JPH08299565A - Game shop managing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To precisely perform nail management, etc., and to improve serviceability by calculating the mean value of the number of times of start-up per unit hour in a low probability game state and a high probability game state, respectively. CONSTITUTION: This managing device of a game shop is equipped with a first and a second game state control means (game control board) to control the low probability game state and the high probability game state. While. first profitable data and first unprofitable data for a game shop side are calculated by calculation means 111, 112. respectively in the period of the first game state. Also, the number of game balls relating to the game operation of a first game state is calculated by a calculation means 129 as a first mean value per unit hour. While, second profitable data and second unprofitable data for the game shop side are calculated by calculation means 116, 117 in the period of a second game state. Moreover, the number of game balls relating to the game operation of the second game state is calculated by a calculation means 130 as a second mean value per unit hour.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game hall management device. In particular, the present invention relates to a game hall management device that outputs data necessary for nail adjustment, repair, etc. at a game hall.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Computers installed in pachinko halls are used not only for labor saving in stores but also for various purposes as the times pass. It is used for nail adjustment, data management, money management, financial management, personnel management, chain store management, etc. Specifically, a business management computer for offices, a hall computer that manages sales, an island computer that manages multiple game machines, a game management computer that manages games, and game data for individual game machines. It is widely used in gaming machine management computers.

In order to perform fine data management and nail adjustment for each gaming machine, it is not possible to simply operate a hall computer installed at the head office or hall office. By looking at various kinds of game data such as paper ejected from the hall computer for each gaming machine, the nail position of the corresponding gaming machine is adjusted.

A series of games on modern gaming machines include game parts that resemble slot machine games, but are computerized rather than mechanical. The winning probability of this game is not always constant, but is divided into a certain low probability and a certain high probability. The payout rate is determined by the computer software that causes such a state transition. In this case, the game proceeds by alternation between the low-probability state and the high-probability state.

The payout rate is also changed by the mechanism. For example, it is changed by nail adjustment. There are a plurality of nails whose position is adjusted instead of a single nail. The ball output rate depends not only on the nail adjustment at a single position but also on the correlation between the nail adjustments at multiple positions.

The ball throwing rate is determined by the hit probability and the nail adjustment. The management of the gaming machine needs to be performed based on the low probability state data and the high probability state data. On the other hand, customers are requesting the release of such data. It is not known at present to use the liquid crystal display portion forming the game portion of the gaming machine as a data disclosure means. If the liquid crystal display part is used as a data display means for each of the gaming machines, it is convenient for the amusement hall manager who performs nail adjustment, etc., and can easily respond to the request from the customer who wishes to disclose the data. become able to.

[0007]

The present invention has been invented in the above technical background, and achieves the following objects.

An object of the present invention is to provide an amusement hall management device that is suitable and easy to manage.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a game arcade management device which divides different game states and outputs data for each game machine.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a game arcade management device which divides different game states and displays them for each gaming machine using the display means of the gaming machine.

[0011] Another object of the present invention is to provide a game hall management device that helps improve service.

[0012]

The present invention adopts the following means in order to achieve the above object.

In order to control the first game state control means for controlling the first game state and the second game state which is more advantageous to the player than the first game state, the game hall management apparatus of the present invention 1 It is a game hall management device for managing a ball game machine comprising a second game state control means, and an average value of the number of game balls per unit time related to the game operation during the period of the first game state. A first average calculating means for calculating
It comprises a second average calculation means for calculating the number of game balls related to the game operation during the period of the second game state as an average value per unit time.

The game hall management device of the present invention 2 is the same as the invention 1
And a means for visually outputting a calculated value based on the calculation of the first average calculation means and the second average calculation means.

A game hall management apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention is the same as the first aspect.
Alternatively, in the game hall management device according to the second aspect of the invention, the calculated value is displayed on the display unit that displays the game of the game machine by the output means.

[0016]

The number of balls related to the game operation during the period of the first game state and the number of balls related to the game operation during the period of the second game state are separately calculated and displayed. The nails of the gaming machine are adjusted and managed by looking at this value.

This display can be performed by the display means of the computer game of the gaming machine.

[0018]

【Example】

(Embodiment 1) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a game machine. Amusement machine 1
Is provided with a game board 2 to which a decorative board, which is made of melamine resin or the like and has a pattern printed, is adhered to the surface of a wooden plywood, and various parts are arranged on the game board 2. At the central portion of the game board 2, a partition rail 3 made of a strip-shaped sheet metal material is circularly fixed and arranged perpendicularly to the surface of the game board 2. The circularly partitioned area is used as a circular gaming area 4 in which pachinko balls move and drop.

An image display device 5 is fixedly arranged in the center of the game area 4. First display unit 5a of the image display device 5
Is a liquid crystal display device. The first display unit 5a displays a symbol whose fluctuation can be stopped. A start winning port 7 is arranged below the image display device 5. The probability that a ball will enter the starting winning opening 7 is changed by fine adjustment of the plurality of winning adjustment nails 9 immediately above this opening. The pachinko ball that entered the starting winning opening 7
It is detected by the starting winning prize detector 8.

When the start-up ball detector 8 detects a pachinko ball, it pays out a predetermined number of pachinko balls as prize balls. Simultaneously with this payout, the display on the first display portion 5a changes as if the symbol display of three rotating bodies rotates like a slot machine. When the symbols at the time of fluctuation stop match a specific combination, it is a big hit.

The big hit is a mode in which the display of the first display portion 5a is predetermined, and the opening / closing plate 1 of the variable winning a prize device 11 is described.
Opening 2 means that the pachinko ball enters the winning opening that was opened as a winning ball (hereinafter referred to as the variable winning opening. It is also called the big winning opening from a game perspective). Opening plate 12
Will close when 30 seconds have passed after opening or when 10 pachinko balls enter the open variable winning opening. By repeating this a predetermined number of times, for example 16 times, one big hit ends.

Passage ports 13 are provided on both sides of the image display device 5. The probability that a ball will enter the passage opening 13 is changed by fine adjustment of a plurality of prize adjusting nails 14 immediately above this opening. The pachinko balls that have passed through the passing port 13 are passed ball detectors 1
Detected by 5. When the pachinko ball passes through the passage opening 13, the ordinary pattern of the associated display unit 5b associated with the image display device 5 changes. Ordinary design is a win if it matches a specific design.

The hit means that the symbol displayed on the display section 5b is predetermined, and the second symbol immediately below the starting winning opening 7 is selected.
It means that the open / close plate 17 of the variable winning a prize device 16 is opened so that the pachinko ball can enter the variable starting winning opening which is opened as a winning ball.
The result will be the same as the result of putting a ball into. When the display of the first display portion 5a becomes a specific one (hereinafter, referred to as a big hit symbol) out of predetermined modes (hereinafter, referred to as a big hit symbol), when the opening / closing plate 12, that is, the big hit state is realized once, The chance of a big hit increases. For example, 7 times. The probability of being a big hit in the probability variation pattern for this big hit is constant and is, for example, 1/3. A state with such a high probability is called a high-probability state. On the other hand, before the high probability state, the state is in the low probability state. This state is called a low probability state.

In this high probability state, which is maintained after the first big hit ends until the second big hit is obtained except during the big hit, the ordinary pattern of the accompanying display portion 5b is a specific pattern. The probability of winning is also increased. For example, it becomes 10 times. As a result, the opening / closing plate 17 is frequently opened, and the player can subsequently obtain two big hits without reducing the number of balls. The big hit probability and the hit probability in the low probability state are constant probabilities. Further, the big hit probability and the hit probability in the high probability state are also constant probabilities.

Fixed winning openings 21, 22, 23 are provided. The fixed winning opening 21 is located on the top of the image display device 5, the fixed winning openings 22 and 22 are located at two positions on the right and left sides of the variable winning ball device 11, and the fixed winning openings 23 and 23 are the variable winning ball device 11.
They are provided at two positions on the left and right sides immediately above, respectively.

Starting memory indicators 25 are provided on both sides of the accompanying display portion 5b. The start memory indicator 25 is a display means for storing the start of the pachinko ball which has won the start winning opening 7 and has not yet started the variable display of the first display portion 5a. . Further, a passing ball storage indicator 302 is provided on the upper side of the accompanying display section, and displays passing of a pachinko ball that has passed through the passage opening 13 and has not yet started the variable display of the accompanying display section 5b. It is a thing. The side lamps 26 are decorative lamps that blink when the pachinko balls enter the fixed winning openings 21, 22, 23 and the starting winning opening 7, and the first display portion 5a fluctuates.
The windmill 27 changes the falling speed and the falling direction of the pachinko balls that collide with the windmill 27.

A game handle 31 is rotatably provided on the lower portion of the front frame. The game handle 31 can be rotated to electrically launch a pachinko ball. The hitting ball supply plate 32 is a container for storing a large number of balls hit by the operation of the game handle 31. Hitting ball supply plate 32
Is configured to include prize balls to be paid out when a prize is won.

When the hit ball supply plate 32 is full of prize balls,
It is also possible to automatically pay out to the lower plate 34 arranged below the hitting ball supply plate 32. Further, the upper plate punching lever 33 can be moved laterally to pay out the pachinko arbitrarily. To remove the pachinko balls from the lower plate 34, the lower plate ball removing lever 35 is laterally moved to drop the pachinko balls into a separately prepared container (not shown).

An ashtray 36, which is arranged beside the lower plate 34, is for putting in the ashes of cigarettes that the player smokes during play. A speaker 37 is arranged above the ashtray 36. The speaker 37 outputs music, voice, etc. corresponding to the game to the player. The glass frame forming the front can be repaired for malfunctions, nail adjustments and sometimes opened with the key 38.

FIG. 2 is a rear view showing the back side of the gaming machine. The above-described image display device 5 is arranged in the approximate center of the back surface. On the right side surface of the image display device 5, a prize ball payout device 41 is arranged. The prize ball payout device 41 has a payout motor (not shown), and the pachinko balls supplied from the ball guiding rail 42 are laterally fed by the rotational force of the payout motor, and the laterally fed pachinko balls are 1 Each of them falls downward and is discharged to the hitting ball supply tray 32 on the front surface side.

The game ball hit by operating the game handle 31 is guided to the partition rail 3 and guided to the game area 4. Some percentage of the game balls are fixed prize holes 2
Enter 1, 22, 23. Some of the game balls are
Enter the start winning hole 7. Others flow down to the game area 4 and are discharged to the back from the outro located at the bottom.

When the game ball enters the starting winning opening 7 or enters the open / close plate 17, it is determined by a program of computer software whether or not the image display device 5 operates and becomes a big hit. The probability of being a big hit is low. When it becomes a big hit, the opening and closing plate 12 is opened, and most of the game balls enter the variable winning opening. Variable prize hole and fixed prize hole 2
A fixed number of balls are paid out by the prize ball payout device 41 with respect to one ball entering 1, 22, 23.

Variable winning openings and fixed winning openings 21, 22, 2
The number of winning balls is detected by the winning ball detector, and the number of winning balls is counted. As shown in FIG. 2, a card unit 51 is provided on a side portion of a frame forming the gaming machine 1. The card unit is provided with a card processor control unit 52, a card reader / writer control unit 53, and a unit box control unit 54.

The unit box control section 54 is provided with a ball lending setting switch 55 for inputting and setting the ball lending amount paid out by one ball lending operation in advance, and five kinds of amounts can be input and set. . For example, when the ball rental amount is set to 300 yen, the 300 yen is used as the ball rental amount, and the RAM of the microcomputer (not shown) of the card processor controller 52 is used.
Is stored.

By inserting the purchased card into the card insertion / ejection slot 56 arranged in front of the card unit 51 and pressing the switch 303, the pachinko balls corresponding to the ball lending amount are automatically paid out to the hitting ball supply tray 32. It The card is reduced by the unit amount each time this payout is completed. A unit price sales signal resulting from the reduction of the unit amount is transmitted to an island computer, which will be described later, which is a host computer of the game arcade, and also to a card issuing company via a terminal box installed in the game arcade. The card reader / writer control unit 53 is a control unit for reading or rewriting the recorded data of the card inserted from the card insertion / ejection port 56.

FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the game hall management apparatus. The amusement hall management device comprises a hall computer 61 for recognizing the operating conditions of all the gaming machines in the hall, inputting data, performing totalization, statistics and analysis, outputting necessary data and managing all the gaming machines. There is. ROM 61a, RAM
The operation of the hall computer 61 including the CPU 61c and the CPU 61c (see FIG. 4) is performed by the keyboard 63 of the terminal device 62. Hall computer 61 or terminal device 6
The data processed by 2 can be printed on the paper by the hard output means 122.

A game control board 71 for controlling the display of the three symbols on the first display section 5a is provided independently of the hall computer 61. The game control board 71 has a built-in microcomputer for controlling the game, and has its own ROM,
Includes RAM and CPU. Game control board 71
Controls the symbol display on the first display section 5a of the image display device 5 via the information terminal 72. A probability setting switch 74 is provided at the lower right of a game control board box 73 containing the game control board 71.

With the probability setting switch 74, it is possible to set the jackpot probability in three stages. Probability is set by inserting a key. A setting confirmation indicator 75 for confirming the setting probability is formed by an LED or the like. The game control board box 73 is connected to a power supply board 77 via a relay board 76.

A payout control board 78 for controlling the payout of the number of prize balls according to the number of winning balls is provided in the lower part of the game control board box 73. Discharge control board 7
8 is connected to the interface board 79. The interface board 79 is connected to the payout control board 78 and the relay board 76.

A mechanism plate 81 for mounting the prize ball payout device 41 and the ball guide rail 42 is provided. On the mechanism plate 81,
A ball break detection switch 82 for detecting a ball break of the ball guide rail 42 is attached. In the ball guide rail 42,
Balls are supplied from the supply gutter 83. Between the ball guide rail 42 and the supply gutter 83, a supply control device 84 for controlling the supply of supply balls while counting the number of supply balls is provided.

An information input / output terminal 91 is attached to the upper end surface of the gaming machine. The information input / output terminal 91 is connected to the hall computer 61 through the connector 92 by the multi-core cord 93. Interface board 79
Are connected to the information input / output terminal 91 via the relay board 94.

Signals such as the number of balls replenished by the replenishing device 84, the number of balls paid out by the payout control board 78 for the balls paid out by the prize ball paying out device 41, and the probability state of the game control board 71 are relayed to the interface board 79. It is collected in the information input / output terminal 91 via the substrate 76 and transmitted to the hall computer 61.

A ball lending amount is set by the ball lending setting switch 55 (FIG. 2). It is possible to set five levels from 100 yen to 500 yen. The set ball rental amount is stored in the microcomputer of the card reader / writer control unit 53. When the player inserts a card into the insertion / ejection slot 56 and presses the ball lending button, the game balls corresponding to the ball lending amount automatically set are paid out to the hitting ball supply tray 32.

The ball rental amount is reduced from the card. This reduced amount is transmitted to the hall computer 61 via the interface board 79, and further transmitted to the card company for settlement. The number of rental balls is counted by the supply device 84. This count is the number of disadvantages which is disadvantageous information for the game arcade side. In order to avoid this absurdity, a pulse signal of a profit number, which is profit information corresponding to the card reduction amount, is transmitted from the payout control board 78 to the hall computer 61 via the interface board 79.

The prize balls that have won the prize holes and the out balls that have not won any prize hole are discharged from the outro to the back side and merge to fall into a reflux tank (not shown). It is counted and falls into a collecting gutter (not shown). The information input / output terminal 91 outputs the number of the gaming machine itself in addition to the above information. By outputting this number, it is possible to manage each gaming machine.

FIG. 4 is an overall system block diagram of the gaming machine and the management device for managing the gaming machine. The game control board 71, the payout control board 78, and the card processing machine control section 52, which form the gaming machine, are the gaming machine side information input / output terminals 9
1 and the input terminal 101 on the hall computer side to the hall computer 61. Information input / output terminal 9
1 and the input terminal 101 on the hall computer side are connected by a multi-core cord 93.

Card processor control unit 52 and payout control board 7
Signals are exchanged with the device 8. The pay-out control board 78 pays out rental balls according to a command value of the card processor control unit 52. The card is reduced by the card processor controller 52 according to the number of paid-out balls. The number information of various prize balls is output to the payout control board 78, and balls are paid out by the payout control board 78 according to the number information.

Various information signals output from the game control board 71, the payout control board 78, and the card processor control section 52 are passed through the multi-core cord 93 between the information input / output terminal 91 and the hall computer side input terminal 101. Is transmitted to the hall computer 61.

The information transmitted to the hall computer 61 via the multi-core wire code 93 is profit information useful for the amusement hall side (manager side), disadvantageous information disadvantageous for the amusement hall side, and useful information for the amusement hall side. It is divided into management information and other information such as reference materials, which is neither a disadvantage nor a disadvantage.
An example of these pieces of information together with definitions is as follows. Management information: Machine code number including game machine number and its model information, error code information, etc. Disadvantage information: Special symbol jackpot information = information that indicates that the jackpot is in the jackpot Winning prize opening information = information that represents a jackpot and the jackpot is open information Probability fluctuating information = indicates that it is in a high probability state Information Start winning information = Information indicating that the game ball has won the starting winning opening 7 or the second variable winning ball device 16 Big winning opening winning information = Game ball enters the big winning opening by opening the opening / closing plate 12 based on the big hit Number of winning balls.

Effective starting information = information indicating that the game ball has entered the starting winning opening 7 or the second variable winning ball device 16 and the image display device 5 has been started. Replenishment information = number of replenishing balls counted by the replenishment control device 84. . Profit information: Driving information = number of game balls that the player drives by operating the game handle 31 on the game board surface.

Ball lending information = number of game balls lent to a player or rent amount Other information: probability setting value information, card face value information, etc.

Ball Lending Information = Number of Game Balls Lent to Player or Lending Amount FIGS. 5 and 6 show the payout rate (the number of paid-out balls / the number of driven-in balls) and the unit time in the low probability state and the high probability state. The time chart for accumulating the effective starting number of times is shown. In FIG. 5, the horizontal axis indicates the probability state that changes with the passage of time. The vertical axis represents the base B state.
The base B is the number of payout balls per minute (for example, 99 in terms of the number of shots) of driving in the non-special prize, and is defined by the following formula.

Base B = (number of replenishing balls-number of replenishing balls in special condition) * number of shots per minute / (number of driven balls-number of driven balls in special condition) The uppermost part of the vertical axis is the game state. Is shown. The game starts with a low probability. In this state, it is not a big hit (= special prize). In this low-probability state, the number of replenishing balls for calculating the low-probability base B at the time of low probability is counted, the number is counted, and the counting state is set. The base B at the time of low probability and the base B at the time of high probability are the number of payout balls per minute in the low probability state and the high probability state, respectively, and are defined by the following equation.

Low probability base B = number of replenishing balls at low probability * 1
Number of shots per minute / number of hit balls at low probability High probability base B = number of refill balls at high probability * Number of shots per minute / number of hit balls at high probability In low probability state, it is not in high probability state Therefore, counting is not performed for the high probability base B, and the state is OFF. Since the calculation of the base B is performed during the entire time except during the special prize, the calculation for the average base B is performed. After that, when the big hit is obtained and the big hit state is reached, the counting for the low probability B is stopped. In the jackpot, the special winning opening opens and 30 seconds have passed, or 1
When 0 pachinko balls win the special winning opening, the series of operations of closing the special winning opening is performed up to 16 times. When this big hit symbol is a probability variation pattern, when the big hit ends, as described above, the special symbol (the symbol displayed on 5a) and the normal symbol (the symbol displayed on 5b) are also in a high probability state. enter.

In this high probability state, the low probability base B is O
The FF (non-counting) state, the high probability base B is in the ON (counting) state, and the average base B is in the ON (counting) state. When the game ball enters the start winning port 7, the first display portion 5a of the image display device 5
The symbol inside starts to change. At this time, the probability of being a big hit is high. During the big hit, low probability base B, high probability base B, and average base B are all OFF
It is in the (non-counting) state.

When the big hit pattern at this time is not a probability variation pattern, the high-probability state continues from the big hit until the next big hit. Further, when the big hit symbol is a stochastic fluctuation symbol, it is in a high-probability state except during the big hit until the big hit is obtained twice. That is, the high probability state is extended. Meanwhile, all the base B during the big hit
Is OFF, and in high probability states other than during the big hit, it is ON except for the low probability base. After that, when the high-probability state ends, the low-probability base B turns ON and the high-probability base becomes O.
It becomes FF.

FIG. 6 is a time chart for counting the start S. The counting state of the start S is shown. The start S is defined by the following formula, which is the number of starts per minute.

Start S = (number of shots per minute * number of starts) / (total number of shots-number of shots during special prize) The number of shots per minute is 99, for example. In the low-probability state in which the big hit in the probability variation pattern is not obtained, the number of driving for counting the low-probability start S at the time of low probability is the counting state. Since it is not in the high-probability state, the counting for the high-probability start S is not performed and it is in the OFF state. Since the start S is calculated during the entire time except during the special prize, the calculation for the average start S is performed. Further, the start S at the low probability and the start S at the high probability are defined by the following expressions by the number of starting times per minute in the low probability state and the high probability state, respectively.

Low probability start S = (number of shots per minute * start count at low probability) / (number of hits at low probability) high probability start S = (number of shots per minute * start count at high probability ) / (Number of hits at high probability) When the first big hit is obtained and the big hit state is reached, the low probability S,
The counts for all high probabilities S and averages S are OFF.
As shown in the figure, when the big hit pattern at this time is a probability variation pattern, it becomes a high-probability state except after the big hit until after two big hits are obtained from the end of the big hit.

In this high probability state, the low probability start S is in the OFF state, the high probability start S is in the ON state, and the average start S is in the ON state. When the big hit symbol at this time is not a probability fluctuation symbol, the low probability state is maintained and the low probability start S is ON, the high probability start S is OFF, and the average start S is ON.

After the big hit, when the game ball enters the start winning opening 7, the variation of the symbol of the first display portion 5A of the image display device 5 is started. When the big hit becomes a probability fluctuation pattern as shown in the figure, the big hit probability is high. At this time, the low probability start S is in the OFF state. The high probability start S and the average start S are in the ON state. After that, the high-probability state is continued except during the big hit until two big hits are obtained. If a big hit with a probability variation pattern is obtained in the meantime, the high probability state is maintained after the big hit ends and until after two big hits. That is, the high probability state is extended. When the high probability state ends, the low probability state is entered.

As described above, the game space management apparatus of the present invention is the first game state control means (game control board 71) for controlling the first game state (low probability game state) and the first for the player. A game hall management device for managing a ball game machine including a second game state control means (game control board 71) for controlling a second game state (high probability game state) which is more advantageous than the game state. Yes, it has the following information processing means.

One means is numerical information during the period of the first gaming state (during which neither special symbol jackpot information nor probability fluctuation information is input), and numerical information showing profit for the amusement hall side. It is a first profit data calculation means 111 for calculating a certain first profit data. The first profit data is, for example, the number of hit balls. This means is included in the hall computer 61, for example. This numerical information is
As shown in FIG. 7, the first profit data calculating means 11 of the hall computer 61 from the information input / output terminal 91 of each gaming machine.
Input to 1.

Another means is to calculate the first disadvantage data for calculating the first disadvantage data which is the numerical information during the period of the first game state and is the numerical information showing the disadvantage to the game hall side. Means 112. The first disadvantage data is, for example, the number of supplementary balls (the number of supplementary balls corresponding to the reduction of the card is not added as described above). This means is also included in the hall computer 61, for example. As shown in FIG. 7, this numerical information is input to the first disadvantage data calculation means 112 of the hall computer 61 from the information input / output terminal 91 of each gaming machine.

Another means is the first starting number calculation means 125 for calculating the number of game balls related to the game operation, which is numerical information during the period of the first game state. The number of game balls related to the game operation is, for example, the number of times the image display device 5 is started by winning the game balls into the starting winning opening 7 or the second variable winning ball device 16. This means is also included in the hall computer 61, for example. This numerical information is, as shown in FIG. 7, the information input / output terminal 91 of each gaming machine.
From the first starting number calculation means 1 of the hall computer 61
25 is input. As the number of game balls related to the game operation, the starting winning port 7 or the second variable winning ball device 1
It may be the number of game balls that have won 6 prizes.

Another means is the first profit data and the first profit data.
It is the first ratio calculation means 113 for calculating the ratio with the disadvantage data as an average value per unit time. This means is also included in the hall computer 61, for example.
The average value of this ratio is a monthly average, a 15-day average, a daily average, a 3-hour average, a time average between big hits, and the like.

The output signal 114 from the first profit data calculating means 111 and the output signal 115 from the first disadvantage data calculating means 112 are input to the first ratio calculating means 113 to calculate the ratio. The nail of the gaming machine is adjusted by looking at the data output based on this means.

Another means is a first average calculation means 129 for calculating the number of game balls related to the game operation during the period of the first game state as an average value per unit time. This means is also included in the hall computer 61, for example. This unit time is, for example, one minute, and is 99 when converted into the number of shots. Further, the calculation period of this average value is January, 15th, 1 day, 3 hours, between big hits and big hits, and the like.

The output signal 114 from the first profit data calculating means 111 and the output signal 127 from the first starting number calculating means 125 are input to the first average calculating means 129, and the average value per unit time is calculated. The calculation formula in this calculation is the calculation formula defined in the item of the low probability start S described above.

Another means is numerical information during the period of the second gaming state (high probability gaming state) (while there is no input of special symbol jackpot information, and during input of probability varying information), the game is It is the second profit data calculation means 116 for calculating the second profit data which is numerical information indicating the profit for the market side. The second profit data is, for example, the number of hit balls. This means is also included in the hall computer 61, for example. As shown in FIG. 7, this numerical information is input to the second profit data calculating means 116 of the hall computer 61 from the information input / output terminal 91 of each gaming machine.

Another means is second disadvantage data calculation for calculating second disadvantage data which is numerical information during the period of the second game state and is numerical information indicating a disadvantage to the game arcade side. It is a means. The second disadvantage data is, for example, the number of replenished balls (excluding the card reduction amount). This means is also included in the hall computer 61, for example. As shown in FIG. 7, this numerical information is input from the information input / output terminal 91 of each gaming machine to the second disadvantage data calculating means 117 of the hall computer 61.

Another means is the numerical information during the period of the second game state, which is the second start number calculation means 126 for calculating the number of game balls related to the game operation. The number of game balls related to the game operation is, for example, the number of times the image display device 5 is started by winning the game balls into the starting winning opening 7 or the second variable winning ball device 16. This means is also included in the hall computer 61, for example. This numerical information is, as shown in FIG. 7, the information input / output terminal 9 of each gaming machine.
It is input from 1 to the second starting number calculation means 126 of the hall computer 61. The number of game balls related to the game operation may be the number of game balls that have been won in the starting winning opening 7 or the second variable winning ball device 16.

Another means is the second profit data and the second profit data.
The second ratio calculating means 118 calculates a ratio with the disadvantage data as an average value per unit time. This average value is also a monthly average, a 15-day average, a daily average, a 3-hour average, a time average between big hits and the like. The nail of the gaming machine is adjusted by looking at the data output based on this means. As shown in FIG. 7, the second profit data calculating means 116.
Output signal 119 from the second demerit data calculating means 11
The output signal 121 from 7 is the second ratio calculating means 118.
Is input to and the ratio is calculated.

Another means is a second average calculating means 130 for calculating the number of game balls associated with the game operation during the second game state as an average value per unit time. This means is also included in the hall computer 61, for example. This unit time is, for example, one minute, and is 99 when converted into the number of shots. Further, the calculation period of this average value is January, 15th, 1 day, 3 hours, between big hits and big hits, or the like.

The output signal 119 from the second profit data calculating means 116 and the output signal 128 from the second starting number calculating means 126 are input to the second average calculating means 130, and the average value per unit time is calculated. The calculation formula in this calculation is the calculation formula defined in the item of the high probability start S described above.

Still another means is an output means 122 for outputting the first calculation data based on the calculation of the first ratio calculating means 113 and the second calculation data based on the calculation of the second ratio calculating means 118. The first calculation data 123 and the second ratio calculation means 1 based on the calculation of the first ratio calculation means 113.
The second calculation data 124 based on the calculation of 18 is visualized, and is output and displayed by the printer of the output means. The nails of the gaming machine are finely adjusted by looking at the data output based on this means. In this way, each gaming machine is managed.

Still another means is the output means 122 for outputting the first calculation data based on the calculation of the first average calculation means 129 and the second calculation data based on the calculation of the second average calculation means 130. First calculation data 131 and second average calculation means 1 based on the calculation of the first average calculation means 129
The second calculation data 132 based on the calculation of 30 is visualized and output and displayed by the printer of the output means. The nails of the gaming machine are finely adjusted by looking at the data output based on this means. In this way, each gaming machine is managed.

A data table output by the output means 122 is shown in FIG. Such tables can be used for monthly, weekly,
Can be created on a daily basis. The time to average is the actual operating time. In the blank space of this table, the printer 122 prints individual information regarding the serial numbers 1 to 15 of the specific-type gaming machine. The "difference ball" in the third column is the number of driven balls-the number of replenished balls. By performing the nail adjustment based on the output data, the gaming machine can be managed by the finer nail adjustment corresponding to the game state (high probability state, low probability state).

The "number of special prizes" is the number of jackpots described in detail above. The "probability variation pattern" is the number of times that a big hit is a probability variation pattern among the big hits. "+ Difference", "-
The "difference" is the number displayed by distinguishing the number of difference balls according to whether it is positive or negative. “Low probability B”, “high probability B”, “average B”, “low probability S”, “high probability S”, and “average S” are the low probability base B and high probability as described in detail above. Base B, average base B,
Low probability start S, high probability start S, average start S
Means

The low-probability base B, the high-probability base B, and the average base B correspond to the ratios (or their reciprocals) calculated by the first ratio calculating means and the second ratio calculating means, and the ratio of their averages, from the above definitions. are doing. “TS” indicates the average value of the number of effective start-ups between the big hits, and “TY” indicates the average number of payouts per one big hit. "Low probability I", "high probability I", and "I" of "average I" mean low probability, high probability, and average number of hit balls between the average jackpots and jackpots, respectively. "Division" is
(Number of sold balls-Number of difference balls) / Number of sold balls.

FIG. 9 shows another embodiment of the table printed by the output means. "B" means the average value of the ratio of the number of balls output to the number of 100 balls that were hit, excluding during the big hit. The “effective S number” is the number of effective starts (the number of times the first display portion 5a has changed).

FIG. 10 shows another embodiment of the table printed by the output means. This table shows the data for each day for 15 days for each gaming machine. The data content is exactly the same as that of FIG. While looking at the tables in FIGS.
Nail adjustment is performed. These data can be disclosed to the player.

FIG. 11 is a pattern example of the output voltage output from the gaming machine to the management device. The design when it became a big hit is displayed in numbers and letters. It indicates whether the game progressed by holding balls or by investing in cash.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 12 is a front view showing a second embodiment of the game hall management apparatus of the present invention. Various components are arranged on the game board 2 of the game machine 1. At the central portion of the game board 2, a partition rail 3 made of a strip-shaped sheet metal material is circularly fixed and arranged perpendicularly to the surface of the game board 2. The circularly partitioned area is used as a circular gaming area 4 in which pachinko balls move and drop.

An image display device 5 is fixedly arranged in the center of the game area 4. The display unit 5a of the image display device 5 is a liquid crystal display device. The display unit 5a displays a symbol whose fluctuation can be stopped. A start winning port 7 is arranged below the image display device 5. The probability that a ball will enter the starting winning opening 7 is changed by fine adjustment of the plurality of winning adjustment nails 9 immediately above this opening. The pachinko balls that have entered the starting winning opening 7 are detected by the starting winning ball detector 8.

As in the first embodiment, when the starting ball detector 8 detects a pachinko ball, the display of the display section 5a starts to change. If the display of the display unit 5a is predetermined, the open / close plate 212 of the variable winning ball device 211 is opened for a predetermined time, for example, 6 seconds, and a pachinko ball is inserted, and the ball drops down and passes through the winning ball detector 214.

The balls that have passed through the winning ball detector 214 are further guided to the distributor 215 directly below. The distributor 215 includes a motor 216 and a rotating body 217 that is constantly driven to rotate by the motor 216. The rotating body 217 has two ball insertion parts 218 and another ball insertion part 219.

The balls that have entered the ball insertion portion 218 are not guided to the winning opening 221 but win the winning opening 304 and are discharged to the back surface of the game board. The balls that have entered the ball insertion portion 219 are guided to the winning opening 221. When a ball enters the winning opening 221, it is detected by the winning ball detector 305, and the right is generated. One starter port 222 is provided on the right of the distributor 215. When a pachinko ball enters the starting winning opening 222, the starting detector 231 detects it, and the variable winning ball device 223 operates. The variable winning ball device 223 is provided above the winning opening 222.

The variable winning a prize device 223 has a variable winning port 22.
4 is provided for each. The variable winning a prize ball device 223 operates and the opening / closing door 225 opens. Therefore, the variable winning port 2
The probability of winning 24 is increased. The opening / closing door 225 closes when 30 seconds have passed after opening or when entering the variable winning port 224 in which 10 pachinko balls are opened.

When a ball enters the winning port 222 again, the variable winning ball device 223 operates. The winning balls that have entered the variable winning port 224 are detected by the winning ball detector 232. Door 2
25 closes when 10 seconds have passed after opening or when the 10 winning pachinko balls enter the variable winning port 224. Such an operation of the variable winning a prize ball device 223 is repeated 16 times. When this operation is completed, the first right has been consumed. After this, until the second acquisition of rights, the display unit 5a
Is displayed in advance and the opening / closing plate 212 is opened. The probability is 10 times, for example. The process up to the second end of the right is the same as that up to the first end of the right. When the right ends for the second time, the probability that the display on the display unit 5a is predetermined will be the same low probability state as before the right generation. The probability of winning the starting winning opening 7, the winning opening 222, the variable winning opening 224, etc. is changed by finely adjusting the prize adjusting nails 9, 227, 228 in each mode immediately above these openings.

Windmill 27, game handle 31, hitting ball supply plate 32, ball punching lever 33, lower plate 34, lower plate ball punching lever 3
5, ashtray 36, speaker 37, key 38, prize ball payout device 4
1 and the like are provided as in the first embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 13, the card unit 5
1, a card processor control unit 52, a card reader / writer control unit 53, a unit box control unit 54, a unit box control unit 54, a ball lending setting switch 55, and a card insertion / ejection port 56 are provided as in the first embodiment. ing.

As shown in FIG. 13, 3 of the image display device 5 is used.
A game control board 71 for controlling the symbol display of the individual rotating bodies is provided independently of the hall computer 61. The game control board 71 is similar to the first embodiment in that it has a microcomputer for controlling the game built therein. The game control board 71 controls the symbol display on the first display section 5a of the image display device 5 via the information terminal 72.

Similar to the first embodiment, a probability setting switch 74 is provided at the lower right of the game control board box 73 containing the game control board 71. With the probability setting switch 74, it is possible to set the jackpot probability in three stages. The probability setting switch 74 is operated by inserting a key. A setting confirmation indicator 75 for confirming the setting probability is formed by an LED or the like. The game control board box 73 is connected to a power supply board 77 via a relay board 76.

Similar to the first embodiment, the payout control board 78 for controlling the payout of the number of prize balls according to the number of winning balls,
It is provided below the game control board box 73. The payout control board 78 is connected to the interface board 79. The interface board 79 is connected to the payout control board 78 and the relay board 76.

Similar to the first embodiment, a mechanism plate 81 for mounting the prize ball payout device 41 and the ball guide rail 42 is provided. A ball break detection switch 82 for detecting a ball break of the ball guide rail 42 is attached to the mechanism plate 81. Balls are supplied to the ball guide rail 42 from a supply gutter 83. Between the ball guide rail 42 and the replenishment gutter 83, a replenishment control device 84 for controlling the replenishment of the supplementary ball while counting the number of the supplementary balls is provided.

Unlike the first embodiment, an individual management computer 300 for individually managing the gaming machines is provided. The individual management computer 300 has an information input / output terminal 9
Connected to 1. The multi-core cord 293 is connected to the hall computer 61 via the connector 292 of the individual management computer 300. The interface board 79 is connected to the information input / output terminal 91 via the relay board 94.

Signals such as the number of replenished balls by the replenishing device 84, the number of paid out balls counted by the payout control board 78 by the payout ball payout device 41, and the probability state of the game control board 71 are relayed to the interface board 79. Via the substrate 76,
Individual management computer 3 collected in the information input / output terminal 91
00 is transmitted.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram of the entire system of the gaming machine and the management device for managing the gaming machine. The game control board 71, the payout control board 78, and the card processing machine control section 52 that form the gaming machine are transmitted to the hall computer 300 via the gaming machine side information input / output terminal 91 and the individual management computer side terminal 91. Information input / output terminal 9
1 and the input terminal 101 on the hall computer side are connected by a multi-core cord (not shown). A signal line 302 connects the individual management computer 300 and the hall computer 61. Signals are exchanged between the card processing machine controller 52 and the payout control board 78.

Of the information transmitted to the hall computer 61 via the multi-core cord (not shown), the management information and the profit information are the same as those described in FIG. The disadvantage information is as follows.

Right generating information = information indicating that the right is in the generated state. Large winning opening opening information = variable winning opening (large winning opening) 22 due to the game ball entering the starting opening 222 while the right is being generated.
Information indicating that 4 is opened Information during probability change = Information indicating that it is in a high probability state Normal symbol start winning information = Information indicating that the game ball has won the starting winning opening 7 Normal symbol valid starting information = Information indicating that the game ball has entered the start winning port 7 and the image display device 5 has started Large winning port winning information = Number of winning balls in which the gaming ball enters the winning port by opening the variable winning port 224 Special device winning information = Winning Information indicating that the game ball has won in the mouth 221 Normal normal power open information = Display result of the image display device 5 is a display result indicating a hit, and information indicating that the variable winning ball device 211 is open Information = Variable winning a prize ball device 211 Information indicating that a game ball has won a prize Balls are paid out by the payout control board 78 according to a command value of the card processing machine controller 52. The card is reduced by the card processor control unit 52 according to the number of paid-out balls. The number information of various prize balls is output to the payout control board 78, and balls are paid out by the payout control board 78 according to the number information. Various information signals output from the game control board 71, the payout control board 78, and the card processor control unit 52 are transmitted to the individual management computer 300.

The individual management computer 300 has the ROM 3
00a, RAM 300b, and CPU 300c. The individual management computer 300 has a first game state control means (game control board 71) for controlling the first game state (low probability game state) and a second game state which is more advantageous to the player than the first game state ( Second game state control means (game control board 71) for controlling the high probability game state)
This is a computer part of a game arcade management device for managing a ball game machine, which comprises information processing means shown in FIG. 15 similar to that of the first embodiment.

One means is numerical information during the period of the first game state (during which neither the right-occurrence information nor the probability variation information is input), and is the numerical information showing the profit to the amusement hall side. It is a first profit data calculation means 111 for calculating a certain first profit data. The first profit data is, for example, the number of hit balls. This means is included in the individual management computer 300. This numerical information is shown in Figure 1.
As shown in FIG. 5, it is input to the first profit data calculation means 111 of the individual management computer 300.

Another means is to calculate the first disadvantage data for calculating the first disadvantage data which is the numerical information during the period of the first gaming state and is the numerical information showing the disadvantage to the game hall side. Means 112. The first disadvantage data is, for example, the number of supplementary balls (the number of supplementary balls corresponding to the reduction of the card is not added as described above). This means is also included in the individual management computer 300, for example. As shown in FIG. 15, this numerical information is input to the first disadvantage data calculation means 112 of the individual management computer 300.

Another means is the first start number calculation means 125 for calculating the number of game balls related to the game operation, which is the numerical information during the period of the first game state. The number of game balls related to the game operation is, for example, the number of times the image display device 5 is started by winning the game ball into the starting winning opening 7. This means is also, for example, a game machine accessory management computer 30.
It is included in 0. As shown in FIG. 15, this numerical information is input from the information input / output terminal 91 of each gaming machine to the first starting number calculation means 125 of the gaming machine auxiliary management computer 300. The number of game balls associated with the game operation may be the number of game balls that have won the starting winning opening 7.

Another means is to use the first profit data and the first profit data.
It is the first ratio calculation means 113 for calculating the ratio with the disadvantage data as an average value per unit time. This means is also included in the individual management computer 300. The average value of this ratio is 1 month average, 15 days average, 1 day average,
3 hours average, time average from right generation to next right generation, etc. The output signal 114 from the first profit data calculation means 111 and the output signal 115 from the first disadvantage data calculation means 112 are input to the first ratio calculation means 113 to calculate the ratio. The nail of the gaming machine is adjusted by looking at the data output based on this means.

Another means is a first average calculation means 129 for calculating the number of game balls related to the game operation during the period of the first game state as an average value per unit time. This means is also included in the gaming machine accessory management computer 300, for example. This unit time is, for example, one minute, and is 99 when converted into the number of shots. Also,
As the calculation period of this average value, January, 15th, 1st,
3 hours, between big hits and big hits.

The output signal 114 from the first profit data calculation means 111 and the output signal 127 from the first start number calculation means 125 are input to the first average calculation means 129, and the average value per unit time is calculated. The calculation formula in this calculation is the calculation formula defined in the item of the low probability start S described above.

Another means is numerical information during the second game state (high-probability game state) (while the right-occurrence information is not input and the probability-changing information is input). Second profit data calculation means 11 for calculating second profit data, which is numerical information indicating profit for the game arcade side
It is 6. The second profit data is, for example, the number of hit balls.
This means is also included in the individual management computer 300. As shown in FIG. 15, this numerical information is input to the second profit data calculating means 116 of the individual management computer 300.

Another means is second disadvantage data calculation for calculating second disadvantage data, which is numerical information during the period of the second game state and is numerical information indicating a disadvantage for the game arcade side. It is a means. The second disadvantage data is, for example, the number of supplementary balls. This means is also included in the individual management computer 300. As shown in FIG. 15, this numerical information is input to the second disadvantage data calculation means 117 of the individual management computer 300.

Another means is a second start number calculation means 126 for calculating the number of game balls related to the game operation, which is numerical information during the period of the second game state. The number of game balls related to the game operation is, for example, the number of times the image display device 5 is started by winning the game ball into the starting winning opening 7. This means is also, for example, a game machine accessory management computer 30.
It is included in 0. As shown in FIG. 7, this numerical information is input from the information input / output terminal 91 of each gaming machine to the second starting number calculation means 125 of the gaming machine auxiliary management computer 300. The number of game balls associated with the game operation may be the number of game balls that have won the starting winning opening 7.

Another means is to use the second profit data and the second profit data.
The second ratio calculating means 118 calculates a ratio with the disadvantage data as an average value per unit time. This average value is also a January average, a 15-day average, a daily average, a 3-hour average, a time average from the right occurrence to the next right occurrence, and the like. The nail of the gaming machine is adjusted by looking at the data output based on this means. As shown in FIG. 15, the output signal 119 from the second profit data calculating means 116 and the output signal 121 from the second disadvantage data calculating means 117 are input to the second ratio calculating means 118 to calculate the ratio. .

Another means is a second average calculating means 130 for calculating the number of game balls associated with the game operation during the period of the second game state as an average value per unit time. This means is also, for example, a game machine accessory management computer 3
Included in 00. This unit time is, for example, one minute, and is 99 when converted into the number of shots. In addition, as a calculating agency of this average value, January 15, 15th, 1st, 3rd
Time, jackpot and jackpot and so on.

The output signal 119 from the second profit data calculating means 116 and the output signal 128 from the second starting number calculating means 126 are input to the second average calculating means 130, and the average value per unit time is calculated. The calculation formula in this calculation is the calculation formula defined in the item of the high probability start S described above.

Still another means is an output means for outputting the first calculation data based on the calculation of the first ratio calculating means 113 and the second calculation data based on the calculation of the second ratio calculating means 118. The individual management computer 300 is connected to the game control board via the interface board 79. The individual management computer 300 can display the output information on the display unit 5a by controlling the game control board.

The first calculation data 123 based on the calculation of the first ratio calculating means 113 and the second calculation data 124 based on the calculation of the second ratio calculating means are visualized and displayed on the liquid crystal.
The data to be displayed on the liquid crystal can be selected by a data selection switch (not shown).

This display means displays the first and second profit data, the first and second disadvantage data, and their ratio.
The processing data by the individual management computer 300 can be transmitted to the hall computer 61. Fine adjustment of the nail of the game machine is performed by looking at the liquid crystal display data output based on this means. In this way, the adjustment management of each gaming machine is performed.

Still another means is an output means for outputting the first calculation data based on the calculation of the first average calculation means 129 and the second calculation data based on the calculation of the second average calculation means 130. The individual management computer 300 is connected to the game control board via the interface board 79. The individual management computer 300 can display the output information on the display unit 5a by controlling the control base.

The first calculation data 131 based on the calculation of the first average calculation means 129 and the second calculation data 132 based on the calculation of the second average calculation means 130 are visualized and displayed on the liquid crystal. The data displayed on the liquid crystal can be selected by a data selection switch (not shown).

By this display means, the average of the number of starts per unit time in the first game state (low probability state) and the average of the number of start times per unit time in the second game state (high probability state) are displayed. Individual management computer 30
Data processed by 0 can be transmitted to the hall computer 61. Fine adjustment of the nail of the game machine is performed by looking at the liquid crystal display data output based on this means. In this way, the adjustment management of each gaming machine is performed.

Also in the second embodiment, the same data table as that of the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 8, 9 and 10 can be printed by the printer 122. By performing the nail adjustment based on this output data, the gaming machine can be managed by finer nail adjustment corresponding to the game state (high probability state, low probability state).

[0122]

As described above in detail, by providing the game data of the game machine of the present invention, the necessary data of each game machine can be obtained, so that the fine game machine can be managed. Further, by providing these game data to the player, the service to the customer is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a first embodiment of a game hall management device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an oblique-axis projection view showing the overall configuration of the management device.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a management device.

FIG. 5 is a chart for accumulating a payout rate and the number of effective starts.

FIG. 6 is a chart for accumulating the payout rate and the number of effective starts.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of information processing means.

FIG. 8 is a table for accumulating data.

FIG. 9 is a table for accumulating data.

FIG. 10 is a table for accumulating data.

FIG. 11 is a table for accumulating data.

FIG. 12 is a front view showing a second embodiment of the game hall management device of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a rear view of FIG.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram of a management device.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram of information processing means.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Gaming machine 5 ... Image display means 5a ... Display part 7 ... Start winning hole 71 ... First and second game control boards 300 ... Individual management computer 111 ... First profit data calculation means 112 ... First disadvantage data calculation means 113 ... first ratio calculation means 116 ... second profit data calculation means 117 ... second disadvantage data calculation means 118 ... second ratio calculation means 5,5a, 122 ... output means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A first game state control means for controlling a first game state, and a second game state control means for controlling a second game state which is more advantageous to the player than the first game state. A first average calculation means for calculating the number of game balls related to a game operation during the period of the first game state as an average value per unit time. And a second average calculating means for calculating the number of game balls associated with the game operation during the second game state as an average value per unit time. 2. The game hall management device according to claim 1, wherein the game hall comprises output means for visually outputting a calculated value based on the calculation of the first average calculation means and the second average calculation means. Management device. 3. The game hall management device according to claim 1, wherein the calculated value is displayed on a display unit for displaying a game of the game machine by the output means. Management device.