JPH08280917A - Game shop control apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To control many machineries by a reduced number of computers by processing various data of card issuing machines or lending machines in respective game shops by a totalizing data processor and controlling the respective game shops on the basis of various totalized data by a host computer. CONSTITUTION: Game machines 3 are arranged in respective game shops 1, 2 and pinball lending machines 4 are together arranged to the game machines 3 and the hall computers 5 controlling the game machines 3 are arranged. A totalizing computer 17 controlling a prepaid card issuing machine 6 and respective machinery 4, 6 and a premium exchanger 18 are arranged and a host computer 14 is arranged to the head shop 13 of chain shops. Both computers 7, 14 are mutually connected by respective communication paths 15, 16 and, for example, cooperatively judge whether the prepaid card inserted in the pinball lending machine 4 is an injust card to display the judge result. By this constitution, many machineries are efficiently controlled by a reduced number of computers.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game shop management system in which a plurality of game shops or chain shops are managed by a central host computer and a totaling data processing device arranged in each game shop.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been provided a management system for a game shop in which a plurality of pachinko machines are managed by a hall computer. However, in recent years, the introduction of prepaid cards has been considered, and there is a demand for the construction of a system that enables efficient management such as ticketing of prepaid cards and counting of ticketing data.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a ticket for a prepaid card and a novel amusement store that enables aggregation of ticket issuing data. The purpose is to provide a management system.

[0004]

A gaming shop management system according to the present invention is a gaming machine that uses a ticket issuing machine for issuing a prepaid card used for each gaming machine in a gaming shop and a prepaid card issued by the ticketing machine. A lending machine that rents out game balls, a data processing device for totalizing various data of the ticket issuing machine and the lending machine, and various data aggregated by the data processing device for totaling each gaming shop, and It is characterized by comprising a host computer which distributes necessary data to the data processing device for aggregation for each of the amusement stores and manages the amusement stores.

[0005]

The operation of the game shop management system of the present invention operates as follows. The aggregation data processing device aggregates and manages various data of ticket issuing machines and lending machines for each gaming shop.
That is, the store name of the prepaid card issued from the ticket issuing machine, the card serial number, the issue date, the amount, the ticket issuing store name of the prepaid card used in the lending machine, the card serial number, the date of use,
While collecting and storing the amount of money used, inventory adjustment of cards,
Manage orders and other matters. Further, the aggregation data processing device transmits the collected and stored information to the host computer,
On the other hand, the host computer settles the amount of money used for the prepaid card.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the game shop management system of this embodiment. In the figure, 1 and 2 are game shops. It should be noted that the configurations of various devices such as pachinko machines installed in the game stores 1 and 2 will be described assuming that devices of the same type are installed. Reference numeral 3 is a gaming machine installed in the gaming shop 1, 4 is a ball lending machine (lending machine) attached to the gaming machine 3, and 4a is a prepaid card insertion hole provided in the ball lending machine 4. In this ball lending machine 4, game balls are lent out by a prepaid card inserted into a prepaid card insertion hole 4a. 4b is a prepaid card insertion hole 4a
When the prepaid card inserted in is a fraudulent prepaid card, it is an alarm lamp for notifying the fraud.
Reference numeral 5 is a hall computer for managing the state of each gaming machine 3 in the gaming shop. Reference numeral 6 is a ticket issuing machine for issuing the prepaid card in which the number of game balls that can be lent out and the inserted amount information are written by a predetermined code according to the inserted amount. 6a is a money insertion hole for inserting an amount of money, 6
Reference numeral b is a prepaid card ejection hole through which the prepaid card is ejected. Numeral 7 collects the input amount information and the ticket issuing data inserted into the ticket issuing machine 6, and also displays the prepaid card information inserted into the ball lending machine 4, the number and the amount information of the lendable game balls written in the prepaid card. It is a counting computer that manages the ball lending machine 4 and the ticket issuing machine 6 by rewriting. Reference numeral 14 denotes a host computer at the head office of a chain store, which performs prepaid card approval, inventory management, and order management based on the aggregate data from the aggregating computer 7 of each amusement store.

Reference numeral 13 is a main store of a chain store, for example, which is provided with a host computer 14, and the counting computers 7 of the gaming stores 1 and 2 are connected to the host computer 14 by communication paths 15 and 16. There is. Reference numeral 14a is a keyboard for keying in various data, 14b is a display for displaying data transmitted / received to / from the aggregation computer 17, and 14c is a printer for printing out the data.

In addition, the computer 17 for counting up at each amusement store
Determines whether the prepaid card inserted in the ball lending machine 4 is an unauthorized prepaid card. The determination as to whether or not the fraudulent prepaid card is made is made based on the fraud detection information recorded in the inserted prepaid card with a predetermined code or pattern. Further, when the prepaid card is used, the counting computer 17 is used by the head office 13
The host computer 14 is notified of the store number, the ball lender number, the remaining money or the number of remaining balls, and other necessary information, and the host computer judges that the prepaid card is illegal. The notification is displayed on the machine 4 or the like.

Further, the computer 17 for counting up at each amusement store
Pays the prepaid card inserted in the ball lending machine 4 according to the number of balls lent out based on the instruction of the host computer, and rewrites the number of lendable balls and the remaining amount information recorded in the prepaid card. Give instructions. As a result, the number of balls that can be lent out and the remaining balance information recorded in the prepaid card are rewritten. In this manner, the counting computer 7 also issues tickets and counts tickets and manages the ball lending machine 4, so that the management in the game shop can be efficiently managed with the minimum resources.

[0010]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the totaling data processing device of each amusement store manages ticket issuing machines and lending machines, it is possible to efficiently manage many devices with a small number of computers. become.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a game shop management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 2 amusement store 3 amusement machine 4 ball lending machine (rental machine) 6 ticketing machine 7 counting computer (data processing device for counting) 14 host computer

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ticket issuing machine for issuing a prepaid card to be used for each gaming machine in a game shop, a lending machine for lending a gaming coin or a gaming ball by the prepaid card issued by the ticket issuing machine, the ticket issuing machine and the lending machine. Data processing device for totaling various data with a machine, and various data aggregated by the total data processing device for each amusement store, and necessary for the total data processing device for each amusement store An amusement store management system comprising a host computer that distributes data and manages each amusement store.