JPH0417674B2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention relates to a centralized management device for a pachinko game machine, and more specifically, it collects important information directly related to the management status of the game shop, such as the number of jackpots of electric accessories, from each pachinko game machine. , and relates to a new centralized management device for pachinko game parlors that can output and process the same.

As is well known, in recent years pachinko game parlors have connected terminal devices such as pachinko machines and ball rental machines to a computer system via transmission lines, and this computer system can monitor the number of balls sold, the number of winning balls, and the number of balls won from each terminal.
It collects information indicating the number of balls in supply and number of out pitches, etc., centrally manages the so-called store-wide system such as replenishment instructions and stoppage instructions for each terminal, and performs sales aggregation processing. Based on the information collected in this way, the gaming parlor makes decisions on business policies such as adjusting nails.

By the way, in recent years, pachinko gaming machines have incorporated many accessories, such as electric accessories, in order to improve the services provided to players. In pachinko machines equipped with this type of accessory, the winning rate per unit time changes greatly depending on whether the accessory is in a so-called jackpot state or in a state other than a jackpot, making it extremely highly profitable. It is true that we have gained the support of many players because of the number of balls won, the number of out balls, the number of supplied balls, etc. It is also true that determining business policies based on nail adjustments, etc. is becoming difficult for the following reasons.

In other words, this type of game machine with accessories is controlled so that a so-called jackpot will occur with a certain probability, but this probability can be obtained when considering a long-term cycle such as monthly or yearly. It is a thing,
When considered in a short cycle such as one day's business hours, there is considerable deviation. However, with conventional systems that only aggregate information related to profit and loss calculations, it is not possible to grasp factors related to changes in gaming conditions such as the occurrence of jackpots.
A sales policy must be established on the premise that the probability of a jackpot occurring is uniquely determined, or a sales policy must be determined based entirely on the adjuster's intuition.

Therefore, for example, when considering the adjustment of the nails of a dowel table, the method of adjusting the nails is completely different depending on whether the fixation occurs due to the occurrence of a jackpot or the case where the fixation occurs regardless of the occurrence of a jackpot. Nevertheless, this distinction cannot be made at all by conventional aggregation of profit and loss calculations, so it is possible to judge that too many jackpots have occurred for machines that have been closed, regardless of the occurrence of jackpots. It is quite possible that you may end up adjusting the nails. Also, even if we consider the case where the winning device is stopped due to fraudulent means such as opening the variable prize winning device artificially with a piano wire, etc., the conventional system not only cannot detect the fraudulent means, but also leaves the nail open. Based on this judgment, the nails may be tightened even further.

The present invention has been made in view of the current situation, and its purpose is to use a terminal for a pachinko game machine where the player's profit fluctuates rapidly due to changes in conditions, such as electric accessories. A new system for pachinko game parlors that uses a centralized management system for pachinko game parlors to collect information related to the occurrence of predetermined gaming conditions, such as the occurrence of jackpots, by installing a few additional lines, and to output and process this information. The purpose is to provide a centralized management device.

To summarize, the present invention connects a plurality of pachinko gaming machines configured such that a player's profit increases rapidly when a predetermined gaming state is reached to a control system via a transmission line, and the control system In a centralized management device for a pachinko game parlor that processes information collected from the terminal device via a transmission line, the plurality of pachinko game machines each sends information associated with the predetermined gaming state to the transmission line. In addition to providing a transmitting means, the control system includes a storage means for accumulating and storing information transmitted from each pachinko game machine via the transmission line for each pachinko game machine and each piece of information, and the storage means. An output means is provided to output and process the information stored in the machine, and the number of jackpots for each machine can be displayed.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 100 is a control system, and a plurality of pachinko gaming machines P1 to Pn are connected to this control system 100 via a transmission line 200. . Each of the pachinko machines P1 to Pn transmits information indicating the number of winning balls, the number of out balls, the number of replenished balls, etc. to the control system 100 via the transmission line 200, and from the control system 100 via the transmission line 200. Control information such as replenishing a ball-deficient table and stopping the supply of a ball-stopping table is performed based on the control information provided.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, in addition to the above, each pachinko game machine P1 to Pn transmits information associated with the state of the accessory to the control system via the transmission line 200, although specific information differs depending on the type of accessory. 100
to be transmitted. In this way, control system 100
The information transmitted to is first transmitted to the transmission control device 110.
The transmission control device 110 integrates and stores this information in the integration memories 160a, b, c, and d for each type of information and each identification code of the pachinko gaming machines P1 to Pn.

Then, the CPU 130, which controls the entire control system 100, integrates and stores it in the integration memories 160a, b, c, and d according to a program written in advance in the ROM 140 or a program loaded into the RAM 150 when the system is initialized. Information is read through the transmission control device 110 and displayed on the CRT display 311 through the I/O port 310, or
It is printed out from the printer 321 via 20. Using the information obtained in this way, the operator can grasp the state of the accessories in each pachinko game machine P1 to Pn, and use this information as information for discovering fraudulent activities and adjusting the nails the next day.

As mentioned above, the specific content of the information sent by each pachinko game machine P1 to Pn is
Since the configurations of accessories 1 to Pn are naturally different, FIG. 2 shows an example of a pachinko game machine with electric accessories.

That is, FIG. 2 shows an example of a game board surface 400 of a pachinko game machine with an electric accessory, and the game machine shown is in a first state that is disadvantageous to the player due to the game result of a so-called slot game. It is of the type that opens and closes a variable winning device that can be converted into a second state that is advantageous to the player.

As shown in the figure, a game device 41 has 7-segment LEDs arranged in three digits approximately in the center of the game board surface 400.
0 is arranged, and the opening mode of a variable winning device described later is controlled in accordance with the display mode of the game device 410, thereby greatly changing the player's profit status. In this embodiment, information indicating factors involved in fluctuations in the player's profit status is transmitted to the transmission line 20.
0 to the control system 100.

That is, the game board surface 400 of this embodiment includes normal winning ball devices 401, 402, and 403 that only promise to refund prize balls for winning balls, out holes for collecting out balls, and a cut-off for starting the game. Special ball winning areas 420a, 420b, 420 for hanging
c is provided, and this special ball winning area 420a.4
When a pachinko ball hits 20b or 420c, the game device 410 is activated and its display mode changes continuously. Then, when the player presses a stop switch 430 provided on the front of the game machine, or when the player does not press the stop switch 430 even after a predetermined period of time has passed after the game machine 410 was activated, the game machine 410 stops its operation. is stopped, and the opening mode of the variable prize winning device 440 is controlled according to the display mode of the game device 410 at that time. Specifically, when the display mode of the game device 410 becomes [7.7.7] and the game ends, the variable prize winning device 440 receives 30
When the game ends in any other display mode, the variable winning device 440 opens for 0.6 seconds.

In addition, in this embodiment, the central variable winning area 440a
is defined as a special winning area, and when the variable winning device 440 is opened for 30 seconds as described above, the variable winning device 440a (special ball winning area)
When a prize is won, the variable winning device 440 opens for another 30 seconds after the 30-second opening is completed. In addition, in FIG. 2, a so-called chip type is shown as an example of the variable winning device 440. The present invention can be applied to other winning devices as long as they have a type in which the probability of winning inside is extremely low or does not occur at all when the device is closed, and the probability of winning increases when the device is opened. be.

FIG. 3 shows the control system that controls the operation of such a pachinko game machine.The operation will be explained in detail with reference to the drawings.After starting the game, the specific ball winning areas 420a, 420b, 420
When a pachinko ball wins a prize in any of c, specific ball winning areas 420a, 420b, 420, which are configured by, for example, a photoelectric sensor or a micro switch,
Specific sphere detectors 421a and 421 provided in c
b.421c generates a specific ball detection signal, and this specific ball detection signal is applied to the game device starting means 422.

This game device starting means 422 is a random number generator 4
23, a start signal and a stop signal are added thereto. The game device starting means 422 has a built-in counter that can continuously count up to four specific ball detection signals, and as long as this counter does not overflow, a random number is generated every time a specific ball detection signal is added. An activation signal is applied to section 423.

When the activation signal is applied in this way, the random number generator 423 uses software to generate three series of random numbers from 0 to 9, and these random numbers are sent to the decoders/drivers 424a, 424b, and 424 for each series.
added to c. and decoder driver 42
4a, 424b, and 424c each decode the random number and display the corresponding LED display section 411 of the game device 410.
a, 411b, and 411c are driven. Therefore, the game device starting means 4 that has received the specific ball detection signal
At the same time as 22 applies a start signal to the random number generator 423, the display mode of the game device 410 changes continuously, and the slot game is started.

After the slot game is started in this way, the player can press the stop switch 430 at any time.
When pressed, a stop signal is output from the stop switch 430, and this stop signal is applied to the random number generator 423 via the OR gate 432. When the random number generator 423 receives this stop signal, it stops generating random numbers, so the game device 410
The display contents of the LED display sections 411a, 411b, and 411c are fixed at that point, and the slot game ends. The game device starting means 422 also has a timer function, so that the player can press the stop switch 43.
Even if you forget to press 0, a stop signal will be generated, for example, 4 seconds after outputting the start signal to the random number generating means 423, and this stop signal will be applied to the random number generating section 423 via the OR gate 432. Therefore, even if the player forgets to press the stop switch 430, the slot game will automatically end when four seconds have elapsed after the start of the slot game. When the slot game ends in this manner, a game end signal indicating the end of the game is sent from the random number generator 423 to the AND logic 425 and the variable winning device control means 44.
Added to 1.

First, numerical information equivalent to the random number added to the decoder/driver 424 is added to the AND logic 425 from the random number generator 423, and when the AND logic 425 receives the game end signal, at that point the random number generator 423 Check the logic of the 3 series of random numbers being output, and when all the random numbers show [7], make the output a positive logic, and when the 3 series of random numbers are other than the above, make the output a negative logic. do. For example, the game device 410, the AND logic 425
etc. function as a specific game state detection means.

On the other hand, when the variable prize winning device control means 441 receives the game end signal, it checks the output logic of the AND logic 425, and if the output logic is negative, it triggers the 0.6 second timer 442, and if the output logic of the AND logic 425 is positive, it triggers the 0.6 second timer 442. If so, a trigger is added to the 30 second timer 443.

First, when a trigger is applied to the 0.6 second timer 442, the 0.6 second timer 442 oscillates for 0.6 seconds, and its output, the activation signal, becomes positive. This activation signal is then passed through the OR gate 444 to the driver 4.
45, and variable prize winning devices 440a and 440
Solenoid 446 for driving b/440c
A, 446b, and 446c are excited during that time, and variable winning devices 440a, 440b, and 440c are opened for 0.6 seconds. Then, the falling edge of the activation signal output by the 0.6 second timer is applied to the game device activation means 422 via the OR gate 447, and the counter in the game device activation means 422 is subtracted. Therefore, if the counter in the game device starting means 422 is adjusted so that it overflows at a count of 4, for example, the specific ball detection signal will be received up to 4 times in a row, but any more specific ball detection signals will be rejected by the slot game. The game will not be accepted unless the game results are shown after the first round.

On the other hand, when a trigger is applied to the 30-second timer 443, the 30-second timer 443 oscillates for 30 seconds, and its output, the activation signal, becomes positive. This activation signal is then passed through the OR gate 444 to the driver 445.
are amplified by the variable prize winning devices 440a, 440b,
Solenoid 446a for driving 440c.
446b and 446c are excited during that time, and the variable winning devices 440a, 440b and 440c are opened for 30 seconds. Also, since the output of the 30 second timer 443 is applied to one control input terminal of the AND gate 451, when the variable prize winning device 440 is open for 30 seconds, the logic of one control input terminal of the AND gate 451 is It's becoming positive. Also, and gate 451
The overflow output of the number setting means 452 is applied to the other control input terminal of the number setting means 452, but since the overflow output of the number setting means 452 is at H level in the initial state, the special ball winning area is defined in this state. When a pachinko ball wins in the variable winning device 440a, a special ball detection signal generated by the special ball detector 453 is applied to the maximum profit giving means 454 via the AND gate 451. For example, AND gate 451, special sphere detector 4
53 etc. function as a continuation condition detection means.

This maximum profit granting means 454 opens the variable prize winning device 440 again for 30 seconds when certain conditions are met, thereby granting an extremely large profit to the player. Specifically, this maximum profit giving means 454
is logically configured to start operation when a special ball detection signal is applied via AND gate 451, and when the operation starts, 30 second timer 44 is activated.
Monitor the output of 3, and after the output is finished, output 1.
30 seconds timer 4 via or gate 448 only once
Add a trigger to 43. Therefore, the variable prize winning device 4
Variable winning device 4 when 40 is opened for 30 seconds
If you win 40a, the variable prize winning device 440 will again
It will open for 30 seconds. In this way, when the variable winning device 440 is open for 30 seconds, the AND gate 451 is also open, so if the variable winning device 440 is opened for 30 seconds, the variable winning device 440a is opened. As long as you win,
The variable prize winning device 440 repeats the 30 second opening endlessly.

Therefore, in this embodiment, a counter built in the number setting means 452 counts the falling edge of the output of the 30 second timer 443, and when this counter counts a set number, for example 10, the overflow output of the number setting means 452 is activated. It is designed to drop to L level. As a result, and gate 451
is closed, the special ball detection signal generated after that is not added to the maximum profit giving means 454,
Therefore, when the variable prize winning device 440 finishes the 10th 30 second winning, the maximum profit giving means 454 will win 30 seconds.
Instead of outputting the activation signal to the second timer 443, a reset signal is generated, and this reset signal resets the number setting means 452 via the OR gate 447, and also subtracts the counter built in the game device activation means 422. In addition, variable prize winning device 4
Even if the variable winning device 440a does not win during the 30-second opening period of 40, the special ball detection signal is not applied to the maximum profit giving means 454, so after the 30-second opening period of the variable winning device 440 ends, the device Initialized. For example, an OR gate 448, a 30 second timer 443, etc. function as repetitive drive control means.

By the way, the variable winning device 440 is configured in such a way that the internal winning efficiency is significantly improved by opening it as described above, so that changes in the aspect of the variable winning device 440 during the game process are not beneficial to the players. This has a significant relationship and has a significant bearing on the management status of the gaming parlor. Therefore, in order to provide fair and appropriate services to players and to run sound management at the gaming parlor, it is important to accurately grasp the information related to changes in the mode of the variable prize winning device 440. desirable.

For example, in the case of the pachinko game machine shown in FIG. 2, the factors involved in the variation in the mode of the variable prize winning device 440 are: (a) Within a unit time, the display of the game device 410 is [7.7. 7], the number of times the display mode became the so-called jackpot.

(b) The number of times slot games are played within a unit of time.

(c) Within a unit time, the specific ball winning area 420
Number of pitches entered.

(d) The number of times the variable prize winning device repeats opening for 30 seconds due to the influence of the special ball detection signal within a unit time.

etc. can be considered.

Therefore, in this embodiment, in order for the control system 100 to recognize information related to changes in the aspect of the variable prize winning device 440, signals at each point shown in FIG. 3 are transmitted to the control system 100, and the control system 100
The signals transmitted on the 0 side are integrated and stored.

Specifically, (a) the variable winning device 441 sets the 30-second timer 44 in order to ascertain the number of times the display of the game device 410 changes to the jackpot display mode within a unit time;
(b) transmitting an activation signal applied by the game device activation means 422 to the random number generation means 423 in order to ascertain the number of slot games played within a unit time; (c) Within unit time, specific ball winning area 420
(d) To determine the number of times the variable prize winning device is repeatedly opened for 30 seconds due to the influence of the special ball detection signal within a unit time. Maximum profit giving means 454
transmits the activation signal applied to the 30 second timer 443.

Terminal point ABCD in FIG. 3 indicates an outlet for these signals, and a specific transmission system and a configuration example of the transmission system are shown in detail in FIG. 4.

To summarize the transmission method shown in FIG. 4, the pachinko game machine Pi scanned by the decoder 111 on the transmission control device 110 side (i is a natural number from 0 to n)
The signals generated at points A, B, C, and D within the transmission lines 202a, 202b, and 202b correspond to each signal.
Transmission control device 11 via 202c and 202d
Integration memories 160a, 160b, 1 are latched by the latch circuit 112 on the 0 side and correspond to each piece of information.
60c and 160d and stored. In the illustrated embodiment, the terminal designated address by the decoder 111 and each integration memory 160a, 160b,
Since the addresses of 160c and 160d are matched in terms of hardware, information can be collected extremely quickly in this embodiment.

Next, the detailed configuration of the transmission system shown in FIG. 4 will be explained together with its operation. is added to the clock input terminal of
The count value of the ring counter 114 that is added in synchronization with this basic clock is added to the decoder 115 for timing control, and the decoder 115
generates various control signals from 0 to 7 by arranging the count value of the ring counter 114. One transmission cycle is completed while the various control signals from 0 to 7 generated by the decoder 115 go around. Further, the most significant digit of the ring counter 114 is added to the clock input terminal of a ring counter 116, and the counted value of this ring counter 116 is used to specify the address of the pachinko game machine serving as the terminal, and is also used in the accumulation memories 160a, b, and c. Used for addressing.

That is, the count value of the ring counter 116 is added to the decoder 111 for specifying the address of the terminal device, and the decoder 111 decodes this and outputs the first address.
Specify the n-th terminal device from the serial number. Since the count value of the ring counter 114 goes through one cycle while the count value of the ring counter 116 is incremented by 1, while the decoder 111 is specifying a certain pachinko game machine, the data with that pachinko game machine is The transmission cycle will end.

For example, suppose that as a result of the slot game being played on the first machine, the display mode of the game device 410 becomes [7.7.7] (that is, jackpot). The display mode of the game device 410 is [7.
7.7], the variable prize winning device control means 441 applies a trigger to the 30 second timer 443 via the OR gate 448, and this trigger is derived to point A.
(See Figure 3) And, referring to Figure 4, A
A drive current flows through the driver circuit Da due to the trigger derived from the point, and the relay 211 in the switchboard 210
a is closed.

On the other hand, at a certain timing, the ring counter 114
When the count value of becomes 1, the decoder 111
The first number is designated by turning on the number output and turning on the sweep driver DR1. When the sweep driver DR1 is turned on in this way, the power supply V is connected to the photocoupler Pa, the transmission line 202a, and the relay 2.
A current flows through the path 11a/terminal finger setting line 201, and the phototransistor constituting the photocoupler Pa is turned on.

Furthermore, the latch circuit 112 has four memory locations from La to Ld, and the memory locations are respectively assigned to the signals at points A, B, C, and D in FIG. Circuit 112 is decoder 1
The input signal is latched at the timing when the load signal, which is the output No. 15, is added. Therefore, when the phototransistor constituting the photocoupler Pa is turned on as described above, the memory location La of the latch circuit 112 stores the occurrence of the jackpot at the timing when the decoder 115 raises the load signal, and its output is It is added to the memory control means 161 in the integration memory 160a.

This memory control means 161 includes a latch circuit 11.
Load, count, and write control signals are applied from another decoder 115 outputting from No. 2, and a memory address is applied from the address bus AD. When a load signal is applied from the decoder 115, this memory control means 161 applies a preset enable signal PE to a preset counter 162, and the preset counter 162 presets the numerical value derived to the output line of the memory 163. Note that the decoder 115 is number 0.
Since the buffer gate 117 is activated when each output of No. 1, No. 2, and No. 7 is activated,
The memory control means 161 includes a buffer gate 117.
The count value of the ring counter 116 (i.e.,
The memory control means 161 gives this address to the memory 163 as it is. Therefore, at this time, the memory contents of the address assigned to the first number of the memory 163 are derived from the output line of the memory 163. Since the memory contents of the address assigned to the first machine in the memory 163 indicate the cumulative number of jackpots that occurred in the first machine until the immediately previous operation cycle, the preset counter 162 stores the previous jackpot number. The cumulative value of the number of jackpots that have occurred in the first machine up to the operation cycle is preset.

Subsequently, when the decoder 115 raises the count signal, this count signal is sent to the memory control means 1.
61, and when the memory control means 161 receives this count signal and the memory location La of the latch circuit 112 stores the occurrence of a jackpot, it outputs a count up clock ck to the preset counter 162. do. Therefore, in the current operation example, the count up clock ck is added to the preset counter 162, so the preset counter 162 calculates the cumulative value of the number of jackpots that have occurred in the first machine up to the immediately previous operation cycle by 1. The count will increase.

Subsequently, when the decoder 115 raises the write signal, this write signal is sent to the memory control means 161.
When the memory control means 161 receives this write signal, it applies a write control signal W to the memory 163. As a result, memory 163
is the value derived on the output line of preset counter 162 (i.e., the first
The cumulative value of the number of jackpots that occurred in the number 3 machine in the current operation cycle is stored as the integrated value of the number of jackpots that occurred in the number 3 machine.

By performing the same operation as above each time the output signal of the decoder 111 specifies each pachinko game machine P1 to Pn, each pachinko game machine P1 to Pn
The cumulative number of jackpots that have occurred is stored in the memory 163 within the cumulative memory 160a.

Further, the integration memories 160b, c, and d are configured similarly to the integration memory 160a, and the relay 211
Since relays b, c, and d are configured similarly to relay 211a, by performing the same operation as above,
The cumulative value of the number of slot games played within a unit time is stored in the cumulative memory 160b, and the cumulative value of the number of wins in the special ball winning area within the unit time is stored in the cumulative memory 160c. The cumulative value of the number of times the winning device repeats opening for 30 seconds is stored in the cumulative memory 160d.
are stored respectively.

In this way, each integration memory 160a, b.
The integrated value of information necessary for c and d is stored, while
The CPU 130 reads the information stored in each of the integration memories 160a, b, c, and d at the timing when the decoder 115 permits the occupancy of the address bus AD.

That is, when the third to sixth outputs of the decoder 115 are at H level, the buffer gate 117 is inactivated and the buffer gate 118 is activated. Therefore, if the CPU 130 writes the machine address of the pachinko machine for which data is to be collected into the latch circuit 119 via the system bus SB, this address will be sent to the address bus AD at the timing when the buffer gate 118 is activated. This platform address is sent to the memory 1 via the memory control means 161.
63. Information about the specified pachinko game machine is then read from the specified address in the memory 163 and sent to the system bus SB via the output buffer 164.

It should be noted that the cumulative number of jackpots that have occurred in each pachinko machine P1 to Pn is collected from the cumulative memory 160a, and the cumulative number of slot games within a unit time is collected from the cumulative memory 1.
From 60b, when collecting the cumulative value of the number of winnings in a specific ball winning area within a unit time, from the cumulative memory 160c, the variable winning device repeats opening for 30 seconds depending on winnings in the special ball winning area within a unit time. Needless to say, when collecting the integrated value of the number of times the data is accumulated, the data is collected from the integrated memory 160d. Also, OR gate OR2 is used to prevent the transmission system from operating inadvertently when the CPU 130 occupies the address bus AD, and when the output of OR gate OR2 is at H level (that is, when the decoder 115 is The decoder 111 is activated when it is not outputting load, count, and write control signals.

The CPU 130 outputs the information collected in this way (for example, through the I/O port 310).
Displayed on CRT311. Print out from printer 321 via I/O port 320. (Save on magnetic disk 331 via I/O port 330)
do.

Figure 5 shows the CRT31 displayed in this way.
This shows an example of the display screen in 1, and for each pachinko machine P1 to Pn, the number of winning balls, the number of lost balls, the number of differences, as well as the number of jackpots, the number of games, the number of winnings of specific balls, and variable winning device fluctuations. The number of times etc. are displayed.

Note that the data printed out from the printer 321 and the data stored on the magnetic disk 331 are the same as the data displayed in the above manner, so they are not shown in duplicate, but the operator can collect them in this way. By analyzing the data, it is possible to accurately determine what kind of game progress each pachinko game machine P1 to Pn is in.

For example, if the number of jackpots is low but the number of jackpots is still low, it can be determined that there is an obstacle to the normal winning hole, and the number of special ball wins and the number of jackpots are constant. If the probability is maintained and the number of winnings for a specific ball is high, it can be determined that the obstacles to the specific ball winning area are open. Also, if the number of jackpots is higher than the average compared to the number of games played, it can be determined that this is due to an uncertain slump factor, and the number of fluctuations in the variable winning device is significantly higher than the number of jackpots. In this case, it can be determined that there is some kind of misconduct.

By using the data collected in this way, instead of performing arithmetic processing and controlling the winnings based on the number of winning balls and the number of paid-out balls as in the past, it is possible to If a jackpot occurs, the number of stops will normally be reached.) The stoppage control may be performed based on this.

The above example shows an example of a transmission system in which the number of jackpots, the number of specific balls won, the number of games, and the number of fluctuations in the variable winning device are collected as data. In order to collect the data shown, micro-switches, photoelectric sensors, etc. are installed at predetermined locations on each pachinko machine to detect the occurrence of winning balls and out balls, and the transmission control system is compatible with each sensor. The same operation as described above may be performed by providing the integration memory 160, the storage area of the latch circuit 112, the transmission line 202, etc. Switches S1 and S2 in FIG. 4 indicate the circuit positions of these sensors, and open terminals of the switches S1 and S2 are connected to a transmission line (not shown). For example, the relay 211a, the latch circuit 112, the integration memory 160a, etc. serve as specific game state detection output counting means, and for example, the relay 211d, the latch circuit 11
2. The integration memory 160d and the like function as continuous condition detection output counting means.

By the way, it goes without saying that the type of ``information related to a predetermined gaming state in which the player's profit increases rapidly'' changes depending on the type of accessory provided in the pachinko gaming machine. Therefore, an example of a pachinko game machine equipped with accessories other than those mentioned above is shown in Fig. 6, and we will discuss below what kind of information should be transmitted in the case of a pachinko game machine that has such accessories. .

Figure 6 shows the game board surface of a pachinko game machine that has accessories in a form other than the above, and if we outline its structure and operation, the pachinko game machine shown in Figure 6 is also basically a normal game machine. Similar to the pachinko machine, if the hit pachinko balls are collected in the out hole 501, it becomes a profit for the game parlor, and any of the winning ball devices 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, the chulips 508, 509, and others described later The back mechanism is configured so that a predetermined number of prize balls will be paid out if the winning ball device wins a prize.

To explain its characteristic points, in the case of the pachinko game machine shown in FIG. 6, in the process of playing the game as described above, the special ball winning area special winning hole 52
When the winning amount reaches 0, the variable winning device 530 is controlled to open for 10 seconds, for example. Since this variable winning device 530 is an extremely large batted ball winning device,
Once opened, a large number of prize balls will be returned to the player, so the variable prize winning device 5
Special winning hole 520 that will be the opening of 30
The level of the winning rate for the special winning hole 520 has a significant relationship with the interests of the players, and if the player is in a gaming state in which it is easy to win in the special winning hole 520, the interests of the player will be increased, and conversely, it will be difficult to win in the special winning hole 520. If the player is in a gaming state, the player's profits will decrease. Therefore, in the pachinko game machine shown in FIG. 6, the probability of winning a prize in the special winning hole 520 is adjusted according to the state of the hit ball winning tool 540 provided in the middle of the flow path from which the ejected pachinko ball reaches the special winning hole 520. I'm trying to make it possible.

FIG. 7 shows a special winning hole 520 that is opened by the variable winning device 530 and a hit ball winning tool 54 that regulates the probability of winning a prize in this special winning hole 520.
This is an enlarged view of the relationship of 0. To be more specific, the batted ball winning tool 540 has a vertically long winning hole 541 bored in the approximate center of the board for attaching itself to the game board surface of the pachinko game machine.
Triangular movable wing pieces 543 are each pivotably supported on support shafts 542 fixed to both sides of the wing.
Further, an obstacle piece 544 is formed integrally with the movable wing piece 543 at the lower end of the outer side of the pair of movable wing pieces 543, and a swing-back piece 545 is formed at the lower end of the inner side side of the movable wing piece 543. is formed integrally with the movable wing piece 543.

The movable wing pieces 543 each swing left and right around the support shaft 542 due to the weight of the pachinko ball, and when the launched pachinko ball flows down along the game board surface and flows into the inside of the movable wing pieces 543 on both sides. Under the influence of the pachinko ball's own weight, the movable wing pieces 543 each swing outward about the support shaft 542 and stop when they are opened approximately 60 degrees. Furthermore, if a pachinko ball lands inside the movable wing 543 while the movable wing 543 is opening left and right in this manner, the force of this pachinko ball colliding with the swing-back piece 545 causes the movable wing 543 to close. do.

Further, below this ball winning tool 540, obstacle nails 550 are arranged in a funnel shape so as to guide the pachinko balls flowing below the ball winning tool 540 to the special winning hole 520.

Now, when the hit ball winning tool 540 is in the closed state, most of the pachinko balls that have flowed down to the side of the hit ball winning tool 540 are repelled by the obstacle pieces 544 and are thrown to the outside of the obstacle nails 550 arranged in a funnel shape. Since the money flows down, the special winning hole 520 is rarely won, and therefore the variable winning device 530 is also rarely opened. On the other hand, when the ball winning tool 540 is in the open state, there is a high probability that the pachinko balls flowing down to the side of the ball winning tool 540 will fall inside the obstacle nails 555 arranged in a funnel shape along the outside of the obstacle piece 544. The pachinko balls thus flowing into the inside of the obstacle nail 555 enter the special winning hole 520, and the variable winning device 530 is also opened for 10 seconds, for example, every time a pachinko ball enters the special winning hole 520.

Therefore, if the nail is adjusted so that the probability of winning the ball winning prize tool 540 is extremely low, the ball winning prize tool 54
As long as 0 is closed, the variable winning device 530 will rarely open, but once the batted ball winning device 540 is opened, the variable winning device 530 will open with an extremely high probability after that, making it extremely easy to win. It will be a powerful pachinko machine.

Therefore, in the case of this type of pachinko game machine, instead of simply transmitting the number of winning balls, the number of out balls, or the number of supplied balls to the control system side, in addition to these pieces of information, the state of the hit ball winning tool 540 is transmitted to the control system side. If information indicating the status of the variable prize winning device 530 can be transmitted, the gaming parlor will be able to manage the game more accurately. Therefore, in order to detect this type of information, this embodiment employs the following method.

In a well-known pachinko game machine, the pachinko balls that have won in one of the winning ball devices are ultimately collected in a winning ball collection gutter (not shown) on the back of the gaming machine, and are placed near the exit of this winning ball collection gutter. The winning balls are counted by the installed winning ball detector. In addition, if the winning ball device is some kind of accessory, in order to detect the winning pachinko balls in that accessory, the winning pachinko balls must pass through a predetermined sensor before reaching the winning ball collection gutter. Bye.

In the case of the pachinko gaming machines shown in Figures 6 and 7, the information indicating the factors involved in "the occurrence of a gaming state in which the player's profits fluctuate rapidly" is as follows:
“The batted ball winning tool 540 has been opened and the special winning hole 520 has been opened.
``Number of times the player entered a gaming state where it was easy to win a prize'' and ``Number of times the special winning hole 520 was entered as a trigger for opening the variable winning device 530'' are listed.

In order to detect "the number of wins to the special winning hole 520 which is the trigger for opening the variable winning device 530", as shown in FIG.
A detector 521 constituted by a micro switch, a photoelectric sensor, etc. may be disposed inside the sensor 0.

On the other hand, "the number of times the batted ball winning tool 540 was opened and the game state became such that it was easy to win a prize in the special winning hole 520"
In order to detect this, it is necessary not only to detect the pachinko ball that has won in the hit ball winning tool 540, but also to detect the pachinko ball that has won in the hit ball winning tool 540 when the ball winning tool 540 is closed. There is.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the flow path through which the winning pachinko balls of the hit ball winning tool 540 reach the winning ball collection gutter (not shown) is branched into a first flow path 546 and a second flow path 547.
A gaming state detector 548 is provided for detecting pachinko balls flowing down into the first channel 546, and the movable wing pieces 543 close a branch punch 549 that swings together with the movable wing pieces 543. When the movable wing piece 54 is closed, the second flow path 547 is closed and
3 is made to protrude into the vertically elongated winning hole 541 so as to close the first flow path when it is open.

Therefore, when the movable wing piece 543 is closed, a pachinko ball that wins in the hit ball winning tool 540 passes through the first flow path 546 and turns on the game state detector 548, but when the movable wing piece 543 is opened. The pachinko ball that won the hit ball prize tool 540 while
7, so it does not affect the gaming state detector 548. Therefore, by counting the number of times this game state detector 548 is turned on, it is possible to know the number of times the movable wing piece 543 is opened.

In addition, the sensors arranged near the accessory in this way, that is, the detector 521 and the game state detector 54
8 into the transmission circuit, for example, the fourth
It is sufficient to connect the wires to the locations of switch S1 and switch S2 in the figure.

In addition, in this embodiment, even when information collected in the conventional system such as the number of winning pitches, the number of out pitches, and the number of supplied pitches is transmitted to the control system 100, a sensor is used for each information as sensor S1 in FIG. - It is sufficient to add the transmission line 202 and the corresponding integration memory 160 for each piece of information in addition to adding it to the same location as S2. Furthermore, if a margin is provided in advance for the number of addresses in the integration memory 160 and the number of output bits for the decoder 111, even if the number of pachinko gaming machines is to be increased, it is possible to cope with this by simply adding the terminal designation line 201.

As explained above, according to the present invention, a pachinko game machine in which a player's profit fluctuates significantly due to changes in the game state such as a change in the state of an accessory is connected to a control system via a transmission line. In addition to the information needed to simply calculate the profits and losses of a game parlor, it is also possible to collect information used to understand changes in gaming conditions, so even for pachinko machines with this type of accessory, it is possible to collect Not only will it be possible to make rational adjustments based on information, rather than adjustments that rely on intuition, but analysis of the collected data can also be used to detect fraudulent activity.

In addition, in the present invention, the machine address of each pachinko game machine and the address of the cumulative memory are made to match on the hardware, and the address is also specified by the hardware, so the information collection speed is extremely fast. The time the CPU spends collecting information is also minimal.

Note that the transmission and reception of information between the control system side and the terminal side is not limited to the above-mentioned method; for example,
It is possible to establish a protocol for transmission and reception, such as in the polling method, and especially if high-speed transmission lines such as optical fiber become available at lower cost, a standardized system using this type of method will become possible. It will also become possible to supply this in a practical manner.

In addition, although the above description has been made by showing two examples of pachinko machines with accessories, the present invention is applicable to pachinko machines of the type where the player's profits vary significantly depending on changes in the playing state of the pachinko machine. It can be widely applied to systems using gaming machines as terminals.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a block diagram showing the outline of the present invention, Figure 2 is a block diagram showing an overview of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram of the control circuit of the pachinko gaming machine of FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram of the transmission system of the present invention, and FIG. The figure is an explanatory diagram of a CRT display screen.
FIG. 6 is a surface view of a pachinko game machine having other accessories, and FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the main parts of FIG. 100...Control system, 200...Line, 1
60... Integration memory, 311... CRT, 410
... Game device, 440 ... Variable prize winning device, 42
0...Specific ball winning area.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a centralized control device for a pachinko game parlor that manages the operational status of a pachinko game machine, the pachinko game machine has at least two conditions: a first state that is disadvantageous to the player and a first state that is advantageous to the player. a variable prize winning device capable of converting into a second state; a specific gaming state detecting means that is characterized in that a predetermined specific gaming state has been reached during a game; variable winning device control means for converting and driving the variable winning device from the first state to the second state; and when the variable winning device is converted to the second state and a preset continuation condition is satisfied by the ball being hit. a continuation condition detection means for detecting that the continuation condition detection means; and a repetitive drive control means for causing the variable winning device control means to convert and drive the variable winning device again to the second state in response to the detection output of the continuous condition detection means. The centralized management device also includes: specific gaming state detection output counting means for cumulatively storing the detection output of the specific gaming state detecting means; and continuation condition detection output counting means for cumulatively storing the detection output of the continuation condition detection means. A central management device for a pachinko game parlor, comprising: