JPS6224109B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a ball supply management device for a pachinko machine.

Conventionally, the difficulty level for balls to enter the prize ball hole in a pachinko machine was adjusted manually by changing the spacing between the nails on the pachinko machine's board, thereby adjusting the ease with which the ball entered the prize ball hole. be.

If this adjustment is made in front of pachinko players, it will reduce the interest of the players, so it is generally necessary to do this before the start of business.

However, this case had the following problems. That is, since the above adjustments were made before the start of business, the adjustments sometimes did not match changes in the business situation on that day. That is, on the day of the event, the weather suddenly changed,
There may be a miscalculation in the number of visitors to the game, or there may be a miscalculation in the number of visitors to the game regardless of the weather, so the adjustment may not match the actual situation. For example, if the painstaking adjustment described above no longer suits the business situation, it is difficult to change the number of prize balls, ie, the prize ball rate, relative to the number of bullets.

Further, even though the adjustment is made with the intention of achieving a desired profit, the desired purpose may not be achieved depending on the level of skill of the adjustment.

This invention was made in view of the above situation, and its purpose is to:
To obtain a ball supply management device for a pachinko machine which can tend to control the prize ball rate of the pachinko machine.

Moreover, the above-mentioned control is carried out by randomly selecting a pachinko machine in order to not spoil the interest of the players, and the purpose is to obtain a ball supply management device that can expect the desired profit for the entire gaming hall.

To describe the configuration of the present invention with reference to the drawings, in FIG. A ball out signal 3 provided on the machine 1; a same ball profit signal 4; a same ball loss signal 5; an electronic computer 6 electrically connected to each pachinko machine; each pachinko computer provided on the computer 6; A random number generating device 7 that determines the ratio of the number of balls to be replenished by the ball replenishing machines 2 of each machine 1; within the range of the random number pattern generated by the random number generating device 7, replenishing of all pachinko machines in the pachinko playing area The computer 6 is configured to change the average value of the numbers; the supply signal device 8 of the computer 6 is connected to the ball supply device 2 of each pachinko machine; the ball profit/loss determination device 9 provided in the computer 6; This is a ball supply management device for a pachinko machine, which is characterized by comprising:

Although not shown, the computer 6 includes a clock pulse generator, a data selection device, a central processing unit, a data transmission/reception device, a data storage device, a data display, a command device, a machine number recognition device, a termination signal device, and a console. A key, a print display device, etc. are provided, and each pachinko machine 1 is also provided with a machine number signal device (not shown). The ball profit signal 4 is, for example, a device that transmits the number of overflow balls, and the ball loss signal 5 is, for example, a device that transmits the number of balls to be supplied.

Information regarding the profit and loss of balls of each pachinko machine may be based not only on the number of balls supplied and overflowing as described above, but also on the number of out balls and the number of prize balls. Next, the operation of the apparatus of the present invention will be described. First, the manager of a pachinko game hall determines the profit rate for the day when starting business. For example, if a decision is made to make a profit of approximately 20% on that day, the computer 6 will receive a profit of approximately 20%, which is known experimentally.
Set up random number generation that can increase profit. For example, this setting may be made by feeding a punch card or a printed random number table to a random number generator to generate random numbers, or by storing it in a memory disk (not shown), etc., and generating random numbers from this memory. It's okay. Alternatively, it may be generated by an arithmetic unit of an electronic computer.

Although normal random numbers are suitable as an example of a random number pattern for this purpose, other random number patterns may be used.

The normal random number is the average value AV of the number of supplies in the population (in this invention, all pachinko machines) and the standard deviation.
Given SD and the number of pachinko machines N, the number of supplies SP that should be set for each pachinko machine satisfies the average value AV and standard deviation SD of the number of supplies mentioned above.
is starting to occur.

For example, Pachinko machine A has 400 cylinders, and Pachinko machine B has 500 cylinders.
A value such as 900 items is set for item C and 200 items for item D. Of course, in this case, the average setting of all pachinko machines is AV, and the standard deviation is SD. This average value AV of the number of supplies is the average value of the number of supplies because the standard number of supplies at an average pachinko game hall is approximately 400.
By setting the AV to 500, this playground will be able to obtain more profit than if it were supplied by the standard supply quantity, due to the experimentally obtained effect described below. or,
If the average value of supply number AV is less than 400, e.g.
Setting it to 300 will reduce its profit for the same reason.

Furthermore, the standard deviation SD has the function of giving individuality to each pachinko machine. For example standard deviation
If SD is 0, all pachinko machines have the average value AV of the number of replenishments, and if the standard deviation SD is large, there will be more variation among pachinko machines, which can increase the interest of players. The basis of the effect of this invention can be explained by the following experimental facts.

That is, in this experiment, multiple experimenters randomly varied the number of refills SP per game in multiple pachinko machines, and
The number S of prize balls per hour is counted. To explain this in terms of the diagram, in Figure 2, the horizontal axis of the diagram shows the number of supplies SP per time, and the vertical axis shows the number of prize balls per hour when the number of supplies SP = 400. It shows the ratio of the number of prize balls.

What is clear from this figure is that if you set a value smaller than the standard setting of supply number SP = 400 balls, the number of prize balls increases, and if you set it to a larger value, the number of prize balls decreases. .

In this case, the value of the number of prize balls itself varies depending on the skill of the player, the type of pachinko machine, the adjustment of the nails, etc., but it can be said that there is a correlation between the supply number SP and the number of prize balls. can.

The cause of this correlation is generally considered to be due to the weight of the balls on the upper ball tank of the pachinko machine, and the difference in weight between the balls held at the top and bottom of the machine. Therefore, the more pachinko machines that have more balls than the standard number in their upper tanks, the lower the prize ball rate will be for the entire playing field.

Conversely, the more pachinko machines there are that have fewer balls than the standard number in the upper tank, the higher the prize ball rate will be for the entire playing field.

Therefore, by using the above correlation, changing the number of balls loaded in the upper tank of each pachinko machine, and controlling the degree of the change as a whole, the prize ball rate for the entire playing field can be changed. can be controlled.

Each pachinko machine 1 transmits the number of profits and losses of balls to the electronic computer 6. The electronic computer 6 determines the profit or loss using a ball profit/loss determination device, and if there is no extreme profit or loss, it issues a ball replenishment command to the pachinko machine in accordance with the random number generated by the built-in random number generator 7. In this case, the number of balls is normally supplied in units of 100.

However, if necessary, it may be done in units of 1 piece or 10 pieces. In addition, in units of 1 piece, 10 pieces, 100 pieces, etc.
An electromagnetic ball replenishing machine that can replenish balls according to a command has already been invented, and it is sufficient to use this machine, so its illustration is omitted.

Next, during business hours, a computer calculates the profit and loss of balls up to a certain point in the day, and if there is an excess or deficiency in the target profit rate, the random number for ball replenishment generated from the random number generator 7 is used to calculate the excess or deficiency. Change it to correct it. As a result, the ratio of pachinko machines with below-standard and above-standard balls in the ball tank can be varied to bring the profit rate closer to the target number of balls.

The present invention is configured as described above, and the ratio of the number of balls supplied to each pachinko machine is randomly determined by the random number generator 7 of the electronic computer 6, and By forming the electronic computer 6 such that the average number of supplies for all pachinko machines in the pachinko game hall can be changed within the range of patterns, it is possible to reduce the loss of interest of the players and to improve the trend. Expected profits can be expected.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, and is a diagram showing an outline of a ball replenishment management device for a pachinko machine, and Fig. 2 shows the number of balls replenished to the upper tray tank experimentally obtained using a conventional pachinko machine. This is a graph showing the correlation between the number of pitches and the number of prize pitches. 1... Pachinko machine, 2... Ball supply machine, 3...
...Ball out signal, 4...Ball profit signal, 5...Ball loss signal, 6...Electronic computer, 7...Random number generator, 8...Supply signal device, 9...Ball profit/loss determination device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A large number of pachinko machines 1; A ball replenishing machine 2 provided in the large number of pachinko machines 1 that replenishes balls according to a signal from an electronic computer 6; A ball outage signal 3 provided in each pachinko machine 1; Same ball profit Traffic light 4;
A same-ball loss signal 5; an electronic computer 6 electrically connected to each of the pachinko machines; a computer 6 provided in each of the pachinko machines 1;
A random number generator 7 that determines the ratio of the number of balls supplied by the ball supply machine 2; within the range of the random number pattern generated by the random number generator 7,
The electronic computer 6 is configured to change the average value of the number of supplementary balls of all pachinko machines; the supply signal device 8 of the electronic computer 6 is connected to the ball supply machine 2 of each pachinko machine; A ball supply management device for a pachinko machine, comprising a ball profit/loss determination device 9.