JPH10192527A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable the continuation of play without interrupting the play, by stopping the put-out of game medium when the game medium stored in a game-medium storage part has exceeded a specific amount, and by storing into a storage means the number of game medium to be put out after that. SOLUTION: A pachinko machine, in which a pachinko ball enters a variable prize-ball-awarding device 999 during play and puts out prize balls by means of a ball-put-out device 134 onto a drive-ball standby trough 102, judges whether a full-standby-trough detector 106 has detected a drive ball or not. In the case the drive-ball standby trough 102 is full in the course of putting out the balls, the value of a counter which counts balls to be put out is added to a counter which counts kept balls, also the counter which counts the balls to be put out is cleared, and a put-out motor is stopped. Then the number of not yet put out balls is displayed as the number of kept balls, and putting out is finished. Further, in the case the value of the counter which counts the kept balls exceeds an upper limit, the put-out motor is reversely rotated, the pachinko balls are detected by an put-out-ball detector, and put out onto a ball-receiving tray 122.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine represented by a pachinko gaming machine, a coin gaming machine, a slot machine, and the like, and more particularly, to storing a predetermined game medium based on establishment of a predetermined payout condition. Related to gaming machines paid out to the department.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In this type of gaming machine, a pachinko gaming machine that pays out an example of a prize ball as an example of a game medium in a prize ball storage plate serving as a game medium storage section is generally known. was there. In this conventional pachinko gaming machine, a predetermined number of prize balls are placed on the prize ball storage tray based on a predetermined payout condition such as that a hit ball hit into a game area wins a predetermined prize area. If the prize ball storage tray is full and the prize ball can no longer be stored, the surplus ball is paid out and stored in a lower surplus ball storage plate. . When the surplus ball storage dish is also full of prize balls, the supply of the prize balls is disabled, for example, by stopping supply of the prize balls to the hit ball firing position, and the prize balls are paid out further. The predetermined payout condition that must be satisfied is not satisfied.

[0003] In order to make it possible to hit the ball again, the player performs a so-called ball removal operation in which a prize ball stored in the prize ball storage tray or the surplus ball storage tray is extracted into a ball box or the like. It was necessary to eliminate the full state of the.

That is, in the conventional gaming machine, the game medium storage section is filled with the game medium sometime after the game medium is paid out to the game medium storage section, and when the game medium storage section is full. If the game medium is further paid out despite the fact that the game medium has been paid out, the game medium overflows from the game medium storage unit, so that the game is controlled to be in the game impossible state in order to prevent such inconvenience.

[0005]

However, in this type of conventional gaming machine, the fact that the game medium storage section is full often means that a predetermined payout condition is likely to be satisfied. Often players are playing games smoothly. In such a case, if the game medium storage unit is forcibly controlled to be in a game impossible state because the game medium storage unit is full, water is added to the uplifted mood of the player who is playing the game in good condition. Had the disadvantage that

The present invention has been conceived in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object the purpose of playing a game even if the amount of game media stored in the game media storage unit exceeds a predetermined amount and becomes full. An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of continuing a game without interruption.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided a gaming machine for paying out a predetermined game medium to a game medium storage section based on establishment of a predetermined payout condition. A payout stop means for stopping the payout of the game medium based on that the game medium stored in the game medium exceeds a predetermined amount, and after the payout stop means is operated and the payout of the game medium is stopped. And storage means for storing information capable of specifying the number of the game media to be paid out.

[0008]

When the amount of game media stored in the game medium storage section exceeds a predetermined amount, the payout of the game media is stopped by the operation of the payout stop means. Then, when it becomes necessary to pay out the game medium after the payout stop means is operated and the payout of the game medium is stopped, information capable of specifying the number of game media to be paid out is stored by the storage means. Is done.

That is, when the number of game media stored in the game medium storage section exceeds a predetermined amount, information that can specify the number of game media to be paid out thereafter is stored in the storage means. It is not necessary to interrupt the game because the number of game media stored in the section exceeds a predetermined amount.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is an overall schematic block diagram of a centralized management equipment for games which manages a ball game machine as an embodiment of a game machine according to the present invention. The purchase of a ball for this ball-and-ball game machine is performed using a ball lending card made of a magnetic card. In the figure, reference numeral 73 denotes a card sales company that sells this ball lending card, and has a centralized management computer 74 including a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and the like.

On the other hand, a centralized management center 71 is set up for each fixed area (for example, the districts A, B, and C).
A centralized hall management computer 72 including a U, a RAM, a ROM and the like is provided. The centralized hall management computer 72 mainly has a function of generally managing the game hall 1 in the district (for example, the district A) to which it belongs.

On the other hand, a CPU, a RAM,
A hall management computer 70 including a ROM and the like for managing information in the game hall is installed, and a card processing machine 5 for processing the ball lending card and a ball lending card sales for selling the ball lending card The machine 7 and a terminal box 99 managed by the card sales company 73 are installed.

In the figure, reference numeral 75 denotes a retail store for selling ball lending cards, on which a ball lending card vending machine 7 is installed.

The centralized central management computer 74, the centralized hall management computer 72, and the terminal box 99 are connected by communication lines as shown by solid-line arrows in FIG. .

In such a configuration, first, the card sales company 73 sells a ball lending card to each of the retail stores 75 and each of the game arcades 1 (see the arrow indicated by a two-dot chain line in the drawing). In exchange for this, the price is paid to the card sales company 73 from each of the retail stores 75 and the amusement arcades 1 (see arrows indicated by broken lines in the figure).

Then, a user such as a player enters the retail store 75.
A ball rental card vending machine 7 or a ball rental card vending machine 7 installed in a game arcade is used to pay a price to purchase a ball lending card, and insert the ball lending card into the card vending machine 5. Then, when the inserted ball lending card is an appropriate ball lending card, it becomes possible to play a game with a ball game machine such as the pachinko gaming machine 100 using the value specified by the ball lending card. Then, the available amount (card balance) of the ball lending card is updated by subtracting the available amount (card balance) of the ball lending card by the value of the value to be used specified by the operation of the card processor 5. Is paid from the card sales company 73 to each game hall 1. The price after the ball rental card use price and the card sales price are offset may be settled between the game hall 1 and the card sales company 73.

FIG. 2 is an overall schematic plan view of the game hall 1. A plurality of pachinko gaming machines 100 are installed on each gaming machine installation island 2 installed in the amusement arcade 1. The card processing machine 5 is installed next to the pachinko gaming machine 100.

A ball rental card vending machine 7 that sells the ball rental card is arranged at one end of the predetermined gaming machine installation island 2.

The ball rental card vending machine 7, the card processing machine 5, and the pachinko gaming machine 100 are operated by the hall management computer 70.
And the terminal box 99 by wiring. Thereby, transmission and reception of information between each other are enabled. The wiring between the pachinko gaming machine 100 and the like on the other installation island 2 and the hall management computer 70 and the like is not shown.

In the figure, reference numeral 15 denotes a ball number storage repeater, which stores the ball number of each pachinko gaming machine 100 arranged on each gaming machine installation island 2 and transmits it to the hall management computer 70. is there.

In the drawing, reference numeral 9 denotes a prize ball counter for counting the number of prize balls obtained by the player. The counted value is transmitted to the hall management computer 70,
Used as sales information.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of the hall management computer 70. As shown in FIG. Hall management computer 7
A power switch 12, various function keys, a numeric keypad 11, a display 13, and the like are provided on the surface of the “0”, and a control circuit 26 is provided inside.

When the power switch 12 is turned on, electricity is supplied to the hall management computer 70.

The function keys are for the pachinko gaming machine 1
The table number key 14 for designating the table number of 00, the profit ball number key 25 for displaying the profit ball number which is profitable for the game hall 1 on the display 13, and the disadvantage ball number which is disadvantageous for the game hall 1 Detrimental ball count key 1 to be displayed on display 13
6. Display the difference number which is the difference between the number of profit balls and the number of disadvantage balls 1
3, the difference number key 17 to be displayed on the display 3 and the sales information on the display 1
3, a sales key 18 for designating the gaming machine installation island 2, an island designation key 19 for designating all the pachinko gaming machines 100 in the game arcade, and a payout rate indicator 13 Ball number key 22 for displaying the number of balls to be displayed on the display 13, the open key 23 for opening the pachinko gaming machine 3 that has been hit, and the pachinko gaming machine 100. And a hit key 24 for performing hit control.

The operation of the hall management computer 70 may be performed in a case where it is desired to know information for each unit, in a case where it is desired to know information for each gaming machine installation island unit, or in a case where the pachinko gaming machine 100 installed in the The explanation will be made separately for the case where information of all the units is to be known.

When it is desired to know the information of each machine, first, the machine number key 14 is pressed, and the desired machine number is input by pressing the numeric key 11. Then, the number of profit balls, the number of disadvantage balls, the difference number, of the pachinko gaming machine 100 of the input machine number,
When it is desired to know the sales information, the payout rate, and the number of possessed balls, the profit ball number key 25, the disadvantage ball number key 16, and the difference number key 1 are respectively provided.
7. Sales information key 18, payout rate key 21, possession number key 2
Press 2.

When it is desired to know the information of each gaming machine installation island unit, first, the island designation key 19 is depressed, and the desired island number is depressed and inputted by pressing the ten key 11. And if you want to know the number of profit balls, the number of disadvantage balls, the number of differences, the sales information, the payout rate, and the number of possessed balls of the whole pachinko machine installed on the gaming machine installation island of the entered island number, Profit ball number key 25, disadvantage ball number key 16, difference number key 17, sales information key 18,
The payout rate key 21 and the held ball number key 22 are pressed.

When it is desired to know the information of all the vehicles, first, the all-vehicle key 20 is pressed. The number of profitable balls, the number of disadvantageous balls, the number of differences,
When it is desired to know the sales information, the payout rate, and the number of balls, the profit ball number key 25, the disadvantageous ball number key 16, the difference number key 17, the sales key 18, the payout rate key 21, and the number of balls Key 22
Press.

The numbers displayed on the display 13 indicate, in order from the left, the number of the pachinko gaming machine, the number of profit balls, the number of disadvantage balls, the number of differences, and sales information. In addition, the car number key 14, the island designation key 19, the whole car key 22, and the release key 2
3. A combination of pressing with the hit key 24 allows the opening and hitting of one unit, one island, and all units.

Next, an outline of the control circuit 26 of the hall management computer 70 will be described. The control circuit 26 includes a table-specific profit ball number storage unit 303 that stores the number of profit balls for each machine of the pachinko gaming machine 100 and a vehicle-specific disadvantage ball number storage unit 304 that stores the number of disadvantageous balls for each machine. Have.

Here, the profit ball number refers to the total number of out balls and winning balls, that is, the number of hit balls. The disadvantageous ball number refers to the number of prize balls that are paid out to a player or added to the number of possessed balls when the possessed balls win.

The number-of-balls storage unit 303 stores a signal (1) obtained by dividing the number of balls to be driven of each pachinko gaming machine 100 by a predetermined value, for example, 1 when a total of 10 balls are measured.
A pulse signal is input from the driving ball detector.

The unfavorable ball count storage unit 304 stores a signal (2) obtained by dividing the number of prize balls to be paid out or added to the number of possessed balls based on the occurrence of winning balls or the like by a predetermined value, for example, 10 , One pulse signal is input.

The difference ball number information (3) from the difference ball number storage unit 303 and the information on the disadvantage ball number (4) from the disadvantage ball number 304 are stored in a difference calculation unit. The difference number is input to 305, the difference number is calculated, and the difference number information (5) is input to the difference number storage unit 306 and stored.

The profit-by-vehicle-number information (3) from the profit-by-vehicle-number storage unit 303 and the disadvantageous-ball-by-vehicle information (4) from the disadvantageous-ball-by-vehicle storage unit 304 are output. The payout rate is input to the rate calculation unit 310 and calculated.

The difference information (5) calculated by the difference calculation unit 305 is also input to the hitting command unit 309. When the difference number reaches a predetermined value such as 4000,
A hit signal (6) is sent to the pachinko gaming machine 100 to perform hit control. In this embodiment, the hitting control can be manually performed by pressing the hitting key 24.

The pachinko gaming machine 10 controlled to stop by the opening command unit 307 based on the pressing of the opening key 23
An open command signal (7) is sent to 0.

The ball tank 146 of the pachinko gaming machine 100
When the number of pachinko balls in the game machine (described with reference to FIG. 4) becomes equal to or less than a predetermined amount, the pachinko gaming machine 100 sends a replenishment command unit 308.
To the supply request signal (8). In response to this, the supply command unit 308 sends a supply command signal (9) to the supply device 10 (described with reference to FIG. 5). The supply device 10 that has received the supply command signal (9) supplies the pachinko balls to the ball tank 146 of the pachinko gaming machine 100.

The balance update signal (10) from the card processor 5
(Detailed in the description of FIG. 4) is sent to the pachinko gaming machine 100, the terminal box 99, and the sales-by-unit storage unit 342. An update request signal (11) (described in detail in the description of FIG. 4) is sent from the pachinko gaming machine 100 to the card processor 5. Reference numeral 31 in the figure denotes a backup power supply for power failure countermeasures.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a pachinko gaming machine 100 which is an embodiment of the gaming machine according to the present invention. In this embodiment, the pachinko gaming machine 100 is used.
The present invention is not limited to this, and may be an arrangement ball type pachinko game machine, a slot machine, or the like.

On one side (left side in the drawing) of the pachinko gaming machine 100, a card processor 5 is provided so as to be separable from the pachinko gaming machine 100. In the figure, reference numeral 210 denotes an operation display lamp for lighting and displaying that the card processor 5 is operating.

The card processor 5 has a card reader / writer 2
The card reader / writer 203 reads stored information recorded on the ball lending card inserted from the card insertion / ejection port 202. The card balance included in the read card information is displayed on the card balance display 204. This card balance display 204 may be provided on the pachinko gaming machine 100 side, or may be provided on another place such as a curtain plate.

When the card insertion slot 202 of the card processing machine 5 is inserted, the card processing machine 5 sends the pachinko gaming machine 100, the terminal box 99 and the terminal box 99 in response to the update request signal (11) from the pachinko gaming machine 100. The balance update signal (10) shown in FIG. 3 is sent to the sales-by-unit storage unit 342 (see FIG. 3). The balance update signal (10)
This is a signal corresponding to the reduced amount information that is reduced from the balance of the ball lending card, that is, the payout unit amount.

Then, the number of hit balls corresponding to the payout unit amount is paid out on the hitting ball waiting gutter 102.

In this embodiment, the payout unit price is fixed, but the setting may be changed at the game arcade. In addition, 100 yen, 200 yen, 300 yen, ... 1
A button for displaying 000 yen may be provided so that the player can determine the balance update amount. Further, the payout unit amount may be fixed or the setting can be changed at the game hall side, and the payout unit amount may be reduced by the operation of the player, and the ball may be paid out on the hitting ball 102.

The payout of the hit ball onto the hit ball waiting gutter 102
The pachinko ball in the ball tank 146 is a ball payout device 134,
Hitting ball supply trough 136, hitting ball supply tray 101 (hitting ball supply tray 10)
1 is a ball hitting waiting gutter 102).

When a ball is paid out on the ball-waiting gutter 102, a game can be played. When a player operates the operation handle 112, a ball-hitting mechanism including a ball-hitting motor operates, and the ball-rod 110 is intermittently driven. Oscillated, the ball feeder 103
As a result, the pachinko balls supplied one by one from the hit ball waiting gutter 102 to the hit ball firing positions on the firing rail 108 are fired and fired.

The pachinko ball that has been shot and fired is driven into the game area 109 of the pachinko gaming machine 100. In the game area 109, game devices such as a variable display device including a drum 154 and a variable winning ball device 999 are provided.

When predetermined payout conditions are satisfied, such as when a pachinko ball wins the variable winning ball device 999, the ball payout device 134
Is operated, and a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out on the hitting ball waiting gutter 102 via the hitting ball supply gutter 136. Hit ball waiting gutter 10
When 2 is filled with a prize ball, the standby gutter full tank detector 106 constituted by a micro switch or the like is turned on, and the payout of the prize ball onto the hitting ball standby gutter 102 is stopped and controlled. Thereafter, when a prize ball is generated in the full state, etc., the score corresponding to the number of prize balls to be paid out is added to the score displayed on the possessed ball number display 142.

In the drawing, reference numeral 166 denotes an out port, which is used to collect pachinko balls hit into the game area 109 as out balls when the pachinko balls do not win any of the winning ports or the winning ball devices. Things. Reference numeral 111 denotes a standby gutter ball amount detector, which is turned on when the number of hit balls on the hit ball standby gutter 102 becomes equal to or less than a predetermined number, and when there is a holding ball number, a predetermined number of hit balls within the range. The ball is paid out from the ball payout device 134 to the hitting ball waiting gutter 102. If the number of balls is not present, a balance request signal is output to the card processor 5, and if there is a remaining card, a balance update signal is input, and the number of hits corresponding to the payout unit amount is changed to a ball hitting waiting gutter. Paid to 102.

In the figure, reference numeral 114 denotes a ball-pulling operation lever. By operating the ball-pulling operation lever 114, a ball hitting on the ball hitting waiting gutter 102 is discharged to the ball tray 122 through the ball-pulling gutter. In the figure, reference numeral 119 denotes a foul ball trough, and a ball that has not reached the game area 109 due to a weak ball operating force returns to the firing rail 108 and passes through the foul ball gutter 109 to receive the ball tray 1.
It is discharged to 22.

The player operates the end operation button 1 with a built-in switch.
By pressing the ball 18, the ball payout device 134 is operated, and the pachinko balls corresponding to the number of balls held by the ball number display 142 are stored in the ball tank 146 and the ball payout device 13.
0, it is paid out onto the ball tray 122 via the ball supply gutter 138 at the time of settlement.

At the end of the game, a value object other than a pachinko ball (a recording medium storing information for specifying the number of balls, a coin corresponding to the number of balls, etc.) may be paid out.

When paying out the recording medium, the number of balls held may be recorded directly on the recording medium, or the recording medium may be stored in the hall management computer 70 in a state in which the recording medium can be called out.

A ball receiving tray full detector 132 is attached to the ball supply trough 138 during settlement. Ball receiver full tank detector 1
Numeral 32 denotes a microswitch, for example, and when the ball tray 122 is full of pachinko balls, the pachinko balls to be paid out thereafter cannot reach the ball tray 122 and are stored in the ball supply gutter 138 at the time of settlement. However, at this time, the switch is turned ON, and the payout of the pachinko balls onto the ball tray 122 is controlled to be stopped.

Although the ball tray 122 is provided in this embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and the ball tray 122 may not be provided. In this case, instead of paying out the pachinko ball corresponding to the score displayed on the ball count display 142 at the end of the game, the score displayed on the ball count display 142 is recorded on a magnetic card, for example, Return the magnetic card to the player. When the ball tray 122 is not provided, the ball tray 122
Can be used for other purposes.

In the figure, reference numeral 208 denotes a return operation button with a built-in switch. When the player presses the return operation button 208, the inserted card is returned to the player. . Reference numeral 141 denotes a speaker that notifies a player of a big hit state by emitting a sound effect at the time of a big hit state or the like.

FIG. 5 is a rear view showing the internal structure of the pachinko gaming machine 100 with the card processing machine 5 provided.

The mechanism plate 144 of the pachinko gaming machine 100 is provided with a ball tank 146, a tank rail 148, a ball payout device 134, and the like.

Pachinko balls are supplied to the ball tank 146 via the supply device 10 from the supply gutter 173 provided on the island. Pachinko balls in ball tank 146 are tank rail 1
The ball is discharged from the ball supply gutter 136 to the ball-waiting gutter 102 through the ball supply gutter 136 by the operation of the ball dispenser 134, or is discharged to the ball tray 122 through the ball supply gutter 138 during settlement. In the drawing, reference numeral 168 denotes a payout motor, and the payout motor 168 drives the ball payout device 134.

When the ball hit into the game area wins the winning opening, it becomes a winning ball and is collected by the winning ball collecting trough 152, and is detected by the winning ball detector 764, and then the ball is collected by the driving ball collecting gutter 116. Fall. Based on the output of the winning ball detector 764, a predetermined number (for example, 15
Prize balls are supplied onto the hit ball waiting gutter 102, and when the number of prize balls on the hit ball waiting gutter 102 becomes equal to or more than a predetermined amount, the score corresponding to the prize ball to be paid out thereafter is the possessed ball number indicator 1
42 (see FIG. 4) is added to the score displayed.

On the other hand, the out ball collected from the out port 166 also falls into the driven ball collecting gutter 116, and after the driven ball composed of the winning ball and the out ball is detected by the driven ball detector 164, the island is detected. Falls on the ball collecting gutter 170 provided at the bottom.

In the figure, reference numeral 154 denotes a drum, 160 denotes a starting winning opening, 162 denotes a starting winning ball detector for detecting a starting winning ball which has won the starting winning opening, and 158 denotes a variable winning ball device 999 (see FIG. 4). A solenoid control board on which a game control circuit for controlling a game, such as a control for operating the attacker solenoid 158 when predetermined numbers are completed after the rotation of the drum 154, is formed. It is. Reference numeral 151 denotes a ball hitting mechanism. When the player operates the operation handle 112, the ball hitting mechanism 151 including the ball hitting motor 149 operates to intermittently oscillate the hitting rod 110, thereby firing a pachinko ball. A ball payout device control circuit board 176 controls the ball payout device 134 by a control circuit formed on the ball payout device control circuit board 176.

Reference numeral 106 denotes a standby gutter full tank detector, 103 denotes a ball feeding device, 111 denotes a standby gutter ball amount detector, 119 denotes a foul ball gutter, 140 denotes a ball drain gutter, and 132 denotes a ball tray full detector. These explanations have been made at the explanation points in FIG.

A relay terminal board 169 is mounted on the mechanism plate 144, and a pachinko gaming machine side connector 174b is provided on the relay terminal board 169. The pachinko gaming machine side connector 174b is electrically connected to the ball payout device control circuit board 176. The card processing machine 5 is provided with card processing machine side connectors 175a and 175b, and the card processing machine 5 is connected to the pachinko gaming machine 10
The card processing machine side connector 175a and the pachinko gaming machine side connector 174b are electrically connected to each other. The card processor control circuit board 177 is electrically connected to the card processor connector 175a. Further, the card processing machine control circuit board 177 is also connected to the card processing machine side connector 175b, and the card processing machine side connector 175b is connected to the hall management computer 7.
Connected to 0.

The relay terminal board 169 is provided with a pachinko game machine side connector 174a, and the pachinko game machine side connector 174a and the ball payout device control circuit board 176 are provided.
Are electrically connected via the relay terminal board 169. The pachinko gaming machine side connector 174a is electrically connected to the connector 172. In this embodiment, a connector 178 electrically connected to the hall management computer 72 is connected to a replenishing device 10 for deriving a replenishing ball pulse corresponding to the number of replenishing balls replenished to the ball tank 146 from the replenishing device 10. Ball detection signal deriving connector 1
Instead of connecting to 80, connect to connector 172.
In this way, as will be described later in detail, a prize ball pulse signal (corresponding to the number of prize balls given along with the winning of the pachinko ball) from the pachinko gaming machine 100 is transmitted to the hall management computer. It is used for data processing described later.

The ball dispensing device control circuit board 176 is provided as shown in FIG.
, A microcomputer 263 for controlling a gaming machine, which includes an input / output circuit 254, a detection circuit, and a drive circuit. The number of prize balls is set to a predetermined value (for example, the supply device 10).
And a disadvantage information output circuit for outputting a signal (hereinafter, referred to as a prize ball pulse) divided by the number of balls corresponding to one replenishment ball pulse output from the replenishment ball detector attached to the camera. I have.

The disadvantage information output circuit has a built-in relay switch. When the relay switch is turned on and off, a gift ball pulse is output to the hall management computer 70 via the relay terminal board 169. Become. This relay switch is connected to the relay terminal board 16.
9 may be provided. In addition, as long as a pulse similar to the detection pulse output from the replenishment ball detector can be output, the pulse generation method may be a method other than the present embodiment. Alternatively, an adapter device having a frequency dividing function may be attached to the hall management computer 70 shown in FIG. 2, and the number of prize balls may be divided by a predetermined value using this adapter device.

If the pachinko gaming machine 100, the hall management computer, and the card processing machine 5 are connected by an optical coupling element such as a photocoupler, one of the remaining devices may fail due to a failure (for example, a short circuit). This has the effect of minimizing the failure of the device.

FIGS. 6 and 7 show the pachinko gaming machine 100.
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view thereof, and FIG. 7 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view thereof.

The ball dispensing device 134 is provided with a dispensing motor 168 which is a forward / reverse rotation stepping motor as a drive source, and a motor output shaft 182 of the dispensing motor 168.
Is mounted with a star wheel 183. As a result, the star wheel 183 rotates forward and backward.

The star wheel 183 has a projection 16
7 and a fitting recess 179 in which the pachinko ball is fitted and held, and the pachinko ball flowing down from the tank rail 148 fits in the fitting recess 179. Fitting recess 179
When the payout motor 168 rotates forward and the star wheel 183 rotates counterclockwise in the drawing, the pachinko ball fitted into the ball is discharged into the hitting ball supply gutter 136 and discharged onto the hitting ball supply tray.

On the other hand, when the payout motor 168 rotates in the reverse direction and the star wheel 183 rotates clockwise in the figure, the pachinko balls are discharged into the ball supply gutter 138 at the time of settlement, and are put on the ball tray 122 (see FIG. 4). Will be paid out. In the drawing, 181a and 181b are payout ball detectors A and B.

FIG. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view for explaining the configuration of the card reader / writer 203 used in the card processor 5 (see FIG. 4). When the ball lending card 420 is inserted into the card insertion / ejection port 202 provided in the card reader / writer 203, the card insertion / ejection detector 410 detects the inserted card.

The card reader / writer 203 has a motor 4
22 and a roller 426a rotated by the motor 422
Is provided, and the transport belt 424 is moved by the rotation of the roller 426a. The inserted ball lending card 420 is conveyed by the conveyor belt 424 in the card taking-in direction (left direction in the figure), and the card data reader 412.
As a result, the card information recorded on the ball lending card is read, and the card information can be erased by the card data eraser 416.

Further, new card data can be written by the card data writer 414. If the ball lending card 420 is further conveyed in the card taking-in direction, it is detected by the card holding detector 418, and stops at the detection position (card holding position).

The 0 card whose value recorded on the ball lending card 420 has become 0 is further conveyed to the left in the figure and discharged onto the card collection conveyor. The card transport motor 422 is a motor that can also rotate in the reverse direction. When the card transport motor 422 rotates in the reverse direction, the ball lending card 420 is transported in the card discharge direction (right direction in the figure), and the player enters Discharged to the side.

Although the ball lending card 420 is made of a magnetic card, the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention is not limited to this, and an IC card, an optical card (using an optical disk memory), a card using a barcode, Various types, such as those in which data is recorded by thermal transfer, can be considered.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a control circuit used in the card processor.

The microcomputer 250 for controlling the card processor includes a card processor control circuit board 177 shown in FIG.
And has a function of controlling operations of various devices described below. For this reason, the microcomputer 250 for controlling the card processor is, for example, an LSI of several chips.
The CPU 251 includes a CPU 251 capable of executing a control operation in a predetermined procedure, a ROM 252 storing operation program data of the CPU 251, and a RAM 253 capable of writing and reading necessary data.

Further, the microcomputer 250 for controlling the card processor controls the input / output circuit 254 which receives the input signal and provides the input data to the CPU 251 and receives the output data from the CPU 251 and outputs it to the outside. Reset circuit, clock generation circuit,
It includes a pulse dividing circuit (interrupt pulse generating circuit), an address decoding circuit, and the like.

The CPU 251 can execute the operation of the interrupt control routine in accordance with the interrupt pulse periodically given from the pulse dividing circuit. The address decode circuit decodes the address data from the CPU 251 and stores the read data in the ROM 252, the RAM 253, the input / output circuit 254.
Are respectively supplied with chip select signals.

Then, the CPU 251
According to the program data stored therein, control signals are given to various devices in response to the input of each control signal described below.

The following signals are given to the card processor controlling microcomputer 250 as input signals.

First, the ball lending card is inserted into the card insertion / ejection port 20.
2 (see FIG. 8), the card insertion / ejection detector 41
From 0, a card insertion / ejection detection signal is input via the detection circuit 255. When the ball lending card is conveyed to the card holding position, the card holding detector 418 detects the ball lending card, and the detection signal is input via the detection circuit 255. Card data written on the inserted ball lending card is read by the card data reader 412, and the read data is input via the data reading circuit 256.
When the return operation button 208 (see FIG. 4) is operated, a return operation detection signal is given from the return operation detector 209 via the detection circuit 260. An update request signal (11), a signal indicating that the game has ended, and the like are input from the gaming machine control microcomputer 263.

On the other hand, the microcomputer 250 for controlling the card processor outputs control signals to the following various devices.

A card write control signal is applied to card data writer 416 via data write circuit 257.
Card data eraser 41 via data erase circuit 258
4 is supplied with a card data erasure control signal. A card transport control signal is supplied to the card transport motor 422 via the motor drive circuit 259. A card balance display control signal is supplied to the card balance display 204 via the 7-segment LED drive circuit 261. An operation display lamp control signal is supplied to the operation display lamp 210 via the lamp drive circuit 262. Microcomputer 263 for controlling game machines
Is given balance update data and the like. The card balance update data and the like are provided to the hall management computer 70.
Further, the balance update signal of the card processor, the record information of the inserted card (card number, card balance, etc.) Game store specific information and the like are given.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of pachinko gaming machine 100. In the control circuit shown in FIG. 10, the same parts as those shown in FIG. 9 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description of the common parts will not be repeated here.

Microcomputer 263 for controlling a gaming machine
The following signals are input to the.

Based on the operation of the end operation button 118 (see FIG. 4), an end operation detection signal is given from the end operation detector 118a via the detection circuit 270.
A standby gutter amount detection signal is provided from the standby gutter amount detector 111 (see FIG. 4) via the detection circuit 271. A waiting gutter full detector signal is supplied from the waiting gutter full detector 106 (see FIG. 4) via the detection circuit 272. A ball tray full detector signal is supplied from a ball tray full detector 132 (see FIG. 4) via a detection circuit 275. Winning ball detector 76
From 4, a winning ball detection signal is given via the detection circuit 273. The payout ball detection signals A and B are provided from the payout ball detectors A (181a) and B (181b) via the detection circuit 274, respectively. Balance update data and the like are input from the card processor controlling microcomputer 250. A hitting command signal and an opening command signal are input from the hall management computer 70.

Microcomputer 263 for controlling a gaming machine
Gives control signals to the following devices:

A payout motor control signal is supplied to the payout motor 168 (see FIGS. 6 and 7) via the motor drive circuit 276. A control signal for displaying the number of held balls is supplied to the held ball number display 142 via the 7-segment LED drive circuit 277. A signal to the effect that the game is over, an update request signal, and the like are given to the microcomputer 250 for controlling the card processor. A prize ball pulse (described in FIG. 12) and the like are given to the hall management computer 70. The hall management computer 7
To 0, a driving ball detection signal is supplied from a driving ball detector (driving ball counter) 164 (see FIG. 5) provided corresponding to the gaming machine.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit of the card processor shown in FIG.

First, in step S (hereinafter referred to as S) 1, it is determined whether or not the card processor 5 (see FIG. 4) is in a usable state.
Then, the operation indicator lamp 210 (see FIG. 4) is turned off. On the other hand, if it is in a usable state, the process proceeds to S3,
The operation display lamp 210 is turned on, and a display indicating that it is currently usable is performed. In addition, as a state which cannot be used, a hitting state, a ball shortage state of the ball tank 146, a failure of a gaming machine or a card processing machine, or the like can be considered.

Then, the flow advances to S4, where the card insertion / ejection detector 410 is set.
(See FIG. 8) is turned on or not.
The process of S3 is continued until it is turned ON. If the ball lending card is inserted into the card insertion / ejection port 202 (see FIG. 4) and the card insertion / ejection detector 410 is turned on, the process proceeds to S5,
The transport motor 422 (see FIG. 8) is rotated forward to transport the inserted ball lending card in the card loading direction.

Then, the ball lending card being conveyed in the taking-in direction is read by the card data reader 412 (see FIG. 8) (see S6), and whether or not the card holding detector 418 is turned on in S7. If it is determined that the switch has not been turned ON, the process of S6 is continued. And
In a state where the ball lending card has been transported to the card holding position, the card holding detector 418 is turned on, the process proceeds to S8, the transport motor 422 is stopped, and the transport of the ball lending card is stopped.

Then, the flow advances to S9, where it is determined whether or not the inserted ball lending card is a proper card. If the inserted ball lending card is an improper card such as a counterfeit card, the process proceeds to S10, in which the transport motor 422 is reversed to transport the ball lending card in the discharge direction.
The card insertion / ejection detector 410 is switched from ON to OFF by transporting the ball lending card from 02 to a state in which the ball lending card is partially protruded.
And returns to S1 again.

On the other hand, if the inserted ball lending card is a proper card, the flow advances to S13 to determine whether there is a card balance included in the card information read in step S6. It is.

If there is no card balance, the process proceeds to S23, in which the transport motor 422 is reversed to transport the ball lending card in the card discharging direction, the information of the ball lending card is deleted in S24, and the card insertion / discharge detection is performed in S25. It is determined whether or not the device 410 has been turned ON, and the process of S24 is continued until the device 410 is turned ON.

When the ball lending card is conveyed in the card discharging direction until the card insertion / ejection detector 410 is turned on, the process proceeds to S26, the conveyance motor 422 is stopped, and the conveyance of the ball lending card is stopped. The transport motor 422 is determined by S27.
Is rotated forward, and the ball lending card is transported again in the card receiving direction.

Then, at S28, the card holding detector 4
It is determined whether or not 18 has been turned from ON to OFF, and waits until it is turned OFF. Then, at the stage where the ball lending card is discharged onto the card collection conveyor, the card holding detector 418 switches from ON to OFF, proceeds to S29, stops the transport motor 422, and returns to S1.

If there is a card balance in the inserted ball lending card, the flow advances to S14 to display the card balance on the card balance display 204 (see FIG. 4). The CPU 251 (see FIG. 10) for controlling the gaming machine determines whether or not there has been an update request signal.
Proceed to.

In S16, the unit amount (for example, “100” when set to 100 yen) is subtracted from the card balance, and the corresponding data (unit amount sales information or balance update information) is entered into the game control microcomputer 263. (FIG. 10
), The hall management computer 70 (see FIG. 2),
A process for outputting to the terminal box 99 (see FIG. 2) is performed. Then, the process returns to S13.

The data output in S16 is
Either data of the deducted amount subtracted from the card balance or ball number data (for example, “25”) corresponding to the deducted amount may be used, and the type of output data may be changed according to the output destination. Is also good. Further, the conversion process (for example, the process of converting “100” yen to “25”) into the number of balls corresponding to the subtracted amount subtracted from the card balance may be performed on the card processor 5 side. May be performed on the pachinko gaming machine 100 side.

On the other hand, if the player presses the return operation button 208 (see FIG. 4), the process proceeds to S19, and the transport motor 422
Is reversed and the inserted ball lending card is transported in the card discharging direction. Then, the process proceeds to S20, where processing of erasing the information of the ball lending card, writing the information of the ball lending card, and reading and confirming the written content is performed. At S21, it is determined whether the result of the reading confirmation is OK, and OK is determined. If not, error processing is performed in S22, and if OK, the process proceeds to S11.

On the other hand, if the return operation button 208 has not been pressed, the flow advances to S18 to determine whether or not the game has been completed (whether or not a game end operation has been performed or whether or not the game has been stopped). If the game has not been completed yet, the process returns to S15, but if the game has been completed, the process proceeds to S19.

FIGS. 12 and 13 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the control circuit of pachinko gaming machine 100 shown in FIG.

First, in S30, S16 (see FIG. 11)
It is determined whether or not balance update data has been input from the card processing machine control microcomputer 250 of
If there is not, the process proceeds to S32, but if there is, the process proceeds to S31, and after the process of adding the value corresponding to the input content (for example, “25” for “100” yen) to the payout number counter is performed, the process proceeds to S32. Proceed to.

In S32, it is determined whether or not a winning ball has been detected. If not, the process proceeds to S39. If detected, the process proceeds to S33, where N is added to the number-of-payouts counter.

This N is a value corresponding to the number of prize balls to be paid out per winning of one pachinko ball.
Individual ".

Next, the process proceeds to S34, in which processing is performed to output a number of prize ball pulses corresponding to the integer part of N / L. This L is, for example, a number such as "10", and is a value corresponding to the number of replenishing balls being replenished each time one pulse signal is derived from the connector 810 for deriving a replenishing ball detection signal (see FIG. 5). Stipulated. Therefore, when, for example, “15” is added to the prize ball counter, if L = 10, a prize ball pulse is output from the pachinko gaming machine 100 by one pulse in S34. As described above, the pachinko gaming machine 100 is provided with a separate connector 172 (see FIG. 5) for deriving a prize ball pulse.
When the connector 178 shown in FIG. 5 is connected to the connector 172, the prize ball pulse is transmitted to the hall management computer 70.

On the other hand, the process of adding the number of decimal parts of N / L to the decimal counter is performed in S35. For example,
When N = 15 and L = 10, 15/10 = 1.5, and only 0.5 is added to the decimal counter.

Then, the flow advances to S36 to determine whether or not the decimal counter has become 1 or more. If the value has not yet become 1 or more, the flow proceeds to S39, but if it has become 1 or more, the flow proceeds to S37. , 1 is subtracted from the decimal counter, and S38
Thus, a process of outputting one prize ball pulse to the hall management computer 70 is performed.

In S39, the payout ball detector A (181)
a) (see FIG. 6), it is determined whether or not a pachinko ball to be paid out to the hitting ball supply tray 101, that is, the hitting ball waiting gutter 102 (see FIG. 4) is detected. If so, the process proceeds to S40. Then, in S40, a process of subtracting 1 from the number-of-payouts counter (see S31) is performed.

In S41, the payout ball detector B (181)
b, see FIG. 6), it is determined whether or not the pachinko balls to be paid out to the ball tray 122 (see FIG. 4) are detected. If not, the process proceeds to S43.
Proceed to 42. Then, in S42, a process of subtracting 1 from the possessed ball number counter is performed. The number measured by the possessed ball counter is the number of pachinko balls owned by the player, that is, the number of pachinko balls that have not yet been paid out to the hit ball waiting gutter 102 and the ball tray 122. And S43
In the above, the value of the ball number counter is displayed in the ball number indicator 142.
(See FIG. 4).

Referring to FIG. 13, it is determined in S44 whether or not the game end flag = 0. The game end flag indicates the current state of the gaming machine. When the game end flag = 0, it indicates a state in which the gaming machine is not in the hit state and before the end operation button 118 (see FIG. 4) is pressed. When the game end flag = 1, the state after the end operation button 118 is pressed is shown. When the game end flag = 2, it indicates a state in which the beating is established. In the gaming machine which is not in the hit state, since the game end flag = 0, the determination of YES is made from S44, and the process proceeds to S45.

At S45, it is determined whether or not the number-of-payouts counter (see FIG. 12) is 0. At the start of the game, the determination is 0.

In S46, the standby gutter ball amount detector 111
At (see FIG. 4), it is detected whether or not there is a hit ball on the hitting ball waiting gutter 102. At the start of the game, there is no hit ball.
Is determined as NO, and the process proceeds to S48. K is the number of balls (for example, “100”) supplied at one time when the number of pachinko balls in the hit ball waiting gutter 102 is insufficient.

In S48, it is determined whether or not the possessed ball number counter ≧ K. At the start of the game, the value of the ball number counter is 0, so a NO determination is made in S48 and S49.
, And YES is determined in S49, and the flow proceeds to S50. In S50, an update request signal is output to the card processing machine control CPU. When a card with a balance is used for the card processing machine to start the game by using a ball lending card, YES is determined in S15 (see FIG. 11) and S is determined.
Proceed to 16. In S16, a balance update signal is output to the gaming machine control CPU. Thus, referring to FIG. 12, a determination of YES is made in S30, the process proceeds to S31, and the above-described processing is performed.

If the processing in S31 is performed, a negative determination is made in S45, and the flow advances to S54.

In S54, the standby gutter tank detector 10
6 (see FIG. 4) determines whether or not a hit ball is detected. However, at the start of the game, there is no hit ball on the hit ball waiting gutter 102, so a NO determination is made in S54, and the process proceeds to S55.

At S55, the payout motor 168 (FIG. 6)
Is rotated forward, and the hit ball is supplied to the hit ball supply tray 101.

If the payout motor is controlled to rotate normally in S55, a determination of YES is made in S39 and the process proceeds to S40, in which a process of subtracting 1 from the payout number counter is performed. The normal rotation control of the payout motor is performed until the payout number counter becomes zero. When the hit ball waiting gutter becomes full during the payout, the value of the number-of-payouts counter is added to the number-of-payouts counter in S56, and the value of S is increased.
Since the payout number counter is cleared at 57 and the payout motor is stopped at S63, the unpaid number is displayed as the number of balls held, and the payout is terminated.

During the game, a pachinko ball is changed to a variable winning ball device 99.
9 (see FIG. 4), the prize ball is paid out on the hitting ball waiting gutter 102 by the ball payout device 134 (see FIG. 4) based on the processing of S33, but the hitting ball waiting gutter 102 becomes full during the payout. In this case, the processing is the same as described above. Said S
A game medium (in this embodiment, a pachinko ball) stored in a game medium storage section (in this embodiment, the hit ball supply tray 101 shown in FIG. 4) by the 63 and the payout motor 168. A payout stop means for stopping the payout of the game medium based on the fact that the value of ()) exceeds a predetermined amount. Further, the storage means for storing information capable of specifying the number of game media to be paid out after the payout stop means is operated and the payout of the game media is stopped is constituted by S56 and the ball number counter. ing.

Next, the value of the possessed ball counter is set to the upper limit value (M).
The operation when the number exceeds the limit will be described. If the value of the possessed ball number counter exceeds the upper limit value, a determination of YES is made in S47 and the process proceeds to S59.

At S59, since the ball tray full detector 132 (see FIG. 4) has not detected the prize ball at this stage, the determination of NO is made in S59, and the process proceeds to S60.

At S60, the payout motor 168 rotates in the reverse direction. And S64 → S65 → 67 → S30 → S32 →
The process proceeds from S39 to S41.

Since the payout motor 168 is rotating in the reverse direction, the payout ball detector B (181b) (see FIG. 6) detects a pachinko ball. Therefore, YES is determined in S41 and S
Proceed to 42. The pachinko balls are paid out to the ball tray 122 (see FIG. 4).

At S42, 1 is subtracted from the possessed ball number counter, and at S43, the value of the possessed ball number counter is displayed on the possessed ball number display. Then, the process proceeds to S44 → S45 → S46 → S47. The above processing is repeated.

If the value of the possessed ball counter becomes smaller than the upper limit value during the pachinko ball payout control,
A determination of NO is made in S47 and the process proceeds to S63, in which the payout motor 168 is controlled to stop.

When the number of prize balls obtained by the player is large, if the prize balls are to be paid out on the ball tray 122 at one time, a considerably long payout time is required, and the player must wait during that time. Not only that, pachinko machine 100
Is inoperable. Therefore, such a problem does not occur with the above configuration.

Next, a description will be given of the operation when the ball tray 122 becomes full while paying out the pachinko balls to the ball tray 122 because the number of balls exceeds the upper limit. In this embodiment, the state where the ball tray 122 is full is when the ball tray full detector 132 detects a pachinko ball. When the ball tray full detector 132 detects a pachinko ball, a YES determination is made in S59 and the process proceeds to S63. Then, in S63, the payout motor 168 is controlled to stop. By removing the pachinko balls from the ball tray 122 and turning off the ball tray full detector 132, the payout of the pachinko balls to the ball tray 122 is started again.

Next, the operation in the case where the number of hit balls on the hit ball waiting gutter 102 during the game is reduced or completely eliminated and the value of the held ball number counter is not 0 will be described. First,
A case where the number of possessed balls counter ≧ K will be described.

If the possessed ball number counter ≧ K, YES is determined in S48 and the process proceeds to S53. In S53, a process of subtracting K from the possessed ball number counter is performed,
Further, a process of adding K to the number-of-payouts counter is performed.
Since the process of adding K to the number-of-payouts counter was performed,
Control for paying out K pachinko balls onto the hit ball waiting gutter 102 is performed.

A case in which the possessed ball counter <K will be described. If the possessed ball counter <K, a NO determination is made in S48 and the process proceeds to S49. A NO determination is made in S49 and the process proceeds to S51.

At S51, a process of adding the current value of the possessed ball number counter to the payout number counter is performed, and at S52, a process of setting the possessed ball number counter to 0 is performed. S
At 51, since the processing of adding the current value of the possessed ball number counter to the number-of-payouts counter has been performed, the added value (K
(Smaller than that), the payout control of the pachinko balls onto the hit ball waiting gutter 102 is performed.

Next, an operation for ending a game will be described. Pressing the end operation button 118 (see FIG. 4) turns on the end operation detector. When the end operation detector is turned on, a determination of YES is made in S67, the process proceeds to S68, and the processing of the game end flag = 1 is performed.

At S69, the card processing machine control CP
A process of outputting a game end signal to U is performed. If there is a card balance, S18 shown in FIG. 11 determines YES, and S19 → S20 → S21 → S11 →
After S12, the ball lending card is returned.

Next, the process proceeds to S70. In S70, it is determined whether or not the value of the number-of-payouts counter is 0. If the value is 0, the process returns to S30. If it is not 0, the process of adding the current value of the number-of-payouts counter to the number-of-payouts counter is performed in S71, the process of setting the number-of-payouts counter to 0 in S72, and the process returns to S30.

When the game end flag = 1, S
A determination of NO is made by 44, and the flow proceeds to S58, where it is determined whether or not the number of possessed balls counter is 0.
Go to 59.

In S59, the ball tray full detector 13
It is determined whether 2 has not detected a pachinko ball,
If not detected, a NO determination is made in S59 and the process proceeds to S60, in which control is performed to reverse the payout motor 168, and the pachinko balls are paid out to the ball tray 122. Ball saucer 122
Payout ball detector B shown in FIG.
(181b) detects a pachinko ball, so a YES determination is made in S41 shown in FIG. 12 and the process proceeds to S42.

In S42, a process of subtracting 1 from the possessed ball number counter is performed, and the process advances to S43 to display the value of the possessed ball number counter on the possessed ball number display.

When the payout of the pachinko balls is completed and the value of the possessed ball number counter becomes 0 or the possessed ball number counter is 0 from the beginning,
A determination of YES is made in S58 shown in FIG.
Proceed to.

At this stage, since the game end flag = 1, S
A determination of YES is made by 61 and the routine proceeds to S62, where processing for setting the game end flag = 0 is performed. Then, the process proceeds to S63, in which the payout motor 168 is controlled to stop.

Next, the operation in the case of hitting will be described.
Since a hit command is input from the hall management computer 70, a determination of YES is made in S65, the process proceeds to S66, and the processing of the game end flag = 2 is performed.

The subsequent processing is the same as the game end by pressing the end operation button, except that the processing of S62 is not performed. Since the process of S62 is not performed, the game end flag remains at 2 and therefore the game cannot be performed until the process of setting the game end flag to 0 is performed by an opening command from the hall management computer. In this case, it is desirable not only to stop accepting a ball lending card but also to disable a ball-shooting launch motor 149 so that a game cannot be played by hitting another ball.

Next, the operation for releasing after hitting will be described. Since the game end flag = 2, Y is determined in S64.
The ES is determined, and the process proceeds to S73. It is determined whether or not there is an input of a signal to open from the hall management computer 70. If there is, a determination of YES is made in S73, the process proceeds to S74, and a process of setting the game end flag = 0 is performed. When a ball lending card is inserted into the card insertion / ejection port 202 shown in FIG. 4, the hit ball payout start operation described above starts, and a game can be played.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the hall management computer shown in FIG.

First, I = 1 is defined by S75, and S7
According to 6, N = (total number of gaming machines installed in the game arcade) is defined. Next, in S77, it is determined whether or not there has been a balance update input from the I-th card processing machine. At this point, since I = 1, it is determined whether or not there has been a balance update input from the first card processing machine.

If there is no update input, the flow advances to S79, where I
It is determined whether or not a prize ball pulse of the series has been input. If not, the process proceeds to S81.
Go to 0.

In S80, the value corresponding to the number of input pulses is set to I
A process of adding and updating the contents stored in the number of disadvantageous spheres storage unit corresponding to the number is performed. Proceeding to the next S81, it is determined whether or not there is an input from the hitting ball counter of the I-th stand,
If not, the process proceeds to S83, but if there is, the process proceeds to S82 to perform a process of adding and updating a value corresponding to the input content to the storage content of the number-of-vehicle profitable ball number storage unit corresponding to the I-th car.
The hit ball counter is the hit ball detector 164 shown in FIG.

Next, the flow proceeds to S83, in which a process of calculating the difference number of the I-th stage is performed. Specifically, the difference number is calculated by the equation of the difference number = the number of profitable balls−the number of disadvantageous balls. Here, the “number of profit balls” is a value of the storage content of the vehicle-specific profit ball number storage unit that is added and updated in S82 and stored. The “unfavorable ball count” is the value of the storage content of the vehicle-specific disadvantageous ball count storage unit added and updated in S80.

Proceeding to S84, it is determined whether or not the difference number has reached the set number of hits. If not, S86 is reached.
If it has reached, the program proceeds to S85, in which a hit signal is output to the microcomputer for controlling game machines of the I-th (the first) to perform the hit control automatically.

Next, in S86, it is determined whether or not I = N. At this stage, since I = 1, S8
In NO, a determination of NO is made and the process proceeds to S87, where I = I + 1.
That is, a process of updating I to a new value obtained by adding “1” is performed, and the process returns to S77. As a result, since I = 2, in the next processing of S77 to S85, processing for the 2nd is performed. This S77
If the processing of S85 is performed N times, that is, the total number of gaming machines installed in the game arcade, YE is determined in S86.
After the determination of S is made, the process proceeds to S88, where I = 1 is set again, and the processes of S77 to S85 are repeated from the first unit again.

In this embodiment, the prize ball pulse is detected as the number of disadvantage balls, and the driving ball is detected as the number of profit balls. However, a supply ball or a payout ball is detected as the number of disadvantage balls. Alternatively, instead of hit balls, the number of launch balls and foul balls may be detected as the number of profit balls, and the number of foul balls subtracted from the number of launch balls may be used as the number of profit balls. The number of balls detected and added to the number of winning balls and the number of out balls may be used as the number of profit balls.

Further, the sales information, the difference number, the profit ball number, the disadvantage ball number, etc. obtained for each vehicle are calculated daily, monthly,
The total may be totaled for each year, and the total may be performed for each pachinko gaming machine, for each island, or for each game arcade.

In the program shown in FIG. 14, simultaneous processing may be performed in parallel for each pachinko gaming machine.

The actual number of disadvantage balls is calculated, that is, the number of balls corresponding to the card balance update is calculated from the number of supply balls, and the number of balls obtained by adding the current number of balls to the result is calculated. The processing may be performed by the card processor 5 or the number-of-possessing-balls storage repeater 15.

In the present embodiment, the payout number corresponding to the occurrence of a prize ball after the full hit detection of the hit ball waiting gutter 102 as the game medium storage section is added and stored. The number of balls may be added and stored. In this case, as the content to be displayed to the player, the result of multiplying the number of winning balls by the number of payouts may be displayed as the number of held balls, or the number of winning balls may be displayed as it is as the number of unprocessed winning balls. Good.

[0160]

According to the present invention, information capable of specifying the number of game media to be paid out after the payout of the game media is stopped is stored by the storage means. The game does not need to be interrupted because the number of game media stored in the game medium storage unit exceeds a predetermined amount. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the drawback that the player who is playing the game in good luck with the uplifting mood with water is minimized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall schematic diagram showing a gaming management facility device using a gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall schematic configuration diagram showing a game arcade in which the gaming machine according to the present invention is used.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a hall management computer installed in a game arcade.

FIG. 4 is an overall front view showing a pachinko gaming machine as an example of the gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an overall rear view showing the internal structure of the pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a ball payout device used in a pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 7 is a vertical sectional view of the ball payout device.

FIG. 8 is a vertical sectional view showing a configuration of a card reader / writer used in the card processor.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of the card processing machine.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 10;

FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 10;

FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the hall management computer.

[Description of Signs] 100 Pachinko Machine 102 Hitting Standby Gutter 106 Standing Gutter Full Detector 168 Dispensing Motor

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine for paying out a predetermined game medium to a game medium storage section based on establishment of a predetermined payout condition, wherein the game medium stored in the game medium storage section exceeds a predetermined amount. A payout stop means for stopping the payout of the game medium, and the number of the game media to be paid out after the payout stop means is operated and the payout of the game medium is stopped. A storage device for storing information; and a game machine.