JPH07185121A - Pachinko ball lending machine to be installed between two game machines - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable to review the state of utilization by players of game machines easily and thus to make it possible to take a countermeasure against tax evasion at a low cost. CONSTITUTION:The pachinko ball lending machine to be installed between two game machines is characterized by its constitution providing with a display section 30 built in each such ball lending machine 10 to display at least either one of ball lending information 62 or sales information 64 of the machine 10 and a totalizing section 20 built in each such machine 10 to totalize the information 62 and 64 of each such machine 10, where the totalized results are sealed up so that no alteration of the totalized data can be made.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an inter-mountain ball lending machine for renting out game balls used in a game machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine and arranging them side by side for each game machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional game machine selection technique, a parlor player selects one from among hundreds of pachinko machines and slot machines in a hall to play a game. When selecting a gaming machine, the usage rate of the gaming machine is estimated mainly from the amount of cigarette butts on an ashtray installed in the gaming machine.

Further, as a conventional tax evasion countermeasure device, for example, there is a prepaid card device, and all the sales data are made online to the bank.

[0006] The prepaid card device has an advantage in that, if computer data is crafted in a hall and tax evasion is attempted, it is possible to easily detect fraud by using sales data online at a bank. Government agencies have been making efforts for several years to popularize the prepaid card device. On the other hand, relevant government agencies have the idea that the data recorded by a hall computer may be tampered with and may be evaded, resulting in low reliability.

[0005]

However, in the conventional gaming machine selection technology, the player cannot know the ball rental information and the sales information indicating the utilization rate of each gaming machine, There was a problem that the actual usage rate could not be known.

Further, in the conventional data collection technology of the tax evasion countermeasure device, the cost for constructing the system is very high,
Further, there are problems that the maintenance cost is too high and the sales are reduced even after the system is constructed.

Further, in the conventional data collection technique of the tax evasion countermeasure device, accurate data should be recorded on the paid-out card by the card issuing machine mounted inside the data collection unit. If there was a distance between the sealed board and each input terminal, the data could be tampered with by operating the wiring connecting them.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to such conventional problems, and allows a player to easily recognize the usage state of a gaming machine and take tax evasion measures at low cost. The purpose is to provide a ball rental machine.

[0009]

The gist of the present invention for achieving the above object resides in the following 6 items.

[1] Lending a game ball used in a game machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine, and arranging the machine balls in each machine, the machine balls renting machine (10)
Ball rental information (6)
2) or a display unit (30) for displaying at least one of the sales information (64), and an inter-mountain ball lending machine.

[2] The display unit (30) displays the ball rental information (62) or the sales information (6) of each inter-lens ball rental machine (10).
The inter-mountain ball lending machine according to [1], wherein at least one of 4) is displayed on an hourly, daily, and weekly basis.

[3] Each inter-mountain ball lending machine (10) is provided with a display unit (30) as a game unit using the inter-mountain ball lending machine (10).
At least one of the ball rental information (62) and the sales information (64) of the inter-mountain ball lending machine (10) selectively displayed in is output as a printed matter (66) [1 ] Or the inter-mountain ball rental machine according to [2].

[4] Ball rental information (62) of each inter-mountain ball rental machine (10), sales information of each inter-mountain ball rental machine (10) The inter-mountain ball lending machine according to [1], further comprising an aggregating unit (20) for aggregating (64) and sealing the aggregated data so that the aggregated data cannot be tampered with.

[5] Ball rental information (62) installed inside each inter-lens ball rental machine (10) and sales information about each inter-lens ball rental machine (10). The inter-lens ball lending machine according to [4], further comprising an input / output unit (50) for inputting / outputting (64) and sealing such that the totalized data cannot be tampered with.

[6] Stored in each inter-lens ball lending machine (10) and storing aggregate data aggregated by the aggregation unit (20), the aggregated data is sealed so that it cannot be tampered with. [4] characterized by comprising a storage unit (40)
Or the inter-mountain ball lending machine according to [5].

[0016]

The inter-mountain ball lending machine (10) lends game balls used in gaming machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines, and is provided for each gaming machine.

The display unit (30) is provided for each inter-lens ball rental machine (10).
Ball rental information (62) installed in each unit and between each unit ball rental machine (10)
Alternatively, at least one of the sales information (64) is displayed.

Further, according to the designation, the display unit (30) is
It is also possible to display at least one of the ball rental information (62) and the sales information (64) of each inter-mountain ball lending machine (10) on an hourly, daily or weekly basis.

Further, in the game unit using the pedestrian ball rental machine (10), the ball rental information (62) or sales of the pedestrian ball rental machine (10) selectively displayed on the display section (30). It is also possible to output at least one of the information (64) as a printed matter (66).

That is, the display unit is a ball lending machine (10) between each unit.
Since the ball rental information (62) or the sales information (64) and the like are output as a display and also as a printed matter (66), the player can know the actual utilization rate of each gaming machine, and The printed matter (66) allows the user to know the result of his / her own use.

The totaling section (20) has a totaling state sealed so that the totalized data cannot be tampered with, and is installed in each inter-lens ball lending machine (10). ) And the sales information (64) of each inter-lens ball lending machine (10) are totaled.

The input / output unit (50) is sealed so that the total data cannot be tampered with, and is installed in each inter-lens ball lending machine (10). Ball rental information (62)
And the sales information (64) of each inter-mountain ball lending machine (10) is input / output.

The storage unit (40) has the storage state sealed so that the totalized data cannot be tampered with, and is installed in each inter-lens ball lending machine (10) and totalized by the totaling unit (20). The aggregated data is stored.

That is, in order to prevent falsification of the ball rental information (62) of each inter-mountain ball lending machine (10) and the sales information (64) of each device, each inter-mountain ball lending machine (10) is sealed. Therefore, it is not possible to tamper with the data and it is possible to prevent tax evasion at low cost.

[0025]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Each drawing shows an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, each inter-lens ball lending machine 10 is arranged adjacent to each inter-lens ball lending machine 10,
A display unit 30, a storage unit 40, an input / output unit 50, and a totaling unit 20 are installed in each inter-mountain lending machine 10, and the display unit 30, the storage unit 40, and the input / output unit 50 are each connected to the totaling unit 20. And are sealed together or individually. Note that sealing to prevent tampering is not limited to mechanical sealing, and is an electrically non-writable device, RO
M, CD ROM, One that is a non-rewritable device
An electronic sealing method using Time Memory or a chemical or physicochemical sealing method capable of writing only once such as thermal recording, electrophotography, and silver halide photography is also considered as equivalent means. In addition, as a sealing method, a timer unit is provided to set business hours, and means other than the business hours such that the totaling unit 20 does not store the sales information 64 are mechanical sealing methods or electronic means. It may be used together with an engineering sealing method.

Through the input / output unit 50, the totaling unit 20 is
Ball rental information 62, which is sales for each inter-mountain ball rental machine 10, is input, and sales information 64 is input as the gaming machine internal signal 60. You may make it input the ball rental information 62, the sales information 64, and the difference ball information which is the difference of the sales information 64 to the totaling part 20.

A sealed storage unit 40 is connected to the totaling unit 20 so that the sales information 64 and the like can be fetched and the sales information 64 and the like cannot be tampered with. Here again, the totaling unit 20 is sealed so that the totalized data cannot be tampered with.

A ball counter may be connected to the inter-lens ball lending machine 10. The ball counter is a ball counter for paying out pachinko balls, which can be paid out freely from one pachinko ball to infinity according to instructions from the control unit built into the gaming machine. The payout of rental balls can also be handled by one control unit, and the number of types of prize balls and rental balls can be paid out by one control unit.

The ball rental information 62 (sales information 64), ball output information, and ball input information accumulated in the totaling section 20 are input / output section 50.
When it is input via the, the control unit pays out while counting the appropriate number of balls. At the same time, the data is sent to the seal type storage unit 40 connected to the counting unit 20 inside each inter-lens ball lending machine 10.

The hall computer cannot issue an instruction to the seal type storage unit 40, and cannot tamper with the data.

Totaling unit 20, storage unit 40 and input / output unit 5
0 may be added with a tampering prevention mechanism by a card which is built-in, has been recited or coded so that it cannot be tampered with, and is protected.

Input / output of the sales information 64 and the like is performed through the seal type input / output unit 50.

Input to the seal type totalizing section 20 is as follows:
In addition to the sales information 64 (ball rental information 62), ball output information, and ball input information, abnormality information, big hit / small hit information, etc. may be included. Further, stop control information may also be included.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the inter-mountain ball lending machine 10. In the inter-mountain ball lending machine 10, bills and the like are input from the input port 210,
By operating the lever 200, a predetermined number of balls are discharged from the ball rental port 220.

The display unit 30 according to this embodiment comprises a display unit a32 for displaying numbers and a display unit b34 for displaying messages.

The display section a32 and the display section b34 can be realized by using liquid crystal display, cathode ray tube display, EL display, LED display, or the like.

Next, the operation will be described.

The sealed ball rental information 62 of the counting unit 20 is
It may be output as the gaming machine internal signal 60 via the input / output unit 50, and may be used as aggregated data on the host computer side.

The hall computer cannot issue a falsification command to the seal type totalizing section 20.
It is structured so that it cannot tamper with its own data.

The seal type totaling unit 20 basically relays the above data between each inter-lens ball lending machine 10 and the hall computer, and selectively collects only necessary data to the totaling unit 20. The items are stored in the connected storage unit 40 item by item.

The input / output unit 50 collects ball rental information 62 (sales information 64), ball output information, and ball input information accumulated in the totaling unit 20.
When it is input via the, the control unit pays out while counting the appropriate number of balls. At the same time, in the seal type storage unit 40, which is inside each inter-lens ball lending machine 10 and sends data to the seal type storage unit 40 connected to the summation unit 20, according to the instruction of the summation unit 20, The data is stored item by item.

In addition to the ball rental information 62, the sales information 64, the coin output information, and the coin input information, the display section a32 displays the abnormality information and the big hit / small hit information obtained from the storage section 40 via the totaling section 20. It may be displayed. Further, the stop control information may be displayed.

The display section b34 prints a message corresponding to the numerical information displayed on the display section a32 on the printed matter 66.
Output as.

The information displayed on the display unit 30 or the printed matter 66 allows the player to know the actual utilization rate of each gaming machine, and the printed matter 66 allows the player to know the result of his / her own use. it can. The printed matter 66 can also serve as reference evidence for the tax office.

Further, the display unit 30 may be provided with a short / disconnection detection display function (not shown) for detecting shorts and disconnections in consideration of the service to the player.

In the case of illegal payout information, in order to make the number of payouts higher than the actual value, wiring is intermittently generated to generate pseudo payout information, or a pachinko ball is inserted into a safe hole. There is technology such as doing.

During business hours, if there is a short circuit or disconnection between wirings, balls are paid out without doing anything, or balls are not paid out when the balls should be paid out. Therefore, such a fraud is basically not performed during business hours because a complaint from the player will occur. In addition, as a fraud prevention measure, a timer unit (not shown in FIG. 1) is provided to set the business hours.
The illegality is prevented by not storing such information.

As a measure against fraud in putting the pachinko balls into the safe holes, there is a restriction that the pachinko balls cannot be put into the safe holes unless the glass door of each inter-lens ball lending machine 10 is opened. To use.

That is, in the totaling unit 20, the totaling unit 20 is constructed so that when the glass door is opened, the safe hole information is not output, and the number of payout balls cannot be counted. However, as a practical matter, some pachinko balls are thrown into the safe holes because the balls are caught in the nails and annoy the player. In this case, since it is necessary to pay out the pachinko balls, only one pachinko ball can be paid out even if the glass door is opened and thrown into the safe hole.

In addition, in the totaling unit 20, the payout information (safe hole information) is input, so that the payout information is input.
Further, when the ball information when the payout is paid out from the gaming machine is input, the counting information of the payout is output.

At this time, as for the information to be sent, it is also possible to use a device for sending 1: 1 and information for one shot for 10 balls.

In the case of illegal input information, in order to reduce the number of input balls from the actual value, the wiring is cut off or shorted to hide the input information, and the input information of the input ball is not obtained. Is also possible.

Such fraud prevention measures can be taken by detecting a short circuit or disconnection. When a short circuit or disconnection is detected, a message is issued and, for example, handle control information is output to each device so that the game cannot be continued and the firing handle is stopped so that the ball firing is stopped. Furthermore, the short-circuit / disconnection information is output to the seal type totaling unit 20,
It is also possible to send a record of detection of short circuit or disconnection and store the number of times and time.

The idea of this device is not a device that processes only the sales by each inter-lens ball lending machine 10 through a black box, and the management of the information is not carried out by the bank but is installed in each gaming machine. This is intended to be performed by the counting unit 20 of the pedestrian ball rental machine 10.

At the same time, the idea is to record the incoming and outgoing information or the difference information. In other words, either "hole sales and pay-in / pay-out information" or "hole sales and pay-out information" is totaled in the totalizing section 20 which is installed in the hall and cannot be tampered with. It is also possible to record on a card regularly (weekly, monthly, yearly, etc.) and pay it out, and attach the card and submit other documents to the tax office.

Of course, the card is protected, but it is also possible to put a card for one year in a holder, set the holder together with the holder in the totaling unit 20, and bring the holder together with the holder to the tax office one year later.

At the tax office, it is possible to make an accurate assessment based on the data from the card and the materials submitted from the hall.

A card issuing machine can be attached to the seal type totalizing section 20. Daily total, weekly total,
It is also possible to record monthly totals. The daily, weekly, and monthly data will be recorded on a single card as the data for the entire hall and will be paid out, so the card must be attached and submitted.

When the daily total is recorded, it is also possible to record the item-wise total data after the store is closed (after the end of business hours) on the card built in the card issuing machine. (At this time, the card does not come out even after recording the data.) If you do not record the daily total and take the weekly total, the above operation is automatically performed for each determined day of the week.

At the turn of the month, it is possible that the total of the month is totaled and the card is dispensed from the card issuing machine 40.

Therefore, as the card, it is possible to select daily and monthly totals, weekly and monthly totals, daily and weekly totals and monthly totals, and only monthly totals.

When a card with a large capacity is used, it is possible to record in units of half a year or one year.

[0065]

According to the inter-mountain ball lending machine of the present invention, at least one piece of information is provided inside each inter-mountain ball lending machine to display ball rental information or sales information of each inter-mountain ball lending machine. Since the display unit displays or prints at least one of the ball rental information and the sales information of each inter-lens ball rental machine as a display or a printout on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis, the game player can actually use each gaming machine. It is possible to know the utilization rate of the above, and it is also possible to know the result of its own use from the printed matter.

Since each ball-to-table ball lending machine is sealed so that it cannot be tampered with, the data can be tampered with. Therefore, tax evasion can be prevented at low cost.

Further, since each inter-mountain ball renting machine is sealed, accurate data is recorded in each inter-mountain ball renting machine, and each inter-mountain ball renting machine stores data between host computers. Even if it is tampered with, it can be easily detected.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an inter-mountain ball lending machine showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram of an inter-mountain ball lending machine showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an inter-mountain ball lending machine showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 unit ball lending machine 20 totaling unit 30 display unit 32 display unit a 34 display unit b 40 storage unit 50 input / output unit 60 gaming machine internal signal 62 ball rental information 64 sales information 66 printed matter 200 lever 210 slot 220 220 ball rental mouth

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A pedestrian ball lending machine for lending a gaming ball used in a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine, which is installed in each gaming machine in parallel. An inter-mountain ball lending machine, comprising: a display unit for displaying at least one of the ball-lending information or the sales information of each unit ball lending machine. 2. The display unit displays at least one of the ball rental information or the sales information of each of the inter-mountain ball rental machines on an hourly, daily or weekly basis. The stand ball rental machine described in 1. 3. The ball lending information of the inter-mountain ball lending machine selectively displayed on the display unit for each gaming machine using the inter-mountain ball lending machine, or The inter-lens ball lending machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein at least one of the sales information is output as a printed matter. 4. The ball lending machine between each unit is internally provided, and the ball lending information of each unit ball lending machine and the sales information of each unit ball lending machine are totaled, and the aggregated data cannot be tampered with. The inter-mountain ball lending machine according to claim 1, further comprising a totaling unit whose total status is sealed. 5. The above-mentioned inter-mountain ball renting machine is internally provided, and the rental information of each inter-mountain ball renting machine and the sales information of each of said inter-mountain ball renting machine are input and output, and the tampering of the total data is possible. The inter-lens ball lending machine according to claim 4, further comprising an input / output unit sealed so as to be impossible. 6. A storage unit provided in each of the inter-lens ball lending machines, storing the totalized data aggregated by the totalizing unit, and sealing the storage state so that the aggregated data cannot be tampered with. The inter-mountain ball lending machine according to claim 4 or 5, characterized by being provided.