JPH0412782A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To surely prevent such a state as the number of pinball balls which becomes profits of the player concerned becomes large excessively even in the case of the game-stop by a game using the pinball balls obtained by other pinball game machine by executing a forced stop of continuation of the game at the time when a total of the number of profit pinball balls and the number of pinball galls shown by storage pinball ball number information of a game ticket reaches a prescribed game-stop set value. CONSTITUTION:When the machine becomes a game-stop state especially, continuation of a game is topped forcibly, and also, a total of the number of game pinball balls DELTAN and storage pinball ball number information N at that time point is stored in a game ticket 3 as a premium ball number information N', and thereafter, its game ticket 3 is returned. In this case, a decision of the game-stop state is executed, based on whether the number of game pinball number DELTAN (corresponding to the number of profit pinball balls obtained by a player from the game) and the pinball ball number information N of the game ticket 3 reaches a game-stop set value Q set in advance or not, therefore, in the case the player executes a game by the game ticket 3 in which the pinball balls obtained by other pinball game machine are stored and a game machine 1 becomes a game-stop, profits of the player side are decreased by the number of pinball balls in hit hands, and a fear that the number of profit pinball balls which the player obtained in connection with the game-stop becomes large is eliminated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a pachinko game machine configured to allow a game in response to the attachment of a game ticket in which information on the number of pachinko balls is stored.

(Prior Art) In pachinko halls, when the number of pachinko balls obtained by a player through playing on a pachinko game machine reaches a predetermined stop setting value, the player is prohibited from continuing playing. It is being done. In other words, such stopping control is performed by a computer device that centrally manages a large number of pachinko game machines. Based on the signal indicating the number of pachinko balls acquired by the player and the signal indicating the number of out balls (the number of pachinko balls consumed by the player in the game), calculate the difference between the number of safe balls and the number of out balls, and calculate the difference between the number of safe balls and the number of out balls. When the number of differential balls indicated by the result (that is, the number of profitable pachinko balls for the player) exceeds a preset stop value, a stop signal is generated to stop the corresponding pachinko game machine. is under control.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) When the above-mentioned conventional configuration is used to control stopping, the pachinko game machine may be stopped by bringing in pachinko balls acquired at another pachinko game machine. When the pachinko balls are stopped, the number of profit pachinko balls that the player receives will be greater than the above-mentioned stop setting value by the number of pachinko balls brought in, and therefore, there will be many stops due to playing with such brought-in pachinko balls. If this occurs, the loss on the pachinko hall side will increase unnecessarily.

Additionally, pachinko halls are generally equipped with many different types of pachinko game machines, but among these machines, once a so-called special prize state is reached during play, the game will be stopped if the game continues. Alternatively, there are many types of machines that have a high probability of ending the game if the game is continued. Therefore, in these types of pachinko game machines, there is a high probability that the game will be canceled due to bringing in pachinko balls obtained from other pachinko game machines, which increases the loss on the pachinko hall side as described above. It becomes a serious problem.

For this reason, especially for pachinko game machines that exhibit the above-mentioned special prize status, it is important to prohibit the playing of pachinko balls that have been won from other nokuchinko game machines in order to ensure fair profits for players. This is considered desirable in terms of distribution and prevention of increased losses on the pachinko hall side. Therefore, conventionally, pachinko hall employees monitor the above-mentioned attempts to bring in pachinko balls, thereby prohibiting people from bringing in pachinko balls that they have acquired from other pachinko game machines. . However, in reality, the above-mentioned monitoring alone is not enough, and pachinko halls have to accept a certain amount of increased losses due to pachinko game machines being discontinued due to players using brought-in pachinko balls. Met.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to reduce the number of pachinko balls that will benefit the player even if the game is canceled due to the pachinko balls acquired on another pachinko game machine. To provide a nokuchinko game machine that can reliably prevent situations from increasing in number.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides information on the number of pachinko balls in a state where a gaming ticket storing the information on the number of pachinko balls is attached. The target is a pachinko game machine that allows games within a certain range, and also reduces the stored pachinko ball number information by the number of pachinko balls used for the game. Obtained (
After providing a calculation means for calculating the player's profit number of pachinko balls corresponding to the difference between the number of balls and the number of pachinko balls consumed, the profit calculated by the calculation means, (the number of balls and the game ticket) When the total number of pachinko balls indicated by the stored number of pachinko balls information reaches a predetermined stop setting value, the continuation of the game is forcibly stopped, and the number of profit pachinko balls is stored in the game ticket. The configuration includes a control means for adding information.

(Function) A pachinko game machine can play a game by attaching a game ticket storing pachinko ball number information, and when a game is played, the pachinko ball number information is transferred to the pachinko ball used for the game. This will reduce the number of
As a result, the pachinko ball number information stored in the game ticket in the middle of a game corresponds to the number of pachinko balls that are not used for games among the pachinko balls held by the player.

The calculation means calculates the difference between the number of pachinko balls acquired and the number of pachinko balls consumed during the game as the number of profit pachinko balls on the player's side, and the number of profit pachinko balls calculated in this way and the number of pachinko balls consumed in the game. When the total with the number of pachinko balls in hand indicated by the pachinko ball number information stored in the ticket reaches a predetermined stop setting value, a control means forcibly stops the continuation of the game and makes it so-called stop. Therefore, if a player plays a game using a game ticket that stores pachinko balls acquired at another pachinko game machine and decides to stop playing, the stop setting value will be reduced by the number of pachinko balls the player has. As a result, there is no possibility that the number of profit pachinko balls that a player obtains due to cancellation will increase as in the past.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 shows the front appearance of the pachinko game machine 1, which will be described below. That is, as will be described later, in this pachinko game machine 1, the operation of the ball firing mechanism 4 is enabled only when a valid game ticket 3 is inserted into the card insertion slot 2 provided at the upper front surface of the pachinko game machine 1. The state can be changed to a state where the game can be played. Above game ticket 3
is made up of, for example, a magnetic card, and is sold through an automatic issuing machine (not shown).
In addition to pachinko ball number information N indicating the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the sales amount, information such as an identification code for preventing forgery and the date and time of issue are stored.

Such a pachinko game machine 1 is provided with a ball holder 5 for storing pachinko balls (not shown) inside.
The pachinko balls in this ball receiving part 5 are ejected onto a board surface 6 by a ball ejecting mechanism 4. At this time, the pachinko balls that have been fired are collected into the ball receiving section 5 through any of the winning holes 6a group, the outlet 6b, and the foul ball passage 6C, and due to such circulation of pachinko balls, The game continues. In addition, the pachinko game machine 1 includes a winning ball detector 7 that detects pachinko balls that have entered the winning hole 6a, a fired ball detector 8 that detects pachinko balls that have been fired toward the board 6, and a ball detector 8 that detects pachinko balls that have been fired toward the board 6. A foul ball detector 9 is provided to detect pachinko balls that have returned to the ball receiving section 5 via the foul ball passage 6c without reaching the foul ball path 6c. The number of safe balls (value obtained by multiplying the number of pachinko balls detected by the winning ball detector 7 by the number of prize balls awarded for one winning ball (for example, 13)) and the number of out balls (the number of pachinko balls detected by the fired ball detector 8) It becomes possible to calculate the value obtained by subtracting the number of pachinko balls detected by the foul ball detector 9 from the number of pachinko balls detected by the foul ball detector 9.

Further, a return button 1 for taking out the game ticket 3 inserted into the card insertion slot 2 is provided on the upper front surface of the pachinko game machine 1.
0, Pachinko ball number information display unit 11 for digitally displaying the pachinko ball number information N stored in the game ticket 3 inserted into the card insertion slot 2, the number of pachinko balls ΔN used for the game
A game ball number display section 12 for digitally displaying the number of game balls, a call button 13 for calling an employee, a stop indicator light 14 that indicates that the pachinko game machine 1 is in a stop state, and a pachinko ball stored in the game ticket 3. Select buttons 15 are provided respectively to be operated when using the number information N in a game.

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of the electrical configuration of the pachinko game machine 1, which will be explained below. That is, 16 is a card insertion/removal device provided corresponding to the card insertion slot 2.
When a game ticket 3 is inserted, the game ticket 3 is held in the inserted state, and when a return command signal Sre, which will be described later, is given, the game ticket 3 is ejected. Reference numeral 17 denotes a card reader provided corresponding to the card insertion slot 2, which is configured to read the stored contents of the game ticket 3 held in the inserted state by the card insertion/removal device 16.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a storage unit constituted by a RAM, for example, which stores a game pachinko ball storage area for storing the game pachinko ball number ΔN, as well as pachinko ball number information read from the game ticket 3, identification code, and issue date and time information. It has a storage area etc. for storing. In addition, the storage unit 18 has the following information:
A backup power source is provided to prevent the stored contents from being easily initialized even during a power outage. Reference numeral 19 denotes a card writer provided corresponding to the card insertion slot 2, which is configured to be able to rewrite the stored contents of the game ticket 3 in the inserted state.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a control circuit including a CPU, which constitutes arithmetic means and control means in the present invention. This control circuit 20 consists of one winning ball detector 7° shot ball detector 8. Foul ball detector9. Return button 10. Call button 13
．． Based on each signal from the select button 15, the contents stored in the storage section 18, and a pre-stored program, the ball firing mechanism 4° pachinko ball number information display section 11. Game ball number display section 12, stop indicator light 14. The card insertion/removal device 16 is adapted to control the card writer 19 as described below.

That is, FIG. 2 shows an outline of the functions of the pachinko game machine 1 including the contents of control by the control circuit 20, which will be explained below.

The function of the pachinko game machine 1 is activated for the first time when the game ticket 3 is inserted into the card insertion slot 2 (step A).
I). When the function is activated in this way, first, the inserted game ticket 3 is held in the inserted state by the card insertion/removal device 16 (step A2), and the memory contents of the game ticket 3 are read by the card reader 17. Storage section 18
(Step A3).

Then, based on the identification code for preventing forgery among the stored data, it is determined whether or not the game ticket 3 is genuine (step A4).
or from another pachinko hall), a return command signal Sre is sent to the card insertion/removal device 16.
to return the game ticket 3 (step A5), after which the process returns to the judgment step A1.

If it is determined in step A4 that the game ticket 3 is genuine, it is determined whether or not the game ticket 3 is within its expiration date based on the issue date and time information of the stored data (step A6). If it is determined that the expiration date has passed, the process returns to step A1 via step A5 in which the game ticket 3 is returned.

In addition, if the inserted game ticket 3 is within the expiration date (if determined to be rYEsJ in step A6), the stored pachinko ball number information N of the game ticket 3 is displayed on the pachinko ball number information display section. 11, and the number ΔN of game pachinko balls stored in the game pachinko ball storage area of the storage unit 18 is displayed on the game ball number display unit 12 (Step A
7).

It should be noted that at the beginning of insertion of the game ticket 3, the number ΔN of game pachinko balls is not stored in the storage section 18, so the display on the game ball number display section 12 becomes rOJ.

Next, based on the stored data, it is determined whether the pachinko ball number information N of the game ticket 3 is "0" or not (step A8),
If it is determined to be "0", the process returns to step A1 via step A5 in which the game ticket 3 is returned.

When the inserted game ticket 3 has a balance of pachinko ball number information N (when it is determined to be rNOJ in step A8)
In this step, power is applied to the ball firing mechanism 4 to enable its operation (step A9).

After the pachinko game machine 1 is switched to the playable state as described above, it is determined whether or not the number of game pachinko balls ΔN stored in the storage unit 18 is "0" or not in step A10.
), in the case of "YES" (when step AIO is executed for the first time, rYES"), it is determined again whether or not the pachinko ball number information N of the game ticket 3 is "0" (step A11). If it is determined that the
2) When the select button 15 is operated, a memory rewriting routine A13 is executed.

In this memory rewriting routine A13, the pachinko ball number information N stored in the game ticket 3 is decreased by a predetermined unit number n (for example, a number equivalent to 100 yen) through the card writer 19, and the game pachinko ball number information N stored in the storage section 31 is The number of balls ΔN is increased by the above unit number n, and after this, the display contents of the pachinko ball number display section 11 and the game ball number display section 12 are changed according to the update of the memory contents as described above. Step A14), step AIO
Return to Therefore, after execution of routine A1B, it will be determined that rNOJ is determined in step AIO◇ After the pachinko game machine 1 is switched to the playable state as described above and “NO” is determined in step AIO. is the number of pachinko balls fired.

A routine is executed to calculate the number of fouls and the number of wins. That is, step A15. A16. In Al7, the projectile ball detector 8. Foul ball detector9. Winning ball detector 7
Based on the output, it is determined whether a pachinko ball has been fired, a foul pachinko ball, or a winning pachinko ball. Then, when the pachinko ball is fired (step AI
In step 5 [YESJ], the numerical value "1" is subtracted from the number of game pachinko balls ΔN stored in the storage section 18, and the display of the number of game balls display section 12 is changed to the newly stored number of game pachinko balls ΔN. (Step A1g, A1
9). Further, when a foul pachinko ball is generated (rYEsJ in step A16), the numerical value "1" is added to the above-mentioned memory game pachinko ball number ΔN, and the display on the game ball number display section 12 is similarly changed (step A20.A2
1). Furthermore, when a pachinko ball enters the winning hole 6a (rYESJ in step A17), a predetermined value (r13J in this case) is added to the number of game pachinko balls ΔN stored in the storage unit 18, and the number of game balls is displayed. The display in section 12 is changed to indicate the newly stored number of pachinko balls ΔN (steps A22 and A23).

Each display changing step A19 as described above. A21, A2
After executing Step 3, it is determined whether or not the select button 15 has been operated (Step A24). When the select button 15 has been operated, the memory rewriting routine A13 is executed; however, if it has not been operated, the memory rewriting routine A13 is executed. It is determined whether the number ΔN of pachinko balls stored in the unit 18 is rOJ (step A25).

This step A25 is rYEs in the step All.
This is also executed when it is determined that it is J, and when it is determined that rYESJ, that is, the number of game balls display section 1
When the display of 2 becomes rOJ, the predetermined delay time t
A loop is formed to wait for the number of pachinko balls (step A26), and then it is again determined whether the number ΔN of pachinko balls in the stored game is equal to rOJ (step A27). Note that each step A26. A
27 deals with the problem that even after the number ΔN of pachinko balls for a memorized game reaches rOJ, the number ΔN of pachinko balls for a memorized game may return to "1" or more depending on the occurrence of foul pachinko balls and winning pachinko balls. Therefore, the delay time t is determined in accordance with such circumstances.

When rYEsJ is determined in step A27, that is, when the stored game pachinko ball number ΔN finally becomes "0", it is determined whether or not the pachinko ball number information N of the game ticket 3 is "0" (step A28).

If the judgment is "NO" here, step A1
However, when the judgment is "YES", that is, when the number of pachinko balls stored in the storage unit 18 and the number information N of pachinko balls on the game ticket 3 are both "0", the ball firing mechanism 4 is activated. The power is cut off to stop the game (step A29). After this, the routine returns to step A1 through routine A30) for initializing the storage contents of the storage section 18 and step A5 for returning the game ticket 3.

On the other hand, step A25. In each state where rN OJ is determined in A27, the display on the game ball number display section 12 is "
In a state other than "0", the sum of the number of stored pachinko balls ΔN (corresponding to the player's profit number of pachinko balls) and the number of pachinko balls information N of the game ticket 3 reaches a preset stop value Q. In step A31), if it is determined that the result is rNOJ, the process returns to the determination step A15. Therefore, in a state where the number of stored pachinko balls ΔN is "1" or more and the pachinko game machine 1 has not reached the end, the above-described steps Al0 to A51 are selectively executed in accordance with the firing of pachinko balls during the game. At the same time, the number ΔN of pachinko balls stored in the storage unit 18 indicating the game results is sequentially updated.

On the other hand, when rYESJ is determined in step A31, that is, when the pachinko game machine 1 has come to a stop, the stop indicator light 14 is turned on and the ball firing mechanism 4 is powered off (steps A32 and A33). . After this,
For the game ticket 3, the number of pachinko balls stored in the game ΔN (corresponding to the number of pachinko balls obtained by the player by canceling the pachinko game machine 1), the number of pachinko balls information N stored in the game ticket 3, and , that is, the total number of man-hours held by the player at the time of cancellation, is stored as the prize ball number information N', and the pachinko ball number information N of the game ticket 3 is initialized in routine A34), and then in step A. After returning the game ticket 3, the process returns to step A1.

Although not shown in FIG. 2, when the return button 10 is pressed while the game ticket 3 is inserted, an interrupt is immediately generated and the game ticket 3 is returned. However, before this return, the pachinko ball number information N stored in the game ticket 3 is rewritten to a value added by the number of game pachinko balls ΔN stored in the storage section 18. Furthermore, when the stop indicator light 14 is in a lit state, playing with the game ticket 3 is prohibited, and the lit state is canceled by an operation on the pachinko hall side.

In short, the pachinko game machine 1 allows the game by supplying power to the ball firing mechanism 4 when a valid game ticket 3 is inserted, and also stores information in the game ticket 3 each time the select button 15 is operated. Pachinko machine number information N is set to a predetermined number of units n.
The game pachinko ball number ΔN is transferred to the storage unit 18, and when the game is played, the game pachinko ball number ΔN is transferred to the storage unit 18.
Add or subtract the income and expenditure associated with the game. Then, the number of game pachinko balls ΔN and the game ticket 3 stored in the storage unit 18
The game ticket 3 is returned when the pachinko ball number information N stored in both become "0" and when the return button 10 is operated to interrupt the game. However, when the return button 10 is operated, the number ΔN of game pachinko balls at that time is added to the pachinko ball number information N and returned. Therefore, in this case, the pachinko ball number information N of the game ticket 3 allows the player to play the game again on the pachinko game machine 1.

In addition, especially when the game is stopped, the continuation of the game is forcibly stopped, and the sum of the number of pachinko balls played at that time ΔN and the stored pachinko ball number information N is added to the game ticket 3 as prize ball number information. After storing it as N', the game ticket 3
to be returned. In this case, the determination of the discontinued state is based on the number of pachinko balls played (corresponding to the number of profit pachinko balls that player a has earned from playing) and the information N on the number of pachinko balls of game ticket 3 (the number of pachinko balls that player a has not played). This is based on whether or not the total number of pachinko balls (corresponding to the number of pachinko balls in hand) reaches a preset stop value Q. If the game machine 1 is canceled after playing a game using the game ticket 3 which has been stored, the player's profit will be reduced by the number of pachinko balls in hand, and as a result, the game machine 1 will be canceled. This eliminates the possibility that the number of profit pachinko balls that a player obtains will increase as in the past.

Although not shown, the prize exchange counter in the pachinko hall is equipped with a display device into which the game ticket 3 is inserted, and this display device determines the authenticity and expiration date of the game ticket 3 as it is inserted. At the same time, when the game ticket 3 is valid, the stored contents of the game ticket 3 (pachinko ball number information N and prize ball number information N') are configured to be digitally displayed. Therefore, based on the display content by this display device, the pachinko ball number information N stored in the game ticket 3
And prizes can be paid out for the number of prize balls information N'.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, as is clear from the above explanation, even if the game is canceled due to the pachinko balls acquired on another pachinko game machine, the number of pachinko balls that will benefit the player This has an excellent effect in that it can reliably prevent a situation where the number of cases increases unnecessarily.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of a pachinko game machine, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an outline of the functions of the pachinko game machine, and FIG. FIG. In the figure, 1 is a pachinko game machine, 2 is a card insertion slot, 7 is a winning ball detector, 8 is a fired ball detector, 9 is a foul ball detector, 11 is a pachinko ball number information display section, and 12 is the number of game balls A display section, 18 a storage section, and 20 a control circuit (arithmetic means, control means). Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. While a game ticket storing pachinko ball number information is attached, gaming is permitted within the range of the pachinko ball number information, and the stored pachinko ball number information is stored only for the number of pachinko balls to be played. A pachinko game machine configured to reduce the number of pachinko balls, comprising: a calculation means for calculating a player's profit number of pachinko balls corresponding to the difference between the number of pachinko balls acquired during play and the number of pachinko balls consumed; and a calculation means performed by the calculation means. When the sum of the number of profitable pachinko balls displayed and the number of pachinko balls indicated by the number of pachinko balls stored in the game ticket reaches a predetermined stop setting value, the continuation of the game is forcibly stopped, and the number of profit pachinko balls is 1. A pachinko game machine, comprising: control means for adding the number of pachinko balls stored in the game ticket to information on the number of pachinko balls stored in the game ticket.