JPH08141191A - System for checking unfair use of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To precisely cope with the unfair use of a pinball machine and also, prevent a game house from being damaged. CONSTITUTION: This system can cope surely with the unfair use of a pinball machine in a game house and also, can prevent the game house from being damaged, by judging the unfair use of the pinball machine P and recording the evidence of the unfair use in the sheet issued from a pinball machine, a ball lender, etc., and outputting the information of unfair use in the display of a POS terminal device at the time of delivery of a gift.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention issues a receipt in which information such as the number of balls held is issued from a game machine or a ball lending machine, and based on the information written in the receipt, a PO is issued.
The present invention relates to an unauthorized use confirmation system for gaming machines, in which an S terminal device pays out a prize.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a system for confirming illegal use of a gaming machine, for example, an attendant regularly looks around the game hall,
I was trying to detect and prevent illegal use of pachinko machines. In addition, for example, when there is a pachinko machine in which the number of balls is abnormally increased in a short time, the central control device identifies the pachinko machine, and a staff member looks around the pachinko machine. For illegal use of pachinko machines, insert a special light emitting device into the ball counter and make it blink, illegally increase the number of balls held, replace with a modified ROM with an abnormally high ball output rate, shock the circuit with a high voltage current gun There are those that give illegally and raise the payout rate illegally. On the other hand, in the game arcade, labor saving and labor cost reduction are being promoted.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional technique, some staffs are provided in the game hall to detect and prevent the illegal use of the pachinko machine. Contrary to labor saving and labor cost reduction, and if the discovery is delayed, there is a problem that the amusement hall suffers a great deal of damage. The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and accurately determines illegal use of a pachinko machine, records evidence of illegal use on a receipt issued from the pachinko machine, By outputting the illegal use information to the output means of the POS terminal device at the time of paying out, it is possible to properly cope with the illegal use of the pachinko machine in the amusement hall, and to prevent the amusement hall from being damaged. It is an object of the present invention to provide an unauthorized use confirmation system for gaming machines.

[0004]

The gist of the present invention for achieving the above object is that a receipt in which information such as the number of balls held is written from a gaming machine (P) or a ball lending machine (10). Is issued and the POS terminal device (20) pays out the prize based on the information written in the receipt.
When an illegal use of the gaming machine (P) for increasing the number of balls is performed under an illegal means, the illegal use detecting section (14) which outputs an illegal use detection signal and the gaming machine (P) Unauthorized use element storage unit (1
2) and the unauthorized use detection unit (14) outputs an unauthorized use detection signal, the unauthorized use data recorded in the unauthorized use element storage unit (12) is read out, and the unauthorized use detection signal and the unauthorized use are read. And the unauthorized use determination signal is judged to correspond to the unauthorized use data, an unauthorized use determination processing unit (13) which outputs an unauthorized use determination signal, and the unauthorized use determination processing unit (13). When 13) outputs the illegal use judgment signal, the illegal use evidence recording means (1) is used to record the illegal use evidence in the issued receipt.
In the drive circuit (16) for driving 5) and the POS terminal device (20), the proof of unauthorized use recorded on the receipt is read, and the output means (2) of the POS terminal device (20) is read.
Recording / playback means (2) capable of outputting unauthorized use information to (6)
1) An unauthorized use confirmation system for a gaming machine, characterized by comprising:

[0005]

In the game hall, a POS terminal device (20) is installed, and, for example, a prize is paid out with the central control device. The gaming machine (P), the ball lending machine (10), or the unauthorized use element storage unit (12) in the centralized management device, for example, uses an unauthorized means to increase the number of balls held.
Various data of unauthorized use of are recorded.

Unauthorized use detection unit (14) in the gaming machine (P)
Outputs an unauthorized use detection signal when an unauthorized use of the gaming machine (P) is made. When the unauthorized use detection unit (14) outputs an unauthorized use detection signal, the unauthorized use determination processing unit (1
3) reads various data of unauthorized use recorded in the unauthorized use element storage unit (12), compares the various data of unauthorized use with an unauthorized use detection signal, and detects that the unauthorized use detection signal is If the data coincides with the unauthorized use data, an unauthorized use determination signal is output.

When the unauthorized use determination processing unit (13) outputs an unauthorized use determination signal, the drive circuit (16) applies, for example, a predetermined current to the unauthorized use evidence recording means (15). The illegal use evidence recording means (15) records the illegal use evidence on the receipt when the ball lending machine (10) issues the receipt, for example. Magnetic recording, bar code recording, punch hole recording,
An illegal mark print record or the like is used. The illegitimate use evidence recorded on the receipt is read by the recording / reproducing means (21) of the POS terminal device (20), and the POS terminal device (2).
The unauthorized use information can be output to the output means (26) of 0). Thereby, the attendant can confirm the illegal use of the gaming machine (P) without looking around the gaming machine (P), and can deal with it appropriately.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the game arcade, a plurality of game islands each having a large number of pachinko machines P shown in FIG. 1 arranged are arranged, and a POS terminal device 20 is installed at a prize exchange center of the game arcade. As shown in FIG. 1, a ball lending machine 10 is provided in a gap between adjacent pachinko machines P.
Is interposed. At the front of the ball lending machine 10, a coin slot 17, a lending ball supply unit 18, and a receipt issuing unit 1
9 are provided. In the receipt issued by the receipt issuing unit 19, "issue machine number", "receipt serial number", "issue date", "number of balls held" and the like are recorded.

A host computer 30 as a centralized management device is installed in a place away from the game hall or in a separate room adjacent to the game hall. The POS terminal device 20 transmits / receives management data to / from the host computer 30, and manages payout of prizes, for example, mainly confirms the authenticity of the seat issued by the game arcade, and confirms the number of balls held in the receipt. It is used for confirmation and prize payout processing. The pachinko machine P is equipped with an unauthorized use detection unit 14.
The unauthorized use detection unit 14 detects a high energy wave from a special light emitting device inserted into the ball counter, a modified ROM that has been replaced, a high voltage current gun, or the like. The detection signal from the unauthorized use detection unit 14 is output to the unauthorized use element storage unit 12 via the amplification circuit, the A / D conversion circuit, and the sample hold circuit.

A control unit 11 and an unauthorized use element storage unit 12 in which data on unauthorized use of a pachinko machine P is recorded,
The detection signal from the unauthorized use detection unit 14 and the unauthorized use data in the unauthorized use element storage unit 12 are compared to determine which unauthorized use data the output signal corresponds to,
An unauthorized use determination processing unit 13 that outputs an unauthorized use determination signal is incorporated. The illegal use data includes “illegal input of number of balls owned”, “illegal use of modified ROM”, “illegal alteration of payout rate”, and the like. When a fraudulent use determination signal is output from the fraudulent use determination processing unit 13 to the ball lending machine 10, the control signal from the control unit 11 causes the data of the relevant fraudulent use to be recorded as the fraudulent use evidence recording means 15 through the interface.
The drive circuit 16 for outputting the signal is internally provided. The unauthorized use evidence recording means 15 is a printer for printing including a digit for identifying "authorized use" and "illegal use" provided in a large number of digits of a barcode, and an unauthorized mark at a predetermined portion of a receipt. A printer for ink printing, a printer for thermal printing, a writer for magnetic recording for recording evidence of unauthorized use on a magnetic recording portion of a receipt, and a punching machine for punching holes in a receipt are used. What is printed or magnetically recorded on the receipt by the unauthorized use evidence recording means 15 becomes the unauthorized use evidence.

The POS terminal device 20 is a recording / reading means 21 which is a recording / reproducing circuit for reading the illegitimate use evidence recorded on the receipt and displaying the unauthorized use information on the display 26 which is the output means of the POS terminal device 20. Is provided. The recording / reading means 21 is an O bar code reader or the like according to the illegal use information recording means on the receipt.
A CR (optical character reader), a reader for magnetic recording, a light detecting means, etc. are used, and a buffer circuit,
It consists of an amplifier circuit and a signal detection circuit. The output means of the POS terminal device 20 may be not only display output but also print output means such as a printer. By the control signal from the control unit 22, the signal input from the recording / reading unit 21 is output to the signal processing unit 23, and the signal processing unit 23 amplifies the input signal, A / D-converts it, and A / D-converts it. The unauthorized use information which is an input signal is written in the RAM 24. In the RAM 24, "unauthorized input of number of balls held", "unauthorized use of modified ROM", "unauthorized modification of payout rate" and the like are also recorded in the RAM 24 as data of unauthorized use. Control unit 22
The illegal use information recorded in the RAM 24 is output to the arithmetic unit 25 by the control signal of No. 6, and the arithmetic unit 25 compares the illegal use information with the illegal use data recorded in the RAM 24 to obtain the illegal use information. Is identified from the data of unauthorized use. The identified unauthorized use information is output to the display 26 via the interface 27, the control circuit 28, and a drive circuit (not shown).

On the display 26, the information recorded on the receipt, that is, "receipt issuing machine number", "receipt serial number", "issue date", "ball number", "person number", and , "Payout giveaway item" is displayed, and when the record reading means 21 reads the illegal use information, the items such as "illegal input of the number of balls held", "improved alteration of ROM" and "illegal alteration of coin output rate" Is displayed. Control unit 2
2, the signal processor 23, the RAM 24, and the calculator 25 may be provided in the host computer 30.

Next, the operation will be described. A POS terminal device 20 is installed in the game hall, and a host computer 30
And the payout management of prizes. The payout management of the prize is performed based on the message displayed on the display 26 of the POS terminal device 20. On the other hand, in the ball lending machine 10, various data of illegal use of the pachinko machine P for increasing the number of balls held is recorded under the illegal means. Insert a special light-emitting device into the ball counter inside the pachinko machine P (not shown) to make it blink, and increase the number of balls held illegally, or a formal RO set to a fair payout rate.
If you replace M with a modified ROM with an abnormally high ball output rate, or if a high-energy wave is emitted to the circuit that sets the ball output rate with a high-voltage current gun, the ball output rate will be increased illegally.
The unauthorized use detection section 14 therein detects it and outputs an unauthorized use detection signal. The fraud detection signal is amplified by the control signal of the control unit 11, further A / D converted, and written in the fraudulent use element storage unit 12.

When the unauthorized use detection unit 14 outputs an unauthorized use detection signal, the unauthorized use determination processing unit 13 responds to the control signal from the control unit 11 to detect various types of unauthorized use recorded in the unauthorized use element storage unit 12. The data is read, and various data of the illegal use is compared with the illegal use detection signal written in the illegal use element storage unit 12, and if the illegal use detection signal matches the illegal use data, the illegal use judgment is made. Output a signal. When the unauthorized use determination processing unit 13 outputs an unauthorized use determination signal, the unauthorized use element storage unit 12 outputs specific unauthorized use data to the drive circuit 16 according to the control signal of the control unit 11, and the drive circuit 16 For example, a predetermined drive signal is output to the illegal use evidence recording means 15. When the illegal use evidence recording means 15 is inkjet recording, a piezo drive signal is output to the print head, and when the illegal use evidence recording means 15 is magnetic recording, a recording current is output to the coil of the magnetic head. It When the drive circuit 16 outputs a drive signal to the illegal use evidence recording means 15, the illegal use evidence recording means 15 records the illegal use evidence on the receipt when the receipt is issued from the ball lending machine 10, for example. The record of the illegitimate use evidence is a bar code record or an illegitimate mark print record when the illegitimate use evidence recording means 15 is an inkjet recording.

The evidence of unauthorized use recorded on the receipt is P
It is read by the recording / reading means 21 of the OS terminal device 20.
When the record of the illegitimate use is the bar code record, for example, it is a bar code reader, in the case of the magnetic record, it is a magnetic reader, and when the record is made by the illegality detecting hole, it is a light receiving element such as a photo sensor. The illegitimate use evidence record read by the record reading unit 21 is amplified and A / D converted by the signal processing unit 23, and is written in the RAM 24 by a control signal of the control unit 22. The unauthorized use evidence record written in the RAM 24 is controlled by the control signal of the control unit 22.
The content of the illegal use information is specified by comparing with the illegal use information read out by the arithmetic unit 25 and also recorded in the RAM 24. The identified unauthorized use information is output to the control circuit 28 via the interface 27, and the unauthorized use information output to the control circuit 28 is output to the display 26 of the POS terminal device 20 together with predetermined display information.

When the output means of the POS terminal device 20 is a printer, the contents of illegal use are printed together with predetermined items. Thereby, the staff member of the POS terminal device 20 can check the illegal use of the pachinko machine P without looking around the pachinko machine P, and can properly deal with the illegal use. Although the control unit 11, the unauthorized use element recording unit 12, and the unauthorized use processing determination unit 13 are built in the pachinko machine P in the above embodiment, they may be provided in the host computer 30. . Further, although the present system has been shown to be applied to a pachinko machine P, for example, the number of game media such as coins in a slot machine is written in a receipt, and based on the number of game media written in the receipt. It can be widely applied to exchange gifts.

[0017]

According to the unauthorized use confirmation system for a gaming machine of the present invention, the unauthorized use of the gaming machine is accurately determined,
The evidence of unauthorized use is recorded on the receipt issued from the gaming machine or the ball lending machine, and the unauthorized use information is output to the output means of the POS terminal device when the prize is paid out. It is possible to properly deal with illegal use and prevent the game hall from being damaged.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine or the like showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an unauthorized use confirmation system for a gaming machine showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 P ... Pachinko machine 10 ... Ball lending machine 11 ... Control unit 12 ... Unauthorized use element storage unit 13 ... Unauthorized use determination processing unit 14 ... Unauthorized use detection unit 15 ... Unauthorized use evidence recording means 16 ... Driving circuit 20 ... POS terminal device 21 Recording / reading means (recording / reproducing means) 22 ... Control section 23 ... Processing section 24 ... RAM 25 ... Calculation section 26 ... Display (output means) 27 ... Interface 28 ... Control circuit 30 ... Host computer (centralized management device)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A receipt in which information such as the number of balls held is written from a gaming machine or a ball lending machine, and the POS terminal device pays out a prize based on the information written in the receipt. In the unauthorized use confirmation system for gaming machines, an unauthorized use detection unit that outputs an unauthorized use detection signal when an illegal use of a pachinko machine with an increased number of balls is performed under unauthorized means, and the gaming machine An unauthorized use element storage unit in which the unauthorized use data of is recorded, and the unauthorized use detection unit outputs an unauthorized use detection signal,
When the unauthorized use data recorded in the unauthorized use element storage unit is read, the unauthorized use detection signal is compared with the unauthorized use data, and it is determined that the unauthorized use detection signal corresponds to the unauthorized use data. And an unauthorized use determination processing unit that outputs an unauthorized use determination signal, and an unauthorized use evidence recording unit that records the unauthorized use evidence in the issued receipt when the unauthorized use determination processing unit outputs the unauthorized use determination signal. And a recording / reproducing means for enabling the POS terminal device to read out the illegal use evidence recorded on the receipt and output the illegal use information to the output means of the POS terminal device. Unauthorized use confirmation system for gaming machines.