JPH11128522A - Control system for game media in game room - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control system for game media in a game room for preventing unfairness in advance by controlling the game media. SOLUTION: A control system in a game room has a game machine 1, a containing box 2 for containing game media come out of the game machine 1, and a counting machine 3 for counting game media in the containing box 2. A control system is further provided with an identifier 7 mounted on the containing box 2, a read section 6 of a game machine side for reading the identifier 7, a discharge amount information memory section 8 for memorizing the identifier 7 read by the read section 6 of the game machine side and discharge amount information of the game media come into the containing box 2, a read section 11 of a counting machine side for reading the discriminating device 7 in the containing box 2, a discharge amount information accessing section 13 for accessing the discharge amount in the containing box having the same identifier 7 after referring the signal read by the read section 11 of the counting machine side to the signal section 11 of the counting machine side to the signal memorized in the discharge amount information memory section 8, a comparing section 14 for comparing a counting result of the game media counted by the counting machine 3 with the discharge amount information accessed by the discharge amount information accessing section 13.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game medium management system in a game arcade using pachinko balls and medals as game media.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a game arcade using pachinko balls and medals as game media, a game machine called a pachinko or pachislot is used to play a game with a pachinko or pachislot machine by inserting a previously borrowed game medium. Then, when the game is won as a result of the game, a large amount of game media comes out of the gaming machine, and the game media thus come out is stored in a storage box usually called a dollar box.

[0003] After the end of a normal game, the number of the game media stored in the storage box is transported by the player to the counter along with the storage box, and the number is calculated by transferring only the game media into the counter. The counter counts game media such as pachinko balls and medals, and issues a prize voucher in which the counting result is recorded. Therefore, if the game result in the gaming machine wins, the player stores the gaming medium output from the gaming machine in the dollar box, and after the game is over, counts the gaming medium stored in the dollar box with the counting machine, and A prize exchange is performed using a prize exchange ticket issued by the machine.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional system, it is impossible to know which game machine the game media counted by the counter has come out of, so that the game media cannot be sufficiently managed. There was such an inconvenience. For example, a printed circuit board or the like is improperly charged inside the counter by an improper person, and a prize voucher is illegally withdrawn from the counter by illegal use of the printed circuit board or the like without transferring game media to the counter. However, as described above, under the current situation where it is not known from which gaming machine the gaming media counted by the counting machine has come out, such fraud is detected in advance and it is necessary to prevent such a situation. It is becoming difficult.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to easily grasp the relationship between the amount of game media output by a gaming machine and the game media counted by a counter. An object of the present invention is to provide a game medium management system in a game arcade in which a game medium can be managed by using the game medium, thereby preventing fraud.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a media management system in a game arcade, in which a game machine for playing a game using a game medium, a storage box for storing a game medium coming out of the game machine by playing the game, In a management system for managing game media in a game arcade equipped with a counter for counting the number of game media stored in a box, an identification of the storage box attached to each of the storage boxes is provided. A gaming machine-side lead unit for reading an identifier of a storage box provided in or near a dedicated storage box storage area for each of the gaming machines, In each case, an output information storage unit that stores an identifier of the storage box read by the gaming machine-side lead unit and output information of the game medium that has been output to the storage box; Housed in a box A counter-side read unit that reads the identifier of the storage box when counting the technical media, and the identifier read by the counter-side read unit is compared with the identifier stored in the output information storage unit. An output information calling unit that calls the output information of the storage box having the same identifier, a comparing unit that compares the counting result of the game media in the counter with the output information called by the output information calling unit, The provision of the above is a means for solving the above problem.

According to the media management system in this game arcade, when a player wins a game and a large amount of game media comes out, the came out game media is placed in a dedicated storage box space of the corresponding gaming machine. To the containment box. At this time, the identifier is read by the gaming machine-side lead portion because the storage box is placed in the storage box storage area. Further, the output information storage unit stores the identifier of the storage box read by the gaming machine-side lead unit and the output information of the game medium output to the storage box.

When the player finishes the game and carries the storage box to a counter for exchanging the game medium stored in the storage box for a prize, for example, once the storage box is placed at a predetermined position, the identifier of the storage box is identified. Is read by the counter-side lead section. Thereafter, when the player transfers the game medium in the storage box to the counter, the counter performs the counting. At this time, the output information calling unit compares the identifier read by the counter-side read unit with the identifier stored in the output information storage unit, and calls the output information of the storage box having the same identifier. . When the output information calling unit calls out the output information, the comparison unit compares the counting result of the game media in the counter with the output information called by the output information calling unit. As a result, if, for example, the counting result and the output amount information are within an error range set in advance, the counting result indicates the number of game media in a legitimate game. The result is likely to be fraudulent.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, a system for managing game media in a game arcade according to the present invention will be described in detail. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment in which a game medium management system of the present invention is applied to a pachinko ball management system in a pachinko parlor, and FIG. 2 shows each component shown in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the specific arrangement | sequence etc. of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the management system of the present embodiment
A game machine (pachinko machine) 1, a storage box (dollar box) 2 for storing game media (pachinko balls) coming out of the game machine, and a counter 3 for counting the game media stored in the storage box 2 are provided. It is a management system that manages game media in a game room (pachinko).

As shown in FIG. 2, the gaming machine 1 has an accommodation box storage space 5 formed on a table 4 thereof. The storage box storage space 5 is formed one by one for each gaming machine 1, and a gaming machine-side lead portion 6 is provided at a predetermined location, for example, at the center. The gaming machine-side lead section 6 operates when the storage box 2 is placed in the storage box storage space 5 or when a large hit occurs in the gaming machine 1 and reads the identifier 7 provided in the storage box 2. Things.

Here, the identifier 7 provided in the storage box 2
Is for distinguishing the storage box 2 provided with the storage box 2 from the other storage boxes 2. Usually, only one storage box is independent of one storage box. Note that, in this example, as shown in FIGS.
The identifier 7 is arranged at the center of the bottom plate. Further, as such an identifier 7, a non-contact type IC card, a bar code, a hole card having a punched hole, or the like is used. Therefore, the gaming machine-side lead section 6 is formed of a form that can read data obtained according to the properties of the identifier 7.

Also, as shown in FIG.
An output information storage unit 8 for storing the identifier 7 of the storage box 2 read by the gaming machine-side lead unit 6 and the output information of the game medium output by the gaming machine 1 in the storage box 2 is provided. .
The output information storage unit 8 is connected to the gaming machine-side lead unit 6 and receives a signal from it, stores the identifier 7 of the storage box 2 on the storage box storage space 5, and stores the storage box 2 in the storage box. The amount of game media output by the gaming machine 1 while it is on the storage space 5 is stored, and the amount of the game media and the identifier 7 of the storage box 2 are stored as information corresponding to each other.

The gaming machine 1 is provided with an information transmitting unit 9 for transmitting the amount of the game medium stored in the output information storing unit 8 and the identifier 7 of the storage box 2 to the counting unit 3. I have.
Note that the output information storage unit 8 and the information transmission unit 9 are provided inside the gaming machine 1 in this example, or inside a betting ball lending machine called a sand between the gaming machine 1 and the gaming machine 1. Has been
Therefore, the illustration is omitted in FIG.

The counter 3 is provided with a counter 10 for counting in the same manner as a conventional counter, and further provided with a counter-side lead 11 for reading the identifier 7 of the storage box 2. The counter-side lead section 11 is for reading the identifier 7 of the storage box 2 before, during, or after counting the game medium by flowing the game medium from the storage box 2 to the counter 3. Like the gaming machine-side lead section 6, it has a form corresponding to the properties of the identifier 7.

The counter 3 is provided with an information receiving unit 12 connected to the information transmitting unit 9 by radio or wire, and the information receiving unit 12 outputs the output amount information via the information transmitting unit 9. The storage unit 8 is accessed. Further, the counter 3 checks the identifier 7 read by the counter-side reading unit 11 with the identifier 7 stored in the output information storage unit 8 via the information receiving unit 12 and the information transmitting unit 9. And an output information calling unit 13 for calling the output information of the storage box 2 having the same identifier is provided. When the counter-side read unit 11 reads the identifier 7 of the storage box 2, the output information calling unit 13 sends a signal to the information receiving unit 12, and outputs the signal to the output information storage unit 8 via the information transmitting unit 9. And the output information storage unit 8 is collated with the identifier 7 read by the counter-side read unit 11. And
If there is information of the identifier 7 in the storage of the output information storage unit 8, the amount of the game medium in this information, that is, the output information is called and stored.

The counting machine 3 has a comparing section 14 for comparing the counting result of the game media in the counting section 10 in the counting machine 3 with the output information called and stored by the output information calling section 13. Is provided. For example, if the counting result and the output amount information are within the error range set in advance, the comparing unit 14 determines that the counting result indicates the number of game media in a normal game, The processing is performed, and a prize voucher is issued. On the other hand, if it is out of the error range, that is, if the counting result is much larger than the output information, the counting result may be due to fraud.For example, a signal is sent to a hall computer through a security system provided in advance, or a Lights and alarms alert people to the possibility of fraud.

Next, the operation of the management system having such a configuration will be described. First, the player sits in front of the gaming machine 1, confirms that the storage box 2 has been placed in the storage box storage space 5, and if not, places the storage box 2 anew and starts the game in that state. At this time or thereafter, for example, when a jackpot occurs, the gaming machine-side lead unit 6 reads the identifier 7 of the storage box 2 and stores the identifier 7 in the output information storage unit 8 attached to the gaming machine 1.

When a game is started in this way, and particularly when a jackpot is generated and a large amount of game media (pachinko balls) comes out, the game media overflows from the gaming machine 1 and the overflowing game media is stored in the storage box 2.
Flows inside. At this time, the output information storage unit 8 of the gaming machine 1 stores the output information of the game medium together with the identifier 7 of the storage box 2 previously stored. That is, the number of game media stored in the storage box 2 identified by the identifier 7 is stored.

When the player finishes the game, the storage box 2 is replaced with a counter 3 in order to replace the game medium stored in the storage box 2 with a prize.
The player carries the identifier 7 of the storage box 2 to the counter-side lead unit 11. Then, in the counting machine 3,
As shown in FIG. 4, the counting unit-side read unit 11 reads the identifier 7 of the storage box 2 (step 1, denoted by ST-1 in FIG. 4, the same applies hereinafter), and receives the read result, and outputs the output amount information calling unit. 13 collates the identifier 7 with the output information storage units 8 of all the gaming machines 1 via the information receiving unit 12 and the information transmitting unit 9 (step 2). As a result of the collation as described above, if there is information of the same identifier 7 in the output information storage unit 8, the output information stored corresponding to the identifier 7 is called (step 3). The information calling unit 13 stores this.

On the other hand, apart from having the identifier 7 of the storage box 2 read by the counter-side lead portion 11, the player
The game media in the inside is poured into the counter 3, and the poured game media is counted by the counting section 10 (step 4). And
The output information obtained from the collation of the identifier 7 and stored in the output information calling unit 13 and the counting result in the counting unit 10 are compared with the comparison unit 1.
4 (Step 5), and if these are within the error range set in advance, the counting result is determined to indicate the number of game media in a normal game, and the counter 3 performs a normal process, A prize voucher is issued. In addition, out of the error range,
That is, if the counting result is much larger than the output information,
The counting result indicates that there is a risk of fraud, as described above, for example, a signal is sent to the hall computer through a security system provided in advance, or the staff in the amusement hall is notified of the possibility of fraud by lighting or warning. Or issuance of a prize voucher is temporarily suspended.

Therefore, in such a game medium management system, the identifier 7 of the storage box 2 determines which gaming machine 1 the storage box 2 was used in, and the output information storage unit. Since the output information stored in step 8 and the counting result in the counting section 10 of the counter 3 are compared in the comparing section 14, a printed circuit board or the like is charged inside the counter 3 and the game medium is transferred to the counter 3 Fraudulent activities, such as issuing a prize voucher without pouring it into the game, can be reliably prevented, and even if a game media is obtained illegally, not as a result of a regular game, Issuance of a premium exchange ticket can be prevented.

In the above-described embodiment, the output information storage unit 8 is provided inside the gaming machine 1 or inside the betting machine, but the present invention is not limited to this. A hall computer or a POS (point of sales) computer (point of sale computer) is connected to each game console by wire or wirelessly, and the output information storage unit 8 corresponding to each game console is centralized and the hall computer or POS computer is managed.
The game media may be provided in the computer. In this way, the centralized management of the game media can be performed more easily. Further, in an island formed by a large number of gaming machines 1, all output information storage units 8 of the gaming machines 1... Constituting the island are provided in a peripheral portion of the gaming machines 1. Centralized management of game media in the gaming machine 1 may be performed. Similarly, the output information calling unit 13 and the comparing unit 14 are also provided in the hall computer or the POS computer without being provided in the counter 3, so that the centralized management of the game media can be performed more easily. . In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to a management system in a pachinko parlor is described. However, for example, the present invention is also applied to a medal management system in a gaming machine called a pachislot. Can be.

[0024]

As described above, the system for managing game media in a game arcade according to the present invention uses the identifier stored in the output information storage unit by the output information calling unit based on the identifier provided in the storage box. Is performed, and the output information of the storage box having the same identifier is called, and then the comparison unit compares the counting result of the game media in the counter with the output information called by the output information calling unit. For example, if the counting result and the output amount information are within the error range set in advance, the counting result indicates the number of game media in a legitimate game. By assuming that the counting result is likely to be due to fraudulent acts, it is possible to prevent various kinds of fraudulent acts that have occurred in the past and to appropriately manage game media.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment in which a game medium management system of the present invention is applied to a pachinko ball management system in a pachinko parlor.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a specific arrangement and the like of each component shown in FIG.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are views for explaining a state in which an identifier is provided in a storage box, FIG. 3A is a perspective view of the storage box, and FIG. FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining a processing operation by the counter.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Game machine, 2 ... Container box, 3 ... Counter, 5 ... Container box storage, 6 ... Game machine side lead part, 7 ... Identifier, 8 ... Output information storage part, 10 ... Counter part, 11 ... Count Machine side lead part, 13
... Output information calling unit, 14 ... Comparison unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine for playing a game using a game medium,
A management system for managing game media in a game arcade having a storage box for storing game media that exits from a gaming machine by playing a game, and a counter for counting game media stored in the storage box. An identifier that is attached to each of the accommodation boxes and enables identification of the attached accommodation box; and a dedicated accommodation box storage area provided at or near a dedicated storage box storage area for each gaming machine. Gaming machine-side lead section for reading the identifier of the storage box placed in the storage box, and for each gaming machine, the identifier of the storage box read by the gaming machine-side lead section and the output information of the game medium put out in this storage box An output information storage unit for storing the number of game media stored in the storage box, which reads an identifier of the storage box when counting the number of game media stored in the storage box; Loaded by machine lead An output information calling unit for comparing the identifier with the identifier stored in the output information storage unit and calling the output information of the storage box having the same identifier; a counting result of the game medium by the counter and an output; And a comparing unit for comparing the output amount information called by the amount information calling unit. A management system for a game medium in a game hall, comprising: