JPH0438591A - Pinball playing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent a pinball house from obtaining outrageous profits by providing an issuing finished recording means for recording a storing medium is finished being issued at issuing the storing medium. CONSTITUTION:A security storing part 12 is provided to prevent the forgery of a card 2 and stores the data same as security data stored in a valid data storing area with an optical means, a magnetic means and so on. A magnetic data storing part 13 is provided as the valid data storing area in the lower part of a longitudinal direction on the rear of the card 2 and a issuing number display part 14 and a issuing date display part 15 are provided in the lower part of the magnetic data storing part 13. Amount data to represent the valid amount of the card 2, data by card kind to represent the issuing amount of the card 2 and security data for preventing the forgery of the card are stored in the magnetic data storing part 13.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field> The present invention allows a player to purchase a storage medium storing valuable information, and when this storage medium is inserted into a gaming medium lending device,
The present invention relates to a pachinko game system in which game media are lent out within a range of amount corresponding to valuable data on a storage medium.

(Prior art) Conventionally, cards with valuable information stored thereon are issued, and game media such as balls are lent to players who own these cards within the range of the valuable information stored on the cards to play games. There is a pachinko game system that allows players to play cards.In order to purchase a card, a player inserts money into a card vending device and selects a desired card using a selection switch or the like to obtain the card.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, in the above-described conventional pachinko gaming system, the system that issues cards, which are storage media, to players does not perform any processing to prove that the cards have been issued.

Therefore, if a card is obtained through non-regular purchasing means, for example, a card stored in a card vending machine is fraudulently removed, or a card that was previously stored in a card vending machine is fraudulently obtained, even if the card is not authorized to be purchased. Therefore, in cases where the card issuing center manages the income and expenditure of the card collectively and settles the rental of gaming media at each gaming arcade and the sales of the card. In this case, only the rental amount of gaming media will increase, and the gaming parlor may gain unfair profits.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and includes a storage medium storage means for storing one or more types of storage media, and a storage medium desired by a player. a storage medium selection means for specifying a storage medium, an issued recording means for recording that a storage medium has been issued when the storage medium is issued, and a means for transmitting valuable data stored in the issued storage medium to a management device. When a storage medium is issued by the storage medium vending device, it is always recorded that the storage medium has been issued.

<Operation> The storage medium vending device sells the storage medium corresponding to the amount selected by the player, but when issuing the storage medium, the issued recording means records the storage medium as issued, and The valuable data stored in the stored storage medium is transmitted to the management device by the issued valuable data transmitting means.

<Example> The following will explain an example in which the present invention is applied to a pachinko game parlor and the issuance management of storage media is performed at a card issuance center.

FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of a pachinko gaming system according to the present invention.

A card issuing center 1 issues a card 2, which is a storage medium that stores valuable data, etc., and this card 2 is placed in a storage medium sales bag in a game store or a retail store! A card vending machine 3 sells the cards to players. A player uses this card 2 at a game parlor to buy a ball lending machine 4 from a gaming media lending device.
The game store receives the rental of game media and plays the game, and the game store sends sales data from the card vending machine 3 and the ball lending machine 4 to the card issuing center 1. The card issuing center 1 settles accounts with the gaming parlor based on these sales data.

As shown in FIG. 2, in a pachinko game parlor, a large number of pachinko machines 5 are installed side by side, and between the pachinko players 5 and the pachinko machines 5 there are ball rental machines 4 that rent out balls used as game media. Arrange at intervals and lend the ball above? ! 4 and a management device 6 installed in the management room are electrically connected via an in-store transmission line 7 .

Sales data etc. calculated and accumulated by the management device 6 are sent to the card issuing center 1, but the management device! 6 may be electrically connected to the card issuing center 1 via an external transmission line 8 such as a telephone line to transmit data.

Cards 2 used in this pachinko game store can be found at the counter inside the store or at an appropriate place inside the store! Card vending machine 3 installed at

As shown in FIG. 3, the card 2 is a thin plate made of paper, synthetic resin, etc., and has a balance display section 9 and an issue display section 10 on the upper part in the longitudinal direction, and the lower part in the longitudinal direction. An amount display section 11 for displaying the sales amount and effective amount, and a security storage section 12 for storing security data are provided.

The balance display section 9 displays the approximate balance of the card 2 using punch holes, markings, etc., so that the card user is informed of the balance of the card 2.

The issuance display section 10 is used to prevent duplicate issuance of the card 2 and to prevent the card 2 from being obtained by illegal means. Punch holes, markings, etc. are performed by the issued processing means to be described to indicate that the document has been issued.

The sales amount of the card 2 is displayed on the amount display section 11,
When the card 2 is sold with a blemish mark attached, the effective amount obtained by adding a premium to the sales amount is also displayed. This premium makes the effective amount of Card 2 higher than the actual selling price and provides the difference to the player.For example, a 500 yen card does not have a 1000 yen
40 yen for a yen card, 80 yen for a 2000 yen card, 3
200 yen for 000 yen card, 4 for 5000 yen card
For 00 yen and 10,000 yen cards, the fee will be 800 yen.

The security storage section 12 is provided to prevent forgery of the card 2, and stores the same data as the security data stored in the valuable data storage area using optical means, magnetic means, etc., and stores the same data as the security data stored in the valuable data storage area. The data is stored in a hidden state so that it cannot be read from the outside.

On the back of the card 2, a magnetic data storage section 13 is provided as a valuable data storage area at the bottom in the longitudinal direction, and an issue number display section 14 and an issue date display section 15 are provided below the magnetic data storage section 13. be.

The magnetic data storage unit 13 stores amount data representing the effective amount of the card 2, card type data representing the issued amount of the card 2, and security data for preventing the card 2 from being counterfeited. The amount data stores the effective amount of the card 2 at the time of card manufacture, and when the card 2 is used in the ball loan I14, the amount used is subtracted and stored again.

The card type data stores the issued amount of the card 2 at the time of card manufacture, and checks whether the amount data and card type data match when selling the card 2 at the card vending machine 3. Prevents unauthorized issuance. The security data is the same as the data stored in the security storage unit 12 described above at the time of card manufacture, and the two data are compared and if the data does not match, the card is treated as an invalid card. Stolen cards can be detected by displaying a series of serial numbers that do not overlap with each other on the number display section 14, and if a lottery is conducted using these numbers, players can use invalid cards with no balance. Since there is no waste to throw away inside the amusement arcade, it can contribute to the beautification of the amusement arcade.

In addition, an arrow is displayed on the surface of the card 2 to indicate the insertion direction to make it easier to understand the direction in which the card 2 is inserted.In order to prevent mistakes in the insertion direction, one corner of the tip of the card is pre-slanted. The card 2 may be cut, or an advertisement display section 16 may be provided in the margin of the card 2 to display an advertisement, or an instruction manual section 17 may be provided to display instructions on how to handle the card 2.

As shown in FIG. 4, the card vending machine 3 has a box body 18 with a front part 19 that can be opened and closed, and card issuing ports 20 arranged side by side in approximately the middle of the front part 19. Card issuing port 2
A window 21 for viewing the remaining card amount is provided at the top of each card, a card amount designation switch 22 is provided at the bottom of the card issuing port 20, and a balance display indicating the balance of the card 2 is provided at the bottom left of the card amount designation switch 22. A card insertion slot 24 is provided at the bottom of the balance display 23, and an amount display 25 for displaying the amount of inserted banknotes is provided at the bottom right of the card amount designation switch 22. A bill insertion port 026 is provided at the bottom, and a bill dispensing port 27 is provided below between the card insertion port 24 and the bill insertion port 26. Further, on the upper part of the front part 19, there are provided an on-sale indicator 28 indicating that the card 2 is on sale, and a discontinued sale indicator 29 indicating that the card 2 is no longer on sale.

Inside the box 18, a card issuing device 3o is located at a position communicating with the card issuing port 20 when the front section 19 is closed, and a card reader 31 is located at a position communicating with the card insertion port 24. A bill identifying device 32 is disposed at a position communicating with the bill insertion 026, and a paper dispenser 33 is disposed at a position communicating with the bill dispensing port 27. Further, on the left side of the card issuing device 30, there is provided a main control device 34 that controls processing related to the card 2, and on the top of the main control device 34 there is a machine number setting switch 35 for defining the transmission address of the card vending machine 3. A glue start switch 36 is provided to recover from the discontinued state, and a card reader 31 is provided.
A local control device 37 is provided between the banknote dispenser 33 and the banknote dispenser 33 for processing other than cards, and a local monitor display 38 is provided above the local control device 37 to display the status of devices controlled by the local control device 37. A power supply device 39 is provided below the card reader 31.

The above-mentioned banknote identification device 32 is designed so that the player can use the banknote insertion slot 26
The local control device 37 takes in the inserted banknotes and determines the authenticity of the banknotes, as well as the type of banknotes.
If the bill is determined to be inappropriate, it will be returned to the player. On the other hand, when the banknote identification device 32 determines that the banknote is an appropriate banknote and also determines the type of banknote, the amount display 25 displays the amount of the banknote in response to a signal from the local control device 37. For example, if you insert a 10,000 yen bill into the bill insertion slot 26, it will be r 10,000 yen, a 5,000 yen bill will be r 5,000 yen, and a 1,000 yen bill will be rl, 000.
"Yen" is displayed. In this state, when the player selects the desired amount to be used for the game by operating the card amount designation switch 22, the card vending machine 3 operates the card issuing device 30 corresponding to the selected amount and sends valuable data. Issue the memorized card 2.

The above-mentioned card 2 is stored in a card issuing device 30 provided in a card vending machine 3 and issued. This card issuing device 30 is shown in FIG.

The card issuing device 30 provides a horizontal U-shaped card transport path 41 at the bottom of a card tank 40 that stores cards 2, and takes out the cards 2 one by one from the card tank 40 toward the back of the card transport path 41. A retrieval device 42 is provided for determining the authenticity of the issued card 2, an authentication device 43 is provided for determining the authenticity of the issued card 2, and a transfer device 44 is provided for reversing and conveying the card 2 at the bending portion of the card conveyance path 41. A switching device 45 that switches the conveyance path of a valid card and an invalid card toward the card issuing port 20, and a punch device that is an issued processing means! 46, an ejection device 47 for ejecting a suitable card to the card issuing port 20 is provided. The switching device 45 is provided with an inappropriate card transport path 48 branching from the card transport path 41,
It's connected to the inappropriate card transport path 48! tank confiscated in 4
9 is the setting. Further, at the bottom of the card tank 40, there is a first card sensor 50 that detects the presence or absence of the card 2 in the card tank 40, and in the confiscated tank 49, there is a second card sensor 51 that detects the amount of cards stored in the confiscated tank 49. , transfer bag! At the bottom of 44 is an issuance control device that controls the issuance of the card 2 based on the issuance command from the main control device 34! 52 is provided. On the front of the card issuing device 30,
A card issuing port 20 is provided at the exit of the card transport path 41, and between the card issuing port 20 and the card tank 40,
A monitor display 53 is provided to display information about no cards in the card tank 40 and full card information in the confiscated tank 49, and a window 54 is formed on the front of the card tank 40 so that the remaining amount of cards can be checked from the outside. be.

When the above-mentioned card issuing device 30 receives a card issuing command from the main control device 34, the card 2 is taken out one by one from the card tank 40 by the take-out device 42, guided onto the card conveyance path 41, and conveyed to the authentication device f43. do. The appraisal device 43 reads the magnetic data, security data, issuance display, card type data, card size, etc. of the issued card 2 to determine whether it is an appropriate card. The conditions for a proper card are that the amount data representing the effective amount of the card 2 is equal to the card type data representing the issued amount of the card, and that the security data in the magnetic data storage section 13 and the security data in the security storage section 12 are the same. There is no issuance hole in the issuance display section 10 indicating that the issue has already occurred, the card size is a regular size, and the amount selected and designated by the player is equal to the card type data. Appraised by the appraisal device 43 and issued by the card issuing device! The card 2 that was being conveyed toward the back of the card issuing device 30 is changed in its conveying direction by the transfer device 44 and transferred to the card issuing device 3.
0 is conveyed toward the front. Card 2 is switching device 4
5, based on the appraisal result of the appraisal device 43, the valid card is sent to the deriving device 47, and the invalid card is sent to the confiscation tank 49.
transported to. Then, the valid cards are discharged to the card issuing port 20 by the ejecting device 47, and the invalid cards are stored in the confiscation tank 49. Further, when the first card sensor 50 detects that the card 2 is missing from the card tank 40 or the second card sensor 51 detects that the confiscated tank 49 is full of invalid cards, the monitor display 53 to display these.

In this way, the card issuing device 30 is installed in the card vending machine 3.
They are arranged in correspondence with the card amount that the player can select (in this embodiment, five card issuing devices 30 are arranged).

Note that the card vending machine 3 may be installed not only in a pachinko game parlor but also in other places, such as a tobacco store, a supermarket, etc.

As shown in FIG. 6, the card reader 31 is provided with a card conveyance path 55 extending inward from the card insertion slot 24, and a first conveyance roller 57 driven by a conveyance motor 56 and a second conveyance roller 57 are provided on the conveyance path 55. A roller 58 is provided, the first conveyance roller 57 faces the card insertion slot 24, and the first conveyance roller 57
An insertion detection sensor 59 is provided on the card insertion slot 24 side, and a security reading sensor 60, a read head 61, and a punching device 62 are provided midway between the first conveyance roller 57 and the second conveyance roller 58. A reversal position detection sensor 63 is provided nearby, and the shaft of the transport motor 56 has a
An encoder 64 that rotates simultaneously with the conveyance motor 56 is mounted, and a positioning sensor 65 is made to face the encoder 64.

The conveyance motor 56 is a motor capable of forward and reverse rotation for driving a roller that conveys the card 2, and is connected to the first and second conveyance rollers 57 and 58 via a conveyance belt 66. The insertion detection sensor 59 detects the insertion of the card 2 and
A detector for driving the transport motor 56 in forward rotation,
At the time of card ejection, the conveyance motor 56 is stopped when no card 2 is present at this sensor position. The security reading sensor 60 is a sensor for reading data hidden in the security storage section 12 of the card 2, and is composed of an optical sensor, a magnetic sensor, etc., depending on the storage method of the security storage section 12. The read head 61 is a head for reading information stored in the magnetic data storage section 13 of the card 2, and the punch perforator 62, which is a 0 issued processing means consisting of a magnetic head etc., is used to read issued processing means for the card 2. It is a device for applying
Punch a hole at 0 to indicate that it has been issued.

The encoder 64 is used to read data from the magnetic data storage section 13 of the card! , security data reading position,
This is a device for generating a positioning signal for determining the punch position etc. to the issue display section 1°, and the 1 positioning sensor 65, which is made of a slit disk or the like, is connected to the encoder 6.
If the encoder 64 is a slit disk, it optically detects the opening/closing status of the slit and converts it into a pulse train. The 1 reversal position detection sensor 63 sent to the control device 34 is a sensor for determining the stop position of the card 2 and the reverse position of the transport motor 56, and detects the leading edge of the card 2 and determines the reverse position.

The card reader 31 is provided in the card issuing device t30 in order to be used when the player wants to know the accurate balance of the card 2 stored in the card slot 24. By inserting the balance display 23
The balance is now displayed. The card reader 31 is also used to perform issued processing on gift cards and the like obtained without going through the card vending machine 3. In other words, since the gift card, etc. is not issued via the card vending machine 3, it is not recorded as issued by the issued processing means. When inserted into machine 4 and used,
It is determined that the card 2 has been obtained illegally and has not been processed as issued, and is rendered unusable or confiscated. Therefore, the player inserts a gift card, etc. into the card slot 2.
4, the punch device 62 provided inside the card reader 31 performs the issued processing. Note that a card 2 that is legitimately issued without going through the card vending machine 3, such as a gift card, has, for example, the following information in the magnetic data storage unit 13.
It is a good idea to remember that the card 2 is a legitimately issued card. Then, by performing the issued processing only when the card reader 31 reads the memory indicating that the card is a legitimate card, it is possible to distinguish the card from an illegally obtained card.

The block diagram of the control device of the card vending machine 3 described above is shown in the seventh figure.
As shown in the figure.

This control device includes a main control device 34 that controls reading and writing of data stored in the card 2.
and a local control device 37 that performs other controls. The reason why the control device is separated into two is to keep the specifications of the card 2 secret and to prevent counterfeiting of the card 2 and tampering of the data stored in the card 2. Therefore, the main control device 34 is made to control the card issuing device 30, machine number setting switch 35, card reader 31, balance display 23, etc., while the local control device 37 is made to control the banknote identification device 32, the banknote dispensing device 32, etc. Container 33, card amount specification switch 22
．． The on-sale display 28, sale discontinued display 29, local monitor display 38, price display 25, etc. are controlled. The main control device 34 and the local control device 37 are electrically connected via a transmission line 67 and exchange signals with each other. Further, the main control device 34 and the management device 6 are electrically connected via an in-store transmission line 7.

When the main control device 34 receives the store opening command signal from the management device 6, it transmits a hereday signal to the local control device 37. When the local control device 37 receives the ready signal, it lights up the on-sale indicator 28 to display to the player that the card can be sold. When the player inserts a coin into the card vending machine 3, the local control device 37 sends an acceptance amount signal to the main control device 34, and when the player specifies the desired amount using the card amount designation switch 22, the main control device 34 transmits an amount designation signal and an issue command signal.

When the card 2 is issued normally, the main sterilization device 34 sends an issuance completion signal to the local control device 37, and the local control device! 37 receives this signal, clears the display on the amount display 25, pays out the change if there is change, and transmits a payout amount signal to the main control device 34. If the local control device 37 does not receive the issuance completion signal even after a certain period of time has passed after transmitting the issuance command signal, it is determined that the main control device 34 is malfunctioning and the received coins are returned. Then, the sales discontinuation indicator 29 is turned on. Further, when an abnormality occurs in the local control device 37, an alarm signal and a monitor signal representing the details of the abnormality are transmitted to the main control device 34. In addition, the main illustration! 34, when this monitor signal is received, the management device 6 may be notified that an abnormality has occurred, and the management device 516 may call the employee's attention.

Card sales I! The processing in the control device No. 3 will be explained based on the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 8 to 10.

Main control unit! At 34, when the power is turned on, R
Management device ff that clears the AM area, initializes the I10 boat, and reads the machine number from the machine number setting switch 35.
When the store opening command signal is received from the management device 16, a code for processing the signal to be transmitted to the management device 6 is read, and a response signal notifying that the store opening command has been received is transmitted to the management device 6. It checks whether there is an abnormality in the card issuing device 30 or the card reader 31, and if there is an abnormality, the abnormality is sent as monitor information to the management device 6, the ready signal is turned off, and the restart switch 36 is pressed. When the restart switch 36 is pressed, the monitor information is reset, monitor information indicating normality is sent to the management device 6, the display on the monitor display 53 is turned off, the ready signal is turned on, and an abnormality is detected. Return to processing. On the other hand, if there is no abnormality and no abnormality is found in the local control device 37, the ready signal is turned on and the issuing signal from the local control device 37 is waited for. , upon receiving the amount designation signal, the received amount signal, and the paid out amount signal, the designated card 2 is taken out from the card tank 4J, and if there is an abnormality in card removal, the process is stopped and the process returns to the abnormality detection process. On the other hand, if there is no abnormality in the card removal, the authentication device 43 reads the magnetic data, security data, and balance display 1 issuance display to judge whether or not the card is a valid card.If the card is valid, the punch device 46 punches holes. is perforated and transported to the card issuing port 20.

On the other hand, if the card is an invalid card, the card 2 is transported to the confiscation tank 49, and once the card 2 is taken into the confiscation tank 49, the process returns to the card 2 issuance process. When a valid card is normally conveyed to the card issuing port 20, the issuance completion signal is turned on, and the data such as machine number, card type, accepted amount, disbursed amount, number of confiscated cards, etc. is processed using the code read at startup. and transmits it to the management device 6 as sales data.

The main control device 34 also controls processing in the card reader 31. When the card 2 is inserted into the card reader 31, the card 2 is transported inside, and if there is no abnormality in the transport,
The magnetic data and security data are read, and if the security data matches and, in the case of a gift card, genuine card data exists and the card is determined to be appropriate, the amount stored in the magnetic data storage unit 13 is transferred to the balance. Display 23
If the card is for a gift and does not have an issuance indication, punch a hole with the punch hole puncher 62, transport the card 2 to the card insertion slot 24 and eject it, and then transport it normally. When this is completed, the display on the balance display 23 is turned off.

When the main control device 34 receives the closing command signal from the management device 6, it turns off the ready signal and ends the process.

On the other hand, when the power is turned on, the local control device 37 clears the RAM area, initializes the I10 port, and waits for a ready signal from the main control table j134. Abort indicator 2
9 is turned on, the on-sale display 28 is turned off, and the state returns to the state of waiting for a ready signal. When the ready signal is received, the alarm signal is turned off, the local monitor display 38 is turned off, the on-sale display 28 is turned on, and the sale stop display 29 is turned off to notify the player that the sale is on. When an abnormality is found in the banknote identification device 32 or the banknote dispenser 33, the alarm signal is turned on, the abnormality occurrence is transmitted to the main control table ff1134 by a monitor signal, the abnormality is displayed on the local monitor display 38, and the readiness is indicated. Return to the state of waiting for a signal. On the other hand, if no abnormality is found, the machine waits for banknotes to be accepted. When a banknote is inserted into the receiver, the receiver appraises the inserted banknote, displays the accepted amount, and waits for the card amount designation switch 22 to be pressed. If there is, an issue command signal, an amount designation signal, an accepted amount signal, and a disbursed amount signal are transmitted to the main control device 34. On the other hand, if the card amount designation switch 22 is not pressed or the balance is insufficient, after transmitting a 0 issuance command signal etc. that returns to the ready signal waiting state, an issuance monitoring timer is set and when one issuance is completed, Change is dispensed from the bill dispensing port 27. On the other hand, if issuance is not completed within a certain period of time, the receiver refunds the deposit. When the change or received money is refunded, the issuance command signal is turned off and the display on the amount display 25 is turned off. Turn it off and return to the ready signal waiting state.

Management equipment! 6 is a central processing unit 6 as shown in FIG.
8, a main storage device 69, an auxiliary storage device 70, a calendar 71, a keyboard 72, a display device 73 consisting of a cathode ray tube, etc., a printer 74, a first transmission control device 75, and a second transmission control device 76. These are electrically connected. Also, management equipment! For 6, auxiliary power supply bag! 77, power is supplied via a power supply device 78.

Central processing bag! Reference numeral 68 denotes a device for comprehensively managing each separate display device in the management device 6, and performs data reception and transfer between each device, data arithmetic processing, and the like.

The main storage device 69 has a ball rental sales file that stores sales data and total sales data for each ball rental machine 4, and a vending machine sales file that stores sales data of the card sales W13. At this time, the processing program of the central processing unit 68 is stored.

The auxiliary storage device 70 consists of, for example, a hard disk, etc., and is a central processing bag! 68 processing programs and unique data such as a store number used by the card issuing center 1 to identify each game store, and also store each sales data of the day at the end of business hours.

The calendar 71 is for setting the year, month, day, time, etc. The year, month, and day information is used to store each sales data in the auxiliary storage device 70.
The time data is used when storing the sales information from the ball lending machine 4 in the main storage device 69 and when transmitting each sales data to the card issuing center 1.

The keyboard 72 is a command panel for the central processing unit 68, and as shown in FIG.
9, an opening switch 80, a closing switch 81, a sales switch 82, a print switch 83, a transmission switch 84, a file switch 85, a numeric keypad 86, etc. are provided. The key switch 79 includes an opening switch 80 and a closing switch 8.
This is a switch to prevent erroneous operation in step 1, and each switch will not operate unless the switch is turned on. The opening switch 80 causes the ball rental machine 4 to start accepting the card 2, and also starts the card sales t! This is a switch to permit the sale of card 2 of i3. By operating this switch, a start command is issued to ball lending machine 4, and card vending machine 3
A sales authorization order is sent to. The closing switch 81 is a switch for ending the acceptance of the card 2 at the ball lending machine 4 and for prohibiting the sale of the card 2 at the card vending machine 3. By operating this switch, the closing switch 81 closes the card 2 at the ball lending machine 4.
A termination command is sent to the card vending machine 3, and a card sales prohibition command is sent to the card vending machine 3. The sales switch 82 is a command switch for displaying the total sales of the ball lending machine 4, individual sales, and sales of the card vending machine 3 on the display device 73. The print switch 83 is a command switch for causing the printer 74 to print out the total sales of the ball rental machines 14, the individual sales, and the sales of the card vending machine 3. The transmission switch 84 is a command switch for transmitting total sales data and the like to the card issuing center 1. Incidentally, when total sales data and the like are automatically transmitted in response to a command from the card issuing center 1, this transmission switch 84 becomes unnecessary. The file switch 85 is a switch for storing the sales data of the ball rental machine 4 and the sales data of the card sales lll3 in the auxiliary storage device ff170. The numeric keypad 86 is a switch for inputting the machine number of the ball lending machine 4, etc. when the player wants to know the sales of a particular ball lending machine 4.

The printer 74 is a device for printing the sales at the ball lending machine 4, the sales at the card sales 113, etc. described above. It is.

The first transmission restriction device 75 is a device for establishing transmission and reception rights on the in-store transmission line 7 in the gaming parlor, standardizing the transmission and reception data, and managing the transmission and reception of data required by the central processing unit 68. .

The second transmission control device 76 establishes a transmission/reception link on the outside transmission path 8 between the gaming parlor and the card issuing center 1, standardizes the transmission/reception data, and manages the transmission/reception of data required by the central processing unit 68. It is a device for carrying out.

Power supply! Reference numeral 78 is a device for supplying power to each control device, and the auxiliary power supply device 77 is a backup power source in the event of a power outage, and is used to prevent sales data etc. stored in the main storage device 69 from being lost due to a power outage. A device designed to prevent this! It is.

The management system mentioned above! Flowcharts of the processing in step 6 are shown in FIGS. 13 and 14.

Management equipment! 6, the sales data regarding ball rental machine 4 is ball rental! 4. As a sales file, card sales 5! Sales data regarding customer 3 is processed as a sales customer sales file, and both of these data are integrated and processed as a common file.

Management equipment! When the power is turned on at step 6, each file is cleared, the code is received from the card issuing center 1, this code is memorized, and when the opening switch 80 is turned on, the data is sent to the ball lending machine 4 and the card vending machine 3. The store opening command signal and code are sent, and the system waits to receive sales data. If a communication error occurs during the transmission of the sales file, the display device 73 and printer 74 output the machine number where the error occurred and the details of the error to notify the game store clerk, and also send a store opening command signal to the machine where the error occurred. and the code again, wait for a response for a certain period of time, and when a response is received, reset the communication error in the monitor information of the sales file. If there is no response from the abnormal unit, repeat the above abnormality processing,
When the sales data from the card vending machine 3 is received, the reception of monitor information indicating an abnormality from the card vending machine 3 is confirmed, and if there is no abnormality, the corresponding machine number on the vending machine sales file is searched, and the vending machine sales file is Add the sales and number of cards for each card type received from the card vending machine 3, add the number of cards issued, the number of confiscated cards, the amount received, and the amount paid out, respectively, to obtain the common file vending machine total sales and number of cards issued. The total, the total number of cards, and the sales calculation value are updated, and the processing of the seller's sales data is completed. On the other hand, if there is an abnormality in receiving sales data from the card vending machine 3, the display device 73 and printer 74 output the machine number where the abnormality occurred and the details of the abnormality.

When the sales data from the ball lending machine 4 is received, the reception of monitor information indicating an abnormality from the ball lending machine 4 is confirmed, and if there is no abnormality, the corresponding machine number in the ball lending machine's sales file is searched, and the data is calculated from the calendar 71. Read the time, add the amount received from the ball lending machine 4 to the ball lending machine sales file, and calculate the time, card type,
The purchase amount is memorized, and the total ball rental machine sales are recorded in the common file.
The total number of purchases, number of card uses, and sales calculation value are updated, and the processing of the ball rental machine sales data is completed. On the other hand, if there is an abnormality in the receipt of sales data from the card vending machine 3 or ball lending machine 4, the machine number where the abnormality occurred and the details of the abnormality are output to the display device 73 and printer 74. Thereafter, when the sales switch 82 and print switch 83 are turned on, the sales data stored in the common file is output to the display device 73 and printer 74. When the closing switch 81 is turned on, a closing command signal is sent to the ball lending machine 4.
A card sales prohibition command signal is sent to 3. When the transmission switch 84 is turned on, the sales data from the common file is read out, the transmission data is processed using the code sent from the card issuing center 1, and the sales data is transmitted to the card issuing center 1. When the file switch 85 is turned on, the date information, ball lending machine sales file, seller sales file, and common file are stored in the auxiliary storage device 70.
The processing in the management device 6 ends.

It should be noted that the data may be sent to the card issuing center 1 at the same time as the closing of the store without operating the transmission switch 84, or the data may be sent in response to a transmission request command from the card issuing center 1. Chi85
Files may be automatically stored in the auxiliary storage device 70 at the same time as the store is closed, without any operation.

The ball lending machine 4 shown in FIG. 15 is arranged between two pachinko machines 5, and is provided with a card insertion slot 90 for a card reader/writer 89 in the front part 88 of a box-shaped body 87, and a pilot Lamp 91, card amount display 92
, a purchase selection switch 93, and a ball lending port 94 are provided, and inside there is a lower flow gutter 95 branching from the ball supply gutter above the row of pachinko machines.
A supply ball detector 96 is provided on the upper part of the flow down trough 95, a ball ejection device 97 is provided at the lower end of the original flow down trough 95, the outlet of the ball outflow trough 98 of the ball ejection device 97 is connected to the ball inlet 94, and the card reader electrically connecting the lighter 89 to the main control device 99;
Main control device 99, card amount display 92, purchase selection switch 93, supply bulb detector 96, bulb discharge device! 97 as a local control device! 100 electrically connected to the main control device! 99 is connected to the management device 6 via the in-store transmission line 7.

The main control device 99 is a control device for controlling the card reader/writer 89 and transmitting sales data etc. to the management device 6! In order to prevent counterfeiting of cards 2 and falsification of sales data, the card issuance center l supplies and manages the cards. Therefore, this main control device! Card specifications 1 Communication specifications etc. handled by 99 are not disclosed to pachinko game machine manufacturers, ball rental machine manufacturers, and pachinko game parlors.In addition, the main control device 99 is covered with a board case etc. and a seal is affixed. By sealing the control device with resin or the like to prevent it from being opened, sales data, etc., can be prevented from being tampered with.

The main control device 99 described above reads and updates data such as valuable data stored in the card 2, and transmits the data to the management device 6.
At 0, other operations, ie, operations associated with lending out game media, are controlled. In addition, the local control device 1
00 is manufactured as appropriate according to the specifications of the ball lending machine 4, and is managed by the game parlor.

The pilot lamp 91 indicates that the card 2 is attached and the game media can be lent, and the supply ball detector 9
6 does not detect a ball or the connection with the management device 6 is not confirmed, the light goes out.

The receiver for card 2 stops loading. Card amount display 92
The balance of card 2 is displayed at the reception desk.

The purchase selection switch 93 is a switch for specifying the purchase amount, and in this embodiment, 100 yen, 200 yen, 5
It consists of a switch worth 0.00 yen, and balls, which are game media, are lent out corresponding to a specified amount of money. Incidentally, this purchase selection switch 93 may be omitted, and balls corresponding to a predetermined amount, for example, 200 yen, may be lent by one card insertion.

The card reader/writer 89 is a device for reproducing and updating the magnetic data stored in the card 2, reading security data, and marking the balance.As shown in FIG. leader 31
This is a system with a data writing device added to it. Therefore, the device is similar to the card reader 31 described above! will be explained using the same reference numerals. A card transport path 41 is provided inward from the card insertion port 90, and a first transport roller 57 and a second transport roller 58 driven by a transport motor 56 are provided on the transport path, and the first transport roller 57 is connected to the card insertion port 90. An insertion detection sensor 59 is provided on the card insertion slot 90 side of the first transport roller 57, and a security reading sensor 60 is provided between the first transport roller 57 and the second transport roller 58.
A read/write head 101 and a marking device 102 are provided, a reversal position detection sensor 63 is provided near the end of the card transport path 41, and a transport motor 5 is mounted on the shaft of the transport motor 56.
A positioning sensor 65 is mounted on the encoder 64, which rotates at the same time as the encoder 64, and a positioning sensor 65 is mounted on the encoder 64, and main controls the transport motor 56, the insertion detection sensor 59, the security reading sensor 60, the read/write head 101, and the marking device 102. Attire! It is connected to 99.

The transport motor 56 is a motor capable of forward and reverse rotation for driving a roller that transports the card 2. It is connected to second conveyance rollers 57 and 58 via a conveyance belt 66. The insertion detection sensor 59 detects the insertion of the card 2 and
A detector for driving the transport motor 56 in forward rotation,
When ejecting the card, this sensor position! When the card 2 runs out, the conveyance motor 56 stops. The security reading sensor 60 reads the security storage section 1 of the card 2.
A sensor for reading data hidden in 2,
It consists of an optical sensor, a magnetic sensor, etc. depending on the storage method of the security storage unit 12. Read/write head 101
is a head for reading information stored in the magnetic data storage section 13 of the card 2 and for updating valuable data, etc., and is composed of a magnetic head or the like. The marking device 102 is a device for displaying the balance on the balance display section 9 of the card 2, and consists of a hole punch, a printed stamp, etc., depending on the balance display method. The encoder 64 determines the reading position and update position of the magnetic data 3 of the card 2 in the self-storage unit 13! , a device for generating a positioning signal for determining the reading position of security data, the marking position on the balance display section 9, etc., and the 0 positioning sensor 65 made of a slit disk or the like uses the positioning signal of this encoder 64. A sensor that detects and determines each reading position,
When the encoder 64 is composed of a slit disk, the 0 reversal position detection sensor 63 optically detects the opening/closing state of the slit, converts it into a pulse train, and sends it to the main controller 99. A sensor for determining the reverse position of the motor 56 detects the leading edge of the card 2 and determines the reverse position.

As shown in FIG. 17, the ball ejecting device 97 includes a ball stopper section 104 that moves in and out of the downstream gutter 95 to restrict the flow of balls by driving a ball ejecting solenoid 103, and a ball stopper section 104 that controls the flow of balls. The ball ejection solenoid 103 and the ball ejection sensor 105 are electrically connected to the local control device 100.

FIG. 18 shows a block diagram of the main control device 99 and local control device 100 of the ball lending machine 4 described above.

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It consists of a CPU (microcomputer) 110 having a'u109, and a card reader/writer 89 and a machine number setting switch 111 are connected to this CPU110 to control these, and a local control device 100 is also connected to exchange data. ing. Also %CPUll0
Power is supplied from a power supply circuit 112 to. A level conversion circuit 113 is connected to the above-mentioned transmission control circuit 109, and this level conversion circuit 113 converts the signal level for shaping the waveform of received data and increasing the drive ability of the transmitted data signal. A branch circuit 114 is connected to the level conversion circuit 113 to separate and combine the transmitted signal and the received signal. Further, the branch circuit 114 is provided with a transmission line connector terminal 115 and communicates with the in-store transmission line 7 via the connector.

The machine number setting switch 111 is a switch for setting the transmission address of the ball lending machine 4, and this address data is always added to the transmission data.

The local control device 100 includes an arithmetic control circuit 116, RO
It consists of a CPU (microcomputer) 119 having an MI 17 and a RAM 118. A driver 120 and a receiver 121 are connected to this CPU 119 to control them, and a main control device 99 is also connected to exchange data. Further, power is supplied to the CPU 119 from a power supply circuit 112 .

The driver 120 described above controls the pilot lamp 91 and the card amount display 9 by control signals from the CPU 119.
21 drive the bulb discharge solenoid 103, etc.

The receiver 121 is a device for sending signals from the one-ball discharge sensor 105, the supply ball detector 96, the purchase selection switch 93, and the ball rate setting switch 122 for setting the number of rental balls for 100 yen, etc. to the CPU 119! It is. If the purchase selection switch 93 is omitted, a signal similar to the signal from the ball rate setting switch 122 is sent out when the card is inserted, and, for example, 200 yen worth of balls are lent.

Various signals are exchanged between the main control device 99 and the local control device 100, but a ready signal and card amount data are sent from the main control device 99 to the local control device 100. Purchase amount data and an alarm signal are transmitted to the control device 99. Furthermore, if the purchase selection switch 93 is omitted, in addition to the above-mentioned signals, a ball rental signal is transmitted from the main control device 99 to the local control device 100, and a ball rental signal is transmitted from the local control device 100 to the main control device 99. A completion signal is sent.

The flowchart of the processing in the ball lending machine 4 described above is shown in the 19th
20.

In the main control device 99, when the power of the ball lending machine 4 is turned on, the RAM 10B is cleared, the I10 port is initialized, the machine number is read from the single machine number setting switch 111, and the opening command signal from the management device 6 is received. Upon receiving,
It memorizes the code, sends a response signal to the management device 6, checks for an abnormality in the card reader/writer 89, and detects an inappropriate card.If no abnormality is found, the management device 6 confirms that preparations are complete. The local controller 10 sends a ready signal indicating
0, the local control device 100 becomes able to use the ball lending machine 4 and enters a state of waiting for card insertion. on the other hand,
If an abnormality is found, monitor information indicating the abnormality is set, the monitor information is transmitted to the management device 6, and the ready signal is turned off. Here, when the abnormality is recovered and the local control device 100 is provided or the start switch 123 is pressed, the monitor information is reset, the monitor information is transmitted to the management device 6, and the ready signal is turned on. When the player inserts the card 2 into the card insertion slot 90, the insertion detection sensor 59 detects the tip of the card 2, and the main control device 9 detects the tip of the card 2.
9, the main controller 99 controls the transport motor 56.
is activated to take in the card 2, and when the card 2 is taken in normally, the read/write head 101 reads the data in the magnetic data storage unit 13, the security reading sensor 60 reads the security data in the security storage unit 12, and the magnetic data is read. If the security data in the storage unit 13 and the security storage unit 12 match and there is a balance on the card 2, the card amount data is sent to the local control device 100, and the card amount data is sent to the local control device 100.
Set a local monitoring timer to detect abnormalities. If no abnormality is found in the local control device 100 and there is a balance corresponding to the purchase amount selected by the player, the process moves to the next step. Here, if the security data does not match, the monitor is set to indicate that there is an abnormality, and if there is no balance on the card 2 or there is an abnormality in the local control device 100, the purchase selected by the player is If there is no balance corresponding to the amount, the conveyance motor 56 is activated to eject the card 2, and the process returns to the state of waiting for card insertion.

Then, when the ball ejection control in the local control device 100 is completed and the purchase amount data is sent, the card amount is subtracted, and the card 2 that has been reversed by the reversal signal from the reversal position detection sensor 63 is A read/write head 101 stores the balance, a marking device 102 marks the balance, and the card 2 is ejected from the card slot 90. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, if the card has a value of 10,000 yen and the balance is 5,000 yen, the marking by the marking device 102 described above is 10,000 yen.
The balance display area of yen or more is filled out by printing.

When the above-described processing is completed, data such as machine number, card number, purchase amount, etc. are processed using encryption and sent to the management device 6 as sales data.

Thereafter, when a closing command signal is received from the management device 6, the ready signal is turned off and the processing in the main @ device 99 is completed.

In the local control device 100, when the power of the ball lending and recovery 4 is turned on, the RAM 118 is cleared, the I10 boat is initialized, and the ready signal from the main control device 99 is read, which reads the ball rate from the ball rate setting switch 122. If the supply method is received and the presence or absence of the supply method is confirmed, and a predetermined number or more of supply methods have been accumulated, the pilot lamp 91 is turned on to display to the player that the card 2 can be accepted, and the main control device 99 Waiting for card amount data from . On the other hand, if there are no more than a certain number of supply methods, an alarm signal is sent to the main control device 99.

After that, when the card amount data is received from the main control bag ff1199, the amount is displayed on the card amount display 92, the purchase selection switch 93 is operated, and if there is enough balance for the specified amount, the bulb ejection operation is performed. Move to. here,
If the balance is insufficient for the designated amount, the process returns to the initial state and the purchase selection switch 93 is selected again. In the ball ejecting operation, the number of balls to be ejected according to the specified amount is calculated based on the ball rate, and when the ball ejecting solenoid 103 is energized, the ball stopper part 104 retreats from the original flow path in the gutter.
As the balls in the original downspout 95 flow down, a discharge monitoring timer is set. Here, if a predetermined period of time elapses due to a ball clogging the original flow path, etc., the time-off occurs.
An alarm signal is sent to the main control device 99 and the process returns to the beginning.

When the ball discharge sensor 105 detects passing balls and reaches a predetermined number, the ball discharge solenoid 103 is demagnetized to stop the balls from flowing down. Therefore, when a predetermined number of balls, for example 25 balls worth 100 yen, are ejected into the ball slot 94, the purchase amount data is sent to the main control device 99 and the main monitoring timer is set. do. When the number of balls desired by the player is ejected into the ball slot 94 in this manner, the calculation section of the local control device 100 discharges the balls into the ball slot 94 from the amount previously displayed on the card amount display 92. Subtract the amount corresponding to the ball and display the balance on the card amount display 9
2 to visually display it. It should be noted that the player can press the purchase selection switch 9
The balance may be calculated and displayed when the player operates the card 3, and then the player takes the card 2 and returns it to the main control device 99.
When the output of the card amount data is turned off, the display of the card amount display 92 is turned off, and the output of the purchase amount data is turned off. Further, if the card amount display off signal is not received from the main control device 99 within a preset certain period of time, the process of turning off the card amount data output is skipped and the process proceeds to the subsequent process. Thereafter, when the ready signal from the main control device 99 is turned off, the pilot lamp 91 is turned off, indicating to the player that the card 2 will not be accepted, and the processing in the local control device 100 is ended.

As described above, in the ball lending machine 4, the control device is divided into the main control device 99, which controls reading and updating of the card 2, and data transmission with the management device 6, and the local control device 100, which controls the ball lending operation. Since it is divided into two parts, it is possible to prevent forgery of Card 2 and constitutional amendments to sales data, etc. That is, the main control device 99 controls the storage method and storage location of valuable data stored in the card 2, and the CPLI, since the card issuance center 1 seals the card and distributes it to each pachinko game parlor.
The calculation processing method in the IIO, the communication specifications with the management device 6, the data encryption method, etc. are not disclosed to pachinko game machine manufacturers, game media lending device manufacturers, and pachinko game parlors. Local control device 1
00 only controls the ball rental operation and does not calculate sales data, etc. Therefore, at a pachinko game parlor, the sales data is inflated by card 2 1. For example,
Even though they actually lent out pachinko balls worth 200 yen, when requesting payment from card issuing center 1, they pretended to have lent out pachinko balls worth 400 yen. becomes impossible.

An example of sales data managed by the management device 6 is shown in FIGS. 21 to 23.

Figure 21 is a configuration diagram showing an outline of the vending machine sales file.
When the card 2 is issued in the card vending machine 3, the machine number of the card vending machine 3, the type of the inserted card 20, the amount accepted into the banknote identification device 32, the amount paid out from the banknote dispenser 33, and the confiscated card. The number of sheets of 2 is sent to the management device 6.

These data are stored in the management device 6 as a file for each card vendor and machine. This card sales information file for each machine consists of one day's worth of data including sales, total number of cards issued, number of cards issued for each type, number of confiscated cards, total amount received, total amount paid out, and monitor information. There is.

Also, card sales? 13 to the management device 6, monitor information is also sent along with the device number when an abnormality occurs.

This monitor information consists of 16 bits, including 1 bit that controls abnormality information and 15 pieces of abnormality information corresponding to each bit. Then, when the abnormality is recovered and the restart switch 36 is pressed by the game store clerk, monitor information is transmitted again to indicate one recovery.

Figure 22 is a configuration diagram showing the outline of the ball lending machine sales file.
When a ball is lent at the ball lending machine 4, the machine number of the ball lending machine 4, the type of the inserted card 2, and the purchase amount are stored in the management device 6.
sent to. These data are stored in the management device 6 as a file for each ball rental machine. This ball lending machine
The files for each machine include sales, purchase time, card type, and purchase amount.

It consists of one day's worth of data consisting of monitor information.

Further, when an abnormality occurs from the ball lending machine 4 to the management device 6, monitor information is also transmitted together with the machine number. This monitor information consists of 8 bits, including 1 bit that controls abnormality information and 4 pieces of abnormality information corresponding to each bit. Note that the remaining 3 bits are unused. Then, when the abnormality is recovered and the gaming store clerk presses the restart switch 123, monitor information is transmitted again to indicate recovery.

Figure 23 is a configuration diagram showing the outline of a common file that integrates vending machine sales data and ball rental machine sales data, and is updated together when vending machine sales data and ball rental machine sales data are updated. . This common file contains the total vending machine sales, total number of purchases, number of uses for each card type, which corresponds to the vending machine sales file, and the total vending machine sales, total number of cards issued, and each type corresponding to the vending machine sales data. The total number of issued cards for each card, and the calculated sales value, which is the actual accounts receivable at the game store, which is obtained by subtracting the total sales of vending machines from the total sales of ball rental machines.
It consists of an encryption code that is set at the card issuing center 1 and used to process transmitted data, date information, ball rate, and a working area.

The encrypted data may be changed daily, and the ball rental rate can be stored in a changeable manner in the management device 6, and the ball rental rate can be sent to the ball rental machine 4 at the same time as the store opening command. @
The pitch rate setting switch in step 4 is no longer necessary.

The above-mentioned common file is transmitted to the card issuing center 1, but if more detailed data is required, the contents of the ball rental machine sales file and the vending machine sales file may be added and transmitted.

By transmitting the above file, the game arcade can send the card issuing center 1 the total sales of the card vending machine 3 and the ball lending machine 4.
Request settlement of the total sales (sales calculation value).

In addition, in order to prevent sales data from being amended on the in-store transmission line 7 or the out-of-store transmission line 8, the bits of the transmitted data are rearranged using encryption from the card issuing center l.
By processing sales data, it is possible to prevent the data from being amended at game parlors. If this code is changed every day, it will be more effective.

In the above embodiment, a game media lending device that rents out balls to be used in a pachinko parlor has been described, but the game media in the present invention is not limited to balls, and gaming coins and the like may be rented out. Furthermore, the card used in this embodiment can be used in any mechanism that uses prepaid cards, such as card-type sealed ball pachinko machines, vending machines, etc. .

<Effects of the Invention> As explained above, according to the present invention, since the storage medium vending device is provided with the issued processing means, it is not possible to confirm that the storage medium has been officially sold. Processing that proves this is always carried out.

Therefore, if a storage medium is obtained through non-regular purchasing means, for example, the storage medium stored in the storage medium vending device may be illegally removed, or the storage medium before being stored in the storage medium vending device may be illegally obtained. Even so, it is clearly distinguishable from officially purchased storage media. Therefore,
Even if a card issuance center etc. collectively manages the income and expenditure of storage media and settles the rental of gaming media at each gaming parlor and the sales of storage media,
To prevent a gaming parlor from gaining unfair profits by only increasing the rental amount of gaming media due to the use of illegally obtained storage media.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a pachinko gaming system, Fig. 2 is a system configuration diagram at a game parlor, Fig. 3A is a surface diagram of a card, and Fig. 3B is a diagram of a card. Figure 4 is the front view of the card vending machine, Figure 5A is the back view of
is a front view of the card issuing device, FIG. 5B is a sectional view of the card issuing device, and FIG. 6 is a side view showing the inside of the card reader.
Figure 7 is the control bag for the card vending machine! 8 to 10 are flowcharts of processing in the control device of the card vending machine, FIG. 11 is a schematic block diagram of the management device, and FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the keyboard.
Figures 3 to 14 are flowcharts of processing in the control device of the management device, Figure 15 is an exploded perspective view of the ball lending machine, and Figure 1
Figure 6 is a side view showing the inside of the card reader/writer, Figure 17
The figure is a perspective view of the ball discharging device, Figure 18 is a schematic block diagram of the control device of the ball lending machine, Figures 19 to 20 are flowcharts of processing in the ball lending machine control device, and Figure 21 is the vending machine sales. The configuration diagram of the file, FIG. 22 is a configuration diagram of the ball rental machine sales file, and FIG. 23 is the configuration diagram of the common file. In the diagram, 2...Card, 3...Card vending machine, 4...
・Ball rental machine, 6... Management device, 7... In-store transmission line, l
O... Issuance display unit, 22... Card amount designation switch, 30... Card issuing device, 40... Card tank, 46... Punch device. Figure 3 Figure 17

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A storage medium that stores at least valuable information, a storage medium sales device that sells the storage medium to players, a game media lending device that lends game media to players, and the storage medium sales device. and a management device that is electrically connected to the gaming media lending device via a transmission line and calculates and stores the sales status of the storage media and the lending status of the gaming media. A storage medium storage means for storing the above-mentioned storage media, a storage medium selection means for a player to specify a desired storage medium, and a storage medium selection means for recording that the storage medium has been issued when the storage medium is issued. A pachinko gaming system comprising: a recording means; and an issued valuable data transmission means for transmitting valuable data stored in an issued storage medium to a management device.