such a rate change does not change the corresponding change condition even if the state condition indicating the state to be changed such as the type of business day changes each time, the setting pattern is registered in advance and the change condition is changed according to the state condition. May be.

The rate change can also be set for the gaming state. For example, when the gaming machine 1 is in a big hit or a special state, or when a slot machine wins a big hit lottery, the lighting of a so-called notification lamp that lights up before the big hit occurs is specified by an optical sensor, and the gaming machine 1 seems to be lit. It can be exemplified that the rate change is prohibited when is in the state immediately before the transition to the special state.

In addition, the rate can be changed by the game hall employee, and when the player wants to change the rate, the game hall employee is called and the rate is changed according to the operation by the so-called employee remote controller carried by the game hall employee. It is possible to exemplify a configuration that allows and makes it impossible to change the rate by a direct operation on the gaming device 2.

(2) Arbitrary rate security Next, arbitrary rate security will be described. The management device 6 monitors the game balls acquired by the player for each game machine for abnormalities such as fraud. For example, game balls converted by lending processing or conversion processing (hereinafter, sales balls), safe, out, remaining game balls (hereinafter, remaining game balls), and counting-processed game balls (hereinafter, counting balls). By comparing the calculated value of the sales ball + safe-out-remaining game ball-counting ball with the preset reference value, the monitoring is performed.

Here, as the reference value, for example, if the rate is 1 yen, the setting value on the plus side and the setting value on the minus side are set, such as "200" and "-100", and the above calculated value reaches the plus side. In this case, or if it does not reach the minus side, it is determined that there is an abnormality. If the calculated value does not reach the negative side, the count will be excessive, so it will be an abnormality including fraud. Since it can be determined that some kind of abnormality such as a defect has occurred, the negative side has a harder (easier to detect) set value.

The above-mentioned reference value can be set for each rate, for example, when the 1-yen rate is set to "200" and "-100", the 4-yen rate is set to "50" and "-25". This is because if fraud is performed at a high rate (relatively high rate) such as the 4 yen rate, the damage to the amusement park side will be great, so the high rate is more difficult than the low rate such as the 1 yen rate. However, if the low rate (relatively low rate) with less damage is set to the same standard value as the high rate, the number of detections will increase and there is a risk that the amusement park employees will not be able to respond. The low rate is a sweet (difficult to detect) reference value.

As mentioned above, when fraud is committed, fraud is detected based on the comparison result based on the reference value on the minus side, so the minus side has different reference values depending on the rate, while the plus side has the same reference value regardless of the rate. It may be possible to set to.

Similar to the above, for example, the standard value to be referred to when performing conventional fraud detection such as the safe ratio (= output rate) and the start ratio (start rate) for the out in a unit period (for example, out = 1000 minutes period) is rated. Depending on the changed rate, the high rate may be spicy, the low rate may be sweet, and so on.

In addition, fraud detection different from the above is also possible. For example, when a player who is playing at a low rate changes the rate to a high rate and plays, and obtains a ball possessed by a reference value or more (an abnormality detection condition is satisfied), fraud detection may be performed. This assumes a case where the rate is changed by obtaining information on the mode of the game machine 1 from a game hall employee during the game. Therefore, including the following examples, the mode set in the gaming machine 1 is separately managed by the management device 6, and the mode is a so-called excellent platform which is a preset high mode such as "5" or "6". It is desirable to detect fraud on the condition that there is. In addition to the mode, for example, the gaming machine 1 having a high winning rate may be registered in the management device 6 as an excellent platform and used as a detection condition.

Changing the rate from a low rate to a high rate means, for example, comparing the rates before and after the rate change, or setting a rate corresponding to the high rate in advance and setting from a rate not set as the rate. It may be specified by changing the rate to the rate.

In the above case, it is possible to further set conditions in order to improve the detection accuracy. For example, even if you play a good platform, you will not lose the game field unless you get a lot of game balls, so you can get a lot of game balls and big hits after changing to a higher rate, and a lot of profits (compensation for exchanging game balls). -Fraud detection may be performed on condition that game information that is advantageous to a player who has a reference value (first reference value) or higher is obtained by obtaining (sales ball consideration). In addition, even though the above-mentioned advantageous conditions are not satisfied after the change to the high rate, the out or start of the reference value (second reference value) or more is obtained for the predetermined game period (period information). Fraud detection may be performed on condition that it is specified that the game has been played. The sales ball is game information indicating the total of a loan ball with money as a consideration and a replay ball which is a game ball converted with a stored ball as a consideration.

Similarly, a so-called platform movement is performed in which the gaming machine 1 to be played is changed from the gaming machine 1 that has been playing at a low rate, and a high rate is selected when playing the gaming machine 1. In this case, fraud detection may be performed when the rate is higher after the machine is moved than before the machine is moved. In this case, the rate is changed to a higher rate as the machine is moved. It is desirable to perform detection. It should be noted that the movement of the table may be specified by the ball ticket or membership card received when playing the game, but another judgment method such as imaging the face with a camera and performing biometric authentication is adopted. Is also good.

(3) Data management Next, data management will be described. The management device 6 manages game information such as out and safe and the number of times the rate is selected based on the game signal output from the game machine 1, but manages the game information separately according to the rate selected by the player. .. In addition, although this management is performed for each unit and model, it may be performed for each member.

In the present embodiment, not only the game information is managed for each rate, but also the game history is managed as shown in FIG. 4 as shown below, and the change profit is obtained. For example, in the case of the player "001" shown in FIG. 4, the difference ball (out-safe) is -2000 balls at the 1 yen rate in the record of NO1, so the gross profit on the game hall side is -2000 balls x 1 yen. At -2000 yen gross profit (2000 yen loss). After that, in the record of NO2, since the difference ball is 1500 balls at the 4 yen rate, the gross profit is 6000 yen at 1500 balls x 4 yen. In total, the actual gross profit (actual gross profit, actual profit information) is -2000 yen + 6000 yen = 4000 yen, but in this case, the player can play the game without changing the initial rate of 1 yen. The gross profit (virtual gross profit, virtual profit information) assuming that it has continued is -500 yen ((-2000 balls + 1500 balls) x 1 yen = -500 yen). Then, 4500 yen (= 4000 yen- (-500 yen)), which indicates the difference between the virtual gross profit and the actual gross profit, is a profit or loss caused by the rate change, so it is managed as a change profit (change profit information).

Here, the gross profit needs to be calculated based on the prize exchange rate of the possessed balls. For example, while the game rate is 1 yen per ball, 1000 balls possessed can exchange a prize equivalent to 800 yen. If the game rate and the exchange rate are different, such as the exchange rate of 8 yen, the loan processing amount is taken into consideration. In the above case, there are 1000 sales balls at the 1 yen rate, and at the 4 yen rate. If no sales ball is generated, the gross profit is the sum of the value obtained by the calculation formula of the consideration of the sales ball at each rate- (sales ball-difference ball) x exchange rate, so at the 1 yen rate, 1000 yen- (1000 yen- (1000) Ball- (-2000 balls)) x 0.8 yen = -1400 yen, and at the 4 yen rate, 0 yen- (0 balls-1500 balls) x 3.2 yen = 4800 yen, for a total of 3400 yen. , In order to simplify the explanation, in this embodiment, the game rate and the exchange rate are the same as an example (in this case, the consideration of the sales ball and the sales ball are offset), but the actual gross profit or The virtual gross profit may be calculated as described above to deal with the case where the game rate and the exchange rate are different. In this case, the sales ball indicates the game value converted from the monetary value by the monetary conversion process, but depending on the game hall, for example, the so-called previous day's stored ball deposited at the game hall before the previous day is used as a consideration other than the monetary value exemplified. When replay is performed, there is a game hall that has a need to identify the gross profit by regarding the amount of the previous day's ball savings as the monetary value, so the valuable value like the previous day's ball savings is monetary. Of course, the gross profit may be specified as the value (value of money). Also, for the changed rates after the first rate, even if the increase or decrease of the difference ball is monitored and the sales ball actually occurs, the cumulative difference ball or virtual possession ball (for the sales ball) from the start of the game On condition that it is possible to identify that the difference ball or the virtual possession ball has disappeared when it is assumed that the rate is not changed by comparing the player's acquired ball including (for example, 0 ball) with the predetermined value (for example, 0 ball). You may want to specify the consideration for the sales ball related to the virtual gross profit.

The first rate can be assumed to be the rate when the player starts the game, the rate when the player gets out or start of the reference value, or the rate selected by the player first, but other than that. The change profit may be managed by setting the rate of the above as the rate corresponding to the virtual gross profit. For example, in the case of the player "002" shown in FIG. 4, the actual gross profit is 3000 yen, but the total difference is -2000 balls + 1500 balls-500 balls = -1000 balls, so the virtual gross profit for each rate. The 1-yen rate is -1000 yen, the 2-yen rate is -2000 yen, the 4-yen rate is -4000 yen, and the change gain is 4000 yen for the 1-yen rate, 5000 yen for the 2-yen rate, and 7000 yen for the 4-yen rate. Become.

When playing a game, it is assumed that the player plays the game in association with the card. That is, if the card is associated at the time of deposit to the game device 2, the game of each player can be specified (if the valuable value such as the game ball, the possession ball, the balance, etc. disappears, it is determined that the game is over, etc.). Also good). In this way, in FIG. 4, the players are distinguished (player number = card number), and the virtual gross profit at the various rates described above in the player unit or the rate change unit, or the rate with the highest gross profit is obtained. By identifying the virtual gross profit in the above and the virtual gross profit at the rate where the gross profit was the least, and totaling it for each game machine, model, or game hall, to what extent the rate change will generate profit or loss. You may manage the information that can be grasped.

For example, if the selectable rates are 4 yen, 2 yen, 1 yen, and 0.5 yen, and if the player is "001", the game at the 1 yen rate of the NO1 record is the 0.5 yen rate. Assuming that the gross profit is -1000 yen, and -1000 yen + 6000 yen = 5000 yen is the maximum gross profit, while assuming that the game at the 1 yen rate of the NO1 record is the 4 yen rate, the gross profit is -8000 yen. Assuming that the game of the NO2 record at the 4 yen rate is 0.5 yen rate, the gross profit is 750 yen, and -8000 yen + 750 yen = -7250 yen is the minimum gross profit.

In this way, the maximum gross profit or the minimum gross profit is assumed for each player or rate change unit, and the total is managed as shown in FIG. Also, the difference from the actual gross profit, for example, 4000 yen-5000 yen = -1000 yen for the maximum gross profit and 4000 yen- (-7250 yen) = 11250 yen for the minimum gross profit in the record of NO1. The change gain may be shown (Fig. 4 exemplifies only the game machine unit, omitting the player unit). Although the actual gross profit is not shown in FIG. 4, the change profit information indicating the difference between the virtual gross profit and the actual gross profit may be output by outputting both.

Such change gain may be presented to the player. In this case, if the unit of the change gain is set to yen, there is a risk of cashing, so it may be presented as the number of balls held or the number of points (1 ball = 1 point). In addition, by presenting to the player the change gain when the specific rate is set, for example, "The number of balls held has decreased by 3000 due to this game, but there was a loss of 7000 balls due to the rate change". Instead of the game status of the machine 1, the profit / loss caused by the rate change may be presented to the player by the information display device 3 (or the information display device provided at the island edge or the like).

Further, other game information to be managed may be presented to the player, for example, the number of times the rate is selected, the selection rate of each rate with respect to all the played rates, etc. may be presented to the player, for example, an island layout may be presented. The selection status of the rate may be presented by displaying and identifying by the corresponding color for each rate. Similarly, in the slump graph showing the transition of the difference ball, the hue of the line graph, the corresponding mark, and the like may be changed according to the selected rate and presented as shown in FIG. For example, "a (red)", "b (peach)", "c (green)", and "d (d) corresponding to the 4-yen rate, 2-yen rate, 1-yen rate, and 0.5-yen rate shown in FIG. 5, respectively. The line of "blue)" may be identified by color. In addition, "%" corresponding to the rate shown in FIG. 5 indicates the above-mentioned selectivity.

Further, in FIG. 5, the transition of the holding ball is also shown by the double broken line. It suffices to show the transition of the ball possession converted by the rate selected by the player, and FIG. 5 shows the transition of the possession ball assuming that the counting process is performed, but the transition of the possession ball actually counted. May be shown. In this case, the difference balls include the sales balls, the game balls converted from the possessed balls as consideration, and the like. Further, unlike the slump graph in FIG. 5, the identification display based on the selected rate is not performed, but such identification display may be performed, and the transition showing the transition of the ball possession without displaying the slump graph. You may display a graph.

In the game history shown in FIG. 4, "○" and "×" are specified in the "success" column for each player. This indicates whether or not the rate change was successful, with "○" for players with a positive change gain and "×" for players with a negative change gain. In addition, the success rate indicates the ratio of the players who have changed the rate to "○". The target for specifying the success or the success rate may be a player who has changed the rate from a specific rate to a specific rate, for example, the rate has been changed from 1 yen to 4 yen. Further, as the reference value, "0" can be exemplified as described above, but other numerical values may be adopted, and if it is set to "0", whether or not it succeeds depends on whether or not it becomes negative. Since it can be grasped, it is possible to indicate whether the change gain is successful or not, and it is possible to assume that the change gain will be colored differently depending on whether it is successful or not. However, any identification display may be adopted.

When managing the rate selection rate, the example shown in FIG. 5 illustrates the specified selection rate including the first rate, but as shown in FIG. 6, which rate (original rate) to which rate (original rate) is used. You may manage the number of times the rate is changed to (first rate) and manage the selection rate.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
Since the game ball is converted into a possession ball by counting processing according to the conversion rate corresponding to the game rate based on the rate change, even if the game is played at a plurality of game rates due to the rate change, the possession ball It is not necessary to provide the game rate for which the type can be changed, and even if the game rate can be changed arbitrarily by the player, the management burden on the system side or the game field side is reduced, and the acquisition value is obtained. It is possible to improve the convenience of the player who uses the system.

The enclosed gaming machine 1 not only makes it possible to suppress fraud such as changing the balls paid out in response to a game at a low rate to a high rate and then counting them, but also makes it possible to clearly specify the numerical value of the gaming ball. Will be. That is, it becomes possible to specify the state in which the game ball remains or a state close to it, and by limiting the rate change according to the state, the game ball acquired at a low rate is changed to a high rate and then the counting process is performed. It is possible to prevent such fraud.

Since the remaining game balls are converted according to the rate change, it is possible to prevent fraud such as changing the game balls acquired at a low rate to a high rate and then performing counting processing.
Since the issue target is a recording medium that can distinguish between the possession ball and the balance, and the balance cannot be converted from the game ball, the rule is to convert the game ball to a balance that can be settled and settle the balance. Although it is possible to prevent the prohibited cashing act, it is possible to reduce the risk of impairing the convenience of the player by making it possible to change the possession ball.

Since rate candidates can be selected according to the player's attribute information, other players who want to be treated carefully by the game field, such as game field members, elderly players, or players who played last month, can be selected. It is possible to provide services such as giving an advantage to selectable rate candidates compared to the player.

Since the corresponding rate is displayed in an identifiable manner on the slump graph, it is possible to display a slump graph in which the transition of the difference ball and the transition of the rate change can be compared.
By displaying the transition graph of the balls held according to the conversion rate, it is possible to provide a transition graph that can grasp the transition of the player's profit / loss situation in consideration of the rate change.

Since it will be notified that an abnormality is performed when a change process that increases the game rate when the player plays a game is performed, the player can set a game machine that is advantageous to the player, for example, from the game hall employee. For example, when the game rate is changed in response to hearing that the value is set as a good platform, that fact can be detected, and the possibility that fraudulent activity cannot be detected can be reduced.

Since fraud detection is performed on the condition that it is a good platform, the detection accuracy is improved, and it is narrowed down to whether the amusement park employees who know the excellent platform or whether the excellent platform is leaked to the amusement park employees. It is possible to take countermeasures against fraud after eliminating to some extent the risk that the amusement park employees are disseminating vague information on excellent platforms to the players, such as taking countermeasures against fraud.

Since fraud detection based on the rate change is performed on the condition that the player has an advantage, such as when the player makes a profit, when the player makes a profit, that is, when a loss occurs for the playground. It is possible to detect fraud, and it is possible to suppress dark fraud detection.

Since fraud detection is performed on the condition that the game is continued even though it is not in an advantageous state after becoming a high rate, a player who continues the game even though the game situation is not like a good stand. That is, it is possible to detect fraud by narrowing down the detection target to a certain degree to the player who has heard the information of the excellent platform, and it is possible to improve the detection accuracy.

By performing fraud detection on the condition that the rate after moving the table is higher than the rate before moving the table, it is possible to move the table to a good table heard from the game hall employees and then play at a high rate. The player can be detected.

By managing the change profit that indicates the difference between the virtual gross profit and the actual gross profit, it becomes possible for the player to manage the profit and loss generated by changing the game rate.
By setting the virtual rate when specifying the change gain as the rate when the player first played the game or the rate at the start of the game, the case where the player did not change the rate as it is and the case where the rate was actually changed. It becomes possible to grasp the profit and loss generated by.

By setting the virtual rate for specifying the change gain to the highest or lowest rate for playing, the maximum or minimum value of the change gain, that is, the result of the game on the gaming machine itself is the same. In some cases, the maximum or minimum value of profit or loss caused by the rate change can be grasped, and the risk caused by the range of the rate that allows the rate change can be grasped.

By managing the total value of the change gains for each player for each game machine, model, or game hall, it is possible to comprehensively grasp how much profit or loss is caused by the rate change.
Since the game in which the rate change is successful and the game in which the rate change is unsuccessful are distinguished by the positive or negative of the change gain, it is possible to grasp the success or failure status of the rate change. It will be possible to consider measures according to the success or failure status of the rate change, such as guiding the player to the secret to the success of the rate change.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be modified or extended as follows. It should be noted that any combination of the illustrated configurations including the following modification examples may be used, it may not be appropriately adopted, or only one plurality of exemplified configurations may be adopted.

Although the enclosed gaming machine 1 is illustrated, a conventional gaming machine that pays out a gaming medium may be targeted. In that case, a counting function is adopted in which the gaming device 2 has a counting function, and each of the machines is adopted. While the counting function performs the counting process of the present embodiment, a so-called nozzle for paying out the game medium is adopted, and by paying out the balls counted from the nozzle, the conversion process of the present embodiment is performed and held. You just have to manage the balls. Further, the present invention may be adopted not only by the counting function of each unit but also by the island counting machine provided at the so-called island edge. That is, the conversion in the present proposal is a concept that includes not only converting money and possessed balls into game balls on the data, but also converting them into balls paid out by paying out the balls, and the counting process is the same. be.

An example of converting to a ball with a conversion rate according to a rate change during counting processing is shown, but a ball is converted regardless of the conversion rate according to a rate change, for example, a game ball is converted to a ball as it is. You may.

As described above, a card can be assumed as the recording medium, but any recording medium such as a coin, a mobile phone, or paper may be adopted. Further, as the correspondence of the game value, it may be recorded directly on the recording medium, or the ID of the recording medium may be associated with the corresponding game value by the management device 6, and the recording medium may correspond to the corresponding game value. Any configuration may be adopted as long as the information that can identify the above is recorded. Further, the mobile phone of the player is assumed as the mobile phone, but in this case, it is assumed that the process of transmitting the information indicating the possession ball by communicating with the mobile phone is the issuing process.

An example is a configuration in which issuance processing is permitted only when issuance conditions based on game balls are satisfied, such as game ball = 0, but if there is a ball or recording medium to be issued, issuance processing is permitted. You may adopt it.

Each setting value can be set by downloading the setting information from an external server (for example, chain store headquarters, etc.) regardless of whether the administrator arbitrarily sets it by operation input or the manufacturer of the management device 6 sets it in advance. May be. In this case as well, the set value entered by the operation input on the server is used. Of course, past game information may be set as a reference value.

All the illustrated game information may be specified directly by the input signal or indirectly by using the arithmetic expression. The models may be configured in any category, for example, by grouping the models by rate or floor. Numerical values, number of digits, items, etc. are examples, and any numerical value may be adopted. Further, as the output, at least printing and display output are assumed.

As the target gaming machine, it can be adopted for pachinko gaming machines other than the illustrated pachinko gaming machines, slot machines, and the like. In consideration of the enclosed type illustrated, the game medium is expressed as a game value as necessary.

Regardless of the configuration, the processing performed by the game device 2 may be performed by the relay device 4, the information display device 3, the management device 6, or the like, or the processing performed by the management device 6 may be performed by another device. good.

In the drawing, 1 is a gaming machine, 2 is a gaming device (issuing means, rate changing means, game conversion means, issuance conversion means, money value receiving means, money conversion means, ID acquisition means), and 3 is an information display device (graph generation). Means, period classification means, display means), 6 is a management device (management means, setting means, candidate extraction means, abnormality detection means, notification means, game information identification means, determination means, table movement determination means, display means), 8 Is a balance settlement machine (payment means).

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Issuing means for issuing a recording medium whose value can be specified, and
A rate changing means for performing a rate changing process for changing the game rate by accepting a rate changing operation for changing the game rate indicating the rate of the game value at the time of playing to an arbitrary game rate of the player.
A game that performs a game conversion process that converts the issue target value, which is a valuable value that is the target of the issue process, into a game value that can be used for the game according to the conversion rate corresponding to the game rate specified by the rate change process. Conversion means and
An issue conversion means that performs an issue conversion process that converts the acquired value, which is the game value acquired by the player, into the issue target value according to the conversion rate corresponding to the game rate specified by the rate change process.
A graph generation means for generating a difference information graph showing the transition of difference information showing the difference between the out showing the game value used in the game and the safe showing the game value given according to the game.
A period classification means that divides the corresponding game period by different game rates, and
When the difference information graph can be displayed and there is a period in which the corresponding game rates are different in the target period of the difference information graph, a display means for performing identification display according to the game rate corresponding to the period. A system for amusement parks that is characterized by being equipped . Issuing means for issuing a recording medium whose value can be specified, and
A rate changing means for performing a rate changing process for changing the game rate by accepting a rate changing operation for changing the game rate indicating the rate of the game value at the time of playing to an arbitrary game rate of the player.
A game conversion that performs a game conversion process that converts the issue target value, which is a valuable value that is the target of the issue process, into a game value that can be used for the game according to the conversion rate corresponding to the game rate specified by the rate change process. Means and
An issue conversion means that performs an issue conversion process that converts the acquired value, which is the game value acquired by the player, into the issue target value according to the conversion rate corresponding to the game rate specified by the rate change process.
A period classification means that divides the corresponding game period by different game rates, and
The acquired value including at least the difference information indicating the difference between the out indicating the game value used for the game and the safe indicating the game value given according to the game is set in the game period divided by the period classification means. A graph generation means for generating an issue target value graph, which is a graph showing the transition of the issue target value converted by different conversion rates according to the conversion rate.
A system for amusement parks , which comprises a display means for displaying the issue target value graph .

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