JP7478022B2 - Amusement park management system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a management system for an amusement facility.

In conventional amusement facility management systems, as described in Patent Document 1, for example, it is common to collect and manage data on time-saving states that occur in pachinko gaming machines. Specifically, the system is configured to identify the occurrence of a time-saving state based on a time-saving signal output from the pachinko gaming machine, and collect detailed data such as the number of times the time-saving state has occurred and the number of balls inserted, the number of balls paid out, and the number of times the pattern has changed during the time-saving state. This configuration allows the manager of the amusement facility to analyze gameplay and adjust the ball payout rate after gaining a detailed understanding of the occurrence of the time-saving state.

JP 2006-75494 A

However, the conditions for triggering and ending the time-saving state in today's pachinko gaming machines have become extremely complicated, making it difficult to properly manage the occurrence of the time-saving state with the conventional configuration.

The present invention was made in consideration of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to provide an amusement facility management system that can properly manage the occurrence of the time-saving state, even when managing pachinko gaming machines with complex conditions for initiating and terminating the time-saving state.

According to the invention described in claim 1, the occurrence of a specific state is determined based on a specific state signal or the number of jackpot lotteries per unit time, and is further divided into a first specific state and a second specific state based on the number of consecutive non-winning jackpot lotteries. This makes it possible to grasp the occurrence status by type of specific state and to compile and analyze various game information related to the specific state.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of an amusement center management system according to an embodiment; Front view of the gaming machine Functional block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the gaming machine An explanatory diagram showing the specifications of the gaming machine, including (a) the lottery probability for special charts 1 and 2, and (b) the distribution rate of the big win rounds. 1A and 1B are diagrams showing examples of display on a liquid display section corresponding to (a) a normal state, (b) a probability bonus state, and (c) a time-saving state in a gaming machine; Front view of the game information display device A functional block diagram showing the electrical configuration of a game information display device. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen on a game information display device when a sudden time-saving transition occurs; FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen on a game information display device when a ceiling time-saving transition occurs; FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a model-specific time-saving setting managed in a management device. Diagram showing historical data Diagram showing the aggregated data

One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, a large number of gaming machines 1 are installed in an amusement center, and a rental device 2 and a gaming information display device 3 are installed as peripheral devices that correspond one-to-one to each gaming machine 1. Two gaming machines 1, two rental devices 2, and two gaming information display devices 3 are connected to a management device 5 via one relay device 4. The relay device 4 mediates communications between the gaming machines 1, the rental devices 2, the gaming information display devices 3, and the relay device 4.

The management device 5 is installed in, for example, an office in the amusement center, and is configured with a keyboard 6, a monitor 7, a printer (not shown), etc., which are operated by the manager of the amusement center. The management device 5 transmits and receives various signals between the gaming machines, such as the gaming machine 1, the rental device 2, and the gaming information display device 3. The management device 5 manages the operating status of all the devices (gaming machine 1, rental device 2, gaming information display device 3, etc.) installed in the amusement center, including the gaming machine 1, based on signals from the gaming machine. As will be described in detail later, the management device 5 is configured as a gaming information collection means that collects various gaming information related to games played on the gaming machine 1, as well as a specific state determination means, a calculation means, a jackpot lottery count collection means, and a specific state type determination means.

The gaming machine 1 of this embodiment will be described using the pachinko gaming machine of Figs. 1 and 2 as an example.
2, the gaming machine 1 has a launch handle 8, a speaker 9, and a pair of decorative lamps 10 on the left and right, and also has a liquid crystal display 12, a through-type normal (regular pattern) start hole 13, a special pattern 1 start hole 14, a special pattern 2 start hole 15, a special pattern 1 display section 16, a special pattern 2 display section 17, a normal pattern display section 18, a big prize hole 19, an outlet hole 20, an upper tray 21, and a lower tray 22 on a gaming board 11. Note that many nails are set into the gaming board 11, but are omitted in FIG. 2.

As shown in FIG. 3, the gaming machine 1 has, as its electrical configuration, a main control unit 23, a special chart 1 display unit 16, a special chart 2 display unit 17, a regular chart display unit 18, a performance control unit 24, an AMP 25, a display control unit 26, a payout control unit 27, a payout mechanism unit 28, a power supply circuit unit 30, a special chart 1 winning sensor 31, a special chart 2 winning sensor 32, a regular chart winning sensor 33, a special winning sensor 34, a special chart 2 start port SLD (solenoid) 35, and a special winning port SLD 36. Note that FIG. 3 does not show the I/F unit that transmits and receives various signals and information between the lending device 2 and the management device 5.

The main control unit 23 is composed of a microcomputer having a CPU 23a, ROM 23b, RAM 23c, and I/O 23d, and controls the operation of the gaming machine 1 in response to ball shooting, winning, etc., by executing a control program stored in ROM 23b. The main control unit 23 also has a random number generation unit 39 that generates random numbers within a predetermined range, and a random number extraction unit 38 that extracts one of the random numbers generated by the random number generation unit 39 and draws a lottery.

When the special prize sensor 31, the special prize sensor 32, the regular prize sensor 33 and the large prize sensor 34 detect a prize in the special prize starting hole 14, the special prize starting hole 15, the regular prize starting hole 13 and the large prize starting hole 19, respectively, they output a corresponding prize detection signal to the main control unit 23. When the special prize starting hole SLD 35 receives an opening command signal from the main control unit 23, it opens the electric device in the special prize starting hole 15. The special prize starting hole 15 is designed so that a prize can be won only when the electric device is open. When the large prize starting hole SLD 36 receives an opening command signal from the main control unit 23, it opens the large prize starting hole 19.

When the special chart 1 display unit 16 receives a display command signal from the main control unit 23, it changes the pattern of the special chart 1. When the special chart 2 display unit 17 receives a display command signal from the main control unit 23, it changes the pattern of the special chart 2. When the regular chart display unit 18 receives a display command signal from the main control unit 23, it changes the pattern of the regular chart.

When the performance control unit 24 receives a performance command signal from the main control unit 23, it outputs performance sounds from the speaker 9 via the AMP 25, causes the decorative lamp unit 10 to display performances, and causes the LCD display unit 12 to display performances via the display control unit 26. When the LCD display unit 12 receives a display command signal from the main control unit 23, it displays various game data such as the number of jackpots and the number of special drawing draws. When the payout control unit 27 receives a payout command signal from the main control unit 23, it performs payouts using the payout mechanism unit 28. The power supply circuit unit 30 supplies operating power to the entire gaming machine 1, including the main control unit 23.

The gaming machine 1 operates as follows.
(1) When the first special chart starting hole 14 is won, a special chart 1 lottery is executed in which one of the random numbers generated by the random number generating unit 39 is extracted by the random number extracting unit 38, and the pattern on the special chart 1 begins to change.
When the player wins the normal drawing start port 13, a normal drawing lottery is executed in which one of the random numbers generated by the random number generating unit 39 is extracted by the random number extracting unit 38, and the pattern of the normal drawing starts to change. When the player wins the normal drawing lottery, the winning pattern is displayed on the normal drawing display unit 18, and the electric device of the special drawing 2 starting port 15 is opened, making it possible to win the special drawing 2 starting port 15.
When the special chart 2 starting hole 15 is won, a special chart 2 lottery is executed in which one of the random numbers generated by the random number generating unit 39 is extracted by the random number extracting unit 38, and the pattern on the special chart 2 begins to change.

(2) The results of the lottery for Special Chart 1 and Special Chart 2 are stored up to a maximum of four (excluding the one currently changing), and the patterns are changed sequentially. The number of reserved balls is displayed in the reserved display section 12a in the lower right corner of the liquid crystal display section 12 (see Figures 5 (a) to (c)), and the number on the left of the two-digit number on the reserved display section 12a corresponds to Special Chart 1, and the number on the right corresponds to Special Chart 2. In the Special Chart 1 lottery and Special Chart 2 lottery, two types of jackpots are drawn: a 15R jackpot and an 8R jackpot.

(3) The gaming states of the gaming machine 1 include a normal state, a special state, a time-saving state, and a jackpot state (15R/8R).
In the normal state, a lottery for the big win state and a sudden time reduction is executed. The probability of winning the big win lottery (big win probability) is 1/300 (see FIG. 4(a)). When a big win occurs, the big win slot 19 is opened for the allocated round (R).
Here, the allocation rate when winning the jackpot is different between the special drawing 1 lottery and the special drawing 2 lottery, as shown in Figure 4 (b), and in the special drawing 1 lottery, 30% is allocated to 15R and 70% to 8R, while in the special drawing 2 lottery, 70% is allocated to 15R and 30% is allocated to 8R. In addition, the opening time of the electric role of the special drawing 2 starting hole 15 is 3 seconds in the probability change state and time-saving state, and 0.2 seconds in the normal state, and in the probability change state and time-saving state, the jackpot increases in the special drawing 2 lottery, and the ratio of 15R increases. In addition, the upper limit of the number of winnings in 1R is 10, and the upper limit opening time is 30 seconds, and 1R ends when either the upper limit of winnings or the upper limit opening time is met.

(4) After the 15R jackpot state ends, the machine transitions to a probability variable state, which continues until 100 symbol changes have been performed. In the probability variable state, the probability of a jackpot increases to 1/30 (see FIG. 4(a)), and if no jackpot occurs within 100 symbol changes, the machine returns to the normal state.
After the 8R jackpot state ends, the machine transitions to a time-saving state, which continues until 50 symbol changes have been made. The probability of winning in the time-saving state is 1/300, and if no jackpot occurs within 50 symbol changes, the machine returns to the normal state. In the time-saving state (including the probability of winning), the time for the normal symbol to change becomes relatively shorter than in the normal state (reduced from 1 minute to 1 second in the normal state), while the opening time becomes relatively longer as described above, which increases the winning rate of the special symbol 2 starting hole 15.

(5) When the special 1 starting hole 14 or the special 2 starting hole 15 is won as described above, a time-saving lottery (specific state lottery) is held in addition to the big win lottery, and the winning rate in the time-saving lottery is set to 1/250 (see FIG. 4(a)). When the time-saving lottery is won, this is regarded as the first condition being met, and the game transitions to a sudden time-saving state in which the time-saving state continues until, for example, 100 pattern changes are performed.
On the other hand, if the jackpot is not won until the pattern changes a predetermined number of times (e.g., 800 times) after the probability change state or the 8R jackpot state ends, that is, if the second condition of 800 consecutive non-wins is met, the state transitions to the ceiling time-saving state. The ceiling time-saving state continues until the pattern changes a maximum of, for example, 1100 times. When the number of pattern changes reaches 800 times during the sudden time-saving state, the state transitions from the sudden time-saving state to the ceiling time-saving state.

In the following, the sudden time-saving and ceiling time-saving states are collectively referred to as "specific states." In other words, the specific state refers to a time-saving state such as the sudden time-saving and ceiling time-saving states in which the execution interval of the jackpot lottery is relatively short compared to the normal state in which the execution interval of the jackpot lottery is relatively long, as a gaming state in which the jackpot lottery is executed. In addition, the specific state can be said to occur when the first condition for winning the time-saving lottery executed in the normal state as described above is met, and when the second condition for the jackpot lottery result being a non-win for, for example, 800 consecutive times is met.

5(a), (b) and (c) respectively show examples of the performance screens displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 12 in the normal state, the probability variable state and the specific state described above. In the performance screens, the performance symbols are displayed in a variable manner in synchronization with the pattern variations of the special symbol 1 display unit 16 and the special symbol 2 display unit 17.
Specifically, in the normal state of the performance screen in Fig. 5(a), the three-digit Arabic numerals represent the performance patterns as the patterns corresponding to the special chart 1 and the special chart 2. The probability variable jackpot patterns are 111, 333, 555, 777, and 999, and the non-probability variable jackpot patterns are 000, 222, 444, 666, and 888. In addition, the above-mentioned reserved display section 12a is provided in the lower right corner of the performance screen.

In the performance screen in the probability variation state of Fig. 5 (b), "Probability variation in progress!" is displayed in the upper center, indicating that the probability variation time-saving state is in progress. In addition, the remaining number of symbol changes in the probability variation state at the current time is displayed as "Remaining **" in the lower left corner of the performance screen.
As shown in Fig. 5(c), the special state effect screen displays "Sudden time-saving!" or "Ceiling time-saving!" in the upper center, indicating that the special state is in the sudden time-saving state or the ceiling time-saving state. Also, the lower left corner of the special state effect screen displays the current remaining number of symbol changes corresponding to the sudden time-saving or ceiling time-saving state, and in the ceiling time-saving effect screen exemplified in Fig. 5(c), the number of symbol changes of "remaining ****", which corresponds to the maximum of 1100 times, is displayed.

The set values, such as 100 or 1100 times as examples of the number of times the sudden time-saving or ceiling time-saving continuation starts (pattern changes), and 800 times as an example of the predetermined number of times the second condition is met, are set for each machine type (see Figure 10), and will be described in detail later.

The gaming machine 1 transmits the following gaming signals (game information) to the relay device 4 in response to the execution of a game.
-Game media consumption signal = a signal indicating the number of game media consumed in play -Game media award signal = a signal indicating the number of game media awarded by winning -Pattern change signal = a signal indicating that a pattern change has been executed, which is a signal output in response to the execution of a jackpot lottery -Jackpot signal = a signal indicating a jackpot state -Probability change signal = a signal indicating a probability change state -Time-saving signal = a signal indicating a change time shortened state Game signals are not limited to the signals listed above, but include a variety of signals which differ depending on the model.

As shown in FIG. 2, the lending device 2 is located to the left of the gaming machine 1 and has a status display unit 40 that shows the current operating status (normal state, error state, etc.), a bill insertion slot 41 into which bills are inserted, a touch panel type LCD display unit 42 that accepts operation input from the player and displays data such as the player's deposit balance and the number of balls held, a payout button 43 for paying out one unit of balls (equivalent to 500 yen), a payout nozzle 44 through which the paid out balls pass, a remote control receiver 45 that receives (receives light from) a signal from an employee remote control (not shown) carried and operated by an employee, a card insertion slot 46 into which the card 46a (general card or membership card) shown in FIG. 1 is inserted, and a counting tray 47 located below the lower tray 22 of the gaming machine 1.

The upper tray 21 of the gaming machine 1 is provided with a loan button 48 and a return button 49, and the loaning device 2 executes a loan process in response to an operation on the loan button 48, and executes a card issuing process in response to an operation on the return button 49. Specifically, the loaning device 2 executes a loan process of balls (gaming media) within the deposited balance in response to the insertion of bills into the insertion slot 41, and transmits sales information indicating the amount inserted to the management device 5. It also performs a counting process in which it accepts balls (gaming value) paid out from the lower tray 22 of the gaming machine 1 and counts them as held balls, and records the deposited balance and number of held balls (counted number of balls) on the card 46a (in the case of a membership card, only the deposited balance is recorded, and the number of held balls is stored in the management device 5) and issues the card.

The game information display device 3 is disposed above the game machine 1, and receives operation information from the game machine 1 via the relay device 4 to create and display various game information, or displays various information received from the management device 5. As shown in FIG. 6, the game information display device 3 has a lamp unit 50, a liquid crystal display unit 51, a call button 52 for calling an employee, a group of operation buttons 53 for switching the type of game information displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 51, a remote control light receiving unit 54 for receiving (receiving light) a signal from the employee remote control, and an IC reader 56 for short-distance communication with a mobile terminal (such as a player's smartphone, not shown) or an IC chip built into the card 46a. The liquid crystal display unit 51 can display various game information in response to the operation of the group of operation buttons 53.

Figure 6 shows an example of a normal display screen S0 by the liquid crystal display unit 51, which is divided into a main display area 51a and multiple sub-display areas 51b-51g. The main display area 51a displays the number of jackpots for the relevant period (the current business day, one day before, two days before), but when a switching operation is performed using the operation button group 53, it switches to a screen that displays other game data (not shown). As will be described in detail later, the main display area 51a transitions to a sudden time-saving screen S1 when a sudden time-saving state occurs (see Figure 8), and transitions to a ceiling time-saving screen S2 when a ceiling time-saving state occurs (see Figure 9).

The first sub-display area 51b displays the number of initial jackpots that occurred in normal mode, for each relevant period. The second sub-display area 51c displays the number of "super" (=15R) jackpots, where the number of balls dispensed during a jackpot is equal to or greater than a standard value, and "small" (=8R) jackpots, where the number of balls dispensed is less than that. The third sub-display area 51d displays the highest number of balls obtained, which is the largest difference in the number of balls ever obtained in one business day for that model. The fourth sub-display area 51e displays the number of starts (number of pattern changes) since the initialization conditions were met (the start of business, the end of a special mode, etc.). The fifth sub-display area 51f displays a history graph that graphs the starts for each jackpot. The sixth sub-display area 51g displays the model name.

As shown in FIG. 7, the gaming information display device 3 has, as its electrical configuration, a control unit 55, a lamp unit 50, an LCD display unit 51, a call button 52, a group of operation buttons 53, a remote control light receiving unit 54, an IC reader 56, and a transmission/reception unit 55e that transmits and receives various signals and information to and from the relay device 4. The control unit 55 is mainly composed of a microcomputer having a CPU 55a, a ROM 55b, a RAM 55c, and an I/O 55d, and controls the operation of the gaming information display device 3 by executing a control program stored in the ROM 55b.

The control unit (not shown) of the management device 5 is mainly composed of a microcomputer having a CPU and storage units such as a ROM and a RAM. A keyboard 6 and a monitor 7 (see FIG. 1) are connected to the control unit of the management device 5, as well as a transmitting/receiving unit for transmitting and receiving various signals and a printer (neither of which are shown).
The control unit of the management device 5 (hereinafter, abbreviated as "management device 5") compiles and manages various game information output from the gaming machine 1. For example, the management device 5 compiles the number of consecutive non-winning starts (number of jackpot draws) up to the present time based on the symbol variation signal (jackpot draw signal) output from the gaming machine 1, and calculates the number of starts executed per unit time (see the S rate in FIG. 10 described later).

The management device 5 can also identify the occurrence of a specific state based on the time-saving signal output from the gaming machine 1 and compile detailed data such as the number of times the specific state occurs and the number of starts in the specific state. The specific states include a sudden time-saving state that occurs when the first condition is met as described above, and a ceiling time-saving state that occurs when the second condition is met. Also, the conditions for the occurrence and termination of the sudden time-saving and ceiling time-saving states differ depending on the model.

Therefore, the gaming center management system of this embodiment is configured as a gaming information display system that can properly manage the occurrence status of two types of specific states that have different occurrence triggers and provide appropriate gaming information to players, even when managing a gaming machine 1 with complicated conditions for the occurrence and termination of the specific states. This configuration will be described in detail with reference to the figures from FIG. 10 onwards.

FIG. 10 shows data relating to time-saving settings managed by model in the management device 5, and shows model-specific time-saving settings that can be output to the monitor 7, etc.
The model-specific time-saving settings are stored in the storage unit of the management device 5 for each "model," as indicated by "○" and "-" in the figure, with settings for the presence or absence of sudden time-saving as "bump time," the presence or absence of ceiling time-saving as "heaven time," and the presence or absence of a "time-saving signal." In addition, for each model, the number of times the sudden time-saving and ceiling time-saving continuation starts are stored as "bump time continuation S" and "heaven time continuation S," and the predetermined number of times related to the establishment of the second condition is stored as "ceiling value." Furthermore, a method for determining the sudden time-saving and ceiling time-saving based on "signal,""number of S," and "S rate" is stored as "bump time judgment" and "heaven time judgment" for each model.

Here, the "signal" through "S rate" in the management device 5 are used to determine that a specific state has occurred and to determine whether the specific state is a sudden time-saving state (first specific state) or a ceiling time-saving state (second specific state), and are specified as follows (a) through (c).

(a) Signal: When the time-saving signal changes from OFF to ON, it is determined that a specific state (time-saving state) has occurred.
(b) S count: Compare the number of starts with the number of S times (ceiling value) to determine whether or not the ceiling time reduction state is in effect.
(c) S rate: Determine whether the state is in a specific state or a normal state by determining whether the number of starts per a certain number of outs (e.g., 100 (balls)) is equal to or greater than a certain reference value (e.g., 10 (spins)).

The management device 5 then performs the determination by combining (a) to (c) according to the specifications of each model.
Specifically, for the models A, C, and D for which a time-saving signal is output, the management device 5 judges that a specific state has occurred based on the signal (a) (specific state signal) output in response to the occurrence of a specific state from the corresponding gaming machine 1. Furthermore, when it is judged that the specific state has occurred, the management device 5 judges whether the specific state is a sudden time-saving state that has occurred due to the establishment of a first condition, or a ceiling time-saving state that has occurred in response to the establishment of a second condition, based on whether the S number (number of jackpot lotteries) in (b) tallied by the jackpot lottery number counting means has reached a ceiling value.

As a result, for model A, if it is determined that a specific state has occurred based on the signal (a), it is determined that a transition to the ceiling time-saving state has occurred when the S count in (b) has reached the ceiling value (800), and it is determined that a transition to the sudden time-saving state has occurred when the heaven value has not been reached (see "Signal + S count" in Figure 10). For model C, since there is no ceiling time-saving (because the ceiling value is "-"), if it is determined that a specific state has occurred based on the signal (a), it is determined that a transition to the sudden time-saving state has occurred without determining that the S count in (b) is a ceiling time-saving state (see "none" heaven time determination in Figure 10). For model D, if there is no sudden time-saving and it is determined that a specific state has occurred based on the signal (a), it is determined that the S count in (b) has reached the ceiling value and that a transition to the ceiling time-saving state has occurred.

On the other hand, for models E and F that do not have a time-saving signal, the management device 5 determines that a specific state has occurred when the S rate in (c) reaches a predetermined reference value (10). In addition, when it is determined that such a specific state has occurred, the management device 5 determines whether the specific state is a sudden time-saving state or a ceiling time-saving state based on whether the S count in (b) has reached a ceiling value.

As a result, for model E, if it is determined that a specific state has occurred based on the S rate (c), it is determined that a transition to the ceiling time-saving state has occurred when the S count (b) has reached the ceiling value (500), and it is determined that a transition to the sudden time-saving state has occurred when the heaven value has not been reached (see "S rate + S count" in Figure 10). For model F, since there is no ceiling time-saving, if it is determined that a specific state has occurred based on the S rate (c), it is determined that a transition to the sudden time-saving state has occurred without being determined as a ceiling time-saving state in terms of the S count (b) (see "none" heaven time determination in Figure 10). Note that model B does not have a sudden time-saving, and it is possible to determine a transition to the ceiling time-saving state by comparing the S count (b) with the ceiling value.

FIG. 11 shows history data managed by the management device 5 for each machine number.
The historical data is stored in the memory of the management device 5 for each machine number as gaming information that corresponds the "status,""number of Ss,""type," and "difference in number of balls" for the gaming machine 1 of "model A" on the relevant "date" with the "time" (start time or end time) of the corresponding "No.", as exemplified by "machine number 123."

The "state" in FIG. 11 indicates whether it is a normal state, a sure-win state, or a special time-saving state, and the "type" that occurs (ends) at the corresponding "S count" indicates whether it is a special state such as a jackpot, sudden time-saving, or ceiling time-saving. Also, the "S count" in the figure indicates the number of starts that are initialized when a jackpot occurs.

Specifically, a sure-win jackpot occurs when the S count for "No.1" is 123, and two consecutive jackpots occur until the jackpot for "No.2", after which the normal state is restored (via a time-saving state), and then a sudden transition to a time-saving state occurs when the S count for "No.3" is 789. Next, it can be seen that the ceiling value is reached when the S count for "No.4" is 800, that is, when the sudden time-saving state has been consumed 11 times, and the sudden time-saving state transitions to a ceiling time-saving state. In this way, the management device 5 can be said to determine that a sudden time-saving state has occurred as a specific state type determination means, and then determine that a switch has been made from the sudden time-saving state to the ceiling time-saving state when the number of consecutive non-winning jackpot lotteries up to the current point in time has reached the ceiling value (see the column for Model A in FIG. 10).

In addition, a special jackpot occurs at 1,564 S times for "No.5", then after "No.6" has finished its special jackpot for 100 times and returned to normal, a sudden time-saving event occurs at 345 S times for "No.7". After that, the time-saving event ends at 445 S times for "No.8" and returns to normal, and then the ceiling time-saving event occurs at the point when "No.9" has consumed 900 S times of pattern changes (i.e. 800 times after the special state ends).

FIG. 12 shows aggregated data that is aggregated and managed by the management device 5, and is aggregated based on the history data exemplified in FIG.
As shown in the figure, the management device 5 tally up the ``outs'' and ``safes'' for each machine number, and based on the above-mentioned judgment results, tally up data including game information regarding the sudden time-saving state and the ceiling time-saving state, such as the number of times each of the ``sudden time-saving'' and ``ceiling time-saving'' states occurred.

That is, (3) of "jackpot," (2) of "sudden time-saving," and (2) of "ceiling time-saving" in Fig. 12 represent the total number of occurrences of jackpots, sudden time-saving states, and ceiling time-saving states in the history data in Fig. 11. (139) of "probability change S," (111) of "thrust time S," and (764) of "heaven time S" represent the total number of occurrences of jackpot draws executed in the probability change state, sudden time-saving state, and ceiling time-saving state in the history data in Fig. 11, that is, (39+100), (11+100), and (1564-800), respectively.
In addition, the "Cumulative S" (2626) in Figure 12 represents the total number of S in the history data of Figure 11 (123 + 39 + 1564 + 900), and the number of jackpot lotteries executed in the normal state (not shown) can be calculated as "Cumulative S (2626) - Chance S (139) - Sudden S (111) - Tenji S (764)".

In this way, each game information display device 3 can display game information of the corresponding gaming machine 1, which is compiled by the management device 5 serving as game information compilation means.
For example, assume that a sudden time-saving occurs in the gaming machine 1 of model A, causing a transition from the normal state to the sudden time-saving state. At this point, the game information display device 3 receives the judgment result of the above-mentioned "crash judgment" (see FIG. 10), the tally value, and the model-specific time-saving setting (crash continuation S in FIG. 10, etc.) from the management device 5, and thereby transitions from the normal display screen S0 in FIG. 6 to the sudden time-saving screen S1 in FIG. 8.

8 shows the liquid crystal display unit 51 focusing on the sudden time-saving screen S1, and displays "You have just entered the 'sudden time-saving'mode!" in the main display area 51a, and displays the number of occurrences of the sudden time-saving mode as a total value for the day, such as "This is the fifth time today." Also, the main display area 51a displays the number of remaining symbol changes according to the sudden time-saving mode as "remaining time-saving S number = 100."
For convenience, in screen S1 of FIG. 8 (and screen S2 of FIG. 9), the display contents of the sub-display areas 51b to 51g are set to be the same as those of screen S0 of the previous FIG. 6, but the display contents are updated appropriately according to the progress of the game on the corresponding gaming machine 1 (the start, the occurrence of a jackpot, etc.).

Also, for example, suppose that the number of S times reaches 800 in the gaming machine 1 and the sudden time-saving state transitions to the ceiling time-saving state as described above. At this point, the game information display device 3 receives the judgment result of the "top time judgment" (see FIG. 10), the tally value, the time-saving setting by model, etc. from the management device 5, and transitions from the sudden time-saving screen S1 in FIG. 8 to the ceiling time-saving screen S2 in FIG. 9.
9, the main display area 51a displays "You have just entered the 'ceiling time-saving'mode!", and displays the number of occurrences of the ceiling time-saving mode as a total value for the day, with the message "This is the first time today." Also, the main display area 51a displays the number of remaining symbol changes according to the ceiling time-saving mode as "remaining time-saving S number = 1100."

As described above, according to this embodiment, the management device 5 determines the occurrence of a specific state based on the specific state signal or the number of jackpot draws per unit time, and further classifies the state into a sudden time-saving state and a ceiling time-saving state based on the number of consecutive non-winning jackpot draws. This allows the occurrence status to be understood by type of specific state, and various game information related to the specific states to be compiled and analyzed.

It is also possible to extract the following features from the embodiment exemplified above.
A game information display system including a game information display device capable of displaying game information of a pachinko game machine, which can generate a normal state in which the execution interval of the jackpot lottery is relatively long and a specific state in which the execution interval is relatively short as game states in which a jackpot lottery is executed, and which generates the specific state when a first condition for winning the specific state lottery executed in the normal state is satisfied and when a second condition for the result of the jackpot lottery being a non-win a predetermined number of times in succession is satisfied,
The gaming machine is provided with: a specific state determination means for determining that the specific state has occurred based on a specific state signal output from the pachinko gaming machine in response to the occurrence of the specific state; a jackpot lottery count counting means for counting the number of consecutive non-winning jackpot lotteries up to a current point in time based on a jackpot lottery signal output from the pachinko gaming machine in response to the execution of the jackpot lottery; a specific state type determination means for determining, when the specific state has been determined to have occurred by the specific state determination means, whether the specific state is a first specific state which has occurred due to the establishment of the first condition, or a second specific state which has occurred in response to the establishment of the second condition, based on whether the number of jackpot lotteries counted by the jackpot lottery counting means has reached the predetermined number; and a gaming information counting means for counting game information relating to the first specific state and the second specific state based on a result of the determination by the specific state type determination means, and the gaming information display device displays the gaming information counted by the gaming information counting means.

As described above, the specific state determination means can employ at least one of the following determination methods: a determination method for determining that a specific state has occurred based on a specific state signal, and a determination method for determining that a specific state has occurred when the number of jackpot lottery draws per unit time has reached a predetermined reference value.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but may be modified or extended as described below, or each modified example may be combined with the above-described embodiments or each modified example may be combined in any manner, or configurations may be provided that are not adopted as appropriate.
Each of the means described in the claims may be provided in any of the game information display device 3, the relay device 4, and the management device 5. For example, the specific state determination means and the specific state type determination means may be provided in the relay device 4, and the jackpot lottery count means and the game information count means may be provided in the game information display device 3.

The gaming machine 1 is not limited to the specifications of this embodiment, and can be applied to pachinko gaming machines of various specifications, such as an enclosed type gaming machine that adds and stores gaming media as electronic data without paying them out.
The probability of winning a jackpot, the probability of winning a sudden time-saving state, the duration of the special state, the duration of the time-saving state, etc. can be designed arbitrarily within the range defined by the rules.
The above numerical values are merely examples, and any numerical values may be used.
The numerical values, number of digits, items, etc. are merely examples, and any numerical values may be used, and items may be omitted as appropriate.

The gaming information collected and managed by the management device 5 is not limited to the present embodiment, and various types of gaming information can be collected and managed.
For example, the probability of a jackpot occurring (number of jackpots/total number of S), the probability of a sudden time-saving occurrence (number of sudden time-saving occurrences/normal number of S) may be calculated.

The type of game information displayed by the game information display device 3 is not limited to that in this embodiment, and various types of game information can be displayed.
For example, the cumulative number of starts, the number of starts during time-saving, the difference in number of balls (number of safe balls - number of out balls), etc. may be calculated and displayed. Also, history data similar to that of the management device 5 may be displayed.

In the drawing, 1 is a gaming machine (pachinko gaming machine), and 5 is a management device (specific state determination means, jackpot lottery counting means, specific state type determination means, gaming information counting means, calculation means).

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In an amusement facility management system for managing pachinko gaming machines, a normal state in which a jackpot lottery is executed with a relatively long execution interval and a specific state in which the execution interval is relatively short can be generated as game states in which the jackpot lottery is executed, and the specific state occurs when a first condition for winning the specific state lottery executed in the normal state is satisfied and when a second condition for the jackpot lottery to result in a non-winning a predetermined number of times consecutively is satisfied;
a specific state determination means for determining that the specific state has occurred based on a specific state signal output from the pachinko gaming machine in response to the occurrence of the specific state;
a jackpot lottery counting means for counting the number of consecutive non-winning jackpot lotteries up to a current time point based on a jackpot lottery signal output from the pachinko game machine in response to the execution of the jackpot lottery;
a setting means for setting the presence or absence of the first specific state and the second specific state, the first specific state occurring when the first condition is satisfied and the second specific state occurring when the second condition is satisfied, for each type of the pachinko game machine;
a specific state type determining means for determining, when it is determined by the specific state determining means that the specific state has occurred, that a machine type set by the setting means as not having a first specific state is in a second specific state, while determining that a machine type set by the setting means as not having a second specific state is in a first specific state, and for a machine type set by the setting means as having the first and second specific states , determining whether the specific state is the first specific state or the second specific state based on whether the number of jackpot lottery draws tallied by the jackpot lottery draw number tallying means has reached the predetermined number;
A gaming management system comprising: a game information aggregation means for aggregating game information relating to the first specific state and the second specific state based on the judgment result by the specific state type judgment means. In an amusement facility management system for managing pachinko gaming machines, a normal state in which a jackpot lottery is executed with a relatively long execution interval and a specific state in which the execution interval is relatively short can be generated as game states in which the jackpot lottery is executed, and the specific state occurs when a first condition for winning the specific state lottery executed in the normal state is satisfied and when a second condition for the jackpot lottery to result in a non-winning a predetermined number of times consecutively is satisfied;
a calculation means for calculating the number of jackpot lotteries executed per unit time based on a jackpot lottery signal output from the pachinko gaming machine in response to the execution of the jackpot lottery;
a specific state determination means for determining that the specific state has occurred when the number of jackpot lottery draws per unit time calculated by the calculation means has reached a predetermined reference value;
a jackpot lottery counting means for counting the number of consecutive non-winning jackpot lotteries up to the present time based on the jackpot lottery signal;
a setting means for setting the presence or absence of the first specific state and the second specific state, the first specific state occurring when the first condition is satisfied and the second specific state occurring when the second condition is satisfied, for each type of the pachinko game machine;
a specific state type determining means for determining, when it is determined by the specific state determining means that the specific state has occurred, that a machine type set by the setting means as not having a first specific state is in a second specific state, while determining that a machine type set by the setting means as not having a second specific state is in a first specific state, and for a machine type set by the setting means as having the first and second specific states , determining whether the specific state is the first specific state or the second specific state based on whether the number of jackpot lottery draws tallied by the jackpot lottery draw number tallying means has reached the predetermined number;
A gaming management system comprising: a gaming information aggregation means for aggregating gaming information regarding the first specific state and the second specific state based on the judgment result by the specific state type judgment means. The gaming center management system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the specific state type determination means determines that the first specific state has occurred and then determines that the first specific state has been switched to the second specific state when the number of consecutive non-winning jackpot draws up to the present time, counted by the jackpot draw count count means, reaches the predetermined number. The gaming facility management system described in any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the gaming information tallying means tallys up the number of occurrences of the first specific state and the second specific state, and the number of jackpot draws executed in the first specific state and the second specific state.