JPH0999152A - Integrated management system for chained halls - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly respond to a game card usable in chained halls by recording, on the game card, the hall name where a player received the card in an integrated management system in which hall management devices are provided in each hall, and each hole management device is connected through communication means. SOLUTION: Card type game machines 1a, 1b... are set in each hall A, B..., game card issuing machines 2A, 2B... and card clearing machines are also set therein, and they are connected to hall management devices 3A, 3B... of each hall, respectively. The hall management devices set in each hall are connected in such a manner as to be capable of mutually collating data through communication means (telephone line or the like). In this case, the hall name where the date of reload is recorded is recorded on a game card together with the data of reload. The data of the game card when the card is issued is transmitted to the hall management device through a communication means built in the card issuing machine to record it in a memory device provided on the hall management device.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to connecting each hole in which a card type game machine is installed through a communication means so that a game card possessed by a player can be used in each hole.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For the convenience of a player, a game card is introduced, and a card type game machine (pachinko machine etc.) capable of playing with the card is installed in a hall (pachinko store). Therefore, in the hall, a card issuing machine that issues a game card for exchanging money for recording game value, a card-type pachinko machine that can be played with the game card, and a card that enables settlement of the game card There is a checkout machine, and the hall management system is connected to those devices.
It manages information that changes over time, such as the gaming value of gaming cards. This game card can also be used in other chained halls to improve the service to players.

[0003]

However, collating game cards issued in other halls must be performed using communication means, and quick response is essential for improving services. is there. Therefore, the present invention is
It is intended to provide a comprehensive management system capable of promptly responding to the game cards that can be used in the chained halls.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a comprehensive management system for reading and writing a card attached to a card issuing machine, a card settlement machine, and a card type game machine for managing a game card for recording game value and the like. Connected to the device, installed a hole management device having a storage device in each hole, and connected these hole management devices to each other via communication means By recording the name of the hole when the player receives it, it is possible to easily find out whether it is a proper card or a storage device for checking, and to reduce communication costs. Also, claim 2
The comprehensive management system of the game card data is recorded in the storage device attached to the hall management device installed in each hole and also in the host management device through the communication means, so that the game cards can be verified. It is possible to select the hall management device or the host management device, whichever has the lowest communication cost.

[0005]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

(First embodiment) FIG. 1 shows each hall (pachinko parlor).
It is a block diagram of each apparatus in. In the hall A, a large number of card type game machines having a well-known configuration are arranged, and an issuing machine for selling the game cards and a card settlement machine for exchanging the game value of the game cards are provided. The card type gaming machine, the card issuing machine and the card settlement machine are connected to a hall management device. The hole management device is provided with a keyboard of input means, a monitor, a storage device for recording the data of the card, and an output printer. In addition, the same system is configured in the other halls (holes B, C, etc.), and the hall management devices installed in each of the halls collate data with each other via communication means (such as telephone lines). Is made possible.

[0006] Next, the card issuing machine having a well-known structure will be briefly described. When a player puts money into the card issuing machine and performs an operation corresponding to a game value to be exchanged, the player becomes a magnetic recording type game card. Records and discharges the data shown in FIG. The card issuing machine number is a number for distinguishing the issuing machines provided in the holes, and an identification code capable of distinguishing the card issuing machines installed in the A hole, B hole, etc. is recorded.
The next card number issued by the issuing machine, for example, the cumulative number can be known by recording the cumulative number. Next, by recording the date and time of issuance, the issued "daily total", "weekly total", "monthly total", etc. can be easily tabulated, and by recording the time together, the time Another aggregation is possible.

The game value is the most important record, which is the number of balls lent by the player exchanged for money.
Security is to prevent fraud such as rewriting of cards, and there are various measures. Next, the rewriting date and time is recorded in the game card, and this rewriting date and time is the date and time when the player obtains the card with the card issuing machine, and the game machine is used later to finish the game. Then, when it is discharged by the ball lending machine 50, the date and time, after being settled by the settlement machine, the date and time,
Record it. In addition to the rewrite date and time, the name of the hole in which the rewrite date and time is recorded is also recorded on the game card. And the data of the game card issued by the card issuing machine,
It is transmitted to the hole management device through the communication means built in the card issuing machine and recorded in the storage device attached to the hole management device.

FIG. 3 shows a well-known card type game machine 1.
It is a front view of (pachinko machine), a lot of obstacle nails (not shown) are planted in the game board 3, and the symbol display L
Is provided, and when the game ball passes through the starting winning opening 6,
The symbols in the symbol display portions L1, L2, L3 start to change.
When the symbols on the symbol display portions L1, L2, L3 are aligned with the preset symbols, the jackpot is a big win and the special winning opening 7 is opened, and the big winning opening 7 is kept open for 30 seconds, or 10 game balls are won. Close. Also, during the opening, when the game ball passes through the specific area 8 provided in the special winning opening 7, the special winning opening 7 is opened again, and this operation is performed 16 times. In addition, the ball lending machine 50 attached to the card type game machine 1 has a built-in card reading / writing device, and controls the game card (magnetic card) to discharge the ball so that the ball can be played. .

Next, the management of the card type game machine, the card issuing machine, the card settlement machine, and the hole management device provided in each of the above-mentioned holes will be described. When a player obtains a game card in which a predetermined ball rental (frequency) is recorded by the card issuing machine 2A installed in the A hall, the card issuing machine 2A acquires the data of the game card (see FIG. 2) in the A hall. To the hall management device 3A. Then, the data is recorded in the storage device 4A via the hall management device 3A. Next, the player inserts a game card into the insertion slot 51 of the ball lending machine in order to play a game with the card type game machine 1a installed in the hall A, and the card reading / writing device (built in the ball lending machine 50 ( (Not shown), the data of the game card is read, and the hole name (A hole) can be known from the data of the game card. As described above, this hole name is the place (hole name) when the game card is received by the player (at the time of rewriting), and the data of that game card is stored in the storage device 4A installed in that hole. It turns out that it is recorded. Therefore, the data of this game card is collated with the data recorded in the storage device 4A.

Therefore, specifically, in response to a signal from the card reading / writing device, the data is collated with the data recorded in the storage device 4A through the hole management device 3A, and if the game card is appropriate, the game is played. Value (frequency) indicator 5
2, the player presses the ball rental button 55 once, and a predetermined number (for example, 25) of game balls determined in advance is attached to the back surface side of the game machine (not shown). Through the plate 5
4, the game value of the game card is subtracted, and the data is displayed on the display 52. When the player finishes the game and presses the return button 56 of the game card, the hall name (A) is also recorded by the card writing device (not shown) built in the ball lending machine 50, and The data of the game card is this hall management device 3A
And the data is recorded in the storage device 4A attached to the hall management device. That is, when the player receives the game card, the data of the game card is transferred to the hole management device 3A installed in the received hole and recorded in the storage device 4A attached thereto. In the above description, when the player obtains the game card in the A hall or plays the game in the A hall, the data of the game card is recorded in the storage device 4A installed in the A hall. .
Therefore, whether or not the game card is appropriate may be checked with the data of the storage device 4A installed in the A hole.

However, the game value obtained by the player at the A-hole card issuing machine, the game card after playing at the A-hole gaming machine, or the game value after settlement at the settlement machine installed at the A-hole. A case of playing a game in the B hole using the remaining game cards will be described. When the player inserts the game card into the insertion slot 51 of the ball lending machine attached to the card-type gaming machine in the B hall, the card reading / writing device (not shown) built in the ball lending machine 50 reads the data from the game card. By reading the hole name (A hole), it is found that the game card is recorded in the storage device 4A of the A hole. Therefore, the data of this game card is collated with the data stored in the storage device 4A via the communication line between the hall management device 3B and the hall management device 3A to determine whether or not the card is an illegal card.

Since this game card was used in the B hole, the data will be recorded in the storage device 4B installed in the B hole, so that the hole managing device 3B and the hole managing device 3A communicate with each other. When collating using a line, the data in the storage device 4A in the A hole can be erased, and this deletion can save the capacity of the storage device 4A. Also, considering that the same game card is recorded in the plurality of storage devices 4A, 4B, 4C, etc. as described above, for example, when the call charge at night is low,
A management method may be used in which mutual storage devices are collated and data other than the storage device that stores the latest data (see rewrite date and time) is deleted.

As described above, in the gaming card, the name of the hall in which the card issuing machine is installed, the name of the hole in which the gaming ball (ball rental) is discharged through the ball lending machine attached to the gaming machine, and the card settlement machine The recording device (4A, 4A, where the latest data of the game card is recorded by recording the name of the hole where the game card is installed, that is, the name of the hole when the player receives it (when the data is rewritten) 4B), the collation can be performed directly through the hole management device in the case of the same hole, and can be performed through the communication means in the case of a different hole. Therefore, it is possible for a player to play the same game card on the same day in a different hall, and it is possible to reduce communication costs. In addition, there is an advantage that a so-called host control device (device that manages data of game cards used for all holes) is unnecessary.

Unlike the above-mentioned structure, the hall management devices 3A, 3B, 3C store the latest data of all cards in the respective storage devices 4A, 4B, 4C via the communication means each time the game card is rewritten. Can be recorded, but
Such a configuration enables quicker collation, but increases the capacity of each storage device 4A, 4B, 4C, and assuming that many players play in the same hole, all Implementing the change data via the communication means requires useless communication cost.

(Second Embodiment) In this embodiment, a host management device is installed as shown in FIG. 4 and the hole management devices 3A, 3B, 3C, etc. are backed up (or integrated management). It connects by communication means and records the data of the game card in the host storage device. The hall management devices 3A, 3B, and 3C installed in each hall are used when a game card is issued, when the data is changed by using the game machine, or when the data is changed by the settlement machine, The data is stored in the storage devices 4A, 4B, 4C, etc., and the data is transferred to the host management device via the communication means and recorded in the host storage device. Therefore, the data of the game card is stored in the storage device 4A, 4A installed in the hole in which the hole name is recorded.
B and 4C are recorded in the host storage device attached to the host management device.

The game card is the insertion slot 5 of the ball lending machine of the game machine.
When it is inserted in 1, the hole name recorded in the game card is read, and the communication cost between the place where the hole name is located and the place where the host management device is located is compared, and the cheaper one and the communication means are selected. Match through. If a chain of holes is used, communication with a distant hole is disadvantageous to communication costs, and a communication partner is selected to reduce communication costs. Further, in the above, the cheaper one is collated through the communication means, but when the data of the gaming card do not match, the other is collated to improve the accuracy of the gaming card. The host management device is not limited to one place and may be installed in each region in consideration of the movement range of the player, but it may be set in the daytime every time the game data is changed. , It is necessary to transfer to the host management device. Further, the hole name recorded on the game card indicates a store name as corresponding to the storage device in which the latest data is recorded, and is not necessarily limited to the actual hole name, and an identification code (or code etc.) If the A hole and the B hole are configured as a shared storage device, it may be a symbol that indicates that the latest data of the game card is recorded in the shared storage device.

In addition to the comparison with the data in the storage devices 4A, 4B, and 4C as described above, it is better to consider whether the game card is illegal or not in consideration of the following matters.
When the game card is collated, the storage device 4 indicates which hall the pachinko machine collated the game card.
By storing it in A, 4B, and 4C, it becomes possible to judge whether the game card is currently in use. Therefore, when the same game card as above is collated, it is found that the same game card is collated (used) in addition to being used. This is a regular game card (A card)
It is not possible to prevent the use of only one card by modifying the game value etc., but preventing the unauthorized use when the regular game card (A) and the illegal game card (A ') are used at the same time. Becomes When such a situation occurs, one of the game cards has been fraudulently created, so that a clerk or the like can determine which card is a legitimate card, thereby reducing illegal use.

[0018]

The integrated management device according to claim 1 of the present invention makes it possible to identify the existence of the storage device by recording the hole name in the game card, and to quickly and reduce the communication cost for verification. can do. or. The integrated management device according to claim 2 can compare the place where the hole is located with the place where the host management device is located at the time of matching the game card, and can select the one with the lower communication cost.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of each device in each hall (pachinko parlor) according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 2 shows data of a game card.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a pachinko machine.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of each device in each hall (pachinko parlor) of the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2A, 2B, 2C Card issuing machine 3A, 3B, 3C Hall management device 4A, 4B, 4C Storage device

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A hall management device having a storage device, which is connected to a card issuing machine, a card settlement machine, and a card reading / writing device attached to a card type game machine, in order to manage a game card for recording game values and the like. In the comprehensive management of chained holes installed in each hole and connecting those hole management devices to each other via communication means, it is necessary to record the hole name when the player receives it in the game card. A characteristic comprehensive management system. 2. The data of the game card is also stored in the host management device via a communication means together with a storage device attached to the hole management device, and when the game card is collated, the communication cost of the hole management device and the host management device is reduced. The integrated management system according to claim 1, wherein the cheaper one is selected.