JPH0956907A - Recreation hall system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recreation hall system by which the play information for each customer can be obtained, and the service in accordance with the victory or defeat or the like can be enabled. SOLUTION: The operation of a playing machine 60 is enabled only while a member card is inserted into a card reader 80, and both the medium information such as the number of shot and the number of balls output meanwhile and the purchase information about the purchase amount of balls by means of a card unit 70 that is connected to the playing machine are stored in a memory means that is housed in the card reader and at the time when a customer has finished a play, they are transferred to a terminal controller 10 and the information about each member is stored making a unit of a day, so that the victory or defeat for every customer can be quickly known, and various services to the member can be presented.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an amusement hall system such as a pachinko parlor that issues a membership card for each customer to provide various services, and in particular, finely manages customer service by managing win / loss data of each customer. Regarding the realization of.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a game hall such as a pachinko parlor, the number of hits on each pachinko machine (balls hit by a customer (out ball)) can be calculated so that the sales of the entire store and the sales per unit can be calculated.
The number of coins) and the number of balls (the number of balls (safe balls or prize balls) that came out of holes such as tulips) are transmitted from each pachinko machine to the computer of the store. This is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-288882, and the maximum difference between the number of out balls and the number of safe balls from the time of all clear of a pachinko game machine to the time of release, from the time of release to the next release. The values are sequentially stored and accumulated, and the unit price is multiplied to calculate the sales amount.

[0003] This type of management device only manages the machines, and does not focus on the customers. Therefore, even if the sales of each pachinko machine can be grasped, it is possible to identify a specific customer. There is a problem that it is impossible to know at all how much is winning or losing.

Recently, a customer's name or the like is registered in a store to create a membership card, and the customer uses this membership card to pull out a pachinko ball for playing and play on a pachinko machine.
A gaming system has been proposed in which a pachinko ball obtained as a result of a game is put in a ball counting machine and passed through a membership card to be inserted into a user's account.

A system has also been proposed in which this member card can be used to provide various services to members. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-51464 discloses a system for renting a game medium for free only to customers who have become members. Also,
In the case of a membership card, it is possible to store game media in your own account.

[0006]

However, in this system, the information about a specific customer, that is, a customer who has a membership card, is limited to the number of visits or the number of coins stored, and how much the customer gains per day. Did you (win) or lost (lost),
It is not possible to know how much profit or loss was made over a period of 1 week, 1 month, 6 months, 1 year, etc. For this reason, there is a problem in that if the customer service is lacking in detail and the player loses too much, the customer will be lost.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game hall system capable of grasping information about a game of a customer having a membership card and performing various processing using the information.

[0008]

According to the present invention, a membership card is issued for each customer, and various services can be provided by this membership card, which is provided for each gaming machine. In addition, it consists of a card reader for reading the membership card and operation while the membership card is inserted in the card reader, and also includes the number of hits (number of hits) and the number of hits (number of hits). A gaming machine that outputs medium information and the value information of the prepaid card provided corresponding to each gaming machine are read, and when the gaming medium of the designated value is ejected, it is output as purchase information, and A card unit for updating and recording value information on the prepaid card when returning the prepaid card,
Storage means attached to the card reader for storing the medium information output from the gaming machine and the purchase information output from the card unit, and the storage means when a membership card is pulled out from the card reader. Storing means for transmitting the stored contents, and the contents transmitted by the transmitting means are stored for each customer, and based on the stored medium information and purchase information, each customer's arbitrary time period in the past or in the past And a computing means for computing the win or loss in the above.

In this system, since the medium information is obtained for each customer, the win / loss of each customer can be obtained accurately and easily, and special service can be easily provided to regular customers and customers who are injured. it can.

Further, when the membership card is pulled out, the information that has been stored up to that point is transmitted to the terminal controller together with the member ID so that the terminal controller stores the information. The reliability of can be improved.

Since the game information for each customer is obtained, the arithmetic means collects the medium information of each customer by delimiting a certain specific time and outputs the number of coins (number of coins) or a big hit within a specific time. It enables so-called time trial competitions in which the customer ranking is calculated based on the number of times.

The membership card stores an identification code set for each amusement hall, and the card reader can operate the gaming machine only when the identification code matches the identification code of the amusement hall. can do.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Some embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram showing an outline of an embodiment of a game arcade system according to the present invention, in which a terminal controller 10 and a counter section 30 are provided in common, and a plurality of islands are connected to these terminals. There is. Each island comprises an island end 20, an island controller 40, and a plurality of gaming units 50 connected to the island controller. Each component is connected by a LAN (local area network) and can exchange data with each other. It has become.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing details of the terminal controller 10, the island end portion 20, and the counter portion 30.

The terminal controller 10 comprises a workstation 11, a personal computer 12, a printer 13 and a card issuing machine 14.

The workstation 11 comprises a control unit 11A for controlling the entire system, a memory 11B, a display unit 11C such as a display, an input / output unit 11D such as a keyboard and a printer.

Next, the personal computer 12 is connected to the above-mentioned workstation 11 via a LAN, and when registering a new account in this workstation 11, statistical processing of data stored in the workstation 11 and A clerk operates when making corrections. When registering a new account, a new membership card is issued by the card issuing machine 14 under the control of this personal computer.

Further, the personal computer 12
Is also connected to the printer 13. This printer 1
3, it is also possible to issue a direct mail based on the ledger data stored in the workstation 11 described above.

Each part 1 in the terminal controller 10
The power of 1, 12, 13, 14 is supplied by an uninterruptible power supply (not shown). As a result, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of system down when the commercial power supply is cut off.

The workstation 11 is connected to an external management computer (not shown) by a dedicated communication line. As a result, the data in the workstation 11 can be managed using this management computer. In addition, the workstation 11
It is also connected to a ball number management computer (not shown) that manages the flow of pachinko balls and medals in the store so that the pachinko balls and medals in the store can be comprehensively managed and grasped. The computing means in the present invention corresponds to the control unit 11A of the workstation 11.

The island end 20 includes card processing machines 21, 22,
Pachinko ball counters 23, 2 respectively connected to these
4, receipt issuing machine 25, recycling card issuing machine 2
6, equipped with a pachinko ball withdrawal machine 27.

The pachinko ball withdrawing machine 27 is an integrated card processing machine and a pachinko ball lending machine. When the PIN is entered with the ten-key pad after inserting the membership card, the number of withdrawals (deposited in the account) Number of pachinko balls)
Is displayed, and the pachinko balls corresponding to the number of withdrawals input by the player using the ten-key pad can be received. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the player cannot withdraw a pachinko ball based on the number of medals deposited in his own account. This is because the pachinko parlors usually manage the sales of pachinko machines and the sales of pachislot machines independently.

Instead of issuing a receipt, a recycling card issuing machine 26 connected to the pachinko ball counting machine 24 may issue a recycling card. This recycle card is a card that can be repeatedly recorded, and the number of balls can be sequentially added to one recycle card.

Although a counting machine is provided only for pachinko balls here, similar counting and issuing of receipts and recycling cards may be performed for medals.

When exchanging for a gift, the counter unit 30 receives a receipt or a recycling card issued at the island end 20.

The counter section 30 includes a card processing machine 31, a prize exchange management machine 32, a scanner 33, a printer 34, and an automatic prize dispenser 35.

The card processing machine 31 is a prize exchange management machine 32.
When a player exchanges a pachinko ball or medal deposited in his account for a prize, he / she reads to identify the account.

As described above, the scanner 33 reads the bar code of the recording paper output from the receipt issuing machine 25 and sends the read information (the counting result in the pachinko ball counter 23) to the prize exchange management machine 32. .

To the prize exchange management machine 32, the counting result in the pachinko ball counter 23 is input by the scanner 33 described above. If there is a remaining game medium as a result of the prize exchange, the remaining game medium is deposited in the player's account. Further, when the game customer wants to exchange the game medium deposited in his / her own account for a prize, the number of game media corresponding to the exchanged prize is deducted from the account. Further, when the player desires to exchange for a special prize (a gift that can be exchanged for money), the automatic prize dispenser 35 is caused to pay out a predetermined number of special prizes. The input of the counting results of the pachinko ball counting machines 23 and 24 is performed by the prize exchange management machine 3.
2 may be used.

The printer 34 is connected to the prize exchange management machine 32 so that the management data of the prize management machine 32 can be printed out. When a plurality of premium exchange management machines 32 are used, one machine may serve as a master machine and the printer 34 may be connected only to this master machine.

The automatic prize dispenser 35 dispenses the prize instructed by the prize exchange management machine 32 as described above.
Further, a card reader may be built in the automatic prize dispenser 35 so that the game player can directly operate the game medium deposited in his / her own account to exchange it for a special prize.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing an example of the game unit 50. A game machine (pachinko machine) 60, a card unit 70 (generally called a CR machine) provided on the left side thereof, and a card unit 70 provided thereon. The table lamp and the card reader 80 are provided.

The gaming machine 60 is a pachinko machine here,
The base body 61 for a normal game has a frequency display section 62 for displaying a card balance, a ball lending possible display lamp 63 indicating that ball lending is possible, and a predetermined amount of money (for example, 200 yen) when pressed. Ball lending switch 64 for discharging the ball of (minute), return switch 65 for returning the card
Etc. are provided.

The card unit 70 has a card available lamp 71, a display button 72, a stand direction display lamp 73, a card insertion lamp 74, a common card (prepaid card) insertion slot 75, and the like from the top.

The card available lamp 71 lights up when a card can be inserted, and blinks when an alarm occurs or when the game machine is not connected. By pressing the display button 72, the previous transaction can be displayed. The stand direction display lamp 73 indicates whether the available stand is on the right side or the left side with respect to the card unit. In the illustrated example, it is a right-pointing arrow. You can see that the possible pachinko machines are on the right side of the card unit. When the card unit is installed on the right side of the pachinko machine, a left arrow is displayed. When a common card is inserted from the card insertion port 75, the card insertion lamp 74 is turned on by monitoring the insertion status.

Further, this card unit 70 is a gaming machine 6
It receives the ball purchase amount information from 0, calculates and stores the balance, transmits the balance information to the gaming machine 60, and outputs the ball purchase amount information to the stand lamp / card reader 80.

The table lamp / card reader 80 has two main lamps 81 provided on the left and right, a "big hit number" display section 82, a "meal-time" display section 83 provided near the center,
It has a “lucky” display portion 84, an “unlimited” display portion 85, a “meal” button 86, a “call” button 87, a “switch” button 88, and a membership card insertion slot 89.

The main lamp 81 is lit when the "call" button 87 for calling a clerk is pressed, and flashes in response to a jackpot signal sent from the gaming machine side when a jackpot such as "777" is hit. It is a decorated lamp. At the time of this jackpot, the "lucky" display portion 84 also blinks.

When the membership card is inserted into the membership card insertion slot 89, the "big hit number" display section 82 always displays the number of jackpots over the entire insertion period.

The "switch" button 88 is used to switch the jackpot count display between, for example, today and yesterday (previous time).

The "meal" button 86 and the "meal" display section 83 are used as follows. When the customer leaves the seat to go to a meal during the game, after pressing the "meal" button 86 and then pulling out the membership card, the "meal" display section 83 lights up and the game is resumed unless the same card is inserted. You can't do it. That is, since the game can be resumed only with the same card, interruption by another person can be prevented. At this time, the common card can be handled in various ways as follows. For example, handling to prevent the ejection of balls with the common card inserted,
The "meal" button 86 can be activated after returning the common card, and can be locked so that the membership card cannot be removed unless the common card is returned. Further, the common card may not be particularly limited, and the clerk may monitor fraud as in the conventional case. In this case, when another person presses the ball rental switch 64 on the pachinko machine with the "during meal" display portion 83 lit, the balls are discharged to the upper plate, but cannot be driven. The discharged balls can be taken away, but the pedestal in the middle of the meal is monitored by the salesclerk, so it is unlikely that fraud will actually occur.

The "unlimited" display portion 85 indicates that the play can be continued even after a big hit is hit. This is because if you get a big hit, you may not be able to continue playing unless you exchange the balls for prizes or receipts or deposit them in your own account, but if you do not make such restrictions, the setting on the pachinko machine side By setting a button (not shown), an unlimited signal is sent to the base lamp / card reader 80, and this "unlimited" display section 85 lights up, and the play can be continued.

In order to realize such a function, the card reader 80 has a hardware configuration as shown in the block diagram of FIG. That is, the CPU 91 includes a card presence / absence detection switch 92, a read head 93, a ROM 94,
The RAM 95 and the display unit 96 are connected via a bus and also to the pachinko machine 61. Further, the island controller 40 and the terminal controller 10 are also connected via the communication interface 97.

A transmission / reception system in which data reliability is improved by transmitting signals in an inverted relationship between the island controller 40 and the card reader by using two transmission lines as disclosed in JP-A-1-190381. Is adopted.

The contents stored in the memory 11B provided in the terminal controller are shown in FIG. According to the figure, for each account number (ID number) given to each player, the date, the number of balls delivered, the number of balls deposited, the amount of balls purchased, the number of replayed balls, the time spent, etc. are stored. Although data for the same ID is summarized by sorting for each ID after totaling for one day, FIG. 5 shows the result of such sorting. The information of each member ID is stored on a daily basis.

The contents to be stored in the memory consist of accumulated ball data showing the number of game media deposited, data on the number of free rental balls, the number of times of use, etc., and the address, name, age, sex, and telephone number of the member. Ledger data and the like may be stored and managed.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the operation in the game hall system according to the present invention.

When the operation is started, it is constantly monitored whether or not the member card is inserted (step S101). When the member card is inserted, it is recorded in the inserted member card.
The store number, member number, expiration date, secret number, etc. are read and transmitted to the terminal controller 10 via the island controller 40 (step S10).
2). At this time, the ID of the card reader, that is, the ID of the pachinko machine is also transmitted.

The terminal controller 10 confirms whether the inserted card is valid, the store number read from the membership card, the card expiration date, whether the ID is already in use, etc. (step S10
3) If it is not valid, an alarm such as sound or blinking of a lamp is generated (step S104), the alarm is continuously generated until the card is removed (step S105), and when the card is removed, the first card insertion waiting state is set.

Until this point, the pachinko machine drive prohibition signal has been sent from the card reader, and the pachinko machine base cannot be operated. However, when the terminal controller determines that the card is valid, the prohibition signal is released and the pachinko machine drive is disabled. Is possible (step S106).

Next, it is confirmed whether or not the inserted card is the one used today for the first time (step S10).
7) If it is the first use, the number of visits to the store is incremented (step S108). This is because the number of store visits data that is stored is done on a daily basis.
This is because, if the customer visits the store more than once a day, the visit is not counted after the second visit. Then, the play start time is stored (step S109), and the play is started. These are stored in the memory 11B of the terminal controller.

First, when a customer inserts a common card (prepaid card) into the card unit 70 and the ball rental switch 64 on the pachinko machine is pressed, a predetermined amount of money, for example 200 yen, is on the pachinko machine 60. It is discharged to a plate.

A discharge signal for one time is sent from the pachinko machine 60 to the card unit 70, and the card unit 70 stores this, and when the ball purchase amount signal is sent to the card reader 80, the card reader 80 stores this. To do. Each time a ball is discharged from the pachinko machine 60 as a hit, addition is performed as payout information in the card reader 80. On the other hand, the hit balls that could not be won are also added.
In this way, game information such as the ball purchase amount, the number of hit balls, and the number of hit balls is stored in the memory in the card reader 80 (step S110). The balance information of the common card is a ball lending switch 64
Each time is pressed, the data is updated in the memory in the card unit 70, but recording on the card is performed when the card return switch 65 of the pachinko machine 60 is pressed, and a hole is opened at a position corresponding to the balance. .

When the membership card is pulled out, the game ends. Therefore, the withdrawal of the membership card is monitored (step S111), and when the withdrawal is performed, the card reader 80 outputs a drive prohibition signal to the pachinko machine 60 (step S112). Then, the member purchase ID, the number of balls loaded, and the number of balls released during the period when the membership card was inserted
And the card reader ID together with the card reader ID to the terminal controller 10 (step S113).

The terminal controller 10 stores the game information transmitted together with the end time. The same customer may play multiple times in one day, so the same customer is stored for each game until the end of the day (at the end), and the total is calculated for each customer at the end. I try to remember it again. This totaled result can be displayed and printed as appropriate.

Finally, the balls are discharged (step S11)
5). The customer may save the ball in his account or exchange it for a prize.

Since the game information is recorded for each member in this system, it has various functions using this.
First, there is a win / loss data acquisition function, and the terminal controller 10 can obtain win / loss data from game information according to the following formula.

R = (a−b) · c−d−e · f where a: of the balls output from the gaming machine 60 (collected by the card reader 80) Number of balls thrown out based on information b: Number of shot balls output from the gaming machine 60 and collected by the card reader 80 based on the information of the balls (struck balls) put in the gaming machine 60 c: To the system management computer Registered ball purchase price d: Ball purchase amount output from the card unit 70 and collected by the card reader 80 e: Number of replay balls collected for each member from the pachinko ball withdrawal machine 27 by the system management computer f: This is the unit price of the coin sold on the system management computer.

Of these, abde is calculated based on the accumulated data for the period in which the winning or losing is to be calculated. In addition, the terms ef are irrelevant at stores that do not introduce a system for re-playing coins. Win / Loss is determined when R> 0 and lost when R <0. In other words, the winning or losing is determined by judging which of the investment amount (the ball purchase amount) and the value of the provided ball is larger. Whether you save the winning ball or exchange it for a prize, there is no direct relationship between winning and losing.

As a concrete example, the win / loss of a customer for three days, which produces the results shown in the following table, is calculated. Note that c
= 2.5 yen d = 4 yen. Table Date ab d e 8/10 1000 200 200 1000 100 8/11 200 300 500 0 8/12 2000 400 500 500 200 When these are applied to the above formula, R = (3200-900) 2.5-2000-300.
Since 4 = 2550> 0, it can be seen that the win is 2550 yen.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing how various types of management including such determination of winning and losing are performed. Here, it is assumed that the management computer is the workstation 11 included in the terminal controller 10, and the bid purchase price and the sale bid price are stored in the memory 11B.

First, extraction conditions are input (step S).
201). This corresponds to the case where the important customer list is output in order to obtain information on regular customers and customers who have a large investment amount, which are important for the store. Depending on the extraction conditions, the number of balls a that came out of the game machine, the number b of balls that were put in the game machine, and the ball purchase amount d
(These are already received from the card reader and stored in the memory) and the unit price c, the unit price f, and the number e of replayed balls stored in the memory are extracted (step S202), and the above-described equation R is obtained. Is obtained by calculation (step S203). The calculation result is output (step S204).

In this way, the winning / losing results for all members are obtained.

FIG. 8 is an example of a display of a list of wins and losses of members, and shows a state in which the investment amount, winning amount, number of visits, and staying time are displayed for each member.

FIG. 9 is a print example of a list showing the results of winning and losing management of members including personal information of members as well as such winning and losing. In this figure, the investment amount from the beginning of the year is 15,000.
The above customers are listed in order of investment amount.

As described above, according to the present invention, since the game information is stored for each member, various services or events can be performed.

First, it is conceivable that there will be a payout competition for a limited period of time. This is done by ranking customers in order of win, year, month, week, etc.
A service such as a prize or a free ball lending is provided to a higher rank. Such an event is notified by a poster or direct mail in the store, and can be differentiated from other stores as a unique event.

Secondly, as described above, by comparing the visit frequency, staying time, etc., regular customers can be easily extracted, and by giving a special service to the extracted regular customers, regular customers can be extracted. Can be fixed customers.

Third, the loser can be rescued. By extracting from the winning / losing data the customers who are losing in spite of the large amount of investment and providing special services to such losers, for example, a service that preferentially introduces units with a high winning rate, It is possible to make a fixed customer by performing relief.

Fourth, an event of time trial competition is possible.

In this, a time is designated, and the number of balls to be paid out or the number of jackpots within the designated time is competed.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing the processing for performing such a time trial competition.

In order to enter the time trial competition, follow the prescribed program. That is, the input / output unit 11 of the workstation 11 of the terminal controller 10
The time trial competition can be entered by the dialogue displayed on the display, which is a part of D.

First, when the displayed event setting character is clicked (step S301), a display for setting an event, that is, a time trial competition, for each island is performed (step S302). When setting an event for a corresponding island, clicking on the island (step S303) brings up a screen for selecting an event type, and it is possible to select one of a difference ball, that is, a ball-out competition and a large number of competition (step S304). ). Next, returning to the initial screen, the event execution time, for example, 1 hour is input (step S305). When the participant moves to the designated table and inserts the membership card, an area other than the area for normal data collection is secured in the memory in the terminal controller, and the membership code,
It becomes possible to memorize the number of balls output, the number of balls hit, and the number of jackpots.

When the start time comes, an announcement is given by the clerk, and when the start input is made from the initial screen (step S306), the time trial competition is started. When there is an inquiry from the terminal controller, the number of balls thrown out, the number of balls hit, and the number of jackpots are transmitted from the card reader, but when an event end instruction is given (step S
307), or when the event end time comes, the card reader is again instructed to collect data, and the information stored in the card reader is transmitted (step S).
308). This information is stored in sequence for each member code, and after the set execution time has elapsed, this memory content is compared and sorted in the order of the difference between the number of balls thrown out and the number of balls shot in, the order is determined and the result is determined. It is output (step S309).

FIG. 11 is an output example of a screen in such a time trial process.

In this example, one data string is formed for each island, and events can be set independently for each island. For the event start time and the event end time, a message such as "20 minutes have passed since the event start time" or "20 minutes until the event end." Is displayed on the right side.

Under this time, either "event setting" indicating that the event is not set yet, "event executing" indicating the progress of the event, or "event end" indicating the result of the event is displayed. It

As a fifth application, in the present invention, it is always known which member is playing on which table.
Therefore, when there is a telephone call from a certain member to the outside, the only way to contact was to broadcast in the store. It can be communicated, and reliable intermediary is possible. At this time, by giving the handset of the cordless telephone, it is possible to make a telephone call without leaving the gaming machine, so that it is possible to prevent a reduction in gaming time.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the driving prohibition signal of the pachinko machine is released after the inquiry of the card information to the terminal controller. However, since the inquiry processing takes time, it is possible that the membership card is inserted. The pachinko machine may be operated by checking the minimum necessary information such as the store number and the expiration date on the card reader side.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the pachinko machine is of a type in which the ball cannot be hit when the hit prohibition signal is input, but it is of a type in which the hit prohibition cannot be performed. The present invention can also be applied to a pachinko machine. On such a pachinko machine, it is possible to operate without inserting a membership card, but when members play without inserting a membership card, they cannot give their own game information to the store side and the customer himself is disadvantageous. As a result, the insertion of the membership card is promoted.

Also, in order to prevent lost items, the common card may be automatically returned when the membership card is pulled out at the end of the game, or in order to prevent theft, the membership card cannot be pulled out without returning the common card. You may lock it like this.

Further, the present invention is not limited to the membership card of the coin replay system, but can be applied to a game system using a mere membership card that does not accumulate balls. Although the balls are lent out using a prepaid card called a common card, the present invention is not limited to this, and a ball lending machine that can be used for cash may be connected to the gaming machine.

Further, the pachinko machine has been described, but a gaming machine such as a medal machine may be used.

[0086]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to operate the gaming machine only while the membership card is inserted into the card reader, and the medium information such as the number of hits and the number of payouts during that period, The card unit (CR that is connected to the gaming machine
The purchase information of the amount of balls purchased at the machine) is stored in the storage means provided in the card reader and transmitted to the terminal controller at the end of the game, and the game information for each customer is obtained based on this information. Since this is done, it is possible to properly understand the win / loss of each customer.

Further, since the game information for each customer can be obtained, it becomes possible to hold an event such as a time trial in which a certain time is divided, or to provide an individual service for each member.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram showing an outline of one embodiment of a game arcade system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing details of a terminal controller, a counter, and an island end portion in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing an example of a game unit.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of a card reader.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing stored contents of a memory provided in a terminal controller.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation in the game hall system according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing how various types of management including win / loss determination are performed.

FIG. 8 is an example of a list of wins and losses of members, showing a state in which investment amount, winning amount, number of visits, and stay time are displayed for each member.

FIG. 9 is a print example of a list showing not only winning and losing results but also member winning and losing management results including personal information of members.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing processing for performing a time trial competition.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display example of settings for a ranking, a machine number, and a member code for performing a time trial.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Terminal Controller 20 Island Edge 30 Counter 40 Island Controller 50 Gaming Unit 60 Gaming Machine 61 Main Unit 62 Frequency Display 63 Ball Rental Available Indicator 64 Ball Rental Switch 65 Return Switch 70 Card Unit 71 Card Available Lamp 72 Display Button 73 Direction indicator lamp 74 Card insertion lamp 75 Common card insertion slot 80 lamp / card reader 81 Main lamp 82 "Big hit number" display section 83 "During meal" display section 84 "Lucky" display section 85 "Unlimited" display Part 86 "During meal" button 87 "Call" button 88 "Switch" button 89 Member card insertion slot 91 CPU 92 Card presence / absence detection switch 93 Read head 94 ROM 95 RAM 96 Display section 97 Communication interface

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Shoji Yamamoto, 2 Irie Building 76, Kyomachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe City TES Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor ▲ Saki ▼ Takashi Yama, 2-6, Kyomachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe Bill Stock Company Tess

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A game hall system for issuing a membership card for each customer so that various services can be performed by the membership card, and a card reader for reading the membership card, which is provided corresponding to each gaming machine. While the member card is being inserted into this card reader, a gaming machine that can be operated and outputs medium information including the number of hits (number of hits) and the number of hits (number of hits), The value information of the prepaid card provided corresponding to each machine is read and output as purchase information when the specified value of the game medium is ejected, and the value information is returned when the prepaid card is returned. A card unit to be updated and recorded in, and before storing the medium information output from the gaming machine and the purchase information output from the card unit The storage means attached to the card reader, the transmission means for transmitting the stored contents of the storage means when the membership card is pulled out from the card reader, and the contents transmitted by the transmission means are stored for each customer. A game hall system comprising: a computing unit that computes a win or loss for each customer in the present or past arbitrary period based on the stored medium information and the purchase information. 2. The computing means collects the medium information of each customer by delimiting a certain specific time, and computes the rank of the customer by the number of coins (number of coins) or the number of jackpots within the specific time. The game arcade system according to claim 1, wherein 3. The membership card stores an identification code set for each amusement hall, and the card reader operates the gaming machine only when the identification code matches the identification code of the amusement hall. The game arcade system according to claim 1, which is enabled.